To-day's Advertisements. To-day's Advertisements.
FOR YOKOHAMA AND KOBE.
The Stearnship:
Daphne,
Clatiti J. Voss, will bu despatched for the aboro Purla on TUESDAY, the 24th Inst., at 4 pm.
For Froight or Passage, pdy to
"SIEMSSEN & Co.,
Agente.
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERDS?
MARITIMES.
PAQUENOT POSTIC FRANÇAIS,
FOR SHANGHAI, KOBE AND YOKOHAMA
The Go' Steamship.
Saghalien; ›
Connaudant FIERO will be despatched for
THE CHINA MAIL
MEMOS, FOR TO-MORROW.
Shipping DaylightName leaves for Coast Ports. Daylight Contes deaves for Bhanghai. 6am-Sughallen lenvea for 8'hai, dc,
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
UNION CHURCH ---Diving Worship. 11 AMRov OH. Bondfield. Sorsico in Chinese, Mr. J. Chalnice, M. A., LLD. E
SEAMEN'S SERVICE, The Services, for Sanon, which lay bean, hithert held in the Mission Church, Queen's
Church On
- LOCAL AND GENERAL
ON count of pressure an our Byx00, portion of the dawa by the Frenol Mail. and other items have been pub en the Fourth page)?
Pansen Hure CANAR Oorwana Bounu - Landor the Ides, Novem,
ber 29 Palamed, December 23 Glen sog, Polyhymnia, 30 Ajax, Cardly gaashire; Braunschweig, Moyane, Austin, Friars, Jan. 3 Fulturu, 6 dnader, Chinese Imperial Maritimac Castonza 10 Diomed, Medusa, 13.
no having three small Revenuo crusiers HOMEWARD BOUND Masser, Nov. 15 constructed in England. It is expected the Yerare, December, Hampshire, vessels will be ready to losye about the 80; Albany, Jan. 8; Dardanus, Iphige middle of nia, Kaison, 6; Pembrokeshire, 103 Bintenue, Meuclaus, 13.
PORTION of the Decauville Railway which wont to
to Tiontain last year, and afterwards
the Right Rev., the Bishop Bouted, and turned from the pleasing ceremony, but wannot understand why, if he did not ap- prove, he did not stay away.VISI That if every one who took exception to the
fone and spirit of drary utterance from 00-1 alasinationl sourcen, abook the dust, from off lia foet and departed, congregations would frentontly bo brokom up, and the Church Dignitaries would not seldom be loft folitary and alone, a
No. 7619 JANUARY 21, 1885.
crows, and if the pirates once find out that Johnny Bull's barkura, are on their track, they will soon torn to other trades, na they did before. That the check and daring of the somboard Chinese are smuthing morgellona" when. they will pirate u erafs actually, in this Harbour, full as it is of men of wat
That the Chinese Covernment might do word than givo. Adatral Langs free
That the cruiser lying of the Kowloong
the abovo Porta TO MORROW. (SUNDAY), held in the future in Union, will be:The steiner Bengal with the ENGLISH Cane back to Shanghai, is to be taken That I deeply regret to see a good niat, band na rogneda piracy...
110
the 2nd Instaut, at 6.n.io.
Hongkong, Jannacy 21, 1888. HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO
STEAMBOAT COMPANY,
LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.:
JYHE Forty-Third Ordinary Half-Yearly MELTING of SILAKEHOLDERS in the Company will be held at the OriCE of the Company No. 7 Queen's Road Central, on SATURDAY, the 4th February, at 12 o'clock Noon; for the purpose of receiving a Report of the Directors, together with a Statement of Accounts, declaring a Dividend, and dect ing Auditors. "...),”
Tho Transfer BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 26th Instant Lo the 4th February, inclusivo,
By Order of the Board of Directors,
F. HENDERSON,
Acting Secretary
Congkẳng, Jauuary 21, 1888.
111
iday and Friday evenings at 7:30. All G. DE CHAMPEAUX, are invited
dyzny, Hongkong, January 21, 1898.
SHIPPING.
ARRIVALS
108
January 21, 188S :--| Visayas, Spanish stearier, 406, Juan de Ajabita, Manila January 17, GeneralBAN Hoo Hong,
Daphne, German steamer, 1,395, F. Vuss, Hamburg Decembe 1, and Sugapore Jan. 14, General.--SIZE & Co.
GREMAN BETHESDA CHAFEL the German
To attesi Serv
in
up the Grand Canal to be used on the Yellow River
works,
mandamis
MAIL of December 23rd, loff Singapore on Friday, the 20th Tratant, at 8 am, and may be expected here ou er about Wednesday,
the 25th instant. This A MEGULAR moeder case has been sout un n language, by Rav: F. Hartmann,
brings packet
replies to letters
der
from Homan to the Board of anatoled from Hongkong on Nov. Punishments, The guilty wife is only 15 15th Foundling House,
youre of nge, her parambur 22, and the mar The P. M Co's B. 3. City of Syd dored husband, 14.
ney, with the next darERICAN MATUR H Par mye the Fouchew Government will leave Yokohama on Sunday, the
nt
every Suno Without ten à..; in the
Chapel of the
West Point,
9. A. DE ABS and ing Service, Benediction.
Garden Road.
0.30 F.M. Even-
-
Sr. Peran's. SHAKEN's Char, Sailors' Home-
PETER'S Holy Cominunion at 7.30 A.M. on the Second -Servico overy Sunday at 6 r.,
whatever cloth he may chance to wear, sacrificing his influence for good by die- plays of tempor, That the Victoria College building is said to be built like a fortress for strength, and it is evidently built, like most of Mr Price's work, for all time.
That it is to be hoped that it will stand, long after the Hongkong University building of the future in occupied by n busy crowd of students taught by a learned body of Professora,
22nd inst., and may be expected here has already offered $20,000 in settlement on or akmit Saturday, the 28th inst. of the Fab-an muaionary caso to enable the The D. D. F.
fesionarios to rebuild their chapel ; txoope steamship EL
from havd also been sent to the neighbourhood Hamburg, left. Singapore on the 17th to assist in making the necessary arrests ist, ne may be expected herse on GE about the 24th inateg
JUDGMENT 10
in the long pending Fur Pen- F. &0. extra steamer Kaswar left any and Bentan case has been delivered Singapore on the
the 7th instant, at 4 by His Honour Chief Justige Erd. Both p.m. and
and way be expected hore on or vasols ware hold to blame for the collision and each will have to pay one half of the about theth inst.
has been held, the Fair Feig's amount, That it la parsing strange that people pas. damages done to the other after inquiry
by law, not to exceed £8
per ton
Sunday and after the orening Sorrice on the Fourth Sunday of each month. Service ovory Thursday at Gr.M.
TERTERANCE HALL, 7.30 Px.-Undeno-The Zafiro, British steamer, 675, R. M. Taminational Meeting. bot, Maulis January 18, General,RUSSELL & Co.
J
Saghalien, French steamer, 2,580, Finachi, Marseilles Decombor 18, Alexandria 23, Port Said 24, Shez 29, Adon 31, Colombo January 7, Singaporo 14, an Saigon 18, Mails&General-MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. Neckar, German steamer, 1,869, A. Bup mer, Shanghai January 18, Mails und THE LATER and RESPONSIBILITY of General.-MELCHERS & Co.
NOTIC .
TUM RICHARD YON CAR
LOWITZ and his heira CEASED on the 31st December, 1887.
·CARLOWITZ & Co. Hongkong, January 21, 1888.
112
STEAMSHIP SAGĦALIËN.
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
Canton, British steamer, from Whampoa. Festnick, Russian cruiser, 1:300, Captain Lang, Nagasikianuary 15.
Maria, German, str., 704, W. Schaefer, Haiphong January 19, General-AR. MARTY.
DEPARTURES.
Jatniary 21
Jacob Christenses, for Kuteliuotan. Escort, for Fenang, Terint, for Bangkok, Mount Lebanon, for Rajang.. Kuang Lee, for Shanghui. City of Feking, for San Francisco.
· CHUGAVER
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
CONSIGNEES of Cargo from Lordon and Haves, ex-.. Yorouba, fewn Antworp, ex S. Richard Cary, and from Burdenas, ex 8.9. Byriand des Veyes, in connection with the above Steamer, ard hereby informed that their Goods-with Thyra, for Sargen the exception of Opiam, Trosure and Care, for Haiphong.
are being landed and stored at Ching-ro, for Singapore and London. Valuables-are their risk at the Company's Dodowan, Namsa, for Coast Ports. whence delivery may be obtained immediene, for Stian hai. ately after landing.
Carisbrucke, for Saigon. Borso, for
Amy Canton, for Swatow and Shanghai Sebastian Bach, for Sourabaya.
OptionalCargo will beforwarded on, unless intimation is received from the Consignees before Noon To-DAY (Saturday), the 21st Inst.
requesting it to be landed here. Bills of Lading will he countersigned by
thedaimed after SATUR
Goods
DAX, the 28th
28th January, 1888, ut Nuon, will be subject to roat, and landing charges at one cont per packet por diem.
PASSENGERS, ARRIVED
Per Saghutten, for Hongkong: from Mar- acilles, Masers E. O'Malley, LA, Ribeiro do Santa Barbsen, Miss
Chovallier;
from Cal. catsa, Mrs and Mine Flattering from Sin-
All Claims must be sent in to me on orom, Me Antunes, Bar Vilhelmo, Mr
before MONDAY the 30th January, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance has beon effected,
C. DE CHAMPEAUX,
agent Hongkong, January 21, 1888.
SINGAPORE.
and Mrs Ak Chiang and infants,
Dresses
Captain
Ah Suh, Ah Bay, Chassim Hujoe Hassan, Hajee Hohamed, Sock Ahmet and 8 infanis, Me John Lasborg, and Chinese; from Saigon, B: Ch Vohrung,
Mr and Mrs
Shu, M. Fernand, and 116 Chinese. For Shang- 109 hai : from Maraeilles, IT. E. Shu (Chinese Ministar Mya and Mia Sl and Zervants, Adoniral), Mr J. C. Grigorotriisch, 8. Molas, Mr Leo, Mr Wen Shu undga veut, Mr and Mrs Yong, Mr and Mra Taung Tiang and servant, Mr Yu Tsing Sung, Mr and fts. Yang Hung Ting. Mr Telu, and Frora Anelli; from Colombo, Miss Montrose. For Yokohama: frumm Singapore, Mr. Mrs and Mise Roar, infaut Optional Cargo will be forwarded un- and servant; from Saigon, Mesars Casuals
THE 8.8. Daphne, Captain Vose, having are ved fram the above Parts, Consignees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Bills of Lading for counter signature by the Undersigned, and to take
Tehu
MEMOS. FOR MONDAY, Shipping
4 p.m.-Zafiro leaves for Manila.
4 Ji.m.-Germar, Mail loaves for Bremen
and Ports of Call***
Octa leaves for Kobó.
Miscellaneous.
Goods per Boria" undelivered after
this date subject to rent.
General Memoranda. WEDNESDAY, January 201——
B
Olxime against the Committee of the St. George's Ball ust be sent in to the Alf: Woolley (Hon. Seč.)
The Liverpool, left: Singaporn on the 17th ins, and may be expected hero on
about the 24th inst.
steamer Palamed, from
gentlemen
The steamship Patna left Singapore on the Municipal Councillors in the English Sot Te following bean elcoted 18th Inaient, and 18th-
and may be expactód here on or about the 20th inst
tlement at Shanghal-A: G. Wood, J.. The Bro Line steamer Benalder, from Lon Macgregor, D. 4. Darling, Yeend Duer dna and Antwerp, left Singapore G. J. Morrison, H. H. Joseph. The other. M. Adier, It. de Malherbe, C. Overbeck, the 19th inst, and any he expected hous on or about the 20th
List.
candidates pere Mesars R. Wheeley The O. 6. B. Co.'s steamship restes, from and R. M. Campbell. The former received Liverpool, left Siugupere on the 20th as many votes as Mr Joseph, the Inn--an Just and
two
about the 27 expected here on of the 19
irat
VATHEDRAL — ZNO SUNDAY AFTER
retired.
Ten Shanghai Magistrate is giving a then
oRDER OF CHORAL SERVICE AT ST. JOHN'Strical performance to the goda by way of thanks for the rain, and is now offering up prayers fer show. Souchow has been visited with a bounteous inll of grow. In the Altai
A. D. C. Performance at City FITHANY
Matine Voluntary, Chorale (St. Poly-
curp) Ousley; Venite, Turis; Psalms, region
THURSDAY, January 26 :--
Goods per Genera undelivered after'
this date subject to rent. Transfer Books of HK., C. & M. Steam- boat Co., Ltd., closed from this date to
ry, inclusive.
4th Febray 28:
SATURDAY, Goods
por Stoamor Saghation unclaimed alter No Bub
subject to raut. Goods por Daphne undelivered after this.
date subject to
to rant. SATURDAY, February 4
Noon.
H., at No.
Meeting of Shareholders of the 0. & M. Steamboat Co., Ltd, 7. Queen's Road Central.
A. S. WATSON & CO.,
LIMITED
ميت:
Christmas Confectionery
JUST RECRIVED RYSTALLIZED FRUITS,
CCHOCOLATE CREAME,
BURNT ALMONDS, and
SUNDRY SWEETS. Also, ROSE WATER & OTHER CRACKERS in great variety.
That between the Opium Farmer and the informal advices of the Colonial Tron- surer, the opium fredo is faring badly in Hongkong.
eDased of the very beat intentions, and Billed with zeal for the well-being of the Colony, should make blunders so marked and vexations--mistake which, if pres Tented at the outset, would stop a whole string of stupid and complicated errors, That a few words of explanation by the Superintendent of Experts and Imports would have kept the Executive and the Opium Farmer from making themselves ridicalous, and also would have saved the Magistrats from punishing a men for having done what he was told to do..
Dooks would make a capital pirate-cat- cher,
That the Government might do more thun they do with the drains during the dry
Benson.
That they might hire (if ther fire-engines are unsuitable) a portable boiler; engine and pipes, to be stationed on the Prayn, to punip sen-water up to the level of the Robinson Ront, and thus fush and wasti out the drains which now poison the air. Tant every drain should be thoroughly
washed cut before being opened out for. repairs.
BROWNIE
SUPREME COURT. IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. (Before the Hun J. Russell, Acting Chier Justice).
Saturday, January 21
THE YOTSIT, EXPLOSION CASE. The hearing of the suit Fraser Suitl and another versus the Hongkong Couton and Maeno Stonmhont Company was resubird to-day before the Asting
Limited
Chief Justice and the following special Wai Yuk, R. Cooke, Ryall, EL. jury-Mesara G. C. Anderson, R. Layton, Woodin, and F. Jedwall.
the
Crotch &c.; To Denis, Dykes in E flat; heavy) the snowfall has heer 80 That, in short, the undertaking given of torney General continged) said Joined Jabilate, Ouseley; Aatham, Sweet is life Mankey is still purched,
y na to hero caused cusiderable loss of human beings and stock.
thy mercy Lord Hymn, 87; Vulun- Thu taty, Offertoire,
and fears are entertained of a famine unless Evonsong:Voluntary,
Weloy; matters mond son. Painis, Macfarren &c. Mignificata Ocerland Muit says There is a grow.
Barcarolle,
Bunnet in F Authe
Nuge
Dimittis, Thou visitest the earth; Hymns, 220; Linx belief in colonial ciroles in Tandon chat 178 Volantaties, Murcho Rubbis departure to the Mauritius till March, Sir J. Pope Hennessy, who has postponed Chopin'; • The lost Chürd,' Güllivu
Tan delivery of the French Mail was begun yo at all, owing to the shortness of the term of office that is left at 9.15 this morning.
THE Họa. E. O'Malloy, Attorney General, arrived this morning by the Saghallen
We shall notics Mr E. B. Parker's little book, 'Chinese Accmant of the Opiam War" in ʼn day or two.
A NEW paper has been started in Singapore entitled the Straits Eurasian Advocate,
those
Mr Brownx (ross-Amination by the At
Bourd the Opiums Farmor by the Expentive doos time c I had not necessarily include the stultifying of itself, and making a foot of everybody concerned
That surely the Kowloong Quatonis, the Government, and the Opium Farmer can stop illicit trade without resorting to the clumsy means now being adopted, That the Small-pox sears has quits driven the Fover egitation, out of countosanes,
of Trade in 1872. Before that cms axperience in
mat- tore I had known the F-sass boilers sincu 1881. They were removed from the Yoting, and I was asked to examine them that report I state ani of Gelaton that by Mr Da Costu. I made a report on 8th August 1885. In the last paragraph of the boilers would be perfec
perfectly enfo to work at 30 lbs pressure for several years. Ind. certain repairs which are annered to vised certai my report. Thise bolgre the boilure were put the carried out Yol-312 were put into the reported The boilers wore in the Young when
I eat them after. repaired.
and that the Government are to be con- thow The Company
gratulated upon doing its little to stay the outbreak,
That the encouragement of frod vaccination
is good, and the measures taken to disin fect clothes by the chobies is still bet-
had provided all the necessary repairs. I saw the boilers before they were put on board the Yot sa. After they had been repaired tosted in prosed of Mr Bents and myself. The test was a pressure of 60
Government Marine Buseyor beenerintending the tone I was hoting
Pa
and
top; withons which I do not consider that
I it. I had not ieuned the declaration
like to know how householders can com that point however and allowed then to go a boiler is passed. I was satisfied up to pel their servants to go through the rim on board, intended to give them a mean
pressure of 25 las. I adjusted ple process of vaccination, if the said pig. valves at the trial trip on the 19th. The the lever hended vervants say that they no likco lever valves were sufficiently large for the That while masters or housewives could, of boilers and no other valves were required.
fðuna, Drum-škinta aromenade for wife employed a passenger ship in
The ship at that time was not going to be obeying what seems to be a lawful and water, and therefore for all practical purs reasonable order, it is often very incon pocas oue afety valve for each boiler wa venient to send 4way starts and lord valves I conside of the boilers were sufficient. When I - had adjusted these credingly difficult now-a-days to replace all right I was satisied there were no de them with comfort:
fects in
in the boilera or
valvos, flon't recollect hearing.
o. In that case Sir Frederick Weld, who is now in Englaud, may be sont in Sir John's stead. The fact of Sir Frederick Wald being a Roman Catholin would mako him a persue gratu to a large section of the inhabitants of the Mauritius. StRANDING OF ILLA DE PANAY-Messta. Larrinaga and Co, the Liverpool agents for the steater Tela de Pangy, state thore vore nt persons lost by the standing of the in the steamer. It is also kuwn that all of which is intended to bo she organ of the dies Englishmen on board, iz, the on- That at the same time I would very much Eurasian community in that Colony.ed, four were Spanish sailors, and the re- the six porzono sing, and who are
are supposed to be drown- THERE will be Diving Service in the Germaining two, passengers who were proceed.
ing in the vessel. The Ido da Fancy was man Bothesda Chapel on Sunday next at successfully rosted by the Spanish officials 4.80 p.m. conducted by the Rav, J. Wange of the company to which the steamer be Nen ordene Next | BB 000 de pe a praispaarthu fpat cargo had DIVINE Servico is hold in St. Poters Sea to be discharged before she was rained, At men's Church at 11 o'clock on Sunday fure that her safety is all the more valuable,
first she was regarded as a total wreck, so noon, and the steam launch will call along telegram from Cadiz, Dec, 12, statos that side any vessel hoisting code paunsat C.
she will discharge the cutiro 800 tons cal- culated damaged by sea wator; 700 good! Ambassador to Great Britain and Germany, are able to cop her nearly free.
Macro fino. There was some priming on passenger on board the 11 M. stoomer der the style of the Chinesische-Kuuston accompanied by his family and suite, is a Tux Loudon f Chiness Express aays :--Un-
the 19th at the trial. I would not say that in boters that had been in te before 1 priming was necessarily a defect, at least not Saghalien going to Shanghai Comparty) a new undertaking lins
fat rt Gesellschaft (Chineas Coasting Trade- so shamefully to 4 lady going to the new Mr Wood the engineer of the
boen. Tun Agent of the P., M. 5. S. Co, informs launched at Hamburg. It is proposed That these cookies at least the one who
Peak
ship: ufficially. us that the steamship City of Sydney, with acquiro four stentner at
at present employed At Nuliah Side, on the 17th, by the Res. maile die, from San Francisco, has arrived on the Chins coast, carrying merchandizo struck the ladynght to have been
Paku Mesars
NEW SEASON'S including some CHRONOS OF SWISS AND HOVE SCENERY, Suitable for Framing.
Da
immodiato delivery of their Goods from Marasilics, Messrs Takaki and Jegli; for NEW ILLUSTRATED PHOTOGRAPHI His Excellency Shu; the late Chinese condition left at Lagos; present pumps That, speaking of servants, I think most Costs that the vessel was going on the
alongeldo
:
No
Henry
and 2 Chinese
Par
ALBUMS.
A. S. WATSON & Co., Ln. TUM HONGKONG DISPENSARY. ESTABLISHED AD 1841. Hongkong, December 12, 1887.
MARRIAGE.
2410
and pass
the
residents will agree with me that Mr Wodehonse did his duty in punishing the enwardly chair-coolica who bollared
had
prat
the post of one
I did not adjust
Kon
tically for I considered him
a Borvica very good
Foertificate Mr Pinker was good engineer whipped, but that I understand the Government starboard
ment starboard - valve the 19th because the spindio was either
Perofro, from Manila, Messrs Edwarls, daughter, of A. G. Aitken, H.K. & W45 Jokohama, and will leave for this port special, trade, bu Yangtze,orship had no power to inflict corporal jammed or hents and would not turn
loss notice to the contrary be given kolorer Nechur, from Shanghai, Mr and Mrs Noon TO-DAY, the 21st Instaut,
Any Cargo impeting bar discharge will Bukhoff, Messre thein, P. M. Pallatt, A. be landed into the Godowns of the Kow. Moretz, Mr and Mrs Munvarin, Me Az
DON PIEL AND GODOWY Co. and stored at Mrs Dick, Messrs K.
Malon Melchers, Consigueos
and expense. Clairos will beco
be admitted after the
Per D, from 1 Manila, & Chincs. Goods have loft the Godowns, and all Gonds
from Hamburg, &., 2 Hero- remaining undelivered after
and 332 Chinees. the 28th Inst.onna, will be subject to rent.
-All broken, shafed, and damaged Goods Rodolp, Denipwoll, Button, Maurice are to be left in the Gotowns, where they Allain, M. de Lunes, B. Mitjana, 7 sailors, will be examined in the 29th Tust:,4 p.m.
and 312 Chinese," No Fire Insurance has been effected.
STEMSSEN & Co.,! İgents. Hongkong, January 21, 1888.
U. 3. MAIL LINE.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY..
Pet Marie, from Bainaong, Mr Macguda, and 12 Chinese, S
DEPARTED.
Por Mount Lebanon, for Rafang, 16 Chi-
107
GBE.
Por Clare for Haiphong, 1 European, and 30 Chinosc
THROUGH TO NEW YORK, VIA OVERLAND RAILWAYS, AND YOUGHING "AT YOKOHAMA," AND SAN FRANCISCO,.
THE U, S. Mail Steamship UITY OF SYDNEY will be despatched for San Francisco via Yokohama, on SATURDAY, the 11th February, at 3 p.m.,
Paasongs taking
and
Freight for Japan, the United Status,
and Europe. Through Bills of Lading issued for trans Tokobama and other Japan portation to Porta, ta San Francisco, to Atlantic and Inland Citine of the United States, Over Railways, to Flavana, Trinidad, and Demerara, and to ports in Mexico, Central
Land
and South America, by the Company'n and
Steazure.
Per Ruang Lee, for Shanghai, 1 Euro- pean, an 160 Chineso.
Par City of Peking, for Yokohama, 1 En- repoon, and 1 Chinese; for San Francisco, Mesars Frod Hoding Jr.. Wong Ting Ng Chow Kwong, Wong Po Sye, 1 Euro Cheong, Odgen E. Edwards, Eduardo Casal,
pean, and 207 Chinese,
TO DEPART Per Ching-teo, for Singapore, 236 Chines Per Nanoa, for Swatow, 200 Chinoso; for Anoy, Mr Ho Cho Shan,
Per Born, for Amoy, 6 Chinese, Per Canton, for Swatow, 100 Chinese. SHIPPING REPORTS,
soon and fue weather throughout
J. W. Oat, ALEXANDRA MILNE, eldest, Dock Company, to LANDER WILLIAM CONx to-morrow. NOR, only son of the late Clevoland A. Connor.
and are named
Wm.
they have aud
punishment.
These staaem have been bir for
Νίταρο, They wore the Milburn and Coperty of We have received a copy of the Chronicle running under English colours between That this class of chair coolies, both privato mar The publication of this image commencedPress The work has been revised and at £50,00 and an additional £25,001 is towardly dispositions nood inost nevery/
and Directory for 1838 issued by the Daily Canton, Hong Kong, and Shanghai The as well as public, now obtainable here
capital of the new company has been fixed very low, and their brutal instinors and brought up to date, and is somewhat in-be raised by preference shares, so that the crossed in bulk. It contains descriptions agers of the company will be Messrs Sicmasen entire apitel will be £75,000. The mai
9.10 p.m.
The Cuma Stian.
BONOKONG, KATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1888. TELEGRAMS.
SUPPLIED TO THn China M
(Pia Southern Line.)
THE EUROPEAN SITUATION,
LONDON, 19th January, 1888. The Vienna Press pablish article throw. ing discredit upon the Czar's assurances of Peace.
IRELAND.
handing
in the nut. Here the with gave a Varip description of the mechanizm
the spring don't recollect going over to the bak dompany about thest
TRIVER betweou the 19th of
or 24th. It is quite optional for
the
the ow
owner of the steamer to bava ither one the other. of the valves looked up, it is
of and directories for all the furgiga sta. I and Co. of Hong Kong pemssen That the somewhat ambitious performance is a spring valve for tas Government va
G. Hubbe tions from the Straits Settlements to Yla is the chairman of the board of directors, divostock. In addition to the ordinary (of the firm of Nietnssen, and Co.), V. and Messrs. Galles, Waldemar Nissen directory of Hongkong there is a Ladies Pickinpack, Win. Robertson and John
The
| Directory sud A Peak Directory, and full With are director particulars with regard to the Military Ware in reference to the recent fires forces, with the various maps and plans as at Fonchow, the Fonchato Baho says in last issue. The work is, we believe, the second fire var caused by the explosion of most reliable directory of the Far East pub. tin of kerosing oil stoten by a chair coolle from the score of the fire on the previous lished.
night. The ho was sup
The oil was being disided cat when We have rencived from Mr Druce Shepherd a lighted Chinese cartilo into the
WO
www.superintending aropre cores a copy of the Hongkong Almanack for 10, " of immediately cared an 1898, Thu work is full of the most useful explosion, and gave no time to theso in- dustrious Chinesa to so anything but information, and cortain additions have their lives. It also adds that the claims of Measra F. H: England & Co. against the
#71
take
not necessary to have both. Where there Valvo of the favourite old comedy The Rivals o cessary to have a lever valve in addi-
tion. On the
24th when I left the tifin by the A.DO, wa, on the whole, a ore table to go and see what was the matter, ditable success.
I saw Mr Pinked ard Mir Wood shoring not object
That the portions habit of falling fool down the Covertiment spring valve. I did of a defective charactor and buying a mere esed the reason and-
10 shoring down the valve everything you can gainst and nothing reckless or degligent manner. There was I did not consider that they wern acting in for it-which showed ao conspicuously. In nothing wrong if the spri
the critique of your morning contempo had no restoring was broken. the fever valvo rary is most ungenious, and, consider the stop valge was shut. If the other valva was not in proper working order, nor that
That the consensus of opinion in decidedly M7 Pinker would have known of it. I ing circumstances, most unfair. had liven shored down either Me Woud or sagoizat the treatment of stateurs in the whother the sky valve was hit or not, doubt if the engineers would have known same way as professionals, and in this without closing it and turning it back. It instance the critic is condemned for hid would have been madmans for them to have
valve shut it would be ahered down the spring ing all the commendable poiule, valve was shored down also and the stop
valve
if the lever
even
Took kas thing to shore down the two safely valves know whether when the Yotsui left on the
is the engins
was working. I don't
24th every defect in the boilers and lind beou made
The Spanish steamer Fisayas reports; Loft Manila on the 17th instant, had N.E. breezes:
Sir M. Hicks Beach, spesking at a Most been made this year which will doubtless China Fire and the Liverpool and Lendonand That such ill-considered criticism brings The British steamer Zafiro reports : Manila on January 18th, hid fresh mon- local self-government for Ireland, and sug-averages have been extended to 18 years, and the
Lofting in Clifton, was in favor of a Scholie of bo much apprecated. The notouralogical G
Goe Insuranes Co. havo beeli fully Through Panatge Tickets granted to
The German stemmer Neckar reports: gested placing the Irish Members on an das has been enlarged. To the directory Walkinshaw's residanes at the late fire fair criticism should do.
received from have been
the newapper orticism into disreputo, and while the astrensvinical portion of the calen- Agunta of t
of the Northern Assurance Company England, France, and Germany by all Had fine weather and Northerly winds,
effects na good object, neil honest and trans-Atlantis lines of Steamers,
good all the
all to Camage done to Br Firat-class Fares granted as follows:
part there is now added a list of the Ma- The Strong Room, in one of the Hongs don That the critic referred to would have done some below to see Wuness at To San Francisco
sonic Lodges. The Chinese calendar, which fire last week, was found to havej well and big, at least, left poor Shorida, made a sketch of the b ..$200,00
troyed by To San Francisco and raturn,
withstood the flames, and grout was the has been enlarged as much as the character excitement to see the door unlocked. the author, alone.
Re-examined of the work permitted, is based on the Chi- find out the condition of its contents. No That the Commosiores Ball was a deniedock Company had nothing to do with
by Mr icbaecu-The
1
available for 6 months
To Liverpool
To London v
...
EXPORT CARGOES.
equality with Scotch Members for the settle- ment of local affairs...
350.00
338.00 333.00
For S. 8. Sulley, sailed 17th January From Hongkong and Canton: For London, 1,008 boxes Tes, containing 5,087 Ths. Con-
plz.
462 Iba Scented Caper and 19,316 The
obtained perial Chinese Customs, to be eases Silk Piece Buoda, nad 1 pkge Subr
(Front Singapore Fupers.) REDUCTION IN THE RUSSIAN BUDGET,
And
good, heratiso I bas
BUT
valuables stored in this safe place why, &
neau calendars in general uke in Southering was damagod. But, what were the novelty, and was greatly enjoyed and heading those oilers to the defendante."
TO
had to
they
did to
make e certain repairs on them,
FRAGRANT WATERS MURMUR
To other European points at proportionsite Scented Orange Pekoo-totul 22,366 ba St Petersburg, Jan 11 The Rumun China. The difference between these and few old chairs and some oranges This la
Tex; 30 cases Silk Piece Gonds, 100 bales Budget proposes a reduction of eight mil. ratas Sunsial radiced rates granted to waste Silk, 425 bales Geenons and 52 ukgalions of roubles in the departments of War the Northern Calendars is that the latter almost too good to be true, Officers of the Army, Navy, Civil Service Sundries; for Fenaco, 326 bales Fine Silk, and Marine. and the In
lón application.
dries From Manile: for London, 10 cases Passengers,
who have paid full fare, re embarking
Et Sar
Cigur. Francisco for China or Japan (or vice worst) within one year will allowed a discount of 10%. This allianc does not apply to through fares from China
R
Freight type.
will be received on board until 1
doy previous to sailing. Parcel
POST OFFICE NOTICES. MAILS will close-
For SAIGON.—
For Carisbrooke, at 9 am, on Sunday
Famili be received at the office until the 22nd inst."
Batus
day
aboull be marked to address in full, value
of same is required.
PRINCE FERDINAND TO GET
gire 30 days for the first, fourth and ninth moone, instead of 30, and 29 days for the NOTICE TO QUIT. SE
second, fifth and eight moons, instead of 20 Berlin, Jan. 11. The National Zei- Mr. Stepherd has prepared his work with Zang alates that steps are boing concerted by the Powers for the removal of Prince the care and accuracy whhh charactərizə Ferdinand, which may shortly be
be expected. his labours, and we have no doubt it will | RIOTING BETWEEN CROFTERS
bo highly cateemed by the public. AND POLICE
district of Queensland, owing to the dia London, Jau 10-A good deal of noting THERE are great rejoicings in the Western police
covery of s magnificent underground stream
artesian hors, and, when it touched the sirasut, the water rose and fooded the surrounding country... is estimated that the supply is a practically inexhaustible ons, and that the daily run is from 150,000 to 100,000 gallons per diem. The water is
ing purposes. Large quantities of land áré EMPEROR WILLIAM'S HEALTH Covery notwithstanding that immense
being taken up in the vicinity of the dis. The Emperor is rather better, but does will have to be expended in ereating rabbit
all Parcel Packagen: Por China, at 9 am, on Sunday, the has occurred between the crofters and the
32nd inst Consular Invoices to accompany Cargo For AMOY AND MANILA. destined to points beyond San Francis, Per Zafra, at 2.30 g. on Monday, the LONDON SHORT OF PROVISIONS The discovery was made with an
in the United States, should be sent to the
inst
Company Oficer in Sealed Envelopes, For SWATOW & BANGKOK. —
Fra ED
Collector of Customs at San
SAIGON
-
Por Kong Beny, at 5pm. on Monday, CBC the 23rd fast. For further information as to Passaga and Feight apply to the agency of the
No. 601, Queen's Road Central Company
OD HARMAN,
Agent
Hongkong, January 21, 1888.
Per Fruter, at 1:30 pm, on Thursday,
the 26th
For NAGASAKI, KOBEY YOKOHAMA Per Theran Cato pm, pa figuraday, the
London, 19th Jan-For the last three days there has bean dense fog in England and Northern France, numerous fatalities have resulted, traffic and business being
stopped
of
partia on marketa dave run short of beautifully clear, and taagnificent for drink.
The
That the exceedingly sensiblo Address given by His Excellency the Governor at the Central School should be long remember- ed by those engaged in educational work in this Colony, That the Head Master (My Bateson Wright) and his taustaute have Lairly earned the commendatory restarks that have been ide by the Governor, and the good opinion of the community, by their con- scientions work
That all these good results must be very gratify theworthy Dr. Stewart,
appreciated by the Community
which
to my That it would be well if rodents, could to the
brought more in touch with our gallant aliould y
tible to see the should not
T
naval defondora, a their floating life and most reckless, this be
ар
abont the
do to Our business cares prevent us from other had
shore down so engineer could other had been
one valve after the
a he might case of the cane the
ing as much of their genist feces as they forget to open then the
deserve and to we desiro
engines being stopped, steam would be all-
That far too much rubbish and athes from boiler. If the stop felrow sino shut it
steamers continuca to be shot into the would be fatal The
of the
valve
Harbour, and not long ago, the whole the vase As mated of
sion,
we would tend to foreshore from Blus Buildings to Bow travelling slowly at the time of the explo matter of foot she was rington was rendered lotid by some pily
None of these valves was looked up abomination that had been thrown on and out of the control of the engineer. No
declaration was issued as the the water,
intended
ded for employment in the waters of That I am sorry to hear complaints about of the dinner I referred to
the Colony. I don't rudeness shown by stvaral of the dude quite believe that it
the auto esterday
an Tuesday, 10th class at our public gatherings this February, if Mrs Fraser Smith, mye so winter, and that the form Bangkong Smith stout the trial trip before the dinner.
don't remember speaking to Mr Fras
Fraser
Goths has been invented to meet the emergener,
ho, although he has now got his good Borvica reward by well-asrned promo tion, may still be called the Father. of Education in Hongkong
That a little patrol-duty round the Island That I was sorry but not surprised, that would not hart our gyabouts or thale
I don't know whether Mr Fraser Saath spoke to Mt Da Costa on the 15th or 14th or on the 19th- I don't recollect whether patter before the dinner. Zingine from I spoke to Mrs Briser Smith about the