THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
AND
China Oberland Trade Report.
VOL. LXX.]
CONTENTS.
Far Eastern News......
Leading Articles:-
The British Pacific Fleet....
China and Japan
The Case Against the Suffragette..
The Kowloon Railway.
The Frozen Pork Enterprise
Random Reflections...
Hongkong News.
Hongkong Legislative Council
Finance Committee.
Viceroy Yuan in Hongkong
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 4TH SEPTEMBER, 1909.
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Attention has been called to the activities of a band of Sikh missionaries at Shanghai by the marriage of an Indian to a Chinese bride who had become a convert to Sikhism.
Mr. Joseph H. Boyd, for eight years a member of the Manila police, and latterly employed pros- 198 pecting, committed suicide last Friday by leap 198 ing from the second storey of St. Paul's Hos- 199 pital
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At the suggestion of the Commissioners of 200 Constitutional Reform a scheme is being drawn up under which every Chinese male of a certain 202 age must join the Army on pain of a fine of so 202 much a month: 203
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Mr. W. H. Martin, who is proceeding home, 205 relinquishes his position as general manager of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., but still remains in the company's service as consulting engineer. Mr. W. J. Oates is the new manager of the Co.'s minės.
Sanitary Board
Our Dutch Visitors ....
Presentation to Dr. Harston
Where Weight Tells.
The Chapman Evangelists in Hongkong
Supreme Court
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An Extradition Case....
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Alleged Adulterated Brandy ...............
Death of Mr. I, E., Ellis
Correspondence:-
The Lack of Educational Facilites at the Peak 210 Kulangsu (Amoy) Municipal Council........
The Canton Christian College
Cutting and Wounding........
Shipping Notes
Plague Epidemics in Hongkong
Macao Notes
Local Sport
The Yunnan Railway ...............
Far Eastern Telegrams Commercial
Shipping
DEATH.
To dispel the mistaken notion that Y. M. C. A.'s have no sense of humour, a Singapore 210 contemporary draws attention to the programme of a forthcoming concert which has these two items:-4. Chairman's Remarks; 5. Song,
If thou wer't dumb."
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The U. S. Pacific Squadron is expected to visit Japan on or about February next, via 213 Manila and China. The squadron consists of the 124 cruisers Washington, Tennessee, South Dakota, .126 | California, West Virginia, Maryland, Penn-
sylvania and Colorado.4
At Hongkong, on August 31st, I. E. ELLES, aged 80.
At the Government Civil Hospital, on the 31st, August, HABEY JOHN WATSON, deputy shipping master, Hongkởng,
Hongkong Weekly Press,
The return of the imports into and exports from the Straits Settlements for the quarter ended June 30th last, shows that there was an increase in imports of $959,661, equal to £111,961, as compared with the same period last year, and an increase in exports of $1,940,039, or £226,339.
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It is an extraordinary fact, says the Pinang Gazette, that while hundreds of people at home, and scores in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, have made huge profits out of the recent rubber boom, hardly anybody in Penang seems to have derived any direct pecuniary benefit at all
therefrom.
The name of the British Army officer who was recently killed at Peking was Captain HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VEUX ROAD C. Leary, who was chief ordinance officer at Tien- LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C.tsin. As the train was pulling out, he lost his
ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The Siberian Mail of the 11th ultimo arrived on the 31st ultimo.
balance, fell under the wheels of one of the coaches, and was crushed to death. He was it late and tried to jump on the train after had started. We learn that Captain Dooner has been transferred from Hongkong to fill the vacancy thus created.
Two of the largest funerals which have ever taken place in Macao were witnessed on Satur- The German Mail of the 31st July arrived day last, one being that of the late Rev. Mother on the 31st ultimo. |
Superioress, Teresa Lucian, of the Canossian Institute at St. Antonio, and the other, the
Tha English Mail of the 6th ultimo arrived wife of Mr. Carlos d'Assumpçao, the chief on the 2nd instant.
FAR EASTERN NEWS.
Mr. Willard Straight arrived in Peking on August 19th, and has been staying in the capital as the guest of the Acting Minister of America, Mr. Fletcher.
Chinese interpreter of the Expedient Sinico (Macao); Mrs Merlinde de Serma Fernandes d'Assumpçao. All the ecclesiastical, military and civil corporations took part in the funerals and the services at the resting place. The Rev. Mother Teresa Martinoia, of Hongkong, and staff were among the chief mourners at the funeral of the former, and Mr. J. M. de Castro Basto and family (also from Hongkong) were among those who attended the latter.
No. 10
When the new Viceroy of the Liangkiang was at Shanghai the other week a number of valuable papers and some money were abstracted foom his baggage by a gang said to consist of four notorious scoundrels. The robbery took place in the French Concession and since then the French police have been instrumental in having one of the suspects arrested in Nanking. He now lies in prison in Shanghai pending the apprehension of his accomplices.
Mr. J. Bromhead Matthews (late of Presgrave and Matthews, Penang, and now Atttorney- General, Bahamas) has been appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to be Attorney-General of the Straits Settlements, in succession to Mr. W. J. Napier. Mr. Matthews will arrive in Singapore to take over the duties in October, and he is sure of a very cordial welcome from the legal profession, to many of whom he is well-known. Mr. Matthews was called to the Bar in 1890, and was acting Solicitor-General of the Straits Settlements from October, 1902, to May, 1903. For three years, from 1901 to 1904, he was a member of the Legislative Council. In 1907 he was ap pointed Attorney-General in the Bahamas.
The Taotai of Amoy has lately received in- structions from the Waiwapu to negotiate with the Foreign Consuls for the restoration of the right of policing Kulangsu Island to China and conferences are being held to discuss the matter. Those who are well versed in foreign, affairs claim that that island is not on the same footing as a settlement and that China's request ought to be complied with. The gentry of Amoy are also negotiating with the Kiangsu Telephone Company for the purchase of the concern in accordance with the agreement entered into be- tween the Chinese authorities and the Company five years ago. The Company has asked for $8,000, and the gentry have offered $4,000, but it is probable that a compromise will be effected?.
- Shanghai Times.
Messrs. Ilbert and Co.'s Piece Goods Market Report says:-Our market is quiet but firm, buy- ers still maintaining a very cautious policy, and with the exception of a few parcels picked up here and there at comparatively cheap rates, refuse to operate at the level of values asked. In the face of the present strong statistical position of cotton, it is hardly possible that Manchester can show any sign of giving way to a level equal to the present ideas of dealers, and although some- what early yet for spring purchases the Chinese realise that they will probably have to pay at least present importers' prices to fill their requirements. A brisker spot demand, however, from some of the principal up-country outlets would be welcome, and owing to the better agricul tural outlook, now that the drought in the nearer provinces has broken, this may eventuate shortly. The native cotton crop outlook has very much changed for the better during the past fortnight; although no reliable statistics are available, the good prices that growers got last season has resulted in a larger area being put under cotton cultivation, and a crop of at least last year's dimensions may be expected. For the past few days the local staple has been easy.
In yarns, Szechuan buyers are reported not to have done well upon their shipments made prior to the usual summer floods in the Yangtse, and support looked for from that quarter has been disappointing, that outlet finding piece goods a more profitable investment at present values ruling for spot cargo.