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A. S. WATSON & Co.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS,

GENERAL CHEMISTS,

AND

Manufacturers of the following AERATED WATERS, viz : SODA, TONIC, SARSAPARILLA, AND POTASH, LEMONADE, GINGERADE, RASPBERRYADE, AND PHOSPHORIC CHAMPAGNE.

Deliveries in Town and Harbour from

7 A.. to 7 P.M.

SHIPS MEDICIENE CHESTS REFITTED, PASSENGER SHIPS SUPPLIED.

Proinpt Attention given to Coast Orders.

HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

HONGKONG. SHLANGITAL PHARMACY,

SHANGILAI,

CANTON.

Foochow.

CANTON DISPENSARY,

THE DISPENSARY,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH-WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 1881.

A meeting of subscribers to the Race

Fund is advortised to be held in tho Hongkong Club on Thursday, October 6th, at 5 p.m. As a subscriber to the Raco Fund, and on behalf of scores of other subscribers, we beg to protest most omphatically against a meeting of such a public character being held in the Hongkong Club. The Hongkong Club is a strictly private institution (8 vory admirable one no doubt) govorned by its own rules and regulations, and is in no way connected, officially or otherwise, with the Hongkong Races.

into and agreed to by the proposed | HONGKONG RACH MEETING 1882. tena.ts. The first result of this un- derstanding could not have been un- expected. The properties situated, near the proposed site of the new centre for Chinese business were na- turally enough greatly affected by the threatened innovation pro bono publico. How they were affected it is not at present our business to en- quire. The members of the Nam Pak Hong had secured what they considered a binding arrangement with the Wo Hang for a new and convenient trading emporium, and they waited in perfect contentment for the fulfilment of what they con- sidered a binding contract.

The steamship Rajanattianuhar was towed over to the Cosmopolitan Dock yesterday afternoon, where she will undergo extensive repairs.

Members of St. John Lodge, No. G18 S.C., and the craft generally, are reminded that an Emergency will be held this evening at half-past eight precisely.

According to a telegram, published in the London Standard, the Transvaal Volksraad has rejected the convention. This would appear to indicate that our troubles in South Africa are not yet

over.

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cranky when she passed the Vistor Emanuel. She seemed to answer the wind very well, but sho appeared to have been upset by a gust catching hor on one quarter when she was luffing to another.The body of the other person lost in the accident was found yostor- day morning, and it was identified by a stone-cutter, named Chang Afuk, as that of the wife of his brother, Chan Tai Yun. Her name was Mo Akin, and she was 21 years of age-Dr. L. P. Marques, Assistant Superintendent of the Hosptial, gave evidence to the offoct that, death arose from drowning, and the evidence heard with reference

to the other bodies was taken as read in this case.-A verdict of accidental death by drowning was returned.

There are dozens of subscribers to the

A notice has been issued by the Fund, non.members of the Hongkong Club, who have an equal right to be Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, heard in all matters connected with intimating that a parade and inspection By and bye the rage for house

the Races, with the oldest stoward on

of the Volunteer and Government Fire

The following observations which property commenced to subside. The

the list. Non-members of the Club Brigados will take place at the Central long concealed fact that investments, uaturally enough object to attend a.so.

Fire Brigade Station to-morrow Thurs. appear in the World of August 17th are much to the point:-" Engineers which returned something less than called public meeting of the commu-day, 29th inst, at 4.30 p.m.

in our navy have many grievances. two per cent. per annum, were not |nity, held in a private institution, and

It seems that in China, at all events,Their position as a class is nothing like altogether of that remunerative cha- they have good grounds for their objec-Great Britain is properly appreciated. what it ought to be, and they have re- racter which speculative investors tions. It is our intention to bring for.

A nowspaper published in the Middleceived scant consideration at White- consider so desirable, gradually dawnward at the mooting of subscribers

Kingdom The Celestial Empire-hall. True it is that some concessions ed on the gentlemen who had rushed several mattors of great importanes to

points out that England is the foremost have been doled out to them; but their madly in and plunged recklessly. the whole racing community; but as

Power in the world, and rules over the full equitable claims yet await official And the general stagnation that fol- we do not happen to be a member of greator portion of the globo. Her do- acknowledgment. That acknowledg lowed that era of temporary pros: the Hongkong Club, and as we have minions are in extent seven million ment is not likely to be delayed by a with many others very strong objec-square leagues, or two millions more significant fact of which I happen to of half the needy property-mongers within the sacred precincts of this heated Roman Empire, according to perity which turned the giddy brains

tions to being regarded as an intruder than those of Russia. Even the cele be aware. The service is the reverse in Hongkong, would appear to have had a remarkable influence on the

this Mongólian authority, had only a million and a half. No race speaking arrangements of the Wo Hang. The desire of the philanthropic gentlemen

yoke; whilst England rules Germans English has to submit to a foreign to improve and beautify a not par-

in Holigand, Spaniards at Gibraltar, ticularly attractive locality, and to

Greeks, Italians (surely very few ?) provide at the same time convenient

and Arabs at Malta and Cyprus, Dutch and commodious places of business

at the Cape, French in Canada and the for their follow-countrymen, would

Mauritius, and innumerablo races in Advertisements tivi Subscriptions which are not feebler day after day. Probably

to have begun.--World. appear to have gradually waned

other possessions, Evidently in China our national decline is not yet thought

Notices to Subscribers. Editor Hongkong Telegraph, 15, Wellington All communications phould I addressed The

Street.

All letters for publication tans die written on one side of the paper only,

Correspondents are requested to forward their names and adliyes with all communications in-

tended for insertion, not meressari for publication,

but as evidence of good faith.

Notices to Correspondents. Subscribes who do tad resave the papers within thirty-five minutes after the flue of publica- tion will oblige by communicativer with the Editor, Homestic Notices, if properly authenticated, will

ne inserted free of charge.

Notice: to Advertisers.

-orbere for a fixed period will be continand until

countermantes.

THE

Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, 28 Sertember, 1881.

there were doubts about the venture

proving a lucrative one! However, be that as it may, it would appear that difficulties began to crop up which had not previously been thought of, and when the members of the Nam Pak Hong inquired as to when the proposed scheme was likely

social Valhalla, we claim the right, on behalf of the public, as well as in our meeting held in a public place, freely own personal interests, to have this open to every subsoriber to the Rico Fund, without distinction of race, creed, colour, or social position.

· LOCAL AND GENERAL.

undergone but little improvement. The state of Ireland has apparently

active agitation throughout the country

Wo hear by wire that the revival of

causes great anxiety.

We learn that the tug-boat Kaiser left this morning in search, of the Bol- ton Abbey, reported to the dismasted onisido, and is expected to return with

Referring to a recent case in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, the Hiogo News says:-"We feel regret, however, that the Telegraph stumbled into a libel action thus early in its career, and it seems to us, after a care- ful perusal of the evidence, that the

ABOUT a couple of months ago, when the property cruze was raging at its to be carried out, the answer received the vessel this evening, or early to-plaintiff, Mr. Harry Wicking, is pos-

height, the Wo Iang, a firm well known in the Queen's-rond, were struck with a brilliant idea which they forthwith put into execution. The building known as the Ko Shing Theatre belongs, we are given to understand, to the eminently prac- tical gentlemen who form the part ners of the celebrated trading hong, and, as at the time we refer to pro- perties in the vicinity of that distin- guished temple of histrionic art were

morrow morning.

We have received a report in pam- phlet form, by Mr. R. G. Alford, on the best motive power for street tramways in the East. As Mr. Alford is agent in China for the Boanmont-Compressed Air Locomotive Co., Limitel, his views on the subject at issue may be easily inferred. We shall deal with the report at length in an early issue.

of overcrowded with them. Indeed, my Lords Commissioners of the Ad- miralty have, owing to engineers to establish an awkward precedent. being runch required in the navy,' had The Admiralty do not, of course, use that expression. They prefer the elastic phrase 'special case, which is, I suppose, not at all synonymous with precedent to the official mind. Subtle distinctions are never clear to ordi- nary people. But this is only by the way. The special case consists of appointing as acting assistant engineers seven engineer students at the Royal dockyards, whose marks in educational subjects at a recent examination fell short of the fixed standard. Is not this another peg for the engineers' par- liamentary friends to hang further ar- gument?"

MACAO.

[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT] 27th September, 1881. In fulfilment of my promise of the

sessed of an epidermis "quite too, aw- To re- fully" thin for everyday use. pair the rents in that fragils article he claimed $1,000 from the proprietor of of the Telegraph, and a conscientious jury-perhaps indisposed to deal too-17th instant, I have made every pos lightly with an ally of the governorsible inquiry into the vexed question mulet the unfortunate defendant in of education, about which there have $350 and costs. Mr. Wicking's own estimate of the value of his repu tation does not appear wildly extrava- gaut, but, whatever thoir prejudices and Heaven fortond we should even

was anything but satisfactory. The Wo Hang now discover that they cannot provide houses 19 tiles wide, 17 being the extent to which they are prepared to go; they cannot ensure the promised water supply, and they fur ther stipulate that all leases must be for five years, the lessee to agree not to sub-let, and to pay five years' rent in advance. And so a scheine which promised to prove a permanent mo- nument of Chinese enterprise igno- being transferred from hand to hand. miniously comes to grief. No doubt to and end. From a telegram dated hint a British juryman conld ever pos- Lyceum, and its amalgamation with at fabulous prices with extraordinary everything has been carried out in a London, Sopt. 26th, we learn that in a sibly have any-the jury reduced even the existing Commercial School, would rapidity, it apparently suggested it- thoroughly business fashion, so that battle fought between the adherents of that modest estimate by three-quarters. be attended with many disadvantages.

sult to these far-seeing and enter- prising spirits that if anything were really to be made out of the old theatre the golden opportunity had

acTM

at last arrived. Notices were cordingly issued to the Nam Pak

although the outwitted members of the Nam Pak Hong may speak of their friends in language the reverse of complimentary, they appear to have no legal remedy.

It is, however, a matter of regret

Ayoub Khan's occupation of Can- dahar appears to have course suddenly

recently been serious differences in Macao, and now send you as a result of my investigations detailed reasons which I think tend to prove that the proposed foundation of a Government

Houg, the heads of the various Chi-that an enterprising firm like the Coroner, and the same jury as in the all Mr. Wicking's own, undertaken en- their studies and examinations, and of

pro-

the rival claimants to supremacy in Mr. Wicking is probably-although Cabal, the Ameer's troops gained a things, man lane are so fallacions that of the Lyceum is deduced from the use- The grand argument of the promoters decisive victory. The losses on both there is nothing beyond doubt-solely fulness which they assert such an ins- sides are reported to be very heavy, interested in the action which has aptitution will provide as the only avail- and Ayoub Khan has fled to Herat.

parently attained his object to some

able means of giving to the Macaenses Another inquest was opened by the extent. Granting the enterprise was

a chance of obtaining certificates of ajdourned inquiry, to investigate the tirely with a view of rehabilitating a affording them an opening to the nese mercantile firms in the colony, Wo Hang cannot see their way to

cause of death of Pang Atsat, a boat. reputation alleged to be sorely battered superior branches of study in the inviting them to attend at a stated successfully carry out a venture

man of Yow Mah Tee. The wife of by the Telegraph, and all the verdict is Coimbra University in Portugal, or the day and hour to consult with Wo which they originally proposed, and the deceased stated that deceased was paid over to him, we fanoy that oron

Goa Academy. Supposing a student Hang on matters of great importance. which would greatly improve the afflicted with rheumatisra, and unable then his success will turn to Dead Sea to have passed satisfactorily through The merchants mustered in full appearance of the city, legitimately to get about, and lived in a little shed fruit before long-we mean when the his Lyceum curriculum here, he will enhance the value of property in the on the mud. She managed the boat, easts between atturacy and client are be able to enter into a course of higher strength at the time appointed, to

studies abroad should he choose to be a listen to the voices of the charmers, neighbourhood, and might prove aand he cooked the food with which she squared up."

The adjourned inquest on the bodies lawyer, a physician, a theologian, or a who immediately propounded what most remunerative investment. Of supplied him in the shed. A police on the face of it appeared a feasible course we argue on public grounds, constable noticed flames breaking out of the three Chinese drowned on Sun. professor of the University. The exa- and exceedingly sensible scheme, as an undertaking of this description of this shed, on the 26th inst., and day afternoon in the harbour by the mination certificate is his passport. likely to suit the interests and has a more than ordinary public in having called two coolies to his assist- upsetting of a junk, was resumed at If he remains here, he may compete convenience of all the parties terest. If it be true that these pro-ance, he ran there and found the shed the Government Civil Hospital yester- for government appointments by show- concerned. The proposal of the posals were pressed upon the Nam all in flames, and the deceased. lying day afternoon, before Mr. H., E. Wode- ing his papers, but if he selects a com- Wo Hang was

thore. He was not crying out, but house, coroner, and the following jury:mercial occupation, then be may tell Pak Hong at a time when the simply to pull down the old Ko Shing theatre and perty seare was violently raging, as they could see by his quivering that heMessrs. S. E. Levy, T. R. Fisher, his employers he knows Latin well, he was alive. They got him out as quick and J. A. Gutierrez. -Henry Vaus. has even studied Philosophy and is adjacent buildings, and to construct we are assured by an influential re- on this site a new street, or square, presentative of that body was they as possible, and set him on this inud, tone, a quarter-master on board the deep in Meteorology, although his and then having conveyed him to the Victor Emanuel, stated that he saw the knowledge of figures is a little abstruse, of houses or offices suitable for the

station and dressed his injuries, which junk passing not far from the Victor and his propensities are eminently liter- business and domestic requirements

were very serions, with flour and oil, Emanuel, in the direction of the Sugar ary. This is the vaunted aim of the Ly- of the most influential of the Chinese

they removed him to the Civil Hospi-Refinery. A moderate breeze was ceum. It gliters, but is not gold. It is merchants. The support of the

tal-Dr. Marques deposed that the blowing then, which varied from the the offspring of a deluded imagination; gentlemen present was solicited, and,

deceased was received at the Hospital N.N.E. to the N.N.W. A sudden gust it may suit the visionary, but it deserves. as the proposal was on the face of it.

at about 6 p.in,; he was very severely seemed to strike her on the quarter the deepest contempt from all practical an exceedingly plausible one, it was

burnod all over the body so that his while she was luffing up to the wind men. skin was peeled off. He suffered in- and caused her to heel over so much unanimously agreed to, and arrange- ments were at once entered into. So

toase pain, and died from collapse of that her sails floated upon the water. the system yesterday morning at half Seeing that she did not right herself, he far as we can learn, the Wo Hang

past two o'clock. Before the decoasod sent three boats to save those who had agreed to build the houses with all

expired, bo informed his wife he had gone overboard, and to assist in getting modern Chinese improvements, each

got a fire in the cooking part of the the junk up. There were plenty of Chi- house to be 19 tiles wide, and to

shed, and while he was going to get nose boats all round, but they ronderod have water laid on, at a rental of 80

some rico to cook from another part no assistance, and had they done so, he cents per foot and is said to have

of it, the shed caught fire, and he was did not think any of the lives could unable from his rheumatism to get have been saved. The upset did not arranged to let them on the most favourable terms to their friends, the

out. The jury returnod a verdict of appear to have been caused by any further details of which were gone

bad Hoamanship, nor did the junk seem

case, we are at a loss to understand the reasons which at the present time preclude the scheme from being successfully carried out. The whole transaction forms a new chapter of Chinese commercial diplomacy, which, in view of the great influence Your Chinese friends exercise over the mercantile interests of Hongkong, is well worth careful study.

"I believe that mine will be the fate of Abol," said a devoted wife to her husband one day." How so?” inquired the husband. Because Abel was killed by a club, and your club' will kill me if you continue to go to

every night.

it

accidental death.

Now, if we investigate the causes that have produced the ruin of Macao, if we analyse the existing circum- stances that cripple all the energy, all the vitality of this place, wo shall find out that they are due to a great pro- ponderance of ideal projects over the storn realities of facts. No doubt, it is very grand to have a Lyceum and all its privileges, but who is to feed and make happy this new plethora of philosophers and classical students ?