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Zo-day's Advertisements.

HOUSE WANTED.

UNGALOW (Snull) with TxNN11 COURT

BUNGALOW. No objection to a

FOUR or FIVE ROOMED HOUSE an the Chy Side.

Apply to

G. W..

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1897.

Intimation.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

BY APPOINTMENT.

clo Hongkong Telegraph Office WINES & SPIRITS.

Haughang, 20th Augait 1897,

THE

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEIS.

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

"JAPAN," FROM LONDON, PORT SAID, COLOMBO AND STRAITS,

Consignees of Cargo by the above-named vassal are hereby informed that their Goods are balug 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 Antwerp, &c., ex S.S. Candia,

From Italy, S.S. Sutli).

From Colombo, ex S.S. Hted.

From Madras, ex 9.5. Ludiano.

Optional goods will be landed here unless Instructions are given to the contrary before 4 P.M. TO-DAY.

Goods not cleared by the 26th fnat, ni 4 TIM will be subject to rent.

No Fire Innrance will be effected by me in any case whatever,

All damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns and certificate of the damage obtained from the Godown Company within ten days after the Vessel's arrival here, after which no Claims will be recogulsed.

H. A. RITCHIE,

Superintendent.

Hongkong, 20th August, 1967.

CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,

LIMITED.

FOR SHANGHAL

'HE Company's Steamship

THE

"TAIWAN,"

Captain Pearce, will:be despatched as above

TO-MORROW, the 21st instant, at xo A.ME

For Freight or Passage, apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agents.

Hongkong, 20th August, 1847

CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,

LIMITED.

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FOR SAMARANG AND SOURABAYA.

HE Company's Steamship

THE

* HUPEH,"

Captain Quall, will be despatched as above TO- MORROW, the arst instant, atɛto A.M.

For Freight, 'apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agents.

Hongkong, 20th Apgūst, 1897.

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OCEAN STFAMSHIP COMPANY. FOR NAGASAKI, KOBE AND YOKOHAMA.

"HE Company's Steamship THE

"IXION,"

Captain Nith, will be despatched as above on TUESDAY, the 34'h Instant.

For Freight, apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agents, Hongkong, 20th August, 1897,

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NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

JAPAN.BOMBAY LINE.

MONTHLY SERVICE. (Under Mall Contract)

FOR KOBE AND YOKOHAMA, “HE Company's Steamship

THE

"IDZUMI MARU,"

Captain R. Nunomi, will be despatched for the above parts on FRIDAY, the 27th instant, K14 P.M.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. Hongkong, 20th Augus), 1897.

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NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA,

JAPAN-BOMBAY LINE. MONTHLY SERVICE (Under Mall Contract)

FOR SINGAPORE, COLOMBO AND

BOMBAY,

THE Company's Steam blp

"HIROSHIMA MARU," Captain N. Oro, will be despatched for the aboya Porte on TUESDAY, the gist instant, at Noon,

For Freight or Passage, apply to

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. Hangheng, noth August, 1897.

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MOGUL WARRACK-MILBURN LINE,

FOR NEW YORK, VIA SUEZ CANAL..

THE Steamship

"LENNOX,"

to sail about grst August, 1897. 8.8. "PATHAN.” to sali aboni rath Sept., '97. 6.5.BRAEMAR " to sail about 24th Sept, 97. 5.8. "MOGUL," to sail about 9th October, '97.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

DODWELL, CARLILL & Co.,

Agents Hongkong, 20th August, 189%

[879 THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGA-

TION COMPANY, LIMITED, "

FOR LONDON, VIA STRAITS AND USUAL FORTS OF CALL (Taking Cargo at through rates for LIVERPOOL, GLASIOW, CONTINENTAL FORTE, RIVER (PLATE, &C)

Company's Steamshly

#MOYUNE,*

Captain C. H. Kemp, will be dispatched as above.

du me about the gib Septenther.

- For Freight, de, sydy to

WE bex to call attention to our PRICE

LIST OF WINES AND SPIRITS 11 below :-

MARRIAGE.

On the arst July, by licence, at St. Peter's, East Dulwich, by the Rev. Alfred Scott, vicar of St. Mary's, Paddington-grean, cousta of the bride, PETER LARD, of Highgate, to FRANCES, widow of Edmund Warden, late of Shanghal.

DEATH.

On the 16th July. CHARLES ANTHONY SIN. CLAIR, Into H.B‚M, Consul. Fosċbow; #ged 79.

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1807.

MR. M. Schiffmana has rosumed duty as Vices | MATHER, who is being sent by the Austral

Cycle Agancy and Dunlap Tyre Company as Consul for Denmark at Fonang.

subsitute for Greenwood In the proposed Australi.n transcoifnental plcycle ride, arrived in Sydcoy last month; having ridden from Melbourne on a bicycle. He was to leave, for Part Darwin by the CN. Iney Tafysan, which merlved here yesterday,

THs steamor Gulf of Mariaban put into Albany (Australia) on the 26th ultime with fire in the forehold. The hold was soded and the fire

| +xngulshed and the vesock left on the 29th for

Adelaide.

PRCY CAVILL, the Amateur Champion of Aur- Italls, has been besten in England in the five hundred yards awimming champ'onably, but he has won the World's Five-mile Amateur Cham- planship on the Thames, estabilihing a record; doing the distance la 66 min. 35 sec.

As these are wil selected and bought first TELEGRAMS.Tax Rev. W. Eccles Hedeklason, Church of

hand by our Londen House wo save any inter mediate profits and are thereby enabled to supply the best qualities at Moderate Prices.

PORT.

(For Invalids and General Use).

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Part do

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REUTER'S MESSAGES.

LONDON, August 18th. THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER OF

INDIA.

The Afddle are marching on Jamrud through the Khyber parr; tha Orokeals on the Kurrain

England Chaplain to the Forces at Slagapore, has been appointed Colonial Chaplain at Ma. lacca, a post rendered vacant by the promotion of the Rev. W. A. Dunkerley is the Colonial Chaplaincy of Fedang.

On the 2ed Instant newà reached. Sydvoy that the seamer Tasmania had been wrecked near

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A GOOD deal' of lnterest is bolag taken to the compostiles of the cricket teams to represent Shanghai in Hongkang and Tientsin. Whoever goes, raysike Shanghai Mercury, may look for werd to a good time in both places. Up north they play on matting, and as the Tientala mea

will

have to leave long before the others, it might be as well for the Shanghai Cricket Club to give their selection a chance of playing under north ern conditions just to see what it's likeli REFERRING to the less of His caused by the recent explosion at the Ktengaan Arsenal camp, the M. C. Daily News says (apneses to have been much greater than was at first thought

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MEDICAL INSPECTION OP:

SHIPPING

THE VENICK FLAGUE CONVENTION.

ETC.". WHEN DOCTORS DIFTER, At the Sanitary Board's meeting yesterday afternens a very woluminous minole by Dr. Cluk (Medical Officer of Health) was fabled regarding the medical spreting of shipping arlvlag here. In July last the Hang. on Chamber of Commerce communicated With the Colonial Secretary on the subject | pointing out that the proposed system of medical inspection would seriously affect the skipptag: tele...nts of the pert. In dis minula D. Clark Brougly contended in favour of a

systematie medical inspection of shipping striv Ing here. We are mactically, ho-stater, in constant communication with some infected porta and If an lospreston of shipplog were not enforced those parts would have to be declared infected by the Government. As to the expense of the scheme, he thought the sub- Committen of the Chamber of Commerce had takes an exaggerated view. Generally, he thought that the danger of infectious disease to medical inspection were adopted.

........$14.40 $1.20 | valley; and the whole frontier is practically in a ¦ Table Cape whl'e aa a voyage from Auckland / It is reported that during the past two or three / the community would be reduced by 'one-half if

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Jumrood is a frontler town of India and is at the

eastern end of the Khyber Pass, near Pesha- Korra is to the South of and

wars pret to Rugber Pass and it ranz close

up to Jamrood. He therefore seems clear that the advance of the tribesmen has been care lally planned and that they intend attacking the British in considerable force. On the 15th instant Reuter reported that 20,000 Biltle troops are massed in Rawal Pindi, prepared for any eventually, and as Jom rood in thổi trans-Induï section of the country it seems clear that we are ready to meet the turbulent tilhesmen on terms mora even than they probably naṁicipate.]

PRESIDENT FAURE'S VISIT TO ST. PETERSBURG.

are after-dinner Wines of a very superior vintage. | few minutes after President Faure had passed. All'are rue Xercs Wines,

to Wellington, N.Z, eleven persons golog down with her. The rest of the passengers and crew

were saved in the ship's baxtsx. Divers ware en-

gaged to recover the malls and it was believed they would succeeđu

The addition to the Royal Artillery for Hang- kong (said to be 400 men) is expected in about a month's time. It is not known what they are comfog In or where they will teindged, but, rays a local correspondent of the N. C. Daily News, it is ststed they will go into Murray Barracks and that the officers and those companies of the Wee! Yorke now lodged there will be transferred to the new Mount Austin Barracks.

President Faure has started for St. Polers-A CHINAMAN who was disposing of spurious bare. A canister filled with nalls exploded British dollars and Japiness yes ia Singapore for invalids and delicate stomachs. D and E harmlessly in the Boulevard Deoals in Paris for 45 cents a plece was "nipped " by Detective Inspector Fairbust on the 13th instant and sher facing the music in the Police Court was com mited to prison rending tefal at the Colmioal Sastors. The coins were made of tin and copper and were declared by an expert to b-

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ATTEMPT TO KILL THE GRAND VIZIER.

An explosion occurred below the Grand Vixler's department at the Porte; one person was killed and several were injured.

(From Australian Fağırs) | THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE,

LONDON, July 20th. Seventy-five thousand engineers have either struck work of been "locked out" in the United Kingdom.

LONDON, August zad.

The strike of English engineers is extending. THE ALLEGED AMERICAN TARIFF

WAR AGAINST CANADA.

NOTHING SETTLED YET 1

In connection with? the "rare" created at Shanghal by report that she Ualled States had declared tarif war against Canada and that, ther fors, large quantities of silk, tea, etc, etc., HENNES CA$16.00 $1 50 shipped with the Empress line had been withdrawn at the eleventh hour, Mr. D. E Brown, Incal agent of the Canadian Pacific VER 3100 175 Company, courteously informed us this afternoon C OLD LIQUEUR

COGNAC

that he had just (to-day) received a telegram from the Company's Head Office la Montreal informing V.O. D HENNISSY'S FINEST VERVOLD LIQUEUR

him that no decision has yet been come to by COGNAC, 1871 Vin-

the United States Government concerning the iage. Rri Caprute, 16.00 300 contemplated Imposition of an additional doty V.V.O. E FINEST VERY GLD L QULUK CCGNAC,

on Imports to the Ualed States via Canada. 1862 Viniaga mu 48.00 4.00 I therefore appears as though the proposition All our Brandy, is guaranteed to be pare to impose such a differential tariff is meeting question of age and vintage,

expected it would. WHISKY.

roo grains too light.

A Few days ago the first keel plate of a tug, to be pamed King Yum, was laid at the Mamol Arsenal, Foochow. Two torpedo cruisers, of 850 tons each, are to be built there shortly. They are to have a speed of 23 knots. The Franch exp is wha wrrived at the Arsenal about a year non seam to have faduced their Chinese arseclates to at lest do somaihing in the way of teaching the "young idea" bow to build fast | and furious fizbling machines.

MR. Biyin, who "ran" for the American Pre- aldentship at the last election, has decided to visit Mexico in order to ranke an "exhaustive investigation into the conduct of business in free silver country," If ball of what the America Iliastrated papers deplet of Mexican manners la founded on fact, Mr. Bryan will find

the it vesilgallon exhaustive" indeed; lay the

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Dr. Clark also wrote a minute regarding the sport of the Venics Plague Confermoce, received from, the Brlilah delegates by the Secretar ef Sate for the Colonies, The mloute dealt with the tobject of qaurantine," the disposal si

ons priving from lafcted ports, and medical surveillance, and it provased" to enforce a guarantee of $50 on Asiatica and Africans as a pledge that they would reside at their givea addresses for 10 days after arrival. Dr. Clacke stated that ikago maiters should be embodied in the Qattantine Regulations of the colony, and be thought the Board should advise the Government to become a party to the Can- vention.

days over forty bodies have been dug out of the dibris. The seal cause of the exploiton kus also come to li ht. It appears that there existed among the garrison a regular thieving organiza. ston and on the eight of the explosion some of the men warn told off to steal powder from the magazine, wi h the terrible resalt siready known. A HAWKER WA charged at the Maulstrácy to-day: with exporting go tine of percussion caps, 17 flanks of gunpowder, 200 rounds of revolver ammunition and nisa about roo extiles of salt petro. There were found on board the steamer Powan when leaving for Caslon yesterday after- A long report was aubuşitted by Dr. Jordan, noon. "J. H. Logar, Preventiva Officer, aid that on the subj ct of fospection of shipping and the Venice Convention. As to the Convention's about a week ago the Steamboat Co, received a views regarding the "obarvallen ? or survall- letter from the Commissioner of Castoms at lance of shipping for 10 days be suld "kwan Canton alating that if any sims, ammunition or going back to the old days of queranilor with a dynamite were found on board the steamers the vengeance and would cause a great hie and cry among the abloping community. #way Impracticable Company would be liable to a heavy penalty and servals, he said, the steamer would be liable to confiscation. Hibers and could asly be carried out by baviogas Worship fired Tha: man"$ago, in default island on which to house passengers se was dona at Singapore. Once a port was affected by months' impilirnment.

epidemic disease he did not see why the Go.. THUS the L. & C.. Express:-A serious tele-vernment should besliste is declating {\\\ gram, affecting the purity of the pobile selvice|fected." Ten proposal to demands: 350 EX="

antee that Asiatics and Africans would zürida ni of Hongkong, has bran went by The Times

the same address for 10 days was, De. Jórdan correspondent. That the Chinese defecitwa faser | raid, too ridiculous la ba seriously considered, should have been fourd to receipt of bribes most of those people coming here not, having.

go cents. If this were adopted it would mean an fram keepers of gambling houses we nie not astonished. to learn. To expect other entire stoppage of the emigration of the Colonys As to an additional Medicnt Officer forska port. |wise would be to ask as much as that gambling || Dr. Jordan said it would be. Imparsible, to get can be eradicated from the midst of way conal- good men at $rgo a month, as stated by ta derable collection of Chinamon. The evident Medical Officer of Health. Generally be chrao- corruption amongst the European Pollen Force cried the suggestions of Dr. Clark av being--

most unpractical.EARA iamare serlou, however, even though temptations are probably very great. He is premature to say move et present this to suggest that a thorough probing should take piece.

SIR CLAUDE MACÚCNALD rantly rent to Lord Saltbury a very interesting report on the new treaty part of Ha gchow. It cost slur a paper on silk culture by Mr. A. J, Sandlu, and the trade accruing therefrom. He says "The country all round Hangchowa carefully cultivated, the

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A further report, in reply to Dr. Jordan, was written by the Medical Officer of Health. Hey said that he was glad to have Dr. Jordan's views, but they were based on inime premises and were walnelors" as- mguments. against. medical inspection of shipping. His suggestion would leaven the hardship of Chinese, la Kilowing emigration from infected parts by placing the people under surveillance instead of prohibiting" them coming here at all. There would not be say great delay of shippier owing to the torpece tion and he thought the work could, cnally, be

done by three

that the

conduct of business to that very free sliver coun. mulberry being the most prominent festurs Insuaris and an hour after sunset. In conciasion try appears to consist in hitting a dollar, or any the landscape." The villages all round about Dr. Clark wrote, "I submit, therefore, that m ર્મ vital spot in any pasteg stranger-it does not are nearly all engaged in the alle industry and general medical inspection of the shipping of

Before he has are in a prosperous condition. The best alles, this Past is emiasally practical (as practical, mitter which—at thisfy paces.

fact, as fis application has already proved in tha been long to Mexico, Mr. Bryon may sigh for In Chios are (rays the Garaffe) manufactured at Port of London); that its cost would be com the parceful, if xlizhtly oderaus, arg of United Hangchow; in the City alone, there are no less paratively small, and that the protection of the States politics.

16an 7,are looms worked by hand, 300 of which Colony would be considerable. Also, sre exclusively devoted to the manufacture of Boxed may la seaton recommend the Gereme ment of this Colony to become parly to the silk for the Imperial household.

"Venico Convention, and thef the best way to deal with vessels arriving trans Infected ports in that detalled in my miopia of the moth ultimo.!?. minute, sald, that he did not think medical in spection of all shipping was necessary or justifind -* * by past experience. Bety

The Acting Director of Peblia Works minuted: the report to the effect that he thought the me dical inspection of shipping, though difficult, was practicable,

Cagnte, the difference in price being merely [ with considerable opposition, as Mr. Brown the editor of the local paper notes the event and at all að traibactive-looking fighting miching. The Captate Superfätendent of Police, in ■ AN

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

$10.80 $0.90 THE buying ex ́e fee novereigns is $10.90 per

HMS. Figmy anived here to-day from Bang.

LOW BLIND, Dive Capsule, with Name and Trade Mark 10.80 0.90

LIV., Red Capsule, with Name and Trade Mark...... fa.00 1.00

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MEETING of shareholders of the Hongkong Hotel Co. at noen to-morrow,

Sosie newspaper man at home has been unbur- desing himself, Thus :-A. child is born and the medical man in attendance gels, say, LA 201 gets o. It is christened; the Minister of the Gospel receives 161. 64,; the editor wrlies the ceremony up and gets o. It marries and the minister has another fee; the editor geti a plece cake, or c.6. O., for the privilege of deserthing

H.M.S. Undrunted when in proper trim is not

but her arpearance just now is decidedly against her. Her hull bas received a coat of dark grey or slate caloured priming palat that makes her look a big lumbering ship, and on the super structure the scaffolding used in connection the "pretty" event. In course of time it die with the lengtheslog of the funnels goes far the doctor gets his fees, perhaps to the to destroy, any pretensions to symmetry, minister another gulses, the undertaker anything One of the fannels, the forward one, has now up to £20; the editor writes & column describing been folshed and the other leat lis original the many virtues of the deceased, and receives height so far, giving the cruiser a regular pig with our-ear sort of look.. Both smokestacks are painted a glaring red and the appearance of the

THE Iambeth conference hai raised the Sydney his customary award, wix, 0. See to an archbishopsic.

Wx (Singapore Free Press) understand that 15.00 1.25 MR.Wellby-Cook's animatoscope at the Theatre the destruction of a number of the 7-inch gue emplacements at various polets in the Singapore

DANIEL CRAWICED'S FINIST

VERY OLD A COTCH WHISKY 14:40 1,20

· Royal fo-morrow at 9 p.m.

ship, suggetto anything but the big, graceful white vessel we knew as the speely Undaunted Ev the P. & O. steamer Japan, which arrived

A lengthy discussion followed,

The President said that, theoretically, the ins ection all ships was to be desired, but was the ascessary interference to trade which would follow so small as to make the Inspecties jurti fable?" He did not see how survelliance cosid be

The Medical

carried out here, the number of passougas being so large, meer of Health, in the abse queat discussion, sald that the alternative medical inspection that be was to favour of was the total prohibition of immigration from in«.

Our lowest priced Whisky is of excellent quali- A PRIVATE meeting al Posjem abareholders will † defences is about to be begun. Tals is rendered to-day from Londos, the Chinese and Sikh fected ports. He moved the following" resolus ty and of greater age than most brands in the be held at noon on Tuesday next, at the office. † Recessity to allow for the construction of the polics who had been assisting at the Diamand Hans "That the repărt of the Health Officer:

market. We recommend our customers to

baretarred by the lowness of price from trying The ship Port Douglas has been wrecked on them all. For soda whisky, Thorne's Biend the South African coast. The whole of the crow and Watson's Glenorchy are equal to spy.

Were Raved. Abelous-Glenilret is a very old Feat Whisky (smoky) that could not be replaced in stock at the price. D and E are too well known to seed

comment,

IRISH-

A JOHN JAUREON'S OLD, Green

THE death, ai Bilsbane on the 19th altimo, of Rev. Isaac Harding, the oldest Wesleyan minister In Australia, is announced in the Palmerston dom. Par Bet, Timar

Per CLI

A LAROE number of Queensland capitalists are Capsule $1300 $1.00 petillonlag beir Government for support to the

extent of £10,000 in the interest of the cation

B JOHN JAMISON'S FINE QLD,

Green Capsule.... 15.00 1.25 Industry. C JOHN JAMEON'S VERY FIND

OLD, Green Cepala......... 18.00 $1.50 THE Taiyuan, which -antred from Australla All these a very fine and old. C has been stacked in Hangkang la wood for over 20 years, yesterday evenlog, spoke the barque Kale F. there bei giltile sale for Irish Whisky in the Trees, from Newcastle to Manila, in the Straits Colony,

of Bidian. She reported "All well;"

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For Case,

smplacements for the new 6-inch breech loaders. There will not be placed where the present M. I. guns sin, and thus vory Kttle, if anything at all, of the existing works for 7-inch gas can be willled for the mounting of the

acessors. Wo hearthat the material and work- manship of the present emplacements, con structed by Major McCallam and his email depart mental staff a dexen years ago, are considered to be very good. As it is impossible to break up the strong concrete emplacements they will have to be blown up. “That's the way the Colonial money goes-Pop !"

Jublice Celebration in England, returned to of the Fort, together with the micutes of mem

bere, be forwarded to the Colonial Secretary for way Hongkong. They paraded for inspection on the Laformation of His Excellancy the Gove arrival at the Central Police Barracks. There, ernor "~(1) * That the Board bag to recommend were so Chiness and to Sikhs, including two the Goverment to become party to the sergeants of exca nationality. They wore their Venies Convention of 1897, in compliance with blus civibes to-day when paraded by Captain the adv.ca contained in the letter of the Se

cretary of State for the colonies. (2). That this con May, and certainly they seem to have brightened Board are of opinion that the rekeme of mos up considerably since they left. Each mas dical surveillance of all persons landing in this stemed to be as proud of his uniforms and kits colony fram say port which has been proclaimed

tion No. 1, and ike provision of the gun uhlsen" self as a Lifeguarde recruit and there is no dou'st infected in accordance with Quarantia Ragula.. that for many a day to come the black and wwali kamen are of Astatte of African yallow Dogberrys wiil anførtala, their less nationality in a profitable, ane, and, ber to travelled comrades with graphic accounts of all recommend inspifon by lke Gorsten out lin^ the wonderfol uighis they saw in London when the manner siggered by 09.Jubilee "doutes." Esch of the men wore bronzo Jubilee megai.

THE P. & Q. llaur Japan, which arrived hein to-day from London, landed at Singapore on the Igth Instant the Straits Contingent and the Borneo Dyaks who were "on show" in London idower BoH.M.8. Powerful, Captain the Hon. H, Lamies, on the occasion of the celebration ofthe Diamond was taken into Portsmouth Dockyard on the Jubilee. The Hongkong Contingent was on 17th ultimo to be "touched up" for service on board the same vessel and of the lapding of the the China Station, Fleet Paymaster W. H. F.men at Singapore the Free Press reports thefts been managed. Two of the light-dogered

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.........$15.00 $1.25 | back event. GOOD LRAWARD ISLAND',M 6.00 0.50

· BENEDICTINE. CURACOA

„MANY skipping people in Hongkong have been vlclimbed by coal pliisters, and they have seldom been able to sheet home! the offenen to the culprits, so cleverly and cunningly have the

There were fair number of people dows to gentry, however, hava at last been “basked." the wharf to meet the Stralis Police, who looked British ship, the Sierra Nevada, consigned. in splendid health and bore themselves bravely Messrs. Blackhead & Co, was discharging Card except one poor fellow, Corpoen! Mat, who was coal inte lighters at the company's pler, weak in the legs, though ka, in common with and one of the ship's apprentices noticed the rest, looked uncommonly fat. With Jubilor men at 1.20 dim, yesterday removing coal -medal on breast, and staust blue cap, they were a lighter alongside and loŭding a sa the admired of the crowd, receiving many. He called the Chief Officer, wh

GOOD LEAWARD ISLAND$2.50 pai). TEX Queen has approved the appointment of greetings from thele blends and soon the lighter. The people in the kampán LIQUEURS.

Mr. H. G. O. Bax-Ironside, now Second Sacre reassuring the doubtors as to the perils but two man who were on the BLACKBERRY BRANDY. | |tary at Washington, to be Secretary of Ber of a long journey to Europa, with-many || fured and given lato- castod MARAECHINO.

Majesty's Legation at Peking, in the place of asseverations of whit a dagwa time they had hid | they appoxied at the HEINING'S CHERRY

Mr. Clarke Therublii, who will not proceed to of it. The Dyako, in smart red caps, with, a sentative of Blackhead and, CREME DE Cacao. CORDIAL

that post,

Larga hairbedecked sword in! side and a kont of Wodehouse that

CHARTREUSK,

> EFPERMINT,

Dr. SIEGERT ANGOSTURA HITTERE,

AND

ABRATED WATERS.

#HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co A. S. WATSON & COLD,

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, Mongkong, 11th August, 1897,

The Germisa Emperor, speaking at a state yellow, alan came in for a lot of admisation at was missing dinner gives in his honour by the Tale at Bức they, with the Chinese and Sikhs from Hong, sécused to Petersburg, said that he and his piopia would kong formed up on the whi

aid in the maletanance of peace and that they off. Some of the latter wore

would energetically oppose whovor

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