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To-day'sTM
Abvertisements.
HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION, "HERE will be a SPOON COMPETITION SATURDAY, the zaik ingrant, Com.
mencing als 30 PM.
RANGES, 700 and 700 yards,
INTRANCE, 30 cents,
Subscriptions are now due and should be paid
to the Undersigned.
A CHAPMAN,
Hon. Sec.
f35 EOTHEN MARK LODGE, No. 2541
Kangkong, roth February, 1898,
REGULAR MEETING of the above
A. LODGE will be held in the FREEMASONS HALL, Zetland Street, on FRIDAY, the 18th
Februsty, at 5 for 4.30 p.m. precisely. Visiting
Brethren are cordially invited to attend.
Hongkong, roth February, 1848
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THE MICASTOS FACTORY.
MESSRS. SHEWAN TOMES & CO,
General Managers.
MR. C. HOLDSWORTH, Supariplendent at Works, Sauktwan Road, Hongkong.
THE GENERAL MANAGERS are prepared To exter loto conitacis for cover: g bollars and steam pipes with either Mics or Asberley Composition at the following quotations:- Şi cts, per superficial square foot for þollers.
steam pipar. Exposed Steam Pipes needing extra wrapping and Canvas and tar dressing will be treated with the above Compostions at $1.05 per superficial #quare foot.
A Stock of the Comp»itions is kept ready for salo packed in 6 cm, casks. Price for ton lots $100 per ton F.O.B. or in smaller quantities at $6 per cet. F.o.B.
All works will be under the personal supervi- alon of Mr. Holdsworth and all orders must be sent through the undersigned
SHEWAN TOMES & CO.,
General Managers.
Hongkong, Toth February, 1898,
NOTICE,
· NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,
STEAM TO
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YOKOHAMA, KOBE AND NAGASAKI. (Passing through the INLAND SIL) "HE Company's "Steamship
THE
"HOHENZOLLERN," Captain H. Blesker, will leave for the above Ports TO-MORROW MORNING, the 11th instant, at
For further Particular apply to
8 A.M.
MELCHERS & Co.,
Agents. Hongkong, roth February, 1808.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.
NOTICE.
STEAM TO SHANGHAI.
THE Company's Steamship
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"SA HSEN," Captain H. Supmer, will leave for the above place TO-MORROW MORNING, the 11th Instant, at to A.M.
For further Particulars apply to
MELCHERS & Co., .
Agents.
Canz Hongkang, teth February, 1808.
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,
THE
LIMITED.
FOR MANILA, VIA AMOY, Company's Steamship
*SUNGKIANG,"
Captain Dodd, will be despatched as above on SATURDAY, the 12th lontant, så 3 P.M.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents.
Hongkong, roth February, 1898
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
S.S. "SACHSEN,"
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THE above named steamer having arrived, Consignees of cargo are hereby informed that their goods, with the exception of Optam, Treasure and Valuables, aró being landed and stored at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, Kowloos, whetica dellvery may be obtained. -
Optional carge will go on to Stangbai unless motice to the contrary be given THIS AFTER- NOON, at 4 PM.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1898.
Entimations.
·LOCAL AND GENERAL.
DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Tax buying rate for sovereigns is $10.63 per L.
COMPANY,
VICTORIA DISPENSARY,
HONGKONG.
AERATED WATERS.
IMPLE AERATED WATER,
SODA
GINGER ALE
WATEIL
LEMONADE.
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For assaulting a finsmith with an from hosk, a brass-mith was to-day sent to guoi for alx months.
ANTHER offender, in the matter of unjust weights was before the Magistrate to-day: A fina of $10 was imposed.
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THE plague returns from Bombay show that from December and illi January 5th, there had | been 645 cases and 5435 deaths from the disease, From January 6th to 18th there were 1,083 cases and 1064 deaths,'
We have received from the P. & C. Company's local office, a very well compiled sheet giving the list of passenger-rates over the company's live to the Exat. The sheet is a very useful | thing in a place like Hongkong and it also gives fall particulars return tickets, the intermediate cada under the constant supervision of a dalyne, and deviations from the regular routes, &c.
DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co.'s WATERS RIG
qualified English Chemist and will bear compa- rison with the best English Manufactures.
Special terms to HOTELS, CLUBS, MESSES and ether Large Consumers. Any complates should be addressed is the
Manager: Hongkong, 1st March, 1897.
THE LEADING CATERERS.
COMPARE OUR
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THE Band of the K. O. L. Regiment will play the following programme at the Officers' Mess to-morrow, commencing at 8 p.m. -—
Overture
* Crow's Diamond Auber Selections
The Mikado
Salva Ya...........“ Hyppy Thought" H. Rest SongThe Pilgrims Song of Hope” ...K, Baclata Relection man." Cavalleria Rostienaa taso Mascapul Valstamumo * Amoretta Taure” ........Crung"
God Save the Queen,
THE matter of lighting those big moating boys
In the harbour is a matter worth the official.com-
MENU, BILLIARD TABLES and sideration. The buoys are right in the fairway
LIQUORS to all others,
THE GRILL ROOM. Hongkong, 1st September, 1897.
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of the Kowloon steamers and on dark nights they are a positive danger. Soma vary narrow escapes from collidon have taken place and it is to be hoped that the question will micaded to -before a serious accident occurs.
On the 24th sil at about 6 p.m., says the Nagasakt Preis, a collision occurred in the harbour between a lighter and the German steamer Rheingold, which was entering the part from Shanghai, and resulted in the lighter being capalxed. Fortunately no loss of Ufa occurred, the men on the lighter being rescued by the
SIGRICE.
Tas salling-vessels Mutley Holland Samanika serived at Nagasaki on the 37th alt. from Philadelphia, with cargoes of kerosene ell for the Standard Oil Company, The vesssis left Philadelphia within twenty-four hours of each other, sighted one another once only on the journey, and anfved at their destination within
a few hours of each other,
SKELP'S " EXPANSION OF
ENGLAND.".
LECTURE BY MR. J. J, FRANCIS, &C.
to krep our Empire we are, to fight for it. There was no better way of preparing for the struggle than by giving our children all the knowledge persible on such things in history and he regretted that theso maiterę were not " taught in the schools as they should be. Ha referred to what had been done by the Landsa School Board and at South Kensington and vald be wanld suggest that Mr. Francle, if possible, should darato his talents to formalng s text book for the higher educailon of boys and giris on thesa rabjects
A-voto of thanks to the lecturer closed the
--- At a meeting of the Odd Volumes Society at the Chamber of Commerce last svening Mr. J. |J. Francis, QC, delivered an able and interest: 19 lecture on Seely's book The Expansion of England." The chair was occupied by Colonel Eisdale, R.E., and there was a moderate attend-proceedings, anco, H.. Major General Black being amongst
those present
- The Chalman said they were there to hour a lecture on a special subject which Mr. Frands had kindly consented to deliver after a long day
in Court.
HONGKONG'S WATER SUPPLY.
Director of Public Works) courteously formlabes The Water Authority (tha Hon. R. D. Ormsby,
the following report on the important subject of the water supply:--
On 1st January 1808 the water in Tytám Reservals was 3 ft 3 in below the preidi. representleg a storage of 359.643,000 gallous, while the water in Pokfolum Reservolt was to above the overflow, representing a storage of 68,257,000 gallons. The total storage way thus 437899,000 gallons
ALL who are concerned in the docking and re- pairing business, says the Singapore Free Press, will be interested to know that our latest java advices state that the three thousand ton fasting dock belonging to the N. 1. Marine Department, now lying at Sourabaya, will to April next be towed round to Sahang Bay, Polo Way, to bo used there for docking and repairing. We have received a well made and neatly executed race book for the race meeting next week from Mr. A. E Abraham, pelater, The book contains all information that one would necessailly require and kas special space for / This book consisted of eight lectures by } Ravesrole was to feet below the overflow, sapse.
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Mr. Francis nuld that if he had known two of three days before that he would have been so extremely busy, he was afraid he would have declined Mr. Pollock's invitation to deliver the lecture and have begged off. The subject of bla lecture was again. book. When last before them he gave them & summary of Captais Mahan's book, which led him to study this book of Seely's, "The Expansion of England." After reading it several ilmen it seemed to him that Captain Mahan had based his views on this book of Staly's. Scalp told them in his book, what had been done by England in the past two or three centuries and Makan told how England and golned the position she now occupied.
Professor Seely, delivered lå ons noter. It may be obtained eliber at the pub-universities and it later's office in Hollywood Road or at the storns of Messrs, W. Brewer & Co. and Mr. H. Ruttonjse.
H.M.S. Orlando, à first class cruiser, 5,600 tons twelve guns, armoured, and twin screw arrived at Singapore from Australla via Batavia on the the goth ultimo, on her way to England. Ad- miral Bridge, recently the Commanding Officer SERGEANT Cuthbert, of No, a Station, raided a on the Australlab, Stailon, was on board. The gambling house in Wanchai last night and suc-day after-ber-anlyal, she proceeded to the west ceeded in getting a very good "bag." No less and of the Tanjong P.gar Deck Company's than twenty-seven arrests were mado and the wharver to coxi and lt was understood that she prisoners were brought up at the Magistracy would continue her voyage that night, to-day. Two who were running the show were A Fraw broke out just after nine o'clock on want to prison for six weeks and the others Saturday night, Jan, 29th, in a native house la WINES & SPIRITS. Toware of the coelle class, were fined $3 each. Yannes Road, Shanghai. The Brigades turned At the meeting of the Sanillary Board to-day, eat with their sanal promptitude, but before the a report was received, dated January 31st, from conflagration was got under, no less than eleven the select committee appolated to enforce the houses were destroyed, and several others The hauser, provisions of bre-laws 6 and y of Schedule A of damaged by smoke and water, Ordinance 17 and 18. The committee reported that right hand of cattle which were landed on Saturday, January 29th, from Canton, were found to be infected with foot and mouth' disease and were therefore shot and buried.
ALL these are selected by our London House, bought direct at first band, imported in wood and boilled by ontecives, thus saving all Intermediate profits, and enabling us to supply the best growths at MODERATE PRICES,
PRICE LISTS, with Fall Details, to be had on
Application.
true Xerex Wines,
PORT after removal should be rested a month before use. When required for drinking at aner it should be ordered to be decanted at- the Dispensary before being sent out, SHERRY-Excellent Dlanes and Afire Dioner Wines of very superior Vintages. All are CLARET Our Clares, including the lowest priced, are guaranteed to be the genuine product of the juice of the grape and are hotcially made from raisins and currants, as is generally the case with Cheap Wines BRANDY,--All our Brandy is guaranteed to be pure Cognac, the difference in price being merely a qucation of age and vistego. WHISKY. All out Whisky is of excellent quality and of greater age than most brand. fa the market. The SCOTCH WHISKY marked “E” is universally popular, and is pronounced by the best local conneisscars to be superior to any other brand in the Hongkong market.
We only guarantee our Wines and Spirlis lo be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Ports.
THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. Hongkong, 8th December, 1997,
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A PRIVATE of the Royal Lancashires had a bad fall this morning, not lar-irom Maust Austin, He was apparently taking a short cut along an old embankment near Craigrytle, when he silp. ped and fell on a ledge ten or fitteen ledt bolow; thence he fell again to a lower ledge, and lay there Insensible until he was rescued. He had A Darrow excape of a forty-foot drop from where he lay; it would undoubtedly have been fatal
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A COLLISION between a cyclist and a chair coalle near the Grill Room last night resulted in the coolle baving to be taken to the hospital. The bicycle also suffered in the smash. By the way, It's time the police began to enforce the regula, lons regarding lights for bicycles. There are a lot of siders hera who seem to find great fan la | scorching along Queen's Road after dark with. out lamps, and they are a real danger to pedes. Irians,
BANGKOK has just come to the end of a libel Dr. Nightingale, veterinary officer of
action.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LD, the port, complained of adverse comment in the Bangkok Times on the medical examination of eattle for export to Singapore. The defendant maintained that the plaladff having a medical but not a veterinary diploma, might be an excel- lent medical officer but was undt to laspect cattle. On the 18th vito. the jury by a majoilty gave
The Hongkong Celegraph
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1898,
REUTER'S MESSAGES,
THE SITUATION IN UGANDA.
LONDON, February 7ib.
The situation in Uganda is regarded us very grave, and it is feared that it the Sudanese
& verdict for the defendant.
AT Singapore, on the 1st lost, judgment was given in an action for damages brought by the owners of the barque Glencona agalest the British India Steamship Company for a collision between the steamship Lindala and the barque, In New Harbour, Singapore, on the 28th October, The barque was being taken, with the aid of a tug, from one part of the wharves to another,
Zinduia solely to blame, and it was arranged charge of a plot. His Lordship held the
between the pirties that damages should be fixed at $3,235
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which were insured in the Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., are the properly of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. "The origin of the fir is, as usual, unknown,
TEE editer of the Japan Mall, snys a writer in the Kabe Chronicle, fade his opinions and his rgumenty doubted and discredited by the mi- jority of those foreigners who have the privilege of reading his paper, and so be attempts to get even hy accusing his contemporaries of iguor ance, puzzle-headedness, obtuseness, and all the rest of it. There are not more than five supremely wish and wholly wise men in Japan, and chisi among them is the editor of the Japan Mati. One wonders what Japan and foreign se- éldents la Japan did before his arrival, I would suggest that la the day—may it be long distant, for the amusing things in life are sadly few in the day when it becomes necessary to write the epitaph of the editor of the Foğan Mail, ↑ couplet by Pope slightly altered, would be Jast the thing :---
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Japan and Japan's laws lay hid in night:
Gadasid, Let Brinkley bef and all was light,
The gume of cifcket oflen presents some pecus lar positions, as for instance the case of M'Leod in the first lest match. M'Lend was buiting, and as a swift ball from Richardson came down he shrank back in order to save a body blow, and the ball took his leg stomp. Biodermia. the Australian umpire, ked no-balled Richardson for over-stepping the crease, butjika batsman bad not heard this aright, and took it to be a call from his comrade to look out for danger. Thinking he had been bowled M'Leod walked towards the pavilion, and before he could respond to the calls to go back the wicket-keeper stumped him. The spectators acted very savagely over the in- cident, but the laws of cricket support the English umpire's decision of 'run out." Had the wicket-keeper held the ball at first M'Leod could not have been given out, but I went into the him by one of silps, and it was on its return
toter was right. We came here to play cricket, opiates from the Indian prince puts the incident in the bast flight —" The umpire was right and
and we shall do all we can to get our opponents sut in any of the various ways provided for in the laws of cricket. What is more, we shall expect our opponenta to da the same to UL”
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The following are the Egures on the correr- ponding dates last year:-
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Stormge
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Level Tyla.......ß ft. ↑ ki, balow...$4,000,000 Callous. Pokhlas mening The sit
Total 997; 63000 On in February, 1898, the water la Tytam penting a storage of 312,000,000 gallons, whila the water in Pokfulam Reservair was feet g inches below the overflow representing a storage of 37,658.000 gallons. The total storage wan thas 350,658,000 gallons.
- The following are the figures on the cons pooding dates last year
SCOTRE Pokialam Bft. cela. (below Byn wash). 46,645,000 B., Below Brew)...11.04.000 Galms.
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Level
Trial 181,112,000
TLS * correct idea of what history was and how it should be studied and read, and what thing should be learnt from it. History was not a mere romance made up of the lives of heroes, heroines and politicians and of, famines, and battles. History was the life of a nation among olber pulloss. It was a common thing in the life history of a plant to study the germination of the seed, the growth of the plant, how the flowers and seeds were produced and lis ustural
fe was carefully investigated from beginning to The total consumption for all purposes during end. This was to lexra a direct lesson and, if | January was 85,544,000 gallons, giving with an useful, how best to pat it to the advantage of estimated population of 177,450 an averagadaily human life. It was the same in the study of consumption of 15.6 gallons per head. For insect life; how best to get rid of them if noxious the corresponding period last year the total and bow to utilise them if ponible. The his.. consumption was 75,996,000 gallons, or am tory of a man's life was not the history of his average dally consumption of 147 gallon per Inner Hils, but of his external life y his influence | held for the population of 159.000 on men and their influmea on him. History in The Government Analyst reports on Feb, the main should not be a mere enquiry into the 204 "The water is of excellent quailty," growth of a country. The main object of history was not to examine the internal life of LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. country but to examine it in conjunction with the states and empires adjoining it, how they had grown up together and how one and lo- fluenced the other, how each had operated on the other. That was Seely's object lesson. In
this book. He treated nations as Individuals and showed how they had grown and lafiuinced each other. Our own personal interests were
·bound up in the prosperity of the British Empire and we had to study the past and the means by which our praitics wis obialsed, and we required a com- prebeniton of the means by which that
position might be maintained. Sealy sild the growth of the nation amongst other nations had to be considered. In great men, great warriors
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SUPREME COURT.
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
(Bafori His Lordskip the Chief Fwatica Str. “J. W. Carrington, KI, C.M¡G,) February 10th,
GORHAM V, BENJAMIN, KELLY É POTTA. In this care the plaintiff, Charles Leary Gore
bam, is an assistant in the Office of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and the defendants, |S. S. Berjumbi, E. 5. Kelly, and G. H. Patts,
Mr. 1, J. Francis Q.C., and Mr. M. W. Slade (instructed by Messrs. Wilkinson and Grial) appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. W. V. Drummond and Mr. H, E, Pollock (instructed by Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Master) apported for the defendante,
and others were not be considered, as 50 years sharebrokers carrying on business in partnership atter they might have no practical Importance to Hongkong. The plaintiff claims (1) that an whatever. The events pregnant of remulis for account may be taken of all axles and purchases the future
only Worth
considering. of shares by the defendants for the plaintiff as Seely asks what are the pregnant facts in the bis brokers, and of all monies received and pald history of England and be points out the by the defendants for or on account of the enormous strides the democratic iden had made | pintetiff from the rat Apill, 1896, in r5th March in the past and the current century. He also 1897, and (3) that the defendants may be ordered polated out that this was only a secondary to pay to the plaintiff such amounts, if any, as cause. The most pregnant fact in the history of upon the taking of such account shall be found England was the enormous growth of wealib, to be des from the defendants to the plaintif territory, population and importance. The great with laterest on the several amounts from the question was whether that growth was to con dates when the same became respectively due itans or not and whether car position in the and payable. world would be continued in the future. All the pist history was only of value in informing as of the cruses which, led to our present post. tion and letting us know whether those causes did in the past. Seely pointed out that when were likely to produce the same results as they the Stuarts came to the throne first in 1603 Eng- land was in area one of the smallest contales
au motagonist, Ireland had never bras conquered. in Europe she had no colonies, Scotland was la 1646 our colonial empire began with the galilement of our American colonies. The union between England and Scotland then began. Up to 1815 there was a bemendous struggle between France on one side and Mag- Iand on the other for our colonial empire. The the American Revolation, the foundation of lecturer pointed ant the pregnant events of
our Indian Empire, the stinggle for maritime su- premacy between France and England, and the foundations of our colonies in Causis, the Cape and Austrails. Seely dealt with the Ame- rican Revolution and the causes which ·Ted up to ft and he ssked us to vet zeide the idea that because we lost those aɔlonies we were
The special Jarore were--Messtz, N. A. Sieba, H. H. Kinch, J. Andrew, G. C. Anderson, J. Thurbum, H. N. Mody, and W. Paate,
“On his Leziship taking his seat Mr. Globs, the foreman of the fury, asked His Lordship to postpone iba caso as tomorrow was a mall day. His Lordship-You sto we bare Mr. Drume and bere from Shanghal. Mr. Drummond said that it would not be fa- convenient to him in the least for the case to be adjourned.
terms at 11 40 Saturday, Ms. Slebs said they would not alt to-morrow
There was no objection to this.
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- Mr. Slobs--Your Lordship, will you allow us $10 a day instead of gto for the whole cass,
His Lordship said that this was a question for the p
e parties. Mr. Medy (s juros) sald that time to theri
WER vary valuable and 210 was not sufficient.
Mr. Drummond and Mr. Fiantly said that they had no objection to the jury getting $to a
No claims will be admitted after the Goods have lelt the Godowns sad all Goods remaining undelivered after the 17th Instant will be sub-} mutineers cross the Nils, which is probible, they and the steamer was"entering the harbour, in Baldomen that Storer put the wicket down. As te palals out how fi differed from Australia and 1 Hla Lorduålp---Very - well; gentlemen, the
Jact to rent.
All broken, chased, and damaged Goods are
to be left in the Godowas, where they will be
examined on THURSDAY, the 17th, and “MONDAY, the gist instaaf, at 9.30 AM.
All claims must reach us before the 24th Instant, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be offceled, Bill of Lading will be countersigned by
MELCHERS & Co., Agents. Hongkong, 10th Feburary, 1808.
Tx-W 201 'AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
FROM TRIESTE, VENICE, FORT SAID, SUEZ, ADEN, KURRACHI, BOMBAY, COLOMBO, PENANG & SINGAPORK.
THE Steamubip
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#MARIA VALERIE,"
having anived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby their risk fato, the Godowns of the Hergkong and Kowloos Wharl and Godown Company, Limiled, whence delivery may be obtained. This vassal brings Cargo :~-~
fnformed that their Goods are being landed at
Soudance garrisons. All the Europeans are will march decct to Mingo and fold the other
gathered together in Fort Kampala.
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FRANCE, TURKEY AND EGYPT, M Hanotsuz, spreking in the Chamber, sald that France would continus to defend the rights of the Sultan in Egypt.
OPENING OF FARLIAMENT.
LONDON, February 8th, Parliament has been opened. The Queen' Speech chiefly refer to Indian affairs, und manounces a bill for the facesse of the Army, No mention was made of Chine,
parties agree that you will get to a day. (Laughter.) may
bound to lose our Australian and Cape Colonies and that after they have schiaved a corisin amount of wealth they must separate from us Seely calls the whole of India a dependency and day.
dependencies from which Great Britain derived Canader We held it by our raillary and there was practically no civilan population there | Canada, the Ceps and-Australls were not the revenue. They were part of the Greater Britats. (Hear, heat) The Ides he sought to inculcate was that England was no longer little faland on the map of Europe. It was the question now of the great English nation, to be found scattered all over tko, world
tald-I have la Comt book showing all the Mr G.B. Polis continued his evidence. Ha
transactiens put through for the plaintiff between 12th November, 1895, up to the time of the issue of the writ in Biarchy, 1897. (Refaning to Tus Steamer Britannic salled from New York
the book). On 17th November, 1896, we put | December as on her five hundradih trip be-
through two transactions for the paloífi, Bank shares en twa tween that port and Liverpool. Twenty-three
for the occasions. Twenty New York she brought eighty-six pouches of transaction. A man named Matsu! Kellaro, 40 future than la the pan (Hear, hear. Though cent premium and 30 at 189 per cent premium. mail. When she arrived at New York Decem. years of age, says the Harald, lived with his Seely in the book did not refer to federation These transactions were put in by me. The ber 17, 1897, she hai 1,500 pouches, At one wife, Iways, aged 33, at the house of bis brother, enforced the idea that Englishmen all over the nest is the sale of roo West Polate on 18th and world are of on astion. (Hear, hear.) In speak- this is followed by the sale of go and ag West | ilme she was the queen of the sess. Her record la Totter. A geisha of the somewhat mainre Ing of our colentes Sealy says they are part and Points referred to yesterday. On December 1st 25 Banks were sold at 180 percent premium and is 7 days 6 hours and ça malantes from Sandy age of 35, Uved in the same house, and the parçal of England. We had a great struggle for Hook to Diuni's Rack, outside Queenstown, al story-carried on as amomus intrigue supremacy with France in the past and it stemed on December 21h 35 Hongkong Hotels at 830). Lord Sallsbery, speaking in the House of made on August 12, 1891, and 7 days 7 hours with Male). This fart coming to the know. that wowarenow aboutto ester open even greater December: Toth bought to Watsons 21 $12 Lords, on the draft Address in reply to Hes and 30 minutes on her westward trip completed ledge of the wils, excited her jealousy. It is toggle Our opponents were now not only France December 1nh sold as Hotels December 14th and Germany, but in the near future there would sold 75 Banks and too Watsons at Braj ) Janu be presumed that she made things uncomfort- also be the United States of Amerios and the ary 27th 30 Docha al 376 per
cent
premium Majesty's Speech, hoped that before many August 19, 1859, when she had bi salilog able for the lovers, since the geirko, on the syk question now is the minds of thinking men was February 1st go Chins Fires at $110 and March months were over Khartoum would be restored twenty-two years.
Jan., mei Matsul at a restaurant and suggested whether we were on the upgrade or down 15th 100 Nationals at 824). All there are cash to Egypt. Going on to speak of the Far East,
grado: If nation was not moving upward and | transactions. The time transactions. MIG' LE a double suicide as the best means of finding coward she was moving downwards. As to our follow November 27th, 1896, sold 150 Hanks happiness together. Matual agreed to prospects in the immediats faitre Sealy sald we at 181 per cent premium, delivery 31st Decem
The same evening, by most study with cars the English history of the bee ; tame day, bought go Banks at 186 per this proposition. * coincidence not unusual in Japan, his past and the nation's growth and progress and centy emlam, delivery 8th February; Decem wile Informed him that she also wished to what means that progress was affected, and ber 12th sold 440 Green Islandeat Sig, delivery what are the underlying principles of that pro srat December 1 samo day, bought 40 Green die, and it was thereupon decided that all three gress: Mir Francis asked to be forgiven for falands at Sack, delivery 30th January, Febes should shulls off this mortal coll together. At not having gons into this able volume at Ary 22nd sold go China. Fires at $108, ez 1 o'clock;the following morning, the gríska was greater length, hat be bad been so bually dividend, delivery 28th February
senin side by side upon a mat, The geizħa. Ärst essayed seppuku (olberwise called Karakiri, disembowelling), but falled, and had to be
peatu dgo, when she mado ber first trial isip to THE Japanese are addicted to this sort of Increasing, and with greater rapidity Pily the sale of go Hong were told at 18 per
he said it was represented that China would be THE Hokkaido Colliery Railway Company will much embarrassed if the Taller-wan proposal undoubtedly sustain a heavy loss by the fire was maintained, it had 'therefore been settled to which broke out in the Yabari colllery. The postpone the question of trusty Ports until the fire originated in an explosion of gas on the th vallway bad reached Tal'en-wan. Conlizatag, { ult, and involved to all the injury of ag persons all that Russia, and Germany had assured and the death of one. Energetic measures are Great Britalo that any ports they obtained would being taken to prevent the flames from speading be made free parts. The Address to Her Majesty Quantities of water amoun'log to 17,000 rubla The Japan Times understands that about one yar and a half will elapse before the output can he resumed in the damaged portion of the
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From Venice, er 8.5. Massimiliang | in reply to the Speech from the Throne was fact are daily poured into the burning mina | called into the room'and][the thres took thefr | accapled that he had no timer to udalyan · fe. Mr. Francis said that if the book was to go to
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ryth Instant, or they will not be recognised,
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he would like to have done. He only hoped the jury or be marked, then It must be put in ke had succeeded is interesting his andienes evidence.
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and it was for them to say so or not (Appladse.) Mr. Drummond said that the book was not He believed he had given them clest ides of pet in as evidence-but to refresh Mr Potts me
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His Lordship allowed the objection.
Mr. Bailour, speaking in the House of Com-colilery. A great number of coille:s have lost | amisted" by Matsui, who sffectusily disposed of what she ilitia volume cóntalued and it was memory sent in to the Undersigned before. Noon on the mons on the draft Addiers in reply to the employment by the catastrophs and the exting. | her witch novosal inches of cold steel, After thee / Work for careful study and perusslag. (Applause,) ARM Francis said that in this case he abjected.
Queen's Speech sald that Great Britale, France, houses of the place sxe reported to have suspenko hastily stabbed his wife and then scientifical and Russia had agreed to guarantee the Greek ded business for fear of non-payment. Al- ly suspended himaall by the neck, from a rafter. Indemnity tanu.
together the town to fald to prevent a foclore The tragedy was discovered later in the day by Kapect. It was expected that the firm would a maidservant,' and the wife, whose wound was Sár, Hugh Matheson, of Messrs. Matheson burn itself out, but this hope does not seem to not fatal, was afterwards restored to conscious * 113 ' and Company,
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haya bean saxlised.
ness,
Colonel Elsdale asid the subjics was one of to the book being marked as an exhibit or bolag the greatest lotereal and Importance to the whole Empire and he entirely agreed with some of the zomarka that had fallen from Mt. Francis. Reauming, witness said-From 7th November, There is a tiese of trial is front of the Ximpire, 1896, I had to fodication that the plaintif We had been 100 much occupied before and now | distrusted us of thought that we had defraudes. we have awtheand to the fact that Russia to him in any way. Las on hiendly terms with watching. Esgikod and it le clear than ti wa nen - Kim, The first, indication I rumitIĞ, WAL