had sent to England a boy who had gained an important scholarship and was well able to hold Afs own amongst English youths (land applause) Ha had great pleasure in thanking his Excel- leocy for so kindly distributing the prizes, and Lady Robinson for gracing the proceedings with her presence.
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rests his weary head and tries to think.) Suddenly he gasps-" Bay ! how stands the glass }”
M-Alas--Sir, his empty of all else save the scent of hy last potion, which methinks was rum.
B: Silence, fool, twas the reading of the barometer I sought. My prophe ic soul dost hint at an approaching storm? Hark away and seck thou out the ster of Kowloon and threaten that if prognostications are not instanter issued (n. 1ime for perusst and criticism, when I find that they are wrong) hid him look out for troublens timer,
*
This
TWO AUSTRALIAN SWINDLERS.
THE ADVENTURES OF MESIRS, BELL AND DAVIS.
In their
£30,000 SENT TO HONGKONG.
1
WHAT HER GRACIOUS 'MAJESTY
ISN'T.
A London weekly - repeats the old lie that Queen Victoria is in the same position as a In our Issue of the 8th January we published bited servant nader contract to perform certain some interesting particulars relative to Mesirs duties. Which the fan't. In the first place, fell and Davis, two accomplished swindlers who she was never hired, she simply succeeded to shipped away from Australia in their yacht Bangle the blessed Throne in the usual antocratic in August last and turned up in Honolulu under manner, by right of being, so far as people B who had the aliases of Rodger Bloom and Alfred Douglas know, next-of-kiu to the servant
The British, Nation didn't thousand sovereigns. After a brief and Victoria in answer to an advertisement, or
landed there with, It was reported, samsust died,
get somewhat, eventful sufour in the Sandwich have character with her, or take her on Scene: The Tower, and in it a Learned Man
slands, the enterprising couple left Honolulu month's trial. Immediately upon the death of Silly Billy, bis niece brought her boxes to British master Bad & soiding at arm's length a wight bereft of wits.
racht with mariner named Martin in command, Capt the effect that she bad annexed the Throne, and |Buckingham Palace, and issued a manifesto to LM! And so thy master dared to send therm H Gill, who navigated the tie vessel intended to stick to it by the grace of God. She here ? Hencel and to Heligoland with "Brownie;" I wat not of him, not be of me..
from the Antipedes to Honolslu, having bern paid off. We further stated that Capt. Gillmore-hired than is an elephant which arrived here towards the latter end of December, stroll into a Rajah's dining-room and begins 1891, in the back Velodity and left for Australia Clearg the table with its trunk. It is true that in the steamship Arlie on the 8th, ultima, she entered into possession of sundry castion on fixe stipend of something less than half-n- and other sources of Information that the wives and families of Mex. Davis and Bell term arranged by the Constitution are not
sonuch a matter of wages, as anived in San Francisco from Australia on the the gold was in charge of Captain T. H. Gill of steamer faripern. It was there reported that the yacht, on the British barque Velocity, bound land lately arrived) for Hongkong, and the Beagle is according to the Chronicle, al: belleved to the hound for the axme revination. John Bracketi, who shipped at Melbourne as boatswain of the Bangis, and was afterwards promoted to first mare at Hilo and wasdischarged at Honolulu, was also a passenger from that
port on the Marshosa. His story throws considerable light on the future move ments of the yacht.
Tackett, the late boatswain of the yacht Bengle, told a straight story.
Master of the Mansions Moley Hoses, Vot vos
(Little Ike: A big one tor, wasn't it Pay and dot? I shent to "Prownie a turkey and a medal antavitation and I don't know wat besides, tse coopy" (vat you call 1) by the ton, and alfabeat myself tool Ab, by the Ladder of Yawcoob, should that be lost wat vill the people as in Bagind? Hera, tako you some alan of Gillend and got you down in time for to-day's paper. Should not be glorified to
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In the course of his renty Govettor Robinson sald that it had afforded him much pleasure to come and take part in such an interesting eremony.. As a Driton he naturally took as Interest in the spread of the English language throughout the world. It f course, the duty of a Governor to further the cause of educa- | tion in every and fully on the subject
Bishop Berdon had spoken very feelingly
t of the experiented in imparing thorough difficulty English education to the youths of Hongkong. Anregarded the Diocesan School, he considered it a most effective and useful inssivation and under its present very able management there could be no doubt that its usefulness would be extended in
Another change comes o'er the scene, the future. As to the difficulty of teaching the two languages, English and Chinese, side by alde, it time his in a mansion high, up above towards the was practically impossible to do so thoroughly. ) sky, Enter a time-worn and dirt-becpattered being | Wo haw learn from San Francisco exchanges millin pounds sterling per annum, but the Не might mention, an persant, that as for he who falling upon his knees abjectly moans out alleged necessity al passing in English (aside his mission➡a search for copy." be observed the lord Blahop shake his kead) in English as taught in Goyer schools in Trinidad English was taught only, not Spanish nor French, the people's tongue. He was very glad to hear that English was the chief curriculum in the school which his lord ship had estaislished here. The guests present had doubliess been invited to engage their sympathy in the Institution, bet perhaps his lordship would also be glad were the subscription ist swelled thereby, for the capenas of such an establishment must be considerable He-bed-been-told-that-the-annual expense was
Govern $11,000, scholastic fees $8,90; the ment grant $1,050, and the amount of voluntary subscriptions for the past year $1,150. There- flowing. The subscriptions might with adran through various vicissitudes. At one time it was In such financial difficulties that had not Blahop Bardon forward and taken it in hand, use- ful as it is, it would have been dissolved. In 18to it was wholly reconstituted and finally lo 1882 it was established as boy's school under the style "Diocesan School and Orphanage, and was a most useful establishment as at present constituted. As regarded the boys who had failed to win prizes he would remind them of a in one of Lord Palmerston's clever passage speeches. Speaking of life that great statesman "Find said :—"A man's life is divided into two
sycophant of mice.
"The isoclum again.
He said he
attempting to absorb the whole revenue and put takingdom pawn. Moreover, the Queen
ho exact duties beyond the
ber has bo
affixing of signature to documenis, and if she became glided with cumtia in both hands the busiest of the country would be carried on withjut her signature anyway. That the royal fadyla nit under contract to do a hundred and ona hinge "expected of ber" is proved by the fact that she hasn't done them for the last thirty years yet any public endeavour to dismiss this fady help would fetch out the military, and the clamurers for a new "servant," or the effusive yearners for no" servant" at all, would be blown
atherrespects, the analogy between V.R. and
4. QUEEN'S ROAD AND DUDDELL STREET. Hongkong, 8th February, 1893,,,
The glassmakers of Thebes ferty centuries possessed the art of staining glass, and they produced the commodity in the utmost profesion. The St. Lawrence river is the only absolutely foodičastiver in the world, its greatest variation,
Co-day's Advertisements.
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fore-It was clear the exchequer could not be over- Inspiration will not come-but luckily the shipped In Melbourne last, july, and that not a 10 cválasting perdition by a whift of grape. In caused by drought or rain, never exceeding a HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING taga be increased. The school had, pazzed Marmurs too. The "Rafth", bas skulk:d in on anything but a legitimate crafte until Hiloerquisites from the country from the time
come
men
parts one of success the other of failure was in the time of failure that could show their qualities as men. This scho-l had passed through the Season of failure and-seemed-to-have-entered-upon a long course of unqualified success (lond applause). He was very glad to hear that the Government had granted $4,000 to such a desirving lestits tion to aid it to build a new wing for the accom.
odation of more pupils (loud applause), On the call of the bead boy three cheers were for the Queen, the Governor, Lady Robinson, and, finally, the ladles and visitors, after which an adj urament was made to the play ground when the boys were put through a course of military drill in a manner which reflected great credit on their instructor, Segt W. Machell the Hongkong Volunteer Antillery. "His Excellency, who remained for some time watch- ing the maneuvres of the juventie rank and file, expreaed great satisfaction with the performance,
A TRAGEDY.
TIME :—EATURDAY, NOON.”
יד
Scans Brownie in his den soliloquiring
Dissation's seed I eritelly save
Digulies in Myrmits that are low,
And his eat in the dark-
My prontos grief is that the bl.
Makes nut to waitha, but makes iý umíte
The ects of my mark
Wou'd that "Mephistefa" powar wara misa Berbui the hours of fivetas; the
How would I sasa revinge |
But
A Knock,
"Brownie," bathed in gulity perspiration, tweets "Come in,”
"Brownie na his back wrestling in throes of dismal agony with an empty bottle. messenger does, and brings a shower of his tent, but "James" has relented and his bounty a generous, as in alte that of the "Master of the Mansion. For particulars see to-night's
Swall about 11 p.m.
CORRESPONDENCE. ·
[Wa de sol necmeerïly endorse the opinions expressed by
Correspondent in this volámm), **
STILL THEY GAMBLEI
TO THE HOTTUR 09 The "! Honoxono Telegraph,"
BELL AND 'DAVIS WERE HAILED WITH JOY.
man on beard the boat knew that she was going was reached, although the suspicions of the crew were soon aroused.
At Hilo," said he, "Blom got mad at First Mate Thomas Perry, and made his life se miner able that he deserted. I was given the vacancy, It was at this place that James Leonard, a new paper man, became acquainted with Bell and they took him on board as their guest, and cariled him to Honolulu. They made a great splurge at Hilo, and at Honolulu carried things with a bigh hand. A large house was rented, and the yacht's cabin was stripped of everything. They gave out that they had come to stay Sta. It is generally admitted that laws-passed-Hondinin residents did not know what to make in British colonies shall be binding on sii classes of them. Money is rearce down there, and and all sections of the community, whether they be whiteer black, Chrlatlan or Pagan, but thss The crew slept on board the yacht, but ate at is not so in Hongkong, especially as regards the
men would be needed, as the yacht was to be A resturant. We were informed that only two latest Gambling Ordinance, which a number of so-called legislators foisted upon a long laid up for the winter, I was discharged, but suffering community. The partial enforce- remained in Honolulu. Then came the arrests ment of some of its provisions during the recent and the yacht was Immediately put into com- races resulted in nought but annoyance to the mission again. The "Louie" which had been general public and disgrace to those who are paid leased for ix months, was given up, and as soon to see to it that the law of the land does not as the charge of having brought 30,000 English become a dead lecturerly useless law-selets Bell and Davis were ready to sell away in their While the provisions of sovereigns illegally into Hawaii was dismissed,
respect to the back-bone of the Colony-the had arrived at Honolulu from Hongkong In lis present form-were rigidly enforced in yacht. The British barque Velocity, which Chinese-yet the Europeans were allowed to do a few weeks previous, was also in the pretty well as they pleased, so long as the harbor. She aniled on November 15th for seductive totalisator and part-muturi were not Hongkong, and most of those 30,000 sovereigna Indulged in. Yet a couple of unfortunate went in her in charge of Captain Gill. 1 was coolles, who knew not the law,
WATCHING BELL AND DAVIS AND THE “BEAGLE” by Jukangs locked
VERY CLOSELY brought, before the Magistrate #nd mulcted ไป the sum of Ba each, with the alternative of ten days Imprisonment with bard labour. And why? For commiting the awful crime of "gambling on the race-course! One of the unforcuates was able to pay his fine, but the other, who actually went into gaol, was balled out by Britisker who, knowing something of the wheels within wheels, rescued the unfortunate man from the consequences of breaking law which is as despotic as its provisions are insulting to the common understanding of the most ordingy specimen of the genus home that ever tred the scil of the colony.
P
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& col morning
Up
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And I am sure I am not mistaken. The trio' saw the captain off and had long conversations with him. I heard Bell say "Hongkong" she waved his band good-bye to the captale. Captain Martia was engaged as a sailing-marter in Honolulu, and the yacht cleared the next day, ostensibly for Valparaiso, but in my opinion Hongkong is the destination. She sailed on the afternoon of November 16 h, but on the follow. Ing day put back. Bloon came ashere, and landed under the surveillance of the officer of the port. He left some further private instruc- lions with Joseph Byrne, Davis brother-in-law, and again boarded the yacht and sailed away.” The bark Velocity is now in Hongkong, and Bat these remarks spply only to the recent it will be remembered that upon her arrival frebis race-meeting when the shoe pinched the here from Honolulu on the 19th December last Europeans' toes; but how about gambling upwards of eight thousand dollars' worth of rally-fan-ion, pads, and other little oplum was found on board, seized by excise Amusements? Are they non-existent in this officers, confiscated by the local authorities, and BoloBy Havn the police completely eradicated the captain was fined $50 for having prepared the spirit of gambling from the hordes of Chinese opium on board his ship without a licence from who live on this glorious fale ? Far from it, and the Opium Farmer; but there is no trace or record they never will. It is impossible, for gambling, of boxes of golden sovereign's being found on especially on the race-course, is the les lect. If board the good old Honelalu trader, and it is the swell Chineman can't stake his dollar bere hardly likely that two gentlemen of the Davies with safety he will desest Kowloon chy, Macan and Dell stamp would trust their booty to Capt. or Canton. Stake he will to the end of his days, Gill or any one else, orshape a course for Hong and the laws which Mesars, Goodman and kang. One of the central American states, n Leach (however able these legislators may be) South Sea I land or a Perovian or Chilies rabehe CAB concoct in their most brillant moments-is most likely to be the destination of these and they doubtless have a few of them-will fall adventures. Brownie: Dare he treat my messenger with to improve the thrifty Sons of Han" In this ladignity sa direful?
respect. And even now, after numberless M: Alas ! 'Tis true, 'tis pity i pity itis, 'li trae | Pics Brownie: Oh 1 that my quil were steeped in dosening dens have been broken into and
Ester, a merial-"Sir, the Raj' angered much_to-day ; metblaks some mortal: more than dating has trodden on his bunion, He bade me say he bad zo vermilion 'copy? for you, nor did he care a continental if the Murmurs ceased forthwith. I pleaded long and humbly your plty-breeding cause, but might as well plead to the glassy canopy of a
He would heaven as to a hard a mani none of it, and with sercam as biting 21 winter winds to shein lamb, ejaculated Has Sopy Jim no commands for your master, that you beset me so? Haner, warlet ! lest
mmon my henghran to do you grievous bodily harmAh Hot | Oong kui chii huff"
of the *patrons of the gama" have been fiued, the thing, sull goes on, and
fall, and that I had the power of mine advær Rey our midst.. How this can be so, la
-bow would I requlie 'em! 'But "copy" we must have, or the last of all the guils will fly our
hard conundrum 1 freely admit, knowing so, linie of human nature and the frailty of man, M: III, my master, may venture one little hint but it does flourish and at the present time, having heard you say that the Epistles of whilst I pan these lines, it wil be found probably "James" emb dy too much blue, why not mate with silvery "Paul 1 Paul is a stranger unto that in Ab Chong: Lane, Taipingshan, in a pride, and if you wought him humbly he wona gatabling house where the pubile indulge in fan-fon at will: Sometimes the manager moves perchance his countenance and bis mighly pen to the top of the late for a day or two and then extend to
to you. Paul too, hasa change of garments one coat for his Surday, and another for bis he goes to the bottom of it, and so on (to dodge. the police l), sad appears to be ex successful at ober friends, and Bis tõformation would indeed his business as he is doubtless state. But be
runs his show nevertheless.
be useful.
That the new law is an objectionable measure,
Brownie: Mealal, thou hast a head longer even than thy tongue. To Paul at once-but | that has caused: a great deal of wholly stay! His vanity must be duly fed on praise, clea perchance be may not listen unto thee. To- morrow will I think on't. Hence 10"James," and say the master bade thes bend the knee and week his pleasure.
Scene:-A "Merchant Prines" in the set of draining a crystal goblet, but being suddenly interrupted casts a bottle, on which were the mystic lettera A.V.H., to the ground, and bums, **There is a happy land, far, far away, whern we "get a good old brand, three times a day.”
to of
Enter a messengers Hall! mighty one, whore sway doth now extend from dark West Point to down where the rum and waters flow, down la the sunny East, all hall! (for my master humbly chimchim and seek thy gracious plexure-Can aught be done for then or thine? if so, but let thy
thy pleasure be know
· be known; ours the duty Jim" methinks my
my back ba
has been ila-scratched of late, and much would I rollers my weary soul, but thy master lacks so much la ssp and grit that I would fain nurse my wrath and whlist" warming it watch for the -day of my revenge. Hence, menial )' and tell the man of " Murmure "that when I need him I will order him along.
Brownle's" Sanctum : Messenger-Master "James will have some of us, and he too; like the "Rajab," does possess a soul that is dark as night's Pintonlan shore-1. wot not what is la -ibe air. An
Brownle-Out upon thee, here is 4 é'clock and soron Marmar have the "compe ・received, Oh despair and cankering care, bow thy tulons gall, Bur stay, I have li1 (19)
unnecessary annoyance to the public generally. and that it has resulted in distinct loss to the Government there is now no doubt, and I trust therefore that it will either be forthwith repealed to tote or greatly modified. That it Le far from perfect has been proved by the carriage drives which some of the members of the Bar have already cut through it, and that fact Mlone points to the necessity for amendments. If mot lis toimi eradication from the code. Same- thing must be done to remedy a distinct grie- vance, and the sooner it is done the better for all concerned, for how is Hongkong doing aloce the Gambling Ordinanco was passed ?—agrudi medende.
I am, Ble
Yours faithfully.
M IMPARTIAL O Hongkong, syth February, 1893. [Our correspondent's assertion that at the recent race meeting Europeans were allowed to Inflegs the Gamòling. Ordinance Just an they » pleased is altogether erroneous. – So far as wa could soo, there was not the slightest attempt ), made in the enclosure to break the law. Ond "sport" laid" the odds in most of the races 42, to a select circle of acquaintances, but we .of. any law silber is England or elsewhere which prohibits that form of
gambling under the conditions it was carried Oak We think perhaps that the Police Magistrate, under all circumstances, might ... have been more lenient to the two Chinese
coolics, but then his Worship is the best fødgu... of his duty to the public, and it must not be forgotten that, the Chinese hid:"wmple" warning of what would happen if they persisted In defying the polion--Máy HK, Tiligra
ETERNAL LIFE.
An ant-hill on this earth,
Such is the earth starll in endicas universe j Less than anal, much less
Is man and bla success,
And yet the silly, senseless self conceit That fille the son of man, the grandson of the
beast,
In daily life, and more so in his creed, Is strange, to say the least.
He wants a god, just as if Nature's laws were
not
Enough to make and shape bis miserable lot,
He wants a g⋅d I 'the god is madE, And fitted out with love and hate, Nature is an bis servant given As residence, the heaven.
By gradusi add tions to his might The man exceeds God's sense of right, And for the man's excerses to atone By death, to earth is sent the son, He by his death and caribly strija Leaves in humanity eternal life. Eternal life imone with begets another, More meaningless! O man, as if thy mother Nature, did not bless
"Thee well by her abundant gräce,
For Nature gave thee ample sacan, To make immortal name,
She gave thee hands, she gave thee brains, Work lor eternal fame !
Go, use thy Wrength, by finding means and BAO WAYS USA.
To benefit the human race.
If thou hast used thy power,
Wouldst share the victory thyself hust won With any miserable man
hired servant is deplorably funny. Her children
look
"The greatest cold on record was at Jakontsek, Siberia, January 25, 1829. When tested, spirit
thermometers rat down No. 73 deg, belete sero point of Fahrenheit.
The siz new States, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington and Wyoming will have, collectively, twenty votes in the nert Electoral College.
they each their majority, or get married, and so absolitely is sha milstress of the family situation, that farliament wouldn't vote money to support any syal bride or bilde-groom who hadn't the Queci a "aauction." . Nay, if the Shook of Gamidge were to die intestate, his widow would have no claim upon bis property, because bis august cousin keeps her heavy eyelids closed to the fact that he ever as carried at all. The Queen is a social god dessa reigning Idol set up by the few at the an injudicious ite, too, inasmuch as it attracts expeise of everybody. To call her & servant le an attention to the case of America, where the elected chief steward of the realm supports the digally of his great office on £10,000 a year, and pour imposition practised by monarchs, with the calme opposes, every day of his life, the pot amishance of high-toned confederates, self- seeking sycophants and gratuitous snobbery, upon European Ignorance and creduilly-Ir Sydney Bulletin
MAXIMS.
All that is "bliter" is not told. The more waist, the less speed. Pdf-preservation is the first law of nature. When there's a bill there's always delay, It's difficult to get starting price after the event. Bosure your dans will find you out, Mich laced, Ustle waist..
God made the woman, and Worth made her
TOWN,
Every quack has his pill.
Oppression is nine points of the law, Tacks are stubborn things. Two heads are better than none, Never too late to spend. "Necessity" is an Inventios of mother's. If at fints you don't succeed, try, try, try nguin. Constant popping" wears away the home. A hose by any other name will clear a street. It's an unwise chlid that knows less than it's
own father.
A "soft" answer often brings a black eye, You should never kiss the daughter while ber
pa standa br.
Deficiency for the day is the evil thereof. Fresents make the heart grow fonders (1 When the husband's away the lodger is gay. When there's a swili there's a sway, There's many a lip twixt the horse and the
tip."
Once married, awfully fly.
Half a loaf is better than a whole loafer. Hone but the bald desire their bale," 'All swells don't end well.
Always look before you sleep, Many a slip through the cup they sip. Stolen fruit is, the cheapest.
Drevs hides a multitude of thing.
A friend indeed is the friend we nzed.
· A nod is better than a kick from a blind horse,
♫ d. is the best policy.
"A kiss is as good as a smile.
The number of divorces granted in the United States in 1R67 was less than 10,000. Twenty years later over 25,000 were granted. For the whole period the total numbered 318,716.
The armies of the civilized nations of the world number 3.600.000 men. Beside the loss of their time and labor, they is at least 1,000 a year each, and that amounts to $3,600,000,000. Calico printing originated in India. It was
way into England in the seventeenth century, imported into Holland by the Dutch East India Company and spread Into Germany. It foard
the sufferers from Consumption, Scrofula and General Debility will try Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphilles, they will find immediate relief and a permanent beneit. The Mediasi Profession in the various countries of the world universally declare it a remedy of the greatest valus, and as : it is
very palatable it can be readily taken by the most
sensitive stomach, and will never fail to give
rellef and comfort to the sufferer. Any Chemist can supply it. A S. Waton & Co. (Limited), agents in Hongkong and China.~[Advt.
Co-day's Advertisements.
WOODYEAR'S
AUSTRALIAN
LAST NIGHT
WILD WEST.
OT THE
CIRCUS.
LAST NIGHT
WILD WEST. ‚LAST NIGHT OF . "MEXICAN BILL,"
** and the rest of the Cowboys and Indians.
PRICES AS USUAL.
A shirt in the drawer is worth two in the wash;MADAME WOODYEAR, Į
BITS OF INFORMATION.
The biggest diamond is 1880 carats.
F
A man breathes seven hogsheads of air in a day.
The world's prèss is stated to include 37,000 newspapers.
The average manying age of a Frenchman is
thirty years.
Alexandits portentes the largest artificial har bour in the world.
W. HARLAND, ...............................
Proprietors. Hongkong, 27th February 189.
ST. ANDREW'S
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· HONGKONG, No. 218 S.C.
CORPORATION.
ending arst December, 1891, at the rais of (£1.30)) One Pound and Ten Shillings Stg. per Share of $125 in PAYARIE, on and after MONDAY, the 29th February current, at the Offices of the Corporation, where Shareholdera are requested to anply for Worrants.
By Order of the Court of Directors,"
* F. DE BOVIS,
Chief Manager. Hongkong, 27th February, 1892. [238
DOUGLAS STEAM.SHIP COMPANY,
LIMITED.
THE DIVIDEND declared for the balf-year
FOR SWĄTOW, AMOY, AND FOOCHOW.
Captain Hunter, will be despatched for the THE Company's Steamship
"HAIPHONG,*
Above Ports on TUESDAY, the 1st March, at Daylight.
For Freight or Farmge, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.,
General Managers. Homekoms. 17th February 1812
PUBLIC AUCTION,
Fass
Mostructions to sell by Public Auction, on board, on
J. M. ARMSTRONG has received
WEDNESDAY.
the oth March Bot at 1 olinck p.m. THE S.S. "KĪUKIANG”
now iving. In the Hongkong Harbour, with all such of her MACHINERY. ENGINES, SHIPS STORES, FURNITURE, FITTINGS and APPURTENANCES, as is now on haard, except. the STEAM WINDLASS, ANCHORS and CHAIN CABLES, FIRE PUMPS and HOSE, which the Vendors are to be at liberty of remore after the sale of the
Further particulers and conditions of Sale can be obtained from the HONGKONG, CANTON
and MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY | LIMITED,orof Messrs. WOTTON & DEACON
or of the Auctioneer, J. M. ARMSTRONG.
A Steam launch, will leave Pedder's Whark at 2.30 on the day of sale, and will take off fatending purchasers.
Hongkong, 27th February, 18ga.
Intimations.
HONGKONG
ATHLETIC
TO BE HELD ON THE
RACE COURSE,
170
SPORTS,
SATURDAY, the 12th of March,
` commencing at 1 o'clock,
PROGRAMME - 1.-120 Yards Flat Race (Handicap),
-Panting the Shot,
3-Wide Jump
4-220 Yards Flat Race (Handicap).
-Bicycle Raca (Half-mile Handicap). 6-Half-lle Fist Race (Handicap). "Open to
Soldiers, Sallors, and Police."
7.-Burdle Race, 120 Yards, to Flights. &-Ladies' Purse, Half-mile Flate Race (Han-
dicap).
9.-High Jump.
10.- Bicycle Race (Handicap)," Ons Mila, 11-100 Yards Challenge Cup,
13.Throwing the Cricket Ball 12-a-mile Flat Race, open to European,
Police
A Above Chapter will be held in the N ADJOURNED CONVOCATION of the FREEMASONS HALL, Zetland Street, THIS 74-Mile Challenge Capa EVENING, the 27th inst, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock.---Veterana? Kace, 120 Yards (Handicap). 19 precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited.
years in tropics and over 35 year of Hongkong, 27th February, 1802.
16-International Tug-of War,
men aside. 8 17.-Douglas Challenge Cup, Quarter-mile Fist..
The Vatican contains 308 staircases and 1,100 different rooms
Among 100,000,000 of the world's populatio's { " Klavery sill exists.
1895, Hungary will celebrate its 1,000th
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