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PYROLA,

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1901.

To-day's Advertisements.

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Intimation.

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FLOWER AND VEGETABLE

SEEDS.

FOR THE SEASON

1901-1902.

could pame several young fellows who have undergone the above experience and are now either in their graves, have bolted, or are slaving away without hope to try and satisfy a rapacious

It is no wonder that gambling in shares is looked at askance by the heads of firms. where their clerks are concerned. It is a more pernicious form of gambling even than borse racing, or cards, and is the more liable, to attract a man owing to the case with, which it can be carried on and from the fact that it can be done on the quiet. Of course the stockbraker looks upon it all as legitimate business, for, in a small com. munity like Hongkong, unless a good deal of gambling were engaged in the stockbroker would be unable to make a living, these semi-bogus transactions being by far the larger portion of his business. Still it seems to us a pity that men should be ruined in this manner merely to feed brokers, but we supppose the game will continue as long as hawks exist and there are pigeons to be plucked.

In the meantime the following clipping from a home paper should prove interesting reading, both to brokers and their victims →→

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CLERK'S AND, STOCKUROKERS, Recorder's Reference to a Salutary Rule. Victor Lacey Coombes, thirty, clerk, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to-day to incurring debts and liabilities to Messrs. Campbell and. Co. to the extent of £1,293, and to Messrs. Chowne Gillham and Co. to the extent of £947 and 1562, by fraud. Mr. Bodkin prosecuted, and Mr. Mathews appeared for the accused, who though only a clerk in the receipt of between £150 and Loo a year, induced the prosecutors, who, were stock brokers, to enter

THE KOWEIT AFFAIR-A London | THE PORTUGUESE GUNBOAT, Zaire, telegram to the Indian Daily News saya --A | arrived this moming from Macao, peculiar story comes from Berlin. It declares

that England had made all preparations for the IRONIC-Ons of the Simla hotel-keepers occupation of Koweit, but owing to the edmest appears to be an unconscious humourist, request of the Kaiser our troops were not remarks a contemporary. Immediately under- tanded." It is further stated that in compensa-neath the Municipal finger-post indicating the way to the cemetery," he has put up a board" ion for our loss Gennany made England a

whereof the inscription begins "Best accom- large concession of territory in Africa.

modation in Simla." Even the Simla Fathers BY KIND PERMISSION of Lisút-Col

don't deserve this. Baillie and Officers, the Band of the aand Bom- bay Infantry will play at the Hongkong Hotel to-morrow (Saturday) this evening, from 8 p.m. to 930 p.m. —

Yeadrill ala

PROGRAMME.

Coole.

Fun of the Fair" ......Epigrammo“, 3. Selection.. Les Cloches de Cornevilla..Planquette.

Folks. Now and Then".

Dulcieve The Gondoliers

Graceful Dance.....

& Selection..

"God save the King,"

Coute.

..Sullivan,

A CRICKET MATCH will be played in | Happy Valley to-morrow between ao H.M.S. Tamir XI. and a Club XI. Stumps will be pitched at 1.30 p.m. The following will play for the Club Messrs Wild, Tibbey, Hanson, Robinson, Hend, Goldring, Browo, Captain Rotterham, R.W.F., Major Huttanshaw, and Gerard-Cunningham.

escutcheons, and memorials of the House of Exeter, the following opitaph on a large marble slab, suspended, high in the motitary chapel, arrested my attention. It is printed in uncials:

THE DEARTH OF CURATES:-Bishop A CURIOUS EPITAPH ~~"G. W" writes Knox, in the course of an outspoken address to the Times-While lately strolling through to the Church Pastoral Aid Society in Birman old Surrey church containing altar-tombs, ingham, attributed the dearth of curates not to lack of money, but because, men could not be found. There appeared to be a great turning away from the clerical and teaching profes sions, and if this meant, as he thought it did, that fortune-seeking was growing uppn them, no amount of special funds would remove the difficulty with which they were faced.

THE NEW COINAGE:-Lord Avebury has received from the Chancellor of the Exchequer a letter in reply to representation made by the Association of Chambers of Commerce of the

"DOROTHY 'GÉCIT UNMARRIED "AS YET."

THE RAIN this morning came rather as a damper to those who were looking forward to the St. Andrew's Ball, for the Honkgong streets

were, as they always are in wet weather, filthy, about in an inch or two of slimiy mud. Matters took better though, this afternoon and the rain,

and the chair and ricksha coolies slithered

into large stockbroking transactions. He ob. United Kingdom that in future issues all British by laying the dust, is likely to prove a blessing

tained an introduction to them from clients, and they believed he was a man of substance, and bought and sold shares for him. When, however, the accounts were presented showing a total loss to the two firms of about £300 the prisoner's true position became known.

Mr. Bodkin said this was the first case in which a transaction of this kind had been instituted under the thirteenth clause of the Deblors Act, which made it an offence for a person to incur a debt without having any means of paying it.

very salutary rule of the Stock Exchange which

The Recorder pointed out that there was

prevented a stockbroker from entering into transactions with a clerk or anyone in service. It was very desirable that this case should be known, and he hoped it would have a beneficial effect in stopping gambling in stocks on the part of employees, for anything more disastrous than a man in the position of the prisoner, to embark in he could not imagine. He bound ARRIVAL OF NEW the prisoner over in the sum of £100 to come.

up for sentence.

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The Hongkong Celegraph

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1901.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Gambling in Shares,

TELEGRAMS.

SPECIAL TELEGRAM. Special to the "Hongkong Telegraph." OUR VERY OWN RETURNING. HONGKONG REGIMENT LEAVES

TIENTSIN.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

TIENTSIN, 29th November. The Hongkong Regiment left here to-day for Hongkong, having been relieved by the 2nd Rajputs. They received most enthusiatic farewells. from the Chinese.

Received 11 p.m. Published 1.25 p.m.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

A FRENCH SENSATION.

LONDON, November 27th. A sensation has been caused in Paris by the disclosure of a confidential report of General Voyron, accusing French mission- aries, also the Legation ladies, of systematic loating in Peking,

LATER.

coins should have their respective values plainly, marked upon them. In his communication, the Chancellor of the Exchequer expresses the opinion that it is not advisable to alter the design of the gold coins, but the association's sugges

ion is receiving consideration with regard to the rest of the new coinage.

PROPOSED INQUIRY INTO LONDON FOGS:-The General Purposes Committee of the County Council report that they have had under consideration a letter from the secretary

of the Meteorological Office, stating that it is proposed to hold an inquiry into the occurrence and distribution of fogs in the London district, and their relation to other atmospheric and local conditions, and asking for the co-operation of the Council in the conduct of the inquiry, The suggestion arose out of applications to the Meteorological Council, from electric supply, companies and others, for special forecasts or wamings of the approach of fogs.

BRITISH MORMONS:-Apropos of the death of Lopenzo Snow, the President of the Mormon Church, it is not generally known that King Edward VII. has some five thousand Mormon subjects. They occupy the Cardston district of Western Canada, and in a recent report presented to the Dominion House of Commons they are highly complimented for their industry, sobriety, and good citizenship generally. They are polygamists in theory, monogamists, in practice. That is to say, they believe in polygamy as a revealed doctrine of their Church, but have the sense to perceive that there is no possibility of its translation into fact under British law.

AN INDIAN FREEBOOTER-That notori

in disguise.

OVER NIAGARA IN A BARREL--Miss Anna Taylor, according to the New York Sun, performed an unprecedented feat at Niagara recently. She entered the water some distance. above the falls in a barrel and safely navigated the Canadian Rapids, where the water runs thirty-five miles an hour. She then plunged over the Horseshoe Falls a distance of 165 feet. She escaped with a few bruises,

IRISH THREATS:-judge O'Connor Corris opening the Roscommon Quarter Sessions on October 17, said that he had been 'favoured with a document, purporting to emanate from the United Irish League, marked with a coffin and containing diabolical threats against his Majesty. He also received an annonymous letter, purporting to emanate from the Irish League, containing several choice threats directed against himself, and enclosing a bullet. He might inform the sender that such communications had no terrors for him.

A RECORD BATTESHIP:-The Devonport Dockyard authorities have received instructions to prepare for building a battleship larger than any new existing. Its displacement will be 16,500 tons, and its length 425 ft. The previous largest battleships designed for the British Navy are of the Queen class, with a dispiacement of 16,500 10ns, and a length of 400 feet. The American Navy, says the Standard, has the largest ships afloat, the New Jersey, Pennsyl

varie, and Georgia, each of which has a dis-

placement of 15,320 tons. The new ship will be the first of a King Edward VII. class.

CRICKET.

NAVY 7. H. K. C. C.

This match was commenced to-day. The following were the scores at close of play

1

NAVY,

ous freebooters, Mabomed 'Sarwar Khan alias Chikai, whout Captain Roos" Keppeli tamed for the time being in 1897 when Kurram was threatened, has once more cast himself loose from his moorings. The Pioneer says he has sold his old village stronghold of Chinarak for Rs. 20,000, and with 100 other ruffians, all well armed with breech-loaders, has crossed the Mr. G. Moore, b Sercombe Smith ..........................too Kurram Valley and gone south. One report | Mr. W. E. Cornabe, c&b Sercombe Smith, 23

Mr. C.'S: P. Franklin, e Dixon b Ward. states that he went to Khost first of all, but not Ilking to stay in Afghan territory he passed into Licut. H. O. Reinold, b Sercombe Smith.... II: Wariristan. We may bear more about him, Lieut. F. Noble, C. Ash. b Sercombe Smith 43 for a man of his reckless and blood-thirsty Lieut. A. E. Wood, c Dixon & ditto

Surgeon C. R. Sheward, not out. nature is not likely to sit quiet very long.

Mr. A. Campbell, c Ash b Mackenzie.... ALBANIAN OUTRAGES-A new list of Mr.A. P. Silver, run out.................. putrages committed by the Albanians against

motortous Kaza von Gostinom kidnapped aboy of

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IMPORTANT CAPTURES. General Knox has effected the capture of 36 Boers including Commandant Joubert and two Field Comets. Practically the whole of this commando is now accounted for..., boy's sister. It is also reported that a party of Commandant Joubert was one of Brandt's | 15 Christians going to market from the village best commanders, and it was he who captur- of Dou were entirely plundered. Three children ed the two guns at Vlakfontein in Septem- were taken from them, and only released on ber last,

payment of a heavy ransom. At the village of Lazarp some soldiers forced two girls, one only a child, to confess the faith of Islam. Another New South Wales has defeated Maclaren's well-known Albanian has demanded £600 from English eleven by 53 runs."

the Servians is reported from Salonica. The

seven years, and demanded $5 Turkish pounds Mr. A. E. Cossey and Mr. J. H. Orton to bat.. ransom. He endeavoured also to carry off the

CRICKET.

Now and again, as what the stockbroker terms "settling day" approaches, one hears that So-and-so has been hit, or is ""in the soup" and, in only too many instances, the

MARQUIS ITO'S TOUR, So-and-so in question is some poor clerk whe is earning but two to three hundred dollars Marquis Ito had an interview with Count a month. Sometimes So-and-so disappears Lamsdorf, Russian Minister of Foreign suddenly, or commits suicide, but mote Affairs, yesterday. He is also to see M. de aften be stops on in Hongkong, a trifle Witte, Russian Minister of Finance, at the thinner and more worn looking and, maybe, official quarters in St. Petersburg, and is growing somewhat shabby in appearance as time goes on. Then we hear that somebody confident that the interviews will do much holds his paper, and to those who know what to end the misunderstandings between this means it is evident that So-and-so if Rossia and Japan. His visit alone is proof being sweated.

that the relations between the two countries What has happened is this. Some stock- broker goes to So-and-so and points out toate more cordial than supposed.

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him what a very good thing Docks, or Banks,

or Godowns will be to buy forward. So-and-

so laughs and points out that he can't afford

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

it, but is told that a few hundred dollam is ENTRIES FOR THE REGATTA to be held all he risks, for he will not have to shortly by the Victoria Recreation Club close take the shares up but can pocket the at 6.30p.m. to-morrow, difference if they rise and cannot lose fa

much even in the very improbable event | THE RIFLE ASSOCIATION are holding of their falling. He is tempted to gamble their usual Saturday Spoon Competition to in this way and does so, making money if morrow, tanges 200, 500 and 600 yards. We he is lucky; but too often a day comes with wonder how the shooting will be after the Ball a sharp fall, such as occurred in. Docks some Mat-time back, and poor So-and-so finds himself THE ELECTRIC LIGHTING OF ST "in the soup.?" He cannot, of course take PAUL'S:-The authorities. of St. Paul's up the shares for which he has contracted: Cathedral have confirmed the report that the and, as the drop has been a big one, he is Dean and Chapter have accepted Mr. Pierpont equally unable to pay the difference. Then Morgan's offer to provide an installation of

electric light for the Cathedral. - the clutches of one of the money lenders, who will bleed him for years and from whom

OTTAM & if he ever escape he will be lucky We

Silver Plated, Glass and China Wares, Iron Bedsteads and tresses; Cutlery and Dinner Services Cooking Rangos, and Kitchen Utensils, Aspinal's Enamels, &c., &c.

Our store is situated between the Principal Banking Institutions and he either bolts, shoots himself, or get into

Hotels in Hongkong.

Hongkong. 25th falv. roor

$7770

TIES

NEW SCARVES and

three villages, threatening in case of refusal to burn the places down.

AT THE MAGISTRACY.

November 29th.

ANY COMPLAINTS ?

Lau Ling is a stoker on board of the sis. Seneca and to show that be did not appreciate the cooking struck Las Hing, the cook, on the head with a piece of iron. The only excuse he could offer was that the chow was not to his liking. He paid $5 for the forcible expression of his dislike:

THEFT.

HANISHMENT.

Ho Fuk, a coolie was sent to gaol for one. year with hard labour for disobeying the order of banishment af Yau-ma-ti on the 28th inst There were three previous convictions, against him-two for larceny and one for unlawful possession.

A LEVERET DEFENDING THE NEST:— A pretty incident in bare life is related by Mr.

Wong Tsing, a coolie, stole a black cardigan C. J. Cornish in Country Life. It had been a pouring wet morning, and we were in were in jacket, value 55, the property of a private in some very dripping swedes. Hures were the 2and Bombay Infantry, and Mr. Kemp numerous, but we were not shooting them, sent him to prison for a month. having as many as we wanted. A hare went off rather wild, and one of the walkers found that she had just left a mest of four small leverets under the leaves of a big turnip. They were not quite so long as my hand, and each had a white spot on its forehead. When the man lifed up a leaf with his stick to show them better, one of the leverets came out about eighteen inches from the nest, and, jumping. up, struck the stick with its paws, making, at the same time, a small snuffling grunt.he other. A coolie of no fixed abade snatched a roll of three kept quiet, but this little chap acted as ten peft corn, value $5, from a servact girl champion to the lat, sallying out and striking walking along Wing On Street, and be was the stick four or five times whenever it was sent to gaol for a months and ordered to linya poked at him. Keepers have told me that two whippings of 20 strokes each. grown-up hares will do exactly the same thing to grazing cattle when they come near their young, striking the muzzle of the cow oF OZ with their fore-paws, and making a noise, and then lying down in the furrow again but I never could have guessed that the fighting instinct could be present in a tiny, leveret,

KERS

FOOTBALL KNIC

SNATCHING.

LEAVING WITHOUT NOTICE. A servant boy, was summoned by Mr. James

Low, foreman in the Ordnance Dep for unlawfully leaving his service without ing due and reasonable notice. He could not pay a Brs fine, and will do a month's hard?