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THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
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China Overland Trade Report.
VOL. XLII
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c.,
HONGKONG: THURSDAY, 15†¤ AUGUST, 1895.
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Leading Articles :-
The Kucheng Massacre
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Consular Apathy and the Kucheng Outrages Anti-Foreign Feeling and How to Meet It... The Hongkong Indignation Meeting Missionaries and Gunboats...
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The Ability of the Chinese Government to Pre-
vent Riots
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The Hingkong and Shanghai Bank Dividend` ...110
Supreme Court :-
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Lam Sau Yau, Appellant, v. Captain Luat,
Respondeut
The Kucheng Massacre
Attack on Mission Property at Fatshan
Attack on the Catholic Mission at Ho Yun. Bravery Rewarded
Total Loss of the Cattørthun.
Belitios Public School
Bolicitors at Fire Inquiries.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Limited. Green Island Cement Co., Limited
Hongkong Golf Club
The Situation in South Formosa
Attack on Foreigners in Ningpo
Correspondence :-
The Kucheng Massacre
An Explanation
Hongkong and Port Newa Commercial
Shipping.
BIRTHS.
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The Paknam Railway Company pays a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the half-year ended 30th June last.
Sir E. M. Satow, the new British Minister to
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Japan, arrived at Tokohama on the 28th July by the C. P. steamer Empress of China. address of welcome was presented to him by the British residents.
A Lavas telegram of the 2nd August states that Japan promised to evacuate Liaotung uncon- ditionally, Germany, France, and Russia there- fore insist on the evacuation, notwithstanding the demand for an indemnity, which is, moreover, too high.
A Reuter's telegram states that the Lyons .124 Chamber of Commerce is apppealing to the other French Chambers to unite for the pur. 126 pcses of the commercial mission which is to be 127 sent out to China. M. Rocher, Consul at Malta, 127 has been appointed chief of the commission.
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News has been received at Shanghai by wire 128 from Szechuen, the N. C. Daily News says, to .128 the effect that Liu Piug-chang had reached the city of Luchou on his return journey to his 129 home in Anhui province when the Imperial 129 Rescript to the new Viceroy of Szechuen, Lu .130 Ch'uan-lin's memorial, arrived to stop the ....132 former's journey. The much astonished ex- Viceroy was compelled to return to Chêngtn the next morning.
On the 4th August, at Kuliang, near Foochow, the wife of CHARLES S. MOOBE, of a son.
[1676 On the 7th inst., at No. 1, Albany Road, the wife of A. C. MORE, of a daughter, stillborn. [1639 DEATHS.
At Chinkiang, on the 29th of July, 1895, THOMAS GIBSON, late Engineer of the steamer Woosung, second surviving son of Thomas Gibson, Allan Park,
Clackmannan, Scotland. Deeply regretted.
At Shanghai, on the 1st of August, 1895. suddenly, A. J. ADAMS, of the Shanghai Gas Co., aged 27 years. At Hangchow, China, on the 1st August, at 10 p.m., Miss HELEN KIRKLAND, of the American Southern Presbyterian Mission, in the sixty-eighth year of her age.
At Kiukiang, on the 4th August, 1895, JAMES CHARTERS, aged 40 years.
At Hapkow, on the 6th August, 1895, after a few days' illness, RUSSELL STORES, of the Imperial Maritime Customs Service, aged 41 years."
At Shanghai, on the 8th August, 1895, JANE, the beloved wife of W. HARDIE, Chief Engineer of the steamer Tatung, aged 48 years.
At Shanghai, on the 9th August, 1895, HENRI HEGNAUER, aged 30 years.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The English mail of the 12th July arrived, per P. & O. steamer Ravenna, on the 10th August (29 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
The Bangkok Tramways Co, Limited, pays a dividend of 7 per cent for the half-year ended 30th Jane last.
The Directors of the Shanghai and Hougkew Wharf Company have decided to pay an interim dividend to shareholders of eight per cent.
A collision took place at Bangkok on the 24th Jaly between the steamer Gorgon and the Norwegian schooner Ragnhild, the latter being seriou-ly damaged. ・・ &
The half-yearly meeting of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation was held on the 10th inst., when the report and accounts were adopted.
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The steamer Catterthun, bound from Sydney to Hongkong, has foundered after striking a rock. Sixty lives were lost, including 46 Chinese. Officer Pinney, Third Officer Leffler, First The Europeans lost are Captain Shannon, Chief Engineer Harper. Second Engineer Wilson, Third Engineer Adams, Fourth Engineer Wolstenholm, Surgeon Anderson, Stewerd Man ning. Female Passengers Mathias, Loring and daughter. Male Passengers Fraser and Smith.
A few mornings ago, says the N. C. Daily News, on the petition box in front of the Kiukiang Custom-house being opened, a pro- clamation was found inside, conveying the intimation that it had been decided by one of the secret societies to expel the foreigners from the Settlement during the 8th moon. If the foreigners refused to go, they were to be put to death. A copy of the proclamation was sent to the Taotai by the British Consul.
A special telegram to the Daily Press, dated Foochow, 8th August, says it is rumoured that a Mandarin and eighteen guards in charge of a lekin boat have been killed at Minchaug, forty miles up the river Five thousand dollars are said to have been looted. There is a suspicion, however, that the rumour has been put about by the authorities for iuterested motives, namely, with a view of orcating the impression that the province is in a disorderly condition and that the ill-feeling is directed against the officials as well as against foreigners.
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An attack was made on the hospital of the Wés- leyan Mission at Fatshan on the 6th inst. by a mob of Chinese, but on the arrival of soldiers from Canton the rioters dispersed. Considerable damage was done to the building and its con- tents, but no personal injuries were reported.
In addition to their Settlement in Tientsin the Germans, according to the Hupao, have obtained a similar privilege in Hankow and the Taotai Yün, of that port, received orders lately from the Tsungli Yamen to mark out the con-
tion received from Peking it is reported, says the cession in qu stion. But according to informa-. N. C. Daily News, that the new concession in
Hankow is to be Russian instead of German,
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The report of the Hongkong aud Whampoa Dock Co., Limited, for the half-year ended 30th Jane shows that the amount available for The Directors re- appropriation is $328,113. commend a dividend for the balf year of 7. per cent., or $109,375, be paid to the shareholders, a bonus of $100 to contributing shareholders, that $65,865 be written from the value of Kow- loon Docks, $61,058 from Cosmopolitan Docks, and $6,453 from the value of the Fame, and the balanco $85,260 be carried to new account..
Last month an attack was made by a strong force of bandits on the Catholic Mission at Wa Nai, a village near Ho Yun, a town on the East River, about six to eight days' journey by boat from Canton. The attack took the form of a veritable siege, lasting from the 2nd to the 11th. The missionary in charge and his flock defended themselves with firearms, and a
Ultimately peace was arranged on the Mission number of the attacking party were killed. paying a ransom of Tls. 300 to one section of the robbers aud Tis. 200 to another. On the side of the Christians one child which was caught by the robbers was cut to pieces and a man was burnt in his house.
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The number of the victims of the Kucheng massacre now reaches eleven, the Stewart baby having succumbed to its injuries. The detailed accounts which have been received since our last issue show the butchery was of the most heartless and bloodthirsty character. With the exception of the Rev. R. W. Stewart, the victims were all women and children. Indig. nation meetings have been held at Hongkong, Shanghai, Foochow, Amoy, and Swatow, and in each case dissatisfaction was expressed at the inadequacy of the steps taken by the British Government to secure redress. The Hongkong meeting in addition to expressing its " and indignation at the criminal connivance of the Chinese Government and its officers in this and other recent attacks on missionaries and missionary property," expressed its "deep dis gust at the apathy and indifference of our own Government and its failure to repognise the gravity of the situation and to take adequate measures for the protection of its subjects and for the punishment of the murderers." The At an extraordinary meeting of the Green resolutions passed by the meetings held else- Island Cement Co., Limited, held on the 12th where, though not SO strongly worded. inst., it was resolved to reduce the capital from convey similar meanings. Cousal Mansfield, of $1,000,000, divided into 20,000 shares of $50 each, Foochow, has been sent to the scene of the to $200,000, divided into 20,000 shares of $10 ontrage to conduct an investigation and report Public opinion condemns the each, and that such reduction be effected by ean-to Peking. celling capital which has been lost or is un-treatment of the case in this manner, it being represented by available assets to the extent of felt that no investigation is needed of the fact $40 per share on each of the 14.117 shares which that eleven lives have been taken. Swift and have been issued and are how outstanding and stern reparation is demanded and reference to by reducing the nominal amount of all the shares Peking, judging from previous experience, in the Company's capital from $50 to $10 per simply means intolerable delay with no practical share.
effect of the negotiations.
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