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the 4th instant, at 8 for 8.30 P.M. precisely When a short paper will be read by Wor. 130, G. J. W. KING, P.D.G.K. on Is Freemasonry Progressive Visiting Brethern M.M. are cor- dially invited;
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THEATRE
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of
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Mr. A. W. PINERO'S LAUGHABLE
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1899
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
*
. THE WAR.
As we
a
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The inter club match of Hồn last Monday produced n very interestin Many of those who took late with the result that the second half
Ben
fected and a sharp rise in Hong
anything but a cheering nature.
Our war news still continues to be of an expedition to explore the proposed; railway time ago, was the titular leader of the music in time. in Hongkong was certainly Blake who lumped from $271.343 per cent, premium. anticipated, Ladysmith is now cut off and 50 we can expect to receive nothing of Jdefinite nature from there until such time as sufficient troops have arrived in Natal te advance from Durban and raise the seige. THE Band of the Hongkong Regiment will" That Ladysmith is completely invested we play at the Hongkong Hotel this evening, from fully believe, for the Boers could not cutp to 9.30 p.m.:— communication until they had surrounded the town and the cuting of the wires at 2.30 p.m. on Thursday gives us a fair idea of the time at which the investment was completed. There may indeed exist somme doubt as to whether or no the Boers are in
possession of Colenso as yet, for this point is a station further down the line towards Durban and the Boers may not have had time to push forward so far. If they have done so, however, and are in sufficient To keep General WHITE and his troops boxed up in Ladysmith, then the next news we inay expect to receive will be to the effect that they have occupied Pietermaritzburg, which is still nearer to Durban. Durban itself is, of course, safe, as it can be defended by the guns of the warships, and we do not think it likely that the Boers would attempt to attack the place in the face of the tremendous fire that could be poured upon them from the
We have still another five days to 'walt before we can expect to receive any cheering news, for the transports cannot arrive sooner than that and even then we suppose It will take a day or two to get the men ashore and up to the scene of operations. Pessimists must remember that the real war has not
commenced as yet, although it should have done so. Once we can put an adéquate force into the field we trust that matters will “soon"begin to wear a different aspect.
W know that we have blundered, as often do, but it will be time to laugh at, us when the whole affair is over. We have still a lew
left and are not as yet al qur. last gasp.
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PROGRAMME.
March
Shỉna shine Moon", Valse
Analen Selection...
Reminist of Tosti' Manka Azalian Song" Adieu Marie Hard Dance.." Plamasion
Newper. Horton. Jongher.
Aitain. Hal
CRICKET,
ROYAL ENGINEERS 7. H.M,S. "ENDYMION."
This match was played yesterday at Happy Valley and resulted in a draw in favour of the Endymion.
MR BROWN, Chiefs. riser to the Corean FOOTBALL COM
Department, has appointed Mr. THE number of vaccinations in England for Takeno Shotaro, the Japanese engineer whe the half year from January 1st to June goth bulit the breakwaters at Mokpo, to imdertake 28 per cent, above those at the corresponding PROBABLY the most aged lady chorister in the be curtailed by about a quarter of an hour. last, are shown by official statistics to have been the same work at Maanpe.” period of 1898 The anti-vaccinationists world has how ceased herterrestrial praises and express themselves as astounded at the increase. joined the angelic choir above. She was 86 game, although keenly contested, was not of Docks and Hongkong Lands has to be recorded. inks: Hongkong and Whampoa The Lordon Daily Telegraph is despatching years of age, at the time of her demise, a short a very brilliant nature.
Rates generally have been fairly well main- The pick of those who appeared for the first lained and the market has ruled much firmer, Bank-Hodgkong and Shanghai Banks route from Capetown to Cairo, and to report St. Thomas's Church, Ryde, Isle of Wight, of played full back for the Reds. Strongly built, on its practical value and its future prospects, whose choir she had been a member for 79 active, fast, and, in addition a strong and with very few shares changing hands at The expedition will be commanded by Mr years. The old lady, who lived in the alms-powerful kick, he should make, with plenty of done at 360 and 345 per cent premium for intermediate rates on time, business has been Lionel Decie, explorer and journalist.
hoper of the town-mentioned, walked regularly will not have his services throughout the season market closes with buyers at 340 per cent practice, a first class back. It is a pity the Glub February and March respectively. The to the sabred edifico, never missing a service. but, we understand, he leaves Hongkong carly
in December. Hall, the other new back, also premium, The London quotation has advanced did well, although not possessed of as much
το £60 Nationals are unchanged. Marine experience as Blake, he is fast and a fairly Fire Insurances-We have heard of D Insurance Are all quiet ar quotations sure kick and, when he has acquired a little business, in either Hongkong or China Fires greater knowledge of the game, should fill the vacancy caused by the loss of Anton: Shipping Hongkong. Canton and Macao Libeaud played a very useful game forward, Steamboats are obtainable, at sag. Douglas but the play generally was not of a nature to Chinos, are leady at $79 Refineries. No Steamships are ein the market at $48 Indo enable the forwards to shew up much, as
business to report. Mining Charbonnages Jenkins played a hard game at half back, quoted at $roas: the preference shares have most of them were strange to one another.
are wanted at $260 Punjoms:
mns ordinary are though inclined to wander about a little been booked at $1.40 and are now. enquires too much. Of the old members Pinckney for at $1.5o. Queen Mines have been done at and we are very sorry to hear that
shares are obtainable at $7. Great proved a tower of strength at full back
so cents Olivers. A have buyers.nt 29). And probable he will not take part in 'thiportant. matches this year. We have little doubt Fisterna Caledonians ordionty are offering fet will cause the Club's opponents to heave a placed at 61 cents Docks, Wharver ad $1,70, while the preference ghares can be sigh of relief, as we have several times noticed todowns-Hongkong and Whampoa Docks some of them lying on the ground after having experienced a sharp rise, and have been negoti been in his vicinity.
premium Kowloon Wharves have changed ated at varying rates up to so and $30 per cent. hands at $89, Lands, Hotels and Buildings. Hongkong Lands have been in strong-demand, with the result that the rate has risen to $ito sales for December, shares have been placed at $112. The market closes firm with buyers- at $110). Hongkong Hotels are much firmer" and have been negotiated at Sig cash and at $122 for February. Humphrey's Estate have. been booked at $10. Cotton Mills-Hongkong. Cottons are wanted at $60 our other quotations are taken from the latest Shanghai Cigar Com panies.La Commercial are still enquired for atsoper cent premium. Miscellaneous-Green Island Cements have buyers at $28 and Electrics at $
If God save the Qaren."
a cover runner at Shanghai was given one month for illegally, making an arrest in the settlement. When sentence the runners of the couts knelt before the was given all bench and prayed that the defendant he imprisoned in the Mixed Court gaol in preference to the Municipal gaol. This the Magistrate refused and the runners became so rowdy that they had to be ejected by the Police.
A SECRET trial for high treason, in which nine persons were charged with selling military documets and information regarding the de- fences of the Russian Empire in agents of the Austrian Government, has been closed. A
Privy Councillor named Perovnoff and his daughter, aged 20, were deprived of all civit rights and sentenced to banishment to Siberia for life. Lighter sentences were passed on five others of the accused, and two were acquit ted. London Paper.
MR. William Conyngham Greene, late British Agent at Pretoria, whose name in connection with the Transvaal negotiations has been very much to the front, is an Irishman. His mother is a sister of the late Lord Piunket is paternal grand-father, the Hon. Baron Greene, was a distinguished irish judge, and his mater nal grand-father the third Lord Plunket, was a
son of the illustrious Irish Lord Chancellor and a Queen's Counsel. Mr. Greene is married to a daughter of an Irish pear, the Earl of Courtown.
.
STAMPEDING MULES, Whether or no the Timer is right in ascribing the wholesale stampeding of males to the treachery of native drivers it is impos. sible to say. The mule is a peculiar animal Tun Pepokawa Maru, a steamer of 248 tons, and has ever been renowned for his generalis supposed to live been lost., She was pigheadedness. He will bolt or he will stand chartered by the Authorities at Kure Dock- fast as a rock and refuse to budge, just as yard to carry timber, and on the 23rd of the fit takes him, and we are informed by an September she sailed, from Tayabashi with a old South African hand that the mules fall cargo, but has not since been heard of very much given-to-stampeding. If, as is only too likely, our mules were all raw beasts
The cruiser Amagi was sent to search for her that had not been trained to stand fire, then on the 19th instant, but returned after three there can be no surprise expressed at their days without any success, A quantity of bolting on the first opportunity. The point wreckage has been seen, however, in. Yenshy which seems to us to be more important is Bay, and very little hope is entertained of the why were not precautiordne sfinest use dis-
aken, rinurust cussing the matter. We have not the facts A TERRIBLE maritime catastrophe is believed and we shall not be in possession of them for to have occurred, involving the loss of nine another mouth and it is impossible to form: schooners. The vessels sailed from Hokkaido an opinion upon the meagre news which: on the 18th instant, laden with salt salmon and finds its way to the Far East. When full other fish, and in the 'neighbourhood of Esashi details arrive conclusions can be drawn, but they encountered a gale which is said to have it is unfair to judge anyone without a fairsunk them all, though that is scarcely credible. hearing.
They were foreign rigged vessels and their names and tonnage are given as follows:--- Hanao (99 tons); Sambo (124) ; Veitoku (145); Fukushima (137); Miyoji (14)} Seiun (146) Kinryo (76), and Otafuku (102).—Japan Mail.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION,
INTERRUPTED.
LONDON, November 2nd.
The cable to Mosambique and Belagoa Bay is broken and telegrams are utterly belated.
THE DISASTER AT LADYSMITH. Details of the capitulation of the Gloucesters and Royal Irish Fusiliers have evoked out- spoken criticisms on the propriety of having left the left ftank to itself and not attempting
to assist it.
|
The Engineers failed to make a good show only 43 being credited to their side, whilst the Endymion scored 82, thus gaining a win on the first innings.
The second innings shewed a better result, 72-for a wickets, most of the runs being made the score on the call of time at 5.30 p.m. being by 5. Serge Livier and Corp. Thownhill.
FOOTBALL.
ROYAL ENGINEERS A KOYAL WELCH
FUSILIERS, "G' COY. 4
Played on Wednesday last and resulted in a one and only goal was scored. win for the R.E. The game was a very even
R. E.
Result:
! goal.
G Coy, R. W. F.
......... nil.
THE EXCLUSION OF CHINESE FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
by the Teng Wal Hospital Committee warn.. We hear that a notification has been issued
ing Chinese against going to Manila. The document states that the Chinese Consul in Manila has telegraplied stating that Chinese are being returned to China by order of the American authorities and that therefore none of his countrymen should proceed thither at present.
Chinese slate that scores of their countrymen are returning from Manila and that hundreds will follow shortly.
What reason there is for this action of the surprising, because Reuter recently informed us American authorities we do not know and it is that the question of the right of Chinese to land in the Archipelago had been definitely scaled by the American Government admitting pines but exceeded his authority in applying that its special representative in the Philip the Exclusion Act to the Philippines.
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The deciding six-a-side match has been play- ed, Lowe scoring his first win by beating Greene by a goal to nothing. This leaves Noble at the top of the free and we congratulate bin on his success, the whole team work ing hard to achieve it Possibly he was a little lucky in his substitutes but that was only one of the chances which might have happened to any other Captain. We art. rather surprised Lowe did not win mors matches as, on paper, his team was very strong, but they they did not seem to get well together on the field. Perhaps they were too strong. The cup, and medals (presented by Mr. C. T. Kew) are to be given away by the President prior to the match next Wednesday. Two matches have been arranged by the Clubnext week versus G. Co., R. W. F. on Mon day and 38th Co., R. A. on Wednesday.
AMANDARIN IN TROUBLE.
Several new men will be given a trial on
A mandarin in official robes, wis charged at Monday as some of the regular members of the team cannot get away twice in the week. the Mixed Court this morning says the Shang On Wednesday, when last year's shield finalists hai Mercury of 30th ulto, with establishing are to be met, the full team will turn out and a and keeping a lekin office at 901 Nonh Sao- strong game should take place.. The Club will chow Road for the purpose of collecting lekio. than their opponents and this should tell in their yesterday, when it was found that the office probably find that they are in better conditionThe raid on the house was made by the police was in possession of full authenty from the Taomal to make the collection. Documents Provincial Treasurer, as well, wele produced in and proclamations to that effect from the Court. The Magistrate ordered the documents, etc, seized by the Pelice to be retained until the question had been settled between the Con lekin office to be closed pending the decision. sular Body and the Chinese authorities. The
favour.
match at Causeway Hay this afternoon too late The Engineer's Club play their opening are the V.RC. whom they should have no for notice in these comments. Their opponents difficulty in beating, though the liule "seaside club will be sure to make a vigorous game. team, but we believe no effort will be spared to The great difficulty the Engineers bere suffer get the same men together as often as possible: from will be the trouble of getting a regular
PRINCE HENRY AND THE SHANG-
HAI POLICE FORCE.
looking up and it really seems as if we were to The Rugby section of the Hongkong Club is have a Rugby match regularly once a week Letters containing paper money, &c. on during the season. This will be appreciated:
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The first round of the competition will be performed several evolutions which the. Prince › drawn next week and the competing teams of the inspection, H.R.H, said that he was watched with seeming interest. Attheconclusion will have to get their men into shape as soon highly pleased with the smart appearance of as possible. We may expect the feet down here the Police force, and thanked Captain.Pattisson any day and they may want to play off some for having given him an opportunity to inspect of their matches at once, so that those
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opportunity of seeing as much as they was In the meantime we hope the local teams will get themselves into shape as soon as possible so as to give the Jacks "a long way to go" when they meet on the field.
THE READING PUBLIC.
CLARET peiling of mules cannot be accounted for except for the good behavior of their sons and juniors. intent to defraud, deprives the sender of any what they would call hard dry facts fails to
The Times believes that the wholesale stam.
by the treachery of the native drivers.
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CUT. Communication with Ladysmith was cut at
LATER. REPORTED OCCUPATION OF COLENSO BY BOERS, Areport, emanating from Brussels, states that
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the Boers have occupied Colenso, that Lady smith is completely invested and General White wounded. The War Office is not aware of anything to confirm this report.
TYPHOON WARNING.
WARNING FROM MANILA
The following telegram has been courteous. ty forwarded to us by U. S. Consul General R. Wildwan:-
MANILA OBSERVATORY, November-4th, 9 a.m.. The depression has crossed North of Visayas inland moving westward.
HONGKONG OBSERVATORY: HILPORT. The Observatory report says:- On the that 1155am bammetric changes are slight The high pressure area remains central over N. Chinu, and a low area seems to be situated in NE. Japan. Gradients mode- rate with strong monsoon on the coast and in
becoming more and more enamoured of the There can be little doubt that in the burry and scurry of modern life the public are
periodical which contains but an epitome of Short Story, magazines, and that the useful
On Monday afternoon, the Hongkong Football- 7-It is forbidden to enclose in insured in the rapid growth in the number of weekly appeal to the public taste. This is evidenced Club will play G Company of the Royal Welsh | letters --- Fusiliers, Kick-off at half-past four o'clock.
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summary receipt for his letter, The Shield committee will meet on Tuesday 9.-The sender of a letter containing insured next to draw the ties in the competition. articles, can have sent to him an acknowledge On Wednesday next the Hongkong Footballment of the delivery of the packet to the Club (Association) will play 38th Company, K.A packet, ask for information as to its disposal, addresses, or can subsequent to posting of a On Thursday next the Hongkong Football under the same conditions as for registered Club (Rugby) will hold an Inter-club match. A SPECIAL to the Herald from Washington says: President McKinley has determined to urge again upon. Congress the authorization of the trans-Pacific cable and will be able to route selected is practicable. Surveys are being announce that a naval survey shows that the made by the collier Nere, under command of Lieut. Commander II. M. Hodges. Because of complete soundings taken in former years between San Francisco and Hawati, there is no necessity for further work there and Lieut.-Com- mander Hodges has confined himself to the
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and monthly journals during the past few years, Strand and Tit Bits &c. may perhaps be re- Sir George Newnes the Editor of the garded as amongst the prominent pioneers, taste for short stories and light literature. There who have amused the public and gratified their arc sections of the people who if they could not get their short stories would probably never stories are a means of education, at any rate in read anything and for those sections the stort the English language. But, there seems to be growing tendency to forget that there are literature is but waste of ink and paper, who other portions of the public for whom this light demand food of a more intellectual character, and these are unfortunately, especially in the colonies, but scantily catered for....
We live in an age of sensation due to a great extent to the sensation mongers who have encouraged and increased by pandering to and fostering, the craving for exciting literature capacity for the enjoyably reading of any more which undermines the taste as well as the satisfying iterature.
entertaining matter in their journals but it is to
the force The Prince also spoke of the disci pipe of the force and said that He had bad personal experience of it
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A DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. Shortly afterwards H.R.H. left, when the men wore marched to the Louza Station, where Mr Pattisson presented the prizes to the Euro pean Police who took part in the shooting com- petition. Capt. Paltisson, addressing the men, referred to what Prince Henry had said and depended on their own individual exertion.-. that the discipline and smartness of the force
Mercury
FURTHER RUSSIAN MOVE.:
pedition to Central Asia, and expects lobe Dr. Seven Hedin has departed on a new ex-
absent about two years and a half, chiefly in Russian government will give his expeditio eastern Turkestan and northern Thibet The free passage over lines of railway and will. he may require them vide him with an escort of Cossacks whenever
#THEN KILL HIL
by the Liverpool School of Tropical Diseases Major Ross, who was sent to Sierra Leone
home that the malarial mosquito has been to discover the malarial mosquito, has wired found and to send help to carry on further investigations.
IVORY-PRESERVED IN COLD LOKSTORAGE."
that is hidden in the ice fields of the frozen
for the andra
No one can estimate the amount of ivory regions near the poles, nor more than guess at With the rapid decrease in the Herds of Some publishers have mixed useful and, ille length of time it has been thus preserved.
he regretted that the space for the useful has. elephants in Africa, this search for the remains gradually been diminished, so that now there fire of the mammoth inc From time to few periodicals having a versatility of subject time reports are publ finds of frozen sufficient to recommend them as efficient all carcasset of 13-Space must be left between the postage round educators and which at the same time mass of THE barbers of New York have noticed a
stamps used for the prepayinent, so that they contain entertainment for those whose tastes or the far cannot serve to hide injuries to the envelope. requirements demand some consideration. not exp decided change in the matter of moustaches the envelope so as to cover the edge.
They must not be folded over the two sides.of We cannot lose sight of the fact that able to
literary sensationalism is through the medium their sem since war has been in the air. Hitherto the 4 Letters containing insured articles nd of the periodicals being engendered in the to be, fashion has been for small, well-trimmed dressed to initials or directed in pencil are not rising generation and the desideratum in The we can grow a heavy, ferocious, military be expressed in francs and centimes, or in dol- which shall levollists are by many absolutely moustaches, but now, it is stated, every man accepted:
not so much that they should read | discover 15-The amount of the value insured must but that they should acquire information been looking moustache is doing so, and all sorts of∙lars and cents, and must be written by the best English
them intellectually. The devices are being rekortad to to give as much sender on the cover of the packet in words and unknown. Dickens, Thackery, Lyton, and Scott as possible the appearance of what, Colman in in figures, without erasure or correction, even are unread, and if novels are opened and the La particular-case-oneo-described as-ne senders Hand dress host be been clevved shove thesexentinecli
if certified, on the left hand upper comer. short story for a time abandoned, the taale, fins brush stuck beneath the nose." A similar effect endorsed on the left-hand tower corner on the Braddon, Rider Haggard or Charles Reade was noticed in Germany just before and during face of the cover.
To satisfy the more intelligent amongst the the Franco-German war, and evidences of the
reading public and at the same time catch the same feeling have been noticed in other coul-
interest of the novelette render a judiciousnes of combination is required which unfortunate few of our modern publishers possess or ca ty exercise.
By Command,
1. H. STEWART LOCKHART. “Colonial Secretary;::
Hongkong, 16th September, 1899)
e N. part of the China Sea, FORECAST Uies, and even in some of our own regiments, | Colonial Secretary's Office. Fresh N.E. winds; fair
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