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| ad vulurem tariff now in force cannot be On the 4th November, at 90. Bubbling prepared in a few weeks, Before Sir, Well Road, Shanghaf, the Wife of Rourut James Lyle Mackay and his fellow SUTHERLAND, of a San.
Commissioners can submit their report to Lord Lansdowne, and before the negotiations between the British and Chinese Governments can reach a final agreement, a year or two may
DEATHS.
On the 4th November, at Hangchow, aftorn short illnass, ADELAIDE MAY MOULE, eldant daughter of Bishop and Mrs Mole; aged 42 years.
LOCAL AND GENERAL..
Wireless Telegraphy
A London tulograat, dated 14th alt, says Marconi is sending wireless telegraphy
la'distance of 1350 walies.
messages
The Interport Cricket.
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 13. 1901
LOCAL AND GENERAL
The Queen of Barvia.
Owing to the communications of ex- Queen Natali of Servia, the Czarina bas refused to receive Queen Drags, the monsort of King Alexander of Serria,
Football.
As the Hongkong-Strait match is like On the 4th November, at the General
The gond nats ware put up for practice Hospital, Shanghai, ARTHUR LURAS, Serelapse. We believe the Dudgeon tarily to be finished early, the Straits having 9 geant in the French Police Foren aged 39 is acceptable to the business houses in wickets down for 104 and being 181 rans on the Hungtung Football Club's ground
yers.
TELEGRAMS.
[LBUTER'S SERVICE;} THE NEWSPAPERS AND LORD SALISBURY'S SPEECH
LONDON, 11th Novembar, 1901. The nowrapspare generally are disappoint ed with Lord Salisbury's speech, which con thined no indication of the display of greater vigour in hastening the end of this we in
On the 6th November, at the General Hongkong, and therefore we trus tint behind Hongkong, it has been decided to this afternoon, and will be up ovary: Wed-South Africa, thus leaving still unremoród Hospital, Shanghai, ANDERS JUUL, late Se- the local Branch of the China Associa-play off some of the tennis matches thisnesday afternoon till further notice. cond Engineur of the steater Ulabrandtion will induce its members to usc afternoon, aged 30 years.
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BONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1901.
known.
The shippers are un-
A Few Cardif
The Philippines Cable.
the feeling that the Goremment now does not realize the nature of the task.
THE GUNNERY ACCIDENT ON
THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN?” “
LONDON, 11th November, 1991
The gunnery accident on the Royal Sover
It is believed that a smouldering remnant from a previous misfire ignited a cartridgo,
as the explosion occurred before the breach was closed.
The French in Macao. their influence here and at Home to!
Arms for Chinese Reformers..
Le Onurier d'Haiphong publishes a The parblication of this issue commence persuade the Imperial Governinent to
A London' telegram, dated 13th ult. sacirical article on the reposted purchase of press for the adoption of this tariff as a says:-Chiness troops at Canton are walcha hotel at Maeon as a French sanatorium, temporary measure. If, on the othering the arrival from London of a vetsel The skit is in the form of a fragment of a hand, the delay has arisen from the loaded with dynamite, arms, and amani. Jetter picked up in Paul Bert Squaro, Bolig occurred with one of the six tack guns. interference of manufacturers of mer- tion, which, it' in alleged, in consigned to phong. chants in England, it would be well for the Rofetiers.. the Far Eastern Branches of the China
*A correspondent of Le Pourrier d'Hai- Association to not promptly and deri
phong writes a long, letter from a small sively in order to counteract any mis.
Captain Humphrey W. Spurway, R.M.A.. A London tislegrain saya :-The United | town ia Yumian giving information regard- |chievous cfleets. We have not gone States Attorney General, Mr lines, basing coal mines in that Province, Ho'olaims and men were killed, and nineteen med We are pleased to learn that the Horg- kong Branch of the China Association over the proposed duties item by item, advised President Roosevelt that Spain's to have found a smokatess cont of good wounded, including Commander Sir Robert. is once more showing signs of life, and hut we assume, and, we think, fairly, concession to an Baglish company for the quality in a Le-le village named Touuza or that it has accepted the tint we threw that a scheme that is put forward by exclusive use of the cables in the Philippines Doudza, about a hundred kilometres Cast out recently in regard to the new Chithe lending British merchants of Shanghai laped. The Attorney-General cited of Yunnaf-so-hunee the title & New
ni, fathered by one of the British Great Britain overruling the late Doer Go: Cardiff.' urse. tarift According to the un- noquerment we published at night, the British otheials and the Chines
Tariff Comissioners, and supported by vermont's land and mining consessions.
A Boyal Birth. the Committee of the Hongkong Brunch
Customs officials, might well be adopted has been in correspondence with Shang-
K. Arbuthnot, Burt,
[DER OSTASISTIQUÉE LLOYD SERVICE] ME CHAMBERLAIN AND GERMANY.
BERLIN NOvershor
tui on this important subject, but the as a temporary measure without injury ai announcing that H. R. H. Princess Works Department, when Inland Lot No. public speech compared the campaign in
to foreign commercial interests and full purport of that commige without loss of revenue to China.
not barelven grasped by the majority
of our readers. We my explain that pm. Performance at the City Hall.
Mr G.-. Dudgeon, who is the Chair SATURDAY, November 16 ---
Nou.Meeting of Shareholders of Dairy nut of the Shanghai Branch, is one of Farm Co., Lád., at Company's Town | the Special Commissioners appointed | Depot, 5.30p.m.-Meeting of Perseverance by the aperial Government to repre
Lodge
seat Great Britain in the conferonco MONDAY, November
that is to take place with the repro- sentatives of China with a view to draw up the resised tarit under the terms of
;-
3p.m.-Meeting of Shareladers of The
Wanchai Warchonse and Storage Co, Ltd.. at the Company's Olive. WEDNESDAY, November 20--
3 to 6 pm
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Notes by the Way.
H.M.S. Arethusa is going into deck on Friday.
Sale of Crown Land,
Yesterday afternoon, a sale of Crown
In Germany the greatest indignation A telegram has boon received in-Slangland took plsen at the offices of the Public prevails about Mr Chumberlain, who in a
Albert de Belgique has prosputed the Crown 169, situated in the locality of New Plan South Africa with those of other countries, Prince of Bulgium with a so It will tation Road Station, was disposed of to Mr. also with that of Germany in 1870-71. be remembered that Prince Albert, who is A. Denison, Architect and civil engineer, The German Press exhorts England that nephew to the present King, and Crewn acting on behalf of the Hon. F. H. May, certain persons should not use a language Prince, was married on the 2nd of October, Captain Superintendent of Police, for the which must try Germany into the chan 1800, to Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria.": - sum of $700, 820 alero the upset price. Mr.nds Fan Anti-British Policy.
Denison was the only bidder
Marching to Pretoria."
The river Amur was closed to shipping band on the 18th ult.
Presideur Roosevelt favours the cre- tion of a
portfolio of commerce in the United States Ministry.
The Franch Bufget Committee has omitted the cast of three tronelads from the Estimates for next year.
Sale of Work in the City the recent Trotocol. It is generalis concerted by all who know anything of the subject that Mr Dudgeon kuuss toore about it than any other mau in China or out of it, official or unofficial He is made a special study of it, and being a man of exceptional judgment as
Nagasaki Impere state that the Rrs- well as a business man of ability he is probably best fitted to give the British sian naval squadron in these waters in to Government sound advies on what winter at Chinghai near Masumpa Corea.
second one half
SILVERPLATED,
JUMPED ON A TEN PENNY NAIL. GLASS and
HK little daughter of Mr. J. N. Powell THE
jumped on an inverted rake made of ten pony nails, and thrust one mail entire CHINA WARES.ly through her foot and
way through Chuderin's Pair Balm was promptly apples, and five minutes the pin had disappeared and no Jater
nere suffering was experienced. in three day, the child was wearing her shoe as usual, and with whsolutely no discomfort M. Powalt is a well known merchant is admittedly a difficult subject. Re- of Forkland, Va. (.8.A. Pain Balan is all antiseptic, and heals such juries without cognising the evils that would inevit- maturation and a one-third the time ro-ably arise under the all-round ad vele.ing the Russian language has dwindled
from 200 to 20. Doesn't pay, wo suppose
COOKING RANGES,
KITCHEN UTENSILS,
and HOUSEHOLD
quired by the usual treatment. For Sale
General Agents.
The number of students at Paris learn
REQUISITES. by Al Denters; WATKINS & Co., Ltd., rem tariff which came into effect on Monday, the 11th inst.-and which remains in force until specific tarif's Miss Stone (the American missionary) ive been agreed upon mutually be. and another lacs, who were captured by tween Great Britain and China, Mr Bulgarian brigands, are hidden ander
ground. Dudgeon called together the leading merchants of Shanghai, and with them
The apatieso insurance companies are drew up a scheme of specific triffs declining to pay claims out the steamer which was zubitted to the Chinese Tanrahiko Mare, totally lost on the lotus, Government as a temporary Dicasure on the ground that she should not have put until the permanent specific tariffs to sea in a typhoon, have been agreed upon. This scheme, which, for the mke of simplicity, way
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Photographic Goods of Every Description.
A. S. WATSON & CO., styled Mr Dudgeon's scheme, had
LIMITED.
Katablished A.D. 18.1.
We begg to netiży
THE ARRIVAL OF OUR NEW
SEASONS
Photographic CONFECTIONERY,
Dr A. G. Smith's residence and dental
office, and sera Moneilyan, Heiman and Co.'s godowns at Yokohama were entirely burnt down, with a large quantity of tea in them, on the Bistult.
of
President Roosevelt's Independence.
HONOUR FOR BARON VON RICHTHOFEN.
The Great Gold Medal for Art and the famous Science has been conferred upon Geographer Baron von Richthofen.
A Singapore Loan.
The Straits Times is officially informed that the Municipal Loan of $1,000,000 at & per cent., for which tenders were recently invited, has been over-subscribed by about
At the Cricket Ground to-night, the
President Roosevelt (mys a. London the Royal Welch Fusiliers will play a new march entitled March despatch declares that he will not punder ing to Pretoria. The piece is composed to cliques to scoure fie nomination for the by a boy, Mnator M. D. Silas, now Fresidency in 1904, though he will be in Queen's College, with whose name the deeply grateful if the people re-olent him. musical community is already familiar. A subsequent telegram says President The march, which we had had the plessure Roosevelt's detachment from political of hearing on a previous occasion, is a most parties has created sensation in the United attractive and jaunty air, and cannot fail to States. Two of President Roosevelt's acts become popular. This talented youthful have been against all American oxperience...51 per cent, and allotments have been made composar is to be congratulated on his early | He appointed Mr Jones, a Democrat and of the full loan at rates varying from 1 per
an anti-Bryanite, a Judge of the Federal cont to 5 per cent premium. Supreme Court of the United States, and doolared that it was his intention to appoint the beat men to offices regardless of polition.
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Bucetas.
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· California's Nightingale."
Alarming Fire at Sea.
Fatal Falls.
On Monday, a Chinese pprentice boi. loranker, who was working on the 6.8. Chelydra in No. 2 duck, Hunghom, A Calcutta telegram, dated 25th Octo overbalanced himself and fell to the bot ber, reports:-On Wednesday night atom of the hold. He was carried home by his friends, and died yesterday morning. A native bricklayer fell off a building in Wanchai on Monday, and died in the hos pital a few hours later.
Banoval of Woosung Bar.
This is the title richly earned by Mme. Agnes Freed, one of the foremost Americangingers of the day. This lady arrived in Hongkong by the German mail steamer Kizutachou yesterday afternoon, and intends making a short stay here, serious fire broke out on the British India when it is hoped, that we will have the steamer Ellors, shortly after leaving Mad. plassere of hearing the beautiful sympras barbour, heund for Calcatta. She was thetic voice, which she knows well has to 30 miles out at sea when smoke was seen use. We understand that Mme. Freet is to be issuing from the forehold, Elled with endeavouring to make arrangements for one casks of oil and spirit, which had been
At the first meeting of the session of or two converts in Hongkong. On the way fired. The ship's pumps were unable to
the Shooghul Bociety of Engineers and down. she volunteered her services at a cop with the mischief, and the steamor very successful convert given our Luard in put back to Madras, arriving after inid Architects, M. Chollot's paper (translated aid of the widows and orphans of poor night. Every assistance was rendered, and, from the French dealing with "The Re after hard fight lasting till 11 am. moval of the Woosung Bar, was read by yesterday, the fire was gut under. The the Honoruty Secretary. The author's forehold was completely isolated from the scheme consisted in placing certain weirs rest of the ship; but still the greatest with gates opening inward across the junk A Sopehow dispatch to hand states that afficity was experienced in fighting the channel near the lower end of Gough Island. under special instructions from the Hound of Bre, and the hold had to be completely these gates to open to the incoming tide Revenue, E. Nieb. Governor of King filled with water. The extent of the and cicas off that section of the river province, kas given orders to all the Likin damage is not yet known, nor how far it is during the cub, thereby tuming the whole and native Customs stations and barriers covered by insuminée. Enquiries into the of the scour over the bar. In the discussi throughout a portion of Kiangsu to add cause of the fire are proceeding, The which followed, several speakers maintained thirty per cent to the regular duties levied Flora is expected to proceed on her voyage that the present tendency on the part of
sailora.
Laying on the Duties.
the ugaalified support of the leading British houses in Shanghai: it was, we are given to understand, fully approved of by the British Government's official advisers on the spot it was welcomed the the Imperial Chinese Maritime | Castorm' ulivials, at Shanghai, as a safe
and fair basis on which to carry on the Hidaye, which leaves London on thegar and tea carried through the province.
multiplex isport trade of the Treaty Ports. It was sent to Sir Robert Hat
at Peking with the hope that he would
Colonel J. M. Babington, who has ac
cepted the position of Commandant of the New Zealand Defence Forces, will mil for Now Zealand, via Sydney, by the R.M.S.
28th inst.
them on tulncco, wines and epirits,gain to-day.
The excuse given by the Board of Revenu for laying on this extra duty is that the War
on commodities must be increased to mest
the Hiver was to eat a way through the junk channel, which would in the near future become the barter channel of the two, Bir B. K. Arbuthnot.
and that, bearing this in mind, it would The many friends of Commander Sir RK. Arbuthnot, Bart., R.N., will learn appear desirable to assist the river to im
endeavour to improve the present. Ship overbiked him on board the Royal Sovereign. Chanel. To view of the importance of the to This promising young officer, who was tor
H.M.S. Radpole is, we hear, under Indemnity is a large that ordinary duties Government to sanction its adoption, Redpele, a small gunbost, did valuable ser
approve of it, and advise the Chinese orders to proceed hame next month. The this additional burden upon the Emzira with sincere regret of the nccident that has prove itself on these lines rather than to
This, then, is the scheme which the vice up the West River last year when it begin collecting the extra duties on the Lith pedo lieutenant on HMS. Centurion on Bubject, the discussion way adjourned till
Governor Nieh gaye instructions
| Hongkong Branch enquired about, and was feared that the Boxer troublés might finst (1st day, 10th moon),
extend to that district.
the answer from Shanghai Is that the | Dulgcon tarif'slid not come into opera-
The Bank Robbery at Singapore. · tion at Shanghai on the 11th inst. and
The authorities of Emmsauel College The inner secrets of the discovery of that the Customs authorities there are have awarded Mr Gnoh Lean Tuck, the perpetrators of the Eungkong and still awaiting instructions from Feking. Ferang Chinese Queen's Scholor, the Shanghai, banks robbery, and their sub
Why the proposed specific tarif has Stodontship which has been recently found sequent arrest and coariction, are now not yet been adopted can only be coned for the encouragement of Advanced nearly all public property. The latest jectured.
* The Chinese Government Study and Research. It is worth £124news comes from Penang, whence New Year SELECTIONS OF THE PUREST AND may have been advised against it. The and is tenable for one year, but may be (Straits Timer) learn that a King from
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extended if necessary.
GUARANTEED CURE.
Interesting Rowing Matches.
The assemblage of such a largo fleet of British men-of-war in the Harbour has been the meat of stirring up much friendly
this Station during the China Japan War & fiture dato. in 1891-da, is recognised as one of the rising men of the Service. Ho passed through the schools with the highest honours, and since he went allout has mode an enthusias- the study of the more technical branches of his profession. It is not generally known that in The Japaness torpedo attack on Weihaiwet in 1895, one of the must terrible
experiences yet recorded in modern naval
rivaly Antong, the different bouts orens and this has resulted in a series of interes: ing matches. The other day the cutter of e H.M.S. Uzmi tuhupeteil with the custer uf
.M.S. Astraca, over a mile course. Na
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Singapore, named "Vaitilingam," is now history, Sir Robert Arbuthnot went as a cumlly it was expected that the big battle- staying there on his way to India-he hay 'passenger' in one of the Japanese busts, ship would annes a win, but, to the sur. ing earned the reward of $10,000 offered by A British amant officer, the torpedo gurm of the great majority and amid the The New Chinese Tariff.
In their weekly trade report dated 2nd the Back, for giving the first information ver of the Centiation, went is a passenger greatest excitement, the crew of the latter November, Mesars Xuel, Murmy and Co-, which led to the discovery of some of the in another of the boats. It wil be remem tot carried off the palm of victory. THE SIMPLEST QUALITY TO THAT Certsini American and Geraian aer Shanghai, write:-The results of the labour wie implicated in the robbery. Vaitilingam bered that in the daring attack on a bitterly vious to the above match the haler of chants have objected to it, deeming it of the Committees appointed under the used to keep a small native dispensary in cold morning, when the gray tell frozen on H.M.S. Ardhuse, rowed the winter of not sufficiently explicit in its treatment auspicies of the China Association to classify Manila Street, Singapore. According to the deck, several of the flotilla were hit and MS. Astund. The Arthur won a good of some leading staples of import. The and ox the average elf.nricus of the vari the Penny Gazette,, he has invested many lives het before the bats could sen and it was thought by some that the A rathra, having beaten the Astroen, the reasons for this objection niny yet be our articles of import in which British trad. $4,000 in some property in Pesaug, and return from torpedoing the Chinese fro remored. It should be to the interest ers are interested have been formulated and taking the balance with him to tae similar cladi as thos hy at anchor behind vanquishers of the Ocean, were the cham
kung-tam. ... It was for his report on this fiene. This led to another maça yosterday of all foreign merchants tinding with sent to the proper Authorities with a viewly in India.
interesting naval experiance that Arbuthnot afternoon, H.MS, Bramble challenging the China to agree upon a workable scheine to having the increased tariff, which comes
oyed his promotion. It is to be hoped his out with the reputation. The result of « LONDON AND PARISIAN of a temporary character, the inequali-into force on the 11th instant, on a specific
basis from the commencemout. As it is After grotracted and painstaking resen injuries are not such as to cut short so
moet exciting and admirably rowed rac ties of which would operate less injuri practically impossible to give any intelligible reb, a thoroughly safe and certam Remedy highly promising a career.
you win for the plucky challengers. It is ously against special imports thus the idea of it in an abbreviated form we beg to has been discovered for Nervous Delity
said that the backing of the crews was in ovary, forms, Last Manhood. Loss of evils of the per cent. nd eniorem syerofer to the copy of the classification issued Vist Power. Sominal Weakness, Dinness
strong, one ship's company parting with gazio on one of the races. tern. But if an agreement cannot be herewith. Last year was rightly treated ofuky Lupotence Evil Forehongs,
Wasting Decay Paine in the brought about, then we hope the British as an uns vi and the average c... val- and Eruptions on the Face and Body, Loss
of the Heart ▲ S. WATSON & Co., Limited, Government, izceping in view the facts arrived at by taking the actual sales of Memory, Confusion of Tacas, Palpitation Frightful Fisciation, Fretid that British trade with China for dering the previous three years, and deduct of the
Spermatocraced Disease the Bladder,
»f exceeds in buls and value the trade of in from the Hsikan equivalent the Duty Breath, Low Spirits Tumidity, Vaticocele recording to the old tariff and 7% for chimes, Weakness of the Genital Organs and all China with all other foreign countries, that being the queognised manor in which Diseases of the Urinary Organs. I vil send particulars of this simple and efficacious will take such measures as will be fair the Custons Authorities always arrive at the Cure to any sulforas who sends me a soli to British trade and not usinat to ver valuð of the trade. Even if this ottempt sådreased stamped envelope. Do not delay Chinese interests. The feet must rot to simplify and facilitate matters proves if you are a suffuror for it will cost you nothing. Address: Rev. Joseph Hope St be lost sight of that the specific tariff abortive the well-intended efforts of the Com Cland Westcourt Road, Worthing, England
Name this paper). 1607 that is to supersede the 6 per cent. mittes deserve publicity.
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