CORRESPONDENCE.
We do hot hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.] CHINA AND MANILA STEAMSHIP CO.
TO THE RDITOR OF THE “DAILY PRESS,”!
Hongkong, 17th August. Sin,-"Shareholder's letter of the 18th inst seems to echo very truly this sentiments of many, and while he deals principally with the subject of the Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co., he makes allusions to; and contrasts their intentions of heavily capitalising their Company with the manner in which the local steamship Co., namely the Chine and Manila 8.8. Co., has done, and consequently is now reduced to the present deplor able condition in which it finds itself. Now, with regard to this latter Co, would it not be better policy for its shareholders to be open and frank in regarding matters in their present position, and also their prospects? To begin with, the fine business the Co. Las cannot com-
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAL
BANKING CORPORATION.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 1902
from their buzllory, still they are doing no or want, whose hand was ever ready to help! more than our own people have done in 38 Akonna Jackson's--and we all of us wish. I Australia, and I hope that in spite of this policy ma sare, that good health and along life will be trade between China and the Philippines will granted him to enjoy the rest in the old country ・・・ The ordinary half-yearly most
mesting of the soon thew signs of development. Taking then, which he has so nobly earned,
(Applause) shareholders in the above Corporation was held gentlemen oll these factors into consideration, Gentlemen, although the old pilot has hit 20 on Saturday in the City Hall, for the purpose we cannot 1 thing but look forward to the fature and this argosy will have to call her way under of receiving the 74th report of the Coast of chearfully and hopefully. As I anticipated when a new hand and under new directions there is s Directors, The Hon. E. Shewan, chairman, pre- I met you this time last year, the payment of good old quotation, and some of the old quote. sided and there were also present Hen. C. W, the indemnity to the Powers has pressed hardly tions are good I am sure that some of us will Dickson, Messrs. A. Haupt, E. Goets, D. M.
on Chins's finances, but she has immense powers say the old exchange quotations were much Motes, A Reymond, N A. Sieba, H. of recuperation and I do not believe will better quotations than they are to-day (laughter) Schubart, IL W. Slade, H. E. Tomkins be crushed or even permanently injur d—there in a a good old quotation which I will (director), J. H. Smith (ohief manager), H. by the payment of so large a sun remind you of and that is that there are as N. Mody, G. Stewart, K. A. Chinoy, C. J. At onr Tast Gonsalves, Lan Wei Chuan, Hou, C., Sharp would see that the services of our late bief under bim let us re-cho the Board's wish, senti. meeting I informed you good fish in the son sa over came out of it." that at the proper time your directors Gentlemen, now pilot has taken charge, and E. Georg, D. D.
Clarke, J. K Michael Akazanysanght, C.
W. pleased to say is Majesty has since conferred which we all are shareholders to access and
Mansger A
Sir Thomas Jackson, on whom I am ment and belief that he will conduct the ship is F. Baitland W. H. Ray, W. A. C. Crnish the koueur of a baroneter, were duly and plenty as it has been conducted in the past shank, P. Witkowski. R. K. Leigh, A. Hoss, fittingly acknowledged. This we bave done by (Applause.).. W. H. Wickham, and S. Hancock,
the grant to him of an honorarium of $100,000 The report and accounts were adopted (say about £8,500) and the appointment to the unanimously. chairmanship of the London Committee, where I am sure they will be glad to have the benefit of his great experience and knowledge of the affairs of the Bank. In addition to this wo propose toeriste he has rendered to the Bank as some acknowledgement of
a statue of Sir Thomas on a suitable site in the
W.
The CHUCH MANAGER having read the notice calling the meeting,
The CHAIRMAN read the roport already published, after, which he said,Cantlemen, It is again our good fortune to come before you with the excellent report which I have just read. and I hope you
pausate for the high prion paid for its two new which we propo approve of the way in the great services.
which they hold their sheras ?...........
It would be interesting to hear what other therebelders have to say on the unbject, whose forecast and opinions may tend to show mattara
of one who is
"DISCOURAGED."
which
steady
vicinity of the bank premises, and I feel certain that every shareholder present will approve of old friend T. J. (Applause Mr. J. R. M. such a permanent memorial in our midst of our with took charge as Chief Mannger, and your directors bare every confidence that the bands. Finally I am glad to say that we have interests of the Bark are perfectly safe in his already begun the second half of the year well, (Applause)
Questions were invited but none was oskod.
adoption of the report and accounts.
The CHAIRMAN then formally mored the
HO
EASTMAN'S
KODAKS. FILMS.
AND ACCESSORIES
DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN GOOD WORK. PROMPT RETURN.
WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT SOLELY DEVOTED TO EXECUTING WORK FOR AMATEURS, AND WE HAVE LARGER AND BETTER FACILITIES Mr. W. H. BAY moved the confirmation of FOR DEVELOPING AND PRINTING THAN ANY HOUSE IN THE COLONY, the appointments of the Hon. C. W. Diokson and. Mr. G., H. Medhurst to the Court of Directors.
was agreed to.
Mr. G. STEWART seconded, and the motion
The CHAIRMA-That is all the business, gentlemen; I thank you for your attendance. Dividend warrants aro now ready,
men, I beg to wore a vote of thanks to the Mr. B. K, LEGH-Baforo we part, gentle directors for their able and satisfactory report, and for their good work during the past hall your. (Applause)
The meeting then dispersed.
THE PIRACY BY BEACHCOMBERS
IN SHANGHAI.“
the following inisils of the abure suss, off The NC. Daily News of the 12th inst. gives which we have already heard the bare onthinas by telegraph:
A daring case of what may be described as foreigners were the perpetrators of a crime occurred on Sunday last, in which three that may wist them dearly. Two Britishers
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Hongkong, 6th May, 1902.
LORD SALISBURY AND FAR EASTERN POLITICS,
and his retiroment to the well-earned rest of The resignation of the Marquis of Salisbury private life naturally seems to anggest summe sort of retrospect of the influence his power has had on Eat Eastern polities. It is not noly his desire for peace has led to what many part in that geographical portion of the world that sons have considered as jeopardising. it not
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the
which are now under sattled government. " Krowth in the volume of our business. care and of very good management in the past. agency of the laodeh the schooner wok a policy in a London daily points out, that at Shanghai at 1 pm on the 16th inst., ami
ally
abcommon.
POLICE COURT.
Saturday, 13th August,
BEFORE ME. J. H. KEMS (ÁCTING
າ
The Imperial German mail steamer Hagern left Shanghai un the feth inst., a.m., and may be expectul bere to-morrow evenin Japan and Hongkong on the 14th inst.
The N.P. steamer Glenogle left Tacoma for The P. & O. stoamer Candia loft Singapore for this port on the 15th instant 1.5.
The P. & A., stentarr Indrasomha, from Yokohama on the 15th inst
"DRY IMPERIAL
divide the profits, viz. boats, and white taking into consideration the Aditidend of £110s, por share, place 5 inca to great reduction in freight, the presence of now silver reserve fand and write 2 lacs off premises steamers on this run most of necessity affect forward. I may point out that at the present count, having 31,407,740,88. to be carried this Co. in a more serious sense than that of low rate of 1/3 it takes about $110,00 more merely being thorns in its sides. In face of to pay the dividend of £1 10s, to-day than it did thens facte therefore, and the little likelihood of the silver reserve fund will bring it up to six months ago. The above appropriation to dividends until the present debt is paid off, $4,750,000, which with the capital and sterling which must take a long time, would not the reserve fund give you a total of about 25 millions ment advisable course of proceedings be to effect of dollars exclusive of the amount carried
great historic consequences." Its objective is the sole of the four steamers that comprise this is a streng position to be in, gentlemen, forward nearly-another million and a balf.
the preservation of the integrity of China, it fleet, the realization of which would restore to and has been attained simply by our adherence
is neither aggressive nor self-seeking; but it is Mr. VICTOR DEACON 'seconded. In doing shareholders notic
nomatbing ke the high price at to the policy of paying moderate dividends and so he said-Mr. Chairmau and gentleman, the
Roner or Powers which at any time may wish to clear declaration of joint intentions to any building op oar reserves with the balance of | pleasant task has fallen me to woond the
assall the independence of the Chinese our profits, a policy I am sure you now fully adoption of the report and accounts, which the
Empire. Such in brief have been the influences Fof approve, for without ample funds at its disposal chairman has so eloquently put before you. It no bank can work necessfully. "Bank is a Tory pleasant task indeed. I need scarcely
Premiership of Lord Salisbury on Far Eastern premises" is a non-interest beasing account, say, and I think that, without any great
that our interests in that part of the world politics. Onlookers be inclined to think in a less gloomy aspect, and enliven the hop to keep such accounts at a nominal Eguro here, may assure the directors that, so long as usated zespectively. Brown and Smith, and an abrogating, British righte. On mo10 than Foreign Ministers when in 1900. Lord Lany-
pursuance of our settled policy exaggeration, 1, speaking for the shareholders
have been more conserved by the change of we proper then stand at 2680,358.58 as long will we very gratefully second and adopt í American Damed Plant, all of whom are ser- i ona ccession he has been willing that the soa- Premier kept matters of principle within his
to write laas off this account, they put such pleasant accounts before us, se
downe aucceeded Lord Salisbury. If the late against $730,205,45 in last report. While on them. Gentlemen, for so long past now have ordera to various compradores on Bronderry for events should be shaken for the time rather than ken his colleague at the Foreign Off sa has, to
men of the beachcomber class. on that day gave fidance of the nation in his power of controlling
· OUR COLONIAL EMPIRER this subject I may tell you that we recently we been accustomed to receive these very quantity of provisions, amounting in valce to that the solution of International difficulties the ordinary man in the street done better in acquired roperty mijoing our los at satisfactory reports sad to take into our pockets $200, to be det vared aboard the schooner Agnes, should he referred to Fleets and Armies. Others in that part of the world. In the tussles that conserving in matters of detail British interest In view of the meeting of Colonial Premiers, purchase from the Straits Government of a that, us-it appears to me, if, in the future, we
Yokohama, and we have also arranged for the those very satisfactory dividends, so much
the property of Mr. Geo. A. Derby of the have not beensbw to perceive this, and great have occurred since then the Blue-books have the Newcastle Daily Chronicle recently publish desirable site in Penang where suitable pre hare worse reports put before us, it would be American Loasulate. This smart little craft is as he was, the bulk of opinion was that in China show us that Lord Lansdowne ed an article about the extent and resources of mises of our own have been much needed. really an infringement of our rights and
well known, having been previously in service we had not maintained that position which was the Empire which is illustrated by soms impos. Besides this we have found it necessary lately breach of duty on the part of the directores pilot schooner. The provisions, sufficient the due of our interests, and of the part we had sp of affairs, and is prepared to uphoki our undoubted rights. The change of Premier, ing facts, all derived from the latest availablether branches to meet increasing business, that my successor, whoever he may be in yeers to seizing the feodal by the thro-t and choking far-the-cotning events in South Africa, which in recent policy. L. und C. Expreso -
to make alterations and extensions at several laughter). But, be that as it may, I only hope and at nightfall the thres mom boarded her, one for half a century. It is difficult to know how in recent policy.bly put betoke any change-
for a month, were duly placed on the Agnes, played in the foreign politics of that country sources of information. Since the late Queen vory healthy siga, I think. Comparing the come, will always have such a pleasant duty as I --Vietoria ascunded the throne, in 1987, the area accounts with last half year, the figures in this have to perform this morning (applause). But him into submission, while the others raised the were looming not far in the distance, may have of territory has increased from 8,399,000 square report show an increase under almost every gentlemen, let us not forget that these reports little past Wooning, when for some cause at 1997-98.90 as regazila i ritish interests in China, anchors and set sail for the sea. They got a iuffuenced his Lordship during the events of
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. xalles to nearly 12,000,000, three-fourths of heading, which is satisfactory evidence of the are the result of a great deal of forethought, of present unexplained-perbape through the It will be remembered, asthe writer of a review of "The C.P.R. steamer Empress of India arrived Sixty years ago, thepopulations 109,000,000tt ha cressed by 31,016,04 and is now fortunate se to bare in the past a good Court know the graft conrayed information tu Mr. a certain amount of internal disorder was present she is due to arrive at 9 a., tongkong
Salisbury formed 1995 now it is 400,000,000. In the same period the $4,623,665 in ezers of the $10,000,000 of Directors, a very good Chiot Manager, and Derby. The latter inmediately chartered an Chinn, succeeding the war with Japan. The reveane of the United Kingdom, India, and the authorized against securities deposited in last, but by no means least, a very good staff, nnch, engaged the assistance of several Treaty of Shimonoseki also left its legacy in Yokohama on the 15th inst., pma for Victuria The C.P.R. atosmer Empress of Ching left. London with the Crown Agents for the and that all these things combined have con Colonies ha
has risen from t£75,000,000 to the Colonies. This excess of $4,323,663, I may ehormons total at £225,000,000, apportioned remind yen, is essured dollar for dollar. by which it is our pleasant duty to receive to-day the spot be found the two Britishers aboard, and win a free port, and not to give up any part of Frene, carrying the German termer Princes
duced to the report placed before you and friends, and armed with a Winchester rifle the intervention of other Powers, with the and Vancouver
went is pursuit of the miscreants. Arriving at result that China was pledged to make Talien-
The Imperial German mail as follows:-Ualimu Kingdom, £110,000,000, the deposit of silver coin with the Hongkong The reports speak for themselves, the accounts Tadia, £63,500,000; Australasia. £30,000,000;
current accounts and fixed deposits together, which I think I might venture by touch apoà, taking the schooner in tow brought them to France, for Germany. Russia was believed to on the 15th inst,, at II a.m., and may be expected. Government under spegial ordinance, Taking speak for themselves, bet there are two points at the muzzle of the rifle arrested them, and the Liagtang Peninsula either to Bussis, from Berlin of the 2nd nlt,, left Singapore. Cabada, £8,000,000; Cape Colony and Natal old dopo increased $5,717,000, and bills so essentially satisfactory. As we all know, for police. The American, Plant, escaped when Port Arthur should become the torminus of the {
show little change, but silver for they seon Lo me, Afr. Chairman, Shanghai, where they were handed over to the have a secret agreement with China by which here to-morrow, pa £7,000,000, and the other Colonies, £7,500,000 dege sits hove
payable are $10,000,000 higher. On the other years past the policy of the Board has been not
the schooner went ashore, but was arrested by Siberian Railway. That was the position. side there is an increase in bilis discounted to pay na extravagant dividends, but, as the Detective Sergent MeDowell yesterday evening, Lord Salisbury deprecated alarm in a speech BOXERISH IN SZECHUEN.
109ss and credits" of $14,800,000, and in bills Chairman very truly said, good and satisfactory tive Consuls at 10 am. to-day. It is enrmised that there would be no English oppositions to and all three will be charged before their respec- which was interpreted in Russia as mesning receivable" of 34 million dollars, while we dividends, whilst placing apart to the reserve that the men had booty of some kind with the acquisition by Russia of an ice-free port, A Chêngtu dispatch to the Shanghai man have $3,000,000 more in cash (including coin fand such sumas have from time to time been darius states that it le freely reported it that deposited with the Government for extra note thenght necessary. Gentlemen, that polier is which they wished to get clear of port, and though Lord Sulisbury's absequent setin ily that. Li Lai-chung, the Principál Chief of Sirculation) and bullion. The sterling reserve one which I think we must all most cordially some of which contain considerable tx-asure. upon the general subject of Russian expansion Portland (Or.) on the 29th nlt, errived at
perhaps intended to operate on native juuke, shows that, whatever he may have thought the Boxers of Sheos and Second Chief under December last, and our holdings of Indian Go- indeed it has resulted in the magnificent sum attention, as it is of a kind that is fortunately torminus for the railway, he had no expuotation
investments arq almost the sque as on 31st endorse. It seems to tos that it has resulted---
The edge is sure to attract a great deal of for the purpose of obtaining su ice-free fox-Frince Tuon (why was (he“ Great Principal reruvient rupee paper are a little
larger
Con whick stands today to our credit Chlef of the Bexars of this whole Empire”) has sols, colonial and other securities show un It is true, as the chairruan has pointed out, toat
that Fort Arthur would be rylected. He was arrived at the Szolten-Shess borders having, increase of 51,736,808, and this is chiefly due to without money the Bank would be practically
speedily andeorived by M. Parlof's endeavours. a temporary inosense of our boldings of Consols nothing, and we eat at congratulate the Board
to coerce the Chinese Government to dismiss Mr. it in stated, lain in hiding in Benabangis, pouling the exchange of old-stock-fo books on tho position in which we find ourselves to-day
Kinder and the English staff on the north Chin MOET & CHANDON'S She asi, sinça April, 1901, after accompanying feane. All these driftes stand in our books in this respect. The other point which seems to
ese Railway the opening of a long sud es pot Pripeo Toan to Ninghia, Kaesu. It is als at considerably under present prices. The helf me erasatielly satisfactory is that there are no
unfinished diplomatic battle. Lurd Salisbury reported that La Lai-chung was sent back from year under review has not been one of the Lossa to speak of in the report before us. If in
remonstrated with China against the conten easiest. A further serious fall occurred in past years these have hampered us, or if in post
plated diarissals, and made anch pressing Ninghsia by Prince Tuan. " to wait for some"
silver, and this with the still slightly unsettled years they have irritated and sunoyed us, to-day
representations at St. Petersburg that the thing to turn up and try to rekindle the cezdition of affairs in the North of China, had a nothing of the sort is here. There are no losses
matter was not proceeded with further. Boxer enthusiasm whenever possible. The depressing effect on imports it says much whatever to report, which seems to me a AN INTERESTING CASE OF ATTEMPTED DECAIT, will be upucissery to go over the ground again recent disturbances in Srechnen it would seem for the general soundness of the trude that must satisfactory state of affairs. Our Chairman
On the th... Detective Sergeant O'Sullivan of the other acquisitions of territory culminating 16 has come so well through the diff has alluded to hove again brought cut the notorious end blood-
that old
man of the mountain, arrested in Yaumari two shady characters whom in the "lease" of Weiluiwei for a like period culties it had to contend with. There has lekin. Well, gentlemen, I am sure we cord he suspected of having been concerned in the to that which Rassis held Port Arthur. But Thirsty Boxer: L1 Lad-obung, who is credited also been some over speculation in the local sily endors what he has said and we hope that junk piracy at Ping Chan for which thus there were several matters which were bot with having sila 806 men, women, and shildren share markets, but this caused una asessingus, it may be possible to find some modes vivendi Chinamon, at the last Criminal Sessions, were pleasant to British subjects. The opposition with his peu lands in Peking and Ehuntion as our sirare advances are restricted to very safe whereby this most iniquitous tax will be removed sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging Russia to the English loan, of which one of prefecture alone in 2000, and have encutraged limite; in fact, we have been wonderfully free from our merchandise and whereby, at the same from one to seven years. Ons of the two had the conditions was the opening of Talienwa
from fossen. him to creep
Any probable losses or doubtful time, the Chinese Goverument may get what about $23 in his possession and the other as a free port censed it to fall through, and MARTELL'S THKEE STAR from bis hiding plavy once scedants have nevertheless all been provided they ought to get in rosson and in fairnes. It number of parses evidently stolen. On being shortly after we find Talienwas as well as Port more. It is farther telegraphed from Chongtufor, your Chief Manager having only completed is, as we all of us can see, a diffoult thing to questioned at Tsimshatsui Police Station, the Arthur handed over to Russia. This was that “the mere news of this man's reappearance four of inspection just before being appointed manage, because the Chinese have a way at times first man told Sergeant O'Sullivan that he had followed by a refusal to agree that Talionwan in his new post. A boy Auglo Chinese of saying “ Yes, we will abolish this" and Yes, stolen the money from his brotber at Sha U should be a free port, and Snelly by an exclusive has wrought the excitement of the professors of Commercial Treaty drafted by Siz James we will abolish that"; but, unfortunately for Chung.iu Mirs Bay, and the story appeared on sochorage in Port Arthur, and the acquisition Boxerism" in Szechuan to the bighest pitch."-- Mackay, the Special Commissioner sent out those who are dealing with them, the same the face of it so plausible that the sergeant gave by lease of both places with railway N.-C. Daily News.
has for up dalisbury time past, and is reported to be now on the eve and under another aspect. I only hope that pay his fare to Bles U Chung and bring back his stuck to the point that Talienwau should of completion and although few old Chins that will not be the case here. If any of you brother to recover his property. Against the he free port, and for what it may be A REMARKABLE REVOLUTIONARY. hands can altogether believe in the sudden are hypercritical people, you may ask what have other man nothing could be proved, and he was worth to British interests, it 20. To
disappearance of that old man of the I, as a lawyer, get to do with Lekin? Gentlemen, set at liberty.
counterbalance the attempted Russian domina Never out of a comic opera has there been mountain," Lekin, still the main principle of the there is more in it than, perhaps, you think, but, Five days Intor, on the 14th alt, the two tion in North China and the probable German such an amazing cruise an that of the Ban Bigh, is a bold attempt to do away with an imposition affects my clients tends to appreciably affect mo, and were taken in hand by Sergeant O'Sullivan. Peking Government the assurance that it would new treaty, so far as we know it, is good; it when I explain to you that whatever appreciably brothers walked into Teimasbatani Station supremacy in Shantung, be obtained frm the the British sesating vessel chartered by certain of which merchants in China have always perhaps you may be able to guess (laughter). They were evidently under the impression that not part with the Yangtze Valley to say Power, LIQUEUR SCOTCH WHISKY Venezuelan revolutionaries for the purpose of complained. I fully recognise the immense Our Chairman, gentlemen, has touched upon all they had to do was to claim the the inference being that, in patriotic demonstrations. An interviewer has difficulties to be overcome, but I think there is the Electric Tramway. That is a thing which, money, and it would be handed over at dismemberment of China, the Provinces of the good chance of success if only Ministers for over twenty years now, very nearly twenty once to them, but their minds, were Tanglaze Valley would be a British *phere. been informed by two of her offers out of and especially Consuls will be but firm in years, has been before the Colony in some nickly & sabused of this idea. The brother At the same time he resisted, and with sciss them an Englishmen of the way in which protecting the merchant in the exercise if his shape or other. We all know it is a mare from whom the money was alleged to have been the linssian attempt to veto the loan to China opalga was conducted. Among the rights under the new Treaty and in insisting truism to say that improved communications stolen was taken into a room and questioned for the extension of the railway to Newchwang ammonition taken on board af Antwerp were spon the Chinese strictly fulfilling their treaty are benvilcial, and, certainly, if the forecast of He said he came to Hongkong from Bha U giving Foreign Ofles guarantee to Euglich
engagements. In 15 cases of champagne, dry and sweetion of Sir Jamus arc think the mis- the Chairman is st all approximate, then we Chung by a launch service which, never existed investors that thins would be held to the con- SPARKLING REDBURGUNDY
Mackay will be productive should get, in due course when the tramway is the was unable afterwards to point cut the ditions of the loan contract. The challenge some hundreds of dozens of hock, still and of muok good, end I hope that it may mean uid, great benefits in every way every day. I particular lunch), and as to his family relatives, to Russia was not ignored, and the diplomatie sparkling, and as much of a very fine Sauterne, that
A new em is now dawning for us, and that for one in a believer in it, and I think that most he had two sisters and four brothers, but discussion became extremely dangerous, Kussis sks of Therry, fort and vintage elett, and with ite hands free in South Africa our Go- of us are, and if in the future is in still or anbappily hisp or father was dead. The other being definitely warned that further in- enomous quantities of brandy zum anderment at home intenis to tady things tended, as the Chairman hints, to Kowloon and brother was then examined, and ho assared the terference between Great Britain and China in
Chiarse a little more closely and tako s keener. Canton with the adjacent railnuss, great
great sergeant that his father was in excellent health, a purely commercial transaction would be The most important personage on board interest in our trade out bore this Colony of benefits must come to Hongkong. Gentlemen, that his sisters ambered not (we, but four, and regarded as a most aufriendly soton was a chef, reduced by tempting pay from the Hongkong, 20 minule on the map that I can one point in the Chairman's spouch I have not that he had but one brother, the one from whoi We need not traverse the events of 1900 nor Facht of su Americas millionaire. As for the understand why people at home think so little touched upon yet our old friend Sir Thomes he had stolen the money.
the many discussions sad attempts from various captain and serious buulness, they did not count one of the largest and most important of
of it is article, mesmo font of flys
Jackson (applause). We have known hid From these diveris stalamenta it was quirlers to which they gare riso. Througkvat
of us, for maly years; we
we have known his ynrent that the men were lying, and the the policy of Lord Salisbury was that of the Nothing could be done with a crew, orary one of Edward's portresions. It has developed hugely sterling warth, and we bave known how bo has paende brother, who stood nearly six feet high sa "opan door," and be succeeded, while yet the whose members believed that only a malignant in the last few years, so that this building which given the beat bait of his life, one might say explained absequently to his Worship that be Lagations were still tacking for relief, in getting fate had kept him out if a presidential ebair not long ago was right on the water's edge is to this institution the Hongkong Bank
now well i
inland, with Government offter and
has of joining the police, was charged with attempt pursuance of the aim of the maintenance of tween it and the sex, doun we shall have an brought it from what it was to the magnificent ing to obtain money by falas pretences, while Uhins as an independist State and of our Treaty adilice and institution which it is to-day, and it the other was charged with the unlawful posses rights throughout its area, Lord Salisbury "skippan was obliged to resort to ennying, and by electric tramway through the city, and I look in pleasing to think not only that we ask him tion of the $23.
brought the United States, whose policy had forward to the day when not only will it be to accept from the Board, as no doubt you all Matigating the verses to a spot where certain running round the whois taland hat when there would ask him, the honorarium which is: men; Eard inbour and the latter 14 days imprison nature into line with him, anding in than The former was sentenced to one month's had scarcely boen of a stable and consistert CIGES SEAK TAD, he secored the spring cleaning will be another through Kowloon and the Now tioned in the report, but it is pleasing also to ment without hard labour, as he is suffering opponent to the preferential policy of other the patriots sourned to effect. The most obat Territory, with a railway from there to Canton remember that we shall have something tangible from the effects of a brokou aru..
Powers, and a
powerful ally in his conflict for bit of the burlesque was when the to connect with the grand frank linn about of him to look at, in the shape of a statue, which
DEACHGOLDERS
the open door. Be also made an Agreement Venezuelae orniser Boltras, sent out to effect thence to Peking. It is possible that I be want that to remind us of Sir Thomas Jackson
to be laid from Canton to Haukow and it is proposed to put up (applause), not that we Ten Europeans, all or nearly all of them with Germany (Oct. 10, 1800) by which that found to be SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER FOUND the capture of the rebel, promptis kanded into Heve in the future of this Culenty more than I venture to think that, when this Colono sailors and Bremen, wore committed to the Power pledged herself more than hitherto IN CHINA. All houses should be lime-washed
British port at the first sight of the Ban High, many people do, hut the most pessimistic must years and years and years and years older, yet, had erected a kind of hat made of timber on Louse of detention for vagraner. Some of them The Ban Righ tollowed, and balf an hour later admit that for places 30 situated as Hongkong the name and memory of Sir Thomas Jackson the bench opposite the Central Market, and the commander of one vessel and the chlernd Shanghai there must come great expansion will be green to us sil, and it is my pirilegu at were living in it when arrested.
of business when the enormous national releast to gapher of the other joined in friendly converse sources of Chits begin to be properly developed Bhanee will continue to hold a lead on the The Patentes Macniven & Cameron Limited,
think that the great man 48 he was in over a cocktail. If all South American by foreign capital 3'he Philippines, too, will business that has developed under hiza. I can revolutions was conducted in this humoreas with settle down to business under a stable apt but think that he will be remembered f fashion, they would be the admitation of a jaded government, and although I think they may be feet as much for his great big charitable for their excellent inventions.Dotor Chronicle making Caketako oroy there in excluding of That gets enterton, which ended race of traders and workers such as the Chinen him to everybody. If anybody was in
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