Intimations.
DAKIN BROS. OF CHINA, LIMITED,
CHEMIST'S
XMAS SEASON.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER SI, 1889.
attention of the Governments of Hongkong and Canton to the alleged: wholesale kidnapping by the German steamer China, and now we have an almost similar instance in the case of the German steamer Kil. On the roth Inst. the Inst-named vessel
THE U.S.S. "Pales has undergone extensive repairs at Nagasaki and is now again ready for
ca,
THE New Year's Eve of our Fire Brigade wis nearly spoiled, an alarm being given about six o'clock turned out to be false, however.
THE Railway Companies in France have been coerced by the Government into carrying coal to the coast at ruinous rates, to shut off the con
umption of English coal which is at much lower prices at the coast ports.-
RULING
*** FIASCOSO.
Another Little Pizzle.
AN
TAYE bêg to invite at'ention to our stock of arrived outsidó Singapore harbour from far is that circulated by the Hongkong Fire CASES of drunkenaces among children in Herlin truly characteristic Chinese fashion.. The famous poor boy" was taken to Peking, and the
articles suitable for CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR GIFTS.
Toilet Fitting in Crystal and Silver,
Liqueur Standa
Smokers Cabinets, &c. CONFECTIONERY. English, American and French Bon Bons and Crackers.
WINES AND SPIRITS.
All wellmatured and of English quality. MANILA CIGARS AND CHEROOTS, Manufactured expressly for us by La Constancia Factory,
DAKIN BROS. OF CHINA, LIMITED, 'LONDON-HONGKONG-AMOY,.,
(Telephone No. 60.) Hongkong, 16th December, 1889. WINES AND SPIRITS,
BY APPOINTMENT.
Hongkong and signalled for the police, When the authoritles went on board the Captain explained that he had over two hundred Chinese coolles on board bound for Medan and that he was afraid of trouble with them, as they claimed that they had been engaged in Hongkong to proceed to "Medan In Singapore," and protested against being taken to Sumatra. One of the staff of the Chinese Protectorate in Singapore 'made Inquiries of the coolles themselves and satisfied himself that the men had been wilfully deceived In Hongkong by representations that Medan was actually a port in the Straits Settlements. This official farther advised them, as their passage tickets and agreements were made out for Medan, to quietly proceed there, and on arrival make their complaints to the Dutch authorities. It would seem that these "free immigrants" had no other alternative; a boat from
A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. H.M.S. Pigmy kept cruising round the Rir and a guard of some forty Kling boatmen were sent on board to suppress any distur-
(ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.) HONGKONG.
WE rite attention to the following old bance or prevent any of the coolies from escaping. The same evening the sleamer left for her destination, and we read that as she was weighing anchor one of the immigrants jumped overboard and was rescued by the boat of H.M.S. Pigmy
landed Brands, all of which are of ex- cellent quality and good value for the money,
The same being specially selected by our London House, and bought direct from the most noted Shippers, are imported in wood and bottled by ourselves, thus enabling us to supply the best grows nt moderate prices.
Indering it is only necessary to stale the name and quantity of Wine or Spirit wanted, and initial letter for quality desired.
Orders through Local Post or by Telegram receive prompt attention. PORTS. (For Invalids and general wss.)
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A Alle Douro, good quality,
Por doan
Can Pur Bot
Green Capsule ........................$10
B Vimage, Superior quality,
Red Capsules
13
C Fine Old Vintage, superior
quility, Black Seal Capsule 14 D Very Fine Old Vintage, extra superior, Violet Capsule (Old Bottled)
SHERKIES.
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A Delicate Pale Dry, dinner.
whe, Green Capsule.........
18
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B Su erior Pale Dry, dinner
wine, Green Seal Capsule...7.50
C Mmianilla, Pale Natural
Sherry, White Capsule 10
Pale Superior Old Dry, Natural Sherry, Red Seal Capsule....
•T 10
D Very Superior Old Pale
Diy choice old Wine
White Seal Capsule......................
E Extra Superior Old Palo
Dry very finest quality,
Back Seal,Capsule (Old 'Bottled)
CLARETS.
1.10
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0.60
1.00
1.00
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1.25
On the face of these admitted facts there can be very little doubt that another of those dodges which have made the coolle traffic so infamous, has been successfully worked in this colony. The Kiel duly cleared at the Harbour Office
THE Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Diomed, from Liverpool, left Singapore for Hangkong this morning, and is due on the 7th prax. THE champion Calendar that has reached us so
and handicat thing of the kind we have yet seen. Tourance Company, Limited. It is the neatest
REFERRING to Sir George Bowen's "Reminis cences" of his experiences * Colonial Governor, a satirical writer in the Sydney Bulletin "pre sumes they won't contain a full and particular account of all bis adventura in Melbourne Botanical Gardens."
The Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play at the Officers' Mess, Murray Barracks, this evening, commencing at 8 o'clock. The follow ing will be the programme:—
March........." Alisena".
•
Wal
"The River of years. Waldieufel.
Chamaigne," Carpet Sle.." The Lost Churd Sullivan. Selection..."Scotch Songs, Van Maanen."
Fon the information of any one wishing to break his journey at Whampoa while travelling from Hongkong to Canton, we may state that two steam-launches-the General Gordon and City of Whamba-commenced running between Whampoa and Canton on the 21st lust, the lare for a single trip being only ten cents a head. The launches run about four times a day between the two places. "
AFTER two months' work the Almacraig in stil! on the reef in the Palawan Passage. The difficulty is to bump the hull out, as the coral chokes the pumps. There was a lot of gold coin an board but none has been found, although by a singular coincidence there has been plenty of it in the possession of the islanders since the the various typhoons completely submerged the bull,
wreck: It is supposed that they got it out before
REMARKING on the departure of the U.S.S Monocacy for China, the Japan Herald says:
er departure removes a very familiar object from the harbour. She last arrived here on the 8th April, 1887, and with the exception of a trip or two to Yokosuka, here she has been ever since. During that time she has been three times surveyed, twice condemned, and once ad- vertised for sale by auction, but in the end she has struggled, through her troubles, and is now as good as she ever war.
THE N. C. Daily News of thed the gap in her The Fuhl, after having bad the starboard bow cleverly patched by Caplains McCaslin and Roberts, was brought into the O'd Dock on Wednesday, and will shortly be surveved. The difficult work of raising the vessel and bringing her into, dock has been performed in a manner highly creditable to the employés of the Tugboat Company. She has a great hole in her starboard side extending four plates downwards and a couple of feet into the deck.
Dramatic Club
are becoming very common, according to a letter in the London Standard. The new and start ling vice is supposed to be fostered by the pernicious habit of parents of giving alcohol to extremely young children, and allowing them to drink wine and beer like adult persona THE members of the Hongkong Amateur gave another performance at the Theatre Royal last night of the burlesque "All Baba." There was a large and enthusiastic audience. From first to last the representation went very smoothly, not a single hitch being noticeable; but the principals were somewhat uneven, and the singing left a good deal of 100m for improvement. Our "Kaptious Kritic will review the show in our next issue.
A
CALAMITY has befallen one of the best and most ably-conducted religious journals in Australia, Some one connected with it got hold of an engraving which seemed to be pretty well adapted as an illustration of a Biblical scene, and it was accordingly in- serted as a representation, of Jesus at Jacob's Well." It shows a number of men seated by the side of a well, while another stands in their midst with an outstretched hand addressing | ibem. The unhappy editor evidently did not observe that the man held a long tobacco pipe in his other hand,.
Tik following officer bearers of Lodge Nagasaki, No. 710, S.C were duly installed and favested
on the 14th inat:-
Bro. J. Hill......
Ć. Brown
11
W. Hooper
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J. Dainty
A. Norman
15
.R. W. M.
D.M. S.M. ..S.W. JAV.
R. H. Powers soon ami .Treas.
F. Wenge!...........................
J. Wilson.....se
N. Trennt.:
Sec. .S.D. ..J.D.
F. Devenish....................................... .............M.C.
1 J. S. Massie
..Stew.
2
H. Selck........
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W. L. Mitchell.
NS. F. Lawrence......
» LG." Tyler
We have it on good authority that owing to the rotting away
of the wooden piles which had been
China.
THE On Tai Insurance Company appears to be in a flourishing condition, if ons may judge from the Company for the financial year ended the 11th moon (December 23rd).
his donkey to carry a long the him by way of the Teh-sheng Gate, from Hai-tien where they were, to a place in theasantry? A bargain was struck, and they started on their way, nothing, unusual The abortive attempts by Mr. A. J. Little to occurring until they were so 4 outside the Têh- sheng Gate, out in the country, when the man open the upper waters of the Yangisse to steam suddenly drew a sword, dealt Pao-erh a violent navigation about which so much fuss has been blow, wounding him both in the neck and the made, and so many people misled, has ended in a band, and made off with the donkey. The
antive police were put on the track of. steamer Kuling, which was to have opened the robber. A good Samaritan named Ta'ing region of untold commercial wealth to British at once set off for the Sas. Pai-low to trade, if she ever could have got there at all, look for the Western doctor Dr. Dadgeon A few days his neck, in which he had which we doubt very much, has been sold to the who took charge of the child, and in Imperial Chinese Maritime Customs for a figure received what seemed very like a mortel wound, "somewhere about Tia. 55,000. She will shortly be was in a fair way of healing, Mr. Tsing new transferred to the Chinese flag, and so closes a found out the bay's father, took him to the Doc himself begged the acceptance of $30 as a very disappointing chapter in the modern history tor, to thank him for saving, his son's life, and of foreign relations with China. We wonder medical fee. The Doctor, however, steadfastly what our morning contemporary will say now to declined to accept anything, saying that he was the dila ory tactics of Sir John Walsham in not. here in China by order of his sovereign (7) 10 forcing the Chinese Government to issue the render to the suffering all the assistance which his skill could compass. Chang and the boy at necessary permit for the steamentos attempthese words prostrated themselves on the ground to get to Chungking. But despite the face, we and audibly knocked their heads in gratitude. Mr. hope to see some one else with a little more Taing then presented the father with $10 to pay back-bone and pluck take up the question of the for his son's expenses daring convalescence, It opening of the Yangtze se far as Changking, is a pleasant task to record the Doctor's kindness and akill and Tsing's disinterested benevolence. which the Chinese Government is explicitly. bound to asient to under the terms of the Chefoo Convention. The shareholders in the Company. ̧started at home, and whose only return fortheir. money was this little marine white elephant that. has been idle in the river a long, have not made much by their ventur; and by the latest "climb down" from their position, and the acceptance of a sum to buy them off by the Chinese Government, have not helped to elevate the native opinion of British commer cial solidity of parote or enterprise in this part of the world. But we hope to see a better and a' more genuine effort made by others before long to open the upper reaches of the river to foreign trade. We do not know how the Cus- toms people will make use of their new, purchase. She is not much good for anything except, per- haps, as a pleasure boat, and from her construc- tion, she was from the outert pronounced a complete failure by all people who were acquainted with the waters she was expectřu to |navigate. Shanghai Mercury.
NOTES FROM CHINESE PAPERS
We hear that Governor Lia Ming Chuan in- tended to proceed against the aborigines in Formon on or about the 12th December, and everything had been put in readiness for the expedition,
The Emperor has graciously exempled all taxes for the prefectures of Hangchow. Shan Governor to report where the suffering is less thing and Wuchow, and has also ordered the severe, so that a jost proportionate ratë, may be sxed.
The Shanghai Magistrate Pel has instructed all thefibau's (beadles) under his jurisdiction tomake a census return for their various districts. They are also instructed to make, the people all bury their dead. The magistrate further invils brominent men from all the places in his districtto go to his yamen to discuss and devise means to grain gathered in the various granáries.
THE RISE AND DECLINE OF
AUSTRALIAN SPORT.
The Australiana are asport-loving people, and the congestion of population in our large citics tends to intensify their proclivities. To prove the former assertion it is only necessary to com- pare Sydney and Melbourne with cities of equal or greater site in other parts of the world. The capitals of N.S. Wales and Victoria are not so large as Manchester or Liverpool, Leeds or Glasgow, Sheffield or Birmingham, and, more over, are not the centres of thickly-populated districts, with cheap excursion trains ready
a few hours notice to pour in their thousands; yet each manages somehow to provide far more amusement of the kind clana sified as sport than does any of the cities men tioned. - Liverpool is content with two large yearly race meetings in the year, the sporting people of Manchester are similarly served, while Leeds, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Birmingham and Glasgow haveino race-meetings worthy of the name. Other cities and towns such as Bristol and Newcastle, Plymouth and Blackburn, “ Nottingham and Preston bave none, or aYO content with one annual gathering. Now, la
addition to the ATCs, there are half-a-dozen
racing clubs in the immediate vicinity of Sydney, and each of them holds ane meeting a month at least, Last Christmas the city of the Beautiful Harbour had, excepting Sundays and non-sect lar holidays, nine-chasecutive days' racing, and we are well within the mark in stating that the N.S.W. metropolis has on an average two race-days a week. In Melbourne the turfistill more to the fore, as witness the recent edicts of the V.R.C. against suburban meetings.
While the Liverpool Grand National or the Manchester Cople got up for the amusement of 'a district equalling in population and exceeding in wealth all'Australla, it cannot be said that as a pageant, a sporting or a betting event either ranscends the Melbourne and Sydney Cups, the' Newmarket or the Metropolitan Handicaps. Then again, though the prizes given away are larger in England, the added money is propor- tionately much greater in Australia. This means that while the turf in the old country large extent supported by the horse-owners--the plutocracy and alleged aristocracy-it is bere
to 4-
Par Case, Per Cake. regarding the coolies shipped by the Kresid nts etc. Deceased leaves a family of four the following report issued by the Directors of help the poor, so as to ascertain the quantity of dependent on the gate-money donations of the
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Pink,
A Superior Breakfast Claret,
Red Capsule esing
GROSS RECEIFTS.
$1.00 for Medan on the 4th December and
driven into the river at Sha-lo and Cheung-chou there is no reason to doubt the bond fides
(near Whampoa) to serve as a barrier against invasion during the Franco-Chinese war in 1883. of either the Captain or Agents of the
the new Viceroy of the Liang-Kuang, Li Han 1.25 steamer; that the Harbour regulations,
chang has given instructions to Yen Taolai, of were conformed to and the Immigrants
Canton, to substitute iron ones, thus making the 1.50 passed in the usual fashion may safely
barrier a permanent one, notwitstanding the fact that Chang Chibitung promised to have be taken for granted. But all official
them removed at the end of the war. There will, however, we hear, be a roadway left orien precautions would appear to have falled to
for the free passage of light-draft steamers and junka running between Canton and other places. prevent a large number of ignorant coolies 0.75 from bing decoyed from the colony TH Nagasaki Rising Sus of the 35th inst. By this and many other matters, trivial. in. by misrepresentations on the part of that sincerely regrets to hear from a correspondent in themselves but la the aggregate very important. Chemulpo of the death of Captain C. H. Cooper, it will befeen that affairs with the Provincial enterprising fraternity commonly known ann'd and well-known resident of that port, which authorites at Canton, so far as foreigners are, as "coolie-catchers," And in our opinion took pl.ce on the 13th inst. D.ceased, we bean concerned, since the departure of the conserva. had been ailing for some time, and his end write Chang Chih-tung, will not run so smoothly this part of the business appeals directly to by no means unexpected. His funeral was held as has been anticipated, albeit the Viceroy is a the Hongkong Government, and should an Sunday, the 15th, and was attended by a brother of the most enlightened statesman of form the subject of a thorough and search-large gathering of friends of all nationalities, including Mr. Dinsmore, U. S. Minister, the ing investigation, There ought to be no Captain and Officers of the 1, S. 5. Marian, difficulty in obtaining the fullest information European, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese
boys, ranging from 10 to 17 years of age DETECTIVE-SERGEANT HADDEN made a neat little capture yesterday morning, and we dare say the culprit must have thought that the popular "Speecheen" (sergeant) must have had the gift of "second-sight" in him to fall so neatly upon him and capture him, It appeared that Haddca was making his customary rounds amongst the opium-divan yesterday, and in one of them he espied a bundle consisting of a ratlan mat and containing a coverlet and ome under-clothing.
Nobody
the property, but Hadden was smart enough to see one of the crowd that were lying down, tremble, and he reached for h'm. After a lle persuasion the man admitted being in charge of it, and led the detective to the owner's house, Thefejonjong party got six months. THAT was no doubt a fortunate railway accident bonus $9,000 to the manager of the com. fortunate that is for British diplomacy-of Pany Mr. Ho. Amel, and the employes, ness of the company, the latter amount which the Shah was the victim when in Russia, and $39,296.56 to contributors to the busi He still believes the Russians attempted to take being at the rate of 10 of of net premia. his life. From the Russian report, it seems Deducting these amounts the directors are able to add $20,032.67 to the Reserve Fund, which that Nasr-Ed-Din, having crawled out of the carriage and embraced the Aziz, who was
now totals op to $162,000. The above figures yeltirgi ke mad, sat down by the roadside for twe do not include some $24,500, which have not yet hours and refused to budge. When the engineer been collected from policy-holders in this colony came to apologise, His Majesty would not listen, and outport agencies. We may mention that but conveyed his expectation that the driver the capital of the Company is about $850,000. stoker, and the chief engineer himself should be Immediately executed." As this rould not be done, His Majesty, siarted offin | igh dudgeon on horseback, and could only be perfuaded to enter another train about twenty miles farther on,
$1.50 *** $4 St Estephe, Red Capsule... 4.50
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C St, Julien
D LiRose
BRANDY.
A Hennessy's Old Pale,' Red
Capsule..........
7
Per dar
Cue.
B Superior Very Old Cognac,
Red Capsule
..$12
14
C Very Old Liqueur Cognac.
Red Capsule
D Hennessy's Finest Very Old Liqueur Cognac, 1872 Vin fage, Red Capsule
SCOTCH WHISKY.
A Thorne's Blend, White Cap
11.00
1.25
and the Chinese agents who are alleged to have been guilty of fraudulent misrepre- sentations should be made accountable to Soothe law for their misdeeds. Meanwhile the 7.50 wretched immigrants have been distributed over the plantations in, Sumatra. What Per Rot steps were taken for their vindication on arriving at Medan we are not aware; but $1.10 it may safely be assumed that the Dutch authorities would pay little attention to their complaints, and the treatment of 181.50 Chinese laborers on these tobacco planta tions has long been notorioas. However, 3.00 our present alm is to direct the attention of the Hongkong Government to this 0.73 most recent instance of wholesale "kid- napping" under, a foreign flag, so that more rigid regulations may be enforced to put down a rank abuse, the existence of which is anything but creditable to the colany,,
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B Watson's Glenorchy Mellow Blerd, Blue Capsule with Name and Trade Mark..... 8
C Watson' Abelour-Glenlivet, Red Capsule, with Name and Trade Mark............................................ Watson's H K D Blend of the Finest Scotch Malt Whiskies, Violet Capsule... I
E Watson's Very Old Liqueur.
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0.75
0.75
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Scotch Whisky, Gold Capsule 12 to
IRISH WHISKY.
A John Jameson's Old, Green
Capsule........
Bjobn Jameson's Fine Old,
Green Capsule.........
C John Jameson's Very Fine
Old, Green Capsule........ 13 GENUINE BOURBON. WHISKY, finrald, Rod Capsule, with Name! ro
GIN.
A Fine Old Tom, White Capsule.4.50
B Fine Uniweetened, White
C Fine A. V. H. Geneva.......5.35
RUM
0.75
TELEGRAMS
EMIN PASHA, “
LONDON, December 9th. Emin Pasha has had a relapse. Copious 1,00 bleeding has taken place from the ears, causing
mach anxiely to the doctors.
1,00'
0.40
Capsule mummuk-50040
0.50
Finest Old Jamaica, Violet
Capsule.......12 1.00 Good Leeward Island...$1.50 per Gallon. LIQUEURS
Benedictioo Maraschino Curaça Herring's Cherry Cordial Chartreuse Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters, &c.
$1
BIRTHS.
At Shanghal, on Sunday, arkt December, 1889, the wife of OsnoRNE MIDDLETON, of A daughter..
£
On Monday, 23rd December, 1886, at No. 17, Norb Soochow Road, the wife of EDWARD
EVAN, of a son.
A35 Foochow Road, Shanghai, on the 26th instart, the wife of J. J. MANSFIELD, of a son. -
The Hongkong Celegraph
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, DECEMBER'31, 1889.
(From the Comercio),
THE INFLUENZA..
Mapain, December 23rd.. Forty thousand persons are suffering from influenza here. The epidemia (s mild,
THE SPANISH PARLIAMENT,
23rd December,· The Parliament has closed for Christmas, re-assembling on the 10th January. It is believed that the Cabinet will resign in the Interim.
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GREAT FIRE AT PESTH. A great fire has destroyed the German Theatre at Perth, and caused a great loss of life,
* NOT LIKELY. Complications have arisen between England and Portugal over African questions. It is hoped that a war will not ensue. (England is in a cold sweat over it-Ed. H.X. T.
LOCAL AND GENERAL TO-MORROW being a paḥlic holiday, there will be no issue of the Honghong Telegraph. We take this opportunity of wishing our readers
A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR, THERE will be no concert at the Sailor Home Tar godus operands of the Chinese coolle this evening traffe between this colony and the Dutch. S. 3. Honocacy: anilved. at Shanghal planations in Sumaira has again been from Japan on the 24th lust. forcbly brought before the public nodce pro fang In Singapore. It is only a few months ains we had occasion to direct the
FOND Father (in the parson's presence after the sermon)-Johnny, what was the best thing Mr Holyclock said this morning. Johnny Amen,
'owned
$ 27.317.00. Hongkong Premis...............
Wang, district magistrate of Chenhai Hsien Premia from Outport Agencies......... 167,696 81 (Ningpo), has instituted and maintains a life-boat
40.262.10 service at his own expense. Areward of $6
offered besides by him for every persen rescued Interest on Loans ..........
Total receipts...........$295,276.81 | from drowning, and $1 forevery dead body saved This amount has been disbursed in the from the water for decent burial. Eight liver have been already saved by this means, and over following manner →→
20 bodies recovered. ...............$50,000.00 Dividends on shares...........
2,285 +8 Paid cut on Insurance losses......... 128,799 78 Outport salaries and expenses......... Sundries (salaries &c)........... 35,967,72
Sheng Total, Director-General of Telegraphs already a well-known in connection with famine relief, has issued an order that the varinus tele Total 'disbursements...$216.947 58 | graphs burnux are to pay to the fathers of Giving a net profit of... ... 68,329.23 mathers of of the telegraph cadets half of the salary earned by those young gentlemen, who Of this amount the directors propose to pay as
might otherwise, in their inex erience of the world and ignorance of the value of money, be the neglect of their filial duties. tempted to enend it too freely on follies to
CRICKET.
ARMY 7. NAVY.
At Ichung silver is, cheap and good copper cash are dear, Most of the cash that pass bands in business there are at present little coins the size of goose-eyes. The reason of the scarcity of copper cash is said to be the burning down of a great pawn-shop at Chang-abs-fu,,Hunan, con- taining about $300,000 of pawned property, The demand for good cash to compensate the. owners has drained the marke of them even at this considerable distance from Chang-sha-fu,
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This match was commenced yesterday, and Wy are glad to welcome an old familiar face ended early this afternoon in favor of the marinen dealers are making huge profits. For Son cattles
At Nan-ch'angifu, capital of Kiangsi, the salt amongst us-again in the perig of Mr. Ng by long odds. The terminationof the first day's ther pay. Tis. 19. At the present exchange, the Choy ex-member of the Legislative Council play saw them.140, to the Army's 42, and salt thus costs them 45 or 46 cash carly, and of this colony, and for some tine past legal although the latter pat-on 139 in the st cond adviser to Li Hung-chang and a director of the innings their total of 181 was passed by their they retall it to their customers at 56 cash. The Northern Railways, Mr. Ng Cb y's long and opponents before four o'clock, with the loss of sharp.ones are giving the public 20 ounces or responsible labours in the North, promoting the only two wickets. The bowling of Walter 24 ounces to the cally, and thus completely cutting out their more unscrupulous competitors. true interests of his country, has not aged him and Hutchison for the victors was very who only give 18 ounces. ruch. He is apparently as robust as ever in successful, the former taking 5 wickets health, although we imagined we could trace a ❘ for 23 guns, and the latter accounting for four, few deep furrows upon his otherwise shrewd for 199. In the first innings Blair's 3 wickets for and pleasant visage.” Mr. Ng Choy left to-day 37 runs, and Campbell's for 28 runs, were the for Macao, and it is unders'od he will spend best performances among the military trundlere the New Year amongst his friends and relatives and the former's scare of 47 in the second round in the south of China, returning North in the were well-compiled, comprising ten 3's and two spring. Mr. Ng Choy will also have the advan4's The scores were as follows7.
age of meeting his colleague, Mr. Jesse Herbert, the Canton Viceroy, Li Han-chang's,' l-gal advicer, who is due here by the Gleneagles && few weeks bence, and whs, it is understood, is to enjoy private practice in the Courts here as well as in his official position in Canton,
FIRST IKKINCEUR,
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THE Japan Mell says, in reference to Count Okuma's resignation-Count Okuma, it is truc, retires from offico maimed and without having accomplished the work he undertook, But has he failed in the true sense of the term? Assuredly not. Like his able predecessor, Count Inouye Dundas, WAR
„Cape Collisions, oÜarde, & Hubs he has brought his country many steps nearer to the satisfaction of her just ambidon, and though another may ultimately rasp the harvest, history will recognise that by these, two great men the seed was sown. We shall not discuss here the one great cause that dashed the cup of success from Count Okoma's lips. It is enough. Bates Champain, e sad b* -
Campbell vissé manéantryEZABA to say that as a Foreign Minister his record will R. B Garda, Campbell, b bear the closest Inspection. He has taught
general public
Disregarding the turf, many British cities are the national head-centres of other sporti. For instance, Sheffield is the head-quarters of profes tonal" pedestrianism; Newcastle on Tyne is, putside London, the only town in which oro fessional boatesculling Is Inreely practised! Ginngow and Leeds are devoted to football; and Birmingham is the provincial home of pugilism. The present writer has witnessed many "merry mills" in Brummagem and Lon. don, yet, so far as his knowledge goes, the residents never flocked to see boxing or wrest ling encounters as they do in Melbourne, and Sydney where the entrance-fee is ten times , great. The who have became enthusia tic over a "Rangers versus. Queen's Park match at Glasgow, or a "Wakefield-Trinity against Bradford" contest in the West Riding,: would gaze with astonishment at the big crowde Recent events show that scalling in New South Wales is more furishing than in any other spot. attending many Melbourne football struggles.
The Sydney fool-runners are not quite so ficet as those at Sheffield and perhaps, the betting is not so heavy, but in other respects Sydney pedestrianism is unapproached. The total priso money in a Sheffield handicap is only 100 and the number held yearly never exceeds eight. In Sydney over too has been given in one handi cap, and large prizes are every week competed for In England big handicaps are almost unknown outside Sheffield; but Australian bush-hamlets* alten give away £100 in prises for short-distance foot-races, Like the turf, those, other forms of: Australian sport are chiefly dependent on gates money ada sam se
When popolar taste favours anything beyond" reasonable limits, reaction is sure to set in and enthusiasm is followed by indifféfence and cold neglectNow there sto not wanting signs that Australise interest in sporting is waning and may possibly be succeeded by an also undesirable Puritanism, For when people no meer patronise sport they usually turn to theological pursuits or to vice and dissolgteness, As sport le just now flourishing, the reader may doubt fis coming decay, bat as the tide, highest just before the farm, as the climax immediately precedes the collapse, so them are indications that Australias sport image, 1998 speedily decline.
The Hy Poo of arst, December gives a list of the members of the recently established Hai-Chin Yamen, or Board of Admiralty. This Lst con- prises 3r persons, of whom 14 are Manchus, 11 Chinese, and 6 Mongola. The President is the Manchu-Prince Chon, commonly called the Cricket is not so popular af it was ten yeần? Seventh Prince, father of the Emperor. The ago, and we may look in vain for the idolited two Vice-Presidents are the Manchu Prince successors of Murdoch, Spofforth, Horan And Ch'ing, who is also President of the Taungll Blackham Trustworthy, authoritler aver, that Yamen, and Li Hung-chang, Viceroy of Chihli Melbourne repents of its football mania, and
In the next rank come Chang Yac, Governor of pastimes of corresponding importance to Sydney Shan-tung, and the Marquis Taeng Chi-tafe, there beginning to lose vitality. The most re three last named being Chinese.- amarkable feature of Australian sport has been the rapid rise of Sydney pedestrianism. Yet, we have the recent declaration of the father of b Waleato and b Hutchison... 11
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Formosen Railway, about midway between Sinz big prizes will be offered on bis ground, and the ›Walise
Chang and Talt'an-chân; which resulted in the Monster Consultations cannot secure a tithe e and b'Hutchisoned o death of one man. From the latter place two of the subscribers that rolled in eight or twelve 5 send à Hutchison. trains start daily to Sing Cheng and Sikow, and months ago. The pubilc now know all about on the day, numed the engineer saw a man, the toner, workings of pedestrianism, the Talking quietly along the track a short distance public have ceased to support It, and betting whead. The whistle was sounded but the men, peds, and gaffers canndt of themselves pedestrian took no notice, and before the train keep it going. It must, however, ba borce could be pulled up, the engine struck the man,
mind that at Sheffield "stiff and cronk runnin 17 and knocked him on the rail, the wheels passing and gaffer? law have been thoroughly exposed
over his body, which was cut in, two. The yet the handicaps of the blade-town if anoin accident was duly reported by the enginter (a former splendour still hold a companie foreigner) and a proclamation: hai since been tion. Pedestrianism has merely experienced" iwel, with a rise of nieventing people walking change common to other pastimes. Here on the line. Neste fessional rowing has not reached the low lev
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A boy Eamed Chang Fao-érb, fifteen years struggle between Searle and O'Comer, did old, the son of a very poor family, who made a evoke so much interest as Beach's perforn
ving as a donkey-boy, was accosted on the 28th, on the Thames, not to mention the mili gres vombit by a man who paid he wanted to bue, excligment connected with the offend of tr