The first Bazaar of the season, being the annual sale of work organised by the Baxter Mission, was held in the City Hall on Tuesday the 7th instant, The sale was opened by Lady Blake and was well patronised, the amount realised being $1,444. The Bund of the Hongkong Regiment played a selection of music during the afternoon, and St. Andrew's Hall was thronged by a gaily grosed assemblage from three o'clock until juck.
'THE DEATH OF COMMANDER EGERTON, R, N+
The news of the death of Commander Egerton as the result of his terrible wounds in Natal was received here with sincere regret by his relatives (of whom he has sororal, one being Mrs. Gascoigne, wife of Major-General Gascoigne) and numerous friends and acquaintances, made when the Powerful was stationed here.
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