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Tax Superintendent of the P. & O. S. N. Co. informs us that the Company's steamer Panelia left Singapore for this port at noon yesterday, TRE Shanghai Mercury hears that the penalty enfined in the contract between the Chinese Government and the French syndicate, for any delay or failure to deliver over the deck and other works at Port Arthur within the stipul sted time, and which would amount to some Tis. 75.000, has been remittel by the Chinese Government upon the application of the Provincial Treasurer Chou.fu.
- The Bill
played at the Race-course on Monday the 22nd opposition wad a third time without GARRISON CUP," presented by the Officers of
A GANE of foothall under Rugby rules, will be
inst a match having been arranged between the Club and the Navy. Play will commence at
4.15 p.m.
A VERY interesting ceremony took place at the Central Police Stailor this morning in connection with the closing of a course of ambulance corps Irctures by Dr. Cantlie. It will be remembered that some months ago a St. John's Aubulance Corps was started at the Central Station and upwards of sixiy members of the Force enrolled them- ives, and attended lectures delivered twice a week by Dr. Cantlic. The course of lectures has now come to an end and the members of the Force, with a view to marking their appreciation
of Dr. Cantlie's kind and invaluable services, decided to subscribe to
a fund which should be invested in the pur-
has negotiated a Special Convention with It is reported that the Japanese Government Kores by which the latter will, from the, 1st of January 1891, allow the export of red ginseng, duty of 20 per cent ad valorem. China, it is hitherto a prohibited article, upon payment of a rumoured in the Land of Morning Calm," has chase of a handsome bronze vase to be present forbidden Korea to exchange the ratification ed to the worthy decor. The presentation look of the Convention with the Japanese special place this morning in the presence of a number envoy who is now sojourning in the Koreanf spectators and in a few appropriate words
General Gordon, Acting Captain Superinten dent of Police, presented the vase to Dr. capitat.
Cantlie. The latter in acknowledging the gift addressed the assembly at considerable length and lathe course of his speech sketched the rise and orogress of the St. John's Ambalance Corps of London. In conclusion Dr. Cantle said that the members' examination papers had been forwarded to the London Board of Examiners who would duly put the result which he, in his turn, would communicare to the local corps. THUS an Australian exchange-This is the story of a wedding which didn't come off, and of two loving hearts that were trodden underfoot by the boof of calamity. The parties to the trans- action reside in Brisbane, a sultry city, with a delective water-supply which runs by fits and starts, with interval between when the fit is
The hontrable member was naturally desirous of knowing what he was actually voting for, and his query-Whether there was any risk of Mr. CHADWICK's plans being departed from, now that that expert had left the colony was, in light of past experiences, very much to the point. And as it elicited a reply to the effect that the resident engineer would not be justified in altering or modifying the plans, and the not generally known information that Mr. CHADWICK was "in "receipt of £300 per annum from the, colony as "consulting engineer at home" in connection with this work, Mr. WHITEHEAD did not labour in vain. But something still more important resulted from his inquiry, something that is calculated to profoundly astonish those who have takes any interest in the past achieve THAT indispensible book of reference, which the ments of the talented staff of the Public editos keeps at his elbow, "Men of the time," is in the forthcoming edition to include "Women pt Works department. The Surveyor General the time." Of course that is quite correct; in fact, committed himself to the astounding state-it ia belated Innovation. There are women of ment that the increased cost over estimates the time about whom editors do occasionally want to lerrn something-a'something which is, of the new Central School-Sir Toady' let it be gallantly admitted, always to their BowEN's vaunted Victoria College was, credit. The only thing to be dreaded is that al "owing to the foundations of the building the present rate of progress it will come to be.
"women of the time," and nothing more! having turned out a great deal worse than was expected"-"provision was not made in the estimates for such a bad foundation as was found when the ground was opened up. Mr. Brown, on being catechised by Nos. 22 & 24, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL Dr. Ho K as to how the foundations turned out worse than expected, regretted he "couldn't make his words any clearer," and practically collapsed when Mr.CHATER, speaking from an extensive experience of such matters, politely, but none the less plainly, indicated that he did not believe that bad foundations could possibly have A. S. WATSON & CO., LD, almost doubled the estimated cost of the building. And then the Chairman of the Comittee (Mr. W. M. DEANE) stopped the discussion.
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PARNELL'S 'TROUBLES.
LONDON, December 17th The freedom of the City of Edinburgh con- ferred upon Mr. Parnell, bas been cancelled,
ANGLO-PORTUGUESE DIFFICULTY.
December 18th.
The Marquis of Sallabury has summoned Mr. C. Rhodes to London to confer with him on the Anglo-Portuguese difficulty.
(From the North-China Daily News.) THE AUDIENCE QUESTION SETTLED.
Tientsin, Dec. 14th, 5 p.m.
An Imperial Decree has been published stal | ing that the Foreign Mialsters are to be admitted
in audience every China New-Year.
A FRIENDLY DEMONSTRATION,
December 15th.
It is said that the Peiyang squadron is to escart Lord Li, the new Chinese Minister lo Tokio, to Yokohama,
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
SELFISHHIES is the devil's narrow-gauge road to perdition,
ADMIRAL Belknap, U.S.N., expected at Shanghal, with his flagship, the Omaha, on Monday the sand instant.
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ADJOURNID COMMITTEES, Upon the suggestion of the Acting Attorney- General, Committees on Hills entitled "The Gambling Ordinance, 1895," and "An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to Bankruptcy," were postponed sine dia. Respec'ing the Gambling Ordinance the spe-ker all the official members of the Council desired to have further time to consider the provisions of the BUL.
*** PUBLIC OFFICERS' PENSION FUND.
Some opposition was offered by Mr. T. H. Whitehead to the third reading of a Bill entitled "An Ordinance to provide for, and regulate a Pension Fund for widows and children of Public Officera of the Colony " which was moved by the. Acting Attorney-General Mr. Whitehead urged that the Fund should be controlled by the Supreme Court and not rest entirely with the Governor of the Colony, The Allorney-General in rep'y stated that the control of the Fund would, by virtue of the provisions of the Bill be largely vested in the Supreme Court His Excellency, the Acting Governor then spoke on the subject at some lenth and said that a Fund of n precisely similar kind was in a very promising condition in the colony of Jamaica, Rather than cause the Council the trouble of dealing with the Bill again in Committee Mr. Whitehead withdrew his motion for the postponement of the Bill, which then passed its third reading.
THE REPORT ON EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC
WORKS.
A long discussion relative to the unofficial members' proposed adends to the report on the proceedings of the meetings of the Finance Committee at which the estimates of the "Public Works, Extraordinary" were discussed. at length; a long discussion took place, bis Excellency objecting to forward it on the
that could not fail to convey a false impression grounds that it was drawn up in language to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. So far from refusing to give information be had he said, furnished all the information that was a his power to lay before hon. members. It would be unfair to foward a document of the kind indicated, until the official members had had an opportunity of explaining. from their points of view, the matters therein
alluded to.?
Alter some further discussion' the Bfil was referred back to the Finance Committee and the Council adjourned until Monday the 22nd inst.
THE HONGKONG HIGH-LEVEL TRAMWAYS COMPANY,
LIMITED:
The sixth ordinary general meeting of the. above named company was held at the Hong kong Hotel at noon to-day. There were present Mr. J. A. Sonnaville (Chairman); Mesars. J. Anderson and C. Ewens (Consulting Commis tee); G. Murray Bain, J. C.'dos Remedios, W.
The Chairman said the report issued on the 16th instant contained all that he had to say on
the subject of the company's affairs which weie not so bright as he could wish. It must be remembered, however, that the year now drawing to a close had been an exceptionally bad one for Hongkong, and it was reasonable to assume that next year,if not better, would certainly be no worse. There were reasons for believing that the Com- pany's receipts would be considerably augmenter next year owing to the opening of two new hotels questions which any of the shareholders might at the Peak. He wou'd be glad to answer any
be disposed to put to him.
THE Formosa CORRESPONDENT of a Shanghai gled to state is now Acertainty that H.E. the in his position here. Governor' remains The Imperial Censors went to Canton from Forchow and did not come to Formosa at all, and Mr. Chang Sauy, the late Manager of the Formosa Trading Co., bas got leave for a time and will be relieved by Mr. Tini Ying-wei, the late Directer of the Coal Mine Syndicate. We hope that the Coal Mine Syndicate will receive Imperial sanction vet, and that that is the reason for keeping Mr. Tsai engaged here. IN our issue of the 16th inst. we published a paragraph reflecting in no measured terms on the management of the China and Japan Tele-
get back, and there is no water again for a phone Company. The local Agent (Mr. A. Then it stops running just 45 minutes before he Sandimd) called upon us in consequence, and on being supplied with the necessary information fortnight. It was this local peculiarity which as to the nature of our complaints, made a tho-bake up the two lovers already alluded to, and rough investigation into the mater and dis scittered their hopes like an eye struck by dyna covered the fra revini: fct that his operators mile. The bridgeroom newspaper man723 were in the habit of intercepting any "chit,"
a stranger in the land, and on his wedding that they suspected of containing complaints morning be cose early and climbed into the He turned the water on just about the working of the lies. Mr. Sandford shower-bath bas, no doubt, often been blamed for not stend enough to turn it off again, and smothered
could hold no more soap he turned it on once rant, and is glad that the matter has at last
more or rather he tried to do so, but there was been brought to his notice..
no water there. He got one eye open with diffi- MR. W. F. Lay, Commissioner of Customs, niet culty and inspected the pipes, but the shop got. Wylie (Superintendent) and a few others. with a terrible accident at Hankow on Monday into it, and he cleard it hurriedly. In his igno a new ice-house. He went up the outside ladder, would come back in a few seconds, so be sat on last. He had gone over to Hanyang to inspectrance he fondly imagined that the refreshing finid and then took a step forward, not seeing, owing the edge of the bath to wait, Hek pt on wait- to the darkness, that there was nothing to step ing. An hour passed slowly, and the soap had on, and was precipitated to the bottom, a fall of dried on him, and he grew wild and began to de twenty-five feet. His whole lace was smashed ounce the Corporation of Brisbane as gathering in, his left side injured and his left wrist and of bags and devils, but no good results followed. right knee completely crushed. He was rescued He also began to get cramped, so he spent the as soon as possible and carried home on a
'next bour sitting on the floor, and using lan- stretcher. By list advices, he had no fever and
guage which would have made his best girl's was as cheerful as a man o, jured could be.
hair run cold and her blood stand on end, and then he crawled back into his bedroom kicking We (N.C. Daily News) regret to hear also that Captair Batten of the China Navigation Co.'s his clothes in front of him, and tried vainly to steamer Pekin is lying so if it Hankow that
get the soup off with the hat-brush. Next hd grave doubts are entertain:diol bis recovery.
Attempted to remove it with cod-liver oil, and when that scheme fell through also there were no ONE can scarcely imagine Mr. John Morley and more advailable liquids left in the house except Mr. Stend associated in journalistic enterprise, gun and ink. At this stage he laid down and their individual leanings in a literare way are so held on to the floor, else he would have blown estranged. But it is the case that when Morley been off with an explosion of sentimen', and lest edited the Pall Mall Stead was on the staff, he might do some damage be hid himself under The result is amusingly told in a character the bet and cursed inwardly. The mattresses sketch of Mr. Morley which appears in the and other fixings helped to muffle exterior aouadi, Review of Reviews. While the chief was at so he stayed under the bed for two hours and a home, he acted as a chilly frost on the exuberance half before it strack him that there was a dali of his coadjutor's youthful enthusiasm; but when sound of rushing water somewhere, but when he he was away, the latter foamed and frothed and fled back into the bathroom he found that though, revelled in that starling language which Mr. the water had evidently been running for thirty Morley hated. On one occasion Mr. Stead minutes or so, it had just stopped again, and he received the serious intelligence that his article was in time to catch the last drop on the top of had turned Mr. Morley's head grey; and again, bis head, and that was all. Human endurance that another article had taken bis breath away gave out at this point, and he swore 20 or 19 times. Why physical change occurred to the advocate louder than he had ever sworn before. Naturall of restraint and sobriety when the scrapé-the enough his landlady came upstairs, and asked, gutter series of articles on London life appeared him through the keyhole what was the matter, Lu in the Pall Mall, it is impossible to say. Any- when he bade her clear out because he had no how, he shook the dust of Journalism off bis feet, thing on except one drop of water on his head and took to politics, in which field his reputation she retired in disorder, and set it down to drink. It for restraint and sobriety of expression has yet was about four o'clock in the afternoon when the to be made.
bride's brother came along with thunder in hir eye and a large stick in his hand, to demand why nobody had tumed up at the altar, and when he tried the bedroom-door he found it locked. Then he demanded admittance, and lo responss there arose within the hearse, idiotic shriek of a dry maniac covered with soap The sufferer's reason had given way beneath the strain, and he had emptied the gum and the Ink over him, self, and then climbed up the chimney. He was dragged out with difficulty and removed to the focal asylum where he has a shower bath every morning, but his case is generally regarded 26 hopeless. There is a setiled gloom upon bis
H.M.S. Firebrand and Linnef, the two six-knot gunboats sent out on the roth instant to catch the Namoa pirates, returned here last night after a fruitless sca ch, One has been scouring the coast to the northwnd, and the other to the southward. The Firebrand dropped upon a Chinese cruiser at Pingkof which was on the same mission: the British men-of-war. Beyond giving the mandarins at some of the fishing villages photos of the Pirate chief, Detective Sergeant McIver, who was on board the Firrorand, was unable to do sayibing towards
ever.
A SUDA
In answer to questions the Chairman said of $30,000 was still owing to the general managers, and that the cost of coal might be reduced considerably "in
the near future If satisfactory arrangements could be made with the Torqain Coal Company whose coal had been tried during the past year with highly satisfactory results. The Tonquin coal used for trial was found to be dearer than other kinds procurable in the market. But when large and regular quantities were pur-, chased a material reduction in the cost price of the Tonquin article would doubtless end in a benefit to the shareholders.
The Chairman then moved the adoption of the report and accounts, Mr. Bain seconded and it was carried nim.tan?
Mr. W. H. Wylie proposed the re-election of Mets. P. Ryrie and C. Ewens and J. Anderson as members of the Consulting Committee. It was seconded by Mr. I. C.da Cemba and carried unanimously, as also was the appointment of Mr. R. Lyall as Auditor for the ensuing year.
A voto of thanks to the Chairman concluded the proceedings
VICTÒRIA REGATTA.
SECOND DAY-FRIDAY, DECEMBIR 19TH,
The weather was much the sime as on the
previous day—excepting, perhaps that the wind was a trifls higher andthe water a little rougher. The attendance was good and the lengthy programme was carried - through without a bitch. The International race was a hollow affair owing to Kennedy not being able to row in the Scotch boat, this fact made the odds a guinea to a gooseberry on the Englishmen. The great amount of interest seemed to be taken in the Regatta by the general public INTERNATIONAL RACE, "CHALLENGE, CUR"... For four-ours; cap presented by J. S. Laptalk, Esq., to be held by the winning crew for one year's but to remain the property of the Club; distance, one-mile-and-a-half; entrance, $10; to be rowed in boats the property of the Vic toria Recreation Club., 1.
the garrison for four oars; distance, one mile; entrance; $io; to be rowed in boats the property of the Victoria Recreation Club or boats similar in build to those belonging to Victoria Recreation Club.
"This'le,—First.
Station No 5-Binck and White. Bow, F. P. Wadionn 10. 1lb. No, a, F. G. Young, R.E.................. tost. 6lbs. No. 3. G.. L. Durein..... low, 6lbs. Stroke, G. C. C. Master ... 10st. lbs.
Cox, G. A. Caldwell
gut. olb.
"Leek." Second, Station No. 3.-dmiral's Flag. Fow, P. V. Oliver
No. 2, H. W. Metcalfe No. 3. R. B. Gude
Stroke, J. D. Hickley
9t, 12lbs.
rist. gibs.
test. 6ih«,
Cox, H. C. Brock ebank...... gst. alb. Victoria."-Third.
Station No. 1.-Scarlet and White. Bow, F. C. Dundas ...........
...last. 8/bs. No, », Capt in Robinson .......................115. 3lbs. No. 3, F. L. Jackson.12st zba "Stroke, Cap'ain Heyderson i...tit. 6lbs. Cox, R. de C. Boyd ... 93. gibs.
................."
lost. Iolbs.
Station No. 1.—Dark-blue and White. Bow, P. S. Bent.. No. a, C. E. Lefentz No. 3, T. E. Griffiks Stroke, S. P. Read.... Cox, G. F. Walte
"Rose."
10st, 12lbs. ......IIS, Io'bs. ..13st. subs.
Station No. 4-Red and White, Bow, C. H. Thomson Tost, 12lbs. No. 3, A, H. Qugh.........................................rost. rrlbs. No. 3. A. Duer Inst. folha. Stroke, H. Sköti........ .................115t. 5lbs.,
Cox, H. Sampson ............... gat. 12lbs. The five boats got away to a splendid start,
followed by the Leek and Thistle-the Rou the Victoria coming to the front first closely lying fourth, and the Canton Crew well out of it before half the distance was covered. This order was maintained unill near the fligship when the
Thistle and Leek each spurted, the sesult beings clever win for the former by half a length.
Time, 7 mins. 7 recs..
FOR HEAVY GIOS: open to European Non- Commissioned Officers and men of any Regi ment or corps of the Garrisonjar to Európska members of the Police Force; the bouts to be appoved by the committee; distance.' ond mile; time allowed for cars, 8 seconds pir var; four boats must start be two priz55; entrance, $1; first prize $15; second prize, $5; (the winner of race. No. 1 first day to be *xcluded),
· Five boats started for this race and after am exclling struggle the result was as follows:- A. & S. Highlanders Loulse
A. & S. Highlanders' Sutherland............... 2. FOR MEN-OF-WAR'S CUTTERS-Distance, one mile; entrance, $1; first prite, $15; second prize, $10; time allowed for ours, 4 seconds. per oar; boats to be approved by the com mittes; (winner of 11th race rst day to bo excluded); for boats to start for two prizes. There were five entries for this race. The
Emperieure boat, six oars, came in fit, but the diacrity five oais, took first prize on time 'allowance for oars, "AMERICAN CUP-Presented by the American Community; for four-nara; distance, one milaj entrance, $toj to be rowed in boats the property of the Victoria Recreation Club.
"Leek."First.
Station No. 2.-Admiral's Flag. Bow, P. V. Oliver 9st, Izlby, No. 7, M. H. Cobbelast 4lbs. No. 3 C. H. Thompson..........lost. 12lbs, Stroke, J. D. Hickley....................................... [ist.
Cox, G. A. Caldwell
...... 94. olb,
lbs.
"Shamrock."-Second. Station No. 5.-Red and White. Bow, A. H. Ough on 95t. xiibe, No. 2, A Due?............................................fast. Xolbs. No: 3, W. S Taylor ...
Os. Tilbs. Stroke, H. SkaR.....................
list. 5lbs. Cox, H. Sampson ... 93. Izfbs.
"Thistle.Third,
Station No. 4-Scarlet and White. Bow. F. H. Walter, ... gs. olb. No. 2, E. G. Young, RE, Iost. 6lbs. No. 3, F. L. Jackson,.....................................12. 7ibs. Stroke, Captain Henderson,.....1st. 7lbs. Cox, R. do C. Boyd, ................................ 91 3lbs.
"Rose,"
Station No. 3White, Bow, G. L. Duncan, ..................................Cost. Sibs. No. 2, G. H. Potts.123. olb No. 3, R. B. Garde,...? Ist. zibs Stroke, W. H. Potts, list. Tolbs Cox M. Fredericks, ............ 63t. 1olbs,
"Victoria."
Station No. 1 Bow, H. P. Wadman, ............... lost. lb. No. a, D. H. Mackintosh,fost. "Sibu No. 3, J. T. H. Sample,...........ftat.”4lbs. Stroke, A. G. Stephen,fts. 4lbs.
Cox, W. Stopani, z.................. 95t. ́ 4ibs - A good start was effected and the boats pulled well together for the first quarter when the Lak and Shamrock began to draw away-the former soon taking a lead which she maintained easily to the finish; winning by several lengths. Thira was an exciting struggle at the end for second place between the Shamrock and the Thistle
We are informed by the agents (Messrs. D. Sassoon, Sens & Co.) that the steamer Fadas, from Calcutta, leít Singapore to-day for thle port. AN emergency meeting of Zetland Lodge, No. $25, E.C will be held in Freemasons Hail, [5 Zetland Street, this evening, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited. ST. PETER'S SKAMEN'S CHURCH-The Mission / sfidcting the arrest of the chief actors in the soul, and the spuk of intelligence has fled for various other results warewell contested bat ne BROKERS' CUP, presented by the Share Brokera steam-launch Day Spring will call alongside historical Namoa tragedy. It was ascer vessels hoisting code pennant C between 9 and talaed at. Pinghof that the pirates' junks bad numbers painted on them, which proves beyond 10.30 am, on Sunday to convey men ashore to the shadow of a doubt that the craft which tock MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE the 11 dclock service, returning about 12.30.
the pirates and their plunder office Namoa on A RUMOUR is "going the rounds in Shanghai the toth instant were Hongkongregistered fishing to the effect that the authorities at Tokyo junks. We would suggest to the authorities that a valuable clue may be forthcoming were all Arsenal are hurrying on the manufacture of
registered junks promptly mustered with a view 100,000 Matata rifes About 1,800 mechanics are
to ascertaining the numbers of those that took already employed in conneçijon therewith and
part in the Namco piracy. Had this been others are being engaged,"
dane last Thursday week the police might have got hold of some of the relatives of the murderers and of their accomplices, with semblance of promptitude which would have bees commendable,
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HONGKONG, Saturday, DECEMBER 20, 1890.
WE are glad to hear that Mesurs. George R. Stevens & Co. have received a tel gram from the Head Office, of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha to-day, reporting that the Company's steamer Harima Baru, which was ashore off the weat coast of Japan, has been floated and towed to Yokosuka Dock.
COUNCIL,
A meeting of the Legislative Council was There were present. i-- held this forenoon. His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government (Mr. F. Fleming); Mr. W. M. Deane (Acting Colonial Secretary); Mr. E. J. Ackroyd' (Acting Attorney General); Mr. H. E. Wodchousa Acting Colonial Treasurer); Mr. N. G. Mitchell Innes (Acting Registrar-General), Messrs. C. P. Chater, P. Ryrie, T. H. Whitehead, Ho Kal, and J. J. Keswick, (unofficial members), and Mr. F.A. Hareland, Acting Clerk of Councis,
KINUTES.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.
The Acting Colonial Secretary replied, that the amount of Light Dues collected from the rst of January to the 31st of March last was $80,119.99 and from the 1st April to the 30th November last, the Dues collected amounted to $56,117.04.0
THE English people will, says the Sydney Bullets, yet look with contempt and disgust upon the very name of Brigand Stanley, Bot THE unofficial members, of the Legislative THE gresome statistics of suicide are faithfully then the J. Bull family are so dull-witted, prosaic,
REVENUE FROM LIGHT DUIS, Pursuant to notice Mf. T. H. Whitehead asked Council are doing useful service to the kept in, Europs. Germany, grouped according egoistical, and greedy a lot that they have community in Finance Committee by to nationalites, stands at the head with 150 simply been marked ont by Nature as the
suicides per million; Scandinavia, 128) France, perennist victims of hypocrisy, The mean, the following question;-Will the Government insisting on all necessary detalls and 136; the Sclavs, 40; the Roman people, 27, and brutal, pitiless face of Stanley alone ought isy. On the table stement shewing the to have been enough, leaving bia revoltingggregate amount of Light Dues collected from. explanations being supplied before giving Ireland go to 93. In Germany, Saxony has the
1 January to 31st March last, both days their sanction to large votes for projected greatest percentage, which lucressed between egotism out of the question, to proclaim him
last, also bath days inclusive? the Bible in the wilderness and what R Public Works. And of late they have 1874 and 1879 from 251 to 334 per million. The fraud when he began to gag" how he read active, and from ret April to 30th November
same percentage is said to apply to Prussia, the been making inquiries as to certain heavy self-destruction being caused by "wild living," mercy and a comfort it was to him. Yet, as the accredited representatives of the shoeless Items of expenditure in the not very far chiefly induced by drink, by loss of wealth and the British public unquestioningly accepts as
by melancholy.
and hungry Christ whom it pretends to adore, a distant past, which are also calculated to do good, Mr. T. H. WHITEHEAD, Who ON Thursday aight last, a gentleman of the lot of paunchy impostors with thick underlips and aame of Campbell, after having gased long and smug faces that are mere coloured maps of glut. has been especially prominent in this earnestly on the wine while it was red ansconced tony, and greed and self-indulgence; as it har for direction, asked some very pertinent himself in an outside chair as comfortably as hundreds of years paid toll and tribute to a bord questions at a meeting held on the 15th cumstances would permit and went off to of fat and insatiable vampires who travel in the name of self-denial and charity it is no wonder sleep, Boma hours afterwards he was sur Instant regarding the very important prised to find himself to Happy Valley that they, who worship at the feet of an unspeak question of the new water mains and minus his watch, a diamond ring and ably dull and lenoble set of bogus, gospel some money, the whole amounting to about monger, should fail enay victims to the wiles of distributory system of Victoria water-works 200. The Peelers are on the scent, as a calculating Walsh Yankes newspaper-man
The Acting Attorney-General moved the third "recommended by Mr. O. Chadwick, for usual; and that's just about as far as they will book-agent who has sized 'em all up to a nicety, which a vote of 870,000 was baked to get, probably. In the meaning this, should The statements made by Trong and others as to reading, of in Ordinance to repeal Ordlance be a warning to those confiding individuals who the ivory business are but the beginning of the No. 13 of 1860, for the establishment of a Civil
arch-humbug's downfall. meet the estimated expenditure for 1891.. put such falta is the honesty of chair coolies.
•
MATURALIZATION OF CHINESE,"
The Acting Attorney-General in moving the second reading of two Bills relative to the naturalization of Lei Sul Tong and Chol Wai, otherwise Choi Tsun, stated that the applicants were merchants carrying on business in Bonham Strand, gre
List
-THE END OF THE CIVIL LIFE I SM
"Leek.-First.. Station No. 2.-— Bow. H. P. Wadman, No. 2, W. H. Potts,
1016 118: 142
Lt. Tolbs.
No. 3, G. C. C. Maser, ................. 10st. lbs. Stroke, J. D. Hickley,
is lba. Cox, G. A. Caldwell,.......... 9tk. alb. #Thistle."Second.
b
of Hongkangs för double seu is; distance ona mile; entrance, §5: to be rowed in boats the property of the Victoria Recreation Club,
Station No. 4-Scarlet and White. Bow, C. Robinson............... rost.. 8lbs. Stroke, FL Jackson
12st. 7 b
gut. 3'bs,
Cox, R. de C. Boyd...
̈“Kahleen,”~-Secord,
St Station No, ‹ 2.---Admiral's flag.
Bow A. G. Stephen......................io 116t. 4lbi Sirake, H. W Metcalfe lost, gibi. Cox F. O. Lewis done git. ölbe vetem ka fasadaman."--Third,
· Station No-Dark Blue and White, Bow, T, K. Griffiths Stroke, S. P. Read
Cox.
F. Watts
Matto di plade!" LILY,"
Station No. 6, Black and White, Bow, H. Botel:
- Stroke, O. Eschwind
Cox.
fast. gibs 11st, alb
The Life went off with the food but did not
Station No. 1.m Bow. F. Dundas Sofort, No. 2, E, L Duncan............... 101. b. No. 3, Captain Henderson, Est, Gibr Stroke, A. G. Stephen,
at 4167.7. Cox, R. do C. Boyd,
git. 3lbs, Both boats got away to a good start, and rowing in fair form made a pretty race for the first The Scotchmen, made of their opponentų. quarter, then the English, began to get ahead maintain li long being overtaken by the garthan several spurts, but the other crow were always equal to the occasion and won as they liked by four length. The Scotch crew were wretchedly. "coxed" but anyhow they had
SENIOR SCULLS.-Open to any member of the no change with the Saxons, Time 11:237
Victoria Recreation Club; distance, one miler entrance fee, $3; cup presented by the Parsee community.
H. Skøtt.
I
a 1. 2
E. B. Shepherd, 101. gibi the long steady stroke af Skött soon began to For a time the boats rowed well together, but tell and he wrest easily to the front. Shepherd appeared very much out of training and rowed
ta miserable form. After covering about half the distance he collapsed entirely leiring Skott 1993 to win as ka pljasole : Time 9 mins, 17 vots)
crew who palled a good steady stroke, and erentu dly won salher easily from the Rathlin, The rest were out of the hunt,
FOR MEN OF WAR'S GIGS AND WRALERS
Distance, one mile entrance, 81; first prise, gio; second, $; { the boste to be approved by the committes jo time allowed for, vari, þá. seconds per car; four boats must start for two. pistes (winner of 4th race, ist day, to bę #excluded) where a dude
Imperiousa galloy .......................................ï¿ "BILILIOS CUP-Presented by E R. Belillo, Erg 1 for eight bars distance, one miles ens trance, $16) United Services v Civilians The crews that started were-Defence, Hickley, Jackson, Henderson, Garde, Robinson, Dunda Mateille, Oliver Commares-W. Hi Patt. Skött G. Stephen, Garde, G, H. Fotta, A.. Orgh; C: H/ Thempsony Wadeka?