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They turned upon him furiously, and best in his skull with stones. When found some time later, the poor old fellow was in a kueeling position, his head showing a terrible wound on the right sile, incliuing between his knees. He was quite dead, and the body WDS taken care of by the police. Seven other watch- men, as has already been stated, were more ur- less seriously injured. The fallet investig¦ tions are being made, but so far no arrests have been effected Daily Press, 25th Decemler.
On Friday morning the dead body of a Chinaman, bound hand and fool, was found outside one of th matsheds at Quarry Bay
The following statement has been made by the Indian watchman who stopped the Chines girl carrying a bundle of wood which be supposed she had stolen from the shipyard :-
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About half-past five p.m. I was stationed at the soap work's oud of this work on throad. saw a woman stealing wood, and I wautal to stop the woman taking it away, but she would not give the wood up to me, and I snatched at, and tried to take the wood away, whu a Chinaman siruck me on the head. I then ran off for assistance, when a whole gang rau after me and commenced throwing stoues at me; en the way I was met by another gang who also bigan throwing stones, and tried to beat me with sticks. When I got to the matshed, a large number of coalies, I don't know how many, but many more than we were, began to go for us with sticks and stopes. We tried to de fand ourselves. I cannot say more than this “ The watchman's statement is borne out, it is said, by a number of other watchmen ou duty at the time of the trouble, the only difference in any of the stories being that some say that thers were three Chiueso taking away wood, one woman and two girls. Two, according to this version, put down the wood they had at one2, but the third would not do so.
The seven watchmen who were woun led by the Chinese are still in the same condition, one in a very precarious state.-Daily Press, 27th December.
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A Lita Lesson." ↑ one has no time to corsider the probabilities of Mr. C. H. P. Hay has made a stering the positions the characts find them elves in. Dame locally by his appearances ol Nor would it be wise to attempt to describe various cone et platforms, and in The a plot the fluctuat ons of which Lecme 80 King's Minstrel and "The Countryman involvet. It is a delightful absurdity, brimful -the last-named
a inneful melody c \m- of sparkling "lines" and springing new sur- posed by Mr. A. G. Ward and reminiscent prises at every turn. Mr Norval McGregor of the fifteenth century-he enhanced that again proved himself a comedian of the first name. A nicely exccuted pinuoforte duet rank, while Miss Janet Waldorf |layed with by Misses Eyre and Pitts opened the second part
her usual grace. With such accomplished of the programme, which was brought to a close by a slight-of-han performance by Mr. L. H. Brauson, Ih Bambay Light Infantry, whose card tricks are quite the smartest we have seen any amat ur perform Mr. A. G. Ward officiated as
arep nist After the concert Lady Blake distributed to the patients gifts from the Christmas treo,
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THEATRE ROYAL.
A tangled skeia of complications had to be unravelled in the farcic comedy Fucing the Music, produced by diss Waldorf's Company the Theatre Royal on the 'th inst. Wo ke the Waldorf ompany in comedy; they ever fail to appeal to the ris.bl faculties They did this last nigh, most con incingly, despite the difficulties that first night' invariably opens up. The audience was keenly alive to the În none of the situations developing on the other side of the footlights, and when the curtain rag down the flattering comments heard on all sides marked another success for Miss Waldorf's popular Comp iny. Mr. Norval McGregor, depicted the adventures of John Smith, "the other Smith " whose misfortunes commenced from the moment of his adventure in the fog, and his presoutment was a capital one, an unmistakablo dash of individuality imparting add ional flaven to a character which snitel him perhip; evn bitter than | the Birou in The Lady of Osterd and that is saying a good deal. Theatre-goers here are sufficiently well equainted with the acting of Mr. Wilson Forbes to know that he generally minnges to impress his audience with his capabilities. I took the part of the Ree John Smith, and it suited Lim as excellently as he suited it; he was just the As Mabel, the curate's wife, man for the role, Miss Junet Waldorf had more scopo perhaps thau in any other comedy produced "during the present season at the Theatre Roy. 1. Miss Wal- dorf's forte, however, is tragedy, as witness, for instance, her Josephine in A Royal Divorce, but though she is always to be preferred in such rules, there was in that of Mubc! a sufficient element of mack tragedy to make the part a very Mr. suitable and assuredly a most pleasing one. William Fitchett, energetic and painstaking ever, was not lamp ral by any limita- tons in the character he assumed, that of Dick Desmond; and he impressed his audience with his ability as an exponent of the histrionic
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, Although a general ho'iday, Christmas Day passed off ve y quietly in the Colony. Every- where, however, there were the usual decorative indications of the season of the year on shore, in the floral embellishment of the Lotels and other places of concourse, and, in the harbour, in the tufts of greenery fastened to the mast heads of the several warships. The weather was rather unsettled, and made outdoor celebrations pre- carious, but as most of the functions peculiar to and inseparable from Christmas took place under the friendly shelter of roofs, the unfavourable atmospheric conditions did not make themselves appreciably felt. In the afternoon,
at Happy as Valley, a holiday ma'ch was played between a team of the Hongkong Football Club and one from .M.S. Goliath, under hugly rules, and ended in a win for the Club; the attendance was not very good. In the Garrison, dinners and teas, followed later by "smoker? and dances, formed pleasant fea ure of the day, and afloat similar festivities were indulged in by the sailors: Services were held in the cathedrals and churches, and in every ius'auce were well attended. Friday, Boxing Day, was also a holiday for many people.
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CANTON.
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Canton, 20th December. THE KWANGSI REBELLION. The rebillion in Kwangsi is very serious. The rebols, said to amount to forty to fifty thousand in number, have taken possession of many districts and towns, and Pak Ngai, Pak Shek. eishing, Siyan, Hing Yip, and Lau Chow are in their occupation. They are now marching into Yunnan, arned with modern rifles. The names of their chiefs are Chan aud Luk. The officials here are enlisting soldiers.
THE NEW MINISTER 10 THE U S. The new Ambassador to the United States. Japan, ad Peru is Mr. Leung hing, otherwise kuowu as Lien Ch.ntnug, a native of Pan Yu. He will ca 1 at Hongkoug by the guuboat Fong Hoi, and then pros: d to Cauton, to make official calls upon the high officials, after which he will go to his native placs for some time, and will the proceed on his embassy.
AN AUSENAL IN KWANGSI.
So Yi Chow, the military commander-in- chief in the province of Kwangsi, obtained prmission from the Imperial Gove nment to establish an arsenal there for the making of. ammunition, and also a mint for coining doll rs at Lungehow. A large quantity of machinery and numbers of workinen were sent from Cantou. Arms are being manufactured, but the mint has stopped work and some workmeu have returned to Canton.
ANFFICIAL' MONOPOLY,
With regard to the tax which is to be imposed upon the unfortunate girls on shore as well as in the flower-boats; it is now said that the officials bave entertained a favourable v ew of it, aud it will soon be an accomplished fact. Instead of giving the monopoly to Cheung Ching In and others who have applied for it, the officials are going to take it, so as to prevent the kidnap- ping or ill-tr atment of thes, girls.
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PIRATES.
As usual just about the end of the year piracy on the Canton river is bolder and fiercor The military commander cannot find means to check it; so the gentry of the East river have recommended to him one Chan Chi-yeung as a man well suited to the task of catching pirates, and one who knows where to find them. He is to take command of two
Miss Mildred Yorke was pleasing as Miss Fother ingay of the Bijon theatre, and so, too, was Miss Amy Stauley in the much more difficult part of Noru, the wife of John Smith. be ofber characters were likowisg ably portrayed, and cruisers, with forty braves on each, and is to were--Col. Duncan Smith (Mr. St. Clair Bay-give double pay to the men as a stimulaut for
them to catch pirates. field), Sergeant Duffell (Mr. Jean de Lacey), and Mrs. Ponting (Miss Edith Haye).
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The members of Miss Janet Waldorf s Dramatic Company returned to Hongkong early on Christmas morning. They appeared on Monday and Tuesday evenings at the Canton Club Theatre ou the hameen, an on occasion the house was crowded. The pieces selected were The Lady of Ostend nd Turned Up, the des rs having bon generally expressed that the Company should appear in comedies. The trip provided a great deal of interest t› the Company, who greatly admited the sigh s of the city. They devoted the whole day ou Wednesday to sight-seeing and visited most of the places of peculiar interest in Caton.
On Tuursday afternoon a most enjoyable Christmas concert was given to the patien's in the Government Civil Hospital by Dr. J. M. Atkinson, Principal Civil Medical Cfficer. H.E. the Governor, Lady Blake and Miss Blake were present, and so also were Lady Gascoigne, Commodore nd Mrs. Robinson, and Lady Goodman. The progr..mma was divided into two parts, and comprised thirteen numbers, all of which were capitally rendered and evoked much applause. The concert open.d with a pianaforte duet by Messrs. Grimble and Ward, & combination of names and music 1 talent On Friday (Boxing night) the season bers which makes further comment superfluous. was resumed by the pro luction of the farcical Mr. G. Balloch gare two
and comedy Turned Up. This piece was appro songs, Lindsav,'
In priately selected for a holiday night, and proved Whatever "Kathleen Marourneen aud "When the a very merry catertainment indeed. Heart is Young' Mrs.
Mudis awakened the merits of this comedy may be, the fact mi-t old inemories, and made an impressions couceded that the situations are exceedingly comical. It is much b oader built than any which her repu'ation as th sougs ress fully merited, Mrs. Badeley also was other of the farcical comedies in the company's successful in her rendering of Who'll repertoire, but it is so cleverly constructed that
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Li-chou, the Admiral on the Canton river, is a little eccentric. Living in the Hoi Chu fort, he has bought in Hongkong over a thousand dollars worth of photographic apparatue, and is now taking views every day. He is fond of taking photos of his soldiers in vari ns attitudes; one day he called out for some soldiers to come He walked and be "shot," bat got no answer. quietly outside the coor of the barracks with a carrying-pole and found the men gambling. Flourishing bis pole he s t about belabouring them himself and sent them flying.
CAL-MINING.
There is a coal-mine in the hill of Ngao Keng in the district of Lungmun, Kwangtung, which produces pretty good col, and a company, under the name of Yu Chenng, has been formed by permission of the Viceroy to work at it. Liberty is given to the natives of that locality to dig for the coals but whatever quantity they have taken they must first offer to the Com- pany, which is then to fix the price and pay them-зn economical arrangement.
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