WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1800.
LOCAL, AND GENERAL STEAMERS PASSED SUF CANAL
Notes by the Way.
The Straits are to be sold, Mp Arnot Raid, the surviving joint peopziston having solved to return to Englanie).
HUPPLIED THROU REUTED.) GUTWARI :-Allevan Romney, Thordės, Nov. 28 Waları Mira, Yeweien, Dee.
It is feared in Japan that the reward 8 Maren 12; Langiven, aber, Burdon, 10 Babelsberg of five cents for the carcases of rats will in tirin. Parine, Dart, Levlakken, feduce the people to bread its lay reward wom Olano, 29; Criton, Malocs,
St. purposes Bruce, Envia Luykin, Oldenburg, Andretts, Jan. 2; Eus, Neater, Teenlati, Freshers Fedorand, Denbighshire, Or mazan, & Glenturnt, Afghanistion, 28- kar, Abdissi, Lim, Chickas, Subai, Sudu Munt, 19; Bayern. Heidel bury, Hubatu Mare, Numbery, 16. HOMEWARD:-Jam, Dea. 1; Pufu, 8; Bingo Mure, 19; St. Jerome, 29; Bom bery, Jan. 9.
ARRIVALS AT HOVA. Jan 16, Yarry, Sheria.
Prince Henry of Pruss played polo at Singapore on the ith inst, riding pontos tent by his old friends, the officers of the *King's Own,'
Dr Max Lange, the fanous Gonna chessmeter, theoretician and probicmist, has died at Leipsie. He was born in Magdeburg in 3842
al Hung Chang's Visit
THE CHINA MAIL.
We have receive Iron Moo Cheung
on excellent photograph taken at Govern-
ment House on the comsion of the visit of
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS TO-DAYS
THE WAR.
H. E. Li Hung Chang to H E. the Gover- CHINA MAIL'S' SPRUIA LAERVICE nor. The photograph shows Sir Henry A. Blake and Li Tiong Chang ncated sido bý side, with the Hon, J. H. Stewart Lock- hert, OM.G., Viscount Sairdale, A.D.O, Captain Banders, A.D.C., Mr G. Piipice, THE HIGHLANDERS AND LORD Vice Consul at Canton; and the Hon. R. D. Orashy, Director of Public Works, standing behind. A number of the Vice- roy's attendants are included in the picture
The Imperial Diary.
This is the fourteenth your of publica- tion of the Emporial English and Chinese Diary and Almanac, by Mossre Kelly and Walsh, Ltd., and it seems superfluous to and that such a long-established public- tion is in every way ap to date and ́ar, was given in his honour, on New Year's Eva. ranged in the best possible manner. The
AIxils. The T. K. K. R. America Maru, with the AMERICAN BAL, loft Shanghai on Malay, the fath Jan., at 10 p.m.,at and may he expected here on or ahout Thursday, the 18th Jan The I. (7. G's, Benguet, with the
Priaco Waldemar of Denmark arrived Bangkok on the 30th December. A batt
by the Danish residents. A Bangkok can-Hongkong supplement contains a
Fant
Liste Matz of 22nd Dec., loft Sings- tomporary mentions the interesting factpunt of oseful information, and there is pine on Sunday, the Jith an at 8 urt Beyglish was the lingua franca of the the usual collection of tables and calendars
mul may be expected here on oroning alumit Saturday, the 20th Tau. This Packeting replios Jeffers despatchet 1:01 Hungtung on 12th Nov.
The Imp. German Maikas. Karlsruhe left Kabe, via Nagaki and Shanghal, on foretas, the 15th Jan, and Monday may be expected hars on or about Tuvalay, the Bd Jax. The Top. German Mail ».s. Oldestbury, car-
rying
the German Mails with dates from Berlint of 25th Dec, left Colomb
'Au Pays des Pugodes?
In our notice of this interesting book yesterday we omitted to mention that it in nu salu at Mesars Kelly and Walsh's book. stores
The Sun Life Assuranco Company of on Saturday afteroon, the 13th Jan...anada are establishing a direct office in and way to expected here on or alku Hongkong, under the control of Mr H. H. Thursday, the 25th Jan. The 7. & Co.'s. Dodic, with mails Horsey, who is the assistant amoagor for A left San Franciscon for this port the East. This step has been rendered vis Honolulu, Yokohama, Inted Sen, Kobe, Nagasaki and Abanghi, on the necessary, in order to meet the demand of the increasing zombership. February the 6th Ja
Ist is the ndvertised date of opening,
Wrecks.
Steamers Frgentved. The H.A. L. steamer Wedph dit, from Hamburg, left Singapore for this port on the 11th Jancy, and may be expected here im or about the 17th Jan.
Jan.
Referring to the Veriles Monthly re- turns, the Shipping Wuch writes: The Barcau Veritas Returns of maritime dis The N. Y. K. s. Kenge Mora left Ma-
pia for this port on the 15th Jan, and asters, reported during the month of Osto- is expected to arrive here on the 17th ber 1809 concerning all flage, show. 122 The N. Y. K. a. Kragen Atom left sailing vessels and 33 stormers reported Singapore for this port on the 13thost. Twelve of the sailors and two of the Jamard is expected to arrive hora steamers are reported missing. The 231
the 18th Jan,
vessala surveyed árul elassed by Bureau Veritas from October 21 up to November 19, 1899, ne iade up of 147 enitors and 84
on
The E. A. Co. Ltd. 5,5. Cathey left Singa pers on Wednesday, the 10th Jen.. And my be expected here on or about Thursday, the 18th Jan,
The Cal. & Oriental as, Delide Oily left Japan for this port on 13th Jan, and is exported here on the 18th Jan. The N. G. I. s.. Risegno left Bing.quare
steamers.'
Accidents.
Yesterday a coolis was admitted to the
for this port on the 19th Jan, and in Government Cizil Hospital with his scalp due here on or about the 19th Jen.
:
relating to Chineer festivals, telegraph rates, pok-office inforrition, ote. The diary is interleaved with blotting paper, and the general form of the publication is modelled on previous years' issues,
The Year's Rainfall:
METHUEN.
THE GENTLEMEN YEOMANRY.
THE POSITION AT LADYSMITH. RELIEF MOMENTARILY EX- PECTED.
THE CEYLON VOLUNTEERS.
DATE OF DEPARTURE.
(From Our Dion Correspondeat).
COLOSIDO, January 17.
The soldiers corposing the Highland Brigade with Lord Methuen's Column, the 2nd Royal Highlanders (Black Watch), 2nd Seaforth Highlanders, let Highland Light Infantry, 1st Argyll and Sutherland High- It will be seen that the year's rain-tanders, and 1st Gordon Highlanders, re- fuse absolutely to salate Lieutenant-General fall was 14,18 inches or about 10 per cent
Lord Mothuert, below the averago
The table below gives the Rainfall at the Observatory for the year, with the menus and extremes for the previous 15 year,
June
Tho mombers of the Gentlemen's Corps
of the Imperial Yeomanry have. Intiated!
TELEGRAMS
RIUTRES SERVICE
MUSICAL NOTES:
It is a pity that the modesty of Mr A. Ward provants his publishing his sotring of "The Absent-Minded Berger, Me Ward lus entered thoroughly into the spirit of the words, and the mosie is melodicus and catchy, but displays soup of the
The crown a Kymro won that day still
decks his aclub's brows The crown It was of England then-of all
the Briting Dow, AL
The Scuts and Norman lions Mutter proud.
ly 'or her head And Erin's harp I 800 as well--but whore's
the dmguu red?
you that framed nur islands fag 10
heralds of the throne l
LONDON, Lütle January, 1000, THE WAR MAPEKING. Mateking reported all well on the 8th characteristics of the Music ball type, Frou at your onsign have you bid car Decombor.
--NATALLA
prevalent nowadays. In my last Notes, I gave some extracts from a musical journal
The Daily Mail Correspondent at Merits-baring on the chameter of nu putrictio burg, 12th instant, says that Ceneral War musia, in which the wailor condamned the ron, with 11,000 men, macchiod caatward deplorable charactor of the patriotic songa of the day, and expressed the domard from Frore in Weenen. Scouts report chat they found no sign of the enemy at for a good war song which a modern Groblers Kicot, while they accrtained aadience cau both sing, and understand. Mr Ward has undoubtally met the da that Colenso was deserted.
mond, and, I repeat, it is a great pitty his Almont-Minded Beggar' will not have a chance of oequiring more than a local fuae. At the cut on Wednesday evening last the chorus was most enthusiastically sung
All the Colonial and Irregular troops have been placed under General Warren's
command.
CAPE COLONY, General Wood, with a force of all arme, established a post at Zoutpansdrift, North of the Orange River, on the 6th instant, and inado a pontoon bridge."
LATER.
BOER MOVEMENTS. The Times Correspondent at Maritzburg, under date 13th instant, says that advices from Ladysmith, by heliograph, state that it is persistently reported that the Boers, moving their guns from the south of Lody since their repulse on the 6th instant, are
sinitb.
HAVAS SERVICE.
THE STRIKE OF MINERS.
Paris, January 8. The inirere af Saint-Etienne havOID-
Rainfall nt Hongkong Observatory.
10 Years 1864-98.
1999 Mean. Max. Min. ≈19 1.55 8.43 00 2.20
7.93 24 that they intend to defray their own.cx-sumed work. 2.60 .32 2.09 19.48 17 3.14 7.88 14.89 1.96 persos "whilst on active service in South 7.16 13 16 43.84 1.15 Attica, devoting their soldiers' pay to the
54.38 4.97
January February March.. Apri May.. July
September August
Outabur Nove December
Year
18.97 16.50 ...19 13 14.21
.19.98 13:48
28.21 4.67 fund for the relief of the Sudions and Sai-
5 20 19.11 1.94 lors Widows and Gxpbanu.
7.87
4.30 2.83
87 79 17.87 .02 The Central News sintes that news in 1.84 1.30 7.32 .00 1.79 09 4.0900 expected moiontarily of the relief of Lady 72.69 80:87-110.72 48.83 6mith and that in prospect of this the
F. R. MET SOC.
rations of the troops comprising the garrison hive been increased.
THE FRENCH CHAMBERS.
PARIS, January 9. The French Chambera have opened with out my excltomont
Paws, January 10. M. Deschanel was re-elected President of the Chamber of Deputies by 308 votes against 220 recorded for M. Brisson,
The Senate, after having elected M. Fallières provisionally, adjourned till the 1st of February.
Kymru stand alone
And did you dream han cravon, then, or
did you dream him dead, That on your fivki no place you field tho
Tudor dragon rod,
Go forth. O heralds of the throne, and soo
the Rymo stand their Queen and land Beside the Sagon, and the Scot to guard
the hymnro's blood is shed, And foarn, whens'e menth Fastoru skies
King Arthur's dragon red. lust still for Britain fights, and bleeds These words and the air to them are by Mr B. William B. Nicholson, the Linaring of the. Budleian Library, Oxford, who bas lately published other melodies in Welsh style. The Welsh translation which will
by the audience; it is the kind of music accompany them, and which Welsh speak guished Carmarthenshire bard, Mr Wateyn which loses nothing by ropetition, and of er will murally prefer, is by the distin-
MUSIOUS. which one docs not lire. We have prory. Wyn.. reason to be proud of our local composer,
who has undoubtedly been more successful
in this instance that some of greater THE BRITISH TRANSPORT celebrity in the musical world.
Rehearsals for the Yeomen of the Guant are now being held at every available moment, and every part is improving so tisfactorily. The Warders' promise to and are rockit hard. The chorus of bacspecially good, they have capital vráces, People is bowhat weak, ng several of the feners and bassca have only just began to attend the rehearsals regularly, and on. sequently are not suficiently at hours with the difficult music.
Others, too, have dropped out altogether through one reason and mother—in some cases, I fear, sone ton creditable to themselves, The Or. chestra has got well under way, and bids fair to contribute largely to the general success of the local xundering of the Oper
BERVICE. -STATEMENT BY THOMAS MUTHERLAND.
At the annual nesting of the P. and 0. Company, Sir Thomas Sutherland made the following reference to the British trans- port servico —
Now, gentlerson, I have really touched Importanes except one. I refer to the all the points in the report which are of work which we have done in connection, with this great expedition to South Africa. in that expedition, our vessels employed We have had, as you are aware, eight of had undoubtedly several d we should have had more employed if they could possibly havo been spared. Certainly, if the Assaye and the Sobreon had been finished, na they should havo boen, they would have boom nu glad to engaged in it bar, as it is, I End that our share in the work extends to the conveyance of something like 11.000 A happy to officers and men; and I add that the whale of that work has been done with the geostost satisfaction to all
·
concerned, including those whom we have
In my inse Notes, I made a reference to conveyed. I am only sorry that it was impossible for as to offer our mail steamers Sigaor Bean, and now reproduce his for the work in question, but I need hamily opinion on English music and English | tell musicians
I you that that the mall service has carried on, and must be carried on s adays, whether we are in a state of M I heard a concert of English music con- is a state of peace. I believe in the bid ducted by Me Stanford in Berlin. a year of daga-in the days of the Crimea, for it- two ago, and I thought that if there was no stancohen the postal services were not rest greatness in the music that I heard under the Post-office but, under the Lords thers was, at any rate, genuins talent. Mr of the Adiniralty, that whenever a mail Leonard Borwick is a fine pianist. He steine was wanted the Lords of the played a
Is concerto of Stanford's-it was very Admiralty merely said, Biot the mail clever, very clever indeed. And very good service or whatever the nautical equiva
boen THE WATER SUPPLY.
reports of your other past, Mr Frederick Lent of that expression might Hon. E. D. Orataby, Water Authority, Dawson, have reached me. I have also and took the shrs, and, as a matter of fact. arti GUIAD music of Mackenzie and Sullivan. tion of the Crimean War. part of the mail The Company saile from Colombo on Fri-sends us the following, analysis of the heard Dowen's Schndinavian ayniphons, I do know that during a considerable por Everything that, I heart was good and musi-service of this country was suspended in Dianly
but I do not think I could order that our ships night be used. Nowa Level and Storage of Water in Reservoirs fairly call any of it great music. It dags tant state of things is, of course, im on the 1st January—
Tho Ceylon Company of the Imperial Yeomanry Corpe has been brought up to its full strength of 125 men (with horas).
The Cal. NO. 6. Bdgie King arrival at Enst Joint Susar, Reâuery, and got hia Department, and the firo took place day, the 2nd of February. The members water supply:
torn off. The man was employed at the Yokohaman on 9th Jan., and may be expected here on 23rd Jan.
The C. M. Co.'s steamer Teenkai, from Fundos and Liverpool, passed the Canal on the 6th January, and any
to
quente entangled in the machinery.
LKAL
290
will be entertained at a crewell dinner on Tuesday, the 30th instast, when His Ex
lleny the Govers. Sie West Bideway. LE DON G.C.M.&. will presile.
bavo
Fire at Pokfulam.
Yesterday afternoon, a rather sécious fire scarred at the premises of the Dairy Farm Company, at Pobialom. The out break occurred at the shed which was re ceady declared infected by the Sanitary
Awhile the shed was being disinfect
sves to me that sooner or later you possible. I am glad that we have toen able English people are bound to produce. to spare the ships which we have sporod inafos in the employ of Me Kennedy at the ed under the superintendence of an officer
ente rear comuustra; for, from bay brity commercial work, and you love music, and you can appreciate it. that we have beat able to takon satis. Garden Boad tables was also sent to the fram that department. A coolic upset
When first I cano to England nothing sue factory part in's momorable campaign; and I feel bound to add, in reference to certain prived mo more than the attentive, careful, to his spine. The injurios were sustained to the shed, which was all ablaze in two
[Our Correspondent's message is sufficient
and rapt way in which you listen to music. criticisms which have appeared from time Lennot understand how the British cation to time in the papers on the subject, that I by means of a fall from a tree The poor minutes, and was enfsumed in about a follow ascended the tree to chop off a quarter of an hour. There were twenty to indicate that however bright the pro- rem...
got the reputation of being unmusical think the manner in which not only var nothing is more absurd. It is true, music portion of it but the whole of the transport is not your chief interest-your first and service in connection with this great ex- t∙Kobo, and sails for Hongkong, un decayed branch, and the branch on which two cattle in the shed, all of which had spects Ladysmith has not yet been relieved, Polfalar
he was standing giving way under his jest revered from an attack of rinders is obvious thit the Press Cursor, who Wong Net Cheng
only recreation from the cares and worries Fedition, has beau carried out, reflects the The P. & 0. Co.'s.. Ohreven loft Bombay weight he was thrown into a ravine, alight-pest. The building was so rapidly envelop has been vary strict the sughout the mam-
for this port on the afternoon of 8th ing on some broken bottles. The injuries ed in flames that it was only possible topaiga, is allowing nothing to be out by Consumption of Water in the City of Vic of life, as it is in Germany and elsewhere greatest credit on the miercuille marine of
rescao four of the cattle. The fire soon the various newspaper correspondents in torin and Hill District during the month of yet it rooms to me that as a people you are this country.Hoar, huar.")..
The
N. P. Co...moryia has arrived at Kebe, and sailed on the 11th Jan, for Hongkong. The N. J. Co.'s 6, 5. Trcome has arriver
the 15th Jan.
Jan.
The N. P. Co.'s Rs. Alargedie sailed from ste of a terribly severe nature.
Portland, Oregon, for Japan and Hong- kong, on the 26th Dec.
The Cal. & 0.9.8. The left San Diego on 8th Jan. for Japan and Hongkong. The .. Carmarthenshire left San Diego for
Japan, &c., 2hh Dee,
The NP. Co.'s 8. Breasleire sailed
on the 8th Deu
The Sanitary Buart.
........
1.
1950,
Pokful, 16th 7.1. af sin below overw
beture overflow.
6. Sia, below overti Wong Nei Cheung
STORAGE MALZENS
100% 283,190,00 1,960,000 cinty
590, 60,000
Dec. 18:
Champio
· 299,900ČO Approximatiua
.only!!
Total........ 36,229,000
1603
in every sonse thoroughly musical. You can listen so well; and nothing delights a In fact, 411x0 14,0 gallons ponist noore than good listeners.
193,20% I may almost go so far se to my that good 18.0 galfors and appreciative listeners go a long way Consumption of Water in Kowloon Peptowards making a good and successful.
piinist insula during the month of Dec.
per day....mgtr
burned itself out and the cremated remains South Afrion that will give the enemy any of the other eighteen castle were found chance of learning the whereabouts of the Fatimalai populations... Amongst the items in the orders of the xong the debris. It is alleged that the British columns, a precaution all the more Comareption per head.
entire blame for the outbreak rests with the necessary why on the Byers are receiving ploys of the Sanitary Department, and intelligenes through a foreign Consal in the Company will probably claim compeo Pretorio tion for the Jom sustained.
day for the meeting of the Sanitary Board to-morrow are motions by Major Brown,
from Tacoma, for Japauand Hongkong, RA M..That the latrine in Elgin
The confluct of the Bighiandore amacks The N. P. Co.'s 6.9. City of London, snikdRoad, Kowloon, be removed; and 'That
fremm Tacoma, for Japan and Hong the mashel string between KnutsfordYSEES AT THE DOCKS: At Kowloon of insho ination, and the news that they kong, on the oth lan. The N. P. Cass.s. Garen Auskuse sailed Terrace and Ormsby Termaca be removed, Laia de Cuba, Isla de Luzon, B.I.C.M.S.refuse to salute Lord Methuen will be ro- Iceived with some degree of scepticians until from Thecum, for Japsa and Hvag Mr Jamon Mokio, purseant to notice, will Hertha, H.LG.M.S. Getion, Hongkong, kong, on the 13th Jan.
move-That the Tablic Urinal situated on Kirshiu Mara, U.S.S. Monadnock, copfirmation is forthcoming. It is one. stract cristic of the British soldier the Western Boundary of the Hongkong Trafalgar, Kiangteng, Diamante.
that
be is
a man of strong likes Cricket Club ground, which at present is Cosuvspolitan. Don Juan de Austria, and dislikes-there are some officers whem an antiquated, insanitary, and obnoxious Biemmuir, Daphie. anisance, hoʻrumoved entirely. The pro Aberdeen-bone)."
Latest Advices.
The s.. Chelyin, from Chicotta and Straits, left Sincapere for this port an -Saturday, tho 13th Jany at õp.m.
The 0. S. 9. Co.'s as Purrbes left Singapoeni to extend the Central Market on to
pure na the 16th Jan., and is duo her the ground to be reclaimed in front of it! The Late Earl of Ava on Sunday, the let Jau
The N
6.6. Glenoyle has arrived will also be consideret, A report by the P..Co.
at Yokliams, and sails for Hongkong
on the 17th Jan.
The NP. Co.'s as. Sich mild from Tacoma, for Japan and Hongkong, on the 14th Jan.
The P. M. S. S. Chinit, with manils, de.. which left honce Dec. 21, for San Fran cisco via Shanghai, Nugasaki, Kobe,
serived as her destination on the 18t
Jan.
A private letter from a Colonel in high Colonial Veterinary Surgeon that the eat-und at the battle of Elands Lag
Inlund Son, Yokohama and Honolulu, Mr Ward's Abgent Minded Beggar.
Consumption Estimated population ... Coastapten per lund
per day
DU 1001
69100 B73,000 gallons
26,40
$1,600
5.4 9.67 us The Government Analyst reports that the water is of excellent quality.
HONGKONG BOAT CLUB.
SCRATCH BACE.
...
LATE TELEGRAMS:
Obituary
Cadli, Jan. 2-regret to annonce the sudden death of Sir Gregory Charlee The Now York Oberer tells the follow-Paul, R.C.LE, late Advocate, General of ing story of the late, Dr G. F. Hatfield and Bengal, which took place at 3.30 6.m. this his choir-master, Mr JonesMr Jones morning, froot heart failure, was getting up a grind musical perform Ruce by ais choir of an anthem he had com posed to the words of one of Waita' Perlms. The first verse ends with the well-expressed words s
Oh may my heart in tung be found, Like David's harp of selema sound. A seratah race will take place under the
Jones came to his pastor to get his ap he would follow to death cheerfully, auspices of the Hongkong Boat Club on the proval of a cusage of these lides so as to what a tlicre are others in whom he has no Regatta course at five o'clock to-morrow read confidence. We do not know the whole afternoon. Mr C. II. Grace will act as tory of the fighting at Mudder River and starter and umpire. The following are the
No. 1 BOAT ytfontain, and probably will not know it crown
has already been cabled to the Volunteer
The N. T. K. ss. Tawala Mure loft Kabe forenos is trade by our Musical Contributor mined to see söme fighting ha besought his Wauchope'a, isst words at the attack.
via
the sheds of the Dairy Farm Company at mentions in an offbaul way (says the Lou-l the war is over; but a significant fact Pokfulam are free from infection will be don correspondent of the Scotsman), as if it
were a matter of course and custom, Gazette, which, if true, helps to throw aubmitted.
stirring incident. Lord Ava, son and heir of the Marquis of Duffarin, coaching the light on our Carrespondent's communica- tion, Wa are sold in the telegram camp at Ladysmith, found himself unatta- ched. For a time hu belonged to the 17th from Lordua, 9th inst, on this authority. It will be noticed that elsewhere to Lancers, but has left the regiment. Defer of the London Dudy Neve, that General
friend, Colonel In Hamilton, to take hir
gallaper. The Coluna on the her position at Spytiontein were on his staff as a consented, and immediately
Gang
neral Frens);
For Ooi's sake, men, don't blame me for to: wards Elasts Lagto. Her was a splo aid opportunity for the young galloper used these words unless thero was some
fundamental difficulty present Buta ed itsolf. Lord Ava had an horse, and good reason, and it is prsaute the High- Colonel Hamilton had nons to lend him, ando have the belief that they were bad- Howover, he was not going to be out of itly handled by Lord Methion, and have for the matter of a horse. Rifle in hand, be resolied to show their dissatisfaction by did * galloping on foot, carrying orders, tu
Moji and Nagsuki, for this port to Mr A. G. Ward's setting of Kipling's on the 17th Jan arrive here on the 23rd Jan. The H. A. L. steamer diesit, from Ham. regret that Mr. Ward's modesty has kept burg, loft Singapore for his port an him from publishing his setting of the the 17th Jan, and may be expected popular ditty. We know that Mr Ward is here on grabout the 23rd:
Lapses of futur, extremely modest where his own work is The O. P. R. Co.'s 6.2.
arrived at Kobe, at 6 pm, en Tues concerned; but in this instance we believe day, the 16th Jan., and left that port we are correct in saying that it is not me un Wednesday, the 16th Jan., at 4 Shanghat.
1, and is expected to Abissof-Minded Eaggar, sed expresses out the little force, recorinola this. General Wauchope would not have
H. M. Bain, cox. ............... G. M. Young, stroke
R. F. Johnston, No) 3.
C. T. Butsch, No. 2 O. H. Gals, No. 1.
NO: 2017.
F. D. Bain, cox. J. Danty, stroke..... H. Yeates, No. 3 Major. Watson, No. 2 W. Cumining, No. 1.....
NO. BOAT.
F. White, oox. A. Ellis, stroke ..................
J. F. Fredericks, No. 3 0. T. Katsch, No. 2........ Capiain Warren, No. 1.
A launch for members, friends and tho
Liko David's sacred violin."
tony hurt bo tuned within,
We can see the cute and sunuy buils of
Golf Championship of India, Ceterila, December 30-Me Maitland Horias, of Cachar, leads in the first stage of
the Amateur Golf Championship will Mesata Urie and Stewart, both of Calcatta, second and third respectively. The ting! takes place of Monday.
January 2-The Championship has been won by Me baitland-Heriot, who beat Mr Drisinio
Bitten By & Woll
Zahore, Dec. 29Ciptain Parker Car the Rev. Doctor as he bear the new ver-tonment Magistrate, Umball, put on a dion But he said he could improve even Christmas shouting trip, while sleeping in that and he wrote to the amazenient of the upen was bitten in the face by a large Jones
Oh may iny heart go diddle, diddle, Like anto David's sacred fiddle." Me Jones had the Palm sung according to Watta
red wolf, recuiring a deep wound on the. nos. He has left for Paria, under medical advice. For treatinent
Army News.
Captain d. B. Walker, D. A. Q.M.G. Lorenzo Peros, the young Itan priest. for Jarelligence, Burma, has been granted who recently completed the score of his eight months leave home un private affairs. Captain Mathowes, D. A. G., Mandalay, now storia, Ls Natività di Christo,' his stready commenced soother wosk which is is posted to Secunderabad, vice Captio to form part of the proposed series illus. Thring who is granted one year's deare trative of the life of Christ. The work home. Captain Harly from Fort Stedman upon which erosi is now engaged is will act at handaisy for Captain Mathewa, Listensat Galonel Prichard, 7th Madres entitled La Stange degli Innocenti (The
Infantry, has assured the Ranggon Con Massacre of the Innocents).
mina, vice Colozel Belfield procesied to South Africa
Lieutenant-Colonel II. T. Orpen, K,
The following extract from the Daily
p.. for Hongkong, vis Nagasaki und / desty but fear of infringing' copyright by and fso for hours through the hot day. 1is refusing to salute him. It is dourimus, presu will, leave quesu's Statue wharf at News will have special interestin Hongkong retires with affect from the 1st instant
The Recent dedown Fire.
the publication of the words without her. Sast instruction was to convoy to the Goid and may prove a very serious, insidert. mission that has prevented him from ons lying down on the weldt under the trail
of shell and rifle fire, the word to advance Ex. 0. M.] publishing. Without wishing to detract in Lord Ava confessed that when he can be
Yostarday Mesas Hughes and Bough the slightest degree from the poem itself or up with them he was so out of brea th exposed for malo by public auction a quanti. the various settinge of it to make it suit
that he could hardly pans the word. By way of restarter the morning work, Bi
joined the
Sin
that dauntless a se tot way of regaining his breath,
ed with death-dealing
Boory
Wh attack on the rocky ridge, øvery ridge was carried at the point of the yonat,
ty of salvage goods from the recent fre at able for popular rendition, we think it the Chop ik godowns, West Point." The ought to be ported out that the poem was goods were from godowns Nos. 4 and 8, written for a special purpose; that purpose Fas boon accomplished, and The Absent and comprised principally saltpetry, ginas, paper and cetion. They wore sold on be-Minded Beggar might be allowed to pasuutlers looned an behind it. Lord Ara
inte comparativs obliving:
half of the Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ltd., and realized $10,862.
The F. and 0. Company.
HE ONLY REPEATS WHAT HAS BEEN SAID AROUND THE GLOBE.
In his specels at the anuan geural has to denonstrated repeatedly in every state in the Union and in any mesting of the P. and O. Company Is foreign countries do Chamberlain's Cough mouth, Air Thomas Sutherland stated that Reedy & cortain preventive and cure, the gross ravenue for the past year showed for trou. If has becoins the universal edy for the disease. V. Fisher of Tinedy
W Va only refuata what has twelve months, and it would have been been
come out of the fire unsingal. The tale of asutades shot on either side of him is THE
V of the saddust catalogues of the war Ele tola Colonel Hamilton that through 2ă 1 nothing struck him so much as the grea
humorturbability of the Highlanders fight –
ing their way slowly up those terrible tidge s They knelt to fire, be eye, a pool y and deliberately as if they were on param
WEATHER REPORT.
FIRE AT SHANGHAF
ASTOR HOUSE PARTIALLY DESTROYED
(Frm Qi Chon (irrenoudgil, j
Suasana January 17.
The War Office bave asked for the 4-45 p.th, for the faces carto
at the present time when we have so inuny There will also be race on Thursday, Welshinen in the Colony. The Red Daigon services of a second regiment of Native Ja- 25th inst between a Garrison cew, a is the badge of the Welch Fusiliers fantry for Mauritius It will probably be
Iri connection with Mr. Maclean's ques furnished by the Madras Command. Club crew and a German crew.
hon to Mr. A. J. Balfour on the subject Stearns' Headache Cure
ofadding the atsus of Vales to the Royal unlike the substitutes, always gives satisfao-Stainlund, a song about to be published in tory results Arvid fantations. Stearns Welsh and English forcibly expresses Welsh the originalandgemains is perfectly harmless.
Kymry and Kymurnare national names for Welshmen
Wase respectively, and both are pro
nearly as Camry
Who esafo and Retail from AS. Watson & In the chorus (reposted after each issued to day on the prospects of the wheat
Co., Ltd., Hongkong. Obtainable every
where
IN OLDEN TIMES
the
The Indian Crops. Cracuita, January 2-The official reports. and winter oilseed crops state that the area and sown is everywhero muck below the average, and while en irrigated land the crops are looking well elsewher, everything dependa
THE RED BRAGON (Y CIBATO GOH) on the arrival of the winter raing of which, When Arthur stormed the Eaton hill and smote the Saten host, E.
as yet there is no sign in the case of oil- Foods in the Central Provinces, Bersr, the
He carried on his shield the Cross-whore-Nizami a territory and Bombay, the report adds that sawings have been impossibls in he trusted angst, j
limited ares in which they bare boon avor very extensive webs, while in the made the crop is largely a failure.
PEOPLE overlooked the importance of permanently beneficial effects and were satisfied with transient action but now that it is generally known that Syrups of The ivory-billed Calfhumbs mighty right
baad lore Fig will permanently overcome habitual
stipation, well-informed people will not And on his helm great Uthor's badge, a buy other laxatives, which act for a time, De wing of the Astor House was par bat finally injure the system. Buy the genuine, made by the California Fig Syrup ally destroyed by fire last night.
Co Sol by Mesers A. WarSON Ca whole or retail.
The fullowing notice is issued form the est
a gain of £142,000, over the provious id around the globe when lid writeas Observatory p
dragen red, he wore.
Ho
the Red Dragen
The brave Red Dragon
UNA of the bold Kymiy of old,
Krmin für over the rest shall bold.” The seen with whom Llewelyn diod, the hey fought men whom Owain led, Coucht beneath the dayon red
er
A memorandum of the currant, cotton places the outturn for the whole of India at only 641,927 poles as against 1,905,861 bales in 1898.
Stearns Wine of Cod Laver 01
[We understam that the Chins Fire In-
is an invaluable tonic for delicate women) Children, aml valide. The perfection d £150,000 but for 4 suluction in the mail Thave used Chanberinin's Cough Remedy Ud the 17th at 11.55 s. The barometer aliatics Con Limited, hat line for 2000s official You can't stay in the
family for soveral years and always has risen slightly on the China coast is the
Ollicial Have you pergit to leave
weight and strength contract, modny, Tad passage money with perfect success. We believe that it 14 Northward of Hongkong. The high on the Hotel bat had re-insured one-half country, sir, diaveller then I'll leave For land and kin and prince: 2
remedy, but that it sure as in stil cohiral over 3. Chu u 1 smounted to 21,102,000, being no incrse not only the best cough,
want you shall Upon his gallans Karario bands the dragon Sold by all Chemists Wholesale and Fami
from AE, Wesson & Co, Ltd, Hoog for the rest of £7100. The freight income or for han ved the Gradienta mther step with very strong of this with anathe tofon. The extent of Tinvaller R, Su. Utisia Then you And what from Bosworth field of late palation fase no rollent pos
red looked duyu was £1 585,00), an increase of £125,000 This remody in for sale Uy-"All Dealore, the Uhins Soa, Forecasă --steung | E
lives of our children a number of lines, no on tho cjjäst and in the N part of the damage doway. or.. 19 not yet weurtain can bet 2011. give you twenty-four hours the Luder plucked the crowd;
"Watkins & Co. General agents a winde; fair. over the previous years income,
to make up your mind an
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