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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1891.
H.M.S. Pencsek arrived at Wooring from Wushu
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First Australian Tourist Did you go to Christ church?
Second'ditto.--No, 1 Vas a Hebrew !
MRS. LYNN LINTON says that any country granting woman-suffrage will be hag-ridden.h Well 1 well 1
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PREMIER PARKES in the N.S.W. Parliament has candidly confessed that the paid Public Works Commitee has become a source of vicious Bess. And corruption ? suggests the Imepres sible Bulletin.
that the resolution said to have been passed by plaintiff's most advantageous "course" would the members of the Club on September 11th, and be to file the petition in the ult A# cestirmed on September 26th, purporting to early as possible and then bring up, bis expel bim, is null and vold ; that petitioner car. As his lordship understood, plains Is attil a member, and has vested interests in the | tlff's ground of action was that rulo 40 of the their agents be restrained from preventing him the making ofthat rule-raising no question as to property of the Club, that the defendants and | Club was made to apply to an art antecedent to from the exercise of hlu rights and privileges, the validity of the rule in itself. He saw no and for a declaration that ruis 40 of the Club's reason at this stage to grant this injunction. articles cannot act⋅ retrospectively, nor apply to | He thought the proper course was to make no any act, deed, matter, or thing done by him) order on the mailen until the case came ou for previous to Rulo do being made. On the hearing and meantime no order would be grounds stated Mr. Fraser-Smith moved for an made. Interlocutory order until the case be heard.
he read the In support of the application,
follow. Ing affidavit :——---
HED Never Heard It Jones, did you ever hear the 'Song of the Shirt ?** "No (hie), Billings, I never did. Fact is (bic), I didn't WAITER (deferentially)-Soup, sir? Fuddied know a skirt could (bic) sing.” › Actor (ferociously)—No, air: leading man.
MR. C. F. ROWBAND, Manager of the Chartered THE Messageries Maritimes steamer Onur has Mercantile Bank at Shanghal, received a tele-H. M. S. Prace arrived at Woosung on Oct. SELECTION FROM WINE & SPIRIT LIST, just been docked at the New Dock in Shanghai.gram the other day stating that the meeting of and from Wuhu and left the same, evening for the Bank's shareholders on the 20th instant Chefoo. She goes up chiefly to give her crew a passed off satisfactorily,
change, as she has recently had three deaths from cholera on board. This is a sad business, Brown--You look tired this morning ! Leading Tragedian-Yea: "Dr. Bul" last and we don't think it would have greatly night; get home late.
Interfered with naval discipline had it been made public property long ere now, Brown-Who's the best performer 7 L. T.-Only one-my wife !.
WONO YAY, tensorial artist, was charged by LauNG A CHAR; ~a~coolle, was charged with Yueng Su Nam, student, with stealing a bundle stealing twa, brass gangs valued at $5 from of clothing valued at $6. the barber snatched Leung Cheng, a priest, at Shanklwan. He ad.the handle on board the steamship Klangkwan sa on or about the and day of October, a writ Just arrived from Canton, and made off, but was captured by a minion of the law and the bundle was found in his possession. He admitted it (which was kind of him)-six weeks. SAYS the Shanghai Mercury-General le Gendre, one of the foreign advisers' in Korea, has again left on one of his periodical trips to panied by several high Koreau mandarins. What ails him this time seems to be the Quelpart affair, where several natives are sald have been killed by some Japanese fishermen, presumably from Tsualma,"
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RUDYARD KIPLING, the well-known Anglo-Indian Ilterary man, is writing a drama. We are glad ha le doing something,
WE are informed by the Agents (Messrs. D Sassoon, Sons & Co) that the steamer Light- ning, from Calcutta, left Singapore for this port to.day.
Fagg-Why la a baby like 'a cow 1 Jagg-Oh, come off! Fagg--The cow drinks water and makes milk.The baby drinks milk i
JUDGE GRESHAM of the United States opposes robes for judges. He thinks there is something pompous and ridiculous about them, and most other people are of the same opinion,
Thar first-class sas Mason, late of the Imperial Chinese Customs, will face the music for being In illegal possession of dynamite before Judge Hannen and a jury on Thursday next, the 29th lastant.
HIS EXCELLENCY HUNG CHUN, who was at one time Minister for China to Germany, left Shang. hal, en route to Peking, on November 23rd, On dit that Hang will take the late Marquess A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. Tseng's place in the Tsung-li Yamén.
VEGETABLE
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SEASON 1891-92.
PER 5.5 "SHANGHAL"
A COOLIR in the employ of Messrs. Butterfield & Swire, at their Sugar refinery, Quarry Bay, was scalded to death yesterday. This is the second recident of the same, kind which has occurred in a short time. An inquest is to be held.
LAST night's performance of "Dr. Bill" by Mx. Willard's Company failed to attracts full bouse,
probably owing to the elements, wo missed the reverse of favorable. Those who missed the show, missed a treat-Willard as "Dr. B ** was simply superb.
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mitted it, and having two previous convictions, received two months hard labour, QUEENSLAND Defence Force private at rallway refreshment-room, to ginger-headed barmaid (loudly): "Now, then, cup of tea and sandwidge look sharp, redhead TM" She (promptly); “Well, can say of your red-coat." And down went M'Glaty.
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1, Robert Fraser-Smith, of Victoria, In the Colony of Hongkong, journalist, make oath and
as follows
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was issued by this deponent against the Honorable, Phineas Ryrie, Helarich Hopplus, the Honorable Catchick Paul Chater, Max Keswick, Roderick MacKenzie Gray, Edward Grote, John Grant, the Hon. James Johnstone Littleton Woodin, George Stuart Coron, and William Howell Forbes, all of Hongkong, Body of the Hongkong Jockey Club.
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CORRESPONDÈNCE.
We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by
Correspondents In this column).
T. C. AND THE KOLAO-HUI... TO EDITOR of the "Hovorovo Teleza." SIR-How sad to contemplate a malad diseased! What a terrible thing it is to be a means well, poor thing. That is the worst of its fanatle 1 Poor T. C. is in a bad way. But be If a bank clerk paya his debts out of his bank's.
my red head's my own. That's more than you Tokio, for the benefit of his health,' accom- gentlemen, being the Stewards and Governlag / Money, intending to pay it all back; If a so
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The Shanghal Mercury of Oct. 23rd says: "On the arrival of the Sungkong at Amoy all her native crew were arrested and put on board a Chinese man-of-war. This arrest was made on desount of a quantity of arms that were seized lately at Taku."" We are not trying this case; if we were, it would be a "cold day" for Butter field & Swire--and don't you forget it. THE latest volume put forth by the office of Naval Intelligence at Washington, according to the New York Maritime Register, makes more prominent the fact that uncertainty as to what are the best ideas for war vessels must exist until the Types are constantly changing, bet no practical newest types undergo the tests of actual warfare.
tests have yet been made since our own civil war. How naval cranks must long for a war la which two or three good old fashioned naval combats will show the difference between theory and practice,
AT the Magistracy to-day a woman named Ip Lan was charged with bringing a girl of sixteen tuto the Colony for an unlawful purpose, Intend. with her annt in Canton. Defendant went to ing to sell her for $400. The girl was living the house saying the girl's mother had sent for her. The plaintiff and defendant accordingly went away, but somehow the innocent child had forgotten the route, for she allowed herself to be brought all the way to Hongkong, where she to Singapore to join the great army of "ob-no- we never-mention-em," protesting that she was not a girl of that sort, and 3400 was not enough. The fair Ip Lan was put away for six months
We have been informed on rellable authority that the chief inducement which induced the Macao Government to grant for another term of ten years the oplam monopoly of that. Colony new firm, was the manner in which the present for $50,000 a year less than was offered by farmers, the Yau Woo Company, had conducted the farm for the last thirty year, and for having kept aloof from any attempt at smuggling.
Vienna, His father was Count Nelpperg to PRINCE WILLIAM of Montenuevo, the son of Empress Marle Louise of France, is dying at whom the Empress was married after Napoleon's Prince William was
death at St. Helena..
strikingly like his mother in personal appearance He had a passionate fondness for music, and during the violent fits of insanity that have marred his life during the past ten years nothing had soothed him so readily as the play fog of the organ, or piano by an accomplished musician.
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captain mistaken a rock for deep water; if a quack 2. The said writ was personally served on the they meant well, but they acted wrong, and doctor gives wrong medicines and kills his patient defendants, with the exeception of the Honorable they get there, just the same. Similarly this Catchick Pani Chater and Max Grote, who are man. T.C. means well, but it is dangerous for at present absent from the colony-but copy him to be loose. of the said wilt was served on Hormuslie N.His promisses are right enough. China is Mody, who, as I am informed, holds the power of badly governed. So is Hongkong. They are core of the said Honorable Catchick Paul both silke, and one is as much alike as another, Chater and Max Grote. An appearance bas been entered for all the defendants except the
if not more so, as T.C. would say. Bat if all Honorable Catchick Pani Chater and Max Grote,
the European residents In China joined the Kolao-habich I suppose is the idea of 3. For upwards of five years this Deponent of Mr. T.C.-the resale would be much worse. was a subscriber to what was known as the The Kolao-huf. has put itself out of court by "Race Fund" in Hongkong,
joined now, the Pawers would be at once help reserting to violence at first. If Europeans less, and the chaos that would result would be something awful the last siste of China would be worse than the first
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4. On or about the 4th day of November,
the proceedings at the sald meeting; the object 1884. this Deponent was present at a meeting of the subscribers to "the Race Fund, 1854" held at the City Hall, Hongkong, and took part in being to place racing in Hongkong on stable footing by the formation of Jockey Club; and for passing the accounts of the Race
Season of 1884.
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5. At the said Meeting D 'was proposed; seconded and carried unanimously, and was the 3rd resolution at the said meeting, that the subscribers to the Race Fund of 1884 at the sali
meeting present, and others as in the said resolu- tion set forb, were then and there elected
then and there formed, without ballist or entrance Tee,
original members of the Hongkong Jockey Club
E bave received our second supplies of the Emperor of China, was prepared to receive complained of being abducted, and refused to go in the Colony. The ladies were well represented balance in hand of $10,899, and it was proposed,
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A SHANGHAI Contemporary understands that the Austrian, French, and Russian Ministers in audience on Saturday last, but as there waI some difficulty about the place of audience, it is uncertain whether they have been received. · · It appears that Mr. "Abington" Baird, the well- known amateur race-tider, and owner of race. and we are now executing all orders for the
horses; and Mrs. Langtry are still devoted to Complete Catalogues with concise each other, and "the Squire" is, under the in- -directions for sowing can be obtained on appli-fluence of the Lily, almost a reformed character. His pugilistic and other quondam friends are cation, or will be posted to any address. In these said to be disgusted with him. Catalogues the Seeds are Marginally Numbered in English and Chincse, and when ordering it le quite sufficient to state the numbers of the kiads
Jaroc.
A NEW river bost, the Poyang, arrived this morning from Glasgow for the Yangtse trade, She is much the same sire as the others, 1801 tons, twin screw, triple expansion, jewelled in required.
eleven hales, painted in mostabominable colours, N.B-All Seeds are tested on arrival before and belong to Batterfield and Swire. Now,
where is the Officers Association? being sent out.
DISCOUNTS.
It perhaps may interest Colonel Stover, R.E. to know that the War Office has, as per a recent Orders from one person, of from $5 to $10, official document, concluded that unreasoning compliance with orders is no longer obtainable allowed 25°/。 discount.
from men who are permeated with quasi-educa- tion" and that "this must be seriously consi- dered in all fature dealings with #oldiers.
Orders from one person, over $10 allowed an
extra 5 / discount.
Narcissus Bulbs (The Chinese Spring Flower). A supply just received from the North. Early application.is requested.
CLAY'S FERTILIZER.
THE Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play the following programme at the Officers' Mess this evening, commencing at 8 pm.
March. Le Pere In Victoire" Vater........
*** Albertha * .. Selection...Rams, of Verdi*.
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Cornet Balo. La Regina di Golconds"......Donisett!. Selection......""The Grand Duchma"... Bilskich,
A high class fertilizer for pot plants and for COMMITTEE of French officers was recently use in the garden generally: It supplies natural to consider the question of providing soldiers with breastplates, to protect them nourishment to the sail, and assists the process against the fire of the new rifles. The committee have decided to recommend the adoption of a of assimilation, thereby aiding the plants to
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SIR CHARLES DILKE BAys that the French soldier is the finest war-material in Europe. Se when a war comes the victorians banner of the Republican nation which ploneered the world's freedom may float triumphantly in the just cause which for nearly twenty years has been the fixed policy of all French statesmen,
Directions for use are given on the label.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841. Hongkong, 25th September, 1891.
DEATH,
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At Hankow, on the 18th October, 1891, ELEANOR GRÁCE NEWMAN, the deeply loved wife of Charles Budd.
The Honghong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, TURIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1897.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
THE German gunboat Wolf, after coming out of dock, left Shanghai for Hankow on Oct. 21st.
A HOME piper says the Marquis of Lorne loves cock-fighting. We shouldn't have thought it, Salvation Sammy-Hallelujah! I've been washed
In firel "Telegraph" Reporter-Were you badly burned?
THE late t improvements In the long-distance felephones bare raised the question of the prob- ability of their belog put into operation between Europe and the Valted States.
THE agents (Messrs. Dodwell, Carlill & Co.) inform us that the R.M.S. Empress of India left Vancouver on the afternoon of the asth inst. for this port, via Japan and Shanghai. AYUM, Tong Lung, Tam Ng, and Hung Sing wese charged the first defendant with keeping comraon gambling house at 41 Bridges Street, and the other 3 with playing in the said house. The denied the fact, but to no purpose, and contributed some 886. Į
with:
BAZAAR WAs held this afternoon in the St. Andrew's Hall in aid of the Baxter Schools. There were seventeen_stails, including one for light refreshments.. They were presided over by ladies connected with most of the charities but the gentlemen were few and almost totally out of it. The band of the A. S. Highlanders occupied the verandah and played appropriate selections. We hope that business at the show will never be dull and that the fair enchantresses will sell, all they have, and turn a good round sum over to the Treasury of the Baxter Schools.
several
Wx in Canada, pays a welter in the Toronto Glebe, are considerably Interested in the diapale A war in which Russia and France were armyed against Britain and other powers would send the A NEW contribution to the subject', of naval price of breadstuffs up with a bang, but it might strategy appears in the current number of the also involve us in serious complications. Our Nouvelle Revus, from the pen of a naval con French-Canadianspopulation would assuredly tributor who calls himself "Commandant Z" sympathize with France. France and England The title of this essay gives it a special interest have not fought against each other since 1815, to Englishmen, for it is called "Naval Wars: when French Canada was a mere handful of A War Against England." The writer thinks pessants; but a struggle between them now that in a conflict with Great Britain France could not fail to prove a source of trouble to us.. should accept the position of the inferior naval Thes the navies of France and Russla are
Power and should avold baitles-that is, should exceedingly powerful, and the rates of insurance keep her fleets at home and never risk an en- on sil bottoms and cargoes from ar to Canada. gagement except when there was a chance to would be raised to war figures Immediately. crush a small detachment of English ships. He would endeavour by the incessant despatch of Thus the Tientsin correspondent of the Shang-wift cruiser to destroy the English mercantile hal Mercury on the 19th inst.:-The Shih-pao marine. In a word, he advocates the guerra has been revived and the proprietors issued the courte, first number last night. Ms Kie Tsheong does not appear as an active partner, only Mr. Detring and his two teachers, Hoo and Chew. The general manager is Mr. Ash So you see we have a paper again in Tientsin. You will find some good editorials on the late rots, etc, from the editor's or head proprietor's point of view. A despatch has been received from the Board of Admiralty at Peking, through Tan and Pib, the chief and assistant director, confirming the agreement made on the 29th May last, to open up the two mines in Kin Chao and Liao Yang as general agents, and authorising them to sup- districts at once with Major Brothers ply the needful, &c. This upsets the arrange. ments of Herr von Brandt, Mr. Detring, and Messrs. Carlowits & Co. It does not look as if the Chinese Government wishes to drive the foreigners out of China..
THE Sbangbal Mercury of the 22nd last, payı : "In last evening's issue we gave publicity to that the injury done to foreign property at a ramour for what it was worth, to the effect Ichang had been compromised for £150,000, and that the Wuhu claims had been settled for TIE. 110,000.
We now learn on reliable
authority that, though the sums named were trath in the statements inasmuch as the Inaccurate, there was a considerable deal of negotiations concerning Wuhu have been the Chiness undertaking to pay Tis. 115,000 settled in a manner agreeable to all parties by Indemnity. The disputed piece of land behind surrendered to the Fathers, but the Chinese the Catholic Mission premises has not been have agreed to have it fenced in, so that the Mission houses cannot be overlooked from it as
they were formerly, and as it is of very incon- siderable extent, it will remain unoccupied for settled, but it is probable the indemnity for Catholic Mission property will figure up to about
6. At the sald meeting the financial statement of the Race Find was read, which showed a seconded and carried unanimously that the said balance be handed over to the Hongkong Jockey Club then formed, and it was further proposed, seconded and carried unanimously that all pro perty, movable or immovable, belonging to the said Race Fand, be transferred to the Jockey
Club.
7. The said moneys and property were taken over and became and now are the property of the Jockey Club, of which, the defendants are the Stewards and governing body, art in all of which moneys and property this deponent has a vested
Interest.
day of January, 1885, approved and passed, and 8. Rules and Regulations were on the 28th Rule 7 states, "The Hongkong Jockey Club is Meeting of the Subscribers to The Race Fund, constituted pursuant to Resolutions passed at 1884, held at the City Hall, Hongkong, on the fourth day of November 1884"
9. On the 26th day of September 1891, this deponent received the following letter from T. F. Hough, the Clerk of the Course of the said club.
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB,
-26th September, 1891.)
Robert Fraser-Smith, Esq., present.
Str,-At an extraordinary general meeting of members of the Hongkong Jockey Club, beld in passed nem con, at the extraordinary general the City Hall to-day, the special resolution meeting held on the 11th September.lust. "That Mr. ROBERT FRASER-SMITH shall be expelled from the Hongkong Jockey Clab ander Rule 40."
votes to s (one)." was confirmed by a majority of 73 (seventy three)
I have therefore to inform you that you are Club. no longer a member of the Hongkong jockey
I remain, Sir,
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Your obedient servant,
T..F. HOUGH, Clerk of the Course.
Let Mr. T. C. do Hke the other lunatic did in the Bible-let him take unto himself seven other devils (ie, fan-kwal) worse than he is, and then let him runs downs a steep place into the sea-Deep Water Bay, for instance.
Yours, etc.,
Hongkong, 27th October, 1891..
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MITCHELL AND MACKINTOSH, TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HongKoko TeluɑNAPR." STR.-The first half of this letter cannot ba publisted, 'as, we' would not like to hurt the feelings of the two gentlemen above named. Give the devil bir due.-Ed, H.-K. T]
Yes, sir, in my mind and in all our minds they are the meanest, - vilest, lowest-ab, Chinese, swear words are the only language for them.
But putting aside all feeling, I sincerely trust that the Mercantile Marlue Association will push this matter vigorously, as they did the Sunday Labour Question. Wiltshire was not in the Association--what of that? On principle, the question must be decided now, for the sake of the everlasting bugbears of Eastern commers all marine officers:-Sball Butterfield and Swire,
than Jews, for no Jew was ever so full of hate." the nigger drivers, the sweaters, the Jews-worse and persecution and intolerance of all others. shall they go on paying starvation wages, promi- sing "bonus" like a co-operative grocery, and their promise and defrauding a poor man of what then sacaking out of it and deliberately breaking he earned, on a frivolous pretext such as that? submitted to the slavery, shame on the other Shame on them Shame on the cowards that
officers not to back up their shipmate ! And ff our Association, which is the outspoken fos of the griping octopus type of employer, does not now take some decided action, they will be fast as bad and as despicable a pack of selfish cowards as they were in the Sunday question a coble, brave, energetic, and Christian body of men and brothers. Was that for them selves only? No, it was for the sake of honour themselves and so is this. and Christianity, for the benefit of far more than
Bexider, how can you expect every man to join? This poor man was a splendid officer, experienced, steady, hard working, with no fault at all professionally. He had a master's ticket, but through no fault of his own and by the ordinary chances of life he had to accept a billet beneath him, as he could not starve. He had been a long time sick very sick indeed-and was low down indeed. A man must be low down to join "Talkoo" ships at less than half-pay and below his dignity. But he had to. And now I challenge B. & S. to say that he had any. thing to do with the smuggling. The prosecution, the case on Friday last said the man must be imprisoned as an example, to put down the taking of bribes and the smuggling of arms, What does that mean? That they definitely
mote it be I and it is earnestly to be hoped that whera koma twenty or thirty ladies and member the present. The Ichang claims have not been 27th day of January, 1891, and confirmed charge bim with these offences. If not, ta
THE following are the scores made by the members of the Hongkong Rifle Association at last Saturday's competitions:-
Mr. bienna Mr. R. Robinson... C. Borgt. Mack
Mr. Robertson
Mir. Howell
Mr.
CD
Mr. Turner
Wilkinson
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25
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14 #
Tix. 126,000.
10. The role purporting to be rule to of the Club referred to in the letter set forth in the last paragraph is said to have been passed on the the 10th day of February, 1891 and cannot affect the position to the Club of had no right to say It I, an my own responsi this deponent, and cannot apply to any act, bility, foame enclosed) charge Mestra. Butter- deed, matter or thing done by this deponent
field and Swire, through their lawyes, with previous to the date on which the said Rule to deliberately blackening a man's character. by date of the letter set forth in the last paragraph effence, which would ruin his character for every with a shameful, dishonorable crime, a criminal this deponent has acted and enjoyed the privi leges of a member of the Club by attending and and to their faces call them (through their taking part in the race meeting of the present I would be exceedingly pleased if they would Lawyer) Hars, thieves, and cowardly sneaks, and year and in other ways.
token of respect and esteem on the eve of his de- unpatronised by the tigious public, have bei is azid to have been passed, and that up to the accuring him under cover of legal privilege,
Ir is stated that barristers anxious for briefs, but come as numerous, bath at the Old Bailey and the Middlesex Sessions, that the great."oup" qucation is assuming an importance which some of the elder and mere stald members of the profession regard as approaching a scandal, Very few of the outside public know what a
1. That in the requisition signed by a barristers soup" means. A large number of members of the Jockey Club, dated the 1st day prisoners are prosecuted at the expense of the of May, 1897, addressed to the defendants as or county authorities, the briefs in the cases Stewards of the Jockey. Clab, It alleges that by being distributed by the clerks of the various reason of this deponent having been convicted out, as soon as true bills are returned by the of conspiracy this deponent should no longer grand jury among barristers who would other remain a member of the Clab. The date of the wise be altogether unemployed. These briefs conviction for conspiracy was on the 20th day are called "soup," and the learned gentleman of November, 1890, who obtains one is considered incky in having
A vxxx interesting ceremony took place last evening, at the Customs Bungalow, Kowloon, of the out-door staff of the Chinese Imperial Customs met for the purpose of presenting Mr. D. C. Byworth, chief tide surveyor, with a com plete and valuable silver tes service, as a slight
parture on leave for Australia. The proceedings were opened with a salute drunk with cham- pagne à la Russ, _ cold collation was served, after which Mr. Brown, assistant tide. Toul surveyor, made the presentation in a few appro- priate words, wishing Mr. Byworth, in the name of the Outdoor Staff, a pleasant holiday, and a safe retary thanking him for his even-handed justice and courtesy to all who 61 came in contact with him. Mr. Byworth responded to appropriate termas, hoping to be THE bill of a mosquito is a complex institution. soon amongst them again. Toasting was then It has a blunt fork at the head, and is apparently the order of the evening, varied by few select grooved. Working through the groove, and adult, white was greatly enjoyed by all the ladies and gentlemen, and a pleasant and projecting from the angle of the fork, is a lance of perfect fozen, sharpened with a ane bevel by chairing the guest of the evening to the tune the day. The minimum lee accompanying a more subscription, grains, and has now several most enjoyable function was brought to a close, received a certain quantity of nourishment for Deponent has annually subscribed for one or 11. For About thirteen years past this Beside it the most perfect lance looks like a hand-saw. On elfker side of the lance two saw of tåree times three. Mr. Byworth leaves this brief of this kind is a gùluca, but if there are a pontes kept especially for racing. are arranged, with the points fine and sharp, and the teeth well defned and keen. The backs of months. these saws play against the lance. When the mosquito lights, with his pecuilar hum, it thrusts its keen lance, and then enlarges the aperture with the two saws, which play beside the lance until the forked bil, with its capillary arrange ment for pumping blood, can be inserted. The sawing process is what grates upon the nerves of the victim, and causes him to strike wildly at the sawyer.
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port we belleve for Australia in the E. & A. Co.'s steamer Gutkris on a well earned holiday of six
| AT Manchester the other day, James Healy was charged with bigamy, and defended himself on the plea that his first wife bad disappeared for eight years, in consequence of which unexpected scarceness on her part he had set her down as deceased female, and had married again.. Then the Judge Informed Healy that if he could swear to that circumstance and produce any evidence to support his statement he could be found THERE is a boom in life insurances in. Hong. not guilty, and Healy undertook to swear kong. The High Low Sheet Lightning Tram and produce the evidence, and started in the noon car downward ran over a brick and was hurriedly shunted back, and told that as a way yesterday gave its passengers a treat, for blindly confident way for the witness-box. He got off the rails. Not much damage was done prisoner be couldn't go into the witness-box. however, beyond the scare, and a little kink in the Thereupon he wanted to swear in the dock car wheels. Mr. Wylle this morning appeared in instead, but he was informed that he couldn't the police count to prosecute the coole who is swear in the dock-It wasn't allowed. Then supposed to do the lockout ahead. The charge be asked the Judge where he could
number of witnesses to be examined it may ma to two or even four guiness. The wigged and gowned candidates for "soup # have within the last half-dozen years increased to an alarming extent, and make overtures for the doles which formerly were unheard of. If the clerk makes joke, barristers are always to be found to laugh at it immoderately, in the hope that he will to return reward them with a soup." So great has the crush at the distributions of " oop "now become that scenes of a not very dignified kind sometimes occur, and a movement is therefore talked of to obtain a change, is the present arrangement of patronage.
SUPREME COURT.
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IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
(Before Sir James Russell, Chief Justice),
October 27th,
FRASER-SMITH #. THE JOCKEY CLUB, ** Mr. R. Fraser-Smith made an ex parte appli-
proste me and give me an opportunity to prove it in court. I don't know Wilshire: personally, but if the Association will not help blca, I wiii.
GAUNTLET,
Hongkong, 17th October, 1891. [We are willing to take a hand in this game if
Butterfield and Swire feel inclined för "an unlimited game."-Ed., H.K. Telegraph.]
THE SHANGHAI ST. LEGER,
13. On the 28th day of August last this |・・ As this race is the most coveted of the Autumn Deponent attended a meeting of members of the Meeting, it may be of interest to your readers to Jockey Club, and in accordance with custom and take a glance at the records of the candidates, as, at the request of the Clerk of the Course, sub owing to the long spell of wet weather, it has saibed for a Subscription Griffin for the racing been impossible for owners to have their ponles season of s
1891-1892.
thoroughly extended, or to see what they can 14. The Course for training will be open on against the watch. For this reason there la no the first day of November next, and this really very strong favourite, Royalty being, pere Deponent is desirous of enjoying the privileges haps, the most fancied, although Ardent and of a member by using the course for training Metry Thought hold very strong positione in the race pooles, and enjoying the other privileges betting. The number of entries compares. Very membership.
favourably with the average of former years After reading the affidavit, Mr. Fraser-Smith being 35.against 31 last year. Silli I do not said he had very little more to say. The law was expect to sea the time record broken, even an a sufficiently clear. It was not necessary in apply- flying course, notwithstanding Ardent's wonders ing for an interlocutory order to pravo a casa 1. ful halah in the Hongkong Derby, Mr. Sassoon
his
it was only essential to make out a prima facie has won the fast three Legers with › Eureks,
“Mr. Choalleur's'two are 125*SEE AL
case which would be a proper subject for trial: Zephyr and Hero, the first named winning in the in a court of pushed for The case itself was belag fastest time on record, 3-47
with all possible despatch, but
griffins
Hohep the petion had not yet been filed. In fact, staufen, who stands 13-3, is a tried pony, bought nothing could be done yet, because some of the shortly before the entries. He can may a principal witnesses were absent the Cleak- of distance with a light weight, and as he gets in he Course, Mr. Master, and Mr. Keswick | Mr." | 11 lbg, under his weight for inches he may have- Chater and Mr. Grote would not be back for ✯ a look-lo, but I fancy both he and Hohenzollern little while.
will be very much better for the Maidens
of lawful orders is not signalling breakers in reply that he couldn't swear or give his t him was neglect of duty and disobedience swear and give his evidence, and was informed ahead. This altempt, however, was rather too evidence anywhere; and when he demanded much straining of the laws and Mr. Wies why the plaintiff had been heard if the dismissed the charge. Ifthe Tramway Company defendant couldn't be heard also, it was explain- A TELKORAM was to-day received by the Hong they might get a deposit to secure them against ranged that way. He got excited at this, and Ryrie, Hopplus, Ckater, Grote, Grant, Keswick, } the question was the balance of convenience to Mr. Albert's Hunsdon, 13.0, post: gibu, is n
would engage respectable men at fair wages ed to him that the British Constitution was arcation for an interim injunction against Messrs. His lordship said that in a case of this sort distance, prob kong Government to the effect that Mr. E this sort of thing. As it is they will have to enquired if the court called that faslice, and the Grey, Woodin, Coren, and Forbes, stewards of all the parties, and unless there was a danger of autumn grifin, a good mover and that's all; no Woodia has been arrested to Japan. He is issue penny life policies. By the way, when a court said it didn't know, and sent Healy up for the Hongkong Jockey Club, to restrain them from some irreparable fojury this motion should stand uss for a mile and three quarters a charged with embezzlement, and with falsifica newspaper in England can't get anybody to take nine months. And as the policeman hanled him interfering with his enjoyment of the rights of over until the hearing of the action whi com- Mr. Juana Hazardon, 133, 1 Tost tion of the accounts of the F. &0. Company, it tums tealf into a rallway accident insurance away the Judge stated in a conseling way that membership until the bearing of the action now menced. His lordship saw no reason to depart speedy pony, and very much fancied by his Extradition proceedings will, we suppose, be Sanfia bit. We present them with the surges the prisoner responded as he vanished into the Mr. Fraser-Smith, in making the application, be misconstrued into an expression of opinion on in the spring was third in the Concordia Cup,
coupon." Hera la a good linethat might help the | perhaps the Law would be altered Bhortly, and pending against the stewardastroph
from the usual conne. Ilhe did so, his actimmlehtnable owners ază frienda. His best performädca taken forthwith, and Mr. Woodin be brought tion as an act of charity. There is money in it, regions below that it would be darned little use said that on October and awelt was issued the merits of the case. He did not at present. He started four times, but was not placed more back to Hongkong.
Brownie |
50 • kim if it was.
xgalost the defendants, asking for a didintation à ses any glound for granting the applications IKLAN URGEN
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