nombar might wish to invite, any doßelt that might ocar to be defrayed from the funds of the Club. The two guests per member which he referred to moant gentle. man, of course; the ladies would probably be invited by the Committee.
No. 8482 JANUARY 18, 1890.]
A WEEK ago wō reported a case in which a boarding house runner was charged with assaulting and endeavouring, to kidump a coolie. The coolio told a very pitiful story, He was strolling about Canton one day when the defendant accosted him and offered him big wages if he would come down to Hong kung. Hs, pour innocent men, vory gladly Hong accepted the offer arul,came down to
boarding kong. Here he was put into a
Borneo. house and told that he was going to While boing taken in a sampan to the steamer that was about to leave for British North Borneo, be rebelled, and the board ing house master was feroad to take him en alore again.
On landing the master
had bein
Hon. A. J. Loach seconded.
Bir Fraser Smith asked it the funds of the Club were in such a state that the Club could afford to pay a deficit.
at.
The Chairmen said the Clob had 4,000 its credit.
Mr G. 8. Quan proposed that 8500 be given from the funds towards the expenses of the ball, and that the rest be defrayed by
Mr Ezekiel esconded. subscriptions from the members.
The amendment was put to the masting and just.
Mr Fraser Smith proposed that 81,000 be given from the Club funds and that the cubscription be $10 per member,
Mr W. Powell secunded.
The amendment was put to the meeting and lost.
The original proposal (Mr Serecumbe Smith's) was then put to the meeting and carried, nem con. A show of hands was then Inken as to whether there should be a
|
merry one.
THE CHINA MAIL
weat stort in the prizes, sald--I have very great pleasure prisoner was justified in trying to got away at Bruges in Belgium at 8 o'clock on Son- is looked forward to with keun interest uniformly correct and
Arithmetic. This Report is very encourag in giving away the prizes in connection. He did not mon to say that it was wise to day morning. After fourteen wounds had by all classes. That dining and dancing, as well as cricketing to us, for elien girls do not begin atudy with this institution, which I have every struggle; it would be very advisable to go been fought, a dispute arose between tennis, rowing, billiards, and so forth, till after outoring their teens, one is starco reason to believe is a most admirable one. quietly and make a complaint afterwards, Smith's seconds, and the fight was declared natural, if ·S MAN drawn in consequence of the disgracefalcon- ought to mako their visit a busy and Bj lynstonished if they Gnd it difficult and I have been through every part of it, and I but it was exceeding Bufflehntly to duet of the party supporting Smith, The
was very much pleased to see the way in bad his senses about bir discouraging
This year we again sent in Candidatos which the pupils are taken care of. Trasy understand it, that he should be ind me referee, however, refused to stop the fight,
by! boing led away in that way. If the which thereupon continued. for the Delilios Prize Examination. Two mention that I had one of the girls from
The latest reports late that the fight Sho see that this man received great provoca- to compete, but we are glad to say that much pleased with her conduc we have heard, unoiually, that they showed herself to be a very good, Christian tion, and if he struck the blow in that slate was often down and eventually he left the have taken respectively 2nd and 3rd Prizon girl, and wall brought-up in every way they might presusso if they liked that ring. Slavin remained and claimed the The prizes word then banded to the pu- thoro was no intention to do grievous fight. The referes declared it to be a draw, The result cannot be ificially announced until the return in the Colony of one of the pits after which Mr Ost expressed his bodily harm. Here was a policeman armed and was thereupon mobbed, Slavin was Trasters of the Fund, who has been tempo- thanks to Mrs Fielding Clarke for presiding, with a carbino ass ulling this man, and al-also set upon and beaton with sticks and rarily absent in Bordon. I take this oppor- and the childson sang the National Anthem though the evidence was not clear that he other weapons. He was severely maltreat
struok the prisoner it showed that al, but is now recovering. the of in Chinese. tunity of publicly thanking, on behal
the prisonor was trying to get away, School, Mr Belfius, the generous Founder there of thess prizas. The hope of gaining prizes has given a healthy stimulus to the girls in the upper standards, and they have in consequence, worked in a steady and meat praiseworthy manner. One of the tre (Before Mr Fielding Clarke, Acting Chief
Justice). gir's above alluded to has, moreover, come out Srat in our Private Annual Bamination and receives as a prize the watch so kindly
by Inspector Quincy.
other day, must surely have had the only were considered sufficiently advanced the institution with me as amah and I was Jury took that view of the case they mated 22 minutes, during which timo Swith
That the Singapore correspondent, whoar opinions upon Hongkong you quoted the Model Settlement in his mind's eye when ho detected a certain American flavour in our busy life here. That I have resided in this Colony for many years, but so for bave failed to detect any pronounced American flavour, except perhaps in our spacious sharing saloon, when the chairs are full up with shipmasters from Jonathan's Continent.. That it has beon, thought hitherto that Hongkong had a decidedly British finv. ont, and that the free-and-easy ways of Shanghai and the elcepy-hollow style of streggling Singapore were represented horo by very high-toned metropolitan
manners.
That the moving spirits of the Hongkong
Hotel aro Beatch, not to say Bielan, prezrizes and Presenta which Mr Field-
though it is true they also keep Bourbon on the premises. .
SUPREME COURT. IN CRIMINAL SESSIONS,
Saturday, January 18..
The monthly Criminal Sessions oponed ing Clarko has now so kindly como to diatri
today... all been awarded with due regard
LECULIAR CASE OF FRAUD, 'Bit-flown upper at the ball, when the That the foundations of the H. & S. Bauk bute, have ken by cach child at our
Chiu Po Shan was charged with obtain are not laid on stucco, whatever of that to the place material may cling to the cornices or the Examination, nothing less than 70 per centing money from a soign named Chan Yan
in the marks entitling to eveu a 3rd Prize
Prisoner pleaded not capitals.
on false pretences.
This concluded the business.
and several of his man beat him severely, After hearing the coolic's story the Magis trate (Mr Wodehouse) remanded the case order to obtain further evidence.. The her day
the case again come before the dart, and evidence of the most reliable cha racter was produced which showed that tho story of the coelie was a tizuo of falsehoods, that he had willingy offered himself no an emigrant, had been photographed, faily informed of the place he was going to and of the nature of the contract he had cutored into, and had basices received an advance of money. Not only was the 11-afirative was carried by a majority. bograph taken on the last occasion produced It Court, but a former photograph, bearing n different number, was exhibited, showing that the coolis had for some time been playing the game of 'jusaping the bounty, In the course of the hearing of this cras valuable evidence, illustrating the system an which the emigration business is con- ducted by European houses, was given by Mr Montague Beurt. Mr Beart said ho held a licence as emigration broker, and, pa behalf of Mesars Butterfield and Swiro, ho engaged coelies for contruct or free service. He was at prezent engaged obtaining coolies for North Bornce. The coplies were brought to him by haud roen and were examined separately by a doctor. Those that were passed produced their photographs which were initialed by the doctor ne, passed. The Battistrar Generals ofier, where the Thereafter the were
mes
taken in
FRAGRANT WATERS' MURMUR That the millenalum must be drawing nigh when the lawyers take to preaching mo rality.
That it is astonishing what services lawyers
will ronder to their clients-for a consi- deration.
That hotel-keepers will be driven to issue
and that the policeman was holding
guilty at least of hulawfully wounding.
The jury
FARNCEL MAXER A STRONG PLEA
Pon
TIONE
That our friends near the Equator have In choosing the prizes it has been our sitt guilty, and the following gentlemen were of returned a unanimous verdictment was to regenerate Ireland, especially
COD-
The
five dollar coupons for liquors to be at That the Literary Society has been enjoy- Prizes I ought to say that the recipient of young woman, shortly after the middle of Boutenco. bongelearly of opinion that advantageously employed, instead of bring.
surbed gradually as required. That it has long been held to be a difficult operation to gather up liquid after it has been spilt.
That I can confirm all your correspondent says about the state of the roads, and would add that the system of spreading sand and earth on the top of the so-called road metal without any binding adwix- ·
ture of lime has often bean tried and
found wanting.
him.
her
did.
him. The prisoner had an undoubted London, December 17.-Parnell, who is night to struggle and get away if he to speak in reply to a speech recently made could, as every man had a right to get away by Laird Salisbury at a Conservative meet- from an assailant, but whether he was wise ing in Nottingham, arrived in that city to in taking that course was another thing day. Thore was a great crowd at the rail- Bat he went beyond that he used the way station, and he was greeted with knife, and that was a thing which could not mingled groans and choors
Parpeli addressed a large meting this for a moment keanggested to the jury as legal under the circumstances, Therefore, if the afternoon. He declared that there pover jury thought the means taken by the pri had koun a movement of auch magnitudo sonur to get away were in excess of the real in any country which was no comparatively necessities of the ease they must find him free from crime as the Land League, moves ment. The cbjret of the homo rale move»
t-guilty on the frot count and guilty with regard to her
industrial Gunicition. the second. 01
Balfour's plan of building railways through. to thank the big Bank, in that its entor to give nothing but what is really useful, worn as a jury: Messa H. W. Sampaou,
His Lordship aid-Frisoner at the bar, the impoverished districts was a vain 08- prize and energy have done much to wake not articles which will tend to encourage G. F. Pasqual, E. J. Hagen, E. A. Thimo, them up, and I shall be only too glad to an extravagant spirit; and 1 desire now to J. 3. Carvalho, F. A. O. Hahn, and F. I think you received considerable provoca- penditure of money. Home rata almed at tion. If I had taken the view of the case national regeneration, and this implied the aessa Muckle Bank half the size of ours express my hearty thanks to Wei Ayuk: Maitland.
Esq., F. Webber, E., Dr. Ho Koi, Wei- down in the Straits territory.
you have suggested I should deal with regeneration of industries and the commer Attorney General (Hou, Acting That Singapors has a great futurs before it, Api, Esq. Ho Wy Ban, Esq., Gregaon, J. Leach) said-The prisoner stands in much more severely than I shall do oil spirit of the people.
If home rule was granted it would not and zu has Hongkong; and if wo have Esq., Insp ofor Quincy, and others, who dicted with obtaining money on false pro-in the sentence I am about to impuso, be heen going a little too fast and boen have so kindly by their special liberal perhaps too feverishly in haste, our tributions, enabled us to give such suitable tandes, and the circumstances of the case cause if I thought you were utterly drank slicnuge the rich people of Engluid are these. It appears that the prisoner be and used the knife under those circum-from promoting industrial developments,
stances I should pane a
a much more severe but the money would be judiciously and Singapore friends
may perchanco hava, add substantial gifts. up till now, erred the other way.
Perhaps before leaving the subject of the came acquainted with the complainant, a stand
takuife as wasted, as now, to maintain it power Inst September, and made proposals to her drunkenness is noexense for using a
I don't think you were uttarly government of fraud and trickery, An-05 inga view of both the fiterary and artis the Good Conduct Priza has been choas to keep her. She at first, refuzed and tulduk. I think you were sober enough to
of that sort would else. tio rides of art, and I am glad to so that by ballot by the Mistross and girls them hair caldwell (who speaks with authority) reiren, and thas ans bnd a large majority him she was being Lopt by antibody the fool that you, had received, provocation and to get sed to horp irer head above wester, has still suoro to say on this interesting of the votes. She is one who has been erer, and held out certain inducements to that you acted under it. I think you dealt and so exercise and develop the qualities of
the Registrar
and General,
at last consented. He there the blow in the best of anger at being as her people that aho would be no longer an anbject,
sent to us by the That Admiral Long deserves well of the one who has, over since her admission, 15 up a promised to give her large sums of naulted by this policeman when he had no exhibition for the wonder and scorn of the
Chinese, for ten years ago for would months ago, given us great satisfaction. upon
etotices sentence will be much more Paruali devoted his spreuk to-night to have believed possible what he ban do. She is mureover, a diligent and painstak- money at the Chinese New Year, and right to do so; and under these citaum-uations of the world. monstrated, and ander gooft officers and ing student, and although she has bad to hold out that he was a man in, a
ader 1 must punish these of the knife, and was by far the greatest and most powerful brother was a Mandarin in Canton. Under discipline the hardy Chincso seamen wili do 3 years? work in the 15 months she has very good. position, and that his older lenient than it would otherwise be. Still, the Tenants' League, Ile said that this some day prove that he has good grit in hoon with us, she still gained cent per cent these circumstances they lived together as push it substantially, because it is a very peaceable movement aver organized in
out of the marks in three of her Exumina. fe
September.
Almost impiediately after fication for being angry, you dealt a blow Ireland was tranquil she was not appessed. That things are beginning to wex horsey, tion subjects, and 80 per cent in the man and wife from and after the 24th serious matter. Although you had just land or in any other country. Although
hoots and saddles are the order of the remaining two.
they commenced to live together the girl that might have resulted in very serious She did not submit. On the contrary the
of the Government day, and the meeting in the for famed This may be a fitting time to state thal, asked the prisoner. when bo was going to consequences. The sentence of the Court peoples dialike
to the lind thought of MESTA give her money. six months' imprisonment with more intensy for the experionson of Wong-nei Cheung Valley this year is
yeare of sourcion. But the country, likely to eclipse all its predecessoTH.
Falmer, Hanocok, and Denison, we
though it did not yield, was tranquil, he, comp und which world best resist the That I wish the Chinese a better new year were able to provide the Inmates of the somG HEAL DAY aud told Iter he had 200 bard tabour.
Rold dollars in the Hongkong and Shanghai
cause of the faith it had in the assurandes Home with a substantial Christmas dinner, tk with the chief clerk, that doch geld
of Gladetone that the triumphant Liboral when wuple justice was done to the good dollar was worth $20 of Hongkong currency.
party things so liberally bestowed upon them and that he had mortgaged them for $300.
would 1 soon give it legitimate freedom. Parnell would not say that it would be VICTORIA HOME AND ORPHANAGE. I desire to offer our best thanks to thom After this he said he wanted to get his
for their great kindness I hope to have The annual distribution of prizes in con Chinese New Year's dinner provided in a money from the bank, but unfortunately he others not in custody, stolen $50 and a suit impossible to govern Ireland by
was 850 short of the sum necessary to of clothes from Li Chan, and with being coercion, but Balfour's misture of coercion nection with this institution took place this similar manner. I must not omit to mon- redeem the guld dollars, and be asked the aimed and using menaces, on the 30th and coostitutionaliam would never succeed.
-Froku!
On the re- December. Mr Fallöcke prozenstod on be. Balfour had made several mistakes. afternoon. Mrs Fielding Clarke presided, tion a kind gift of a Box of Toys
The jory were: Moasra Among them was that he had neglected to Messrs Powell and Co., for the sea of the young woman to lond him $50.
presentation that he sotually had these gold half of the Crown.
chiefly ladies.
led to the formation of au agrarian move.. Ker. J. B. Ost read the annual report haves very little to say. The elder girls hare After this he continued to make repra. Grant, H. E. Denson, R. fl. Herd, and C. restitution of evictod feruots. This had
and two Bir Polleek said the prosecuter which is as follows:-
uniformaly been amenable to discipline, and sentations and obtained further lotus of M. do Roziria
props away, ones would hardly be shildren if there were went to Danten and on his return she asked establishment in Taipingeling, were pain wind, It is with feelings of great thankfulness have giren but littly trouble; but younger. In the end of November the prisoner other men, who were managers of a fantment which would sweep Balfour and bin checked them he paid each one the advanço That the public have the fullest confidence that we review the work of the past year in occasionally quarrela and naughtiness Lim for the money, she had advanced to show the prisoner and agveral others, il ashamed of in its continction with the mes
bling with two noraiders on the 30th Dec... in Mr Chadwick, and heartily welcome this Institution whether in contemplating not
large a number. On ret coming. Ha produced no money, and who his addition to the strength of our Sapi. the advanco made by tho pupile themselves, among of those sent to us from narral epeued in the course, of which the Brined, rushed into the room. The pri- doubtless it would gratify ouriosity by
or in considering the manifold kindness to us, oce or which has been shown by friends, both in the Government displayed a great love of
from him, while the other man took fromia a Parnell commission, Instead of tryinga signed. Should the coolis not turu up on That the Western Praya has been allowed this eology, and in our own land; kindness stealing, taking oven the half-cooked food polico bearine the noise came in and the Euner seized the prosecutor and took 835) making known the truth about the matter.
prisoner was arrested.
the table $15 bulonging to the prosecutor, Be- peraunal indictment, had tried the Irish The complainant
aut gave substantially the Lame evide
before the
the house the prisoner took a nation and the movements of the Irish save before The
fore leaving and god-will which are now again praved from the cooking pans; but after a few
art of clothes bol nging to the prasementor, party. by the presence of so many friends on this weeke' residence among ve they have re-
linquished this tail babit. Occasion
Mugistrate.
iving which was hanging. on the
Tho мед By his Lordship While I was receiving wo It is a great cause for thankfulness that As you will most of you already know
The money I gavo from another man. That I seldum pass the Marinet without this Home was established somewhat less the health of the inmates has bout to good: the visits of the prisoner I was receiving then ran away.
ру than 2 years ago for the boarding and Thore has been no case of serious illness arcing an Inspector gazing pensively caution of the daughters of Chiness, any kind; and although one and another to the prisoner was money I find saved. at nothing in particular, though now and
fever, again a flash from his eagle eye shows bether orphans or not and also for the has from time to time Led attacks of
and that he is in reality keenly alive to the reception and rescue of young girls who and other climatic troubles, still the sak doings of sundry coolies whore notions of would otherwise, in all probability, be bildren have all kapt woll and strong; and discharged.
forced into a life of inmorality. With this seme wha on joining us looked wan cleanliness do not agree with his own. That I freely admit the Celestials within the latter object in vier, we have given shelter plached with the hardships to which they
The Euglia francial papera, in com to many young girls who have been com had been exposed, soon assumed a healthy Markot are properly kept up to the mark, toitted to our cara by the Registrar Gonomal and robust appearance. so far as the cfined space permits,
Colonies, stata that Victoria is borrowing of the Directors of the Hong Decotabor at Taim-sla-tadi. The prisoner after heating the silence, unani in excess of lior aquirements for legitimato juty,
English form of contrast was translated to each of them in the presents of the Registrar General and one of his officers. The
were asked indiri unlly if they wisbed to go, and those that expressed their willingossa rutarned with him to the office and thoro signed the contract in his pre- sence. There were three photographs ra- quired. The one initialed by the doctor was rulained by the caulis to whom it belonged. The other two were pasted into a book of duplicate certificates, one photo- graph being put on each certifeste. Ope of the certificates was forwarded to the om. ployer by the same steamer as that by which the coolie wont and the other wa retained by Messia Butterfield and Swire in the book.. The photographs wars numbered to agree with the contract number. The contract was for uns your, and we drawn up under the authority of the Government of British North Pornce. When the time came for the steamer to lesve he went on board and inspected the coolies, checking then off one by one in the duplicate certificate book.
As he
agreed upon, ranging from 815 to 880.
Before that, the colis received an advancO
of from 85 to 810. when the contract was
board the steamer, the contractor engaging bim was held responsible for the advance. As a rule 40% of those engaged and to advances had been made did not whom tura ap. It paid the mon who produced the coclies to incar the liability of having to repay $10 for each defaulter, because for overy coolie that started the firm paid a sum of $40, including an advance of $25 to each coolie. The coalies ap- reared to him to be exceedingly stupid to be quite ready to hand for their money to anybody who asked it. that he had no knowledge of the advance being actually taken from the toolies. The
Beyene
That a small prize might be offered by the Government, open to all, for the
effects of weather and wheels on our
Fonds, That the remancration thus camed might well be considered as extra pay to any member of the Public Works Department as this business of successful road-making
duties,
apparently falls outside of his ordinary That probably when our worthy Surveyor.
than the year now dying his proved to be
BROWNIE.
(Hajor Mr A. G. Wise, deting Prise Jridis) LALUENT FROM & GAMBLING HOUÁL Chan Bing was charged with having, with
throw
-
Wx0
mera
General bus thoroughly mastered all thu and thore wore a large number of visitors girl gards the conduct of the children / dollara he induced. her to lend him $50. C. Klingemaust, Fou Tuug, 0. Möller, C. provide for arrears of rent and for the
tortuous mealal workings of the genus Contractor, he will have earned Biok leave, and some one else will ther bare to go through the ence process, while the taxpayer meanwhile pays the piper.
tary Force,
to relapse into its wonted state of in- passability, and west of the Market, where the Bobby is rarely seen, the Prays seems to be given evor to the water-side rowdies.
AB
of
money amounting
B
considerable sum is
The prisoner was unanimously found guilty, and his Lordship sentenced him so
The jury unanimously found the prieighteen months' imprisonment with hard Boner not guilty, and to was accordingly labour.
TILE TRIM-SHA-TRCI STABBING CASE, Exel. Gunderson, a Norwegian saman, a Sikh Constable
ABBAULT WITH INTENT TO ROLL Ho Chan and Tong Kan ware charged with entering a dwelling-house in Lynd- Chinawoman, hurat Terrace, occupied by a ubery. They pleaded
The not guilty.
as chaff is swept before a whirl
If the Government had nothing to be
Parnell declares that all the talk abou the 'rotestant ministry being animated by a spirit of hostility to an Irish Parliament is fallacious. 'He furthor.declares that modified homo rule as propused by Glad. stone is preferable to Crabtan's scheme, which contained several elements of frig tion:
MISCELLAFRAOCH
was charged with the morning of 20th And assaulting her with intent to commitmenting upon the position of the Australian
number on the photograph was conclosive That honest taxpayera and house-owners who had been sold into slavere In the summer, through the kind named Jewar Singh ön |
evidence that any one so photographed had had everything fully explained to him, that
ho was fully aware where he was going to,
and had had ovory opportunity of refusing
to
cand
if he chose.
da Inspector Perry producing the se
phutograpirof the coolie, which bare und plug in from the "thirst, thas ahowing that the coolin had been previous.
lp engaged in a similar way, the Magis trata discharged the accused and told the boarding house master that he had his re- medy against the coolie for bringing a false charge against him.
1
Or Novembor 21 two Japaneso warships visited Apia. After a short stay they left! for Fiji
COMMISSIONER E. E. Bredon took over charge of L.M. Customs at Shanghai from Acting Commissioner H. M. Hilier on the 14th inst.
The N.-C. Daily News says:- An extraord- Joary accident happened at the Concordia Club Bowling Alley, Shanghai, on Friday evening (lith inst.) The third ofour of the Bayers, a fine, strong, young Fellow, had Just delivered a ball, and in recovering bini- self, crossed his lege. A crack was heard: and be found himself unable to stand and sat down on the floor. Two doctors were present, and they attended to him at once and found that he had broke his left thigh
bone. He is now in the hospital. It is feot surgically recognised that the muscles ere sometimes too strong for the bones to which they are attached and in contracting -break a bone; this is probably such a case.
THE HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB AND THE STRAITS TEAM.
A meeting of members of the Hongkong
Cricket Club was held this afternoon in the Favilion to cutside the recommendation
of the Committee that a Bell be given on
Monday, 27th just, on the vocusion of the visit of the Straits Cricket Team. Boo.
Treasury
commemoration, and
DT
Fas
hongs
Canton, and Macao Steamboat pleaded not guilty, oral said the mously found the prisoners guilty, and they purposes of developinant.
the
Tsim-tha-teni, and as he refused to pay his
who was acting the character Joan of Arc, Dating a performance, Sarah Bernhardt, parrowly escaped being burnt to death in the martyrdom ONE,
who make trus returns will be pleased to what is worse than slavery. We have now. note how Mr Chapman runs to earth the present in the room is of such girls.
ware enabled to take the At the beginning of last year wo had 20
The Acting Attorney
wore each sentenced to twee months im mon who try to cheat them and the fumates, Since then, we have admitted 28 whole school over to Moono for a two prisoner was indicted on two counts, 1st prismans with bard labotix.
more. 4 of however, left, to remove mouths' change. This did anch good to with wounding That the Blagistrates do well in panieking more. 4
La Vi with their
harma, and 2nd, with parents to Austriin many who had been aling, although to do grievous bodil Pikicent with intent Bach evil-doers, in the name and for the and Borrino; and another, being considered dertaking such a move, the
object aimed
undefully wounding. The circumstances AUSTRALIAN AND OTHER The Cair of Rasata is suffering from lung Bake of an overtaxed public.
away from at was not so much the change of air, as of the case were as follows About two
disease, and is reported to be extremely ill to ba young That the long and contiguous faithint ser by be, was removid for a time. Of the re- that the school might still be under the n'clock in the morning of the 26th Septem-
TELEGRAMS.
Forty-eight Socialists (German) have vice given to this Colony by the into Dr them, was
been sentenced to terms of imprisonment, HOISTING THE BRITISK PLAG. Stewart is a fact that merits a worthy maining 30 who joined us this year, 10 are proper aupervision of the Superintendent, tem the prisoner kruded from a campan
AT MACQUARIE IKEAND.
varging from two weeks up to sig the public hope that the daughters of Christian parents, who pay who was obliged to remove thither.
Auckland, Wednesday.It is reported in withdrawals being expected, the We are now losing three of our pupila; fare the sampao people called a policeman. or in part for their board; 11 are wholly the Committee appointed to decide apon datitolo Chinae, & having been sent to na one, owing to the refund of her father to The complainant went to the place sud that the Government steamer Himenod has
Hoy the best mode of doing so
will resob to a
by the Registrar General, and two from a pay another year
afford another wily and Į conclusion befitting the object in view. That the Headmaster, and teaching staff Reache Home in America, 4 are destitute he can well or the amall fee that we feel took the prisoner. away in the direction of | born dospatched to Macquarie Island for the bank race has beon raised.
to the the Police Station. Shortly afterwards the purpose of hoisting the Britisa flag there. the Victoris College are to be cop. Burasian girls and 5 are Chineze or removal from Hongkang of her lacks took people in the boat heard a polica whistle and
Our total therefore at the pre- the third owing to
to her marri
of struggle taking place, and when Leidon, Derazaber 14, la the sides of | 2 Iago two days ago.. latter is ohe
of the owner of the sampan wout to see what the reredes controversy at St l'aul's Cathe the rescued girin, and we trust that her was the matter the complainant was seen dral, the appeal of the Bishop of Laindon fature will be a happy.quor lying on the ground, while the prisoner Dy Temple,
will be more than was observed running to the direction four of Packs Be These losses howe
however
New Year! after the Chinese New up afte for, we have had so many dadmission
any applicants the wharf. The minimas the wing at Kival of certain features of the reredos,
to has been apheld. the difficulty will be how have been stabbed in the breast. The ri Lordon, Dec. 20-AD appeal is to be to accomodate all the children. I
,
gratulated upon their Prize Day, and phans
ирод
Le specions ballding and magnili tout time is 55-classified as under- sent hall in which the interesting cere mory was performed this year.
That it was a sight which would have mado glad the heart of the late Dr Stewart,
Extraction
No, who pay for their a
part either wholly eri pait.
Destituto
Total
er Organs
made
Firesana
Total
10
**
19
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53
for
•nd he been permitted to sea the Hall of Chianno
the Collego,
that
marriage,
This
holi- the 6. Benalder which was then
THE
Beach
1.S. Peagun is being equipped for a
anrvering expedition on the northers couss
stralia
December 30th,The labourers
permanently employed at the Dicks have
of the formed a Union amongst themselves, and
the
18 of the ubere have toen veenivad from the Regis that, ere long, wa shall be forced to deards arrested on board the made to the House of Lords for the re- mamnus employed are lagging with the
as it was with tho anaged hundreds of Chinese! admirably-managed youths the leaven that may yet nerve to tra General.
Chinese
imulare to enlightened.
mass of the
otion the inert
additional accom
Accommodation for the increasing
for admission.
BONÉT WAS
After
From the above table it will be seen that, number of those of our girls were the arrest of the prisoner.
of the whole number, 25 are dependent
That tho acoustio propertion of the fino Hall upon the school for everything and may were thoroughly tested by the Ele dans of them come to it with nothing but the ter, who read special report sulted to the barest raga. Through the kindness of special
cccasion, and by His Excellency friends hero and in England, we have sus.
On Christmas
haptized, and seine tivo menthe previously
5
the
..
Janica Corcoran said the instructions wisstoßer to the General Aestrably of the and leave reco brokers on the Londca
at the elder Christian girls were confrmed Before I close thus Report of the School, must say a few wurde about the Eurasian the Governor, who made a charreteristicosded in getting of them supported, Fection of it. This Braneh has been car
to these constables were given at the Church of Scotland, that now, the funds of the Institution arried on with auch dificulty, owing to cally guarded address.
Central Statione That the Governor, who is not an enthusiast only chargeable for 27; and for them to lack of a proper teaching Staff. The younger
His Lordship asked if it was in so upon any kind of high-toned mission, are hoping that, are long, friends will be children, in order to receive an English cordance with their instructions le drag cannot be accused of making frothy raised up. Surely there are many who as Education, attend daily 20 classes at the man to the station without any proper apceokes, and on this occasion he appear. sonn an they bear of our needs, will, in Diocesan Hume Boy School; but will the ed to enjoy
Aanzen of ralief when he view of the anteld good likely to recrue to sides on Eurabian, and Americanized are tong or
Inspector Corcoran said it was in
it was sometimes informed the boys that they would full anch rescued children, by carafu! their mision even they did nothing training and education, be quite willing to Chinese, of ego varying from 17 10 27 difficult for these constables to understand
the difficulty is great. Wo
hope, ere when a chage was properly made, but if it more than succeed in earning their living. mndertake the support of one or more of ong, the way will be open for us to estão, was found at the station that Tha charge That from a governmentel point of view the members of our now large family of lish a separate Boarding and Day School was not a proper one the person arrested
this is the logical outcome of the gospel orphan and destitute children.
of
moral
paying by results, and is unanswerable oulate that 225 a year will pay for food and for girls lack of funds for the present, pro-would at unge be refossed,
freute us from doing this. Beanwhile we His Lordship-It is a perfeclly mens-
Kreat
a pubis expected
have expressed their intention of separating The from the Duck Labourers Union, D ck Laboarers will not consent to t
laboureía pet. separation, alleging i
that the
thoval
of certain features of the reredes at Dack-owners to grish onraal labourers, boat people, the evidence of
the boat
St. Paul's Cathedral to which objaslion Clavin, on his return to England, was has Inspector Corcoran gavo evidence us to
taken been by the Low Church party. en luisalo lly revived. Owing to tru TRS CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. unfair treatmeus received by Blavin at the Hia Lordship asked if the Inspector gere London Dec. 18- The Margous of hands of Smith's supportere, the Pelican instructions to the Judian and Chiness Engedalo has been appointed to succeed Club have expelled she members of their constables ander his charge
the Earl of Hopetoun as Lord High Com Club who took part in the attack at him, xou Slavin as the Champion of England, The DARING ROSDEUX OF DIAMONIS,
Stock Exchange have presented Slavin with Jasdan, Deo. 17-A London postman as urse of 300 sovereigns, and it who was delivering the Cape lettere and that his will be accorded a
accorded a public present- diamonds was set upon in Bation Garden, ation of £2000. gagged, and robbed of his mails and jewels revolt occurred at Bio Janeiro on the the value of the diamonds stolen is £20,000. | 18th inet, but was suppressed after severo
THE IMPERIAL FEDERATION LEAGUE.
fighting, and considerable trouble, Brili London, Dec. 16. -Lord Balisburg will try law has been proclaimed throughout receive a deputation from the Imperial Brazil, and a Civil war is feared. The Fedoration Largine on January 19. funds of the public Trossury are exscated, THE BOULLING CHAMPIONSHIP. and the position is considered critical London, Dic 17-O'Connor claims the -The Nov. C. B. Spurgeon la reported although it leaves, to an advocate of a simple clothing of a child's learing of ahall be glad to secure the services of astrous thing that a man should be dragged reulling championship of the world, and to be seriously ill. higher education, much to be desired. Bourse, the expense of education and That there is this consolation in the con- management to be met by the School, teacher here. We are in anion to the station on the bare allegation of has posted 50 dollars towards a watch for Tea thousand miners have struck nå⠀⠀
with friends at home, and shalt probably sampai oton. If the police want to 2500 dollars a side for the championship. Charleroi, in Belgium, for an increato LE templation of such a practical standpoint These expenses, however, are not
Buon hear of the sypunutment of a suitable keep out of trouble they had better dis. He wishes to row either Temaer or Stans wages and shorter hours lace at Georgie
drunken riot took means, and does so with an utter absence The Head Mistrem (who is also Matron)
illegal. of cant and humb
humbng
which
gives her whole time without any remuner work,
Parents or guardians wishing to rend Inspector Corcoran said if the constabla dollars each between Kemp, Stansbury, two whites being killed, That the Duberek Commission,
alion, and we are met that Junary phildren to us for either, section of the say the piloter drunk at that time ha O'Conner, Gaudaur. Hanlan, und lituself. Arisen from the ashes of the Committee such an ens, to superittend. Ve matare Home; will, on application, receive full in would consider it his duty to take him in SGCAND: AND FORTUGAL and pounds in the winter of a matela which had suffered a collapse, is a formid help hia also been given some nativa
Londos, Dec. 19The Lisbon prass between Slavin and Jackson, and there is able body, and may be trusted to poke up male teachers, M. Mok Lai Chi: Mr. formalion sa to terms &c. I had lardly charge
เค
His Lordabip-But the police constable charge the Englen at Ngassa with having every probalisty of the com
contest being: the smouldering fires of this mol-vexed Ng Chak Tong Mr. Ho Yeu and Mr. Bay that we are at all tipos glad to quastion, Why do we pay for an
aan Obserra Shan Kwas-in Arithmetic and advanced | Visitors over the Institution. The schontasys the man was drunk, Rud that lie tanidered a Dutchmen and an Ausician, D
Chinees. The House work, (cooking and hours are from 98.. 10 T with an lonk hura ip simply because the sampan and with Friday and Saturday bext, for the original That His Excellency's definition of the ob-washing,) is done largely by the girls them hour's interval for Jaseli &s, and if friendsroman said he had not paid his fare Unpting to mucler For match and return watch botwcon BUDK
fects to be almed at by the Commission is elves, under the puperintendenco of wishing to visit us will come
a wrong one, and I am sure that is not the occurred on board a vissel lying in the confirmed by AEREAS and Singapore, and if the return folly and neatly expressed; viz... bow the | Christian women; and they also makabuers, they HAY BAY DUM at work in that is his view of his duty i na auro it EXPLOSION ON A !
Observatory might be made better to serve their own clothes and shoes, speciters of school
In conclusion, I desire to thank the no- The prisoner, on being asked if he had harbour at Ronan, the cargo of which con- the prastioni purposes for which it was which work can be seen after the prizes meru frds here and elsewhere, Bard any statement, mid he know no more about Wared of 1600, tons of petroleum. The et The A. D. C. were to give a
instituted by the colonyce Shepherd,
have been distributed.
was cansed by one of the sailors performance of the Pantomime on Thurs. That the services of tir Brice
The School is
plosion the tonda of the Hos I drunk that he did but remember anything mcking on board were killed, and Jamrogo
ILome, which were bighly spoken of by Grant-in-aid side of Class III ander the pean and Asalio, who have a liberally the che than the dead, He
Sebeme, the education
Several persons treat they will be sul pastest syropathy, that he has not his tailu with Tin, de me verd to properly one exiged autourtleg to us by
it on. board, after having nail it fur
800,000 frames At the Examination to so likewise, and thus enable to they received, and I do not think that and Composition ea given
such a precedent in
of the Government onto the pencets of the Institution. to prove December 21st wo prezented 30 girls
Zendon, Deo 10-Owing to the unset dangerous one in this
Belp in the
In the shape of dieord d European supposing the man to have beep an Lisauber ted of a fairs
state
and the "Conacquaut in
p1&l Asstralia by and also scraps of material, suitable for
anned, what he had no digg wholesale ironmongers, have In the United States, the trembles with
said was corn, st although the man said he London shipping business to the asstern tha mais in is in 6 ming & rique had paid the fare already, and the consta enports of the Kingdom. The he. Port General Rivaa init med a rebellion at
Fornaluia!
W. M. Deane, President of the Club, oo- copied the chair, and there was a large attendance,
Mr A. K. Travers, Hon. Secretary, sald that since last meeting it had been ascer tained that the Shanghai Team, would
not be here next week, but it was pro- posed to keep the cricket diya as they had been fixed, Wednesday, Thursday
match should not be finished on Saturday
ould be continued on Monday. (Ap-|
day evening, to which they had very kindly
invited the Singapore visiter (Applauna.)
The Chairman said the business before
be meeting was to consider the question
to whether Cricket Ball should be
en Monday, the 27th inst, in benour of the
visit Team,
it of the Biraite Tabs. oposed that ball
should
dbsgiren and said he believed they were all anonimons on that point.: (Applause,}} The only question was as to what shape fake-whether it should
be a bail
it should
the expornos of which would be entirely by the Club of whether it should
defrayed
be absorption ball. He proposed that
it be a subnoription ball, the subscription
that the Governor anya ciarly what he considering the size of the Institutiords to take charge of this branch of the continue that practice. It is utterlymer suggests weenslako of 1000 1,8 and ended in twenty beg
tory
pontributed
-will-400
during
these
tugawe,
view of his duty he is instructed to take. has
ouly continue happened. He could
And
-3-20
mittee, fully deserved the recognition racters, Arithmetic, History: Geography, but that they will help us by getting othe bace to suraming Up, PAPIR.
#baldon
A.
and
The Pelican Club have offered a thou
-It is
on
to recognize the Brazilian Republic, natal
au hority that the Great Powers refuse A PATROLEUM VESSEL. London, Dec. 20-A disaatious explosion it is fully
National As
Emu Boy has a seriona relapas, and forsome time his life has been despured of. The Louden patinen are now threatening To out o
DIVEREISY OF THE LONDON THALE
are dismissed be held in to ou strike quleas con-Union men
4. Congress in sborily to
Paris, so dinguss the queation of the ad vieability of permitting Asiatics in be fas troduced inlu New Orldoxin, The Con-
That there are many things which ought to There would have been a larger number, uthing *.il bo most gratefully received, renses 100 provocation he recited was labourers strikoag out of the Dock gras also disentas - the proponit in
digent of our local laws seams to be anal fear to make up the required numbering patchwork. A warm friend a very considerable indeed. The police Jory to trade, Mener, Dean Bronnect New Caled
taking alone can accomplish-get-al-able the
of atiendances (200).
Of the 30 present-
seemed
and these things will never get dupe ea, one alone failed in salizlying the Toully promised us a seringnies actinasuay, that what the maufian woman headed a movement for the transfer of the the hegre population ale' moreaking, khu
to those who can do them
will be mat nigrin 10 thó unless strong inducements are held out Examiner, and the failure was the in helping them with their work. As our
lowest clsaf, and owing to defective Nu- That it is sound policy on the part of the aeration, Dr. Eitel's Report, to hand Financial your is drawing to a close, it ende Government to encourage all such ezita sesterday, says: This Schubs has delia Moro Jet, I shall ft moet grateful
ghahed self by uniformly good
work in overy way.
ble accordingly dragged his off to the police Firs talis from Grimsby for Australian She Sairador, which has been promjuls station, possibly to look him up all night ports in January. PEIBT,
to be fixed at en per member, with 3- for That the advent of the Singaporeans to the Chinese Character) in all the flood fintetending kutsenbers will send their bepun the mere a legation of the Bulgar
every guest (limited to them any
our so-called American flareared Colony Examination, and more particularly by
for the current year before that date.
Mrs Folding Clube, tulorg distributing
News from Amerie, alates that · GYEN woman. That action on the part of the pri Landon, 21st ed. *--Inter particulars of 51,000 casaud influirán azo reported in lioman mounted to an annully and the the Smith-Slavlu ight shows it took place New York alour,
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