Hong Kong Telegraph 1890-09-18

Hong Kong Telegraph 1890-09-18

Year: 1890

THE AMERICAN TARIFF BILL. A DRUMMER of the 91st A. & S. Highlanders, named Carey, while drunk, fell into the harbour and was found drowned near McGregor Barracks. THE Czar, according to a recent statistician's calculation, is the largest private owner of land in the world. AN adjourned Convocation of St. Andrew's Chapter, No. 218, S.C., will be held in Freemasons' Hall. THE Superintendent of the P. & O. S. N. Co. informs us that the Company's steamer Teheran left Singapore yesterday afternoon for this port. THE most densely populated square mile in the world is in the city of New York. Le Canadien appeals to the leaders of the Ottawa and Quebec governments to provide work for the inhabitants. A dispatch to the Herald from Tacoma says the Corwin has sailed with orders to seize and dismantle British sealers. In Skibbereen a measure of potatoes which last year sold at 4d now sells at rod. Neil Matterson, the oarsman, to-day defeated Stephenson on the Paramatta river by four lengths. The Queen's Theater at Manchester has been destroyed fire. There was no loss of life. ACCORDING to a home contemporary, a new guillotine is being constructed in France. THE keeper of a gaming den that was