Hong Kong Telegraph 1881-09-12

Hong Kong Telegraph 1881-09-12

Year: 1881

THE HONGKONGE TELEGRAPH HONGKONG 12TH SEPTEMBER 1881 "REGINA V PITMAN" THERE WILL BE A MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON AT HALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK. MR. CH'AN AFOOK, THIRD CLERK IN THE SURVEY DEPARTENT, HAS BEEN APPOINTED PROVISIOUALLY BY H. E. THE GOVERNOR TO BE SECOND CLERK IN THE MAGISTRACY. THE BRITISH STEAMER HIMALAYA, CAPTAIN LEEDLE FROM HAIPHONG, REPORTS FINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT. THE STEAMERS IN PORT WERE THE KANGCHI, VORWAERTS, AND WEIHO. RIFLE COMPETITION AT KOWLOON NO LESS THAN TWENTY-THREE COMPETITORS ANSWERED TO THEIR NAMES IN THE SHOOTING SWEEPSTAKES PROMOTED BY LIEUT. CHARLEY AND MR. W. DUNMAN, ON SATURDAY LAST, AND A VERY EXCITING CONTEST RESULTED. THE CONDITIONS WERE SEVEN SHOTS EACH AT 200, 500M, AND 600 YARDS, WITH THE, MARTINI-HENRY RIFIE, ANY POSITION. LIEUT. CHARLEY WAS EVENTUALLY RETURNED THE WINNER WITH THE GOOD SCORE OF 89 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 105 SERGEANTS NORRIS AND BARNES, WITH SCORES OF 82 AND 80. THE BRITISH SHIP "HINDOSTAN" IN A TYPHOON RIFLE COMPETITON AT KOWLOON THE BRITISH SHIP "HIDOSTAN" IN A TYPHOON A FEWTRANSFERS IN THE STOCK OF THE CHINA SUGAR REFINING CONPANY, LIMITED, WERE EFFECTED AFTER WE WENT TO PRESS ON SATURDAY. ONE OR TWO SMALL