1893-11-28 — Page 2

Intimations.

DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & COMPANY, LIMITED.

VICTORIA DISPENSARY, HONGKONG.

CONFECTIONERY, &c.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1893.

SPAIN AND MOROCCO. Negotiations between Spain and Morocco have falled. Marshal Martinez Campos proceeds forthwith to Melilla to assume command and direct the operations. He will forin two Army Corps, each ten thousand strong,

Txx Caaks Mint coined 25.500 gold pieces of Ave you cach and 1,150,000 silver yen last month.

An epidemic strongly resembling cholers bas broken out among the natives in Tonkin, and is attributed to the unsatisfactory water supply.

Snow commenced to fall at Peking on the stat THE QUEENSLAND PREMIER ON severely censuring the Premier of Queensland instant.

A TELEGRAM from Kishiwada to an Osaka Jaurnal, dated the 18th instant, states that six vessels of Japanese bulld were wrecked in the neighbourhood the previous night.

TELEGRAPH REFORM.

for his want of pairiotism Want al parflailim le trying to secure for his colonists, through a Sir Thomas Mellwraith, Premier of Queens the Home Government and the British com. foreign company, the benefits refused them by land, is, as briefly mentioned in last night's pany i And this to the man who undertook the Telegraph, passing through Hongkong on the annexation of New Guinea rather than Icare way beme, vis Casads, on sick leave; and his a valuable country, peopled with genuine cus- THE Hon. Trenter of the Alle-Memoria! present rour affords an important opportunity the hands of the Germans-who, in the end, did albalt, almost in sight of Cape York, to fall into Wospital begs to acknowledge, with thanks, the such as he is always willlog and able to improve get a big slab of the country after all, through following donation tothe funds of the Hospital to the utmost, as history has shown, for promote the kind interference of the Balilib Government Right Rev. Blahop Bardon, D.D...$50.00ing the interests of the British Empisa in generalandmuch good it has done them!

LOCAL AND GENERAL. WE CONFECTIONERY and are offering Holton, in to-day from coast ports, left that part shanghai, sau at the East Saddle with her rudder WE are informed by the agents (Mears, Shewan

H.M.9. Archer was at Foochow when the

7E have just received our New Stock of

the rame at prices suitable for the present bad timet:-

CHOCOLATE CREMES.

PATES D'APRICOT.

CHOCOLATE ALMONDS. FANCY BOXES of SWEETS of various kinds from 3 Dollars to 25 Cents.

-SUGARED ALMONDS.

BURNT ALMONDS,

MIXED SWEETS.

TOM SMITH'S CRACKERS.

CIGARETTE CASES, CIGAR CASES, CARD CASES.

Is SILVER, ELECTRO, SNAKE SKIN, RUSSIAN LEATHER, &c. CIGAR & CIGARETTE HOLDERS, PIPES.

Hongkong, 13th November, 1893.

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on the 24th fast.

A FIRE destroyed thirty kouses in North LanXI, to the East of the North Shane Road, Shanghal, during the morning of the 24th (pst.

GOVERNOR DE BORJA arrived bere from Japan in the Gelle at 4.30 this afternoon ble Bag being salsted by thế Đầu as the stately "White Staç liner glided through the waters of the harbour.

IN struggling up the China Sea in the teeth of the monson, the E. & A. Company's steamship Airli, Capt. Eills, was repeatedly swept by beavy seat, which killed or carried away, 14 of the cattle which were being brought as deck cargo for the Dairy Farm Company.

Ar the Magistracy to-day, Mr. Hastings con- cinded the inquiry into the fire at 3144, Queen's Road Central, and found a verdict of arson, neizhhont positively wearing that be bad seen Lal Ki one of the accountants and partners, A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. setting fire to a pile of paper soaked in kerosene, An order to prosecute Kit and the acting manager was sccordingly ínued. Of course, all the principals were in Canton at the time.

WE INVITE ATTENTION TO, OUR STOCKS

OT

CONFECTIONERY

AND

CHRISTMAS GOODS,

(ORDAN ALMONDS, NOUGAT, BUTTER

SCOTCH," ASSORTED TOFFEES,

PURE

DRAGEES, PRALINES,

and a large selection

of

CONFECTIONERY

from the leading Manufacturer

CADBURY'S SPECIAL CHOCOLATE CREMES.

to save the versi,

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Diphtheria is reported to be assuming some- what serious, dimensions in Shanghai. There are two or three cases in Hongkong just now,

THE British ship Asia, from New York to

damaged on the agth Inst. The ing Full went oat to tow her fato port

CAPTAIN DA BORJA, Governor of Macao, who wah a. parienger from Yokohama by the 0.&O. Co.'s steamer Gai Në, has left Portuguese affairs in Tokyo to the hands of the Italian Minister.

RINDERPEST is playing havoc with cattle in several of the Japanese provinces, the deaths' reported running Into thousands. The Govern the disease. ment is taking energetic measures to stamp out

Ir is stated from Peking that the birthday cele brations of the Empress Dowager on the 17th inst cost the Imperist Treasury tale 410,000 And yet starvation is rampant in many of the provinces of the Empire.

THE C. N. Co's steamship Sunghiang, Capt. Dadd, which left Manlis on the 23rd inst. for Hongkong direct, met with such beavy weather and strong monsoon currents that when she made the Chiar const she was some jo miles south of Macuo.

His Excellency the Governor and Lady Robinson returned from their trip up the Yangtze by the French mall'stexmer Calidoniam last night. Baron Ladario, Minister for Brasil, and the Baroness Ladɔrio, were passengers by the same

steamor

& Co.) that the "Union" Line steamer Ethiops, from Middlesbro, Hamburg, &c., left Slagapore or about the 4th proxima. for this port yesterday afternoon, and is due on

and of Queensland to particular.

On being approached as to the ahiret of his tour, Sir Thomas McIlwrath explained that, in his position, it was naturally impossible for him to allow anything in the nature of a TONKIN is at present being favoured with the

"canvas" of his oplatons by interviewers; but in exhibitions of a gentleman named Abadie, who this case there was no cause for reticence, as claims to have been an animal-tamer in Calariel's there was little to be said except what has bees cub, one pop, and a photographic panorama. immortal show, and has now four boas, one tiger-known long ago in Austrails, though it is

Sir Thomas Melwraith is fully persuaded and England at 18. 6d. per word with profit, and that telegrams could be sent between Australia that the business would be immense.. He is therefore very hopeful of the proposed Trans Pacific cable becoming a reality in a very short time. So much has been said about it already that Inter-Colonial Conference at Ottawa, pending at present we can only await the result of the

which no further development can be expected, There will probably be an effort made by the party of vested interests to have the cable fald to Japan only, on the score of economy, using the existing lines for the rest of the way and it la even suggested that the new line from Hongkong to Slogapore may have been laid with this in view, partly, at any rate, Such a all the hopes of Sir Thomas Mcllwraith and bis compromise, however, would effectively destroy millions of supposters bath at home and Australis, fot it would leave them more than over helpless in the hands of the nine-sbilling-a. “

Asia at all, nor depending on the Eastern independent line not touching the mainland of monopoliats. What they want is an

Extension, but competing with it. Of course, In

with America direct that case Hongkong would have to wait for further extensions before it could communicate

word

in

WAL

THE N. C. Dally News says that at the inventi. A TELEGRAM to the Japanese paper Araki kayu | his last trip from Hongkong to Haiphong, vicient festance he has taken up a mest.30 per cent, capital seemed as plentiful 11:

gation held by the Shangħal magistrato on Wednesday night, the aand fast, in the native city, to the origin of the recent ble fire at the Yangtsepeo Cotton Cloth Mills, all the witnesses denied any knowledge as to how the fire began, stating that the first thing known was the lasuing of flames from under the flooring of the cleaning mill. It also appeared in evidence that the remaining buildings, machloery and dibris at the mill grounds have been valued at Tis, 190,000. The manager's) horse and carriage were valued at Tis. 1,000,

THE Tokyo correspondent of the Osaka Atakt bears that the Japanese Government has almost

decided not to proceed with the proposed appeal to the Privy Council against the Shanghai Court's judgment in the Ravenna-Chishima Kan case, but will address a diplomatic Note to the British Government asserting that the Inland PINE, APRICOT, CHERRY, LIME, GUAVA, | S ́a is a part of the territorial waters of Japan.

and other

FRUIT JELLIES

in great variety.

TOM SMITH'S

CHRISTMAS

CRACKERS.

The correspondent adds that the Government la still undecided in regard to its future action. In the matter of the clilm against the Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co

THI Severa and ̈Peacock left at daylight this

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that on Wednesday morning the 15th inst, abest o'clock, a steamer coming lata Matsaye, in Idxumo province, from Shiobars, struck on a rock and homediately sank. Out of sixty passengers on board, thirty are reported to hare

been drowned.

THUS the Slam Free Preas of November 17th:— "The levitations for the St. Andrew's Ball were received in Bangkok yesterday. We notice that out good friends the chivalrous Scots have fallowed the example set by the gallant Danes in ignoring a well-known resident and slighting his wife. Tis a glorious victory and redounds || to the great credit of both parties."

THE band of the 1st Shropshire Light Infantry will play the following programme at the Officer' Mesa, Murray Barracks, this evening, com- mencing at 8 o'clock

OverTop of the Morning"

La Cinwentula "

Lancus

Salaction* Boccaccia Valse or Vaserian Song Reminiscences of Rapediet CAPTricks Rece

„Ramlet” Willeni

Godly. -Dumaba.

A Ropa paper states that the Japanese consuls in London and Sharghat, Messis. Okosht and Hayashi, have been ordered to change places, The consul frots Gensan goes to ongkong, and the consul la Hongkong le going to Lyons. The consulate-general in London has been reduced to an ordinary consulate, and the con- sulate to Mexico promoted to the dignity of a consulate-general.

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tive to Canada.

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exceedingly valuable and interesting news in

following:-Telegrams from Tokyo to verna- THE Kobe Herald of November 15th his the Hongkong. The present tour originated simply In a search for health, both Sir Thomas and cular papers state that reports of an uneasy state | Lady" Mcflwraith' being unable, after long of things in Hawall reached the Foreign Office, and more than ordinarily meritorious service Tokyo on the sight of the 13th lealant, and in the tropical climate of Queensland, to bear the the Navy Department has decided to des. patch men-of-war for the protection of the best of January and February in Australia. Japanese realdents there. At gam, on the 14th Consequently they have been ordered by their lastant, bis Majesty's sanction having becu medical advisere to go abroad, as much as Naval Command Office, despatched Instructions of Sir Thomas' well-known energy can never go obtained, Vice-Admiral Nakamura, Chief of the

possible, during the hottest months. A man to the Nakiwa Kaw, then off Shinagawa, to make preparations for a voyage to Honoldin at anywhere without doing useful work, Informing ence. was expected to all carly this morning. in other colonies, developing the relations The vessel left for Yokosuka, and himself as to possible improvements to be learnt There are two different reports regarding the cause of this renewed excitement. One has

between distant parts of the empire, and a thon-

Hongkong.possesses lextures of deep interest it that the United States Government La sand and one other things which can only result for Sir Thomas Mellwraith. The keenness of decided to refuse the proposal to anner the

from travel. He makes the complete tour of the its industry, stimulated by proximity to China, WHEN the Japanese steamer Milke Maru,

world on this occasion, returning from home to islands, while according to another report the which arrived at Yokohama last Wednesday.

United States has announced that the desire of

Australia by the Cape, which is the only one of the magnificent possibilities of Hongkong's the land of labour in its most appressive aspect; left Honolulu, the Australian liner Slowtraws

the Hawalian people must first be more clearly

Britain's large colonies he has never visfied. situation; the great strides and the splendid atili axbore, $8000 having been expended in

shown as to the annexation movement.

Last year he was in the bills of the Penjaub, works completed since the colony It

and basted himself in India over the ever-burn-founded-even the progress made since he saw unsuccessful efforts to get her 'off, Captain T.

is added that a popular vote is to ba Metcalle, Lloyd's Agent in San Francisco, well IT is reported that is consequence of the loss

taken as to the lalands being placed under the question of telegraphic communication the place last, all have a charm for a man of known in this colony for many years as com. Í sustained by the small sales of Japanese protection of the United States, or under an inde» } -- or rather summer, from the Antipodean point January, 1890, the Praya Reclamation Ordinance · between Australia and England; another winter his mould. At the time of his last visit, in mander of the O. & O."Co.'s steamer Oceanic, I exhibits at Chicago, the Japanese Goremment pendent republican government. Some Ame- of view-he crossed the Pacific to San Francisco, was being read a second time-on the very bad just arrived with divers and all necessary will probably make a grant relieving exhibitors despatched to the group during the last few days, studying the possibilities of commercial develop afternoon of the day he left; the Colony was Rent, intending to make one last supreme effort of the freight and packing charges necessary to despatched to the group during the last few days.ment in that direction; another trip comprised just to the keight of the mad brom which has

bring the goods back to Japan.

Singapore, Hongkong, and Japan, in every wronght such great changes since then the THE captain of the French steamer Hanof, on

case public Interests being advanced by "Charbonnages" Company had just been started, reported that the Chinese croiser Kangding important mission in connection with bls trip water, and companies were springing up at: every possible method. Similarly, in the the salaries of all the officials were being raised (which did sach grod service when the Edendale Holbow, on the point of depariere for Pakhol, happened to be in Australia, investigating and note that every detail of life here appeared to got ashore near Cape Kami recently) was in

to Canada A member of the Canadian Ministry very street corner. He was highly amused to taking on board a first-class randasin who had negotiating as to the newly opened steamshipline be attended to by some limited labitlly cam- jast been engaged constracting fortifications at from Vancouver to the Antipodes, via Honolulu, paay or other be stayed in a company's hotel, Holhow and was going on a similar errand to

and also as to the proposed Trans-Pacific cable.

be was shaved by a company, he got a dector's Pakhol. The Haral bad to snches at the The voyage projected by the Fremier of Queens prescription made up by a company, he could entrance of Hainan Straits and wait for daylight. land suggested a fater-colualal conference, get a tie from a drapery company or a galdo In this connection, Tonkin contemporary

which was accordingly arranged, each one of states that the Chinese Government (meaning the Australasian colonies sending a representa-ten-cent ferries were then sun by a company. book at a company's book shop, and even t'a è probably the I.M. Customs Administration) bas

The problem of steam Everything arpeared to be going ahead at a already commenced and to energetically forward- communication has been practically solved, at break-neck pace; and now, we may taform be ing the work of erecting a light of the second order any rate as far as concerns the initial step, by the pace has slackened and many necks he 151 at Cape Kami, another at Lam-kao (north coast

the new line of the Canadian Pacific Company. been broken 1 Many of the companies-not the of Mainan island) and a harbour light at Helbow, tasugarated a few months ago by the now ones he named-have gone lato liquidation, the This will be a valuable improvement, enabling wrecked Micuras but the more difficult problem official salaries are declared a very sore bare len vessels to enter the western end of the straits and of cable communication remains, and will tax and even the Praya Reclamation, fine as it is so make Holhow at night; Kami and Lamkao will the abilities and determination of the most far as completed, is more than the colery give beatings, and so will Kami and Holbow. carnest and capable men. This is to be the manage and has been delayed and a bat To farther facilitate navigation in these waters, next great work of Sir Thomas Mellwraith, who stepped outright. Messrs. Marty and d'Abbadie propose to erect a has already been struggling with it for years. fine barbour light on the bulk Basuto,

which

The Australian Colonies are entirely depan-ilability companies, our visitor remarked on the Bealdes the phenomenal number of limited their firm, the Tonkin Steam Navigation Codent on the Eastern Extension, Australia and great swarms of steam launches, seat and pretty purchased recently in Hongkong as a coal and China Telegraph Company for cable communica. enough for first-class yachts; indeed, probably cargo depot for Holbow. The Berufs, it will be tien with the rest of the world; and together no place on earth could boast such, a band- remembered, came to gile! in the last typhoon, with Mr. Heaalker Heston, who passed through some and efficient fleet of these craft. They as reported in the Hongkong Telegraph, and on Hongkong lately and gave his views on this form an appropriate feature of Hengkong's reaching Hongkong was sold as a hulk. It may subject to the press they consider that the beatiful bashour, with its ships of all nations, be noted, en passant, that Messrs. Marty and Company has established a monopoly wbich, bringing a buge volume of trade; and on all the d'Abbadie's two new steamers, Hanof and Hong while no doubt simply faultless from the share-shipa now to be seen in the harbon, not ond fong, bare lately been making their trips to holders' point of view, has a great deal of power looks better than the white Empress of liab Tonkin with nothing but their water-ballast which it uses to keep up rates higher than they in which Sir Thomas and Lady Mellizati fact which, while it speaks well for the ships in need be. The Company, of course, claims that

to-morrow. May they have a pleasant voyage such beavy monsoon weather, seflects also very enterprise deserves its reward, and that lower

and a safe return | badly on the trade la which they are engaged." rates could not pay dividends; the other side, the advocates of reducti-n, bing arguments to MEBERE. WHEELOCK & Co's Shunghat Freight show that they could ; but the Company declines Market Report of November 24th says:Wo to be convinced. A half-hearted experiment was have been celebrating our Jubilee and have made once, when the rate between Australia celebrated it successfully too, and never in the and England was reduced to four shillings sanals of Shanghai bave we seen such a mus per word; that was still too high for free of natives as came to join us on this auspicious as that is to say, as fren as across the occasion. No wonder, then, that for the few days increase suficiently to pay all at once. The Atlantic, for instance and business did not rejoiclegs business was entirely stopped, and Colonial Governments became frightened, and year, such as 1880 unquestionably wrs, the It has now been shown that in a good average resumed again only to find a very decided drop in our last issue there was frante rush for tonnage advocates of a bolder policy and really popular exceeded it, and instead of tens of millions rates of freight all over the coast. Just on cloning begged the Company to pile on the agony once production of the native opium equalled that of more as of old, and save their guarantees; the the foreign (imported) drug. In fact, it probably which subsided a few days after, and we now close with no enquiry whatever. The prices of rates were not given a hearing.

of Chinese being addicted to the "banefal" Daring his visit to India Sir Thomas Me habit of opium-smoking, only one-third of one produce is the north, as usual at this time of Year, tange higher, but it is a long time slace we wealth discovered a typical plece of extortion $er cent. of the population of the whole Empire havn experienced such an enormons jump as hardly to be distinguished from downright fraud, of Chine, computed by Sir Robert Hart at only chastering, and we are credibly informed that Henniker Heaton la relesence to the high then, we presume that the pairons of the native has taken place, practically futerfering with all of the same kind as that described by Mr. 1,000,000 of soula, smoke Imported opium. 11, many steamers may have to leave New-way robbery" perpetrated on the transcon drug consumed in the year under notice all the the spot at the last," but it is be trusted that the form of heasy charges for absolutely doing result that during 1880 only two-thirds of Chefoo may

come to the front and provide nothing. In India there are three classem one per cent of the whole population smoked cargoes for them all. Wohn to Canton, though, of telegram-urgest, at two pence per word oplam and that, too, in almost infinitesimaal Our special statistician bas ascertained that is still open, and a fair demand exists at fairly ordinary, at about 3d 1 and deferred, at les quantities. For it is on record that the amount daring the past two years Wong Trol Hi has good rates, but as yet none but the regular than a penny. For these charges tele native oplem produced in the year specielly been mixed up in about fifty Jawanity involving liners have takes less than $1,000 each, and has occupied the Shanghat is still nextected, thesis. Nagasaki to gram may be sent the whole length of India, reviewed by the fuspector-General of the Chines though tonnage will from the borders of Cashmere to the southern Customs amounted to at least as much as the fall Court of Summary Jurisdiction 150 working no doubt be procurable later, but we fear most limit of Mudras Presidency, or frem amount of the Imported drug. It was PETER Mackinicab, who was a member of the numbers; sled in nearly a score of suits over For Loaden vid Suez-At present we bare Austrails and England then cost nine abil oplamists the benefit of the doubt. We will daya, averaging 3 hours each, in round much lower rates will have to be accepted. Kemachee to Calcutta, Telegrams between 4-good deal more, but we will give the antis probably local Police Force in 1801, having signed an 810.000,, ocenpying the Court of Original abundant tonnage for this direction and shippers tings a word, of which aise-pence formed not, as they too often do, go to extremes gih November 1885 took 'French leave from loutes sach, at leasts and some ball-desen tach vessel on the berth is getting her share. Indial Thas the was a toll of 450 per the vital Interests of millions of our fellow greement tot abres ve years from the jurisdiction about 200 days of an hour and ten are apparently equally dividing their favors, as the fadian Government's charge for arossing when dealing with question which affects The *Foorco " 'os. the 23rd of February

and was never again seen in the colony appeal cases, most of which were atlik-bom sa The Glanariney is advertised for despatch int ad valorems on Young Australia's com countrymen and tens of millions of British antil yesterday, then to the Central Polige mothered in Chamber," so that statistics are to-morrow, her plaen being then taken by the munications with the Mother Country passing tubjects in various parts of the greatest Emptre Station, waliing some friends, be a zot available. It is computed that if alliske Fopen and Bonied both due to-day, and throughs a sister dependency. What price the world has yet known. We will stick arcaird by virtue of a warrant charging hit with write, affidavits, petitions, answers, amendments, the Oolong due on Sunday, after which the Imperial Federation? Of course, the discovery hard facts throughout this controversy, a On the 23rd the British Con-city Formsi éstecs of the desilon base demurrers, notices, and other doraments filed in Ulysses will load, walling about the 6th proximo, led to fadignant and forcible remonstrances, but if Exeter Hall will do the same e have aniste, Shangbal, and afterwards at the Cathedral, Ing been led in the Pelice Court this morning, Mr. all these cases could be laid out flat in a straight The "Shell" line steamer Clam (the first that has all that could be done was to get this twopenny doubt that the fame will be thoroughly sati

line, they would three times round the earth visited this port) has had excellent support and worth of transit done for sixpence latest tory to all whose oplafons are entitled to serious Haard :vesteen miles three inches and a bit over takes a romparatively large cargo for London MORE, to KATHERINE MERRILEES, eldest who prosecuted, remanded the case

Instances of this kind show the Downing: consideration, daughter of A. G. Merrilees, of Shanghál, fostant, in order that the Government might be would be sufficient, if laid out alternately, to Company's steamer Volute a considerable contrast, their Imperial Institute begging in the trade in forel (Indian) opins, a

Informed; allowing the pilioner (who admitted BIRTH.

the offence and said he was drunk at the time) represent all the dotsand-dash telegrams since amount for Hamburg; being a non-conference letters and similar effosions of Bilish useful purpose may be served If we revest for a out on ball in two sureties of 850 each, which the world began, The acreage of paper used steamer all cargo has gaze forward at the sourate brotherhood are considered. Yet the Homa lew moments to ike report of the Stat alcal were promptly forthcoming. Mackintosh aniyed to them would be sufficient, when decently For New York vid the Canal There has been Government placidly allow these hostals Secretary of the Imperial Mailtime Customs covered with printers Ink, to provide free news-a lull for the past few days, the departure of the ladies on the Innocent and long-suffering and fo1889, I being " digest of the here yesterday in the Airlie, from Australi

papers for everybody that asked while the Priams on the sgth inst. leaving the berth Colonials, until perhaps a specially insistent shout replies to the Inspector General circalar where he has been in the N.S.W. Arilllery,

amount of tak used on these Wong Tao! Hi vacant; it will be occupied again by the Hankow of dissatisfaction penetrates their cobwebbed calling upon the various Commissioners was now on bic way to Shanghai,

documenta, without cexating press-coples, is

at the on Sunday, and as, we bellare, there is only and impe-bound intellects. limited

To give another treaty porta to ascertain the cause of the decline amount of cargo to go forward, she will instance: Efforts had been made for a long time in the oplam revenue, as then experienced. THE Baroa do Ladario, Brazillan Minister to | Il properly dealt with. As for the amount of

enough to drown all the 'Hongkong lawyer despatched for poris of call on or about 30th | to test - the : soundness of the E.EXECT. The following extracts from Mr. E. McKean's China, in in Hengkong at present, having time that public part of the proceedings, bat

that has been expended, we can only instant. Vid the Cape, the only vessel in the Company's estimates, and to prove whether interesting report will serve our purposs come by French mail from Shanghai' wish

P. N. Blanchard, and she is fall: carge lower rates could or could not be made THE COMPETITION OF NAZIVE OPIUM WITH the Baroness do Iodario. It is believed that a moderate estimate flociuding ali the different can be shipped to vessels loading at Hong remunerative, by breaking their monopoly and FOREIGN OPTULL, ble mission in Horgkong is connected with judges, court officers, lawyers, clubs, and kong but at much higher rate, 353 extablishing line in competlilan The Newchwang. Tientals, and Chef on, the question of Chloese emigration to Braal, most valuable of all-reporters) places the net ❘ through from this being the rate demanded Home › Gorémment absolutely refused At Newchwang--where from an average of and that the coincidence of his arrival aggregate at seven years hard, without the option. Departure for Londen: dfax, November andr

·auziet, and at last, dermali, with Governor da Barja's return to Macao (by The amount of gas let off during this period for New York: Bestowers 12th, and Priem trallana ressed knocking at that door. Taat 1,500 piculs a year, to years ago, the years a the merely aneidental. Ti la would fill u

I'm nine miles in diameter rgth lust. Shaoghal to London, per ton for French contracted to Importation foreign oplum fall By that S, Benavides is just wow in Japan- the amount of shoddy staffe ali the cases would suneral cargo, por fortes. Toreulb from HoRow to New Caledonis from Bynes, he lays and the ton of oral aortem has fad ton to lear possibly "trying it on " there-but, all the same, suffice to build the balloon itself while the 555. Shanghai to New York 40s, for tea and and New South Wales Governments being imported in such small quantities

only as to nothing can ever come of this coelle trafile amount of sense employed would not make is pin general cargo, Shanghai to New York 2610, for induced by Sir Thomas Mcllwraith to guarantee supply the needs of southerners resident there, as conducted on the unsavoury models of the hole in it to burst it. The money spent by Wong tea and general cargo per saller vid Hongkong. £3,000 a year each in its support. Then pro native opium has almost entirely supplanted past; it the worthy Haron wishes to do anything, Tool Hi, if put into depreciated two-and-four. Quotations are Newchwang to Swatow, Amoy posal was made that the same company should foreign opium. And not only so, but the pro- be will havevo work very hard andortes few as big as Victoria Peak 1 or if piled up skyward 11 cand, per pical; Weba to Canten 13 cand, ofa Fiji, Sames, and: Honolule, and we con- cetinaled at 6,600 piesls a year, which is baught and remove the penny a ver dollars, would take a solid mountain and Canton season closed; Cheloo to Swalow contiope the line right across the Pacific viacer of Mancherls have a rage unsplas -bad-impressicus-left- by

months ago, the Amigo in 1890, and the slave- one by one, would make sold bar ten times por pical; Nagasaki to Shanghai $140 per fod, nect with Europe in that direction, the by the merchants of Kuad-ch Log-ind, whe traders of former yours.

Excellently er

the the height of a Hongkong: lawyer's Empodence: Bettlements during the fortnight-Beniadi, other aide of the earth limetically owned by expoilt to the south, Minister for Brazil courteously bat

er, if shared out equally, wouldy give to each British steamer, 1,431 too, Kuchinates to Sings the Eastern Extension and its alliens: The Tientsin which to year age. Imported from turned a deaf ear to the insidious overtures of the fortains such as kis melis saver could give him pore, private terms. Hever, German steamet, new proposal, however wasting thrill of horror 1000 to 4000 picnis af forelega pism and now Telegro Interviewer and refused the latest The amount of satisfaction Wong hang out of 385 tons, Mersink to Shanghai one trip $1.44 Through the Right Honourahis the Marganfod opbout one half of that assally-repeste suggestion" of a statement, with a diplomacy ↑ It all he could put la kik eye and not know is per ton and 5 other trips si fit.as per ton. Die Ripon, Hekabooty as Bocratary of. BẠNG Le T

eight-cantke of Alam total in, tála which Toulon ne li he had a lot to posegal.

engaged vessels in port-Wiki.

COLOURED OPALS

MOUNTED IN PLUSH,

representing favourite subjects,

A Largı Attertment of ENGLISH AND JAPANESE CHRISTMAS CARDS,

morning for Bangkok. That is all that is known as to the supposed revival of Franco-Siamese anything, though he mentions that the French Ministry has resigned he does not my why And that a new governor has been appointed for the Isle of Man Rumour had it that the military authorities had received telegraphic Instractions to be ready for contingencies; but | A TEZZORAM from Tientsin received in Shroghat that is absolutely without foundailon. There is on the 34th inst, states that one of the first nothing whatever to record except the sudden things Shêng Tactal will do on arrival at and mysterious despatch of the warships. Shanghal is to get the different hongs belonging When the steamship Devawongss left Bangkok to the Yanghee or Foreign Manufactures (cotton on the rgth fast, the only war ships in that port | cloths, etc) Goild to subscribe according to were the Britlab gunboat Linser and the French their means-some say twenty per cent, of the gunboat Aspic.

capital to the new Cotton Cloth Mills that are to be erected at Yangtsepoo, Sheng hell Ten tsia for the South on the 23rd inst. THE Kebe Chronicle reports that an execution

COLONEL DENBY, United States Minister to China, writes from Peking to our Shanghai morning contemporary under date November of bandsome and artistic designs, suitable to all | 15th: "I beg leave to add my sympathy to the general expression of sorrow that the death of tastes and at moderate pricas.

Mr. John Macgregor has evoked in China. I knew him well. On my visits to Shanghai often enjoyed his elegant hospitality, "I had frequent conferencer with him on public matters. He was always willing to impert information, and the discussion of a matter of public laterest with him was a great pleasure. He was broad. (minded, courtesas gentlemen, Shanghai will long mourn for blas as a leader is all her public mevements, but his memory, will be most and longest cherished by those who enjoyed tha happiness of his friendship,"

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took place at the Hoikawa Prison, Önka, on the 4th inst. Mr. Kakihara, the públle procura- tox, Secretary Masuda, and Mr. Mayeda, super intendent of the pilson, were present The condemned man seems to have been very callons. He asked for ten many (common been gratifie, te them with much gusto, im- medinicly afterwards mounting the scaffold and meeting his doom with great indifference.

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At Chichow, North-Chins, on yth Now, the wife of Mr. SEWELL S. MCFARLANE, L.R.C.S.,

LRC.P.. of a son.

The Honghong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, TURIĎay, November 28, 1893.

TELEGRAMS.

A FRENCH POLITICS,

LONDON, November 26th.

The French Ministry has resigned.

MR. GLADSTONE.

Mr. Gladstone is suffering from insomnia and has been ordered to Brightons for a short rest..

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