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Co-day's Advertisements.

NOTICE.

OTICE is hereby given that on the

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1896,

Intimations.

PRICE LISTS,

with Full Detalls, to be had on Application.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Tear la suficiing from jaundice.

RINDERFEST is prevalent lo Panang.

N 16th day of June, 1896, HERMANN PORT after removal should be rested a month LATEST cables from!London state that Li Hong-

FRIEDRICH MEYERINK, of Hongkong, MERCHANT, appiled to Hli Excellency the GOVERNOR under the Provisions of Ordinances Nos. 16 of 1873, and 20 of 1895, for leave to reglater Three TRADE MARKS in the Reglator al Trade Marks in his own Name.

The said Trade Marks will be used in respect ol COTTON THREAD and REELES OF COTTON THREAD. Specimens of the Marks may be seen at the COLONIAL-SECRETARY'S Orvice apon application.

Dated the 23rd day of June, 1896.

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H. L. DENNYS,

Solicitor for the sald HERMANN FRIEDRICH MEYERINK: DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

LIMITED:

FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW.

HE Company's Steamship THE

"FORMOSA,

Captain Robson, will be despatched for the above Ports an TUESDAY, the 30th instant, at- Noon,

For Freight or Passage, apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co,

General Managers. Hongkong. 17th June, 1806,

[1042 "OREGON RAILWAY AND NAVIGA- TION COMPANY'S PACIFIC STEAMSHIP LINE.

CHINA AD. JAPAN. PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG, 1896. (Subject to Alliration.) Chittarosz..... | 'Wednesday....... | 15th July, TAKING PASSENGERS AND CARGO FOR UNITED- STATES AND CANADA AT THROUGH RATES.

THE Steamship

"CHITTAGONG". will be despatched hence for HONOLULU, VICTORIA, B, C., and PORTLAND, OREGON, via-KOBE and YOKOHAMA on WEDNES "DAY, the isth July.

- Consular Invoices of Goods for United States Points should be in QUADRUPLICATE; and one Copy must be sent forward by the Steamer to the care of the GENERAL FREIGHT AGINE, Oregon Railway and Navigation Co., Portland, Oregon.

For further information we to Passage and Freight, apply to

Huayhong, 27th June. The

SHEWAN & Co.,

Agents.

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE P.&O. S. N. Co.'s Steamship

THE

"PEKIN,"

FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND

STRAITS.

Consignees of Caigo by the above-named vessel me hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.

This vessel brings on Cargo :- From London, &c., ex S.S. Ballaarai. From Calcutta, ez S.S. Coromandel. Optional goods will be landed here unless Lostractions are given to the contrary before 4 F.M. TO-DAY.

Goods not cleared by the 3rd July at 4" P.M. will be subject to rent.

No Fire Insurance will be effected by me in

BY CALC whatever,

All damaged Packages must be left in the

before use. When required for drinking at ance it should be ordered to be decanted t the Dispensary before being sent out. SHERRY.-Excellent. Dinner and After Dioner Wines of very superior Vintages. All are true Xeres Winch CLARET.-Out, Clarets, including the lowest- priced, are guaranteed to be the genuine product of the Juice of the grape and are not artificially made from ratolus and currents as is generally the case with Cheap Wines. BRANDY.-All our Brandy is guaranteed to be pare Cognac, 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 In the market. The SCOTCH WHINKY marked "E" is universally popular, and is pronounced by the best local connoisseurs to be superior to any other brand in the Hongkong sarikel

We only guaramee our WINES and SPIRITą to be genuins when bought direct from us in the Colony or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Ports.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD.

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. Hongkong, 10ib January. TƐoß. ̈

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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fritte that all communications relating to Subscriptione. Arisentiroments, Htc, be adfceased to the Manager, Finn

TelegrTM and not to the Editze,

Latters on Rditorial matters to be sent is The Editor and got to individual members of the staff.

chang is stili ku Germany;

Despite the confident prediction of radical

·Australian papers received by the Changxka to- day, it is, if justice is done to him, probable that "the only Rhodes" will come out of the wood without a stals on his character.

HEAR VON HEYKINO, the new German Minister to Chins, le proceeding to his post by the Cans A FRENCH 1vaðlesta bax made an offer to the dian Pacise route. He left Vancouver by one to the "Empress "Uners on the sand instant, and Australasians to play a maich la Ferie.

te due at Shanghal on the rrih proximo.

YESTERDAY no foreigners were under treatment for bubonic plague—a very satisfactory state of

'affaire.

THERE were eight cases of plague to-day-four in the city, two In Kowloon, and one each from

in said to have come from Manila. There were ONE case of cholera and four of enteric favery Bay and the harbour. The last care were the retains from noon 18th to noon the

twenty-one cases only during the week ended 19th at Singapore.

noon to-day.

SIR HERCULES ROBINSON has arrived to London for the par we'ol advising the Govern ment concerning the politon of affairs in South || Africa..

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THE plague In Amoy is reported to have assumed a milder form recently, the percentage of deaths being very much loss than at the beginning of the cutbreak,

horse and killed,

Ar the thirtieth anniversary of the China Island Mission held at the Mildmay Hall, Loader, on the 27th ult, a brief record of the work during the past year was read. This rlets the showed that despite the Inte work had prog:essed most favourably. The Income was £43.915, an increase, of nearly £10,000 over that of the previous year,

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On the ith June, while out riding near Cook QUOTATIONS, from Mr. Erich Georg's Share town, Alfred Murray Cleveland, amsistant PayList :-H. and S. Banks doll; aburen obtalamble master of H.M.S. Dart, was thrown from his at 189 per cent prem. "Nationals" on offer at $29. Yangirzes are wanted at $145. Steamboats sold at $34; Douglases clare with THUS walth the Straits Times':-Poor dear sellers at $64; Chloa and Manilas could be Governor So the Penang Municipal Complaced at $74. Purjoms weak at $132. Docks missioners are balling him before the ex-Mayor in request at $183. Electricx $7.10; Watsons

$12.50 and $12.25; Ewo Cotton Mills $85. of Blimlagham!

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THE SAME THINe-Foùrmaliz (ladionantly); "I hear, sir, that you said I was a llar."! Fints: Ware sorry to hear that the eldest sou of Acting Chiel Inspector Mackle has "I simplyald that I thought - you were a reperier for a morning par 1"-World's Comic. contracted bubonic plague, and was this morning taken to the Kennedytown Hospital. Mr. ADMIRAL BULIER's Aylog squadron le duest Mackie's"family have bum Uving at the West Hakodate on the 30th Inst, will remain there-Paint Station, and the youth is supposed to have one week, and then leave for a cruise round the caught the disease from some of the patients coasts of East Sibe:ls,""returning to Hakodate brought there in transli tothe Hospital. Much about the 27th July.

sympathy is felt with Mr. Mickle.

MR. D. A M. BROWN, of the Straits, the present Straits Champion golf player, plared off a tie with his nemake of Penang, a few days ago, and won Communications rended for pallization rat be accompanied, thus obtaining the distinction of bolder of the by the name sđồng of the wiireen, not necessary for

Penang Golf Championship. publication it is evidence of good faith.

When the calusos of the Harsheng Tilegraph will always be open for the fair discussion by correspondents of all action

factian public intareata, it must be distinctly understood that

„oplalons them expressed.

H

THE Mission steam-launch Day String will the millor does no: la xay way hold himself responsible for call alongside any vessel hoisting the answering peanut, between 9 and 10.30 2.12.00 Sunday, to convey men sshare to their o'clock service, returning about 12.30 p.m.

"TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisers are requarted to forward sil notices Intended for Martin in that day'ı not later than Three o'clock so as

to retard the early publication of the paper.

ded period will be coctioned unil countemanded.

Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered In connection with the painfully sudden death of Mr. D. T. Robertson, of the Chartered Bank, the Singapore Bree Press has been requested le point out that Brigade Surgeon Lient-Cel. | Major, who stays at the Raffles Hotel, gave no

cause of death. opinion as to the probable

The Honghong Talegraph has the largest circolation of icy English newspapas pushlabel in the Far East, and be therefore the beer medium for Advertisers. Terme can be least on spplication. The Honghong Talawada's tumbar at the Telephone Centre! Exchange a No. 1. Telegraphlets 500 Talagraph,"

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Hongkong.

BIRTH.

On the 18th inst., at 44. Data Kramat Road. Pensag, the wife of Rev. G. F. PYKITT, of daughter.

he Hongkong Telegraph

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HONOLONG, SATURDAY, JUNE"27,"1896r

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The Perjury cavo occupied the Chief Justice and common Jury the whole of to-day, and was adjourned at 4.30 until za am. on Monday,

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NEWS BY THE ENGLISH MAIL. London, May 2gih.

It is reported that Baron von Kotac, who, in a duel shot Baron von Schröder, has been sentenced by the Emperor to two years' con-

A TONKIN Contemporary reports that freshfinement in a fortification. trouble has arisen on the Cochin-China-Cam- bodla frontier where Buddhist monk has declared himself a supernatural boing and is doing the "Mahdi Act" for all he is worth. He asserts that he is posserted of devil and spirits and is ordered by almighty Buddha to civilize the whole world. French troops, according to latest advices, Dave been despatched from Chan- taboon to Asly the grand old humbug to accom. plish his great, mission, "or"at losst evolve order ont of chaos.

In reply to a telegram of congratulation from the President of the French Republic, the Tsar Francs are one at heart at the present moment. bas expressed his satisfaction that Russia and

A marriage has been arranged, and will shortly take place, between Sir Alfred Dent, KC.M.G., and Margaret Aird, fourth daughter of Mr; Charles Ard, of Eastbourne.

FROM Amay we are informed by our correspon- dent that a long-standing dispute between the Protestant and Roman Catholle converts in Omi-os-koal has just been refiled by two Chi- were officials sent to luvestinate the case. The r,goa are to be paid to the Roman Catholics by the Protestants, Tis. 205 being for damage done to a chapel and Tis. 1,700 to go to the familles ofthren Catholics killed during a dispute. This decision has quicted the neighbourhood and the opinion is expressed that in future the two bodles, though not living in harmony, will at least abstain from coming to blows.

THE first fight of English astronomers to view the Important eclipse of next August left England on the 28th altima. Professor Turner, of Oxford. and Captain Hills, R.E, left Liverpool for Japan ei Canada, expecting to reach Yokohams on July 6th. They take with them not only their own Instruments, but, those of the Astronomer Royal, who cannot leave England so soon awing to the necessity of being present at the visitation of the Royal Observatory, which is fixed by Royal Warrant for the first Saturday. In Jane. He will follow three weeks later. Astro nomers of other nations will also be present in Japan, besides the Japanese themselves; Professor D. P. Todd, of Amherst, U.S.A., who went to Japan for the eclipsa of 1889, 1 to be there again on the present occasion. Indeed, he is well on his way already, in a privato yacht which has been placed at his disposal for the expedition. The British observers will be

and but for this promise of help it Is doubtful whether say Bilish expedition to Japan

could be undertaken at wil, Besides Professor

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Lady Hannen, wife of Sir Nicholas Hangen, H.B.M.'s Consol-General and Judge of the Supreme Court at Shanghai, leaves for China in the course of a few weeks, mad will to xcc smpanied by Mias Hansen and her son.

Mr. Edison, by coating the interior surface of & Crookes' tabe with crystals of a new inorescing kahstance, has succeeded in causing the X-rays to change to light. No heat is generated, the whole electrical energy being transformed into

For the first time for many years the Derby will be run in the absence of Lord Rosebery. His Journey to Spala will, however, net interfera, with the customary Epsom-week hospitalities The Dardans. Before leaving for Spain Lard Rosebery made aṇadgements house with guests.

fill the

It is announced that it was not the Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order that the Queen recently sent to the Empress of Rasilu, but the First Class of the Order of Victoria and Albert. The Royal Victorian Order is not conferred upon ladies, hat in the case of the

Order of Victoria and Albert ladies alone are eligible.

Sit Heary Irving, Miss Ellen Terry, and several members of the company arrived in Liverpool on 27th instant from the United States. In the course of an interview, Sir Henry spoke of his tour as most pleasant and successful.

Later the party left for London.

Mr. Frederick Verney writes to The Timer - In your issue of May 16th It was stated that the French anthorities at Chantaboon are making a road to Battambang, and are constructing a telegraph line, and are erecting barracks for reinforcements from Salgon. A message has reached this Legation from Bangkok denying the truth of these statements,

Difficulties hava asisen with regard to the admi- nistration of Baron Hirsch's estate. More than one of the executors named by the testator have

from the manner in which the will is drawn. It refused to act, and complications have also arised expected that the propeity in Engiatd, which will pay duty to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will fall little short of £3,000,000,

In the Belgian Chamber on the 27th Init, attention was called to the fact that last yeni

Agriculture said he would see that in fature horses destined to be nillised as closed meat should be especially branded. electric furnace have led, it is stated,

The experiments of M. Molasan with the the dis- covary of an important substance in the shape of a compound of boracic acid and carbon which will even cat diamond. The compound is said to be black, not unlike graphite, and can be produced in pieces of any required sizz. II the statements are verified, the new material will be very useful for boring recks, &c. But bow is the compound to be shiped ?

HONGKONG, we (L. & C. Express) observe with pleasure, la agitating for municipal govern- ment. During the earlier stages of its existence Conveyed from Yokohama to Kushiro, the 6,000 old horses were Imported from England as a British colony the policy of lamping a7 § selected station in Yexo, by a man-of-war; | and converted into tinned meat. The Minister of receipts tpgether, whether collected for municipal or Imperial purposes, was probably the best, as certainly it was most convenient. It has out Todd, there will be in Japan M. Deslandres, grown this swaddling-clothes period, however, with two nanistants from the Paris Observatory, and is entitled to take on the duties and oblige laft Paris for Kushire on May 16th, and will tions of's more mature period of existence,

probably arrive before the English observers ; so that there will be a goodly assemblage of] THX London and China Extress sys ---It observers altogether in this neighbourhood, and proposed to mark the completion of the sixtieth probably very close together. The desirable sta rear of Queen Victoria's reign hy celebrations tonsin Japan seem to be limited to the neighbour in the nature of those in the Jubilee year. Her hood of Kushin. But the belt sweeps across Majesty entered this month on her sixtieth year | ninthera Siberia, cats Nowa Zembla, and the „of sovereignty, Sho le, according to latest north of Norway, templosting, however, before news by the mail, la excellent health, and in the reaching the British Isles. In England we shall opinion of those be able to judge returned ses nothing of the eclipse, even in lis partial from her last just abroad stronger and better phares, for it will be all over by sunrise, and than she has appeared to be during the past even in Norway the sun will not have risen very high at the time of the éclipse, which will occur in the afiempon to thare It is believed that the human skull found in Japan. Favourable stations in Siberia in the stomach of the shark caught in the are to be occupied by Rosslan astronomers, that of the second but in Norway then will be a large assemblage This morning the master of the steamer Afridi, barbour yesterday le from Mojl with coals, reported the presence on engineer of the Hongkong, whose disappearance of Europeans. A British Government expediton his ship of four stowaways-three girls and a from his ship wo chronicled on the 17th will proceed thither as well as to Japan under | man-who were charged before Captain Hastings lost. This gentleman has not since been the joint direction of Proféstor Norman Lockyer with the offence and were fined $15 each. The❘ seen, and it appears almost certala that (to whom the assistance of a man-of-war has be was drowned. A couple of days ago the body of a foreigner was reen floating Á COMPOUNDER of the Anglo-Chinese Dispen-between Green Inland and Stonecultors' Island, tary Singapore, was convicted on the 18th, and but the Police launch that went in search of it fined $50 or six weeks&rigorous fimprisonment, was unable to find it. for having in his possession Jilicit morphia, M.,

HIS BOSOM FRIEND (reading's morning paper): "A propos of Hamlet, they any that you and Shakespeare represent the opposite poles of the dramailo ast-1"

"HOLLY: "AB! That's a nusly one for the late Mr. Shakespeare.”

Godawas and certificate of the damage TELEGRAMS.fines were paid at once.

obtained from the Godown Company within ten days after the Vessel's arrival here after which

Do Claims will be recognised.

H. A. RITCHIE,

Superintendent.

Hongkong, ayth June, 185.

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.5 p. Mr. Frederick Hayley Bell (formerly a partner in the firm of Adamson, Bell and Co., and more recently carrying on business here as bill and ballion broker) and M. & W. Hunt ( clerk in the employ of the Hongkong and Shanghaj

Banking Corpmation) died yesterday and were

burled this mornlog.

RUSSIA AND KOREA.

Latest Information from Feking is to the effect, that considerable hesitation is evinced regarding the occupation and pacification of Kores. The Russian Government, being con.

P. Joaquim appeared to prosecute on behalf of the Opium Farmer, and Mr. Hoffmeister was counsel for the defence.

THREE steamers were in quarantine at Slagapore on the roth last, the Arration Apcar, from Hongkong: the Kaiow, fan Liverpool, ufa

Jeddah, with pilgrims and small pex, and the

three or four years.

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been promland) and Dr. A. A. Commun, the President of the Royal Astronomical Society, There are two points""of "special interest In the programme of work arranged by the British expeditions for this eclipse, The total phase will not occur simultaneously to the two parties. As the moon passes slowly in front of the sun the shadow cast on the earth sweeps along from Norway over Siberia to Japan, and by the time Berlin correspondent:-"According to reaches Japan the sun will be some hour and advices received here, Herr von Brandt, who was a balf older than it was when It was sclipsed to formerly for many years Genman Minister in the Norway party. Thus if the corous shows Peking, has been appointed official adviser any appreciable change of form in a hour and

Tax following refers to a statement that has already been made and contradicted by Reater and appears in The Times of the 28th May from

its

with the rank of Minister.

Some intereating additions have just been made to the collection of Ashanti relles at the Royal United Service Museum, which have attracted a very large number of rightxears during the last few days. These consist of curious war-drum, with an elephant-hide head open which the drummers play warious rolls, all of which have a widely different significance to those who hear them. A white cloth wells the human skalle, which are fastened to either side of the Instrument, when the drum is beaten on pescafal occasions. There is also a very unique, but witbal primitive, ura, representing the King of Ashanti receiving a beed from one of his huge pipo, and being fanned at the same time Court execulloners, The King is smoking a by a slave girl, whilst the band is stationed around

The X-rays have made their first appearance fox Court of Justice. In a case tried before Mr. Justice Hawkins, the position of a ballet, which had been fired at a woman by her Jealous husband, was exhibited to the jury by means of the now discovery. The bullet had lodged in the wrist, and there the jury saw it, safe and sound, in a photograph of the lojured part. They took a merciful view of the pri somer's act, and they brought lo a verdict of unlawfully wounding under provocation. The next stage of the invention will, no doubt, exhibit: cerebral action, and we shall bare an insight into motives which will bring extenuating circumstances within the domain of science,

Lady O'Coner, our Ambassadress in St. Peters borg, is a daughter of Mr Gladstone's old wife Lockhart's danger, he acquired the name

wife,

Cheang Chew, from Ampy and Swatow. The on foreign affair to the Tsung-1 Yamén, a half the photographs taken at the two stations of Scott as life-tenant of Abbotsford. His second

Though the should on comparison show the change. Apear steamer was released during the afternoon German Press appears inclined to over-estimate of the 19th fost,

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H.M.S. Æoles in at the Coe Islands; the

Spartan, Alacrity, Centurion, Immortalit, Nardius, Piqua, and Rainbow will be at Halcedate on the gath; the Edgar, Humber,

the importance of this appointment, it is evident. from other indications, such as the nomination of Baron von Herking as Miclater in Peking, and that of Colonel Liebert as military adviser

'TRANSIT PASSES AGAIN!

Our Amoy correspondent, writing under date to the Chinese Government, that Germany is of the szed last, sends the following account of

China, and to claim her fail share of recognition

vinced that should she attempt to suppress the prevalilng suarchy with her hoops such action would be revented by Great Britain, Aas rug and Limmat sro ni Yokohama: the Rahlu mi determined to pursue an energetic policy in a new transit pas difficulty: gested that the present system of government be Hankow ; the Pratoch is në Tieaizlo, and the \ for the purf she has taken in the Triple Alliance I fana, were imported from Hongkang, the usual / brililent career of his old friend's daughter, RASPBERRYADE &c. supervise the acts of the King and bls govern. Firmy in the Behring Sen.

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ment and thus, under agreement, establish a protectorate,

REUTER'S MESSAGES.

LI HUNG-CHANG IN GERMANY.

LORDON, JUDE 25th.

Li Hong-cbang has had a two hours' interview with Prince Bismarck at Freldricharabe. The meeting was of the most cordial description.

THE TSAR.

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THE ADMIRAL'S PROGRAMME.

It is reported that the programme of Admiral Sir A. Buller, K.C.B., is as follows :--

Arrivsys -Salk Hakodate...........30th June, 7th July, Endemed........... 8th July 14bˆ« Okiskt .........gt7th a 30th Delvis Bay in21st, -24h 1 Return to Hakodate on or about the 27th July, WE received to-day by the English mall fler Pekin a copy of the China Gavetta dated

in the Far East,"

| THE captain of a British man-of-way lately told the following amuning yarn: Some years ago when H.M.S.was upon the West African station, a crowd of native idegs, who were going to hold a palaver somewhere or other, were quartered on the ward mom officers for a work or so. The captain of the was rather a curious kind of a man and, apparently, did'at like "niggers," One day fire quarters was sounded; the crew were

wile-Lady Victoria Howard, sister of the pre- sent Duke of Norfolk-was but hill his own age, and by her he had several children, who bore the name of Hope without Scart, and of whom, Lady O'Cocoris one. In politics Lady O'Conor follows her uncle the Tory Postmaster-General, and not her father in his old Gladstonian attach ment; and her brother, Mr. James Hope, stood unsuccessfully at Fontefract la the Conservative Interest at the last election. Mr. Gladstore, On the 28th May last 14,000 untrimmed leaf- however, has lost none of his interest in the whose favourite game la the nursery was“ play- -duty being paid on them. On the rath Ing at queens an ambition she has now come Instant application was made to the Foreign | near to realising us Her Majesty's proxy in St. Customs, in proper form, for a transit pass to Petersburg. send these fank to Changchow, half duty being Central Asis should come significant The activity of Russian rullway enterpriro is paid as required by treaty. The applicant was reminder to this country. It is intended to coa then sent to the Chinese Customs (kin) station struct two railways (not one alone) from the with a transit pass to be stamped by the main Transcsaplan track, both running towards oficial in charge. This official, however, the Afghan frontier. The first is to branch off refused to stamp it, claiming that the Mer, and after following the left bank of the Kbusk river ́for 150 miles to tarmsaste at the as, though from foreign port, ware of Khask post, six miles from the Afghan frontier, Chinese origin and so could not be sent inland and ninety-four from Heral. At the Raiden under the usual Transit Pass certificate Autpost, however, suficient materials are to be stored for castlaning the line at a moment's notice. appeal was

Bat the Khusk wality raliway le gat the only

made to the Commissioner of

The Tear of Russia is sufferlug!from an attack: | Shanghai, April 17th, 1896. It' wis evidently at their stations in a twinkling of #6 Castoms, who, after an Interylow with the Chinese l ́ens Russia purposes constructing, Orders have

of Jaundice.

THE ARREST OF MR. HARRISON.

on the borders of British Galanı,

THE REVOLT IN MASHONALAND.

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The rebels have surrounded Fort Charter and looted Marindells, where Lieut. Bremner of the

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just been given to the Turkestan administration

to simultaneously commence the section along the Oxas-from Charjat to Kerk The newe skrald cause us to respond, if necessary, with, dus

prockatoon,

The German Press seems to have reserved i'r

duly addressed and posted from the Gossifs eye, and the first loff" approached the captain official, repiled that the Superintendent declined office for the address (Editor, Hongkong | to enquire where the imaginary fire was, "Elogi

on fire!" roared the skipper, Half-a-dozen to fa a trait pass on the ground that the Telegraph) is plain enough; and the cover

fans were of Chinese origin and that leaffer French pat stamp and the steams hoses were immediately brought to bear applications had levariably been refused, The United States Government la using a bears #

upon the unhappy 、representatives of black- Ir Suence to procure the release of Mr. Hanleon, Shanthai post maik." There is writen on

In this case it is claimed that the goods came who was recently arrested by the Vanarucians the cover, just below the pelated address, royalty, who stood it for some time, but from Hongkong, a foreign port, and geld import - "Minsons – (rich :' to London by French Post eventually made a boir for the ward-room. Office The word "French " is underlined, It But even then, the hoses were brought to duty as foreign goods. Many articles which are fa very kind of the P. O. to carry our Shanghai bear on them, and it was not until the to Europe in a raw stats and in a exchanges 20,000 miles at the zate of a cents per ward-room was a perfect wreck that they half once, but as time is an object with us we were allowed to come shivering up on deck, | news absolutely necessary, we should pealer to During the passage, which lasted about i wrecks Bentation. In this case there was no alternative.|. "mired m-more infidential position than ever

have all our Shanghat exchanges delivered the dusky potontales were fed upon weevilly direct and not after a sea voyage to Europe, ships biscuits and bottled bear. When accounts however exhilarating the "ip home "may be came to be made up, however, the ward-room This paper has travelled pretty quickly. It mess calmly put fà awitem To entertaining appears to have started from Shanghal on the Kings, £75." - The story does not reists whether 18th April noč, go-aherrn stated, found its way they got it ; but one is not surprised to hear that The All England XI kas bisten the Austraiten back here-to-cky, the' syim Juus, de, only the sklypar was very soon afterwards disxmfered

yo days 1.

| the service.--Nagasaki Empresti XI in the first test match.

doth Hussars was killed.'"'

THE SOUDAN,

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comments on the Tears coronation until after the event. It is worth noting as a carlos coincidence, states the Berlin correspondent of The Timis, that, to discussing the political aspects of the ceremony, both the semi-official crans, the North German Gasells and the Coligns Gonate, lay stress upon the fact of Rowla's bavlog in the course of reonut years before. The latter paper in particular points out that France, Turkey, and China kave in turn been driven to tako shelter beneath the wing of Rumia, and that her success in secusing the modification of the treaty of Shimashosaki was,. apart from the support given" "by, France and Germaný, mainly due to the shair dead weight of her power, Sinos that time, il ́adda, Russia'e Infisance at the shores of the Fadily Quran has.

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