Hong Kong Telegraph 1881-09-17

Hong Kong Telegraph 1881-09-17

Year: 1881

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH HONGKONG 17TH SEPTEMBER 1881 THE P. & O. S. N. CO'S STEAMSHIP SUNDA UNDOCKED AT ABERDEEU THIS MORNING, AND THE GALLEY OF LORNE WILL UNDOCK AT SAM-SHUI-PO DURIUG THE AFTERNOON. THE STEAMSHIP OCEAN GOES TO KOWLOON THIS EVENING. MR. VIRGIL FAVRE, FOR SEVERAL YEARS KNOWN IN THIS COLONY AS PROPRICTOR OF THE HOTEL DE _UNIVERS, DIED LAST EVENING AT HIS RESIDENCE IN STAUNTON STREET. THE FUNCRAL WILL LEAVE THE HOUSE AT FOUR O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. MACAO THE STOCK OF THE HONKGONG AND WHAMPOA DOAK COMPANY WOULD APPEAR TO HAVE TAKEN A TURN FOR THE BETTER. GOOD BUSINESS WAS DONE YESTERDAY AT 40 PER CENT PREMIUM, AND THIS MORNING THE MOVEMENT HAS CONTINUED THE SHARES GRADUALLY RISING IN PUBLIC FAVOR, UNTIL 42 BECAME THE PRICE CURRENT AND AT THIS FIGURE A LARGE NUMBER OF TRANSFERS HAVE BEEN EFFECTED BOTH FOR CASH AND THE END OF THE MONTH.