Intimations.
GINGER ALE.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1802.
as far as we know, been even printed yet, much less circulated. This also is a bad omen, but we may take this opportunity to say that we have so much confidence In Sir W. ROBINSON and the Hon. T. H. WHITEHEAD (working together) that we WE
JE have always made good GINGER-feel assured these bad omens will be just as unfulfilled as have been all the "brilliant promises " of Hongkong's past history.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
ALE, and we are now making the best. At various exhibitions and competitions in London and elsewhere, GINGER ALE made by the formula we now use has won 32 Price MEDALS An article entitled "Club Law” will appear in
Monday's Telegraph. and CERTIFICATES of MERIT.
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THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s steamer Formosa left «In 1890 competed and won against FOUR of Singapore for this port at 6 a.m. yesterday.
the most famed Belfast makers.
1. The Analyst's report 2— "It is of unexceptionally good quality." "Particularly pleasant to the taste." "Decidedly tonic and sustaining,"
"In every respect most satisfactory,"
ARTHUR HILL HASSAL, M.D.
The ideal temperance beverage.
DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co., LD.
Victoria Dispensary, -Queen's Road Central. Hongkong, 17th October, 1897.
£30
A. S. WATSON & CO., LD,
__have just received
THE slik ex steamship Zambest which left Yokohama on the 16th ulto, arrived in New York on the 9th fust.
E. J. EITEL, PH.D.,
Inspector of Schools.
Education Department,
12th November, 1993.
BRIGANDS IN UNION CHURCH.
THE numerous friends In this colony of Dr. | be called for [Loyalty to order, any length cut. James Cantle, who has been seriously 111 for Fd] and then the companies will be dismissed some time part, will be pleased to learn that the by word of command. tessible "Doc, thanks to the bracing breezes of fa'r Macao and careful oorslag, in almost bimself again, and hopen before many days are over to be able to resume petiva service. A SUB-COMMITTEE of the Bokhara Relief Fend in Shanghai has undertaken to collect subscrip- tions by dividing the Settlement up into sections, and lists will also be sent to the following places i the Shanchal Club, the Club Concordia, the Masonic Club, the Country Club, the Portugu-se Club, the Eagheer's Institate, the Masonic Club, the Marine Officers' Institute, and the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. ··
TO-DAY'S SHIPPING RETURNS.
Inward. ....steamer, from Sydney. Pikhol. Wuhu. Shanghai. Newchwang, 13 Shanghai. Aggregating 7,580 tons, register.
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Chingisi Alwine Ly-se-moon sim Ex. MAJOR C. J. Holliday's nimighty scheme Sackson for regenerating the Hongkong Volunteers has Prasto, amaç
gone bang. This is strictly confidential. Our | Mufor Informant was the Office Goat and his veracity can be relied on.
Outward.
ON DIT that Mr. (lare the Hon.) James Johnstone || Alwina ........................................steamer, Keswick will shortly revisit Hongkong. He | Sungkiang mum {comes on a special mission—according to those | Triumphomania
who pretend to know all about the affairs of 'the princely house."
Tux British despatch-boat Alacrity, a 10. leave Shanghal for Woosung on the 10th instant, Admiral Sir Edmend Fremantle joining her there on the 11th and proceeding up the Yang-
ze to visit the river ports.
ST. PETER'S SEAMEN'S CHURCH.-The Mission steam-launch Day Spring will call alongside vessels hoisting code pennant C, between 3 and 10.30 a.m. on Sunday, to convey men ashore to -the-47-o'clock-service, returning-about-12.30PM ex Steamers "BENLEDI” and “GANGES" THE Mercury of the 7th reports the arrival of the tug-boat Samson at the wreck ofthe Bokhara, their first shipments of
adding that she had been at work on the week since Tuesday last, and has been favoured with XMAS CONFECTIONERY fine weather for her operations during the week.
Consisting of :-
CHOCOLATE CREMES, VANILLA PRA LINES, SUGARED ALMONDS, BURNT
ALMONDS, NOUGAT, JUJUBES,
TURKISH DELIGHT, ".
PARISIANS,
&
`DELICIOUS FRUIT JELLIES. ASSORTED PINEAPPLE, LIME, DAMSON, GUAVA, RASPBERRY, STRAWBERRY, PLUM, &c.
CALLARD AND BOWSER'S
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"MEXICAN BILL" is not defunct, and he says he has no intention of dying for a long time to come. William yows that he will hang by his heels on to the tall-end of a balloon miles away topside and electrify the world of Hongkong; and when Bill ways a thing, be means it,” ACCORDING to the Mercury there will be a novel sight on the Whangpná River very 1000!-- a steam-launch driven by a petroleum motor of an entirely new pattern, This novelty will be Introduced by Mr. A. Maertens, an old Shanghai resident, who returned to that port per Sachsen bom Europe.
A NORTHERN Contemporary "learns from the Daily Press of the wreck of the Girna, British ship" etc. Well, if people expect to learn from the Daily Press, it serves them right. There never was any such ship as that. Sea the Telegraph of about a week before the Daily Press, and you will get the facts.
Mr. R. SIMMONS, ex-constable of the Hongkong Police, has been appointed custodian of Happy Valley Recreation ground, for the regulation of BUTTER SCOTCH, ALMOND ROCK and which rules are published in to-day's Garetis.
EVERTON, TOFFEE.
appointing separate places and special days for the various clubs-golf, football, hocker, cricket and polo-with-a-reservation for milltary and Daval drills.
"CADBURY'S~EHOCOLATES
In great variety.
CRYSTALLIZED FRUITS, MUSCATELS,
ALMONDS AND FIGS.
FANCY BOXES. A large and varied Assortment of ARTISTIC DESIGNS,
XMAS
CARDS,
ENGLISH, JAPANESE and CHINESE, a splendid selection,
TOM SMITH'S CRACKERS,
A LARGE STOCK WELL ASSORTED.
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Aggregating 6,056 tous, register.
WHEN the Formosa brought to Hongkong the survivors of the Normand, she arrived on Sun day afternoon, Oct. 30th, and fall accounts were. published in the evening papers of Monday 3-st it was not until Tuesday, 1st November, that
the alleged morning paper heard anything drop. Then came the Daily Prary with a long yarn ribbed from its contemporatles of the previous month. Yet, by our exchanges to-day, we find that the dishonest achievements of tardy plain- rism are repreduced by other papers abroad, and the Daily Press is given all the credit for work which is of our doing and not "Granny's" at all. The Daily Prest yarn begins:-"The Douglas steamer Formosa (Capt. Hall) arrived late on Sunday evening at Hongkong from Amer, bringing with her the two sole survivors of the Norwegian steamer Normand. Partico lam are therefore at length to hand of one moie tenible wreck which occurred in the memorable typhoon of the 9th and 10th of October in the Formosa Channel, and another and story of the ses has to be written." The steamer is described arriving "late," because it was too late for an alleged Monday morning paper, which con- talus nothing more recent than events of three weeks back. If the ship was not late, some thing else was. "Particulars are at length to hand" is good'! to whose, band 7 and at what length And another sad story of the ses has to be writies”—no, Granny, It hasn't to be written ƒ It has to be clipped.
4.
CRICKET.
"VICTOR RMANUEL” D. PALLAS,”
A Cricket match was played between teams from H.M.S. Victor Emanuel and H.M.S. Pallas on the Navy Pitch at the Happy Valley on Thursday afternoon, the roth, in fine weather, and after a very pleasant game, resulted in a victory for the former. Appended are the
-scores -
H.M.8. "PALLAS,"
* SIRET Iwires.
W. Galu, a Andrews, li faltor
Dán min. 1 J. Holmes, bDyer....
"Bacon IwNEN.
Mr. Olivier a C. Lanch...
THE Shangbal Land Investment Co. advertises "A few Semi-Foreign Houses to let in Chapoot. Macis, cAndrews Dye Dyer, Bir, Oli Road." If Me..W. S. Calne, M.P., saw this he would be horrified. He condemned the state of social marais which caused such a large popula- tion of Eurasians; and if he found houses hecoming demared and giving blunt to a race of half-caste edifices, what would he any
. Soon, & Abraham, Pallromanes
C. Biddick, and by
W. Cooper, b Dyer
Mr. Bone, e Abraham, b Falls
De
J. Whitaboura, c Andrews, d
Faltraman
J. Oliver, e Andrews, i Palo-
............
W. Lockett, Stumpeck.
THE two most important cases brought before the Magistrates this morning were those of a rent collector charged with having eight toels of
licit aplam in his possession and a Chloestarton, Nicot cook who killed a coloured watchman's cat, The former was fixed 890 and the latter, who used unparliamentary language in Cosit, was "stuck" for $12 to square the whole business. We're getting on i
THE Shanghai paper are told by a well Informed authority that the two foreign Cable Companies Intend to raise their charges from the 1st January next to the équivalent of seven shillings (about $2.50 a word) to England, etc. This is the long promired reduction 1 A good many things may happen before then, however, waya... the
A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. Mercury to which we add-a few things will
THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY,
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841. Hongkong, 10th November, 1892-
he
Longhong
have to happen.
We are exceedingly sorry to have so frequently -to-direct-attention-to-the-gross-mismanagement fof our focal postal affairs, but really this has of late become a substantial grievance which requires seeing into. Here is the latest com- plaint, The China Navigation Co.'s steamer Chingiu arrived here with the Australian mails yesterday afternoon at about half past five o'clock but the malls were not brought ashore until ten o'clock this morning-and even then
Telegraph.
wenu
'il
e Morgan, b Palirema Blveridge, & Palfre
• Notoul.
THE NEW ORGAN DISORGANISED,
Daring robberies, have of late been more frequent in Hongkong than for years past. A few weeks ago numbers of up-bill residents were scared owing to a big burglary in Roblason Road, and a few days later a bold marauder entered the Police Court during the night watches and passing therefrom into the office of the Chief Clerk of the Magistracy "akinned" the Poor Box Daring as the latter robbery was, stelog that it was effected within the precincts of the Central Police Station, it was believed by most people that the summit of burglarious impudence had been reached when the Police Station had had, been successfully surprised. Not so, how- ever, for last night the Union Church was robbed by a member of the Society of Burglars and Snatchathieves who, having probably entered ard hidden while the "place was being cleaned, got away with almost all the brass finings and sound-tubes of the new organ now being fitted up in the chancel and most of the bras hinges and screws fixed to the windows and doors-about $200 worth in all. At aú early hour this morning the Police were Infortned of the robbery and--lot of the detectives were despatched "down town," but up to the hour of going to press none of the robbers fut coup of the kind, we should say they are not were apprehended; and to judge by other soccer-
dians of the Fence. likely to be arrested by our immaculate Gurr- barglary the organ will not be in playable order In consequence of this for many months to come, it being necessary to send to the makers for the brass pipes and tubes that age-goodness knows where
I
VOLUNTEERING.
The Volunteer Reorganisation Committee, It may be remembered, drew up a scheme which was submitted to the Government, containing more undiluted insanity than any scheme ever put forward in this Colony of wild dreams and senseless projects. The only wonder is that the Commitice said nothing about "confident expec- tations of substantial dividends," nor did they claim the usual promoters' fees..
Major-General Barker got hold of the Com mittee's scheme, and turned it inside out It was put before him, of course, for his professional opinion, and as we have always said, there is not a man in the Colony, nor probably out of it either, who knows his business belter, while personally be is a man of the most reliable com- mon sense and a true gentleman. So he did his best to touch up the scheme, like the engineer who was ordered to turn a dilapidated eight-day clock into a pair of skates. "It wAE, A difficult job, and not worth a tenth of the trouble,
but he did all that a man could do.
VR. C. BOAT RACE.
SCRATCH TOURS.
The scratch four-eared race was rowed this afternoon on the Kowloon side of the Regatta course. “Results as follows :-1, Mr. Lammert's
boat (disqualified); 2. Mr. Gdge's 1 3. Revd RF Cobbold; 4. Hon. J.H. Stuart-Lockhart's
Crew.
Mr. Gedge's was boat declared winner because Mr. Lammert's fouled Mr. Lockhart's craft. Won by half a length amidst considerable excitement.
THE WRECK OF THE STEAMSHIP
" BOKHARA?”
IN MEMORIAM
(BY CHas. J. H. HALCOMBE.) At noon, upon a bright October day,.
The staunch old liner salls B From Shanghai on her fatal homeward
way-
To England with the malla. Full-hearted cheers, mingling with gentle
tears,
Rise on her shoreward beam; Souls, sad or merry, part for days or years
As she glides down the stream. Against her lofty bows green wavelets
break
In showers of sparkling spray; They fit astern, and in her foamy wake
Are left behind at play.
Now from the deck the seaman's wild
sea.song
Is borne to those ashore,
Hark how the thund'slig seas across har
flow-1- The green waves break and drop. Hark! One has reached the furnaces
Below-
The submerged engines stop. Hosts of aggressive dangers now assail
The doomed ship on each side: She rolls and pitches, without steam or
sail-
....
Drawn eastward by the tide. Towards Formosa's dark and rock-bound
shores
The helpless hull is drawn, To find a grave beneath the Pescadores
Era day again shall dawn,
The last few dreadful hours are fleeting
fast-
Fiercer the struggle grows.'
The seething abyss shallows at each cast-
Wilder the typhoon blows.
The faithful seaman heaves the warning
lead,
Though ship rolls on beam ends, Threatening to turn keel upwards o'er his
head-..
Whilst each mast shakes and bends. Hark! From the bridge there comes
staggering cry,
Soon changed into a scream, For through the gloom the third mate can
descry
Land on the leeward beam.
None hope to live who see the rollers
break- Thund'ring upon that strand.
he dies away, the ship speeds swift They nobly face it, all too grieved to
along.
The song is heard no more.
1
speak Gaze spellbound on the land,
New hopes, old mem'ries crowd into the The kind heroic Captain, calm and brave,
mind
Turns to those standing by. "The rocks are there the ship we cannot
As distance Intervenes. The heart finds rest, however, of a kind
In short-lived pensive dreams. Out from the river, seaward in her flight,
The ill-starred vessel Dies,
All sails are set; as land soon fades from
sight
High seas in pursuit rise.
save
"Good bye, my men, good byell" Death comes in awful triumph to escort
His weary guests to land
Each knows life's journey shoreward will
be short
Each grasps a comrade's hand.
Upon the ocean's verge, as night draws Fairwomen sleep, and, sleeping, find relief:
nigh..
Wild fleecy clouds appear; And with the moon they cross the darken-
ing sky
And close up in Her rear,
The ship runs well before the North-East
breeze-
A strong monsoon prevalls— And thro' the night makes nearly three
degrees,
Her screw eased by the sails. Brava watchful men thro' hours of dark-
ness keep
Their lonely watch on deck; Whilst those below lle peacefully asleep-
Mindless of rock or wreck.
Then the Committee's draft (or daft) scheme with the General's notes was sent back to the Committee. Of course dia not suit them-> what they wanted this time was something of the nature of a Dutch oven, gold mounted. A further letter was sent to the Government. Some people think Governors and other public servants have nothing better to do than spend weeks and weeks wading through idiotic letters-and- irying to find some sense in them. In effect, the Commitee blamed the Government for not making the Volunteer movement success in-But no one fears th'approach of typhoon spite of the civilians. Finally, the Committee
4 demanded to ooo down and $10,000 a year.
To this the Government replied that just now the Colony was In an epidemic of retrenchment, and had no small change to spare. Further, if civilians would not roll up to join until they were Paitaman, Dyer... provided with a large cargo of millinery and 。 cand b Palieman.....spangles to beautify them, they must be a set of hare-brained chicken-hearted girls, only eglier.
Toca!... By
11. Dyer Not Ole+ Did not ba Extras
16 The scheme was unduly extravagant. However, Just to prove that the would-be Volunteer Regenerators were not in carnent, the Govern-
Total Qu
H.M.9. "VICTOR EMANUEL" Fire Innings.
Ligt. Olivier, & Scott
W. Bpos, e Lockatt, & Biddick
E. Palkman, & Scott
am 14 To
H..Dye, c Moore, R. Soot-water” (1 Mr. Andrews, R. Bot
Robert Whaley, b Sir, Mooreka yg v
Mr. Abrahama, b. R. Boots..
Mr. Morgan, Mr. Moor
T. Allan, Hun olm
C. Leach, b Scott..
M Smith, Nət bukemaren
Total....
OUR SCHOOL-BOP REGIMENT.
On Monday next, 14th November, a great review will be held on the Public Recreation Ground, Queen's Road, The following is what Dr.Ettel calls the "brogram." It is very fanny-
ment made them a last offer, in really rasl generosity, and dared the skittle-aliey_soldiers to accept it. The Governor went so far as to say be would put a scheme before the Council and let the Unofficials decide h. 150 men would put down their names and bind themselves. to join, he would propose $8,000-down-and- $12,000 annually.
That settled them. Governor Wobbinson,
even if he does look like a draper's shop-walker.
has no unbounded knowledge of the world and of the men in It, and he estimated these drawing- room warriors at just their right valve. They did not take the bait. They skulked out like -puppies seeing the bathtub bebind the beef- steak. Our learned and gallant friend Francis, and our esteemed admirer Holliday, have definitively retired from the Volunteer Reorgan
iration field.
A
L-A public Inspection and Physical Drill Parade of a number of Public Schools will be OR, held on the Cricket Ground on Monday, 14th November, at 5 p.m.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, NOVIMBER 12, 1892. they came in a somóan although the Post direction of the Inspector of Schools. (Primoted
LEGISLATIVE PROSPECTS.
ffice has a steam-launch. Something must be done to put a stop to th's nonsense, and that without delay.
"LEG BAIL,"
THE VANISHING ACT” BF
THE OFFICE GOAT.
2--The Parade will be under the general! A COMEDY IN ONE ACT, PERFORMED WITH GREAT to Major-General for the time, and mounted on aysilow moke-Ed] All commands will be given by the Drill Instructor, Corporal Lawrence, 3By the courtesy of the Colonel and Officers
Band will be in attendance,
them. Bd.]
6-On the word of command being given, the eight Companies fall in, in company columat, as indicated by the markets. The companies will then be placed at open order.**
SUCCESS FOR FIFTY YEARS AT A STRETCH, IN HONGKONG ALONE.
Dramatis Persong,
Soapy James, the missionary talpan...J.Johnston."
low................O'Hooligan M'Driscoll Lord of the Isles..
......Edwin MTosh. Jadge ................................Sir Judas Iscariot.
Pantricon ..... .............................Skelpem Swooper. [Note by the author.--The rest of this play, which was to have been published in anticipa tion of the A.D.C. ahaw at the City Hall to-night, is in paws. We went to Macao not long ago, and after gambling our humble saxpence, asked the shroff to allow us $10,000 on the comedy, which we had written in the security of the Holy City' to escape the Hongkong llbel law, which It worse than Macao, The hard-hearted Celestial looked at the manuscript, weighed it, and sald closed.]
Time smoothly glides, until next afternoon,
And then the glass' falls low;
Only a moderate blow.
Each change of wind, each sign welt in
the skies,
Are all observed with aver watchful
The soundings, set of tide,
The ship's course to decide.
Brave men seem dazed with fear- Not selfish fear but wild heart-rending
grief
For those they hold so dear.
A fearfulcrash-aroaring rushing sound-
Some few Äre swept ashore. The shudd'ring ship a moment back
rebounds-
Then sinks to rise no more.
The rolling seas like muffled drums ra«
sound-
Beating a last tatoo, Upon the lonely wave-washed camping
ground Where rest that well-loved few.
THE IND.
Hoihow, Island of Hainan,
South Chine, November 7th, 1892.
"BOKHARA" RELIEF FUND.
A meeting of the Committee of the Bakkara rellef fund was held at H.B.M Consulate General,
eyes-Shanghal, on Saturday morning (5th). A der pitch
But lower and lower the weather-glass yet
falis,
Whilst storm-clouds scud o'erhead;
And
(abstract of which is given below) from HE, the | Governor of Hongkong was read, and it was decided to endeavour to raise by subscription a sum of about $5,000 to be sent to the Hongkong Committes to be devoted entirely to the relet
lives at the wreck.
night advances with terrific squalls of the relatives of the passengers who lost thele The moon looks bleared and red, Huge billows raise their foam-crowned
heads on high,
Charging with headlong speed, Across the briny wastes 'tween earth and
sky.
Where'er the storm may lead." The good ship, closely hounded, plunges
On-
A reckless fugitive;
Running for life into a fierce typhoon.... i
Wherein few ships can live.
The tempest-rises, shrieking thro' the
shrouds,,
As if with strange delight,
[Abstract]
GOVERNMENT House, Hongkang, 29th October, 1891.- SIR,In reply to your letter of the 2nd last, Thave the honour to inform you that the Comi mittes for the rellef of the relatives of the sur- vivors (query—is ant the rellef for thè rela»,
tives of those who perished?) from the wreck of
the steamship Bokkara met to-day in the Council Chamber, I read your letter to the Committer, and the members were deeply im- pressed with the sympathetic, action taken by the community of Shanghai in reference to this
disaster. It was decided by the Committee that
the assistance rendered by the Captain, and Officers of the steamship Thalia, by the priest, and people at Pchoc, and by the Mandala at To yet increase, with driving mist and Makung should be recognized in some tangible, way. It was estimated that $800 or there- abouts would be sufficient for this purpose, the passengers was privately discussed, as it was (The question of relief to the familles of three of
clouds,
The horrors of the night" Thro' dreary hours the brave commander
stands
Attentive at his post.
deomed advisable that the names of those who require relief should not so far as possible be
Ready to help and cheer the willing hands made too public.).
Who tall and suffer runst.
In midnight's howling tempest he decides
To heave the vessel tor
Bold seamen lay aloft, the sails ta fart,
His ship and all her crew,
The helmsman shifts the helm, Huge foam-flecked sens above the old
ship curl-A Threat'ning to overwhelm,
She hurls them backward, and her form
uprears
Above each breaking crest partyA And for a time grave anguish disappears
In well-earned, welcome rest,
15 calty, two-one-half cent, one cality. We Day
CANTON,
breaks again, and with it hopes
map revive RAMM Some jola to gladsome song'; N Some dwell upon the welcome they'll
receive
THE Hongkong Legislative Council is to THE steamer White Cloud was unable to leave reopen on Wednesday next' (mail' day), he wharfat Macao for Canton last Tuesday of the Shropshire L. I. Regiment the Resimen Migeonette, a lady of virtue..., Miss Emilly Nabow. He looks above; to God he now confides That is a bad omen. In past years trouble morning until nine o'clock, owing to lack of water. "A few years ago the dredger William has been caused times out of number Croker, a very useful little craft bullt for the join in the Parade, representing the following 4-Eight Companier, of 64 boys cach, will through the meetings of this body being Macao Government by the Hongkong and Public Schools-Victoria College, 3 companies; thoughtlessly fixed for mail day; and Whampoa Dock Co., did excellent service in St. Joseph's College, 2 companies; Diocesan though the new men and the Governor keeping the approaches to the wharves clear of School, i company Victoria English School, I could be excused, one would have thought mud and slit. Why not now? The dredger is company; Wanual Government School, 1 com- that at least the old stagers would have had bezched, is now on the retired list, and the pany.
commerce of Macro suffer accordingly. Perhaps 5-On Monday, 14th November, at 4 30 p., the lesson drummed into them. "Constant Governor de Borja, who is a practical saflor and the boys of the eight Companies (and no others) dropping" takes a fearful long time to knows the business, will investigate and amend will meet within the enclosure of the Cricket wear away some stones; they are so this galevance,
Ground dressed in their ordinary school clothes, phenomenally thick!
There is in the programme for Wednes- held on the 7th at the Masonic Hall, the Private Banda deposit their instruments at the AT a special meeting of Shanghal Ratepayers (not like Ginty-Hof] but the markers of each Company are to be on the ground at 4 p.m. day nothing of great importance. One Municipal Council failed to carry either of the N. W. corner of the ground (and heave bricks at measure Is proposed for the purpose of two motions laid before the meeting. The rectifying a blunder which has lately cost proposed purchase of the New Oriental Bank somebody, either the taxpayers or certain premises was negatived, altogether, and the majority of ratepayers present decided that the of the less lavishly paid officials, a fow discussion of any proposed change in the system hundred dollars the Vagrancy Ordinance of subscription to the Local Post should be
THE RICENT VATSHAN TROUELIS. (1888) Amendment Bill. A number of postponed all the annual meeting of ratepayers 7.—The Headmasters of the Schools furnish.. other tinkering patchwork affairs are set in Feburary next, by which time the subject log contlegents for the Farade are invited to be • We learn privately that there is every pro- down, and unless the moral of past ex- uld be more ripe for disrasalon than it is at present to meet His Excellency the Governor,
spect of an early and satisfactory settlement of B.On the arrival of the Governor, the ranks the troubles arising out of the action of the perience is to be belled by the present present. The voting on either question was will be called to attention and salute while the Chinese authorities at Fatahan in seizing Council, the last state of those amended decided by a show of hands, and in melther case Band, strikes up. The Headmasters will be
the goods and otherwise stopplag trade di laws will be worse than the first. However, was a pall demanded.
presented to His Excellency,
European merchants, regardless of treaty hardly any of them will be of much THE Post Office wiseacres are good enough to 9-After the Inspection orders will be given atipulations. Apparently the well known importance.
inform us that letters, &c, for the United to prepare for Physical Drill, commencing with | name of O'Conor has been heard as far as The most serious matter before the Kingdom posted before 11 am, on Wednesday "right" hand salute" and "left hand salute."" the Viceregal Yamin of Kwangtung, for the A wreck-strewn bourns, whare only yester- Council this Session will be that of finance the 17th December, ibose posted before It.m.4.]
next, the 16th November, are due in Lendon on | [What Is the matter with the "-right foot salute?" - "Delilah Acting-Consul General at Canton,
Mr. H.E. the Governor is a retrenching genius, on Thursday, 24th November, are due in London
J. Watters, received over a week ago a latter 10-All the eight Companies will then be from the Viceroy offering to return the confiscated and has undertaken to economise quite as on the 17th December, and those posted before simultaneously put through their usual Drill, with property and pay an indemnly according to much as may be required; he has refused or a.mn, on Wednesday, 30th November, ara dus repetition of such exercise as the Governor may whatever damago it það suffered. Somehow to allow the Unofficials to assist him, in London, on the 31st December. The Post direct, the Band playing during those exerclass Mr. Watters, with his anal happy kaack of doing though he is himself excluded from the Office idiots omitted to mention why there which require music, vide
nothing right, and not very much of anything, deliberations of the Finance Committee. should be ten days interval between the anivals At the conclusion of the Drill, the tanks muddled the negotiations for a few days, but at
of the two malls in London, thereby making it
an interview last Tuesday everything was As to what is proposed in the Budget we impossible to hit Christmas Day; nor did it
sight, In spite of the dodderer's dodiction. We know nothing, for the Estimates, which are occur to the P. O. to notify that last Tuesday
Bape to be able to give full parientes nem to be considered on Wednesday, have not, ! (Ben) was the latest day for Chalstmas parçais,
will be ordered to close up again, and told off in company (priation of fours
13.--Obsers for Her Majesty, the Governor, and the General Commanding the Garrison, will work.
From friends left In Hongkong, A Some breathe a prayer, some
survey
It was understood that the Cricket Club proposed to place a tablet or memorial in the Cricket pavilion, or in some suitable freality, to the memory of the cricketers Jest, and it was settled that a memorial should be placed either in the Cathedral or the Happy Valley as a record of this sad occurrence, added.*
The result of the discussion was that, for the purpose of desling with all these cases, a pubile subscription of not less than $5 000 should be favited from the residents of Hongkong and that If your Commlitee, after providing what reljef is
any balacca, at their diapassi it should be I required by those connected with Shanghai, had'
accepted by Honkong and added pro`rata to the amount apportioned to the several recipients- with whom this colony in connected
As I said before the community and Committee appreciate most thoroughly the expressions of;
sympathy and regret which they have received:
from Shanghai in reference to this unparalleledi disaster, and their appreciation is, if possible, enhanced by the desire of the residents of your settlement to give a tangible shape to their heartfelt condolence.
soberly,
The perils undergone.. None know the typhoon drags her struggl-
wing prey
Towar is a wreck-strewn bourne,”
The Normand had gone down; And where her forty missing seamen lay
Six score to-night will drown. Day fades again, and thro' the ghastly
gloom
o'er the ship, fast hurried to her The pale moon grimly rides
Rides
doom, Whom helm no longer guldoo j
I may mention that the representative of the
and O. Company, who was on the Committee,
was not prepared, without advices from London to take part in, any subscription, but he stated that be had no doubt that the Directors would
make some provision on behalf of the employés of the Company who had perished, and that they would most probably be destrova of Jining; in any substanțial" recognition of services rendered to the survivors, flow an auxious that The P&O Compasy should cooperate with the communly by p
The Hon. J. H. Stewart Dickhart and Hon.A). Leach were then appointed Print Secretarica and Tressures to the Hongkong Relief Committee; sub-Commites was appointed to draw up the lice invig saberiptions, and the sliting of the Commites then terminated.
Thays, etc.
(8)gned) WILLIAM ROBINSON, Nicholas J. Haunen, Esq, H.B.M.: Conenj«.
"General, and Chairman of Committori.