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without sanding an electric shock through the world, and could only be attributed to the highly charged condition of the world The centre of gravity at the beginning of the century has in effect shifted from Europe to the Pacific Ocean, and the com- mand of this new highway of the nations will apparently for years to come be the point of highest tension. The unexpected sequiescence of Great Britian in the advances
towards the Far East of the United States has left also its mark, and there is little
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The British transporta
89. JURSDAY, NOVEMBER
In the Colony last (Victoria) and even if Victoria, two of the
Warora left on Sunday night for Bombay and ported from German
the ontario cases proved fatal, Calcutta rospectively.
The Shanghai A.D.C, aceding to the loos! papers, has noored another success with Our Regiment, which has been drawing big houses
at the Lyseum list weak,
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The Hon. WE MEIGH C) (ATTORNEY Cloners
ment to decide to carry out the work themselves. The work has been entrusted to Mr. McLeavy The British transport Ujina, with a broken Brown, who will start to construct light-houseser)
stern frame, was docked at Messrs. Farnham
and Co's International Dock, Shanghal, on the 29th nit." -{
According to a Peking telegram to Tokyo," dated the 20th ult., the Foreign Ministera at Peking were to hold a conference on the follow ing day to arrange for the proposed peace nego tiations with the Chinese Commissioners.
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at
Chemulpo next spring. It is reported that
the Russian Minister to Econ! also lodged a request with the Corean Court for the erection of lighthouses.
the Mail dock, states the S.F. Call With Some sweeping changes are contemplated st
the advent of the new steamers now building at Newport News this Occidental and Oriental vessels and those of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha will
The Hon. A. M. THOMS
GOODMAN,
(Colos
The Hon. E. D. Unmany Director of Pabile. The Hon FH. MAY CMG (Captain Superintendent of Pollos),
The Hon. BASH. TAYLOR (Acting Harbour
Hos. Dr Ho KAL Hon. J. TaurBURN. Hon. M. GRAY. Hon. WEI A TUK.
Add eight months. (“(M2)
that a: dosen bott
for
He himselt had never bought
dans
bour in kit umuloy.
bought soms bête
In the godown for tiz
nus particular about the incipal place of businya? feyz warted the maes in questi *to. Blingia for some China
the list few months there had lamba zemand for boor, Loung On, their hood coolls, attended to the shipmen
frequently bought from local ima ent The seller generally shipped the goods If nothing was mald Stout Bhipmen i when they gave an order they expected the sales to ship. In the absence of any arrang iment the seller added the coollo hire on the bill The same class of beer was vrarë
Mr. R. P. JOHNSTON (Acting Clerk of there by Kwang Tal on the Tuth wit at
He had no I mit as to grloo. He wished to Counalis) AN
good beer, and he did not haggle about
move to Long Wharf, Oakland. From that time Care Command en
COLONIAL BECRETARz laid on the table price. He bought this bear in question becau the Bins Book for the your 1899. Kent was the only boor he could get. When
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bought the beer nothing was said about coolf
fortunately the knowledge of the importance stauners on the North China line will tall utance of these companies' ateamers. The Pacifogade EXCRETARY laid on the table or boat hire, Int the plaintifte agreed to shin
SHIPMENTS FOR THE NEW SEASON great branchos of the race in China. Un of the issues concerned has not met with full recognition either in London or in Washing ton, but there are unmistakeable signs that a wider view of the situation is beginning to penetrate the strangely composite body forming the public opinion on both sides of the Atlantic. The result of the recent elections in Great Britain has in this re- spect been a strange awakening to the party following the present Government. While scemingly all in favour of Lord SALISBUEY there are undercurrents tending to show that his Government has taken too narrow
Confections of all kinds, from simple articles to the FINEST and MOST DELICATE productions of the best firms
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IN ALL VARIETIES.
PASCALL'S SPECIALITIES.
Jordan Almonds,
Vanille Pralines.
Royal Pralines.
Dragees.
Fondants Fourres.
Marzipan.
Apricotines.
Smyrna Rabat,
Montelimart Nougat,
Amandes Aboukirs.
Crêmes.
Chocolatines.
Nougatines.
Fondants.
Frilled Pralines, &c., &c., &c.
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a view, and that the awakened feeling is by no means too favourable to a continuance in office of Her Majesty's prosent advisers, The feeling is hardly in evidence at the moment, but it goes far to show that the Empire has more important issues at stake than what may be called the parochial politics of the Home Counties. The British House of Commons has deserved well of the nation in the past, but the questions which divide it are not always these which concern an Empire, and Imperial as distinct from domestic politics are not confined to one
acetion or one party. The feelings been growing, but has never been ex hibited to the same extent as recently. Coalition governments in the past have us a rule resulted in failure, yet on certain great occasions, as when Lord Pat merston was called into office to repair the mistakes of the party in power at the commencement of the Crimean war, they have been found a necessity. After all, our NEW YEAR CARDS position in the Far East in face of Australia
CHRISTMAS
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IN GREAT VARIETY."
and Canada, on the one side, and the United States, Russia and France, on the other, is not one which is concerned with the bone-
For the convenience of the foreign residents of Tiantain, it is reported that the NY. K on Oakland will be the port of entry and clear Tougku se formerly. The new strangement Mail Company will run three of its Panam was to befest carried into practies by the denker-steemiers as far south as Valparaiso and will, it maru. which was expected to leave Nagasaki on the service warrants, continue on to London the 2nd inst. for North Chins.
Harre, and Antwerp. A regular steamer in to he put on between her and Mapila and still an other will connect for Port Arthur and Vladi. vistok.
to s
The COLONIAL
mittee,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, seconded and the motion was carried.
the goods Mr. Schumaker, and not Mr. Mari sad this They had never before bought any goods from the plaintifs which wanted to be shipped. If Leung Oa isd not to Mr. Gerait and complained about there essen they would have been shipped to Shanghai without any European oing them When returning from ung the cases in the cargo boat on the 13th be mot M Schumaker and they had a conversation. He did not tall at Scharmsaker that the 80 ouses were good enough for Alpmant and that the 20 were not dr. Bolan manker did
Het lie naked, onli did not tell
was good enoug!
Financial Minutes Nee. 56,57, and 58, and moved that they be referred to the Finance Com
The COLONIAL TREASURER seconded and the A Japaneso paper states that 20 wounded
motion was carried
AMENDMENT ZO SANITARY BYE-LAW The COLONIAZ FECRETARY moved that the officers and 720 soldiers as well as 14 invalidod
amendment to By-law 5 made under sub officers and 2,085 men of that nationality have boon brought home to Japan since the outbreak In a recent book on “L'Angleterre e l'Im-section 18 of Oinance 4 of 1889 by the Sonitary Beard by approved. The amendment of the Chiurse troubles. It is stated that 2,050 | périalisme” an Anglophobe French writer, by ran as follows:- Except between the hours of officers and men are receiving treatment in the name Victor Berard, makes Mr. Chamberlain 1 sm, and 8 sm. the conveyance of exortal military hospital at Hiroshima.
the villain of the great drama,The Down matters along any pubile road.or street is prosi fall of England" Birmingham is the seat of hibited his power and the centre of opposition to this maligu influence if Manchester, whore M. SMOKING ON NAVAL AND MILITARY PREMISES Radicalisms still reigné supreme. In his opinion against smoking on pertain naval and to accept som He did not say anything about Berard would persuade himself that the old The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the second
reading of Bill entitled an Ordinance to were unfit nion Imperialism is an adventure of force and military premises. He said. The objects and the quality of the heat. The cases rem trand into which Mr. Chamberlain is manching reasons of the Bill see set forth as follows and the next mornin
in tan cargo bost guide the Prays ona his country in order to recover the lost prosent penalty against moking in curtain place
they were put into perity of Birmingham. His knowledge of
The writ was faran that facts may be gauged by the fact that he imagines the masters of industry in that city stroll down to their offers late in the morning, pass the afternoon in playing billiards, and try to grow wickedly rich on shares in babe companies.
According to an Extra published on the 30th ult. by the Osteitische Lloyd, the German Boxers between Feking and Tientsin and in troops have had lately several encounters with their vicinity; but it appears, nevertheless, that recont arrivals at Shanghai from Peking, who came by road unescorted from the capital to Tientsin, encountered no dangers whatever on the way.
The water of the Yangtro is still very low, and there are no hopes of there being any great rise this season. Very little rain lias as yet fallen in the interior, consequently the canals, streams and even the wells are alorost dry. There is very little water in the Han, and it is feared that the water-borns portion of coal from the interior will be vory email. A big rise in price is predicted.
We received yesterday morning from Mr. Rounsevelle Wildmai, U.S. Consul General, the following Typhoon Warning, issued from Manila Observatory at 10 am: Depression in the Pacific East of the Archipelago." Yester day evening arrived another warning issued from Manila Observatory at 3.30 pm, to the follow effect"The depression seems to be 90 by E. of Manila botween 11th and 13th paralelis."
The N. Daily News describes the execution on the th ult. in the Native City, Shanghai, of
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any particular section of the merely British public, which has dominated our Government of recent years. The Reform Bill was an excellent measure in the past, but it little concerned our distant colonies at the time. Then the Colonies in their relation to the
of being implicated with the so-called Reformers | executed at Wachang in August. The accused was interrogated (by torture) and confessed his standing in the party as Vice President of the Board of Rites. By order of the Nanking authorities, he was sunimarily decapitated, the execution taking place on the parade ground
superintended by the Shanghai magistrats General Ten, escorted by some 150 soldiers.
FOOTBALL.
HKE.C. v. B.W.F.
they
godown in Ma This Ordinance is intended to provide a enfei
Garauit, who waid the casem ment and therefore he refused
put the case on the cargo boat Ho wae blan ng Lonng On for taking the case when the were in oreh a bad condition, saf Leung Ou said he did not take them. He was not award kong Line when goods once left the godown no that it was a custom among merchants in Hong- claim was allowed
where, considering the nature of the store out on the ad property, each practice is most reprobensible that Captain Goddard inspected the o and dangerous. It la brought forward at thee belfored it was on the 19th that Loung Oz request of the Naval and Military Authorities, told him this it was madekerle men who he who have pointed out that while the value of the property endangered is very large, the law has hit hores provided no punishment for the offence. There are certain places in the co lony where most exinable stores are placed, and say oerlessness on the part of the employees might not only involve a fire but a danger- ous explosion Chinese not be depended In reply to the Court the witness all the The opening match of the season was played upon doing what is right taless ads be as coolic who took the woods' out of for grodoven at Happy Valley yesterday afternoon, when the so by being threatened with poenziar penal had bean paid by Mr. Gerault because Loung Hongkong Club met and defeated a team from ty in the case of their offending The Com. On, their hin colle engaged them the Royal Welsh Faditiore, The elevens were madors called attention to this matter, and it Freing On, the defendant he coolie, the B.KT.C.Goal-Graham; backs Russell was subsequently suggested that the same l gave evidence. He said he looked after send (left) and Looker (right); half-backs Jenkins should be applied to both naval sad-millacing sub and taking in vargo. At 12 o'clock Fotober. Mr. Gerault sent for (right), Key (contre), and Hendarson (left); promises,
down to Radecker's The COLONIAL SECRETARY secondel, and him and told him to forwards-Tule and Nobla (right wing); Booth
the motion was darried.
godown ab kuchat and put them a and Wild (left wing).
The Bill having been considered in com. once on board the Shanghai steamer. He mittee and no alteration made it was read a spared eight wollen and they all went dowice
her he told Baie ker s godown keeper third time and pasted. Fre
fome down for, and the esses more
Fusiliers Goul Travers, backs Roberts right) and Ryan (left); half-backs Meeler (right), Clark (centre), and Drummer Matthews dett); forwards Jiles and Dawson left wing); Matthews (centre); (right wing).
THE BENTION OF CHONEN LASDS
MEETING OF THE FINANCE
HUGE COMMITTER.
A meeting of the Finson Committee was then belt, the Colonial Secretary presiding
The CHAIRMAN said the first minute was one
on the 18th
to
contre of the gods
grodowa ere at the back in the dark. After anning the cases is told the godown kesue
the CEBŐK,10re so old tint no could not On the suggestion of the rodown ngestrare taken down for inspection. ased to put them down outside the the godownkeeper said he could the police would object. Thiey wers accordingly taken down to the Playa, where he inspected them. He told the godown keaper he
keeper het The witho godown door.
not do that.
see his, forster and ask him what he wouli do →
On the 5th November, at No. 4, Blue Buildings, Empire could well be made the affair of outside the Little Bouth Gate of the city who secured a very soft goal, Travers not seem penses,Registrar General's Department, the mister in his office about hal past twolva H
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the wife of C. T. ROTINSON, of a con.
On the 20th November, at No. 57; Szechuan department, but the same can hardly be said Road, Shanghai, the wife of H. HEINSSN, of a son. to apply to the present. The affairs
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the
and
Empire must be managed as a whole, it is fortunate that while this feeling has as yet made but little way with the Government office, it has been widely marked in the recent elections, and will no doubt make itself powerfully felt in the new House of Commons.
The visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum last week included 629 non-Chinese and 165 Chinese to the former institution and 251 non-Chinese and 2,194 Chinese to the letter.
could not secret the goods and ordered the in which the Governor recommended the Councellos to stop werk. He said he would go and oil to vote A sum of One hundred Dollars in add whether he would take them or now. FOR A of the vote Furniture and Incidontal Dz. amount in the Estimates for incidentals not stayed at Gerauli's store until about half past
seter told him to go back to the go having been sufficient Cli
down and wait for idm there. He wont back to thâi and found that 79 sadar had been unti darge boat, l'hare were beteu casos still Pravar,” He saked the godownkeeter whe not waited for him and he replied. The godowa keeper
minate
};· Hainsbury aul Gregory On the motion of the ATTORNEY GENERAL, topek. (seconded by the COLONIAL BECRETARY, tha The club won the toss and kicked off. An Bill entitled Am Ordinance to facilitate the re- oxhibition of head work followed, the ball being sumption by the Governor of Crown Lands from which nothing resulted: The Fusiliers The Conseil then adjourned sine chiu kept well in mid-held. The grand men were required for a public purpose was read a thirî the first to break away, and secured a corner, time and passed, ul. D
aught the leather from the goat kisk, and a piece of give-and-take work ensmed. Two shles followed in rapid succession-one for each team. From their throw-in the Fusiliers had a good try for goul Matthews bringing his men well inside the club's defences. A tussle at goal followed, but Gregory failed to support, and the ball was again centred Booth captured it, and dribbling well down, passed over to Noble, anding to realise that his charge stood in real danger
The Fusiliers now plucked up, Jiles and Dawson putting in some splendid shots that kept Looker
The vote was agreed to. T and Russell on the hop. The olnb men quickly The UHAIEMAN mid the xa The Nagasaki harbour improvement work is broke away, however, and a long shot by Jenkins was one in which the Governor recommended now being rapidly pushed on day and tight, put Travers on the watch. He caught the ball, the Council to vote a sum of One thousand and so that the scheme may be finished within the bat it slipped through his fingers and dropped Three hundred Dollars in aid of the follow
to the ground. Had the home team's for votes in the Bonitazy, Department stipulated period, which expires the 31 March, wards been any way near, a second goal must Expenses, 200 Waterme Siseste (1300, 2 1962. The reason for this activity is that the inevitably have followed, but they were not, axilance Id knowleder of Ühiness? (900) Central Government threatens to withdraw the thus a splendid chance was lost. The ball wás, $1,300P (The macke drmmüốc hai bêạn stato subsidy should the Municipality fair to sent out and taken charge of by Jiles, who, eplened by the purchase of more brooms complete the work within the prescribed ter didly supported by Daveon and the other for pense of watering the sapela had hea Theronnes
er wards, shot for goal. Locker and Ruasoli sayed, | by the inot that more thresta bad
however, and a corner was claimed by the Fusi. then herstolars Farm us to the albe bere, which resulted in a dead bell The leather knowledge of Chine, the Inspectors were was fielded, and Booth and Wild broke well away, granted the same amount so was granted but only got a bye for their troubla. A rather the Folie Force for knowledge of Chinese from one man to another in the centre of the field, tame kit of play followed, the ball being headed The vote was agresh to and looking as though it were going to stop there. Jiles and Dawson, without question the two best men the Fusiliers had in the field, in tent on basiness, put a stop to this manway-
a Grammed that
Ly the political world, as in that of nature. a prolonged calm is to the thoughtful wind.
The harbour improvement is carried on at an always, suggestive of danger, and the reason
estimated expenditure of 3,100,000 yen, of which 1,950,000 yon was raised by means of a mani is evident, In the ordinary course of events
cipal Jean, When the work is completed, it there is ever a flux and reflux, and it is only
Mra. Gascoigne was "At Home" last night at is expected that an area of 190,000 truba will when powerful forces are called into being, Head Quarter Hones, and a large number of reclaimed. Of this, 20,000 teabo has been which for the moment produce a temporary guests, including HE. the Governor and Lady | already purchased by the Kynshu Railway Com equilibrium, that rest is possible. Of late Blake, were present at an ovozing Garden pany and 20,000 tenbo will be reserved for years the attention of the great Powers of Party from 9 to 11.30 pm. The grounds were sewage channels and the ecnstruction of strecta. the world has been drawn in a continually charmingly illuminated and some most excellent Only 180,000 tembo will remain for building increasing ratio to the capabilities of China, music was provided by the hands of the Royal and when that nation, in ignorance of the Welsh Fusiliers and 2nd Bengal Light In current of events, suddenly threw down thefantry.
purposes.
levies in West Africs will be organised into a
I
fell
The CHAIRMAN do next minute was ine in which the Governor recommended the Courall to vote a sum of two thorsand and lars in aid of the following, votes for prisoners $1,000, rent fee
$16500: naterials for repinners livi, andnga
$500, incidental or pause: 340), fotal 89.045,
The roto was agreed This was all the Incinem
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that Graham, stopped beautifully, Dawson again caught the ball, and passed it over to Jiles, who, evading Looker and Bussoll, went the ball into the net and equalised for the Fusiliers, I Two important changes, says the Saturday Just before half-time ew received a hurt and gage of defiance to the whole world the At the offices of the Public Works Depart Review, will follow the Ashanti campaign, the had to retire. The score stood equal when the forces at work were doubled in intensity, mont yesterday afternoon Mr. G. J. W. King rst of them military. The various drilled half-time whistle was sounded.
~The ground men, who from the beginning No nation was prepared at the moment offered two lots of Crown and for companion single military body of which two bastalion liers in the second half minus two men, Kew had played sue man short, faced the Fut to undertake alone the task of restoring Kowloon Inland Lot No. 27, which comprises will be stationed in the Niger territories, a bat-hart preventing him from taking his place in order, but there was one feeling common 8,476 square feet, was bought by Mr. Pang talion on the Gold Loast, half a battalion in Siors the fold. Giles immediately assumed the BEFORE to all, and that was the intention of Wing Ke for Chinese tenements for 82,770 (up Leone and Lages respectively. Each of these aggressive, and sprinted for Graliam's charge. rendering sugatory by every means in its set $2,543). Tarion Inland Lot No. 1111. its will be ommanded by an office with the He shot that was crowded, and the hall went which comprises 2,250 square feet, was sold to rank of Lieutenant-Colonial, and the whole will art resulted similarly, the ball in this "come
Iralenaly past. A break-away on Noble's MANERADECKÝL Y. GERACIES power the efforts of all others to gain Mr. Wong Ki Sam for $1,570 (upsst $1,350);
The hearing of this case was resumed. any private advantage. This is in a
be udaz an inspecting offer, who would actu- going over the bar. Graham kicked out, and plaintifa week to recover from the few words the cause of the very ominous Last night, in the Union Church, Mr. George ally take the command in the event of any con presently had another visit from the Fust the mm of $520, the price of 80 cases of position in China. The Peace Congress of Grimble gave the first of a series of Organ siderable war, such as the late rising. Their forwards, who were prewing strongly. A beer,
tamale ensued at goal, and matters were looking ME
for the plas the Hague last year threw a good deal of Botals in aid of the Organ Fund before a very various police forces incorporated will receive rather blue for the home when Lonker Me.. light on the very complicated conditions that large. congregation. The programma consisted more strictly military training, and the offers captured and sent the leather well away.
of a soprano solo by Mr. Madie, a tenor solo will hers military filles, but the force will be and Noble, prevailed in Europe and showed how very by Mr. Mirow, & solo and chorus by Mr. Madieuder the Colonial Offer Only the Wout diffenlt it was for any one Power to xede and the choir, and five organ selections by Mr. African regiment maintained at Sierra from a position once taken up. In such a Grimble, Mrs. Mudie was in good raise and for the the defence of the cooling case a general movement of the surround interpreted the solos with her usual taste and Log masses would be the immediate result, expression, especially in the solo and chorus with the certainty that such a movement once" As pants the bart, which she reared from commented it would be unpolaible for
most enlightered to
row Aung
remain under the War Offee Upl equipment will be given to the newly
od little army, which is m Besthoven's the West African Field:
in very good ganized thres
ible rendered, his aliare,
forwards now had soering,– The grouil the expense of a corner The game ended spor tonem having
between the
rowed him anotðisr delivery order,
શાળાકીય વા Embater to sign it.
Todown keeper enir
Surveyor, deposed.
tion in the defe
to 20th Octo unsound and ad