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through the Council an ordinance that was not designed for the public Interest but for the purpose of enabling the honorable back to bring to a successful issue a member and the "powerful clique" at his conspiracy,-whether criminal or not we are not called upon to decide to "corner another clique of shara traffickers. That is, in plain English, exactly what the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce publicly accused the hon. member for JARDINE'S of having been guilty of, and so far as we know, the accuracy of the charge has not been challenged, I don't want to touch old sores," old Mr. MACKINTOSH, with that spirit of kindly magnanimity for which people who know him curiously enough refuse to give him credit; "those who suffer know their own
expose them to the
THX Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s Royal mail steamer Empress of India, from Hongkong, arrived at Nagasaki yesterday, and left the same
EAR-RING snatchers, notwithstanding the thick day for Kobe, Yokohama and Vancouver,
Hotel for such offenders, still give a good deal rods that are kept in pickle at the Queen's of trouble to the police, whom they often evade One of the fratemity of pickpockets and catchers, however, got in the way of a Siku constable when making tracks with lady's sural appendages yesterday and was up before Mr. Hastings this morning. month's hard labour, 12 strokes with a rattan on entering and a similar reminder on leaving the gol
Result :-Ont
An engleeer employed in a coasting steamer" sailing out of Hongkong has, we understand, patented an invention which, when in position
through imposible. If the to on steamer, will render disaster (ench As the Tongshan wreck at Swalow recently
utterly
pro-
loventar
is sure of his ground, and there is no reason why be should not be, there can be no doubt about him having "struck oil" this Journey for his patent "propeller protector" will undoubtedly bound on almost every steamer afloat within tion and the name of the ingenious invanter will the next few years. Foil particulars of the inven be published in due course.
W
Jary squaring or bribing. They all do it,
get
THE Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s Royal mail steamer Empress of Japan, "Capt. G. A. Let, from Vancouver, arrived at Yokohama restes day, and left for this port, of Kobe and Shang bal, to-day.
Tue Sanitary Board will meet on Friday, May 13th, at 4.15 p.m. Apanda. Mortality returns for weeks ended the 20th April and th May, 1892. 3. 37 applications for licenses and renewal of licenses to keep swine. 3. Papers con
pany.4. Reports (0) Analyst's on samples of Surgeon as consultant to the Dairy Farm Com cerning the continuance of the Colonial Veterinary
water drawn from Talam and Pokfulum mains in April, 1894. (8) Superintendent's for April,
Hongkong will hold a social meeting of member THE Ina'itute of Englerers and Shipbuilders of and freinds on Monday next to the rooms on the Punya. There la every prospect of a large attend Ince the more the merrier, as it is thesa social: 189 gatherings that make life bearable in the Far East.
IN the Supreme Court yesterday
"Plaintiff's connuel, Mr. Phillippo, asks witness a number of questions, and receives replies in te'usual way.
Defendant's 10licker, Mr. Grist, begins to ask exactly the same questions also la the usual Mr. Jagte Clarke (to witzers): Oh, dat answer him! Don't go right through the whole
story again!
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The Daily Press young man was not in Coast
Judgment for plaintiff, with costs,
at the conclusion of the Zambesi case yesterday and wrote out his report with the scissors, hence the glaring error of attributing to the magistrate, Mr. W. CH. Hastings, the remiks made by the complainant's solicitor, Mr. J. Hastings, of Messrs. Wotton and. Descon, Fancy
(c) Concerning leper residing at
“HKEEFORE all sat chualah hubbab about the Manila lottery writes well informed Chinese merchant, who alleges that for every dollar Invested, in Manila lottery tickets ten Mexicans leave the colony la posiesilon of some member of the army of wrising lottery ticket sellers who canvas the whole city investors in the Canton branch office of and suburbs twice a month in quest of the most gigantic lo tery catablished in the Far
of all classes of society regularly invest their Exit, or probably anywhere else for that matter. And our correspondent la right, for millions of
savings, and not infrequently more than their Chinese and h hundreds of Europeans and Indiana
savings in the wrising lolicy which it undoubtedly the most seducive of all Eastern lotteries and probably also the most dishonestly conducted. Mr. Bill's crusade Kainst the Manila lottery, altho' weil-latcnded and no doubt perfectly justified reminds us
of
Wombip making a long address on behalf of the prosecution, and asking for a committal 1 Of course, our esteemed morning contemporary is the bossed passage in Holy Writ wherein ene of the twelve apostles admonishes a a¿pblu never expected to do its own reporting when theretical colleague and exhorts him to extract the are two evening papers to crib from ; but if you beam that is in his own eye before he attempts can't report, Granny dear, do for heaven's sake
to take out the mote that is in his brother's. correctly.
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bitterness and any pubile gaze would be most uncongenial." If Satan ever laughs, said a keen humourist who knew the world, it must be at hypocrites; they are certainly the greatest dupes he has, they serve him better than any other but receivo no wages, and what is still more extraordinary, they submit to greater gamortifications and Inconveniences than the sincerest Christians, Mr. MACKINTOSH's mournful affectation was almost sublime in its audacity.
"I don't want to touch, old sores; those who suffer know their own MACKINTOSH ». KESWICK
bitterness" and he had just a moment before vehemently enunciated a charge For a good many years past it has been against the Vice-Chairman of the Chamber, an article of faith with our weak-knee'd a member of the Legislative Council, local contemporaries and also with a large business, which, if allowed to go unrefuted, and an old colleagne although a rival in number of the very ordinary class of will practically ruin Mr. Krwick's public persons who constitute Hongkong's high-career for life. Some all forms of jobbery, toned community that Mr. EDWIN MACKIN-common enough in official experience, TOSH, oracle of the Chamber of Commerce may be condoned and hushed up, but the latitude hardly extends to a direct attempt and autocrat of the "Talkoo" hong and successfully carried out to make our lavite attention to the following Brands, sugar refinery, is a man of wonderful Legislative Council the alder and abettor the new Indian regiment, "Our Very Own, portant and greatest engineering schema the the present compradore, for $997 received and
attainments and altogether exceptional of a clique of unscrupulous share gamblers ability, He has been styled the local who wanted to crush an opposing faction, NAPOLEON of Commerce, and publicly
no matter by what means. flattered by his obsequious admirers as an attack on the hapless author of the Share .There is another phase of the Chairman's unrivalled man of business. There can Bill to which attention should be drawn, as be no doubt whatever that self-interest It shows a state of commercial immorality has been the foundation and main-spring Commerce that is anything but creditable amongst the members of the Chamber of
deplored. It also shows that Mr. Enwin to the colony and is very much to be MACKINTOSH is one of the class to whom Port referred when he wrote-
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of most of this nauseous, fulsome nonsense.
Judged by results, and It is only by results that ability can be fairly guaged, Mr. MACKINTOSHI's successes during his many years residence in Hongkong 1.10 have certainly not been phenomenal, whilst on the other hand his failures have 1.25 been conspicuous. No head of a great shipping house has made greater mistakes, or been mixed up in more expensive and proftless experiments, some of which, by the way, might very easily have involved
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"Show me the one that has it in his power To act consistent with himself an hour." Chamber for the current year, Mr. J. J. In appointing a Committee for the KESWICK, notwithstanding the terrible accusation hanging over his head, was one of the "elect," and a motion for his appointment as Vice-Chairman was carried with applause. And then Mr. MACKINTOSH, In acknowledging his election as Chairman
A well rengnised Australian Industry, says the Sydney Bulletin, Ishary-stiffening..
Talk to an attorney on the steps of the Supreme he will very likely tell you, if he knows you Court about a case that is going on inside, and pretty well, that it's all right he has "stiffened" one or two of the jury, or he has reason to inspect that they have been stiffened by the man on the livings, too, by "squaring Jurors." One of the other side. It is no secret that there are men in the Australias who best-known practitioners in this
their living, and good
science is Mr. Joe "Why don't we give the department of rest of his name?" Simply because he would stiffen the jury empanelled to try the libel-action, KOWLOON has now become unfit for habitation, close to the main road between the wharf and especially for ladies. The latrines erected for
Yan-ma-ti, are in themselves an abominable and a dangerous ruisance, which will be faten but they are rendered additionally offensive by Alfied when the warm weather has fairly set in j
they have been erected. Not restricting their the beastly conduct of the men for whose use attentions to the proper place, Sikhs and coolles prominent positions in fall view of the public alike, one after another all day long, take up
public a chance to inspect the full extent of their road a few yards away, and give the general naked hideousness (literally) for several minutes at a time. This is not an exaggerated statement. for we have seen the place ourselves. Why did we not lay a complaint at the police station? Well, because we pay taxes to keep aulance their work for them, or to take upon carrelves inspectors, sud life is too short to allow us to do police duty.
•May 12th.
CHEONG HING HIKE'V, TAM WAN TENG.
ACCORDING to the Chugal Shopyo Shimpo, the strait between Bakan and Moji is very narrow, than by ships. This being rather inconvenient, (Before Mr. Fisiding Clarks, Puisne Judge) but nevertheless communication between Klusba and the mainland cannot be kept up otherwise.
span the strait with a bridge seas to connect the Sanyo and Kinshu railways, which at the same Is being arranged by persons interested to
time will in no way inconvenience or obstruct to be about 6,000,000 yes. This is the most im the passage of large skips. The outlay in expected.
will be of immense benefit to the country. has been mooted in Japan, and if carried out
As the Douglas Co's steamship Namon was Amoy, Detective Hadden, who was watching on Chinaman known to be given to ways that are about to leave the wharf to-day fr Swatow and board, recognised the face of an old fifend, a dark and sins that are vain." This gentleman was fussing' about with some begu of rice which
he seemed anxions to get stowed cod day Hadden, in a friendly manner, said "Good day" to him and asked him where he was going "Swatow." And what was his luggage like? Od, nona ; wasn't taking any luggage. A brief examination showed that the bags, of rice con tained more dynamite than anything else fifteen boxes, of seven charges each, besides that he knew nothing about them, they were not detonators and fuses, The Chinaman protested his, and he was perfectly innocent; but all the same, he and the "rice" were all taken together in the Police Station, and the captain of the Namou feels wonderfully raileved to be quit of them.
The Scotish Oriental Company's steamer Devawongis, Captain Loff, has returned to Hongkong after an absence from theen waters of She has been running nearly six months. Between Singapore and German New Guinea astuteness, in the meshes of the law under distinguished honour of electing me as to the
Funder
charter to German, firm; The
MR. J. EDI, Inte boatswain of the- Naval Yard' 75 anything but pleasant circumstances. It
His departure very virulent transport Tyne yesterday. Chairman. This is the third year now form of jungle fever, which is prevalent from Hongkong, says correspondent, wo
Hormuslee & Co., against his former accountant, Thir action, by the late compradore of Framjen
bor accounted for, was concluded shortly before 6 p.m. yesterday,
After the bearing of a great deal of evidence his Lordship held that an item of $400, said to had not been proved. Judgment for plaintiff have been received for weiring, lottery tickets, for the remainder. $540, with costs.
SALE OF THE " TORRINGTON." At the Supreme Court house this afternoon the far-famed Torrington was put up for sale by Mr. F. A. Hazeland, marshal of the Colonial Court of Admiralit, under an order obtained by the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, in their snit for payment for repales effected,
There was a better attendance than when the good. A start was made with Capt. Croad's vessel was put up before, and bidding was fairly £25,000 previously recorded, and Mr. Kaw Hong Take and two other Chinese bidders quickly ran the figures higher. At $18,000 the Hon. C. P. Chater's representative, Mr. A. G. Morris chipped in, and at
0,60 the head of "Tarzoo," with all his vaunted I said "I have to thank you for the mea report very unpleasant experiences owing a passenger homeward bound by the the crew, the Court costs, and, the mortgaga,“
outbreak of
down to him, $33,000 the ship was knocked This som will just about pay the claims of which are preferential charges on the verRAI, while for the Dock Co., the Bank, and other about enough to stand deinke sound. Capt. Berwick will be rather left out in the cold,
The Torrington is, wo belleve, distinctly worth twice the figure, but in the present mate of commercial collapse in the East she could not be expected to fetch more than $33,000, and has done well at that,
Is not, however, so much with this very that I have accepted the office. I shall as along the conste of New Guinea all the year not in the least regretted for he had creditors,' and `the fawyers, there-will-be Just 1.00 ludicrously overrated gentleman's status in the past do my very best, "during the | round and annually claims hundreds of victims, made himself particularly obnoxious and a
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as one of the leading merchants of the short time that I shall be here, for the who 1.10 colony that we are concerned, as with him
in his public position as Chairman of the interests of this Chamber, and of the Hongkong General Chamber of Com-commerce of the colony. In that I yield merce, and on a subject that is of the to no one, but on my departure I am proud to utmost importance to the community at-
think that you have selected a gentleman who large, Ashe holds the responsible office of I firmly believe to be more capable to fill this Chairman to the Chamber by virtue of his position than myselfy Per position as a local merchant prince' who
The Hon. J. J. KESWICK should be Cass as regards mental capacity and practical requested by the Government to either a dos, experience is credited with towering high clear himself of the serious charges Plats above all his associates, we have less publicly brought against him by the completing what must been a most unpleasant with the light community of Hongkone; and | Chintung, as chief officer in place of Me, T. G.
Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, to at once resign his seat in Council, the necessity of explaining the glaring Mr. EDWIN MACKINTOSH ought to recognise inconsistency which reduced his course of action at the Chamber of Commerce meeting, in reference to Mr. Keswicx and his Share Bill, to the level of the reductio
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hesitation than otherwise might be the case in analysing and dissecting his claims $450 to such pre-eminence, taking his own In the course of a very lengthy address at the annual meeting of the Chamber of MADEIRA, HOCK AND CHAMPAGNES. Commerce, held on the 8th ulto, the Chairman made the following significant
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TELEGRAMS.
ANOTHER DOCK STRIKE IMMINENT.
„LONDON, May roth. The labour agitation to the docks has reached a crisis, and a renewal of the great strike of 1890 is feared. ⠀
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Yet another communication with the Local Government has to be touched upon. I refer to Mt. Keewick's Share Bill This proposal, you may remember, was fully discussed at a large meeting of members of the Chambar specially $1.20 convened. The result shewed a strong majority was opposed to the proposed legislation, yet the 1.40 Government declined to accept the opinion of those whose practical knowledge should have 1.75 been sufficient guide to the
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more so since he was promoted to the rank of two of the Devawongie's crew one time all but after a few hours' sickness. At puisance during his sojourn in the Yard, and His favourite occupation were completely prostrated, the Captain and chief boatswain. officers being obliged to take it in turns to stand doring working hours was apparently to bully at the helm, while the passengers and every anofending blue Jicket he could come. saloon servants and cooks had to assist across, and to strut about like a braying jackass, in the stoke-hole and engine-room. The officers letting everyone know that he was an officer of the ship finally took 1, and what with the
In the Queen's Naven and had to be saluted, crew laid
up, many of them buried at ses, and his spleen upon the Dockyard Folice, by whom At other times he would meddle with and went officers and engders that they ever succeeded in he was universally hated. Another of bis Hittle Mr. V. C. Nightingale, an Australian, we believe, The Mammon sailed for Sandakan to-day, with one almost
ways was to palm himself off as a "Holy Jea" late of Mesirs. Butterfield & Swire's steamer cruise in southern seas. However, they did their duty manfully and although pulled down when the spirit, or perhaps a lot or two of Keane, who remains in Hongkong. We are considerably, look better than might be expected. Nary rom, moved him, he would glat the Naval pleased to learn that Capt. Branch has not Zambest case yesterday the solicitor who was spealy, but would follow in the wake of a blue found necessary, In the course of the Magisterial hearing of the had not the courage to distribute these effusions would have been regrettable if this had been Yard with religious tracts and text cards. He thought it advisable to withdraw his bill, as it trying to defend the captain in reported to have Jacket, constable or storeman, and drop the said that "the charge bad "probably been precious seeds of the gospel from under his cost Wednesday next. If Mr. Keane is well advised The May Sasalons will probably commence on brought because of ridiculous statements made behind. To sum up, the devil has evidently he will make an effort to sccurs really competent In the newspapers." Well, they may have been been asleep, or he would have had the "Bolsun! Iridiculous; to the pure all things are pure, and long ago. Chorus from the men—" So say all 45gal advice before that date."
ENGLISH law and judicial procedure in Hong. kong would appear in many instances to be very different to what they are in other British colonies. We give one lastance of some con aiderable importance. At Melbourne on the
to a certain class of empty.headed whipper of u snappers and pettifogging lawyers all things are ridiculous. For the edification of Mr. Wilkinson we may make a further statement even more distasteful to him-that in England a school-master has been held guilty of man- slaughter of a child who was killed in attempting to escape from unlawful confinement and exces- sive punishments that here in Hongkong, not alto. an application was made fo Chambers many years ago, a captain was convicted of manslaughter of two-coolles, who persisted la trying to board his vessel, and were repulsed, and drowned; and that one of the the body on
CORRESPONDENCE.
We do not accully endorm the optalaus uzpemanud. Į
The Duke of Westminster considers it next to s stli on it, and nobody has yet been indebtedness,, Ellis, who held the bills claimed. Jäsudaro Yours trulyje dedadla,
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
in share trafficking, trying to comer the other. Look at the top of the Hongkong Hotel to-day
I don't want to touch old anses; those who
to
suffer know their own bitterness and any attempt THE Britlab suveying-skiy Fangula left herp on my part expose them
to public gaze would for Shanghai yesterday. be most uncongenial. I only deeply regret that the interregnum Government then in office and not looked farther ahead and been guided by the 1.so advice tendered by this Chamber. Some mitl
gation of the distress might have then resulted from "bulls" and "bears" finding a level by their own unaided efforts,
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Now no useful and would be served by
Ar the beginning of April it was estimated that 600 steamers were laid up in English ports, owing to strikes and dainass of trades
informs us that the Company's steamer Shanghai TE Superintendent of the P. &.0, 8. N. Co.
been more
have
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LAM HUE TING, MEN and made Co., Ltd) Avi (Compradore of Talkoo Sugar Refinery Hongkong, 13th May, 1893.
so to speck. The elfinke by however, on Mr. Land Hpe Ting's side, not on ours. We stated simply what was on evidence in the depositions taken by the Police Magistrate, and if those records are not correct, it is not our business," "and" Mc. Lam Has Tipg han mude a slight mistake in addressing us. If
he Correlpondents ta this column).. TOT KOSTOR OF THE "HOXOXONT TELEFAX, ANA GAMBLING AT QUARRY BAY!
DEAR SIR-I see to your paper an article on behalf of Mr. Thomas Ellis for a writ of shout a game of pat kas carried on at Quarry capias against Williams Elton, the well-known Bay, where the stamped checks of the refinery comedian, who was about to leave the colony, compradere have been used. As I do not iste An affidavit was submitted, which set out that any stamped tickets which can be used-for Elion was indebted to the Great Malvern Land gambling you will kindly adjust this mistake in the was drowned,
Company and had given bills to cover his the next edition of with the nomistakable evidence of the
of your paper.
arrested on a
leavine charge of causing his death. 708. It was alleged that Elton was The Japanese consul and the police have both his furniture. Mr. Justice Williams related to colony with his family and had disposed of manciful than justice warrants, and make the cedar, mating that the respondent had somebody (not to mention names)-in exoced-taken his passage and the application should [Oh yes, we will adfent, the mistake, with a brick,
el lacky to be let off so easily, For: If a charge of celpable homicide were brought, the sale of the manner the theron of Hongkong simpering gentleman who thus referred to Messrs. Dennys and Mossop made an applica. of the picture: On 15th of last June would have to do far more then he knows to Chief Justice Ackroyd for a writ of coplas again
ridiculous "slatements in the newspapers Hon on behalf of Jobs Minblasett to Acting secure an acquittal
Mr. Frater-Smith, Editor of the Hongkong Australia in search of an important witness Ini ia tree, on he then, that he does not las Telegraph, who was that day proceeding to allbel suit then pending The application was supported by anafidavit teeming with mis-statements, supplied to Misainnett by his Worthy
coadjutor VAR
· Eps-an (affidavits the falsehood of which could have been ascertained the Court without the slightest trouble, and although the defendant was lerving all he por sessed in the colony, the Acting Chief Justica granted “the writ, and Mr. Fraser-Smith wi actually arrested on board the steamer about twenty minutes before her advertised time of Falling, brought to the Supreme Court, and forced to find security in $2,500, although like all registered newspaper proprietors he had Klready wou
Lufficent sure les 18 Courts provided by ordinance. The object” of Minkinnett, Van Epe, and the Dennys and Monopsigoshal, of course to prevent the witness they had so much reason to dread--and petition, which some whom they afterwards; itled to,"square" and sign in the helief that it, aucceeded in demoralising from returning to and cheaper opium. / Our, conten Hongkong, and owing. to the supineness of the | says;
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not got beyond the title of his new novel, which Ovx novelist is getting on slowly. As yet he has he has altered seventeen times, and still he la not satisfied whether to call kin
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the very seriouanllegations against the Hon.
do J. J. KESWIcx contained in the foregoing We observe that our old friend Mp, W. Walshe, references to the genesis and specialobject of late of Willard's Open Company, was recently the notorious Share Bill, and as the mütter playing in "Carmen" at the Princess's Theatre
1500 at issue is one of great pubile Importance in Sydney,-
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we are somewhat surprised that, although
over a month has elapsed, no steps have AREOULAR meeting of St. John's Lodge, No. 518 been taken either to contradict or SC, will be held in preemasons' Hai, zetlend 4.59 0.40 controvert Mr. MACKINTOSH's damning Street, this evening, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock precisely. 535 ago charges or to purge the Hongkong Visiting brethren are cordially invited.
Legislative Council of a member whose
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In consequence of the brief forecast in yes. terday's Issue we are besieged by people ranting
any stamped tickets which can be used for cambling, then good deal of forgery, and perjury has been going on, which, he might and it worth his mail to look into. Our Paparagraphs based on cficial records, hie
are supposed to be reliable; but,
tiwa jinbifsh Mi Lan Hài Tin contrailatios in that
"It is worth" "While he was at it, hd might ́sa well hard denied that there was any gambling at all, or that any meh Inspector as Mr. Gauld ever existed, or that the Telegraph in the Only Pablication in the East-Ed., H.KT)
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alleged conduct, if true, renders him unfit IT is announced that the Emperor William an honorable position. The Chairmen of (late the Thistle) for her Majesty's cup at for what is or at least is supposed to be of Germany will enter his yacht Matte
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the Chamber of Commerce clearly and the Royal Yacht Squadron Repairs at Cowes
Judge they all but succeeded. But the banho vestrong at our case is against the Anti-Oplumm Curacoa Heering's Cherry Cordial
distinctly said that the Share Bill legislation to August next. The Kalabas decided to serve us with writs for libel, defamation, and was thus gressly outraged by scheming rascals petition swindle, we have prudently not ever Charlsenne Dr. Slegent's Augatura curb gambling, but was actually the result really 1 It is utedly that may wait until after our forthcomleg interview with
"did not emanate from any real desire to personally all the yacht the occasion conspiracy to Injure. To all these we beg to and a judge who, to put it mildly, with bit out #off the race and pulverise Brkish yach tamen tender our beartiest thanks, and request them to of his element in that high office, had no remedys Bifters, &c.
agatner another, both deeply interested in
and toe uncertain"in 16s applicati after which summences may be served on rodicas to av S. WATSON & CO, LD. Phare trafficking, tocorner the other Tichal Tacy to care to aborten all counter stage such portions of us canus, be picked up, while blared fat que p
accusation means anything at all, it means "God and Ironfader the adjouweral By day jus the came, and the price of the paper in the case mentioned abov
as fast as possible when they the words shovel. But the novelette will appear on Satur. Mr. Tosice Willams of Melbourne was that Mr. Kick dishonestly made use of the Ways, whays wrong with a cake his position as an unonical member of the name for a pa Legislature to bring forward and force,nevning
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of a combination of one powerful elique Kiritlab yachtsmen' will have the tenserity lips miners**y-weight.biniser of the Hongkongkong law was altogether too vaEEO i
pass the Empe's smart linle craft, but. If they
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