Tux returns of the number of vlilters to the City Hall Museum for the week ended April 5th, are Europeans, 137 † Chinese, 1,477 ; total 1.554.
*
H.M.S. Undaunted returned to Singapore on the 30th ultimo from Labano, and went to the wharf to coal. She did not call in at Kudat and Sarawak.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1896.
-THE-RIBLE ASSOCIATION'S
PRIZE MEETING.
The Rifle Association's Prize Meeting was brought to a conciunión yesterday with the Ladies' Tournament and Ladies! Competition. These two evenis attracted a large number of spectators, amongst whom were his Excellency the Governor, Admiral Buller and many of the Officers of the Garrison. The pleasure of the afternoon was greatly enhanced by the selection | f-of mutale played by the Bind of the Hongkong
CHOLERA is reported by our Siam contam-Regiment. poraries to be very prevalent in Bangkok. Several ladiens and Japanese have succumbad to it, and hundreds of natives die dally.
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FROM Tientsin the Shangkat. Mercury learns that the Pelho river in in a very bad state. The winter was not severe enough, therefore the reaches in the river were not scoured out as they generally are.
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CHOLERA, which is epidemic in Calcutta, Is referred to in the Indian Daily News of the oth❘ ullime (bus :-The cholera epidemic, which has been uncomfortably prevalent during the past week amongst the European and Eurasian population, seems to be making steady progress, and fresh cases are reported dally. The diseaza Is most active in the native part of the town, though it has paid fatal visits to Free School, Dhurrumtollab, Hastings Street, Sooterkin's )~Lane, and some other places in the European quarter. The Municipality adverties that persons wishing to be Inoculated may attend at the Registration Office In Wellesley Street between the hours of the 4 and 6 p.m. Mr. Ashlay
· Counsel, a European, succumbed to cholera yesterday,
PRESENTATION TO CAPT. GRAIG,
A BEAUTIFUL BOUVENIR,
The E. and A. steamer Møamute, which arrived in Hongkong this morning, brought
a large number of excursionists from Austrails
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The : shooting ‚wa", on the whole, above the average, the highest score in the Queen's Aggregal-179_made_ by both Major Wrottekley and Colour-Sergeant Hopkina, being higher than ever stiained here before." The superiority of the new Service tle over the Martial-Heary, noticed the first day, was silli more an evidence yesterday, and a much heavier handicap will be imposed in future an those using it..
At the conclusion of the contests the prizes ware presented to the fortunate winners by Min. Black, to the presence of, his Excellency the Governor, after which cheers given for Mrs. Black and for the ladies brought this pleasant mooting to an end. events :-
The following 216 the results of the varions ~All Comers-Distance 100 yards. No of
Shots-Seren. U...imited entries, 30 cents each. Ten prizes, vaina $45- xxt_prixo.........$15 6th prison$3
and
H
3rd
H
4th
5th
44
MALL TO
7th 8th
H
gth
11
roth
Lieutenant Powlett,
Corporal Jallan
ssures 2
Mt. Shepherd.**10*9** Lieutenant HotT........ Colour-Sergeant A. Smith. Colour-Sergeant Hopkins... Colour-Sergeant H. Smith Sgt. Majar Morrish............................... Captain Stewart...... Captain Ferguson ............................ 2—Mortist-Henry Carbine Competition.-- Distance 200 yards. Members only. No, .of shots-Saven. Entrance 50
Four peltes, vaina 70 per cent. of the entries, with $to added.
Mr. MacLennaniya...m33 Mr. W. Macdonald...........................13 Mr. G. White...................
cents.
Members only. No. of shot-seven. En- trance 50 cents. Four prizes, valu: 70 per cent, of the entries with $to added. Position--Standing or Kneeling."
and elsewhere, an route for japan. · The genials-Queen's Ist Stage-Distance 100 yards. skipper of that vessel, Captain Hugh Craig, made bitself to popular with bis gaerts, and was to Indefatigable in his endeavours to add to their comfort, ibat on approaching the coast last night all the passengers booked through from Sydney joined in acknowledging his many kindnesses to a worthy way.
After dinner the Has, Canon Beurerie, of Wilts, England, on behalf of his fellow passen- | geri, spoke in bigh eulogy of Captain Cra'g, to whom he then handed an address containing the autographs of all the travellers, fafo:ming the receiver at the same time that, the donore had subscribed in order to have the testimonia handsomely framed in Hongkong. The address which may now be seen in the office of the Agents, Messrs Gibb, Livingston & Co., Is beauilially embellished, and in the fallest sense work of art. The text, which is as follows, in in Italian script, and was illuminated by the Hoo, Stewart Bouverio :-
"March, '+896+ the undersigned passengers, request you
*To Captain Hugh Crain.
o accept a small token of out appreciation skill as a navigator, your capacity as a cunder, your courtesy as a host, and your kladacis as a friend."
This is surrounded
with water-colourd
paintings of scenes met on the passage from
Australia, exeputed by Canon Bouverie, all of
Mr. A. Chapman 32 · · Lieutenant Hoefu unaoma31 Colour-Sergeant Hopkins....30 Sapper. Pritchard '......................................30 Returns (incomplelė) to dato, 12de udvi, :— 4-Ladies' Tournament.-Open to Lady Mom-
bees or their Nominees-Distance 300 yards, No. of shots--seven. ·No entrance fec. Ten Pilzes presented.
“Mrs, Laces, nominated by Col. Sgt.
Lace?......
| 13—Queen's Fid Stage,-Distance -800 yards, Members only. No. of Shots-Ten," En" trance ja cents. Four prizes, value 70 per cent of the entries with ŝto added, presented by the Dally Press. Martini-Heary sides allowed 4 points.
Major Wrottenley aughman45 Lieuteoant Hospit Mr. Shepherd ---------ĝi Colour-Sergeant Hopkins.......43 14-Exten's, 3rd Stage-Dintauce poo yards. Members only. No. of Shota-Tem. Eo- trance so cents. Four prists, value yo per cent, of the entries with $ro added, pre- sented by the Hon. E. R. Bellios, C.M.G. Martini-Heusy rides allowed 8 points,
Colour-Sergeant Lecer Lieutenant Webbar
40
Major Wrotlesley-39 Mr. Shepherdames.....32
15 —Queen's 1st Stoga, Aggregate.—Options! sweepstake of 50 cents, each. The highest scores taker 73 per cent, of the entries. Colour-Sergeant Hopkin.......95 16.—Carbine Aggregate.—Optional awcopstake of go cents ench. · The highest scorer taker 70 per cent, of the
estries. Mr. W. Macdonald 4 170-Nursery Aggregate-Restricted to Kem- bers who have never won outright an Association Subscription Cup, or a First
Second prize exceeding the value of frat any previous prize meeting in Hongkong or elsewhere, and whose respective scores in competitions Nos. 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14 (the three stages of the Queen's) maaks the 1st bigbost, aggregates. Entrance $1. prize, Cup presented by Capt. Ferguson and | Lient, Hooy, R.B., and two other prises, 70 per cent. of entries,
259
"NEWS BY-TRE INDIAN MAIE,
'BOMBAY, March 17th. At the Police Court the Fourth Preisdency Magistrate convicted Kalidas Sakalchunder, Editor of the Ahmadabad Timas, for publishing in that paper defimatory alleguilons_against Hargovindas Dwarkadaam. Kuntawalla, Director of Vernacular Publlo Instruction at Bardds, charging him with robbery, and plunder" of Government money, financial jebbery, zoguery, and disgraceful conduci. In passing a sentence of six months and one day's simple imprison ment, the Magistrato said: "I must consider not only the gravity of the charges made bet the persistency with which they were repeated and sought to be proved." Counsel for defen- dant intimated his Intention to appeal to the High Court.
RANGDON, March rýth, An official Press Note has been liased on the recent murder of a Publie Werks subordinate, samed Daily, in the Northern Shan States, which says that Mr. Dally was murdered on the night of the 6th, or morning of the 7th instant, on the Nammaw Road, near the Safween Rali- way camp, at Nangkyo, in Thonso. The murder was committed by Nga San, s'acreast of the deceased, who killed him with a dak, Thibaw Sawbwa has offered a reward of R. 5,000 for the arrest of the servant and another man, who is believed to be implicated. Both men had recently arrived in Thongs from Burma.
Karch 18th.
"An official press note ways that Nga Tan, one of the men supposed to be implicated to the murder of Mr. Dally, has been arrested at Hilpaw.
́BOMBAY, March '18th.
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-BORNKO-AND-JAPAN.
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS,
MAILS DUE : German (Sacksex} to-morrow, French (~~) 14th lust. Indian (Arration Apear), 14th fast. American (België) 13th lost, Canadian (Empress of India) zoth fast. American (Par) 16th inst.
་་ THE Agents (Messrs. D. Sassoon, Sons & Ca) faform us that the steamer Arraides Apcar, from Calcutta, left Singapore this afternoon for this part.
ARRIVALS.
SHIPPING RETURNS. From 8 pm, yesterday to 5 p.m. to-day,
Ask ..................... Wingsang kattoämer, from Stralte.
Rio
FrogNST.........
Hollow.
Australia.
15
11
Swalow.
+
»Shanghai.
П
Salgon.
14
"Singapore.
Singapore.
» Bangkok.
Aggregating 10,777 tons register. DEPARTURES. Osbornt..............steamer for Kobe, Nawod............... Chinging ................. Ingrats# ....... Priyang...
climate on tarib, and more typhoons, thunder- storms, and caribquakes to the square inch than Kork, „March 16th. any known land, still pay the Spanish Govern. Increasing attention has been given fately to ment milions a year and provide work for a the possibilities of Boraso as an outlet for vast number of people. Borace is sure some Tapanese labour, and perhaps avaluable auxiliary day to do as well, though the results up to now in the development of the new-born Commercial are so bad; and it is for Japan to tum the Orient-ikat is to say, I there is anything in the development of that country to her own ides now becoming prevalent that the Far East | advantage—Chroniçler is ta sival the West as a centre of commercial enterpilie in the twentieth century. The fictara of commercial supremacy are, briefly, abundance of tat ur and of for pre Jucts for the matter at cheap rates; capital, energy, and ability for the marshalling and employment of these massen; and mineral wealth, chleily coal and Iron. Of these, Tapan' has large, but to ger mind con riderably over-rated, suppiles of labour, mizendy enhanclog rapidly lo cost owing to the supply not increasing with the demand; she has na doubt a considerable unexploited reserve of pri- vate capital, and she is promising well in the direction of energy and ablity, though here again the popular impression is aversangeine; and the crops of food-staffs in the country are in a broad sense at or near their limit of production. There is, however, a certainty that Tapan bas capabilities and indeed argent necessity for opening up new fields from which to obla'n raw materials for her manalactures. In fact, | Japan is to continue expanding—as we sincerely Formo hope and confidently expect (for, strange as it Menmuir. may seem to some sites-patriotic Japanese, Taliang there are foreigners whose interests are so
Ulyssed... Intimately bound up with those of Japan that Dosar they hope for the country's prosperity as for their own)-she caust do so by becoming the manníacturing centre for surrounding countries. No
commiry on earth excert such huge producing areas, as the United States and Russia can ever conduct manufactures on a respectably | large scale unless with the aid of producing fields outside, and close at hand if ponible. Great Britain, and on a maller scale Belgium, being first among nations to develop iron Skarpiks and coal and steam, managed to secure the Handt business of manufacturing the material of fat- Kitsabit............barque distant lands;; but already their immense advantage is being worn down, imperceptibly In general, but at ilmes most noticeably in particular cases. It must come ultimately to the products Talles being manufactured at or near their place of Honam production, or as nearly as possible on the direct Rhoring fins between the place of production and the Centurion (HM.S.) place of consumption; and this means that Freyr m sooner er later some part of the manufacturing Esmeralda Industries must be transferred from Europa to Mongkut sanaammam the East, Just an an appreciable portion of the Olaru Maru ............... cotton trade has left Lancashire already and. Allmort anunununia settled down where the staple is grown and the goods are used. It is this particular branch of the commercial and industrial revelation which more especially interests Japan. Time was when ben cotton, grown in fadla, Egypt, and America, used to be carried all the way to mills in England and Scotland, and in the finished form carried back to the very people who worked on the planta cat without a hitch, sad. developed a mosa tions; but in such a simple matter at any rate speed of si knots. The vessel is bullt of steel, ar the coarner counts of yam, that sort of thing rigged an a two mested schooner, and is very A wall comes from Aseam of the heart-rending is bound to pass away, Japan is making a bid completely equipped for trade in the East. She ravages of the terrible disesse "Kala-azar," A for the reversion of the cotton trade of the Fars ago lest long, with a beam of 40 feet, and a correspondent of the Calcutta Statesman makes East, and China is also waking up in the matter, depth of 35 feet. an urgent appeal to Government to investigate though there are some who believe she is only and do something to remove the causes which
pretending In this aspiration Borneo Is bave led to the frightful increase of this bound to play an important part if the people terrible disease in that province during most concerned are alive to their own interests recent years; and the picture he draws of Japan's cotton-growing capabilities are limited both in quantity and quality, and if she is to the condition of affairs there is truly heart. reading. Every one who has realded in Aaramech
seck no further than her own shores or the or valled the distilets of Kampop art, Wot in
cotton she may import from India and China- and Nowgong both aspiring to take the lead in manufacturing knows that terrible name same, but in actual reality it is the Black Plague.Japan will not get very lar. The French Hundreds and thousands of homes, which were
talking of cation in Tonkin, and though the French colonies have "
A private telegram from Hongkong states that Private WilsoВ27
the yarn msiket is unusually dull and declining, Colour-Sergeant Lacey..............270
the weekly sales of Indian yara having fallen tó Mr. W, Slowatt
500 bales only, and consequently thard is se- 18,—Queen's, And Stoga, Aggregate-Optional thing doing. Exchange at present rates there sweepstake of sa ceniseach. The highest is at R1. 1833 per 100 dollars. The antold yarn
stock is estimated at sixteen thousand bales. scorer to take 70 per cent, of the entries,
Private Wilson...........!
A want greatly felt in Bombay is almost on 19-Association.—Boo and god yards. Members the eve in being supplied, as arrangements for daly. No, of Shots-Pive at each range. building a Masonic Temple on the Esplanade Entries unlimited. 30 cents eich range. Rae nexily completed, and negotiations aso in Prises yo per cent. of entries for åighest progress for the purchase of land from Gover- aggregate scores. Best scores at eachment. Lord Sandhurst's Interest in Freemasonry distance to count towards Aggregate, has assisted the Craft considerably, and rendered Three pilzes.
the present step porilble.
March 19th. Mr. Justice Candy to-day delivered judgment in the case, in which a jaweller claimed Rs. 20-Queen's, Brd Stage, Aggregate.—Óptional | 50,000 from Sirdar Dllar Jong, C. 1. E., for sweepstake of go cents each. The highest | jewellery given to defendant on spproval, which scorer to take 70 per cent, of the entries. - be falled to return to plaintiff within the time Major Wrattesley......84 speclied for purchase or rejection. His lordship 31-Quan's "Aggregate. For Competitors | passed a decree against the Sledar for the
Whose respective scores the three stages amount claimed with costs.
Small-pox is on the decrease at Bombay. The of the Queen's make up the highest aggre- gates, Entrance 1. Prises to be selected deaths last week from it were 36, making a total by winners in order of merit as laid down ❘ of 16y deaths in five weeks, by rule 14 in Ladies' Competition.
Major Wroticsley.....................
Private Priddle, R.B.46 Lient, Hoey, R.B, ..............................45. Major Wraitenley, R.B.44
Colour Sergeant Popklas379 Private Wilson
Mr. Shepherd..............
Colour Sargeant Lacy
Sergeant Lealle....
Captala Ferguson............
Mr. W. Stewart...................
32
Lieutenant Hocy
Miss Bain, nominated by Mr. Shepherd Mrs. Eccies, nominated by Capt. Eccles 31 Mrs. Lockhart, nominated by Capt.
32
31
30
29
29
Mrs. Morrish, nominated by Sgt. )
Major Morrish *****
Mrs. Stewart, nominated by Mr.)
Stewart
Mrs. Robinson, nominated by Mr. E.
Robinson.............................................VÄLJAS. Mrs. Noscott, nominated by Private
مد
Wilson ............+12+1202512184 )
station-300 yards. Members only. No. of Shots-Seven, Unlimited entries, 30 cente each. Five prizes, 70 per cent. of entries,
Sapper Pritchard samanm Sapper Thompson
Lieutenant Hoey......30 Lieutenant Power +32 Corporal Collins..................................................30
Colour-Sergeant A. Smith...247 Corporal Collins....
743 33-Ladies Competition.-Open to Lady Members only. About 75 yards. Seven shots-on sighting shot. No entrance fee Rifles and Ammonition provided by the Association. Returns to date. "Vide adrt. :—
Hawkin...............................15 Mrs. Miss
Brost .................................T MTS, Andrew daugiammaist
Mr. Haych...........................2 Mias Brennan......................................10 Mrs. Moore.....unamitzai Miss Boyes
Miss Jackson..
Miss Reblasen ***************** Mrs. Boxhall Mis Chapman
BLACK PLAGUE IN INDIA.
11
11
Count Ports.
Tientsia.
1)
11
"
Salgan.
+1
11
Shanghai, "Kobe,
Haiphong. Slogapore,
(3
Aggregating 7,956 tona register. HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK RETURNS. in Kowloon Dock.
19
"
J4
» Cosmopolitan
NEW SHIPS FOR THE EAST, On February agth, the Pan Sang,_a_new steamer constructed by Messrs Wigham, Richard- son and Co. for the Indo-China Steam Naviga. then Company, went for a successfal trial trip off the mouth of the Tyne. The machinery
and
On February 27th, Mesurs, J. L.. Thompson and Sous launched at Sunderland the stoel · screw stester Ellen Rickmers, which has been allt for Messrs. Rickmers and Co. of Bremen, Rurope and the East. She is 437 feet long, foft.
is intended for that firm's line between" sin, wide, and 30 feet deep, and is to carry a deadweight of over 7,200 tons. She will be
Clark engined by Messrs. Geo. and Co Ltd.
On March Meurs. Scott and Co. launched the steel screw steamer Prometheus. She is 435 at Greenock, for the Ocean Steamship Company,
onça fall of cheerful and smiling faces, have knack of act realising their aspiratious, It/ feet long, 49 feet in breadth, and 31ft, din. in | become desolate, or almost desolate, în village is not impossible, that they may eventually depth, Sh☎ is of 5,200 tons
where a few.
is now a
· you saw a bost of
become an important factor in the cotton world. in any case, Tedia of course ARE & 1st advant ge, almost as great as that of Lancabire, greater in some respects; but judging by the Industry, it appears present rate of expansion of the spinning that Japan will in time import liute or no manufactured cotton. Apart from that, however, it is certain that the world's
carrying capacity of 7500 tons,
With M
expansion seppiled by the bellders with telple spaudos engines of 3.500 indicated horse-power.
The warship_Yärkima, ballt to the order of
the Japanese Government by Sir W. G. Arms- strong, Mitchell & Co., was launched. on February 25th,
children, lively youths, and happy parents, there different scene, most melancholy and most depressing. It is a fact that there are houses where, out of a family of ten or twelve, the survivors are a boy and girl, or a widower of widow, and these tilecky ones are themselvas victims of the disease. Where they had life, cheerfulness, sad plenty, the inhabitants have production of cotton föst expand, and with it | Full-yama will leave the Thames on the 15th
It is reported that the new Japanese fronclad instant, bound for the Far East,
which, as doer a sketch of the Menmuir, possess / 6—Martini-Etury Carbine Competition | 13,--Non-Professional Cup-Distance 300 into the notations on the west of the foot of the facturé ; and though the enlargament will la the FOOD for Consumptives.—Scott's Emunision of .
great interest to Captain Craig.
· After the toast of the recipient had been drunk with the time-honoured musical accompaniment Captain Craig.xasponded in raitable terms, "Tkë” other afficers of the Menmsfr weże then toasted separately, and the evening was concluded with
Distance foo yards. Members only. No. of Shots-Seven, Entrance ja cents. Four prises, value yo per cent, of the entries with $to added,
Mr. W. Stewart........
i
32
Mr. McPhall.........................................3X Mr. W. Macdonald ...............3! Mr. Shepherd...............................................................30
musical and literary entertainment, thus 7-All Comers,-Distance 300 yards. No. of
bringing to pleasant conclusion" a voyage favoured with delightful' weather, which runde it
In all senses a pleasure trip.
CRICKET.
CIVILIANE D. AN ARMY AND NAVY TEAM,
This annual two-days fxture was played on Saturday and Monday, and excited great interest. The civilians on Saturday succeeded in piling op the magnific:ut score of 303 before being disposed of just before time. As will be seen by the scores, Movers Greenfield and Ellis, with 95 and 53 respectively, made the * highest scores, atlil No less than six players resched double figures before being disposed of. On the Army and Navy going in yesterday It soon became evident that they could not stand against
Dr. Lowson's deadly bowling, and as a matter
In the second feninge a better effort was made,
.
Shola-Seven. Unlimited entries, 30 cents each. Ten prizes, valan 245-
1st prizes $15
6th "prise
and "
10
7th H
3rd
"F
BAS
"
4th
9th
"
5th
M
事
10th * Colour Sergeant H. Smith Colour Sergeant Hopkins....... Mr. Shepherd............................................
Mr. G. P. Lammert ................ Colour Sergeant A. Smith' Captala Ferguson,1,base+42016 Mr W. Stewart .............. Corporal Juliansenisteer Privais Priddle wanaum Sadar Khan ...emacismian
Members
Queen's Let Stage-Distance 500 yards. only." No. of Shots--ŠevesS Entrance go cents. Four prizes, vaina yo per cent of the entries with §ro added.
Colour-Sergeant Lacey 35
Colour Sergeant Hopkins.....34
Mr. W. StewaXE ********
Mr. B. M. Morrish............................................39
of fact all were out in the first innings for 49.9—Quern's And Stage-Distance 500 yards,
134 belog complied before the laat wicket was taken, but even this left the Civilians victors by an inning and 150 ruas,
On Saturday afternoon the Band of the Hongkong Regiment, prevent by the p:rmission of Lieutenant-Colonel Falihfull and affloors, added much to the pleasure of the sumarots spectators,
The scores follow :---
CIVILIAN Y.
A. Zowson, a Eccles, there mounta
A5, Anton, Bedwell'b Jbelford
W. M. GreenBeld, e Kam, ↳ Kales team -soventim. 03
1. Makland, b Gebare sadakambaked in autua gå
J. R. Gil lagham, b the'ford,
12 r. Billa, st. Feafe, b Loca 32
3. F. Lama, b Katara ses maan
Anderson, a Bhallard, b Rocles'erom u sasangan sua Lammiri, bet duken 1949309 18. Pad 196 ap
Total.......
•-101
Members only. No. of ShotsunTes. Ens trance go cents. Five pulses, valoo 70 per cent, of the enisies with $zo sided.
Lieutenant Hos7............amom48 Colour-Sergeant Hopkins48 Private Wilson naiisakanon47 Sergeant Sharing so..........
10-Queens' Tat Stage-Distance 600 yards, Members only. No. of Skote-Saren, Entrance 30 cents. Four prises, value 70' per cent, of the_entries with- ŝto added. Martial-Henry sides allowed 3 points. Private Wilson äsiäismum:33 Sergeant Hopklas in32
Mr. Shephard..........................................1 Major Wrotisley 32 13,-Queen's And Stage-Distance Goo yards. Member only. No. of Shots-Fifteen. Entrance 50 cents. Your peless, value y per cent of the entries with $to added. Martini-Henry siffes silowed s polats.
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Mr. Shepherd ......................................................ős Colour Sergeant Lacey 65
- Private Wilson_ bą.
Mt W. Stewart sotamnomouőg:
ARMY & NAVY. Bayi, Burtony 3.0, b Lowson, Jennie • 10hing hamin
Hollend, R. Lowson All Comert-Distance 600 yards. No. Capt. WAY.Wedles, B.B, b Darky add blowton, ains
of Shots-Sevas. Unlimited entries, so Llaut. 5. Pary-Ayscough, R.N,1 1,5w,
cents each. Beven prises, valne 70 per Oest, of tha entzien.
Logo 7 Lay Layos -G. R. Blount, K.H., b Low300 extinti, é e Haldandy &
Guingham.. IS: 14. B. Badwall, 2.N., & Lowodinium ↑ hZawgyen a
ENS RAV LibLowson weer '
P. Orsen, RB not out # Liest. Z-Mallord. 3.1, did not w
Colour Sergeant Hapklas........... Mr. Shepherd....... Colour Sergeant Leslie Colour-Sergeant Briti Bergeant Bhearing. Lieviquant Webber
POR Lieutenant Hoey
yards. No. of Shots "Seven. Open to Members of the Rifle Association who have not won a Prize of any description for Rife Shooting during the past 7 years. Posidon Standing or Kneeling. Entrance 81.00. First prize the "Novices" Cup, presented, and two other prizes 70 per cent of the entries.
Lieutenant FowET Lieutenant Porcivsi
35 33
Our
ustural
to
She
now gloom, deselatlan, and scarcity. Like an invading artar the Plague is marching forward there wit of course be a corresponding increase of capital and labour employed in its manu valleys of the Brahmaputra, having com. Garo Hills, and siready besieged the districts of
course benefit mostly the existing Fare Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites of Goalpara and Kamrsop. Mangaldal on the right spinners and weavers, it is always open for Lime and Soda is a meat wendestal food for the new-comers to cut into the new trade, and Consumptire. It not only gives strength and bank, and Nowgong on the south bank, are the
increases the fab, but heals the Irritation of present resnes of sitsek. Newgong is suffering Japan will have herself to blame if she is not
the first to do so. It is not only fa cotton, the throst and langu. It is very palatables ary badly from It. In support of what he says
but in all manufactured products of the soil, children take it like milk, and in all wasting contemporary's correspondent gives a few figures relating to the district from the last and I la soll that Japan" has not,"
that a county' welfare is to be sought
diseases both for adults and children, it is a Sanitary Report of the province. In Nowgong
marvellous food and medicine. Any Chemist can there were 77 deaths from Kola-arar in 1801 beyond her own bare requirements.
an extent suffi lent for very much expansion | supply It.-Sole Agents for Hongkong and the 863 in 1793; 3,407 La'18931 and 8,581 in 1804 bas to use the soil of Indo-Chins and
Empire of China ----Watkins & Cối, Hong, The disease as spread from the west to the
kong. -{ddvi east, and le now raglag with virulence. The
Slam to grow rice for her own use, while Japan worst of it is, that no medicine that is soft of India and China and America that Japan ese rice is exported at higher prices. It is the known can stay the disease. The dispensarles has to use for growing cotton for Japanese The first of the monthly competitions for the which have recently besa opened within the Cup kindly presented by the Captain of the districts are powerican for good. The civil Club (Capt Rumsey) was concluded yesterday. surgeons, and the medical officers who serveis Although there so perhaps lewer raturas this the tes-gardens, are of opinion that a specialist asusal, yet the number of members who entered should be appiated for the purpose of making way if anything larger than is generally the case inquiries and attempting to discover a remedy It is to be hoped that more members will come the diasase, but the local Government pets next month, and so maka the competition | cannot, as it says, afford to contribute a aum more keen and interesting than It is even now, of Rs. 34,000 which is naked for The scores are given below 1-
Inspecter Batil.....26
HONGKONG GOLF CLUB,
CAPTAIN'S CUP,
CAPTAIN'S CUP,
685
Mr. C. A. Temes ............... 109 20 So Mr. J. Hastings
95 14 81 Mr. C. E. Hame............... 91 Mr. E. W. Maitland................................ 103 Mr. W. M. Thompson, R.E... 10 86 Capt. W. V. Eccles, R.B......
a go Mr. J.Stewart....
97 91 106 1 94
Mr. C. H. Grace....
SWEET.
Mr. V. A. C. Hawkins ..................... Mr. H. L. Dalrymple.................... Mr. C. E. Hund
89 1079
91 6 85 Mr. C. A. Temte uinunum 106 20 85 Mr. G. Stewart ........................
97-5 92 Mr. J. Hastings ...............
168 14 94 Mr. C. H. Grac8..................................... 105 12 94
NEWS BY THE AUSTRALIAN
London, March rath,
of war on the Pacific Stallos,
ADELAIDE, March 17th. The Australlen Eleven walls for England by the RM.S. Cusco to-morrow. They will be Adelaide prior to sailing. The final constitution entertained at a banquet by the Mayor of of the team is as follow:-Messrs. Glien, Jones, E, Darling, Harry Trau, Johns, Tramble Graham, McKibbin, Iredale, Gregory, Kally, Bady, and Albert Trott.
LONDON, March 18th.
co---Madras Times.
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spindles and looms, for the Japan-grown cakton i Inadequate. It is the soil of North America that Japan will have to use more and more, and timber in face of her rapidly disappearing forests. already does to some degree, to supply her with
It is the soil of more southern islands that Japan will have to use for the production of sugar to keep her projected refineries at work ;: and the same all blong the line-an ladustrions and clever people can always and must perforce run factories immeasurably beyond the producing-
THE LATEST FROM THE NORTH | Capadly of their own lands. Therefore, when
POLE,
ÚROM OUR OWN SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) Dá.. NAMTER'S EXPEDITION-FROTEST FROM
THE BEARS-CONFLICT WITH 1,000 ICE BERGERS. DESPATCH YROM MR. CHAK- * EXRLAIR.----EXPECTED ERUPTION FROM
new produclog-places are being opened in the Earl, le suspatial for Japan to draw the raw materials to herself for manufacture rather than 'low them to find a market elsewhere. One of these countries is Borneo. Before Borneo ought to be considered the Hokkaido and Formous, as they are Japanese territories distinctly demanding developement; but at the stase time, Bomso is
country where various
* THE KAISER,-*-FEELING IN ENGLAND, The news of Dr. Nansen anexpected fowasion products are destined to be produced lo vast of the tendiary of the North Pole has been grantides before long, and it is Japan's duty to received here with the wildest incitement. Alter herself that she should make a bid for the manu determined resistance on the part of the Boersfacturing of these things. Colton is likely to be (Disarz, I mean, of course, only my poor head in one of the chief; sugar, camphor, alik, and s turned with reading head-lines), the North Pole hundred other things are at present, being 24s surrendered at discretion and will brong ho are as a rule too
duced in the crude little plantations of
indolent to do more than supply their own exceedingly Uimited regalse.
The E-ts and other antivas defended them-' selves in the most wal's'us manzez, Armatles rigard with slali.
Intimations. '
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to England (to Dr. Pram-bulator. Don't say this is mil Nancenes) for trial, to ste, once for all, whether it is made of mahogany or only ments. Europeans have fried plantations of a Russia has decided to maintain fourteen ships mach presad by Interviewers, has declined to fall But that does not show that such a vixirred. "The Hon. Cecil Rhodes, though | few kinds, and hava kliberto a dismal record of fallure only, with exceptions just enough to prove give an optalan on the quériína.
The lababitants of the sequestered district are chantry is destined to remain for ever unex found to be of Pailah descent, but un-polished plotted. All tropical countries under the sun manners. On the arrival of Dr. N. and party have then drawbacks-the most flourishing of they were all playing Foletennis!
all are those bes! (or worst) known for swfal peatüences and disastrous speculations. The THOUSANDS OF TESTIMONIALS. Tapanese have tiled to work in Borneo, and have Clarke's Blood Mixture is sold in Bottles 21. failed; indeed, it may be said that they have not gd. each, and in cases, containing six times the succeeded as colonists in any part of the world quantity officent to effect a permanent except Hawall, which is so stantlar to the climate of cure in the great majority of long standing cases,
appon using a great part of the year that it does by all Chemists and Patent Medicine not count as a criterion of Japanese-colonising throughout the world. Proprietors; the Lincoln adaptability. Sa their anfortunate experience of and Midlands Counties Drug Company, Lincoln, Borneo is no proof that the country is without England. Trade Mark" Blood Miliars,” kope, any more than the same could be con
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CAUTION-Purchasers of Clarke's Blood Mix sidered utterly hopeless on account of Europeans, time should see that they get the genuina article, It is full of dangers to ungth, which regilze in Worthless imitations' and substiintes ses sömö» bo known and avoided. So is Brasil, the greatest times palmed off by unprincipled vendors, The cotics-grower in the world, and the home of: words is Lincoln and Whitnd Consilias Dng yellow, fiver116 la Jara, which lives on its Company, Lincoln, England, Fara angraved on sogar sed nibur crops in spite of having the Governmet Stamps and a Clare's Workda peculiarly deadly bend of favor of lbs own), so Camed) Blood Mflatsis, Kown is the Botteg -die ske Vhilippines, which, with the GENTAMlost, without which sens are pennies.
Avirezons despatch has been received from the Right Hon. Ch-mbi-n request, no further until a chefe of Home Rule for he Pele torliery has been formulated.
The French Government has given orders for the immediate construction of a large number of swift cruisem of the most improved up-to-dale A telegram is hopely expected from the German type, the obvious Intention being to keep paos, Emperor. The absence of a German ganboat Be Bearly as possible, with the recent mova in has arcused much comment. the sims direction in Great Bilialn.
TH
labore interesting communication reaches A Conference, representlog the trading, and us, from a valued correspondent, whose where- commercial Interests of the Orange Free State, aborite: han for some time been, a source of. South Africa, bau nej ceted a proposition to prevent auxiety to his fiende, as he has not been, the further infiga of Asiatic saces into that seen at his area) Manaia for months. We colony.
di decipher :- tha: #dress" on" hindi leilar, Cerdany, Austria, and Italy have agreed to but, li locks" ay lila, lkn (Hanwell unpros Copriate the Triple Alliance for a furikar, term paly, the shash of tua, of the New Biberian
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