To-day's Advertisements,
VICTORIA REGATTA. TUESDAY, the 19th and WEDNESDAY, the 20th December.
CAPTAINAM SUURIOn Club the Ameri can Barque Adolph Odrig us Flagship, the Committee request the pleasure of the Com- pany of the LADIES of Hongkong on Board on the accasion of the ANNUAL REGATTA.
APTAIN AMESBURY having kindly lent
Through the courtesy of the Chief Manager of the DOCK COMPANY, the Fame will convey passengers to the Flagship each day, leaving the NEW PEDDER'S WHARF at 13.30 p.m. and I p.m., and retuming 10 minutes after the last Race.
The Ladies' Prize will be presented on board the Flagship by Miss POWELL on TUESDAY.
Adinission to the Flagship, $1 each day. A Portion of the Flagship will be reserved for Ladies and their Friends..
TICKETS of Admission may be obtained from the STEWARD, Victoria Recreation Club, or on Board.
of Lieut.-Colonel By kind permission RETALLICK and the Officers, the Bay of the Hongkong Regiment will perform each day.
W. MACHELL,
Hon. Secretary, VICTORIA RECREATION CLULL Hongkong, 15th December, 1899. [15590
FOTICE.
PURSUANT to Section 23 of Ordinance 3 of 1871, I, the Undersigned AUGUSTO JOSE MARIA GOMES whose place of Residence and Service for the last pieceding 12 months have been at No. 7o. Queen's Road Central, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, and who was lately under Articles of Clerkship to Mr. CHARLES DAVID WILKINSON of Nu 70, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, aforesaid Solicitor, hereby give Notice that it is my intention to apply on the 12th day of January, 1900 for my Examination, Admission and Enrolment as an ATTORNEY and PROCTOR- of the Supreme Court of Hongkong.
Dated this 12th day of December. 1899.
A. J. M. GOMES. i557a)
GERMAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL SOCIETY. HE SCHOOL of the above Society will be MONDAY, the 8th OPENED) on January, 1900, at the Hall of the UNION CHURCH and will be under the Personal Superintendance of Pastor. and Mrs. KRIELE
As the number of Pupils to be admitted is limited, there are only a few Vacancies and Parents desirous, that their children should join are requested to apply to the Undersigned for all Particulars.
PAUL BREWITT,
Hon. Secretary, Zetland Street, No. 2. Hongkong, 15th December, 1890.
JUBILEE
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OF INSTRUCTION. THE REGULAR MEETING of the above
Lodge will be held in the EXAMS for HALL.RE MONEY." When a short Aildress witt be given by Wor. uro, ci, C. ANDERSON, P.D.G.S.W.Ph., "What Freemasonry Means," Visiting Brothern M.M. are cordially invited to attend.
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Hongkong, 15th December, 1899. DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR AMOY AND TAMSUL HE Company's Steamship
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"HAIMUN,"
Captain Hodgins, will be despatched for the above Ports, TO-MORROW, the 16th instant, at Noon...
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., General Managers.
Hongkong, 15th December, 1899,
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW.".
THE Company's Steamship
"HAILOUNG," Captain Rabson, will be despatched for the above Ports, on SUNDAY, the 17th instant, at Daylight.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co, General Managers. Hongkong, 15th Dimber, 1800 [1555* THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAM- SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR MANILA.
'HE_Company's New Steamship
THE
"DIAMANTE," -
Captain R. W. Almond, will be despatched for the above port, an MONDAY, the 18th instant, at 5 P.M.
The attention, of Passengers is directed to the excellent accommodation provided by this eteamer. She is fitter throughout with Electric Light
For Freight or Passage, apply to
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 15th December, 1890.
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR MANILA, VIA AMOY.
THE Company's Steamship
"SUNGKIANG,"
Captain Moore, will be despatched as above
on MONDAY, the 18th instant.
The attention of Passengers is directed to the Superior Accommodation offered by this Steamer. The Vessel is fitted throughout with
Electric Light.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1899.
To-day's Advertisements.
HONGKONG ERIFLE ASSOCIATION. THERE be NO COMPETITION, TTO-MORROW, the 16th instant, the
Range having been lent to "B" Co Hose KONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
MOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE,
Hon. Secretary'. -, Hongkong, 15th December, 1899.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
THE
P. & O, S, N, Con Steamship,
"BOMBAY."
failed in his attempt as was only resonable if ho assayed with only one, brigade to turn 12,000 Boers out of a position, so-naturally strong and so carefully entrenched as Spyt fontein is reported to have been. The attack was made at dawn on Monday last and appears to have continued during the day, the troops holding their own in front of Boer position until dark. Then during the night, apparently, they entrenched themselves but the third telegram issued yesterday shows [35 that on Tuesday morning they were driven out of their trenches by an overwhelming force of the enemy and were compelled to retire on Modder River. We can noder stand that the pressure on Kimberly was so great and the urgency of the movement clear that General Lord for its relief so
bound to run same METHVEN WAS
12,000 Boers in risks, but to attack a strongly fortified position with a brigade 13,000 men), even of the very best soldiers in the world, would only be to court defeat, We may well ask here, where is the rest of Lord METHUEN's division. He cannot have left more than a brigade. behind him on the Modder.
FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, FORTSAID,
SUEZ, AND STRAITS, Consignees of Carge by the above-named vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out inark by mark and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.
This vessel brings on Cargo:-
From Italy, S.S. Thames. From Madras, ex S.S. Leodiana. Optional goods will be landed here unless instructions are given to the contrary before to A.M. TO-MORROW.
Goods not cleared by the 21st instant, al 4 P.M., will be subject to rent.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by me in any case whatever.
At Ladysmith, at Kimberley and at Male- king we are doing very creditably indeed. Colonel BADEN-POWELL. seems to be having a very good time and is undoubtedly making a splendid defence.
*
There was a report in town this moning
Cape Colony The Stormberg Reverse.
remove her from, or "move her about, in the waters of this colony. There are cases on record where for some reason, other strangers
General Galacre exonerates the guide who from the mainland who have required the
was a local policeman. The missing Nor- use of a launch for a day or two, have been thumberlands amount to 366 including obliged obtain security for the good con- dueged to hair sets, tyd the return of the Major Sturges. General Gatacre has faller
vessel in due course, from some shopkeepers, or some well-known Chinese wholesale or retail traders, established in business in this colony.
If on the present occasion, the owners neglected-in face of the well known law lessness prevalent in the upper and lower waters of the Canton Delta--to take the usual precaution to prevent their vessel fall- ing into the hands of pirates, and if enaccount of this outrage the Authorities were to put launch owners to the trouble of registering all charters and obtaining "clearances " at the Harbour Office, they have only to thank the owners of the Fei On for the extra trouble and expense thereby incurred.
It is well nigh shocking to realize that it is possible-after all, the terrible experience of the past few years-for steam vessels to be not only boarded in the Colony by armed ruffians--as was the case in respect of the never-to-be-forgotten Namen piracy-but even chartered by pirates and taken out on the high seas for the sole purpose of pirating trading vessels.
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back on Skerktroom. -
Reinforcements.
The Government has requisitioned the Gaston to convey 1,600 troops to the Cape on Saturday and the Griku takes 1,600 on Friday.
Transport Ashore.
The Colonide Secretary seconded and the Council went inter, Committee. The amend ments being passed the--Connell resumed and adjourned.
FINANCE COMUTTER
The Chairman and there was only one minute to bring before the Coraitsy and
in that minuto His Excellency the Govemor recommended the Council to vote a sum of one thousand and two hundred dollars in aid of the vote Incidental Expenses," Sanitary Department. In connection with that vote the Secretary of the Sanitary Board reports that this vote, which is for $3,400, had a large call up it in the early part of the year on account of the outbreak of rinderpest, * §663'-being sa expended. There has also been an anually
The transport Denton Grudge is ashore at heavy bill for repairs to dust carts, viz, $730, and a further sum of $250 will be required for carts now being repaired, s, Las Palmas.
The War Kimberley-Relief Column. General Methuen in despatch dated Tuesday states that on the morning of that day the Boers occupied trenches in great strength whereupon he retired in perfect order on the Modder River,
WEATHER LEPORT.
The vote was agreed to and the coinmittee. adjourned.
FOOTBALL..
HONGKONG RUGBY, 1, C1, 1. RÖYAG WELSH "FUSILIERS RUGBY F. C.
Godowns and a certificate of the damage ol early, emanating from the Hongkong Bank were pirated by the ruffians in charge of the CAST:-Fresh to strong N. winds; cloudy, ball was at once returned to the RW.F. 25
All damaged Packages must be left in the tained from the Godown Company within ten days will be rece seal here, after which ported in London, that Ladysruth had been no Claims be recognised.
H. A. RITCHIE,
Superintendent. Hongkong, 15th December, 1809. AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAM NAVIGA. TION COMPANY.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
FROM KOBE.
HE Steamship
THE
officials, that yesterday evening, it was re- relieved. If the relief has been effected, it may have en either that the Boers have retired from Natal or that at least from all portions of it south of Ladysmith, afraid of | being caught and crushed between the forces under BULLER and the troops in Ladysmith, or because BULLER has outflanked them and rendered their position at Colenso unsafe.
sech!
It is, we should say, sinall comfort to most of us to learn that only Chinese craft Fei On. It goes without saying that they meet if they thought, or chanced to would have looted any foreign vessel they knew, the risk of defeat and capture was infinitesimal. And it does not vet to be certain that foreigners have not suffered at the hands of these daring marauders. The Chinese trading in, or with Hongkong, are entitled to the same consideration as foreigners, and very effective steps should be taken to afford them protection against a We are much obliged to FAIR PLAY for repetition of the Fei On outrage.
The meagre details to hand show that the his second letter. We are sorry that we pirates caused the engineer of the Fei O cannot on all points agree with him, but we to continue the performance of his duties in are not going to discuss or argue out with the engine-room department, and yet wè are hin the multitudinous questions his letter told that in respect of one of the vessels raises. No two persons will ever take pre-lopted "there were indications that the launell transferred from her a portion of her cargo." Now, it is well known that in nine launches out of ten the engineer can easily see what
LOCAL AND CENERAL,
REGATTA HOLIDAYS.
This match was played on the Club ground. at the flappy Valley yesterday afternoon, be fore a fair altendance of spectators. It was a father one sided game, but nevertheless the R.W.F. put up a very good fight in the first The Observatory report says On the 15th at 11.55 am the barometer has half. The R.W.F.kicked off from the Gats end risen n the China coast, particularly in the against the wind. The Club soon carried the North. Pressure is highest, apparently, between ball down into the R.W.F. 25 and after several the E. coast of China and W. Japan. Gradients scrums and some pretty combined play mongst moderate, with strong monsoon in the Fortuosa the three-quarters, scored their first try after Channel and N. part of the China Sea FORE-5 minutes play McMurree took the kick
but failed to convert. After the kick out the. soine drizzling rain or mist.
where after several scrums and pod passing the RWF were forced to fuuch down. Three times in succession were they forced to touch down. Gradually the R. W. F. worked. the ball away from their goal line, by good kicks up the touch line by Hughes. After some stiff play in the R. W E. quarters the Club got a free kick for an off side. After. this there was a delay over a certain point in the rules which was, settled satisfactorily. On. resuming, the play was as usual in the R. W. F. 25, until Lewis relieved and took the ball up the centre of the field, worming through everyone, 10 half way. Here the soldiers seemed in rally. rally did not last and the Club gradually drove and for a bit the play was in the Club 25. The them back. Morrell got well away, once with no one to stop hin, but was ruled off side. From the free kick the Club three quarter gut. the ball, taking a long kick down the field, of the Club forwards got by him and scored easily the second-try. This was also uncon verted Shortly after this the whistle blew for halfume, with the scores
The Money order office will be closed on the 19th and 20th instant at noon!- ATTENTION is directed to the closing of the money order office on the 19th and 20th instant at noon those days being Regatta days.” TOMORROW afternoon on the Happy Valley, in the first round for the Hongkong Football Challenge Shield "A" Company, R. W. F, will play 38th Company, R.A. Kick-off at four o'clock
MONEY ORDERS BY FRENCH MAILS,"
and Kowloon Wharf and Gedown Company cisely the same view of any series of events, had gone alongside another launch and had French mails having been altered to noon on which the R, W. F. back badly missed." One
"VINDOBONA," having arrived Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong Limited, whence delivery may be obtained.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Claims must be sent in to the office of the Undersigned before Noon on the 22nd instant, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance has been effected, and any Goods remaining in the Godowns after the 22nd instant, will be subject to rent.
A
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
SANDER, WIELER & Co.,
Agents. Hongkong, 15th December, 1899. [1527a
Entimation.
the
In consequence of the departures of the Mondays instead of on Saturdays, the money order office will not be opened for the sale of
No two persons ever think alike, even on much simpler natters than those which are now concentrating the attention of the public on South Africa. We still-adhere to our is going on around his vessel, and it is Money orders on those days until Noon, D. opinion that there should be in Army, as in the Navy, a public trial when whether through his own fault or by misfortune, a responsible officer suffers defeat or incurs a heavy loss in men or material.
FAIR
reasonable to assume that the engineer of the Pet On knows very well whether a launch was held up" and also probably the name of the pirated launch and the port whence she sailed from and her destination, We are also told that after the loot had We still with all respect for
been transferred to boats near the Bocca PLAY's opinion on the subject, say, that Tigris "the passengers below hearing noth- the British army suffered in prestige gend
ing rally by the mistake at Ladysmith and suffer- ed especially where it was most important to keep up that prestige, and that was among the Dutch and native inhabitants of South Africa. Our enemies were encouraged to
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belief in the efficiency of the British army as a first class fighting machine was in a mea. sure, and for the time very considerably weakened, and that statement remains equal ly correct althought subsequent events may have done something towards redeeming the character of our army. We would only add
to alarm them forced their way from below and found the pirates had What was the engineer left the launch."" doing if he failed to inform the imprisoned passengers the moment the pirates had got a safe distance from the Fei On? It would
has
been a simple matter for him to have
sel them free. Then, why was there any necessity for "getting up steam?" Surely there was steam enough in the boilers when the pirates left to move the launch at fair speed.
THERE will be a football match on Saturday, the 16th inst., between the Engineers and the 25th Co.,'S. D., R. A. Kick-off at 4 p.m. prompt. The following will play for the Engineers Goal, Moore; Backs, Dyer and Henderson Half-backs, Ritchie, Wilson and Tuohy; For wards, Duncan, McKenzie, Smillie, Galt, and
Henderson
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
shapers co
We give below the remainder of the proceed. ings at the Legislative Council, which through want of time and space we were obliged to The papers concerning the Honkong Volume teer's services, rendered during the pccupation of the New Territory, were placed on the table by the Hon, the Colonial Secretary,
The lon. T. II. Whitehead, pursuant to notice asked the following question
With reference to Government Notications Nos. 653 and 654 of 251b instant, will the Honourable the Colonial Secretary inform the Council whether the Sanitary Board in future is to be constituted in accordance with The Public Health Ordinance No. 24 of 1887, sections 4. and 5, and if the nominated members are as formerly to he unofficial members of the civil community?
On resuming play the R. W. F, seened-to. H. K. F. C. 2 tries (6 pts.). 10 R. W. F. 6. rally for a short time; they kept the Club from getting over but only at the expense of a touch down. The only time they crossed the half way line was when Hughes dribbled right through the Club and was only stopped at their 25. After that they went utterly to pieces, the Club. Just playing round them and scoring try after try, in spite of it all, however, they played on pluckily until the whistle blow, when the score was (~~
I, K. F. C. 6trics i goal (2 points) to R. W. F: 0.
For the R. W. E
It was hardly, a fair test of the ability of the victors, as they absolutely out-classed the R. W. F. The three quarters did some pretty passing every now and then. The forwards are apt to hang in the scrum and not break away quick enough Hughes played, the best game tackling and kicking well. Lewis at half, also did yeaman service, The whole game was rather too one-sided to make any com ments on the individual play, the only thing that astonished me was that the Club did not get over more often in the first half The teams lined up as follows:-
In conclusion allow us to urge the masters, officers and engineers of coasting steamers to see to it that they are as fully that no reflections on the operations of an armed force confired, as were our observa prepared to suppress an attack as they were for few weeks, possibly a few tions, to a criticism of the officers in com-
months after the terrible Mama piracy, mand, reflects or is intended to reflect in any Chinese New Year is now close upon us and way on the soldier. The British soldier has
scores and hundreds of Chinese, as is their often in the past and will as often in the wont, at this season of the year, are now
The Hon. the Colonial Secretary answered. future fight and win, in spite of the blunders making for their homes with their valuables the provisions of Ordinances 14 of 1887 and
The Sanitary Board will be constituted under of his leaders but that does not make the and savings. It is therefore clear that at of 1895. The Governor has nominated, in ade blunders less blunders than they would the present--in view of the undoubted predation to Mr. Osborne, Major Brown, R.A.M.C. Castle CONFECTIONERY, otherwise have been, not prevent their being sence of desperate characters in our must, Messrs. Fung Wa Chuen, Clian & Fook, and
criticised and condemned. Risks must be and large numbers of them killing and loot the Medical Officer of Health, run in all warfare whether afloat or ashore.ing in the waters of the Delta-it is time.
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The man who for an adequate cause runs a risk and succeeds will always, and rightly 50, get the full merit of his success." The man who runs a risk and fails will always, so long as the world remains as it is, have to take the consequences. The man who violates recognised rules of conduct in any walk of life must be content to be judged and will always be judged by the results of his
actions.
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We gave in our columns yesterday a brief account of a daring outrage, perpetrated by some of the desperados who are at present infesting the waters and ports in our immediate vicinity. This outrage appears to have been very carefully planned and carried out in just as cool and deliberate a manner as was that of the Named seven
that the utmost vigilance should be exercised. There is reason to fear that a few years of immunity from attack has lulled a good many into a sense of security which is not justified by circumstances and facts. At one time steamers were inspected by detectives before leaving Hongkong. How many vessels nowadays adopt that simple precaution? It may not be a perfect precaution, but it is
better than none at all.
TELEGRAMS.
MORE CHINESE DUPLICITY. (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)
TIENTSIN, December 15th. The Chinese have again broken faith Concessions have been granted to a Belgian,
THE DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE.
Back,
Green Three-quarter Backs Vilkinson, Hull. Brutton, Heath,
HalfBacks.. Williamson. Stevens.
Forwards.
Morral
McMurtree. Halifa Rutherford, Lang. Saunders: Bruce.
Forwards,
The Hon. Act. Attorney General moved the Lt. Stockwell. Vickery, Province. Davis. Turbin
Thomas Nickols. Lt. Vivian.. second reading of this bill.
Half Backse
Lt. Owens, DaLewis, "Three-quarter" Backs.
Davis Evans. Jones. Hughes. Back, Lodwick.
The Hon. Colonial Secretary said be fore proceeding with this Bill he would like to draw the attention of the Council to the fact that a letter had been received from the Cham ber of Commerce stating that great objection was raised by certain people in the Colony, against one clause of the Bill. He wished there Bill he postponed until this clause had received fore to propose that the second reading of the.
further consideration. The Hon. Att. Attorney- General not raising any objection the Second-This was a well contested Association match reading was postponed.
THE NEW TERRITORIES LAND COURT:
ORDINANCE... In moving that this Bill be referred to the Standing Law Committee the Hon. T. H. Whitehead said that a number of amendments and suggestions had reached him a few minutes before cutting the Council and so he thought at would skip (line and faciliate business if the
The Hongkong Celegraph years ago. The Nanna was one of the Syndicate for the railway from Lukaochow maturewer hattered to the Standing Law
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1899.
Douglas steamship Company's Hongkong and Foochow liners, and on one of her roy ages, about 40 armed pirates went on board as passengers, overpowered the crew, shot the Captain, one European Saloon passenger-- two or three Malay Quartermasters, looted. the steamer and escaped to junks that were Lon-waiting for them under the lee of an island
not 80 miles from Hongkong.
NOTES AND COMMENTS. The War News of the last two days, tion dates of the 12th and 13th December
General
into a trap
to this later outrage that the Chinese owners of the Fei Or are quite unaware as
is not very comforting, The Stormsberg We have been informed with reference defeat looks uglier that ever. GATACRE NOW admits that there was no fault in bisguides, that he was not as was in the first instance alleged in his favour, wilfully led to who were the charterers of their launch.
Now, we submit that this affair calls for It was his only apparent just the most diligent investigation by the British fication, and now, on his own confession, be authorities, and in due course there should alone is to blame. We hope to hear at an
be a most complete exposé of the whole early date that he has been removed from business in order that those who go down his command. The Boers claim to have to the sea in ships, and into whose hands captured six hundred and seventy-two pri- there are daily entrusted the lives of hun- soners and three guns, and, if the informa-dreds of passengers, to say nothing of valu [1537ation contained in our evening contemporary's able cargoes, may know exactly how this special telegram is correct, the greatest con- outrage was carried out, who is to blame for fusion prefailed on the retreat and our own the success which attended the daring artillery was responsible for the wounding of venture, what vessels were pirated by the some of our own men. GATACRE had only, ruffians who took possession of the launch apparently, a brigade with him, and no Fei Ou and who, if any, were either killed, supports behind him. Where is the rest wounded, or kidnapped on the vessels "held Captain A. Yribar, will be despatched as above ¦ of his division and why was be push-
up " by the Fri On pirates? ** On WEDNESDAY, the Zoff instant at Nooned forwarded, or why did he push för- The Attention of Passengers is directed 10 ward, so far beyond the proper point the Buperior Accommodation offered by this Steamer The Vessel is fitted throughout with for the concentration of his division. Electric Light, and the Eirst class Saloon and Slate rooms are situated amidship.
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statement that the owners of die Fei Or did We decline to accept as gospel the bald
not know who the charterers were. Chinese as a rule do not conduct their business in General Lord METHUEN has been beaten such a slipsbod manner. Unless we are very and apparently badly beaten.He would greatly mistaken it is the custom such appear, from the first Reuter of the 13th to cases to require tangible security to be have attacked the Boers at Spytfontein with given by strangers before they are allow the Highland brigade only, to have utterly ed to take over charge of a launch and
to Peking. I am afraid Russia scores, in Committe this.
Received 2.00 p.m. --Published 5.30 pm.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE WAR. Attack by the Kimberley Relief
Force Repulsed.
LONDON, December rgth. General Methuen wires that the Highland Brigade attacked the enemy's position at dawn on Monday. The attack failed owing 10 the stubborn resistance of the enemy and the heavy fire, but the troops held their own in front of the enemy's entrenchments until dusk. General Methuen is now entrenching. The Boer force is estimated to have been 11,000 strong. The British loss was great, and includes General Wauchope killed. Two mmdred and ninety-three of the wound- ed have arrived at the Omnge River Station. Mafoking.
News from Mafeking dated 4th instant state that shelling continues with increased ~eficet-and-rations-have-bauen-reduced..........
Hongkong Volunteer fazette. The War.-Natal, General Barton's brigade hus occupied a strong position three miles South of Colenso, unopposed.
The Doors have evacuated Gaberones.
Referee.
BOR, WARD
Capt. Waymouth, R. A
HMS “BAKFLEUR ? 2. 25THL CO, S. D. R. APk.
played on the Happy Valey yesterday after noon. The play was very even all through, The Barfleur scored once, which was the only point scored The whistle blew at the close of a very Interesting game, with the score
H.M.S. Barfleur 1 to 25th Co. S. D. R.A.0.
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Already subscribed $68,420
The Directors of the Tung-wa Hospital beg to acknowledge with thanks the following
Hospital Mr Choi Tungshing HE. the. Governor said the Bill was Kwong Yik very important, and, that he quite agreed Kai Taj-cha that it was desirable that it should be Wa Lung considered, by, the Standing Law Committed and that they should report on it as soon as possible-if possible before the next inccting of Mr. Whitehead said he would lay the amend Dients before the Committee without delay, absence of Mr. Keswick, who is a member of The Colonial Secretary drew attention to the
the Committee.
The Council,
The Ac. Attorney General naked when Mr Keswick would return.
Mr. Whitehead-1 understand next week. H. E. the Governor asked if it was necessary to wait for Mr. Keswick as he was not a legal
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FRANCE AND CHINA:
WARNING" RE: FRANCE, DE FEXING, Decer
The Act Attomey General said that the Bill. would have to be read through, in Committee of Council unless all the members of the Standing Law Commillie were present. The Bill was a very short one and so it did not make much difference. Du Mal de YUARAThe French Minister at Peking has
H. E. the Governor said in his opinion it did the Chinese Government that not much matter, and he thought the lawyers demands are nel conceded withor should get at it at once instead of waiting for delay, the Chinese Government must
Ad Mr-Keswick.N
The Hill was referred to the Standing Law Committee, gemaakbodený (15
MERCHANT SHIPPING ORDINANCE The Act Attorney General moved that this bill. be referred back to Committee, as he wished to make the amendments, which had been circulated among the members, besides. two others. The paints were important onts and it was desirable to have, the Bill in the. best possible, ahepa
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