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At a regular meeting of the United Service Lodge, No. 1841, held on the 8th inst,, the annual election of officers for the ensning Jear took place, Bro. J. Bremner being elected Worshipful Master, Wor. Bro. H. J. Watson Treasurer, and Bro. J. R. Grimble Tyler.
At the Magistracy on 9th Nov, a postman was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for embezzling $1.65 which he had collected on be- half of the department. A Chinaman was fined $50 for infringing the exclusive right of the Postmaster General by conveying 27 letters from Hongkong to Canton on Tuesday.
mortem examination was ordered.
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On Wednesday afternoon & Chinamen went into an eating house in Queen's Road. He drank a cup of tea, and was about to bite a cake, when he fell down ill. He was picked up and conveyed to the Hospital. On his arrival there he was, however, found to be dead. A post At the Magistracy on 9th Nov, a Chinawoman was charged with attempting to commit suicide. On the 2nd inst she,swallowed some powfah " (stuff for the hair) and became seriously ill. Her mother-in-law gave her an emetic and she recovered. In reply to Commander Hastings, she said she attempted suicide because her hus- band struck her. She was discharged and advised to summon her husband for assault.
From the Kobe papers we learn that the 3rd November being the birthday of the Emperor of Japan, and no work being possible there on that day, it had been decided that the Rosetta would not call at Kobe this trip. This is in consequence of the new regulatious under which on three days in the year, one of these days being the 3rd of November, no permits will be issued to open the Customs or to work cargo.
A boating accident occurred in the harbour on the 7th Nov. Three men from the Em- press of India were out sailing in an open boat and were making for the Kowloon shore when adden squall capsized the little craft. The occupants were struggling in the water for about half-an-hour before they were eventually picked up by a sampan, but on being got on board they were apparently none the worse for their ducking.
Lam Ping, a coolie, was charged at the Magis tracy on Saturday with assaulting a rigger named Li Shing. Complainant was going home on the 11th October, when he was stopped by defendant and others, who assaulted him with fighting irons. A day or two before he had dismissed some of them for incompetency. On P. C. Patterson coming on the scene the men decamped, but defendant was caught. Defend- ant was sentenced to three months' hard labour.
At the Magistracy on 8th Nov. Chan Fong, a ricksha coolie, was charged by a house boy with reckless driving and causing personal injury. Complainant said he was going along Queen's Road with his master's tiffin on Monday when defendant knocked against him and broke some bottles he was carrying, the bottles cutting his leg. Defendant did not call out to him. "De- fendant, who said he told complainant to clear out, was fined $5, or 14 days, and also ordered to pay compensation.
A letter from H.B.M. Minister Resident and Consul-General for Siam, enclosing quarantine regulations for the port of Bangkok, is published in the Gazette. The letter is dated the 18th October and the preamble to the regulations reads" Whereas bubonic plague has now ceased to be epidemic in Swatow, but whereas the disease is now endemic in Hongkong and several Chinese ports." The previous regula- tions are therefore repealed and simple medical inspection substituted. But what authority Las the Minister for saying that plague is endemic in Hongkong? The statement strikes us as a gross libel on the port.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
It is notified in the Gazette that the following gentlemen have been appointed to be Justices of the Peace for this colony-James Middleton Beck, Herbert George Dowler, Geoffrey Charles Moxon, Hon. Robert Daly Ormsby, John Isaac Plummer, Walter Poate, William Joshua Saunders, Marcus Warre Slade, Dr. John Christopher Thomson, Edmund Singleton Whealler. The revised list of Justices shows that there are thirty-seven official and ninety. nine unofficial.
At the Magistracy on 9th Nov. a house boy named Cha Hang, who had been in the employ of Mrs. H. W, Bell, of Dunford, Peak, was charged with behaving in a disorderly manner and using abusive language. Mrs. Bell said that at five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon she was in the dining room when defendant she would not give him the tram ticket to go was very abusive to her and disorderly, becauSE
to Hongkong in the morning. When he came to take away the tea in the afternoon be said Nonsense to something she said, and he stamped his foot, used bad language, and tried to strike her. P. S. Clark said that on being called to Dunford he found defendant very much flushed. He had been drinking. A fine of $15, or 14 days, was imposed.
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A Canton correspondent writes:-The com mander and officers of H.M.S. Rattler sent a circular round on the 1st instant inviting the foreign residents of Shameen to be at the Bund to witness a display of fireworks from 9 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, 5th November, being Guy Fawkes Day. A large crowd, including many ladies, children, and servants gathered on the Bund by 9 p.m. on the day named. A Chi- nese boat had been hired for the fireworks, and interval H.M.S. Rattler fired off rockets which at 9,15
p.m. the display commenced, and at every fell in showers of green and red lights. The search light of the Rattler was also at work and caused much surprise to the Chinese as well as merriment to the fair sex when the light acers of the Rattler deserve the thanks of the community of Shameen for their courtesy in contributing a couple of delightful hours to Sunday morning and H.M.S. Plover is coming The Rattler left early on up to take her place.
was turned on them. The commander and of-
their amusement.
of Bank notes in circulation and of specie in The following returns of the average amount
31st October, as certified by the managers of reserva in Hongkong, during the month ended the respective Banks, are published :-
Banks.
Average Specie in
Amount.
$2,534,743
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China...... Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. ing Corporation 6,419,676 National Bank of
China, Limited 449,538
Reserve.
$2,000,000
3,000,000
150,000
Total $9,403,957 5,150,000 A large audience assembled in the Theatre Royal on Wednesday evening for the purpose of witnessing a boxing tournament for the light-weight championship of Hongkong between Jack Dacey, of H.M.S. Immortalité, and Curley True, of H.M.S. Grafton (light- weight champion of Bermondsey). Last year Dacey and another man fought, and a draw resulted, but the departure of the other man from the colony enabled Dacey to assume the title of "the light-weight champion of Hong. kong." Several other events had taken place, and in consequence it was about 11 o'clock when Dacey and True faced each other. They had not been boxing more than two minutes, however, before True's second claimed a foul, and On Thursday afternoon the foreign staff of the on the referee allowing the claim the contest Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs in Hong- came to an abrupt termination. With regard to the other events, Joe Whiting and W. Daw. son, of the Powerful, gare an excellent exhibi- tion of their powers as acrobats, an exhibition which was both amusing and clever. Toff Wall and J. Huttley, of the Immortalité, gave an ex- hibition of scientific club swinging, and Pro- fessor Geo. William Kirby (champion heavy- weight lifter of the Straits Settlements) also appeared on the stage. Three-round contests took place between W. Quinney and H. Chappell, Dan Duggan and Bob Wise, and Tom Wilson and Jimmy Lynes.
kong followed to their last resting place in the cemetery at Happy Valley the remains of Mr. Georg Felix Müller, a large number of personal friends being also present. Mr. Müller, who had been in charge of the Customs Station at Pakhoi since 1869 had been promoted to be Commissioner of Foochow. He was on his way to the latter place when he was taken ill and on his arrival in Hongkong on August 24 he was conveyed to the Peak Hospital, where he died on the 9th inst. Mr. Müller, was highly esteemed by his colleagues in the Customs.
[November 12, 1898.
A ricksha coolie named Sang Yau appeared. before Commander Hastings on 8th Nov., on the information of Sergeant Mellows, of the King's Own, for having "unlawfully and without rea. sonable cause refused when unemployed to ac cept hire on the 7th inst." Defendant pleaded not guilty, remarking, "I was driving a bar. barian to the races." Complainant said he was returning from Happy Valley, and when close to No. 8 Police Station he saw defendant driv. ing a public ricksha which was empty. Defen- dant was going east. Witness asked him to take him and he refused. He called a constable and gave him into custody. Defendant said, “I was going to Happy Valley to get a fare that I was going to drive back to the Cricket Ground." He was fined $7, or 28 days, and for talking about barbarians he was fined $5, or 14 days.
outter, were charged before Commander Has- Lo Sang, tailor, and Li Fuk Shau, stone- tings on 8th Nov, with keeping a common gaming house at No. 84, Shui Shan, and 26 other men were charged with gambling in the said house, P. C. 180 said that on Monday night he went in plain clothes to the house in question. First defendant had a po-tze box and second defend- ant was acting as oronpier. He arrested them and saw the others arrested. The other men were olustered round the table playing po-tze. Money was on the table. Sergeant Garrod said that. by virtue of the warrant produced he visited the house in question in company with a number of police in plain clothes. He shut the door and saw defendants arrested. He seized the gambling implements. The house was not a dwelling house; it was only used for gambling. First defendant said, "I am a tailor and went there to collect money." Second defendant said, "I brother." First and second defendants were am a stonecutter; I went there to call my each fined $25, or two months. The rest were fined $2 each, or 10 days.
A concert in aid of the Hongkong Benevolent Society should have been held on the Volunteer Parade Ground on Saturday evening, but in the early part of the day it was decided to hold consequence of the inclemency of the weather in it in the City Hall, where a large audience Col. Rowlandson and the officers of the King's assembled. Through the courtesy of Lt.
Tell," subsequently playing "The Geisha," Own, the Band of the regiment was in attend- ance, and opened the programme with "William
Grace, and Wacker sang the trio “ "Zamps," and "La Cigale." Messrs. Mirow, Queen of the night," and Messrs. Mirow, Hill, Grace, and Wacker gave "How dear to me the hour" (Pinsuti) and "When evening's twi- light" (Hatton), the latter taking exception! Miss Fullerton, who made her ally well. first appearance, gare a splendid rendering of She wandered down the mountain side,” and in response to a hearty recall substituted Dear heart." Miss Murray Bain was recalled for "The promise of life," which she sang nicely. Mr. W. E. Crow was heard at his best in "The Bandolero" (Leslie Stewart), which so pleased the audience that they insisted on his appearing again, when he gave a highland love lament.
A banjo solo was contributed by created much merriment by his singing of Bandsman Carter, and Corporal Williams the comic songs "A slight mistake on the both of which were encored. part of my valet" and Fancy balls,"
MISCELLANEOUS.
H.E. Hui Wan-uo, alias Hui Ying-kwai, an ex-President of the Board of Rites and a native of Canton, who has been appointed Viceroy of Fukien and Chekiang, was entertained by the Canton authorities at a large farewell banquet in the Kwong Nga City Library on the 3rd November on the eve of his departure for Peking for an Imperial audience.
On 4th November a fire occurred at - Canton not far from Shameen. In consequence of the recent alarm the mandarins took particular precautions in sending soldiers for the protec tion of the settlement. The firo was confined to the house in which it originated, a lantern shop, but it is reported that a good deal of loot- ing took place in the neighbourhood and that several persons were wounded while endeavour- ing to defend their property.
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