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who hid in the houses and fred from them. In attacking the Imperialists and villagers it is reported that the rebela med dynamite bombe, and there must have set alight the village grass heaps. The Imperialists forced the villagers to assist them, threatening to burn their villages if they refused. These poor villagers were forced to bear the brunt of the fight by the cowardly Imperialists.
This fight was subsequently reported as an Imperialist victory by H. E. Wa, the dead villagers boing, counted as so many hundred slain rebels! The officials always waungo to manufacture victories out of defeats.
The Ping Toni rout was a ridiculous affair, the surprise being so complete that the Im- perialist General just managed to escape with the loss of bis hat and other" personal belang ing. His men were so terrified that they hid in ditches, quaking for their very lives.
The rebels out off the queues of those who sur- rendered and turned them into transport cooles, On one occasion, the rebels captured about 40 village volunteers and after court-martialling and lecturing them they were liberated. These frightened villagers "Kowtowed" a thousand tines for thisextanoïdinary show of magnanimily. As con By the rebels have Armly established their baso it is believed a Provisional Govern ment will be declared, followed by the cutting of quenos and the adoption of a special uniform. It is said that the officials will adopt the European style of dress.
BURGLARIES AT WANCHAL
THE HỒNGKONG DAYLY PRESS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, 1900
MILITARY PREMISES BROKEN INTO. CLEVER CAPTURES THE POLICE, Bergeant Bitchie, of No. 2 Police Station, Wanchai, is to be congratulated on the smart news displayed by him not only in the captare of two men implicated in extensive robberies from military premises at Wanchat, but on the prompt recovery of considerable quantity of the stelen property.
The premises broken into are known as the Esst Block, and are surrounded by shrub hery and overlook the arenal. The residences affected are those occupied by Quarter Master Sergeant Crombie, R.E.: Company Sergeant Major Charles Wilson, RE, and Corporal W. Eddy, R.E.
CAMP
THE SPORTS.
the scene and they promptly took the man into ❘ HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS IN custody They were each fined 25 or 14 daysin UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF PERCUBIÓN CAFS, * Chang L, a lamp maker, was charged with having been found in unlawful possession of thirty boxs of permission caps, he having no permit for same. The percussion cap were found in a bandolier carried over his shoulder. and also hidden amongst his clothing.
P.C. Tarrett stated in evidence that he fond prisoner at seven o'clock yesterday morning on board the launch Yan Hung, bound for Som Chun
Defendant, who pleaded not guilty, said he was asked to take the percussion caps by friend. The magistrate, however, did not me cept this defence, and fined prisoner $250 or three months imprisonment.
THE PIEACT ON THE "FIESEVERANCE, " Chung Yan and Leung Kwai, fisherman, of Macau, two of the four pirates arrested in con- nection with the piracy on the launch Peregner. use, a report of which appeared in our columns yesterday, were arraigned at the bar. They pleaded not guilty when the charge had been
On the evening of the 12th inst. Corporal Eddy was on duty and his wife was out for a few hours, the house thus being left with no one in charge. On Mr. Eddy raturbing the was surprised to find the door open, and on looking round she found evidence of the house having been visited by some one during her absence, a hand sewing-machine, a clock, and other articles having been stolen. Information as given to the police, who have since managed to lay their hands on two men who are no doubt cuse. the guilty parties. The method of their cap ture will be found below.
over to them.
a
The proceedings were merely formal, and Chief Detective Inspector Hanson asked for
and to euable the police to prepare their
day, otherwise I shall probably fill up my dates. How long will the case take?
Magistrate-I think I had better give you a
Mr. Hanson-About three days. His Honour decided to reserve Taesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 6th, 7th and 8th. for the hearing of the clirge, beginning en Tuon day, at 12-15
The value of the stolen property is roughly estimated at $40,000.
HARBOUR OFFICE.
The master of the St. Andrew stated that on
It appears that ut about half-past two on Sau. day morning Mrs Crombie awakened her hus band and told him that someone had broken into the house. Her suspions were roused at first by noticing that the light was out, and they were confirmed by hearing a bang in the front room. Mr. Crombie at our searched the rooms, but could ind no one. He, however, missed a tiger skin and a taloscope. He then dressed BEHAVIOUR OF THE IMPERIALISTE. and reported the matter to Sergeant Ritchie, As soon as the rebels get clear of Sun On, at No. 2 Police Station. The Sergeant at once Admiral Ho Cheung Ching began his magni sallied forth with some lukougs and his dog. The Inkongs were placed around the premises,
·BROTHERS IN TROUBLE. ficent" march. He burnt several villages to ontside the shrubbery, whilst the Sergeant, Before the Hon. Basil Taylor at the Harbour the ground, allowing his braves to pillage and Mr. Crowbio, and the dog investigated. Office Josterday, Charles Hutchinson, aromaa loot, and commit other savage excesses. This They had not been beating about the bushes on the British transport steamer St. Andrew, was charged with having on the 25th inst., and will be repented in many other parts of the long before they started a Chinamen, who mado
for the highway and was promptly cecured on the 28th, in Victoria Harbour, absent Province. The villagers of Sam Chow Tin, baby one of the lukongs on watch. The man ed himself from duty without leave. Defendant Lan To, &r., were either dispersed or killed, and was taken down to the Police Station and at
pleaded guilty. the places whereon these villages stood are now down the shrubbery was searched and the
tiger skin and telescopes were discovered, the 25th Hutchinson, although ordered not to nothing but charred and blackened patches together with several articles which Mr. leave the ship as it would be leaving the whart The destruction is appalling.
Crombie at once recognised as belonging soon, went ashore, and did not rotarn till the Such is the treatment of villages whose into Sergeant Major Wilson, whe lives next door morning of the 26th. On the morning of the abitants were obliged to accomodate the to him Mr. Wilson's quarters are at present 28th he stated his intention of again going being re-printed, etc., and for the time being ashore, with or without leave, and did so. He rebels through want of Government protection are unoccupied. Sergeant Ritchie and Mr. did not return until sight in the ovoning Instead of pursuing the rebels this cowardly Crombie inspected them and found foot-marks Admiral has retrested after having wreaked on the wet paint all over the place. They invited the Chinaman whom they had found his vengeance on innocent villagers.
in the grounds to see if the prints correspond. Hundreds of villagers are now homeless and ed with his fest. He at first showed a strong in misery, and many have fled to Hongkong for disinclination to submit to the test, but he was safety. These complain bitterly of the ent.ultimately persuaded to do so, when it was rageous behaviour of the savage Imperiallet found that his foot fittel the marks exactly. soldiers. Villagers from other district are also complaining. No doubt the obliteration of the villages will be magnified into a great Chiness? victory by the Imperialists and Admiral Ho, the Valiant," will get his doubled eyed peacock's feather.ne
The Imperialist soldiers afford no protection to the villagers, bus murder, pillage, and loot whenever they get the chance pen
With such soldiers as protectors, and such a rotten and corrupt Government, who can des cribe the misories in store for our people
Truly men are forced to rebel,
Later on the police visited a room in Moon Street, Wanchal, ocupied by the captured man and another coclie. Both the men's boxes were broken open and part of the stolen property, inelwling some of Corporal Eddy's, found there in. It should be stated that the men, whose names are Wong Hand Wong Tung Sai, had been for some time employed as survey coolies, and had been working with Mr. Crom- be. They were, therefore, well maquainted with Fast Block. In each case entrance sesins to have been effected by means of the skylight.
The second engineer having corroborated, and there being no defouce, sentence of 14 days hard labour, or nutil the ship soils, was passed.
Thomas Hatebinson, baker and moss-root steward on the same steamer, and brother of Charles Hutchinson, pleaded guilty of Saturday to absenting himself from the ship on the 25th inst. The captain and second enginoor submitted their evidence, to the effect that defendant was absent all day on the 25th, and when he did rebarn--on the morning of the 26th-did not go on with his work.
Ten days' hard labour, or until the slip sails, was the sentence passed.
CAPE TO CAIRO RAILWAY.
ALTERED PLANE
of
CONSULAR REPORT..
KAKODATE.
THE CHINA SQUADRON.
The I. and O. Ruprata quotes a service cor- respondent to the following elect-Not too soon has attention been drawn to the position of affairs in the Far East from a naval stand- point. It may be said that we are not going to war with any of the other powers. Everyone will hope that this is the case, and that the convert of Europe will be preserved. Still, it is nansual, for a British fleet on any station to be outnumbered by the ships of any one Power
in China at present three bottles of
or even any two Powers.
This
cruisers. Germany has four battleships, and an
armoured cruiser. Franco and Russin combined.
modern armour or a speed of anything more
The total vains of the foreign trade of Hako The Hongkong Volunteers strook camp you date during 1899, says Mr. Aoting-Consul terday morning and returned to Hongkong. Chalmers, amounted to £391239, showing an The attenilanes at the inspection on Sunday increase of 4181,062, 24 compared with 1899, morning was not so great as was expected (212 This increase, however, in hot entirely due to an being present), and in consequence the Com-sotaal development of trade, though the export mandant (Liant. Col. Sir John Carrington, trade in seawood and in timber shows a consider Cif:0), in presenting the prizes won at the able advance. The bulk of the increase is to be sports in the afternoon, passed some severe accounted for by the foot that the trade of strictures on the absent once, dovlaring that they Saghalien has not hitherto been included in wore a source of weakness to the Corps and that the Japanese Customs return, and appeared It would be better for them to resign.
there last year for the first time. A similar The following are the winners at the sports explanation applies to the apparent increase in have three battleships, but the Redoubtable is Inter-Company Football match (played the the Japanese foreign-going shipping. The ton previous Sunday), Field Battery: Corp Hennage ca the whole shows an increase of shout on the way. She was reconstructed in 1896, derson, Gannars Lapsley, G. Duncan, R. 10 per cent. as compared with the previous and though, of course, nothing will give her Duncan, A. F. Chunratt, Craig, Elerton, Years, and there is some slight increase in than something like thirteen knots, still she the clues The shipping has to be reckoned with. This would give the your comprised 4347 Franco-Russian Squadron superiority of Lonreiro, Brett, Howarth and Witchell, silver- the number of all o mounted sticks.
Potato and Bucket Race, Gunner A. A. Alves, total tonnage of
steamers and 442 sailing vessels, with A
one battleship in namorical strength. But 1,803,008 tons. The and Bom. Hanco, F.B., gold scarf pins..
the Russians hope to be able to get out Hakodate harbour improvement works were Wheelbarrow Race: Gun. Chunnutt, F.B, completed during the year, and vessels of 26 the Seastopol and the Poltava before the and Gun. Holmos, A. Machine Gun Coy, gold feet draught can now find safe and convenient Baltic closes. They one sister ships of 10.060 anchorage, the least water in the anohorage with 12in, guns sad smaller weapons. If they tons, powerfully armed after the British fashion scarf pins.
being 5 fathoms. In 1899, 25 British steamers, should reach their destination France and Ras- 43,156 tons; 10, Norwegian stesuora, 17,449 tons; two German, one Danish, and two Russian six will have six ships to one three. We may steamers entered the port of Muroras. The 48 well ask ourselves, however, whence our ne tatal exports were valued at 488,748 yen, of cessary reinforcements for China are to be de which 450,720 yen represents the value of 65,978 rived. Why not the Conops, Ocean, and Vie
torious from the Mediterranean, to be replaced, tons of coal exported.
say, by the Repulse. A soluizon, and one of. the places could be taken temporarily by the Nile. Majuatic class from the Channel Floot? Their.
would mean a westening up the Straits and in Trafalgar, and Sans Pareil er Benbow. This the Channel, but it would not be of long dura- and Revenge in process of refit, and the Glory and Albion almost ready for the pennant. It is now said that the Implacable will be ready in about six months, and the Bulwark in nine, so that we shall have a good deal of power available in the course of a comparatively short time, and should be able to make good the weaknesseR caused by the changes now suggested,
Egg and Spoon Race Gun. Pestonjes, F.D., silver matek-box stand,
Pot shot: Boom. Grey, F.B., Malacca cans. Animalry Race: Gunners Loureiro and Lapsley of the F.B., silver match cases.
Intor Company Tug-of-war: F.B., Lt. Arm. strong, Bergt. Stopani: Corpl. Hance, Bom. Grey Gunners A. A. Al Sayer, R. Dusual, with a tounage of 9,905 teas, three small In the same year sight British steamers, Lapsley and Baldwin, silver napkin rings.
Boot and Puttiv Race: Gan. A:A. Alves, sad four Rain steamers entered the port of Norweigian, one German, one Chinese steamer. silver cigarette case,
Otaru From Otaru railway sleepers, valued Ladies Nomination: Gun. Hooper, A. Most 191,393 yen, were exported to North China,tion, for we have the Empress of India, Hood, okine. Gan Coy,, nominated by Mrs Stopani and but the coal oxport was only valued at 137,732 Gun. Holmes, of the same Company, nominated yen, inclusive of coal for ships' use.. The in- by Miss Bain.
ports were valued at 144,763 yon, and were mostly ses produce. The port of Olara is in a state of transition, and extensive harbour im- provements are in progress which will leter on require alteration in the existing churts.
The Hockey Match was won by the 5th Hyderabad Contingent; the Belilios Cup, in the Field Battery Curbine Competition, by Gunner Lapsley; and the Cup for the highest score in the same competition by Sergt. Drummer Brown.
CORRESPONDENCE.
(We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.
WOODMAN, SPARN THOSE TREES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESA,"
With regard to the discoveries of gold, Mr. Chalmers saya: The centre of the newly dis- covered auriforous area is the Mountain Horen- obari, in which are the sources of the streams containing the gold deposits, and it in surraised that riuh gold veins exist in the mountain. So far, however, no report of any practical survey seems to bare been made, though it is anticipat. ed that this spring will so great, developments with more scientific methods.
Licensos have already been granted this year to work claims covering 3.447 miles of river bed and 186,757 acres of miscellaneous land, situated not enly in the vicinity of the now discoveries, but in all parts of Hokkaido.
As already stated, a considerable quantity of the stolen property has been recovered. The sewing machine was traced to a shop at Bou- ham Strand. Some money which was stolen, incluiting some English Fold coins, has, how ever, not been get back Beven or eight dollars PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. -
were taken out of the pocket of Mr. Crombie's A Feking talegram dated the 17th inst.,
trousers as they hung up in his heil-room.. mcuived at Tokyo, states that on the 17th inst. The men were brought before Mr. Hazeland hoped to be able to open negotiations on the at the Magistracy-yesterday and remanded nn.territory. Another line was to be laid to the neither rhyme nor reason. Evidently some from year to year.
China communicated to the Powers that she
10th prox. for, the suspension of hostilities, as a preliminary to the peace proposals. Chine offers compensation to the Powers, and takes apon herself the responsibility for the dister- bances. The communication of the Chinese Government is based on the memorials present- ed by Sir Robert Hart The Foreign Repre sontatives will consequently assemble at Poking before the 30th of next month.
CANTON.
[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.
Canton, 29th October, POWDER MAGAZINE EXPLOSION.
On the 28th inst, at about 6 am. powder magazine was exploded at a soldiers station in Han-Lan-Fong Street in the vicinity of the Governor's Yamen. The station, together with several houses, was destroyed and five persons were instantly killed. A niall boy who, hearing the accident, wont to witness the scene, was also killed by the falling of a wall of one of the houses which had been badly shattered by the explosion. About ten persons were injured more
til Saturday morning,
"POLICE COURT:
THE COLOMBO MUNICIPAL
SCANDALS.
A RUSSIAN RAILWAY TO HANKOW.
Plaas are at present under discussion, says Engineering, for opening a new direct line of communication overland between China and Russia. It is proposed to hold a line from Samarkand to Hankow via Chodechend, Margi- tan, and through one of the Panics. It will be necessary to drive a tunnel through the Koshgor mountains. From Kashgar, which is the centre of the transit trade between East Turkestan and Russian Central Asia, the
aaonth-eastern.
Teoidam plater, along the Somenow moun-
the
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ce
UAN WAH &
DEALERS IN ITALIAN MARBLE AND GRANITE
MONUMENTS. ..... DESIGNS & PRICES OF APPLICATION at No. 1, Queen's Road East, Hongkong Hongkong, 17th October, 1899,
Hongkong, 29th October. The new Government trunk line for the is. railway will either pass through the broad
land and the line from Otaru to Muroren, with Tarim valley or go in BIE-What is this Disease that has come branches to the Tubari, Peronai and Ikushim direction to Chatan, on to Tachortachen sud upon us? Yesterday I was walking along the boten coal mines (288 miles), were the only Unos Techorjolyk at the Lobnor lake. From there Magazine Gap, when on nearing the Military open to traffic in Hokkaido when Mr. Chal- the line will have to be carried through one of Sanatorium my eye waaarrested by a picture of more wrote, but the construction of the Govern- the passes in the Altyn mountains to the Where mont line to Kushiro was already being proteins, past the Lakn-Nor lake to the Hoang- waste and desolation on the hillsides.
ceeded with, and it was hoped that the suction erst was a charming mass of tender greens there from Kushiro to Shiramuka (17 miles) will be ho valley and the town of Lan-tachow, which is capital of the province of Kansu, which is now nothing but brown sterility showing be open to truffle by the present month,
boasts a population of 11,090,000 of souls. From tween the trunks of the slender pines. All the
The population of Hokkaido at the end of Lau-tachow it is proposed to carry the railway pretty undergrowth, the numerous flowering 1899 was 848,836, of which fully one half inhabit through the towns of Fong-hsiang, Ha-hsiang, shrabs of a score of varieties, have been ruth. the agricultural districts of Ishikari and Os and Hsing-an to the province of Shezsi, bima. The population of Hakodate on Docom with 9,000,000 inhabitants. From this province The Bulaway Chronicle states that the lessly and regardlessly hacked away by the ber 31st, 1899, was 90,131, showing an increase the railway is to proceed through the Hanldang Who has done this of 12,659, as compared with 1898. By a consus of river valley to Haukow, a contre for inland Chi original idea of ranning two railway lines evil-disposed vandals. northwards to the Zambesi from Bulawayo has thing. sir? Who is the destroyer of nature's the Ainn, or aborigines, taken in 1899, they nese trade. Hankow has steamer connection been altered. The main line, commonly called handiwork, and on what the pretence? This number 17,570, of which 8,560 were males and with the rich province of Breakuna, which has the Cape to Cairo railway, are hoofthed if not a more weeding out of tangled creepers creasing in numbers, judging by the statistics constructed, will no doubt prove of immense im- 9,010 females. They do not appear, to be de a population of 48,000,000. The railway, if through Gweto in na sinust directly northern and decayed vegetation, which is always neeful of the last eight years, and migration between portance to Russian trade, and the Russian direction to the Zambosí. Thence the line was to continue fassing Lake Tanganyika on the oud healthful, but the person who is responsible Saghalien and Hokkaido is sufficient to necount Government is understood to be greatly interes eastward sido and thus passing through German for this spoliation has long his wild work with for any slight ir-rease or decrease appearing ted in the scheme.
Victoria Falls, vid Wankies, tapping the vast coalfields in the last-mentioned district, and prentice hand, who sadly needs his youthful stopping at Victoria Falls for the present (and mischievous) ardour restrained Sarely In all probability, however, the last-named Hino His Excellency the Governor cannot be aware will be the main line to the north, and instead of this defacement of the hills. Nor a the of stopping at the Falls, the line will be carried head of the Afforestation Department be aware, across a little below where the river narrows.
The action of Mr. White, the acting mayor Instead of running to the east of Take I should imagine, of this invasion of his domain. Tanganyika the railway will go west through Speaking of this official, I should like to call of Colombe, and chairman of the municipal ouncil in impeaching the standing Commit- the Congo Free State, the west coast belonging his attention to the great necessity for the rete of the Conncil, as stated in our issue of yes OBLY TWO DOLLARS AND A HALF, A George Smith, a seaman, was charged with to that State, the east to German East Africa moval of dead plantains from the plantation terday, has opened up a libel suit in the Supreme having on the 27th inst, in the Sailors Home, and the south to British Central Africa The conducted himself in a drunken and disorderly line will pass between the lake and the sources by Government Villas, for the clearing of the Court in which a Mr. Charles Ferera figures as manner. He pleaded guilty, and explained that of the mighty Congo. A big sweep round dense fringe of weeds along the paths in the the plaintiff. That gentleman, a "City Father" of many years experiencs according to the on Saturday he got some money and leave to go eastwards from the Falls through Barotseland, Peak district, the trimming of the bamboo Acting Mayor's story, has gathered in, at a cost ashore. This being his first time off the ship will be necessary. Other reasons for this altera clanips, the destruction of the orespars that of Rs. 300 a piece, all the available advocates in in for months, he started to celebrate the tion apart, the country through which the line occasion, with the remit that he got drunk. is now to go, is said to be highly mineralised choke the tiles, and the wooding of gutters the Colony to plead his canse, leaving a few Not wishing to go aboard in this condition; he and valuable discoveries in the mutter of which are being broken up by insidions others who, for reasons poculiarly their own, re- fuse to be "briefed" for the defence, Belaganable, decided to put up for the night in the Sailors' oopper especially have been made, that metal growtha.
so he said, to get an advocate to advise him as to Home On going there, however, he was re- which, like india-rubber, is in such increas
As I have said, I cannot believe the Afforesta. his answer to the plaint, ha (the acting Mayor) fased admissal. Smith wanted an explanation ing request, that its appreciation seems at pro
tion Department are responsible for the wanton on the 10th inst. appealed to the Chief Justice, of this refusal, but he went the wrong way sent likely to be unceasing. It by no means
who delivered the following interesting judgENGLISH about it, and was finally accommodated with follows that the Zambesi is not to be crossed destruction st Magazine Gap. Nor do I think ment: This is a more sur latre, 1 x Judg later on at a point considerably to the east as General Gascoigne would inaugurate it, for it a sporting, application. What the real ob lodgings by the police,
Magistrate minst punish you, and fine you originally intended by an extension vid Gwelt sich indiscriminate clearing is not at all likely three dollars,
But for the present this will remain in Defendant--I have only two dollars and sixty abeyance. Starting from Bulawayo, the Vic to improve the health of the troops. The toria Falle line will first of all go dus south, shrals are not malarions. If there are marahy eats your honour, and it—
Magistrate-Well, look here, I'll fine you two skirt the rifle-butts and then westwards by patchee, why drain, if it is worth while, and
-
Holland's quarry and Forestvale Hotel (or One- Defendant Thank you, sir.
tree Kop), well known as a distinctive land above all, if there is any iden of fever from EUROPEANS IN TROUBLE.
mark from its huge euphorbia. The length of such undergrowth, then before rendering the Another seaman named John Robertson was the line to Wankier will be some 200 miles,country side o desert why not get some sound charged with ssaulting Indian constable 546 and thence to the Falls another 80 miles or so. opinion on the subject? If the energy dis on the 28th inst. whilst in the extention of his The surveying which was in progrras some duty. The assault was committed on the wharf distance north of the Globe and Phoeniz (which played here in creating an eye-sore had been itself is some 40 miles north of Gwelo) and directed to the draining of Little Hongkong
29TH OCTOBER.
BEFORE ML. HAZELAND.
or less severely. The moles of the nocident i dollars and a half, was heard at some distance and may houses in the neighbourhood, were damaged, the
roots
bricks and tiles being raised to a great hoight and falling back on through the windown. Th5,
hot magi trate proceeded at once with his 'yamen-ranters
gis
at Kowloon.
to the scene of the disaster and gave orders for
this Court shall not be made a theatre to enable
jest of it is I am not able to say. But there is one thing um determined, and that is, that persons to make themselves, notorious. If they choose to do so; they have the columns of the public Press open to them, which will afford them ample opportunity for any mch purpose. The application is one that, so far as I know, a procedent in this colony. It is said that the plaintiff in this case has engaged certain number of advocates who are mentioned, all respected men in respectable practice, to for him, and that others, who are respectable, have declined to appear for
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the burial of the corpses out of his own poor drop of boor, and knew nothing of what had of the Globe and Phonix, was abandoned some But in the locality mentioned it is the slopes the
Robertson pleaded guilty. He had had a which had reached a point over 100 miles north Valley, some good might have been effected appetiff, because they are afraid that they Chinese and English type correspond in the size
The cause of the explosion is not yet known. Most probably it arose through the carelessness of the soldiers in the station and there is no suspicion that it is due to the rebels.
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A nervous little zin name Kelly, who stood twisting his lat while the charge was being read, said "Yes, sir, when asked if he was 8
tion.
He was sont to the house of deten.
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF FIREARMS.
time sincs, and the earveying of the Falls line is to be pushed ahead instead.
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
of body, thereby effecting a vast economy of space, solieving a dearasas net previously attained, and dispensing with those vast margins terized Chinese publications and vacant spaces which have heretofore charac
that have been desolated, the living beauties of may in some way or other be involved in the the island and not the decaying vegetation that litigation. It is said that the Acting Attorney General's services were sought to be retained by have been removed. When brown autumn the defendant, but the Acting Attorney-General lays its hand upon the hills and converts the thought it advisable not to act for either party, vivid green to purple meeting into grey, the in view of his being a Law Officer of the Crown,
To illustrate the vast scope of the work the bright tints of shrubs and bushes, and the gray I don't quite see how his being a Law Officer of
the Crown is any impediment to his appearing in following facts are submitted for consideration:---
Chalmers Vocabulary contains about” 16,000-- flowers that adorn them break the monotony this case. Bat there is more than one Law Officer Chinese characters, and M.cabaret's English and and give the winter one of its chief charms. I of the Crown, and it appears that no application
Chinese Dictionary about 100,000 whilst this hops, and I am sure most of the residents will has been made to the other law officer or to any of echo the hope, that this presade against Nature the Crown Counsel, who are men, of standing and work contains more than 60,000-English words, will be summarily stayed. We have not too position at the Bar. I notice, too, that there and upwards of 600,000, Obines characters. are other members of the Bar, who have not Again, despite all the grammars and other
alementary werkz as yet p
t published, the student defendant what he had on his clearance Ha Hongkong, where slis is due to arrive at 8 am much vegetation on this rooky island that we been applied to by the defendant, Under those of this difficult language absolutely requires ex- can calmly propose to exterminate it-Yours, eirmaustances, I don't see that there is any amples to display the various applications and foundation whatever for this applicatos, even etc.,
The C. P. R. steamer Empress of China ar rived at Shanghai at 2 a.. on Baturday, the 27th Ontober, and left again at 10 pm, same day for Nagamki, where she was due to arrive at 7.30
to-day, the 29th inst...
The C. P. B. steamer Empress of India ar rived at Shanghai at 1 s..on Saturday, the 27th October, and left again st 10 p.m. same day for to-day, the 30th just NEA
Tong Shing. Yan, on the information of P.C. J. Hodgson, was called to answer a charge of unlawfully baving in his possession, on board his fans of the 28th mat, une revolver and ons sori, without holding a license for some,
From the evident it appeared that the police boarded the junk in Victoris Harbour and saked replied that he bed fifteen swords and afteen breech-leaders On an examination being made, The N. D. L. steamer Stuttgart, carrying the this was found to be correct, but a further search Garnton Mails with dates from Berlin of the revealed the sword and revolves already men 1st Oct, left Singapore on Sunday, 8th inst, tioned, of which nothing was said in the clear. at daylight, and may be expected here on or ance papers, Both of the articles were hidden about Friday, the 2nd November. We
The defence was that some of the sailors must
have secreted the articles unknown to defendant; who professed to have no knowledge whatever
regarding them.
their feet at their Magazine Gay Bañstorinti,
has been shown to have arisen...”.
For practical purposes the
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if it had been quite clear that this Court had equivalent of different words which have cope Another correspondent, however, writes: right to interfere. I don't say it has not a general meaning. Of those examples this work The Military authorities are literally and right to interfers if one party to a litigation sontains more than five times as many as ony figuratively not letting the grass grow tonesth should retain the whole roll of advocates. That other Dictionary hithertoont of the would amount to a public scandal and a dental The M. M. steamer Annam, with the next French mail, left Singapore on Sunday, the After being empty for overal years, the place of justice, in which, I believe, this Court would 23th inst, at 9 pm for this port vin Saigon is now in use as an encompaunt for a hundred be inssified in interfering. But no such case me of the Hyderabad Contingent, in sharga of The TK, K. stemmer America Mares with British and two native officers. Every day, His Honour passed sentence of $100 fine or
zuils, &e. left San Francisco for this port via from 6 am till well past noon, these men are ond month's hard labour, the articles to be for Honolulu, Yokohams, Talad Bea, Kobe, Nagaurned out to cut down the brushwood and an A certain gentleman dismissed a clever, but felted, to the Crown RATARS kl and Shanghai on the 17th inst.dergrowth that grow so luxuriantly on the the dishonest gantoner. The man land a wife and
RIBORDERLY FRENCH BAILARS Three bine jadrota fraza the Frunch cruiser The FM. stemmár Enty of Pelang with mail, dad sides of the knoll which the main family depending on min, and for their make the Chasen Lattebat were marged with creating de, loft San Francisca for this port via one building stands. To the passer-by the dif. master wished to be able to give him such a
• die brbance in Queen Road Part on Saturday litu. Yokohama, Tolam Koln, Nagasaki, forance is already well marked There can be character that he might obtain another place
no room for doubt that this wholesale destrud. The difficulty was how to do it, and for some evening. They hadleen turned out of tas Gleband Shanghai on the 26th inst. koh Hotel:
their being dis The 0: 20, memur Comic, with mails, to lion of manguito harbours will have a highly time he thought the matter out. This what orderly and outing street they began to wrangle with one another Jain, kus arrived at Yokohama, and will love locality. Anyhow, the experiment is being has been iny gardener nearly three years, and and then to chase the Chinese. While thus for this port the morning in Inland Fea, Kobe, given a fall trial, and the cognoscenti have no during that time he has got more out of my ger-
den than any man I have ever employed." fears as to the ultimate result. Ed.D.P.J engaged, two European constables appeared on i Nagasaki and Ishanghai.
Consonance to the public from Ban Pridemo to the 10th inst, vis Bono beneficia foot on the on the salubrity of the he finally wrote: "I hereby certify that 2. 2.
folly
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with which very few indeed of these
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