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To-day's

Advertisements.

FOR SHANGHAI.

THE Steamship

"NANYANG,

Captain T. Schulz, will be despatched for the above Port TO-MORROW, the 18th instant, at 4.M., Instead of as previously advertised.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

SIEMSSEN & Co.

1527 Hongkong, 17th March, 1896...

"MOGUL" LINE OF STEAMERS.

FOR NEW YORK, VIA SUEZ CANAL

THE Steamship

* GHAZEE*

Caplain. Baff: will be despatched for the above Port on THURSDAY. the roth fastant, at NooD, Instead of as previously »dvertised.

For Freight or Pasange, apply to

DODWELL CARLILL & Co.,

Agents

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·Hanokono, 19th March 1Яeß.

"MOGUL" LINE OF STEAMERS. FOR SHANGHAI, KOBE AND YOKOHAMA

PHE Steamship

"ENERGIA,"

Captain Said, will be despatched as above on or about TUESDAY. the zaib Instant,

For Freight or Presage, apply to

DODWELL, CARLILL & Co.,

Agents

Hongkong, 17th Margh, 1896.

INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. LIMITED. FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG AND

CALCUTTA,

THE Company's Steamship

"SUISANG,"

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Captulo Galsworthy, will be despatched as above on WEDNESDAY, the 25th Instant, at 3 P.M.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,

General Managers. --- Hongkong, 17th March, 18c6.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1896.

Intimations.

PRICE LISTS,

FATAL EXPLOSION ON A WARSHIP. Toxić, March 5th. On the grå Inst, an explosían necitized on the Isumi-kang in Shiongawn Bay. An officer and a soldier, were killed and sta other persons ́seriously injured.

ARRIVAL OF M; SPEYER,

Toxi, March 6th.

M. Bpayer, the Russian Mistster to Korea, arrived at Yokohama today, and si asce preceeded to the capital, M. Alirovo, who is returning homi ón a visit, kad an audience with the Emperor and Empress. The Minister was accompanied by the Admiral of the Russian Oriental Squadron.

with Full Details, to be bad on Application, PORT after removal should be rested a month before me. When required for drinking st once it should be ordered to be decanted at the Dispensary before being sent out. SHERRY.-Excellent Dinner and After Dinner Wines of very superior Vintages. All are true Xere's Wines,

THE DEPARTURE OF THE EMBASSY TO RUSSIA. CLARET,-Oar Clarets, Including the lowest

Toxto, March Bib. priced, are guaranteed to be the genuine

His Imperial Highness Prince Fushimi and product of the juice of the grape and are not his unite left Shimbaabi at gas.. by special artificially made from raisins and currents" trala for Yakobaras His departure was wil as generally the case with Cheap Wides.essed by Prince Romam, hoc euals Sale Yamoshina, Marquis Drama, Marquis Salgo, and some other loisters, Count Kabayams, BRANDY.—All our Brandy is guaranteed to be Prince Kenox Coset Soreshims, Geners

pure Cognac, the difference in price belag Nord, commander of the Imperial Bodyguards, the Brifah, French, Russian and Korean Min merely a question of age and vintage.

isters, Members of bath Hones al the Diet, WHISKY.-_All_que_Whisky is of excellent crowd of cell and milliary high officale," and

very large assembly at the populace. The quality and of greater agë iban most brands streets through which the Prince and ale party in the market. The SCOTCH WHISKY raised were lined with crowds of people, and

flags were hung out, from every house. marked "E" is universally popular, and is pronounced by the best local connoisseare to be superior to any other brand in the Hongkong me vet.

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We only guarantee our WINES and SPIRITS to be genaise when bought direct from us in the Colony or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Port

THE JAPANESE TROOPS IN HORKA. Toxo, March 6th. It is stated that the" police of the Japanese military authorlites,ith regard to the risings in Korea, in that the troops only act on the defensive, so long as the riots do not threaten Japanese life and property. If the populace attempt to destroy the telegraph Hines, however, they will laterlere to prevent them, and in the event of Japaness or Koreias being killed the troops will be called out,

THE AMERICAN MAIL. The Agent of the Pacific Mall Steamship A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. Company courteously luforms as that the. Co.

Frisco liner Cily of Peking is being held at [529

Yokohama to swalt the wrist of the City of Rio de Janeiro, and will bring forward the wadle, pausingers, and cargo of that vessel. The malis ex City of Peking will be brought on to Menglang be the CP. Uner' Popres of China,

AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAM NAVIGA TION COMPANY.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,

FROM TRIESTE, VENICE, PORT SAID, SUEZ, JEDDAH, SUAKIM, MASSAWAH, HODEDDA, ADEN, BOMBAY, COLOMBO, PENANG AND SINGAPORE.

THE Steamship

"ELEKTRA,"

having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods, are being landed at their risk Into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown, Company, Limited, whence delivery may be obtained.

This vessel brings on Cargo

From Calcutta, S.S.AGLAÏA," tran shipped at Colombo.

From Trieste, ex S.S.

transhipped at Bombay.

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. Fongkong. 10th January, Ros.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS,

Itawadhat all cometimimation a selariae to Subereitelons, Advertisement, &c, be afferen? to the "Manager, Fonchons Telgra" and not to mailtor.

Letters on Katorial matters in he wal to "The Hiltor” 'and not to taźividual member of the stan

Communication Intendael for tililleation mint be accotamusled by the name and address of the writers, not necessarily for publication; best ka avidence of good faith.

Whilst the galimas of the Regione Telegraph' will givenws" be open for kalt discussion by corrernondents of all questions

facing raille Interests, it mut he distinctly understand that

the tror does not in any way hold himself responsible for

lalons thus expressed.

·TO ADVERTISERS.

Advertisers are requmtad in forward all notices intended ce Intion in that dawi fruin not Ester than Three o'clock son not to retard the early puliffention of the paper.

Aitvarg'an tramita and Sahareipėłons which are nine ordered for a

"IMPERATRIX,"pled will be contined until constranded

From Venice, ex 5.5. "MASSIMILIANO," paper pabitshod in the Far East, and is therefore the transbipped at Trieste.

Optional Cargo will go an to Shanghal unless notice to the contrary be given before Noon TO-MORROW.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Claims must be sent in to the Undersigned before Noon on the 23rd

Instant, or they will not be recognised,

No Fire Insurance has been effected, and any Goods remaining la the Godowns after the 23rd instant will be subject to 'rent,

Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

SANDER & Co.,

Agents,

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Hongkong, 17th March, 1896.

Intimations.

DAKIN,

CRUICKSHANK & COMPANY, LIMITED,

VICTORIA-DISPENSARŸ, HONGKONG."

AERATED WATERS. SIMPLE AERATED WATER,

ODA WATER.

SODA

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LEMONADE

"The Kingdong Telegraph has the largest circulation of any bat madlum for Adivardais. Terms can be learns on application.

· The Hongkong Tilegradk's number at the Telephone Cent Rechenes 11 No. x. Talphie des Talegraph," Hongkong.

BIRTH.

For

At 78 Victoria Road, Tientsio, on the 6th lastant, the wife of M. NICLASSEN, of a som....... ..DEATH.

At the General Hospital, Shangbal, on the 13th Instant, AUGUSTUS M. H. ERAT, aged 33 years.

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONOKONO, TUESDAY, March, 17, 1896,

Taxas appears to have been quite an encsual commotion in Garrison circles recently ; extra drills, inspections and "surprite parties” being the order of the day for some time past. Only the other day the troops were burled out to repel an imaginary invaalen on the south side of the island, and te-morrow evening they will be called upon to drive off an imaginary enemy apposed to be attempting to effect landing near Pak-fa-lam, while the gallant gunners on Stone. cutters faland will annihilate the enemy's cruisers and torpedo-boats in the act of entering [the port from the south.

ARRIVAL" OF "THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE DELEGATE AND

THE RUSSIAN MINISTER."

LATEST NEWS BROM KOREA.

SHANGHAI, March 11th,

We understand that the condition of the kousas (save the mark !), the drains and the gullers in Seng Woog Street, Sla Hing Lee Lane, Yes On Lane, and some of the Gough Street stores is disgraceful and that a mostoffensive odeur arises therefroms and is walted by the breezes into the class-rooms of Bellios Public School to the Intense disgust of the teachers and the annoyance of the scholars of this most useful fostitution. The locality in which this school is situated in densely populated and it is to be hoped that with the plague lo our midst and the danger of a general scare, steps will at once be taken to stop what appears to be a serious-and-dan--with goa mer, be routed the Chlaste astrenched Korea ll not be fecreased. Meanwhile, as gerous nuisance,

Private advices Grom Scani tell us that the Russian Minister lately suggesic to the King, who is still in voluntary seclusion In the Ratalan The Messageries Maritimes mail liner Legallon, that a large military bodyguardshomid come for His Majesty's protection from Vindi wostock and guard him against the treason and Melbourne arrived here shortly after noon today with His Imperial Highness Prince plots of his disgusted subjects who are bazfaning Fushtet, who will be the special delegate of to see through Als present extraordinary mode are frequently told that the King of Korea has HM the Emperer of lapan at the ceremonies of rullog them from the Russian Legation. We connected with the coronation of the Tas really been made independent by the suppport to Vice-Grand Master of Ceremonies In the Royal | massacre his late chief mois.es, but if, because it is necessary to maintain this attitude Nicholas II: in May next; Marquis Tokupsws of the Russian naval force that enabled h Household, who has been detailed to accompany

haya naftongir of Russlan Prince Fashimi; M. Hitravo, Russian Minister think he should have rules bla. prevent advisers at the Court of the Mikado, and Colonel troops behind his throne in the Legation, we Wegnek, Russian Military Attacks, on board. | confess to having hat little conddence in his His Imperial Highness was promptly waited abilly to role his subjects off his own bat, se upon by the Japanese-Consul, and shortly after 10-10 logically assured the Rasalans ATO enabling him to do. Whatever the reasons that the steamer was made fist to her beay the weighed with bim, whether eren his enfeebled Imperial party came ashore and are now stopping wits were sufficiently alert to show him the of strengthening the already strong grid of the in asssiments specially prepared for them in bollow mockery of sul position and the danger great Northern Power upon his dominions, and the Hongkong Hotel.

In noting the anival of His Imperial Highness not of putting his head further late the lion's at Shanghai the China Gazdile says:Our mouth, we know not, but any way it is a readers will remember that Prince Feshimt led temporary relief to find the wretched puppet who fills what is left of the Korean throne. the Sandal troops in the brillant le farefisted the advances of M. Speyer. Thus, the road to Wel-ha!-wa! lo January, 1895, when, for the present at least, the Rusian forces to

Asus o'clock this morning the "Blur

Fucnel" Uner Menelaus, Captain W. Powell, described by the war correspondent of the took the ground on the salt nest the Commis. China Gareils who sccompanied the expedition. asitet pler, off the Naval Yard. She was, bound The Prince's chief Aide-de-Camp is Colonel. for Shanghal and it appears that whils turning Ikeda, who was well-known to many foreigners slowly in the harbour, the ilde caught her and especially military aidachdi and newspaper she took such a sheer that the Captain was correspondents, during the war. The follow compelled to stear her laside the men-of-war sting Japanese noblemen accompany Prince auchor. While on this course and in order in Fashimi Viscount Kiyoaks, Viscount Hissi clear a junk which, as neukl, was taking up the matsu, Baron Madenskejl, Mr. Ito, son of whole of the fairway, she got dangerously close Inshore and uldmately stuck in the mud. Lines were at once run out to buoys near by, a tug was promptly alongside, and with her assistance, and the rising tide, the vessel was safely flested after only about three hours detention, and proceeded an her way none the worse for the unpleasant experience.

A CAPITAL programme for the Shangħal Spring

In a strong poslilon at Lotoko, where they bai the daily reports of the butcherles of isolated 3,000 men and four Krupp guns, which were | Japanese man and aven women, in various parts of Korea, bear bloody testimony, it is becoming captured by him after half an hour's fighting more and more evident that some ene will hav

to take the country again firmly in hand. Te la quite possible that more than one Power may England aparently can afford to disregard what site for the restoration of order in the peninsula. is taking place there, and so it is left to Russia and Japan to settle the entire question between them. Tha mierlon of Maribal Viscount Yamagata to Russia may be taken as an upon Korea, which has already assumed some fication, that an understanding with Russia shape, may be looked for, if nothing unexpected. kappans la rupture the present curious relations between the two powers ever this wretched bone of contention. Bet Korea is a lind of political sarprises, which seems destined to perpetually play an amount of mischief amongst her neigh- bours altogether disproportionate to her own there. There is some talk of opening new ports importance, and onu never knows what may occur tn Kares to foreign trade. To our minds this se presents the only certain solution for the difficulties of Korea. If the whole country were thrown open to foreign trader!! forsign, especially entry and employment in developing its mineral wealth, opening the countsy with railways, and starting Industries, etc., there would be so miny opposing lateresis, each of which would work for itself and resent the undue preponderance of any of the others, that the country would have fis only chance of continuing a separate existence

Later. and working out its destiny.

Marquis Ito (who is also à Master of Cere monies to the Court of Tokio), Lieut-Col. Todja, and several private gentlemen. We lears that Marshal Yamagata la travelling to Europe vis America, having already left Yokohama in the 0, and O. liner Coptic, and it is arranged that he will meat Prince-Fushimi in Paris, and the party will then proceed is company to Moscow The whole party, leave here, bound for Marseller, "by the Melbourne to-monow, and

gassenger hemen to Europe by the same steamer.

| dae n1 Kabe (om Yokoban) at 3 0.1 to-day | Meeting (to be held on the 4th, 5th and 6th Colonel Wogack will, we understand, also be a British and Americao, capliai, were allowed fr

FOOCHOW RACES.

Steward:-C. F. R. Allen, Esq.; -Thos. Gillas. Esq.; H. Baker, Esq.; B. M. Koosnetzoff, Eng Hy. Edgar, Faq.; W. Krohn, Esq.; A. W. Walkinshaw, Esq.

We are indebted to the courtesy of the Manager-In-China of the E. E. A. and Chios and the Great Northern Telegraph Companies for the following information respecting, the results of the first day's racing :-

FIRST DAY-TUÉSDAY, 17TH MARCH. The FLYAWAY STAK-Of each with 850 added; for all Chinx ponies; weights as per sole. Hall a Mile,

Benbos

LENA I Racoon........commun 2

Aurelias

Time, I min. 5 sec.

The KAUDEN STAKES.—Adică entry of Sto each with $50 added: for subscription Griffins's weights as per scale. Three quarters

of a Mile.

Kimia Machico

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KULATELY................................ 9 Time, 1 min. 43 sec. The AMOY CUP (Presented.). Value $ice

Entrance $5 for all Chipa ponies s weights. as per scale. One Mills and three quarters.

· Arminius .............../...omine. ↑ Grizzly bear i.....zamastingarvatn. 2 Pheebag... Time, 4 min. 15 180.,

·LOCAL AND GENERAL.

TELEGRAMSHME. Pigmy returned to post yesterday,

REUTER'S MESSAGES.

EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS. ·

LONDON, March 15th.

The expedition to Dongola comprises eight thousand men of all arms. Colonel Str H. H. chener comm surls the force, and starts on Felday. The "Staffords" have been ordered to Wadyhalia.

The Exyplan Cabinet aske for a commission on the naileaal debt of 2,500,000 francs for the cost of the expedition, and-it-is-belleved that SARSAPARILLA

France, as a guarantor of the Bondholders, PASPBERRYADE, de refures to consent to this expenditure,

AUSTRIA AND GREAT BRITAIN.

Victoris at Nice. Vienna papers regard the The Easperer of Austria has called on Queen

-DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co.'s WATERS BIG made under the constant supervision of a daiy-interview-as-important.. qualified English Chemist and will bear compa- rison with the best English Manufactures.

Special terms to HOTELS, CLUBS, MERES and other Large Consumers," Any-complaints should be addressed to the Manager. Hongkong, 3rd May, 1895,

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITEDJ.

ESTABLISHED AD. 1841.

WINES

SPIRIT S.

1437

ALL these are selected byfour London House, bought direct at first hand, imported in wood and bottled by ourselves, thus saving all inimes mediate profits, and enabling us to supply the host growibs at MoDERATE PRICKS,

SPORT.

Scotland has bralen England, and Ireland has beaten Water, is the intersational Rugby Football

matches.

(From Japanite Papers.) M. WAEBEP,

SEOUL, March 201 M. Waaber is now Russian Chargé d'Aßalves in Karga.

FORMOSA AFFAIRS,

TOKIO, March 5th. An official telegram states that in consequence of false rumours reaching the island from Amoy, the natives in the north and central districts of Formosa had been preparing to rise again, Suficient precautions, however, were taken by the military authorities to frustrate the mUVES ment, and it is believed there is no fear of more Insurections at present,

ENTRIES for the Shanghai Spring Meeting close on the 4th proximo,

We understand that three more cows are under observation, and isolated, at the Dairy Farm Co.'s | establishment at Pok-fa-lam,

On the syth oftimo Herr von Brandt was lying seriously i la Peking, but at data of latest advices he was a little better. A-CHINES dalıyman, öf You-ma-ti, named Chân Hut, who was caught mixing water with. his milk, was this morning fined as by the

-Police-Magistrate.–

A SPECIAL general meating of the shareholders will be held in in the Persk Sugar Caliivation Co., Limited, the Ciqh, Shanghil, on Monday, goth lust, at q p.m. THERE have been aga cames of plague in the Colony from January xit to moon to-day. Eight fresh'cams were reported dimring the twenty-four hours anding at noon to-day. 1

May) has been Issued. No less than $4 Sub- cription griffins are entered, and as all the best ponies owned in Hongkong and China are în training at the Model Settlement there can be litila doubt that splendid, sport and a very successful meet will crown the efforts of the Stewards of the S. R. C. to afford the public three days amusement and recreation. Our Shanghai sporting correspondent, "Dawa," reports that Mr. F. Atycough has been appolated Clerk of the Course, ufce Mr. E. H. Gore-Bacth, who bas resigned, and adds that the Racs Club has appointed Mr. G. Bidwell Secretary, Mr. Bidwell and the Raco Club are to be con gratulated on this appointment, for there can be little doubt about the selection being a must admirable one in every sense of the word.

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ST. PATRICK'S BALL.

The anniversary of the birthday of Ireland's petron saint was celebrated last night by St. Pabick's, Society in a manner befitting the fair. fame of the genial and hospitable Saint of whom all Irishmen are so justly proud and who, exiled as many of them are la distant lands, can rightly say with the bard :---

Absence makes the heart grow fundar's Iain of Baanty, face then-well, St. George's Hall had been selected for the celebration this year and was wail-alled with the ills of the Colony by 9.30 pat, the hour fixed for dancing to commence.

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More than usual good tasty, was displayed The decorations of the Hall.

the

AT the Central Police Court, Sydney, the other day a man, who had attempted to commit staircase was lined with graceful follage, making suicide was sentenced to three months' "Impile its massive outline look enchanting. At the sonment because he had done so “in order to landing was hung the golden harp surrounded defeat the law." The man, says the Sydady by a circis of shamrock, sur dear to every Irish | Telegraph, bad-been arrested on a charge of heart, the whole worked on a green siken which he was subsequently acquiited, but in the banner, and surmounted by the matto": cead meantime, apparently overname by fight, he mille fafisks. The walls of the staircase, the cut his throat while locked la a cell. Ha ad cerridors and the anterooms were decorated with mitted this, pleading that fear of being sent to circles of hayonets burnished to their brightest, Raol for six months for an offence of which he stands of arms and spenis further enlivening the was innocent had driven him to attempt to take corners, while appropriate benners filled in the bis life. This, the maglairate held, sggravated | vacant spaces, contrasting wall with the banks the crime instead of palliating it, and he refused of flowers and plants arranged round the room to class it among those cases for lenient treat | Over the dlan In St. George's Hall were the meat in which suicide was resorted to by arms of Ireland, England and Scotland, joined *unfortunats persons whom troubles tempted with the particularly appropriate moito Quff to take their own lives." The distinction is Separabit, while here and there about remarkably fine. A person who is suddenly cast the ball-room were oral pieces in the Into prison, whether guilty or fanocent, may shape of the harp with golden string&* S. Andrew Hall was tastefully arranged a cupper room, where, at small tables, ¦ surely be wald' to be unfortunate and to have

troubles; and if he is innocent and apprehends refreshments and a grand supper were served that there is circumstantial evidente ngulost during the evening The library was, a him which he may not be able to rebut, usual, turned into a card room, refreshments

sul'able for the time and tastes of the Additus both misfortune and tremble are appis including lashings of the deather not being valed. In any case,

who forgotten.

ад the stakes his life agalast the chance of being Imprisoned for six months is, according to our Australian contemporary, either abnor mally sensitive, or temporarily out of his mind. The law takes, a very serious responsibility in frankly admiling that it to revenglog itself under circumstances in which it would not avenge the tradesman who was cheated of a debt by the gufelds of the debtor.

MEMORANDA.

• WEDNESDAY,—18th March, Tacoma Mali Due. 9a.m.---French Mall closes,

Once moṛu we have to remind correspondents | Noon-Empress of Japan leaves for Vancouver, that communicailons intended for publication via Amoy and usual ports of call.. -- event. must be secampanied by the name and addries ≥ 5 p.m.--Auction of valuable leasehold property,

crowded.

„Santiago.

Slivor of Years.

iCom Amore. Lara'a Desamlandi

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According to the latest advices from Kores, Japandan gendarmes and soldiers are on guard it every point in Seoul, as no one, not even the Koreans, trust the police force or troops under the control of the present Cablect. The members of the Cabinet never show themselves outside the walls of the Russian Legation, from which all Royal adicts are larmed. It is believed that though these edicis bear the Royal seal, the Klog never sees half of them, but confides the royal chap" to the hands of whoaves. Laser there proclamations, the majority of which betray the hand of a European in their composi

on and senilments. The American Minister and the British and German Consul General have all expressed their opinion that the King should leave als present place of shelter and return to his palace, but the Russian Minister urges upon the King the danger of the step, and the and rizk of assassination. Enfeebled as he is, terrified at every shadow, the wretched menarch relates to badge an inch or to trust himself amongst his own people. In adreft hands this miserable siste of mind to which the King is reduced is capable of being worked to great advantage, and no doubt it in. belog so stilsed by his present protectors. As our last advices were leaving Seoul a proclamation was just posted, ordering a court to assemble, arder M Greathouse, to go through the farce of trylog thors guilty of the barbarens murders of the Trih alte Bui as the culprits are the precious crowd of miscreants at present in power it seems to be anly giving the finishing touch to that grim farce to set up a Jodletal enquiry-China Gansite.

TRADE OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

INTERVIEW WITH MA, PHILP.

Sydney, February 13th, A representative of the Sydney Daily Tele graph had a chat with Mr. Philp, the Queensland Secretary for Mines, Works, and Instruction, M the Australia Hotel yesterday. Mr. Phlip las member of the well-known firm of Burns, Philp Invitations to the number of she hundred had ↑ & Co., and naturally observed much on the been larmed by the Committee, carly five commercial and industrial side during the recent hundred guasts accepting, so that by 930, Ministerial visit to the Sandwich Islands,

THE LUGAR QUESTION. Commercially, Mr. Philp found things good when dancing was begun, the hallwa

Among those present were bis Excellency, Sir Williams Robinson, K.C.M.Gat the Islands. They are making 200,000 tons is General Black C-B4 Earl and Countess of anger this year. Much of the front to the Spencer, the Officers of the Garrissa and Navy, American Sugar Trus. Owing to the Reciprocity sad of all the foreign men-of-war to harbour, Tranty with the United States, the Hawallan Muste was furnished by the splendid string band planters get their sugar in free, walls all others, of the Rifia Brigade, the following most admirable including the Cubans, whe export considerably drnce programme pelated of contes, in green to the Status, have to face 40 per cent. on the cards being faithfully and conscien- duty, and so received proportionately less flourly gone through by all he laid claim to for their segar. It would be no use Querdes

lead trying 10. pay homage to grand old St. Patricks

get sugur fata the Stater u 1-Lasers

all poder Kaight of 21. Paride:

the circumstances. —The “zogue- people at Hawall worn saturally making money, and antelde of the Spreckles Interest, which was not as great as most people Imagload, the planta tions were locally held, chiefly by joint stock companies, The Queenst: nders heard of some sout. dividends. places paying, 30 to 40 per The plantere spend a great deal of money in fériflisers, and use bone dest, nitrator, sulphur, and Island guano freely,⠀⠀ So far, they_harg...... found it cheaper to get their manures from 'America, excost, the

which they gen from one of the Islands. The Hawallan plantera take, a great deal more out of sugar than Queenslanders. They make it pay beter, gon better yields, and cultivate Better,j kilog Lestlifear, whether the land is new or old, The best, the refresh swear interest maintain a laberatory, prealded Kittred carofel-atten. over by a Scotchman, Dr. Maxwall, who gets ments Left nothing $5,000 farsum, and whhi uscitants analyses solis, advises what fertilisers to maty Teman composing the Kastes Chalman) and as to ingallon. The whole cast of the "A: Conan «L, he O'Gorman, F2 Laboratory la' met by a lery on “sugar pre- /

*E.D. Siiders, J. Coria Auced. The Government had nothing to de SATURDAY,-21st March, Bonds JAJ. Frends, QC Major G. R. Moore, A.F.Dlik ft. There is much dose in the way ofinigke 745 instant - Annual Athinile Hosting of the Victoria Recres. Becay Dry Handean, and Lestetlom At Ews the willors law two pumps,

tton Clib.

Colonel Morcot To Meme Darby and Wright capable of pumping eight million gallons of with the Water every 24 hours. There were supplied encontroviding Noon-Goelle Meares for San Francisco, via were allotted the dutien /

frees walls. The mill at the Ewa planistion was Age arrangement of the upload nad dual ports of call,"

reffe laments, and Mesars Sanders and Coyle capable of making too tons of sugar every 2 superlatended the decom Ondrand fill hours. They have three sets of rollers, sack estiverine márment, praise, and we only acko 78% long. The fall frocks were weighed in, ike sentiments of all pursest in hoping that for and the amply trucks out, and the juice wan Ki30. many years to come Bt. Pariowy Day walghed, 2 his Ewa plantation is the property thay be as appropriataly and ascocitaly of 'tosal deurpady, ol which Mesura Castall und

| df the writers, not necessarily for publication,

bat simply as evidence of good faith,

A YourH who attempted to "xalse the wind" by matching a pair of earrings from'a woman on Queen's Road last night was thịy" méning sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with two whippings of twelve blows nach at the beginning and expiration of his sentesenë

KORE: papers received: kowe, today "contain teetly notions of the death, from apoplezy, of Monniger Hemi Valoy, Bishop of Decke, at the comparatively smoly age of 45. He wa born in

Cerpone, in the department af Haute On the and instant the Bodyguards made an, Lolze, France, and arrived in feyan'la 1877%, effort to suppress the insurgents at Klang-JI, bot

THE REVOLT IN KOREA.

SUSAN, March 5th.

met with such resistance that they eventually | Wa rend in the Foschow Ecke ceased the attack. The residents of Fasan are that one hundred and seventy one candida! consequently in a state of alarm,"

for dishsalon to the Anglo-Chan sitended the examinations which Tur TOKIO WATERWORKS SCANDAL.

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more afrenta Kaws been made is, con. nection with the from pipa frends at Tokió, cal four were accaptad, Thefs are of the mon baying been brought back front hundred and twenty studente in Tarmpit.

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THURSDAY,—19th March.

French Malt Dua. A Noon-Mosting of shareholders of Messri, God, Fenwick & Co., Ltd., at the Hongkong Hotel

9 p.m.--Convocation of Cathay Chapter.

10.

FRIDAY,==20th March.

Kagish Mall Des 5.15 pm- Lecture on Chinese Volmer W. C. Barlow, at the Odd Volumes Society Rooms Bank Bulidings. L

Noon-Meeting of shareholders of the Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Co., Ltd, at the Come and }}pany's amne, No. 9, Prays, Central, jeg

9.10am Wild Opera Co,'s performance at

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