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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1891.
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September 3rd. The German newspapers, commenting on the departure of the Emperor William and General Von Caprivi to witness the Austrian military mancavres, and to meet the Emperor of Austria and Count Kalnoky, Minister for Foreign Affairs, CHEMISTS & AERATED*y that Sedan was never nearer than to-day, as well as the possibility of having to defend German unity.
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SERVIA AND BULGARIA.
September 5th, At the instance of the Porte, Servia and Bulgaria have both withdrawn their troops from the frontier.
FRANCE AND RUSSIA.
September, 11th. "The Paris Sfecla says that, despite the enthus natic reception of the French Fleet at Cronstadt,
France will not allow the Russian occupation of Stambori.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
SAYS the Nagasak! Riring Sun of the and est -In connection with the Quarantine Regulations now in force, it is stated that Dr. Graham has been appointed foreign health officer for Kobe at a salary of $140 per month, and that at Yokohama the N. Y. K. steamer Mine Maru has been chartered to act as guard-ship. THE Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play the following programme at the Officers' Mesa to-morrow, commencing:at 8 p.m. >=
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M. S. Linner left Hakodate on the 29th CHOLERA is said to be prevalent in nearly all CAPT. W. M. LANG has been appointed to Angust, and the despatch vessel Alacrity the south-eastern ports of India.
IL.M.S. Cleopatra, the appointment to data from arrived there on the same date.
August roth. THE tea ex steamship Empress of Japan A JAPANESE contemporary says that the Yoko-arrived in New York on the 11th inst.) hame Specie Bank, in spite of exceptionally THEY wants European secretary for the Selangor heavy losses, made a profit of $600,000 during Club from the rat December. Salary-rooper the past half-year. THR wearing of the bel suit Instituted by the Marquis Ikeda Tokujun against the Yomfurt Shimbun has been postponed, and it is expected that it will be compromised,
THE Chias Borneo Code barque Tarapacs, Capt. H. Kennett, arrived here yesterday after noon with a cargo of coal from the island of Hongay. This is the first shipment of coals from the Hongar mines,"
PERCY COLLINS, a altor belonging to the Empress of India, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Queen's Road yesterday. Not having two dollars available, he was sent to gaol for ten days.
THUS the Kabi Herald :—The Fiji Shimpa is always interesting, as indeed the principal paper of Japan should be, From its columns we learn that about 70 or 80 per cent. of raw cotton consumed by cotton spinning companies in this country comes from India. A Mr. Tata, a cotton shipper from Bombay, after spending some time to Hongkong. has come to Osaka to try and persuade cotton buyers to run a steamer, of steamers, between Osaka and India at cheap rates for cotton. The export of matches would. be encouraged also by this. But if matches A JAPANESE DADer, the Osaka Araki, hears were all a ship had to depend upon for its out that the amount of Indemnity demanded by ward voyage, the hold of Japan on India for England and France from the Chinese Govern is to pay. No doubt the trade in matting and daring the recent riots amounts to $6,500,000 matches would need to be great if the enterprisement for the damage inflicted on foreign property
other things would be encouraged.
And cheap at the price, we should say:
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Ora Nagasaki contemporary, the Rig Sun
of September 9th, states that the German steamer Helene Rickmers, which vessel recently stranded in Kobe harbour during a typheon, was taken into the Mitin Bish Co's dock the previous Saturday morning for repairs. THE U.S.5. Palos arrived at Shanghal from Upon being surveyed it was found that about Foochow on the 8th inst. ·
140 plates in her bottom were more or less dented and will have to be renewed. A large number of frames are also so badly damaged as to necesitate their being changed, and it is estimated that the work will occupy from two and a half to three months. It will perhaps seem incredible to anyone who has not seen her in dock, that such an enormous amount of damage could have been sustained on Kobe's soft, sandy beach; but the fact is undisputable, and nothing remains now but to make the the damage good,
H.M.S. Sports arrived at Singapore on the sth inst. She is expected to proceed to Hongkong
next month.
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COLONEL Burton-Brown, R.A, will command the troops in the Straits Settlements during the absence of Major-General Sir Charles Warren, MONSIEUR G. Lemaire, French Minister to China, arrived at Yokohams the other day by
the O. & 0. Co's, steamer Oceanici
A STAMAN belonging to H.M.S. Redpole, pamed Robert Spook, died at Chiakiang on the 6th inst, and was buried the same day with naval
honors.
The recently reported troubles in the directorate of the China Merchants' Co. are stated to have the anticipated changes will not take place.
SEEDS, been sailsfactorily adjusted in Tientsin, so that
SEASON 1891-92.
THE Ocean Steamship Co,'s steamer Telamon left Singapore for this port en Saturday, the 12th inst, and may be expected here on or about
THE FIRST SHIPMENT OF OUR SUPPLY the 18th inst
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THE Deli Courant says that the European firm GARDEN SEEDS close their offices on Sundays, in order to allow
In Meden, with one excention, have agreed to
their employés to have one day's rest in seven,
THE Committee of the German Club have with drawn their two subscriptions to the Hongkong Telegraph, presumably on account of a paragraph which appeared in our Saturday's lease in which Germans were incidentally referred to as "the Chinese of Europe." We should be only to delighted if the whole of the clubs in the East, from Colombo to Vladivostock, would cease to subscribe to this journal, as it would fucrease our daily circulation by from two to three hundred coples. But in an lesult, apart altogether from Journalistic, license, to termi Germans the Chinese of Europe We fall to see where the fault comes in: and we do not hesitate to affirm that, in many respects, citizens of any nation in the world. As regards the illustration in question would honor the the heat German whoycott of the
LO SON, described as a domentle servant, was charged at the Maglatmacy to-day with having stoles 18 pieces of clothing, an umbrella, two locks, and sundry other articles. Mr. Wise adjudged the defendant guilty of unlawful possession and fined him $20, or two months' Imprisonment.
FILLIS CIRCUS, we regret to read, has been very unfortunate at Sourabaya. Three of their men died of cholera recently, among them being the graceful young Peacock," one of Fillis best riders, and the band-master. A number of the men are besides stricken with fever, and Mr. Fills has also lost three valuable horses, including his famous Jockey horse.
A HOME contemporary remarks that Captain Trench, one of the nine commanders promoted to captain, proved himself a capable and popular commander in the Interieuse, and that the Influence of Sir Nowell Salmon bas doubtless secured the gallant officer bis step thus early. He is in his forty-second year.
A Stralis Times 'financial telegram' of the and inst. places the price of Raub shares at two shillings. We suppose this is the selling price in Brisbane There has been a consistent and strong demand for shares in Hongkong at a very much higher rate than 2/ Why don't the Singapore operators and agents "unload" in Hongkong? There is plenty room here.
with having in his possession 160 Laels of LI HIM was chawed before Mr. Wise to-day prepared oplum without a valid certificate,
The defendant was in the employ of the opium Farmer, as a boiler of the drug for export purposes, and was selling it in the Colony. The charge was admitted and a fine of $500, or 3 month's imprisonment was inflicted. The money was pald,
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THE Rev. W. Jenalugs, late Colonial Chaplain Bredan in Berkshire. of Hongkong, has been appointed vicar of THE returns of the number of visitors to the City 13th, are Europeans 142, and Chinese 1,840 total 1,983.
Hall Museum for the week ended September
Tæt Spanish Consul courteously reports that he received a cablegram from Mantia yesterday morning to the effect that there was a depression In the Pacific Ocenis to the N.E. of Luzon--.
SIR WILLIAM ROBINSON, the new Gevemer of Hangkong, an.red at Plymouth from Trinidad by the Royal Mail Co.'s steamer Don on August ath. Hi Excellency, Lady Roblason and family were staying at the Hotel Métropole in London when the last mail left. COMPARED with similar returns for August of probable direction N.W. last year, the Colonial Treasurer's report shows a deficit of $1,020.41 and 1.144.80 in Bills of The Hongkong Goverment is in need of a Exchange and Promissory Noica, and Convey-gunner for the Government Gunpowder Depôt ances or Assignments respectively Adhesive at Stonecutters' Island. Salary, $600 per annum, receipt stamps have also dropped $646.50. There with quarters-that is $50 per month. The is a big lesson conveyed in these statistics, if Gassife doesn't even suggest that there are anyone cares to take the trouble to carefully pickings attached to this job. But there may think over matters generally,
be; still, the Public Works Department is entitled to the preferance.
THE Hamburg correspondent of the L. & Expresswelles on August 17th--A special train left Kapp's works at Essen daring the and the necessary ammuallion for the Chiacze past week loaded with two 33-centimeter gans
Government. The train was going vis Crefeld
THERE were 566 deaths registered in the colony for the month ended August 31st. Of these 17 and one from the Navy. The Tung Wa hospital were Europeans, incluing two from the Army
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steamship Afrika left the port of Hamburg Last Convent yo, and the Aale de la St. Enfance 64 to Antwerp, where they are to be shipped. The responsible for 135 deathy, the Italian week with those materials on board which had These statistics are depressingly suggestive, but Hankow for a small iron-ore railway of 26 km.
we suppose the inevitable has to be put up with. been ordered by Viceroy Tchang-tibl-tung, in
And yet--of them 169 Ilves; how many might length. The total commercial value of the plant have been saved? and running material amounts to sa. 760,000, THE lately published half-yearly report of the Manchester Ship Canal Company (Lunited) states that the whole of the share capital has by the Company and the Corporation of Man- now been called up. The Bill promoted jointly chester authorises the company to raise additional lean capital to the extent of £3,000,000, and the Corporation is empowered to lend the amount for the completion of the undertaking, about 4,417 acres, on which 51,974,435 have The total area of land purchased up to date is been paid in compensation and purchase money in settlement of claims amounding to £1,018,618, SAYS the Nagasaki Express of the gth List:
We regret to have to announce the death of Capt. P. Brats, of the "glen" liner Glinarinay, which occurred at an early hour yesterday, From what we can learn, deceased was suffering from diarrhea on his arrival here from Shanghal, about a week ago, but as the sickness was not, very severe he proceeded in his vessel to Kutch notsu. The day after aziving at that port, Thursday last, he became worse, and upon Dr. Arnold being summoned by special steamer to attend him, it was decided to bring the patient here for treatment, and he arrived on Friday, the captain of a British steamer dying from This is the second case within a short period of sickness contracted in Shanghat.”
THE Stralis Timer satirically remarks is felt by the members of the Golf Club that real progress cannot be made until the club has a uniform. The feeling is strong in favour of a the use of the word "royal "in the clu designs- red coat with gold buttons; and, as thet implies ton, It is felt that Mr. Justice Goldgey owes it as a duty to society to pray the Governor to petition the Queen for such a privilege. It ever have a really first-class tournament until agreed it is utterly impossible that the Club cad the members have red coats with gold buttons." A PAINTED sparrow can never successfully pose asa genuine canary.. A shoddy cad, with all his luck, opportunities, and theatrically assumed humility thrown in, can never quite attain the altitude of a true gentleman. Volgar impudenca is no sign of ability; and even a jackdex may wear spectacles and have his hair curled without being sent to penal servitude. A sound lawyer is not necessarlly the man who spouts like a blatant blackguard, and plays Sir Pertinax MacSycophant to the select circle, whose social favor he la noxious to curry. And, although we havent least one example in our midst, it does not follow that all Irishmen and Roman Catholics are mangy cara and unscrupulous" prevaricators," These, now i
CHIVA is, it seems, the undiscovered country, according to a financial contemporary, from THẺ London and China Express of August whose bourn the English commercial traveller 14th has the following: Nothing has been is to return with his richest guerdon in the defialtely settled as a corollary to the meeting future. "Why do not the Manchester merchants on the 30th ult. of the shareholder of the devote mors attention to China?' was the burden National Bank of China (Limited); but of a recent report from Peking,
"Why, pourparlers are proceeding by wire between Indeed?" echoed the chairman of the Manchester London and Hongkong with the object of Chamber of Commerce the other day. Now the The Hongkong Board and President of the Salt Union is taking a tam.
directions for sowing can be obtained on appll-Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Palamed left | different dates; and that they will write political A NEW steel, cuirass, covering the breast opholders seem very strong and determined China, he ürged the shareholders at their recent
for the Season has arrived and we are now pre- | Ouk Nagasaki, contemporary of September 9th pared to book orders for prompt or forward says it is very welcome news to hear that the output of coal at Takashima had again com. ercation. Complete Catalogues with concise menced a few days previously,
MRSSRS Botterfield & Swire inform us that the Singapore for this port yesterday morning, and may be expected here on or about the 19th Inst PROFESSOR Adam Klewles, of Cracow, Vienna, has just communicated to the Academy of Sciences the result of a series of successful experiments which he has been making with
cation, or will be posted to any address. In these Catalogues the Seeds are Marginally Numbered to English and Câfnese, and when ordering it is quite sufficient to only state the numbers of the
klad's required.
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Hongkong Telegraph, we can afford to smile complacently. ACCORDING to the Kobe Herald, some of the Soshi are not without a grain of romance. It is said that there are at present in Tokyo five of them, actors, who have agreed that they will die all on the same day, though their birthdays are on dramas that shall advocate the greatest freedom toall. They will, in fact, pose as guides to the nation and this till the setting in of the rooth cen- tury. We should advise each of them to abstain from water melons and avast, elke perhaps the untimely death of one may cause the others commit" happy despatch,for to carry out the terms of their singular agreement something of the kind would be resorted to. It is most probable, however, the first clause of the greentions
forgotten, and that the
matters.
will shortly be introduced into the Austrian Army. It Is to be impenetrable to the bullets of any rifle to carry the Institution through. And the meeting, offered them an abundant market, with yet invented, and can be folded up and packed Hongkong Board, and shareholders have its "teeming population in need of cheap salt. In an ordinary knapsack. The armies the carried the Institution through" in splic both of England and her colonies at the present moment
Triple Alliance will be provided with it. A sardine-tia opener has lately been added to the equipment of the soldiers of the Swiss Republic,
the inspired opposition at the shareholders' packed meeting in London and the all-powerful Influence of the Hongkong and Shanghal Bank wire-pullers in this colony,
have, if not a monopoly of trade with China, at say rate, the lion's share; but that, of course, is no reason why the Celestials should not take: twice as much of our cotton goods as they do, and as much salt as the Union can induce them to buy.
Orders from one person, of from $5 to $10 Hankow, and that the missionaries have been could so little spare the guides that they would and petition against it. It is said that to some type-writer who knows her business will be A coRRISPONDENT, who messskindly enough,
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THE N. C. Dally News of September toth says it in reported that trouble is apprehended in
called in from the out-stations and from Wuchang
M. ERNEST CARNOT, the second son of the President of the Republic, who recently obtained his diploms as a mining engineer, has entered the Messagerien Maritimes Company. He will sall on December 15, with the Directors of the Company, to visit the Red Sea, India, China, and Japan.
REFERRING to the promotion of Prince George of Wales to the command of H.M.S. Anzon, the Stratis Times Informs us that, after joining the Navy, the Prince "soon displayed a predilec tion for naval affalme similar to that shown by his elder brother for the military interaad This is simply delicious
continue to write political dramas rather than take part in a tragedy that would leave them, for whom they now live and work, sorrowing, No. A SHANG, an oplum smuggler, Li Shim, gambler, and Man A Fek, a boatman, were charged before Mr. A. G. Wise to-day with being the managers of a poter establishment at Tokwawon. The first defendant was further charged with carrying a loaded revolver and with having attempted to discharge the same at the police, and the second with cutting and wounding an informer. Inspector Hinsen stated that he went with a party of six men to Tokwawon at i p.m. yesterday, for the purpose of arresting the prisoners. He sent some of his men on in front and at a given signal from them rushed up to the house, where he found the first defendant struggling with the police. He THE Shanghat Mercury understands that Mr. had a loaded revolver in his possession. The Ms Ketchong has been temporarily suspended prisoners all admitted gambling, but denied the from his position in the China Merchant's other charges. On the admitted charge they S. N. Co, on account of the anticipated large were fined $25 or six weeks each, and the 1st loss of money through the failure of Messrs. and and defendants had an additional fine of Russell & Co., and that his place has been for $15 or, six weeks imposed. They all retired. the present filled by Mr. Shin. In the mean. time Mr. Ms has left for Tientsin to son LI THE failure et Mr. Robert Hughes, trading under Hung-chang, and there is a possibility of his the style of Hughes & Co., at Kobe, is recorded. making such arrangements as will enable him | The Labilities are said, to be considerable, and to be again appointed to his former position. it is reported that the Specie Bank is the largest creditor. In referring to the affair the Hyoga THUS the Hyogo News of Sept. 3rd:-"Another News says:-It is only an unfortunate illustration bank failure! How many more we shall have of the terrible stralu to which many firms have to record before the fall tale is told of the been subjected now for so many months failures resulting from the craze for companies strain which, if much longer continued, must tell A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. we espant prediet, but sumour says many, heavily on Japanese and foreigners. The root of The latest failure is that of the 45th National the evil is undoubtedly the ill-advised haste with Bank of Tokyo, It is very strong com which the Japanese capitalists rushed into meatary on the low standard of morality even company and railway speculations, and thus amongst the better class of Japanese bust. tied up in doubtful securities what should have Deas mes, that many of these fiquidations are been kept for more legitimate trading purposes, Is precipitated by the scoundrelism of bank man and also the immorality with which they evade agers. In the present case Mr. Yakicks their contracts. Goods were imported under has speenisted in rice, and to hide his losses, order last year when exchange was high, and amounting to 60,000 or 70,000 yen, represented the merchants ordering them refused to take on the books persons as debtors who had never delivery, thus violating all civilized laws of
commerce, and giving good grounds for much of the distrust with which foreigners view their THE Shanghai Mercury of the 9th fast, saya native customers., 21 10.45 2.m. to-day was received here this being those inseted by State legislatures, present An oficial telegram despatched from Hankow THE marriage and divorce laws of this country, afternoon, stating that great unestinem was left there, and that the Consula and the Captains Nese Fork Independent).... Nothing is more con curious and even disgraceful muddle (says the of the Archer and Asple are concerting measures for the protection of the pot spicuous than their conflict when compared together. It is possible under these lawa, as Incenstand has been ordered to leave Kluklang they now stand, for a manage to be entirely immediately for Hankow and is now probably valid in one State without having the slightest on her way up. From another source we learn validity in another State. Some States demand that the missionaries at the out-stations around some form of ceremony and publicity, and Hankow have been sidered into the Settlement others sanction a secret marriage without any It is also reported that the foreign ladies and such form. A woman may be a lawful wife in children of Wachang have been ordered to coma ona State, and not such at all to another, to Hankow.
Children, may be legitimate in one State, and illegitimate in another, and hence they may be SAYS the N. C. Dally News of the gth Inst.:- lawful heirs in one State and without any rights The U.S.S. Alliance, on her way down from of inheritance in another State. This is certainly Cheloo, when about 100 miles from the mouth a very strange condition of things for a homo- of the Yangtoe, sighted a raft on which were eight geneous people, existing as one nation under one ship-wrecked Chinese. They were the survivors general govemment. It is complicated and of the crew, 15 in all, of a junk loaded with bean-made worse by the great diversity in the causes oll, which was caught in the recent typhoon, which, in the different States, are treated as legal Two of the crew went down with the funk and grounds of divorce, and also by the looseness of 13 got on this raft. Fire were washed off and divorce proceedings. There is but one effective drowsed before the Alliance sighted them, remedy for this muddle; and that consists in Captain McCurley at once sent à bout and giving Cepgress the power to enact a uniform picked off the 8 survivors, and brought them up law on the subject of marriage and divorce, just to Shanghal. It le seedless to say that they as it now has power to enam such a law on the were most kindly treated on the Alliance, and subject of bankruptcy. There is really no hops Mr. Leonard, U.S. Consul-General, seat theas in that such unifomalty will be secured by State o the Total yesterday:
legislation,
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841. Hongkong, 1 August, 1891.
BIRTH.
On the 14th instant, at “Welburn," The Peak, borrowed any money," the wife of W. DANBY, of a soU.
DEATHS.
On the 31st July, at 6, Moreton Crescent, Exmouth, JORN JACKSON SMALE, eldest son of the late Sir John Smale, Chief Justice of Hong kong, in his 57th year.
On the rith August, at the residence of his mother, Bencraig, Sevenoaks, in bis 23rd year, LOWRY COLE, youngest son of the late George Francis Maclean, of Chefoo, China, ·
The Houghong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1891.
TELEGRAMS.
BULGARIA AND SERVIA.
LONDON, September IL Unessiness prevails regarding the relations existing between Bulgaris and Serria. Both countries are massing troops on the frontier, ostensibly
purpose of engaging to
| THIRY has been such a continuous influx of
Jewish labourers at Leith lately that the Edin. THANKS, "Eijab," but we have no vacancy on burgh Trades Council has resolved to protest our staff at present for a man milliner, A lady other of the towns beyond the Tweed very liberally dealt with. The fossilised broker (7) offers us some rather severe comments ra few of the race care to go. To Aberdeen, with the five-comered head and squeaky voice, Brownie's China Mall murmure of Saturday for lastance, there is no immigration.
last. We are, of course, grateful; but as this is citizens of the "brail toun," so the story goes;
purely a personal matter we prefer to deal with are all Jews i
it in our own way, "Brownie has directly and personally attacked two individual members of the staff of this journal in their private characters as citizens; he, under the guise of a convenient nom de plume, has indicated through the columns of the China fall that these two members of the Hongkong Jockey Clab have bebaved as rowdies and been guilty of other atrocities against all the canons and rules of decent society. And "Brownle "bas vilely lled and as in this little colony of Hongkong every man whe honestly works for his living has reputation that he cannot afford to lose why, as Brownle La monentity whose Identity is generally assumed to be a myth, we are bound to hold the Edit of the China Mall wholly responsible for what he knew were gratuitously insalting falsehoods, and be must stand the inevitable consequences, whatever they may be.
The to whom you refer in such appreciative terms, la not a regular contributor to our columns, not is he ever likely to be. We have to draw the line somewhere, and, strange as it may seem; IN the Queen's Bench, the case of Holborrow | mud is a very poor substitute for brains even in v. Helborrow, which came before, Baron Hud getting out such a comparatively small news dleston for further consideration, raised the ques- paper as the Hongkong Telegraph. Oh yes! tion whether or not a promissory note comes we are on excellent terms with the Jews that is within the Statute of Limitations-It was an with those who are worth knowing but there action to recover £1,554, which included interest are some of "the chosen" outside the pale, in on a promissory note given in 18E-The defenspite of our pronounced Socialism. dant pleaded the Statute of Limitations, and his lordship, after prolonged arguments, held that A coon dest of comment, says 'a naval journa? the statute does apply to a premisasry note, and has been caused at Flymouth by the action of the gave judgment for the defendant with costs. Duke of Edinburgh in having insisted upon
dance being held at Government House on the ACCORDING to a Dell contemporary, several very day that Deputy-Surgeon Will P.M.O., at tobacco companies in Europe find their business Devonport, met ble death by a fall from bl losses, The Tanah Fatih Piantations Company, paying a flying visit to the Duke-although, by on the east corst of Samatra resulting in serious horse. It is true that the Prince of Naples was started in 1883, has done so badly that is theway, hewasaccommodated at an hotel and not liquidation had been decided upon by last at Admiralty House-but it was very generally advices. The East Sumatra Tobacco Company felt that the dance should none the less have at Amsterdam fared no better and passed a been given up. We understand that General resolution to liquidate on the 21st July. This and Lady Harrision were anxious to be allowed is not very encouraging for the locally owned to cancel the invitations, but that a Royal tobacco industries still dragging ont a precarious intimation was given that no such procedure existence in British North Borneo.
could be permitted.
The Stamp revenue for the month of August, according to a report published in the Govern mint Gasitle of Saturday, last, sigued by Mr. N. G: Bitchell-Innes, amounts to $16,675.58, km against $17,067.25 for the same period last year
thus showing a deficit of $3.457.99. We regret that we cannot vouch for the accuracy of this Tax Pahang correspondent of the Straits Times A NEWSPAPER we are ashamed to give it official return; although it is probably correct writes under date the 3rd Inst:-The Panjom name is notifying the recent prorogation of the thanks to the efficiency of the Colonial British Parlament ways that the Lord Chancellor Treasurer's Portuguese assistants. Mr. Mitchell- Company's stern-wheeler Sinum, let thing read her Majesty's gracious speech in her own Innos, Colonial Treasures and asked by
* Uit Pahang on the 28th slime, after having words as follows We don't give what member of the Legislative Council a short time been in Fekam for a fortnight. Some repair follows! No, thank you.The speech was since to erplain an important items in the have been done to the boat, as on her last voyage from Kuala Lipis some of the copper anything but gracious's and the facts thereis Treasury He said he didn't know ; pertaps plates in the keel had been damaged by ground contained were, couched in very doabital terms, he wasn't there, or forgot, or was playing golf, Ing on sandbanks. The former captain of the grammatically speaidog and her Gracious had or doing nigger minstrel fooling, or amusing Sinyum left the service of the Company, and the about as much to do with its composition at himself in some other way!" but, really, dont bost is now in charge of an engineer named "Brownle or our Office Goat. It reminds you know, I can't explain this entry ; don't you Jonkman. Among the passengers to Lipis is very forcibly, after a closer perusal, of some of see I don't know i don't you know ? Yes w the political and public company literary efforte do know. And as taxpayers, and as representa Mr. H. H. Everett, who is proceeding to Paniom of our local champion of honest sham gambling, tives of taxpayers, we intend fading out whether the Hon. J. J. Keswick. We intend shortly to we are bound to support out of the public taxes A VAGUE report of a frightful tragedy, says the work up an agitation with the object of getting of this colony, a Colonial Treasurer who, on his Penang Gasstis of September 3rd, has reached the Secretary of State for the Colonies to honor own admission, cannot even explain a simple ago a Malay was arrested for stabbing his wife, medal, or a CM. Ghip, or something. In la responsible. us from Teluk Anson. It appears a few days this most honorable gentleman with a teetotal Item in the published balance sheet for which he Shortly afterwards the man managed to surprise recognition of his laudable efforts to regenerate the Sikh guard, seize his bayonet, and stab him, the epleiers of the the princely house who A DEMONSTRATION was recently given in the and then he made for Inspector Evac, who have got left' in Banks, Imaris, and Luzons, St. Vincent Boating Fond, Glasgow, of Mr. however, fired at the Malay with his revolver |
****Thomas Mills' method of propelling vends and wounded kit. It seems that after this the A GOVERNMENT notification appears in last from the bow Discarding the ancient propeller man went up to Inspector Symes house and Saturday's Government Gazeli referring to altogether, Mr. Mills socks location for his meeting Mrs. Symes, ran the bayonet through her hat if somewhat vaguely formed the "Chinese motive power at the bow. He has two primary back, but by this time Mr. Evans had provided Pilotage Service and there are also some reasons for the transference's first, a screw in the
willing the fellow. The occurrence is said to port of Canton. We have sead this stuff care and thrust, causing hollow Fact himself with a ride and with it succeeded ja 44 general regulations with local rules for the process of revolving has an outward and back
behind,
have produced a great scare among the residents faily and regret that we can make nothing of which vacuum has the effect ofretarding the pro of Teluk Austin,
the Office Gost, on being consulted gravely gress of the ship until the water rushes in to fill le abook bir hoary Locks and indicated by signs pain, resistance offered by the water to the another element In retarding CARDINAL MANNING, replying to a Radcliffe peculiar to the goat tribe and the China Mail bow of the ship is correspondent, who wrote to him on the subjectifierary staff, that he didn't know and didn't want. Its progress. Mr. Mill's theory is that by placing of lotteries and raffles at bazaars for charitable to know.. This is all very, and; had we been in the propeller at the bow of the vessel both these purposes, says: "All my life long I have done Saigon under the French tri-colour, or in obstacles are overcome. But it is not only a my utmost to prevent the holding of bazaars, Chinese port with the "dragon flag in the question of place, but a question of shape with lotteries, and raffles for works of charity of ascendant, these regulations might have been him. His propeller must be of sufficient siroto religion. It seems to me that our Lord's works comprehensible; but in the so-called free port of drive away all water from the bow of the vessel, ought to be done in our Lord's way; that is for Hongkong they, to use the Paalealst's (or some and, as consequence, must be in diameter His sake, and, with the purest motive, Anything body else's words, panelk comprehension nearly the beam measurement of the yea self or of the world's mixing in so far destroys The question may presently arise whether it The model by means of which the demonstration pulty of the motive, and as St. Paul says of would not be better for all concerned to hand was made is aft, gin. in length, Silaide, and charity, may reduce them to soibing. We are over Hongkong to the entire contral off the yine degy and presents the appearance of AB all in danger of these lower motives, and we Imperial Chiness Marime Customs We ordinary launch with a huge nose is front. certainly ought not to encourage them. This shopidn't object, and as matters now are, the The propeller is about asin, long and dia, in answers more than your question, but I hope it, read as Commissumes already" wanda på, the diameter, or lace than one sixth of the length of wil be enough,'
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