Hong Kong Telegraph 1893-03-30

Hong Kong Telegraph 1893-03-30

Year: 1893

FRAUDS. BALFOUR'S VOTE OF CENSURE. MR. GLADSTONE ON IRISH AFFAIRS. JULES FERRY. FRANCE AND DAHOMEY. FAMINE IN ALGIERS. TO-MORROW being Good Firday there will be no issue of the Hongkong Telegraph. H.M.S. Caroline arrived last nitht from Swatow. THE U.S.S. Alert arrived here yesterday from Manila. THE Singapore Spring rice meeting is fixed for May 9th 11th and 13th. THE P. & O.S. N. Co.'s steamer Formosa Bombey yesterday for this port. The disarmament of the rebellious tribes in the Northern Chin Hills is continuing satisfactorlly. The second resding of the Home Rule Bill again been postponed until the twentieth instant. There has been a large influx of gold from the provincial clues of the united States which has. Mr. Gladstone is suffering from an attack of inciplent influer. The reward offered for the arrest of the two runaway prisoners as inentioned in our last. The Opposition will meet the second reating of the Home Rule hill with a direct negative. The House of Commons last night went into Committee on the Naval eslmates. At to-day's sitting of the Reichstang a credit for six new warships asked for by the Government. In consequence of the continous depletion of the gold reserv