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for instalments of rent of the Farm which are still unpaid. These are no doubt amply secured, but it is the fact that the foregoing is actually the state of the case, which is the crux of the question at issue, Now, notwithstanding the absolute know- ledge that at 838,900 per month the
Tax Indo-China Co's steamer Chalydra will be docked at Kowloon to-metrow meratag. THE Queen of Siam was safely delivered of a son on the morning of Friday the and January, LADY ROBINSON'S reception, announced for to
morrow, has been postponed until further notice. 1891, there were 5.373 deaths registered in Hongkong.
The death of Mr. J. M. Stoddart, formerly superlatending enginére of the Takasima mine, reported frem Nagasaki. Death resulted from an attack of laffuerza,
CHINESE papers report that an official of the third rank, assumed to have been a leader of the Koloo-hwal, was beheaded the other day Nanking,
Mr. Taylor opposed the appointment, not from any objection to Mr. Cox, but on the
Mr. Cox was elected. directors.
Messrs. Ryrie and Gomes, were re-elected
necessary expense.
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his contract that he was unable to promptly meet his fiabilidos for rent, the Colonial Treasurer, in the exuberance of his unfledged experience and the absolute falth In what can only be fairly described as self-conceit of the most juvenila description, actually induced his official colleagues to believe that fór, the new contract a monthly rental of $43,250 could be secured, even with the out-turn of three hundred chests reduced to one hundred and fifty." The officials, as we have already stated, accepted this
INTENDING tenderers for the Hongkong Oplam Farm are reminded that all touders must be sent in not later than to-morrow, the 19th inst Tar appointment of Mr. A. M. Silva to be senior clerk in the Post Offer, on probation for six months, has been approved by the Secretary of State,
Tur official inquiry into the circumstances connected with the Namchew disaster will probably be held on Friday next, the aand instant,
THE German steamer Johann, which has been. lying in Kobe harbour for sometimepast, changed her "flag and name, having been sold through Mess. Father & Voigt to Japanese, and will la future be know as the Roski-maru. MR. H. A. Pereira, editor of the Chinese paper Shagas, published in Shanghai, has been
appointed a Commander of the Portuguese Order of Jesus Christ, for valued services to the Portuguese Consulate in that port for many | Texis past.
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formerly one of the largest owners of sailing ships in Bangkok, died suddenly on the night of the 4th inst,
GENERAL Keng Fung-ming reported to the a band of insurgents near the Palisades,” a number of whom belonged to the fair sex; these Celestial Amazons were armed to the teeth and..) according to the General, fought like digresses.
keys in England last season, lately rode 33 GEORGE BARKEIT, Fecond in the list of winning
For the quarter ended December 31st, 458 his mounts, commencing with a pound on the births were registered in the colony, the British double-and-quis principle, would thus bave lost and foreign communities accounting for $450 000,000 sterling, or rather more than the
English national debt,
THE population of Hongkong is estimated by number the British and foreign communities are the Registrar General at 234,814, of which credited with 10.494.
and in spite of continued protests and friendly warnings from their unofficial colleagues-business men who knew what they were talking about, and who the difference between the debit and were not at sen when asked to explain credit side of an ordinary.balance sheet- forced a measure through the Council which can only bring the Government into contempt and must inevitably cost the rate-payers of the colony many thou-a3 boys and 31 girls. sands of dollars. When the due date SATURDAY, the 30th Inst., Chinese New Year's Arrived In December last for declding Day, will be observed as a boliday throughout the fate of the Oplum Farm for the the Tations Government departments. It will next three years, the Government, to also be a Bank holiday, their blank astonishment no doubt, found "SRQUAN has arrived from Bangkok and at that the tenders sent in were not an early date will give the inhabitants of Hong- satisfactory," and so the time for tendering kong series of open air exhibitions of his was extended until January 19th-that wonderful powers in the bealing art, is until to-morrow. And what does the WoODYEAR's Circus has been doing such good Government expect Anything more sub-basiness in Manila that its arrival in Hongfeng stantially satisfactory than the tenders of a has been postponed for a few days. It will monthago? Anything approaching 843,250 probably arrive by the Zafire at the end of the per month, as confidently estimated week.
races in succession without a win. A backer of
On the motion to re-elect the auditors, ---- Mr. Taylor said that the West Point Co. get In about $13,000 in rents and paid its auditor
$100.
$50; while the Kowloon Co. with $1,000 psid
Mr. Hooper sald the Articles of Association bound them.
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He is, I repeat, contemptible manticat fool
Mr. Gosimann seconded, though he agreed nothing to be reen at a distance. I do not with Mr. Taylor that if possible a liquidator hold a mief (w Captain Lust of the Meefoo. I should be appointed, not to wied up the com- don't think I've met him more than six times pany but to continue it on an economical system, | In my life. He is an American gentleman and without the cost of a board or managing an American sailor, and I judge that He is not directers.
a man who would, winingly leave neopla in distress.. I may say I feel quite confident that that he would not, but that on the contrary, rescue. But as to Query," who ver he may be, wo can safely say that he is neither a pentle. man, nor a sailor j. ha is a contemptible fool--. nautically, at any rate, I don't know "Query and I don't want to know him: Forthermore, I don't care a straw who he is His object fa writing that letter must have been malicious.
(hear, bear, and applause), "Query" has' no ightto attack Captain Lunt, who is an Americau gentleman and a xalior, wherers "Query" is a Mr. Taylor said that was the reason why a coward of the first water-ho wis not man liquidator should be appointed, to do away with enough to sign his name to that letter. He had the Articles and save neediers expense. Why, s'dig at Captain Lunt under cover of a mnom di not pay $5 to a couple of Portuguese clerks to piums Could anything be mers despicable put their names to the accounts? Nobody ("no," and applause). It has been my lot in doubted the accuracy of the figures, and white to serve under the American flag as the use of paying $100? Besides, the work for seven years and I take pleasure in tea living was not done properly. The statement showed to the kindness I received at the hands "Captial $180,000 which was gulis wrong. of my employers and colleagues, New, I'm The company's capital was £300,000, $180.000 not an American. I am a Britan, and therefore
them to appolut two auditors, be world under what we as an Association, protest against paid up, but nobody would ever guess that from my words should have more weight than were the "audited sheet. If the Articles bound of Captain Lant's own kith and ki, But take to audit the accounts with Mr. Goosmann is an responsible fool publicly criticising the enduct of seamen under cover of a nom de Mr. Goosmann thought the auditors would plum Sonuch for the coward "Query," for consent to accept less remuneration. He whom I have the utmost.contemp"," seconded their re-election, which was carried;"
This concluded the besiness of the meeting..
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THE LOST AND "THE MISSING " As an Association we must take this oppor tunity to expe as our dren regret respecting the appalling loss of life on the occasion wo feel deeply for the relatives and friends of the deceased. (Hear, haar), That we express in respect to 'a' vessel we know has gone down
FROM Mr. Bibby's (the manager) bali-yearly. report, which reached Singapore on the 7th inst., it would appear that there are good grounds for the recent tie in the market value of Raub MERCANTILE MARINE AFFAIRS. of the fundering of the Namehow and shares. Unless Mr. Bibby, who has the repúta tion of being a first-class mining expert and thoroughly practical man, has made a great mistake, the prospects of the Raub mines in the meeting of the British Mercantila Marinbat there is another vesel we have to consider. near future are most encouraging.
BARON Ketteler, lately German Secretary of Legation in Peking, has been appointed successor to Herr Kempermann, German Minister-Resident to the court of Siam, who goes, home on a year's German consul in Soul, Korea, and a few years leave of absence, The Baron was formerly back was deservedly popular resident in Canton, in which city he has many friends who
favour, and will be found equal to Havanas. INNES in the Legislative Council when, i ment of Mr. A. B. Anderson; late ofthe Bombay will be glad fo bear of his promotion.
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ACCORDING to a reurs from the Registrar General published in Saturday's Caffe, there were 417 deaths regimered in the colony during the month of December. Of these 19 were
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Tax German bark Bylgia, due here in a few days from the Gulf of Tengals with a full cargo of lumber, la to be despatched hence direct for Havre; taking the first cargo of lamber shipped from Toagula to France.
by the sanguine-Colonial Treasurer? A NEW agency of the Hongkong and Shanghat Anything to justify the wild statements Banking Corporation was opened at Naganaki authoritatively made by Mr. MITCHELL on Saturday the 9th int, under the manage- against reason and common-sense, the new Opium Ordinance was being forcibly rammed down the throats of the unofficial members. and the Hongkong public Time will show; but, although reluctant to Indulge in anything so uncertain as prophecy, we have little hesitation in expressing our very strong opinion that if the highest monthly tender received to-morrow is within twenty per cent. of the talented Colonial Treasurer's vaunted estimate of $43.350, the Government will have sound Tas Siam Free Press of the 5th inst, says the reasons for self-congratulation. As for Mr. the Bangrak Hospital is filled with fever stricken MITCHELL-INNES, should his 'casiles in the press and Mr. Warrington Smy satisfactory alr prove the extravagant myths we anti-progress, Smythe is slowly cipate, the question may and ought to arise approaching convalescence. whether the taxpayers of Hongkong are in any way bound to be longer saddled with genius who, evidently requires a much a highly-paid and generally expensive
wider field for the application of his extra- ordinary abilities in the manipulation of grave fiscal questions.
TELEGRAM S.
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THE PRINCE'S DEATH.
LONDON, January 15th. Expression is given to a general manifestation of grief in the papers, which all appear in mourning, Her Majesty is deeply afflicted, the Princess of Wales crushed, and Princess Mary of Teck, the Frince's fiancée, fnconsolable. state funeral will take place at Windsor,
BULGARIA PREPARING FOR WAR. The Shanghai Mercury publishes the The best and cheapest Machines in the following telegram, supplied by the Desmond
Telegraph Agency :--
RANSOME'S "NEW PARIS * *.
.LAWN MOWERS.
market, for sale at manufacturers' prices.
LAWN GRASS SEED, SWEET CORN SEED. '
A fresh supply of the above just received,
A. S. WATSON & CO., LD.
THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY,
ESTABLISHED AD. 1841.~. Hongkong, 4th January,' 1891.
ΚΙΚΤΗ,
BELGRADE, Januaryʻzzth. Alarming military preparations are being made in Bulgaria, and stores of sims and ammunition are being laid in at all points. Horses are being imported from Austria and quanties of corn from Servia,
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Tur Japan Mail says that intelligence from Nacets, published in the vernacular papers, the total destruction of sixty houies, states that on no less than four occasions huge waves have broken on the west coast, involving
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AN OLD SPORTSMAN" hopes to be "He has in the courad of the next few days. Hà, has been dead off colour this last; fortnight bat shows signs of improvement. La Gripps has ren right through the Zelegraph stable, A CHINESE who had his collar-bone broken the other day by the spretting of a tramway car in the Tramway Company in the British Consular Bangkok, promptly commenced a suit against Court, claiming two thousand deals damages, MDLLE, OLGA DUBOI, the famous planists, give a most successful planoforte recital and concert at this Amoy Club Theatre on the night of the 11th inst. She was assisted by Mr. and Mie. Jordan, well known in Hongkong musical circles, and Messrs, Boyd and Hughes. THERE nie now, according to a report of the Governor of Anbwel, four camps of foreign- drilled and foreign-armed soldiers in the provincial capital at Anchingy two camps in the southern districts of the province, and 600 men Yangiz: posts, or 3.609 “regulars " in all. la the garrisons of San-ching-chi and other
THE erxel population of Korea, according to the Kainichi Shim/un, is not known, owing to census_having_yet been taken to that country A careful estimate made by a European resident kingdom at 37,000 square miles, 1,740 miles being cost, and the population at 1,156 667 families, or 10,538,937 persons. (5,116,614 females, and 5,312,323 males.)
Collins has commenced an scion in the British Tax Bangkok Times reports that Mr. Thomas consulate at that port against Mr. Michael Micaleef for slander, in which he claims $3,000 damages. The head and front of Collins effending was in calling Michael a thief. Now if he had called him a damned thief no action would have lain. That would have been according to the latest decision of the English Courts, mere abuse. It is wonderful how inconsiderate and thoughtless some people are
THE subsidised steamshipline which was specially organised to carry Chinese coolies from Hong- kong to Mexico, and which actually did convey two ship-loads from Macan to that for distant El Dorado, is reported to have collapsed owing to the Mexican Government having cancelled the concession. The Company, which was represented here by Mr. Carl Vogel, contracted
to run faur steamers annually, and it was their failure to falfil this agreement which led to the concession being withdrawn.
he was asked
TCHING KITON, while having his Bing in Paris acquired the finest Parisian style of compliment. Conversing one day with a lady about China, Bot is it a fact that polygamy is permitted in your country and is universally practised?" Certainly was the reply, "for lo order to graces which you, my dear madam, combine in attain to the enjoyment of all the feminine your own person, we require a whole host of
women,"
THE waalty of that funny old gentleman, King form of an illusion that he is a stork. In one of Otto, of Bavaria, is stated to have taken the the magnificent apartments devoted to bis use at the palace of Fürstenried he bas laboriously constructed a gigantic nest, every stick and straw of which he has conveyed to the spot in bis mouth. In that seat he squats almost the entire day, with feathers stuck in his long, thick hair and beard, while he chalters in imitation of the 'clappering" of a stork whenever any one approaches.
THE Siam Electric Light Company have closed their works, dismissed their European and native staff of employés, and indefinitely post-
A SPECIAL, MEETING,“ The following In the report of a special
which was "crowded out of our list ise. Officers Association held on the tab Instant
Pra Nang. She is now about a month out from i missing steamer, the British steamer Somdetch Java, bound hither, and we none of us know THE NEW HEAD QUARTERS,
here she is. We have been given to understand The President, Capt. Sammel Ashton, who that the Admiral refused to send a gunboat scrupled the chair, said it "afforded him great to look for her, but I consider that active pleasure to be present and to congratulate the steps should have been raken ong ngo to members upon having gradavily advanced ther ascertain, if possible, what has become of her. postion until at last they were located in the We have a perfect right to express our opinions most suitable premises that could be found on this subject, many of our malleagues and in the town; they were commodious and friends being on boud the Samiích at the time
gotten that these rooms were more costly central, and as such, exceedingly canvenient the left the coast of Jura. (Applause.) for seafaring men. But it must not be far- After some furt er remarks by the President than those previously seated and it theref
and several members it was unanimously resolved :- behoved members Ly avoid getting in tears with their subscriptions. The monthiv "sub" was merely nominal and should be pad promptly and willingly. He could not conceive how an officer of the Merchant Service, could begrudge the paltry sum charged as entrance fee and monthly subscription to an Association which was founded with » morally, socially and intellectually. He was view to benefiting all members of the cloth convinced they would get their money's worth if they held together in the future as they bad in the past, never forgetting the time-honoured
maxim "Unity is Strength,
THE RECENT WRECKS,
There can be no doubt that we have a perfect right to consider and discuss certain shipping casualties which have occured on this coast recently. As an Assoetation composed of masters and efficers we cannot blame any one, in
opportunity to express its deep sympathy with the relatives of those who, are befieved to have been lost in the missing steamer Somdetch Pra Nang, and they hereby recard their profound gret that nothing has been done to certify tha of the grid stemmer, therefore the AssoÇİR» tion is unable to take steps such as it would like of our friends, to for the benefit and comfort of the relatives
That this Assɛciation ́avails itself of this
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·THE PREVENTION OF PIZATICAL OUTRAGES. The following letter was read by the Secretary and laid on the table
Steamship Haiphong, Hongkong. 13th Decenter, 1891. The Secretary, D. M. M O. Assoc'ation.
Dear Sir, have read the weinendence yon were good enough to send me a preventio
would be the easiest thing in the world fo of pleaileal outrages, etc. It is my opinion that panicular, but we may express the opinion het
estabith searching stations" on two or these we believe it will be to the advantage of underwharves at which all Chinese pass ngers writers and shipowners if every sea-gaing værel
Inggag wou'd have to be examined, exidily and maintain a system of three witches" at Though really illegal, there appears to be viny was bound to carry three cert ficate officers
aawn'd be done with passengers landing here. were there a Custom House in the "cololay, It is a physical impossibility for a man' to keep ble series about him and have his eyes little outcry over the search of passeng ets every twenty-four. In many cases vessels, are Oplum Farmer's runners, wide open unless he gets seven hours' sleep in landing bera from Canton and Macao, by the running about the coast with two flare nou passengers luggage goes for nothing at all, for
The fact of our being allowed to senich. and neither of them gets more thin three hou's' and a half sleep during the day or the
It is utterly impossible to find time to do it. night. either. It is, I repeat, Impossible for Imaginethe ship's officers attempting to seach the men to be properly on the qui vive unless buggage of 700 passengers (this skip is licensed they have a reasonable amount of sleep. As Cury above that number) hefore sailing att an association wo should, I think, print out daylight, (or even at noon who they are busy to owners and insurance companies the facts of taking in cargo up to the last minute), the pass the case. We must do so both in theft interests sengers meanwhile putting every obstacle in their and for the sake of members of our profession way The motion is absurd and the schema generally. We have head of the lamentable impracticable, Vareover, even did the passengern loss of life in connection with the foundering of refrain from obstructing the searchers, the pian the Namckow; and we deeply declare the loss of would not work." "It is Impossible, and cannot the European master and officers and engineers | be done, a of that ill-fated vessel. We don't know how the foundering occurred, but we do know that she had no more thas two officers on board and that are expected to do what is a physicalimpossibilty As a rule, the officers of the watch on such ships
have had little more than the proverbial" forty winks." I understand you've asked me to speak on this subject in order that something may, be done by us as a body of masters and officers, I therefore suggest that our Secretary be directed to address the local insurance compiles and shipowners on the subject. We do not dream of directing owners how to manage their ships, but we think that in view of recent catastrophes it is better sud safer for every ship to carry three certified "witch-fficers? (hear, hear, and
With properly fitted up searching stations, the passengera knowing it had to be done would render every assistance by uncording and un- of this letter if you think it advisable in the locking their boxes, etc. t
You are welcome to ute any part or the whale.
to the alleged "Persecutions in the Philippines there, however, gives the area of the whele i poned operations. It was confidently expected, |--they are expected to be wide awako when they; interests of the Association
[4 "CASTILIAN's" Interesting letter with reference
dealt with in our issue of December 3rd, is anavoidably held over until tomorrow.
At Mohawk Lodge, Shanghal, on the fath iast, the wife of HENRY MORRISS-8 #007.
DEATHS.
At Shanghal, on Tuesday, 12th Jan, 1892, GORDON WILLIAM, the beloved Infant son of John William and Elizabeth Stanford, aged 17 months.
At Shanghai, on the 11th Jan., 1891, AMALTA MARIA, the beloved daughter of Francisco Guilherme and Margarida Barbara Machado, aged 16 years and ex months,
The Hongkong Celegraph
HONGKONG, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1892.
THE OPIUM FARM.
A MASS of interesting matter is unavoidably held over until to-morrow.
THE French gunboas on left Amoy for Foochow on the 13th inst.
THE Shanghal Marine Engineers have decided to give their Annual Bili on February sad, THE O. & O. Co's steamship Belgie was towed over to the Cosmopolitan Dock by the Pilot Fish this forencan,
We are Informed by the Agents: (Messrs. D. Sassoon, Sons & Co.) that the steamer Lightning. from Calcutts, lest Singapore yesterday for this port.
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THE return of the number of visitors to the City Hall Museum for the week ended January 17th, :-Europeans, 1971 Chinese, 3,030 total
2,227,
appointed Chairman of the Board of Examiners THE Hon. J. H. Stewart-Lockbart has been vice the Rev. J. Chalmers, LED, resigned from the Board.
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Your faithfully,
(Sige), H. C. A. HARRIS, P. S.-Ofchure the question of the expense of prevention wou'd arise. I am sure no-beiter
could be made of the money received for "Special Bunday Cargo-working Permits," and the balance of the Light Does aker deducilog the exact cost of the up-keep of the lights, li
Bays the Slam Free Press, that the Company would be in a position to begin work on Jan. 1st, but owing to monetary difaculties this course was found impossible and hence the decision to cesse all work. There have been many erratic Tax Peking Gassits of December 4th states enterprises commenced in Stam, but the Stam that the several high offices hitherto held by the Electric Light Company seems to have our jala Mongolian Prince have been given to the distanced them all in eccentricity. From the following Metropolitan officials --Prince Ch'in beginning of its existence down to the present is appolated to the Armoury and the Imperial time it bas, led most chequered career. Equipage Department ; Fo-kun becomes Grand Inaugurated chlefly by. Siamese capital, and Mary Inspectors Prince Kochia takes charge ushered in with a flourish of trumpets it was applause). I take it by your applause that of the Chien-ful troops; and Wen-hain confidently expected to prove one of greatest you are of opinion that I ars expressing your
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Lieutenant-General of the Red | electrical successes in the Far East. It bunst views as a body of responsible masters and Fordered Mongolian Banner,
upon us at odd intervals, continued to gladden officers on the subject ("yes" and applause), our eyes for a brief time, and made its exit av It is a well-known fact that lots of officers have suddenly as it appeared, and no man koew, to go to sex after working cargo for 12, 12 or execily why or wherefore. We smiled at heren 24 hours, and how can it be possible for peculiasitler, we hoped that it had come to stay those men to keep their eyes open for four solid with us, and expected that it would meet bours on the bridge? Then, with this "watch-and- kinder fate than many an enterprise that has watch" system officers cannot get as much as four gone before. Vain hopes, and valuer expecta heurs sleep at a time. An officer goes below.
ans ; it is going the way of similar Siamese writes op his log, has something to eat or drink, THE WRECK OF THE NAMCHOW" ventures, and only the most determined effort on
kes a pult" at his pipe and then turns inÚLL DETAILS FOM A SURVIVOR, the part of the shareholders will save it from By that time fally zo minutes have gone by. destruction,
A BOLD blow was struck by Lieutenant Conslead on November sets, says the Stam Free Priit of January 5th, against a formidable band of pirates who had long been the terror of the peaceful traders of Choegoe and district. The Lieutenant commanded 60 native tirailleurs and 40 men of the Foreign Baitalion. After palaful night-march he came up with the enemy
the whole band. The villagers having been Installed in floating houses and, taking the pirates completely by surprise, almost annihilated shewn to be implicated, the village was detroyed. A ROMANTIC story is going the rounds at home in connection with the marriage the other day of Miss Scott to Mr. Hay, one of the heirs of the
THIS article is written for the special edification of the Colonial Treasurer (Mr. KNOW ALL MITCHELL-INNEs) and the other official hacks of the Legislative Council who supported that budding PITT in ARROULAR meeting of the Rothen Mark Lodge. No. 264 will be held in Freemasons Hall, known as the new Opium Ordinance, against precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited. lata Duke of Cleveland, Mr. Hay, so it is salih holders in this company was held to-day. The forcing into law the discreditable abortion Zetland Street, this evening, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock
spread (Sigurd) H. A H. Considerable discussion followert, after which vote of thanks to the Chairman, carried by acclamsilon, brought the proceedings to a close at such a late hour that the passing of a special resolution relaties to the sympathy felt by: the Asociation with Mr. Frazer-Smith, the Editor of the Hongkong Telegraph, who was muscted ta heavy damages and cost in a recent sensational bei case, had to be held over until the next merling, as also several other matters of general interests
THE KOWLOON LAND AND BUILD three hours and a quarter, when a quartermaster strived here Lom Swatow at noon on Well, he perhaps gets to sleep in another five Mr. Khoo Chin Seng, supercaro of the ill- or ten minutes and then-penviding there fated steamship Namchow, accompanied by his is no call of "all hands on deck he rests for assistant, and five other Chloee survivors, calls him so that he shall be on the bridge Saturday in the British cruiser Porpotta, and punctually at the end of the four hours to relieve on being interviewed by a member of our staff his brother officer who is to have his forty winks furgished the subjoined Interesting detalled
chow," smoke, etc. Thus it will be area that account of the disaster. many officers-hundreds in fact-get no more, than three hours sleep at a time, or in other and started for Amoy direct at 8 pm, on Wed« The Namchow weighed anchor in Hongkong words less test than a cab-home has at home Inesday, the 6th January, and by 4 p.m. on the (bear, bear),
MOONSENTED byth was abreast of Cupchi Bay, when the course “QUERY'S” LETTER, AND W
was set to the eastward, funker out from the Now, gentlemen, most of us have read a letter land. At about 9.p.m. the engines ceased to
fair fame of the master and officers of the between the thrust black and the after, crank. by a man who signs himself "Query"in today's work, and half an hor later Captain Lee told Daily Pris. In It the writer casts a star upon the Supercargo that the crank-shaft had broken. steamer Merfoo, and he does so very unfairly, Mr. Khoo wished for further particulars. I know something of rescuing life at ses but the Captain objected to any Inquiries rimeraber on one occasion I was in a host in a being made in order to find out what the heavy seaway going to rescue drowning people damage actually mounted to; however, the Lcould not see ten-yards ahead of me at the Supercigo was led to believe that something to me with a red flag in which direction to steer happened. The weather was then hazy and He saw from the bridge the struggling people, strong.N.E. monsoon was blowing. The Captain but I couldn't. Well, to make long story held out hopes that the engineers would be able short, I succeeded in saving two men. repair the damage in a few hours' and he then agons' expenses and so on. This motion, how mention this to show you that under certain went on the bridge. The Supercargo returned aft ever could not be brought forward without conditions it is most difficult, to "make out and discussed the situation with his colleague, bir. sorice,
persons floating on the surface of a heavy ada. „Lee Soon. E, who is the nephew of the charierer, The report and accounts were then duly And, unless the Mesfor bad come extressaly Mr. Chong Mob, Penang. The consultation paseod,and Ba
piped a class to the foundized vessel, li would have over, Les Soon E went on the bridge and asked The Chalman proposed that the temporary been practically Impossible for her officers the Captain how far the ship was off Breskar election of KC. 1.1. Can as director be confirmed to see anything at all, except the reddel bertall Point: lakhouse, and what distance separated by the shareholders.
und when the anekom fomaduras those was i shem from thrateurzii The Captain salo Sirusver
ING.COMPANY, LIMITED, -
The third ordinary general meeting of share the sound experience of the unofficial
was formerly an aspirant to the hand of the members,
A Government Ganelis Extraordinary dire young lady, but his suit was frowned upon by Hön P. Ryrie presided and there were also In 1886 the Oplum Farm fated this afternoon, notifies that a special some of the relatives because of als lack of what present Messis. J. H. Cox, F. Henderson, F. H. returned a monthly revenus of $15,800, service in memory of the late Duke of Clarence was considered the necessary mesos. When the Gomes (directors) Godsmann Taylor, and no restrictions were laid on the and Avondale will be held in St. John's Cathedesi Dales died, so little did Mr. Hay think himself Glimous, Machado, Manuk, J. F. C. da Rosa, | Farmer as to the number of chests be on Wednesday the south inst, at 5 ELI
interested in the event that he did not attend And A Shelton Hooper (secretary). 'could draw per month. Of course the THE Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial terwards, and, proceeding sonth, found that he report and accounts (published previously!
the funeral.:: He was, however, telegraphed for The Chairman moved the adoption of the Farmer made money out of his contract Hospist bege to acknowledge with thanks, the had been bequeathed a very large fortune and hopeless state of affairs, as even if all the the probably a very great deal of money, following donations to the fands of the Hospital
Mr. Taylor: thought the accounts showed a Three years later, when this valuable. The Park Galid...................$500 at work £30,000 per annum. He woord
houses were let, there would be barely enough monopoly was put up to public tender, It A Tak jumkundu..............again and this time won,
to pay expenses. He would like to see the cost realised the very handsome sum of $38,900 We would remind our readers that the grand THE funeral of Capt. Fremantle yesterday of runcing the company reduced to a minimum per mums, and the Monopoliat was led Boxing Tournament in which Professor Woolf afternoon was a most impressive ceremony. There was no use for a Board of director, cheats. It is a matter of public notoriety actively participate, takes place at the Theatre and included His Excellency the Governor Board should be abolished, that the present Oplum Farmer, who under Rayel, City Hall, this evening, commanding at and Lady Reblason, Major-General Barker Vice. Some lively discussion earned on the details Admital Richards, Chief Justice Sir J. Rusmell of working, Mr. Taylor endeavoured to more great difficulties, many of which ought to 9 o'clock. A first-class exhibition of the manly r. Justice Fielding Clarke, the Members of the appointment of alquidator, who would do have been obviated by Government support art may be confidently anticipated. Be the Legislative Counell, most of the Millary and all the work and save directors' fees and man and co-operation, has conducted a very The Nagaiaki Aising Sun says that the Kenge Hayal: officers, and a large majority of the trying business with most exemplary Mars, a Japanese steamer under charter to the leading residents of the colos - The Band perseverance and unusual ability, yet stands. Koreas Government to carry rice from warlos and Pipers of the Argyll and Sutherland High, to-day a very heavy lower by his contract; ports on the coast to Jinsen, recently took anders wage in attendants, and played the French leave,, with 1,500 bales of rios en bourd, . "Dead March in Bank," the 23 jand of the Leal," and it isqually an open secret which the captain appropriated la consequence, and other selections sppenpriate to the occasion that he is Indebted to the Hongkong of the charterers failing to pay the charte mosey Bishop Surdoodled buried perros, Government in a vary considerable sum", "da agreed upon,"
posietud by the Mer, Douglas He
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down to a monthly limit of three hundred.Bendoff and the pick of our local amateurs word. The corides left Government Houseats o'clock, running away with half the time." The Captain of my ship was signalling more serious than a broken crankshaft had..