End of irresolution on land policy urged in colonial memo
The text argues for rescinding a gambling ordinance and dislodging vice linked to wages of iniquity. It cites Earl Granville and Sir Richard and discusses Hong Kong governance, urging decisive action to restore health and prosperity by removing the ordinance. The piece notes divisions in the English press and calls for a clear, home-front understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harl Granville
Legislative Council
Earl Granville
Colonial Secretary
House of Commons
Richard
Hong Kong
Emigration and racing scenes loom in British notes
The Lord Mayor reports all emigrants sent to Canada by the British and Colonial Emigration Society have arrived safely and are cared for with 500 more awaiting aid. An Atlantic yacht race opens with Cambria and Dauntless starting from Daunt's Rock amid international interest and excursion steamers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Canada
British and Colonial Emigration Society
Cambria
Dauntless
The
Pill
Daunt’s Rock
Cork Harbour
Hughes
Jockey Club
Echo. Tun
Lyons
Thomas
Queen’s Bench
Justice Blackburn
Mellor
Lush
Newton
Josiah Forster
Tottenham
Forster
Council On Education
William Forster
Frist
Fowell Buxton
United States
J. Josiah Forster
Society of Friends
George Cunliffe
England
Paris horse meat trade and other dated notices
Gleanings note shows 2758 horses killed for food in Paris last year. Thames Embankment cost 1 650 0000 to date. 91000 emigrants sailed from Liverpool in six months. A woman seeks to swap Beethoven sonatas for a Persian cat. A nine year old girl drowned in the Manchester and Ashton Canal out of fear of beating. The Queen accepted a volume of Poems by William Leighton. Sir Roger Charley Doughty Tichborne listed among bankrupts. An American paper jokes about editors and foremen pleasing everyone. A clergyman questions a boy passing him without hat etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Thames Embankment
Liverpool
Manchester and Ashton
William Leighton
Messrs. Longmans, Green, and Co
Roger Charley Doughty Tichborne
Tichborne
Tam
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Chunder Sen
Hugh Stowell Brown
Sen
India
White
Charles Dickens
Philp
Washington
Dickens
America
Finsbury Chapel
W. J. Fox
Coventry
Elder
Philadelphia
University of London
Senate
Plumstead
John Walton
Abraham Andrews
Christ
Poor-law Board
Wales
Lancashire
Southwark
Carter Millbourne
John Charles Steele
Guy’s Hospital
Samuel Millbourne
Millbourne
Steele
Daily News
Gleanigs
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