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give each Chinese shareholder five days to pay up and if he did not I would publish his name, business, and residence in all the foreign and Chinese papers in China as a defaulter, and thus let all the world know who these men are; and the foreigners who have sold to Chinese but have not transferred, ought to do the same, and any foreign firm having Chinese in their employ owning shares and not paying up ought to make them do so or dismiss them from their The foreigners must do as the Chinese do, combine together, There is no reason why the Bank of China and Japan, Limited, should not do a good business and pay good dividends, but let them beware of Chinese shareholders unless they pay up in full.-China Gazette.
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THE STRANDING OF THE NAM YONG."
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
At Singapore on the 6th inst. a pleasant little ceremony was performed at the offices of the Straits Insurance Company, presentations being made to members of the crew of the Nam Yong, who stood by the vessel in its dilemma and after many vicissitudes brought it safely into port. Mr. Murray occupied the chair, and among those present were Mr Lovell, representing the
Bouth British Office, Mr. Catto, of the Straits | Insurance Company, and Mr. Hoincke, of the Batavia Company,
Mr. Murray said:-Gentlemen, we will not wait for the arrival of the representatives of the other companies. The notice which was given of our meeting to-day was necessarily a very short one. I have a very pleasant duty to per- form, and I only regret that it has not fallen into the hands of someone more able to do justice to the occasion. I will simply say that in August last the steamer Nam Yong failed to arrive at her due time, and, as day after day passed, we remember the anxiety with which news of her was enquired for. This anxiety was not so much or not altogether-on account of the valuable ship and her cargo, but for the many valuable lives on board. The story of the stranding and the subsequent floating has been told already in the press, but it has not been told, or publicly known, that it was entirely due to the courage and unfailing energy of certain members of the ship's company that the Nam Yong was brought safely to port. We know that some of the ship's company deserted the
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A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held on the 9th inst., when a vote of thanks was passed to the unofficial members, on their resignation, for the services they had rendered in the conduct of the business of the Board, and especially to Mr. J. J. Francis, Q.C. for his services during published setting out the steps taken to prevent the plague. Official correspondence has been the plague gaining a foothold in the colony. A. house to house visitation is being made and
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We hear that Mr. F. J. Badeley, Passed Cadet, has been appointed Deputy Superinten- dent of Police and Assistant Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, vios Mr. G. Horspool, retired.
A verdict of death from natural causes was returned in an inquiry, held on Friday at the Magistracy by Mr. Wodehouse and a jury. respecting the death of a Chinaman. The de ceased was admitted to the Victoria Gaol on the from phthisis. The jury was composed of Messrs. 19th inst., and the evidence showed that he died A. S. Silva, C. F. Harton, and C. Tomlin.
On Friday night a number of ladies and gentle- oleansing and disinfecting operations are carried men, all ardent photographers, held an informal The much needed rain meeting at the Odd Volumes Society's rooms. out where necessary. still delays its appearance. Tha Sum-Dr. Gerlach took the chair, and some very in, mary Jurisdiction Court has been occupied teresting photographs were shown through a in hearing suits arising out of differences magic lantern. When the season commences the between the members of the Grace Hawthorne photographic section of the society will take Dramatic Company. Miss Hawthorne has left excursions to varions places and hold exhibitions the company, but the performances are being of photographs. continued by Mr. Saville Smith, the proprietor, with the remaining members, The lawn tennis matches between representatives of Canton and Hongkong (singles and doubles) were played on the Cricket Ground on Friday and Saturday and both resulted in favour of Canton.
There were 2,450 visitors to the City Hall Museum last week, of whom 388 were Europeans Mr. W. H. Whiting, of Devonport, has been
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The Hon. A. M. Thomson and Mr. A. W. Brewin have been appointed members of the Board of Examiners.
The stamp revenue last month was $18,445, being an increase of $2,354 on the amount collected in April, 1894.
According to the Peking and Tientsin Times Herr von Brandt has been appointed Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at Berlin. A meeting of the Choral Society and the Musical Club is to be held for the purpose of form- ing a new Society by amalgamating the two old Societies.
On Wednesday night a blue jacket named James Rochford, a stoker on the Rainbow, fell off a parapet into the Wanchai nullah, and broke his right leg. He was taken out of the nullab with considerable difficulty and conveyed to the Naval Hospital.
At the present time there are a large number of forged bank notes in circulation, and it will be advisable for people to carefully examine notes which pass through their hands. The notes are very cleverly altered, the original and higher figures being substituted. amount in the corner being skilfully obliterated, words are not altered, so that, with a little extra care, one can save oneself from being swindled.
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One of the Governor's chair coolies was in trouble at the Magistracy on Wednesday. He was paid a good salary by His Excellency
month-and -$7.25 a
the 2nd inst. he was given three days' leave on condition that he obtained a coolie to take his place. He went away, but did not find a substitute,
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another coolie was engaged in his sted. It was afterwards found that the defendant was in the employ of Mr. C. H. Grace, Secretary of the Hongkong Club. The defendant, who said he thought his place had been filled up, was, fiued $10 or month's imprisonment.
Gunner Jaffa Shah, of the Hongkong Artillery, was charged on remand on Friday at the Police Court with unlawfully wounding Corporal Mahommed Ali. About four o'clock on the morning of the 6th April the complain- ant was sleeping in the MacGregor Barracks,. when someone struck him across the face with
It is notified in the Gasette that the Appro.
a hatchet. He woke up and saw the prisoner priation Ordinance 1895 and the Ordinance to standing near him, and the chopper was on the make provision with regard to certain houses for. It is alleged that the prisoner had a closed during the prevalence of the bubonic spite against the complainant, who had given plague and to make further and better provision evidence against him on three different oc for the health of the colony have been ap-casions, and that the accused was jealous of the proved.
complainant's promotion. Mr. Wodehouse committed the prisoner for trial at the criminal sessions.
At the Police Court on Saturday a Chinese landlord named Fung Kit Tung was charged with allowing three houses in the Western dis- triot, closed by the Sanitary Board last year on account of their insanitary condition, to be occu- pied, without taking steps to improve them. He was fined $25 in each case, or $75 in all,
vessel, and, as a matter of fact, she was BO seriously injured that an ordinary man might have been excused for abandoning the ship altogether. Fortunately, these men whom we have met to-day to honour are not ordinary men. They worked with an entire absence of self-interest, courageously and untiringly, the result being that they brought their ship safely into port.
It has been said that these men only did their duty, but I do not know that any higher praise can be bestowel on any
The engineer of the ferry laanch Prudence man than to say he did his duty. Mr. has been arrested on a charge of causing the Sellers, Mr. Shearer, Mr. Naismith, and Mr. death of the two men who were fatally scalded Payne, the Insurance Companies which were on the launch on Saturday. It is alleged that materially interested in the Nam Yong have the prisoner, who is a Chinaman, was guilty of thought it right to publicly, and in a substantial gross negligence, and on Wednesday he was manner, mark their appreciation of your excel-brought before Mr. Wodehouse and remanded. lent services in connection with the saving of your vessel, and they have subscribed a sum of $500, which we now ask you to accept. The offices subscribing are:-The Merchants' Marine, the Commercial Union, the Canton, the South British, the Batavia, the Man On, and the Straits. I will now hand to you Mr. Sellers $150, Mr. Shearer $150, Mr. Naismith $100, and Mr. Payne $100. In doing so, on behalf of the donors, I wish you individually a long and prosperous career, and we feel sure that as you have done your duty under such trying circumstances as you ex- perienced in the Nam Yong, you will in the future always be equal to any emergency, and we hope that you will live long to adorn the pro- fession which you have chosen to follow.
We are advised by the Secretary of the Punjom Mining Co, Limited, of the receipt of a telegram from Mr. Blamey to the effect that The cyanide plant is all ready, only waiting Will commence work by for vats to take up. the 18th May." This is in reply to a telegram of the 7th inst. inquiring if the cyanide plant
was working.
At the Magistracy on Wednesday Mr. II. E. Wodehouse held au inquiry respecting the death of Lui Yau Ching. On the 30th ult the deceased's queue became entangled in the shaft of some machinery at a blacksmith's shop in East Street, and he received injuries from which he died shortly afterwards. A verdict of accidental death was returned,
The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the funds of the hospitals:—
Sperry Flour Company.. Hongkong Telegraph. E. Schellhass and Co. Carmichael and Co. E. Burnie...
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A most enjoyable evening's entertainment, consisting of humorous songs and sketches, was kindly given by Mr. Brady, of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, to a large audience of the seafaring community in the reading room at the Sailors' Home on Tuesday last. The capital programme, which was rendered entirely by Mr. Brady with unflagging energy, was fully appreciated, and evoked hearty laughter and. Mr. Murray then made the presentations.
bursts of applause throughout the whole even- Mr. Sellers, in acknowledging the donations,
An improvement is being carried out at the ing. Mr. Brady has wonderful skill it amusing expressed his sincere thanks for such recognition upper terminus of the tramway which will be his hearers, and his remarkable talent as a hu of the services they had rendered, and he was much appreciated by persons using the line. morist must always make him a very welcome sure that in the event of a similar necessity aris-The approach to the station from the road, addition to a social evening. He has on several ing which they hoped would not-they were which was rather an unpleasant stretch to ne occasions generously given his help at the Tues- ready to do their utmost for the benefit of thegotiate in stormy weather, is being enclosed and day evening entertainments at the Sailors' Home, companies concerned in the ship.
roofed over, so that passengers will be pro-and we think that the hearty reception he always This concluded the proceedings.--Straits tected both from wind and rain between their receives, must somewhat repay him for his kind- Times.
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