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To-day's

Advertisements.

NOTICE.

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HAVE This Day established myself a

MERCHANT under ibo name of H. PIRY & Co., (Li Wah Ying), at No, 19, Praya West.

H. PIRY. *Hongkong, 18th January, 1848. [154 THE CHINA AND JAPAN TELEPHONE

COMPANY, LIMITED.

HONGKONG EXCHANGE OPEN DAY AND NIGHT,

SUBSCRIPTIONS.

EXCHANGE LINES, $80 Per Annum,

PRIVATE LINES, $100 Per Annum.

NO CHARGE FOR INSTALLATION,

N.BA special charge is made for lines of

more than average length,

ELECTRIC SUPPLIES OF EVERY DES- CRIPTION IN STOCK,

INCLUDING

BATTERIES,

HEMICALS,

INSULATORS.

ELECTRIC BELLS,

LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS,

SWITCHES,

"ELEPHONES,

TELEPHONE

WIRE, &c. &c.

PRICE LISTS ON APPLICATION,

ELECTRIC BELL INSTALLATIONS, Erected and kept in order.

Estimates given for all kinda of Elostrical work.

Trained Mechanicians sent to Out-Posts in fit dp Installations if required.

NOTE ADDRESS:~13, PRAYA CENTRAL,

For full particuları &c., &c.,

Apply, to

W. STEWART HARRISON, Manager..

Hongkong, 18th January, 1898.

CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,

LIMITED.

FOR SHANGHAI.

THE Company's Steamship

* TIENTSIN,"

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Captain Dawenn, will be despatched as above TO-MORROW, the roth instant, at Noon.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE Agents.

Hongkong, 18th January, 1898

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"BEN" LINE OF STEAMERS,

FOR NEW YORK, VIA SUEZ CANAL.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1898.

Co-day's

Advertisements.

OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

FOR LONDON, VIA SUEZ CANAĻ. THE Company's Steamship

"ORESTES,"

Captain Fulford, will be despatched as above on THURSDAY, the soth instant, at Noon,

For Freight, apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents. Hongkong, 18th January, 1898.

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OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

FOR LONDON, VIA SUEZ CANAL. "HE Company's Steamship

"HECTOR,"

Captain Barr, will be despatched as, above on MONDAY, the grst instant.

For Freight, apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents Hongkong, 18th January, 1898, [134 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

NOTICE.

"ONSIGNEES of CARGO per Steamship

"CITY OF PEKING,"" are hereby notified that their Goods are being landed and stored at their risks in the Company's Godowas at Wanchai, from whance delivery may be obtained on countersignature of Bills of Lading.

Goods remaining unclaimed after the 25th Instant will be subject to rent

No Fire Insurance will be effected.

J. S. VAN BUREN,

Agent. Hongkong, 18th January, 1898.

Intimations.

DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK

COMPANY,

\- VICTORIA DISPENSARY,

HONGKONG.

AERATED WATERS.

'IMPLE AERATED WATER.

SIMPLE

DA WATER.

SODA

INGER ALE

LEMONADE.

SARSAPARILLA

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BIRTH.

At 49, Wyndham Street, an the 18th January, 1898, Hongkong, the wife of CHARLE; MONEY of a daughter.

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At Tientsin, on Friday, December 31, 1997, N. A. PLATOUNOFF, aged 35 yarıs

Sia Nicholas Haeanum, Chiel Justice of H.B.M.'s Supreme Court for China and Japan, arrived this morning by the American mail en panta for Bangkok in connection with the Check Atbl- Iration Care. Mr. Braddell, of Singapore, will watch the proceedings on behalf of the Slamasa

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ABṚIAL NAVIGATION.

the credit of the Service that the Major appears lo have shown the most nerve and judgment ne an aeronaut on the occasion. When the balloon had reached a great height and b:en up some considerable time, he began to considerike ques- ton of safety, and how to get down again. Bot the enthusiastic de Roster tuaisted on feeding the fire continually with more straw, and dvor,

At Tiensin, January 3rd Mie STARTSKET. At Cheloo, on the ruth of January, Honey / Government, and Mr. W. A. C. Platt (of Mesers, ocoupled by Sir J, Carelogion, and there were heated the balloon. Ominans (cracks began to WOODEDE, 19 of James McMullah, aged 8 Johnston, Stokes and Master) is retained by the | years.

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Ai 4. Makalee Temace, Stanghal en Filday. the 14th of January, 1898, of laryngtifs, WiLLIN, the beloved and only child of William and | Ciara Bilght, aged sa monibs and § daya.

The Hongkong Gelegraph

HONGKONG, TURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1898;

REUTER'S MESSAGES,

THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE,

LONDON, January 16th, The Englacers' strike is virtually over, the men having sexolved to withdraw their demand for 48 hours work per weak.

APPOINTMENTS. General Koropitkin has been appointed Ras. alan Minister of War.

General Jamont has been appolated Gene- ralissimo of the French Army, replacing General Sensaler, retired.

CRICKET.

In the lest match at Adelaide the Australians have scored 550 for nina wickets, "

TELEGRAPH SURVEY PARTIES

ATTACKED' IN PERSIA. A serious disturbance has occurred at Meran where Telegraph Survey parties have been attacked and many killed. Troops are proceed. ing to the scene from Karachi.

- RIOTS IN CUBA.

Serious anti-autonomy riots have occurred at Havans and the mob has had possession of the streets for three days.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL,

THE buying rate for sovereigns is $10.45 per £. THE steamer Poo-cht, Kwang-sang, and Rung Ping were all fresen in the Tientsia river at Christmas, but were set free with the aid of dynamite two or three days later. To-Morzow afternoon on the ground of the H.K. Football Club, G. Company, R.LR, will

RASPBERRYADE, &c. play H. Company, R.L. R., la the first round for the H.K. Football challenge shield, Kick-off at 4 o'clock.

Dakin, CRUICKSHANK & Co Watxes am made under the constant supervision of a daly qualified English Chemiet and will bear compa- rlson with the best English Manufacturés.

Special terms to HotKLE, CLUBS, MESES and

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LEASEHOLD properties on sections of Inland Lots | Nos. 185, 504, and 604, together with the bulld- Ings thereon, known as No. 7, Mosque Terrace, were sold by suction by Mr. V. I. Remedios Ving • Kowup Laimės should be addressed in tha | yesterday. The price vonshed was $5,000.

By authority of the Secretary of the Unlied States Navy the vaine, the following values for

other Large Consumers.

Manager. Hongkong, rat March, 1897.

CEMENTIGHT.

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HEAD OFFICE

AND

MANUFACTORY,

Tin Lok Lane, Wanchat, Bowrington.

SPECIAL PAINT

Without Campeition.

ORDINARY CEMENTIGHT-For Buildings of Stone, Brick and Plaster of Lime, Cement, Acc., &c. CEMENTIGHT OIL PAINT, No. 1-Advan, tageously used for all Metallic Works steamers, &c., &c. CEMENTIGHT OIL PAINT, No. —Made

with unchangeable Colours, for all applics CEMENTIGHT OIL-Far protecting Wood from White Ants, Dampness, &o, &c.

Hons.

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other size.

Last night Colonel Elsdale, R. E, delivered lecture in the City Hall, under the auspices of ¦ the Hongkong "Old Valumes ~ Society, on the subject of ačriál navigation. · The chale. wan

also present H. E. Sir W. Robinson, Furg-Col. appear in the crown of the envelope, and it took Evalt, Mr. J. J. Franclı, Q.C, and many others, fire in one or two places at the sides. The Wa refer our readers to the Cemeniight Mann-tocluding a number of ladies.

Marquls managed to put out the burning places with wat sponges, and insisted on sinckening The lecturer commenced by referring to the down the fire. They now began to run down fecturing Co.'s products (for which Messrs. Barrette & Co. are agents), mentioned in the early history of a spanics cats, daing bucks much too fast owing to the rapid coeling down of advertising columns of this issue. This paint to the 16th century. In that period an Italian the balloon, and be was obliged to brow.

the fire again to check her. has been lavourably received all over the East, adventurer at the court of James 14 of Scotland last and make op and the demand for it in now, so great, that the devised a "fying maching," with which he Thus by fonding the fire as required to keep har afloat, they eventually managed to slightin safe- factory hands in Hongkong work day and night made so at Stirling. But, alas, ty lu an open space on the outskirts of Paris, to meet the orders. One of the principal uses of he soon came to the ground; he fell on after a run of from 20 to 25 minutes. By this the Cementight paint is to cover galvasked fron dunghill underneath the walls of the castle successful experiment the practicability of bal rools of bulidingy, and the Chinese contractors and broke his thigh bons. His explanation of looping was at once established. Honours and rewards were showered upon the Montgal- In Shanghal have not been slow in tiring his fallure deserves to be recorded for hers. Only a fortnight afterwards, the dret "My wings," said he “were sacant with a balloon inflated with gar wax manda advantage of this new supply for a'long felt its ingenuity,

composed of various feathers ; among them were with similar success, and the feasibility of bai the feathers of dungbili fowls, and these, by looking with hydrogen gas was equally well certain natural sympathy, were attracted to the

established. dunghill. Whereas, had my wings beap com-Rozier, who, as we have seen, was the first man It is to be regretted that the enterprblog de posed of the leathers of eagles alone, the same to lead the way in going up in a balicon, became sympathy would have attracted them falo the very shortly afterwards the first of a long series regions of the air,"

of unfortunate men who have sec.fficed their lives In ballooning.

want.

ACCORDING to Shanghal papers, Chang Chi- "tung has vigorously protested against the Gov. ernment's yielding to Germany's demands, and declared that the people are loyal to the Throne and desiring only valiant leaders. The story which dates from Feking,/goes on to say that on perusing this touching message the Imperial eyes became bedewed with tears, hat that when His Majesty glanced around on his advisers to ses who approved the noble Chang Chi-lung rentiments, he found everyone's eyes stolidly fixed upon the floor. Tba natural enquiry which | presents itself under these circumstances is

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The official nows that has reached the Japanesa Naval Department from the Farmoran Govern. ment concerning the Nara Maru disister (between Keelung and Nagasak!) is as follows: -- The passengers on board the Nara Maru con» sisted of Second Captala Yaguda, 105 blue jackets and 16 ordinary passengers, the crew consisting of over do men. Of thote on board only two blue-jacko's and three other men were mved. The Tenryu and the two steamers, Anping and Takas, were dispatched for salvage, but owing to a rough san they could not reach the scene of the disaster, Captain Yasuda's body was rubsequently washed ashore, Among those saved is Mr. Montagna Kirkwood, legal adviser to the Japanese Geverament, who was returning to Japan alier his four of Formoss recently undertaken in the interests of the Government. The mathorities, on receiving Hat of the persons saved, immediately sent in formation to Mrs. Kirkwoood that her husband

was among the survivors,

In regard to the scandal of the preferential rater granted by English steamship companies and railways to foreign traders, the Saturday Review siya :—A fortnight ngo wa referred to the fatal loftuenes upon Belifah trade of the Shipping Ring and its preferential rates in favour of our foreign rivals. The story of the Sipplag R'ok,'as told by the Daily Mail, is to be counted as one of the most disgracefully unpatriolic in the history of the English carrying

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LICEN

A century later, another cleric, the Roctor of the Grammar School at Tübingen in Germany, gars

- Two your after this first succenfat kecent, ac. companied by massanger, a M. Romaine, be a lecture to the magistrates of the city on the sub-e:deavoured to cross the channel by means of a fect of flying. He showed how it could be done, compound or doabled balloon, consisting of but he carefully refrained frous putting his theories fire ballcon, to which gus balloon was attached, to the test of practice. However, a poor monk They had not been so minutes in the air Before thought he would try to reduce his senior's plans the balloons caught fire, no doubt from the sparks to practice ; so he provided himself with an or buzaing pieces of straw carried up from the ample pair of logs, and took his fight from the fatoace. So poor de Rezier and bis companion top of a high tower; but, unfart mately his fell lending to the earth and all their_boses machinery came to gilet, and he fell beadlong were broken. The tragedy was rendered more to the ground. He had no lucky danghill, lika tragle, by the fate of his afflanced bride, De the Italian, to break his fall, and ho broke both Rozler was engaged to be married to a young . his lege nad perluhæð.

English lady, an keltors, who was then at Boulogne, not far off. She was so overcome by the news that she died eight days afterwards.

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A French Marquis fo the 18th century en- deavoured to Ay from an upper wlodd of bis honso in Parla xerois the Selne below, and he did fly, as far as the boat of an old washerwo man, which was moored against the opsosile bank, Into this he tumbled headlong So his attempt was only a very moderate success as regards flying, But unquestionably it was so fax very successful that he did succeed in mx- | tonishing the poor old washerwoman with a great astonishment, when he flopped fate her boat like a great bird out of the sky'i

Last year Professor Lilienthal la-Germany, had an setificial mound made, from which le eventually succeeded in soaring through the air a distance of about quirter of a molie, with a pair of wings of his own cons struction. Thereby he definitely and for evez enlablished the soundness of the theory of soarlug a method of fylag. Marcover, he was able to soar sight foto the eye of wind, without the misistance_of_machinery, was most unfortunate that habrđa bad accident, which ended fatally. Otherwiss it was certain, that Professor Lilienthal would have contributed greatly to the solution of the problem of aerial

the U.S. Astatie Squadron AIG ABKounced for the industry, but now Mr. Ciem Edwardo la hiy bank - Wera really invented, a grand schame for navigat- | sages to be sent to Paris were reduced to mi-

quarter ending March 3rat, 1898 :----

Imperial Japanese Ye¤..........................$498 Merican Dollar

.$0.460

It may not be generally known that Kiao-chow Is the seat of the wild silk trade of Shantung. The people there have for some time past been quietly buying op dollars, Japaness yes pre- ferred, as being mare portable than ballion, in case of their having to flee the place.

A FIRE broke out on 8th instant in a shop in Shingchuk, a large town near Sonchow, and an important centre of the sük plece goods trade, About sixty shops were burned down, among them twenty-five large silk piece goods hangs, It is estimated that $1,000,000 will not cover the Lorner.

NAWA reaches the North China Daily News BARRETTO & Co., Agents for CHINA and JAPAN. from Amoy to the effect that the pirates intesting Hongkong, 8th November, 1897.

the vicinity of that port have become bolder and [2g

bolder of late, Intercepting and robbing passen- ger boats within sight even of Amoy. The mandarins seem to be powerless to do anything | sgalust the robfers.

"Railway Nationalisation" has revealed another story that is quite as disgraceful with regard to English railway companies. Here are some of the facts which show how English Industries are handicapped in their struggle against foreign competiifon by English railways: Brillah isen is charged 41 178 6d, per ton from Liverpool to London; foreign Heen is only charged £1 53. per ton; sugar from Hamburg off Hall to Manchester is charged 151, 3d, per ton; English sugar from Hall to Manchester is from London to Sherborne, a distance of 118 charged 15. rod, per ton, Home-made sugar

miles, pays 377. 6d. per ton; sugar from Paris to Londen, a distance of 340 miles, pays only Bristol costs 353, per ton; foreige glass is only 304. per ton. British glass from London to

charged 201. The rates for the carriage of bams timber are 100 per cent, higher than those on foreign timber. Foreign planes ao carried from Liverpool to London for 354, per ton English pianos are charged yor. Instances could be multiplied Indefinitely through every class of goods, and it really looks as if British railway dailon for the exilection of British trade. and steamship companies were a gigantic asso-

to explita.

The absurdily and Impossibility of rising in the air by any such imitation of the fight of birds was first demonstrated by Bozell, an Italian mathematician and philosopher. He showed by calculation the immense force is proportionavigation. to the size and weight of a blid which the Balloons were used extensively to France in pectoral muscles must exert in moving the wings. the revolutionary ware, late in the last century. The muscles of a esan are not adapted to pro- They were inflated by passing steam over red- duce, or capable of producing any corresponding hot from, which the lecturer himself had tried amount of work in proportion to a man's weight; and found it an extremely difficult and uncertain

process. Balloons were also used in the Ame hence it is a physical impossibility for a man to raise himacil in the air by any such process. ilcan Civil War, notably in the Valley of Chicken--

In 1670, an Italian Jesuit, named Francis hominy, where the Federal army used them for Lana, published an elaborate project in which be the purpose of watching the Confederata move- proposed to rise in the air by the aid of four copments day by day. To the slege of Pails in 1870, per tails, from which the air had been exhausted when the city was shut up for four months and to form a vacuum. It is only necessary to re- completely cut off from the ow'alde world, there | mark concerning this scheme, that each of these was no possible means of communication except balls, to carry such a weight as proposed, would by balloons, and the Government undertook thickness of copper of only 1-215th of an loch. balloons were made and sent up during the siege, have to be about as feet in diameter with a their manufacture on a large scale. Over forty At this thickness the metal wou'd not bear its | nach carrying letters and cartier-pigeons to own weight, much less stand the enormous blog return messages back to Paris. In this crushing pressure created by a vacuum forlde. Paris was enabled to send out z3 millions Aslate as 1755, or cat before workable balloons of latters, totalling len tons of dandweight, Mes

ing the air was published in detail in a pamphlet sfatare scale by photography, and the lay by Joseph Gallen, Dominican frair, and pro- sheets were solled inside small light. qullis at | fessor of philosophy and theology at Avignon, tached to the centre feather of each pigeon's He proposed to collect the fine rarefied ale, which, tall," because that is the only feather which is elevation, above the tops of the bigbeat moun losing the message or impeding the bird was. as he rightly imagined is to be met with at so not moved in flying, and than the chinco of tains, and to confine it in an enormous bag. This minimised. The men who went up in the bag was to be shaped like a cute, and to be balloons were lestructed, in a basly way of composed of the thickest and strongest sall cloth. codise, what to do on geting out; of course, By the aid of the very light sir imprisoned in it, and not much fostruction could be given them; It was to measure more than a mile each way, they had no previous training in seronotice, he though that a whole army, with all theft guns, and some of their experiences were amusing. ammunition and recessaries, might be trans- They were usually sent up at night, ported through the air to invade as enemy's because in daylight the Frausfans would miles high into the air, and how he filed the men in the balloon found next morning that country. How the bag was to be got up some ses and fire at the balloons. On one occasion

It was to be got down again, are maiters of they were descending into the ses, - somewhem detail which he did not think it worth his while of the coast of France, but they had no ides where," - They threw out ballast, and rosa into The credit of the first invention of a balloon is the clouds again. Next day they landed in soMO due to two Frenchmen, the brothers Stephen and part of Norway, though they had sot the least Jeseph Montgolfier, paper manufacturers. They nailon where they were. Balog overjoyed st had watched and discussed the floating in the their excape from the beleaguered elly and their air and ascent of clouds, and it decured to them | szín' arrival on farra firma ufier a dangerous that a kind of stificial cloud formed of very voyage, and being plans 'men whhal, the first- light vapour enclosed in a suitable bag of the thing they did on jumping out of the balloon least possible weight would be likely to riza niso. was to fall on their freen and thank Heaven They first experimented with hydrogen gas on for mercifully aparing them. They forgot all the closed in bags of paper and thin silk. These careful instrucilons that had been drilled into daly arcended, but soon fell again owing to the them, about icoking after the balloon etc.; and rapid escape of the ear. Finding great diffi- of course the moment their weight was out of In the annual Chinesa Customs Returns, the CITY OF PERING" CENTENARY, cullies from this cause with hydrogen, they then the car, up went the balloon sgain into the sky, -number, of foreign frmi la the various treaty

experiented with silk and linen hølloans, filled with all the despatches and everything else that ports of China is given. Great Britain comes The Pacific Mall Steamship City of Peħing is ham with smoked and bet air, by burning chopped they should have taken 1° As it happened, the first with 363 out of a total of 672. As compar gally decorated to-day, in honour of the comple-straw and wood underneath. Their experiments ballon came to earth again in some other put ed with 1895, the total increas to date has been tien of her hundredil voyage. She was launched proving successful, they sex' set up laen bal of Norway, so its precious freight was not lost.

In 1874, at the yard of Merits. Rosch & Sons, loon sa fest in diameter in the presence of a A somewhat amusing duel' in ballsous is on 6g, the number at the end of that year having Chenier, Pennsylvania. At that time she was large crowd at Annonay, thele antire town. This record la France. M. Le Grand and M. Le Picquo WINES & SPIRITS, be 60. Of the increased number of business the largest ship afloat; the City o Tobye, balleen sad nothing to lift bat. Its own weight quarrelled over something, and the gentleman houses only two are to be credited to this coun- sister ship, was launched shortly after, and came It therefore rose to a great height and descended | who was chuileaged had choice of method, and

in a vineyard a usilo and a hail away. try. The German houses have increased from to grief on the Japan count about ten years ago,

balloons. The antagonists were simad i The City v pf Piking. first salled out of San Frad-

The report of the experiment soon reached with bell-mouthed bloode busser, and one of Azad, directed by our London 9310 92, the Japanese from 34 to 79, the Americato in February, 1875, and arrived in Hong: Paris, and was thence transcaitied au over them shot a role not in his adversary's body but House, bought direct at first hand, imported in can from 31 to 40, and the Russian from 13 to 14 eng for the first time on March acth, She still Europe, exciting great interest everywhere, in the silleen, bilogleg him to earth vary wood and bottled by ourselves, thus saving all The French total shows a decrease of two to 20 has the origioni engines, a striking testimony Everyons, in Paris specially, was eager to see sharply 1 the best growths at MODERATE PRICES. intermediate profits, and enabling us to supply

and thers have slso been decreases in the case for the can still hold her

to the excellence of the work put into her balloon saccat, and Joseph Montgolfier was Navigable balloons of increasing spend and fm. invited by the French Academie der Scenter to of Portugal, Spala, Italy, and Holland. The first-clase

periance are at this monsent being made on the mall boat. She has had new repést his experiment on a large scale.. A smoke Contineat. Thus, the latest improved machine PRICE LISTS, with Fell Dstalls, to be had on total foreign population at the treaty ports at decks, however, and now bollers, in 1887, and balicon was first sent up from Versaillon in the | now? under construction for the French War

Application.

the end of last year was 10,835 #güinst 9,755 at

new shaft in 1893, on the occasion of the only presence of the King and Queen and an immeme Office is expected to obtain a speed of forty PORZ after removal should be rested a month the end of 1895.

sccident in her whole history; the tall-shaft concourse of people... It carried a car. In which kilometres, of mustly (wenty-fya... miles, na before usa. When required for drinking at

broko la wald ocean, and she made 1300 miles were a sheep, a cock, and a deck. The expert bear. The narigable balloon, however, ar lie once it should be ordered to be decanted at A UMOXING concert was given at the United in seven days under sail, Very few steamarsment was successful. On the descent of the best, wil, on a broad view, spravi u nothing the Dispensary before being sent out

balloon the sheep was found unhurt and quietly more than a convenient stopping-aloom or inter Service Club, in theis new premises in Queen's can have done this; the City of Paing foeding on the grass of the field where the bale mediate stage, to pave the way for the Hying- SHERRY-Excellent Dinner and After Dions Read Central, last night. The new rooms are large spread of canvas. It is remarkable that icon had slighted were

fallsigged four-master with an unusually Wines of very superior Vintages. All are very well situated, Major Ble John Carrington she should have only one accident on her lot,

machine proper, which will certainly sallow and CLARET ---One Clarets, including the lowest presided. The sitendance was very large and for the stout old ship has weathered so fawer discovery, and the only question was who shout. parsede it in the fature. Mesawhite, uniesu, some bold inventor should bring toward speedily paleed, are guaranteed to be the gawaine all the arrangements were as complete as they than twenty-three typhoons, including the one be the first man to ascend in a ballon.true:ging machine, we may expect to see product of the falce of the grape and are could be. The items of the programme were very The City of Feking has in her twenty-four years constructed balloon, 45 feet in dirmetes and 75 geble balloses lotroducing the principle of

Montgolfer prepared another and mere solidly modicaitons in, or progressive forms of, or not mitifically made from raising and currents, as is generally the case with Cheap well selected and the vocalists were reportedly had twelve commanders and six caial engineers; feet high. The King, Louis XV1 ) at first said - dying machine proper gradually and tentativaly, Wines.

encored and the entertainment, was kept on till the present Chief, Mr. McClure, has bean 79 be would only allow calminais condemned to Thus, whereas at present all the weight is BRANDY-All our Brandy to guaranteed to midnight. The vocalists consisted of Messrs command, sarining like so long. the first aeronaut, a young and enterprising greater part of the waight only will probably be voyages in Aar, but Captain Smith bay nat death to go up in it ; but, M, Pilßue de Rozlar, ausiained by the balloon, in future models the be pure Cogase, the difference in price Hrgbes, Sammar, Aldridge, Ward, Upton, the course of her lie the Paling has travelled naturallit, was indigeans that vile criminals, gas-sustained, and the rest of the fifting power, WHISKY.--All our Whliky is of excellent

belag merely question of age and vintage, Bentley, Stainton, Williams, Booty, McConnell 1,315,485 calles, and her propellar has made he said, should have the honour of making the and necessary changes of alevailon, be pro quality and of greater age than mait brand. and Dosobne. Sir John said ka wished them 307 940,420 revolutions. Her consumption of first scent in a ballorn, and animated, that ke vided for by the lifting wction of air screws. Br. market, The SCOTCH WHISKY CV #uccess in their new rooms, Mr. Howell, many during these peregitnations has been raight, be allowed to go fastard With much and by the air screw or air propulsion in some marked is aniversally popular, and is the Vice-President, then thanked Sir John on 978,694 tons. She has carried on 211,000 difficulty he obtained permisst to make the form gradomina. The balloon will be pronounced by the best local connoisseurs hehalf of the members of the Clab for kis kinderage passengers, and 5,000 axlcon passen ascent, together with another welsatser, a friend, but seduced to an auxiliary appliance, and thad gers, while the amount of cargo she has taken the Marquia d'Arlander, a major in the army, laid selde altogether. The result, of course, ́ness in presiding at the concert. He said that | and the money she has made for her owners ara | Owing to a gusty day, they had great difficulty | of its final rejection wiit be no immense gain in this wass Club where members of both services - boyand calculation. Her best triga kave been | in filing such sa unwieldly balloon. However, agreatly diminished resistance and a correspond- We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to assembled to enjoy themselves and he asked Str Yakome to San Francisco in 13days 20 koma start about two o'clock in the afternoon, and took When first 1: becking my daly to deal

(the one before her present voyage), they mannged to get her Infisted and ready to ing increase in speed and power. 99 NB. Retorn Tickets Janed by this Company be genuine when bought direct hom us in the John to become an honorary member of t. 4565 mlies); goth voyage, Hepolale to San their seats in the car They had with them awlik this subicot, some thiricon, or fourteen to and from AuSTRALIA REO KYsilähle for getmis Colony or Irons our authorised Agents at the The men then nang Ho's Jolly good Francisco in days af hours 37 min. (2988 store of ballast and straw for feeding the fear ago, the flag machine proter was by the Steamers of the EASTERN AND AUSTRA! | Coast Forta.

fallow ” and drank to the health of Sir John who milos) 1 98th Toyage, Nagasaki to Wonsung in | The balloon rose steadily and prenly with them | a demonstrable Impossibility, in the then in reippare thanked them for their kasrty recep- 31 hours (456 miles) ; and 9th voyage, Woo to a height of 3,000 feof, and passed right over condition of mechanical clence. Since that tion and said, smidet lend applause, that her to Hongkong in 5 hours (20 miles), Parle by an irregular congee as the currents slat the problem habean lacked, and its We wish the City of Paking " many happy re, were variable, All Paris turned out to see them great and acknowledged difcaller standily ↑ accepted the Inylistion to become an kon, mame - tarnail and good, isck de Capiala Smith and all with wonder- and daught, and the experimant minimaland tries these differant quastop slasno

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THE Steamship

"BENLEDI," Captain Farquhar, will be despatched as above TO-MORROW, the roth instant, at x F.16.

Application for Freight should be made to advance at there is only a mitad spice avaliable.

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co.

Agente Hongkong, 18th January, 1808. [1937

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND TAIWANFOO,

“HE Company's Chartered Steamakip THE

"NANYANG," Captain Lehmann, will be despatched for the abere Ports on FRIDAY, the 21st instant, at Daylight,

For Freight or Passage, apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., Gezeral Managers, Hongkong, 18th January, 1898,

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CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED,

FOR PORT DARWIN, QUEENSLAND' FORTS, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE. THE Company's Steakip

"CHANGSHA,* Captain Williams, will be despatched, co HONDAY, the 31st instant, ni 3 F.M.-

The attention of Passengers is directed in the Superior Accommodation offered by this Steamar. The First-class Valoon is situated forward of the Kugină." A Refrigerating Chamber ensirer the Supply of Freak Provisions during the entire. ¿WOJSKS,

Auly qualified Surgeon is carried and the Vessel la fitted throughout with Klectric Light."

LIAS B. S. Co, and viceversa

For Freight or Passage, apply to

BUTTERFILIO & SWIRE,

Agents, Hongkong, 17th Janusiy, 1805

*

A. S. WATSON & CO...<

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED A.D, 1841.

Irua Xeres Wines,

Is the

to be superior to any other brand in the Hongkong market,

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. ĐƯA THI HONG LONG DLSH NSARY.

Hongkong, 8th December, 18972

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