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CHINA WARES.ESDAY, April 10
PASTEUR'S MICROBE-
Virusia per Swedia to desied at 4 pm
te ha este suljet to rotit, Transfer Book of The Grear tala! Cement Co., Lt, closed from this date the Hil fast.. melusive. pum.--Performative at the City Hall. Furay, April 11 :---
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1902.
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Notes by the Way.
This is the King of Denmark's birth- day He was born in 1818.
Colonel Marchand, on his arrival Musense from China, was branquiccted Kussian officers.
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by
It is stated by a Berlin newspaper that the Emperor William will visit St. † Petersburg in Jaly next.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Scarlet Fever.
Mr Bnaglas, the new Magistrato in the British Pollec Court and Registrar of the Supreme Court at Shanghai, is laid up
with scarlet fever.
Alice Memorial Hospital.
TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1902-
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Plague.
A Chinese case of plague was found- Yesterday in No. 19, Lo Lang Hong Street (No. 11 Health District). The victim died,
aking the sixth fatal case this season.
Fever.
The Roo. Treasurer .f the Alien During the work ended 5th April there Monurial and Nutheraole Hospitals begs towers tu cases reported in the Colony of acknowledge with thanks the following|puerpend, reqsing, soulet or typhus dunatious in the fünts of the Hospitals:—fyver. Enteric fever accounted for two Kwok Shot Tai Targulayan $50 cases of sickness (Japanese), the invalids
| being removed to Hospital.
......... 100
The total number of deaths up Singn-Hongkong and Ron Wharf a pore for the week onded March was Godown Co., Ltd... When the Colony was a ratio per mille of 30-11. Forse HONGKONA småtten by a craze for claimed forty- viclitus.
economy a few years ago. [ and a Special Commission
THE
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Captain Sir Sherard Wrey, who retired was appointed to suggest some time ago from the Navy, has been ways and means of retrenchment, the appointed to the command of a troop in the Police Force and Fire Brigade 'were two | Royal North Devon Hussars.
of the
Franches of the Government xervice wlach suffered most from the pruning knife. Experience has taught ROSES Unt these attempts at PORODAN were misdirected. The pay and contrnt of the Police Force were
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Cholera and Small-pox,
Female Shikaris,
LOCAL AND GENERAL
Punjom Crushing.
The Acting Scerciory of the Panjore Mining Co., Ltd., inform us that nanther trial crushing of sixty tons of urinee stone
from Swah has been made, and that this | yielded 13 uza, Gdwts, of smelted goli, or the equivalent of 4 dwts. 10.4 grains per ton, which is 14 gráius par tout batter than the fire trial made,
Captured.
The Hongkong Police have been successful in spturing in the City four men who are accused of robbery and other crimes in Chinese territory. They are, wo believe, villains of a very deck colour, and the community will be glad to learn that
The Mahamjah of Kuch Behar has been entertaing a large party at his shoot- ing camp in the Julpagues district of they are to be handed over to the Chinese Bengal. Two of his lady guests, the Hon.horities, who will deal with chem in a Lilian Elphinstone and Miss Evelyn manner which their crimes deserve.
Cholera had a got mour victims during the week ended 3 inst., there being no for than 29 deaths reported among the Chinese community in the Colony. The total number of cases was, 21 which oveurred in the City, 13 on Mackenzie, wero successful in killing two Today, Mr Mazeland was engaged in board the Chinese-owned passenger slip tigers, three leopards, and a bour. aking evidenco against two Americuau, | Hengwal from Singapore. Six fatal cases who are charged with impersonating of small-pox (all Chinese) were reported as Suiitary Inspecton and thieving.
opurring in the Culuny. There was also ono Portuguesa reported suffering from diphtheria.
to £11,000.
The Exchange Question.
Ex-Inspector Quincey.
The Chim Gazette of the Bad inst states :---Yuan Shih-kai having telegraphed The cost of the British Legation re
to Trusi Yuan of Shanghai to engage a mulgeeten ton considerable nount of pairs at Puking arising out of the Enxer
Superintendent of Police and fee Indian public comment last year, until remedies | troubles in 1910 amounts
police constables to go spnorth, the Total The Singapore Chamber of Commerce has engage Mr Wang Chin-nien (Mr ware brought forward for existing | £1000 will be expended this year,
proposes to approach the Government on Quincey). The day before "resterday the ¦ buses and the grievaters of the men
armised some attratten in high plans,red to sporni a
The Lotion City Corporation has re- the silver question, owing to the serious | Viceroy Yoxsa wired again to karry him up, Sum not excording fetacions of exchange. Speaking on and Mr Qaineer left for the month yester The severe losses the Colony les 1500 upon the Coronation festivities, this subject, at the last annual meeting, Mr | twined by time during the last few
iend it was referred ton commuter to emis C. Stringer said he trusted that whatever munds have divertial public attention rider the best manner of carrying them out.schoss, if any, was suggested, Government. to the Fire Brigade. It is suggested to u that the Brigade requires inmediate:
Mr J. Anderson has been reeltered
would take into consideration what was bust for residents generally and
To
day.
India as a Health Resort.
The primary disadvantage of India psa
A Shocking Death.
An eight-years' old Chinese boy, living with his paropts at No. 17, Cage Strent, met with a altocking death yesterday, Ho. had been left in the house in charge of a very young scrent girl, and climbed upon a low vailing separating the sitting on from the back yard. Losing his hull, tho little fellow fell into the back yard, a distance of 72-foot, and diod of his injurica two hours afterwards.
Typhoid at Singapore.
fine gentleman interviewed ↑ Chairman of the Singapore Chamber of for bunkers and brokers only, who practi. boulhwort has long been admitted to be milk adulterated with impure water. For
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by us takes the following sintement Constren and Mr W. II. Frizel Vice- The members of Committee to Chairman. The Fire Brigade ought
Tu do this, re--Messix Chope, Büssing, Murray, La properly qualified and expable amnings, Sugden, Graham, and Allinsor, ought to be obtained from England. He should have at least five permanent Europear assistants of experience fire liggule work, and the present
Goods per Pelin pot cleared at 4 pm system of assistrace being rendered by
on this date rabject to rent.
the Police should be established on a
SATURDAY, April 1
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Stamps at Messers Hughes and Hough's who give their servicos na firemen should Sales Rooms
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A tour of the British provinciaitumushy Colonial visitors to the Coronation is being
ranged by the British Empire Mr B. R. Helilig is a contrilatue of £52. 18%, to the fund that is being raised "to defray expenses.
The thy Corporation of Londoa ure prepared to recoive zyglisations for the vacant appointment of Town Clurk. The salary is been red at two thousand
cally made their living by fluctuations of exchange. (Laughtor).
Illness of Mr Pelham Warren.
The Chiny Gatelle of the 3rd inst.
reports Mr Mansfield, ex-Consul at Can- furlough, is been stopped at Singapore by tou (Fuochow) who was going home on
wire and ordered to ease hack to Sinngisi to refiera mur popular and able Consul- General, Mr Pollan Warren, C.M.fk, who has been ordorod hogy by the doctors. Though he has recovered, somewhat frum his veren: indisposition, Mr Warren's many friends and admirers will be sorry to bear
dad Cement Co., End, at the policyen, and should be given spaciounds per nunciu. No professional queii./hal he is still far from robust.
Company's boer. Trasmay, April B:-
NosTealers for the Construction and Supply of a Suvel Herew Steam Yacht lot the Graviroment of the Straits Set- Hemen's Sereived at the Colonial Secretong's Chien, Singapore, 9.-Meeting of Victoria Chapter. Sameas. April 244; --
Noon. Meeting of Shareholders of the Chus Steamship Co. of Canton and Hongkong at the Company » Office.
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fran amateurs, and are certainly not to blame for the kamage done in the recent
disastrous fires. With experienced and araizard firesoen. There would be far less damage by water than what we are kes custom ti to ww in Henghong, and there by money saved by all concerned
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The following paragraph appears in Singapore contemporary The Straits Co- ingen for sine Communtion will leave by the intermediate P. 9. steamer Ceyloa on the 20th April. she also carries the Heng kong achment. The contingents will be acreanodsted on the troop-drake and
the seven: fires at Sharp's Bodowns and exhins are was being ficted up on the Musan's Clodowas, mendi viluchle provessel at Hongkong,
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sider by the Hover ununt, Military and Outrage in the Hongkong Hotel.
Yesterday afternoon, well-known A linky Dqartments surely calls for citizen was the victim of a distaly sel CO., | the early establishment of a reorganized cnprovoked assult in the private bar of Far Brigade. The destruction of the the Hongkong Hotel. He was standing at sitadest Government building alone | the har talking to a friend when an in- would zien is musce than the cost of a divilond, said Is an American, struck anars upkeep or the Hogade, even if him across the forehead with a full beer bardhe, at dac same time alloting that victim had insalted him. The citizen in ongestion was inmediately covered with blurl, but this did not prevent the Am- friam fremsthrowing another bottle at him and then decamping. Strange to say, body seems to have attempted en stop or identify the perpetrator of the outrage.
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New Books on Chins.
Connumder F. M. Norman, R.N., has written a book on his experiences in the China War of 1860, which Mr Allen will publish under the title fartello Lower in China, Martello Tower was the hume over which Contander Noren wente a book, At School end at Sox, two years Captain A. A. S. Barnes, of the First nese, has written an account of the rogi ment's doinga and operatius in the bron- bles at Wei-tai-wei and the fighting armand Tientin in 1900. It will be enticű em
and will be pablished hy Actier Service with the Chater Regiment, Mr Grant Richards.
rule.
The Slagopure Frog Pres of de ist inet. ga-We are very sorry to hearthat Mrs Noel Trotter is down with typhoid fever this has been discovered ze bedus to...
its excussive heat. An ingenious inventor adulteration of mill in this way no penalty however, now proposes to overcome this | enu bo too sovere, for the risks to the con• difficulty by using liquid air to reduce the samur and portions. To enunter no temperature. With selease to assist us in jurned barglar in one's house at night is fue getting over the title doties afforded less dangerous than to be compelled unwit, by the weather, we any got, my the tingly to assimilate the poison of typhoid Midrus Mail, skate, at Calçınta and play or diphtheria. cricket at the North Pak.
Admiral Chichester.
The Dollar!
Today, the dollar has touched the lowest value in record, and the veintun.
Sir Edward Chichester vacates com mand of the Flect Reserve at Devent thing is that it is expected to go stil on promotion, after holding the appoint-kwer. Mercurtile business is practically
ment for less than a year. It is under-
at a standstill, and whit with a depreciut- cool (says the World) that he is to being dodar, the ansatted state of the hinter- brought forward for other employmont an land, the paucity of Chinese experts and
the earliest possible date. After all his the long-continued drought the immediate recent services thig nekouwledgment is due outlook is far from cheerful. One requires to him, and My Lords' would undoubted. to be a Mark Tapley to see the silver lining he advancing the interests of the service of the cloud of depression at provent; but by oviding for this able and popularly ass nust soon get on the up-
jande again and that at nu early date. other.
End of the Dallas Season.
The Dallas Musical aud Dramatic
The Remount Department.
The" il ́orld says :---Colonel Grier, Company closed their, extended sworn in who has been specially seleered to join the Hongkong last night, when Mrs Dallas took Chi-Remsant Department, is the officer whoher benefit on rotiring from the stage. The dia duty on Count Van Waldersss's staff piece produced was 4 Message from Afars. in Ching. He was Military Attaché in Tas members of the Company* performed Berlin from 1996 to 1910, and early in the their allotted parts in the finished manger latter year went to South Africa, being tant Hongkong andiences have come to called from there to jedn the allied armies expect when the ume of Dallos is associa- proceding to Peking. When Sir Evelyn ted with anything. Mr Dallas, as Torace Wood left the Horse Guards to take com Parker, was exerllent, and Mrs Dalles, s mand of the Aring Corps at Salisbury, Minnie, certainly did ample justice to the Colonel Grierson was appointed his chiefle, Mr Knight, as the Messenger from stuff officer.
The Pollards.”
TREATY REVISION.
The Russiana 25 Newchwang,
The native papers constantly report outrages by the Russian troops at New.
Mars, porformal a difficult put with oweh chwaug. Their inflaces is growing dully,
aapanen. Other otseriding characters were Miss Vertion, as Horice's 'Aunt,' and and they eat the Chhad with indignities The recent visit of Poliard's Australian Me Carlton as Mr Diedy. The piece was Pose sire ren-otrable saggestions, hat
of the worst type. The native houses Javcaile Opera Company is still fresh inaomhably staged and, there living a very to be kept clean and adorned by compul de recollection of war readers. It appears langu audience, it was a tilting termination mag onset poster people not intéres- ed in insurper imsiness that in quastiers
sinn, und vorne of the untivesliave been sub.
from the latest exchanges to hand that the to a highly suzecesful season. The totuen acted to severe flogging to observe this talented little players have 'cright on ' atba of the large amount of money take
of the Dallas Company will be heartily on out of the folowy every year by the
frequent occurrence, and there seems to be as they did here. In Kansas City, where
Outrages upon the women are of with our American cousins equally as woll welcomed. Ensurance Companies--many of the
no redress.-Those allegations should he they were playing in March last, they drew Foreign Companies which come in here
nece with extreme caution. Sinine crawda of admirers. It is the intention of ani évoquete on an equal footing with
allegations, found to be groundleas, were the management, we believe, to bring the our own entional and local companies........ On Wednesday next, the massed hands made in Hongkong against the Indian Company back to Hongkong in the courtu these Companies might do something, to of the 2nd Royal Welet Fusilices, 22nd troops only a few years ago.—FA., C.M.] of a year or so, when the Colony is sure to
On Monday" (says the Chine "fingette of lesson the expense for the taxpayer. | Bombay Infantry. 5th 1.1.C., and Hong-
give them as hearty a welcome as they go the 2nd inst.), the Trasty Revision Open But, in may use, the Fire Brigade cron RougHtegiment will give a performance on the
on the occasion of their last visit. We never Lu Bai-hatig, and Kwang Ha Ciaonly requires enquiry and reformu Panade Ground, under the morduretership' of In their piver gonds teade report of live that the familiar names of Willie Pal-cap, Cheng Ol-ting, Yang Xi-ching and The ordinary fireman (who is also a Pangster J. H. Muir, R.W.F.
27th al., Messze Noel, Murray and Co. Far. Willie Thomas, Daphine Troct and interpreter Wen Tsing-kwang, as well as policemanj receives $9 per month, and free wall inst Inga 3 to 6. pr.write-The interval since writing our last others who used to delight us still up peor Meers. Hippisley and Taylor, sat with Sir the foreman 15 per month. The state. 4a rate aesics) treat is usspred. This is cirerlar has bean very short, ocenying as
į James Mackay, nud Mesars. Cockburn and ment that damage is caused by in. the Grst occasion on which so many mutat it does muy fear days, and there is in con-Death of Mr B. Byramjce.
Fudgeon with their two secretarios, from bands are played in Thangkong. The presence little to write about. The market
10 a.m. to 1. p.. at the Railway Duruau. generally speaking is quiet but fine, and
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subject, which, whatever the position of $0.90 the Insurance Companies, is of vital
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Singapore's Coronation Contingent.
Tho own of the Rifles who submitted
Band Performance,
gramme is as follows:--
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COD SAVE THE KING
Hongkong Volunteers.
'The
Business in North China.
in the cast.
Within a fortnight, the Parsee Com-
Every Foreign Proposal Declined,
Marcus Tier the Tulle Toyle' Wazmerite the veheme of lasius done front munity has lost another of its leading mom- They discussed the following four natio Overture.............. "Light Odvaley “...................Suppé
bers. Mr B. Bymujet, known to the (1) Sir James proposed that Chins Selation... Runway Girl Carylhanda is comparatively small it is pleasant Partees as Mr Bomanjee Byramjan Dhana-should allow the export of ries, Kut
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Canteto uute that a feir indents have been placed patet, died yesterday afternges at the Peak Lu Hai-hwang said that, as rice is the Butermezzo from Rustica-Sintonic...with both Manchester and New York on the Hospital. The decad came to long-necessary food of the Chinese people, China selection......... San Toy'. Mascag
Jones is of the prísca ruling on these markets kurg about 35 years ago, and was doing the could could not allow anyone to export it. Tt is probable that the business duma with business of an Exchange Broker. Iio was Le said was true pot why were Chinese Then Sie James replied that though, what the former market has been from stock, as buried sorording to the Zoroastrian Custan merchants allowed to export rice? To this we believe for forward delivery futi prices this turning. The funeral was attended a newered that in China, except rico A great deal of the secrecy which has
are still domanded. Business with Tien by nearly all the Parseus, Sir T. Jackson,tricts, it was not allowed to be exported user by the troops or sent tu famine dis their names to the Adjutant as being desir been observed by those in authority in con-
sin has been inuch lumpered by the ruinos Fon, d. J. Ball-Irving, Mr V. A. C. Thaw crea by Chinese merchants (which in hot ous of forming part of the detachment to
nection with the despatch of a contingent rate of Exchange now given by the Natives, Mr C. W. Dickson, several other of Two Total and other officis a low arlously untrue considering che.operations go home for the Coronation paraded on the of Volunteers to represent the Celony at Banks, who have taken full advantage of Europeans, Mahomerlans and Jens. The yours ago); audit ico, is allowed to ho 1.00 27th alt, at the Drill Hal, where they wore the coronation ceremonies, in London. In their position and we are given to unders deceased was buried by the side of his taporto it would concern the feeding of
inspected by Major Murray, Commandnot June, seems to have been due to the fact that stand that at a meeting of the Tientsin ship father, who had died here on 10th Septem-agree to this proposal,
the Chinese people and so he could not S.V.C. The candidates rumbered fifteen they were awaiting the arrival of Captain pers, held recently, it was decided to curtail her. 1858. The deceased was about 56 in all, out of which twelve were provisional-Pritchard, the new Commandant
) Sir James next proposed to carry on The shipments to a minimuoe quantity for a fos
years old, and leaves a widow The trade with joint cspital of foreigners and ly selected, subject to the approval of H.Enxious ones ought not to have long to wait weeks.
The rate of Exchange today is deceased had lost his caly daughter, Paimai
Chinese. the Governor. Major Marraz then address now, as Captain and Mrs Frithard strived920, and the native merchants are afraid if Ardeshi Cams, and that sad evont halda fore las poked upon a istand G) Sir James rum:inded Lu that soms ed the men and informed thera that the in the Colony today, from Singapore, per they seal forward goods on anything like a
purts and towns to foreign trade, at which ime Lu pronised after consultation with the Reforas Investigation Bureau (Cheng' (Inches) and Board of Foreign ((Wai Wapre) provincial officials to answor him at the several days had pesud already and he wanted to know if there
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1.20 Straits Contingents were to go home by the S. 8. Lightning, The Captain was very free scale it will be forced down to the greatly told on his health.
P.&O.Cegion, the men bring commodated populer with the Volunteers during his neighbourhood of 0., Chetoo has been
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Gold Capsul 15.00 1.25 in cabins on the troop-deck. He also told short connection as Adjutant, and, when he rauch better during the past few days and a 2OUGHS AND COLDS IN CHILDREN. Dar Colebrated E LIQUEUR SCOTCH the men that they would have to attend left to get married, the Corps made him the business has been done for that market. - At WHISKIES ¿lated of the best every drill, and those that did not do recipient of a handsome present. It is to Newcarang matters have been somerbat
lilled in Scotland. of great age, very lue and this would be rojected. The following are be hoped that the Captain will become as upset by a heavy full of snow, but ordure mellow. Its superior quality has the names of the men selected:
popular in his new role as Commandant. telegraphic advices indicate that prospects establisher its reparation as the Serguunt T. C. B. Miller, Corporal H. loading SCUTCH WHISKT in the
We believe it is a fart, and one that is zo boneontiune favorable, and this is, in a way, P. Hinderer, Lec. Corporal J. A. S. Jenn-regretted, that several of the young fellows contizmed by the manner in which the ings, Pte. Catte, Pts. Hankin, Ple. Burton, connected with the Corps are experiencing dealers have been buying for near delivery Pte. Dane, Pe. Black, Pre. Day: Pe. great difficulty in obtaining their employers The River Porte reunia very quiet, and Carter, Pts. Curbett, and Fie. Crompton, consent to go with the coronation conting the market at Ningpo continues dall, their It is desier to buy the good opinion of the nt, and that the Government has in core few requirements loing apparently filled
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use and prescribe Chamberlain's Cough as any defuite answer to make. La de
Remedy for almost all obstinate, con- chired that he hid not restved any veplies stricted daughs, with direst results. I pio-ret, hut as soon as he received such ha scribe to chidren of all ages, am glad to wound les Sir Junes know. recommend it to all in weed and seeking (4) Sir Juues mentioned that in Kwang, rif from colds and coughs and brendel tung Fruvines the tariff on cargoes, import affections. It is n-arcotic and safe in and export, on laurd foreign stemmers had the hands of the most unprofessional everpulere been increased and he proposed universal panse for all mapkind.-Mas, the same to be applied to cargoes in MARY B BELENIN, M. D., Ph. D., Chi-Chiens native junks, but La del Sir cago, fil, U. S. A. For gri by All James to discuss the matter at the next Deators; WAIZINs Lad,, Gefferal Agente, musling,