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Cholera Pills are made from owly stage an old, well-tried

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1890.

A REGULAR meeting of Perseverance Lodge, No. 1165, E.C., will be held in Freemasons Hall. Zetland Street, this evening, at 8.ge for 9 o'clock precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.

A BERLIN restaurant and café is cooled in sum- 'mer and heated in winter by electricity, and the flood of light from the electric lamps is tinted = delicate pink, which is so becoming to the complexions of the lady visitors that the place in thronged.

Tué principal picture galleries of Europe are. ranked according to the number of pictures they contain pr, Versailler; 2. Dresden; 3, Madrid; 4. Louvre; 5. London; 6. St. Petersburg: 7, Berlin; 8, Vienna: 9, Munich ; 10, Florence; 71, Naples; 12, Venice; 13 Antwerp; 14,

Torin..

THE Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Mandlaus, | A GERMAN named Lilienthal, after experimenting from Liverpool, left Singapore for Hongkong for twenty-three years with artificial wings, has succeeded in raising himself, weighing 160 this morning, and is due on the 33rd inst. THE Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play eighty pounds. How to raise the other eighty pounds, with the aid of a counter-weight, lifting the following programme at the Barrack Square, pounds is still beyond him. to-morrow evening, commencing at 7.30 o'clock- March We've all had 'om”.................. Ackerman.

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We understand that there are prospects of the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Com- pany's "bust-up" steamer Heungskas being ready to resume running on the Hongkong-Macao, route about November tat. If the Directors are wise they will place the Heungshan on the Canton river and transfer the Hoxam to the Macan service at all events during the water season, as the latter is a very much better vessel in a sea-way than the new flat-bottomed craft, which was evidently specially designed for royaging in smooth water.

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polka seems to us a very slow dance. Our ancestors thought it fast enough-but this was before mankind bad become accustomed to "round" dancing,

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come to naught. The personal jealousies among the leaders, and of the leaders by the workers in general, have proved a formildable, and, indeed, an insuperable obstacle at the outset. Moreover, The walts, which was later in appearing, and Trades-unlonists, although collectively powerful, WAS doubtless at its commencement an imitation are in but few constituencies sufficiently compacted the polka, was danced exceedingly slowly in to carry in candidates of their own nomination. THE "Shan" line steamer Tongshan (Capt. early life. Its original name was “fandler," and "And the ordinary politicians who are apt æt Young) has at last turned up here. She let it halls from the cuntry districts of Austria. The courting the union vote at election time. by vague Bangkok on the ultimo battering "andler" went and deliberately round.

of sympathy, and declarations through two fierce typhoons managed to To its slow motion the speed of the polka seemed good intentions, have almost without exception get into Touron, where the Captain desired fury. The elder Strauss must be accredited with proved unstable. The very rotenest of reeds to take in coal, bis supply having run

the acceleration of the waltz to its present sneed. have indeed been the working-man condidates. brokers of that Finding the effect of his music gain greatly from No sooner are there fairly ushered within the very low. The voracious part, however, made up their minds to increased pace, he forced the time and made the portals of Paillament than their very matures a haul out of the storm-tossed dancer follow him. The original step of the appear to undergo a metamorphosis. They change make coaster, and refused to sell a pound of coal at waltz was the simple chasse, which, as is obvious, exteriorly, interiorly-physically and n entally. Anything below $20 per ton. Persuasion proving in identical with the step of the polka, except They affect chimacy.pot hats and frock-coats. of no avail with the "ring" and the weather that the feet are brought more closely and They commence almost at once to ape gentility, having moderated, it was decided to run for more suddenly together. This was the volte and concentrate their efforts upon the object of Hoihow, which port was renched with the deur temps, Improvement in waltz melodies, emancipating themselves for ever frm the utmost difficulty, it being necessary to burn which mark the time far more rhythmically and thraldom of wage-earning, in order to enter the upwards of ten tens of the rice cargo with forcibly than in early times they did, brought more confortable ranks of the tradesman or a view to keeping up a sufficient head of steam the valse à trois temps into being, wherein the employer. They become eminently "respect- to get into port at all. After leaving Heibaw steps are accommodated with greater precision able," and are at pains to emphasise their right up to Hongkong. During the second modern ball-rooms have produced within the sent into Parliament is in most cases lost to the typhoon several heavy seas were shipped, one of memory of the youngest among the glide cause. This result may be attributed principally them carrying away two boats and smashing walls and the rock-away walls, in both of whichs to the intermittent, and accidental nature of in a portion of the cook-house Tons of the feet slip or slide over the floor in a manner the influnce exerted at elections by the water rushed down the stokehole into the engine-amazing to behold. Perhaps the contemporaneous working-class. It is only by chance, and room, causing serious inconvenience to the introduction of roller skating had something to under exceptional sircurastances that they manage to shove in a man of their own choice. Once in Parliament, such a man quickly feet in both is the same.

appreciates his situation. He feels no assurance that those who got him in can keep him in. Hə sets himself to so comport himself as to secure his return by a general vote instead of by a class vote. He bas learned how impotent the labour. Vote really is..

Anti-spasmodic. This reliable remedy has long City Hall, when the Sunday labour question UNDER the heading, "Professor Brown:Sequard fine weather and head winds were experienced to the beats of the music. The wax floors off moderation." Ordinarily a labour-" agitator

Dr. Rubini's Essence of Camphor-Valuable for simple Diarrhea, and in the carlier stages of Dysentery and Cholers. Per bottle, 50 cents.

We are asked to remind our readers that x Conference between a delegation of the Mercantile Marine Officers' Association and the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce is fixed for four n'elock to-morrow afternoon at the will be discussed pro bono publics, ACCORDING: to a consular report, the countries Corp cover the following areas: Germany, 24.596,000 acres: Russia, 494,22,000 Austria- Hungary, 45,951,700 acres: Swedes, 43,000,000 acres; France, 22,240,000 acres; Spain,

England, 3,471,000 acres.

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Irritation of the bowels.

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

in Diarrhoea and Dysentery. Per tin, $1.

DAKIN BROS. OF CHINA, LIMITED:

(Telephone No. 60.)

diaries we have yet seen.

We understand that Mr. A. M. Bisbee, Coast Inspector, and Mr. D. M. Henderson, Engineer- in-chief of the Imperial Maritime Customs

completed, a thoroughly first-class sea-bost,

Distanced," Dr. Burggraeve writes in his Reber toire Universal de Medicine Dosimetrique that a Dr. Malin-Conico of Naples pretends to have discovered the microbe of old age. The publi- cations of Italy announce very seriously that the microbe of old age exists and is transmitted organism, which itravages and destroys, leading

1 caducity and finally to death. The above-nting and plucky fforts sucree ed in keeping the good ship on the move. The Tongakan is named Dr. Malin-Conico hopes thus to have

a new steamer and can now be considered, in found the means of combating this invisible

view of her behaviour on the voyage just Army, and preventing man from getting old.

both from the owner's and crew's points of All of which is important if true." Two months with hard labour was the magis view. The damage to the vessel is trivial, terial allowance meted out to-day to that gallant fortunately, but bad it been-as it well might tar," George Winner of H.M.S. Repole, who have serious, there can be but little doubt that brutally assaulted a defenceless woman, by the callous Shylocks of Touron, whe virtually "boycotted" a ship in distress, would have had beating her on the head with a club, near

something to answer for, and public indignation the Protestant Cemetery, Happy Valley, a fortnight ago.. The defendant pleaded that he would have declared itself in no uncertain man- prove a sufficient defence in the opinion of Mr. Avoid Touron. A. G. Wise who, however, said that he would have inflicted a much heavier sentence but for the fact that there were certain "ins and ouls" in the case which were worthy of some consider-

Nor, 22 & 24. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. { "ervice, who arrived here from Shangbai by the way "half-seas-ovèr" at the time, but that did'not ner. The moral of this to shipmasters (8-10

Hongkong. 1st September, 1830.

BY APPOINTMENT.

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English mall steamer Bokhara on Tuesday, are en route to Hoihow to made arrangements for the construction of a light-house and other badly wanted aids to navigation in the Hainan Straits. On their return, to Hongkong, the proposed removal of the Cape D'Aguilar light to the lalindation. of Waglan will receive the careful attention of WHEN Anthony Trollope, edhed St. Paul's Magazine-bath editor and magazine are now out of publication-he interviewed a well-known lady novelist, in order to obtain a novel from her pen which would run through the magazine as serial. The lady refused to allow any of her works to be thus mutilated. "But," said Trollope, it is necessary for the purposes of a magazine, and Thackeray and Dickens have done it." This roused the lady's ire, "Would you compare my writings," said she. "with the said Trollope, in his gruffest manner; "never rend a word of your writings."

BRITISH MERCANTILE MARINE

- OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.

THE APPROACHING CONFERENCE.

A meeting of the "British Mercantile” Marine

What destinies await the walla in the future it is impossible at present to diving One thing, however, seems certain-so popular and univer

semination of any other specific piece of human knowledge, that amid a distant posterity, when all our achievements have faded from human memory, we shall still be known as the genera tion in whose time the walls was dance

National Review.

sally known is this dance, compared to the dis

TRADES-UNIONS AND CON STITUTIONAL METHODS IN

AUSTRALIA.

There is but ore remedy for this impotence, and for its consequences. The vote of the masses which will be in practice the labour-vale-- must be accorded its full value. At the present time the mere people are deluded and fooled by asparicus "manhood suffrage.” Every man, |has a vote, but a particular class of men have several votes. The population may be roughly divided into two classes-the wage-earner, who has a vote, and the property-holder, who has as The Trades and Labour Councils of the several many votes as he owns hundred-pound allotments Australian colonies are each the executivès of in different constituencies. It is the latter who Labour in the provinces where they operate. so fond of inviting Labour to seck They can scarcely be regarded as Labour Farlia- remedies for its grievances "by constitutional ments, because, unlike most Parliaments, they methods." And when he proffers this advice do much work and comparatively little talking he puts his tongue in his cheek, knowing Their chief functions are executive and that it is in his power, by virtue of his property, diplomatic. They conduct, on behalf of the to neutralise any effort Labour may make to people whom they represent, negotiations. They secure a Farliamentary representative to its make treaties. In one particular they have mind, or to keep out a distinctly antagonistic assumed a function which in meat constitutional candidate. It is not too much to affirm that monarchies is an appendage of the monarchs. were every one of the 50,000 trades-unionists in Being purely democratic, they exercise sovereign New South Wales to record bis vate at a general rights. They declare war and make peace election, every one of auch votes would be Unrecognised by the actual constitutions of the neutralised and cancelled by a plural vote given communities in which they flourish. they are by an allotment-holder. This does not involve nevertheless political entities. It has been ably the existence of fifty thousand separate owners of late that their organisation has been so of allotments. Ten thousand men, each owning

constitute practically an unconstitutional power that there are men who nossess properly votes with the far-reaching influence which they in voting power to fifty thousand men possessing now wield and exert. But to-day they but one voto cach! And when it'Is considered operating independently of the organic in as many as thirty different constituencier, it constitution, and in some degree in antagonism will be comprehended that even five thousand to it. It is remarkable that these Labour execu- men of the employer class in the metropolis tives have in one very significant particular may be in a position to counterbalance the proved themselves more effective than the direct political power of all the Trades-unionists

While in the colony. recognised parliamentary institutions. the latter bave been making feeble and tentative. The very first step, therefore, which Trade- and Labour Councils have practically efected the view of rendering it feasible to accomplish federation of the Union Labour of Australasia, their aims by constitutional methods" should mating to a federation with British Labourapon securing the passing of Bill to abolish and have even overpassed that limit by app ozi- be to concentrate all their political energies

plural voting. This is the key of the position. organisations,

As was pointed out in these columns last week, the wage-earning class in New South Wales nambers about 317,000,- The actual number of

The purest ingredients only are used, and the things of Thackeray and Dickens "Can't," in the dask less and a prime necessity to a blind employers and employed. After completing the matured and consolidated as to invest them five allotments in different electorates, are equal

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COAST PORT ORDERS.

CHAN ASHAD, accountant in Messrs. Hing Kee & Co's store in Queen's Road, figured at our maison de justice to-day, where Mr. H. E. Denson, from Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Co.'s, prosecuted him for being, In unlawful possession of a tin of butter. The butter in question was proved to be the property of Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Co., and Chan Ashao could no more account for it being in his box than he

A WATCH nearly two centuries old has come to the notice of the Jewelers' Review. The more- ment is inscribed: Augustin L. Hecke, Fried berg," in German text, and the dial is omamented with the figures of a man and woman in old-time costume, and bears the name Andreas Schuster, in old Continental text. The watch is provided with an ingeniously arranged bell which strikes the hours by a single and quarter hours by a double stroke in a slightly altered key. It may be made to strike at any time, and as often as the owner may wish to push the thumb-spring provided for the purpose- great conveplence person. The piece still keeps accurate time.

to-day, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that the THE police had the satisfaction of finding out five Stanley Street gambling clab managers, whose rascality formed the subject of a pro tracted inquiry by Mr. Wise at the Police Court week ago, and whose temporary liberation was obtained by a disinterested friend who put up $100 for each of them, had cleared out of Hongkong altogether. With a smile bis Worship signed warrants for the arrest of these, social colony again, and caused the $500 bail to be added to our sorely straightened revenue Hardly had the magistrate completed this capital piece of business, when Acting Inspector Hansen made his appearance as prosecutor in another "tali" gambling club case, he having raided Nos. 3 and 10 Graham Street last night,, and arrested four more managers and secretaries. The case was remanded until Saturday, ball being fixed in one surety of $200 for each of the four prisoners.

whenever practicable, are despatched by first could repeat the Doxology. He was carefully parasites,' should they ever set foot in our model of "the "officera ̄to ̄ ̄ ̄sever” their ́ ́ connectionTM attempts at Intercolonial Federation, the Trades, unionista, and its sympathisers should take with

steamer leaving after receipt of order.

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Counterfoil Order Books supplied on applica-

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SODA WATER

LEMONADE

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LITHIA WATER

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escorted to the Central Station by the ubiq sous Quincey, made his salaam before Mr. Wise contributed forty dollars to the public exchequr Ar the Sanitary Board to-morrow Dr. Cantlie will move that a report on the sanitary condition of Brated water manufactories, dairies and food. preserving-establishments-be-furnished to the Board. The rest of the business is a report on aver-crowding in Victoria, and letters having reference to:-Mr. Humphrey's abience from the Colony; an outfall for a drain, at Quarry Bay; drainage of Ice Works. Reports having reference to:-Improvement of dusting service;

and left the Court a marked man

stand.

disinfection of Infected premises. Super by the talented members of his own staff. We that the Conference would result in much crammed with enactments put upon the stand, the full influence, of the Unions should be

intendent's report for September. Surveyor's report for 3rd quarter, 1890. Inspector of Markets' for weeks ended 4th and 11th October, précis of report for 3rd quarter, 1890, mortality returns papers concerning slaughter-houses, and sheep

and swine markets.

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Captain Ashton then consented to introduce the delegates on Friday, and with a vote of thanks to him for his attendance the proceedings terminated,

GENESIS OF THE WALTZ.

Officers' Association was held at the Marine, Hotel last night under the presidency of Captain Ashton, when arrangements were made with regard to the Conference between a delega tion of the Association and the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, which is convened for 4 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. The Chairman in paning the proceedings stated that the object of the was to deal with the obnoxious Sunday labour question in a practical manner, and if possible imrive at a modus vivendi agreeable both to

arrangements for the delegation, Capt. Ashton

which, he said, had been brought about by briefly referred to the recent strikes in Australia differences between the mercantile marine officers and the shipowners. The former had made a gross blunder at the outset by allying themselves with the Bailors', firemens', shearers and other unions, British officers constituted, in themselves, a very powerful union, which fost prestige by alllance with general trades' unions; and it was the refusal with, the Trades' Hall Council that caused the shipowners to assume the defiant attitude which bad brought matters to a most serious and regrettable crisis. There was no necessity for British officers to join with other unions; they

It requires no special endowment of prophetic could, he was convinced, bring about all neces gifts to perceive that the Executive of Labour sary and reasonable reforms in their profession must, sooner or later, in the exercise of its by keeping aloof from all other unions and authority, come into direct conflict with the electors upon the existing rolls is not so many, approacting shipowners in a reasonable and Parliamentary Executives of the different it is too late this year to attend to registration, calm manner. The granting by the Chamber colonies. As matters stand there exists a otherwise the first political duty of the Trades pl Commerce of the Conference asked for by

radical basis of antagonism. The regular and Labour Council would be to see that every them proved that when approached in a proper Executive is charged with the carrying out, Trades Unionist had his name entered upon the IT is really wonderful how the trusting and manner shipowners were willing to meet the and is sworn to execute, the laws as they roll of some electorate. Evidently there has been anwary editor is being constantly "got at" even men half-way; and he had no doubt whatever

Now, the existing code of laws is | grievous laxity in this particular. But, as matters published yesterday a most interesting sporting benefit to all mercantile marine officers, to all paragraph in which the waller made some com- captains, to all engineers, to the whole Chinese Satute-book in the direct interest of Capital and exerted in pressing upon members of Parliament plimentary references to stranger within our community, and, in fine, to all connected with Froperty. Even common law, which derives its the necessity for passing, forthwith, a Bill to limit steeple-chase rider" and "an old jock, and the in point of tonnage of the world. Obviously when the classes were everything and the masses this before the Legislative Assembly. If nothing gates, whois describedaan "well-knownAustralian the vast shipping business of this post, the third potentiality from no statute but from ancient the electoral right to One Man One Vole. Mr.

custom, comes to us from times and conditions | W. H. Traill has already a measure to effect " result is the following communication from our be could not go into details on the subject at that nothing. Indeed it is not necessary to go far more comprehensive can be secured, this Bill excellent friend, Mr. John Francis Molyneux,time, for his arguments were, naturally, reservel A PLAJN, rowdy-looking individual lately dropped which speaks for itself in no uncertain terms. He for the Conference.

back to find a time when the classes were less should be passed Into Inw, But it would be in at a police-court and sat down to watch the say In one of your paragraphs in yesterday's

vile and mischievous beast, the People," was the upon the Government that they should fod it than nothing and worse than nonentities, "That preferable that such pressure be brought to hear. administration of Justice. Legal justice, however, issue I am described as "the celebrated Austra Is an article that, seldom leaves a favourable | lan steeple-chase rider, Dr. Molyneux." This must

Netherlands were struggling to throw off the |phrase current in" aristocratic circles when the imperative to themselves to deal with the matter De a more comprehensive scale. As a private Impression on the beholder and the visitor con- have been written, either on unsatisfactory tained himself with difficulty until a contempt of information or in merry sport, for I have never

yoke of Philip of Spair, the husband of Mary of member, Mr. Traill has embodied as much as court case occurred and the prisoner was fined ridden in a steeple-chase in my life, and am not

England. And although the expression is to-day could be Judiciously attempted in his Bill. He in the sum of 5. Then the visitor went softly ton bald about going over a very moderate fence.

muttered rather than shouted or embodied in has admitted that the absence of any provision up and deposited the sum of $10 with the clerk, The astuteness ascribed to me, as a jockey of

despatches, the sentiment survives. The regular for registration renders his Bill imperfect in a stating that he felt at least twice as contemptuous long standing, in keeping my own counsel, may

The genuine "round dance, to use the term Parliament is all that is respectable and saga. sensible degree. Butarrangements for registration as the man who had just gone out, and that if he be auributed to the prosaic fact that my morning existence till some fifty or sixty years ago.

at least in its modern signification, had no cious. Butthe Executive of Labour ladiareputable would involve a charge upon the revenue, and a had bad any more money about him he would visits to the Hongkong race-course are due not

The and dangerous, and if not checked and controlled Bill containing clauses to that effect could not be have let his feelings out and indulged right off to any latention on my part of sweeping the

"round dance" of the Greeks and of the Middle will prove Infinitely vile and mischievous." introduced except under cover of a message from SUBSCRINERS TO "Taz HoxaxonGin $15 worth of derision for that court and every board at your forthcoming "Sky" meeting, but Ages was simply a ring-dance, and not by any Any ordinary reader of the capitalist daily press the Governor. This could not be procured without

body connected with it. Owing to finincial to a laudable desire to shake up a somewhat

means an approach to the round dance of to- will recognise this tone pervading its articles, the acquiescence of his Excelfency's constitu- TELEGRAPH ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY pressure, however, he would subdue the rest of torpid liver. For the comfort of my friends I day. The dancing dervisher of Turkey, how. No rational being now cherishes the delusiontional advisers the Ministry of the day. The his sentiments till he got his next month's stipend, may add that the pony I ride is considered ever, and likewise the frenzied performers in that Labour can be definitely arrested on its present Government has opposed to Mr. Trail's REMINDED THAT ALL Bubarriptions must and then be would come down and let by all the harmlessly quiet."-All right, Doctor! we won't the Italian tarantella, must be credited with dis march towards wreating from Capital a more Bill the most uncompromising hostility, and they

disgust that was in him.

let this ant of thing occor again, but if you are covering a great secret of art long ere sixty years equitable proportion of the product of its exertion and their supporters voted to throw it out on the be paid in advance.

"SHOXING must be allowed" said Senhor here next month and care to witch the world and practicing it to the amarement of all than has hitherto been doled out to it, unicas, second reading Their plea was that the

gently Francisco Baretta Guttierrez, when

between the flags, old Encore is quite at your beholder, who thought them eithermador struck recourse be had to actual physical violence and Government had itself this session-accepted

vengeance. First essays in sound

a bloody internecine conflict. Of the two rival the principle, and had embodied it in a reproved for puffing a fragrant weed in too close

dancing, accompanied as they are by over institutions, the Labour Executive and the comprehensive new Electoral Bill, which was proximity to some of the ladies of the My

powering giddiness, often lead the novice regular Parliament-bath being representative promised in the Governor's speech. But the Sweetheart" Company at the Victoria Hotel

to the wild determination of spinning 'on bodies-elther one must prevail, or both must measure of their sincerity may be ascertained timin table on Wednesday last. Mr. D. C.

and on until exhausted nature can do no more. blend. All organic governing bodies are based, by considering the fact that Mr. M'Millan only Smith, the leading comedian, of Miss

The dancing dervishes are certaldly affected in reality, upon actual physical power. It may last week declared that after the Crown Renta Plaisted's troupe, observing that Senhor

with the fury. Once they begin to turn, their be necessary to dig deep to arrive at the founda Bill, the Coal Mining Bill, the Public Works Francisco was annoying the ladies by his offen-

rotation Increases with ever-advancing, celerity, tions, but without physical strength there is no Bill, the Federation resolutions and the Local sive manner, got up from his seat and walking

until at last they "sleep" like a top, though still scal power in any institution, however ancient it Goverment Bill had been dealt with, the Govern over to the Portuguese gentleman courteously asked him to desist. So far so good, but Mr.

spinning round. The Italian taractella was said may be, however lofty and thick Its towers and ment would bring down their financial propose's Smith's ability to act is the heavy role of diplo

to bave come into existence from the effects of battlements, and however substantial its appeats and dissolve the Assembly. The full political matic mediator seems to have amounted to wif,

the bite of a poisonous spider (whence it derives ance. In New South Wales, at this moment power of Labour should be concentrated its name); the result of which was to cause the 50,000 able-bodied men, resolate in their purposes," upon an effort so to influence members on both for a few minutes later he is found wrenching the obnoxious weed from the persistent smoker

in agony and frenzy. All dancers of the ance. This is a mass too mighty forthe police to Government side, that the Ministry should at venom-stricken patient to turn round and round look to the Trades and Labour Council for guid-sides of the House, but especially upon the and the final scene of this three-act comedy was

tarantella were vulgarly supposed to have been cope with, and even the handful of military bite once introduce, not a complicated measure such performed in capital style at the Police Court

bitten by this spider, and all pursued the same lings which, contrary to all democratic principle, as they have in reserve- bill to re-distribute this morning under the special patronage of Mr.

principle of gyration in common with the dancing the State maintains, would be impetent to seals and introduce woman-suffrage, and other A. G. Wise, Police Magistrate, who wound up the whole affair with the word "discharged."

sank exhausted to the earth. dervishes, namely, to spin round until they control such a multitude. But there are over two complicated trouble and tomfoolery--but a concisa

Exit omnux/

Such wers the abortive and unconscious dred and fifty thousand more adult males to actment to cancel plural voting, to provide for the colony whose inclinations and sympathies registration and voting tickets available wherever THz fifth annual meeting of shareholders in the

attempts which mankind made at the poika. cannot be accurately gauged, and behind the the elector chanced to be at the time af an Punjom Comprar has been advertised to take

When that dance first appeared fully fledged on police and the soldiers stands the portentous election, and to apply it to the existing rolls, sa the scene-it sprang on Europe like Minerva shadow of the armed might of the British Empire | far at least as invalidating non-residential votes place in the Company's office on Saturday the

from the head of Jove, perfect and fully formed the reserve forces of Law and Order-In is concerned. Should the Government not 25th fast, at 3 o'clock fu the afternoon. To bath time and place there are serious objections,

-the tendency of "round dancing” to go on Australia. In short, Labour has nothing but frankly yield to the instances which would be which apparently have not suggested themselves

when once begun, and never stop, was made calamity to expect should it come in o violent brought into operation, then support should be apparent in its history. It was danced in a confict with the authorities. Should strikers trapsferred instantly to Mr. Trail's Bill, which that Mr. AK Travers, honorary secretary to attendance and considerable discussion, and the the Cricket Club, has succeeded in raising and Company's office is notoriously a most unsuitable ance to mend Ordinance No. 15 of 1888, entitled three months had made the tour of Europe. In particular, Capital-le-entitled-to-Invoke the well-supported, of being-made-applicable-to-the- eleven to proceed to Singapore to meet the place for any public mesting The Chamber of The Rating Ordinance, 1888.""

London, Paris, Madrid and Rome every intervention of the Government, and the Govern next general elections play Strata cricketers about Christmastime. The team Commerce room and the St. Androw's Hall are Third reading of the Bill entitled "An | body danced the polka. It is said that in ment would be faithless to its oaths of office were It is essential that the Legislature should be selected is fairly good one all youad, and will both available, and we would suggest that Ordiance to repeal Ordinance Mo, 29 of 1888 these early days of the craze the gr vest it to refrain from sending, the Nordenfeldts to made truly representative of all classes in their doahtless worthily uphold the cricketing repute the use of one of these two rooms be and to amend Ordinance No. 15 of 1886, entitled personsges were seen footing the digy Newcastle --from acting the machinery of numerical proportion, in order that the cause of "don of Hougkong against all comers,

secured. With regard to the time fixed, are The Peace Preservation Ordinance, 1886," dance, even Judges and Bishops got disdain. repression and punishment in mötjon): 1, Labour shall achieve substantial advances. In not the Directors aware that the agth is settling Committee on the Bill entitled "An Ordinance | Ing to test their powers therein, on the It is not, therefore only those hostile to the every modern community, the few ride.on the ABOUT, 450 BIG the lonfans first Introduced | day on the local Stock Exchange, and that, în to amend The Police Fores. Consolidation same principle that they might submit them claims of Labour who appeal to them to proceed shoulders of the many and pick the pockets of the present, system of writing from left to right consequence, large numbers of share-brokers, Ordinance, 188y.”_

selves to the experiment of thought reading" with deliberation and caution, to exercise a these beasts of burden. The plunder thus, Previous to the above date from right to left and others who are registered holders of Popjoms, Committee on the Blil entlited “An Ordinance | now:aydaya, or other similar craze. What was strong self-restraint, and prevailed, although the method called bowstre will be unable to atland to protect their own to provide for and regulate & Pension Fund for the home of the polks?, Where had been its the evils they gain to seek for remedies for gained I used to buy bits and bridler to paz In the 14 of the luckless Common People. The Pladen (chat is, alterately from right to left interests? The date of the meeting should at widows and children of Public Offers of the nurser bele it made that sudden and methods But the counsellors of Labour kre upt Vely weann, which in accumulated by appro and from left to right) was somewhat extensively once be altered, or the public will have, some Colony.***

sensational appearance in a Vienna bail-room to smile with bitter scom when urged to have, priating from the multitude of toilers, week after practiced. The ancient Hebrow and Greek cause for believing that the Directors, or some Committer on he Bill entitled "The Squatters' | sixty years ago 1." "Some would derive it from the recourse to constitutional methods in order to" week!'a proportion of their just does is, when languages waretten from right to left until of them, are afraid to-face the music and are Ordinance, 1890."

peasantry of Bohemia; but surely the name achieve their objects. They retort upon their invested in lauded property, converted into about 450 B.G., when the form of the Greek placing all possible obstacles in the way to Commities on the Bill entitled "An Ordinance | “polka,” which is simply polacca," points to advisers that constitutional methods have been pretended title to votes, which are caus Letters was changed from the unical to the prevent a thorough inquiry before a full house to give further Powers to Companies with respect Poland as the land of origin. Like many other tried and exhausted, and nothing has come of against the parties plundered whenever they canive, and the manner of writing changed from into the very shady history of the Fanjom Mining to the Alteration of their Memorands of Associa: things in the world, its origin la bidden in night them. Attempts to put forward dialectively endeavour by consiliational methods, to fight to jeft so lek to right..

Company Limited,

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Nalure is reluctant to reveal begianlage, The | "Labour' candidates for parliamentary sesishara i plaka inele riders off their sienders, and le

The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, THURsday, October 16, 1890.

TELEGRAMS.

THE CZAREWITCH'S VISIT TO THE

EAST.

LONDON, October 14th, It is rumoured that the Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrevitch's (the Carewitch) Journey to the East has been abandoned, the Empress of Russia dreading such a prolonged separation.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. MISS GRACIE PLAISTED's Company will appear to-night at the Theatre Royal, City Hai, in "The Private Secretary,"

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tervice.

Ar the meeting of the Legislative Council on Monday, 20th October, the Orders of the Day will be

Financial Minutes.

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Report of the Finance Committee. Honourable T. H. Whitehead, pursuant to notice, will move,That the Government be equal to formulate and lay before the Council proposals for defraying the extraordinary paditure on Pablle Works by means of

notice, will ask, "Have the Government Honourable T. H. Whitehead, pursuant to received report from the Honourable E. J. Ackroyd and Mr. Nicolle on the recent defalce tions in the Money Order Office and on the it on the table, together with a statement of the causes which led to them, and if so, will they lay measures which have been taken to prevent such defalcations in future?

First reading of The Supplementary Appro. priation Bill, 1889.

First reading of The Appropriation Bill, 1891 Committee on the Bill entitled "An Ördín- ance to amend Ordinance No. 8 of 1873, entitled

1873" Third reading of the Bill entitled

by divine

OUR sporting readers will be pleased to learn to the Directors. There is certain to be a largo | The Dangerous Goods Ordinance An Ordia Vienna ball-room by way of experiment, and in overleap the existing code of laws in any material is good's far as gocs, and is ausceptible, if

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