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INTIMATION.

1. 8. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

Signe A.D. 1811.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14TH, 1896.

Bignorina Halinfante arrived from”. Shanghai yesterday by the carat Hind

RUGBY FOOTFALL.

BAZANUR BEIT. Ten Pilina, Egulator, in soonunţ with the New Lusuris Miges, Limited (in Liquidation)

↑ în connection) will it in two alatist and spannte gromifs. When they wont before the Privy Council they were confidently assured by

that the result would fly batha walk oveC" 148 for the company. So far, however, from that

| Majulu Hill-but-the-soldiers then appused. Deeburg; they helped to develp the re the homeward mell, arrived from Shanghai last day afternoon on the Happy Valley and To Bank balinco at date of ammu & Kd the distinguished cozagho fought this case

and reckon upon their ability as markanten to preserve the independence of the country They gave us a taste of their quality at to them were raw, beys, who had not Journed to shoot. flow they would fare at the hands of such a force as the Cape Mounted Rifles or the Bechuanaland Police is quito anoller question.

What Max O'RL es to say bout Johannesburg is still more interesting. Pre- WINES AND SPIRITS.torin, the offcial capital of the republic, is a

ALL the are selected by our London Heuer, Fougallieet at fast hand. imported in wood and bottled by oursrices, thus saving all intermediate prodis, sul cabling us to supply

the best growth st›MODERATE VRICES.

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PRICE LISTS, with Full Details, to be,

ld on Application.

moulk before use. When requinst for drinking at once it should erderal to be decanted at the Diegeasury before being sand out

SHERRY-Excdient

Dirpor umul- After

Dings Wines id wryperior Vintages

All are true Xeres Wine

CLANET-Our Carols, instadig the lowest prinsă, atu guazánted to be the gencing product of the juice of its grape and are

but unificially made from raisine, and currents, is generally the car with

Chisay Win

BRANDY--All que Brandy is guaranteed to

by pars Cognac, le ference in price being memnly a question of age and vintago.

WHISKY—All our Whisky is of excellent quility and of greater aga them mak buds in the market. The Score WISKY marked "" is universally popular, and is pronounced by the best local congelateurs to be auperior to say

other brand in the Hongkong Duket.

galow. In the course of the interview he necorded to the traveller, President Karke said the English wore welcome to Johan- sources of the Transvaal and in noise threatened the independence of the country. In reply to a suggestion from Max that the Transal was being henced in, on "PAUL reutrkel: "I can ant upon "eighteen thousand men, air, who will diet "to the last roan to defend the independence "of their country,"

There has como a collision between the driver and the drag, it would seem. Mr. Rors, who is little over forty, has been a own instrum.cotality or that of his agents. young man in a hurry, and ther by his has put back the clock of Senth African Had he been content to let Press. otters alone, thic and he hoped for and was working for might have ben peacefully attained. Time is fighting for the Anglo- Sex. The English langungo is steadily obliterating Dutch throughout South Africa. MAX O'RELL says that in the free library at Burgersdorp, one of the most Dutch towns of the Cape, he found 2,000 English volumes and about 40 Dutch books. The

park and beautiful private gardens. And "please to rerember that, the milway was only brought to Johannesburg a year ago,

tha: each stone, each plank, each unit very one risca and all the wan's heads are the pet conviction of our cheery French at garved to raise this city in the desert, uncovered. This last fact badly bears out by chantment so to speak, must have friend about the Transvaal becoming an been brought the in-heavy cuts-drawn by exen, at the rate of about a mile and a Anglo-Saxon republic, but rather helps to half an hour." The Boers, he adds, have confirm a striking observatie made by hi contributed neither to its birth nor its growth in another part of his must entertaining work. It is in reference tohis description The streets are wide and straight, and the town now possesses irrigation works and of Cape Colony. He says: "New one of the want of water having at first John Bull's mottoes is that of the late

"Marshal MCMAHON, Jy suia, j'y reste beer its greatest drawback. The populationHere I mu, and here I stay. He was in is most cosmopolitan, but the great bulk of the Cape, and he stayed there. You the settlers are of British origin. All the world more easily withdraw a lump of luxuries of civilisation are obtainable, though butter from a dog's-reuth than Julia Bull they are expensive, but money is easily

"from a tenitory where be has installed carned and is freely spent. Max O'BELL

reservoirs

ment of liquidation Tombont elected from contributeries

Japanese Government, and, he did not deny, a in respect of call of 2a, al per shuru...7,658 2.11 being the case was a legal triumph for the legitimate triumph for Japan in its capicity g 83 0.11 cula verdue

4-8-0-8 sovereign power. The olim maile by t To interes on deposit secount and on

Japanone Government was fee not to the £7,747 0 6 €100,000, and the company's statutory lishi if it should have been provet ar bell tha To las cas's gruverd

By

26 d. per £ ca 253,5561734,194 fint dividend to creditors:

Office re; clerical assistance Jaw DER stationery, pestages and telegraras, and petty, disarments in Le expenses of liquidation—

and Chion

The return match between the Hongkong The P. & 0, beamer Kateur-i-Hind, with Football Club and the Nowy was played yester tough struggle we witnessed; For the first fow minutes the Navy had plenty to do in In aarocticer with the trial of Captain prerecting incursions into their haif, and on. night, but her mail was ppt delivered. Bellantyne at Saigon for, assisting two Fancho, occasions, onos by Grayson and again by was taken by the defendant's coueel that the terpm. the Club reabed the twenty-sivo. However, ollior to deserta hur that the point Greenfall when the ball me dribbled, from the two saldiers vot baying bean prosearted, or to Kavy back prevad himself of storing value convicted by the military authorities on and returned the ball with polarity and good judg the charge of besetings they could out be ment. One kick sort the ball well down the field considered deserts and that therefore Captain and Wood in stopping its progress slipped into Ballentrac' could not considered a complies tone The Club were now on the defensive in the desertion. It is to be hoped our Sigon and thanks to Davies, and Landale tar a little in order that the case for the prosecution inay Cameron in ia mal formidable stylo stilf

it on, but being telded he passed to Davies, By sontemporare will give a full report of the trial time the serum was la roid-id: A rash, 67 who carried it by thear force over all obstacles. be known fit prosent the affair has a very further atmaced the ball; then Indalo varrica The report of this Wentworth Gold Pro.and drew Bret bloed. Greenfold took the kick, peculier apporres prietary Comp Limited, for the year ouded but did not convert. The Narg at once. By easy it. Beste anche ad ener September 30tates that the value of the commenced to play in a stül more determined gold produced in oder revenue iras 231,338, manner and forming yum aiter eorum which added to £18,08 brought forward, makes they at length read their opponents £52,546. Then esses amounted to £24,663 twenty-fire. Here & crura, being formed the the developavat anil plauz secounts, and reproved tumself a most difficult player to tackle, and the directors have written off £10,877 from tall was hacked out to Sheford, who The catch, which had to be repented a few seconde cummond a further dividend of 25. por share, Entil Davies brought him to earth by snow espital of the Cerpany is £500,000, so that the afterwards. However, the quick movamenta tax free, currying forward £23,995 profite ometat o nas:15 50 per cent. Tha of the Naval three gasrters appotted to bo Wentworth property adjoins that of the Oliver's Freehold Min

Messacre At Kunhing, and there in every pro

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The Honoraty Treasurer of the Elgar Habet ad begs to acknowledge with thanks the HMS. Plo folowing donations

The Officer's Mess First Puttalion

Rifle Brigade... Mr. F. Baitiand; "Pat".

25 5

Brunght forward 86 Total ap to dato 3883

Ou Sarday evening a lakang was walking along Richmond Road when he saw the dead body of as dit var old boy lying on the road sille lank. The body was taken to the mortuary,

troubling the Club, and at leas tba ball

sums up his impressions of the great goli "himself." He is also settled in the where an examination proved that the boy hadükely to meot with urine resistance, he passed

We wily gurauled our Wines and Spirite to be genin gbe koghi direttromery as the Color from one authorised Agonte at the Coast Ports.

A. 'S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED. THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY Hougtong All Jamary, 1895.

NOTICE TO CORESPONDENTN

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UN Cications relating to the mara ootama shemale? In addçcised in Tux Enton.

Correspondante but faband their send address alima nunications addressol' to the Editor, no? for publikálina, izít es maridance of good jakki.

ansvarl, and we take it that there equally

he has come to stay.

The pairs of the O. &0. steamer Belgie having been completed she has been discharged from the Cosmopolitan Lock,

cash at Chartered

of India, Aushuling, and

Clins, London

Lew Courts branch, ait of Companies ligak

tion account

O R.dr 2004 19 10.

935-03

582,

T. DEEDA PILLAN

Liquidator.

9, Fenchurch Avenue, Loudon, F.,

27th Novembr, 1895.-

a. d. company was partly to blame for the die

would have amounted to over £27,000, AV 193 the officers were acquitted by a legal

all blame in connection with a di knew, from tlair- prst experience, Admiralty Court had a happy

of collision, of finding tint both ships were to 82me (Laughter.) Considering all the air. oumstances he thought they woubi agree that the company had acted wisely in compromising the matter. for £10,000-(ha, hour)-mul hu desired to add that if they had known that the Japanees Government was in such a reasonabla frame of mind as they afterwards discovered frame of mind 199doring it -3,020.01.Was the case

possible to deal with the matler in what he 47,743 0 8 called a broad, large-minded, and liberat way--- the company would have aroldal the two yian af litigation bigh Lad goue on, as will the large amount of expenso wish he been incurred. It only remained to io realigned that the lose incurred through this unfortunte affair had been fully provided for in the counts of the year. The damage sustained by the Raber was, as matter of peccaution, written off previously Ho trusted that the sheroholders would entirely approve of this directors' votion in the matter. (Hear, hear.)Taraing now to the result of their operations for the half-ye under roviow, they would see with regard to the general question of expository that the gross amount from freights for the your under That gross amount

THE & D. STEAM NAVIGATION

-COMPANY.

The synual meeting of this company was hald at the efices, 122, Loadenball Btrost, on 12th December, Sir Thomas Sutherland, M.P, pro-

small tour of a few thousand inhabitants, verdant and pretty, with a fine Government Building, the most imposing edifice in South Afrion, which cost upwards of £230,000 But Johannesburg is described as the meat marvellous monument "of British energy. and perseverance," clearly at once the centro and focus of business and industry in the Transvani, and, in Max O'RELL's opinion, the most important town in South Africa. We will, however, let him speak for bimself; he wrote in December, 1899

being passid out to Arbuthnot then tù Johannesburg, which is seven years old

James then from Powlett to Bleut, was PORT allor removal should be rested and no tom, is to iny a town of 60,000 Lababitants, well built, pussessing first

It is stated that the Chatoh Missionary placed by the Just player in the desired class hotels, shops as important as these ich boys at the Cape play football and Society has uus determined to send out to the part near the corner-Bag Cay malt antside. Ifall-time arrived snel the period af "bf the inrgo European towns, elegant

cesation seemed to hon very grateful one to *suburbs, dotted over with charming villas; cricket and get Anglicized at school. At Fakira province of China the Indy missionariss convert by a magnificent kick frores difkoult

The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the roview was £1,336,750) Navy foual that their opponents more slowly "and although there is not a tree to be Jokampenburg, too, he tells us when at the who wore kept back in theantam owing to the position, but the boil went a few inches to the found growing wild within five hundred of a concert the orchestr plays the bability that they will sail next month.

national hymn of the Transvaal no one pays was at first misted that the ladies should he the combatants. Ro-compressing the fray the riding

allowed to procal to the stations to which ther miles Johannesburg has a very promising

remains sented; but the moment the first member of the soundtoe strougly opposed minus' play Grean full dribbea bort finance. thoy had more additions to their firet representanil oiler items, and with regard to that matter The same player converted his mascly £4,000,000. During the same period they that the work which they did for the Govern any attention, and the audience talks and have been assignet, bit sums the oldest pressing towards the rights and efter a few report, remarked that during the last ten years included charters, the conveyenes of troops. notes of God Save the Quen" are struck,uch a proposal, and it wasuvartaally detersivolthon mught up the ball and placed it behind ing no less than 101,112 tons må an outlay of he wished to draw their attention to fac fuot

that the Ledios ahould proceed to Pocobow and the har

Navy followed well up and managed to get very mig, so that toa net addition to their finet during petition, and they did not make out of it those rear to tao-line. After several auxious zinutes the ten years had head uxactly 104,042 fons dazzling profits which vaad to be common in the shareholders Mutiny. Perhaps some there main until the home committed shall unidst much sprobation, Kicking off, the had and altogether nearly 60,000 tons of shipment was done nader a system of severe com- in which reppated efforts to got into the desired bringing the total up to 266,391 tons. He the days of the Crimean War and the Indian quarter were fraatated, grostly by the energetic thought I would to alittad that the com-

Jany had shown no lack of enterpriss, and might ask him why it was tint seeing that sanction an advance further inland.

action of Sanders and Cameron, the ball at ength went out of danger. Froir n throw in that they had andoavoured by every means the trade of the country had improved, 25 Cay dubet forward and try seemed inevitable, in their power to meet the legitimate require shown by the Board of Trade statistics, the but Landale and Creuzliek, simultaneously mente of the public. He also entero company had not participated in that inquo

to way that in this respect the prestige meal to a greater ertout. His arplanation of frekling; brought him to earth and averted the

provement which had taken place in tako had catastrophe. Again a gallant attempt was made and adalness of the company were sertainly that was very simple. The whole of the im- by Shelford, who passed on to James; this player not loes in the prosent day than they were in getting into difficulties passed to Powlett, who that ad time when the company hold a mons boen to and from the West and not to and from having proceeded some distance was brought poly of steam communication with a Far the East, and in urder to emphasise that firt le down a few yards from the gaol line. A East--in those days, he mesot, prior to the lid had a most careful analysis made of the suscension of serums brought the ball back opening of the Snot Canal. At the data of the exports to the East and from the East during. to the centre and now it became evident that, last repet seven steamers were being constructed tan months ended Nov. 30. In some items lthough only ten minutes were left for play for the company. Of these Are steamers, there were ingrosses und in others decreases, the Clab were strongly pressing, Adamson the Malta. Borneo, Sutra, Sunda, and Pain but taking the while result they showed a de made an excellent rush, Larsband suited the pan and bean deksored by the builders and had finiensy on balsuos in the entwurd freights of bell whan quranded by pants, and after entersil on active rice. Very satisfactory, from £1,500,000 to £3,750,000, waureas on the proceeding a short distant, firing that he was permite had been obtained so far in the working homeward trade there was also a falling off, but expected, would be confirmed by further port with which they woltedly interested, short time afterwards the body was outified by manner. Tlu try was well corrated by Gruan experience. The two large passenget end mail amely, Bombay, the trade bed specially dim. doubt that the falling of in lirosections in the his father, who lives in Conten Street, and there held. It now quite evident that the Navy ships, which were being milt at: Greenock and nished in wheat, bilseed, andettem, in which for fra ossure to of these vessels, which, it might be confidently by no means to so large an cebat.. 15 they took can be no doubt that the laul was madera. He bad enough to do in order to save the match: Belfast rospectirely-vis, the India and China, was a general decline as youd. There was ne the severe corapetition wii feterod The delivery of the English mail was begun was reported mixing on the previous day he passing of their three quarters was ex-wore sirely for danced, and it was to bu

when he was wearing a silver anklet. This calent, but the Club tackled well, and fro kozed that the unfortunate labour troubles which trade with India was due it

not retard their progress to any material extent. in the Argoatin« Repablic raya ry regarded thes was found to have been pawned in Queen's Band, queat valued by dribbling woll down the had recently sprung up in those quarters would at 8.50 am. Jastording.

export of what and die ezott they There were 1,798 viitors to the City Hall and the polies are now engaged it tracing the Cay at the end of the game was

an enormous exporter to the extent of tua Museur last week; of when 163 wore Ear-patter of the milet with the hope of evento. constant searse of nasiety and goderablo The Malto, Simla, and Nubia had bean cou

ally arresting the arderer. Inspector Mackie pressure hd to be used in order to being him stracted at one of over £100,000, col more took Calcutie ten years ago the found it was to earth. Mont made a capital ran and specially for the purpose of the Calcutta peaus.

hus charge of t'in esse.

coed certain to ecare, but was finally forced trade Their Calcutta line 1788 30 longer andreds of thorsunds of tons--of wheat and Insund, lutely nothing Tan whole of that trady had The Japas Mail of the 4th January says into teach within a yard of the goal line important mail line, ca it, cuce was, although in which mls at this present time it dil abeo- Most vigorous action on the part of the Club their service lad to be worked in that con- On the second day set from Hongkong, this Toyage, the C. O. stesser Copitio sighted u was requires to force the ball down, bat nection; bat these ships had hoen constegsted entirely cease, athy its rescation Calcutta hind 11.3.8. Hender, storeshi arrivoit at Singnarga dismastal Chinese sos-geing juk. She Adamson exerted himself strongly and Potta for that particular daly, and he believed that lost thousands of tous of asrga manally, but, mautenvred by kicking and hopping with the for the paraoam of the trade for which they happily, thern hal on forward in other in. and specially manufactured jute Somo youra parson was found on the junk, but a quantity bull, so that at length when the whistle blow the wors intended they would be fou to answer dustry to take its plass in the duct of jute post on the 4th Jannery from Malta, with 120 Love to nad sent a boat's crew on board Ne

of fresh water and potato were in the hot players were in mid-fiell. Thus the Club won admirably wall. The alition of 500,000 tons

to the company's feet in the prassat balauco-ago it was impossible to mafustre jute în scanon for the China Station.

and store-locks. From the appearance of the the match by 13 points to the after a TOT

the bips as it stood in their books, but he ven more cheaply in Danties-hab at the present time Calcutta was averely crueling with trred to say that this cost by no means ap

Dondos in the manufacture of julo. Last grau jank it war baarded that the crow had left heen conlost in winch but few players Inft ble sist naturally enhances the cost per ton of India because it won ho manufactured h within twenty-four hours of the Coptics sichtbald without boring acquired honourable

proached anything like an excessive figure. The ing her. Captain Lindsay in the interests marks of distinction

gross cost of the ships was, he found, shout no loss an atomat than 300,000 tons of raw navigation genially led the junk eet o

£10 16s. per lon, while their not cast wasjate was exported from Calintis, and "that £7.1s. Sd. per ton, that was to say, the notwithstanding the fist that the local milla tire, and she sun burnt to the water's edge,

cost after dedacting the amount of their rs had samed 3,500,00) Untes on their ve some 16 minutos for the run between Nagasaki The Coptic holds the record, ws belica, by

servez-and bo desired to paint out that their poocant. Certain intrusos in impenditure they imagibary, had had to fave, but one vary satisfactory item and Hongkong, at least so far as the Amerion

serves or by no means the provision in their accounts vens the carsharabla zaving mail companies are somemad.

endte me bottle comisarale, a

hig url. He had just stated that they had sold had taken place not only in the mice of the in ten yours 60,000 tons of shipping, which cost soal but also in the matter of the rates of the company £2,104,487, bat which only reafreight. Although the son of coal which the provision which they made in this respost double what it was boty years ago, the ised £171,819. There was another son why the company was barning now was exactly should at the present moment, best ample cost of that quantity of eos placed aboard · namely, that they wore within sight of the close their ships was precisely he sees for half of all their mail contracts, which would the quantity twenty years ago, so that in twenty terminate two years bence; and they must Iool years the price of exul and the inst of froight forward to the possibility, of a further large had gone down exactly one-half, sul with the untlay if they were successful in obtaining improvements which had be carried out in new contracts for the India. Chius, and Aur their maschinery, 1 lb. of coal wow did the work tralian mail services. Ho did not know what of 2 lb, of coal twenty years ago. Their vessels the policy of this country might be with respect were not carrying 33,599 is ergo por

annum as compared with 600.00 ) tens ten ye to the question of pastal contracte, but he did know what the policy of France and Germany ago, hat owing to the lower frights they only was in the matter. He know that it was the de-received the same for carrying that 900,000 tens We have received through Moss, Robinson and Co. a engy, of the Shanghai Garotte."

termined policy of those countries la compete, no thay bad for the 600,000. Th setel a hope- by the Chorale vozi Kontaki, a tunefal com- pattion which no doubt many who enjoyed The Corapany went to voluntary. Equida and, if possible, wrest From this country the trade ass task to try aut cuist the freights, which had for many years ontred in connection but they were coastally doing their best. the Chevalier's playing when he visited Hong tion of the 25th September, 1993. kong will be gait possess as a reihinisce

The assals cangisted of railway, mining and with it. The company must therefcio be prepared As regarded the Italian rail entrist, after ly entered into a cobinet for mail servÍON the fatura mail service of this country would botwgen Venice and Drypt Thy board re- is a copy of Tare Vert," a barn dance, be capital of the Company, hoing 2s. 6d. per share alise, and be paly trusted that the question of Buchwaldy, a very lively tir with the the well on 159,008 shares.

With regard to the plant, it was found that be decided by statesmen who knew what was garded it de a great content that the Tta- mucked; it ought to become a favourite at ear local davecs: From Frensis, Day, and Hunter, the cost of removing it would have exceeded going on in other countries. (heers.) He in Government should come to the Peninsalur ializable value, and as the Company had regretted that the labour dispute, of which they and Oriental Company again, and esir them lo 195, Oxford Street. W wo have received, a gild Wyano Sampson. This march, which was come to with the former manage by the work in monnection with the India and was said that he hoped the cardiolders world OREL (otherwise Pir. BoET, the

which the property s med over to his inhina, but he ducerely hopel that, under the belisce, as he did, that the position of the com genial Fiquel 'critic of the British school

at a swing with it was performed by com

ford, the dispute would soon be settled. He daring the past year. That had in th buy? gives some account of the Transvaal,

and bufere for Majesty the Queon by the consideration of his undertaking to discharge segis of his noble friend Lord James of Hare pany had been strengthened and safe-guarded and also at the foam Exhibition by the Bant Besides the liabilities in Mexico the Company vary. ch regretted, as they all must that object and the ambition of the board for way of the Grenadier Guarde.

was indebted to the firm of J. Whittall & Co. disputes of this obaracter should orenr so years past, and he felt that they wers justified its cities, puspient, and settlers, Like other

Bad of the lial Marine Light Infantry, all the Company's debts in that conntra

for araners to the amount of 12,773 68. 4. Equently, and that they should apparently be iu looking forward with reasonable dopo and travellers he lus forrped a high opinion of

A savory storm, which occurred on the 27th and other reitors hud clsina to the extent of tinged with so much bitterness. Many who confiance to the futur

Mr. 8. B. Gladstone man lol the resolution, the resources, tuineral and agricultural, of

A home paper states that Mesers, L. H: Clay Docomber of the Hokkaido, did insideblo 783 10s. 11d., making tebal indebtedness to were present could remember, as he could, the Seith Africa, and especially of the Trans Max describes the ex-Premier of Caton end it. Stett have been appointed Esstern damage to shipping. At Oare the Norwegian creditors other than Maxiran of £63,550 17 3d. great shipbuilding which set to be carried which was carried, and the lividende shady do stador. Westport 2,290 ups, llided with a To discharge this large amount the only on on the Thames, bnt which had de chired, anctioned. Lard Solbatue was re-elected vaal, and he fully endorses the testimony of Colony as follows Mr. Knoms is six feet Cadets for series in Hongkong and the Lord RADOLPH Ccms. that the high. His head is large and powerful Suits Bettlements. There is some mistake semi-Europear soiling vol called the Eifukn.wable useet was the call of 2a, 62. por share surted this part of the world in consequence a director and with a yels of thanks to the chair This gentlemen med cannot be spa which sank inediately. It uppesis due from sharehsidera rident in Hongkong of the quarrels between masters and men, men and directors the proceedings torminated. Boers will never develop these resources."looking, his eye dreamy but observant. pointed to both colonies and we are not aware that the Norwegian steamer as moored to the Shanghai, and other places in the For Bust, Although he did not for a single moment imagine that shipbuilding was going to desert Though it is now well known that the coun- "Ife bas the quizzical look of the cjuic, and that there is any intention of getting more bass the pior seemed likely to be carried and in the United Kingdom and on the Con

this kingdom owing to this cause, set thought it was a point which required to bo

A joint meeting of the heiders of both series rry is underlaid with golt, it is equally "the large forehead of an enthusiast. Whenets out for Hongkong at present. certain the Boers will never dig for it.

borno in mind that other countries were eo of the Six per Cout. Prior Lien honds of the "he laughs, which is not often, the left-

peting with us now, and ready to compete with Manila Haiforay Company. Limited, was to ha They will continue to scratch the surface,"cheek abowra dimple that you would think

u with even still more rigour if they had the hold at the Cannon Street Hotel on 19th Decem- but they will not find the energy to

opportunity. Moreover, the working men of ber, when a resolution was to be submitted to this country wonid sooner or later be brought the holders of each series separately, having for dig far below it. "They occupy," says

into competition with that cheap labour in the its object the formal seat of the Prior Lieu Far East, which, in consequence of the advantage bondholders to a rehere of arrangement with MAX O'REL, immense tracts of land

gained in the employment of cheap silver, creditors of the company ranking after both which they do not entivats, and in their

unabled those communities already to gempeto sarl of Prior Laen bonds. Tho soheme will in "hands fre country makes no progress

Baccenfally in option spinning, and in other no way affect the position or security of the have seen farmers whose firms were as

trailos in which until recently this country held Prior Lian bondholders, bas their assent is a monopoly. He had referred in passing to their costrable for technical reasont. A mesting of large as Dovorskie, ahu, whe contented

mail service, to which he desired to rovert for a the shareholders in als cited for tàn same day, themselves with putoring cattle on a few

1,384 12-8.

moment, it being an all-important and, he might when certain resclutions will be proposed. The The Hamburg correspondent of the Londen "hundred acres. They are ignorant, behind

[314 10:0 Bay, vital question so far as the company object of the resolutions in to place the company- other places in Far East.

45:30:0 was concerned, It was, impossible in a fow in a position to lay before tha hulders of the resolved to say a considarubio onanal amosat

words to convey an adequate idea of the £230,000 Six per Cent. Debentures, and it is. fer the subsiding of German lines of steamezn

DINAMA V To £7,056 231 great work involved. He found that in the hoped to carry into effect, a saberge of arrange- regularly going to Asia, Australia and Africs, especially to China and Japan. The Nord-

It will thus be noor that most of the amount course of year their ships stopped out with them by which heavy areas doutssher Lloyd then signed the contrast with due from anaseholders resident in the United fewer than 1600 times to revive and do of interest do to them by vitalized, the Government, and is consequence of the kingdom has been collected, but that as reliver maila. He could assure them that it was and they will reptive

Ali Peltors for pull ivairia simuld be writion on one sule of the paper only

Na ramianity id convictions thus have Prodje upraved in ither prepere resté ve dnsorten.

Clers fix it copies of PALLY PRE show he wont fiefage de veau, Gary of palliation After that Tar the limit. Only Supplied for Cash *Mezmurdic vidres Paɛsa.

Tipphone No. 13..

One Ful Degember, at El. Mary's Church, Long Dittes, y the Fev, Carles R. W. Hughes, MA, Rooter, and by the Rev. Bracines W. Girin. WM. H. Hawry. Boberec RN, Leived, late-of Shangdut, Chil, to dicere, Anissos, dangh ter of WILLIA FAssy An&us, of this Elins, Dia, and 10, Lavenger,İlve, Strand. DEATH. One this at Willesden, of wyploid fever, Jina Takalasur, fa, his Sotly year.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, JANUARY 14, 1896. At the prescat juncture, when recent events

the Trabeval; the apathy of the Boers "will be bound to give way to the over increasing activity of the English; but the "prestige of England will profit nothing "by thie. The Transvaal is destined to "become an Anglo-Ruxim repablic, which "will one day form part of the United States of South Africa. With me this is not "ampla impression, but a firms conviction The reason he gives for this conviction is tho belief that the English settlers there have never forgiven the old enantry the humiliation forced on them by Mr. Gran

The O&O, chartered sleemer Afridi with STONE after the reverse at Majulu fill, by nila, &c, left San Francis for this port vin submitting to that defour and rendering theiYakotunts and Nagsuki, ca the 11th instant." ridiculous in the eyes of all the Dutch popit letion in South Africa. Our friendly critic may prove in true prophet, but we are doubt ful on that poiut. Federation will yet, we think, precede reparation in South Africa, bet a great deal will probably demand arouses thoratin bereture to to to

or blundera, or by the indiscretions, fullios, of Mr. Ruoves and Dr. Jamison, It will tax the ingenuity-of-the-greatest- statesman oil on the one hand the Seylla of Boer implzenbility and obstinacy and the Charybdis of British pride and passion ou the other. Happily for 1 parties Mr. CHAMBERLAIN is not likely to lose his head or to forget what is dae 10 justies on the one sido and his country's hour on the ether side. But it is truly unfin tunate that, at the very moment he was contemplating the promotion of Iard CARNARVON's pet pre- feet, the federation of the South African

The O. 8. S. Co.'s steamer. Diomed, from Liverpoci, left Singapors of the 11th fast, and any he expected have on or about the 17th inst. We hear that Mr. John Audre, whose steam launch was arrested at Woowfu by the Chi

via Nagasaki, Kobe, Inland Sas, Yokohama, and Honoluta, arrived at her destination on the 11th instant.

amor, ens porta indeklager waite, se suggested that ten Melbourne rainers should to publicly hard. This action might be tried in the Straits there there are two valuers who never would he missed. In Fenglong nothing The N. D. L. mail steamer Kartruhe, with short of the extention of the entire fraternity the Get it from Berbs of the 10th De will stop the criminalination of value. When peber, left Singapore on Sunday, the 12th inst., the State is every year imposing fresh responsi¦. sad may be expected Lerd on or about Saturday,bilities and penalties upon directors and auditors. why should not professional rahters be subject the 18th int, ut daylight.

to penalties for grotesque unwarrantable valu tions of preparty without regard to its produc fiveness" We do not know what justification the writer conceiver he has for his remarka with referees to Hongkong valuers.

A Tokro press telegram of the 6th January HLY-The Government he decided to ask the Dist for a cote of oro rillika yen as a subsidy for running stemmers to Enrope The Nippon Yesen Kaisha: it is reports, have rouolved to nerves thair capital to 18,000,000 yan before commencing the service.

CORRESPONDENCE

[We do not hold onraalves responsible for the opinions expressed by our conespondents.}

THE "BONNINGTON " AND report of the stannar Bennington that sole honere may be done to Captain Lighton, officers, and erow, for their terrible experinten, showing that all British pinck and energy ha at died out yet in the British mercantile WILLIAM T. IRVING.V

sa. Boynton.

inbrino.

Hongkong, 13th January, 1996.

THE NEW THURIS MINES, LD. (IN LIQUILATION;)

0, Fenchurch Avenue,

London, EC., 27th November, 1805. LIQUIDATOR'S REPORT TO THE CONTRIBUTORIES.

have brought the Transval once more into states, the torch of civil strife, should have bought on the joint account of the. Tanjong of the mineɔformer. We have also reconcentrating plant at Imuris, and the anoalled in this respect for whatever exigency might prolonged någotiations, the directors recent

unpleasant prominence, it is interesting to note what a foreign eritle says of the South -African Republic and its inhabitants. In his recent work John Bull & Co., written

The Singapore Free Pros says it is nuder stood that the steamer Widand, which has beea

Pagar and New Harbour Dock Companies, is to rovatnally sad as a breakwater ertension on the line already lad dem by the halls of the steamer Peluse and Emeras,

her thus recklessly ignited.•`

Concerning the two great figures in South African politics, MAX O'RELL has a good deal to say.. He has considerable admiration after a tour of the Colonies in 1893, Maxi for both Ceca, Ruotes and PAUL. KRUGER | grbomy on Saturday fight and the mister re. copy of Go and our Qucon mareb," by En. | liabilities to most in Mexico an arrangement had recently heard so mayb, had tended to delay resume the service. In cactusten, the Chair-

and gives us brief but graphic sketches of these remarkable personages. He speaks, moreover, from personal knowledge and ob servation, CECIL RHODES he regard as the impelling force of the South African chariot; "OON PACL" as the drag on its wheels.

charming in a child or a young womann, The face is placid; it is that of a diplemma that who knows how to wail and see what "you are going to say or do. All suddenly this fies lights up, and the gaze Incomes "resolute; it is the face of a man of action, "who knows how to seize an ocension and "turn it to account." The writer goes on to express the belief that Mr. RHODES's

A cargo boat zan do a sampan in the fused to stop his boat to render nauistance to the corpouts of the sampan who had been thrown into the water. Inspector Hanna Inter in the und at the Mugishay yesterday he was fined evening arrested the master of the carga bont $10.

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away by the force of the wind and wares tinent of Europe, in the following proportion the Westport was out adrift, and the moorings Thus the racsut stict of the King of Koren got being sadient to stay her she was driven

given in the Nagasak Express-1 take into collision with the Japanese vessel The Vienne the lund is getting a hairout, and thus give an

lifeboat was hugeled by the water police, but example to all my subjuts and you, all my they could not rough the spot. The Fifaka-muru, Hougang sabjects, a heroby commanded to comply with

however, had a boat, and thom of the steamer noget were launalied, and the captain and crew of the Other places in Far Eats 10 2.6. wy desire and get laivouts tog, and thus accomplish the exited work of placing my ill-fated ship wen rescued with difficulty and country on the same plans all the other brought ashore The Westport was driven abere, but fortunately not on the rocks, and civilisel powers in the wall.

she was floated next day, he had com to Carn from Viedivostook, but was light at the time of the accident. Kebe Chronicle.

Tue Jupan Gazalis sapithat, wording to the plan ni tho Nagasaki Harbour Improvement Association, it is to ho desitged ficiently deep to admit large vasche, and a pier 60 feet long is to be built. The mud obtained by the fredging and China Apress writes:-Germany, in 1998, the time, stubborn and lazy. They refuse arubition is to acquire for the mother counis tube aryloyed in rooldning the shallowe in "to till the earth with moteris implements.try the whole of ath Africa up to the the northern part of the by and along the sbore "They do the kind of farming that was done Zambesi, and if John Bull gives hina a free Dimasto na about 112,600. tube of ground for the town. Altogether the unter “in the time of ABRAHAM, IBAAC, and hand this will be realised, whorens if he is prize is a pretty big one.

13,658 30

Toml£19,051,000. Of these aruoanta the following have been ollected

From United Kingdo Vicon V Hongkong Sharghai

THE MANILA RAILWAY,

"JACOB. Their houses are often liko piesties. I lampered by the Colonial Oficó he may one phe Haruberg correspondent of the Lantonvalling of large steamers at plants whore hither.gards Hongkong the results ars, comparatively i ensior, for a comparatively small, resuel to steam presentachlinge sad in action of

"fem f their

* Baforo going to bed, they take off their day becos President of an independent and China apress writes In regard to the pro- to only a small coguorial traffle with Germany meagro, while with respect to Shaoghal they dinash from this part to Shanghai than for large wach pitalised interest now 6 per cent. bouts, and enll that undressing. Their African confederation with Mr. Hore for ected Chise low stated to be for about esiste, a rozarkably traffle, hos oss route, are practically nit. The dificulties of suforcing out to stear from hor's to Shanghai, toung Dobeztars Stock. The olief fature of the floor is their had.

Take Vice-President. President Kun istersely.200,000,000, the rivs of Herr von Jiranit,

so that the derioan import from Chins, during payment from passos ready at such a great at all the parts and place which it was this coheme is that the interest on the proposed all that is dirtiest, invest, most old described by Max O'RELL us a thickest forcer Gorman Minister at Foxing and the four Jars from 1889 to 1898 bns doubled, disting froin this courter will be rodily pany'sdaty todo. He thought that fler Majesty's Debenture Stock will not constitute an ordinary

now delegate of the German financiera, is outi-

while the export from Germany to China has appreciated, but they are intensified in this Government ought to feoreticlied, and, indeed, debt, but will only be payable.ont of profits as fashioned and most obstinate in a Breton, un, rather below the middle light, who sipated with interest. Ete is coming home from aerated by half the former amount. The saso by the fact that in Hongkong 11,396 gratified, at the manner in which the present far as they will extend, and thus the nocumula all that is most suspicious, sly, and, mean carries his seventy odd years lightly. His Chins end will soon be at Berlin, He in the import from Australia to Germany has tripled. Rare, and in Shanghal 10,405 shares mail contract had been performed during the tion of further arrears of interest ranking as

bearer of important now and parbape of im

although the export. to Australia has lossesed are held by natira Chinese representing relast eight yours (fear, hoor.) Ile did not debt of the company will be avoided. The cen in a Norms, all that is shrewdest, most forchend is Barrow, his nose and month large portant concessions from China.

in consequenos of the unfavourable times Now actively 21423 3 0 and £1,300-12s. 6d. believe that during the whole of that time Weylation to wind up is merely a formal (but "hospitable, and most puritan and bigoted and wide, his eyes amall and blinking, like.

it is reported that the vessels which are maio and the bulk of these mounts must be looked hat had alf-a-dozen cases of their veselt arrivery) piece of statutory auory, for

ing tate or beyond the contract time; and if this attaining the end in view. There will be as international Hankey Kabely us of to and fron Hast Asia are not ospable of upon as irrecoverable. is a Scut, mix well, stir and serra, and you those of a forest muinal; his voice to gru glemt verous Sootland, to-day at LS) pull tabs to curgess waleck always are awaiting Of the Entepean shareholais. in China company had been paid premiums for the early Subceeling thesenatins is one by theordion "have a Boar, or, if you will boot." and sonorous that his ye is almost a roar.

Mr. W. M. Weod will set as Umpire: The transportation, therefore larger steamers are to some here at the opaste and are not to be delivery of their mailaa system which was at Investment Trust Company Limited, which

ba Longht

built, and in consequence the Im-roood, while the prolonged trade depression has one time, and until recently, in vogue-he states that as trustees for the holders of the fix The lively French Eritie rightly adds that He barely knows how to write, or following are the team England P. T. D. the world goes round too quickly to long speaks in the Dutch patois seed by the de Vire RF, E. Robins, J. Hopper, CM perial Goverunt intends to increase the made it impossible for others to meet their Ilieved that during these eight fears they per cent debentures of the Manila Railway

Firth, G. W. Millward, 8. W. Hayward, F. B.

do no.: These facts, compled with the great rival of the media in antisipation of the nontract the trust dead for securing such debentures, allow the Boer to stand still; he will have Afrikander firmers. The President's mode Descon, J. Ezekiel, C. I. Galo, J. R. Gilliganal obedy which is paid to the Lloyd. obligations, however willing they might be to would have earned about £100,000 for the Company, Limited, has, under the provisions of to mend or out." For a long time, tn of life is primitive. He rises at live every bam, B. F. Sheldon Solland A. & Anton. Anold Newcomerenging our Bristol, England, Benity of fluding anyone to discharge ster time. Notwithstanding all the stopares and appointed Colonel F. G. Oldham cover, and hes

J. Cameron, E R. Bardon, O. E. Hume, suys, the Bours rafused to have milway morning, and lives on sample fare. Fie Campbell Be Stowart is perhaps the oklest resin dagins now running golically the very disagreeable dation of agent, delays to which they were subjected, ho feand Italf, under further powerscontained in the frust It.cooms to have been built about the year 1745, fully runt for the poor results obtained that their reassle for Bombay arrived there on dead, entered into posesion of the property. The in the Transvaal because they are not abits are not over refined, as might be ex Smith, Wa Taylor, W. Ogilvia, J. Rankin, acording to Engineering, and is still outplayed The gentiorant who frst soted in that capacity an average-30 hours and 28 minubes e prate Guardian Investment Trust Company Limited, contract my flat in the onse of the deliveries requesta all holders of the Manila. Railway mentioned in beBilde, and only pcted. When Max had an interview with J. M. Beattie.

about five hours a day for pumping water frera in Hongkong rotired some months since, and sanctioned them under the title of "steam him in bis drawing roza he amoked su The Nagasaki Eximes saya-For choiceà conf-pit The gylinder la 5 fuel in diameter, was auctoaded by Mr. M. J. D. Stephens, enli- at Bhanghai a voyage of over 1,000 miles Company, limited, sis par dent, dubontures to tramways" The Rd (or Parliament) enormous rips and expectocuted on the variety of colour the Russian warships in and the pietair bas u stroke of 6 fort. The store. The chungu kas proved highly beneficial. Las averags ans 111 hours and 7-minutes had in without delay their names and addresses, nis eftd to the Governmcat carpet in the most uncerenious manner their war-paint, now recently in this port engine, has beam 24 fost long and about feet Mr. Stephans having ascesided in materially contract time and that at Adelaide their together with the spunt of their holdings, to "take the chromo Re on American soins deep built up of any oak bestos trussed torturing the outstanding calls in Hongkong, deliveries before contract tile averaged 32 the offico of the above-named frust company, boitre and 54 minatos. (Hear hear.) Befer 275, Winokaster Honra, (Hd Broad Street. 1.0.. Week 600 WAR mais in the report to an aufort with a view to their balti sonicated with... Buikings insured against fire because if Enjoying a salary of £8,000 in your put it. Semo of the wavels are grog, some gether, and works with arcurions areaking neise. although very little progress has been made in

Out of the moneys already collected a first nate disaster which occurred by a collision it be God's will that they shell burn, there and £500 for public expenses, he lives almost white, were dirk green, some lighthe total weight in about five tone Stears is gew Slaby had,

green while ong was a beautiful steely blue. taken from some boilers in neighboring esta *** įn no going ugconstit. Oursuthor specially comfortably on the latter som and

Nemtually they are all supposed to bogen blishment, the pressure being reduced for this distribution of . . f the & has been made between one of their vessels and Jan the earliest opportunity

Of 597 trees struck by hghtning in the forest notes the fact that the Boers are all dead saves the former. He must therefore be gress and the various tints and bus ex-engins 15 2 pts. The indicatel pre to ereditors, absorbing £124 124. 3d, nad sulp, and he might say that the Ingal proceed.

pandbis interest to the profosion to which his boar Mooow 302 were white poplars. The shots. "Their sumy consists of only a com-walthy. He not infrequently preaches the hlbited by the vast de hare boen vidently power is only 4 The old man who at the sore nanying cash recount shows that loge in that case must have provat of the greatest

friend on the left (Mr. Williams) belonged, planting of these trees as protecture againet who have thus given quite a kaleidosouple boy, and his father and grandfather worked it

Liquidator. pay or two of regular soldiers, but they the sertaon in the Church at Pretoria, which faltafully coped by the Russian captaing Leps to the engine han driron it since law was the sum of £9,020 tm. Id. is now in baad

bonze tres separate judgments had been garen lightatug is therefore recommended to farmers, before kin chu count some twenty thousand riflemen,slands epposite to the Fresidential Bun appearance to their fleet

T. PUNDAR PILLANE,