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EXTRAC

SOME NEWSPAPER HOAXES.

INSURANCES,

THW DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNR 15TH, 1888.

NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY AT HAMBURG.

CaTmpany, are prepared to GEANT IN- THE Undersigned, Acuums for the above STRANOES to the extent of $83,000, on first-

were consulted, and a paragraph, was put in-subjects ence, and other mangelian dous les rieka at earrent rates.***

on

upons cortain subject. Thene views he was forbidden to ventilate in the columns of the paper Time after time they were atruck out of leading articles and descrip

and graat.

to *The editor of a Scotch newspaper, anspeetitive sketches.

rent vigilance had tival of stealing news from early be axurcised lest the viewe" should crop copies of his paper, determined to lay a trap into paragrauis about funerals, wedding, The chief raporter and the foreman printer railway

with whi they could bare no rOMSOT,

which to type givinė a short and startling accountable connection. Once the editor discovered sod wiched. of terrible murder committed- lonely them tying in snug concealment,

about a fire, A moor at game distance from the town. As it were, in paragraph dozan copies of the paper were printed before few days later the indefatigable gentlemen the stereotype plate containing this announca camo rushing into the office, exstaining, ment was removed from il: trachine, and I've got them in "In where cried another plate with nothing but authentis the; editor, dismayed fest the obnoxious news was substitutail. Of thess twelve copies views should have eladed his vigilance.

olitious varrative, one

waa Inaming a very popular journal, with the Ectitious

and relieving his editor from farther fear, placed in the way of a machine who was believed to receive a shilling every Cussell's Saturday Journal. morning for despatching an el paper to the office of the competing journal Next ople of Xwere thrown day the good people intea fever of excitement by the appearance of bills, on whicle were printed, in dropsical black leiters, Terrible Tragedy! Mysteriona Murder?" Thousands of papers ware sold. and great wa

was the joy.

he joy of a certain political had not a single organ party that the rival line about this important event, But the joy was short-lived. The editor, whose

the subordinates had fallen headlong into piz

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no sloverly dug for them, was aghast on dis-HONGKONG WHARF & GODOWNS covoring that the contents-bills

of bis con- temporary mada no reference to the suppored

itwolf. murder. He turned to the paper a word about the subject! The foreman was B WOT summoned in hot baste, and the paper from which the paragraph had been, pilfered was produced. There it was in black and white, identical in substanes and almost in ters with the paragraph that was exciting the

reportera

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town and puzzling a comple who had been sent before sunrice to collectECOND & THIRD FLOCKS OF HOUSE

further particulars on that distant moor.

On the following day it was the turn of the

other

as ett party to reisler The boar

and though.

It did

not cement a good feeling between the two newspider offices, it taught an p

person, at least, to be very cautious about perepting early copies from a

to pay fun!

salej

rival. Editore was often willing to wellplanned boare. This was when the ofs journal depended loss upon accuracy than upou startness and novelty. The telegraph has put the public jato sack intimate contact with events that hoaxce aro rare, and

when!

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HEAD OFFICE-HONGKONG.' CAPITAL (Sugscared), 81,600.000.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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fisoiola Pilot Fish Роявл

The Company GRANTS POLICIES on MARINE RISKS to all parts of the World, payable at any of its Agencia.

Contributory Dividends are payable to all Yungching

Shareholders or not. Contributors, of Business, whether they are

HEAD OFFICE, No 2 Queen's Boad West,

Hongkong, th March, 1881.

-972

TINE

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they do stari into lifo they are' killed with Prays East. such ruthless speed that they cannot be re- garded with editorial favour. Neverthe less, the liability of a newspaper to be heared still existe, for sub-editora have often to rely upon contributors of whom they have no personal knowledge. Too great confidence in auch gentlemen was doubtless the cause of the comsterustion created ectue years ago, by the publicstion is one of the lending Scotch newspapers of a graphic and detailed descripton of a descent made upon our northern coast by French war ebips. A similar explanation may be given of an article telling of a meteor an anoricious and realistic that a a party of New York ecconis actually searched the untravelled regions in which it was said to have fallen. Sir John Herschel himself was made the bera of a boss that bad wide scceptanes Thou be wat newspapers Bug Fish

making

gastronomical observations at the Cape of Good Hope. He was credited with

hasing confirm

The most

confirmed beyond dispute the ex- istence of the man is the moon. circumstantial detaila wore

which are

geven

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THREE SMALL

giren, setting forth that with subsidy of £10,000 from the Duke of Sasees, and with unlimited A eredit from the king, Sir Joba Harachel had 52, gous to Africa to observe the transits of Mercury,

eerocinily valuable in lazar observations on leg Among

વધુ 999 lone bis instruments" was a toos, with the aid of which on was slated to be able to discover not only trees and fagna in the moon, but "a creature shaped like a man, with enormous wings apatile of light of an eagle, and gifted the sustained fight of un with the quadromatious powers key!" Newspaper editors are popularly sup posed to know everything, and are often exil- ad

upon to display their Delphic omniscience upon anhjects so out of the way as almost to

to more than buman

of the mon-

erone, however, a fer waggish specialists who contrion to deceive the oracle. During an electoral contest in the Midlande, one of the candidates was accused of ignorance of A local journal waxed warm in his science defence, and went so far as to publieb a let ter declaring that those who questioned the candidate's qualifications could not be aware a paper on the that he was the author of

Astronomy

cereal

* Accurate Rectification of a Cireula Are

discoverer of the equation of the And the Junar mastica grast problem in nautical In this instance the editor had not the excass of an American ediyor who informed his rendere, on the first of April, that Edison, the famous electrician, bad invented a machine for waking food out of earth and wine out of water, Fictims

of scientific hoaxes may well be ex- cused; for these hoaxes are asually contrived to many plausible technicalities that with so many home to mislead por- they bare porations of experts. Not long ago the cale- French Academy of Science invited

even GoT-

brated German physicist to repeat before them certain experiments in the decomposi

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of terminating his Insurance at the end of aby Year period, and ressiving for his Pulicy a cal surrender value, together with his share of acourantated surping apportioned as a dividend.

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June 24 Hensley

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CASSUMBHOT'S JAPANESE Wans

HOUSE AND FERNITURE BIORE has

tion of elementary gases that were possible been REMOVED to No. 48. Queen's Road,

too credulous news formerly occupied by Acana & Co. only in the columas of

A Large Assortment of Japanese Goods al only i

baza must bare oditor Bvery newspaper

most rescable prices. paper. made the acquaintancs-through- the post, most

ANO luckily for one of the parties of a certain gentleman who remsing or blocks of stone

ap

Roman

who is always with bie- | roglyphica, whitel has copios with great care, and ronds to the paper, with his complimenta and his hopes that someone may be able to hieroglyphick decipher show. Some of these hier have been bard to kill. One of them appeared 0 years back in a Londres journal. It ATHI SED I TOBIS ANAS, as follows:- and may be interpreted,

652,",

this

A

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DEALER IN

EUROPEAN GOODS.

125 生

Has for Sale all sorts of WINES, PES, PROVISIONS, STORES, TEA. REFINED SUGAR; &o., Ke.

No. 1. LYNDHURST TERLACE,

H

TAI

COAL MERCHANT,

has always on hand

This editor is at LAZOZ STOCKS OF REY DESCRIPTION As the editor discovered by letters con- firming the news on the following day. After

ence his horror of

quotations in experienas foreign tongue was so great that he forbade their admission into the paper. One of the

rulein sub-editors having disregarded ther der to give that familiar French proverb, Honi soit qui mal y penee" was remonstrat

(187

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THE

A.D. 1720.

Agents for the above Corporation, are Undaraigust having been appointsd prepared to grant Insurances as follows:-

MARINE DEPARTMENT Policies at carrent rates, payable either here. in London, mr at the principal Porte of India, China and Australia.

FIRE DEPARTMENT. Policies issued for long or short periods at current rates

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BANGKOK

IN PORT ON 97 May, 188 STRAMERS, Brit. str. 247 W. Rose & Co Slam.str-125-Lee Hing

SAILING VESUELA Brit. bk 29 Hook Poh Ger. hk

1430 Jucker, Bigg & Co 736 they & Chalant

Sextrop

April 24 Bernett

Caaton Kwongaang T. asni Wasmpos

Breuer Thos. Seilor Fotta

Bangkok-

Brit. str. 1008

Jardine. Matheson & Co

Rainbow

Sept. 3 John Seith)

G. Fawcett

Brit, str Brit, str

919 1100

Butterfield & Swire

Butterfeld & Swire

Aurcra

Birica

May 2 Hallmaun

Bogliasco

Mar. 16 Kisso

Ital, b

Bus PEL

Feb. 28 G. Koch

Slam.lk

671 Mah Wab

Ch'on Watlans Feb. 9 G. F. Ukiah Eagle

Bism. 1-k

146 Low Mak Tong

Urit bg

157 Capt. Hicke

Brit, k

3.5 Bock Fob.

Long Hin

Mar. 28

Siam. bk

Order

Siam

April 1 Longe

Slam, br

994 L

A-HOT

IN PORT ON 6TH JUNE, 1862 Ger. bk 421, Penedag & Co Haw. bk40 H. A. Fraterno & fo Belt bk

H. A. Peterson & Co Burd & Ca

.A. Peterson & Co

Nev. Mokomat

Hoi Cheong Mar. 3 Martin

Andresa 14Lillan

Ferlo Batauma W. Siegtrisa

May 22 F. Hayer May 1 J. DYI

Nelson Jme

400

June

Suennon

June

Lawrence

Brit bk S4 Brit. $14

THE Undersigned, Agents of the above Com

pany, are authorized to INSURE against FIRE at Corrent. Kates.

GILMAN & C2. Hongkong. Let January, 1892. FRANSATLANTIC FIREINSURANCE

COMPANY OF HAMBURG.

FCOCHOW.

IN PORT ON 2380 APRIL, 1888

BTXAMEBS,

£68 Jardine, Mathisen & Col 508 Jardine, Matheson & Co

[17

Namoa Nazzing

April 2 Goddard April 22 Peters

Brit. str Brit, str

The Undersigned, having been appointed Agents for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Causat

SIEMOSEN &,Co., .....Agents. Batsa.

115 Hongkong, 16th November, 1872.

GENERAT. LIFE AND FIRE ------ASSURANCE COMPANY"

"

THE Undersigned having been appointed TE

Agents for the above Company, prepared to GEANT POLICIES against FIRE AND LIFE at Current Rates.

PUSTAU & Co. Hongkong, Lat April, 1885.

Aberdeen Bellerophon Feilung J'aima Glenoroby Hrdseps

Kiang pina

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Kwang chủ Maefoo Соркок

Sindh

OT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS. Peobili

Neither the CAPTAINS, the AGENTS, nor the Tokie-mart OWNERS, will be RESPONSIBLE for any

SHANGHAI.

HER FEITANNIL MAJESTYS FININ EL OBIĻUALKON

Audacions Cockchafer Constance Cordelia

Bonboat

NAME.

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CAITAIN.

WHERE AT

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1850

3180 Com, R-1. Macocoshie Kobe

Rub Capt. J. B. Warren 470 Lt. Com. EE. Maxwel Hankow

corvette

It

590 Captain G. Keppel

Nagasaki

corretio

10

1490 Captain H. H. Boye

Shanghai

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340

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Penang

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composite sloop

10

1120

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Kobe

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Hongkong

V: Emanuel

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20

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Hongkong

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composita sloup

750 Com. G. A. Cifferd

Nagasak

Wivere

turret ironclad

145G

in roserva

Hongkong

May 22 Barclay June3 Gathrio Jane Crawford June 9 Kleffel May 31 F. Gedye May

Jana Danielsen

Jane Audr

May 8 J. C. Jason

May 26 Bradley

May81 Mace

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Superb Quality, CUTLER, PALMES & CO. BRIECIJOŃ.

Apply to

LAND CRAWFORD & Co.,

Hongkong.

FALKENBURG, Go, str., Dreyer-Melobere Co. HEINRICH, Ger. bk., Bannau-Arnhold, Kar

berg & Co.

DEBT contracted by the Officers or the Crows City of Phlphia May 29 Nielson

May 31 Nears of the following Vessels during their stay in Ribel

25 Niebola Hongkong Harbour- ALEXANDER YRATS, Bril ship, J. W. Dankam.

-Carlowits & Co.

Wander, Jew

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Jens

IN PORT ON 7TH JUNE, 1883. STRAMERS (EXCLUSIVE OF RIVER CRAFT) Brit at 12617 Adamson. Bell & Co.

1896 | Bulterfold & Emirs

Chl. at 1388

C. M. S. N. Co

Brit, sie 1729 W. A. Golland

Brit, or

827 Jardine, Matheson & Co Fr. 2106. Menageries Maritime Jap, str 1360 Nippon Inson Koishi

BAJLING VENDELS

Gur. bk 489 W. Meyerink & Ch Brit. bk 997 Jardine, Matheson & Co Aur. sh.1650 Pustau & Co

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of Capt. Martin J. Durlop] Yokebama

Nagasaki 430 Lt.-Com, W. M. Matagin Hongkong

Con, W. H. Martsek

Captain H. J. Carr

FOREIGN MEN-OF-WAR ON THE CHINA AND JAPAN STATION,

Yokohama

BAME.

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Capt. Byron Wilson

Yokoha.a

American corvette

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Caitain T. F. Jewell

American corvette

Uspt: G. T. Davis

Fechow

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American Obrvette American ganboat

Cant. H. Haye

Tokohams

750

Con. Heory Glaeu

Yokelaws

SOU

Lieut.-Com, T. Nelson

E. Ton Wohlgarantia

Hongkong

Shanghai

Haiphong

Isiphong

Haiphong

Tuurame

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Ca

Piles

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French gunbost

Chi str

602 J. M.S. N. Co

Comote

French gunboat

Brit, str. Brit, mir

714 F. Cousins

Latin

French gunbost

860 Butterfeld & Swire

(BAILING VESK3L8.

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May 29 Anderson May 18 Townsend May 12 Chrza

Brit, bk

$12 † Chinese

La Chochslerie Parsspel Primaagnet Tarembo

French corvette

Fretiob gunboat,

French corvette

17

French frigate

Brit, bk

6958. E. Williams

French gunboat

A mr. bk

712 Ferber, Grabam & Co

Bismarck Carols Iltie

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May

May

Sophie

5 Rio Lima

5 Tejo 5 Aureok May & Bubre

a Orestes (8) Glasgow....... Max. IL Carthenshire (+)...Antwerp via London ...Mar. 20 Glentrain (8) London

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Glenartney (s)......Lendon

German ocrvaite German gunboat Gorman ganhost "Girma corvette Gerwen ganbost Portigue gunboas Portuguese gunboat Hussien guolest Russian orniser May 7 Dimitri Donskoi Russian trigata' Russian gunboat Russian Fuskust. Kianicor liussian gunbeat Russian corretta' Russian craieor Bussian guulost

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Captain Malapert Captain Le Borree Ident. Alartol Commander Neuny Captain de Bacveyroo L'ommander Fort Captain Veron

Kebe

Shangbai

Captain Dupuis

Kobe

Com. L. 10. Marolles

Shanghai

Caplain Lee Kahu

Singapore

Capt in tohmsun

Singapore

Licut.com. von Eickstedt Ko

Commander von iloven

Craising

Captain You Kehlbour

Singapore

Captair Jaeschke

Hongkong

Lea. J. K. Santa Barbars Macao

Captain Caminha "Captain Sebuss

Cipi. Monschikoff Captain Fourydlof Caisia Ustelutsky- Commander Moltsoff Laptain Zurive Ummander Valrondt Commnuder Avollan Captain Sarief Commander høyle Commander Week Captain Long Commander Mukuzoff Commander Malchowsky

April 6

April 8

April 8

VESSELS ABRIVED HOME FROM A19 FORTS IN CHINA, JAPAN, & HANILA,

(Par last Mail's Adrion) Azü 13

¡Babol

Torgons Featsik Vitis

Russian grabost

K COFFatto

Labesian curvette

12

Hussian gunboat

Starjah erblwer

2600

Capt. D, F. Zulunya

Lkilan gunboot

Capt. A. FeraUAGE.

6

Aregon Abizo

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