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THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LXII.]
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome. LeadingArticles :----
'The British Army
The Philippines...
Tea Drinking in England
European Coalitions
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 21ST OCTOBER, 1905.
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Northern papers say that the Poking bomb 273 assassin came from South China (a Cantonese). The Chinese Minister to Russia has petitioned .274! 274 the Government to recall him as he has been 275 there for so long. .275
The Hongkong Branch of the China Asociation 276
Hongkong Jottings
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It has been ascertained that the "fighting capacity" of the Mikasa has not been impaired by the accident which caused her sinking.
The Directors of the Union Insurance 280 Society of Canton, Limited,
dividend of 40 per cent, on the paid-up capital. Messrs. Benjamin Kelly & Potts were advised that the Chinese Engineering and Mining Co., Limite, has declared a dividend (Conpon No. 2825) of one shilling per share.
Hongkong anitary Board
Supreme Court
Canton
Marao
Straits Settlements Estimates
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Companies:-
The Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ld North China Insurance Co., Ld.
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Tanjong Pagar Report
The P. & O. Co.'s New Fleet
The Loss of the "Cantabria
Des Voeux Road Fire Inquiry China Association
Correspondence
The Clock Tower
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It is said that it will require about one peace 284 division of the Japanese army, or 11,364 men, 284 to provide railway guards for the Japanese 285 portion of the Chinese Eastern Railway.
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The Public Lighting
Bishop Pozzoni
A Weary Beachcomber
Collision in the West River .......
Collision at Woosung
Viceroy Chang's Railway Loan...
Miscellaneous
Commercial
Shipping
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BIRTHS.
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Mr. C. D. Melbourne, J.P.. took his seat for 285 the first time last week at the Magistracy as 295 acting Second Police Magistrate Mr. G. N.
Orme having been granted two months' leave.
A St. Petersburg telegram states that the Russo-East Asiatic Steamship Company announces the opening of a regular service between ports in European Russia and the Far East.
On 18th October, at Falkirk, N.B., the wife of J. B. PATERSON, "Heung Shan,” of a son. $2367 On 3rd October, at Tientsin, the wife of D. J. BRADY, British Municipality, of a daughter.
On 12th October, at the Hongkong Bank House, Foochow, the wife of C. H. M. Balfour, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.
On 7th October, at the Church of Our Saviour, Shanghai, PERCY FRANCIS WISNER, 8on of ⇓ H. WISNER, of New York, to MARY SIMS, eldest daughter of B. P. WILSON of Shanghai.
On 10th October, at 11. B. M.'s Consulate- General, Shanghai, by Sir Pelham Warren, KC.M.G., and afterwards at Holy Trinity Cathe dral, HUGH Elphinstone CAMPBELL, Becond son of ROBERT CAMPBELL, Esq., of Bantham, S. Deron and ETHEL MARION, second daughter of Sir PELHAM WARREN, K.C.M.G., H. B. M.'s Consul General, at Shanghai.
DEATHS.
On 2nd October, at Peking, JESSIE MOLYNEUX RANSOME, aged 48 years
On 3rd October, at Tientsin, RUTH, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. JOHN CAMERON.
On 11th October, at Chinkiang, WILLIAM LAW
ALLAN, Assistant Egineer, Shanghai-Nanking Railway, aged 26 years.
On 16th October, at Canton, ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, chief engineer, 8.8. Chi Fuen. Acci- dentally drowned.
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ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The English Mail of September 22nd arrived, per the s.s. Arcadia, on Thursday, the 19th
instant.
No. 17
A telegram from Peking, dated 13th October, to the N.-C. Daily News said:-The German Minister (Baron A von Mumm) has called at the Waiwnpa and stated that several hundred natives have risen at Yunobêng, Tsao-honfa, and are anti-foreign in sentiment. Sha.; that they are armed with foreign rifles; He urged that the Governor of Shantung should be asked to send troops to suppress them.
states that a French gentleman is now in that A Hangohow dispatch to the Nanfangpao city with the object of gaining Governor Nieh Chib-knei's consent to permit the former to enlist coolies from Ningpo and T'aichon pre- fectures to work on the proposed Yunnan. Aunum Railway. In the absence of instruc- tions from the Waiwupu Governor Nish refused to give his consent to the proposal.
The Peking Times says:-In regard to Count Katsura's recent announcement that Japan has privilege of a railway between Kirin and obtained, as part of the terms of peace, the Chanchun, it is pointed out at Tokyo that the distance between these places about ninety miles, and that the districts on either side of the line are very fertile. The soil there is said to be very suitable for the cultivation of tobacco, wheat, beans, and other valuable crops. Gold dust and various metals, soda, and coal are also found in considerable quantities.
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha has been appointed agents for the Deshler line of steamers. Three steamers, the Ohio I., II. and III. are scheduled to carry on the service and will call It is now reported that besides her valuable Fusan, Moji, Kobe, and Osaka. The steamers at Shanghai, Chefoo. Chinanfu, Chemulpo. cargo which was insured at $60,000 the ill-fated have accommodation for first, second, and third- Cantabria had on board P4)000 partly belong-class passengers are.electrically lighted, and ing to the company and partly to a wealthy Chinaman.
Three high officials have been directed by the Throne to report upon a suggestion that a domestic loan should be floated to buy the Chinese Eastern Railway running through Manchuria.
drowned on Monday, when the ferry boat The body of one of the Chinese women Evening Star collided with their sampan, was recovered ou Thursday and conveyed to the mortuary at Kowloon.
The St. George's Society of Shanghai announce their intention to give a ball on the 9th of November, being the King's birthday. of Hongkong intend to do. Many are asking what the St. George's Society
have steam heating apparatus throughout. The usual privileges of stop-over and interchange- able tickets are granted, and a strict time table is to be kept. The first vessel, the Ohio II, is to leave Shanghai on the 22nd inst.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle certain evidence implicating doctors and others Hongkong has been sent to Washington. who have to do with Chinese emigrants from Twelve Chinese merchants who allege that they have been held up in Hongkong for contri- butions of $50 each, some of whom were
'charged with eye trouble," have sent a signed statement that a Chinese interpreter at the American Consulate is the man who collects the funds, the payment of which is supposed to guarantee their landing at San Francisco, The included recipts from the doctors for "treatment" evidence which they have sent to Washington received, and the sum exacted in nearly every
case was $50.
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The plague return for the week ending the 14th inst. shows two cases only, both fatal. Four European cases of enterio fever were notified, one "imported from Shanghai." There was further one Chinese case of small-pox.
The leasehold property known as section BF. A. Hazeland presided, and the following of Inland Lot No. 164, together with the messuage thereon kaowu as No. 142 Queen's Road Central, which were to have been sold by public auction at Mr. G. P. Lammert's sales rooms on the 17th October, were withdrawn at
the last moment.
A Peking dispatch (quoted in the N.C.D.N. Native Notes") states that it has been officially decided to change the name of the Lu-Han Railway to that of Ching-Han, or Peking-Han- | kow Railway-which is as it should be. Cnce the line is in working crder passengers will be able to easily travel from Peking to Hankow in thirty-six hours.
A meeting of Justices of the Peace was held on 16th October, at the magistracy. Mr. jus'ices were present: Mr. G. N. Orme, Captain Goddard, Mr. Craig and Mr. T. H. Hanmer. There being no objection on the part of the police, the Bench granted the two applications for transfers-one being from Moses Cartchal Mitskey for a transfer of the license to retail intoxicating liquors held by Bernard Cohen under the sign of "The Land We Live In" at 332 and 334 Queen's Road Central; and the other from Bernard Mayer for transfer of the similar license held by Annetta Papier under the sign of "The Colonial Hotel." Mr. M. J. D. Stephens appeared for the applicants.