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thened by the most cordial goodwill. | the, Algburth residential district in greatering gathering at the Besmen's Institute Ministar who has advised that in the ing, Boots and Shoes, Hosiery and Gloves, etc., etc.
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But that is not sufficient by any means. comfort and seclusion, special cars were Kowloon, on Monday evening, when there What is wanting at the present moment built and double fares were charged. The was a very large attendance of members with.
receipts from the first-class sare however, and friends of St. Peter's church, to hid etc. is the co-operation of the young mahare proved so small as to entail a bevy farewell to the Bar J. H. and Mrs France themselves, and this seems bard to low in the ranning, and the service will who are leaving the Colony, after ten years antiat. Of the popularity of the present probably be with-drawn at an early date.artunus labour Cheques amounting to Officers of the Corps there is no ques
Mr H. W. Kilby, perhaps ons of the writing desk with silver plats and inscrip- tion, the very essential personal equafinest criokatam Japan has produced, has tion were presented to Mr and Mrs France Hongkong, odies of the International made to which the Bar Franos been transferred from Yokohama to the and overal complimentary speschen ware Banking Corporation. He activea by the feelingly responded. P&G Wahia Mr Kuby will be an ac quisition to the cricket field in the Colony, Besides being cricket Captain of the X.O and &.U., Mr Kilby was Captain of the Yokotama Company of the Boys' Brigade, made by the tng David Giliw to get the Yesterday succossful attempt was
George, Yokohama, and a leader in athlethe rocks at Lingting Taland, about 20 miles Hom. Treasurer of the Royal Fociety of St. Hamburg-Amerika steator Scandia off tica and social work generally.
from Hongkong It will be remembered The Sultan has been cool add Major A. H. Wilson, East Sucroy Eustat Cape Sugi, of the Japanese staamar collected throughout and has promised giment, recently promoted to field maak in Boshu Mart, brought the news to Hong- not to leave the Tikliz Palace. the 2nd Battalion, Mífhow, has retired from kong yesterday, that he had observed, the Surreys has been filled by the promotion of island,N
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work, that the enervating influence of the hot season so saps their vitality as to make discipline and co-ordinated effort irksome and therefore not to be bene, much less thought of? That
General Memoranda, FRIDAY, April 30:- "
2:15 pm-Meeting of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace at the Maglamacy SATURDAY, May 1
THE MISHAP TO THE SCANDIA.
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The occupants of the Balmish hare a racks, numbering 1,000 strong,
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any danger threaten the Colony, manding the troops in South China, and No. 2 holds. every man would rise in its defence, but he has had a goodly experience of staf as Lient. Col. CHAPMAN forcibly pointed in the Chitral Expedition, 1885, with the work and active service. He had a turn
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Losbox, April Reuter's correspondent wires from Constantinople that the Ministry ha resigned.Farliament has resumed from San Stefano. It considers the fate of the Sultan in secret session.
out on Saturday such aid would Relief Fares, was orderly officer to one of be worse than maless it is the trained the brigadiers in the Tirah Expedition, and disciplined, maa
1897-98, was a mounted infantry officer and who is required in staff offer in South Africa, where he
In continuation of the Hongkong Cricket moments of amergency. And such man earned the D.5.0., and he was an attaché Club's laws tennis tournament Capt. Base THE PERSIAN TROUBLES. of the Japanese during the campaign inlay met and defeated B. Hancock in the have to pass through a period of pre- "In the defence scheme of the Colony paration; they cannot be made in a
Manchuria.
RUSSIAN INTERVENTION WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS, the Hongkong Volunteer Corpe finds minute. There is an old Japanese.
CAUSES DISMAY. a very definite place: it is therefore proverb, derived from an even older
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Ordinancs & of,1894) moment of victory tighten your helmet most Easterly possession of the Englishing"-in other words, let not fancied
Lamos, April 26. Crown. His Excellency the Governor,
security lead a man to rainx his vig 19.03 Sir Francick LOGARD, speaking on
lance. As a nation we are too apt to relax our vigilance in times of profound
BRANDY:
A SUPERIOR PALE
Championship final yesterday. Three sets ́ sufficed to produce the winner, all going in favour of the captain, who scored 18 games to Hancock's 5. The sets onded thus, 6/2, afternoon, in connection with the Mount Beasley shovel his superiority. He claimed At the Sanitary Board meeting this 6/0, 6/9. From the very commencement
Caroline Cemetery the MOH. minuted the first two games played, the first being that there was room for thirty-nine more love one, and then the men registered graves in saction A.As the Public Warks alternately until the fifth game, when Department were apparently unable to Beasley led 3/2. Comfortably securing the to an indefinite prolongation of the do anything towards laying out a fur-next trio, be claimed the opening set. In armistice at Tabriz. Legislative Council had passed the bill outplayed, Bossley winning the set with equally dismayed at the prospect of as an extension until the the next trial Hancock was completely The Shah and the Nationalists are
ther area
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Saturday evening at the annual dinner B SUFERIOR OLD COGNAC 23.0) of the Corps, promised to do all that in
WATSON'S *** COGNAC 2300 him lay to further the interests of the peace, and as a nation we have paid relative to disinterments and the Board out allowing his opponent to obtains armed intervention by Russia,
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Volunteers, while Sir, HENRY BERKELEY,
Reserve Association, urged every mán 35.00 in the Colony to come forward and join the Corps. Sir FREDERICK LOAD has been a keen supporter of the movement ever since he came to the Colony, and it was at his suggestion that Sir HENEY BERKELEY, some time last July, addressed a letter to the General Chamber of Commerce in which For can be asked whether it was not feasible $10.00 for the heads of all British firme and 13.00 banking and other companies when 17.50 engaging employes in England to
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dearly for this slothful inertness and then anthorised the same, he thought the single game. Only on one occasion did
·2+0+8+9+0+ 29.00) Chairman of the Hongkong Volunton pre of ease and personal comfort only course to adopt was to ask the the pointa in this not carry the score:
Registrar General to notify all the unto douce. The concluding set saw Bea saga that 2,000 Russian troops with. when the war-dogs af Bellona have dertakers in the City that section: A again been let loose from the leash. It would be full about the end of this month,
two batteries are starting from Tidia ley ran away with the tons opening would be well if the youth of Hongkong and that therefore no further interments steadier and secured three games running.
gamos. Then Hancock played mach for Tabris. a could take place in this section after that Beasley however Sams ap, strong at the pondered this subject a little. "Right time. Section & was the fressaction and faith, winning the subsequent two in aas- glad would we be if the autuma camp the effect of this filling up, at Mount cosion and with, them the set and match. showed that the warning of the Caroline would be to divert all such inter Beasley's form was particulicly good all Governor contained in Monday's me which, at present is not used as fully as it this year's dampion, on Thursday not, a mente to the Kai Tung Wan Cemetery round, and when he meets Carr to decide morandum had been taken to heart should be. The board was already aware captain's recordin
struggle, should be seen. The of the difficulties which had arisen in con- and that the Volunteer Corps was at nection with the question of disinterinent last supported as it should be by the of remains from ancient graves.
Mr Skelton Hooper minuted:-Let the full strength of the youth and manhood".
plan referred to in byelaw 14 be produced of the Colony,
at the next meeting. For the time being Kai Tung Wan cometers had better be In the final of the Double Handig. VISITS OF POTENTATES. used for free harials. When are the Hagen (owe 15) met and overcaine Lisut.
"B" Glam, O. CHickling and E. bill re exhumation. Government going to proceed with the new wedd and Lent Anderson (owe 4/6) Four sets were played, the event, últimately Mr Lau Chu Pak minutod don't see going to the civilians by 3 sets to 1 and 19 why the poor Chinese should be made to game to 16. The scores were 7/6, 6/2, satfor delay in extending this section of the 3/8 8/3. Some capital play was seen. will cost them more money which they can Bingles Handicap, W. G. Worcester (owes cemetery. Not to say inconvenience, it Playing in the semi-final B Clas ill afford to send their dead from one end 30) best E. C. Ofiraz (a) by two sets to of the town to the other to be baried. gas and 14 gamer to 13: The meta end 2/6, Fonding the passing of the amendment bill 6/5, 3/4 Worcester will now have to meet the other sections should be used for 0.0. Hickling (owes 30) in the inst berials, a fe
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Mr Ho Kom Tong agree with Mr Lan Chy, Faic
D SUPERIOR PALE DRY...... 19,80 make it a condition of engagement The Indra liner Indrani want ashore EFINEST PALE DRY, NUTTY 25.00 that they should join the local Volunteer at Murashims, near Kobo, on April 14, bút | Corps if so required by their employers. was subsequently fosted badly damaged. “
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We have been informed by the Colonial discussed at length by the British mem-Secretary that the quarantine restrictions hers of the committee, and it is hardly imposed on vessels arriving at Bangkok
from Hongkong have been withdrawn. surprising that so many embarrassing
Mr B. Langley, Liberal Member for BRED SEAL CANDLE $15.00 dification were foreseen that to there Attercliffe, has resigned his seat owing to gret of everybody the iden was reported ill-health. Lord Charles Bersford has been upon as being impracticable. At the caked to stand for the constituency.. same time the Secretary of the Chazaberi Up to April 22 fifteen former and was instructed to reply to Sir Hrser prosent members of the Lower House of Two boatmen were fined $3 vách, në the 25.00 that the individual British members the Japanese Diet had been arrested in con- Marine Court to-day, for failing to exhibit
nexion with the Sugar Company scandal.
the regulation light of my Committee strongly sympathise with its object and are prepared one broyer, ran sabors on her way to Kobe, each, at the Marine Court, to-day, for "H. M. 9. Fame, torpedo-boat des Two cargo beat women ware fined $10
and all to encourage volunteering bub accessed in being reficated, and not keeping the yalos of their baxis out of among their employes. They therefore rozobed Nagasaki on April Blat where she the water. welcome the Government's proposal to will remain for repairs,
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By an Admiralty order ships of war even to increase the facilition which of marrings. At Springfield (Essex) the are now classed as parishes for the purpose they at present great for the purpose of banns have been published of 200 encouraging every young man to fulfill weman and a petty officer, described. a manifest part of his duty to his
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On Monday His Excellency the Go vernor published n
others of the Colony 00tated that steps
vided employer. of the Governmet
Volunteers in the
wo, Banans who had been exiled to Baghallen managed to escape and zos Tokyo, where they resumed their old
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ITEMS AT THE COURTS.
A punishment of six wooks hard labour and six hours' stocks was imposed on a natire, at the Magistracy to-day, for break- 0g and entering a house at Tal-kok-taul
months hard labour, each, at the Magit
Three stowaways were fined
tracy, to-day for being on board the wes Borner,
the Ka.
Dayld E. Martin, chief off to-day, for behaving in a disorderly man Shan Tong, was fined #2 at the Magistracy,
nar the Station compound
Five mice of opium were found in an high amongst nevarat other pre-
eggs shown at the Magistacy &
whose possession it was found
the Champion- ship Competition has been-Beat Le Satterthwaite 6/3, 6/3, 2/6, 6/3; beat A
Lorvos, April 26. Humphreys 6/3 60, 6/3 best Capt. Great Britain, France and Russia Brierley 4/6, 6/0, 8/1, 8/1; baat H. Han have recognised the Kingdom 12 and lost 2 sets, and registered 75 games Bulgaria. cock 6/2, 4/0, 6/3. He has therefore won against 31.
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