IMPORTANT OPIUM CASE,
A.MASTER'S. LIABILITY...
At the Magistracy thse afternoon, baldre. Mr.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1895.
thlaking of reforms: Still, however we may rejoice at the symptom of awakening intelligence, we cannot help recalling the dismal failures which Chang has made of his former great schemes in Central Chins, all of which goer ka
Geld.-- China Gozzita.
THE NAVAL WARFARE OF THE FUTURE.
"AN-IMAGINARY-FICTURE-OF-A-GREAT- STA-FORT.
T-Sescombe-Smiib, Police Magistrate, Robert make as doubtful of his success in a nearer In Longman's Magasins Mr. James Eastwick
Unsworth, the master of the British steamship Keongwat, was charged with unlawfully using „hla resnel for the converanza al prepared.oplum
contrary to the Preparad Opium Ordinance.
Mr. H. L. Dennys appeared for the prosecution -und-Mr. H›-Ex-Pollock for the defendant,
After some lutte discussion is to the form of the charge, which was finally ́rinted in the above form,
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THE NICARAGUA AND, PANAMA-
CANALS.
fronelads," the
~The
of the Centurion had so imazhed
Northern men, were intelligent, trustworthy, and one of them at least a torpedo gunner, who went into the torpedo room when the ship was. -on fire and undid the charged-heads on the fitted torpedoes, carrying them out of danger at the cek of his fo seems to show they are capable of doing anything they are properly led--Ritaw of Reviews.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
-SUPREME COURT.---
SUMMARY JURISDICTION, (Before His Honour Mr. Fusilce Wise.) November 18th: The Hollowing -Is the Hearing Paper "for to-morrow :-
Friday, November agth. 2003-T6 U Chan v. L. Kwal Shang... 2004-Chenog Fun v. Mrs. Ricco.......
2025---Kwan Tal v. Danenberg & Co. 2043-Lal Tong v. Lam Tan Chin & another ་་་་་་་་་་ས་་ཅ་བ་་་་་་་་་་་་་་་ 2045-C. G. Cleverly e. Danenberg &
| 2046-Cheng In Ting v. An U allar
Wo Hing La... 2049-The H.K. Printing Prest v.
Danenborg & Co. 2014-Wing Cheang Langs. Ching
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17.00 6.36
864.00 .720 40
Taj co
180.00
239.58
71.35
260.61
concludes bts splitted description of the naval battle of the future, which, ha holds, will be decided by the introduction of the_satomslic- gun. I noticed last month his new Centurion, and how she behaved herself. He continues A special meeting of the Incorporated Chamber the narative in the Otober number, and maker of Commerce of Liverpool was held at Liverpool the Centurion smash, stogie-handed, French to the early part of last month, when Mr. A. R.quadron of three ironclads and one cruiser. Mr. Dennis sald :—The facts of the case,
Colquhoun, M,LCE.. deilvered an address on The story is full of passages of lurid vigour. It "The Prospects of the Nicaragua Canal," Mr. quotes the following passage of how the Cen as I shall prove, are substantially - thesa : On the 28th of October, in consequence of Charles Arthur presided The chairman stated Turton-la-her death throes made a triumphant Information be had received, Police Constable that Mr. Colquhoun had just returned from effort against two French Langley, and a party of excise officers went permission on which he had been sent by Charlemagne and the fourtguidirry. The
rapid on board of the steamer Keongwat, Scottish the Times to Central America to inquire inte
up the Jauregufbarry, that the French Admiral's the respective merits of the Panama and Oriental steamer trading between Swatow Nicaragua Canale Mr, Colquhoun stated that of last chance was to ram and go down with his and Bangkok, and went into the cable all the schemes for inter-oceanic communication"]} adversary. At the same time the Charlemagne. 2007-The Wing Tak Firm v. Wong of the chief officer. They removed some
which had been very severely maimed, steamed panelling which was newly patated, after being the Nicaragua Canal was the only one a
down on the British ship from the starboard. acrewed in place, bai there they found nothing but present in practical existence. The Papima
scheme was," he said, fu Extremis. The The writer is on the Centurion in charge of the traces of optam, 4.4.. paper, etc. They then went to the cabin of the second offices, and from Nicaragua Canal Company was formed a few gues in one of the turrets, watching the onrush behind a similer panelling to that found in the years ago, and in 1893 the dnsacial pazle to the of the Tourguibarry. He says:
United States stopped the work. The Com- chlei officer's room they took,iwa Uins of prepared
pany then wanted money and applied to the oplum, containing to tuele weight of opin each.
Unlied States Gove nment, and there was now la the adjoining room, which runs across the
Bil which had passed the Senate by which ship from the port to the starboard alleyway,
a guarantee and is used as a mess-room by the officers, the US Government would give a
on the whole work, and retain an interest of they found similar panelling in three places: 25 tins and in another place a tins of prepared directors out of fifteen. That Bill would go other rights, have the right of appointing ten splum, each containing so tsels weigh of oplam before the House of Representatives early in the
Mr. Dennys submitted that when there facts
next Congress and probably pass. The Canal were proved the captain was liable, under section being then ander the control-of-the-United af Ordinance 31 of 1891, which reads "If any States, It was, be said, most important that this 33 ship shall bo
ba used for the importation, landing, moving or conveying of sny oplum In contra: country should see that the waterway was
neutralised. vention of this Ordinance, the owners, master ör agents thereof shall be liable to a penalty, not
The Nicaragua Canal was, Mr. Colquhoun exceeding one thousand dollars. Pro sald, indisputably the very best of the inter-
of the
oceanic prefects in Central America. It was oplom being there was sufficient, unless the
Immensely favoured by nature by flising the master could prove that it was not there
hage inland sea of Lake Nicaragua and the with the connivance of any of the ship's river San Joas, the distance between the Atlantic afficers, crew, or servants, and counsel submitted that from the nature of the places where the
and Pacific, 169 miles, was covered by making an artificial canal of only about 16 miles. The passage of the Canal was estimated to occupy 28 hours. The cost was put down at 20 millions sterling, but be considered that estimate too low, and was of opinion that 30 millions would be nearer the mark. He calculated that about the year 1905, asiaming that the Canal would be commenced the Farmer stated that the oplum was not pre-million tons of goods passing through it. An ced next year, there would be seven pared at the oplar Farm bere. It was admitted by counsel that Cantein Unsworth was a war of trade with South-western Color moods, effect of the Canal would be increased facilities Chius, which offered of the stramer Keo*gunt, and that vessel more than 6a tans baiden,
the Guest possible market He believed that the Canal would render greater ervice to the new world than the Suez Canal'
to the Atlantic cities of the United Statee Australasia, and part of Malaysia than they are now to England degree than it would Europe, which would only use the Canal for trade to the Pacific Littorals and the South Sea Islands; and that it would stimulate the shipbuilding trade and develop the naval power of the United States.
Canal, Mr. Colgulieun stated, would enable America to offer the most serious rivalry to Britain's commercial supremacy that she has yet encountered. A special meating of the Chamber was afterwards held, when Mr. Colquhoun gave an address on Indo-Chins.
In one place they found aztina, lu another plan seven-taniks of the whole stock, and, amongst and began to fire. Loud along our decks raDE | 1055-Leung Shun Ting v. A Chares 136.00
'lo prove.
oplum was found this would be impossible The evidence of P.C. Langley, who made the search was then heard. He testified to the facts as set out in the opening statement. The search and salture was likewise explained by Chinese excise-cficer. An oplam tester from
.
Kam.
20.50
capacity: armament 6 fz-inch (57 tons), 7 6-In, 86-për, qr, and 6 machine guns, BSKE
(Nearly equal to Centurion.} Cluct Vollby (Na), barbette ship, 6,8colons: 500 b.p.: 26 knots; 550 tons coal capacity: armament 4 12-in, guns, 6 6-in.; 12 47-mm. Q J., 4 17-mm, do, and a machine guns.
(More than equal to Edgar.) Gangoof, turret ship; 6,592 tons; 8,300 h.p.; #7kucist rain, to 0.1 (Much more heavily sumed and bigger than Undaunted)
Rurik, armoured cruiser (rn clais), 10,921 tons) 13,150 b.p. 18 knots; 3,000 tons coal capacity; armament, 4 8-in., 16 6-In: QP., 18 small qr, and and machine guns.
(Quite equal to or better than Centurion.)
HANROW AUTUMN RACE MEETING:
Masonic,
ZETLAND
LODGI
"No"525," "E.C
REGULAR MEETING of the above LODGE will be bold in the FARKLASON
HALL, Zetland Street, on-MONDAY, the and December, at 8.30 for 9 p.m. precisely. Visiting "Brethren sie cordially invited to attend, Hongkong, 25th November, 1895.
Stewards-R. B. Moorhead, Esq., N.
Moloikoff, Esq., M. S. Overrin, Esq.. S. AA
Pechatnoil, Esq., Alex. Price, Esq., Frank Smith, E1q., P. L. Warren, Esq. Ron. Set, & Treasurer:—F. Hachting, Etq,
SECOND DAY-FRIDAY, 15TH NOVEMBER, THE HANKOW ST. LEGER, « sweepstakes of Tis. 10 each with Tix, go added ; first pany to receive 75 per cent, second pony 15 per cent.; for China ponies that have never been raced previnas to the rat January 1895; weight fost be winners of one race gibs, extra two or more tolbs, extra. One mile and three quarters.
For Sale.
FOR SALE.
13 BORE GUN."
[1618
by ARMY and NAVY STORES. In Good Condition. Price $80; nearly new.” Cost £16,
W. B. P.
11 BORE C. F. GUN, Case Complete į
cio Hongkong Teligraph Ofics. Hongkong, 27th November, 1895, r1638
J. DENIS, HENRY MOUNIÉ & CO.
COGNAC. ESTABLISHED 1838
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„TACTAL's_Cup, presented by H.E. the Taqisli value $100; for all ponies, winners at this weight for inches as per meeting pibe, extra scale; entrance Tla, 5. Ona mile.
AT
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60.00 31.00 47.52 80.19
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2557-Cheung Kun Yaue. The H. K.
Brick & Cement Co. 2019-Lal Un The Wing Fang Lan 2003 The Colonial Treasurer Krok
Ngin 2073-The Colonial Treasurer v. Chan
Shirs 2073-The Colonial Treasurer v. Wong 2074-Sander Singh L L de Cros. & another 15¶¶¶_ 2075-Kaiser Sing N.W.B. Flinston 2076-Sang Sal Chiv. Wong Sbi & aor. 3077-So Yuk z. Wong Shi........... 3078-Wong Chee San v. Cheng Fok
Hing & another....... 2031-The Colonial Tressarer
Kat.................... sogt-Man Fok ʊ. Yla Ving
ÄN ATTEMPT TO RAM, -The other was drawing up at full speed, Every second we could see more clearly the red point of her ram lifting amid the foam round her bows as she rose on the swell. She was but ve cables off. We fald fair on that advancing ram the cry, "Ready away, boarders." A torpedo or two from the enemy flished away somewhere, of at least I was told so afterwards—at the moment I had neither eyes nor cats for anything bot that sharp-stem. Through the binding als and spray, through the incessant flame from the great muzzles in front of me, I watched it draw nearer and nearer, the white smother around her now fring be'ore the gale, now leaping up in columns of spray and smoke Prom our baritleg shell; would she touch us or Bot?
Now she was within three cables; out of the the tified ber forefoot clear
water as she rose on
glant billow, and as the lied it I saw two shots strike just by the point of her ram. She dipped on the instant, and as quick as thought we were ready again waiting for her to rise on another wave, but now the faltered and swerved, and then she seemed to rise higher than before. Crash went our shells into that rising bow, and still it faltered and rose; then I raw what was happening, aud
POLICE COURT.
firing on the sinking ship. Answer there was with being abroad without passes. One man asked leave through the telephone to cease Twenty-nine coolies were charged this morning
the foretopt of the sinkirg foe. Now the swang innocent breaches of the Ordinance were punished zone, bat the bowling of the wind and sea, and known to the police was fined $1, others with the shrill rattle-rattle of some machine guns in
no excuse were fined $1 each, and evidently round head to sea, and nearly broadside on, a
with only to cents fide. Ten hawkers who com- short cable's length off, heeling heavily overmitted breaches of the Markets Regulations were We could see her crew crowding her sbattered imprisonmost was given to iwa casc1, and for decks, and tumbling in beapa fata her scupper theft of a allvor watch four months was the and as wo tossed on the seas we seemed to
period. Two sets of chale coolles were fined
and as the evidence of the seizure showed, does to the old ; that it will bring Japan, China, towards us, and raising her bows high in the air.nbjected to fines. For petty larceny one month's
that f
round her. There was a roar as of barsting bellers; a murky torrent of water and asher spouted up through her funnels, then the waves rolled over her in an angry swirl, and the great
SHIPPING AND mail`NEWS.
Mr. Dennys asked for a severe pensity, as these ships were constantly running fato this port, these cabins must have been used for this pur pose. The object of the Ordinance was to prevent smuggling by Chinese, and section 33 was put in so that la caso no one could would, benefit 'America in an infinitely greater look right down into the black vortex closlag; each for rushing at passengers.
is claim the oplum, the master of the ship found to could be made Hable. For this reason he asked for the full fine and the forfeiture of the aplam.
Mr. Pollock beld that there was no evidence to show that Capt. Unsworth knew of the oplie being there, or that he used the ship for the Conveyance of the -oplum Alter reviewing the points of the case and the provisions of the Ordinance, he contended again, that there was no evidence to prove that the Captals WIE
ting the ship for the "converance of opiums gainst the provisions of the Ordinance" and therefore he asked that the case against the
master he dismissed.
His Worship: I have very little doubt in my own mind what my decision will be, but considering the importance of the case I prefer to think over it. I will reserve judgment and let you know when I will deliver li,
A charge against the second officer, of being in possession of two tins of prepared oplum, and having them concealed in ́àli cabin, contrary to section g of the Ordinance, was then gone into. The same evidence was heard, and in this case also judgment was served,
THE SECOND WOOSUNG · RAILWAY..
The
Referring to the preceding statement by Mr. Colquhoun that the Panams scheme Is extremisa different story is told by Sir Henry W. Tyler in a letter to the Times from Panama. Sir Henry says that the original proposal has been abandoned and that it is at present proposed
thip was gone.
We were rolling on the edge of that swirl in a way that threatened to have the guns off their sides I was singing out to secure them with the electric brakes when a voice shouted, "Look out, sir, she's right aboard us!" I turn at the word, and sure enough, through the driving send, close on our starboard loomed the huge shadew of the Charlemagne.
THE TORPEDO.
"Hard over coatings, the firlag," was the word. Alas! i was casily said, but as for the ship she was like a log, and what a time it
At
In another minute-everyman that could move was on her decks. It was just one jump and rush and that was xii, for every living thing on her seemed to have been slain or stenned by the terrible blast of our point-blank broadaldes,
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MAILS DUE: French (Ozus) to-uzorrow, Indian (Chelydra) to-morrow.
· English (Rossita) goth fast. American (Evandale) and prox Canadian (Empress of Japan) 4th prox, American (Peru) 8th prox.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Cols steamship Empress of Japan arrived at Nagasaki at 7'am. to-day, and left that port at 4 p.m. for Hong- koag, vid Shanghai.
SHIPPING RETURNS.
ARRIVALS.
From 5 pm, puslarday to 5 pm. Ionday, Nanchang .......................steamer, from Tientsio. Folloong
Coast Ports, Swatow. Cantonme Yihang UPSK
Swatow, Hallan escor
Amoy, etc.. Holbow.
Cosmopolit
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12 Aggregablog 5,582 tons register.
DEPARTURES.
Actly wumis.......steamer, for Hofhow.
to construct two large damu, one on the rock, stémed before the guns came roundi 570
THE China Matoal S. N. Co. 'stesmar Ning- yards long and 165 yards wide at the base, and | last we got ours round, and all four swept|| chow, from Glasgow, Manchester and Liverpool,
yards bigb, scross the Upper Cüngres river | her point black almost at the before the Oolice rams into it, and the second,
SAMO
amo | passed the Canal ibla morning, and may be cone minule. She twerved and faltered; again sidared due at Penang on or about the 16th prox, with rock sides, 473 yards long, 120 yards wide the roar of the great guns and the crash and and at Hongkong on ar about the 15th idem. at the base, and 17 yards high, across the bed rattle of the barsting shell thundered out of the Lower Chagres river after it is joined together. There was a stock and a hollow boom somewhere near our bows, and a great by the Oblico. Two large lakes are thus to be formed, the upper lake for supplying the column of water spouted up, flooding every biog higher and especially the southern portions of forward. Again the great guns roared ; there was the Canal with water, and the lower lake mainly another shock, this time astern, and another. for purposes of the Canal navigation, There are waters out all speckled with splinters and pieces to be ten lacks so at to enable the Canal to of plating then somehow or other the two ships Shangbal, November 220d.
on board each other, broadside on, sürmount a summit of 160 fest above sea level The oft-repeated rumours about railway The object of these altered proposals is to employ construction in our neighbourhood at last appear the waters of the Chagros tirer as a useful ally to be asking some definite shape, and it looks as to providing water at all seasons for a Camal If the Chinese officials meant to try to keep passing over higher levels, in place of attempting such undertakings, in their own hands. Those to divert its channel. · Sir Henry says that there who believe that China is awakening will and does not seem to be any in sperable dificulty some consolation. In the fact that the Chinesa | in doing this, sil that is required being six years Government now deliberately proposes to relay of time and £20,000,000 sterling. Filteen the Woosung railway, which they tore up and miles of Canal from the Atlantic end destroyed ten years ago. When the foreigners at Colon and four miles from the Paclic at who constructed that short-lived line first Paname are practically complete, except that began their work, older residents will recollect some additions, dredging will be required, the the fierce opposition raised thereto on the depth on the Colon sections, li is stated, varying grounds of the outraged fingzhud and the from 93 to 25 feet, except at a bay formed near desecrated graves of the dead forefathers of the the Atlantic mouth at Mladi. Sir Henry Tyler country-people. Now, happily, all that is changed, is convinced that If the present proposals are And
fangshut as a
as a potent factor of opposition to carried out the work can be made a success, and all inovation seems to have almost entirely lost the estimate of $20,000,000, he says, appears to lis efficacy. Indeed we rarely hear the word be a fair ons. He adds that the financial com dow-a-day. Once
the official determine to
to do binations connected with the new Company in the ancient
of foreigo
France are no doubt ruficiently powerful to and if it does not provide the necessary funds if they are convinced schemertakes lay the bugboar allbers! and stimulating treatment with the that the works can be completed for sach bamboo effects a speedy change in the minds
uda | a sum.—Fairplay. of
the
the people who raise up the time-worn super-
most
End
the
The two ship: were fast to each other, them- ping and grinding together at every roll, and swaying about in a fashion that might make both of them breach to1 at any moment. I tried to find some steering gear on board the priza ; | the only thing that I could discover was the slump of a bloracle and the supports from which
wheel had been blown away, while close by lay a mangled figure in the anlform of a teak- Admiral of France.
и
AFTER THE BATTLE.
The havoc wrought by the shells was terrible. The Charlemagne had no sooner been boarded and captured than it was discovered that the Centurion was ist sinking. She had been smashed by torpedoes stern and stem, and in e few minutes she went to the bottom." The Charlemagns was hardly in better plight, and it wis wiib great difficulty that she was patched up so as to keep aflost until she reached Gibraltar,
The Grat thing t to be done w to find some meaus of controlling ber heim ; clearly the steer Astlin Westminster Gazatie vomaries, some of | lug-gear un deck was past hope, so I went below, the American papers after the recent yacht race loto a state of things which surpassed my were funny reading. For head-lines Introducing wildest dreams. Not a gun was left serviceable the report of the rest of the contest, the
between decks sine-tenths of her crew had been Florida Times-Union published at Jacksonville, blown into every shape into which high* would be hard to beat i
explosive can twist and shatter human desh and bone!
her main and battery decks were smashed great holes,
Even
the beams being wrenched and twisted; her sides were in some places rent, in others blown away altogether; and though deck was
Cut through
in many places by the heads or splinters of shell. Through her torn sides the heavy seas were flooding her every moment, and great masses of water were finding their way into her bold,
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VALKYRIE II. VAMOSED.
TIRED OF BEING LICKED BY THE YANKER, THE HETITSHER
TURNED TAIL AND FLED.
FLEW THE WHITE FEATHER.
WENT DOWN TO THE LINE, BUT TORMID BACK AND ALLOWED DİYENDER TO - WIN BY DEFAULT, A
natural bogle. It is therefore tolerably cortal A PANEER NEWSPAPER RECORD, that the official promoters at the
Foosung railway will find none of the from the gentry and country people along the road which the first foreign pioneers had to encounter, but it is quite another point whether the mandarin constructors and matingers will work the line, now being surveyed, with success.
Hitherto the Hoes constructed in the north lo Formoza have been pro-eminently unfortunate, rainously expensive and miserably worked. Indeed there is little doubt that the North Chios railway would take the prize for belog
.the worst,
sapunctual, vexatleys, badly kept line to the universe, and owing to the anifque pattern of its rolling stock it Is-considering its vast field one of the most expensive and losst efficient La the transport
This is simply because it is an official. undertaking, controlled by mandaris eliques, who ren it as they like withost commlung thefe foreign staff. Chidamen can no more sus raliways than they can fight Ironclads of command armies in the field. It is to be hoped that the Viceroy Chang
Chih-turg, who has the short new Fallway
in hand, will now avoid the mistakes of his colleagues, in the north and the even worse blunders and wiste in Formosa. If he iskas our advice he will at once abandon the idea of doing the work himself, or by deputy officials still more ignorant of such through
Into the hands of some com. matters,
but give petent foreign engineer who will be able to Agure out to a fraction the satire cost of build. log, and equipping and working the line?
af
"We are told that the Vicemy has appointed officer named Shen Tong-woo to make 'E Survey
of the country between Bluza and Woosung, through the districts of Keating, Chinpoo, Kongsang, Sinysug, etc., and that di le to start from Woosung to-day or to-morrow, accompanied by an offices from the Shanghai krien. Whether this survey will land toʻmaything definite in the Immediate futura we cannot sny, but that it has been undertaken at all shows thai in thin part as China så fenòt the afficinis nei
"DEAD SORE IS DUNRAVEN.
'COULDN'T GET THE CUP, AND NGW COMPLAINS THAT HIS BOAT WAS TREATED UNFAIRLY.
* THINKS HIT'S HAWFUL 'ARD
FOR IK TO Closs THE Hecian Hand roz
THE BALLY YANKIE TO WO KIVERY SIMOLE RACE,
BUT NO ONE MINDS THE BRITISHFR.
FOR HE HAD A FAIR SHOW, AND THE
B
WOW-THE REASON
DUNRAVEN HAD NO SHOW WAR SIMPLY Beɗause 'the' VALKYRIE COULDN'T SAIL WITH THE DE
TENDER-SO WE'LL KEEF THE CUP, AND AMERICAM
AND THE KAGES WITLI.SCREAM.
WITH LAUGHTER." AS THE BAPTISH" LJON ROAKS IN EMVIOUS RAGE STORY OF
THURSDAYS..
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Caius LIHTEN " I Canton, Telamon
Amoy, etc. Framnet UNSCRUTIN
"Bangkok. Beniamond imutron Glengyltäm
"Yokohama. "Singapore. Aggregating 8,368 tone register.
The British steamship Yikaang left Swatow
3
LADIES PORSE, presented by the ladies of Hankow; for all ponies; weight rast, 10lbs. for 12 hands and increase of gibs, for each inch over; ia beridden by members of the Race Club and Navat ind Army Officers only; entrance Tv. 5 to go to second pony, Once
round.
Uaty (Tokmakoff)................................................ I Shatoon ......
.................... 3
Of Side..........................................ñius. I HANKOW CUP, presentes, value; for griffint
weight for Inches as per seale; wloners 7lbs. extra; estance Tls. 5. One mile and à quirter,
Essongol..........ninanasimama 1
Torpedo........
No third,
VISITORS' CUP, value Tls. 100; presented by visitors to Hankow; for griffies; weight for inches as per scale; winner of ane race ylbs. extra '; winner of any two races rolbs, extra ; first pony 75 per cent; second pony 25 per cent entrance Tis. 5. Ose mile,
Kepler........
Ediger TV-214 CONSOLATION STAXES, value The, roo; for all ponies that havo run at this meciing and not won a race and have been entered "otherwise -than-in-Racing Stakes; weight for inches as
por scale; entrance Tis. 3. Osco round.
Off Side
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AS OPENED his Dental Rooms at No.
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WELLING HOUSES :—
an the 27th instant. From Swatow to port had DHOUSES to RIPON TERRACE.
light north-east monson and overcast weather.
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The British steamship Nanchang left Tientsin, and Chefoe on De aand fastant, and had fine weather and moderate variable winds throughout.
The British steamship Canton left › Bhangkal on the 34th intens, and had light north-eat morzson and overcast cloudy weather through. out the voyage:
The Belilah steamahlo Halion left Foschow on iba adik instant, and Amoy on the 27th, and had light variable winds and overcast weather throughout. In Foochow the American man-of- **Concord,H,M.S. Archer, and the steamships Onaya and Kwong-mo. In Amoy the German men-oh-war Kaiser and Arcona, kad the steam- ship Honglaong
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