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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH-TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, 1881.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Tolograms for Bangkok can go for- p.m. to-day, and 9.a.in. to-morrow. ward by mail closing at Singaporo at
3
St. John Lodge of Hongkong No. 618 S. C. will hold an Emergency to-mor row evening, the 28th instant, at half
past eight precisely. All visiting brethorn will be made cordially wel
come.
original occupations to rush into the maddening vortex of what has been errorcously termed "house-broker- ing." The Chinese are not alone to blame. It is perfectly well known that European firms have only been tou ready to support this insane speculation so long as there were any prospects of making money out of it. Legitimate trading is open to all; and although we have sometimes to call attention to Stock Exchange Membora of the Hongkong Humano gambling of a shady character, we Society are requested to assemble at are glad to say, that it is but rarely bead-quartors, Praça Central, this even- any good grounds exist for the spot-ing at 8.30 p.m., for practice with ap- less fame of our merchants, our paratus. Rogulation shirts and helmets traders, and our brokers being in any way questioned. But this has not been legitimate trading in any sense of the word. Time transactions in shares and stocks are highly com- mendable commercial transactions
to be worn.
Shippers to California will observe that Messrs. Russell & Co. have placed the steamship Cascapedia on the berth for San Francisco. This vessel, which we understand is the pioneer of a new line of steamers the above-named
compared with some of these vile influential firm shortly intend rauning speculations in house property, which hetween here and California, is taking have been for the sake of gain care | freight at exceptionally low rates, par- fully fostered and encouraged by so-tienlars of which may be obtained on called highly respectable European | application. merchants and others. The iniquity of mercantile jobbery is not less in
The Chinese steamship Kang-chi re-
We learn that Manila has been placed under quarantine regulations. The stoamship Diamate was placed in qua.. rantino immediately on arriving.
We regret to notice from the Shang hai papers that Mr. E. H. Parker, H. M. Consular Agent at Chungking Szechuten, has been compelled to apply for two months' leave of absence, owing
class programme was gone through without a hitch amidst the most onthu- siastic applause from the audience. Madame Hayes proved herself an offi- Hornpipe and Highland Fling, and she cient character dancer in the Clog
great ability. Mr. Hayes gained much certainly is a tight rope artiste of very applause by his comic whimsicalities aftor the usual style of clowns of the
to ill health. Mr. Parkor, who was for many years at Canton is well known throughout China for his valuable literary contributions on Chinese sub-complished acrobat. The jects.
ring, and distinguished himself equally
as a humourous comedian and as an ac.
As we go to pross we hear from the Spanish Consulate that the quarantine Regulations now in forco at Manila have been defined as follows:-Japanesc car- go will not be permitted to be landed, and vessels carrying the same will be liable to be placed in quarantino. All vessels from Japanese ports, or from Aden will be quarantined.
young lads also fairly earned public appreciation by their talented performances. The elder showed nerve and skill in his grace- ful tricks on the high trapezo, and his slack rope vaulting and tumbling were of a high order; in fact we have rarely seen a more graceful and better trained Tho young gymnast and acrobat. younger, apparently about six or seven years old, is without exception the funniest and cleverest little fellow we have ever come across in the circus
ring. Although a mere child, his trick act tumbling is almost perfection, and As little clown he is simply inimitable. He kept the audience in a continuous roar of laughter the wholo time he was on the stage. His comic
Hongkong than it would be in Lon. I ports left Haiphong on the 23rd inst., women, named Lan Yat, Lan Achang,sketch, catching the butterfly, was
and Hoihow on the 25th. From Hai-
An inquest was held yesterday after- noon, at the Civil Hospital, before the Coronor, Mr. H. E. Wodehouse, and a jury composed of Mossrs. A. Levy, T. R. Fisher, and J. A. Gutierrez, on the bodies of a Chinaman and two Chinese
and Lan Amui. The deceased, with don; the social status of an unsern phong to Hoihow variable winds, and
fairly irresistible, and the antics, and ton or eloven others, were passengers pulous jobber" is no more a pro-weather, with occasional rain squalls.
facial expressions of the little joker tection to the educated and refined In Haiphong the French man-of-war left the Canton stemmer wharf at half-travelling companies. Mr. and Mrs.
on board the junk No. 1526, which
were a treat very rarely met with in foreigner than is his ignorance of Hamelia, and the steamships Conquest, past two o'clock on Sanday last. When Hayes have to be complimented for the European principles of commercial Ping-on, Vormaries, and Walle. From she had got as far as the Long Pior, assiduous tuition which they must have Advertisements and Subscriptions which are tootiquette and morality to the Chi Hoihow to longkong strong North-sho sad lonly heeled over on to her side, bestowed on their children, in order
nese tool. There are Europeans in Easterly winds and head sea to Ladrone as her captain alleged from a sul With the excep-
to make then the accomplished artistes this colony whose transactions in Islands; thence to port light variable den gost of wind.
The perfor- the recent house property swindles winds and fine weather. In Hoihow tion of two who were down in the holl, they undoubtedly are.
mance was not concluded until about have been of such a character that if; the Siamese barque Lucky. The steam- those on board were all thrown into midnight. Tho Band of the Royal
the water.
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Hongkong Telegraph. HONGKONG, 27TH SEPTEMBER, 1881.
In one of his famous speeches to the Legislative Council, a few months back, His Excellency the Governor dwelt with some emphasis on the extraordinary demand for house pro- perty within this colony by the
publicly exposed, they would lead to social ostracism, and might end in criminal prosecutions. As all this criminal, reckless speculation has been carried on at the expense of the general public, we shall not fail in the interests of our clients to speak plainly where the public interests require
it.
In a previous article we explained
ship Tung-ting luft Haibow on the night of the 24th for Pakhoi.
The Captain scrambled on board again and got the passon-
Inniskilling Fusiliers, conducted by the band-master Mr. E. Wallace, ren- gers ont of the hold. The sails-wore The North China Daily News says:
dered valuable aid during the entertain. then lowered by him, but by this H.. the Grand Secretary Lavill time the vessel had got so much waterent, and received hearty applause for attend the final obsequies of the fate in ber that she would not right and lay well selected pieces. We are glad to their admirable rendering of several Eastern Empress in about ten days there water-logged. A boat from hence. The ceremonial will be, it is HM.S: Victor Emanuel, followed by
hear this morning that the young lad, said, on seale of probably unprecedent the police. boat, came to their assist-
who met with the accident last night is ed nagnificence. The place of sepulance, and the passengers and crew,
the exception of the ture, with its groves, halls, and tem-
Chinese art, and for splendour, and
were rescued from the water. The
with
three
going on all right, a sprained wrist being
the extent of his injuries and he will be all right in a day or two. The troupe
Chinese, and deduced from the result the modus operandi of the property.ples is one of the finest works of deceased and one at present missing will give a performance at Macao on
mongers, called by courtesy, brokers, and predicted a sudden termination to the golden days which were the talk of the colony. Our predictions have been verified to the letter Chinese brokers, who a week ago looked clean, healthy, prosperous, and happy, are to-day aimlessly wandering through the colony, dirty, draggle-tailed, looking like misery personified. The property bubble has burst; Othello's occupa
beauty is quite unique. It is said that juuk was then towed ashore and Monday evening, where a full houso
each cost six millions of taols. Thero the tombs of the two Empressos will will be an important political meeting of the great Chinese and Manchus when the ceremonies are over, and many changes in the army and navy systems and organization generally are ex- pected.
will doubtless reward their enterprise.
WHEELOCK v. CONNOR.
of his enquiries as to the genuine character of the numerous extensive transactions, the records of which were crowding the columns of the newspapers almost every day, that it might safely be taken as a sign of our increased commercial prosperity, From information at our disposal even then, we could not agree with the result of His Excellency's inves- tigations, nor had we any reason to believe that the house property move- ment was fairly indicative of any tion is gone with a vengeance, and reports fine weather the wliole passage, afternoon in order that persons from days, and pays into Court Tls. 3,028.71,
The American ship Twilight, Captain W. C. Westland, from Newcastle, N.S.W., arrived here this morning, and.
crossing the Equator on August 29th in long. 157 B., and passed the Bashees on Sept. 22nd. Capt. Westland reports having passed the Bolton Abbey on the 22nd instant from Newcastle, bound to Manila, 68 days out, when in lat. 20.21 N. long. 120.52 E. The Bolton Abbey had heen totally dismasted on which occurred in lat. 17.35 N. long. the 23rd of August in a severo typhoon 127,56 E., and was, when spoken by the Twilight, making for Hongkong, Captain Westland having supplied the disabled ship with a boat another necessaries of which she stood in neod.
We have frequently called the at- teation of the authorities to the also late necessity which exists for some strictly defined regulations to govern the jinrieksha traffic in this colony.
noteworthy increase in the general so is his immense capital of a few trade or mercantile importance of hundred dollars, on the strength of Hongkong. Recent events have con- which he boldly negotiated for pro- clusively proved that the Governor's perties worth sometimes nearly a inquiries only elicited half the truth, quarter of a million of dollars. The and that, although some of the large game was far too good to last for ever. transfers of landed property which Settling day came, there were no more have been blazoned forth in such
rogues or fools ready to risk their large type are doubtless bona fide little hoards on the uncertain prospect and legitimate enough, a vast majo- of some other gambler coming to the rity of the so-called sales may be front, and so Othello is a defaulter, safely classed under the expressive and the business, so far as he is term "bogus." The political value concerned, has ended. We heard of the movement is practically nil the other day of three enterprising commercially it has had, coupled natives who had been dabbling with other matters, a certain signifi-wholesale in valuable messuages and cance, influencing, perhaps, a good tenements, but who had however many changes which in time may ignominiously failed in making the affect the welfare of the colony. good thing they anticipated out of The Chinese are justly celebrated their speculative investments. Sup for their commercial enterprise. In ported and trasted by confiding An accident which happened this morių- all parts of the world where the indus- backers who believed in their bonding will probably call for some needful trious, scheming sons of Han erect files, sottling day came and found their tents, the same characteristics them not. They were gone to a are prominently brought forward, and safer refuge in Canton without even success almost invariably repays the
having the grace to say:--- indomitable perseverance, the long "Goodnight, good night partyisend swabsorrow, headed sagacity, and thorough un- That I shall say good night til is he to-raorrow." scrupulousness of the wily heathens. And so it is throughout the Colony, We may fairly presume that there The bubble has completely burst. are in this colony at the present time Ths public confidence is at last somewhere between three and five shaken; and nothing can restore it. thousand of white-coated, wellspoken There have already been several note- plausible clever scoundrels, engaged worthy exposés, and every day is ad. in house pidgin men who work ding to, the number. In some in- from morning till night with a patient stances we hear that legal proceed endurance and grim persistency, ings are likely to be taken, and this which in a better cause would deserve is probable enough; yet where Euro-abrasions about the arins and knees. the highest praise. These men have peans are involved, and they are ap Something ought to be done, and that been infatuated for months past with to the neck in the business, we think without delay, to put an immediate the gambling mania in relation to that matters will be quietly arranged. stop to irrogularties in our street traf house property, and like the men of Publicity is hardly likely to be fic of the nature above referred to, or business, clerks, tradesmen, and courted in affairs of this charactor. the authorities will be held respon. others in Australia on the first dis- We can, however, wait for further sible for any acoldont which may covery of gold, they forsook their | dénouements."
happon through thoir negligence.
reform. Jinricksha No. 425, laden with two women, a child, a couple of ducks, and several boxes, was being propelled along Wellington Strest to the westward, when in desconding the incline towards Cochrane Street the coolie lost control of the vehicle, which, eventually came to grief, the coolic being knocked flat on his faco, and the women, child, and ducks thrown out a considerable distance on the hard road. Both the women on being conveyed to the Central Station were found to be severoly bruised, the child fortunately escaping with a shaking. The coolie, who was arrested, by an Indian con. stable, had also sustained some sovere
In this case the plaintiff claimed the sum of $4,050, for monies paid in con. nection with a proposed transfer and sale of the steam-tug Heron to plaintiff.
the three bodies were recovered, more. Mr. Fisher said he saw the people U.S. CONSULAR COURT, SHANGHAI, or less untilatel in the faces by fishes. struggling in the water from the Praya. There were Chinese boats all around, and had they rendered the assistance they might have done, no lives would in all probability have been lost, but instead of doing so, they all cleared off from the scene as fast as possible, The inquiry was remaded until this is. 200 for hire of the Heron, for six which he allegea is the balance due the Victor Emanuel, who witnessed the
from him to the plaintiff, after deduct accident, might be present to give evi-ing from the plaintiff's claim. Tls.
dence us to how it
THE HAYES TROUPE AT THE CITY HALL.
The Hayes troupe of acrobats and
in the Theatre Royal, City Hall, tast gymnasts give their third performance night, to a large and highly apprecia. tive audience. The entertainment, an- nounced as under the direct patronage of Colonel Geddes and the officers of the Royal Tuniskilling Fusiliers, at- tracted a large number of soldiers, and tire naval and civil elements were also strongly represented. The business of the evening commenced with the Bro- thors Hayes on the double trapeze, and fortunately resulted in an accident to one of the lads, which detracted in some measure from the merits of the entertainment,
t
The defendant files a counter-claim for
121.26 for survey fees, and Tis, 900 for hire of said steamer by plaintiff.
Mr. Robinson appeared for the plain-. tiff, and Mr. Drummond for the de. fendant.
The case occupied the Court two delivered on the 20th inst.:-The plain- days, and the following judgment was tiff entered into an agreement at Hong- kong on the 2nd day of July of this year to purchase of the defendant the tug-boat Heron. The vessel was to be docked and put in first class order by the defendant and delivered at Shang- hai with the exception of the surveyors fees which were to be paid by the plaintiff. In pursuance of this agree inent the plaintiff advanced to the de- fendant Tls 3,928.71. Subsequently a second agreement between plaintiff and defendant was entered into by the
One trapeze terms of which the latter was to retain WAS orected over the stage, the. other in the vicinity of the Go-ness, the details of which were settled a half interest in the vessel and busi. vernor's box, and the feat to be at after the tug's arrival here on the tempted by the gymnast was to swing evening of the 19th of August. The across the house, catch hold of his bro- vessel to be transferred to and be under thor's hands, rem un suspended by the the control of the plaintiff. Under this hands until the return of the trapeze, second agreement the tag began tow- by- aid of which the former position ing on the 21st day of August and was regainat. Everything ung in continued till the 25th, when by mu readiness the lad swung across the tual consent all agreements made be- house, but he just missed his attempt tween the plaintiff and defendant with to get hold of his brother's hands, and reference to the sale of the vessel and her business were cancelled. The being unable to recover himself fell with a crash on the stage. The fall was not a very heavy one, but of course such force across the theatre was enough the impetus given by swinging with to cause a severe shaking, and when the lad was picked up, which was done without a second's delay, it was found that he had so severely sprained or dislocated his wrist as to necessitate his being at once placed under modioal advice. After this mishap, the first
plaintiff now brings a suit to recover the money advanced to the defendant with interest as well as for the sur- Defendant admits the account to be veyor's fees amounting to Tls. 121.30 correct except the last item but claims from the plaintiff Tls. 900 for the use of the vessel from the 21st day of August to the 26th. This service the plaintiff dones. The Court is of the opinion theas the vessel was work