Nồi D101 APBIT 6, 1880
Messas Jardins, Matheson & Co inform un that the s. s. “Wingang, from Caloutta for this picrt; loft Binch porn this tnorning,
Tax Totchiớn reports Called on the 8th March at the steamer Ardgay and lauded
THE Bian man-of-war Koreysts felt Shanghai on the 31st alt, foe North Saddle Taland.
THE CHINA
MAIL.
THE MISAPPROPRIATION OF MILLI
TARY STORES.
stores de Shu.mypeared to be in mach This has been attempted by other experta, mocekarily be of the very faintant descrip. McCallagh (Director), Champomix, Legge, Mr Hoatings (of Messrs Wotton and Dan.duating for depreciation on steamers and efficacy of the measure put in foron against
the same prition as before.'
Taigi Spoon Competition of the Hoog- kang Rifle Amcelation at 600 yards took place this afternoon between 30 Members, and was won, by Mr E. Robinson, with bege of 41 points. Lieut. Carlyle second with a sonra ul. 30 points,
A NEW POI 15 reported that a Dr. Esenian, of Buckle Surgprested a plano which by the aid of electro-magneilmm, oasi adelain, thoroase, and diminish: sound. notably Boshm, the inventor of the metal fate. Another novelty will be that by moring the electro-tungnals the timbre af the tano is changed for example, from that of a violonesls to a piconlo.
..
The eldest son of the Viceroy Li Hung- chang left Shanghai in the a Harding, which arrived at Tientsin on the 16th March. He was formerly Secretary of
Á THUNDERSTORM, accompanied by a heavy fail of talu, began yesterday sitomuon and continued thrungbout the whole night The rain consed ouly about noon to-day, up till that time thunder old be and hoard in the distance et intervals.
DIVINE SERVICE FOR SUNEX-On Sunday surning, between 9 and 10,30 oʻalock, the steam launch carrying the Bethel flag will call slong any vessel hoisting code pennant U., to convey men nahore to 11. service at St. Peter's Seaman's Church, returning about 12.30.
Tex Ha Pao, under the familiar heading, *Cherishing men from afar, given the text of a proclamation by the two city
Embassy in London and Paris,, and beara the rank of Profect. On 20th March was the birthday of his mother, and there was grand Chinese diunée to celebrate the event at the Viceroy's Tamén to native officials, etc.
Tax Chinking correspondent of the Bhang- has Mercury writes: For the mat twenty four hours it has been blowing hard from the north-east. One of the boats belonging to the British torpedo-boat Porpoiss, coming from the ship to land party of officers, was rap lote by a native best last night at 7.80 o'clock, and was capsid and badly injured. The ten occupants of the boat-
were immersed, but fortunately no loss of life sorued, as assistance from the ship was speedily at band
THE CHINA MERCHANTS STRAM NETHERLANDS INDIA NEWS. Begistrarship of the Supreme Court, the STEAM LAUNDRY COMPANY.
NAVIGATION COMPANY.
The Java Bode of the 23rd March notes a The third ordinary yearly meeting of the conrentance to the public thereby gained
The Report of the China Marchantalum for the botter, in affairs in Ashion, shareholders in the Hongkong Stom Mr Wodehouse hoard further evidence Steam Navigation Company for the 15th Bri-bori, heretofore so fearful w noosirge ¿wna ndraffted by eiety one." That it is an abomilý bo have a nominal, Laundry was bold in the Hongkong Batel in the Pollen Court today, in connection year, or the XIVth year of Kang Bu or to the army of occupation there, is now Land Ditlose partaide this sub-sleymtiment, at noon today. Mr. D. L Woodin pro with the charge of larceny against the head. responding nearly to 1888, has appeared. considerably on the wand. There is every
The Piofc and Loss Aconint showe z gros
Abiding form should it rise from the whose knowledge of the office work must sided; and there were sins present: Mosers coolie employed at the Cumumuzint Store. balance of Tls. 649, 268, which after de rompeor of the mprovement. taking an godowas a sum of Tis. 208,741, and for the disease. Itis expected that the Achine, Henderson, Hutchison, Bein, Whealler, con's office) appeared for the prisoner.
dividend to shareholders Tis 80,000, leaves on finding beri-ben no longer a formidable Quartermaster ́Sergi, Jamtos Tígho was a net balance of Tis. 271.014. This added ally, will be more inclined to come to J. Grant, F. Goddard, and Allen; and
further examined by the Magistrate. His to the hot balance for the previous year, terms with the invaders. Gourdia, mager.
viz, Tia. 326,578, learos a total net Balance The Chairman romarked that the pro- Worship first road over evidence already a tle. 597,692, The Viceroy Li Hung- The province of Bantam continues to be miles were rated at a agar which more given by the witness, in which he denied chang has autioned a bonus of ten per iu a disturbed state. Fanatics are busy than covered interent on overdraft and all petty expenses, and that the debit had all knowledge of the fact that the articles oont. for the last three years to the Directors stirring on the people to disaffection, and recent rebellion there, more than a hundred review amounts to Tis: 27,101, being one- boots rutuced by about $500 during last the prisoner was accused of misappropriat and staff; this boons for the year under inciting them to rescue the leaders in the Fears of another rising have gained groand your proposed that the report and so- ing were concealed in the celling of the tenth of the net profits for that year; and of whom are lying ander sentence of death, counts be passed, an
for the preceding two years it amounts to Mr John Grant seaded, and the wo-story, but admitted that he had been. 32,657, of which only Tis. 18,469 retomach an axtant that Europeans and in the habit of putting asido surplusmained to be now paid. The to:al paid to Ohiness in that quarter go about armed
That as the Frays Reclamation Sebine
and the operations of the new land In and the vestment Company aro certain to fadresse
it
the work of this office very greatly, should be converted, so I have said, foto an independent Department. “ That it night becours the Land and Assoon
mont Department, it that would make roorganisation more easy, but the num. ber and importance of the records there dealt with 'make it a necessity that some such change an Ihave'saggested should be made.
tion was carried.
Mr F. Henderson proposed that Messrs A. Johnston and D. McCulloch be ro. elected on the Board.
Mr Murray Bain seconded, and the mo tion was carried.
Mr McCulloch proposed, the re-election Me S. J. Govor ne auditor which pro- position, having been seconded by Mr G.
Whoaller, was slao oprried. This elnged the business of the yearly
That the correspondents Wooden Pave-of
mont,' 'Mud,' and 'Rata' do well to be angry, the state of Queen's Road Intely having boon almost beyond praying for. That Providonos has for the moment isken it in hand, and as a temporary measure
washed it clean.
That this is probably as far as Providence will go in road-mending, even for House Long, and the muddlers in the Road De partment had better not treat to a coa tinuance of special interpositions.'
meating.
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT COMPANY, LIMITED. The Statetery. General Meeting of this Company required to be held within four months after registration was held to-day. Hon. J. Bell Irving prosided nud, there were also present :-Hon. O. P. Chater, Messes
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storos to meet doficiencies that might arise He said this prasties was known to Capt. Croisdalo and Lieut. Hornblower, although not to the present Commissariat officer, Witness had lent some of Lieut. Parsons, the surplus diankets to his frienda. It was
and prepared for the worst.
Directors and staff being thus Tle. 43,570,
A disease among engar cane in Java, the halatios carried forwani to credit of
which strikes at the roots of the plants, Two new steamers have been added to ins spread so alarmingly that the Govora- next year's account is Tls. 555,021.
the idland, los taken, OKJUTDO the floot, the Sin-sheng, at a cost of over ment TIs. 90,000, and the Sin-gu, the latter having against it. Plant came from the strickom districts is shut out from the unaffected not yet arrived.
The Company still owe to the Chinoan ones, and its export from that island to Government Tla 798,715, and to foreigners lands beyond son las al been forbidden. Heary penalties are attached to breaches of the prohibition.
Tia 511,393.
Stops have been taken to start a so-called Java, Agency Company at Batavia, for carrying on shipping and freighting busines there. It in backed by British capitalists. The undertaking only requires judicious
management to score success.
Magistraton of Canton, issued by them by companies. The goners opinion of the That in Sbaughai granite chips aro brought M. E. A. Salomon, J. S. Moses, St. C. and I wanted to know where the things etc., is assessed at Tla, $,870,000, the pro effect on bacterie, the mon experimented
order of the Viceroy at the instance of Mc Alabaster, British Consul It quotes a despatch of the Consul's to the Viceroy, rocapitalating numerous recent instances of insults offered by the Cantonese to re- spectable foreigners visiting the City or the neighbouring country; and warns the people that any one sanght insulting or throwing atones at foreigners will be severely punished, pas
Ix justion to Messrs Melchors & Co, we must add to the account of the coolie dis- tarlasce on board the Ching, which we published yesterday, the fact that the coolics received bare tickets with Deli dis. tinctly printed on them mod that they warn all distinctly made to understand that the Fool Fe bound for Deli, for which port she duly cleared on the 22nd March, So far so we can judge by what is reported in the Free Press, the disturbance would Heem to bave been conved at by the coolia brokers in Singapore, who are curaged that the traffic is now being carried on direct and not through them. It is a strange fact at any rate that the coolies wors claimed by these brokers as if their arrival was antid- pated.
CANTON is a great and busy city, full of hustling activity till late into the night, but it has hitherto boon very badly lighted with little oil-lamps giving a flare no bigger than a bean nor brighter than a glow-worm. Since kerosone was so. sxtensively intro- dured, the streets have been a little lighter, but the Viceroy now desires, it is said, to make a still further improvement, and gas, which he already us in Introduce bly own yamen. He has ordered, so it is rumoured, the two City Magistrates to obtain from the tipas statistics of the cast of the oil naod monthly for lighting, and gas will be sa doon sa possible introduced if it be found that it would not be much more expensive than the present syabeien.
Eu Pa
Tas Goodwin self-levelling berth for pre- venting acs-sickness has just been inspect- ed by a large number of representative mon from the varions ocean steamship invention was most favourable, the almost unanimoue verlot being that the difficulty which has for so many years vexed the minds of inventors has been solved. More man one of the great Atlantie companies bare, it is said, endeavoured to secure the patent in view of the enormons indux of visitors to Europe during the Paris Exhibition.-Court Journal
An amaging story comes from the smoke roam of the House of Commons. Certain Members caras to the conclusion that, for a while at least, they had in that aanctum heard enough of Mr Pigott, so it was on Wednesday afternoon mooved, seconded, and rescloud araninosely that anyone, a member of the company or a whether now-comer, who should utter the name of the fugitive should be fined half a crown. Everyone in the room evaded the trap, but nearly every new-comer fell into
each
mention of the notorious witness hailed with a roar of delight. short time forty, half-crowne were col lected.
PURCH ON SYNDICATES.--
Ring here and ring there. Everything
seems to indicato That Mammer his right to sole rule
means to riódicate
Bet ne'er be content
Til, at sixty per cent. The whole solar system is run by a
syndicate,
And then some shrewd kave, since old
Sol is our one light.
a brosch of the rules. His wife went horas on 7th February and he sent some blan-
Expenses for new godowns, etc., at kets home with her. That was arrang Slanghai, Tientsin, Ningpo, and Wanchow, ed between his wife and the prisoner. now iron boats at Nanking, and repaire She told the prisoner to bring her some(new boilers) to the Fungthun, Kiangten blankets and witness allowed him to do so. and Kiangtung, have involved an expond
ture of over Tis. 258,000. Ovar 256. 238,000 They were taken from the store about wook before she went away. She also took has been written off for depreciation in sheeta Witness proceeded-I had no value of steamora, etc,, and although over
The experiments in the Goreramant. knowledge that my wife had taken those T. 18,000 was recovered for intranes of articles until after tha transfer of Foochow, the dividend to abareholders is Hospital there in traating bari-buri patients- the stock to my successor, I thonaly Fla. 80,00. The actual value of the with Cocos island water have not proved-a found thas there
deficiency, Company's property in steamers, gudowne, success. Whatever may be its destructivp bad gone to I was informed by the petty having depreciated, it is estimated, upon did not improve upon the water into the Bettlement from great distances Michaelsen, G. E. Noble, Les Sing and Foon prisoner that he had given away ten bisnin value, since the 11th year of Kwang Su at considerable expense for road-mending Pong, directors; and Hon. B. Layton, Mosars Lots to my wife before she left the colony, to the extent of Ta. 480,000. The accounts
WILLIAM IV was once dining with several W. Wolton, H. N. Mody, A. G. Stokes, G. Ho naid Mrs Tighe asked him for same for the Kwei-ch'i proparty are now in order, That the result is good roads.
blankets as she was going home. Ha niso but there are still dificulties in obtaining a officers and ordered one of the waiter to That probably because granite chips can be Stewart, H. J. Holmes, A. Woolley, A. 8. said he had given her sheets. This was clear statement as regards the Annam pro- take away that marine there. Your hat herein great abendanos at little or no Garfit, R. Fraser Smith, M. Grote, Mas the first I kace of the things having been party and the Corean loan; but it is hoped Majesty,' inquired a Colonel of Marines,
Hook, P. Jordan, A. McConachie. Ho given to my wife. The prisoner did not do that these will soon be overcome. Every do you compare an empty bottle to a mem oost from any quarry in the neighbour Tung. E. C. Ray, E. Goorz, S. 1. Danby, it with my knowledge or with my insunt. effort will be made by the present manage-ber of our branch of the series 11 Yes hood, they are held in scorn by our local W. H. F. Darby, I. 6. Lapraik, and T. E. never saw the things in my house. I have mont to conduct the business of the Cota replied the monarch, sa if a sudden thought Davies, shareholders; and Mr A. Levy, only the prisoner's word for it, and so far as pany with the strictest economy, in recogui had strack him. I mean to say it has perverters of MacAdam's principles.
I know it may be untrue. I took no steps tion of the confidence the High Authoriting done ita duty, and is ready to do it again. That a standard of excellence should be Secretary pro tem,
arrived at, and contractors should be statutory meeting called in accordance on hearing of this. The liat af defident ar have reposed in them as displayed by their Rather quick-witted for a king, wasn't it?
ticles was already made up and there was retention in their present position, in spits with the provisions of the Ordinance, and no chance of recovering the blankota. I did of the suggestion they made that on the tied down to that standard. by a proper eonsequently it is of a morely formal char-not report what the prisoner told me; expiry of their three years of office, othering of oɔnnadruga, bot I heard one yester
actor. The shares of the Company have, I there would be
system of emporvision.
The Chairman Gentlemen, This is our
I
uno in doing so at that am glad to inform you, all been taken up time. I did not write to my wife about and paid for. It will be intisfactory to because I could not get an answer before I you to learn that we bare already come leave the Colony. L'expect to go away an commenced business by the purchase of a pro-board the Orontes
porty which promises vory good results Indeed. If there are any questions which shareholders would like to address to me, I shall be glad to endeavour to answer them.
No questions were pot.
That I acknowledge the difficulty of getting Chinese contractors to put in the quality of work specified, and have heard tractor give amseing explanations of how this in succesfully evaded. That a contractor once replied to me, by taking out two ten-dollar bills and fold- jug them n; separately, adding, 'Sap pose my putter, eye can see, eye can huttee; belong China fashion-Hi yah!' That considering the prices, which I have heard are alwage paid for Government work, there should be no trouble in securing a few honest contractors, careful supervision, good work, and consequented ly good and permanent roads,
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EXTRAORDINARY MEETING.
Directors should be appointed in their
stead.
THE TIENTSIN-TANGKU RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
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包
Mr Hastinge-Year Worship will remem- her that the witness asid before that he
Last week we reported that a collision ouneented and in fact directed that these had occurred on the Tientsin Railway, and are now able to give a few further blankots should be taken to his wife.
It appears that on Monday Witaves-When I made that statement particulara.
afternoon, the 25th alt, the guard of the I meant that I know of it afterwards.
Detective Sergeant Mann gave evidence train from Keiping met with an accident as to the arrest of the prisoner and sa to before ranching Fangko, through, it is said, finding the articles in question concesied in the bursting of a cartridge is his hand. the ceiling of the store.. He said the In consequence of this, the train was con- siderably delayed at Tangku while his Commissariat Officer was prosecuting in this fojuries were attended to. On the Tangku- Tientsin section, the line being a single one, there is a siding at a certain point, so that the train which reaches this point fizet goss into it and waits. The Kaiping train being late owing to the accident referred to, the Tientsia train acturally reached the
case, not the Polica
I Do not often descend to the propound-
day which for a while thoroughly discon certed the geurial gentleman to whom it was pat. The querist was a sprightly youth, Why would a bacher rather shave three Irishmen than one German 1 asked he You give it up. Of course you do. Well, because he'd get 45 cents from the thrus Irishmen and only 15 cents from the Ger man.'-Chicago Journal,
Quotations Hosezone, April 6. OPIUM-New Patna, cash,.. 560
Old
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כי
New Berzares, cash, 525
Old
W
asch, New Malwa, caeli,.. 680
Allowance, Taola... 32/48
Old Malwa, cash, 600/620 Allowance. Taelk
BAR
Persian, Oily, cash 500/510 Allowance, Tauls... 16/48 Persian, Paper tied 500/525 Allowartos, Taan... 8/48
Exchange. HomeRose, April 6,
Notice calling the mesting having been The Chairman said:Gentlemen, As read by the Secretary pro tem.,
A Chinese constable stated that when stated in the notice just read, this is an extraordinary moeting of the Company call the prisoner was arrested he said he did not steal the articles, that the former Barrack for the purpose of considering the Sergeant knew of them, and that some of expediency of increasing our capital, and, then were surplas stock, while stime were Will want to establish a Corner in Sun-That, speaking of roads reminds me of the before moving the adoption of the rasola- old and worthless,
William Parsons, lieutenant and quarter-aiding first, but the engine driver instead of tions to be submitted to you on behalf of light."
quagmire in front of the City Hall, the Board, it is my duty to explain to master, Army Service Corps, and officer in going into it, decided to go on, or if he did which is a disgrace to any civilised Go-
you briefly the grounds on which your Di- charge of the Bartacks, Hongkong, said he into it at all, he did not wait for the It had been shown thearticles inquestion. Somether train to come on, bat proceeded. vernment, and could never optinue to rectors base their recommendation.
came to our knowledge that a large section of them ware quite new. There was one bale The station master at Tangku, not baring exist under a Municipality.
of Community, including some leading coutaining 60 sheets, which had never been any reason le anticipate that the Tienta That the Babel of confusion when an native capitalista, were anxious to take an opened. He particularly remarked three engine driver would not follow out his On assemblage of theatre-goers attempt to get interest in our Company and careful copper ocal ncutties aruong the articles be instructions, allowed the Kaiping train to He could only surmise about eight miles towards Tientsin-it was home from the Theatre Royal here is bad calentation having convinced us that addi- cause they must have come from an entirely go on, but when this train had prooooded
tional capital could be employed advan- different store. enough at any time, but thoscenes witness-tageously, we thought it would be for the that thoy, like the other articles, had been then night-the engine driver saw the He immediately reversed his goar ed of late, at the close of a performance, interest of the enterprise in which we are put there with a dishonest intention. Pre- lights of the other tratu advancing towards
engaged to avail ourselves of the co-opera-vious to this a quantity of other stores had him. when ladies had literally to wade through tion of those friends, who had, when the best found in various unt of-the-way places and started the train backwards, but this liquid mud to find their sedans, were Company was organized, been unavoidably He could not say that a system of extensive was of little avail, for the Tientsin train, excluded. We therefore decided to recom- pilfering had been going on, as he seemed which was going fall speed, arashed into enough to break the heart of even as old mand to you the issue of 25,000 new shares that his prudcessors would have checked him with territic fores. The consequence On Now York
Laar winter, it will be remembered, an English sailing-vessel on a voyage to Mani. la was wrecked at Ang-imo Kong, in the Sintek District, North Formoss, and more the ten of the crow disappeared. Mr Bourne, the British Consu), represented to the Governor that the people of the district had boarded and looted the ship while it was as yet by no means certain whether she could be get off the shore or not, and that the missing mon might possibly have been killed by them. The Governor seut depo. tinn to the spot to make enquiry, but the poople had fed on bearing of their purpose, which delayed the settlement of the ga tion for some time. We hear so that sem of Tin. 5,000 has been paid in astle- mant of all claims, the money having boon asseted by the sathorities from the people of the district where the wreck conrred.—
he Peo.
to
Tax North Formosa Railway is going shead. Originally extending only from Two men hamed Tw Yung and Ho Chong Tai-pek to Sib-klow, and then prolonged Nan-k'ang, it is now being pushed on were brought before Mfr Wodabouse in the to Wa-in and Lab-ta, and is expected to „Folios Court to-day charged with sisaling reach Kolong this water or autumn if Gratoredit mumber of valuable articles belonging too much rain does not. fall.
is due to Me Morrison for his able diree. "Moun á. Door and G. H. Potts, oleks tion of the foreign staff under bim at the *with Mesars Russell & Co. The rooms Kalung coal-mies The Governor of Formons has obtained through Mr Bourne, occupied by thems two gentlemen, had been British Consul, two new employés. from -looted on different occasions, the property England, who arrived on 4th March. One takoo' away amounting to value to about a balled Bowen, (Bourne), the other Kantown (1). An amusing incident occur. $150, Mr Duer stated that on the night of red when the Consul took them rotod the 28th the missed four silver cups, so introduce them to the Governor about two dozen elik handkerchiefs, some one of them, ignorant of the etiquette always observed, wishing to be carried sleeve buttons and some shirt stuđa. The night into the inner Court of the theft had been committed while he was out, Tamên in bis sedan-chair, like the Cenaul, and the window of his room was open at and haring to be stopped and requested So perform this short last part of the journey the time. Mr Potta asid be awoke on the on foot.-Bhen Poo, night of the 25th ult. and raised some things from his bedroom, including a wate and chain." The things were lying on a table beside his bed, about a foot from his. hould Be recognised the second defendent. **s a man who had been wating for a faw daya na a substitute hosts-coolis on the pro- insa, and to the best of bir belief, the Tona" was so sugged at the tims of the robbery. The case was remanded for fur- ther evidenou
Tas Police In Bingapore, aré agitating for an advance of wages. The Straits Tinus contains a long article setting forth their grlaväntes, on @hich it makes the following Comments:-The police constable at home Is working man—that is to say he in of the gando of the labouring class. When he casos hors he osas to belong to that grade, and he is forped to live in fashion
be my
his food and many
remthing that at the middin
hero to be pala för maong n sopalatist whipa izskata spon Koropeana og da saperior and wosity class Now the poliomiman doos pai, and cannot, understand this before an comes are,
in the plich of commatepees he feels him
sell to be, and hot, riot of
glon
of trath: The time fest of a man's pay
of
'w to sak mais be life in decent confork in a
i married man on the same footing so the clase to which he at the time belongs Etated in that way, any carson will see that the European comatublo's pay is utterly Instikoisa 15% Or Gas quation might be and-Hiring (with Mal #ROI Cat of his
nolder one thing nor for other; said it Eo had known as be seriainly would not
FRAGRANT WATERS' MURMUR That the Colonial Office authorition da. not appear to show any extraordinary solicituds for the speedy completion of the great public and private works which are now in the hands of the Public Works Department.
That Victoris College (ride Hond-Master's official wail) and the Water Supply bava more than once been spoken of as OCZKI- pleted, but are sick o
That the defective condition of the present.
Drainage System will most probably remain unchanged throughout another hot sun, if not even until the Faye Reclamation schemes in sarried out... That I hear the Fablis Werka Department is almost cleared, or shortly will be, of officers of experience, and that the ser
bachelor.
That I am glad to note that the meetings of certain public Companies are to be known benceforth, sa "conversazionas, '
for I have a notion that the proceedings may thereby become more harmonious and less formal,
anything of that kind,
was that there was serious loss of life,
Bank, Wire,
Lou-on-
70
On demand,
“30 days” night,"
4 months Niggiang;
Credits, & M Documentary, mo
Ja Paris
Ou demand,...
· Grodita, & moutha' sight,"
On demand,...
Credits, 60 daya" sight;:
Wire, On demand, u Bombay
On.Calcutta-
Wire, On demand,
On Shangha
On demand, 30 days' sight, privato,
at a premium of $50 per share, auch pre-
By Mr Hastings-I was ander the im. thongh fortunately not so great as at first mium to form the beginning of a Reserve Fund. In order not to place the present pression that the Police were prosecuting in reported, but twelve Chinese were killed shareholders in any unfavourable position, this case.. I sent for the Police and pointed and also the engine driver who was tha wo recommend that one balf of this new out to them what had been discovered; bat oause of the accident, and he appears to have died from the shock, fur no marks of I loft the matter entirely in their hands. issue shall be reserved for them, to be I did not order the arrest of the prisoner, injury wore visible on his body, and it is offered them in the proportion of one new
in share for each two original shares standing although that was done with my full sau posible that he me dead before the
The prisoner was acting in accord cident. There were several foreigners in their name. Of the remaining 12,500 to be tion. That our new General turns out to be an offered to the public, at least one half shall ance with his duty in removing the eng- the trains, but they escaped with shaking be coserred for nativo friends, for whose plus things at Sergeant Tighe's order, valy. After the sollision, one or both of old China hand and will alert apon his representation on the Boird we have pro. Į but he must bare known he was doing the trains caught fire, and the confiagration| cild Loaf, 100 f duties with all the benefit of experiance vided by inviting Masers Lee Sing and something improper and should have appeal was distinctly seen at Taka some ten miles Poon Fong to become Directors. The first ed to the officar afterwards. The woolie distant. There was considerable excite ment at Taru among the residents thera already acquired.
had to take his orders directly from the serving to the attitude of the natives, who (Takat Maurs Falconer & Co.'s Premías, resolution is :-
That the Capital of the Company be geant. I think his patting the things intributed the accident to foreigners gen- i
such an out-of-the-way place as they were increased to the sum of $5,000,000 by the found in slowed a dishonest fateation. Iurally.-N.-Q, Daily News, issue of 25.0 0 Now Shares of 8100 each, have warned bin repeatedly to show me on which New Shares a First Call of 850 everything of this kind. I have done so per Share shall be paid on hereinafter pro-when stores were found on presions 0008- vided, and the balance of $50 per Sharesians in-out of the way places. shall be payable in such amounts, at such
That the recent episode in the Cancil has made a profound impression on the community, and residents will watch with interest the developments of the now syndicata. That German steamer-owners have enddenly taken to Btting their lifeboats with copper tanks instead of wo den ones, as British owners have had to do for a
long time.
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That I hear the Chinking affair is causing some talk in Naval circles, as well it may, and that the insident may have the effect of waking up our gallant fellows with the gold rings on the dack-blus ground. That things appear to have got very much mixed up in the Magistrate's Court this
week.
That Chinese ideas as regards progress are
certainly peculias.
times, and on such conditions sa the Board may determine, and that the Board be all thorised to issue such New Shares at such a premium (not exceeding $50 per cent.) as it may think fit, such premium to be paid on Allotment.'
I beg to propose its adoption. Mr Body seconded and the motion was carried.
Mr Hastings Having heard what has think he is the real culprit been admitted by the Sergeant, do you not
Witness-I can't form any opinion on that point,
NOTES FROM NATIVE PAPERS. Six or seven lorchas are said to have! grounded lately owing to the annual shallowness of the water of the Yangtze this year. The Pas Kang, one of these, which went sabore below Hankow, has been for twenty days. Thes. Peking be towed off again by
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The Magistrate-Anyhow, it is not evi-the Ngas-king. Divers are at work near dence.
Нвикон fabfog up dollars and other valuable cargo lost on the occasion of the great fire, when over 100 junks were barnt
Mr Hastings-It is just as much evidence a great many things your Worship has Lakon down. (fe the witness). If you had known what you know now, would you have brought the protection against the coodie or the Sergeant ?
Witnesss Against both of them.
Mr Hastings-Do you not think the Ser- Witness-I am not called upon to give en opinion on that.
Mr. Hastings-I understand that pro condings have been taken against the Ber- geant,
WitnessIn another matter, not in this. Mr Hastings-Won't he be tried on this charge 1"
Witness-Probably he will; I believe some cops have been takan, but it in s mattor for the General to decide.
after some further evidence, the case was remanded till Mardsy.
Mr Chuter proposed the second rewolu tion, which was to the following effect
That of such New Shares 18,500, or or equivalent to, One New Share for every as the case may be) a zumber comprising, complete number of two existing shares, begeant is the principal offender? offered to the persons who on the 2nd day of May, 1889, shall be the registered share holders of the existing shares, in the pro- portion of one new share for every complete That the Viceroy of Kwangtang proposes number of two existing shares, and such offer shall be made by notion specifying converting the recently-erected Mint fato the number of new shares which sich such cloth-wearing manufactory—a some-registered Shareholder shall be entitled to what expensive mode of sasting the take up, and limiting a time within which the offer, if not socopted in writing, will be much-disliked foreigner and his wATER, deemed to be not accepted. The First Call That the Viceroy os hardly be alive to the of $50 on every such accepted share shall be recent material fall in copper and its paid at the time of septanon, sed sil mush non-socepted shares, and also the remainder bearings on minting oportions.
(if any) of the said 12,500 New Shares, thali BROWNIE he diposed of in such a matter, at such times, and on such conditions as the Board may determine....)
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The acting Provincial Treasurer at Boo show, Tion, recently deputed a certain Ca him, or District magistrate, to proceed to Wl'ostook, 30.15 36 Lib-yang (Chinklang) with a sum of money | Tokio... 30.08. for the relief of the distressed agricultural | Nagasaki, 30.16 districts there, his orders being to co-operate Shanghai.. with the local authorities in the distribution, - AmoY...NA. This deputy contented himself with merely Hongkong handing over the money to the Chiaking Haiphong. authorities, and when questioned, on bis Bosnares. 29, return, about the ortant of the distress and Mila 9.80 other matta, sroved his complete ignor- NTNE ance of them all. The Governor of Kiangaus
WTostock. 30. bas-suspended him for a year, and soored two large bad marka "against him, which he will have to work off in future years be fore he got promotion-Sea Fao,
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Fans (who has given his sunt copper in Japan, still continque On 21st Thane in not muz elange in the bareme Mr Micbasison proposed the third re- solution, which. We follows - hope young man, that you know the value Marok, at 3 o'clock the ones was rested in ter and gradiensa p
That the remaining 12,000 New Shares of the pries you will get in my daughter?
Surveyor General will have go" | companies where men of real humor: were be offered to the Public in witch a man-Young man, Well er-no, air; I don't the Provincial Judge's "Tamon, Tria heid { 'dmap anal rather doo Podhur panggi
That there must surely be some serious
that all the recommendations for proaktion difßculty in carrying on the duties of disregarded by a general ocenitization inner at such time and on sinh con know the exact value but as near auf bis sabordinates submitted by the late
favour of stupidity.
ditions as the Board may determine, but so Bud out, it's in the neighborhood of £4,000
Minister, Anre been cancelled. The money his new appointment
said to be embesied in a very large muca, Horny--My dear wife, gou know I san- that the First Call 31, 950 per Share on London Tit Bita
LOVE's Young Dream-Lite GHN (20) Warrents have gone out for the arrest of be paid sider you the salt of the earth-Terrible these remaining 12,500 abares shall be detect in the pay or promotion of publia shilom is dat why oo told nusis when oo us Application.
Mr He Tong seconded and the motion hol) What did the teachey send you three persons at Nazitag, all holding official
bars for Tattle Boy Bhe aid I was bad | rank, and former pri lépe of the ex-Ministers may dem Arvants when so many of them ate kissed her dat manus was in de woup 1--
was-ostrind, an
dwerk manual come over and sit with the girls but those permóna haos managed to ascene. New York World tempted to leave the service.
ropose the fourth resolt-like you, Can you stay long!" Guem and it is not known
they have fed. Fore propose ontole the fourts not vain very bad. Wal, you beu Power That, falling the nomlastion of
Sharon be carried to the Reserve Fund
That all premis an the said Nsw badder boxt time. NY. Wody
Land
Board ve a reorganisation of the main of dealing with land, the Land Office hese should be contacted into a spain Depurtenmak
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as in tina drawn in Max O'Balls book: fortune and it's lucky for most of us that in the ballet, don't yon seal-Estos paketinies of Levocation of young comme Jah as plaboraia colfire there's no building inspector around.
Me Danby minded and the motion was of our cos and bange, but no cap, ap-
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Prelaskphic Record,
AMERICAN-You Frenchmen are so mer. I carried.” That this sub-department was formerly curial that I should think insanity would be attached to the Surveyor Geamal's office, common in your country, Frenshealt oná, it son, 11 son: Elmar võira ofsen of and when it was brought down to the Frenchmans Matying for loss Padel Queen's Bond level as an adjunct is the l phía Record
Fee never any pity for commelted people, because 1 think they over the comfort about with theca, George Kürk
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