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TELEPHONE NO.1 CHINA MAIL LIMITED.
MEMOS FOR MONDAY.
this, notwiths
ente introduo-
tion and general rise of the malaries for the native staff last September.
Coming from the general to the particular, we note that the Postal Secretary has the following remark to make concerning certain district in South Chint
vely need.
stamp, of the vLTS (10 centimes will also be changed colour during the present yeRT""" brown to red. The large supply of brown contatampa now on hand makes the change in colour inadvisable the Mad for the present. Ju may be interesting to nota in this connexion that the Im
parial Administration has decided to commemorate the accession to the
Erumk; sontaini
Larens & Wonka, a native vis, dacy boldlay, menta Imprisonment, and six
raing out of a previous me in the
A native from Shackiwan was charged at the Magistracy, today with having quantity of prepared aptum in his posse sion, Folated having had two previous convictions registared ag
day, when he press letter from the Chi various costly pros
Throne of His Majesty the Emperor Folies Court a fight took place between -a HBUAN TURU by the issue of three number of Chinese barbers at Queens Road stamps of the respective values of Woss at night Three were charged at exading: cents, 3 cents, and cont. These the Magistracy to-day and each fined 1o of the "Fakten, divided into three postal stamps will be oblong instead of and bound over in 100 to keep the potocosived in audience districts-Santuso, Foochow, and Amoy square, and be printed in two colours: shows a slight advance on the all three will have a yellow border, this returns of the preceding year, but being the Imperial colour in China, and financial results are not yet up to the asutral picture, which will represent expectations. «Progress in slow song the Temple of Heave the sacred these mountainous districts, with, ex- cliffce for Imperial sacrifices in Peking, cluding the ports, a population im- paverished and illiterate Money-order will be green, blue, and purple, business at Foorhow, increased con- cording to value. The issue will be siderably, whilst st Amoy 65 Box skrietly limited to 1 million of the 3 and Offices were opened and steady in-7 cents and 3 millions of the 2 cents.” All things considered we are inclined urease was recorded in both mail matter and parcels. Kwangtung, a rich province, maintains exceptional proto cahor Fixr's closing remarks that gress. The postal districts within its the results for 1908 have more than burders are Swatow, ministered by-s. Postal Commissioner, justified the expectations held out in with jurisdiction over the sub-districts
Canton-nd-
NEWS OF THE DAY.
of Wachow, Samahti, and Pakhoi presos reports and that the first and Kingchow, on the zoland of year of the new reign of His Imperial Fainsa. At Swatów mail matter increased from 1,300,000 to 4,100,000; Majesty HUAN TENG opens with parcols, from 50,000 to 87,000 bright augary for the Imperial Post Reature of the year was the opening the new postal premises in May, Office of China. performed by the Circuit Tsotai in his official capacity, in the presence of all the officials, leading residents, and merchants, both Chinese and foreign. The popularity of the Service is spreading, and great keenness has been manifested on the part of young natives of the province to be enrolled A Clerks in the Post Office. Canton has done splendidly and keeps up its reputation for advancement and progress, both in-receipts and sub- Gooda per Kleist undelivered after this stantial work In the whole district establishments hare increased frota 407 ot date subject to rent.
· Miscellaneous Goods per Nippon Mar andelivered at
Noon on the date subject to rent.
General Memoranda,
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"A notice in the Government Gazette prohibits the grazing of goats and ostile, în Kings' Park, Kowloon..
J?
His Excellency the Govornar has been pleased to recognise Mr Schelta Swart an Vic-Consul for Sweden at Hongkong
these being prored ho van, tiled $100 default two month
Margory Catherine Garbould was at the Magiamacy to thy with
| and disordenly, with-susani Smith, and with dem damn Queen's Hotel to the extent promising to leave the Culony on most, the charges wero withdrawn
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Dr Schultz, Chief Justios of German Samos, and Captain Tans, of the Iltis, were amongst the guests who dined" with His Excellancy, Sir Frederick. Lugard, as Gov-1 arament House on Friday evening. Dr Schalt, who has come with regard to Chi- nese ocolie emigration will remain in Hongkong about a fortnight.
DOUBLE MURDER BY INDIAN STUDENT.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN WOW LONDON. MES
Bir Cursan Wyllie and Die “Lalemoon shot.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mon.
Lasson, Junte
An Indian student at the Institute yesterday evening illed Lt. Col. Sir Carzon Dr. Cana Lalacca of She
and
His Excellency General J. Machado, Captains Norton and Cinnatti, Captain meigs of the Vasco da Gama and Osptain Afreise of the Patris will be the guests Mr J. J. Lairis, Consul General for Portugal and Brasil, and Madame Leiria, ・・・ To-day's Government Gazette contains at their residents "Duart” to-night, after
the performance at the Club Lusitano ataircase, and fired rapidly four shota given by the officers of the two Portageons.
The student accosted Lt Com Bir
Goods par Sardinia not cleared at 4 p.m. ¡:570; mail matter, from 18 to 22 millions; the notifications of the changes in local which the distinguished party will attend Carzon Wylie as he descended thy
on this date subject to rant. THURSDAY, July 8 :--
The China Mail.
Government circles which announced...?
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we'rogently
THE GLORIOUS FOURTE
(From Our Gum Corres
and parcels, from 145,000 to 177,000 In the Canton district proper 114 new Goods per Slavonia andelivered after this establishments have been added, mait
matter has increased by nearly 6 Mr W. B. Bailey has been appointed ganbosts in harbour for the relief of the in the head Holding the muzzle close
fell A Birth shot struck the daze unbject to rent.
millions, and parcela by 30,000. In surveyor of boilers of unlicensed steamships sufferors in the recent earthquake into the face o fifth shot struck him as he Heungshan and Shuntak sections alone under 80 tons burden, during the absence Portugal.
the Parsee Falescent who arpi there are now 130 postal establishments on leave of Mr E.:0. Murphy
hospital functioning Native letters posted in Canton for Hongkong number 80,000 -The Chief Justice (Sir F. Piggott) has more than in the preceding year, figures appointed Mr J. E Komp, Registrar of To-morrow being Independence Day. E the more satisfactory as heretofore the Supreme Court, to be a Commissioner the management of the Belle Vur Hotel Chinese correspondence with Hongkong
to administer oaths and take déclarations.have arranged for the following programme At the conclusion of was small. Pakhoi- bar increased ita
of music by the band of the 13th given by the National Ind cstablishmenta to 28, and mail matter
There is printed in the Government Rajputs:-March ** Georgia”; - važno reaches 430,000 articles. The postal extension necessary in this small sab- Guette a despatch from the Secretary of district is now practically completa: State in zeference to the revised regulations Kiungchow, on the island of Hainan, for the Matriculation Examination of the appears to have a very limited field, University of London. 18 operations not nambering over. 126.000 articles; but the district is now paying one. In Kwangui province
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1908,
THE CHINESE IMPERIAL
POST OFFICE.
Taz report just issued by the Imperial Maritime Customs upon the working
a
Five convicte, who assaped recently from the Andamans, succeeded in landing
Louisians Loo"; Selection, Belle of at the Imperial Institute Now York: Barn Dance, Coon's Honey student shot I-COL moon" Selection The Geisha; Marth, Wyllie and Dry Caves
U.. Cavalry"; Two Step Hamblin Shangha Moes"; Patrol U8. A Patral, concluding with the "Star Spangled Banner," specially arranged by Bandmaster Core, us played at
of the Chinese Imperial Post Office policy of vigorose extension has been at Natkyizin village, on the Tenasserim Matila Carnival, v
a
During a fire at Etab, near Lucknow, young Indian woman book retage on the
roof.
Neting her dangar, a young Ms- hamedan pluckily dashed through the flames, climbed the roof and rescued the womazi. She died two days later.
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pursued. Wuichow (sub-district to For the Bath, Toilet and for the year 1908, which comes from Canton) has opened 39 new Agencies, coast of North Tavoy, Burma. Thence and both mail matter and parcela have they proceeded up to Yö, 'evidently making Household,
the pen of Mr. T. Fray, Postal Secre increased. Lusgehow, a district poor, for Siamese territory. tary,, makes very encouraging reading.desolate, and sparsely populated, has opened six new Agenties, and increased The predominating feature, we are its ronil matter from 40,000 to 170,000, a remarkable and creditable progress under the circumstances Yunnan told in the introduction, has been solid and substantial increase in every province has also not been dormant, despite, circumstances in the shape branch of postal work, and altogether of disturbances in Tonkin, the oc it would appear that the Chinese,cupation of Hokow by the so-
called Reformista daring April and His Excellency the Governor has been having at last realised the value of an May, and the abnormal rise of the Red pissed, under instructions received from River in November, devastating Manhac the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to efficient postal system on sound modern and Hokow and causing great des-direct that the title of Inspecter of Carbolic Soaps lines, are patronizing the service in truction to the milway between Yen Schools" be abolished and replaced by
Bay and Taokai. Mail matter in the most surprising fashion. There are Mengtaz district increased from 855,000 that of "Director of Education."
Applications are invited from Euro now 3,493 postal establishments work to 1,242,000, and parcels from 9,000 to 250,000. The sanding of heavy ing in the Empire an increase for mail via Haiphong instead of vid pans for the poet of Sri Interpreter at the The salary commences Yochow has been much appreciated by Supreme Court. the year of 690which handled 252
the public, as the above mentioned at $60 per annum, but should the appli- millions of letters, post cards, news figures testify Both Szemac and oant's qualifications justify it, a salary of Tengyneh, on the borders of Burma, $1,680 may be given. Applicants must be papers, books and samples. The total have done as well as can be expected under Sõ years of age. for the previons year was 168 millions, from such remote and inaccessible
districts." 30 Mr. PIRY is justified in drawing at tention to the future great possibilities lying before the Chinese Post Office
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VJONTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE WATSON'S
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authorised Capital ES,000,000 Slabscribed Capital E3,750,000 Paid-up Capital £2687,500 010 II--Fire Funds 8086,374 3.5 4..
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Sinking Fund Astonni. : 45,907, 5, 2.
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As everybody knows there are various foreign postal establishments in China, principally at Shanghai, Tientsin,
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ROBBERY AT KOWLOOF.
Houseboy and Sliver Ware
Missing.
The assasin has been arrested
A CALLOUS BUTTIAN.
(Beuter's Servies to the China Matk.) LONDON, July 2 The Hindu assssen, Walms Lal, of Dhinagri, appeared at the Police Court and was duly remanded for a wook..
A seriens robbery occurred on Friday
He appeared quite callous and shook. evening at No. 4 Kimberley Villas, the residence of Mr F. James, Superintendent his head when naked whether he any Engineer of Messrs Butterfield and Swire thing to my, although he explained that It appears that yesterday afternoon the he did not wilfully murder Dr. Lalcaca. head house-boy obtained permission to He saw Dr. Teleaca advance towards tako a couple of hours of daty. At dinner him and he fired in self-defence
Note Di Lalenca was an old resident of time he failed to put in an appearance to wait at table, but no uneasy feelings ware Shanghai where he built apavory large entertained till this morning wheri Mas practice. He is a prominent Freemasong
James, on going through the house, ob- and had passed through nearly all the Barred, that the look of a certain drawer had degrees of the mystic crafb,
Leat. Col Sa Wa Hutt Circom beri baken. Investigations were then non-Wylie, K.C.LE OIL, PORA.1.C. ducted and it was certained that iver to the Secretary of State for Indis ook ware and jewellery to the value of $900 1901, was born at Cheltenham on the 5th, October 1848. He was the youngest son of the Iste Gen Sir were, like the house-boy, missing.
GC.B And joined the 108th Best According to advice received from the assumgn in 1866 entered the Indian General Post Office the N.Y.K. steamer Corps in 1860, joined the Oudh Come Tamba Maru is bringing up the maila in situ 3 Bept. 1970; was transferred to the Political Department 9. Jan, 1879 - PorTOR Poor Mr Asquith; he must find life space of the French Mail .s. Caladonian,
in Beluchistan under Sir Robert Burden these days. Several Suffragettes The Tamba Maru in due here on Tuesday during Afghan War in 1879.30, and 2000 on May 31, interrogated him after a church evening next.
panied, Gen. Sir Robert Payee's foron o- the relief of Candal Ha service at Clovelly, in North Devon, and
decorations in recognition of his gallanti bary Secretary to services. He was subsequently they again waylaid him, although he was ander police protection.
the late Rt Hồng? We? of Madras, 1891, and Eri
A CERTAIN CURE FOR BOWEL COMPLAINT.
Bat the increase in postal business is and in Manchurin, which were Even while Mr Asquith was playing golf
77HEN attacked with diarrhoes or bowal not confined to one bran We rend
necessitated in the old days owing to on private links Suffragettes seifed him, by Woman you want a medicing that SUHudioston Afterward
sets quickly. The attack is always sudden, while he held agaceae velj that parcels have increased from China declining to handle foreign mails, the arm.
generally severe and with increasing pain mants of Bendent In 1,920,000 to 2,455,000, the weight in
but now that she has organized such an The Tear has purchased at Kolka, spoc Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoes Generalis Agent in Canc icilos being 7,155,000, against 5,509,000
asle by all chemists and storekenporn.": efficient service of her own the time has the Gulf of Finland, a vast domain. His Remedy has never been known to fail For Governor-General Agon
Imperial Majesty has bought the property 00,previously reported, with a correspond surely come when the Foreign Postal upon the dries of the Court Physician, ing increase in value; this large advance Agencies can with dignity-retire and who consider that residenes in Finland
Tan Accumulated Funds of the Fire And THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY Alfa Departments are free from.liability in
WAND, KOWLOON DISPENSARY mspect of each other,
“ÉHEWAN, TOMTS & 00.,
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is the more notable having regard to hand over their business to the Chinese would be beneficial to the health of the
ME..
Express The place, on the other hand, offers facilities for the Tsar's favourite recreation-yachting and fishing.
the recent rule for the compulsory in-service. The British agency at Tientsin saranes of parcels of the value of 630 has always been operated as a loss, and or over Chinese letters in clubbed it has only managed to secure a further
In addressing the Conference of mails have risen from 6 to 8 milions, lease of life till September this year by
Chemiste recently, the Prince of Wales the number of mails being 415,000, the British Municipal Counck at said "I fully appreciate the important compared with 341,000 with a gross Tientsin guaranteeing the Hongkong part which chemistry plays in simost every branch of modern industry. We all recog weight of 83,000 kilos, which shows Post Office to furnish hall the estimate that without a scientific foundation not that native postal bongs are od deficit. In this connection we no permanent superstructure can be rais flourishing at the expense of the read that the Germans at Tientsin Does not experience warn us that the
Sse of thumb, is dad and the rule Imperial Post Office, but that they are sineo October last have cessed to send has taken its place ; that to-day
special military mail between be satisfied with the crude metho
wore sufficient for our forefa those rest industries which da
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