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THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
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China Overland Trade Report.
VOL. LII.]
CONTENTS,
Epitome of the Week, &c. Leading Artioles :-
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 18TH AUGUST, 1900.
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H. M. 88. Whiting and Plover left Shanghai for the north on the 10th instant.
The Corean Emperor has contributed 1,000 kokn of rice, 1,500 bags of flour and 2,000 boxes 118 of cigarettes for the allies in North China.
The exodus of the better class Chinese from Shanghai is gradually decreasing, and the num ber of passengers from Shanghai to Ningpo is normal once more.
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The German Government are purchasing a 123 large number of horses and mules on the 124 Adelaide market for service in China, with the 124 permission of the Colonial Office.
The Peking Relief Force
The Crisis in North China
The Messages from Peking...
The Defence of Shanghai..
Education and Schools in Hongkong
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Nemesis and the Rulers of China
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The Crisis: Telegrame
Supreme Court
Hongkong Sanitary Board
Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce
The Crisis in China
Sailors and Soldiers' Relief Fund
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Presentation at the Soldiers' Club
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Macao
Canton
Swatow
The "Pioneer's" Trip down the Yangtze
Correspondence
An Important Case
Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, Ld.
Consular Report.....
Hongkong Volunteer Corps
The Hongkong Rifle Association
Beviews
Hongkong and Port News
Diary of the Crisis.
Commercial
Bhipping
BIRTHS.
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It has been computed that 3,000 Martinis and bayonets, and one-and-a-half million rounds are required for the possible armament of 128 British subjects at Treaty ports in China.
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Captain A. J. Horsley, of the Europa, is to 129 call at Batavia on his way from Australia, with a view to the large number of men under his 13 command being utilised, if necessary, in China.
It is understood in some quarters, says the 131 Singapore Free Press, that the Hon. J. K. Birch 133 contemplates retirement, and may probably not 134 return to the colony on the expiry of his leave. The P. & O. Co.'s steamer Carthage, hired hospital-ship, left Bombay on Thursday evening, the 9th instant. The same Company's hired transport Formosa left Bombay on the 13th August in the morning.
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At Singapore, on the 2nd August, the wife of T. D. CANNING, of a daughter.
At "Burwood," Singapore, on the 3rd August, 1900, the wife of G. A. RESTING, of a son.
At 36, Broadway, Shanghai, on the 4th August the wife of BOBEET LEWIS, of a daughter.
On the 10th inst., at Ningpo, the wife of W. H.
WILKINSON, H.B.M. Consul, of a son.
MARRIAGES.
On the 2nd August, at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore, by the Rev. Father Bivet, WILLY HASENBALG, only son of Theodor HASENBALG, of Hamburg, to ALBINA LAGOMARSINO, only daughter of the late Luigo LAGOMARSINO, of Genoa, Italy.
At Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, on the 3rd August, at 5.30 p.m., Miss L. A. Bover, daughter of Mr. W. BOVEY, "Shanghai," Bovey Tracey, Devon, England, to the Rev. DONALD MACGILLIVRAY, M.A., B.D., of the Canadian Pres- byterian Mission.
DEATHS.
On the 31st July, 1900, at Kiukiang, nine days after his father's death, ARTHUR BERTEAM, only and dearly loved son of the late W. B. WALTER, of the I.M. Customs, aged 3 years. Accidentally drowned.
At Hankow, on the 5th August, 1900, of heat apoplexy, U. G. S. I. TROJEL, Boat Officer, L.M. Customs, aged 36 years.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The French mail of the 9th July arrived, per M. M. steamer Yarra, on the 12th August (34 daya); and the English mail of the 20th July arrived, per P. & O. steamer Parramatta, on the 17th August (28 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
The news of the week from the north will be found in the telegrams from our correspondents
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A Paris telegram dated the 13th ult, says that the French Admiral Pothier, the com- mander of the China squadron, has appointed Captain Viaud (“Pierre Loti "), now travelling in India, as his chief aide-de-camp.
A Government notification received on the 10th instant states that information has been received from the Government of the Straits Settlements that the prohibition against Chinese immigration has been removed, while quarantine
is maintained.
The Marine Court at Tokyo has decided that the Captain, J. Jones, and the Chief Officer Salmon were responsible for the loss of the Tokio Maru, and has suspended their certificates for six and twelve months respectively. They are said to have appealed.
A concession for an overhead electric tram- way in Bangkok is to be granted to Capt. L. de Richelieu and Mr. A. Westenholz, acting on behalf of a syndicate. Work will be commenced as soon as the concession is signed, and the line is expected to be ready in about eighteen
months.
The North German Lloyd steamer Holstein, has, under a charter made in Hongkong, arrived in Manila with a large cargo of rice consigned to the Tabacaleria Company. She will continue to carry cargoes of merchan- dize to that port from others in the East and Far East.
The Japanese Naval Department appears to have decided to construct one second-class and one third-class cruiser at home. Designs for the two cruisers have just been completed, and materials for their construction will be ordered from England at an early date. Upon the arrival in Japan of the materials, one of the vessels will be built at Kure, while the other will be con- structed at the Naval Shipbuilding Yard at Yokosuka
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The new Hamburg-American liner Deutsch- land has beaten the famous maiden trip of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, which has hereto fore held the record across the Atlantic. The Deutschland steamed 3,044 knots in 5 days 17 hrs. 27 min., averaging 22.42 knots an hour for the whole voyage.
Messrs. Gibb, Livingston & Co., agents in Hongkong for the British North Borneo Co., state that the British North Borneo Govern ment has intimated its willingness to offer free grants of land alongside the line of railway to Christian Chinese refugees who may desire to settle down in that country,
According to Japanese papers, the new Japanese cruiser Azuma (9,456 tons), which has been constructed in France, sails for home on the 29th July, while the first-class battleship Asahi (15.447 tons) left England on the follow ing day for home. These warships may be expected in Japan some time in October next.
The Nippon's war correspondent says that very marked friendships exists between the Japanese and the English in the field. They supply each other's wants and are mutually helpful in every way. The Indian soldiers have become familiar with the term and show the greatest good will, and the Wei-
Japanese, haiwei regiments speak of the Japanese as
Nippon Ďaijin.”
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The steamer Kiukiang reports passing on the 11th August at 1 p.m. off Taichiow Island, two German transports under convoy of a war- ship. These transports will be the Franfurt and Wittekindt, which reached Singapore on the ed instant and proceeded direct to Kiaochow. They have on board over 2,500 men, including the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Marine Infantry and 160 men of the Horse Artillery, 100 of the latter being Pioneers.
bour from the south during the past week were. The arrival of transports in Hongkong har Nisam (11th inst.), Nurani (15th), Rewa (16th); and Warora (13th), Nuddea and Wardha (19th); Itaura (15th), from the North. The departures Nizam (12th), Nurani and Jelunga for the north; and Nawab (11th), Warora, Nuddea, and Wardha (18th), Itaura (16th). H. M. gun- boat Lisard departed on the 11th for Foochow H.M.S. Argonaut arrived on the 13th.
The France Militaire states that the despatch of four batteries of Marine Artillery to China offered a good opportunity to put the new French q.f. gun, which is said to be of rather. delicate construction, to the test of hard wear and tear. Instead of this, the Minister of Marine has sent four batteries of 32-inch mountain guns of an old type. The given for this is that the guns sent are considered good enough for a conflict with non-European troops.
It is stated, says the Japan Mail, that the transport coolies engaged in Japan for the British and German forces in North Chins are to be obtained through the emigration societies. If these men are employed as military carriers (gumbu) their pay must be a yen and a half daily and arrangements have to be made for payments to their families in the event of den That is the law. To observe it where forei Powers are the employers is evidently and the alternative is to drop, the term tary carrier" and place the matter on the of emigration.