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NOTICE.
SPECIAL SESSIONS of Her Majesty's
A SPECIAL SES Toe will be held in the
JUSTICES' ROOM, at the Magletracy, on TUES. DAY, the gib day of August, A.D. 1898, at 13 o'clock NOON, for the purpose of considering an application from one REGINA NEUBAUNH for the transfer of her Pabilean's licence to sell and
retail intoxicating liquors the premises situate st Houses Nos. 333 and 334. Queen's Road Central, under the sign of "THE LAND WE LIVE IN KOTIL" to one MORITZ FREIMANN,
WIL. C. R. HASTINGS,
Acting Polica Magistrate,
Magistracy,
Hongkong, 17th July, 1808.
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GREAT EASTERN AND CALEDONIAN GOLD MINING CO., LIMITED,
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
TOTICE la hereby given that a
SECOND
NOT FINAL CALL of ONE DOLLAR
and FITTY CENTI ($1.50) per Share has been made in respect of the Shares in the above- named Company not fully paid an and ibat such call Is PAYABLE on the First day of Septem- ber next, to the Company's Bankers, Tur HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING COR- PORATION, Hongkong:
FULLY PAID-UP SHARE CERTIFI. CATES by gleen in exchange for tho Provietonal Scrip and Receipt for the Call at present in circulation.
LUTGENS, EINSTMANN & CO,
General Agents.
Hongkong, 30'h July, 1808.
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,
LIMITED.
FOR TIENTSIN..
"HE Company's Steamship
THE
"HUNAN,"
1923
Captain Fissler, will be despatched as above on MONDAY, the rat August at 3 P.M.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents.
Hongkong. path Tolv 180%
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP. COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW.
HE Company's Steamship
THE
"HAITAN,"
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1898.
Intimations.
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Special terms to HOTELS, CLUES, Musiks and et és Large Consutsuis,
my complaints should be addressed to the
Manager,
Hangkong, ist March, 1997.
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Captain Hall, will be despatched for the above Ports on TUESDAY, the and August, SÌ FO A.M.
For Freight or Passage apply to
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own production.
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co, General Managers." Hongkong, tolh July, 1808,
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
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FOR AMOY AND TAMSUI
HE Company's Steamship
TH
at Daylight,
*FORMOSA,"
For Freight or Passage, apply to
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General Managers.
Hongkong, 30th July, 1808.
"BEN" LINE OF STEAMERS.
FOR LONDON, VIA SUEZ, CANAL. HE Steamship
THE
"BEN. EDI,"
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Captain Fargohar, will be despatched as above on or abog' the 13th August. For Freight or Passage, apply to
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co.,
Agents.
Hongkong, 30th July, 1898.
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UNITED STATES AND CHINA-JAPAN
· STEAMSHIP LINE.
FROM NEW YORK AND STRAITS.
Steamship
THE
"INDRAVELLI," having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees of Cargo by her are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godown of the Hongkong and Kowloon What! and Godown Company, Limited, at Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained.
TO-DAY.
Optional Cargo will be forwarded unlern notice to the contrary be given before.3 FM Cargo remaining undelivered after the 6th August will be subject to rent,
No Fire Insurance has been effected.
Consignees are requested to present all Claims for damages and/or shortages not later than the 13th August otherwise they will not be recognised
Bill of Lading will be countersigned by
JARDINE MATHESON & Co., Agents, Hongkong. 30th July, 1848
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INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION
i
COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND SINGAPORE..
THE Company's Steamship
"CHELYDRA,"
baring strived from the above Parts, Contigotes of Cargo by her are hereby informed that their Goods will be delivered from alongside.
Cargo impeding the discharge or remaining board after TUESDAY, the 2nd August at 4 P.M. will be landed at Consignees' risk and expense Into Godowns at East Point, No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.
General Managers.
Hongkong, 30th July, 1898.
FOR SALE.
13-1927
A Articles by the Telegraph's Special PAMPHLET Contatolog the Sesics of Correspondent enill'ed "HINDRANCES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE IN KWANGTUNG
AND KWANGSI.”
ALSO
the sale of goods en route to inland markets.
PRICE, 50 CENTS PER COPY.
SIR EDWARD FRANKLAND, K.O,B.,
an equally great objection to the creation | Junakn by an Imperial Edict beating data ihe of disease breeding grounds in gardens | sand Inst, it appears that Tổng Sistsan, oog of the Censors, has presented a memorial to the ione suggesting the stoppage of the lerna of the Natioal Lotn called "Falth Boads" which kas baan the cause of much commotion among the people. The Emperor has ordered the Board of Revenue to consider the subject and |·report whether the suggestion should be adopted. SAYS « Shanghal paper :-Dospita un extraordi- | uary rumour to the effect that a phrty of French marines had been landed from the cruizer Feas Bart on Saturday last, had taken possession of the Kingpo Joss House and left a strong guard there, absolutely so`hing appears to have trans- The King of Spatafis confined to his bed with plied in connection with the mattes and things
REUTER'S MESSAGES.
PRINCE BISMARK SERIOUSLY ILL. LONDON, July 8th. Princo Blamark is seriously ill and the family is assembled at Freidrichsruh,
INDISPOSITION OF THE KING OF SPAIN,
measles.
appears to remain in status quo. A small naval guard in will at the French Consulate-General, but otherwise all signs of trouble have dis-
THE HEALTH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. The Prince of Wales continues to progress" appeseed, Čavourably and is going to Cower.
THE PEACE PROPOSALS.
America will not consent to suspend hostilities until Spalo gives binding pledges that she will abide by the broad prelimleary conditons of peace as outlined yesterday.
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RESULT OF THE GOODWOOD CUP, 1. Klag's Messenger, 2. Fla Powder. 3. St. Cloud.
THE" COSMOPOLIT” ASHORE.
Mesita Lauts Wegener & Co. courteously Inform us that they have received the following telegram, dated 18th instant, from Vladivo stock:-" Cosmopoll went ashore at Cape | Aniwa during a log assistance has been sent
Position kapafal"
WEATHER REPORT.
The Observatory report to-day 1671;-Oc the 29th at 6.10 p.m.: Black Ball lowered. On the 30th at 17.5 am. The typhoon is felt in the Neath past of the Gell of Tongking. The barometer has risen in the neighbourhood of Hongkong, fallen in Haiphong. Pressure is high over the Pacific to the S, of Japan. Gradients mederate for S.E. winds to the northward of Hongkong, steep to the Westward. FORECAST Fresh to moderate S.E. wieds; showery and squally at first then improving.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Instead of at 5.30 p.m.
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MR. F.S. A. Courae, newly appointed Conest and Assistant Judge at Shanghal, was presented to the Frince of Wales at the Queen's Levés on the 13th ult. He undertakes the duties of Assistant Judge, Consul in charge of the Land Office, and Assessor at the Mixed Court Mr. Bourne is a very able man and a hard worker, but even he will find it physically Impossible to cope with all these dutles. Have the powess that be any
clear idea of what Shanghaile, and of the extent of the duties that her Majesty's Consulate- General and Supreme Cont have to lelli ?"
Tux Emperor of China is much Irritated to are his repeatedly loaned edicts ordering Viceroys, Trusr-Generals and Governors to dishaad sup- flacus soldiers under their respective jozledic. ilons disregarded by them. An Imperial decree issued on the 16th fast draws attention to the fact that If. it is true, as the Viceroy», Tartar- Generals and Governors plead, thai superflucas sniðiers have all been disbanded thera must have been considerable saving in expenditure which might be used in tha, Improvement of military malters. Notwithstanding this, however, no Improvements whatever have been made. The Edict goes on to state that in contrast to the frithfulness of the Emps or to his subjects there has been much faithlessness on their part to him. The same Edies then orders these
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WAR.
LATEST NEWS FROM MANILA.
ARRIVAL OF H.M.S. "PLOVER,"
H. M. S. Plover arrived here this morning from Manila, having had a particularly rough passage op from that port, which the left on the 97th instant.
The third and last contingent of the American troops, accompanied by General Mörsitt, amived on ibo ajih instant and at once, procceded la disembark at Carilo. The American transports are returning to San Francisco, the City of Sydney and Australia being expected to leave in a few days at date of last advices and to be followed shortly afterwards by the China and Cliy of Peking.
There are now four thousand eight hundred American troops encamped nexe-Malate, within one hour's march of Manila. The camp in well protected by field-guns and the Boston and Callao ate lying off shore ready to support them with their guns should occasion arise.
It Is stated that The Governor General of Manila is willing to capitulata should the Americans demand the surrender of the clly, provided the troops are allowed to march out with their arms and all the honours of war and that an undertaking is given to transport them to Spain. It is feared, however, that the officers of the army will resent any such surrender, as they are determined to hold out as long as pss. sible in the hopes that peace may be concluded before the Americans can capture the place. Several of the higher officials are said to be of the opinion of General Augustin, as, now that they are aware that no help can be looked for from Spain, they begin to see the hopelessness of farther resistance,
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blocked by a breastwerk në 'reis and earth. At the corner where the tram-lae left the rod, Hiile bat abandoned by its palive tenant was occnpled by soldiers, who had to take turns na guard at the two harricades. A chain of pickets, adred yards, extended away across country three or four men togelber at every two or three seaward, to the salt marsh village of Vitas on the left; and landward, pan Caloocan railway station on the tight, connecting with a block- house and entranched hots beyond Gagalangir no slaing ground cavered with Chinesa gravas, At every little rustic bridge all over the well- watered country'aldo, the pickets were lacressed to ten or twenty men, and whereverten or twenty front of them. The country is about equally were gathered together, there was a rempart in divided between little patches of dease wead and stretches of fields, each feld having a tally close and high hedge. The woods towards Malabon were supposed to be swarming with The robels it is reported have suffered another with Spanish pickets everywhere. The icefields rekeis; the woods towards Manila were sprinkled reverse at Malate, and sloce then have remained steamed in sunny stagnation: the feathery practically lusctive. When it became evident that | kemboos stood tall and straight on sentry.go the rebel attack rou, the city had failed, the barely stlezing a leaf in the silll, hot air; the birda twittered faintly in the far-off dark green American troops encamped at Tondo were
woods, and eveything was as calm and quiet as quickly got under arms, as it was leared that the enchanted city of the Sleeping Beauty. the Spaniards might try to follow up their adc. | Everywhere, there seemed to me to be a gentle, cess against the rebels by attacking the Amert-Barmonious choras, from the trickling vulets and the deep-baying bullfrogs, the birds and the beer, cans, but they falled to do so,
and the chirplog cleadas, "This is no place for war, this is the home of peace. Fight In the desolata desert-lands, bat dã not mar Tha heauty spots of the earth." Perhaps I have mentioned this before; I think of it always, and I think it is worth repeating until people will learn. Football is not played in drawing-rooms Battles should not be fought in such places as this, but should be adjourned to more sullable scenes, in private life; it mighty nations cannot display Common-sense people have discontinued daelling as much sense as individuals, they can at any rate relegate their murderous follies to remota places where they will Interfere with nobody. Let there be a new International Conference, to at a tule that all Inhabited places shall be nastal, and that belligerents shall betako themselves to places like Kerguelen Land on Spitzbergen, settle their disputes, and come back and tell us who won. Il my suggestion in quite assless when it is discovered. adapted, the North Pale 1 not be
We talked with the officer to charge of the guard, and he showed as two or three clumps of frees about a ibourand yards away, where ibe rebel "snipers" had the audacity to lie to hiding all day, taking pol-shots. They were qulet jasi Bow, probably taking their meal or a alesia after li; but we had heiter not show ourselves too much or they would being firing at us. Ab, yes, there they go! A crack of a ville, and scream of a bullet fer overhead past us. another. Then a native soldier in the Spanish post, taking careful aim and waiting for the enemy to appear #gala-bang 1. and 20, deliber- sialy even leisurely, they want on trying to not greatly caring what knowing and perhaps not greatly caring what success they attained not really very much casing, I believe, whether they themselves might be killed. But as far as I know, it was all mere sbooling at shadows, Oa each alde, the enemy was not visible enough for long range shots, even for good markmeni those was just a remote chance of a ballet bap poolsg to it, but it takes about 23,600 chance shots to kill a man. We said so to the officer. simply remarked that it was necessary to go on frieg, or the enemy would come closer. He said it was not possible to advance and dislodge the enemy besnow, what would be the
foras out However, far he might drive the enemy back, the poaltion would be really to better, but only word, clear one thicket; the next thicket is an bad, Clear the next worse is beyond. Course, a small force of five or ten possibly evon headway in a thickly wooded country with a Shean thousand Spaniards, can marke no real population of twenty millions, all in arms. It is absmed to try. It is called nationa! honour; I call it criminal folly. In tropical Africa, wa readily accepts our rale whes the native chief can do such things only because the pepetition. tala's power is broken. In tropical Asis, in Acheen and in Luzon, the population is deteg...... mized to do nothing of the sot, and the Govern whole population in such country most have a ment that altempts to override the wishes of tremendous army and spend tremendous sums. To attempt it with a small force, and witho.. first securing the goodwill or at least neatrality of the population, la madness, and the Govern ment is guilty of a crime. -
The rebels are not giving the Americans any trouble at present, nor do they appear to be
Viceroys, Tartar-Generals and Governors to going out of their way to make themselves obediently observa the previous Edicts relative | agreeable. The Americans are of opinion, to the disbanding of superflavus soldiers and the | though, that 'so "soon as thele troops *18 on promotion of Improvements inė military matters, | dered to advance upon Manila the reb. MONDAY ner: being a Bank Holiday, the Hong-as also in the general administration,
els, seeing the large force at the disposal of the kong Telegraph will be published at I p.m.
Americans, will recognise the fact that their best interests lie in following the fortunes of the United States, and will land their aid to the United States generals in the capture of the
It is currently reparted that several small Spanish steamers have managed to get away from Manila by hoisting the rebel flag and
Aguinaldo. In consequence of this the American matual haste sie kerning u stilĉier watch than ever upes the movements of all vessels in the bay.
Fox stealing jacket a coolle to-day got and month's hard labour.
A CHINAMAN charged with administering mor- phine, was to-day ford $15 in default six weeks.
Messus. Benjamie, Kelly and Potis, in their Weekly Share Report state-Bank-Hong. kong sad Shanghal Bankı have ruled quiet with smali zalen at 214 and 213 per cent. premium, closing with seller at ara ver cant, premium. The London rate is £47. 10/-. Marine In- furances--Ching Traders have been done in
| are enquired for at $110. Fire Insurances —— Hongkong Firas sie still obtainable at $130 but Hongkong. Canton and Macro Steamboals have been sold at $364, and are now offering at $161,
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DC., F.R.S., P.C.S., &c. the greatest A MAN who acted as watchman for gamblers in small lots at $6 ?, and close in demand. Unto reporting themselves as being bound for He stared a bit, but did not dispute it; he
Tal Wong Street was to-day fined $15 er six weeks' imprisonment
grande a tej vi mAM MO BADATUS LOW
living authority on Water, reports as fallaws on the justwantenered and "It possesses an extremely high de-day showing the positions occupied round the gree of organic purity and isy by the rebels at the date of last advices from of most excellent quality for The date of the execution of Wan Hung, the "drinking
Chinese, sentenced to death at the last Sessions fat wife murder bay teen fixed for Monday
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A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
Maalle.
morning next.
ADAME JA KUKAANE P
With respect to the strained relations between the Germans and the Americans the following account is to hand. On the 23rd fastant the Cormoran enlved in the Bay and the Hugh McCullock was sent to meet her with the signal to "heave to "fying. The German cruiser did not stop, however, until the Cowcord was sent ACEs her bows, and this action has occasioned n deal of talk in the warships now stationed at Manila, particularly as the Kaisar left on the ngth and was supposed to be bound to Hong. kong to report the matter to Berlin. Manlis re- sidents predict traable between the Germans and Americans, as it is easily seen that the former
Indo-Chinas were sold at $57 and $561. 8. Refineries-Chias Sugans have been Douglas Steamships have been negotiated at placed at 3166 and $165. Luzone romain un. changed with buyers at quatalion. Mining
asking $6. Raubs are weak with sellers at Panjome are enquired for at $58, but holders aso
$34;. the weakness is caused by Singapore offering to sell. Jelebus have been fixed at $3.75, and more can be placed, Char. dofanit.
bonnages are obtainable at $110. Great DURING a thunderstorm on Saturday last the Eastern and Caledonians have been sold cupole of the Shaugħal Municipal Hall was | *$1.to and $3, and close in demand at the At Yokohams, on 17th July, ERNEST ALFRED, struck by lightning and splintered, while an ice- latter rate. Olivers A axe offering at $10, while the infant son of William and Sen Walker. I house in West Hongkew was also struck and the B shures have been fixed at $34. Docks, za working with the Spaniards, aged 3 months.
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841. Hongkong, 18th Jane, 1898.
DEATH.
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The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1898.
SIROT. McNabb, of Aberdeen, to-day charged a Chiarman whom he arrested yesterday with selling diseased pork, unfit for human food. Defendant was Goed $25 or one month in
destroyed.
A CHINESE boy who stole a gold watch and chalo from a European resident at Kowloos wis to-day brought before the F. M. The theft was proved and the defendant was sentenced to se-
ceive twelve strokes of the birch,
ELEVEN defendants charged with gambling at Ap-ll-chan were to-day brought up by Chief Ios pector Hanson. The first and second were fined $75 or 3 months, the third ty or 18 days and the others were fined $3 or to days each
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Wharves and Godawns,-Hongkong and Wham-
THE SIEGE OF MANILA. Poa Docks have improved, their position con-
SKIRMISHING IN THE SUBURBS. siderably, and have advanced to 260 per cent,
On one occasion I went, with a Manila premian. Other stocks under this heading
acquaintance, along the north road, towards remain unchanged. Lands, Hotels and Bulld. Caloocan and Malabon. This road bas the Ings-Hongkong Lands have been sold at $68 shore of the bay on the left (going from Manila) ex the dividend of $1 per share, and close with and the railway on its right. Calascen is the sellers. Hongkong Hotels have been in strong is about two miles forher, on the coast, which first rallway station outside of Manila, Malabon demand and abares changed bands at $53 curves away from Caloocan. A steam tramway and $54, and more are wanted at the latter rate, runs from the vicinity of the town vallway ter Providents have been done at $91, and Humpiaus, through Caloocan to Malabon, where the brey's Estate at $81. Cotton Mills-Arooffering situated, ave or six miles from the centre of Laron Sugar Refinery (Hongkong-owned) is have changed bands at Brit. Electrics are in nearly half the way; next to Binondo, the busi at quotations. Miscellaneous—A. S. Watsons Manife town. Houses and streets are continuous demand at $t. Ropes have been sold at $160, this merges into the poor but densely popolated and are steady, at the rate.
quarter, is the Chlosse quarter, Rosario
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION.
The Sixty-Sixth. Half-yearly Report of the Coutt of Directors to be presented in a meeting of shareholders at the Chy Hall on Saturday
|ngth prox, in as followy :--
The Directors have now to submit to you a General Statement of the affairs of the Back, and Balance Sheet for the half-year ending goth Jan, 1898.
NOTES AND COMMENTS: During the recent beavy weather the dust boats were fald up with the result that an enormous pile of house refuse was allowed to accumulate on Praya East at THE Captain and chief officer of a Belilah ship the foot of Arsenal Street. The stuff was charged with assaulting a seaman were dia- horribly unsavoury and the people resid-charged at the Magistracy to-day after evidence ing in Blue Buildings have had a very was beard. Two men of the ship (darkokait) unpleasant experience. There were dogs and coolles and Chinese mudarks con-were fined $7 or twenty days for saldaing daty," tinually turning the stuff over and persons We are informed as good authority that the passing in rickshas and chairs were glad French cratzer Dugway Trouin has been bat» to use their handkerchlofs to shut out the bound for the last two monika at the harbour of foul exudations from their nostrils. This Kwong Chang Wang on account of the state of is not the first time we have had occasion the bar This is the place seis:i by the French to speak of the same nuisance and it is not Goverment ■*mo lime ago. too much to expect that in such emergencies as a gale like that Just THE General Post Office and Branches will be experienced vessels with steam power closed on Monday, 1st August (Back Holiday) should be provided to remove this reeking except from 8 tog am. Correspondance for abomination, which is even a danger to Hongkong, Peak and Kowloon may be posted the public health, "Several loads of goods up to 9 a.m. The Night Box will be left open, were taken off the plers near by during The Money Order Office will be entirely closed. the worst part of the blow and surely the filth referred to could have been removed WHEN H.M.S. Plover last Mavile the U.S. by the same means.
cruiser Philadelphia was' expected to anive shortly. Wo understand that the Monterey has Another most obnoxious and equally had to retain to Honolela. It appears that the objectionable nuisance exists in several tug which was towing her broke down and the places in the Colony where the Chinese Monterey, was obliged to"twis the tables and are allowed to manure gardens with tow the tug back to post, liquid filth composed of diluted human A MATSHED is about the last of places in which excreta and other vile matter, even though the gardens are situated in close proximity should expect to find a show located in to European residences. The stench that phoan weather, but the structure that encloses manure is overpowering, and, as the gar weather well and the splendid collection arises from this particular description of the Cinematographe exbibliton mauds the
cool of the evening, the fetid effluvia floats make up an entertalement that is really worth dens are generally sprinkled with it in the ❘ of views, together with the phonograph displays | the rate of the day, amonnia la $599,039.82%
Into the houses the whole night long, attending. polsoning the atmosphere of bedrooms and
tag8,863.az, balance brought forward from last The net profits for that period, Indinding account, after paying all charges, deducting Interest paid and due, and making provision for bad and dopbifal accounts, amotat to 42,683,399 03.
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We did not discuss all this with the officer, but we told him briefly the sort of thing Others and Learoyd and Mulvaney used to do, sneaking out of camp without orders, and sniping the sni per, just for fas, Ab, he couldn't spare men from ble small handfol; and besides the country was too full of rebels; not bare, eninhabited billa every thicket and every hedge and every hut, all like the Himalaya, but teeming with people screening rebel riflamen, A hundred to one, and all in cover. No. It was good enough to he y, fl that was all that the Spaniards could hope able to hold this ground, But we asked mental
earthly good in it to fight when you know it is for, what use was it to do just an much? What sive ibe national bancur 1 There is not the re afterly impossible to make headway 7 Al, 10
molest hope of ever winning the fight and re- conquering the Philippines; but to admit the truth is dishonourable Queer thing, bonour,
While we talked, the men turned out to relieve pickels. The parade was a sad sort of comedy.. Zach man was served with a tiny tin of sardinca these bits of bread is my mouth whole; but and a small plack of bread, Can
put one of mine is a big meath. That was to be their food all the time they remained out in the woods on the watch ; and I understand the outposts are is, unless a strategie movement to the rear haps relleved only once in twenty-four hours. That pens to be ordered. No wonder the poor devis are glad to retreat, to be nearer home and food, wonder the native troops are glad to join the ro Caloocan istion was near the end of this sorry campaign. No bels as soon as they get the chance, to get less work, to be able to take a reat if the weather in too stormy, to be free of facessant harrassment, to be among friends and relatives, to be com fortably housed to have a square meal, oh joy, ch tapture)
native quarter of Tondo, and then there is stretch of salt marshes sparsely inhabited, called Vitas, fringing the ses. The road is bordered by houses of all claixos nearly all the Way to Calo:cas, where the tramway is within a hundred yards of the railway, nad the xen, is a out, there were the usual trenches and breast milo distant. Tondo has large bracks; further works and rifle.pits at Intervals of shodi 200 or 300 yards along the road, and on the railway line, which was then interrupted just beyond rabels, and the furthes! Spanish outpost was at Caloocan. Malabon was in the hands of the the polut where the tramway, tursed affat a going straight or sharp angle from the rallway, the canlagewoad "guarded by six or seven astive soldiers with Spanish sergeant, dcross the calls a rampa of sleepars, spare rails, and stones had been built two feet high, the stores being judicton ly The Directors recommend the transfer of spaced out so as to form loop holes or battle 110c00ce from the Prift and Loss Accoust to
manis, or whatever be the correct term for credit of Reserve Fund, which Fund will then fortifications only knee-high. Two dusky war. stund at $9,009,000.
riors strode up and down the small platform of We asked the officer "If his 'was a "mfxed They also recommend wilting off Bank Pre- the station, as if impatiently waiting for the regiment," ferahere were balb Spaniards and mixes Account the sum of $250,000.
Alles making these Translers and deduction rata-or for thole, fefends the rabeis to come natives. He told us thla was only because the and release them from Spanish servitude. min of native regiments had now to have Remuneration to Directors there remains for Another peeped out from the booking-office; appropilation $1.420,395.0%, aut of which the another stood on the look-out at an upper to each black man. And thus they sumbered Spaniards sandwiched between them, one while Directors recommend Dividend of One Found window two or three played a Filipino form of aff, and slouched away through the fields and and Fire Sailings Sterling per Share, which pitch will absorb
Wih copper centavos in the among the trees, to watch for twenty-four hours, › 8444/44444/
the locomotives bors sod-sand per fate
while the Spanish sergeant list-fis in hand-to watch orch other, to wonder The difference in Exchange between 4/6, the lessly loated in the shade of stack of firewood what sort of cot-throat story the gloomy, ghost like shadows of the forest would have to whisper 'the dall spark of his cigarette, musing perhaps to the winds of the night, And that is how this on the contagiousness of confiagrations great miserable busigeas dings on- and small, political and physical,
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rate at #bich the Dividend is declared, and 1/4,
The Balance $376,916.96 to be carried to New Profit and Loss Account.
DIRECTORE
The new TRANKT PASS RULES, providing for affected districts to close their windows aight and to-day the place was crowded with tomical Museum at 62, Queen's Road, Last and put up with the heat rather, than allow the nauseating stench to enter un- Ewropeans and the better class of Chinese and checked. Surely the Sanitary Authorides all expressed thah appreciation of the show in could easily put a stop to this. If there unqualified terms of praise. As bafora said tha is such a great objection to the pollu display is an instructive one and that alone tion of the harbour there should be should commend it.
often causing the unhappy residents of Thrax is no lack of interest shown in the Anshaving cosigned their seals on taving thể | pazar 43 prohibido.
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OFFICE. No. 6, Fodder's Hill
Hongkong, 18th March, 1593;
Rain came, but instead of taking aholter or No, we could not take a stroll up the making hosts to get home, we thought this
have been larited to fill the vacancies. These orders are orders and that was conclusive. So ing. Possibly we might pars quite unseen by Mr. G. B. Dodwell and Mr. G. D. Boning line; certainly not. Very sorry, but no puede might be a good chance to dive lato the depths Colony, Mr. A. McConachie and Mr. P. Sachse explanations were
Reasons arguments, of the woods, elude the Spaotab sentries, and all very
wall, but visit the rebel camp. It was a slaky undertake appointments require confirmation at this having seen all the sights of the place, as above Spanish or rebel sentries, though that was ex- meeting,
described; we came away from the stallen, sad tremely unlikely. Possibly Spanish sentry. went forward along the road, to the limit of would send as back, or arrent as of surpicions Sharp and Mr. 8. G. Birdz
The accounts have been Rudited by Mr. C. 8. Spanish. Jarfsdiction, The main road was they are terribly suspicious of anybody who barricaded with the planks and stones; and the might be an American spy, and it would look Hongkong, seth July, 1890)
Hamway, curving off through ≈ WOOD, WAS | KINÄnge to be dodging, killing, drawling through
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