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SATURDAY, October 15, 1898.
Tan afternoon the Volunteery had a march out to North Point.
LONDON's Municipal Debt amounts to £40,892,808. This is exclusive of the debt of the Corporation of the City of London.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,
SUPPLIED TO THE 'CHINA MAIIM"}
LONDON, 13th October, 1898. TURKEY, CRETE AND THE POWERS. The Porte proposes to-retain a stuall garrison to Crete as an emblem of so-
THE French trooper Cholon arrived st Sai-vereignty. gon on the 1st inst. She had ou board 21 officers and 1026 non-commissioned officers and men.
A CHINESE boatman was fined 850, at the Magistracy today, for boarding the steamer Tai Lee, while she was going up to her buy, without the permission of the master.
MAJOR MARCHAND AT FASHODA. Accredited reports have roached London that Major Marchand is in such straits that it is impossible for him to remain long at Fashoda.
THE UNITED STATES. President McKinley, speaking at Omaha, reforced to the new grave problerna con- fronting the nation. He said the country mual avoid the templation of undue agres
THE Aage on the Government Buildings, and the warships in the barbar were half- mssted to-day as a mark of respect for the late Queen of Denmark, whose funeral touksion, and must als only at securing its own placo to-day.
general wolfaro. The United States had nevor boca a military government,
THE Government of Indo-China pròposse to allocate 827.415 for the establishment of achol, for tho education of native doctors and $45,000 for a school in which the andres will be taught French.
A rise of $50 was haposed upon a con- #factor at the Magistracy to-day, for neglecting to enclose with a acaffolding a building at les House Road and Zetland Street_while engaged in removing the roof.
Extrême Orient )
THE FRENCII CHAMBERS.
PARIS, Oct. 7.
CRICKET.
'THE CLUB B. THE NAVY...
This afternoon a match between the Club and the Navy was played at the cricket Į ground. Scores :--
THA CLUB.
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Lieut. G. D. Campbell, ↳ Elliott ...... H. Hancock, Hasley, b'Bolwell... Lieut. Moberly, Bedwell Captain Dyson, & Nugent, Gill... O. M. G. Burnie, e and is Bedwell..... A. R. Lowe, b.w: Bedwell Captain Langhorne, e Behn, b Gill Lieut. Lethbridge, not out Dr Lawson, Hickley. bill...
Borden-Smith, b Benn H. Arthur, b Benn
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THE CHINA MAIL.
FRAGRANT WATERS · MURMUR That, te judge by the amount of tally in the papers, and all round the talking circles
of the Colony, the community has up-
THE HONGKONG POST OFFICE. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ADVISES A
SEARCHING ENQUIRY. The following correspondence is forward-
NEWS BY THE AUSTRALIAN
MAIL.
parently bean commoved to its very ed to us by the Hongkong Chamber of/Montojo, who was in comunmrd of the broken water, Harry then gained fast on
centre concerning the Victoria Jubilee
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Commerce,
concreto stops, while cleaving the mila quint he had two and a half lengthe to the good.. Wrap then slightly falterad. SPANISH COMMANDERS RETURN ROME,
but recovering quickly continued in the London- Sept. 23. Vice Admiral P.
load till both lie and his rival got into sound Spanish naval foreps at Manila, has been the New South Walshmaan, and, overhauling suspended.
bia just before the winning post was reach- Fighting has taken place between Spune, and won a clasa contest by stort half- el convicta and Volunteers at Pardee length. The tin was 7 minutos 25 seconds, George Towns, of Nowenatlo, N.S.W, Admiral Cervers and General, Toral, the and George Balear, of England, wore.tlig late Spanish conmmander at Hunting, Inve catapetitors in the eccoal heat. Bubass arrived in Spain. The crawda insalted dispunsul with the serviens ni a pilot. The General Toral, who was compulted to take refuge in a railway train.
in Caba Hongkong, 13th Oct., 1698. Sir,It is with great regret that the Comuniéte of this Chamber foul campolled
to request you to invite the attention of His Excellency this Oflees Administer. the Guvernment to the working of the Past Office Departurema
so-called 'contro' of a cosmopolitan colony like Hongkong, where so many eliques and interests exist, and exercising thoir separato failuences, it is better, I fancy, not to attempt to rural the place where the road heart of the cununity may be fun.
ROBBERY ON & NEW YORK LINER.
170 That I should have thought the actual plants new laid before the Committee, survica frian New York to Liverpool. John Bow spurtul, aud, drawing away n
Lethbridge played by far the best cricket of the Clu testu, but sluzuid have been nght twies by Hastings at 11 of Bea
(and at 46 of Beun. With six wickets [down for 51, the Club wore in a bad way.
The Navy opened well, Salter and Benn The re-opening of the Chambers is fixedoring 28, before both were disposed
Benn snarly structed by Athur off Burnic's stown, and Saltor olin bawled by Lethbridge.
for 25th Octaher.
POINTS D'APPUR
A decrco decides that the pojata., ďappusi. of the fleet in Indo-China will be-Capo (St. James for Cochin-Chinn and Port Cour
het for Tonkin.
... TYPHOON NOTICE. Senor José de Navarro, Spanish Consul,
HONGKONG'S DEPRECIATED"
CERRENCY.
ACTION IT THE STRAITS GOVERNMENT A day or two ago, we-publishuð an edi. torial note on the wretched condition of the silver currency of Hongkong. The subject
en gat Amy wgether; but Towns ADULT estathahed a lnd and passed Hammer- swich Bridge with a lead of three lengths,2- Sept. 20-Some songation was lately Hero Babear fouled a bulk sad got further that a number of robberies had been por caused in shipping circles by the reput behind; but he gamely sparted after ges petrated on board the RMS. Brifenair ting elvar, and at Barnes Bridge so was of the White Star Line, running in the nearly level with Towns. The Newcastle
and third offer Kyustent, who were sted. The items minutes exactly. witha Jago chief oficer of the Britanale, Butear having stopped completely exhaust einc. longth, finishod virtually aluno,
rested, have pleaded guilty to a charge of
Supt. 22-The final hert took place on it not only entails in linte loss, personal Jagr who is a meter-of the Naval feated Janes Way, of Shenihaven, int be, is a macht man setinns matter, since notationly robust the han
mailing. It has been discovered that Thames yesterday. The competitors Annugance, and far-reaching inconvenience, Terra, is an old contist.
were ----W. A. Bury (Regland), who da A entonca of But if funds to destroy all confidence in the eight-years' penal servitule was passed first heat, and Genryn Towns, of the lumt
Ou previous occasions the Chuber is and to complain of delayed deliveries of arious nails causing great inovarenience to the mercantile culmunity. The cont feeling of all concerned, whon a modi- fiontin was proposed,, would have been which are enclosed, are of the angel
| topics of some ut the principal of to unanimously submit the matter in very of important basics correspond. dispute to the subscribers, and to do enco duly posted but never received. This of wrangling upon a question as to how bu at once, seeing that any appearance wa are to honour the Record Rsign of the Queen, was ther out of place." That your correspondea: who wrote orar
the bug Latin tem-de-plane samo per-usual to place i fps earer to the right spirit to bo ansiniaince than kuy other. For this is a matter which pre-eminently calls upon us
private interests.
Post Office, a
rtment.in which it is!
reliance.
!
TÜR LATE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA. Supt. 18. The requiem masses in Late-
tof
upon Jag, while Kynastus was soureeder River, New South Wales. Towns
away ariths the load, and had an advantago of several lengths at the list two miles. In It is perfectly fear that there is wide to one year's imprisonment.
consemence, however, the Australian's red pilfering in the Pos: Office, and ter cobrider the public good retter than for ust be given which don and ather capitals of, Europe for the Lara hasing been injured through coming in
aught not, in a well-segalated office, to be
conlas with some drift wood balf a mile That, whatever view any individual, raded. The system of protarting the use of the soul of the late press off the sart, catting bor by the
mail alapted is evidently faulty, and the funeral of the Late Buspress was in danger of stating, Tous stopped ro
Austria were largely antinted, To become waterlosed, and, as it was supervision exercised over their making uppressive squeale The Ferne Epincis essual or inetative to admit of the rob- Vienna Station, and kissed him thiceThe list as far as Thornycroft's in and despatch would seem to be either very Joseph mat the Emperor William 1800 g when off Thornycroft's, and then rowed ashore with soma difleohy. He had covers rien lacely perpetrated. Having ngand, therefore, to the serious The Empers drove to the Hofburg chapel a minute lary rowit on, and won any subscriber who refuses to abidelaid before it in writing are only representa
nature of the complints, of which time together. by that decision will not only introduce tive of uumbers cuore, the Committee would
body of individuals,
Lako us
to the pros and cof the mo- difications suggered by the fovernment, through Bir Denshy, the fan! decision rush, to my way of thinking, come from the haly of subscribers.
That
For Majesty the Queen and the Prince of Woles attended a anarial service at Crathic Church, near Balmoral, yesterday,
press of Anatria.
in
23 adrutes 23 seconds. Towns wished to Barry ago today for £200 a-side, but the latter declined to row.
Sept. 23.-Barry has expressed his wil-
ber. James Wany has challenged Towns and Sullivan.
alt unwelcome note into the arrangoste respectfully urge the Government to in- for the Jubilee Memorial, but will also take an immediate and most searching come in with the death of the lingues to phs Geonga Towns in Novem
t against the rule of the majority lucquiry into the entire working of the De- guides all properly regulated municipal patiment, with a vow to fix where an
neness.
how the roblories are committed, and to
honour to be, sir, your must obedient Lion practically impressible.-I. have the
servant,
The Singapore Rowing Club has decided that lie communities should find out the east oft-building at Hongkong and “Kobo with a view to the Club erdoring their courteously informs us ho has received the has apparently been attraeting attention in That the Government cagnot be accused of take such stupa na wil render tävir repeli-to attend the funeral of the late Empress of Irats to be constructed there in future It following telegram from the Manila Obsor Eingapore, and the Attorney tiuneral of the was found that the bots ordered from valory :--- Ragland were not suitable for sea rowing at Singaporo,
of
-The North German Lloyd China and Japan prosent monthly service is to be made fortnightly from the commencement next year. Dr Wiegand, sunnaging director. of the North German Lloyd, has sailed for New York in the Kaiser Friedrich, en conte for China and Japan, to visit the ports which will be affected by the new arrange.
ivant.
* MANILA, 14th Octobor, 4 p.n. Typhoon is apparently rocurerg in the China Sea.
WEATHER REPORT. The following notice is issued from the Observatory :-
Jupan
Gradients slight on the conIST,
Straits Settlement has, we learn, dmfted sand will shortly introduce to the Legislative Council a Bill, intituled · An Onlinenee.to prevent the importation of certain Japanese coins called Yen.
The Straits Times saya that if after the ordinance takes affect any person imports (or attempts to import) the discredited coin, he shall become liable upon convic.
On the 15th at 11.20 a. The barometer has fallen moderately on the Chim coast.tion to a fue not exceeding Sinh) for you the typhoon seen to be lying put to the W. of N. Luzon, its position being appar nominally worth any sun from $25 to $100, very little clunged since yesterday, and to a fine of that and-or a term of im- In the North, a dopression appears to ently situated in the W. part of the Sea of prisonment, not exceeding six months, for any sure amounting to or upwarda-of $100. The yen imported are to be forfeited, except in the case of licence being taken out for importation for transhipment. offender can be arrested without warrant, and informers may be granted a share in¦ the fine.
The Attorney-General thinke
As aurah employed at No. 3 Lower Lascar stoep with N. and N.E. gles in the N.. part of the China Sea. Forecast:-mode- Flow was sentenced to six months impri-rate N. and N. winds: fine. Ronnient at the Magistracy to-day for the. Larceny of a cash box, containing $70 and juwellery belonging to her mistress. The THE Editor of the Robe. Chronicle has iz larceny took place on 18th September, and terviswel a disciple of Hong You-wei, and
R. CSTATTRITOS: Wilcox,
Secretary.
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under the Prince of Naples (the Grown All attempt was moule by nvarchists to Prince of Italy) while travelling to Vienes ging behind the backs of the subscri
urs, for the appeal to reconsider the
Austria. The attenipt was frustential.
A PERING Telegram of the 10th October to matter is made to those who furnished
Mon of the known meclisis have tenho & Dolly Wears states than an dich the moiety of the money.
aspelled from Switzerland, investigations is to be isaged closing all Chinese newspaper, That it is, to be hoped the most sensible
pricing that Lichen, the interer of the lies and punishing the editors and. plan will be decided upon, so that work Tuay proceed as speedily as possible.
The following are the euclosuras niluted Encess of Austria, excited the orders of other restoring the Wenchang essays it
Dit issociation,
the only means advaretient to literary That the mysterious bus destructive policy
Sept 19.The Italian Government sag.bours and oficial preferment. A-Copy of letter altrosed to the Clam-gests that the Towers shoutil urge, the now being followed by the Express her by Musara Cawasjee, Failanjec & Co. Swiss Government to insitute a stricter TELERAS from Waliwastock, dated Dowager at Peking has been for the mo-dated 10th October. sunt ovoraladowed by our so-called local
method of surveillanco uvu anarchists, and 12th Sept., stues that on 10th inst. a D.Packets of users shewing the A more rigorous treatment of them. politics.
gral luncheon, in honour of Prince Henry of Prussia, was given by Governor, und entertainal at ding by the Pork Com- in the evening mandant. Du the day the telegum was Royal Highness was
despntofel the Prince visited a charity
to-
That perhaps this is the most critical perioder in which the lunt correspondence
of China's history since Forrige inter-as done up and addresse-1.
Capy of letteraddressed to the Cham course began, as the guard work of twenty ber by Messrs Gibb, Javingston & Co., years series fated to be entirely destroy-intel 10th October.
ed, and China to be set back for two -ne three decades,
ILC.W.
That I would not he at all surprised if To Hon. Serene Smith, Acting
the so-called clever Empress succeeds in forcing the Powers to relieve hor of her self-assumed task of government, and. shan-uither a reformning dynasty, ur That it is pleasure in these days to look
foreign protectorate.
R.
Coknin! Secretary.
THE JUNCH CAST ISMES,
At the opening of the Statos-General (the Parliament) of, the Nutherland, Queen Wilkening aunounced that it was the intention of the Government to re-
anise the finances of the Dutch East
Indies.
WEST AFRICA.
MRA. F. CALVERT,
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bazaar in the Towar l'arh, and inter on the
was to be the grest of the town at a dinuer given in his honour by the Municipality,
www.
the amah was arrested last night on board/Obtained from him information regarding that large importations are fikoly unless | That the letter to the fãovernment dealing transmission to Barty and Shanghai, an offer with regard to 716 claims against the Bre to spread very rapidly, and kept
the reform movement in China corrobora
the Canton, bont, with the bus, containing tive of Hong's swtements in the important
all the jewellery and about 8 of money, in her possession.
interview he granted to the representative
sivaly prohibit the speculation if it becomes prohibiced his Bill will very comprehen
law," a
of the China Mail. The following quota.. Hongkong is now in a fearful mess, and The Japanese Government is evidently tion from our Kobe contemporary forms an anless the Government adopts some mes preparing to play its part at Peking should interesting appendix to that interview:
gure to straighten out the currency and the prosent crisis develop international It seems that although Kung is a time of
many arundination, aut although he is put it un a sourd Lasis the Late of wire www. Tukló télögrama singe that dubbed a Sage by his admirers, yet he is in likely to become worss. The Colony is communications are boing constantly ex-far from being stricken in years. As a flooded with Japanese pan, which the changed between the General Army Staff matter of fact, he is no more than 41 year Banks, popularly believed tojke responsible of age, having been born in the Neuhoi dis Department, the Army and Navy Depart-trict of Kwangtung in the year in which for their introduction, refuse to gotiato, meats and the Foreign Office, The Carton was captured by Seymour and cruisers Sumo, Akayi and Chikushi have all Straubenzee. He seems to have differed except at a discount. Is the Government from the ordinary ruck of gontlis that to follow the example of Singapore, or is it gone to Taku.
throng provincial examination halls is the
to allow matters to drift because some matter of taking an interest in subjecta A CHINEX passenger by the Blue Funnel that were of.ac utility for the gaining mighty Panjandrum imposes his yetu!
In What a spicatacle for the gods a British of a Chineas literary degree whatevür. slommer Teemuchus was banded over to the his tecne some translations of foreign Colony without a decent negotiable car Police last right on the arrival of the bucks fell into his bands, and these he de
voured ravenously, steamer, charged with stealing a travelling.
and like Oliver Twist rency!
these all cagerly caked for more. Of trunk belonging to another passenger. The works, these translated from Japanese ay box contained a cum of £50. Yesterday, pear to have exercised most influence upon him. An odd circumstanco is that Kang
THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
IMPORTANT EDICT FROM THE EMPRESS-DOWAGER.
PEKİNO, Oct. 6.
Hongking, 10th October, 1898. Chatrertor Wax, Secretary, The Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce forward to the minutes and correspon Sin-We shall be inch obliged if you dence of the Hongkong General Chamber will kindly lay before the Counnittee of the of Commerce, for there is usually some--Chather the following facts with regard thing well worth reading.
to correspondence posted by us here for which has never reached its destinations, in the hope that your Commitee will make each representations to His Excellency the officer al ministering the Government as any into him to sppoint a commission to enquire into the working and managemont of the General Post Ufice, with the view The the Euantive (I cannot say if it be of ascertaining whether suficient care sod the Council) hus bann war 2 Trised to. Tarpus capervision, is exercised over cor- decline to reconsider the absurdly unfair respondence after it has been received into increase in the rent of wharves, and the the Past (lice so as to prevent the abstrac fact that such a charge should have beention of covers by employs in the Post aprung upon the community without Online. reasonable notice, merely intensifies the fouling of injustice which is generally
with the question of short leases in Hongkong is one of the crispast. must clearly worded and fairly argued docu- ment, that I have read for many a day. That as it forcibly puts the matter in small bulk it is a letter which will be very dificult to answer.
entertained.
i
That
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We may montion that in each of the un- dermentioned cases the stamps on the covers containing the correspondenca, which That the proposed construction of a hur in eich case was a large ond, amounted to faint does act between 1 and Elable the date of the seen to be very well timed, and every- I the following bedy is rendering where the money is posting of oach lost cover is given with the Le come from That much more light will to required to which is
it need be favourably considered.
That the subject was carefully threslied
but many years ANO. That the Volunteers are looking forward to
Sept. 29.Mr A. F. Calvert, who was recently declared to be bankrupt, has mule him. He proposes to set aside half his income till the amounts involved in these cases are paid in full, together with interest at the rate of 6 per cent.
Captain Coventry has been ordered to proceed to Bonin, West Africa, racemtiy occupied by Great Britain, to organise Tus loss of life caused by the Laukow fre native force there similar to that at Lokoju, is even more turious than at first antici- the headquarters of the Royal Niger Coin-patent, says the N. Bady Nets. The pany's military forces.
loss is now estimated to be at least 2,000, and about ten times that number aró euid he rendered homeless. The gale of wind which was bliwing at the time causcri the damen so low that they scarcely rose as high as the topa of the houses, yek traversed a distance of about a mile and a half in length and six hundred yards in width, in about half-an-hour. The scena on the streets on the following morning was almost burrible' Lo describ Hundreds of people who lud boen ponned in their homes, furreandled by walls of úro and unable to escape, lay thero. In the plios there was a pond in which people had jumped to escape the fire and got stung in the mud and were drunned. H.A. tha Vigoroy Chang Chih-tong, it is said, haa given, Tle. 10,00) to rokova the suffering people.
PROIVIER EXPORT DOTY VIOS poso.
In the course of & speech at Pretoria, President Kruger suggested the desire blunges of pissing an export duty of 21 per cent, upon goid.
WELSH MIXERS DISFRANCHISED.
Thousands of Welch minora have been disfranchised in consequence of having as cepted parish relief during the late strike.
RUSSIA AND FRANCÍ AGAINST GREAT
BRITAIN.
ATTEMPTS AT TRA(N-WRECKING, -
The Standard correspondent at St. Petersburg reports that Russia and France have oumbinud to work against Ecgland.
Now that par troops are in Kharlotim, it will perhaps he possible for Colonel May attempts have recently boun per-Wingate to discover the true story of 'Gordon's Englishman, who wan lost sighe
THE LOT
naine of the addressee and the steamer by iBluntly made to wreck train Mid- tot in bis elponift to reaph. Gerden in 1850,
it should. have gunte furward.
·Gertain
d.lived
Dounition, Iu consequency, the Mid- be thrown upon this larga scheme before Wa may say that in each caso the stampe
land Railway Company is employing over and has never been heard of sines. Bi were affixed to each
ters 100 detectives to watch the lines and nemo was Mr Curtis, bo the missing letters in our
letter
was then placed prevent future attenepts, at train-wrocking, gerbin gas for in and he was suployed and each our office in a
a wooden
which
An attempt was made to wreck a mail to take lotters wo was also eccurely den box,
tters to Gordon, and it sealed up in our office, togather with a chit
pussible pr train on the London and South Wostorn get replies from hirs. Mr Cartia bath. their Camp and their Champ-Gazette with book, then handed to a native messenger in allway tu-day. A disaster was narrowly for lung in
in Morucen, and
was travells hopefulnessy That, given westhur si no the present, the box to thu Post OfEce, and who subaction on the line when un the point of start. to Khartoum as a turnoch punk
quantly returned to our ece with outying the rain, Cox and the chic book stamped with the sea of the Genetni Post Offins,
our employment whe was directed to carry apertod by the guard observing an obstru
Breat
an exceedingly pleasant and useful rius. days' camping dught to be expected thin
it
uider the name Abd-ul-kader. Ile
season.
by
Halte
WAR
the cook on the vessel observed the prisoner Yu-rai (according to his pupil's state
Faorokant going forward with the box, and arrested ment) secus to have taken no pains to
I, the Empress-Doweger, Teo hai-cua- him, Prisoner was handed over to the make himself acquainted with any langu.
was travelling with four camela and four ENQIMER ALFINE DISAPTAR.
servants one of them a black slave, and Bhief oficer and put in irons. At the Mag except his native Chinese. In this yu, eto., cl, hereby issue the following
While two tourists paused Ashton and the others Arab. Ita was last con master he has been perhaps not alta edice-Ever since this country has been That, penting of the Volunteers, General thee ohit books are open for inspection Bian were desconding the Alps at Chamonage English ulcers below Wady gistreop to-day he was centenced to six-gether unwise, fuit ery often happens apaned to international commerce, natives Pluck's idea of a Mixed Beard to cop and we will hand then to you for that puri with a guide, they aifuped a distance of and the last that was heard of months' imprisonment.
that the nian who addroses himself to the and foreigners have all been trotted in task of mastering three or funz foreign lan- partially after edlot has been issued
sitizen sider increased facilities for our
if requested to do in
of himle without dietinorion of nation.
60 feet, and falling into a quanuco, baik ten his servants, who arrived as post frust soldiers was a good one, their recom
Chat Commitles will ate.
ynar
wars killed. Buda Reagen tant he the boat 2 pics instruating the local oficials everywhere
ality,
with the cams and without the mastor, mandatisne
could not well bu cavilled at their way to impress upon His Excellency
A BALAGOT ABOURT, At the Sapreme Court to-day, Hon. H. E. Hulle the lus had no moto time or to protect mise in their work at That the addition of Captain Chapman to denso is highly inportant to the public at Spenter, ander the auspices of the British course, en the perikut; bat Hannak had
Jenning other
renoting that he had been murdered by ther people's
as savouring of the puro pipay order. that this question of the lows of earrapon- Professor Börsen and Me Stanley the way. The cuspicion at the time fell of
Pollosk, Acting Attorney-General (instruct« | tongusa
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od by Measts Denso end Hastings) madey left to do thicking of any value in it should have been the duty of the his own. And Kang's dedosoles as a fin- gentry and Hterati of all provinces to aid application to His Honear Sir John Car-guist have been more than covered by the the government is enforcing peace and rington, Chief Justice, that Mr. Percivale went to Peking at the sod of last year sionarios that come among them. We
power
wer he has displayed asa thinker. When harmony and cordially treating all, mis- Paul Chater Manuk be approved, admit he appears to hare carried with him a warned them not to be suspicious but to túl and enrolled as a barrister of the court. pretty complets outline of the policy be usintain friendly relations always The nitidavit of Bir Manuk was to the effest considered neccesary for the regulation and find, however, that of late the people of the varicue provinces have been troubling that he was admitted to the Honourable station of the Middle Kingdom.
the Christians, and, moreover, that certaint in the province of Sechuan have, up
involving the people
one and Christiane to the present, not been settled. is, indeed, anuas for indignation that Ignorant prople should start rumours and
Scoiety of the Middle Temple on 16th TRANSPOSING and Cabin Pianos are inval November 1801, and called to the bar of able and vary strong-Robinson Piano Co. the same Society on 19th Norombər, 1894.
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the Board, who is the eldest Volunteer large and that a cearching enquiry should pificer the Corps, und a ratrable mom be made to asocrain if it is possible or pro bar owing to his sound reuse and focal exbable that our missing letters were ab perlance, was also a wise mure. stracted before the mail Enge were placed That so far as I can hear, it is abacst ceren board the atoamars mentioned."
tain that the Valinteer Corps will now We have both ourselves and through our be placed you a much more solid basis solicitors approached the Postmaster. than it has been hitherto, and on a cot- General direct on the subject, but we can. ing more akin to their brethren at Home, not say that the result of the interviews has That allowances for ammunition, rations, and transport will now be made, on the same stale as allowed to the Houle Corps, so that general proficiones will have more chance of attainment, hand in hand with individual efficiency.
baen to inspire un with confidence that there will not be a recurrence of lasses, and we fear that no real enquiry will be made in the Post on to how this corrispondenca has son lost and adequate stops taken to prevent its recar, That the high state of officianty already runou in the fature--We are, yours faith
ranched by the Corps is most creditable | felly,
to the palcets, cousidering they have been compelled up tih now to economise ammunition.
For the past four years he had resided in a Sason correspondent writes to the so cause rist and confict to arise, and Barmah, and had prastieel in the High Singapore Free From: On the ard inst that the local authorities have been un- An the Gorman firm of Messrs Speidel & able to prvant them by prior exhorta- Court of Calcutta and Durmah.
suffered from a disastrous fire which satiro- Affidavit was also filed by the Hon. C. P.y gutted one of their largest godowns in tions and teachings, They cannot there- Chater, ando of Mr Mavuk. His Lord the Boulevard Chartier. The fire raged consequent punishment. I hereby iacugat no vasto or extravagance was dis- R. C. Wilcox, Hare Secretary, Hongkong
the charge of incapability and from 9p.m. til midnight, and the damage this special edict to the high provincial is estimated at about 880,000. The suas authorities of the Empire to tromblingly of the fra is unknown.
obay my inatruasims and diligently protect wherover Christian
chip approved of the admission and carol nant of Mr Manuk and wished him suo cess in the praction of his profession. Mr Manuk was plucated at Wren's College, and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and we are given to understand that he is posses sed of considerable linguistic attainments,
Tur Kobe Customs-house returns show that the value of exports and imports at Kohe during September compared with the cor- responding month last year, was as fol.
Aug. 1897. Aug. 1899.
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Experts 12906,246 Y 4,744,000 Imports ... 009,361 10,851,630
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Association for the Advancement of already been bundumed, and nothing could Soinen, meda 20 ascent in a belleen from to dono. Is it puble that oven now the Crystal Palace, and reached a height of the invading army should hear sonettiing 27,000 ft. At a height of 23,000 ft. brath of the fate of this intrepid and chivalrous became no diflealt that they were compelled
man 1 to use compressed oxygen from tubes to assist them."
OBITUARY:
The death is announced at the age of 53 of the Earl of Deart of Mr James Jete- mish Colman, the well-known mustard manufacturer, and at one time M.P. for Norwich and of the fight Rev. Henry Lascelles Jenner, D.D., late Bishop of Dunedin, in his 78th year.
TRE. EING
Benter the American pagilist, has knocked out Dan Creedon, the Ballarat
during the fight. boxer, in the second round at Coney Island, Now York. Croedori sprained his ankle
THE LATE PRINCE BISMARCK.
CAWARE, PALLANDES & CO.
Hongkong, 10th October, 1898, covered by the Board, and was only General Chamber of Commerce. a matter of course with men i command Dear Sir,-As the Hongkong Post Office A book bearing upon the public life of of the stamp of Bir John Carington, his matters have already been having the at the late Prince Bismarck has been publish AllProccoessors, and the other officers. tention of your Committee, we beg tood, esntaining astounding revelations of ally pationality may have been baile. All
his duplicity and unscrupulousness. The missionaries that may be in the interior That this seusible move of General Black's acquaint you with the
will put an end for ever to all wrangles for
cover to publication of the book has caused a great must be properly and politely treated and if ever any disputes betoon foreigners
rouby even for the bare necessitica of the our Arm in Foocher per Haitan and same bensation. Corp.
was sent into the Peat Ofoe on that date, Да justice done in every instance. The people in That the day is long past when the citizen in the noual way, ina chit-book, The ai soldier was looked upon as a luy, and an sailed on the 2nd and in due course we anything was regarded as good enough received a telegram from our Foochow firm for the Volunteers.
to the affect that they had not received the post the General in this action, ba-Foushow sate had not reached them.
aurs the thorough officiency of the On receipt of the elegram we notified the local Corps adds an imporunt unit to Postmaster General of the fact of the non the defensive power of our loyal da delivery of the cover, and asked him to bo
good enough to justítute, enquiries BROWNIE
Sept. 2.-Japan supports the Czar'z maktor, and on 29th ult, we received a notification from him that these had been proposal for conference of the Pavers to
In view of the many complaints mede of decerted at the walk atment is maito; but he regretted to pay without consider the question of international dis-
Sept. 24.-The Russian Government lets with regard to the working of the Post the Czar's proposal with regard to interna Office hore, which are to doubt within the tional disarmament, and has stopped tha knowledge of your Committee, we beg to nowspapers from discussing the subleat. this further instance before them, as There is evidenes of a disposition on the
Hongkong. As will be seen, this shows a very decidos cordiality bould be shown to foreigners | That the Colony will, I am convinced, 80-letter and up till dates of last arrivala from
Year at the Dooke --At Kowloon,-- Isidora Pons, Ningchow, Pronto, Formosa, Agues, Windsor Castle, Moninouthshire, Empicoss of China.
Cosmopolitan, ----None.
Aberdzın.---St. Paul.
PIANO Tuning and Repairs, New Music, Mandoline, Baujos, fins stock-Robin
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travelling or exploring in the interior. 1 Karn offciale now that, if after the promulgation of this my edie
ediat, it should FOR YES 2009 TH LxClacks appear that any further incapability be World-famed Blood Mixture is warranted to prored in dealing with future cases of this- djainm blood from all impurition from what Bort so that siste and trouble follow the evor ·šams, sriving. For Borofala Bearvy, } local officials concerned will be immediate Essum, Had Lagu, Dein and Hood Diesaret, ly punished with the utmost severity, not Burclous Thousands of wonderful curse have allowed to decaps thir responsibility in dusted Cook's tours to Hhar um not yet. Pimples, and dozen of all, Miada, its effusiu ats will the high provincial authorities be ALANINY there is talk of perasaally con en offected by the Bold everywhere at 2. Od the raatter. De not cay that fale watning kitchener always acoolantes & cops
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On deniaud,... Powers to consider the question of interna-On Mauib- tional disarinstmont, an 'condition that the
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7. HARRY WAFERS HEAT 11 FR RAJOHNSTON, RAWALPINDI, | a Kobe merchant, the Chronici saya 1—1t | CLAYS MR W. WILSON. THE Pro to think that the sum total con› part of the Government to minimise the M stitutes
and INDI,Bay I regsed Chamberlain's Chamberlain's Colio, Cholera, and Diarrhes & Co. reach some yon 400,000, that Munnes How "Uhamborlain's Cough warrant your Commiitsa in
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