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Intimations..

DAKIN BROS. OF CHINA, LIMITE D.

·DISPENSING CHEMISTS.

SELECT MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS. ASTRINGENTS, DIARRHEA & CHOLERA REMEDIES, &c.

AKIN'S CHOLERA ELIXIR.-A pro DAKIN'S CHOLERA F this epidemic in India, its home and birth-pince, has proved beyond all doubt the efficacy of this remedy, which combines in a concentrated form the medicinal agents which have proved most useful in arresting the rapid progress of that fatat malady, and in combating it when developed,

Full directions accompany ench bottle. Per boitle. $1.50 and $3.

Cholera Pills are made from an old, well-tried formula, and are most useful in the early stage of an attack. Per bottle, 50 cents.

Dakin's Chlorodyne is hedative, Anodyne, and Anti-spasmodic. This reliable remedy has long. been used throughout the East as a stand-by in Cholern and Diarrhoea. In bottles, 35, 75 cents, $1.50 and $1.75«.

Dr. Rubini's Essence of Camphor.-Valuable for simple Diarrhea, and in the earlier stages of Dysentery and Cholera. Per botje, ço cents.

Fluid Extract of Indian Bael (prepared from the unripe fruit of the Egli Marmelos).

of great service in Diarrhea and Chronic Dysentery. Per bottle, $1.

Dietetic Bael-A highly agreeable and nutri- live diet, particularly recommended in derange ment of the digestive organs, looseness, and irritation of the bowels.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1890.

an unknown quantity; while Mr. EDWARD STANHOPR and the ravenous wolves of the War Office had no tangible existence. The taxpayers of this colony know all about these men and things, however, and are in a position to appreciate them at their proper value.

WK are asked to state that all matches for the A "class" Tennis vacuncles must be finished by Tuesday next, the 14th instant.

THE Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Dardanus, from Liverpool, left Singapore for Hongkong this morning, and is due on the 13th inst. IT is officially stated that Imperial sanction has been given for the Eriegroup's survivors to be conveyed home by the Japanese men-of-war Hiyi and Kongo.

A CORRESPONDENT from Newchwang writes to the Chinese Times: "There are rumours of a collision on the northern or north-eastern frontier between Russians and Chinese, but no one

eems to believe them."

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A REGULAR Convocation of St. Andrew's Chapter, No. 218. S.C, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, on Thursty, the gth instant, at 8 for 8.30 p.m. precisely, Visiting companions are cordially invited. ACCORDING to a circular issued yesterday by Captain McCallum, acting commandant of the Hongkong Artillery Volunteers, the following promotions are ordered:Sergeant R. P. Dlople to be Quarter-master, with the honorary rank of lieutenant; Sergeant J. B. Scott to be battery sergeant-major; the undermentioned corporais to be sergeants-J. W. Powell, J. Henderson, G. L., Duncan, T. B. Powell, W. Machell, F. Colifus; and the undermentioned gunners to he corporals:-G. T. Rivers, T. H. Dalby, J. ir. Underwood, W. Jackson, W. Gregory and S. R. Bomanjes.

A REGULAR meeting of the Eothen Mark Lodge. MESSRS. Adamson, Bell & Co. inform us that the of Hongkong, No. 264, will be held in Free"Shire" liner Glamorganshire lelt Singapore masons Hall, Zetland Street, en Mondny, the for this port yesterday afternoon, and is due 13th instant, at 8.30 for 9 p.m. precisely. about the 13th inst. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.

Yun Lane was invaded by a burglar last night

ONE of the Hon. C. P. Chater's houses in Kam

To effect an entrance, he wrenched off a padlock The inmates gave the alarm, a inteng caught him, and he was sent into retirement for three months, by order of Mr. Wodehouse at the Police Court to day.

OUR Shanghal morning contemporary of the 4th inst says:-"News having been received by the Feima that the Chungking was ashore off Drink-water Point, the Newchwang was sent to her assistance on Thursday afternoon, but witch the latter vessel arrived at her destination, it was found that the Chungking had foaled She was. however, detained till yesterday morning owing to sand having got into the condenser, The Newchwang returned to Shanghai yester day morning."

the North by the Messageries Maritimes steam- MONSIEUR H. Frandin, who is a passenger from ship Saghatian, which arrived here from Shanghai this morning, is specially commis- sioned by bis Government to proceed from Saigon

We have no intention just, now of formally impeaching the Colonial Office and the War Department of deliberate and disgraceful breaches of faith with this colony on the subject of our increased military contribution and local defences; but that is what we mean to do, and in no uncertain terms. after the unofficial

ONE Justice of the Peace, out of a hundred that members of Council have pointed out and fully exposed the debasing treachery and

were requested to assemble le solemn conclave falsehood of the Secretary of State for the W have received an eloquent account of the at the Magistracy this morning and there

all its bearings, the distress In Chip-li caused by the foeds, parti- consider, in

grave Colonies in reference to these matters.colars of which we have from time to time given. question of the transfer of licentes of the The annual addition of £20,000 to our Subscriptions to the relief fund will be received this morning at the Hall of Justice and Victoria and the Marina hotels, turned up military contribution was granted, under by the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.

after duly weighing all the circumstances of special provisions, which were, endorsed

the cases before them, taking at the same time and agreed to by the local Government; New Orlean has a paper called the Haly due thought of the momentous issues involved, these provisions have been grossly and Family, Ohio people look through a Religious finally decided to allow the license of the "Vic

to be transferred to Mr. I. P. Madar; while the deliberately ignored, and set aside, and Telescope and Illinois listens to a Church transfer of the Marina's lense wis eferred, Lord KNUTSEORD tries to extenuate his Telephone, while the frå is finated at Baltimore, perding a further application by the Directors, the purpose of settling some difficulties which contemptible chicanery in a despatch and the Hongkong Telegraph is "all the go" in The P. was Mr. H. E, Wodehouse, who have arisen in respect to the inaccurate

the Far East, Next' please.

was attened by Mr W. M. B. Arthur, chief clerk.work done by last year's Special Frontier that was laid before the Council

Commission, of which Mr. James Hart was the most conspicuous figure amongst the yesterday-a despatch which is worthy

representatives of the Celestial Empire. Some of Lord KNUTSFORD. The unofficial

troubles have also arisen in connection with members of the Legislative Council

the Chinese Customs stations on the Yunnan frontiers ? and the Hongkong public have been most egregiously fooled by the Colonial Office; they voted all that was asked for as an additional military contri- [53 button and for the Imperial defences of this island,but only onthe distinct understanding that the limit had been reached, and that no further call would be made on an afready heavily taxed community. And what is

This preparation has been in use in India for thirty years, and is there regarded as a specific

in Diarrhea and Dysentery. Per tin, $1.

DAKIN BROS. OF CHINA, LIMITED.

(Telephone No. 60.).

Nos. zz & 24, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

Hoogkong, 1st September, 189p:

BY APPOINTMENT.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. the result? The War Office laughs at

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

WATERS.

MANUFACTURERS OF AERATED

us, and KNUTSFORD, calmly ignoring his former sacred promises, demands that the taxpayers should now, make a fair contri- bution towards the construction of new barracks which we do not want, unless the

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ACCORDING to a telegram received to-day, an Interim dividend of 8/- per share on the £13 nald-up shares of the China Shippers' Mutual Steam Navigation Company, Lirnited, has been declared, which will be payable in London, Shanghai, and Hongkong simultaneously on the

25th October.

Borneo liner Memnon THE long expected turned up at her bany here this morning, very tempestuous weither after meeting

on the run up from Sandakan, during, which Captain Dorff's piano got adrift in the cabin and was smashed to pieces, damaging the cabin and furniture ton considerable extent. The Memnon's report is as follows:-"Left Sandakan 27th September. From Lat

12 to 16 North experienced very heavy westerly gale with high confused sen Inwest reading of barometer 29.22. From 16° North to pan fresh North-east easterly winds were met with." There can be but little doubt that the Austril an liner Guthrie got into the very thick of the heavy weather which the Afemnon appears to been Meesbaar.running on the outskirts of.

THE Band of the Argyll and Sutherland High landers will play the following programme at the Officers' Mess this evening,. commencing at 8 o'clock :-

Overture............" The Golden Croma**............ Britll, Valu "Wisner Blut".................... Strauss. Selectm...........," Le Prophete" Caratina.......

.Dənizki, ." Belbario" Selection............! Oliven.“ „................... Andza.

ད་ང་དང།:

to the Tong sin-China · frontier, where be in to be met, later on, by a number of officials in the employ of the thinese Government, for

JOSEPH Jefferson, in his autobiography in the Century for August, relates what was probably the last jest of Artemus Ward. When the famous wit lay dying in Southampton he was atiended by his devoted friend, "Tom "Robertson, the English playwright, who was also a friend of Jefferson. 'Just before Ward's death," writes Mr. Jefferson, "Robertson poured out some medicine in a glass and offered it to his friend. "Ward said, 'My, dear Tom, I can't take that dreadful stuff. Coms, come,' said Robertson, urging him to swallow the nauseous drug; 'there's a dear fellow. Do it now for my sake; you said Ward, feebly stretching cut his hand you know I would do anything for you,' Would to grasp his friend's, perhaps for the last time. "I would indeed," said Robertson. Then away but a few hours afterwards." THE notorious burglar and murderer So Fei Wen, whose capture by Detective Inspector Quincey in a den of thieves down East Street we reported in our columns yesterday, was brought before Mr. Wodehouse at the Police Court this morning. Mr. Hastings, from Messrs Walton and Deacon's office, appeared on behalf of the Chinese Government, and Mr. Wilkinson was for the defence. In opening the

The Peking correspondent of the Shanghai Mercury writes under date the 24 h ulte :-There

is not much news of importance to send you by this opportunity. I hear that the loan regarding which I lately wrote you, and which it was rumoured bad been practically settled with some German financiers, has not yet been definitely arranged, and that it is doubtful whether the business will go to Germany after alf; but it is exceedingly difficult to get at the facts of the case. It is stated that the China Railway Company has received permission to extend its Kaiping line to Shan-hai-kwan.......

IN the Anglo-Portuguese agreement, says the Weekly 'Dispatch, there is a clause which has given offence to some of our hostile French critics. It stipulates that no part of the territory now finally handed over is to beceded by herto any foreign Power without the consent of England: This, argacs France, Is tantamount to the assumption by England of a protectorate over Portugal. We cannot quite understand this view is expressed by of the case, especially when Frenchmen. When Belgium acquired the Conge Free State, she had to engage that bef re she ever parted with any part of it she must give France the first option of acquiring it. Yet no.

body has ever hinted that such a transaction implied the extension of a French protectorate over Belgium. The clause in question is neces- sary, if we are to manage a new South Central Africa with any semblance of comfort. That at least is the lesson which sad experience teaches us. In the past, whenever Germany desired to evade her treaty obligations to England on the East Coast of, Africa, she was in the habit of getting Portugal to cede her, by secret huckstering, territory that enabled her to menace Nyasaland, in return for a vague promise to support Portugal in extending her dominion on the West Coast at our expense. The clause which has offended the French will effectually. neutralise the intrigues of our cousinly allies."

THE SONGEI KOYAH PLANTING CO., LIMITED.

Our New Factory has been recently refilled old sites are handed back to the colony- they are unable to confirm the wire of yesterday, the complications thickened the fun grew fast you take it,' said Artemus, The humorist passed C. S. Sharp (Chairman), H. L. Dalrymple, B.

with automatic Storm Mächinery of thi

latest and most approved kind, and we are well able to compete in quality with the best English Makers.

The purest ingredients' only are used, and the utmost care anıt cieanliness are exercized

in the manufacture throughout.

LARGE BOMBAY

"SODAS"

and further that, "should the necessity for any new defence works arise, their cost would form the subject of a separate agreement, and that it must not be understood that the whole charge for them would be borne by the Imperial Exchequer. If this fraud is attempted to be forced on

No further news has been received by the Agents of the E. & A. steamer Guthrie, and owing to the Manila land lines being interrupted Mestrs. Russell and Co. question very much whether the steamer mentioned in the telegram received by Mr. Judd was the Guthrie, as the information was only gleaned from native fish men..

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Sout curious statistics on the amount of artificial lighting supplied per head in Paris have

A LARGE and highly-pleased audience witnessed the performance of Byron's popular comedy "Our Bays" by Miss Gracie Plaisted's company at the Theatre Royal, City Hall, last evening. The first act almost vérged on the dull, but as and furious, and the curtain fell to loud and enthusiastic applause. The honors were fairly divided between Miss Plaister, for her really inimitable impersonation of Belinda, the London slavey, and Mr. D. C. Smith, who played old Middlewich with much freshness and fidelity. Miss Rosie Tamras quite shone as the piquant Mary Melrose, and the other ladies werelairts successful. Mr. L'Estrange sustained the role of Talbot Champneys consistently well, and Mr. Wbb ably seconded him as Charley

the

heretofore, free of Extra Charge, to those of whole of the unofficial members of Council Electriciens. Thirty years ago the lighting was Geoffrey Champneys, but was somewhat, too charged with feloniously and burglariously estate from running to jungle again. they

We continue to supply large bottles as the community, as seems probable, the been laid before the Socié'é Internationale des Middlewich. Mr. J. Hartley looked Sir case Mr. Hastings said that the prisoner was cokivation, so in order to prevent

our Customers who prefer to have them to the ordinary size.

COAST PORT ORDERS. whenever practicable, are despatched by first steamer leaving after receipt of order,

FOR COAST PORTS, Waters are packed and placed on board ship at Hongkong prices, and the full amount allowed for Packages and Empties

when received in good order.

Counterfoil Order Books supplied on applica.'|

tion:

Our Registered Telegraphic Address is, "DISPENSARY, HONGKONG And all signed messages addressed thus will receive prompt attention.

The following is a List of Waters always kept ready in Stock :--

PURE AERATED WATERS

SODA WATER

LEMONADE

POTASH WATER

SELTZER WATER

SARSAPARILLA WATER

LITHIA WATER

in view of what occurred when the addition to the military contribution and the cost of the local forts were sanctioned, should at once resign, as a strong protest against the inexcusable bad faith of Lord KNUTSFORD and his advisers. The effect

of such a step is obvious.

equivalent to 3.765 candles per annum for each inhabitant. By 1872 the amount had arisen to 6,000, and by gradual increments in 1879 It reached 11,300, which was equal to about thirty candles per head per day.

THE Shik Pap of 22nd September (8th moon,

and to excavate the silt of the Yung-ting river to a depth of 10 feet and to utilize the silt for the stopping of the breaches,"

stiff. Taken all round, though, they made "Our Boys" a success. To-night, "Little Lord Fauntleroy" and H.E. the Administrator..

FROM Foochow the N. C. Daily News has news to the 27th ulto,, as follows:-Shipments during the past fortnight have been at millions oth day) says:-"The Tactal Wan P'ei-yin of making the export t: Europe to date 16 millions, of lbs., carried by the Ningchow and Stentor,

Yung-tong, through his sub-officer Tow Yen-against 161 millions last year and 21 millions in hing, is engaging 15,000 of the flood sufferers to 1888. The reported settlements for the fortnight make a channel for the river from Lu.Kow-h'ino amount to 38,000 chests, the buying having been (near Peking) to Kin Men-chi in Ku Ngan-hsien, for London Australia and America. The bus

ness was distributed pretty evenly over the time under review until the last day or two, when the market became very quiet, owing to the rise in prices and firmness of the teamer. The tael prices have advanced about 15 per cent, all round, including the rise in the lower grades advised on the 13th instant. The fast diminishing stock and very limited further supplies expected, have given the teamen courage to hold fumly, with the result of checking business as above mentioned, The uncertainty regarding the probable total supply of Congou for the season still prevails, in spite of assurances by the teamen that, any of the lowest estimate will be increase insignificant. According te native report it will not exceed 370,000 chests. The settlements to date are 175,000 chests. For the first seventeen weeks after the opening of the market last season they, were 358,000 chests and for the same number of weeks in 1888, +86,000 chests. The stock of Congou to-day is 84.000 chesta against 108,020

MR. WODEHOUSE. was occupied for a while at at the Magistracy this morning investigating the circumstances connected with two suicides, man and a woman, who shuffled off this mortal coll during the afternoon of the 1st inst the man because his missus bolted to Canton and the woman because, as far as is known, she was disgusted with her aged husband. His Worship found that both the deceased met their death by coming their throats.

entering the Tsun Hing silver-smith shop at Siu Lam village, in the Heung Shan district of the province of Kwangtung, on the 16th of August, 1990, and stealing therefrom clothing and Jewelry to the value of three thousand taefs; also with wilfully killing' Ho Tsung Hing, the master of the shop. The prisoner was further charged, at the instance of Detective Inspector Qu'ncey, while in the performance of his duty as a police with attempting to shoot him with a revolver

officer, in the act of arresting him by virtue of a warrant, yesterday afterocom. His Worship remanded the case until Monday, so as to afford the prosecution time to produce important

witnesses who were in Canton.]

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WHEELOCK & Co.'s freight market report, dated Shanghai, 3rd October, says-Since the Issue of our last, on the 19th ultimo, there has been an improvement in our home freight market, and rates went back again to 35. per ton soon after the departure of the mail steamship Peshawar; this improvement was brought about by a "round robia " being signed by all the steamship companies. The depreciation of silver for a short time during the past week has enabled buyers to operate more freely and a fair business has been done, consequently steamers have succeeded in filling their alloited space. Newchwang to the Southern ports-there famili middle of the month natives must come forward only a very slight enquiry, but towards the and we shall then see rates become firm, as our last advices from the North say that tonnage

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A speaint meeting of the shareholders of the above named Company was held at noon to-day, Gibb, Livingston & Co., for the purpose of dis at the offices of the General Managers, Messrs. cussing certain proposals for the future working of the Company. There were present MesATS

Layton, J. A. Mosely, and F. E. Abrahamson (directors), J. J. Francis, de W. Layton, H. W. Dick, G. S. Coxon, S. Perry, S A. Joseph, etc.

The Chairman said that as, no doubt, those present b d read the report of the proceedings at the special meeting of the East Borneo Company held yesterday, and their busines was much the same, he would be brief. The Company's fonds would all be required for scason's crop for the preparation of this shipment, and as far as could be seen there would be nothing left in hand for next year's

were looking for funds. They had therefore taken advantage of Mr. Stokes being in London to try and obtain assistance there, Mr. Stokes certainly had not put forward any definite offer, but he had given the opinion that be could float a Company with a capital of £200,000, to take over their estates and those of the East Borneo and Lamag, Planting Companies, Full particulars, bad not yet been received, but they knew the outlines-the new Company was to find £200,000, half of which, would be for working the estates, 25,000 for the expenses of floating the Company, and the remaining £75.cco would be divided among the three amalgamating Companies in proportions to be hereafter agreed upon. At the meeting of the East Bornea Company the shareholders gave. their consent to the scheme, and he hoped that the Songci Koyah shareholders would do the same. In the opinion of the Consulting Committee and the General Managers, the shareholders, if they approved, ought to appoint one of their number to act with them in considering the terms of the

at present was that they bad $10,600 in hand, amalgamation. The position of their Company and calls still unpaid $8,300, or altogether about $15,000. Of that they would have to spend about $17,000 on this year's crop. proceeds of the crop were estimated at five piculs each for the 125 fields-62 picals, worth about $50,000, which would be about the amount of the surplus, Mr. Abrahamson, who had just come up from Sandakan, reported that the 'work was going on very

crop was very well advanced. The manager, Mr.

There being none offer: ¿, Kennedy, had left. He then invited remarks. 4- Mr. Dalrymple moved-That the directors of this Company be empowered to take the neces- saty steps to amalgamate this Company, or this Company together with the East Borneo Planting Company, Limited, and the Laning Planting Company Limited, or any one of them, with the and compsay to be forme Ito acquire the estates new liabilities of this Company, or of this Com pany in conjunction with the East Borace Planting Company, Limited, and the Lamdg Planting. Company, Limited, and to settle the terms of such amalgamation."

After carefully analysing the Secretary of State's latest attempt at "ratting," we shall deal in detail with his reasons for breaking all past promises and trying to saddle Hongkong with additional burdens in the interests of a practically defunct and corrupt Imperialism. To-day we merely direct attention to the matter, so that the unofficial members of Council may be induced to study the question, see what was officially promised in the past, and be prepared when the time comes 'to adequately defend the public Interests they are presumed to represent "Figures cannot lie," repeats Lord Krutsroad in No Credit given for bottles that look dirty; the parrot-like accents of a nineteenth ANOTHER complacent youth, a specimen of the or greasy, or that appear to have been used for any other purpose than that of Containing century fool. The naval and military genus "boy," had the misfortune to meet Detective Sergeant Haddon yesterday afternoon, Aerated Water, as such bottles are never used contributions for the current year · for | just as he was sliding off home with a quantity chests af same date last year and 137,000 chests will be wanted to carry millet to Tientsin. favorably indeed, and that the cutting, of the again by us.

of groceries up his capacious sleeves. The A. S, WATSON & Co., LIMITED,

Hongkong, China, and Manila,

sergeant asked him to explain the possession of such useful sundries, which the promising youth couldn't do, Result :-Fined ten dollars at the Police Court this moming, with the alternative of three weeks' imprisonment with hard labour. The coffee, tea, sugar, etc., etc. have not yet been claimed, but that it is stolen property there can be no doubt whatever.

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TONIC WATER

GINGER ALE

GINGERADE,

ARE MOST RESPECTFULLT

the defence of the Empire, he says, Is amount to sixteen shillings and five pence per head of the population of Great Britain. And the Hongkong annual TO SUBSCRIBERS.

contribution of £40,000, adds Sir BALAX, SUBSCRIBERS TO "THE HONGXoxo is a very much smaller charge per head than is the case with the Mother Country, .TELEGRAPH

And it is here that his lordship's figures REMINDED THAT ALL Subscriptions must lie most glaringly. Will His Excellency the Administrator oblige the Secretary of be paid in advance,

State and the Hongkong community by publicly stating how many of our by far too highly estimated population of 215,000 pay anything at all towards the revenue? By so doing he will effectually demolish a fallacious argument that is calculated to work Infinite mischief both here and elsewhere. Lord KNUTSFORD's arguments respecting the Colony's increased military contribution show a strong family likeness to Mr. J. M. PRick's notoriously unreliable statistics anent the Tytam. Water, Works, and will not bear honest inspection.

BIRTHS.

At Shanghai, on the 23rd September, the wile At Shanghai, on the 30th September, the wife

of W. 11. TALBOT, of a daughter,

of ALEX. C. RAMSAY, of a son.

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DEATHS."

At Shanghai, drowned, on the 17th September, ALEXANDER ANDERSON, 3rd Engineer steamship Felching, aged 24 years,

At Shanghai, on the 1st October, GIORGI WATSON COUTTS, aged 57 years,

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The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, ÜCTOBER 7, 1890.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE famous Kuling is to be converted into a twin-screw steamer by Messrs. Farnham & Co., of Shanghal

A CERTAIN sage of ancient times committed himself to the opinion that "figures cannot lie A. SOLOMON of the past can very Mn. W. S. Ayrton took his seat at the Mixed Sir BALAK" of the present, Court, Shanghal, for the first time as British easily be a and we place the genius we have referred Assessor on the 1st fast, to in the latter category. It may be his

misfortune, however, and not altogether a THE body of Alexander Anderson, late third case of blatant Ignorance. Our sage did engineer of the steamer Felching, was found on the river bank near the Shanghal New Dock on not know Hongkong he was entirely the morning of the 1st last. ignorant of that gigantic Imposition known as our "Increased Military Contribution;"

An emergency, meeting of Zetland Lodge, No.

feet.

"GILHOOLEY'S ESTATE,"

legal professions.) ...

in 1888. Exchange, after some fluctuations, is For Nagasaki-Shanghai rates in this direction quoted to-day at 3/8 for 4 months' sight credits; have also improved, but only slightly, the and freight to London £2 per ton of 40 cubic last settlement made in the former poil was $ 10, being twenty cents per lon up since our last, but for a large steamer we think only one Mexican could be got. The British ships Ellen A. Read and Stembout (A ballad concerning the amalgamation of the and proceed to Royal Roads. the former for bave received their sailing orders from home orders and the latter to load for Valparaiso ; the British barque H, B. Can also proceeds in ballast to Puget Sound to await orders. The Annia, H. Smith, having been taken up here to Loid for New York, leaves us without any dis- engaged tonnage in port. For London, via usual ports of call and Suez Canal The departure of the Mutual steamship Moyune Glen's, the former the steamship Faron and the yesterday, leaves the berth to the Holt's ne latter the steamship Glenfintas, both loading at 35.perton. The Mutualsteamship Orpack is due

Oh, Mr. Gilbooley he turned up his toes,

As most of us do, soon or late

And Jones was a lawyet, as everyone knows,

So they took him Gilhooley's estate, Gilhooley in life had been living so free

Twas thought his possessions were great,

For me la Gilhooley's estate."

So Jones, with a smile, says, "There's many a fee

It totalled a thousand-and-eight

ninc

The debts of Gilhooley's estate.

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"Jones, my dear man, My childer have little to alt: Just keep the expenses as low as you can

Against poor Gilhooley's estate. But Jones says, "The will fan't clear in its terms,

I fear it will need some debate, And the law won't allow me (attorneys art worms)

To appear to Gilhooley's estate." 50 a barrister-man, with a wig on his head,

And a brief in his hand quite clate,

our of 362 herolees in last year's novels 372 were blondes and only 190 brunettes. Six of them died of consumption, and eleven of other complaints of the chest, but on the whole they were a healthier lot than previous crops. Not one out of the whole 562 perished from lumbago, gout, enlarged liver. glanders, drink, spontaneous combustion, dog-bite, or lightning and all who were extinguished in the course of the story offered some profound observation on their death-They made out a list of his property fine, beds, barring ons, who was finished off through a house falling on her and hadn't time to compose But the debts were nine-hundred-and-ninety-and- anything deep or interesting. Thirty-four dis- appeared mysteriously, but thirty of these left a note on the dressing-table which explained every thing. Nearly 400 lovers stood outside the So Mrs. Gilhooley says, house at night to see their best girl's shadow on the blind, and in every case the shadow turned up in due course; but 162 of these lovers were afterwards betrayed. They all returned the girl's letters except three-two of them said they would havo r-r-revenge, one was run over by a locomotive, seven took to drink, three were supposed to be the skeleton which was afterwards found in different places, and one went to the bad and lived on a small allowance from his aunt Most of the others were never heard of again. Three heroines were murdered in the course of the year one by a foreign nobleman with a large diamond in his shirt-front, one by a person who laid drain-pipes in the streets, and the other by a military officer who repented afterwards. Only Ez parie Petehorney is clear on the polut... one girl was found by a travelling curate on a The point of Gilhooley's estate, desert island; she was shoeless and dressed my onder a suit to be brought just to try" chicfy in leaves, and she wasn't the girl the If this is correct that I state- curate was looking for, but he helped her to put A nice fricedly salt, and the costs, bye-and-bye, her hair straight, and taught her to wash herself

-Must be borne by Gilbooley's catafe!! at the sink, and they lived happily ever alter- wards. A considerable falling off in villains is reported, and excepting a single individual who sent his father a poisonous serpent in a box in the hope that he would succeed to the property, and another who bagged the old man while they were out shouting, there was no originality about them. A few very common elopements, and a corner of a cellar are the only other incidents worth mentioning,

Went up to the Court where they bury the dead,

Just to move in Gilhooley's estate." But his Honor the Judge said, "I think that the

Joint

Legatees must be called to prodate➡

So Mrs. Gilhooley says, "Jones, you'll appear!

Thim barristers' fees is too great; The suit is but frindly," "Attorneys, my dear,

Can't be heard in Gilhooley's estate."

From Barristers' Court there's a mighty hurrah

Lord KNUTSFORD, the shallowest trickster 525, E.C, will be bell in Freemasons Hall, dead body that was found standing up in the It's only the whoop of the Junior Bar

of the many noodles now figuring as direct Zetland Street, this evening, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock representatives of Britain's Majesty, was precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited,

Arises both early and later

Dividing Gilbooley's existe.

"The Banjo," in Sydney Bulletin.

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Mr. Coxon seconded, and it was agreed to. Mr Dalrymple asked Mr. Francis to act as the shareholders' representative, to which that gentleman assented, and the proceedings termi Dated.

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on the 13th or there bouts, and will load at current LAMAG PLANTING COMPANY, LTD.

A special meeting of the shareholders of the above Company was held this afternoon at the offices of the General Managers, Mersra Gibb, Livingston & Co. for the purposa of discussing proposals for the future working of the Company There were present: Messrs. C. S. Sharp (Chairman), H. L. Dalrymple, B. Layton, E, Abrahamson, W. G. Brodie, G. S. Coxon, J. Andrew, J. S. Gomes, and J. Machado,

rates. For New York, vid usual ports of call and Suez Canal:-The steamship Northern is now loading at 405..per ton, and all her allotted space has been readily taken up and no more room can now be had; the Thorndale will arrive here on 6th or 7th of the month and will load at same rate; her spaco is also almost filled; the boats to follow are the Allonower Benvanu and Glamorganshire. Vid Cape: The Nasty Pendleton has almost filled her allotted space here and will proceed direct, rate of freight 18, per ton of 40 fee); the Annis H. Smith takes her The Chairman briefly repeated the statement place quoting 222. 62 per ton of 40 cubic feet. made at the Songei Koyah meeting, adding that Departures for London via Sarr Canal Their funds were exhausted in preparing ible steamship Canton arst ultimo; via Feochow, season's crop, and further fands would therefor steamship Hampshire 23rd; steamship Taucar be required. In answer to Mr. Gomes, be said 28th; steamship Patroclus 28th ultimo, and that the proportion the Company would receive Moyund and instant, Departure for New York from the London Company was not yet decided, Via Fonchow and Suez Canst-The steamship Glenorchy 19th ultimo, Departure for San Francisco The American barque General Butler, at' ultima, Departure for Puget Sound-The". American ship Titan 23rd 'timo. Départure for Vancouver-The steamship Strails of Belle Isis 25th ultimo Quotations are Newchwang to watow,

Mr. Gomes pointed out that although, the shares of the other planting companies were $30 each, whilst theirs were only $35, the former had paid more for coolies who died, so that the Lamag concern had the advantage of them in that respectively meta

The Chairman replied that that would all be considered at the confcience of the directats,

Mexican costs per picul, for medium carriers Mr. Coxon-As Mr. Abrahamson has just very little enquiry, Newchwang to Amor, zo returned, from Borneo perhaps be den infares » Mexican, cents per pical, no enquiry, purely us what the position of the estates is. It was nominal: Nagasakl to Shanghai, go Mexican rumored here that they had been much damaged cents per ton of coal nett, for both steamers by food faktu k and sailing vessels. Settlements during fort * Mr. Abrahamson, said, that there certainly night-Annie H. Smitk, Britial ship, 1,452|| hdd been some small damage, about nine fields tons registered, Shanghai and Hongkong to New reing flooded about.bres months.rgo; but it York, private terms. No disengaged regesis in way not too Iste su te plant, and that had been | posta var

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