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THE P.&O. 5. N. Con steamer Aarons left THROATY tenor" Ish-cannot-ah-sing the old Nagasaki for this post yesterday at 5 pm.
songs"-Load whisper from the back of the theatre "you never could.".
ADELINA Patti was born at 4'o'clock in the after- noon of February 19, 1843, in Fuencarral Street,WE have to thank the Imperial Maritima Madrid, Spain.
Castoms for a copy of their Medical Reports for the half-year ended 31st March, 1839. A-Jockey Club Steward-I can't abide that
Tommle-Pal what does QC, mean?
queer customer?"
Thomas, Sr.—It does too often, my son ! LADY Macdonald, relict of Canada's famous Prime Minister, has taken to literature as a
solaco to her wok.
In Chiss, says 'the Baltimore American, then buy their wives, and in this country the wife often discover that she has been sold.
The Honchong Tilgnadh has the largest circulation of any English semipaper publised la tha Tarlett, and letharging the Ar the Central Station, and apparently without best medium for Advertisers, Tacos can be learnt en speletion. assigning any reason, a coolle shuffled off this The Hongling Tokgruplï'a number at the Telephone mortal coll this morning. An inquest will be Kuckange b Na t
held,
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Subce to The Hongkong Thlagrajā nes impactfully reminded that el Judvariština are payašli in advance,
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The Honghong Tilimle published dally
Rev. Bibbles-Which of the many causes Subscribers in the emeral diatrics who do not receive the produces the chief increase of the population of copies before 6, go will shdigs by si onor communicating with the,
Hongkong? Manage
Old Bibbles-The English mall, of course! Brownle (Sarcastically) Your humour bas the sparkle of wit; desh boy I
Old Sport-Your's" Brownle," is like very old, ¡wine ; your hearers feel the cobwebs
The Penang Gargits of the rst instant says "The steamer Nam Klang, the second of the three vessels belonging to the late Mr. Chuah En Pang, was yesterday solsed by the mortgagees to whom she is under mortgage for the sum of $15,000."
The Hongkong nghong
legraph.
HONGEDNO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1891.
THE MOUNT AUSTIN ROTEL. ·
One of the greatest boons this generally washed-out community has enjoyed during the long and trying summer which is now on the wane, has been a temporary residence at the Mount Austin Hotel. Whatever this institution may eventually turn out to its owners as financial investment, it has certainly proved most valuable haven of rest to the hard-worked and weary, and an admirable and convenient
In Brittany, the farmers have discovered that cows which drink hot water give a third more milk than those who drink cold. They are now using hot water, possibly reserving the cold to temper the strength of the milk when it is obtained.
creature, Mr. Raynes.
Mr. Peake suppose he knows something about horacs ].
OUT of 1,145 strikes in England last year, la which 344,840 people took part, 476 were | successful, 207 were failures, and 94 were undecided. The average duration of strikes waw 18 days...
Masher- thought you said that all you wanted was £3 per week ?
Ballet danseuse-Yes, dear, for my devicing only1
THE Babos of Peath predicts that there will be a general European, war within three years, and crowned head will remain in Europe. The San that before fifty years are over not, a single Francisco Chronicle says the Bishop is perfectly safe in the first prophecy, but events will have to move faster than they have done in the last Russia a republic. half century to dethrone the Czar and make
Little Johnny-Father sent me round to pay your bill, Doctor.
Dr. Palne" All right, Johnny, tell your father he's a trump,"
Maude,Why 'could'nt Cho'llle come to the theatre with us to-night ?
Victoria-You see, dear, he's dramatic editor Johnny! did you pay the doctor? *-
Johnny Ye
(At Home, an hour later). Father" Well,
of the Small and he bas to write his criticism and have it in before nine o'clock!
THOSE members of the Victoria Recreation Club who belong to the gymnastic class, which is under the able instruction of Staff Sergt. Tennant, will commence their winter training on the 15th fast. An assault-at-arms will be arranged later on in the reason, which it is to be hoped will be as successful as the last..
Father"Well, what did he say PM Johnny" Said you was a chump ! ” TWENTY-FIVE boarding-house runners were drawn up in line before Mr. A. G. Wise at the Magistracy this morning charged with having boarded the steamer Somdatch Phra Nase on her arrival in harbour last evening, and with having created a disturbance amongst them selves, which resulted in rather serious conte SENIOR partner-Look here, Mr. Sheeply-on to the Hospital for medical treatment. Those quences. Two of the injured men were sent the first of January you came to me and said arraigned were fined $10 each, or six-weeks you were thinking seriously of getting married imprisonment. Eleven of the number paid the and on the strength of that I gave you a tee in penalty while the balance went to take it out your salary. What's the matter? Aren't you going to get married Sheeply-"No, ir Tex Editor of the Straits Timer has turned thought so seriously of it that I concluded I cheap philanthropist, by opening a subscription through the columns of his paper to collect $15 for a man named Sahat, whose dog was destroyed by the Municipal dog killer. As the dog had untimely death may have been & loss to the been trained to perform various tricks, in Singapore community, and our editorial friend's muzzle, etc. is probably within the mark. At stimate of its value, which includes collar, what does Mr. Arnot Reid estimate the raise of a certain long-eared, superficial, two-legged Jackass who poses as an intelligent journalist in
As item for the "Chosen," which we with characteristic charity publish F. O, C. But
to take it out in "cake."-
wouldn't,
Two Sikh constables had a aquabble over some trifling matter this morning which led to rather serious results. One man is alleged to have struck the other with a curie-pounder and to have knocked him insensible. The injured men undergoing medical treatment, the other WA conveyed to the Hospital, where he is now under arrest...
Inferior samples of Eucalyptus Oll distilled from any kind of Eucalyptus leaf have little or no medical action and should be carefully avoided. No. 12 & 34. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL sanitarium to the sick and afflicted. Without ye "little donkey" doesn't seem to have become Clerk, isn't my room too far off to hear the Singapore ?
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WE observe, that Daniel Bandmann's leading lady and dear friend when in Hongkong, Louisd Beaudet, is supporting L'Allemand as Tofano in "Indigo" at Aronson's Casino, New York. a distinguished tragediens after all.
Opera Company will appear at the Theatre
Royal, City Hill, to-morrow night in Jaka. bowski's popular comic opera "Erminie." A plan of the Theatre is now open at Kelly and Walsh, Ld, where seats may be booked.
Miss Swatow (first visit to Hongkong)-Mr.
dianer-bell ring?
Clerk-It makes no differénce, Madam. We
and dinner from 5 to to
Miss Swatow-Dear me how can I find time to do my shopping?
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of the Dardanelles or the Bosphorus which are not possessed by other powers aho,"
FARIS, September 8th. Prousta sanounced in the Academy of Medicine this evening that the cholers epidemic which aroad in the East is nearing Aleppo. He thinks the great danger.to Europe lies in the Persian destillate Russian Jews, 7,000 of whom have gone gulf, and bellaves that the immigration of to Aleppo, will increase the virulence of the epidemica
All the members of a family in this city. numbering six, committed suicide yesterday. The father and mother showed the way by adult children, imitated their parents hanging themselves, and the others, who were
The police to-day searched the houres of several of the promoters of the Panama Canal Company with the view of obtaining farther evidence in the investigation being made into the affairs of the organization.
NEW YORK, September 8tb.
A cablegram from Queenstown announces the "arrival there of "the steamship City of New Fork of a o'tlock this afternoon. She was fire crossing the Atlantic, equalling the fastent days, twenty-two hours Bad "fifty' ¡minutes
passage ever made from New York to Queens- town. The City of New York bad on board the Empress of India, the Canadian Pacific the famous record-breaking Japantas mall that Railroad Company and the New York Central fourteen days. The letters comained in these Railroad brought from Yokohama to this city in bags were read in Great Britain ten days before the usual time for the arrival of Japanese mall. The time was twenty days from Yokohama to Queenstown. :
LONDON, September gth. The British post-office officials have so muddled matters in connection with this end of the transportation of the Empress of Japan's malis, New York by the fuman line steamably City which arrived at Queenstown yesterday hom of New York, reaching here in twenty days from this lightning trip. Such was the confused Yokohama, that the entire gloss is rubbed off condition of the British postal officials at Queenstown that only the Irish mails were. landed at that pert. The rest of the mail bags were taken to Liverpool, where the north of England mail was distributed. The remaining maßl bags were then started for London on a special train, where they arrived at 11.50 a.m. hour later, but at the London general post-office, no special effort was made in any direction to back up the efforti which have been made in the attempt to deliver the Japanese mails in London in unprecedentedly good time.
question or doubt, the Mount Austin Hotel in by far the firest structure of the kind in the Far East; in fact, it has no rival Picturesquely WE would remind our readers that Willard's have breakfast from 7 to 11, tiffin from 12 to 4 bevertheless, we live in the hope of being ableSome of this mail matter was delivered about an altuated directly under Victoria Peak and commanding an unequalled view of the magnificent scenery for which Hongkong and fis surroundings are sa justly celebrated, the Hotel has been built on the latest and most approved plans, with every possible modern improvement for the comfort of visitors. The splendid dining room has no equal in this part of the world; the billlard-room, reading and suing rooms are models of comfort and convenience, and the spacious and tastefully furnished 'bedrooms,
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Walk-Baics is an ass. He doesn't know anything.
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Talk-Oh, yes, he does. In one field he is galts accomplished.
WHEN Irving studied Shylock, he had recourse to a Jewish friend, who told him that the Keane, Phelps, Brooke, and all the other actors, did the curse wrongly, because a Jew will never kngel to curse, but always stand, with bis hand on his brow. At night, a Hebrew attorney, in the stalls, after being struck dumb, gasped out" Well, I
·W.—What's that? T-He knows enough to say yes, whenever didn't know Irving was one of us." he is asked to take a drink!
Tak salary of the President of the United States
each one with its separate bath rooms attached, the rowd of the A. & S. Highlanders will play paid to him, in monthly instalments of
are a revelation to those who have been accustomed to make their Hves miserable in the
class of hotel so common throughout Asia. The Mount Austin is cral both by day and night; and as the ubiquitoni mosquito le a very rare bird indeed, the objectionable mosquito net la by no means a necessity...
The management of the Hotel is almost in every respect satisfactory. Mr. Isherwood, the manager, is most obliging and most attentive to visitor, while the matron, Mrs. Isherwood, and Miss Baily, strained nurse from a leading London Hospital, bave simply proved themselves | required.
Invaluable. `The Chinese servants are perhaps a N.B.-All Seeds are tested on arrival before trific'slow in their movements, but that is a defect. being sent out.
which time will quickly remedy-and they are at all events civil, which is by no means an hotel, there have been occasional murmurloge unimportant item. As sual with a new
as to a defective culsinė; but speaking from personal experience, we must say that we never could discover any just grounds for such com. plaints. - The table has been a most liberal one, the vlands judiciously selected, well cooked, and served in good style. There are some people who would grumble if they were entertained at a banquet by the gods of ancient mythological tradition, and treated to the divine nectar of which we have all heard so much and seen so | Hitle; and that is the class who find fault with
the menus at Mount Austin.
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to-morrow, commencing at 4 p.m. :-) the following programme at the Cricket match,$4,166.67. The warrant is brought to the White
March.................. "II.M.5. Camperdown"...... Clode 2. Valas ........” Special Reports
bukka, Balection.The Mikado
Bullyna. mus" Hungarian dance”- saimennenie Brahmana Galop.........."Vivacity"
WE are informed that Colonel A. T. Storer, commanding the Royal Engineers in this colony, bas taken upon himself to larse an order that
the Hongkong Telegraph be stopped in the messes of that Corps. We are further informed that at a meeting held last night, a resolution was passed by 35 votes to 3 that a petition be presented to the gallant Colonel asking him to rescind his arbitrary order. Is Colonel Storet, R.E., « German-at what ?
ADMITTED,
As Peter sat at heaven's gate,
A maiden'sought permission, And begged of him, if not too late,
To give her free admission. "What claims have you to enter here ?**
He cried with earnest mien; "Please, sir," said she, twixt hope and fear,
"I'm only just sixteen.” "Enough," the hoary guardian said, And the gate wide open threw ;. "That is the age when every mald
Is girl and angel, too."
House by a special messenger of the Treasury Department, and after the President bas indorsed it as he would an ordinary draft, his private secretary deposits it at the Columbia Bank. When the President out of town the draft la mailed to him. The same method is paraned paying the Justices of the Supreme Court.
The other night I met in the street, A smart little lad in livery; He told me his uniform, spruce and neat, Was the badge of the Telegraph.delivery.
I asked if they'd put him on H. J. Scott's track, Or to "boycott "the learned Q.C., But he said "I'm just out on the regular tack, Delivering the paypers, dye see |
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Hongkong, 9th October, 1891. THE smoking concert which is to be held in the City Club to-morrow evening promises to be entertaining than those given
even tuore
on previous occasions if the talent to be produced tera out anywhere in the latitude that is claimed forthens. We, however, strongly deprecate the custom, recognised In no other one-horsed town (such as Hongkong undoubtedly is on the face of this planet of a few self-seeking amateurs
a performance in rivalry against that advertised
It is announced that the provisional govern. ment of Chill has temperarily appointed Senor Augustin Ross, Chilian envoy at London. Senator A Mattes. has been temporarily appointed Chlilan envoy at Paris.
An epidemic of diphtheria is raging in Tam- hav, Russia, Mothers purposely place their children in the way of infection, preferring to sca them die of the disease rather than see them starve. The distress of the people is so great and the need of money so urgent that foals can be bought from farmers for 1 shilling each.
regard to republican agitation in Spain is It is considered probable that the dispatch in founded on, facts. There is a rumor that the army reserves have been called out, and that a now army corps is to be formed forthwith and mobilized.
A dispatch to the Standard from Constanti- sople a few days ago sent a strong note to the Perte demanding an apology for the Indignities offered the British merchant vessels in the
to be given by a professional company. It is The Tious, in its financial anicle this morn
offered to advance the Chilian Junta £500,000 with which to meet pressing requirements. of a Grimsby smack off Iceland, and the drowning Advices have been received of the wrecking of twelve of her crew.
not only unfair but it is manifestly unjust. Wing, says a syndicate of European capitalists has maintain that every manager who runs the risk of an Eastern tour with professional artistes instare in a foreign and friendless comtry, a not dependent upon him for their living while they only worthy, but really deserving of all the support that can be tendered him. And to- morrow night we hope to see these sentiments emphasised to the extent of a crowded house at the Theatre Royal
SAYB the Straits Times of the 2nd "News has been received from Zanzibar announcing the death, on the 17th September, from fever, of Mr. McKie, the manager of the New Oriental Bank's branch there, Mr. McKie was formerly acting-manager of that bank's branch in Singapore, and he only left a few months ago to take up the managerahip at Zanzibar. It may be noted that the New Oriental Banking Corporation has lost no less than four Europeans at Zanzibar within the space of a few months.
JEDGE WAXEM'S POLITICAL PROVÈRES, Better turn a man loose when he gits too big for his party.
Newspapers is the makin'er brake' of the averidge statesmen.
no galt resets.
Ther wouldn't be no politishang of thar wasn't
A Congressman that makes money outem his
President of the United States. job needs watchin'.
A man ain't good for match else after bein' Holdin' offis never seems to git tiresome to the
SAYS the Fenang Garsts of October at The declared certain signatures to be forgeries, while In London Law Courts, recently, certain directors steamer Nam Chow arrived from China on
an expert asserted their genuineness. "But," Tuesday afternoon bringing the passengers of were placed in quarantine at Singapore. Im-ce optalon " "Not the slightest," was the the same Company's steamer Nam Yong, who swear they did not sign them, would that alter suggested Lord Coleridge," suppose the directors
mediately on her arrival, a death occurred on ren board of cholera, and she was at once ordered thy The Lord Chlel next tried Supposed to proceed to the quarantine station at Pulas they were men of high character ? Then lam Humphreys and his brother promoters of this. | Jernjak. The vessel came in without dying theory for them,” was the unabashed rejoinder. į sale at enny price.
"I suppose," suggested the Judge, "the decision most useful public enterprise to find the Hotels Sarantine flag, and it is stated that there will of a judge and jury would not alter your opinion? Not in the slightest," rapped out the Withers,
It must have been gratifying to Mr. Ino, D,
extensively patronised throughout the summer ;. we belleve that there has but rarely been a vacant room, and the number of casual visitors from the city has been far larger than was ant!-
cipated. The tennis courts and splendid pro- menade have no doubt proved special attractions, and it may with safety be predicted, that if fs | public support is contluned on the same scale during the winter months, and no good reasons are apparent why such should not be the case, the shareholders of the Mount Austin Hotel, Ld.'
"THE HONGKONG DIRECTORY AND HONG LIST FOR THE FAR EAST”
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will yet reap a rich harvest. The tramway service places the Hotel within about fifteen minutes of Queen's Road, and both residents and travellers should be only too glad, after the day's toll, to find peace and comfort away from the incessant din and turmoil of the city,
TELEGRAMS.
BRITISH REVENUE RETURNS.
LONDON, October 1st.
The net increase in the British revenue for the
be an enquiry Into the matter."
THE NEW OFRL.
To lighten the loads the weary- To gladden the hearts of the dreary........ There has come a new girl to town. Her smile is pretty and bland 20 Her general style is greatly grand : A creation of Worth's is her gown.
Her gaze is that of the gentle gazelle, Her eyes float in seas of sparkling incselle, In short she's the tontest belle Her lips for Cupid, a feast."
That ever had Occident waren to self In this god-forgotten East 1-
PARIS, September 9th.
suppression of all forms of impure literature, A league has been formed in France for the photographs, etc., the traffic in which has of lato increased to an alarming extent. The bead quarters of the league are in Paris and there are branches in all the large cities. M. Constans, Minister of the Interior, in extending his aid to the league by ordering the police to overhaul the
stands to all cities and destroy everything savoring of indecency. If this does not suffica to break up the traffic more stringent measures will follow. Pratents have of late been coming from all quarters against the street sala of abjectionable photographs, soug etc. The subject will be brought up in the Chambers at the next session and the Government will demand urgently for motion which will be introduced
to
prevent this trade.
has come secretly to Paris, to see her son, King It is reported that Natálie, ex-Queen of Servia,
* Alexander, who is here with his father.
New York, September 9th.
The algs the Amerikin eagle lays clay for Whin a farmer gitt in det the next string he wants is to git in politicks.
In votes is power. This grate and glorious Republic of our is werth every cent she has cost us.
The mothers of this Nation is willin' to let the fathers wair the pants.
of our The Herald has this cable dispatch from San Salvador Millions of dollars worth of property and many lives were destroyed in this republic- by an earthquake to-day. Whole towns were wiped out, and, as far as the advices received indicate, hardly a city in the country, except these along the coast, escaped the effects of the
BESIDES its Peckanifan plety and spurious -respectability- our morning contemporary is also distinguished for other and various qualities, chief amongst which is journalistic energy and The ole politikle wheel hosses you read about an enterprise that sometimes borders on the is almighty dam studborn sort of critters when during. But some "wag" has got at Granny you undertake to drive them tother way badly this morning, and it is only our respect | Detroit Free Pratt, for that old lady that prompts us to point the fact out, test she begotten" at again. It was only on the 29th July last, that we published a three verse skit on "fake advertisements the thing itself then being as old as the Psalms of David, and now under the appropriate beading of Deceived" some impious youth who signs himself "Da" (aminous symbols) palms it off on the poor unsuspecting old lady as an original "pome" Too bad."
AMERICAN TELEGRAMS, E
of
convulsion.
There had been indications for several days past that a seismic disturbance of more than usual power might be expected... The volcanoes of San Salvador, San Miguel and Izalco, had been unusually active
The following telegrams from our Sen Francisco exchanges were “enwded out
At 1.55 o'clock this morning the earth began last night's fame : Mofes to snake. The wave had a strong vertical and
LONDON, September 6th, 1.
lines in the one time famous Pollard Liputian rembles to such an extent that he is no longer childs' refusal of a loan to Russia, It was found of heavy thunder. The darth rose and fell in
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ascillatory movement. “The people rushed inta as a precocious if not, talented member of the
The Standarde correspondent, commenting the streets in their night clothing, and, whita an the demands that come from all quarters fox, the shock lasted only twenty seconds, before it Salinger Opera Company that pald Hongkong a visit a few years since, is now playing in #Coquelicot at the Tivell in San Francisco, POPE Leo is now in his eight-first year. His distress is greater and more widespread than making their way to the open country outside measures to relleve distress, says it is plain that passed away there was a panic-stricken mob and is scoring a great success, Lens has been eyes are still remarkably black and brillant, was at first supposed and that the worst is still of the city. Men, women and children were on the boards since her early childhood, in fact but aside from this he has every appearance of to come. we remember her many years ago, lisping her an infirm old man. His features are' this and
Ysbricking and praying in the streets. The Paris correspondent of the Times discuss.. The walls of the houses, cracked, tottered and sharp, his complexion very pale, and his hand ing the situation in Russia, savas After the Roth fell There was a deep continuous rambling as Troupe. With this company the fair songstress toured to India in 83 anderer since able to write uzalded. In signing documents it would require £15,000,000 to rollers the long waves, and the people were unable to keep these days has played with moderate success he is obliged to hold the sight wilt with his distress in Russia, while the poverty of the their feet, All; through the morning there had however, has corrected the very satisfactory. This convulsive trembling is customs receipts from the sale of alcohol, and latensity that which was so destructive. apparent vocal defects which farred on the attributed to a fever from which he offered the expenses of increasing her armament would President Esels is deing everything he can to Hongkong sudiences, and now Lena is in a fair several years ago, and from which he has never bring the aggregate defelt up to about stop the panic and care for the homeless people way to climb the lailder which reaches to fully recovered. The Pope has seldom been seen day at the tomb of Madame Bonnemala
General Boulanger committed suicida yester limited fame. Her sister Tillle, who has taken the | to laugh during all of his long life. He lives $40,000,000. Rusia esgerly scised the Cron. I until it is considered safe for them to go back to Brussels.
place of Mias Gracie Plaisted and is grims donna plainly, eats alone, according to the established to the Rothschilds, who represented the difficulty suffered more severely than the capital. Anal. stadt enfende to make fresh but futile application their homes. The towns throughout the country of the Tiroll, is said to be a prime favorite in custom of Popes, while he is tn Rome, and is France herself would encounter In having to pay tapegno, Santa". Técia, : San Pedro and. Frisco, Blood will tell.
and Camanigus, were completely destroyed. troubled with excessive nervousness, which often about 40,000,000 in gold for American wheat, prevents sleep.
Then the other bankers wern approached, and Kashish are so badly shaken that they are they agreed to advance a loan to Rosila at the practically ruined, while the shock was plainly. Rothschlids, namely about 22. This loan cannot felt and considerable damage was done at Santa be negotiated before October. It will be issued. Ans and other points fully aty milles from here. at 84 or 841, and will be absorbed by petty. It is impossible at this willing to form any idea Investors,
large houses, especially operat
wishy as to the number of lives lost. Two people dislike Russian Issues, perdetés
were killed here. It is feared many people were The Board of Trade returns show that the killed in the smaller towns.NO A threatened contraction of British commerce has
Rou, September 9th, already commenced. The decrease in the exports The Italian Government has sent an urgent is largely due to a falling off in the tin plate trade. order for 50.000 rifes to the Teral factory, and
A party of American engineers, reported to be has Instructed General Ricött!" "to
towmloutely agents of a wealthy firm which proposes to make inspect the forts in the Alpine district. E
tender for building the Siberian Ballway, have
MV-F BIRLIM, September othe
RF COMPTANTINOPLE, September 9th... arrived at Vladivostock to ascertain the
is raging at Kharkof, Kief, Kherson, the condi
Warsaw and other places in Russia,
THE RIOTS AT WUHU.
In obedience in the demands of the great Powers, the Governor of Wuhu has been dismissed.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THX P. & O. S. N. Co.'s steamer Bombay left London on the 4th lust, for this port.
TEACHER-Johnny, give the name of the largest known diamond P. Joknny-The ate.a HARMSTON'S Circus, which has been doing good business at Dell and Penang, was expected to return to Singapore this week.
Fred:-"Yes, I like him well enough, Minnie, but how did you ever happen to marry a man a head shorter than you are
Minnie
had to choose, Fred, between Hide man with a big salary, and a big man with a little salary,”"!
AT the meeting of the Legislative Council to be held of Monday next, at 3 pm, the business will be
Financial Minutes.
Report of Law Committee on the Bill entitled The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1891, Questions,
ORDERS OF THE DAY. Sanitary Board Bye-Laws for regulating Cemeteries
First reading of a Bill entitled "The Pre pared Opium Ordinance, 1891.*.
The Ocean Company's Bellerophon, From all accounts must be a tough'un Small-pox aboard, so runs the history Of the very latent "Quarantias mystery."
It seems that Mac of B. and Swize'a. Of the Colonial Secretary mildly inquires- "What can we do, dear boy, just now, To run our “Geight” to Amoy and Swatow ?". The oracle worked, as was plainly seen When the Douglas Co's steamer Fokien, With the yellow Jack" fylog at the fore, Took the motley crowd from our tainted shore.
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First reading of a BIl extitled "The Raw How the oracle was worked our Office Goat: Opium Amendment Ordinance, 1891,
First reading of a Bill entitled "An Ordinance for the Incorporation of the Scalor. Missionary in Hongkong of the London Missionary Bociety,
Committee on the Bill entitled "The Mar. chani Bhipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1891.".
doesn't know, and before dealing further with what looks on the face of it one of the biggest shipping "Jobs" ever carried out in this colony, we prefer walding for reliable information as to what took place in landing these infected pilgrime at Swatow and Amoji.
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tions of the constructs written letter to
Lord Salisbury has a correspondent, in which the British Premier. referring to the privileges the Porte is supposed
An unconfirmed rumot, is current here that Osman Pasha, ex Miniator of War, has met with
to have granted Russia by permitting the vessels a violent death,
of her volunteer fleet to, paan kla, Dardanelles, kichere l to do bi ihat Kismil Pasha'a Let lij says: "Ruada posaçusce no rights as to paaságad die to his supposed Anglophile policy in tagued