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Intimations.
DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & COMPANY, LIMITED.
VICTORIA DISPENSARY, HONGKONG.
CONFECTIONERY, &c. .:
TE have just reentred our New Stack WCONFECTIONERY and are offering the same at prices saitable for the present bad
times :-
CHOCOLATE CREMES.
PATES D'APRICOT.
CHOCOLATE ALMONDS. FANCY BOXES of SWEETS of various kinds from z Dollar to 25 Cents.
SUGARED ALMONDS.
BURNT ALMONDS.
MIXED SWEETS,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1393.
The returns of the number of visitors to the City Hall Museum for the week erded Nov, tath are :-Europ2808, 138; Chinese, 3,001 ; total 1139--
THE ait brought in the Supreme Court by a Chinaman against Mr. Bavier-Chauffeur, in con- nection with some contract at Honguy, has been settled
We are informed by the Agent of the Messageries the next French mail, left Salgen for this port at Maritimes Co. that the steamer Salasts, with
3 a.m. to-day.
The Agents (Messrs. Gibh, Livingston & Co.) inform us that the "Ben" Line steamer Benvenue, from Antwerp and Loudon, left Singapore on the Tith last., for this part,
It is reported that the fenced Admiral Nathima and the cruiser Aynda have been detached from "Admiral Avellán's squadron la
the Mediterranean to join Admiral Tietoffe Paclia squadron in the beginning of December
ONLY alaa competitors pet in an appearance at" The Rifle Rango on Saturday afternoon to take part in the Volunteer Corp's knoón "competition. | The Austrian scientific expedition to fara, con. The shooting was over the 200 yard range hot sisting of Drs de Graaf, Figder, Krauss, Schiffering panicularly brilliant was done wing principally to the stiff north-east_breese pervall- and Professor Wiesner arrived at Singapore, em
log. The scores were as appended:- route to Java, on the and.
Score, Handicap
with the next English mail, left Singapore for this port at 4 p.m, yesterday, and la expected here about 8 am on the 18th lost,
THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s steamship Rostila,
Wx have to acknowledge the receipt of a very next and preful dat--block_fox. 199s from Mesra S. J. David & Co., agents for the South TOM SMITH'S CRACKERS. British Flie and Marine Insurance Company.
CIGARETTE CASES, CIGAR CASES, CARD CASES.
In SILVER, ELECTRO, SNAKE SKIN, RUSSIAN LEATHER, &c. CIGAR & CIGARETTE HOLDERS, PIPES.
Hongkong, 13th November, 1893.- 13 A. S. WATSON & CO., LD.
WE INVITE ATTENTION TO OUR STOCKS
Dr
CONFECTIONERY
AND
CHRISTMAS GOODS.
T ́ORDAN ALMONDS, NOUGAT, BUTTER
SCOTCH, ASSORTED TOFFEES,
PURE
DRAGEES, PRALINES,
and a large selection
of
CONFECTIONERY
from the leading Manufacturers,
CADBURY'S SPECIAL
CHOCOLATE CREMES.
We are informed by the Agents (Messrs. Gibb, Livingston & Co.) that the E. & A. S. S. Co.' steamer Menmuir, from Australia, sailed from Manila on Saturday, and le das here to-morrOW morning.
THE German Funboate Fills and Wolf the French gunhast Comets, the Japanese corvettes Katsuragi Kan and Kaimon Kan and the British Cruiser Parfoist weto at Nagasaki on the rst fast.
THE sequel to the Ap-li-chao Joss-house cire, which was recently concluded in the Supreme Court and which provided a rare harvest for the "profession," developed a few days since when the losing litigant elected to solve the Grand Secret by suicide.
THE Ash states that the Japanese Government has resolved to, appeal agalast the decision rendered In H.R.M. Supreme Court at Shanghal in the Chishima Ravenna - appeal ess, and Mr. Walford lodged the petition in the British Consular Court at Yokohama on the 6:b inst.
A SHANGHAI paper soles that a party recently visited Sangklang and found that Ward's Memorial Hall, was monopolized by Taoist priests, who were holding some kind of celebration in it; Ward's tablet being hidden by the picture of one of the gods which was the presĺding delty on the occasion.
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A COOLsx in the employ of Messrs. Robert Jack & Co. diasppeared rather mysteriously on the 7th Inst. His body was found by the police faiing in Aberdeen harbour on the following day, but as there are not supposed to be any suspicious circumstances in the case it has been decided that no inquiry will be held.
CAPT. DELMAGE, of the steamer Ban Whatt Soon, reputed in Singapore the other day that on Sunday, the 29th alt., at 8 a.m., off Polas Dain, Lat. 0° 10' N, 108° 43′ E. he spoke the ful rig, ed ship Bangalore, of Long an, 1699 tons, from New York, bound for Wengkong, 93 days out. She wished to be reported all well,
PINE, APRICOT, CHERRY, LIME, GUAVA, | THE steamer Pentakcia, which arrived at Cal-
and other
FRUIT JELLIES
in great variety.
TOM SMITH'S
CHRISTMAS
COLOURED
CRACKERS.]
OPALS
MOUNTED IN PLUSE, representing favourite subjects.
A Largs Assortment of ENGLISH AND JAPANESE CHRISTMAS
CARDS,,
cotta from Rangoon on the 10th October, brought news of the disappearance of a lady passenger, a Mrs. Ductise, who was travelling with her daughter and dater. The party were sleeping on the bridge on the night of the occurrence, and it is thought the elder lady accidentally fell overboard.
A LIGHTHOUSE has been erected on Shịwokubi. Misaki (Cape Blunt), Taugaru Straits, and will be exhibited on the 20th for the first time. The lighthouse is bullt of fron, climalar in shape, and painted white, the elevation of the light above the sea being' iga teet, and in clear weather the light will be visible from * distance of 17 nautical miles.
In the action brought by Mr. Mitsu! Takayasu, against the Japanese Government to recover the loss he has suffered from the Milki colllery which he had bought from the Government, which is put at 800 000 ym, the judgment was adverse to ike plaintiff, who, bowever, has appested from the Tokra Chiho Saihansbo, where the case was tried, to the Tokyo Court of Appeal
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A NATIVE COFTEspondent writing from Tientsin to one of our Shanghel contemporarles notes ibe recent arrival at that part of one of the few remaining distinguished officer of the Army of the Haul" (Li Hunz-changʼn special diet. pilsed troops) who made history during the Tal-ping and Nienfel rebellions. This is H.E. kang Brigade, now garrisoning the farts at Tal Chang-chien, Commander of the Sul- Weihaiwel, Shantung. His Excellency la x senior expectant, Tastal and is on his way loy an andlence at Peking. He had a long interview with Vicerny Li and is reported to have laid before him a complete system of strategie recommendations with reference to the Pelyang const defences, which it Is Intended to present to the Throne for approval.
His lordship accordingly made an order as follows:-
* THE RACE OF "DEAD-BEAT"
GLOBE-TROTTERS.
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part of the "champion" for cheap telegrams by cabler.
A tariff of 4/- kom England to Australia having proved so disappointing, it is xhuid to suppose that one of " 6d. er 1)." from England to China can possibly be made remunerative, even by an eightfold increase of traffic-bearing la mind the very limited carrying capacity of long cables—and it is therefors to be regretted that Mr. Heaalker Heaton was not requested to prove, as he stated he was prepared to do, that such low rates would pay the Cmpanies. The payments Nestly a year ago a Swođe named Wiren to the Government Administrations alone, even conceived the idea of going a step beyond the at the reduced rates to Australis, ameant to cemmon or garden tramp, and getting all round considerably more than his highest suggested the world for pething. At first be made a pre-charge for the whole distancel tence of working his passage, bat soon got tired of that, when he found plenty of people silly enough to support him on charity. He said he was to win a bet of $30,000 ar 10, but we never heard of him sending any of it afterwards to the people who kindly helped him to win it. cheek being noised abroad, a host of imlistors Immediately on the news of this triumph of sme, mostly in America, the home of check and they all said “Ws will have a mund the world tour for nothing." They are in gaol now. The United States officials found stern measures
plaintiffs and the defendants, and having read The_Judge, having heard Counsel for the
the agreement made between Mesars. Wieler It has always been the aim of a certain section and Company of the one part and the several of humanity to get all they can for nothing, and persons therein described of the other rart, being to pass through the world without doing any the plaintiffe in this salt and the plaintiff's in work for a living-to shirk the performance of evils 10 and 11 of 1893 in this Court, dated 1st their duty to the community, "to take all you can November, 1803,by consent pronounced in favour get, mail then ask for more." In England and of the plaintiffs claim for the araount to be found Americk these people are called "trampa" dae to them and for costy, and ordered that the || or "cadgers." sum of £11,000 in the wald agreement mentioned should be awarded as the total amount of damages, foclusive of costs, which the defendants. are to pay in respect of the claim in this suit and la suite 10 and 11 of 1893 in this Court; and that the steamship. Bantam should not be again liable to arrest in sults g, to, or 11, and that the owners of the said ship should be discharged from all liability in respect of the said claims or any of them; and also ordered that an account should be taken, and referred the same to the Registrar, assisted by one merchant, to report what pro- portion of the said sum of 11,000 is due to the plaintiffs respectively under the said agreement; and o'dered that all accounts and vouchers, with the proofs in support thereof, should be filed.
Mr. Pallippo asked for a similar decere la the second salt.
His lordship granted a decree in the same terms, by canient,
Mr. Roblason also applied for, and obtained by conscot, a similar decree late third suit
IN BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. E. J. Ackroyd, Puisne Judge)
'necessary.
Louls Morningstar is a precocious boy who, walked into the Telegraph office this moming and said he belonged to the tribe of Wirea and proposed to go sound, the world, vult every place he could, get food and passage and any. thing else obtainädie, without milempïing to earn it er pay for himself in any way. "He affected a lofty acorn for idiota who work for their lying.
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Another fasccuracy on the part of Mr. Henniker Heaton In the statement that the Chinese Imperial Telegraphs had reduced the rates between Hongkong and Shanghai to England by 30 or 40 per cent. This is not so The rate in france notified by the International
les via Relampo, in the Telegraph Bureau at Herre, for telegrams frous Europa to China by the Russe-Chineso by the Companies rettes. In applying the same as that dollar tariffs based upon the said sterling rate, the Chinese Administration adopted a different rate of converslen to that which the Companies, much to their regret, were 'compelled to do at the commencement of this year, owing to the fall in the value of silver, with the result that a difference at 15 per cent, (not 30 or 40), is shown between the Chiness and the Companies' tariffs.
I remain, Sir,
Yours truly,
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F. VON DER PFORDTEN. Hongkong, 13h November, 1893.
The Avenir du Tonkin says:— is at present in Tonkin, accompanied by his wife, "M. Barrow, major of the Hongkong troops,
He stated that he was born in New York in 1880 ; his father was a citizen of the United G. R. STEVENS & CO.
Slates, and his mother German 1. bút as the George Richard Stevens, merchant, trading a former died a month later, he was fakes to OUR GALLIC NEIGHBOURS AGAIN. G. R. Stevens & Co., applied for an order of Berlin, and brought up there, apparently on tha discharge. Mr. G. C. C. Master (Johnson, streets. He never learnt any trade or business, Stokes, & Master) was for the bankrupt Mr.though he can read and white; he has been Reece was for the firm of Ewens and Reece, wandering about the earth almost ever slace he solicitors (co dissolved), creditors; and Mr. was old enough to walk. If he ever fetches SATURDAY'S Government Gossile contains Becker represented Mess. Wieler & Co., England, he will land in a reformatory and be
put to some useful trade, notices of the following temporary appointments merchants, also creditors. Mr. C.FA. Sangster consequent on the absence leave appeared both as Official Receiver and trustee. Mr. Master stated that the notice of applica of Mr. F. A. Cooper:-Mr. E. Bowdlertion had been duly published. to be a member of the Executive and of
The report of the Official Receiver stated that the Legulative Copacit; Mr. J. R. Crook
dividend of 55 cents per $100 had been evidence given by the debtor in his public declared in August last. In view of the examination on the 10th August, the Official Receiver did not propose to offer any oppostion to the application for discharge.
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to be the Water Authority under the Waterworks Ordlante, 1890: Mr. F. H. May, Captata Super intendentof Police, to be President of the Santiary Board, and Mr. A. M. Thomson Vice-President; Mr. W. Chatham, C.E., to be Acting Director of Public Works Communications relating to the Praya Reclamation works are to be addressed to Mr. Bowdler, and communications relating to the Building Ordinance to Mr. H. P. Teeker,
C.E., exécutive engineer.
News the other day giving particulars of We quoted a paragraph from the N. C. Datiy murder that had been committed outside the boundary limits of the foreign settlement of Hongkow. From the same source we now gather that the villagers seized the murderer. who is only nineteen years of agn. and chained him to a tree, the chain bring padlocked round. his neck. His accomplice who held the murdered man,whilethe latter's younger brother stabbed bim with a butcher's kalle, was also tied up, but he managed to escape last Monday morning, and since then the actual murderer has been put Inside a bouse with the dead body between him and the door, the idea being that li he attempted, after getting free of his chain, to escape over the body, the dead man's spirit would seize him; Nothing has been done," so far, apparently, to bring the murderer to Justice.
RELATIVE to the coming batilo for the world'a championship between Mitchell and Corbett the latter generalises thasly: I will do my best to win. I consider Mitchell's very hard man to beat. He is very intelligent, well versed in all ring tactics, very strong and full of endurance, He is not old; in fact he is in the prime of life. He has not dissipated one-tenth as much as the people say he has. He is the falber si four children, has had oceans of ring experience, and last, but not least, has the advice of "Jack" McAuliffe, the American light-weight champion,
His lordship:-Does any creditor offer any opposition?
Mr. Reece:-Yes, my lord, I гppose the applicaties, on the ground that the bankrupt bas cot paid a dividend of fifty per cent, but only 55 cents in $too..
attempt to show that the bankrupt had paid or Mr. Master stated that he di not propose to could pay fifty per cent.
Mr. Reece quoted the Bankruptcy Ordinance to show that the Court must refuse discharge, or suspend it for a specified time, as grant it only with conditions, in case of this sort.
make any remarks?
His lordship-Mr. Becker, do you wish to
Mr. Becker-I have nothing to say, my lord. Mr. Master - ak your lordship to suspend the order of discharge for only a nominal period. There is no real opposition. only a technical bod nothing to urge against the discharge, and I sak your lordship to the order and to suspend for, say, a week only,
The Official Receiver bas
His lordship Mr. Reece, do you maintain that in every case where so per cent. is not paid the order of discharge must be suspended?
Mr. Reece:-The words of the section are positive "the court shall either refuse or suspend etc. I leave it entirely in your lord ship'a hands ; I felt it my duty to point out that-- the debtor is not entited to an unconditional die. charge now.
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His lordship:-That is your only ground for objecting ?
Mr. Reece-Yer, my lord, that is the only ground I take.
His lordship :-I understood that that reason had never been acted upon yet; but I will taka
SATURDAY'S FIRES.
JOUR CHINESE BURNT TO DEATH.
who had a splendid chance to study my style ; time to consider, and decide after fally looklog when be seconded John L. Sullivan against |'into the matter. me. He has also the aid of Jim Hall, the wonderfully clever middle-weight, who spared with me, and whom I have always given the credit of being one of the cleverest men I ever met. Mitchell is no doubt as clever us„Ï am, so, il settles Itself down to this: "I have. youth, height and reach on my side; Mitchell has strength and harder panching ablilty on his alde. I expect him to fight for my body. I also expect the contest to be a very long any forty founds and the better general will win. I think the match will positively take place at Coney Island. I hope to enter the ring weighing about 185 pounds."
of bandsome, and artistic designs, suitable to all THE N.DL. steamer Bayern on her last trip home was lengthened fifty feet, in somewhit the ~ tastes and at moderate prices.
same way as the P. & O. steamer Roms wÉI lengthened eighty feet several years ago, to honour of the enlargement, great festivities have been held at every, port at which the Bayern has touched, and accordingly to-day the German community of Hongkong was treated to a picnic COLONIAL COURT OF ADMIRALTY. round the island.
A. S. WATSON & Co., LIMITED,
The Hongkong Dispossary,
ESTABLISHED AD, 1841.
Hongkong, 3rd November, 1893,
DEATH.
October 1315.
THE "DANTAM'S " 'COLLISIONS.
Is In the case of the drowning of Mr. George ||~(Bofors Chief Fustice Fielding Clarks.)
Edmund Deeroy, in Penang Härbour on the 24th ultimo by the wash of the Lady Wild's screw, which was turned ahead while the rampan containing the deceased was close alongside, the Coroner found that the accident was due to a rash and negligent act on the part of Charles-Edéle the master of the 8. S. Lady Weld. The accused was committed for trial on the rat instant,
At Ewe, Shanghai, or the 7th November, 1893, JORN MACOREGOR, aged ça years.
The owners of the steamabip Boxtam, the their Hongkong agents, Mesars. Leats, Wegener Rotterdam Stoomvaart Maatschappy, through
& Co., were defendants in three sulis arising out
time
tramped about the States, and though he had After stowing away on an Atlantic steamer, ha
working. He got from San Francisco to Hono several chances to settle, be preferred to avoid fuls on the Australian liper Alamada; thence to by the City of Ric Yokohama on the Orvants, and on to Hongkong
He has not, like Wiren, any "last resort" la the shape of a bank draft to keep him out of the Vagrant's cell; but he has a small carbine, a revolver, and a sword (the latter sald to be a present from the Mikado) which ought not to be only to-day a Chinaman was sent to guol by the In the bands of any such child as Morningstar ;
Hangkang magistrate for a month for having. similar weapons in kis possession withoutalicence. | He says he now intends to go to Slam, Indis, Africa, and ultimately visit his mother in Berlin and then retum to New York and write a book about himself. He always travels first-class on steamers, though when going overland be has to "rough" a good deal. He has not twenty cents on him, and seems blissfully ignorant of the law in such cases,
The Administration of the Protectorate bas seen fit to put at his disposal the gunboat Jacquin, to enable him to visit our principal river stations. Harrow is a perfect gentleman, and will not take "We have every, reason to believe that M.
collect decuments of all kinds, which might at advantage of his stay emang asia arder to any particular time be used against those who enabled him to get them; and that he will not repay our hospitality (which we never refuz-) in the same coló as Lord Lamington and more especially Sir Curzon,
Without discussing the first named, who, as a true Englishman, openly declared himself our enemy, but who confined himself to the forms of questions in the House of Lords—what shall
be said of the second?
"Lord Lamington travelled.through Tonkin as an explorer; his task was facilisted by those be met, bot he did not impose them, and took care only to rely on his own resources. On the other hand, Sir Carson, whose visit was heralded loudly, was received wib bigh honours; all our libraries full of records were thrown open to him, our plans and Altoxic documents werd spread out before his eyes, the Government. equipages were pst at his disposal, and the He calmly undertook to Interview the Hen. G. personal staff of M. de Lavessan, the Governor, T. M. O'Brien, acting governor, who, hs sald, had orders to show him all over our pubile: establishments,cur workshops, our fortifications, "would do," in the absence of a full-blows and to accompany bim on his travels and open to governer; be bad seen the Mikado, and pre-Eim every door of the palace at Hud. He was pated to see the king of Slam, so sorely shown our strong and our weak points; he was Colonial Secretary was nothing much ! (By the told, in all good-fellowship, everything about tha way, the Japan papers do not corroborate bla
sertion about the Mikado at all) He was Mekong difficulties. As soon as he had learnt warned, however, that Mr. O'Brien was proceeded to flood the Landos papers with his enough, be retreated to England, and forthwith great, fieres, bad-tempered man who might be violent diatribes against the French palley la very unkind to him.
"Well, I don't care ;. I'm not afraid,” he mid innocently. "What will he do?"
“Run you into gaol, that in all,"
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"Will he ran me in? I guess he won't! may be a German or I may be an America don't know which—but I'm not going to be ran in by any Irishman!”
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CORRESPONDENCE:
(We do not necmartly endorse the opinions expressed by Compondants in this colcano).
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country been 'jumped on' sufficiently: by him? The most barefaced lies have been pat forward by our quondam guest and friend across the floor of the House of Commons, and there is nobody who need be reminded with what base treachery our diplom- atic action at Bangkok has been misrepresented by this man who when in our mids! pretended to be iba friend of France.
We feel compelled to bring up these mem ories at a time when, with our hablius! courtesy, we are welcoming a leading British officer on visit to Tondin, without wishing to reflect on him any trace of the bad impression left by his predecessors among us.
We sincerely trust that he will prove himself to be more honourable than they in bis judgment
MR. HENNIKER HEATON AND OCEAN | of ourselves, if he has any to pass hereafter."
TELEGRAPHY,
All of which, of course, is just a little transient flicker of the wild anti-foreign fever which seized our Gallle neighbours when they were making an exhibition of themselves in Siam.
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NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL.
It is now a very long time sláce the local Fire
To Enron of the "Horoscono Treagraph)-¿ Brigade has been called upon to tars ant to three
SIR-I shall be thankful if you will afford me Gres upon one and the same day. On Saturday the opportunity of pointing out, through the however, this had actualy to be done, the Brigade median of your paper, some inaccuracies in the having to grapple with three conflagrations statements that have been made public, through between am. and to p.m. The first the Hongkong Telegraph of the 8th instant, by outbreak, in the morning, was a stated the hampton of Imperial penny postage In Saturday's Telegraph) at 115 Prays and cheap trasmission of telegrams,” daring. The Pacific Mall S. S. Co.'s steamship City of West, where, by the the-" brigade | his præuage through Hongkong last week. '; Rio de Janeiro, Captale J. F. Smith, frem San anived on the scene, the fire had got such bold on the premises that not only was lessness of statement in connection with tele. Oct. 19th, arrived in port fast evening. From Mr. Henalker Heaton's Ignorance and reck. Francisco, via Yokohama, with mally-un to No. 115 completely gutted but the flomer, fanned grapa cable matters have been so frequently our San Francisco exchanges we take the | by a ati worth-east breese, had extended to Nos. Exposed In England that, for some time part, the following telegrams
113,114, and 116 ; and despite the best efforts of Telegraph Companies have taken no coilcs of lángon LONDON, October rath the firemen, the houses were almost totally de- his public utterances, and you would not have: A letter from a'member of the Peary expedie stroyed. The house in which the fire originated, been troubled with the request for the favour of ton has been received by the Morgenblail of shipchandler's store, was insured with the Meiji the insertion of the present letter were it not Christiania. It says the Falcon reached Bowdoin Fire Insurance Company) Mears. G. R. Stevens that he may not be so well known in Hongkong, bay, Murchison sound, August 31d. By diligent. covered for $8,000 with the same company. & Co. agents) for $3,000, while No. 116 was and might, if not corrected, create a falen im- aposting twenty tons of walius, meat for the use pression, as a indeed he appeara **, have already of dogs during the winter had been secured. A Again at six o'clock in the evening the ding-dons, judging from the concluding part of the cache of prevalent had been established the
op inland fee for the use of the sledge party on its of the sccident that occurred in Hongkong harbouring of the fire-bell caused the brigade to leading usticle in yesterday's China Math," on the 19th July last, when that vessel ran into turn out, but before the scene of the fire was
I will not dwell on the attack made on Sir with fly dogs to establish other depois, and
Journey in the IN connection with the gigantic four baruess
spring. Lantenant Perry is going sank the that is being developed between California and and
steamship. Amigo and reached, Market Street, some constables whe two carro-bosti. Mr. A. J.
John Pender with regard to the asserted elever Lesco, Chappened to be rear succeeded in extinguishing way he had, created what Mr. Henniker Heaton Southern Chins a very pleasant social function
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means to try to penetrate half way lato Indes was held on Saturday evening in the Chi Hing instructed by Mr. C. Ellis (Mr. V.H. Deacon's the flames, No great damage was done.
calls the "biggest monopoly In the world, beyond pendence bay. The house built at McCormack Three hours later the report of CASE, Co, owners of the Amigo tendered to Mr. James McWilliams, the general Michael Jebsen
gaonopoly is nothing more than the successful' been demolished by Esquimaux. Mr. Ferry In manager of Star and Company's Californian (Hongkong agents, Wieler and Co) and also for thoroughfare, was received and the brigade, under establishment, on a firm and fair, commercial enjoying fine health and vigor, and takes part in mills by one of the leading local merchants. the officers and crew of that vessel, who seed Superintendent Wodehouse ard Assistant Super. basis, of one of the most, if not the most, important most of the sporilug tilos. Mrs. Parry wilk General trading and shipping interests were well as Jotal platatiffe for the loss of their goods and intendent Mathieson, quickly proceeded to the undertakings of this century and the value of remain for the present in the house at Bowdoin represented and the dinner, which was excel clothing. Mr.G.J.Phillippe instructed by Mr. H.J. scene. By the time they arrived the fire, which which will, perhaps, be more fully recognized by
bay. lently served, was a most enjoyable one.
Holmes, was for Tun Po, owner of one of the originated in No. 58 Square Street, had almost the wext generation:
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Toth, cargo-boats, plat-tiff in the second sult; and Mr. | completely demolished one honso, and, assisted The Telegraph Companies under Sir John to-day adopted the proposals presented by the The conference of the Latin Monetary Union Tursteamship Edendale, Captain R. Humphrey Robinson, instructed by Mr. H. I. Holmes, was by strong non-east wlad, #grand to No. 56. Pander's Presidency-hiva ever been ready to Mr. Labouchere vehemently attacked the recently there near Cape Kami, antred for Leung Yau, owner of the other beat, plaintiff and No. 60, which were destroyed. By 10 30 lower the tarife, benever been Halles delegates for the lihdrawal from cit Chartered Company, accusing them of Elbe here sbir morning, and reporta jangfaltown | in the third acilon, The defendants were repre-clock the fire was gat, under control attar Thown to be compatible with moderste exrning | method for the withdrawal of the energy of culation of the small Italian currency, The "Left Hougay for Hongkong on the 31si vito, sented in all three cases by Mr. J.-J. Francis, I almost superhuman exertions on the part of the and the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, mther Latin countries has not yet been decided.
QC, lustructed by Mr. G. C. C. Master, (Johnson, brigade. The fire exloguished, the police Stokes and Master).
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Hongkong
HOMOKONG, MONDAY, NOVIMBER 13, 1893.
TELEGRAMS.
THE WAR IN MASHONALAND. DEBATE IN THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS,
LONDON, November roth.
tering and swindling.
Mr. Gladstone condemned Mr. Labouchere's violence and accepted on behalf of the Govern
ment the whole responsibility for the war. He Labengala's relosal to abstain from raids
rendered way inevitable.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
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fire in
Low Hotel, when a complimentary dinner was office) was for the plaintiffs in the Erst Square Street, a narrow and densely populated polnung out that what appears to him to be a bay by Lieutenant Peary party in fgt ba
at 8 at. On the 1st loitabt at 8 a.m. grounded
on a sand bark in Neusz Bay. Ship feited
on the roth at 4.m.; nived at Hollow at noon
returned to their quarters and It was not until even werk, so far su to Join the Australia
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VINA October roth. Minister Beinbach, referring to the financial
contoh the reduction, would cover the loss consist chiefly of silver rentes. Forelos back. occasioned by mich reduction.
sin now fightened at the very name of silver, Mr. Henniker Heaton refers to this by stating declared. The Finance Minister predicted that the increase of business which folded that to the course of few years Austris wonla was so great that the Australian Governments posses the whole amount of gold she required, to meet the guarantee. The facrats to the loer when the United States would be
facinus the loss through an unprecedented crisis. Austria, he pasiog
THE World's Fair⋅ was formally closed at to pass at Chi-Jin, (second degree) (kavo. besu and the other iwg sajta,, whereby lke sum of in the house opposits No. Street, ta that the Australian Govermenta havo had to added, was free, frungi muutetary differkies, and -.
4. Leach stated that this was an action for yesterday morning that the report of the seducing the rates between England and Australis Colonles in sharing the risk of the experiment of an the roth. Left Holhowiem tão tich atë am. | damages arising out of the collision in Julyʻlast | burping of four of the occupants of No. 38 was ; to one ball, to meet the oft-repeated argement | siluation jo-day in the Reichorsth, sold that the eulogised Sir Cecil Phodes, and stated that Anchored in west Lamina Chantel on the 12th between the Baslam and the "Awigs, while the-f-received: Inspector Hasnessy visited the rain-abst the resulting increase in trafic, brought Ausian' securitien; which, are flowing back,
at 9 p.m. andred here this morning 3 7.00 9,m. latter was lying at anchor and the former WAS with search party and succeeded in finding From Holbow to Hongkong had shoeg monsoon coming foto port: The plalatiffs Bied their the partially charred remains of three men with heavy head sen., KDE SA SA
petition in the salt, bat the defendants and woman, who, it appears, must have never filed any answer, and, the case was been overcome by the smoke and best belore THE Tientsin C correspondent of the Shanghai daly set down for hearing. The minnies they could effect their escape. The bedles were Biercuryriting under date and fast #alem of decree prayed for were appended to the promptly removed to the Mortuary, Later on that on imperfal deerve has just bien isquod pilon Bird. Dacement rend) arental fatality had ressited from the fire, an old soar made between the plainting in this | man notifying that six candidates who went to Faking
fell down boar la connection with Chicago at 11 pm, on the joth vito, found guilty of having induced others to shite 10,000 was to be Vecepted as the equivalent of his basis to get out of the
their compesitlenthree of them are Fan- the value of the defendant teamer, so that a stairs and received such severe Injuries that public property, and must have been well it, and the currency must. fot be restricted or foffated, There was auch excitement and surprise in fixed at. 11,000,000 yen, has.... boen: reeduced to provincial lodes of Chihll; and two belong to the among all the claimants would completely to the Tong Wah hospital The fire la Square to the statement quoted. Theis labüifty," Attring, this Ref ́harath to-day when Count Trafe, Pr Tux Nippon Yaren Kaistin's captial, which was tonese, ond Lan Anhwal man, the wee of the pryment of that amount for division pro rate death resulted before his friends could get him to Mr. Henniker Heaton, when he gave utterance America, besaid, showed to what inflation led.
He provinces The decrecy tires that the six release the Bantaw and bet owners from all Street is said to bave ofglaated through cars the fire two years, amount is no less than sident of the Ministry and Minister of the Inte car didates must be degraded, that
#tle discussion ensued as to the precise kerosene lamp closa
Was warfared 13. feing emension of the voting kanchise. He serious by the Austrailan Calonies Weis få order declared that the Government had fireli fasolved. of $7,600, on Nos. 38 and 60. Square Street, requered the Company le lecrease the badeby convidos) that it was impossible to further delay The Chien Fire Insurance Co, had a line to medisce their liability in fatures they arently to take the inflatiya in the matter, if they were owned by a Chinese member of the "Fources" about Fyrsty per cent, which facrakes took place meki
reform of the franchise. The bit An inquiry will be held tomorrow afternoon and on the 1st of Raumy, just need
Me Government aims at mabling meanwhile the pallen have taken charge of tha.
8,800,000 yen.
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their degree of Chi-jin and they will agro / further thith, 10094K BRIAN BONANNY lecuniass on the part of a swoman, who placed a £98,59. — kardly anything di
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MR. W. 8. Ayrtos, Brlilsk Consolat Tamaul, allowed to inter (the examination hall of Fu | wording of the deerer, which it was agreed to eventually to some woodwork, which |'Henniker Hestonni but thricketola cha Mr. Thor, knnomaced that he dønland to sabelt a bill.
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Left for keme, with Mrs. Agrion and family, by Shl. All the details of the frand will be wisely to not been, anually, paidy as would appear alter alighter was mentioned that the £11,000 the „Bayern to-day, 512 my laagideal
looked at The of chow committed is regarded as being a very parlons no and thirty six years | from the draft dices, hat was amply secured,
Ar the Magistracy to-day a house-boy was honda knitted for trial on a charge of stalag a gold dratals freno osu ni the Gun Company')
ingo & Vicievyɔnamál Pak, Talla, mon, bebekded Mr. Latch formally applied for a decree to
with some scholars and golbers mengjesering terms of the minutes died. gonnived at the fradulant tulokál of 3/4
· Mr. Tianuis corsanină.
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