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receding quadrant of the storm, in fact we all thought that it was even worse than when facing the advancing quadrant. At 4. a.m. on the 29th the wind moderated somewhat, and by 8 a.m. we were enabled to lay our course, and continued our voyage to Manila. The ship behaved splendidly during the storm, suffering no damage whatever and all on board were loud in their praises of the sea-going qualities
of the vessel.
CANTON.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
EXTRADITION.
October, 3rd.
Colonel Young Hong Peau was yesterday deputed by Viceroy Shum to proceed to Hong- kong to apply for the rendition of Chan Ab Woon, who murdered four boat people in the Pei Chung village, Nam Hoi District,
FAMINE IN KWANGAI.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
October 5th.
PEKING TELEGRAMB.
[October 15, 1906.
premium to purchase foreign bank notes and that the company will sustain heavy losses if the premiam on bank notes were to fall again.
REINSTA1ED,
Our local authorities received cable advices from the North that Viceroy Tuan Fang left Peking by train on the 30th ultimo, and that Loonz Shew-Shan has been appointed a when he arrived at Hankow he had a long inter-member of the Educational Bureau at Peking view with Viceroy Chang Chi-tung. After and has to procee to Peking without delay. staying in the latter place for a day he left for Leong Show.Shan is an expectant reader to Nanking to take up his new appointment. His Myty the Emperor. He was cashiered Viceroy Chon Fu cabled that he would embark by Viceroy Shum during the Yuet Han for Canton on the 10th instant and arrive bere Railway troubles, but was reinstated through on the 16th. Trotai Sham will accompany him representations made to the Throne by Viceroy to Canton.
Chou Fu.
THE CANTANKEROUS CANTONESE.
Here is a translation of a Viceregal pro- clamation issued yesterday This proclama- tion is issued to inform the people that on the 24th ultimo a sailor of an American gunboat who was drunk at the time accidentally pushed Fortunately the boy was immediately rescued an apprentice carpenter (Chinese) into the Canal, and was not even hurt. The United States Consul General ordered 810 compensation to be paid
in command of the gunboat. to the boy and reported the matter to the officer The Commander discovered the sailor who committed the offence. The case was properly tried and the culprit was fined $8 and sentenced to 10 days imprisonment. It has come to my knowledge that some people have posted insulting placards in the city and others have sent circulars rund with the object of instigating the people
to create trouble. This really means transgress.
Terrible famine is expected in Kwangsi. It has already commenced in several districts. In order to save the lives of thousands of people, Viceroy Shum and the Governor of Kwangsi cabled a joint memorial to the Central Govern. ment explaining the seriousness of the distress which has started in Kwangsi and suggesting the use of 200,000 tals of the foreign indemnity from the treasury as a relief fund. No reply has been received from Peking yet. It is doubtfuling the laws and is a very daring act on their whether the Throne will sanction the request.
part. In this particular instance the American KILLED BY ELECTRICITY.
sailor was drunk when
be pushed the bay into the Canal, No doubt the sailor was wrong and the act was illegal. But the boy's life was saved and he was not hurt at all. Moreover the American Consul General had compensated the lad aud caused the sailor to be punished. The matter has been justly. dealt with. Even if you, people, are afraid
On the night of the 1st instant a servant of the Wing Kut piece goods shop was removing an electric lamp from the counter to a table in the centre of the shop when suddenly be shouted save life" and immediately after dropped down dead. It was afterwards discovered that the rubber covering of the wire had worn out.
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FIRE ALARM.
At about 11 a.m. to-day an alarm of fire was spread on the Shameen and the fire engine immediately turned out. It was afterwards discovered that one of the chimneys of Reiss & Co. had caught fire but was shortly put out.
YUET-HAN RAILWAY.
Taotai Cheang To.chai. President of the Railway Company, had ä persona, interview with Viceroy Shum a few days ago. It is said that in the interview the president implored His Excellency to permit him to resign from the responsible position on account of old age and to return to his native village in the Heang Shan district to bury his mother. Viceroy Shum said "I have no objection to your resigning the position, provided you can obtain the consent of the directors of the Company,"
OFFICIALS EXP) CTED TO LEAVE FOK
YUN-KWEI.
Viceroy Shum has memorialized the Throne that he desires to take the following tez officials with him to Yuu-Kwei:-Ko Yee im, Yew Shew Shu, Wen Taung Yao, Taotsis) Wong Shing Ling, Fung Ka Sik, Woo To Yuen (Expectant Prefects), Wong Woo, Ko Faug Kee, Ting Ping Lan and Chu Cho Yam (Expectant Magistrates).
TO COIN DOLLARS AT CANTON,
The Board of Revenue at Peking has instructed the local authorities to inform the manager of the Canton Mint not to turn out any more subsidiary coins as they are forward- ing stamps to coin dollars.
REGISTRATION OF IMPORTS.
Chang Pei Shi, Minister of agriculture, mines and railways, and Cho Show Chok, interviewed Viceroy Shum yesterday. Their mission was to request His Excellency to abolish the registration of goods imported by inland merchants at the Native Customs in the interior. They say that this registration is annecessary as full duty has already been paid and only causes great inconvenience and trouble to the merchants. The registration fee is only a nominal sum of a few cash but very frequently the employees of the shops forget to register the importation of goods and the Native Customs officials impose very heavy fines. They trust His Excelleney will consider the matter and abolish it before leaving Canton. They say that the merchants of Kwangtung Province will always be thankful and remember him if he would do them this favour. Viceroy Shum promised to attend to the matter at once.
that the sailors of foreign vessels should in future get drunk and repeat such acts and cause trouble to you, you should petition to me, and I will communicate the affair to the foreign Consul and request him to devise some means to prohibit the repetition of such acts. But it is illegal for you to clandes- timely post those insulting placards and print and circulate expresses convening meetings to create trouble. I believe those placards and expresses were posted and circulated by people of bad character. The local authorities should take immediate steps to investigatethe matter and strictly prohibit their circulation. I have given instructions to the Chiet Superintendent of Police ordering the police to tear all placards down, to find out the culprits who posted those placards and to cause them to be arrested and severely punished.
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VICEREG L COMINGS AND GOING8.
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Viceroy Shum has deputed delegates Ng Tung (Expectant Mugistrate) and Colonel Choi Pak Kui, both of whom will proceed to Shanghai on the 8th instant, to receive Viceroy Chou Fu. In view of the departure of His Excellency Viceroy Shum, the Directors of the Yuet Han Railway Company have prepared
a lot of wooden tablets and state umbrellas
with characters on them praising the Viceroy. These presents will be sent to the Viceroy on the 9th instant. The Directors propose to give His Excellency a graud sond-off.
YUKT-HAN RAILW Y OVERSTOCKED WITH
MONEY.
The payment of the second instalment of the Yuet-Han Company shares fell due in the 8th moon. The company was originally formed to raise a capital of $20,000,000. But as over double that amount as been subscribed and the substantial local Chinese banks and pawnshops have all been overstocked with the monies ($8,80 1,900) collected from the first instalment which was invested with them, au extraordinary meeting of the shareholders was called a few days ago and a resolution was unanimously passed to postpone the collection of the second instalment until the first moon of next year. At the meeting some Que suggested that the
second instalment should be collected and the money placed in foreign banks.
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of the shareholders objected to the money being placed in foreign banks on the ground that the company will have to pay a very high
CHAU TUNG-BANG'S AFFAIR1.
One of the charitable institutions in Canton petitioned the Kwong Chow Prefect to release Chan Tang-Bang's family who are still im. prisoned. It is reported that the Perfect said he would take the matter into consideration if Chau's people were prepared to offer a big sum of money as royalty to the Government,.
THE CHINESE WAY.
October 8th,
It is reported that Viceroy Shum, while reading the 72 Guild Commercial Newspaper" by handling an electric-lamp. His Excellency came across the report of a servant being killed
delegated Deputy Choi Hong to investigate the
matter. It is said that he intends to request
the China Light and Power Company, Limited, to compensate the parents of the deceased if it be proved that death resulted through negli- grace on the part of the Electric Light Company.
TRIAL OF CHOW AR-WOON.
Chow Ah-Weon, charged with murdering Chinese Government by the Hongkong Author. four boat people, and surrendered to the ities, was tried by the Nam Hoi Magistrate yesterday. At the trial, he signed a document
oufessing that he had committed the orimo.
VICEROY CHOU FU'S HERALD.
Expectant Tuotai Chui Kan-Pai arrived bere resterday. He was despatched to Canton by Viceroy Chow Fu. It is said that he is the Viceroy's right hand man and an able official. antai Chui will probably be His Excellency's Chief Secretary,
MORE RAILWAY TR URLES,
The Directors of the Canton-Haukow Rail- way Company received a letter from one of the solicitors in Hongkong demanding payment of 850,000 on behalf of a contractor for work and labour doue aud materials supplied in th building of certain section of the railway for the Hop Hing Company (The American Develop- ment Company). It is said that they propose to obtain legal advice from a Hongkong lawyer before answering the letter. This is only a test case.
I understand that there are many claims of this description outstanding.
This
The delay in commencing operations on the main trunk of the Yuet-Han Railway in Kwangtung is due to some dieputs that arosa a few months ago between the Kwangtung and Hankow Directors of the Company. railway was to be built with fands frm three provinces, viz:- Kwangtung. Hunan and Hupeh. Shortly after the first call on the shares was paid up the Directors of the Kwangtung section made a proposal to the Hankow Direc- tors to purchase from the company the branch line between Shek Wai Tong and Samení. The Kwangtung Directors caused a valuation to be made and offered $1,700,000 to Viceroy Chang Chi-tung, who is at the head of the Hankow section of the Yast-Han Railway. Viceroy Chang replied that the price offered. for this line was too low, and his suspicions were reused regarding the offer made for the section of the main line from Wong Sha to Kotong. Correspondence passed between the Kwangtung Directors and Viceroy Chang but they could not come to terms. It is now decided that each party will appoint engineers to value these two lines which have been com- pleted in the Kwangtung Province, and the figures arrived at by the engineers will be binding on both parties. I hear they proposed to engage foreign engineers to valuation report. This practically means delay of another six months before they can start work on the Kwangtung section of the main line.
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