To-day's Advertisements.
HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
COMPETITION.
THE SHORT RANGE CUF and SPOONS
will be Competed for TO-MORROW
· (SATURDAY), the dik instant, over the 200 and 1 yards distances, under anal conditions.
Firing to commence at 2.45 PM.
F. SMYTH, Honorary Secretary,
Hongkong, th June, 1896.
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,
LIMITED.
FOR SHANGHAI.
HE Steamship
THE
"KAIFONG,"
(930
Captain Dewar will be despatched TO.
MORROW, the 6th Instant, at 3 PIM-
For Freight or Paseiga, koply ta
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents.
Hongkong, 5th June, 1896."
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED,
[890
FOR SWATOW, AMOY, TAMSUI AND TAIWANFOO.
THE Company's Steamship
"HAILOONG,"
Captain Davis, will be despatched for the above Ports on SUNDAY, the 7th instant, at Daylight."
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.,
General Managers.
Hongkong, 5th June, 1896.
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,
LIMITED.
FOR SHANGHAL
HE Steamship
THE
"HOIHOW."
[917
Captain Sales, will be despatched on SUNDAY,
the 7th fostent, at Noos.
For Freight or Parrige, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents.
Hongkong, 5th June, 1896.
FOR SHANGHAI.
HE Steamship
THE
1916
"NANYANG," Captain F. W. Schulz will be despatched for the above Port on MONDAY, the 8th instant, at 4 P.M.
P
For Freight or Passage, apply to
SIEMSSEN & Ca
Hongkong, 6th June, 1896.
FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG AND
CALCUTTA.
HE Steamship
THE
[933
"ARRATOON APCAR," Captain J. E. Hansen, will be despatched for the abort Ports on TUESDAY, the 9th instant, at 1 P.M.
For Freight or Fantage, @ply to.
DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co.,
Agents. Hongkong, 5th Jane, rAg6,"
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, .
LIMITED.
FOR SHANGHAI.
HE Company's Steamship
THE
"WUHU,"
[gz8
Captain Vaughan, will be despatched on TUESDAY, the oth instant.
For Freight of Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents.
Hougtong, 5th June, 1896,
FOR YOKOHAMA AND KOBE. "HE Steamship
THE
(935
"MACDUFF," Captain Thomson, will be despatched on FRIDAY, the rath instant.
For Freight, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents,
Hongkong, 5th June, 1 Bed,
1932
"GLEN" LINE OF STEAM PACKETS.
FOR LONDON, VIA SUEZ CANAL HE Steamship
THE
"GLENGARRY," Captain Ferenesan, will be desmatched as above on or about TUESDAY, the 16th instant,
For Freight or Panago, apply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co,
Agents. Hongkong, 5th June, 18o6.
1919 THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY, LIMITED,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1896.
Intimations.
DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & COMPANY, LIMITED,
VICTORIA DISPENSARY,
HONGKONG.
AERATED WATERS.
SIMPLE AERATED WATER. SODA
GINGER
ALE.
WATER.
We hope, too, that, if this gentleman has Ar the meeting of the members of the Shanghal been Injured in the course of any disturb Volunteer Corps, held on the rst Inst. at 5.30 ances which would appear to have been pm, In the Municipal Council Board Room, stirred up for the purpose of driving Captain B. A. Clarke, was unanimously elected him away from Nanking and causing Commandant of the Corps, on the nomination him to throw up his engagement, of Captain Dudgeon, seconded by Captain the German Admiral will demand, and| Dowdall, Insist upon, the punishment of every mandarin who, from bis position, was THE Senate Committee on Foreign Relationson responsible for the preservation of order the 6th instant agreed to a compromise bill for a In the neighbourhood, and who could and cable to Hawall and Japan. The bill authorizes ought to have prevented the outbreak, the Postmaster-General to enter into a contract as well as of those directly responsible on behalf of the United States with any company for it. If a money payment la accepted | which may lay a cable, and to pay a subslāy not It ought only to be after the punishment exceeding $160,000 per year. of all the guilty officials. Germany ought to declare that she will not recognise the independent or separate existence of any provincial authority, but ASPBERRYADE, &c. will hold the Central Government responsible for all breaches of contracts entered Into by any of its officers in connection with any pubile service, as well as for all tortuous acts, and that she will herself panish guilty officials, if the Boards at Peking fail to do their duty.
LEMONADE
SARSAFARILLA.
RASPE
DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co's WATERS are made under the constant supervision of a duly qualified English Chemist and will bear compa- rison with the best English Manufactures.
Special terms to HOTELS, CLUBS, Messes and other Large Consumeri. Any complaints should be addressed to the Manager.
Hongkong, and May, 18gt.
A. S. WATSON & CO.,
'LIMITED.
ESTABLISHED AD. 1841:
AND
WINES.
SPIRIT Ș.
**(437
ALL these are selected by our London House, bought direct at first hand, imported in wood and bottled by ourselves, thus saving all inter- mediate profits, and cambling us to supply the best growths at MODERATE PRICES.
PRICE LISTS,
with Full Detalls, to be had on Application,
PORT alter remorsi should be reated a month before use. When required for drinking at once it should be ardered to be decanted at the Dispensary before being sent out,
SHERRY. Excellent Dinner and After Dinner Wines of very superior Vintages. "All are
true Xeres Wines.
CLARET-Our Clarets, including the lowest priced, are guaranteed to be the genuine product of the juice of the grape and are not artificially made from raisins and corrente an is generally the case with Cheap Wines BRANDY,All our Brandy le guaranteed to be pore Coguzc, the difference in price being merely a question of age and vintage. WHISKY-All our Whisky is of excellent quality and of greater age than most brands The SCOTCH WHISLY In the market. marked "E" is universally popular, and li proabunced by the best local connoisseurs to be superior to any other brand in the Hongkong market.
We only guarantee our WINES and SPIRITS to be genuine when bought direct from us la the Colony or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Ports.
THE extraordinary allegation is made by the Fif and other Japanese papers that the Russian Minister at Seoul has commenced issuing a bag of rice and a cxih donation of xo yan to every deserving pauper in Seoul and Chemulpo. The authorities of the latter port have been requested to furnish a list of persons deserving of such charitable assistance.
THERE were six cases of plague to-day-iwo in thecity, one in the barbour, two in Kowloon, and TELEGRAMS. one in Shankiwan. Mr. Adam Hogg, caretaker of the Wong-nel-chong Recreation Grounds, who was taken ill on Feday Ixst but not reported as afflicted with plague until Wednesday, is now reparted jo be progressing favourably.
(Special to Hongkong Telegraph.) THE "PRINZESS WILHELM,"
SHANGHAI, June 4th. 8 p.m. Last night the German cruiser Printers Wilhelm was towed off the bank on which she grounded on the 2nd instant, and proceeded on her voyage to Nanking, divers having ascertained that she tained only very slight damage.
THE project of a Waterworks Company in the native city of Shanghal to supply pure fresh water to the inhabitants, as reported in the Mercury some time ago, le now in a fair way of belog au accomplished fact, two native sus-capitalists of the rank of Total having raised a capital of Tis. 350.000 for the carrying out of the scheme. The works will be erected at Kaochang Ming, and the water supply drawn from up stream.
THE OUTRAGE AT NANKING. The German military officer who was seriously wounded by mutinous soldiers at Nanking, and in connection with which outrage the Prinsess Wilhelm and the litt were despatched to investigate the affair and give protection to the German military instructors at Naniding, is recover- ing, but he is still in a very critical condition.
THE DERBY.
The DERBY STAKES, of 6,000 savs, by subscrip. tion of so save each, h. ft., or 5 sovs only if declared by the first Tuesday in January, 1895; for three year olds; colis gst., Gillies 8st gib; the nominator of the winner to receive 500 Boys, the owner of the second 300 sovs., and the owner of the third 300 sovs, out a the stakes; about one mile and a half; 285|| subs. Closed July 24th, 1894. The following is the result of the Derby, run on the 3rd lost. at Epsom, as telegraphed out by Henter yesterday and issued by Renter's Agent here at 12.45 p.m. :-
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales' b c Persimmon,
by St. Simon-Perdita II........J. Walts 1 Mr. Leopold de Rothschlid's or est. Frugale,
by St. Simon-Isabel...............T, Loates. 3, MHE. Beddington's bror ble Earwig, by
Hampton Wriggle ............... Eleven horses started. Regret was actatched. (Winner trained by R. Marsh, of Newmarket.)
THE BETTING)
The fallowing was the betting on the event as wired out by Reuler on the 27th May:-
6 to 5 on St. Franquin, 4 » 1 agalast Persimmon.
Teufel Regrat, 23
Gulistan.
11
10 ! 2011
From this it appears that Earwig, who secured third place, was a rank outsider, for he is not
A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. quoted in the betting,
THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
· Hongkong, 10th January, 1806.
BIRTH.
At 394, Broadway, Shangbat, on the 31st of May, the wife olj. D. C. ARTBUX, of a daughter. DEATH.
At Shanghal on the 30th of May,__ AUGUST CHRISTIAN FRIS, (Grest Northern Telegraph Co.), aged 33 YORIS.
The Hongkong Telegraph
ENTER.
The Prince of Wales' win was received with immense enthusiasm, Ferstimmen won by sneck is two minutes and forty-two seconds, thus breaking the record time.
MR. and Mrs. von Brandt and Baron von der Goetz arrived at Shangbuf on Sunday last by the steamer Nanking from Hanków. The Mercury's Tientsia correspondent stated some time ago that the Baron and Herr von Brand: had gone to Hankow to try and use their influence with HE Chang Chih-tang regarding rallway 'con- cossions and the formation of a Raliway Bank at Hankow. It has, no far, not transpired whether the two German fanuclers have been'successful or not.
H.E. LIU KUN-y has obtained Imperial sanction to establish a college at Naaking, to be male tained by the Government, for educating Chinese youths in foreign literature and science. The college, which will be constructed sooo, will have accommodation for 10 papils, to teach whom foreign teachers of English, German, French, and Japanese will be engaged,—Mercury. OUR Bangkok contemporary the Bangkok Times, reached the dignity of a daily paper on
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In consequence of the absence of demand for auk fabrica abroad, seventy-Eve weaving firms at Ashikaga, in Gamma Préfecture, have gone bankrupt.
IT is stated that the coffee estate at Singgorn which was belog opened up by the late Mr. G. Bangkok paper says) It is Impossible to obtain Harrison will be totally handsued, as (10 K labour, or to keep it when obtained, In view of the absence of any law in Siam applicable to the Aeeds of the case.
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The
ACCORDING to the Kolumin, the Foreign Office was in a bit of a commotion on the xyih alt, the 13th ult, and la announcing the event tha
All the staff of the Telegraph Section was called Editor promites "a dally paper containing
ent, and long code telegrams received from a larger amount of intellectual food than has certain quarter were translated, printed in hitherto been supplied," and add that."the papyrograph and sent to all the Ministers of State. The same paper (the Japan Advertiser strength of this journal lies in the fact that it
adds) learns that a very long code telegram was represents a well-defined principla Independently also received at, 8 p.m. that day from Mr. maintained, and is not the mere inky expression | Komurs, Japanese Minister in Seoul, of individual vanity," We hope our confrère THE Chuwo reposts that the six broadside may be able to maintain the high standard thus 15 cm. Kropp guns of the croiser Naniwa have been replaced by Istest paitern Armstrong quick- mapped out, and continue to flowish as of yore.
firing guns of the same calibre (6-10.), and the ACCORDING to latest news received from 1-in. Nordenfeldt machine guns on her bridgea Shanghal to-day, Mr. Guy Eldwell, the paint by 47-m.m, quickfiring guns. Her armament taking and deservedly popular Secretary of the has thus been largely strengthened since the been also altered, and the rearrangment of her flourishing Shanghal Race Club, was to beat. When the smaller gaus in her tops have muriled yesterday to Miss Hamile, daughter of coal bankers has been effected, the Chuma the genial manager of the Old Ningpe Wharf, expects she will be more useful than ever. Shanghai, and would at once proceed to Japan to THE Chuwo learns from a naval officer that · spend the honeymoon. Mr. Bidwell is a gentle- the Suma-kan, which is now being equipped at man who combines with a wide knowledge of Yokosuka, will be ready for service at the end of this month, and the repairs to the Chew-Yu, sport a good education and plenty of business which were expected to occupy the whole of this acumen. He is one of Shanghai's "Coming K," year, will be effected in a shorter period by and we cordially join with his many friends and several months, so that the vessel will be ready admirers in congratulating him and wishing for service in July next. The Fail-kam and the Yashima-kan, ordered from England, were to him long life and prosperity,
be finished in March, and December, 1897 Ar the Supreme Court yesterday, before the respectively, but by great effort on the part of full court, Mr. J. J. Francis, Q.C.'(Instructed by the contractors, they are to be completed by the end of this June, and before March next Mr. Looker, of Mr. V.H. Deacon's office) applied respectively; so that by next spring 35,500 tons for rehearing of a case heard at the Magistracy, will be added to the navy by these four ships. in which a woman was sentenced to twalva BANGKOK seems to be acquiring an unenviabig montha'imprisonment for unlawfully bringing two notoriety for the number of Vanishing Act" girls into the Colony for an immoral purpose, on artistes who have made that capital the scene de Sours and other slopements, the following to waredna conviction. The Acting Attorney paragraph from the Stam Free Press of the the grounds that there was not sufficent evidence of their exploits. At least, coming on top of the General opposed the motion. After hearing argua6th ult. would leave that impression:-The case ments, the Court granted a rehearing, subject to of Kinder vs. Caylenburg, which cams on for the respondents giving notice to the Registrar absence of the defendant, van Cuylenburg, who, hearing to-day was postponed owing to the on or before the rith June that they would is was alleged, has absconded.. It is thought proceed with the rehearing, otherwise the decision that van Coylenburg has gone to Saigon by the Donal, though nothing so far appears to be definitely known of his whereabouts. of the Magistrate would be quashed, Ons of the delights of that prinça of magazines, alleged absconder has not been seen for the last the Nineteenth Century,' Is its Impartiality.. In three days, and it is feared that one more its pages you are certain, an The Province financial light has shown Bangkok a clean pair
of heels. (Victoria, B.C.) remarks, to find the "other side
MR. JOHN MORLEY, M.P., was the chief speaker MOST of the leading Korean statesmen, who of the question" which is so entirely essential to
at the 15th manual dinner of the Press Club (London) on the rat ultimo, Lord Wolseley, In barely escaped with their lives during the dis- the formation of a reliable opinion. Just now turbance of February 11th, are now assembling England seems to have gone "Jameson mad." tospending for the Army, said there never was in Tokio. Cho Wi-yan and Yu Kil-sun, ex- The press, or at least, a portion of it, instead of a period when peace lasted very long. It was Ministers, reached Japan some time ago. They doing its utmost to induce that spirit of calm, the Press that had enabled them to cairy cut these reforms initiated by the late Lord Card- have been followed by Chang Pak, ex-Minister judicious enquiry which should characterise well, which had converted the Army from a of Justice, and Ya Chal-sun, ex-Superintendent of public consideration of any question of this scattered collection of units into what it was at Customs at Chomsipo, who arrived in Tokio on nature, more expecially when it is silil quô judits, that moment an effective military and fighting faces which he well knew, especially the chair- the sath May, and put up at Uyeno's house at would appear, on the contrary, to be have bees machine, He was glad to see present some Atagacha, Nichame, Shita. Chaug has been bent upon inflaming the people's mind to the man (cheers), whom he was proud to remember hiding in the Japanesc Settlement since the vol- verge of jingola nuå diverting attention from the as an old comrade of his on active service," and break He left Chemulpo by the Omf Moru, main point to 'side Issue. Anything mora il-fèom whom he had at various times received the greatest possible help in the field. The which put Into Ujina harbour on the 17th ultimo. judged at this juncture or better calculated to
Army owed a deep debt of grailtude to the loster hostility between England and the Press, and on behalf of the service he thanked ATTENTION has been drawn to the increase in Transvaal than a recent cartoon in Black and them most sincerely and cordially for their the export of cotton from Bombay to Japan. White portraying Britannia, welcoming "Dr. constant aliance. Mr. Alfred F. Robblas | This trade, states. The Timer' Indiari corro-
Speaker replied. Mr. John Morley, M.P., in spondent, which promises to assume immense Jim with the words. "Defeated, but act Dis. proposed "The Houses of Parliament. The proposing "The Press Club," said the energy, proportions, is now greatly hampered by the graced it is difficult to conceive. high rate charged for telegraphic messages over JAPANESE CONSOLS:-The Satsuma insurrection the enterprise, the pubile spirit, and, he would the Eastern Extension cables, Merchants in of 1877 cost the Government over forty million add, in spite of occasional lapses and back- slidings, the conscience of journalism and, in his Bombay are complaining strongly, as the rate is yes, fifteen millions of which were leat by the judgment, never heen higher than to day. A about seven rupees a word. It is quite as nobles through their bank, the Fliteenth question had been raised whether the Press was Nations! Bank. The Government, being under stronger and more influential in the country necessary that a reduction should be made la
bath, It seemed to him a mistake to suppose that traffic rates to the Forther Hant' to Europe, obligation not to redeem this debi until it had then the House of Commons. Having tied run for a sufficient number of years to compen the Press was the stronger. That the Prass The Eastern Extension Company may find land lines being used instead of cables, partiate, in some measure, the loyalty shown by the had enormous influence nobody could deny, but, cularly if the project for connecting Klangtung nobles, suffered ton millions of fi to remain un- nevertheless, the sovereign power in this country with Honglai by a wire cartled across the paid until last year, though it carried interest at was not the Prese, was not Parliament at large but was, and must remain, the House of Mekong Valley is taken up. The distance the rate of 7 per cent, whereas the Treasury's Commons. He rejoiced to think that in the Prem between the Barma and Tonkin telegraph consolidated 5 per cent bonds were selling at a of this country there was no kind of concession termial is only 210 miles. The existing land premium is the open market, Last November, how to that morbid feeling he would almost call it loes to China through Bangkok and Bhamo are ever, observing the conditions of its agreement that disastrous feeling-that the Hauss ef
Commons wu a declliing llableTM io, Interruptions. The Klangtung and
with the bank, the Government paid off two mill-M, Morley went on to say that there was an Mongial route, lying throughout In British and tons of the loan, and the remaining eight millions insatiable curiosity on matters of personal detail are to be redeemed during the current fiscal year which he was sure they all regretted quite as French tentory, could easily be maintained,
and the next. Accordingly, the Treasury has much as he did, although they felt bound to Linking up would take a few weeks only once the wire were placed at the present terminal of five per cent. Consois, the selling price of each when he first began joursalism a book was now announced an issue of two million yen worthy There was, however, one consolation for him, a bookman-that was, that whereas
100 yen bond being fixed at 100.10 yax. The reviewed to a morning paper casually--onza in Consolidated Fublic Bonde Regulations empower half a year-one of is most popular features the Minister of State for Finance either to redeem now was a careful survey of all the work done with five per cent. Consols public bonds that in literature, art, and music-Timas, carry Interest of and above six per cent, when The Manchurian camels taken to Japan from such bonds fall due, or to fade Console Chips last year proved a drawing card in the Zoological Gardens, at Ueno Park, for some independently should the state of the marker time, particularly as the female sare hink to s secos to favour ibat course. The latter stop it is" that the Consals are to be placed on the opin that has now been taken. It does not appear most ungainly youngster shortly after ber arrival in Tokio. Thereafter, the pachyderma proving most amazing eaters, the authorities offered to market direct by the Treasury, They will be banded to the Bank of Japan, which will use give them to any eligible person who would feed them well and desired to experiment with them them as security for a corresponding isaun, of
ss to their fitness for agricultural purposes. The convertible notes to pay off the Nobles Bank, unless, an là not improbable, the latter, prefers to
arrangement, sccording to the Japan Mall, from which this paragraph is taken, kang fire for.. recalve payment in Consols:—Japan Mail.
many weeks, but finally Mr. Sakata Sadajíro ACCORDING to the Straits Times, Dr. Morrison, applied fox eat of the males. The camel was the Special Correspondent of the Times, was in then sent to the rice-mils at Minami Serjo, pne Chiengmai in Apell expecting to leave in a couple of the metropollian suburbs, where its strength
then on down the Mekong, eventually, no doubt, reported, were of a very faulty kind, being of days for Chingala vía Chiangrai. From the and capabllliles were compared with those of a latter place he will go to Luang Prabang and house. The machine and gear sted, it is calling at Bangkok again.
not at all wolted to the camels, yet, степ ander those untoward circum-
REUTER'S MESSAGES,
THE MOSCOW CATASTROPHE,
LONDON, June 3rd. Carafal estimates give the loss of life in the recent catastrophe at Moscow at no less than stations. 3,700,
THE UNITED STATES.
It is believed that the Silverites will have a majority at the Democratie Convention at Chicago and possibly also at the Republicst Convention at St. Louis,
F RUSSIA AND FORMOSA The Mercury of the rst Int. contains
the the following leaderslid respecting the interference of Russia In Formoss, which was reported la our issue of the 1st June:-Sufficiently disquieting The Australian eleven has besten Oxford by | rumours reach us from Formenn, which we would even wickets.
CRICKET.
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a fading power.
· HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1895,
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
We are very sorry for the personal sufferings of the German officer who has
have refrained from mentioning were it not that been so seriously wounded at Nanking, and should deeply regret to hear that his
our sources of information are beyond question, THE "PRIYANG" DISABLED. Injuries had proved fatal, but we shall be
There is unfortunately no doubt that, equally very pleased indeed 1f, because of him
Mente. Slemsted & Co.'s steamer Petyang, with the errors in Keres, the Japanese are and of his sufferings, the German Govern-
on a voyage from Hongkong to Shanghal, broke filled to enlist on their side the sympathies, of ment are induced to read the Chinese down ten miles S. S. E. of Tongting Island. At sny section of the inhabitants of Formoss, mandarins a very severe lesson, and if, 4.30 p.m. on the 30th May, the 1.C.S.N. Co native or Chinese. Russia has been claiming, because of his misfortunes, Europeans of steamer Fauzang, bound north from Fouchow, all nationalities are taught a little lesson of sighted steamer dying signals indicating in the position of universal protector, the prudence. In respect of the Invitations that her shaft was broken, and this vessel dight of remonstrating and, at all events, Russia
tained
out to be the Polyang, they receive to enter into the service of the Farang stopped and stood by the disabled Koren, been raising somewhat similar claims in The bas, falling to draw Japan into a rupture in Chinesa Government.
steamer, but was told that she did not require Formos. The exact position has been carefully any assistance, and the captain of the Payang There are a number of gentlemen, all of asked to be reported to bis agents. Captain, concealed, but there is no doubt that consider. WHILE Frenchmen grumble that they still have stances it ground with ease three Roku them, without doubt, men of position and Monsarrat on arrival at Woosung wised to able tension exists in the diplomatic relations of to pay taxes in order to make up the war dally, ability, tempted out to the East by offers of Messrs. „Blemseen. & Co., who immediately the two Powers, and that Formosa has bren | Inderaulty exacted by Prussia twenty-five years | Hall, equivalent to the work of about eight high rates of payment and of engagements despatched the top bost Samson to the assistance.
·J. S. Hoge. Commander, will be despatched as for a definite period, who find on their † of the disabled steamer, and it all went well the latroduced into the controversy: The crucial 1,8g9, the town of Koenigsberg, in Prussis, has | conditions, could grizd four Joâu only.
arrival that there has been a change of Palyang was expected to arrive at Shanghal Viceroys or Governors in the locality in ast Tuesday morning.
FOR LONDON, VIA STRAITS AND USUAL PORTS OF CALL. (Taking transhipment Carea for LIVERPOOL, GLABOOW, CONTINENTAL PORTS,
... RIVER PLATE, QC) -
(At Revised Rates}
HZ Company's Steamship,
THE
"HYSON,"
above on WEDNESDAY, the ryiħ instant, at g'
P.M.
For Freight, &c., apply to
HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co.,
Agents. Hongkong, th June, 1896.
fgor
THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGA-
P
TION COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR LONDON, AND LIVERPOOL, VIA STRAITS AND USUAL PORTS OF CALL
(Taking transhipment Cargo for, GLASGOW, CONTINENTAL PORTS, RIVER PLATE, #G) (At Revised Rates) "HE Company's Steamship
"MOYUNE,"
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which they were promised employment, that the new chief does not recognise or
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
feel. bound by the contracts made by his | Up to 10 ɛ.m, today 270 saches of rain had predecessor, nor does the Central Govern- fallen in Hongking daring the present rainy ment of the country at Peking, and that season. It will regskra serrisi inches more they are in the same position as if they before the Water. Authority will be justified is had been engaged, let us say, tutors for the children of the departed Viceroy turning on a fall supply of water, i
horse, under the most favourable
period of the zoth of May has passed, and sigos only this year paid the last Spstallment of the men's work. Ms. Sakate therefore concinded are not wanting that Russia has entered again our contracted to meet the war contribution that with a properly constructed machine the
imposed on it by Napoleon Ltd.
camel could do nearly twice the work of shorse, on what has been described as a splendid pole) | The Puls Goniois comparer the nationál debts | In his report which is very intersŭng reading,
of aggression.
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MEMORANDA.
TO-MORROW,-6th June.
Inst., inclusfre.
la
of different countries in a little table, which is ; he states that while the camel does not stop sa undoubtedly interesting, even if some of the rapidly as the horse, It manages to get over mere statistice are open to question. Fer hand of ground, with fis long legs, in less time. The population, Switserland owes the equivalent in camel war, mossover, eminently tractable and france of $51 Germany. $8; the United States, easy to keep at work. Itien great enter, The Trans Books of the Hongkong Route sa Russia, Sar Portugal, 670 Aussie truth, but does not need sofrequent meals, brin
Co, Ltd, close from this date to the oth751 Italy and Spain, Sto; the United a ruminant. Plenty of pure water was found Kingdom, $100 and France, 8171. Yet France necessary, the camel Indulging in occasional Noon-Auction of propeller and shafts, belong is acknowledged to be one of the richest cost huge draughts Despite the wosk; the animal
Ing to the steamship Activ, by MG. P. tries in the world.
Ia kemith and throve finely. This te deed of all the other Manchurian
·Lammer), at the Dock, Kowloon,/?
camels hrought over to Japan, although it was feared they might succumb to the mack hotter climate. Being sccustomed to a lower tem- perstate, Mr. Sakata" thinks, camels would do. finaly in Hokkaido. There is only one, notice. ! able change in their outward appearance the drooping of the kamp. Under ordinary diepumstances this would indes, mmsciation, but the camals ses, on the contrary, quia plump and ip the beat of health. On the whole, Mr. Walcatale report is invenerable to this importation -
( sunete le saquéntia purpoder de
and he had become bankrupt. We hope THE latest news from Kosis, says the Mercury the German Government will now take up that the Kiɛg has been asked to abdicate and the cases of these officers, wlil refuse to be is thinking seriously of taking this majop.m.Auction of gentlemen's outfitulog, &c., Listen to any explanation as to the person now that the Russians are in Vladivostock - at the Hongkong Trading Co.'s premises, by whom they were engaged, and will enjoying their spies over the Coronation; of by Mr. G. P. Lammert. Insist that, having been brought out by the Tsar. high officer of the Chinese Government for the service of China, they are In the service of the Imperial Government and must be recognised and paid by Peking. The Court can adjust accounts afterwards with its own officers If they [914 | Have acted without authority,
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THE climate of Formoss is playikg sad havoc in the raakt of Japanese, settlers. The Japan Herald, writing on the asst ultimo, says that so many of the carpenters and other artisans that were despatched to Formoss some time ago, have succombed to the effects of the climate, and are now either in their graves or in hospital, that the Army Department in the island has been abliged to apply for another batch of workmen, The new squad into, be despatched i'w few Daylight-City of Paking lusses for Sam days, bagether with fifteen extra kurven fewon the
Tékko Hilary Hörpital, Francfascy vsi nasal peris,of call, a
kirt 4-30 pm. Gymkänna meeting at the Race 5.30 p.m-By dad permission of Major Retallick and Offcens, the Band of the Hongkong Regiment will play, in the Public Gardens,
SUNDAY,—7th June,
NATIVE adrices from Hankow report that the entry of the district of Chicha, in Hupes, hara petitioned the Hukwang Viceroy to be allowed to work some coal mines that have lately been discovered in the hills. The permission asked | för has been granted.
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