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WINES AND SPIRITS.
DY APPOINTMENT.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1890.
THE Legislative Council will meet to-morrow. The orders of the day are
Financial Minutes.
he owed to those who paid him for his some other recently published statements Taxa is sometalk of a Gymkhana race meeting services, the shareholders of the Hotel now before us, that of the Hongkong Hotel being held on the Racecourse (by permission of the Stewards of the Hongkong Jockey Club) Company. This is decidedly a step in the Company, although by no means faultless, during the current month. No reliable details right direction, and one which it is to he is a model, and if other amateur auditors have yet renched is, but the proposal is worthy
of consideration,, hoped will be universally followed. In would only imitate the example set by Mr. these columns we have times out of num-J. H. Cox, a very much-needed revolution ber exposed the hollowness of the so in a subject of very great publlo interest called audits which are considered good would quickly be effected. enough for important commercial concerns, In which boards of directors, general agents, and consulting committees play a big game with other peoples' money. We have objected equally to the personnel of the staff of auditors and to the general Stanhope's resolution to xpend £4,000,000 in system of audit in vogue. The auditors of the whole of our local companies are persons occupying positions in various commercial establishments, to
whom
TELEGRAMS
TOMMY ATKINS.
LONDON, March 1st. The House of Commons has agreed to Mr.
new barrack accommodation.
LABOUCHERE ON THE WAR BATH. Mr. Labouchere will move the reduction of the
Report of the Finance Committee, 3. First reading of the following Bills :—
(a) An Ordinance for the naturalization of Lam Leung Sing, otherwise Lan Yuk You. *(8) A. Bill in "mend The Public Health
Ordinance, 1887.. 4. Second reading of the Bill entitled The
Magistrates' Ordinance, 1890.-
THE E.&O. S. N. Co's extra steamer Nisam,ime were allowed. Up to the time of going to leit Bombay for this port on Sunday at noon, press we had not heard that the men had come to any definite conclusion as to whether a strike
MESSES. Butterfield & Swire inform us that the Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Stentor, from Liverpool, left Singapore for this port yesterday, and is due on the roth inst.
would be declared. The chang left her moorings little late, and several steamers are fixed to sail to-night.
vote in Committee of Supply, in order to call, Chairman, to discuss the ridiculous programme and arithmetic does the General Post Office prised to hear that if troubles arise they might
the handsome fees are a sort of Bonne bouche or cumshot; the system is all on to a great scandal of miscarriage of shartly expected, here on a passing visit. We
but, universal of taking for granted what- statements and figures are laid before ever them by the book-keeper and accountant of the company, and they then certify that "they have compared the above statement with the books and vouchers of the com- pany and found the same in accordance
A. S. WATSON & CO., LD therewith." It would be interesting to know
(ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.)
KONGKONG.:
TE invite attention to the following old W
Vanded 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 growths at moderate prices,
in ordering it is only necessary to state the name and quantity of Wine or Spirit wanted, and initial letter for quality desired.
the extent of the examination made by these holiday, auditors of the books and vouchers of the various companies they are supposed to represent. The audit of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, for instance, would be an extremely. interesting study to any practical expert in figures, especially In view of past losses through gross mismanagement, or
Justice.
(From the Straits Times) PARLIAMENT.
LONDON, February 24th.
THE nobility and gentry of the colony will Assemble in the City Hall to-morrow afternoon, by special invitation of a sell-appointed Recep tion Commitice of which the Hon. P. Ryrie is submitted to the Duke of Connaught, who is should like to know what practical purpose is likely to be served by discusing a programme that has already been decided on by the Influential Committee and actually accepted by the hero of Tel-el Kebiri The Reception
are merely trying to throw dust in the eyes of the public. If it is thought necessary to make a puppet show in Hongkong of the Duke of Connaught, by all means trot His Royal Highness nut-that she will care to be trotted out which we very much doubt-but for Henren's ake don't let us m ke ourselves ridiculous sentiment, and spurious loyalty. by packed meetings, whining toadyism, sham
While advising the Shipping Compárten to carefully consider the letter addressed t them by their engir eers, it must be remembered that the CLERKS cut of a job, heie's your opportunity of steamers are at the present moment running at low at once occupying a most distinguished officia rates of freight. The paal which existed for the position. The General Post Office requires the past three years between the local compoi's services of a clerk, and a competitive examina- is no more and they are starting this year tion will be held in the Council Chamber.on what may be termed a cut-throat business of Government Offices, on Thursday next, at 3.30 every company for its If, and taking rates that pre p.m., the subjects, being handwriting, detalion ruinous, and which must, at the end of the year and copying, composition, and arithmetic. result in a heavy loss to the shareholders. We Applications, with copies of testimonials and believe had it not been for this very prospect the certificates as to age and health, must be sent to large companies would have been more ready to the Colonial Secretary not later than noon of the accede to the wishes of the engineers, and we 5th inst. Ard the salary will be Twenty dollars a can scarcely wonder at the owners hesitating $40 after January 1 18941 Now, how much C.M.S.N. Co., which is wholly owned by antives month, rising to $30after January 181, 1893, and to under the circumstances. In the case of the clerkly knowledge and what proficiency in (although they would no doubt be quite willing handwriting, dictation and copying, composition. to follow the other companies), we are not sur- expect for $:0 per month. There are hundreds seriously think of employing native engineers of Chinese workmen at Kowloon docks and other on board their vessels, as has been long in con- pittance offered to this Post Office clerk, Surely are afraid the company would be considerable. local industries coming three times the beggarly templation. But should they inke this step we the Hongkong Government recognises the truth losers. In the first place, a native engineer and force of the old adage that the laborer is conld never have the knowledge of a foreign truth in the common saying that the Portuguese with his machinery, and an a'consequence every- clerks in the Government departments do all the thing would soon go to ruin. Then, again, work for starvation wages whilst the English passengers would not care to trust themselves chiefs draw princely salaries and occupy them in a vessel engineered solely by natives, nor selves with golf and lawn-tennis? This must would insurance companies care to take risks on cargo shipped by vessels engineered by Chinese. All these things will have to be seriously con- sidered. However, we trust that things will go on smoothly between the engineers and their employers, and that sothe modus vivendi will be arrived at: Meanwhile, we advise that the masters and men should meet and talk carefully the matter over in an amicable spirit togelber before they commit themselves to any definite step on either side, which would involve in-. world. terruption and loss to all in the focal shipping
Mr. Acland's amendment to the Queen's Committee, with all due respect to their dignity.worthy of his hire 1. Can there, after all, be any engineer, nor would he be so clean and careful
speech regretting the omission of the proposals for free education in England has been rejected by a majority of sixty.
THE DUTCH SOCIALISTS.
BERLIN, February 15th. The Dutch Sociallas have been released and ordered to quit German territory.
IRELAND.
LONDON, February 25th. Serious riots have broken out in Kildare.
UNITED STATES.
A dam at Prescott, Arizona, bai collapsed, sweeping everything in the neighbourhood away,
loss is enormous.
be seen into.
MARINE ENGINEERS AND
THEIR PAF.
Orders through Local Post or by Telegram something worse, and the anything but and submerging the town of Wickenburg. The Morse, who proclaimed his willingness to rock employed for a small rise in 'their pay; but from
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creditable reports.of overdrawn accounts by particular favour, special advances Case, Per Boton doubtful securities, etc., etc., which are eternally current in the colony. Once upon a time the two auditors of one. 1.10 of the most influential companies in Hongkong-they, both joined the great majority years ago-considered they had done their duty and earned their $250 by devoting a couple of hours in the afternoon to checking the details of a statement carefully prepared in the office 0.75 with the unchecked balances and totals in the day-book and ledger. The accounts 1.00 were doubtless perfectly accurate, and in
thorough order, but all the same this was not an independent audit. It was, in fact, as we have already expressed it, taking everything for granted; and we doubt.not that this sham method st! generally pre- vails. In one statement of account-published 1-5 the other day a very considerable item was duly passed by the auditor-who either did not know his business or had been "squared"-which for regular barefaced $1,50 shamelessness is without parallel in 7.50 our experience; and as there happened to be nobody with any claims to indepen- dence at the shareholders meeting. the accounts were duly adopted without $1.10 protest. And this, bad as it was, is by no
means a singular case.
In our opinion Mr. J. H. Cox is to be 1.50 heartily commended for the position he took up at yesterday's meeting of the Without 2.00 Hongkong Hotel Company.
going into details it is clearly apparent that the Directors, in purchasing the shares of an outside concern with borrowed money, exceeded their powers under the Company's Articles of Association, and it was clearly the duty of the Auditors. 0.75 to protest against such an irregularity. Whether Mr. Cox's protest took the 1.co proper form may be a matter for 1.1oargument; whilst fully appreciating the excellent effects which must inevitably result from a matter of this kind being publicly threshed out, we venture to lay 1.00 it down that it was the duty of the Auditors, after discovering what is certainly a serious breach of he obliga 1,00 tions due by the Directors to the share-
accuracy and regularity of the accounts. 0.42 To add the rider proposed by Mr. Cox to the published statement would have been a clumsy method, and on this particular the Directors were polni we think well within their rights in declining Herring's Cherry Cordial to accede to the demand, although it Chartreuse Dr. Siegert's Angostura appears they recognised the justice of Bitters, &c. the Auditor's complaint by having It noted in the official minute, book, and also deciding to take immediate steps remove the cause of objection. The Directors had apparently been unaware that they had exceeded their rights in thus manipulating the funds
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
"HUDSON's Surprise Party," coming from Ran. goon via Penang, was to open in Singapore yesterday,
THE L and C. Express says that Senhor Guilherme Capello, Governor of Angola, will come to China as Portuguese Minişler. THE Macao Independente "says that thirty volunteers left Macas by the Antiang last week to go by the Airlie to Timor, to fight the rebels. That should settle the matter, eh? AN Emergency meeting of St. John Lodge, No. Zetland Street, to-morrow evening, at 8.30 for
r8, SC, will be held in Freemasons Hall, o'clock precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited
!!
THE Band of the Argyll and Sutherland High landers will play the following programme a 'the Officers' Mess this evening, commencing at
8 o'clock:-
March Valss.
"Op si
Schubert. Christmas Roses ".. Waldtrufel Selection... *Erint by Jury* *Sc Scene Aria..." Il Trontoro”...................... Verdi. Forul........"Cantilen Alrı”,
THE Mercury, to be commissioned at Ports mouth on Feb. 18, was to relieve the Cordelia on the China station. The Admiralty have decided to refit the cruiser Heroine, which recently return- ed to England from the China station, for another term of foreign service.
THE Ker-ristian spirit which sees to our evening contemporary's daily production must have had a severe inward wrestle with itself yesterday, before avarice could so subvert it. The columns hitherto devoted to records of refreshing gather-port- ing in Little Bethels, and through which the good word has been spread at 25 cents a spread, were desecrated by the insertion of challenge from a newly-arrived nobleman named
anybody in the Colony to sleep with four-ounce gloves for $0 or $350 a side, Marquis of Queensberry's rules We shall next see à column "Answers in Correspondents," through which the ex-elder will inform Slagger" that "The Hanwell heavyweight beat the Dublin Decker in fourteen rounds in 1885," a la the Eltensed Victuallers' Gazelle, whilst at the same time he with the news that "Sullivan was not in the obliges somebody with a semi-religious craze battle of Armageddon," There are evil days in
store for the back-slider.
WE read that there are several changes pending in the British Consular service in China-Mr. W. Holland, from Amoy, will succeed Mr. G. M, H. Playfair as Acting Consul at Tamsui, when the latter gentleman will proceed to Chinking, there. Mr. Hopkins then succeeding Mr. C. F. and relieve Mr. LC. Hanking, as Acting Consul R. Allen, at Kiukiang, while the latter goes home on leave of absence. Subsequently Mr. Carles will assume charge at Chinkiang, and Mr. Play. fair will go to Shanghal. Mr. James Scott will, on returning from home leave, resume his duties as Acting Vice-Consul at Chemulpo, relieving Mr. H. E. Fulford, whe proceeds to Chung-king, while Mr. Cockburn, now at that port, will go home on leave. Mr. B. C. G. Scott is shortly expected to arrive at Pakbei from England, an 8 Mr. E. L. B. Allen, how at Pakhoi, wijelieve Mr. J. R. Coulthard, as Vice-Consul at Macao. Mr. Joly at Canton. Mr. Joly has succeeded Mr. Coulthard goes home en leave, and is said to be about to retire from the service.
at this time that the first foreigner came along, and seeing a man covered with blood apparently concluded that he had been run over.. STORIES as a rule lose nothing in repetition. Some days ag, says out Shanghai morning contemporary, there was a sensational story of eighteen stowaways being nearly suffocated in one of the ballast tanks of the Hasting and that they were only saved through the chief officer, a man new to the ship, taking the idea into his head to look into the tank. It was said that the cover of the tank was closed, so that the tank itself was air and water light, and that
·
The Shanghai Mercury of the 24th wit contains the following account of the agitation for more pay among the engineers of the northern
The Marine Engineers belonging to the Bumerous toasting vessels trading from this port applied in the early part of last year to the owners or the agents of the steamers on which they were | NOTES FROM CHINESE PAPERS.
what we can gather no notice whatever was taken of their application. They renewed their foreign ministers at Peking kave addressed a In official circles at Peking it is stated that the application on Friday last, with a request for an answer by four o'clock to-day. At the time of
request to the Trung-li Yamch to be admitted to the trouble with the French, when Capt. J. Pin person to the Emperor, who has now reigned audience and allowed to present their credentials Roberts was Marine Superintendent of the vessels for nearly a year since he attained his majoilty. that now belong to the China Merchnats' Steam The. Yamén's reply has not yet transpired. Navigation Co; he brought about a change in the scale of pay to the engineers ofthe company, and through his instrumentality. an alteration was made in the scale of remuneration of the engineers belonging to all companies whose vessels sail from the port. After the alteration their pay was as follows-chief engineers $150 (some $200), second $100; and third, $70
a month.
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Mr. P'el, District magistrate of Shanghai, has returned in the Pekin from an interview with the Viceroy Teng Kuo-chuan at Nanking. Ho in shortly to leave Shanghai on promotion, as on the 14th February the Provindal Treasurer at Soochow directed Mr. Lub Yuan-sheng, District Magistrate of Klang-ning Him (one of thetwa tens under the Prefect of Nanking), to hold himself in readiness to proceed to Shanghat as Shanghai Ain, or District Magistrate.
Last year was a bad one for native merchants at Hankow, and just after the China New Year's annual settling up the Yuan Ch'ang-yik, a great silk firm, falled, with liabilities to the extent of over Tis, 100,coo. It was an old established. house of the best credit, and as it became bank- hup very suddenly and unexpectedly, a great many other firms are involved in loss. Arbitration. has been resorted to, and a percentage paid to the creditors from the bankrupt stock, Twelve years time has been accorded for the final sdtlement.
Under the old scale of pay chief engineers got $185 a month, and, after four years' service, 3200; second engineers, $125; and third, $9 from the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. and the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Co.; Messrs. Butterfield & Swire's; rates were a little tower. When the alteration to which we have referred was brought in it was done in a very diplomatic manner. No man's pay was actually reduced, but each man of the two lower grades on promotion to the higher had to accept the new scale of pay, and all men newly joining camela at the lower tariff. This year, we are told, the engineers held several meetings at their Institute, and it was decided to again address a letter to the owners and agents of the companies, they asked that a chief engineer's pay should This they have done, and in that communication
At Tahoki, Kuangtung, a man speaking with be, ou joining or becoming chief, $175 per month, the accent of another province, suddenly went after two years $185, and after five years $200; behind a native and cut off his queue with THL N. C. Daily News gives two good examples second engineer $120, and third $85. The scissors. The man operated upon felt a pull, of the story of the three black crows." It says: amount asked for is not very great; and we looked round, and seized the stranger, who was trust that their demands will have the careful searched and found to have a number of other We are informed by the Hon. Secretary of the A blood-curdling story was circulated on Mon- forthcoming Athletic meeting that the very day of a person having been run over and killed
attention of their employers, and that a general dlasevered queues concealed about his person, handsome Challenge Cups for the 100 yards, by a van on Sunday afternoon. One of our'
strike-which we believe is contemplated-will about which he could give no satisfactory Quarter-mile, and One Mile Races, presented į representatives made enquiries of a
be avoided. The engineers form a class of men explanation. He was then set upon by the gentleman, respectively by Mr. H. N. Mody, Mr. John Swho stated that a van had run over a well-dressed who are very much respected and influential in crowd and nearly beaten to death. There has Shanghat. They have a capitally-conducted been a good deal of such quese-cutting of late Lapraik, and Mr. E. R. Belilios, will be on view foreigner, the wheel passing over his neck, and at Messrs. Falconer & Co.'s on Wednesday, that when he saw him after the accident blood lastuje in the Narking Road, and their annual about the city and country, supposed to be the Thursday, and Friday next.
was oozing from his ears, nose and mouth. The balls and their frequent quadrille parties are work of the agents of a seditions secret society, origin of this alarming story eventually proved to well-kapwa and appreciated to need any men and the provincial authorities have issued be as follows:-It appears that on Sunday after. tion here. We have met with many marine stringent orders to the civil and military officials noon, as a bread van was poing along Broad-engineers and found as a rule they are men of to be on the look-out for such people. way, opposite the Astor House, in the section of intellect and education, and we should be the road that is being dug up for repairs to the sorry indeed to hear that any breach had
taken place between them and their employers are making great progress at Nanking. On the The French and American religious missions drain, the hood of a jinricsha struck the horse in the mouth, causing it to become restive and back it is. sincerely to be bo, ed that the epidemic of the van on another jintictha behind, with the strikes, like that of influenza, has not spread and February there was a demonstration made result that a wheel of the jinricsha came off.
from Europe to Shanghai. The three great against the American chapel in the north of the Just after this a foreigner came out of the Astor
shipping companies working from this port, the city by some evil-disposed persons. The assembly House, and, missing his footing, fell on the
Indo China Steam Navigation Company, the in the church, consisting of over 100 converti,
affected, and the mes employed on the new The soldiers of the Yang Wu Kub, or Cammillee curb on his nose, which bled profusely. It was
China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company, burriedly dispersed, and the American preacher and the China Navigation Company, are chiefly bad to escape from mob violence as best he could. Shanghai Mutual Steam Navigation Company for Foreign Business, bastened to give protection, have also joined in the demand. Bes des these but before they arrived, the mob, after smashing there are several small companies, Messrs, everything in the chapel, had dispersed, and only. Küstenfhart Gesellchalt, Mr. Geo. McBain's the guardians of the law loudly protesting their Siemisen & Co. being agents for the Chinesische two arrests were made, the persons captured by steamers, and other, but we only hear of the innocence. They were sent to the Shang Yiian engineers belonging to the four ther companies Hien (one of the two hies magistrates under the having asked for an increase. What the Prefect of Nanking). The Prefect himsel! then engin ere now nak is not for the restoration of went la view the damage, for which Mr. Wel, the old scale, which one might suppose they the American missionary, demanded Tis. 200 should get $85, second engineers $120, and by the punishment of the two ricters arrested, would, but they demand that third engineers compensation. The matter was finally arranged chiefs $175 a month at first. The men say
who received a A gellation with the bamboo and one mason why they did not give longer no ice were exposed in the cangus patilde the chapel. of their intention was that when their wages moment's notice. They are very determined to of the Palace at Peking, which was destroyed were reduced four years ago it was dine at The stone steps leading up to the Tai-ho Gator bold out to bitter end, and say that the recently by fire, were of marble, described as increase would only mean $380 a steamer ander white fade of the Han dynasty, excavated from the proposed scale, as against $310, as at pre the quarry some one thousand years ago. The sent, allowing three engineers to each vessel,tone balustrade before and beklad this gate was The engineers of the smaller companies, who of this valuable stone, and the same was the are mostly Germans, have not actually joined in Chaoichu and Chéntu gates. Eight or nine leuths the movement, but they give their fellows their of these stones were split by the heat of the con tacit support. In all, we think we are not far Aagra ion, and is no such material had been out in stating that about two hundred and twenty obtained from the quarries for seventy or eighty men are in the movement, what years, the officials in charge of the repairs now Since writing the above we learn that the in prog essware zorely perplexed to obtain it, sonable effer to the men, a deputation of whom each, and that at that price even, they could not Chins Merchants have made what seems a rea- krowing that similar old stones would cost Tlr; 20 had an interview with Mr. Thox. Weir, the get a sufficient quantity for the work. The stone Marine Superintendent, this afternoon, in which builders Yung t'siin" and others, who have the he sald the Company were anxious to act fairly contract, have now luckily discovered stones like with the men is every way, and would accede to the old Han ones in a hill to the north of Kel. any seasonable demands. The outcome of the chaw, in: Shun-tien Prefecins, Chibli, near
tered all over the country, especially in the tips to the Emperer, which is a standing custom to be paid $85 second grao, and chief $150. use. The find it considered a happy omen, and Cape Colony and the Transyaal
For a among the repr. sentatives, 33 Mongolian princes with an increase of $35 after three years' acrvice. people are saying that earth does not conceal yesterday afternoon, marks a red letter hesitation adopted the requisito mexaures
good many of thest marvellous gld Cremona and envoys, If Tatszeta.pon.hong represents. The engineers bele a meeting in the Institute her treasures when a good govereign is on the day in the history of joint stock companies for placing matters on a proper bails,
viollos I paid a good price, but they are tives, 5- Lama - prio-ts, 3. Koreans, and I at 4 o'clock, which lasted till five, but they are throne, Of course we merely take advantage of worth their price, if au delà ; but some I Mahomedan assembled there; and while they very reticent as to the result. We believe that
here. in this colony. There was nothing of special importance in the published this episode to forcibly illustrate our con- bought for a song, especially one for and text file user baldind wohibited him when not consider the A traveller from Lienkiang, in the Foochow prefecture, relates the following queer custom Report or Statement of Accounts, nor tention that the system of audit carried out pounds worth at least six hundred, and dexterity in the use of bars and swords and the engineers satisfactory proposa to: chle
so forb, and so forth. Well ; that I was ship. Mahomedan representative rang a song with the After the meeting a deputation waited on Mr. prevalent there among the supe stious people j did the Chairman of the Board of Directors, in connection with local joint-stock com-wrecked (morally) to these shores without soldiers and performed some dances. A little Weir, and we beli ve declined to accept the just out ide the city gate of Lienklang is a lake, termi offered, which really acceded to the in area over a hundred ing (a king ist.o In his few cogent observations, give himself pantes is radically bad and scandalously manager, without accompanist, (Luckstone is wooden structure 3 fr. high by 3 wide was then
married in Mauritius, F. Weston dead) without created, and an evergreen tree was fastened, on request with regard to the second and third mow, or 15.13 acres). "'By the lake is an ancient. away" to any great extent. The novelty inefficient. All sorts of people are fady sloger, all alone, that was the good wind the top a a litle trained lamb ascended the steps engineers, while compromising the question tomb of same distinguished officer of state, of the occasion was the remarks made by pitchforked, invariably by favor, into for me; therefore, we never know what is good of this siruciste, and kneeling down beside the affecting the chiefs. Mr. Brodie Clarke, before which, as guardians, stand facing cash. Mr. J. H. Cox, the Auditor of the Company, these well-paid sinecures, and the result for us. I made also a good deal gi opp evergreen made obeisance to the Emperor, by manager of the new Shanghai Mutual Steam offer tro colossal statues one representing
I hope to come again to Shanghai on my way to which spaceful little trick the Emperor was Navigation Co., accided to the proposed terms civil and the other a tailliary official The who very plainly showed that there was at is seen in the ridiculously inadequate Tolle, where I am bound to go for couple of exceedingly pleased. All the soldiers wore provideasily and pending farther disc satom, former has his back to the lake and hit-face to the least one independent auditor connected with summary which is unblushingly put months (not concertising) at the end of a foreign costume, and a band of music was, in Neither Mesars, Jardine, Matheson & Co. nor West; the latter has his back to the hill and faces joint stock enterprises in Hongkong who to they stood there in les recognised the duties and responsibilities statement of accounts. Compared with 1 September. I wrote a magnificent book on by the Emperor to his guests, and they dispersed their respective companies beyond promising to life attitude, absorbing the warmth of the sun by
Japanese Arts there is vanity for you? #
fonsider the request of the men, if a little longer day and bathed in the pare rays of the mivoo by
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We hear that Dr. Hirth, who has been on leave in Germany for the last eighteen months, is about to return to his post as Deputy-Com- missioner of Maritimes Customs in Chine, says the Land C. Expres. The Prussian Govern meat bas conferred on him the title "Professor," a distinction sometimes awarded to private scholars in recognition of scientific efficiency. Ar the Police. Count yesterday, before Mr Cosmopolitan Dock summoned Mr. Inglis, the Robinson, two Chinese fitters employed at the chief engineer, for assault. Their story, as set forth by Mr. Dennys, was that on the 1st February, when they knocked off work on the Parthia, the defendant came and cuffed and kicked them, without any provocation. The defence put quite a different complexion on the affair. On the day lo question the complainants, with ten others, lelt work at 11.30, and when Mr. Low, the chief engineer of the Parthia, complained to Mr. Inglis, who, ordered them to return to work, they were insolent, and promptly got slapped over the Jaw Mr. Robinson suggested A compromise, but no-the Chinamen couldn't chop. Whereupon Mr. Robinson told them that really they had only got what they deserved, to the lank went out owing to foul air; further, that another lamp was procured and and imposed a nominal penalty of 81 in each then it was found that there were eighteen case. The complainante paid Mr. Dennys.
men just at the last gasp. Now for the facts, A SHANGHAI Contemporary publishes an extract The chief officer, knowing that out of some 700 from letter received there from the great passengers there would probably be some stow violinist Remonyi, dated Durban, South Africa, ways on that trip, as he had found some befire, rith January, 1892. He says in it that it is looked down into the tank, which had Wooden very bad wind which blows nobody any good, cover on the manhole, and there found the and the three years' mishappenings were actually eighteen men enjoying themselves under the good for me, and although dead i am still mere impression thatthey were geuing & cheap psssage to Ningpo. They were, however, soon andeceived. a very lively corpse, with the very best health, thank God, and am well, or rather doing They had only been in the tank a few minutes well In two months' time, or the when discovered, and in any case they had latest at the end of March, collection start been pumred into the tank, so that it cannot be plenty of air to breathe. Since then water has for Europe with a tremendous collection of--
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used for stowaways in future, 2.-Many compositions for violin and orchestra. 3.-Eighty cases full of archeological, ethno-On the roth of last moon the Emperor went to the T-e Kwang Palace, where a feast had been logic, and artistic objects, and
4-A wonderful collection of 45 violins, prepared for the entertainment of the represent
0.40 holders, to simply decline to vouch for the I think of it-Mr. Inglis must be executed chop when the cover was taken off, the lamp lowered
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THE meeting of the shareholders of the of the Company, and on having the true unique, of which I found 37 herd in South atives of China's tributary who had come there interview was that the company offered the Peking, and a number of th.s: are now stored Hongkong Hotel Company, Limited, held position pointed out to them they without | Africa, among the old French Huguenots, scal- last year to convey their respective congratula..engineers the following terms'-third engineers outside the Tung-hun gate of Peking, ready for
to their different homes-Hy Par