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public or private capacity; and the writ went forth "on spec.,” in the Queen's name, without any attempt to show any authority for it. Of course, the moment the case was called, objection was taken to the naming of the Attorney General as plaintiff, and Mr. Master ́was obliged to plead guilty to a stupid oversight which would never have been committed by an ordinary average office boy. So a great deal of time was wasted, and the whole case will have to be commenced afresh a
week later,
exercised the Government so deeply?
And what is this case which has
for if Mr. MASTER'S word goes for anything, the Colonial Secretary has felt it his duty to issue special and urgent instructions about these eighty cents, and
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THERE's not a bad head in a cellar full-of Dawson's Whisky, Dawson's Whisky.
Tex appointment of Mr. Edward Fleet Alford to the distinguished koner of Justice of the Prace le daly gasetted.
A STRONG Shock of earthquake was experienced at Amoy and Kulangsu at half-past two o'clock In the morning of the 16th inst.
THE P. M. S. S. Coa steamer City of Rio de Faseiro, with the American mail, &c., left San Francisco for this post, via Yokohama, on the 19th Inst.
Court, the Peak "Buffet" Heezse question will UNDER'A writ of mandamus from the Supreme
again be considered by the Bench of Justices an Monday next, the 30th inst.
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His Grace of Newcastle, accompanied by bis menagerie, arrived in Hongkong this morning.
manly littla périonaga indeed.
WHISKY? Thanks! Give me Dawson's please, Sxx8 and his phonograph are at present showing THE Pinang Gosalla says that the sum of in Singapore.
$15,000 is to be pat on ihr estimates for the coming year to provide "weekly postal com- munication between that Colony and Europe in Bitlah boltoms.
JULIUS CÆSAR was the first man to put his own Image on a colu.
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CONNOISSEURS at home swear by Dawson's, Duapro
last month 17,400 firé-yan gold pieces, 530,000 one-ye silver pieces, and 1,678,307 ten- cont silver pleces were coined at the Osaka Mint, THE returns of the number of visitors to the City Hall Museum for the week ended October 2and 3,117. are Europeans, 157; Chinese, 1,960, total
THE Yokohama Bank, established by Mr. Hirazema Senza, bas, ou account of recent losses, reduced its capital from ya 2,000,000 to you 1,000,000,
CAPT. William Waddilove, commander of the stesmal ip Yuen-sang, was presented this morning with a handsome Chloess banner (which has been fing at his ship's foremast head all day) by a number of Chinese passen. The pressstation was made, we understand, in whom he carried from Manila to Hongkong, recogaltion of the Captain's kludly consideration in keeping the body of a Chinaman, who died na board, at considerable inconvenience, until the ship reached Amay en voufs to Hongkong. Tax andauvement of the death of Canon Cobbold, says a London contemporary, will excite regret in many quarters, the row. gentles man being exceedingly popular. During his two years in the University boat, and remained to the end of his life a great patron of athletics. On leaving col oge, where he took both mathe matical and classical honours, he went out to China as a missionary, and became Archdeacon of Ningpo. His book of "Chinamen at Home, whch he afterwards published, b care very popular. Returning to England, he obtained rectorship is Norfolk, and in 1873 was preferred by the Bishop of Hereford to the rec'orsalp of
One upper panel of prisms broken and other slightly damaged.
Three bottom panels slightly damaged and burner best.
Six brackets carrying gallery rouad lantern and 3 gallery plates and portion of hand rail broken. Lower portion of lightning conductor carried
AWAY.
One panel in doir of service room, situated in tower below light room, was broken to allow the water, which entered the Tower through the damaged lantern, to escape,
The castem window of oil room to tower, res fest abovs mean sea level, was knocked l, this
window was secured to masonry by four i inch scrow bolts screwed into cast iron sockets built lato masonry,
Two small windows on staireasa gangway from lower building to Tower and lightkeeper's guatters broken; level abova mean sea level ico feel
On the upper floor of the lower building, 95 feet above mean sea level, windows in bathroom respectively, broken.
although Mr. Foan, the Government | Newcastle is spoken of as being a very gentle-AT the Magistracy to-day, the Stanley fisherman | undergraduste days at Cambridga.he 10wed for and Chinese quaters, facing north and east
A REGULAR meeting of Victoria Lodge, No. 1016, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, this evening, at 8.30 for o o'clock precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited." AN Interesting arithmetical problem: If it takes las ordinary tailors to make a man, how many busted-up Sbangbal Knights of the Needle are accesary to form one sportsman-to say nothing
of a gentleman ?
THE registration fee payable to the Registrar General for a certificate of birth under section 14 of Ordinance 7 of 1678, has been reduced in the case of soldiers by the GovernÓS JA Council (from one dollar to ten cents in each case.
Gardener, has had (?) to go away from the Colony the Government cannot walt, but must at once go to law over the matter what is it all about? As far as appears at present, Mr. ARTHUR TURNER, architect, of Hongkong, bought some plants from Mr. FoxD-whether they were Crown plants or private property the writ did not state and on being, asked to pay the price, eighty cents, a very petty squabble 38 arosa; Mr. TURNER is said to have tendered a "compradore order" for the amount; that being refused, as not A S. WATSON & CO., LD. legal currency, Mr. TURNER then appears to have offered a ten-dollar note, which was similarly declined; and since then he has made no further offer. On these
THE mortal remains of Mr. John S. Laprak, Mr. Secretary O'BRIEN and the profuse ase of Hongkong's noblest sons, who died here legal knowledge of Mr. Attorney General Joly 13th, were seal to England in the Blue GOODHAN were summoned to the aid of Fannel steamer Palinurus and interred at Mr. GARDENER FORD, who promptly did Highgate Cemetery, London, on September the vanishing act," leaving instructions with the Acting Crown Solicitor to sue for the 80 cents. The result of all this conglomeration of Intellect--which, taken at even only an hour each for half-a-dozen officials at an average of $300 a month, means a cost to the Colony of 812 in wages, besides Court feed-was that at a single breath the defendant's solicitor blow the whole affair out of sight like a
VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS. grounds, apparently, the colossal genius of
SEASON 1893-94.
THE FIRST SHIPMENTS OF OUR SUPPLIES or GARDEN SEEDS
for this season have arrived, and we are nOW
prepared to book orders for prompt or forward xecution. Complets Catalogues with conclse directions for sowing can be obtained on appli- cation, or will be posted to any address. In these
Catalogues the seeds are marginally numbered in English and Chinare, and when ordering it is quite sufficient to state only the numbers of the kinda required.
Orders from one person, of from $5.00 to $10.00, allowed 25 per cent, discount; over $10.00 an extra $ per cent.
CLAY'S FERTILISER. A bigh class Fertiliser for Pot Plants and for use in the Garden generally; it supplies natural nourishment to the soil and assists the process of assimilation, thereby aiding the plants to attsia to their full size, vigour, and beauty. Sold in Tins containing to lbs, each.........
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MANUAL OF GARDENING FOR THE TROPICS,
This work is alike interesting to the student el botany and to the practical gardener, and comprises a large number of plants which for
the convenience of reference are arranged in separate groups and are headed with their ordinary and botanical names.
THE CULTIVATION OF FLOWERS, VEGETABLES, FRUIT TREES, &c.,
is practically dealt with, and Pruning, Grafting, and Manuring thoroughly explaiced,
Price $7.50,
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The Hongkong Dispensary. Established A.D. 1841.
Hongkong, 4th September, 1893.
MARRIAGE.
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Fdinburgh, by the Very Rev. William Milligan, On the 25th September at 2. Fettes.rows D.D, aided by the Rev. George Matheson, DD. FRANK WILLIAM WALTER PLAYFAIR, GË HB.M. Consular Service, Japan, to JANE POLLOCK, "cond daughter of the late Major- General James On, M.S.C.
BIRTH."
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whiff of smoke.
22nd.
THE latest addition to the "Mutual" Co.'s fli, the Colong, Capt. H. L. Allen, arrived here to day from Singapore and at once went alongside the Kowloon wharf to discharge cargo, prepara tory to proceeding to Shanghai and Kobe to
morrow.
charged with causing the dog th of his wife on the 16th Inst, was released, there being na evidença against him.
THIS should not be read by "1; dles la Society: -Oliver Wendell Holmes once said the training of a well-bred woman should be gia three genera tloon before she is born,
THE Yun-sang has now tepls cad the Yik sang permanently on the Hongkong and Manila run; the latter having been sent North to engazo la the Indo-China Co.'s northern coast-port trade. THEM. 5. S. Co.'s steamer Cuy of New York, which left Hongkong on September 21st, for San Francisco, via Nagashi, Kabe, Inland Sea and Yokohams, "anived at her destination on the 75th instant.
A
REGULAR Convocation of St. Andrew's R. A. Chapter, No. 218, S.C, will be held in Free masons' Hall, Zetland Street, to-morrow, at 8.30 cord precisely. Visiting companions are cordially invited.
OUR most recent exchanges from Japan'are pretty well filled with account, more or less erroneous, of the new enterprise of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, anent which an advertisement will be found to another column of this issue. Fall particulars will appear later on.
Science Siftings announces that: severs! hundred clocks and meteorological instruments are shortly to be set up in Berlin, worked from the obser- lowers are to be employed for vatory; the advertisements, which it is thought will defray their cost. How would this work at Kowloon ? A BEACHCOMBER on being brought before the beak, wept so bitterly as 10 evoke the sympathy. THE Fofon Gazelle staten that the estimates of the worthy magistrate, who kindly inquired: this years for the Naval Department were yanHave you been out of work for a long time ? 83,000 and for Naval expendliare yes 3,060,000; "Ever since my poor dear mother died." "How but a reduction of over y 14,000 has been old were you at the time ?" "Eighteen months, made since May in the former and of over yen your Worship." 47,000 in the latter, so that the estimates for next rear will be ever yn 68,000 and ya 2,013,000 respectively.
Ir is announced that the Government of India bas called for information from the whole of the Naiive regiments regarding the extent to which oplum is consumed by the men and its effect It is, of course, only to be expected upon their health. The information thus col- that Government officials will waste timefected will be placed before the Oplum Com. whenever they have a chance; it is purely mission, In accordance with the traditions of law (according to lawyers) to spend 820 over eighty cents; and it is perfectly natural that the brilliant combination of official intellect enumerated above should result In such a lane collapse. There is nothing at all out of the ordinary in this little episode. Then why do we mention it? Simply because it is an example of the inno- cent way in which the taxpayers allow their money to be thrown about by incompetent idiots. We have nothing to sayon the merits of the case-Mr. TURNER may be right or he may be wrong, and nothing could be 'further from our desire. than to express an opinion on the case. But even giving the Government every excuse, even if the court finds for the plaintiff, it is still absurd in the extreme to find so much waste of of valuable time-it is at least costly, If really worthless-over trifles; and it is made worse by the bungling of clumsy amateur nincompoops who would probably make a hash of punkab-pulling as a profession.
TELEGRAMS.
THREATENED SUSPENSION OF THE SILVER PURCHASE ACT.
LONDON, October 21st.
It is stated that, falling the passage of the repest bill, President Cleveland will suspend the Silver Purchase Act,
FIGHTING IN MASHONALAND,
THE VIST. BATTLE.
MUROBATA, one of the two jirrikishamen who
stracle Troda Sarza when he attacked the Czalewitch, and who was decorated and pon- stoned, bas been sued at the Kyoto Ku Saibansho by one Date of Osaka (or neglecting to pay a debt of 95 yen. Twas ever thus-soyalty has ever corrupted honesty,
How many blood.curdling novels are there condensed in the following figures--Ia Hyogo- ken, Japan, last year there were 373 salcides, 149 were unmitted during fits of insanity, 84 from poverty, and 63 to escapa agories of illness, 27 from repentance at former acts, 17 from love and 16 from family quavels.
ACCORDING to the Hochí, a few Americans bave a project on foot for the establishment of a gigantle clock and watch manufactory in Yoko bama or Koke, which is to employ over 10,000 workmen. It is to supply all the demand in the East for time-keepers, Japan being fired upon from its cheap labour and the convenience and lowness of freight to other countries of the Etat DURINGthe past few days considerable uneasitices has been fell in regard to the non-arrival of the Blue Funnel steamer Orastis, Capt. Harvin, now thirteen days out frem Moll with a cargo of coal It is, of course, hoped that nothing more serious THIS afternodin a serious accident happened to than an accident to the vessel's machinery has Chinese carpenter employed in renovating the cccared, but the rough weather that has pre-premises occupied by Messi Carlowitz & Co, walled in Northern waters for some time past is the man falling from a scaffold a distance of not altogether assurlog.
about to feet to the ground and sustajalog och severe injuries as to neceruitate his Immediate removal to the Civil Hospital, in an unconscious
In an engagement fought on the Indiamas mbantula the Matabeles were defeated, and hundred of them being killed. The only loss among the whiter is Captain Campbell, who is reported killed. The united columes areadvanc- | colony. log on Baluwago.
GREASE AND GARLIC.
The excitement in Paris over the visit of the Russian Naval Officers continues unabated. While driving through the clly they are con workman with frantic effusion. stantly stopped and kissed by the bourgeois and
LOCAL AND GENERAL..
Dawson's Whisky."
On the 9th instant, at Bangkok, the wife of OWING to the inopportune enival of the English AMOS T. ARMSTRONG, of a daughter.
The Langhong Celegraph.
HONOXONG, MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1893.
EIGHTY CENTS.
On Friday last the Honourable W. M. GOODHAN, Attorney General of Hongkong, wes plaintiff in an action against Mr. Az. THUR TURNIR, architect, before Mr. E. J. ACKROYD, Pulsne Judge, for eighty cents. Mr. GODFREY CORNWall Chester MastER, acting Crown Solicitor, conducted the case for the plaintiff, and from his own
mail and the press of other matter, we are com- pelled to hold over. Sporting Gossip," and a review of the Jockey Club meeting until to
morrow.
THE way of the trevasser is hard-when he is caught in the act. Poor old Jos 1
H.M.S.. Egaria retumed to Singapore from a surveying crefeo in the vicially of the Anambas
· Islandu on the 16th Inst.
THERE is something wrong with the City Clock again. When the hands were at 5.15 this after noon, the single quarter chime strack, followed Immediately by five starkes on the big ball.
A REGULAR meeting of Zetland Lodge, No. 535,
...
Ross.
THE editor of an American paper makes the amende honorable in the following elaborate tyle:"There is a fly in our effice, one paril cularly aggressive fy, distinguished from its brethren by a pertinacity and untising energy that, if properly directed, are enough to make him President. Other flies we can diipose of by whisking a paper at them, or putting them We don't like to kill flies. There is something as out of the window. But this fir we can't manage. coufiding about them that it seems like a breach of hospitality to kill them. Tast dy tumbles into our ink-stand, crawls out, and dries his little feet by walking over our paper an wo write, And then the process is repeated. The compositor has hard work to decipher our manuscript sometimes. And in this can section we would make a slight corection. Is the last number of our paper we called the Her, Mr.----*an unprincipled demagogues' wo hould have said a high-toned patriot.". It was all the fault of that fly. The brother of the Hon. Mr came lato our office this morning with new and substantial-looking case, and reminded us of the misprint,"
THE "BELLYJO"S" JUBILEE CARD.
In his evil-smelling 'Murmurs' on Saturday night the China Maif's pet apostle, "Brownis" the First, graciously informs an open-mouthed and expectant pobile,
„“That this Excellener the Governor will Inaugurate the Belilles Public School about the middle of December, and a most artisliciavite- tion card (about the size of an ordinary calendar) is in prepration for this Interesting event,"
"Brownle" further creates a sensation by
la forming the 'one reader' and his mla fonary pal who gets the rag at kali-price,
急装
DEDICATED TO "BROWNLE."
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On ground floor of lower ballding, level 84 feet above mean sea level, window of telegraph office facing east, and en'rance door facing notth broken, the typhoon bar of the latter, dimensions 3 feet by 3 feet 2 ins., being broken ja two at centre.
Boler
house door, 75 feet above mean tek level, broken.
The rilling along the eastern side of the emb akment leading from Tower to landing was baxt level with the ground. The ralling along the path down the western siifa of the Rock and the derrick used for landing aliuated a few feet
above mean sea level were carried away.
The old water-1ank situated near the north and of the embankment, which had been con- verted into a hen house, was canled away,
The door of the pamp house and some thirty feet of piping altanted on the west side of the carried sway. Rock a few feet above mean sea level werd
With the exception of the old water-tank and. five of the coping stones and masonry chimney of the lower building, the masonry work has not apparently suffered.
The Internal fittings, and crockery is the lightk:epers quarters suffered to some extent swing to the water which, found its way into the balldings through the broken lantern, windows and door.
The short length of land wire in connection with the telegraph was displaced.
The salt water carried on to the roofs found
its way by means of the down pipes into the fresh water tank.
TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENTS.
2. The Harbour Mra'ez Info ms me that the lightkeepers fted storm glasses in the lantern and exhibited two lighted oil lemps in the Tower on the night of the 3rd, which are still in use. The windows In the Chinese quartera'and' telegraph room have been boarded up and the telegraph land line repaired.
3. I regret that 1 have no evidence to enable me to state definitely the immediate cause of the lantern-g'izing giving way, which led to the damage of the dioptric apparatus.
HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION,
Sergt. McNab Surg-Major Likis
Comm. Ashe, RM Capi. Palmer..
100 900 Tow. Heap to. yards, yards, tal points, tal
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Major Byson senimania 17
PERAK
Mr. F. A. Swettenham, C, M. G., British
on the
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rate
for on Saturday afternoon, when, although the The Long Range can and spoons were shat "That the design of the card is very eredit: weather verbred was all that could be desired, able: it includes photograph of the building, the wind was far too guity to render good scor a bust-sized photo of the Governor, and another ing possible. Eight members competed, of the door (sic) (Mr. E. R. Belios); and it of whom Lieut. Col. Robison, S.LI., proved will be a pretty souvenir of a wer by ocasion."
victor, wlosing the cup and handicap spoon, We have beard Mr. Belillos called a good Inspector. Marn accured the net aggregata many uncomplimentary names during the pastpoon. The scores ara wa follow fam seventeen years, but our contemp sary certainly takes the ban when it refers to Distacia
Tient-Cal Robins devoted toady "the door." Yes, we are
Inspectre Magn. bound to admit that on this occasion the Snaff Sergt. Oifles scores heavily. "The door," apolled to the bonorable member for Opium es a term of endearment i decidely good. But all the same, "Brownic" gets qui e'lost when, apparently THE Bank of Venice was opened in 1757, that
on the authority of his patron's cook, he of Geneva in 1345, of Genos 1407, of Am-condition.
attempts to describe the invitation card to the Jubilee glorification of our worthy and philan sterdam 1607, of Hamburg 1619, of Rotterdam
It is quite tine that Mr. 1615, of Stockholm 1688, of Scotland 1695, of IN a Tokyo Court the other day a well-known thropic "friend. Copenhagen 1736, of Berlin 1795, Calese Japanese barrister argued that as beasts and Belllion, with characteristle modesty, has Resident in Perak, Malay Peninsula, has recently d'Escompte of France 1976, of Ireland 1783, of hairy animals" were not provided for under the given his name to the school which owes its published a series of ten articles in the Straits St. Petersburg 1786, of France 1803, the Im-laws of that country, foreigners outside Settle inception to ble princely generosity, but the Timer entitled "About Perak," subsequently perial Bank of Germany 1876. The Hongkang maat limits could dot claim protection in Japanese China Maid's assertion that the invitation card printed in book form and circalated for criticism. Courts. This sentiment, coming as it does from includes a bast-sized photo, of that doughty cham. Mr. Sweticabam has been Civil Service cadet, and Shanghai Bank was started in 1866,
fall-blooded Jap, is altogether too rich to be plon (a long way off) of the Primrose danes, is and has passed through the usual process, so THERE is to be a general valuation, by order of allowed to pass nanoticed into big-belled apparently a gross libel on a most liberal-hearted that of course great allowances must be the Governor in Council, under The Rating obliviont Hairy animals-ye godai »
and well-meaning citizen. Through the extreme made. Our contemporary the Finang Garetie, courtesy of the great Patjandran's Master of Being Ordinance, 1888, of the raleable tenements in the City of Victoria, the Hill district, Kowloon Tat Siralli Times states that two mining the Horse we have been favored with an advance within a stone's throw of Perak, polate put Point, Hunghom, and Yaumati, for the year Ineers, Messrs. Wing Easton and Keperberg, copy of this famous invitation card, which, the nomber of faaccuracies in the book-placing the Guts river worth of the Keraw, calling the commencing the 1st July, 1894. which must be in the service of the Dutch Government, bave China Mail anys, will be a pretty souvent of a completed on or before the 30th Apell next. been appointed to visit Borneo, and are at pre-worthy occasion, and we now submit it in all its inlets of the sea, and so on-but that ought not Selfosing and Gala “sivars," whereas they are The existing valuation shall be adopted for sent, with two assistants, engaged la terting the beauty for the approval and appreciation of our ratable tenements altested elsewhere in the diamond formation in Landsk, to discover its readers,
to be made ground los cansare, inasmuch as rellable source, which has hitherto baffled search. Many
nobody would have reason to expect facts from a scion of Britain's noble cadetocracy. Balives are digging for diamonds at Pantik and
In fact, - the whole book is an apology. Senggang at the present time, and are meeting
for his government; anyone acquainted with considerable success. Mr. J. R. Rodgers
the facts cannot help scelog that all through, who visited Landak some months ago as the
For instance, Mr. Swellenham booms" hi representative of a Syndicate la London, was
failroads and beams" the road and river traffic; but he does not explain that he taxed-or highly satisfied with the result of his researches and has issued a very favourable report.
sanctioned, the action of his subordinates in faxing--the road carts and river bosts to a pro- bibliiva degree, in order to so bis railways from complete fallare financially. He does, however, admit that a railway in the Malay States can hold i's own" falsiy, sgainst, I rivera ; but, as the Goselig points out, mads and r there is room for serious complaint against the Resident's policy in anciläclos everything, to secure en artificial success for the State rallway. Another matter as to which it in Lecessary to read between the lions Tey ca fully la the system of farming the revevue on opium, gumbing, pawnshop, and in other directions. Mr. Swettenham is far too plau. sible for justice, and la, this respect be is cleveres than most of the cadet service; but to a close obie ver, even without local know. ledge, many defectva details are apparent in spite of specious vencering. The conspicuous Instance of his special pleading, however, is on the larger question of annexa'les of Native Stiles. When It is known how completely these dependencias of the Straits Settlements are puder the control of a decemvirate of " parned cadetr," it is easy to understand and see through the transparent arguments of Mr. Swettenham agaluci any, further step in the direction of which would mean the overthrow RADERATION, of the airplag oligarchy and the subellation of a more or less: advanced regime, such as that of Crown Colonies, in which Unofficials are at least allowed to speak, even though as no1ice. may be taken of what they say. On the whole, therefore, tre usinformed public must be em Mr. F. A. Cooper, Director of Public Works, phatically waned against giving, any weight Colonial Secretary under date October 16th Swettenham. For the rest, ble descriptive write I have the bonoar, after visiting the Gaping is readable enough, and the bank is well Rock la company with the Harbour Master printed and got up in good styles the Captain Ramsey, R.N., on the 11th instant, to seport that from the information obtained from the light-keepers and from personal inspection, It appears that during the gale that past over the Rock on the sat and and faszal the works la connection with the Lighthouse Manager and to Fu and Helen, were damaged in the following particulers, vix.
Four panels of lantern glæsing (i as inch
height above sea level 140 font, spons thick) on the est side were broken; zatan Three centre lenses of dioptrio: apparatus brokin sud damszéd,
at
of
Á CORRISPONDENT writing from the New Club, Brighton, on the subject of whist hands sends the following to a London paper A combination occurred at this club which according to the doctrine of chances, would not occur again once in a billion times, After the cardi had been thoroughly shuffled by the adversaries and the dealer, they were dealt, when RELATIVE to the special telegranr published in the dealer was found to have 13 trumps, and each the Hongkong Telegraph on the 11th inst., of the other three players had a complete suit announcing the sinking of the British steamer from ace to deace. After 50 years' experience Denbighshire in Kobe barbour, a Japanese con- of whist, I believe such an instance to be almost, temporary anys The Denbighshire was lying at the time, with a portion of her If not quite, unprocedented.
Kobe cargo, and the whole of her Yokohama Tax following by-law, under The Cattle cargo, on board; whilst the Yoshinogawa was Direasts, Slaughter-Houses and Markets inward bound, from Mejl, with a quanilly Ordinance, 1887, has been substituted for by cargo and about one Edndred passengers law. x, in Schedule A1-All cattle and sheep on board. The Danbighshire was struck the starboard side, just imported into the colony by water shall be amidships, on landed either at the cattle wharf at Kennedy abait the main-deck bridge, the cut being about 8 in. wide by about to it. deep, Town, the wharf of the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steam-boat Company, the wharf extending considerably below the water. The commonly used by the China Steam Navigation Yezhinagawa was only slightly damaged. The Company, at Fraya Central, the Hongkong and exten of the collision can, as yet, only be war Kowloon Wharf and Godowa Company's pler at mised, one reason being that the stern light of Praya West, the Dairy Farm Company's wharf the Denbighshire was mistaken on board the at Pokfulam, the Felice Station wharf at Yaŭ- Yoshinogawa for the riding light of another mat, or at any other wharf which shall have ship, between which thers appeared to be room received the previous approval in writing of the to pats.” As already announced in the Tele- Sanitary Board for that purpose, All such graph the Denbighshire has been safely fasted landings shall take place between the hours of 6
I will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, delock and 11 o'clock in the morning or between "Rubbers," remarks a writer la Notes and
on Wednesday, the 1st proximo, at 8.30 for the hours of 2 o'clock and 6 o'clock in the even- | Queries, did not sigally "a contact or collision 9pm, precisely. Visiting brethren are cordiallying.
oftwo balls," but a set or match at the geme of Invited,
statement of the case, as set forth in We always knew that the Hongkong legislators' On the political situation in Siam, the Sts. The following quotations prove this :--
the writ of summons, he had made a mess of were rather wooden; but the Shall, in speaking it from the very beginning; for the of some new charitable erection on Saturday amount in dispute, constituting the cause night, mentions "photographs of the building, of action, was "the price of plants supplied and also of the door!-Mr. Bellidos.
THE BILLYJOBS" JUBILNE CARD-
THE GAP ROCK LIGHT.
OFFICIAL REPORTAŠ
to defendant at the Botanical Gardens ACCORDING to the Acting Registrar General's | tranquillity will endure but we doubt it, and fol, his late "—954 (1) Heyrosends the following preliminary report to the whatever to the statements or opinions of Mt.
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"Our good man may perchance orice la s Oburver of October roth. remarks:For the month get a foregame of as; but if they win s moment the political sky is clear. All their de rabbers of to let them throw their cape at Item manda having been conceded the French are per- 1602, Middleton Blunt, Master Constable," I s *He gamed away eight doubled-raged tokens force galet and Slam is outwardly as tranquil as she was a year ago. It is to be hoped that the on mbbers at bowles with the curate and some and yet the Attorney General was named return, published is Saturday's Gaseffe, there the di'igence with which the Governmenflere.The Lancashire
alerah, when our as plaintiff, though he is not a gardener, were 1519 deaths and 415 births in the colony organising its forces may be taken as an Indión Coomes, come hither,
early yet fathers part,
us upon the green. Philip, nor anything else but a legal officer of during the quarter ended the 30th September. tion that it also doubts. It is too her Majesty the Queen, who according to In the Bridal and foreign communities, 22 when the French fig will wares within a mile of come, a rubber, and so leave,1599 "The
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Two Angry Women of Abingdon," L, 1.
A match at two-shilling rubbers is spakan over to the other side! occupy Chanta boon to prophesy, that the glib This is a typical case of official bungling, In the Asile de la Sib. Enfance 338, the Italian sperances of future amity uttered by M. de Vilems of as being played by sides in the country, and a fair example of the legal ability Convent 165, and the Tang Wa Hospital you were more than mere pollte fictions. It remains (The Parson's Wedding," "ante 1650, 1, 3). displayed by Mr. Masten, sole resident desika were recorded. The population of the for his Government to justify them, at all events. Probably bowls is here refered to.
The word is used in proverbial phrase, partner in the firm of Joo, STOKES and British and foreign communities is estimated Slum has already practically complied with MASTER, and hereditary Crown Solleitor, at 10,653, with an annual birth-eate for the every clause of the Treaty, although hersenent What, Ingenioso, how hast thou held out He was instructed to sue on a transaction quarter of 24.01 per thousand and death-rate to it was extorted under duresse, and the world rubbers are slace thou wentest from Parnassus negotiated by a Government servant, yet 2176; Chinese, 336 36, birth-rata 6.20, death is walding now to see ben France will in turn Equivalent to “How have you rubbed along?" It was probably not transferred to whit di he, never took the trouble to show rate 85.83 The estimated entire popsiation is fall her pledges. Her first move must be from. (Returne from Famazes, Part 1., Act 1)
236931, with a birth rate of 7.00 and 's desik- | Chantaboon | so long as a single French molčīlas
bowls west inte decay. whether that servant was acting in his § rate of 33.64 for the three meatky Stades review. I remalas thers “amity" is an amply phones.
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