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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1894..
Barbadoes, and in one or two other "appendages of the Crown," and such, too, bas been the let of Sir Ambrose Shea, the Gaverant of the
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THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s steamer Caniow, from Chins, arrived at London on the 30th lest,
THE Canadian Pacific Company's steamer Empress of India went into Kowloon Dock yesterday for the usual periodical overhaul. REJECTED-He-Dearest Talla, will you accept my hand and my fortune? Sbe-Oh, no; the first is too large, and the second is too small.
&ahamas, who, according to a recent article in the Pall Mall Ganette, "banechieved mojemuk- ahle change in the condition of the community he had to govern ihan his де
than has ever
the case in any Crown dependency before, within a similar space of time." This achievement lles, It appeare, wholly in the development of the sisal industry, and, truly, its history reads like a interest in this pall, we doubt not, be read with part of the world at the present citical perind, for there are probably several ptions of the Far Orient where the develop- men! of this new Induster would result in "BUT you have so arranged your wiii au ta considerable benefit
# 10 investors generally invite iltigation," said the solicitor. Certainly," According to the report before a Sir Ambrose and the dying man, "I don't propose to be Shes effected a remarka le transformation of the forgotten."" cucdition of the colony in the following simple manner****
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One day man came into his office catrylog bundle, and Sir Ambrose, struck by the nature of the rough plece of rope with which it was tied, asked the man where he get it. The man said grew in his garden. The Governor was lacre talous
whereupon the man sald-"Why, plenty of lt in your Excellency's own your
grounds. And ibere, sure enough, was an abundance of the sisal plant, thitherto regarded as a nuisance, over-running the vegetable gardens and strang- ling had the yams and sweet potatoes, and which had defed all attempts to test it out or burn it nut. Sir Ambrose Shea, however, at once detected the fibrous appearance of the plan, and from few leaves he picked out beruitful long fibres five or six feet in length. He suggested its Any Complaints should be addressed to the as-inuous cultivation-only to laughed at and ridiculed as the possessor of a new fad. He went back to England, and, feducing a few wealthy men (Mr. Joseph Chamberlain In one of them) to Invest some money to the enterprite, be allotted 100,000 acres of Crown lands for the practical application of the theme-the produc tion of a fibre that rivals and goals, if it does excel, Mand's hemp. This area has not yet all been reduced to the cultivation of the sisal plant, but it very soon wil
The
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now under noi-c states that the plant is a somewhat extraordinary one. It is not affected by drought, and grows in the coal rocks, sustained by lime with which they are Impregnate 1. Half ton of fihre par acre is a safe return, and top ton Is a leg sverley 'ut for the fibre tus yielded. This year there will be a meterate export, but It is anticipated that next year the expotis will reach 2,400 tons, and that they will go on ressing at the rate of ab ut z oco tons yearly. This new gold mine of the colony is, the official repul states, one which cannot be worked out and the cinnkts will themselves share in the benefits of it. Slr Ambrose having been carelal
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THE MANAGEMENT OF THE
TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.
The following report of the discussion which took place at yesterday's meeting of the Sanitary Board with reference to the proposed supervision of the Tung Wah Hospital will, in view of the policy pursued by the Directors of that institu- tion since the outbreak of plague to the Colony,
malle, &c., leff San Francisco, for this port, vid be read with interest :- Honolulu, Yokohama and Nagasaki, on the
28th Inst.
THE adjourned toquiry""Into the recent fire la Jervois Street was concluded at the Magistracy this forenoos, Mr. Wodehouse finding that “the cause of the conflagration is unknown. FATHER (to his three daughters)-It's shoul time that you should get married. Don't refuse a cbanco. (To his three sons)-Don't you boys be so foolish as to metry. That's the best advice I can give you.
FRESH evidence of an important nature having
come to light since the public-tion of our last ime, the expert connected with some mischievous and offensive members" of "the elect" of this colony is held over till to-morrow.
BENG TAU, coolic, who was banished from the Colony on December last for five years, turned up at Yan-me-il recently, and was recognised and cactured by a Jukong yesterday. The prisoner again towed before Mr. Wodehouse this morning, and pleaded that he came to the Colony to make money. ResultOne year "top-side."
The Band of the 1st Shropshire Light Infantry will play the following programme in the Barrack Square this evening, commencing at 7.30 o'clock:-
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**Ben Jour "...Anddrawe.
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The Committee appointed to enquire into the question of mortality statistics reported as follows:-
the possession of the Board on the maiter, and visited the market.
"The Committes regret that thle question was not referred to the Sanitary Board at an carller date, an on several points Mr. Chatham seemed to think it too late to make any alterations, and they beg to call attention to the fact that in Mr. MacCallum's letter to the Colonial Secretary, dated 15th April, 1889, it was requested that the plans might be submitted for the consideration o
the Board, and again on toth February, 1891, in reply to some questions of the Surveyor-General the plans were again asked for, but they do not appear ever to have been submitted. Board till now,"
to the
that the only way to improve the present on Committee, of which Dr. Ho Kal was a member,
We beg to report for the Information of the Board that we have considered the
qucation of mortality statistics referred to us as a sub-Com- mitee. After careful enquiry we are of
mortality statistics is to have the reports of deaths occurring in the Tung Wah Hospital and amongst the ongst the Chinese community generally accompanied by certificates from either European doctor or a Chinese doctor trained in Western medical science. At regards the Tung Wab Hospital, to which Institutión almost as many people go to die as to be cared, and where a large proportion of the total annual mortality of the Chinese occurs (last year out of a total of
1 of 5 422 deaths 1,231 deaths occurred at the Tung Wah Hospital) we strongly recommend that steps should be taken to have of the deaths which occar it the reports accompanied by a proper medical cenlicate,
As to the Chinese community generally, to the strong aversion to Westera mudical nclence shewn by it, the difficulties of obtaining cerdficates will be great. We are of opinion however, that in order to help to overcome, at any rate to some extent, it at aversion and those difcaller, there should be opened in various diaricts dispensaries under the control of native doctors trained in Western medical science, where drugs abould be issued and medical advice given free of cost and that such Pocters should be specially entrusted with the daty of ascertaining. where practicable, the causes of deaths occurring among the Chinese in each district,
IH. STEWART LOCKHART, HO KAL,
view
WILLIAM HARTIGAN.
The following minutes were attached :- Surgeon-Major James-I concur with the The Tang Wah Arrangement recommended, would be the most important place to watch. One registrar should be attached to it as well as a Europan dector
Mr. J. J. Francis, Q C-The Sanitary Board should most strongly support the recommends-
tions of the Committee,
Mr. R. K. Leigh-I am strongly in favour of doctor appointed by the
to allocate tenuerre inls to all heads of familles | building in admirably adapted for the purpose, properlynently tached to the Tang
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Tax New Victoria Hotel will open its doors to the public to-morrow morning, under the manage- ment of Messrs. Madar and Farmer, both of whom are well and favorably known in connec tion with the Old Victoria Hotel. The new
Governor with electric light and and has been fitted
пр Fo had neither land nor present means of per- charlar it, the lots to be paid for out of the first all the most medera improvements. The crop. Thus Governor Shex has established enterprising proprietors should, judging from permanent industry in place of the precarious the appearance of the rooms and the well nenge fishing and fruit cultivation that pre-known abilities of the management in make elously existed, and has changed the Bahamas guests thoroughly at home in the old "Vle," have
no cause to regret their new venture. Info what is described as “a prospering, con-
and mine colony." Shortly after his arrival in this colony Sir William Robin on led the residents of Hongkong to believe that he would insugnate a reign of properly here the like of which few, even in HINTS FOR GARDENING have been issued and their mat vergnine moments, ever dreamed of
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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31. 1894
ROMANCE OF GOVERNORSHIP.
It cannot of course be averred that the Governor of one of ber Majesty's Crown colentes
Tecution was to be reduced to a minimum
IF you ever have a sick headache and want it cured quickly and effce fvely, with none of the debilitating effects of antipyrine or kindred drugs,
of red popper,
mix it just take a tablespoonfal with vinegar to a thick paste and spread upon cloth, cotton or tires, bind
upon the forehead with a handkerchief, from temple to is a teasp onfol of 'negar and swallow it. The , then take ab sut two grains of red popper temple, mixture on the forehead will burn, but wif not besdache wiil disaprase under the stimulating ing haven of rest, a modern Arcadia, where even if such distressing things as sick headaches effects of this remedy, leaving the patient feeling share-broken wore wings. Alas! Man only proses and but seldom accomplishes the were unknown to the buman race.
$60 cod a year were to be saved by stroke of the new; encouragement was to be given to the aat; blishment and building op of legal industries t and if Excellency, with the hearty co-operation prospering, contented, and smil. Hoppkorg
Web, bis salary being paid by the Tung Wab. His duty should be to record all deaths, make returns of the different dis:ases from which the patients are suffering, especially those of an infectious or contagious nature, and generally see that the place is conducted in a proper mances, but not to interfere in any way with the
of [ the patients. treatment
Dr. Ayres sald European Surgeon had been appointed to daily report as regards the Tung Wah Hospital. Correspondence was still going on with the Government to respect to the dispensaries. With regard to the registration of deaths he had proposed that before the It should apport work cut out for them to do Government entered upon any large expenditure some young Chinese surgeons who had all their different points of the town.
may be true enough that the plans were never sent direct to the Board until the other day, but that they were laid before a Public Works
over three years ago is clear from the report of the meeting of the Legislative Council held on the 24th July, 1891, at which the report of the Pablic Works Committee in quenlon was tabled, which we reproduce from the Hongkong Telegraph of the 24th July, 1891, as follows :-"
Extract from Report of Lagislative Council Meeting.
THE CENTRAL MARKET.
Mr. Whitehead said that a report had been Committee. At the last meeting his Excellency laid on the table to-day from the Public Works asked the Committee to meet as early as possible which was done (on Tuesday), when he (Mr.' Keswick) brought forward several important resolut! as which, however, seconder. He thought the matter of the Central did not find a
Market most important
The Surveyor General rose to order, Mr. Whitehead said be was speaking at to a report which had been laid on the table.
His Excellency belleved the h member was, strictly speaking, out of order. The proper time to speak on the report was, he supposed, when
was laid on it was
I on the table. But he had no with to the prevent hon. member contlouing his remarks. Mr. Whitehead said he regarded the matter of the market as being of great importance,
very and he thought that before the Government sanctioned the acceptaz.c
of the
for Contracts the building to
erected upon to be
the foundation, it would be well to have the matter brought up in the Council. He was under the Impression that the Public Works Committee's report bad been laid on the table, otherwise he would not have brought the matter op.
The Acta Colonial Secretary said the report been laid on the table by him, and the bon member's resolutions were all recorded,
Mr. Whitehead said it had been his intention to give notice of a motion on the subject, but time did not permit. He hoped, however, that the Government would notice the matter.
The Council then adjourned for a week.
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.
The report of proceedings of the Public Works committee at a meeting held on the 11th and zand of June and the 21st of July, 1891, was laid on the table at the Legislative Council this after
eon. It wald-There were present-The Surveyor General (S. Brown), Chairman; the the Acting Colonel Secretary (W. M. Goodman); Hon. Kewick, Dr. Ho Kal, and the
The Committee met at the request of the Surveyor General.
The plans and estimate in connection with the exttle depó: were laid before and considered by the Commluce.
Agreed that these plans be approved.
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NEWS BY THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL.
The China Navigation Co's steamer Taiyudh, Captain R. Nelson, with the Australian Yiell, arrived la barbour this morning. For the follow ing telegrams we are indebted to our Celonial exchanges :—
LONDON, August 13th. The native tribes of the more pecivilised parts of Fijl have indulged in another raid on the more peaceful towar,
They routed the residents and killed a nun- ber of them, eating the bodies in the fashion of their ancestors, and in a general way retucling to complete vagery.
Skr BTbursion, Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for the Pacific, has suppressed the revolt, and steps will be taken to pishish the offenders and prevent a securrence of the out- rages,
A and accident is reported from Tenby, a favourite South Wales watering place in Pem- brokeshire, la Carmarthen Bay,
A trawlers' boat, carrying a party of excut sionists, was accidentally capsized, and za of the pleasure seekers were drowned.
A terrible accident occursed at the St. Pancras night. (London) Station of the Midland Rilway st
As the Scotch mali was approaching the stallon the brakes (alled act, and the train dusbed into the fixed buffers at the end of the platform with such force that two of the carriages were telescoped. Twenty-two of the passengers by the train were severely injured.
The failure of the conference in the United Congress to adjust the difference existing between the two Houses with regard to the Tariff Ell leaves the choice between the Senate
B
or nothing at all. If the former alternative be chosen by the House of Representatives, the Democrats in the House may possibly pasa separate measures, making coal, sürer, and Iron ore free.
The Daily Chronicle says that the delay in the settlement of the tariff is costing the United States a quarter of a million a day.
The Democratie caucus recommends the adoption of the tariff an passed by the Senate.
It is repsited that Great Britain and Italy have agreed to combined scilon in the matter of stopping the progress of France toward Tripoli by way of Tanis.
A treaty delimbing the boundary between the French territory on the West Coast of Africa ha
rettled in
In London,
bren
The new fronder makes the Liberian terrory divide Sierra Leone from the French Soudan,
France ahtaine the Cavally River, and thut secures a buffer state, while Liberia is made almost French protectorate,
The liquidator of the Bank of South Australia, the houinces of which has been taken over by the Union Bank of Australla, has refused to place the liquidation unfer the supervision of the court, as destred by the Uplon Fank.
The anarchists whose trial has just concluded in Paris were tried under the old law, which is rot so severe x that recently passed by the Chamber of Deputies for the suppression of
anarchism.
of
At the trial seven of the jury were in favour facquistal and six against it.
The carga of South Australian wheat ex barque Amasons from Port Germelo, April 20th, realised 235, 34, per quarter.
One hundred deaths from cholera occurred in
In! "Inge," was to leave the busted colony of blister, and in the course of ten minutes the † this work, and that they should be stationed at the Sixughter House and Plg and Sheep Depot extending last week, and the epidemic In
alms of bis destiny. And so it his heen with CONSTABLI Pepp 1, bronze medallst, etc
Gorrear Robinson; So far as the position appears to be on quite a new "lay" and led proposals had been made through the Chinese were laid before and consltered by the Com-
the
grabbing,
of the taxpayers of the Colony is concerned, of farber practising the high art of spain the summer of our awakenlop has ended In
ha turn his attention to "black page of Hongkong's bistory diamonds." He bad four Chinese women up at About the blackest have to be placed of
racord in 1801 the Magistracy this morning on charge of and 1804 And unless his Excellency effects for cftrable retrenchment in the Public Service fully preventing him making a rain re in the near future, digrenges with the services of of cols supposed by him to have been stolen obsegals and inflanss officials, and does from the cargo of the British steamer Daventry, consigned to the naval authorities here. Upon something more than merely hint at the encour the evidence of Tapes or Hansa and Constable #gement oflent entorplies, be will, when takin
Pepper, the Magistrate declined to convict the lery of us In the not far dlə'ant fature, have
women and remanded the case till Mordar next erpes not priv excl-im to "uneary lies the head to allow the rolls time to preface forlder that wears a crown." but tacitly admit that bis evidence, the defendants being allowed out on povernorship in Hongkong has not been ball to the sum of $25 each. altogether devold of romance,
TELEGRAMS.
These
The Hon. T. H. Whitehead moved the follow- ing resolation :-
1. That as it is Impossible for non-professional men to determine as to the best method of dealing with a work of such importance *1 the proposed New Central Market, local architects be faviied to send in designs for New Central Market with detailed plans sad estimates, the building to be erected on the present loundations, Government to offer two prizes therefor. 1. That In
of the Minutes of Excellequence o
Governor Sle William Des Voeux, dated the 3rd and 14th April, 1891, this Committee is called upon to decide between the designs of the Honourable the Surveyor General and of Mr. H. W. Wills, That this Committee has zo sufficient in formation before its Members to enable it to decide between the designs of the Honour able the Surveyor-General and of Mr. H. W. Wills. for
Miss Spence of South Australls, lady writer known to English and Australian readers novellet end magaziuo, writer, sister of Mr. J. B. Spence, the prominent Adelaide p ilticlan, bas met with a severe accident,
Owing to a slip on the kerbstone, she fell to the ground with such violence as to dislocate her shoulder.
AUCLAND, N.Z., August 13th. A terrible double tragedy bas occurred at Otautan, in the provincial district of Otago, miner, attacked the where Frederick Hooker. members of a family named Reynolds-father, mother, daughter and son-with whom he had lately quarrelled. The murderer, without wars- Ing, Inaded a gun on Sunday afternoon and fired at the youth Reynolds. The abot missed the 19, hoy, but struck Miss Reynolds, a girl of breaking her right forearm and shattering left thumb. Hooker then fired at Mr. shooting his dead, and afterwards and suicide by blowing out his brains. Mrs. Rey- nolds fled foto the bush while the tragedy was being enacted, and torched Merrivale Station in safety, there reporting what he occurred. Miis Reynolds is in a serious condition, and has heer removed to the Riverton Hospital, Jealousy le supposed to have been the cause of the crime.
The plans and eatine (reduced by $5,000) of † 51,
at Kennedy Town were laid before and discussed The Preddent-You agree with the recomby the Committed, mendations of the r report
Agreed that these plaus be approved. Mr. Francis the
thought
might be useful to add
The plans and estimate of the Central Market. for the information of the Board that certain showing a reducitos from $270,000 to $750,000 College of Medicine, which would involve the mittes, together with lenders from various con- establishment of three or more dispensaries tractors. throughout the city under the entire control and management of the College of Medicine, each to be in charge of a qualified Chinese practitioner, who would also be under the entire control of the College, the Government contributing to the Colleges certain amount per annum to go towards the cost of maintaining these instutions. would be free dispensaries for the poorer classes in the neighbourhood, and each practilever would practically be Registrar of deaths and births, vacclasting officer, etc. The Chinese College of Medicine was very much interested in the subject and
and had taken it up extensively, and the Government had already made offers of a SATISFACTORY advices from the manager of the certain amount which would not be quite New Balmoral Gold Mining Co.'s property was sufficient, an application had been made received here by the Tatyan to-day. Work at for a
for a larger sum. Quite apart from the the mines is being carried on energetically mere question of statistics it was important that with the result that considerable progress some qualified man, European for choice, has been made underground, while surface although that would be too expensive, should
of the Tung Wab
and
keep a close works have been retarded by heavy rules, take charge In reply to enquiries by the directors regarding eye on the cases that went in and report the
nature of the diseases and causes of death, the one at which the reefs contract, Mr. Henderson reports that the reef will not became they all knew that in a great many cases the noproductive oven at the most narrow and bodles of
hid persons wha died in the city were impoverished polat, especially in the case sent to the Hospital for burial. He proposed 30 that of the Queen mine, where he is within
a strong recommendation in its favour. or 100 feet of passing through the poorest with the report be lo:warded to the Government part, from which polet downwards_it =III The President pointed out that the reco steadily improve. Át 500 feet it will be⚫mendations regarding the Tung Wab Hospital better and richer lode than at 150 feet, and
were very vague. He was qulie of Mr. Francis become richer still with greater depth, until at opinion that quite apart from the matter of 2000 feet he looks forward to reise) forming mallstice it was high time something was done (the Balmoral, Queen and Eureks) not only to reform bat tó
under into one, which will, in all probability, prove sort of continuous and delly supervision. The one of the richest gold-bearing reefs in the Colonial Surgeon was the officer authorised Colony. Mr. Henderson expresses the atmost by iew
duty to perform that y; bo
bed conndence in these views. The Government of
many duties that he could not give There has heen a great fire here on the river, N. 5, W. have again come forward with a grant close attention to the Tang Wah Hospital. What which has completely destroyed the whole of the well known flower boats," The Gre broke out in aid of the work at the Balmoral tunnel, and they wanted was something in the nature of a
Hoase or Resident at 330 this morning and all attempts to check it a farther grant for the Queen mine has now
been applied for. were of no avail. It le still smouldering.
Over three hundred lives are reported to be lost.
THE LOMBOK MASSACRE.
LONDON. August 30th. The disaster has cast a gloom over Holland. A fresh expedition against the rebels is is course of preparation, and in the meantime Dutch gunboats are bombarding Lombok.
THE RUSSIAN NAVY. The Russian fleet in the Caspian Sex will shortly be replaced by larger and stronger vereals
(Special to the Hongkong Telegraph.) GREAT FIRE AT CANTOY, DESTRUCTION OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN, Appalling Loss of Life.
CANTON, 31st Augart,
8 a.m.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s steamer Malwa left Bombay for this port on the 28th lust,
IT estimated that throughout the world from $65.rca 000 to $85.000 000 in gold is annually used in the arts and dentistry,,
THE tea ex steamship Tacoma from Tacom
ever wore a crown, yet they one an all virtually and at New York on the 28th,
do
that
GREAT FIRE at cantoN.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
CANTON, August 31st. The whole of the famous "ower boats (kut tow) were last night destroyed by fire. I have Just left the Customs shed from which place the space formerly occupied by them is seen to be
one sea of fire, (25 tzed There has been
yet been completely
pidgin there
big "jors*
And
то
and
recom.
urgese, mod as the Civil ́Hospital was not far distant it appeared to him
that either the Assistant Superintendent or an
officer of equal position might be delaled to look after the management of the Tang Wah and the registration of deaths and so forth at that institution. He would, therefore, like to go farther than the report and make a recommenda- tion to that effect.
Mr Francis said that was hardly within the scope of the
: about the Tung Wah.
not to say #lites. It would be preferable
Agterd.
THE NEW CENTRAL MARKET.
3.
4. That a Commission be appointed with power to call professional and other witnesses before is to examine them and report.
1. That the Commlitee cannot undertake to
LETTER FROM SEOUL..
1592-1894-
A DESERTED CITY.
The Love the Korzon Bears the Nikonese,
ber
5. That such Commission should consfit of
the Honourable the Acting Colonial Secre tary, Mr. J. J. Keswick, and son of the other Un-official Members of Council. These resolutions were not seconded.
A correspondent writes from Seoul under date The Hon. J. J. Keswick moved the following 12th irrant that quite seven-tenths of the Korean resolutions
population have left the city for various parts of the country, and that there are cow scarcely any decide upon the comparative merits of the respectable persons remaining there. One sees two pians submitted to them, and the few dirty coolles on the are the means to do a
would afrecte botereaibey responsiblilty of selecting a plan must leave, they say, had they the means to rerusia with the Public Works Department; Seoul and the neighbourhood is swarming with best this Committe, to view of tenders having thieves and rehbers, and all sorts of untold been invited in the usual way, recommend crimes are committed with Impunity. Demor the scceptance of Chang Kee's lendar analization reigns supreme, And
and things in the the assumption that he is a man of sufficient peato
pentovala are becoming more a means to carry it out satisfactorily,
That Committee with
the
to state that they make the above recommendation on the
2,
murguesperate Te is a great pity that Japan goas to war with Chinx over a country that is now se miserable as its
as its people bave for geners.
been in tions. understand nor appreciate Japan's alleged motives wad part
understanding that every economy in the his much is certain, the natives neither
● has been made which the Sorveyor General can devise and that a saving of ht least $20,000 will be made on the original estimates,
The Hon. Ho Kal seconded. Question put and agreed to.
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and asthe
peninsula will undoubtedly be ibe
and purposes in invading thels countpaware of?
war
of the
the Japanese Government will find the task tax its strength and resources to the utmost. Japan does not realize, the full fares of her position. The Koreans bate the Japaneseas the devil is popularly supposed to hats holy water.
į dants / Parhaps Dr. Ho Kal, in common with | real timoulthen cription to the
the boats not having the President and Mr. Francis, thought it would Dr. Hartigan, #greeing with the remarks of
In the face of this evidence and seeing that Dr. He Kai was a member of the Public Works
It needs no descriptive art to maka clear the The President moved the adoption of the Committee in July, sgt, would it not have been with kerosene on the 15th lust., waived at Chicago'on the pdth, | Larger boats have been overcrowdeny of the f be best not to refer to the Tung Wah,
advisable for the members of the acb-Committee of real import and significance of this fact. Since lamp bad occasion to take a couple of report.
Mr. R. K. Leigh acconded. and the
the Sanitary Board to have made some reference, the arrival of Japanese troops in Seoul, not a vialtors down thare the night before last, and
however to the above mentioned incl-Korean coolle, not a Korean of any kind, has hosts was then mora brijjlani,
ever slight, ight of the h
·lent ssalitance
KOCH of KAY Mt. Mitchell-Ioner, is not
blessed with very Tapanese
experience in than I have we seen them before. The re
retentive memory. But, however, that may be, it the mater of transport alaas-for provisions as broke ont about 3 o'clock this morning, and will sot be extinguished for some hours yet, The
is possible that the decision of the Board to well as for mankipas of WAF-LIN BROTIMUUS, property destroyed is worth at least $70,000, and
They simply cannot move with due celerity. have the repsit forwarded in the Government the loss of life will be appalling. A faw naiivas
at once, and in its original form, may open from place to place. Tos
place. To slight extent this ashore have suffered algkily, owing to sparks
the door to another rebuff such as was admiai, obstacle has been over
overcome by bringing over The Committee (conslitlag of Dr. Ho Ke stated, cal laste, respecting which all the spot a fitary trains dare not venture from
to the Board in
to the Governors, hundreds of Japanese crailes, but to Igniting their shaniles,
Dr. H. G. James and Mr. R. K. Leigh) appointed historicword or two to say at a no distant date, for Japanese
is altogether inadequate, As it is the by the Sanitary Board on the 16th instant to have a report, in accordance with the sequeat of the | It was smantlently indiscreet on the part of the place to place except under a strong guard. As Colonial Semetary, on the plans and general Government to invaigle the Sanitary Board into a the Chinese troops pour la from the north Arrangements of the New Central Market
Will become worse. Wherever and
so, for they personally represent thefe
We are informed by the Agents (Messrs. Gibb, Sovereign in a greater degree than they do the Imperial Government, and to the estive mind Livingston & Co.) that the E. & A. S. S. Co.'s is the mind of the masses they are the steamer Airlie, from Australia, left Port Darwin
for this port, on the 30th Inst. living emblem of royalty. Little wonder, then, If not all of the elect, should find
THIRE were nineteen Lieutenant-Generals in during their tenure of office lo alimes, the Confederate Army, and all are dead anve
theBarbadoes, or Hongkong, that all is not gold that glitters, four-Wade Hampton, Joseph Wheeler, James
Langsireet and John B. Gerdon. that their lot, like that of the ordinary policemann,
such
some
for
instance as the Fiji Islands, the Dart
is not a happy one, and that there lo quite a rom- | An Emergency Convocation of St. Andrew's gutelde to life la the Gorgeous East. Sometimes Chapter, No. 218, S.C., will be held in the Free- Fortune is yours them, and their régime in one or masons' Hall, Zetland Street, this evening, at other of their little kingdoms is
brought to • 2 | 8.30 for g o'clock preciosly. Visiting companions happy conclusion with flattering addresses and are cordially invited.
they carry away with them the good wishes of a
THE PLAGUE IN HONGKONG.
The latest official returns are as follow :-*,, From noon yesterday until noon to-day :----
New Dvačka Djach. Nam, under monda invatams,
• I EL
community whose finances have, by virtue of the SACCHARINE, the new sweetening substance
ise||| Kounady-town
F
Q
O
adoption of wise and timely mansures, been raised extracted from coal tar, is now used for preserving from the verge of hopelers bankruptcy to defied results from the use of sugar le ther
a degree fruit. It is cialised that the forenentation time: || Private houses. ............... of prosperity altogether new to them. Such, remember rightly, was the
exparison
of | avoided, and that the new process preserven the Governar Blz William Robinsos when he flavour, colour and forms of the fruit better shan Deaths from the outbreak (9th May) up to rellaquisbed the relau ́ef gerornmesi së
| August goth, news, 1,000; grand soil, 1400)
LA RETROSPICT.
Wo
ted in their report, dated 27th August, longthy discussion about what has turned one to be
tony. And wa
we think that with rele which was unanimously adeptod at the meeting of the Sanitary Board hald yesterday should, when saking for las Board's afternoon, that -
the plans, have forwarded coplan of the reports, the walls
the
force B
* Kornau village is notified of tha
„Japanese troops the .
irrival
of
desert their houses, after Alllogop
cattle. This fast alone, speaki
The Committee have taken the avidence of which we have, in fustion to mil parties, publļaked kerina arðpäpusitoying or driving away their
Mr. W. Chatham, who has, they understand, been above. Had that been done the Government | volanses: Numbers of Chinese troops beve in special charge of this work from the cosa could not, under any circumstances, have been arrived in the previoses of Hem Klume," Plog mandement, Thay bays also sxamined Mr. C. taunted with discotetssy, or lack of foreight An and Whang Hal. Their total strength" in Viriam Landda, enlèssed 10 the correspondence in ) w the promises,