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NOTICE.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1889

is undoubted that. Its power in this colony is far-reaching and considerable. Happily it has hitherto been invariably used In the interests of law and order, and on the occasion of certain riots and disturbances in past years has proved a not unimportant factor in alding the constituted authorities to preserve the peace. That the same good feeling may continue to exist there would appear to be no reason to doubt. although, as we have already indicated, the lack of thoroughness so frequently dis. played hy those self-constituted "pilgrim fathers" must always place their reliability As an element of great uncertainty. Our Chinese friends are adepts at organising vast projects; but they lamentably fail in successfully carrying them into effect.

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is carried out, then under competent supervision, for abon$20,000 a modious building could be erected within year. So far there has been nothing but empty talk and a childish display of fire works, and that is why we say that in any public undertaking in which they are engaged, the leading Chinese of Hongkong lack thoroughness.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

ENGLISH, Ironworkers are agitating for "no Sundy work" and "five days per week with Monday off

A REGULAR meeting of Zetland Lodge, No. 5a5. will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, this evening, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock precisely, Visiting brethren are cordially invited. MESSRS, LANE, CRAWFORD & Co. are first in the held with their Letts Diaries for 1890. Their collection of these invaluable books contains, as usual, all sorts and sizes, and alike adapted for commercial and private purposes... MESSRS. Adamson, Bell & Co., agents for the Canadian-Pacific Line, inform us that the steam- ship Abyssinia arrived at Vancouver on the 28th alto. and the tea ex Port Fairy was delivered in New York on the 27th. As will be observed in another column, there will be a Cricket match e mmencing at 2 p.m. on Friday, to finish on Saturday, the 5th instant between the "First Twelve" against All Comers." Intending players are requested to either at the club or at the cricket pavilion,

DURING the first six months of this year 1,300 new joint-stock companies have been organized and registered in London, with a total capital of £115,000,000

A LONDON telegram dated the 7th inst. says that Canada claims £200,000 damages from the United States for the recent reisures of fishing vessels in the Bebring Sea HONGKONG is destined not to be singular in We hear that, after a chapter of bangling and having a Floating Palace, etc. Our Teutonic blundering which is n disgrace to the police friends are fitting out at Hamburg a Floating administration of this colony, the Portuguese Exhibition which will start upon a two years clerk Campos, lately employed by Measts. cruise round the world in January next, and Hughes and Eara, and who decamped the other exhibit specimens of all descriptions of German day after stealing and uttering a cheque, value manufactures; upwards of $1,000,000 have been $1,000, the property of M. N. J. Robinson, hai subscribed for this novel scheme. The Emperor. been arrested at Kobe, and will probably be Williams is the name of this steamer-exhibition, Į brought back here by an early steamer." and it is expected that China will be visited

T'ANG CHUN, formerly Governor of Yunnan, bu early in the cruise.

at present Imperial Commissioner of Mines in A LONDON paper says re the puffing proclivities that province and Kwei Chott, bas, we hear written to H.E. Li Shun-taxi, Chinese Minister. of actresses: "Mrs. Langtry smokes continually on a lounge; Mra. Brown-Potter smokes between | at Tokyo, to engage for the Yunnan copper and the courses of a dinner, and her dressing rooms silver mines another Japanese mining engineer. are redolent of tobacco”:, Rosina Vokes smokes | The lead mines at Kwei-chou are at present cigars; Helen Barry likes cigarettes almost as under the superintendence of a Japanese mining much as an dies brown-fried potatoes; Lydia engineer who joined the Chinese service some Thompson indulges in a tiny cigarette now and three or four years ago. then Nelly Farren rarely smokes, as she is afraid of her voice; Rose Coghlan tackles a cigaretle as easy as her cues, and blows off the smoke-in fancifully shaped rings: Sophy Eyre handles a cigarette as if it were a fan; Sylvia Grey always lights one when she goes out riding and puffs at it secretly; Ella Wesner smokes cigarettes of her own nating and refuses all others; Emily Soldene smokes a meershaum pipe..

AT the Police Court this morning before Mr. E. Robinson, one man was charged with the theft, and two men with possession of eight bottles of nitrate of silver, the property of A. S. Watson & Ca, Limited. The men were arrested by Inspector Quincey, and his Worship sentenced the thief, who had been in the Dispensary's employ, to six months imprisonment, and com- mitted the other two prisoners for trial at the next Criminal Sessions, bail bring allowed.

him that he at once went over to his younger brother and told him that he ought to keep his wife better in hand, and that such conduct on her part was reprehensible in the extreme. The younger brother listened quietly to his complaints, and then ended the conversation by saying that if his brother dealred it, he would of course lecture his wife so that there would never be a second chance of such a scene recurring again. The elder brother being satisfied, accordingly went back to his own not a ther upon the younger brother went into the kitchen, possessed himself of a wood chopper-the never failing weapon of Chinese domestic tragedies- and entering the room where his wife was sitting, told her that his elder brother had complained to him of her conduct in the afternoon, and that he

had promised him that he would so manage it

that a similar disturbance would never occur again. Woman, however, being unstable as water, there was no telling whether any admon)- view, and so to make doubt.a certainty he was tion of his would fulfill the required ́object in determined to kill her. All this was said in such

́n calm and easy way that the doomed woman thought her husband was only joking, and so merely making a grimace and "pshawing" the matter, she arose and went into the bedroom and commenced combing her child's hair. The husband then followed: her into the room in the same calm and deliberate way that characterised him from the beginning, and getting behind the poor woman severed her head from her body with a single blowoftbe chopper, almost smoiber- ing their child with the blood that rushed out. In torrents from the trunk. The murderer then' took the head of his victim, and hastening with under the very nose of his brother, as he bent It to his brother's house, laid the ghastly object.

over a book that he was punctualing for one of his scholars, the elder brother, it should be mentioned, was the village schoolmaster, Overcome with horror at the sight, the elder

to the letter, by taking in band his troublesome younger calmly replied that he had obeyed him

There was a meeting held at the Tung Wa Hospital the other Sunday, attended by thirty-six of the most influential members of the Chinese community, for the purpose [13 of considering whether the time had not arrived when something practical should be done towards the erection of the Chinese A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. "Jubilee" Chamber of Commerce. It will be remembered that the Chinese com- munity, after a very considerable amount of "backing and filling," a policy in which TE have just received nur New Season's they were most ably assisted by honest" Wimportations, direct from the best Growers WILLIAN MARSH, C.M.G., and a number of sign their names on the day before (Thursday) silver hair-pins and a clock. The accused, the straight funicular lines. The Bergenstock brother asked what had been done, to which the. in England, France, and Germany, and are now

first-classtoadies in the Government service, prepared to execute all orders received for same with prompt and careful attention.

FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS.

SEASON 189-1890.

DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUES

for ordering from (containing hints for gardens ing) will be sent post free on application.

ORDERS PROM ONE 'PERSON $5 TO $10

A TRIGHT specimen of the genus sneak-thief was brought before Mr. E. Robinson at the Police Court, this morning, charged with having made a raid on a number of houses in Hongkong last night. He was arrested by F.C. Sergeant No. 1 at o'clock this morning, in possession of his booty, which included a number of pieces of clothing in defence, said that the property belonged to his brother, and that he was on his way to his

ONE of the most interesting achievements in modern engineering is the electric mountain railway recently opened to the public at the Burgenstock, near Lucerne. The rails describe. one grand curve formed upon an angle of 112 degrees, and the system is such that the journey is made as steadily and smoothly as upon any of

Lucerne the Burgenstock is 1330ft, and it is is almost perpendicular from the shore of Lake

withdrew their support from the Jubilee Tяr Chinese rape case was again called at the brother's house with them. On being told by 2800ft: above the level of the sea. The total wife and preventing her entirely from any more

with a gradient of 33 per cent, which is increased to 58 per cent, after the first 400 metres. this being maintained for the rest of the journey. THE strange aversion against marriage amongst certain classes in China may be seen from the following, which we translate from the We Sun:-In the village of Shang-ring, district of Hsin-hsing, rien, four young girls between

memorial proposed and supported by the entire community, and decided on running a separate show on their own account, In public meeting duly assembled it was proposed, seconded and 'carried that the ORDERS FROM ONE PERSON OVER $1O ALLOWED native residents of Hongkong should celebrate the Queen's Jubilee by building a Chinese Chamber of Commerce for their last year to find that the progress of artillery for stealing the clock, and an additional sixthe ages of sixteen and eighteen, and queenly the house of her own" parents who lived in the

ALLOWED 15 PER CENT. DISCOUNT.

AN EXTRA 5 PER CENT. DISCOUNT,

SINGLE PACKETS AT LIST PRICES.

the crop any farther than the above offer, as

own special and exclusive benefit-a very sensible and practical, if a somewhat selfish and one-sided arrangement, especially in view of the fact that the valuable ground on which the proposed structure was to be erected, was a free gift from the Hongkong Government. However, the foreign com-

Wodehouse. Mr, J. F. Webber appeared for the defendant So far as Chinese were concerned, the proceedings were heard in camera. Out reporter was there, but we leave our morning contemporay, the "family" paper, to give further spicy particulars of this delicate little business. AFTER spending £135,000,000 since 1871 in fortifying their frontiers, the French were horried science in Germany had already rendered their new defences obsolete and worthless. While the French have been building forts, the Germans have been demolishing theirs. The military policy of the German general staff may be summed up in three words troops, telegraph, trains.

THE Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play at the Officers' Mess, Murray Barracks, this

lived, he took him to Lascar Row ; but the denizens of that street knew him not, and begged the officer, as a special favour, to take the rascal to the police station. The stolen articles were identified by a number of persons. His worship has now deprived the thieving fraternity of this colony of a bright specimen of their number, by granting him Goverment board and lodging for four months months for, purloining the clothes......“ THERE has been some trouble between Ireland and Portugal at the British Summary Civil Court in Shanghai. On the 23rd ulto, a noble Lusitanian named Campos, residing in Boone Road, Hongkew, charged his nei-hbour Mr. McCarthy with shooting his cat, The descen. dant of a long line of Irish monarcha admitted that he had taken a pat shot at the cat, but an act of self

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the causes of failure may be mentioned unta munity; who all but universally regarded evening, commencing at 8.30 o'clock. The defence, as he caught the feline depredator killing girls, amongst whom there appeared, to be beginningoftime wherever such characteristics as

WE GUARANTEE That all seeds sald by ns shall prove to be as represented. to the extent that should they not do so, we will replace them, on send other seeds to the same value. But we cannot guarantee there are 30 many causes which operate unfa vourably in the germination of seeds in a tropical climate, over, which we have no control. Among yourable wenther, which is one of the most important. The soil may be in proper condition when the seed is planted, but the weather which follows may be too wet, which will cause the seed to rot; or it may be too hot and dry, which destroys the germ before it shows itself. The soil may also be unfavourable for the variety of seed planted. And lastly, the seeds may be and are frequently destroyed by vermin of various kinds. Such occurrences are beyond the power of man to prevent, and for which we cannot be responsible.

the Jubilee was a sham of the first water, and were not in any way offended that the Chinese had adopted their customary method of organising an opposition when- ever they fail to obtain their own way, did not grudge the concession of land made for such a laudable purpose, and for the past two years have been waiting to see the promised Chamber of Commerce rear its lofty turrets high above the Tung Wa Hospital. And they have ATENT DESSICAT IN G waited in vain. In commenting on the

Hongkong, 3rd September, 1889.

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following will be the programmes- Grand March..."Silver Trumpota".

V ༧མག*ཟན་ཟ Seleciona Cavarina from Faula

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...Viriana, "The River of year"

......Liddell, ““Dorothy" omogonuza, Cellier,

"Ah sa D'Amor"acom.Donitaiti. "The Pirates of Pentace”...„Sullivan,

RECENT Acheen advices to the Java Bode, report that the Achinese have managed to get hold of dynamite cartridges, and have used them with destructive effect in interrupting traffic on the railway within the lines. An iron bridge has been blown up and the rebels come on the rails and not only fire at the cars, but also try to bring down the engineers and drivers as well. Bert bei and cholera continue to thin the ranks of the Dutch army of occupation.

two of his pigeons and trespassing on his own demesne--to wit, his back-yard. Further, no fewer than eight valuable pigeons had been lost through the persistent raids of Campos's cat. The Assistant Judge said he quite believed McCarthy's yarn, but all the same, defendant ought to know that a cat was an animal that possessed many legal privileges, and could not be "potted" with impunity The offence of shooting a cat was punishable by six months imprisonment, or a fine as high as 20 could be imposed. Had McCarthy displayed any cruelty in his shooting practice, his Honour intimated that he would have dealt severely with her the as it was, a fine of $5 and costs would meet the

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so frenzied the 'ekler brother, that snatching the chopper from the hands of his younger brother who still held the weapon after the sanguinary deed, he rushed into his own wife's room and made an attempt to commit a second edition of prevented from doing by his parents who, healing the tragedy. This, however, he was fortunately. the comination, had hobbled over from an adjoining house, and the wife in alarm ran off to enough of the

surname, but in no-wise related to one another, bound them relatives of the murdered woman came in a body same village. At this juncture, the parents and selves, unknown to their parents, by vows of constant sisterly affection which would brook should be turned over to them to be dealt with to the murderer's house, and demanded that be no other ties of the heart. The signal of according to family law prevalent in most the betretbal of one of them was to be responded to by the whole four joining hands and provinces, which provided that if the husband murders his wife without any justifiable cause, escaping together from their earthly matrimonial he is to be buried alive by the relatives of the fate, wed themselves in the lower regions murdered woman," The almighty dollar," how to grim old Pluto. One day last week these ever, came to the rescue, as it has done from the a certain fatality, were simultaneously betrothed

ávarice, ambition and selfishness occupy the inner- by their parents to four young men, scions of the

most parts of that strange animal-man. The genus literati of Hsin-hsing Asien. The news

payment by the brothers of three hundred taels, getting to the unfortunate girls' cars, they made satisfied the thirst for blood of the murdered their preparations, and the next night went hand-woman's relatives, and a further sum of money in-hand to a lake near by, and made a plunge laid out in getting a number of monks to repeat into the dark waters below, which ended fatally the prayers of the dead for the safe journey of the the two younger ones, rescue having been murdered soul over the Stygian river, completed made by some villagers who happened to the treaty of peace between the respective families observe the rash act. The two girls saved were of murderer and victim.. The murderer during taken to their respective homes, and negotiations, all this time, strange to say, showed no excite it is stated, are now in progress with every ment or qualms of conscience for his dastardly prospect of success between the girls' parents deed, but remained just as calm and indifferent, matches, in order to conform to the wishes of principal part had been an ordinary every day and the fanels for the breaking off of the two as if the tragic affair in which he had acted the the rescued pilgrims to remain single for life.

a kind of king, or count, in his own delightful, but somewhat evil-smelling, country-has, says our friend the Bulletin, scooped a cool £1,000 from the Grosvenor Hotel Company (Lim.), of Sydney. It was the company's misfortune to enjoy the distinguished patronage of the Signor from the rat to the 17th January last, during which time he ran up a bill of £47, 10s. The charges being, from the Signor's point of view, excessive, he declined to settle up, and left the botel in a state of Italian excitement. His virtuous indignation was genuine enough, no doubt, but the hotel people, whose faith in Italian counts is not strong enough to move mountains, were racked by unworthy fears that this particular scion of an ancient race might "clear" to his palace on the Lake of Como ere a squaring up was arrived at. They made inquiries concern- ing their dissatisfied customer, and discovered that he had quarrelled with the charges at Meozics' Hotel, Melbourne, From other sources they obtained disquieting bat ill-grounded Flarindo, and finally the Grosvenor Hotel Com opinions as to the bonafides of the haughty

pany made affidavit that, to the best of their plebeian belief, the Signor Intended to skip the colony

occurrence. Strong suspicions that the man is demented have been raised, and it can scarcely near the trutherst

proposed Chamber when the project was THE Board of Revenue has recommended to the PENO YU-LIN, Senior Guardian of the Heir SIGNOR FLORINDÓ CASTELLANO-alleged to be be doubted that such a surmise must be very

Throne the necessity of returning to the old expedient of raising funds for the impoverished Treasury at Peking by the sale of real official rank for would be mandarins; four tenths of the actual value to be taken off as an inducement to purchasers. The present sale of these titles merely a case of buttons,"-a superficial rank which does not entitle the purchaser to any local

first mooted, we expressed the hope that We beg to call special attention to our New it would not, like the statues voted to Sir ARTHUR KENNEDY and Sir JOHN POPI HENNESSY by the same influential persons over five years since, go up like a rocket and come down like a stick, and it is now evident that our doubts were only too well-starding, except as a figure-head. founded, From what transpired at the recent meeting at the Tung Wa Hospital, it appears that about $60,000 were originally subscribed-on paper. Of this amount rather over one-third had been collected, and the whole of it expended in fire-works [s and other Jubilee follles, so that at the present time the Committee have no funds in hand, and nothing whatever has yet been done towards commencing the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. A local architect has estimated that the building will cost

found invaluable.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED. THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY,; Hongkong, 3rd September, 1889.

BIRTH.

At Chefoo, North China, on the sand Sept the wife of E. V. BRENAN, I. M. Customs service,

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H.M.S. Sultan, lost through the carelessness or stupidity of her Captain, ably, assisted by the Royal Fiddler, Admiral the Duke of Edinburgh, has been raised by an Italian firm of contractors, who will receive £10,000 for the work. An Italian firm of contractors! Britannia doesn't rule the waves any longer. Viva talia! The Admiralty wired to the contractors : Board of Admiralty desire to express their thorough appreciation of the skill and perseverance which have resulted in the successful raising of Sultan."

THE Chinese in certain parts of Macas have lately tabooed the eating of fowls It appears that a family named Ch'ue killed a fowl one day Last week, and on taking out the heart, and en-

Apparent, President of the Board of War, Admiral of the Yangtze, and erstwhile resident at Canton during the war between France and China in 1884, arrived at Nganking on the 12th inat, on his way to his home at Hunan. Strict orders had been given by the Governor of the province of An-hui, whose official residence is at Nganking, to consume a lot of powder in a grand flare-up to welcome the "Conquering hero" as he came homewards; but just as everything was ready for the grand finale,—and not till then, for old Peng Yu-lin enjoys a lot of fuss made over him, but loves better still to one by stepping in just disappoint every in the nick of time and prohibiting any ceremonials on pain of his high displeasure, not till everything had been made ready to receive the veteran, did Peng send bis alde de camp in hot baste to the officers in charge of the welcoming ceremonies, to say that it was bis Excellency's special desire that not an ounce of powder should be fired off in saluting, not step on shore at Nganking but go straight and that if his wishes were disobeyed, he would on to Wuhu! Feng's orders were of course. obeyed."

COREAN NOTES.

{FROM A CHINESE CORRESPONDENT,)

Seoul, September 14th, 1889, The Coreans have a curious custom of pasting Papers, with vows of future good conduct writin on them, on the walls of their houses, in order to avert epidemics and fever from their homes, This is done yearly about this time, and now the Corean houses in Seoul look gay with

various colored votive papers covering the walls facing the public thoroughfares. pelled now to register themselves at the Chines Residency. The men, on being registered, are supplied with a wooden tablet each, having the name, age, and written, photograph of the recipient. The registration is effected by the

Corean officials inland to arrest and send back payment, of course, of a small fee.

The Chinese Resident bas instructed "the

to Seoul any subject. of China roaming about

Chinese coolies and artisans at SƐonlare com-

Hongkong Gelegraph rom 600000 to $20,000, so that if trails found the character Seen Ga. "good THRDAll Pres with its customary good taste, Chery without saying good-bye to his crediton on the Inland Provinces, without a settled

The

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1889.

in hand, about an equal sum would still Another chicken having been submitted to the Colonial Secretary of Hongkong. This question, the company further pursued him for £47, 100tive at the Corean capital What the punish

be required to put the Chamber in working order. This amount, It has WHILE. giving every credit to that been suggested, can easily be obtained Macao that to "chow-chow" chickens has been why anybody should worry as to who will be

influential body of Hongkong residents popularly known as "the leading Chinese" for natural ability, energy and persever. ance, it must be admitted that they have

by subscriptions from small traders, shop- keepers, etc., which we are very much Inclined to doubt. Moreover, as the proposed institution would not in any way

"Logic is logic that's all I say.”—0. W. Holmes,

means nearly three hundred Chinese will make the breathing body of Fiorindo Castellano was on the probable successor of Dr. Stewart a seized by the cold hand of the law. After which he acquaintance of Corean prisons before they

are sent back to face their country's representa same process, gave the same result,not on its heart this time, but on the liver-and so the our contemporary says, "excites at the present while the Signor retaliated by claiming £2000 verdict has gone out amongst the Ch'ue clan in moment a good deal of natural interest." We damages for illegal arrest. The two cases were ment will be has not yet transpired, but the

dant believe it. There is no earthly reason

heard to Melbourne the other day, before Chief lightest evidence of the Resident's wrath will be forbidden by heaven, and that scepticism in

Justice Higinbotham and a special jury of sixa free transportation of the delinquents back to His Honor, after pointing out that the items China. By this act, Resident Yuan's popularity regard to this would infallibly bring dimaster the new Colonial Secretary, and, as a matter of fact, nobody, excepting those who think they

in the hotel books, attested by defendant, showed amongst his own countrymen ́ is anything but are personally interested have given the

high. the amount claimed, £47, 10s," proceeded to upon the consumers.

deal with the colossal contra claim for damages the interior, and by the cheapness of their hire, A number of Chinese coolies having gone into SAYS the New York Tribuns -When is a submatter one serious thought. But this is only sidy not subsidy Give it up? When it's one more instance of the morning paper's obtuse

**Signor Castellano," suggested bis Honor, British. Then it becomes fair pay for carrying mess, and we are not surprised. It is perhaps not unnatural that the "Dally Press, should

"came here as a stranger, and, though it was excited the jealousy of their Corean rivals, that particular quality of "thoroughness," whose interests are already sufficiently carrying the mails then it's a "subsidy" again.hom it describes as the "Hon" Alfred Lister, | let the people here know who or what he was. He day last month, and after Kving faced repeated hitherto shown a lamentable deficiency in benefit small traders and shop-keepers, | the mails" When our people want fair pay for advocate the claims of its own particular friend. now beyond doubt that he was a man of means the result was: that the poor coolies were set and position in his own country, took no trouble to upon by an overwhelming mob of Coreans one which is to indispensable for any class protected, we consider they would be very passim. And the French are as bad. Here la but really a very poor case is made out. Lister treated the people he came la contact with, and his vollies of stones thrown at them by the mob, were forcibly taken before the Corean creditors in a very off-band manner and with very assuming the functions of rulers of men," foolish to devote a single cent of their hard- the General Transcontinental Company letting is not without some ability-it is not very much For many years past the Hongkong won earnings for any such purpose. The out the fact that it carried last year. 301,778 pas- and what little talent be may have once possessed scant respect. He ought not to complain, officials who, however, after examining Into sengers, 782,830 tons of cargo and $15,500,000 in bas long since grown rusty rubbing along in "the when he acted in that way, and presented ground, their case, let them off. The persecutions of Government has very properly entrusted generous-hearted worshippers at the shrine treasure, earning $11,468,197 en y comprerant old groove, but of all the local officials eligible upon which an unpaid creditor might reasonably the Chinese by the Coreans, and the vindictive act, in endeavoring to enforce his claim if he was rule: of the Chinese Resident; Yuan - have the recognised representatives of the of "Jubilee" who expended $20,000 in les subventions. An expense of 89,961,780 net he would be the very worst selection for this post.

caused Chinese, trade at Skoal to came almost The Fostmaster does not possess the confidence viewed with suspicion." The jury of six, however, $1.506,417. Including the subventions, Chinese community with many important tinsel decorations and evil-smelling fire-observe Hence, conundrum No. 23. When is of the community, he is ge crally unpopular, his turning a deaf car to these words of ledom, to stand-still whilst the Japanese fourials under the active partisanship of their own privileges, which, of course, have carried works two years ago, should build a subsidy not a subsidy? Do you give that up, record whilst in the Registrar General's depart-1 wiped 8 off the disputed hotel bill, and awarded Minister at the Court of the Eastern Hani. The the lucky Signor damages to the extent of £1,000 truth of this assertion can be seen by the Recognising the wisdom of fostering within their own expense, asfit la solely for their becomesa subvention Worse still, this subvened uncouth, uncourteous and at times rúde in his The moral of this story appears to be that any increasing numbers of Japanese-owned kouser, with them considerable responsibility. the memorial Chamber of Commerce at too? Why, when it's French, of course; then it ment was not without a serious flaw, he has been

globe-trotter cashlag up for his bed and board, is and the decreasing mile of their Chinese rivala #Juggins" of the first: water, Inasmuch as be creditor into a tight place. wilfully thrown away a chance of getting his in trade,

reasonal le limits the municipal customs

ANOTHER CHINESE TRAGEDY,

own glorification and advantage. The prevailing in China, Governor HENNELLY Government are now very properly desiring was the first to substantially encourage, as that the land granted for the building fpr as practicable, the rule which places should no longer be allowed to lle fallow, the local government of any large Chinese and also require a copy of the plans before city in the hands of the elders of the anything further is done. This is as it various districts, and his Excellency's should be, and the Governor would be successors have more or less faithfully quite within his rights, considering the followed his example. The "elders" of gross mismanagement of the Chinese the heads of the weathy honge, the bankers deed of gift and applying what la public Mr. John Lebury, the P. & O. Co.'s gunner, Magistrate, kis sole chance of being selected rests Chia-haing, were separated from each other only the Chinese community of Hongkong are Jubilee Committee in rescinding the

Company owns sixty-seven steamers, of 165,310 dealings with those who have paid his wages tons, and besides a wholenary of officers, seamen for so many years, he is badly troubled type, and taken all round he has nothing

A fictitious rumour, emanating.

from and engineers, employs in its shops, in France, with the cocothes loquendi of a very malignant

Corean 3810 workmen.

to commend, and a very great deal to dis

sources, that the Corban Government had decided to establish thisteen silver refineries, Ar the Police Court to-day, the presiding qualify him for the appointment of Colonial

caused the Chinese traders at Seoul to buy in men from five to seven dollars each for an Wodehouse or Mr. E. J. Ackroyd for this position

that medium of trade at exorbitant prices, which" Magistrate (Mr. E. Robinson) fined four boat- Secretary. To talk seriously about Mr. H. E.

is a display of ignorance of which only such The inhabitants of a small town, thirty-five immediately fell almost to zero, on the news alleged charge of having fastened their craft to

* paper as the Daily Prass could have been miles north of Shanghai, were startled the other being made known by the Chinese officials that the F. & O. Co.'s steamer Fatkower while she was under waigh, and for obstructing the guilty. It is no secret that Mr. Ackroyd aims day by a hair-raising domestic tragedy, bich the Coresa Government contemplated nothing steamer in making fast to the wharf, The at the highest position in the Supreme Court, and occurred in connection with a well-known family of the kind. The consequence of this has been latter part of the charge was ridiculous on although Mr. Wodehouse would probably prove of the middle classes resident there. Two to bring a number of Chinese firms almost to the the face of it; the former was not proved a better Colonial Secretary than he is a Police brothers ilving in two different houses near verge of bankruptcy, MALVAGED A PASS

The silk weavers engaged from China by the on family influence, and that is hardly likely to deponed that certain boats had fastened on to

by a line of bamboo shrubs, “One day last Corean Government last year, have struck work. the Peshawar, the numbers of which he took count for much in these days. Mr. W. M. Deane month the wife of the younger brother, happen- Three months pay is dus them, and they now but he was not sure that the men now is by far the ablest officer in the Government ing to observe a bamboo shoot on the other side, refuse to do any more work unless they receive charged were the men in the boats The service, and no doubt he would make an admir of the line of demarcation, attempted to ansex. their arrears in follares prater punkt prisoners denied the charge, and not a title of able Colonial Secretary, but for some reason or it, but was caught in the act by her sister-in-law, East of Scout there is a village, the lands of evidence against them was produced. But Mr. other the Captain Superintendent of Police and the tower of Babel disturbance was nothing which are part of the demesne of a convent Robinson, who ought to have known better, has never been a persona grata with the to the tongue wagging that Immediately ensyed, the vicinity, but strange to way; the tiller of the found them guilty and inflicted fines with the Colonial Office, and it is only foo probable that No woman could be reasonably expected to land belonging to that religious retreat are dif alternative of imprisonment. It is one of the bis undoubted claims to promotion will be again withhold herself from the opportunity of retort. strapping unmarried maids, and queer stories est le convicted of a loans, that he beidened (of course an Acting Secretary ill Ing under such circumstances, and in the wordy are getting current about the doing stories person can be of an offence until he be selected from the ranks of local officials, bat war that ensued, the hostile forces wahdrew ellagers. The Government has now decided to has been found guilty These men may have it may be considered almost certain that the only when their respective lords were seen Interiere, in the matter,

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and insurance agents, the compradores of property to some useful purpose. In our leading foreign firms, and some gentlemen opinion the estimate of from $60,000 to of various professions who have been 870,000 for a building to answer all require educated in England or the United States. ments of a Chinese Chamber of Commerce Their head-quarters are at the Tung Wa is simply absurd; one third of the smaller Hospital. It would be difficult to say with amount would be more than sufficient, any degree of accuracy what political If a combined Chamber of Commerce, Influence this Hongkong Chinese gulid, or Club, Theatre, etc, etc., is intended, it will combination of guilds, may have in the probably be affairs of the neighbouring Empire: but it next ten years, but if the original project / 10 show it, and therefore they had a right to be.) and ber colony, or by some Downing Streetwork. The elder sister told her side of the ment to woric it: the plaas factories, In2 the

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story to her husband, which so exasperated – ibanufacture of glass and plated: porcelais