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Intimations..

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ESTABLISHED A.D. 18411

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JANUARY 13 1911

and will occur again, and what better equip. ment can the citizen, in or out of uniform. possess than a knowledge of how to deal with such affairs? To sec, as we have seen, a man. bleed to death surrounded' by a frightened, crowd of ignoramuses, to see the man him A. S. WATSON & CO., self gazing fascinated at the spouting blood |from a severed artery, is an object lesson of the value of a knowledge of first aid. Half au hour's instruction in the simplicities of the tourniquet and digital pressure, where to apply either or both to the | best effect, would have saved his life

but the knowledge was lacking, and when the expert anived it was too late. We do not often hear of people bleeding to dealb, but the most elementary knowledge of the human frame will convince us that a very trivial accident may easily result in a.sever- ed artery. For this and many ollier reasons, not the least among them being the safe guarding of the home itself, we hope to see a resumption of the Hongkong first aid classes.part from their value, they are, or were, pleasantly intercaling, way of spending an hour or two of the evening, and it needs only a title energy and enthusiasm to put them once more into activity. We

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

WATSON'S

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VERY OLD LIQUEUR SCOTCH

WHISKY

A Blend of the Finest Pure Malt Whiskies distilled in Scotland

Or.

GENUINE AGE

AND

FINE MELLOW FLAVOUR.

Robert Porter & Co.'s

BULL DOG

BRAND

GUINNESS' STOUT in PINTS and SPLITS.

are sure the local medical men will not grudge a little of their time.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. Bamuel Haner jaloed ika Volunteers on the sth Janusiy.

THE Admizalıy bave neprinted Lieutenant J. G. Boyd to the Mizolant,

R. Dallas and his Fullies Company are to srparto Kuala Lumpur dering Race Week Janarry 23 to 18.

We have receval a hardtome čest diuy and year book from Mews, W. G. Humphreys & Ce, the local agents of the State A surance Co. Id.

Tin Cleats University Scoate have reantved" is code the Hono ay Degree of Doctor in the Faculty of Law on the Crown Prlica of Ger

naby,

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI, BANKING CORPORATION,

ANCTHE DIVIDENT.

Wa are officially authorised to state that subject to audit, the Directors of the Hongkong Rad haoghal Banking Corporation will recom 'mead at the firthcoming meeting a dividend of £1 per staro, a borus of 5/- per shæro, add to the Bilvor Reserva Fund's 51,500 and carry forward about $1,900,000.

ALLEGED FAILURE TO SUPPORT WIER.

FIVE V ARS IN MXICO..

Leung Kam Ming, of the Compradore's Do Accɔp to a London telegram of Decem;partment of the Roughing. Hoiel, was som bar 24, to Colombo :-Tha dorsing Post hears mened at the Magistracy this minisg before that another miciatura gener i elec isa may be Mr. J. R. Wood by his wife, Leong Tao Shi; f. ta ling to support her and her infant chil expected shortly.

dreo.

A COLLIR was given 'oze man lt and fur hours'ccks at the Ice Cour, this morning for the 1: ceny of 75 caties of pork from a stall in the Old Westem Market.

THE Noits German insurance Compasy at marks 12,5an, go to marks 15,000, cog for the purpose fexter ding its botines: abroad. CUINER F. J. Burton, of No. 2 Compiny H. E. V. C., having 1 f. the Colony with ut leave. is struck off this strength of the Cops with cffct from the fli jazuary,

amburg er poses to increase ita capital from

DURING the mouthanded December 3, 17,801 mil-bigs were de patched from E gard to The Miketer arrived in Singapore on the | India, Chian and Ceylon, as compared vib 31st ande.

11,900 for the corresponding period of last year THE Stang Dee's last voyage from Swalow to Singapore constitutes what is believed to be a record time for that rue, the whole time occopi-

Ti E Valunteers will take part is the operations with the Regularà da 17th January, 1917.

↑ R. Č. P. Silas, of the Honghồng and Whamad being four days ten hours. She brought poa Dock Co., left today for a holiday up abcui 2,900 Chicese coolies as part of her com. aorth,

plement

FOR returning from bau'stment, a Chinamas

·wis awarded six month and four hours' stocks 10.0 19.

It is semi official'y intimated that the Duks ol Carnight cannot be sp rid to succeed Ea Grey de Canada.

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MR E. Skinney, a well-koowa architect of Colombe, bas committed suicide under tragic circomsiarcos. His wife called at his office In

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Mr. Reader Harris, of Messrs. Wiki:o and Grist, defended.

His Worship-How lon; bas your husban2. ceased to support you?-0 a yair up to the

jod of Jeovary.

Has he supported you slace ?-No. I raised loss from my finds and sold my furniturer. Have you seen the Registar Genera!? - Yes.

How many wives have your husland?-1 am the only one.

His Worship (To Mr. Hanis)-What is th cause f the quirrel?

Mr. Haris- don't know if there's at

Cause at all.

His Worship (To complainant)--Where bea your husband beetle has been away for five year in Mixco. I've brea receiving money from him, but for the last year I've received acthing.

Mr. Haris I want to know what order she wants to be made.

Is Wanhip I don't think that she has left big, as she has been living in the same house all along.

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How many children have you?-Six. Are you willing to go back to your husband? the Australia Tui dings, Fort, end on rpening-Im prepared to go back any moment if he the door found him suspended by a reps, tied is ready to support ms, roped his threat.

THE reat collector who was treted on the 5th fast. by Detective Sorgentt Wills for M.x. Page, cf Messrs Brewer and Co., of Stan alleged crabizzlement of the sum of $10,90

hal, arrives hero in business and expects to return to Shanghal shortly.

THE Master of a team launch was fired izco at the Haib ur Office to-day for carring 36 passengers in excess of the number allowed.

BARONESS Norbof, Loulou and Court Hickstadt, Germany, are among the arriva's

from Mr. Chan Chan Nam w, sf, ther remand. ed fo: a neck by Mr. E. R. Halliiax. Mr. Sheutos, of Merri. Deacon, Lea er and Dea- co, prosecuted.

So far there has only been on rice mill at Ha'phony, la Toakin, but Le machicery for a now one has just arrived. They are bo French-owned, the exifting one teing equipped

Mr. Haris-y client has made no offer which she has not accepted.

·SALE OF RAQING BOUTH SITES.

The following are the resols of the misty public auction this afternoon by Messrs Hughs and Heugh of the sites for tooths in connection wib 1h3 fbcouting Race Weeing:-

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$ 399 410

s-jo:key Club...........ourite urmezy 430

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9-A. Ritchie...

NEWS FROM the nortu,

[Spicilly Translated for the Hongkong Telegraph]

CHINA IN RUIŠIA.

The Minister of Foreiga, fairs has decided to request the Throne to appoint. His Excel. lancy Hao Tertung, Commissioner of Foreign | Atfalis at Makdon (Fengtion), to succeed His. Excellency :ah Ying-tu, the Chinese Minister to St. Petersburg, who will return to China....

THE NIW CABINET.

-Jockey Club. 2-Jockey Sub

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8:0

5-Marty

650

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7-Kwang Y ck PULAIR

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685

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The Prince Regent and the Grand Council have sint a Decren to les rect the Vicemys and Govercors of the various proviacas lo secom- mend competent efficinis to proceed to Peklog for service in the proposed naw Oblast ·

DIFRECIATED COIN GE

The dragon coirs, struck at the various provincial mia:s are not so good in quality as the foreign coins and aro, therefore, held at a d'accusi; thi fes-cent pieces bavo depreciated, to such aux ent that they canzo; ba circul sted, Under these circumstances, tha merchants- have, in order to guard themselves against loss, been compellet to demand foreign dollars is' all transactions. The Ministry. GAMBLING RAID.

of Finance has now, with the object of Agalho: garbing hous: wat railed last protecting the natural currency, cabled to night at about 8 o'clock by-Deitc-ive- erg east the Viceroys, and Governors of the various Marply in a party of Police. The said was provinces that the dragon coins must be ac- canied out at 25, Crihan Street, where four-cepted in payment of all rates and taxes and in all the way, telegraph and fot offices een rests were effected. The men were having a mild Buterat "Fastan' wib insick. what 70,ard to the sale of exchange, sticks at the time They we charged at the Megistracy this morning. A fine of $15 each was imp:sed on the first and second deford ints The rim ieder were fin d$ e-ch,

ST. PATRICK'S CLUB.

TO-MORROW NIGHT'S Cɔkce.t.

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OFFICIAL APPOINTMENZA, Grand Councillor Prizes Yu Lang has been granted permis.ion for the wairing of able rober. His Excellency Yu Cheng Ke is appoint. ed Finaccia Cmmissioner of Hupeh, His Ex- cellency Chian Neng-hua is appointed Flas clal Commissioner of Shansi. Priaco Ya-Long tas alia b.no appointed a Junior Couccillor of the Ministry of C.vid Appointments.

ANTI-QUEUE CAMPAIO I.

We would remind our readers of the high. class concert which bas bien arranged to be

The merchants engaged in the various trades given at St. Patri Lễ Clab, Garden Road, atis Peking assemblid at the offices of the 8.0 'o-morrow evening laid of the orphans Police Department and the Ministry of the of the 8. Louis Indus'rial School. Apart from Isterior, reporting that ara d.cision is ab int motives of charity, the concert from the poles to be given on the qan i:ns of discarding al view of me it is alose well worth the patron the q1200 and the change of drams by aga of local masic-love a, as, in addition to the the peopl, it is feard that the alter- assistance which bas bocu kindly promised by ation of the style of dress will iijuo the... local vocalists Captain Cic li and Officers of intercits of a large zumber of the traders. The S.M.S. Kaiser Frant Josif I have gracladily silk, cotton, panger, satin and cloth merchants decided to 1 nd the services of the ship's or

would be certain of sustaialog considerab'e chastra under the direction of Hers Radell loss. According to the telegrams received from Cepelak. In view of the delight which has on the various provinces regarding this question, previous occasions been expeilenced as per the market is in a state of alarm, and the in- formances by the excellent instrumentalists of tention cl the traders generally is to discon visiting mea-war of oar Teutonic friends and

tlaue their trades, and, most probaby, distur having in mlad the fact that the function is 10bances are certain to occur. They therefor bo gives in the sweet ciuse of charity, there

requait the should or aught take a bumper house present Polic's Cricket Club er Kowloon Oricket Club to-morrow night.

His Worship adjourned the proceedings (.r a fortnight, so as to enable the parties to come to some igresmodi,

SI ORTING,

TO MORROW'S EVENTS, The fixtures for to-morrow are as follows:-4

LEAGUE CRICKET.

A. §. WATSON & 00, om tame. They are staying at the Hongkong to turn out 80 French tons of husked grain on the Police ground at Happy Valley, 745

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ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS... Hongkong, 7th July, 1910)

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·HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1917.

FIRST AID IN HONGKONG.

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day. The additional one is fitted up for a heavier outpu!. Thx smoking concert at the Corinthian Yacht Club ukis place on Fatorday, Februrzy 18th,IT is staled to the Sarawak Gazelle that the and no en the 17th, and s'a'ed in a moraing collieries, at Coil Point, Labuar, are being closed down towards the end of January as the contemporary.

manager has c ́me to the conclusion that evin wth a large cusput the collieries cauzei berado topy and orders have therefore come from home to close down.

THE finishing touches are tali g fuithiặc new Post Office building, which is a decidedly (valu lis'acquisiti a to the Colony's architec-

turn addiments.

A CHIMAMAN was filed $o by Mr. J.R. Word athe Magistracy this muroing for removing and f.om heng He Island without a written

permission from ibe Dhe, ker of Public Works THE model of the P. & D. steamer Chima re- cutly on view at the Nanking exhibition-s to-day safely lodged in the firt fixer of the Hongkong Hot !.. Tha model, is a very valu- able one..

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F. RO110, an assistant of Messrs, Campbell Meare and C, reports that someone entered

It has been suggated that a walking party in colection wi.btih; Y.MCA. should be formed for the purpose of vistuing Cooten dur- One of the characteristics of moderning the Chinese New Year vacation, civilisation is a desire on the part of the ja dividual to be adequate to every occasion and every incident in the daily round.We no longer regard the expert as omnipotent, but instead seck to attain to the knowledge which our fathers were content, and well The jealous content to leave in his hands. professional-using the word in its widest as well as highest sense-may murmur about "Jacks of all trades," and "Toomany cocks," but nevertheless as the sum of human know ledge increases so it becomes more diffused, waters, as if were, the trumzu intellect and makes it fertile in resource, hot necessarily to deal with the large and intricate affairs of life but with those small, trivial everyday occurrerices which mar or make our day. In no direction has this general knowledge of human needs and the primary impulses of humanity been of greater value that in dealing with the accidents and sudden illnesses which are inevitable in life. Our grandfathers knew something of gua: shot wounds or 'a rapier thrust, but there their ability to assist a suffering fellow crea

THE Portland cement factory i Tonkin, drivs a brisk trade with Bangkok. But it has a serious, competitor in cement from Danish | fetesies which has the advantage of direct shipmep's to. Doogkok. Thus in the financial year 1930, Denmark forwarded to Siam 8,4 r French toss of the article against 2,146 from Tonkin.

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The following wi'l ba the program' na ;--- PART 1.

K. O. Y... Cralgengower Cricket Club F..." Kinita"....Concert March

a-Wallace......" Maricana “ on the Military ground at 2.15 p.m.

3.-K.. Tazzi..." Ave Maria “........Mix. J. H. N. Mody, Police (am:-P. P. J. Wodehouse, G., Fall. Die geschiedene Fran". Watzer. 3.-Eduard Gernin..." Rusca in Jpču "........Mrs. A. J. Lasala Woodcock, A Fletcher, A. C Laglay, J. Ker,Fascinadume tintily Fantais. D. McHardy, W, P., J. Og`, A, Hoggulb,.|

PART 11, W. Kent and W.-W. Cooper, mora da

- # ---Klydletather" The Phantom.tigade “Z C. C. Co's team are as follows:-R. Basa, I., S. Selected". Mrs. H. N. Mody

E Lammer, J. D. Noria, R. A. Carvalho, J.V.Kumza." Marchen, Volksliedchen"......Quartejĉo. Fraga, H. Taylor, P. Currie, W. H. Virezab, Russell ftillip..." A Southern Lullay

Evitestofee.............. Fantaila. 0.]. Elgglibctham and L. A. Rose.

-Kees......Die Oesterreich Monarchie"

HONGKONG CRICKET LEAGUE tarle. The following is the table up to date :-

Club. P. W. L. D. Percent, Yorks

37 50

4 3

75.00

8

5 J 3 61.50

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2' 42.85

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4000

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· 16.10 12.10

OTHER CRICKET,

R.E. and Deptr... Remuantsu Civil Service. THE following deaths have taken place in Hoogkorg........ Fenarg:-Mr. William MacDonald, cf the R.G.A........................... Mission (hap:), who succumbed to heart fail-Kwon Era at the age of 7 years. F'e was a realdent Oralgengone......

H.K..Police... of Penang for 47 10318. Alio of Mr. John R. Latham, age ai, of acct: dyen ́erard of Mrs. Berkhujer, wfe of Kr. Je G. Ferkbu jsin, manager of Merse, W. Manfield and Co.

THE Green Flag Obixeso Secret Society at

KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB "A" VI, 8.0 A.

Mrs. A. J. Lamb.

In Lied und Tank........ GOD SAVE THE KING.

A TRUCOLENT JBHD.

STUCK TO HIS FARE'S COAT-TAILS.

Alim Khin charged a rickit a coolis at the Folice Court, this morning before Mr. E. R. Halifax for demanding mera than the legal fare. It appears that the complaisant paid the defendant 4:dents for one hour and ten minutes and this be refused to accept and demanded 50 cents. An argument arose, is the course of which the defendant stuck to the complainant's

IROTECTION OF THEIR COMMERCE,

The same merchants proceeded to Prince' Chlog's residence and prayeithat the questions of discarding the queus and charge of dress may be held in abeyanco.

EXPULSION OF MILITARY STDENTS.

It is reparial in Peking that owing to the disputes raised by wern the Director and the students of the Constabulary Training College in coraction with the Ministry of Uvil Ad. minis ration, nine students have now been int dispersed.

CONSERVATIVE CFF.CIÁLS.. Prince Ching and His Excellancy Na-tung do not approve of the discarding of the queue. They tried to stop the Conference to be held at the Senate House bat Princes Yu-lang, Teal- | tao, Teai-hsun and Tsai jai fi inly ordered the discussion of this problem to be proceedol with. MINIS IN HONIM.

Censor Fung Jai-chik bas memorialized the Throad stating that the mines to Honam Pro vince have plenty of resources. A large capitai is being subscribed by the people to epan up thera mines and work them on the modern system, He otro pointed out the imporant considera tloos in opening a mising concession, The Prince Regent and the Grand Council have ordered the Ministry of Agriculture. Industry

The abava teams will meet in a friendly / Scat-tails and refused to let him get on to the and Commarce to discuss this question. The

ferry for Hongkong,

Censor also memorialized reper.ing that all the His Worship imped a fine f$, on the dopelice officials who were recommended by the'

Jon, 15 pm.

TRIANGULAR CONTEST.

CLUB VI, GARRISON

his form beweeg and team. jeterday Sourabaya, cert ques to give the police a lot el game of cricket on the K. C. C. groped a Kok.

raing and stole a quality of c'otblog to the

„troubler-Tho-soc'ety-did-wall-until-it-look-to- *valde of 515.

extorting monty, upon which several Chinese THE Calcutta Corporation has passed a recolo-informed the au horities, who took to lon which tion to the effect that a deputation should wait resulted in many deportaties. The society on the Viceroy to press the claims of altulta | 1000 found out the infirmiers and defermixed to wicik vengeance in them, with the result for the Coronation ceremony as aga’att those

that police pr.tre ion is bing afforded.

of Delhi,

the Registra of Births and Deaths, show that THE mortality returns for Sir gapore, Issued by during the week ending December 2, there were 231 deaths, giving a ratio per mills (f population of 4347-

'LEEASI don't spit on the p.vement oracy

with trying to bribs Detective-Sergeant Terrett A KOREAN WON was charged this morning with a Sia hill. De: ergl. Terrell stated that he bid consulted wib the Captain fuperistend. ext and hy sit not ish to press the charge and woo'd ask bis Worship to bound her over so av to give her time to clear from the Colony,

ture ceased, To-day we have changed all public places. The Society for the Suppression Mr. E. R Hill fix bound her over in the sam

but the Boy Scout who saved the life of a

of Promiscu us Spiting in Fublic Placer."

fiz: to appur for judgment when called

A MAN and a woman were charged at the

The above match will be played to-morrow af ernoon on the Club's grund, commo: cing at 1.45 pm. The Club's tram will be repre- sente1 by the following players:-Mesirs R, E. O.'Bird, E, A. §. Fowle, H. Hancock, R. Hancock, G. A. Hastings, Mr M. Maar, Rev. S. W. Jayne, Meas:s. T. E. Poarco, C. F. Shackleton, H. D. Sharpio,, W. C. D.

To:Let

LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

7.1ST D V.SION, Kowloon Football Club- Royal Gardn A tillery, on the Kowl on ground, at 4.30 p.m. SECOND D.VIS OM. The matches in it i division have been past

that. We may not be deeply acquaintedSuch was the notice which was being dis- with the effect of a bullet or sword wound,ibated in the public stree's fo-day. baby in convulsions is symptomatic of the THE following competitions will take place in times. He was adequate ie the occasion connection with the Hoogkeng Volunteer Magissey bla murting with the larceny of a posed for a month owing to the absence of the because he had learnt at his first aid class Corps Gone Shild-itaday, 28th box containing clotting fam :06, Quor's RG.A. la Comp. that for the body a hot bath and cold ary; Blake Shield-Saturday, 11th Febru-Road Ers. The fist defendant was employed

by the Po Wan Fire laserires Co, as a watch- Ary; Lugard Cop—Saturday) 25th February, water on the head, was the cure. Wa

man to l:ok afro the proje ty la the building are free happily in Hongkong from the Tite proprietor of the Grand Hotel reports to of 206, which caught breen the sad fast. The usual street accident to a greater degree he cribat between at Lad sgh Decemforce was committed on the 1 h inst, when barust, seose entered the hotel and stole a district watchman caught them in the act. than most cities of the same, size; evca,

a quantity of silverware, elc, to the value of His Worth p passed sen'once of alx weeks on the summer bathing parties are seldom mar-33. Ho suspects his watchman, who' was the first defendint and two weeks on the red by any untoward event. Nevertheless, dismissed on the 10th if} barry. we feel sure we voice general public opinion, and we know we voice a considerable amount As we go to paw, we are informed that the 18 class c alser Kuraberg has reached cur por:

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OPIUM TUBHT ON BOARD

THE "FCOR SANG,”

$8,400 WORTH OF DRUG MISSING, Mr. G. H. Bowker, of Messrs. "Jardine Matheron & Co., Ltd., reports to the Police that 144 balls of opium ́valued - $8400 were AT the official dinter given by the Governor stolen from the sa. Forkrag. It spistars that at Icaang last week, the guests were Vice Ad- the ship wat leto dock at Kowloon and before miral Wisaloe, the Hon. J. O, Anthaalız. Mr doing so the caigo was checked and all found Justice Fercombe Smlib,ika Hots. A. Rt. Adams correct. After the necessary repairs were and R. Young, Llant. Neville, Capt Cayley, effected, be vessel proceeded to Shanghai and fears Hultenta: Jameson, Mitchell, Chap-on arrival at that post, the lass was discovered. man, Pelokin.. Ata gardės pirtsite band of It is surmired that the opfum must have been

stolen in Hongkong, H.M.S. Mixalaur was in attendança.

of individual opinion, when we express regret again. Satutes were f.ed by the various ships that the first aid classes organised by the to batboy. The Nursing is in commsad of Y.M.C.A. ure in danger of collapse, if col: Trigatencapi au Carl Kigest, She returned lapse has not already occurred. Our local after stiling the difficult as to the Carolina Is. medical practitioners most kindly gave their lands. services to these very interesting, instructive and valuable classes. They were atten. ded by police, soldiers and civilizus, and, for the most part, were well atten ded, and it is a thousand pitles that they can not continuo. Traffic in Hongkong, apart from its regulation, is not dangerous by its very nature; but accidente have occurred

1EAGUE TALE.

Bird Oo, R.G.A

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8th Ca R.G.A. H.K. Polica

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PROP. GROSSI AND MELLE, RANE.

Mr. Grosil, the celebra'ol Tolèpa'bist, to company with Mille, Reae, ara expected to arrive on txe Zafira to-morrow from Manila..

Mr. Gross, who has risen to the bights! pitch of perfection, has myst Gid the whole Medical Science is all the famous theatres of Kotoro and America. He is Experimentator at the Psychical and Physiological Faculties of ondon, Paris, New York and other large cias and member-founder of the Hypno Mogbetical Societies in those Capitalu.

In Manila, Mr Grossi and Mdle. Rene-kars given nipo performances at the Opera House and afterwards by request at all the loading clubs, with great success. There will only be three performances given, 2,750 tickets have

been sold for the three evenings, in this city, Details will be published at an early date.

After Mr. Grass has shown us 'thèse highly P. W. L D Pinteresting experiments, he will depart for St.

Petersburg to fall another contract.

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NAVAL LEAGUE.

HMS. "MONHOUTH" V HMS. KENT. This match was played on the Naval Grond yesterday afternoon before a large gathering of interested spectators. The game was fast and exciting throughout and resulted in a win for the mouth by one goal to mil,

RUGBY FOOTBALL,

& match la amranged at 433 p.m. sharp be tween H. M. S. "Kent". Hongkong Foot ball Club. The felewing will present the Club-Fall-Back, H. G. Hegarty, Backs, 4. E. Wood, T.E S. Robson, A. A. Claxton, G. Roberts, Bucks, T. Cocker, J. Clark Forwards, A. H. H. Reiss, W. Ress, C. O. F. Canplugbar, 1. Bali-Irving, A. Temperley A. Murdoch, D. D. Cheessman and J McGroger.

BOOMING BANGKOK.

marians provizcos-should-be-oxamined—

IMPERIE HOUSIHULU DUDERS......... The Imperial Household bar agala urged - the Minister of Firasce, Duke" Tzaj-Tsa, to prepare the next bydget of that l'epartment as early as possible, no that a memoʻial to this ́effect may be placed before the Thiens during --

this month.

CILINA'S NEW CONSTITUILON, An Imperial Decree has been issued com mending a rumber of officials in the various provinces for their faithful services in carrying out the preputations for the promulgation of a Consiliain and cashiering and degrading certain other officials for neglecting their duties, and crieting the Viceroys and Gover Dore of the provinces to give strict orders to their suber linates to carry out the preparatioon eneily, faithfully and alfactorily enthat they will be completed la time.

A. PREROGATIVE OF THE THRONE. Wih reference to the recept'memorial of the. Senato pointing out that the Grand Council - was not a responsible bedy, the Thiene dolp parered its contents and new fid that be reorgartration of the efficial system, according to Chinese law, was a matter for the Thronn to decida as 'wal, as the fozuguration of a new Cabine's conrequently, the members of tho Senato should not interfere with this matter and it is commanded that the memorial should not be farther considered.

OLD HONGKONG JOURNALIST'S ENTERPRISE, Mr. C. Lowy, who was in Bangkok some sima ego, engaged in the Ministry of Justice as shoithand writer, (and formerly on the staff of ·SIONOURING, A DEAD OFFICIAL. the South China Morning Pos', Hongkong) has A decree expressing sympathy at the death been advertising Siam very much in Sydney, of the late Governor of Kaziub, His Excel- where he is connected with the Herald. aawa- | Iency Ho Shong-yul has been Jesu:d. Ali black. - paper. He has been giving interesting accopots marks against the deceased's name shall, ba of the manners and customs of the people, la Lot.xsd and all posthumous bonours due to the public balls and other places as that a move-Governor are to be conferred on bim. The mest is now on foot to engage a Slamere Board concerned shall memorialize the m:de: theatrical troups to play throughout the cities of procedura inžbe u mal manner,

Great indocamdats and high of Australia

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