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TO-NIGHT, (SATURDAY), the 20th November, 1897. ELSIE ADAIR, -Assisted by Mrs. JEWELL, nắt Mẫu LEE JARVIS, the calebrated Comic Opera Prima Danss, and other Amateurt,

NEW ANIMATED PICTURES, Including fifteen views of the QUEEN'S JUBILEE PROCESSION, Fricks:-ga scd $1. Soldiers and Sailors in uniform half price to Back Seats only.

Hongkong, 10th November, 1897.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1897.

DEATH

At Amey, Chins, on the 11th Nav., 1897, from anewram of the heart, FREDRIK WILMAN, Chief Light-keeper, T. M. Customs ; aged 40 years.

Darlah newspapers please copy, [1743

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1897.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

misdeeds?

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A NUMBER of those well-known reminders of the approach of a new year, the wall calendars, blotting pads and other useful adjuncts of all business offices, reached Har ghong by the last English mall, and the first of them, a hand somely got up blotting pad, with picture of the speedy P. and O. Uner Calidonia on the cover, has been forwarded to us by Mr, H., Rich'e, Agent in Hongkong for the Marine Insurance Company, Li'd, whose subteribed capital la a million sterling.

CORRESPONDENCE,

(We do not mosmadly endorse the apbalons expressed by

Correspondanses in this column.]

THE IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS.

moderate amount of order being pre-Tax seems every prospect of Mlas Elale | A VERY and accident was reported on the arrival served in the laying out of the Colony, Adah's entertainment in the Theatre Royal this of the steamer Glenfalloch hem, Singapore last | then all we can say is that it is a thous- evening belog far better than last Thursday's sight. A lady named Mrs. Bacon and her Ilule And pities that our boundary was show; Mms, Jeweil, Fön Mlus Lee Jarvis, (the son, seven years of ugo, were passanger by the not long ago ex'ended. Germany has colabented comic opera prima donna, bau kindly reinsl and when st eca on the 18th lost, af 3 just seized the opportualty of annexing promirel to assist and the faiz Elsie has also p.m. the child was missed. Theship was turned Klao-chac on account of the murder of secured the ald of other leading amateurs. A bas no sign of the little fellow could be seen. An two missionaries. How many opportun!- ties of a similar nature have we missed floor-to-ceiling hawas should great the gsy and unsuccessful search was made of the ship and it when we could have relleved the deplor-verste danaamse at the "Royal" this eventug. is believed that the child. by some menos fell

overboard without being seen, able over-crowding of this Colony by THRAE are now lying at the Hunghom Dacks a taking in a small bit more of the mainland, couple of small pearling loggers which the Dock as a punishment to China for her frequent Company have recently ballt, and which are to be despatched to Port Darwin to be used there A correspondent, whose letter we pub.

In the real fisheries. We understand that these lish in another column, points out what From time to time we have published are by no means the first boats that have been he considers the principal defects in the reports from the American papers show-dispatched from Hongkony, the Dock Company Imperial Maritime Customs service in ing how the number of people who have being able to turn out and serd a boat down to 1737 China. He complains that some people rushed to the Klondyke goldfields is far Austrails for considerably less expense than she

are too high and mighty towards some beyond the number that can be fed and other people. In this point his complaint otherwise supplied with necessaries, and could be constructed in any of the Australian Is against human nature, not against the it is very evident that, whether there is ports. The two boats now awaiting shipment HIGH WIRE AND TRAPEZE 1.M.C. The complaint is very frequently or is not money to be made by mining, are exceedingly pretty craft and their lines give made with justice, but it is a very futile there certainly must be fortunes to be promise of good behaviour in a teaway. They complaint almost always. If a man finds made by selling supplies to the miners at are well finished and have more the appearance that he is lacked down upon by somebody famine prices. The means of transit are of yachts than medest pearling boats. else what he has to do is to find a way to

so restricted that it will be months, per- vindicate himself or else grin and bear haps years, before the accumulation of It. People sometimes look down on us; necessaries of life can overtake and keep Governors and others sometimes have the level with the influx of peeple. So, temerity to speak superciliously of us, but anybody who choses can be sure of we rather enjoy it, and we have therefore finding a good market for stores of the not much comfort to offer those gentlemen kind most "in" demand at a newly opened | in the lunatic asylum. When discharged she ↑ Indis, the Straits and Australia and his reper just us capable and educated us any assist. of the Chinese Maritime Customs service gold Reld in the polar region; and there is no possibility of the market being over. who find themselves regarded contume- Rously. It is a thing which each man must stocked for a long time. It takes months remedy for himself, and nobody else can and years to level roads and construct remedy it for him.

railways; and the water route requires A steamer steamers to be specially bullt.

BLONDIN

will, by kind permisalan, give a

performance on the

сп

MILITARY PARADE GROUND

WEDNESDAY, the 24th (nstant, at 9 P.M., Weather Permiting.

ADMISSION FREE

At the close of the performance a collection will be made for the benefit of Blondia.

Hongkong, 25th November, 1897

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AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAM NAVIGA.

TION COMPANY,

(UNDER MAIL CONTRACT WITH THE AUSTRIAN, GOVERNMENT).

STEAM TO SHANGHAI AND KOBE.

THE Company's Steamship

"TRIESTE,"

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Captain A. Mhts, will leave for the abwe Another grievance of the Customs staff places on TUESDAY, the 23rd lariant, at is in the matter of pay. This grievance Daylight.

also la by no means confined to the For Freight or Passage, #pply to

Customs. We have travelled many SANDER & Co.

thousands of miles in this world and never Agents.

one man who would Hongkong zob November 1897. [1714 yet came across

admit that he got as much as he Of DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, deserved or as much as he needed.

LIMITED.

course in the case of the Customs 'the

FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW. THE Company's Chintered Steamship

"NANYANG,"

pay grievance is-Intensified by the fall in exchange, but here again the Customs man suffers no worse than others in the East, pathetic again on this point. That

is being now built in Hongkong, ready for the opening of the Yukon river in May or june; and a small company is being formed, to load the vessel with the most marketable stores and run her on the Klondyke river permanently. Most of the shares in the syndicate have been taken up privately, we understand. There is at present, as far as we can make out, only one proper river-boat on the Klon- dyke and there has been (until the winter set in) trade enough for a dozen. The Columbia are no doubt alive to the oppor tunity, but they can only go a small way kong can do as much as any port of the Pacific Ocean.

As will be seen by an adverthement la another columo, Mr. Alexander, the Australian Blondin, will give an exhibition of rope-walking on the A CHINESE woman, with a baby on her back, Parade Ground, Queen's Road, at 9 p.m, on Wednesday, 14th inst. There will be no charge was today, at the Magistracy, charged with

for admission but a collection will be made at stealing a gold ring from a neighbour at Wong-

the close of the performance. We have had a ale-chong Tospector Mann, who had charge of the case, said the accused had been several times glance at "Blondia's" pressjcutting book and he stems to have showed in nearly every town la went back to the village and was always quarrel!-toire is a very extensive que indeed.

ing with her neighbours, throwing stones, steal-

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To vs Everon of run "Hosomona TerminAFE," DEAR SIR,—Some time ago theme appeated in your columan sa extract from an article in the North China Daily News, dealing with the Chinese Marlims Customs and grievances of fis without com. employ dr, which should not pass ment. The wiltar of that articla scena to have reserved his sympathy for the Indoor Staff- though he was nat candid enough to say so-and has sathing at all to say shout the 50 odd members of the "Outdoor" Staff who are in a much more difficult position, and, therefore, fax more desniving of sympathy than the privileged and pampered clique, whose prendo grievances are discussed. One very real rad standing cause of discontent in the service in the unnes cessary and arbitrary division loto *In" and "Out " door Staffs “between which is a great

Where is the precedent ? In the customs sõrm (social) gull fixed." and we may well ask-wby vices of civilized governments➡with the excep Hos of "Collectoza " {Commisifoners }}="political #ppointment generally), promotion goes by "sest erity tempered by selection" through the entire service, and merit and industry can be sure of reward. It la unnecessary to say that this doen not obtain in the case of the I.M.C., where the mare snobbish element in the "In" door Staf even, expect zaluter from their less fortunsin brother-officers of the "Osidoor ! ! There may have been a timò yests ago when it was 'exper dient to import educated men to do the clerical work-whlie rundway sekoin did sidewalters datlas-but this is so no longer. Young man,

ant A, B or C who ever wielded the blue pencil or fried "to-play the haughty fowls, and playing ap" genmally. On the WA we perfectly willing to accept our morning artstoeras tefore these com on go present occasion she pulled the ring off plaintiff's contemporary's assurance that we arred to attri- fellows" can be found in sefficient numbers to ger and when a constabla went to arrest her baling official inspiration to a recent article on fill any vacancies, right here on the Coast, and sending thominds of miles to engige men for to chased him with a queer-locking and for-the Taipingshan resumption muddle. Whether engaged, without defrauding the Revenue by midable Chinese sword. While in court the con- It was inspired or not, the dental is a necessity, the Indoir" at huge expense. The time has duct of defendant taricated mental abaration, under all the laws both of officialdom and of gone by for this. Another and seriors aspect and Mr. Wadehouse remanded her for a week journalists; and we are la duty bound to take it of the stuntien te that the unnecesstry, absurd, for medical observation.

In grad lalid. We alecerely regret the error; we and enprecedented distinctions between the two departments prevent any "esprit du corps” are truly sony to learn that such an logically (ro desirable & santiment in any service), and constructed retort to Mr. -Whitehead could is o'ten the direct canse of careless and perfunc- emanate from asy bet official sources. It was a tory discharge of duties, taking of briber even, wonderfuly Welike reflection of a castala official and moral degradation on the part of the outdoor mind, and we must congratulate our contem members. There say, and it is unfatiana' oly porary on the possession of thought-reading It a true-"What is the good of doing our duty abilities as vivid as a vitaṛcope. When a man I conscientiously and faithfaly ? There is no says "I could reply very forcibly, but I won't," hope of attaining a respectable psiition where and a newspaper shortly afterwards says "be we can be socially recognized." And in a small could have replied very forcibly, if he would," it outport ann can imagine how keenly the social is a curious coincidence. But we were in error estiscism would be felt by young fellows fitted patation frankly and fully, and promise not to only crime it is that they belong to a neglected offend again. Next time our contemporaTY breach of the Customs service. These features echoes exactly the sentiments of an official, wa which work sgainst hermany and fatihfal per must not basily accuse the official. There is a formance of duty could and should be remedied sort of unconscious hypnotic suggestion that by the removal of the present robbish distinc

Hons and divisions, and the fusion of the whols la one kanorable service in which marit would apparently afflicts the Daily Prani.

rafre an officer to the highest grades Thin wa should not see sudi a spectacle as a European trying to humiliats and lower another European in the eyes of Asiatics—as in case a few rests ago in an Ontport, where Tidewsites was actually told to go and

The ham-and-egg-tiated pletores have spread to Penang and Selangor; the Penang, Gazitie and

Malay Mail are to sofa the happy band of gullible journals like the Datly Press, and come out with a set of vermilion villantes and call them art-supplements. Apparently in

money are soon parted. The pictures are cer- tally fearful rubbish li compared with such as

Captain Lehmann, will be despatched for the and in shart we feel somewhat unsym-building yarda of California and British the Straits, as in Hongkong, the fool and hla

above Ports on TUESDAY, the 23rd Instant, at Daylight.

For Freight of Fassage, apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK &Co., -General Managers. Hongkong, 2011 November, 1897- (1744

"MOGUL" LINE OF STEAMERS. FOR KOBE AND YOKOHAMA.

THE Stessly

"PORT ADELAIDE." Captain Morgan, will be despatched as above an or about SATURDAY, the 27th instant

For Freight of Fassage, apply to

DODWELL, CARLILL & Co. Agerb.

Hongkong, 20th November, 1897.

Intimations.

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DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK &

COMPANY,

VICTORIA Dispensary,

HONGKONG.

AERATED WATERS,

SIMPLE AERATED WATER.

ODA WATER.

SODA

INGER ALE..

LEMONADE.

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Is to say, not that we do not feel sorry for towards meeting the demand, and Pong the Canadian and American-rallway people give in thlaking it significant ; we withdraw the im- to more in any society here in the East, whose

our fellow-sufferers in these miserable silver dollar countries, but we find it mere waste of time, vanity and vexation of spirit, for employés, high or low, to find fault with their employers on this account. It is not Sir ROBERT HART's fault that silver has dropped; his revenue is all in allver, and as long as he can get anybody to do his work at his price there is very little use In murmuring. It is hard, very hard, extremely hard, but what is the use of these everlasting groans about what simply cannot be helped?)

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It is shown that the pay in many cases is Insufficient for a man to support a family even with the most scrupulous economy,

Unlied State

AUSTRIA AND TURKEY.

It la stated that the Soltas han ordered fail

away. The Strallı Times is angry at the war. castic remarks of its contemporaries, and com. | plains of "trade jealousy," and adduces the alcest polices it bar received, an examples of proper criticism. All right; we anke nobody to be guided by our views, but come and see the Singapore pictures for themselves

our office.

REUTER'S MESSAGES. CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.

LONDON, November 181b. Sie Wilfidi suder has reluined to Canada from Washington, having been unable to arrive A NUMBER of coolles had a very narrow excapa at sny practice result in the Conferences on the from death this morning while werking at the Sealing Question and the proposed treaty of en-premises lately vacated by Messrs. Butterfield and mercial reciprocity between Canada and the Swire, and known as Bencosfeld. The bullding bas been taken over by the Government for departmental ofces and a gang of men were to-day engaged in fitting the place for the pur. pose, and making repairs. It seems however,

Prepairing. This morning a few pieces of one of the walls came down and the Chinese cleared

by the whole of the roof and parts of the walls, which cama" down with a great crash. The building is in a decidedly unsafe condition, but during the day It was parily showed up and Apparently the work is going to be carried on In the hope of making a new building out of the old one without completely demolishlog !!.

The arguments and the figures adduced compliance with Austila's demands, including | that the-building is too eld and ralten to stand there,, Witɑens sald there was no such man where he asyi "There are good men in the are convincing enough, but we disagree | the payment of a quarter of a million on account with the deduction. The inference sought of a debt dan by the Oriental Rallways, theq

to be established by these people who building of which was an Austrian undertaking. I out fast in time la escape being smothered i revolver at him and told him not to say anything, I are (and I shiawdly suspect you are some

complain is that their employers ought to give them larger salary, Our Inference would be that a man has no business getting married until he knows he can afford it, and that it would be a positive Injury to humanity to pulda Prior proposed on these improvident marriages. Marriage is a luxury and not a necessity,

Besides the movement in favour of the gold currency in Singapore, we notice SARSAPARILLA

numerous advertisements in our Saigon RA

› ASPBERRYADE, &c. and Tonkin contemporaries in the follow-

Ing strain:--

In consequence of the fail of the dollar, 14. has the honour to inform bis cus. tomers that from the rat proximo his prices will be fixed in franes (gold), payable in dollars at the rate of the day, as per table. (Here follows a sliding scale of exchange, foctuations.)

DAEMY, CRUICKSHANK & Co.'s Waters RFT made under the constant supervision of a duly qualified English Chemist and will bear compa thon with the best English Manufactures.

Special terms to HOTELS, CLVES, MESURE and ather Large Consumers. Any complaints should be addressed so the Manager

Hamakang, 1st March, 1997.

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TO SUBSCRIBERS. SUBSCRIBERS TO "THE HONGKONG TEIROBATH" ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY KEMUUDED THAT ALL BUBSORIFTIONS HUFT BE PAID IN ADVANCE.

A. 8. WATSON & CO.,

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

WINES & SPIRITS.

ALL these are selected by our London House, bought direct at first hand, imported in wood and bottled by ourselves, thus savings Entermediate prodis, and enabling us to apply the best growtas at MODERATE PRICES PRICE LISTS, with Full Details, to be had an

Application. PORT after removal should be rested a month before use. When required for drinking at sace it should be ordered to be decanted at the Dispensary before belog seat out, SHERRY-Racalent Dianer and Alies Dianer What of very superior Vintages. All are true Keres Wipes, CLARE?—Our Clarets, including the lowest priced, are guaranteed to be the genuize product of the juice of the grape and are net artificially made from mutiles and

This looks like a simple, natural and automatic solution of the difficulty. We have for a long time been finding that prices of many things are materially affected by the fluctuations of exchange and it is a short step from that to this French notification.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE buying rale for sovereignn is $10,35 per THE French malt steamer Safar left Saigon for Hongkong at 8 a m. to-day,

KOWLOOK F. C. beat A. Co. West Yorks by a

the presence of grinning boure coolies, and being transferred to an undesirable port and promotion stopped for very properly refusing to be made a coclle. Finally I wish to point out the superb coscels of the watter of that Shanghal article Service but they are not the class who have made It what is [s* i Ta the fiat place-Oh poor daspandsat writer of that article, whoever YOU retileg rab-acilog-deputy-assistant something or sther), it in a gasstion if this implied praise of the Service is deserved. We in the east so often hear it loudly praised in order to show up by contrast in darker colors the mal-admisistration of the departments of the Chinese Government under native control. This is a negative sort of a compliment. It cannot be pretended that the 1. C. would bear comparison with the Customs Service of say civilized country. Finally, remember that is there are as good fish is the sex su ever were caught," and id ̈ wanted, juxt La capable men ze are or ever ware in the Customs Service could be found here in the East, sandy to join. Don't imagine for ons little mianie opras veses la deluge

TEE BURD STREET MURDER.

The six mon arrested in connection with the gang robbery at the Kwan Hop Yon sundry goods shop, No. 17 Burd Street, on the evening of the 15th instant, were brought before Mr. Wode-pack the freaks of a departing Commissioner, la boase at the Magistracy on remand this möte sing and charged with the robbery and slay the murder of a carpenter named Kung Fing

Ng Chun, accountant in the shop, said that at 9.10 p.m. on the 15th inst. he saw a man come fato the place and heard him ask was A Ching there. Sareral others followed the first man, who then pointed a revolver at witness and told him not to run. Another man also poluted a

They said they had come to get money smitast witness sald anything they would kill him. The men then asked whiness for the keys of the safe and on searching witness they found the keys Osa of the men opened the safe, The same man took a basket containing bank notes and silver out of the sale; one put the silver in his packet--another took the notes. A diamond ring was als's taken from a drawer in the safe, and one man took'a cashbox from goals to nil to-day, Barlow and MacSwayed THE auction sale of Derby grins last Thursday it. Witness was asked for the key of the at Kennedy's stables was quite satisfactory, the cashbox, and was threatened with violence if he carers..

the bidding being fairly spirited and the average did not give it up. He sisured the mee that he price sufficiently high to encourage the vendor to bad no key. They afterwards searched in other import more frst-class cattle direct from Mer- rooms and a sÜver watch was taken from the Rolls, Five griffins were brought under the safe. The man who took the watch compelled witness to open the locked drawer in the counter, hammer. Lot 1, a dark grey, was bought in stand he took all the money (subsidiary colna) Bazos Lot II, grey, was knocked down to Mr. that was to it. Withers at this time was to put the cashbox back Into Witness was then Hart Back for $270 : Lot III, a shapely cream,

the safe without being seen. was bought by Mr. R. M. Gray for $110; lot IV driven under the staircase by a man who white, was also secured by Mr. Gray who ran

pointed a revolver at him and said he would kili the bidding up to $300; lot V, a well-bollt das, bim if he left the place. Two jokis were also was purchased by Dr. Atkinson, who got him driven in with witness. Shortly after he heard for $110. It should be stated that the report the repert of a firearm cualde. Winess then that Mr. Hill had brought these Derby mokes rushed out calling out "Thieves! Amed attack!" He heard another pistol shot at the eastern end of the street. Altogether $107 in down from the North on his own 'ares' fa not correct. It was a well-known local sportsman money, one diamond ring said to be worth $70 to whom Fengkong is indebted for laying em his (cold) left in his charge, one silver watch,

taken from the shop. The watch produced was | his wound.. money with a viewt improving the Sport of Kings worth $24, and a chain worth $150, were In this colony. Previously it was only the big the one stolen. Five mes came foto the shap owners, (able to give a thousand, fifinca hundred,

two thousand tauls for a Derby pony) that could altogether. He would know two for's certainty afford to pel in training makes that would be They were the man who pushed him into likely to have even the ghost of a chance in the accountsct's room and it one who kept guard sed Orakzalea albes at Kabal on 17th October Darby, but now, thanks to this invovation, we at the door. The third defendant way the one to informing the British Agent of this, he waltes are likely to see much bigger fields in the classic who pushed him and the first defendant kept that they are full of alarm and repentance and

THE Taikoo Bycleyele Sports took place this afternoon but finished too late to be separted in this evening's lasus.

THE Philharmonic Society will give a concert in St. George's Hall during the first week in December, full particulars of which will be su- nounced at an early date. „

Tas St. Cecilia Sciety will give an informal concert in St. Patrick's Hall, on Monday, the and fustant, at 6 pm, after the Benediction Bervice In St. Joseph's Church.

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Thanking you for the space, Mr. Editor,

T enclose my card and remulo,

Yours truly,

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FIAT JUSTITIA RUAT CŒLUM. Hengkang, 1st November, 1897.

INDIAN TELEGRAMS.

BOMBAY, November 1st. The Capetown Caledonians baru resolved to open a subscription for the piper of the Gardon Highlanders in recognition of his gallan'ry 'at the capture of the Dargsi ridge.

The piper referred to played the charge and was hit la the chest. An Indian contemporary

ways he regrets the loss of his pipes more thas

11-17 L.m.-All is quiet along the line of com the The Ameer received a deputation si the Afɛidis s

munications.

THE Japanese steamer Naxyo Maru, which left Hongkong on the 15th fast, for Saigon, returned We have on divers former occasionato port last evening, hex engines having been pointed out the foolish policy pursued up partly disabled in a typhoon which she encoun. the Government in allowing Chinese bulld- tered on the xyth inst. Ings to encroach upon the European A MESSAGE has been exceived at the Harbour quarter of Kowloon. This is one of the Office from Gap Rock stating that four of the crew few available spots in the colony where it of a wrecked fishing junk landed there yesterday is possible to erect small villas with gard-afternoon from a boat. Arrangements were made ens attached, and where one could live in to have the people, brought up to Hongkong for events of our race-mesting than heretofora. He was not so sure as in the uthern, hut | wish him to submit these apology to the British a state of comparative freedom from the many annoyances and nuisances of Cal-transport to their osilve village, nete surroundings. All this is gradually Tax Band of the West Yorks Regiment will play being changed, and Kowloon, as a place the following programme at the Officers! Mess of residence for Europeans, is losing all its former charm. The Chinese shops and houses are creeping in year by year, and now, we hear that coal godowas are to be erected on the sea front in Tsim. tsa-tsui Bay, facing Hongkong. This bay is to be filled in from Taim-tsa-teul Point

to-marrow evening ♪~~

One Retaminade mine....Schoberi The Pilgrim's Moog of Hoperiste Vase Caprice Bedeco Hagasnot. Mayer God Save the Quee

THE manager of Harmston's Clicur, now in

About & week hence another lot of Derby grifies will be rold.

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The Ameer look the opportunity of warmly asserting his undeviating islandship towards the British Government.-A. separate leiter to the Viceroy from the Ameer said that he was enden outing to Artest Hadds" Malish. If successful, he would expel him from Afghan ferritories,

As regards the Afridis, the Ameer gave the Queen his assurance that if they took refogea with In the limits of histerritory, he would never allow them to interfere with British territory.

ho believed he saw the #cond and fourth. Goverment. They wanted to besin the condi Later witness said he recognized the fourth tons of pardon. defendant as the one who first came into the The Amare asked the Agent to enquire shop. He ballaved the second defendant was whether negotiations should be undertaken, add

Cordars were already larned for the the one who looked after the other fokis in the ing that shop. He also cognited the fourth de punishment of the tribesmen there was no rooms fendant is having come to the shop a few (fz.) to say more as they deserved every punisk. minutes previously to buy some medicinsi oll, ment All the five men who entered kad revolvers. No resistance was offered and two of the fobis of the shop wow asleep under the counter. The shop was lighted by one lamp which was on the tabe The money that was stolen consisted of $75 in noter, if silver dolláre and $it in sub sidiary colos. He could recognize one of the dellars stolen as it was chopped like a cap and and he himself bored a mark on it.

Only the fourth defendant had grestions to pat to this witness. He said that, as the witniss said that be was the pupon who entered the shop first and called for A Ching and also the persan who bought some oil from the shop, he clamation, true. He also asked why witores did not recogulia kim the other day when he picked the Tirah General Sir W/ Lockhart. has escamped in the Kambar Khel country, close Mig. May said he did not propose to call the to Bagh, where tilbal meetings are niently held. eat several constables.

November and. other folis in the shop as they could not identliy any of the accused,

The Vi

Viceroy's tour la Burma kas been aban Hle Worship said it would be batter in calfdoned owing to the delay fa military operations them merely to swear that they could act and the fact that the public interests will ba besi wanted served by his remaining in India, anyhow.for identify the accused.

The men were then called for this purpose. Choi Nam, district watchman No. 49, Te

The Amber has been - thanked for these friendly communications and has been farnished with Granal Ble William Lockh ri's Fro«

“November 41b,

(certants, as is generally the case with Cheap 1 life, to the European inhabitants, will be. A CELESTIAL, cook's hunger for cake cost him | car of assault in which defendant as a constabls wenied wijness in swear by the jose that it was WROTE WAS no further, Eghting yesterday in

Wines. BRANDY.-All our Brandy is guaranteed to be pure Cogase, the difference in price belag merely a quoition of age and wizingo. WHISKY.-Al our Whisky is of excellent quality and of grenier agethan most brand, In the market. The SCOTCH WHISKY masked "Els universally popular, and it prosocaced by the best focal connotaurs to be superior to any other brand in the - Hongkong maikat.

We only guarantee our Wisen and Spielis ta be geasing when bought direct from wa Is the Cry or from our authorised Agints at the Coast Paris.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD, TEE HONGKONG DISFENSARY SE Hongkong, sth October, 18974.

A SIKH dairyman was brought up on semind at the Magistracy to-day charged with assaulting P.C. Sant Singh. The story told by compiala ani was that, with another Indian constable, he left Aberdeen Pulice s'allon on the gih. Inst to procure some mlid. They had to go to Yau-

ex-constable, together, with other constables mail for it and there he met the defendant, an to the signal station, and, on the reclaimed Slogapore, has been fined $100 for giving SWAY lately dismissed through the gambling scandal land, the coal godowns are to be erected, presents to the holders of certain tickets, which

A quarrel took place between defendant and com- This will mean that the row of houses the Court considered a lottery. We belleve the plainant, and it was alleged that defandant · cut known as Victoria View, at present facing Straits Government does not Indulge in gold the bay, will have their view cut off and leans to bo-repaid with silver. The Hongkong complainant about the face with a Kolle. Tha will be constantly deluged with coal dust, Government ought to be prosecuted for conduct-qussel was said to have been a long standien ons, having originated owing to complainant have while their immediate vicinity will be over- ing a lottery.

ing refused to give evidenca fer the defence in a run with crowds of dirty coal coolles, until

struck a Chỉnaman and bróka some of his teath, come a burden.

alx week's hard labour to-day, He went to a tea shop and was supplied with ay placer, for which for which he was fined $10 and exdered to pay he said the Yat, Leong shop would pay. The $ta compassion. Mr. C. D. Wilkinson, who Appeared for the defence, said that when defend- shop knew nothing whatever of the matter and was a constable he received a loan of $250 defendant had no autho:lty for using lie name, from complainant, which defendant had ceased Mr. Wodehouse extled the culprit from cake and to pay off Defendant said that complainant came to the maished for the purpose of demanding the other such dainties for the paried above stated,

money, and & 10 occurred, when complainant A CORRESPONDENT wants to know what is the took up the kalle. Complainant to-day admit- ind the money-leading transaction and stuck to moral of the Interport cricket week. Well, for his old story about defendant being actuated by evidence as to chasing five men and as he our part we should say that, judging from the aximus because be (complainant) did not give slipped down as lost their trail. His sise spoke. Lieut. Armitage, of H... Councă, commit walia oë kke variowa interpore contests, and see evidence for him. He also admitted that he and of hearing the reports of two shots fired,by these fed suicide-to-day by hosting himself, His [From "The Navy List :" wo sas that dan lag that we were beaten la the baiting, bowling, not abiained permission to leave the station, man in his direction, as reaction, remalar will be interred to morrowind

Mr. Wodehouse fold the complaisant that ha As there was no avidinge a galost the fifth and fielding and shooting, and La svmy thing also did not think he was telling the whole ink and sixth defendants they were discharged the ceased's full name was Sidney Amaliers and anoret football, the only conclusion is that under the circumstances: her would not go sty Aliar farther evidence as ta tõenilicstion had-- that he foland the Costal on 18th Augus, 1896, as we do not belleve to be the Hongkong is weak in spostˇthings bus strong in Sufiser wellh the cores – Accweed was seondingly, | been taken the nogused, www remanded tõi sz: kaving nitalged kie, vestlerlly, un gothnang:

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Surely there must be other equally con venient sites where it would be possible to erect coal godowns in Kowloon without encroaching on the limited European quarter of the peninsula. Have the Go- verament Officials of Hongkong no rules to guide them in their methods of laying out the Colony, or are houses, godowns, slaughter-houses and factories to be run up side by side, regardless of order, de- cency, or sanitation so long as the money is forthcoming for the purchase of the land?