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A. S. WATSON & CO.,
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B John Jameson's Fine Old
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Fedoran Ca
$12.00
16,00
13.00
C John Jameson's Very Fine Old, Green Capsule .................... All these are very fine and old. C has been stocked in Hongkong in woed for 20 years, there being little sale for Irish Whisky in the Colony.
AMERICAN-
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We only garantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony, of from cur authorised Agents at the
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GIN.
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A Flac Old Tom, White Capsule $7.20 B Fine Unsweetened, Walle
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P.ORT.
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(For Invalids and general Use.) BVintage, superior quality, Red
Capsule...
$14.40
C
Fías Cld Vintage, superior
D
quality, Black Seal Capsula Very Fine Old Vintage, extr
16.30
superior, Violet Capsule
(Old Bottled)...................
20:40
Finest OldJamaica, Violet
Capralo
$15.00 6.00
Good Leeward Island .......... Goed Leeward Island...$3.50 per Gallon Sample bottles and smaller gaantities will be supplied at proportionate wholesale rates.
We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from us to the Colony, or from our authorlied Agents at the Cout Ports.
LIQUEURS.
Benedictine, Caraços, Chartreuse,
Maraschino, Heering's Cherry Cordial, Dr. Siegert's Angostura
Bitters, &c. PRICES ON APPLICATION.
Port alter removal should be rented for a month before use. Wine required for drinking at once bould be ordered to be descanted at the Dispen A. S. WATSON & CO., LD.
sary before sent out. These wines are too well known to need comment.
Sample bottles and smaller quantities will be suppiled at proportionate wholesale rates.
We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from as la the Colony, or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Ports:
SHERRY,"
Superior Fale "Dry, dinner
wine, Green Seal Capsule. $10.Ba Marzanka, Pale Natural
"B
C
Sherry, White Capsulė J. CC Superior Old Dry, Pale Natural Sherry, Red Seal Capsule
D Very Superior Old Pale Dry, choice Old Wine, White Seal Capsule...........................
E Extra Superior Old Pale Dry, very finest quality, Black Seal Capsule (Old Bottled)
Fer daten Cu36.
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11.00
14:40
20.40
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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, ÁFRIL 5, 1894.
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FRANCE AND ITALY. The Governments of Austria and Germany are endeavourlag to encourage a baiter feeling between France and Italy.
THE GOVERNOR. OF INDO-CHINA.
PARIS, March 25th. The Journal y that M. de Lanessa, Governor-General of French Indo-China (now in Estore on leave) is to be superseded; but the Havas agency denies the assertion.
varied tortuous usages; but to our dismay, such is the depravity of manklad, we have lately learned that the book is held by most classes of llars and thieves, as the auxillary cyclopædia of their professions. All deceit, whether in speech, silence, gesture or act, Is of the nature of a lle, and the art is sublimated when facts are presented, not even distortedly, but just slightly opaque, oblique, or a trifle out of perspective. Cunningly devised fasehood is allied to truth just as green is to blue, in that both
THE FRENCH COLONIES. can be tinted to a point of absolute
March 18th. resemblance. Among the higher exponents M. Boulanger, the newly appointed Minister of the Excelsior Art must be classed those for the Calaules, held a reception of the Colonial BarBoys' who, having emptied a bottle of Office staff yesterday. He stated that the Dawson's Whisky replenish it with rot-elevation of the office from a sub kecretariat to gut at twenty cents a bottle and retall the spurious for the genuine article. Of the same ilk is that sleek self-advertising philanthropist-all know him-who, with one foot in the grave and piles of dollars in the bank, sings piously on the Sabbath- "Were the whole realm of nature mine that were an offering far too small,” and then blandly puts ten cents in the hat.
Governor, whoever and wherever he may What must be said of an inefficient
be, bolstering a huge system of officials exuding crass ignorance from every pore; skilled only in mismanagement; a rapacious horde reaping where they have not sown; a festering cancer in the heart of the community? When they draw their large salaries for abilities they do not possess and for work they truth? Their ears are dull of hearing have not performed, are they telling the and their eyes they have closed, lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their heart and should be converted."
mlalstry indicated the increasing importance of the colonies, calllog for fresh efforts. He a personnel, and sald he relled on the devoted nounced his intention of strengthening the
support of the Colonial Service, and was ready to be equally loyal in return.
THE SANTANDER DYNAMITE SHIP. MADRID, March 30th,
At Santander to-day, after every precaution. the sunken wreck of the dynamite-laden had been taken, and everything cleared away for oma distance, four torpedoes were directed
steamer Machickaco, on which there have already been auch terrible explosions. The wreck was blown to pieces successfully, and it is now belleved that all danger has been removed.
COINAGE IN SPANISH COLONIES.
the Cortes that he was determined to prevent
The Colonial Minister, Sr. Becerra, to-day informed the Cuba and Porto Rico Depalles to
Colecies as recognised tender. the circulation of foreign money in Spanish
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE French steamer Hanol, which arrived here to-day, reports having met three Chinese iron- clads going west, in Hainan Straits, yesterday.
Tur F. & O. and Messageries Maritimes Shanghat during the races-165 for a return advertise their usual cheap rates for trips to
ticket available a month.
·
But certainly the most hideous and THE Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s royal mail degraded form of lying is a certain
steamer Empress of India left Vancouver for class of everyday Journalism. To investi-this port on the 3rd inst gate the subject is like wallowing in a sewer. We mention no names, but there are journalists-tertiary llars-of whom it may be said as it was of King Jons, Hell itself is (or will be) defiled by their fouler presence." Unfounded facts are their most innocent type of Be. Everybody knows, for instance, how the war news of a certain Colonial evening paper was dished up in 1885, but the story, as told to us, is so apposite to the moral of our subject as to deserve repetition. In that Colóny was a Governor, in his household, a pretty slavey, and the Editor would lark-round the grounds under cover of dusk and, arrived at the back door, would chirp "Come Into the Garden, Maud? or a kindred ditty, to which the maiden would quickly respond.
"Good evening, MARY, my dear, you're looking more charming than ever.""
"Oh please don't squeeze me like that, sir, you make me feel so funny" (Interval for refreshments).
my dear?"
"Has master had any telegrams to-day,
"Yes, air, he had one this afternoon." "What did he say? Did he look anxious or alarmed?"
"Yes, sir, when he opened it he said Struth, and ordered another gin and water.""
On this authority would serenely appear in a following issue some such paragraph as this-"The political situation is grave in the extremel We are hastening towards a crisis! On the next few hours hang the destiny of the Empire His Excellency received, yesterday after- noon, a most important telegram. We do not feel justified in publishing the contents at this juncture but they are of a most Intricate and embarrassing nature. The eyes of Europe are towards His Excellency. We sympathize with him in his arduous and responsible dutles."
A REGULAR meeting of the Victoria Priory will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street this evening, at 830 for 9 o'clock precisely: Visiting brethren are cordially invited.
DR. de Medelros, Bishop of Macao, arrived at Singapore from Barcelona by the Spanish steamer Santo Domingo on March 28th.
WI understand that the Potter-Belle company will shortly proceed to the United States and will perform for abort seasons in Hongkong, Shanghal and Yokohama en route. `- THE Vladivostock station telegraphs to the Hongkong Observatory to-day "Harbour com pletely free from ice. This is a very quick clearance, as the frost only broke up last Thursday,
THERE are now seventy-four business houses and private residences in Kobe provided with telephones, according to the skin Nippo, and fifty-seven others waiting for the communication to be established.
TELEORAPHIC information has been received from the Manager of the Panjom Mining Com.
pany to the effect that during last month the
mill ran for as days, crushing 1150 tons, which gave a net yield of 476 ounces of gold. RECENTLY there salled from New York for the wilds of Africa a young lady of twenty-seven Years, who hat undertaken a novel missionary
the vineyard. work. She is a dentist, and she is going to operate on the teeth of missionary laborers la
We regret to notice a serious symptom of impending disaster across the street-f4. In the direction of our esteemed morning contemporary. To-day's issue contains a glowing-pot to say lufd-account of a fire in Hongkong, which only is the pace that kills, and this is far too quick occurred at 9.30 last night! Beware, Granny; it
to be sale,
In their recently issued report the members of
the Ceylon Currency Commission state that they are unable at present to advise the Government of Ceylon to sever its connection with the currency of the Continent of India. They think the risks of a change are as grest as, if not greater than, those which may be expected from Inaction at the present tirae.
THE Stralis Times hears that, as the result of Contribution by the Home Government, a reduc- the further consideration of the Straits Military
tion will be mads in the sum charged. 'According to our contemporary, whatever the amount of the reduction, it will probably be allowed, not as a matter of principle, but as a concession to the. present condition of the Colonial finances.
THE Hoogkong Government has notified through the Crown Agents for the Colonies in London may be converted late Three-and-a-Hall per that £140,000 of Its Four per Cent. Dehentures
Cent Debentures. Those sant in for conver·lon THE officers of the Russian gunboat Zadiaka❘ would be received on and after March 16th, but on Easter Sunday sent a congratulatory telegram not later than April 30th, by the Crown Agents from Nagasaki-to-a-Tonkin-newspaper, wishing of the Colonies, Notice is given that the Four the community "the compliments of the season," per Cents, will be paid off on Sept. 1st next. The Avents sent a telegram in reply,
THE British barque Montgomery Castle, from THE Prince of Colonna has entered an action at New York to Java, with petioleum, had to pat law against the New York World for 100,000 into Fayal port owing to eight of the officers and francs damages. The claim is made that the crew having been drowned; there was DO one on board capable of navigating the vessel new paner libelled him when it said he was
on her voyage. The Montgomery Castle had expelled from a jockey cluh for stealing.
encountered very heavy weather by watch her cabia had been stove in, her beats lost, and, everything movable on deck had been washed overboard.
A TONKIN paper, referring to an oppostilen periodical which started on the "independent" line but har degenerated, compares the journs! to a pretty girl, who has become ugly and diseased through too reckless lack of morality,
THE navigation of the Dead Sea is the latest step in Oriental progress. The Suitan has.scat two sailing bosts there, one for freight and one for passengers, and he intends to try and make money out of the salt, hi'umen and sulphur of the lake..
A GOLD watch-chain and locket were presented fastractor of the Hangkong Police Fores, yester to Mr. D. C. Christie, ex-Sergeant and drill day on the eve of his departure for Shanghai, where he will, we understand, join the Model Settlement's Force.
Two or three years ago Moji, at the entrance to the Strafts of Shimonoseki, "was scarcely known to the outside world. Now, thanks to the coal mines is the viduity. It is a port canying on a large trade. A contemporary says that every day four or five foreign ships come to load coal, and the Hochiku Railway Company is running 500 cars day, carrying over 2,000 tons. The Income of the Company per mile per day exceede 39 yes, an increase of about 19 yen as compared with the same period of last year.
IT is reported that the Ocean Steamship Com- pany (Holt's Line) which has a regular servica between Holland and Java, has offered the Netherlands Minister for the Colonies to carry the Government's coffee at a much lower rate of
freight than that charged by the Nederland
Areminent American journalist, in one of the leading periodicals, denounces the general Insincerity and corruption of modern Journalism. He formulates fundamental maxims that should regulate the conduct of every honest newspaper, emphasizing foremost that "A journal should place accuracy of statement above all other be honest and express sincere convictions." considerations," and again that “It should Is not this precisely what the Hongkong Telegraph for many years, with good intention and well-directed effort, yet unfortunately with but indifferent success in some directions, has been endeavouring to instil into the vacillating, imbecile minds of its weak-kneed colleagues of the Daily Prest, and China Mail? Have not wo, earnestly and entreatingly, time after time, besought our local contemporaries to assert the truth at whatever cost? 720 7.9 And not only to our contemporaries Château d'Anglade......13.20 14.40 has this sound principle been tendered, Chateau Haut Bilon Larrivet 18.60 79.20 but also to others, particularly to Château Mouton d'Armail.
the Government Officials of this colony. : hacq'
21.00 22.20 Contemplating certain individuals In Our Clazers, including the lowest priced, are their zig-zag ways, we are compelled guaranteed to be the genulae product of the to believe that they are built on the falce of the grape, and are not artificially made diagonal and thus cannot possibly act from raisins and currants, as is generally the on the square; or, like some dogs, Some rascals might call it smart; the court of Annam, has become a total loss. She Such manufacturing may be pleasant. THE French mall boat Saigon, wrecked on the
Sample bottles and smaller quantitles will be they must run sideways. Is there any- Ing hounds, fawning and truckling and could be got out of her har been taken aabers, Minister will make a change in such a long although their heads be placed straight, Telegraph despises It. And those grovel.hange at an angle of 45 deg. by the bow, the after part of the ship being under water. Allthat where a standard of Truth, or is Truth smirking to officialism and the car's-meat
and there is no hops of floating her. The Tamiss, down the ages is heard a volca, mocking sentiment of honour or candour or common between London and Havre, has been bought to the philosophy of antiquity and shouting honesty in the opinions they express? We rus between Saigon and Tonkin in place of the that "the war against Lo Bengals was assented defiance to all posterity-"What is commend to their notice Rev, 21.8. Truth?" After you have wandered the As for the Hongkong Telegraph, it shall wide world aver and found it not, come be our aim henceforth, as heretofore, to back to Hongkong and vainly seek it keep our eyes towards the pole of eternal truth; we shall represent Incidents as they occur, facts as they present themselves; state our convictions and drag to justice evil-doors, without fear of Man or Beast.
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We only guarantee our Wines and Spirit to be genulue when
THE Scottish Oriental Co.'s steamer Påra Chom to come out of dock this morning, bez berth belog taken up
touched up" by the experts of the Dock Com- pany and during the afternoon the Indo-China Co's Calcutta Hines Wingsang was docked for light overhaul.
the Zoosok, which will ba
a
and Rotterdam Lloyd Steamship Companies, For a long time the Government coffee was shipped per steimer from Java to Holland at the rate of 70 florins per 1,800 kilos, and the directors of the Dean Company have pointed out that private semis ship the same
would thus be a reduction fa freight of about amount of coffee from Macause a Batavia to Holland per steamer for go farfus. There 150000 in 1894, but it is not expected that the
standing system.
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gives all atistics up to date regarding the Derby, Colony, or from aght direct from us in the merely a mode of elasticity? Rolling that calls Itself "Society "is there any cargo-bost of 3,400 tons, formerly plying CICIL Rhodes, the Capa filibuster, points pat
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wrecked mall bost
A MONTANA man has invented a boat for naviga- The boat is seventeen feet long and four test tion on the Missoula and other mountain rivers, bem.. Attached to the stern is a paddle wheel, hung from a frame, which can be raised or lowered as the boat is in shallow or deep water. The wheel in revolved by an endless chain which passes over a crank in the centre of the boat, moved by an arrangement similar to that used in propelling hard-cars.
to by religious bodies," This seems extremely probable, remarks Sydney. Bulletin. Hasn't every shady thing that was ever done-Including by Catholics, and the sawing off of Puritan the Crucifixion, and the bursing of Protestants care by Anglicans, and the flogging of Baptists The smallest lie ever uttered-it is on
and Quakers by Puritans, and all the reat-been record was negotiated by ANANIAS, and
rented to by some religious body or other ? he suffered Instant death. A fallacy is
For that matter Lo Bengula's massacres were | circulating that he was punished for the
also assented to by religious bodies. The Matabele rain-maker, or witch-finder, or gree- supposed enormity of the lie. Not so.
gree man, or ouganga, or whatever he is called, The occasion was an object lesson, the
is galle as much a religions body in his own way. moral that bigger lies would be met by
as the Archbishop of Canterbury, only he is AT the Magistracy to-day, in the course of an greater punishments. Some people in
fatimidation case, it was mentioned that the greasy outwardly instand of greasy inwardly, Hongkong ought to be and would
coolles employed in the Naval Yard have been A CEYLON Contemporary thinks it singular that be torn with red-hot pincers or boiled
In the habit of paying their headman 20 cents Sir George Otto Trevelyan (Secretary for
■Retrenchment Committee should be granted at In oil if we still lived in the dark ages, Scotland) brought forward Bill in the House each per day, as a commission, in return for his | the Stralis when even those who seek it expect The measure of a lie is a decelt; of Commons for the creation of a Grand Com. kindness in allowing them to work there at very little from it, while it is denied in Ceylon, that of ANANTAS was self-assertively transmitee for the control of Scotch affairs. The wages of yo cents a day. Commodore Boyes although every resident in the Colony-in or
has been endeavouring to suppress this shame.
out of the Service-who has paid the least atten. parent. It was simply a burlesque, as for was opposed by Mr. Batlour on the ground Instance If a man says "I have two tend to accentuate national differences.
that the appointment of such a Committee would ful extortion, and it was on that secount that ton to the subject, declares most confidently trouble had arisen among the coolles. The case that the estabiliments are much over-manned. mothers," the natural fact being impossible. But if he say "I have two fathers" he may be staing the truth or may intend ≈ lle as regards physical agency, possibly reserv ing to himself the subterfuge of an allegory,-.g.that appreciating the great benefits enjoyed by this Colony, he yearns towards Governor Ronson with tendor possession and kept back part of the price," feelings as of a son. "Amanian sold a and brought the other part and fald it at the Apostin's feet" Think of that I he
A CANADIAN TEA TAX. sold his own property with humility,
The new Canadian tariff imposes a duty of 10- donated the bulk of the proceeds, and was
cents per pound on tes, except on shipments blasted for not disgorging the remainder, direct from tea-producing countries, or via But his act was an amateurish, clumsy England. It is stated that this duty has been proceeding; doubtless at the first attempt Imposed for the purpose of obviating adulteration, a Hongkong Broker would have displayed |:- far better-science-and-skill; he would- have sold, not his own, but the Apostle's property, pocketed the shekels and stuck the unsuspecting Holy Men with worthless paper. With humility? No, with check.
What is Truth? It is difficult to define the unknowable, but some conception may
It is stated that there are prospects of a Come be realised by considering what it is not.mercial Agrement between Ausisie, Rastis, and Some years ago, under a non-de-plums, we Germany, which will probably be followed by wrote an exhaustive treatise condemnatory pacles under Randing penaliting of the suspen. of falsehood, owplously exemplifying its | Kion of milits my preparations.
a reference to the foregoing, Mr. Gladstone before his Worship was not proved, but he took It adds, it is commen talk here that the Heads announced to a deputation of Scotch members the opportunity to condemn the "squeess of Departments and a few leading Civil Servants on the 26th Feb, that the Government would pidgin.)
asked to draw up a scheme based on the accede, as an experiment, to the appointment SAYS the N. Y. Maritims Registers The placiple of " Better pay and fewer me to d of the Scotch members as a Grand or Standing
very speedily show such a re-organisation and Committee, whom should be referred all United States do not want any transmarine pos amalgamation as would result in a considerable Bills relating to Scotland that had passed the sessions. Nor do they want any European Power swing notwithstanding higher salaries; and a toincressa fta territorial possesslous where ruch second "reading. To the Scotch members,
́administrative officers, would lead to better work other members chosen by the Committee of of advantage against the United States in case of and more of it in proportion to the staff. however, would be added a certain number of holdings may in the least degreebe used as a point scheme too, that by patilag new split into Selection.-ED., Hongkong Telegraph.}
war. The holding of transmarine possessions has many drawbacks, and this fact is well set forth in an article in the Landon Quarterly Review. The article says: "Every Power in ibs world tolda all its transmarlae possessions merely as 'the caretaker of the lilmate aaval power. It England is that power every such possession is here for the trouble of taking it whenever she is at war with the power which holde it.
CONTINENTAL-TREATIE9,
Apill anl A Commercial Treaty, principally due to the personal intervention of the Cruz, has been can daded between Austria and Russia, and is regarded as an important indication of a pro- bable Austro-Russiau rapprochement.
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GREAT FIRE IN HONGKONG.
SEVEN HOUSIS DISTROYED,
$180,000 DAMAGE,
One of the largest and most disastrous fres If she is not, her empire is at an end, and bar that have occurred in the colony for a number of very existenta 11.30. independent nailon muskara broka. In the cock-left of No. 136 ever be at the mercy of her victorious foes. Bonham Strand West last night, and resulted in This, and no less than this, is the strategical the destruction of at least $10,000 worth of meaning of the command of the sea. To property are the raging element could be sub- the British Empire it possession means dued. The alarm was raised at 9.as p.m., when security, its los anfhilailon. The com already the fire had got considerable hold mand of the seas' means much indeed under on the house, an all-dealer's store, in which it such conditions. But it means also more. It originated so that when the Fire Brigade, which gives in addition the mastery of the commerce turned eat very promptly under Superintendent of the world. That England will hold this great Wodehouse and Assistant Superintendent Hors position for ever is neither probable or possible. pool, arrived on the scene, roaring famen weis That she will held it for many yuum yat is a graing not only from the windows of No. 136 grophecy more open to belief.
| Bus mina fram the upper storeys of the adjoining
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