A. S. WATSON & Co. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS,
AND
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH-FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH, 1881.
Wo would draw attention of our readers to the public meeting which will be held at four o'clock this aftor- noon, at the City Hall, to consider the bost steps to be taken to offer a suit-
We learn from Maono that the Por-trated to the lungs. The wound had tuguese transport India will leave Lisbon during the prosent wook, with reliefs for the present garrison of the
able welcome to their Royal Highnesses City.
Princes Albert Victor and Goorgo on their visit to this colony.
A cano has come under our notice this morning, which directly applies to our remarks in yesterday's leader anent the Government surveys of passenger steamers. The Danish steamship Activ was docked at Sam-shui-po two or
three weeks ago, when her hull-was inspected by Captain E. Burnio, Lloyd's Surveyor at this port, who granted the
nont source would in course of time be secured from which a compara- tively small but sure supply of sugar GENERAL CHEMISTS,
could be regularly obtained at a pro- portionately very small cost. There Manufacturers of the following
are parts of China where the date AERATED WATERS, viz:
grows luxuriously; but we are not aware whether the product of the SODA, TONIO, SARSAPARILLA,
tree is utilised for the purpose stated, With reference to the proposed AND POTASH, LEMONADE,
and if it were otherwise it would changes in the educational system of GINGERADE, RASPBERRYADE, certainly be a matter for surprise the Macao Government, we are inform AND PHOSPHORIC CHAMPAGNE..from the proverbial ingenuity and ed that the Lyceum Bill has been read industry of the celestial race. But and duly discussed in that colony, and Deliveries in Town and Harbour from within the limits of the sugar pro- will shortly be sent home to be ap-customary certificate. We are inform-brought to the hospital. From the ducing countries of the Far East proved of by the Lisbon cortes. Aed that Mr. Brewer, the Government including the Philippines, Nether-general opinion, says our informant, is
Marine Surveyor, now insists on the lands India, Northern Australia, the
entertained in Macao, that the scheme
steamer again docking for inspection, as Straits Settlements, and contiguous
he declines to recognise Capt. Barnie's countries, there is immeasurable
soy. This may be right enough, and istrict accordance with the law; but ou what tangible grounds doos Mr. Brewer decline to be bound by a survey held and certified by Lloyd's Surveyor in Hongkong, when it is notorious that surveys held on certain steaners in Shanghai bave hitherto been deemed all sufficient to meet the requirements of the Ordinance ?
7 AM to 7 P.M.
SHIPS MEDIOENE CHESTS REFITTED, PASSENGER SHIPS SUPPLIED.
Prompt Attention given to Coast Orders.
HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
HONGKONG. SHANGHAI PHARMACY,
SHANGHAL.
CANTON.
FOOCHOW.
CANTON DISPENSARY,"
THE DISPENSARY,
THE
Hongkong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, 11TH NOVEMBER, 1881.
room and untold facilities for the production of palm-sugar-particu- farly from the cocoanut. The pal- myra above mentioned, is a valuable timber, affording the very best material possible to secure for raf ters and joists, or other building pur poses in those countries where its suitability for the purposes named are known.
will be nipped in the bud. In any fact for the next two or three years. case it cannot become an accomplished
Says the China Mail of the 9th inst: niskilling Fusiliers connected with the -"A large party of the Royal In- Good Templar mavement, accompani ed by their wives and families and a portion of the Regimental band, took an outing this morning in a couple of steam launches." This is a good speci. men of our local contemporary's boast- ed enterprise. It was a grava omis sion, however, to omit stating how much the oating cost, and who supplied the liquors and chow-chow. The oven-
It is hardly necessary to say more, as the object held in view which waS to draw attention to a waste product and an undeveloped resource in many localities, where they might be turning journal is nothing, if not original.
ed to remunerative account, has been accomplished under the limitation of our time and space.
The following telegraphic items dated Londonu, November 9th, were re- ceived yesterday afternoon':-
Many of the insurgent tribes in Tunis have submitted.
Three of the principal Maori chiefs in New Zealaud have been arrested on account of the threatened. troubles in that country.
The Rev. Stephen Joseph Perry, M.A., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., etc., the emînent English Josuit of Stonyhurst, who was entrusted by the British Government with the direction of the last Transit of Venus observations at; Kerguelen Island, has received a similar commis. sion for the forthcoining, transit of Venus in Decembar, 1881. Father Porry having been allowed the first choice of a station, has selected Mada. gascar as the most suitable for observ. ing a phase of the planet's passage, and for making the other attendant observ.
The recent elections to the Gerganations. Parliament bave resulted in the return of a large number of Socialist candi-
dates.
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The enormous business which has dovolved upon the Land Department in Ireland has necessitated the appoint. ment of additional' sub-commissions..
The London Gazette in an extraor
Charter granted to the North British Borneo Company.
Austria has extended the military service to Bosnia. The Bosnian leader has protostod to Mr. Gladstone against Austrian tyranny and oppressiou.
The steamship Chinkiang flow the dragon flag in harbour yesterday in honor of Kung. Yuk To, the new Chief Justice of the Kwangtung province, who was a passenger on board from Shanghai for Canton.
THE subject of sugar and sugar pro duction is now attracting a great deal of attention out in the East. The number of products from which sugar can be extracted is, of course, legion; but what concerns the world most is the extraction of the article on a commercial scale, so as to place it within the reach of all those to whom it is, or may become, a'neces-` sary of life. Most of the sugar now consumed, as our readers are doubt lessly aware, is made from cane. But large quantities are also obtain- ed from the beet-root, maple, and palm. The extent of beet cultiva tion for sugar-making in France at the present period, and the causes which originally led to its founda tion as a permanent industry in that country, are questions which will al- ways have an interest to the politi-ordinary olition published the Royal cal economist. The same can hardly be said in reference to the maple- sugar industry of the United States of America, where large quantities of this article are locally produced and consumed, of which the outside world know but very little, from the indigenous saccharine variety of the maple. But what we are desirous of drawing attention to in this article is the utilisation of the palm for sugar supply. In the Lower Provinces of Bengal, which are studded with date trees, the sweet sap or juice of the tree is converted by boiling (evapora- tion) into sugar. The operation of tapping and boiling, and other pro- cesses connected with the production of coarse sugar, affords occupation for certainly no small item of the popu- lation, who meet the home wants of a people for the most part vegetarians, and in whose dietary "sweetmeats" always form a component, We may add that the date-juice is a very pleasant beverage, and, if allowed to ferment, capable of producing intoxi- cation. It is not, however, considered either for sugar or drink as valuable. The" toddy" or palmyra wine-the juice of a variety of the palm, which is largely employed in making arrack in Southern India and Ceylon, where also it is converted into a sugar called "jaggery," and exported in considerable quantities to Europe for refinement. There is another spe- cies of the genus palm from which sugar is similarly extracted in Bur- mah; and in all countries where the Cocoanut grows in profusion; its juice, which is in every respect the same as the palmyra-toddy mention- ed, is converted to the same uses. These palms can be raised with a trifling cost of labour, although time -seven years—is required for ma turity; and we have no doubt that if attention were devoted towards rais ing them in those localities where the condition of soil and climate are favourable to their growth, a perma
Those whom it may concern are here. by warned that the coolie catchers are once again on the war-path. It is to be hoped that the officials of the Gov erament, who are responsible for the prevention of this illegal traffic in human beings, have their eyes wide open to what is taking place right under their noses. If the officers per- form their duties officiently, the trans- parent dodges of the dealers in Chinese slave labour to smuggle the coolies out of the colony will end in failure. We are on the watch, and any dereliction of duty on the part of any paid servant of this colony, or any attempt by slave traders to evade our laws will be fear lessly exposed in this journal.
boon dressed before the man was brought to the hospital by Surgeon Brown of the Victor Emanuel. Wit- ness know that the lungs were pene trated as there was an escape of air from thom through the wound under the skin of tho chost. The deceased, had been an inmate of the hospital auder his care until his death, which o'clock; death arose from the effects of took place that morning at about five
the wound. The deceased was ap- parently well in order respects when beginning Mr. Murray formed an no- favourable opinion of the case, though at one time he improved a littlo, for a few days and the symptoms seem. el inclined to be hopeful. At the letter ond of October or the beginning of this month, however, a swelling made its appearance in the walls of the chest, about an inch above the wound which had then healed up. This swell. ing was opened, when it discharged a large quantity of pus and blood, which relieved Findlay for a time and slightly improved his condition. This impro- vament did not last more than two Mr. Pemberton Willard's Wanderers days, and the condition of the patient Coinpany gave their second perfor became gradually weaker. His feet mance in the City Hall Theatre last began to swell, respiration became night. The andiouce was not a large more harried, the pulse more febles, one, owing doubtless to the programme and so be lingered on till he died. Tho Saturday last. We regret that Mr. being a repetition of that produced on abscess was the immediate cause of: death. Since the death of the docensed; Willard should have been so ill-advised witness had made a post mortein exami- as to attempt a repetition of a variety nation of the body, and he found that programme in a small community like the whole of the right lung was des- Hongkong, the more especially as he troyed; it was all involved with the has so many attractions in the Compleurisy.in an abscess, and was broken: pany's repártoire. The performace up into pas; the other lang was sonad. last night was quite as successfal as The state of the lung mast necessarily ou the opening night, without however have caused death. calling for special reference. The Mr. McCallum-Would the man have. Company's next appearance will be lived if it had not been for the stab ? made on Saturday night when the last Dr. Murray-The cause of death was variety programme will be given. On the stab; the lung was perfectly this occasion an entirely different pro-healthy before the stab was given. gramme to the last will produced, in- cluding the Sercaming Act, "Under the Rosa;" "Song of the Flags," and male impersonations by Miss Voru Lyle; Terpsichorean Acts and Datch Sketches; Miss Vernie's Soul Vision; Mr. Pemberton Willard's new character Sketches, and a variety of other items which will be nonounced in the adverti- sement to-morrow.
We think that the
Mr. McCallum-I understood it was different, that the lang was shown by the post mostom examination to have been proviously diseased,
Dr. Murray-Oh, no; the other lang was quite healthy, and the abscess was the result of the wound.
The case was adjourned till Monday next, at the Magistracy order. that an officer of the hospital might be called, to whom, it was believed, the deceused had made some communication.
HONGKONG RACES, 1882.
The following is the Programme of the Hongkong Race meeting, fixed for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Fe- bruary 28ed, 24th, and 25th.. Nomi nations for the Derby close to the Clerk of the Course, at the Olab on Monday, the 19th Dec, 1881.
Entries close on Saturday, 21st January, 1882-
THEST DAY. The WONG-NEI-CHONG STAKES, for China, Manila, and Japan Ponies; weight for inches; entrance S5, with $75 added. Half-a-Mile.
The receat correspondence relative to Telephons Rights which has ap poured in the columns of the local pross during the past few days resolves itself, purely and simple, into a ques tion of morality rather than law. The argument raised by Mr. Alford and his solicitors might have been with greater justice raised by the American and Continental publishing establishments who make it a rule to appropriate The attention of our readers is di British Copyrights; which practice reated to an advertisement in our fourth Mossrs. Besaut and Rice have si very page announcing the establishment in forcibly exposed in their preparatory this colony of a Telephone Exchange note to "A Son of Vulcan,” and which on an extensive scale under the auspices created a loud outery within the re- of the Great Northern Telegraph Com. collection of many. pany. As the whole of the particularsstand taken by Mr. Alford is untenable, in connection with this new under legal quibbles aside, and it would bet- for comport with his dignity as a pro- taking are minutely detailed in the ad. vertisement it would serve no useful fessional man to refrain from deriving bopefit-no matter however small—– end to reproduce them here. We may stato, however, that it is proposed to from a British patent registered in the The HONGKONG DERBY, a sweepstakes of work the. Exchange from a head office United Kingdom, in which bonefit in the central part of the city, which the inventor neither directly or ip will be provided with the best and directly participates. Mr. Suenson's most modern Telephones appliances, procedure has been "moderate; " but, Each subscriber will be applied within our opinion, a remonstrance through a complete sot of intruments, and will be placed in direct communication with the contral office by separate wires. The arrangements for conveying mes- sages appear to be complete in every respect, and we cannot doubt that, at no distant date, the whole colony will
the Society of Telograph Engineers and thence to the Institution of Civil Engineers would place the amenities of British professional mon, on this definol and reliable basis. and other similar matters, on a well
The drawing for the half-dozen sub, scription grifios ex Chinking took place at the Horso Repository yester day afternoon. A large number of interested." sports" were present and freely criticised the griffins, which were tion than they appeared to be imme. a better all round lot on closer inspec- "diately after landing from the steamer. Tho votoran," Bones" freely expressed his desire to back his opinion that one of the "mokes," a sober looking bay, was at least fifteen years old, but we think he is as far wrong in this, as he was about Vagabond last season. The two duas fell to Measra. Kahn and Hoppias respectively, and they are both well shaped and useful looking nags, although Mr. Kahn's represen- tative appeared to be slightly lame in the off fore log. Mr. Fraser-Smith drew one of the greys, a big upstanding pony with good racing shapes, but presenting a somewhat looked up
Yesterday afternoon, an inquest was appearance, and standing rather high
hold before Mr. H. E. Woodhouse, on the leg; add the fifteen-year old, a
coronor, and a jury composed of Messrs. really good looking bay. The other
J. Dickio, J. McCallum, and P. Smith, two griffins, ono a powerfully built
on the body of Thomas Findlay, a sea- iron grey, the othor a sturdy white, doubt that the efficiency of the various man of the British barque Helen Marion, Government departments would be who died in tho Civil Hospital that well put together but rather short if anything, fell to Messrs. J. Macgregor much improved, and the daily inter-morning, from the effects of a stab and F. Bulkeley Johnson respectively. course between the several officers received in an affray with another The death of one of the ponies in greatly facilitated, to the publio in- man named John Parry belonging to Shanghai, "aftor amusing himself for-terest, by telephonic communication. the same vessel a couple of hours by rolling in his box With all our police and fire engine and twisting himself into all sorts of stations brought within spooking dis. contortions," according to the China tance, fire risks would necesarily be Mail, has caused some consternation reduced to a minimum. We heartily among those subscribers whose names commend this latest enterprise to the ara still in the box. It is even betting consideration of the morcantile com that the "dead an" will fail either to munity, and wish the Great Norther the worthy C. O. or Mr. Bookey. Tolograph Company overy success.
be intersected by a net work of wires, which must prove highly advantageous to the public in facilitating business intercourse. We should imagine that an undertaking of this character has some claims to the support of our local Government.” There can be little
THE "HELEN MARION" STABBING CASE.
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The ASHLEY Oug, valno S150; presented by F. D.Sassoon, Esq., for China, Manila, and Japan Ponies; entrance, S5; weight for inches, One Mile.
$20 each, half forfeit if declared on or be- fore day of closing entries, with $100 ad- ded for 1st Pony, and $50 for 2nd; forally China Ponies bona fide Griffing at date of entry; First Pony, 70 per cent.; Second, 20 per cent.; third, 10 per cent,; weight 10st. 10lb.. One-Mile-and-a-Half.
The GARRISON CUP, value $ presented
by the officers of the Garrison for China, Manila, and Japan Ponies; weight. for in- chos; provious winners at this meeting 10lbs. oftra; subscriptions Griffins allowed Tiba; entranco S10; Scoond Pony to re- ceive half the entrance money. Qace: Round.
The VALLEY STAKES, a sweepstakes of S5 each, with $100 added, for subscription Griffins only: weight for inches. Three- Quarters-of-a-Milo.
The Foocnow Cur, valua $200; presented by, the: Foochow community; for China, Manila, and Japan Ponies; weight for inches; entrance S5; Second Pony to re- ceive S50. Two Miles.
The CANTON Cur, value $160; for China, Manila, and Japan Ponics that have never won a race provions to this meeting;; weight for inahes; winners at this meet- ing, 7lbs. extra'; entranco 85, One Mile The VICTORIA PLATE, for all China Ponics bona fide Grifflus at date of entry; weight 12st; Jockeys that have never had a wins ning mount in Hongkong or China before this meeting allowed 101ba; entrance $5," with $75 added. Half-a-Mile.
SECOND DAY.“
Dr. J. Marray, Acting Superinten- dout of the Civil Hospital, said the deceased was admitted to that institn- tion at 4.30 p.m. on the 13th alt., The BOURRY STAKES, a Swoopstakos of St suffering from a wound in the chest. It was about an inch lang, oblique, and incised, between the third and fourth ribs; it pierced the pleura, and pone-
ouch with $100 added, for all dona foto Griffins at the date of entry; subscription Griffine allowed. 7lbs., except winner of Valley Stakes; weight for inches. One Mille