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A NEW YORK paper says that the very swell, SEVERAL French pipers announce that a dis- women of the world use on their beds sheets of tinguished officer of the French Army, Com
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when Kam Hop Hing left ibxt night in jeg to the theatre.
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Chang Shib, the third wife forenamed, depored-On the night of the fire I was in bed, saw anke proceeding from the cock-loft near when I heard noise in the sitting room and
awake the servant and then went down-stairs the shrine. I ran back to the bed-room and and told the other people-lhe fortune-tellers. no "chin-chinning going on that evening. No The shrine is used for Joss-pidgin, but there was candies were lighted, but some jour-sticks were Jossesticks, I do not know when he lit them. barning. The servant bay lit the 1-mp and The servant boy went to the thiettre on the night of the fire. I do not know how the fire occurred. Jass-ticks, which were not lighted, were usually placet close to the lamp, and I suppose ther The must have caught fire. ved one of my
Pore wings question between quite clear there was a question between the men and the captain, whether when they refused we note that Mesms. Henderson, of Partick, work they were reasonably entitled to do are building a 40-ton centre-board yacht, for Mr. so under the circumstances, and it is quite James Bell, of Thistle fame, which it ir clear to me this question was not brought expected, will take first place in point of speed out in the preceedings before the Magis An Emergency Convocation of St. Andrew's If proceeded against Chapter, No. 218, 5.C. will be held in "THE HONGKONG DIRECTORY AND Individually they could have called friends, Freemasons Hall, Zetland Street, this evening, and if proceeded against altogether, care at 8 for 8.30 o'clock precisely. Visiting brethren should have been taken that any evidence are cordially invited. that could be produced for should be. The
third and fourth is reported that the Chief Officer of the B, & S steamer Memnon shot two Chinese members engineers might have been sent for"
of the crew while at anchor, in Sandakan Imprisonment; (3) stoppage of wages; led by the deceased. (4) discharge, Involving loss of passage to England. The first, Imprisonment, was little evidence of the offence alleged. The second was distinctly beyond the power of the Marine Magistrate, who could only the stoppage of very much more, and but stop two days' pay, whereas he ordered for this civil action his illegal order would have been carried out. He had absolutely no power to fine the men on account of sported that the same host wes prevalilog. THE. Hon," Treasurer of the. Allca Memorial to be rather, well pleased.
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seem to me to be so thoroughly unfair," Bat this injustice, which the Judge thought incredible, has been done over and over again; Commander Hastings might say how often, in his next shipping report, unless he is too busy with his espionage business. Mr. JUSTICE CLAKES went on "It would be a dreadful thing if for an act of Insubordination a man who had entered into a contract of this sort should be cast adrift as a vagrant In the streets of Whilst the columns of the Hongheur Trigraph wit alwaHongkong, without having the means of be open for the fair discussion by correspondents of all questions enforcing any further the rights, he is sfecinx public Interests, it must be discibely dated that entitled to under the contract. the Rd ter dose wat in any way hold himself responsiliin for opinions thus expressed,
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RODY.At the Government Civil Hospital, Houghour, April 14th, after a painful Woess, ARTHUR BERNARD RODYK, aged 38.
The Honghong Telegraph.
Hongkong THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1893.
OUR NEWEST MÄGISTRATE,
Mateul Kelahirn, an officer of the Japanese a telegraphic code hook. The most momentous Conustate in Soul, took away among other things results to expected to follow upon the loss of this book.
the past ten years was the 8th of March, when THE hottest day experienced in Melbourne for the bermometer regivered toz deg in the shade and 153 deg in the sun, The Observatory
Along the coast to Albine.
WOODYRAK's Circas left yesterday evening, by the Esmeralda for Aroy, where Valerie will elves parachute exhibition in connection with the show. We trust they will have better luck than ther hat here and do good business when they get to Shanghai.
MR. Eppy, who we wounded by pirates on board the Namen, has been very successfully operated on by Dr. Cantile for the parorge of having hene splinters removed from his arms. and will, we are clad to hear, be able in return to bir ship, the Haiphong, in a day or two, DURING 891 the paper vilne-market quota. tons of shares in Australian Joint Stock Com panies declined to the enormans total of 15 the depreciation In Hongkong, considering the millions sterling. How does that compare with difference in size of the Colonies etc.?
THE N. Y. Maritime Proister says:— The commercial retorney business is thriving, The British West Indies are coming fate the circle. When all the nations came in, and they must in time, then will be a javnue hands all mud. Let invitations go out far more partnere,
at the bands of the ladies, who perceptibly been removed the The pro- County Council was overheard to remark, "Well, her evidence in a straightforward manner and worse then (En matic alls," He forgot for the extraordinary garments. A member of the His Worship remarked that the witness gare if that's all these Japanese wamen wear, its be thought the case did not lack suspirias moment, no doubt, the figure his own womta- folk cut when (dis)-arrayed for the theatre or the
where it is, so who shall quarrel with it ? dance. However, it is the cast-iron belief in themselves which bas pat the Anglo-Saxon race
Hospital boge to acknowledge, with thanks, the following donations to the funds of the Hospital- The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and
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Inspector Manu said it had been deposed that the master of the hours went to the theatre at Teren p.m., but there was a wilde's to prove that he only went about a quarter of an hour before the alarm of fire was given. The place was favored for $3,000, and he had witnesses to prove that when certala parties said to Kump #never mind, our house is inued," he seemed
A litle servant gich was then called and said, inter alio, that she knew not how many years the bed been in the world, and'ns to the, origin of the fire that was a problem which she really. could not solve
Then the No. 3 wife was recalled and said the 10 fortune teller's wife wasa liar. But that old lady, To who was hard by, still fasisted that lots of 10 had been removed in chairs, after which
things :10
Pau Ping Kwan-I am a retired merchant. I know Kam Hap Hing. He owes me $1.000 for rent. He rents eleven houses from me, opposite
Kam Hop Hing, the owner of the five 5 wires, and claimant of $3,500 insurance from 5 Mess Pustau & Co, deposed.-I am a 5 merchant baving shares in several salt and 5 rawn shops I was at the theat o on the 5 night of the fire, with a friend-Kom Tsip Sam, 3 of the Kwong Shan Tal Hong. I went shortly after seven, returning after nine. I heard cries of "dre. My house is opposite the theatre. The bankruptcy proceedings in the case of Mr. The property that was Insured I kept in the third the so e embodiment of the Sydney Deposit concubines had removed any of the property, T. Smith Richardson, the gentleman who was concubine's room, Neliber nor any of the Bank, are, cheerfully remarks the writer of I am not in debt to any one. I have put in my "Plain English" in the Bulletin, interesting read-claim to Meairs Pustan & Co, the Insurance A MICHIGAN man says that he has contrived a ing. Mr. Richardson was crustomed to deposit agents, and they are going to pay it. I do not traedter for musical composers that will greatly worn statements" of the agtets and tabilities owe Pu Ping Kwan say money, results. The copy it makes can he photographed manner of legitimate banks, and these wom fariate operations and recure antisfacinzy of bis institution with the Government after the His Worship directed that a consable busent and a plate reproduced for printing that will be statemen's looked well and gave pleasure to all, Kem Trip Sam turned up later on and said-
with a subrcona to Kom Talp Sam. superior to plates made in the culinary way. and were a great solace to his creditors-simply was at my hang all the sight on which the fire moment, he called in an auditor. and that per- witness. I had not seen him all day. He la because they were "sworn." Then, in a rash occurred, I was not at the theatre with the last son pointed out, among many other things, that mistaken when he says that he called for me at when a propeity was valued in the books at seven o'clock to go with him to the theatre.
10,500, it was, to way the least, a rush proceed- ing to add on a sum of 29,04% for interest. &c. and call the value of the land-which, in all robo, for no visible. season save that Mr. Richardson felt that way. Apparently whenever the “bank" was in a tight the banker" simply added on another five or ten thousand to this unfortunate estate, or to any other citate, or institution could always be made to appear to all of them combined, and by this processikis solvent in the "sworn statement," throgh it
The auditor, in short, declared that the institu- might owe €100,000 and possess no assets save the land tion was ulicily Intoivent, and that the wom Adhering to Me Richardson's boots,
statement" was hopelessly bagus. Then the back a memorable easy as to the dailes of the enraged Richardson got up on his ear, and sent humble auditor. He pointed out that his busi. ness was simply to answer the question "Does the balance in my books show that I owe £74.185 35, 2d, to depositors and £31.111 101. on bills in circulation as an avitage indebted ners for the quarter in session ? and, secondly, are the Basets in my horks as 'ated in the dit heavily on the auditor for pointing out that Government Gazette 1" Also he proceeded to
"I've bad news for you, old man," said the leading actor to the acting manager, who, was meditatively sinning his whisk and sods at the bar Your wife has gone off with the but phater." anhappy man, how the deuce are we to get the "God geolun!" ex-laimed the
next town billed ? "
Or the total shipping tonnage ematen. 1891, 25 per cent. were, according to Register, sailing vessels. It is now over twenty- five years since it was preflried that in a entirely from the ocean; but instead of that, very short time sailing skins would disappear
increasing scale, they are again being utilised on a large and ever
· A GERMAN trader gold a man a liquid for the extermination of beetles and fless.
how do you us And how do you use it ?" inquired the man,
bis month" answered the pedlar.
Ketch terpeetle, and drop von. Ittle drop in
Why, I could kill it in half the time by tamping on it."
"Vell.” calmly remarked the German, “fat ish a goot vay, too, to kill him."
one in Hollywood Road. In January this year I cancelled the lease on his giving ma a pre- missory note for $1,coo. He is now paying his rent regalstly,
Te-day the inquiry was continued,
going into the Ko Shing theatre shortly befora A Chinese detective said he saw the claimant the alum of fire.
took an inventory. He vained, the man's pro
Inspector Mann said he inspected the houss
perty at from three to four hun 'red dollars as Just after the fire and ngrin on the 13th when he
the outside The shrine was totally des royed. wives' boxes were in the rooms when he inspected by fire. The framework of the familure and the place, so he could not mistake about the value of the property. The fire probably origi nated in the cock-loft.
Ip Sam, fortune-teller, was called to corro borate his wife's evidence. Ho heard, bot ld not see, the claimant's wives removing their property in the month of Mich. While the are charged him with committing arson,
vas raging witness scolded the claimant and these things, that balance was ut erly bogus and to the question=" though the balance in, the books showed all Pressed by the magistrate for a decisive reply did he way anything when you sham, and he stated that the auditor had exceed charged bim with selling fire to his houset" ed bis functions, and that the correspondence witness said:"Yes, ke did dany setting fire te between them had better coase. The wild it and added 'don't any such things" Many surprise of the Sydney Deposit, Bank man, that people came to the houve clamouring for money an auditor abould venture to tell him his books from claimant, so he could not be wealtby, were unreliable, and his balance-shert a decep How a poor man could keep as many wives tion, and his insitution an utter tals, another he didn't know, Winets had never seen, with there things, but simply certifies to the accounts removed from the house in question. proof that the average auditor, doesn't mention his own eyes, the property of the calmant being a
His Worship-1 adjourn the Inquiry ant order that the evidence of the agent of the insure ance company may be forthcoming prior to giving my declalon..
MADEIRA, HOCK AND CHAMPAGNES. | Mx. JUSTICE FIILDING CLARxXx has done found a coolle with some loose mer these (llegal fraude ? Ok I dete no 1 for the acute through a telescope in, dead silence, and go Tharáday next, the arst instant, at 11 am in
Had the Torrington been in's condition to proceed on her voyage and gone away, it seems to me that if the captain had obtained the discharge of these men behind their backs in this way the result would be most unjust and most disastrous. These men would have found themselves an emerging from prison deprived of all their rights under the contract, and except such small balances of their wages as are admitted to be due to them by the captain In their absence, the men would have been cast upon the streets of Hongkong without appear to me to respect the rights of the the means of subsistence. That does not men under their contract. The powers of punishment and discharge must be very closely looked to, by Consuls, marine magistrates, and anyone else who may have to deal with these things. The discharge In this case is quite without any meaning, any effective meaning at all,in my opinion." This surely goes to show that such a man, well-meaning and energetic beyond question, is yet, utterly unft even to act as Marine Magistrate, much less as Police Magistrate, The first day he sat WHAT are vaguely described as "Consultations on the bench in the police court, he sent action in this particular sense mezní man to prison for seven days for theft
a lottery on the Melbourne Cup and other which was not proved. A watchman Autralia forwhom 7 the disper who support Important races-must be a rattling good game
good service to the Government and the chandise-cloves, or something of that persons who #eun" the business, Adams whe public in putting our newest amateur sort-and accused him of theft, halls from Tattersalla." Sefner, and who has magistrate through his paces in the course mere suspicion. The coolle said it was been for years the leading "Consolalom pro- of the Torrington's lawsult with the crew. lying about on the floor, spilled from the mater. has just started in to build hotel that His Lordship made several very important godown, weighing machine, just as the
will cast him 100.000, comments on the proceedings in the HK. and K. Godown coolles said in & $1.20 Marine Magistrate's Court, for which recent case; then, Mr. Wie held that no Commander Hastings, R. N. wastheit was proved; now, Mr. Hastings 1.40 responsible. As to the finding, his | overrules that decision,.
Lordship sald:-"1 should certainly say The only thing open for Mr. Harinas 1-75 the evidence does not warrant a conviction is to ask to be released from his false
nospecific act of disobedience was proved. position. Surely, no man with a con-hile two or three others are reported to be 2.50 Again, MR. HASTINGs said that after the science-Mr. Haras is probably the hit the bar left the calm was we badly order of discharge was made, "the master most conscientious man in the Service of several merchants and other people who had
that has colony,We know secretary, would attend at the Mercantile Marine-surely no human being, with a to leave the Colony lately; but gentleman-? a75 office, render the men's account, and leave human heart, could wish to continue
their pay for them, when they came ont of in a position which has already been HARMETON'S Circus was very well attended tast gaol" His Lordship exclaimed at the shown to cause hardship and injustice night, the varians Items being equally success. 0.75"Doesn't that strike you as very unfair? to the most helpless of victims. For every fol, while the Wild West exhibitimu of Arigous The master pays, in their absence, and case that comes to light there are probably by Mr. Harmston and the splendid black horse Charlle and the "ctress drama". Dick Terpin. goes away and they have no chance ten that are never known, and he who Bangalore, were as well exerated as ever. To- to say anything,"
A little further, would wilfully go on in this course is no night and to-morrow: there will be a further 题 statement made by Mr. Hastings || man,
change of programme, the commany's renas. toire being not yet fully explored by far. For Saturday afternoon a children's matinés la ar ranged, when for the special benefit of the young folks Dick Turpin's aide to York" will be reproduced, with a sultable programme for the little folk.
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Mr. Goschen stated that since 1887 nearly £14,000,000 had been expended in Naval defences.
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Owing to the Easter Holidays there will be no issue of the Hongkong Telegraph on Good Friday and Easter Monday.
MODERN
Prow letters to hand by the Hongkong mall the Hyage News understands that "elgantie efforts were made recently by some persons to * Comer' Messri, Chater and Mody, Instead of which they were compered themselves, and in or less fearoken of amounting to £50,000.
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TAN AWFUL RETRACTATION, At the zinual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce on Friday (8th) Mr. Edwin Mackintosh speaking of the election of himself as Chairman and of Mr. J. J. Keswick na vice-chaliman, Cald After ny departure, I am praid to think that you have elected a gentleman who, I firmly believe, is more ex able to illu position then compliment to Mr. Keswick, to be ranked an myself. This was great even more capable: than the Great Toska peculiarly great compliment, following to closely on Mr. Mackintosh'e dierum on the Share Bill “thin figlilation did not emanate from any real desire to carbs gambling, but was actually the lowing past therefor the ful result of a combination of one powerful clique REMAgainst another, bota deeply interested in bare "The Company shall not be disisired except trafficking, to corner the ether. I don't want to
by a Resolution in General Meeting passed by a majority of at least three-fourths of the shareholders present.?
An extraordinary general meeting of share older in this Company was held to-day. Mi present. Melaka presided and there were also present Messrs. J. H. Cox, A. R. Cajio, A. Pi Barres, accreta Comer, C. A Rosario, and
The Chairman, after the notice of meeting had been read, said Gentlemen, I beg to propose that the resolation passed at the last meeting of the Company be confirmed, namely
"That Article No, 86 of the Articles of Asso- ciation of the Company ba struck out and that there be substituted;
was carried. We add
Mr, J..B. Gomes seconded the motion, which
touch sores; those who suffer know their own bitterness and any attempt on my part to expose them to the public gaze would be most uncon
shead etc. We pointed out this apparent Lapse Governor, then fa cffice, had not looked farther genfal 1 only
deeply regret the Interregaum The Chairman Gentleman, I would now of memory, resulting in a distinct self-contradic prop: so that the Company be dissolve bit long and Mr. Mackintosh evidently must have it is necessary for that purpose to have another had a little intelligence drummed into him by Tax soul of a rajah, who had been leased extraordinary general meeting This solo some kind Christian friend, for he seems to hare from the cares of this world and an uncongenial tion having been carried; we will give notice of realised the discrepancy in his remarks. Th wife, presented himself at the gates of Paradise. an extraordinary meeting sa sodnyas the Articles is the only Interpretation which can be put on Have you been In Purgatory yet? demanded of Association allow My own idea is that the Daily Prass paragraph to-day-evidently Enter then it is the game shine. At this sively as possible, reserving enough to enable wrong turn to Mr. Mackintosh's closing Brahma.. "No I have min a newspaper."
the Company should be wound up as inapen Inspired The reporters, we understand, gare moment another soul anired, who begged me retain our hold on the ground. That remakes at the meeting of the Chamber of Com Brahms to allow him alan to enter. "Softly, however, will be discussed at the next meeting merce on Friday What Mr. Macintosh wald softly have you been in Porgstory
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is being interpreted, an apology for sternly "Paradise is not made for imbccilon.".
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wowa iment as 'that anybody could be mate capable Yesterday afternoon Mr. Wodehouse opened he even equally capable Me Mackintosh has kha than Tosh, or that Mr. Keswick in particular could an faquiry into the circumstances connected with thought necessary to contradict this statement sifan....................teamer, from Foochow &c. Hop Hing's lodgingein No. 104 Queen's Road, Tames ubojskedraw), or rather repudiates Lt. fire which occurred on the isih instant at Kam having spoken so eulogistically of the Hon.
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