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Co-day's

Advertisements.

THEATRE

ROYAL

¡ROFESSOR BOSAKOVSKI, who lu on a

Pear Round the world, will give the

FIRST of a Series

ol

TWO ENTERTAINMENTS

AT THE

THEATRE ROYAL

TO-MORROW,

(SATURDAY) the 18th September,

commencing at q P‚M.,

Under the Distinguished Patronaga of H.. Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, G.C.M.G.

By kind Permission of Colonel C. S. GORDON and the Officers of the W.V.R., the BAND will | perform the following Selections of Music,

Under Mr. W G. DENTLIY, AR.C.M. 1.-Overinte......" Romanilque "..............Ke ́à Bel. a-Song ..." The Garden of sleep" ...Du Lars. 3-Selection unauminnan Planqucils. "Les Cincher de Cornville " 4.—Intermezz%..." Forget-me-not"......Macbeth. 5.-Valse ...................." Tarantule "...W. G. Bentley. £-Saléction ...” La Marcolie” .......................Audras.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

PRICES OF ADMISSION.

Darks CIRCLE .......................................

STALLS ............................................

BACK SEATS manan

Soldiers and Sailors In Uniform Half Price to^ Back Soats.

Tickets can be obtained at Massen. W. ROBINSON & CO%.-Marie Warehouse.

Lata tram will 15 minutes aker fall of custalo, Hongkong, 17th September, 1897.

fr418

FOR SHANGHAI AND CHINKIANG, *HE Steamship

THE

"NANYANG,"

Captain Th, Lehmann, will be despatched for the above Ports TO-MORROW, the 18th instant, et 4 PM, instead of as previously advertised.

For Freight or Passage, apply 10

SIEMSSEN & Co. Hongkong, 17th September, 1897.

FOR SHANGHAI.

THE Steamship

"LVEEMOON,"

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1897.

Intimation.

A. S. WATSON & CO.,

LIMITED.

BY APPOINTMENT.

WINES & SPIRITS.

WE bor to call attention to var PRICE

below!--

LIST OF WINES AND SPIRITS`**

As these are all selected and bought first hand by our London House wo save nay later- mediate profits and are thereby enabled to supply the best qualities at Moderate Prices."

PORT.

(For Invalids and General Usa),

CAP For Bat

E VINTAGE, superior quality, Red

Capsule........$14.40 $1,30 C FINE OLD VINTAGE, superior

qually, Black Seal Capeale. 16.20 1.35 D VERY FIME OLD VINTAGE, extra zuperlar, Violet Capaule "(Old Bottled)

SHERRY.

* 10 40 1.70

C. For Bot.

B SUPERIOR PALE DRY, dlaner

The Hongkong Celegenph

HOMIKONO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1897,

REUTER'S MESSAGES.

GREECE AND THE POWERS,

LONDON, September ífið, The Powers have accepted, the Grock propo- resume commercis relations with

mis to

Turkey.

FIGHTING ON THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER. Brigadier Geners! Yeatman Biggs has re-cap- tored Fort Saregari and velloved Forts Gulistan and Lockbar. The Arilllery was ured with telling effect.

FATAL ACCIDENT IN KOWLOON.

At about" : 30 p.m. lo-day an extensive fanfall occurred in Elgin Road, Kowloon, everal tons of earth falling into a trench which was being excavated near the Kawloon Hotel in connection with the foundations of some new The work of

wins, Green Seal Capsmin $10,80 saga buildings, barying three men, C MANZANILLA, PALE NA

TURAL SHERRY, Whe Capsule

13:00, 1.00

1.20

..................in 13.00 3.00 CC SUPERIOR Old Dry, Falk NATURAL SHERRY, Red Seal Capazio... D VERY SUPERIOR OLD PALE Day, choice old wine, White Seal Capsule......... 14.40 E EXTRA SUPERIOR OLD PALE DRY, very Boost quality, Black Seal Capsule (Old Bottled)..................no 30.40 1.70 B, C, and Care excellent dinner Wines Dr for invalids and delicate siomacka. Dand E are after dinner Wines of a very superior vintage.

All are true Xeres Wines

(1415 CLARET.

Captain G. Heuermann, will be despatched for

the above Port on MONDAY, the zob lastant,

*st 4 F.M.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

SIEMSSEN & Co.

Hongkong, 17th September 1897.

#ST. ESTEPHE, Red

C ST. JULIEN, Red

Per Bat

Qu. Tu,

digging out was at once commenced and one man was found to be dead and the others severely lojared.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE Engilsh mall is due here tomorrow. THE buying rate for sovereigna is $10.75 per £.

H.M.S. Humber`arrived to-day from Shanghel.

Ta Australa cala Albatross surived at Singapore from Batavia on the 8'h lust.

The Tokio Moru (Australian Line) left Nag saki this afternoon for this post and is expreted to arrive here on the 21st instant.

Capsule $6.96 $ 7.36 $0.60 0.35TH C. P. R. Co. has received information of the temporary suspension of Section No. 22 of the new U.S. Turff, relating to the proposed diffe- rential duty of ro per cent.

Capsule..... 9.00 960 0.75 0.40 DLA ROSE, Red

1303 1.To a б0 7.97 060 035 10 44 0.80 0.45 14.40 1.10 0.60

Capsule ......... 12 96

SAI TE FOY

CUSSACriat

7.30 9 60

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CHATEAU D'AN-

OLADE......

13 20

CHÁTĚRU MAUI

LAX-

THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY, LIMITED,

FOR GENOA AND LONDON, VIA STRAITS AND COLOMBO:

(Taking Cargo at through rates for LIVES FOOL, Glasgow, Continental PorTS, RIVER PLATT, &c.)

THE Company-Steamship

"NINGCHOW,"

Captain W. H. Cross, will be despatched s above on WEDNESDAY, the 22nd September.

To be shortly followed by S.S. "OOPACK" and "DANTA,

For Freight, &c., apply to

HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co,

Agents, Hongkong, 17th September, 1897.

BRION

RIVES

18.60 19.20 1.60 0.80

CHATEAU Mou-

TON D'ARMASI 11CQ.. 21.00

03.20

1.80 0.00 Our Clarets, including the lowest priced, are guaranteed to be the genuine product of the vice of the grape, and are not artificially made from raisies and currants, as is generally the case with cheap Wines. BRANDY.

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V.O.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

JAPAN-HOMBAY LINE,

MONTHLY SERVICE (Under Mall, Contract)

3

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FOR KOBE AND YOKOHAMA,

THE Company's Steamship

"MIIKE MARU,"

Captain J. H. Going will be despatched for the above Ports, do FRIDAY, the 24tà Instant, 21 4 P.M.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. Hongkang, 17th September, 189,

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

JAPAN-BOMBAY LINE.

MONTHLY SERVICE. (Under Mail Contract)

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FOR SINGAPORE, COLOMBO AND

BOMBAY,

THE Company's Steamship

"IDZUMI MARU," Captain R. Nonomi, will be despatched for the above Parts on TUESDAY, the 28 b instant, Bt Noon,

Far Cam,

do Per Bot. OLD A HINNIE'S

PALI, Red Capsule $18.00 $150 B SUPERIOR VERY OLD COONAC, Red Cap- Foltunumu

C VERY OLD LIQUEUR -

COGNAC

►

21.00 1.75

24.00 2.00

CRIMINAL Sessions nota et l'o a.m. to-morrow. There is only one case in the calendar, that of a barber charged with drugging « prostate and stealing various uniteles of jewellery from her.

THE stamp forgery case fixed for to-day wis agatu remanded for a week owing to the prin- cipal cffender being confined in the Kennedy Town Hospital through's attack of small-pex.

|| A CORRISPONDENT of the Pinang "Gasette 1871 he thinks the simplest remedy for the currency difficulty in the Straits would be the adoption of

dollar. the Indian currency and the "boycott" of the

À BOATMAN Was sent to gaol for six months at the Magistracy to-day for stealing coal from the Naval Dockyard at Kowloon. He was seen by a constable to remove coal through the windows of one of the sheds, which he reached by climb.

D HENNESSY'S FINEST VERY OLD LIQUEUR COGNAC, 1871 Vin- tage. Red Capanie. 36,00 3.00 Ing up the scaffolding. V.V.O. E FINEST VERY GLD

L QUIUR COGNAC,

186a Viataga 48.00 400 All our Brandy is guaranteed to be pure Cognac, the difference in price being merely quration of age and vistagt.. WHISKY.

SCOTCH-

A THORNE'S BLIND, While Cap-

sale

B WAT 0% Glenorchy-Mez- LOW BLEND, Blue Capsule,

· Per Clase,

i dat. (in Bet.

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A MEMBER of the Hongkong Golf Club has pre- seated a cop, open to resident members only. with handicaps of 18 and over, medal play, beat aggregate of four rounds of nine holes each, Entries.clone goth lost. Conditions are posted at the Club House.

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$10.80 $0.00 MA. A. E. STODDART's Cricket team leaves England for Australla to-day. The test matches

on December 10th, Melbourne on December C"WAYSON'S Airtour-Glax-

3res, Ad-lalde on January 14th and Sydney on LIVAT, Red Capsule, with Name and Trade Mark...... 13.00 1.00 February 25tb. The names of the English D WATION'S H.K.D BLEND OF

team appeared in the Hongkong | Telegraph on THE FINEST SCOTCH MALT

the frth inst WHISKIES, Violet Caprule... 14.40 · 1.30 A WATSON'S VERY OLD LIQUEUR SCOTCH WHISKY, Gold Cap-

ul.........

DANIEL CRAWFORD'S FINIST

-VERY-OLD ÷ COTCH WHISKY 14-40 1.20 Our lowest priced Whisky is of excellent quali, ty and of greater age than most brands to the

market. We recommend our customers not to

THE Victoria English - School has for some time 15.00 1.25 past been losing various pieces of clothing and blankets from the back rooms, Yesterday morning about 11 a badly clad and disreputable lucking Chlaaman was seen prowilng about the gardens of the school wlib a bundle of weedt under his arm to erder to deceive anybody who might meet him. His movements were decidedly suspicious, and Mr. Braidwood gavslinto custody with the result that he was to-day son. tenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour,

be deterred by the lowness of price from trying them all Forx sods walsky, There's Blend and Watson's Glenorchy are equal to Abelour-Glenlivat is a very old Pent Whisky (moky) that could not be replaced in stock at the price. D and E are too wall known to mond comment..

Per Cas

1 do. Bot.

As the outcome of the, suh-marine disturbance at the New Hebrides in Jann last, and described In our columus, a bank consisting of sand and inve stones appear to have hien thrown up.

H.M S. Mi'dura, which, arrived at Sydney lately from the Group, reports that the bank is awash and lies to the northward of the Laiks Back, Lis approximate position being lat. 18deg. 49. min. 50162. south, long, 1ồideg. zamin. 13100. dist.

THE TYPHOON.

The threatened typhoon appears to have mids" its appearance and the weather conditions to-day were such a to ludicata that the ma- It pleasant visitor is not very far off our coral #ppeared to be passing South, judging from the irong wind blowing this morning, and there were frequent rain squalls in the antly part of the day. The harbour wore a desertod aspect and where, only a couple of days ago, wers THE Torres Straits Pilot says that the Owundreds of junks and simpana, not one af | Mars, which arrived at Thosday Island on the||them is now to be seen. Many arm over at Stone--

gisi ult, brought with her for that port fourteen | cutters and down fɑ Causeway Bay in shelter. Japandre passcogers—one woman and thirteen It la fald that the naval authorities were not men-there being also two others for southern sorry to get the Undaunted into dock, whan posts. “In view of the agitation that is going || they did, as in her present irim she was not very on for the cessation of Japanese immigration, and well-prepired to ride out a storm at suchor, the promises that are held out by the Government Some of the sailing vessels that are flying light to securethat object, and the continued arrival of are pretty sure to have a troublesome time in these people wlibaat aqy restriction, it would not the event of the typhoon giving us a "shake up" be too much," ways the Pilor, " to level a charge to-night unless they are removed to moro of fosincerity in this matter against the Home'} sheltered moorings. Secretary. Time may be needed to bring about the desired change, but meanwhile the difcally la brcoming more and more accentuated, and will shortly be beyond proper control. The Go- verament may ere long find themselves power. less to carry out the desires of the people of this country,"

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DEALING with ibe question of Chinese Railwayn and Finance the Timis says:-Counsels are til divided as to whether it more to the al- vantage of China to spread the payments of the indemelly over the full time allowed her or to pay the balance at once, and thus obtalo various

remulous. China bas still to pay to japan

£16,450,490. This need not be paid in fall till May 8 1003. Should, however, all be paid before May 8, 1898, a sum of £1,950,000, which will at that date have already been paid as interest en anpaid portions of the lade malty, will be refunded. Japin naturally desires that the iiquidation should be effected at once, for she bus now adopted a gold statiðard and is in need of gold. Moreover, I the foll amanot be paid now she gains a large pro by the recent fall lo allver. For Japan agreed with China to

(the portion will unpald) as £6,450,420; then regard the 'sterling value of 100,000,000 tal

Japan introduced a gold standard, silver at once. fell, and the sterling value of 100,000,000 taris le now £15 000,000, a profit on the deal of 14 million sterling. At the present time the position is briefly this: By her disastrous operations with Japan Chlas incurred a war Indemnity of 38 milions. To pay this she borrowed 30 millions, pată Tapen 21 millions. and has five millions still to her credit. A balance of four milions has that to be account. ed for. It would be interesting to ascertala where this sum has been expended. Its mosi instructive item must surely be the £750,000 (dra million ticla) which has been placed on deposti in the Russo-Chinese Brokgarn tee that China, will fatß) the obilgallons forced open her by Russia in connexion with the Siberian Fallway extension through Chinese

territory.

The

Wit

LATER.

Shortly after 1 o'clock to-day the wlad besh- eved from the north-east and soon reached the force of a living gale, Most of the ships in barbour paid out more cible and we noticed that not a few of the steamers had the prudence to get steam up. The aspect of the harbour wis Indeed changed from that of Saturday night when the Dragon frist was being celebrated, Then, under the pale moon-light, with a glassy silver sea and the countless funka and sampant, all adorned with coloured lanterns, the effect was that of an Eastern Venice an carnival. To-day the aspect was vastly changed

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NEW BALMORAL GOLD MINING

·COMPANY, LIMITED.

Musta John D. Humphreys and Son, the General Managers, bave kindly famished us with a copy of the following report received by The Yamashiro Afars from the Mislog Manager this morning im

Mount Macdonald,

17th August, 1897. shaft are nearing the completion of their contradi Queen Mina---The contractors in the mala

and when that la dong the slteration to the puppet legs will be mide, as it cannot be undertaken while the men'are working in tha shaft. ·

Balmoral Minem Tha men in the' tunnel on GL. & áry making fair progress for the Tran Blus ras of stone. Another triente has been lek om G.L.5, the Company retaining one half ofika in- terent and paying the men worklog half wagen, We consider bis aɛmangement highly advantag onto the Company : Should gold be strack, la addition to receiving a porcentage on the groED yield, the Company would also receive one half of the gold. By this arrangement the ground will be prospected it a comparatively small out- Jay,

OLIVERS FRErhold MINES.

Merim. John D. Humphrays and Sos have färnished us with a' copy of the following port received by the Australian mall today from the mlacs ;—-

Mount Macdonald,

29th August, 1897. of main shaft is going on well, total below Kurska Mine,--The slaking and timbering

the 300 ft. level le now 46 [ɛ Á hole was bored zỷ fi. into the reel, which was found to be of solid stone, and showing gold, equal to any seen when the seel was broken Isto at the 200 (2 level. We cannot yet state how thick it is, but from Indications belfave it wil be

The

over 5 feet, possibly 6 or 7 feet; and from and it was in no place more noticeable than

the gold showing already, there is not the along the Praya East. Hets most of the " ship shadow of a doubt about its quility. There is sampans" congregate"and to-day there was not no chanse to report in main drives at the 100 t one of them to be seen. The Praya wail, tight to malo stall timber and completing tram Ines

and 15oft, levels, alacalartwork. We are puliteg

down to the Sugar House, was Hned with Chi-The wt and mallock shit will be connected nese and now and,then a neu broke over, reading them flying in all directions. Some 20 or more Chinein towbosis are now snugly lying on the Herbst & Co.'s road near No. a Folice Station and Hearmann whaler has been taken off the davits in front of the Hongkong Dock Co's. Godowns and placed on the sand. A number of derelict bouts are adrift and one, an English holl craft, with oars, Me, complete, was seen diff.log helplessly past No. 2 Station this afternoon.

At 2.45 p.m. the long-expected gun, was fired from Tilm Ta Taal and immediately the Chinese on the water front ralsed a lönd /*MI. the firing of the gan the drum was holsted on yah" and settled dowa to await events. With

the Victor, at Kowloon Observatory and at the

Harbour Office and Kowloon Whaif,

A report was current amongst the Chinese that two men had been drowned A small row- ing boat filed na» H.M.S. Humber and the

two occupants alt said to have been seen hauge

on to the craft for some time. When a steam lṣunch came along some mlanten after the occupants of the boat were not visible. The launch took the bast in tow and then pro ceeded to take a junk late a place of safety.” “A couple of dustboats were lying off Fenwick's at 3 pm, and, Judging by the capers they cut, it is safe to assume that they will shortly be down with the fl'et in Causeway Bay,

Ashore all prudent householders are busy get ting thefe ly; boon bars and window shutters to order. Those who have been through the mill before know what to expect, and those who are cow to Hoogkong, anxious as they are to se yphoons, wil very probably have enough expe- rience to make them with they may NOYER NOG another.

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with the stopes it the 15 fi, level in about 3 weeks. The sinking of the underlay shalt on G. L. tag is being carried na by z men. set in increasing in size and shows a ille sold la dish trials. The cless up from Eureka lost. Saturday was 733 exs from 140 tons. We could

Bot get any more through the old battery..

Olfvers Battery,—On clenatog off on zistical. we found that the stampers were completely worn out, and the boxes beyond farther repair, so we decided to suspend ciushing, so i would have been only a waste of time and money to attempt to work it. The work of dismantling and palling ont was commenced on the 23rd Inst, and wins be completed, and bed logs put in position for the rew boxes, &c. The new ishlen on a larger stale and improved pattern are almost completed, and the engize and bollers are having a thoʻough overhan1j so that- on_re-stesting, everything will be la first-class order; and with the sons now at grass and la sight below there can be no doubt as to a suc cessial result.

THE" PEGU” MASSACRE-

AND AFTER.

BY AN EX-ACHIN RESIDENT. Interest has been revived in that stormy quarter of the Island of Sumatra knowD AS Achin or Achets," by the frightful massacre by pirates, reported by Llord's agent at Penang the other day, of Caplain Ross and the crew the Bilifsh steamer Page. The Achinese, after slaying in cold blood the skipper

and fourteen

of

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his men, secured some fifteen thousand dolla In co'a by the plunder of the vessel, and thes made good their exceps in the beais of the Pigu. "The pirates," concludes L'oydy account, "landed on a part of the coast which is in the hands of the Achinese, and it fe unlikely that any of them will ever be # Aught.” condition of chaos now and always enjoyed by This lacident affords an object-ls in the the Dutch colony" of Ach, The Datch have been endeavouring, wi>* 10CC638, 10 subinvata

Very

a conspicuous and

Who are those piratical but free-barn Achie nese ? asks some one, It may be recollected that when the British returned the island of | Java, after the "Nap-leon scure "! was ended, they retained Ceylon, the Cape of Gund H på, -and sovereign-sights over Sumatra, -rell quishe mora,❘ing the inter-novereignty in 1872 în exchange::

so

ANOTHER trusted servant fallen kom grace Yes, alas I-haled before a magistrate, and found gally of larceny. It was this way: It has been the custom for the Hongkong Telegraph to employ four boatmen to man the effice gig The No. 1 is, of course, in charge, and he has daily 10 coples of the paper entrusted to his care: He is expected to present a copy of the paper to the Commander or Chief Officer of every vessel that enters the port (noth steam and sall) and to | procese a report of the warsel's voyage in re- |

tars, The No: 1 is also authorised to sell, at It may be here stated that the drum is holated Achlosse ever since 187 Exo unco querable Achin constitutes the 10 cents per copy, on board any vessels to port with cons when the "weather prophet believes north, or particularly mountaineer, end of the

Island, populated by half the number of papers handed to his daily, that strong pale, which may possibly reach cat tall natives who hate foreign aggression ‹‚â race, of darksiklaned, sine and heis allowed on sales so percent, commission. typhoon force from the direction Indicated by generally, and Dutch aggressions pari alarig, as Bartlly ad consumedly as com people hate with Name and Trade Mark 10.20 and tagalost All Australia will be played in Sydney For some time past tha sales in the harbour, ac the code, is approaching and m'gun is fired when,

cording to

fo:eignsions 1 These bardy mountaineers the account of his stewardship ever the drum is holsted,

Bieber rendered dally by the No. 1, have not A number of steamers, including the river bams: rabam would express L, Ence, wild 4 chilsaus "--they are, an. Mr. Caning. exceeded ofz coples per mensem, while | boat Hankow, are behind Stonecutters and folk,"

Of their wildness, indeed, there can be no. sales by newsboys on shore were others are in Kowloon Bay, The Fress and 4 of also very muselisfactory. It was therefore American small boat are at their buoysaka. dermed advisable to keep a sp:cal check on. As we were going to press the gale incrassed canh sales, both ashore and aflost, the resultapidly, the squalle beleg very hard and v being an immediate and marked increase of aspect of the weather w`s very threatening, revenue. The matter-of-sales-in-the cliy-wa- soon settled bot some difficulty wis experienced ing as folowa --

The Obscrvatory officials reported thir

in checking accurately the sales in the barbour.

for the Netherlianda' visionary and imaglasry. On the 17th at toa sa. The typhoon rights in Ashanti and on the Gold Coast. Then That the task

of not impossible

pasteg probably ab 200 miles to the (in 1873) it was that the Hollanders fondly accomplishment was proved in the Police moving in a Waste direction. At 10,35 a..

Southward of Hongking. It appears to be thought they would conques and enslave the Court this morning, when Ab Tal, the The barometer ass sisca in the Formosa quered and enslaved the less warlika Javanese........ Telegraph's No. I beatman, made bis bow

more warlike Achinese, Just as they had cons Channel and a Baliano and is practically steady werer la history was a granier estar incurred. bafore Mr. Wodehouse la responsa 10 to Hongkan A sro N.E. gale blows at We are now in 1897-shall shortly be to 1808

charge Inid by Mr. Chesney Dascan GIR Rock FORECASTStrong NE and E. and the "subjugation of Achin is still proceed. that he (Ah Txi) bad stolen three coples of the Hongkong, but it is doubtful whether the wind

gales the coast in the neighbourhood of Ing! letne of the Telegraph of the 14th instant. The wil reach the force of a strong gale in the evidence showed that the accused endeavoured harbour. to pass off, when returning to the office the balance of the papoia of the 14th, some

(From an occasional Correspondent). papers of the 8th copies of the Issue of the rath, thus making the lotal of papers

MACAO, September 14th, The depariser of Mr. Formellos, the Chief Jus to be returned correct in comber, and in number only. It was clearly proved that theme, is not regretted, as the machleery of the law moved very slowly while he was at the helm, account of the 8th had been duly closed and

Dr. B. de Vasconcellas has been appointed that none of the Sib could have been mixed Acting Chief Justice, AMERICAN-*-

accused on the evening of the 11th fast. The GENUINE BOUABON WELKY, FINE OLD. Red Caprale, with

A KIITING Of Home 3co Chinese residents of † accused could melibar szolela, how, klær tha our Name and Trade, Mark.....$15.00 1.35 Sydney, including the leading merchanis, was account of Iha 8th had hesa closes, GIN.

Yo Cam.

held there recently. Mr. Yee Hing was voted to the came into possession of papers of the Bis 1 dot. Per Bot. A FIK ÖLD

White

the chair, and expl»lued that the object of the nor would he say what had become of the coples Capsule.........

-$ 7.30 $0,60 | meeting was toʻfurther consider in what way they | of the rath lạ respect of which the charge was FINE UNIWEETENED, White

tural Ground on 28th August. A committee for the man to be impitsaned, but he would like from amongst thass present was appointed him to be punished sa a warning to men of his The charge having been proved the to make final arrangements for the procesalon | clear. and sports, and to definitely fix the order of the Magistrate addressed the prisoner through the maith. It was reported that Chinamon part tata praepa foily set the defendant that coming from all parts of the country to take part this has apparently been going on for a conf. Mr. Fook Lum, of Hiúg, Chung and Co, wald | du able time and that sloce the matter was taken that one of the spankers had mentioned that the † in head the revenue has doubled, which shows CHEKAY Europesus wosid laugh at them but he would that there must have been some improper prac. remind them that although the Europeans would | ifces golog on. In the defendant's individual no donht be amused, they would highly apprecase the amount is not much, but it is qufe ciate the action of the Chinese residents who clear he has been galliy of some malpractice, were doing all they possibly could to make the The accounts for the Bih' were closed and the comival à success. It was agreed that -all | money handed in and yet on the 15th he handed

· duy" complaints should be, addressed to t] A. S. WATSON & CO., LD, Chinese storekeepers, etc., shoxid close their.} in some copies of the 8th and when asked where | Invention of the evil one, is No. 1 plopak and Sumaira, no pangufa) to themacives, L

shops on the 28th August, as that day would be the missing copies of the 14 h were he could not chances pidgie. Fallin man too muchas sally 3: siwaya man ne lani i

table Fined $ra or shres wesks

For Freight or Passage, apply to

NIPPON YUSËN KAISHA. Hongkong, 17th September, #R07

Intimations.

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IRISH-

A inhong was on his beat on Praya Wert al A JOHN JAMESON'S OLD, Gisen

about 1.30 a.m. when, be esplod's Chinaman Caprale...........

...$11 co $500 | moving suspiciomaly along the road. The min B JOHN JAMESOW'S FINE CLD,

Green Capsule 15.00 1.25 on seeing the lukong began to dodge him and C JOHN JAMESON'S VERY FIND

tarned to a dark corner when he dropped down OLD, Green Capsule ....................... 18.00 $1.50 | and pretended to be asleep. He could not All there are very fine and old. C bat bren

account for himself and was brought p at the there being little sale for Irish Whisky fó thể Colony.

with being a rogue and a vagabond and was P CAM

sentenced to six weeks' Imprisonment with hard Inboar,

DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & stocked in Hongkong in wood for over 20 years, Magistracy this morning, when he was charged

COMPANY,

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of facis. The war in Achin has endured lot

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quarter of a century;, the highlanders are victorious, so to sponk, áll along the line. The "Blockade of Achia" has become a little better than a tradition, for what do the hardy and implacable highlanders care about the loss of their tobacco, opium, and splits? They know :: how to wait; and they have played the walling game to date, i must be confessed, to some purpose. They have merely retired to the- Jungle, and waited for the climate to do the test, In the For Eart, I may be remarked) the We are intensely glad that the Government climais does not olien disappoint is believeIS Loureiro's scheme for the improvement of our have kept the enemy at bay. It to a solvan has at last decided to undertake a part of Mr. Â So far the platica't but vergallant. Acbicesm harbours. It is threaded, shortly, to reclaim a fact that the Dotch military commanders-leave, portion of the loner harbor. After the landing it id thely naval colleagues to maintain the than reclaimed is bal't over with houres for the fiction of a blockade are contented to act upon poor, fe, shout three years hence, a breakwater | the defensive against these barbarinar. „It is a will be constructed from Talpa Island, and farther solemn fact, that in one four years në another jatting out from the sea-shore near the campaigning in. Achin, sevenly, ont of every plug from the strong sides and currents. This climate ere they could go for battle.), while the casential as it has long been evident that cost of the campaign, to the Netherlands Goframe. something

had to be done to Improve the cat- ment da log the corresponding padeda Governor, Colonel Galbardo, will receive the these twenty-five years of their spregious riters dition of our sadly neglected harbons. Our new seventy million guiders Is Summed up shonly most heartfelt acksawledgements of the people to subjugate Achio Save East 15 Dutch

the Marmo. If this is done during kis tenure of | (excluding the office in this Colony.

defcit in their colonial budget dering avATY YOSE A very careful walch is now kapt over the of the twenty-five's the humiliation of Laving prisoners in the Gool here. The guards have finally to abandon's in this decade of itada beca re-organised, and are now wholly composed depression, the colonial explosion aggressive

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Evaryans is fooling the effects of the drop in How long, eat asks, how long 3 articles have rires 30 per cent. In the stores as occurred in the Thousand Ister-thoja delicione wel as in the markets. John Ane caught on summer files of Eden, which are, alast chile to the sliver problem to a most decided fashion notorious as the hunting-ground of the harunludg and he thinks the dollar, so far from being as necessary pirate. Prid tejmé Jola pity ↑ but Jaya.

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