TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO."
A Glance at our File.
THE HOMEKONG
TYPHOON WARNING.
of the club. The club members some 30 shooting members, and their first praction is fixed for The telegram quoted below was |Saturday next at the Police received by the American Con- Range, Stonecutter“ Bay. As sulate General, Hongkong, from there are soma azsek shots in the|the Manila Observatory: Nor. 7-Dec. 1. 1876)
yard, wo shall expect to see them
9.00 am. Nov. 26
tho Owing to
Typhoon in about 122 deg. unpleasant well up at the next "shoot" af weather and heavy sea in the the Rille Association. Through Long. E. 12 deg. Lat. N. moving barbour last night, many Kow. the kindness of the Commodore W. I con residents were anable to the olub is to be supplied from attand the St. Andrew's Ball, the Victor Emanuel with Lee- while those who were plucky Metford ammunition enough to brave the fury of the price, and the Dockyard launch elements had a most unpleasant has been generously placed at the crossing, and soma preferred to disposal of members to carry remain in Hongkong to facing the them to and from the range free heavy ses and drenching showers of charge. This is something lavo been exposed on the return wish the new club every success, of spray to which they would like encouraging shooting and we
journey.
DIFFERENT TO-DAY.
What has become of the road; scrapers? Queen's Road was like a batter pudding yesterday, and not even a crossing sweeper to be
seen,
while the ricksha men
paddle along through the sea of
at.cost
ALLEGED HOUSE-
BREAKING.
Possession of Burglar's Tools.
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.
Here is a motoring offence that
limit, or a motorist convicted of costs £4 an inch. Luckily, it has nothing to do with any speed
doing 30 miles an hour in au ̃KITS where thoro aro restrictions |would want a preity-bank balance to pay the fine, remarks Lon- don writer. It canceros & motorist, who, At Kingston | (Surrey) recantly, was fined 108.
A Chinese appeared before Mr. for having a number-plate on
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said that the burglarious imple-gulation size. for this disgraceful state of affairs had their full share of the mud, ents, including an electric torch, but perhaps they prefer to be be draggled, and look upon it as a sort of badge of office.
A DELICATE QUESTION. In the course of the address delivered at the meeting of the Legislative Council thus after доод His Excellency the Governor announced that be is in receipt of the reports of the
pair of pincers and a small
When you walk`orer West-
mallet, which were the subjectminster Bridge, are you going matter of the first count, were used south In writing of the pedestal by him in the course of his work outside the new County Hall we when ha was employed on a called it the south-east corner," team launch in Canton, With as a Home paper. That was reference to the second charge, careless, and shows that we do defendant admitted stealing the not carry a map or compass on our
found in his possession. four articles of clothing which were London walks. "Surely it is the northeast corner," a correspon- Sub-Inspector Macdonald ia.dent writes. He is right. West- Committae appointed 20 informed
the Magistrate that minster Bridge runs east and west vestigate the management of the detective arrested defendant early not north and south, like Black- Tung Wah Hospital and the yesterday as he was going towards friars Bridge. Many persons will difficulties connected with over the Yaumati Ferry wharf, and took be surprised that the two bridges crowning and insanitary dwell him to the Station. Defendant are at right angles to sach other, ings. HE stated that the report
plements
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searched and
but look at a map, and see how: the of the Insanitary Dwellings
extricated from the winding of the river makes. were Commission will be published, is socks and garters. The com.the south side of Westminster while the views of the Tung ab plainant, a woman living 14 Bridge really the exs: side. Lam- Commission are receiving song Hong Terrace, reported to beth Bridge also runs dus east Excellency's earnest attention, the Palics yesterday morning that sad west. the question being one of Con- siderable difficulty and delicacyber house had been broken into (during the night, and she identified the clothing in Cours as part of what The principal increases in exhad been removed. penditure, as compared with the
The Magistrate amended the Estimates for 1306 appear under charge of unlawful possession of the following heads:-1. Public clothing to one of breaking and Works Extraordinary Chargeable entering and stealing the clothing to Loan, $170,800; 2. Military in question.
SOME FIGURES.
Expenditure, $30,079; 3. Pension;; Defendant admitted the theft,
That fascinating and myster-|
substance, radium. has ions stepped into the arena of science in a new part, the part of time. measurer. Lord Kelvin-it seems only yesterday was content to take the heat of the sun in order to determine the age of the earth.| Then came the saltoess of the ses scrapped. All we have to do now
$26,000; 4 Public Works Recur-but said that the door was open. as another standard. Both are real $23,300; 5. Post Office) Evidence was given by the $22,181; 6. Public Debt, $11,447 complaisant that she saw ber nurse is to find out how slowly uranium 7. Sanitary Department, 89,500 bolt the door at 10 o'clock on gives off radium, and how slowly and 8. Medical Department H4,542. Thursday night.
račium bresks itself up into LA RINKA.
The case was adjourned to enable helium or lead, and you can then There was a sound of revelry in Sub-Inspector Macdonald to obtain take your choice of any period the air in Duddell Stree: last night the opinion of the Captain Super for the age of a habitable earth as when Mr. Sam Marks opened his intendent of Puhce with regard to from 20,000 to 20,000 millions of Victoria Hall Skating Rink, and the advisability of committing the years. But even then sufficient probably there is A feeling of accused for trial, the latter baving mystery as to the warmth of the about a good many previous convictions against him. sun and earth remains to puzzle gentlemen's lots to-day. Soon H Worship also instructed Sab-even Lord Rayleigh. after the doors were opened the Izapector Macdonald to go to Kong rink was well filled and its pretty Hoos Terrace, to make experiments
soreness
1:00.
At first only those who fall be
confidence donned the skates, and)
then less skilful ones ventured to
cover themselves with glory (and IRRITATED & INFLAMED vistas. For many centuries the
bruises). The Hongkong kegi-
EYE
Lord Rayleigh's scientific guess appearance evoked much samirs sa to whether the bolted door could at the earth's age as "a moderate opened with any of the multiple of 1,000,000,000 years," they could gyrate with safety and implementa produced.
shows how vastly our ideas of tirae stretch as science opens new
arbitrary 6,000 years ordained by the Church held the field. Several ment's Band supplied excellent can be directly traced in many Italian thinkers, including Leo. music. Among the skaters were csses to the Sunday Motor trip aardo da Vinci, dared to saggent some who spun along with ease, and Goling. The dust from some longer periods, but Buffon seems bus the novices brought all slike sections of the local roads coo-to have been the first to give the to grief, while several etrauc|tain a decided eye irritant. A new thoughts a definite number. performer9 sbowed L strong suggestion for these trips would His guess at 70,000 years inclination to slide under Host be to keep the windshield up and received with amazed incredulity, Farmer's bar counter. There is to use a pair of Sun glasses. So was the 132,000 more years no doubt that skating will be a glasses of any pattern with which he gave the earth to bear deservedly popular form of winter either Crookes, Luxfel, Fieuzal, life. Amusement in Hongkong. A Amber, London Smoke, or Blue
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number of ladies were present,lenses are obtainable at very Bishops who pine for a more but only one essayed a spin round molerate prices from the Hoog-democratic status will probably and she was one of the few who kong Optical Co.. Successors to be gratified before loog, for there went through without a fall. To Clark & Co. Manufacturing and is talk of setting up twelve new) the who appreciate pleasant Refracting Opticians the most dioceses, carved from the old exercise combined with any competent manufacturing optical' ones, says the Daily Chronicle. amount of ton, a visit to the establishment in South China The more bishops there are Victoria Hall Kink can be well located in 53, Queen's Road Cen- the less dignified the state of the tral (opposite to the Singer individual bishop-unless discrim- Sewing Machine Company).
ination is made by conservative parishes between the new and the old, as in the case of a newly- RELATE PEACE EFFORTS. appointed sufragan who went to hold a confirmation and observed
recommended.
'WAY BACK. Many of our readers will be very sorry indeed to hear of the death, at the Government Civil Hospital, of Mr. Daniel Stephen Heayeman.
He was one of the oldest residents
of the colony, having arrived
BALLIN'S MEMOIRS
Narrative of Famous Ship-that the flag on the church staff
ping Magnate.
was half-mast high. He asked:
here in the seventies. In 1881 An important contribution to what misfortune was notified.
the deceased was the popular pre-war history is to be published Manager of the Hongkong Hotel,
WB
"Oh," said the parish clerk, in the memoirs of Albert Ballin, don't put the flag right up except
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but when Mr. Lorabjee severed the German shipping king, who for the real bishops-them suf- his connection with the **Kremlin'
committed suicide at the outbreak feria' bishops has it half-way." and established the of the revolution rather than sur- "Vic." Haaysman followed his old vive the downfall of Germany and In the contemplation of the friend thither. A few years after the ruin of her maritime great Reynolds just presented to him. this he took the business of the
by his colleagues, Mr. Austen National Hotel from Mr. John
Ballin, who was the founder of Chamberlain should Ulsen, but he lost money over the Hamburg-American Line and disturbing emotion, writes the venture and had to give it the greatest factor in the develop-Home journal. For Viscount up. The losses incurred in ran-ment of German-American ship-Barrington's political career, bath ning the "Nasional" were never ping intercourse, headed a group before and after be became Chan- recovered and therefore when in the German commercial world cellor of the Exchequer, was constable was wanted for the which for several years previous calm and prosperous. He filled British Consulate at Hoihow Mr. to the war had striven deter- nearly every high office, inclad- Heaysman was only too glad to minedly to stave off the Anglo-ing that of "Becretary at War," get that appointment, and seemed German conflict, foreseeing that and retired at a ripe age with a to be comfortable in his new post it would spell destruction to the pension of £2,000 a year.
He NEW RIFLE CLUB. German merchant marine, died in 1793 at the age of 76. The Through the exertions of In- His attitude caused a breach worst thing ever said about him, spector McEwan of the Naval with the Kaiser, upon which the and it left him cold, was an Dockyard Police, a rifle club has memoirs are understood to throw accusation of crippling and Deen formed among the employees full light, and also on the pre-war starving the British Army, and of the
Yard, the Commodore negotiations in which Ballin "diegracing the flag of his coun having given bis warm approval engaged with London on the very try by sending out under it the w she movement and also eve of war to end the pans of the untrained mercenaries of the
epted the position of President! military party,
Continent."
LGRAFIE.
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