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Intimations.

WARM CLOTHES.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1894.

Intimations.

Our lowest priced Whisky is of excellent DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & CO., LD. quality and of greater age than most brands in the market. We recommend our castomers not to be deterred by the lowness of price from trying them all. For a soda-whisky, Tharna's Blend and Watson's Glenorchy are equal to Abalour-Glenlivet is a very old Peat Whisky, (Smoky) that could not be replaced in stock at the price. D and E are too well known to need

IRISH-

THÈSE will all be spoilt before next cold. commezt,

weather unless properly taken care of.

NAPHTHALINE

is the best thing to krepfaway Moths, &c., and

prevent clathes smelling fusty.

FIFTY CENTS PER TIN.

DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & COMPANY, LIMITED,

VICTORIA DISPENSARY.

Hongkong, 6th April, 1894.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

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WINES AND SPIRITS.

On and after the 1st April, 1894, the Prices of our WINES and SPIRITS will be as follows:-

PORT.

(For Invalids and general Usa.)

B Vintage, superior quality, Red

Capsule.

C Fined Vintage, superior quality, Black Seal Capaple

D Very Fine Old Vintage, extra superior, Violet. "Capsule (Old Bottled).

Per doo Case,

$14.40

16,70

30.40

Port after removal should be rested for a month before use. Wine required for drinking at once 'should he ordered to be decanted at the Dispen- sary before being sent out. These wines are too well known to need comment.

A John Jameson's Old, Green

Capoule.......

B John Jameson's Fine Old,

Green Capsule

C John Jameson's Very Fine

,

Perdoren Cane,

$12.00

15.00

18,00

Old, Green Capsule ..................... All these are very fine and old. C has been stacked In Hongkong in wood for 20 years, there being lille sale for Irish Whisky in thể Colony.

AMERICAN-

are considered mad settled, and the policy to be Alex, Ross. adopted by the Government in connection there- James H. Cox. with is decided in the Executive Council. They James Cantis. are then brought before the Legislative Council, J. H. Lewis, where the Goremment-the official members | A. Turner. being in a majority--can secure the passing of E. Mast. any measure, in lace si any opposition on the E. W, Mitchell. limited to objecting and protesting, and have no foo, J. Francis, Q.C. part of the unofficial members who are thos. W. Noble. power to carry any proposal which they may consider beneficial, nor have they power to reject or even modify way maasore which may in their apfalon be prejudicial to the interests of the colour:

6-In the adjustment and disposal of the

A. Coxon. E, Tomlin.

T. Voss Antos.

A. H. Rannie.

WG Humphreys.

Goo: Fenwick.

C. S. Taylor. E. Russa! Burdon. CW. Richards.

TELEGRAMS.

THE CHESTER CUP.

LONDON, May and,

THE P. & 0. S, N, Co's steamer Mantis Ich | Turns are twenty-eight institutions in Russla Bombay yesterday for this port..

called technical railway schools for the special education of people entering all branches of the Affairs may be strained at Hawail, but they railway servics." All but three are controlled by are by no means clear in consequence.

the Government.

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(Love "a that which makes a man happy a day Tux greatest speed situfneď by Žiling ships, or two and miserable the rest of his life.

according to Mülhal, was by the James Baisir, ato miles in twenty-four hours, Land, Flying "THE Hongkong Volunteer Corps Annual Cloud, 413. The Red Jackii fam9330 p Inspection" is unavoidably held ever until

seven days, averaging 325 miles a day.

to-morrow.

The Spring Meeting of the Nippon Race Clab is to be held at Yokohama on Monday, Tuesday,

Colocial revenue it migat be supposed that the The CHESTER CUP (handletp) al jou sovs in and Wednesday, the 14th, rgth and 16th May,

uncficial representatives of the tax-payers would be allowed a potential voice, and in form this has been conceded by the Government. But only in form, lor in the Finance Committee. as well as in the Legislative Council, the anofficial members are in a minority, and can therefore he out-voted if any real difference of opinion Lises.

7-Legislative enactments are nearly always drafted by the Attorney-General, are frequently For dosen Case forwarded before publication in the colony or to the Council for the approval of the Secretary of of State, and when sanctioned are introduced Into the Legislative Council, read a first, second, official members, acilog in obedience to fastrac- and third time, and passed by the votes of the

tloos, irrespective of their personal views or pilvato opinions.

$15.00

Genuine Bourbon Whisky, Fine Old, Red Caprale with our Name and Trade Mark Sample bottles and smaller quantities will be supplied at proportionate wholesale rates.

We only guarantee our Wines and Spielie to be genuine when bought direct from as in the Colony, or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Ports.

GIN.

Per dos Cass, A Fine Old Tom, White Capsule $7.20 B Flac Unsweetened, White

7.20

Capsule

$15.00

RUM. Finest Old Jamaica, Violet

Capable Good Leeward Island............ 8.00 Good Leeward Island...$1.50 per Gallon, Sample bottles and smaller quantities will be supplied at proportionate wholesale rates.

We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony or from our Authorised Agents as the Coast Ports.

LIQUEURS. Maraschino Hrering's Cherry Cordial, Dr. Siegert Angostura

Benedicalse, Coração, Chartreuse,

Bitters, &c. PRICES ON AFPLICATION.

emanates in some cases from persons whose The legislation so prepared and pared short experience of and want of actual touch with the colony's needs, does not qualify them to fully appreciate the measures best suited to the requirements of the community.“

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A JAPAN paper heade a column-"Finding of the Cracked Concrete Committee." When was the poor committee lost? And how did it come to be cracked? And was its concrescen ca not impaired thereby -Oh, of course, our seemed contemporary means to refer to the rdict of committee on some cracked bleeks of concrete in Yokohama breakwater.

THE Henry Dannys, an Americ in sealing vessel,globe-trotter," supposed to have friends in MRS. Fany Cooper, apparently an English was wrecked near Nemuro, an the Japan cost Huddersfield, coramited suicide at Yokohama on the 14th nit. She left Washington territory on the 24th April by throwing herself off the as the 24th December.

Rund. She had arrived alone by the City of

plate or specie, at the option of the winner, THER¤ are still. It is estimated, 800,000,000 in (od rows given by the Chester Race Company, the world to whom the Chilvian faith is not and 2000s given by His Grace the Duke of yet preached. The total population is about Westminlater, K.G.), added to sweeps | 1,400,000,000. inkes of sosovs each, to ft, for three year olda and upwards; the second to receive Tocava and third sorori bat of the stakes; the winner of the One Thousand Gullega or Two Thousand Guineis Stakes at Nam. market in 1894. or a handicap vaÏNS 500 1019, 14lbs. of a bandicap valus joosova 7lbs, extry ratrance Jove, the only forfelt:-Old Cap Course (nearly two miles and a quarter.) Quitam chic. Harloscope-Strange Lady..... I Dare Devil b. h. Robert the Devil-Flor

Helven a Spindle Leg br. c. Chippendale-Twyneh.... 3

BIMETALLIC CONFERENCE,

As laternational bimetallic conference bas been opened at the Mansion House, London, at which Germany. France, and Holland are represented by unofficial delegates whose duties are purely consultative. Ne resolutions bave been passed, and the conference is not recognised by the Government. Mr. Balfour and the Rt. Hon. L. H. Courtney, addressing the conference, malsteined that the only possibly remedy for present monetary troubles would be a double tandard arrived at by international agreement.

COLLISION NEAR PENANG.

1098 OF SIXTY LIVES.

is notified by advertisement in sunther parte de Faneiro a few days before, and from her of this issue that the Jelebu Co, ha declared a conversation she seemed to have serious family dividen 1 of ten per cant, for the huf year up to troubles on her mind. She had money enough Feb. 6th. Particulars as to payment of coupons for Immediate needs sent out from London by will be found in our advertling columns.

telegraph while in Japan.

THE Bon Marche of Parls hai the largest Tx Shanghal correspondent of the Haiphong kitchen on airth. There are fifty frying pans,

Churlar grows tragic and even pathetic over each large enough to hold 300 cutlets at a time. the appointment of Kung as Chinese Minister to The smallest kettle contains 100 quits, Rod the | France, elace he was the officer who got rela- largest goo. Each dish for baking potatoes holds forcements Into Formosa during the war of 215 pounds.

1884-5. "With bis four ateamers, the Wismar, Whaton, Waverley, and Plagon" says the enough to prevent the storming of Tamrai and writer, "Kung took 30 000 men and stares to paralyse the efforts of our brave sliers-{" A8 Pait came tripping out of the Hote! Den- nison at Indianapolis recently, where her car riage was in waiting, a criwd collected to sea her, and a picturesquely diety street srgh called out, with a grlo, “Hello, Pat 1". The great song- stress glanced down at the dirty-faced Hula scamp, and with a cheery laugh responded, "How do you do, my dear little man." The crowd cheered her recogulitan of the youngster, and she drove away laughing and chatting Tolubly.

litt of small debt cases only totalled four suits, IN the Summary Court to-day, the mual Friday' of which two were withdrawn, leaving only two for trial-a wonderful record. Apparently Mr. Jurtfen Wire has weared away all the Sikh Shylocks. He will soon have to be presented with pair of white kid dancing-pomps !

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TEN Japanese are os trial at Yamanashi for Hallongling the Election Laws by bilbing voters with salt fish! Boy 1 let the poet loose-

8. Those who have the knowledge and experience are naturally the unofficial members, who have been elected and appolated a possess log these very qualifications, who have passed large portions of their lives in the colony, and who either have permanent persons! Interests in it, or hold prominent positions of trust which connect them must closely with its aftales, and are therefore the more likely to have been required to carefully study its real needs, and to methods by which these are best to be met. On have thoroughly acquainted themselves with the (Special Telegram to the Singapore Free Press) When the Parliamestay candidate is wishful the other hand the offices occupied by the official members are only stepping stones in an official career; the occupants may be resident for a them to form an opinion on any question which longer or a shorter period in the colony, and for arises, different from that decided upon by the Government in Execuilva Council, la to risk a conflict with the Governor, and they are there fore compelled to vote en occasions contrary to

Sample bottles and smaller quantities will be A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. their convictions. supplied at proportionate wholesale rates,

We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genulae when bought direct from us in the Colony, or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Porta,

SHERRY.

¿Par Cover Cam.

B. Superior Pale Dry, dinner

wine, Green Seal Capsule. $10.80

C Manzanilla, Pale Natural Sherry, White Capsule...

CC Superfar Old Dry, Pale

Natmal Sherry, Red Seal Capsule......

D Very Supeilor Old Pale Dry, cholce Old Wine, Walte Seal Capiale.............................

E Extra Superior Old Pale Dry,

very finest quality. Black

Seal Capsule (Old Bottled)

12.00

£2.00

14.40

20.49

B, C, and CC are excellent diaper wines or for invalids and delicate stomachs. D and E are after dinner wines of a very superior vintage. All are true Xeres wines.

Sample bottles and smaller quandliles will be supplied at proportionate wholesale rates,

We only guaranice our Wines and Spirits to be geruine when bought direct from us in the Colony, or from our authorised Agents at the Cost Forts.

CLARE T.

For Far Сам Сала 1 dos, a dok. Quarts Pinte

B St. Estephe, Red Capsule......$ 6.96 7.56

C St. Jallen, Red Capsule

9.00 9.60

D La Rose, Red Capsule......... 13.96 13.93

Sainte Foy...

730 7.92 Cossac.......................... 9,60 10.44 Château d'Anglade 13.20 £4.40 Chateau Haut Brien Larrivet 18.60 19.20 Cheat Mouton d'Armail-

bacq'......

**** 11.00 22.20 Our Clarets, including the lowest priced, are guaranteed to be the genuine product of the Juice of the grape, and are not artificially made from raisins and currants, an is generally the case with cheap wines,

Simple bottles and smaller quantities will be supplied at proportionate wholesale rates.

We only guarantee our Wines and Spirsts to be genuine when bought direct from as in the Colony, or from our authorised Agents at the

Cout Ports,

HOCK.

Per Per Cue Case dos. dos, Quanta. Plati $12.00 -

Niersteln÷1495 Radethelroer.......................................................... 21.00 Hockheimer........................... 2400-**

BURGUNDY.

Chablis, white wine.... 15:00 - Meursault, superior white wine 12.00 — Volnay, very superior red wine 11.00 21.30

MADEIRA AND CHAMPAGNE. Full particulars of the various Brands on application. BRAND Y.

A Hennessy's Old Pale, Red

Capsule

Superior Very Old Cognac,

Red Capsule.

C Very Old Liqueur Cogano

Par dare Cano.

$14:40

*16.20 20.40

tage, Red Capsule .................

36.00

E Fines Very Old Liqueur

D Hennessy's Finest Very Olá

Liqueur Cognac, 1872 Vin

Cognic, 186a Vintage................ 48.00

HONGKONG DISPENSARY. Hongkong, 30th March, 1894.

MARRIAGE.

At the Union Church, Kobe, Japan, on Mon- day, April 331d, by the Rev. Walter Weston, MA, English Chaptalo, EDITH GREEN, younger daughter of Mr. J. W. Green, of Grosvenor Road, London, to PERCY MACKENZIE SKINNER, second son of the late Mr. Jahn Skinner, of St. Jeonards-on-Sea, Suisér, England,

The

Hongkong Titlegxup k

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1894

THE CONSTITUTION OF HONGRONG.

The following petition may be left to speak for itself for the prezent, but will be fully dealt with is due comite, TO THE HONGURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSIMBLED.

The Humble Petition of the Undersigned Merchants, Bankers, Professional Men, Traders, Arilsant, and other Ratepayers, inhabitants of the Crown Colony of Hongkong

RESPECTFULLY SHIWETH: -

1.-The Colony of Hongkong, situate in the China seas, at the south-eastern extremity of the great Empire of Chics, is one of the smallest, but by no means the least valuable or impor- tant, of Her Majesty's possessions outside of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,

3-It is little over 50 years lace the Colony was founded on a barren rock, the abode of a faw fishermen and pirates. To-day it is a City and Settlement with upwards of a quarter of a million Inhabitants; trade estimated at about forty millions of pounds sterling per annum, and a revenue of some two millions of dollars, wholly derived from fateral taxation. Hong kong is a fren port, through which passes up wards of fourteen millions of tons of shipping per annum, and It ranks amongst the ery first In the list of the great seaports in Her Majesty dominions. It is the centre of enormous British Interests, and an ex'ensive emparlem of British trade in the China seas, and, while it remains free port, it is destined to expand and develop, and to continue to be the centred vast traffic and of constant communication between Europe the Australian Colonias. the United 9-ster, and Cands on the one hard, and Chios, Japan, the Philippine Islands, British North Boraso, Jara, Indo-China, Slam, the Straits, and l-dia on the other.

g-Your petitioners humbly represest that to Malta, Cyprus, Mauritius, British Honduras and other Crown Colonies, more liberal forms of Government than those enjoyed by your pat!- Executive Council; unofficial msforities in the tioners have been given: unofficial acats in the Legislative Council; power of slection of mem bars of Council; and more power and influence in the management of purely local affairs: in Industrial Interests of the same magnitude or none of these Colonies are the commercial and

importance as those of Hongkong. Your peti- tioners, therefore, pray your Honourable House to grant them the same or similar privileges.

PENANG, April 25th.

On Tuesday at 12-10 m. near Tanjong Hantu, the Neatoota collided with the Kwang- thing and sank la five minutes. Two of her boats were stove in a third boat containing forty-eight sixty Ives. The Kwangiang sank in shallow passengers is safe. The loss is probably under

Waler near Telok Sera.

The Kwanglung and the Ngapeota are local siramers trading between Penang, Pangkor (he Dindings) and Telok Anson (Perak), From Penangto Telok Ser, in Dindings, near which the collision-rook place, to about seventy miles, The Neapoota (belongtag to Cheah Yu Kay) leaves for Teluk Anson once in three days, and according to last advices from Penang was to leave that port on the rat. She was probably on the way back to Penang. The Kwangtung was on the same run. but moat Hikely running out to Pangkor. The Kwangtung is a wooden vessel of 334 tons, awaed by Chin Ab Heng and probably in charge of a European Captain, R. G. Jeremiah. The Neapola is of 203 tons burthen, owned by Cheak Tek Soon and built in 1873. From a private source we hear that both masters were drowned. There would be one or tw European engineers on each. In the absence of news we trust none of these are drowned.]

(Straits Time)

10.--Your petitioners fully recognise that in a colony so peculiarly altuated on the borders of a great Oriental Empire, and with population largely composed of allons whose traditional and family interests and racial sympathies largely remain in that neighbouring Empire, special legislation and guardianship are required. Nor are they less alive to the Impesial position of a

PENANG, Wedpudaý, 11.59 a.m. colony which is at once a frontler fortress and a

The steamer Ngaßosta, Captain Witt, and the naval depot, the head-quarters of Her Majesty's steam Kwanglung, Captain Cobb, were in, gret, and the base for naval and military opers-colision off Pangkor on Monday at midnight. lions in these Far Eastern waters, and they are The Ngapoola sark, while the Kwanglung. noi so unpractical as to expect that unrestricted bower should be given to any local legislatore, Siderably damaged, was beached at Tanjang or that the Queen's Government could ever give up the paramount control of this important dependency. All your pe'itions claim is the common right of Englishmen to manage their local affairs, and control the expenditure of the colony, where imperial considérations are not involved.

IT--At present your petitioners are subject to and all local legislation must be subaldlary to It. legislation issuing from the Imperial Parliament, Her Majesty the Queen is Council has full and complete power and suthority to make laws for the Island, and local laws must be approved and assented to by the Governor in the name of the Queen, and are subject to disallowance by Hor Majesty on the recommendation of her Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.

12.-Your petitioners recogalse the necessity and propriety of the existence of these checks and safeguards against the abuse of any power and cheerfully acquiesce in their continuance and authority exercised by any local Legislature, and effective exercise, but respectially submit that, subject to these checks and safeguards, they ought to be allowed the free election of Repre sentatives of British nationality In the Legla lative Cruncil of the colony's a majority in the Council of such elected representatives i perfect freedom of debate for the official members, with power to vote according to their conscientious convictions without being called to account er endangered in their positions by their votes complete control in the Council ever local expenditure; the management of local affalen ; and a consultative voice in questions of an Imperial character.

Your petitioners therefore most humbly gray your Honourable Houis to mayS Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.to amend by Order in Council" the constitu tion of this Crown Colony, and to grant to your petitioners and to the inhabitants of Hongkong in all time to come the rights and privileges hereinbefore men. tioned,

3-Hongkong has attained to its almost anequalled commercial position, through the enterprise, skill, and energy of British mer chists, traders, and shipowners; through the Labours of Her Majesty's subjecia who have spent thel: lives and employed their capital on Its shores through the expenditure of many millions of dollars in roads and bridges; balldings, public and private; in extensive re- clamations; in docks, piers, and wharven ; and last, but not least, in manufactures of great and increasing value. The prosperity of the colony can best be maintained by the unrealitleg exer. tions and self-sacrifice of your petitioners and the valuable

only by the continuance of Hong kong as a free port..

E. Mackintosh. 4-Notwithstanding that the wiele interests = T. Jackson.

The following have already signed the Peti tion, but time has not permitted its circulation amongst Banke, publle companies, and others Coples of the Petition are now lying for signature at the following places-Messrs. Lane Crawford & Company, A. 8. Watson & Co., L., G. Hongkong Club,

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Captain Witt stuck to his ship, and it is reported that he has gone down with her. It in persons board the Ngapocta, of which number suppored that there were one hundred and thirty only forty-eight are known to be safe. The Agapoota also had on board fourteen hundred slabi of tis.

1.5-p..

Aboul ball past 12 o'clock on Tuesday morning collision occurred near Tanjong Sera between the steamers Ngepoole and Kwangtung. The Neapoola sank five minutes after she was struck; two of her boats were stove in, while the third boat managed to get passengers. The loss of life will probably be off with forty-eight over fifty. The Kwangtung sunk in shallow water at Telok Sera.

[Both ships are owned in Pening, the Neofoors belonging towkay En Kay; and the Kwong- Jung to Cheik Tek Soon, The Ngapoota was an iron screw steamer of 203 tons, built In 1873 at Glasgow ; and was of 60 horse. pwer. The Kuwangtung was a wooden screw steamer of 233 toni, balle In 1888 by Chinese in Penang; and was of yg horse-, power.]

THE INTERPORT SHOOTING MATCH.

A telegram was ree-iwnd to-day by the benmaty secretary of the Hongkong Rife la the side competition with Hongkong and Association annoucing that the Shanghai score Singapore was 760. This Colony is therefore again the winner, having scored 833, against Singapore's 817.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

D'ARC Marionettes were to open on Monday (April 30th) in Yokohama.

SHow fell heavily on Fojlyams, the great extlact volcano of Japan, on April 236

THE Governor of Hongkong and Lady Robinson when the last mail lett Japan, were staying at Miyanonille (Fujiya's Hotal)

Ma. Otto Manch, head of the firm of Morf & Co., In Kobe, and formerly with Mours. Simon,

All our Brandy is guaranteed to be pure / Chlaene, and peration and support of the Falconer & Co's, Kelly and Walsh, Ld', and the ↑ Evan & Co., died at that port on the 23rd ult.

Cognac, the difference in price being merely a question of age and vintage.

Sample bottles and smaller quantities will be suppiled at proportionate wholesale rates.

We only gastantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought dieet from us in the

Cout Ports,

of your petitioners are thus inextricably and C. P. Chater. permanently bound up in the good administration | Ho Kal

Colony, or from our authorised Agents at the | are allowed to take only a ilmlied pndar N. J. Ede.

SCOTCH-

WHISKY.

A Thorne's Blend, White Cap

#ale

ED

B Watson's Glenorchy Mellow Blend, Blue Capsule with Name and Trade Mark

C Watson's Abeleur-Glenlivet,

Red Capsule with Name ..and Trade Mark D'Watson's HKD Blend of the

Fest Scotch Malt Whis kiss, Violet Ca, saldumise E Watson's Very Old Liqueur

Scotch Whisky, Gold Cap

Dani Crawford's inest Very Old Scotch Whisky spinger

Pedores Cams,

$10.80

10.80

13,00

14:40

14.40

of the colony, in the efficiency of Its Executive, | T. H. Whitehead. and the soundness of its finance, your psittioner R. M. Gray.

or small A. McConachie, share to the Government of the colony, not permitted to have any really cfective voice Douglas Jones. In the management of fra- affire, external de D. Gillies. Internal. Being purely a Crown Colony, it is G. W. F. Playfair, governed by a Governor appointed by Her Most | Walter Judd. Gracious Majesty the Queen, and by an Exses. Chantry Inchbald, tive and a Legislative Council. The former is Jas. B. Coughtrie. composed wholly of officers of the Crown, D. R. BasoOTA, nominated and appoisted by the Crown ; the| R. M. Moses. latter consists of seven officl Imembers, selected B. Mosen. and appointed by the Queen, and fire unofficial 3.A Lavy. members, two of whom are nominated by certain | D. raakcell. public bodies in the colony, while the other three M. S. 8, Sassoon. are selected" by the Governur, and all are B. J. David, appointed by Her Majesty,

Chas, J. Holliday,

The Executive Council rits and deliberates 5. Godfrey Bird, in secret. The Legislative Countü ale with J. D. Muaro. open doors, and its procedure, appears to námět: W. H. Percival, of fail-and-kufettered discussion, but there is Thon, Arnold, virgaily no true freedom of debate. Questions) J. 5. Van Buren,

Wm. Macbean. J. D. Laprak. b. W. Craddock. Wm. Danby, Robt, Shewan.

R. K. Leigh

F. O, Stedman..

J. YV Vernon.

Geo, Murray Bain, 1: F. Henderson, R. Lyall

Ges, Helmer. A. G. Stokes. E. Burnle

H.P. Wadmin, W. B. Loxley, Henry Crawford... Ino : McCallum, Jahn D. Hutchison. Geor. Phillippo,

C. H. Grace. Alfred Hancock. A. G. Monis, 1. Ewens. E. Jones Hughes.

do] D Humphreys,

À SPLENDID MISs of cural weighing seventy pounds and valued at $2,500 wa found near the mouth of a river at Hatagun, span, a few days 130

"We don't pay for theatrical criticisms," said the seller of the Dafly Bfess to a would-be con- tributor.

To cater for the suffrages of voters.. He should cumsław each an odoriferous dishful Of good old-fashioned three-a-penny bloaiers.

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On Wednesday night a young man la the centre | THIS is how a recent line of a Singapors piper box of the dress circle at the City Hall Theatre "monkeys" with the Gaming Ordinance- by going off into a sound sleep, with his hoofs timed as having, at this precise melty of the created great amusement among the audience Certain numbers have been publicly men.

up to a prominent på ikion. In front. He was abreure association with the capital city of reading the Chino Mfail—the only ma ever Philippines. These are 11 845: 20,898; and karwn to make such a rash attempt. #Tired | 11,635. It is not clear what the connection can Nature's swest restorer" covers a multitude of be, but perhaps they refer to fluctusiing papula- evils.

tion statistica." Now, if that isn't patliking the winning numbers of a lottery ia defiance of the law we would like to know what it is. Only children fiad it any tuu to cock a snook” at a carpte.

Outside Theatre Royal.—Amateur: "The audience seems to be getting their money's worth, judging by their shouts of laughter."

Ticket-man Yes, it seems to go down with 'em like 'ot orjers,”

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THE Irrepressible natire newsp;ner-men, in Amateur—“What's on the boards 7”

Japan seem to care very little for the terrors of Ticket-man-"Hamlet, and old Skitte is in Government censorship. The Nippon's recent the 11 ta rôle."

suspension was the tenth durlug Count Ito' Tableau.

Administration. On that day, it gave the following score of its suspensions :-Count Ito's THE custom of throwing old sives after a bridal Government, 9: Count Karoda's, 3; Count party in an anciout, one. Tive pantomime of Yamagata's, 2; and Count Malingus's, 2, delivering a boot at the head of a bridegroom: making a total of 16, which, added to the latest, by admiring friends signified that the lady's | miko 17, a very sale record for a paper which father had now nothlag more to do with her, and was based upon the custom cổ the Israelites of including an old footcover with- any property that was given by one man to another. In Anglo-Saxon times it was usual fer a husband to take off his boot and tap his wife on the bead with it when they were manled, to signify his authority.

has only been five years in existence, its ärst Aumber having appeared on the 11th February, 1889, the day of the promulgation of the Constitution.

following wonderful yarns are told by the Tonkin venir :---

adoptive mother, who hirishes on the cub the TAMO CRYOSSEN Es on her own offspring:

"There is now to be seen in the botanical gardens (at Hano! presumably) a panther or WONG YEW, a clerk in the employ of the Crown | Uger-cat suckled by a slabima touching spectaclet Solicitor, appeared before Mr. Hastings at the The auseling seems closely attached to its Magistracy this afternoon, on remued, id answer - to the charge of forging the name ofone Verbert Ogilvie on a promissory note for $900, in respect to which Paon Long, a clerk in the employ of charged Mr. A. B. Johnson #ppened for the thiaght the most striking was that told us by Arthur & Co. was previously arrested ind

prosecution and Mr. H. L. Dennys defended, an old saller, about a she-whals that be saw The hearing occupied the whole afternoom suckling a polar-bear cub on an ice-flor-bat resulted in Wong Yew being committed for tristi❘ there is a greater one yet η at May scusions."

"Without going all the way back to Romolas and Remus and the the wolf that sockled them we can reel off lots of similar yarns. We once

for the benefit of the neighbours Ob, little was no deception, she used to keep on croaning

PRRY, the very portrait of your Pa! She had also a child of her own, who got on very well with his foster-brother."

"Lately in the village of Ke-so, Tonkin, there was to be seen any day an Annemite women A Chris CLUB has just be formed in Hong-who nursed at the breast a new-bom pig! In kong, on a modest scale so far, and a public' order to make it absolutely certain that there cordially invited, will be held on Tuesday, May meeting, to which all interested in the game are 15th, at 3.15 p.m., in the chambers of Mr. H. E. Pollock, barrister-at-law, and one of the beat chats players in the Colony, at 18 Bink Bulid then enter their names, and trial tournament, laza. New applicants for memberthip may to decide the classification of all members on the merits of their play, will be arranget, to begin as soon as possible. Devotees of the game should therefore lose no time in applying, ALICE MEMORIAL' AND NETHERSOLE HOSPITALS. Statistics for April, 1894 A.M.E In-Patients remaining in Hospi

tal on 1st April 26. as fa-Patients admitted to Hospital

during April BİŞARƏNGU... 35 Total number treated as in-

Palentsxorso)Mappen - Of these there were *--* Discharged cured ...................... 25- Discharged relieved. Discharged on other grounds o Died in Hospital summume ·2· In-Patients remaining in Hospi- tal on 1st May, 1894ccesso

Out-Patients, zoW CREBE... 881 Out-Patients, return visits 103a,

10

1,933

N.H.

17

"10

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Total number of Out-Patient -

THOMAS I BURTON, ME) C.Mj Superintendant.

There is à similar caso lá Houskong-an nged lady commonly known, as "Granny," at The top of Wyndham Street, who taken in wash- ng and brings up various young animals mostly cf the asinine persuasion, and calls them dram® ale critics of high literary geolus,

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GREAT MONKEY SHOW.

A JANTED, a large number of MONKEYS to forms a GAPING CORPS to stand in thetrant of the CLUB, commonly known as the *UN EMPLOYED DEMONSTRATION.”

GA PING, expecially at LADIKS, has become daser redly popular, but in DRY WEATHER [t is va ry, trying to remain long away from the 4 BAR, and the Corps it intended as a relief to

thors of wank mind.

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This duties of the Corps will be to lean on the ́ rall at the front of the Clab from ro Ax to g PM, i nd stare .... Never mind what at,

Candidates must pass an Examination in Impudence, and, satisfy the Committee as 1p ability to pass remarka audibly when Ladies 27 | walk ( dong the public streets near the Clob. Appila ints must also give mouth-measurements. Any person "exhibiting symptoms of brala power (, will be drammed out of the Corps, if not blackballed at the start,

By Order

Hong kong, 4th May, 1894. 1.

SUPREME COURT.

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OLD SOKE. BERLIN BIET,

IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION, (Before the Full Court.)

... May 4th,

We have to apologise to our readers for having done them an injury in allowing ourselves to be have always worked hard in the cause of cheated by a dishonourabla contemporary. "We enfranchisement-nobody butside of the office cas know how hard, or how much it has cost us, to advocate vigorously and consistently in the direction of a revised constitution, for this celay on the basis of a representation in ratio of faration andnofficial majority in the Legislative

THE 'RECENT FACTION FIGHTI.T “I supposed as much, judging from the Potter-Council, and free popular election of all unofficial. Belles critique, but I thought you might want

The application of Chun Hin, coelle, for a We have strained erary serve to forward the re-hearing of the case decided by Mr. Hastings, to improve your style."

movement, which has at last cnimsisited facting magistrati, on the 19th March (wher, on petition to the House of Commons. We were in possession of this document several days ago, and desired to publish it at once for the benefit of the eansu and the information of our readers, but for private reasons we were induced to hold it back lemporarily on the distinct understanding that the other newspapers in this Colony would do the same, Well, they didn't They violated the agreement, and so the's readers have got the news before ours. They never got abend of us balore, and they naves would by fair means ; it it is only by trading on honour mind a deliberate brauch of faith that they have done it now. It is our own fault ever to have belloed ter Was sechs thing as honour in Wyndam Street, was we are glupiraly sorry for fly. It will never occise

Our old friend Thomas, the most popular and far away the ablest caterer in the East, cele- brates the sanfvmary of the opening of the Grill Room, Queen's Road Central, to-morrow, May th, by a magnificent couplimentary diffin to which the whole colony is faited. A special www has been prepared, and when Thomas is at his beat there is none to hold a candie to him.

A-"He was the greatest man I know of." B,'t--” What did he do 29 ju

A He wrote dramatic criticisms for the Dreary Frazz, and styled an accomplished actor "a most accomplished comedian (1) ►; without making a feel of kimasali,”

the prosecution of Inspector Quiscer, the appellant was sentenced to six months' imprison. ment as having been in charge of a house where arms, were kept after the Peace Proclamation) was wandoned in court fo-day.

Mr. A.3. Leach, Q.C., acting attorney general, instructed by Mc. A. B. Johnson, crown solicitor appeared for the responded. The appellant did not appear, either personally or by counsel,

Mr. Leach wild that, after mature consideration, he did not propose to ask the court to re-hear the case, nor to uphold the conviction, He was prepared to consent to the conviction being quathed forthwith Woody

- Attr: à Lidle technical discussion the seting Chief Justice made an order sccordingly, with the demekrranée of the notleg Pulane Judgšų"

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