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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1889.

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We freely acquit the Editor of the China Mail and the other talented members of his staff from all personal responsibility for the thing which served the purpose of a leading article in Wednesday's issue of that most immaculate and puissant journal. The sum total of the literary ability concen. trated within the walls of the lower Wyndham Street sanciuni may not aftount to an over-powering quantity, and its quality is doubtless a very long way from Per Dozen $10. being "oyer-proof;" but it is surely capable of better work than that! Our ancient friend the "outside Commissioner" has evidently been again let loose and, as usual, on a congenial theme. Our readers need not be alarmed; we have no intention of taking up the cudgels in defence of Mr. HENRY NORMAN'S "Hongkong and its Future," nor of following his snarling critic | through the most nauseous and wearisome tirade of contemptible insinuations and low personal abuse we have read for years past. Mr. NORMAN's article, like his previous observations on Hongkong, is admittedly wretched stuff, and as such was quite open to the adverse criticism of those who considered it even worthy of notice; but the China Mail critic, not contented with pulverising literary wares that are public property, must needs aim his pointless satire at Mr. NORMAN himself. Nor is this all. We assume that the Pall all Gaselle Commissioner "interviewed" the Hon, Mr. CHATER for the purpose of obtaining all available information regarding this colony, its past history, its present position, and its future prospects, and we doubt not that the honorable gentleman courteously expressed his views on the various, subjects introduced by the interviewer. And there is in reality not so much faut to find with the subject matter of Mr. NORMAN'S latest contribution to Hongkong literature as with, the writer's imperfect method; the tale would not have been so bad had it been better told. But the person who has the free run of our contemporary's editorial columns, after somewhat superfluously remarking that his references to Mr. NORMAN's work were not made with the object of dimming the reputation" of Mr. CHATER, deliberately proceeds to attempt to disparage that gentleman's enterprise

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some means of employing his capital in a way which would bring a positive increase of business for business that already exists! Can it be, the Colony, instead of competing då has been sometimes hinted, that Mr. Chater because one of his rivals happens to be a large has a grudes at (sic) the Dock Company shareholder? We can hardly think so, for to start an enterprise on (sic) such a motive would not be worthy of Mr. Chater's honorable cord, and he, we are sure, better than most others (tie) must know that schemes laid on such a foundation generally come to grief. Fortune is a fickle jade, and luck soy etimes takes unex pected turns."

"We are greatly indebted to the author of the foregoing "deliverance" for the con; cluding very original and philosophic observation about fortune being a fickle jade and luck an occasional uncertainty. There are tons of solid wisdom in that assertion, and it is much to be deplored, for the writer's reputation, that his criticism (?) did not begin and end with that sentence. The rest of his ponderous twaddle is absolutely beneath contempt. We have Italicised a few choice gems which our readers will thoroughly see through without any comment, on our part; but it will be news to the community at large that Mr. CHATER refused the Dock Company's offer to float the Ardgay, and has since started an opposition Patent Slip Company "because one of his rivals (?) happens to be a large shareholder." The suggestion is in itself a gross and clumsy calumny which only a miserable coward could have hatched, but which a gentleman in Mr. CHATER'S position can afford to contemptuously ignore. The author of this novel explana tion of the motives which have actuated the most popular of our public men in his gigantic business arrangements forcibly reminds one of Waltham's calf," a wise animal that went nine miles to obtain milk from a bovine of the male sex and came back athirst. His method of drawing utterly irrational and absurd conclusions from imaginary facts, if not quite in accordance with recognised practice, is amusing, if nothing else, and is in every way worthy of the China Mail,

"Mysterious nothing! how shall we define

Thy shapeless, baseless, placeless emptiness!"

TELEGRAMS.

THE General Managers (Messrs. Jardine, Mathe- son & Co.) inform us that the Indo-Chins Moray, from Calcutta, left Singapore yesterday Steam Navigation Cu-cattered steamer | wfternoon for this port.

OUR Nagasaki contemporary regrets to hear further serious inundations in Wakayama šen that news has been received by telegram of The Inss of life and damage to property and crops is said to be very heavy.

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On dif that Sir Robert Hart is expected' bere during the course of next week. We are inclined to-doubt this, believing that telegraphic informa the Inspector General left Peking. tion would have reached us long ere now bad

TO-MORROW morning between 9 and 10.30 o'clock, the steam-launch carrying the Bethel dag will call alongside any vessel hoisting code service at St. Peter's Seamen's Church, returning pennant C. to convey men ashore to 11 a.m. about 12.30.

SCIENTISTS say that the Caucasian skull has, circumference nearly two inches, and has gained during the last thirteen centuries, increased in in cranial capacity three and a half cubic inches. here has been no increase in width, but the brain has gained in height and length.

A PHYSICIAN with sense has at last spoken upon the subject of diet. He says "The variety of human constitutions, and of their digestive and assimilative pawers is so great, that no general rules can be formulated as to diet, but each case must be judged for by itself and treated necord. ingly."

THE auctions of race-ponies at the Shanghai Home Bazaar are uning merrily along, and big Prices are being realised. We observe from the knocked down at tarls 30 each, one at taels Mercury that on the 3rd inst. two griffins were 163, and seve al trious prices over taels too. Our contemporary tem ks that this mob brought the best prices for many years past.

MEMO, for the bald-headed man. Two mechanics

were overheard having the most sensible can versation on baldness ever listened to. They for the hair, and one of them said to the other, were talking of some advertisement of a balsam Balsam be blowed Do you suppose the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge could save'em ?" would be both as bold as bell-handles if money

ACCORDING to the Shanghai Courier the accounts of the recent finds from the outlying districts show that an enormous amount of damage has been done, particulasly in the valleys where in some instances whole villages bave been swept away and most of the inhabi- tants drowned. Many of the pontoons belonging to the floating bridges have been towed up river again and one of the bridges is almost ready for traffic.

PRINCE TUMMY saya : " I can sit and smoke and' enjoy myself at the Alhambra ; that's why I like it better than the legitimate drama." An example of candour to the paranos who go for one reason only to get material for a moral hotally about Magdalen, founded on fact.

As customary, the lawyers are making a rare harvest out of other people's misfortunes in connection with the Share, Market "bust-up." Deeds of composition, petitions for bankruptcy, financial arrangements of various kinds, etc,. all bring plunder to the maw of the legal shark. It will be a cold day when the gentlemen by Act of Parliament " are left behind.

FRENCH physicians who are studying the matter, are confident that hypnotism will in time succeed surgical operations. Many most remarkable the use of chloroform in the practice of painful experiments in this direction have proved successful. Patients have been hypnotized, and the most painful and delicate nature, without while in that condition undergone operations of

evincing sensibility in the slightest degree. ・・

A MEMORIAL by Liu. Ming Chuan, Governor of in that island as twenty-two thousand five Formosa, gives the total number of regular troops hundred men, consisting of forty-five battalions, (ring.) Of these ten batalions, or five thousand men, had been newly raised, owing to the at- tempted rising of the aborigines of the island | last year. The new levies are now garrisoning the border towns, as a barrier to future in surrections of a like nature,"

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H. G. BROWN & CO., LIMITED.

The statutory meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at noon today, at the offices of the agents, Gibb Livingston & Co. The Hon. B Layton presided, and there were present Messrs. E. A. Solomos and H. L. Dalrymple (directors) W. H. F. Darby, S. L. Darby, A. P. Stokes. H. Sheppard, C. F. Harton, W. Dougherty, L. Halburd, H. Wicking, and Dr. Noble.

The Chairman said that in their case, the business was of an even more formal character than was usual at such meetings. They knew there were certain difficubies in transferring the property, and so on, in Manila, which took some little time, and for that reason the capital had only been called up about a month-the prospectus was out same time ago, but they had in wait for. the money until the 6th August. It had been all paid, and the business was going on in the ordinary way. He did not think there

was anything further to mention, but he would gladly answer any questions.

Dr. Noble asked if Mr. Brown was personally managing the business at present.

The Chairman replied that he was. Fr. Noble-And-are his reports favorabig ? good, but as you know this year we have bad a The Chairman Yes; prospects are very good deal to contend against-we have had cholera in the Philippines, and cattle disease, which has killed off most of the buffaloes which draw the timber fram the forest. Consequently, between cholera visiting the coolies, and the disease among the buffaloes, labor has been very difficult to obtain. And there have not been so many orders from people as was The Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co.'s well-in China not being so good this year as usual, and generally the case; that is explained by the trade known tug Fame, bought by the Hongkong we have beon lasers in various things. But the Government for $45,000, is a bargain' at the prospects for next year are very favorable. It As a tender and tow-boat between Hongkong a valuable contract with the Manila railway..! money, and will be found admirably adapted may interest you to know that we received a for the special purpose which led to her purchase, telegram to-day, saying that we have concluded and the Gap Rock during the constraction of don't know the value of it, but it shews that we the lighthouse on that famed promontory; the have gat into the business. The prospects of requirement. We believe she cost the Com- shareholder would do something to push it. fast and powerful. Fame will answer every the Company would be much improved, if every

Government to convert her from a paddle-Chairman, and the proceedings terminated.. pany more than they have received from the

Mr. Stokes proposed a vote of thanks to the wheeler to a screw and to practically renew her throughout,

THE N. C. Daily News of the "rd inst. Ras this-A Portuguese named Place was arrested Ing from a Chinese bank the sum of $1,015 on by the police on Saturday, on a charge of receiv account of another Portuguese, (named Maher) who had absconded to Hongkong, this latter being entitled to this sum as the proceeds of a quantity of nickel which he had obtained by tealing a delivery order from his emplayers, Messrs. Reuter. Bröckelmann & Co., some two months ago. Place is is to be brought before the Portuguese Consul this morning, when the full history of this nearly-successful robbery will be made public.

A CHINESE LOVE TRAGEDY.

The following domestic tragedy in Chinese district city of Shunte, in the Kuantung province, life is related by the Kuang-pas-Near the

headed Blue-beard" possessing no fewer than is a village, the beadnian of which is a hoary- seven "better halves." The latest addition to the harem, was a village beauty of indigent progenitors who, tempted by the sight of glistening sycte gave their daughter, the acknowledged belle, of the village, into the arms of this, amorous Methusel th. In the same village there lived a young man, whose hadsome face and stalwart form caused many a village maiden and look demurely to the ground to blach when his bold black eyes glanced at them. This rustic Adonis was the cousia and clansman of our ancient Chinese Morman, and a year before had won the love of the village belle, who was now hit "cousin" by marriage, and for whom he had been working hard to gather the little amount, necessary to enable him to woo and marry the girl. The fates were unpropitious, and the girl Seven" of Tao, the hoary-headed village elder, and the young swain to find that he had lost the "pearl of bis affections" The young man was a great favorite with his wealthy cousin, and bad the entree of his house, Solnstead of flying away

and the good work he has done in the owners having yielded to the demands made. | corvette, which, like the few representatives of / hall, and he has never chattered a burlesque, awoke one morning to find herselfthe "Number

colony, indulging in his customary weak insinuations and reflections, varied with a little congenial mud-throwing, and he does hot even draw the line at offensive and uncalled-for personalities. He goes the extreme length of impuling improper motives, and in so doing gets dangerously close to that boundary lipe where the Law of Libel curbs reckless ignorance and is a safe check to cowardly malice. But this China Mail critic could not possibly dim the reputation of Mr. C. P. CHATER, and the mud he so liberally throws broadcast could only find a resting place on canaille of his own class. He has placed himself

The strike in Liverpool is ended, the The leading London wharfingers have conceded to the labourers' terms.

THE STRIKE ENDED.

LONDON, September 5th,

AT eight o'clock this morning, the city was dock-trented to a little more firing from the Brazilian also the English navy, was all be-flagged festively. At noon there was a second round The occa sion was the 67th anniversary of the Indepen- dence of Brazil. This evening a dinner will be given on board, but Prince Leopoldo, who is only second lieutenant, will not be present, because bis rank is too low, and he will have to rustle along with the hotel mens

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A LOT of tradesmen were fined $50 each by Mr. Robinson, to day, for having false balances.

THREE more steam-launches left here for Canton, yesterday, to join the flotillaal eady under charter. to His Excellency, the Viceroy,

THE China Navigation Co.'s steamer Chefor was towed Into Shanghai with a broken shaft by the same Company's steamer Changaka on the 1st instant.

in the position of the traditional ass whoA TELEGRAM from "Hakodate received at in kicking against a wall only succeeded Nagasaki, reports that the waterworks have been in kicking himself.

finished, water being successfully drawn at i p.m. on the 18th August.

And now to return to the latest definition of high-toned commercial morality, as solemnly enunciated under the editorial auspices of the evening paper. Some time ago a plece of Government ground at Yau-ma-l was put up to public auction st the instance of, if we mistake not, Messrs. Ĥ, WICKING and G. Fenwick, their inten- tion being to utilise it for the erection of a patent slip, engine-shop, etc. Through come misunderstanding on the part of these far-seeing speculators the whole of the land was knocked down to Mr. At Wiadivostock, on the sib. Auguit, Oscar | C. P. Chater, who some months since F. SMITH, aged 49 years, of cancer.

Sole Agents for Hongkong and China for MONTSERRAT IME FRUIT JUICE CORDIALS.

A. S. WATSON & Co., LTD.,, Hongkong China, and Manila

DEATH.

We note that H.M.S. Porpoise has been detailed to take Mr. Howard, Secretary of Legation at Peking, on his tour of laspection of the British Consulates in China and Corea.

A MARINE COURT will assemble at the Harbour Office on Monday, at 10.30 a.m. to enquire into Cox, first mate of the British barque Mauna the charges of misconduct against Alexander

Lda.

"No," said the disconsolate widow, “I don't miss my poor husband very much. I have trained my dog to growl every time I feed him, and I bave bought a tailor's dummy that I can scold when I feel like it."

The Hangaang Telegraph accordingly projected, and it has been subscription for a second-hand corta Pag been

HONGKONG. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1889.

Our evening contemporary has taken to

decided to utilise it for the Identical purpose THE Editor of this journal is once more on his contemplated by the two gentlemen above pins and begs to return thanks for the numerous A Patent Slip Company was during The proposed

indefinitely postponed. SHAREHOLDERS in the defunct Hongkong Shark Fishery Company will rejoice to learn that the Goto Whale-fishing Company has been so suc on each share of $30.

for weeks an open secret in the colony that the necessary plant for the new under taking had been ordered from England, For reasons we will not attempt to investi.

experimenting with the graphophone, and has. A PROMINENT London physician has been found it feasible to keep perfect records of the condition of a patient's pulse or of a cough. So perfect are the varying tones of a cough regis. tered, that it is difficult to imagine that it is not the patient himself, instead of the machine when the sounds are reproduced. In treating con- sumptive and bronchial patients, this new device is of special value, since it enables the most prominent symptoms of the disease to be fol- lowed in all its stages, and allows accurate com- of the disease toward cure, or otherwise, can thus parisons to be made at any time. The progress be accurately determined,

A LETTER from Peking informs us that His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor, has turned out,

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contrary to expectation, to be a hard worker after all, and personally writes the Edicts and Rescripts on which bang the fate of an Immense empire. The Dowager Empress is said to present herself, regularly every morning, at 4 o'clock at the Audience Hall, where most of the business is transacted by the Emperor, both to give him the benefit of her experience, and to spur him on whenever he feels inclined to yawn or show symptoms of being "bored" at the sight of the innumerable piles of docu. ments and memorials awaiting the touch of the has done an especially large amount of work "Vermillion Pencil". Whenever His Majesty for one day, the matherly Dowager rewards his to play an afternoon dramatic performance for diligence by ordering the best actors in Peking, his special benefit, or sometitues plans a picnic

on the Lakes of the Palace.

its bosom and promulgated in singlar gate, this active opposition to the Dolcesful that it is about to pay a dividend of $20 #Ireland in the quiet, chronic state is still more

Company seems to have hurt the tender susceptibilitles of our contemporary's "leader writer, and he accordingly enters a protest based on a doctrins peculiarly his own, He whines :-

IT may interest holders of shares in the Green Island Cement Manufacturing Company to know that active operations at the Works will com- mence during next week, and that most favorable results are confidently anticipated.

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HIS GRACE the Duke of Portland, who was married recently, has been lauded and held up to worship in the Tory press of Great Britain as if he had been one of the greatest benefactors of mankind. It is triumphantly pointed out that case, neither has he "run" a theatre or music- he hat never figured as co-respondent in a divorce

actress. Portland must be an extraordinary young man. What has he done? Well, he Inherited a princely fortune, for which he tailed not, neither did he spin, and he won the Derby in successive years with Ayrshire and Donovan, He is a fat, good natured Dutchman, and he has married one of the handsomest women in Eng-10 parts unknown, as he should have done, or land. Yes, his grace is an extraordinary man

elac committing suicide, the love-rick Lothario -for a Peer of modern days.

felt impelled by some fatality to continue his visits at his cousin's house, and bask in the THE Fabon Gazelle feports that, for allowing The old, old story ensued; they fell, and for many dangerous sunlight of bis former love's presence. to appear in their journals an advertisement of months avoided the feast suspicion of the outraged a meeting at which it was proposed to thank the lord and master. But the inevitable came at. staff of the Tosai Shimpe for defending the last; the village autocrat became aware that he charge of libel brought against them by Mr. had been betrayed, and yet delayed vengeance Ooks and to acknowledge the legal gentlemen unders garb of seeming ignorance and simplicity. engaged for the defence, eleven editors of Tokyo. One day last week, when the last of the lung journals have been charged with a breach ngan fruit, for the season, was ready to be of the newspaper regulations and received gathered from the orchards the old man their sentences at the Tokyo Court of Minor under the pretence of shooting some crows that Crimes on the gth Instant. They were each hovered over the long-ngan trees, told his young advertisement, was sentenced to two months an especially large bunch of the fruit. While fined $to, and a Mr. Sugeno, who drafted the clansman to climb one of the trees, and gather and 15 days' imprisonment without hard 1bour. the young fellow was "up the tree," the Free and enlightened Japan has evidentlyjealous busband fired his shot gun at bim with still a lot to learn before if can claim a place fatal effect, and the body of the murdered clans- alongside nations like Great Britain, the United man came down on the ground with a dull States and France.

thud, ifeless, and bleeding from a terrible wound in the back. Having cut his head off, and murderer went to "No, y's room, and having after hastily burying the headless remains, the shown her the head of her paramour, brought her down with a batchet Cutting off her bead also, Yamen, and delivering them to the Magistrate, he took the two ghastly trophies to the nearest said that he had caught the pair in facto criminis and killed had them. In China the law in such cases, is to first punlah the injured husband for using a murderous weapon, by dealing

taels for the virtuous deed of suppressingladultery, forty gentle blows on the palms of the hands, and then to grant him a reward of twenty The magistrate, however, did not accept, fa. which at the best, was incoherent from the this case, the bare statement of the old man, excitement he was laboring under, and so ordered enquiries to be made. The facts tamed out as related above, and the old village head, man now lies in Shante Jail on a charge of double murderer bla

OUR trusty and well-beloved friend, the King of Siam, was among the crowd who attended Mr. Robinson's levde at the Magistracy this morning The head and front of his offending was that he did feloniously and maliciously endeavor to get into the Government Offices this morning, with a view to cashing a cheque for a million dollars. A formidable array of previous convictions for similar heinous crimes was produced, but Mr. Robinson treated His Majesty with royal pressing his claims against the Government he clemency, telling him that if he didn't stop and his brother-magistrate would be compelled to stop their subscriptions to his exchequer. The old fellow, on bearing this translated, held out his hand and mumbled "Cumshaw He was gently but firmly led out, and delectedly bobbled down to the Rialto.

following proclamation posted up in Wuchang THE Viceroy of Hupeh has lately had the and Hankow, warning the literati against inter fering with foreigners (---

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To those who are constantly reviling the Irish country's sake, and who have devoted their lives patriots who have sacrificed so much for their to the accomplishment of Home Rule, we would

THE FLOODS NEAR NINGPO,.. commend a careful study of the following words of wisdom from the mouth of Thomas Carlyle:- A PROCLAMATION FOR WUCHẲNG,

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) "In view of the approaching examination for fashion a new and rather startling theory

30th August, 1889: hidengs than Ireland in the critical, even insur- the degree of Ki-in, candidates are about to

The great floods which partially submerged In the ethics of general commerce. The

a governing class glittering in foreign capitals, necessary to issue a proclamation to fatimate loss of life at Ningps itself, have to a large extent ecctionary state. No, that is not peace; that of assemble in the provincial capital, it is therefore the Ningpo plain, and caused the damage and philanthropy of this doctrine is undoubted;

or at home sitting idly in its drawing-rooms, in that inasmuch as foreigners sometimes visit this subsided, but it may require years to repair and but as the love of mankind la not

its hunting saddles, like a class quite ancon- city for amusement, ifthere should be any literary literate the devastation, brought to the hills necessarily, and in actual life is certainly

cerned with governing, concerned only to get men up for examination who are not accustomed and valleys west of Ningpo, Although the rain the rents and wages of governing, and the ungo-to the sight of foreigners, they must not point at not regarded as the leading object of any of men's actions, but the histo y of this affair Says the Nagasaki Rising Sun of August 28th: superstition and putrid ignominy, dying the thus stir up trouble. Further, lest any of thing more seems required to account for the was beavy and long continued on Friday and "It is not for us to pry into the secret springs

vernable, ungoverned millions, sunk meanwhile them, or make remarks about them, or laugh.

Saturday afternoons (August 23rd and 24th) and commercial undertaking, we have to look (Mr. Chater's refu af to accept the Dock Co's It is reported that a seam of coal has been hunger-death, or, what is worse, living the the candidates for examination or their servants literally appalling force and volume of the floods, in dark cabins, is ignorance, sloth, confusion, at them still leas may they insult them and blowing and rapidly shifting winds, yet some- accompanied by thunder, lightning, and fiercely for a better and more solid reason to tender to float the steamer Ardgay) and the discovered at Yagami, and that application has hunger-life in degradation below that of dogs, and followers should be going to Hankow either and for the landalipa with which the fair green justify its being regarded as anything | project he has conceived of starting a Patent Slip been made to the Government for permission A human dog kennel five millions strong, is before or after the examination for pleasure or bills are scarred and forrowed in bundreds of,

Company would lead one to conjecture that

to work it. Particulars as to the extent of the that a thing to be quiet over 7" there was some other motive, at work than seam or the quality of the coal we have been commercial enterprise and the desire to beneft unable to learn.

on business, if they should meet foreigners there and notice that their dress and

places. Possibly the storm was accompanied Hongkong. Here we bave a Dock Company

appearance with large docks and big plant, capable, on the

THERE is something very "aff color" in the different from that of the Chinese, they must not by waterspouts ; but the darkness and gloom admission of everyone, of doleg far mote work Treatingpe correspondent of the Shanghal police vseh bered List math several useful la staty forbid bon rude tota cuatronal conduct to prevent careful observation, the Saturday as than it is likely to get for years to come. Of the steamship Pollur was not in ballast, but is and this week two more constables-one of whom to the Taotsi of Hankow to notify the various hills and vales.The great and populous valleys Mercury on August 31stI find that men just advanced to the rank of sergeant, left, is strictly As an precau-

tion against trouble, Instructions have been given Disastrous tidings have arrived from the inner at Nagasaki, Shanghai, Singapore. Amoy, etc., shipped in Hamburg, Antwerp, and Port Sald. argument or reasonable deduction. Our all competing with Hongkong, and the Japanese She will go into Shanghal to scfit. Her coal

in the force ran away. On Thursday, night

traversed by well made and broad footpaths, one of the steadiest sergeants we have-Baker examinations foreigners had better not visit winding streams, are desolate the roads torn evening contemporary's latest discovery is Government are about to construed as bunkers are much damaged by the quantity of mark sgainst him, was unavoidably prevented a man with seven years' service and not a

Wuching. that it is most improper and highly immoral

water shipped,

"This proclamation is posted up for the infor- raised tracks gone and the bridges, with thele up from end to end the foundations of the ⚫for any person to start an opposition against

from being present at roll-call, at 9 p.m. As a mation of both literary and military exam nees the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock

Gordon and, besides being cautioned, was actually you would treat your own countrymen, and let conf ed exit, the outburst was so great and so attend. Yesterday he was had up before General and you meet foreigners you must treat them as where the waters found a specially lortuons and -matter of fact, it is not usual for sergeants to and their followers. If you are going to Hankow victing idols, swept away. In one lovely hill of a hundred families or more,, & place Company, for the reason that there is

fined the maximum penalty-$25, or rather them know that the educated men of Hupeh all sudden that two-thirds of the houses were already more than sufficient opposition, in

more than half his month's pay that the Acting Captain Superintendent strongly restraint, and that they never losult strangers cases whole families being drowned together. And we hear behave themselves with courtesy and self-carried away and a hundred lives lost, in some the field and because the Company possesses

reprimanded constable for daring to airest a docks and plant capable of doing far more

naval officer recently, and stopped further pro- thus spread to distant places and will be favours some days past

The fame of our sincerity and kindliness, will The corpses there have been lying unburled for work than it is likely to get for many years

17th day of the 7th moon of the 15th year of that even persons, familiar with the routs, hays. ceedings. Such administration is just about ably commented on. Let everyone respect this The road is in some places so completely gone to come," "Zureki |

going. "Come along, Captain Deane..

Kwang-sis,

Vượto sake their way the whole face of the country

more than a theory. We carefully look for this justification in the columns of the China Mail, and we fall to discover it. What do find is an absurd proposition, based on the most nonsensical premises

We

and entirely unsupported either by cogent competition there is no lack. There are docks | Jaden with Govemment stores for Vladivostock, was about the biggest and the otherthe strongest foreign Consols that during the time of the with numbers of bridgen spanning the ever

near Yokohama. these new dock

circumstances the Dock Company will have pretty hard struggle to retain its position, Chaicz comes forward with an opposition com Police Court. this morning, for the rendition of and get its docks fairly well filled, and yet Mr. MR. Ho Wyson applied to Mr. Robinson, at the pany to divide the profit. Of course he has as Dos of the two men wanted by the Chinese good a right to earn a prefit out of repairing abips Government. To be more accurate, he only as the Dock Company, but he can scarcely asked for a remand, without producing any claim that his object is to keep all the work, evidence to support his case. He was requested here, as it will be many a long year before the by the magistrate to get a steam-launch and go And seeing Mr. Chater is so enthusiastic for or two, and the case would be heard at five calculated to bust up" the finest police force Dock Company is compelled to refuse orders, over to Kowloon City and hunt up a witness the welfare of Hongkong, could he not And o'clock,

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