THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LVI.]
AND
China Oderland Trave Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c.
Leading Articles:---
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HONGKONG. MONDAY, 6TH OCTOBER. 1902.
No. 14
The Debats Paris) warns England against.
Hongkong Weekly Dress letting Japan get too solid a hold ip Siam, and
! HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, DES VEUX ROAD CL. 28 LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C. 249
The Monroe and Another Doctrine Manchuria
The Government and Industrial Enterprise
The British Consular Service
219
The Macao-Canton Railway
250
Hongkong Sanitary Board
250
Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce.
251
Return of the Coronation Contingent
Hongkong S. Andrew's Society
Portugal's Royal Anniversary
Coming Theatrical Performances
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Enquiries into Collapsed Houses
Macao
Canton
Chengtu
Chungking
Northern Notes
.262
Correspondence
.262
Canton Insurance Office, Ld.
263
Douglas Steamship Co.
.204
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Hongkong Football Club
205
Sporting Notes
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Hongkong Hockey Club Hongkong and Port News Commercial. Shipping.
BIRTHS.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The American mail of the 3rd September arrived, per O. & O. steamer Gindic, on the 1st October (28 days); the German mail of the 255 2nd September arrived, per II. A. L. steamer Hamburg, on the 3rd October (30 days); and the French mail of the 5th September arrived, per M. M. steamer Ernest Simo.s, on the 4th October (29 days).
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
H.E. Viceroy Tsen arrived in Chengtu on the 265 25th ult. and took over the seels of office next 266 day.
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Cholera is causing terrible ravages in the 269 Philippine Islands. As many as a thousand
cases are occurring daily in some towns.
On the 19th September, at Hankow, the wife of E. T. Prм, I.M.C., of a son.
On the 27th September, at 78, Range Road, Shanghai, the wife of the Rev. HARRY BARTON, C.M.S. Shaohying, of a daughter.
On the 20th September, at Hongkong, the wife of S. J. GRAINGER, I.M.C., Lappa, at Macao, of a
son.
MARRIAGES.
On the 17th September, at Holy Trinity Cathe drul, Shanghai, by the Rev. F. Symons, B.A., PHILIP LOCKWOOD JONES, son of C. J. JONES, Liverpool, to MARGARET E. CHAMBERLAIN, third daugater of C. R. CHAMBERLAIN, Riddings, Der- byshire, England.
On the 24th September, at the Kakchich Chapel, Swatow, by the Rev. P. J. Maclagan, M.A, FLORENCE ANNIť Cass, widow of the late FRANCIS CA-s, of Amoy, to ERNEST HENRY DE STE. Croix, son of the late C. W. DE STE. CROIX, I.M.C.
On the 27th September, at St. Joseph's Church, by the Rev. Father d'Agustini, GEORGE WILLIAM GEGG, of Fareham, Hants, to EDITA JOHNSON, eldest daughter of Mrs. LEE, and a Cre-le of Trinidad, W.I.
West Indian papers please copy
DEATHS.
On the 8th September, at Tokyo, A. W. THOMPS N, aged 78 years.
On the 19th Septembe, in London, AGNES, the wife of W. ALLEN, General Hospital, Singapore.
On the 20th September, at the Singapore General Hospital, JOHN COLIN CAMPBELL, Super intendent of the Muar State Railway, aged 52 years.
On the 22nd September, at 68, Chapoo Road, Shanghai, FILEX VICENTE DA COSTA, the infant child of Mr. and Mrs J. E. DA CUNHA.
adds that Eugland should ask herself whether s'e is not fostering a fox who will devour her Asiatic fowls,
The Anglo-Russian Land I ispute Commis- sion is now sitting at Tientsin. The Commis. sioners are Mr. Hopkins, British Consul- General, and Mr. Laptew, Russian Co. sul Mr. Dotring is Referee.
In its Notes on Native Affairs the N-C. Daily News says:-A Peking despatch to hand reports that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs lns consented to the petition of certain Portugnese subjects to construct a railway between Macao and Canton. A request by the Portuguese Minister for an extension of the Portuguese Settlement of Macao has, however, been refused point-lauk by Prince Ching, who declines to discuss the matter.
Our Shanghai corespondent telegraphed under date 29th September:-The ceremony at Tientsin railway station this morning was brief but, impressive. Colonel Browne, the Military Director, handed over the line to Managing Director Liang in the presence of Hu Yu-mei and Chinese and British guards of honour. The National Anthems were played while the flags were exchanged. Mr Kinder warmly congratulated the British Minister. He diues with the Viceroy to-night.
Prince Tsai Chen, Special Ambassador to the Coronation, returned to Peking from London M. Podsuieft, who, is commissioned by the
on the 25th ult., having come to China vid the Russian Government to
arrange the Russo-
United States and Japan. The Prince was re- Chinese Treaty of Commerce, is now in Shanghai.ceived by their Majesties in special audience on The St. Petersburg railway conference has father Prince Ching, ac ing the part of an- the morning of the 26th ult., His Highness's resolved to admit the Eastern China Railway noncer for his son. Prince Tsai Chen gate a the Russian railways direct passenger resume of what he had seen and experienced and goods-traffic system.
during his mission abroad, and it is reporte that their Majesties were quite pleased at the intelligent replies the youthful Prince made to their enquiries on the state of affairs in foreign
in o
On the 23rd ult, the Chinese Emperor and the Empress Dowager received Admiral Geissler, Commander of the German Squadron, and Baron von der Goltz, German Chargé d'Affaires at Peking, in the Summer Palace, where, with the only exceptiu of H. R. H. Prince Henry of Prussia, no foreigner had until now
audienco.
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The following telegram from Szechnen has been received by the Rev. Dr. Hykes of Shanghai: Chengtu, 20th September. The general situation is doubtful. A large area of the country is seriously disturbed. The city excitement has abated, and the officials are on the alert. The new Viceroy has just arrived. Missionaries and their property are under protection. A later Japanese felegram froni Chengtu is more encouraging.
Witte, has now left Europe for Manchuria. The Russian Minister of Finances, M. The Globe a St.
Ietersburg correspondent learns from a reliable source that M. de Witte's tour is connected with the raising of a loan in the United States, whose financiers at pr. sout are disinclined to make such an investment, owing to the closed-door policy of Russia in the Far East. M. de Witte is studying the possibility of making concessions which will On the 21st September, at Penang, ALEXANDER probably result in the conclusion of a com- HORATIO STEPHENS, of McAlister & Co., Singa-mercial treaty between Russia and the United pore and Penang, aged 31 years.
States
On the 25th September, at the Shanghai General Hospital, AMELIA, relict of the late WILLIAM ORTWIN, aged 47 years.
countries, etc.
strong ground for believing the the Peninsular "The Shipping Gazette states that there is
and Oriental Steam Narigation Company will shortly abandon London as the home port. Four vessels are now being built which are unable to enter the Albert Dock. It is understood that the directors favour Southampton as the home terminus." The four vessels mentioned in the above telegram, which was despatched by our London correspondent on the 27th ultimo, as now building are presumably the Moldavia, Mongolia, Marmora and Macedonia, each of 10,000 tons register and 11,000 effective, h.p. At present the largest of th, P. & O. fleet is the Persia, the registared tonnage of which is 7,951. No information is obtainab'e locally as to the proposed abandonnent of London as the Company's home port. If it does e me to pass it will only be another illustration of the deterioration of the Thames under the rule of the present inept Conservancy Board. In the circumstances, the recommendations of the Royal Commission; which recently sat upon the subject and proposed a sweeping re-con- stitution of the Board, cannot be too soon carried into execution. This matter was dealt with at length in our leading article of the 3rd ultimo.