INTIMATIONS.
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*TUN**** YNKONIOND AND
AND DIRECTORY CBINA, JAPAN, COREA, INDO.CHINA SIAM, STOAITE SETTLEMENTS MALAY STATES NETHER. LANDS INDIA PHILIP PINES, BORNEO, &c.,
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Innoluble that of consolidating the empire: Other aten lave dena a diasarvice to the stato with no sues motive than that which netuit the Preslut of the Bier Ro
THI HORSKONG BAILY PAHI, THURIDAY, MAROHI &, 1900.
We are informed by Tsars Tohu D. Hum phys and Son General Mauggers of Olivers Fesehold Mines, Lituted, that they have esived aligramirestone Mijos, giving a result of latinoutheasting as follows tous of quartz crushort for a yiek of 20 ondsey retortad
public, but it was reserved for the most trait mail pan 24 Jaya
lentanter of the British name and nation | tondiscover the way, unt only ufuniting it in
a political whole, but of making that anionsdey and was very pafisiotong, the vnosul
one of hears. If, then, we should look only to the results of a man's work, and not take into acecunt the springs of his action, then THE THIRTY-EURTH ANNUAL legur.
PAUL KRUGER deserves the minst exalted testimonial a grateful country can bestow. BROWN, JONE & CO. - MONUMENTAL SCULPTOR.Let us indeed rise over hin a monumens,
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high as St. Patda bu let us take care that ho sa banenth that moment, and that we sulpit to no more Krügerien, and make to false sentiment, no more such terifices as permitted the Transvaal Republic and its disadenteil President to enter again the field of pastioal politics. But there is an even more important service for which we have to thank President Kaoder. Withouthis good services we should never have known to
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The lipal trial of the felt de Zion ult pinse doing her 13kolaig an hour comforhely Cap tain Gilmore console. She will fanva for the Philippines a fortnight, The Tale Las left en Sunday. The trial of Don foun de dit has beau Hzed for Saturday,
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Pho United States Senator Beveridga said the ofbor day in a spool about the Falliginos - The Pacifio is our voor Chins is a natural the Facilio is the son of the com- more of the future. The power that rules the Poil, teratom, is the puror, that ralon this is and will forever be the American republie. work. And with the Philippines list powe Cia's trade is the mightiest comitorejat fact in our fatura." Possibly in some other people's fatures ülke..
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THE WAR
BULLER'S LOSSES.
eru! Buller's operations number 4,194.
CLEARING. CAPE COLONY --- STORMBERG OURS AGAIN.
It is unofficially reported that Gonemal Brabant has been completely victorious pear Dordrecht and is paraving the defeated Buera, Liepel Gainere. Les ontored Storin- borg.
CAPTAIN HASTINGS GOES ON
DE TURLOUGHE
benells to the shareholders personally, unlem at i -the same: tits they ould see their way to l early and profitable ployment for the capital culled up. To call up capital that could not to pristabdy invested in the company's 'opera
one dial at our would to fo itrjira and not to boufelt the sougang Og Lhat point your directors have satisfit themselves, and believo
LAST POSTPONEMENT. Nosequence of insensing damit for
Profesional Serious,
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DEPARTURE ftom
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BUT MOST FITIVELY LAGT DELAT
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DISEASES OF THE FERT
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PERMANENTLY CURED
We have gerar teen able to feel with more ponfions that wo mera vaising the austinos opinion of the public of Hongkong then when for that neficial of this. Colony has ever hetthe earned a holly Man Captain Hailings R. Postmaster Gegarel, vao leff yesterday that they can ad scope for the profitable om on year's furlough. Captain Hastings arrived playmont of say capital called up, and thera in 18911 to Alf the post of Assistant Harbourfore, if this meeting approves of the capitals POSTPONED LONDON, 6th March, 10:15 a..
Master, nil, although there was of course being fully paid up the Board is ready and no prejudice against the man porzonally, Bere willing to give ofinet to your.viona, sithough General Bullor's longes from the fourteenth what the post was a sinecure or that it de atence is wholly within their diaretion and
was a strang cuviotion on the part of the public it is a matter which, ander ordinary dreume to the Eventy-eighth of February amount sinecure for someone else. Taxpayers do not power. They would like, however, to bare that have over kindly foolings at the sight of avis courzu approved by something more than a baro to 128 killut, 037 wounded, and 41 missing, denso that the money is being wasted, and jority. With reference to the seul point, ing was handlowpped from the Art In 1898, mace, it should be mado at an early date and in there being really no work for him to do at the ons sum. To call up the amount gradually The wal equalis. Tourred during Ghorofcre, no was inevitable, Captain Has the Board is of opinion that it all is to bo Harbour Othos, car prozent Postmaster Gononid militate against the abject Mr. McCona smal was transforrad to the Magistracy. Herschie and his friends hows in view; to, got fully. again he had to fight against bug edde. Do was paid up-shares in which Trustons and otharsi Dot a trained lawyer nor could he understand the night promptly frost their monica Wane Cantonese Haguage, and there was a strong no rekan altior in the present pesiting of the that que or both of thoso qualisations wors pali ospital bould not be got in at once. As pablo feeling born of prorious experience, eplony abil of the autoy market, why the un- required in the occupant of the pulies, banch, to the third pouts, we would bave you to be The delays, and what may be rightly designated in mind that, in applying this reserve fantas the frequent miscarriages of justine, which had it in now proposed to apply it, you sro adding gone on for some years, fully accounted for this nothing to the present earning power of the fooling. Laptain Hastings however soun proved campiny, while you are inoroaig the mount that a goil-balanced mind, a babit of discipline of the capitad on hick we love to pay dividends. and ability to read character which enabled him Thit out and a quer million is at persent to get quickly to the essential face and to dispense employed në îf it war part of the company with irrelevent evidence, were quite suficient, ospitel Our working capital at the moment in And more than made up for his lack of legal unit actioally $3,750,000 a usefully employed, aut laguistic knowledge. Therefore he soon lived we my dividends an 82,50,000 only: As to the down the prejudice which was felt when be list fortu point, we are taken legal advios and took his seat on the bonch; and we can safely are assured that the reservo fund of one and a asy that no presiding in the dismal den is quarter millious created by the psal raspin Arkathoot Road has ever given more satis non of the 6th April, 188, may be capitalizad faction to either the public or the polico. and applied in payinent of the calls or part of For a short Limo Captain Hastings autel then us proposed. It is not a fared secum liter position also Do gaya, noivernl satisfaction basiness. It is money that came directly out” e Superintendent of Polier, and in that ont of the profits of the company to its ontrent and earned the highest respect from the pable of the pockets of the sharebellers. It was he was appointed Postmaster-Gettoral lie was Gas may he changed by a like special resolution as well as from the mon under Aim. When created special resolution mul its destinn erganising and controlling the daily routine of other grounds you think it well to apply thin a post offies was barely that for which his profund in payment of a portion of the unpaid rlona experience might be considered as living capital how to be called up, yon may safely and fitted him great things wern exposted from effectually do so by the special resolution of bis adrent to the old building in Queda'e Road, which notice has been given. I now bag "tó and great things bars been realised, as a proputa the first resolation, namely, "That Hongkong residents knew. Much remains to be the propól of the directors to call up the un- done, but much has hoon accomplished, and that paid capital of the company in ore call of 850. in spito of want of roca and, what is must per skigro, payable on Kt July next, is approvod. worse, in spite of an inadegnate staff, insulticut both to bumber and espseity, a largo pro-
London, 7th March; 6.15 am.
FRENCH AGENTS WORKED THE GUNS "AGAINST LADYSMITH.
At the offices of the Pub Works Dajari tannt yesterday the Hon. R. D. Ongsby (Diroe- tor of Public Worksoltered for sale by auction Talaud lot No. 1,191, which is situats i Wing A. S. WATSON & CO., w extent intrigas still rules. ok Street aud Dés Visas Rual. The lat Amongst private people it is held a con- contains 4,630 square foot.. The annual rent ie $122 The upset prica was tired at $53,019, temptible thing that a man, while only pro- On the let being put infe, the market is pries fessing friendship, should in secret bo plat- quickly rose to 307,000, at which it was pur ting friend's destruction. We had chised by 3. A. Shultes Hooper for tho striven hard to believe that the great nongkong Land Investmeal, Conmay.
Colonel Villebois le Marouil, bost of tions of Europe were free from such
Mr. Wade Gardiner and Me. Harding, th stigma. Thie, alus! is what it ia nu funger British Commissioners appointed to date the General Joubert's stall, in a letter to La
grastion arising out of the lotion of tho Buss possible for us to hold there 25, unfortu seruent its contesting the valits of the Liberté, aya that two of Crouzos agente nately, day by day more reason to believe that, title of Messrs. Jardian, Matheson & Co, to the noder the presidency of Patz Keuden, Pre-proparty held by theux in the Russian Cances-usuaged the Boer artillery at Ladysmith, torin was the hot bed of intrigans, each one Shanghai on the 2nd inst, pers Tateng, They.
en af Haakow, returned from Hanko to One has since boon killed. They selected having for Its abjout the downfall of the have been in conference with Messrs, Pobotiler all the positicut for the nrtillery. Theirendy a tried man and, although the work of duly confirmed and registered, Bo that if on British Empire. The Boer President, for all his nstatences, was too simple to perecive that the very firs: result of success in such a dangerous transaction would be his own,
As will be seen by ulvertissinout, the Hum extinction. Neither nations nor individuals
phrays Estate propose to all ap additional grently esteem those by whose trenchery capital by the issue of new alares, which oro, they have themselves risen to power; Faxi offered to the registered shareholders in the PAUL KRUGER hd not the capacity proportion of four 26 uses frie esury is held by them. Considering the rapid rise in thi to auderstand that the very first use vains of land on both titles of the hub and which would be made of himself and that there is no fear or hope fundars may rok. his country in case of success would at it in the way which suits them of a retrocession from the present prices, this Com- bo to pluco both under the iron heal pany ought to be able to make a very prefablo of a military despotism. It is, however, aut-us of how capital The Company bobis a large area of undeveloped and partially developed isfactory to be able to say, with some go nad in Tsamati und sewborn in Kowlonu. fidence, that the noble self-enerifice of the nation has rendered unlikely, for another generation, at least, such a prospect.
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According to tus conses inken at the end of January there were 163 Japansee dwellings und 1,834 Juness in Seoul
Arrangements are bean mude by the F. and O Compisy for tho P. and O. Special Train de Luxe to run from Marseilles to London in connection with the steamers Parramatta and Massili leasing Hongkong er the 31st March Per-Case of 6 dozen Pints, $13.50 uet,and Ill. April respectively, direct for Idar Por Case of 4 Quarts, 13.50 not,
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The A-low-but a malt-sunggling sodisty which rimbors about 20,000 members and range between fvhneg and Ngarking, has noa very huey in the Yangtzo Valley lately, and the Tholai is said to be afraid to act against thom, thug); pressed by the conaal te inke immediate steps to put the society down. What in wasted is a gunboat,
of the Rinses Chinese Bank and trinief of Messrs. Tokmakott, Molotkoff & Co., but the result of the enquiry is not yet been made public.
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It is reported from Shanghai that the Em press Dowager, having failed to captars Kang Ya. Wei, hos urdered La Chi-lin, noting Viceroy of Nauking, to arrest aut decapitate taree rather well-known Chinese restants of the Farsign Settlement of Shanghai. They are Wan Shill n truslator at the nan Arual, Wong i-nou, brüller of Veg Kan-new, chief uditor of the Universul Guale, and Yn lan, the prosent eting ulitor of clust journal. It is to be hope that the police will
tirely intervene Lo prevent the first step to any such proposed xirocity being taken by the Viceroy's omissaries in the Feroiga Sottle
monis.
Boms time ago arrangements were made for the opening of a school at Nan-chutanje-Ea, where western sahjects were to bo insladed in the curriculum, and a Japanese pe fosser usmed Nishijima was suited to take charge of the dertaking.
He had an installed for some ills Limo, till the other dag, when we officials peremptorily closed up the institution, and Mr. Nishijima is now on bis way took to Shanghai. This antion on the part of the cutbocfilen is supposed to un air to the chief founder of the school beving aflaed Lie has to ous of the 'umerous tegin Thiu protests forwarded to Peking against the proposed dethronement of If way. T
singe gun ware mounted on heights that were seemingly inaccessible.
THE COMING FIGHT IN THE
FREE STATE. --
It is reported that the enemy's forces now confronting General Roberte's troops in the Orange Free Sints are mounting gaus and entranching their position for a disinace tou miles.
VOLUNTEER GAZETTE SERVICE. LONDON, 8th March.
of
THE WAR IN NATAL. Relor's Correspondent at Ladysmith, Srd funk, says that a portion of the garrison ads Antler vocorualminee and discovered a Beer fece behind Fepworth fill. An engagement followed but the attank was not pressed and the Lroops returnal The casusluits were elight,
BRABANT'S SUCCESS. The Boars stubbornly resisted Ooporal Bra-
bant on the 1tb and tl: inst, but retreated end- British eseualtios were 30. denly removing their gone and waggons
REUTERS SERVICE..
Loxbow, 5th March,
Mr. MOCONACHIE esconder, and the resolu
The CHAIRMAN a very glad to see the
tiort was curried tavainiously.
in a For Mingles: without the least pña er uocafeaienos
Dr. M. A. SCHLOSSER, SURGZON CEIROPODIST. Author of several TOSTING OF DISEASES OF THE Fear.
May be Consulted.
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portion being Portugums and other boys from When to that adled the great diffelby of whom not much can reseruably be expected eradicating abases which, had crept in during years of maleduinistration and which hat be come park of the system or want of system, toe much credit cannot be given to Caplain Hastings for the reformations ho offects. It is much to bo regretted that his health would not permit of the now abarea in the company, autho bis remaining year or so lougor no that he rised to boisesel by the special resolution. ul the public might have on the rulers on the 6th, and gonfirmed on the 23rd conndidated. The thanks of the community are day of April, 1889, amounting to the sum also das to Captain Healings for very valuabla of $1,250,000, and which was then carried, opidemic. We hope be will enjoy his holiday, servo fund in paranases of saol special ro services rendered during the time of the plagusand is now standing to the credit of the ro and that we shall see him back in perfect health solution, be capitalized and he applied in part the lar the company, to be made by the No oficial has heen or ever will be more warmly payment of the gall of $50 per share on all
board" walouned that he will too,
our articles you must have at least a majority proposition curried unanimously, house by offres-fourths. It is better that it should be nanimous. The first resolution having teen carried. I now beg to propose the following. special esolation That prolls nected to the company from the isene at a pritian R
THE MORNING STAR":
COLLISION.
Mr. PETER Beaded and the rezolution was carried munnicimusly. A
The CHATEMAN monacel that the sharehol ders would be dalled together again, to confirm the special resolution which had just been
ad
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At the Harbour Office yesterday morning, Master, an enquiry was held into the alream. before Mr. Bassi Taylor, Assistant Hathont stance connected with the collision betwear ke stean-launch Bertha and the steam-lauras Mora ing Star.
Speaking at the Royal Institution last-Antionears to the Government, gad Share” Chan Kan master of the launch Berthe,
and General Brokers, correr Ive House said-On February 20th, at about 2 pm, Mr. Marooni, the inventor of wireless tolog
Street, and Prays Contrat. was leaving Queen's Suston Wharf, and wasraphy, said that six of his assistante bid boen about 50 font from the and of Peddar's Wharf sent out to Senth Africa The War Olle En The Morning Star ferry Launch was than one tended that the wireless telegraph abonld, only AT-DEDRICHT. - Laler news from Dordrecht says that Generating Paldar's Wharf. On reeing her I con- tioned my course, and she turned to starbound, Brabant's Colonial force have occupied the Boer striking me with her bows on the part aide
determined attempt to retake abreast of the engine room. position - a with was repulsed with heavy loss, the British lusing only 6 killed and 15 wounded.
COLONIALS OCCUPY BOER POSITION
Ailitary correspondant at Dusa states that large gatitics of batt honey and light arauition are being concentrated thers from A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED, he various military depots in the castori pro- vinces of Blasia for oarly.shipnoat to the Far East. A considerable number of guns, chilly WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
for forts, are on their way out to enrerede weapons rumilocisake which wew plùsed inį, paritions in the Liao-tagg Peniusin when the Shanghus Jammary gives better icis totaal says that citition is anticipated al irst exo into the pessoasion of Buxia.
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"DEATH
On the 6th March, 1000, at . Quema's Garden Hongkong BURTE WALTER MORRELL, aged 26 1729
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, March 8th, 1900..
Taxus was more than a mere sally of wil in DE CONAN DOYLE' suggestion that we should build a doument to President KuuUGER big as St. Paul's, having first placed that worthy beneath War is but another form of that eternal struggle for existance.which Ja necessary condition of life, and it in doubtful it it be not the mildest form of the inevitable content. At all eyouts war has for its horrors the redeeming quality of bringing out of their retirement those na tional virtues by the aid of which alone a people in attain to greatness. Enurgy, self-reliance, mutual trust, and confidence
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lale Bor. Sydney Brooks, aurored on the 31st Denumba Abantung, to a relativa in Eur It is stated that the Japanese Guvernment land. Is the course of the toffer, Mr. Brooks has under consideration a plan for inflicting speaks of a Large Kurte ciel, which was capita punishment by means of suffocativo, causing trouble in the neighbourhood, and An air light chamber is to be constracted, the mid:~1 trust that they will not copie air in which can be exhausted and the here; we are defenceless, of course. Neither allout gains and instantaneous death in about the official or the Military official will be minute. Exporimonta are now being made in abby to do anything for us, which means Europe with this new death clamber. It must that we shall Ense to move into the city he confessed that this method of execution dees katil they have deze their work, and theu caud not sont a very plaiuless one.
back to view the damage done. I glance pu
asily round my room to sen how much I baro anxious to be deprived of what I hare, and pray that the disturbance may pas over with no more harm to ourselves that that of not being able to continue aur work.".
The Oritasiulisehn Lloyd is responsible furto less; it is not much, het aaluially I am not ths following On the 19th February Emperor Kwang Han received tho Foreign Ambassadors at Peking in muliense. The usual atiquetio was observed. The Emperor, it is said, lookul very i. It is the geroral opinion that the Emporer will not long toulintie tevoccupy the throne. The Enrpress Dowager. it is affirmed, was conceled bebind a cartsin daring the whole of that passed between the Emperor and the Am bassadore. The new Emperor was not present at the nationec.
The telegram which we published on Katur day last about the spesial edict against Shop Peng is borns out by the following note in 400 New A privalo tele From from Sogotow
EXPECTED FIGHTING IN THE
* FREE STATE. Tas Tineca Corso-bident at alantoin 2nd Abraham's Kent, thirty miles to the east of Panther Heat Jobart in col. lecting a force from the whole of the Lady
all forces in the North-eastern part of the Free State
BOERS STILL AT NORVALS PONT. General Clomants reports that his advanced troops hold. Achlerinag and that the query is still in force at Norval's Font-Bridge.
MAFEKING, A Blafeking reported`éall wall" February,
on the 15t
LONDON, 5th March
TUL BUINETVAND WAR. EXPENDITURE
The Burgel, in order to meet the war expe-
HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT: AND AGENCY COMPANY,
LIMITED.
Yesterday at noon si extraordinary general moeting of the shareholders in the above com pany was held at the offices. The obair E BUS occupied by the Hon C. P. Chator, C.M.G., and there were also present. Mesars, N. A Silber D. M. Manez, A. Haupt, A. J. Raymond (directors), Ar Shelton Hoppor (scoretary), A. Mackenzie, A. Denison, A. MeConnabis, E. A. Kam, E. Georg, J. Orange, H. A. W. Shule, G. de Champos, J... Peter, J. Hooper, J. Stewart, H. N. Moly G. F. Taitoh, M. Northgote, Dr. Haligan, S. Rustomjos, G. Murray Bain, F. M. de Grson, JM de Graes, Douglas Jouss, and C. H. Thompson,
the audience, gud no doubt hoard everything North China Durlyyed by mators of i diture of £60,000,000, increases the Immune Tax Joseph, D. W. Craddock, C. Palner, G..
word had been rocoivod that morning from
the Roform Party here an Friday state lust by khilaty on boer 1/- per arrel, Spirits 64. Changes to the effect that the Haplin, Slicer gallon, Tabuno id, Cigars Ed, and Tea Japanete papore profess to see indications of Pong, was arrested on Thursday afternoon sydd par lb. It extendly Stamp duties on trans the Eussian muthoritica" booking down in the plagal under congrep in the distic mangations in Stocks and Skates to produce, sus- mattor of licenses to Jajanosu Schermen intralo's yum. Further that was told by orthoru water. Alangato, a tologram despat the magistrata to prepare for spiegely erat Apends the sinking fund and certain sunuities shed by the Saginilon Fishing Guilt (Japanese) watch is bring kept around the gs-Imperial for noxt year, and raises the remaining to the abier office at Hakodate stated that any Tator Wang Tang-ho's home to prevent his £35,000,000 required by an ine of Roads or person granted fishing rights in say soction escape, he being too high a rank for the Stock laminable es ten years, not by an
magistrate to arrest, bisa, a special deputy from issus of Captols ast year within the spesies ares will have the right renewed this year, éni no person is to be the Coraruer being expected to carry this sit allowed on any part not included in the specified 14. believed that both Wong, and Suan will
commit suicide."*" ares whatever his nationality o. Posibly the in authorities word impressed by tha attitude of Japan in this matter. And are inclined to give way to some extent.
A Shangbai wzitur save with regard to the local Voluster Corpe have bou formed that the now regulation regarding the Artillery, drift are due to the requirements of the Hongtour officials Of course if this to so they bars to be narziad nal. At the same. timo it done som a pity that an area of tho Corps which has hitherto been 30 popular should be rendered dissatised in the way.
LOSSES IN RELIEVING LADYSMITH The losses, Talieving Ladysmith were 15
did wonnaal.
JAPAN'S CONGRATULATIONS. The Emperor of Japan-Les telegraphed hik congratulations to the Queen on the recent successes of the British Arms in South Africa,
SHIPPING REPORTS.
This British steuner Barpato, from Amer 6th March, ed strong mounova god dati hazy weither throughout,
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flors on the spot, realizing it could only bn] tanteward willing to go to the front, and scoord-v. of prolisal use at the front, asked if the assis Wung Yong, master of the Moving Star, Angly, with Dea, they moved up to Ro Ar said-Qu leaving Peddar's Wharf I saw the The results at first were not altogether galisEng- Bertha ou my starboard quarter. She overtook tory, owing to look of the poles, kitam, or bal- me and attempted to erois my bow, but loons which wore outis but the difficulty was wo doing my bows collided with her port side orerooms by the manufacture of kites, in which abreast the sugins room nearly and enthey were assisted by Major Badon-Fovall and Teang Kin zund paster of Lia Mamy Optio Kennedy, RK, It hat boon preted that the dimoulty was due to the iron in the Blar, said was steering the Morning Star
the hills, but ma; matter of fast iron, would a the afternoon in question. The Bertha on
rward ungher metal and he had 1 ving. Amen's Status Wharf tried to osos, y las no rore destructive affect on the Herk been able to drausmit messages across tho bowa while I was leasing the did not try to get out of her way. The collision tools place abest 100 feet from Peddar' whert. high buildings of New York, the upper The sertificate of the factor of the fording stories of which were iron. However, when kites were provided it was easy to cumuni- Flor was suspended for a month. Th
tato from De Ane to Omageiter some 70 miland now there wars stations at Modder River, Ensia Balosont, Orange Rivar, and De Aar. Two of his assistants volunteered to take instruments through the Boer Hees to Kim ley, but the military authorities would not grant them permission, as probably too great risk was Involved. It seemad, to him regrettable that installations were not established in Ladysmith, Mafoking, and Kizberley before the commence- maut Bastilities; but he found it hard to believe that the Bors had way workabio instru mants Some intended for them, which had bead seized at Cape Town, ware of German
coal said that he he find supplied no apparatus manufacture, and not workable; and Mr. Mar to say one ho Born could not possibly bavs any of his instruments. With gard to the Inture of wirotons telegraphy: he was sure that. the progress mada this your would greatly sur pass lint had been accomplished during the The UUAIRMAXGentlemen I rogii tu Last 12 months, and, speaking went ha heliered f. Goonies) is temporarily indisposed. Countess telegraphy telegrama would bocoran as c❘ have to inform you that our chairman (to busbar santa, in kaid that by reass of wire- queatly bindaties temporarily devolve upon mega yuck in dal y uso on the sex as At ouc laat ordinary annual meeting, after the they were of present on the land, reading of the report and accounts, Mr. Maloma chis suggested for, the consideration of the Hoard and of the meeting, that it was highly
The British statuor Leang Leong, from désirable in the interests of the company and of the shareholders, that further liability for calls Rangoon sis Straits 1561 Fob, lind moderate ou the sharea in the company should be done andy with and that the shares should besoin N.D. winds with fog.. tally paid up either by expilaliting the old Lund, one and a quarter, millions of dollars. and issuing a fully paid-up rip for $75 per share, a coures which involvert a rodion of ear subscribed capital from $5,000,000 to $3,750,000, or by capitalising the rearre fau, INDIAN FAMING RELIEF FUND. INDIAN
applying it is payment of $25 per share on all Recent pilvices from Indis give particulars of the bares in the company, and gradually calf. AloCotrashie recomanial, the adoption of que or Nord Corin. Similarly, the very great proptions tha Fains bes nowing op the other $25 per shuru in on. Mr. The Nord C. Deci Noes mys that the
shares once fully paid up and freed front all fay desirable form of investment for trustees and 50 miles south of Gap Book.
The Britist stuhnur Bendewer, from Saigon others having capital to put out, and that we 3rd Mar, hal light to moderate & E. winds wonlil at the same time confer a benet on our | and has whather to 19 N. thonge lo part myda- ewa skarabolders by furishing there with hotter market and were numerous oustenaars for sale to fresh N.E, woud and moderato ses...
The British kamer Fasching, from Foodow their share, and largely tenait the colony, by duli Marub, Amoy 5th san Sratow fills, had helping to retain is it money that must aller moderate monsoons throughout, showery sea. Wise sock investment elawhere. Yens Directors moderate. Steamers in Amoy-Cepten, Frecialą; immediately negativet any proposel for the s9 Forthus, Lingus and Clonfälledi. lu Seglor periods of proparity have ever beened inst, suys: There was a strango sdaue An interesting letter, with waference. La thin
THE CAPTAIN'S REPORT,
duction of the company's capital, but expressed those immediately following the most lust night at a performance of the such a case of King Lisa shan, rates us from a cor- matic Corps at the Lyceum Treatre Mr. Frespondent, I suspect," saya the writer, "that
The following is the report (dated Foochow sheir readiness and willing to take into Chefou, Hacongrang und Keonggi serious national contests. This in W. Little was rented amongst the hudience, when Lionsne probally has been plotting Marol Let of Captain Augustas Stillen, master vonnideration any proposals that Mr-MoConn already been justified in the present war, a telegram just received was handed to be the Chiese verdient. You kers of the Aiterica biop-lousch bed Po, which obia and his friends might desire to lay hofors ANG LOON G It has been marked, as Dr. CONAN DOYLE Hazing previously obtailed the sanction of the that Comfalus tangle the same doctrine as he was wicked on the Pratas Shoals on the 24them for utilizing the reserve fund by capital-
andising it and for calling up the unpaid ospitel GENERAL DRAPER, MILLINER
DRESSMAKER, A has feliciously put it, by more positive viraga magor. La rend aloud to the andienos. Jemit Mariann, that sovereigas are made for the ult
the cratents, which proved to be the nawn of the geed of their prople, who have the right to
W. T. Graoor, Esq., Vice Cohaal in charge of the company. They deprotated, however, Lee than the whole of the previous forty mirival at Ladysmith of the reltoring fordos un depose them it they do not govern well. For US Consulate, Foockaway disratsion at the meeting of Mr Motons Ladies Dress Malariat, Hats, Bonnets, Ribbous, Sit-f beg to report that on February the cbie's proposals, as inopportune and not in Laces, Embroideries, Hosiery, Haberdashery, Cris ruason-revolutions and conspiruvíos xeo of years. But it has dous even mors, for it der Lord Dundonald. The news was received
o shown in the most unmistakeable manner with actuation by the English portion of the frequent occur reuoc in China. It is at possible 29d 1 loit Hongkong, es master of the U.S. order, reiher yene diretos for the haze Fathers, Flonare, Ladies Gloves Co
audiopec, who were, however, is a minority
A these proposals, and the sense of the masting be- that we as Englishmon really possess nu not so by the continentals, especially by thou pleasenti political parties and conflicting tutor storm-Jane Lee Fo, bound for Mraila, having holders generally having had any notices of 9&11, Lyndhurst. Terrace, Hongkong 64
est The future of the creptre it réry gloomy. overgo
CAROL PDEALER IN "Fexperieared this jumal N.E. con cloandying with your directors, the matter in us, then TZ WAN WOO,
further considered. Since that mogling, weather, consqueally did not get any observa- empire which no are prepared to defend French, who have lately been inabing Thore are adventurous and inercenary fur- seiyus conspicuous by their oper prepkeniss; of signors ready to tako part in buy form et rá-
DRESSES, TOWELS, OILSKINS tious for porreding tin bongaes, the error of quisition very numerously and very intuentially NEW AND SECOND-HAND EUROPEAN with the last drop of our blood. Such the approaching durafall of British arias, and volation alany mizalonarias, under protest of
AND UMBRELLAS, J. they bars giran the very fallait and most care. result is in itself a justifivation of the who co-comewhat markedly dispayed their preaching Christianity, come to China to buy which was the cause of the vessel being out of igual and been addressed to the Board, to which
No. 8. East STREET, properties, to trade, to uzito disorders, to wake la courm
I steered a S.E. parse, which is a good and fel consideration, and in the result the present
Hongkong.. blood which has been literally poured out lagrin
aoney and to gain polisle influente, The
Hongkong Sik Marol, 19 Like water, IE is the noblest part of the
That very much advertised person the Ler. grastost and an ost disastrosa robullien that of safe as to clear any danger between the two xtraordinary testing has been courened. The
WONG SANG & CO. sacrifes which has been nude that not one Ches. M. Sieldon, author of in dis steps and The Tairings, recorded in history as hasing ports. The speed calculated at soron acte proporal pui ferward by le requisitionists other pirtistic works, was rebotis nutraut will boon formented by the missionaries. Almost all per hour, and, as I look departure from was as follows: That the reserve fund of map was present on the field except with the editorship, for one weels, of Tupaka journal, the ware and sortons couplesions which Ching Waghan and at 6.1 pm, on the 23rd, the $1,250,000 ba capitalized that $15 per share bo distance to Verocker Shoal being 118 miles credited to the present scrip of $50 per stere oniled Ms Capital, toyou as Varist wouki con- bad with Foreign Powere, bad buen clus his own free will, and that the nation to a
dust a newspaper if he wore ou earth tu-day only by those who protend to tenol My Gost 1 nesumed the vessel to have passed this danger paid up, and list is remaining $25 per share man responded to the call of the county and was not with west ennuraging stoves, we of piger and forbearanos,
at ab at noon on the 24th, but to my surbe gradually called my complating the capital Friss the vessel stranded on the Blok at of the company to fie authorized amount o But it has done more, it has proved to the informed. The mediate response of the
and beatu Lebul wreck T crow† 50,000,009 ** With this roynayition before then bod anjasif.consinyt by the vessel till 8s in your directors had four things to counter 19t world at large time there is not only a public to the annoucement of the Shaldon
Christinu vation of the Topeka Capitulis iR LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS,
ch the Lab, wich we were taken af by Chi Was it advisalo fo wall up the unpak onnibal. British Empire, but that the sons of that dianted by the fact that a Sheldon and the
junk. Attam, on the 26th, having #uted 2nd By what instalment when it should be empire are prepared to demonstrate the fact daily Capata have been deluged with telegrams to the world at the cost of the greatest and lots fr all parts of the country maling
called up? Bid Was it advisable to also the 67.43. for information regarding the proposal plans
reserve (and of $1,650,000 in part payroent af acrifice a man i make that of his life for the Christian caly awspaper Antong. The
the call or calls) and 4th-If adrianite, apuld This is the great fact that PAUL RRUGE despatcher received was one from New York,
it be legally deas and in what form? Now the containing an order for 10,00. of each issue
first conclusion the Board arcived at ad lie that no such considerations on those suggested has displayed to the world, and can we bouring the week. Aneller pitin by belograph altogether angry with, the man, however asked for 5,000 lots of advertising a wrong-headed he may have been? He has trade in ringi, ut bokap
characteristics of the new Century?
The Japassa Society of East Asian Associa, tod Literaturo, says The Jopen Gazelle, as established a school in Chine for the parpme of encouraging prograse in that country and im- proving its rointions with Japan. Thu hool been duly organized in Nauking, and his proved sucessful that the Society decid-
to invite to act as Director Major General that
in one another, obedience to one's leaders Sate who, as Colouel Nato, distinguished hima
The British steamer Pakhoi, from Wuhu nod
Importers, Expoctors and Dealers in Japa Chiukitog 3rd March, had moderato N.E. windsnesa Curies, 9, D'Agular, andet Kab. and fine weather. with smooth se
The Chinese stoander teefon, from Shanghai | KUHN & KOMOR ad March, had moderate N.E. slut and 884 to winde to port.
The Japanese steamer Kouacht Mara, from Coksen ororcist cloudy, rain showers und light
Fine Art, Japanese and Chinese Curios,
21 and 23,sen's Road, Hongkong,
Shaugai, Kobo, Yokoham
these are only the beginning of those manly self greatly in the war-of 1894-3, barb, har new Musim unfortunately hare not yet fazemoson, Thy fist is unparalleled in the other of these courses on the ground that, our Singapore 1st March, had gentle N. R. asno,KWONG HING, AN virtues of which a ereditably, conducted war became incapitated for pativo serrica. Ho has together appeal to the present member of the Tho vedersigued earnestly roquesta liberal ther liability, would become a very highly smooth gas, with think lissy weather from about
ing lost a leg from a vary serious wound, arrived, and the enforced changes do not al history of British rate in India.
in the fraltful mother. It may indeed be accepted the past and it is anticipated that his eaid that no balion has ever come out of an pouco at the chicol will add materially to its honourable war without a roarked improve rig. Such an appointment west to later preted as indicative of a military element in the ment in its moral tone, and this is doubt-tohool's core, lose the reason why the most pronounced
A sorrespondit in Shanghai, writing on the
battery. That this fociing is quite ostudel every subscriptions. one roust admit, but the high ficienes of this brunch of tho Corps is sufficiat garanton that all misunderstanding will soon be ended and the now eervice takes up with the same enibüstigin which has always marked our artilleryou.
T. JACKSON, SE
Hon. Truusuron.
THE WRECK OF THE AMERICAN LAUNCH “ LEE PO."
The KK. seating Nippon Mars with mails, dn, lely Shanghai for this poetan hauts small host, myself and four Obiners took
i instant of eelock
The Antrian Lloyd slantur t'ia herdanand loft Kobs via Bioji for this port on bis 7th just The Steamjor Arraten your last Singapor for this port ca the 7th fast
our diparlare for Hongkong, and at 10,30 wet the German cruiser Handa, whose Captain was so kid as to take us en board and bring
16 Pagoda Anchorage, Fooohow, and land se a
you Feb 291k.
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HA HAKUWARE, UNGINEER TOOLS,
BRASS AND IRON MERCHANTS, CONTRACTOR, Risques & STEVEDORES,
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Hongkong..
The Commander of the Hanes and the officers by Mr. McConachi at tiny ordinary neuting in LARGE
rum has been thanked on behalf of the justification for is prepossis conll warrant
Chiba Porcelain Crockery Ware, 594
Queen's Rozi. Contral
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Opposite Bengkong Hotel
DINING ROOMS
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with Meals; $i. Quan's Road.
DRAPERS
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WING HOFMAGAZI
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The NGL swatter Heidelberg from an really big loft Singapore for this port on the blame on Governutut for the great kladions this in calling up the unpaid papital; neither Aildrens-Care of Blosses. Kwang Bang & Co.
thy bonest to the colony per any possible Es Dr, Dost puts it, solved a problem very utcánó. Jis is to be one of the lust and may be uzproted kúru on or shant. 14e shown by them,
watch overy sixtensa hitherto has found.
•No EN PLAYA.
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KWONG LOOND,
Cabinet-maker, Faraiture Desier, Art De
or and Dealer, 17, Queen's Boad