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„Intimations.

VICTORIA DI PENSARY,

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1892.

A DEAD Chinaman was found lying at Xabson | IT is reported in Japanese papers that the Pala, Nell. Road, Singapore, on the morning of Nippon Yesco Kalaha has decided to raise s the 4th inst. His neck was tied by a cord and loan of yen 2,200,000, his month and nose were filled with cotton send.

10. That gentleman was interviewed by a Hongkong Telegraph reporter on the toth® inst, and expressed himself as being somewhat disgusted with what he called the blundering and meddlesome references »Saquan" gave a very successful entertain- made to his Bank by certain local ment at Yokohama the other day on behalf of newspapers, meaning the Daily Press and | = charitable Iratitation known as the King's the Hongkong Telegraph. Our morning | Daughters' Circle, restaing,' after paying all Contemporary predicted on the 3rd Inst. expenses, the handsome sum of $174.

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A FREE fight betweds a disen drunk Japanese paval heroes and Scottish bobbies, took place opposite the Club yesterday evening. The Scots won-score, $1 each or seven dayı,

COD LIVER ON. JELLY. This is a 'sweet and exceedingly palatable Jelly erally ver vined and digested by the most d-lice stemach, Children, speedily grow fond of it and ask for more, and although it contains fa per cent. of a parent Cod Liver Oil, all that the. Bank would close its doors that l'A RUMOUR has lately been current in Ceylon housing Co, at Wada Point has been granted to Geny taste and flour is entirely covered.

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In glass Jars at 75 Cente COD LIVER OIL EMULSION.

A fornt in which the ell may be taken without difficulty by delicate patients and chlidren.

Per bottle, $1,00... CD L'VER OIL EMULSION WITH

HYPOPH SPHITES (Lime and Soda), - A combination of great value in wanting diseases, especially of the Chess and Respiratory

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Per baltio, $1.00. Per dezen, $10,00

BALSAM 4F ANISEED AND LIQUORICE For he relief of all catarrhal complaints, such Coughs, Colds, Horiness and Sereness of

the Chest, &c.

'n holes, 50 Cents and $1,00. BALSAMIC COUGH LOZENGES. A never failing remedy for Coughs.

In bottles, co Cente

SIR R. MARTIN'S MIXTURE. The retardy for Influ nas. Cold in the Read Hay Fever, warth, Pepared from a prescrip- tlos of Sir R. Martin. 50 Cents and $1.00.

DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co, Lux Hongkong, 4th October, 1892,

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A, S. WATSON & CO., LD.

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7E bave received ex §. 5. ROSETTA WE our first shipment for this Season of VEGETA-

BLE AND FLOWER SEEDS, and are now prepared to execute orders promptly.

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CATALOGUES containing numbers and names of Seeds with HINTS FOR GARDEN-

"ING and other ̈areful information, will-be-sent-

post free to any address on application

Orders from one person–$5.00.20.$10,00,125_per_

cent, discount allowed.

over $10.00, an extra 5 per cent, discount allowed.

CLAY'S FERTILIZER.

̄A_High~Class~ FERTILIZER for POT PLANTS and for use in the Garden generally.

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day, and for that statement the Daily Press is, of course, solely responsible. All that we sald-after mentioning that Chartered Mercantile notes had been boycotted by the Chinese money-changers, the shroffs of the leading foreign and Chinese hongs, the hotels, stores, etc.➡ was this:"So far as we can ascertain, the Chartered Mercantile Bank is perfectly solvent, although there are grounds for believing that it may be found advisable shortly to wind up the business of the local branch" And Mr. Tussey, In his pompous. omniscience, is of opinion that the possibility of closing & that does not pay, without affecting the stability of the Bank as a whole, is absurd, We are exceedingly sorry for Mr. Taus BURN, as we gave him credit for possessing a trifle more sense; but It is no severe disappointment that our estimate of him was a mistaken one. The Agra Bank and the National Bank had both branches in Hongkong at one time; they did not pay and accordingly were closed, and without affecting the stability of the parent tree. And dozens of other similar cases could easily be cited. Where the absurdity of our reference comes in we should really like to know. Perhaps Mr. TURBURY will oblige!

There is never smoke without fire. Notwithstanding the local Manager's somewhat peculiar reticence, the Chinese quickly found out that a screw was loose somewhere, and then there was-a-rush-on- the Bank and a wholesale.exchange of notes, and withdrawal of deposits. And the end was near, Within a few months the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China will be a thing of the past and, at least as far as Hongkong is concerned, it will not be greatly missed,

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TELEGRAMS,

THE NEW OB-G-

LONDON, October 1o.

The liquidator of the New Oriental Bank will pay a dividend of four shilings in January next.

CHOLERA IN-FRANCE....... Cholers has appeared at Marsellles,

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that the Royal Warwickshire Regiment will Leave that laland for England about March next year, and will be uncceeded by the Northampton- shire Regiment at present la the Straits Settle meats,

Tx Hyogo News regrets to learn that some of Government Railways are to be dismissco at the the foreigners connected with the Japanese end of six months, Ia Kobe, says our contem porary, Mr. Pilts will be discharged, leaving only two foreigners remaining, . In the Singapore Admiralty Court on Oct, 3rd, Acting Chief Justice Wood, in a claim for awarded Mr. T. C. Davies, a pilot, the salvage, sum of $1,500 and costs against the owner of the small steamship Teck Seng Guan "on the score of his having sendered prompt, intelligent and critical service to a vessel in Imminent danger of loss."

Bank of Japan still continuing the purchase of

JAPANESE nalive' paper says that owing to the silver buition, the Bra gedowns of the Imperial Mint are now filled with the metal, and another down is to be bulk shortly. Some 16,000 000 ren worth of silver bullion is now stored there. and it will take three years' ceaseless Wack to make them into coins.

A CHARTER fre permission to construct oil tanks es the compound of the Kobe Kerosene Ware the Company by the Japanese Government, and the tanks, it is swid, will be built shortly.

ANOTHER TAIKOO ENTERPRISE.

$130,000 GONE WRONG

the course of an article descriptive of the pro- In April last we bad'occasion to mention, In

fine large reservoir, which was then all but gress of the Talkoo Colony, at Quarry Bay, completed. We spoke in terms of the highest praise as to the enterprise and ability displayed pra by Messrs. Butterfield and Swire in this work It now appears that we were too previous Our very dear friends have apain made a hash of ambition, which o'ericaps itsell, and breaks its through what Shakspere called "vaulting bally neck," or words to that effect. This reservolt is an even worse speculation than the Odriya, for though old Iron has a high markel

10,000. able value, old mud has none; but it cost

US with

First it is necessary to go into details, which we are coabled to give fully and comely.

opplled though Messrs. Butterfield and Swho have not our Information. The dam is, in sound figures, 500 feet long, 83 feet high with to feet bead of water; 55 feet broad at the base, and six feet broad at the top, The dam is built of concrete entirely, without mascary trenwerk, or anything except concrete. face, inside and ent, composed of six parts There is a 3-feet wall of cement-concrete on each (cubical) crushed tone, three parts sand, and one part Green Island cesnent. Between these two facing walls the body of the dam was filled in with me concrete six parts stone, three red carib, and one lime, of some A Fama-cheap-Chinese-sorThe-Teservoir-is-nearly-

triangular in shops, extending back into the bils about 1000 feet. The hillsides, which were

By kind permission of Lieat-Col H. Ravenbill and Officers, the Bard of the 1st Shropshire Light Infantry will play the following program at the Peak, between Craigieburn and the Mount to-morrow, commencing at 4 pm, 2--- Math.............." Hermiglieri"...... Barbary.

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'Eckow of Mont Bleac”........Julien,

as morning at a little after ten, a heavy fall of debris, bricks, plaster and beams took place at 185, 187, 179 and 191, Queen's Road East, in charge of Mosers, Linstead and Davis. The building was under process of being deme shed, the roof very luckily being already off; se it was, some bo tons of stuff fell into the road way, blocking it up and carrying down the electric wires, breaking a post and doing minor damages. Fortunately there beleg no person near at the time there was no ambulance needed.

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carried away, doors and windows store in etc. Festially big scas swept the decks, from stern to bows, threatening to engulf the vessel, which was loaded down with a full cars, and rode deep. The chief officer was knocked about badly in trying to lash some loose gear, and had his ankle sprained. The second officer was also picked up by the seas" | and had bĩa head smashed ; the Chipene firemen refused daty, from fear, and the engineers had to tara to stoking. The third was laced in doing this. The ship was bore to on the markourd tack. for about six hours, during which the lyphoon seemed to be at lis worst.. The lowest barome», vic rekding was 29.70. It is believed that the Baifong passed through the north-east part of the typhoon,

The Choysane (Jardine, Matheson & Co.) from Shargbal, also reports tremendously have seas, and bad weather, the barometer, reaching 2965 on Monday evening. She has not, how ever, suffered much damage.

The Protor (Wieler & Co.) from Meli, met the west part of the typhoon in the northern end of the Formons Channel, and was badly knocked about from "Sanday afterapon until Monday vening. She was repeatedly pooped by motion tainous BeRs, and of which swept the starboard wrecking bath. Two other boats were lost, and Hiebost on top of the engine room dilight.

The Para Nang, from Kebe on the 6th, was expected here yesterday, but has not yet been signalled.

damage was done to deck fitoga.

The City of Peking, from Yokohama on the 6th, is now about 35 hours overdue.

The Bakkars, from Shanghat, is 26 hours overdue, and has not been signalled. No wire or other message has been received, though if she had put into Amoy or Swatow she would of course have at once telegraphed here. The cucket team which went from Hongkong to Shanghal was to return by Bokhara The mail for Europe, which was to have closed to-morrow morning, will not close until after

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CORRESPONDENCE.

[We de not secessually endorse the opiolons exprwned by Carrerpandents in this column.)

THE GREEN ISLAND CEMENT WORKS.

To ran Boston ar rar “Hongkowo TuzmanAPÍL,"

fog came down. After a while the fog lifted and we found ourselves, by our reckoning, about 45 miles the Island and a three-masted Russian craber steaming towards us. We found later on" (and it was, wouched for by a Ruslan naval miles off the land. The man-of-war in questión, officer subsequently) that we were then only 23

the Pífics, Captain Zv:lni, came 'within range. of us and fired a' shot across our bows, to wo have to, when she came close up, and sent an officer with 15 armed men on board our vessel. They went down below and Inspected our cargo. That was at 10jo am. After inspecting the vessel they took the ship's papers and made the Captain and three British seamen go off with them in their beat to the cruiser, and told the Cap- tain that his ship was conf-cared. Upon arrival alongside the Vition Captain Hughes was taken to the Rassian Commander who cold him he was a treaparser, fd Ruslan waters and that his ship was confiicated and the whole crew, including Dimself, might consider themselves prisoners, The Rassians then manned the Carmelids with a prias crew and put all our men on board the craiser. They would not allow us to take our effects, but made us leave our ship with articles besides what we stood In and sald we should see our ship in Fetrepauleviky. Our best effects were therefore left behind. Before j

colours. He didn't trample the British de We left

our vessel a Russian officer hauled down the British ensign, aft, and boisted the kuitian under foot, as they did on board the drith but allowed one of our men to wr-p- le round his waist and take it, with him on board the cruiser : Wo were taken to the port exiled P-tropolovsky, 3co miles distant, and while ex vayage were well treated by the Kussiens, and well fed... Upon arrival at Petropaulovsky Russian gendarmes put u

up

one end

IN AN EVIL-SHILLING SHIDA But allowed us to go out under guard for a few hours daily. The steach in the shed was horrible. ng to a large urinal being

fit. We were allowed 15 copeds (sbon: 7 cents) a day to victual ourselves, which was shème'ul, for it was enough only to tuy coarse black bread wlib. Some of the Resian townspropis took pity on us and gave us a glass or two ef vośka, At night we could not sleep owing to the intense cold and want of bedding and blankets. After five days of suffering we were again shipped on the cooler and taken to Saghalien, and thence to the Robbin Island rookeries, after which we put into Alexsodils (+ part in Saghaller } for coal. There we saw a gend de lnf.

THE DRUTAL TREATMENT OF RUSSIAN CONVICES.

It was a horrible night. The ship was lying. at anchor about three miles off the shore and the coal was brought off in barges manned by Rosslan convicts who also had to put it in our bankers. We were appalled to find that, ahbough the weather was very cold, the convicts were only partially cind in fact, indecently clad- and were fed like swiner having buckets of bran math to unbait upon while at work. They were alean, scraggy, half-starved lot of men, who carcely had strength enrugh to lift the so pounds bags of coal. Such anrry sight did they present that the Russlan officers even took

on them and gave them some bread and

e form the other two sides of the triangular SIR-As one, considerably interested in the reservoir, were faced with Whampoa mud, Green Island Cement Co. I have been very much Tammed bard. In the middle of the diam was a

pleased to observe that other shareholders havė | small hillock, shout fifty feet high and eighty or come forward mod explained' their views so hundred feet broad at the bise, Tials was not clearly regarding the general management of cut away to allow of the dam being built solid, but the Company. But in erteising the General was trimmed into shape a little and faced like the Managers, I think a ward of warning ought also real, While the excavations were perceeding, to be given to the Directors, and I thall be the soil was carried from the interior of the obliged if, through the medium of your columns, reservoir out to the sea shore through two you will indicate to these gentlemen that tannels in the base of the dam, one on at the next general meeting of shareholdert, each side of the hillock, and was used to if not sooner, they will be taxed and brought to In the Supreme Court to-day two appeal cases reclaim a tract of somewhat unhealthy tide-book for the apathy they have displayed since were commenced; the first against a judgment of swamp, which is now planted with trees, form their appointment. They were appointed, I am the Actinge Palsue Judge, wherein the Statute of vast improvement, When the work Informed, by the General Managers ( 1 am Limitations had been held inoperative owing to

toside the reservoir was finished, the turtels wrong in stating this, let them contradict me), A verbal promise to pay the debt,

wore filled madr.. · more.

UP: not with blind ages, and in consequence of this, it is said that they than six

nor brick-work, but with concrete just like the are afraid to make any complaints or offer any years the other case arose out of a lesse of Crows | Mal land, In which

were put on, gullies down the sides, three a dispute arose as to whether the

from the top, were laid to carry if the overfeet News has been received of desperate äghtier | rent was a fixed sum or was at so much per foof, to the sea, and the reservōlt was complete.

the lease having misstated the ares, Netther having taken place between the French and the case was finished, ser was an ancient Chinese Dabomeyat.

will walt, commenced before the Chief Justice.” CAPTAIN Samuel Ashton, who left to-day for

"send off" sccraded him by the Marine, Association of which he has been prealent for the past two years being taken off to the Gere in a launch gaily decorated with bunting, the Association's dag being displayed at the

the popular President on board, the party of dipped as the launch gradually A GERMAN manufacturer Ja. Yokohama tawanded thore winds, the defies reported to have applied to the Japanese asign belog dipped in acknowledgment as the Government for a license to establish works for little steamer passed autern of the gigantic Pacific the manufacture of soap in that port,

"after the debt was incumed and whole dam. Then finishing touches of plaster suggestiens; so taxt it would seem that the meat and a glass of vodka-for which they

FRANCE AND DAHOMEY.

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

THE Mikado and the Empress of Japan at countribution of 1,000 yen, in stok-ked by the recent typhoon in Shirooka-ken,

Complete failure! As soon as the water

flow

once

to a height of ga seei U). was found that the wall amongst them after theney left to diabin has had a spare shirt or pair' el pants gAYO

accepted these responsible appointments not to evinced the deepest gratitude, one of them even

Tuxory be assist or advise in the general management, but crying when be reflected on the merely to act as figure-heads and draw a salary f'lived in when a student at Odes. Some of us -If there should be any

Managua have them to these Russian convicts to help to protect paid paid themselves.

them

from the bring Siberian blasts that cut Your correspondent "H. W. F.® is

Fright

Inte one's bones. "The 'coal all on board, in what bo says about, tho. Secretary

wa weighed anchor, steamed round to Imperator after the interests of the Petroleum Storage Co. taken to Virdivostock and banded over spending at Kowloon, and it will be interesting to note to the

authorliles, who shoved us into when the Green Island Cement Co's accounts a big bira"Where a large number of sick are ready for presentstion to the shareholders Chinese were lying in rows on the for. The next year, how much in the way of remuneration first night fire Chinese died and the n'x' sight * dezes ; we became alarmed and fequired the Fethaps it would be as well to allow Meurs Canac. You can guces our amazement when

England'vid San Francico, and a very hearty first antil gradually the microscopic crevices are | corice the gleater portion of his time looking and after dropping in" at ̃St ̃Olga Bay Here!

was not water-sight. Almost all new, dama "weat" more or less; water poses through at

filled up by Imperceptible ПРАГ and the whole becomes as tight as a soda water bottle. But it was not so in the cate-of-the Taikoo Water works. Jostead of the leakage decreasing, it increased, until, to some mirds at any rate, there was serious danger of the whole structure being

Works would go.

pressure of abe

It supplies nataisl nourishment to the soll, WE are still compelled to give Acting Consul. I bow, for the first time in this port. After gentive carried away—and with it of course the whole has been given this hard-worked person,NAL,

and assists the process of assimilation, thereby alding the plants to atial to their fall size, vigour and beauty.

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Sold in tins conisiolag relbs, each...$1.50.

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General Watters and the Transli Pass embrage a rest, owing to wiress of other matter.

The

friends gave their late Chief thres ringing cbeers Sugboat 15lbs to the square loch, we beileve..] Ambold, K›rbetg & Co. to compicts the year's were told—"It's cholera They're dying like

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material bebind it, and wandered at its own

the Company was re-organised, before taking "weet will through the lime-concrete, which had further steps or writing more on the subject, never had time to harden. In fact, we are Informed that it has been found necessary to cat

the correspondence which has already appeared In your columns will show the General Managers small holes through the outer cement-concrete that their stewardship is being closely observed,

SC., will be held in Freemasons' Häll, Zetland Jardine, Matheson & Co. by Major Bros. 1., tf /wall, at the base, to let out the water which and may in other directions havo's beneficia! for it. Finally' wa 'wɛto - sent on board the

A REGULAR meeting of St. John's Lodge, No. 618, 21lbs.

Street, this evening, at 8.30 for q o'clock precisely. Special quotations for large quantities. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.

-RANSOME'S. NEW PARIS

LAWN MOWERS.

Aizoa cách,

It is reported that the Japanese Communications Department has decided upon the construction of a specially constructed telegraph steamer for cable-laying purposes. The estimated cost is about $400,000, and this amount will be included in the estimates for the Department's expenditure

next year.

THE " Vanishing Act" in Kobe. It is rumoured, A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. the Rising Sun, that a well-known Kobe resident who lately left that port bound to

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY,

Established A.D, 1841, Hongkong, 14th September, 1891.

Nagaraki on, besineia connected with hit firm has disappeared. We understand financial dim. culties may have bad something to do with his (apllent departure.

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will find no difficulty in dealing with the deben In conclusion, I trust the General Managers ture holders when interest on their debentures becomes due.

D..S.

this alive After that we slept outside as well as we could. The Russians allowed as to walk about the streets and to lodge where we pleased, baf as a bad no money. and i they wanidn't give as any, those that found other lodgings wern Indebted to › the kindness of some of the residents

in At Wasan and Fasan, in Corca, srrived at Japanese steamer Tokio Mars and after calling Nagasaki on the 4th October, where we remained on board until the Acting Brilah Consul, Mr. Chalmers, came off and ordered us sahore to Johnston's saloon, The-Maritz who, were....... prisoners, at Vladivostock and whose ship was confiscated, were sent down with us, and were put up at Milis' saloon. We were all examined atliko British Consolate the next day and had to sign some papers. The whole of our crew were Canadians except the 'Eye' who are now bere, the Japanese and 2 American The Consul at Nagasaki la of more or less harmies hubbub throughout the salatan Mr. Chalmers, acted in the maiter. named Quinn, and as he was absent the world by seizing American and British scaling Mr. Chalmers wouldn't have anything to vessels wholesale to the Behring Sem in one do with the Americans because they were fostance they were said to have used undue not English subjects, and the American Con violence in capturing a helpirasvictim, and even | sul ubjected to take them because they were

and was threatening to burst through and wreck was settling in among the lime concrete effect. the whole structure. Other holes were made, higher up, right through the dam, to draw off some weight of water; and at various places where boles bare been made for the purpose of examining the interior of the wall, it is found that the lime-concrete can be bauled out by bandfuls, loose, and about as fit to retain water sa so much common sand. Further, the billock is believed to have caused more leakage than anything else, the thin coating of conerein having given way through lack of solid backing, and the water then forcing its way through the soil and opinio the interior of the dam

The cause is not far to seck. In the first

Your's faithfully,

Hongkong, 11th October, 1892, inter

THE BEHRING SEA SEALING DIFFICULTY.

INTERVIEW WITH CAPTURED SAILORS."

Of late the Russians bava created a good deal

REFERRING to the suit instituted against M«nim Stanghal, In connection with the Imurls Mints Ld, the China Mail solemnly serves that all the circumstances, seems unusual," What Such an action against the Agenia, in two does our contemporary mean by the phrase in view of all the circumstances"? We venture to think that the simple minded Editor doesn't know what he means, for AA matter of fact it is simply in, view of all the alleged shady circumstances that Maler Bros, Id., ato auing the late Agents of the Imoris Mines And the China kaif pain. graphist thinks-ye gods! he actually fat that any question as to responsibility of agents for publishing or not publishing Information may unfely be left to the decision of the properly place, the design was not made by an architect constituted authorities. Our long-eared "Browple" acems to have forgotten that questions or civil engineer, who would have known that THE sanitary board will meet on Thursday, volring actions at Law are always left to the wall of that size, if built of concrete, ought to be d salon of the properly canstituted authorities allowed at least seven years to set, instead of Returns for the weeks ended tka ust and sĩ la the Supreme Court, and that they couldn't be between October, 189, and April, 1893). The added wanton Imenit to unjustíúabla injury, by, KAVANA AVING UNDER À TORKIGN FLAG"...

- seven-months, (for-the-whole work- was done Left to anybody elsa, The China Mail'i para- Hen W. D. Tillson, U. S. Consul-General, erinale with the public sewers. 3. Colonial ay was ridently meant tasty bit of sarvils who, A. Cooper, Disector of Public Werkt, trampling under feet the British chalght of the and wire, as far as he knew, "sex / boja

Coadying to House,' but the writer Gro. FCKLIy of Hongkong, to Miss NELLIE C. › Veterinary Surgeon's report for the quarter endes | did his work so badly that he only holds our reported to have seen the work man did, ls / deck of a British schooger. Reports of 'the' | "Finally be took charge of them, though, and

If ever

wille in progress

action of the Russians wera pabilskede few asid he'd make the British Government pay the contemporary up to well-deserved ridicule. one day, and to bave expressed the opinion that days ago in the Vancouver papers from expenses. The Consul refered to send un fark

it was being dose too quickly. The process

Information suppiled by the released asptales with the rest of the crew to Victoris, where we was hurried)

the cement-concrete walls were put up, of several sealers who got back to their could have got the pay due to us hat instered between boards from day to day, and each day port of departure minus their vessels. But on sending us down herz. He said he did it

• planks were taken down from-the previous we are to-day in a position to farish day's work and the lime-car crete, throws, in our readers with a most Thus each day's work was only exposed for one obtained from five members of testing narrative day. The foreman soperlatending the work British, schooner Carme of the frequently expressed his opinion that the design selked and confise ted by the Governor of was not safe; but he simply had to fillow Petropavloviky, in East Siberls, These men tell Instructions, and could not help it. All be an novamished and more or less thrilling tale could do was to see that the design was carried of their experiences, which reveals most repres dealitate,

MARRIAGE.

At Yokohama, September 22nd, 189a, before

-October-13th,-at-4 p.m.-Agendast.-Mortality.

October, 1892. 2. Two applications to connect

DERRICK of San Francisco, No cards.

The Honghong Telegraph.

the joth September, 1892.

It appears that we were at least premature la indicating last night that the pending suit between the Bank of Chins, Japan and the Straits and the Hon. E. R. Belilios and others, had been amicably settled. We understand that, so far, no arrangement has been arrived at, and HONGKONG WEDNESDAY, OCTOWER 12, 1893, that the matters in dispute will be duly fought

in the Supreme Court,

BANK

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THE CHARTERED MERCANTILE | THx departure of the English mall by Bokkera having been postponed till daylight on Friday, the 14th inat, the following hours will be ACCORDING to the half-yearly report of the observed in closing the malls- p.m. money Directors of the Chartered Mercantlocarent and circulars ceases, 4p.m.registrations oider office closes, 2p.m. posting of prices Bank of India, London and China, issued ceases. 4:30 pm: posting of newspapers, books in London on October 1st, this old and patterns ceases. 5, p.m. posting of letters established and once popular Institution | ceases. Late correspondence "of all kinds, with bar

run Its course. The Directors, 10 cents extra postage on each article, máy ba recognising a loss of about 30 per cent. posted on board til time of departure,

of the Bank's capital of £750.000, chiefly "NUMERous inquiries have been sent to this office through the great depreciation of silver during the current year asking why the bongs recommend voluntary liquidation, and their of Memoms, Butterfield and Swire and Messen, judicious recommendation will doubtless Amhold, Karberg and Co, were not included in be carried into effect. A suggestion the latest issue of "The Hongkong Directory to reconstruct the Bank is scarcely and Hong List for the Far East. In order to likely in these trying times to meet with prevent any misunderstanding we think it advisable to state that the reason for the omission much consideration,

was a very simple one-thebosses "of the tựo The recommendation of the Directors to firms in questlou refused to faralsh the ascessary liquidate was wired out to the Manager of information, in let they did more than that, they the Chartered Mercantile Bank at Singa returned our circulars unopened. Nobody bat

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pore, and that gentleman at once code of the lowest, type would have press. And in doing, so he acted wisely extensively circulates pink Pablle interest, that

municated the important news to the locasupply to a work of great

to such mesaness as to

the Far East

and did no more than his duty. Was this and elsewhere, the information that was respect. same telegram wired at the same time to fully applied for but as the Scotch overh Mr. Thurburn, the manager of the Bank forcibly, if somer sat irsieganily, esĮRENSES I in Hongkong? If so, and we have ye can get nothing fras anpily can but wink." every reason to belleve it was, why. The bosses, referred to above were My, Edwin did not Mr. TRUKBURN advise the Mackintosh and Mr. Larers Poesieckerties of the most contemptible tinkers that Hdogicon f focal newspapers of the fact for the benefit has ever known, Copper Jack, Toshta per of local deposkors and the community at lackey, is fairly entitled to third place, with the Jarga? He certainly ought to have done D'Hooligan' MacDriscoll class wy

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My name is M I'm an ass I've a check of triple brass, Of the very toughest class, And I dearly love to gas.

Among the nientes...

I haven't any sense--- I never had.

I've many a foolish fad,

But they all go to the bad,

And it makes the public mad---

It's immense.

I always keep so pool,"

"when I'm wrong.

And I've kept it up no long That it's now an ancient song, To the tune of an empty gong

I'm a spoj.

At question time, you bat,

I am there.

Ask me how of when, oz where . Something happened-I don't sara, There is one thing I can swear-----

"I forget."

I forget my very name, now and then

And I'don't remember when "Things hava soms within my keen Binety-nine times out of tan

Just the same,

Thle appears a little mixed

Never mind.

That is easier, I find,

Than the intellect to bind Down to facts of any kind.

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It is down my slender tårnet

often rammed, bu And with strong expletive jammad Frakt I'm full mi pubbish crammed, Láku a certálu double-blank”, HAZA

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because we were dot Canadians or natives of Nova Scotia. Each of us hi hem co due. snow, but we are, owing to the action of that British Consul, destitute, The: Captain of the Carmelile exve us one account of weges, bai the Shipping Master here says it is of no use, and if it is no uso we are heavy losers and, as we 137,

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out properly according to the designer's ideas, hensible conduct on the part of the Russian Did your Captain, sign any such as they were; to ensure that the material officials concerned, and of the Acting British beard the Russian cruiset Aarhus

Able

certifying that we were well treated on

Where is your veusel. Padmanabloklarga Wa don't know Never saw her in Peten- paulovsky A German steamer, the-Kisl, reported to we in Vladivostock that he had con her there after we left untrue!

was good and was used to the best advantage | Consul at Nigus:kl, to whom the men were log-ilar. That was allQADRI WA WAN as pes instructions. He did so, and cannot be warded by order of the Governor-General of board... blamed for the damage caused by such a forliss East Siberis. Our Informants, who are design. The designer, perhaps, can hardly seamen, arrived here on Monday in a destfinte be blamed either, for though he made such a condition and are now slaying at the Sailors mess of the business, it served B. and S, right Home, To & Telegraph reporter, who inter for not getting a properly qualified man.

viewed them, they It

aid We are members would almost seem as 16, "now that "Tosh" has

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Crew of the British.

e you glad to be here Pr departed, incle is going against the "Scavengers sealing schooner Carmilie. She is a restel of No. We consider it a great grievance to be 100 tons register and carried a crew of 13 men, deported here, away from our shipmates and The Captain's name was Hughes and | away from the owners of the ship, who would the male was bis brothers the second male was certainly bave helped us named John Bullivan. They are all natives of Nova Scotia. The other members, of the crew

of the East."

THE LATE TYPHOON,

THREE STEAMERS ÖVERDUZ,

الله

were you fed on board the Japaness were Thomas Balcon, The Wilson. W. Hart On rice

Captain mate::ha W. Horat

Darcey, Steers WA The typhoon lately reported from Manila Merrel, C. Payne, I. Dedd, and jis Nobelic (able stipulated in the contract-th the Russians that Spurr couldn't give us anything more becase it was serms to have stuck up northward through the seamen), G. Wells, W. Peter Hagarty, G. rice was to be cur food. But on the Verena wa Formosa channel and caught quite a number of Colborne, C. Bomas and Ralph Smith (bonier), were well treated in every way. sta-mers.

prokopiake a Japanese soumen and John Harty, 'cable boyy, Kin ong (Battesfield at The Kaifong

become of the Afaria's crew and the What has and Swire) siived We salled from Victoris (British Columbia)con test of the Carmelita's crew 11. to-day from Chinktang and reports having on the tit February of this year and consted along

They

ablyped Be with you from Vladivostock P

into heavy weather between Turnabout and the Bridgh Coast until April hen ws was up to wowy were to be sent to Victoria by one of the Ocksen on Saturday night last. A steamer, Sitka, la Alaska. From there we sled to Were there any other prisoners sent down apparently P. & 0, and probably the Verona, Foguet Island, a whers - paised about 9 o'clock. From that point the sin skin: We left Fogars on the weather grow wome, wind increasing from and by the 5th of July were in alchs of and ordered was caused and got away. 20th June Yea, three men of the Annie C. Morda Dorthea and mountaigulis, seas breaken miles of Copper Island, at time our larail but the men in her bost zer captured

aff over the kamers,

worse. One big sea ca Sunda, -487

away the port life best, of steel, and also sicyo fo the starboard ilfeboat beyond repair, The Chinese saloon (on the poop) was wrecked, the chart room on the bridge cleaned out, and great damage was dess to the, dock detinga, steam pipon being

How was it the Russians came to seize your

waleh held to Paring of the Une the Roses For Con steamer Ketik that pleasa

d'It ↑ the Captals therefore determined to go ashore on Copper, Island to take sight correct his chronometers and adjust the com Accordingly on the 28th August we wain the all sail-lar Copper Talánd" and thought, 300 miles of 186 land, wh

Well, the Russian Admiral at Vladivostock {anid, wa ware" inỳ) Kussian waderdy for M where