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THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1896.

The pubiication of this inue commenced at 12.65 p.m.

The China Mail.

BONGKONG, THURsday, May 26, 1806.

THE Haiphong correspondent of L'Avenir du Tonkin, writing a week ago, anys that Kaengers arriving from Hongkong aro matonished at the absence of precaution taken at Haiphong to prevent the introduc-

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

PASSED SUEZ CANAL. (SUPPLIED THROVON REUTER). OUTWARD BOUND →Ixion, April 17 Fav Sang, 21; Glenavon, 28; Oopack, Nerlls, Disy 1; Beniamond, Rose Castle, Glamor. ganshire, Balmoral, Dordogne, Rickmers, 6; Cedar Branch, Woolwich, Fyrikus, Thekla, Tas Maru, 12; Glenfarg Paiacon, Benglas, 16; Glenartney. Ml. bourne, afonmouthshire, Oglong, Orestes, Dorothea Rickmers, 19; Ernest Simons, Sadar Barcanas, Shanghai, Saisou,

92.

THE CHINA

MAIL.

Le Courrier d'Baighong of the 23rd May] THE ARMED GANG ROEBERY

states -The plagne having developed in

AT WANOHAI. Hongkong, the servies of henith is about to To-day the six men arrested in canned. declare seven daye quarantine upon elltlon with the armed gang robbery at No. vessels arriving at Haiphong from Hong-20 Cross Street on the 2nd May were agalu kong. All pasmogers, it in also stated, will brought before Commander Hastings at the bo gut under observation.

Magistracy.

To-Day being the official day net apart for the celebration of the anniversary of the Queen's Birthday, the majority of the ships in the harbour wore decorated with

Leang Tan, the occupant of the crockery shop at 20 Cross Street, where the robbery was committed, detailed the circumstanaes connected with the robbery on the 2nd May. He stated that he could not re-

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CORRESPONDENCE.

MR DANBY AND THE SANITARY BOARD.

Jawful to

continue

3

there displayed, he does not fare so badly on protiy-went on placidly and industriously the sope to Bingapore. Whether he does | following the musk on the score to or not coals with the chinshow or super- brought with her. After many furtiva nargo, who, to all intents and purposes, is contemplations of the Ethiopian note and the boss on board, as the captain and offers after much severe mental struggle on our have only the navigation of the ship to loo interval, and timely

during part we mustered up our dressed the after. When the inspection formalities are

are lære, there, and

tion of plague. This astrespondent says ES HOMEWARD BOUND :-Glenfruin, April 14; buoting, none more profusely than the cognise any of the prisoners as the robbers. any room of auy domestic buildingsearely room to more about. Nothing es- ps),

was uncured by one passenger that he could, thanka tô, “une ladisorú ion aurprise dans un des bureaux du Gouvernement à Hong- kay, that va a giveu dute when the number of deaths, from plague was returned at 18 the actual figure was 02-—a statement which at ones stamps the correspondent's informant, not to put too dias a point upon it, as an absolute stranger to truth. We are also assured that on the same day three dead Chinamen were lylug in the middle of a street in Hongkong, swo panas from a French house, and that the Chinese passers-by van- tented themselves by holding their noses and going on their way. It is act nolikely that the Chinese, oullens to a degree, would content themselves by anting as this imagína- tive Frenohmeu avers, but wo should like to know in what street and before what French house in Hongkong three dead Chinamen were lying at the aime time, This is as sbylously a deliberate falsehood as the assertion that Messieurs los Anglais do not wish to allow De Torin to agais visit Hongkong to study the plague. Dr Yarain was well received hers in 1894, and we have not the slightest doubt that Dr Yersin, by applying to R. E. Sir William Robinson to the Colonial Surgeon (Dr Ayrea), will, bo ́as courteously ressived and welcomed as he was in 1804, and that

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every facility will be given him to study the plagus canoa oscarring in this Colony. Dr Yersin, we are told, is about to arrive in Tankin to ocnter with the Governor General and give him the most complete information on the subject. 'Avenir expresss the hope that after reading Dr Yeraia's report, it will not be necessary to make their superior

Ghaze, Preureen, 21; Frigga, Maria Te rers, 24: Tanlaius, May 1; Salaste, 12 Aginia, 15,

The

Eleman mail Hohenzollern.

At

noon One man wore a blue boat. On the night any

19:100

"Pray excosa my addrem

pore on Monday, the 25th May, Tar efforts to tow if the Joha Bizley,stated he went out and saw the thieves only applies to 'cocklofts in rooms acti- / 30 not wanted. He, de a rule, receives more of her dirty handkerchief,

Mails. P. & 0. 8. 1. Kaiser-i-Wind, with the ENGLISH MAIL of May 1, loft Siaga-

pn., and may be expected here on or about noon on Saturday, May ib. This Packet bringa roplice to lettore despatched from tongkang on March 20.

which is ashore off Montanha Island, eight or foo miles from Macao, hare provod in- effectual, and the accooner has booo abaa- duned. The abandoned vessel is beddod in the sand at San Chau, an island about eighty miles from Hongkong. The insstor

come out of the shop, but he could not Identify the prisoners as the robbers.

HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.

UNITED SERVICES V. CIVILIANS, This match, played yesterday, resulted

black

may be expected hors on or about of the launch sont out from Hongkong to her in a victory for the Civilians by 8 holes. the the Secretary had explained this ip/One ataamer in actioning fomon deo's Wome through the rest of the copoert quo

To the Editor of the Cuma MAIL'

Hongkong, 28th May, 1895. SIE-Will you allow me to Beguest an explanation of the mystery which appears over, the molise awarm os burd. They are dialigured lady to involve the question of the legally or bot encumbered with much luggage, (en there ing you, Madam, but you have a large illegality of the musklofts referred to in drie na need to bother about any la excess as with on your neap. Blerret relief! We were Denby's rej judor, which appeared in last the European passengers of a P. & G. liner,) not withered with the haughly indignation Quite the contrary. night's

a pissa of

and matting issue of the China Mast?

toothbrush and, of an insulted eplaster.ferying to By sub-sed. 1 of sec, 7 of 'The Olused in some casts, a bamboo pillow if the coolie thank you, Sir, so Rouges and Inasnitary Dwelling findinanne, to in anon malto their presence oven, hay Bobo kind as you (produce fiancharchid

is way Like the find ber

pocket) So 1894, it is enacted that it shall not be

parte Where is it, please? (aliga, the odge of on there is her handkerchief modestly between way, ond

etween her the ship, in everybody's, In all,

we indicate the

spot cackloft where such ;

by placing our own right aalutes were ired from the shore battery of the robbery he saw the man with the room is partitioned off or divided mio caps the eagle eye of the apolis: ba must very

separate compartments without the permierend half an hour in trying to find out what inder finger all along the right side of our owo pose. This would have looked ruda and the men of war in the harbour. The blue cost at No. 2 Station, but withough hesion in writing of the Sanitary Board. thero to in the stokobold ventilators, pry Portuguses ganbcat Bengo has some over saw him for two hours on that night he By sub-reo. 2, the areation of suy cuckleft into the galleys, poke ble nose into the oabin in other circumstances, but the gesture was in any new building without permission ie windows, officers' rooms, and bath rooms, taken in the chivalrous spirit in which it for the occasion,

could not recognise that man now.'

forbidders

rube off the paint from the engine-room was offered. She then rebbed her mode Leung Nam, the occupant of the next shop Government Notification No. 379 of 1895 skylights, and, in fact, intrudes where he violently and looked in dismay at the state

Dear, doar tioned or divided of into compartments."

kioke than half-genes in consequenos. At dear! (This was simply as interjection The cacklofts in the housse in wing together, and, at three o'clock, the Consul, fal 1 and how kind of you to mention it half-post two or so, the coolies are inuatored and was not addressed to us) How dread. Shing lans are legal because the roome are not divided into imparate compartments and sooompanied by his clerk and constable, (another course of nosa polish; more black the buildings are not new.

arrives, and the

passengers are counted. It of 'A little moro, is it ! Just there, is The action of the Inspector in threaten toldos, bougs I have knowa vesasis to vigorous nee of the handkerchief, delicately

e are any stor found it f

and it Oh, thank you, so much" After mors ing to remove these legal cucklufts was illegal, in cases, thoug's and I imagine that the Secretsty of the have as many as a hundred or more atowed muistened at intervals, the lady's nose was

till the Consul had left the ship, when

when pronounced Gt to Sanitary Board ordered him to desiat upor

to poor public inspection, would be allowed to

to come un being pointed out to him. -If the minuto referred to in paragraph 13 of

Coming back to the church going iusset, in exsens. ÁR Customs oflaer,

ing whatever to a believe Robart Burne was once in the Mr Danby's letter, it appears to use that

do with mach needless discussion might have been

the

church as same predicament in

as our ourTCS" that they

excepting to 800 no goods away which had pendent has been lots of times. It wasn't saved.-Tours,

not paid F.B.L.B.

bat I have duty,

wondered some an oerwig ; nor was it a coringa. He took times whether the boarding officers in Binge-no atep to relieve the lady of the errant in- ever take the tremble to saunt the truder although Robbie was anything but

ips on arrival, shy la introducing himself to the notice ships on

at not. The Consul having

the sec All he did was to compose an and the Castomis clearance baving

Ode to the creature, perhaps the only gives, the steamer leaves with its

tal vera In view of the large number of immi. Troight and shapes a course for Swatow, if one of its species over onsbrined in immor- grants that are now daily seriving from the complement. There the same spanlar Hard. Das Ladybird puts, though s

more passengers 126

Lee required to make up We shall be glad to kara solations of the Obina, cometines numbering one, two, and formalities are repeated. In a few hours feel bound to remark that the only man wo three thousand per diem, it will not, por- the steamer is again on its way, this have mentioned it to, when asked what he hape,

be altogether uninteresting to placa before your readers a brist skolob of where time bound direct for Singapore; It often would do, rather unsympathetically re these vest hordes of odalies are recruited appene that before the ship bas passed marked Bit tight and watch what hap

the Double Xeland, at the entrance to Swa-pens-Es, S, P, P.J from, and their ways and life on board the tow, the acclies, Bokisus and Tai-Chows, steamers which bring them to the Straite Settlement-the Paradise of the Chiness are going at it hammer and

between the ALLISON Pianes, Art Models, very fine, caolie. As far back as 1881 and asceeding two parties commences. The oflcers on $400/450; Cabin Pianos, small but excellees, years, at certain times, the exodus of coolies board have their work out

out to almost as it is now and, as an offer the part, which is a difficult thing to do, the

are kept

The Nord. Linyd e. Prinz Heinrich, oar. rying the German rails, with dates from Berlin to the 4th May, loft Co- lombe on Friday, the 22nd May, and Tuesday, the 2nd June, 0.0. sz. Baric, with mails, &c., left San Francisco for this port, via Honelalu, Yokohama and Nagasaki, on the 12th May.

The

CIVILIANA.

assistance was afraid to stand by, and thơThe following is the pëɔya :→→ Captain, after taking as much of the sails and stores as possible, abandoned the ves- se. None of the crow would remain, and as soon as the crow left the vossal was

The N. P. .. Tacoma loft Victoria for this

port on 17th May, via usual ports of | cranded by a awerm of fishermen. Jap- tain F. P. Shepherd and Mrs Shopbord ar-

call.

The

The P. M. 5.5. China, with maile, &c., left

San Francisco for this port, vis Honorived in Hongkong last night and are lalu, Yokohama and Nagasaki, on the staying at the Hongkong Hotel. 20th May.

cargo of timber was for Chinese, MU- count, and it is believed to be insured with a Chinoso Company.

The

The

The

The

Steamers Expected. O. 8. B. Co.'s stasmor Achilles, icom Liverpool, loft Singapore on the 23rd May, and may be expected here on or about the 29th May,

. Arratoon pear, from Calcutta, loft Singapore for this port on the afternoon of the 23rd May,

O. 8. 8. O's as. Polyphemus left Singapore on May 26, and may be ex. pssted here on or about May 31.

N. Y. E. chartered & Arthur Head left Slugapore on May 26, and may be expected here on Sunday, May 81. The N. Y. K... Satana Maru left Maji on the night of May 20, and may be expected here on Sunday, May 31.

The Ari Josut for May is an excellent number, and contains a splendid etobiog of Mas Whirter's obarateristic Bigbland land. sospe Glen Affarie." This month the letter Pecas is of unusual interest. W. M. Hos satti writes on A Pro-Raphaelite Colles- tion,' a diesuraire article on the breaking- up of the collection made by the late Mr. James Laathart, of Bracken Deae, Gates.

the article convers much information to the bead-on-Tyne, but it can scarcely be said that

lay mind. Considering the opportunities,

Mr G. Stewart .............. Mr O. E. Hamo Mr A. 8. Anton

Mr V, A. C. Bawkius ........ Mr H. L. Dalrymple ............................ Mr E. A. RABODA

UNITED SERVICES.

Capt. W. V. Ezeles, R.B. Capt. Rumsey, R,N, onun Me W. M. Thompson, R.E.... Commodore Boyes, RN...... Captain Ferguson, R. B... MFC. V. Percival, B.B,

Holea

A

t

was noted for takar, a few years ago, amicably god parted like old friends.

goolies in nathing

Ibad

•Curried)

pore ever

THE COOLIE TRAFFIC TO THE STRAITS.

LIFE ON CHINESE IMMIGRANT SHIFL

Ou Thursday next, th June, the annual match-Scotland. The World-will beli played.

han these goolio

more

first of the many factiua ft. and the i

verge.

from Amoy and Swatow was as great them them, und, unless the two factions aparato | $176/220,~~~W. Robinson & Co.

then

мед

mention Swatow, · From about xanth

night till

in the Chinees Customs zeile sind lava fres fights will continue at all boars of the 4 PAIEND of ours noticed that a box of as many as six and seven themand leave Amoy alene in the course of week, not to

is reached. If he had only broken rough weather is experioned, the passengers day before was half omgir, Turning te acatter the Chinese New Year till the end are quiet enough, for they are either too his servant man, be said; This is really of June, may be put down as the bay aick or too lazy to stir, and they will lie going a bit too far, Joseph, my man. We time for coulie traffic, and, though it goes abort in all their filth and dirt and nothing smoke a great dost too much,

will move them, unless the bore is oa continually throughout the year, the on them and this is often done for oleaalinose"

a played

governmental and medical authorities com. The China Mutual Company's stoamer Mr Bonsetti had, one reasonably expeota a plated. The Czar by a manifesto, ramita time I have mentioned may be termed kohaza tenselled from Cork to Bristol WIGGLE-Watson is one of the ablost

prehend that serious measures must be adopted at once in order to preserve the health and general interests, 'privés et parti. anliers,' of the population of Tonkin. This is only que more inatames of the false and malicious statements put into circulation ra- garding the existence of plague in Hongkong, and of the ease with which a scare can be oreated by 'irresponsible and anonymous scribblera.' We should like to invite the aditor of L'Avenir du Tonkin to come up to Hongkong and have a "look-sse' on his own account instead of believing what he is teld by his Haiphong correspondent, who is, ie turn, fold certalu things by 'un voyageur'

Chingos, from Glasgow and Liverpool, passed the Canal on the 14th May, and may be considered due at Binga

poro on or about the 2nd Júnə,

Latest Adrices,

The P. M. . 6. City of Peking, with maila, &c., left Nagasaki for this port on the 17th May, at 5 pm.

deeper insight into the motives and inspirations of the brotherhood to whish the present and the late Presidents of the Royal Academy belonged. As it is, the contribution is little better than a hurried

A fow

to hunt for it.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

[SUPPLIED TO TAs Cava MA,']

LONDON, May 26, 1896. CORONATION OF THE OZAR. The coronation of the Czar has been com-10

season. Fifteen and sixteen

the men I know. Woggles -What makes you arrears of taxation, reduces the land tax by the coolia

made the one-half for tea gaura, grants amnesties for years ago, the halls of the trail was in trip from Amoy to Singapore in a coolie think so? Waggles-Weil, for one thing,

the bands Straits Chinese steamship hip miner offences, and reduces other sen owners, and the passage rates charged at the latter where flith je concerned, and the dozen collar buttons on hand, and when he ship, but the former osatot bold a candle toho always keeps a supply of two or three tonces.

that period, in the gond old days, was from only wonder is that so little kiolvese audara loses que auder the bureau he never stops $20 to $25 a Lead including food.

1

Such

on the Btraits immigrant stanmers. the P. & D., Glen, and eteamers as

other sathe do orack lines would not trauble themselves to

take place at times, but the cause is generally put down to old age, Waar's that?' asked Derringer Dani, esll at Amoy or Swatow fue coolies. China The Torkish soldiery at Canes have mas. tea was then considered their prinsipal item general debility, or opian-smoking. Ou be paused in astonishra ent to listen toe Be

that I came by, sixteen of freight; but times

mea bare altered since the vessel

That's deaths occurred, and fourteen of that efforts of the parler geartet. sacred and pillaged the Christian inhabit then, when the carrying of soulies was loft sumber, to my way of thislsing, resulted something taken from Wagane, What do ants, A British ironclad bne boen ordered | to

to the Straits

of it? the care But, daring from oholera, but the captain and phin-

bi-folly considered reply, Whatever it is, last six or seven years, owing to the decline of the China Len trade in favour of a well that they did so, for eleven days on hard the Indian and Ceylon produst, the great gaite sulfateat for any ordinary man, * coolie ship, although as a cabig Quasenger, steamship lines have had to sink their pride, without being compelled to rusticate on St. notice, said Morsoch, they call it the and are sow engaged in the just as much as the local-owned have Joba's falaud for any length of time. What ray, hat they do it I can't Z Per. beocmes of these coolie immigrants after haps, suggested Halsizer, 'you ànvaa's gal been twenty and this a go their arrival is well-known. Beme succeed the

for With keen competition came the

lewering passage rates; from $25, it

it has now dwind-well enough, but many go to the bad as is

From

MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS-IN CRETE.

to

siboa

newspaper critique of some everyday ex- Kilition of pictares. Far more interesting. The P. & 3. S. N. Co.'s 6. 6. Hydaspas leitars M. Paul Valery's appreciative article on Singapore for this port on 27th May, the artistic development and pressat position of M. Paal Dubois, the famous The Empress of China arrived at Nagasaki Franob sculptor; Mr W. M. Gilbert', to Crate, and all the Consuls have tele- trampe in the busy season to the chew decided otherwise, and perhaps it was Wagner seems to be givin' it ap wighty

at 11

at 6 am. on May 28, and leaves again at 6 p.. same day for Shanghai, whore she is due at 2 am, on Situr- day, the 30th May.

tan evidently of the Mauchausen breed. Wer ia proposed to give a performance of

have plague in Hongkong but not in such The Mikado at Singapore by an amateur serious epidemic form as L'Avenir would company. have its readers believe. We do not have much faith in the master our official Sanitary Board is dealing with the diessso but we do not believe the Sanitary Dopart ment, or the Registrar General's Depart mont, or, in fact, uny officer of any depart ment under the Government of Hongkong,

D. S. MacColl's contribution on Miss E.

M. MacColl's Bookbindings'—a new tech.

notice of the Royal Scottish Academy, and

graphed for war ships.

Extréme Grient,)

RUSSIA AND FRANCE.

Pazis, May 18. M. Felix Fanro, accompanied by Gene-

aigue in topling. The specimens of designs given in Illustration of this latter article are sufficient in themselves to aronse interest in

the

would be

and chartered:

clis

tratto

a

10

..

this branch of bibliography, and should be rale Badeffro and Tournier, left on the led daws to six and asvet dollars a head, evidensed toy day in the Pelics Courta. FAPREZ, said the little boy, every now of great assistanes to collectors and con-10ch inst. for Tronard to saluto the Em. and I have known it to come down as iom amosgat the many thousands that I and then I hear you talking about somebody

port

at one and the same in, then again as they are all so much alike, And the old man, after some thought, couts, be impossible to recognize any of my boy. What age is that, father? noisseurs. The publishers of this excellent press Dowager of Russia, whom he willed when two, tures, or intre steamers bort, bis ins in China, it would, of who was old enough to know better." Id monthly are to be congratulated on the accompany as far as Pagny-sur-Mosells, rebound for Singapore and Penang.

bnt I have that one is Blogapore, who was replied: My son, there isn't any such Very few of the goglies immigrate from variety of artistic subjects they manage to turning to Paris.

the cities of Amay and watow proper; they working cargo on board steamers in Amoy mythological, **

his thirty coute a day as a coolic, thing, 16's ike the golden egg: paraly earring Paria, May 17, ere recruited from the towns, village, sud harbour twelve years ago. He is now the orowd into each issue.

The interview between the Empress and hamlets far away in the interior, and in ques M. Feliz Faure has been very cardial. Her instances a bundred miles distant from the of several shops in the town, and

go4-boerd They have never esta Bares about in his carriage and pait. Higbasas said she was delighted with her pann hefore, puh. Jess stay in France and the good affect of the building, and, fra sote his foot in Amoy or

Fire French authorities demand from the Chinese an indemnity of 50,000 tals for the captura and detention by Chinese pirates of the Lyaudetfamily, and a further aum of 20,000 tzels is demanded for Ia Bociété de Kebao, which was deprived of W. Roussor & Co.'s Pianos are guaran- teed for the climate. Pianos Repaire equal to now.

bas deliberately set itself or himself to pro- the services of M. Lyaudet. pure false statistice regarding the plague.

The French papers aro bad enough, We note from the Chinose Custome Gazette

• Plain

climate on the health of her ohildren.

Paris, May 18. Their Majesties of Bassis have left for

Moscow.

Some charming anecdotes of the late Artfor bat we regret to say that some of for January-March, 1898, that 4,002 transit Cecil, are told by a writer in Womas. On the news agendise in England are equal-passes were issued and 63 surrendered com-000 Bacasion he startled some friends by ly narellable in their telegrams abeat pared with 4,997 and 30, respectively, in asking, Had we heard of the Cannibal Tea at How?" He said, "I would not have be

The French mission which is to assist at the plagas. We read in an Australian 1895 sud 12,657 and 33 1894. This is lieved it, but I saw it written up, journal a few days agn-one of the leading another indication that the inutility of Toz, Gd. Tea with Shrimps, Bil. Tea with the coronation seremonists and fêtes, has

childres, le."

left Paris. Journals published in Australasia—a telegram tranzit passes is being discovered in the purporting to come from London in which it north. was stated that "black · plague "was decima-

›

Ma W. G. Grace in fluding a dangerous rival in the field at the very out of the cricket

Oral, play

CHOLERA.

necdita

foreign vasel of from the moment the raw and

Streita Times.

A HARD CASE' INDEED. The following latter is published in the Singapore Fres Press; we give it for the sake of the apponded note 1--

Swatow tall the time of his departure for the Straits, like the rustle on his first visit to London or in behalding the wide cosan for the first time, be stands about in every body's way last is wonder and awazoment, Bat more the scalies have not a cash to

The bulk of of

to plaze them on Bless themgales they have recourse to doub

this

VISITORS AT HOTELS,

KONUKONU HOTEL.

De and Mrs Edw. Mr B. G. Lethbridge

Bailey

and child. Mt J. H. Martin Mr La Barindongua Mr C. A. McCallum J. Bailey Mr R. O. MaBirney Mr B. J. Bation Mr Q. F. Moodham Mr L. K. Bennett

Mr F. Mess Mr and Mrs A. H. Mr J. P. Movir Mr J. W. Bolles Mr A. H. Mitähélian

Bottenheim

Mr K. Oldrop Mr.J. W. Oliver Ordials Mr Owen F. A. Carl

Chostaler Mr

ME Ormiston Mr A. Overton Capt. Palmer M W Capt. Payne

Dear Sir, ea not unfrequent charah guar I have often, during the service, been in a dilemus in which, I have no ↳ many other man have at times found the road to the brokers, the patty Chinese backers and

thsmelves.

Mr Engine Ches A month ago, during one of the 'le Mr W. A. Gollins others, who provide their

beir passages and ad- Vaude & fow

to be dollars

I saw on earwig creeping up the

В. Деагод collar of

the lady sitting front of me:

Duncan same course. Naturally the innesta Me 0. Easton both casions, much to her des Fork on Mr W. G. Bawards Mr A. H. Rennis

Erol Ewatt occasions, discomfort. I have only mentioned two casca; Ire Mr. Fair

Borg-Cal member lota

Hr E. E. Favacho Now, Mr Editor, do you think the Indy

Thero, sro 17enty deaths per day from bitent rates of interest, repaid st

ting the populations of Hongkong and Yako. At the Magistrany to-day, before Cowman- Reason. On the 23rd olt., at the Surrey cholera at Alexandris, and ten per day at or whatever they may be styled, have their and last Suudoy Teaw a 'corings' pursuing

hema, and that the dissses had astmed der Hastinge, two men and is woman were more serious epitele form than in 1894. It charged with failing to report a case of

ing for the young Amateurs of against the young Professionals, Mr F. S. Cairo. Crawford, aged seventeen, made 218 raus in

is bad enough to have auch allegations made plagus at Taumati. The prisoners were took five wickets for 41 runs. Whether or two boura nod forty minutes, and afterwards about Hongkong, but it was meras for Foko-discovered by a constable about four o'clock na Mr Orawford maintains this dazzling bama where only two imported casus of on Tuesday morning carrying the patient form, he has made a fine record for himeoff plague have been detested up to the present, through the street. The Magistrats fined in the annuale of the game... The pity is that all these false statements each of the prisoners 815, with the alterna- cannot be mailed to the wall as soon as they tive of six weeks' imprisonment. sppear.

Tax Fire Insurance Association of Hong. Besides 8,000 tons of water-pipes, which kong ban now been in existands for a goat; bare already boso ordered from Mosers and during that time, thanks to the energy Robert Maclean & Co., of Scotland, several displayed by the President and the Hon. thousand tons moro pipes are required to carry out a thorough improvement of the Secretary, bas been successful in accom Water-works of Tokyo. The Governor in plishing good work that is, good work making the permission of the Ministers of from the Insurance Companies' and Agents the Home and Finance Departments for

purchase of additional foreigu pipes, point of view. The first annual meeting Japan Garitle,

will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2.30,

the

An extraordinarily ridiculous but at the Oo.

same time s painful story is related by the

Accountxo to Professor Tait, who con- tributes a paper on the scientific seposts of golf to the Badminton Magasins, the time occupied in a drive of 186 yards in par second, and the average force exerted 6.2 seconde, the initial speed is 240 feet during the brief davattua of impact, any

THE ITALIAN RETREAT.

Paria, May 19. The troops under General Baldissen have left Adigrat, returning to Senate.

rate sa A

the

Mr W. A. Duff

B.

corresponding agents in Singapore and Pen- ang, and the polic is consigned to them the so an ordinary peckage of sarge, and they are entrusted with the collection of the passage money and advance.

The from Straits arrives in Amoy, end, if it is in the north-cant man would have profereed my plaking off the e

Mr B. Price

Mr Roumollier

Capt, and Mrs F. P.

Shepherd

H.

O. Fisher Mrs J. T

Lieut. Galand

FOOT JER:20, say a week or two before the earwin and coringa just as they were dis. De Foteles :

Smith

Mies Smith Mr. and Mrs W. E.

Mr A. B. Stableforth Mon J.

J. Stopoal

Chinese New Year, when there are many reappearing down her neck 3 (shra: my Capt. E. D. Goddard Spinnor Le Courrier d'Haiphong.)

turning with their pile of dollars to end their in bone had her skin or ho-

in their native land or to take a few coute entangled in her hair, or would the MR. T. Gribbia months acliday, a

ea the case

case may be, the van. bays considered if an unwarrantable liberty Me O. Barris

Air Portal Henry FRANCE AND RUSSIA.

eat-does-not, by any means, present a very on my part t Paria, May 20. inviting appearance, A rough page uptime, so will you please ask some of your Mr E.

I should like to know what to do next rout

J. Most of the Foreign Minions bave low in the 'tween deoks from the time they

has kept the passengere, perhaps, down beady readers to advise.

Howard the one-tbensandth part of a scoond, ia arrived in Murcom where an

Mr W. K.

Hughes enormous leave Singapore till they reach. Amoy. Talk about three tops. Professor Tait, it may multitude har sembled.

Hoke he added, in the father of the well-know2

The French of lith and stenoh from the Blugupore t

10%

LADYNIND

Mr A.

A. Jenkinann

JUDER

This is a genuine Hard Case, no doubt singhorn

amatoar, Mr. F. G. Tait, who is credited Mission in expastad to-day. It was warmly Brom stern to etern, the ship is coropletely loan forward and whisper respectfully the

it t is nothing se compered to a ocello ateamer. On the whole the best plan might be to Mc with the longest drive ou record.

waloomad at Varantis yesterday.

Paris, May 21,

tu

covered with rubbish; the 'tween desks are request to be permitted to cumove the 98- Mr W. Krumma is a far & NAVAL correspondent of a home write The friends of Lientonant Wooll.

eteneb, well, it beggars detoription, the speaker's motive. She would be sure air & Lacda So moon ss.tho passengera bave landed, the to soquiesce at once, and the intrader combe of the swift will hear with regret of Can, received the Frouch Mission at oras, with assistance from the shore, som might then be picked off without caesing the unfortunate accident which hus co-aloscow. The reception was most dordial, mence the not altogether pleasant task undas alam to the lady, who might he curred to him. While playing racquets at The official entry of the Cair look

a ball struck him in the eye, com- Foodbow a

Princo Vadimír, in this peme of the and these condition than the main desk," graut insect so se to adquaint the lady with Mr M. Lacaze

in the office of the China Fire Insurance

Iugraban, the remaining eye is also permanently in- jured. He left Foochow for England on

Miss Summers Mr Taon Her Toung

. ແຕ່

Mrs J. P Thoma

Mr R. L. Thomas Mr H. E. Tonking Mr W. B. Walker Mr A. G. Ward Mas Wyley Mise Wyley and goter-

PHAX HOTEL

en borrowed eight 3:en for which he mort. Veseta i тha Books;-Al Kowloonpletely destroying its sight, and it in feared day; elle a été grandiren place to easing up for tha reception of the otherwise startled into inadvertently alarm | Mr and Mr Baxter Mr & Mrs Mackenzia-

Jej Shipo. Not long ago a man in Chibs

gaged his wife. Now similar news comes Taiohow, Mascotte, Kutsang,

from Yamagata Kum. One named

Kikeno,

an ing keeper in the city of Yamagata,

recently obtained a loan from one Yamabe and gave se

se security bis wife. When the time for repayment arrived the debtor was

Albingia, Inverlay, Brantuar.

Cosmopolitan-Exc, Wandering Jew. Aberdeen-(none).

unable to return the money and the creditor The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial thoreopen seized the security-the woman! Pained though he was to lose his wife the and Netherole Hospitais bugs to acknow.

debtor could do nothing and he had perforco ledge with thanks the following donations to submit to her departure to the residenca

the funds of the Hospitals

of the creditor, Some go-between avontu-to ally appeared, however, and put an oud to thin disgrassful busiuose, and the matter was settled by the payment ng yan by

Boojumin, Kelly and Potla .......................@25 The Eastern Manufacturing Co. ... 10. Po Ou Marine Insurance Do., Lazy 10 W. Hatton Putto Un Lai Chuen

*

Haven

der

Nanking in dingitch at the insuperabis diforew to atletay in Amoy is 3rd which he remembers lɔte* of fentanose. Captain Kofod

and 2 children

| British and "Baer ospital invited in the Daily News mayn t--Woollens show » túcs; 46rven us excellent battistice, which su lung nà the Battle of the Hepnats Mr J. Limke -

bourne

Moora

next human warge, and this, as a rule, Ing the congregation, producing a situation Me A. Cumming Mr Hogh McCallum ocouples from two to three days to axom-out of which it might not be possible for Mr J, P. Dowling Mr and Mrs Meler plish, when the vessel-wh

which

пред al, ei her to emerge with ene.

Mr Frost

and child had the appearaties of what Vanderdecken'

The lady on reflection might also feel a Mr W. S. Barrison Me . A D. Mel- January 28 There are a good many in THERE is overy, probability that fas caning Dacobman might reasonably be ez. little graciled to think that it was she, and / Mr Hate. and Mrsikajor and Mrs G, Xi Singapore who know Lieut, Woolloombe, atruction of the proposed railway connect pacted to present it met with-i

now tall not the service that had beer attracting Surg. -Me and if they have not heard of his accident in Nanking and Wocsang vid Shanghai, intouts and purposes se clean as a new pin. the attention of the gentleman who had before,

will learn of it with great regret Boochow and Chipkiang is to be deferred I may be mentisyed that Amoy and Petang come to hor aid. Incidentally the quen Mr and Mrs O. YouMe W. Niobolson He was a very popular young officer, and for a few years, the Belgian engineers who are the ugly places where the atomer's stay tion arises whether out correspondent in made many friends during the alay of the ware connected with the work having left in

audisiently bag to enable the

Major the Hon, and 10 port

Heyda furnishing on argument for or against Mr and Mrs Gos. Mrs B. Neel and. Swift here.Singapore Fres Pruss

anything like thorough church going on the part of ladies in view.

Holmes

child ouities raised by the Obinme-China Gaeleaning up.

of that entomological activity in church of Mr T. W. Hornby Mr B. P. Sheldon vette:

ly from four to Ava, daya, The Wao owns the Tesñıyaal !—Sir Janobae Da

Bev. and Mrs G. B Wot, the British Resident at Pistoria, has

cargo having been discharged, the shipping Possibly the letter printed above mag got Me and Mrs. Leaberal Vallinga. prepared for the Imparial Government & REVIST the Chinese Customs Returns of cargo for the Straits in commented, and not as a deterrent to famiting church-gelag.

Mr David Wood onatal moelly of statement showing the relative amounts of for the first quarter of 1898, the N...

They are gaze-goss of but precaution should be taken by Tranaval. The total British captial inroat. derate advance, In metals, there was a rally shipped on the owner's account, and the lady to occupy a seat in frent of some ..................... 10 ad in all kinds of property comna cus at marked ingress in well-tod, bar, and old Fang. Some resuela will take from four any futest reconnoitsing its way up to a de-Mrant Mes Bradbury Me J. Margolin

t ready

ssle in both Singipore and gonteman who would be likely to detect WINDSON HOTELI iron, and listin sists, with a decline in to ave hundred thousand of these tiles every Zetas.ndividual experianes we don't Miss Bray 880,000,000, of which Invested in the Witwatersrand gold mines, inplates, teat, add steal, In foreign sus trip. The semulader of the cargo in seade

Capt, and Mra Bray Mr Mayer A careful extentation plans, aga moratges - dusline in karogene call, las comparative opoflitigte godis solely for the uns and nou-realized carefulit, (prechers basse te Harun 34 Top Botion 3. F. Magal

calculation

AR ಟ 3,000,000, less

tan sumption of litavtars areived, and the bo a case so a gonbort la curving to the amount of £7,000,000, leaving the guide being, in gallona t

to it von Biz nst wealth of the subjects of the Republic

1604.

The day departare

sbildren and maid Mr J. A. Parmat Predraguting Advertencialed Practical Hugises. An Varivalled Medium W, Rosingow & Co. hate 180 Pianos for The figures is both cases have been prepared Russian 978-4801218,840 ill go on board And Inspest Las medioins Black ansles out the side of the pole of Mr A. H. Easterod. Capt. Reuter

invested in the country st. $13,000,000 American 209 650 8.233 020 real formalities of an immigrant ship many a year ago. A lady Hire an Monthly Pazinente, also Flacon with the grasteat care, and they may be 62.

are szabled. The health offer of the bots piloluing dust had ma imkienis London Mr. de amput A. Preis

Dornoc Prastal Engineer Pocket book. A bosom ratarsed from Hire cheap.

in bulk.4,920 630 2,830,600 h The net to call on board will be the herause, and Bad Endourollaly smudged Mr.Th. H. Brans Elend for Mechanical Buginsers Pon

Sumatrano. 609,000

Bob's doortatis, to take d provizitine for the vorage Thay dhe ketholen one had deliberately for M. J. J. Foreman free, 1x. 63. 31 Victoria Approach, Manchester, Winazas-Is that a good business college

It.ints a giance t

Lege

Mr W. B. Jackson Pravila Bugisan, The Engineers' yapers where your con la belog educated? Wag Ms Beedias-You began lila si a bare. Batman and Brigembed's. Fisios buva'no Langed on the basin deck in balkers and hot lave. Tip cluct was electellying 1 but Me B. En

Brimfel of antal Information, ad, make risi quod no. They are very prompt footed bay. I understand Jow Clark rival fur tone, strength and appearance apparaties of small marks the thing the was about thirty year Capt. Tehn

shoui uending their bilin

Kou nie, & was kann villiant aboen,

if the stelle gelu a taste of half of when (4, në ore and not iselly what you would vall Kru Lehmann

the debtor, the other 60 you being written off as compensation far injury done to the Enfortunats, woman.

1

Qua⭑Popular Plans, handsome, fall-toaed, girang jaguncantada" wear, $825/985, -17, Robinson & Co.

10

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More and Solmund a day cake kukka.

of

KW, Mounney Susseade

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-rupted as reliable

The

Hall

occupying the

Mrs McDougal

Mas d'Al. Remedios

Mrs Reaisa and child Mra Robertoon Mr J. A. ThomNON Coph Wayn Mr Walton