To-day's Advertisements.
VICTORIA PRECEPTORY,
REGULAR MEETING of the
A VICTORIA PRECEPTORY will be held
at the FREEMASONS HALL, TO-NIGHT, the 27th instant, at 8.30 for 9 PM. precisely. Visiting Sir Knights are cordially invited to attend.
Hongkong, 27th November. 180g.
PUBLIC AUCTION,
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THE Undersigned have receiyed instructions from the Captain Superintendent of Police
to Sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION,
131
THURSDAY, the 30th November, 1899,
I 11 AM
LARGE QUANTITY OF SURPLUS STORES,
ALSO:
363 MAUSER RIFLES, 180 MUZZLE LOADING MUSKETS, 160 REVOLVERS, BAYONETS, RIFLE and REVOLVER AMMUNITIONS, GUNPOWDER, COP. PER, BRASS, LEAD, IRON, GAMBIA, RICE, RICKSHAWS, &c, &c., &c.
ASI
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1899
To-day's Advertisements,
NAVIGAZIONE GENERALE ITALIANA, (Plarie and Rubaltins United Companies.) STEAM FOR
SINGAPORE, PENANG AND BOMBY, Having connexion with Company's Mail Steamers to ADEN, SUEZ, PORT SAID, MESSINA, NAPLES, LEGHORN and GENOA,
ALSO
VENICE and TRIESTE, all MEDITER
RANEAN, ADRIATIC, LEVANTINE. and SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS up 10 CALLAO.
Taking Cargo at through Rates to PERSIAN
GULF and BAĞDAD; also BARCE
MERIA and MALAGA.
LONA, VALENZA, ALICANTE, AL-
Steamship
"HISAGNO," Captain Maganzini, will be despatched as above on THURSDAY, the path instant, at Noon.
At BOMBAY, the Steamers are discharging in VICTORIA DOCK.
For further Particulars regarding Freight and Passage, apply to
CARLOWITZ & Co.. Agents,
[147 Hongkong, 47th November, 1899.
THE OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA, LIMITED
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND TAMSUL
38 Baits PATNA and to: Catties MALWA THE Company's Steamship
OPIUM.
TERAS. Usual.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Goverment Auctioneers. 04758 Hongkong, 27th November, 1800
NOTICE.
It is hereby notified that, by command of His Excellency, the Governor, and pur- suant to Section of The Public Health Ordinarice, 1887, an election by the Rate- players of two Members of the Sanitary Board will take place at CITY HML on TUESDAY, the 19th day of December, 1899, commencing at 4 o'clock.
The following persons will be entitled to vote the election, that is to say: -
(A) Rate-payers who are included in the Special and Common Jury list for the year 1899.
(1) Rate-payers who are exempted from serving on Juries on account of their professional avocations.
A list of Rate payers entitled to vote will be posted at the SUPREME COURT for public in- spection for one week from MONDAY, the 1th day of December, 189, and any person entitled to vote should send notice of his claim not on the list claiming to be a Rate-payer to the Acting Registrar on or before the 19th The election will be conducted in accordance with the Rules made by the Governor-in- Council on the 31st May, 1888.
December next.
Voting will commence immediately after the nominations and continue until 6 1. when the ballot box will be closed.
Supreme Court,
A. SETH. Acting Registrar.
Hongkong, th November, 1899.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFIACTION.
BY
command of His Excellency the, Governor an Election by the Rate payers of two Members of the Sanitary Board will take place at the Ciry, HALL, ON TUES DAY, the 19th day of December, 1899, Com- mencing at 4 o'clock.
By Command,
J. II. STEWART. LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
Hongkong, 25th November, 187).
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
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DURING my Temperature from Hongkong Mr. Brno Tram will have
charge of this Office.
~S MIHARA, Manager.
Hongkong, 25 November, 1899. DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED
FOR SWATOW.
HE Company's Steamship
THE
4
"FORMOSA."
Captain Douglas, will be despatched for the above Port, TOMORROW, the 28th instant, at Daylight.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPŘAIK & Co., General Managers.
[14692 Hongkong, 27th November, 1899. HONGKONG AND MANILA REGULAR
LINE OF STEAMERS. -
FOR MANILA.
THE Steamship
"LEGAZPI," Captain A. Yribar, will be despatched as above on THURSDAY, the 30th instant, at Noon.
The Attention of Passengers in directed to the Superior Accommodation offered by this Steainet. The Vessel is fitted throughout with Electric Light.
For Freight and Passage, apply to
LIZARRAGA HERMANOS,
Agents,
No. 6, Beaconsfield Arcade. [14703 Hongkong, ayth 'November, 1899.
THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAM.. SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR MANILA VIA AMOY.'
THE Company's Steamship
"ESMERALDA,"
Captain Cobban, will be despatched for the
*TAMSUI MARU," Captain K. Subajima, will be despatched for the Above ports, un SUNDAY, the 3rd December, at Daylight.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, -
Agents.
112134 Hongkong, 27th November, 1899,
THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL - STEAM NAVIGATION COMAPKY. STEAM FOR
STRAITS, CEYLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA ADEN, EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN PORTS, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. (Through Bills of Lading issued for BATAVIA, PERSIAN GULF, CONTINENTAL and AMERICAN PORTS.)
1 Steamship
"CLYDE"
Majesty's Mails, will be despatched from this Captain T. Denny, R.N.R., carrying Her for BOMBAY, &c. on SATURDAY, the 9th December, at Nom, taking Passengers and Cargo for the above Ports.
bills and Valuables, all Cargo for Fence, And Tea for London (under arrangement) will be transhipped at Colombo into a steamer proceeding direct to Marseilles and London; other Cargo for London, &c., will be conveyed
i Boulay with Trai shipment.
Parrels will be received at this Office mail t
PM, the day before sailing. The Contents and Value of all Packages are required.
Shippers are particularly requested to note the terms and conditions of the Company's Bills of Lading,
For further Particular's apply is
H. A. RITCHIE,
Superintendent, Hongkong, 27th November, 1899. INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION
T
COMPANY, LIMITED. FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND SINGAPORE. HE Company's Steamship
"CHELYDRA"
having arrivel from the above Ports, Consignees of Cargo by herare hereby informed that their Goods will be delivered from alongside.
Cargo impeding the discharge or remaining
Godowns at East Point.
|
The
Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1899.
not approve of any measures proposed by | AN Ordinance to amend and consolidate the the local Govemment. Men in their position law relating to the carriage and possession of may not put themselves in opposition to arms and ammunition and the New Territories authority. If they are to come on the Land Court Ordinance, both of which were Board as two of the nominated read a first time on 23rd inst., are published in members, the popular constitution of the the Gusefte. Board-is gone. if their presence on it is desirable and undoubtedly it is to be desired; they should come on as additional official members so raising the strength of the Board
twelve.,
NOTES AND COMMENTS. The Government Gazette is, as, usual, amusing. Perhaps the most amusing bit in it is an order maile by the Governor-into Council that any correspondence which is "sent to the Colony for the purpose of licing posted in the Colony, shall be charged, "upon being posted at the General lost "Office of the Colony with the same rates of 'postage as if such cornspandence had twen "posted at any office other than in the Co- "Tony."
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We exhort the ratepayers to refuse to clect any representatives on the Board until these points have been cleared up and the popular charcter of the Board secinted,
*
There is another point to which we must refer later on the position of the Medical Officer of Health as a member of the Board.
under the Board. No one knows that better His proper position is that of a trusted officer than Dr. CLARK himself. The position and function of the medical officer of Health was the immediate cause of the disruption of the form board.
*
IT is notified in the Casette that parcels for the South African Republics, and other disturbed at the Post Office at sender's risk. The issue districts in South Africa, can only be accepted of Money Orders on the above countries has been temporarily suspended.
Transvaal, people from every part of the Empiro tance to the Imperial Government. Hongkong came forward manfully and offered their assis had not been behind and although the number who had volunteered had been small, it was proportion to be strength of the forces in the Colony, Although their assistance was not required, there was another way in which wo could to our duty, we could show all our soldiers that, not only was our sword of the Empire in defense of our honour, but. that our hearts have gone out to our soldiers ready to leap from the scabbard in every part
and not only do they beat in sympathy, for them, but we are willing to give our heartfelt sympathy and assistance to those whom they have left behind. We know that many would be laid low and many would be sleeping their last aleep in South Africa-but those who were left would remember when they came back. that at the time of trouble they were not forgotten, that they had the hearty sympathy and help from those who were able to assist them. He would not detain them longer but was certain AN Order in Council is "publishefl in the that all the British subjects in Hongkong would come forward generously to support the Ciazelle to the effect that any correspondence subscription list and he had no doubt that which is sent to the Colony from any place out-when the amount was made up and sent side the Colony for the purpose of being posted home the people would have in the Colony shall be charged, upon being ashamed with the total sum raised for this pur. posted at the General Post Office of the Caleny, pose. Mr. Walton, who had been visiting Hongkong had asked him to mention that he with the same rates of postage as if such cor respondence had been posted at any office wished to subscribe $200, other than in the Colony,"
WE madean errorin our reportofthe sari suicide af Serg. Tearly, R. A. in our Saturday issue, He was not buried on Saturday, a postmontein being held on the body on Sunday morning at the Public Mortuary. He was, however, buried on Sunday afternoon. The corner will hold an inquesi, probably to-morren.
reason to be
lle would suggest for the purpose of this meeting that a committee be appointed to settle what was best to be done.
This order gives rise to some very funny questions. Letters may be sent to the Co lony to be posted here, wither to the care of the Post Master General himself, or to other persons in the Colony and they may either come by post, or by land, or on board ship as consignee's letters. If they are sent to the P. M. General, he, of course, knows where they come from and has the opportunity, before he posts them of charging what he likes on them, but how he is to cover the charge from people, ex hypothere out of the If the letters are Colony, we fail to see. sent by post or by hand to other people in the Colony they will be duly stamped by such people as letters, posted in the Colony, will be dropped in the post office, and even our present 1 M. tieneral, clever and energetic as he is, will never be able to find out from what place they originally came, or to detect among the mass of letters which are of genuinely lomal origin and which are of foreign origin. No one who has letters to post in the Colony, sent by a friend or corres pondent out of the Colony, is going to the Post Office to inform on his friend. Con signees letters may be lawfully brought here in a ship or steanier without passing through the Post Office. If a firm here has a large number of these to distribute, the finn will put a local stamp on them and shove them in the Post Office in a lump. How can our clever Post Office officials distinguish between a letter from another port lawfully posted unlawfully? Assuming, that the | here ar
P.M.G. catches a letter which he knows or suspects to be of foreign origin how can he tell whether it came here by post inclosed in another duly stamped letter or by hand In the one case it is legitimately posted here. In the other it is not. If it came by hand, say from Peking, and so cost the
Field Comets. The infantry behaved returning at 10.5 p.. is he going to do with the extra money he splendidly and, supported by the Naval Chinese Post Office anothing to carry, whatding a German Commandant and six charges on it? If he puts it into the Brigade Artillery, carried three ridges in Treasury here, the Treasury here gets succession at the point of the bayonet. The money it has no right to. If he has victory was complete. The enemy fought a letter which under this order is to be with skill and courage. The casulaties among the officers were chiefly from the Guaril subject to a charge, what is the
regiments. ing of the round about phrase "such rates of correspondence as if it had been posted at anyoffice other than in the Colony"? The draftsman might have said "at any
We must reserve till Lo-morrow our cam- un the proceedings at the Public tats
Tu: Gniversal Gazelle states that some Meeting held in the City Hall today. We
Ile desired to congratulate the Editor of the can say now that we deply regret that the admirable idea initiated by the China Afail Chinese in San Francisen recently sent a
His Excellency then auggested that The and its Naval Correspondent of having telegram to the Tsangli Yainen with the China Afail on his patriotic promptness in a aperia Mis. and Kins Fes" has request to convey the senders' congratulations Pening the subscription for this purpose. not been adopted by the meeting. There to the Emperor on his Majesty's renirn to Hon. I. II. Stewart Lockhart should be ap- And he whould suggest that Sir Thomas were, a very large number of those present power, and to the Empress Dowager for hand-pointed Hon. Secretary.
as a surprise, lor no one in China has heard of Jackson be Treasurer.
Sir Thomas Jackson-I shall have very great who in their hearts and in their languageing it is ck to the Emperor. This news comes out of the meeting were strongly in favour of such a matter for congratulation. The telegram
is evidently the result of a recent report sent to pleasure in acting as "Treasurer. a separate fund, or of a fund exclusively for the women and children who are outside the San Francisco from Shanghai ordinary channels of relief, but who, as is usual in Hongkong, were afraid to back their opinions by their votes lest they should be left in a minority. Mr. GEORGE MORRAY BAIN should have been nominated Horary Secretary of the Fund instead of ME STEWART LOCKHART. What his claims to the position are, we do not know,
mean-
office out of the Colony" instead of the clumsy phrase used, but is the P.M.C. at fiberty to select any office front which to determine the charge? May he surcharge a letter coming from Macao as if it came from Terra del Fuego? Why not say at once, such rates as are chargeable at the place from whence the letter came."
The order-in-Council is utterly useless, munecessary and impossible to put into practise except in the one case of letters being sent to the P.M. General hiniself to post, and we doubt if the Goor-in Council has power to make such an Mifer. 4.
The Gazette contains a notice by com- mand of His Excellency, the Governor that an election by the Rate-layers of two mem-
on board after Noon, the 29th instant, wift hebers of the Sanitary Board will take place at landed at Consignees risk and expense into the City Hall on Tuesday, the 19th December next, commencing at o'clock." A list of Rate-Payers who are entitled to rote will-In- posted at the Supreme Court House for ane week from Monday the 17th December.
No the Insurance fras been effceted. Bis of Lading will be countersigned by
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 27th November, 1899. [1473
Entimation.
It is satisfactory to see that something is being done to put the Sanitary Board on a Tegal and proper footing, but before the Rate-layers proceed with the election of any members to represent them on the Board, they are entitled to some satisfactory, ex- planation from the Government as to the method in which the Board is to be re- constituted and whether it is to have granted to it the powers the want of which caused A. S. WATSON & CO., the resignation, with the full approval of the
LIMITED.
AS USUAL AT THIS SEASON OF
THE YEAR WE ARE
OFFERING
FOR SALE AN UNIQUE SELECTION OF THE PUREST
AND BEST
TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
The War. The Belmont Victory
Losos, November 24th.
À PRACTICE dance was given by the staff of the Hongkong and Whainpoa Dock Company at Kowloon on Saturday evening. A good number were present, and a very pleasant evening resulted. The Ballroom was very tastefully decorated with flowers and flags and the programme well arranged. A string Band of the Welsh Fusiliers was a galuable adjunct to the su cess of the evenings entertainment, by the good time, and careful rendering of the piece, adding greatly to the enjoinment of the
dance.
ANOTHER paper chase was held last Saturday night from the Victoria Recreation Club bath- house. Messrs. Spittle and Wason were the The British losses at Belmont were 58 lures and started at 8.48 p.m. going along the The Queen's Road, Praya East, Burlington Bridge, killed, 1416 wounded and 21 missing
and the Happy Valley, up the Wongnai losses include 4 officers killed and 21 wounded. Filly prisoners were taken in cheong-Cap along the Kennedy Road, down Wanchai Gap and along the Queen's Road The hounds, 14 in number, started at 8.55, seven minutes atter the hares and, after a very good run, came in 40 secoils behind the time allowed as a start.
(From Japanese Papers.) Mining rights in Korea Grantcd to England.
SEOUL, November 16th. The Korean Government has at last decided to grant the demand of Great Britain to work the gold mine at Eusan, following the preced- ent established by the concession given 10 Germany to work the mine at Kinjo.
Russians on Ulneung Island.
MATSUVE (Izamo), November 16th. A man just returned from Utsuryoto, or Ulceting Island, states that on the 3rd instant a Russian warship arrived there and landed thirty men, who took down the flag the Japanese resid. ents had hoisted in honour of the Imperial Hirthday, and declared that the island was in the occupation of Russia. After taking some photographs, the warship went away, leaving fifteen bluejackets on the island,
WEATHER REPORT.
The Observatory report says!--
On the 26th at 18.55 am. the barometer has riser on the China coast. The high pressure area is still central over Mid China. Gradients moderate with strong mousqun on the coast and in the N. part of the China Sea. FORECAST:- Moderate N. winds; fine.
A MEETING of the Legislative Council, will be held on Thursday, 30th November, at 3.00p.m.
BUSINESS.
1. Financial Minute No. 26. 2. Report of the Finance Committee,
ORDERS OF THE DAY.
10.)
General Gascoigne said.-Ue thought the original idea was that the subscription should be devoted to the relief of the wives and children of those soldiers who had married that intention. The wives and children who off the strength and he had subscribed with were on the strength were looked after. They received a separation allowance and although he did not mean to say many of them were not in straitened circumstances still they were not destitude, and if their husbands died they had a certain sum of money given them.
His Excellency had mentioned that money from the Mansion House Patriotic Fund was dovoted to the relief of the wives of soldiers who married of the strength; that such was the case was new to him and also to many officers with whom he had discussed the matter. This patriotic fund had been started formerly at the time of the Crimean War and it had been very difficult in the past to get money out of it. The fund had been capitalized and was now swollen to a large extent. It was difficult but possible to get money out of it if somebody sufficiently influential would bring the cases prominently forward. He put it to the meeting whether the intention was to have this money capitalized for he believed it would end very much in this way if it were paid into the "Pa triotic fand," or whather it should be more pr less devoted to those who are sufferers at the present time,
War.
His Excellency-Explained that the fand now opened at the Mansion House was not No. the one started for the relief of these who. were sufferers from the Grimean war but was a fund altogether. Separate and distinct which was being raised by the Lord Mayor and he would again read the telegram. he had recived with reference to the distribution
1. First reauing of a fill entitled An Ordin- ate to amend the Dangerous Goods Ordin- ance, 1375.
2. First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordin-of the fund now being raised.
Ilis Excellency proceeded to read the tele ance to amend the Liquor Licenses Ordinance,
gram already quoted. 1898.
3. Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the law relating to the carriage and possession of arms and ammunition.
4. Second reading of the Bill entitled The New Territories Land Court Ordinance, 1890
5. Committee on the Bill entitled An Or dinance to consolidate and amend the Laws slating to Merchant Shipping, the duties of the Harbour Master, the control and manage ment of the waters of the Cniony, and the regulation of vessels navigating die same,
VAA meeting of the Finance Committee will be held immediately after the Council.
MEETING AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
Ameeting was held at the Hall of the Chamber of Commerce, to consider the best means of raising money for the assistance of the wives and Children of those soldiers who had gone to the Transvaal and who were not on thic strength of the Regiment and were thus left totally unprovided for.
Mr. J. J. Francis, Q.C, suggested that the... money should be distributed by the Society known as the Soldiers and Sailors Families Association;
The Colonial Secretary-desired to point out that the suggestion that the money should be handed over to the Mansion house Patriotic Fund originated with him, that that fand had no connection with the old Crimean fund- whilst this former fund was in the hands of some: of the best men in the country and would be well administrated and the money would go to the most deserving cases.
Sir. T. Jackson-proposed that His Excel- lency be appointed Chairman of the Com mittee and the following be elected as members, with power to add to their numbers His Excellency the Governor, Chairman; Major General Gascoigne, C.M.G.; Commodore Powell, RN.C.R; The Hon. J. H. Stewart Lock- hart, Hon. Secretary Sir Thomas Jackson, Hon. Treasurer. Unofficial members of Le gislative Council Wm. Gray, David Gilli A. McConachie, D. R. Crawford, G. Murray Bain, J. J. Francis, H. N. Mody, J. A. Raymond, D. M. Moses, Ho Tung, Fung Wah Chuen, with power to add to their number. Commodore Powell-assured His Exellency and the mecting thatthe fund would meet with the hearty support moral and material of Navy and His Excellency again read the names of the proposed commitice, who were unaminously
On the 27th at 11-55.a. the barometer.com
The high tinues to rise on the China coast. pressure area remains central over Mid China, and pressure is probably in defect over E. Japan. Gradients rather steep generally, with very strong monsoon on the coast and in the N. part of the China Sea. FORECAST:-Fresh N.
elected.
winds; fine.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Rate-Payers, of the elected and of two of the nominated members in 1895. The Sanitary Board, under the Ordinance 24 of 1887 Tire appointment of Ho Nai Hop as a public consists of the Surveyor General, the Renerinator ik gazetter......... gistrar General, the Captain Superintendent
of Police and the Principal Civil Medical A RETURN showing the Expenditure of the officer (Colonial Surgeon) and un mure 1893 Loan is published in the Gazette. than six additional members, four of whoni
the
(two being Chinese) shall be appointed by Tikoto the great pressure on our space, we two elected by the are obliged to hold over till to-morrow an Governor, and
at present answer from Justice to the letter written by A. B. ratepayers. The Board, as constituted, consists of the Principal Civil THE returns of the number of visitors to the Medical Officer, the Captain Super intendent of Police, the Director of Public Works City Hall Museum for the week ended 26th (Surveyor General) The Medical Officer of November, are:-Europeans 198, Chinese 2,005; Health and Mr. Osborne. The nominated total 2,203.
members of the Board, according to its A RIFLE shooting match between teams com- oriquial constitution, were all anofficials.posed of sergeants of the Rayal Welsh Fusiliers
CONFECTIONERY, DE HO KAI, Mr. WANG SHING, Mr. EDE, and Hongkong Volunteer Corps is in process
FROM THE
SIMPLEST QUALITY
above Ports, on THURSDAY, the 30th instant, TO THAT OF THE MOST RECHERCHE
at P.M.
This steamer has Superior Accommodation for
Passengers and is fitted with the Electric Light.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,
General Managers.
Honogkong, 27th Novesaber, 1899.
INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
DESCRIPTION.
[14600
IMPORTED FROM THE LEADING LONDON AND PARISIAN
HOUSES,
A. S. WATSON &
LIMITED,
CO..
FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG.AND.
CALCUTTA,
HE Company's Steamship
THE
"CHELYDRA,"
Captain Davies, will be despatched as above on SATURDAY, the 2nd December, at Noon.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & Cof
General Managers. Hongkong, 27th November, 1899.
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THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY,
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.:
By-t2 o'clock a large number of our Residents bad assembled the fall being packed, amongst those present were:-General Gascoigne, Admiral Fitzgerald, fion. J. II. Stewart Lock hart, Hon. T. II. Whitehead, Hon. R. D. Ormis-, by, Hon. W. M. Goodinan, Hon. F. R. Belilies,
After some further discussion which unfor Sir Thomas Jackson, llon. H. E. Pollock, Capt. Trefusis, Col. The O'Gormam, Commdr. Rumsey, Messrs. J. J. Francis, qc., C. C. tunately our want of space compels as to leave Anderson, A. P. Stokes, GM. Bain, J. M. out, it was definitely decided that the money Heck, 1), R. Crawford, A. Ford, A. McChonachit, collected should be paid into the Mansion o Tung 16 Kai, A. Young, W. G. Humphreys, House fund for destribution amongst the wives C. Duncan, E. V. Playfair, J. McKie, Harti- and children of soldiers who were engaged in gan, R. C. Wilcox, Wise, Ho Fook, Fung Wa the Transvaal as those in charge of that fund hreys, F. Smyth, Jones-llughes, W. Cook, Chun, A. Mackenzie, W. Danby, W. Bumpmight direct Newman, Mumford, Cruikshank and Barton,
His Excellency was in the chair, and rising. to address the meeting said-They had met together in pursuance of notice which had appeared in the local papers, for the purpose
BHOOTING,
H.KVC BAND.
A Shooting competition between the mem
do Silas C
he would not say of inaugurating, but rather bers of the Band for a presented prize took of continning a fund already patriotically place yesterday in very favourable weather. inaugurated by the China Afall for the The ranges were 200 yds. 400 yds. and 500 yds. those of our soldiers who were not on possible of fos assistance of the wives and children of Drummer Burgess carried off the Prize with a
The aggregate scores were as follows the strength and who had gone to the Trans
Druminer Burgess...... vani. appeared to some gentlemen to
Sergt. Drummer Brown
do. dow Mackie R.W.F. whom he had spoken that the British com- munty in Hongkong should have an oppor
Drummer Ford tunity of coming together and discussing the best measures that could be taken to make.a more complete effort to obtain subscriptions for the purpose for which that fund had been opened. A fund had been started at the Mansion House, but he was not certain whether or NEW SOLDIERS AND SAILORS not that fund covered the whole of the ground' for which the fund of the Chin Mall had been inaugurated. This information he bad been Extension Telegraph Co. who had wired, to had out the ground covered by the Mansion House fund and this was their reply
and Dr. HARTIGAN. Is the Government of arrangement. going to fill the racanies (three) among the nominated members with officials THE Memorandum of the Unofficial Members, or unofficials? That is the first question. If excepting Mr. Whitehead, regarding the esti unofficials then all is well so far as regards mates for Public Works Extraordinary of 1900 the constitution of the Board as a popular is published in the Gazette. body. But we are given to understand that THE strike among the barbers of Canton, which H.D. intends to nominate officials, or at we reported in a recent issue, lasted three orable to obtain by the courtesy of the Eastern least two official people to fill these vacancies four days, the men gaining their point, namely, and only two laymen. That will not be sat. isfactory. The Sanitary Board, must, if the 3,000 cash per month instead of the $3 as pro- Ratepayers are to have any say in it, remain posed by the masters. what it originally was intended to be, ar is notified in the Gazelle that His Excel- lency the Governor has given his assent, in the popularly constituted body
name and on behalf of the Queen, to Ordinance We understand ... thâl. isproposed to No. 35.01 1899, which vores 1 Jum of $2,681,651 nominate on the Board the Commanding to the Public Service of the year 1950. Royal Engineer and. the Principal Military Medical Officer for the time being. These A BAZAAR in aid of the Asile de la Ste. Enfance are undoubtedly suitable persona fur mein will be held on the 5th December next at the bership of the Board. Their knowledge and City Hall The Bazaar will be uniter the experience would add very greatly to its patronage of His Excellency the Governor and authority, but they would be official memve trust that the convent will uisterially benefit berg, they must at least be silent, if they do thereby,
do. Warren
do." Cesar
INSTITUE.
The Secretary of the New Soldiers and Sailor's Home fund begs to acknowledge gratefully the following sums --
Sic T. Jackson Hon P. Chater, Hon. J K Keswick K. Shewan, Esq;
Fuud embraces widows, orphans and other dependents of officers and men. For sick and and sailors disabled by wounds. For benefi wounded while under treatment. For soldiers. after leaving service. For wives and children left behind and these not on the strength
Therefore the fund as distributed would cover. the ground desired by them and he would- suggest that any money collected in Hongkong, should be sent as a contribution to that patrio tie fund, from the people of Hongkong, and were doing their duty manfully and it remained given to them for distribution. Our soldiers for us to do curs. When it was known, that wo bad entered on this struggle with the
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Sir R. Hart, Bart.
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D. Gilles, Esq. Gap Brown
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If He Dandy, L6q -Hy3on A. Sallor? AH. Hewitt, Esq.
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Bryand, Esq.
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