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THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LXIII.]
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Leading Articles:-
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China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Chinese Aphorisms Misinterpreted
Missionary Amenities ...
Fighting & Losing Battle
The British Fleets
Hongkong Sanitary Board
The New P. and O. Steamer
Alice Memorial Hospital
Supreme Court
Fire in Des Voeux Road
Canton
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 7гн APRIL, 1906.
No. 14
Mr. Arthur Turner has been appointed a Messrs. V. P. Musso & Co. are opening a member of the Governing Body of Queen's | factory nt. Cauton for the manufacture of stock. PAGE College in succession to Mr. Jas. Orange, ings and sooks by machinery. The machines 249 resigned.
have arrived. and native operators are being iustruoted how to use them.
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Chang Chib-tung las wired to the Shangpu 250 that he is completing his arrangements for the construction of waterworks at Wuchang, with a skilled foreign engineer.
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The Japanese squadron has reached Manila ...255 and a local paper, in a well-meant welcome, refers to the mea as "sons of Eta." It may ba mentioned that 'eta means 'parish,' or out-
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Armed Robbery at Shanghai
Chinese Iron Ore...
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French Railways in China
Japanese in Inland China
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Entertaining Men of the French and Japanese
Fleefs
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Cantonese in Canada
Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf Co., Ltd.
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The Shanghi Waterworks Co., Ltd.
Reminiscence of an Old China Hand
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A Chinese Tain de Luxe
Hongkong Volunteer Rifl · Club
Hongkong Amateur Dramatic Club R. G. A. Sports
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Commercial
Shipping
BIRTHS.
law.
Messrs. E. S. Kadoorie & Co. have received the following felegram:-"The Chinese Engine- ering and Mining Company, Limited, have declared a dividend (Coupon No. 6) of one (1) shilling per share."
At the next ordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Yangtsze Insurance Assoc ation, Limited, to be held on April 18th the Directors will recommend the payment of a dividend to shareholders of 20 per cent, $12 per sharo out of the balance at credit of 1904 account, also a special dividend of 5 per cent..
$3
per share out of interest account for 1905, and the tran-fer of $50,000 to credit of reserve. fund, bringing the fuud up to $800,000.
The stoker on board the police pinnace No. 3. Was drowned on the 1st April at Tolo Harbour, near Taipo. How the fatality occurred is not very clear. The Europeans on board wore startled about five o'clock when the launch was under weigh by hearing the cry "Stop launch: man overboard," A boat was imme-
In order to carry out the stipulation in the 10th Article of thỏ Chino-Japanese Treaty, a 200 joint company has been formet for developing
the timber industry on the Yalu river with adiately lowered, but when is got within about capital of 81 0,000.
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On March 26th, at Acton, London, the wife of F. F. RAPER, of a daughter.
On March 28th, at Shanghai, the wife of T. F. W. MAMMEN, of a dau hter.
MARRIAGE.
On Ap il 2nd, at Christ Chu ch, Canton, HAROLD STAPLES, elder so 1 of GEORGE MACKRILL SMITH. of Tooting, formerly of. Canton, to HARRIETTE MAUD, youngest daughter of CAPEL W. Hoaa, J.P., late of Daven haw House, Congleton, DEATH.
Cheshire.
On March 27th, at Shanghai, of moningitis, VITTORIO Palazzi, infant son of F. PALAZZI..
Hongkong lechly Press
The Waiwupu has refused a demand by the German Minister for the dissolving of a Chines Deep Sea Fishery Company at Chefoo, whose operations, it was complained, would interfere with the Tsingtao fisherie
It is reported from Nanking that Vic roy Chou Fu, of that city, is drawing up a memorial for pres-ntation to the Throne asking for the promulgation of an Imperial Edict abolishing the custom of buying and selling children as slaves or for other questionable purposes,
It is reportel that the Governor of Shausi province, who is anxious to start railroad con. struction in his provinca, has telegraphed to the Chinese Minister in Washington and Brussels asking them to send to him any young Chinese who has completed his education as a civil
engineer.
Commencing from March 29th all the Sikb police on night du'y in the Shanghai Settlement are armed with carbines and carry fixed bayouets, HONGKONG CFFICE: 10A, DES VEUX ROAD CL Iu view of the numerous armed robberies, this
LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREKT, E.C.
ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The English Mail of 9th March arrived, per the ss. Deva.ha, on Thursday, the 5th instant,
FAR EASTERN NEWS.
The Ministers of eleven nations have Dow agreed to withdraw their garrisou (roops at the end of April.
A Chinese industrial exhibition is to be held shortly in Mukden, to forestall a similar project by, the Japanese,
Viceroy Chang Chih-ung has memorialized the Throws for permission to transfer his viceregal capital to Hanyang.
It is stated that at the request of the British Minister, Wacheng on the Poyang Lake is to
become a treaty port,
The recommendation of H. E. Tieh Liang, that an arsenal be established at Cauchon, is to be carried into eff. ot..
he Singapore Free Press joins in "chaffing those Hongkong Volunteers who employ coolies
carry their rifles to the range.
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appears a necessary innovation, remarks the N.-C. Daily News. We hope that was the only reason for it.
The Chinese Government has been 3) forward to subscribe to public works, and probally encouraged by the way that people have come Japinose successes in the same line of finance, that it is proposed to raise a great internal loan for the buying off all the indebtedness of the country, including the foreign indemnities.
One of the first steps towards reform in the Chinese judicature, according to the N-C Daily News, will be the establishment of a Judicial Court attached to each prefectural or district city to try civil and criminal cases; these Cour's to be p esided over by men who have undergous special courses in modern lɩw. These Courts will be independent of the control of the prefect, sub-prefect, or district magistra e. as the case may be, of the city in question, who in former times, and for that matter even now, try all civil and criminal cases within their several jurisdictions, and act as they think best as to methods of obtaining evidence and the like. With the proposed new judicial Courts it will be different; for each judge or presiding magistrate must be guided by the laws now being revised at Peking by Wu Ting-fang and Shện Chia-pên,
100 yards of th man be sank. Although search was made, they failed to discover the body, and the launch returned to Hongkong. It is supposed deceased had gone to the stern on some business and fallen overboard.
The budget for Tokyo city this year is as follows:-
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Receipts Expenditures :—
City Office Ward Offices
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Civil engineering works E lucation Sanitary
ALL
Relief fund..
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Yen. 2,189,530
154 376
429,756
526,947
40,131
411,116
43,055
19,031 518,498
Electric and gas lights in street Extraordinary expenses Certain sums are also set aside for expenses of meetings, etc.
The following items are quoted from a nativa newspaper.-Mr. Pokotiloff still insists on the carrying out of the stipulations of the secret rely made with ex-Totai Chou Mien.-The Tibetan Treaty negotiations are again at a standstill-The Shansi officials and gentry have decided to begin their railway operation with a line from 'Taiyuau to Pingyaohsien, a the Japanese and American Ministers have both distance of 300 li and m re --It is reported that
expressed themselves that should China succeed in raising the great domestic loan to pay off the indemnity indebtedness, their Governments would forego. their share, in manifestation of their appreciation of the patriotic spirit of the Chinese.
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His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct that the Board for the Ermination of Interpreters shall from this date, 28th March, be incorpora'ed with and shall form a sub-committee of the Board of Examiners. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. Francis Arthur Hazeland to be a member of the Boud of Examiners. The board is now constituted as follows:-Francis Henry May, C.M.G. (Chairman), Thomas Sercombe Smith, Ho Kai, M B., O M., C...G.. Alexander Macdonald. Thomson. Rev. Thomis William Pearce, Arthur Winbolt Brewin, James Dyer Ball, Rev. Gustav, Adolph Gassman, Edward Alexander Irving (bon. seo. ex-officio). Rev. Henry Richard Wells, Cecil Clementi, Arathoon Beth, 1.9.0.,
and Francis Arthur Hazeland,
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