8280-Jtry 29, 1889.]
Tus Nicht Nicki Shimbun, mys that number of gentlemen of Bagins have formed an association for the purpose of publishing a grönt newspaper on the lines
STRIKE OF QUARRY WORKERS,
to cease work, and the workmen's organi
THE CHINA MAIL
Mr
be
the Ambanizovice
tellows
the
also shows that the proposals recently made the clutches of the palies and were brought fact in the dispute had been separated from ter portion of the verandah when wo Melchers, building, Thave examined the ionths have passed since the two repreYangtze throughout the brand
to
想
were the foundations of the same pulled updatuly began to crack. The place was 1er disturbing Clio earth under arid about military tangth can be effectively Gard' well aware their hands are tied with red
whitewashed after we went.
ay the cracke
7 L.
Sitty
better would it have been for say armod ten to have buen aunt in the steamer Pekin, which vessel, on a passage of emer guney, could have made her customary onlle and landed the dufonders in Hankow a chylight on Tuesday mataing, er indre than two days before the Mertins did. The annot run with our ecsumers, and the majority of the men-of-war on the coas aral policy of the future should be to give ba adaptabis for transport and defensivo uncouragement for all merchant vessels ta work.
purpose of recovering it, and Mr Chator on of brick and alous. We used the portion trench was not always dry. I have seen it infiled upon the Tibetans last year put a fallacious and cruel, and it would be wall IVE MY ARBEATED FOR KIDATION, of fact that the promises had been brought olun The Jeune was for three years, were different heights of water. The soil Obinese diplomacy, was set in motion to attucted for "service in hot climates pro the other hand, understanding is a matter on the top floor, as bath rooms and a kit at different states of the tide, and there summary end to the war, and then that in the new yearols that are to be cons All the stonecutters in the Colony are into this unsafe condition by the building. After wa hal made certain alterations for shuro is decomposed granite. Tshould say raise fresh insong in which Pokin was vision shbaid be made for them to carry a of the Landon Times No corous are men-ont on strike. The cause of the strike is operations carried on in connection with our own requirements Messrs Bird and it is about the same as the ordinary red more interested then Lhased, The Amosrtain quantity of ico, not merely for the Lone out we are led to infer that Count the refusal of the musters to continue chethe erection of the new King of the hotel i Palmer told na the Hutal Cn, wanted to earth found on the hill sides I rememba posodat Grostqug as the TYPE=JHE JOB of giving the bilbers cool drinks, Kawamura in among the principal ra
immediately Adjoining to the south of pull down the verandah, and on that curtain ber the bursting of a drain is the sentative of the all-powerful Emperor Fear to be used in cases of sunstroke and matere capital if two hundred and lifty practice of giving the mou an advance of commenced proceedings against the Hotel correspondence erased, the result of which Hotel shortly after ny returul in cons of China, and not as an envoy from the similar ofimatio influchoot. Provided for thousand yer has been subscrited, and it money upon engagement. The workers at e. for the purpose of reduvoring damages was that we agreed to this on the under- queues of which the tronchus were fluded. Lamas auing for prado, Bo cared little for instance, that a supply of ice had been at We proposed to have tolographic nawa and
correspondence of haustivo master,om of the quarries do not steps to have ing bad been rendered uninhabitable bath rooms, kitchat, c., for us inside the south wall of Melchers' building. The next the rights of China, the suzerain Power, who were overpowered in the stake hole,
sels the build-atanding that they would construct certain Piles were driven in the trench slong the Tibetan interests his object was to assert hand for the use of the fre pont te from them, because by their Vadoubtedly there is plenty of room for responded with alacrity to the summnes Therefore there were two actions, one by building. I think it was about Angust slep was filling in the concrete and stone and with this purpose in view he put forthey would, almost, durtainly have im such an enterprise in this country-Vegas
for rent and one by Mr Chater against the the lores which enabled us to give up the trenchus till the time this was dous might ferved to. We cannot even now. say what that they wore the Hongkong Hotel Co. against My Chater 1667 that rangements vero inde inside foundations. From the time I first saw the ward the preposterous clutina, already cordiately recovered: The last, however,
sation controlling the woroment took the Hongkong Hotel Do. for damages Under verandah. The negotiations were begun be about two months or too weeks. The his hiructions from Pekin were, but it is again shows faulty conitumption and rendered anfit for duty Tas following letter, which wo find in The approved and effective (hinese plan of that second action there were asociated in February Intimation was sent to us flooding of the trenches caused the sides in significant that Me Hart's arrival on the insufficiant ventilation, fu Engineer, shops what a strong interest is intimidating the backward ones. In cerry- also chains for damaged jointly or other shout the lease of the property by Me some pinces to full in, but this did not oe aera has pot born followed by any
wise against the Hotel Company by Chater...
th this Wa were possession
atang, th
attitude of Bouth wall of
wheel and to for both paddle taken in sanitary matters in India, and iting this out, however, five of them got into tenants of the building. The questions of
corer steamers from began paying vent to Mr Chater Iroof of the building in questia. The sentatives of China wet. by Mr. Francis to prosecute the Acting for Mr Wodehouse in the Police Court liaved from considering what wore the re- the vomadah until lato in April. Thess chore are orucks in the tiles. The building troue and the Pekin Government de uselessness for employment on the errand
the questions of law, and the jury wore rethink they did not remove any part of south end has been forced out greatly Chirone diplomacy are tortuous in the ex duty.
The ways of stokers are seldom rendered abfit for The Morlin Indisputedly proved her Surveyor General for permitting a nuisance this morning on the charge of unlawfully lative rights of parties one against the other, they only removed the centre window as at no time since my first visit been in lights in delay and procrastination, sa it on which sho wis sent, and the sooner sho on Government property was not such
combining and delivering threatening letters and the only gestions to come before of one portion of the verandah and began a habitable condition. The principat dan just possible that we may have to wait and all other men-of-war of her clam are on
them wern issues of fact which had been to take down the rauf. I can't lix exactly unheard of thing as some parties wished to
with the object of preventing others from settled by his Lordship in Chambers when we gave up possession of the veran mouth wall were knocked away, the wall want is arrived at. The Governnicnt of to Hutton Row the better it will be for the purssing their lawful trade. The evidence These questions were
ger is that if the shores holding op the another six months before any settls withdrawn ffoxractive servios and relegated make out NCROYALT
is very interesting as showing the modus
dab. but I think we retained pussession up would probably collapso I attribute the India has already exercised extraordinary reputation of the British NAF. With no The recent fling up of some of the operandi of Chinese strikers. The first (1) Wes the brick and stone verandah to do beginning of August. On the varan failure of this wall to the opening of the patience in the matter; and, having shown desire to imputo blame to those who des tenks at Calcutta by the Municipal Council witness entied was the master of a quarry running along the auth side of the lusseddah being taken down the south wall im trench, the driving in of the piles and was the Himalaya Statue generally that its patched her up the Yangtze, for ws are with garbage, kitchen and town rufusa, &c., at King Nam, near Shan-ki-wan, who de
promises púlied down and removed, and and the consequent hastening of the ovils pose→→
The most of the foundations. Whether there is a zerose the frontier, it can afford to play a tape and perplexing regulation, how fough and removed prior to the 15th April 1847 the oracks I saw scenied, to be old tracks trench open or not there is always waiting game for acre time to come. One supposed to be remedied thereby, together At noon yesterday three of the defend with the acqnisscogee of the Indian Gants came to my house with 30 or 40 others P. Chater on 16th April, beremy unsafe and to be now.
(2) When did the building, leased to Copon us. There wore some that appeared water in the soil, but the opening of the good result at least has been achieved since varnmont in this senseless proceeding, and shouted out to the workmen who were uninhabitable 1
Mesurs Bird and Palmer trench caused the water to flow, instead of Marsh 1864 Sikkiri has been refoused prove that the notions of both the in my houseYou are not
Suse iron tie-beans were rising and falling perpendicularly. The raplately from Tibetan intrigues, and the to work for Municipal Council and the Government a bin, meaning me. If anybody is caught
(5) Was this the cult of wear and tear put in to support ha wall I don't remem weight of the Flotel would it have an apgressive policy of the Lanean manka, has (4) Or was it the result of either or both ber exactly when, but it was shortly after prediable effect on the foundations of the buon zammarily checked. The little State, sanitary matters are not only timing to working for har i will be cut to pleas of the following causes: (a) the opening by the cracks began to appear. I remember adjoining building. The pile-drising would too, is gunded against any risk of invasion, those of the Heathen Chinos in being My workmen became frightened and left the Hotel Co of the trench in proximity that one of the archways had cracked cou. peculiar, but also in other respects identical my Berrice, whereupon the thrae defend-to the south wall of the leased premise siderably. That was the first sich inside tious of the adjacent building. I knothing in four from the unity of their
saake the ground
ground and affect the foundand the people at last feel that they have That the Indias Governutout should have ants with their men diepersad. This morn (6) the pulling down and removal of the the building at the south side. That arob able to say that there could be syzing neighbours on the north. If the Chimura so shamefully neglected its duty towards ing at 5 s., my uncle aw the thro de verandab matiound in the first isao, or
he inhabitants of Calcutta is hardly fendants and had them arrested. It is a shy pulling up and rumoral of the found the cross walle fonuing north and south amount for the subsidence of the south facts and acknowledge that Sikkim is with was partly taken down and built up again.alau but the opening of the trench tint could Gorgumit would ply recruise the credible, but the fact is only too true. "An practice in the stone-quarrying business for addons theroof if such removal was offected there were several all cracks, but nothing wail. astion was recently brought in the Bigh the employers, when they engage workmen, subsequent to the 15th April, 1887
cut the pale of its influence, it would not Court
of Calcutta by Mfr Benny and the to make an advance of 88 or 910. Latterly
vary bad. My attention was called to the
By the Attorney General-I am a n be difficult to arrive at a settlement of munt against the Municipal Curpora-
(3) Or was it the Penme of the men have been in the habit of way in which the result of the negligent. Ferack in: the are!, I think, after the tie-dant, of the Institute of Civil,Bagintors, this troublesome frontier question, Pie appond the letter from our correspon- tion for a
arising from the method getting the advance and not working. For at isana pe any of it was done f
work mentioned in the beams had been put in. Botweed Sept 1887 On my first inspection of the building I neer. adopted
up curtain tanks with some reason or other all the workers have
and June 1858 the cracks appeared to inspent about three hours there I inacted Later advices state that Mr Hart let
HANKOW, 11th July. material consisting in a great r
rest measure
(G) Jf issue No 2 be answered in the crass Fittle, but in June they became very, the whole place except the roof. I plumbul Darjeeling on the 24th June for Rincha- ofe
now struck work. I have 20 workmen. affirmative and issue No. 3 in the negative, bid in the dining room. The crackshowed the south wall. I find that the plush bill gong, for a further interview with the of Nanking suggested by the Brisiel The Chinese gunboat, sent by the Viceroy town cafuse, straut, sweepings, kitchen They were working properly up to yoster are the premises again safe and habitable worst over the two tours leading into the was about 24 inches apart from the wall at Ambin, the negotiations in progress having Consul and the Thobai at your port, refuso, and garbage, which gave out a
day. horrible stench, and was deemed by those tho do not know upan what condition now, and when did they become eu?, bedrooms adjoining. I ran bor Mr Con- the bottom. I did not leave the Govern-broken down.
they are to be allowed to return to work.
H.B.M.' gunbost Merlin, The Attorney General said it was adpt the Surveyor General's Dept., along nicht aurice thing in coni- conversant with capitary questions to be
from Shanguni, merived this morning, the likely to prove a source of disunge, cupecialy There are other 200 msaters whose work-witted that the pronisva wore pot now with M Hayilar, inspecting the building in notion vice on account of an, th
Btruck and about 1,00) workmen habitable.
former going up to the Hau and the latter cholers and diarrhoen, an opinion in which hav
which have come
Junch At that time I did not think the ny resignation in May. I hatt started out. All have struck there is Thie last ise was therefore withdrawn south wall very mash worse compared business on my own aut at the time of the health officer of Caloutta concurred, but no quarrying, going on at all now. The by consent.
anchoring off the copccasion. I b
I hear the with Bis
heat was very oppressive on the way up for previously his protest was unavailing When the stone-quarrying contractor is Teang King
although they
hispastion, but to aasist the Gov my first Mr Fratieis lien in order to enable the cracks were increwing a trifle. The bracke ernment I went on doing Government
the Merlo, 102 daily and 92 at night, Caso came before the Court the Advocate Kee, who has sublet the contract to all of jury to understand the exact bearing of the in the cross walls were certainly
Some are or six of the stekers on the General
Our Bankow correspondent (writes the Meriin were readored anfit for duty, the desired
a work. In the south-eza; ctuer I noticed. to withdraw from the பக Anybody paying one mace and questions they had to decide, went into the little argan. The sole in the din sume ir ties that had been put into Shanghai Counter) in his letter of the 11th tempers are being 135 in the boiler room. prosecution. Mr Justice Norris, in the four caudareens per thel of money interests of the public, refused to allow the has a right of quarrying. The wages of the tioning that it was about twenty years old think it was on account of these that we dicated a previous werknees thers. The mentions tota in connection with the run places of the sick mou. Messrs Mobaby hintory of the building in question, men ing room were a good deal worse, and I the wall. The may probably have iniunt., which appears in another column, Volunteers from the sailers had to take the cane to be withdrawn, but
after some workmen are $4, $o, and 26. Each master and that the site was formerly a por left the place Wo removed within a fowwaterpipe I have mentioned we bulgB B. M's gunban ferlin, from Sung-and Colline piloted the resual and she was divenation found he was bound to allow a har his own lot on which he canopartiácially. It was perfecily probable The mess-roozi fucoisare remained till the it first, and it was bulged in the same way, attention of those statesman at hene who hurpasssgo up in 120 steam108 nolle prosequi to be entered, but he con- The contractor has a man who inspecta each up
tion of the harbour and bad to ba made days after the cotice that it was unsafe, ed in the south oust directii when I
hai to Hankow, that deserve the serious kept going fallapsed night and day, making sidered it a misfortune for the prosecution stone after it is quarried. Then it is put that the building on this account was not und of August, and we messed there till only no complaint to the dutvugo: Colle- enormous sums of money to the improve- Regarding the lato trouble everything is
are re devating much of their time and These facts speak for themselves. to be abandoned in this way. The Ad- on
mata. It was a iron pipa. I vocate General, though pressed, dealined and we pay him accordingly. The valuation. In the course of the twenty
on the jank, and he values it by the fuot of the most stable and substantial descrip- that time, but nobody slept in the place. made
years of By the Attorney Goueral-I can't say Iral or to the ttotel Co, as to the way the mont of the Navy. We have implicit faiths now quiet, the Chiness troop; and their to state any reason for the withdrawal of nudes, if it ever existed, was at an end depends upon the total gizo of the block decay and it had many tuses buen necessary went into the building, but I noticed that acordance with purdinance, but whetherike if they escaps the attention of the pleasant either for male or female to wall. the case, but was of opinion that the foot varies from 30 to 50 cents and its existence it bail showit may size of took mach notice of the walls when we trench was bey oug. It was being dog in in the racer of the statements mue touts still ornament the Burd. Thef
by our
it will be and together with its quality. None of the to repair and strengthen it, but he hoped the fluora vero considerably Bunk. I could it was being
Correspondant,
a mismoral will be a happy release, se it is not properly dug is quito à differ had been filled in were covered with earth King Koo and Bose of the workman either. ever at any time shown itself in the founda- but they had been filled
the materiala with which the tank.asters have had any dispute with Trang 1 to be able to prove that no weakness had see there had been cracks in some places, ant thing, the ordinance. werd in Haukow on Thursday and Friday, | Aferlin, 95 43 mány M dan ba
was to ave that the Lords of the Admiralty and of the to the depth of 2ft. 9in.. there being only a None of my workmen have had any dia- tions nutil the time they were now dealing in Arabold Karberg's place below us.
beti Ommons. up I have been rales laid down
1 served. My duty was to us that the lotter the ith and 5 inst., and Mr C. FB be scommodated on shore is one of little hole left which would be filled up pute with mo. Working is prohibited over with, Thia building and the two adjoin- don't know if they wore soared out by the of the ordinanes was carried out.
Mr Justice eveningi
Norris said the whole island. The stile is becauseing honest, all of which had heen unstret. that he learnt with profound astonishment the masters will no longer advance money.ed exzelly at the same time and on the
was no violation of the ordinance I Allen, B. B. M. Acting Cotinual there, foreign hongs, ter give us notice to remove. He wrote could not officially make a complaint, at telegraphed to Shanghai for the immista Sad has been our community during the Another master said that of the do- same soil, and had been subject to the sare which had
a letter enclosing soupy of a letter from though I might have spoken to the Hotel services of a gubat. The legram: a last three days, painful proof being that had led fendants brought a letter to his house. He vicissitudes, had
mach in the same way and
arrangements for the pulling down of the buildings, in the case of laying found. B. M.'s corvette Satellite, as the Soni Sherisoonoff. He was found dead in his treon is and the Hotel Co. about the thing to do with the safety of adjoining the 5th inet, and Captain Neshain, of sent you a lite of the mudden dasth of Me
attosie, for
Officer in port, at once took steps for room about 8 ain, on the Ith inst. When I buildinga. new
tlist,
that
that the
11
!
hydrocate-General declined to give |
A
adviso
tha
dre
mue créelos, os mado, un rémiove. Mr Cha-
ese
Bout in
Baw
.eb.
THE PASSAGE OF B. B. M."S GUNBOAT MERLIN TO HANKOV.
FIVE MILES AN HOUR.
A serious riot was a 3.
dont
hours,
the bund, owing to the codi y of the non. It is
rumoured that the crew of the pared, ill
the
ng the reason retion, to was outside at the time and heard the man Jaffected pretty mato January 1887, boen the Hotel C. Mr Chater mediated bo people privately. The ordinance has trived in Shanghai on Friday afternoon in the midst of life we are in quath I
DA
An
Vor
I think crew being un ature, the Blas Foter was
woothing wrong in the foundations.
The oase was adjourned till 11 am to
morrow.
NOTES FROM NATIVE PAPERS
tu
us thu
Pekan
to get her away so quickly. The Ohin steaner Kiongfacts, Capalo Muric, which As Company's steamer. Peki, is now running, between Hankow and Batten, left about an hour after-Ishang, had exploded and killed everyone ward, also bound for Hankow The Merlin on board. I am told the China Merchants hard as pilots, and they are two of the tou, and that they got news to the effect apost experienced and accomplished navi that the Kiangles was all right, but that astors on the Yangtes, and they had there had been an explosion, on some small instructions to run night and
in the axercise of
Government to enter a nolle Bay All workmont must stop work on the in the same degree. In January 1887 or and that having depositions, he anat ring carefully read the 22nd July: if, nut, they will be out o mewhere about that time the Hotel Couperandua
'picecs. Ho hd 16 workmen. They all there appeared to him su suple case of stopped working on the 22nd July in the ing to Musss Holliday, Wise and Co, and tect and engineer: I was Governmont La
piny let the upper flows of Malebers' boild. gr kisance puissace endangering the morning.
Herbert Francis Haylar÷1 cur'an archi.examined the building, the bricks here and is despatch of the Merlin, which had only child of Mr. Wilson, the Police lang
there were evidently bad and badly pat arrived from the Yangtaze on the previous whore family returned here from health and lives of the inhabitants of
se the Buiel Co. were at that time comitem spector of Baildings oz. 5th June 1889, together. The building as it is wonid pro day, some of the ferfin's officers and on the Fekir, died about au The following detence of the men was plating the construction of a new wing onthe about that time I ruade an official inspeo.bably fall with the Grat" typhoon Calents. It appears as if the newly Diade awakened interest of the Jodian. Gntern masters of the alone quatries want to make curtain proposin to Messrs Holliday, Wie vocal times there as a visitor before that clearing out, not the crushing of the bricks was also fired. This was just about soves. 2.to a.m. of hest apoplexy, and the only by one of the prisoners All the north side of their own building they made tion of Melchers Buliding... I had been my report was the cause of the tenants hoisted, and a gun, calling them on board,h of convulsions, brought on by teaching
ard The third
third engineer ment in sanitation as evidenced by the
a new rule of their own, Formerly a man and Co. which would enable the Hotel Co.
After Day. passing of the recent sanitary micasaros, named Tai Tune, a quarry master, used to to take down the verandas on their side of inspection I wrote the report-produced of the south wall boing practically quiforn] take in as much eval as she has secommoda on the 11th, of congolaions the
tline, but not professionally.
o'clock in the evening, at Saimund's place.
Arrangements child of Mr and Mr Stuart Smith died at will not have much result, and that the give us two vegetable menda every day. the baibling, the aids next the hotel.
1 By His Lordship-The leaning outwards were also promptly made for the Mechn hundreds of deaths per week from cholera Now they have stopped this and they turned agreement was made and plans were drawn were iron, tita in the south walls of "tha from top to bottom staws that the cause
examined the building thoroughly. Thore
burials of the two latter took place on at Madras may be the natural state of
ns out to work earlier than formarly. Also up and subinitted. The correspondence building on the first aut spot in. I can't undertake to say that no damage itself, is aut very satisfactory in a fighting that we have had a very hot tins of £. For tion for. This is a little over thirty tous, Thursday, the Rev. 8. U. Pariridge officials things in other localities.
we used to be allowed advances. Thomas-finally closed about. Feb. 2nd 1867, and in I did nat tow when they had been put in, was done to the wall before the troutli was
but as she would require more, a for tons. ing. Tappend the maximum register, of the of seal were placed on deck which, af teratometer froth which it will be seen ters now press us to work without giving the course of that month or early in the Tau interior of the basement is THEEK was one significant sentence i Lord us Dafferio's speech at the Mansion Hoses any advance. We ased to get advancen szceeding mouth a contract, plans, and
supported
boat. The Merlin left her maorings op over which brick which should interest those who concern in justamente. The new rule about all. Hotel Co. ad Cheung Sam, building har hon tumed all the arches, opt
varying from 84 to 810, which we paid back specifications were drawn up
ou granite the
pusite so Shanghai Bd at ins o'clockeral nights past the lowest reading bas tivt been less than 02 A fresh North- son-those of the sundi sal had iron scekels
un the Friday avoning, and having coated vances was made on the 20th whs on nocaust of this that we stopped work.
July, and it tractor, for the
Kust breeze has just sprang up, and cooled at the Old Ningpo. Wharf, she left for the stausphere considerably. for the pulling down of this vocal- No further oricerce was taken to day and joining ground of the very lofty us build-wall at that this was diatiuolly dangerous. é vo struction on the ad-porting them. The arches of the south
Funkow at midnight, great praise being were simply bricked up. The south
A report was current that the the case was remanded till Saturday.
There has been severe fighting in Fakin, due to all concerned for the slurts put forth holier of the Chios Mterday, t ing not approaching completion. The We believe that a meeting of the masters contractor, would to contests The went exterior wall was cracked about On 20th Jane, telegrams were received by was held last night, at which corait resolut till 9th or 10th of April they commenc- the scound thor
two feet from the auth wall on the level of the Viceroy at Foushow from both the tuna were adopted, which were to be sub ad the
The crack
did not e
extend Tastai of Yon-ping and K'ien-ning, and mitted to a mass meeting of the most be deli, and that I was well into May, be- to the first floor. That was a crack in the the Prefect of You-ping Fu, hud Mosera Mobaby and Collins on people tolegrepkod la Iohang for informa
Work of taking cor
Cown the held somewhere in Kowloon to-day.
east exterior wall on a level with the first stating that on 28 b Jane they received fore it was finished.
Now on 15th feor. The most serious defect was the April, just fler the work had been bulging of the south wall, the crack in the despatches from General Llu describing an commenced and long before it was com- cust wall and the fallure of the arches of struck made by him a week previously on plated, the building as a whole was lot. More and Beimands promises in the north bar of 600 or 200, in their boats at Fu vessel was travelling in complin The Chinoso boat, the namo of which was not o rabots, whom they found, to the num as bad
already been actioned, to Mr east corner of the building. The opiniog I Chater, and one of the quastions at issue forased at the time as to the cause of the sonads on them simultaneously at night serious anergency, and we shall now see
au- while
telegraphic summons despatched He opened a fusillado and ea was whether any damage we don
done to the building by the taking down of damage there was that andas weight had
that been put on that point. I attribued it so and killed over 100, and they ded, after how the Merlin provod her suitability, or Mandalen sonnen of it as was taken. an increase of the superincumbent weight. such a fueble attempt to return to fire that rather complete unsuitability for this im down after the 16th of April They did of dechreu defosse mentioned, You only six of General Lin's men were wound-portant service on which she was engaged. no circumstances which would justify even
would justify eve THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE NON. not say that the Hotel Co. were responsible sidered the outer eniging of the back walled. Our men then made a chatge in pur-Phe-paddle-wheel steamer Pekin passed fur any damage done before that date be the wors. I was afraid it would collapse suit; the rebels rallied and fought desper her at La Point, which is thirty-four enuse if it was not in a safe state at the The place was unsale and dangerous to live stoly, insing ten were men, including four miles from Shanghai, and after stop- time Mr. Chater leased it, that was. bis
chiofa. The prisoners made were sent to
at the shree in, and I
le that affect. During repertod de
roaty ports Lookout But for what happened after the following month I was once or twice in the Shun-chang () Magistrate.
discharge cargo and passengers, and to take to any change. Our late Viceroy would
in cargo and passenger, the Pekin, not Mr Chater
The climate of Formosa does not appear pushed, but guing her usual prefer rather to take the
The taking down DE WIT
Of
reached the back wall of the new ring Mr Francia, Q.O., instructed by Messrs
verandal or such purtino of it as romained
the hotel than to allow. Rujasis to advance nearer: Sharp, Johuson and Stokes, appusred for building aud contributed, very largely to danger of ay immediate Talf of the Buntiful Esland. has already died of lover, hours. The Merlin had no calls to make,
south wall of the building. to be taken down then, did weaken the patting in of the strats obviated the last autamin for back-woode service in the her detentions at the differout ports, in 83 The every five of the recruits raised in Wuhn made the panenge, including the time of ali own words: "Aoy further approach of a great foreign military the Hon. 6. P. Chater and others; and the Power towards the confines of India would Attorney General (Hon. A..J. Leach), So far as the evidence went he thought the, but did not make a fighting meu. The Gober in cúfter fakta in anywhere; all she had to do was
in bring it into its present unsafe condition,
safe and the rest are too feeble to be of any aabo had ne cargo or passengers to discharge structed by Musss Wotton & Dencin opor the latter
yanch an enor represented the Hongkong Buiel Co. They would find thist only the upper portion since been reeved by means of art 1 by permission of the Governor of for pilots, her mieston being to save the lives CONnt: óf
themselves in the Central Asian question. After besting witness to the good faith of Russia during the Ghilzai disturbances and Ishak Khan's
han's rebellion, his lordship went on to may I hold it to be an essential principle that under no conceivable circum. etance would it be compatible, either with the good faith of the contracting Powers or the safety of the Empire, that the agro rent come to by us with Russia belialf of the Air in regard to the northern boundary of Afghanistan should even be modified or im
may be taken! as Lord Duffer This
people,
Dufferin a region of the pledes
Abdür Bahman
Afghan
to
giren
to preserve the integrity of their counter tight to the line of pillars which the
Joint Boundary Commission laid
laid from the
Har Rud to the Oxed.
with
a modifiontion of the agreement made ba Russia the safety of
of the Empire threatened were the policy of guakling Afghanistan from aggression subjected
to Todi,
Contail
for.
to quote his
In
riok
SUPREME COURT.
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. (Before Acting Chief Justice Fielding Clarke, and a special Jury.)
Tuesday, July 23. : :!--
C. P. CHATER AND THE HỒNG/
KONG HOTEL COM
CRATER AND OTHERS . THE HONGKONG
HOTEL CO-HOSOKONG. UGTEL CO.
CHATER
than Salomon, A
аге
glid that this confession of faith has been made public by the statesman who you solidated the Indo-Afghan alliance at, the
bold that it would bo par
strike a Darise single blow
blow to save Herst or Halkh, were the Russians to advance inta Northern
mako
t D. Harma
'a
"the"
the
with
a given
a
wards the Hotel Co. wars the idine Shree were put from to to suit the Chiners tripps About one in Hankor st 11 9.3 on inlay, massag
the
and usbilable. The Cefective
· view of
as
along to dzivo
very
stances, it must be taken for granted that
best was a most shameful perform
Rawalpindi durbar,There are those who derstood that the decision would apply in danrages Tho Company tad no right to I Found evidence of the south wall branching foliago spranding like a fan it sports, and with only eight hours'detention in
to
of these He may End some diff-
not one of
enity in convincing people at home that
war in such a wonder beste heus
at any rate he has set clearly before
the danger which would come from half- mesures Pioneer
IMPORTANT BAILWAY NEWS.
both
suits
T
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Now Bouares, sash, 5261
New Malwa, erat, 560 filowance, Taula... 32784
tash
Old Malwa, cash,... 600/620
48/80
Only, resh 620/530 Allowane Toes 52748 Persian, Paper tied 630/580 Alowanes. Jadi,,, 16/48
Exchange HONGKONG, July 23.
Bark, Who,
Da diena
30 dayi
4 months' sigh Uradita, 4 Documentary, mot On demand, On New York
Cradite, 1 muty night,
On domnad. Cradita, 60 days" →ights Wire,
3.88 3.51
Wha
Is this creditable the Caloitte thousands of British residente in the Ou Boat and rail Hons of pounds of British pro- Ou Sbauga. perty depend for safety No! It is a dia. On Jousad
and these
plato simple facts should days sight, privato, hava renat material weight with the British On Decliu, Government. But the Merlin, and we ex, 100 HAN of her type, is int only quotas as
as regards
exporise additional fortifications and other measures cial jury. Measts E. J. Ukxon: B. Wick: Mr Chater leased the premises, and tast on At that time I had left the Government Kinng to Kelang per way-vessel Fei Trick, of the foreign community in Haukow and a brador-
the shape of following gentlemen were sworn as a spoof the verandah has born taken down when made a seront inspeolion at 22nd July shipped 500 of the survivors from
with her night and day of defence as would become absolutely into. letable, and would be less préferable than 10% Custa ht, and C. C. Coben.
A, the 15th April the end walls and the arches sers
Ela9
arid I made this inspection at whenes, after inspection, they continue to protect the Britius concession from à any other alternative, howevUE AUTĪQUA,”
were atending
service, and and gave effective support the His J Immship said
said he understood the the to the south wall of Melchers building request of Mexera Sharp, Johnson and their voyage in the same vessel to Chin There is no ambignity kere, and we whole of the issues were raised in the firstTitet aupport whatever it was Mr Chatera On my second inspection there where they were disbanded. --C#« | fotous mob. Under theo urgent circum-i
tuit, and it would be moat convenient to
was a new crack in the east wall. The take the issues in the first suit so as to removing that support was to weakou biel over the lans. I examined the south tsin River, there is a date-tree growing in anne, disgrace to the Britannia that
was entitled to have, and, if the reavit of sonth wall was still further bulged out
At a place called Yao Wu, North of Tien- did the very best she could, and her Mr Chater the plaintiff, it being un-would foll them there was a good ground fortaining the use of these appearances. old
chers building he thought his Lordship wall carefully with a
of of uncer- the досоровий A paper manufacturer roles the waves. With no stoppages at the Ou Pans
old and deeply rooted in the grout, with Mr Franck, in opening his case, said the render the building they had leased unsafe having moved. A waterpipe running down the admired of all beholders. After the managed to crawl into her destination at fay, it is the entire run from banghaito Hankow, ahe Afghanistan, but Lord Daferia is plainly the building on the Praya kuoza az Mel- how they dug up its foundations, and in so On my Becond wait is way about 3 incites position about five feet, but was growing as distsure of 6500 miles. Her spted, thare the Banha
subject mattor of action in these cases was by depriving it of any support. Not only thin wall in the inside was about two 4th Jaly when the rain eased this old tro eight o'clock: on Thursday morning, having
however, did they take down the verandah rches apart from the wall on my first visit. was found to have suddenly shifted its oconpied 120 steaming hours on the rub, the Bangkwag Hotel Co. On the 16 doing opened a trench and deprived the away. It is now about 4 inches part healthily as ever. Great sumbers of people fie, was just five miles an hour or hist chers Building, at present the property of April 1287, they lessed the property to Mr foundation of the building of the steal from the wall. This showed that the came out to look at it, but one ould shut a quick as Chiasso quotic would
un a three years with a support of earth which ought to have been wall had reared. In tuy opinion tho explain the strange phenomenon, which we walk the distance in. of extension. Mr Chater let the there. An these operations were proceed foundations of the south wall heal partly leave to etuderits of natural history to ex for a British may-of-war upon which building htt fu doors and
apartments to in very serious defects showed thems Irea different parties. Messrs Holiday, Wise in the building, and in order to strengthen snk The pliath live racing along the plain to best they can. Puo and Co, by a separate agreement entered the walls it was considered near by lays inspectaf the wall (wise recently.
wall of the building had sunk in the middle. into with the Hotel Ca. in the beginning of Mosses Bird and Palmer to insert long iron and that the original defects have increased. ...THE SIKKIM-TIBET QUESTION: Feking, 8th July, 1889; 1887, escupted the upper floor of the build girders or reds at certain parts of the The subsidence is greater. On my scound The Sikkim-Tibt Question has, for some On the 29th ult., His Majesty érved an ing, and that leasa was transferred to Me building As the digging of the trench visit I noticed a new crack for the east all, time paat, been in a comatose state
On preacaded things because so-serions that shang) to build the Tigelow Hailway out by Miz McCulloch
the 6th June 1863 a notice was want
causin
my opinion by the further bulg practicable solution of the difficulty being Line. That Board has sent up, for ace of the Hotel Go to the effect that the that the building was unsafe that commoni was done the balging of the wall wat so tance to the Throbs, the following and building had been pronounced unmfe and
and it was in consequence of his reporting with the law three days. Before this representatives of Unins choose o
· as Directors Their Broellencies Chowfoo
The claims which the Ambon his station. To compel uffi
ressel that is suitable for Ex. the Marghia Trêng in to be the Gen- his tensate remained, there at their own for the Botal Co. to Mr Chites. His friend
and windows which advanced
advanced during the Gustong neguitations this bad been left open could
by the Gurernment of Indis, ventilated accommodation that they have ural Director of alk-Railways.—Shangrải | Vise, · Of course tho immediate result of", on the other side woull no doubt contand are not noticed any evidence of subsidence a moment that Me Hart has failed 18 tantament to forinu. Á
that paties and of the state of the building
that what had happened to the building of the foundations except along the south
ou the Merlin was to make the compan's clear out, and was the natural sud necussaty result of wall. The building is not in a safe confi- to convince him it indued he has tried with the object of slow murder, and though
they were compelled for the purpose of uriginal defpotive construction and wear end lon now. It was part th my duty in Sport Emulsion of Pura Cod Liver Oil their business to take, some of them on ear, but is would be for the jury 10 8 perintend all day brikhinty that the'nly histon which a settlement we cannot speak from. with Hypophosphitos) is a cornbitunjirajox "Very long isanen, other premises alsewhere what were the serious defects in this build Colins When Team SMS UN in the can be founded is a renungan assured it is no better. The poor two most valuable remedies, in a peatable It would appese he believed in the course ing and whether the greater part of them fane 1887 the foundations for the new ving
uf China I returned from Japan in imaginary righte
over Sikkim. and easily digested form, haring great heal of the evidence that biss Holliday Wedd not date from the commencement of of the hotel were ether being ing. The position for the last few, indeks has Brest Britain's defendors," -- have bad terrible experiences d Ing and strengthenek properties, moet and Co's propis kept and of the rooms as these alterations and whether the present had just kosu proned,
practically remained unchanged, opened or valcable in Corasniqition and wasting die their measrooms up to the end of August, safe state of the building was due to the dah of the south wall of Melekete building possible that negotia
though sed I tank' The pr
apted the thermometer registering 10
the Ave days'
the Yang:azs passage up sasca-Read the following. I have find and although the Punjom Co. who occupied operations of time and doaay or whether it had begu vamused by in faldaste bude posed catween the British suchorities and day and 99 at night Five of the stokars Scott's Emulsion of great benefit in the a portion of the ground floor cleared out was brought about by the building oper- slong the south wall of Welchers balling the Ambau: But this latter apparently still in the boiler mora, odily to tapered treatment of phthisical and scrofulous die themselves they find that the place ations sacried on by the Batel Company was about Bit wide and
were rendered nods for die-themssros «ears... ¡TË Sy dxtremely: palatable and dɛom was not, solcally tumbling about their Evidence was then called for a
g up 135, edge of
Bistent
so will great difficulty experienced
God in the adminis
But these or
mailer of territorial clams, and the Ukiuess their glaces, During the entire voyage we or any other diffeals in this f
BAN IS and Co. In Tile: frenciat ar the north whi south was “Government show to prevent desire to Jailers these was not a hit of 199 on; board; tration of the pin bilD. P. Konna, ties oz ; bompliostions which might arise Decomber 1886 my firm wat into the top and 4 Test crick wall for the new building - disavow the boltby he has adopted. It in The Lords of the Admiralty, not having to )
ating Any Chemist can mappir in so he dealt with that now. The Hotel Cogan on lat: Jau 18877: When we went in trench along the soath wall of Melchord of the hostility of the Theme Lancs to the degrees in the shade, way consider for an
in a temperature of 12 e in Hongkong said eat mounting so 3500) fecin here was a verandal from top to bottom balding remained open for a spilles Indian Government has becomes, ons of sary for passable comfort in board, but it Mr Chater and raised, proceedings for the on the south side of the building. It was fair eks after my rataru from Japan. The mitior importance at Fakta Tus defeat there are the idea they entertain, they are extravagant lusury and altogether conscas
на
Temperature.
33.90 50:47
Edict to the Hai Chrün (not to Li Hang Chater whers he nognized the property. On Bayllar was sont by the burveyoring wall his been filled up with coment their attitude of gallon opposition, and the hat speed, but her style of construction (
Chairman Geral's department to make an inspection, the onst
out of the south wall The crack in possible so long as the date persist in past the same applies to all the other vessels Sovereims,
viste Customi Tantal!” Blieny" Pașchúng. / uninhabitable by the Government Inmvector ications were made to the Hotel Cu: by the great that windows which had been clased Ocate about the ziglita of the acconsin usterly at variance with the requirements } (len at Masers Falconer & Co | Framtio
Director of the Tientsin Eiet Amonal; FF of Buihilings, and that həfMr. Chator) and Surveyor-General and by, Mr Me^ullochéquld not be penselbe elased, I were too ridiculous tube eriferted Belter in the ponned a and baddie BAROMETER
Mercury
going on
and it would
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in of
for 2
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perennal experienc
Queen's Road,
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of the accommodation for the ore, we are
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not upset the stomach, thus removing the ears, let an office to the Steam Launch 1: Frank Fest Nichol--I noz end from the south wall of Medobérats to the hond that if ha is only per-volunteer sailors wara-called upon.
of it about five or six feet d
deep, and the
Kon his
jint in the
and China.
firm of Holiday,
ef T
· take
29.79
METEORULINICAL REGISTER
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