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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CHAMBER|
♪ OF COMMERCE.
tances, flooring. Charley of circum the annual meeting of the members of the Hong. allowed the Chairman's speech at kong General Chamber of Commerc:, held on the th of April, to pass unnoticed hitherto, but as we promised to give the readers of this journal our views on Mr. Mackintosh's longthy and interesting address, we trust it is not yet te late to make some comments on its most important features t
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clique against another, both deeply interested in share träfficking, to corner the other." **
This was a most direct accusation against Mr. Kenwick of having headed a combination of share gamblers in framing a bill and getting it passed into law by his infigence for thels joint benefit; and Mr. Mackintosh further went on dont want to touch sores, those who suffer know
to say their own bitterness, and any attempt on my
part to
ANARCHISM IN LONDON.
April 28th. The publisher and editor of the Common Wial, an anarchist newspaper recently solved by the police, have been committed for trial.
THE DYNAMITE OUTRAGES IN PARIS."
The consternation caused by the continued dynamite outrages in Paris is unbounded, and the press recommends that the anarchists should be tried by court-martial.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
HACOAe them to the public gaze would be | We have no difficulty in arriving at who this attack was aimed at, and an far xa tao public are concerned names might just as well have beco mentioned, but it seems to us that remarks of thin nature, aimed at the head of a competing Brm in business, indieste both spite and bad taste, and but for recent experiences in a simland lar direction-we are referring now to Mr. W read that small-pox has broken out at Mackintosh's extraordinary action in the Medan (Sumatra) and several fatal cases are scarcely have thought the head of the Taikoo notorious Jockey Club scandal-we would reported." hong capable of expressing at a public meeting opinions of such a damaging character, Bot where self-interest lies there is no accounting for taste, and there may be wheels within wheels and private and personal reasons of which we know nothing to account both for the viralenca and inconsistency of the Insinustions of the Chairman of the Chamber of of Commerce against an absent colleague.
"The Survey of the north coast of Australia did not meet with a response.asid Mr. Mackin tosh,In reply to the Chamber's application. Now, we should like to know what the Hong kang Chamber of Commerce has to do with the Borth coast of Australia! Opt of course. Mr. Mackintosh's steamers run down there, and they are not Insured.
Rock light-house had een complete i the Charts.ices, and the expense to the Chamber cor fider
After telling the members that the Gap
at the approaches to Hongkong as well as the man preceeded to argue that the light-houses general management of the Harbau, should be under the control af a Board elected by the mercantlle community, instead of as at present by officers who "spot from their antecefant training be expics to be conversant with all the needs of the trade of the port." It must te admitted that there isage ideal to be said in favor of this contention, andlitba changes suggested were made Mr. Mackintosh would probably rspire to the Chairmanship of such a Board as he proposer, be hring undoubtedly the representative of the largest shipping firm. In this colony; and doubtless as far as his interests are concerned the facilities to which he referred would have his best attention; but we have very grave doubts, a local matters, shipping and otherwise, are at present conducies, about the proposed reform being for the general good.
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The Dill Courant announces the close of the sxodus of Chinese from that Settlement, the departures dolog March hardly exceeding the average number for that month."
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THE management of one of the Australian banics 14, it is said, gravely considering the advisability of deducting ten per cent of their clocks salaries, selves for future losses by embezzlement, to form a fand from which to reimburse them-
HOLIDAY-MAKERS must not forget the Meco excursing to-morrow on the Kwong Mo, starting from West Point at 7.30 mm, and returning from Macao at 1.30 am., in good time for dinner. Breakfast and tiffin on board; and saloon fares only $1.50 each way.
THERE is likely to be considerable competition at the sale by auction of the British steamship Torrington on Monday, at noon, The Tor A SYDNEY paper states that out of 450 Chinese good sea-going order, and should prove a first
rington is a stoutly built vessel, she is now in imported to New Guines by the German, Com-class investment for any ose in need of a handy pany in October las, 300 bad, dp to February-coaster. 26th., died of fever, dysentery, etc.
As usual at this season of the year the Steam- boat Co.'s Canton night steamers will commence running from Hongkong to Canton at 5 instead of 5.30 p.mu, to-morrow, the set proximo.
An Emergency meeting of Victoria Lodge, No. 1036, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetiand Street, on Thursday, the 5th proximo, at 8.30 for 9 p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.
S, PrZER'S SEAMEN'S CHURCH,The Mission steam-Jaunch Day String will call alongside vessels holsting code pennant C, between 9 and 10:30 am on Sunday, to convey men ashore to the 11 o'clock service, returning about ra.30 pm,
talent, opened in Calcutta for a season of OUR old friends "The Stanley Awials," who have recently been greatly strengthened by new
departing for Rangoon, the Straits, Hongkong, eighteen nights on the 26th last, previous to Shanghai, and Japan.
The Chairman dwelt at considerable length THE wholesale price of petroleum is said to bave on the subject of differential duties being charged fallen aboutas per cent at Batavia and Surabaya, on goods curled by Chinese craft and thore by but in the fatter port retail rates remain foreign-owned vessels, raised by the alleged changed, owing to the operations of a petroleum. Canton. He had evidently put himself to action of the officia! known as the Hoppe of
"sing. considerable trouble, and we presume the Secretary of the Chamber also, in corresponding with and telegraphing to the British Minister at Peklo and the Secretary of State in reference steamer. Hankow not been running on the to this matter. Had the China Navigation Co.'s Canton river, out idea is that the Chairman's interest in this grievance would not have been so
that a letter addressed to the Chairman of the ably less. We have been told on good anthority Chamber of Commerce on important business connected with general trade was forwarded to him on the 14th February last and acknowledged by the Secretary four days later as having been received, with the remark "it will be laid before the Chamber at an early date." Up to this moment no reply has yet been received. When Mr. Mackintosh railed so bitterly in the London Times against Sir John Walsham for neglect of duty, our would have thought that Bagrant some care would be taken to avoid a similar complaint being made against himself
BEFORE the Police Magistrate to-day a coolie who evinced an unsmotherable yearning for a 54 gold watch and chain beinnging to Dr. Rizal, of Rednaxela Terrace, was found to have previous convictions recorded against him, and
was remanded a week.
A MONTHLY spiritumilat newspaper has made lis appearance at Batavia under the title of the Universum, which, amongst other bair-raising a recently executed Javanese murderer, said to horrors, publishes several communications from have been obtained through a mediom. THE North German Lloyd's steamship Neckar the 15th or 16th fast. In the Ray of Biscay and had on her last homeward voyage broke down about to be towed into Lishop, where her passengers were landed. The requisite repairs were quickly effected and the Vacker proceeded on, her
voyage on the aist lost.
WE
LATE advices from Macan report that no trouble Samsh Farm, as the Farmer is stated to have le expected to-morrow in connection with the been bought over by the opposition and to have returned to Hongkong. We awalt farther developments of what, it must be confessed, is an exceedingly puzzling bosinaan. THE Yokohama Advertiser of the and inst. says:"A pretty severe shock of earthquake was felt this morning shortly after two o'clock It was not noileed In Hongkong until ten o'clock the same momteg. Probably those who were. about at a am. felt the stock but attributed it to drinking too much strong tea.
A MELBOURNE matron is anndanced to have lately filed her schedule owing to "inability of husband to repay money lent him by insolvent," Habby comes in amongst the bad or doubifal debts.
ONCE more, says Sydney. Contemporary, the scheme is revived, for the Pacific cable, to unite Australia with America, but "loyalty" tries to quash It. Twenty years ago the sarways, by the Boor is most facile for this cable. Surely It is U.S. frigate 7'scarora, proved that the ocean all important for Australia to be in daily, com- munication with the Great Republic, far more 15 than with Englandi
PROMOTER of Stock Investment Co.-flu a cosi. editor of the morning paper with an offer of fidential whispar-If I should approach the $1000 for his luftaence, do you think he would accept it?
the fact that he came to me the other day and Fellow promoter (after some reflection)-From offered to help us through with the scheme for $150 and all our ads, Tars Inclined to think ha would.
THE British ship Thirlmere put into Nagasaki vialons, over fifly days out from Yokohama board to Hakodate) owing to having experienced on the 9th instant in distress, shost of pro-
a long succession of bad weather. This is the Täfrimers's second attempt to reich the the purpose of undergoing repairs in Yokohama ta consequence of bad weather and a collision northern
"part, her first being relinquished for
with the Tokai Maru. Being now at Nagasaki, Capt. Atkinson has the advantage of Capt. Vandardecken, who wore that grisly oath in reference to the Cape of Good Hope: he has his choice of altomailve courses to reach his destination.
Artho Magistracy today Celestial and bis the purpose of kidnapping him away from the Sydney Buildin, the difference between an spouse were convicted by Mr. Hastings of "THE difference between a "common" and attempting to decoy a boy on board a junk for "special juror, according to a writer in the Colony, and also of attempting to bribe a police annual rental vated at ro and one rated at £60. man with $to, so us to be allowed to escape. The man of "thrift" again! He it supposed to The constable was not a man of that sort, and have more intelligence than his poorer neighbour. ten dollars were not enough... Four months exch. In many cases he has less. In many instances, be
has a redundance of commercial cunning and THE death by drowning in reported of Mr. T. Hsecret sympathy with successful commercial through the unfortunate man falling overboard, jury is sometimes a "packed" jury. Our friend Blaning, second officer of the British steamer fraud, so long as neither he, nor his immediate Slam, which occurred at Salgon a few days ago friends, are among the defrauded. A "special" coast and was at one time chief officer of the Mr. Binuing was well-known on the China
age. steamship Ching-yuen. He was a native of Sililing, Scotland, and was forty-two years of
Nite Police Court to-day before Mr. W. C. H. Hastings, the Hon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart, Registrar General, proscented Mr. John Douglas Lapralk for having nezlected within 60 days to Defendant admitted having forgotten to register, register the birth of his son, on the roth January and a fine of $at was Imposed. This seems an exorbitant penalty for an exceedingly trivial oversight of no importance to anybody.
It is stated in the New York Peller Gonetis that "Bendoff the Slogger" who, it will be remem bered, gave an exhibition in the City Hall, both Peter Maber and Choinsky, well known Hongkong, three months ago, has challenged heavy weight bruisers,' to an eight-round glove contest in San Francisco, seventy-five per cent, of the gate money to go to the winner and the balance to the lover, the drat match to come off in August,
reports of some recent "special" Jury trials in of the Bullaris must have been reading the Hongkong. Anyhow, he has described the ordinary Hongkong special jury to the life.
day's date:The night steamers from this port, bolb the Steamboat Co's and Butterfield Our Canton correspondent writes under yester-
and Swire's, continue to receive their passengers from boats above Shameen and only secure the the Tai-on and Pasig, can't carry. The Taton balance of what the Chinese opposition basts, takes twelve hundred and the Pasig six hundred. There is some talk here about the Chica Mer- chants Co.'s whaif being bought by a syndicate prise me in the least if this should prove correct of Chinese. From all I know It would rot sur and in such case it would, of course, mexa
load and discharge above Shameer, would have Should this eventuate, the Hanhot, having to another oppoalifon steamer or line of steamers.
a cold time of it. No other news from here at
present."
275 Robinson will comiataly accept Mr. Mackintosh's had seen the Somditch” Phra Nang north of thote that the Tung Shing theatre, Tal-ping" W. regret to bear that Capt. S. Ashton, the Bloom, are to band from San Francisco, from 7:
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The present tax on shipping for what is te med light dres in Hongkong Is 1.50 exceedingly small compared with that of other pors, and ship-owners bave Ikile, or nothing to complain about the present sys 0.60 tem of management, beyond possibly a few unimp:ant mailers of detail. Gwernor argument with a grain of salt and continue the control of the fight-houses and hart sur in the bands of Inder indent, competent and trust worthy men who represent public interests. It would have been more to the dot bad Mr. Me kintosh elven or auggested names for his propose "Light and Harbour Board," and then we could have formed some idea whom be considers more competent to manage our Hasbror affairs than the prerent Harbour Master and his Arsistart, officers who ought to be capable from their antecedent treintag, who are certainly astworthy, and above Case independent and yood anything in the shape ali ados. of clique todoances.
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we cannot entertain the "private" steam-launch owners alleged grievance us a spicia! hardship whilst the owners of what are termed public launches are similarly harassed, Had Mr.
Mackintosh, who was ap kesman of the depots
aclvca
Chairman was as uncalled-for as it was out of The attack on Admiral Richards by the place. To begin with, the Somditch Phra Nane was much overdue before Capt. Hopkins drew the attention of Admiral Richards to her was north of Cabra Island on the 22nd, and was position. She left fava on the 15th December, therefore dae in Hongkong at latest on the 26th December; but it was not until the 11th January that the Agent of the Scotists Oriental Company appealed to the Admiral to send a man-of-war in search of the missing steamer, As the weather was described by the Hangchow, which vessel Cabra Ilant, to have been "terrible," Admiral
is being razed to the ground. It was a Richards, judged, and fadged rightly in the and was condemned by the Inspector of very rickety, unwholesome, evil-smelling place opinion of many experienced navigators, that it Buildings long ago. On all that brand new was like looking for a needle in a haystack send-sing-song house will be erected on the site of ing a gunboat in search of a vessel that was over-due about 20 days, somewhere between Chinese playggers,
the old and at one time very popular resart of Cabra Island and Hongkong. Had the steamer been driven, as suggested on the Scarborough Shoal, can any reasonable man believe that she could have remained there intact or the crew could have been adil alive in the weather described after twenty days? Or had she beer driven, ashore or which was another suggestion, with telegraphs anchored in one of the bays on the coast of Luzon,
of passibility that the all over that island, it is not within the bounds would not have been reported. We are positive from what we know of Admiral Richards, that had Capt. Hopkins called on board the Imbiriruse and would have received the "Admiral's reasons for sending a man-of-war in search of her and he would have returned on shore satisfied, when been spared the infiction of such a mass of the matter would have ended and the public
respondence, voluminous and not altogether creditable vor-
not
to seek.
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A CORRESPONDENT Wiltes that he saw some thing on board a funeral bone on Prays East yesterday afternoon, with trousers half-way up this knees and looking as uncomfortable as John Gilpin daring bis famous historical ride, wax. We can't, as we didn't happen to be on and asks if we can inform him what the spectacle Praya East at the time. ̧
FURTHER tidings of the notorious Australian bank robbers Bell and Davis, alias Douglas and
President of the Hongkong Mercantile Marine which arrived at. San Francisco from Tahiti in popular Commodore of the Douglas line and - which we gather that the brigantine Galliae, Officers' Association, le still invalided at Foochow the beginning of February, had on board a large and enjoying very indifferent health. The many
safe, a piano, and several cases of personal friends of this genial old "shell-back, whese effects, all of which were consigned to Joseph experiences on the China cont are almost Byrne, San Francisco. Byrne was one of anrivalled, sincerely trust that he will soon
party when the Beagle touched at Honolulu, active service.
He went to San Francisco en ons at the Pacific recover his wonted good health and resume
Mall Co.'s steamers, and it is believed is there Gow. So far no one has called to claim the safe, plano, and 14 pieces of furniture, sent up on the Gables from Tahiti by J. Bloom, of the yacht Beagle, and consigned in his brother-in-law, Joseph R. Byree. The sale will probably be faken to the United States: Appraiser's office, contain the 30,000 sovereigns over which the The safe, it is hardly necessary to add, did not
if not yet, "blown," is with Messrs. B, and Da police of Honolulu made such a fuss. The coin
who are at
a
I reference to the absence of fog signals at Cape D'Agullar and Gap Rock, it will doubtless interest mariners and one or two Government men to know that at the new Kunashiri Island (Japan) lighthouse, which will be It up on the learn from Koska that a company is about fog bell, weighing 1871bs, will be rong at the 15th proodme with a revolving white fish-light, with a capital of 130,00 yen. A Mr. Kawakami Japs once more a point to windward of their to be started to work certain oil wells in Yechigo rate of 12 strokes per minute. The lively little Sklotero was despatched to. Pennsylvania to western compeer. Cape D'Aguilar hasn't even manufacture, and he his returned with the next fog.
cary machinery. Two Americana huva
The Band of the 1st Shropshire Light Infantry been engaged to start the works,
will play the following programme at the Barrack Square, this evening, commencing at 7.30 pm. :-
Palic." Brio & Frso "Coole. Quadri.......Rom Abent
Wula **Dolorés " Schottische Banny LANGETS
Ficts and I Cherry Lips".. Originalty »
Va Venarians Chipp
Jobs Prel "en
Nawton „Godiney. ·
Roader.
Bith. 站
WUR: You haven't got any money about you, I suppose, dear?
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Husband: No-hang it all we're dead broke at last - I haven't even enough to choke off the milk bay.
Wife: Then, what are we to do Husband: Well-wo must give a swagger dinner party at once, don't you know, to keep up appearances. - And then---”
Wife: Then, what.
Into
the
WAS
ACCORDING to Reynolds Newspaper, thereis still on the British Statute Book a law, passed in the reign of Henry V, but never acted upon sluce tion that walted on the Governor, showa enn.
the time of Charles II, prescribing payment of alderation for all alcam-lanoch owners in, bis
members of parliament, at a rate which would now be equivalent to zja a day, Reynaldo' la Per argument be would have had our firm sympathy, Bot, but where self-interest was so apparent, no which has been lost on the same voyage with We all know that this is zet ti e first steamer
scarcely likely to have erred; but in any Alternative was open for an independent journs: similar cargo and also consigned to Mesars
event the payment of legislators, as of all laborers who are worthy of their hire, „but to ex¡ ose the real situation.
Butterfield and Swize, but no gunboat had ever Whatever
can only be a question of a year short may be the report of the com $1.20 mitte: appafated to enquire into the question of notion of self-interest zit in the mind of the been naked go in search of them, Dia as
time. Why shouldn't the unofficial members of Qurrentine regulations, our opinion is that if the Chairman when he put both bimself and the
the Hongkong Legislative Council, for instance, Husband: Then-borrow a hundred or two be remunerated for their labours They work idea of abolishing quarantine in this colony Secretary of the Chamber to the trouble of enter
somewhere on the strength of it l' altogether, as bes been suggested, is proposed, ing into all this public correspondence for no there are pushing themselves more and more
just an hard, and at times much more usefully ACCORDING to a Surabaya paper, the Chlums 1-75 it will test with the Gaerament to it ke catefully apparent purpose but "Show"? We think into Government and private employment as just now under the directions of faspector outside in own capacious maw. The late Hon. than the officials. Bat British tape-bound Tory QUITE a crusade is going on against gamblers officialdom can't see its way, to pay anything Into the serious probable consequences such a messure were allowed to pass through there and perhaps the true reason la not far clerks and writers, Chinese boys begin to Stanton, who at o'clock this morning went Painers Ryrie served Hongkong in the Legiali 2.50 Connell
We could instance many cases in which cholera, and other infectious diserses things have happened than Meaars. Batterfieldtion for Chinese girls has also come Into Hadden and Green and some Chinese detectives years, and did excellent services but his
a been suggested that more unlikely ton for school and European Cute some Detectives tire, Connell, for the leng period of twenty-six have tean intreducci foto the por: by steamers & Swire becoming agents for the Scottish fashion, all of which tends to heighten the dan and dropped on a pay and festive crowd of sever recognised, we doubt if he even ever 0,75 arriving from infected places, but will content our Oriental S. N. Co. In Swatow, and if the hager of Chiness competition in the near future in gamblers who were playing fantas, dominoes, received a word of thanks from any Secretary of
which of take a keen interest in the Somditch Phra Nangi that town,
axived here with several carophen, any foundation Mr. Mack ptosh would naturally walks of life liberto confined to Europeans in pa-fat, te for: ill they were worth and State, it may be that his personalty was never
pahaps more than they were worth. After one or khown to 6.75 amall.pox on bored, as fully detailed at the time Well there may be something in that, but we We would remind our readers that the Feak room, seized $105 and a few lottery tickets and zuight for assisting to savell
any one of those mighty magnates. An two strategio“ moves the police In this
got
Expish journal.
mayor This steamer had to undergo have an idea that a possible agency not so far Hotel will be re-opened to-morrow under the bagged three bitshing small-footed maidens, and statue, erected by toadylam, of the much or a Scotch provast is zondo a several days queranting, which Mr. Mackintosh from Hongkong may have been the object in view management of Messrs, Dorabjee and Hingker, ten young men of the shroff and boy order. The lamented Albert the Good Government officials, meaningless 0.75 of course considered hardship, pe she was Te is a pity that the Chairman should of the Victoria Hotel, and that every preparation
consigned to his Srm. Had sas not keen under bave head so short sighted as to draw a comis been made for the comfort and convenience at the Folice Court this morning and left behind senior clerks, receive the Order of St. Michael
whole-crowd had tosalsam the well-known local flag of Batterfield and partson between the positions of the Namchow of the public. Now that the summer hun wet is,
before Mr. Hastings who are frequently nothing but incompetent 1,00 Swire, it may be doubted whether the parent and the Somdited in writing to the Admirals this admirably situated hotel should command said the price of their liberty taust be $100 each in more or less perfunctory fashion what the
them $620, owing to the fact that the magistrate and St. George in all its gradca for merely doing Quarantine regulations would as reedly have the former vessel was seen to feander by large share of the patronage of those who belleve feceived the "Consideration of the Chamber,"
The poposal to the Government that Chinese posfiton defined, and whether her owners were numerous casust visitors to the higher levels of passing steamer, on the previous day and her in the Peak as residence as well. 13 of the hongs should Es required to, reg'ater the seal Chinese or Bijt.ah did not enter into the question, the island. names and surnames of their partners is a step The Nomehow bad European officers on board, an In the ght direction and affects il clames of 0.75 the community but why has this subject ben probably have been adopted in despatching ation hald last night the Chairman announced allowed to drop? why not patiently and con- gunboat in the cause of humanity, Without that he had received advices from Penang, set 1.20 Hauously urge our wants upon the Government entirely exonerating Admiral Richards from ting forth that Marine. Association had been
some measure of censure for the curt reply Bile male's
to express his opinion he sent to Capt. Hopkins and the altogether ita utated on a firm basis in that colony. He but we think that very few unnecessary annb he tried to administer Association was being formed at Vancouver and also stated that Mercantile Marine Officers colony will area with Mr. to that gentleman, we really fall to toe that there was roman to hope that it would Mecklnicah's pror "salle abollah the Oplum Farm what useful service he was in a position to be sus fals accompli at a comparatively early altogether. The revenue derived fram this stuves render to the mining vessel, and on that ground date. The meeting then went into Committer comes calikely from section of the Chinese who we cannot but strongly deprecate the offensive on A scheme to prevent piratical outrages on 4.50 040 enjoy many advratures and privileges by living attitude assumed by the Chamber of Commerce board vessels leaving the waters of the colony
in Hongkong, and further, if the frea prepsiation through its Chalmanwalch we have reason of which particulars will, we understand, be 450 045 of oplom were allowed, any sensible man must to know has already created a good deal of bad made public in due course, $250.50 sea that the calety would at once become a den feeling that might easily and ought to have been
for paty oglum smuggling into Chine, and the avoided. scene1 Bicskade of the part wald of necessly requi's to be made mezetagent.
Some ::ference to Mr. Keswick's Share B was necessary under the circumstances, seeing that
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for the two leading men, $5 each for the maidens, are handsomely said for but men of ability and are now rejoicing and exceeding glad, and kind, have tolled for years to advance and gag each for the boys They all pall-up like Mr. Byrle, buy whhout payment of box ay they'll indulge in the harmless pastimes way country's faterests, are studiously ignored, just So as if they had never existed. This disgraceful mote it be, po Tax members of the Penang Municipality are of Government the payment of Members of Boomsly must come to an end, and the beginning
not to be tried, th, and get on the bind the House of Commons and of the extention of the end will be a thoroughly democratic form
logs at the slightest provocation. At a recent sembiler in the Colonies the Engineer having been absent from the three Lords, complete reform in the offices meeting of that body, the Deputy Colonial that effete place previous meetings, the Chairman, the Hen D various Secretaries of State, and comprehen
humbag the House of
Comtle, moved that his stat be declared siva and liberal measure of self-government, Vicast, and the same be notified to Government including the dective principle to its fli agreed to. It would be fast as well if This was seconded by Mr. A. G. Wright, and possible extent, in all Crown Colonies. All
потр such steps were taken in regard to the Hong nearer becoming accomplished facts than is
These
needed reforms may be very much greatly kong Legislativa Connell, Why should the generally bellered but in view of recent very west of Bat. 1). Keswick be. Allowed to remalignideat gas of the times, not only at home It is reported that a man named Cores de Vries wacant to the detriment of the community The but also in Canada and Australisia, those who la le custody at Bodjonegoro, la Java, for taking present constitution of the Council,
we may
point human life under pecailar circumstances: O out I not in accordance with the room, and as the police failed to detect the talef, State, la Governor Bowen's time. T Mr. de Viles set a loaded musket so that it are too many oficial members in proportion to would go off on any of the tax being meddled the area. The firm platform of the une
The musket did
off, shot the official members who have the interest of Hong. dead on the spot. The public prosecutor kong really bearty should be complete hat: now taken proceedings against Cores de xcconstruction of
the aiders the prosecution w mistake, and the adoption of the popular, deceive grire fen pelice ought to be thankful to the accused for it and how the constitution of an independent dan of twaddle stalked about the Andro
SIR From time to time ond hears a great: farther thinks that in ruch, martin the Judicial local Mesire and a complete, and thorough notably the Daily Prams and N. G Daily N ridding them of a criminal" Our contemporary Municipal Council to control and regulate purely Question and many of the Eastern prints authorities should / kad mame ki practical Justice retrenchment la trasy department of the Gerben publish long and dry-as-dest articles on the Bog than at strictly carrying out the festar of the law) | ment service
rubjects; but 1. sale, that you have seltainudi
TROUBLE ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.
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{ continually missing tins of oll' from his store-arrived at,' and 'agreed to, by the Bay readres
- has redured general share bus nesato a skeleton, kyho Jebus and Egbal: tribes are threatening Vrini forkwilfulenttider,DNDEBUCH Moni-slaskia's lingo do thiopied pour & Councif
but that is a question it is hardly work It is alleged that it has benefitted some people, Lagos on the Gold Coast, and a force of Housses
on. In the course of his remarks are we have bee.. sent to the relief of the French there said The legislation did not emanate from who are alarmed at the instion in Dahomey, may soal desire to curb gambling,bat was actually and demand the completest and promptest the gravit of an combination of one powerful meargrds to be taken for their sacs
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