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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1889.

(From the Comercio.). SPAIN.

MADRID, October" 4th. At the last meeting of the Ministry the scheme for the reform of the system of teaching in the Philippines, the winding-up of the Español- Filipino Bank, and the farther colonisation by emigrants of the Peninsula, were approved,

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We observe that a lot of new chairs have been pat in the Police Court in place of the dilapidated. ones, which have been a martyrdom to sit upon for the past few months. The Government is getting awfully extravagant. .

THE Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play at the Officers Mess, Murray Barracks, to morrow evening, commencing at 8.15 o'clock On the re-assembling of the Cortes, when the

The following will be the programme - estimates for the subaldy of the Visayas cable

Overture. Houlni's Stabat Mater"......Morladante. come up. Senior Clavel will advocate the laying Autre fois.... Selection...“ Falka“ kenarısını

Chassagne, of a cable between Bolinao and Hongkong.

Air End Verla

"The Harmonious Nachsmith...Handel. Musical Episode..."A Hunting Bowe

...........Bneelami. Early morning, ta meet, on the scent, the run, Tallyko, full cry, the return hom

A TYPHOON REPORTED.

Waldteufel

The Spanish Consul sent the following tele-Wrran the last few weeks some interesting gram to the Observatory yesterday:—“A typhoon exists to the east of, Luzon, direction N."Dr. Doberck says nothing about it in his report to-day.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

PALESTINE has a population of about 500,000, of whom only 35,000 are Jews. UNUSUALLY heavy rains have fallen in Manila lately, The Vicar Capitular has ordered extra

prayers and collections i

THE homeward mail will be open until five p.m. on Wednesday, as the Peshawar does not leave until daylight on Thursday.

ACCORDING to a telegram the Spanish Govern ment are facilitating emigration the Philippines, and Mindañáo, in particular,

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experiments have been made with a new type of military bridge on the Var, at Colomar, near Nice. The parts of this bridge are of steel, sach being of such dimensions as to be casily portable. When put together the structure is sufficiently broad and strong to allow a córps d'armes, with its artillery and impediments, to cross in a short time. The trials at Colomar showed that the bridge can be erected in less than fifty hours. M. LEON ESQUINE, a Mexican, it is states, had perfected a marvelous invention in electricity

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MESSES. Carlowity & Co. inform us that the Navigazione Generale Italiana steamer Bormida, from Bombay, left Singapore to-day for this port, and is due on or about the 28th instant.

THE performance at the Garrison Theatre on Saturday evening was just as crowded and sus- cessful as usual. Cabman No. 93-a short and not particularly humorous force—was sub- stituted for "Slasher and Crasher," Mr. Grestock, Mr. Dade, Mr. Langford, and Mrs. Hackett supporting the various characters, with their accustomed skill, Checkmate" following."

SUPREME COURT.

IN CRIMINAL SESSIONS. (Bafore Mr. J. Fielding Clark, Acting

Chief Justice.)

THE CHINESE LIBEL CASE,

ACQUITTAL

publishing a criminal libel respecting Leung Ah Luk Pak Shan, contractor, was charged with Yon, contractor and compradore, Praya Central. -Mr. Francis, Q.C. Instructed by Mr. Wilkinson, Webber, defended.--The following jurors were prosecuted, and Mr. Fallock, instructed by Mr. empanelled-Messrs. J. M. Forbes, D. Wood, Gonsalves, and S. Taufer.

to be libellous was one of regret throughout, and the statement that Ah Yon was golog to be made bona fide, as by one tradesman to another. adjudicated a bankrupt was on the face of it

His lordship, in summing up, directed the jury to dismiss from their minds any question of believed that the statement was true, and had a damages sustained by Ah Yon. If the defendant legitimate interest in communicating it, then he was justified in making it known so far as it affected bis interests, if he did so without malice. After five minutes' absence the jury.unani mously found the defendant "not guilty

Mr. Pollock claimed costs, which were granted.

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION. (Before Mr. A. G. Wise, Acting Puisng.. Judge).

ANOTHER SHARK CASE,

Mr. D. McCulloch claimed $645 from Mr. Rustomjee, being the difference in the value of 130 New Steamboat shares. Mr. Bowler represented the plaintiff, and defendant did not

appear.

and photography. By speaking in a photophone C. H. Wallace, J. M. Laing, D. R. Billla E. J. $1 per share, He had previously received $9

LATE TH

LONDON, September 29th, The blockade of the Zanzibar Coast has been raised.

Company held yesterday, Sir William Armstrong At a meeting of the Elswick Manuacluring

success a new powder named cordite which is announced that he had lately tried with much absolutely smokeless and damp proof

ROME, September 30th. A frightful railway accident occurred in the take in signalling two express trains met in the Ariano tunnel near Naples : owing to some mis tunnel and twenty carriages were smashed to pieces and many lives were lost, but the number, is as yet uncertain.

PARIS, September 30th. The tribunal of Seine has condemned the Directors of the Comptoir des Compte de Paris to pay eighteen million franes to the liquidators.

BELGRADE, September 30th.. declares that she will hold aloof from politics Queen Natalia has visited her son, and during her stay in the capital, *- number of Radicals and Russophiles being The Servian elections have resulted in a large returned.

Notwithstanding the determined picketing

LONDON, September toth carried on by the strikers, the strike here is on the wane; Government, however, have seven

emergency.A

Pislatiff stated that on the 14th June he sold August, at $187. A new issue of shares was the defendant 15 Old Steamboats for the 31st made in the meantime. There were five new shares issued to one old one, so that he was entitled to 150 New Shares. Witness took them up at the rate of $35-$15 premium. Defendant did not complete the contract. Wit-of-war in the river ready to meet any ness sold the shares on the and Septembenat

WASHINGTON, September 10th, was 8645. dividend on each of them. The difference Americans met here to discuss the best means A Congress of North, South and Central Mr. Jenes Hughes proved the sale on the 14th close commercial relations between the three to be adopted for the promotion of friendship and

$41. the contract. The rate on the 31st August was protective policy will prevent any practical result

being arrived at. Mr. Arnold, secretary to the Hongkong and Macao Steamboat Copsaid that the shares were

LONDON, October ist The article which has appeared in the Cen- originally $100, and were subdivided into $20 temperary Review, which the Daily News His lordship gave judgment, with immediate alliance, declaring that it is not a league of execution.

peace, and especially condemns Italy's adhesion to it which is ruinous to that country,. The article justifies under, certain circumstances a French war of revenge for the recovery of Alsace and Lorraine.

transmitter, which consists of a highly polished diaphragm reflecting a ray of light, this ray of paratively a simple one, and the information Mr. Francis said that the case was com- light is set into vibrations and a photograph is act out pretty nearly all the facts. The made of it on a traveling band of sensitized prosecutor was well-known in the Colony June, and the defendant's fallure, to complete { regions. It is believed that Prezident Harrison'

general trader, and he complained that the as a ship charterer, coal merchant, and defendant bad endeavored to injure his credit and reputation as a trader by stating in a letter that he (Ah Yen) was bankrupt, Ah Yon had

paper. Now comes the wonderful part. If the image of this photographic tracing is projected by means of an electric arc or oxyhydrogen light upon a selenium receiver, the original speech is

Skin, and for preventing contagion from Fevers THE returns of the number of visitors to the City then heard. It is evident that there is no limit recently acquired a considerable amount of house shares in 1886. There was a new issue in July; attributes to Mr. Gladstone, attacks the triple

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of methods. This is very important, if true.

THE European country which possesses the Austria there are no fewer than 577 public largest number of public libraries is Austria. In

reckoning maps and manuscripts--a total which libraries, containing 5,475,000 volumes, not comes out at 26 volumes per soo of the population. France posscasca 500 públic libraries, containing 4,598,000 volumes and 135,000 manuscripts, or We are informed by the agent of the Messageries 12 volumes per 100 of the inhabitante; Italy ra k- with the next French mail, left Saigon for this Maritimes that the Company's steamer Djemaah,ing next with 493 libraries, 4,349,000 volumes and

port at 10 am, yesterday.

ALL jurors who have been summoned to these Sessions, with the exception of those sitting to- day, will be required to attend at the Supreme at ten to-morrow,

330,000 manuscripts, ar sixteen volumes per 100. In Germany the public libraries number 398, containing 2,640,000 volumes and 58,000 manus cripts, or 11 volumes per too of the population. Great Britala possesses only 200 public libraries, according to these statistics, the volumes number

An Emergency meeting of St. John Lodge, No, 618, S.C., will be held in Freemasons' Hall. Zetland Street, on Wednesday, the 23rd inst., at 8.30 for go.m. precisely. Visiting brethrening 2,871,000 and the manuscripts 26,000. 'There are cordially invited.

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up a contract to do certain work. Disputes arose, Ab. You saying that the work was going on too slowly, and a civil action was instituted by Lak Pak Shan for the payment of certain money on

payment, and in response to one of these account of the contract, Arice merchant to whom Luk Pak Shan was indebted, pressed him for applications the latter wrote him a letter in which he promised to pay when he got his money out of Ab Yon's bankruptcy. Unless that ant must be found guilty. was justified, Mr. Francis submitted, the defend

Yang Sing Hong, the rice-merchant, detailed the circumstances leading up to the letter, and

Chinese, in translating the letter complained of. proved its receipt.

Dr. Eitel then gave a short dissertation on

Ah Yon was then examined as to the accounts. between himself and the defendant. He said the letter he was pressed by his creditors and that during the week following the writing of paid as much as $50,000. He attributed that to the letter. He had been bankrupt, ten years ago, and was discharged.

By Mr. PollockHe had not been bankrupt was adjudicated Banarsin the edit the bit was bankrupt. He did not sell tickets to coolies who were going to emigrate In accordance with the orders of the Presidents ships which he chartered. Among the payments he did sell them, but they were in respect to and Vice-Presidents of the Board of Revenue at he was forced to make after the rumour that he Peking, notice of which appeared in our columns was going to break were $21,500 to the about a month ago, the secretaries of departments Chinese bank, a few thousands here, and a few Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, $15,700 to a in that Board have presented their report of the hundreds there. The payment to the Hongkong throughout the empire, which are yearly banded for $30,000 there, and he was overdrawn to that of Gibb Livingstone and Co., was security tolbem. This report was asked for, as previously extent. Mr. Layton told him he bad heard that stated by us, for the purpose of furnishing data he was going into bankruptcy. No one else said whether the country was able of itself to construct so, but several pressed him for immediate pay the proposed railway recommended by Changment, The Chinese bank forced him to pays Chihstung. The following is the report given He then gave a detailed account of his disburse: although the money was not dun for two months.

ments, taken from his books.

Mr. Francis intimated that that closed his

BREAKDOWN OF THE

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Information was received here yesterday that the steamer Wkampea, dua bere from New Zealand ports, had broken down somewhere fifty miles W.S.W. of the Lammocks, her rudder being carried away, probably in the recent bad weather. One of the officers and a number of the crew reached Swatow in a boat, and came

and both vessels are expected here hourly. on here by the Taisang. The Sungkiang left Amoy on Saturday, in search of the Whampoa,

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SUPPOSED PIRATES ON THE "SOOCHOW."

The eight men charged on remand for attempted piracy on board the Soochow came up the Police Court, the steamer having returned again before Mr. E. Robinson this afternoon at to this port yesterday. Mr. Wilkinson appeared on behalf of six of the prisoners.

The Duke of Cambridge has ordered the for- mation of a second regiment of Mounted Infantry,

ROME, October 1st.

disastrous as was at first supposed, the foremost The accident in the Ariano tunnel is not 10: cars of the train being cattle cars, consequently only three people were killed and twenty-six injured.

COPENHAGEN, October 1st. by the Czarina and children, will leave here on The Crar, who will probably be accompanied the 10th inst. for Berlin, for two days stay. M. de Gifts, Foreign Minister, will not accom- pany the Czar..

15. ROTTER

ROTTERDAM, October 1st. Shippers are mediating between masters and dock labourers who still persist in their demands for 25 per cent, increase.

STUTTGART, October 1st. the train became derailed and fell down a stcep A railway accident occurred close to Stuttgart, embankment, causing the death of seven passen- gers whilst forty-three were badly injured,

BRINGS SUDDEN DEATH TO FLEAS AND ALL married? Miss Marie Bikini (struggling artist)— ] total amount of révénnes from various sources ad Shanghai Bank was because Mr. Layto shore for them. When they came, not knowing Sparta's wedding at Athens, the Prince of Wales

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4.600,000. His lordship inquired if defendant's counsel 11,850,000 wished defendant to make a statement? 12,880,000

Mr. Francis opposed such a course, as being 10,750,000 forbidden by the Evidence Ordinance, and con- 1,800,000 trary the practice of that Court. The Ordinance 1,300,000 expressly laid down that nothing in it should 724,000 render any person in any criminal proceedings 15,800,000 who was liable on summary conviction for an Indiciable offence to fine or imprisonment com. $28,000 pcient or compellable to give evidence or answer

any questions

Totals-Tacis.......84,932,000 The above report, we also hear, it is the Board of Revenue's intention to present to the Throne, THE Russian nobles, says the New York Swn, with a recommendation that ten per cent be are rushing to bankruptcy in great number, deducted for railway purposes each year. By The credit bank for lending money to them on these means it is expected that the country will mortgage of their land, established by the Go. be able to commence next year on the Peking vernment two or three years ago, has now no Hankow grand trunk sailway line and finish the less than 2000 estates which will have to be sold whole work in four years. An auxiliary fund by public auction at the end of this year for non-will be raised by the sale of official rank, which payment of interest on loans. The question is, is expected to amount to something like Tia Who will buy this enormous amount of property! 500,000 a year.

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posed that on the morning of the 3rd instant at Paul Richter, chief mate of the Soochow, de

LONDON, October and. News from the West Indies states that the one o'clock, while the vessels was in the negro employees of an American firm in the Harbour here, he was awakened by the Captain Island of Nevasa situated near Hayti have

the police; and the Captain himself went on and told to have his firearms ready, After a revolted and butchered four Americans; the short consultation it was decided to send for British gunboat Forward arrived in time to

rescue the remainder of the whites. that the pirates were in the tween decks, they

It is stated that after attending the Duke of made a wrong search and so gave time will visit Egypt, where he will review the for the arms to be concealed. The first British Army of Occupation. suspicion they had was of an empty box.

October 3rd. found en kim. There were a lot of powder and eastern districts of the island, and reports that The owner was searched, but nothing was The British Consultin Crete has visited the cartridges found under a lot of loose planks in the excesses attributed to the Turkish troops the tween decks. After a more thorough have been overstated... search a lot of knives, revolvers, stink-pots, long nails to nail the hatches and doors down, and signal lights to signal to junks outside, were found. Cross-examined:The compradore was with me when we searched for the pirates in the tween decks. There were two compradores and a stere dere. These men did not attempt to give the least assistance. We did not ask them. The owner of the empty box it opened. Three packages were opened by me. I saw a lot of rags and mals. We searched about five minutes. Five or six men were searched by us before we fell upon the robbers themselves. There were about forty people there. We only searched the

BELGRADE, October 3rd. The Primate is mediating between Queen Nathalie and the Regents, the latter, having forbidden the Queen to revisit her son, unleas she accepts very stringent conditions.

ST. PETERSBURG, October 3rd, The statement made by the Cologne Gasstis that the Czar has ordered the doubling of the rallway lines leading to the Western frontier is denied here.

The Russian Government intends issuing a conversion load of five, hundred million roubles.

ROTTERDAM, October 3rd... The strike among the dock labourers bere has practically conceded.

Mr. Pollock pointed out that it was allowed suspicious parties, We did not trouble about the coded, the demands of the men having been

in the Maybrick caso.

Mr. Francis admitted that, but said that the propilety of the course had been questioned. to ask the defendant any questions at any His Lordship replied that the Court had power stage of the trial, and he was not aware that that case was any exception.

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New York is shipping gold to Europe.

LONDON, October 3rd. Sir Charles Cameron Lees, at present Gover

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THE KAISER AND THE CZAR.

LONDON, October 11th,

Berlin.

The Crar has landed at Kiel and gone to The Emperor of Germany lunched on board the Northumberland during his visit to Kiel.: CROWNED HEADS ON THE MOVE

October 18th.

The Emperor and Empress of Germany visit the King of Italy, and afterwards proceed to Athens. The Car has returned to Petersburg,

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rest after getting hold of the suspicious persons. We were at least a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes ocupied in searching. Nothing was found on their persons but rags and mats-when the box containing the weapons nor of the Island of Barbadoen, has been was found, we arrested the nearest man the appointed Governor of Mauritius. Mr. H. W. J. not make any statement, because the jury were

Mr. Francis contended that the defendant could man who was on top of the box We Sendall, Governor of the Windward Islands, has arrested the passengers who did not shift. They been appointed Governor of Barbadoes, and Mr. and a statement not made on oath, and on which behind a bed. He was face down, by the ship's Mr. Gladstone states that the Daily Newr sworn to decide the case according to the evidence, were by themselves-quite separate on the star. Hely Hutchinson has been appointed Governor there was no cross-examination, was not side. There were a lot of people going has no authority for attributing to him the

board side. One of these eight men hid himself of the Windward Islands, evidence.

· His Lordship replied that he intended to care- to and fro all night, up to the ship's article which appeared in the Contemporary fully warn the jury not to regard such a state leaving. I did not take any particular | Review on the triple alliance, Port ment as evidence, just in the same way as in the notion of them. I was the drạc to find the Lord Hartington in a speech at Aberdeen they had to distinguish what was really evidence

affair.

charging him with hopelessly shattering the The assistant compradore of the Socket Liberal party and promoting every fantasile fad Mr. Francis, with some warmth, rejoined that stated that from Information received from four to gain supposters BERLIN, td October the habit of stating facts which would not be say about the bad net their breakfast, and for thirty-two calllion marks for new war ships. leased counsel, as far as he knew, were not in passengers, he went to the tween decks and German Estimate 3rd borne out by evidence.

asked whether they had had their His lordship intimated that he still intended to then asked them where they were going. They.It is reported that Government will ask the give the defendant an opportunity of answering said they were going to Hollow, but they did not Reichstag for three hundred million marks for questions,

know what place in Holbow. At half past ten bronte guns for the now smokeless powder, men some time, and has never been exercised by the us to search. He told me to keep quiet about Mr. Francis-That power has been in force for the first compradore came a board and advised. judges of this Courty indeed I think I may say the matter and they would have a search just as that they have steadily refrained from doing so.

the steamer was about to start. I advised him ask if it is advisable to change the practice of to go to the Captain, which he did. About ten changed back in a short time? ada the Court when it may possibly have to be report that a lot of stink-pots and powder were o'clock the quarter master came and made a His Lordship thought it possible that no being thrown overboard. At 12.30 life is tyranny, Women are slaves. Children ocasion had arisen. There was no rule on the subject, yet Mr. Francis wanted to over-rule the of opinion that the defendant had a right to provisions of the Ordinance. Personally be was make a statement,

He then had the defendant cautioned, and asked Did you write that letter i--I did.

Yes. The master of the rice-shop Erat came going to presi Would you like to explain why you wrote it ? The case was still going on at the hour of our to me and made inquiries, asking me for money.

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reported the matter to the Captain. I waited for the first compradore to come, but as he did, the first compradore's retum. At 1.30 am, the not come and as I was afraid that the ship might catch fire 1 went to report without waiting for police came. 1 did not go down until after the men were arrested, wong wa

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- POLYTHEISM); PANTHEISM; ATHEISM,

18-In Confucianism the system of social have no rights in relation to their parents, while subjects are placed in the position of children

be learn by an examination of their ideals. One with regard to their superiora,#5319 SARSTOL The real position of any class of people may of the antive Chinese newspapers Wahort time contained's notice of a young women, whose - parents had betrothed her tos youth who turned out to be a profligate, and who squandered what Hitle substance be had in rioting and debauchery. The parents of the girl desired to break off the engagement, but this would bare

strings. From time to time more strings were AN acting foreman engaged in some works of added, and after a while the cithara was born. the Peak Building Co. near Mount Gap had a The cithara.was in the shape of the letter P. some difference of opinion on Saturday with the and had ten strings. It took many centuries European overseer of buildings of that company for musicians to get the idea of stretching as to what colored bricks, red or blus, would be the strings across an open box, but some most attractive to the eye on a wall which the where about the year 1300 this was thought former was building. The European overseer of and the dulcimer made its appearance, voted for red, and the Chinamanthought that bias the strings" being struck with hammers. For looked better. While the argument was proceed another hundred years these hammers were ing, the Chinaman kept on piling up blue bricks, held in the hands of the player, and then a while the overseer, like Penelope, pulled them genius invented a keyboard, which, being struck down again as soon as finished this getting to by the fingers, moved the hammers. This in be monotonous, the acting foreman gave, the strument was called a claricytherium or keyed traditional orders to his bricklaying compatriots cithara. This underwent some modifications of "Up guards and at them 1" a quotation which and improvements from time to time. In Queen caused the Occidental to land head-foremost Into Elizabeth's time it was called a virginal, Then a lot of mortar lying conveniently by. War would it was called a spinet, because the hammers were have been imminent, but a mouthful of mortar covered with spines or quills, which struck of and slush water is not the proper incentive caught the strings of wires and produced the for pugilistic encounters, and so the wallant sound. From 1,700 to 1,800 it was much en- the authorities and ask them to decide whether and this was the instrument that Lady Washing should have no money. My shop, had been overseer concluded that he had better appeal to larged and Improved, and called a harpsichords pay him when I get paid, and asking him not to suo me," or my shop would be sold up and I

The first stage of the third competition for the been impossible if the young man had not red bricks were more attractive to lovers of the top, Mrs. Hamilton, and the first ladies of mada security for the completion of my contract off on Saturday, the 19th inat The Conditions the engagement

Kwoon Kwan Yeen Challenge Cups was shot | waxed indignant and voluntadly returned picturesque, or blue, Mr Wodehouse was the revolutionary times played on. In 1710 Barte with Ab Yon, and if it was sold the contract

papers. The parents" of gentleman who was asked this morning at the lomes Cristofoll, an Italian, invented a key would fall through. I had lent Ah Yon a lot of were rather favorable for good scores, and the the girl were about to arrange for a more eligible Police Court to arbitrate upon the momentous or keyboard, such as we have now substantially, August he told me to take it away, she the previous competitions, the shooting has was going on burst into tears, declaring that the fomiture to put in a shop, and on the 18th subjoined results show that, as compared with match when the girl, becoming aware of what question, and his artistic qualifications impelled which caused hammers to strikes the wires from could not pay for it being about to go into 600 yards, and Mr. Woodin, was only one pofat either be his wife If alive or his spirit consort f improved. Mr. Collins made an excellent 44 st had been betrothed to the young man, and would him to vote for red. To impress this matter more above, and thus developed the piano. In the bankruptcy. I asked him if it was true, because behind the H.P.S.. with the match fiffe at the dead, and would under no circumstances; HAVE clearly on the acting foreman's mind, this worthy go years there is no musical instrument which if was I wanted things back. He said it, was asked to subscribe twenty five dollars to has so completely absorbed the inventive faculty

distance

another busband. When her parents refused to assist his rival artist in procuring new of man as the piano,

Tonight by strip of cotton cloth. The commen

listen to her entreaties, she fanged berself watch, which had either been lost or damaged in upright piano has the field almost entirely to At the present day the the fracas amidst the mortar-bed. An alternative itself, and his reached such high grace of of six week's hard labor to study up colour was perfection in shape, tone, and appearing that also granted to the acting foreman in default of there would appear to be no possiblity, of the payment of his subscription:

further improvements

I afterwards wrote to him saying that I would

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RIFLE SHOOTING...

Mr. Z. L. Woodin; (D.E. Mlikari), Mr. Cord 17. Howell-

His Lordship inyked either side to suggest M, Franch then replied at some length. further questions, but none were offered.

Mr. Pollock submitted that the letter was mileged, and quoted number of cases in personal redress, but was posing as a public Capt BM Rum support. The complainant, was not seeking Ins

character. The tons of the letter which he alleged - Mr. X, Sud,

rands Jars MSME A LOT

of the native paper.

fidelity and

Fdenery

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