THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LXV.]
Epitome.
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China Oberland Trade Report.
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HONGKONG, MONDAY, 13гн MAY, 1907.
FÅR EASTERN NEWS.
The extract of meterological observations made the Hongkong Observatory during the month of April shows that the average maximum 59 temperature for the month was 72.9, and the mininınm 637 degrees, while the total rainfall was 11.755 inches.
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Leading Articles :-
The Chinese Customs Changes
The Universal Myth........
The Bank Kate
Chinese Postal Service..
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Hongkorg's Urgent Need for Currency Legia-
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Education and Missionaries
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British Funds and Credit
302
Chartered Bank of India Australia and China
Supreme Court
Fatal Landslip
The Boarding House Murder
Shanghai Races
Companies:-
Hongkong Electric Co.. Ld....
Japanese Export of Raw Silk in 196
The Missionary Conference
Correspondence
Australian Dogs.
The Census
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Canton......
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Kulangsu (An oy) Municipal Council
313
Shanghai Riparian Owners
313
The Railway Works
The Devonians' Dinner
Commercial
Shipping ......
BIRTH.
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Last fortnight mysterious red finger-prints appeared on door posts in 'ientsin and cansed Foare. People attributed divine origin to them and invested them with grave significance, Attention is attracted to the large quantities of arms reaching Tientsio.
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A Grand National Exhibition of Japan will be held from April 1st, 1912, to October 31st, in 308 Tokyo Prefecture, The organisation of the Exbibition Office is also announced. The Pre- sident will be nominated by the Emperor from Princes of the Blood, while the Vice-Presidency is assigned to the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce.
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As the population of Yokohama is yearly increasing, the Yokohama Water Works office is contemplating an enlargement of the present reservoirs so as to make them capable of applying water for 1,000,000 persons. present reservoirs are gradually being worked to their utmost capacity.
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The Emperor of Tapan has decorated H. E. Chi Hang-chi (President of the Waiwapu) with the First Order of Merit and the Grand Cordon of the Rising San; and H. E Lion Fang (Senior Vice President of the Waiwupu) is given the First Order of the Sacred Treasure, Sixteen other officials who have helped to bring about amity between China and Japan are also decorated, these include the new Governors of Fongtien, Kirin and Heilungklang.
The Japan Chron ole was informed that a meeting of the Committee of Promoters (Japanese and foreigners) of the Oriental Beer Brewing Company, Limited, was held on April, 22, when it was decided to formally ask each promoter whether he was in favour of going on with the business or of immediately dissolving the concern. It is stated that the great majority of the Committee are in favour of winding up the company with the least possible delay, The 1
The Wa wupu bas lodged a protest with the British Minister against the judgment on the 313 British subject Collins who, some time ago, was sentenced to one year's hard labour by the British Consular court in Tientsin, for being connected with others in a conspiracy. Waiwapu considers this sentence too light, and asks for a more servere punishment.
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Viceroy Trên Chun-house [Sbum] who was received in audience by the Emperor and the
On March 28th, at Chéngtu, Szechwan, West Empress-Dowager, has been appointed President China, the wife of W. J. DAVEY, of a son,
MARRIAGES.
On May 2nd, at Shanghai, CHARLES FRANCIS STANHOPE BILBROUGH of Korea, to MURIEL NORA CAMPBELL GRAHAM, second daughter of Dr. Jolin Campbell Graham, of Deli, Sumatra.
On May 4th, at the Austro-Hungarian Consulate- General, Shanghai, VINCENT VIZENZINOVICH to GEORGINA IDA FERRIS.
DEATHS.
On March 25th, at Alexandria, Egypt, aftor a serious illness, SIMONE GABRIELLE GENEVIEVE, daughter of Madame Tissot, late of Shanghai, aged 16 years and 11 months.
On April 29th, at Shanghai, FRIEDERICH August BeaNDSTETTÉR, aged 47 years.
On May 4th, at Shanghai, DAPHNE ISABELLE, daughter of Simeon and Violet Levy, aged one year and one month.
On Monday, May 6th, at his residence "The Hut", Castle Road., Hongkong, CHARLES EDWARD OSMUND, aged 41 years.
On May 6th, at Shanghai, Mrs. L. MARTHOUD,
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ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The German Mail of April 9th arrived, per the 8.8. Ġweisenav, on Thursday, the 9h instant; and the French Mail of April 12th arrived, per the 8.3. Oceanion, to-day.
of the Board of Communications' Yuchuenpu); Chao Erb-ten, late Tartar General of Mukden, will take his appointment in Szechwan, The appointment of Viceroy Shum is principally due to the influence of the Empress-Dowager.
Shum has soon got to work. Au Imperial Decres, dated May 5th, says: -Tsèq Ch'un-hsuen President of the Ministry of Posts and Com- munications, in an audience before at this morning verhally denounced Chu. Pao-kuei, Senior Vice President of the same ministry, on the ground that his reputation is bad, and that bis talents are of a mediocre nature. For these reasons we hereby command that the said Chu Pao-kuei be forthwith cashiered and dismissed from his post.
A special meeting of the Sanitary Board was His Majesty the King, on the recommend- held on May 10th to consider a report fromation of the Board of Trade, has been pleased. | the veterinary surgeon on the outbreak of cattle ¦ to award silver medals to two officers of the
disease at the Dairy Farm at Pokfulam, Eight cows had been found to be affected and one bad died The Board declared two sheds to be an infected area, and every prec.ution is being taken to prevent the further spread of the disease.
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Hongkong Canton and Macao Steamboat Ca for gallantry on the occasion of the wreck of the leungshan during the memorable typhoon of September 18th last. The officers referred to are Caplain E ft. Grainger of the 'Bui-An, who was chief Officer of the lungshan when she stranded, and Mr. A. M. Harvey, the Chief Engineer.
The bigamy case which promised to be so full of interest owing to the fact that Wong Yau, a Yaumati boilermaker, is the first Chinaman to The Times faking correspondent says on be charged with the offence, will not be heard April 5th: The case of the murderous attack after all, at least not for the present, the upon r. Horne and Mr. Eadie near Amoy on defendant having absconded. He should have ¦ June 18th of last year has been settled. "The. appeared before Mr. Haseland at the Magistracy, | British Minister was unable to attach blame to last week, and as it was stated he had abscondedt the local authorities, and therefore made no his bail of $500 was declared estreated.
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demand for compensation, but he suggested that the case might be dealt with as an aot of grace. The Chinese have now made a compassionate allowance of $10,000 (about £1000) for Dr. Horne and $1,000 (about £190) for Mr. Esdis. The offer has been accepted and the incidenţ is alused.
Twenty Tibetan youths have been selected by the Lhassa authorities to join the Government Military Academy at Paoting, the Capital of Chibli provisos. After a four years' course the cadets will join the Imperial Army for a year's practical
service and then return home to take | charge of, and instruct the Tibetan troops It A Tientsin dispatch states that it has been is intended to send in all one hundred Tibetan decided that the rough draft of the Agreement youths to study in the Government Military, Academies.
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for the building of a railway between Tientain and Chinkiang shall be cancelled and a new The brigand chief, Lau Yuk-ting, who lost one substituted, the principal clauses of which his liberty in an unsuccessful attempt to extort provide that a British syndicate shall construct money by threats from Mr. Sien Ting, the and provide the necessary funds for building dentist, at his house at Wanchai, and for whose ! the southern half of the line, while a German extradition to Chins on obarge of armed syndicats will do the same for the northern has been made, was on Wednesday afternoon struction work and a certain period allowed the robbery in the Heungshan district application | half. A limit of time is given for the con- committed to prison pending the decision of foreign syndicates to run the line after which H.E. the Governor as to his being handed it shall be allowable for the Chinese to redeem over to the Chinese authorities.
the railway.