TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S MESSAGES.
FURTHER NAVAL PREPARATIONS.
LONDON, January 16th, Flotillas of torpedo destroyers have been oidered for service with the Flying and the Channel Squadrons.
THE TRANSVAAL INCIDENT.
LONDON, January 11th. Twenty-two of the leaders of the Johannesburg raid, including Colonel Rhodes, Mr. Lionel Philips and Sie Drummond Dunbar, bave been arrested on a charge of bigh treasOD.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1896.
THE Excursion trip to Macao yesterday by the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat | Company's "greyhound". Honam, Commodore” Lefavour, was a huge success from every polos of view. The weather was delightful, the sen calm as a mill-pond, the liquors excellent, and the gallant skipper and his officers just all that could be desired.
We observe from a copy of the Times received by the mail to-day that the report of the Went- worth Gold Fields Proprietary Company, (Limited)-referred to in the prospectus of Olivers Freshold (Limited)-for the year ending September 30th states that the walus of the gold produced and other revenue was £234,338, which added to £18,208 brought forward makes A Cablact Council has been summoned to an egregate £252,546. The expenses amounted meet in London to-day.
CABINET COUNCIL SUMMONED.
(From Japanese Papers.)
A COSTLY FUNERAL.
TOKIO. December 31st. It is stated that the expenditure in connectios With the State funeral of the late Queen of Korea, who was murdered on October 8th, has been fixed al 70,000 yen.
REFORM IN Korea
TCxIO, December grut. In the royal edict issued by the King of Korea directing the officials to get their hair ent, His Majesty announces that he will command his top-knot to be cat first,
10 £42,668, and the Directors have written off £10,877 from the development and plant accounts, recommend a further dividend of 25 per share, free of income tax, and carry forward £33.999+
CORRESPONDENCE.
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Carspontane to this column]
RE THE "BONNINGTON.". TO TER KOTOR OF yun "Homaxoma TaLAGRAT SIR, hope that, after the public have read your report of vaysgo of the steamer Bonington, same hanour may be done to Captain Leighton, terrible experience, and for showing, as they have bis officers, engineers, and crew, after their
that all British pluck and energy bus not yet died out in the British Mercantile Masine.
WILLIAM T. IRVING.
Master, S.S. Boynton: Hongkong, 13th January, 1896.
NEWS BY THE ENGLISH MAIL.
LONDON, December.13th. Mosten, L. H. Clayton and R. Scott have been appointed Eastern Cadets for service in Hong- kong and the Straits Settlements.
BÜRMA TEA~WHY NOT?
Jate in the French possessions in Indo-China, † Sap in her bows through which an ordinary The soll of Indo, Chisa, Assam, and Tongking Vehicle could enter. Fortunately this is above ls said to bea gaulled, to the growth of the 'he water line. Gibre, which has already been successfully cult!- vated there; the production has been exported by way of Hongkong to Ching and Japan;""A ̄| French firms in Indo-China is now promoting an extension of the ente pra with Improved appliances. They are said to anticipate a largely and it is also proposed to erect spinning and increased sale of jute in both Chins and Japan, weaving milis in Anaam sud Tongking,
NAVAL AND MILITARY.
LONDON, Dec., 13th. The ships on the China Station will soon be supplied with Magazine 'Asi
H.M.S. Narcissus arrise) at Malta on the 12th December en routs to Hongkong.
The Immortalit left Gibraltar bound for Hongkong on the gth December.
On 1st January, 1896, the Pallar will be com- missioned at Portsmouth to relieve the Canada on the North Americau stalion.
Messy. Matheson and Co. sanosace the numbers of the sixth drawing of bonds to the There is a rumour that the Admiralty are amount of £15,000 of the China Tientsin Rall- elaborating a scheme for the addition to the way Company' guaranteed five per cent. Loan Navy of a considerable nuate of officers and of £150.000 drawn for payment on Jun, sai next, men. No plan will be acceptable which does lency Yang-Yi, is a passenger by the St. Pasi, cadets, or very young officers from the mercantile The Chinese Minister so America, his Excel-not provide for an admission of many more which sails from Southampton for New York. marine, preferably the former, and for the plenipotentiary to Sp.in as well as to the United He is envoy extraordinary and minister formation of a proper Fleet Reserve. States, and has been on a visit to Europe.
SHIPPING and mail news.
MAILS DUR :
Indien (Chelydra) 17th (unt. German (Karlsruke) 18th Inst. American (City of Paking) 19th lust, American (China) syih fast, Canadian (Empress of India) gist (nat, American (Afridi) jih prox. THE P. M. S. S. Co stermer Pars, with malis, etc., which left Hongkong as December 17th for San Francisco, via Nagasaki, Kobe, Inland Sea, Yokohama and Honolulu, arrived si her destination on the 11th inst.
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THE 0, & O. S. S. Co.'s chartered steamer Afridi, with mails, ela, left San Francisco for this port, vid Yokohama and Nagasaki, on the 27th fast,
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THE Imperial German Mail steamer Karlıruke, carrying the German maila with dates from Berlin to the 16th ulto, left Singapore yesterday for this port, and may be expected here on or about Saturday, the 18th Inst,, at daylight, THE Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Diomed the Ith init, and may be expected here on or from Liverpool, left Singapore for this port ou about the 17th.
profitable industry bas, as far as we ato, AWANG, The question of tea growing in Burma se n never been seriously considered, and yet there is no reason why it should not be made one of the most paying undertakings in the country When it is remembered that year by year in India large facomes are realised from tea estates it seanssa pity that such a source of wealth should be closed to Burma merely from want of enterprise. The rapid stṛlion which ten growlog has made in Assam, a neighbouring province, may be perceived from the fact that tea alone *ccounts for nearly 500 lakhs out of a total value of exports of 680 lakhs of rupees during the year 1894-95. Borma possesses one advantage, and an important one, ver many parts of India in which the ten plant now flourishes the tes plant is indigenous to this country, while it had to be acclimatised and reared at much expense and treable in India. There are, 13 a fact, flourishing estates in India which owe their origin to tes seed Imported from some Shan coarse quality, unsuitable for liquoring, and plateam. The tea produced in Burma is ala reaches the markets only as a pickled prepar tion. In fact, the natives do not understand the science of tes cultivation. We say science for is now acknowledged everywhere that, in the fature, scientific methods of tes cultivation remain profitable to those who undertaks ft. Av
Namyong mentioned above, the tea planter in Barma
Talwan starts with the great advantage that the plant li Katong indigenons to the country. There is another Chongtha............ advantage, and one perhaps as important: All Polyphemus the knowledge which Indian and Ceylon planters
Namoa...................... have gained through years of toll at enormous
Maragon...... expense, all the results of the most recent
Choysangnagio scientific experiments la manotes, hlights and other questions of vital importance in tos cultivation are at the disposal, at the cost of a few rupees, of the tea planter in Burms. He will not be groplog in the dark as many of his Indian confrères have done, and although there fea cultivation, the planter in this country need Cromarty is much slit to be learned la connection with fear no losses or failure if he goes with his eyes
SHIPPING RETURNS. From 6 pm. Saturday to 8 p.m. to-day, ARRIVALS. Kwanghu.......steamer, from Shanghai.
will be alone admissable if the industry is to TOKIO, January zíd.
A1TRACTED by the stench which had hung over the road yesterday and this afternoon, a reporter of the Hongkong Telegraph and a well-known "sport" this afternoon searched the picturesque woods on either e of the Public succeeded in tracing the source of the stench to Garden Glenealy Road, and ultimately the dead body of some animal which had been thrown into a culvert at the side of that road, wall wrapped up in matting and was in a very high state of decomposition. This bad, from appear. A dispatch from Seoul say thai Lido-ial, the
ences, been there for ten days or Minister for Education, has disappeared, having and it speaks little for the care of one great fortnight, an objection to the hair-cutlug ordinance. Itanitarians and the police that it was not has been decided that those who cut their hair in removed long #go. European style need not pet on mourning (for the late Queen), and may dressin foreign clothes,||
THE SILK MARKET.
YOKOHAMA, JaOnury 3rd. The alik market remains giutted, Only $3 do were anid to-day.
THE OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA'S DIVIDEND,
OSAKA, January qid. It is stated that 'the' dividend" of the ́ Ősaks Shosen Kaishs for the past year will be about 18 to 10 per cent, the lucresse of dividend resulting from the profits made by the chartering of the Company's steamers by the Government during
the late war.
CHINA
THE JAPANESE SETTLEMENTS IN
TOKIO, January 6th. The negotiations resecting the Japanese Settlements at the newly opened Chinese porti are not progressing very rapidly.
LI Hung- chang peralsts in Els objections to any separate Seulement being established unless Chinese officials shall have fall control,
·THE JAPANESE STEAMER SERVICE TO EUROPE.
TORIO, January 6th. The Government has decided to ask the Diet for a vote of one million yen us a sabeldy for running "steamers to Europe, The Nippon Yaren Kahn, it is, reported, have resolved to Increase their caplial to 15,000,000 yan before commencing the service,
KOREAN AFFAIRS.
.." Stout, January 6th, Further rate are reported from Whanghai-do, M. Speyer, the new Russian Minister, arrived at Chemaipo last night, and is expected bere to-day.
To-morrow the Korean Independence Day celebrations will be held in the grounds of the ancestral temple. The "Emperor" to European
· fall dress uniform, will bold a review of the troops,
THE JAPAN-China COMMERCIAL
TREATY.
Kone, January 4th. It is stated that the negotiations in reference to the Japan-Chisa Commercial Treaty, which are being conducted by L Hang-chang and Mr Hayashi, are not proceeding very smoothly There is a bitch over the extra-territoriality question, especially in regard to the new parts opened in China, and it is also said that the Chinese Government wish to withdraw. from some of the obligations of the Bakan Treaty, so that it is even thought probable that the inter- vention of the Triple Alliance will be necessary to Insist on the adherence of the Chinese Government to the Treaty stipulation. Such at least the report current in Tokio-Chronicle,
THE "EDGAR"" RELIEF FUND.
HONGKONG, January 14th. The Honorary Treasurer of the Edgar Rollef Fund beg to acknowledge with thanks the following donations:-
H M.S. Plover...$ 64. Officers Mess, First Battalion Ride
Brigade ..................
Mr. F. Maitland.....
"Pat"
Brought forward.
786
Total up to date........$882
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE Beigte came out of dack yesterday, A COMPLEX report of the Amoy races "crowded out ” of this issUU.
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LAUT Saturday afterboon the parents of a little boy, eight years of age, living at No. 35 Centre Street, reported to the police that their son was missing, and yesterday morning ■ Chinese constable found the body of the poor lad lylog at the head of the nullah running between Upper and Lower Richmond roads. He had evidently been mordered, for his gueme was tightly tled round his neck, and his black face showed It was a case by strangulation. A jade-stone bracelet worn by the deceased was cracked but not taken away, while a sliver anklet wa missing. There was a small cut on the head, bat whether infleted before or after death only the post mortem will disclose. After the doctora have examined the corpusa Coroner's Inquiry with be held. The detectives have the cavo in band, but so far have found no clue to the perpetrator of this revoliing crime.
THE bistorical pearl robbery scandal business has come to a standstill for the present, owing to the disappearance of the principal persons concerned in it. The hairdresser, Ferg Ab-tim, who
sentenced to
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three months' imprisonment for giving false Information to a pawnshop-keeper, and. who was berated on ball pending appeal, falled to appear "on time" and her bill has there. fore been estreated, and she is now very much wanted by the polica. The youth who was first convicted of stealing the pearls and was alter- wards pardoned, as reported in this journal the gih, cleared out of the colony as soon as he was released from custody. For thesa resion the contemplated prosecutions for perjury and false accusation have had to bs abandoned. The woman Ho Chat, and her mald-servant, who said she gave the jewels to the youth, are reported to have performed the ever-popular "Vanishing. Act", to, it is probable that what once promised to became a sensational case cilibre must be considered as "dead off" for ever and ever. THE returns of the number of visitors to the City
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A REGULAR meeting of the Eothen. Mark Lodge, No. 264, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, on Monday, the aoth lost, at 8.30 for 9 p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.
A REGULAR. Convocation of Victoris Chapter, No. 525, will be held in the Freemasons Hall, Zetland Street, on Tuesday, the arst inst, at 8.30 for 9p.m. precisely. Visiting companions are cordially invited.
The remains of Mr. George Augustus Sala were interred at the Hove Cemetery, West Brighton, yesterday in the presence of many of bis Journa- service was previously held at the Roman ilstic colleagues and personal friends. A requiem Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, Norton- roid.
To regard to the projected Chinese loan, stated to be for about m 200,000,000 or £10,000,000, the arrival of Herr von Brandt, the former German Minister at Peking and now delegate of the German financiers, is anticipated with interest, at Berlin. He is the bearer of important news and He is coming home from China and will soon be
perhaps of important concessions from China.
Reuter's Rome correspondent telegraphs that Cardinal Persico, Prefect of the Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics, is dead. Cardi- nal Persien, it will be remembered, was the prelate chosen by the Pope to visit Ireland and report to him upon the working of the Plan of Campaign, and its concomitant system of boy costing.
The Secretary of the United States Navy considers it necessary to demand from Congress provision for an additional 2,50 men, the existing establishment of bluejackets being entirely employed añost, and not a man being unless the standing provisions are exceeded. avaliable for the commissioning of an extra vessel For its larger quick-firing pass the American Government has finally adopted the Fletcher breech-closing mechanism; for the glo. Q.F. the Dashiell system has been selected. From the 4ln, gun thus fited fire, sounds have been fired in 17 seconds with a crew which had had only two minutes' previous instruction.
anzillary cruisers la
The Germans are prepared to arm their very formidable way. The larger and faster of these vessels, such as the Furst Bismarck and Normannfa, will each pounders, and, fourteen machine guns, but also have not only eight 5 gl., foar 4 710., two nix- twa second-class 20-ton torpedo-boats, and sixteen Schwarzkopf torpedoes.
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DEPARTURES.
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On the 17th inst. Lord Walter Kerr, as Com.. mander of the Channel Squadron, hoisted his to the difficulties to be contended with
We do not, on the other hand, bilad ourselves flag at Portmonth on the Majestie, and in a chief difficulty is the want of labour, although a The late Mr. Henry Scehohoi, it is stated, day or two the sister ship, the Magnificent, bulit greater one may exist in a reluctance on the part has bequeathed his magnificent ornithological at Chatham, will also be passed Into the Channel of the Government to lease land on favourable collection, in some respects probably the finest Squadron. These two vessels are, without doubt, conditions. The latter obstacle would of course private collection of the kind in the country, to the most formidable fighting craft afloat. In place the subject out of consideration altogether the trustees of the British Museum. The bird-size, in defensive armour, and in offensivo The scarcity of labour would not be an insur- sklos pamber several thousands, all of them in equipment they surpass anything hitherto mountable difficulty: · Almást without exception a perfect state of preservation, for Mr. Seebohm aitained by the British Navy. Special interest imported labour la atised in the Indian tox spared neither expense oor trouble in obtalaing has centred upon the Magnificent and Majestic, | districts, and we see no reason why coolics who the best possible results from, sklled collectors, maloly because of the friendly rivalry between go readly to Assam and Cachar should not whom he employed in all parts of the world. Chatham and Port month Dockyards. The come to Borms. At the worst the question of Joba Callen, forty-eight, a Chinaman, belong-construction of the Magnificent within two years Importing Chinese labour might be considered, Swatow, China, and described as a ship's is a record. She was commenced on Dec. 18 and it would be a novel undertaking to make cook, was again charged at the Thames Police 1891, and was floated on Dec. 18, 1894. She is use of her own people in the competition which and her teenage la 14,900 tons, as against 14,150. court on the 7th inst., on remand, with the wilful
an Improvement upon the Royal Soversign, | Is now going on with China to the tex trade.
No time could be better than the present for Adowa.......... Naval Appointments.-The following spport the production of Burma tes. India and Ceylon Kaifong..................... ments wore yesterday notified at the Admiralty; combined, through Mesars Blechynden and
Commander W. H. M. Daniell to the Mackenzie, the Commissioners of their respective Clam......
CHIAI................. Ariampus, additional, for service in Coastgator market in the Interests of British tes, and in Boyle
Tes Associations, are exploiting the American at Wexford Chaplain and Naval Instructor Rev. J. Berry to the Field, additional, for service Australia and South Africa the taste for Indian Jacob Christenum... at Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport; Chaplain and Ceylon tens is growing rapidly,
Chips, Rev. W. Law, Her Majesty's Dockyard, Portr which formerly possessed the monopoly of the mouth Rev. 9, A. Shone to the Royal Marine world's markets, is gradually falling behind, and Light Infantry Division, Portsmouth Fleet Par when she is extinguished, as she no doubt will Katser in Kowloon Dock: Paymaster M. C. Mardach to the Boscatos, and, unless the cultivation is increased, beyond master Henry Marsh to the St. Vincents Staff be, the demand for British tea will be enormous additional for the Minotaurs Midshipman H. P. the supply. A start is required, and then in a Smyth-Osbourne to the fagnificant.
very short time Burma 'will be in the field as The
a great tea supplier-Rangoon Timis. GERMÁN COMMErcial energY.
murder of Sing Fit, & Chlosman, on board the British ship Crudmow, when on the high seas, on and alt. Mr. Lewis prosecuted on behalf of the Treatory, and the Rev George Piercey acted as interpreter. Mr. Mende committed the
prisoner, who reserved his defence, for trial,
It is not improbable that Sir Charles Tapper, the High Commissioner for Canada, who has lef London for the Dominion 10.confer with the Premier, Sir Mackenzie Bowell, respecting the proposed Pacific cabid and steamship services, Information among his friends that on the death may not resume his duties bere, It is common of Sir John. Thompson, the then Canadian declined. It is now stated in Anglo-Canadian Premier, the post was offered to him, but circles that Sir Mackenzie Bowell is willing to relinquish his position at the head of the Govern ment in favour of Sir Charles Tapper.
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new Commander-in-Chief held his first Levée at the Horse Guards, Whitehall, yester day afternoon. The presentations were limited le 160. The Dake of Connaught came up from Bagshot specially to attend, and drove to Whitehall from Buckingham Palace in one of the Queen's carriages, and was saloted op
SHIPPING.
the first departare being the Melbourne.
Sir D. Salomons presided on toth lost, at a meeting held in the Cannon-street Hotel, to consider the advis*bility of forming an associa tion to promote self-propelled traffic and horse-arrival by a guard of the ret Life Guards. less carriages. The chairman said the first stop must be to obtain an Act of Parlament, which _must_give_the_same_freedom_to_self-propelled. traffic as was given to borsa traffic at the present time. The association world endeavour to protect not only the manufactures, but also the users of the carriages and carts. He moved On the rath Inst. the Öscan liner Tantalus left a readiation for the formation of self-propelled the Herculaneum Dock, Liverpool, and dotored traffic association, incorporated, with lability, the Manchester Cans to load for the Straits, ander the Companies Act. The resolation was China, and Japan. Three months have elapsed unanimously carried, and an executive committee since one of Mr. Alfred Hall's "bine funnel" was appointed, with Sir D. Salomons as
basis has been seen in Manchester, and two president.
since the last Chins Mutual liner sailed, the A discusios bas been sisried by an article in longest Interval which has occurred since the The Times deploring the apathy of our Govern. service was begun twelve months ago. The ment towards clearlic and commercial research. Tantalus is one of the largest steamers which ont that German industries, under judicions State topmage of 2,299 net and 3,572 gross. stimulation, have made Immense sirides daring Germany, fa 1886, resolved to pay a con- the last quarter of a century, and yet no attention siderable annual amount for the subsidising of has been paid here to a fact so overwhelmingly German ilues of steamers regularly going to important for this country. We hear on every Asia, Australia, and Africa, especially to China alde, from those who are at eady suffering, that | and Japan. The, Norddeutscher Lloyd then competition yet no authority stirs an eye to oor industries are being raised by German signed the contract with, the Goremment, and in consequence of the calling of large discover the reason, or a finger to invent a sicsmers at places where hitherto only a small remedy. The reason is to be found in improved commercial traffle with Germany existed - a methods prostrate. which is based on scientific researches, without
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The fifty-ninth ordinary half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Hongkong, Canton and Macro Steamboat Co., Ltd., will be held at the office of the Company, No. 18, Bank Buildings, Queen's Road Central, on Friday, the grat inst,
at noon.
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tation with the Communications Department, The Japanese Naval Department, alter consul. has issued an order that the word "Mara ransk >anceforth be suffixed to the names of M Japanese steamers other than warships, 20 as to make the distfacitan clear. The reason for merchant vessels have in many cases the same names as the men-of-war, which is likely to lead to confusion Chronicle.
A TORY Journal, which weltes with considerable co respondent of The Times at Ettin polnis bas navigated the canal, having a reglaterad | less'wages. In this particular instance, the whole this action doubtless is that the Japaness
authority on Service affairs, takes Truik's view of Prince Henry's appointment, thus:-
While it would be ungracious to examina too closely the motives of Lord Wolseley is allowing H.R.H. to take part in the campaign, we cannot but regret the decision,
If there is
to be war it must be a soldier's gage, and Prince Henry is not a soldier. He can be of no use, but be can be very much in the way. The Ashantes Expedition is not a battur ; & is sleen business, and many men far better qualified
than Prince Henry havn had thele service refused. We trust H.R.H. will escape lejury, but should be fall we also hope there will not be another Captain Cary scapegoal
LAST Saturday seaman of the British skip Highland Forest was charged before the Marine Magistrate with refusing duty while at sex. The master of the Highland is Forest stated that the defendant refused to work for a month before reaching Hong- kong on the ground that he was unwell, THIS evening Mr. Wm. Farmer meets Mr. T.hut when examined by a doctor on arrival in S. Words in a billlard match at the Hoogkung harbour he was certified za "perfectly it for Hotel.
A REGULAR meeting of St. John's Lodge, No. 618, S.C., will be held in the Freemasons Hall, Zetland Street, this evening, at 8 for 8.300'clack precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited. THUS the Tlanisim Times of the sit alto,:-The arrangements for the construction of the railway to Peking are being pushed forward rapidly. We are informed that the contract will
be offered on tender, and that the tenders will
be out in about a week from now,
COLLISION · AT WOOSUNG.
SHANGHAI, January 8th, A serious collision occurred yesterday afternoon at Woosung between the Tokio Mors, Inward hound, and the Serchun, outward. The Szechuan was struck on the starboard sids about twelve feet from the stem and her plates were knocked in same six feet and the stem twisted round on the same side. The damage extends from the top of the forecastle-deck down. below the water Hoe, One man was injured as
known.-N. C. Daily News. board the Sichuan. The damage to the Tekio is not serious, so far as is at present
LONDON, December 10th. taken throughout Germany, it appears, to the "Extraordinary taterest" continues to be British shipbuilding Industry. With a view, too, to take advantage of the Belfast strike and The new Messageries Maritimes service,_vid_the_Clyde_lockout,_our_kladly...cousins...are. Colombo, of which we have already given | Vrging ih 17, Government to enact that none particulars, is to be inaugurated very shortly, but home-made materials shall be used in fature DAVEl Contracts. A movement is also on foot to procure the lowering of railway freights for all There fe no concealment about the object aimed shipbuilding materials, used in German yardı.
at by those demands British supplies of steel and from are, il possible, to be ousted from the German market by reducing the price of similar articles produced at home. As soon as that is accomplished, Germany will be able to build ships as cheaply as England does, or even at lower.antes, thanks to longer hours of work and
responsibility for whatever may occur seals on those who have produced a condition of paralysis at two of the most important shipbuilding centres In the United Kingdom. Bat when the Berlin correspondent who transmits this unpleasant news proceeds to argon that more commercial attachés nie required to watch the evolutions of German rivalry, he shows scant knowledge of the real requirements of the sitostion. The pigeon holes at the Foreign Office are, we undertake to remarkable traile bar been created, so that say, brimming over with consuler reports frem obe German Import from China daring the all parts of the world, warning our manufacturers and shippers that the time has come for them to A telegram from Aden states that Major four years from 1859 to 1893 has doubled, Sandbach, R., who came out there from while the export from Germany to China has adopt the methods by which their German Woolwich a few weeks ago to shoot in { Increased by” half the former amount. The rivals cut them out of foreign markete. A Somailland, bes had both hands and an Import from Australls to Germany has tripled, regards quality, British goods will hold crunched by & wounded · Honess. animal had been driven out of a thicket by consequence of the unfavourable times. Now manufacturer, confident of his superiority, will But patternL'STO The although the export to Australis has lessened in
adopted to local tastes; the English is reported that the vessels, which are made so not condescend to such petty details. beaters, and Major Sandback severely wounded her. The head Shikarri, who was beside the of to and from East Asia are not capable of not Major at the time, discharged both barrels of the sking the cargoes which always are awaiting foreigner must take whatever he chooses to second gue, but the lionces sprang upon him transportation, therefore larger steamers are to make, or supply himself elsewhere to his own and killed him by a blow on the head from her be bought er bulit, and in consequence the disadvantage. That was all very wall as long It is stated in the Government Gazette of paw, Major Sandbach then fired, another shot, Imperial Government intends to Increase the as foreign competition had no backbone, but it the 21th lestant that letters and papera ara which brought the lioness
rammed the barrel deutscher Lloyd.
manufacturers to strengthen their own before the following vessels `----- of his gan down the animal's throat, the jaw
evening of the 11th inst. the outward opportunity has gone for ever.-Glebr. closing upon his arm, and in tering to force bound White Star Inst Germanic came into them open his other hand arm got blitan. The violent collisios, in a dense fog, at the mouth of TRE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT lionessas finally speared. Major Pagez brought the Mersey, with the Glasgow steamer Cumbrai, buck the injured officer to Aden for medical ald, The latter was so badly damaged that she gunk ten days being occupied on the journey. By that soon after her passengers and crew had been time gangrene bad appeared in one ams, which | trken en bösed the Beer.. A boat-load of men wis amputated. A later telegram announces who had volunteered to return to the sinking that Major Sandbach has succumbed to his ship to recover valuables and papers were inforles
picked up by sing The force of the Emile Arton, who is alleged to have taken a collision is described as very great. The prominent part in the Panama scandals in Paris, Germanic had 120 passengers on board, laclad was again brought before Sir J. Bridge at Bow-log Lord Dantaven and Kr. Glenny, who street on the 6th inst., and charged with a serien left in connection with the Valkyrić dispute, Mr, Newton, who appeared for Arton, declared that t. John Hare's dramatic company. She had tons made at the Hongkong Observatory during of offences against the French laws. Mr. A. and Mrs. Glibert Hare,” and other members of
No. 9-Extracts of meteorological observa- he had evidence to prove that the French Gov- sise a heavy mall for the States. Anticipating | December last, ernment had been “coquetting with justice" in foggy weather, she had an extra look-out -No, to-Costalos a retain of books published this case. He alleged that in 1891 a M. Dapat man is the crow's nest. Scarcely had the in Hongkong during the quarter ending Decem
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|| duty," The Court thereupon sentenced the havƐng another -Cartridge "pon him. Not annual subsidy which is paid to the Nord- has one now, and it should be the concern of our | lying at the Post Office addressed to the
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GAZETTE.
[Saturday, 11th Fanwary, 1800.]
·GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS.
No, 7—Contains two,Orders in Cound!! dated January with referring to the modification In the Gorer and Paes regulations as ordered by
Governor a day or two previously.
No. 8-The return of Stamp Duty collected during the years 1894 and 1895.
No.
Immediately after this the charge against the master of the ship of striking a seaman on the 14th October, while at sen, was board, The evidence of a number of seamen was led, but their “talk” fafled to substantiate the charge to the satisfaction of the Magistrate, so the cass
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getting the was remanded for the purpose avidance of a man ta hospital who was unld by the complainant to be a very material witness. THRmonthly competition for Captain McCallum Cup, to be fired for by the members of the Field Battery, Hoogkong Volunteers, was cop It is probable that next Wednesday morning the gth of the month. Instead of the tasted for on Sunday the 5th and Thursday our deservedly popular Chief Justice, Six Fielding East Saturday of every month. It was won Clarke, will occupy the Upper Bench for the last for the first time by Gunner A. Brown" time prior to his departure from the Colony. It is with the fine score of 33 and 39 at the 200, will avail himself of this opportually to address with the 8 points allowed, raising the record to Currender, while last month M. Ricard, a member
Gunday Brown fired on Saturday" and 99-
of the present Government, sent oVEZ AÐ in the, hase, when the Cumbrae, goo toas Crown Landa to be held on the 17.2 inst. his lordship on behalf of the members of the de: record of 33, 33 and 37 at the autograph letter to Arton, and offered, through burden loomed in sight. Both vessois No. 13-Notifies the cancellation of the
some mager, his total, facinding handicap the bearer of that letter, that if he would give up were proceeding under easy steams, but re-entry of Kowloon faland Lot No, go, A NEW PLAGUE i intelligence has reached Kaba / polais, being 100na väry creditabia perform« | contain: papers he should have "a. En before it was possible to avert the disaster, She pubílshed
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the Germanic came right on to the Scotch bost 14-Notice to mariners, Amoy "district, is ance. Corporal Eving was second with 9s||Judge, fory, and public prosecutor. “ na from Hachijo Island, in Izu province, of a new points (and handlesp) with Guaser Stewart sum of money, M. Tallafer, who appeared to
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crashed into the Cumbrad's forecastle, making 15-Notices to Mariners—South Australia auð plagoo affecting almost every child it in inlod, scratch, with a genre of Ba. This cap prosecute, said he denied the whole of these 'a hala in Kes of 128, or 148. The Germank, Japan—are published. described as an vicerous disease, often ending becomes the property of the one who wins allegations, and Sir 1. Bridge, semkcking that'te with some song of war bow dausget and twisted, fatally, and the doctors are unable to ascertate it the mast times duing the year, and we must be locked upon se a matter approved and was hot in condition to proceed on her voyage. The Gunsite also contains the usual list of
shall be one amongst many who will be glad contradicted, said that he had the cause of it. The Yomiuri sintag that the Guangy Brown wins this evidence of good the application for extradition, 3.10 grant | Sha slowly rütürned,to Liverpool with, her own unclaimed" telegrams lying in the Telegraph and the Cumbrada pussengen, the latter beløg | Co's offices; the Post Offsen list of posts varianta Home Department will send a batch of sanitary markomantisip. If domitable perseveragón It appears that a vigorous attempt is being | mmfully stiended to by the Germanié's officers, correspondence, and lat of letters,, est, for oficiale je ike fufested Satelet se larges
sunde in astend and improve the edevation of † An paniniussion of Shad Germanis shown a kurge | merchant voueris,
probable, too, that the Hon. the Attorney General | 400 and 500 yards respectively; his total gr, I went to Venice and offered Arton terms of Garmanic-left the Marsay, and only about eight | ber 11th, and 12-Gives 'particulars of sals of
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