1896-05-27 — Page 3

-Wednesday, May B7, 1805.

Mass Chater sad Vernon report that busi- ness in the bare markot is aluek and the market quiet. During the past week rates

have ruted steady.

THE Wongkos (Captain Stenham), the last addition to the Eeet of Scottish Oriental steamers, arrived from Bangkok yesterday in the record time (for Boottish Oriental steam. ers) of five days, eleven bours,

Tas P. & O. 6.6. Aden, Capt. R.. E. L. HI, R.N.R., will leave for Shanghai, Na- Faaski, Kobe and Yokohama at noon to. morrow, the 28th May, instead of daylight an advertised elsewhere.

It is reported from Singapure that the liquidator of the Oriental Bank Corporation hopes to arrange for the payment, Kext meath, of a fiith dividend. The amount will probably be equal to 6 per cent. Urom taking bis ceat in the Sapreme Court at Slugspore on the 20th inst, the Chief Justice, Sir Lionel Cox, was congratulated by the Attorney General (on. W. B. Col-

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TRE QUEEN'S STATUE,

PROGRAMME FOR UNVEILING QEREMONY.

The following is the official programme for the unveiling ceremony of the Queen's Statue, which takes place to-morrow at 5.30 p.m.

1. When His Excellency the Governor oppears in sight, the Troops will shoulder. On His Excellency's arrival at the Grand Stand the Troops will *Present Arme,' and the Royal Stand ard will be unfurlod,

•

2. The address by Hon. C. P. Chater

and His Excellency's reply.

3. Voreiling of Status.

4. Feu-de-joic.

THE CHINA MAIL.

remural, and with all respect to yourself, If they were illegal, neither you nor the Sanitary Board had any right to allow them to remate.

sume you have it now. I venture to think the paragraph just quoted, from the Board's letter to the Goverment, is what you would sali, if I were the writer, grass miarepre- sentation."

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5. Royal Bulute from Military and Fittor given by the Bas permission has been between the boards and the roof re

Emanuel.

G. March Past of Troops

The following gentlemen have kindly consented to help the Jabiles Committed to recive guests to-morrow:-M: towart, Mr H. W. Robertson, Mr G. Potts, and Mr J. Barton.

Mr

dirk

KAB-

ENGLAND,

Net, e'en now, louros dark and far 1 England! arm thee, to? a conflict See the war-oloade thicken round thee.

And behind Lasm there is war.

War in grims and feerfal fulness Lies in wait, around, within; Wake and arm thes, England, England!

See i thy foos are elusing in.

Soon has calised to speuions reet;

face thee; Ecgland wavy a storm, thea threatening, Nons might singly hope

Yes, they've muttered, Peace is best:"

Now, wid years of idle drivel,

Faddiets wreck the nation's weal, Busy building asts, but auver,

Ships to carry Hodge's meal, England art thou brainless, voiceless?

Is tby spirit gone for aye P Shall we hold our ocean Empire With a fleet built by-and-by?

Hedge enraptured, idly fattene As a pig, well-fed, in styo: Whilst Old England, fattened, helpless,

Glade the foreign butcher's eye."

With a free and ready and, Bugland thou hast helped the nations Frosty giving blood and treasure, Often called aleas to etand:

Now the infant nations nourished,

By ily care to manhood's might, Beek to slay their faster-mother,

Hide her fame in shame's fool aight.

10. I have read very carefully the copy

21. No reference was made at the Meet- of Government Notification No. 373, you

which to my mind places the ille-ing, or in your minutes as to whether Police. sent me,

of these cocklofts beyond all dispute. man No. 108 is (as he told me he was) the gality

11. The Notification states among other sols authority as to what sub-staden should No permission will be granted remain up and what should some down. things, that for the continuance of cacklofts, unless the That was one of the questions raised in my top Boers of such cocklufts do not ax-letter. The ana-shade in front of No. E is tend over more than one-half of the floor sill is my opinion worse, owing to its mode ares of the room, and has a clear space of erstenation, that those that were adjoió- above it of not less than 8 feet, and halowing it these were made of zine or tin laid It of not less than 9 feet saurod vartioal-on China fir boards, having wo large, boles ly. In the case however, of cocklofts on or receptacles for filth or rermin to lodge ground floors, that do not comply with therein; their thickness being about one inch these onditions, no persission will be caly, exclusivo of the battens to which the for boards were fixed. The shade at No. 65 is granted for their continuance czcept for bo storage purposes only. (It will be interest- & built up one. baring a deep fato ceiling Ing to know if

for these cocklofts to from about fine to 16 inches in

only.).

forming inside a large receptacle st 20d for storage purposes

I am still of opinionades 12. Now, Sir, you saw mo on the 9th mentioned for barbouring all kinds of instant, in the presence of Mr Ede, measure ith, vermin, do,

floor of No. 7, ing that other and equally good ground the height from the Wing Sing Lane, to the underside of the in the neighbourhood wers removed, this cuckfof: in that shop; the height was 7 feet one ought to have been runsved also, and G.7 inches. I also pointed cut to you and that ita retention or otherwise, ahould not

Ede at the time, that there was a have been left to a Policeman.

I deay the insinuations in the last Go- Chinese bed on the cockloft, which we all

the railing of the cockleft; it paragraph of the letter to the Baw, threagh B

was then you stated that the cockloft was vernor, and still adhere to the whole text of illegal, and you were correct in the last paragraph of my latter in the certainly Captain H. B. Lethbridge, the Acting your statement. You did not tell us, how-China Mail, which was as follows, were sleeady self the efforts of the Sanitary Board ledgo, sabeequently,

you Iyer), on behalf of the Bar, upon his honour | Captain Superintendent of Police, has mada? over, and the fact only came to my know-viz. No one appreciater more than England! shall they float, doride thee P excellent arrangements to maintain erdor acquainted (or ought to have been,) with to improve the sanitation of the Colony. Of with flatters, down with juggling, and decorum. The whole square, includ- the existence of those alleged illegal I am now and always have been prepared ores, ewing to your own instrastione, any reasonable measure for improving ite Ma Pochajce Pestonjes Mobrjee, an old and ing the cricket ground, is to be surround-cocklufts, and that they were in exist to assist and support the carrying ent

would advocate even more stringent mea- well-kupwa Parser resident of Singapore, ad with a guard of police. To prevent the after an laspector bad given orders for sanitation, and in fact in some cases, I sures. What I do object to, however, and

at is the reason died at Farues Lexge, on the 19th inst. and grand stand being occupied by others than their removal.

for a my now writing you, Was buried the same day at the Farsee ticket-holders it has been arranged that

that is

Connistes the Board and its officers Cemetery, Mount Palmer. He has left two holders of tickets of admission to the stand

that all these regulations are not carried

I hold and mons, the elder of whom is in Bingapore and present their tickets at this enclosure to the younger in studying for the bar at Down-gain admittance. The tickets are to be

should treat story one in the same manner.

years ago, Jog College, Cambridge. Three days pre-given up at the entrance to the stand.

and not blow hat and then cold. Probably ceived notices months and vlous the decoured gentleman completed the Ticket-holders are requested to be in their

most of the owner referred to have re-

places by five o'clock. Rickshae and chairs

they have been allowed to lapse, no steps sixty-eighth anniversary of his birthday.

more consideration was will not be allowed inside the enclosure.

being taken at the time shown to the batter-class Chinone, and no favouritism but all treated in the same im-

rtial

combined with a little tact part

of knighthood.

ARRANGEMENTO POL TICKET-WOLDELS.

į

that

18. In your minute to the Board, I note you still say they are legal for some reason or other.

14. For the information of yourself and the Board, on Saturday afternoon last, ascertained the respective measurements of the ground floors of the first seven shops, Sing Lane, commencing from Queen's Road on the east and west sides of this Wing Central, and also made a note of the par- poses for which the cooklofts were being

ou each of them.

in

without

"fear of favour,

But

Deet thou held thine owa with fear? England! let thy childron bear.

Clear, defiant, high, imperious,,

As thy power, thy fame diotalon, Once for all the wariske mandato

CORRESPONDENCE.

Plungor (tailings) Pump have been squared and brought on the Mipo. The water wheel has coms up river and most of the CHINESE CUSTOMS IN HONGKONG.

parts are now on the Mine. The Race from To the Editor of the CRINA MAIL.

the Mill to the Main Dim may be said to May 26, 1890. S12.-Ku reply to the letter signed Kados ba practically finished, and the Tail Race

the 22u3 from the Jalis River to the Mil! iq in which appeared in your issue inst..

I regret being able to fully explain very forward state. This work has been the glaring discrepancy to which he draws auch interfered with by the heavy rains

we have

been getting during the past fort attention. Live and learn' is a god old night. I need not tell you that I am look→

take

English proverb, and-tbanks to Hudas-- I was not before aware that the Heading forward to the time when the water

wheel will bo

for work, with much bo ready

effect laterest, as not quarters of the Chinese Customs was in Hongkong.

in Braw The first question is: By what au- rest, swing in only will it offoot & very thority the Chinees Customs have established out of the worry and trouble consequent on

haring to

to handle such large quantities of themaeirea in Hongkong'?

In answer to this question I would inform that article during wat weather when our

roade are little better than a wire.

• Kudos that I have raneaoked the

A brick kile has been built for our wa Archives of my humble bouteir, waded through the stiff and monotoasue phraseology here and a melting hones put up for the

rest use of the Cyanide Chemist. of the Treaty agreements between Grest Britain and Chis, and I have failed to seo any planse-cr saving clause-conferring upon China the right to establish a revenue station in Hongkong. A friend of mine, bowever, who has been resident in the colony for a ossiderable number of years, assures me that China has the privilege of having at Office in Hongkong in connection with Opium anly.

If to the second question,--' I In 200wer the Government was aware of the serious nature of such an institution established in the Colony to this I reply by saying that the reosat ovents in the Transvaal have

that

fozoibly brought to the notice of the Homo Brise al may arise d Gorerament the dangera

Statua displayed,

the Quesos

any mament from an Imperiurs in Imperis.

day and the will be unveiled,

In another

in

or two

Road making has been pushed on into the jungle for bringing on firewood and other timbers, and the whole of the Mins workinga securely fenced in,

Labmir-I regret to say the supply of this

a fallen oft vary considerably, and I fear we may sufer greatly in this direction for and some time to ecme owing to the drain caused by the making of the Road from Kuala Kube to Kwalu Lipia by the Govern ment.

The strong measures we have taken and are still carrying out to suppress Gold steal ng are no doubt a large factor in prevent ing labour from coming in.

The Camp is healthy, payments are made the work promptly and the greatest care taken of as evidenced by the small people as

accidents. Of course I need percentage of

of Britannia in this light and majoats not tell you that the labour supply of the

в colony will

be

and the native population of these distant State of Pahang is not nearly up to the de- that mand and it farther proofs were necessary.

'From bars ingrates clear my gates." bores will have optical demonstration I read only putot out that in making the

Ragland show thy freeborn children, Oar in blood and specah with thes, Glorians in thair free, fresh manhood,

They con ne'er forsaken be:

the rale of the Empress-Queen is roal and

Cart Road from Raub to K. Lipin the Go- eotnal. I hope it will have the effect impressing fact that the

the Chiness portion of the vernment have been compelled to adopt the Bon of old system of forcing the London of the community

racions Districts to supply men for the not- rals ic Heaven' does not

ia Hongkong, work. It goes without saying that this

of

Ayo, Advance and sweep before thee i witaocanding that through the fedueace cut off the supply available hitherto to

Gallie faith, and Russian guile, Foil the Prussian's ready mischief:

Victory must on England amilo,

À SPECIAL Bession of H. M. Jastices of the There are two large heaps of stones inside used, and the respective number of beds forged. If a tee to sen them on-England than hast built an Empire,

Peace was held in the Justice" Room at the the enclosure which are to be coolosed Magistracy to-day-Commander Hosting, within repos. The general public will be

found

15. I have embodied this information in the folowing Table, which I think explains

Acting Police Magistrate, Mr E. W. Mit admitted to these ranlags grounds aptit itself. The table is aígned by Capt. Barnie on the Board, I am sure you

Such as Done might build save thee: And Imperial are thy children, For Britannia rales the ses

And thy mandate to the notione Must by force upholdan ha Wall they know thy strength, O

lead?

Let them feel it, be thou frent

as correct, he having verified my measure-will fad that the botter-class Chinone,

Board

would assist them all they possibly ments &a. (in my shaunceyesterday morn instead of obstructing the operations of the way could. There is a right and a A wrong England! freedom is thy life-blood,

I of doing things. In this mattor, afraid, however, that the cubordinate off- cials have strach the wrong way.

ohell, and Mr W. H, B. Arthur being those prezent, Elizabeth Goldberg applied for a transfer of her publioan's licence to tell and retail intoxicating liquors on the premises at Nos. 90 and 92 Queen's Road West, known as The Western Hotel to Fitzroy MR W. DANBY AND THE SANITARY Inglodew Francis Bedford, formerly of the

they are fully occupied. Ticket-holders are particularly requested to obeerve the ing. instructions giren to avoid Inconvenience and trouble to the Police.

1st Battalion Rifo' Brigade. Mr Bowley appeered for the applicant. There were no abjections by the Police. It was unani- mously agreed to grant the transfer.

SMALLPOX is prevalent in Kobe, and we regret to letto that several of the foreiga residents are down with the disease. We also learn from the Hobs Chronicle that a peculiar kind of forer which the doctors have found it difficult to diagnose is preva lent, and a week ago over a hundred patients were being treated in the Higus. hiyava hospital. De Kitashims, who was on his way to Kagawa, broke his journey at Hobo, and made an examination of some of the parlents at the hospital. According to the Japanese papere, he has discovered spiral-shaped bacteria in the blood of patients, and describes the disease as re. torrent favor. There have been 328 caces of this disease reported since the let April, of which to have proved fatal.

BOARD.

A REJOINDER BY MR DANBY, The following letter has been forwarded

to Mr B. McCallum, Scoretary of the Sa

nitary Board, by Mr W. Danby -

Hongkong, May 26th, 1896.

Dean S18,-Adverting to the publish- ad account in the local papers of the proceedings at the meeting of the Sanitary Board on Thursday last, the 21st instant, I have the bunour to request that you will lay this letter before the Board at ito next mesting

9. Before proceeding further, however, I wish to assure you and the Board, that the letter of mine referred to at the meet- ing, and published in the China Afuil of the 14th instant was (sa Mr Ede stated at the meeting) published in good faith and pro bono publics. I still adhere to the statements made thercia, and have nothing to withdraw.

and which? bad every rou.

9. I desire most emphatically to protest the remarks in reference to myself, against both in the minate circulated to the Bazed by the Presidoat and yourself, and also to the statements made about myself by the President at the Basting, and to the

animus shown by him towards myself.

4. I think it my duty to state, that when I called upon the President on the 11th

repest ä

courteously I was bot instant, and had to remind him, that I had called dent of the Sanitary President upon bir as Bunce,' in referenca to certain information I had resins (and still have) to believa aon at the time (and doing a good turn by irforming him which was done with a these reports, view to him (as President of the Sanitary Board) causing enquiries to be made as to he, the truth or otherwise of them; oving to hia oficial position, could better and more easily do so than myself, a pri- vate individual, even had I felt inained to

Two coolies were brought to the Central Pulice Station Festorday and charged with coiting and wounding two other men in No. 11 Rutter Street. Inquirias were made into the case, and it was discovered be reliable, and that I thought I was

that early yesterday morning a quarrel had arison in a brass worker's shop at No. 11 Ratter Street. The quarrel resulted in a fight in which it is alleged the two men in Bustody threw shoppers wounding one man in the leg and another in the shoulder. The injured men were sent to the Govern

evidence.

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Netherale Hospitals begs to acknow ledge with thanks the following donations to the funds of the Hospitals

fu

of

Wing Shing Lane, Measurements of certain Houses therein,

THECO on cn 60 m

7.9

of Height Clear Height

Length

Length of

Попае

Shop.

12.0

14.0

7.5

of Cooklufts. Balow Ahova.

Adulta

Width of 100ft Purposes

at

12.10

21

15.3

No Ocoklofte 14.0 7.4

13.6

Beds and Tabiga.

22.6

15.9

14.0 7.7

6.4

12.0

ફ્

4 Brio and Baggago,

No Cooklofts

35.6

15.6

14.0 7.8

19.6

3

3 Bods and fixed shelves.

No Cockleft (ased as a Godown.)

7.3

12.10 7.4

36.10

19.6

13.10 7.7

15.0

19.8 7.8

5,8

5.1

12.0

19,6

12.6

45.0

21.0

149 7.11 6.3

14.7

6.9

12.0

4 Beds and Baggage,

6 Beds and Baggage.

2 Boda and Baggage.

6 Beds and a little Baggage. 5 Boda, Tables, and Baggage,

2 Sleeping bats and Blankets rolled up.

3 Sleeping Mats

(The figures in Redfie, adults at 400 cnb. ft.] are

my own.)

ditto.

for which Clucklofts used. 5 Beds and Baggage.

23. In the letter from the Board to the drafted by the Government (which Wad

thol

local news- nt), and published in President), papers, the following statement appears, that have been made, the inquiries the

Board in informed, that the price of pre.

paring plans for the alterations of cooklofts

has

reached the handsome sum of from

820 to each, so that doubtless large

$70

of money have bees paid to work the

the parties

entrusted with

orsole." of such plans.

the preparation of su

24. On behalf of myseil, Messrs Leigh & Paimor & Tarner, and Mr Orange, Messra Pal

part

otherwise), 1

maximum

his

servant Sir Robert Hart he has

secured a footing in the Colony. The sharp companies and others carrying on work

asures which H. E. Sir Wil here.

Health-This may bo said to be fairly

liam

and prompt took on a recent jocasion to vindicate tho exalted position he holds as

the representative of our illustrious Bover- A Chinese Mandarin from Kuw- sign, when

Eng-

of

Then wax'st but he free or die: Heaven to theo this role hath given,

Hold then Freedom'a banner bigh.

None may stay there, none oan daunt

thea,

For then dost not stand alone,

Florida to Behring knoweth

Bagland's cause ie all their own.

SUPREME COURT.

IN CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

Q.

(Before His Benour. J. W. Carrington, Chief Justice).

Wednesday, May 27.

THE FILE AT PRAYA WET-OHANGE OF ARSON.

of

be

good.

Rainfall-Total for the mouth is 73.

THE SANITARY BOARD.

J.

of

lopa came to Hongkong to perform a semi- public ceremony, and ignored the presenos of E. E. the Goremor, is suficient proof

A SINGAPORE OPINION. that the welfare of Hongkong is in the care

The question of the constitution of the 008

who will not allow ito political in-

tempered

Sanitary Bound at Hongkong, practically a with. terests to bo

Viewed without prejudice from the most Municipality limited to a special depart favourable position the prososos of the Cus ment, is to be submitted to a ballot by the toms establishment in Hongkong seems to British subjects of that place. The notice the ballot is signed by the woll- announcing be neither more nor less than the inertion

the thin end of the wedge—so dear to kuown nam Era. T. Jackson, A of O. P Chater, T. H, Chinees diplomsey, which the wily Chinees Whiteheads, N. 3. 3.0, T. Jack801

MeConachie,

Bad J. J. adroitly accomplished. It Mandarinate so adrul rotten and, affoto tion in the much

one diaputod treat pity that the is a great Empira of China, should, through Bitby or an unofficial majority, and it is on that tuote, command the services of Britishers that the British of Hongkong are asked to believed in Hongkong that docide, ba props to streng: whose abilities ought then the glorious Empire pen which the the Government are prepared to sun never sets, instead of being the paid result of the ballot as a guide in constitating

The

public of Chinese Mandarins, whose the new Sanitary Board. BLIVADL

organa of that Colony call upon everybody reguery can only be equalled by the bare-

znake who is qualified to vote

point of food duplicity with which they try to evade who is

doing so, as the real question at issue is the

atimus in all Treaty stipulations

is to be officials or Kudos, I must again tender him my ruled entirely by offe thanks for bis vainable information, as 1 tish inhabitants are to have that voice in the was not aware that the gentlemen in ques-control of their own

and their interests en enake the ake for them than were exempt from serving as Jurors. once, their experience is that their inBu

names above given and compare night on the part of

Council of the Executive It is just possible that it may be an over-title them to have. Take for instanc up the Jury List, and I hope that he will at

It

to accept the

In reply to the third question asked by broad one of whether HongKohe Bri-

the official who makes

ones add the names of the Customs' staff re- sident in Hongkong, to the List of Jurers, seeing there is no valid azous put forward for their exemption. Yours,

Denisos, e protest most strongly against sush aaauthorised statement on the the matter of the President, so fat

(by insinuation cr refers to ourselves,

The hearing of the charge of areon against authority I have the written of f the above gentleman for stating, that in Tang Sai Chay and Lau Wai Chiz, the uc. cupants of the premises at 48 Prays West, have their charges for preparing which were recently destruyed by fire, nus

the

DO CASO

resumed to-day- piano &c., auch an those teforred to by the President, exceeded the aum of $20, and in my own practice also I have never charged more than that sum for similar work. The President never extend ed his senquiries to any of us, and be glad to know where he made them, and his authority for making such au accusation against the whole of the architects in this Calony

"The above-naried gentlemen and my

95

we shanid

Mr R. K. Leigh, C.E. and architect, gave evidence as to the appearance of the premises after the fire, and bia opinion as to how the destruction of certain parts of the house bad taken place.

Me Richardson, of Mesara Bradley and Company, gare evidence as to the Insur ance policy given on the building by the Northern Assurance Company.

Francis, in closing the case for the self deny the shore statement and insinua-rown, stated there were two more witnes tions of the President most emphaticallyses they had had at the Magistracy whom

graceful not of and would look upon it 68

did not intend to call, they would

Mr Robinson-Are they not for cross. justles on his peri to ourselves, if he was

the above-quoted paragraph in examination ? withdraw the letter of the Board to the Government.

opinion

28. I agres with tas President that thers

may be B

bee difference of

as to what

Mr Francis-It is not the praction of the Court, and the Crown is not obliged to pat

in for pruss-examination,

JUSTITIA

PUNJOM MINING COMPANY. MANAGER'S MONTHLY ESPORT.

with or of

Hongkolonies,

the other two Hastera Crown Ha would be

Executive Council. could measure it self, to capacity and knowledge of would assert that the pollentive intellept of

affairs, against the Hongkong helf-dosen, and yet, forsooth, it has hitherto been the as it is the Singapore Hongkong policy, a

beld man indeed who

the

policy, to discount the value of the par- ticipation of non-officials in public busi The Secretary of Tus Puejom Miningness and to cusure that, matorer the official view shall prevail, and the non-official view he nullified, it Company, Limited, advizes us that he has question he, the off received the following Progress Report for the Hongkong Government frankly accept dosire for an unofficial majority popular on the new Banitary Board, and act upon April from the Manager at the Miner

Mining. This han continued to have

it, they will have gone far to admitting the our best attention and I am pleased to say good progress has beau made. Our pros. force of a sand working principle, where pecto ars still fairly good and uniosa some local matters are concerned Singapore thing unusual happens our output of Gold Free Frem, For some time at least, should be such as pill show a fair profit on the cost of work The Attorney General said they were ing

"August Shaft, 200 ft. Lecal-This point as Robinson said ander three circum- hes again bad a good deal of attention and present if they were required.

witsome of the faces look encouraging, Bo beau forced upon me by the action of the atonces he would only call one Board at ite last meating. The originalness and that was a technical one,Mir far, however, Gillies' Roof has not some architect If there was that improvement I had reassu to hope lottar was published in the Press, that the Denison, risoners would like to say fo mode in which the cleansing operations anything

We are stilt extending the North drive

in abuse, and respectfully refer you to the Isat line the President's minute, az to

what I, and many other people, would call 'abuse'

of a very serions kind.

to

27. I

I regret exceedingly having to take

up, and resume this matter, in the way it has

the

Mt Fobinson said he only wished to know

if they were intended for cross examination.

the prisoners

do

I, the undersigned, certify the above were being carried on throughout the City he thought this would be the right time for

Quer,

that no

18. I should be glad to

respect, that hatt

боле

of

W. D:

for.

of value.

we have

NORTH BORNEO NOTES,

We regret to have to obrocide the death of Mr G. Sahueter, which took place na the 19th ultimo, after a very short illness, Me

Schuster arrived here but a few months ago er Andetant to Mr W. G. Darby.

A pabila meeting was held on the ultime at which it was resolved to hold the

It is satisfactory to note that the telegraph

hero to put up instruments, and

5. The information I gave the President manurements, and the sumber of Beds I might be brought directly to the pubile no them to make any statement which they and running out dross out to make sare ment Civil Hospital. At the Magistracy was of the two kinds, one referring to the on the floors of the respective cuskiofie tice of A. E. The Governor the murmer wished to masks, Ths preotice at home that nothing is being missed. We are also annual Agricultural Show on the 26th

wure 'not lond but deep,' and 1 venture to ship had read an article in a recent insuse of and South Best, but so far without finding Birthday is to be observed. today the two ocolies were brought before any rumours in circulation, as to curtain at about 10 am. on Monday, the 25th isst., inga among all sections of the commualty was varied. He did not know if his Lord- Į driving South on the course of the North / Satant, the day upon which the Ques

which looked more than 'suspicious,

think, with all E. BURNLE.

the principal Officers of the Board bear the Nineteeth Ceatury which dealt, smaug anythios have been sónk from the In.az now passed Panuugab, and is co its way

other things, with this point. Many Commander Hastings obarged with cotting and others, which I know of and had correct.

expected and wounding the two men who are in asen mayadi, as to the retention of certain

illegal cocklofts, and the palling down of 17. The Board will notice from this Table, more in touch with the Community, eminent judges had adopted that couras as termediate to this Level for convenience expected reperintendent is shortly hospital. The Maginizate remanded the eartsin legnt cock lofts; the former informs that out of the 14 houses referred to therein there would have been no occasion taraf being the beat. He concurred in the of working and two partien of mon are now Fenungah will then be in communication Mat Salleh has visited the Sugut police- case to enable the Police to got further tion was privats and confidential, and the eleton are in my opinion strictly illegal, of these letters to have been written. opinion expressed by Mr Stephen, and be engaged stoping out ore for the Mill. On with Bandakan.

suggested the prisoners be naked to make the couras of the East and West Reef wo latter was not; and it was to the former and three legal. The other botste in the Yours truly,

WM. DANEY,

their statement.

are prospecting for the continuation of the Casse only I naturally assumed the letter Lane, are all of the same alsas and resed for

M. Inst. O. B. of the President of the 16th instant refer-somewhat similar to know if the Fre-

The prisoners both said they did not set Western Chute of ore, and sithongh wa atation, outering according to onetoms with

Wheatley, who unfortunately had left for {

not] FS-Coples of this letter will be sent to fire to the shop and stated they had no have found small patches of Reel which weapons. He wished to meet Mr zod to.

farther statement to mike.

may pay to stope eat directly wo 6. The President has evidently mized sident and yourself are still of opinion that

Mr Denison gave evidence as to the met with the Chute referred to. To test abk, but & message was sent after him, condition at the premises on the 19th and this immediately, we have now a winze and it is to be hoped that Mat Sailoh, tired Mr A. Wardrop writes to us that accord. the two cases together. I regret to see these cook lofts are legal, and if so, yeur zea. the local papers. from the Roard's letter to the Government, sons for such opinion, so that for the future,

28th May and his opinion as to the damage. coming down from the Intermediate on the of his jungle life, will naw nome in. no enquiries have as yet been made by owners of property may know the interprets an to the truth or otherwise of the first tion

bales on the 19:4 May which had been dia- tell us what, if anything, has happened to it for a man to remain

minutes, but that information I gave kim

covered by Mr Leigh. On the 26th he saw and why it is not found where expected.

"Intermediate Lett. We continue to broken that record by two minutes, the time the beles. Bo could not awear, but it was his pinion the holes were bored through draw largely on this point for var supply of having been observed by two gentlemen of this place, who state that the man did not between the 19th and the 28lb. He found are, and I am pleased to pay we seem to have

At Fagpeer fatigued by his immersion of six sad fresh endast on the floor and the top parts very large quantity in reserve.

sent the ore body is faily 15 feet wide in half minutes.-B. N. B. Herald. of the boles were clean,

lu cross-examination, he stated the floor places and looks strong enough to go to

depth.

Ler.There is nochango to re- was covered with rubbish and burned any paper.

The case was adjourned till Friday. pect here,

New Leader.This continues a busy point and is still giving a fairly large quan- CAPT. Ribberajike, bu purchased a life boat tity of ure for the Mill. It will do go for from the German ateauer Schliemann with some time to eme.

Dripage for the month, 480.6 feet; oro the intention of sailing across the Pacific!

N. J. Edojuma

Hon. H. B. Pollock

A. H. Rennie

Shows and Co.

James H. Cor

Lanka and Rogge

H. Buttonjoe

R. C. Hurley.

John Lemm....

J. Ronselst main

8. A. Joseph.....nd

P. O. Patell and go.

J. S. Porry"

Wan Hoo

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7. Had he asked me accompany either

yes and the Board pines upon Feti- fention No. 878.

19. In the matter of your letter of the bitaseif, or a responsible Officer to the 11th instant, that you gave the occupiers of addressed plates mentioned to him, I should have No. 91 ghd 103 Bosham Strand,

Cleansing Gang atating there was! the The been only too glad to have done so.

8. I venture to think, you will indue need to cleanse them for a few days,

That, on

out of place for me to make further refer and although you had directed

is

in his

did

of

He stated ho did not wee certain auger course of the oro state which cannot fail to ing to Tit Bite the boogter is

tims on record

native of this place has

THE invasion of vessels of all nationalities by the Opium and Spirit Farmers at Hang- kok and Singapore 826ms to be causing & good deal of illfeeling, The Singapore Fres Press gaya in regard to the Straits port - There must be not the least doubt as to the attitude of the commercial and shipplag on the part of the Spirit Farm extend ita community over any frosh pretension mads Milling. This was carried on during 27 inquisitions over the shipping trade of the fiat tew constraints or anBoysues injurious of smelted gold.

Cateining Works. This was run conti- to our repate as a free port. The position

up to a seaworthy way for the long vey

long, and has been decked over and axed

tolla

gunwie

with provisions and water. Capt.

los in Hongkong will expire, and it is quite further quiry, na to alleged damages with bis gunghrafe to inform the ments before long. Sir Napier Broom's time) on the Elst instant, seeing I look the So-written instructions of the Boorstary of the We learn that Shong Baotni has been and the little araft is loaded down to the days, crushing 1004 tous, yiolding 500 za ports of the Colony fo such a way as to in In Trinidad is alss drawing to a close, whilst / cretary of the Board and Mr Ede to the Beard were thus ignored by the Policeman. Ironworks, which he wil werk in conjunc. bim, sod expects to make the passage in only during the mouth, treating. 40 to be taken up in the matter is one of th the Falkland Islands, now held by Sir Roger / verandah. fours from which I saw dirty loondust of a dartsic Policeman in reference begmos, Herr You Breadt, is the object in oroming the Pasillo in a bons is tome of concentrates for a yield of 0 os, compromising antagonism to any auch move.

by hertigation, neither the number, Jank of Provincial todos. It is most States concerning his trip over the Old par ton is much lower than which Singapore

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS

(SUPPLIED TO THE CHINA MAIL"}

London, 26th May, 1896. all my referenses to Nos. 83 and 90 Bon- you and the President go off at a tangent

The Times states that Herr von Brandt, ham Strand (two of the large Hongs in from the point referred to in my letter, and as to whether the Policeman Bontism Strand referred to in my letter) quibble'

the floor, or

or placet it on

it on the former German Minister to Feking, has verified eventually. As, however, legal threw the letter on

any referents of

of any been appointed Adviser of Foreign Affairs proceedings are about to be commenced, in a desk. I never made a

I theos cases, against the Board, it would to kind to this subjest in my letter; what to the Teung-li Yamen, with the rank of

letter heing shown the be repudiated, the letter and its Minister. De to them now, bogord mentioning

to have Concerned wer that

the partion stating that Saxe a home pager:-Thers is bound to be that the President is again wrong in

letter to the Government ia. a shuffling of the gubernatorial cards before Danby fails to give the number of time and opportunity to clean their own pre- Ous 'Popular Plaue, handsome, fontos Ocean from Yokohama se San Franciscu, minod, 1061 tops, made up as follows: long, as Bir William Robinson's term of ser premises occupied by his clouts, so that mises, he proceeded to do mo, there and then strongs guaranteed wear, $925/388.-Wis about ready to start. The boat is 28ft. August Shaft, 668 tons; Now Lader, 508

Neither you, nor the Board Robinson & Úc.

mine at the Mest you vonons I can imagine no rearing, nor not practicable. expected that Sir Charles Mitchell will done to his client's cargo, and stock in trade denied this

diloca with the appointed to take obarge of the Hasyang itihbaratika takes two Japaness sate the governorship of the Straits Settloos for Bir Cooper making such a statement public how it came to pass that the

20. The President in his letter to the tion with a German syndicate of which the four or five months' time. The Captain's

states.

of melted gold. Yor will notice Partloularly at regards tonishing trade, for presently glorified subjecti "The ex-exsited diplomat and

only one in a atal 6 serion of lesturen. in the United conduct and polated ont to them, on the spot, the Government on this

The Tsotsi will be

be raised to the

the case last month, but this in a poria of call, should ger be taken to pre- counted for by the fact that we are not serve it as free as possible from the nagging is too vague to admit of

-Japan Hera'i

surveillance of the Farmer's underlings. Goldsworthy, who is also newly due for a water falling on my client's valuable mar to his action after receiving a note signed

chandise.

Consentrating gearly unal thing for a Chinens oflaint of this rank have anything to do with commercial or to

pure of

or Penang

whittled stray. And it is change. It is rumoured that the Governor. In the matter of the alleged illegal cock deflaire

In according Just Oyanide Works. Work here has now

og by 19lation additional mhip of Jamaton has been offered to Sir Har lofts in Wing Sing lane, I accept your verner that of the premises referred to being sion as to what you said on the occasion of

Leet against

ainst such a statement by the From bitillant exception to the rule on sccount, A merchant in Japan had consigned to him to the Cyanide Works.

case of corn plasters, Hontated there was supporter of the present Government, and fast, as exprest. I most certainly heard you sident, with your knowledge, a misleading most probably of his smart business qualla domand as the Japanoas wear neither hogan ona arge scale, and although for failities for the Farmer's interference with

to the highest degres, especially after your Sloe-China Gain

boots por shoot. Make a demand was the reason given in my mackly letters is not passing shipping that we may lot the meat has bald oflon in a previous administration, there was no doubt they were illegalistomsut in your mieste, that thy men i

hear pod not, borster,

qua

a happy. thought sichok in eating 610 tons. He is now cusy with ing with our free portes He is about fifty years of age, and has repre- lify the statement abortly afterwords been thosives to you with your own sented Wigtownshire in the Bouse of Com-Tomay interest you, however, to be latter in their hands, stating that own Tersiand of Zoko Going spoola ly suited dore, and theply. The moschart pon yet rucning full time, Mr Wilson succeeded dangerous begfanings of a policy of tempere DRONY since 1880, From 1880 to 1802 th (you will to doubs End notes of the known the shop and the med. When they i eclipts of the sun, that is to tako pless on | the complaints made of hara itas. Bo but a for daydı Ela hopes for a fairwood *** | *^nglacering, and 'Technical Hindents should tuformed that about the middle of last elevados) you and the Fresident guth have for astronomios! observation of the total him. It was summer-time and many were the clean-up and will have it completed in Was Jenior Lord of the Trozaury, and upate in your offical sp. Inspector visitad brought their botspleinte to me, (i'tšlak on ¦ September 9th, throw parties of OBTERANS ly told some Japaness that if the gorns À frost don) of attention has loud? The Practical: Engineir” · o last year wha one of the Consituatire | thess premises stid ordered all the socklufth the 16th izslunt) I immediately went thath are to be despatched thither from the Weets antiquiar position, they would bare many been given to the ragions works coming

to Es removed the arner pretuated against to you with your own letter of the 11th fust endording to present observation. doing so, and referred the matter (Umotigh (written on a large Sanitary Board Bomo party is to come from Amherst College, dissanen They were tried and pronounced under this head, and I am pleased to say anical Engineer. For Engineers, Masag

sagistering paper pubished, 6, Viskerie, othere) to raumall, who gave instroofioze random Form, and all in your en hands one from the Lick Observatory, and unewentiorful, and testimonials fored in that falt progreth line gain been made.

the thy foundation Nubar for the "Approach, Minackedter for the corklof in temat, and they are writing) The parties retained in a short from Greenwich, The Bhimps esy that elegiging their effeoy. That to why Four more Buildiss have been added (mais- there now. If these socklogs were legal time to my offee, saying they had the you Kushina will probably be the place selected dosa-plasters now gare to largely on the ing is in all) to our noneantreting plant Practice gher. The sheapest and best shu Jaspusios het as right in order their gun sent you and kept the litter, an X pron, fua carting up an bhagrvatorpen open (lith import link-dingspier fra Frag

amongst the minor appointments in that of very premises referred to on the 9th inat.,

an-

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bert Maxwell, Bart, M.P., who is antattooh sit there on the afternoon of the Othon leg aguia mes strongly to pro- | Industrial tindertakings, bat Sheng da «INGKxurry is the foetor-mather of business, and thus allowing of latgerisition Wa don't want the free port status of Singe

Whips.

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160 NEO, Debla Piance, small but excellry,

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preekly.

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