MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1808.
interest or at a big discount to equalize The existing four per cent. Exterior Loan,
Tho. Finance Minister reported last month
a wifo
hard-he
imported entirely that is murst, and family to support, merely oxists. Inca
flum
mine owners and
another item of the budget showed a basin eender it 1012
Reficiency in Oct. of Peseins 2,314,500 (4
strikes requiring mil
wagen, hence.
the
tion
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
on the STEAMERS PASSED SUBZ CANAL on the gokiTM “(SUPPLIED THEŐCon BLÜTEE.)
several woll them.. We now
19; Titania, 26 Santu. 30; Ben-
THE CHINA MAIL.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made forla Burs Cocort on 20th January
pay higher OUTWARD BOUND-Norman Iles, Nov. arrived yesterday from Hauker via twa The Chinese steamer Kiang Tak, which
Tarig, Chuter, Dec. 3; arguit, Frene, tow, reports having passed a water-logged 7 Amphitrite, Deike Rickmers, St.junk, bearing from Pudro Blancs N. E. by
Ronald, Nestor, Ataka Mar, 10: ; Shanghai, 14; Glengarry 17 Ning distant milos, - chau. Preussein Promethens, 21; Car marthenshire, Maria Falerie, 24, Jud. ney, Out, Tiger, 23; Borden, Darmstadt, Erate, Glebaran, Amana, Fullvdon Hall, 31. Socotra, 26 Macduf, 30: Genertney, Dec. Colorie, 10: Maria Rickmers, St. Ninion, 21; Merrions, Bally, 24; Bayern, Marie Jebsen, 28; Kintuck Manila, 31.
(£200 208), cumpared with the correspond. These are some of
le-bodied Ang month last year, namely the redompaeo the towns crowded wi
men appoaling to
to public charity. And i tion money paid for freedom from military vet dead is really done, in a private way, to devico. It is to be hoped that this parii-alleviate their sufferings, for the Spanierd Cruel and chlar. Bource of income may continue to is a generous an enemy tha
towards & Spaniard is romarkably cornmaskinato and condoning towards sciat fook. As n missioned Father Coloma (the celebrated
acrosse, for I cannot help regarding the Aprinciple on which it is raised as positively
vindictivo
WAS
XO-
zo. It is worked in this way. The recent instance, a great Court lady com- HowEWARD BOUND-Sumatra, Nov. 19; the Peruvian Consulato-General during the Year Kolidays, were greatly relished as a one of the men touching it on ous occasion |
2.
Him Jour (Confined)-Previous Wienha
penalized 2 inches. Prize prested by Yuen Hop, Esq.
J. D. Danby Arthur
H
Osram Race (Urifined. 1st Prize pre-
Distances-4 ft. 8 in.; 4 ft. 7 in.
Sented by the Mitsui Busan Kaisha. 2nd Prize by D. Curzio, Es.
H. Arthur
•
A. McKindy Tinao-1 min. 8aço
-LOG AND SPOON BIOXGLY RACK, Start in Saddle (Contined.)-Québ round track. Prize presented by Mrs Ponte.
A. MoKindy
F. Shuster
long enough to fix the A. Schoonfolder, En
down
sufficiently
When
face
st last they st caine to
to the 13
1.
:2
- THE NEW YEAIL
board, the work of hoisting the gun was The New Year was ushered in with onumenco, The gun had bear holated from the old sampan to the gunsale and damp, diagresÃĺlo weather, a ̈nusty drizzle
was andenvouring to banco itself thor the old year. "With the approach of day-it malls the fatal plunge, noorly precipitat having provided throughout the last day of when it was seized with theeudden resolve to fall in, and slipping front the rep lashing light, however, the weather cleared up anding an attendant gunner. Then the Quarter- the sun alious forth in his full glory Mastor Sergeant arrived, and the hubbub throughput Saturday and Sunday. The created was leiest for any funeral. At
dast the long sergeant. Christmas holidays had paly whetted the solved to live in two gunners
and anke fast a rope. It is rotihod in the Gazette that the appetitor of the Coloniste for Inore, and huss plucky fellows stripped and dived Governor has been pleased to recognise Br
Saturday and to-day, appointed sathe New into the icy cold water, but their several J. Grant Saith as in temporary charge of
attemple to
to find the gun were unavailing,
of the source of gratiation of the thirst for on-
was unable, in consequence of bund abeence from the colony of Ma Felipe Bjoyment which had been aroused during depth and coldness of the water to remain 60 YARDS SACK RACE -Prize presented by Mcas, or until further notice.
the previous week's holidays, and had ro- rope.
a half-suppressed condition the swimmers and those on the launch could Oxt II.3.3. Powerful arrived today at 1.15 and in
the amount of gas' that escaped from pm. She is under the cornmud of Capt.fering the working days intervening, un-never have hean recorded by a recently- the Hon. H. Lambton, with Commandes settling business affairs. Although one elected corporal through one of his meters.
Advice was freely tendered on all hands un able citizens in the provinces have a peri
da, left San Francisco for this port also on board. The last nague fe cogged to see the Colony in a disapi aspect. Do gave up the search and clambered on board. ervice who had not already draw his fect horror of a public exccution, and i
via Yokolama Inland Sea, Kobe,
matter is what condition its afhirs may be, Efforts made to bribe a Chinens diver to gʊ, they do not Hucceed in
it take having hamber would be called upon to do 60.
Nagasaki and Shanghai, on the 18th entirely on navigating Titius.
still everything goes to show that the Colo-down were of no avail-wator too muchee Dea.
retura journey was There might be five hundred down and elsewhere they leave the town for several days. There is no police re-
Tex chinese nt has received intelligence ny is in a very prosperous condition, and commenced, minus one guy, the drums and Bloomers p Bunkers one to one hundred would have gulation against begging. In all the
that the Black Flag General Yu Yung Fak the prospects are brightening for the future.vident they did not keep their word, for I aint agoin' to tell, but it is playing Of this bundred we will suppose years hardly treated ur teproved by n I have known Spain I never saw
Tho N. P. Co.'ss. Columbia has arrived
at Yokohama and sails for Kobe and has, arrived at Canton, from his native The stores have greatly exceeded previous yesterday the incident was related with. If twenty are weil off or have means and Spaniard fur following his collea
Hongkong on the 23rd Dec.
country Yamchan, and has had an inter-scasos business, and the Christams cards, grent guste by many carping critical civiliane -eighty-ono poor, the Iatter would have to passer-by cannot, ugis not disposed to give Join the ranks whilst the twenty have two he dismisses the solicitant with the to the O. S. S. Co.'s steamer -Tuntutus, from view with the Viceroy Canton. It is which some eceptics wero inclined to who delight in scoffing, Tlio rotura journey Coxsolation, Rach (100 yards)---I'riza pro-
Liverpool, left Singapore at noon, tho
was quietly affected to Headquarters. Yes. of dute, wereterday the gun was recovered by one of the 30th Dec., and may be expected here reported that he has been intof Cora- believe were gone out
mandor in charge of the defend of Canton, more in evidence than they have boon for Dock divors. on er about Tuesday, 4th Jan.
Australian, from Sydney, &c., loft Port for this port
laister of War decides on a Jovy of author of the popular novel Peguenerea) to hany men. Each recruiting district has travel from Madrid to geloon and back to distribute material Fatta amongst Belely to to furnish its quota more or less in the widows and children of the executed proportion its population. Suppose, anarchists. If there is the faintest chance
condemned
inn's life of saving a cond
For instance, Granada had to supply one
Mats.
1
Aundred, every individual in condition for never wanting a low to solicit it. The P. M. R. City of Peking, with mails A. P. Ethelso and Logun . Stanfield would not expect at this season of the year til at last the swimmers benutabed with cold
gorve.
بھیجو
are substitute agents who, for a certain In Cadiz, for example, last month thu The B. & A. vin on the 27th Dec. The football match Scoiad u The many years. There was the usual round of
ways of evading the service. Firstly, there
rape hermans (God help you, brother). And the expression has often to be used.
were hundreds of canal
weroartisans and labourera
and in the last stage of willing to work.
anal beggars famished privation, Some
Bum, BAY twenty pounds sterlinguer kalne to find a substitute. The censeript
Za
Doo,
festivition, dancer and other cntertainments,
-- TAIKOO CLUD.
SEVENTO ANNUAL STHLETIC SPORTS.
:-Herbert Smith, Esq.
-J. Danby -D. Carrio
LILE BICYCLE RACE, START SADREZ (VETERANS)Competitors to bo 35 years of age and upwards, and 10. years' residence in the 10 yardı. start for every year over 35. (Frizs pre- sented by the Mitsus Bussan Raisha.
J. Binks (42 years) Dickia (39 voara)
IN
Vision
cd
J
#Hi
at a year RACE (220 yards)-
Tailton Cinb.
by toge (8 yards) W. Junter (8 yards) Tino-3 secs.
sented by the Taiko Club..
R. Dickson (20 yards) F. Silva Netto (acratch), Time-14-adcs.
1
Prize present-
幾
CHAMPION CUP.-Presented by J. H, Scott, Esq. To be presented to the Winner of -most prenta.-A. MoKirdy..
paya his redemplém muney, the agent si Ninety of them wore Cubans banished The R. L. s. 6. Deike Rickmers, from Ant. World' takes place at the Happy Valley which despite the weather conditions were
werp und Hamburg, passed the Canal on Saturday. The Scotch fram is expect frein their island and thrown an to the.
President :-Morake, Mr.J. HET THE ROYAL HONGKONG GULL en the 7th Doc., and may be copied to be as follows: Goal, Turrell (Kow-indulged in with greater heartiness than ags las in view a number of unfortunates streets of Cadiz In the town of Areas de
dered dos at Singapore on the 29th loop); bucks, Wood (Honglore) and Smilever, and there is a general ur of content- Mr J. Waddell, Mr C. Blake, Mr J. Coila show randy to sell themselves for con orla Frontera (Cadiz province) municipal em-
Co.'s str. Ningehow, from lie (Kowloon); half-backs, Ithic, Wilsonment prevading all which is externely Mr J. Mackay, Mr R. Stuart, Mr J. Dickie, twelve pounds and he pockets the differ.ployés, whose pay was five months in [cade. The military-anfumities-givo ampic
Deo and may -he-considered due at kay (Hongkong), Guw (Kloon), Machaye just entered are very encouraging Starters:-Mr. Blako, Mr R. Line for these negotiations in which, how evek, a bich doen occur somethues, for if
Hrrent, matters improved by the recent
were asking for alza in the streets.
Tho
M.
Duncan (Kowloon).
(engkong) and
The clouds which for some time have been
Coila, Mr J, Dickie.
Blako, Mr T. Gibson,
obsearing the political atmosphere of
the SKU 1r J.
Blake. Mr H. M.
Glasgow, passed the Carul about 19th and Henderson (Kowloon); forwards, blue-gratifying. The prospects of the year we Mr. Lechend, Mr G. fuckland. calamities in Sovillo, Malaga and Valencia
Singapore on or about the 7th Jun.. which have been The N. 1. Co.'s 3. 5. Olympic sailed from Де Неггога, near Seville, wollen stream
Yokohama for Portland, Or., on the by any chance the substitute fails to put in swept away all the cattle, horses, pigs and
28th Des. at appearance at enrolment, the new cou. grain in the place and nearly every house Seipt has to present himself. Secondly, as damaged, because the people
by the outburst at 5 o'clock in surprised
the roofs. through
Bar
trothy
being
te void mích a contingency it is safer to go the morning, had to make their escape direct to the military bureau of conscrip thro ton and pay the full government indem pal nity of 200. This is an iniquitous soures of revenue for the Government. The mili. tary authoritica count on a certain number kof conscripts falling short of the levy and really draw more than they need, so that in reality for every 20 received by the Goverment on this d some from natural causes are stoically met with
In Malaga, the princi Calle de Larios, which I consi-
capital in Europe, w of
any capital converted into a river course. Trunks of trees were carried down is and the princi pal equate was two feet deep with water the people of Valencia afirm that the flood over their town this autuma has never bean equalled in the last half
century. Happily resignation is
is a prominent fea. ture in the national character.
Calamities A devoto allu
or fellow, of the excem, pored a shrug of the shoulders and
The
The
N. V.K... Hakuta Murn lefe Kobe, via Moji, for this port on the 28th Doc. and is expected to arrive here on the 8th Jan.
6
Far East appear to be clearing away, and
averything tends to show that during the present your & great revolution in Chinese affairs will take place, from which every. resident is sure in some way or other to derive some benefit.
3r C. Lostinel.
Clerks of Courie Mr G. A. Buckhand, Mr J. Harvie.
Lap Scorer:-Mr W.- Farmer.
Ifun. Scoretary of Sports Committee:-Mr Goo. A. Buckland.
New Year's Day, the Wit Yorkshire Regiment embarked on but the troop, -ship Jettinga, and sailed for Singapore to reliore the first Battalion of 19 Rilu Bri-
ENTERTAINMENT AT KOWLOON Docke. gado About ten o'clock, the camp at
Amongst the entertajaments hold on This annuel gathering took place on the tho annual dance Recreation Ground of the Taikoo Sugar Kowloon ma struck, and, Faded by the New Year's Eve, baud of the Hongkong Pginnt, the bat-given by the employees of the Hong. Refinery at Quarry Bay on New Year's at Kew Day. An excollent progmmo of epok Dock Co., loch Dock, is largoly attonded, and had been provided by the huson Road, the employees
commi
1. and may be expected here on er talion marvised by wallof the Hunghom kong and their hospitality in Most of the bicyclo events propor**
the
other
to have to risk his life to make up a possible Bion. The people are not given to broad The U. S S. Co.'s str. Nestor, from Li. been moored carly in the orning. The led supper mazed. A ladies' politor a distinct advantage broj nil),
deficiency in the required total.
The wheel of amuse-
much over adversition which do not affect The them individually.
ment and frolic goes round the. same. The
<r
-eth.
Bre
CLUB.
BEST SCORE CUP FOR WEGENMER. The following is theresult of this cor- palition-for-which-thor-wero twenty-two- catcies and eight returns:
Mr C, A. Tomes
92 48 84 Dr J. M. Atkineos102 15
108
Mr E. Mackay
Mr A. J. McClure
105 16
988 9 98 8,00 Mr A. A. W. Sponeer......18 18 30 Capt. RM. Rumsey.....101 6
Mr H. L. Dalrymple Mr E. A. Ram
WHAT WILL THE NEW YEAR
Latest Advicen
Preussen, The Imp, Gormar. Mail .
carrying the German Mails, with dates from Berlin of the 13th Des., left on Saturday forenoon, Jan. Colombo on 11 about Wednesday, the 12th Jan,
o the Kow a magnificent style. The reading room in spite of the fact that A. Mck Russian Volunteers. 8. Kigo left Sin Road, Cameron → gapore on
the 2nd Jan., and Victoria View, and the
was simply but effectively decorated with class better than by rod hero on
ther comp or about Icon Wharves, where the flops Jud
And Bags, and a per
a covered passage us
therefore too frequent as wi Monday the 10th Jan.
and card ruota, wins in the bicycle races. gate the quick. Thuge wore
$160 B cloak-room and noon of Dee. 31st, and may be expeetly settled down for the voyage.
On the
ient distance from the dauca roni Cup presented by Mr J. H convenient com ed here on or about Thursday, Jau.
wharf the scene was a lively one and at-All the rooms were lighted by electricity, winner of most cent de patriotic ideal holds no place in such angered guitar of the blind begg | The U, & O. 8. & Garette, with mails, &tracted a goodly number of sightacers. The and at twolze v'clock, a very pretty arrange an unqualified success.
is an a social left Shanghai for this port on Sunday, Jelunge is a fine vessel, but her carrying ment of electric lamps lighted up the than as an athletic meeting, dove ver, t the 2nd January, at 4 p.m.
with mails, which capacity was severely thed. The on till an early hour, Mr Rutter proving a the Taikoo Sports have sustained the Left hence Dec. 7th, The passantry are rolling their little huli. Wamia the heart and cheers the soul. Laat The 0. & 0. 5. for San Francisco barkation of the troeps vhs watched by Pery genial and efficient M.C. After the popularity since their inauguration serc
month's annual funst of the Sevillian cigar
New Year
had been brought in by the years ago. The word 'Taikod' is now was a spectacle as brilliant as if their via Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobo, luland
Sea, and Yokohama, arrived at her several of the staff officers of the army and hearty exchango of congratulations amongst synonymont with 'hustatality, and on 51- preathearta had been there is an it bein them instead of
destination on the 31st Dec.
of these As the West Yorkshires passed the the company, an exposion of fireworks, and turday the traditions of Quarry Bay were
an abortive attempt to sing. A Guidably sustained. The
Fuid cycling
itself for nowhere in the world is
FRENCH MATE, left Saigon on Friday, cantonments of the Hongkong Regiment New Year, the chorus proving a failure in a lapse of memory regard. so much stural beauty to be seen in a
consequence tion of the constitution which, in theory,ance. The 'torero' retains his old popu- the 30th Jan.. at 7 p.m., for this port hearty cheers were raised, and the cheer- admits of eno Inw for the poor and another rity; he is still the infatuating idol" of / The N. G. I. s.s. Bormio left Bombay for ing was renewed at the various villas along ing the words, an adjournment was for the same cd the Indian, of whom this port on the 2nd January, and is the route. There was a rumour current we done to w splendid nellies, Mu- stand, but there were no bounds to tas
per room-mple justice there was a very large attendance, stuck Ring
at the more rigidly than formerly to the
grand duo here on or about the 22nd January that the Jelange was sailing under scaled conclusion of which, Mr D.
thi members of
of the Taikor Life o of the Company, In a short speech hospitality THEODORE Graham, master of the lurcherders, and was going north instead of papered to the binary of the Company and staff and their hatter halves 16 i
raferred.
justice
brigand system of money or your lifu.' Troops me still being went out to Cuta by every steamer of the Transatlantion Co.
ings to save their children. Hence frequent mestings have been held in many to when
tire
the café minstrels soul-stirring strains of the jets have not lost their
their power to
dissipate despondency. A genial
are to
Spain to protest against this alleged viol deffles, Pghting the rebels in Cuba The M. M. Co.'s 8, o. Yarra, with the
60
JOON FOREMAN.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
[SUPPLIED TO THE USINA MAD."}
LONDON, 30th December, 1897: THE PANAMA TRIAL.
LAVY.
of
made to the supper
was
athletes
Dath-10 space
has restraint the
Tal, was fined $10, at the Magistracy to south. Like many other rumours in cir the proud
the amite artica mas done to the good day, for moving his vessel in the harbour culation at present. it was without founda-Proud position it occupied at the present / say th
with an uncovered cargo of kerosine.
The defendants in the Panama trial have Court, and the Chief Justice intimated he bocn all acquitted.
woald give his judgment in a few days. Ar the Magistracy to-day, Inspector Baker charged three men with gambling on board ajank at Stanley yesterday, two of whom were sentenced to six months hard labour
TION OF HAINAN. ·..
for the rich. Fast month at mass meetings a people who ever delight in sanguinary
Antequera and Konda it was resolved to emotional scence. etition the Government in favor of obliga ry matary service without redemption. Jets have been freely distributed about- country The last were skizzi at Cuidad.
inciting the recruits to escape from iment. Mothers' meetings and wo- b's riots (notably at Saragossa) having I no effect, the press. is, at this moment, ing up the cuso of the poor widows. Liberal, under the heading of Errors THE REPORTED FRENCH OCCUPA Fecruiting, frequently draws attention to
The French Government regard the hardships of the poorest class. Cases cited of one son after another being reported hoisting of the French flag on the alked off to the wars, leaving widowed island of Hainan, es a fabrication.
[We havo board a fairly plausible explź. thora absolutely resourceless, Some
nation of the reason why the hoisting of gone mad; others have hoped
the French flag was reported to have taken find relief in-suicido. Nearly every fortnight brings. to Cadiz, Barcelona place. Straws way indicato the direction of the wind, but we believe the tag of Corunna, the sickening spectable of several hundreds of poor fellows returned France does not as yeb flutter over Huinou, frog Cubs and the Philippines maimed in or its provincial town.-ED. O.M.] - 6orbat or broken down with disease. Until about two months ago littla keed was paid to their personal comfort en arrival.
THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER. The Afridis are very active and the were disembarked and transported topicquets on both sides of Fort Ali-Musjedare tala er barracką, just as they ca
r they
So many expired between ship and shore freely attacked. Several castalities have that charitable persons united to provide occurred. them with suitable clothing, and now *rs well cared for by the Red Cross Society and other analogous beneficent institutions. Spain is noturiously a country of beggars,
Loanoz, 31st December, 188. THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER;
and the third was fined $5.
tion in fact. The kinga has gone to Sin-due to the energy
Yorkshire Regiment, and embarks the t
alf
M
Jr Secretary to
the head office and the stated that Mr Gillies, is atare
Wh8
Appended are the results
100 YARDS FLAT RACE-Price pro
by Victoris Rocation Club,
w. Sparkc
TEM
of their intelligent and
and the
day the majority of the cffice staff were. employess. Ho congratulated present from Hongkong including Mr. Herbert Smith, Mir Peate and Mr Dowler, Os Friday the hearing was concluded of suporo, where the disembarks the West The Entertainment Coremittue on the ex
cellence of the entertainment, and on be and at the close of the competitions the the Jewish synagogue cosa in the Supreme Rifle Brigado, which has been on foreign of the guests tendered hearty thanke prizes were presented to the succesal
the sujoyment they had beat afforded, competitors by Mire Poate.
Com service for 17 years, The Swoopa" -
to tuntuist Mr J, turn to Englanal, but, en roule, will dropmittee,
assistant manag in proposing the health two companies of men at Bombay to of Mr. Gillies, referred the strengthen the battalion just now on active relations that had alwave service on the frontier. Covering our old popular resident, Mr given all the credit to th EU. Smith (iu more recent years a roai-parity of the Compa
credit was due to the C A spor31 match was played on Saturday dent of Shanghai), the following rather had scen
to pros last, at the Happy Valley, between Jubileo amasing reference is made in the New
with musi replied, Cricket and Foosball Club and the Iude-York Forest and Strenn, af 13th Nov. last pendent Cricket and Football Club. The It will be seen that Col. E. U.' has not of Mr Cook, Sh
able assistanc yet lost his canning -
man who pers former won by the goals to one.
TEXAS TARPON Scouse I think it thoroughn may interest some of the readers of your to do the paper to know of a remarkable catch of was. El tarpon just made at this place. On the Coming 24th inst. Chius, lunded eleven fish Jetween 7 oʻzlock in the morning and 7 o'clock in the even ing. The fish were all of a fair avoran size, running from Bft. 4in. in length up öft. 10in. All were caught by t from a stiff in the inlet between and Mustang Island, whe water ranges from zsed was an Hoff p
It is notified in the Gazette that a despatch has been received from the Secretary of State disallowing the Ordinance to amend the Widows and Orphans'. Pensiona (Amendment) Ordinance. The object of the dissllowed Ordinanon was to make offers occupying free quarters contribute to the fand in respect of the estimated
Col. Havelock Allen, Colonel of the Royal value of such free gairtere.
Irish Regiment, who came to India to in-Aloxer, the other detaile, hes dos the westigate the ruapurs of misbehaviour of West Yorksairs Regiment, which left by the regiment in the present campaign, the Jelunga, were the following ---J
but these inst two yesus lave observed a non-professional olses of mondicante sucking puller Altmr. Home trade and private ficomes are en crippled by taxation the economy is forced upon the monied classes who can no longer support to many whilst riding out of Ali-Musjed was surpris hongors c
-on.
to An empty treasury'
ed and killed by. Afridia. the wars, has brought paralyzation in public works. Scares
of municipalities are virtually insolvent. The prise, nover very pronounced in Spain, is damped by the uncertainty as to what may
the
enter
LORD CHARLES BERESFORD AT YORK.
Lord Charles Beresford speaking at York
tenants A. J. R. Greene and
zard, R.A.; Surg-Lieut. Col ston and Mrs Johnston and Qr.-Mr R. Adr man and child - Clarke,
happen next, for civil we Colonies and said he regarded the situation in the Far
the prospect alter the pacification the return of the troops. Even with a East as alarming, and advocated an alliance A bountiful harvest Spain always requirca.
Blocks of faraigh wheat. With the between Great Britian and Japan and the
rocent abnormally high prices of this staple abroad and import duty xined (from pasetas) to 104 pesetas per 100 kilograms, the average price of four hae necessarily risen. But the municipality of Madrid controls
the Belling of bread and brought
pres
acquisition of a British Naval base non Gulf of Chusan.
L
NEW YEAR HONOURS Mr Lipton, the ten merchant
sure to bear on the bakers who declared Ackroyd, ez Judge of Hongke
they could no
no longer sell bread at the old Knighted, and the Orde
price. To do so
bey
would have to lower
For
The journeyman's
ewage on strike. They
a couple of been conferred on Mr months the men went out on: demanded the ludicrously small pay of
INDIAN thirteen pence (seven reales) por day and The India Co
the matter
posed to sell
food. The Government
ment took up
for the public weal and deputed 350
Hold
lera assisted by 40 volunteer bakers to work graphio Tr
B: 80 bakeries, which the strike affected bille
Eventually the men yielded and the strike
ended on the 2nd Nov, Smal shopkeepers
Bad business so slow that they try to make for it by keeping open up to unreason
Low Dustom Madrid is me- ritation, among the
suitably
Col. E. V. Smith, of Shanghai, | offer and T
DRING 1
ho can say what the year wilke ing the clang of the joy bölls still m ur ears,
luisure have we fur hopen or for, Ears'?
ring.
is dead-lot thimer
Folosing
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