THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1899.
Notes by the Way.
There is a prospect of another surious fanino fa Yaunion this winter:
As we go to press weace notifel that Hongkong Land shares are quoted $115),
The Binperor of Germany has spent $10,000 on a summer paltro as Kinschnu..
It was expected at 31, 3.6. Redpota would leave Shanghai on the 21st inst. for Walio..
Holero the close of the year, the British troops mobilised for service in South Afries
will number over 110,000.
A number of German prisopors captur-i od near Ladysmith carly this month say openly the war will not last much longer, and declare that the bayonet is & terror to the Bours.
A Rugby football instch between the Singapuro C. C. and HMS. Hermione resulted the other day, in a tip for the civilian by 3 goals and 4tries (27 prorate) to xil.
We
TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S SERVIUE.
LONDON, December 20, 1800,- THE WAR MODDER RIVER The situation at Modder River is un». changed. General Mothuen in wolleu tronched, and the enemy is not molesting
keier.
CAPE COLONY.
Capt. Dalgety with 160 palico. has occur pied Kordrecht (1 Dordrecht). The Boers I are retreating, et
'Pink-oye' has appeared awong the Boer horses, and also among the horses in Gent rul Gathere's command, Dysentery is somen bat prevalent, especially at Madder. River General Joubert has returned to the front after his illness.
CAPE COLONY,
LATER
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNQUE
The Logislative Council met this after- neún. HD. Sir Henry A. Blake, G.C.D.G..premded: "There wore preson Hon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart, C.M.G., Col
opil Secretary; Hon. H R Pollock, Acting Attorney General; Hon. F. H. May C.M.G., Captain Superintendent of Po lica. Hon. F. D. Ormsby, Director of Public Works Hon. A. M. Thomsen, Colomini Treasures; Hon, R. Murray Runway, Hasbour Mastor, Hose O. P Chater, C.M.G, Ho Ini, J. J. Keswick, E. R. Belitios, O.M.G., and Honi, Wai Yuk, and Mr R. F., Johnston, Acting Clerk of Councils,
PUNANKHAË, MINUTE,
The Colonist Srevetary submited the Re pors of the Finance Commitico (No. andinoved that it be adapted.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.. Carried A
THE TIEES OLDINANCE."
3)
CORRESPONDENCE.
PINK-EYE
To the Editor of the "China Man
Hongkong, December 28.
WITH SIMPLS DIGNITY,
A despatch-from-Modder River, dated the Oth, slates that a Nayal detachment with a Icacy gun that morning bombarded and destroyed & now Boor gun emplacement driving off the Boers. Bullansously the Cavalry and a Field Battery modo domonstration on the left front,
Yesterday's Pretoria news of the attack
AFTER THE BATTLE. THE NIDHE FOLLOWING THE STEEL OF with the right of a dying to command, ho and in frig, aizong voice, Take me down the hill and by me in a tent; I at wind ed by three hullets. It was a bad day for the Kook family four were on the hold, and all were hit. They found Couparlant with a bullot through his thigh, hoa the on Scholtz Nek was probably based on the Echfel too, the German fru-lance, lying
two gund which as German or Dutibman | abova - would over serve again. Thon, there wore December 11-Gronoral Lord Methuen
LANDSLAVO Many bave been the published accounts of the Battle of Einndaloogte. Now one has Sir Peciraps some of Fore readers wing to hud space for a description of the favours wish to know what Pink-eye is no safter the half sour cramped with the life you the symptoms.
The symptoms vary in different opiniics of hall a life-time. Mr G. W. Strerons is well as in different period the artist in words who supplies the Lan pidomic, and in individual use There is always great debility; stiffries if du Day Mad with the following descripta Volkeraad, two public prosecutoraments and syphics are cutablished at posta the limba sul body as first, and link option of the biyoung. It is datel. Lady Hoaren only kaose who 1 But their own on the line of communication.
doctors vere among them almost as soon as pearance of the insides of the cydids. The
as
oyelids generally swoll, and there is a flow smith, October 23rd -
three field out acts out of four, thombart of in receiving the remainder of his reinforce
The Southern Frontier. London, Dec. 9.It is officially stated that enemy is gathering near Goal
Gataere's head quarters. Depe
Freta Dordrecht 800 Booms org marching on Jamestown. The present garrison1 në Dordrecht la 700 men with * X guns
Under the Rua Cross-under the black aky, too, and the drizzle, and the creeping cold-wood and kicked numbed feet in the mud, and talked together of the fight: A prisoner or two allowed out to look for wounded case had joined ju. We were all most friendly, and naturally crtezatulated. Out of every quarter of the blackness each other on loving done so woll These Stormberg is cooupied by 1600 man, leaped rough voices. C. Corunayoers were neither suller nor complicant. There is a large forco at Waterfall and at Devons here! Imperial Light Horse? They had fought their best, and lost they Malieno. 400 Palice à sergeant and two vor hore Orer: where Then werd neither ashamed nornngry. They were Railway employes rolu chptured by the
beavy stumble and an ath trip and a
Docter wanted ore Bip for a wounded manly and catctggu nil through their Boats in that neighbourhood:
untritared beade nid rouzit ogrdareys a Generi Franch reports that on Decem offer! Damn you thore, who are you voteo pail very painly, Ruling taco bor 7th, the Now Zunlaful Contingent left fallin' up against ? This is the Gordon These Boers might be brutal, might be Nasuwpoort at day becair and occupied Ighlanders--what's left of 'em.
Hore and there, an lakir bosckness trenereus; but they hold their heads like ridge south of Arundel. They covered the
gentlemen.
dotrainniont of thred train of mounted loving showed unit that had begun TOMMY AND THE VERDT: PRARANT
troops who occupied, Arundel at o'clock to find itself gmina comody of good manners in wet and cold in the morning
The
auemy's our posts are hillside was, and mud and blow three miles
December 1A reconnaisance from is maze maza of bodies of men And at the long, long night were on. At wandering they know not whithur, creasing midnight came outlandish Indians stigger. Naanspoort and Starkstrooi rosealed tha anil recrseeing, circling, stopping stud reine under the green curtained palanquins energy in considerable force occupying en turning on suopti rock faces, breaking shins on rough taken away to the Kiandalingen Station. At points.
their stambia, alipping they call daalies; thosa were fillet up and trenched positions at Stormberg and other beghiere, fisquo
with freading bob-tailed boots.
o'clock we had the rare sight of General Gatoore's Reverso
trying to sleep,ut
of tears from tho ayos. The pulse in usually. Parauing cavalry and pursued anony very oppassed and uniek. There is great faced out of our sight; abruptly werealised dulden--in fact, the animal that it was night. A mob of antisorted 4 pore or less Nami-unconscious state. There is usually constipation of the bowola soldiers stood on the rocksown hill-gido, but those cases in which there is spun victorious and helpless. taneous diarrhina or profaso staling the rapidly recover far more
there. There is generally swelling of the Bibs and joints. When this appears, how. ever, the pain subsides. Sovetings there is great lameness as if from ir laination of the feat. Occasionally, cough and sore. ness of the throat are presunt. Sometimes Bir Pollock in moving the second reading symptoms of inthennation of the lungs An attack is afton preceded by by spread sedition at Cape Colony which im- of the Bill entitled The Piors Ordinance, spest
The fact of the pain subsiding on the discussion between the Government and plicatos thres menibers of the Cape Parlia, said there had hovu a good deal of colleky paina
the pier owners, which und resulted in the appearance of swelling of the line string ment
bil being drawn up in the special form nowy supports the supposition that we influ presented. Apart from the per drink the natury of the cellular tissue which Pwners of piers wore linble to have shot scrrounds the Bhrow of the uteles is the Cancen roturned at three months notice, cause of the great pain, and that the ex- they were very antions that the treme stiffness arises it has more, the
thing inclination the ngimal to in the shape of a
the valuable
is distributed. structures It was intended ficrite eracted.
fatal disosen - Yours;
Ividence is daily hccumulating of wide-
NATAL
A War Office despatch from Maritzburg, 24th instant, states that Col Fawcett, of
und
permanent tanuro
But for half an hour
on
og undern
beliovo last the Lieutenant Cowie, of the the 5th Lancers, bas been severely wound Government should give them something muscles through whiali the inflamed on wounded left twinkled lights, t, privater on top of tyds of gent's the 9th December Ideeply regret that L
A Shangla contemporary says
Seaforth Highlanders, killed as the Modder, River on blemday let. was a con of MT Cowie, a former well-known Shanghai lawyer,
ed. Major King Captains Wathen and
ales and Adjatant Itulso slightly wounds w cu, aleo 9 men killed and ten wounded. The despatch gives no demi's of any engagement, but the liat shows that the Thu Colonial Gaķi Lis Guzelle, a well-casualtice umongst the mon are chiefly from established London publication devoted to the Gluecicators. the interests of the colonios, publishes, in its issue of May 15, the following para graph, which rofors to a gentleman regis tered at the Hongkong Hotel :—
Mx G. Butt Cranston, for many year anager of the West Australian and
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER GAZETTE
LONDON, 25:h Decoinber, 1899, THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT AND THE WAR
for
At length
Il properly treated, this is by no means and a rong dear, vuice sailed up on foot. (ne found himself stock ef gent, 's
brunimaging for Dec. 11.Sir William Gators roporia on
LE DRAGON ROUGE.
ANTI-CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT IN
SHANTUNG SM LANCHINGCRO, Doferaber 1
to the confusion All wounded:
Rederi
R
The General at Cape Town reports on Doceber 10, that forco went towneda Dordrecht on the 0th to cooperate with. Goiel Gator
bill was passed that the leases should be grated to owners of piors and whereas for
and contrived comforters, are to be brought down to the Boer gloves therewith one got his fingers Stormberg this morning. Mislief by guides and mes with oribus reverse in attack on period of fifty years at the male fifty years mentimal in the schedule of the tho
cup between the two bills.
Towards into a cave and ate cooking raining. I found the ground impracticable." the lights and the Boer camp wo tanod Oned, when « for were as pear sleep bill but subject to revision at the end of a
down the face of jumbled stumbling as any got that night, thoro was a rathy period of twenty five yours, if thought de
Blockc
kick furword, a sirable. He thought the principle of the
feol and it elssh that brought a hundred men below-firma rock, Stop and the fem
springing up and. riching for their rifles. bill had been accepted on behalf of the pier ownon by a
tee appointed by The uprising sinong ho people against Tock spun, and tho leg shut into and the ground lay a bucket, wcooking pot.
The Timer; commsoning on the British ankle-wrenching
hole. Committes them.
A couple of
of tin plates, and knives and forks reverse at Stormberg, says General Catarro Mr Stewart Lockhart, in seconding, said there came in a ginger he reports here is a flat face--forward! And then a then descended from the wagon on high a country In all probability information of
the Christians, continues: This morning
SCRAMBLE OUT AND FEEL AUSIN
-all emptied out of a suck. On top of was oposating in the hunt of a disaffected that the question of compensation for the that yesterday some 300 or 400 members of tug that jerks you on to your back again fibre-cared shock of nie surouings his intended attack was treacherously con removal of piers was referred to the Secre the Big Sword scet, want to the women you forgot you find a horse to load, and he freckled face, n covers eat, a kumer veyed beforehand to the chorny, even if The Duke of Counnught has renewed his tary of State:
for the Wentera Mail, Perth, has just merived in † Applicatiņu to go to the froit, and has abtain-i plied that while lonies, and he re- in Usiachin, and demanded a flag showing does not like the looks of this bit, Climb baud, ant.cloth goiters. Were woad? there was no direct treachery of his guided. was not ready to abag their intention to rout it all Christians back again and take him by the head; stili Was it an apparition, or was that under But it is catrin temporary checks of this des London by way of dinerioa and Canada, fed the consont of General Roberta to join { the Crown in Belght be possessed by whather Protestant or Catholics. The offi- he will not badge. Try again to the eight. I ko kummerisand a bit of kilt and an 'ond 1 kind fra powerloss to affect the ultimato
whatever rights
matter:he at the ramo cial yielded to neccavity and provided the Bang your knee into a maldor of a spcran? Then said a vice, Ouides Catacre's night march frond his staff, but the Government has individual caso an its merits who it arose presents both of food and money, but refushore at last is scnpthing like a sluge For Oirish Highlander: I beg your fanian, Multino to attack thao Boors was a most time would be prepared to consider each with quarters in a suburb, and sent the Circle eneily round the horse to the left Olreland in throuble gif no approved.
Mr Bolilios said that in comparing the to let them depart on their inission. ward, horec-so, gently! Hurrah! Two Soratul in throuble again. They tould dificult one, his troups stumbling va fos bill with the one that was before the Coun: This official has shown himself julte ready minutos gone yard inscended me there was a bex of eigers heroj de ye saven hours in darkness pret precipitava DOER ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF TUGELA,
oil sometime in the middle of this year her to do what he could to protect chavorte,
cipios there bad already passed a week of them all?
ware unuiolczied itil they readied the Boer position where the repulse took place
Mir Cranston Is a gentlemma of very sacep tional ability, and mainly through his eats the newspapers-referred to have not oúlytaken the leading position in the colony. but he became and the most com merically successful journals in Australin.'
The paragraph concludes with a reference to his experiences with the America news. papers. Mr Cranston his in contempla tion a literary work for China.
Regatta Dinner.
Colony weio plaval before his Fa-
Geusról
found that the piers of the Kowloon Wharitas in all district parens is the patt29 thu time we stumbled down that pre-know, sorr, if the Bhoys have shioked ground, utros; with. Touklers, but they and Godown Company hid en exempled of Shnutung, the number of soldiers at his nights--and it was ant yet oight o'clock. from the operations of the bill. He felt stre command is very smal Besites this boat this bottom were half a dozen tents, las reason to believe that if he should hurt heavy rolde ships lumbered up with cargo. any of these fellows, the Governor would. It was at lunst possible to tia a horan up
and turn round in the aliding mud
to seu what next. degrade him or otherwise punish him,
What next! Little enough question of that! Of the break-beck hill-side still druppel hoarse importunatecries. Woun
A Boer account of, the battle of Tugela gives their losses at Duicy killed and wounded. Col. Villabuis (French) and Caltha other whartes in Braun (Gerona), who were present, declare cellency in ite irup light ho would that European arinies would not have done also be disposed to exempt them from the proposed collection of increased wharf duer The inadvisability of the proposed measure was so paluable that it required but little comment from him. The extra tax was too levied now long after the several steambost
botter.
BOER SPIES,
Bah General Methos and General
MILITALY INDIFFERENCE. To the East, twenty-odd miles from here, the rioters started for this city with the intention of giving us a call. but so
THE WAR.
THE POSITION IN NATAL Ladysmith, December 4.-There in 27
Milit ry srities talk of the knight or mitry of the attempt and kiek upon the Toreise is small; though it will be specially tinfortunate just now, owing to the effect
it may have on thig Africatedors of Cape Co...”: lony
December 18-Commenting on the dir
It is proposed to hold a Rogatta dinner Galactà bave ordered severe meridurcs to companies had entered info foasen, and numbered only 230 or more they coded rau here Doctor wanted Thres indication of growing Boer despondency] on Saturday evening, commenting at 7.40 exclude Bar spies from the vicinity of the long for large sums of money had becut, to put off their visit until the 8th of of oulieres stretcher, for God'. kend Genorni Joubert in losing bis politanos aster to General Gatatro's column
pm. Mombers of the V.R.C. wishing to subscribo will find lists with the Stepard at. the Club.
camps.
THE LOSS OF THE GUNS AT TUGELA RIVER:
The Plague.
His Excellency Li Hung-chaug.
the South, changing steamers at this out for his new post at Canton. H. E. has had two audience of the Empress. Dowager since his pintecut of acting Viceroy of the Two Kung provinces on the 19t instant.
WEATHER REPORT.
ans section only of the
Jann to lima
atcambiont
that the
ON.
so said this officer, to keep them
companies
H
and
Net the fuot of an Impregnable
acknowledge
the prune boutset, and red, had from the Natal Volunteers who, I may guida te à cal policemen ==
*A stretcher there! Is there no stretcher in the tone of bis corcospondetice with Ge Fines remarks that the whole banao resta month. After that they turned eas
Moreover his, moving to upon the guidea but whether their conduct expended on the erection of whteres
ukser saugus his larger calibre guns has is attributable to an honest blunder. If tho wards, Jassing within forty rods of a village There was not one stretaker within voi neral White.
shot, Spaio of these wharves will cost as much where were 300 froops sent by the Governor.
Deserters soport that darkness or to treachery has mat got been ydana get two's Alrandy the men were bringing down the proved strana.
EWO BIX-in
In other case they guided the as $100,000, and this exponditure had been to put down the Tinters, ans that superator their wounded. Stung in a blanket our firo has scripple entered into without the least prospect of a forenoon loutod the property of a Christin one a captain, his wet hair rutted over or
Recent Arrivals in garrison have proved position, Belated despatches shows thin the Artillers single dollar coming back in the share who lived less than five miles from where his forehand, brow and teeth got, lps the fact that our solliers have successfully
capital sunk there. interest for
It appears from despatches from Proforla The these brays" were encimpul.
ching as they put him down, gripping his kept at a distance a force of twice their and three hom General Gatacus that the whole soul to keep it from crying out. There was one death from plague for fought at Tugels for two hours, exposed to wharves being fixturesme passengers being accustomed to use them they could not now the week code 9th inst., another fur then withoring fire, and only abandoned the wol be romerol. To tax them now washamba Inga mad mand kommer imagina'thë sihicet i wonkte finish. Would you mind to fantry attuck a town which at first inter alle midagi
We have been requested by the officials turned with the beginning of a smile that uber, and made pratically impregnable Northumberlands tried to get tho Brera from their entrenched position, while the weak onuca low,"four for the week chifed*******
Mway ng bawataṛamint tmn CoNSINO |
they have pudeil; aưang tering on my walk In 23rd, and two on the 24th inst. This and pest of the officers had fallen, brings the you's totale to Cares, 1483;
The Boer lefences at Tagels were most down upon him for six or eight times the to allay our fears by afonning us as to the bandaged above the elbar, and the forearm worked ductedly day and night at the Lopje, but theatlack failed and ent troops amount of Crown Land: he originally paid official wot far distant. The said measure and suddenly it was dark Hors, bring White in thanking the Nail Volunteers General Gatsero tolegraphs that the Boer
egans which had been employed by an was anoked under him. A was bent over breast-works, ensenates ant tronches were surrounded and compelled to sur
Maritzburg. December U-Sir George, render, ** scientific, mail even the drifts were filled when he first acquired the site. It was consisted solely in advising the rioters to hack that lantern. But the lantor after Thursday's aptur af Gun hill said; guns vera markably well served and the deaths, 1425,
with submerged barbed wire
like taking him uuwarge and taking advaut move on.. like poor so to more favourablo itaggering up-hi again to fetch the next
“I am here not only to nehorledes the British gans admirably handled but one. ngs position. Tins tax would all upon. Togione, it being the purpose of the office from the ground, And cover, me/pick you did last night and your was lost in a mutlak and another in a quicke
Official 10% do straighten out my arm wailed the sheroholders of the different, the COLLpanies small proportion compared moving until they were outake of Slantung I'm peimbing with cold. Here's valuable prices, but also bemum I am eters, Gator sills am holding The N... Daily News of the 23rd De
longing for the opportunity to cember enys:The local mandarine received The folowing notice, is issued from the with, the large potuistion inhabiting the into Coibir. This litert carping out of these quote de sight was out the value of your services since the cat- Bushmansbook:
Obsorvátory
Coxony Tho, Opian Farmer bench of its commands of the Governor hot to hart candle Where Oh, do straighten out tolegram yesterday from Paking stating that H. E. Li Hung-chang would probably has fallen slightly in S. Chin and for the
Ch the 28th at 11.55 a. The hammuster by the whirves as they afforded hybeds wild keeping the peace, exceeds mparare, old your and Got i aign commenced. It will to grib pilio mislitz Northumberledo magber
sure to me to roport to Genera Ballar 86, fcinding Major Saurgea facilities for searching
if anything the advice of the old woman to the dhe flickerud op again round than we all hope to see in a few days sau from the charge of misleiding him; Tho
General Gatacre exonerates his gutin. her son You may go in swimming, John, broken figure, and the arin was laid sight, wh have the Capital to-dag er to morrow for Philippines. Pressure remains high overning in the Colony with sugget hitt, be sure you don't go near the water
As the touch and on to the clammed heliaviour and the great help we have N. China, with moderate gradients and opium on their
persons He knew for a strong monsoon on the constand in the fact that when the mibsisting ngremunt N. U. Daily News Cor.
Angera il mot
Die 13-Further particulars show that allever. What say, without inflated or exaggerated langu part of the China Sea. Forecast fresh was being negotiated Sir Williaar Robinson
tried his best to persuadethe Opium Turner Navigation on the Yangtseite come out in, but depped back even have a lot of severe fighting Eofore us and the attack seemed to permiso success,
said the weak, voice--the suite struggling age reul nut only to their own the Bierlag affair was badly misukunag
Colony bab to the Empire. I dare any weed. General Gataero in a de patch says. N.E. winds: fair.
to abandon his right to stares. This the
The N-0, Drily News of the 20th Deaconer, that beft-*liavo they gut roy Bernier consonted-to do provided ceber says With the oror incrassing linger too Then they covered up this a great grafitication to ma to knów won the accomplishmjenu uverything wou Government consented to deduct i largo
to Stromberg proved greatly underestimat» - sunt from the rest he had to pay into the trade on the Yangtad more attention chond body with a blanket, syringing vet, and loft lave the help of such ten as I se before against him. The distance from Mulbano constructel thiefly for the comfort and great waterways ivor with an over Treasury for the Farm. The whares were he pait by the authorities wise control this it to soak and shiver And that was one me
London, Dos, 10—A deserter, who has ed. Then when the troops fell into the na two hundred out of more uma
For hours and he now it was month arrived at Frore, reports that sua Long Boer trap and return became necessary tho benefit of the general public, consequently changing bed, Officials need to be canti
Tom has been permanently disabled by unfasing which ensued was considerable
of
British A most interesting programme hue Tramways Co., Ltd., was held today at the those berry wharf dues should not be in-nually on the alert and in a position to tevi.nights--very man with hands and legs, dynamite cartridge in the tertio at from our 3rtillery Bring out on body.
tailed Lup and down, up and downbiskou and two others were tosporarily trope and doing far more execution that posed upon whari pwners, port to the inland avi
vigators -- the been arranged for the concert to be given | Company's Offices, Mir Hart. Busk pro Mr Fullocit mentioned that the Godown developticuta as they grow, rather than By heaven's grace the Beers and biled their
THAT LADHER OF PAIN.
disabled.. TANY
Boer to-morrow evening at Chater's Bungalow, sided. The other gentlemen present were: Company's warres ware srceted under a that the navigates should Journ by a por wagon with the loot of many stores ; ther Oyer's hundred Indian coolies whom Sir. The Times correspondent says there was
special Ordinance and they appeared to sunt experience whair may cost cheusinus Kowloon, in ald of the Misaus and Kids ↑ Moses 0. Ewous, J. Orange and C. W. rond on a different footing from the other of dollars to thoir employers, The water in were blankets to carry men is and mattros- FGeorge White refusett to näici? Lata. Lady. | nó gonning, hotheke, Our mula «cusfied"; to- Fend. The chair will be accupied by Dickson (Consulting Committee); J Jupp, wharves in the Colony. With regard to the river is falling Colonel Retallick, and“ the bansert will be A. H. Manool), G. Stewart, and W. C. the rent question, he said Mr Arnold, I past few dayanoly and within the scs. wherson to lay them. They came sunith have arrived at Frere after enduring occupy, the rearcat hills when their pr down with sprawling lurers, with jolts and terrible sufferings They will be sent tonenca was discovered, the unseen epony
Duran
priate pattern galling thous with a destraultve fire: Tital. held under the patronage of the officers of Taylor (Secretary).
Secretary to the Brainship Company, was inte got shore. On Monday, the Ching rogus, with Cut in down I can't stand
Londen, December A strong rely ignorant of the oitenty's whereabouts, es of the Commit.ce, and ho aggasted Navigation Company's stomacz Tustang suno, angewendy voice action in public opinion in regard to Siront, troops had marefied against a tosth-
The anyhow; the qizlet the Regiment. The services of the Regi The Clairman said-Gentle, with certain mattcis uf detail in which die co-arrivet lire Fein Hankos just three days from doctor or oilcer or pal. Dois color George White z matin. His produngan roster by sum instead of a south-western mental Band have been kindly grafted for your permission will follow the usual cus-skleret the bin should be ingred it refrescheduled date, and reports het sergeant! Nuntese, blun Why, you tive surtion inani Ladywith have produced result of this blunder, due to niesporalión - and foscevsful defence and builtnily ellos, which had on selgled for attack.. Tho tom, and take the report and statement of never suggested that the rente proposed to fifty-nine hours ashore at the apper end of the occasion. A large attendance is as
And the accounts as road. Thin planted to be able be levied would be onarpus or stirbitant Fitzroy Island through the entrance to be back to duty in a fortnight.
a great impressum and da entire and siun of cadets and igsomage of the ground sured, and everything points to a must to congratulate you ou a successful year's rents as thu huu, men for seemed to think the Round Channel, not being lighted. The for any another cheer break
working, our traffic
shoring on receipts shor The concert will start increase ever last year of min than through the féminite-stage up was read were requisitioned to tow her of aan by man they brought than dori Boors killed in a recent sortio states thas
Hour by hot-would day never break favourable change has taken place especially was that they were obliged to make a wide The Bill was read a second time, possed Comprey's steuners Poyang, and Shenghay Not yet 1: ma just twenty minutes to tan fete count on the body of one of the there thoroughly exhausted
in the comments of the press M:cessful issue.
a datour to rogain the camp and gravel
-proiuptly at nine o'clock.
$11,000. To galvu this result a third Usië
Set through this accident the Company has The tout was carpeted now with lip the investing force at Ladysmith qów miwan- naturally, our working experises havo
buon put to consitumble expense and in bodies. With breaking back they heaved her teenly thousand men. also been considerably larger in ENUS TASSED notice the salaries and wages show as
were read a third convenience. On the 16th a Japonesosoite shoulder high into wagons; others be The following bHIS
third steamer with cost for Hankow got ashore they laid ost wittresses on ttp ground. The dvance on Kimberley. increase of $1818.05, and that Main time and passed
of tho batori could This Sessel is said to have been navigated it not cosse, that
Lemon, December 9The Gueral 8 that Belmont has been strengthened by ment and allattery
The Kowloon Concert.
HONGKONG HIGH LEVEL
TRAMWAYS CO., LTD.
The fifteenth general meeting of the shareholders in the Hongkong High Level
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Miscelinasons.
A balelh December 5. —A strong enluam of Vape Mounted R'lus, European Volant era and Natives has been ofgání æd for the defence of East Grignaland. Tite
thumistent rio doženlive operations.
Lim, December 8 An offliŝal report
An Ordinaries to the Companies the Bluff chamol above Kintian the rain blurriercing drizzle in-night bug to acknowledge with thanks the follow tenance and Repairs of $359044 TOndinauce, 1877 Tenirons by Chinese quarterroaster, Intely in thot Jenst of nil nights the doctor, the one Officer at Cape Town reports on December Basutos on our site of the beer NEW OD,
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and tear, especially on our ropes, two, of Ordinance to provide for the sum evidence to hand it appears that this thoir clothes with Beissors, feeling with | Tafantry, two gun, airy from the Pretoria branch of the Real Crase, which were worn out in sovun raosítka, ing of Chinese before die Registrar-important Kule of the Road, for won cupping shipping round the bandago, en A Battery of Ficki Arillprv nin Batta dufalith instant, giving the number of
Tung-Wa. Hospital.
Tan Directors of the Tuog Wa Hospital
ing Donations to the Fund for the extension
of the Hospital &e.
caused by our largoty nugmontes service Goods Ordinaries, 1873. additionni cxpendituro lias been principally An Ordinance to ancut the which hus necossily led to increased went.
Already acknowledged...... $72,070
Tai Cheung
50
Lai Wa
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ani pleseed to say, however, that our pre-
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sent rope is wearing much better, and na
THE KEW ARDMS ORDINANCE
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the makers at home now know tho otect
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Choung Wo
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future rupea asting much batter. Before
Wing Cheung
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Haughing
Wing On Lang
Yut Lang Chan
Pan Fong Lon
Sin Shur Chi
Wing Yu Lung...
Ho fling Lung
Wing Wo Lang..
Na Hive Lang
Wing Sang Lung
Ting Cheong Lang Hang Eugene,
Total
872,860
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The Colonial Secretary said he had re- temper of stool that is necestry we can. Iceived a letter from the Secretary to the
think, look forward with confidence to our Chamber of Commerco asking Unst the Bill att of your liyou that Formy Atkins made to tren yunod, The Boers left one killed wounded, who are doing well
moving the adeption of the report and no counts I shall be very pleased to answer any questions shareholders may wish to nak
"There being no questions, the Chainmainittee of de Chamber time to consiAnow how to look after ther the rocks with rifles pointed to kid him with pider Eliver lava been reopened
service of the China Merchants, and from doctor toiled buoyantly on. Cutting up called pilot is lamontably ignorant of the
light firm fogers over forn chest or thigh, meeting a down rivde steamer o caused a degly covering up the
Mudster Earut. They druro off Pein teen hin greated, greit nnxiety lo Tom of Infantry have been despatchel from. isopers thufa as forty-six officers.and Big- dilenum which might have find serious f results by the substitution of two abasts for CRIMSON WOLNE SAKONG MEN outs. Some surveillance here is absolutely hour by hour, man by man, bo toiled mon; with one gut, who had destroyed the son to build that the report refers to ta
slou's Commindo, numbering one thousand i thọ fate of the other, but there Bryma ron.. necessary
valuable properts entitled An Ordinance to mend and can but
And roark and remember for the rest milway at Grasan. Que lenses wote four the whole of the prisoners but to the the colployment solidato, the law relating to the oirrings of qualified i and position of cara and amnitibition be glance helped to say that these things distinction between the wounded encnty and one wounded Burgher on the full now. further justponed in order to allow the rectify theanedves and that shipowners and his dearest friend. To the men who England,
in the afternoon were lying down behind Telegraphic and railway courunication HE KNOWS WHEREOF HE WRITES, propioad the adoption of the report and Le it more fully. Owing to the intervene but euch is not the case, particularly
AN.oditor prints his paper to give dis General Mothion reports several wound patrons the news of the day and Ice tum of the luftlays and this stuence of some as is the case now, the local pilots are unwho had shot, may be, the comedy of isod and waisting nuongst thuss who were on the prey thore vio it. He is prema ci acounts.
Tutto metlices of the Compilttee from the able to cope fosses a movledge of the the last drop of his melting strength, the patrul daty soere miles up and down quod to know of what he writes, and ho generally.:
the tortage, and alustest, he gave the last drop of his wage, Copy the Chamber had not hid túns to auycne who
Last drop of comfort he could wring out of river fully consider the Bill. I thought the river stains on payment.
his scared, galant soul. In war, thay gay request rengosxble, and loved that the Schie the Ger consideration of tic bill he postponed for a COLONEL Schiel, the German artillerist who and it is truon giow callous. ;s an fortnight
was wounded and optured with other Bocrofternoon of accoting and the loss of your The
MeG Slowart Carried:
The Chairman proposed that Miss
Ewens, J. Orange and C. W. Dickson ro-elected to the Consulting Committed.
Mr Mipcell seconded. Carried.
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Lord | Lender Cute Oscola Mills In, without teo ur hope of reward, that * Chambarlain's The Marconi apparatus for wireless tele. Cough Bomedy acts magically, and we have Allerjoy Genamit said he Asting Atterjoy said he had officers and men st. Eandslanged, his expres. Uruthier liures you less than a week before Craphy is still at Duan found none better in out, lysinebold. It Mr. Ewens proposed the re-action of forwarded 4 copies of the bill, copies of god the ugliest of inkil of the Bighters did a thorn in your dog's foot. But it is A despatch from Pretoria states that the sou havea cuugh, try it, it may be sccepted Messrs Fullarton Henderson and-W; the aniondiments and 4 copies of additional | Thvie change in the face of our guns and as it dries, the spring wells up anong at Seboltz Bek, Spytfortehi, and simultane-For sale by All Dealers, Walkins & Com only compassion for the dead that dries up: British to-day attacked Commandant Cronosan houtst expression) worthy of shodame, amendments which the Goreriment pro...; the Colonel declares, magnificoat. Ho anda:
General Agents. pisod to make in consequence of certain after that whenever I met a Gordon I good men of sympathy with all the Being suggesting mads by the learned counsel tool inclined to take off my hob to him. A few men had made a fim in the gawing io ntresset the Legigintiva Cugnut at Colonel Schiel, a voldier of farluns, has a damp and cokl, and round they sat, oven its last niceting.
so the general practeristics of Cre the unrouided Bez misusers. Fie them duty on the och instant were captured by Considerations of the bill ens postponed soldier and recognises the boroic eveu in sivus they took the ontes ring, and tuf for a fortnight.
shouldle any nu ay that coulit merity the wound of defeat. In the afternoon Tumey
Puths as auditora..
Mr Jupp seconded,
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ourly inade a sortio from Kimberley *** Lieutenant -Tristram and three of the
12th Lancers who were wounded on patrul
of
Free Sintores
Doc. The Times special en aspon
The Chairman-Tint is all the business. the meeting, gentlemen. Dividend warranty will be ready to pierrow morning. Cosmopolitus. Don Juan de Austria, Thank you for your attendance.
China, Menmuirii
Aberdeen--Kunsig
The Council was then adjourned
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own, and it was pardonable to be glad that
mads them lus our uses the torch in silence, Free State from the south bas sho looks well in after the novelty h13 casou cum be taken on the year round Palle imo of theirs wept and groaned. Not 1, Anxious to return to defend their home
a tknoughly modern groparation die re though; wo found, Mr. Kock, father of the tale Is com people were to this before they Cable Soup for those ferovering from In Toal Executive lying High up on the bill
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