THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1900
To-day's Advertisements.
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WE reported recently the capture of an im- pudent rascal who, while employed painting Mrs. Nolan's house, stole a quantity of valu- ables. This morning he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, but refused to
Mosers, KELLY & WALSH, Limited. Hongkong, Shanghai Yokohama and Singapore disclose, where the stolen property had been
Messrs. W. BREWER & Co.. Hongkong and Shanghai.
Messrs. TSUI MAN KOK, Hongkong, Messrs. MAN YU TONG, Hongkong.
Wholesale: W. HIBBERDINE, 50, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong.
H.M. NAVAL HOSPITAL. JANTED A WRITER, apply personally DAY, the 9th instant, in the MORNING, with TESTIMONIALS,
WANT DINOT, GHENERAL, CE MON
Hongkong, sih April, 1999.
GYMKHANA.
"THE FIRST GYMKHANA MEETING
GEMA de dield at the
RACE COURSE, HAPPY”YSLLEN, on SATUR DAY, the 28th instant, weather promitting."
Hongkong 5th April, 1999,
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED
FOR MANILA.
THE Company's Steamship
DEATIL
secreted. None of it, therefore, has been re- covered and it has since been found that two gold rings the property of Mr.Cole, a lodgers Mrs. Nolan's, are also missing. All told we rather expect that Chinaman will be fairly well puid for his three months' incarceration.
The Attorney General said that the members of the Committee would have to be appointed included the names in the resolution....: by the Governor, and asked if the hon, member Mr. Whitehead said No, he only suggested them.
His Excellency said he would have great pleasure in taking into consideration the names already suggested and any others that might be brought forward,
The Hon. T. H. Whitehead gave notice of the following question
REFORMATORY AT CAUSEWAY BAY,
THE abridged prospectus of the "Cheong Fat Ferry Company was published yesterday in our advertisement columns. The ferry has been started to provide for the increased passenger traffic between Hongkong and Yau-ma-ti, and later on, other places between Hongkong and the East and West River of Canton, where there is a large Chinese passenger traffic. Two stories from the front, of high acts of gallantry, are related in the New Year's annals
Does the Government, in view of the fact of the Royal Humane Society, which, at its
that a large area of recently cut soil is exposed first meeting for 1908, directed should be all round the building, consider it safe to send The heroes belong to the boys into the "Belilios Reformatory "al Cause suitably rewarded. and Fusiliers in Major-tien. Barton's, brigadeway Bay at any time within the next two
years? at the Tugela. About midday on Nov. 28 a pivate of the Royal Scots sank in 20 feet of water while bathing in the Bushman's River at Estcourt, Natal. Private O'Connor, of the
and at last found the body, but life was extinct. Some two hours later Serg Bennett, of the 7th Royals, sank while bathing near the samution. place. Again O'Connor dived and recovered the body, but too late to save his life. On the same day Private Figg, of the Royals, was overcome by the current while bathing. Private Donnolly, of the Roy: Irish, plunged in, and after a desperate struggle landed him in safety Both Donnelly and O'Connor now receive the meilal for their gallant actions,
Will the Government before sending any boys into the Reformatory obtain a detailed medical report as to the sanitary condition of the sur roundings of the reformatory?
On the 9th February, at the Central Hotel, Hamburg, Hastien Easst, aged 11 months, the youngest son of G. Siemssen, H.I.G.M.SAC the Chicago Vaudeville Theatre is posted ↑ Royal Irish, courageously dived several times, reading of a Bill entilled an Ordinance to Consul at Foockow and Dorothy his wife.
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1900.
Unce
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
THE SMOKE, XUÍSANUL,
the following notice to artists: "It is a strict "cuss words" rule of this house that all must be omitted by all performers." Last month a reciter gave some of Kipling's poems, but after the first' performance the oaths were ordered to be rut out The receiter expostulat- ed, and informed the manager that he had re- cited those same poems in churches, and no lone had ever objected befort, "I don't care a cent, what they do in churches," replied the managed, "but the Vaudeville has a repita
The following notification was issued yesterday as a Gazette Extraordinary 22
HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL.
The Attorney General then ved the third amend and consolidate the law relating to the Bhimuni. carriage and possession of arms and
Mr. Chater rose to move as an amendinent that the Bill be re-committeed. to allow of the insertion of another exemption, the Rifle Association.
this
The Attorney General said he had a com- munication from the Chief Justice concerning exemption, but he was sorry that he could not accede to the wish that the.Rifle Association. should be exempted. It was not at all desir able that all the members of this Association should be exempted. The majority of its inembers were already exempted as Volunteers, Military and Naval men, and as special jurors, the residue could very easily get a license by applying to tire Captain Superintendent of Police, for which there was no fee charged. In England they were much worse off as nobody, not even members of Council, were exempted, and a fee of ten shillings was charged for a license.
11. Hongkong is ma to became a secondtion to maimaia." samuky, Londen, steps will shortly have to he taken to put a check upon the smoke nuis Some of the steamers which leave
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION, --80. 139. the harbour are great offenders in this respect
It is hereby notified that His Excellency the and apparently hom had coal, or burn it in such a hummer as to procure a maximum of Governor and Commander-in-Chiel, Sir Henry smoke which tolls fam their funnels for Arthur Blake, C.M., having left the Cly several hours before their departure in dese this day, liis Excellency Major General William General Gascoigne, C.M.G., (officer Adminis the Superior Acommodation offered by this lack clouds whürfi cnvelop eerything and Julius Gascoigne, C.M., was thereafter dulytering the Government) the lion. F. II. motion.
*SUNGRIANG,
Captain Moore, will be despite lied as above, on SATURDAY, the 7th April, at Noon.
The attention of Passengers is directed to Steamer. The Vessel is hatted throughing with Electric Light
For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents Hongkong, th April, 1998),
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPAXV, LIMITED
This afternoon, a meeting of the Hong Council Chamber at the Government Offices, kong Legislative Council was held in the there.being present His Excellency Major
Sworn in by His Honour the Chief Justice in the presence of the Executive Email and May, G. (Acting Colonial Secretary), assumed je Administration of the Government the fion. W. Meigh Goodman (Attorney Crememb the Hon. A. W. Brewin, the Hon. AM. Thomson (Colonial Treasurer), the 11on. R. D. Ormsby (Director of Public Works), the lion. T. H. Whicheal, the Hon. C. P. Chater, G.G., the Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, the M. R. F. Johnston (Acting Clerk of Councils.) on. H. C. Niccole, the Hon. Wei A Yuk, and The Clerk of Councils read the minutes of the fast meeting.“
merchoch in the vicinity inma rain of smuts, The Lunbelts, Poo, are not infrequently a
R. F. JOHNSTON, great naisaige to the Offices situ..ted in the
Acting Clerk of Councils. Paya, a tny. He directly opposite, and with the wind on shone the smoke finds Council Clunber, Hongkong 4th April, 1900. its way directly into the open windows, canying git and smuts with it to drive the WHEN, we wonder, are we to have a glimpse <links to distraction. Factory chimacys are of the son and a day day? Every person one meets in the street can best be described in the in reasing in number rapidly and these add to the saleke nuisance in on small degree, words of Mr. Mantalini as a "denul, demp, that on a calm day one often sees a case moist, unpleasant body," and they feel it as pall cashhanging the town, through which well as look it. Collars collapse, boots go the rays of the sum forbly struggle and give mouldy, shirts develop mildew, walls weep, « coppery appearages to everything. wild a step in the right direction if the mud sighs triumphant, and one's temper he comes prematurely soured and short. This is Government licked inte,tlus matter, for the longer the nuisan is allowed to continue,certainly the wettest spring that Hongkong has ugh the marge diffult wil it be to pm an cari to experiraced or some years, but then we always run to extremes here. Tast year we were short
FOR AMOY, SINGAPORE, SAMAKANG AND SOURABAYA. THE Company Sianshup
"WHAMPON,” Captain Carrick, will be despatched as above on SATURDAY, the 7th instint
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Hongkong. 5th April, 1996
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FUOCHOW. THE Company's Steamship THE
BATEAN,
Captain Reach, will be despatched for the above Ports, on SUNDAY, de Spis instant, at Daylight.
For Freight or Passagecapply to
DOUGLAS LÁPRAIK & Co, General Managers.
Its
■ Hongkong, sth April, 1996,
OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
FOR LIVERPOOL (DIRECT. Taking Urgo at London Rates.
THE Company's Steamship
"HECTOR."
Captain Bare, will be despati hed
TUESDAY, the 17th instant.
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE WAR. ESCAPE OF TWO BRITISH OFFICERS FROM. PRETORIA.
It
· LONDON, Armii Brd. Capt. Bahlane, of the Gordous, and Le Mesurier have escaped Lieut. from Prétoria and arrived at 1 ourenco Marques.
of water; this we have more than enough! Is Exc. Monsieur. Picton, French Minister al Peking, arrived at Foochow on the 17th ultimo on board the French cuiser Pascal, with his wife, Commandant Vidal, military attaché, and Monsieur Berteaux, interpreter of
the French Legation. The Minister visite the Arsenal during the afternoon and came up the next day to Foochow On the 18th, Madame Pichon, together with a few officers from the Pascal, was entertained at tiffin at the French Consulate by the Count and Countess de Calembert, in the absence of the Consul, who accompanied the Minister and his suite THE RECENT REVERSE.
into the city on their visit in the Viceroy. Dur A TERRIBLE SIGHT. ing the afternoon Madame Pichon and her Renter's correspondent at Bloem-party made an excursion into the city, while the French Minister returned to the Consulate Fontein says that the seene of their receive the official visits of the Viceroy, Mgr. A Ambush was a terrible sight, the
BUTTERFIED & SWIRE .Agents.
Hongkong, 5th April, 1900,
CONSIGNEES
TOYO KISEN RAISHA.
NOTICE. *ONSIGNEES of CARGO per Steamship
"HONGKONG MARU! are hereby notified that their Gurls are at their risk being discharged into Lighters, and or landed into our Golowns at Wanchai nod delivery may be had either from Lighters or
A
from Godowns upon countersignature of Bills MORE TROOPS FOR RHODESIA.
of Lading.
Goods remaining unclaimed after the 5th instant will be subject to rent.
Cargo to be delivered from alongside.
No Fire Insurance has been elected,
C. L. GORHAM,
Hongkong, 3th April, 1900.
Acting Agent.
Entimation.
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Masot, Monsieur Popa, Consul-General for Russia and Me. Playfair, Consul for Great Britain. The whole patty returned to Pagoda the same evening, and left for Shanghai and Peking on the 19th ultimo.
spruits were filled with the corpses of horses, and broken waggons in hideous confusion. It was only General Broadwood's.
presence of
A PECULIAR anomaly in the law was recently mind and skilful handling that pre-shown up at the Magistrae A Chinaman was vented the destruction of the entire charged with selling Macan lottery tickets, and as any form of gambling is illegal in this fre
Colony, the man was convicted. In the course of the evidence it turned out that some, not all, The man of these tickets were bogus ones. was therefore convicted on the genuine tickets, but got off scot free on the forgeries, as they coald not be said to be lottery tickets. He could have been prosecuted for obtaining money on false pretences, but that would have necessit ter the proprietors of the Macao lottery appearing. This they are most un- willing to do, as in all probability they would be non-suited on account of the illegality of their business. Speaking on this subject, a Portuguese gendepan bought a whole suip of lottery slips amongst which was the winning number of the second prize. He sent the ticket
SUPPLIES FOR BEIRA. The Transport Chiengo is leaving Capetown for Beim with a portion of the Bushman's Corps, horses, mules and plant for the Rhodesian railway. A large stock of supplies and provisions are also going to Beira:
BLOEMFONTEIN,
LATER.
A. S. WATSON & CO., WATERWORKS STILL OCCUPIED,
LIMITED.
THE LEADING MANUFACTURERS
H
AERATED WATERS IN THE FAR EAST.
In the absence of 11. E. The Governor the chair was taken by H. E. Major General Gascoigne, who, on taking his scat, said that the work would be quite new to him, but as he was arrounded by personal friends he knew they would deal leniently with his shortcomings. One thing he wold like to say was that he best for the Colony in which he had been for came to the work with a single mind to do his the last eighteen mouths, which were the happiest he had ever spent and in which he bad made many firm friends (applause.)
The Colonial Secretary laid the following papers on the table-Report on the New Territory for the first year's working and Financial Minute No. (14) and moved that the tci be referred to the Finance Committee Financial Minute (No. 4) reads The Gover- nor recommends the Council to vote a sum of two hundred and forty dollars (8240), being an allowance granted to Inspector John Lee of the Registrar General's Department."
The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded, Carried.
The Acting Colonial Secretary moved that the report of Francial Committee on minute No
should be passed.
5.
The Hon. H. Whitehead wished it clearly understood that all the unofficial members had asked the Committee to appoint a sub Commit tee to enquire into all applications for increase mittee to be appointed by his Excellency the of salary by government servams. This com- Governor and enquire into all applications, not limited, to subordinate officers. He said that the increase in the cost of living was felt as was by the beads of Departments. severely and keenly by the junior officers as it The Acting Colonial Sacretary said that a telegram, had been sent to the Secretary of State and it was not asked that all applications, but all other applications should be enquired into. There were two sets of applications that had been already granted the Superior Officers and the majority of the Chinese employees. A Commitice could now only be appointed to en- quire into the applications from the intermediate Any other course officers, the subordinates. would be contrary to instructions received from the Secretary of State.
His Excellency said he was not quite clear as regards this telegram.
Mr. Whiteheat said the telegram asked the Secretary of State to sanction that all applications should be referred to a com mittee. He was set aware that the ward "other" had been inserted. All he wished was that justice should be done, and that while the heads received an increase, the subordinates should not be left out in the cold.
The Attorney General sand all. the dealers with unexpired licenses would not be called upon to renew them until the expiration of their lemn. The Bill had been before the public some 3 or 4 months.
the gamblers. Thesoldier's comrades, when they heard of it went in a body to punish the gam- had been forwarned, had barricaded the doors blems but did not succeed, as their opponents and received them with a volley from the roof. The soldiers then retreated and, after obtaining. re-inforcements, made another attack. The gamblers this time lost their nerve and when: they had set fire to the house escaped along. the roofs of the adjacent houses. The soldiers broke open the doors, extinguished the famos and after wrecking all the furniture and every. thing they could lay their hands upon, went away. The noise they made, however, roused the neighbourhood and the police received orders to shut the stront gates so that the rioters mightbe captured. So much time was spent before this order was executed that the soldiers were able to quietly sneak away in the con- fusion.
THE PLAGUE.
Cases reported to 4th instant..
Da. do. during past 24 hours...
Total...
Deaths reported to 4th instant......... Do. do during past 24 hours...
Total...
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MRS. ARCHIBALD-LITTLE AT FOOCHOW.
Foocnow, 94th March. Mrs. Archibald Little's lecture on the anti-. footbinding movement on Tuesday last was not very well attended; the notice of it was far too short and the night was wretchedly cold and wet, both causes combining to keep away many who would otherwise have been glad to attend. Mr. Playfair, H.B.M. Consul, was in the chair and with a few preliminary remarks. introduced the lecturer to the meeting. Mrs. Little commenced her address by expressing Mr. May seconded the Attorney General's a fear that her subject would prove rather a dry one to many presenta fear no doubt enter- Mr. Whitelicad moved that the Bill be re-tained also by some of her hearers, but these was very soon carrying away the audience with committeed to allow of the insertion of a clause presentiments were short lived for the lecturer postponing its operation for the next six months, as many European importers had en her, what with what she had to say and the tered into contracts which would be outstanding way in which she said it. Mrs. Little is a very rapid speaker, but her good enunciation makes for the next six, eight, or ten months and so if this fee of $1,200 was enforced at once many her words easy and pleasing in follow. There was of course no need to paintout to such an audi- ence the wrong and suffering to which so many of the women in China bad to submit meet their engagements. He considered that of the Chinese dealers would be unable to six months was a reasonable time to allow
by way of conforming to custom in having these operators;-... -
their feet bound, or the iniquity of such-a- misarrangement of the work of nature, the lecturer proceeded at once to relate the diffi culties she had to contend with at the outside of her philanthropic work in her endeavour to put a stop to the practice; how in April 1895 the Society known as Tien Tau Hui was founded, and-interested the meeting by giving some account of the progress of its work The headquarters of the Society were in To most of those Shanghai and there were so far twenty one branches of it present, apart from the Missionaries, the subject was quite new, and the success of the movement appeared to them wonderfully satis factory considering the conservative nature of the Chinese. Not the least interesting of Mrs. Little's experiences was how she had succeeded in obtaining an interview with H.E. Li Hang- chang direct, ze, without the intervention of the Consul, at Canton. He was very kind and polite but intimated that he was unable to do anything to assist her. He, however, wrote his name on her fan which was taken to mean that although he could do nothing he approved of the object she had in view. At the conclu. sion of the lecture Mr. Playfair proposed a vote of thanks to Mrs. Little for her very interesting address which was seconded by Mr. Westall and carried unanimously.-Foochow Echo.
Mr. Whitehead-" Five years." The Attorney General said it had come up first last November and last January they had had the views of the Chamber and Commerce, Dealers should not assume that the Bill would be materially altered during its stages and should make their arrangements accordingly. it was hard on some people for a beginning but he could not see any specific reason for the postponement of its operation.
Dr. Po Kai seconded Mr. Whitehead and said it was quite true that the Bill had been hanging about for the last five years and that it had been materially altered. He considered that three or four months should be given the dealers. He knew that when the licenses of many dealers had expired they had been granted temporary ones from month to month. He could not see why the Bill's operatiin should not bo postponed to allow of its bearing less hardly on the Chinese dealers.
His Excellency said that new legislation must bear hardly on some people but this Bill had not been sprung upon them and he deeply regretted that he could not agree with the amendment. It was most important that the
possible. Will should come into operation as quickly as
:
The amendment was then put and negatived by seven to five.
The Attorney General then moved the third reading.
Mr. Whitehead again rose and moved as an amendment that the fee of $1,200 be not en forced until January 1st, 1901 and that it was evidently the wish of the unofficial members that this Bill should bear as leniently as possible on the dealers and this fee, which the hon. member stigmatised as exorbitant, should not bear so hardly as to force honest men from re pudiating their obligations.
STORAGE OF PETROLEUM AT KOBE.
There appears to be a difficulty regarding the storage of petroleum in Kobe, two places only-Onohama and Wada Poist--being set tanks at. Wada had to be removed to Moda on apart for this purpose. The oil godowns and account of the proposed Shipbuilding Yard at Wada, and the godowns at Onohama will, it is stated, shortly be removed alse. A Prefectural Order restricts the quantity of oil to be stored in the city to 20 toku. This restriction the oil dealers consider tends to. hinder the develop ment of the oil trade at the port, and the Kobe Petroleum Guild decided to present a memo rial to the Govenor asking that the Prefectural Order restricting the quantity of oil to be stored in the city should-be amended, and that dealers be allowed to atore any quantity in their go The Attorney General said the question of downs at any place in the city. The petition the fee had been very carefully gone into at was laid before the City Office on the 23rd inst., the Committee stage of the Bill and had been to be submitted to Governor Ohmori. It is not likely, however, that a Prefectural Order design- already seuled. It was not desirable to re-
The Colonial Treasurer rose on a point of order, as this amendinent was practically the same as the last, but was not upheld.
Mr. Belilios' seconded Mr. Whitehead's motion.
open it.
Mr. Whitehead-The amount not the date."ed for the public safety will be amended so 35 to remove all restrictions whatever as to stor His Excellency upheld Mr. Whitehend in- his discussion but still adhered to his former age-Kobe Chronicle :: opinion that the sooner the Bill came into op- The Hon. Dr. Ho Kai said that the Actingeration the better.
"other" had beco inserted.
Colonial Secretary was quite correct; the word
The Hoi. C. I. Chater confirmed. The Hon. Act. Colonial Secretary asked whether Mr. Whitehead wished to re-open the question of the applications already granted.
Mr. Whitehead Certainly not." Mr. May said then the hun, member had got all he asked for, as this. committee certainly could not enquire into applications from the Chief Justice or the Paisne Judge, but could into every single servant other than these, as they would be subordinate officers.
Mr. Whitehead said he was satisfied with this ruling, as long as it was clearly understood The Colonial Tieasurer then seconded the that it meant all applications. motion and it was passed.
to the Marno lottery and presently received an Router's correspondent at Bloem-imination that that number certainly had won, fontein, muler date 2nd inst says that but his tickets were bogus ones. His language
--well we will allow our readers to imagine it. the enemy, still occupy the water.
Tux - Penang Gazette says that the following appeared in the Scotsman:-"It has just works and that the Boers who were shelled yesterday returned the fire.tmispired that Dr. Leyds was horsewhipped It is reported that some of the Boers by an Englishman about a fortnight ago. The visitor obtained access to Dr. Leyd's private room by representing himself as an emissary Mr. Whitehead then pursuant to notice. THE MACHINERY in usé is of are moving to the South.
thoved the following resolution. of a Pro-Boer newspaper in England; but as "the latest design and most up to date.
soon as he was alone with Dr. Leyds he pro character.
duced a bundle of cartoons of Queen Victoria, which had been published by Dr. Leyds in French newspapers, saying, 'You scamp! 1 am going to thrush you for this. He then displayed a whip, and promptly laid across the shoulder of the Transvaal plenipotentiary. Dr. Leyds endeavoured to and as his English adversary still con tiued to rain blows upon him, he finally crawled under a table, where he could not be reached, and from that position, in a pileous
BRITISH GALLANTRY. PRAISE FROM LORD ROBERTS. ENGLISH EXPERTS mange
A despatel from Lord Roberts our factories. and their practical- knowledge produces an article that is praises the gallantry of the 9th
unrivalled for its excellence.
The amendment was then put and lost by 8 to 4 His Excellency then adjoamed the Council since dic, there being no other busi ness to transact.
JAPANESE TOPICS. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]
YOKOHAMA, March 22nd." The land registration question is still A Meeting of the Finance Com unsettled, and it appears highly probable that mittee was held immediately after when a large amount of trouble and further delay will Finance Minute No. 14 was discussed. have to be borne by foreign land owners in the The Chairman (the Act. Colonial Secre former foreign settlements before the matter is tary) in moving its adoption: said that Mr. Lee satisfactorily arranged I gave a resume in my was a very old servant and had a thorough st letter of the views expressed and resolu- knowledge of Chinese; this increase was owing-tions passed at a meeting of land renters held partly to his long service and partly on account here, and those views and resolutions have of his knowledge of Chinese, an interpreter- since been semi-officially answered by an editorial published in the Japan Mail That would be dispensed withes shaders
The Minute was passed. This was all the journal does not think there is the slightest business.
probability that the Japanese Government will ask the Diet to legislate in the sense indicated by the meeting of land renters," and is con- vinced, from enquiries made, "that if the Government's position were fully understood. the desire for legislation would cease to be entertained" The Mall then proceeds to examine the resolutions adopted at the meeting, and states that, according to the Government's view, which we believe that
CANTON NOTES.
LAWLESSNESS IN THE CITY,
A serious disturbance recently arose at matshed theatre, orected in front of the Pak Tai Temple, in San Kai, Canton; (temple ded performance a very severe shower of rain came
"
That a Committee be appointed to enquire into the continuous rise in the market prices of most necessaries of life such as ment, fish, and garden produce, and to report.
He said that the facts mentioned in icated to the god of the idle). During the
down and the people not under cover made a our enquiries have crabled us to under week spoke for themselves. There was every fish for the sheds. As these places are not stand it is emphatically denied that stops petition signed by 153, ladies pionen in the credit due to these ladies. The evil did exist free, the soldiers and police attempted to keep have not yet been taken to confirm the
The increase of
the mob back but were unsuccessful until they perpetual lenses. If we turn to the Im- and it was a glaring one. salary recently granted showed that the increase had fired upon them. One man was killed, Druinance of December 27th we find that the Government and community.
Battery in the Ambush affair, in which many of the officers served The Water used is the best known, the guns as gummers, and fell under sumnion assistance, but was unsuccessful; on most of the necessaries of life interested the while others were badly, wounded, this ex- title deeds of lands held by foreigners in the
in this Island of Tragrant streams and is skilfully filtered on scientific principles.
We use only the best and most expensive ingredients, guaranteeing Absolute Purity.
The leading English makers freely acknowledge that WATERS MANUFAC TURED BY US are equal to those of their own production.
the effect of several hours across fire,
WEATHER REPORT.
The Observatory report says:
Mr. Keswick said he had great pleasure in asperated the mob still more and a free fight settlepents are textually confirmed in ensued. After the fight the dead and wounded the ordinary routine of Japanese legal pro seconding the resolution, as it seemed to him were placed alongside the theatre, for the pur cedure title deeds are quite unnecessary. In that if there were any grounds for the state-
trate, The proprietors of the theatre were, But the Imperial Ordinance of December ment that illegimate influence was being pose of attracting the attention of the tungis fact, they may be said to have no existence, brought to bear, then the best thing to do was however, able to satisfy the relations of the 27th recognises title deeds as essential in the ually differentiates their tenute from the ordi nary kind of tenure provided by law, In word, the Ordinance confirms the leases...
-Committee
On the 5th at 11.55 a.m. the barometer has voice, shrieked for help. The Englishman to find out and put a stop to any such impro- | murdered man by paying $600 and compensat, case of the settlement lands, and thus effect fallen on the China, coast, owing to the exist-inally said, 'I have given you what my per conduct, ence of a depression in Central China. Pressure country will give your rascally employer at is highest over Japan. Gradients slight to moderate for S.E. and S. winds on the China coast. FORECAST: Moderate or fresh S, winds; squally, showery.
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Pretoria, and then left in a leisurely manner, driving oftin a conveyance which was waiting at the door. Dr. Leyds at firrt informed the police, but afterwards begged that no notice be taken of the outrage, as it would make him the laughing stock of Europe.'. He has been under medical treatment since, and had plasters on his back when he left for Berlin to dine with Prince Hohenlohe:"
Mr. May said it was not quite clear whethering the wounded, the hon. gentleman meant
Mr. Whitehead said from outsiders, and sug- appointed from the Council or from outsiders. gested the following names as sound, goal, energetic business men. Dr. Hurtigan, Messrs. Maitland, Marshall, Osborne, and Francis,
His Excellency before putting the resolution said he was quite in favour of it.
The resolution was then put and carried, only two members; the Colonial Treasurer and Mr. Niccole, voting against it.
sion of a
A BAD CASH THE CAUSE OF ARSON The truth of the old saying that great things spring from small causes was well exemplified recently in Canton. A soldier went to a pigeon Further it in emphatically denied that lottery shop and bought some tickets, offering the 11w of Japan contemplats into new in payment, among other coins, bad cash. pulsary cont
right called super stand exactly as they' The gamblers refused to take this cash the and different soldier at the same time would not change it, ficies
time, their form un- saying that the amount was too small to be of ate now for
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