THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
VOL. LVIII.]
CONTENTS.
Epitome
Leading Articles:
Hongkong's New Governor
Japan and Russia
Quarantine Ag i at Shanghai
Roibow's Trade in 1902
Canton's Trade in 1902
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 12TH SEPTEMBER, 1903.
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| HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, Des Vœux ROAD CL. 191 LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C. 190
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ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The Canadian mail with London dates of 192 July 30th, arrived per C.P.R. steamer Em; ress of Japan, ou the 8th inst. (39 days); and the English mail of the 14th ult. arrived per P. & O. steamer Simla, on the 11th inst. (28 days).
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Hongkong's New Governor
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Roof Collapse in Macdonnell Road
Hongkong Sanitary Board
Notes from the Botanic Gardens
Affairs in Manchuria
Warning to Trave lers in Siberia
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The Yong-ampho Leas
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Canton
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Japan
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Foochow
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Correspondence
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Hongkong Hotel Co., Ijd.
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Review....
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Supreme Court
Sporting Notes
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Interport Cricket
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Royal Hngkong Golf Club
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Hongkong
Commercial.
Shipping
BIRTHS.
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Major Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M, G., R.E., Governor of the Gold Coast, has been appointed Governor of the Colony of Hongkong in succession to Sir Henry A. Blake, appointed to 20 Ceylon. We believe, though the news does not come from an official source, that Sir Henry 204 Blake leaves for Ceylon in December. Sir
Matthew Nathan's date of arrival is unknown.
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On the 17th August, at Kuling, the wife of Dr. EDGERTON H. HART, of a son.
On the 25th August, at the British Residency, Pahang, the wife of DOUGLAS G-CAMPBELL, of a son (stillborn).
On the 27th August, at Yokohama, the wife of R. SCHMID, of a daughter.
On the 27th August, at 7, Scotland Road, Penang, the wife of WALTER FOX, Acting Super- intendent Forests and Gardens, of a daughter.
On the 29th August, at Newchwang, te wife of E. W. SHARPLES, of a daughter.
On the 30th August, at Manila, the wife of CHARLES M. E. PEREIRA, of a daughter.
On the 1st September, at 26, Haskell Road, Shanghai, the wife of A. J. H. MOULE, of a son.
On the 2nd September, at Kobo, the wife of P. H. MCKAY, of a 8011.
On the 7th September, at the Cosmopolitan Dock, the wife of J. R. CRAIK, of a son.
MARRIAGE.
On the 29th August, at S. Andrew's Cathe Iral, Singapore, by the Rev. D. Holland Stubbs, Mili. tary Chaplain, S.S., ROBERT M. GOLDIE, son of the late HAMILTON GOLDIE, Airdrie, Scotland, to GRACE EVELINE, eldest daughter of the late Jons C. Campbell, Muar.
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DEATHS.
On the 28th August, at the British Residency,
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Viceroy Shum is said to have drawn on eight provinces for reinforcements aga ust the Anhwei, Hunan, Hupeh, Fohkien, Chekiang, Kwaugai rebels, viz., from Kiangsu, Kiangsi,
and Kwangtung.
The money borrowed from Messrs. Carlowitz & Co. for the Kwangsi Government has been returned to that firm, according to L'Echo de Chine. The Viceroy contauts himself with buying the rides and ammunition which have to be delivered within fifteen days.
Messrs. Okura & Co., a Tokyo firm with a branch at Tientsin, have received an order from Viceroy Yuan Shi-kai for 50 guas and 10,000 rifles. The Tokyo firm, it is stated, will make a proit of some 70,000 yen by the trans. action, but the price is to be paid in annual instalments.
The Russian and French opposition ag iast the removal of the enbargo on the importation of firearms into China proving futile, the prohibition was cancelled at Peking on the 26th ult., on the proposition of Great Britain, Japan, and the United States, in accordance with t! e terms of the peace protocol.
A private letter received in Shanghai ou the 16th inst. reports that Dalny is filled with anxious homeward-bound passengers. Officials whether the repairs will be completed in ose of the Trans-Siberian Railway are uncertain
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Marshal Su will probably be sent to Chinese Turkestan, it is said, instead of being beheaded. the Empress Dowager being no longer incensed against him.
The Chengtingfa-Shuntéfa section of the Lu. Han railway, 390 kilometres (234 miles) from Peking, is to be opened to traffic, with a train a day each way, on the 15th inst.
Mr. E. T. Pym, Acting Commissioner of the Imperial Maritime Customs at Hankow, who returned to that port on the 8.8. Kiangyu Our Shanghai correspondent states that the on the Ist inst., died on the 7th inst., of cholera.
numerous cases of cholera are attracting public attention to the question of messing on coasting steamers.
It is understood that instructions were received on the 4th inst. in Shanghi from the Diplomatic Body at Peking that the Supao prisoners should be brought up for trial forth- with at the Mixed Court. The N.-C. Daily News says that a rumour that four were to be unconditionally released proved to be without foundation.
It appears from a question asked in Par- liament that Mr. Longford, formerly British at Manila, but declined to go there. Consul at Nagasaki, was offered the Consulate Mr.
Re lmond that the Japan service is entirely Longford chose to retire rather than return to Japan. Lord Cranborne informed Mr.
distinct from the general Consular service, and that Mr. Longford had no reason to expect a post outside Japan.
According to a Peking despatch to Japan, the Waiwupu addressed an official note to the Russian Minister enquiring about the appoint- ment of Admiral Alexieff as Viceroy of the Far East. M. Lessar replied that it was true the appointment had been made, the explanation being that there had been no superintendent of the Eastern China Railway. The Chinese Government is stated to be determined not to recognise Admiral Alexieff in his new title nor to admit that he wields such immense authority as described in the Ukase. They positively refuse to recognise the appointment until they receive official advice from the Russiau Government.
The N.-C. Daily News públishes a confirma- tion of the news of Prince Tuan's visit t› Peking. Previous to his arrival, it seems, Tuau's son, the ex-heir apparent, P'a Chun, was to have left Peking for the Shen-Kan provinces to join, of course, his parent somewhere in Ninghsia, Kausu province. This fact was so well known in the capital that everybody was
Pahang, the wife of DOUGLAS G. CAMPBELL, week or one month. On p. 193 will be found expecting P'a Chun to leave Peking for the
British Resident of Pahang.
On the 2nd September, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, PAUL BAURMEISTER, aged 25 years.
On the 2nd September, at No. 1, Carter Road, Shanghai, | OREEN ANNIE, infant daughter of HAROLD and ANNIE HARKER TAYLOR, aged 3
months.
On the 2nd September, at Hillside, Singapore, PIERRE EDOUARD, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. ETIENNE MARGERY, aged 3 years and 4 months.
On the 3rd Septe uber, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, WILLIAM AIRD, late chief engineer of
the 8.8. Taishun.
On the 5th September, at the Government Civil Hospital, JOACHIM GOMES, aged 67 years.
On the 6th September, at 11.35 a.m., at his residence, No. 28, Praça Lobo d'Avila, Macao, DOMNOLO POMPIN DE SOUZA (deeply regretted),
soine details of the state of affairs recently on the line.
in Shanghai, the region near the seacoast, According to a Wuchow despatch received belonging to Kwangsi and bordering on Kwangtung, is full of malcontents, who have hitherto kept rather quiet for some time. This quiet was really due to the rebels waiting for their arms and ammunition which they had been expecting from
• over 5038 ( Sandwich | Islands, etc., asks the N.-C. Daily News), and these having lately arrived, the leaders have begun to show some activity. The first step apparent so far has been to unite with the Kwangtung malcontents in the seacoast prefectures of Yamchow and Lienchow.
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North-west provinces any day. Much surprise was therefore felt by outsiders not “in the know" when a special edict from the Empress Dowager was issued on the 24th ult., addressed to P'n Chun, telling him that he need not go to the Shen-Kan provinces for the present. To those who were in the secret, however, it was plain enough that as everybody was expecting Pu Chuu to leave Peking, much surprise would be felt by the public if he did not start soon for his destination. His father, ex-Prince Tuan, however, had come in the meantime, and it was not neces-ary therefore for P'a Chân to go. The edict in question was meant accordingly to throw dust in people's eyes, and P'u Chun will therefore be able to remain and assist his notorious parent,
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