INTIMATIONS. WINES AND SPIRITS
DI APPOINTMRUT.
A: 8. WATSON & Co., LIMITED
(ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841;)
HONGKONG....
But economy might well and advantagequely be studied In the matter, to indents for foreign as being given except on the advice of experte, And after due considers
tion.
DAY, DECHMEBEL 7518, 18
requested to state that the Committee telegram from Marseilles staton that the the ore Athletic Club of the Argyll and Folge, one of the vessels of the Mesageries Suthorland Highlanders have forwarded dona-Maritime, which recently replaced the Anadyr Hions from the proooods of the late entertainmente ad brought the mails from Saigon to Mareil-
the Theatre Royal City Hall, to the follow. Le fr going to make a special (rayage from the
zich in roing bosta and etsam ladnelsen were mar excellent.
ing me I placed my steam Inneh in nih a HONGKONO RIFLE ASSOCIATION, trial has been made of Kobse
It is now clearly, proved that the wines of position that the launches mast vituor run meters The Kwoon Kwan CHALLENGE CUPS Annam si Tonquin cau apply poisistible of or run lito me. As the same time I blew was completed on Saturday, the 1st Decoder. time bean a largely and by trailing ressis, asters of mn, The Pedro was the leading one fourth competition for the above Gate superior to Japan soal, whics has for long my whistle and waved my cap to make them go Mr. Woodin win the first prize for the doped Two Companie, those of Hougey and Kebno, of the launches. She passed aster of me." The time with the watch vita, and Mr. Ford with are already formed. In connection with the Hing Ma passed on ahead of me. When I w greatest sotivity; the preliminary works are slowly ahead, thus causing her to collida with the kartini-Heary palled of a donble avent for former, the works are being pushed cu with the she was gydog to pass absad of me I steamed The Ubique kan inside of the Hing Mo. the soood Cap with the highest score yet made now almost completed, and within a very sheet other launch, which stopped her for some with the service ride. Best scores anbjoined time the Company will be in a position to plans time.
out of the rose and was in danger of being quality.
At Kobao sisa work has ben mesed, swamped Istood by the bast until I considered F. MIMford) 45 10 70 65 53-ind M. Berran, the Company's engineer, is doing is was out of langer. During the time that this Mr. Ford,H)
30 855 everything possible to expedite operations. happened the red bargeo we flying. The first The Nam cheong Company of Tourans hem al datendant is coz in obarge of the Hing Ma, the Mr. Coläns
(M.H.) 38 39:42 4741—240.
ready placed ecal on the market. Immediately second is cax in charge of the Ubique,_sud ther 1,29 279, the now Company being formed at Hongkong is third de ont in oharge of the Pedro. I obarge Kr. 1. Monse
128 completed, work may be seriously commenced, each of them with baling on the course while the (M.E.)
and operations will be more rapid thero inas burger was flying":
We invite attention to the following old landed would be comparatively trifling.It Bayka well from a steaming point of view. She left (Trioutenant Rason) as to who commanded the r. E. L. Woodin Tân yêu, yêu yêu yo and on the market in large quantitiei coal of uniform At that time one of the competing boats dropped
Brande, all of which excollent quality and god value for the money.
The same being specially selected by our London House, and bought direct from the most *ted Shippers, are imported in wood and bottled t ourselves, thus enabling us to supply the best growthe at moderate prices.
In ordering it la only necessary to state Creare and quantity of Wine or Spirit wanted, and initial latter for quality desired!
Orders through Loos! Past or by Telegram receive prompt attention. PORTS (For Invalids and general use.)
Pez Jox.
Cat. Per Bot ▲ Alto Douro, good quality,
Green Capsule.
$10. 81.00
1ogThe Bellors Wivas Hospital the Boltton port to Brigon, envering pareigars sa Adlere and Ballora Instituts the Hongkong Benwell as mile The Sher-pas thos panses on lo consider evolent Booisty, the Victoris Home and Orphan y
fr repeating itself in the gunboat Plover, now what other economies could be rated, and age, and the Magistrates Pour Box. A Bervice paper points out that history so can only make two suggestions, the net A mars dorrespondent wriles to n London, her passage to China, that she is going to value of which, if carried into deprevening pipar The Impérieuse, fagship on the same station an her analfer namesake in 1858, the China Station, has again been doing very and is summanded by an officer of the same am Uakodate at 9:30 am on September 17, and ur little Plover, and did such good servips in kor rived at Yokohama in exactly thirty-six hours throughout the Chime war in 1858-39. For the first four hours with oas boiler in roppan serta and only natural draught, she made a trifle over sixteen kante an hour; and for the rest of the passage, with three-fourths of her boilera otur, she averaged 14.5 kuate. The engines were never stopped throughout the trial is is a very fair performance indeed, considering the utterly disproportionate length of 815 fit to beam of sixty-two feet, which the Admiralty designers of the time considered appropriate,
Our Diplomatic and Cancalar Ser. vies costs as he ima]) angtal sutiny, but we cannot grudge this expense, ne through the services our Chinese mer chinta pre protected in foreign countries triendly relations are maintained with those countries, and the people of China are kept informed of their polition and rodes of life and thought. In addition, however, to these atablishments, we maintain a number of peripatetic agents who have to travel abrand for a certain number of months and yours and collees information for our Government
In the German Infantry regiment Duke Fer dimand of Brunswick, No: 57, A Japanese Colo- el and three Japanasa Captains are serving at the present time. The large number of foreign offlers Turks, Jaymasse, Chinese, and other now studying in Berli hea indnoad the Im Mr. B. L Woodi perial: Government to fount an International Military Academy, which opened on Ockaber lab mer. W. Cros ander the direction of Colonel von Elpous, se
stod by Baron Robers and Herr Killack
49 39 6358 42-373
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31 29 23 126
(MI) 26 24 25 25 57,15 158.
The annualinst Bation morting of the Victoris Lodge, No. 1038, was hald on Saturday Broning The Deutsche Tramplechins Rhedscel (King- when Bro. the Rev. J. B. Out, was installed ne in Láng) ja about to offer, ite services to the ANCIENT Worshipful Master for the ensuing year by Government for the new line of rebaidiset Eight Wor. Bro: C. P. Chatar, District Grandtours to East Africa. The board of directors
B Vintage, superior quale, § 110 (This duty could be equally well performed Master, who was attended by a large number of has called a meeting of the shareholders, to ke
Hod Capale
Fine Ok Vintage, rep
14 1.25
orior quality, Black Seal Capsule Very Floo Old Vintage ortra superior,:: Violet Capsule Old Boilind) 18I30
SHERRISS.
A Dulicate Pale Dry dinner
wine, Groen Capaule..... 6 Superior Falu Dry, dinner wird Green Beal Capaulo..
C Manzanille Pole Natura!
Sherry, White Capsule 20 CC Suparise Old Dre, Pain Natural Sherry, fted Best Capsule................. D Very Superior Old Pale
0.00
1.00
'10 1.00
Day, choios old Wire, White Seal Capaule 12 Extra Superior Old Pale
:1.10
Dry, very finest quality, Black Seal Capsule Old Botiled
1.25 Per Cisa: Per Case.
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sta.
Pinte
CLARETS.
dox.
much as they will simply to the extension of His Worship remanded the case fill the 27th. ald workings
Ninat.
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The article coboladon with soos hurther gr talatory remarks on the prospects of Ton
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quin, now that the realisation of her wealth
val in about to bacommenced
CORRESPONDENCE.
expressed by our Correspondenta.)
WHY FLUNKETS P
The same paper in its issue of the 15th Deo. We do not hold ourselver reagonia for the opiniere ber saya: Our readers know that M. D. Cit. ton has obtained from the Apnamite. Govern ment, with the approbation of the French đár- arnment, the ratification of the sale to him of the Touranos coal mines by the protions pou
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY FLEBO.” 81,--The China, Mail onlin the aidas-de-camp
INQUIRER.
A SUGGESTION TO THE SURVET
--DEPARTMENT. 818,—Will you permit me through your
CHARCOAL FURNACES IN HONGKONG.
While walking over the hills in ont lying dis: by our Embassies and Consulater, and the the District Grand Lodge doork. Wor. Bro. held on Dec. R next, to pass a resolution idore tricks on the island one will poossionally stum cessionaire, During the last two months various of the Viceroy Chang flunkeya, for no partion-
Ost afterwards oppointed and invested his officering the orpital of the company by 8,000,000, travelling agents, yuan ys, could be dieperea folows: 3.W. Bro. L. K. Davis, JW, viz. m.3,000,000 in ordinary and m.2,000,000 in ble scross large circular pits with the rides lined trials of Tourans oval bays been made and have lar reason that is apparent. In this Christion the Donts; thes 700 tans brought to Isiphong of the aids-do-camp of Hin Excellency, the d with. We might even imitate Foreign Bro. H. Sheppard Trosa, Bro. KH Mahta proferrod shares, in the event of the company with a kind of soared brown plastar. The soil given excellent reaalta. First st. Hongkong, at or pollte, and would your sontemporary approve countries by baring merchant consule si absent); Chaplain, Bro. 3. D. Ball Seo Wor, being chosen by the Government to her the around thess ploos is quite black sad thickly and delivered to olsame. Marts and d'Abbade Governor of Hongkong being called flunkeyn by
Bro. A. OD. Gourdin; 8.D., Bro. 8. J. Danby the projected me. The Kingsin Lin the Rome stations, without loss of premier or J.D. Bro. B. S. Benjamis (absent); D. Bro pressat extremely well managed, and was mired to a depth of six inches with shine of have been used as board the vessels of the Cor the Chinese newspaper marely because they are
Yunes faithfully, to make very regular possages. Trials have been" | damage to our trading interests," Wo ein G. W. Ward; Steward, Bro. W. J Patell; IG,bis last year after a long period of depression to sharoon, which leads to the conclusion that respondeness Flaviales, which have continned at te retorn a mall fa plaas of the Governor P
Bro, C. H. Grice, Tylar, Bro. J. E. Grimble pay the shareholders a dividend of 8 per cent. these pits have been used at one time for barn made on board the gurihost Comble with ten
Canton, 20th December, 1889. not agree with either of the shove sugges. The brethren afterwarde sat down to a sold This is all the more satisfactory, because the ing gharcoal. I was interested some time ago tons of coil at the Naval Arsenal, the Ba- 7.50 0,75 tiens. Tos travelling commissions have collation, when the loyal and Masonic profit has been earned in spite of the competition in finding a cave in a perfect state of preservaringer reporting that it is similar to the coal
of the subsidised lines of the Norddeutsche best of unḍsabled service to the Chinese toasts were honrared:
Lloyd to East Asia The offer of the Deatscue then within a hundred feet of the top of Monat found in France at Vieux Cardé, in the Bars Gorerament, as they have gathered informa
The trails Ties of the 12th instanga Dampfschiffs Rhederel, therefore, will have the Parker, and quite recently I discovered two Loire, and Sarthe, or to Welsh coal, and can be advantageous'y employed; on board the Aré tion at firsthand, and enabled it to form a good Regarding the challenge received from the fullest consideration at the hands of the Govern simlar strectares on the hills south east of thes on her voyage from Tourite to Haiphong columns to draw the attention of the Surveyor Tytam. The Chices at once pronounced the when the pressure and speed were normal; and General's department to the dangerous condition idea of what the Chinese living in foreign Hongkong Cricket Club a few days ago, the ment.
Committee, carofalty, considered the esme, and countries are doing. As for the suggestion came to the conclusion that it should first of all Mr. Alfred East, who has recently been on an oven to be old pharesal furnuses. The ous on lastly, on sunday, on the board tho. Idcorne bo of the plan is over the gutter leading from Wort tr appoint merchant ennals, that is hardly be ascertained whether a team oss be raised out art tear round the world and spant some time in Mount Parker is circular chamber about tween Haiphong and Dongtries, and on Wednesto East on to the tanks on the Cainn Road ? It make the soyage frant Haiphong to Hongkongler it on a dark night, to say nothing of during months and is very dangerous to parsons oros- likely to commend itself to Poking, sering of the Straits Settlements, before replying. The Japan, has been interviewed on his return, and eight feet in diameter, nine feet high, and day and Thursday on the drethues, which was to bosquired repair now for upwards of eight
Committee seem to be in favour of the match, and thas speaks of Japanese art: What in your that the Imperial Government have always regard the challenge ar an opportunity that ex view of the Japanese ort yes were enabled to has dome root Thare is an arobed en-harning nothing but Tourage col
On board the Loras ou Bunday M. Cotton, the day.
Who is responsible for these affairs-Tours been bitterly opposed to foreigu Puwers, coptionally conra, and therefore should the axamine on the spot "I most tell you that I trance at the bottom snelstondy langs to let
Á RATEPAYER. painting merchant consuls in China. The more readily ba ascepted. Ous difficulty that was introduced by Captain Brinkley, Visonauta man emmel in, and fooing the entrand I found after the trial of the coal by daily un on board
seems to deler the acceptance, is due to the fact Sano, and others to several of their artiste; and a row of flag-stones rising from the tear to the the vessels of the Correspondances Fluviales, rely,
simply wished to show to the gentleman invited
Hongkong. 21st December, 1889. ving effected would, moreover, amount to of the majority of our erickoters holding high I had an opportunity of watching them at their roof. On removing one of thoas repeat was the results obtained on ordinary runs by Mossre
Their method of drawing is, mot from most paltry sem. Nor would the next re-position in the Government erries; and if they work.
all wish to get away together soms of the Un- the object tireot, but from memory and inspres disclosed about a foot square, which proved to Marty and D'Abbadia with the 700 tons of commendation, sensible though it be, very parimonts may suffer in ensueĄ TABLE
Any-ion, after having studied it. This gives it the be a obiinmoy having an outlet on the hill side Tourana coal delivered to them on the 20th vessole sincs that time. By the log vĩ sao that materially kolp the Treasury. The Shen how, the best is being done in the circum-athatio quality and individuality which consti- some six feet above the roof of the cave. The October and which they bana used un their 11
the only incurred instances, and the Committee hape to send a reply tube its great sharma and most precis merit top of the chimney was covered with a large with an average of 108 revolutions a minute, pao, ohjeetë to
te the challenge by next mail.
But, of course, that has its drawbacks, for while stone weighing several hundredweight and bail Per dor,
Hokusai, to mention ere of the greatest Case. Fer Bot. Haluting every considerable offen who
Travels up or down the Yangtze, by New Regulations made under the Tramwaya geniuses that Japaness set has produced in evidently not been removed for ages, being deeply the forts on the river. This is a greater Ordinance, 1883, ara pablished in Baturday's modern timsa, ia mercolons ex an artist, he embedded in the soil and overgrown with shrabe 312 31.10
Gretts. These proride that not toore than of course, cannot be considered as an anatomist and graas The ødes of the aire were black and more unnecessary, waste then that at-passenger shall be carried in the cars at one! I look upon art primarily as an emotion-es sandcrambly, havin r apparently be at perfectly and maintaining a high, prasare the mothers. In days gone by it was bort to im- 11:25 ending international salute, of which this time that the weight of luggage. goods, or expression of feeling, fadividualized by the or
Colony has such a large and varied experience pasagers carried shall not exceed 21 fans; that tist, and coloured by nationality-and, by time exposed to intense heat. The whole thing. during the your, But if the Shen-co wishes pot the termini marriage. almall stop at the light of those views, I must any that had been laboriously excavated out of the half any place to take apor sat down passagers unless since I have studied Japanese art on the spot decomposed rock & drowsy cat'p da of gigan to see economy introduced in the public such pisos has baan oertified as suitable by the my view of it has been a good deal changed. I tie proportions was the only inhabitan
Survey General; that the Company shall keep expected to find Fine Art, but I discovered it
The fret of fading this cava (which must service it should seek other meane, els pages more watchmen employed when the cars are was Decorative Art-the consummation, par the weeding out of the drones in the offgilrauning to prevent dirt, stoass, or rubbish bahaps of decorative art, but still distinctly decor have cost considerable time and labour to form) 8 0.75 hire, who swarm in sock numbers as to ing placed on the permanent way that the cargative, as opposed to as art. By this I mean on the top of a mutain where the arborescent
waggons, and ropeshalt be-inspected nut teeted by that the Japanese socks, not to record his own dry us the fatness of the land, and per the Surveyor-General in January and June, and, individual feelings and emotions, bus to executa Fogetation is now so aparze, wol insgaisait, palnats corruption and bribery in the gross. the othar mashinery of the tramway is June;s decoration which will be splendidly and saper-wald naturally suggest that the top of Mount ext forms in every department of the Sale. that one month's notice of any alteration in the bly adapted to certain place and to a certain Parker was at one time solently wooded to cars or the machinery shall be given to the Sus object. Besides, what strikes the strugor so repay the tremble of making a oharnoal turnace The few dollars that could be saved inveyor-General; that no care, tracks, or wargons mash is what I may call their perfection of to char the wood-cuttere burden and make it quopowder-very few, by the way, for all travel at greater spoed than 8 miles a synthetic irregularity, as opposed to our relighter to carry down the hill. It goes without would spoil if not used probably, and the hour; and that in six months from date the polarity and evenly balanced composition in
ornament and design.”
A Superior Breakfast Claret,
Red Capsule............ $4 $450
B St. Eateple, Red Capsule 4.50-5.00
C. St Jalier
D' La Kose
BRANDY
A Beenergy's Old Palo, Rod
Capsule.........
B Superior Very Old Cognas,
Red Capauls C Very Old Liqueur Cognac
Red Capeale
,
7.50 12.00.
18 2.50
. Heaney's Finest Very Old Liqueur Cognac, 1872 Vintage End Capsule 24 2.00 SCOTCH WHISKY.
A Thorne's Blend, Whito Cap-
male.......
B Watson's Glenorchy Mel- low Blend, Blas Uspreads, with Nome and Trade Mark, Walzon's Abelour-Glenlivet, Red Capsule, with Name and Trade Mark
8 0.76
8 0.75
D Watson's EK D. Blend' of.
the Finest Scotch Malt Whiskies, Violet Capsule...10 100
B Watson's Very Old Liqueur Nootch Whisky, Gold Cup.
ente
IRISH WHISKY.
A Joha Jameson's Oll, Grosu
Capsalen John Jameson's Fizo Old,
Green Capsule
C Joba Jameson's Very Fina Old, Green Capsule.........
GENUINE Bourbon WarsxI, £ze old. Red Capsule, with Name *
GIN.
A Fins Old Tom, White Cap.
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Company shall fr-automatie branks to evory carriage to regulate the speed thereof.
gunners get less practice would not lessan in any degree the burden of taxetion, would
The Hu-pab tells the following yarn.-At not relax the official clutch on the pocket of Canton in front of the Revenue Offles, formerly the rich, or giva one exgli incre to the toiling stond a litle kiosk, called the pishi ting, i
which were pastxl the official notifications sed 075 millions. The intentions of the Shen pay the mendotin Fithin for all the world to san, are laudatie enough, but its proposale go no By lapse of years it got lato sach a dilapidated 10. 1.00
distance, not even penetrating the cuticle, state, that it seemed on the verge of toppling over, and another place was chosen by the
8
10 100 mendation of reform in Chion, whore public
opinion takes to concrete form, sud the officials are for all practical purposes law onto themselves,
Fine naweetened. Walle
Сараве ..... Fiao A. V. H. Gunara......
4.50 0.40
4.50 0.40 5.25 0.50
RUM.
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NOTI E TO CORRESPONDEN (S. Commaisstion n. itious matters should
Masger," and not to Individuals by name.
Correspondents are requested to forward sbeix ma
and address with commeslostione aldenysed to the
a to hold over until tomorrow.
The Hongkong Artillery Folzuteers will have Elitor, not for publication, but acridence of good field day at Kowloon on the 26th inst. We hear that a number of members of the Garrison Shooting Club have promised to assist.
faith,
All lattom for pabiloation should be written on one side of tias peper.onl
Advertisement mad Sabsorptions which are not ardared for cal periot will be continued at
countermanded.
Orders for sxtes copies of the Daily Press should be sent before 11 5.0, on the day of publication Alber list hear the snoply in Braited.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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DAILY PRESS."Į LONDON, 19th December. STEAMER COLLISION IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.
ying, despite the wrong-headed perversity of
whole time"
OUR PORTUGUESE FRIENDS,
The following is from Hongkong Alegre speed of 980 knots an hour, on an ordinary A striking contrast is observed among our young draught and in calm weather, the launch Portuguese friends. For the past twelve or used in hoore (4 hours 20 minutes at fifteen years at least the girls may be said to all pred) 100 kilos of ecal, the deal burning bare generally gone beyond the sphere of their possible to meat a young girl who onuld talk in If during the voyage of the drethuse, as there any other language bat her on, whilst now- conglative, it will be absolutely proved that lish or French, met soms of them have acquired is very reason to hups the results are equally a-days the girls are prout to talk sither in Eng Tourane coal perfect combustible, and we the correct accent of the foeign languages. Nut will have nothing more to wish for except that only on the philological point of view but in M. Cotton may saobaol in forming his Company, other respects they have greatly improved them.. and that from Annam, as well as frein Tonquin salves. The nursery and popular songs with shion, and they have now adopted imparatic and the ports of the Far East :
classical pieces, which they jako païne to letra fall argons of coal muy econ be shipped to all which their mothers were content are out of fa
in sach artistio, manner that an amateurs they tasy wall ba grasaed. The Frenobi genitar, with which the popular songs were in those days no- companied, is zo longer in use, the pianoforte having replaced it. The latter has become BO cominon that almost every girl is able to play upon it to or las It has com to our knowledge that some of our sisters are even learning-to-play-the-vinila fute, and por net-a-piston. Drawing is day by day coming Into vogue, and wo have already seen some really forging a ob que for 81,000.
Lucio Pereira do Campos was charged with word picturos, the work of girls of thirteen or
SUPREME COURT.
21st December.
CRIMINAL BEIONS.
HIS HOROR UM FIELDING CLARKE,
"ACTING CHIEF Justice.
TOEGERY.
Prisoner pleaded not guilty.
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fuurteen years of aen, The re par pasau improved a great doul in their style of drees, J.which bring a matter of first attention of every daughter of Eva, there has been no lack of time er taste in this branch of civilisation,
Now let us see where the contrast comes in.
the ordinary celestial, that the grain wood was Broze unt carried up the hill to be charrel. The bills In the vicinity of these ancient furanone are as a rals stoop grassy slopes with few or no trees or ebraba te indpen zogone to maka a-sharring station in the neighbourhood, and were it not The Acting Attorney General (Hon. A. for the nonvincing inference that they were put Leach) prosented. Mr. Pollock, intreated by there for some substantial purpose ore would Mosare Caldwell and Wilkinson, defecdel.
The jars were-Messis F. W. Kooh, J. The Gaw Quan Sia han collided in the English wonder, as with fly in the amber, how they got w. Oroker, W. T. Showan, Hamilton, V. C. The young man do not seem to possess any fool- there. The numerous pits surrounded with Rosario, L. E. Davis, and C. J. Hyndman. ing of emulation as regarda arts and sciences. Channel with the Ribosado.
oharcoal débris and the few orlens caves I speak The Acting Attorney General maid the Thay allow their sisters to get ahead of them in indicted on three- counte.svery way whilst they rest wontons with the prisoner was of provs, I think, cozela irely that out island ret with forging a cheqas for 31.000. om fitfls and imperfect knowledge of the English and the adjacent mainland have at one time bean 13th September. purporting to be drawn on the language which they havo been obliged to no- far more dantly clothed with stout arhornt Hongkong and Shanghai Bant by Lagio Robin-quim in their school days for the stepurpose LONDON, 10th December. The Emperor of Germany, at a banquet at vegetation than they have been in the memory of son suund, with obtaining $1,000 from of obtaining the position of an abastra clerk in third with using a forged cheqna knowing it to As soon as they are out of school their books the present generation. And it is not the steri. Bank on that chaque on 16th September a dark cofnor of a mercantile firm
(FROM RINGAPORE PAPERS,] THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY ON PEACE PROSPECTS.
LONDON, 12th December. PANIC IN A THEATRE.
THE HONGKONG HIGH LEVEL TRAMWAYS COMPANY,
LIMITED
employ of Messrs. Hughes and Bara novoin, which latter they read for the sake of as a clerk at a salary of $55 a month Mr. sensation trithont the slightest ides of morals, N. 3. Robinson, who was bookkeeper in the which otherwise they might draw were they me effice, had charge of a safe in the office in carefal readers and with knowledge enough which it appeared ha kopt a cheque book can to understand their authors. Beyond the taining some blank cheques signed by his wife two amateur Bands, to the members of About the 10th or 17th September, the prisnar which we feel banná to tender our highest went to Japan on loare. On 26th September It encomium, there is nothing being done by the ama to the knowledge of Mr. Robinson that a young gentlemen that may be worthy of any oheque for $1,000 had been cashed, which was praise whatever, if doing their utmost to deeas debited to his wife's account. He examined the themselves as marionettos and infeating the com sheque book and found that a cheque had been munity as so many mashers count for anything- taken from it, and on inquiry obtained the choqna from the bank. The cheque was ons signed by his wife and filled up in another bandwriting,
and that handwriting was the handwriting of the
FOOCHOW.
Bat for the timely assistance rendered by
12 1.10 when the disena lies buried in the heart. It official hill-sticker, the 'ing being abandoned to is, something, however, to get any recom-homeless beggars, who dowered there at night in thuir added rags. Se many, in fact of theso poor wratelias breathed their last nigh thers, and departed from the misery of this world, that the plaos rot ro-named the shing sien ting, or the half-way bonge to immortalite. Ghostly forms wore asen in it at night after even the beggars har forssken it, and the belate. The delivery of the French mail was begun wayfarer gave it sa wide u barth as possi. Frankfort, said that bis whole endeavour is to Finest Old Jamaios, Víglet
ble, and hurried past as fust us his trembling at 150 p.m. yesterday.
legs could carry him. On the 5th November Make Garnany powerful and respected, that ho lily of the mail, but the obarcoal hayner ef by be forged: The cirmimstances of the anys are consigned to oblivion, and their only reading Capanla
inbabitants of the island and the main and a tember, or somewhat later, the prisoner was some cases, low. vlasy genational American Good Looward Island... $1.50 per Gallon, The total export from of tes from Caloubia to Shao, a Cantonese gentlemen, had to go past qute sees the value of the fruits of panos, which gane airer, that must be blamed for making tho were as follows. Until the middle of Sep consists of conspapers for local news and in
that way late at night, and looking fearfully toe, will strive to preserva. LIQUEURS.
poverty stricken popolation with nothing to the 28th November this season to the Unitedwards the unasany ting, he saw that it was Maraschino
barn, and for stampeding the game and vitiat. Kingdom, Australia, &o is 72,000,000lbs.
quite surrounded by a dozen shadowy human Haring's Churry Cordial
figures, which faded away from via as he gated. A falon alsem of fire in a theatre at Johnstowning the climate by danuding the ground of its Dr. Singart's Angostura A London telegram in the Indian papers, dat Ho saw then that they were wraiths, and not
Bitters, dood the 27th dt, says that Mr. Vindelen Creagh and afraid to look again, he harried past Pennsylvania, cancel a panic which led to the natural cover.
A.B.W. has boon gazetted Governor of Labasu. considerably scared. When he passed that way loss of fifteen lives and injary to sighty peracts.
We estived inst night's letter sigued Angnis by dayligating, the whole pile had fallen two days later, not stone of
THE COAL MINES OF TONQUIN Shareholder" spent the Puajom Mining Com-in rains to the ground, which was strewn with
AND ANNAM adresa "Tu Editor." su those on busines" Theny, which the lateness of the hour congele broken rotten boards, tiles, and mortar. Then
We translate the following from the Courrier kaew that the poor ghosta, more presolent
Haiphong of the 18th December-It has boos that man, had been in the set of moving out
The fifth ordinary annual masting of the often mid that the progress of the Colony do and sepking esfer quarters when he saw them
The Singapore Free Fress ofthe lith December shareholders of the above company was held in pends on the wealth of its coal deposits. When saya-Shortly after noon yesterday the German the Hongkong Hotel on Saturday morning. Mr. sissmer Eich, with over two landrid Chinese J. de Sanaaville presided, and there were aloo pra-Abham, and Tonquin begin to send any Tak that. The chorde was slan endorsed on the The next football game will be played on the passengers on bourd, from Hongkong bound-for- sent, Messrs Jas. Anderson, A. K. Wylie, Crysela laden with coal, not merely for trial purposes Race-course ander Raghy rales, to-day (Mon- staan. Dali, anchored outside the harbour limite Ewens, G. Murray Bain, A, G. Apar, and M. but to apply the consumption of the thousands of vessels that traverse the seas of the Far East, day) Play will commence at 4.15 m. sharp. flying the signal for "Pallos" at the fore. The Perry.
The CHAIRMAN said-This report has been la signal was opented at the Flagstaffs and be There will be a tent on the ground as usual
Marine Pelice communicated with. The signal your hands for sorts fime and may be taken the future of the new Franch possessions will be The Agent of the Pasifle Mail B. S. C. a-was also observed on board H.M.B. Pigmy and as road. You will see that the receipts for sssured, and the metropolis, fustead of finding, forms us that the silks ex City of Sydney hence two of her officers with a lust's crew at once pat the year have been $20.950; and, if you them a source of irksome spease, will at October 12th, and from Yokohama October 22nd,aft from tas Pomy sad ranged alongside the take into consideraties the great misfortune last be recompensed for its efforts and sacrifious Kiel. B P. C. Morton of the Marine Polls that overtook the tramway line from the land. If this moment has not yet arrived, it is at least were delivered at New York on the 17th înst.
with soma natire constables arrived shortly after. slip daring the rain storm of May last. I think The mastor of the Kiel explained that there was you will consider the return satisfactory. Ilad close at land, and any one interested in the vonsiderable discontent amongst his passengers, not this mistarinee taken place the amcant cel futurs of the colony cannot bat zajetos at the mostly Kehs and Machos, and that trouble bad fented would have been much larger. I estimate happy prospect. For a month past the subject of
TIENTSIN. broken out as soon as some of the passengers, the loss at 37,000, and am fully convinced that coal mines has been on everyone's lips, and trials probably old bands in the Straits, observed that that is Lot too much. I must ales tell you that ofcoal-trials always successful. Ithasbeen fully
14th December, ho was not shaping a coUFSB for Sings the receipts compared with those of last year
show a large ingrosse for every month. I consider proved that the coal of Tongain and Aram are
Broken is is still fisting down the river from pore. Before entering Ebio Straits a gamber
Alra. Robinson adin gavo evidenos, as did the the upper reaches, but it is not expected that the In the course of a leading article on the
the coolies had come to him up on the bridge and that the prospints of the Company are very good. both excellent. For more than a year the launches recent Imperial Edict enjoining greater sco
told him that he wasnot going direst for "Medan The amount of building going on at the Peak of the Société Francaise dea Charbonnages du
latter wibass could not state positively that On Wednesday night, about 11.30, the roof of nomy in the administration of the various
in Singapore. He then shonght that his best must beneff: the Company, and perhaps one of the Tonkin have burat nothing but Hongay abraff at the Bank who asked the chague The river will close until the end of the mouth. plan would be to put into Rhic, that port not hotels will be finished next year. Yon will find onl while running in. Along Bay or on the prisoner was the man who presented the the Municipal Police Station was found to be on state departments of China, the Shon-pas
being very far off, but no man-of-war being there that the Company ows the General Managers the
aoticu în using hand grenades the fire was held in ... maker certain suggestions for retrenchment
A Chinese foreman in the employ of the Char. of the time he altared his outra and put into sum of $20,000, and I think is very advisable their passages hatween Rsiphong and Hon-heque, but he remembered that it was a Forro in the centre of the building, but by prompt Mr Pollock, who called no witnesses, then ad check until the engīnu was got out and water bonnages Company at Hongas was killed the Singapore." As soon as the conmstances of the that an increase of capital should be made, os the say, and nothing les haben burnt tagusan and reform. It points out that whije largs other day by a tiger. When his body was found case were known the master was advised to go new rope that is coming out and the new car in the workshops of Mons. Charmont, Depil cum are expended in the purchase of arms a part of the head, the mook, arl one shoulder Lahore and comments with his Agents, lessra ringes will have to be provided for. Befors I & Co. Most satisfactory trials have been made dressed the jury on behalf of the primer. He procured from a well under the Secretary's new Beha Meyer & Co., and the Chinese Protectorate propose the adoption of the reportand the pass on board the Argusbuse and Enter. We have attempted throw doubt on the evidenes bright house. By ass o'clock the building was out of and ammunition, the money in wasted he had been eaten.
The boat of H. M. E. Pigmy kopt oraising rounding of the accounts I shall be glad to answer not the report before us, but it is said that with forward with r gard to the handwriting on the danger. The cause of the fire was the ignition of Hangay oral these two gunboats have obtained shrquoy pointing out what be considered differ boam which had been built tonfar into chimney. Gatred is is not judiciously expended, and the
The Apents (Messrs Adamson, Bell & Co.)the Kisi and Morton with his native constables any questions..
No questions being asked, the ChairMAN pro- inch pressure as with Cardiff of Australian exces in the formation of certain istiors on the The loss, which was trifling falls on the long- army raisins inefficient and badly organis. iofarm as that the Canadian Pacific steamer kept guard on board while the master went
coal Some impatient people who do not un documents produced in the prisoner's handwrit kang Fire Insurance Co.. It matter of con ed, the number of soldiers who become Batavia, from Vancouver wilk Canadian mails, aka Mr. F. Fes of the Protectorate at once posed the adoption of the report and accounts.
Mr. BAIN seconded, and the motion was carried derstand that a mine cannot immediately it is ing and the same letters on the cheque Eegratelation that the fire was promptly cheeked arrived at Tokohama on Friday and left for want off to the chip sed by seversing with the
Mr. Ewens proposed the re-election of the acquired commence an outpal, that the works submitted that this cast a dentti which the by Air.A. M. Smith, who bappens? to come expert in the use of arms of presision reHongkong on Saturday,
coli found out that they had been told in Hongkong that Medan, for which placa present consulting committee-Hon. P. Eyris. of installation, laying out, making roada, eto...ury ware entitled to give the prisoner the bous apon the soon before it was too late to employ maining infinitesimally smsil, - Tao Shen-pac
in proportion as the work in wall done tale. He dwait on the fact that the base of band gromadas. The engine was got to work all. As will be seen from the advertisement on they had signed, was in Singapors. Soma and Messrs. J Anderson and B. Layton. gosz ón in remark:-" This year we are another page Woodyear's Ciron loves ar at the of the older hands amongst them say that the
Mr. WYLR onded and the motion was longer time people who think that a roolis the prisoner was written on the cheque, a tàing right, but although the water passed through the *** with * plek is all that is required to work which was entirely unnecessary, as the ebeqne has, the outside of it and the pamp alen, were baying German rifles, next year we may be end of the wook. Before going, however, they coarse steered would not bring them into Med-carried.
Mr. PERRY propted the re-election of Mrmino appear astonished the delay trade payable to bearer It was extremely covered with ice in a few minutes after starting buying French cannan, and next perbapsmoning from to-night, and this will denbtlaws to the other coolies, and the trouble the coun- Tall Bs anditor.
Why they ask, Jn the coal not placed on the Improbable that the prisoner would do this, to work, the temperature being at 20 degrees another change of programme, com-an, Bicgapore, aud si ents_rɔmmunicated this
"Mr. A POAR Bonded.
market? Mines in a little known distriat can thing which would only Land to incriminats Fahr-Chinese Tinies. British or American. Contemporaneously cat fail to draw. Ou Batarday night the Cirens massed. Mr. For explained to them thai Me
Carried unanimously.
· with our enormous outlay on these waspors, | had a bumper house. ANG
a was in Bamatre and not in Singapore, but all their passage tickets were madu, out for there is going on a vast expenditure at- our
They have been trying their big guns ** Medan and they had signed agreements to ge own Arsaals. This is harming the candle Singapore, with somewhat startling results. there they had better go on quietly, and lodge The couension of the firing, the Free Press says their complaints on arrival. They had evidently was felt extensively in the neighbourhood of been deceived by their own countrymen in Hong
TeleradNE No. 12
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, DECEMBRE 29BD, 1889.
at both ends, and one might well bor.
tinguisbad, if the glowing accounts of the
It is potided in the Gacette that Christmas Eve, Christass Day, Thursday the 28th inst., and New Year's Day shall be observed sa pabilo holidays throughout the Gerernment Depart
menta.
The Agents Messrs. Mulchers & Co.) inform us that the Norddeutscher Lloyd's steamer Bayers, with the German mal dated the 26th alts left Bingapore at daylight on Eatarder for thin port
This concluded the business of the meeting.
CRICKET
SINGLE WICKET MATCH.
heel of the prisoner. He (the Acting Attorney beat twenty junk builders, there would have Gentral) would not be able to produce very dearen another tremendous fire on Sunday night, videos as to who notually casbed the cheque, but the Stb. December, at the back of Ewo Bong. he would produce the evidence of the bank shroff originating in a tea bur maker's shop, which
on fire for some time unobserved, and not antal 15+ the cheque was cashed by a Portuguese
he was not able to reongnise the prisoner bat establishments abound in that locality. It is made some memorandam at the time that stated that the kitchen chimney of the house w
Mr. Robinson was then called and detailed roof was partly barnt did the inmates know what the circumstances of the 1bstraction of the was threatening and give the alarm; the twenty obese from the cheque book, giring the any jank builders st once rushed to the apoi, and Cross-xamined by Mr. Pollock, the wilcem with their was brought the house dowà in less aid $700 of the $1,000 was an overdraft. He had made good the dedit of $700 to the bank. The ink did not call on bis to do it. He was nn- able to explain why the prisoner should pat bis mans in the ebeque saelog that it was made payable to bearer,
evidenos as at the Police Court
than ten minutes.-Echa
THE FRENCH MAIL,
not be brought into full working order in a few himself On the second and third charges there days. The Société Francaise des Charbonnageswar no evidence Whatever, and he asked with in Tonkin is to be commended for not ring some corflunce for a verdet of "not guilty." yelled to the temptation to work the firs The jury after a short deliberation, found the
The M. M. temer Freewaddy, from Marnail. seam discoterod, at the risk of damaging prisoner guilty on the art two courte
His Lordsbly, in passing sentenos, ad the 17th November, with the London mail of for ever the reputation of the coal of Tonquin by deliveries of medisore quality. The Com prisoner was a voer Feng mm, but he had com- Bukit Cherain and Now Harbour. In Captain kong The Agents had, by this time, seat off improved technical skill of our workaren Hing's house vases fall from their brackets and some forty Kling boatmen to not as a grand: A single wicket match was played un starpany has spared malther time nor mondy. The fitted a very serious or me. Itse a crime the 15th idem, serived here yesterday morning. engineers kare thoroughly explored the our which called for serere sentezen, but in con- The embjoined telegrams are taken from Cey broken and the book of the first skot kill against any farther disturbance and shortly day by the Sarrivors of the Vieteris Regatta cussion Wherever deal showed teal gallery aideration of the prisoner's youth be would wake lon and Indian papers ada entary bird in its esge.
has been opened so that the quality of the seam the punishment as light as he could, in the hope he pasaterlag to the diffenty har destination, de ahn was weighing her ent and non-prise winer
might be sxamined. In this way the Company, that the prisoner might repent and try to live bus spent some-hundreds of thousands of franas, bonently when he came out of gaol. 1'ko non-
zwollent quality has at last bood discovered.tsen months with hard labour,
ars worthy of belief. Thus NIE Total, of
after seven o'clock the steamer proseded for
the Shanghai &sonal, in vaid to barat now
between His Excellency the Governor of was promptly resoned by the boat, of H.1.b. up any ebịp thất flosta; if that is 20, Formoss and the last engineer-in-chief of the Pigmy which had haen ernizing around the shipmith, Lowa 17 bat it has not been. Joot for at Estan coal of tens of the Cort was umprisonment for eigh moet he go an buying torpedoes from abroad, Formosan milway, says that Mr. Cottrell has the whole afternçon, thus keeping up a constant flow of China's received a gratification of five months' pay and his passages, in all Tie, 3,000 as seti lemant of ble
money out of China ?" The Bhan-pao is claim. The progress of the railway, it adds, is right in condemning the reckless manner much delayed by hory maran.
da.
BECOND INNE.
Maitlang
9. Skipworth, bless
Hughes Cosan, ? mod Lowendungsang The following itoms are taken from the Leroom, tag don and China Express of the 15th ult.
Bear-Admiral Besnard is pertod to leave
Hatebing b Lowson
•Josep Am Lowsono racat.
R. Hughes
'Ezzers Carskąt. DOE DU
in which first one kind of arm is bought, The prises won in the Regatta were presented i France shortly, to take command of the French Lowson; ut de suika
and then another, with the rasult that to the reccessful competitors by Lady Simon, | Naval Forcos in the Far East, none of the troops are uniformly armed, on Saturday afternoon, in the Gymnasium o
the Vistoria Recrestian Club: The Gymsades The journal Svet learns that the Chinese Go
Hughes, braith metega Appan
and the farther the gallery is driven the better the max becomes. The time is not now far distent when the first cargo of Hongay deal will Jeave for Hongkong,
Boren badred tons of Tovirana, coal have lately been purchased for trial on the vessels of the Bersión Bubrentionné des Correspondanoon. 6 t Smith, Dospel .. *| Flaviales, which have been saing it for a month.
bheith n.#il nol bal (soc sale) 1,0 and be Bakjunina. ↑
Oru puk Other trials were made and thens were official
Sparth, Ball
POLICE COURT,»
let December:
Buron How H. £. WORKZOVKE.
THE STEAM LAUNCHES AT THE 1 BGATEA.
LORD SALISBURY ON THE BIGHT ROUES
MOVEMENT. berserta p 4. LONDON, 27th November. Lord Blisbury at Nottingham yesterday fur- ther said that he depreted the right hours movement, and, to legislate about it would, he said, be interfering with the liberty of the sub- ject His lordship said that he was in favour of partial free education,
APETOK AT LORD SALISBURY AT NOTTINGHAM. AGKANNYAN LONDON, 28th November.
Lord Salisbury, speaking at Nattingham, ridiculed Lord Roadbery's idea to bogurt buto The steersmen of the steam launches Hing the United Kingdom the Awurkan federation. and in some ouses bare guas, that are prace had been prettily decorated for the ovenziou, and J.vernment in arming. its troops on the Epagian Butetia, & Watcham, 3 k........ O' sand's Hate-on board the Licorne, in presenos of a com-
mission of suglosers and mechanicians, Naval Mo, L'aigua, and Pedro were charged, at the ante. The proposal, be mad, indicated the tically unoless. But when cur native can shees was large attendance: Inoleding, many frontier with repeating, ribs, and providing
and civil, convened for the purpose. Exports, stance of Laspector Corporeo, with causing au | perplexity of the Heme Hule party. Tooching temporary suggests that by utilising the lacion At the conclusion of the presentation them with Prussian instructors.
however, were unessary, for what orald be obstructions on the Regatta course on the 19th upon our foreign policy, his lordship mid that-
world while upholding stern preparedoos for respurden of her Arsenals Chins might ren-hours were given for Lady Balmen
The Oficial Gazette at Berlin nalilee the ap- In the Queen's Bench the other day the more conclusive than to see the numerous inst by steaming thergus, contrary to Ordinacosita guiding principle, was pesos with all the
Sergeant Herkin, of the water polios, add any emergmer T dar beraalf independent af forsiga arm it The Ramian ironclad Admiral Korally, with pointment of the pressat Vice-Consul at Shang Lord Chief Justice (Lord Coleridge) load a vouses of the Flariales using the son regularly 10 of 1849, section 2.
hai, Harr von Byborg, to be Consul at Besibay.jargman named Sloper who was shient when the and going wall. The trials have bona perfectly. is going rather fast, Tis time will enme noi Admiral Nasiinoff on board, is, says the Streur Herr von Loohr LL. 14, sppointed Deputy Vics court ant. The juryman, however, wubsequently satininatory. I osterday the 4 stanmer dro-On the 19th instant, at dg. I was on a GERAT SPERÒR ST. MK. GLADSTONE AT
LONDON, 2nd Decaza ber Consal at Shanghai. -- doubt when Chine will be able to produce Times, expected daily from Gronstadt pia the
put in an appearance, when, on his explaining the left for Hongkong. Daring bin royege, duty in the Palies linach on the Regatta SANCHESTRE
At an amembly of the National Liberal Cape of Good Hope Admiral Nasimod, who is
that be thought the court ant at 1 o'clock, his both going and returning, the vessel will barn course. The race for the Ladies' Furse all her own weapons of warfare, but bar well known on this station, in ith former Com -urgensis are not equal to that task at, uor: mode of the stain, comes out HallorandAt the beginning of next year the Messagories lordship remitted the ins, but wamed the only Pareny mal Experinos warrants the was being vowed about that time. While the will they be for many years to come, if the miral Bohmidt - the command-brebird of the Maritimer intend to commence to yan safe jurymen against running the risk af keeping expectation that the trial will be successful race was going on I saw number of simam Federation held at Manchester today, Mr. Huncian Pacião quadrón; who returns to Russia starr Austrades to Australia, and to put one the court waiting. The perso di Emily, at the workshops of the Bezsion. Lanzohes following in the rear of the casing boats, Gadabous, who had a grand reception, mada a Clangse Government desire to keep pace with via Ban Francisco. The Russian brossed Fles of the Australian mall stores ou be their ferd maly, who can with impally kop the cours des Corredondades-Flatles and lately on quite close to them. As the face proceeded the long sparob in the ochre of them has revelled board the Phewie batresa Haiphong and Hanoi Imanches kept on getting closer, When the the overthrow of the Conservatives in 1880 aw China and Japan Kne,
waliing in the judge." (Laughter.) all the istent improvemente and Juventions, dimir Monomach le slao sorpected