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GERMAN TRIBUTE TO BRITISH TRADE
MAT BALLEH'S RAID ON GAYA....
FURTHER DETAILS.
Labras, July 12, 1897,
Intimations.
Nowe scrived on the evening of Sunday, G. FALCONER & Co.,
the lith, that Mat Salleh, with a following
WATCH MAKERS AND JEWELLERS,
NEW SELECTIONS. OF
DIAMOND JEWELLERY AND ENGLISH SILVER WAKE, HIGH-CLASS GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES.
In concluding a series of articles on the commercial and financial development of Great Britain during the reign of Queen of 60 mán, had raided the Town and Goy. Victoris, the Hamburger Hanbelsidait pays ornment station on Pulch Gaga The a powerful iribute to the influence of Great attack took place as near as I make Britain on the rise of Gerust trado. Our foot on the morning of Friday, the 9th, at contemporary admits that from time to time about 4 o'clock. Very few details are the relationship between the two countries known, sa so far only a letter from a na- has been somewhat strained, but expressive clark has come to hand. The police the hope that such a state of affairs is only force at the station consists of only about a transient. The economic connections are so dozen men, and theas were first attacked, close and so intricate that any diesolation the Corporal in charge was killed and the of them would be attended by enormous rest took to flight. Two prisoners were also G. permanent injury to both partion. This some way killed. The Rebels then seche- is fully recognised by the commercial worlded the Officer in Charge, Mr Neulgorner, of Hamburg, and to enlarge upon it would and him they have led away captive, probab.
fin
be as unprofitable, and unnecessary a teakly as a means of mating terms in the future. as that of pouring water into the Elbe.
They then sacked the Treasury; what this 815- Let it be remembered,' says our con
was worth is unknown here at present, but tomporary, how Hamburg and Germany, it may have been anything between 86,000 as a whole, owe their greatness to the com- and $20,000. Mercial example of England, and saw the first beginnings of their trade arise when
the
wooden and kajang houses, was then fired The Town, which consisted entirely of youth of the Hansa towns found the and every building destroyed Gays is
our contemporary says in con
ademy of commercial science i in the affices the export and import centre of a consider of London merchanta. England's commerable district, and the population was large cial success, our
Chinese. These I have no doubt mada thomsen will probably to turning up 58 800 8 possible, and some of thera here within the next 24 hours.
clusion has not profited Germany alone.
but has been of wide and poranent benefit to the entire civilized world."
REMARKABLE SHOOTING FEATS.
The nawa only reached Labuan at about- Yo'clock Inst evening, and this morning Mr Hewett, the Acting Resident, left here Mr E. R. Sniffing recounts, in Pearson's
៥.
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famous shots both past and present. We for in the 11 intervening hours of night, quoto one or two iotable examples ;--- They had collected and provisioned a force
Undoubtedly the martellous pigeon
Police
From
Labuan, 4 Police from shooting match of modern as was that Mempakol, is Sikle, most of then men between Captain Brower and Mr E. D. who have at soTAU
time or
or other heen in Falford. It place
five years since in the Police force, and about 25 Dyak Irre New York. The match was shot on three gulars.
This
foros should reach Gaya at soparate days ; one hundred birda cach day, Toou to-day, the 19th, Me Howete's поре at thirty yards rise. On the first day being that the verd from the drunken or still be there, rebels 361 as yet not recovered day gies which are sure to follow anch
Peach & aucossa. This Mat Salleh is the same gentleman whe towards the end of last year gare much trouble to the Government of the Chartered Company on the East Coast, srid.
ngainat whom Captain Raffles Flint, of London
Lail tome, led an expedition up the River
Mc. Flint command was
Fulford killed all his birds, while Brewor scored ninety-nine. On the second Fulford killed ninety-nine to Breweries ciaoty-eight and on the third day they tied, each with ninety-four. On shooting uff the tie Brewer killed twenty-five birds while Fulford missed his
Thursday, July 29, 1897.
HONGKONG MARKET PRICES.
Corrected to Baturday, July 24, 1897,
4 1020 Cash per Dollar Mexican.
quity
死嫩雞
Pisice.
雞飯
Pomfret, White
200
PRICE.
Highest. Lomas,
Chinese Name.
Pomfret, Black
140
榮號:
Bas. Cash.
Butcher Meat.
肉食
J'wns
200
#
Ray,
60
我苦沙
Rock Fish,
90
Bacon, English,.
ib
來蹈焔豬肉| Rosch,
13
Ame. Sugar cured,..
300
31
Fooshow..
180
"
Japán, cared
180
【州烧猪肉 Shark, 日本豬肉| pait Fish,
Salaion, (Canton),
260
馬友魚
50
椒麻
100
Best sirloin & prime cut, cafty 146
ASU
Skate,
60
21
Corned,
catty 140
轍牛肉
240
Hoast,
134
440
220
Soup,
100
**
好肉
Dules,
160
"
Steak,
130
午肉耙
裢沙魚
Tepoh,
Bullock's Brains,
per wat
زيارة
60,
Turbot,
140
17
左口袋
Tongue tresh, each
250
牛国
Turtles, small, fresh water,
350
H
corned
310
餓利
Whiting,
. catty
70
長線
Head,
600
White Buit,
衊雄仔
Huact,
150
Fruits
12
Hump, Salt
catty
140
菓子 ̇
Feet,
. each
BU
50
.catty
金山干菓
Kidneys, +
50
►
1111
(Tientsin),
180
天津干集
Tail,
100
4 "
P
(Japan),
230
Liver,
. MKUT
70
牛刚
日本平集
Bananas, fragrant,
40
Tripe (undrusacil) catty 60.
60
牛肚
D
19
(bridon),
Calves Head and Feet, et
500
牛仔頭岸
谷香蕉 山香蕉
260
?!
Hams, American,
lb.
300
Carambola,
150
•
2
***
Ohinese,
.
240
Coconuts,
ench 50
English, Now,
Japan cured,
440
Ground Nuts,
. catty
90
240
170
#
抛子
180
Shanghai,
Lemons, China,
100
<
Mutton Chop,
180
Poel,
"
160
r1
LUX,
27
Lichoce, Dried,
260
夜猫
Shouidor,.
120
13
Freab,
150
辕
Piga' Chitlings,
- cally
70 60
Limes,
家
110
Feet,
T
I
Fry,
| Mango, (Saigon),
each
160
J
(blanile),
五闹芒蘖
未
.. Bead
euch
500 450
Heart,
50 40
"
Kidneys,
· pair
70
ཙྪུ ! |
Mangosteen,
dozen
catty 200
新會甜樺
Greeu,
100
##
Livor,
lb.
100
#}
Red,
JJ
L#
Pork, Chop,
catty
180
邮費
Oliver,
+1
白健
Corned,
鹹雞肉
each
80
本地波震
Log,
190
Pears,
catty 100
13
Fat or hard,
1,00
(Tientsin),
300
天津善藥
Sheeps' Hoid and Fact, set
350
Plum, Red,
60
"
*I*
Heart,
each 20
40
sach 130
Kidacys
50
H
*M
รี
(Siam),
catly
80
Liver,
Bb.
160 140
羊麻
120
Sucking Pige,
each $1.75 81.25
辎仔
麻雞雞
Suet, Beef, .
ib.
110
生牛油
22
Pudding,..
» Mutton, Teal,
100
生意油
Water Chesmats, com.
46
cally 130
459
Mandarin,
60
桂林馬廠
Poultry.
生日
Walnuts,
190
合橘
Vegetables, &c.
Chicken,
catty
280
鵝仔
菜蔬
Capon
263
22
上降了胎勃
120
Ducks,
DOTES,
160
Snob
140
、麵
Long,.
50
11
scoring has enabled
Bisley
his hind fo
Egg Hun
dos,
120
Beet Root,
ssch
20
of Mr Winade
the chief prizes year
ww
after year.
pheno- to carry off Some
30th July to 5th August.
Way
Hongkong Mesa Than
Edght.
Duck.
110
Brinjals, Green,
catty
edgowise before him, at
גן
"
distance of|
Fowls,
+catty
190
Red,
80
#
of them in
fete ?d.
m 1 5
Gee,
160
Brasaios,
40
1 **
70
Haron
exch
Visitors he
400 of heartst
Buk.
110
2
נן
Urangas, Sweet,
l'ine-apples,
3
Pumelo,
Poach, (Sweet),
Raisins, Muscstel,
Artichokes, Shanghai, estty.
-Basms; (French), ---------
Bamboo Shoots,
OR
Cabbage, Chinaas com,
#
. ench DJ
"
eatty
180
Cabbage,
Cauliflower,.
Celery, Chinese,
English,
Chilies Dried,
Red,
Query Stuff, English,
Cucumbers,
Bittor Squash,
Garilo,
Gloger, young,
1 8 6 1 8 8 9
100
The taarvellous point in this match was
Fulford's ninoty-fifth bird
want day of timely strica, and bouche
BUSINESS CIRCULARS.
BILLS OF LADING.
Coast Fort Orders receive careful attention, “fa
WRIGHT'S HOTEL,
No. 40.
YOKOHAMA.
No. 40.
out a great access, they lost a lot of time The cheapest and most conveniently located First-Class Hotel
that one
Mat Salleh with some of his followers
the
giving him actually 200 consecutiva
in Yokohama. Bates from $2.75 to $4 per diem. for night.
down the river under expedition's very nose and went out THIS
Since then may
We only 199 This is the record for the world; the next bust, porhaps, buing ninety-to sea, Mr. Flint heing left, blocka elegant now Autol is close to the Landing Pier, and in the immediate vicinity rine out of one hundred, by Captain ding au empty fort.
of the Ounnlate and of the Railway Station, Post sud Telegraph Ofices Fine Bogardus, in July, 1880, his forty-seventh vague reports have been haards to view over the Harbour. Bath and Toilette Rooms on each Flat," falling dead out of bounds, piece of very what. Mat was colly been seen of him 1013
and going to do.
hard fuck.
but nothing had Non-shooting readers may gather some until he
paid his
his unpleasant surprise visit
idea of the skill and timing required by a to the Gaya Tree hoped that Messrs. marksman when aiming at a fast flying
be It is earnestly
pigeon crossing the mage, when Hewett and Wheatley may he successful in
it
is pointed out that from the time of coming on their foe at Gaya, if they do they first seeing the pigeon the gun has to be
relied on to be may be rained and ained, the trigger pulled, the themselves but if they had in most of find gone, the charge ignited, and the shot to fly, say, Goverment have an expensive and trouble thirty yards. All this by an expert can be aomao business bofore them, for in a country accomplished
a quarter a second like Borneo, which is still covered with But,
this short period of time jungle, anything like poraait is of course a bird travelling at forty miles an hour impossible.-Singapore Free Press. will have traversed
more than feet, consequently great and instautantane- ous judgment must guide the shooter a to how far he shall aim in front of the bird to be ouro of bringing it down.
tab
Naturally the scores made at animate
Hongkong Tides.
The Tide Tablo given below has been compiled by the Nautical Almanac Office in London from the results of the analysis of
targets are very much higher than at live observations taken by means of an automa- objecta; hunce of clay pigeon shooting stie tide recording maschine in the Wator
dozen persons hold a record of 100 broken without a miss; indeed, Dr Carver in his great match with
made runs of 100 Begardus, twice a score of 2,227
out of 2,500 shota.
in a
At glass shooting even leag skill is requir
ed, and in this
Police Basin at Trim Sha Thai during the gear 1887-8-9.
The zero of the table is Low Water Or dinary Spring Tides, which has been found
"below mena'sos level.
To obtain the depth of water on the thie
Scott halda particular branch Mr W. gauge at the Victoria Naval Yard add 5 ft.
6 record of 700 consecutive 7 in, and on the gauge at Lamont Doak, breaks As a
As a pistol and revolver shot, Aberdeen, såd 19 ft. 9 in, to the height Mr Walter
Winans stands at the present given in the table. without an equal. At the great meet-
Wimbledon And
fancy shots are well worthy
of record. Six visiting cards were placed
a
fifteen feet, and he actually
five Fix shots At R
st Bagshot, in I80p, be amused the Bat
at intervals by shooting at
inz at the
spot in the centre of the
Hs did not miss it once in the course of M
the aftermon, This performisacs he varied Tea
by breaking a ginas hall placed on the
glas
Wed.m
of his watch as it lay face upward upon a
is table. He is also a splendid rifle shot, and Thur has a wonderful reputation as deer stalker
being the holder of the British record.
He killed 103 stage in one season, and CHINA during « cingle stalk killed twelve, a feat never before equalled in this country. In fifteen year he has accounted for Upwards of 1,000 stage
HONGKONG SHARE MARKET.
In the weakly share report dated Hong kong 28th July, Musers Benjamin, isally, and Putta ite-
Sestion.
LOW WATES Hougleng
Moun Heights
m 1 90 11
374 010
COAST METEOROLOGICAL
REGISTER,
July 28th-ar & P,M,
Wostook. 18.00 65 BS3 The market continues very quiet and the Tokio28, small business effected has not altered rupes Kochi 9 to any material estent.
Nagasaki. 20.87
Music Deer,.
Partridges,
1 "
13
Pigeons
160
Pheasant,
brace
上海山藥
Carrota,
Rios Birda,
dor.
Quail
exch
Snipe,
Turkeys, Cook,
.datty
300
Hen.
1
13
360
Teal,
+
. esth
40
Wild Ducks,
1
:. pair
上海水喝
30
Bream,
Bombay Dunke,
Barbel,
Fish.
. catty
100 piesen 250.
O'ton Fresh Water Fieb, ty
海鮮
40
60
Horte Radish, 8'hel,
**
200
Indian Corn,
picce
50
09
Lettuce, (English),
esch
10
Mushrooms, Frosch,
catty
Onions, Bombay,..
Carp,
100
Green,
Untials,
Codfish, Balt,
:鹹鎖飯
Shanghal,
Japsay
Crabb,
160
Cuttin Fish,
80
Okroes, Paraloy, English,.
done in armall
bundle 10
Dal
Dacu,
Dog Fish,
Eels, Congor,
1
Fresh water,
Eels, Yellow,
File Fish,
Frogi.
Fresh Fish,
-Garoupa,
Gudgeon,
Gurned,
Earrings,
•Lobiters,
Potatoes, Sweet,
Shangbal,
·Japatas
American,
Foucher
Pumpkin,
Parsing,
Radish,
Few, best quality, par pical,
189
Banks-Hongkong at
and Shanghai Banks, Kagabima 28.01 have been placed in small lots at 188 and Guiza... 29.74 81 por cat promium, and close with Sharp Pk., 30.68 85 buyers at the former rate. The London Amor29.707 quotation unchanged. Nationals have Swetow.... reacted, aral
sales have been effected at Cauton 622.50 and 622.76.
Hongkong Marine Insurances-Au saquiry, with- Vict, Pesk
at Cap Rock 9 8174, aut China Traders Macao.20 70 Straits at
sall there is to report ander this Haping.29,63
Bolinao.... 29.8483 saila... 0.86 63
2271g to business, for Unions at
80
out
*
關仔
Maf
is
Fire Insurances-Hongkong Fires are stoady at 8900. China have
parsals at $107 daly 29th.- Shipping Hongkong, Carton and Macao rostock. 30.00 60 Steamboats have been. it some demana at Tokio....... $344, and are still enquired for, Indo-
Koobi... Nagasaki..
Crinse have been
Bold
Steamships have been,
at 360. Douglas
and alone steady sold at 808 and Kagoibims
Refineries Chim Sugars
be
Guptat.. dropped to 8143
sales, owing to forced sales for the ag Pk,, setifoment, but are again mosdier with Away buyers au
Swatow. Lasons 817. and more av been fixed
at 5:43h, at
Canton cani
é placed the rare,
at Hongkong 8.2 Mining-Punjoms LIG have been sold at 27. Now
Now Balmural Pro Gap, Book 9.76
ragait and ference have been done at 1,80. Raube Magno 29.76 have been taken off the market to a con- Bolinao.... 29.86 87-
20,89
Mantl
| aiderable estent-27 8243, 024
and 895 but are still obtainable owing to shares t ering from Singapore. Cliven B shoros have been done at 85.75 and
dosa steady. Great
have
sad enged hands at p
Whares and Gadrinne -Hong
and Whampoa Docks are offering s
Lands
int
Troncels and Bull
lands have been dano st. 178 221
dividend of 8 per share, and clean
further sellers. ongkong
bian pissed at 149 and
Batata hava beim sold:
Vict. Peak
Highong
1.8.7mmon
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