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INTIMATIONS.
HONGKONG
TRADING
COMPANY LIMITED,
4 Leto THE HALL & HOLTS C. Co...Lira).
TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS,
DRESSMAKERS AND MILLINERS,
GENERAL DRAFERS,
NEW GOODS
IN ALL DEPARTMENTS..
BY APPOINTMENT.
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841. -MANUFACTURERS OF AERATED WATERS
(40`maan facture throughout.
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The purest ingredients only are used, and the tacet cure and clearlles are oxorcised in LARGE BOMBAY "SODAS "
We continue to supply large bottles as hore Chat Fire of Metra Clurge, to those of ur Customers who prefer to bare them to the ordinary size. ...
able return on the capital invested.
THE DAILY FEISS, THURSDAY 6EPTEMBER 18TMs, 1890
MANFROM HINGAPORE PAPERORAN
TO AUSTRIA His Imporial Majesty (be Emperor of Ge many Ul visit Vienna on the 2nd October nurt. THE STRIKE AT THE BROKEN .......
MAGIETERIAL ENQUIRY:
THE MISE.
A Mirige Imsinses is reported in Docks up to NEWS FOR: THE ENGLISH MAIL.
Banks-
COMPANY. jázburj, QUOTATIONA Hongkong & Bhai, 8130 227.cum now aus 189, ex new inams Do: New issue... 210.12.6 | $803 - [ave Do. Fract. Certifs. £3.10.10 $65 Now Oriental
410212
Camphall Moora&Co.
¡Austin Arma Hongkong Hotel.... Park Hotel Sheman
Insurance
| #50′] $62, buyera 310 310, mom, - $50 $19; sellera
$1003178, sollars.
* $600 |-:$post, prem,, nom.
$50 $42, noNE,
$10333; man. $25 $26, nom.
$50-$58, sollers
* $25 | $95, mCIA.
$132018, nom.
'8109120
$36, buyera
$100 $110, sallars
$25 $100, Bellors · $50 $77, les
[sellers
$30 112, by HER 112503 pct. pua., buyers $50 50 p. et. dia, sellers sioo sido, buyers 340 350, buyers $16 110, om
$50 | $120, wollora
$80 $88, nyaca
HONGKONG.
Chinese wirl, about two years ago; the 'onse is now under investigation at the Poliau. Court." „Another suicido has occurred ·hcro; Mr. A, G,
Apoar, broker, shot himself through the head on the morning of the 16th inst; tua bullet" wax extracted and the injured man moved to Hospital, where he died the same afternoon; Bnancial difficulties are: supposed to have been the cause of the 'net. A Chinom boy, accidentally fell into the water on the 15th Lust mod w drowned. A coolin employed in cutting meth was killed on the 16th inat, by a largo stone fall- on him. An important arrest was made on-the
16th by Inspector Stanton and party of Police,
for burglary, and klinapping were captured in s home in New Street, the old whom they had- kidnapped and beld to ransom was found to tha horo
H. M. B. Swift left here on the 16th inet. for Amey
The examination for the Hongkong Govern ment Scholarship-comwesces on Wednesday, | the 15th October,
On Monday forenson a little boy, the zon of a bontman at West Point, accidentally fell into the water whilst playing and was drowned,
We note that the "Marina" has infi hər
anchorage-off Kowloou and kas movedl eastward..
She now lies nearly opposite Blue Buildings.
It is notified in the Gazette that the appoint. ment of Mr. T. Howell to be Hailiff of the Se- preme Court vics Mr. T. E. McDean, deceased, has been confirmed by the Seeratory of Siste.
but it will not open up any valuable,"
REPOET OF THE MANAGER OF THE known in Europe and America and as speedily Lonnow, 8th Septembar,
RAUB GOLD MINE, A enriched their proprietors. Let it was evident 70 per cent prew, for the 25th and 75 Decem country or give-access to any great commer
that tourleta, coming to Japan to age the country ber. Sharst can be obtained $65 por cent "THE FLOODS IN AUSTRIA.
and Its people, would ost, of deliberate obnics, prem for the settlement Strambata are ont cial contre. This is a railway in short that ING, the Government ought to make at its own
The following in the Manager's report to the ledge in ope of the foreign settlements could of favour C 855 and the Douglas Co's poor re The floods at Fragus have ossed, and His restors of the Rarb Australian Byndtoate, they ud suitable accommodation in the capital port has sent the phares to $52. Chins and
Fine but considerebly cooler,winther han pre- cost and work at its own convenience. It is Majesty the Emperor has authorised an enthy Limited, for the fortnight ending 30th August tealf. A first class hotel fu Tokyo ongit, Manilas are offering $120 Kowloon Wharf valled during the period noe the departure of the last mail - Several raids have bech made ön therafore, to succeed as a financial enterprian shares have changed hande 475 and 877. certainly not fair to expect & private com. of two millions of florins, for the relief of the REPO
Chins Bugars are little frcer and shares Chinese gambling clubs" doing the past week; pany to buik a. pately strategic railway unfortunate Inhabitants NEMA Gartleman, I have the honour to report and was certainly called for in the interests of
LONDON, 9th September.
follows for the fortnight ending the above date, the city's reputation. But to bail anch a hotel are wanted @ $172 for the 25th Luzone are in one dass five of the managers were senteuoed
In the early part of the fortnight I made an which ja scarcely evor likely to give a reason VISIT OF THE EMPEROR WILLIAM exploration of the Cosasusion pot halt mill would involve heavy expenditure; too beary also armer @ $112. We hear of miles for the to six months' imprisonment nzeh; notion of ap
Į pos) against thii sentonon, has bean. lodged. to be faced without some exceptional ability of end of the year @ $116, and $117. above Sungei Arg (thros to four miles from promotion Conat Inouye became the promo
Kongkong Lands are wanted $93, but "Caont" Papor barbeau again before the Court, If the Imperial Govorament desire to
Hanb) in company with a party of Malays, tauter. He lald the situation before several of aharas, oan readily he obtained at any advanpe aberged with breaking the provisions of hit of them grey heads aid on who bad lived the leading merchants in Tokyome. He on this quotation. West Points are asked for ticket-of-beare by repymating himself nex thoroughly disgust private enterprise they
about Raab all their days, and who know, every Messrs Iwasa, Shibusawa, Masuda, Okura, @ $31.
detsativa who win in march of Kripa bo obtained could hardly take more effectual means to
place in the neighbourhood. There are several Har Rokuro, and so fourth with the result Imuris bave receded somewhat, malos barlor $200 from Mom! Gibb, Livingston & Coʻn. do so than by only granting permission to
large outcrops of quarte showing in several that they agroad to subscribe the necessary besen affected @ 801 to 20 cash and $10 to 391 agent in Man, He was discharged, however,
· HILL MINRS, stor pleom, and two places were shown ms where funds. Twenty shareholders wara iudmond to December, At the lower-zaturi, kuwaver, sharus j having committed on offence against Hongkong contract railways through districts wher
Nine the sand employes at the Broken Hill, good gold was said to have boos got. I tried an ints the project. They purchased forty on rently be placed. Charbontages are report law. Naws be sluco been received that. Kript there is the longtoliance of their proving romu- Mines baro struck. A me:**
some stuff, got out of an old shaft about 6 foot two abures at dee thousand yet a share, and the ed to have been deas @ 83505, but we are unable has been arrested in Kurwa Mealings of tha nerative. The existing milway from Kaiping
deep, on a small hill near Sungai Aorguo Imperial Houshold Department subseqmantly to verify the quotation.
akareholders of the Cuins Traders” Insurancs and got fair prospect of looss gold and book tea shares. Thus the opital resohed two to Taku and Tientsin only pays expenses
Chios Borges have changed hinda, @ $10. Company Limited, and the Stan Launch Com {parented, were all on 158 Tithiost at prosent; there is little prospect of a di- THE FIRE AT MESSES. BLACKHEAD specimens. shell put party of hundred and sixty thousand yen, the whole of Bongies are seed for @89.
Malays to work and try the piaco, giving which has been spent upon the building, forul.
Trast and Loane na declined to $18, at During the month of Angust 20 deaths vidend for the shareholders; but if it were
tham 40 asute s day and a reward if they find tare, and grounds. Unfortunately, owing whloh rata shares can be placed. A sale of cecurred among the foreign_civil community me good lods. The country is very wet and to false calculation on the part of the Founders phares £205 in reported Green and ons in the Army Jobs Minhincalt, over continued to Tungebow it would undoubted-
swampy and disfoult to travel vrer. During original architects European, some twenty Island oments are offering @ $28. Ropes baseer of the Public Works Department, has be ly yield handsomo results. So long as such-
the trip I fell and staked my ara which has thousand ye wore wasted on the founda advanced to $181. Thore to sellers of Anetis arrested on a charge of gorurnitting, raps on The enquiry into the circumstanges connected been very bad owing to its having been poisoned, tips, a discouraging debut. From this dil Axis @ $50 per cent, die. a polley is adhered to there is lender chance with the zoosat fire at Mars: Blackhead & Co.'s but I am glad to say is now.unch bettor. Anity the projectors were rescued by Mr. J. of a railway system being formed in China, was roumed at the Magistrany sesterday after Boon as I can spare the time intend gatting a Conder, architect to the Japanese Government, The position taken up by the Peking Govern zoo bofore Mr. E. Robinson
Wang Fan said I am a cook employed at get about and prospect it, as I think very high, and moreover carried into practice nu excellent teks through the concession so as to be able to who derised foundations, suitable to tho-ground HONGKONG TRADING CO., LD. went in analogous to that of the dog in the the contractor's shed on the piece of ground nexty of this part of the can cu
principle expounded by the Beismological Bo-{ manger. Professing to be favourable to the Hongkong Hotel. The shon is about twenty.
ciety of Japan for minimizing the effects of the introduction of the iron road into the foot from Makery Blaskin & Co's teeny Hongkong, 8th September, 1800.
ber, mesing the fire, but I do not remember Et In the Raub Hotú up to Friday, 22nd instant, arthquake shocks, The edice Italf was dow Central Kingdom, so long as it as built by what hone it occurred. I left, the shed about we were driving the main S, W, cross-out in hard signed and its countraotian bas baan superintend. Brown & Co, H. G. native capital, they refuse to construst the six o'clock to see a religious show at the Man to slate, making a large quantity of water: we were ed by Mr. Watansbe a graduate of the former Chica Borneo the linge themselves and when native Combe shed. The promises of Magers Blackbend was Drivo: On the afternoon of above date the advantage of. Mr: Canter's instrnotión, Chinese Losa 01 0.
temple. A little after § 15 pm. I returned to also stepping over the book of this and the Tram Imperial Engineering Colleg where he enjoy Chins Sugar panies are with great difficulty formed, or. & Co. were then on fire. There are fucty men form is Rsubs, the rent was the sold and picturesque, its wide verandahs and Chinese Losa '86 E. Tis. 250 11 patrem whos three men and a woman who were wanted Raub was visited by one of the heaviest thunder. It is a handsome and imposing building at once A. S. WAISON & COMPANY,ing to the deep distrust felt of the officials as altogether in the shed. There has been no
hole burnt in the side of the matched by the Raub Holo was fleeded to within one foot of analy arched facades showing that climatic Cruickshank & Co...
[elle -LIMITED.
body, they insist upon all the railways being aide used for cooking. There is a store p piece at the pist Alling all the levels with exigencies have been considered a carefully as Dairy Farm Co made first where they are least wanted and slab between the fire and the side of the matshed water, the water did not sure direct into the architectural beauty. Fortunate, in the pos- Fouvick & Co., Chin...
spacious grounds, the directors Gordou & Coxài ¤... I have hole but percolated through the ground. From session of can never-pay interest on the outlay. Thus to prevent the most bed catching tire.
not noticed sparks ging from the malable sumps in which it is situated, I can see no bare docided that lawn tennis courts shall Green Jaland Cement it follows that, while the ancient prejudices when cooking. I have frequently seen Mr. Rusane of preventing these floodings, and the be laid out at the back of the building; H. Brick & Comont. against the innovation always exaggerated Northraman, of Blackhead & Co.'s, on the Praya. only remedy I can suggest is powerful pamps to that is to way, cu the math side. They have H&G Bakery OUR NEW FACTORS has been recully refities if not actually created by the mandarins I have not seen hins in his room overlooking the take it out quietly what it dours. I have not farther provided roomy coach houses and stables, Hongkong & Gas Hongkong Mectrin... with automatic Steam Machinery of the have to a great extent been removed, these from his room, abras apsekz coming from only arrived by leat trip of hosts. I hope, has always be at the dip al of guests. There is Hongkong lue.
thed, BI, Northmann has nere called out to eat the large pump to work the steam pipes where forty horses and twenty-four warison will ramways latest and most apposted k už, and we are well able to compete in quality with spects of railway enterprise in China are the stated into his room. He did not call out ever, to live it at work next week. Our provat also ample jurikisha accommodation, and the hot &
100 2010. to me about this on the day pravions to the fire. pusaps are wxking splendidly and are throwing raidence of the managers as well the quar H. Steam Lanndry... the best English Makers,
little if any better than they were ten years The statement by Mr. Norihtaan tost there they possibly can and I hope to have the mineters of the staff all lia within the stakasus. Honghong Rope...... ago. Steadfast in their determination not was on the day of the fire a big hole at the side of free from water, und to be able to get the men The interior arrangements, however, are of abiel H. & W. Dook... to call in the aid of foreign capital, unwill the ratshed which has since best blooked up is to work below again on Monday morning. importance, and concerning them it will bo Hotels
Western Lode-We are driving into the Hill agreed, we think, that they derve the highest ing to embark on the work thannelves, and correct. There has never hen a libts thero:
Andreas Schionemaun, partner in the firm of a 5. direction, and have driven about 20 feet ensomiums, Nothing could be thoro com motions ca a well defined lode shout 5 feet thick, which or better plannel than the suites of bed cham fatuously stifling antire enterprise with Messrs. Binckhead & Co., said The locks in onerous conditions na to route, they will as Court appear to be the locks of our goddwn and prospects for about 10 to 55 dwts. per ton. In a blast month baths, the dining stores. The keys nrs brought to me after the the end of drive the lode appears to be taking a and breakfast salons, the biliard and roading suredly rotard the development of the coun.godovna are looked. I don't ibink it likely sudden turn to the B. and underlaying to the rooms, the bar, the maragare and porter's COAST PORT ORDERS, try indefinitely by their selfish and that the key would be brought to me witheat W. Work has also best very much, retarded offices; eno so forth. All this, bowever, might have Meaner Praticable, are despatched by first short-sighted polier. There is plenty of the doors being looked.Bir. Schwarzkopf here from the same canse as in the Raub Hole. book androipated sized the best serangement steamer leaving receipt of
looks round himself before leaving in se hare still a high onion of this place, as it is of rooms dictated by Western experience would FOR COAST PORTs, Waters are packed capital in China to make a munher that everything all right. Inside the Raub; as soon as I ascertain the true strike and siens and on such a solo. But what we work
the only well-defined lode. I have yet seen an atrally he adopted in s hotel of each dimen and placed on board ship at Hongkong prices of important lines if not to create a regular wooden door is an iron door with wire netting dip of this lole I intend to sink a main shaft to not prepared to find was a combination of rich and the full ampust allowed for Packages and systein of railways. Japan has already outside door were not locked. I did not sen which would prevent anyone getting in even if Empties when receivad in good order.
ness and, artistic beauty rarely aveu in foreign Counterfoil Order Books supplied on applica completed more than a thousand miles of the doors closed eyealf that night. Mr. Sohwarh
boildings in Japan. We know what incompar railway, great portion of which has kopf usually tries the doors before hearing. E The Battery has worked in all, siños starting able work Japanese carpenters can do if they in the new hotel. The mouldings of the doors and been constrted by private enterprise, positively whether he did so on the to crash, 375 hours and finished crushing all the plusse, and they have done thoselves justice
night of the fire!
stone raised on Thoreday-isat. The following and the same result would follow in China
are the quantities rushed, visi, Batu Hale, windows, the parquetry of the floors, the plaster trere nativa capitalists able to trust their
tone: Western lode 140 tons making in ail 350 and what aobievements the Japanese plarisrar in capable of 1-the decorative designs, the osilinga, Governinous, as they do not trust the
toas, from which has been obtains a viold of the proportions of the rooms, the panelling, the 867 on 9 dwts. 12 gr. (eight hundred and sixty eving of the staircases, and so forth, sea of such ruling powers, and as a rule will not invest
oucox, zine dwts. twoire grains) of smelted character that the building takes rank at their money in enterprises the control of
gold, wirth I should say four pounds per ounce ones among the asudsomest structures in Tokyo, worth in round figures about 919,074 Ido Whether in Tokohama or elsewhere in Japan, which is not left entirely in their hands, the
uat estimate the cost of mining and extracting there is nothing worthy to be mentioned in the beat thing the Imperial Governnacat can do
the gold from the ore at more than $6.000 loayane breath with it as a hotel. We shall not is to raise a large foreign loan, which can
ing a surplus of $13,074. Considering this work attempt to speak in detail of the interior arranga has be done unter zooptional dificu ties, ments, or of the sixty rooms which will he be done at a moderate rate of interest, and
and the disadvantages of starting a new onder available for guests Bat the principal dising proceed to make the trunk railway from Leulepaal Goverier of Cochina-China-
fakioy. I think the shareholders have cause (
room-which also serves as a ball-room if re be pleased with the ramalt had it not begu quired deserves a word of special sention. It. Peking to Hankow and Nucking, thence to
Saigon, 7th September, 1890 for the fooding of the Ranb Hols we should is a noble chamber: 6 foot by 45, lofty, beauti Canton, and subeoquently another trunk line Mousine to Lautensal-Gouverneur-At the have crushed about 30 tons more of good stove fully decorated, opening into en immense stone moment thea the coal mines of Toukin which I bare no doubt would have brought tho
verandah where stone there is space for piro with the coast,' say at Takú or Chefoo.bitkertu suknown, I think it may be usedlaree months stoen I arrived of Raab and not manicating with this salon is on the flor are beginning to deliver fuel at a price field to over 1,000 s. Considering it is only several dining tables. The band-room com- Under existing circumstances, the work will fal to draw the attention of the inhabitants of thirtaon binos leaving Cland, I think we shove it, and is contrived that the sound proceed at such a sail's pace that the middle our Coloss to the advantages which French lazy overy as to be pleased with our year's of the music will pass through an arch
industry lu Cochin-China enght to derive from work. of the twentieth century will find China with this ner silnation.
The whole of the machinery has worked below the elaborate network of our ved beams and opoging into thù, sulon at a point a little a very patchwork system of railways, if with It is now thirty years since our establishment splendidly and reflects the greatest credit on girders constituting the ceiling. The verandah On the 11th September, at Shanghai, Mr. CARD one at all
at Salgon, and, with the exception of two or those employed in putting it up. JANTZEN, of a daughter.
of the zilon abuts upon the tounis lawo, and will three rice cleaning mills, dating almost from the VISIT OF THE BELTSE RESIDENT MA. SODGERS, boa charining place for dining in sommer. The DEATHS.
first days of the occupation, no attempt bas Steamers are now being placed on the barthbes made to develop the resources of the to Raub in company, with the fallowing genile nicare has not proved itself possessed of very On the 22nd insient, Mr. Rodgers paid a visit furniture is all unde in Japan. Japanese fur- to take cookies from Maceo to Mexico.
conutry. It seems no if rice was to be for ever Meuters of the Hongkong Cricket Club are the sole article of arport, which is the more men Mr. Clifford, dagistrate, Knais Lipis, durable qualities, but these pieces look servicen bla regrettable tanamuch as Frenob merekanter Wise, Magistrate, Kwala Semanting and and are undoubtedly very handsome. The ons -2-enjoy-buka suallakura- la-the-profits derived: Campbell Magistrate, Halo Kuba uncertain point in the hotel's vistas vital point New Malw
(Salangor), ale My Beebe Manager, Panjom, however is the management. Tat thuilding from this trade.
If private initiative is often wanting, dis and Mr. Billiton, English representative of be ever so. commodious, the furniture and
As the meeting of the Ararat Lodge of Royal contaged perhaps by the few fruitless triats of Baby Paas Mr. Rodger was pleased to say decorations seer so handsome, itnless the man
Ark Mariners held on the 10th inat, Wor Bro. Bazonjoe, who had been re-slected Wor the early goers, the administration on its parte had derived great entisiaction from his visit agament is officient the hotel cannot succool. An addition to the Masonic bodies of Hung is not always suficially active in encouraging to Raub, and loft on the afternoon of 22nd inat. At present the intention of the directors je to
shipfal Master for the ensuing year, installed baro Japaness management only, and undoubtɔd- kong has been made in the Dulgentia Lodge of the development of the cultivation of the rent per our beats to Bentong viu Bilut,
his officers as follos:-Bro, A. OD. Gourdin," Lustraction, which holds its first meting this mesterial far industries, stol as the mulberry, Singapore vis Falon with geld, and wif arrange services of such a gentleman as Mr. Yokoyams. Beptsaber for London-686 boxes Gun-Transures Bro, A. F. Madar. Scribe; Bro. I intend Laring some day next week forly they have been fortunate in securing the Per steamship Brecenstura, sailed on the 7th J. Bro. W. Goulbona, & Bro. F. Brewtit, cotton, indigo, sager one, and coco
In turning over the records of administrative about how the duty is to be paid on my way factorily, he seems to be the man. But does 73 245 lbs. 20 casks ginger, 4 cases chinaware Bro. 8. D. Gatos, Dir. of. Car.; Bro. Thos If any Japanese can conduct the hotel satis gou, 14.385 lbs. 3,583 b Boanted Caper, H. L. Stringer, S.D. Bro, J. Bryant. J.D.; sote he is salonished to find that certain wisely.
down. SONIFICANT Signs of the gradual melting City of Peking, bat if so the ressel did not and June, 1875, and the decree of the inspired sores, such as-the direnler of the
I bave the bonour to be. Gentiomen, Your any Japanese possess the experience and know. 28 packages de 50 ceske preserves and Spafford, Guardian Bro. H. A. Shirees, of official prejudices Against railways income up to her moorings, the lanoles did not June 1886. giving it eeol, have fullan
obedient servant.
ledge requisite to direct a hotel for foreign as packages midrios. For Antwerp--26 owes China have latterly been apparent, though go out to her, and the mails were not loaded into desuetude, and that the work has to be
(Signed) W. BrEST. A foreigner attempting to manage a Japanese chinaware, and 2 cases presseyes, undae importance should not perhaps be
[The above, says Das Straits Times, is the whole yao ya without Japanese assistanen, would be The meeting of the Chamber of Commeren to begun afresh to-day in less favourable puditions, of Mr. Bibby's letter except some remarks about deemed a singularly sanguine and self-reliant paraon by his countrymen. The difioulties in attached to them. Nevertheless it is satis ante a member of the Legislatiak is. From the point of view of solonisation of the matters which are before the directors. It may are certainly not less, and if the Imperial Hotel, nominats a Council sizes the just efforts have been wasted. the concession and its boundaries, relating to the way of a Japanese managing a foreign hotel factory to learn, on the assurance of the this formoon. A close anntest between Mr.extension of French residence in the interior, be noted he has somewhat ovet stated the dollar ander paraly Jepasan direction, gets the better Shik-pao. that the Peking Authorities be Dalrymple and Mr. Whitehead is expected. no progress lias haen made. To-day, as the day value of the gold, which cannot well exceed of its foreign competitors, we shall be greatly
after the conquest, one may travers the ouvir about $17,000.)
tion.
Our Registered Telegraphic Address is, DISPENSARY, HONGKONG Aud all signed messages addressed ting will roonise prompt attention.
H
The following is a List of Waters niwags kept ready in Stick:-
PURE AERATED WATER
BODA WATER
LEMONADE
LITHIA WATEE
POTASH WATER
SELTZER WATER SARSAPAKILLA WATER:
-TONIC WATER
GINGER ALE
GINGERADE No Credit given for Bottles that look dirty. or greasy, or that appar to kavo boon need for any other purpose than that of sustaining
Aerated Wator, as such Bottles are never used
gain by us.
A.8. WATSON & Co., LIMITED,
Hongkong, China, and Manila. (2-19
BIRTH.
As Chefoo, on the 3d September, ELIZABETH MABEL, Aged meteen mithe'; and on the 5th Sap tamber: Boyt VITORIA, Kged years and II months. the beloral obildren of John and Lonien Wilson, Ning po.
At Gep-Static on the 1944 inst second surviving-on of John and Annie Swanston, mzod 5 years and out.
The Daily Press,
HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 1818, 1890.
2142
to connect the north-west Frontier of the em
reminded of the squusi manting today....
The September Criminal Bansions open this morning at the Supreme Court. The calendar contains three cares vuly.
afternoon.
About sight d'olek last sight & gun fired, presumably by the Pacifle Mail an
The exquiry was again, adjourned fill this afternoon is a quarter past two o'clock.
TONKIN COAL AND THE DEVELOP MENT OF THE FRENCH POSBES
SIGNS IN THE FAR EAST.
The following lapatch has been addressed by the Governor-General of Indo-Chica to the
work it from.
·Me
BATTERY.
..?
TOKYO WATER WORKS.
|
surpriss
FOOCHOW
Cantonesel Chinx Fir China, Tradors Hongkong Fire ... North-Chips Singapora Straits Fire Strata Merina.... Union
Yangtze .............
land & Building
H. Land Inventoɔ't Kowloon Land £nv. Peak Building... Hichmond Terrace. Wes: Point Buildg. Laton Buga Mining
Balmoral Gold... Charbanzago Imuria Jalat Panjom.... Kaula.... Planting Selama
East Borneosa Lebuk Planting. Lamag Flanting... Steamship Core.
Songei Koyah.....
Chius & Mantia...! Douglas 9. 3. Co.... H., Canton, & Ã..... Indo-China S. N.... Stežu Laurch ...
Do, Founders...
Tan Co Waton & Co., A. B.
*426 | $52,ex div. galer
$50) 3882), Bellaru 250 | Th. 300
"$0" $10,' sellers
seu $17, buyers $20 $15, buyin 326
101, sellors $100 Ple. 38,moni,
450: #93, le $80 $19, Bellers $23 Bom -$100 $200
| 140 | 881; bayou $100 $11, bayern
$10 $1317olle $1.33:58 | $300, Unyers $454 $0, buyers
#5184 ($10 | £5j, natjern $1.60
$*$2.50
$60 $12, Juyero 28% $23, sellers $918, xiom. $64 $9, buyers
$8120, sellers $69; sellers $135, salon
$30
1.p.et, dis, seller
HLAB | $18, sellers XL) 2000, sales. 310 $23, buyers.
E...COXON,
Share Broker
Allow co
cať os
OPTUM. -Per Pionk 8510 8539
Old Mal.....
1 to 3 Older Mali 8550
Ito 5 Part No. $492 to 8025 par pienl Renarys (Now)...$4864 to $4573
DIPORT CARGO.
THE WEATHER.
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Rarometer 9.1... 2998-Therm: 34.. Wet bulb) 78 MESSES. FALCONER & CO ́S REGISTE, BY 7. Harometer i P.M...20.87 Therma -R.M. (Wet Balby 70 Barometer P.M.980 There 4P.M. (Wet bulb)
77
| Thermion19 AM 81 Therm Maximum B4
Theznem 1r.M.89 There. Minicum forer Thermom....
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METEOROLOGICAL BEGİSTER. 18TH SEPTEMBER, AT A PR.
STATION.
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Clacton junas
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into oraption, This event oconrred at eleven kin, thanks to the two great-rivers which skirt further it might fall, they will naturally, shrink with. The reati we wudsestand is that, accord. To of wind and raiu then reging, the menntain burst Interruption, between Cochia-Chins and Ton so low that po our dould foretell be much sold, failing which they are to be severely dont wigg
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a coolin was employed in earth eulting n New Street on the 16th inst, a large alone fell on him crushing him govorely. On the stove being ¦ removed it was found that the unfortunate Enst
was quits died.
"It is notified in the Gasstis that “Mise · M. E. Ward has been appointed Hasd Kistram of the Government Central School for Girls," "vide Miss Mann, roigned, and assumed her duties from the Ist fast..
The stamp revenus last month was 817.067, being 19.500 less then in the corresponding oth of last year. The principal decrease was to skaro transfore, which Fielded only 91,599 an | against 54.119 last year.
The difficulty on to the fiffe of the Janıl nt Lais ohe-kok selected for the Customs establishment at Kowloon having been settled, the building of the offices and quarters for the European-sta is to be proceeded with at once.
During the month of August there were 20. deaths amonged the civil saction of the European .. * -and: Foreign-commquity nud one in the Army. The death rate was for the British and Foreign community 35.9 per thousand, and for the Chi- Date 24.5.
The Treasurer of the Diceesan Home and Orphanage has much pleasura tu seknowledging the receipt of the following Offectories in aid of this Building Frida
Poak Church, August 10, 1990
$80.10
St. Pater's Seamen's Church, Sept.14,18, 0, per
Rev. 4. G. Goldsmith
$53
The entire mum required for courcing to build the proposed new wing in $1,000, DE which 23,200 huve now bean rozard or promised. We have raised a letter signed "Truth" ooptradicting the statement made by Captain Ashton at a recent mesting of the British Aer cantile Marie Ofioers' Amociation to the effect that the foremen of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dook Company are given double pay for Sunday work and overtime. He says they are not pald for oitber and that both are carried on to s great axfont at all the Dock Company's establish- meats.
Steward; Bro. J. R. Grimble, Warder. --The British North Bernec eräid says-A few of the companies formed in Hongkong now feel the result of the over-confidence and speculation
pentor's weather prevailing, is bringing about a promising crops now in the fields with the fan which were notorious when they started, but the
ferling of sescrity which hitherto did not exist. The holders of planting shares now realize that even if during tou scound or even the third your's operations they got us returns, if their capital in Buficient they have a god prespect of ultimate
620Cea.
Charles Popov, alias Detective Pole, after his discharge from the Magistracy on the h
inst. went to the office of Messrs. Cibb, Living slow & Co. in company with Mr. Darby of that Brm and Detective Molver. We understand he there made application to be permitted to prosecute his search for the missing Krips. but his application not being entertained a being told his services were in no way required he handed one the remaining portion of the money to bad obtained from their Macao agent, in all $105.70, and left their offico. It taʼnot their intention, we believe, to take any action against Lim,
On Monday whilst a woman was walking to wards her home in Chu Kwong Birdot she wron set upon by two men, who throw pepper in ber..
and robbed her of about 84, she possessed. Wominat de raised no alarm and a thi
eyes
The
12nese come table. F.C. 307. seing two men ma. Diy and bearing the woman shouting, at once japed to the conclusion that something was wring, And gave chase Úse of the esouped down a best June, but the constable con-- tinned the vhsse after the other man, whom he zucceeded in capturing near the Shok-long-tui market, over half a mile from where he first started. The man was found to be in possession of the money and also a dagger, but the woo stable pinckily stack to him and brought bim to the West Point Felles Station, where he was lodged in the cells. Attenta angka
Inspector Stanton and a party of Police made an important arrest on Monday night in a bongo in New Street Some four months ago, raid was made on a house in the Ehus I dis
Where it not bugina change is the barailer and in trict, when a quantity of goods were stolen and
gin to see the utility of railwaye," the oc-Waaio-requested-to-state-thai-Bi·e-Lincoln's Lous of Baigón or of any other of our great casion for this remark being the transport, entertainment this evening will, terminate at capires, without asing the smallest agricultural the instance of the Yuen-ming yen 10.45, so thas, residents at the Peak will have or industrial ostablishment, It is, however, to Board of Works director, of Tim. 200,000 in time to catch the last fram, His broliang the the creation of seen, sud to their prosperity.
Anting Governge has extended. his patronage to that the efforts of the Adulnistratora night to All the vernaoulse papers auponnes that it To show how alarming tou state of the river ballion by railway to be disbursed for repairs Mr. Lincoln and will be presosat, at us as the be directed. I will oven add that in the actual bins been finally decided to raisamanlaipat is at present, nativas were soon grossing from of the Imperial Summer Palace: Another fact performston
dircumstang of the Colony they ought to lare; lean of ten millon ven, af which siz millions the field appraite the fos konts to the next pisca, recorded is the completion of a little narrow
no more cherished pin. It is net salicwut that; and a half are to employed in the construction with water up to the knees ja low tide. The gauge railway, 8 l, or about three miles, in Gareffe the publicare informed that the use of establish themselves in their
By a notification in the Furak Government they roosivo with eagerness the colonists who of the Tokyo Water Works, and the roinniging: authorities, however, seem to ignore the threaten-
arrondisso three million and a half will be devoted to the ad silting up. length, by the Kung Ming lako, the summer from Perak to the Straits and Naliva. States in ing knows all the exploitable resources which are bu raduedin ve asal trjefuluenta, zamiely, cus- accounts a score of shoga are in much difficulty, Vladivostok
Stralia Settlements two cant stamps on letters mante; it is their daty in attract them by City Improvements sohome. The money is to Owing to inability to collect outstanding theert of the Imperial family, for the the Emperor. His Majesty has thus, it will stamped with Perak twr cent, stamps, otherwise rapean arigin. that there finds market. That is 1592; thro-ten lite in 1998 thres-Lethe in 1594, 15th day of the Elb moog) numerous failures Changes be seen, his toy railway, a luxury and play. they will be treated as unpaid. This rule will artainly the most important of their functions and one-tarth in 1835. The rate of interest is will take plaes. Natives renerally obtain their Fotokow
strictly public further thing which his predecessor the Emperor cautioned against using the polio are fumber Tapkin is way, communication will the plote to do ar por dent, wid the capital but with the present hard times buyers keep Slow
If the Red River and the Black River place be six pa and will be goods so credit and retail than also on credit, Amoy -...
Hongkong TUNG CHI had to forego, probably in obedion letters for the Straits Settlements and of Fannes, the Mekong offera almost equal apparently, ba ghamulced by the Government, aloof from the shopier, who have either to pay Victoria Feae... sace to the prejudices of his Council. Mean. Native States, those mamiebsing only valid in ivantages for Cochin China. The prodesis of for we are told that it will circalate in the same for their goods or auto bankerkes time though permission has not yet begge
Perak
the Upper Lisca have no more unlural route open morir as the Fusion Honda It will be of two Chines Authorities have ordered all the Oriam Follow
On the representations of the literati, the Mana to thom the stamboat which Lexpect to sand denominations: unored at themad gen accorded to continue the Tientsin railway wall kanun volcano of: Shiraov,in Gumms (rupids will be the sigmation and in sisenser like enough. It might be obtained in London at are any prepared opin to be sold by their proping van
The Japanese Official Gorates says that the in the beginning of Cuteber above the Klong Ne daght the amount will be subscribed readily done within and without the city not to allow lighterg to Tung-chow, the sention so strongly ad- Prefecture, has been again giring svidens of adguration of this route now.connection for cant, but if the Japanese shrank from con pristus to the sinoker, Bither daring the day or vocated by the Viceroy of Chihli, and so activity. On the End August during the storu by, water will thus be reasted, almost without noting a gold loan when the price of silver was night, at soot plates where prepared opium is earnestly desired by the Railway Company, who look to that portion of their system for o'clock in the forenoon, and at half-past four the on the north and the west nur Into Chine pos even mors from any task operation at the presenting to the literati. Ubines youths rorari to the Nagarakl the most remunerative results, the Imperial same Afton, the water of the Higashi.ke sessions, cech, affording an open road to the apa, to him when Amalkais trying enerperiment which deas and begin to learn to take some whiffs of Shanghai......
river was observed to be discoloured with sabes, which will astarally flow the accumulated riches may possibly end in financial catastrophe, and the pipe. Should a steps be taken to pot section has been given for the construction Is respect of fielener and be quantity of matter of the south-western provinces of Cains and of which bee at all events dislocated the market to step to it they would lead athers to do the w of the first half of the line to Shan-hai-kwan, iseted, the eruption is gald to be only short the Upper Los M. Paris and his fellow vogarera adduply and sharply that no one can tell whatsho So at least says à Shanghai native paper, lives were lost.
two-third of that which occurred last year. No bave proved the existence of the routes day may bring forth. For the past seven years which makes the following announcement:—
and prepared the way for trade with as much Japan bae bean Bring kur floating capital at a The Japanese Oficial Gazette of the 25th alt. obility as patriotia devotions. The good ralations rate which ought to have produced most, in. "The Tongshan Railway Company has been contains the following report of the Hokkaido good understanding established everywhere by material progress she is debarred from having Dow existing with the Court of Siam and the convenient results, but unfortunately for ber "granted permission by the Emperor to ex- Administration Board le regard to the araption the mission oro an excellent sugury,
vecourse to the large supplies of cheap money "tend their fino to a place called Mi-kie-of a sulphur moural The Ebiridoks Next your ya szül organise or the Mekong which He waiting employment in London; and "ynen, pear Shav-hai-kway. Viceroy Lavince of Kilami, broke out into violent wraption bang, be that inaugurated on the Red body does, theinevitably crippling results of there
Sulphur Menntain near Tone-mara, in the pro regalar service batsen Saigon and Lasing although the no-doubt understands, as overy-ON 'Hurd-crane bas received instructions in August isat-your, but absequently lapsed into River between Hanoi and Lonkes. "from the Board of Admiralty and the state of comparative calm only omitting white Cochin China, and Saigon lu particular, ought she has to choose the lesser of two orila. Tokyo
Desks from its oraler. Lately; however, the "Trung-li Tumeu to proceed with the build-mantair was observed to throw out well to neglect nothing to enable them to take their must have water-works-Japan Mail. "ing of this extension at once. His Excel-ed mad at intervals of twenty-four or thinly part in this movement to derive from it the "lency has accordingly despatched a deputy gradually increased until it attained an elev of its geographical aleation and the other
hodes. The height of those muddy ejections role which belongs to them, the way on account grestest possible, benefits, to enjoy. In a word, the
THE NEW HOTEL IN TOKYO.. "to measure the distance, so that the cost tion of fifty, or sixty feet, the ejected matter the ospital of Indo-China
The Tokyo Hotel to his called, we believe, the "of construction may be estimated. It is falling at a distance of four or five hundred "expected that operations will be begun ear-mad poured down into the gorges below, a large will be the seat Saigon as soon se dar colonists be opened for business on the 1st of October. I ON
Already silk flatures have been established at Imperial Hotal--is now, maye the dean Math Jards when blown by the wind. A's the quid Hands sutartain the firm hope that the same fast approaching completion, and will probably ly in the 9th moon (middle of October] quality of snipkur deposited by previous erup are assured of the first requisits. Again I call stands on site perhaps as convenient as sa "immediately after the oops are gathered July last, the emission of the mud cssed the ith Jong, 1887, in its broadest sense and the within five minutes drive of the Bhimbachi tions was washed away From the 18th of your attention to the execution of the decree of that could have been chessa in the capital, being "in, so that the poorer classes of the hus altogether. The mountain remained in this statemet favourable to the intervals we wish to terminus, and inside the limits of the quarter bandmen and farm labourers may be tall the 25th of the sime mouth when a eruptor develop. pot mentioned Azam or Cambodia foreign legations he mediately opposite is ON
attended by a loud report took place. Sulphur
where all the principal oficial buildings and the "found employment, when their season's of dark greenish colour, was thrown out and The latter country will benefit in the same way the most, to the left stands the official realderce "occupation in the fields is ended." Mi-kie covered about are thousand tubo four acres) Coca-China from traffe by the Mekong, and of the Minister of Stats for War, sad immediale ruen is about half way to Shen-hai-Iwan, round the crater, being deposited in new layer the ather, wit& m great; river skirting it only behind is the Rokam- The hotel is of thickness vary lug from to eighteen inobes the west, will be easily connected with the general another mouement of Count Inouye's energy, and the route pass through a level country The greater portion of the ejected sulphur, yetes by sailway uniting Vink and Laklion falluence, and progressive spiritally no cora where there are no engineering difficulties however, dowed's
Isto the sea bile yet in a
by forefourney; the examination of the and the line can be very cheaply construct liquid stats. No. injury was suffered by ara, rente for this line is about to be undertaken by mendime hotel in Tokyo, he used his great SOVEREIGNS, Bank's Baying Baton 521
Appreciating the of fine, the delegato of the Syndicate Francale duinfluence to persuade anxiober of capitalisto ta Hant-on !!
anbaqribe the required fauds. For many years Aroept Monsieur le Lieutenant-Gonyeruser, the Boiroken, litle better than a dingy pot-house, WEEKLY REPORT. —Banks have eieedily ad- tage to strong memory; incalculable aid to work In the translation of the Huang-pe of the the assurance of my most distingaishad consi diligently modelled Htself on the exampla of the vanced to 228 per cent, pram. for the 25th, at øpe.”—Dr. J. M. BECKLEY. "Able to give 11th just a most grisly item is recorded. The Ederation's "FGHANTA
simatisi that did daty, sa inna in thons early days, which price and at lower rates shares have : gist of book after roading it ones."--Rev. J. M. crime of parricide, always horrible and uzastors!, of the foreign settlements, and disgusted the changed hands. Egles have been made for MarALD, BA, Oma, M.A., Sydney, «An is in this case specially revolting. A Chigasau tourist by its dirt and discomfort as tuuah an ita Cetobar 200 and 231; por asut prom, for excellent travelling companion,Captain J. after accumulating a little money abroad, pos- Never be without CALVERT'S CARBOLIC by the Tokyo Hotal sprang up shopdaal final, combor shares are on offer 236 per cent. QC. Hongkong "Does not involve teh statedry man or labourer in Californin, re disgraced the mpital by its monopoly, 5 By and · November @ 239 per cent, prom, and for De.... B. HAYR, EN " Invaluabia.”—J, J. Fravots, sibly on the goldfalda of Australia, or laboriously
Frickip-heat, Flise, Chafed Skin, Nore Baca, arvido suggesting mero waste thanthey satisfied, offer @ 8295. DINTHERS, 5 sheep and effective remedy for but in quality so imitator, ite arrangements and prem. Now Baoke are quit, à fer being on labour-Slaterman, Sel Dot, 1897. Inter-tart to his silve province of Kwanging, and eat in lestares apparalleled Oxford Review, Anding his daughter maerled, takes up his quir. Cuts, Inzet Bikes or Shings, & most Skin Meanwhile Japan year by year straated an "Chins Fires are wanted @ $89 and Tradare 1st March, 1889. Prospectus Free. One Pupil, ters wiib the pair. The enpidity of the woman Aumenta,
C. CALVERT & Co Manchester Awarded eateryiso, agarly soining the occasion provided and Unim @$101. There is a pull anguley-Pro2 LOTSETTE, 17, New Oxford Strast, her hubad to marter her father for the anke
Sold in largo Poté, 33jd. each. inarmaslug number of visitors, and furwign @ $614 ax-dly. Cantods are offering, @ $110 £5 15m ) Tea Fupila £l im osob. 58dfold & Silver Medals, & Diplomas, 1912 hotels in Yokohams which speedily become for Straits, Firys @ 817
ed. But the line will practically lead to an where, and the traffic cannot be remunera tive until the final section to Shan-hai-k wan
is made. Even then the traffic can hardly
snimale, or hammas."
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* LONDON, 15th September, THREATENED PANIC IN THE
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develop to anything sufficient to yield much of a dividend unless the Government use the line to a very large extent. They intend, we believe, to build an Areenal at Shan-bai-kwan, to make large purchases of filter in orde te ra. The Washington Mint yesterday, was willing and will probably make it time of the great live the stringenes of the money-market. anrthern camps for troops, and the line may Windom Treasury Secretary) confarred, with thus be of great strategie-importance Bankers. with the low of averting a panic,
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HOKGKONG REGISTER,
Prorious On date On date jihẩy 4 pàn. at 10 am at 4 p.
9995,
$9.82
|a child abent Äive years of age carriet off. The robbers have alnes been in communication by letter with the father of the child, endeavouring to get a ransom of 84,000 for him. On Mon day the Police received information that some of those connected with the robbery and kidnap ping were living at No. 17, How Strest. On kolog there at night shop arrested thres mer and a woman. The puzly were taken by surprise and the arrest was windle without much difficulty, { exoupt as regards the women, who fought and sarktobild like a tigress. The boy who had been kidnapped was found in the house, also a quantity of alocking and other articles, some of which salt mál. DOBEECH,
have been identified those that were stolan Hengkong Obervatory, 17th September, 1890,frate the hanno in question. The polios Almo zoiked n'hémber of výtölvary, swords, and knivos which were on the promises. The four prisoners
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$1428 of his dollars, she reacļyons to perpetrate the