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THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LXIV.]
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China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
An Historical Preface
Chinese Opposition
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 22ND SEPTEMBER, 1906,
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Owing to the non-arrival of new rice from the interior the price at Shanghai bas again risen to abnormal limits; no less than from $8.10 to $8.30 being now demanded for a shih or 160 catties, weight of the staple.
Chinese are
Sir Robert Hart is back at Peking. The said to be considering the 184 advisability of taking away the postal 184 administration from the Customs, a step which 191 Sir Robert would probably dislike more than
the recent change.
Epitome
Leading Articles:-
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Trade Depression and Confidence..
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The Typhoon
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A Matter of Description
The Typhoon
Hongkong Legislative Council
Hongkong Sanitary Board
8.8. Mongolia " Ashore
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The Boxer Ontbreak in North Shansi
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Extraordinary Murder....
Supreme Court
Interport Cricket
Correspondence
H. M. S. "Terrible's" Mission
Japanese Shipping Trust
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The steamer Lightening on coming into port on Sept. 19th from the South reported that a 195 Chinese deck passenger fell overboard on the 15th Sept. and was lost. A life buoy was thrown to the man when he was near the ship's side, but he failed to catch it. The steamer was stopped
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Viceroy Shum and His Successor
The Hongkong Football Club
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Civil Service Cricket Club
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Kulangsu (Amoy) Municipal Council
A Trespass Ordinance Wanted..
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Yellow Fever
Sorry to Lose Viceroy Shum
Arts and Crafts Exhibition...
Review
Troops to Canton
The Shanghai Oil Co., Ltd.
Kiangpei Concessions, Ltd.
Commercial
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and a boat lowered into the water and a search was made for over an hour but to no effect.
A message was delivered at the American Consulate at six o'clock p.m. on Sept. 19, from 196 the Manila Observatory, which said: Typhoon 196 off in the Pacific E. N. E. of Manila moving 196 probably to W. W. Another Typhoon Warning'dated Mila Observatory, 10 o'clock a.m., September 19th, said: Cyclone has crossed Luzon near Parallel 17 direction given. Among the visitors at the Kowloon Hotel is 200 Dr. Said Fareed, a cousin of the Sultan of Morocco. The doctor, who is on a pleasure trip to the Far East, on Sunday entertained about On September 11th, at Shanghai, JOHN PENDER 200 Mahommedans to luncheon and dinner at WAKE, late of Chefoo, aged 40 years.
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the Belle View Hotel. A number of the Baluchi officers were his guests, and the band of
afternoon.
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Taikoktsui, near Yaumati, is now connected by rail with the Kowloon side of the tunnel for the Kowloon Canton railway. This is a dis- tance of about two miles, and the line, which has been laid during the last few weeks, is used for conveying materials from vessels to the
mouth of the tunnel.
A shroff, employed by Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Co. at Shanghai, is in custody, charged with having embezzled Tls. 4,300 of the firm's money, which he had been com- missioned to collect and which he had turned to his own use. Further defalcations are suspected. The man had forged receipts.
It is reported from Western China that Mr. Archibald Little is preparing to construct a light railway from the Longwangtong mines to the Kialing River, a distance of forty li, to facilitate the export of the excellent Kiangpei coal. From the same source it is learned that there have been some cases of chartered junks being pirated between Ichang and Chungking. In consequence of this the three British gun. boats have been unusually active patrolling the river between these two ports, a distance of about 900 miles.
announcement
In accordance with the made by the Japanese Government to the Powers, Dalny was opened to international trade on the ist inst. as a free port. In this connection a Tokyo message repeats the state- ment that, in pursuance of the terms of the agreement signed by Russian and Japanese representatives after the conclusion of the ping will not be accorded the privileges given to those of other nations. When Russia removes the restrictions against the Japanese in North Manchuria her subjects will be placed on the same footing at Dalny as other
On September 12th, at Shanghai, HERBERT LEAN GOLDSWORTHY, of the Public Works Depart that regiment provided music during the Portsmouth Treaty, Russian traders and ship-
ment, Shanghai Municipal Council, aged 29 years. On September 12th, at Shanghai, JEAN PICARD. DESTELAN, of the Russo-Chinese Bank, aged 22
years.
The Shanghai Piecegoods Guild have decided to establish a Business College to instruct youths who are apprentices in the firms and shops that are members of the Guild, in the
Hongkong Weekly Press. technique of piecegoods manufacture and trade
HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VEUX ROAD CL. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C.
ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The English Mail of August 24th arrived, per the ss. Delhi, on Tuesday, the 18th instant
FAR EASTERN NEWS.
The reported withdrawal of the Japanese Military Administration from Newchwang has been postponed until the end of the year, at the
earliest.
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It is on dit that Sir Henry Berkeley talks of resigning the Attorney-Generalship, to take private practice; and that Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz will be appointed Acting Attorney
General.
From Suifu, Western China, it is reported that there had recently been two Frenchmen in that city engaging coolies for the French railroad in Yunnan. They were offering excellent wages and secured a goodly number
of recruits,
According to the Canton Daily News the Waterworks company at Tsingpao has started the construction of a reservoir and is employing 2.000 coolies in the work. On account of the constant quarreling among them the directors of the company have written the Nam Hoi Magistrate asking for two more guards to preserve order.
in foreign countries as well as in China. An im- portant portion of the curriculum of the College ing all the higher branches of knowledge. will be the thorough study of English, includ
Tramcar No. 26 ran into an old Chinese woman, 65 years of age, at West Point on September 13th. Being deaf, she did not hear the gong of the car, but noticed the
latter when it was close behind her. Then ber excitement was so great that instead of getting off the line she got further on, the result being that the car knocked her over. to hospital in an insensible condition. She was badly cut about the head and removed
kong Post Office, it cannot be compared with Whatever may be charged against the Hong- the Russian Post Office at Shanghai. A client who went to register a letter was told to come again, when the Postmaster was in. When would be be in? The "boy" did not know; he had gone to Japan! A mail had arrived, but there was to be no delivery of it till the master returned from Japan, as not even the Russian Consul dared break the seals of the mail bags.
On September 17th Mr. G. P. Lammert, auctioneer, offered for sale by public auction all the vendor's interest as a second mortgagee of aud in the reclamation to Marine Lot 221, with the houses situate thereon and known as 155 Connaught Road Central and 309 Des Vœux Road Central. A large number of Chinese was in attendance, but the bidding, which opened at $15,000, was slow. The highest bid was $54,000, but as this was below the amount anticipated the property was withdrawn.
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Dr. Arthur Smith's definition of the 1. M. C. A. as "the middleman between influential classes of Chinese and foreigners, raises the question whether the memory and ideals of Dr. that is now suggested, says a contemporary. In Morrison would be best honoured in the way view of the gigantic task with which China is it is, perhaps, worthy of the consideration of now confronted in the education of her millions, those who wish to keep green the memory of Dr. Robert Morrison, whether the fand they are about to raise could not be better employed unenlightened masses than in giving to those in promoting the welfare of the helpless and
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who have, i. e. the "influential classes,
In these days, says the N.-C. Daily News, when the telegraph wire dominates the Diplomatic service
& Minister's ог an Ambassador's views are not necessarily the final utterance of the Foreign Office on any given subject. We have also to reckon with the fact that China, as well as South Africa and Egypt, has been taken under the wing of the Hyper-Senti- mentalists of Great Britain. By the very nature of their calling, which is irrespective of party, they form the Permanent Opposition, and as such by a political paradox have to be given the ear of the Government. Of late they would seem to have had more than their fair share of an innings, and it may well be that the British sense of fairplay will eventually reassert itself and insist upon the man on the spot being given a chance. When this happens, British com- munities in China will have no reason to regret that they have Sir John Jordan to represent British interests in Peking.