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Inspector McEwen charged his boy at the Magistracy on the 26th Dec. with leaving his service without giving proper notice. The boy said he left because his mother told him to go and get married. He was fined.
The body of the Rifleman who was drowned in the harbour some time ago was found on Christmas day by the police off Tsatsimui. and it was taken to the cemetery and buried under the supervision of Lieutenant Alexander.
The Hon. Treasurer of the lice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donation to the funds of the Hospitals
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Pawnbrokers' Guild.
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$100
At the Police Court on the 26th Dec. Frank Mitchell and Joseph Kirby, of the Rifle Brigade. were summoned for disorderly conduct in the street and also for assaulting a district watch- man. A fine of $10 and costs was imposed in each case.
Six griffins arrived on the 24th Dec. from Shanghai and they were drawn for at ucou at Mr. Kennedy's stables with the following result: -Chestnut. Mr. Mody: grey. Mr. McKie, grey, Lord Conynghani; dun. Mr. Medy: dun, Mr. Harton; grey, Mr. Lewis.
About a quarter-past four on Monday morning a fire occurred at No. 44, Queen's Road West, occupied as a family house, and extended to No. 38. Both houses were completely gutted and Nos. 24 and 36 were also dainaged by fire and water. The fire was caused by a falling lamp. No. 40 was insured for $3,000 with Messrs. Siemssen and Co.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
About half-past six on the evening of the 24th December # fire broke out in the ground floor of 7, Shik Chan Lane, West. Point, and the flames spread to the ground floor of No. 8 before they were checked by the firemen, who were quickly on the scene The shops are eating houses, and the damage, done was not very great, as the ground floors contained only Chinese sweetmeats and a quan- tity of wood. The premises are insured with Messrs. Jardine. Matheson & Co. for $5,000, The tire is supposed to have been caused by a lighted candle falling upen some wood,
The residents of Mosque Junction, where two cases of plague have recently cecurred, are, we learn, inclined to attribute the appearance of the disease in that neighbourhood to the fact that in some building operations now going on close by bricks from the demolished houses in Taiping shan are being used. The explanation does not appear to be a sufficient one, because sporadic cases of the disease have from time to time
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On the 24th Dec upwards of 150 troops | makers and cracker-makers. The villag left Hongkong in the steamer Teucer for Eng-well protected. but the robbers selected land. They were time expired men and invalids, and were drawn from the Rifle Brigade, Royal Engineers, and Royal Artillery. Captain McCarthy, R.E., was in charge as senior officer, and amongst the other officers proceeding home were Lieut. Duff, R.A., Lient. Mathieson, R.E., and Lieut. Saunderson, R.B.
The annual meeting of the District Grand Lodge of Hongkong and South China was held on Monday, when the Right Wor. District | Grand Master, Hon. C. P. Chater, appointed his officers for the ensuing year as fol. lows:-D.G.S.W., Wor. Bro. R. Cooke D.G.J.W., Wor. Bro. A. D. Death; D.G. Chaplain, Bro. the Rev. S. St. A. Baylee; D.G. Treasurer. Wor. Bro. P. R. Simmonds; D.G. Registrar. Wer. Bro. E. C. Ellis; D.G. President of the Board of General Purposes. Wor. Bro. GL. Tomlin; D.G. Secretary. Wor. Bro.JA. O'D. Gourdin; D.G. S.D., Wor. Bro. S. Powell; D.G.J.D., Wor. Bro. W. L. Forfl; D, G. Superintendent: of Works. Wor. Bro. D. Macdonald; D.G. Director of Ceremonies, Wor. Bro. S. Hanisch; D.G. Assistant do. Wer. Bro. H. W. Robert- sou: D.G. Sword Bearer. Wor. Bro. the Hon. W. C. H. Hastings: D.G. Standard Bearers, Wor. Bro. F. Cass and Wor. Bro, C. S. Rogers; D.G. Organist, Brg. C. W. Longuet, D. G. Pursuivant. Wor. Bro. E. T. Bond; D.G. Assistant l'ursuivant Wor. Bro. T. G. Gow land: Grand Stewards. Bros. R. Mitchell, E. W. Edwards, A. Jensen, P. C. Petersen. H. E. A. Hoile, and W. Helins; Tyler. Bro. J. R. Grimble. Wor. Bro. Spafford and Wor. Bro. Darby were elected unofficial members of the Board of General Purposes.
when the policemen were changing their The opportunity was favourable to them and seven houses were robbed without difficulty yesi The Prefect and the two local Magistrates again issued a joint notification on the 24th instant prohibiting the further raising of the prices of rice, oil, and firewood. If this notice is disregarded the offending sellers of the said articles will be severely dealt with.
On the 23rd instant about eighty salt-fish sellers went to see the Viceroy and present, a petition. They said that the new farmer of the likin on salt fish is very cruel and can hardly be dealt with, and they asked the mercy of the Government. His Excellency told them to go back to their shops and he would see about the matter.
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H.M.S. Grofton, first class cruiser. Captain William Des V. Hamilton, with relief crews for the China station, arrived here
on the morning of the 29th Dec. She left Eng- land on the 12th November and on arrival at Gibraltar was obliged to go alongside the mole for repairs, her starlard engine having broken down on the voyage and her piston rod being also bent. The Grafton is the fourth of her class to visit the Esther predecessors being the Crescent, the dibraltar, and the Edgar, the last named being now un the station. When the Grafton was proceeding to her buoy on Sunday s very narrowly escaped collision with the Russian cruiser Nicolai I. The Grafton's engines had been stopped and she was being steered round the bows of the Russian bout when it was noticed
appeared in other parts of the town which could from the other men-of-war that the Grafton was not be accounted for in the same way. The perilously near the Russian cruiser; indeed a coincidence of the occurrence of cases of plague collision seemed inevitable and every one who in the neighbourhood of building operations in witnessed the scene thought that the Grafton which bricks from the condemned area are being would cut into the Russian's bows. The used bas, however, attracted attention and tide was very strong at the time and it was cer- excited comment.
tainly causing trouble in the steering of the Grafton. However by skilful handling of the ressel what appeared to be an unavoidable col lision was averted, the engines being set going to counteract the effect of the tide; but even then the Grafton crossed the Russiau's bowS only a few feet away. Naturally the in- cident caused considerable excitement on board the other ships, and credit is due to the captain of the Grafton for so ably steering the vessel under such difficult dircumstances.
The Honorary Treasurer of the Edgar Relief Fund begs to acknowledge with thauks the following donations : -
The Field Battery (H.K.V.) Mr. P. Sachse
Mr. R. H. Richardson
E. F. B.
Mr. Wm. Macbean
$40 25
Mr. Dorabjee Nowrojec
5
Mr. A. G. Wise
5
Anonymous
B
$ 98
573
$671
Brought forward
Total up to date
A carol service was held in St. John's Cathe dral on the afternoon of the 21th Dec. The following was the order of service --- Voluntary. "The Pastoral Symphony" (Handel).
Shortened Form of Evensong.
Psalm 111 (Turle), Nunc Dimittis (Monk) CAROLS.
1. The First Noël.
2. When I view the Mother holding. (Solo.) 3. On this Day was born Christ Jesus. Solo. "Comfort ye, my people' (Handel).
4. Shepherd shake off your drowsy sleep. 5. The Manger Throne. 6. On Christmas Morn. Voluntary......." Hallelujah!".
(Handel). The soloists were Mrs. G. C. Cox and Mr. C. W. Spriggs. There was a good congregation.
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CANTON NOTES.
[FROM THE CHUNG NGOI SAN PO."] A reward of fifty dollars has been offered by the Magistrate of the district of Ku-iu for the capture of each of the two assistant leaders, named Deung-pat and Lai-sui, of the late revolution in that district. The chief con- spirator was Ki King-san, who has already been decapitated.
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Chang Yan-tsun, the Acting Treasurer, Foi Un, the Acting Provincial Judge, and Im Ki- fan, the Acting Grain Commissioner, took over the seals on the 23rd instant. On the 26th instant they all went to the various temples to worship the gods.
An attack was made by a band of about twenty robbers on the 18th instant at midnight an a village named Sun-cheun, near Fatshan. The village consists of about one thousand families and most of the villagers aro mat-
The prisoner who was arrested by the Chinese officers with the aid of Captain Hastings in Kowloon some time ago for making counterfeit coins has been sent up to Canton. "His name is Tang Chang and he about sixty years of age. He kept a shop named Yee-wo in Kowloon for many years. The frontage of the shop was used for the sale of second-hand things and the inner part for making counterfeit coins has been sent to the military court and a trial will soon be held there.
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Owing to the revolution in Kansu, famine has made its appearance. The Canton Viceroy has sent lately to the province some money subscribed by the people.
Wong Wai-sun, the Acting Governor of Kwangsi, has been promoted to the Governor ship of Yunnan. He is a Canton man, belonging to the Heungshan district. He has come back to Cauton and will soon go to Peking to have an audience of the Emperor before going to take up the new appointment.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Japan Mail has the following remarks on Herr von Brandt's return to China-It now definitely settled that Herr von Brandt, formerly German Representative in Peking, is to discharge the duties of Commercial Ambas- sador on his return to China-not an official appointment, but a commission from German merchants and mannfacturers. The idea of the Germans is said to be, not merely to take. advantage of the needs that China must feel in the sequel of the late war, but also to cultivate and develop her progressive desire to mann facture her own raw material and to be self- supplying in the matter of warlike apparatus. Herr von Brandt has hitherto posed as an uncompromising foe to Japan's expansion, on the ground that her manufacturing capacities would make her a keen competitor with the West in the markets of the world. He now offers proof of his sincerity and consistency by coming out to assist China in developing the very capacities that be denounced as a serious menace to the Occident in Japan's case.
Our Shanghai morning contemporary intro- duces an article on the pay of the Customs Ser- vice as follows:-If we might be allowed to enter a serious subject through a small plea- antry, we should like to refer to a recent per- sonal experience. A sprightly friend asked us to go with him to morning service, asserting that he never liked to miss the Customs? Psalı. The expression was new to us, but a nudge duri ing the course of the Confitebimur tibi] (15th... morning of the month) revealed the secret. The phone was " For promotion cometh neither from the East nor from the West nor yet from the South:" our friend, who by-the-bye is not in the Customs, with a taste which we neither ap- prove nor justify, took up the anti-phone and sang. For why the I. G. is the judge he putteth down one and setteth up another With more dialectic zeal than sense he after- wards maintained that there was more than a coincidence in the appositeness of this song of Asaph to the circumstances of the China coast and he went on to apply its quaint phraseology t further that the Customs men speak nota with a stiff neck," that they wisely set notrup their horn on high, but trusting that their Chief shall judge according unto right await his plea sure with the patience of the stolid ox,
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