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R. N. LAZARUS, Oculist-Optician, of LOSEON und CALCUTTA, many be eon. saltod for SPECTACLES at the HONG KONG HOTET. (Room No. 139).
TOE A FEW DAYS ONLY. A great proportion of cataracts and diseases affecting those advancing in life ovear to those having some dodoionoy in the pabstraction of the eyes, the many yours of "Eye Strain cading in serious forms of disease. Glasson specially adapted in youth to this requiring
-thom savo preserve sight,
Constantly resurring headaches, spells of dimaess who realing, weak eyes, the letter Tanning together; any of these symptoms indi- cate a deseary in the form of the eye requir. ing Glasses only to correct and oure.
Air. LAZARUS supplies his SPECTA
CLEE only after testing the sight.
ADVICE FREN,
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HONGKONG HOTEL,
· (Room No. 139),
to secure an impartial hearing of the colo
ny's grievance in respect of the taxation of
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 1898,
A native peper states that the Tenngli mens remmended the raising of export darios, to, ten per cent ad valorum, a stop
its munisipal revenues for imperial putredited to the initiative of Bir Habert II)
fairly be called upon to pay a military con tribution, but the contention is that in estimating the amount to be so paid the
At a general meeting of the charcheliers of municipal revenue should be exempt; the Bahco Beganol Filipino, hold at Manila a Nowhere elsa does the imperial Govern- the 18th November, it was resolved to increase the capital of the Bank frogs S000,000 to mont acise upon municipal revenues for 81,500,000, half of the additional capital to be military purpose, and there is no justifica is on the 20th Decembar and the other half tion for its doing au in the case of Hong on the 20th March next. The now shares will kong. The fact that the general and be allotted to the existing sharukoidees in proportion to their present holdings and way municipal revenues are bere merged in one not accepted will be offered to the public. The trenery chest makes it convenient to the new elinres are to be issued at $200 and the Authorities to adopt that course, but doesnt realised by the pronhunt will he plused
to the reverve fund. not in any degree justify it in so doing.
ME KANEKO ON THE ENFODOR. MENT OF REVISED TREATTAS.
Izhortly, maue à proclamation to his followers, xnnouncing his alliance with a member of the house of Hapsburg.
THE RISE IN RAUDS, based on the pooling and division of the resipte makada from the Uim tra, and the collection in SATA DITATA WITH ME. DIBBY,
Chinese currency at a fan equivalent of the f Singapore, 4th November starling shergen, thus setting the troublesome At the duited meating of Chambers of Com In Faria yesterday there was a sort of Royalat. The recont someway remarkable rise in the question of exchange, from which the Commende bold in Tokyo, Mr. Koale, Vicedomsastration. A number of Royalists walked. The iles, so ay the Chiness, is that by poses. It is admittal that the colony mayaking native exporters pay ten per cent duty, valuo of Baub gecurities has created considerable pany had severely suffered for many years, Minister for Agricuture and Comteras, spoke up and down the Boulevards and Iided to foreig importors cannct of foot to being treated interest in the Straits, where a large proportion the increased rate of collection intraliseder behalf of the Minister for Agriculture and moord-by a Roralis manifesto and portraita in the sane way N.. Daily Norca:
of the shares in hell, and, ha view of the import on Aug. 1st had evoked a good deal of unfavour Commerce, who is said to have bese auxious to of the Duke of Orleans. In addition, during aat meeting which is to bo hold in Deichano, at all enment, but a the Company had been draw the sitant on of the representativo bueincas the night, Royalist placards were posted, the beginning of west mouth, my eatlioritativa carrying the Chih bomewe tale for nox son of Japan to the coming enforcement of and euumber of youths brought to the information or opinion is naturally of value to nothing, and the elogiuphing public of the Revisen Treaties. The spooch was, accord. Point Noul a bast of the Iepublic with its Our representative was enabled, yesterday, to China hall boon, paying only about . C. paring to the J, bridly to the following effect face painted black, Phrygian en on its The Revised Treaties with Great Britain and heel, smothered in red patat and with a pipe have a short conversation with Mr. Bibby, the word instead of 7, as charged on this site,
sungur of the mines" and obtain from hiin & there was neist ground for the agitation formmy being the most important Treaties, stuck in its mouth This best was hung by the few useful remarks are contained in the against the Company's repeat netinu. The containing as they do all the principles of the nook around the railing of Henry IV stitata rough roprodotion of the interview below. Futrangements liad tas entire approval of the Revision, it is Quousy for the Japanese to and was inscribed 1795-1896, goed King Horry Mr. Bibby, of course, as we have shady said, Dritish Government as well as of the Russian study there arefully and burry up with pre has bis ravonge. Firecrackers were expleted in optimistic regarding the groupasta of this and the Chinas Governant. They had a paralous ecossory for enforcing them. Thorned the spot, coloured flies were burned, aid goldlo He is a minor of large and varied Pacifte cate looming in the distance, with a Government ha sppointed a special committee the youths started a Royalist song, whereupon experience. His life has not been without probable farther large reduction in the zote for making much preparations, bot business-meu the police interfered and speedily dispersed them. adventure, and those who know him are prepared between this country and Australia.
of the country should also consider the extent to place a high valus upon what he says. In Mr. F. A: BEVAN seconda the motion of the effect of the Revised. Trosion ozi taiklo ili fact, they are disposed to single him out as one short discussion followed, in the course of which genetal, and laws ermachinery necessary for their. of the few exceptions to the wining expert, who the services rundered to the Company by the onforgament, as it in industry and commerce is usually supposed to be remarkably profile in late Sir John Ponder wore warmly recognise, chue will be tuttugal to the greatest orient his imagination. Mr Bibby bar stack by and a hops was generally expressed that the by the enforcement of such Trots and the
MONOTEN FOR PRINCE HANJ PIŠINDIJI. Baub, and Raab, he botiores, will stick by him. proposed memorial would he one warday of the mixed residence of foreigner. Buginos-men Let us see, then, what, in this casual conversa- results which the late chairman, with the dires should therefore lay the views based on their
It is perhaps, somewhat late in the day to tors' estintance, had securul for the Cotapany owl experience before the authorities, in order To what," asked ou representative, do you Tho metion was unanimously adopted, and to rosiize to the fullest extent the benefits of rofce to the high kuncus recently opførred tinn, he has to say toont Ranb sttribute the tie in Hual shares, that has we decided to love to the tirantor tlio amount the new Treaties, in long hoped for by the upon Frines Kanjy, 08 he is now familiarly of the contribution which the Octagony should people, hy boneerted action of the Government and Fortionately called amongst stickers, Well, replied Mr Bbby, I attribute it make towards to memoriat to the rte chair and the whole align: Japan bas now chiainod but having numbered myself amongst those who cont kan plaa
Trestins an equal footing, and roosvored all her dyxated his claims to play for the Mother to the general improvement in the prospects, man,
rights Her Brat cbject is now to engage in Country against Australis, 1 fool I should like During the last two months the crashings in
trade also on equal seonomie footing, and to to say how immensely gratified I felt that he themselves, have shown a cousifterable improve-
extend bor industry and commerce. It isabonld have been the recipient of anez honours ment, but beyond that the cro that we have now to work upon is a much larger and is su
therefore, the Goverment's earnest hope that as thoas recontly accorded at Cambridge. This
fail to be an increase of faith in the mines.
ways of fettering this object at this auspicious incomparable aricketer, Dr. W. G. Graco, Don't you atubate the rise to the prospective
moment Jams Gazette. increase in the plac
Aatory is whispered in the Marth, fifastutive A farther question is raised by the protesta psion is the capital at the worst sine of the unofficial members, namely, whether While H.T. LA war absent on the mission, the amount payable as bailitary contribution Shêne Tastai, it is said, sent in a memorial to should be a fixed sum or a percentage of the the True donenning his former patron. revenus. The neficials how favour the When Li retazned, he of course gas a copy of It, and when Shing camp to call on him-the former node of settlement, though formerly story goes-Li said to him, "Tours a nice they favoured the percentage principle follow I made yon what you are and when ay back is turned, you denounce no to the The reason for this changu seems to be the Throne. Shing us uso denied the impanch decision of the Scorelary: State that the rant, on which Li, drawing the copy of the memorial from his boot, hold it up before Sherg percentage is to be levied on the total and then, slapping Lius on both checks with it,
LIKIN
"Ontport writes from Changking to the In your valued Market Report of the Srd of October Meseta Alex Bielfeld and Co.) appoar statedients, which I canot pass a challenged. The words an
Should the endeavour of the Chamber of
SPORT AND ANECDOTE,
BY AN OLD FOOT.
cipal, instead of on the general revenue News revenues of the colony, general anf muni- droya him from his presence-NC. Bunmistakably in evidence that there could not G. Daily News VMI UAB business mon of the country shend consider, the "pponrad, to me to be an occasion when our
alone. They say We would point out "that it was in consequence of our repeated "representations that the sum heretofore "denunded was out of proption to our "means that the question of the military contribintion was roconsidered. It was "relief we asked from burden too heavy "for us to bear. The impost, as it is now "proposed to levy it, will dimply increase A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED."this burden, and we would therefore "pray, that the original arrangement of a
BSTAD A.D. 1841.
THE VERY LATEST NOVELTIES
CHRISTMAS CARDS
AND
The Vandero de Maxila (Slipway Company) for the half your ended 30th September last taade a greas profit of $61,738, or 381,823 more than in the preceding sis months. The mum- her, of vessels that made use of the lip was twenty-three. Daducting interest and other chargos the amount available was $46,784, ond of which it was proposed to pay a dividend of 83 per cent, absorbing $15,750, and to carry forward the balance. The report recrexised that the earnings would justify a large divi- dend, but it was considered more prudent to utilise the funds in the liquidation of the Com. pany's indeedfees. The menting of tho when the report and accounts were adopted.
might easily have made an effort, to add husus to an already brilliant casemblage by his presence, but the old man, a FOREIGN PATENTS IN JAPAN Lord Harris dabe him in fas frivilligst fashion, preferred to asist in gviting into a' The now German Tranty with the Consular new honse, and thus but an opportunity slip of Convention and Frotocol was pablished in the honouring a player whce doings to likely to Japiness Oficial Gazelle on the 20th November aftenet publio nutention for a very long time to The Deportment of Agriculture and Cem- come. The doctor is nothing if not an autocrat vrce has issued an order requiring any one, and so it is useless to dwell upon tais poli'e bat living abroad and applying for the registration cantid apology for non-attendance. Had Theun of his patent, design, ar trade-mark, to bis represent at the barquit, I think it would ins's prosented by one resident in Japan, and to been impossible for me to have refrained from produce a power af stjerncy, Forsiguos joining in the hilarity which are upon tha making stol applications are required to a roading of "W. G/otter. This was sob nex to, thelt applications the certificates of thing more than a arivksling Saustion, however, that every such application should be written joined hands in friendship noross the vast aroa in Japanto, or have & Japenese translation stretching between London and Hombay Tho annexed if not written in Japanose
few briof references made on this top by the Tokyo, 1st November.
several pealegt were full of that fine tender Since tas promulgation of the new German Feeling which makes the heartstrings vibrate treaty, applications hove Feca filed in the in sympathy with our follow subjects.thon- Patert Burnen by German subjects for the sands of miles away. And when I gfanged through rugistration of trade marks. The number of the letters of apology for inability to sticad applications from British subjects and Ameri- I found myself ouvying the absent one's upe cans exceed 200, but the British and American To me, eloquent after dinner applications have been returned, as the Bureau have no authority you to deal with them.
|"woarly payment of £40,000 he reverted to shareholders was held on the 18th Novembor, then sufficient material to justify the setting Snot looso statements unverified by actnal their nationalities. The onlor also coquiras. It was an Devasion when Engiend nard India
Whether the new mode of lovving the con tribution will or will not increase the actual amount we have to pay depends upon the amount of tho and the coures of exchange, but it has the
Iсvenue
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
13UPTLIED TO THE DAILE-PRESS" {
LONDON, 29th Novembor, TURKEY. Numerous arrests have taken place in Con-
"No, I don't altogether. The reason that I bare given is, in itself, quite suflent fo justify the rice iz Raube, although, of course Commerce to get the likin or inland te voored the increase in plant is practically now sapred, in orchange for a fair increase in specific infler and with the inorouso of plant will abuzally suere, un simost incredible expansion of trade come the increata of output. The main thing, with this country must take place. At present however, in my opister, is the prospect of the Ukin, in the extortioning hand of sative officials, permanency of the mins, and this fins been so often doubles the cost of goods before they reach warranted a string out a home for's large toit destination in the interior. If this is all warranted in carrying out a scheme ished in crabance for a 30 per cent duty, the con- increase in the heads of stimps at present sumption of fowigu goods in the interior will smployed. As you will remember, in my Instinereas at once and will grow legily is time annual roport, I suggested that there was goes on."
figures are much to be deprecated Writers on the spot should generaline with a great cause of cosponsibility, seeing that their statements form the basis of the articles in the home papers and magazines, articles which go, to form publis spinica and herce salinenice statesmen by who changes incorially affording our position in the
pa East Are accomplished.
I should like to point out that while I do not row, what occmed in this respect in your province, onttrinly here, in Szecauen, there has boon a steady diminution in tihi daring the yours of my stay here Chinese traders are 50 ingenions in Foiling the best-laiz plane of the native tax offices that tho offerjals dazo not pro ceed fooxtremities. The kiu sordarily levied at so many cash per package, hence the Chice traders lower the rule by funreasing the size of the packages; another device is to adapt
up of a hundred head of Mars. That was negatived by the Brisbane board, probably ex as count of the call on shares entailed; but I feel rein foot. I may disclose an open svart that at the next meeting on additional forty head of stamps will be voted for."
merit of relieving the colony from having utanticople of Turks implicated in "The TREE amount of are awaiting treatment F
Turkish Movement,"
The Cratin question is still in a critical state, the Ports seeking to evade the falliment of the
esment,
At the time you made the recommendation that was not adoptes, what was the actual
Wail, we had botween fits and sixty thot sand tons, and, at the present monrent we have at least threw times that quantity in sight," je And you are constantly adding to it, of
Yes
pouch on the glories of cricket comes alavate sa rofreshing in the spring breezes bearing the scent of violets and it must have touched even THE CANADIAN MAIL "Ranjy's tender spot to listen to the firing aug by such distinguished me. To have The Rapress of Jepun with the Canadian missed the opportunity of su passing the good will between the two peoples would hay boon mail arfired yesterday. The following tele the greatest of pitin, and all these tributes of grams are from our Vancouver files admiration and adoction serve to show how great
its finances disturbed by the fluctuations in the goid value of the dollar and by, having farther arbitrary demande suddenly mada apon it. Want the unofficial members NEW YEAR CARDS, should be fixed as the amount payable appear to main I that the sum of £40,000
THE TEANSTAAL. President Kruger, in a speech at Pretorit, condemned se damaging the reports that the annually in perpetuity, but it would be idle. HAND PAINTED, ARTISTIC, to appon the hotts Governnicht Trineval wonid fovelbly break; the London
would accept auch a settlement. If the Convention. Ho said “he was confident that now, and that is quite insufficient to deal with fresh ronte, az ay expedient in this land ArcKINLEY'S VICTORY. ---EFFECT ON BRITISH and abiting is the inflúense of cricket, Who
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justico of a military contribution bo ad mitted in principle it must also be admitted that the amount so payable ahquld bur Bomo proportion to the revenue of the co- lony. The course hitherto adopted both in the Straits and longkong has been to arbitrarily increase the amount when the home Government in its wisdom thought the raveous-could best it, the Etruita con- tribution Boing increased at one bound
DELICIOUS SWEETS from £50,000 to £100,000 and the Hong
IN LARGE ASSORTMENT.
FRENCH CONFECTIONERY AND
HOUSES.
kong contribution from £20,000 to £40,000, and if that systom were continued and the revenue went on increasing we should inevitably be confronted some fine day with a demand for £80,000 as this colony's con tribution. The percentage system is very CONSERVES TEOM THE BEST PARISIAN much better than that and it would be to the interest of the colony frankly to accept | it, notwithstanding the difference of opinion as to the proportion of the revenue on which the perpants is the laviad. The awuld be dealt with as a separate question, the demand for the exemption of the municipal revenue being pressed whenever opportunity offera; but to throw over the percentage system altogether and leave the home Government with a free hand to double the amount payable whenever it saw it would be disastrous
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The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, DECEMBER 200, 1808,
Ar the meeting of the Laglalatiro Council to-morrow a Bill is to be introduced entitled Au Ordinance to appropriate a percentage "of seventeen and a half per centum of the -“colonial revenues as a contribution for the
My loads the title of a wall for the and published by Messe W. Lobinson and Co. Though net saracterised by any marked origin- ality it is a very tuneful composition, the third number being especially pretty
An application for bail, mude by Mr. Lowder on behalf of Mrs. Carey, who has been com mitted in trial on the charge of murdering her husband, has been refused by the Judge of HB.M. Court,Tokohama. The application was mando to bis Honour in chambara.
It is foured that the steamer Fuldas, previously reported te koing nahora above Kiukiang, will remain thern for the water. Two tugs have been deatabed to for assistance, but owing to the rapid tall of the river there is very little prospect of her getting off until the water rises next spring-NC Daily News.
the Tramvaid Great Britain would fairly meet the claims for
PARLIAMENT.
Paramond will meet on January 19th. FRANCE AND THE NIGER EXPEDI TION.
The Government Lave given a writion pledge to Frames that the Niger expedition will not
at any point in dispute with France.
[FROM MANILA PAPERS] THE SPANISH LOẠN."
MADRID, 18th November
So at prosent you are not able to keep pane in your crushings with the omconf of ors that is being extracted §**** free pe
No we have only twenty hood of stamps
meeting I believe they will grant an additional
forty bade, and though that is only half of what I have asked for it will enable us to treble the output AT
But, Mr. Fibby, a hundred head of stamps Fix pretty big plant for a low grade mino, is it
not
"That's just where it is They sees to think that a hundred head of stamps je an enormous lut, but after all, it is very small compared with mines in South Africa and in America, where really they have re more visible ore, perhaps not 60 mon as we have hero
equally bad), until the officials get tired of con TRADE can doubt but that our inestoparabla inmor
the ure that we have exposed. At the next of unaited waterways and footpaths full
game has encircled the world with dowering "London, 4th November stantly setting up new likh stations whic
despatch in the Press Association from wreath of Enity and good-fellowship? It has, another astute change of route or rendergo suys that the gozuruf opinion those is indeed, forgod z geldan chain rembing from
npro£table. These devices, coupled with the occasional enforcerant of transit passes, have that Mr. McKinley's alotion will give a great the English Chishie to the far-off Antipedes, temporary stimulus to the Britisa expert trade binding us and our Australian cousins together now reduced the licin in this province from a
in order to real merchandias forward before with bonds of friendship and affection never to. serge of five per cent. In 1880 to m average M. Mokinly ones fate slice. High tariffs be gerered, coniu what may is has looped strande of two and a half por cont in 1896
As to likin doubling the cost.--I hava and the expected to be enastel Tas sogar of ever between the white cliffs of prer sad shows that are the lilia about one housen of Glasgow expect that the antics on the frowning coast of South Afrin it bas refined engars imported into the United linked together in a commor brothorhout our fortieth of the cost and never arcadal one.
OVEN and the native solitiery an India's coral twentieth of the cost. I doubt if likin States ill be raised 2 conte. With re at any time or in any part of the eighteen ed sugar selling at der n the strand, and has broken down nil barriers of With this increased plant, abent how much provinces over approached such a chorus as possibility of loss to speculators is small. It is en distination wherever two or three have serted, and which only a McKinley could impose hotoved that Americans will commence to buy gathered together with bats and wickets. In ore will you be able to deal with "AN
About three ce four thousand tons a month." out patient backs of American consumers largely for December, Jaunazy, and Fabraar honouring Price Ranjitelji ve osuwplified What did the last crushing show 2
As to the probability of an incredible expan delivery. There is no doubt hat there will be that one touch of untary which makes the wholo The last crushing was 16 dwts, per fon. eion of trade if likin is exchanged for a 10 per rush to expert woollen eeft goods to America world buhat the Cambridge onder That was the last average. I think it will be cent, in port dats-If my figures are approzi Shipowners foresee little beseft, as some of graduate was destined to make ce barve a show miutared about thst averago. It may, of autoly correct, the proposed shange cm chly the steam tonnage has already been ohartared for in our national game few were prepared to corso, be much higher, but I can discover nn lead to a dimination of the impact trade. For spring. Thoiraa munsters say they haya tone prophesy, how he has recorded, and how ho without Amorien for two years and are able to has won his way into the hearts of the people Indication that it will be lower,
myself, my experience of the interior Jands me to assert that ne fiscal change, short of a total continue without a single American order. The aro mistters of history Talking over the game who shared to some little ortant the honours aboition of all mixation, quritings as well as chief satisfaction in business cfroles is fait aver
of the memorable Anglo-Australian match. LOCOMOTIYS FOR CHINA trade and then only to a limited degree. Foreign
Lilley scarely knew how to praise the Indian intuit will lead to any marked expansion of the maintenues of the finsnot claims quo
Washington, Pad Novomber.. goods now penotato to every corner of the 010-
United States Minister Dorby na informed Prince's batting sufficitly. His spolegatio pire with comparative freedom and are sought for and liked by all claggen of the comple: The the State Department that the Chinese Yimen remark that Karjy mado Izza fool Like u way en Concamo wa ERODE TO THE BABY
WYRS, toy together will doth of these are removals could Chinis be taken for building eight locomotives for the Imperial in Fond in the English stumper. the exserable roads sad the poverty of the people of Philadelphia, the lowest bidders, the contract best sonrey bow warm an admirer the Prince May India's representatied be long spared to delight in hard as Egypt has been and the expansionsailway,
Pour cricket loving crowdah g of trade would be phenomenat
TURI NOMENCLATURE,
What about the alpetris plant Eusliem?"
The subscription for the Government loan of fifty million pesos £10,000,000) was ofeed day and the amount at once eubscribed was one hundred and four million precs. When the Banco de Espana made these figures public uthusiastic cheers were raised for Spain, for Cubs, and for the Army and Navy. Tas kab- scripline list will remain open during the day="1 om glad you have asked about that; be agrose mistake. The electric plant should be and it is spected that the tonders will resol case it is there that the Brisbane poople make a hundred and fifty million peson
at one set up. It would save any amount of MAD 17th Noveml.
money. In fact, it would save- obusking thou sands of dollars every month into the furntops still wanting for esat information as to the and if we had 'electria installation we should the purpose that, I think, exists in taa, world,
brilliant result
get twenty-five or thirty perennt more work dono, null, in fact, the whole cost would be re- enge is loss than two years. It is a unique opportunity for a cheap employment of naturel force."
Tuo standars for the loan amount to a
THE PUNJOM MINING CO.,
LIMITED
The Secretary of the Panjom Mining Co.,
Limited, adries us that he had received the following progress report on the work carried ou at Fanjom during the month of October front the mines
Mining All work coming under this bead has had the nenal attention and fair progress again.mode,
Now, of course, you think Hawb is a pretty good thing: don't you, Mr. Bibby Fr
Yes, I do think it is a good thing." replied the manager, I think that there is no reason why it abould not be one of the biggest mines of the world, owing to the area that we occupy, which is a string gold-bearing area. As I have sald, there is enough gold-bearing reel capod:
London, eta November.
at Mandliester with, the English wicket-kueper,
THOSE DISCLOSURES BY BISHARCE,
THE PEKING-HANFOW RAILWAY. | The Czar has ordered that all lesaments alonally puzzled with gaserly-named equive The Berlin ocrrespondent of the Standard That the followers of lieven-racing are coca- colebrities must be generally admitted, bet with According to the petition of H.D. Shuig connected with the Busso German secret con Hauen-haaf, Director General of the proposestvo in possession of the Kassin Foreign all the fugtastic notions of modern times in Peking Haukos Railway, to the Ministry of Office or of the family of Count Shuvalot, this direction, we have made a very decided War adsgrating the above railway, he does not who was Rarsiau Abusador at Berlin 1890 arisance during the last century, for it very propose to get any foreign leap on the new be submitted to bin forthwith Emparer avly happens nowadays that the canons of railway, intil, say, mastrit of the rand shall William is to indignant at the root dis propriety or good taste are offended. Not only have bean finished, and to commence the work closures, Count Horbort Bismarck is annoyed are the unares used now more emphonions, but ha zake for ton million tauls as a loan from the at the nowspapers onsing him
Avgust Shaft 200 ft Larel-The anal to keep oven hundred head of stamps Government Aberufsiring forty Blict tools in the revels.tions. Pity there is more appropriatenens shown in naming
antity of ore has been got from the fiches over this Borel on both the east and frost and the north and south roofs, but the quality so for rather low. This should certainly im prove directly. The drive on the course of
gold and letting out water very freely. Its
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Guess Not, Slow Go, Sodo, Heal-and Too, and Stulen Kisses. It is not easy to wee what there w to recommend many of the latter uzmos, Jack-conto-fiskis-ma, Wuo-would-hare-thought- it, and sovorel other sooming particularly absurd.
A TALL STORY, A A week or two since I reiniled a little
a calt, some of the efforts in the direction of THE PRITOMI EQUIT AFRICA COMPANY being extremely happy Won by Waiting, associating the name of the hire and the dama Balthitura who denies to take part in the
for several years without tonching the andia-he guarantees to get by the time the Government Paris Exhibition of 1900 are requested to
turbed ore."
logo shall have been exponded. Bo fasther a
London, 6th Novombeer.. recommionis that the forsign loan and rolling communicate with the Colonial Secretary bators
At the general mosting of the British Char. Fidgetty Phil, Spick and Span, Scoop and Pool, the 31st inst
.
No. I don't for a moment admit that it in stock shuntd bu proenral from the United tered South Africa Co. hald here today, the dio in Idleness Up Guards, Alone in London, slow gradle mine: vory far from it. There ars Rtades as being free from the jealous rivalry rotors authorised in increase of the capital by Noah's Ark, and Mias Swagger are some of the Daring the year ended 30th Jane last the Gillies' roof bus bean direntïuned, and the many mines in South Afries that have not got which animates the. Europesa Foners Here" } £1,000,000. This step was made necesary in ovelliet of recent times of these will not Sompuro with pen of the old-fashioned names. ONLY CON 4mcalione riluting to thenas celu worth of bieyolan and 88,645-worth to other through in driving about two months ago, and anything like the richness of oura. that are doalt commands further, tbab fa- business of the order to meet the expanses of suppressing the In the last century 2 racehorse was christened
United States exported to Japan $27,056 (goid) en brought back to open on the ore passad
railway oncession should be conducted entirely uprising in Matabeleland. A stockholder called Elephant, another Snake, and yet another which showed visible gold and large quantities with and reganted an high grade mines?"
Mir. Bibby amplified the conversation in some on foreign methods and asks that offiuisle, ko zor three cheers for Col Ceul Rhodes, which Crab Fluorees was known in the sovratcan of pyrifaz. The roof here looks fairly walk in details which are not entered into abors; bat zot conseted with to ventars, which to suce were most eldly giro rate thirties, and later come Jannie co try no about 30 inches wide, and is enclosed in good we have given the za of what, he said Mr.osed, innst bo wholly commercial-If dishonesty WILL NOT EVACUATE OVERUS Jack-come-tackle-ma Why not (since roponica), pisal to tell you that in following up the his able enpervision of what he regards as one te no the culpable Director of whom, by the looking formation blue) Bibby returns to Raub tomorrow to continue be suspector, fad shareholders shall be at liberty London, 6th November "Siwezi, Dainty Dary, Hunenwimea, Nobody, course of a patel of ore seon nor our new of the roost hopeful, rotating, and profitable way, there are to be thirty-sig-and if preveding denied that tbars was any truth in the Still later we fud Big Soap, Bill-Bad-Eys, The officials of the Foreign Ofoe this eroa Slay und Easy Win-world-are-thought it. shaft we have come or to a reel, about 1 investments in the Stats Neraita Times. the colprits are to be punued and tonest mon report circulated this morning that the Mar Qurgle, Tittle Brown Jag, Nigger Baby wide, of highly mineralized ore, showing free
at in tuir places. The calls on each share quis of Sulisty has decided to ovacate the Thistle, Diggor, U-ke-Dart, Up and Up will ba only three tale per annum. Cishand of Cyprus, and that this doulsion ba cores in early N. and 15, with a low easterly EASTERN EXTENSION TELEGRAPH. Daily News.
cleared the way for immus astic on the port underlie and its position is to the west of mag- thing seen hitherto at this lovel: We hate t
of the Powers in Turkey, He The forty-sixth half-yearly meeting of the
THE PANAMA BANDAL LEVIYER,
Taris, 7th November. yet had time to fully open it, but shall do ac duing the coming month. I robs very shareholders of the Eastern Extension, Austra
Ata Cabinet Council to-day, bold at the CoMnging, to say the least. Of course my asia, and Chinn Talagraph Company was held
lysés Falace, it was decided to inforu Great regular weekly kitera will keep you advised es ut Winchester House on 231 October. The we go on. A TAVA Marque of Trediale presided ranged for British Concessions of either Hang Britain that Emile Arton, who was entered American yarn about huloger and thirst, and I Intermediate Level-The various points at The CHAYEMA, in moving the adoption of how or Subshow. The Chiste autheritier yostorday if Yernilles to eight years Laprison have recently come across another conicated work here confibus in lock fairly wall and to the zoppet, suid the good recuno for the half no ad off pass Conecasions, and pierce meut atter having hic coavisted of embezzle with shooting. It reads Sewn four con maintain their output of ore for the guill. The only under ever andated to 2813914, of ground for farcignors morally on which lelament and this bankruptcy foregoing miles from the place the place does not quality has improved somewhat, as yen will gen showing an inoressa erer the corresponding ass. Fulford and Bundlus, ars to be stacked Extradition treaty Loween Franco and Great mile sport. In early day, some forty may be bought. Two British Consular affcials, any benaßt chi he is antitled, fa under the matter-ara tre noluble mounds about half, a from the better yield of gold for the month sa period of no less than £49,776 That largs into this Consulate Getal to watch the trails at Britain, would be tried on the charge of bring or atty years ago, Unnie Dsettled upon compared with September. The dare we were crease was undoubtedly daaja a grelt menstre driving woss at date of my last report has to the gold mining tette with Weston Ang Hangchow and Soocbow. The fermer premises oficials in connection with the Banaras Ceul the anasuit of one Uncle D is a plai reached the roof and men are now engaged nilio, which rezested the greater veleg into u commercial centre: the lufter manipulation
and recérable patriarch, highly respected, driving and stoping en it. This drivo Ens portion of their male from Anstralia. The is commercially only a auth of Shanghai, and CANADA AND THE EROPOSED 20LLVEREIN, but not giver to telling stories and part- ventilated the stopes and given us groter working expenses anointed to £87 256, showings not likely to attract foreign merchants, London, 70) November.
bularly averse to sumtioasi yarns. Not long facilities for working them.
The Saturday Review publishes to-day since quite crowd was gathered in a 110 feet Level. The winze being sunk at was owing to cable repairs for the half-year
doorease of nearly £8,000 That decrease Daily New, he tol
article on Cauads api the usporial Customs certain store, and the young bloods were telling data of my last report has omnected with the being exceptionally hight. Erpeneseo taught
Union, in which it cale attention to the of their great exploits, and how they coul "spirit of disaffection with the Empirelerbottom at 100 yards with the modern E. stopes over the intermediate level. Of course, them that that was a very notating them,
which is at work fü Canada, and aye Land No. 10 shot, when Luole Dim decreu allow of the slopes being allod with wallok at donsiderably larger in the current year, inus tus cbject of this winze was ventilation and to and there, was, reason to beliers that would ba
Mr. Charles Hoilsleek writes from Reims Canada's peculiar geographhal position his throat, which sused nli ageɛ to be turned lain cost. Wo have discontinued work in the much as their pipe hat boon almost constantly to the Standard uedar date of 18th Outol or regarding the United States 5 & Bitdral upon him, for it was well known that any in- south drive at this lovely go as to allow of carengaged in repairing, since duo. The usual Bovering to my Jotter pablished in The bid to the propagalian this spirit and aneident in his long and varied exparare OMÍ fain alterations being made preparatory to dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. bad been standard of April 30th last, in which detailed pozation to o United States would be the certainly intercat is presurit generation, and tinking the Angust shaft. Is paid in the half year, £75,000, bad bean true the progras of the vintages of 1889, 1892, 1803, logical cutcome, What woeds to be dona in began: About Forty years ago, when I lived Now Lentor The many points at work forrod to the general reserve, furd, and the 1994, and 1895, it will prove interesting to the direction of a Customs Union should be upon the top of the mob, I got ap one frosty hane bava given their usual quantity of ora for balans of £19.255 was carried forward, public and to champagne drinkers generells to done quickly. How womdible is the folly of morning and went out on the porolt to wash, the raill, and from metams should do so for The result of the flid year wording of the hear the vault of this year's vintage from the the attitude which Downing Stroot, is hitteto when huppened to look over the opposite knot some mouths longer.
Austru qiza traffic rangement showed an great vineyards of the district of Ay and tas adopted towards Canada's proposal for cont and there stood a very large boek on the top of Test orces over the guminised bruke stated Bauty, blso of the Marne Panche (white grupo This Saturday Review adda Though it is half mile from where I stood. Loanoluded to try 1,219 toca Governments interested land not been called Bouzy;
Con le contribute anything for the past two distriot Cramsat, avize, and Le Mesnil alle to hope that there. Librior Ministry has him any way, so I went into the beast, but got 600 tonn rears. At the last meeting to referred to the After a period of exceptionally win and inherited the old enthusiasm for federation, it own my old Keneks fistlook, which had sen U. Godfrey, Gasood.
619 tone, proposed revision of the Company's local cafes, suzukiny wasther anoyed unring the earlier is nowise unlikely that the Promter will favour geal deal of Tie, but which lad always Milling-This was carried on during 27 This revision took affert only let fast, and wonthe of the summer, it was confidently at the project, because he bobovou that Canada proved ralible, mi faking a dead rest from Harle Schubert days, orusining 1,200 tons, yielding of meltedave much Ratisfaction to the telegraphing public stated that the vintage of 1896 would be of must enter into closer commercial relations the railing of the porou, I drows bond on the Sullivan, gold 621, oss. I dwig
The directors had sings collared it vieable exceptional quality no quantity but August with Great Britain or the United States, and top of his. Bliqulfor and fired. Use D Caleining Works-This ran 273 days, trast to make substantial reduction in the tariff bassot in cob, doncarpania with heavy rains, which even a Liberal Ministry would hesitate no the rearing his chin on the tap of his ono, stopped from the general polloy of the Colonial Tro privatɔs he the West Yorkshire Regi- 5 tons, yielding of melted guld Su castroen India, China, Jepun, & one to meet continuod almost without intermission daring awkward problems which the Juter alliation short, and somed to be in a dena stndy, and Cyanide Works-This ran 30 days, frosting the requirements of the large tands which was this whole of this and the following month; open MIRRO from the gravity of us countenance it was not Office. The unofficial members cotant gotinte trouble on Monday night. They625 tone, yleiding of malted ballion 907 oss. 18 growing up between them sountries, and at culminating in the disastrons storm of Septem The article oculado The enthusiastic unreusable to suppose that sous sol reminis
quarrelod in docu's Bouth Ceutral and ons of consistently vote for the Bill, but the them, whce zase in Wallace, rushed into Tuk date valued at per once £168, 10 the same time prevent the traffic from ber 25th, which complotsly upset all precon reception of the United Lampiro Trade Leaguo concu of the long ago was fitting before him,
Gaban. A honno for the use of the overseer being diverted to the lord liner through eired calculations.
delegate in Australia points, that a jugpastion when the roverie, was disturbed be the molem measure will no doubt be carried by the Choong's shop and was followed by the other, has been built and both biokemith's end car Burmah and Yarinan mpon which very low The vintage was made during moet mufasoufe in favour of t sell veroin saay be expected hongos 3.1. champion calling out, Well, Unelo, did
whose name is Kelly. There was a scrimmage renter whops are now being crested, large rstos had been fixed. It he also hien found ble wenther, and under corsa olaman. If so, it will rest with the Imperial Government you all him The ronly was short and slurp oficial enjority. Whether the officials and Kelly picked up an inkpot aut flung it at mere of ground hus ben casareted here for ten necessary to reinte most of the Company's The grupes, nourished by soo much wet wire to summen an Imperial conferation which will No, in There's a fly Aumont about this will deem it advisable to take any further Wallace, but it missed, and peashed through into hf the new shaft to be sank so I hope so through rutes in order to harmonise them with gathers not sufficiently is to prevent partial be the Test uslebration of the Groon's presunt little yard that struck me na being extremuly action in the mutter we do not know, but show caso. Both men ware shortly afterwards
to ses sinking commersed. The neary pump the ew Chiun tariff ixed by the Quiroge agree runniversary of her reign, pada 22 drah arausted, Kelly, way fouï $5 and ordered to
nnu Lailer, together with the requirol pipes, ment. Most of these reductions would oppa. I express the general opinion of my follow ROYALIST ACTIVITY IN FRANCE my 310 compousation, and Wallace was thou oto, have been, ortored, aa, mox sito, new to operation on Joi, 1st mezt, and the so-shippers when I state the vintage of 1890 will London, 78 November Tas hiding of Time in playing and harne $2.50.
making a track to bring them on the ground.
mainde on July 1st, 1897, when the Budapest bo of little was to the English musket The Sonsstional spaol of the. Onglass of with the brilliant hand of man who have forev General All work doming ander Ine bead Conference regulation would take offset. The 1802's Thyn ymay have develanal vare | Orleans (Arah Dtchers Marie Dornthes) upon, gathered wound ta table in Fleet Street during The furnir du Tonkin of the 25th November has had our best attestion - The water, whil estimated low, if no increase of trails resulted satisfactorily. They show excellency bouqast, I the onczelez, of her wedding and when 120, the past quarter of a century or word. "We san would be gained in this colony by the says Wa Esported in our laat, number, the bus koon otplated and we are now waiting the trim the reductions, res, roughly, at the rate with good body ; but, as the quantity is lentes sented with a magnificant avowal of diningudsill ford to lose suola man is Charlas Keens and unofficials resigning their positions. The arrival af Halphoog of cargo of Hongay arrival of the belt pulleys for conncoting the of £80,000 per annum, hat it was hoped that this they will probably soou by followed by the 1869', by 25 ladies of the French Legends aristo George The Mauier; tat only England, but qucation must not be regardeu, however, briquettes wide at the Honghong factory machinery Waler has been burned on to it initial use would soon be diminished and 18081This vintage a decidedly a grand crncy, ha quusad home stir in Paris. Eh the alvilised world, is all the poorer for their -To-day we Juzcal that the Societe Trannies das and Tens phased to say it, soon to be all ene eventually recouped intreues of business one. The quality in exceptional, full bodied, bepon that this cropp till ann day Bo played toss. Du Maurier's creations in Fuuch will ne dead and buried with the passing of Charbonnages expects immediately a complete could wish for. That this still affectu great The Company it concert with its partners in insoicui, with a most exquisite bogust. In upon the heat of my dear Phillip to and hre lang after the fashionable foiltes which the Seventeen-and-half per cent Bill: plan which will be set up at Hongsy steelf for saving there cus ko no Upakt, in fact, it should the China and Japan trafo the Great Northern colone they are full, in slyle somewhat simila Emperor Francis Joseph has hastened to were responsibila for their ecation havaboen The idea of appointing a Commission the manufacture of brigjtettes. It unnecessare fully $1,200 par south in Gregoed and pik Telegraph Comperty had for any years to 1878, but certainly mero refiked vow the speck, though this does not prove forrottan, but door old will not ho quito To inquire into the government of the whispers of the importance of this fact alone
ondearned to presegas friendly working 1890's-Not good, uough for the English that, the story is not ang His Majesty's dis the same to me for many a day to come now that With now cstablishment the Company will * Lobaar,--The supply of this is now much agreement with the Chinens begraph adminis market,
SOLE & Towal being laokai apon only uz intended to "Kiki's" facile per isntrest, Mrs. Lyon Hung Crown Colonies has recently been mooted be able to farnish woonomically and under er more plentiful c
Vtration Theis negotiations ball zumalled in a 1835. The quality of the wings in razions, be su apclogy to the Frenal Guvernment by ler, 3 Georgius Midas, Mrs. Pomaunty de fome at home, and either in that or some collant comillions of price a valuable fuel whiphanlik-This way he said to be fairly good.1 satisfactory working susant which was differed, but whers the grapes were seeming to rerako the Duchess, who, it is added, Lynz, the Cicuabus Browns haveall besu very mai, will be used not only by the murine bas by on Beizfall-The total rainfall for the month duly patified by all the interested Govoraments carefully selected tos vine will turn ani deliosse lasted without consalting him. In is stated in but the pages of “ Punch" will know them as other way it may be possible sooner or later princinal steam factorion,
is 11 Sacher.
on the following, day The kirangement wisp chaincter dui light in colour, bi
• vous commention that the Duke of Orleans will more. His love and mastery of detail wore
been spending the summer in Japan, is a pas Mr. Meupas, the well-known artist, who has senger humored by the F&O. steamer Bus leaving to-morrow Mr Monpes tales with him a large collection of paintings, which we believe he will exhibit on his arrival in Londen,
defence of the colony." Before the reading of the Bill there will probably be laid upon the mode Mr. CALAMUGELAIN's reply to the protect of the unofficial members unted the 14th September last. The delay in placing the estimates for next year be fore, the Council has probably been used by waiting for the Secretary of State's looks. The following e, the p Drivage-Drivago for the month.
The Baad at the West Yorkshire Regiment
sight
decision on the points mised in the programme
"Bubezal
"Golconda”
test, and the fact of the Bill being now Polka "The Holly Busk
Overturb introduced in the shape indicated by the Ballet Music in Fast" title would seem to show that the decision Vaish
Lah der Thranen adversa to the contentions of the unofficial Selection "The Goodrics members, as indeed might have been surmised t
the experience gained in connection with
the Singure agitation is not encouraging, and we are not" sanguine that anything
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Flotow
Ore mined made up as follows:-
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mercial feleration? ant
the trash, lús hrcadsiñe to the non, and at least ä