Hong Kong Telegraph 1890-03-12

Hong Kong Telegraph 1890-03-12

Year: 1890

THE SHARE PERJURY CASE. THE CANTON RIVER OPPOSITION. IT has been decided by the English Consul at Tientsin that a sum of $2,000 will be paid to the widow of the Ningpo tailor who was accidentally shot by a foreigner some little time ago. H E. CHANG CHIH-TUNG has taken some of the irons with he had in the fire with him to Hupeh Among his projects was the erection of a large factory for spinning. THE magi-teriali quiry held by Mr. Robinson into the circumstances attending the Wanchai fire was corcluded this morning (March 11th). A SHAN HAI contemporary states that the Kiang kwon is to run on the Hongkong Carton line. FROM a telegram in the Courrier d'Hai-phong dated Hanoi, February 27th, it would appear that piracy is still rampant in the provinces of Bac-ninh and Haiduong. THE DUSTMENS' DOINGS. THE GREEN ISLAND CEMENT WORKS. RECOLLECTIONS OF LIFE IN THE FAR EAST IN THE FIFTIES. IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION. THE ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT BY A BANK CASHIER. JAPANESE AND CHINESE FROM A JAPANESE POINT OF VIEW. FOOCHOW. FRANCE. THE meeting of the Literary Society which was to be held to-morrow night has been postponed to Wednesday next. ACCORDING to a Japanese paper, among the pirates who infest T