Hong Kong Telegraph 1895-02-15

Hong Kong Telegraph 1895-02-15

Year: 1895

THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN CO., LIMITED SHOCKING MURDER AT KOWLOON At a quarter past nine last night Sergeant Omrsz Khan, gymnasulm instructor of Our Very Own Regiment, was shot and mortally wounded by a Pathan corporal under circumstances which appear to be inexplicable at the present time, and it can only to be hoped that a Magisterial inquiry will throw some light on the subject, for it goes, without saying that, in view of a murder of a very similar nature by a private of the same segment barely a year ago, this repetition of a ghastly LATEST NEWS FROM THE SEAT OF WAR LI HUNG-CHANG'S DILEMMA DERBY WINNERS AND WHAT BECOMES OF THEM SOME INTERESTING FACTS AMERICAN LUMBER IN CHINA For many years says the "Frlsco Chronicle of the 14th ultimo, the P_ _lfic coast has exported lumber to China at a f_ir margin of profit, but of late business has run down almost to nothing and exports have nearly ceased. The reason for this loss of a valuable trade is clearly set out in a letter from W. S. Wetmore of Shanghai published In yesterday's Chronicle. FOOCHOW NOTES SIAM NOTES