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The Afghan citadel of Herat has now been❘ THE Netherlands Government "Gazelle_an- removed to Persia, by order of the Daily Prisr |nounces the establishment of the New North geographer!
Borneo Tobacco Company, at Amsterdam. The object of the Company is to work a concession of 10,000 acres, granted by the British North. Borneo Company, and situated near Sandakan Bay. The capital amounts to £750,000
A PENANG contemporary says that Mr. J. L. Shand, a well-known Ceylon planter, is about to proceed to British North Borneo, la the future of which he is said to have great faith,
THE Empress, the Solarie, and the Pekin, all
INTERESTING SALVAGE CASE:
"BORMIDA" V. £4,500 AT STAKE.
THE WINGSANG"
It is not very often that trouble is experienced in obtaining substantial reward for services. rendered in connection with the rescue of a raleable steamer and many much more valuable
The
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say, he treated him carefully. Another sallor, | Mahomed Iessak, had likewise been wounded and was also attended by the sald doctor. Dar ing the night the water remained unchanged.. "In the morning it cleared up somewhat, the wind moderating and shifting to N.N.E. The #CA
still rough, running from N.W. steamer does not answer her helm properly as she is making very little hoadway,
poop and descended. He then caught a
him that there wern only two blades left, tha blade was touching the rudder. It appeared to other two being lost. He could not learn any mero as be was compelled by the high sens to can't exactly make out our position. We make get an deck Owing to the sky being overcast It lat. 8, 17 N. long, 110, 14 E., at noon.
ST. PETER'S SEAMEN'S CHURCH.-The Mission coming close together, have flooded this colony Hves from a position of paril, providing those chief officer lowered a rope ladder from "THE HONGKONG DIRECTORY AND steam-launch Day Spring will call alongside | with globe-trotters, missionaries, Lord Jukes, who are lucky enough to fall la with the disabled glimpse of the propeller and found that the
'HONG LIST. FOR THE FAR EAST"
FOR 1892.
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vessels holsting code pennant C, betweeng and 10.30 am, on Sunday, to convey men ashore to the It o'clock service, returning about 12.30 pm
ACCORDING to latest advices from the North the British gun-vessel Swift was at Hankow, the Figmy and the French gunboat Lien at Wuhu, and the Redpole at Chipkiang. The German
on the and Inst.
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vessel have their agreement made out in due form, sigued by a responsible person. But, nevertheless, there are numerous instances on record of salvage claims forming the subject of Courts of Law. And so it is in respect to a cas lengthy and heated arguments in the highest now known as the Wingsang-Bormida salvage case, in which Mesars, Jardine, Matheson & Co. Navigazione General Italiane Co's Bombay liner Bermida, Capt. Sucini, by the Indo-China S. N. Co.'s Calcutta trader ingrang, Captain A. de St.Croix, on the 27th of December last,
It will be within the of of
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WHAT meaneth this? The Russian Pacific squadron is to be increased during the current year so as to bring up the total of "the flying to eleven of all sail, exclusive of torpedo hente and the tsesquito fleet at Vlad
vostock and Nikolaicfsk.
THE hearing of a criminal charge against Mt. Kok Cheng Sean, ex Oplum Farmer, not having been concluded at the Police Court yesterday, a confidently anticipated, our promised article on the Oplam Farm Fizica is, for all sufficient reasons, unavoidably, held over. Tux Penang Gansite of the Mesars. Kelly & Walsh, Limited, There were two tremendous peals of thunder
the 2nd inst, says
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heard here last night, which most have startled a great many people. The lighting which pres ceded the first one struck the main-mast of the steamer ¿filter, almost spileting it in two, SAYS Japan contemporary referring to the re- cent Hongkong race meeting:-"A racecourse without any betting or speculation is like "Hamlet" with Hamlet left out, or a B, & S. without the brandy. We shall watch the sequel to this pretty little bit of moral and grende motherly legislation with Intercat,"
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Hongkong. January 23rd 2
The Hongkong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1892. į
TELEGRAMS. ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN CON- STANTINOPLE.
CONSTANTINOPLE, February 25th.. An attempt was made to-day on the life of M. Valcovitch, the Bulgarian Agent, who was stabbed and seriously wounded.” The amassin managed to effect his exorpe.
THE INDIAN OFFICERS BILL
LONDON. February 26th. The Indian Offers Bill has passed through Committee in the House of Lords, Lord Crass 1.25 agreed to exempt the Viceroy from the provisions of the Bill, but the amendment to exempt the Commander-in-Chief was rejected on a division by a majority of seven. Lord Salisbury declared that, in the event of the British and Indian armies being obliged to co-operate, it was vitally Important that the Home Government should 0.60 previously consult with the Commander-in-Chief
in person.
February 19th, '
1.50
0.75
A stoppage of collieries, employing & quarter 1.00 of a million of men, is almost certain to take place on the 12th March, it being hoped that a week's stoppage will exhaust the stocks in hand. The 1.10 prices of coal have already sisen.
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Hearls, Markisses, Honorables, and other things. The hotels are full, the Hongkong having now over 130 people staying there, and the managers are tearing their hair in agonies at having to
"all full " so often, passengers will have to camp out on the Pray
Some thirty more unless they can rig out a "shake down" among the sharlogs and sawdust in the nearly finished couldn't the defunct Peak hotel be opened for a few days to meet an emergency such as this? And all you people who have rooms to let, why don't you advertise ? AMONG the passengers landed by the P. & 0. Cos, mali peamen, a la dede Dr. and Mrs. Winslow Anderson of San Francisco, They bave been making an extensive tour round the
A MAIL STEAMER DISABLED. world for the past two years and are now on "News has been received here to-day by their way home is China and Japan. The telegraph of the breakdown of the Italian mall Doctor would like to make a tour through the steamer Bormida. She was picked up by the Interior of China, but owing to existing conditions Tado-China Company's steamer Wingjang and of affairs he deems it prudent to take a tour in towed into Salgon, where she will be docked for Japan instead. Dr. Anderson is special corres-repairs. It is stated that the Bormide's pondent of the 5. F. Chronicle, Chicago machinery has come to grief, owing to the crank Pacific Medical Journal, and he is also one of the Hongkong from Salgos, 49 ba Graphic, N. V. Herald, as well as editor of the theft breaking. The Wingsong was en route to teachers in the University of Callforals. Dr. Anderson, who has rendered considerable service in connection, with the World's Fair, is
pleased to learn that China with all her wealth of tea, silk, rice, etc. etc., is to be handsomely represented in Chicago in 1892. And It is there the worthy Doctor is mistaken, as China has declined to patronise the big show at Chicago. Dr. and Mrs. Anderson contemplate spending several weeks in China and Japan.
senders, perhaps, that the following appeared in our issue of the 30th December
"It appears that the Bormida was picked up by the Wingsong near Capo St. James, whence the first news was wired to Salgon. The amount of the salvage claim cannot, of course, be ascertained until the Wingsang river with full particulars of the accident."
:
On the 3rd January the Wingrang arrived here and reported as follows: On the 26th at noon in lat. 828, north and long, t07 40 cast, at 1.30 p.ut. observed the steamship Bormida flying signals of distress, her engines having broken down. On the 27th took her In tow for Cape St. James. Wind and sex moderat. ing, we arrived at Cape St. James at 2.30 p.m. on the 28th. Slipped the steamship Bormida and proceeded to Salgos.”
To-day the questions at issue were
Mr. A. G. Wise, Police Magistrate, and Comr W.C.H. Hastings, R.N., Acting Harbour-Master, being the arbitrators who sat in the Supreme Court-house at 10.30 this morning. Mr. A. P. Stokes appeared for the owners of the Borwida and Mr. J. J. Francis, Q.C., Instructed by Messrs. Wotton and Deacon represented the Indo-Chin Company,
SUBMITTED TO ARBITRATION,
Mr. Stokes opened the case on behall of his clients and submitted that the services of the Wingsane were not worth 1.500. He read the following quotations from the log book of the Dormida
Voyage from Singapore to Hongkong 1-"
and 24th Dec. 1891-Couric, NE, 1 N. A strong wind from N.N.E, is blowing, accompanied by a very bigh sea and rain squalls. The sky is overcast and misty. During the whole of the following 24 hours the was continually swept by the high seas which caused her to labour beavily. At noon in lat, 10 deg. 07 N., long. 112 deg. E, course rectified N. 33 deg. E., distance 113 miles,
16-17 Dec.-About 1.10 p.m. we sighted a steamer, and holsted signals of distress and she English steamer Wingsang, of London. When made for us at once. "Ste proved to be the she had approached close to us we exchanged signale,
thus :-
slugging disabl
disabled, can you tow me into
He (the captalo) answered :-"can tow you to cape St. James," I then' saked him how much ho would charge and as he had approached very close to our ship he answered verbally s **five thousand pounds." I offered £3000. He refused. In the meantime the Wingsang had lowered a gig which came alongside to confer with us. As our steamer belongs to a large Company I proposed to leave the matter to be settled between the owners. The reply was in the negative. I then offered four thousand pounds, which were not accepted. Considering the position of the steamer and her state, the number of passengers on board, a full cargo of merchandise, the state of the weather, and saving consulted my staff for the good and safety of all concerned I take the decision to offer the sum of £4,500, which is accepted. By means of the Wingsong's gig hawsers to now oeing attached, viz-on the starboard side a big tope attached to the anchor's chain, on the port alde a big Manila cable. The Wingsang goes ahead now. It is 4 o'clock p.m. and some time afterwards the starboard hawser broke, wo succeeded, however, in recovering, it. Tho mancnvrès executed on this occasion by the Wingsang's captain are worthy of high praise. It had grown late when that rope again broke, The Wingsang then holsted signala :-" Decided to abandon you." I an swered at once-"Do not abandon me." Ha the passengers. I was not, this being a very then asked me whether I was willing to tranship dangerous operation owing to the high sea and the lateness of the hour. They then dropped
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the other hawser, which was lost. The Wing- sang now executed some manœuvres and came alongside (on the port side) to tell us to keep ready for to-morrow morning. During the night she stood by, and at about 7 a.m. she approached and took up the hawser agato. We had veered out five lengths of the starboard anchor's chain (75 fathoms) which was attached to a chain they had got ready on the poop. By ro am. this was finished and the Wingsang went ahead, steering in a N.W. direcdon. The wind blows from NE and the sea is still high, Water is constantly baled out of the pluffing box (governor compartment). The bilge water Is higher than usual and we keep the pumpr going to keep the bottom dry as possible. At noon our position is Let go to N., long, toge 33' E.
27th-18th December :-Wa are being le still baled out of the after peak. The sea towed without any further difficulty. Water is still very rough, and there is a strong wind blowing from the N.EA-noot our post- tion ir-Lat 10° 18 N., Long 108 40' East
IN 1890 Persia was the only country which THE Italian steamship Bormida cleared for appeared in the shipping lists of the world as Bombay, via Singapore, this afternoon, a bonding but one vessel, and it still occupies its for £4,800 having been furalabed by their solitary place in 1892, the vessel-a steameref838 Agents, Messrs. Carlowits & Co., a security for
tons having weathered all the accidents of the the salvage claim and the costs of the legal proof any sailing ship in either year, though, says the last two years. Persia is not the registered owner ceedings in connection with the services rendered Daily Graphic, it is impossible to suppose that by the Indo-China Co.'s steamer Wingsang. some of the sailing craft in the Persian Gulf MR. ADAM LIND, an old and well-known do not belong to Persian owners, yet they act resident of this colony, who arrived here yealer. Two other countries with very small merchant Dot of sufficient Importance to be registered. day from home by the P, and O. Co.'s steamer Pekin, will succeed Mr. Fullarton Henderson as navies, Colombia and Costa Rica, have both Secretary of the Hongkong General Chamber of Increased their list. At the beginning of 1891 Commerce. Mr. Henderson, we are informed, Colombia had two vessels registered of 444 tons, takes a trip to the old country. We wish him now it has three of 685 tons; while Costa Rica, Bon voyage!
which had three a year since, has now ventured on a fourth, and has increased its tonnage from 816 to 1,101. It might be invidious to set ON DIT that the Hon. Jas. Johnstone Keswick, alongside of this the 11,928,624 tons belonging M. L. C, who has been generally reported to be almost at death's door for the past two days, to the United Kingdom and the colonles; sti}}, proceeds to Shanghai by the P. & D. S.N. Co.'s worth remembering that we own just over mall steamer Pakin at daylight to-morrow. We one-third of the tonnage of the world, no other. trust the report is true, notwithstanding the country exceeding two millions of tons, many unpleasant rumours that are at present THE Secretary of the Punfom Company Informis circulating through the colony.
us that the bar of gold, weighing sixty-three TATLOW, the Shanghai policeman who myste- ounces, which resulted from the crushing of ten attack cleared from the fodel Settlement with tons of ore--as already noted in bar columns- out tuck of drum, and was afterwards under artest has been sold for $1,681.56. that is at the Hongking on suspicion of having dong some. present exchange, about 44 per ounce. But thing
unknown, returned to Shanghai by the F. what use is a bar of gold worth $1,651.56 la
the face of the heavy expenses being dal N... accompanied by a very high sea so that 24-25 Dec Course NE. 1. N. Gals from incurred; without the hope any retura? It is more than high time for this scarcely any headway is made. The sky is hopeless "front" to be finally wound up. As in overcast and there are rain squalls from time to most other ventures of this sort, the Telegraph time. At 5.30 p.m. in lat. to deg. 15 N. long was absolutely accurate, in its predictions" years 112 deg. 10 E, when a high sea was ngo-but then eminent (if interested) directors running and a strong wind blowing from played the martyr, and abare speculators N.N.W. heavy shock was felt followed prowled round seeking somebody something immediately by other' in the engine to devour. And by some means or other six room, and the engines, commenced to race. lakhy of Hongkong dollars have been We went in a body aft, being almost sure hopelessly sunk in Punjom, and about that the propeller's blades were broken and lost five times as much annexed by disinterested or that the shaft was badly damaged. Owing to philanthropists who-oh I yes, they meant well, the heavy scaruaning we were unable to see any. and believed all they heard, and sold short" thing. We stopped the engines which, as they did when it suited them, and did the other thing not encounter any resistance, were racing at such when "bulls" were trumpą, and generally * high rate of speed that other heavy damage raised Cain to their own advantage and at the might have been done. The steamer was now shareholders' expense-may yet be called upon at the mercy of the sea which struck her heavily to explain matters before a legal tribunal, sad caused her to roll so badly that she was Meanwhile we take the liberty of suggesting constantly covered by the sea; the same pene Giring my congratulations and compliments to that the sooner this Funjom phantom is wound trating into the hold through the hatches, the Captain of the Wingsang, for his very able up, the better will it þe for all interested, Having tried all other means we at last succeeded minceuvres on this occasion, I am, nevertheless, in closing the same hermetically. At the same compelled to protest against the mormous sum ANOTHER Sydney lawyer, says the Bulletin, has time we set all sails we could to get the steamer of 44.500 which he wanted and which I associated himself with a deficit of about up and be able to steer her, We had done this by was obliged to accept for the safety of
50,000 of other people's money. This may 9 p.m. steering S.W. at an average speed of from all concerned, as the lives of
passengers cause him to lose the friendship and respect of a to 3 mlies an hour. Having managed all this and valuable merchandise were at stake. some of his clients, but he won't be put to any as well as we could we considered what steps made now-a-days by the Wingsang's Captain, steps This demand ought never to have beea further inconvenience in the matter. Those were to be taken in order to save lives and who live by the law never suffer by the law.
the ship. Till the actual extent of the re both steamers belong to civilised nations.. An order prohibiting Sunday labour in Calcutta They just embezzle, steal, defraud, and rob, and damage was known, the advice prevalled to way add that he could have towed my steater came into force on the 1st inst. It provides that when they have taken the last copper from their try by all means to get clear of the leeward land into Saigon as he was going there to take in a no goods shall be discharged, shipped, or water- last ellent, the Fall Court strikes them off the end to reach the track taken by the steamers fresh supply of coal; but be sefused to do so. borne to be shipped to any vessel between sun- roll, and they retire from business and have all coming from the north, I learn from the chief
(Signed) F. SUBINI rise and sunset on Sundays, except on payment their time free for Bible-reading and other popular engineer that the propeller shaft is broked,
Captain of Rs. 10 to the Cystems, and an additional fee recreations.. Il a lawyer were to rob a stranger in ❘ but he is doubtful whether the whole propeller Captain. Susial was then examined at length. of from Rs. 50 to Rs. 300 on the registered to the street he might have some police-court trouble or part of it is lost. We find more water than | Ha said, infër alla, that, he signalled to the age of the ship. The good work, initiated in about it, but he is never brought up to answer for usual to the bottom and so work the pumps." On || Wingsong for insistance and was taken in tow [Fate for the Daily Prize coolle-Herat is not Hongkang, is rapidly spreading throughout the any forgery or other irregularity affecting a cilent. deck they are working actively to increase the by her at 7 mm. on the 27th of December until
in Persie,}
East, and there can be very little doubt that Once there was a before very long, Sunday work on board shipsin | clergy." which legal fraud called "benefit of spread of salles much as possible, ză There 3 p.m. on the 28th. That was less than two.
arved parac from RUSSIAN GRAIN.
high ses running and the wind is blowing The real of the time the Wingzang was Russia is permitting the export of maize from port, excepting in cases of absolute necessky,
on any charge, but this was taken A Hom strongly. In gosts from N. N. W¬knd it is raislak Anding br— that is to say: for one night. Two will be as extinct as the dodo, 0.75 the CaucasUR.
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Red Capsule než 4
'THE BERLIN RIOTS.. Berlin was tranquil on Sunday.
THE COLLIERY STRIKE.
March 1, The Daily News states that the colliery Per morement is an attempt on the part of both masters and men to combine for a colossal coal 2 dos, sing. Prices are rising rapidly." Pints.
$4.50
B St. Estephe, Red Capsule... 4.50 5.00 C St. Jullen, Red Capsule.... 7 7.50 D La Rose, Red Capsule II 12,00
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D Hennessy's Finest Very Old Liquer Cognac, 1873 Vintage, Red Capsulo 30
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THE "COAL RING."
March 3rd, The price of coal in London has risen ten shillings per ton during the last fortnight. A number of outward bound steamers are delayed in 'he London decks for want of coal
FRESH TROUBLES FOR PORTUGAL. March 4th.
Reuter's Agent at Mozambique telegraphs that the native soldiers belonging to Coutinho's expedition in the Nyassa have revolted and are nlundering the traders on the lower Zambest, [The expedition referred to had started to establish Portuguese authority on the Zambes! river, and at the outset had met with mis fortune by an ammunition explosion which killed or wounded many of the party]
CHOLERA IN AFGHANISTAN.
-Cholera is raging in Herat.
March 9th.
DISAFFECTION IN POLAND, *Several arrests have been made in Poland, owing to fears of a rising
& O. Co.'s steamer Clyde, and after securing his effects from the Capt. Superintendent of Foilce, departed for Vancouver by the Empress of India, en route to Canada, where he intends settling down. Another good man gone wrong, CAPTAIN PORTER of the British steamer Macduf, which arrived in Penang from Liverpool on the 3rd inst., reported that on February 23rd, at 10.45 am, in lat. 8° 44′N.,long. 66° 10 E, be passed the German steamer Independent being towed by the steamship Canton, of London. The former vessel signalled, “I have broken my shaft" the latter, "I am bound for Colombo," When questioned as to whether they required xesistance, both vessels answered in the negative, DI. ARGYLL ROazason, a famous Scotish Specialist who stands facile princeps as a practi- cal authority on diseases of the eye, arrived here yesterday from Europe by the English mall. If we mistake not, we have come across Dr. Argyll Robertson's name in connection with other controversial questions of public Import- ance quite dutside the scope of bis professional functions,
in which he has taken no inconsider able part. "The Queen's Oculint," who is accompanied by Mrs. Robertson, is backed for Shanghal, and will doubtless return home wa
America.
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28th-19th December:-We sight the coast, being still in tow, and at 3 pm. having pilot on board, the hawser has been dropped and we anchored off Cape St. James in a depth of 5 fathoms. I then sent several telegrams, one of them to Saigon for a steamer to tow me to Saigon. They wired that a. steamer would arrive on the morning of 29th, Meantime the pumps are kept going and water is baled out as before.
29th-10th December. Atr o'clock, p.m., the steiner Atalia arrived and took us in tow under directions of a pilot. Arrived Saigon at 3.15 p.m. on the 30th and there dropped both anchors.
towage
thets, and since: then parsons have, as male, "| _in_forrents. Thus the night passed. We exlimatë, been a trife more honest. But as lawyers still our speed to be 2 or 3 miles an hour. At 6 o'clock officers of the Wingrang cama nii to us in have a similar "benefit," they can, so to to the morning, having sent’aft foris fresh jib to a boat and the second officer of the
Peak deadhead the criminal law, and the rerait is that replace the one which was Camidow be claim for salvage. The Wingsang officers Bormldd said of course Wo would settle the they are often a trifle more larcenous than boodie- the wind, the boatswain reported the poop to be bank directors. A youth who ambitioasa career inundated. I went there and found plenty of retarded to their ship after receiving an of felonious annexation of other people's money water in the stuffing box. We therefore believe offer of 63.000. Signals of 'No' were run up era in seeking the position of teller in a straight that besides the loss of the propeller's blades by the Wingrang. It is my opinion that bank, or director is a crook one. He should there are heavy damages fa they shaftenbe, ; the matter should be settled between the twa become a "gent, one," &c. He will then be able probably caused by the propeller being broken. Companies irrespective of whatever I may have to steal ten times as much, and need not bother The pipes are opened, and water flows down agreed to when in trouble. From the time I about clearing out to Honolulu when he has in the hold underneath the engines," and in was taken in tow the son was moderating, and made his fortune.
checked by the pumpa, Though no dimibu. It continued to moderate until we arrived at Capo tion of the same is obtained, yet we succeed in St James It was'in fact, only a moderatemon- MR. INO. J. FRANCIS, Q.C., and Mr. H. Lkeeping it stationary With the assistance of soon ses. I took the assistance of the Wingsant Dennys, Hongkong solicitor, etc., have been the passengers, directed by both the deck and Although I could have got into Singapore ander most amusing during the hearing af charge engine's crews, water fe now constantly being all, because had anything happened while ran- sgainst Mr. Koh Cheng Sean, the late Opium scooped out inasna of buckets ; the same ning for Singapore if would have been greatly Farmer, that has occupied the sitention of Mr. rising principally from the stern tube compart blamed for not accepting asistance when entered. A. G. Wise at the Magistracy for the past week. ment, the bulkhead being, already broken in By the Court-Cannot their sparkling witicians and genia repartees several places. To gala, contrastar raging ad when talendario you fix your position
Mr. Francis read
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"SKROW's "later"To Impudent Little Menisja " is very much to the point, and deals with grievance, especially as regards bank clerks, which ban for some time been under our most cardul THE OSBORNE PERJURY CASE
consideration. But “Skrow * omits to send bis March 10th. Mex. Osborne has been sentenced to nine ame and address, as prescribed by our rules, and we therefore decline to pablish his cem, months' imprisonment for committing perjury inmunication. If anonymous correspondents the notorious pearl robbery case.
cannot conform to the recognised regulations THE ELECTIONS IN CANADA. which govern all newspaper correspondence, we The Quebec, elections have gone largely in shall esteem it a favor if they will in future send favour of the Government. Mr. Mercier's (Com their contributions to cliber Granny or ins ZVA missioner of Agriculture) party has been crushed. Wrapper. We can rub along without them.
LOCAL AND GENERAL. WOODERAR's Circus at Bowslagton to-night, the fan commencing at 9 o'clock. "Good day, Boss," THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s teatter Rohtia teft and other hair-raising atrocities are fastefully promised, so that the show is quite good enough 1.To Shanghal for this port at It .m. to-day, If the busted" community & Hongkong can
MR. ARTHUR MURRAY, assistant Magistrate, only manage to raise the admission money-Pickwickian, of course bave fairly driven our the steamer is rolling fearfully Ween afraid Batang Padang, Perak, died from typhoid fever Dead-heads are strictly prohibited. International only Office Goat into bysteries. Mr. Francis that the cargo will get damaged to a great 1,00 on or about the 25th or 36th February,
tugs-of-war and gladiatorial contests with the wald that what the Hongkong solicitor, etc,, sald extent. At noon, though our observations, are modern cesins are likely to provs, great attrac was absolute nonsense" and six enig fastrullat ; deg. 43 mia: Ni, long: 1fr deg. 20 min. E uncertain a owing to the state of the sky, we fidd THE Singapore "Lord's Day Ordinance, 1892" - tions at Bowrington next week, but sa yet no tions were “
Dennys epigrammati -450—040' | bas had its tile changed to The Sun-day reliable details of these proposed Olympic rev that he was canonded. by te Bench 26.Techgo gule is still raging. We agree to the demand of £4500 by the Wingiang,
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Francis - Labour Ordinance.” And a very sensible change | have been furnished us, so that we can only,
and then the
do our best to keep the after stuffing box Had (15.000 beer demanded. I would have vaguely lodícate “coming events that cast their looked serious, and hinted that the pantomime dry. Keeping the engine's pumps going, we agreed and sherwands left it for the Court to CFine A. V. H. Geneva 525 AS THE Progrès de Safgon ol March and says that shadows before, Her han
had gone quite far enough. We think so too; obtain a dimination of the water in the comparte decide. There was no difficulty in towing us at but what we would like to know is how much | ment underneath, but the, movements of the but I must say that whatever the Wingtang RUM.
there were then on the berth no less than twelve THE Attorney-General of the Straits Settlements per hearing Mr. Inc. J.
J. Francis, QC.
did was done in a thorough seamanlike manner. Finest Old Jamaica, Violet
steamers loading rice for Slagapore, and HOPE to reported as saying, in a recent debate od the from his estimable Chinren client for getting | steamer caused by the tremendona suas” ate - so
great" and the water obtains such, foren, that Cross-czamined –The document produced new Criminal Procedure Bill, ibatud It seemed in battle array at the Police Court as legal we fear the stern bullshead will not stand
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It purports to be a pro- Good Leeward Island.., $1.50 per Gallos. THE Pinang Gasfle ways that oplum has gone unreasonable to him to allow a man to be put to typhoon, whose special mission apparently in to The upper compartment is again; Inundated missory note for $4500; signed it when at pp tremendously in price. At the beginning of death for escaping from custody, which was no show that Francis, QC, has lost none of bis owing to the heavy rolling of the steamer. We anchor at Cape St. James, about 4 p.nz. on 28th last month, the value of a case was $455, while offence: The weapons were supplied to warders long-windedness and other eminent legal virtues. now iried to shut the stern-tube compartment. December last fobserve that it is willen Ecoso, now it is $535-
not for shooting escaping prisoners but for their However, Mr. Alfred Gracoigne Wise, banister and partly succeeded after a good deal of hard but that is mistake, Immant Cason The
in a state of· THE population of Sandakan, the capital of own defence in case thor were attacked. It st-law and police magistrate of Hongkong, is work. At about 8 pm, tremendous ses swept "CITO was owing to my being
would be intensely interesting to at least one man quite a different article to Hangkong special the Chinese cook-horize away, but they stopped garlement. I wrote the words" antved Saigon, British North Borneo, according to la Hongkong just now to know if this view is fury, with just clise Judah, or Judas (we don't denter Civing my compliments: to the captain of the In my log book before I got there. lately taken, 6,350, of whom 3.195 are Chinese held hero. A man is at present in the hosptial know which is correct and don't care) as fore damage. Before this could be and 1,361 Solar de
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out. the position of the as set down in the log, and Captain Hastings marked the approximate position on the chart. and £4000 bnd been refused 1 was obliged to Witness," "Continuing, as £3000 and £3500
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the all of Victoria Gant, into the street, ha | pers-in-, and after him Worship's decision, which by the said cookhouse and had his fest, BTRE By the Court Why did you not sign a protest having attempted to escape. Three shots (fore we are certain will be beyond question, we may broken. He was Immediately attended by Dry against the 44500 if you objected to pay is 79095 tunately bad ones) were fired at him by a have something very serions to say regarding Claudis de Albuquerchemes passenger on board. Witness- bänded the promissory note to the legal procedure in this unhappy colony,Ti 1 who was suffering severely—yes, I am pleased to Zaptain of the Wingsang but of course 3 roserved
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