To-day's Advertisements.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNERS.
"HE P. & O. 5. N. Co.'s Steamship
THE P
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* BORNEO,"
FROM ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITS. Consignees of Cars by the above-named vessel are 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 Kowicon, where each consigamosat will be reated out mark by mark and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.
This vessel brings on Cargo:—
From Italy, ex S.S. Swilej,
From Madras, S.S. Secundra. Optional
goods will be landed here unless instructions are given to the contury before 4 P.M. TO-DAY,
Goods not cleared by theozgth instant, at 4:
will be subject to rent. 9.M.
No Fire Insurance will be affected by me in any case whatever.
All damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns and a certificate of the damage obtained from the Godown Company withla teo days after the Vessels arrival here, after which no Claims will be recognited.
H. A. RITCHIE,
Superintendent
Hongkong, 19th May 1997.
"re
AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAM NAVIGA-
TION COMPANY, :
(UNDER MAIL CONTRACT WITH THE AUSTRIAN
GOVERNMENT),
STEAM TO KOBE (DIRECT),,
THE
"HE Company's Steamship
" POSEIDON,"
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1897.
To-day's Advertisements.
THEATRE
CITY HALL POLLARD'S
ROYAL
LILLIPUTIAN OPERA COMPANY
L83888s....Masses. POLLARD & CHESTER' TO-NIGHT (THURSDAY) TO-NIGHT 13th May,
GRAND GOVERNOR'S COMMAND NIGHT.
Under the Distinguished PATRONAQE and In
the PRESENCE OF
H.E. SIR WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G., "PIRATES OF PENZANCE,” POSITIVELY LAST NIGHT.
LAST NIGHT TO-MORROW (FRIDAY); 14th May, By Special request
LA MASCOTTE.
Flan at W. ROBINSON & Co.'s Plans and Music Roomi.
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Price:$3, $2 and $1.
C. A. POLLARD,
FOR LONDON,
of a 100.
BIRTH.
DEATHS.
TOMMY Hunton and his merry band of enters On the 5th instant, at St. Damble's, Mountainers arrived yesterday all fit and happy after Sophia, Singapore, the wife of D. . MARTIA, dolog phenomenal business at Shanghat for three weeks, and Hongkongites will doubtless At the General Hospital, Singapore, on the 1st be glad to know that they will have another instant, WILLIAM Murray, of Liang, Pabang. opportunity to witness one of those mith- On the 5th lastant, at 118, Queen Street, provoking performances on Sarda that created Singapore, ANNIE MARY, the beloved wife of Gsuch a fetare during the Hediosing last visit S. Reulens.
to the far Isle of Fizgrant Streams. Mr. Hodson anys he will give a esmpletely new programme on Saturday and will follow that up with two or three carefully selected pros, pext week. As the booking is brisk those who tatend to have a "look see" on Saturday should' secure Beats as soon as possible.
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1897.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
XE. WHITEHEAD FINED,
We publish in another column a full report of proceedingsinstituted in the Police Court this forenoon against the Hon. T. H. WHITEHEAD by the Police, who charged him that, on Saturday evening the 8th instant he rode a pony on the public footpath in Queen's
Road Central without obvious necessly." Ma:
WHITERKAD | stated in Court "that he lives at the Peak and being without a SOLDIERS and SAILORS in Uniform Hall-price change of clothing in the City he took
to back seats only,
shelter under the verandahs, leading his | Late Trama is mtaates sites each performance. pony to a place, near the Club, where his mafoe was waiting to take it back to the Ang stables. A few people appear to have Hongkong, 13th May, 1807,"
[793 been slightly inconvenienced by this and THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGA. complained to a constable who took out
JON COMPANY, LIMITED.
a summons against Mr. WHITEHEAD, and to-day he had the satisfaction of seeing him mulcted in the sum of 825 by the presiding Magistrate, who was, presumably,
by Mr. WHITEHEAD and seems to have thought the breach of the law so grave that the ends of justice would not be attained by the imposition of a merely nominal fire C. de La Perrelle, Cosmineder, will be despatched of, say, R5 cents, or the usual magisterial as above on TUESDAY, the 25th instant, Caution. Of course Mr. WRITEHEAD was
For Freight, &r., apply lo
In the wrong and was therefore properly summoned and fined. We are bound
VIA STRAITS AND USUAL PORTS OF
CALL.
Captain R. Mayer, will leave for the above (Taking Carge at through rates for GLASGOW, disatisfied with the plausible excuses offered place TOMORROW, the 14th instant.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
Hongkong 13th May 1897.
LIVERPOOL, CONTINENTAL PORTS,
RIVER PLATE, &C)
SANDER & Co. Agents.
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THE
"HE Company's Steamship
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND TAMSUI. "THE Company's Steamship THE
"FORMOSA,"
Captain Robson, will be despatched for the above Ports on SATURDAY, the 15th Instant, at Noon.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., General Managers. Honekone, oịth May, rửan
1708
FOR SHANGHAI.
*HE Steamship
THE
*LYEEMOON.”
Captain G. Heuermann, will be despatched for
"KINTUCK,"
HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co...
Agents. Hongkong, 13th May, 1897.
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AERATED. WATERS.
the above Port on SATURDAY, the zgth instant, SIMPLE AERATED WATER,
'P.M.
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DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
LIMITED,
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW:
“HE Company's Steamship
THE
I
" NAMOA,"
Captain Hall, will be despatched for the above Ports on SUNDAY, the 16th instant, al Daylight,
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co, General Managers.
Hongkong, 14th May, rê07.
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,
· LIMITED.
FOR FOOCHOW,
“HE Company't Steamship
THE
"KALGAN,"
(796
Captain Phillips, will be despatched er above on SUNDAY, the 16th instant, at 10 AM, ⠀
For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents.
Hongkong, 13th May, 1907.
`NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
FOR KOBE AND YOKOHAMA,
THE
Company's Steamship
"SAKURA MARU,”
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Captain W. Brady, will be despatched for the above Ports on WEDNESDAY, the 19th Inst at 4 P.M.
Excellant. Accommod■lian an board for First- class Passengers.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
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MOGUL-WARRACK-MILBURN LINE. FOR NEW YORK,.VIA SUEZ CANAL. The Steamship "MOGUL" is withdrawn, and her place uken by THE Steamship
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REUTER'S MESSAGES.
WOULDN'T DO IT.
LONDON, May 11th, The House of Commons has rejected's motion 20 reduce the duty on tea to ad. per lb., and also motion for the withdrawal of the British
| ASPBERRYADE, &C. | troops frora Crete,
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made under the constant supervision of a duly qualified English Chemist and will bear compa rison with the best English Manufacturés,
Special terms to HOTTLE, CLUBS, MEɛrer and olker Large Consumerṛ,, ·
Any complaints should be addreind to the Manager Samplermo, 1st March, 1897.
GREECE AND THE POWERS. Germany lasista that Greece shall consent to
the autonomy of Crete and accept without reserve the counsels of the Fowers. Greece
submits that the Powers shall now present a Note making these terms the conditions for their intervention.
FROM the returas complied by Lloyd's Ragtster of Shipping, it appears that warships excluded there were 418 vessels of Ba8 481 ton. gross under construction in the United Kingdom at the close of the quarter eading March 31st, 1897. At the corresponding period of last year there were 400 vessels building of 169,154 gross tonnage. Of the 438 vessels under
construction, 310 of 614,330 tonnage ire for the United Kingdom, and 7 of 24,621 tonnage for the British colonies. Thus Dexily 77 per cent, is belog constructed for the United Kingdom and its colonies. The only other numbers war. thy of notice ar* Japan 17 wessels, tonnage 51. 215, and Russia 17, tonnage 12,000,
THE charge against the two Chinese for assault-
ing the police and attempting to rescues prisoner
was resumed at the Magistracy this morning Mr. Master sppeared for the defence and called three witnesses who testified that the defendants were standing near and did not take part. In the mater. Mr. Wodehouse remarked on the siguals exchanged between the witnesses and, in commenting upon the case, said that the part the first defendant took fa the matter was a very serious one and he had no doubt at all that the constable's version of the occurrence was true. The offence was a very serious one and the law empowered him to award two years' hard labour, but he would only infilet fine of $100. As to the other man hie part was not so serians. and therefore he would be satisfied with lalog
fine of $50.
A GOOD many people are apt to suppose that, though thleves in Bangkok are clover enough at house breaking, they do not cank high In their profession. But yesterday, says the Bangkok Timer of the fat inst., a clever variation of the
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Arail 7th, 1997, sbosid he a famous date in the, history of the United States Navy. On that date was launched the fows the battleship which Mr. Herbert, Secretary to the Navy Cleveland Cablues, declares helped American diplomacy to secure the Venezuelan settlement, It is only in America that they can bulid baule. ships which over we the entire British fleet, and settic international crisies months before they are launched on the bosom of the mighty deep.
THI Globe (London) is very revere on the Hon. Blartas. Its leader of the 9th Aprit concludes thus-There was at one time hope that Mr. Chamberlain would prove himself at the Colcatal Office a statesman of high Imperial aims and | tervent patriotisms. His speeches certainly encouraged that hope, but his performances have noi justified it in the least degree. He has sald mach, bot done nothing-absolutely no- thing. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds."
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TEX Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Nelbersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the fands of the Hospitals —
.$10 J. B. Coughirietis. I
W. D. Graham
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A MEETING of the Legislative Council will be held on Monday the ryth lastant, at 3.00 p.m. Business (1) Financial Minutes Nos. to, I and 13; (a) Report of the Public Works Com- mittee: (3) Sanitary By-laws. Orders of the Day: (1.) Secand reading of the Dill entitled "As Ordinance to amend The Vaccination 'Ordinance 1890;" (1.) Second reading of the
BUI entled "An Ordinance to amend the law se to Flogging:" (3) Second reading of the Blil entitled "An Ordinance to amend The Regulation of Chinese Ordinance, 1888; (4) Second reading of the Bill entitled "Au Ordia. ance to provide for the punishment of Stow- xways arriving in this Colony;" (5) Second reading of the Bill entitled "An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Laws elating to the Protection of Women and Gizla." A meeting of the Finance Committee will be held Immediately alter the Council.
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assume that anyone else doing the same thing would have been treated in the same way even the | Major-General-but, we doubt it. It must have been "crumbs" to the Police DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & to get a chance at the Hon. Mem
COMPANY,
ber for the Chamber of Commerce and the uncompromising critic of the Govern-confidence trick, which is not unknown in the ment. We hope the Police will be equally west, was successfully worked on an old Siamesa active in all other cases in keeping the dy by a Chinaman and a Siamese. She was Miss Marianne Douglas Galion writes to the footways clear. As a rule they are not, walking along the street rear Amis's bridge Timer on the subject of the size of bais to be except perhaps in one or two of the main behind the Chinamin, and was derself closely wara on Jubilee Day in London. She greatly thoroughfares.
followed by the Siamese. With a fine assumption fears that the broad proportions of the ladies' of carelessness the Chinaman dropped a bank handgear on that suspicious occasion will prevent note, and bualed out of sight. It was really a many thousands of people having a clear view one tical pote, but the figure had been altered of the procession. She sccordingly nuggenia z "Diamond Jubilea Tagas" to be worn by all to 400 with akull enough to deceive one at a first glance. The old lady picked it up, and ladies viewing the pageast and closes her while she was looking at it the Siamese dropped letter with the following eloquent appeal to on her, and demanded that she should go shares, her fellow-countrywomen :-Should pointing out to her that it was a 400 tical note | endeavour to follow by acts of self-denial at and armring ber that she would get that sum á humbla distance in the footsteps of our beloved for it at the Bank. The old lady did not want | and honoured Queen ? The Queen heroically to have anything to do with it, but the Slamessconsents to go through this exhausting day pressed her, and at last by that ble fing solely from her desire to give pleasure to her premises got her to give blm & valuable ring abjects. Do not let us have canse in futuro to she was wearing us his share. Before realising ber fortune, the old lady showed the note to feel that there has been any waste of that splendið business man, who at once undeceived her. opportunity for enjoyment which the Queen has CORRISPONDENT, who recently wrote to Lord granted to her people, or that even one person's Charles Beresford on the subject of the proposed view has been needlessly intercepted by persi at- large lacrease to the French navy, has received duce la wearing large bats. the following reply:-" Lord Charles Beresfor! does not regard programmes' with may dis- quietude, and in view of the statesmanlike declaration of the First Lord that should any abnormal programme be actually put into execution the Government 'will reconsider their position, bis lordship regards the position with much sailstaciton. Lord Charles Beresford does not disguise from himsell that more ships and more men are polots that must be dealt with in fatore Estimater, but this year the Government hava dena samarkably well, because they have directed their efforte more to utilizing and organizing the resources we have than in showy additions to sumerical strength. His lordabip is so pleased to see that all the suxiliaries of defence, in which we have so long been deficient, have been attended to that he thinks it would be unfair to the Government not to give them every credit for the evidence (which | their Estimates exhibit) that they have a definita plan of campaign. At the same time it would be useless and unwise to continue to ask for kore now that the Estimates are passed, Calliclem to be of use should be practical, and is reply to your query his lordship desires me to say that he is more than sullified with the Government propsaule for this year, but there will be so relaxation at pressure if it is required at a lature time,"
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GREECE.
Three hundred and sixty thousand of the lababliants of Thessaly have taken reinge in the mountains and on the island. Their suffer logs are terrible;. 100,000 of them are proceed. ing to Athens.
THE EVER-VICTORIOUS TURKS. The Tarks are preparing for an immediate advance on Demoko, where the Greeks are encamped in the open and dispirited by heavy
ralus and cold,
ANOTHER MISFORTUNE. Thirty thousand Greek troops remala laactive at Asia, where typhold and dysentery have
broken out.
78E WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES.
We have been favoured by the Spanish Consul with a copy of the following telegram secefred from ide Secretary of the Gormament of the Philipplaca :-
MANILA, 13th May,
of their victories captured the villages of Mendez. Our courageous troops following the course Narz, and Maragondon, the last entrenched positions held by the rebels to the province of Cavite. The enemy suffered great losses ours was considerable, but much less. The troops behaved admirably,
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
KEAR-ADMIRAL Francisco Sangro Robert Dawson Tremlett, who He; na 30th March at Tunbridge Wells, in his land vase, had a loug record of service on the Cbles Station, Ho entered the Navy la rizo and from 1873 was
board her Majesty's kalon Agincouri. Vestal and employed on the China Station as l'eutenant on Childers. He was present at all the operations on the roast of Romeo În 1845, commanded the second division of small-um man at the taking of the city of Brunel ;- was, ln charge of the Agincourt's launch, and second in command at the destruction of the pliate stronghold of Tampissak. Borneo; and afterwards joined H,M.S. Childers as second llentenant. In 1847 be assisted at the recovery of the crews of the French filgates Gloire vnd Pictorinuts, wrecked on an island off the coast of Kares. In 1848 be was employed blockading 1,400 Imperial grain Jarks, escorted by 30 war Jucks in the river at Shanghai for which be received special thanks. He was senior lentenant of the Childars when she was driven by the violence of a typhoon, and dismasted, on the Praias shoal, near Formors, from where she was extricated after 18 days of stressour exertion, being the only then instance of a ship belɛg recovered, from those very dangerous rocks. He retired from active service in 1870, and became a Rear-Admiral on the retired 1st in 1 78 In the House of Lords on gth Apell Lord Lane dewae, in moving the second reading of the Military Works (Moacy) Bill, explained that the measure authorised the calsing of a loan ol £5.458,000 to defray the cat of importiot military works and services undertaken primer. ily in the laterests of the Navy There could (be sald) he no doubt that it wax of immense Impor- Jance that inch places is Portsmouth. Plymouth, and Cork, the Mersey, the Clyde, Dublin, and Belfast should be properly defended, and that naval bases and coaling stations at different petats throughout the Empire should be defended against attacks from cruisers and torpeda basis. A portion of the work contemplated bad been inaccurately described an, the fortification af London. The Government never contemplated
sounding the capital with a chala of first-class forts; but they had acquired sites at certain strategical points where light works could be rapidly thrown up, and it was proposed that at the centres of some of those sites there should be erected saltably-defended buildings as stores for the tools and reserve ammunțiloa of the troops. Lord Spencer heartily endorsed what had fallen from the Sec etary of State for War-as to
the necessity of making our cosilog stations and
great naval baser both at home and in the Calonias strong enough to resist attacks from bosille cruisers ; and he was especially glad that the Government now proposed to improve the defensive works' at Hongkong—a point of vest- importance to British naval and commercial laterent in the Far East.
We are glad to learn that cloverlittle lady, Miss Elle Adair, and her company are havlog very successful season in Austrails. A cay of the South Australian Régizier, just to hand contains a half-colamo critique of the show at the Adelaid: Bjou and the notice is full of nica thinge about Elite. The weller says In style
Winsome and archness of expression, this songstress and dansduse reminds us of My Fancy," and we owe a debt of graillude to those Indians with whom her glilhood days wern passed for not scriplog or making her captiva when they went on the warpath. "Doabiless sha
but we would give x weilth of wampum la seva ought to be the light of some one's home,” hera from being even the cherished igsaw la the wigwam of an Indian brave. Although this young American has played with peponses, carnered on the back of a bucking broncha over the prairies, and been a wild huntress in her time there is no boldness in her beating or sauciness
her speech except such as the performances which is such an adept justly demand. in the has something of the musicbadi
Axvour about it, and she is not a Melba; but her bright manner 'and dash make amends for and vocal deficiencies, and she can dance, divinely the serpentine, and such a serpentine- superior to maything of the kind that we have hitherto had. The pretty little theatre was filed with all sorts and Conditions of mea and women, and their delight, an expressed by hand.. claps and thumping of sticks, must mean many split glove and bilered ferale. Four excerION the serpenttae dance that she scored hichest were her meed for her songs. But It was in
All her four dances were the perfection of flowing loss and gracelul curves, the rhythmical couvalations of the voluminous diaphanous drapery which floats so fantastically in the alt being almost bewildering in their effed under the powerful light and varylog lists. In one of her dances Elsie Adair wears a black gansy robe profusely spangled with silver sequias or so thing of the sort, and by dexterous as of ber silver, above which one can just see her laughing arma maken these flow down like a cascade al
face and mischleroas eyes She is not a bad actress either, and her impersonatier of the irrepressible Ketly in the rural Yankee comedy, laughter is infectious, and wha's she ladelged The Fool of the Family" was tiplial. Her In some haimless chaff of the audience, to the manifest discomfiture of a nervous old gentiamun with a polished head, she laughed uncontrollably herself and it set the whain house in a road.
MR. WHITEHEAD MULCTED IN
THE SUM OF $25.
At the Magistracy to-day the Hon." T. H. Whitehead appeared before Mr. Wodehouse to anewer a summons charging blos with unlaw fally riding on a footpath in Queen's Rond Central Inspector Hennessy watched the cusa on behalf of the Police.
P.C. William Finlay, No. 48, stated that at 7.15 p.m. on the 8th instant he saw defendant
REAR-ADMIRAL C..C P. FITZ GERALD read a paper on Waterlube Boilers in Warships at the recent annual meeting of the Institute of Naval Architects, in Londen," He said that there never was a poslod, during the develop. ment of hollars for warships, when their general behaviour had been so unsatisfactory, and when they have given sa much trouble and been the cause of so much noriety as during the last ten or twelve years. The Scotch and marine loco motive type of bollers have proved unequal to the demands made on them for the greater pressures sed quantities of steam required for the working of fast-rdanleg triple-expansion engines. It has, he said, been one long mono- tenous tale of leaky tubeplates, and seams balged fire-boxes, and generally more or less disabled and Inefficient bollers. He referred to forced draught (without which, be said, x ship cooki not ablaho ber fall power or "legend" speed), and stated that in care of emergency a captalo would set be thie to use it becuase of the risk of breakdown. H dealt at length with the ability of watertube bollers to raise steam rapidly; their ability to make large and rapid increases of speed, and also large and rapid reductions without blowing off ibeir comparative safety ; the facility for examination, clanning, | and "repairs ; the saving of weight; thale evaporative efficiency their ability to stand THAT ever-fascinating problem, What is to be rough treatment 1-and the easter work for the the linguage of the future ? engages the atten- stokom, The author said he had been trying to tion of wrties to the Progressies Reviews, and out something against the Bellevile under the verandah in Queen's Road Central at the foot of Duddell Street, riding a pony, and Give the title of the periodical, one might boilers, but he had not met with much success.
be rodems far as the Club. Witness hurried safely wagar in advance that the wilter would | Tax Bill authorising the Minister of Marins to along to meet him at the other end, but the not be likely to record his vote in favour of undertake the construction of new vessels to pony went too fast and he could not keep up
coast 80,000,000l. and opening a credit of with him. English, and should be right. It is 8,300,0col was issued on 8th April. This pro signideant, however, that in "discussing the gramme, as has already bean stated, includes THE New York Times recently offered $100 for claim and merits of the various competitors to the construction of one batileship, two armoured a better motio than "All the rows that's fit to this proud position of supremacy, Mr. Havelock Cruisers, two protected cruisers, four torpedo-bost
destroyers, sud nine torpedo-bosis, The battle prinz." The winning motto is "All the Kilis, the author of the article, rules out all ship will be of 13,050 toss displacement, with a His Worship-What is the delenco ? | world's news, but not a school for scandal,” artificial products. Volapuk, of which we heard lenghth of rat metres and a breath of 10 metres, Mr. Wittebend-I have none, sit; I plead
so much ten or a dozen years back—English | Sha will be built at Lorient. Her horse-power guilty, but if I may make an explanation...” This announcement appears in the World: "I handbooks were published and classes started will be 15,100 and she will have three screws,
His Worship-That will be the defence t Mr. Whitehead—My explanation is that there hear that the Queen has expressed her wish to in Landon and other towns-le dismissed to the the speed contemplated being 18 knots. VIA SHANGHAI, CHETOO. CHEMULPO, The following is a List of Waters always kept confer a mark of favour upon Mr. Gladstons in simbe of lost causes, and the would-be guns la turrets, eight of 160-millimetres, and 33 and, as I am living at the Peak and had no * ́er simament will consist of four 335-millimetre was a perfect lotzent of rain at the time, Juno next, and as he declines any distinction of Investors of any similar language are warned other guns with four torpedo discharge tubes, clothing below, I did not care to run the risk of decoration for himself, it is probable that a off the course. For the rest, Mr. Havelock two of them snder water. The armoured getting drenched to the skin. I entered under peerage will be canferred upon his grandson, the Ellis thinks there ato five tongues is the running will be of 7,110 tons displacement sach, 130 guletly slong to Dakin's, where the mahfoo was her the verandah of the Bank of Chios, and walked They yards. Private son of the late Mr. William Heary Glidetone,Latte, Gresk, French, Spanish, and English, metres long by 13 metres beam, with three waiting, and 7 kanded the pony over to hims who is heir to the Hawaidan estate, of which and he decides in favour of French chiefly on screws and engines of 17,100-horse power and a and thus avoided geklag dreached to the skin. Mrs. Gladstono fa tenant for Ulla,
the ground of its growing adoption as the maximum speed of ar koots. They will have | Although it is no justification, I was totally common language of the Continent. Even if we 24 gas and two torpedo discharge tubes abova ignorant that I was intringing any regulation or
water. The two protected cruisers, to be ballt breaking the law in entering the verandah, of admit the accuracy of this contention, it is very at the Rochefort, will be of 3,452 tona die-
would not have done so. far from settling the question of linguistic placement, g5 metres long by ta metras berm, His Worship (to the constable)-Did the fact supremacy. The great empires of the future a two screws, angines of 8,500-kors power, and a the pony being on the pavement turn peopla to be looked for in those quarters of the globe speed of 204 koots. - They will carry 14 guns off into the road t where the English tongue has already distanced each. The thres torpedo-bosi destroyers are to * these occasion, the Barta Fe, Blouts will place on
P.C. Fiolay-1 would not say so sa li was Weh so and wood the recall competitors. French no doubt will long he built in private yards. They will be of 308 raining so heavily, but is put thers salde in Braten of pala March Karches. Continuous prasage is much direction,"
hold its own ne' the language of European tous displacement, st metres long by six metres doorways. A lot of Naval Artificers, ipoka ta “Athletic Exhibition. Is not this a delicate diplomacy, for which it is so adasimably fited by beam, 4800-korse power, and a speed of 26 me about it.
its incidity and finiert. But Eogilah has follar knots. Each destroyar will have seven guns and Hi Worship-$25, too long as start in America, Australia, and India two torpedo tebet. The mise torpedo beats will
"SIKH," Captain Rowley, will be despatched for the above Port on or about the 30th instant.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DODWELL, CARLILL. & Co.,
Agents. Hongkong, 13th May, 1907.
For COARE FORTS, Waters are packed and MAJOR-GENERAL Jones Vaughan, V.C., sexumod placed on board ship at Hongkong prices, and ike full amount allowed, for Packages and command of the Garrison at Singapore on the Empties when received in good order.
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NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. HONGKONG-VLADIVOSTOCK LINE.
MONTHLY SERVICE
FOR VLADIVOSTOCK,
NAGASAKI, FUSAN AND GENSAN,
RETURNING.
VIA GENSAN, FUSAN, KOBE, SHIMONOSEKI, NAGABAKI, KEELUNG,
FOOCHOW AND AMOY.
THE Company's Steamship
*NAGATO MARU," Captain M. Nishimura, will be despatched as above on FRIDAY, the 4th June, at F.K
This Steamer is specially fitted with Sapuler Passenger Accommodation entering evaf Com® fort to Passengers, and a good opportunity is therefore offered to persons desirous of enjoylog
Jammer telp to the North,'
Passengers are allowed to break their journey at any point an outs, and connection may be made st Korean or Japan ports with the other Lines of the Company. Return Tickets Ismind.
For Freight or Panags, apply to
NIPPON TUSEN KAISHA. Hongkong, 13th May, 1897,
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Our Registered Telegraphic Address, le "DISPENSARY, HONGKONG." And all signed menstges addressed thus will receive prompt attention.
ready in Stock 2- PURE AERATED WATER, -
SODA WATER,
LEMONADE.
POTASH WATER,
SELTZER WATER, LITHIA WATER,
SARSAPARILLA WATER,
TONIC WATER,
GINGER ÁLE,
GINGERADE
No Credit given for Botiles that look dirty or Tay, or that appear to have been used for any other purpose than that of containing Aerated
Water, as such Bottles are never used agatu by s
Music Warehouse.
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A. S. WATSON & CO., LD.coes to the local Pharises who wanted
THE HONGKONG DISPENKARY.
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