Hong Kong Telegraph 1890-08-14

Hong Kong Telegraph 1890-08-14

Year: 1890

THE SINGAPORE COALING DISPUTE. IN Bangkok the other day a Chinaman claimed to be a Portuguese suboet. The Celestial will play it very low-down, sometimes. UP to July 31st there had been 27 cases of cholera on board the Turkish man-of-war Ertougroul. THE Shih Pao, the Chinese newspaper published at Tientsin, has been entrusted to the direction of the Rev. THE Hyogo News of July 29th says: --- It is rumoured that a syndicate has proposed to take. THE Austrian corvette Fasana is shortly expected in Singapore from Australia. THE railway material expected at Haiphong has arrived. It comprised 2,000 tons of rails and rolling stock. LAST week some Chinamen out East Point way had an argument with bamboos. The police gathered in two of the disputants. REFERRING to a debutante behind the footlights, the dramatic critic of the Sydney Bulletin gaily. H.M.S Mutine. stationed in the Straits Settlements, has been ordered to England, and will be replaced by the Peacock. THE FLOODS IN NORTH CHINA. THE CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST A SOLDIER. MRS WETTIN might with advantage read the following extract from a Bankok contemporary. THE rumour that Buddhism is finding plenty of proselytes in the French