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Thursday, SEPTEMBER 30, 1897.

*0. M. A'a' Isitor on 'Sun Worship can-Ar a meeting of the Singapore Municipal

not be inserted,

A JAVANESE gardener and a Chinese coolid aré at present under sentence of death at Singapore. Pour encourager les autres, Chinaman writes to one of the Singapore journals suggesting a public execution.

Commissioners the other day, the Deputy. President stated there was no intention of increasing the local assessment.

THE POLICE SCANDAL.,

DISMISSAL OF INDIAN CON-

STABLE..

CONFESSIONE OF GULLT,

"

THE CHINA MAIL.

This morning, fifteen Indian constables wero dianiseed from the Police Force by Az the annual meeting of the members of the Hongkong Cricket Club, this after His Excellency the Gorror. The num noon, Mr Jatice Wise was elected Chair bers of these men ward found in the lists man, the old Committon was re-elected sized in the gambling establishment at We may mention that the steamer Indrani and the alteration of the rule respecting the No. 3 East Street; and the men were after- (Captain Tratter), which arrived here on non-payment of subscription it absent from

wards identified by an employé of the'gan- the 28th inst., brought the largest cargo of the Colong for a year was carried. The bling house at Cheung Bing Street as lay- case oll ever imported here. Sho is conground will be open for practice on Saturing on in receipt of bribes from that signed to the Standard Oil Company, sad day at twoo'clock. carried close upon 180,000 cases.

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It is rather a curious testure of the Indian FARTICLARS of and conditions attached frontier fighting that both of Major to the granting of the opium farm mo- General Sir Bindon Blood's brigadiers, nopoly (lease from Lat March 1998 to end of Generals Jeffreys and Wodehouse, should

establishment. This is important cor roboration of the bribiry liste, on the strength of which the authorities have been Acting in connection with the recent gambling scandal.

the mcu

Wo understand that were picked out of the runke

February 1801,) are published in our sd.ave been wounded. In view of Routar's drawn up on parade, and that the gambling

vertising columna. The conditions sppestaanouncement in this issue, it is interesting → to be up to date. Tenders will be received to read in the Pioneer Mad of the 0th

till noop, 23rd Ost.

Ir Singapore, in the month of July, 489 doge were destroyed by the Rabies Suppres. einn Department, making a total of 19,821 for the year. The importation of dogs into Singapore is prohibited. The Deputy President of the Municipal Commissioner suggests 'quarantino in place of pro- hibition."

Septembers prediction that the Mohmand expedition was likely to be a short one. The fighting is not at an end, howover. It will be many months Jet before the border triboa aro tranquilisod. A regrettable feature of the short campaign is the largs proportion of British officers killed and wounded.

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Ir is stated by Le Courrier d'Haiphong of the 21st September that M. Doumer, Go. La Kun, clerk with the Dairy Farm Cem vernor-General of Ludo-China, projects pany, was again brought up on remand at visit to Hongkong for the pârpose, it is re the Magistracy to-day, before Mr H. Emoured, ef sounding the Banking institu- Wodehouse, Police Magistrato, on tions here in reference to a scheme for charges of aabezzlement--the first charge rectifying the finances of the French being the embezzlement of thirty cents on colonies and restoring the equilibrium up: 24th inst. and the second fifteen cents on set by the recent sudden depreciation of 23rd innt. Mr Jonics Walker. Manager the dollar. The Courrier apparently doubts of the Dairy Farm, explained the procce its own information regarding the bake, followed each day for the preparations and but expes M. Doumer, who has been deapatch of the milk from the Farin at

active travoller since his arrival in Pokfulam and the general working of the depût in town. The case was again ad- journed till Saturday first.

WASTED ED smeh for the Magistracy

such straits has this Court been reduced by being deprived of one of its interpreters in Inspector Quincey, who previous to the Police Scandal acted as interpreter in the Shanghai dialect. This morning a case of assault-in which the complainant a native of Shanghai, appeared with the surround ings of his left optic ornament with sticking plaster-could not be procceded with for want of an interpreter. This nspector in charge of the case intimated e had secured a man who had a somewhat operfest knowledge of the dialect, bat we te case was late in being called, he could nt wait Probably his time was valuable i Wodehouse, Polico Magistrato, alwazu redy in an emergency, suggested that a Shanghai man who was marker at the raktet range might be secured, or perhaps ↑ Shanghai amah might suit the purpose. The latter expedient should be resorted to atly as a last resort. Mr Wodehouse has probably as extensive 's knowledge of the Average Chinese ampah se anyone in the Colony, and he ought to know that if he once opened the floodgates of female Chi nose eloquerco there would be the greatest

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the Fat Bat, will at least pay a visit Our contera- to Hongking for pleasure.

We

house employé, who ma unware of the contents of the lists, ustified the men without the feast hesitation. As an ab- tempt has been made to throw doubt upon the accuracy of the lista seized, in the gambling houses, impartial entice will ro gard this corroborative identification as

strong point in spat of the action of the Government; and the subse quent confessions of guilt will farthor strengthen the hands of the authorities in whatever couro they decide to adopt fre- sarding the men under suspicion.

We hear that in the use of some of the

European Inspectors danised from the Force, appeal will be made to the Sec- rotary of State for the Colosios against the decisions of His Excellency Sir William Robinson, and that several of the dismissed Chinese constables nor resident in Can- to, have been interviored and their afti-

davits sworn before the British Consul in support of the forthecming appeals.

SUPREME COURT.

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. (Before His Honaw Sir J. Carrington, Chief Jusice).

Thursday, September 30,

FING KWAN . CHOY TAI SEL

Mr J. J.

Robinson,

Q.,0.

| distinguished visitor a cordal recope by Hessrs Johnson,

THE BACK DOOR.

NOTE BY THE EDITOR OF THE 'THE

STAR OF URUGUAY.

QUARANTINE REGULATIONS AT CALCUTTA, the beginning of September 18371. You out, and it is impossible to doubt in the were very near the beginning of the und light of after events, but that French

Correspondence was submitted from the Thursday, the 23rd September 1897, agents, who fed represented themselves Secretary to the Government of Bengal in-

Destitutes and bean cared for by the timating that the quarantino rules promu the English mail left Hongkong (for the last time as it proved the Rohila (Capt. Father at Douglas Castle, destroyed the gated in the Departmental Notification No. 1 Cole)xt noon. Everything was as usual, line. By midnight all the telephone wires Marine, dated 4th January, 1897, coded biasinues was improving quisequent on a throughout the island were cat. Boing to have effect in the port of Calcutta againsh

the THW alight appreciation

obsolete Government lines tho mere non-working vessels leaving Karichi on or after dollar, then standing at 1/10. The weather would under exdinary circumstances have August, sud forwarding copies of Depart was thick and rainy, as indeed it had arousel no suspicion-interruption of mental Notifications dated respectively

cord murications

being Very frequent, and 27th August for quarantine against. All the cables had, however, congod to pisque for the port of Calcutta. work, and the land lines to Cantor NDANITARY DÝRLLINGS AND TRIM EREGTION were found to be interrupted. It was

OF THE CUTTON HILLS. Dr Clark, Medical Officer of Health, wrote: very may to fish up the shore ends of the cable from junks in Tolegraph and respecting a large number of insanitary Deep Water Bays. It was subsequently matabed dwellingsexisting open Inland Lote discovered that the Gap Rock had been known as Jarding's Gardens," and intim. taken possessions of at 7 PM. The fight ated that in October 1814, the Sanitary was of course kept going. But for the ac-Board served a notics upon Mesare Jardine,

This document was found amongst the

papers of the inte Mir Reginald Brocks, after his death in 1918 at Esiaucis, Sz. Cecilia, near Colonia, and by permission of his executors is now published. It illustrates in miniature în curious man. her the laturus state of unprepadnussen the whole year. The Rohill must of what was ones believed to be The have passed within sight of the exany's powerful British Empire. The mathur feet shout 4 p., but whether she did WR apparently one of the residenta in and was deliberately allowed to pass with not conuceted with, aut molestation, or whether she slipped Hongkong, who, was apparently intimately acquainted past without being seen, was never knewn

at may rate, the Rohilla made no repet of with, the Government, and evidently an old friend of Mr Brooks Of Ms Brooksaa alarning mature on arrival at Singapore on the 25th. Doubtless the transports himself, his early life, little was known hore, beyond the fact that he was an keps we

well to the westward, coming from Englishmart, who

retired from busness Saig

Saigon. in Chine, proteably Houp

with

was after-

cidentef

in another hour or so no

Mr Shivedly, the British Consul at Srigan land 47 prorature discovery by Hass Matheson and Co., requiring them to put n & large fortune in (whence we were only represented by a communication by telephone could have warla cented at the inerchant 'in business), had made to ra- | been made. Findlay was left at the Aber-condition, or remove them respond

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met his friend the

da

(To be continued.)

THE SANITARY BOARD.

and

some precisely similar dwellings which then existed on

on the same land into a sanitary and after a considerable amount of encs, and delay, the buildings were removed in Miny, 1895. It appeared how- over that many of these buildings were- re-erected and were now in ng bad condition 18 before, but owing to the out break of plague in 1808, and the regrat able death of Inspector Moffat, who had The usual fortnightly meeting of the charge of this district until Jaze of last Sanitary Board was held this afternoon. year, no further action was taken. He re- Dr J, M. Atkinson, Principal Medical commanded that another notice be served upon the owners or agents of the land re Civil Oficer, President of the Board, prequiring them to put all the buildings thoro

on, inte a a sanitary condition, or sided. The ethers present werd :—Hon. F. H. May, Captain-Superintendent of them entirely, within a period of six months

from the date of serving ouch notice. Polo(Vice-President); Hon. W. Chathain. Acting Director of Public Works Dr F. W. Clark. Medical Officer of Health; Mc N. J. Ede, and Mr H. McCallum (Secretary),

or to remove

Afr Ede minuted his concurrence with the recommendation of Dr Clark,

The Director of Public Work-I have already stated that a considerable number of these hats will have to be removed when the Cotton mills are begun, which will take place very sh

shortly, think

the matter should Ithink

death of a relative. The degreed presentations of a disquieting naturs. For deen Fulica Station with five Chines Water geatleman was passionately fond of many weeks past our communications with Police Constables armed with cutlasses, Sachting, and had apparently frequently Saigon had practically ceased, having been and exe of the land force, the latter having ravisited, and for long periods, the confined to the Messageries Steamers, Snides. sconus of his sarly falours and successes, Mar

sses. Marty's vessels, and two Germark trauris, in his large schoonor yacht the level, the fathilde and Sabina Rickmers, both He appears to have left Hongkong, of which vessels were commanded by mes of the name of Purkenforced on for- about the time indicated by the author, for an extended cruise in the South The restrictions latterly

eign vessels, had resulted in the withdraw Pacific, en route for Valparaiso, In

from the Saigon voyage from the Society Islarxls the al of British shipping yacht was wroaked on Flint land, Mr trade, and even with Blangkok-from Brooks being the pole survivor, He whenco rumours of military preparations in was ressued from Flint Island by the French possessions might have been resiv- Peruvian liner Manco Capac in 19%, and ed. The shrinkago of and diveria to first learned then of the collapse and Singapore of the rice trade had restored downfall of his country. Some two years communication uncertain and infrequent, afterwards it.

cause for anxiety or necessity for author on the Parana; a ruinel man, using the cable existed. The latish telo like himself. His (Mr Brooke) margraph ship the Store Nordiste had unly the

in the aptitude for language effected some slight repairs.

and month previously been

port and Abilities business

pablod

The Rentor of the 23rd September, ro- consider hime speedily to amass a very

y at seivel at 240 r., had reported this com- able fortune. Ho resided principally at selve St. Cecilia (continuously for the last sizplete pacification of the N. W. frontier of years), where he died on the 16th Novem India after the sovere defeste inflicted on

bail ber last, beloved by all who the the tribesmen

that the bulk of the tain smondments made by the Insanitary privilege of his acquaintance:

nce. Of the roops recently employed had returned to Properties Commission to Bye-how 77 made author nothing is known; pribably he thor of Thessaly was being rapidly carried

their respective cantonments. The cuby the Sanitary Board on 17th June, 1897.

The amendments had relation adven lisappeared, with many other

M. Druz, the Swu Go

GOFORNUT OF Team

regaon of obstructions created by the turous spirita, in the stormy year of 1910, ous.

or fixture of any structure during the rebellions of the Italist and Crote, had landed at Canes amidst the thun- erectin

der of from the feets of the Euro in backyarde ur back lanes hold under

Balutes German Immigrants.-16th Aprü, 1917.

when such ab. pean Convert. The toned by numerous defect.M.3. UR-Bicor of Health or much offer as my might be removed in

The Dervishes were dishonr-lease from the Crow the Medical bean put up without notice being given to the agants, and it was just possible they look was profoundly peaceful.

month, at any rate daunted, which had been all the summer off be sppointed for the purpose by the the Dockyard reditting, had sailed to rejoin Sanitary Board, prejudicially affects the they would certainly be removed before the the the Admiral at Nagasaki on the 21st. The health of the inmates of the houses.

The Medical Officer of Health minuted— had been despatched on the 21st via Shang. This recommendation of the Insanitary bo of who agents for the other lots might

ties Commission will, if adopted by

PAYSANDU, 12th October, 1907. DEAR BROOKS — Our unexpected meeting last week was a great pleasure to me, and, you were good enough to assure me, to you alsu. I will (I cannot say with pleasure)

and

of

PROPOSED AMENDED DYE-LAW-DR CLARK CRITICISE THE INMANITARY PROPERTIES COMMISSION, The Board had under consideration' cor-

The out-struction, in the

American mail, the Belgic (Capt. Pindor)

to the

stand over until it is seen which of the

are to be left, and those could be

as suggested by the M.D.

buts

dealt Greater

Inspector

with

lance should be observed by

by the T

to see that those displaced by the mills ste

not reconstructed, as has already boon the

removed. case with the huts farmer

The Secretary intimated that the architect for the agents of Lot

Last 1018 had informed him that the Matsheds erected thereon had

end of the year.

The President Inuggested that the atten- tion of the a

aford you all the information that lies in hai and Japan. The only men-of-var in Pro Board, doprive it of some of babiy proceer in the same way as waa-dona

tiem, and that everything ill be done to Stokesand Master, appung judgment, whelming humiliation. Both anticipated thunder-storu lasting nearly an hour, the one r

make the visit a memorable one.

His Lordship, in It is

found that the

a pity courtesy visits are not more frequent-valid, and, he thought, therefore, seeing

to make a better friends,' &c.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

Bornand TO THE 'CHINA MAIL.') /

Losos, 28th September, 1897. ANNEXATION OF CUMBERLAND

SOUND BY CANADA.

A Candian Government expedition has formally annexed Cumberland Bound in Baffin's Land, to forostall an eventual seizure by the United States.

THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER.

ney lent, and the petition weald is taken in Chambors in fourteen days' time,

INTER-COLONIAL CRICKET.

THE STA ANG TRAM. Straits cricketers will go

to the matter before taking oma of further

steps, and they would than pro- on lo: No. 18. I

It was agreed that the Secretary Le. instructed to write to the owners.

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BUBONIC FLAGUE IN BOMBAY,

The tabular statement forwarded by the

MORTALITY STATISTICE..

uso successes were at first somewhat of aving it chanood that Mosera Meugens the suproval of this Commissielung 17.6 as compared with 20.0 in the mme.

revelation.

ܕof this pöz

In

Naval Review and the gatherings of the two other ships were observed

for perhaps in some respecta tiwy were will be represented.

2871 tons,

difliculty of the worthy Magistrato getting tribes are thoroughly cowed. General Ellos inter-colonial matches that will take place at cost of so much blond and tressure ed in for Deepam ulf together in the direction indicated might

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in a word edgeways. Let us hope, for the

ie withdrawing towards Peshawar.

sake of the dignity of the Court, that a

WEATHER NOTICE.

qualified interpreter may be forthcoming ---of the male persuasion!

local

(where we have architect considers that anyudica wound.

The following notice is issued from the Habback. E. Neutron. Duck, R.money bags for forty years, and yet basuddenly showed a greca Hath to sword, Medical Officer of Health and the Ma- Gagar ettoytión is being paid just now

Observatory:-

and

but it is

ble to

"go sumpite. All these gentle.hlp! He had a nicely out and did the strangers in towarda Deep Water Bay:riving these proposed awardments, 1 see one of the typhoons which are always to had lifted their anchor, and paddled the Board for permission to request the under the gale of last weak,

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porary hopes that our visitor will find nothing disagreable on his arrival in Hongkong. We sincerely hope not.

my power, about the miserable events in the port were the Plorer, Lt.Com. De the Hum

refitting; Swift and Fadilar, old the under the old streef bye-law, and

powers which iti already pos. Hongkong, of that most wretched of years

-boats laid up in ordinary, Besser hope the Colony's drains will be on their best behaviour, and that the spceial Bor-

oan hardly believe that the members of the

. quet de Reclamation will not rise up and Plaintiff, a compredere with the China-just ten years ago-ar verily a Debacle and the Witern and Treet which was

class of their proposal. The only reference to assassinato His Excellency. Joking aside, Export, Import, and Baking Compagnie for us as was 71 for the French. Curious flattery to call harbour defence Commission bare fully realized the nature

vessels. In the depot were two first-class sued on a promissory note for $2000, with how both for Chim and for England the and four second-class torpedo bouts. The privato strecte contained in Ordinanco if M. Loamer does come to Hongkong, interest, from the executrix of the estate of 60th year of a wornu's fe in the former old Fittor manne, tying the Coma-24 of 1887 is that it shall be considered a Government of Bombay respecting the will make arrangements for giving our we hope the Governor and the officials the-deceased Choy 32 instructed by Mrcise, and of a Sovereign's reign in the lat- modero's broad pennant, and the Toner, nuisace if any such street is so foul as to number of casee and deaths in the vity to which it was shortly to be transferred, bo garious or noisoms or unhealthy, while from plague from 19th August to 30th Au- for the plaintiff, Mr H.

ter, should have brought in their min for could not be reckoned as in the first line of Orduanco 15 of 1889 concerns itself with gust shows that 08 cases were discovered

defunce

the ability of building structures and and 34 deaths occerred—a daily average of both such misery unspeakable, such over- the defence.

About sunset on the 23rd, after a heavy their protection from fire, but also contains 6 caros and 3 destly.

reference to

to private streets, in Sec. 62, Dote was not

with such eagerness, both ushered in with

to sky had sleared over Hongkong and Lame appliable however only building wholly The death rate Culony for the much ports and splendour, and both closing and a few stars peeped out after dark, erecod subsequent to the passing of that week suded 18th September was 25.5 per ly made by the Govenors of the various that the instrument sad on was not a pro-

though the clouds were still heavily bank. Ordinance. The bye-law as made by the 1,000 per annum, as compared with 15.3 In Colonies in the Far East.

missory note in the maning of the Ordi. in disaster and ruin, so utter and aploded to the south and westward. On this Board, and which has already once received the corresponding week last year. For the It is a wayange, the suit most fail. A promissory In China's case in 1801, though the Japan-ever

deals with week onded 20th September the rate was note was described in Chalmer's Digest on Bills of Exchange as an unconditional

pro-surprise to the good people at home, and and Hazeland, two Colonial Offices, had the sanitary condition of existing

week last year. gone round in the Lata On the Abor abuting on private strests, lanos, atc. made by

પ. me in writing by one person to

even to us out yonder who thought wo were

I showed the men- another, signed by the unker, unguging to familiar with the rettenness and corruption they had hired a samman to go fish-bers of this Commission a number of such

deen ferry-launch, to that planu, where Felmanry

The modernised by Leo-Mofford bullet · pay on demand or at sixed or determina-

of the Empire, the utter collapse of Garnet ing for rook oud off the S.E. end of houtat

majority of than emphati- hoats, and the blo future time

a sua fortain in money. to. Wolseley's hugey the Chinese hardasa Aplichiau lafund. They had not long been cally expressed the opinion that they wore bids fair to put all others in the shade and, or to the order of, a sucified person or to The Chief Justice gave Mr

anchored to the east ward of the Ansatance unt for human habitation, and a disgrace as it has been invented by the Indi

Ordzxce the bearer.

Department, the Indian Govern In Hongkong we knew our weakness Rock, when to their astraishen they to the sanitary legislation of this Colony, Francia permission to send his petition and that we merely existed on made out the loom of a large vessel coming while moranzer, in May, 1896, two promi.mant has ordered fifty thousand rounds of

earce, dwellem in a fool's paradise, persioularly as regards the question of mo-

20be at once made for Fast end of Lama Island showing "* Colony as being

ne spoke of the sanitary condition of the otherwise to our case the all did up slowly from the Southward past the Dont member of the Commission publicly this ammunition to be

trial at the musketry schools at long not seem to extend. The glories of the lights. At this time, it was about

& disgrace to civilization ranges, when aisty or seventy regimente the ***

This modern ballet, in our the first Sous of the Empire were still fresh in

notdar wrong), and

we are informed, has less yet their proposal,tration than the old one: it will not poss

power line ahead. The thres minds--yet even then was preparing that which afterwards proved to be the Scrittoff, pontdued in thie amended bye-law, is a boit from the blue that destroyed the fair of 3,458 tons, Capt. stolpoff, and the quais sanitary legislation of the pro-pigus The experiments on carcass of bullocks at the Stromsky, the Yarn delilerate sitempt to revert to the inade- through trees and brick walls; but, on fabric the foundation of which our fore stave

other

hand, it will stop men and homes. The Mohmand campaign is over, and then it set the Straits in the fathers laid with such stern determination Hoskote, 2243 tune, Capt. Andrieff-head days, and all because forsooth

various ranges have been most satisfactory, Water Bay

as the bullet asta-ap' and makos & MOTOTU there in November. The players have now wasted, wasted all, by their degenerate had many a jolly.

but never shall again). A A large jure that the rights of the owners of those been selected as follows: Mr Curtis (Porak), and emasculated descendants.

John Bull had been sleeping on his was tion

was hovering

that the off the entrance to the Bay properties, for the suggestion the Captain H. L. Talbot, Mossrs F. W. Talbot, C. Glassford, A. H

lieved in diplomacy, ie, backing down. which was immediately answered by two gistate would both be so blind to these the prospects of the rise crop. Reports He had no conception that blows muld be short red flashes from the formatie of the true intereses of the comunsity es to ob from diferent parts of the orinity vary E. W. Birch and (Selangor). T. Raid, G. P. Stevene, struck frat and war declared afterwards STOWER BOU

e leading

The junk inject to any genuine improvement of house greatly in satimating the probable yield. clip. On the 30th at 11.25 a. The centre of thermole (Sinporo). Mr F. H. such a course bemg impossible with his mediately turned Narthwards and preceded property in the absurd to be seriously The critical period of the lowering has

(Seremban); VISNIS AT TUM DOUs:-At Kotole the typhoon, moving N.E., entered W.

Parliaments of Batibla nud Parochial

cozedained. If the Commission parsiste In not passed without Japan experiencing City of Ric. Pasig, Feihoo, Phra C. 6. Japan or Nagasaki yesterday afternoon.

Grant will

The whole proceedings were so auspi is not yet Squa The barometer has fallon at Wadivostock, men are willing to phy. Klas, Formosa,

programme, diplomacy failing coaling cious that Meagens and Hazeland, who no alternative open to me then to apply to be

at the time of the year, and be Sin Kai, Riangpak, en colsiderably, an the China cast, and quite certains that they will get stations would be reinforced and victualled.

damage has been." Inne Kaipan, Mogal, Lang Teing, Frejr. slightly in Bulinuous however, away, so that further alterations are prob- The feet in the Mediterranean sugmented. at

in many places Aberdeen(Name.)

is still low in the latter ares.' Gradients, able. Regret is felt that Perak is so for N.E. winds, increasing in the N. part scantily represented. The absence of Fax, Coastguards and Reserves called out of the vessels on seeing the amhangshauses as 'unfit for human habitation, in The distelete from which the

Subsidized cruisers of signals, Cosmopolitan.--West York, Jacob Cris

conice appear, however, to havs the strength of the tam, but it was found and Voules and Misckenzie materially affecte Militis mobilized

once sheared of the accordanos with Sco. 23 of the Pablla (ed. serieus demure, but

as hard as lealth Ordinance of 1887, I have hither

of DOUTES toneon, Petrarch.

worked well had the chomy had the gen- they could. At the f impracticable for or other Perak werk

these

splash of their to avoided this extreme measure in the there is a shortage in the rice grown for erosity to

to have accepted and abited by our oars, they wore hailed from the Sarate hope that the proposals of this Commission home consumption this will senst up prices W. RONSON & Co., Piano and Musical Players, with the extention of Curtis, totes, instead of selecting their own time, in Chinese (which Hazeland spoke firently wond render auch a course unnecessary, generally and interfere with the

get away. The team, it will be seen, com- dates,

it this emasculated bye-law is to be rs of the cereal. The situation is faturer and bidden to came alongside, being probatil th prises seven from Sakigor, two from Sungei and further emitting the formality of a so

lenn declaration of was with heralds c

*cast.

| raised . કો Ujong, three from Singapore, and one from

fair sample of what the price

for their fish. Digresson will recommend the Government to districts inseste have appeared on the rice It was all very informal Perak:Strata Tone

ing the sapear, etc.

garding the hail, however, they. saccessful and improper, but completely

hard for Abentaon, and on landing rusted do, for the betterment of the housing of the it demonstrated our uttar unreadiness and up to the Police Station where they pocter classes of our community, the found one Scotch Constable-Rober Find-Santary Board need no longer look to the Shree capacity for sudden action.

addicional European re

top to the Central Police Station in the very necessary reform of when you were last in that were talked of when

Three

upos the lovernment Horon hea incha island, the reserve bat lights gone into Deep Water Hay. Just { fail to see any reason why t Hongkong teries on the South shore bech constructed,

. Mau- the President), for the original bye-law has

been laid in mak- already creets of the hills oommanding Mira Bay

iation.

belonging to been made, the firs

have much to the Station had just amariment is the outcome of a letter also the damage done is likely to

Luigh.

effect un

un the total yielá. Judging from ir kindly afforts in soaking the climbing a hill on the Sabbath day, and ONE day at the late loan of Ely's tablo a

Colony

victualled, all was

was sent to recall them of Inverness have been denouns legal gentleman was lamenting the gaps g

The Dincior of Public Works. The hys the various reports to hand, we are inclined been different, and the first of the westward. Another man was sent down to law should be retained in its previous form. to believe might long trip.on such an expanse of watering then vigorously for their frivolity. which death had recully made in his pro- making blows dealt at the Brise Boipico | the launch Eus On to order the area to M.OH. in any árbitrary manner is autici- below in erage yield, wilf, not fall far

The axerciss English mind could not to expected to fassion. We have it, he said solemnly, warded off and returned; hat it was all com ba drawn forward at mice, and a fill head

of the p888 so plsssantly and quickly,'

conferred on the up to as powers twas furthermore declared that the sports concerning the Pert are with grasp the real gravity of the offence, hot it

may. be brought home to, then by mosus many months. "The Dear, who was quite right that phrases los: op- of dica, got up. The gene was to proceed by of and the home se to insects deconging the

have heng

Tanies the

The Preside.I agree with the Dirac of the place paved Morrison (who had been recalled from the

We have heard Water Police gig), to Deep Water Bay, tor of Public Works.

Be Clark. balore moving his resolution what intentions.

the Rassians have sinen made of Hazeland accompanied McNab and the two empl, said the lady. For what facked My W. R. Swan, manager of Masara. Hongkong, an Impregnable Clyta raxaining Indian Constables by mad to on the subject, said he would like to says the geologist; I'm only breaking stones. Howarth Brekine's works at Kuala Lum-

John Bull, in bis lethargy, had not

Water Bay, urders belug it with few words explanatory of the history of the the ever-increasing of Yeʼrefour mair, was the retort, "Ye're pur, has, the Straits Times is informed,

other two indiens byslaw, and ke criticised the lecter pub- and

The that, when the breakin the Bawbath day.

been appointed Mariager of the

ringing in.

they were to be seat on after them. lished Annjong Pagar Dock Compact David French puddle Continuously yapping There being no rockets or othert law. A point of confusion in Mr

for signal.

latier was the distinction of the sanitary love of posceling it Mr W. M

sani. to de mero hac than good to the Coin | LADY Amateur Artist Yea, I'm weddet Robertson will succeed Mr Swan at Kuals about Egypt, the Rasdan sleuth-sound at the Station that could he were work by Mr Leigh and tha amerdeči

eral and of the aforesaid

fras arranged Zampur. Tations Pertscu, General with his ostentations

two inare provisions for existing houses and the

for future houses.

Future panies interests, as they give carren to to my st, don't ye know * Candid Critle:

Misunger

Pagar, will shortly rumours which are certainly by no mas *Than you must fad that marriage is a hour on

which was interest on isave of absen.00 It may be

rapidly

houma were already provided for and future he at one telephoned to the general and are not likely to be believed failum

additions to evolved

houses washoped to be arranged in Africa,

Central. Two blasts of the steam whistle explained that

to existing were already nube also that Captaiti

valence, the

Who Came Aftat-Teacher home on Isavo, Mr Joha Blair would come

affection for thats when Mr. M. Robertson went and sympathy with their herols affurts

the Dutchmen of the Transvaal, in quick succession was to convey the same provided for. There were over one hun Kong as in history) Who came testimonial by bus (ezamnaga

were horses at

present Alenieur, fed in width, and at his curious interest in the Company's afain. But Mr Blair base Venezuela. Loundary and his perennial Aberdeen Dook (then not in use), and the over bids backyard bye-las passed The Fame Beart Payout eosin for a short ins to take charge of abake off Rugland's anal yoke. The Yan- there mare so Poles Hoste more stables, ansi surged in the Colony lewe than fiften so Mr Kerr, the Superintoudest of the prosion for these streets not being covered

top and closed at the recently been ill, and cannot some.

at both enda. They Tove of the pelagio seal.

only

already had s alork,

inform sbaent volunteered to the Insanitary Properties Commission luggish raind of John Budi

by the Pokfulam Road,ked them to twa "backyard bye-lawi for roused by

THE writer of Stray Notes in the Kobe Chronicle muskes some very sensible e-

of the China Sea. Forecast moderate

to fresh N.E. winds, fair.

Instrument specialists and experts. Work shops and Factory, Daddell St.; Show Rooms, Queen's Road Central.

marks on the growing custom of prescut ing testimonials to captains of passenger steamers. His remarks are worth quoting Some of the members of the Caloutta Volunteer Rifles are getting up a move. For some years it has been the regular ment teapply to Government to be allowed

in extenso :-

:.

15 80

RUSSIANS are entering more and more into the fishery business along the Siberian

Had

}

Up to

Com

arpart

complicated by the fact that in many

and have doué otrious claulage. In orde

.custom on Rome of the staandora running to form a detachment for sergios in the coast, where Japsuva have had practically nents, and the 500 extra Artillerymen-who, after some demur, consented to them for assistance and support in securing teams in order to provide means to ded

and the

a menopoly fór somejears,

Large

ships sharing o

places the local authorities have taken the matter in hand and have even raised urged by us affectively wild the pest, while in oitier

1H96. I places landowners August, 1896.

have made allowances matter nood to the tenants to enable them to purchas

for us as an insecticide. It i

in

this

SCOTLAND's Sabbstarian feelings have bean Mas Slimdiet (to now boarder)-That is the roads round the thousand-foot conta after doing so, the Sorgeant in charge be considered in cimers (no casnted by oubtful whether these me

between Hongkong and Australis for Frontier Expedition. passenger to presents complimentary testimonial, sonetimes accompanied by purse of money, to the captain, practice appears to lince. The latest case is that of this Perts, proclained from China to Pozu. These pound it with? whose capta thanked in a

(Peter MoÑab) arrived from

aud Hazeland had

upon

the

table of the sures will have much effect, but reports

saba ostending to ether outraged. The beinousness of the offence pound cake, Mr Server. Now boarder built, the barracks overlooking landing-gesunderstand the gravity of the Lasielative Council, and was published by fortunately show that only pertain districts charged against six Invernessians must be (carefully hefting a piece)-What did you places erected, the block-houses on the ing of the four Indian Coasts. the ocal press, and moreover the e:ggested and affected, and it is a question whether in a tostim godloes, young men have haan

ward

and officers on their

for the were

Lase

70/mes throughout!

لله

the the

pres

Once

of accured

a was

not less than six minent lawyers in as

out foundation, and the passcore of an lustration.

at once rose and repeated grace: Inven

than pleased at the *more

the pursuing his dry recreation on a Sunday,For this and all His incrcies, etc. of its table and the through and we hammering away at a rock when a

departments of

of Scotevaman appeared. Think shama oʻ the vessel What roports are refered to I do not kượm but I think that is not to the interest: either of the

service ranse

GL. & D. or the FM Companies, tr

& Danks deservedly

testimonials which are likely

anial skipper of the Kenaga-, has

passatger, to express their sense of

been presented witdu

debtedness for the "many kindness

perienced at his handy and ef

ingly careful and skil

navigated filte

Chond

*

(after a heated discnsion)":

it

in the

hurt, and

the

and the Harbour Chatengelled on patrol. A Chinese Constable published in the tiress he Mei

portunities, with

the

from the

on her, accompanied by Constable Janies

Desp

of the

of ours pack

that two

hound, with uar- | rife shots-wold sig pusy. Lording,'tary provisions

All these

and

the

with

to

*Kuk Buyspose I'm on the bench | à German mining ugaser is reported to nothing thingh, I say, hed conveyed other European in the place (Duncan, Larislative Council in May lieb, so Counge, Ah, my lord, you have found a zich mineral deposit st a f he had suddanly swak oned for a low yra 2 / Avon 9 his biggola. Kerr had been. seomed to him to be an absurdity,

which

MaNat's ordera was impossible to commuple with that it should not apply if the prayons with and then they stultifod matters by saying and Lee, the two Europass at the

pák the vask," | pisos to purchase cuinery of the some flight offorts at fortifying ARE CAN I PADS works, as they were praatially at of the Building Ordination and Ha

Server, I can interesting

kay you pun maining in it the mine,

A

that

The

the While meteorological

perhaps pot

disturbances

copy as well as the fact that

are very short in many districts, fan mene the price of rise up during the past week- as much as 25 and 30 sen per ploul-Koto Chrowids.

Quotations. Honomone, Bapt. 30, 1897, OPIUM-New Fit, cash,

Old

Н

Η

51

ass New Benares, cash, 728) Old

New Malwa, odit, 870/650 Alowance Taels,... D/D

Inat Year New.... 900/150-

Allowance, Tailin Đà

1

Od Malwa credity.... 689-

place called Painis (White

stain profectus, and has succeeded in sede), has serious thoughts and aron made

the gentry and

developing risoning his best,then gange the Jubilee Brick what kind of a minersi the and burst of self-gratulation the scene of sation. The Paper Milla had Ordnance are complied with practi mine in question ontains rumour esyeth thing

thing had gone well. Everything

ceived to employ any Europeans Hase only meant that all the not, but may take the engineer has been continue to go well Tres, the Belgian land wrote a short note to Mr Mibt, the the Colony should rate areets in Bi

sxempt. He then Dommissioned to buy the necessary mashi-and the German were outing in uncom Cats from Germany) and he is proceding fortably into his trade, but things would sptain Superintendent of Police, who was icing that us Colonial Secretary he las

LANCAS PAKALarge for khas purpose" labs themselves, and is tarned over for / 4Ving at Hilimida, the Pask, and serb të nis nga that the Board - ovitkot adopt the iTmas:

he fondly hoped would be another Nouns Gough Mankor had bean Commission, and also that the mintes

by Chinese Constable up its and tomugrostions of the Banitary Properties yan most. It did not it four red from Cuthbert A.Perform #Boud

HONE Apput to be observed in

We in Mongkong gob the Arst thake Augmellor Han

Allowance, Tasligiga ma

Porwinx, Paper jika 700/795

ampara fare.

Taken at Muzzy F'alsoner di Out a

Do

Premier, Queen's Bond.) -Haruxton, Bapt. 807 1807,