THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
AND
China Overland
Overland Trade Report.
VOL. LXVIII.]
CONTENTS.
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HONGKONG, MONDAY, 17TH AUGUST, 1908.
FAR EASTERN NEWS.
111 At Mashan, northwest of Tsimebsien, Shan- tung, a gold mine has, according to a native journal, been discovered and a German mining expert is trying to operate the mine.
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Leading Articles :-
The New China
The Typhoon Shelter Question
An Unpopular Minister
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China and Constitutional Government
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Mixed Court Troubles
Registration of Native Partnerships
Population Statestics in China
Random Reflections
Interport Polo
Supreme Court
The China Tea Trade
The Old Protestant Cemetery at Macao.
A Kowloon Assault Case
The Foundering of the "Yingking
The Colony's Assessment
Mr. Bonheure, Acting Governor General of 114 Indo-China, who in view of the troubles has been 115 making a prolonged sojourn at Hanoi, returned 115 to Saigon last week.
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The Cantonese merchants of Hankow have added handsomely to the previous remittances sent to relieve the sufferers from the flood 119 in the South, the total sum now reaching
thirty thousand taels,
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Siccawei's Report on the Hongkong Typhoon ......119 Correspondence :-
A Serious Charge
A Valuable Suggestion
New N. Y. K. Steamer
The Opium Question...
Shanghai Opium Shops
French Troops Ambuscaded
Kulangau (Amoy) Municipal Council
Macao
Serious Collision Reported
Trade of Siam
Shipping News
Company Reports :—
It is rumoured that the China Merchants 8. N. Co. intend to put a steamer on the Hankow-Changsha run. At present there are five steamers running regularly every week- 120 three British and two Japanese.
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Large quantities of arms are said to be now reaching the Hungbulzes in Mongolia. They are said to be smuggled over the Russian frontier, 121 The rifles and pistols are described as of 121 German and Japanese manufacture.
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Hongkong Canton and Macao Steamboat Co. ..121 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd....
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The Canton Flood Fund Bazaar
Canton....
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Concert at Kowloou.
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At a Chinese Theatre
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The Rongkong Trade Mark Appeal Case
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Hongkong
Reviews
Commercial.
Shipping
BIRTHS.
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On August 2, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs.
MARCO GOLDSTEIN, a son, Lazareth.
On August 3rd, Shanghai, at "Ennerdale," to Mr. and Mrs. A. R. FULLERTON, a daughter.
On August 7th, at Stokes, Bungalow, The Peak, the wife of J. FINLAY MILLER, of a son.
DEATHS.
H. MARSHALL MAZE, late Acting Commissioner of Customs at Szemao, at Hanoi, of fever, on the 29th May.
On August 1. at Shanghai, ERNEST LESLIE, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. KIMPTON, aged
10 months.
On August 2, at Shanghai, EnwARD GOULDING, only son of E. G. WILSON, aged 13 years and 6
months.
On August 3, at Shanghai, JOHN STANISLAUS, the son of FRANCIS and LILLIE ELLIS, aged 11 months.
Mr. Philip Reinsdorff, Consul for Germany in Formosa, has been appointed German Consul for Vladivostock. He is on his way to his new post. The German Government has closed up the Consulate in Formosa,
The Emperor of Korea has had two bad teeth extracted by a Japanese dentist. This is the first surgical operation ever performed on the person of a Korean potentate and it is said to have caused something like á panic in the Palace.
The last two foreigners in the Corean Customs Service have been discharged by the Japanese authorities and have joined the I. M. C.
service at a lower rating. The staff, with the exception of a few Corean clerks, now consists entirely of Japanese.
Capt. Ipland, who is a well known figure on the China Coast, has lately been decorated by H. M. the Kaiser with the Crown Order of the III class. Captain Ipland was for several years the skipper the "Apenrode" which was wrecked off Stonecutters in the 1906 typhoon,
all of China's currency made in the Govern
The Central Government proposes to have ment Mint in Tientsin and of one pattern, in place of the variety at present existing owing to the separate Provincial coinings. The pro- posal is still under consideration.
A special conference has been held in Pekin to consider the reduction of telegraph rates. Various proposals have been brought forward, but the one said to have been accepted by H.E
Hongkong Weekly Press, Chen Pi is that the rates shall be reduced by
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ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The German Mail of the 15th July arrived per N. D. L. 8.s. Derflinger on the 12th inst.
The French Mail of the 17th July arrived per M. M. s.s. Australien to-day the 17th inst.
30 per cent. It is probable that this reduction will take place at an early date.
News has reached Manila that Bishop Brent adheres to his decision to refuse the See of Washington and will be back in Manila by November 1st. Bishop Brent has been ap pointed civil United States Commissioner on the inquire into the Opium Question in January International Opium Commission which will next at Shanghai. The Bishop has recently undergone at Boston a successful operation for a nasal affection.
No. 7
The Grand Hotel Limited, of Yokohama pays a dividend of 4 yen per share for the past half year.
statue to
Bangkok proposes to erect commemorate the 41st anniversary of the accession of the King of Siam.
In the spring next year an Imperial wedding will take place in Tokyo between H. I. H. Princess Kane, daughter of the Emperor, and H. I. H. Prince Naribisa, the second son of the late General Prince Kitashirakawa. The bride is 18 years of age and the bridegroom 22.
Russian naval officers have subscribed for a wreath of silver flowers to be hung on the monument to the Japanese dead at Port Arthur. The wreath is said to be 3 ft. by 2} ft. and to be beautifully chiselled. It bears the inscription "From the Russians to the brave men of the Japanese Navy who fell at Port Arthur."
It is very difficult to get reliable news about the health of the Emperor, says the " China Times," but as a result of inquiries in official circles, it is learnt that there is nothing seriously wrong with his Majesty's health. Every year the Emperor is a little out of sorts during the bot weather. The present year furnishes no exception.
Chinese boycotting has just asserted itself strongly at Bandong in East Java in connec- tion with a European firm engaged in the import and export trade. The Chinese mer- firm, and decided to boycott it so long as the cantile community grew dissatisfied with the managing partner conducted the business, About twenty leading men among them agreed, to the boycott and signed a compact to that end. One stipulation is that a breach of the agree- ment brings with it a fine of 10,000 guilders.
Mr. Home, on behalf of Messrs. Herbert D. for permission to appeal the case of his clients Hutchison and Company, has filed an application
Privy Council. The action was recently decided versus the owners of the 8,8, ( Braemar," to the
against the plaintiffs in the British Supreme Court, and while the amount involved is less than £500, the minimum amount for which an appeal can be taken, in view of the grave issues involved, it is understood that an exception will be made to the rule on the present occasion,
The Chinese Goverement having been noti- fied that an Exhibition under the auspices of the Netherlands Government is to held this year at Medan, Sumatra, and that the participa- tion of Chinese is invited, authority has been given by the Shui Wu Chu for the exemption from export duty of intended exhibits. Appli intended for this exhibition, must be signed by cations, declaring goods to be bona fide exhibits
their Consuls, and in that of Chinese, before the applicants, in the case of Foreigners, before the Commissioner of Customs,
The Native Syndicate which has taken over the Shansi Mining Concession from the Peking with work owing to lack of capital. Operations Syndicate find themselves unable to proceed
thus during the past few months. About two are consequently at a standstill, and liave been months ago a foreign qualified engineer arrived in Tientsin to take charge of the mining opera- Tientsin paper, he is likely to find his position tions. Unless capital be forthcoming, says a a sinecure. At least 5 million taels, fully paid up, will be required before anything can be
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