Intimations.
DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & CO., LD.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1894.
Intimations.
AN Emergency meeting of the Victoria Pre- captory will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, on Wednesday, the r8th instant, at 8.30 for 9pm, precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially
BESSIE (aged 4). "Mamma, does folks many in heaven?"
Our lowest priced Whisky is of excellent quality and of greater ge than most branda innvited to attend. the market. We recommend our customers not to be deterred by the lowness of price from trying them all. For a soda.whisky, Thorne's Bland and Watson's Glenorchy are equal to any. Abelour-Glenlivet is a very old Feat Whisky, that could not be replaced in stock at the price. *HESE will all be spoilt before next cold and are too well known to need comment.
IRISH-
WARM CLOTHES.
weather unless properly taken care of.
NAPHTHALINE-
is the best thing to keep away Moths, &c., and
prevent clothes smelling fusty.
FIFTY CENTS PER TIN.
Pardosen Clas
A John Jameson's Old, Green
Capsule.
$12.00
B John Jameson's Fine Old, Green Capsule............... C John Jameson's Very Fine
15,00
18.00
Old, Green Capsule......... All these are very fine and old. C has been stecked in Hongkong in wood for 20 years, there belag little sale for Irish Whisky in the Colony,
AMERICAN-
Frozen CL,
Genuine Bourbon Whisky, Fine Old, Red Capsule, with our Name and Trade Mark.....
$15.00 Sample battles and smaller quantiles will be sapalled at proportlonite wholesale rates.
We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from os in the 136 Colony, or from our adthorised Agents at the
Const Ports.
DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & COMPANY, LIMITED, VICTORIA, DISPENSARY,
Hongkong, 6th April, 1894.
A. S. WATSON & CO.,
LIMITED.
WINES AND SPIRITS.
On and after the 1st April, 1894, the Prices of our WINES and SPIRITS will be as follows:--
PORT.
(For Invalids and general Use.)
B Vintage, superior quality, Red-
Capsule...........
Fer dezen Case.
$14.40
C Fice Old Vintage, superior quality, Black Seal Capsule
16.30
D Very Fine Old Vintage, extrá superior, Violet Capsule (Old Battled)..................
20.40
month
Post after removal should be rested for before use. Wine required for drisking at once hould be ordered to be descanted at the Dispen- sary before sent out. These wines are too well known to need comment.
GIN
A Floe Old Tom, White Capsule B Fine Unsweetened, White
Capsule
RUM.
Finest Old Jamaica, Violet
Capsule
Per dosen Casa.
$.7.20
700
$15.00 Good Leeward Island..........
6.00 GordLeeward Island...$1.50 per Gallon. Sample bottles and smaller quantities will be supplied at proportionate wholesale rates.
We only guarantee cur Wines and Spirits to b: genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony, or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Ports.
LIQUEURS.
Benedictine, Maraschino, Curaça,
Heering's Cherry Cordial Chartreuse,
Dr. Siegert's Angostura
Bitters, &c. PRICES ON APPLICATION.
Sample bottles and smaller quantities will be A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. supplied at proportionate wholesale rater.
We only suarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony, or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Ports.
SHERRY.
.
Per dolen Casa.
B Superior Pale Dry, dinner
wine, Green Seal Capsule. $10.80
Pale Natural
C Manzanilla,
Sherry, White Caponle...
CC Superior
Old Dry, Palc
Natural Sherry, Red Seal Capsule
D Very Superior Old Pale Dry.
I
choice Old Wine, White Seal Capsule..
E Extra Superior Cd Pale Dry,
very finest quality. Black
Seal Capsule (Old Bottled)
13.00
12.00
34.40
20.40
B, C, and CC are excellent dinner wines or for invalids and delicate stomachs. D and E are after dinner wlaes of a very superior vintage. All are true Xeres wines.
Sample bottles and smaller quantities will be
supplied at proportionate wholesale rates.
We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be getuine when bought direct from us in the Colony, or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Ports.
CLARET.
B St: Estephe, Red Capsule. C St. Julien, Red Capsule
Per YET Cue
don. dan, Quarts Plus 3 6.96 7.56 9.00 9.60 D La Rose, Red Capsule....... 1296 13.92
Sainte Foy
720 7.92 Cussacr
....................... 9.63. 10.44 Château d'Anglada ............ 13.20 14.40 Chareau Haut Belon Larrivet 18.60 19.20 Chacau Mouton d'Armail-
bacq'
21.00 22.20 Our Clarein, lucluding the lowest priced, are guaranteed to be the genuine product of the jalca of the grape, and are not artificially made from raisins and currants, as is generally the case with cheap wines.
Saraple bottles and smaller quantitles will be supplied at proportionate wholesale rates.
We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from as in the Colony, or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Porte.
HOCK.
Nieratelo................
Rudesheimer.....
Hockheimer
Fer Pe
Case - Casa
s dan dör, Quits. Plas $13.00 -
*** 21.00
BURGUNDY.
Chablis, white winch
15.00 --- Menissait, saperlor white wine 18.00 - Volnay, very superior red wine 21.00 23.30
"
MADEIRA AND CHAMPAGNE, Full particulars of the various Brands on application. BRANDY,
A Hennessy's Old Pale, Red
Par dozen Case
Capsule........ $1440
B Superior Very Old Cognac, Red Capsule...namech
C Very Old Liqueur Cognac..
D Hennessy's Finest Very Old Liqueur Cognac, 1871 Vin- tae, Red Capsule
16.30 20.40
36.00
48.00
E Finest Very Old Liqueur Cognac, 1862 Viatage...... All our Brandy is guaranteed to be pure Cognac, the difference in price belag merely a question of age and vintage..
Sample bottles and smaller quantities will be supplied at proportionate wholesale rates.
We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony, or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Ports.
WHISKY. SCOTCH!!!
Per dosen Caso, A Thorne's Blend, White Cap
sule............15690410325048 $10.80
B. Watson's Glenorchy Mellow Blend, Blue Capsule with Name and Trade Mark....
Red Capsole with Name and Trade Mark ..........
10.80
C Walion's Abelour-Glenlivet,
12.00
D Watson's HKD Blend of the
Finest Scotch Malt Whis-
14.40
E Watson's Very Old Liqueur
15.00
Old Scotch Whisky s 14.40
kick, Violet Capsule......
Scotch Whisky, Gold Cap-
Daniel Crawford's Floent Very
HONGKONG DISPENSARY. Hongkong, 10th March, 1894.
MARRIAGE.
Te
On the sath instant, at St. John's Cathedral, by the Rev. R. F.. Cobbold VICTOR PERKES, of
second daughter of J. J. Walter, of Ramagate.
Mamma, "The good book says they do not, Beste."
"Do they marry in-la the other place ?* "I presume not my dear." "Then I'm going to stay right here."
A TELEGRAM published in the Tokyo Araks Shimbun, dated Nemuro, March 29th, reports, that ever since the earthquake of March 22nd, 14 shocks have been felt per hour, and they still continue; that the people are sil encamped outside in the streets, and the damage done up to date is estimated at 100,000 yes. THE "Chloese Christian Debating Society of Singapore has resolved, on the motion of Dr. Lim Boon King, "that the Straits-born Chiness have not advanced beyond their ancestors," because they do not devote themselves to the language and Uterature of the Middle Kingdom, The aforesaid ancesters were all emigrant coolics who couldn't read.
LIEUTENANT Young of the U. S. S. Boston, la his testimony before the U.S. Senato Hawaiian Investigating Committee, stated that on one occasion when he entered the reception room to pay his respects to the Queen, in his official capacity, that lady was drunk,
A LARGE mass of correspondence referring to the outbreak of pleuro-pneumonia st the Pok-fa. lum Dairy Farm came before the Sanitary Board to-day. The Colonial Veterinary Surgeon had sent in a series of reports, and finally the Daity Farm Company undertook to carry out every precaution anggested-most of the usual steps from the frat. The district was not declared an In the way of isolation, &c., having been takes
infected area, nor were any animals ordered to be killed. The Company had, however, killed and buried all the diseased animals, and the outbreak was now apparently at an end. Out Information, which is up to date, tends to show that the disease is far from being at an end, and that diseased cattle. are being buried almost every day.
THE Shantung correspondent of the N. C. Daily News writes from Weibien on March and as follows :-It may be of interest to some of your readers to note that, according to the report of the recent Shantung Missionary Car. SMALL POX is still prevalent in various districts ference, now la course of publication, there are in Japan. Forty-nevan cakes and eleven deathsten Protestant missionary bodies at work in this were reported in Kagoshima during the week province, which report an aggregate of 8,300 ended the 17th ulto, while there were thirty-one at church members for the year 1893. A casts and seventeen deaths in Shizuoka during connected with these missions, it can hardly be there are only 169 foreigners, men and women, the week ended the 24th, in which period and hundred and five cases and forty deaths were
arged that all of these eight thousand and more reported to Yamanashi,
converts are "rice Chriffins, especially when we consider that a large number of mission attaches are not converts. At ten missionary dispensaries located at Chefoo, Weiblen, Ichoufu, Chlogchoufs, Tsouping, Chinnafo, Pangchuang, Linchingchou, and Welhalwal, 88.537 Chinese patients were treated. The number of stations outside of Chefoo where missionaries reside is nineteen.
A CHUNK of wisdom culled from the China Maff's leader of the roth inst:-"There cannot be the slightest doubt that a great mistake was made in giving the Chinese community generally the advantage of an unlimited supply of water by allowing them to have taps in their boures, We do not know who is responsible for this innovation and it must have been an astonish- ing Innovation to most of our Chinese follow- citizen-but it surely could not have been anybody possessing any knowledge of the nature and habits of the ordinary celestial."— Hallelujah !
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It is
Tax wholesale price of coal, the Jiji says, con tinues to advance in Japan, the sales effected in foreign markets having been so large that a scarcity is beginning to be felt at home. reported that the Mitsu Bishi Colliery and the Hokkaido Coal Mining and Railway Company have had to refuse orders owing to low stocks. Many colliery owners, moreover, are unable to avail themselves of the present brisk demand awing to the lack of miners. Several abandoned mines in Klushu bave been reopened, owing to the favourable condition of the market, and the extra demand for laborers has led to a scarcity of men trained to the work, while wages have risen very considerably.
The Honghong Telegraph.a. is
felegyxp?
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1894-
TELEGRAMS.
SUPREME COURT
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION, (Before Mr. A. G. Wise, Acting Pulsne Judge),
April 12th.
THE ITERNAL DRAGON PROCESSION.
OPIUM-SMUGGLING ON RIVER 3TEAMERS.
The Attorney General moved the first reading of the bili entitled “as Ordinance to amend the prepared Optum Ordinance of afgr." He would not say much, as the reasons were stated at the foot of the draft bill circulated to members, and could be fully discussed on the motion for | second reading. The bill simply amended sec. 38 and sec. 39 of the Ordinance so nz to abrolutely problĺbit any person from taking opiam on a boat bound to Canton or Macao without duly declaring it on the manifest, "The statement of reasons said' :-"The substituted sections will, it is belleved, afford, for or about to proceed to Canton or Macao, reasonabio additional protection to ships bound
without involving any hardship upon the Oplum Farmer; for where he can show that he was no party to the improper shipment of opium, he can apply to have the forfeited oplam delivered to him,
The Registrar General seconded the motion
to read the bill for the first time.
the Bill be-
The Acting Governor: The question is that
reading of this Bill I should like to know from the Mr.. Chater-Sir, before I rote for the first hon. and learned Attorney-General whether he har consulted the Opium Farmer on this subject and got his consent in writing to the amendment Do proposed, varying the contract with him. Some two days ago, when I got these papers, looked over the proposed amendment very carefully, and more particularly over the it appeared to me very clear that in the view reasons given at the bottom of the page; and of the Attorney-General the Oplum Farmer was not to be consulted at all. No doubt, informed you that it is perfectly competent for as the legal authority of the Government, ha bai the Council to do what is now proposed; but taking a common-sense view of the matter, a mercantile view, I may say, if we were to pass this amendment we would be doing wrong. In all mercantile transactions, where there are two parties to a contract, such contract cannot be altered in any shape or form without the written consent of both parties. Now, there is contract between the Government and the Oplum Farmer, but it does not suit one of the parties, namely the Government, that certain conditions of the contract should continue, and to an alteration is proposed; but as far as I can make out from the statement of reasons at the foot of the draft bill, and from the very few wards attered by the Attorney General, the consent of the Oplam Farmer has not been obtained. That being the case I am certainly of opinion that the Government lays itself open to an action for damages if these amend meats are passed. Therefore I am not prepared to give my assent to the first reading until
assured that there is absolutely no doubt that we shall not be exposed to a civil action to the law-court for damages."
has been said by the Senior Uneficial Member. Mr. Whitehead-Sir, I rise to support what
requested by the Opium Farmer to move at a Just before entering the Council Chamber I was
Council should allow the Opium Farmer to be heard by counsel on the second reading objections to the proposed amendments, and with of the Bill. The Oplom Farmer has graVO your Excellency's permission I will move later that the Standing Orders be suspended, In order to move that the Opium Farmer be heard by ble counsel on the second reading,
The Acting Govornor-You give notice of motion to that effect now?
that the Oplum Famer be beard by counsel on the second reading.
Dr. Ho Kal seconded the motion, which was carried wew.comM
The Acting Governor directed, the acting Clerk of Council (Mr. T. G. Backle) to thform the Opium Farmer this afternoon,
"ADJOURNMENT.
The Council was, after discussion adjjarned by vanimous consent until Monday, font, at 3.30 pm.
· CORRESPONDENCE,
(We do not paccaasly endorse the ophilons emprazsad by.
Cerrerpondesis in this column.]
WATER SUPPLY IN CHINA-TOWN, TO THE Korro OF THE "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH." SIR-In your evening contemporary's issue of the gib fast, there was a paragraph which con- be well for those in authority to reconsider the clades with the following ............it would question of allowing the introduction of the water supply to private houses in China-town.
the wants of the Chinese." street hydrants ought to be sufficient to meet The laying down of an adequate number of
immense credit! Evidently be has a very long The foregoing suggestion does the writer bead! Who could have come to so brilliant a It is not the first time that the wasting of water conclusion, If he had not originated the idea? by the Chinese bas been brought to notice. tolerible clilzens. They are a hard-working lot Except for this one great Sla, the Chinese are
as a rule, and their aversion to water is so well known that, except for their drinking and cooking purposes, they can almost do without it. How ever, it will not be much trouble to them, when an adequate number of hydranis are laid down (that ought not to take long and much money, taking the P. W. D. Into 'consideration) to come to these hydrants and hive as much water as they require, and even that ought to be restricted, else, slice they are so naturally heer wantonncas, fish their drains as fast as fond of wasting water, they might, out of they get water from these numerous bydrants! To prevent this, I would make bold to suggest registrar should be invented to be attached to that an automatic self-registering meter and each of these hydrants-perhaps your contem porary can suggest one-which' should be examined daily, by which means it will not be difficult to detect the greatest stoners. There are all sorts and conditions of men even among the benighted Chinese. We need nettout le curseiVCE about the wealthy. They can afford to pay for. city ate generally composed of shraffs, shap water carriers. The middle-class Chinese of this keepers, accountants, clerks, &c., in fact, people of sedentary habits. What they mostly are in need of is a file relaxation when their working hours are over. What can be better than a little water carry. coolies, bawkers, &c. &c, why, surely a little to carry for them. As for the poor devils tha ing form change, if they can't afford to pay coolies
extra walk for them after their daily toll is aver
business.
of expense to prevent this wasting of water. However, let every means be tied regardless
The undersigned would be extremely sorry if through the scarcity of water a single Britisher or any member of the foreign commuulty of Hong- kong were obliged to forego his morning tub or shower-bath. great favour will be conferred upon,
Fy inserting this in your valuable paper a
Yours, &
Hongkong, roth April, 1894. FREVENTION OF SMUGGLING AND CRIME.
Shong Ki and others, numbering 32 in all, members of the. Rattar-shop Galid, sued the Shun Wo shop for the recovery of $14 paid for work which turned out unsatisfactory ; and Chas Hau Shan, one of the 32, sued Lf Shing, manager of the Shun Wo shop, for $300 damages for wrongful imprisonment resulting from a fight over the same matter. The cases peared for the plateliffs, and the defendants were taken separately; Mr. H. L. Dennys ap conducted their own cases throughout. We note that the steamer Vanhin (late Kwong-shops in the Colony subscribed for a pair of red The evidence showed that the leading rattan Dulwich, to LOUISE A. E. WALTER, L,O.S., Eog-wa), bullt at Whampoa by Amow as a gunboat banners to be carried in the great dragon pro. subsequent part of this meeling that the counts for nothing! Braldes, "carrying" is their
for the Canton Government, is ondergoing con- cession of the Man Ma temple At the end of siderable alterations in both the deck and engine. February, and afterwards to be presented room departments at the works of Gec. Fenwick to a distlegulshed "Joss" la the ratten & Co., Lld, Wanchal. She being fitted business, whose temple was somewhere with a new set of triple-expansion engines. In Kwangtong province, Nambol district. There cylinders 131" by ar" by 32" and at ft. stroke; a hurricane deck is in course of construction, they paid the defendants $14, on the under were 32 subscribers-the present plaintiffs and and the general accommodation is being greatly standing (as they claimed) that the banners wil extended. When the siterations now going on to be of chau-sa or pure silk. The banners wet are completed, the Naskin will be to all intents supplied, carried about Hongkong amid the and purposes a new vessel, so much so that, hideous goog-thumping that caused so much but for the old fashioned sam, few will recognise unpleasantness at the time; and at last they her as the steamer that a couple of years reached Nam-hol. On arrival, however, the nga proved such
a convenience on the loss" discovered that the banners were of Hongkong Macad route. When ready for ses a spurious material, and to show his displeasure he month or two hence the Nankin will, we under rained on them, completely ruining their beauty this part, Amoy and Tamsul, under the flag of ia holy horror returned the banners to the rattan stand, be engaged in the coasting trade between and revealing their worthlessness. The pileat the Sul Ki Chan, of Bosham Strand.
guild, with a forcible expression of opinion in the Tar local artist who contributes "Notes from
case. The 32 subscribers at once rushed at their the South" to the W. C. Daily News has made purchasing-committee for trading off cheap what he describes in his head line as "Ac
imitations on the "joss." The committee la Unpleasant Discovery. Here it is in bis own
lara went for the shop-keeper who sold the language:-"Sharks are not aften seen in our
trash; and they were at once met with the retort that they had selected the identical ban waters, though at long intervals, and during the first advent of the south-west monsoon, they
new for themselves from among the stock, with have been noticed in the barbour. One of these out saying a word as to quality; they had mario, monsters was captured, however, on the simply chosen what they wanted, a plain banner of min-chau or cotton-sk, which was not southern coast, near Stanley, the other day, by Rome Chinese Gabermen, and when he was cut professed to be anything better. The purchase
denied having selected the goods; they had found in the stomach. It cannot be doubted ordered silk banners to be built according to open two queuer and some human remalus were that in some way or other two Chinamen mest
specification. This was plain question of bard bave provided meals for this voracious creature, eating, buyer versus seller.
STARTLING NEWS.
LONDON, April 10th.
The visit of their Majesties the King and Queen at Florence was made in semi-state, Her Queen of Italy and the Heir Apparent to the Majesty afterwards returned the visit,
COMMAND.
THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
Major-General Sir Charles Warren, G.C.M.G.; K.C.B., Commanding H. M. Forces in the Straits Settlements, will be succeeded by Colonel Jones Vaughan.
[This interesting loformation, with fall detalls, was published weeks ago.-Ed, Hongkong Telegraph.]
OUTRAGE IN SHANSL The Chinese in the province of Shazıl have burned several French Mission hauses, besides maltreating and imprisoning the priests. France bas demanded reparation,
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
H.M.S. Rattler arrived from Macao this afternoon.
The girl of the period says she objects to dattery, but she likes to have her aleeves puffed. THE "Tata" Line steamship Lindisfarna, from
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Mr. Whitehead :-I would like to move it to-
day,
RUM-TI-FOO,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "Hongkong TeixazAVE.” estleg letter in your issue of the 7th inst, under Sia, Reading through the exceedingly Inter- the above heading. I noticed that the writer had omitted very important fact in connection with the Imperial Maritima Customs.
The Acting Governor stated that since the commencement of the sitting he had received a felter from the Oplum Farmer, through bis solicitor, Mr. H. L. Dennys, stating bis latention to take the usual steps to apply for permission to be heard by counsel at the second reading. under the standing rales and orders. There was first, however, a question whether the bill was one "affecting private interest;" If not, parties could not be heard; but if it was,Mention is made of the decrease in the then the Council could decide whether to admit European Out-door Staff, and the lacrease counsel or not. However, the present motion
of the Chinese, but it has escaped the notice of was purely a matter of firm, that the bill be
And-Anarchist" that the Europeans are now road a first time and printed and published.
Mr. Chater preased for a reply to his remarks as to the legality of the proposed amendment.
After a little discession the Acting Governor of Hongkong has a perfect legal right to do any laid it down that "the Legislative Council thing it likes in Hongkong jurisdiction: "As to this case, that could not be answered off-hand. whether an action for damages might succeed in. Bat there was no belp for it anyhow, as he would
"
though how they came in its way is more. The parchasing-committee of the rattan-gold - explain later on, the bill must pass. difficult to determine. Probably they were drowned from some wreck, which may have occurred at a considerable distance up the coast. He calls it a "monster" because the China Matt said it was "a buge shark, nearly six feet long!" pleces of rope which had been swallowed with As a matter of fact the "two queues" were some bait kindly offered by an enterprising fisherman, and the shark was by no means and the adjoining islands, though they seldom come close inshore. This yarn remlads one of the hen that was out worm-beating, and struck a rather tough-looking specimen which, when half-swallowed, turned out to be a shoe-'ace, with the shoe on the other end of it. What
doing treble the work that their Chinese chams are doing. Looking down the Canton "Weekly Distribution List," we find under the heading night duty," the pames of 6 European Rad, Chinue; "Sunday Duty" Chinese; Search Party." 5 Europeans and I
7 Europeans and Chine. As there are 25 Europeans upon whom 'these datlar devolve and 16 Chinese, one can see The other case arose out of the same matter.
turn at night, searching, and Sunday duties at a glance that the Europeanat: ke their alterante Mr Chater: That is what I contend-it will every three, or at the outside every four weeks; aforesaid, on having the fraudulent counterfeit
whilst the Chinese are exempt for two months or thrown back on their bands by the "jon and his 47 as open to an action for damages, and I say priests, went to the banner-factory to give vent
that should by all means be avoided."
even more. To those who do not know what to their feelings. The result was that, to Government might have, as binted by Mr. think differently if they were stuck off the Dr. Hɔ Kai said that whatever reasons the night and search duties mean, they may not seem
manager) called the police and had the logo State-sill the Uneficials duty was to oppose sometimes all night, in a deg-out with a low to be very arduous; but perhaps people would the premises from total wreck, Li Shing (the O'Brien-possibly orders from the Secretary of Shauten band for six hours at a stretch, and the cells. The knights of the rattan new claimed latice, and to avoid needless expense. tlon meeting dispersed and some of it looked up in
The Acting Governor reminded the Council arched roof under which it is impossible to sit tbla incarceration, which they characterised as bill on first reading.
occupant may enjoy the breeze, and get nearly wrongful and malicious,
drowned, I presume, by the April showers. (Case proceeding.)
Bombay and ports of call, left Singapore for this rarity, as they can be seen any day about Lamma $300 damages for having the fan stopped by that it was never the role to say much about "pright, and both ende open, so that the
port this forenoon.
THE Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s royal mail steamer Empress of Japan arrived at Vancouver on Wednesday morning,
ACCORDING to the Mainichi Shimbun, over five hundred Japanere emigrants will shortly be sent by the Klasa Imin Kafala to Australia, THE P. M. S. S. Co.'s steamer China, with malls, &c., left San Frandice for this port, wid Honolulu and Yokobams, on the roth fast.
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JUDICIAL VENDITTA.
The suit for $1000 as damages for unlawful Imprisonment in the Yau-ma-ti partnership dispute, commenced yesterday before the acting Pulane Judge, was adjourned until to-morrow, imprisonment in the Deuteros sugar-stealing The suit for $5,000 as damages for unlawful dispute, commmenced on Tuesday before the acting Chief Justice and a jury, was continued
Dr. Ho Kal-No, bat when a Bill bears on the face of it the elements of what is plainly wrong, then we must oppose it at once. We are quite extiued to demand an explanation, especially if, as I hear, the second reading is to be hurried on in a very few days.
After a little farther discussion, the Acting Governor proceeded to put the question,
Mr. Chater:-Your Excellency- The Acting Governor I have put the ques tion; it is too late to reply now.
would you do in that case, Skertchly? Give It up? That is just what the hea had to do!
not like free translations such as wa usually give, For the beacft of those carping critics who do here is a specimen verbatim from Manila contemporary:-"To the amiablilty of a friend DUTCHMEN rule the roost at Johannesbur.. ) which forms part of the forces expeditionary ut | to-day for about an hour and was then adjourned | regard to voting I should · Hies to know whether
Mindanao, we owe the following notices which until to-morrow,
put pressure on ourselves to communicate to
Everybody eles ir poll-taxed iBs, od. per head per annum, and get a vote after If years residence.
ear readers:The forces which sailed-from Manila and Cavite the 41st of the month nearest,
Á PORTION of a torinol on the Sanyo Railway in ¦ past for Mindanao, arrived at Iligan with sil Japan recently collapsed, causing traffic to be suspended. Many lives are reported to have
been lost.
Tux Engineering and Mining Journal enti mates the silver production of the United States last year at 60,000,000 ounces as against 65,000,000 ounces in 1892.
A REGULAR meeting of St. Lodge, No. 618, will be beti free John Letland Street, this evening, at 8.30 for ga'clock precisely. Visling brethren are condially invited.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
MINUTES.
REPORT,
Mr. Chater:-I don't want to reply, but with
the second reading will come on immediately or not, because if it does I must oppose the motion, while if you allow a fort. night or so for the Oplum Farmer to hon. member for the Chinese, vols with you for consider his position, I shall probably, with the the first reading--but not otherwise.
fellcity and after handsome voyage, on the this afternoon. There were present Mr. G. A meeting of the Legislative Council was held 23rd the regiment of the line No. 74, and on the T. M. O'Brien (Colonial Secretary and Acting 34th the forces which remained in Manila from
After a little private consultation the Acting the No. 73 and from the Peninsular regiment of Governor); Mr. W. M. Goodman (Attorney Artillery, being perfectly installed all the troops. General); Mr. J. H. Stewart Lockhart (Registrar Governor announced that the second reading On the 25th by the evening came to the barrack Geteral Comr. R. M. Rumsey (Harbour could not be delayed longer than four days. the commandant Don Nicolas Soro, at the front Fablic Works); Mr. N. J. Mitchell-Inner was then taken, resulting in a vote of 7 to 3 la Master), Mr. E. Bowdler (acting Director of The division on the motion for first reading of a column of 600 men, composed of one section (Colonial Treasurer); Messrs. C. P. Chater, T. favour-Mr. Chater, Mr. Whilehead, and Dr. of engineers, another of artlilary, one company of the Disciplinary Battalion, and others of the Whitehead, J.J. Keswick, E. R. Bellos, and Ho Kal opposing. the column came the official Señor Lepes Pozas,
Ho Kal, unofficial members. regiment of line No. 73 and sccupying a post in
recently wounded in the advance on Calabrian, THE "Nectarloe" and fifty other houses of these forces form part of those which in these fame in Yoshiwara, Tokyo, were destroyed by last days have sustelaed combats with the fire at two o'clock in the morning of the and
Mores. The column was received by the last. One body, hellered to be that of a for--Señor Colonel Novella, accompanied by all the elguer, was found in the ruins.
officiality existing in the place and by the principality of the town, and defited before the artillery formed in line. Once in the Pics of the town and collected all the force of artillery formed in line and the recanly-univedlo column by companies, the energetic Colon harangued the woops felicitating them for the Novella, with fotonation clear and vigorous, triumpha obtained and hoping that with the reinforcements arrived there would be presented at the carllest occasion to add new stamps to our glorious banner, terminating with 'Vivas' to pain, to the Klog, to, the Army, and to ong Mastrious Captain General, which were enthus antically contested. The notices facilitated by the commandant Sr. Boro cannot be more satis. factory, as if that it is immexirable the spirit which reigns in our troops.--It`la as much notice up to now that we can facilitate to our readers," How's that for a translation P'...
A TELEGRAPHIC message despatched by the Japanese Minister, Mr. Sone, and received by the Foreign Office in Tokyo on the sgth March, stated that the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs had been released from his post, and that the Premier, Senhor Ribeiro, had taken charge of the portfolio temporarily. IN consequence of the recent slaughter-house scandals, we understand that the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, Mr. C. V. Ladds, has recommended the dismissal of all the Fortagasie watchmen now employed there, and the substites tion of Europeans, as being more reliable. Me Ladds report is, of court, from its nature, not available for publication. The matter la under the consideration of a committee of the Banitary Board.
Maddened with mosquitoes in summer, cramped and stiff with the cold in winter, night daty in a Customs dug-out is by no mean desirable treat. Again to the search party, crawling through mud holes and bilges, where decent coal trimmer skliks going, or heaving stone ballast with the temperature at 110, are not jobs to be envied,
may and a place in your valuable space.
Hoplog that rome, if not all of the above ficts
Your' etc.,
Canton, 10th April, 1894.
SYMPATHY.
THE DOCKYARD POLICE.
TO THE EDITOR OF TAX "HonokanG ÜBERGRAFE"
the wiler very sensibly points out a feature of 51-I notice in your colorana of the gth inst. a letter sbove the signature "Observar," in which
the members of the Naval Yard Watchmen, or the harsh and despotic, treatment meted out to Police Force as they ars called,
blated at by "Observer," as the public are well shameful sate of affairs then has been already It would be needless to difate farther on this
aware of the mean and contemptible stipend
not to mention the deductions therefrom- bestowed upon an honest and deserving class of-- men.
It fan great pity indeed that a supply of men should ever be forthcoming and be obliged through stress of circumstances in these hard-up times to submit themselves to the humiliating position of a Dockyard policeman.
PIAT VACATIO, BUAT CŒLUM. The Acting Governor proceeded to make an The minutes of the last meeting were read informal statement, prafaced by an apology for and confirmed.
not standing up lo spsk on account of his serious illness. The amendment of the Opfum The Colonial Secretary lald on the table the Ordinance now introduced had been suggested Harbour Master's report for 1893,
to the Government some time ago, and met with PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS. thels approval; but they had proposed to wait It a great, pity that the Naval autho The Registrar General moved that Part 2 of until the end of the present lease of the Farm, rities are not compelled to eulist men in England the Women and Girl Protection Ordinance of for the very reason stated by Mr. Chater-that on terms similar to that of other Forces in the 1890, enacted for a period which is now about it might constitute a breach of contract (though Far East, and on an agreement fixed on some expiring, be re-enacted until further notice.
Dr. Ho Kaf seconded the motion.
this was not certain). However, the Canton substantial basis, and then they would I think Steamboat Co. appealed to the Secretary of realirithe value of the services of man they may principle at all, called attention to the fact that sumably knowing and
Mr. Whitehead, while act abjecting to the State for "Immediate relief" and he, pie-yet have to pay liberally for. the operation of the Ordinance in question was objection, ordered this alteration to be have heard some of these poor and despised not valuing the I my "humiliating position," and in fact I limited to "a period or periods to be fixed by the made at once. The present bill must individuals in question, say that they really foul Conseil ", and "uatll forther noiles" was not therefore be canled by the Official Phalanx, in ashamed to walk the streets in their gallerme, fixed period.
aplie of everything. It was further necessary to being conscious of their late tori y and dreading General, as he knew so much about it, and had situated, and even di their adjoining neighbonis put it through under the eye of the Attorney the ridcule of those who know how they are drafted the original Ordinance and this amend the Town Pollen, who fancy themselves superior ment; and he was going on leave sext Wednes- and more respected tbau a Dockyard policeman, day, and couldn't wait a day longer.
and so they are,
Your's truly,
́Hongkong, 11th April, 1894.
General, when closely pressed by the Acting After a good deal of discussion, the Attorney Governor, was unable to give a decided legal opinion as to whether until further notice could legally be called a "fixed period," and consequently the motion was amended, limiting the period to five years, and in this form the motion was carried,
After a good deal of discussion of, formal details, the Standing Orders wars, suspended on Mr. Whitehead's motion, and he then moved
JUSTICA,