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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1889.
man of the stamp of Sir John POPE HENNESSY SINCE our Share Report went to press we leam that Steamboats have changed hands at 280, for Governor, with a policy diametrically China Sugars at, 199, Ices at 120, and Docks ai opposed to the best interests of the colony, 194 for cash and 195 for June. and who, either intentionally or under An unsuccessful attempt at lighting the streets misapprehensions produced by defective of Learnington by incandescent lamps has moral vision, may similarly misrepresent recently been made and gas-men claim a triumph
- of gas-sighting over electricity. the colony's affairs at home." We should really like to know what object the Tix temporary appointment of Mr. Bendyshe Daily Fress hopes to attain by apouting Lexion to be an un-official member of the Legislative Council during the absence of Mr. such nonsense as this. It has long A. Palmer McEwen, has been confirmed by the
even in the select Queen. been admitted, and exclusive circles where he was personally most unpopular, that Governor HENNESSY was by far the ablest statesman that ever ruled over Hongkong, and that his general policy was the beginning of o new era of prosperity for the colony. It is absolutely false to say, although the Daily Preis does, say it, that Governor HENNESSY misrepresented this colony's affairs at home." This was the charge made against His Excellency by the
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THE P. M. S. S. Co.'s steamer City of Sydney, THE returns of the number of visitors to the City with mails, &c., from San Francisco to the 15th | Hall Museum for the week ending Margare: ulto, has arrived at Yokohama, and will leave | -Europeans 194, Chinese 1,990 ; total, 2,184, for this port to-m trow.
MR. RAAT, a Dutch planter, was brought up al the Singapore Police Court, before Mr. O'Connor, on the 25th ulto, and charged with shooting several Chinese at Siak. The defendant, who- acknowledged the shooting but urged that it was in self-defence, was remanded for a week, bail of $500 being accepted.
AN official reception was held vesterday forenoon 31 the French Consulate in Wyndham Street in celebration of the centenary of the assembling JOURNAL devoted to household matters tells of the States-General at Versailles, which event How to carve, a fowl without getting it off the took place on the memorable 5th May, 79. The plate" Another good way is to drill a hole reception rooir at the Consulate was gaily through the fowl, plate, and table, and then decorated with garlands of flowers and ever. insert an iron rod in the aperture, and screw a
greens, and from to a,m, until noon, all the large nut on each end. This obviates the neces French subjects in the colony and many English sity of the amateur carver placing one foot on and Foreign residents made their calls. During the breast of the bird and the other on the chair, the evening the façade of the Consulate was
profusely illuminated. EUROPxan members of the Police Force who hold a 1st Certificate in Chinese, or have a THE rising copying-clerks of Hongkong will knowledgeofcolloquial, will henceforward receive please take notice that a competitive examination.
remuneration of $2.50 per month; those who have attained a higher standard of colloquial, Civil Hospital will be held on the 6th June at for the post of Assistant Clerk in the Government 9.10. a.m. in the Council Chamber, Government $5, and those acquainted with the written similarly qualified, are to receive $1, $3, and able to write a good hand, to copy quickly and $5, per month respectively. ›
correctly, and to make translations of Chinese into English, and vice-veren. Salary being no. THE wonderful amount of confidence the Hong-object in this part of the world, the paternal kong community have in the stability and dona | Government of Hongkong has fixed the hand- fides of the Hongkong Land Investment some sum of $10 per mensem as a remuneration, on Saturday, when it was found that the applica rising by $24 yearly till it reaches the handsome tions for the new issue of twelve thousand five sum of $480 per annum, of forty-nine thousand. It is expected that the hundred shares amounted to the large number allotments will be completed within a week from this date..
We are informed by the agents (Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co.) that the "Gien "linerĜlinfruin, from New York, left Singapore yesterday for this port:
THE Croften-Ferrell Dramatic Company, ni prz- seat performing in Rangoon, are shortly expected in Singapore. They will probably' visit Hong- kong and Shanghai.;
SCOTLAND has a gold fever, the discovery of n bit of gold in the gizzard of a duck recently killed on a farm in Forfarshire having been followed by the finding of gold-bearing quartz in the same neighborhood.
MAN in the universal animal. It is estimated
that there is 1.250,000,000 of him on the globe. The sheep rank next with 500,000,000, Three hundred million cattle, 100,000,000 lings (the four-footed variety) and 60,000,000' horses con- tinue the list.
The Courrier d'Haiphong reports that the sloop Kam-sui was raised from the bottom of the Nam-diah canal on' the 27th ulto. The Kam-suf had been sunk by the Auong, of the
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which fell to pieces on investigation and led to a complete triumph for the plucky Home Ruler. The London Timer, like the
firm of Messrs. U. Pila Co. The works for 22nd April and were completed on the 29th.. THE following Trustees of St. John's Cathedral have been appointed for the ensuing year : Mr. Justice Fielding Clarke, Messrs. H. E Wode.
Smith Mr. C. Ford is to act as Auditor on behalf of the Government. The receipts of the Cathedral for the year ended March 3191, 1889 were $2,929 08, and the expenditure aggregated an equal sum......
Hongkong Daily Press, grossly boiled and Agency Company was strongly evidenced or adouceur for the lucky nominee, the allowance house, N. G. Mitchell-Innes, and T. Sercombe
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journal was paid a high price for indulging its pretty wit in circulating falsehoods, the latter is beneath contempt. We fancy our dry-as-dust local contemporary has mixed up Hongkong with Mauritius, and evolved the customary dose of vapid twaddle, to which the readers of the morning sheet are so thoroughly accustomed. However, we have no intention so late in the day of enter- ing into any elaborate defence of Governor HENNESSY's policy in Hongkong-in good truth it requires 'ng defence, it speaks for itself. Those who know best, and they were not admirers of that much abused official, frankly acknowledge that to Porz HENNESSY'S liberal views and prudent fore- sight are mainly due the immense progress this colony has made in recent years and its present prosperous condition. With reference to what the Daily Press writer says about the formation of a Hongkong Association in London to protect our interests at the Colonial Office and elsewhere, we., would recommend the presentation to this genius of a penny rattle and a piece of string to amuse himself with.
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Hongkong, 4th April 1879.
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HONGKONG, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1829.
Tux statement editorially made in the Daily Press of the 1st inst. that "under the Governorship of Sir George Bowes, and the administration of Sir WILLIAM MARSH the community was fairly well content and the colony prosperous," is not merely a misrepresentation of facts, it is a deliberate falsehood. It is a matter of public notoriety, as the Daily Press writer knows right well, that during the Bowen and MARSH régimes the colony dragged its weary way along in a state bordering on bankruptcy, that jobbery was rampant throughout almost every department of the Public Service, but especially flourished in Government House, that hundreds of thousands of dollars were recklessly wasted on useless fads of the Honorable, the Surveyor General of which the Causeway Bay so-called reclamation is a standing monu- ment, that the interests of the colony and the community were grossly neglected, and set aside by the unscrupulous partisans of rampant Imperialism, that the Chinese merchants and traders to whose enterprise l'ongkong owes so much were treated like chair coolies, that the public dissatis- faction with the rotten character of the Government was freely expressed on numerous occasions, that the trade of the port was hampered in every possible way by stupid restrictions and official Incompe- tency, and in fact, it has been all but universally recognised that Sir· GROLGE Bowan and his Colonial Secretary were the two feeblest and most unreliable administrators who ever held sway In this colony. They touched nothing that was not 'muddled up' in a most discredit- "able fashion; they were the most abject time-servers this colony has ever known --"Sir Gun" the slave of outside petticoat influence, honest William MARSH" the obsequious toady and servile hanger-on of the princely house."
It has for a long time past been the custom of our morning contemporary, when any scheme is advanced affecting the real or assumed welfare of thle colony, to abuse Sir
JOHN POPR-HINNESSY to the fullest possible
TELEGRAMS.
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BOULANGER IN LONDON.
LONDON, April 25th. General Boulanger arrived to-day at Charing
Cross. A great crowd had collected, which received the General with mingled cheering and groaning.
HOLLAND.
A plenary sitting of both Chambers is sum- maned for the 13th May to discuss a bill appointing the Queen Regent.
THE COAL TRADE.
April 26th.
A Conference has been held at Nottingham, at which were present delegates representing three hundred thousand colliers. It was resolved that, as the masteis refused a ten per cent. rise wages, a general stoppage of work shall take place at the end of June,
in
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THE KING OF THE NETHERLANDS.
The King continues to improve so remarkably that the resumption of his functions is probable.
THE RIOTS IN VIENNA.
VIENNA, April 161, The rioting has ceased, but troops occupy the disturbed districts.
The tramcar dispute has been settled, the rioters being mostly socialists:
(From the Courrier ✔Haiphong.) COCHIN-CHINA AFFAIRS.
PARIS, April 27th.
A rumour is current that M. le Myre de Vilers, Resident-General at Madagascar, has resigned his post in order to become a candidate for the deputy ship of Saigon.
is dead.
OBITUARY.
April 28th.
M. Charles Dillon, superior Resident of Hud, Henri Rochefort's son has committed suicide at Bone, in consequence of mental derangement
THE PARIS EXHIBITION,
April 30th,
The works of the Paris Universal Exhibition are almost completed. The President of the Republic will inaugurate the Exhibition on Monday the 6th May.
LOCAL AND GENERAL. THI Russian man-of-war Rasboynik left Binga pore lor Japan on the 26th ulto,
Tax appointment of Mr. W. Goulbourne to the
ment is garetted
second clerkship of the Public Works Depart
extent and to laud..to the skies that bumptious and self-conceited humbug Sir IT is notified that the Canton river steamers Gxoxox Bowen and a feeble nonentity like end the night service will leave at
6 p.m. until notice. Sir W. H. MARSH. And in advocating A CORRESPONDENT wants to know why Professor that childish fad, an association in London Doberek boisted the time ball to-day at 13.25 to look after Hongkong interests, the little pm. instead of at 12 55. Now, Professor Jove at the top of Wyndham Street again RESIDENT-GENERAL RHEINART and Madane repeats the old, old story with wearisome Rheinart arrived yesterday by the steamship
Marie from Haiphong, en reufe for France. iteration. After the fulsome panegyric on Its own particular patrons, the hero of Messrs. Adamson, Bell & Co., agents for the Canadian-Pacific Line, inform us that the steam- the Japanese tea-houses and the lying ship Abyarings arrived at Vancouver on the 3rd historian of the notorious children's stone-inst, throwing riots, poor old Granny pratiles in its own frilled-petticoat fashion, about the only able administrator Hongkong was blessed with from the departure of Sir RICHARD MACDONNELL to the arrival of Sir WILLIAM DES Vaux. We may be again afflicted," "says the oracle, "with
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FOUR junk-owners were before Mr. Pollock this during prohibited hours. On Friday night they morning on a charge of leaving the Harbour
were seen to hoist up their anchors and get under way, and on being boarded some cases of kerosine were found on one of them. The others were fishing-junks "pure and simple in the grandiose language of the interpreter--The first man was fined $50, the others got off with penalties of $8...
his following returns of the average amount of Bank Notes in circulation and of specie in reserve in Hongkong during April last are publiabed in the Gaselle:
Bunke.
Average
Amount in Kesero,
INSPECTOR. Swanston had occasion to visit a
coal-coolie lodging-house at Wanchai, on Satur day night, to look for a transgressor. His eagle the cockloft, and be arrested the man in charge eye noted a lot of parcels, all neatly labelled, in It turned out that the place was an unlicensed pawnshop where the costies pledged their clothing when they wanted money, interest being charged at the rate, of half-a-cent a day for every ten cents advanced-or a thousand per cent. per annum ! The prisoner told Mr. Pollock that he obliged" the men, because they were starving. Mr. Pollock fined the old philanthro
pist $100.
MR. WOD HOUSE excelled himself this morning. A man named Joseph Chapman, one of the unemployed, was brought before him on two charves-one of disobeying a warrant of the Court on the 4th instant, and the other of being indictment referred to a charge of hitting a young a dangerous lunatic on the 5th instant." The first
hawker at Whitfeild one day last week, and was net very serious. The second was based on the prisoner's conduct after arrest. Apparently the only evidence as to his "dangerous insanity" was the fact that he, naited for a Bible after.hr was arrested! His Worship remanded the case, fixed bad at two sureties of $50 each, and ordered the prisoner to be kept under observation! Either be was dangerons or he was not if he was, he ought to have been confined for proper examination, and not let out on bail; if he was not, the second charge was a farce. Specie
CONSIDERABLE excitement prevailed on the scene devi and China...................., 31, 1358 40,00 of the fire last night, when it was reported that one of the four French man-of-war's men who had volunteered to enter the burning premises, had been buried under the fallen rooi. Monsieur Vizzavana, Acting Consul for France, locality, and as the work of clearing away op being communicated with, repaired to the the débris was progressing, and doubts were entertained as to the truth of the report spread by the Frenchmen, he went on board the French men-of-war in harbour in order to the Firemen that no Frenchman had been ascertain the facts On his return he informed left in the burning house. The facts were these: A party of four men from the gunboat Chasseur happened to be in the neighbourhood MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE of the fire, and ventured into the house. Before the roof fell in, they all managed to scramble out of those undesirable quarters, oneofthem
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, Lon
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and
China...@uomennant 1,47,500 Hongkong and Shanghiat Ranking Corpor-
ation.......
600,000
1,000,000
Total 1.85,811,220. $1,710,000
The two boys" implicated in the Hongkong Hotel robberies were again before Mr. Wode house at the Police Court to-day. No fresh evidence was forthcoming, and Mr. Walton, who prosecuted, asked with regard to the first prisoner might be dealt with summarily, as Detective the one caught on the stairs-that the case Sergeant Mann was going on leave before the next criminal sessions. His Worship thought the charge too serious, however, and committed the prisoner for trial. In the second prisoner's case Mr. Caldwell defended, and the further hearing was again remanded. WITH all their steep prices and large profits, the few European stores here are not quite the mines of wealth they are supposed to be. A very
heavy drain on their earnings is due to the immense amount of peculation on the part of their native employés. In one of our principal stores the profits last year on one of their most remunerative "lines"--the whisky business- were almost entirely swallowed up by the whole- sale robberies by coolies. The Hall and Holtz Co.'s establishment is upset now by the discovery
that their staff of Chinese have been steadily. depleting the stock.
Today Detective Se geant Macdonald arrested four of the men, and found a variety of goods in their possession blankets, penknives, scent, etc. He after wards searched their houses, at Hungham, where doubiless a pile of property would be found.
Tux excursion trip to Macao by the Honam yesterday was patronised by a large number of pleasure seekers, but the fair sex was not nearly so strongly represented as usual. Leaving the wharf shortly after 9 o'clock, the Honam reached the Macao landing stage about noon, when the "excursionista spread themselves in all directions, the votaries of St. Fantan rushing off at expresi speed to worship at the shrine of the golden calf. This is our poetical way of describing how the clever people who fancied they could make a certainty of rooking "the tiger," went, saw, but did not conquer. They left their dollars In the rapaciods maw of the urbane Celestials who contribute so largely to the revenue of Macao for the privilege of meeting the Philis- tines of Hongkong in battle array. It was intensely hot in Macao yesterday afternoon, but when the sun went down the customary breeze blew in from the sea, and the evening was deliciously cool. The Kiukiang brought back the "pilgrims" to Hongkong, leaving Macao at g p.m. and arriving here shortly before ram. The Hona will run on the Macao-Hongkong line for the next week, the Kiukiang going to dock for her annual overhaul. For the present, and until further notice, the Kiungekōts has been transferred to the Hongkong-Canton night service.
staining some injuries, besides losing his hat. Their names
were: Quarter-master Puech, Gunner Pommier, Armourer Thats, and a blue
jacket named Villet. All were saved. A sigh
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Fireworks, kerosine, and a pile of other inflam. mable goods, were discovered stored below the place that had been on fire, but, as stated in another column, no bodies. The fire broke out again towards midnight, bat was easily sup pressed. The place was insured for $4,000,
VOLUNTEER SHOOTING
HANDICAP.
Yesterday practically concluded the season: for the gallant Hongkong Volunteers, when the corps went over to Kowloon early, and spent a good part of the day in competing for prizes offered by the officers, local tradesmen, &c. A anathema of our reverend friend Mr. Jennings, very enjoyable day it was, too, despite the idiotic who felt called upon, to raise his Ebenezer in Pharisaical bee-haw against the impiety of the proceedings, on the ground that it was neither a work of recreation nor necessity. It might not be altogether out of place to remark to our clerical friend that his sermons, which cost the public here just $40 cach, don't quite come under either category. But to return to the Volunteers. There were 31 entries, but the great heat and glare caused the shooting to be considerably below the average. The scores were as follows:-
Belillos; for best aggregate score at the three Champion Cup--Presented by Mr. E. R. ranges 200, 400 and 500 yards. No bandicap points.
Gunner Jackson............
Corp. Collina .....................................................
Gunner Ferrier
Lieut. Wolley
75 74
བད་་བ་བཏགས་ ་་ཐ་་7 Handicap Aggregate-Total number of points at all three ranges 200, 400, and 500 yards.
Handicap points added. Three prizes.
Lieut. Woolley (11 points) Gunner Ferrier (7 points).................................... Gunner Jackson (scratch).............. Corp. Collins (scratch) ............................... Sergt. Braidwood (4 points) ..................... range for best scores including handicap points. Range Handicap Prizes-Two prizes at each
(A) Atzoo yards, 1st prize presented by Messrs. Watson & Co., 2nd prize presented by Wong Hing.
Corp, Henderson (5 points) *Lieut. Woolley (1 point)
75
3#
30, 29
Corp, Collins (scratch) ......... Corp. B. Powell (3 points).............................-28 (B) At 400 yards, rst prize presented by Messrs. Kelly & Walsh. Powell & Co., and prize presented by Messrs.
Lieut. Woolley (4 points)......................) 30. Gunner Jackson (scratch)......... 29 Sergt. Braidwood (scratch) ............
28. Gunner Underwood (6 points) ............ 28 (C) At 5oo yards, 1st-prize presented Messrs. Lane Crawford & Co., and prize presented by Messrs. Hall & Holz.
Gunner Ferrier (4 points)
28 Gunner Bond (5 points).... 27 Corp. Duncan (4 points) «ERTY 24 Corp. Collina (scratch) .......................................... 23. Honorary Members' Cup-Presented by effec-
THE London Times was hoaxed a century ago nearly as badly as in the present instance by a clever gang of forgers, who got up a bogus edition of the French paper L'Eclair, at the time" recognized as an authority upon matters of inter- national news. The paper contained what pur- ported to be the text of a Treaty of Peace between the French Republic and the Emperor of Austria. A copy was got into the hands of the correspon- dent of the Times at Dover, and from him went to London, where the alleged treaty was published in the Times, and was such good and unexpected news that the stock market went up with a rush, It was several days before it was discovered that the paper was a forged edition and had beentives far best score at 200 and 500 yards, seven gotten up by London speculators to bring about
a boom in stocks.
COUNCIL.
A meeting of the Legislative Council was held this afternoon. There were present His Excellency the Governor (Sir William des Voeux); the Colonial Secretary, (Dr. F. Stewart);
E. Wodehouse, Acting Colonial Treasurer ¡@Mr.. N. G. Mitchell-Innes, Acting Registrar-General; Messrs. P. Ryrie, C. P. Chater, Wong Shing, J Keswick, and Mr. Seth, Clerk of Councils. The minutes of the last meeting were read and
Mr. J. Leach, Acting Attorney General; Mr. H.
of relict came from the tired firemen when after havin worked might and main for five hours in their endeavour to find out the alleged victim, they were told that the whole party of French-J.
men who had entered the house had come out
THE MAIL STEAMER QUESTION. patches referring to the status of foreign mail
The Colonial Secretary laid on the table des-
steamers,
STATISTICS.
shots at each range. Rifle Association handicap,
E. L. Woodin (scratch).
бо H. F. Hayllar (4 points) s 37
*Lieut. Wooley, being enable to take more than two handicap prizes in accordance with vale, rešīgas this pelzo.
CORRESPONDENCE,
(We do not necessarily endorse ile oplalous_expressed by Correspondents in this odlums.]
·NO SOLDIERS NEED APPLY. To THE Eotrex or the “Honorowa Telmokaph," SIR. Could you, or any of the readers of your valuable paper, Inform me why soldiers are prohibited from playing billards at the Victoria |Hotel? I would point out that I played a few games at that hotel on the 26th „último, but on refused permission to play. Of course I anked for going down the other evening was deliberately
an explanation, and was given to understand that a resolution has been passed" excluding the soldier from the pleasure of the billiard table, It is certainly rather hard, and on looking back to the past, when I had the pleasure of frequently playing in "Gatti's" biliard saloon at Charing. Cross, in which establishment the soldier is always welcome, "where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through and steal," I cannot understood why such an unjust class restriction should be per- inmitted to exist in this British colony.
The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the returns of births and deaths for 1885.
'THE CHINESE EXTRADITION LAWS.
The Attorney-General moved the first reading of the Chinese Extradition Ordinance, 1889. He said it was a Bilt to amend the procedure. i respect to the extradition of Chinese criminals under the 21st Article of the Treaty of Tientsin.
THE PASSENGERS' RELIEF ORDINANCE. This Bill was read, a second time, read Committee, and passed a third time.
I might add that the soldier is not debarred from paying.25 cents for a glass of beer at the THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.
Victoria Hotel bar, and it is further a well known Committee on this Bill was resumed, His Excellency, in answer to Mr. Ryrie, said contempt on the scarlet coat, (the pride of old truth that the persons who affect to look with that he would give his strongest support to any England) are often glad to avail themselves of movement for petitioning against the Bill; bu he was very much afraid it would be like run- the better quality of beer for 5 cents in the ning their beads against a stone wall, for publiceveral military canteens and messes, where that no government, of either party, had been opinion was apparently so strong on the question they are always made at home. able to withstand it. There was a different reading here to England, however, and it was just possible that that fact might be in their favor.
The Bill passed its third reading.
for any one, and it does seem rather a striking There is very little amusement in this colony injustice that "Tommy" should be excluded from such harmless amusement as the place. affords i
Trusting the matter will be explained through.. the medium of your interesting fournal, and that' A copy of the "Resolution passed" may be inserted for the edification of the Military at large,
I remain, Sir,
singed and alive, Salving operations were at confirmed., once put a stop to, and the men disbanded. MR. WODEH USE and his Court spent some time this morning in deciding whether a long. necked feathery carcase on the table was a goose or a duck. The discussion arose this way-Yesterday a coolle took a flock of what he called grese to the Racecourse, to feed. A Royal Artilleryman named Smith and a private in the 58th named Parnell were out there, and one of them, making a cul at the birds as he passed, laid it out. The other man picked it up, and they ran away, the coolic after them. An Indian constable stopped them, and they theri offered to pay for the deceased poultry, but the coolie insisted on giving them into custody, and the Sikh accordingly prepared to arrest them. They objected to this, and at he would not waive the point they proceeded to discuss it with him. One attacked him in front with his fists, whilst the other knocked his turban off and got hold of his long hair, and they had pretty well used him up when assistance came, in the shape of several other constables, and they that they wanted to pay for the duck, and were arrested. They told Mr. Wodehouse both had good characters given them by their officers. His Worship said it was not so much killing the gosling as the assault, for which he should punish them; as it was, Smith was fined $10, and ordered, to pay for the hen, whilst Parnell, who had been sworn to by several witnesses as the murderer of it, was fined $5.
FIRE IN BONHAM STRAND. Hare is a charming little Celestial domestic tragedy, translated from the Singapore Lot Owing to the very effective working of our Fan in the district of Kong Chiu, a China- Fire Inquiry Ordinance, coupled with a more about 8 years of age. They went abroad to open offices in regard to Chinese risks, fires are now man named Ho Sing had a wife; and a child | sensible arrangement among the insurance a carpenter's shop, Shortly afterwards. Ho gratifyingly rare. One broke out last evening, JUSTICE was taken with another miscarriage in Sing got very ill. He thought he was going to however. In a hong in Bonham Strand Central THE LORD'S PRAYER AND THE BIBLE. Mr. Pollock's court this morning. Private Jack, die, and called his wife and child to him. He the wealthiest street in the Colony. It originated To THE ROTOR OF THE **Hosacoma TELEGRAFE." of the A. and S. Highlanders, was charged with blessed them and caught hold of the hands of his in the top storey, in which was stored a SIR,—The correspondenco, which · recently being drack and disorderly on the steam launch wife and made her swear that, after he was gone, quantity of fost paper, &e, the cause, it is said, appeared in the columns of your paper anent the Bonnie, and doing damage to the extent of $9 she would not marry again, but be virtuous and being the over-turning of an opium lamp. The Lord's Prayer" reminds me of the fact that This was the chief evidence against him, go back home to take care of his mother, and whole place was soon ablaze, being "favored | this prayer, so much extolled by a certain class given by the Chinese fare collector:-At bring the child up in the right way, His wife by the want of steam in the fire-engines, owing, of believers, is to be found in almost the same o'clock on Saturday night we left Pedder's solemnly promised to fulfil all what he wished. to the close proximity of the Fire Brigade depot, words in the ancient Jewish writings, as may bo Wharf for Talm Tsa Taal, I went up to the Shortly afterwards he died with his hands hold- The Chinese merchants' manual was therefore | seen in the following linea which I take from the prisoner and asked him for his fare. He took ing those of his wife. After the burial ceremony the first to get to work, but was badly directed, "Sacred Anthology or Book of Ethnical Scrip- hold of the cash box in my hand and threw was over, she took her son home to Kong Chiu, and some sailors from the French men-of-war ||tures,” collected and edited by Moncure Daniel it overboard, There were, altogether about When sho
son had said. The old lady anid "very and two got right into the burning room. They "Our Father who art in was 50 cents. He also threw a pair of trousers well, you may do what you like. The young appeared at the window, and, by means of a line, unity of thy name, and establish thy Kingdom overboard. They were worth $2.80. The cash widow went away to think the matter. At last hauled up the hose. Just as they were beginning perpetually, and reign over us to all eternity 1 box had been lying in the cable, I saw him go, she thought that she was very young and that to play, however, the jets from the steam-engine (raish suining Prayer), wa into the cabin," I did not spe anything thrown | she could not live without a helpmate all ber on the other side of the building started, and “Our Father who art in heaven, thy will, ba overboard. It was my foki who saw it. Hepald life. So she went to her old mother-in-law me his fare, five cents. Before the boat arrived and told her that she must get married again, its force. The two Frenchmen, who were astride and tranquil mind to those who honour thee on the can box. I made inquiries and was told herself. Therefore, in her opinion, it would be perilous position, being in danger fromthe fire sight. Give me only bread to eat and raiment at Taim-isa Taoi I went into the cabin and missed because she was very poor and could not support the windowsill, dropped their hose, and were in a earth ; but do, O Lord, what seems good in thy that he had thrown it overboard, so en our the best for her to go and get married again. and dropping tiles, and unable to get down. Some to put on (Barachoth) kepada an arrival I gave him into custody-The steersman The old lady gave her consent. Shortly after of the police below seized a short fire escape, Forgive, O Lord, those who have this day sald that he saw someone in the cabin put out wards there was a great preparation for the and enabled them to reach a sloping roof below, offended me (Paraske his hand and drop something into the water marriage feast. One night, about ra o'clock, but they would not descend further, as, in their which looked like a cash-box, but he really was the mother and daughter-in-law were chatting excitement, they were under the impression not certain as to anything. The prisoner, who about the coming marriage, when the ghost that, some of their comrades were still inside, and had good character, sald that he went to sleep of her husband appeared before them. The they wanted to go and extricate them. The police could not understand, and a fight in mid air took place, the sailors kicking at the constables
Yours truly,
Hongkong, May 5th, 1889.
seven dollars in the box. The value of the box what herot home she told her mother-in-law } started to help. Several of them went inside, Conway (5th edition);—ven, proclaim the
brought up down large portion of the roof by
done on high vouchsafe to bestow peaceful
“Let u, O Lord, not fall into the power of sla, transgression, or iniquity, and lead us not into temptation. ↑ Subdus our inclinations that they may be subservient to thee! Thine O:Lord is the greatness, power, glory and majesty,” Jewish morning prayer)
in the cabin, and on getting to Tim Tax Trol a old lady could not see him, but heard what Chinaman came down and said something about he said. She fainted away, but his wife saw him a cash-box, but he knew nothing about (L-Yef | and heard him say this; You unfaithful woman, and threatening them with fragments that had Very likely the Jews copied this prayer from on the face of this sort of evidence-evidence on my dying bed you had solemnly sworn that | fallen from the loof, "At length they were got others who were their superiors intellectually and A YOUNG silversmith, working in one of the on which Judas Iscariot wouldn't hang his worst you would not marry again, and now you are down and hustled away, their complaints at the socially,. The saying “there is nothing new under native jewellers' in Queen's Road Central, felt enemy-Private Jack was fined $3 and ordered to going to be married to-morrow. Curses on you rough treatment being loud and voleble: Some the sun "le nevar truer than when applied to the homesick yesterday, and tried to raise the price pay back the problematical 87% in the alleged for daring to break your cath. Therefore you English sailors took their part, and several Bible. The Ten Commandments appear to be s of his passage. Being in debt, he was sordidly cash bone, with $2,50 for the mythical breeches must die. He killed her and went away, When | meidar occurred, which resulted in one or two summary of the forty injunctions taught by the repulsed by his master, so he quietly walked that didn't belong to anybody and" were only the old lady cameto her senses again, she found English biqpjackets being locked up and fined: Egyptians. These people and the Phoenicians, over to his bench, on which was some arsenic believed to have been dumped. As Colonel that her daughter-in-law was a corpse. The this morning. Whilst the scuffling golog, had, in the innermost of their sanctuaries, arics, used in the work, and took a full-grown dosa. Starbottle said, when he pointed to a Chinaman other would-be bridegroom was very sorry, and on the dames were being quickly extinguished, or boxes similar to the one which played such a If ChinamenTM really do go to Heaven be Is And is that d➡d critter allowed to testify greatly disappolated, because the young widow and, the Frenchmen persisting that some of their prominent figure in the religious services of the wearing white wings now,
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