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THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LXV.]
Epitome.
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Leading Articles:-
Chinese Railway Servants
The Liberal League
Manners in China
Government and Sanitary Board
The Commission
Hongkong Legislative Council
Royal Hongkong Yacht Club
Hongkong Sanitary Board
Supreme Court
Marine Court
Canton Commercial Shipping
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 18тн MAY, 1907.
Within an hour on Thursday morning three dead bodies were dumped in Third Street, West Point. In опе instance small-pox was found to be the cause of death.
We are officially informed that the Hon. Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz has been appointed First Police magistrate, in succession to Mr. T. Sercombe Smith. Mr. C. Clementi succeeds the ..318 latter gentleman in the position of Assistant Colonial Secretary, and Mr. F. C. Figg has .319 been appointed Director of the Observatory on
the retirement of Dr. W. Doberçk.
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Indian constable 733 was charged before 320 Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Polios Court on May 14th with assaulting a Chinese woman at Causeway Bay. From the evidence it 324 appeared that complainant and defendant were making for the same seat on a tram car. The constable politely drew back and told the woman to get on the car first. Because she refused he slapped her. His Worship ..328 inflicted a fine of $7.
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On May 9th, at Shanghai, GEORGE ELFORD GRIFFIN to CECILIA (I88IE) FARMER HARDIE, Municipal Librarian, and second daughter of the late William Hardie, of Shanghai.
Hongkong Weekly Press.
No. 20
The alleged bribe of Tls. 100,000 made by the now dismissed Governor designate of Heilung. kiang province, H.E. Tuan Chih-kusi, to Prince Ching is stated by the Sinwenpao to have been borrowed by Tua Chih-kuen from Sun Ch'ang- ying, a compradore of the foreign firm of Yeh Hsiu in Tientsin. As birthday presents of such large amount and even greater are by no means infrequent in Peking, it was quite natural for Prince Ching to have received the gift from Taan Chih-kuei, who is a protégé of his, without thinking anything out of the way of the matter, or that it was ever intended as a bribe for the
former's patron. The Censors themselves are notorious as being only too eager for gift, and failing such presents denunciatory memorials - are forthcoming-and. it is suspected that it was the neglect of the uolgokv Governor-designate of Heilungkiang in omitting to reply satis- factorily to the Censor, Chao Chilin that present downfall-and, perhaps, will that of bis patron also.;
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A report of what appeared to be attempted arson, which was made to Inspector Ritobia According to a statement made at the Paris at the Central Police Station on Mav Academy of Medicine, it is now possible to 12th, has revealed
8 Chinese method of regard dysentery as easy and rapidly curable housebreaking which, although long in vogne. owing to the discovery by Doctors Vaillard and has seldom, if ever, been made public. Oa Dopter of a serum which is obtainable by the morning in question the inmates of a shop treating horses with the bacillus of dysentery. at No. 30 Upper Station Street reported that It is stated that out of 200 patients who have some one had tried to set fire to the stairo se been treated with this seram only 10 have leading to the first and second floors above the died. If the French scientific men have found shop. At the bottom of the stairs a quantity an equally efficacious serum against what is of cloth saturated with kerosene, and known as the Philippine form of the plexner small tin full of the oil W88 found. bacillus, which the Viennese bacteriologists At the same time it was discovered consider to be distinct from other plexner forms. that the partition wall dividing the shop from and hitherto unoombatable, dysentery will no the entrance to the upper floors was on fire.
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FAR EASTERN NEWS.
During the three days' racing at Shanghai $105,145 passed through the Pari-Mutuel for place-betting, $59,245 through the Cash Sweeps, and $55.77 through the Pari-Mutuel for first ponies, making a grand total of $250,160.
An Imperial Edict declares that, according to a Censor, named Chao-Chiling, Prince Ching has received as a birthday present Tls. 100,000, from Tuan Chih-kuei, newly appointed Governor of Heilungkiang. The Throne has ordered Prince Chun, brother of the Emperor, and Grand Secretary Suncha-nai to investigate the matter.
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At Peking was issued on May 6th a Decree expressing reret at receipt of the news of the death of the Imperial Clansman Pu Hsiug, at
one time President of the Board of Punishments (old régime). "Dake Tsai Tao is commanded to carry a "Tolo" prayer coverlet, the gift from the Emperor, to deceased to be used as a shroud, and to pour a libation before the remains on be half of His Majesty. The sum of Tis. 5,000 from the Privy Parse is ordered to be given to the family of deceased for funeral expenses; all his official delinquencies are commanded to be erased from the records and his eldest son Yü Sung is granted the rank of a second class secretary of one of the Ministries of Peking, as a mark of the Imperial recognition of the loyal services of the deceased."
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police communicated with. After they had visited the place, and made careful quiries, they came to the conclusion that it was not a case of attempted arson, but that Chinese robbers had been endeavouring: by means of an old practice, to gain entrance to the shop on the ground floor, and had probably been disturbed while so employed, and decamped. To avoid making a noise the Chinese robber, instead of forcing open a door, burns a hole in the wall large enough for him to put his hand through and so be enabled to withdraw the bolt. This, in the opinion of the police, is what happened in the present instance.
"AN UNTRUE ROBBERY IN PO WAH STREET."
The handsome address from the community, We think our readers will enjoy the follow- which is being forwarded
to Sir Matthewing contribution more in its unedited form Nathan, was on view at the Legislative Council Here it appears, just as it reached us:] Chamber on Thursday afternoon. It is bound in blackwood covers artistically carved in pure Chinese designs. On the front of the book is affixed the crest of the Colony in gold, while shove and below it are the two Chinese char- acters representing "good luck." At the bottom of the cover is a plate bearing the inscription" Presented to H.E. Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G. on his departure from Hongkong, 20th April, 1907."
The opposite
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which is also beautifully carved, displays a golden bat with outstretched wings at each of the four corners. This is expressive of good wishes being wafted to Sir Matthew on favourable winds from those who admired him in Hongkong.
The robbery perpetrated in the So family residence in Po Wah Street has now been followed up to the fact that it was a false alarm raised by the inmates. It would seem that the shock caused by the gunpowder magazine explosion on the 2nd instant was so keenly felt in this house that all doors and windows were thrown open in a terrific force. One of the servants thinking that a gang of burglars was breaking into the house shouted in the loudest voice possible for their arrest, The police on ascending the roof had acciden tally fired a shot into the street which killed. one joss-stick hawker, and injured another passbyer. These policemen are now suspended to answer a charge of manslaughter.
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