WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1902.
CHINA SUGAR REFINING CO., LIMITED.
The following is the report for prowstu- tion to the simreholders at the twenty. fourth anmaal gereza! meeting, co bo hold at the Offens of this Gemoral Agray at noon on Thursday, 27th inst.:-
The General Agents ber to subunit to Shareholders their Report on the Com pany's business for the year 1901, with Statement of Acounts to Bist Decorüber Just
The Rulinaries were well employed dur ing the greater part of the year, but the un- portations of Beet root-Sugar into to Eas torn Markets inferred to in the last Report confinated to interfere with the prices rear lized for the Company's products,
HONGKONG THROUGH SHANGHAI SPECTACLES.
I.
Porlajar it would correct to say that to a passenger on board a ship frota Shanghai,, especially if the vessel kout pretty well got to act, the first glimpse of Hongkong is gut at Brusker Point, or therealuste. This perhaps in a sounewhat crude way putting it; but what intro is this, that from thst point onwards ther the same geological struchou mic meets apparently prevailing that with here i) Itigluarg. The warin golden-grain coloured and
from
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if he only knew about them. He dues, new and then when upcountry at Christosas, sep a butterfly that has been deluded inte belief that
"Spring time ia i-cusien in.!" but he would never look, even in April, for
day or two agar. tilie Crawback hore cours. there is the hotties I saw that butterdies meas summer, and the Hongkong summer is long, and, I shouli think, trying. Quis is two monthe only-- July and August. June and September are only pleasantly warns, and all the rest of the year more like the best months of the English climate only better. We have da a few things to be thankful for.
FOOCHOW NOTES.
Fotow, March 5. Mr. G. W. W. Paarin was appointed Pro-Cousul at the British Consalata on the
instant.
THE WATER SUPPLY.
Hon. W. Chatham, Water Authority, sends us the following analysis of tho water supply:--
4
Lavel and Storage of Water in Reaorroits
H. B. M. Consol has appointed Mr. 1. B. on the 1st March, 1902 **** Begley to ba Acting Postal Agent.
The entries for the Spring Meeting of tim Poikien Race Clol closed on the 6th in- ant. Although the pogive in teining are I was much struck with the wealth dis. not mugorous there are sudicient to ensure played along the Queen's Road,
Our good sport. The fixture is for the 19th and nearest approach to it is the Nanking Road in Shanghai, but that I think cales dath of this month. thecidedly second place. Prisca used in timeS gone by to be chesper hero'thun in Shang I think the reverse is now the case.
The sun at crait of Profit and Loss a count is $29. 17, out of which, $100.00 am disintegrated granite apparently was paid as an Interim Dividend of 5 par marks the Coast all the way along so far Focd, I hear, is dearer than with us. My garden owners and others rain has ut length share on the 24th of August hat; the balane: 3150,117, the Geners Agents as we noticed it. Beyond that, there are and Consaling Committee recommend great differences. Hongkong is no gun- should be dealt with no follows, VİZ:--
plex for any man, howevur great-n phrase A 6 Divulend of 37 por
monger, to stir up in one sentence. shury (anking $12 for the yavar).
$110,000) | Ahithophel in Dryden's prem-with the Carry forward to next à ecount, 18,500.17
necessary changes-it is
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55 paliongloatant, at Daylight.
Tutal........... 177,149200- 67,425,000 Consumption of Water in the City of Vic- the great relief of agriculturists,toria and ill District during dis mouth of
February-
101. Consumption 92,541,000 hotel experiones bears this cut. But it come. It commenced on the night of the Elmar perulation 20,63 may be that the visiteris not merely paying 2nd inst., and although it has not been cop.stoption per head 16.6
pering for food but for dividends. House rent is of course, iniquitous in both places, and tinuous, enough has faller during the week Wolls and to meet inmeliate wants. Like it is weli for Indlords tu go bere and live
Que thing in the stretle struck mo ay Ponds have lace replenished, and we hear samplion 11,549 while they can in a cool climate! particularly noticeable, after many years that those interested in the coming Race if experience, not a few mishaps, and Meeting are particularly pleased at having great any ears with pussing whips, the Shanghai uative is beginning to know that softer course to train thair ponies on. where there are bicycles and fast-trotting horses, is just as wall not to go to slucp when crassing the road. It is otherwise in Hombong. The most wide-awake native
A place so various that it seems to he Not one but all the world'% upitome. Physically, there is hill and dele, rock strewn slepo and sandy beach; there is land and sew, high and low, and even
bed.
Auditor-The Accents have been Audited by Musta. Thos. And and files stusa is mainly conspicuous by itsed and astonished. The belief in Shanghai Fullerton Henderet. Mr The Arith offers himself for re-election
JARDINE. MATHESON & CO.
timmel Agents Hongkong. 19th March. 1992
THE DALLAS MUSICAL AND
DRAMATIC COMPANY.
1
accidont in
at
The roof Thursday night was on the kathe river, below the porth bank
bridge. It
tal է broke in samo places the old familiar moan-et only just manged to get out of the long tain and stream, although, at the moment, way of my chair, and he apparently did about 8 o'clock, and is said to hate that as a special invoer for which I wasntlig
hon caused by some ed sedan, the relations between zatives small native kerpsine oil strese. Bo that and fenignera in Hongkong is very simple. To the Shanghai was all this is in-
It is part pil reel of our gospel that in as it may, the timber yard close by was tensely interesting, for to him, when at
Bangkooz the Governor ulos the foreig quickly in flauses, and the fire spiral
1 with sunk here in the north, the nearest hits arners and the natives rule the Governor.
fran stack mapidity
3 couple twenty miles away and only 300 feet know that some of cas Shughui cricketers stack of dry poter that n
came back convinced that they had barely "Tigh at the highest. Yet Shanghai, with escaped gutting a month or two lard! for of homes the conflagration was appal
its surrounding stretches of taud-dit, thinks using urther persuasive to stimulate ling Much BRUC CU
in tha
dunl of a wonderful
Bourlern sluggishness. Nut, I beg you to
small hours of the morning, by which remember, ibat Shanghai Chinames are *The Hills, ill-treated-not a hit of it, though we dit time significantly known chere being no others INSTOR
have an indignant series of letters, neinter Chape:
and other lessons launched against as from several Lowever, hills, like the poor, aru adways in
In Hongkong
Evidence. ares! chareit
your
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Chenc
mounds.
lies PRO
our Press sometime agn. No: the Shang-
Le fire
extended had
SETTS of land.
1907, 8,346,01 g K
54,250
bills
Consumption of Water in Kowloon Feniu- sula during the month of FebruLLY
1001
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Comunion per brut
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For Freight or I'assage, opply to
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Hongkong. March 19, 1902.
HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB.
604
LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT 1902.
aver
blaze TANTRIES will CLOSE on TUESDAY,
must have been won for any miles the 26th March. Entry Lists will he
mund For
fire
hours, the fifreem continued to ge, and the shoulder-
1 antil (11)
evening. ing
endeavours of those
hai mtive is get abibaci But, when it comes to a question of super, it seem that the foreigner on Chinese soil," as wa
veys, while on his own territory, as you are Tac are in Shanghai, is monarch of all he sur-
H.M.S. Irresponsible. Td night, the Theatre' Royal was again crowded to the dots on the occasion of the production, by Mr Henry Dallas' elever company, of tie velebmdel Arthur Roberts'
prontest advantages aver 05. latest London ruczesa H.M.S. Irresponse a lover of hill condohood to live on the ible." "This phone, ulici goes on the hoards dat, the more physical labour of elimbing to-night again, is said to be one of Mr. Dalis plensare of itself--pleasure which difference with a goal deal in it. las' best efforts, and, when the tarn: "host"
I may perhape bo permitted to remark, Ito do which we have not, probably because af
went
in
in Hongkong, he isn't very slip charge of fire-cagues were of no avail. The One thing, however, you have been ably soldiery sent from the city to keep order
craft
and
usual
Launches for Borneo.
The B.N.B. Herald of the 1st inst.
found in the Clus Paviliox.
Flongkong, March 19, 1902.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE.
03
Tuking cargo at the ugh cates to Taisu-
FOR SHANGHAI
FAG, CIONKIANG & HANKOW).
LYEEMOON, THE Stenmahip Capt. Lamas, will be despatched for the above Port on MONDAY, the 24th
For Freight or Passage, apply to
SUEMSSEN & Co., Ayante. Tlongkong, March 19, 1902,
Entertainment.
CITY HALL.
Are a few amongst the thousands who have expressed their complete and isfaction with
· Cinssos specially nude by 34rLizanus:-- 599 Abdunda, L'.
Aulernen, . M.
Arnold, 11.
Bain, Mrs A.
Lessius, Capt. J. J Macdonald, Lt. J. R. Manners, T. A. M'Istre. Capt.
Barnet Macas, (2. I. (Tan) Ha,
Haven, G. H
Mara) Minhindi, J. D
Borrowdale, 4. F
MR. HENRY DALLAS MUSICAL C
AND
DRAMATIC COMPANY.
TO-NIGHT, 19th MARCH,
H.ALS. IRRESPONSIBLE. THURSDAY, 20th March,
FRIDAY, 21st March,
THE GEISHA.
THE GEISHA
Cocker, Chr. T. et Costa, G. Wallice Kurteen, V
Da Curân Cher, J. C. Dady Banjor, D. S. David, A. S.
Davidson, N, R.- De Britt J, 1.
Magforl. R. B.
Na Luk Ving Haloze, . W. Pichcen, A. A.
(Mugwa). Playfair, G. W. 7. Palind, Wm. Pas Chan
Price, U. Raymond, Mr. E Rack, M. A.
De Silva, J.D. (Cton) Robarts, E. M.
Sang, Won Lai.
Ellis, J. E.
Bphinstone, D. E. Santos, F. V. Bromel, C. Schluter, J. Fong. Edward Mow Sludd, Thos Smith, F. B.
Inst.. at 4 p.m.
This Steamer has superior accomiada-PLAN as the ROBINSON PIANO CO. Gablay, C. S. tiun for First & Second Class Prakengere,
STEMSSEN & Co, Agents.
NAVIGATION COMPANY.
600
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
FROM BOMBAY AND SINGAPORE.
Ineliu THE Steamship
having ar-
hereby informed that their Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns DE the Boxoxos6 AND KOWLOON WHARE AND
Tived. Consignees of Cargo aro
Gooows Co., LTE, whence delivery may
PRICES AS USUAL. Hongkong, March 19, 1892
ADVERTISEMENTS.
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This steamer brought cargo from Trieste THE FIRST COINESE NEWSPAPER ex Imperator and preatrix,
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is applied to any of the Dallas productions have noted that few Hongkong residents yet ne reifally we have been present from were on duty all night. A good deal of plague. I uticed carefully that in the Chin-destruction might have been savud hnd the it means that it is something really good indulge in a frequently than is also treats the frases here are much cleaner authorities taken the responsibility of H. M. S. Terespanola is brinful of speklutely noctuary. It is more than a quarter the they would be incorresponding buildings pulling down a tow (Ft) of the a multitude of pillagers in Shanghai. From the time of itiemstrue stuckt ozrlier. ling dialogue, musing kituntionis, bright
tion to the time when senite decay makes were, 1451
!!! surch occasions, and useful music-a combination of alif a century since the present writer was in
it necessary for the materials to undergo busy carrying away what they could thai goes towards making a right rollicking Hongkong. The change in the interim is
Besides musieni comedy, and, in the hands of the one altogether impossible of description or netempsychosis, no Sha hai native house get in spite of the incense beat, many
even aderante allusion within reasonable will be desecrated with the touch of of them estting badly barat.
Hongkong, March 19, 1902. The sant of agen-generations alinest of the sinked timber the entire skilled artistes comprising the numerous
whitewash. limits. But looking at things superficially at any rate-would be allowed to accantoulate street running at the leek of the yards was cast, it scores another success to the taily
AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAM for a moment one point is plain, that upon its walls and to handed down, as the destroyed, numbering sinctwo to thicha
'pure and sullied.dred houses. Fears were entertained that gained by the Company not only in Hong-
whereas & quattur of a century age Shang-Possildly there has been a plain hint given the foreign godowns, a little lower down kong but throughow the Far East, where
bai was a better built town than Hongtong, to the Hongkong nativa in the form of the viror, would sufer, but luckily there the annual visits of this organization ne universally looked forward to with macht-day, in many instances, the reverse is an ordinance or whatever de serres here was no wind and they escaped. The value to designate what we call Municipal of the woud destroyed, which belonged to At any rate, the fact is Kingpo timber merchants, is estimated at pleasumble anticsplic. As is usally the the ease. Shanghal in justly proud of his Regub.tion.
Bund. Rust Heary Norman spoken of undeniable, the antive house in Hongkong 850600-Echo. case in such pieces. the plot was 1
just now, as seen from the street, is rumbling one to follow for the firerit as something once seen never to be for-
clear house than that in Shungba,
So far as I know, you are not blessed Litu
Cast on the Islal of Saunes corten? But the Shanghai Bund cannot, party of English tourista, including Captain or mtler will not, when Hongkong bus with a Municipal Council. In fact, I know you cannot be unless Hongkong in enable Crushy Chepstown, who is on his way to finishel its sea front, compare with the of producing a type of councillor onkawa: says:-Mr Alex Jobstone. Engineer in
bo obtained. My experience of municipal afsirs charge of the Petrel, writing from Singapore take up the coutmand of H. M. X. Ires spectacle your fokay presents as viewed to E.
in Shanghai
bem long has from the lariut.
on the subject of his visit there in quest of ponsible fall into the hands of briganda,
BaDewhat intinste. I have known Council Captain Chepstow, having in his breast
It was very munty as we cutre through after Courell succeed each other with the two suitable launches for Governannt, states pocket £9.466 of Gorcgnment money, is in the Pass the other day in the evrly mora-régularity of an American College baseball | terror lest the friganda Shoula di woverthis, and. in order to save it, change plases withing. Like the celebrated monataiu that team-there are nine of them. They have that he has called upon Messrs. The had ten continuous characteristics. "Differ Tanjong Pagar Deck Company, Messrs, his valet, Jim Slingsby in assumes the stands spouser to Cape Town, the Feds had as they might in detail and various small Towarth Erskine and Riley Hargreavesund role, and is acting of such when a band of its tablecloth lid, sud the long fringes questions of principle, they have ever been Company, without being able to obtain British blue-jackets come to the tescue and were hanging so low dawn that the Catheblessed with a couple of qualities which. present with his commission as condral tower call ke seen only at intervals, combined, go very far towards scouring what was exactly required. He next pre mander of MS. trespasile, leaving Then as the sun rost higher and the mists eficient government-good sense and to eceded to Hongkong and relógraphed the Captats Chepstowe (now the vales) with the shearer way, beauty after branty began to nonsense. With us in Shanghai, perl-tape brigada nenustage. Slegs 'ignorance discuse itself. In the first place, there was sad all that appertains to it is consigned to following particulars of a couple of launches of things mutical, and his love of drink the entisipated pleasure already aloded towell, to other places, of which are the purchase of which has been approved lead to arth-provoking complications on board, and when the Admit Sir Vicars pleasure how well withio grasp of a south of us. If it is desirable in the eye by H. E. the Governm Maxi, C., stugs on board in inspectligt "phill. One could an admite of the Shanghai ratepayers that a certain thing should be done, that thing is done. the ship, he finds things in suela a state of
There are many ways of looking at 15-but I need not continue this train of chaos that in the end, de imprechter of Hongkong," said a friend to me, but I thought. lacuse by doing it might. the real Caplan Chepstow has to jump love to causider it as monument to British seem as if I wery looking for counterbalane overboard to avoid detection. The curtain enterprise and British determination. Looking advantages for Shanghai po place in the then rises on the Turlash Baz wat Sanp, at it, he continued. It loud been here scalo agnitasi Hongkong, and there is on- and Slingsby, having been picked by from the beginning The Chinese budit questionably a good deal of rivalry. Still, a passing rain, now appears disguised as in posication from the first day that Adayr waiter. The meeting of the different donned petticoats, and they left it soversly characters leads to the usual happy results, akm So it remained til the English u: it shonki in all good operas.
came, Nature, in the weanwhile, having so The staging of the piece could not persi.fretted over its neglect that even the com bly have been better, nată vinn, in Act 2,
Istituents of her granite were unbia to re the deck of H.M.5. Ferensie was in their nativo hold upon each other and vented on the stage so excellent was it let thus disintegrated.' the audience burst into a storm of applauso.
This, te served to, was a wee bit, too we were both
WAS
conica!.
aduite.
(1) Ne launch, suitable dimensions,
Beat 86.559. () New lanuch, dimensions 03'x12' sur
free condensing engines, draft 18 ir, speed 9 kriots, cost $10,800. Tac largor of the two lanches will no dont be used on the East Coast and will A visit to a Government department hem be invaluable to the District Officer there La-day for briose reasons I cannot in in the way of transport facilities and also as a means of visiting the nuts of the un- dicts which-showed me how pressible it is in Hongkong for grievances to remainruly sea-Bajnu who is rather apt to erade uncemedial which a word frani the Chair. the law by taking to his heels it the nimble an of our Council would put right in five sagit and hiding behind 'some island out of ninutes were they in Shanghai.
the usual tan of communiqutions.
Boer Captured at Singapore.
Singapore and Netherlande India.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the fiaclowns, and all Clams must be sent in to the Office of the Endursigned before: Ncos, at the 26th March, or they will not be recognized.
Na Fire Insurance has been effected, and any Goods rmaaining in the Godowns after the ith of Maruli, will be subject to ront. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
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Yesterday (enya the Singapore. Free about the acting. The pablic of Hongkong are already well acquainted with the factually thiastic er the view there was pretty intimately acquainted with meet was no need for contradiction then, neither of the ream that came down to play yours
Press of the 12th inst.), the Police found a that the Company is a talented ove: Me is there now.
and, in consequence, heard so uiuch that I Dallas usual. undermkes the boxy
European, who was evidently suffering Hongkong is a augment of which any expected the size of the ground to catrek. parr, ad acts Jim Slingsby in a manner nation tilat be proud.
from a severe attack of fever, lying on the Whether one looks and with the low of gossip concerning it. Belitting thele. His song
at the palaces already erected and in coursequently, I was a gend deal surprised Home the missis dries the clothes on,'
Investigations wore To of erection in the newly-reclined land, to find bow very small it is, perhips's ground in Neild, and removed him to the well sung.
Captain Chepstow whether one turns one's eyes upward to the fearth, not more, of that belonging to the General Hospital. was acted by Mr Percival Knight, terraced levels of the Peak, the sum alary R.C.0, two of whore flage, Inoticed, rousin then made as to the man's identity, and it and his song and dumb-show of a lady an is told in brick, in mortar and in stones Tonoured trophies in your pavilion here. transpired that his appealouse tallied with dressing wobe, like his acting clever and The architec. has had his sayalmaysan Luck was the other way last time, but if there
As Kulling Rufcis, an up-coloquent if not always a graceful one. He should have lingered any little stina from the description, which had been received date brigand. Mr Thil Carlton was any spoken plainly enough for all who enter the defeat, it would, I am sure, he been by the Police Authorities here from the mensely popular. His songs were side. to hear. His message is so evident that all enticoly withdrawn if the Hongkong tum splitting.Wat does wat ter doubt may who run may read. And it speaks, is my cult really have felt the high appreciation Ceylon Police, of ' Boer prisoner of war wurd For?' elicitor an enthusiastic recall, friend said, of energy as iffinitable and in which their northern rivals held the who escaped from the war camp at Diguta. when an equally bughable dity: characteristic as it is progressive and re- both as cricketers and as good fellows. I laws some time ago, and who was supposed † doesn't fatter;ic's only me,' wangiven. The
raurkalle. Presumably the type of build-have noticed in Hongkong papera two or irrepressible Mr I Munro, as Bob Chafers, ing that has been erected in Honghong is three times reference to the advantage to have got away from Geylen by stowing Translated into English sa ex-usic ball artiste, was highly success the wateome of what in evolution is call which the Services have over the Civilians away on one of the vessels leaving for ful, and brought down the house with his the survival of the fittest; and it is perhaps playful comic song . Te careful' in
as well to remember Ebat Darwin and Has which topiral allusions were made to last leg both ave warned as that the fittese is Saturday's football maron and to the Houg not necessarily the most beautiful Not kong water supply. Miss Mario Arnold,
that there are no beautiful buildings in as Miss Olive Chepstowe, who is possessed Hongkong. There are, i wouldn't faite of a very pleasing voice sane My Dear thota for works, since juicious indefinite Heart with much acceptance. Victoriness is, in such a cars, infinitaly to be pre- Besides. I Chuffure was cleverly acted by Mins Isabel ferred to newise exactitude. Vernon, and her rendering of Loch hon the designers of some of the others. Lomond wou hearty applause. The other The higher one goes the greater is tho party wore all in expable hands, and allo- admiration aroused by the successfat cun- promising youngsters of our own, and there European out of employment, and but for
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