THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. XLVII.]
AND
China Overland
Overland Trade
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Weok, &c.
Leading Articles :-
The Site of the New Post Office
The Sale of Injurious Liquora
Trade Report
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, 19TH JANUARY, 1898.
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English Teaching for Hongkong Chinese Sir Thomas Sutherland & the Shipping Conference 35
The Future of Korea
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The Sanitary Board and Obstractions in Lanes... 35 Reporters at Executions
Supreme Court
Hongkong Sanitary Board
Queen's College Prize Distribution
Diocesan School and Orphanage
Execution of the Burd Street Murderers
A Cave Dwoller in Hongkong
The Rebellion in British North Borneo
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Singapore Chamber of Commerce ani a Gold Currency 42 The City Hall.......
Waachai Warehouse and Storage Co., Limite) The New Balmoral Gold Mining Co., Limited Olivors Freehold Mines, Limited
The Labuk Planting Co., in Liquidation Cricket........
Hongkong Football Challenge Shield
Correspondence...
The Sinking of the Kiangning
Watching Port Arthur
The Shanghai-Hankow Steamers Hongkong and Port News
Commercial
Shipping
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The German steamer Deike Rickmers, which grounded on the Bambek shoal on the 1st December, at 11 p.m., arrived at Singapore on the afternoon of the 5th, being towed off by the Dorothea Rickmers on the 4th.
A dividend of 1s. per share has been declared by the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Limited, and a call has been made of the same amount, the dividend on all contributing shares being appropriated by the Company in payment
of the call.
It is reported amongst the Chinese at Macao that Kongmoon, one of the calling statious on the West River between Macao and Samshui, is to be made an
The Echo open port. Macaense, which mentions the report, says it does not know what foundation there is for it.
It is reported that the Hamburg-American 43 Steamship Company, of which Messrs. Car- lowitz & Co. are the Shanghai agents, are about to undertake a four-weekly mail and passenger service between Hamburg and the Far East, alternating with the existing German mail 45 service.-N. C. Daily News.
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“At Annfield House, Inverness, in his 79th year, JOHN MACTAVISH, formerly Manager of the Cale donian Banking Company, Scotland. (By telegram.)
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The German mail of the 18th December arrived, per N. D. L. steamor Preussen, on the 13th January (31 days); the American mail of the 18th December arrived, per P. M. steamer City of Peking, on the 18th January (31 days); and the French mail of the 17th December arrived, per M. M. steamer Sydney, on the 18th January (32 days).
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
The first instalment of the Belgian railway loan has reached Shanghai.
The death is reported of General Jones, the the United States Consul at Chinkiang..
The Singapore Chamber of Commerce has passed the currency resolutions in favour of a gold basis by seventeen votes to fourteen.
For the past half-year the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank will pay a dividend of £1 5s. per share, place 10 lacs to reserve, and carry forward about 3 lacs.
A joint-stook Newspaper Company, with a capital of 150,000 roubles, has been started in Vladivostook to publish a good-sized journal in the Russian and Chinese languages.-Hiogo
News.
Messrs. Sietas & Co., of Chefoo, have already arranged to open a business house in Kyaochau and other German firms are likely to follow suit. The firm named have been appointed contractors to the German Navy and Garrison.—China
Gasette.
The following is the composition of the new Japanese cabinet;-Marquis Ito, Premier; Count Inonge, Finance; Baron Suyematsu, Communications; Baron Miyoji Ito, Commerce and Agriculture; Viscount Yashikawa, Home Affairs; Marquis Admiral Saigo, Navy; Vis- count General Katsura, War; Mr. Soue, Justice; Marquis Saionji, Education; Baron Nishi retaining the portfolio of Foreign Af-
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The Rickmers Line intend to abandon their regular service to Shanghai, on the ground of the excessive local expenditure involved. In future Shanghai cargo will ordinarily be, tran- shipped in Hongkong.-N. C. Daily News.
Shortly after two o'clock on Monday morn ing, 3rd January, a fire broke out in Higashi Kuromoncho, Shitaya, in Tokyo. A strong northerly wind was blowing, and the flames spread very rapidly, resulting in almost six hundred houses being destroyed in the Shitaya and Kanda districts.
The Singapore Free Press of the 6th January says:-The chartered transport Jelunga, offioi- ally designated Nol-10, arrived from Hongkong to day, getting alongside the Borneo wharf about one o'clock. She brings with her the 1st Battalion Prince of Wales' Own (West York- shire Regiment), from Hongkong, and will take away with her the departing Rifle Brigade, who arrived in Singapore, also from Hongkong, on November 29th, 1896. The Jelunga had an extremely pleasant and uneventful trip on the way down, Lieut-Colonel C. S. Gordon, in command, bidding farewell to the Regiment last evening on his retirement on half pay, as he continues his voyage to England by the Jelunga, which will leave to-morrow afternoon at four o'clock.
The
The Shanghai Mercury says:-We regret to have to record the death of Mr. John Mactavish, of Inverness, the father of the late J. W. Mactavish of this town, and also the father of Mr. A. D. Mactavish, the agent of the Hong- kong and Shanghai Bank at Amoy. deceased gentleman was for many years the Manager of the Caledonian Banking Co. of Scotland, but retired from that position about He was an extremely twenty years ago. popular and hospitable gentleman, and well known to many residents of the Far East an excellent type of the kind old Highland gentle- removes to a remote distance of time the
man, Many now living in these parts have The Nordeuscht dismemberment of China. declares that the Germans are not penetrating enjoyed his kind hospitality at " Drakies," In- verness. We sympathise with his son at Amoy, and his relatives.
A Havas telegram dated Paris, 7th January, states that it is incorrect that an Anglo- Japanese alliance has been formed. Japan desires to maintain equally friendly relations
The French with all the Powers. approves of the Kiaochan arrangement, which
China as conquerors.
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In connection with disturbances on board the
The Jelebu Mining and Trading Co., Limited, have received the following telegram: German steamer Dante the Singapore Police -"Jelebu, 3rd January. Picked up lead, small, promising. Roberts." The reference is to the have arrested the master, Capt. Kopke, on a
charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt, - operations of the Company in lode-mining near
the first mate on a charge of attempted murder, Kuala Klawang. The Company, have been at
and the second mate on a double charge of work for some time in developing what is believed to be a promising tin lode, but, latterly.act. The vessel it appears is manned by a attempted murder and of committing a rash as the shareholders were informed at their general meeting, the lode had been lost. That was understood to be a fault," and operations
in search of the lost lodé, or lead, were con- tinued.-Straits Times,
It is reported in native circles, says the N. C. Daily News, that the Ministry of War at Peking, in reply to a question from some of the Viceroys and Governors in the provinces as to the truth of the report of Russia's intention to hold Port Arthur, stated that "the move was one which not be helped, since both Germany and France were looking greedily on that place and other ports in the Liaotang Peninsula and on the Shantung Chihli coast. Moreover, the war cloud was constantly increasing and be coming more threatening, so that to prevent Russia from doing some altogether unexpected thing, the best way was to keep her quiet with the bait of Port Arthur, in accordance with arrangements made two years ago,”
Chinese crew, and according to the story of the men as given by the Free Press they were so roughly handled by the Captain and officers of the ship, that they struck work on the morning of the 5th January. Early in the morning the Captain is alleged to have struck one of the crew over the nose with an iron spanner, and about 8.30 the first mate is said to have drawn a revolver and fired at one of the crew, fortunately missing him. He is then stated to have handed the weapon to the second mate, and one of the crew either jumped or was pushed overboard. A sampan coolie came to his assistance, and was fired at by the second mate, the shot taking effect in his back. So far the bullet had not been extracted. Accused appeared before the Magistrate on the 6th and were remanded to the 10th inst., bail in $500 and $1,500. The case against the Captain, for assaulting Cheng Ah Tiang, was heard on the 6th, the defendant being fined $50 or two months' imprisonment.