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Entimations.

GINGER ALE.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1892.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Mr. G. M. BAIN, alias "Brownle," who poses as Editor of the China Mail, Mr. W. DANDY, the well-known architect, Mr. GRANVILLE SHARP, notorious professional philanthropist and champion sund jobber, Mr. HARRY WICKING, ex-shopman of LANE, CRAWFORD & Co., and something in the Australian business, Mr. J. H. Cox, an old and deservedly respected resident who is assistant In the time-honored firm of TURNER & Co., Mr. H. M. MIHTA, a Parsee gentleman

THE German frigate Leipzig, Capt. Horning, unived here from Amby this morning. A REGULAR meeting of the Diligentia Lodge of Instruction will be hell in. Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, on Thursday, 'tae toth instant, at 3 for 5,36 p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.

THE Canadian Faclic Railway Co's Royal mill steamer Empress of India, Captain O. P. Marshall, R.N.R, from Vancouver, arrived at Nagasaki at 6.30 x.m. yesterday, and left again at 4 p.m. for this port, via Shanghai.

FROM the telegram, which we publish in another column, giving the result of the later port boat did not row." race, it would seem that the Yokohias crew

LORD Hawke's team has left. England for Colombo and will probably play three matches la Ceylon, the Colombo C, C., The Colts, and Radella or Kandy, on November 11th to 23rd, thence going to Calculta,

We have always made good GINGER ALE, and we are now making the best. At various exhibitions and competitions in London and chewhere, GINGER ALE made by the formula we now use b..a won 32 Prize MEDALS | with a tendency towarda cacoethes scribends | KENTUCKY was described at the Chicago Con- Fushun .............

and CERTIFICATES of MERIT.

The Analyst's,report 1—

* It is of unexceptionally good quality," "Particularly pleasant to the taste." "Decidedly toale and sustaining,"

The ideal temperance beverage.

DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co., LD.

Victoria Dispensary,-

Queen's Road Central,

Hongkong, 17th October, 1892,

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TO-DAY'S SHIPPING RETURNS,

Inward.

Devawongs.......................steamer, from Wabu.

vention as the state" Where the maidens are Holstein.. the fairest and sweetest, where the matrons are Leiste the most wholesome and womanly, and where Xanda the whisky is so choice that temperance is a virtue."

WE have to thank the North China Herald office for a copy of "The Anti-Foreign Riots in China, a very interesting and handsomely bound volume that should be in the lands of residents in the Far East who are interested in Chiceno affales,

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Singapore (Niobe) Bombay (Bormida)

4th instant. 6th

Canadian (E. of India) English (Ganges) American (Peru).

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(bark) ,, Sydney, Aggregating 4.799 tops, register.

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Thales.................. Chingping....

Holbow. "Chefoo.

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now the? Valabing Act has been per formed quite ekialde the hyman category altogether. We do not refer to the myster tous disappearance of the Tam Tiger, which the Police could not find. Not The Intast parfarmer of the justly celebrated "Hongkong Hook" is a steamibip

balit a steamer to the order of a Chinese firm The Wing Tak hong, of Hungham, lately for the Tonkin river trade. According to our Information, her tonnage is 150 gross the hull (wood) was put together at the Wing Take yard, British Kowloon, and was towed over to Wanchal Bay, and taken in hand by the Kwong Hip Loong firm, who put in engines of as h.-P., compound surface-condensers, and fitted her for sea.

Rumours were afloat in seafaring circles all day yesterday that captain and mate were required for some steamer to be taken to Tonkin or Saigon, but nobody knew what steamer it wán, nor anything about her. There seemed to be some mystery about her, in fact, so about 3 pm, a Telegraph reporter wear eat on the war-path, to find what was which, at any price. After tossing about for some weeks on the bearing barum of the raging main (Le. Yau-ma-ti bay and sich) be at last struck Wanchai, and unravelled the mystery.

Affairs during the absence of M.-de Glers on account of illness, declares that Russia is willing to grant concessions to Great Britain fo. Central Asia if Lord Rosebery, the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affair, le conciliatory; other. wise, it says, the Russian Government will oppone Mr. Gladstone's policy in the Baikara, in Egypt, and in Asia, a

The Vosrische Zaftung, a leading Berlin journal, declares that Gouany has no hankering aker Uganda.

The Pant Temps expremtes, doubt as to whether England really intends to evacuate Uganda,

It is reported that after the British East Africa Company evacuates Uganda, the British Confesioner will comain in the territory.

October 4th. East Africa Company's expedition in Ugande, Captain Lugard, leader of the Imperial British has arrived la London. He belleves it possible to hold Uganda at small cost.

The offer made by Lord Resebery, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of a subsidy of 1,000 to the Baltish East Africa Co. to secure Its pale evacuation of Uganda has been accepted' by the company.

Particulars are to hand of the extraordinary and terrible sufferings of French crew, who were castaways in open beat in the Persian during the whole of the time had nothing to GulfThey drifted about for fortnight, and

eat or drink. Four of the men died from pure and starvation. The others continued sa dilit, and the boat eventually ran ashore on rescued by the Bedeniss,

Hotel being renewed because women AT 1 o'clock this morning = Chinese detective Most men have a crate of some sort, more or Chinaman, who has, it is said, no other quali- ; the coast of Arabla, where the survivors, were

dropped on board the Canton liner Hankowo as soon as she entered the waters of the colony and arrested a couple of firemen who were conducting a game of patkas on the lower deck. Mr. Hastings "stuck" them for $15 apiece this morning.

Mr. A.. SHILTON HOOPER, a clerk in the "Hongkong Land Investment Co. and a representative specimen of the Hongkong, In 1860 competed and won against FOUR of special jurer, Mr. G. T. VEITCH, a clerk in the most famed Belfast makers,

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., whose position andabilly are equally an unknown quantity, the Hon. E. R. BELILIOS, and Mr. ROBERT LYALI, the Secretary of the Hongkong Hotel Company.Outside the Government officials, this was certainly a lively crowd to decide the very important question of public house licences, and the majority of "In every respect most satisfactory-them-especially-WICKING and HOOFER-MAILS

acted up to their qualifications. WICKING ARTHUR HILL HASSAL, M.D. made statements which he dared not allow to be reported; but all the Colony knows what he sald. He objected to the licence of the Criterion

went there, and with

characteristic inconsistency supported an application by a foreigner for what the police very plainly designated as-well, a sort of place where this most worthy Justice of S. WATSON & CO., LD: the Peace would doubtless be quite. In his Tux Hongkong Hotel flag was conspicuously element. We have been at the Criterion displayed to-day-doubtless to commemorate several times and always found it ae very important fact that Mt. Thomas, thoroughly well conducted establishment,

of Peak Hotel celebrity, had obtained a which afforded a certain class of the licence for a new Grill Room in Queen's Road community meals at a rate far beneath Central Live and let live; there's room enough the ordinary hotel charges; and therefore in the world for us all, if we were only wise UR SECOND Bad LAST SHIPMENT we consider it a place whose general enough to know it. O

for this Season of VEGETABLE and usefulness is its justification. WICKING FLOWER SEEDS having arrived we strongly objected to the licence being renewed because somebody had told him that the advice customers in order to prevent disappointmanager of the Criterion had been a bad ment) to book their orders at once for all Seeds hat in Calcutta or Bombay or some- required for late sowing.

where; and WICKING, as is not unusual, wrote himself down an ass. The somebody -there is no necessity to mention names-be highly pleased. denies the soft impeachment and consigns WICKING to a latitude where the heat is much greater than, say, 200 in the shade -and we have no doubt that this irrepres- sible busybody will find it convenient to take a back seat for some time to come. This work is alike interesting to the student if he doesn't, we shall really consider the propriety and advisability of publishing a of botany and practical Gardener, and comprises love poem, in prose, by Mr. WickING, the a large number of Plants which for the conve-moral of which is altogether at variance-homourists, ntence of reference are arranged in separate groups and are headed with their ordinary and botanical names. The cultivation of FLOWERS, VEGETABLES, FRUIT TREES, &c., is practically dealt with and PRUNING GRAFTING and MANURING throughly explained,

This Shipment contains many NEW KINDS

highly recommended for this climate.

FERMINGERS

MANUAL OF GARDENING

FOR THE TROPICS,

Price $8.50.

CLAY'S FERTILIZER.

with his objections to the Criterion Hotel. Why the Hongkong Hotel Co. should have undertaken the impossible task of opposing Mr. THOMAS's application for an adjunct licence for a grill-room in Queen's Road Central we cannot understand. The granting of a licence for what promises to prove a public convenience was a foregone conclusion, and Mr. HASTINGS' ridiculous objections and assumptions, especially his references to the Bay View Hotel, were not only childish, but, from a man who professes to know something about law, in extremely bad taste.

It would serve no useful end to detail the further doings of A High Class FERTILIZER for POT Unwashed," which are all duly chronicled "the Great

PLANTS-and-for-use-in-the-Garden-generally in their nakedness in the press; but it is

it supplies natural nourishment to the soll, and assists the proces of artimflation, thereby aiding the plants to attain to their full size, vigour and beauty,

Sold in tins containing 10lbs each...$1.50.

to be hoped that the Government will lose no time in abolishing what has become a piece of public buffoonery; and will appoint a Licensing Committee composed of the two Magistrates, the Capt. Superintendent of Police and two unofficial members of the Legislative Council. The present system is a disgraceful fraud. Mr. Wickwa.objects to the Criterion and supports the Galle Special quotations for large quantities. Face," Mr. HASTINGS, Solicitor, opposes Mr. THOMAS's grill-room and advocates Mr. ADOLF STERN's "pub" for foreign sallors. What next? WICKING and HASTINGS (Solicitor) are fit subjects to be tarred with the same brush. As for the other members of this most amusing body, we prefer for the present to preserve a discreet, allence, The Annual Sessions

RANSOME'S NEW PARIS

LAWN MOWERS.

$17.00.each.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. have been adjourned.

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY,

ESTABLISHED ́A.D. 1841.'

-Hongkong, 15th October,- 1891.-

The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONOKONG, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1893.

THE GREAT" UNWASHED

ONE of the greatest anomalies in this most anomalous colony is that hybrid Institution known as the Bench of Justices by a singular misuse of the English language known as Justices of the Peace. We are not aware what qualification is considered a sine que non In Hongkong

for

TELEGRAMS.

1.

"THE INCREASE TO THE GERMAN ARMY.

LONDON, October 25th. The Bill for the increase to the German army comprises blennial service for the infantry. The measure is said to be necessary in consequence of the additions now being made to the arms

ments of France and Russia.

October 26th,

The German Press of all shades of opinion, except the ultra-Conservative, oppose the New Army Bill,

GREAT FIRE AT MILWAUKE”, U.S. November sad, A grest fire has taken place at Milwaukee lng damage to the extent of ten milles dollars,

· MR. GLADSTONE'S HEALTH. Acting under medical advice Mr. Gladstone

was not present at the Guildhall banquet.

· THE INTERPORT BOAT RACE, (By Telegram)

YOKOHAMA, November 4th.

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Kobe Hongkong.............................................? Yokohama *** The Kobe crew won easily by a length and a The following is the result of the Interport Double Sculls :-- PAIR GARS

Kobe

a Justice of the Peace, but we do know that in the latest published list of these worthles, there are a goodly crowd who, if they had their deserts, would now be serving a lengthy torm of penal servitude in Victoris Gaol. Were we to give names it would only hurt the feelings of a number of miserable objects already practically crushed out of half. reputable existence, and so we prefer, on this occasion, to place mercy before justice. But we intend to have our any regarding Hongkong's "Great Unwashed" ́all the dame, and respectfully invite the attention of Governor Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, the members of the Legislative Council, and the Hongkong community generally to a state of affairs which is, in plain English, a disgrace to the colony,

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Yokohama me Hongkong.no wḥera,

LOCAL AND GENERAL. THE last outward mail steamer, the Waist, brought to Singapore Sir Elliot Bovill, the new Chief A meeting of the "Justices" was held Justice of the Straits.

area yesterday to consider applications for WOODYEAR'S Royal, Austalian Circus Troupe public house. licences for the ensuing year arrived in Singapore on the 26th ult. from There were present-in addition to Mr. Swatow by the Pakshan. H. E. WODEHOUSE, police magistrate, THE Douglas Co's steamer That's lett hem Major-General Gospox, captain-superin- this morning for Taiwantes y Amoy, carrying tendent of police, and Commander HASTINGS, Mr. A. Milroy, late of the steamship Hattan, R.N., assistant harbour master,-Captain chief officer, vier Mr J. Douglas who is trans- G. C. ANDERSON, marine superintendent for lined to the Haffiong,

THE Tamakichi Company of Japanese acrobats, dancers, and Jugglers have been exceedingly successful during their stay at West Point, drawing large and profitable crowds of Chinese every night, and a geod. number of Europeans. For the special benefit of the latter, the company will show to-night and le-morrow in the City Hall. We can guaranice that all who go will

Major-General GoRDON is always fanny, he cannot help it, the few of wit is quite natural and spontaneous; but we doubt if he ever said anything brighter than his reference yesterday at the Licensing Meeting to the clerks and other gentlemen who wern to patronise Thomas' Gill Ruon" "Clerks and other gentlemen is an expression which sends the gallant Major- General to the top of the class of modern

THE Brat i stance of a Member of Parliament beiak unseated for corrupt practices occured in the reign of Elizabeth in 1571. One Thomas Long, who was relu ned for Werbar, Wilir, paid 4 to the mayer and a burress of the town named Waits for the seat. The House unseated should be returned to him. Mr. Waiter Long, the member, and issued an order that his money who held a small office under the late Ministry, „was his direct descendant,

THE Band of the 1st Shropshire Light Insasty will play the following programmeen the Cricket Ground tomorrow, commencing at 3:30 p.m. —

Cavalilah.

Overture......""Le Duc D'Olonne.....Ather Valsamicom. "Sultana”. Medley.......Scotch........... Valid........."A Starry Night”.............Mira, Binckstock, Selection."Im Favoriza“............okalaniketti. March To the Front

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Polkalomu.." Farfadoi” Fahrbach.

A CORRESPONDENT writes:-"Who was the anmitigated as that showed such profound ignorance of local milliary effaits as to refer in your feste of the and last, to an individual who does not exist, and to incidents that exist in his own vivid imagination only There at 20 years) a Barrack Sergiant Major fe dees not exist, and never did exist (within the Hongkong, and moreover no non-commissioned officers left this station by the French mall on the date mentioned. Ons warrant officer and to non-commissioned Officers, (who are officers ow) left tots Station on the 3rd inst, on came piction of their terms of Foreign Service, by the bearing the rank your military or other laform P.&O. Co.'s steamer Hombay, but none of them ant refers to, nor do their innata resemble in the slightest degree the one mentioned,"

THUS the Parls correspondent of the London Hawk The inhabitants of the Philippice Islands have never been very remarkable for calmness of temper, and M. Iana (suggestive name) sdems to have some Malay blood la, his veins, having been born in the northermort part of the Islands, chiefly populated by that race, I reed not relate how this savage artist became aware of his wife's infidelity, how he challenged ber lover, who refused him satisface tion on the ground of innocence, and then bow on the arrival on the scene of a certain M. Regider, .a Spanish advocate hailing from Billiter Street. In the Chy of London, for the purpose, say the relatives, of reconciling the young couple, who were on the worst of terms, he conceived that s plot, was being.formed against him, and (p.a. frenty of rare and jealousy gavo vent to his instincts of barbarby, cruelly wound.ng his wifo- and killing her mother. All Paris is wondering what the result of the trial will be, but I have Intle doubt that the dramatic clicamatances of the case and the injured honour (if proved) of this brut ave ger will have so much weight with one of our morbid juries that he will be acquitted, or only lightly punished, especially as even his wife's brother claims clemency for him,

mittee of inquiry Into the affairs of the It is expected in financial circles that the com- Mercantile Bank of Australia will recam. mend the reduction of the liquidators' fees that Messrs. Ducker and Ainslie do not require by ajo-each-The-committee-is confi-lent-

care of the bank. the assistance of Mr. Simpson in dealing with

Aggregating 4,940 tons, register.

The manager of the Kwong Ho Loong itales MR. Wong Tai Hi has, we believe, had a very that the steamer is called the Hairan; she la Barrow escape in the Supreme Court. He is the 72 feet long, 13 feet 6 in. broad, and about 150 litlg'ous monomaniac whose delusion hai bean tons gross. She has passenger accommodation the mainstay and almost.sole support of a large | for about 60 Chinese. She left Wanchai Bay section of the legal world for a long time back. at dask yesterday evening, in charge of a less strongly developed of the most profication than some French ticket, which, however, divinities, some imagine they can fly, some authorities. The vessel was bound for Haiphong nounced type, some think they are king or accms to have satisfied the Hongkong Harbour believe they have the secret of eternal and had no Enropeas on haard, lite, and to on: Wong Tiol, Hl was That is the point which has roused the persuaded he could get satisfaction out of law indignation of some worthy soula in local years of complex questions in the Hongkong consulting them. There is usually a small yers and their practices. After weeks, months, shipping circles that the Hainan went without

papers with wearisome rubbish (especially the and almost always there are a few old "walts" Courts, after filling the columns of the newi-murplus of serfaring talent over the requirements.

morning papers) after tiring out the Judges and 'on hand on

the look-out for litile soft making several lawyers fortunes, he has at last things of this kind. They had, we bellere, been regained his reason and choked them off for doing a small gambled the respective ever. Only just in time-be has had a wonder- chances of getting this job, and now they are fully narrow escape: He still has ten cents left. | all left-In the soup, THE Northern Territory (Port Darwly) Times of October arat bas the following:-A report is current that a slaughter of Mainys has taken place at a certain spot in Malay Bay, the exact LATEST NEWS FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRE. working classes could attain an equality with the aluat n of which we cannot find out. "From the light information which the police are at present in possession of, we gather that n trading proa, manned exclusively by arrived off the coast recently, and by a mys

not" reckoned upon dragged ashore at a point some miles further round than Mr. E. 0. Robinson's station. The Malays abandoned their bost, and asked some blacks who appeared on the scene to guide them to Mr. Robinson's place. This the darkles agreed to do, and they all set out for the station. But on the way the Malays, were set upon, and according to the story now in circulation, the whole lat were killed; after which the blacks returned to the best, and after looting-ita con the whole of this horrible tragedy is said to be a tents smashed it up. The ringleader throughout well-known blackfellow named Wandy Wardy, who has already, served a life sentence for murder committed in the Port Essington district.. Mr. E. O, Robinson, unaccompanied by any police officer, is at present buating up mote occurrence of which there is unfortunately very defnite particulars of the massacre, about the Hittle room for doubt.

THE WEST POINT SHOOTING AFFRAY.

Private Payne, of the Shropshire Light In- fantry, who was shot and severely wounded by a dranken American sailer in the West Point district on Wednesday evening, is progressing favourably, the bullets having-been-successfully extracted from his arms and legs.

MORE ABOUT THE OCTOBER ·

-TYPHOONS.

The American barque Xento, Captain L. D. Smith, which arrived here yesterday afternoon misfortune to run into a typhoon when crossing from Sydney (N.S.W.), sixty days out, had the the Calai Sea and was more or less a sufferer, as will be seen by the following extracts from the report of her voyage: Left Sydney, N.S.W., on the 3rd September. On October 25th encountered a typhoor, in lat. 14 40 north and long. 133 28 east, losing libboom and head gear, with

rauning very high and from all directions, and carried away fore topmast stays. Seas flooding the vessel's deck fore and aft, The Pale was accompanied with terrific qualis and heavy downpour of rain. On the during the typhoon worked from north 22.30 27th it moderated for a few hour. The wind west round to west, south 45 west, and south 2230 east, then it hauled into the north-east, moderating for a few hours. It then came on to blow a heavy gale, with a tremendous sea which lasted until the fat instant. Lowest barometer reading during typheen, 29.40. Thermometer 88. On the 31st October passed through the Balintang Channel and had fresh breeze and pleasant weather to Hongkong. Arrived here on the grd at 1 pm, all well,

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THE VANISHING ACT.

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A STEAMSHIP BOLTING FROM THOSE WHO

WANTED IT,

THE TYTAM TIGER.

SPONDENT AT THE SEAT OF WAR.

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(By Telegram.)

Long-way-off,

A Congress of rallway employees in at present being held. At to-day's sitting a proposal in carried, a motion favoring the eight hours system favor of 10 hours as the standard day's work waI being rejected by a very large majortly. The President of the Congress delivered an address, dartog which he expressed himself in faveur of payment of members of Parliament. It was, he ild, the only hole of success by which the capitalists. He also asserted that the railway companies in Great Britain were callously unjust In their treatment of the employees.

October stb. Upwards of half a million sterling has been

near Stanley, 4th November, 1892. re-depostied in the Bhkbeck Book. We have tilumphed i

The late Duke of Sutherland left the Duchess of Sutherland the whole of his unentalled estate,

(Boy, get some soda—and cold tex) We have done the deed 1 Alone we did it, amounting la value to nearly a million sterling. It of us!

́Details by first mall.

THE GOAT.

(By Mail) As I remarked before, in my cable message, did it, we did it, and wa didn't think it taug etc. (See Shakspore's unoublished works.)

Not that we led the tiger. Ob, to 1 Üldn't mean that. Don't misu derstand me, please We did it," which means that we complated our campaign without getting ourselves shote That is what we did, and don't you forget it.

As to the Tiger, he never dared to come near us. In (ac), as we investigated all over the place where he wasn't, we are in a position to state on path that he was not there. The litle girl certainly appeared to be bitten, but appear Ances are often misleading; and as wo, the whole avaliable force of the police, never found bim, it is certain be does not exist, and nayer día.

- Friction bas arken between the Sultan of Morocco and Count d'Aubigny, the French Minister at Tangler, who was reparted to bave been well received on his arrival in Fer, the capital.

The Caillan Government proposes to establish geld currency in CHILD

Thiery in the recer t military long-distance has been adjudged to Austria by Lieutenant von ride, between Berlin and Vienna, arð více versa, Mickloss first covering the distance. The prize for horses proved to have suffered least in the herges,------- competition was awarded to the Hungarian

The Democratic candidate has been elected Governor of the State of Florida (U.S.A.) Secretary of State for the Colonies, has loformed It is reported that the Marquis of Ripon, the Anti-Slavery Society's deputation, which walted upon him to protest against the kanaka labour immigration in Queensland, that, in his pinion, the safeguards provided by the Queens land Government are sufficient to prevent

the police would get to him-Ed, H, Kaboses.

(Might have had time to die of old age before Telegraph

Speaking of the tendency of Immigrants to One night a stray mongrel was sighted, Canada to proceed to the United States shortly salffing round. our camp. He refused to have anything to do with us; however, and went away Smith, of the University of Toronto, said that after their arrival in the Demision, Dr, Goldwin When we had recovered from our scale, we might Canada could not much longer endure the con havo shot him when he was not looking;

tinual flow of population to the United States. but as it happened, we all missed, for he He condemned the policy of the Dominion was much smaller than an elephant, So we agreed to say that it was not the right anima: Government in regard to this matter. Anyhow it would look so silly to march bome

·It is reported that the United States Govern. with nothing but a work What we want la ament has paid fro 000 for a cealing site at Pago Tiger, and if there is not one to be had, we will go barbor, Tataila, do without!

Thero la a report among

the

that a

whole lot of tigers have been devastating the district. Others say wolves, I fancy that the people mean.us. We certainly wolfed all the grub there was to be found. That is why we are coming home.

15: Yourm, etc.,

THE GOAT.

NEWS BY THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL.

held over last night, owing to excessive pressure The following telegrams were unavoidably on our news columns

The Russian Government has decided to isins, credit notes in order to meet the exlating deficit in the Imperial revenue.

Tarikey demanding the payment of the arrears The Russian Government has sent a note, to in connection with the war indemnity of £32,000,000.

***The Emperor "Francle Joseph of Austelɛ« Hungary, replying yesterday to the deputation from the Austrian Government with reference to the increase in the military expenditure, said that the outlook in Europe was peaceful, Ho condemned the anti-Jewish riots which had taken place

The Vatican has approved of the election of of the Jesults. the Rev. Father Mario, a Spaniard, as General.

*** Agrarian affaire in Ireland aro again usinm, LONDON, October 3rd. ing. a serious aspect. It is reported that the landlords have combined for action and eviction

and annonces that it has the authority of the notices have been served upon 30,000 tenants, The Daily Chronicle publishes the statement,

landlords for the report,

The cholera is new disappearing from Europe, Meshed, in Khorasan, Perala, during the height Five thousand pligrims died from cholera at of the epidemic.....

Hardy, the labour leaders, hiye, declined to Messrs. Tom Mann, John Barns, Shipton, and attend the meeting of Socialists, to be held in Trafalgar Square on 13th November, to again text the right of the Socialists to hold rubile meetings.

BALKON

The officer who won the military riding com petition between Vienna and Berlin, in which Austrias and German officers took part, come pleted the foamey in 74 hours dans Med

The German Gorerament proposes to place duties on alcohol and tobacco in order to meet the increased military expenditure.

It is reported that an order has been made by the authorities directing that all Roman Catholia churches in. Poland shall be closed,

A despatch from Tangler states that the Sultan of Merocco has indefinitely postponed the dates. of the reception of the special French mission. A request for supplies for the mission has beca refused.ju Panj

The Brlisa Government has decided to make agrant of £13,000 to the British East Africa Company as a subsidy to enable the company to safely evacuata Uganda. It la reported that It is all right and very good for the United the Government will probably appoint a com. States to be held up to the world as the most mission to admluister the affairs in Uganda on go-ahead" lot ever known, but they are not in behalf of Great Britain, element it with Hongkong at the "go-away" business. It is reported that goo, natives of the Glibert When one is in Hongkong, there is an attrac Islands, who were shipped to Mexico, have been tiveness about the rest of the world, a sold as slaves to the planters, Amines beauty in the aspect of the earth, that few The Austrian Government has decided to The Anglican Church Congress in sitting at can realst; they must get to somewhere make an increase in the military expenditure of

Folkestone At yesterday's meeting a discussion else---It - multoru not where, if only it is that country £500,000 per annum.

followed the remarks of Dr. Benson, Archbishop UNDER the heading "In the name of the far enough from the Isle of Fragrant Stress TheEmperorfrancaJoseph of Austria-Hungary of Canterbury, advising the clergy and members Frophet-Figs," a correspondent wilter to the and Unpaid Chits. The migratory Instinct has received a depatation of delegates firm the of the Church to take a deeper interest in the Topan Herald as follows: The Shangat becomes so strongly developed after sealdence Auitsfan Government with reference to the working classes. Canon Holland said that the Mercury in giving some details of the late here, that as a rule those who yield to it have proposed incress of £500,000 per annum in the Church was 40 years too lato la arriving at the dreadful shipping disaster, winds up the direfal no time for the usual formalities of departure, military expenditure, - The delegates assured conclusion to interest itself in labor. He urged tale, with the following piece of Information such as paying hotel bilis, etc. They go without the Emperor that the additional cullay on the that the Church should give is support to trades lagged on:-" She (Bokhara) was the vessel by even waiting half an hour, as is always done by defence forces was absolutely necessary to render tinions Lord Brassey suggested the appointe which the present Manager of the Hongkong people in a hurry on the stage, to sing "I must the military efficient en dietement of boards of conciliation to deal with dis- and Shanghai Bank in Shangbal, Mr. Wade away!" or words to that effect.

The affairs of the Rev. F. H. Meles, Anglicas putes between employers and employees, and to Gardiner, first came out to the East 18 years Hilberto, however, human beings have had a vicar of West Dawlish, Rememetsbire, ware avert strike zon ago." What a descent from the pitiful to the monopoly of the art. Torr is buman, and Investigated before the Bankruptcy Court to-day, At yesterday's meeting of the Railway ridiculous! Did the writer of this precious plece so is to belt." There ought to be special The lasolvent attributed his brakiupicy to losses Employees' Congress a resolution demanding of tondyism imagine that the coming of Mr. column among the Reglairar-General's returns, fagurf "peculations, and his liabilities are set extra payment for Sunday work was agreed to. W do Gardner was of such interest, as to be so as to read "Bliths, Marriges, Deaths, Dls down at 6000 The court made ang order with

October 6th.. placed side by side whh a dlisiter which has appearances with statistics representing the calling upon Mr. Afules to explain the origin of Latest news from Dahomey is to the effect made us all and ?. Was the Rokkara chartered, estimated delalcations these figures might also his passion for gambling, and the assignment of that Colonel Dodds, the officer; in command of specially for Mr. Gardner, or felt perhaps pos- be embodied in the imports and exports, with Els estate, together with particulars of the assets, the French forces, has crossed the Queme and sible that some other person may have come heavy accent on the "ex,” We would under- first cut to the East, in her, of in other ships?, take to say that the last state of that column expalition commanded by M. Hodister, at Bens have strongly fortified the settlement, and

The reported maces of the members of an is now attacking the Dahomeyans, The natives what does it matter 2: Who cares what ship Mr. would be worse than the first,

Kemba, on the Congo, has been confirmed. The stubborn solatanco la belogoffered tothe French, Wade Cade Gardner with the Bekhara more beleg followed by others entirely outside of the that when the revelt occurred M., Hodisner Congress resolution was meves in favor of Gardner first came in 2: What connection Now, however, the example of Hongkongnoblesale survivor has reached the coast, and reports At to-day's sitting of the Rallway Employees a thousands of other passengers who have buman race. Not that all leading lights of advanced without any weapons towards the nominating the general secretary of the Kallway this scribbler of the Skangkal Mercury, will for some of our best friends (belong to the evas, treacherously killed, and his body beheaded, constituency at the next election. The ques lon travelled in her ? What consolalon, let nis art Hongkong are human-we would not say that natives, with a view of parley poza HewAi, kos, Employee Association for parliamentary be to the bereaved relatives, the widows and animal and vegetable kingdom; Brownle the Ass. Seven troopers were also killed and beheaded entailed good deal of direnssion, and a vote on orphans of the lost, te know that the Bokkurs for instance, not to mention mignonette and the by the blacks, who afterwards at the bodies, the motion has not yet been antred a was the ship in which My Wade Gard MorDaily Prass cabbage, All these, however, The Novej Vramya, the organ of M. Shiskin, "News from Dabomey is to the effect Arst come out to the Hast i

somehow pass as human beings of a sort i but who is acting as Raselan Minister lov Vorsign & further severe fighting has taken place betwom

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