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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1895.

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THE P. M. S. 5 Co's demer City of Rio de Fameico will resume duty on the San Francisco toute at daylight to-morrow.

A REGULAR meeting of St. John's Lodge. No 618. S.C. will be held in the Freeninsons'Hall, Zeiland Street, on Thede the thinstant, at 8.10 for am precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially

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The Committee of the Victoria Rrotestión Club pronose (as will be seen by an adet, in another

column holding an athletic meeting on Saturday, the 6th proximë, providing sufficient entries ure forthcoming.

T steamer Alenmufe, which arrived here in-day from Sydney, N.S W., ban on board çao bster of wool for Japan and ra boxes of gold (straße worth) principally shipped by Chloese

who took passage In her to China.

Is sald that the real reason for the recall of M. 'e Lanesian from the Governor-Generalship of French Indo-Ching was that he bad, in bli private correspondence, spoken of some of the Sprinkled on the handkerchief and over the French Ministers astmbeciles, Idiots, and brutes.

The Standard states that cricket In Australia THE German man-of-war Alexandrine artved | bas reached an unesually high Irvel, Angirailar here this afternoon from Nagasaki.

colonists, it says, are entitled to the warmest congratulations on the recent victory.

Tam Brilah steamer Pallas, Capt. Murray, which arrived here late last night from Kat chinesu (Japan), reports passing the ship Queen Margarel in ist, at dag. north and long. 136 deg finally strong north-west gale from Keichlastas The Pallar encount-red an excep-

to the Formora Channel. –

that their performance does not contain a uleglo | terrible state of anger. Suddenly he sprang redeeming fentare,

towards the witness-box and, addressing the witness in 1 lood tone, abooted "I will tear your heart out." Immediately the warders, who bad charge of Woodward, made an effort to secure him, and they were so far successful as to prevent actual violer co to the witness. A terrible rugpfe ensued, the enraged fighting desperately for his liberty. The who was attacked went to the aid of the wirders. racaped, and batted from the court. He had not the confusion which followed the prisoner

gone far,

The Daily News states that Stoddart's laurels are slipping from his grasp and urges that a desperate effort be made to retrieve the realiton of the English team.

Mr.

has admtalstered a rebuff to the london County Council, which hody had asked to have the

under its control.

back.

might have given more orders, but. In the con. foslon which followed the digester it was impos sib'e to hear orders, even they had been given at such a distance from the bridge,

SOME SAY THAT there was FOD AND OTHERS THAT THERE WAS NOT.

LONDON, February 2nd, Three survivors of the Elle salled to-day from Liverpool for New York. Before leaving they the Bibe, if rec vered, be buried in England. requested that the bodies of relatives lost on

that when she tried to get into the beat reat which she was thrown by a wave many hande pushed her off. She was finally dragged into when the collision occurred. the boat. She declares, that no log prevalled

THE Tient to correspondent of the N. C. Dally1gement of the teleskone system of London I brought ever, before he was capture 1 and Miss Borcker, the women survivor, anid, to-day.

Newis writes: -Probably your readers know mors about this than we do, but it is understood have made a treacherous attack in the Por Under the cover of flag of tea the Kaffiss un bere that the whole concern of the China tuguese at Delagoa Bay, East Africa. Seventy Merchants' Steam Navigation Company of the Portuguese were kllied. been transferred to Mesure, Carlowlis & Co., and that the ships will now sali under the German Ang.

The rislag of natives In the Niger territory, West Africa

against the authority of the Royal Niger Company, has been queiled. At the Magistracy yesterday, Mr. Wodehouse, appointed to the Archbishopric of Adelalde.

Bishop O'Reilly, of Port Augusts, has been Coroner, concluded an inquiry into the circum- It is rumoured that Bishop Selwyn of Melane stances attending the death of Sung Sheung Lin, has been offered the Angitcan Bishopile of

bostman who was stabbed to death on the Adelaide.. Bib alto. After the evidence of Drs. Lowson and Marques was led, the Coroner sald that "death was occasioned by peritonitis, which was caused by a stab in the loins inflicted, together person or persons unknown."

February 6th. Messi's, Bockow, Vaughan, and Co., are the successful tenderers for the supply of 25,00o tons of steel ralis for the Western Australian

An extraordinary attempt of a minister of religion rob a bank is reported from Portland, whose name is Reid, belonging to the Raptist in the State of Oregon,metics. A minister, Church, entered the bank at a quiet period of the day, and produseing # revolver ordered the cashler to ball op. The overnwed cfficial threw up his hands, offering no reslatance whatever to his assallan, who, still keeping his man covered, proceeded to transfer the money within reach to his pockets. At this point another cashier entering grasped the position of affairs, and burrying an without attracting the attention of the clerical robber, secured a a shot-gun kept on another par the gan at the man, who was still busy collect- of the premises,

and returning etly levelled

quietly ing booty, and called on bim to give himself up. tured without further trouble by the officials,

LATEST PARTICULARS. The Queen to-day sent a message to the agents of the Llords line expressing regret at the loss of the Elbe and asking to be Informed if there is any chance of any more survivors. The agents replied that they fented there WAE Do hope that any more would be saved. Up to 2.30 o'clock to-day no bodles or wreckage have been found.

The owner at Aberdeen of the steamship Crachte, which is believed to have run into and sunk

breast of the night clothing It gives almost Ngw siano repairing machinery, received by / with other wounds, on the deceased by some ↑ Government. The contract price la extremely The minister, caught in a trap, was then cap Crathie's bow was terribly crushed by tha

Instant relief.

Bottles................$1.00 and 50 Cents.

VICTORIA DISPENSARY. Hongkong, 19th January, "1Ɛot.

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Ry special guest another performance of the pantomime "Robinson Crusoe will be given at DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co., Ln., the Theatre Royal. City Hall, next Saturday, commencez at 9 p.m. The performance will he under the patronage of Commodore Bores, || R.N., and the officers of Her Majesty's Fleet,

TRE London Datly Chronicle reporte on good authority the sale of the World. firm of solicitors having purchased the property from the Vates family. It is added that according to

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WINES AND SPIRITS.

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low.

The committee appointed by the Governments of Great Bitain, Germany, and America to consider the claims for land in Samoa has recognised most of the German claims, and hue largely curtailed mast of the claims made by

WHAT is this disease that is coming upon us? Just look at this awful clipping from the Stam Free Press and then buy a dozen silk hand. kerchiefs and just wall till slbige: We have so far received this month only one copy of the China Mail and this is dated JanuaryBrlish and American subjects,

The best land has been allotted to the 31st. The world would seem to be retrogress Germans. ing ro fer as our contemporary la concerned,”— Ah! No wonder the calamos of the our Bang arranging for the purchase of the racehorse -A syndicate of English sporting men was kok contemporary have been as dull and unpals Carbine from Mr. Donald Wallace, of Victoria, table as China-town ditchwater for weeks past i

at the time

of Portland was accepted. Liliuokalani, who was recently arrested in con. Advices from Honolulu st te that ex-Queen nection with the 1ste fullle rebellion &alist the newly-established republic, has formally renounced her claims to the Throne of Hawali, and bas professed allegiance to the Republican Government.

February 1'th. The decisions of the Commission appointed to adjust the affairs of the much troubled Samoans will really curtail British and American Interests and influence in thean islands. All the best lands have been allotted to Germans.

February 13th.

The Sportsman states that the Australian racehorse Carbine would have reallaed fully £10,000 if he had been submitted to action,

Terribly cold weather continues to prevail

rumour Mr. Clement Scott is to be editor. The THE popolarly of Mr. E. 1. Ackroyd, Acting the Do that the offer of 13,000 gulmens from throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.

new owners, li is understood, paid £15,000 for Chief Justice, and the high esteem to which he the copright.

is held by all classes of residents, was evidenced by the large and infloential gathering on old INSPECTOR Hennessy, the ubiqulious Inspector Peddar's Wharf at eleven o'clock the forencen of weights and measures, charged Chinese to bid the indefatigable Justice farewell. A there are Selected by our London merchant of Bonham Strand West at the Police There were present on the wharf, bile Excellerey

Meget waterday for having in his possession the Governor, Major-General Digby Tourn, haught dree! ! first hand,

fudots a weights, It appeared that the resMs, and Miss Barkers, Capt. Sterling, A.D.C. teeneted Di Wond and Bottled by ourselves, th, welcht was bre per cent. Habt and the 200 Capt. Murray, A.D.C, the Captain Superin ihun suing all is termediate profits and en»bling th

out of the plumb," tendent of Failce and M, Max, Mr. Justice welche per cent

and Mrs D. Cillies, Messrs. us to supply the best growths at moderate "Jobri" was fined $ro ind, of course, paid. and Mrs, Wise, Mr.

H.E. Wedeh , and W. C. H. Hantinga (Police

use, and mylean

Two trainers altached to the American craiser Magistrates), Mr. J. J. Keswick, Dr. and MM. Delvoit were charged before Mr. Hastings at | Hartigan, Mr. A Se'h, Mr. D. R.

·R. Sassoon,

the the Magistracy to-day for being "awicily folly" whole of he members of the local Bar and a

skull stick coolle last night. They number of other leading realdents, Several of wer fined $13 one dollar going to the hapless Mr. Ackroyd's isfonds escorted bim on board *rtricky" as compensation. The "tars" looked the Erwart Simone and an 10on as that stately awfully happy and accepted the magisterial linor was under way tfaging cheers were given proscription with manifest pleasure Bad

for the departing officia!, who may havé kle equals in the public service but, as far as hard work and conscientiousness is concerned,certainly on superiors.

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PORT-After removal should be rested a month before use. When required for

def king at once. It should be ordered to be Recenied at the Dispensary before being

seri cal

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CLARET:Our Clarets, including the lowest priced, are guaranteed to be the genuine product of the juice of the grape and are not aidally made from raisins and currents, as is generally the case with Cheap Wines. BRANDY;—All aur Brandy is guaranteed to he pure Cognac, the difference in price

being merely a question of age and vintage.

urbourded gratitude.

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NEWS BY THE AUSTRALIAN

MAIL.

The Eastern and Australian Co.'s steamship Manmuir, Capt. Hugh Craig, from Sydney and ports, arrived in harbour yesterday evening For the subjoined telegrams we are indebted to our Colonial exchanges : –

SIR CHARLES HOLLER SMITH, the new milltary commandant of the Victorian ferren, arrived at Melbourne from England la the R.M.S. Cuzco on the 8th ultimp. He was met by Lieutenant- Colonel Penne, Acting-Commandant, the Mials ter for Defence, Sir Frederick Sargood. Colonel Gordon, Commandant of the South Australian Forces, and other prominent citizens, and received by guard of honour in the usual way.

LONDON, February 4th. At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Wode.

Sir Roland Vaughan Williams, who was bouse, a little Chinese pil nat higher than a table recently removed from the Companies Winding- was brought in as a witness. She is just out of bo stated that unless the order for his removal Branch of the Bankruptcy Department, and the hospital, where bai been

was cancelled he would publish some letters he aufferlog from bruises and cars

cars of her Tang Man Kwong and bis concubine. They beat had received from high personages condemning the poor little waif and made her walk for hours bis action in the case of the directors of the old around 11

the rooms of the harem with a heavy club New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency over her shoulders

subjected

Company, Limited, has resumed the company outrageous and cruel treatment. The child business of the Bankruptcy Department.

A scene occurred at the close of the trial of rather good looking and bright, but is almost so

Madame Joniaux, a lady moving in bigh rodiely Infant. The Court fined the defendant 850 and turned the child over to the Registrar General.

in Antwerp,

charge of barley Belgium, on enured the death of several of her relatives. The prisoner fainted when sentence of death was paned upon her.

and

over

WHISKY-All nur Whisky is of excellent quality and of greater age than most brands In the market, The Scotch Whisky marked "E" Is universally popular and is pro- nounced by the best local connoisseure to be superior to any other brand in the Mr. Holmer appeared for the defendant, Hongkong Market.

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

week owner

ber to

10

IT affords us mech pleasure to call attention to the fact that an Exhiblilon of Australian pro- ducts, including wines, brandy, dairy and fruit meats, flower, soaps, perfumeries preserves, products, bisculta, jams, preserved frults, Ifnned etc, will be held in the St. Andrew's Hall (City Hall. to monow (Thursday), from to 30 m.

6 p.m.

m. H. E. the Governor ban algoified

3.m.; and all who wish to see Mr. E. Jerome Dyer, the energetic and courteous Australian Trade Commissioner in charge, in bis elament, and inspret the products of the Antipodes, should not lose this opportunity of looking him up in the "ty Hall during the day.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD, his fatarlion to visit this interesting display at

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. Innkan `th January 180s.

The Hongkong Telegunph

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1895.

TELEGRAMS.

THE ORIENTAL WAR.

LONDON, March 6th. The Chinese warships captured by the Japanese at Wel-bal-wel baya arrived at Yokebome.

The Japanese haye abandoned Sbuntung and Wet-bal-wel after destroying the forts there.

The Third and Fifth Japanese Divisions have effected a Junction near Liaoyang, a city about 50 miles south of Moukden.

THE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN CRICKET

MATCH.

The Australians in their second innings were all out for 267 runs,

WE notice that Monsieur G. De Champesos, who has filled the post of local agent of the Men saperies Maritimes in Hongkorg for some t'ma, and has carried on the flourishing business of that

great

firm

with marked success, bade farewell to

The verdict and sentence, were received by the crowd with frantic manifestations of joy, The prisoner was 'greeted with Jenru and cries of

Lynch ber

A congress of Russian millers has been held to consider proposals for the regulation of the export of flour from Russia.

In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Sydory Buxton, Parliamentary Seerstary to the Colopla Office, stated that her Majesty the Queen had declined the allegiance proffired by the Swarl cavoys to England on behalf of thele country. men who desired to be brought under Belilsh rule.

An English smelting firm has adopted the process invented by Captain Angel, of Adelaide, for the treatment of Broken Hill sulphide ores, Works for the treatment of this class of ore will be erected at London and Swensen.

In England intensely cold weather is being experienced. In some parts of the Midlands temperature is recorded of 6 degrees below zero

February 7th. Violent snow blizzardy have recurred in Scotland. In the north of England and in Wales many trains are snowhound.

The appe. part of the River Thames is blocked by ice-floor.

In London and its suburbs the temperature is below zero.

In the Northern States of America the weather is unprecedentedly cold, and averages 25 degrees below rezo.

In the Western States the temperature is 50 degrees below zero. Lake Champlain is frozen

aver.

the House of Commons to-day Mr. Sydney replying to an amendment on the mollon for the Buxton, Political Secretary to the Colonial Office, adoption of the Address-in-Reply, declared that the Government regretted the manner fa which the Floers were treating foreigners, but said that at present the Government had no right to forcibly interfere. The treatles existing between Great Beltsin and the eiber Powers prevented her Majesty the Queen from accepting the allegiance Troffered by the Swirl envoys, but they secured to the Swazis their ancient laws and custom. Moreover, he said, the Swaal King had already battered away his rights to the land.

The P and Q and Orlent Steam Navigation Companies decline to accelerate the speed of the mail vessels to Australis to 30 days, to increase the accommodation for cold storage, to reduce freights, or to engage to employ only white labour.

Tether

The

a year.

from the captain at Mustus, mailing that the

at

slating that the Impact of the vessel with the Elbe, and that the reached Masalus, The captain was below at Crathis was in a sinking condition when she the time of the collision and the mate was In

THE AU

charge of the vessel. The latter has made a statement to the caplain that he has no know-

ledge whatever of the name of the vessel with which the Crathie collided. His own vessel called for the undivided attention of the officers Wer so terribly damaged, that its cond lilon

their energies to saving their ship and their and the entire crew all of whom had to band

log at

own

The Thumes' in completely frozen over, and lives. There was, the mate adds, a dense people sra crossing the river on the ice. Several

at the time, and the vessel with which the Crathis had collided was lost to view in the entire trains bave been snowed up, and traffic

mist almost immediately after the crash, is almost at are arriving in New York with

atandstill. Steamers are

decks and rigging thickly conted with ice.

Tersific storms have occurred in the United States. The crops throughout Florida have been almost completely destroyed, and several disastrous shipwrecks are reported.

February 14th, Excessively cold weather continue on the Continent and throughout the United Kingdom, Eighteen large steamers are now lying Içe- bourd in the River Thames, Much suffering exists an ong the unfortunate poorer classes, and

several people have been found frozen to c in the streets,

death

ADELAIDE, February 13th. Mr. P.ice, Member for Sinit, is being sued for criminal bel by Mesars. Cave and Co.. whom be recently accused of being guilty of underband work in connection with the proposed erection of a Government refrigerator, making *statement to the effect that the firm in question controlled the tender Board to an extent that would secure them the work whether they took the tremble to pot intender or not. The plainiiffs have retained Mr. Symon, QC

February 18th,

Mr. Carl Hoffman, of Grand Island, Nebraska, refutes this statement by making the asserilon that If the veel which came into collision with In addition to his steady published statement

the Elbe bad stond by the sinking shlo a majority of the passengers might have been saved, as the Elbe stond perfectly pilt for many minates after the imprct Prior to this, however, discipline was maintained, and there could have been no dificulty in transferring the passenger.

of

A dispatch to invds from Rotterdam SATI the Craffe left Maxles at ten o'clock on the night of January 20th for Aberdeen and returned there at 1.20 p.m., January goth, damaged. She | reported having been in collision with a large unknown steam r, which her officers thought

an American Uner. The

Crathie's was probably away to the third frame, but she was perfectly stem was completely goar, having been carried light and had made no water. The collision, according to the officers of the Crathie, occurred between 5 and 6 o'clock on the morning January 30th. One of the crew of the Crathis was Injared by the callistor, Captain Gordon, of the Crathi, says that the steamer with which his ship was in Histon was last sight of Mr. Price, M.P., sued for criminal bel by

Immediately after the vessels came together, and Messrs. Cave & Co., has been committed for

it was thought she had proceeded. Th- Crathti trial. Ball has been granted, bimself to 100, returned to Rotterdam, as it was feared that she remained in the vicinity for two hours and then and Messrs. McPherson and Batchelor, Me Pucould not keep sfloat. The second officer of the as sureties in the sum of

50 each. MELBOURNE,

Crathie said that immediately after the colliston The colony of Victoris has

the ship struck by the Crathie burned blue and this season to the value of over £800,000

red Nghts. Similar signals were burned by the Crathie, his hellef being that no asistance was required on either side. The Crathie's officers in collision was a large steamer with two finely.

the ship

which with

the Crathie was

The surviving officers of the Elde denounce the story of the Crathie's officers as pure inven tion. The English pliot, Greenham, sald: "It in a black lic. There was no fog. It was quite clear, and the lighte of several smacks were vielble four or five miles off."

18th,

February utter

LONDON, February 18th. Intensely cold weather still prevails through. oat Europe and the United Kingdom. Nestly one hundred persons have been found frozen to death to the streets of London. Thousands of persons af starring in Birmingham and other large centres,

February 21st. Another experimental shipment of live cattle from Sydney bave been landed in London in good condition. Thirty-four were innded out of forty shipped.

Sallivan, the New Zealand scaller, bas accepted Harding's challenge for a match for 200 a side, to be rowed on the River Thames In Apelt.

яду

that

very

by the Wildflower have nearly all recovered The survivors of the El brought to Lowestoft

Boecker, the only woman known to have been from their shock and exposure, Miss Auns saved, is the only one not able to be about. The surviving officers of the Elda are reticent la regard to the disaster the official investigation. It has transpired, saster pending that an officer of the Elbc saw a

green light on the port bow belonging to the vessel which it is alleged was trying to cut across their bows. The Crathis, it is now certainly known, is the ship. which struck the liner and sent her to the bottom.

Se

Postmaster-Geacral, | following orders andāroge saved is that the of Lowestoft with our trawling gear down, whea

boat. I watched

THE "ELBE" DISASTER.

WHY SO MANY OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW They will, however, agree that the steamers It was resolved to confine the export of flour to shall call at Colombo en "both the outward and

WERE SAVED, Great Britain, Egypt, Asia Minar, and the bomeward journeys, and will consent that after

LOWESTOFT, January 31st. shores of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, the rat February next year parcels shall be The explanation given by the survivine HOBART, February 4th. included to the thus effecting a saving to officers as to the proportion of the crew saved to

William Wight, skipper of the fibing smack Admiral Bridge made his official landing this | the colonies of

the number of

Wildflower, says: "We were east, south-east afternoon. He proceeded to Government Honie,

Mr. Arnold

were given by the officers of the about 1 o'clock yesterday morning I saw where he was received by the Governor.

extends the contract for a further period of two Elbe: The children were to be saved first and ship's lifeboat a mile MELBOURNE, February 4t8,

and will witte to the colonies respecting then the women, and they wers to be placed in

was naked, but I saw The boat's must The Fall Court to-day refuted the application the

proposals of the Wellington Conference, boals on the starboard side, where the women water was breaking over the from ber stera. of the liquidators of the Freehold Investment

of the Walbi Silverton Ex- prospectus

and

chlidren were told to gather. But almost her closely, her occupants seemed to think I Banking Company for a new trial of the action tended Gold-mining Company, New Zealand, Immediately after these orders had been obeyed was going to leave them, so I waved brraght against them by Madame De Albi, In has been issued, with a capital of 660,000. Of the E16 Hated heavily to starboard and the seas It took us half an hour to get up our trawling. my bat which the latter recovered damages for this shares to the extent of £10.000 have been swept up to the promenade deck, so that the gear, and in the meantime the boat was drifting

offered public, and have been applied for | starboard hosts were rendered

to the

useless. An inquest was bold to-day on the body of W. two-fold,

The boat which brought the survivors away them's rope, but they were so cold and wet and away from us. When I got close to them I cast S, White, clerk of the National Bank, who was Mr. Bland has introduced into the United from the Elbe found

not make it fast for some could leave the verse!, Actlog upon tha

Third Officer amack, and about half of them Blonde Bill, which embodies the proposals of

and the paymastor,

aboard Jumped President Cleveland for the fasue of a loan of charge of this boat, look seats inside of her, and the rope, and the remainder once more drifted

Stollberg 100,000,000dal,, extending over 30 years, for the then, when there for the boat and any four more of the unfortunates were dragged in,

water was

was creeping over the purpose of creating a

a sufficient reserve to redeem deck, a rush was my

away. Eventually we made another lige fast, and and cancal the lagal-tender notes.

body who could get inta it did so, It la reported that

The rescued men in the Saltors' Home were consisting of

leaving a woman and four men in the boat. The woman ay in

In the water in the bottom of the the while. They said they hoats nor dress, but Plot Greenham helped her

Hongkong to-day and left by the Ernest &

Mr. C. Tam taking his plan | injuries sustafued in a Ilh

BOOD,

Tournaire

We

wisb M. De Champeaux a pleasant Journey bome and prosperity wherever be may be, and

We

I daad in Albert Park on the rat fustant, A Strut House of Representatives a bill providing the last to a one of the port boats and was numb that the them around to the side of the rust bat we shall have the pleurare in due † letter was found on the body, addressed to the for the free coinage of allver in place of the orders of Captafu Ven Goe who were in I but the strela caused by the heavy se parted

Course

of welcoming him on his return to these realms of the blest. To his successor, M. Tournaire, we extend a cordial greating and trust his sojourn in the colony will prove as pro fitable to his employer, and as agreeable to himself, as was that of his popular predecessor,

that

general manager of the Neitonal Bank, admit ting the misappropriation of £246 A verdict of suicide by abooting was retorned,

LONDON, February 4th,

A tenible disaster has occurred in a dolliery In Montcesu les Miner, in

in France.

the Rothschilds, the Mo the Belmonis, } stitching up their tuffered clothing to-day, boat. She wore a long cost, but had on neither

Amerlan bonds | fenghing so sleep whèn the collision took

were all below

By an explosion of fredamp, so miners ware AT the receat meeting of the Sanitary Board killed, and many others were horribly infarad. will take the whole of It was decided that the ground surface of and The Agents-General for the Australian colonias which around all domestic buildings shall be covered have reluctantly felt the question of the extension the president Cleveland proposen to issue for

purpose of creating with from nios tó eix inches of good time or of the mail contract till t

fill the year:

sufficient reserve to place. It was impossible to reach the forward to get on board the smack. Just as all had 1898 alive

in the hands | rodeam and cancel the

legal tender notes,

bows of the steamer had risen high bost was Inst. I got the woman below and boait, as the b

boarded the smack the line agala parted and the cement doncrete, a suggestion by Dr. Harilgan of the Postal Committer. The

A strong league is beleg formed to Adelaide out of the water. The seamen then want aft asked all the others to go to the engine room the coating should be reduced in thickness to obtain the consent of the

to further Mr. Tom Coward's scheme for the and escaped in the manner already described while she took off her clothes and wrapped her- being rejected. There was some conversation Navigation Company to the compulsory calling construction of Trans-Continental Railway. They steadily dosled that there ishte any self in dry blankets. I am sure another hour's

section occupieren, 13, which provides that the of mail weamers at Colombe, bulk outwards

of the leading capitalists are joining the pic on the is after the collision, but, the exposure in the boat would have killed some of THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

of any premises shall at all uses cop hosperity, and foe be surect poet, it is not nebeme ata belag lasted by a reazion Brow, the tone on this point showed that great to fusion (Chems, for there were six fuckes of ice on my The Right Hon. H. H. Fowler, Secretary of dition, and see that the drains, rape, gratleg

his premises in a cleanly and wholesome con† the

parcels It scheme State for India, and the Right Hov. H. fall-gipss, and other sanitary, biting, and Wellington Postal Conference will be accepted Sir Munro Forusson, as likely to succeed the

likely that proposals

The daily papers again mention the name of co deck Camphell-annerman, Secretary of State for

wa," they 'uvid, "atand there on the War, are suffering from Influenza,

appliances are kept free from obstruction and

Earl of Kintore In the Governorship is an efficient state of repair! &c., Dr. Hartigas

South Australi, Sir William Robinson, the

ship and not spring lato the beata asked what would happen if a desin was broken

present Governor of Western Australia, lá also #1 cannot swim st all,” said one of the sex- In a typhoon, and Mr. R. K. Leigh replied that

mentioned,

men,

"and the distance between the bost and It was a question between the landlord and the

the ship's side was increasing." occupier, The occupfer must recover from the land'ord.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

BROADWOOD PIANOS at W. Robinson & Co.

their annual sports on the 13'k 14th inst.

THE Canadian Pacific Ralway Co.'s steamship Empress of China lelt Vancouver for this port on the 4th Inst.

at present.

to

The Fastal Conference at Hobart Town has decided that the mall ships shall in future call at Fremantle

Exiled.

blown

AN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.

A Story Compiled From)Statements of Survivors,

The breach of promise action brought by Miss Wyndham against Viscount Deerhurst, eldest son of the Earl of Coventry, has been settled.

LOWESTOFT, Jendary 31st, The personalty of the estate of the Into My,

The following statement of the disaster was Thomas Creilg, of Melbourne, has been sworn

officially given this afternoon by the German "Did the captains give no orders'?'" st under £ras.000. Subetantial logacles are

Vice-Consul, Herr Bradber, after sifting all the "Only one," was the reply, "and that was that interviews with survivors and croir-questioning to numerous

and the balance of We understand that the Rifle Brigade will hold CAPTAIN J. S. Teroliavon, who for a number of the state is left to an adepted son and daughter, ference that ble company la prepared to agree to aim board side. We were on the port sloe and conserve

Lie William Pendar has notified the Con- all the women and children were to go to the officers and crew, and it may be classed as the

of the officers years has heat well known throughout the Far The cherias shipped from Adelaide

opinions [~ a reduction of the cable guarantee now demand remained there to give the women and children

#The collis on East as one of the most courteous, ausart and Messrs. Player and Clim in the R.M.B. Auted from the Australian colonies, providing the chance, and, of course, we could not help them the Merscheiling lightship.

fon occurred forty-five miles from Though both the popular chief officers to the Indo-China Steam fralis have been landed. The portion which latter will bind themselves to adhere to the new Navigation

Company's ex'enalve China cost was packed in corkdust wan in exosllent condi- - arrangeruent until the and of 1899.

Into id none of the passenger endeavour to leap 8/6s and the colliding steamer were going full

?" was the next question,

pleant shead, the and riverine service, in a passenger from Shang- too. The remainder were rettes, owing to The Conference of Premiers now sitting at

concussion was very slight, They could not," said the seamnan addressed, Immediately after the collision the Es begun DURING the moc'h of February the crushing at bel by the North German Lloyd's splendid now thele having been in contact with apples and Hobart Town hava "greed on behalf of their

NO had the vessel vafeed out of the water, to settle down, stern first, her bow mounting. The Punjim Co.'s mines (1,000 1001) yielded 457 Ergland." We had the pleasure of comi Adelaide to London has proved mest satisfactory. | Convention whose duty it shall be to frame a ƒ of the passengers jump and neadly swamp the

steamer Prins Palurich to 'merrie, merzia | loaves,

Various

governments to accept the draft of a and they were afraid to jump," The result of the shipment of live sheep from Bill providing for the election of a popular

high fato ounces of gald,

the air and rend

rendering it impossible to "What interjected one man, "Did not one reach some of the boats. THE American cruiser Machiar mirived here him the same genist and valiɔr-like English- The Erst auction sale of South Australian | Federal Constitution.

As everybody crowded upon the deck Im man as we knew him to be while Chief of wines at the London depôt kas been vory.

bot big, stout man ?" and here the speaker,mediately after the shock, and in a state of great this morning from Singapore, which port abe Captain R, C, D, Bradley's command, the uncceviful, the Visos all 19099 Lake 4pto-day during the course of an inquest respect.

with a scowl on his face, made a gesture toplarm, it was impossible for the orders of the represent a person of exceeding corpulses for peale, who was standing on the bridge, that Choysang a year or

or two ago. Patient persever prices)

Ninatean man is bont only able to laid the women and children should be saved ant, to ance to well doing invariably

reward brings

fourteen, be continued, "Woonid not take s in due sesson, and as far as Mr. Tomlinson is In commenting upon the

of the dered with her throat cut in a terrible manner, any moes on board. Besides ke again made

"Asfarh was made for the boats that were concerned his long and meritorious services Australian eläketers in the fourth, tant match s: A man sarded Wandward, who is under arrest | use of a dramatic to deplet ske eddyleg arcessible. The first bout to touch the water. 618, S C., will be held in Freemasons Hall, recognized by his employers who have come everything mall get the remarcable the court is curledy. During the progters of down should have been watched save the who had crowded lalo it were drowned. The

now bean - Sydney, the Ehronicle shys that Stoddart did on suspicion of being the murderer, was before of Zetland Street, on Saturday, the gth lästaat, at [ ́missioned bins to bring out from home the lattos"); bowling of the Australian Ag. FÜR SIE evidence the prisoner became very excited, and like Tiempo so the "nation of the cap. / hlik sa whink yaz running, but it is feared she caused by ship last come was fomediately swamped and the passengers (spound bost; launched was tost sight of in the „Try Dedly #Ziburupt cauruldury that the apparently galte last control of his temper. He

left on the 23rd ulto.

W. ROBINSON & Co., piano bullders, tuners and repairers.

crom Mr. Tomlinson yesterday and fogad

AN Emergency meeting of St. John's Lodge, No. have, we

8.30 for 9 pm, preciasly,. Viziting brethren are addition to the Indo-Chios Co's fleet'in the cordially invited,

course of the summer of the current your,

th.

February 8th,

An extraordinary and violent scene occurred Ing the death of a Jewess, who was found tour

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