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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
[October 29, 1899, intac 11- We learn that at 4 x.in. on Sunday, the 23rd |- The Inter-Port Rifle Match in to be fired off instant, a very distinot shock of earthquake was | between the 7th and the 24th November. felt in Wachowfu, lasting about four seconds. The A.D.C. performances of "
"The Magis trate" are announced for the 4th and 6th No damage was done.net
The death rate last month was, for the British November. and Foreign community, and for the Chinese population 22.1.
y, divil population, 24.2,
CHUNG NGOI BÀN 20. The High nissioner, Kang Yi memoria. lised the Throne on the 15th inst. to the held at the Cricket Pavilion on Tuesday. The -A meeting of the Hongkong Boat Club was effect that he has raised a sum of abont Tlaccounts were passed and certain alterations 1,600,000 annually from subscriptions by the made in the rules. A confirmatory meeting will officials, the additional tax on salt, and other will be held on the 9th November at which
officers for the season will be elected. ⠀⠀⠀
ported that the question of instituting shop tax as a substitute for likin is now pro grossing" favourably. Some merchants of the seventy-two guilds have come round to the schems and now say they prefer the shop tax to likin täl
Nine leaders of the Balchin brigands have been arrested lately and were sent to Canton on the 9th insi, for trial. The brigand force, however, continues to carry on its depredatious daily. They issue forth in large bands number. ing over a hundred sach, and wherever they go they meet with no opposition from the people, who are greatly afraid of them.
Owing to the long continued drought, which threatens the failure of the rice orops, the local authorities have commenced to pray for rain in the Shing Wong temple.
The question of farming out the pigeon lottery and fantan gambling are again under consideration of the Government. A merchant has applied to Kang Yi, the High Commissioner, offering $1,200,000 annually as rent for the monopoly of the two forms of gambling.
A barber named Wong Ng was executed by the ling-chi or slicing process on the 2nd in- stant for the murder of three persons some time ago. The murderer was engaged by a person named Cheung Fuk-hing in Loting chow to shave him. While engaged in this work the barber saw a sum of money lying on a table, and suddenly conceiving the thought of abs- tracting the money he inflicted a fatal wound on the neck of Chenng with the razor. When the wife of the murdered man observed this the shouted for assistance, whereupon the barber killed her also with a heavy knife. He then pur- sued the son up to the roof and killed him just as he was trying to give the alarm. He then tried to make his escape, after taking all the money, but the kaifong people hearing the noise broke into the house and gave the murderer into custody. He admitted the offence when he was tried by the provincial judge the other day, without any, torture having to be used.
On the morning of the 18th inst. some bad characters broke into a brothel in Santinti and carried away by foros two prostitutes. The keepers of the brothel at once gave the alarm and shots were exchanged between the brothel people and the kidnappers. Some Inkongs hear ing the alarm came forward and helped to fight the kidnappers, and two of the latter were fatally shot. The keepers of the brothel were able to get back the two prostitutes.
HONGKONG.
The Argentine training ship Presidente Sar. miento, arrived from Shanghai on Wednesday.
The Austrian orniser Kaiserin Elisabeth ar- rived on Saturday from the North.
The cases of communicable disease reported last week were one of plague (fatal) and two of enteric fever. Both the latter oscurred on the steamer Lady Joicey, B
A circular despatch by the Secretary of State, covering the two Royal Warrants of May last instituting a new decoration and medal for Colonial forces, is published in the Gazette.
H. E. Major-General Gascoigne spent last Friday to Monday at Hing Koe's Hotel, Hasso, Consul General and Mrs. Wildman also spent the week-end at Macar and stayed at the same hotel rates
speaks very highly in a recent issus of the El Libertas, a paper published at Manila, benevolent kindness of Mrs. Pardo, whose hus- band is a prominent merchant of Camarines and at present residing at Hongkong. At her soners who had been confined at Nueva Caceo, own expense Mrs. Pardo fed 160 Spanish pri Batangas, and Tayabas. It is reported that there are over 600 Spanish prisoners in these cities.
Bays the Union: In conversation with a gentleman recently from Hongkong the sub- up. The visitor greatly surprised us by prais jeot of Shanghai jinricsha coolies was brought ing up these coolies, and comparing them most favourably with their Hongkong brothers. W Colony. We always thought the Shanghai coo- cannot say that we congratulate the Southern
lies were worse than any others.
A couple of accidents were reported to the police on Monday night. In one case Peter Lawson, a blue-jacket belonging to the Oregon, while drunk fell down the smoke-hole at 44, Peel Street, and sustained an injury over the eye. He was removed to the Government Civil Hospital, In the other case a Chinaman fell down the hold of the Fuensang, which was ly ing at the Docks, and was severely injured. He was taken to Pedder's Wharf in charge of Second Officer Fleming, and the police ambul Government Civil Hospital. ance having been procured was taken to the
The Scottish Oriental Steamship Company, says the Bangkok Times, have resolved to im mediately commence building two new boats for the Bangkok-Hongkong run. steamers will both be slightly larger than the These modern Chose Tai class. The East Indian Steamship Co., Ltd., have bought from the Straits Steamship Company their steamer Clio, a boat of 767 tons, not register. It is intended to put this steamer on the Bangkok-Singapore ran, where she will replace the Kelantan (Medusa). The latter vessel has been trans- ferred to the Borneo line, and has undergone considerable alterations for that particular trade. Lammert on 19th October the remaining At a property auction held by Mr.. G. P. portion of inland lot No. 629, area 3,150 square feet (Nos. 1 to 7 Kuug Shun Lane) was bought by Mr. Ho Cheuk-sang for $3,475. Section A of inland lot No. 309, area 3,825 square feet (Nos. 37 to 45 Jardine's Bazaar) was knocked down to Mr. A. Ramjahn for $9,500. This lot is held from the Crown on a seventy-five years' lease only, dating from the 5th May, 1847. Sections J. and L. of marine lot No. 4, areas 561 and 558 square feet repectively (Nos. 15a and 17. Wing Lok Street) were bought by | Mr. Lo Chan-ting for $19,100.
We learn from a Canton correspondent that two merchants surnamed respectively Wan and Chan have offered a sum of Tls. 140,000 per annum for the privilege of collecting lekin on silk cocoons exported from Santak, Tailoong, etc., the said sum to be payable in quarterly instalments of Tls. 35,000 in advance, the con- ditions being similar to those of the opium nonopoly, and the tax levied on the buyer to be 3 candareens per tael. The offer is now under consideration by Kang Yi, the High Commissioner.
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Dr. Rieloff, who recently lost his pocket book while travelling in Japan, has recovered it and most of its contents. The pocket book con- tained yen 240 in notes and a letter of credit At the Magistracy on Saturday Abdool Abra for the sum of Mex $2,000 from the Hongkong ham Cassumbhoy, a shroff, was charged with and Shanghai Bank.. A Japanese evidently dealing in lottery tickets. On the previous found it, although his name, and the place day Chief Detective Inspector Hanson through where he found it, are as yet unknown. The the medium ofar
an assistant purchased some man. frightened by the researches made by the tickets and immediately afterwards arrested de- Police, addressed an anonymous letter to the fendan fine of $25 was imposed.
Police informing them that he had thrown the The Hongkong: respondent of the N. C. pocket-book containing the letter of credit into Daily Ne
ion has recently a certain mail-box, as also another letter, also been
for the right to anonymous, containing yen 100 in notes. Ten continge them.|. 140 are therefore still missing, for which, as enterprise is well as for the anonymous letter-writer, the
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▲ private telegram received in Tokyo says that sixteen British officers were wounded by king, and that among them was the brother of the wrecking of the armoured train near Mafe- Madame O'Gorman, whose husband is serving in Hongkong. The Boers doubtless effected this business with dynamite.-Japan Mail.
Vol. IV. of the Camp Gasette and Stonecutters' We have to acknowledge receipt of No. 1 of Island Chronicle. It contains accounts of the Volunteers on motive service, se, at Taumati on the 16th April and at the taking of Kowloon City on the 16th May, and a number of amus- and jokes of various descriptions. There is a' ing contributions, including rhymes, sketches, cartoon entitled "The Kowloon Infant," in which the taking of Kowloon City is represented as a surgical operation on a child, with the Volunteers in attendance in the operating theatre.
7 Police Station at West Point, and Sergeant Inspector McLellan, who is in charge of No. Langley, of Aberdeen, were complimented by Mr. Gomperts, Acting Police Magistrate, at the Magistracy on Saturday, for a smart capture affected by them. At about 10.30 p.m. on the 5th inst. three men entered the house of a cow- keeper in charge of the Tinwan Depot of the Dairy Farm Company. They tied up the inmates-two men, a woman, and a child- inflicted two scalp wounds on the cow-keeper, gare his wife a black eye, and then decamped with property of the value of $20. Sergeant Langley telephoned to Inspector McLellan, asking him to watch the roads. The Inspector at once went out and when in Pokfulam Road
arrested him and subsequently informed Sex- near the fort met a man carrying a clock. · H•
geant Langley of the fact. In the meantime Sergeant Langley bad taken a description of the stolen property, and it was found that the clock was similar to one taken from the cow. keeper's house. At the Magistracy on Saturday the man accused of being one of the robbers, ́i and who had been identified as such, was com- mitted for trial.
The Portland, Philippines, British India lay Company, will soon be an active competitor Steamship line operated by the Colegrove-Fin in the freight and passenger traffic between Manila and the United States. The sailing time from Singapore to Manila will be about five days, and from Manila to the United States. via Honolulu, the schedule time will be 30 days, although as the boats are said to be fast as well as handsomely equipped and commodious, it is likely that the trip will really be a day or two shorter. Sailing dates are announced as follows: —Teturtos leaves Singapore Nov. 1st, Manila Nov. 7; Benlawers leaves Singapore Deo. 1st, Manila Dec. 7; Camarthenshire leaves Singa. pore Jan. 1st, Manila Jan. 7; Tyr or St. Jeroms leaves Singapore Feb. 1st, Manila Fab. 7. The American,
At the Magistracy on Saturday two Chinese, a man and a woman, were charged with kidnap ping a girl eighteen years of age, intending to send her to Singapore to be sold for the purpose. of prostitution." From information received by the police the young girl and the two prisoners were found in a boarding house and taken into custody. Complainant told the magistrata that she was originally from Kwangsi, where she had been sold to a person named Wong at Kongmi, in which place she remained for ten years. She was taken from there by a fellow maid servant to Canton, where she was disposed of for $205, and afterwards sent to Hongkong to be sold for $260, but the intending purchaser did not come to terms. Photographs of the girl were found in the prisoners' possession, and from the evidence it appeared that she was in-- tended for a brothel in Singapore. The Magis- trate in sentencing each prisoner to 12 months' hard labour remarked that he was very pleased after going through the evidence to conviet and give them the full sentence. He mid he must also make mention that he was very well with the way the polios had got together
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