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No. 2631

MARRIAGE.

MAIL SUPPLEMENT.

SAS

The Hongkong Telegrapy.

At Tientsin, August 18th, before the US. Consul, by the Rev. J. W. Lowrie, MARY JOSE FUINE, daughter of the Inte Rev. Reuben Lowrie, to BONDINOT C. ATTERBURY, M.D.

DEATHS.

At Shanghai, on the 2 ad August, SARAH ANN, the beloved wife of Heinrich Jürgens.

At Shanghai, on the 25th of August, CHARLIE MEADOWS, aged 20 years.

At Shanghai, on the 25th August, KATHARINE, the beloved wife of George Trotter Brockett, aged 25 years.

At Shanghai General Hospital, on the 25th August, A, JORDAN, a native of Ireland, time keeper at the Old Dock, aged 32 years.

At. Lancaster, Ohio, U.S.A. on the 26th August, Mrs. MARTHA T. MALLORY, aged 73

years..

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1890. opark return

SIX DOLLARS PER QUARTER

THE Shanghai Mercury reports that a telegram was received from Peking on August 25th shortly be held, it may, and certainly colony it is scarcely necessary to speak; ought to, become a matter of discussion he has carried his good name unsullied

Seventh Prince) father of the Emperor. A later whether the China Mail is deserving of the through troublous times more than once, announcing the death of Prince Ch'un (the Company's support in the matter of adver- and in no small degree has proved invalu-elegram from Tientsin contradicted this report, tisements, subscriptions, etc., considering able to the firm with which he has been but added that the Prince was seriously ill its notoriously limited circulation and the so long, connected. As a public man he palpably unfair and uncalled-for attack it has; during his comparatively short career LATEST advices from Raub, the Singapore Free that Mr. Bibby is pushing on with his crushing, has made, through the convenient medium. In the Legislative Council, done excellentress says, contain nothing more definite than of an anonymous correspondent, on a service both for the interests assumed to night and day. There are somewhere about 300 deserving enterprise that is struggling be represented by the Chamber of Com- tons of stone to be treated before the "clean. hard amidst various difficulties to pay merce, and for the community at large. up. The manager does not commit himself to its way and provide a convenient and He has eschewed toadying to anyone; nny anticipations as to how the crushing will healthful resort for the hard-worked he has worked hard for the public interest. urn out,

and his manly Independence has secured residents of the colony.

him wide-spread popularity.

HONGKONG SANITARY SCIENCE

gambling, as the institution was a club in gentlemen are not prepared to seek the which members and visitors could gamble, suffrages of the constituency on this occa- as much as they pleased. And the slon, otherwise some of the exciting scenes magistrate accepted this rendering of the of an ordinary election at home might be law of Hongkong, and acquitted the witnessed 'in sleepy Hongkong; in fact, accused, holding that the evidence was it has been publicly stated, with some not conclusive that the house was a public authority, that the contest will lie between place within the meaning of the ordinance. Mr. WHITEHEAD and Mr. DALRYMPLE, so Now it so happens that Ordinance 9of 1876, that we are saved the trouble of appraising quoted by Mr. POLLOCK, does not contain the respective merits and qualifications of a single word to justify his contention that the other members, and as between these gambling is only an indictable offence if two ourtaskisan easy one. We nevertheless "carried on in a public place"the term regard it as a pity that the services public place" is not once made use of of such an able man and influential in the ordinance. Section III says that resident as Mr. E. MACINTOSH could not "any person who shall keep any, office. be secured, but we understand that agency, or place for dealing in lotteries, important business responsibilities have. shall forfeit a sum not ex eeding two the first claim on that gentleman's time. For the past two months Pedder's Hill, hundred dollars," etc. Section IV lays it We are also surprised that the Committee where our hard-worked staff drag out an down that "any person who shall keep of the Chamber have failed to recognise anything but heavenly existence, has been any house, room, or place, boat, vessel, the peculiar fitness of Mr. FRANCIS, Cone hideous mass of open drains, and foul or any place on land or water, for public for the vacant position, as we doubt not stinks to which even far-famed Cologne playing or gambling er shall permit any that that staunch advocate of public rights must take second place. Complaints have person to play within such house, etc, would have become a candidate had been made to remedy this grievance, and arshall forfeit a sum not exceeding $200; proper representations been made to him of course have been practically ignored, and the following section provides that the subject. Of all the others We never had a chance of shoving one any person who shall use, haunt, or be Mr. WHITEHEAD is undoubtedly the best of the Sanitary experts down a drain and found within such house, etc., shall be man in the field. He is a ready keeping him there until he was sufficiently liable to a fine of $50, of course every- and fluent speaker, a thorough mart of while-washed to take his seat in the body knows that public gambling can be business, and for energy and enterprise he Celestial choir, or no doubt there would and is very extensively carried on in has few equals and no superior in the have been a sensational shindy and, as We are continually being requested by private houses, and therefore the contention colony. His opponent we must confess customary in this colony, the innocent respectable Chinese merchants and others to the Tung On Club being a privileged we know little of Mr. DALRYMPLR has would have suffered. We have written never been a prominent figure in Hong-in anguish to the local agents of our leading residents to expose the "boom" institution was no defence, in face of the in gambling-houses which has been going evidence that public gaming at fantan was kong. He was a member of the defunct landlords (Messrs. DAVID SASSOON, SONS on throughout the colony for some time, actually in full swing when the police firm of BIRLEY & Co., has been Chairman & Co.), and they have done their best. and we contemplate doing so thoroughly entered the premises. It would be quite of the Hongkong and Shanghal Bank, and which; through no fault of their own, hast a carly date. There is no Monocacy were whatever that the ranks of these pests of clubs to admit visitors wholesale for the Borneo Government and one of the leading asked the late Hon, Mr¿Cu2nwick to have at Chefoo on August 25th. (

At Shanghai, on the 28th August, JEANNETTE HANNAH, the beloved daughter of Eric and Jessie Lindström, aged 2 years and 10 months.

The Baughany Telegraph

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1890.

THE GAMBLING-HOUSE BOOM.

were never

the community have been greatly swelled of late, even the authorities admit that much. A representative of this paper asked one of the Inspectors of Police the other day why these low and notoriously known gaming houses. raided nowadays? He answered that it was entirely useless-that the local it was entirely on interpreted, simply law, as at present Executive, as the odds against a conviction being obtained before a magistrate were quite fifty to one. This had particularly been the case since November, 1889, when Mr. POLLOCK, who was then acting as police magistrate, delivered the following eradite judgment of which the Legislative Council took not the least cognizance': -

on

express purpose of playing fantan and promoters and directors of most of the other illegal games, but in this particular tobacco and other enterprises in that country club the co-manager frankly admitted that which played such havoc with the Hongkong gambling was allowed, and a percentage of public last year. If Mr. DALRYMPLE five per cent. charged on all winnings for has any local influence we do not thouseofthe club, that is of theshareholders. know in what direction to look for it In our opinion it seems quite clear that if he possesses, any special abilities to Mr. POLLOCK's Interpretation of sections qualify him to adequately represent the IV and V of the Ordinance was erroneous, shipping and commercial interests of the and that his decision ought to have port in the Legislative Council, he has been appeated against. However, at the modestly kept them hidden under a bushel present time gambling houses are as for a great number of years, Admitting mosquitoes all over the that Mr. DALRYMPLE is a well-meaning thick as colony, and are causing wide-spread gentleman, who would do his utmost in mischief, so that the police authorities whatever capacity ho might be placed, the should experience no difficulty in obtaining conclusion is strongly forced upon us that he another legal judgment on the subject is a most unsuitable candidate, and cannot from the present magistrates; and if that possibly hope to prova successful against a far stronger and, taken all round, a much goes against them, we shall at once

abler man. We must frankly admit that agitate for an amended Ordinance.

there are objections against the employé of a public company or corporation sitting as the representative of public interests in our Legislative Council, but they only apply to Mr. WHITEHEAD ina minor degree as compared with Mr. T. JACKSON, when the latter gentleman was a member, and far-seeing manager of the Chartered Bank, if elected which appears a certainty will prove as successful as a legislator and champion of local rights as he has done in the busy and ever-changing world of

OF COMMERCE.

look at a not altogether uditifluential secilon

The Hon. A. P. MACEWEN leaves Hong- kong to-day for London, where his future lot will be cast and before he leaves his numerous friends and admirers will meet at the City Hall at 12.15 p. m., to publicly show some slight appreciation of his worth by presenting him with a piece of plate as a souvenir of the colony where the best years of his life have been spent, and in recognition of the useful work he has done both in his capacity as unofficial legislator and as Ewz is fairly entitled to all the honors a private member of society. Mr. Mac the community can bestow on him, and we are paying him no empty compliment in saying that by his departure Hongkong loses a most useful man whose place will not easily be filled. Vale!

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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ACCORDING to the little regimental record of the A and S. Highlanders. Lieut. Grant is a very fucky man; he returned from leave recently to find that he had got his, promotion from and Lieut, won the gold medal for the Officers' Colonial Shooting Competition, and drawn the winner of the Derby Sweep!

THR Foochow Echo of Augit 30th says:-The rila we have had during thweek has relieved the anxiety of the farmers feir second rice. cops, which the heat experiented during the last fortnight had greatly stected, many dried up stalks being seen in the fields. We under stand that a few days more of rain is absolutely necessary to save the crop from ruin. A SINGAPORE contemporary says it is expected that H.M.S. Porpoise, at present stationed in the Straits, will be relieved about the middle of the October, when she will proceed to Hong kong to undergo a thorough, overhaul and reft in view, it is thought, of being recommissioned for a further period of service on the China Station.

A CORRESPONDENT writes from Fatshan under Saturday's date It may interest you to know that there was a rather severe earthquake for nearly a couple of minutes, the wave of shock felt at Fatskan at 9.55 to-night. It lasted disturbance seeming to move to the westward. There was first a trembling, gradually increasing in severity, then two or three somewhat alarming · shocks, accompanied by a rambling sound as of distant thunder or artillery, then another brief period of tremor, and so the disturbance passed away, I have not heard of any damage being lone, but the people were much alarmed, and, said to one another that it must be a great dragon passing. *

THE Police Court was the scene of a good deal of

amusement this morning (and inst.) at the close of case in which an old hawker tried to "fix" a young sailorman for taking under his wing the

fifteen-year old daughter of his (the hawker's) No. wife. Mr. Robinson, before whom the case was brought on decided to remand the affair until less Monday, the pretty little maiden mean. while returning to her papa and mamma, while the precocious sailor-who admitted the charge, but denied that his fiancée was under age or unwilling--was let out under ball in one surely of a hundred dollars. As soon as he young vixen was made to understand this. capital arrangement she screamed at the top of her voice and rushed up on the Bench, much to the amazement at the Magistrate, who, under the trying circumstances, kept remarkably cool and the shoeless maiden, and then the fun started; collected. Ha gave orders for the removal of twice she dodged the ushers successfully and got behind Mr. Robinson's chair, and it was not until assured that the Inspector in charge of the case would use his good offices to obtain the parents" consent to her marriage with her sweetheart that she could be induced to leave the Court,

love for the sailor man, and her profound

"The sole question which I have to decide in this case is whether the defendants have been guilty under Ord. 9 of 1876 of either keeping a public gambling Bouse, or haunting the same, or acting as masters of it. This case has been THE MEMBER FOR THE CHAMBER well-argued by Mr. Caldwell for the defence, and he frankly admitted that gambling was being carried on in the these rooms, but contended-that gambling was not carried on in a public gambling. house, but in a private club consisting of some ar persons. While I am discussing the question | Mr. A. P. MACEWEN, who will leave for we have every reason to believe that the may again been opened, and heaven alone | THE following tea cargoes left Foochow from sobbing piteously, protesting her unbounded of gambling, I feel called upon to point out the strange difference between our local law and the statute law of England on the subject, the origin * of which difference I have been unable to deter-

mine.

is

The statute at present in force in Hongkong Ord.IX of 1875, which, roughly speaking, re-enacts the provisions of one of the earliest Ordinances of the Colony, viz. Ord. XIV of 1844 The wording of this Ordinance appears to me, by the light of English law, to be peculiarly unfortunate, inasmuch as it practically enacts that playing a unlawful games is no offence at all, provided that it is carried on in any but a public gambling

THE approaching election of an unofficial member of the Legislative Council, rice England within the next few days, has aroused but little excitement in the colony. The retiring legislator represents the interests of the Hongkong "General Chamber of Commerce, and his successor will be elected by the three or four dozen specially favoredcitizens who constitute that generally harmless association; Governor Bowin's biggest bid for local popularitywas in introducing into Hongkong elections the

commerce.

. ANONYMOUS CRITICS.

thin end of the wedge of popular suffrage; Tur China Maul has never been conspi but as that shallow mountebank carefully cuously high-toned, but the organ of the

the 23rd to the 30th ulta.

1.

For London by S.S. Orestes.... 334.567 lbs. respect for the Beach.

30

事务

Melbourne by SIS. Taiyuan...1,413,065 var Sydney by

... 554.889 Adelai ́e by

11.952 1 26.352 11. 6,509

"Queensland ports by

New Zealand ports by CONSIDERABLE excitement and concern has been caused at Cheloo, says our Shanghai morning contemporary, by the disappearance of Mr. S. Krips, the Vice-Consul for Sweden and Norway at Wuhu, and registered owner of the was in ill-health and had gone to Chefoo for a Austrian steamer Anshin Maru. Mr. Krips

the day was without result. Later advices state that Mr. Krips had left Cheloo in a junk, apparently bound for Korea,

AT twenty minutes to ten o'clock on Saturday night (30th ulta.) an earth tremor, lasting fully half a minute, was distinctly felt by several residents in this colony. It is described as a continuous series of earth vibrations, commencing with three or four rather sharpshocks, which became fainter had fainter with each succeeding quake alter the first four tremors. At first we asked-Is the millennium nigh? was it a case;, of bad whiskey? The direction was from east to west. No damage is reported, and Dr. Doberck makes no reference to the occurrence. A Canton correspondent writes :—A few minutes before sa

of Hongkong tax-payers being slowly THE China, Sugar Refining Company distilled asphyxiated with poisonous gases from 130 gallons of spirits during the quarter ended stinking drains and burned up with fever, the 25th August, from the impregnated soil, but sheriff steamer Glenfin las went ashore at Pheasant never came he was better occupied in island, few miles above Nanking, on the 27th writing prosy reports talking high ello, but got off without damage and proceeded falutin twaddle at Sanitary Board du har voyage to Hankow. meetings, listening to the adulatory whim: Aspect Gazette was issued, on the and inst. perings of boot-licking sycophants, and the Government, declating. Shanghal and drawing a whopping big salary from the Nagasaki to be cholera-infected places. We elastic pockets of the Hongkong public; have some recollection of having heard the fact and we finally entreated Mr. Coors, the about a month ago. - specially appointed "drains man," to come We read that the British barque Contest, which round and take stock of our woes. But even arrived at Shanghai on August 16th from the scientific Mr. Coores hasn't come, Freemantle, has been purchased by Mr. Nils although our hospitality and special blend Möller. The Contest is a composite barque of of the purest Glenfierachan are almost 486 tons register, and was built at Sunderland world-renowned. These objectionable in 1867, drains, to which Dr. CANTZIE directly attributes a severe and lasting illness which compelled the Editor of this journal and his wife to leave the colony at great expense and inconvenience for nearly two months, were temporarily closed last week, but they have to our dis knows where this drainage business 15 going to end. The half of our staff are sick and a death or two within the next few days is quite a likely contingency. And who or what will be held to blame? The Sanitary Board, Mr. HUGH MCCALLUX the energetic Secretary, Mr. COOPER, the Public Works Department, the unfortunate landlords, or what in legal phraseology is described as "the hand of God | well-known Irish judge the other day, with a disregard for judicial precedents which even His Honour Mr. FIELDING of when it inserted the anonymous letter that could with in its entirety, in the learned judgment of Justices Justices respectively; the so-called public signed Shareholder," re the Marina Co., manifold advantages be adopted in certain boon he so effusively bestowed on an Ld., in its issue of the 28th alto. No districts in the Ould Country As Hawkins and Smith, in the case of Tinks u Tarpin, which may be properly regarded as the officially down-trodden community was newspaper man who is not a contemptible judges believe they are infallible they leading case on the subject. Apart from the earlier statutes in the Common Law of England.not generally appreciated, and quite failed and ignorant cur would have published don't always say so but they think it all THE Coolie who went into the Supreme Court | flight of a large, number of birds. At the which, renders the keeper of a common gaming to realise the enthusiasm His Excellency such a letter as an anonymous contribution. the same we feel justified in following house liable to be indicted for a nuisance, the so fondly anticipated. Governor Bowen's Judging from the notorious letter anent the example set by Mr. Justice HARRISON while the business of the court was en train, was hanging on the outer wall of the house swaying judgment refers to what I may describe as being reform was very much like feeding the Hongkong Rope Co.'s "corner at Galway and suggesting that the

an empty regarding which the Editor of the China the two main English statutes on the subject, a hungry populi with neither of which have ever been adopted into spoon, and its effed as pretty well what Mail was found guilty in the Supreme gross and our local laws. (Here follow several Interesting might have beenpected from that Court of publishing a precedents).

interesting proceeding. However, the contemptible libel, we feel justified in "Looking at the propositions contained in the fact remains that "the great unpaid." and asking how many dollars were paid to the judgment referred to, I should find no difficulty in deciding this case if it were governed by the Chamber of Commerce possess the missionary "ragnot to the Immaculate English law, in holding that this house was kept right of each returning a representative Editor, as he is far beyond things mundane, by the two registered proprietors for the purpose of its particular interests to the Legislative although a belligerent shareholder of the of an unlawful game being played, and that the Council, and until the arrival of some Hongkong and Whampoa Dock suggests first defendant was assisting in conducting the enlightened ruler who has the courage of that a dip in hog's-wash would do business, so as to render all three of them liable his opinions, we can only accept the him lots of good for shooting the to a heavy fine, under Section IV of 17 and 18: Victoria, Cap. 38. Unfortunately that statute was situation under protest. Mr. MACEWEN, it cowardly, pellets of a skunk who hadn't not introduced into this Colony. Ord. IX of 1876 must be admitted, has most ably advocated makes gambling an indictable offence only if it public Interests in, the Council, and has satisfied on the evidence before me that this ence which might with advantage be is carried on in a public place, and I am not furthermore displayed a spirit of independ house can be properly described as such, inasimitated by more than one of his colleagues, much as I do not consider the evidence of the He now leaves for good we belleve, the two luformers worthy of credence. The question tight little Island that has been his home then arises, could the registered proprietors of the Club be indicted for a nuisance in Common Law and where he has been a leading figure as the keepers of a common gambling-house? for over twenty years, and a successor has think that they cannot be so indicted, notwith to be appointed in his stead. Our present standing that this house is, in my opinion, a object is to discuss the claims of prospective common gaming-house, both within the definition candidates up 50 50 laid down by Mr. Justice Hawkins and Mr. Justice Smith, because I am of opinion that Ord. IX of 1876, making publile gambling an offence, and making no mention of common gaming houses, must be taken as superseding, by implic sation, any Common Law or statuts power of indicting keepers of common gaming houses, stricter proofs being required in the former case than in the latter

house. The law of England on the subject is confined the franchise to the, members of elect' must have got unusually low down | CLARKE might envy," "suggested in very change, but he could not be found on Sunday o'clock on Saturday night, a sharp shock of an

temporary adoption of Lynch law in Hongkong in dealing with the Sanitary Board and the experts ofthe Public Works Department, would probably tend to effect that reform in canitary matters for which we have paid so high a price and received so little it return.

OUR DEPARTING COUNCILLORA

At the time, I was sitting reading on the front verandah, when I heard a rushing noise, as of na approaching storm, which proved to be the same instant I felt a rocking sensation, and a year or two ago and lifted therefrom the clock, on looking up noticed some flowers in vasos

deuced cool "cuss," but the party who walked as if blown by a strong wind-but at the time! into the compound of Wellington Barracks at it was perfectly calm. On walking into the an early hour this morning (zad iust.), and with house I met the servants running down stairs in a hatchet tried to hack off about twenty feet the greatest alarm, being under the impression of the copper lightning conductor that was

rattling of and other specially put in position to guide the electric that the boat was falling, and I must own current clear of the gunpowder magazine, fairly articles, together with the cracking of doors, stairs, takes the bakery. He was caught by a punkah: etc., was rather appalling. The wave seems to coolle in the act, and brought up at the

have passed from North to South at a high rate Police Court this morning before Mr. Robinson, of velocity, the duration of the shock being only who sent him into retirement for three months,

a few seconds. have since heard that lamp chimales were thrown off at the British Consulate. THE Peking Gaseife of the 8th August prints the and other places, but no casualties have so far come to my notice.We learn that the Chinese EXACTLY twenty years ago ALEXANDER following: There was a rumour floating in the the decency or pluck to sign his name to PALNER MACEWEN came to Hongkong, capital for some time that people were foalug fand lines to the north of Shanghal are lo a personal attack that is a disgrace to and for that lengthened period of time he their queues mysteriously, but nothing authentic rerrupted, but details are refused.

came to report his curious case. He was pro«- HANCOCK does or does not possess the firm of Hortisar, Wig & Co During manading a certain lane on the 14th of last moon, THE Box of Curior, a smart literary production local journalism. Whether Mr. Sr. Jens has been identified with the old established until recently has come to hand, when a man' necessary tact to successfully "fun" the these two decades Mr MACEwax has been when suddenly a beautiful woman, by her appear published at Yokohama, has the following: Marina Hotel is no business of a public a very important factor in the political, ance of about 30 years of age, appeared behind Local stocks have received quite a boom in the newspaper to discuss, unless there are safe commercial, and social life of the colony his back with a pair of shears, quickly snapped formation of the Yokohama Stock Exchange, grounds for argument; in this Instance A Scotchman of splendid physique, off his queue and vanished out of sight very which gives promise of being quite an institution the China Mail's correspondent gives no her quickly made a name for himself mysteriously. This queueless man was seen by in the near future. Local companies have become ground whatever. The idea of getting as an athlete, and for the first half many people. Other cases. of the same nature quite numerons, and as, fortunately, they are all. part of China there was a rage of paper women investment for the large amount of idle capital His Excellency, the Administrator to visit: dozen years of his residence he was have been reported. Some years ago in some on a solid basis, they give an opportunity of a safe the popular floating hotel' on the 25th facile princeps as an oarsman and cutting off men's queues in the night but this is that has not heretofore been employed. The was an admirable one, and we happen to sculler, and on the cricket' field and, lo, quite unintelligible. It is a presage of coming necessity of reliable quotations has caused fewer know that Mr. Fraisa was greatly pleased other branches of spots fairly held his own evil to the Government or the country; for surely transactions than would have otherwise occurred, with what he saw-and so wore the with the best and bravest The advance is not's good omen to have our national but regulari sale days will stiffen prices, and fels dive the dog will be known. Heretofore an investor wishing numerous visitors, many of whom are large of years and the inevitable increase cof badge tampered within ang gabi place stocke on a basis that their market values shareholders. The vital trouble seems to adipose tissues what a deal the easy sort

to feel the market, and the real value has been have arisen about some alleged discourtesy of life one leads to a hot climate has to Tax following are the Allco Memorial Hospital to buy, or those having shares to sell, have had

Crack scoller on statistics for August and added 20 shown to a body of gentlemen who are answer for placed the c

auction as well as by call board, will give both the August ambiguously described as "the Pertus the rebred 1st and then Mr. MAGE WAN IN Patients remaining in Hospital on 1st unknown Bi-weekly quotations, both by be the basis until the following mesting of the guese Band," owing to these cultured and blossomed out into one of our leading ThePatients admitted to Hospital during buying and selling prices, and these prices will aristocratic musicians having been placed, merchantsja prominent member of the

trehim dvestors are uncertain what to do, but according to our contemporary's authority, Chamber of Commerce and eventually down, ularga te jeten end them. Exchange. When shares are fluctuating, In "behind a screen in the after-part of attained the Ligilbono

Patients' pojedinasanjouges 137. [are certain) to invest their capital where they Sift 192. men who aspire to the vessel, a portion specially set apart Chamber in the Legisl

ang Lavi Ofthese there wetgi tiku pod know, it will i pay double the Banke rates, ave made adı Discharged cured nezami. 4rand with good prospects of a decided increase in the Council of course, was an outrage that may sports and, pastimes wh

The Discharged relieved is Davdi, sibhud values. The Exchange will be opened by the be, Mr Euwin lead to International difficulties and Cani Britons faraous all over

gauction sale of such stocks as are offered, after ado Mésre only be wiped out in oceans of gore, but as Victoria Recreation Club has invohato LanDischarged on other grou

eladi Died in Hospital ... 93456 which the whole list of stocks are called, first hairman of d peaceful citizen of Hongkong, we would thank him fdf; at our

aled loud stenu po brenol tanya 68: for buying prices and afterward for Belling is always fo the fore TH5like to ask what these noble Lusitaniatis

Thopujente remisining in Hospital on iste priberThis will give shareholders an opportu

Vid:inity to place their own values on, shares, and jos; Mrr who subsequently sent in a debit note for

nodBeptember of the Bo for services they never rendered, were,

thus regulate the market price. Yokohama is Afuse to be congratulated upon being the only city in and they were not, for the time being, Ew

Stir the Far East that bis sufficient enterprise to Messrst servants of the Marina Company

vid

support such an undertaking, and wa believe its retary Now, who is the anonymous" Share-

will not be long before Hongkong stocks will be Cantong holder! who ventures to say all these rating

quated slaʻthe Yokokama Exchanges in fact, movement is now on foot to have them listed here: The sales rooms of the Exchange are at WAFMB: No, 66) Main Street, and E. V. Thorn suă. Co.

Liss the auctioneers Fo

If the childish drivel published weekly by a minor local paper may be seriously regarded, there is quite a galaxy of bright and particular members of the Chamber of Commerce fully qualified to step into the political arena and assume the functions and honours attached to the pastilo of a colonial legislator but it "I am therefore reluctantly compelled to hold that no offence has been commited to this case, also seems that the inherent bashfulness of and to discharge the defendents, but at the axle most of these local Fizzs prevents their time 1 venture to express a hope that it may be facing that fierce light of public criticism found possible, at no distant date to more and tonsure which is the inevitable closely assimilate the laws of Hongkong wit

with reward off those of England on the subject.” we special éminence. The eligibles for for the servants of the Company "This, all the time he wasa,

The judgment, just quoted referred to a

charge of public gambling brought against board.com seven Chinese who were arrested while MigTHROWI playing fantan in ́s an establishment in ButERFIELD Hollywood Road known as the Tung On the Chamber of Commerc Club. When the so-called Club was

ralded by the police there were about fortyTH WE persons present, indulging in the favorite Chartered Bank

the China TAMISRAE

Chinese amusement - of 3 buc

tiger, the great majori

by the roof and a

way which had been left

It was admitted by Mr.

défonce that the prisoners were

MAE

GILMAN & Colt Mr of the Union In

the

ld-be nasty things to the detriment of and the

por favor of the Ching Mat & Golf Club owe

resentin "the lens a treatment all-in-one when::. they 12 knowździke "real esvaine,” they

Is he in truth a shareholder 7. We doubt devotion to the grand old game

but he contended, it was not public wiss & Co. Fortunately the whole of these it) and as & meeling of nose Interested Will's MASEWEN Commercial career in mis

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Hibmber of

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JOHN C. TH

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