Hong Kong Telegraph 1892-01-02

Hong Kong Telegraph 1892-01-02

Year: 1892

THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s steamer Verena left Nagasski on the 31st ulto. at 5 p.m., for this port. WE regret to hear that Capt. C. J. Balfour, of H.M.S. Mercury is serlously ill, and is now in hospital in Yokohams. WE note with regret the death of Father G. Burghignoli this afternoon. THE missing Talkoo steamer Hangchow turned up to-day from Java. She met exceedingly tempestuous weather. THE Nagasakl Rising Sun says that "the steamers of the Osaka Shoshen Kaisha are undergoing the very unpleasant experlence at Shimonosekl of being boycotted. MK. Edwin Mackintosh will be delighted to hear that Mr.Jas. Wiltshire, who was so hardly dealt with at the Police Court recently. MISS ST.JOHN, late of Willard's Opera Company, had a very successful benefit at Singapore on the night ofDecember 23rd. The cricket match between Lord Sheffield's Endlish eleven and the Victorian team resulted. Mr. G. J. Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the course of a speech delivered yesterday. The proprietors of the Paris Figaro have been fined for appealing for funds towards the payment of. Mr. Bradley, Secretary to the Canadian Railway De artment, has been dismissed for defrauding the Government. Mr. Mariu