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INTERPORT.SHOOTING.

The following are the details of the scoring of the Singapore Rifle team in the Interport Matches with a cominent by Lieut. F. M. Elliot Hondrary Secret-ry of the Singapore Rifle Association. -

200 150 600 yd. ds, yds. Tl,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1901.

have been fixed at $13; the new shares are information to the effect that the beleagered force. [request at 56}, Ices can be placed at $184.

Ropes are to be had at $180.

AT THE MAGISTRAŬY.

November 9th. THIEVES.

When thieves are at loggerheads who shall decide? M. Hazeland took the initiative and sent a couple of coolies to prison for three weeks with hard labour for stealing from a room at 143, South Street a red blanket, a brown cocoon silk jacket, and a grey cotton jacket of the total value of $7. One of the thieves said he saw the articles on the ground near the door of the premises, and the other stated that his confrere handed them to him to hold. They disagreed upon the point, but his Worship settled the matter.

SEARCHED.

could not be fed beyond the end of the your and that the Boers were poisoning their water- supply with dead horses; and that, under these

circumstances, in order to give Sir George

White the comfort and consolation of a superior official opinion, recognising what might be the inevitable, he suggested that it would be necessary to abandon to surrender the garrison, what he should do when he sur rendered, and how he should do it." In this matter, too, Sir Redvers challenged.The Times. He called upon them to produce their version of the message, and promised that be would then publish his official copy,

All the newspapers discuss this morning, and condemn, General Buller on the issues raised by his remarkable speech-viz., his fitness to command the First Army Corps, his secret proffered sanction to Sir George White of a surrender of Ladysmith, and the propriety of his reply to his critics:

Pie, A. Morrison, S.V.Rad 32 34 33,98 Subdr. Mir. Dusruth Rao, 3 M.L.I. 30 35 39 95 Naick Bugwhandin, 16 M.L...33 31 30 94 Lieut, F. M. Elliat, S.V.R... 33 27 31.90 Jemdr. Syed Abdul Nabi, 3 M... 30 31 29 90 Col. Sergt. H. W. Sharp, S.V.R. 25 31 31 87 Bugler.j. Flanagan, S.V.R. 25 31 30 87 Pte. C. Smith, S.V.R.,

33-31 22 65 Jemdr,-Adjt.Pandoo Rao, 3 M L.I. 29 28 24 81 Fife-Major Joe Horne, 16 M.L 1: 29 27 21 77 Grand Total,............ 884 "We have had considerable difficulty in getting together a team to shoot this year, us the Balestier Range on which this Association

The cipher telegram which he sent to Sir shoots is now closed for alterations, owing to an accident through a bullet going over the

George White, and which he challenged The Times to print, is not published this morning.

·Stop Butt, and we should have been compelled to again ask you for an extension of time if

Regarding it TheTimes says:-"We at least can throw no further light upon the question, Col. Teversham, 3rd-M.L.I., had not kindly

although we have every reason to believe that placed his Range at our disposal for a week

textual reproduction would leave the statements This naturally left our team very short of practice and if we had not had beautiful shoot. Agravedigger was not content' with follow-made in The Times, and the inferences de- ing weather we are afraid cur score would haveing his morbid occupation, and so took to theduced from them, entirely untouched. It is for heen worse than it was. We shall be glad to

him to publish his certified copy and show to. the public exactly what he did say to Sir George hear from you whether the present time of year

White. Until he tells us precisely what he did is the most suitable for you to shoot the match

May we can see na prospect of clearing up any in future years. It suits us very well in

misunderstanding that may exist." Singapore, but the reason I ask is that it will be necessary to arrange so that our Volunteer Musketry, Course will not clash.”

THE DIRI CTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

News has arrived, we are told that the Hoa. W Chatliam has been appointed Director of Public Works. If people only gave the news a thought, this information, to the residents of Hongkong, is of more importance than Boxer outrages in the North or a missionery outpost buint down in the South. Mr. Chathan Bas been Acting Chief for some time, and surely when one is entering on a new position, his best efforts should be put forward. Death traps are common in Hongkong and we speak of rotten walls and verandahs to the head of the responsible *depatia ni, from the point of view of the man wh has to walk under them. We trust that Mr. Chatham, now that he has been confirmed in his appointment, will see to it that the Pub lid Works Department is less open to criticisin.

HONGKONG SHARE MARKET.

HONGKONG, Friday, November 8th. Messrs. Benjamin, Kelly and Potts, in their weekly share report state-

A Chinese widow was searched while leaving the Hangkerg Colton Spinning, Weaving and Dying Co's premises and upon her was found a bobbin yarn. She had no excuse,' and goes to prison for seven days.'

OPIUM.

opium trade. He was found with eight taels in his possession, and consequently will not dig for a month.

CHEEK!

A coolie desirous of upholding the impudence characteristic of the calling, lifted a table from -the front of a shop, and when charged with the thek quietly informed his Worship that the pro. secutor belonged to his clan, and as he owed him money and was asleep he walked off with the table. Mr. Hazeland took into consideration the fact that the prisoner had three previous convictions against him and ordered him to gaol for three weeks.

CANTON NOTES,

FIRES...

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

CANTON, November 8th.

Fires continue to maltiply, though with one exception they, have been small, "The fire department seems to be run ou a kind of “go- as you please" system but notwithstanding this the fires are usually confined to one house, The people work with a will to subdue a fire, Perhaps it is because there is no insurance and the destuction of a house means a total loss, that the people work so hard to keep a fire from spreading. A boat near Fat Shan was burned the other day and in it two children.

SILK ROBBERY.

A boat loaded withe silk was robbed near During the week under review, our Share Tai Mun in the Shun Tak district. The value Market has ruled rather quiet owing to some of the silk is reported to be several thousands extent to the lack of demand from Shanghai of dollars. The Shun Tak district is reported in consequence of the Autumn Race Meeting to be in a very disturbed condition. The pre- at that port, but most stocks have kept steady sence of so many hands of robbers has injured at quotations, and there are no changes of any business very much. Merchants are affraid importance requiring Special reference. The

to send their goods, by boat. Villages are Wanchai Warehouse and Storage Company, compelled to pay heavily to escape a visit from Limita, has convened an Extraordinary Gen the robbers. A notice is sent to a village eral Meeting to be held 'on' the 18th instant for that if on a certain date a certain sun of the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, money is not handed over the village will be 'passing a Resolution to voluntarily wind up atacked. There is no sham about the notice the Company. Hanks.Hongkong and Shang-and in scores of instances where the notice has bai Banks'ruled quiet throughout the week at been neglected the. rabbers have carried out Sózzh, with hardly any business being done, their threat. Not only are houses' robbed, but

LOTTERY TICKETS.

Intimations.

BANK HOLIDAY,

HE Undermentioned BANKS will be Business, on MONDAY, the 11th instant, as per the Hongkong Government Gazette Extra- ordinary of 6th November, 1901.

For the CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,

AUSTRALIA and China,

T. H. WRITEHEAD;

Manager, Hongkong, For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING

CORPORATION,

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager, For the NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,

LIMITED,

GEO. W. F. PLAYFAIR, ̧

Chief Manager.

TCLOSED tone BACon of Public

For the MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA,

LIMITED,

JOHN THURBURN,

Manager, Hongkong. For the BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE,

Hongkong Agency,

L-ROGNON,

Acting Manager. For the BANK OF CHINA & JAPAN, LIMITED,

HONGKONG,,

J. W. TAYLOR, Manager. For the YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED,

TARO HODSUMI, Manager.

For the IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA,

E. W, RUTTER,, Manager. For the DEUTSCH-ASIATISCHE BANK,

E. F. GROS,

Acting Manager.

Hongkong, 7th November, 1901,

INSURANCE HOLIDAY.

HE Undermentioned

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The Standard describes General Buller's speech as “amazing," and "a deplorable ex- hibition," and "deeply regrete" having to report it: The Daily Mail calls it "malo- dramatic," and thinks it would have been suit- able on the boards of the Surrey Theatre., The Daily News deprecates the recent éxhibitions. made by "our talking generals," and thinks even Lord Roberts has hardly increased his reputation "by his semi-political utterances." It is "a method of public speech which has For the UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF been sufficiently discredited in France." And The Times in a fine satirical view remarks:-~~- "Job once uttered a fervent wish that his enemy had written a book. Were he living in modern conditions he would find a speech at Westminster sufficient to satisfy his most vindictive aspirations. Sir Redvers Buller has "international been assured, by an anonymous

LIMITED, detective," or spy, that he has many enemies, For the YANGTSZE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION,

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., and if there be any turib in the statement it

Agents. must be feared that he has made a correspon.

For the CHINA FIRE INSURANCE Co., LD,

GEO. L. TOMLIN, ding number of persons happy by the very singular outburst in which he indulged yester-

Secretary,

(1205€ Hongkong, 7th.November, 1901. day. An evening comtemporary remarks A man who imagines that there is a conspiracy

CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE CO., ngainst him, and that "international detectiven”

LIMITED. are plotting his ruin has not the mental balance. necessary for the command of an army corps, and we can hardly imagine that, after what happened yesterday, the recent appointment will be allowed to stand.

THE UNEASY ROOKS.

Farthquakes are the cause of much destruction, but what is the cause of earthquakes? The scientific fellows say the heat inside the earth, and the big rocks trying to get into more comfortable positions. That being so we can't sure earthquakes the cause in too deep and 'too big.

More S a matter casier to handle and yet not easy enough to make us vain or conceited. Humility and- modesty are well-fitting coats for the lacks of the beat B! 18h.

Rheumatic fever laid the foundation of all my trouble many years ago," says Miss Jane Williams yes, int what laid the foundation of the rheumatic fever The man who can ever that, with a sanull of surenes in the talk of him, will do more good than the long-headed laterman who emptores a fresh foreign: market or cuts off the heads of a million Chinese Boxers,

Whatever may furront to be the cause of rheamatie fever Miss Williams (with lots of other afflicted persons) has no doubts about the affects of it. "The early attacks," the lady tells us, lett me very weak and low They took away from me pretty nearly all my relish for food, and the power to digest (I mean to digest quickly and thoroughly) the morsels I did ext." Does the roader think Miss Williams bas put the

She thlak cause and effect in the true order here f The lattery business has become so profits, to be sure. But we will not be hasty to conclude, able that some enterprising gentlemen have She wants a first to hear the rest of her story.

After meals," she goes on to say,

"my storbach undertaken to sell tickets of their own manu became filled with wind and I was tortured with facturing. They reason that as there are so pains in nearly every part of my body. They were stomach. I was often bilions, too, and had violent many blanks there is little risk of being were, however, in my chest and at the pit of

sick headaches." have been sold. defected. Already many of these bogus tickets

but at the close there is an enquiry for shares

the robbers seldom leave without burning at $20. The London quotation has further

several houses as a warning to others. It is improved to £63.716. Nationals are unaltered only a few weeks ago that the different yamens Marine Insurances.-Unions have been booked

in Tai Leung were served with notices that if a at the advanced rate of $337, and are now

sum amounting to upwards of $10,000 was not enquired for at $3401. · China Traders are weak at paid the yamens would be burned. Rumour $48, Fire Insurances.-There is no change to

says that the money was paid, but the officials, report in either stock under this heading Hongwhile admitting that the demand was made, kong Fires keep steady at $365, and China Fire's deny having complied. are asked for at 585, after sales at the mtes. Ship- ping. Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steam- boats have beco negotiated at $35t, and more shares can be placed. Indo-Chinas have de- clined to 5:48, at which price shares are obtainable. Douglas Steamships are again is the market at $47. China and Manilas can be sold at 61, but there are no shares offering under $62. Star Ferries are firmer and have been disposed of at 524 for the old and S9 for the new shares. Shell Transports have been dealt in at 2.15 at which, rate more shares are offering. Refineries.--China Sugars have changed hands at $154 and $155, closing with Yurther sellers at the lower figure. L' zons dropped to $to, at which rates small sales have been affected. Mining.-A large business has been transacted in Punjoms at rates varying between $3 to $34 and the market closes with further enquiries at the latter price. Raubs have been done at $14, and are now quoted at $13 Private advices from Singapore state that the crushing for October realised 1,977 ounces smelled, gold from 3,300 tona pre treat. ed, Jelebus are wanted at $41. Charbonnages have sellers at $329. Docks, Wharfs and Godowns.-Hongkong and Whampon Docks a shade easier, and can be obtained

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GENERAL BÜLLER AND HIS CRITICS.

AN EXTRAORDINARY SPEECH.

Sir Redvers Buller has thrown off the re- straint which he recently declared it to be his practice to impose upon himself, and yester- day, says a mail paper, at a luncheon to the service section of the Queen's Westministers, went with considerable detail into the criticisms that have been levelled against him." The first point he touched upon was the assertion that he was not the proper officer to command at Aldershot, put forward in several journals, and he told a strange story of an international detective, or possibly a spy," who called upou him and entreated him to resign his position, on the ground that there were mentho

at $2871 Kowloon Wharfs are procura- meant to get him out of the way, and would

ble at $96. Farnhams are reported sold in do so." After touching upon the condem- Shanghai, at Tls. 260. Lands, Hotels and nations passed upon him in various quarters, Buildings-Hongkong Landa have been booked Sir Redvers continued: "I assen' that there at $19a, and close in demand at $193. Kowloon is nobody at this moment in England junior Lands are steady with buyers at $34. Hong to me who is as fi ́ns I am" to be in com. kong Hotels have been fixed at $139)- Oriente mard of the First Army Corps; and he pro- Hotels are in request at $55 after sales of the ceed to issue a categorical challenge to The figure. Humphreys Estate have been placed Times to name the man who they con at $14, and more are offering. China Providents aidered better qualified than be. The General are enquired for at $94. Cotton Mills-Hong then alluded to the heliogram he was reported kong Cottons have risen to 514, at which rate to have sent to Ladysmith, ordering Sir George shares are wanted. Cigar Companies-are up. White to capitulate, explaining that one of his changed and without business. Miscellaneous, despatches provided for such a contingency, -Green Island Cements have been placed at The real facts, he said, were that after the Sza and $224, and have further enquiries at the failure at Colenso on Dec. 15 he recognised that latter rate. A. S. Watsons remain firm with he would not be in a condition to attempt an sales and buyers at $15. Electrics, old issue, advance for another month; that he had in

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(Thus far she speaks, you perceive, of indigestion or, as it is saraetimes called, aeate dyspepela. He is the same hungry beaat, though whether we put a Latin or a Greek collar on his neck.)

"No matter what I did," continues Miss Willam "my strength would not come back; and small woader, for I could neither eat nor sleep properly. Instead of getting stronger as the month passed by I grew more feable and depressed."

We can well credit that. If all at once the wind- mills, the water-mills and the steam-mil's should atop grinding grain for a year what should we do for broad and cake?

*3ly life," says this patient woman, was one dreary and monotonous round of suffering and woak nem. I was always weary and exhausted, although I did no work to make me as, All the strength went out of my back and at last it got to bo mo painful and went I couldn'toren alt up. r actes years I spent most of my time on the couch, unable to get about about the house."

At length, and a tiresome longth it was, an the doctor's medicines seemed to be doing me no good, I was in some way led to try Mother Belgal's Syrup. At first it was not much to notice, but it kept up, and After taking it a few weeks the improvement began, little by little my strength retagned.

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