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Ballarat on 11th May, was delivered in London yesterday. This is quick time and we have little doubt but that the P. & O. could beat the record, now held by the Germans, il they tried.
such anger are easily to be imagined. It A TELEGRAM from The Hague states that the is a fact to, for cases have come under our Dutch Government, desirous of opening its notice, that a good many plague patients colonisation, has made a proposal to the British are concealed in the servants' quarters of Government offering to place the Dutch East European dwellings, for the Chinese are Indies, at its disposal for the transport of perfectly well aware that they are safer there prisoners from the visits of the Sanitary Inspector and
takes up his quarters with the servants at- tached to some European house if he can possibly manage it. That this is a fact we know, for such a case occurred last year under our immediate notice, the sick ́man | being concealed in the cookhouse of a Euro THE number of cases of infectious diseases pean residence and only discovered when he had grown so ill that his friends had carried notified as occurring in this Culony during the him out and hidden him in the garden so that week ended June &th are:-120 cases of plague he should not actually die in the cookhouse, in Victoria, it cases in other districts, total To-day, as announced in another column, | cases 161, deaths 155; three cases of enteric two European plague cases have been, re- fever (Europeans); 1 case of small-pox (Chinese) moved from the Connaught House Hotel,„,..
We draw our readers attention to the advertise. We should not be at all surprised if these two case are directly attributable to the ment in another column of the well-known Chinese, employed on the premises giving Green Island Cement Company, where it will OUR FACTORIES are construct-house room to people who are either suffer be seen that the price of cement has been ad- ed with every attention to the best ing from the disease or have fled from vanced so cents per cask and 30 cents per bag. honses in which a case had occurred. It of 375 lbs. and 250 lbs. respectively. The in principles that shnitary science man would not surprise us in the least to bear crease dates from June 1st. suggest; and our NEW FACTORY the habit of allowing their friends to sleep in that the boys in some of our hotels were in at WEST POINT is the LARGEST | unoccupied rooms. They could be easily smuggled in unobserved--and they would and BEST EQUIPPED in the FAR | doubtless leave plenty of infection behind EAST.
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A BOMBAY, the Steamer is discharging in VICTORIA Dock.
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Might we suggest to Dr. CLARK that it: would be as well if his Sanitary Inspectors | A perfect System of Filtration is could pay night surprise visits to some of the hotels of the Colony and see that the employed guaranteeing Absolute pur-servants' quarters are not being used as a foodity,
refuge for the plague stricken. It is no use expecting one's servants to keep strangers out of their own accord. They probably The Machinery used is of the Latest sympathise too much with the sufferers Typc.
to turn them away and are too igno rant to know the risk they themselves run in thus taking in infected or suspicious persons, We would urge on the managers of the hotels the absolute necessity of a nightly inspection both of their servants quarters and of all unecccupied rooms and, at the same time, we would advise all householders to frequently inspect their premises and keep them free of these very undesirable intruders. A nightly inspection and a free application of a rattan to all in truders does excellently, we find..
Captain A. Ramsay, will be despatched as above, on SATURDAY, the 15th instant, at 5 PM.
The Attention of Passengers is directed to the Excellent Accommodation provided by this Steamer. She is fitted throughout with Electric Light A Doctor is carried."
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at 3 P.M.
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Hongkong.
The Hongkong Celegraph
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, JUNE (1, 1901,
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Hougkong's Defences,
We note, with some surprise, a statement Parison of Hongkong, under the proposed in the Home papers. to the effect that the
new, arrangements for the defence of our coaling stations by the Navy, is fixed at two thousand men. This is ignorance, of, folly, or, worse. Hongkong is of greater importance to England in its way than is Gibraltar. The Méditerranean feet has Malta close at hand if anything should happen to 'render Gib not available. It is not so very far removed from the home ports with all their resources, either to repair or to fill up with provision, or warlike stores. The China fleet has nowhere to go, in the event of war, for stores, or sup plies, or repairs, but to Hongkong. Hang kong lost, or destroyed, or even seriously crippled, would leave the feet without any, base nearer than Vancouver. Hongkong in the hands of an enemy means the destruc. tion, for the time being, of British naval power in the East and the capture of all our merchant vessels in these waters. There is no exaggeration in all this. Men of war no longer carry the materials for their own repair, nor stores nor ammunition for a two
having arrived from the above Ports, Con- signees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Uills of Lading for countersignature and take immediate de ivery of their Goods ex ship or from alongside.
Any Cargo impeding the discharge of the vessel will be landed and stored at Consignees
risk and expense.
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
SHEWAN, TOMIES & CO., Agente.
Hongkong, 11th June, 1901,
Intimations.
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EYE SIGHT.
years' cruise: Ducks are almost an essential for effective repairs. In case of war where are there any docks for the repair of His Majesty's ships except in Hongkong ? Where any reserves of guns, ammunition, supplies of any description ? Only in Hongkong.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. THE CHINESE INDEMNITY QUESTION.
LONDON, June 8th. America has proposed that the Chinese indemnity question be submitted to the Hague tribunal,
PLAGUE IN EGYPT. Eleven cases of plague have occurred in Egypt, seven of which have proved fatal.
· BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA. NIGHT SURPRISES.
The British have executed two successful night surprises on Boer laagers in Cape Colony.
FRENCH ENTERPRISE IN INDO-CHINA.
June 9th.
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CORDS.
As for their boasted cures of plague, I should | HONGKONG VOLUNTEER like to ask how it is that the Tung Wah Authorities do not show more recoveries for there receive Chinese treatment at Chinese their cases? I understand that the patients hands, and yet the returns show that they hardly 'save a case in a hundred. How do Messrs. brilliant Chinamen, who prate so glibly about Fung Wah Chun, Chan A Fook and our other Chinese cures, explain this? I doubt if evon the tender-hearted and pro-Chinese Mr. Arthur Brewin could make out a decent case for his proteges on this point.
"A" MACHINE GUN COV.”
The fine competition for the cups and spoons inok place at the New Volunteer Range on the instant, when Corporal Plummer
Do you not think, Sir, that it is about time for all this Tommy rot about Chinese cures to be held up to derision ? i for one, think that in face of the opposition shown by the Chinese for every sanitary reform proposed that they should be treated with, the contempt they deserve and utterly ignored. All they have done so far is to obstruct. Let them now sea that they have forfeited their claim to a hearing and will be dealt with rationally and not aš they would wish.
Yours faithfully,
Hongkong, June 11th, igai.
REVIEW.
BRITISHER.
STORY OF THE SIEGE HOSPITAL IN
PERING, BY JESSIE RANSOME, DEACONESS.
scored his first win on the No. 1 Cup and Gunner Black sent in the best contribution towards the No a Cup.
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Thirteen members competed and the follow- in were the best scores returned.
400 300 Bezp. Total, 18 30 28 14 Corporal Plummer... *Captain. Sanders...... 23 28 27 Gunner Black 17 27 13
Smith L. G... 19 26 Emmett . $3 *Winners of spoons,
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18 18 25 74
AT THE MAGISTRACY,
DISORDERLY CONDUCT. Wong Ho and Cheung Wan two ladies of Canton were charged by Corporal Williams with behaving in a disorderly manner. The Corporal sail he saw the two defendants going to the Peak and about go soldiers following them. He followed them the Peak and found the two defendants under some bushes, About so soldiers were lying about in gangs on the hillside. He went for the police and returned with a constable. The defendants were arrested,
The constable proved the arrest. The de fendants stated they went to the Peak to see some friends. They could not find them and were arrested.
They were fined $15 or 1 month's hard labour
We shall be obliged if any subscriber on receiving his paper late or irregularly will write on the Wrapper of the paper the Time of
We commend this little book, to the notice delivery, etc., and forward the Wepper to the of our readers. It is not long. It is pleasant; Manager, Hongkong Telegraph Co., Li, goly written. It is genuine and not made to Queen's Road Central, The wrapper will order or simply to sell. The story of the hos enable us to check the delivery coolics.
pital and of the hospital work takes up only a smal posion of the book The rust is a diary of the events of the stege. It gives as definite a picture of the events of the eight weeks and | each. a half during which our people were cooped up in the Legation, not knowing from day to day when the end might come, as we have seen in print anywhere. It is a very satisfactory record toiled so persistently and endured so patiently of good work well done. The ladies who deserve every credit, and those to gave their services to the work of the hospital are deserv ing of far more praise and of more adequate recognition than they have yet received. Miss Ransome records that "on the night of the jap position in the Fu and that the Italians 17th Julythere was a "tremendous fusilade on the
ran away and left the British barricade isolated and undefended to the great disgust of our men." There must be some mistake here, as
may be noticed that we are publishing a gazette of interest in the shipping community generally, giving the names of officers on leave. promotions, transfers, cic. We imagine it will be found useful by many shipping people here, who can see at a glance where their friends are at the time. We shall be much obliged for any information from our readers tending to keep the column up to date.
A curious incident in connection with the loss of the City of Rio de Janeiro is reportes in the San Francisco Chronicle. It appears that four or five days after the loss of the steamer Captain Ward's fox-terrier "Rio" was discovered by the police patrol boat fully a mile out at sea swimming away from the land. The dog was emaciated and half-starved, and harl apparently been on shore since the sinking of the vessel. How it came to be out at sea and for what purpose is a mystery, though of course there are believers in the preternatural sagacity of dogs who allege that it was going in search of its master.
WE would-call-the-attention of our readers to the offer of a prize of fifty dollars made in our leader column this evening. As will be seen, the prize is to be given for the best sketch of a project for the capture of the Island by a hostile force with a view to the destruction of the Naval Yard, Arsenal and Barmcks. This is a subject which should readily interest our renders, and we trust that we shall have, a good batch of manuscripts to consider. Anticles should not exceed two thousand words in length; they must be written on one side of the paper only and should reach this office before 5 p.m. on Saturday, 29th inst. All articles to be address. ed to:
The Editor,
**Hongkong Telegraph,"
59, Queen's Road Central.
·VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB,
WATER POLO, '-
General Doumer, Governor-General of Indo-China, bas formed a Company with a A Water polo match will be played to-morrow capital of Seventy million Francs to coV.K.C. and 25th Co., E.D., K.A. The follow at 5.30 pm sharp between teams representing struct and exploit a railway into Yunnan,
ing will play for V.R.C. Goal.→→L, E. Lam- ment, Backs.-N. A. Hance, F. M. Roga Per cela. Half-Back,; ‚A. ́A. Alves. - Forwards- R. Henderson, J. H. R. Hance, A. Humphreys.
LATER.
BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA. The British troops surprised another party of Boers at Lady Grey, Cape Colony.
Altogether the captures consist of 62 pri- soners, many horses, and large quantities of ammunition.
THE NEW WAR MEDALS. War medals to the troops at Whitehall on King Edward will present three thousand
Wednesday next. There will be a great ceremony. Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria of Wales will accompany the King,
A MOORISH MISSION TO
ENGLAND.
A Moorish mission has arrived in London for the purpose of congratulating King Ed ward on his accession to the throne. The mission excites much interest.
The French and Spanish newspapers are greatly preoccupied oyer the Morroco ques. tion, and there is some talk of a French protectorate.
Mr. N. LAZARUS, Occulist-Optician, of London and Calcutta, may be consulted for, SPECTACLES at 16, Queen's. Road Central,
A garrison of at least five thousand (R. HOUGHTON & Co.)
men is the very smallest force that could (Nearly opposite the HONGKONG HOTEL).
make this Colony reasonably sale from Business hours:-9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
a sudden and determined raid, not neces: sarily for the purpose of conquest and A diseases afecting those advancing in life purpose of destruction. The south side of GREAT proportion of cataracts and permanent occupation, but for the simple occur to those having some deficiency in the this 1sland is absolutely without any defence, construction of the eyes-the many years of it is most easily accessible and the hours 'Eye Strain' ending in serious forms of disease. Glasses specially adapted in youth to those between dark and dawn would amply suffice requiring them save and preserve the sight.
to make a clean sweep of everything of any Constantly recurring headaches, spells of value to a fleet in the place. We surely dimness when reading, weak eyes, the letters ought to give our possible enemies credit running together; any of these symptoms indi- for the same amount of enterprise of which cate a deficiency in the form of the eye requir- we know ourselves to be capable and which ing Glasses only to correct and cure.
Mr. LAZARUS supplies his SPECTACLES we have often displayed. Will any naval only after testing the sight..
or military officer with any knowledge ADVICE FREE. · ·
[1453b of military history, venture to assert that, if this place was in the occupation of an enemy with whom we were at war, a garrison of two thousand men would be suficient to protect it from a comprar maint the best sketch of
a project for the capture of this island by a hostile force, Varying winds, moderate; fair.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
BEG to into my Patrons and public Generally that I have REMOVED my Stores, from No. 13. to No. 5, D'AQUILAR STREET
H. RUTTONJEE,
Hongkong, 27th April, 1900,
5. D'Aguilar Street.
AN APPEAL.
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HE SUPERIORESS of the ITALIAN CONVENT, CAINE ROAD, begs most respectfully to APPEAL to the Residents of Hongkong and the Coast Ports, for their kind patronage and support, and desires to state that she will be pleased to receive orders for all kinds of NEEDLE WORK.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Observatory report says
On the 11th at 12.5 p.m. the barometer has fallen generally, particularly on the China coast. Pressure is highest over Japan, and the low pressure trough extends across the N. part of the China Sea and the Pacific towards the Loochoos. Gradients slight for N.E. winds in S. China, modurate for S.W. winds over the
CORRESPONDENCE.
We do not necessarily endorse the epiņiona expressed by Correspondents in this coļuran.)
THE PLAGUE-
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HoyGeom: Telegraph" DEAR SIRI see that your pro-Chinese correspondent Disgusted has transferred his attentions to your moming contemporary, no thich he received at your hands a few day's doubt not liking the very severe dressing down back. He now says that some "Tommies" engaged in house-cleaning entered a shop in Bonham Strand and examined a man to see if hbad plague. He also tells a long story about à Chinaman being stopped in the street by a doctor dressed in while, and apparently infers that the doctor had something to do with
the Sanitary Authorities.
Now why on earth can't Disgusted give us more particulars? From his evident knowledge of Hongkong he must have known the doctor and so could give his name. I challenge him to do so. If the so-called doctor was a Sanitary Inspector, why didn't Disgusted report him to
Dr. Clark?
With regard to his other allegation - I, can tell him that no soldiers have been employed on house-cleaning work in the west end of the town for some weeks, so it looks as though the whole incident arose in the diseased brain of Disgusted. In this case 100, a complaint would have brought instant redress.
It is these old women like Disgusted who stir up the Chinese to rebel against every sanitary regulation and so long as such idiots for the Chinese (for which I daresay they are continue to show their maudlin sentimentality paid the Chinese will resist-every attempt at improved sanitation. I fervently hope that Disgusted and a few more of his kidney will
Sir Claude McDona'd mentions in his diary, reinforcements and a most stubborn resistance (the defenders) were compelled to fall back." on the part of the Japanese, Italian and British,
He says nothing of any running away.
now officially published, that “notwithstanding
We notice, with some surprise, that the whole
tone of the Church of England Mission in Pekin appears to have been decidedly High.. We were under the impression that the temper of English Church men out in the East was decidedly Low, or, they prefer the word, Broad. We are not finding fanit with Miss Raosomie and her devoted fellow labourers in the mission field on this account. If anything, we approve, but we simply note the fact as which may be as much news to many of our one of which we had no cognisanice before, and readers as it has been to us. The little book is worth reading.
THE PLAGUE.
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RICKSHAW MEN.
Mr. Goulborn, licensee of the Globe Hotel, charged a rickshaw mart with refusing dut The man was fined $5. The fine was paid..
STEALING.
labour for scaling a bundle of paper.
Chan Kau went to prison for 6 weeks' hard
BAD CHARACTER.
Tam Hoi, found loitering and being a re puled thief, was sent to prison for three months' hard labour.
THE CRISIS IN THE NORTH.
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TIENTSIN.
Affairs in the North. (From our own Correspondent.)
TIENTSIN, May 31st. Meeting which has been something of a startler Tientsin has just concluded a Spring Race
mild but albeit enjoyable family picnic of to the steadygoing old resident. Instead of the racing guid muncs quite in the know with all the griffins and placed gees, we have bad a positive Newmarket in the Narth, and it took us up to the roth race on the 3rd day to decide whether we liked the innovation or not. Even now the admittance that it was a brisk and jolly meeting is half qualified by regretful Number of cases reported (Chinese......1,107 reminiscenses of other days, and we look for- up till noon of the 10th Other Asiatics 32 ward with nothing approaching desire to an June, 1901
Europeans...is Autum. Meeting in which the civilian and Number of cases reported (Chinest 19 military attendance will be a little more during the past 24 hours Other Asiatics equally balanced. Not that the military had Europeans...... 3 much show in the actual racing, as all the chief events went as of old to one or two of our Total number of cases reported to date 1,176 leading stables, but the crowds of officers thronging the paddock and grand stand, was Number of deaths reported (Chinese......3,062 bewildering and gave an unsettled and transi up till noon of the 10th Other Asiatics 21tory impression to the meet. The introduction June, 1901...
Europeans 5 of steeple chases lent novelty and excitement Number of deaths reported Other Asiatics o
Chinese.....23 to the programme, but as neither borses during the past 24 hours
nor riders were known to the general Europeans public the interest taken Was purely abstract, save for the fact that in both the Geiman steeplechases the
one British officer competing took off the honours in a very matter of course style. ; la one race there were two Britishers, but one came to grief at the big water jump and was out of it. Our German friends, though bold and intrepid riders enough, are heavy and' clumsy in the saddle, though they have the most marvellous adroit- ness in getting out of it. There was some very pretty jumping and few accidents, none of them serious, during the races, but two good horses were burst up during training, one break. ing his neck and the other his shoulder over the water jump. The weather throughout was fine save for duststorms. but the heat was rather great. The new Grand Stand was put together with temporary floors and roofs just for the occasion, and promises to he a fine addition to the Race Club property when finished. Many hope the Race Club contem plate the formation of a Country Clubi in con nection with it, as in summer the Race Course is absolutely the only place to which ladies and children can go in order to get a breath of fresh air, and at the end of the long drive they require a litle rest and refreshment, and a most enjoyable social club might be formed for which non members of the Race Club could be eligible.
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Total number of deaths recorded to date 1,111
deaths are:-
Since noon on Saturday last the cases and
Cases Chinese........
50
31
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Other Asiatics European
O
3
Total........
59
59
Other Asiatics Europeans
Deaths Chinese
-Total
60
The plague returns for last week were
Gases......... Deaths ......
....155 The returns for 11th June, 1894, were:-
Total deaths to date....... 1,461 New cases in previous 24 hours... €6 Deaths in previous 24 hours 93 Patients under treatment... 291
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The Robinson Piano Co. had one of their Chinese workinen removed on Saturday night. He is since dead.
Mr. Brownhill, superintendant engineer of Messrs. Bradley & Co., together with Mrs. House this morning suffering from plague, Brownhill were removed from the Connaught
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Mr. Fonseca manager of the Connaught House interviewed by ussays; Mr Brownhill has been residing in the Hotel since May, 1900, he was married a short time ago and since then Mrs. Brownhill hus been with him.
The military are homeward bound in shouls. now, and it is said the first Brigade is shortly to follow the fourth which has already gone... We shall, according to present arrangements, only keep about one Brigade here alto. gether...which will do duty from Peking to Shanbai-kwan, The Chinese Officials are of course delighted at the exodus, 'and the Court does not disguise the fact that has ordered us to withdraw and that wa are of course obeying its mandates. This idea will naturally be echoed by the people and any transient idea of defeat be quickly "ob The Commuight House folk have been lately literated. The sleuth hounds of Conservatism pulling up the drains at the back of the premises who have been quietly keeping watch in as ordered by the Government. Mr. Fonseca Peking and reporting copiously on all our complains bitterly of the manner in which it doings to the Court, are eagerly awaiting the was done. For about a fortnight the main return of their leaders, Jungiu and the Eunuch drain, conveying all the refuse and waste water Li, ready to get to any manner of mischief
Although now the lavortaries &c. are in good part in the hostilities last year and aided for- order, a short time back the stench was in ward Yuan'snefarious schemes, and the Chinese tolerable,
*
*
We offer a prize. of fifty dollars for middle part of the China Sea. Forecast Chinese, and so pass away to where the from the whole of the house, was left open. | again. These men all took direct and active
Russian or French or both combined, not with a view to permanent occupation but with a view to the destruction of the Naval Yard, Arsenal and Barracks and the retirement of the hostile force to its ships, the actual position of affairs at the moment in Hongkong and the actual strength of our fleet and its distribution being assumed, and war declared, or about to be declared.*
Plague
The other day we pointed out how neces- saty it is for all Europeans to keep a sharp eye upon their servants' quarters in order to make sure that their domestics are not giving refuge to strangers. It very frequently happens that one's servants. take in some. person, who has left a plague infected house
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
SERGEANT Oxford, attached to the Royal Welch Fusiliers, left for. England by the s.s. Coromandel last week
We have received from the agents of the P. & 0. S. N. Co. an illustrated-prospectus of the Gla gow Exhibition, now in progress...
catch the disease from some of their dear
supply of sulphur, never fails.
Truly yours,
Hongkong, June 11th, 1901.
COMMON.SENSE.
THE PLAGUE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "Hongkong."TELEGRAFIL"
DEAR SIR-Our plague statistics would lead decrease, but, from all I hear, I very much us to believe that die disease is rapidly on the doubt if this is the case. The drap in the number of reported cases is too sudden to be May it not well be that the Chinese have simply discovered some better method of concealing or smuggling out the cases and bodies?!
I note that the leading Chinese do not seem to have taken up your challenge as regards the THERE are temporary vacancies in the circulars they are supposed to have been Colonial Secretary's Office for a typewriting circulating amongst the coolics urging them to clerk, salary Sico per month, and an office evidently shows that they were merely talking obey our sanitary regulations. This, Sir,
MR. A. Krohn, U.S.S. Wilmington, and Mr. G. Sinclair, s.a. Daybreak, were removed to the Civil Hospital this morning suffering from enteric fever.
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who long to see their country really improved and advanced are standing aghast and asking Mr. Brownhill complained for the first time ludicrous record that with all our vast armies why we have not siezed these men. It is al
kept to his room on Sunday morning. In the executing more than some lif dozen-secondary of feeling queer last Saturday evening... He we have really not succeeded in catching and
Stedman came and finding his patient roof Boxers. None of the principles have been evening Dr. Hartigan was telephoned for. Dr. leaders in the outbreak, and a score or two considered it a case of malarial fever. This touched though many have been within a moming however, the case was determined ar one of plague. It is particulary hard on Mr. stone's throw all the time. Then again what Brownbill as be had every thing packed up and examination punishment has beco boldly set have, we insisted on? Absolutely nothing. The was on Jhe point of leaving for England
at naught; the tariff and likin question are stil
under discussion," and the Empress Dowager The thin case of plague amongst Europeans and her Eunuchs are still all powerful. It is. reported this morning was a late resident of even talked of as a distinct possibility that we Beaconsfield Arcade. The Indy in question may land back Tientsin City to the Chinese avocation. In fact it is a very open question if deplore the prospect, as in many versatisface is cotirely recovered and pursuing her ordinary as well as Peking, and all sensible Chinese
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Gentlemen's Shirts made to order, and Cuffs and Gollars renewed on old ones, an
Ladies and Children's Under-clothing Ct. dren's Dresses, and all kinds of Embroidery, Materials can be supplied, if required
The Superioress will also be most grateful for any PAPER, or old ENVELOPES to be made into Books for the Children of the Poor Schools, and the consequences likely to arises from lerk, salary $50 per month, vids advertisement through their bats and had, az a matter of fact, it was a mild case of plague or only, a slight Provisional Government is doing very satisfac
who are taught by the Sisters.
24 Hongkong. 22nd April 1892
* See paragraph elsewhere,
appearing, elsewhere,
done nothing
attackof fever
tory work. It is not to be said that they might