the Yokohama Sp-c's Bark, at exchange of 99, el or 21 roll, with ins ractions to whe bark the money at my request, which reques, would be maden soon as the rate had goče dova 10, say, s. 931. or 21. 91. such frswig gain of one penny to the dollar, or on £2.50s of about or over $500. This transaction. repeated several; žimas- would have covered my previous loss. In answer tony.liquiries, I received, however, a reply that the drafts had not been honoured in London, and 6 the amount 500 was therefore un. available. I knew of urge that such a large sum of money could not be missing without the discovery being made, and as soon as I received the tel gem informing me that payments of the drafts had been refused in London. I lost me bead entirely, and, unable to think of any other way to stave off the consequences of my deed, I abscon rd,'
"The money which 1 remited is still in the banda of the bark at. London, and I am row ready to do eve vibing in my power to have the sum rep did to the ♫, and Ƒ as soon as possible. My interia was not at any time to embezz'e this
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1893,
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subditing. Generally it is only the good reports should be sufficiently elastic to allow of capital afraid I should have to give up my work. Last July, that are published in N.S.W.
innocently subscribed to work a mining swindle | 1880, a Custom House offer recommended me to being placed, say, in one or more Tattersall's try an advertised preparation, entitled Mother 100,000 sweeps. By that means there world Seigel's Syrup. I did so, and before I had Onisheet be a chance of the victimised subscribers getting the first bottle the pain loft my back, and I began to one working the mine. More than one Laste this remedy I was soon as well as ever in my life. ame ofthele money back; there is certainly digost my food and gain strength. By continuing to Call man has plteously enquired: "Might not My master, wooing what the Syrup had done for me, something deb, yet be strucic if they go deen also took it for indigeation, with so much bolt that enough The Bulletin admits the "might" whatever in testifying has, and only speak of the now he always keeps it by him. I have no interent and "it". Exactly the same thing might occur
medicine as I found it.", to any man's backyard. Even a "salted" mier might turn out really rich,
at the lower court.
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would give them a sound thrashing if they did that any more, and I was thus rid of a nuisance. Some «hopkeepers were very polite and kind, loving us la to drink tea and have a chat. One
One of the morals deducible from the man wanted me to open a chapel in the place Australian Banking Co. prosecution is that no and affered to sell or let a house for this par-defendant who stands any chance of being past
This country scenery is made very pretty by commited for trial should disclose bis defence large groves, plantations of tallow trees, covering many adres; these were full of men, women and
A series of mining wardens' reports concern- children gathering the berries. They made it lively for us on one or two occasions when passing the NSW. Northern goldfields have been ng through the orchards. Their sharp knives published, and in almost all we notice that on the end of lang bamboo poles would be danwhile the yields are correct the prospects of the gerous instruments if they had been viciously mines are exaggerated and the reefs very co
veniently enlarged. disposed to us them against us. But with good many hard names and much f:ering laughter we were allowed to pass on.
A
Numbers of people came on our boat to take a view. They asked the most ridiculus ques- tips. The cooking steve particularly attracted their attention and took quite a little explanation | to prove to them that this was not the engine that drove the boat, . The mast and sail did not seem aufficient to speak for themselves. They wondered whether we could sail up with a head
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Nothwithstanding that there are but few Cbluese at Newcastle, N.5.W.. nine legai mari | ti-gra between yellow men and white women have been recently celebrated there. The Can- casian is evidently played out. The white-man can't afford a wifɑ now-a-days, -
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had a narrow scape from
To-day's Advertisements.
DILIGENTIA
LODGE
OF INSTRUCTION. -
REGULAR MEETING of the above LODGE will be held in the FREEMASONS
Mr. Kally a malady very common among all HALL, Zetland Street, on THURSDAY, the 12th
Bright's disease, a alasce in England, and one of the auront and most direct products of torpid lirer, itself a symptom of indigestion and dyspepsia. We mention this caso not to put money in" anybody', pocket, but for the sake of the sufferers who need help—no matter what It comes fram-ddot
CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL
A Melbourne paper remarks that no bank whose depositors are efficiently numerous and whose premises are sufficiently restricted need ever fail." There is a great and solemn truth i that statement. If a savings bank has 10,000 smail despositors, and there is very little room. in the narrow space before the counter, and there are only two tellers on duty, and they wastes little time checking cach bank-book before hey pay out so that only about 36 customers can get their money in an hour, and 30 of these are device-who merely keep drawing eat and paying in money to block the panic-stricken multitude, then the ran might last for a month and yet not one-thirteenth of the crowd have got might all be in Central America with the reserve- their deposits eal, and by that time the directors Toate fund.
sum of money. I fatended to use it for the wind, and how many miles an hour we contti which there were ugly zamo-ire last year, has bogus customers—a very secilent and successful
ove stated and no other, and by way purpose o of restitution I am only ton'anzi us to are the money reta ned to the rightful owners at once. Though I write a full and complete con- fession of the matter, to Mr. Posch, the manager of the C. & J. T. Co., in which I expressed the great more I feel at my misdeed, I casnet conclude this without making a like statement of my feelings here. To my that I am sery and ashamed can hardly express my regrets, which are so great and alecere that, no matter what happens, noting will ever make me swerve (rom the path Iduly and honesty again. My eyesigh is now falling me rapid'y
I am nearly blind
make.
Just oppaalte fo where our boat was anchored was a fine lims tree. I bought twenty-one large limies which we picked off the tree ourselves for
xy cash. We noticed a great quantity of pamalo trees with large ripe fruit banging on them. They are very good and very cheap, it for a cent. We being possible to purchase bought quite a number, at this price and took them to Kiskiang. In Kiuklang the price of this fralt is from 8 to 10 cents each, this dear price being because the fruit comes from Canton, It seems strange that some epter preste,
One of the Melbourne associated banks about recently discharged some zo cleaks. These wil probably be replaced by others at reduced screw. when Chinese ledger-keepers and Kanaka tellers In these institutions the collins-and-cuff brigade will perhaps cease bowling in the "cause of explial.
N.S.W. Supreme Court has given a ruling. tantamount to deciding that a "syndicate" [#4 an unregistered company that incubates a ré gistered company and divides the preliminary "oof" as "first robbers is, for all purposes of agreement and contract, the same as an ordinary safety-clause from under the off chance failure.
In the right eye, hut I trust to God therprising Chinaman does not come up to this part legally-understood" company." This knocks the placidly flickered out. The worst smash scem
the airbt of the left are will be preserved, bad as It is now, so that I may be able to earn bread for myself and family, for I have anff-red the punlahment which the low will lofl'et upon me. I hope that alter I have n for ded all the money, or nearly all of it, to the . & J. T. Company, my prosecutor will be merciful 10 me, and also cause The Court which will have to punish me to be leulent to me, for after all I am not confirmed criminal, who must be kept from contage with the outer world for the sake of other people and the safely of their properly. I have borne the charac-ig, bartering crowds. It is a sight worth seeing ter of an honest man during all the years that I have been in China and Tapin, and, criminal as it may appear, my present state is one more af mt-f»tone than anything else—a combination as it wrte of everything against me, bringing bome the fact bat,one dishonest dred, no matter how small, can ar should not be covered by another, as I tried to do.
"I have on deslie to rvede justice any longer, but am anxious to return to Japan to make restl'ution to those whom I have injured, and will will gly accompany any escort which the authorities may appoint for that purpose.
"I therefore beg mest humbly that all further unnecessary legal or diplomatic negotiations be stopped at once, and that I may be sent back to Japan as son as possible,
"And lastly I deci. re this declaration of my
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own free will; from a desire of honesty and I express the hope that it will be accepted by all concerned as given in the, most humble and repentant split.
CHAR. E. MILLER, "Sourabiya, November aznd 1892,” -
"CONSULAR AGENCY OF THE UNITED
STATS OF AMERICA,
SOURABAYA. Nov, zand 1872.
"I certify that the foregoing is the true and genuine signature of C. E. Miller, having been gned in my "presence"this"22nd day of Nov. 1892.
4. M. FOW LL, "Acting Consulır Agent."
J
"I cenlly the signature at the foot of the preceding page to be that of B. M. Powell, Acting Consular Agent of the United States of America, at Sourabaya.
"M.S. DAVIDS, "Acing Billah Vice Consul." "Bitish Vice-Censutare, Sourabaya, this twenty-fourth day of N wember, 1893
This document having been read, his Honour ask da cused whether readmitted signing It, and receiving a reply in the affirmative, formally com- smitted him for trial. The accused, who looked very ill, was then removed to the Municipal Gul. The date of the trial has not yet been fixed, but will most probably take place on Friday or Saturday next week. Mr. A. Tison will conduct the pros:cutton for the People of :the United States,
A. TRIP UP THE POYANG.
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streets bee me again deserted, and she usual
Matthew Dayles, when at the bright of his glory, was boss director of 34 companies. The Bulletin hereby suggests that Matthew should be found guilty of incurable lunacy. The man who throws 34 egg up in the air at once, and hopes to catch them all safely as they come down, is as much a madman as the man who tries to fall out of 34 windows simultaneously and not
It is time the Last Call boomed again. Observe the sensational character of the latest report: "Four feet added to depth of mine wita- out change commenced cross cutting cast et
"In the soup" Is the professional gulnea-pig. From a Shoalhaven River sluleing co. prospec. tus: "Neither do we carry any deadbeats in the shape of professional directors." How has the mighty boomer fallen I. In our mind's eye do we see one Sydney magaste saying, with the lordly air of other days; "My honorarium for accepting a seat on that board must be £500. Take it or leave it and they took it. Wow, how much would they give him-to leave bis
name out?
of the country and take a boatload down for sale, it would pay him well. Beside us were anchored boats loading all kinds of paper and rice for Ku- kang, Hankow and other places. On e 1st December we went tothe fair at Kuankispo, Every three days these lit letowns havetheir market days when the deserted Bule streets are filed to over flowing with people from all the country for miles around. And not only do the streets become full but the great open squares in front and rear of the village are crowded with clamour-break his neck.
to watch the people from every direction ficking in along every dyke and road and waterway towards the temporary centre of commerce. Thousands thas come t gether. Towards evening the busy bum ce:es, the quares and 3 fout level, three hands extending eastern Cross-cut from main shaf." And to think to,000" alet hundrum sleepiness is le fit the next sovereigns was paid for half of it, and tha sabie
asket day comes round. After working heregnently this salted mine had a market value of for an hour we trumped the twenty odd li to Yukau Hsien over low-lying country which is 400,000! Ye gods! all inundated at high water. The approach to the Halen is very pretty, and the pumalo, lime, and oranges trees laden with their sich fruit add much to the scenery. The city is without walls and built on the side of a solitary hill standing out of the plalo. We entered what is, by compliment, called the West Gare, which consists however of a stone archway wi hout any sticmpt at gate or any kind of barrier. A short distance Inside the gate there is a fine piece of stree work of some kind of green stone lo huge slabs and to the shape of a poilou. At the base are large green stone ilons, two on either side and on the lop a long row of finely carved figures of the same material. The city bears a most poverty- stricken and woebegone appearance. There is not a single fine shop to the cly. We found that the magistrate was on the point of being married and near the yames the streets, were decorated with gaudily painted paper lanterns and a large building was filled with guests who were eating and dri: king to the bappy pair's health to the tune of two trumpeters who with disiended cheeks were blowing forth the most discordant sounds. We soon aftewards met the official going through the streets in his chair carried by four ragged, oplum-smoking bearers, He had no soldiers, no regamuffins bearing boards and umbrellas and no one bering the official drom. I presume there was every need to pract.se economy The bearers, were so startled, when we suddenly came across them that there was a momentary danger of depositing His Excellency in the mud. There seemed to be only three or four slee shops and a couple of tex. shops in the town, but the rice shops bad no rice and the tea shops had no tea. No one would sell us food and no one would take us in ; we were famished with hunger and tired with our long tramp but there was nothing for it but to commence at once to preach and tó sell our books and tracis. The crowd was very thick and frillowed us wherever we went. We s:11 our books quite rapidly. Finally we entered a shop and down uninvited and most decidedly Bowelcome to eat the oil cakes, sweet pot toes and oranges which we had purchased on the strees, A surging mass of people surrounded us and when we went away the landlord was not to be found and the landlady would not came near us, but finally I perioaded
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REGISTER.
4th January, 1893-At 4 pm.
STATION.
Nrres
Shanghat TEMESTINES
S Gap Rook
Wind
Hong
Vieta Pak
10-15
HNE
Balão
Mask +=
проб
5th January, 1893-At 10 am,
"A week or two. ago, just when the English press was to the middle of its comments on the financial institutions of Australis, the financial instutions of England started to go broke In
month, toho an alarming fashion. In, less than eight or nine banks and the like have Haiphong to be that of the Liberator Building Society; Cape St. James... liabilities, as per cablegram, £3.250,000; assets, 50000; serve fond, a sham and soul. destroying le; prospects, nothing in the The Liberator was an amusing office in its time, and In its latter days it used to borrow money from the Hebrews at 17 per cent., in order to keep the whited sepulchre affeat a little longer. In consequence of these”, revelations. The Bulletin has cabled to the London Times that Australian confidence la British credit is much shaken, and that Britain ought to do something to set herself right before the world. This cablegram, 10 far as we know, hasn't been published yet.
·Taky
STATION.
Nagase 42 - Shanghai Ferchow. AMGY in Appli povande Rendeme Vinda Park Cap Roc.... 64
·Centra Hollow Ralinas........... Cape St. Ja
30.11
10.10
30.31
+491
10.07
30,00
Hidr
Humidity.
NE
Farometer Haing. Gradients very moderate for north-east winds, Weather flag and mild. (Issued at 10,19 m)
4- Marpateter reduced to level of the sex is tachos, tenthi and hundredths, Temperatma in the shađa în degrees, Feb. runhell, y-Humidity in percentage of saturation, the humility of air saturated with moisture belag zoo, -Direction of the wind to two polnir, 5-Forcs of the wind according to Basalt scala. State of the wasther, à Honnay, † Detached conds, Drisiding rain, / Feg, a Gloomy, A Hat), I Lightning,
• Cremus, / Brning showers, # Squally, " Rain, #Snow, #
kantha sad hundrwitká.
W. DOSERE.
meeting of creditors in his lawyer's office. The Ha
A provincial Tasmanian bankrupt called, a c'ock therein registered Fobart time, owing to which mistake th 1.wyer (holding to proxies) and the bankrupt alone were present. Proxy 10. moved and Proxy a second d the solicitor. Into the chair ;'Biokrupt placed himself unieservedly in the hands of the meeting, but could make no offer; Picxy 8 moved and Proxy 3 seconded the appointment of the chairman as i ustee--unaul- mously carried "Any other business, genile. men ?" "None." Froxy 7 moved and Proxy 4 seconded a cordial vote of thanks to the chair carried without dissent; chairman thanked the meeting, which broke up barmoniously just as an adverse creditor, with 15 proxies, appeared at the door, and was told-The little matter is settled, the meeting has dispersed, the statute does not perralt it to be re-opened." The Supreme Court has upset the arrangement, apologising, however, for its broad interpretation of the Act,
Thand, is a Daww), as in fcher, Hongkong Observatory, 5th January, 1893.
HONGKONG REGISTER.
Ramonster Temperature.zdomību tam Humidity up! === Direction of wind
Weather
On Sate
Pete
Previous
day 49,
On date At 30
30.17
10.US
60
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Agents of the different refractory-ore processes are issuing nonsensical challenges to each other. One man threatens a £10,000 wager as soon as his machinery arrives. Far the same reason
The Commercial Agency, Trading and Bank. they will never meet-the conditions that mighting Co., of Sydney, went into liqu'tation last sult one might be disadvantagerus to another, we . It was founded and managed by John Australia is being inundated with new and wonderful gold-saving inventions.
H. Nathan, formeily of the Australian Banking The ever- Co. ha variant other enterprises. The petition lasting din of" refractory ores," gold lost in the acts forth, among other things, that most of the tailings," bas had its effect. The great want is individuals who beated the company took up Hongkong Observatory, 5th January, 1893-.. gold in the ore.
Rab.......
ga. Alghest span air semperature on 'the prisonic manly Lowest opas de temperature on the pðimúžā
W. Doc.
Corday's Advertisements.
shares by the simple process of discounting a bill with the Co. and buying the shares with the Melbourne Leader sarcasm ; · "The Ausica-money. Also, many of them paid their calls Han Banking Co. seems to have been a bank the same way. Some of them met these bills, but where the wild time grew, for bills were kept others didn't. They also, it is alleged, allotted running so long as they paid a big Interest, and themselves gratis considerable numbers of shares security that is to say, security of depositors apparently as an expression of admiration at Was the last thing thought of One manager their own enterprise, One director, for example,THEATRE was charged with swindling by the directors, and is said to have bought five shares and received *he Incontinently bolted the entfe board por only more as a sort of testimonial. Out of sued him down the street, leaving the bank to 9000 alleged assets on band, less than 700 take care of itself. That was the only period are described as "good" Hopes are entertained, when it was comparatively safe.”
however, that by sitting heavily on the share bolders it will be possible to meet all clalena, sind perhaps a small surplus will be left. The share- holders will be left also,—Sydney Bulletin
The report of the official receiver on the De Kamp gold mine, South Africa, shows how the British mining Investor is "let-in." - The public pald £80,000 cash, some of which went thus:— Underwriting, 410,oco; nominalwendor, 10 Coo; brokers, 1000; law costs, £14000 £1600; promoter, £25,000. And the managro, unable to get his salary, got a judgment, and the whole of the Co.'s property was sold for £173, the machinery, which alone cost £5000, and bad never been unpacked, being fuocked down for
8. Reminds one of N.S.W.1
NIT FEARS NEITHER ARMY NOR NAVF,"
To things used to be siled the wooden walls of Englarid,"
The same was the Naval Exhibition at Chelsea, in the saramer of 1891. The speaker was a young man, and his auditor ope of those lithe, bright-haired girls ans so often sees in this laland.
And aren't they the wooden walls of England, she said, as a child might ask when Nosh might be expected in Liverpool with his ark
*Not exactly," replied her escort tenderly " they are rather out of style. Coma: I'll show what sorts of walls we have now," and he led her off in the dires- tion of the bosutiful models of the great steel ships of
At daybreak on the 9th of November we were agal under war and soon passed Vehuang, the anchor age we were trying to make on the previous night. A small call ction of mod shanties perched high up on the bank constituted the village below were anchored a fleet of fi hir g boats ånd the ub quitous gunjink. We travelled for many miles through low-lying ground which is dooded In the summer and which is comprised within the Poyang Lake, but now there are Irit only Dumerous rivers and i k ́s in every dirretion.
At the mua of the Kingsin river is situated the busy and thriving mile town of Shuibung Here we sold between 50 and 60 books and tracts. One busy countryman followed me on the street, very insolent and provoking. He attempted to tear away my tracts, then seized my coat and finally made a grab at my hat, all the time showing obf chonable remarks, man, Aster a great bullabaloo and the offer of of the N.S.W, mises department are sometimes there in an enemy against which neither army nor
At last bad more than I wanted and saw it was necessary to atop bim or 1 might have a small row on my hands B standing, apart I surveyed my tormentor a while and then remarked to a respectable bystander in a loud voice in the bearing of all, I fear this mig, in a mad man and does not know what he is doing.” He replied that he was not mind, but an ignorant countryman, and the crowd raised a lingh on him and he made the best of his way out and -disappeared and I'aw no more of him, much to
(To de continued)
SOOCHOW.
("H. C. ĐẦÍLY NEWE" CORRESPONDENT)
December 27th. The young American bleyclist Lens has passed my own satisfaction. A few more individual through this ely. He came from Shangbal troublers had to be disposed of sod then I had od Kiding and Kwensas. Ignorant of the We left here it 4 p.m. sad at night zucheredd for homemess he had a rough ride from
This
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CITY HALL, HONGKONG.
FINAL PERFORMANCE, SATURDAY, 7th January, 1893, It 9 P.M.
THE "SONS OF NEPTUNE,"
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How often we are told, "No gold can be seen their child to accept some books and some cash In the stone, yet the pestle-and-mortas tests for the privilege of sitting in their dorway. Indicate that it will yield an oz. to the ton." Towar a nightfall we left the labospitable Ninety-nine times out of a bundred it is alle, and city and walked 12 to Lu gkin, where we had tbe only exception is where the stone is black as a long harangue before we could get a boat; at the lungs of midnight, or the miner who cannot last we persuaded the boarmen that there was find the gold in bllad. Things are different on no fear, that we were not devils and we had no Bendigo. Referring to a new bedy of stoneThe young follow was right in seeming that this sinister designs against him or any of his country. discovered in the old Johnstone's mine (whose country had a big and powerful nary, but this obances men. Tory cassid not be persuaded that our fortnightly cakes bend the list) focal paper of war decress with the preparations made to meet it. native boumen were really Chinese and fellow says: "Although no gold was seen in breaking Besides, the interests that would be put to hazard provingale with themselves. In spite of our
the stone, a trial-crushing went adwis, to the grow constantly larger and nationa avold fighting as discomfort it was amusing to watch the graphic load."
lang en poseful consideration, and if England had gestures of our ascistant as he took off his bat and appealed to bis queue that he was a Chlua
The reports listed by the peregrinating officers nothing to be afraid of beyond the danger of being attacked from abroad, we might sleep in pass. But 400 cash for a hours' work he consented and we reached our boat thoroughly tired out at 9 encouraging but seldom reliable, and never Chamber and the redcoats on the shore, and kills more humorous but rarely instructive, generally
nary is of any avail. It defies the gunboats in the o'clock at night,—N, C. Doty News.
condemnstory consequently, after many dieup- pointments, they in no way is fluence the public. People than are ever likely to fall in battle.
of this foo we should If we could stop the It is quite a common thing to see in one past of soon be able to surprise our distant colonies with the a newspaper a glowing official reference to a arrival among them of a splendid class of our surplus mine, and to another part an adet, that thousands population. of forfeited shares in the same mine are to be We
allude
of course, to disease. Not to epidemios anctioned for the non-payment of a penny-call of olera of influenss, but to diseases wide are at It is time the department had man
and
poor alike. Unquestionably the worst strong-minded enough to let darilah apable and work year in and year out, in every season, carrying mines where money is being actually throw the one from which springs the majority of allments, these is this one that attacks the digestive system, away. But the department doesn't want strop which go under various name, as, for example, gout, bronchitis, consumption, the several men. It is afraid of them,
I others, which were formerly, erroneously,
have distinot
the best medies authorities Tickets can be obtained at Mesus, LANE, silmente na symptoms and outgrowths
CRAWFORD & Co., wheis. Plan of Theatre can ows. We therif to hired a sampan with two govered whalter built to protect a farmer's boff lo
Books of the Words can be purchased men for 300 cash the dy 10 take us 30 ff op from the sun. As this shelter is merely a straw her speculator for 50000-26,000 cash and of Indigestion and dyspepuls, and treat thems
A 624,000 on mortgage. This individual sold it we dite a single case. a man named Edward, Holly Price 20 Cents,
Kodordingly. In illustration of what can be to Yulan Hsien. We had not gone more than roof supported spon bamboo poles, be fouse104 company for £60,000, and apparently the who resides
done
at Messrs. NORONHA & Co, Zetland Street, when a boit ashore engaged the attention uncomfortably cold. He left Soochow on Monday, solicitor who effected the transfer never noticed t
97 Et. Vinomat Street, London of our faithful boatmen and, lured with the the 25th inst. He proposes to go to Chinking the little matter of the £24,000 mortgage. The
Liverpool haring previously had
had: perfect health, Hongkong, 4th January, 1893- prospect of mere money in a gaicker time along the Grand, Canal, and ought to be heard.
loss of appetite, dili inshi,mouth, forred to guangour and adigun, a by getting this ships feat, they told us we had from through your correspondent. In that city company passed if on to a syndicate for £70.000, poed a dull pain in the right side, a bad taste And arrived, and thit the river did not go any farther before the first of January. On reaching Soochow and again the solicitor, doesn't appear to have
what ha describes as
Iseling M though kind of conduct and refusing to pay them a single English-speaking operator directed him to the At this stage the original boomer called yourd
and the syndicate was left to bold the Infant- the supporting power wise exhausted beneath him,
Thit was le 1887, and 1 butelt without obtaining TE SHAR relief from the usual medical treatment maill
"when" kü' wan this time wasn't worth the £24.000 liability, 1890
Wwworking the syndicate gave him back his property in bonded warehouse, he says, ""* watisfaction of all claims, and is now just £70,000 man the back, and I had great trouble in getting or about the roth instant.
threath any
- work. * Getting worse, ** be continuar, MY to dostoy who said it was Inflammation for Cabin Passengers and carica a Doctor and "This "Steamer, has Superior Accommodailon. of the kidneys, “He sATE) me, maðicine-and-sitended Shoeholder complain to us of the manner is me of and on for six makis, but, with no bensdelal Stewardess, despotismere which money is being wasted in the Last Call. ren He mid he cond not understand how I could) mior. The directors, no doubt, frankly admit it, soap, an (with my work, Still, I did struggle on, but say that they have no alternativa but to go though the disman was waaring me out. From a kane in a' sase like this the Compaules". Law: Hooky sila zadaty Eboruna Dán nud, vik, mid wai
no more dialurtance,
Riding across country to Kwensen, From
And othe
at Moshawar, a little place 30 further op the Kwentin to Soochow there is a good low-pai One of the Incidents of the Melbourne land- supposed to
The mix moning Wakung, 30, 4 | which is just now as hard as a floor. He spent beem In the early stages of that bowling, distinct treatmma, Motors, mad to require
one night only between Shanghal and Soocho delirium property on the Yarra bank was sold
stream. fürther up, was reached. · Here we learned that
we could proceci no further because of the shell and he 'passed this ht under a BITAWAŁO # speculator for £11,000 He sold it to
sad so du. Aíkr severely rating them for this he found his way to the telegraph office. The noticed the mortgage." Then the boom burtured skin. Uning d
spent and there being no chance of making the kindly entertained.
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instant, at 5. for 5.30 p.m. precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited."
Hongkong, 4th January, 1893.
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Hongbang, 4th January, 1893
NOTICE.
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With all Particulars, Reports of Interviews with SURVIVORS, the Cruise of the Thales, official reports of the Chief Officer, the Ancona, and the Perpoise, the MARINE COURT OF INQUIRY and its FINDING, experiences of other Steamers in the same Typhoon, the Normand disaster, &c., &c.
(All carefully Revised and Edlied),
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Amusements.
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THE GREAT ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, which none should fall to visit, is now open for a short time only, at Duddell Street, opposite Lammert's Auction Room.
This Museum will be found both useful and instructive,
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A. NAFTALY, Proprietor. Hongkong, 3rd January, 1893.
To be Let.
HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED,
NOTICE.
ROOMS TO LET.
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OR OFFICES and for CHAMBERS on the Ground and First Floors of the HOTEL facing Queen's Road and Pedder Street, With immediate entry if required, For particulars, apply to
R. LYALL
Hongkong, 8th December, 1897.
TO LET.
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Secretary:
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TOUSES in KNUTSFORD TERRace, Kow-
loon. Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT
AZ & AGENCY Co., Ltd. Hongkong, 1st Novembar, 1897.
NEW
TO LET,
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[EW HOUSES in RIPON TERRACE-Bon-
ham Rord, near Breezy Point, No. 4, BLUE BUILDINGS. FLOORS In Blue Balldings, OFFICES-Second Floor, Praya Central
(lately occupied by Messrs. Dunn, Melbye & Co.)
GODOWN, No. 1A, Bloo Bulidings. Gap. Very cheap Rental.
SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES at Magazine
No.4, 5&6, VICTORIA VIEW, Kowloon, FLOORS No. 5, Shelley Street.
No. 7, PRAYA CENTRAL, at present occu pied by the New Oriental Bank In Liquidation,
No. To, OLD BAILEY, STREET.
Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT
& AGENCY Co., Ltd. Hongkony, 31st December, 180
TO LET.
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No. 6 QUEEN'S ROAD (lately occupied
by Atack). OFFICES in No. 4, Praya Central (lately occupied by Messis. Gilman & Co.),
No. 3, PEDDER'S HILL.
Apply to
DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co. Hangkang, 3rd January, 180g.
TO LET,
WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION.
cash we felt tem; the day was now 'so faz ] house of the Rev. Dr. Parker, by whom he was with his mortgage, and, as the whole affair by, dont wisen bize daydreadful pain atrod Captain G.dye, will be despatched as above on | Dekin: Bros, of China, 'Limited.
THE WILD CAT COLUMN.
Halen we went distance on foot to Kannklepu, (a market town, sind for several boure sold · hun- "dream of bocka jad tracks and preached. i was much annoyedby, a couple of youngsters who
The security for ons overdrawn account is „followed me around and when I wouluking to
crowd would harga in behind and then skip the Australian Banking Co. was a patent, for a off. They thenthought my head was fair game beerngina | and my hat a god target, în commenced pitch, log all and sundy at it. At last my patiánco Was worn out nii 1 had to sheni at them thai
Directors in N.S.W, too often regard the deing manager'ataport as "copy" that regairen
out
-- For Freight or Fassage, apply to
RED DODWELL, CARLILL & Con
vignette Agents, „Kongkóng, 415 January, 1892 [1204
THE Large Handsome SHOP, No. 24, Queen's Road Central, lately occupied by
Also,
Two Large AIRY ROOMS on the Top Floor -of-above,-
Apply to
DAKIN, CHUICKSHANK & CO, LTD big handiak baka Victorla Dispensary, Hongkong, s04 August, 1899 ||