Intimations.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1894.
Entimations.
DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & CO., LD. quality and of greater ego ihan most brands la Our lowest priced Whisky is of excellent the market. We recommend our customers not
WARM CLOTHES.
experiments result in further economy in stoking the Hongay dust, of course the saving may reach a much bigher figure.
Already the cheapness and efficiency of
THE Kyoto-fa Assembly has unanimously up- Froved & scheme for the construction of an electric railway between Kyats and Olsa, A NEW French Consulate is to be built in for which was signed on the 13th inst. It will be completed within fourteen months.
Peking called to inspect the fungen College WHEN the United States Chargé d'Affaires at
on the 3rd Inst., hewas most cordially received huan, Vice-Presentpl and entertained by His Emediereg Chang Ying- Revenue
Chloe Minister to the Union
aten
to be deterred by the lowness of pilco from the Hongay dust coal is so well established | Sbaughsi at a cost of Tis. 70,000, the contract and President of the felleks formerly trying them all. For a soda-whisky, Thorne's Blend and Watson's Glenorchy are equal to say. Abelour-Gitaliret is a very old Peat Walsky, that could not be replaced in stock at the price. D and E are too well known to need comment,
'HESE will all be spoilt before next cold IRISH- THESE
weather unless properly taken care of.
7.
NAPHTHALINE
In the best thing to keep away Moths, &c, and
prevent clothes smelling fusty,
FIFTY CENTS PER TIN.
DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & COMPANY, LIMITED,
VICTORIA DISPENSARY,
Hongkong, 6th April, 1894.
A. S. WATSON & CO.,
LIMITED.
A Jobs Jameson's Old, Green
Cspante
B John Jameson's Fine Old,
Green Capsule
C John Jameson's Very Fine
Pardon Case,
$15.00
15.00
Old, Green Capante ......... 18.00 All these are very fine and old. C has been atccked in Hongkong in wood for 20 years, there being little sale for Irish Whisky in the Colony. AMERICAN-~
Per dan Cia.
"Genuine Bourbon Whisky, Fine Old, Red Capsule, with our Name and Trade Mack ........ Sample bottles and smaller quantities will be sapplied at proportionate wholesala rates
$15.00
We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to ba genuina when bought direct from us in the 136 Colony, or from our authorised Ageals at the
Coast Ports.
WINES AND SPIRITS.
On and after the 1st April, 1894, the Prices of Our WINES and SPIRITS will be as follow:-
PORT,
(For invalids and general Use.)
Per dorm Case,
B Vintage, superior quality, Red
Capsule..
$1440
C Fine Old Vintage, superior quality, Black Sea Capsule
16.19
D Very Fine Old Vintage, extra superior, Violet Capsule (Old Bottled)
2040
Port after removal should be rested for a month before use. Wize required for drinking at once hould be ordered to be descanted at the Dispen-- sary before sent out. These wines are too well known to need comment.
Sample bottles and smaller quantities will be #appiled at proportionate wholesale rates.
We only guarantee our Wines and Spidi to be genuloe when bought direct from a the Colony, or from our authorized Agents at the Coist Ports.
SHERRY,
Per dorm Case.
B Superior Fale Dry, dinner
wine, Green Seal Capsule. $10.80
Pale Natural
C Manzanila,
Sherry, White Capsule...
12.00
CC Superior Old Dry, Pale
Natural Sherry, Red Seal Capsule
12.00
D Very Superior Old Pale Dry, choice Old Wine, White
Seal Capsule............................
14.40
E Extra Superior Old Pale Dry,
+
10.40
very finest quality, Black Seal Capule (Old Bottled)
B, C, and C Care excellent dinner wloss er for invalids and delicate stomachs. D and E are after dinner wines of a very superior vistage. All are true Xeres wines.
Saruple bottles and smaller quantities will be supplied at proportionate wholesale rates,
We only guarantee our Wines and Splits to be gerulae ben bought direct from us in the Colany, or from our authorised Agents at the Court Ports.
CLARET.
Per Per
Chas Case
1 das, dor. Quarts. Plats.
B St. Estephe, Red Capsule......$ 6.96 7,55
C St. Jullen, Red Capsule
D La Rose, Red Capsule
Sainte Foy....
9.00 960
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Per dot Case
GIN.
A
B
Capiale...
Floe Old Tom, White Capsule $7.20 Fine Unsweetened, White
7.00
RUM.
Flucit Old Jamaica, Violet
Captulo... Good Leeward Island...................
$15,00
that the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company and the Sugar Refinery, as above Indicated, intend to have all. their furnaces adapted for its use; and in a very short time it may be confidently predicted that all the land bollers in this part of the world will follow sult. Marine consumers of coal will necessarily be slower in changing; but the cheapest market is bound to command the trade, and the long-deferred success of the Charbonnages Co.'s product would now appear to be within measurable distance.
TELEGRAMS.
EGYPTIAN POLITICS.
LONDON, 15th April, 1894. Rizz Paska, han resigned, and a new Ministry been formed with Nubit Pasha #1 Prime Minister.
THE FRENCH SUCCESSES IN
TIMBUCTOO. The French troops have defeated the Touareg tribe le two engagements, in which all the chiefs were killed.
THE FREN H NAVY, M. Lockroy, President of the Navil Sab Committee of Enquiry, reports that the dir closures far surpass the worst forebodings, He reports disorder threoghout the entire Adminis tratier, that nothing lt prepared for war or meblil zation that the stores are depleted, and the
what is it this tim?
Clara-Going in for charity "again, are you?
of Beelboven's Symphonies among the poor, Da-We are going to distribute cheap coples Masic is such an àit to digestion, you know. steamer Empress of India arrived at Yokohama THE Canadian Pacifi: Raliway Co.'s royal mail from Vancouver at 5.30 am. on Monday, and left again at 4.30 p.m. the same day for this port, v Kobe, Nagasaki and Shanghai. JAPAN is gradually ridding itself of its surplus population, Mexico and the Australiin colonies belog the fields most favoured by emigrants. It is said that within the next three years no fewer than 100,000 Japanese labourers will be sent to the former country.
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India is resuming is position as one of the gold- SLOWLY but surely, says Indian Engineering, producing countries of the world. This is due to the steady, unrelaxing efforts of the Mysore gold concerns sad not to the bagus Inflations in the Calcutta market.
APPARENTLY with a view to keeping pace with the times, Chinese porcelain manufacturers are
turning to Japan for instruction; anyhow. through the Chinese Consul at Yokohama the services of a native expert in the art have been secured for a term.
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Question for the next containtdating- Will the Government lay on the table a state- ment showing the amount of tam wster sold water-boats and private launch-owners; and also annually to refineries, steamship companies, produce returns setting forth the amount received from each of these sources of revenue ?
Ar the Magistracy yesterday Mr. Wodehouse trial at the nex: Criminel Sessions, charged with committed Leang Kam-cho," anemployed," for having obtained $1250 by false pretences, namely assuring coolies that he could "work" the American Consulate la Hongkong and the U. S. America contrary to the Geary Exciation Law. Customs officials so as to smuggle them into
CORRESPONDENCE.
(Wa đo not neowały endorse the ophioca expresneď by Corrispondents in this cohma)
ALIENS IN BRITISH SHIPS.
To The Rostos de Tax "Hongkong Telegraph." SIR,The pertinent remarks of your corres- pendent to Saturday's paper, on the position of unemployed engineers at present in Hongkong and his animadversions on those whom the shoo consideration of all concerned. plaches, should at once appeal to the serious
Indoubtedly the present and prospective positions of many British officers and engineer in these latitudes are assunslag a grave aspect. or does the extent of the distress appear merely
while they themselves are parting, or have parted, have bone relations to provide for or assist, on the surface; the majority of these clissei
with their last duller, lo beavy board and lodging expenses with nothing coming in to keep things straight.
There has in recent times.bees a cousiderable fadax of men Into Hongkong and Chlon porta- from Australia in particular, and promiscuously from India, the Straits, and other ports, as well ay from home, and as few, if any, are going home
the outlook is anything but assuing. The new on leave, as used to be customary at this time of year, owing to the miserable value of the dollar,
withstanding that others have been on the firs selvals are lovaiably billetted at once, no- ander promisa for months. The reverse of this Is the case in Australia, the "new chum" getting a position on board the ships there. having many obstacles thrown in the way of his
NATIVE despatches received at Shangħal from the tea districts do not give very encouraging
Hankow toa hongs and the following approxi- news of the season's tea market at Hankow. A considerable falling-off in buyers is reported for
Fychaw (Huelchop) and Keemen 50 per cent, mate fig-res are given :-Ningchow 70 per cent,; while only about 85 per cent, on an average of Hakuang teas bave so far been`appiled for, Viceroy Li Han-chang is so pleased wit the A CANTON native conespondent says that success of the European machinery and plant applied to the Canton mint that he has ordered a gold medal to be struck, with the words CAYment of aliens, more particularly Macio Shan Hua Yang (their skilful handiwork is Portuguese, Eurasians, and Chinese, to the famous in Chius and Europe), for presentation excision of good practical men of our own to the makers of the machinery. The medal has been sent to Messrs. Bachbeister & Co. for
THE Kobe Chronicle reports that a curious discovery has been made by coolles while digging in a cemetery at Mine-gun, Saga pretransmission to Europe, fecture, & body being exhumed which was found
Good Leeward Island...$3.50 per Gallon. torpedo ships unseaworthy, and demands the to be petrified resembling á slatua in appearance | Iris said that arrangements are befog male to Sample bettles and smaller quantides will be / Infusion of fresh blood into the Administration, |and touch. The matter being reported, an is
supplled at proportionate wholesale rates.
We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from us is the Colony or from our authorised Agents at the
Coast Ports.
LIQUEURS.
Benedictine, Curaçao, Chartreuse,
Marechino, Heering's Cherry Cordial, Dr. Siegert's Angostura
Bitters, &c. PRICES ON APPLICATION.
whose negligence is inexcusable.
Admiral Valion is reported to bare stated that the first impact with another vessel. He urges the Ironclad Maganda la llabic to captic on wasperding the building of all ironclada at present on the stocks.
LOCAL AND GENERAL, The British gunboat Redpole left for a cruise to-day,
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A. S. WATSON & CO., LD.H.M., Sf returned to-day from the North,
HONGKONG DISPENSARY. Hongkong, 30th March, 1894.
MARRIAGES.
via Swatow..
Is H.M.S. Pigmy has been ordered to proceed up
the Yangis.
At the Church of "The Adveo Soul, Corea, on the 4th April, 1894, by the Right Rev. Blahop Cerle, D D., Liestenant JOHN KNOX LAIRD, RN, eldest son of the late Heary Lalid of Bliken bead, to MARGARIT URSULA, only child of Christopher Themas Gardner, C.M., Her Majesty's Acting Consul-General, Cores.
At the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shaoghal, on
the 11th April, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, HA
HENRY ALLAN RI CHIE, Agent, P. & S. N.
Co., to EDHEX ALICZ, eldest daughter of the late George Watson Coutts, of Shaoghal.
DEATH.
On the 11th instant, at No. 54, Broadway, Shanghai, JOSEPHINE ELISE, aged 16 years and 8 months, the beloved and eldest daughter of E, and T. J. HoVell, I.M. Cusiems, and grand- daughter of James Shepherd Lenton Erg, of London and Liverpool.
elegraph
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1894
A GREAT FUTURE FOR
"CHARBONÑAGES.
everything in Japan, at the nearest police station, dectors were summoned to examloe the body, burled about fifty years. and gave as their opinion that it bad beca
dramatise the io of Kim Ok-klan, which will shortly be put upon the stage at the Alol-za Theatre in Kobe, the plece covering the time from Kim's first conspiracy to his sanguinary and at Shanghai. The sensational, not to say blood-thirsty, career of the Korean whi, in the commend itself to the Japanese mind, resembling opiston of Koba contemporary, doubtless as it does the incidents of some of their most
THE Maulla Heraldo Mililor states that sa the course of the milktsiy operations now proceeding in Mindanao, CODVOY WAS surprised on the way up-country, in a narrow zavlue with high precipitous sides; a large stone struck the commas plays. mandant's horse sad knocked it down a deep gully, he only just managing to hang on to the the county, It seems to be very difficult for any edge with both hands. From the description of thing like an organised military force to make progress there."
A JAPANESE contemporary has been wading from Japan on the 13th inst. THE U.S.S. Baltimora arrived at Shanghat through a maze of figures with a view to shewing that in the year 1890, 6,424 globe- in 1892, 7919; while in this year of grace vary trotters vislied that country; in 1891, 7,117 and few indeed have arrived. In looking round for our far-seting contemporary solemnly makes up A reason to account for this extraordinary fact, its alleged mind that "this is due to the im- pression prevalent abroad that the anti-foreign feeling here makes it dangerous to travel in the interier." (!}
THE first contingent of Shanghal teamen left that port for Hankow on the 14th inst. THE number of recruits to be levied by the Japanese military authorities this year is set Jown at 22,120.
INTELLECT never yet helped a woman so mach the Hongkong Hotel last night, and he was right. as a pretty ankle, observed Brother Blobbe in WE read that the Tekyo Chamber of Commerce has decided, after several meetings, to petition the Dist for bounty far the Bombay. Haert of the Nippon Yusen Kaliba,
THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s steamship Réutta, with the next English mall, left Singapore for this port at 5 p.m. yesterday, and is expected here about 8 p.m. on thé arst inst. THE French gunboat Lion was at Wuhu as the 11th inst. The only other war-vessels in the Yangist were the German gunboat Wolf and the old Hongkong guardadip Est.
SAYS S. F. Call: We may soon see coal from Japan a regular shipment to San Francisco. At from her mines to India, and the steamers of this moment Japan is shipping heavy supplies the Peninsular and Oriental Company in the Orient are couled by the Japanese. This is a consequence of the coal siriks of four months la England last year. Trade has departed and will not return. Such are the seaslive revenges of commerce. The Japanese coal which is being landed at Bombay is actually go per cent lower in price that the British black diamond, and the quality is only 8 per cent inferior to the best | Welsh,
YESTERDAY afternoon. Mr. H. E. Wodehouse, Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, addressed length on the important subject of how they the men ander his command at considerable should act in the event of fire breaking out in houses on the upper levels of the city and in the From what we can gather the Supertatendent's suburbs during the prevalling scarcity of water.
sense nature and, in view of probable suggestions were of a very practical and common annual recurrence of these abnormally dry times and the utter inadequacy of our water supply, might well be printed for distribution among the members of the Brigada.
THE Kobe Chronicle of the 9th fast, publishes s tumour to the effect that Mr. Ya Ki Kwan, the Korens chargé d'affaires, forwarded a letter to leaving Tokyo, giving as the reason for his the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs on his
the surrender of the two Koreans, (accused of the departure the insistence by the Government on tempt an Boku Yei Ko's life) who had taken he is reported to have told one of als visitors refuge in the Legallon. At Oaks, however, that his journey to Karea was connected with private business, while he fuformed a newspaper reporter, on the other hand, that he was recilled by the Korean Government,
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But the mala Issuthe thorny grievance now deprecated-is not this only but the emphy.
country,
trained half-castes on hard ships, and their We all know the uselessness of those heif Incompetency is only accentuated by their check and effrontery.
Hoards of them monopolise our hongs, banks, and Government offices, in alleging ink. They get out of their sphere, however, when trained at home to an arduous profession, which they presume to take the place of men thoroughly demands brains, manliness and nerve. From all acquire la being chased round the engine shop the poor experience or training they can possibly of the Dock Company for a yeLY two, s aatsarce to their thramen, their practical useful- Packs must be·nfi, yet somehow or other they
manage to crme aut as competent "Englac idiots"that is, according to 1 cal experts and unreliable article la. preference to experienced interested employers of the cheap, nasty and and competent workmen.
How is the grievance to be remedied? wars, marine superintendents, captains and All we can do is to sppeal to British ship-
powers they at chief engineers. Let them not abuse the remember their home and country (heir Father present hold; let them land as do the Gumans); and let our Instinto remember the original draft of its Constitution and act; let them publish the fact of the depression here to other ports and colonies, In dated with unemployed engineers, causing order that Hongkong may not be further Inn misery and creating a drug in the ararket.
Postuguese, who was told by superintendent I know of the recent appolatment of a Macao-
see what be could do for bim-Babi abject to look out and get a certificate and be would toadylum; the lucky foreigner was armed with tafluential ornament to the legal profession of this a recommendation from a well-known and colony. I can scarcely believe's report current the other day, that the same superintendent had employed two niggers ! Let us hope they halled from Greaneck, to which fameus town the perion I refer to belonge. To this man you must bring recommendations. Well, you may
A TIENTSIN telegram to Shanghal states that the Emperor has appolated Ting An, Co-buy them, or possibly you may be able to manu President of the Admiralty Board and Imperial facture a few, if no other course is left open! High Commissioner of Defence for the three Ard in the meantime let all of us who pro out Manchurian provinces, to assist the Viceroy of employment, through no fault of our own, Thx Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s royal mail that suff rs from the peculiarly lax moral code Hang-chang in reviewing the Peiyang fleet and pleasantly starve as disreputable beachcombert.
God save the Queen I
steamer Empress of Chins amived at Nagasaki at 6 am. on Monday, and left again at 5 pm. for Vancouver, via Kobe and Yokohama."
It is said the Korean Government Intards constracting an leon bridge across the Han river betwe's Secul and Jinsen. A surveyor for this work will be despatched shortly from Jupin,
HONGKOND apparently is not the only place
12 96 13.92 Ter dust coal from the "Charbonnages" CONELC 741-4
720 79 Company's mines at Hongay can be put 9.60 10.44 Château d'Anglade 13.20 14.40
on the Hongkong market at a good deal Château Haut Bilon Larrivet 18,60 19.20 fuel from Japan cannot now be landed ACCORDING to a native correspondent, the mice | bus refused to interfere in t ́e malter, explaining
under $4 a ton, whereas the similar Chateau Mouton d'Armail-
hacq'
21.00 12.20 much under 66.50, so that it is distinctly of gold in Hankow, which rose very rapidly, is Our Clarets, including the lowest priced, are worth
while for coal-consumers to now gradually declinleg. It is stated that one guaranteed to be the gezulae product of the experiment in the direction of using the trel of gold could be bought for thirty tials of julee of the grape, and are not artificially made cheaper product. Numerous trials have silver. from raisins and currants, as is generally the
case with cheap wines.
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 nie the Colony, or from our authorised Agents at the
Coust Parts,
HOCK
Cape C
dos, dat Quarts Plate. Nierstelam-14-$12.00 -. Rudesheimer. 21.00- Hockheimer.. 2400.-
BURGUNDY,
Chablis, white wide.......................................... 15.00 - Meursault, superior white wine 18.00- Volnay, very superior red wine 21.00 12.20
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MADEIRA AND CHAMPAGNE, Full particulars of the various Brands on application. BRAND Y.
Per dorm Cus. $1440
16.25
·30.40
A Hennessy's Old Pale, Red
Capsule...........
B Superlor Very Old Cognac,
Red Capsule
C Very Old Liqueur Cognac ... D Henrey's Finest Vary Old Liqueur Cognac, 1875 Vin- tava, Red Capaule.........
E Finest Very Old Liqueur Cognac, 1862 Vintage......
36.00
48.00
a
All our Brandy la gazranteed to be pure Comic, the difference in price being merely
will be
question of age and vintage.
Simple bottles and smaller quantities supplied at proportionate wholesale rates.
We only garrantee our Wines and Splits to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony, or from our authorized Agents at the Coast Ports,
WHISKY. SCOTCH-
A Thorne's Blend, White Cap-
sole.......
B Watson's Glanarchy Mellow Blend, Else Capsule with Name and Trade Mark ... Watson's Abelour-Glenlivet, Red Capile with Name and Trade Mark ........................... Watson's HKD Blend of the Finest Scotch Malt Whis. kles, Violet Capsule
E Watson's Very Old Liqueur
Scotch Whisky, Gold Cap
sale...............4/297953
Danlet Crawford's Finest Very
$10.8
10.60
been reported from time to time, with H. E, KUNG, the new Chinese Minister to more or less successful results, but at France, arived by the Orur to-day on the way last it appears as if the problem has to Paris. On landing he was slated by the been satisfactorily solved. The invariable guns of one of the Viceroy's cruisers, which experience of all who have studied the also "dressed ship." Hongay coal has been that it does not "cake" at all; consequently with ordinary fire-bars it is wasted a good deal by falling through. To remedy this defect, it was suggested to replace fire-bars with perforated plates, so devised as to allow a continuous forced draught, and these seem to give most gratifying results.
WITH reference to the recent missionary riot at Iling, near Yangchow, our Shanghal morning contemporary bears on sative authority that the Chiness officials are now occupied to rebuilding the house of Mr. Helgesen.
An Imperial decres of the gth fastant appolots General San Halen-ying to be Brigadier-General of Chungking, vice General 7slen, who was recenth & nounced by Governor T'an, of Hapth, and degraded and dismissed from the service by order of the Emperor.
MR. STEAD has been advised by his "spook," whom he calls Julle, that he still live to be seventy years old and then, having become Involved in a mammoth "wok of reform, will so arouse the opposition of the populace that he will be kicked to destă in the streeta.
part of the Nanyang feet at the triennial grand aval parade which takes place in the first part of May in the Gulf of Pechill. Port Arthur, Tallenwan Bay, and Weibatwet will also be visited sad the forts, etc., inspected, preparatory to a repart to the Throne. The Nanyang fest will be represented at the review by a picked squadron of some five or six corvettes and cruisers.
Your faithfully,
ANOTHER ONY. Hongkong, 16th April, 1894.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "BONGKONG TELEGRAPH.” SIR-In answer to the letter of "Oce of the Unemployed, published in the Telegraph of Saturday Just, I have to remark, that of the
of Celestial officialdom. Recently the foreign Consuls at Amoy Jolatly petitioned the Tantal of that cly to close up the worst of the oplum dens, thirty-six is number, that flourish ou Kulanga, These houses are lavariably the resort of thieves, cut-throats and the general scum of society, and in many instances are used as store rooms for the plunder that rewards the enterprising labours of the professional burglar. The Tosial, however, that, as the proprietars hold annual licenses, he could not well take action. The only result that is likely to come of the Consular body's petition is that the officials will now put on the screw and demand an extra iquette. ACCODING to an official report from the Navigazione Generale Italiana respecting the results chestned from the Delta bronz: propeller blades Sited to their mall steamers Orians, Perses, Siris, and Manilla, the mean increase cani, sze of speed, and mean saving in consumption of
Miles per hour, mate...... '65
$B. Oriens Persia Sirto 0'71 ogo Tons of coal par voyage, it is stated that upon each examination when A GREAT fre, our Shanghal morning contem is concerned but they are not lose in the good
less ............77'014 150′910 60 765 the steamer was in the dry-dock, it was found that the Deita bronze propeller-blades bad porry says, is reported to have taken place on work and the Committee of Management dosa retained their true shape and rich, and were free the 1st fastant at Shucheng, a city about sixty-not consist only of Dock Co. employees. Oh, from corrosion, the surface and edges being in fire alles distant from the home of the Viceroy dear not they only form 23 per cent, of the their original conditios.
Li, in Antal province. The fire lasted sevenly, strength of the Committee, so how the three We understand, says the N. C. Daily News of the size. Over 1,500 families have been going to run the other ten member is beyond two hour, there being a strong southerly wled representatives of our great local shipyard arg the 13th lust, that one or more foreign firms rendered homeless, and nearly 1,600 bosses my camrrehension. Evidently "one of the have bees detected in passing imports through burned down, including the district magistrate's unemployed stranger in these parts and the Custom House is the names of Chinese, in yamán and prison. That official, seeing it does not know who are members of the Com order to evade the payment of Wharlage Dues impossible to subdue the flames, owing to the mittes. With regard to what he says about These dues are so very light that this is a parti- few fire engines in the city, and findleg kis own "mailed" work well-all classes and nationalities trust that the Council, having detected it, will find his court robes and sit down in the great hall often, but if the englacer in charge of a steamer cularly paltry way of making money, and we yards enveloped in fames, deessed himself in in the engineering baslacas "mall work, pretty means to stop it. In 1875 the then Total aid intending to perisk in the ruins but an old allows kis owzem to pay for faefficient workmans servent forcibly prevented him from committing ship the sooner they part company the better- the deed. Over half a million tasis' worth of for the owners. As for the engineering establish. property is said to have been destroyed.
ments whose employers or apprentices "mall" work, if the manage nent like to pay for all damages and delays caused by incapacity, well Kad good, but I for one would say part ins
instantes with the "muddles"
The number given of the
unemployed in
may possibly astonish Mister Louis Mende! be engineers on board steamers rinsing out of Chinese pare and siraple," who are alleged to to learn that the Chloese valet who accompanied this port, we have yet to learn that there are any. him from Canton in the Hankow yesterday Of Eurasians" there are no doubt a few, but appeared among the "Great Unwashed" Mr. they have all served their time and have, as a Wodehouse's matinde to-day owing to some rate, taken thei certificates whenever qualified. possession of an opium pipe, opium-smoking simple.' lynx-eyed excise officers spotting him in So much for the so-called "Chiceno pure and lamp and three taels of illicit opium, which he The next asertion of your correspondent, and bad concealed in his master's vallse. He admilled meat sa prialng one too, that the Hong the offence and in atonement for his crime kong and Whampoa Dock Company's employees deposited $15 for the benefit of the Pubile run the Institution of Engineers and Ship- Treasury. This case calls to mind the time builders of Hongkong," Well, if numbers go for when Sir Robert Hart's Chinese "boy" tried to anything, it must be acknowledged that our make hay while the sum was shining by stowing Dock Co. friends most loyally support the about half a chest of oplum Into one of bisastitute, and by virtue of the positions they hold master's boxes, but which the Canton Customs in the Hongkong engineering world, they ars officers seized and confiscated.
probably the beat qualified members to uphold the credit of the profession so far as the Institute
Two or three weeks ago we reported a trial in this direction on the German steamship Tales; but shortly before that, the Dock Company, in view of the groat difference in the prices of the coals, tried the fire-plates instead of the ordinary bars, when experimenting with Hongay dust. The China Sugar Refinery also Introduced the plates, with the addition of a powerful fan or blower, the invention of Mr. TROXAS THE latest report from Japan regarding the frein KERR, chief engineer at the East Point the Shinra coal mine, which was reported to have works-a device which works so well with bean extinguished, states that this was premature, dust coal that it is expected it will be for upon the entrances beleg reopened it was dis- down that ble annual contribution to the exclusively adopted all over the Company's covered that the fire wis sill burning, conso-Municipal exchequer was not intended to free foreign goods imported by Chinese from wharf- establishment as soon as the necessary quently the entrances bid to be closed again,
age duci; but unfortunately this dictum is not alterations in the present plant can be ALLUDING to the visit to Shanghal of Keel formally on record, and that some fertiggers affected. The new arrangement appears Chas, Governor of Klangail, the V. C. Dally have found a way of evading the Municipal tax- very simple. The floor of the furnace, | News mys his Excellency is a Manche, who gatherer and so putting a few dollars into their instead of being open bars with inch, has made himself, very popular by his govern pockets. What the Chinese must think of half-inch, or other apertures, is made of ment of the province, and that it is extremely solld plates, plerced with conical holes at probable he will be the next Viceroy of some of Intervals of an inch or two; the lower the Brubem provinces,
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SUPREME COURT,
IN BUMMARY JURISDICTION,
foreign merchants who descend to such a prac (Before Mr. A.G. Win, Acting Puisns Judgi) | Hongkong just now is probably asly to trus,
tice it would be interesting to know,
THE Rev. J. Hudson Taylor, founder of the Inland Mitions in Chins, addressed a large the evening of March 17th., on the subject of gathering at Calvary Church, San Francisco, on missionary work in China. Thereverend speaker, who was fatroduced as the "Apostle of China,"
April 17th.
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for maliciens prosecution and rengial imprison. So Teol sued Ng Yau for $1,000 as damages ment duteing a3 days in Victoria Gaol Kir. G.J. Philippe, fostracted by Mr. H. J. Holmes, was
but who are these men, and why are they in the ranks of the unemployed? Probably Sifty per cent of them couldn't keep 'n job
heres there as doll times la Australia, the for a single month, Another roasts for thes troubles is that there a18 so many ungloeers Western parts of Casada, and the United States, and for some reason or other this unfortunate
end of each hole is about three quarters THE fads of Japanese cranks seem to be sa of an luch in diameter, and the upper end numerous as they are varied. This led a quarter of an eighth. This keeps the | An sunciation has been formed by alleged dust coal from falling through, and forced philanthropists to raise funds for the erection of draught is applied from below in the usual memorial to the foreigners who met with POM CA way. Ordinary coal would soon choka such violent deaths in that country la pre-Milj¿.days, sid that he went to China forty years ago to for the plzfair, and Mr. C, D. Wilkinson was | port scena to have become the demping ground'
According to the Hyers News, the specimen commence missionary work. The work did not for the defendant. furnaces with ash but it is officially epitaph Issued is a curious mixture of work meet with great success for some years, for it
for the present, Doubless amongst all these As reported on the 11th lust, when the cass anfortensies -526- many very frustworthy and was difficult to stamp out the teachings of reported by Impartial experts that after English and weaker sentiment,
first came on for hearing, the parties were deserving man, but there are no vacancies, and running for a week, there is less than a
Confucius in the breast of the average Chinese, partners in a Hong-him firm, and Ng Yar my adriad to them is, if they have the where bucketful of ash in the furnace from Admisiballon has called on those who consider teachings of Christianity in the proper splait and books but the charge was not! sustained. If they have not, then appeal to the Institute at THE Henila Comercio says The Customs Yet, in time, the Mongolians began to accept the accused Sa Trof of swindling and falsifying the Withal, to try green fields and pastures new.. Hongay dust-proving conclusively that they have any claim on the several same in many conviris were made. So. antagonistic and So Tool bragg this actions in sets their Quarterly Meding next Saturday night, the minimum point of waste has been Mexican dollate found on board the steam were those in power against the inculcation of liation, The suit had to be adjourned because and for all " deserving cases" no doubt an effest reached. At present, it takes about to per Dem Yuan, burnt at ses on July 5th laat 21 new crends in their midst that laws were paased certain books of reference in the Supreme Court will be made to maslaithem, ang kan cent, more of the Hongay duit than of such persons are to appear at the Custom House forbidding the selling of food to Chistianized library were required, but were being tised in in the meantime it is just si wall to remember (say) Akalki lump to do the same work; wille 13 days) to preto their chilms, Orden Chinese Many of the new converts were the Original Comet during the Desteres caie that the Tastiation of Engineers and Ship- but even then, the great difference in price have also been fasued to Mesra Beltran. Valens shockingly abused, but despite the persecution After hearing the when off the plaintiff welder builders of Hongkong is not in any way con is practically probibliive as against Japan and Coalia, umness and angineers of the Dos they extend over the length and breadth of the enough to show that the criminal prosecution hand to be
dings, Abrirgseta, Blando, Cerradio, de la Renk, of year the mission gradually grew, until today his lordship said there was already evidence Rected with Tendam Unioniim and sever Intenda coal, for a simple calculation shows that was, to attend at the Custom House within 1 Flowery Kingdom. At present the communicants not been unreasonable. He therefore dismissed the latter fe over to per cent, more expans days to bear the declaration of the oficial sward sumber 4000 persons, and the workers, many of the case, with costs, without calling on the alve than the former. If continued practica) | in ressed of the Mexican sliver mentioned above. 3 ilem being Chinese, number sos,
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