gi p
mais on the pro att: pan
1 va desimen ... vikt da nay ka which their and pasteitated showed that the spirit. xits hold on our nilive axrimen. The crowd on Kowloos wharffaly howled with sacitement as the Boris went by all is a cluster and the wlaner and their friends testified their jubilation with salvoce of firecrackers.
The position of the flagship was certainly not A good on. She was moored so that at both start and finish the boats could only be seen at deceptive Ingles, and she was alas too far away from the Judge's boat to enable the names of winners to be made out when prated on the board. Even with glasses the names could not be deciphered at times.
Why not have the fudge and Umpire on the bridge of the flagship sad let the races finlah between them and mark? The steam laun- ches following the races often eat off the crews from view Jast at the time when the sace was most interesting. If there is any insurmountable difficulty in having the events falsh nearer the flagships certainly some al the regatta officials might see that resul's and times are promptly posted on bosids, as is done elsewhere. At times It was impossible to find an officer who kac Knything of the taces abomid the flagship and some competitors were much inconvenienced thereby, Atle attention to matters of this kind goes far to make a regatta a success.
There is a good deal of betting done on zome of the rice, especially the International. For some time the Scottish crew was heard of most, but as the time for the rie drew near the Ger mans wae in highest favour. The straggle between Scoila and Teutonis was a grand one and for a time it seemed as if the doughty Frits was in danger, Form told, the German money was paid over, and the very many Scotsmen who had taken deep concern in the race bad to console themselves with the fact that they had had a splendid run for their dollars.
She's win in the second day's yacht race' was
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1896.
LEVY HERMANOS,
❤, tank to get acceptable Christmas gifts for | tare, asleep, or had gone on a long journey. No,
gentlemen relations or friends,
fellow countrymen," "lend me your ears, for we are come to bory Cæjar, not to pralie hini," Hongkong and the Straits are like the two single gentlemes rolled into one, and burled in one Krave, over which a gorgeous headstane is erected with the simple and teaching epitaph engraved upon it
"IMPERIAL POLICY."
There has never been such a supoly of diamond vendors. In Hongkong
Mess, Levy Hermanor, the well-known jewellers and diamonds are showing just now, Bir. Lavy, who has just returned from Pads, has brought with him all the intut and costliest things in Jowellery, in the shade. Of rings the display is magnificent, and his show cases now put Aladdin's cave fairly some of the emeraldas and diamonds being the largest seen here. A superb Burmese pigeon's blood ruby of the very highest quality is shown set with brilliants, and me rich things are shown in Marquise slags. Bracelets, balr ornaments, brooches, piss, gold cigar bolder casar, pero and pencil caver, if other
cares, and their novel designs are exceed. ingly attractive and elegant. Mr. Levy took the reporter's breath' away when he brought from an, from safe a leather pocket book and told bim its value. Opening the book a number of title paper packets were seen and these enclosed such a store of diamonds as one seldom 11 ever
rees in a lietime. There were great follows of
the first water weighing 27 carats and bandfuls of tiny sparklers like glass dust all rose-cut, and gelag 21 to the carat. Package after package revealed tas lostrome wens in all sizes, the colours they threw of clear prismatic rays bespoke their value and beauty. Next the Telegraph rùan was shown a great pile of cares furniture to be sent to the Emperos's Palace at that filled a room stored with fancy goods and | Peking, a mighty music box of 48 tunes being among the things. The firm also send thelt workmen to do regal la the Imperial establishment. A special line just received alivered porcelain tes iets, &c., the effect being exactly that of old sliver. Among many other things we noticed some first rate bicycles, beauillal clocks, spilt cabinets, ladies' writing cases, new blan oxydlsed and
gold' chatelaine watches, hand mirrors, &c. The firm has an old established head house-la
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up form-clad hills, aliding down banks, trudging through thay sivulets, now falling, now scamper- ing and as happy as "aand boys," whatever they may be. Our portly captain, a lowding civic officer, had bellows to mend soon and was constantly shouting "Now, No. 4, don't be in such a d- hurry,” and several of us had frequently to ald his great avolidu- pols up the steep hillsides. A "bang " told
distances. The barrels quickly grew hat with us the enemy had seen us or we them and 100 we were blazing away at the red at all sorts of
the rapid fire, but the "ighting thirst” was an us and we meant to squelch the other side and get back to the gingerbere as soon as possible. Fate ruled otherwise. The other side in golog outfits! had got the hang of the place, and they VOLUNTEERING IN AUSTRALIA. | TM*aged to surround us so nicely that wa were
services rendered by the Colonies of Hongkong And, if mora is wanted, we can' ourselves add the words. In plous memory of unsolicited
and the Straits Settlemanis."
{"Wa fancy the speaker had in his mind the inunortal Foe-fo-8 fum af kle childhood who from bin monowyllable name was evidently of Chinesa origla,MEd, Penang Gasitte))
REMINISCENCES AND EXPERIENCES, Seeing the red coats and white facings of the gallant West Yorks la Hongkong for the first time, there came to the willer at eace a food of recollections of the time when he was similarly Tasmania. The undress of the Tasmanian uniformed in the far away little island of
Riis Reigment was exactly the same as that of the West Yorks, save that our badge was
ramping" los in aliver, and our glengarries
bore the bugle horn.
Although so long ago that it makes one leat an old fogey to look back on those days, the fresh asti of yesterday. We in Hobart formed sight of the familar rig brought op memories the Santbern division of the regiment, consisting of four companies, each of about 100 strong. The Corps sported a good band, and we had the use of a fine spacious barracks for drill and parades. Our officers were mainly business or professional men, who all took the greatest pride enthusiastic rifle shots. The amy in those in their companies, and most of them were days were the new obsolete Saiders and long
bayonels.
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all counted dead men by the umpire when he came to give his decision. Antving at the rendezvous, we found that the Cascada Brawory people had sent up several casks of ale, and this, with our ginger-pop, made buckets of handygar that were most refreshing sad, la s home we certainly were more at ease" that at few cases, overpowering as wall. "Marching
what general orders styled a very instructive "L'enskan," but we got on the drill ground after
day. We now and again had an attack on the Queen's Battery in the Domain and here one of
Intimations.
DO YOU DRINK BEER?
If so, the chief polnuts to consider are flavor, body, color, digestive properties.
A beer which excels in all these qualities is essentially healthful, invigorating nad vefreshing.
EPICURES SAY that RAINIER BEER surpasses all other beers ou this account. Competent judges pronounce it to be the KING OF Barns. Whererar it le introduced it immediately becomes popular. EXPERIENCE PROVES that RAINIER BEER in the best table beer in the
market.
TESTS SHOW that it is the best beer for the tropics, thus demonstrating itu
"keeping qualities."
RAINIER BEER.
The leading Hotels and Clubs keep "RAINIER," because it is alwayn. la demand.
F. E. BISHOP,
Acting Manager.
Ice House Lane,
Hongkong, 8th December, 1896.
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THE REGATTAS.
YESTERDAY'S SAILING RACES,
BRITISH MERCANTILE MARINE
·OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION.
THE USE HALF-YEAKLY MEETING Of tbl: ASSOCIATION will be held on The following art the finishing times for the Copy of the Certificated Officers) D!!! (an TUESDAY, the 15th instant, stg ... when salilog events yesterday :---
amended) will be subinilited for consideration
All British Certificated Mariners are cordially invited to attend, whether Members of the
· H.M,M,O.A, or any other kindred Society,
W. CANDLER, Secretary. Hongkong, 11th December. 1896. DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK AND COMPANY,
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our colour party had a tide discharged into bla face, marking him badly with grains of powder, The offender, I'm sorry to say, was never dis covered. On one ecession in a night attack ( nestly blew my colone-sergeant's ear off, We had fired when a flash had revealed a un form. Clar an affale of outposts and being beblad = tree I
non-com, passed just then on his way along the line and across my line of fire, getting his eat burnt and blackaned badly, wille he jumped as if shot with a ballet. He's all right now, and so
Actual Time. Cor. Time. H. M... 3, H. M. S. in Hongkong! The T.R.R. one of the few Colonial Maid Marian (2nd)...3 24.49
3 24 40 out on active duty and placed under the Meter mm3 31 16 regiments that in late years has been Erica (4th)3.28 42
3 18 43 3 31 16 This was nearly 20 years She (txt)...... 3 31 50 Mutiny Act.
Dart (3rd) night a lot of rate; Irishmen nearly wrecked Princess delivering his lectures In Hobart, The first Phobe the Town Hall where he was lecturing and Activi all sorts of fearful threats filled the air. Next Bifi
48 15 3 34 15 day some hundred special constabica were sworn
Kl...........? 53 25 3 41 40
DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK AND COMPANY, in and armed with batons, and a Gazette | Stabretst, .........................4 7 45 3 53 45 extraordinary called on the troops to master SAILING RACK; for all open boats; say the 17th day of December, 1896, st NOON, for LIMITED, will be held at the HONGKONG HOTEL, Victoria, Hongkong, on THURSDAY, Chinese owned boats excluded'; entrance $a į pełze, $24 : wlaner of this race on the First Artillery paraded in front of the
Day to be penalised 5 minuter'; course, sine during the lecture, with field places leaded building, and the Rifles, each man with 30 rounds with grape ; buglers were concealed about the miles; past entries.
of ball, were in-apublic buliding close by. AU hands turned out well, and, I think, there was only one absenien from the whole force, and he
a well earned one, the little clipper belog Parts and large stores at Manila and Shaughal, some rattling goods scores used to be made with go when Father Chlalquy, the ex-pricut, was
se some idea may be had of the extent of their
business. ***
BIBLE, BOOK AND TRACT DEPOT.
handled a good style. Her course was one that, puzz'ed spectators, but when she came la with some of her time allowance to spare behlad the fast Mat Marías it was recognised that her skipper knew a thing or two after all.
By the way, speaking of regatta matics, would it not be worth while to have an faterport race for fours with Shanghal. They have some tinctly "wholesome," Interexting and Instruc. scending enough to let us fall to it In the drill. ander all sorts of palus mod penalties. The
Tery good ouramen at Slangbal and there is litic doubt that they would be glad to try conelastess with torse of on men:"Such■"race" could be snaged jast new without mach trouble and it would exclte very general interest both here and in the north. Subsequently the Inter- port race might become a regatta fixture.
The Bible depot in D'Agullar Street have for of all ages, as well as very pretty childrens' pic sale a fine selection of books for boys and giris tre books. The literature in this depot is dis. ive, New Years' and Xmas cards are also on „sale in great variety.
PITY THE POOR BEGGARS / On Monday there will be meeting of the local The Macsoille Marine, we noticed, were act mock Farliament, at which the Honourable the provided for on the programme. With all the ships la put surely an officers' gig race could be Acting Attorney-General will move the third organised, to be rowed in shipy' boats. Such reading of the Bill satitled "An Ordinance to events in San Francisco and Australts are taken appropriate a um equivalent to seventeen up with spirit and are invariably contested very and a half per centum of the Colonial Revenues keenly. A Mercantile Marine Cup certainly contribution for the Delence of the Colony," should figna In fature programmes.
A word of pralie should be given to the That the Bill will be passed, owing to the Officia! caterers on the flagship (Messrs Madar and Phalanx (in which we must faciada Mr. Wel Farmer) who set out A diffia in the saloon Ayuk) swamping the representatives of the and also as 'well stocked bar on deck,
Two "pencillers" plied their calling each day ratepayers--the unfortunate who have to find to enable the spectators to have en laterest in the wherewithall to keep the Governor and sil the race and a chance of winning a few dollars. the Downing Street protégla golog-isa fore The metallicians did not make anything in the gone conclusion, and that, sohappily, being so we shape of a scoop on the first day, but on the may be excused for republishing to-day an article second they found people to make "sporting Wagers" and lo consequence they had a better that appeared to the Pinang Gosatis some time day's work:
ago, in which reference is made to the hopeless struggle of the unofficials to get fair-play when the question of the Military Mulct for the year now drawing to a close was discussed in the Council. It is very much to the point and reads as follows:-
CHRISTMAS SHOWS.
TAK CHEONG,
The Spider was not a very elegant weapon, but it up to about 700 or 800 yards. Ar to its top plng power, la which some folk think the latest riftes deficient, there could be no doubt, and men who bare used Saiders in the South Seas fally bear this out. It was no joke when we had bay- onet exercise with those heavy old guns, and many a time the Sergeant-Major was conde- room in our shirt sleeves. Often when the figgers seemed too tired to grip the stock or bar rel, wa were glad to watch the sergeant major's back and slip our wilsts under the plece. In- stead. The boys all took a keen interest in this portion of our schooling, and we had several competitions with the marines, making a goud show even against those redoubtable fel lows. In company drill there was always the 'utmost rivalev, and it used to sound queer to bear the stern and decorous doctor, barrister,
when wheeling, for instance, with "For Ged's or merchant, fa l-suppressed motion, exhort us sake, boys, feel your right? We chanced to bare a deaf member la our company, and be Say we had a commanding officer's parade or lavariably turned up when he was leist wanted,
.were to take part in a turn out with the Artillery, poor No. 4 company always bad it afflicted member. Generally he was about two paces sounded he was always se much in front, thus behind when stepping off, and when the halt was
spollag the good form of the rest. Poor fellow he had "Anathema maranatha from
all
ball
had to face the music at the Court and pay a fine for his carious conduct.
This may come to the eyes of some part members of the T.R.R. and they will jain with the walter in wishing a successful and honourable cascer to the cltista soldiers in the distant Utile island where we first learned to shoot. -
J. S. N.
THE OCEAN OF THE FUTURE.
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33 20
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33 50
3 33
34 4
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36 50
LIMITED,
335 50 NORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of
OTICE is hereby given that an EXTRA-
B. M. 3.
Pottes Boat somma...m3 39 40 Commodore's Galley 3 41 30 Southern Cross 3 48 30 Police Boat was penalised e minutes, basing won on the previous day, The Commodore's Galley had to allow to the Police Bout one minute per mile on her four feet of extra length. The Police Boat won by am, 10 sec.
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS DUE: English (Gangis) to-morrow, American (City of Rio de Janeiro) to-morrow. Indiau (Arratson Apear) 14/h Inst. German (Rayers) 15lb inst. Tacoma (Olympia) 25th Inst. American (City of Peking) 2818 Inst. Caradiso (Empress of China) 30th lart.'
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THE P. & O. S. N, Co.'s steamer Maxagan lelt Bombay for this port on the 10th inst.
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the purpose of considering and, if thought At. passing a Resolation that the Company be WOUND UP volantarlly.
Should the Resolution be passed by the required majority it will be submitted for confir mation as Special Resoluilon to a second Extraordinary General Meeting to be abso quently convened.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
WM. HAY,
Manager. ₤1003
Hongkong, 9th December, 1805.
List of Applications will be Opened on Saturday, the 28th November, 1896, and will be Closed on Saturday, the 10th December, 1886.
THE EASTERN MICA M.A NIPULATING WORKS, LIMITED. (incorporated under the Compantes Ordinances 1866 to 1890, sukereby the Habtily of tack Shareholder is Limited to the Amount of his Shares.)
CAPITAL
$50,000,00
Divided lato 5,000 shares of $10 each, of which too fully paid up shares will be allotted to the vendor In past payment of the purchas
Lloyd's S. N. Co. that the Company's steamer-gz per share on application, $5 per share on WE are Informed by the Agents of the Austrian money, and of the remalader 2,500 shares are now offered for subscription, payable as follows! Marguts Bacquehem left Singapore for this port allotment, and the remaining is per share a this afternoon.
required ai call,
inform us that the "Ben" line steamer THE Agents (Messrs. Gibb, Livingston & Co.)
Benlomond, from Antwerp and London, left Singapore for this port to-day.
Crapes, &c. Hats of all kinda are seen here. I powers that be are out of order, no penny dropped to paddie S.R.R. boys will remember. of the oceaa ; great populations are developing malls, etc., which left Hongkong on Nov. 12th
Mr. Tak Cheong's big outfitting establish ment, No. 50 and 57, Queen's Road, presents
At Xmas time this plea (of "pity the per more than its wonted scene of busy Industry Just now, and the wise ants are thronging to him beggara! Se one that is surely seasonable. We with their Christmas ordis. A look round his hope, indeed, it will be responded to largely by all classes of the community during the large and varied stock proves that Tak Cheong holldays now approaching Nevertheless there knows the requirements of bis trade in every particular. In the matter of clothing he has
are cases in which we fear that the call for aid hundreds of patterns of fashionable English Radkely to fall on deaf ear. For the works of Scotch tweeds, as well as terges, cloths, flannels, the apparently dammy figure that represents the from the fall ik hat for church and high days, inducements of compromise will make the' İnta the slot, by which we mean no down to the comfortable sell cap for kanck-about #blessed thing work. Such has been our own purposes. Boots and sises are kept in good and experience, and indeed we are not yet out of variety, and so too are ties braces, coilarr, hand- kerchiefs, sods and links, and perfomery, and the treadmill. everything else that a modern mercery #1018 should have. A big speciality are the football, ericket, rowing, cycling and golfing suits, all made on the premises by clever workmen. Sticks, umbrellas, pipes suf'poucher, and leather goods offer a good selection for gift-making, and sweets, toys, and crackets are stocked for the children. On a shopping trip a call at Tak Cheong's should certainly not be omitted.
KUHN AND KOMOR,
It was do our Sunday afternoon Church parades that the Rifles were seen at their smartest, Then we donned our best aber Fall dress coats, white coffs and collars, helmets, sidearms and white gloves. Ohl the airs we used to put on, although the gunners marched in front! In the lofty cathedral the effect was very fine, especially in the music, the massed bands playing, with the organ, the hyma tunes chosen for the occasion, and when to this was added the volume of bundreds of voices, the result was a very fine one.
THE P. M. 5. S. Co's steamer China, with
for San Francisco, via Ainoy, Shanghai, Naga- lalu, srived at her destination on the roth Inst, saki, Kabe, Inland Sea, Yokohama and Hono
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SHIPPING RETURNS. Frim 8 pm. yesterday to 6 pm. to-day. 43.............. steamer, from Holbow Sishan 15-22405M ED Chile................. Orte
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Chiskiung Slogapore Chloklang. Nanyang KIYIELDE
Chinklang. Spartan..............................a cruiser "Shanghai, Whas Tof..........gunboat Shanghel
Aggregating 13,750'ions register, DEPARTURES, Gungle............ Lytemoon steamer, for Shanghal Shanghat Chikit..........
Canton Adenreklagt
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General Manager ? C. HOLDSWORTH, Esq. Bankers: THE NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA, LIMITED. Solteller:
KW. MOUNSEY, E1q. Secretary (pro tem) : GEORGE W, KIRKPATRICK, Esq c/o Hongkong Hotel,
THE COMPANY has been formed for the
purposes mora particularly set out in the Company's Prospectus and Memorandum and Articles of Association, both of which can be sem at the Offices of the Company's Solicitor.
The business since its commencement In March, 1895, shows a net profit of about zo per cent, which with sufficient capital should in a short time increase to a marked extent and return a handsome préft on the subscribed capital. The purchase price has been fixed by the Vendor at $10,000, payable as to $5,000 in cash and as to the balance in soo fully paid-up shares.
Plans for the necessary buildings have been prepared and the estimated cost of the land and buildings, exclusive of machinery, will be about $25,000.
A piece of land situated on the Sau Ki Wan Road has been selected for the business of the Сегарьцу
New York, November 3rd.
States to determine what part they will take It is not too early for the people of the United
In the commercial development which bide fair to make the Pacific Ocean a rival in import ance of the Atlantic. This is not so extrava- drill and a splendid thing it was. Turning dut
In the spring we used to have "setting up" gant an awestion as it may at frat seems. In the memory of spine of our readers the Rocky In those Invely English-like romings, it was u Mountsins were as far from New York for a trest to face the sergeant-major on the Barrack practical purposes as the planet Mars. To-day square minus coals and belts and swing our there lie even beyond those mountains grest: cise. This set up our fellows immensely, but the wealth with the older States in the East, and Imbs about in vigorous and health-glying exer States ranking in point of intelligence and contract tailors did as little justice. I was wear-msialaining close relations with them. But all Ing a new undress teale one day on a march the growth bordering on the Pacific has not been out when heavy rain caught us, soaking through confined to the United States. Watch the recent everything. At next drill to my disgust I found evolution of Japan, the opening to trade of Chios, the left sleeve about 4 inches shorter than the the settlement of Australia, and the ballding of other and it cost a lot of bother to get a better the Trans-Siberian Railway, which will do for fitting garment. Il volunteers are to take a Russle what our own Pacific railways bayn dous pride in their work they certainly want the for the United States, or the Canadian Paclic for tailors to do them justice, and I'm not referring British North Ameries. There is steady pro- elther. Our fist fraue of great coste gress on both sides of the ocean, and in the islanda is a thing There they were on the drill room floor, great new tastes to be supplied, opening now fields to Army Clothing Factory in Belfast. They had channels for the exchange of products. To win plies of dark greyish coloured stuff, made at the artificer and merchant, and pointing out new been intended for a regiment of Daniel Lamberts, supremacy in the carrying trade of this greatest And the Eastern world his found yet another hardly a mother's son of us not being able to of oceans is an ambition worthy of a comtry parallel exhibition of the absurdity of Financial get in and out of them with ease when they were which, in a hundred years, has subjugated such hopeless farce of the pollon of those who are inside! A man who could not stow a day's have carried civilization across the continents; Committees to the Crown Colorfer, and the buttoned up fally. And those canvar pockets a mighty wilderness to the service of man. We held up to their fellow-cins as hongatable rations laside eve of them surely had abnormal shall our enterprise now pause on the brick of men. Even the exalted title of His Excellency appetite. Yet (whisper) these coats had real the western ocean! won't work. It appears to be as barren and as brass army butons on them and some of our powerless as the similarly abundant title of fellows used to carry swagger canes when Count, which is widere "kickshaws to
which is nowadays in commonly heard of wearing those enormous things. gratify the pilde of wala min and draw them to When the Telegraph reporter called at Mesir do the wanton will of the demi-god. At least that Kahn and Komor's panese curio atoso is what the public here have found on more than he found Mr. Kaha bay supervising the one occasion, and what the poor colonisis at bopacking of some jo great cases of Hongkong are now being taught to their cast, carlos just arrived from Japan. To wander The "Fragrant Watera" murmur in vain, the through Kuhn and Komers shop is a perfect ait exuberance of the verbosity of one of lis members treat and one's list of adjectives would soon be in quashed with the stero buke of the Colonial used up were ha to attempt to describe them. Secretary in such words a "cbatterer," "irre We may, however, indicals a few things out of spons his persons," whose language is vindictive this wonderful display. Here is a great brosse and untrue! That is the parliamentary tan urn of the Old Temple make, o ft, high and centuries old; Old Templa gongs, ancient sliver use of Hongkong at present according to the
great authority there on May's Procedure. lacquer ware, gold enamelled uras, trays, lamps,
Bat we are glad to see that the Governor him. etc, Ivory carvings and stuetter, marvellous self admits that he is in the vagrant class, He Satsuma goods, and the firm's celebrated while states plainly that it was cause of regret to him and snow lacquered panels lo cherry frames call but the Secretary of State had not seen it to for attention, the fatter being lovely lower meet their views, notwithstanding that he bad studies unliable for alban covers or blotting seconded the efforts of the naofficial members pads. The cabinets is blickwood and gold and to the best of his ability, and that he was silver screens in slik embroidery, mother-of-compelled to ask them to pass the vote ar more, pearl and lacquer, slik able covers, quilted and molens volens. What he says is this, "I am jackets and gas, gald and silver punch mere slave, who must touch the Aladdin's bowls camelled, flagren goods, armour lamp whether I will be so whether It bodes and arms (including old Dutch guns intald by vll or good to the British interests that are Japanese), cherry lacquer cribbage, waist, under my especial surveillance and paternal and chew omfts, etc, are works of the solicitude, I beed not. It la the law of the highest style of Japanese sacient and modern art despot, the great mara mais of the East. The and there is not such a collection probably to be other officials (bar the C.S., whose words, save seen anywhere. The firm, who have a world as a medium of increasing the torture, do not
wo natural or logiesl reason why sny
OUTWARD 31 November- Bentomond, wide reputation in Japanese "curios, bas just count) are naturally dumk, and not only fallow
power in the Europe should surpass the United | 17th November--Aslows, Pingsway, soth No- opened another branch business at Kobe, out that excellent adage, do as I tell you," but
States in the trade with the countries beyond the vember-Balmoral. 24th November-Ching- A visit totheir store can be recommended to all actually "do as I do." Foor nonentitles It
The Agreement, Memorandum and Articles who admire the beautiful and bizarya,
Pacific; on the other hand, our comparative wo, Myrmidon, Colone, Blizabeth Richmeri, of Association, and plans and all other informas musi, kawerer, be some consolaifon to them ta
perness to those countries should give the Senio 37th November-Formosa, Oscar. tion can be lospected and given at the Offices of KRUSE AND CO.
know that their brother oficials here, from the
United States the land. We have had an import December--Helen Richmers, Frometheus, the Company's Sellator, Mr. K. W. MoURLEY, Mesurs Kruse and Co. bave received a fise | Judge downwards, have been stuck up in the assortment of British and Continental fancy same pillory more than once.
fully entitled to the term in every sense of its paiting forth auch energy, as once made by Sydney, 4th December-Briega, Glanzkfak Eth | No. 51 and 53, Queen's Road Central.
lant Pacific commercs and can have it agulu
ship, December Glenfare, Natal, Romney, Benn Applications for shares should be made upon goods for the Christmas season, and their large The unofficial members carry on the hopeless
ping merchants of Salem, Mass, so weitby glos 1th December-Tantalus, Doreikio, forms, which can be obtained from the Com shop has now a very attractive appearance. appeal in such language as this: One says, "We
Ona need not go beyond English records to learn Fort Paliip, Glamorganshire.
pany's Bankers or Solicitor and the amount Dainty Fiesch glass-ware' lu the shape of mean in continue to proient as those smarting
that 200 years after Elizabeth chartered the HOMEWARD➡gth December-Hertha, Preus payable Ongakers.
́must ́at the same time. Alquate frames, vases, dishes, flower-holders, & under a feeling of Lefustice," Arother, "The order of the day, and how the follows used to East India Company London merchants yer 8th December-Rumun, Mendoni, be paid to the collection of classical bronze statnes is also And yet a third, "There is surely no need to be memorable one for old hands to compella India, however says an early willer, are displayed in the newt designs, and a pretty vols will sound the death-koall of the colony's roll up for it1". One P.O.W. Birthday will basedching Parliament to overcome American
Il no allotment is made, the deposit will be competition as the Paclic,
returned without deduction or Interest. shown. Photo frames in aliver, bronst, doc, lanther treat the colony to cavaliarly as to spend the the TR.R Our Majar FAVO, · 150 the purser, pocket books, dressing cases and toliet money without reference to us, and then calmly option the night before of wearing glengantes or did not fall off until the East India Company sets in silver and abony, beautiful Parisian present the hill for payment. It is excellent to helmets, and we chose the former, although it was obtained the consent of Her Majesty's Ministers fans of ostrich plamer, lace, ivory and silk, have a giant's strength,' bit it is tyrannons to summer and the day's work before us was a hard to impase a double duty on the neutral trade of and
I fancy lampa men among the many tempting use it like a giant,"* d
one. Out carly next morning we regaled with India, which then applied almost solely to the articles on sale. A spécially taking ling la the The public view la expressed in silli more coffee and rolls at the Major's, walted upon by Americans.". In the light of those past triumphs Dresden blecult ware, which is at once neat and forcible language in the "Teligroßh-"A des- pretty girls under good old English oaks and after which we stepped for awhile to build dainty ; and some elegant silver plated gocis perate and well nigh hopeless streegia against poplars. Then fall in sounded and we started að a giant button on our vacant lands---zhali we | are also on hand. The firms has a long and a crowd of Downing Street creatures, who are off on our march. Behind us came the tucker now be content to see another nation cross two well-eared reputation for their tobaccos, cigars Tucking the life-blood eat of the colony-s | (casks of ginger beer, rolls, bread and cheese and oceans and the American continent (as England and cigarettes, its best are, in parody on 1994 century in waggons by recruits to experienced stock, together... with a varied collecilan | so-called free colony.”
fixed bayouels. Our scene of operations was on better terms for trade than we can efier? We of mecnikaum and wooden pipër, cigar holders, But we are straid it wil all be of litile avail, on the hills behind the famed Cascade Brewery, head not wait for the Nicaragus Canal, but am tabacco pouches, match boxes and other things: For, without intending to be in any way profane, Halting, an attacking and „dalguding foren hark now in massures having for their ob- for the regalemant of the male creature. At the appeal saame to na lo bu xe vain as that was formed, every man having 60 rounds of "lect the_supplying of the wants of Eastern | Krusa's (ke indies should find it s plaukams;{and F'which was made tɗ the god who was, paindum“ l'blask. Giring the enemy grace, uut we went "PalamaP118) Majaṛt faden,
During the past year or two English national thought and interest have been centred to so unusual degree upon the extension of the im- perial ides and the bringing of the different parts of the empire into closer relations and a broader sympathy. At the bottom of this movement Is the prediction, so strongly emphasized at the Ottawa Conference of 1894. that "the Paclic is the ocean of the future. Hence the proposition that the mother counts and her colonies shall spend millions to esta blish lines of steamships on the Pacific and other millions to span that ocean with a sub- marine cable. Not that the Atlantic is to be deserted, but that the next field for notable Besides these affairs which counted fall day commercial advancement les on the other parades, we had plenty of skirmisking drill with side of the globe. England's own experience blank, and weren't those officers mighty smartwith the lands washed by the Pacife Jasulies peetlog down the barrels on the next drit night her interest in pushing ahead for first place to Some of the careless ones were wont to neglect any fanker development there, Sixty years ago cleaning out the calcined powder, and didn't they England exported to China, the Indies, and Aus- get a wigging? The Solder's special feature trails $40,000,000 worth of goods. Coming Power Ta seemed to be difficulty in keeping her clean after down half-way to the present, the same countries...................................................... firing blank, as many found ant, when too bought from England $172,000,000 worth of tired to do so immediately after use. It was far goods. By 1893 the figures had risen to
Hallor better fun in the "fudging distance firing at $354,000,000 for a single year. This does not canvas targets and our grand old Sergeant Major include English commerce with the Pacific coast gave us many a saniul wrinkle to this respect. of America. Nor is England the only country
Look at any mark you are walking towards in the street," he ased to ray; "shut out all thoughts commerce of the Faclic. The French have in Europe that is looking with interest upon the of your girl and try and guess how many paces already begun to build a cable across that you are from it. That's the thing to make shots of you."
ocean, and the Germans are making their pre-
ence feit fa Asiatic markets.
The same officer had just such a delicate power of sarcasm as Mulvaney, and he used to make great big recruits lairly quaks in their boots when be found them going to the "elops for # shoulder" or "right-about" for "front." Of course we had a fair quela of "old soldiers amongst us, and some of tham showed they were meaning. Now and again, on Prince of Wales' Birthday (a big holiday in Australasia, by the way) and other holidays a sham fight, was the
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The lot contains an area of 37,500 square feet, has a good frontage and an adequate fresh water supply. On the sea front a Pler or Wharf sufi. clent for the immediate requirements of the Company will be constructed, the cast of which is incinded in the above mentioned sum.
The machinery which will be necessary (including a steam-launch) can be obtained at cast of about $4,000:
Arrangements have been made whereby the services of Mr. Holdsworth have been secured as General Manager of the Company for a term of five years. His unique experience in Mies manipulation will be of immense value to the Company.
The only contract entered into Is one madu between Mr. Holdsworth of the one part and the Company of the other part, a draft of which has for the purpose of Identification been signad by two of the persons signing the Memoranduma and Articles of Association.
A General Meeting of applicants will be held on the a sad December, 1806, when the allotment of shares will be proceeded with.
Hongkong, 18th December, rƐQË, (1835
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LIMITED.
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(1900