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THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LXVI.]
Epitome
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China Oberland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
PAGE ..203
Lending Articles-
The US. and Others
Defective Engineering
China
Chinese Customs
Bed and Buziness.
Party
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HONGKONG, MONDAY, 29ти OCTOBER, 1907.
No. 17
Piracy still continues in the waters of the delta. Several cases have been reported to the
Hongkong Weekly Press, Chinese authorities and the local police are not
266 HONGKONG Office: 10a, Des VŒUX ROAD CL,
LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C.
ARRIVAL OF MAILS,
I relaxing their inquiries with regard to others which have been reported to them. In the case of the piracy which took place between here and Macao less than a fortnight ago a claim bas been made by one man that he is the owner of the junk found by the police at Aberdeen.
Ten Chinese were placed before Mr. C. D. Melbourne at the Police Court on Oct. 19th charged with behaving in a disorderly manner The ss. Tonkin, with the French Mail ofat Yaumati on the previous night. The defend- September 27th, and the s.2. Prinz Ludwig ants were part of a gang of natives who gather- ! with the German Mail of 1st October, arrived | ed outside the Yaumati Police Station when a 272 to-day.
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Evidence
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Companies
Canton Insurance Office, I d.
270
North China Insaran e Co. Lil......
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Evolution of Hongkong
271
Adsetts Pleads for Mercy
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The Chinese Festival at Macno
House-Boy's Extraordinary Impudence
The Swatow Reformer
272
Kulangsu (Amoy) Municijal Council
172
Supreme Court
Trial of Adsetts for Murder
A Shanghai Jubilee
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Appointments.......
French Capitalists in Japan Opium Decree;
Commercial
Shipping
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BIRTHS.
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FAR FASTERN NEWS.
The Colony's liabilities on August 31st were 285 $34,167.50; its assets were $1,466,623.72. 'The 286 balance of assets over liabilities is therefore, 288 $1.432,456,22.
On October 8th, at Chefoo, the wife of W. A. BARLOW WHEELE I. M. C., of a daughter.
On October 11th, at Shanghai, the wife of W. B. CLAYTON, of a son.
On October 12th, the wife of A. S P. WHITE COOPER, Shanghai, of a son, [who died next day." On October 13th, the wife of F. B. PITCAIGN, of a daughter.
On October 13th, at Shanghai, the wife of H. A. GRAY, of a son.
On October 23rd. at the Government Civil Hospital, the wife of the Rev. J. H. FRANCE, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.
On October 12th, at Shanghai, ALFRED HUNT to NELLIK CHATHAM.
On October 14th, at Shanghai, HORACE HANBURY,
Woman was arrested, and because they were prevented from entering the obarge room pro- ceeded to stone the building. A squad of officers immediately charged the lawbreakers, the result being the arrest of ten. His Wor- ship, on the evidence, held the offence proved and fined each of the defendants $2.
That the smuggling of arms into China con- tinues with unabated vigour is pretty well known. The Hongkong authorities are doing their utmost to stop the practice but as the operations of the smugglera extend over such a large area it is hopeless to expect that smugg-
The grounding of H M.S. Flora on the Cust Rocks has drawn the atteution of the Authori- ties to the necessity of a special buoy bearing a special light being moored near thesa rocks. A bu y is at present being prepared by the Dockling will be altogether prohibited under present Company similar to those which mark the fairways at the western end of the barbour. When this is ready it will be put into position, and will bear a red light.
Teh-chuau, has reported to the Waiwupu that The Governor of Heilungkiang, H. F. Cheng
in spite of his repeated demands the Ru-sian officials in his vicinity have refused to give up forty-six villages which lie within the Chines boundaries, and asks that a protest be made to the Russian Minister in Peking at this violation of territory of a friendly Power. This is where
the new treat es seem needed.
It is announced that the British Post Office
conditions. On 25th Ont, at the Police Court a man who called himself a colis but who re- fused to disclose his residence was brought before Mr. Hazeland on a obarge of being in possession of four revolvers without a permit. He was fined the maximum penalty of $250.
Ou October 18th a number of leading Chinese citizens entertained H. E. Wa Ting- fang, Chinese Minister to the United States of America, at a farewell dinner at one of the leading native hotels at Shektontsui. In the cours of the dinner, His Excellency in address- ing the gathering pointed out the goal of Chinese diplomacy in her international
that devolved on all loyal patriots and faithful citizens irrespective of differences in rank or
youngest son of the late Sir Thomas Hanbury, at Tientsin is to remain open. Repres a relations, reminding his hearers of the duties K.c.v o., of La Morto a, Ventimiglia, Italy, to ALEXANDRA BEATRICE KATHLEEN,
youngest
from the Tiensi community an! from elsewhere have resulted in at undertaking on the part of the Hongkong authorities to keep tha
daughter of the late Sir Frank Souter, K.C.8. Post Office open for another year, and by the condition. To be open to all that is good and
C.L.E., J.P., Commissioner of Police, Bombay, etc.
On October 16th, at Shanghai, ROBERT BROCK, to HELEN, eldest daughter of Neil C. Brodie, of Shanghai.
On October 17th, at the British Episcopal Church, Foochow, by the Rev. Ll. Lloyd, JAMES HELBLING, to BARBARA THEODORA JEFFRET, daughter of the late WILLIAM HENRY ABBOTT, Esq.. of Kent, England.
On October 18th, at Shanghai, O. II. RI TER, Cashier, Pacific Mail Steamship Co, Shanghai, to Miss Lucy A. CORKER.
On October 19th, at Shanghai, FREDERICA D. BARRETTO to OLIVE H. JONES.
DEATHS.
On October 12th, at Shanghai, LESLIE J. DELLOW, late Sub-Editor of the China Gazette.
On October 16th, at Canton, ALFRED HAYNES infant son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Haynes, aged 14 months, deeply regretted.
On October 17th, at Shanghai, LEOCADIA M. D'ALMEIDA, aged 52 years.
On October 19th, at Shanghai, CECIL ERNEST GRAY, Infint son of H. A. Gray,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Mr. and Mrs. H. HAYNES desire to thank the many friends who have shown sympathy with them in their recent bereavement.
end of that time it is hoped that a satisfactory a-rangement will he arrived at between the three parties cose rned, the Hongkong Govern- men, the Imperial Government and the British Community at Tientsia.
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Among the carg shippel by the 'Empire' for Australia on Oct 23rd was a large quantity of brau from the Junk Bay Mills, Mr. A. H. Rennie also received sime day au extraordinary wire asking for as much wheat as he could ship. The Aus'ra'ian harvest pro. spects cannot be bright this year when mer. chants there are seeking wheat from Hongkong, a proceeding which reminds tho-s who know of the vast areas under cultivation in the Island Continent of shipping coals t› Newcastle.
with "the Hongkong target." They now have The navy and artillery has long been familiar "the new Hougkong target," the inve tion of a local Major. It is a light structure consisting of three planes, designed to glid, quickly along the surface of the sea. In recent practic, the old diagonal course towed across the battery front has been abandoned. Two targets now approach the battery slanting frum port and starboard, and almost meeting, quickly diverge, forming a course not unlike the "bat le figure in skating.
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the new era; to do what is possible to bring and worthy in the influences and opportunities of to keep China in line with the more advanced nationa; to aid her progress which. from this time onward, should be steady, rational, and secure, is the privilege of all who seek by right means to accomplish the highest well-being of the nation.
A Japanese correspondent calle attention to a novel railway line which has been constructed in Osaka for the purpose of carrying foot-gear. It runs from the entrance to the exit of the Osaka brauch of the well-known firm of "Taka- shimaya," and its purpose is to carry the clogs worn by customers and presumably the boots or shoes of those who may wear them. At the the store and the salesmen are being kept busy present time a clearance sale is proceeding at all day long. The correspondent says that geta and shoes are left at the store in hundreds or thousands, and in order to prevent confusion a railway line has been constructed through a tunnel under the floor, cars running it one after another carrying the custumers' foot-gear to the exit door. The purchases having been made, the customers on leaving the building are presented with their gefa in good order, no charge being made for "freightsge.”
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