Hong Kong Telegraph 1883-05-09

Hong Kong Telegraph 1883-05-09

Year: 1883

THE check received by the GLADSTONE Ministry on the second reading of the Affirmation Bill, telegraphed from London on the 3rd instant., must have proved a great surprise to all who have taken any interest in the subject. SOME idea of the cost invoived in Mr. Henry Irving's forthcoming theatrical tour in America. A SIGN of the times. An urgent order was received at Aldershot the other day to prepare a. MR. LEONG ATSOI, who follows the reputable avocation of hawker, interviewed the Police. COMMERCIAL pearl, as well as ivory, has, says an American trade journal, increased enormously. NO fewer than 65 Chinese householders, mostly women, residing in garden Street, appeared at. In the Commons, Childers. Chancellor of the Exchequer, explained the budget for the financial year ended March 31st, 1883. Dawson, Lord Mayor of Dublin, is forming a National Committce to reise a fund to present to Parnell. It is rumored that the police have arrested another man, with whom compromising documents were found. A cablegram special from London says:--There are rumors of terrible dynamite outrages. An urgent whip has been issued to the Irish members to attend the session of the Commons