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LIMITED,.

DISPENSING CHEMISTS.

WINE AND SPIRIT DEPARTMENT.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1890.

The jongkong felegqay

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1890,

TELEGRAMS...

MESSRS. O'BRIEN AND DILLON.

LONDON, November 3rd.

THE latest sensation fa gelf circles at home is the debut of Golf, a weekly paper edited by Mr. A. J. Robertson, who possesses the double qualif cation of being a keen "hand" and a capable journalist. The decadence of St. Andrews golfing centro" is the title of a lengthy article that will render the publication anything but popular with Fife golfers, we imagine, Golf is well got up and worth the "bob charged for

instead of three or four. I have therefore repealed Ordinances 9 and ax of 1889, and re-enacted in sections what they enacted. With respect to adulteration, I have simply added the word "adulterated" to Section 24 of Ordinance 170f1887. Section 24 of that Ordinance read. "No person shall keep, sell or expose for sale or bring into the colony or into any market any food for man or beast which is in an unwholesome condition or unfit for use." One or two alterations were made subsequently, but the question of adulteration | was left out partly through inattention and partly from the fact that it was thought that the subject of adulteration of food would be dealt with in the Public Health Ordinance then under con sideration Doubt have arisen as to whether are sufficient, and I therefore introduced the word "adulteration "Into the section, which now reads "No person shall sell or expose for sale or bring into the colony or into any market any food for man in a tainted, adulterated, or unwhole- some state, or which is unfit for use, under peralty not exceeding one hundred dollars and the forfeiture of the said food." Section has been freshly added, and is as follows: The words food for man stall include every article used for food or drink by man other than drugs of water."

MELBOURNE, October 7th, The shearers are returning to their work

All the shearers have been ordered back to work.

SYDNEY, October 7th,

• The Secretary of the Strike Committee han written an answer to the Employers' Union, in which he states that the committes are desirous the proposed conference in their hands,

THE Chinese job-tailors, having refused to pay an increase of 15 per cent, on the increment to wages usually granted to their employés from The Irish Societies gava Messry, O'Brien and the tenth to the end of the twelfth moon of every Dillon an immense reception on their arrival in rear, the latter have to-day struck work, and are New York. Mr. O'Brien read an address station/ holding Indignation meetings. The strike fever is the provisions of the Public Health Ordinance such premises at any time between six in the of leaving the data and general arrangements of

spreading eveis amongst Orientals, it would seem; witness the late rumpus in Holhow, when the people shut up shop and carried the day against the mandate of rapacious officials.

that the object of their visit was to raise a national fighting fund in order to frustrate the efforts now being made to crush tenants and prevent them combining

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

OWING to the continued dry weather, prospects for the Sky meeting, definitely fixed for the 20th Inst., are not very promising, the course being The recent Municipal Elections have gone in so very hard that it is dangerous to give potics training gallop on it. Unless we should get 'favour of the Liberals.

rain in the meantime, many of the leading sports think it would be better to postpone the meeting for ten days or a fortnight, and pray for a shower. As it is, it would simply be cruelty" to animals to race ponies on the course in its present condi

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE Russlas corvette Craysser, Capt. Rogestion.. twensky, arrived this sitemson from Vladivostock.

DR. DOBERCK, in his weather report for to-day_ says:-The typhoon contlauca moving westward In the China Sea.

AMONG the engagement for to-morrow will be

at the City Hall, at noon.

Nos. 22 & 24. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. found the Hongkong Jubilee meeting, to be held Gaol a fortnight ago. The jurors were Mesurs,

Hongkong, 20th October, 1890,

WINES AND SPIRITS.

BY APPOINTMENT,

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD.

(ESTABLISHED A‚D. 1841.). HONGKONG.

TE invite attention to the following old W lauded Brande, all of which are of ex- cellent quality and good value for the money.

The same being, specially selected by our London House, and bought direct from the most noted Shippers, are imported in wood and bottled by ourselves, thus enabling us to supply the beat growths at moderate prices.

In ordering it is only necessary to state the name and quantity of Wine or Spirit wanted, and initial letter for quality desired.

Orders through Local Post by Telegram receive prompt attention. PORTS. (For Invalids and general use.)

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Green Cipsule $10 B Vintage, Superior quality,

Red Capi

It will be seen from our advertising columns that Messrs. Russell and Co, have been appolated Agents for the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, one of the most promising societies in the line.

A REGULAR Convocation of St. Andrew's Chapter, No. 218, S.C, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, this evening, at 8 for 8.30 o'clock precisely. Visiting com- panions are cordially invited.

We hear that the Hongkong Bus Company have wired to their Sydney ideads to send up forty carefully selected horses and fine omnibuses, the latter as per approved plans sent down by the last Australian mali,

WE are informed by the Agents (Messrs. Amhold, Karberg & Co.) that the China Shippers' Mutun S. N. Co.'s steamer Oanfa, from London and Liverpool, left Singapore for this port to-day, and may be expected on or about the toth inst

THE captaincy of the C. P. S. Co. vestal Batavia was to-day transferred by Capt. Williamson (who probably takes the Abyssinia) to Mr. Coleman, first officer, anold Conway CAM PT Bot.

boy, and one of the most efficient mariners $1.00 in the East,

1.10 THE German steather Decima which arrived here yesterday from Bangkok reports having 1.25 scen a aniling vessel on her beam ends, di- masted and with apparently no person on board, off the coast of Annam while on her downward 1.50 trip last time,

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Governor of British North Borneo, was not

0.75 received with a salute on arriving here yesterday was that Colonial Governors are not entitled [1.00 to such outside the waters of the territory over

which they have jurisdiction.

1.00 THERE WAï a very antifactory attendance at the performance of "The Daughter of the Regiment" by Miss Plalated's Company last evening, and it was fairly successful. The chief attraction, of course, is on Saturday evening, when Lecocq's opera "Manola "will be produced;

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dos,

CLARETS.

A Superlor Breakfast Claret,

Red Capule

$4

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D La Ros8

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$4.50 5.00 7.50 13,00

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BRANDY.

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Red Capsule wa

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C Very Old Liqueur Cognac,

Red Capsulonijama. 18 D Hennessy's Finest Very Old Liqueur Cognac, 1873 Vin- tage, Rel Caprule

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A Thome's Blend, White Cap-

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D Watson's H K.D Blend of .

the Fincat Scotch Malt Whiska, Violet Capmuls ..... 10 I Watson's Very Old LiqueMY

Scotch Whisky, Gold Capsule 15 IRISH WHISKY.-

A John Jameson's Old, Groen

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A Fins Old Tom, White Caprale.4.50

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THE GAOL "DEADS”.

Mr.Wodehouse held, n searching Coroner's inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of a Chinaman who died in Victorie

Į. Armstrong, D. Wood, and E. P. Sequeira:

Louis Flores, gaul hospital warden, said he made ont the list, handed into Court, respecting the punishments of the deceased. The list was made out from memoranda slips of paper which he kept whenever a prisoner was passed by Dr. Marques as fit for punishment. The prisoners mentioned on the slips of paper were sent to the o'clock every morning and hospital paraded before the doctor. The latter always ticked off" those who were passed da" fit for prescribed punishment, subsequent to which he (the doctor) initialed the list. If on inspection, any were not passed by the doctor, their names would be carefully noted on the same alipsef paper. That was the only record kept of punishments in the gaol. The list of punishments to which the deceased was subjected was as follows:-8th July 3 days rice and water; 11th July 3 days rice and water; 15th July 3 days rica and water and lose supper, 22nd July 2 days rice and water; 26th July, solitary, rice and water; 28th July, to receive 12 strokes of the rattan; 16th August, 3 days rice and water; 20th August, 3 days rice and water; 24th August, 3 days rice and water; 12th September, 3 days rice and water; 18th Sept, 2 days rice and water; 11st Sept., 2 days rice and water; and October 3 days rice and water: 17th October, to lose his supper; 21st October, 3 days rice and water. [His Worship-Some of your memoranda, I observe, are incorrectly entered and do not correspond with the official report sent in by Dr. Marques.] Continuing, witness said he had made mistakes because he was in a hurry. The revised list of punishments was correct, and the man did receive the punishments thereon entered.

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The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded, and the Bill was read a second time.

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THE CHINESE EMIGRATION AMENDMENT BILL

'MELBOURNE, October 8th. Strike matters are unaltered. The ëxecutive of the Employers' Union considered, yesterday, the last letter from the Strike Committee, and decided to refer to the kindred bodies of the other. colonies as to recommending a conference of capital and labour.

SYDNEY, October 8th. Work at the wharves in progressing very rapidly, owing to the fast arrival of the wool. from the country districts. The loading of vessels is also proceeding with the utmost expedition.

LONDON, October 23rd,

Mr. H. J. Roby's majority at Eccles was 205 votes over Mr. Égerton, the Conservative can. didate and uncle of the deceased member. Mr. Roby polled 4,901 and Mr. Egerton 4,696 votes.

vision of the amending Ordinance is Section 3, which says "The Board may from time to time delegate to the Sanitary Superintendent all or willingly though at Narrabri, yesterday, any of the powers confered upon it by sections | hundred of them burnt the effigy of a station 17, 18, 19, 36 and 13. The Board may revoke master, but they shortly afterwards returned to such delegations at pleasure. By these sections work. certain powers were given to the Board which

The Unionists evince considerable anxiety as the Board only can exercise. Now sathe Board to the result of the proposed conference with the meets as a rule only once a fortnight, very great employers. delay may take place, and where a nuisance exials it may take a month or so to remove it. To give this Council an instance. Section 17. says It shall be lawful for the Board, on reasonable presumption of the existence of a nuitance, on any premises, by an order in writing to authorise any sanitary officer to enter morning and six in the evening and to inspect the same." Well, if notice it received of the existence of a nuisance, under this section it would be necessary to assemblé the whole Board. Again section 18 says "On the receipt of any information respecting the existence of a nuisance; the Board shall, if satisfied of the existence of a nuisance, serve notice on the person by whose act, default or sufferance, the nuisance arises or continues, or if such person cannot be found, on the owner or occupier of the premises on which the nuisance arises, requiring 'him to abate the same within a time to be specified in the notice, and to execute such works and do such | things as may be necessary for the purpose." The Acting Attorney-General-I beg to move Well, sir, these are matters which can very well the second reading of a bill to amend the Chinese be left to one of the officers of the Board, and at Emigration Consolidation Ordinance of 1889. the suggestion of the Board it is proposed that The object of this bill is to punish stowaways the Board may delegate these powers and a few and persons aiding or abetting them. As the others to the Sanitary Superintendent. There Council is aware, there is a very heavy penalty is another matter which, though not mentioned In Australla on ships which bring Chinese there

In this proposed Ordinance, I should like to men in excess of a certain number. A very small

tion; it is with regard to overcrowding. That number is allowed by Australien fegislation on the subject, and in a recent case it was found Board, and they have taken very great pains with question has lately engaged the attention of the that certain officers on board a ship had, with it, but they report that they are unable to deal the connivance of a Chinese hong, taken down with it on account of the wording of this Ordin- three or four slowaways or perhaps more. In ance, 24 of 1887. I have still a very lively view of the very heavy polltex there is in Australia recollection of the great fears which this question and the advantages the Chinese find when they of legisation for overcrowding aroused, and to get there, it appears that it does pay alders and allay these fears and stop opposition certain abettors to endeavour to smuggle Chinese into.

words were added to the section which dealt Australian colonies contrary to the provisions of with overcrowding, as follows This section their laws. When the question came to be con- shall apply only to such districts as may from sidered here, it was found that although stow-time to time be designated by an order of the aways might be punished there was no power or Governor in Council". As no such order has law to punish those who, I take it, are the pria- been issued, that section is inoperative and the cipal offenders, those who aid and abet them. question has now to be decided whether it would To meet this defect therefore I propose to intro-

not be better to repeal that latter paragraph duce the provisions of the English Passenger Act of 1885, which punishes any person found altogether and leave the power entirely in the hands of the Sanitary Board instead of having on board a passenger ship with intent to obtain to come to the Governor in Council from time to a passage therein without the consent of the time to get certain districts proclaimed. It may captain, owner or charterer, and every person

be that when we go into committee at the next siding or abetting him. The penalty at first meeting that I shall have to introduce some was £5, and this was afterwards Increased, to

amendment in respect to this section.

The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded. £25, but considering the very heavy penalty in the Australian colonies, amounting, I believe,

Bill read a second time. to 1,000, I thought the English penalty was not sufficient for this colony, and therefore I have made the penalty $500, or in default six months, imprisonment with or without hard labour.

The Acting Colonial Secretary, seconded. Bill read a second time.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH AMENDMENT, BILL.

first

ZANZIBAR, October 14th, The Sultan of Vitu has refused to give up the murderers of the Germans who effected a fand. his forces and making every preparation to fight ing there some short time since, and is collecting

WASHINGTON, October 24th.

The Treasury to-day purchased two hundred thousand ounces of liver at 104.98. The cause of the great fall in silver in America is ascribed to the liquidation of speculative accounts of persons who bought in September, expecting that October purchases by the Treasury would cause recovery to the prices ruling in August. LONDON, October 25th. Ireland.

Mr. Balfour has gone on a tour in the west of

October 26th,

The Royal Victoria and Albert Dock Com- panies have given notice that on the 3rd November they will terminate the exliting agree» ment with the dockers and that they intend to exclude the Union from the position of medium between the docks and dockers, and employ any... body, whether Unionist or not.

Mr. Gladstone, speaking at Dalkeith yesterday, deprecated emigration as a cure for the crofter question. He condemned the idea of the Dis establishment of the Scotch Church, and said he was in favour of uniting the different sections of Presbyterianism.

BERLIN, October 26th.

At the ninetieth birthday of Field Marshal Von Moltke to-day the Emperor William person- ally offered his felicitations to the aged warrior In the presence of the general staff, and at a banquet given at Potsdam he drank his health.

CONSTANTINOPLE, October 26th.

An American had been arrested here for compilelty in the Armenian conspiracies, and imprisoned one night, notwithstanding his passport, The United States Consul has obtained his release, and the United States Minister has demanded satisfaction from the Porte for the outrage:

The Porto in reply expressed regret at the

THE ARMS. AMENDMENT DILL. The Acting Attorney-General-I beg to move the second reading of a bill to amend the Arms Ordinance of 1889. That Ordinance, amended and repealed what I may call the original Arins Ordinance which was introduced on the recam mendation of a committee, composed of Sir George Phillippo, Mr. Bulkeley Johnson and one or two others, about what was commonly known as the blockade of Hongkong, and with respect to the smuggling into China of opium, salt and other articles, and one of the recommen dations of the committee was that the assembling of armed bands on the frontier of China should be prohibited. They considered that, looking at all the facts, it would only be a friendly act on the part of the colony to prevent the assem, bling of such armed bands, and therefore the Arms Ordinance was introduced. It was not desired to make that Ordinance more strin-occurrence. gent than was thought necessary, and there. Enre it was only the carrying of arms that was, prohibited, but experience has shown that that is not sufficient; and in presence of what has taken place from time to time-far offener than it should have taken place it has been found necessary to amend that Ordinance and to give greater powers of search for arms. This bill has therefore been proposed, the object of which is to give power to a Police Magistrate to grant a warrant to any police officer who has reason to suspect that any person has in his possession, custody or control, or concealed in any building orship, arms or ammunition intended to be used in arming bands of three or more Chinese, to enter at any hour of the day or night and rearch each building or ship, not being a ship of war OF having the status of one, and seize the arms found

$50, or in default six weeks' imprisonment against there. Section 3 enacts the penalty of a fine of any person found in possession of such armatie

The Acting Attorney-General-I beg to move the second reading of a Bill to amend the Public Health Ordinance of 1887. This Bill, Sir, has been introduced in order to amend certain sections of the Public Health Ordinance of 1887, which experience gained in the working of that W. Johner, chief warder, said as soon as the measure has proved to be accessary in order to prisoners were passed for malshment they were improve these sections, to make them more taken by a turnkey named Pond to a certain part useful or to render their enforcement more of the gaol known as corrider A. 2. In that part of speedy, I may remind hon, members that the the gaol they were kept for the day, receiving rice old Ordinance of 1887 was the first attempt in and water at. half-past six in the morning and at this colony, to introduce in any systematic shape half-past three in the afternoon. Rice and or form enactments relating to the public health water consisted of 12 ounces of uncooked of the colony; and as I had the honour to be in tice per diem. Nothing was mixed with charge of that measure when it passed the Coun- the rice except a "pinch of salt, which cil, I shall not casily forget the opposition it met WAS thrown over the top of the man's with, the fears which it raised at the time it "chow."

regulation of the gaol passed into law, or the concessions which had that subsequent upon being put upon rice to be made in order to allay the opposition which and water for three days, the maximum, amet us on all sides. It was a tentative measure prisoner must be put on full rations for not less and one beset with difficulties. Now, the people than one day prior to being subjected to reduced of Hongkong, like the people everywhere clac, diet again. The rule relating to that was No. had to be educated on this subject. At a recent 372 of Gaol Regulations, of 31st May 1890. The meeting in Birmingham of the British Medical doctor passed the prisoners between 9 and 10 Association, one of the leading members, speak a.m. therefore they would have had the morning ing of the great progress made in England in meal prior to medical inspection. When soll respect to this question, said that people had to THE German steamer Kish which has been tary confinement was given in addition to rics and be educated in this matter, and that they under charter for sometime past to Messrs, Geo. water, it meant that the prisoner was kept in a now accepted readily and as a matter of R. Stevens & Co., rusting between here and dark cell for the prescribed period. The solitary course, and admitted the necessity and Manila, has been sold recently to a Japanese confinement commenced at 6 am, and the usefulness of measures which when Company for £80.000 by the Captain, W. Krultz- | Inspection by the doctor would be con- suggested they looked upon as arbitrary, feld, on behalf of the owners at home.

vexatious and an invasion of public rights and pubile property, and he added that the English: man's boast that his house was his castle had entirely disappeared "before the visits of the health officer or the intrusion of the nuisance Inspector." Since this Ordinance has been put in force the Government and the public owe a debt of gratitude to the members of the Sanitary Board for the time given in working out this Ordinance, for the interest taken in their work, and for the zeal shown in carrying out their powers; and from the experience which the public has gained, and from the knowledge of the spirit in which these members have exercised their powers, I am perfectly sure the public now would have no reason whatever to oppose any further extension of these powers. In order to show what has been done and what may still be done in the way of sanitary improvement, I would like to quote a statement made at the meeting of the British Medical Association at Birmingham: Dr. Alfred Hill, Medical Officer of Health for and President of the Pablle Medicin Section, sald-"The active revival of sanitary Birmingham a work may be regarded as having taken place in 1873, and a glance at the death rates either of the country generally or of the aggregate of the twenty, largest towns in England or the same towns individually proves that within the last seventeen years there has been a great improve ment in every instance in the public health, as marked by the decline in the death rates. But The Supplementary Appropriation B 1889, notwithstanding the fall of the death rates was read a third time, and the Council adjourned generally most of the large towns have a death till Monday next at 2:30 pm, rate which ought not to satisfy the health officer or the health doctor. Two hundred years ago if person had predicted that the then death rate of London of 80 per 1,000, would have been reduced to 20 per 1,000 the statement would have exelied only ridicule. But it cannot be said that

THE Hon. C. P. Chater's steamship Ardgay (Capt. Cau) has been sold for $150,000 and For Boc transferred to Menirs, Jardins, Matheson & Co. The Ardgay sails to-morrow for Saigon under the well-known flag of her new owners, who may $1.10 be congratulated upon having secured one of the most economical, bendy, and sound cozsters 1.25alling out of Hongkong.

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WI understand that a telegram has been received from H. E. Sir Wm. Des Voeux to the 1.00 effect that he and Lady Des Voeux left Londo's in the Coromandel yesterday, H. E. hopes to arrive here about the sand proximo, and trusts 0.75 that his friends and the people of Hongkong will

be as glad to see H. E. and Lady Des Vœux a they will be to meet the residents.

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"SNIPS" on the war-path agale! The Job tatiors' guild has drawn up a manifesto, to be 0.75 served upon employers within the next law daya, wherein an increase of wages to the tune of 15 per cent is demanded. Falling to come up to ime employés are to desert their work-shops 1.104 Mais, strike The labour and capital question will yet cause difficulties in the Orient, as it has in the Occident.

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THE Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play 1.00 the following programme at the Barrack Square,

this evening, commending at y o'clock -"\

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Quadillio.

"Tepey Turvy",

....Solomon. Willems,

Galop

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Wings of Love.Meydar.

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the Orders of the Day will be -

Financial Minutes.

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Benedictine Maraschino

Hering's Cherry Cordial Curaçon Chartreuse Dr. Siegert's Angostura

Bitters,

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ducted in the call, thereby the solitary confinement would not be broken. The ordinary meal for a prisoner "in" for six months with hard labour was a pound of rice, an ounce of all, 4 oz. of fresh fish and 3 ozs of salt fish three days he deducted from the allowance of rice mad a week, and I ox, of chutney. Two ounces would be made into

conger, a pint of conges to be served at midday, On Saturday and Sunday ordinary site may losers had nothing but of supper" means the deduction ofa full meal from the day's allowance. If a prisoner committed an offence in the after- noon he would be punished at once by with holding his supper from him. But he would not be brought before Major Dempster, the Superinten dant, until the following morning because the "super" did not reside at the Gaol On the 24th October deceased was sentenced by the "apper to 13 strokes ofthe rattan, but was not passed by the doctor as fit for corporal punishment. The following day, the asth of October, he went into fact that on the 2nd of October the deceased was the gaol hospital, being unfit for work. It was a suffering from diarrhoea.

Charles Nielsen, turnkey, sald he had to look after the crank labour and record the work done. week of October, the During the last deceased (No. 399) went on crank labour and was ex full diet. He did 1,500 revelations on the aith of October; but on the arst he was put on punishment diet, rice and water For refusing to work on the 24th of October be was put on short commons." The man absolutely refused to work, and gavO NO TORION for it,

Mr. Armstrong Wasn't he sick when he

refused to work the crank?

Witness--He didn't say so.

LISBON, October 26th.

It is reported here that the British South African Company's Expeditionary Force whil marching to the Coast was attacked by Matábelos, and lost two hundred men.

LONDON, October 27th,

A pastoral letter has been issued by the Irish Bishops declaring that the potato crop has failed to a large extent, and appealing to the Govern deplorable results likely to ansue. The pastoral ment to take steps for the prevention of the letter condemns boycotting and the "Plan of Campaign."

THE POWDER MAGAZINE EXPLOSIONS IN THE NORTH.

Writing from Wahu, to the N. C.Daily New on the 5th inst, the Rer. J. Walley, of the Methodist Episcopal, Mission, says :----

The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded. Hi Excellency-The Attomey-General has mentioned the object of this short bill, I may add that I sincerely hope that the measure will Taipingla, in the Anbul province, has just have the effect, to some extent, of preventing the been the scene of a terrible disaster. A special messenger brought word that the powder smuggling that now goes on from this colony into China Sede forces are offer interently of magazine had been blown up, causing great armed bands forcing themselves into Chinese damage to life and property. Making hasty territory, resulting in the loss of life and serious preparations we hurried to the scene of the wounding, and I do think that it is the duty of disaster. The town was in a terrible conditions this colony to do all it can to prevent such scarcely a single house had escaped injury in results. I think it is to the interest of this some form, many being entirely blown away of colony, as well as to the laterest of China, burnt to the ground, and everywhere scattered that we should have recourse to every means over with fragments of tiles, bricks and rafters. in our power to prevent smuggling into China,The Prefect's yameo was much damaged, while and I think furthermore that it is our duty, the Prefect himself was so seriously hurt that in consequence of the several treaties between he died the next morning. The yamen of the England and Ching to take these steps. District Magistrate, is entirely destroyed, the To prevent smuggling altogether would be very walls having been blown outward allowing the difficult, but when we have brought to our roofs to fall fat down. The Confucian temple, knowledge time and the loss of life that takes scarcely whole tile left on its roof, while mas

the attacks of these armed bands one of the largest buildings in the city, place, it is certainly our duty to consider every of its walls are so,shaken as to require rebuild- means with the object of preventing these ing. Of the magazine itself not a whole brick results, and it may be that the power to search remains ; where it stood is now a hole about for arms given in this Ordinance, in addition to 20 feet deep and 60 or yo feet wide. The ground those already possessed, may in some degree in all directions is scorched and blackened by the flames, and the whole place looks as though, prevent these occurrences.

it had passed through alege. Report says there were 2,000 or 3,000 pleats of powder stored In the magarine, besides a large quantity of shot? and arms. During the explosion shot of various hless, from tolbs, downwards, were scattered In all directions, doing great damage. In the decompound of the Methodist Episcopal Mission, wat geeftat halfa zallo away from the scene of the explosion, HOBART, October 3rd. 'a dozen or more of balls of various sizes were The strike' la vitiually over. Work at the picked up, while the building. Itself was greatly wharf and elsewhere. In proceeding as though damaged. One man was killed by a falling nothing whatever had happened to Interfere shot at "The Pillars" 30 if away. The co-

two pred 3 kad wo? cussion was felt at Wuhu, a distance of over 125. SYDNEY, October 4th miles. No one seems to know the cause of the The wool-scouring werks of Means, Geddes explosion, as all the people at the magazine, as well as some workmen, were all killed ƒ: part of ought to do everything we can to improve had to be closed yesterday, owing to the cariere

one body being found to away. As may be the Ordinance, which, as I have already stated, war tentative measure, and to give having refused to carry any wool for spent or imagined, great distress reigns throughout the members of the Sanitary Board such further non-unionists. In consequence of the closing of town. Many of the lighter cases wern attended powers as they have reported are accessary for the works 150 men havo been thrown out of to at once by Dr. Stuart and Mist Funk, while

At this juncture his Worship adjourned the the limit of improvement is reached or that the Inquiry unil next Wednesday,

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. The following portion of the proceedings at yesterday's Council was cratited from last night's

Committee on the Bli entitled "An Ordinance to amend The Cattle Diseases, Slaughter Houses, and Markets Ordinance, 1887,"

Committee on the Bill entitled "An Ordin- | issue :-* ance to Amend The Chinese, Emigration Con &c.solidation Ordinance, 1889,"

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Committee on the Bill endtled An Ordin- ance to amend the Public Health Ordinance of 1887,"

Committee on the Bill entitled "As Ordinance to amend the Arms Ordinance of 1889,"

Committee on "The Appropriation Bill, 1891." Committee on the Bill entitled "The Squatters' Ordinance, 1890,".

Third reading of the Bill entitled "An Ordin ance to give further Powers to Companies with respect to the Alteradon of their Memoranda of | Association,"

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resources of preventive medicina are exhausted. On the contrary, there is good reason to belleve that almost quita, as much remalas to be with it. done as has already been accomplished." In presence of there statements I think we

the carrying out of their work Sections 40 to 46, which it is proposed should be repealed, deal with matters of drainage, which can easily be provided for and have already been provided for by by-laws. The advantage of relegating these details to by-laws is that experience proves that if any better method can be adopted in the construction or position of drains, these methods can be adopted without coming to the Legisla tive Council before doing so. The next sub section in the new bill deals with another small master of drainage, the words "defective and insantiasy! being substituted for the worde

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employment.

The W. C. Dally News of Saturday last tells of another catastrophe

the more serious ones were sent by boat to the Two unionists were sentenced, yesterday, to | General Hospital at Wuhu, four and two months' imprisonment respectively for cutting a repeattached to a bale of wool and attempting to take a horse out of a cart driven by non-unionists.

THE CATTLE DISEABEJ, SLAUGHTER-HOUSES

AND MARKETS AMENDMENT BILL," Shin The Acting Attorney-General-I beg to dove the second reading of a bill to amend the Cattle Diseases, Slaughter-Houses, and Markets Ondle nance of 1887 The real object of bringing forward this bill is to prevent adulteration of food, and that is dealt within in section. When considered this matter I found the original Ordinance had already been amended by two Ordinances in 1889, namely gand ar, and in view of the reprinting of the Ordinance I thought it well to repeal these two and re-enact them in ikis Ordinanse so as to have one Ordinance | "defective or invanitary," "The prinsipas pro- i juriide in a cows of lawyer, E

About, fornight ago, a fearful gunpowder explosion occurred at Fechow, a town in Anhui, The agent of the Hay Shearers' Union, (Mr. on the border of Honan, and resulted in great Arthur Rae) was fined, on Saturday, 155, or in loss of life and damage to the town, Large default, ordered to be imprisoned for 100 days, portion of it being laid in ashes. On Sunday on 29 distinct charges of inciting shearers to morning at to o'clock, terrific gunpowder break their agreements. Ras paid the fines, and explosion occurred at Taiping, a town on the remarked to the Beach in doing so, that one south bank of the Yangtze several miles might as well sock ice in hell as to hope for back from the river and some twenty