THE
Hongkong Weekly
VOL. LII.]
AND
Press
China Overland
Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c.
Leading Articles :—
Affairs at Christmastide
The Represssion of British Energy Newa and the Censorship.
Overcrowding and Expansion..
Tho Crisis: Telegrams
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 29TH DECEMBER, 1900.
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Hongkong Weekly Press
HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, DES VEUX ROAD CL. 514 LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C.
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Manchuria v. the Yangtze Valley.
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Russian Operations in Manchuria
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The Crisis in China
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Belilios Public School for Girls
Charge against a Company Director.
Christmas with the Fleet..
Opening of a New Port
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Children's Gala Day at the Central Police Station ..521 Meeting of Justices
The Theatre
Canton
Sandakan
Manila
Correspondence
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ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The English mail of the 23rd November ar- rived, per P. & O. steamer Chusan, on the 23rd December (30 days); the Canadian mail of the 5th December arrived, per C. P. R, steamer Em- 521 press of China, on the 27th December (22 days); 521 the German mail of the 14th November arrived, per N. D. L. steamer Preussen, on the 27th De- | cember (43 days); and the American mail of the 28th November arrived, por O. & O. steamer Doric, on the 27th December.
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Fund in Aid of Sufferers from the Recent Typhoon 524 Hongkong Cotton Spinning, Weaving and Dyeing
Company
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Hongkong High-Level Tramways Co., Limited 525 Panjom Mining Co., Limited
Jelebu Mining and Trading Company
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The Great Eastern and Caledonian Gold Mining
Co., Limited.
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Cricket
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Football
Royal Hongkong Yacht Club
Official Salaries in Hongkong.
Mr. T. H. Whitehead on China
The Peace Negotiations
Official Report of the German Expedition Hongkong and Port News
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Commercial
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Shipping
BIRTHS.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK,
A London telegram states that the Germans 528 have seized and looted the Peking Club 528 completely.
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On the 17th December, 1900, at Ningpo, the wife of P. J. HOWELL, I. M. Customs, of a daughter,
On the 19th November, at "Earlham," St. Mar- garets, the wife of MOWBRAY HAWES, of Perak, Malay States, of a daughter.
At Greencroft, Kowloon, on Friday, the 21st December, the wife of JOHN THOMAS MARTIN WHEELEY, of a son.
On the 23rd December, at the Government Civil Hospital, the wife of Mr. CARL GEORG, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.
On the 14th November, at St. Paul's Church, Manningham, Bradford, by the Rev. E. Bichards, M.A., Vicar, assisted by the Rev. E. Davis, M.A., Vicar of St. Mark's, Low Moor, ALFRED BRUCK-
SHAW CURJEL, of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, to MABEL ERNESTINE, youngest daughter of the late J. C. GROVEKAM, of Bradford, and Mrs. GROVEHAM, of Grassing- ton, Yorks.
Preparations are being made, according to Chinese official reports, at Wuchang and Siangyang, in Hupeh, to receive the Empress Dowager.
It is announced from Paris that M. Pichon. French Minister at Peking, will be appointed Resident-General in Tunis at the conclusion of the peace negotiations.
The Viceroy of India's Cup at Calontta on the 25th instant ended in a victory for the Maharajah of Jodpore's Up-Guards, Mr. Hyde's Tubal Cain being second, and Koer Sahib's (of Patiala) Cherry, the favourite, third.
Mr. W. Holland has proceeded to Ichang to resume his post of British Consul at that port, and Mr. E. C. Wilton, who acted for him during his absence on furlough, goes on to Chungking to relieve Mr. M. F. A. Fraser.
Mr. James Watts, whose ride from Tientsin to Taku was the means of saving Tientsin from the Chinese, has been rewarded by the German He has received the Rettungs- Emperor. Medaille, which is a high civil decoration given for the saving of life.
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According to a London telegram of the 21st instant, Chinese issues on the Stock Exchange rose to 14 points in consequenos of the agreement between the Powers.
A late resident in Tientsin who has returned to England has, it is stated, applied to the Foreign Office for information as to where he should lodge his claim för £700, the value of his property lost during the siege. Lord Salis- bury has replied that he is not able to say where the claim should be presented, but the question of indemnities will be one of the subjects for negotiation between the Powers in China.
The specie reserve in the Bank of Japan has dwindled from 100 millions to 65 millions. There is still an excess of imports over exports, amounting to 50 millions, that has to be settled. This is a serious fact. Two plans are suggested for relief, one being the disposal of all silver in the possession of the government, and the other the sale on the London market of 20 millions' worth of the 4 per cent. bonds possessed by the Bank.
The Japanese Mainichi says that Dr. Morrison, the Peking correspondent of the Times, and the correspondent of the Morning Post, are having trouble with the German mili tary authorities. The correspondents ascribed the death of Count York to the defeat the Ger mans received at the hands of the Chinese troops. The Germans are highly incensed and are try. ing to courtmartial the two men, for which pur. pose a proposal was brought forward at the Allies' military council.
The Asahi reports activity on the part of certain Americans who are seeking in Seoul to obtain concessions for American firms.
The modus operandi of those interested is to secure loans from Americans for the Court and the Government on mortgage of some of the valuable mines, or failing that, on the Customs revenues. Mr. MacLeavy Brown stands in the
way of course. Finding it difficult to dislodge him, they are now, it is reported, trying to induce Mr. Brown to leave. The Japanese paper's Seoul correspondent concludes that the loan question looks serious.
A recent issue of the Gazette of the Govern - ment of India gives the following additional appointments to the Staff of the China Expedi tionary Force: Captain G. W. Johnson, 3rd tain. Captain R. B. Low, 9th Bengal Cavalry, Punjab Cavalry, to be Provost Marshal, Tien- to be Headquarters Camp. Commandant in addition to his duties as Provost Marshal Captain A. W. S. Wingate, 1st Chinese Regi- The N.-C. Daily News is informed that the ment, to be Special Service Officer for Intelli- ( On the 19th December, 1900, at the Holy Trinity
gence Work, with the status of D. A. A. G. Cathedral, Shanghai, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, Russian proclamation which it published re- M.A., GEORGE THOMAS MONEY EDKINS, only son cently as to the imposition of land-tax at New-Captain MacC. R. E. Ray, 7th Bengal Infantry, of the late G. T. EDKINS, of Nailsworth, Glouces-chwang is an entire misconception arising from Field Intelligence Officer, to be D. A, A. G., tershire, to WINIFRED, second daughter of the the ignorance of a Corean interpreter employed Lines of Communication, Tientsin. Captain
by the Russian authorities.
G. F. 8. Menzies, 1st Chinese Regiment, to be Late Joseph Henry QABKIN, of Lon 'on.
D. A. Q. M. G., Lines of Communication, Bombay Infantry, to be Field Treasure Chest Officer, Peking. Brevet-Major T. E. Scott, D. 80, 1st Sikh Infantry, to be Road Com mandant, Lines of Communication. Lien- tenant E. C. Creagh, 4th Punjab Infaútry, Adjutant, Native Base Depot, to be Post Staff Officer, 2nd class, Weihaiwei, in addition to his other duties. Colonel L. H. D. Camp- bell, Base Commandant in charge of Line of Communications, to be General of Communi• cations. Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Swann, 1st Bombay Infantry, to be Adjutant and Quarter- master General, Lines of Communications.
On the 19th December, 1900, at Valetta, Malta,
ERNEST B. HOSKIN, of the Eastern Telegrapa telegraphed to London asking on behalf of the | Tientsin. Ljeutenant B. F. R. Holbrooke, 26th
Service, to Mabel G. STEIL, late of Shanghai.
On Christmas morning, 1900, at St. John's
Cathedral, Hongkong, by the Rev. R. F. Cobbold, M.A., GEORGE ALBERT WATKINS, of Hongkong, to ELLEN FANNIE, eldest daughter of the late William Henry SIMMONDS, of Denmark Hill, London.
DEATHS.
On the 13th November, 1900, at her brother's
home in Dernyter, N. Y., ELLA F. SWINNEY, M.D., member of the S. D. B. Mission, West Gate, Shanghai.
On the 28th November, at Surat, suddenly, of heart failure, BUBJORJEE BUTTONJEE KEEKA, formerly of Hongkong.
H.E. the Governor informs us that he has Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council (as representing the community) whether the Duke and Duchess of York will visit Hongkong on their way to or from Australia. No reply has yet been received.
A Japanese contemporary says:-Japan has refused to join the Treaty Powers in prohibiting the import into Chins of firearms and war materials. In view of the large export of sulphuric acid from Japan, this decision is hail- ed with the utmost satisfaction by the manufac- turers and exporters of the acid.
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