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THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LXIX.]
Far Eastern News..
Leading Articles :—
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China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
The Government of China
The Balkans
The Powers and Chinese Reformers...
The Crown Agents' Office
Railway Construction by Crown Agents..
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 3RD APRIL, 1909.
We note the following telegram from Tokyo, in a Seoul contemporary:-The Emperor of China has sent the Second Class Order of the 278 Teutang to H.E. Princé Ito as a token of his thanks for services rendered by the latter in 274 connection with the drafting of the Chinese 274 Constitution.
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The British Cigarette Company of Shanghai has been prosecuted on three charges brought by Mr. Jonas in respect of the alleged infringe- ment of the Merchandise Marks Act on "Atlas,"
Autocar and
Drumhead" Cigaretes. The 279 first charge was found proved and a fine of £10 280 imposed, while the other two charges were
dismissed.
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Random Reflections...
Hongkong News
Cable Station Looted
Hongkong Legislative Council
Banitary Board
Supreme Court
Sailors' and Soldiers' Home
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Callous Chinese Boatman
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Post Office Prosecution
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Hongkong Perjury Case
Local Sport
Philippine Poll Tax
Company Reports
Shanghai Gas Company, Limited...
Yang-Taze Insurance Association, Limited
Company Meeting :--
Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf Co., Ld....
A Distinguished Visitor
Volunteer Inspection
Hongkong Volunteer Reserve Asauciation Race Pony Attacked by a Bull-Dog Customs Returns for 1908
Railway Construction in Crown Colonies Japan Notes
Triple Bill at the Theatre...................... Far Eastern Telegrams
Accident to the 8.8.
A Trade Mark Case '.
Shanghai Trade....... Commercial Shipping
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BIRTHS,
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According to the Cablenews-American. Pedro Paterno's bill for the importation of Chinese labour into Philippine Islands has 282 received the support of the members of the municipal council of Arayat, Pampanga, which is one of the first to respond to the requests of the author of the bill for the universal support 283 of his measure. The bill does not find general
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Quite an imposing little ceremony took place on the 19th ult. near Karenko, North Formosa, when 525 male and 526 female aborigines 285 surrendered themselves into the hands of the 286 Japanese. Pledges were exacted from them that they would induce others of their com- 287 patriots to give themselves up; and on this condition the captives were then allowed to return to their old villages,
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On March 3rd, at Dundee, Scotland, the wife of the late Jour A. Ross, of the Chartered Bank,
of a son.
On March 24th, at Shanghai, the wife of A. L. BLECHYNDEN, of a 800.
At the Soldiers' Club. Queen's Road, on the 28th March, the wife of H. HORLEY, Civil Ac countant, Army Service Corps, of a son.
DEATHS.
On March 23rd, at the Shanghai General Hos pital, FREDERIC CHARLTON JONES, aged 50 years. On the 27th March, MELETINA MARIA OLIVEIRA. the dearly beloved wife of J. M. Eça da Silva.
Mr. E. Carlton Baker, late American Vice Consul at Foochow, has passed his examination, at Washington, for promotion in the Consular Service. He has been appointed to the Department of State, in Washington, in the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs," on account of his familiarity with the customs of the people and business conditions of the countries with which this Department deals.
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A telegram from Tsinanfu to the N-C. Daily News states that Sir J. H. Stewart Lockhart, Commissioner at Weihaiwei, who is paying a visit to H. E. Yuan Shu-hsan, Governor of Shantung, was entertained on the 20th inst. by the highest officials. Half a dozen foreigners were present. Sir Stewart Lockhart was accompanied by Mr. R. F. Johnston, the District Officer at Weihaiwei.
The report of the China Mutual Steam Naviga. tion Company states that, including £13,000 brought forward, the profit for the year ended
Dec. 31 last amounts
Hongkong Weekly Dress. ing £67,870 for depreciation of steamer allow
HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VŒUXROAD CL.: LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C.
ARRIVATI OF MAIL.
The English Mail of the 5th March, and the parcel mails closed in London for despatch by the all sea route on the 24th February, and for despatch overland on the 3rd March arrived per s.s. Devanha on the 31st ultimo.
FAR EASTERN NEWS. Society in the Philippines is discussing the dance halls which are said to be menaces to
virtue.
paying directors' fees, &c., there is a balance of £41,039. It is proposed to pay dividends of 5 per cent. on the ordinary shares and on the ordinary "B" shares, and to carry forward £14,262.
Sir Robert Hart is
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We understand that C. J. Marchant, the man who was recently extradited to Manila on a charge of embezzlement, has been discharged and that he intends to proceed against his prosecutor in the Philippines to recover damages.
in a letter to a correspondent dated February18th The Under Secretary of State for the Colonies said he could not undertake to discuss the ques tion of the policy which His Majesty's Govern- ment should pursue with regard to Weihaiwei, and Lord Crewe justice of the criticism that the Protectorate was unable to admit the is neglected by the Imperial Authorities and that the uncertainty as to the future effectually Colonial Secretary could hardly be expected to stops private enterprise from developing. The admit as much, but it is nevertheless palpably true.
We learn from a letter in The Times that the need for Western teachers especially medical teachers—in China has for some time past been engaging the earnest attention of many Eng- lishmen, who have formed a committee-China Emergency Committee for the purpose of doing something to meet it. president of the committee, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Lord Chief Justice, and the Vice-Chancellors of Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, and Glasgow Universities, and many other distinguished men are among its vice-presidents and members. The Chairman of the Committee is Mr. Francis
Wm. Fox..
Interest in the practically unknown Pratas islands is by no means abated, though it is tolerably certain that the differences between China and Japan will be amicably settled. The some eighteen months is about 170 miles south island on which Japanese have been settled for east of Hongkong. It is barely two miles long and about three quarters of a mile broad, rises about forty feet above water and is really nothing more than a sandy bed on a foundation of coral. Coral is found all round the lagoon and the approaches to the island, which have not been surveyed for about forty or fifty years are dangerous to navigation. When the Chinese cruiser Kenpan proceeded there with Com- modore Lin and Captain Wu, it was discovered. that there were about 150 Japanese on the island. They had made a track across the island, had lighters at work, and also had a steam launch. The Japanese were apparently finding their undertaking very remunerative.
This company,
'It is satisfactory to know, says a London con- temporary, that practically the whole of the plant for the new Keihan Electric Railway has been ordered in Great Britain. which was floated last year with a capital of seven million yen, is building the third and longest electric railway in Japan. Its object is to link the former capital of the country, Kyoto, with Osaka, the great industrial centre which has often been called the "Manchester of Japan." The total length of the new line is thirty miles, with a double track throughout its entire length, and the generating plant has a total power of 2550 k.w., made up of three 850 kw. turbo-generator sets. The electrical work
is being done by Messrs. Dick, Kerr, and Co., the turbines by Messrs. Williams and Robinson, and the boilers by Messrs. Babcock and Wilcox. The railway carriages are being constructed. in Japan. A director of the company, Mr Saburi, after placing the orders for the machi nery, has recently returned to Japan leaving Mr. Baba, the Japanese electrical consulting engineer, to see to the details of the order. Mr. H. S. Bickerton Brindley, of Queen Anne's Chambers, is the European consultant and inspecting engineer to this company. Though throughout Japan is 3ft. 6in., it is a significant the standard gauge of the steam railways fact that this line is to be built to the 4ft 8in. gange,
but in spite of this fact it is contemplated that the full capacity of the new railway will be required at the outset, although there is an ordinary railway between these two centres. The population of Osaka is nearly two millions, and that of Kyoto nearly half a million.