Intimation.
ESSETS FLUID
VERSUS
PLAGUE.
pure
What Carbolic Acid can do in
three hours ESSETS FLUID does
in-nine minutes..
The microbe or bacillus of bubonic
plague grows readily in artificial
media and is destroyed by Essets
Fluid.
Essets Fluid is superior in every
way to pure Carbolic Acid.
Sole Agents:
WATKINS,
LIMITED..
QUEEN'S ROAD.
Hongkong, 6th July, 1901.
To-day's Advertisements.
NOTICE.
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attention of the community is drawn.
The fact that SIGNATURE SHEETS, to be attached to a. Petition to the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, asking for the Appointment of a Commission to Inquire into the Sanitary Con- dition of Hongkong, &c., are open for Signature at the following places:
Messrs, A. S. Watson & Co., Lil.
Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, Ld.
Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Co.
Messrs. W. Brewer & Co.
Messrs. Caldbeck, Macgregor & Co.
The Robinson Piano Co., Ld.
The Victoria Dispensary.
Messrs. Watkins, LU.
The Hongkong Hotel, Ld.
The Peak Hotel.
The Hongkong Daily Press Office.
Mr. H. Ruttonjee's Kowloon Store.
Copies of the Petition may also be seen at the above.
Hongkong, 2nd July, 1901,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JULY 8, 1901.
To-day's Advertisements,
THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT AND AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED.
AN INTERIM DIVIDEND of SIX Dollars per Shate for the Six months ending 30th June. 1901, being at the RATE of TWELVE per Cent per annum, will be PAYABLE on the 27th instant, on which Date DIVIDEND WARRANTS may be obtained on Application at the Company's Office, No. 5, Queen's Road Central.
To-day's Advertisements.
GOVERNMENT BILLS. DOLLARS, Current in this Colony, and TENDERS for SPECIE, MEXICAN weighing 7.17, in Exchange for Sterling Bills drawn at to days' sight on the Lords Commis sioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, will be received by the Chief T'aymaster, Arny Pay Department, until 11 A.M., ON WEDNESDAY, the roth instant.
The Tenders to state the total amount re-
BIRTH
On the 6th July, at 3, Seymour Terrace, the wife of G. A. Woodcock, of a son, still
[718c
born.
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, MOnday, July 8, 1901.
We learn that the Hon, R. D. Ormsby, has | STILL the same monotonous news from South”, resigned his post as Director of Public Works. Aftica. Bothin is encamped here, a train it is not yet settled who is to all the vacancy, | wrecked there, so many Boers still in the field. but it is to be hoped that we shall have a man Truly the sweeping movements now in progress. appointed who has had experience of sanitation take a long time to clean up the country. Our and reclamation work.
butcher's bill for June is a pretty heavy one too,
THE Press of the 29th uit; states:-Two considering all things Frenchmen from the French transport Vinh | ACCORDING to the Mcoterological". Returns Leng, now in Nagasaki harbour, brutually published in the Gazette, the highest tempera- attacked a jinrikishaman and a policeman on ture recorded in June was 90.6 'on the 13th,, Thursday evening. On of the then was arrested and the lowest 74.1 on the 4th Rain fell on and remitted to the Chiho Saibansho for trial. 19 days totalling 2.335 inches. The highest
the lowest 2961 on the 12th. barometer reading was 29.91 on the zith, and
i
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 'aand to the 27th | quired (in Pounds Sterling), and the amount by the China Association the other day, the have certainly been numerous showers to dodge H.M.S.-Waterwitch arrived this morning from instant, (both Days inclusive).
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. SHELTON HOOPER, Secretary.
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Hongkong. Sil July, 1901. THE WEST POINT BUILDING CO., LIMITED.
N. INTERIM DIVIDEND of ONE ΑΝ
Dollar and Firty Cents per Share for Six Months ending 30th June, 1901, will be PAYABLE on the 27th instant, on which Date DIVIDEND WARRANTS may be obtained
on Application at the Company's Office.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company. will be CLOSED from the 22nd to the 27th instant, (both Days inclusive),
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. SHELTON HOOPER,.
NOTES AND COMMENTS. The Withdrawal of Troops. Ar the tifin given, to Admiral SEYMOUR
for which each Bill should be drawn, but no
Chairman, in his speech, pointed out that Bills will be issued for Sums less than 100
The Tenders to be in Duplicate and in seated so far nothing had been actually done to covers, addressed to the Chief Paymaster,wards gaining any advantages for trade or Army Pay Department, and endorsed "Tenders putting commerce upon its proper looting in China. Some of the ringleaders of the Boxer rising had been punished and one or fwo other things had been done, but not a single step had been taken in the settlement of affairs in the interests of Commerce.
We fancy that the Chairman of the China Association might well have added that, as [7'96 a matter of fact, nothing whatever had been done either to adequately punish the Chi- nese or to safeguard foreigners and foreign
for Government Bills."
The right to accept or reject any or all of the Tenders is reserved.
P, S, DYSON, Major, Chief Paymaster, China. Her Majesty's Treasury Office, C
Queen's Road."
· Hungkong, 8th July, 1901,
TO LET.
Possession, August 15). "HE GODOWN in WEST POINT, (Kennedy
Wharf and Godown Co., Limited.
For particulars, apply to
Two Down as Feather Factory, noy Secretary to the Hongkong Land In- occupied by the Hangkong and Kowloon
vestment and Agency Co., Limited. General Agents, The West Point Building Co., Limited.
(728€
Hongkong, Sth July, 1901.
NAVIGAZIONE GENERALE ITALIANA, (Florio and Rubatlins United Companies),
STEAM FOR
BOMBAY VIA SINGAPORE AND PENANG.
Having connexion with Company's Mail
Steamers to ADEN, SUEZ, PORT SAID, MESSINA, NAPLES, LEGHORN and
GENOA,
ALSO
VENICE and TRIESTE, all MEDITER. RANEAN, ADRIATIC, LEVANTINE,
and 'SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS up
10 CALLAO, Taking Cargo at through Rate: to PERSIAN
GULF and, BAGDAD, also BARCE LONA, VALENZA, ALICANTE, AL MERIA and MALAGA.
HE Steamship
TH
BISAGNO,"
Captain . Brusaca, will be despatched as above on SATURDAY, the 13th instant, at Noon.
ABOMBAY, the Steamer is discharging in VICTORIA DOCK,
For further Particulars regarding Freight | and Passage, apply to
CARLOWITZ & Co., Agents.
[721c
Hongkong, 8th July, 1901.
UNITED STATES AND CHINA-JAPAN STEAMSHIP LINE.
FOR NEW YORK VIA SUEZ CANAL.
THE Company's Steamship
"INDRANI,"
Captain Hill, due here on the 17th instant, will be despatched as above on SATURDAY, the 13th instant, at Noon.
For Freight, apply to
I
JÄRDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
General Managers, Hongkong. 8th July, 1901.
17226
17000
THE OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA, LIMITED.
INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR MANILA.
THE Company's Steamship
"LOONGSANG,"
Captain S.Weigall, will be despatchedasabove on FRIDAY, the 12th instani, át 4 P.M.
This Steamer has Superior Accommodation for First class Passengers, is fitted throughout with Electric Light,
For Freight of Passage, apply to
JÄRDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
General Managers.
Hongkong, Sib july, 1901.
..
(7160
THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAM- SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR MANILA.
'HE Company's Steamship
THE
"DIAMANTE,” Captain Rattenbery, will be despatched as above on SATURDAY, the 13th instantat Noon. 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.
For Freight or Passage, apply to.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., .
General Managers.
Hongkong, 8th July, 1901.
FOR NEW YORK.
THE 3/3 A. I. 1. American ship
"MANUEL LLAGUNO,"
[7200
will load during September and October, sail.
ing about 25th October.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
FOR TAMSUL VIA SWATOW & AMOY.
THE Company's Steamship
"DAIGI MARU,"
Captain K. Sobajima, will be despatched for the above Ports, on SUNDAY, the 14th instant.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
LAUS, WEGENER & CO. Hongkong, 8th July, 1901.
(725c
THE PORTLAND AND ASIATIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
FROM PORTLAND, OREGON, AND PORTS. THE Company's Steamship
"INDRAPURA,"
having arrived from the above Port, Consignees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Bills of Lading for countersignature and take immediate deliverey of their goods es ship or from alongside.
Any Cargo impeding, the discharge of the signees' risk and expense. vessel will he landed and stored at Con
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
ALLAN CAMERON, General Agent, for China & Japan. Hongkong, 8th July, 1951.
29c
Intimations.
EYESIGHT.
Mr. N. LAZARUS, Occulist-Optician, of London and Calcutta, may be consulted for SPECTACLESTM
at 16, Queen's Road Central, (R. HOUGHTON & Co.) (Nearly opposite the HONGKONG HOTEL). Business hours:-9 Al. to 5 PM.
A
GREAT proportion of cataracts and diseases affecting those advancing in life occur to those having some deficiency in the construction of the eyes--the many years of 'Eye Strain' ending in serious forms of disease. Glasses specially adapted in youth to those requiring them save and preserve the sight.
Constantly recurring headaches, spells of dimaess when, reading, weak eyes, the letters running together; any of these symptoms Indi cate a deficiency in the form of the eye requir. ing Classes only to correct and cure.
Mr. LAZARUS supplies his SPECTACLES only after testing the sight.
ADVICE FREE.
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interests for the future. In another column will be found a letter from our Tientsin
Correspondent in which it is stated that, even the Chinese do not think that the force to by left for the protection of the Legations and the lines of communication will be sufficient, In other words the Chinese fear that so soon as the homeward bound troops have left, the ball will be set rolling again by the Boxers, and the state of northern China will be as bad as ever it was at this time last year.
TUNG FUCHSIAN is said to be on the war- path once more and brigandage is on the increase, so it does not look as though the
try were yet in a fit state to be left to the tender mercies of the Chinese troops for the preservation of order. Even in Canton apprehensions are being felt of renewed dis turbances in the north, and our Correspondent tells us that the traders are fearful of sending goods up in large quantities.
This does not look very hopeful for trade.. If the Chinese once take fright, all trade must needs come to a standstill, and there can be little doubt but they are on the verge of a panic now. We do not look forward with any degree of confidence to a long mainten ance of tranquility after the withdrawal of the troops. In all probability the anti-foreign party will see in the withdrawal another chance of striking at the foreigner, particularly as the prime movers of the Boxer rising, the men who were the root and cause of it all, have been allowed to escape punishment.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE WAR LOAN BILL.
LONDON, July 5th. The War Loan Will has passed the second reading.
BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA Commandant Botha is encamped in the high reldt at East Springs.
It is estimated that over 13,000 Boers still
". remain in the field. -
Between the 5th July and 2nd August, eleven vessels will take 1,000 fresh troops and 5,000 horses to the Cape.
LATER.
HENLEY REGATTA. In the race for the Grand Challenge Cup, Leander beat Pennsylvania by a length, after a magnificent struggle. The excitement was
THE MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, A. S. WATSON & Co., intense.
Agenis.
Hongkong, 8th July, 1oo.
FOR CALCUTTA (DIRECT).
VIA SINGAPORE.
HE HAL. Steamship
THE
to
"C. FERD, LAEISZ,”
[226c
Captain Fuchs, will be despatched for the above Ports, on FRIDAY, the 19th instant, at Noon.
For Freight and further Particulars, apply HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE, Hongkong Office, Queen's Buildings, No, 1. "Hongkong, 8th July, 1901.
[7230
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.'S "NEW YORK" LINE.
FOR NEW YORK VIA SUEZ CANAL.
THE Stearnship
"ARARA," Captain Williamson, will be despatched for the above Port, on or about the 15th August."
To be followed by the
S.S. "ATAKA,"
on or about 15th September.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., Agents. Hongkong. 8th July, roor.
For Freight, apply to
LIMITED.
THE BRITISH NAVY.
The shipbuilding programme for 1901 in cludes three battleships of 16,500 tous cach,
SHERRIES six armoured cruisers, and ten destroyers of
B.-SUPERIOR PALE DRY, dinner wine, Green 'Seal Capsule
Per Thor
I duz,
. $10.80 C-MANZANILLA, PAKE NATURAL SHERRY, White Capsule.
12.00
CC SUPERIOR OLD DRY, PALE NATURAL SHERRY, Rod Seal Capsule
12.00
D-VERY SUPERIOR OLD PALE DRY, choice old wine, White Seal Capsule
14.40
E-EXTRA SUPERIOR OLD PALE DRY, very finest quality, Black Seal Capsule (Old 15270 Bottled)
For Freight, apply to
Hongkong, 8th July, 1901.
[7270
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
"GLEN" LINE OF STEAMERS.
LONDON AND STRAITS.
THE Steamship
THE
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
GLEN LINE OF STEAMERS. FROM MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITS. HE Steamship.
FROM MIDDLESBRO, ANTWERP,
*." GLENLOGAN,”
"GLENROY,"
20.40
B, C, and CC ure excellent dinner Wines and suitable for invalids and delicate stomachs. D and E are after-dinner Wines of a very Superior
having arrived from the above Port, Consignees having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees Vintage. ALL ARE TRUE XERES
of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods WINES. nie being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godown at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark and delivery can be obtained as soon as the
of Cargo by her, are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed at their, risk into the Godowas of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ld, at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.
goods are landed
Optional goods will be carried on unless instructions are given to the contrary before (4 P.M., TO-DAY.
Optional cargo will be carried on unless instructions are given to the contrary, before 4P.M., TO-DAY,
Goods not cleared by the 14th instant, will.
Goods not cleared by the 14th instant, will Chamathi ] be subject to rent.
be subject to rent, demon
No Fire Insurance has been effected. All ship damaged packages must be left in the Godowns, and a certificate of the damage obtained from the Godown Co. within ten days of steamer's arrival, after which no claims will be recognised
-MĊGREGOR BROS. & GOW.W [2776 Hongkong, 8th July, 1901.
No Fire Insurance, will be effected. All damaged packages must be left in the Golbives, and a certificate of the damage obtained from the Godown Company within ten days after the vessel's arrival hete, after which no claims will be recognised
MCGREGOR BROS. & GOW. Hongkong, 8th July, got
17240
an improved type. CASUALTIES IN SOUTH AFRICA
DURING JUNE...
The official list of casualties in South Africa during June gives, fifteen officers and 152 men killed, forty two officers and 444 men wounded, three-officers and 75 men missing.
|
It is to be hoped that the weather will hold up for the Volunteer Concert this evening. There
during the day, but if there is the least hope of Labuan, having spent the last three months a fair evening, we feel sure that few will fail to surveying on the Borneo Coast. In addition take advantage of this one bit of amusement to her regular work she fixed the boundary offered "right in the dullest part of our dull mark between British North Borneo and Dutch Borneo, in Sibucu Bay. She will take in stores here and then proceed to the mouth of`· the Yangtsze on surveying duty,
season.
A
ONE has to be right up to date to note all the new makes of Messrs. Watkins Limited. The' test of the Crown brand aerated waters is Claret and Lemonade non-alcoholic and splendidthirst quencher, Messrs, Watkins have also placed a medecine before the public in the form of Cinchona Tonic, a preventive of Malaria and typhoid fevers. So at last die can take a long drink at a moderate price and
improve one's health.
Tite funeral ceremony of the late Mr. Hoshi ok place at Shokoji, Shiba, on the 26th wit., says the Kobumin Shimbun, the bier having left his residence at 8 A. M. Countless multitudes assembled at the temple, including nobles and statesmen of highest ranks and influence and other noted citizens all to mourn the dramatic end of the statesman's career. Marquis Ito, the President of the Rikken Seyu Kwal, and Count Itagaki, the former leader of the Liberals and an old friend of the deceased read their rather short but extremely pathetic, funeral eulogies on the occasion,
ANYONE who had been condemned for his sins to visit the Police Court this morning would surely, at the first asking, have promised he would never do it again. The stench was awful. About 150 Chinese men and women grouped together in a small confined space. Not a breath of air, just sheer dirt, rags, open sores and all the outward signs of hopless, squalid poverty and crime. The Government need not fool with overcrowding amongst the Chinese when they have, and seem satisfied with, such a fever den as the Hongkong Police Court, neither fit for inan or beast.
IN view, says the Nagasaki Press, of the newly-established beer tax to be enforced on the 1st October next, the principal breweries some time aga raised their prices by one yen per case of four dozen bottles, and intend to again raise the prices before the enforcement of the new tax. This increased price has caused the appearance on the market of very inferior brands of beer. It is reported that the latter, which are quoted at low rates are now. being demanded by the public to such an extent that the sale of genuine beer such as Kirin, Asahi, Yebiau, Sapporo, and Kabuto, etc. has been greatly affected.
|
ACCORDING to, a. Seoul telegram-the Korean Government has engaged ‘a German inusician at the salary of 330 yen per month for a term of
three years. It is said that the contract has been signed between the parties concerned. Other news from Korea states that the Govern.. ment arsenal at Seouf has lately engaged two French.experts, who are expected there shortly from thome.
WE are glad to see that the shipbuilding pro- gramme, as given by: Reuter, includes six more armoured cruisers. very useful type and will be able to take their place in a warmer corner than would be pas sible with the protected cruiser. As a matter of fact we can do with a lot more of them, but we must get men as well. It is not pleasant to contemplate how short handed our Navy is. Unless more men are forthcoming it will be no use carrying out large building programmes.
CONSIDERING how very short of water we are, it is a pity that the Chinese should be allowed to contaminate watercourses in the way they are so fond of doing. We note that the water. course in Happy Valley, just past the Windsor Garden, is being used as a dustbin. This sort of thing ought to be put a stop to, as also should the Chinese habit of using every bridge as a handy latrine." The Chinanan never seems-to be happy unless contaminating something. He reminds one of Rudyard Kipling's camel,
These vessels are of a
AT six o'clock this morning we noted two well- known beach-combers taking a pull at a stand- pipe in Kowloon, evidently to wash the taste of last night's drink out of their mouths before starting to exploit the European houses on the Peninsula. We have seen these two men about the place for the last month and they have seldom been sober. It is no kindness to give wastrels of this sort money, for it all goes in drink and is often the means of turning one against a really deserving case. One of these two men pretends to be a printer out of work.
Fuzikawa, and also those of Mr. Murota, the the Russian interpreter, who for his thorough knowledge of the Russian language was decorated by the Czar In addition to the above, there are in the Chibo Saibansho five other interpreters, namely, three English, one French, and one Chinese. --
MR. FÜZIKAWA, who was connected with the Nagasaki German Consulate, recently resigned his position, says the Press, in order to take service as German interpreter in the local Chiho Saibanslo. The court is to be congrau. On Friday last we recorded a plucky rescuelated on having secured the services of Mr. from drowning effected by a Chinaman from one of the P. & O, lighters. We are now given to understand that the Chinatnan who went to the relief of his drowning countryman was one of the oldest lighter coolies in the P. & O. Coy's service bere, having been with them for thirty-two years. Our readers will be pleased to hear that the matter has been brought to the notice of Mr. Ritchie, the Superinten. THE Hongkong Volunteer Corps will hold an dent of the Company here, and that the plucky open-air Promenade Concert on the Parade Chinaman will be rewarded. It is also probable Ground at Headquarters, in aid of the Volunteer that an effort will be made to obtain the Belilios | Band Fund, to-day, the 8th inst., commencing medal for saving life for him. As we remarked · | 'at 9p.m. We append the programme herewith:- at the time, it is not often that a Chinaman will I risk his life for another and when a rescue is
effected by an old man it is all the more
meretorious.
THUS Caius, in the "By the Way" column
de-Song-
3-Song
4-Cornet
PROGRAMME.
PARTL. 1.-Overture.............." blastaniella".
Band of the ard M.1.1. me."Queen of the Earth".......
Sergt. W. T. Freach, R.G.A.
The Last Watch " Carp. W. J. Terrill, H.K.V.C.* Solo.clectedf.....
Private Townley, A.DE.
.." Border Ballad".. - Serg-Mujor Ch. P. Jammert, II.K.V.C. 6-Cotaic Sang.....Then i anderstood
Armi-Serzi, F. R. Vizzen, A.D.C." The Blue Danube", Band of the 3rd. M.1.1.
7. Valse
Interval of 10 minutes.
PARTEN
of the Straits Times A nice billet I sce advertised in the paper--Boarding Officer to the Fort of Singapore,-3 position of trust and re- sponsibility which carries with it the munificent salary of $100 a month and free quarters. The applicant must hold a master's or a mate's certificate of competency. A second mate's-Operatic Selection....The Gella pay here is Stoo a month and found." This LORD ROSEBERY AND THE includes his grub. A mate gets $125 a month and found. Now to offer such a man such a LIBERAL PARTY.
shore billet, at less than sea wages, is simply July 6th. Lord Rosebery has returned to London. putting a premium on dishonesty, and, if the The speculation as to his attitude is of inten-Port officials expect to secure the services of a sified interest owing to the Liberal crisis,
BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA. MORE TRAIN WRECKING. The Boers to the north of Naboomspruit have wrecked a train from Pietersburg, kill-appointed. ing Lieutenant Best and nine men of the Gordons, and nine others.
WEATHER REPORT.
for 5.E. and S. winds on the China coast. Fore-
Band of the 3rd ELL 2-Yang..."The Lighthouse Keeper".
Corp. W. J. Terrill, H.K.V.C 3-Dialect Song.
"Uncle Tor Cobley Gunner.A.Wondgates, H.K.V.C.
The Night Watch..... Song
Serge Major G, P. Lanunen, H.K.v.c. s-Rectation.The Lay of S. Aloys
Lieut. Excelsior,
Monnap, H.K.V.Č. 6.--Diet.
Sergi. W. T. French, R.C.A., and Sergt. Simniers, R.F 7-Comic Song......... O, be careful......... AnneSerg. Y. R. Viggers, A,OS. 8.-Selection......" Reminiscences of All Nailons
Band of the 3rd M-LI 4
'God Save the Klag.
competent mian_ who will inspect ships for 12 hours or more per day, and will truthfully and reliably report on all cases of over-crowded passengers or excessive deck cargo, I think they deserve to be occasionally-well-dis. Tevershines and the Officers.
The following items are from the P. & 7.. Times of the 29th ult, 1-***
The Provisional Goverment have engaged. sixty specially selected Chinese police for the
1
10
The land of the art MI... hastean kindly lent by Colonel
The Proceeds of the Concert will be devoted to the Võlan teer Band Fund,
·AT THE MAGISTRACY,
FOLICE WORK..!
river work, and their uniform is distinct from the Colony, cannot altogether be judged by The amount of work done by the police of
1.
The Observatory report says:-
the others, being grey with red facings, etc. On the 7th at 12.10 p.m. the barometer has The officers, and N. C. O's and men of the the scanty reports made known through the fallen moderately on the E. coast of China, proof thanks to the ladies of Tientsin for decorat
R. W. Fusiliers courteously circulated a card Fress. It would not be of general interest to the European community to publish every bably owing to the existence of a depression ing the graves of their comrades on the 17th instance of unlawfully selling pickles, illegally
anchoring boats, causing an obstruction; come.. over Central China. Gradients continue slight instant.
mitting a nuisance, and the hundred and one charges that the police can arrest a man for, if they want to. No doubt this is very necessary work and has to be done, but we may be par doned for taking no notice of these cases, as we The Governor of Kansuh is trying to get the never knew a Slim Fat fined $1.00 for selling Imperial sanction to change the coinage, and 5 cents worth of frelt becoming a subscriber institute one and two cent pieces and 2 cash to this paper. pieces for the province in the same way as has been done in Canton
cast Moderate S. winds; squally, showery.
On the 8th at 12.15 p.m. the barometer has Sniall quantities are supplied at risen on the China coast. Probably the depres sion in the North is approaching W. Japan. proportionate whole sale rates.
Gradients alight for S. winds in S. China Fore. cast:-Moderate'S. winds; squally, showery,
We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought, direct from us in the Colony or from
ur our authorized Agents at the Coast Ports.
&. 3; WATSON &,00; LIMITED, THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
ORDERS relating to Crown rents in the New Territories are published in the Gazelle.
The officials of two districts Shunchin and Suning in Chilli and near Paotingiu have asked for reinforcements in order to suppress the Allied Villagers who are getting stronger and more threatening,
Yuan Shih-kaj bas issued a long notification urging the people to be loyal and patriotic and not join themselves to any riotous conspirators, but to combine and subscribe money to enable the Government to pay the indemnity
Two regiments of soldiers have been dis- covered in Peking, says the one belong
THE dredger S) Enoch was bustly at work this morning off the Naval Yard extension,g to Prince Toan and another to Kang Y
and one of the Foreign Ministers has demanded The Il-fated Canton River still lie
still lies at the that they be dispersed and dot fed with tribute Bottom
ASSAULT. Dage Smith-Grindle was charged with assaulting the watchman at the Gordon Iron Works. The defendant said he was first assaulted and struck the complainant with his stick.
Mr. Hazeland held the charge proved and fined the defendant 55.no, which was paid,
Through the
CAMBLING
s of the police, gambling rapidly being done away with. J. Grant, I. 9.