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[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT,
29th November.
HIRERNIA COLLIERY 1 O.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4т, 1905.
The Government Bill for the purchase of the Hibernia Colliery shares now held by the Dresdon Bank appeared in the papers last weak; it contains four classes:
ten years and engage under guarantee of their parents or some other solvent person to refund the expenses of their training should they fail to pass the examinations or lose their post! through some fault of their own. After a short course of instruction they will be sent out to East Africa to one of the Government offices in order to learn the different kinds of work and to study Suabel If after two years they pass their examination satisfactorily they receive
A BRITISH PASSENGER'S EXPERIENCE IN THE *CALCHAS."
An interesting acconut of the capture of the Calchas and sinking of the Thea basheer received be a passenger in the Ermer vessel This Montreal from a Panindian who lupponed te gentleman, Mr.T, W. Kydd, is connected with the Dollar Steamship Company of San Francisco, and was on his way to the Shanghai office of the
· account of the voyage :-**
Clause 1. authorizes. the Prassinn Govern their defissito, appointment, and after another company. The following are extracts from his
ment to acquire fous the Bunk shares of su arg regate free yalue of M-27,582,000 at a total cost not exceeding, all commissions and other expenses lichided. M. 19,500,000,
Clausė II. provides for the rising of the comary funds by the issue of Treasury bonds Cimse III. charges the Ministers of Finance and Comgieres with the carrying out of the
Housure.
Clanse IV, fixes the state on which the law will comeiste operation.
two years of practical work will return to Berlin for a coarse of study, including law, political economy, and other kindred subjects, after which they will be prouted to morn responsible positions. Rules are laid down for the examinations, home leave and other matter appertaining to the service.
OUR HUMILIATION.
The text of the treaty of arbitration with regard to the North Sea incident has just been published; it does not read like a great diplo. matie snevess on the part of Great Britain!"
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We male a quick passage from Victoria, BC, to Tokyo Bay, though we had almost arly on contional for all the way nerons. July 25, when one off the northern headland-
Hongkong, 27th December, 1904. of Yokohama úr Tokyo Bay, we enddenly found ourselves in the hands of the aussian Vindivos tok squadron, composed of the armoured cruisers there they hesitated. Finally we hoard Full steam aboud," and we found ourselves, with the Ross, Gromobąż, and Rurik. You should hro seon the Gronder cross-cat us when we, in the Russian flag and the British flag below it.j
Firat making chase for a Japanese passenger. hope of escape, aude for a fag-bank.
Our ship was so fust 14 knots) that sho fired a shot which struck astern of us, then | vessel. about one minute later she fired one right wo overhauled the Jap, in spite of all she could across our how and it struck a mile away, but it do. We ranged up alongside. One mep all must have pass within 200 yards of us. crouched down behind donkey engines and the These three powerful vessels had also hold up like, Hud one shot been fired, even a pistol In conclusion a bit of local news. A British the German ship The an hour before our shot, from the Japanese vessel, there would governosus home, similar to that in Brii, recoption, and we were just in time to so her have been wholesale, murder done, for the dynamited; and later on, as the mine did not Russians had erdys to let the Japs. hare it lively. There wore many little children about has hea opanel here lately, at No. 8. An der put her down, and as a Japanese fest "ppeared the decks of the Japanese vessel, and many Verbiudaugsbahn. It contains besides then the offing-ake, through fog-links, they women running here and there in a distructed matron's apartments two sitting-roomer and these opened fire upon her and buttered her topoden
into a stapel-ss miss of areckage. hey mateway. The Japanese pulled down his flag. The
Scotch skipper was for getting a line from the HIGH EXCHANGE bedrooms with two beds each, all furnished sub-orrible shouting, though they apened lira fron stantially in good taste. Boarders will be received everything they had. They were 25 yards of Japanese boat and gorting all the Japanese on to the Calchas, then go ahead for Korsakoff as far as accommodation is available, whilst They knocked rust, dust, and smoke out of her Island, the great Russian convict station, und down the poor thing went, stern first. It
150 miles away. Baron Hormakoff considered other English girls residing in Hamburg will seemned a dastardly thing to do. This all
this a breach of war regulations, and feared the be allowed to make use of the home as a sort of happened within a stone's throw of our ship:
consequences. Then the captain advised that chib in consideration of a small annual payment. Thi fleet sank no less than five vessels right up all the Japanese should come aboard and their
in Tokyo Bay.
vessel le sank. All this time the signal statione The Lome is under the management of a com-
The At sight of the Japanese fleet the Ensaions ashore were busy. We could see them. mittes of ladies; the funds required for its
were in such a hurry to get away that they left captain then earsed Baron Hormakoff and there establishment having been contributed by all their big beats that had bot laninched for was a nice time all round. I tell you, I was glad transferring the crews of the fire vessels. The when Hormakoff (à decent chap) gave the bell men scrambled up the sides of the warships at Full steam ahel," and the poor little Japanese
way they weat.
(1,000 tons) anddenly took to her heels for While the Thea was sinking, we were board-shallow water and late as Good morning Wa were very glad to see the following lettered by a prize crew, and our course at once We arrived at Korsakoff safely, thanks to the
informed fag. sliaped for Vladivostok. Wo mare in the N-C. Daily News -
by the dranken navigating officer, a Scotchman by the way, that if our coal did not last to that port, or if the Japaness appeared, he would sink the vessel, giving us live minutes to get to out of here," ad that his motto was Vladivo stock or You could. bet your lust dollar that those Russians, who were armed to the teeth, would get the boats; and we might have what was loft. This customer broke all the rules of war when hansel a British vessel to overhaul a Japanese passenger steamship. I will tell you of t. is later.
on to houses Nos 45 and 46 (Mr.
The Bill is accompanied by un éxposé stating kery and the barber's shop opposite tal Hotels. The strangest thing the reasons that have actuated the Government ale affair was that House No. 1 in taking stops for the sequisition of the Hiber- arm Co's branch, and Weisman's nia property and giving an account of the successful working of other fiscal collieries, jcht escapeil, or newly so, for the
The fact that iwe On March 21, 1902, the Chember bad passed a alone sufferel. burat down on either side this oneill empowering the Government to purchase a The Dairy Farm Co. Lol. to notify certain number of collieries in Rhineland and
customers in Kouloon Westphalia, the object of it being to secure a in Elgin Road. bavise in nou dequate supply of coul for State requirements and their premises, deliveries of and to obtain the means of intuencing to come die will go on as heal. The Our extent the course of prices in these districts, very narrow escape. The idea than bud been to raise gradually the with of the road alone saying it output of the newly acquired mines to about 10 a quarter to six, the fire then having to 15 per cent of the eutive production of these y burnt itself out, the Brigade a provinces, hat the expansion of a cual corfius their energies to preventing it industry but assumed suck proportions that the Fugines arrived from the Kowloon Guverunient folt it necessary to strengthen And the Torpedo Depot. About that their position I y further parchates of colliaries, oofores of water was obtained by the all the mors us the coal syndicate had on Dec. puoping into a tauk from which an 1 of last your heen ronswed for a further torna of twelve years. Full particulars are given of took its supply.
S12The persistent demand that is being the recent offer made to the starsholders of the
made by the Chinese officials and gentry of this Hibernia which I need not enter inte. the gist place for the surrender of the Russian sailors being the proposal to give M. 5,000 in 3 per implicated in the recent homicide on the Bund is full of interest to all foreign residents in cent. Prussian Console for every 1, 300 of China and should be watched very carefully, as Hibernia slock; the State to eater into posit is a covert attack on the one principle that ol the property On Fan. J.makes life possible for foreigners in China, Unfor 1905. The Government declare their intention, uamely, that of extra-territoriality. in the interest of the community, to persist in twatoly, the treaty between Enssia and China affords a slight pretext for this demand, und in their offerts to obtain possession of the Hibernia this respect it differs from that signed between collieries, and expross a hope that the share. China and the other countries. holders will listen to reason and refrain from
age to No. 48 is estimated at 814,000 by usurance as follows:-$9,000 in the o unl Lancashire; $5,000 in another com
Damage to the second and third work 6.49 is estimated at $7,000, bat ne in ac hid been effected. The barber's shop ofer premises were partly insured,
CORRESPONDENCE.
"CUM SHAN."
LE ÉDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS."
30th December.
SIR-With reference to the report in your de oto-day, concerning the case at present he
load by Mr. Gompertz, where Han Tint, the tics aunt, is quoted as having asked the first fendat if he had for sale any Cưa shan" persay I be permitted to point out that
treslation given. for this expression app for Australis) is quite erroneous. Spear, wed in this form, simply and only fora, but may be sometimes taken to mean of the American continent, or at least ted States. If Chinaman wishes to
out Australia, has ases the prefix
new) and says Sun Kum er Cam Shon er Golden Hills), and if he desires to bu eplicit, he says for California" Kan “ Can Shan, bit the two words Com Shan newr mean anything but Californix and .S. likewise the tires words "Sua Cuni not by any means imply only South rali, as stated in your report. but the of the Commonwealth.Yours very fully,
THE DOUGLAS S.S. CO.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE
N.G.O.
DAILY PRESS "
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the British colony and some German friends.
EXTRA-TERRITORIALITY.
Probably, without exception, the latter pro-
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The Scotch navigating officer of the prize crew was a brute. You should have seen bim
The Scotch skipper told me I looked like a Japanese spy he had seen before. Still, I kept on writing up my log in shorthand, and told him it was none of his business wint I wrote, ate, or drank. This was when we were befogged outside the Straits. I think that was why my trunk was lock-filed, opmned, and papers, books, and many other things taken. I expect to got a claim on Russia for this loss. I am told The British Cousul at Peking is the principal one to look to in this matter Had I made, while in Vladivostok, a disturbanes about this loss I certainly won not have reached Shanghai for months, for, had I failed to leave on the released German steamship Arabic, I probably
further opposition; they emphatically deny the vide that all offences committed by their slap the faces of his men! Ha would make would have spent a month longer there, and imputation of desiring to nationalize the entire nationals in China shall be tried by a iribunal them, perhaps half a dozen, stand in line, then then would have had to reach my destination
mining industry, which they consider would be a grest mistake both from an economic and a political point of view. They strongly urge the Chamber to place them in a position to acquire the shares placed at their disposal, which, although not amounting to quite one half of the capital of the company, would give them a preponderating influence in the manage- ment of the conceru. The opposing share holders on the other hand sewn bent on wer to the knife, for a report is being iroulated that they are alx ut to form a syndicate to take over their shares end to raise the necessary funds by issuing + per cent, debentures to the amount of BL. 60,000,000. This would withdraw the shares from the market. whilst the individual share holder would not be obliged to lay out his money ad infinitum, but the question is, whether
at their present warkoi value of about 250 per cent. anything less than 10 per cent. would fail
to cover the interests en the debentures.
I have dwelt fully on the various phases of this, confict, as I am disposed to look upon it as a warst interesting chapter in the history of State economics.
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via St. Petersburg and the Suez Canal. It was- a slow and rather costly operation securing through the hands of every confounded petty permission to leave, and I am sure I passed: othcer in the fortress before I got clear. Others also tried to get out bat failed.
he would walk along the line slapping every one of them as hard as he conid on the face- and you shonkl hear the adjectives he used! table he was always drunk, and seemed to delight from aft regarding the affairs of the ship, that in shouting, when reports came from belong it was Vladivostok or I have since learncil that this auar was killed on the Purik in the late Aght, the Rossia, Iturik, and Gromobo against fur Japanese armoured THE cruisers, and several smaller vessels Puri was sunk, but she made a fine tight. The other two are being rapidly tinkered up. I pulled arrand those two ships in the barbour at Vladivostok and marked big holes on act vessel, part and starboard. There were on these two vessels 185 killed and 650 wounded. I saw them comes in. By Jose, bat they are fine ships, sad the German chap, Admiral Jessen, & young man, is a hero! The effect of those big shells was terrific, but the armour protected the vitals of the ship.
AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION
IN CHINA.
This Association held its annual meeting at Shanghai on Dec. 29th. The membership now zumbers one hundred and thirty six. The report recorded "the death of one of our old resident members, Mr. Rufus F. Eastlack, who
passed away on the 5th May, 1904, at Shaug- hai. Remembering his long residence of more than forty years in China, his exople as an American of highest integrity, and his record as a courteous and worthy Consular official, the to Mr. Eastlack, and copies of these were sent to friends of the deceased. We have also to record the sad-death-of-a-uou-resident-mom. ber, Mr. Norman McGee, formerly of the Nan- yang College, Shangbai, who died in Colorato. USA, in the month of September and is deeply mourned."
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of that nation to which the national belongs, In most instances, the trial takes place at the Bearost Consular Court where the offence is committed, and in some, as in the case of more serious offences are sent either to Macao Portage and Japan, the offenders guilty of the or Japan. The Russian treaty, however, pro- vides that in offences of a certain grade, a preliminary hearing shall be hid before a Mix ed Tribunal consisting of Russians and Chinese, and that if the presumption of guilt is such that the prisoner is committed for trial he is then out to Russia for trial by his Home Court. It is this latter provision which gives the only colour of right to the contention of the Chiuere the present instance, as this hearing waitot with a Chinese Assessor present. Erau this, however, does not justify their demand if the translations appearing in the Press are correctly made that the trust shall take place before a Mixed Tribunal and that the person of the prisoner shall be handed over to the hinese. No principle should be more strenuously
The starboard side of the Rossia recived, a insisted upon than that no foreigner absolutely the public will feel inclined to take up thespective of his offence shall be brought regular bi sting. The Bussians can say what Committee prepared Resolutions, as memorial debentures, and whether the syndicate is pro- before a Chinese tribunal, nor shord they to they like, but they cannot cover up the horrible rents from shots fired from right astern. The pared to fare a loss should the annual-dividend any degree be permitted to interfere in matters
frames or guil-s for torpedoes were struck and which for several years has boon 11 per cent. of this kind.
The present situation is a difficult one owing held in the ports, Coal could be seen through sink below 30 per cent. If the shares be pooled to the apparent conflict of the international the side. Six-inch shells struck the ship ou ha procedure in matters such as the intersing by, and she was thrown from port to starboard. the Askold, and the extraordinary conditions, The funnels were ripped to places. Of the eight
funnels on those two boats there is not a square Concerning mining, the report sail: “The brought about by the presence of the extra-ter-
foot that is not punctured ten times-that is, guiding principle in the new arrangements what is not completely blown away. One gun
made for the opening of mines, appears to be ritorial jurisdiction of the foreign Powers in China. These last rest on treaty, and as such are supremne low, and ander these treaties China cst four crews. Men who wore close to where at any rate to the foreign observer, a desire to sbells struck were blown to atoms. All that shut out foreign capital and foreign advice as is especially prohibited from having jurisdiction remains of one of the chief officers is a hand much as passible. Now, while recognising over any offence of this character.
Bull existing treaties and considerations off these two ships when they returned from the and the great danger of the effect of unprin and ring. I shall never forget the appearance China's sovereign rights in all these matters 1st January
the highest expediency demand that these attempt to help the Port Arthur Fleet. In cipled foreign adventure, by which interested SIR-There is a rumour that, the Douglas
It appears that the Bundesrath or Federal disabilities of extra-territoriality be imposed they came after having gone ont shortly before parties may try to get control of the rest is S. Co. intend building a new out for the
Council ure seriously considering the expediency apon Chins without the slightest relaxation.
in tine shape) with a list, and such a batted of Chius for their own eslash advantage, yet it If, as seems to be the case, from the article in Formosa trade; in other words, the Company of creating a Government monopoly as far as propose to extend their business. The question tractica by means of electric cables on the new your issue of this morning, there are covert i ht! All the smoke was coming out of the is manifestly visionary for China to shut out threats of disorder or rioting, this should not derk end of the fnnuels when they came in at foreign capital anl forsign advics in toto, for 3.20 p.m. The flagship Hossia pavo one long she is not in a position to develop her own canals, the Bill for the construction of which is be allowed to cloud the main issue that no how arises whether an extension of busines can be warranted in any enterprise on any ether
now under discussion in the Reichstag, paticual of a foreign country can be made sub-wailing blast of her whistle just as she tie up resources entirely alone and by herself and will The boats, bidge, everything find in time. as all other countries have done. lines than such as are profitable to those co-
is concerned, but that they claim ali jest to Chinese jurisdiction. The International at her buoy.
Law which the Chinese arge in the present was discoloured and out of shape. The Japs that it is necessary to welcome oreign capital, cerned. We all know that this Company in pari-intention of interfering with the ordinary instance is only applicable to them in so far as almost caught them when part of the Cuferits to an extent at least. It is therefor China crew was on board the Rerik. The Russians spirit of the greatest friendship toward China tug service by stemmer. It is also believed it does not interfere with existing treaties.de a dash through the Hakodate Strait. herself that your Committes has joined in Jmilar for many a year has only learned to cau
measures in regard to the the dissatisfaction of the shareholders by tie that the feintroduction of river tolls. is
Our fellows say the Russians all got drunk
18 certain * CAUTION." poor resalts shown in their accounts from yer templated in order to defray the increasing
soon as the danger appeared. This thing of regulations. 30th December.
making their mon cross-eyed whan good shoot- the axon was published in the columns of to year. In fact, the continued disppointment cost of preserving and improving the navigablə
Our contemporary added this comment.
July issue of our journal calling attention with which the shareholders receive the reports condition of the rivers, altho the consti. The contention of the Chinese is, and it is ing is needed will not do.
I am in favour of Japas in this struggle, but to the change apparent in the Mining Regala- of the Company from time to time has alrealy tution of the Empire guarante Creedom of not an entirely ill-founded contention, that
The Committe. having been informed that Asated in many a shareholder the deep-rootd navigating on ell natural water Both these Russians are prisoners of the Chiness ray heart bien for these tre fine ships and the tions of 1904 as corapa od with those of 1902.
the American Minister at Peking had filed a ling that the sooner the Company be wound up measure will no doubt he strongly posed: Government by their own act, and have thus poor Rurik, though I saw thom positively mur forfeited for the time their extra-territorial der the Thea in cold blood. Their armour
general protest against the new Mining Regula- adthe capital returned to them the batter. As besides Holland may have a word to say
rights"-If that is what internment implies, it was cracked. Each plate struck seemed to
thu
but stiil the tions, expressed itself as in accord with the projectile, matter of fact, shareholders can employ thir matty in regard to the Rhine, and Ana becomes a duty to oppose the internment of break
nr foreign solliers or sailers in Chinese ports projectile punched a hole right through the action which he had taken
To Regulations of the Mining Syndicate concerning the Danube. Doney better. They have been told all the
again. The very phrase prisoners of the plate.. I could dig cand out of the Rose's sides of the Province of Flunan, as published in the Prass of Suaughai, also exhibited this same ime that the competition on the coast has ben
armoured. It was horrible to think of what spirit of a desire entirely to provent foreigu The section Colonies of the Imperial Budhiuose," when applied to foreigners, souris right down at leer water line where she was
jectionable.] ery keen and the Company can hardly cope with
On the supposi- | The N-U. Daily News says it is reported in must have happened inside during the fight.
capital from helping China. The subaldised Japanes--and yet in the fecoof get about to be laid before the Beichstag
To return to where we were boarded by the tion that the translation, as published, was a This they are trying to launch inte additional contains several interesting items: the first is Shanghai mandarin circles that as a result of
the appeal of the Shanghai Tactai and Ningpo prise crew of 50 on, sund with ropeating correct translation, your Committee seemed unprofitable enterprises by increasing and proposal to change the hitherto provisional gentry and notables here, the Waiwupa has rifles, revolvers, and bayonets, headed by the justified in considering, that sings foreigners AMOY ENGINEERING CO., LU., AMOY
appointments of colonial attaches to the Em sent down instructions to the former to make eudy non-remunerative fleet. Yours truly,
A SHAREHOLDER.
hassies in Loudon and Paris into permanent strong demand or the Russian Consul-General South commander and a Russian chap. Baron were prohibited from holding shares in the prepared for lunching, and fixed byonets in Americans in China, as a far-reaching pre.
to DEPAIR WORK Steamers and posta, and the second a suggestion to establish a for the persons of the two Russian sailors of the hormakoff. Our engine-room was mined, boats Syndicate, this was a matter of importance to all
Berg-yu on the 15th ultimo. The Shanghai
a depository for gun cotton and on reading the forms of the concession as LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS
print. d, in connection with Article VII of the Moderate charges. Work solicited. memo attached to this part Theta is also instructed to state that, if the sad as
smmunition.
J. D. EDWARDS, During the 16 days from Yokohama Bay to American Treaty, which was ratified in January
Manager. Tho C.P.R. steamer Tartar arrived at
pursued hitherto of the guilty sailers and refuse to hand them ever Vladivostok, we were in hourly danger of losing of 1904 between the United States and China, Yokohama at 11 am, on Sunday, the 1st int, euters more fully into the object; it shows Russian Consul-General still continues to also
Amay, 3rd December, 1903. for trial according to international law, the and left again at 6am-on-Tuesday for Koe, thut the
selecting officials for service in the colonies Chinese authorities must take such action to be our lives, for in the fog the drunken navigating your Committee was forced to conclude that the provisions of that treaty had been whelly cfficer ran us right into the breakers severa!
DR. NEWELL WILSON, where ele is due to arrive at noon to-day.
The C.P.R. steamer Athenium arrived at from the army, the navy, the legal profession, a deliberate attempt at violating Chinese times. After we were out of Tokyo By the ignored. By correspondence with the American Shanghai at 9.30 p.m. on Saturday, the 31at t.,
or the administrative bodies at home has neutrality on the part of the Russians, in which
so we were then our our own Look to find was informed that the protest, which they then and left again at 2.30 p.m. on Sunday for Nan saki, where she was das to arrive at 8 on Ts not been altogether successful, owing to ease China cannot undertake the responsibility days we lost the three men of war in the fog. Consul General at Shanghai, the Committee lack of oxporienes on the part of many of those of protecting in future Russians flowing 1orlivostok. For uine days we tried to find made, in regard to the Human Mining Regula- safety into Chinese jurisdiction. Furthermore, La Perouse Straits in the fog. It was fog. tions, had been transmitted to the American day, the 3rd inst:
Minister at Poking, and that in reply he had The J.-C.-J. Lijn steamer Tjilatjup left Monsappointed, and that a special training Las ba that if at any time suything should happen to ear for this port on the 2nd inst, and may be
come necessary. It is now proposed to throw the Russian ships now interned in Shanghaithe fog, fog, and heaven only knows where we were
responsibility must rest on the On the morning of the tenth day the fog lifted, said that these regulations undoub dy violated We headed into the the provisions of our Treaty and that he, us expected bere on the 10th inst.
U.S.B. & C.M. steamer Glaucus it open. tentatively, ten preliminary appointments Russians themselves, and not on the Chinese and we get the suu.
I could see tives, had made a strong protest against Singapore on the 31st ult., p.m., and is expeted to young man desiring to enter the service. authorities. A similarly strongig worded des. Strait. The south is, high, white light. well as some of the other diplomatic representa lighthouse signals working like mad, and The report went on to explain whs bad The 0.8.S. & C.M. steamer Moyane aft Candidates must be in good health and under patch, it is stated, is also been handed to the house on the sido.
we all thought we would moet a Japanese been done with regard to the now Tr.de Marks cruiser around one of the headlanda End- Begulations; to speak of the " eminent service" Shanghai on the 1st inst. st daylight, and ix the uge of twenty three, they must have passed Russian Minister in Peking by the Waiwa
the final examination at one of the higher schools
denly, on altering our course, we saw of Professor Jenks in the matter of currency pented here to-day at daylight.
thread of smoke. Then the fun commenced reform; to deal with the Huangpoo conservancy 1ST and possess a fair knowledge of the English languags; they must have served their your in
The Russians wished to sink the Calcias question, and other matters of general interest (value. $800,000), take the boats into shoal water, to Americans. Mr. J.. N. Jameson was elected the arxay and two subsequent terung, unless alto
and escape in the night across to Siborin. But president gether exempt: they must bind themselves for
the 6th inst.
-
The Mogul Line stesmer Oro left Singapre on the Slet ult., and way be expected hereon
the 6th inst.
The Boston S.S. Co.'s steamer Tremonteft Shanghat on the 2nd inst. for this port.
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WEATHER REPORT.
The Hougkong Observatory yesterday issued the following
orecast-Light E. to N.E. winds; fine,
DENTIST.
Latest American Methods.
Reasonable Fees,
No charge for examinations, Office hours 9 AM to 5 P.M.
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