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THE HONGKONG DAILY PAKSE, TUESDAY, OCTOKEK Sax, 1893.

The United State gamboat Concord, Com | TRE DEATH OF MR. H. M. BECHER. mader 0. F. Gundeleb, arrived at Penang on the lath ait, and not knowing that that port was not a salting station frodia salute. The

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concaption of the enormous strength of them roptiles.

has hitherto dono the policy of developing the Concord is a vivid=5£ 690 tons and of a 400! The doting Colonial georefaer of the Stratte WX NRMBERS FOR THE ZUPER AND SIX Od of rory serious dilenity. Most people in while in the river that flowed through it, whee

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A POOJAH STONE, *

Our plantation bordseed on a seamo-kare The Bougal Government has just been rolig and baland this was alive with maken, Tonkin have heard of the famous Black Pagode man-orting recodiles, Car cook, stal native hors pour, and melas fi guns and 102 man Settlements forwarded to the local papers the

in Orless, better known perhaps as the Temple of woman, had been coined as she was drawing wistor material resources of the country, improving acending to the Pisang Cassits she left for following our atteingram received from the

The Straits Times of the 22nd alt say the Bad, Tare ago, over the main entranos tot one of there monstars, and madpat with the the administration, and promoting education, Singapore the sama night..

Acting Resident. Pahang

The Currenor Commission ended yesterday. Qain who accompacted Berber to Ganong There are twelve members. Six mambers are the Temple, there repassd a large stones on toss of her right lag, which was crunched off in short, of pursuing the path of moral and

The Band of the let Saropshire Light Lutan-Tahan has just rotarusd and reports Baghor for the rapos. Biz as for the dollar following which were carved symbols of the Son, the Boobave the knee. unsterial progress, so as to remove all possible try will play the following programs at the drowned in Tabes Bivar before dawa on 18t the fortenss of silver. There is therefore, no Mare, Venue, Batura, Jupiter, sad Mercury, and In order to avoid danger all veratation was excuse for that interference in her affairs by cera Meas this evening, commencing at 8 September. Hody not yet ratoverod. Diligent majority report, but the rupos mas comoar on the soda of the Moon. Thirty years se tihend op aropud car buildings. This was to

| rastek ir høing mada.”

exe report, while the delar man sign thres. The "plazat stone" as it has since been sailed, fell destroy barbour for sacks Of all this the foraigs Powers which is almost inevitable

Militair

The pows, says the Frow Press, will be received separate reports of tas defler men are ananizons from Ita high station as part of the ashites to Henrolouge," or chain vipar, was most riesecked. to a greater or fouuer extent in the enge of Grotte .. Plusses Mag

Kottam with much regret not only in the Straits #ed for Free Bilser and ne Token Caiss." They of the Temple, and, though unnoticed before, if It is any prisonous and aggressive, and, unlike semi-civilized and unpregross nations.

minig. Jakobowed. Malay Peningals but in North Chian and Hong denies to malataja the tie nf the Maxisan doliar appears to have at once becomes an object of a ventana anakaw, will not flow the pres Procolo Sola. Danno des Satyrs ".. Le Thiers. well-known. Pending the arrival of farther to have Britiais dollar, following the fortunes the harvation of the Lieutenant Gloverant of snakes the antiven would drive in a number of nowa from Mr. F. 8. Quid, ki aataas, who of silver, Bush a dollar wold be of the same Bangal and recognising ite geest artistic and half wild hors that are raised at story bation VEGETABLE & FLOWER SEEDS and been altogether blameless it the matter, Singamara Free Prear, was allowed to learn the Pahang river, wo are left to equjecture bow be pood only for the silver it island that it was lying apperently unragarind just dambted by anturalists, but I can prove the fast

The Baron de Herb, we learn from the will saw be upon his way to Singeporn down the weight and fanume as the Merloan and wald antiqustian vales iunosant of the ledge Tgy take shart work of the captife.

that it had broom› a poojal stone, and pottelag The existongs of man-eating shaker has been and while sympathising with her in her civil prison on the 21st alt. in search of suratles this unfortunate affair bourred. It will would not be a icken min.. misfortunes we tasy e. permitted to hope bond to keep the peace fur six months on the on an exploring expedition with the object has the following With reference to the India Maganm, Hereupon enanad great dismayat Ti-Roads. Dio of our event was a short, first in a sum of $100,–be having entered into a be rametabored that, Kr. Bechse had started. In its iness of the next day the same piper where it fall, he ordered its remoral to the from my own exparison In 1896 I was living THE FIRST SHIPMENTS OF OUR SUPPLIES OP that she will profit by the lesson shu bas last mocasión bens for the Conet on the off possible, visiting Gunong Taban paragraph which appeared in our issue of perly transpired, and bees in the habit for years was a cuttle bardar, and tragusatls het wooda amongst the community, which, suit anbergnant broad-shouldered Jaya and Pioul Ha obarge of asapiting Fr. Halley. Mr. Joaquim alrendly zeroral times the goal of garammi | day setting forth the antagonistio remmende. GARDEN SEEDS

aud Mr. Breddol then cosasenting to not as his abortive attempts to solve the debts connected tinge of the Currency Comtuimion, on ouriosity Dent of making offacing to the show sad to the overal times he had told me of the saintance of buretion, and secondly in sum of $1,000 with this mysterioni sud ar pat natrodden, mas her naturally bean expressed as to which of print fo obahge of it. The Government were

a monster python afty feat louk, not a mile from prepared to book orders for prompt or forwa: WE are accustomed to look upen the Cosarity for his appearance at the urxt lain. From the Gunong Tahan district, whather the members of the Commission are for theinandated with pelliloas, and Bir Charlas Elliott the plantation, give him » gan sad baskihot

Assings on the charge of defamation, pra or not Mr Becher epoceeded whors others befors capes and which for the dailer, It may there. vantaally referral the whale matter to a Joint axecution. Complete Catalogues with consintonial Ofer as rather a hard foster mother, ferrod aainst him by Mr. J. P. Jonquka, him had failed, it was his paranse to anter Kolan-foro ba coussalant to add. This the report Committee of the Asiatis Bosiaty and the to kill it, but it never matorialized, and we bas.. directions for sewing can be obtained on applic. and in Singapore especially the iniquities of On his appearance before the Court on Wednes tan and work his way through the inland porifons in favour of the adoption of the rupes is sigued Trusts of the India Museum. The Committee

One day Piol was waxing. He and tion or will be posted to say address. In the Downing Street have won discanted on inday. Mr. Joaquim, as already stated, intimat of that stale, before dually uning down the bHLE. W. D. Maxwell; the Hoaquables H. sat un the stone, sad took veleminous evidaches were found in the words and brosebi in. ed kas wish to sighultaw from that buil, and Kelantan rivor to its worth. This particulir Trottes, (Auditor Central) 3. B. Issronger, aut la the sad recommended that the order for Ong of the native buntirs a fined the gezicul Catalogue the seads are marginally numbered no massured terms in connection with the Mr. Braddell suba gantly adopted the sins exploring trip was taken as afrenly anaounand (Colgalai Treasacer), E Shelford, and Messrs. its removal to the Musenin ba shelled, finding had gave hit opinion. Pical anet haze bes in English and Chinese, and when ordering it is | military contribution. The mere suggestion course, foam the mosity for thy Baron's- under the auspices of the Royal Geographical. Edelmann and Moyer. The Best report in that it was a genuine pooja stone sal bed as saught by a snake, as no blood had basa shod, to for a ganaration. The Indian thus but there had evidently hed' a struggle. The search for now beamities. But thong Suidty, who bad riven Mr. Becher for this favour of town alfree wed the cratimuster of the quits asint to only state the numbers of the of the possibility of a transfer to India isrobed diligently and long he could find no object a grout of £150 and a couple of chrum Mexiasu dollar with the addition of a British loses a valuable antiquarina relic, but the re kinds required.

next Sunday in company with an English- however, regarded as a horrible nightmare, person sufficiently obliging to and place the ueters, Aboat the time. Sir Cool Smith side doline is signed by Masses, Cuthbertson and ligious asoptiblities of the people of Orisan man named Mason and some naties, trackers, I Orders from one person, of from 85.00 to $10.00 by the Free Press at all events, and it would cesponsibilities of the position, and Mr. Kru- his last visit to the States an the East Coast Mr. Van Cattapburch. The second report to the an ft undisturbed which is very much bet-took the wools to look for aur lost servant,

allowed 25 per cent diybount; orar 81000 appear that after all the Colour might be of $100 committed the Baron for a term of can get the permission of the Beliau to travel B. farmy who prafom, however, to give

mestay, to default of Bureti-a for be Arai amenat Bodler bad already bain up to Kelantan te same affiot in gund by the Honourable Gter alterantiro,-Times of India.

The nation led na to the edge of a track of borgod land covered with long grass. The much worse treated than is actually the case, mouth's imprisonment and failing sureties through the State But, sliboegh Mr. Becker Aparate report in order to elaborate certain

water was about thres închas disp. Horn in the Speaking of the posalɔlo dismemberment of for the s cerd amount Baron de Horn will be showed the Sultan a map and explained to bimolats. The third report to the men oft is

mad was the track of a big snake. The depreis- sion ando by the body in the wad was quita Sia and the annexation of the Malay kept looked up until the best Araizes to be held that there was no other desiga than that of signed by the Itonourable Tan Jiak Kim,

in November.

obtaining more accurate geographical knowledge Mesra. Slab Lang Sith, and Tan Koong Shit,

sight on inches wide. Suddenly one of the m states of tint country by Great Britain

of his oantry for invepratiqu juta the map was masks their report & saparate, one in order

selled out "Sook! sook!" Cook! look!) Throw our contemporary observes that bow.

of the Maby Peainsuit, the Sulton was not that they may speak spatially for the interarte of

hundred yards away the wafer was agitätād ever it bo achaered there is one

responsiva, and taking up a non possumur the Chinese. It should be anderntood that the

into waves, and sliding towards us wan attituds, uttoral as his last word daniak ausch,” -foot of the silvarmen boving made thran geparate aiderable series of consequences, that would

of Kelautan to allow Mr. Becher free pas divergent in principle. These reports all often be seen sharing their seaty mors with watch it gliding towards as was trying on the yallow sanke locke aus hundred feet It was this practical refusal of the Sultan reports does not mean that these reports are kind to the beats creation; beggars arep sun

The activos of oriental centries are proverbially long. The hard was as large as bnokot. at once follow the establishment of ang

It was a bright yellow striped with black. To territorial continuity between the Birman

-FRANCE AND SIAM.

engo through his mantry that tempted him id support of free silver the Mican dollar strange nimals that may happen to pass them to try the mirauitous route through, Pahang via with the addition of a British dollar. The re

nerves but we waited, and at forty yards gave it while eating frontiare of the India Empire and the SETTLEMENT OF THE DIFFICULTY Ulu Tembiling, taking the exploration of port is erpreted to go home by next (French) The religion of both Ruddhists and Bish

iwo loude "Thuckshot in the head It reszed tan Bavarot. 1st Septimber. frontiers of the British possessions and de

Quring Tabsang a seco-lary thengh extreme-mail.

fast ont of the water and lashed about, bat flux][v mina especially enjoins this ora for the godsuk, and the imtiyan haled it on the bank with pendencies in the Malay Peninsula The end Siate the terms of which are favourable to na-ts at Pokan 03 their way up the coast to A Convention has been sigred between Framos y important best of the fourts. Mr. Becher

treatment of all damb animais; -bat ons vary retarding from Kelantan met the Governor and

& rope It was just thirty-sight fast, long-our MILITARY REMOUNTS IN JAPAN. Colonial uffles would surrender the Colony is.

prcollar religiana soot,, called the Juine, charish this kladly regard for all animal life me than the white natx it was at onna dat open and skin- fears had ading the other sixty, To keep it from to the Tudia Office.

K-lanta in the atoomer Ssabella and took that' Thereupon would }

It has always been held that owing to the any other sect of India. Not apolent with ed. Inside was the lawer jaw of shame being opportunity of orpiniuing to His Excellency the manalainous character of Japan and the diaever harming any, dumb osafnre, they rigidly and a leg and thigh hone, while a lain cloth wer follow. tao abolition of the Legislative Council, and the roduction of the Go-

intention of his propound it to that state, entry of traversing the large tracts of law haud inotats the obligation of protecting the fires, rolled into a parfoot knat no birgar than a man's and of oppressing a hope that might say, devoted to the evilture of rice, both osvalry and alluvisting the anfferings and supplying the ist. ad this Paul's stars latif Sa the pernorship to a Chief Commissionerally,

word to induce the Sulisa to gesat permission field artillery must play a comparatively in meals of every Hring thing, both large and our fellow had fallen a victim to this horrid rep. After blowing idly ali Sunday afternoon and seeing that there was no idea of enquiring Into aigalficant role is military operations. Acting small," as far as possible." porhaps under Burns, which would then verlag the wind fell about midnight to a the mineral resources of the State, or in fact upon that principle, the authorities here uerer One of the best-kouwd sights of Bombay is the be erected into a Lieutenant-Governorship; desentiva lail, and, as catu commenced to fall an object are a paraly geographical ons. In mads any attempt to organiss a considerable great Jaju Hospital for animals. It in wall the introduction of Indian taxation, heavily, many persons were fod to believe that pore Mr. Beeber definitely abandoned all ides with a fow adron, just aficiont-if af to all strangers. The hospital is located in the the event, however, after his rotura to Blugsforen of carsley, but have contented shoalves worthy of a visit, and possess peanllar interest such as the inco tax; the introduction the "terrific typh on" announced from Botion of entoring Kelantan by the sa-cost, sad cient-for ridetts and reconnoiteriar purposes center of the most densely popaisted garter of of Indian currenne; and the subjection of was giving the colony a safe-berth. Two hours adopted the Pabang route instead.

while batteries at artillery for service with Bombay, Black Town, and is the largest and most

The world's coal-Beld andy town and the peria to I. in enstans reguintius. Inter, however, the wind tuns gas and from that dated 22nd August, from Pekan, in which he light posse of the nature of mountain guns is supported solely by contributions from the

The last adrios from Mr. Becher himself is the earns d'armée bara boon equipped with momplete stablishment of the kind in India. 31 worked contain coal engagh to last 1,000 years. The work is alike interesting to the studeat There would be the merging of the light it was blowing a gale from the N.E. Oyaks ahead and would follow after he and seen fof bob guns the small Japso-so pony is not and in it are raced ved sud comfortably, walniafasd possible to prodnes..s higher temperature then of botany and practical gardener, and prieservices in the Indian services, the fooding and at six

time gathored in force overy hour. Belore day states that be bad despatched Mr. Quin and the rather than Bald artillery. For the traciou most wealthy members of the Jain featurcity. By means of the electris Trant. it is now 8. large number of plant which for the co- of the Native States with Baboo officials fary. Even at that early hour a good many ter he would write he said he would send down bags is not a very faposing spectacle, salad. spesies. In this building the poor brutes are

alock with almost typhoon sume me be was waiting to most. The next let ensuited. A baltory drawn by the little rough all rick helpless and deformed animals of every aser before. Tonissos of reference are arcanged in separate funti! Malay officials could be mised), and persons were on the Pravo, the harbour pre- not his intention to take all of the party with him and solid, reavevə.of power that distingalsa" continued until they recover or die. Chisago post-office ungatands was sold at auction groups and are headed with their oritury and the rapid reduction in the number of Eu-senting an appearance and sa has not been into Kelantan after the endeavour to reach Gun the Europian buttary with its strongly thowed

by a rotorn party from Tia Tembeling sa it was It suggests nothing of the stubborn vigour will agreed and cared for, the attendance being

rupead officials, all on approved Indian soon, according to old residents, glove the ang Tahan.

Just in the gate is a large courl. aut. massive hress and big stalwart : gunners rounded by sheds devoted to the reception of principles. It might be interesting, mambie typhoon of 1874 The water rolled The last news from Mr. Quiù and Mr. Basher and drivers. But the Japanese mountain cows and oxen only. A these animals are sacred

A degree has been issuad in Belgium, forbid me antemporary, "to pursue icin buge masses against the Praya wall, breaking contained, we believe in a letter from the picas, dimasutive though everything on in the ares of all Hindoos they require the first, ng suy Belgiga to vipturo, or destroy frogs, to former dated Knals Tambeling, August 29th, to nected with it 13. looks onpot abd care and have a court and building exclusively sign them to any carvevanos, in expose them imagination a few of the ather lines over the rout and dusting showers of sprays. Mr. Quin saya of change in

serviceable, sad is ab the aspe time in their om. In the next our are dimbted for ele or to buy or sell thun, either whole se "I am waiting here for Becher to accompany battar "ounsounes with the topography of the horses, while in soother sick logs, cats und in part. our present circumstan-gainst the buildings bera. Further along

the warns swept through the markat and him in the axeent (attempted) of Gnengantry than a gun of larger dimensions and arnkeys receives medios! Creatagent Sheep and that night be entailed by territorialer it, the rat bing very singular viewing wa will start ap the Sungei Teul- Japroase, however, bave never been contented farther cure birds, fowls, insouts suit ever "Fabad. .. Becher seat in a day or correspondingly heavier equipage could be. The goata also have a space ant apart for them aud

Profesor Denton thinks express trains will "aut as a consequence, administrative union from the Fast, geval volumes of water being sailing, thence up the Saugei Fähuan and then? with their filiputia a rattle. It was not to be reptiles, each class hanng a gasser distinct Hs buses this opinion on the faos that the re- „Razer ga vary much faster than they de now. with the Indian Bampire. But for the pouring out of the entranova across the rood. ic we cannot and a Bakei path out our way supposed that a nati boot opas reaching at from the others where the peculiar wants and ingresos more rapidly then the speed, "presont, and until wo aes exactly how The wind did not abste at all as the morning through the jungle to the among & bat least the same terol as the West in all dires: habits of every individual inmate are so far sy

so that at least a limit must be reached. "Buch a contingency might affect us, it passed. At 9 o'clock a large crowd of resi- that is Bocher's idea of the route, although Daff tion, would be mileled with marked in possible provided for

is perhaps well for us that we bave dents were gathered at the earner of Ped up the Sungei Kechan. The natives here say bean pameronsand more or less persistent efforis spectacle: some of the animals have bandresting for personal ornaments. A lady will some

at Puksu tells me that the props way is to go foriority in the matter of horson. There have, One visiting this hospital looks upon strange and are frequently caught and confined in net- To the West Indies the Graffes are very larga m Sia bafur state between us der's Streel watering the towing harbour that it is impossible to get up the Gunong, to improve the bread by introducing strains of over their eyes, others who are in a base or halp times appear in a ballroom with red, green, 19and the Tamasserius province of Baru and the breaking of the wes on the Para shere are so many bantu, not only of men but foreign blood and by other meats, but it must be less obiition undergo the messere tratmest allow and blog lights on her bead and shoulders,

We are rather surprised to And the Free Press

illuminations being caused by maptured writing in this sirain, for the point it tries to a blown away es lightly as a straer bat, not killed seize upon and doyour avery eae who been obtained. The ball-brosił is a weak woody { anta, and both food and water are placed within inagota

makes tho attempt. We are, however, taking animal, of uncertain temper and little endurance, reach of the lame and paralyzed. with us co Malays, in fact no Malay can be gotioforior to either the pare Chinesa or pare Japa to go there at all. We tare five Dyaks and a

All the inmates are kept constantly supplied The desti-rell of those who ware, wounded in Kling man and woman. Last ne hapa shall superior in turn of speed. It has never apparent are fod, bathad, and dosed when necessary; in According to the distal record, ole upon nos pony for military purposes though slightly with cloon straw and waber is sbandance, and the reonut Bombay riot is still increasing. be inore successful than Hiding, Darisan, and Ty, basa desmal worth while to substitats the short are treated with the esme ore and gotlighty persons have divi. The police have not Kelsall wars. The river ne rien à go bit acai-foreign horm for the Japaness in the Army ass that is bestowed upon human beings, and in yet got the correct uumber of the dazd, but it is for would drew, if he happened to read the startad. A matter of fot practically so for Becher to got ap than it was for the. I to be carried by the same class of atoads as thoselandines.

reports show, remarks, would be that if Singapore under businths was done anywhere, either la offres took 15 days coming up by day saly, but B. will mel twenty years ago, though it it be desired

Hald monkeys and saporaunasted crową, kitna present conditions, the military-tribution sforas, and several large establishments were probably traval day and night."

that the cavalry should make any sigara ta and valteras are no umemnon sights, and ane

Some lade at Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, went included, is so much better off than the closed altogether.

Oas important que as to the probable circum charge against Western troopera, o atend of tar may occasionally Bod leag applying to a Mr. Thompson's farm and caught three Daring the course of the afternoon the wing stonens of the drowning of Mr. Bucher is to be greater weight is undoubtedly essential. More the place of the lost member of wome saime! in chicken, which they put into a chaff.oatter and fidiau provinces her grievances after all

found in the hour of the occurrence. A way up over, we now more the Nipper that the this paradise of the beuta omotion."

groand up to small pienas. Besides this, they Poored round to the E. and slough still blow, the Tahan, an aunt of the Tombaling, the Japanese bred pony is deteriorating, and that cannot be very great,

The Jajna bəlieve”in the transmigration në | mutilated a her and stack a toits into a pig. ing a gale the violent casts gradually becanis less party had long got out of anything Like sworth the supply of animals fit to draw even the oats and regard all animale, inseubi, reptiles The police are now considering what they shall frequent. By 9 o'clock the wind had worked current and it is to be taken as certain that the light guns of the tillery is gradually be and plaste se bring ondowod with sails, and do with the lais The Bassian steamer Nije Novgorod, Immound to H.9., and the stort was practically as broken up by rapide and bould-coming less. Why this should be the case they onasider it a set of pist, le trout and ers. probably with, in mioy places, stoop we cannot clearly gather, Eng or contem maintain hospitals for sick animals. They Odessa for Singapore, is reported as having gone over, although they were still gasional harry and difjonli banke. For the sake of making porary's article. An explanation is offered, in practice what they term the four virtaes-plores the rapid d'entransion of what was at The Brazilian Department of Agriculture do- gaste and the rain contioned. The following the transport se basy as possible the party deed, but if it satisfies the Nippon, it certainly liberality, gentleness, piety and ponance or re-

one time looked upon as an Inexhaustible 'forvet are she readings of an android marking 7 points would stick to their hosts as long as they will not sailsfy everybody. The reasons admore for failings, by goodness in thought, word ni India-rubber trew. A recent report of the higher than the Observatory standard:-

ecald so as to avoid the arduous work of carrying voord are that, in the closing years of the and deed and by kladaoss to the brute creation department anggata as a remedy that planta their baggago, sterea, and ivetraments. Qutobus st

The Tokugawa adlustration, the Samurai regarded which extends aron to the forms of regatable life, tions for the eu tivation of the tree be establishe party and probably halted for the night and had their steeds not as an ssential part of thole war- 6.

The religious members of the Jain sect areed, and showe by statistics that large profits would either tied up the brats to the bank or bad en like equipment, bat as more toys, diminutive pro-called Tatis. The Tati must Toad a life of ab. sereno to the planter. October 2nd,

camped on some convenient gravel bank close to poritous and glossines of gout being prized far stinence, taciturnity and coatings. He is en The water's edge. A freshet or spate coming above the vulgarqualities of strength and eadar joined to wear a thin cloth over his mouth to sensible change in the dro-a of bofel wait-ra, It is stated that Garmsay has inaugurato s down the Tabaq, the result of beary rain-storms au Farther, was counted imperative that a prevent small insets firing into it and mist also and the azimple is shortly to be followed in on the mossinios up-stream, would easily take riding steed should be able to peop" and to go carry a brush to sweep the plane on which he is Seltzerland, where a recent mesting of the possible disturbance of an important branch

the aleepers by surprise and so rapidly that it "dieunited." maxima of show with about to sit down, in order to remove the Union of Hotel Kooper has approved the new The haring of the Bross charges of assault of the trade of the Fer Fast that would between the cowain of test-launch and a

might well bars been diffealt to get clear of the minimum of progress. Being regarded as the sibility of ernahing er injuring any living costume. This consists of a uniform vary much The following are the coudings of Macarenalooked-for rash of the flood. If this were so, se features that ought to distinguish a gentle arestare by his weight; and much in the is that of the stewards on band ship. The have been attended with very secoue loss. party of gentlemen we were out on a planie Falconer & Co's barometer gestarday 9am.«before dawa" would moet likely imply, then it mea's goings abroad. Apparentig the special ragard in which this peculiar Eastern act tail-laux jacket of dark blue sath bears on the Reuter telegraphed on the 30th it. It was fixed for yesterday, but awing to the

bas bera aljurand until-half-past twoto-morrow. 29.44, 1 pm. 29 37. 4 p.m. 20.33.

ie possible that there has been perhaps other lom training required to educate this aboormal hold animal life that they never by any chance collar the grade of the wearer, the bead waiter M. L MYRE DE VILERS (the French stores the cornsia was unable to attend.

Of course de communiastien could be made of life, as well as of boats nod baggage. tany gait is hold a caly to have abecked the leave a come! containing liquid of any datori showing three stars and his subordinates two or "Envoy) has adopted & more conciliatory A boy in the empley of Sergt. Faraos of the a holiday perforce. It was must the, mas se been at that hour Any attempt te promed with ation. It is soureely couesirable, however, that

| warpss the water and the Kowloon residents bad | rata it is quite improbable that up moha dificult improvement of the breed of borsen, but tins uncovered for fear of some insect being one secording to degrees of proficiency in their

shaunal as the Taban must be there could have also to bare produced a marked deterior drowned in it. *tone. He has abuted his demands, and

Royal Artillery was sentenced yesterday by Mr peaceful settlemant is now expected." H. B. Wodshouse to six months' imprisonment regards the Peak, the Tramway Compsay got se arduous a journey. Is fast as most travel even the most enthusiastic disciple of the The special telegram we publish to say states bor is his master's room.

with berd labour for stealing fra $5 notes from deeming it safe to run their brazos. A few lers by stram in mountainous jungle avantry doetries of beredity could taliers in the por that a Convention has been signed the terais mitted the theft and said he had lost the money feat.

The defendant ad residents came down, mther riskily, in shairs or will agree, the danger frofesslot at night issibility of radioni ohanges being stoled it (of hits-robed ones). Digambarns sienidas had been left to a lady at Sunuyaits, Ashford, tho most obvious danger t. b onsonatered on bread of bersas by fifty or sixty years of abnor nakedness, and the skidlad Jains formerly used by an elderly gentleman whom she had soon bat pt. which are favourable to Ban. This in gambling.....

The Hongkour, Cuuton, and Muoso Sit is difficult to exup on the banks, and the wal treatment applied to only a small fraction to go about in a complate state of nudity, batones. It was said that on that coins the bip Company's steamer Honam, which west on aight fent in the bents or on a bank in the of the animals, for of soures the horses used they saw wear garmenty of various colours and gentlemon bosine faint in the grow ratehing we take to mean that the Conventinu The Pinang Gardie hears that some of the Ganday on a specialero rsión trip to Macao, lefs cabel.

by the Samurai constituted morely an in are only sky-nlad or naked when saling their the arrivals at the Drawing Bion, and that sto spy gives effect to the terms of the ultim-thoir engineers for faransa of per. The demand excursionista are doubtless, at the time of side ton of General Boobs, late Bengal Stemgiro. No such trial explanation seats prooned from any lack of modesty, but Bros The lady is now a banken, the sal Roosiver shipowners there have scosded to the demand of at 6:30 pm, for Castle Peak Bay and the merry The late Harry Macdonald Broker was theagaiscant part of the whole number in the meals. Their former dians of clothing did not helped him to sent and fetobod kim some water. 2. Siam accepted and does not impose was made by those dono-road tbrocgh their cap-welling, bleking their beals on board and wishing Corps who is still alive), and was born in India. sepable. The plain fast is that the Japanese Irma carious belief in the sanctity of nakedness. for Esat Kent (Me. W. Monil) parting the ibit pantry new conditions. The French rains, to whom they gave 24 hours' notion to the the typhoos at Jeri he, Her advertid time of As so infast he was la Laskas during the song and always has been stunted, and was also to some mesura nymbolical of free liabilities at £1,529 126 138., and the smota at adi mati demanded payment of an indem effeot Lat they would stop work anlow the incre- departure was 10:30 pm, but the Observatory rings, and name safely through the trisis of the shape, and comparatively valueless ramai dom from the bonds of six, and of transmigrstin, in hand and furniture antitasted as being

Lent askst for was granted. It is only fair, how-warsings_baring bws wind over to Macao Mutiny. He was educated in London and at in partain. Iosalities, capecially Namba, herdy hity of three million france besides comer, 10 stato tant some of the engineers were ant Captain Lafamar thought it prudent to get Heidelberg, and after a gearen at the Bebook hitis saga of sound constitution and sap seus iu be in many respecte a inixture of the has left Ashford and that her pregunt addnose in The Jain coligion is a very ancient one, and worth £20, He further reports that the debtor pensation to private individuals and the in this movement.

away earlier, Several prominent citizens who of Mines, adopted the profession of soining abls of tolerably, hard works are to be found. Buddhist and Brahmin doctrines. bat ils Jains not know. recegaiuea of the rights of Ancam and Coale from Colie in Netherlands East Borneo board at Macao.

went on a shooting expedition: ace also weather engineer, the prosecution of which has var But they won the exception. As & reip. this itim to date further back the the Buddhiste; ried him into many parts of the world. country possesse no boison worthy of the nema bat undoubtedly both Judas and Buddhists were Cambodia to the left bank of the drew attention at the Bataria Exhibition, owing Makrong.

The demage to the telegraph. teleptons, kad about 1846 he was in barge of the Plugin The Japanese troopers and drivers have ox originally disenting Frahmins and still enable contains sore oarious facts and Figures. We Sian accepted these terms They come ante and more into tre on railways gaberite na drogant, else pute after 18 months work there he and the European their hande by the caso and precision with which for animal life, the theory of repeated transini; and better sex, but also, so far as England is to the favourable reputation they are gaining electric light wires has bean very considerable, gold mines in Shantnag, Northern Chias, and client seats and give proof of the goodness of them in many things including their tenderness all kane that Woman is not only the fairer and paid the money, but when treaty and stemmeza in Java, and also on the steamships are also gone. The telegraphic communics staff resigned in a body, owing to the way in they control their mounts. But squadron grations, various bella for the purifications of concerned, the more numerum ser; but probably. negotiations commenced it was report. of Woo Bio & Lo, of Singapore Experience sign with Gap Bock was faterrupted, press which the Chinese local authorities behaved. of Japanse cavalry manage the impresion at the wicked and hearoun for the sole of the most of us did not expect to find that there wore ed that M. Le MYRE DE VILERS had almost to the mark of the English article, and me ingas conld be reonível along the Obear and Mr. Rechar were the others. Mr. Becher war. It would go down like, snowed genes Et is in a great incasare owing to this tender-gelust loss than half that number of widowere.

in Java is aaid to show that Lokie coals come up ably by the rough weather, and, unfortunately, Mr. Jolly (of Panjom), Mr Febris, now here, military tor rather that of a torious engine of good.

eleven hundred thousand widows in this country, preferred various new demands, one of seam to be far perferable to Australian coals. vatory wire, which left the colony, without any bonte Consulting Engineer to the Panjem at the shock of impact with a body of Eaguess for animal life that India is so overran Na terer that 169 of the wilom am fifteen which was the expulsion of all Danish Bornée Coal Company, which has seventeen Buro-most interesting and important. In fast the only, and boving great faith in the fature of mining | mes are concerned, we believe that they posses ance of the Hindoos to kill these pasta costa and said, "the anstom of painfully early mar

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wwns, thousands of "mon and "women marry under-eighteen. This, in spite of the | fact that the professional and commercial ofasses nes going to the other extrems. With them the age of marriage steadily rises, sud iv au- other osteus or two one may expect to And it

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The Observatory was the typhoon signal of two the important firm of Becher, Lexis & Co, which of the mast serviceable and dashing desorption year, as that number are yearly killed by annkes districts, and the poorer quarters of the great The Bombay Underwriters' Association is ggas which were fired at 610 a.

st one time bad as many as 14 trained Europesús But their momala ar smply mirable to and tigers, -3, P. Call: ker, and another that Sum should maintain their last sunal report sayThe attention of the damage te trees in evidently gaat: Lago At Hongkong Mr. Leober incurred, much titi- of divertug or resisting an effective bargs. on its staff of experta, mize managers and assapora. wanting in weight and ninew as to be incapable the committse having been directed to the rapid branches are atrewn about the reads and in some no milltary posts within a girea distanco increare which was taking place in slime for eases the trees bave been entirely prosted. A cisn owing to the earlier ill-fortune of the Pur Artillery, too, horsed with each pany cattle, can, of the right bank of the Mekong. damage to twist chipped by steam ra to China large one in the compound of the Central Station jeu wines, but the broad fact ramalon that river mere quickly serves a rough country or be The information-to-hand on-sll these swing to the balas being-insatsiently paoited was brokes acreen the trank-and-fall-ovor into when the Company would not ne could not taken smartly into and out of notion, especially points has bardly extended barond and the Agents, estrian Lloyd aand Bubalting

alan a notios from the Superintendent, P.ZO., the Old Bailey carrying will it as alectric wire. keep the mise going. Mr. Becher stopped in fin cases whers fold artillery, is most tweful, An American, after twelve years raidence in at about forty-earen for males and eight-au- The old Bath House is now almost curspletely and sauk bin uumey in the work of carrying on namely, in cocapping positions of vantage the Philippine Islands, has roturged to bis native thirty for females. For Edwin, if he is in a authenticated rumour, but from inspired. 9. N. Companies on the same subject-the a thing of the past. The waves yesterday breke the mine. It is known that the present nail on more or less difficult of socess The Nop city, and has been giving a contemporary some of good position to propose to Augelina, when references in the Bangkok papers, conched the Association, to the altar, by oironlar, mug. Clob's other property is received a good deal his celate now for ths sotaal cost of machinary the serious sttention of the War Offer and or warehouse in which I slept on the plantation will be considered imprudent, if not indecent. committee called the attenti if of meta sees of it in fragmente, and little is left. The Etauration the shares is partly to recous r. Booker, or you say that the question is occupying his weakesteries. He says: In the "godown their united agas do not make up half-a-century, in guarded and ambiguous language, it gesting that members should, in their own fa- of damage, the roof of the Boat Honsa being laid down br him at the mixos. His faith has the Department of Agroalfare and Commeros. in Miadanos, a tame python was kept to clear out Early marriages will be left to princes and would appear that the situation was critical, forests, deelias to write risks W. P. A. unless broken in several pistes.

been justified by ste present output, and it is Both are agreed that some effort should be made, the rate, who wore a formidable animos, The papers. bales were covered on all six sides with paper The matshed in which Professor Max balso known that bis view was that the work of to effect refuruza, hat a difference of opinion is anka was fifteen feet long, brown and yellow in and the inference may be gathered that one and (or) tarpaulin underneath the ontar var bega giring his Wild Beast how, though a fairly development should have been far more boklly said to exist with regard to the scope of the colour, and was ne dosiles a dog. At first le was The Auckland Weekly News, under “ Seisnos of the principal difficulties was with reference wrapper.

substantial straators, has been blown alast gone into.

effort, the Department of Agricultors and Cam rather trying to my nerves to have los glide and Invention,” refere thus to Vegetable Ivory : to the demand that no Siamese military force

to pieces. The roof has gone and the palm Mr. Becher has written numeroze peuphlets merce natarally desiring to make it gemstal, over my bed, and not infrequently he would coil This is tornished from the Andesa palm tree, Tes planters in West Java -have shown of leaves were blown away like kites. Daly the sad articles on mising, including one on the whereas the War Office folke believe that himself op at the foot and go to sloop, but I soon and of the most beautiful of all this palm tribes, should be maintained near the Mekong. The late a decided proference for London over Am- bars unde omain. The animals were safely anriferous districts of Shantung. A paper on the resources at present available are inaumelert gut und to him. He was regarded as utterly a native of South Americs, but found mysially Siamese scrum to have argued that as they stardam is slipping their prodas, says the camored to a godown opposite when the blow the Geology of the Gold Quarte of Farnog was for anything more ambitious than a scheme to barmlaus, but anbasquent events showed that in Peru. The stem of the tree is straight and would be responsible for the preservation of tree. This has given rise to a digous commenced.

read before the Geological Society on the 9th provide good horars for the use of the memy was a mistake, and that his powers for misohled "bert, and the crown and in a splendid taft of sion in the Planters' Assoolation at Sukebemi Sererst astapaus whiol for some strange Novembor hat. Mr. H. M. Broker was an How this divergence et views is likely to be word awful;

light green"; foliage, somewhat reseto bling order in the territory concerned it was es After several apsukere had sought to make good son had neglected the warnings and remained Assceinte of the Royal School of Mines, a Fellow adjusted, we do not leam, but in the manwhile We had's German boy in the office, bont spormens ostrich plume running wolial that their hands should not be tied by the claims of Amsterdam as a tomarket, the along the Prays were smaaked to atoms, but no of the Royal Geographical Boristy, Member thers is talk of a Committee of Investigation sighteen, every sturdy lad, and thorough for about 30. ft. or 40 ft. in height, The such a restriction as that proposed by France, plaster, sharper than his fellows, said that there

drift of opinion turned the other, voy when one casualties are reported.

of the American Institute of Mining Enginners, consisting of Messrs. Mayeda Masana, ex- Vice. Brodiam. He was in the habit of teasing the fruit la of great sise and contains a number of Most of the steamers in port went to the land Associate Member of the Institute of Uivil Minister of Agriculture and Commers. Ten auske, astohing it by the tail and annoying the cells or drapes all close together. In thres sella while Prince, on the other hand, intending was no ground for preferring the Amsterdam to places of shelter on Bunday evening, but the Engineers,

zumi Kanetako, Hida Brolobi, Salo Satobart, | poor beste in various ways, this coculog I are a number of nuts, each about the size of a to make the Mekong a French river, would the London market, as the latter is the world's Cils of Paking, the Board of Josh etat hair Asiatic Society Mr. Escher was ansetive womba mambers of the Dist and more or hus pablicly gedore, and running saw the boy holding on and known to commerce an arrosa uuts. The As a womb r of the Straits Branch of the Kude Yatimote, and Atsuchi Mantosbi, ali | heard a lond scream from the interior of the hon's egg, which, when ripe, are extremely hard mart for tea while the former is not only a mere | phoïssa, and the drvatoon Apsar comanïved at thair. seem to have objected to having it dominated bymart but also does not match with the times, banga, H.M.G. Line and Pigmy sie remained of the committee engaged in preparing a new kassa in connection with the question. We do in the age of a csak and the soake just un- kernels are quite white, and have a very skaa by a foreign force on the opposite fe pointed out that the plantors had much to at their buoys in the man-of-war ground, with top of the Malay Femineule, w work in which he not for cur own part, place any faith in the por polling from his body, I ran to him, and be reemblance their general appearance

thank London for. Thorng wild kn, as a rule, their topmaats_down The reviving abip took a most ively isterest up to the day he left ability of developing a good broad of heroes by dropped to the floor atoms dead. bank. It is highly gratifying, however, tobauinose was done very quick, and plombero in Victor, Busanuel and hospital ship Mennes ap, Slogipore.

to ivory, Miny millions the nata are uring Japanese stock as a basis, but of course Dasamination by the doch it was found new imported into this country. And that all difficulties have been settled Java get coturns on their teas quicker from Bri-peared to be riding out the storm fairly comfor

The r car sospticism may be unfounded —Japan Mail that every bone in his body was not only broken, saltant ivory-like substance is of very wide and that Siam ban been spared further tain then from Holland. This planter fually tablys Two sailing ships lying off Wauobsi

butsmashed almost as completely as it done with a utility, and in various parts. Dirwitglam seps humiliation at the bands of her powerful | continually, Java tez sold in Holland is scot to fatobed up again, without any damage to them he observed between nosis of red and black ants, referred to recent market reporta show that, dragged their anchors for a short distance but Huber saya that during the course of a battle

Intamer. One of the untive lands saw the entire cinily, the material is already being und fr adversary. Perhaps the paleful experience London for remle. These argumente turned the solves or salghbouring craft.

Miss Emily Faithfull, the well-known English affair.” Jacob had put his foot on the pythep's many purposes, useful as well as ornamental, for the latter wore being worsted, when he saw spostle of woman's work, livse in an artistically · Tail and was at once caught near the thrust by which previously true ivory was maclusively em- through which she has passed may in the set against Amsterdam, especially when Ugures From Bolan information has been received courier binok nuts ranzing off in various dires decorated bones in the dreariest part of Man- thi sunko's froth, sad quot as lightning thres ployed. In this various natural product-or indicated that, Inut pour, the quantity of Jara that the land telegraph fines have been blown tions, who coon returned with a host of blanks cheater. She is to faveterate smoker of sigure, colls were throwa round kis body. He gave one the resultaat substance there probably lies a should teach her the importance of treating found & market at London. should two hot to her own ad antagnant the sold there was only one trelic of that which dora and communication with kamila yesterday trees varione nests, and the rode wore took goal of which alcae rolfore the asthma Eront which the shout and all was pro People who discredit great father, almoo there appears as be a trad

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