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Chinere immigration which are raised in other colonies is by suggesting that the bomigents should be engaged for a parti- cular class of work only, and that if unable or unwilling to do that (and anyhow at the end of their term of contract), they should return home.
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LONDON, 14th March.. The papers are full of details connected withi the arrival of Mr. Chamberlain, which is des- The death is recorded in the London paperscribed as the hat and most striking of home-restrict the invitations to the customary horizon"-the term nead by mo to describu
On Friday evening lost a number of the friends of the Rev. J. H. France, M.A., Bonior Chapla in TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DALLY PRESS," _of St. Peter's Church, West Point, assemblad-
Hongkong, 16th March, at the Seamen's Institute, Kowloon, to take SIB, The controversy started by "Hambag" leave of him on kis departure from the Colony is likely to be a long one, and it is to bo on well-deserved furlough. As the accommoda- regretted therefore that the points raised by tion was limited it was found necessary to bite are bat, side issues. The cloud on the
A special telegram appearing in the N....-C.
bas beon elected anopposed for Galway city in succession to "Colonel " Lynch."
of Mr. Halpha Milbanke, Grst secretary of the British Embassy at Vienna. Mr. Milbanka in the seventies was oond secretary at Paking
These regulations may and for a few months noted as Charged'Afaires,ucoessful visit to South Africa, dwell on the number of lady friends the Hell was hardly objection
appeur simple enough on paper, but wo doubt whether they would be found quite so simple in practive. While moving the adoption of a report which proposed a dividend and bonus of 50 por cont., the Chairman of the South African Gold Trust raised the objection to white labour that it was expensive at the moment owing to the cost of living at Johannesburg, and if white men were employed, he said, the low grade mines could not be worked at a profit. If white labour could be utilied it still remumins un open question whether the white man would condescend to do work of that kind when there is coloured labour in the
urgent importance that there should be no besitation in obtaining labour elsewhere in
the world.
The death is announced in a telogram appear-
ing in the N.-C. Darty News, of Mr. H. C. Leigh-Bennett, Conservativ M.P. for the Chertsey Division of Surrey, since 1897. At the General Election Mr. Leigh-Bonnett de feated Mr. Longman (R) by 5,637 to 3,080 votes.
A new steamor of about 2,000 tons deudweight
carrying capacity, called the N. Struve, and commended by Captain Brandt, left Ham'sarg on the 6th ult. bound for Chins, where she is to be staployed in the coasting service. The new bost
|ing village about 10 miles below Hamburg,
comings, in which heroes from the war figured worshippers at St. Peter's or those who had been the threatened rouradescamos of anti-foroiga us lasters. The papers, while reviewing thenght inte olose association with Me. France military activity in China-ha boa entirely and the seamen's work. By the efforts of & overlooked: as is usual with brities whosa vout their wrath on the writer of importance of the work awaiting Mr. Chamber-recognisable and presented the appearance, sa unpleasant truths, the main issue has been lain, and declare the dominant thought to-day nearly as possible, of a large drawing room. ignored. It is a matter for regres, therefore, is, that now a strong man has come back there The meeting was social" in character: that it should be nocomary to take up time in is less resou for uneasiness in regard to the parlour games vers indulged in, friendly explanations of my moaning with regard to what conferences took place, and musical items I do not regard as a matter of much impertanes affairs of the nation.
enlivened the proceedings. Amongst those who I stated pretty clearly in my cond contributed were Mrs. Fiercy, Mrs Brown, Mrs. latter and which, as also stated by me, I only Southam, Miss Parker, Miss Eyre, Mr. H. used as an illustration. The important part of Wynne, and Rav. T. Wright. Tes and coffee the matter is the question of assistance given to having been handed round, the Rev. T. W. nations of the Chinese type without guarante the extreme regret of the Bishop of the used in an uncivilized manner for purposse Wright, B.A., Junior Chaplain, expressed that the strength theraby obtained will not be Diosess at being unable to be present and harmful alike to China and Europe. The point on which "Humbag" lays strent is the action, or rather the mental attitude, of one individual,
THE BROUGH COMPANY. To-night will see the closs of the Brougha of greater or less daration we shall have only season iu Hongkong, and for another interval their memory with us. It will be a pleasant
discussion, and derates his energies in a long letter to emparsising the supposition that Bir Robert fort did not do or mean what I neat alleged seemed to be the logical outomз
of his acts, and words, ard in one case, though he did it, did it many years earlier than is generally supposed. I am not much.com. serned as to my ability or inability to change
is owned by a syndicate at Blankenose, a Lourish-memory, though, for the Brough Company has also that of several of the Naval Chaplains. ever done its hest to eater to the most exanting | He then introduced Mr. G. Pierey, who as At the fourth annual meeting of the share, tastes of the theatro-going public, here as also the "father" of St. Peter's Church had and be sooms to regard the morality or in- holders in the Weihaiwei Land and Building where, and bas cover spared pains to make its been requested to convey the good wishes morality of that altitude as not worthy of THE MACHINERY employed is of the immediate neighbourhood. At the present Co., Limited, held at Shanghai, the Chairman stay a delightful period in the lives of the of the members and friends for a happy time however there is an inadequate supply (r. A MeLood) said that although the result colonists, whose opportunities for relaxation holiday and safe retura. In doing so he latest design and most approved Lype.
of coloured labour and the matter is con-of the year's operations could not be looked upon for complete divorce from workaday affaire, reviewed the history of the Church for sidered by the mincowners to be of such as quite satisfastery, it showed a decided im-when they may revel in the best that modern the last 20 years and concluded o THE BEST INGREDIENTS only are
provement upon the previous year, for while in drama possesses, are rare indeed. The reputa speech by requesting Mr. Franes to accept 1901 they had to carry a sami of Ts. 2,453.17 tion gained by the Brough Company is an from the members of the Church and a few to the debit of profit and les account, they enviable ons, for it is a reputation built on
other friends (including some marivo ofcors) a had been ables in 1901 to place Tis. 1,582 66 to sterling morit and not the aimsy outcome of silver casket containing 20 guiness as a small the credit of this account.
weak-backed sentirent. Their periodical visits expression of their esteem for him. Mr. France to the Colony are over pleasurably anticipated, appeared much touche by the kind thought of Nutice is given by the Imperial Maritime and when those visits come to sa snl there is his friends and feelingly replied. He hopes to Customs that the following alterations in aids always the conviction left that the Broughs return to the Colony towards the month of to navigation at the Woosung Oater Bar have have lived up to their wonted high standard of November, and during that time the Rev. T. been made:-The Wooming Outer Bar Light-excellenes. Of their ability it is needless to Wright will be in fall charge of the interests boat has been shifted 1.6 cables E. 23 degrees speak. In the time that the Company has of the seamen's work. Correspondonos for him 15 minutes W. from its former position, and now occupied the Theatre Royal there has been may be addressed either to St. Peter's Church, marks the southern side of the Outer Entrance ample opportunity to judge of it, as displayed West Point, or to the Seamen's Institute, We are requested to draw attention to the of the new channel over the Outer Bar. From | both in farcical comedy aud in drama. Versatile Kowloom. postponement of the auction sale by Mesers.it, Woosung Lighthouse boars S. 79 degrees they have been called, and the term was never The better applied, nor with more reason. What Haghes and Hough of Marine Lot No. 6a, Woosang Light has been alterest, and now they have done they have dous well, and therein which should have taken place this p., autil the 25th inst.
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The visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending 15th March were 275 non-Chinese and 79 Chinese to the former. and 72 non-Chinese and 2.985 Chinese
to the laftar institution.
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shows a fixed white light over the entire aro of its illumination, and should be visible in In our report of Mr. Clementi's lesture on clear weather at a distance of 12 nautical miles. "Baddhism" it was-erroneously stated that The Woonnng Spit Raay has been fliscontinued. A. S. WATSON & CO. [Max Müller had defined Buddhism IS
At Portsmouth last month, the battloship henotheism What the lecturer said was that
Mars, a London paper says, meda" world's the faith of Rigocila had been defined by Mar
cooling record," She took abord 1,570 Müller as benotheism.
tons at an average rata of a fraction above 241 tons per hour. This is a great advanc) upon the record of 212 tons per hour established by H.MS, Majestic a few weeks previously,
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The annual Oxford and Cambridge dintor will be held on Tuesday, 31st. inst, in the Hongkong Hotel. Mombers of these unirarsi ties are invited to participate and to com- mauicats with Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, of the Land Court or the Rer. F. Seely, of H.M,S. Tamar.
The Rev. E. J. Bardy, Chaplain, of the Forcas bore and author of How to be Happy Though Married, will lecture on Marriage" in the City Hall at 5.15 p.m. on Friday, 20th inst, H.E. Major-General Gascoigne is to take the chair at the lecture, to which the public are
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The dead body of a Chinese male adult was found in a base in the Central district of the City ou Saturday night.
No suspicious circumstances attach to the case, which is Care so have been one of pure accident, the deceased probably having fallen from the third
floor verandah.
PONGKONG Device: 14. Das Vœux ROAD CL We regret to record the death of Mr. John LONDOR OFFICE: 181, FLEET STREET, EC. See, alias Tas Yet Chong, late of Sydney,
Horozone, 17th March, 1908.
The wine owners of South Africa do not take kindly to the opposition which hus been raised to importing Chinese into the Rand. No doubt the labour question: is one of enormous importance, not merely to the Transvaal and to those interested in the mines, but to the whole of South Africa, The Imperial factor, however, which after all, is trustee for the interests of South Africa, objects to the labour employed being Chinese. It is curious to note that
N.S.W., which took place at bis residence, 142, Praya East, on the 11th inst. The deceased was 72 years of age, and was the father of Mr. Tee Tsau Tai, compradore to Messrs. Boyd, Kaye & Co.
Messra, Erich Georg & Co. in their weakly share list, dated 1-4th inst, say Business during tho work under review has been pretty good, but several stocks have ruled rather erratic. The rates of exchange on Shanghai close at Tla. 734 for a T/T, and T 734 for
three days' sight private bill.
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bat we should like to point out that it falls far
short of the Terrible's record in the Far East, On August 4th last year at Singapore the Terrible took on board in five hours the grand total of 1,510 tons of cosi, an average of 30
record was 272 tons an hour, but here the tous per hour. At Hougkong the Terrible's
coaling took place from bosta pored alongside the leviathan while at Singapore she went alongside the wharf.
lie the comfort for them and the satisfaction } for us,
The Tyranny of Tear was the production last evening. Though perbapa the comedy may not be called Mr. Haddon Chambers's best, yet it has a great deal to recommend it. Set in the damp environment of an emotional wife's teara, the story of the domestic life of the successful novelist, Charles Parbury, is sammed up in Parbary's own words-If I wish to dine with & friend-tears! Or to go on a walking tour for two or three days-tears! Or to spend the evening at the Club-tears! Despite it all, however, he loves his wife just as much asshe loves bim, and so he endures. Following a latter-day practice amongst novelists, Parbary has his work type-written, and for this purpose
Cham Woodward, who allows her sympathy for employs a prepossessing young lady named
Mr. Parbury in his domestic worries to betray her into committing a slight indiscretion. She kisses her employer's photograph, and is caught
POLICE COURT. Monday, 10th March.
BEFORE ME. F. A, HAZELAND (POLICE MAGISTRATE)
ALLEGED EXTORTION,
Tong Kwai Sung, a poliço sergeant inter reter, was charged with obtaining bribes amounting to a total sum of $36 from the inmates of a house at 12. Frys Wear, with a view to iofuenes his conduct as a public official. The defendant, it is alleged, secured the money by promises to hand it over to Inspector Had son, who would soo that the necessary steps were taken to have the house opened for the carrying of the business to which it was devoted when the authorities closed it.
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Humbag's" mind on the views be bolds respecting this side toe To endeavour to opariuce an angry critic who states that his opponent's heal...is instinct with a perfect tribe of errors and is virtually a veritable nidus of fallacies in general," would be as hipoless as it is unnecessary. But allance is often taken to mean funbility to reply, and it will at least serra some purpose not only to show that "Humbags tirade is not so effective as he would have us believe, but that in attempting to demolish a simulacrum he has left the main lasuo untorched. ...?
In the spring of 1900 there was not much distinction to be drawn between Bozers and Chinese Government troops The complicity of the Chinese Government and of the Empress Dowager in the Boxor atrocities and the attack on the Legations has been proved up to tha hilt," and is generally admitted, even by Sie Robert Hart, If his artists are not a long plea for the pardon of the guilty, what are they? Will
nabag allege that their object was to bring the gully to justice? Though sie Robert Hart, whom "Humbug" compares to the Baptain of a band of robbers, did not perhaps in so many words
press spprars) of the “ Boxer volunteers,” yot the argument which follows his ples for condo- The defendant pleaded not guilty to the nation of the present uprising" is that charge, and was remanded on tail of $500 Me. Boxeriam will continue to such su extent that Ferrera appeared on his bahslf.
in 50 years time it will imperil the world's future, and that the Chinese Government “will be quite right to encourage, uphold, and develop this national Chiness movement. Le Boxerism-which bodes no good for
· A MISTAKE BOMEWHERE. Twelve Chinaman, most of them shopkeepers, wore charged with gambling in a house in East
The announcement appears in the Bangkok in the act by Mrs. Parbury, who is deceived into Street on Suaday night; and pleaded not guilty the rest of the world Where thero should
papers that the tical is advanced to 19 to the
E und will be maintained at that rate for three
months, unless the valde of the dollar in Singapore rises above 1/74, when it will be raised one salung for each farthing above that figure. The Bangkok Times calls attention to the stringency in the supply of ticals at the sund her away unless ■ definito reason is stated, The men were simply playing cards, according or not the accompilahment of the crime received
imagining that the young Indy loves Parbury, which in reality is not the case, for the relation- ship between the two is purely that of master and servant. However, Mrs. Parbury prefers to see danger whers none exists and demands the dismissal of the typist. Parbary refuses to banks and the difficulty of meeting the demands and neither of the two ladies will give him the of the commercial world. The new mint is not true one. Mrs. Parhary bocamas indignant at in working order and the old mint can only her husband's attitude-which has derived a not turn out $4,099 a day. Furthermore sixty inconsiderable amount of stiffening from the millions of ticals have been absorbed sinos fistumarks of a bachelor friend who laughs at his marital subjection -and leaves him for a brief August. Business, men are experiencing come difficulty in selling their gold drafts, while rice, millers and bankers are said to be in a quandary for coin. Our contemporary suggests that paper currency should be made compulsory for large amounte.
Referring to the fast that Dr. G. E. Morrison, the Peking correspondent of the Times has bosu paying one of his porfodical holiday visits to his old Anai raiian Lome, the Creelong College, which was founded by his father, and is now conducted by his brother, Mr. C. N. Morrison, the London Daily Chronicle says:-Lord Carzon's intelligent anticipa or" did not arrive in time to hear a warm eulogy upon him self pronounced by Colonel Sir George Sydenham Clarke, Governor of Victoris, who president at the Christmas demonstration of the college and distributed the prizes: Sir George for education done by Scotsmen in Greater Britain, and devoribed the Geelong College as a worthy offshoot of the University of Aberdeen, where its founder and first principai, the inte Dr. George Morrison, was trained and educated
parfod, during which the bachelor in question, George Gunning, becomes sugaged to Miss Woodward. The situation thus relieved, Mrs Parbary returns in contentment to home, and
80 peace is restored.
A plaiz-clothes Inkong who had been, instrn-
have been strong, diapproval, there is at mentalia securing the arrest of the accused, and least tacit approval. If anyone were to ear, who told Jnspector fuld that be saw money for instance, that A. would bo quite right ommision," he called it change hands in to ensumga B. to kill C, I should not pounder the course of the game, gare evidence, but left it qufair to call that on expression of approval out all mention of the commission transactions. of, or even as facitement to marder, and whether to him.
indicated is quite sufficient to establish my case his subsequent applause, the mental atitada
that Sir Robert Hart, a foreigner, was on the
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His Worshp pointed out to Inspector Gould, who had charge of the case, that there was nothing in the Inhong's statebaent to convict the acensed.
Inspector Gauld rapeated what the witness had said to him regarding commision, but on the question being put to the man by the Court he oflrued that he saw no commission paid
Sergeant Kerr, who was present when the defendants were arrested, denied that he saw them playing cards, bat could say nothing as
to the payment or otherwise of commission.
The Gocused were accordingly discharged.
OMALOE AGAINST CHINESE CONSTABLE. A lakong at Aberdeen Police Station was charged with robbery from the person and demanding money with menaces from a Chias man on board a junk at Aberdeen. He is alleged to have stolen a silver watch and gold chain, with gold coin attached, and to have obtained $20 in subsidiary coins from the man named in the charge-sheet:
Chinese (Berr, Longgor, Imperial troops all
at that time much the same) and not on the foreign side, and doing what he could to get the guilty party let down gently." Thesvinterences. are no more than legitimate criticism, and are the logical conclusion from Sir Robert Hart's own printed statements. Had Sir Robert Hart said that the Chinese Government would be quite right to try to suppress this savage spirit and endeavour to lead its people in the straight and narrow way of civilised progress, and to change their minds as to the lawfulness of killing people of whom they disapprove, I should have had nothing to asy.Humbug” goss so far as to describe this as an "infamous accusation" of an “atrocious not," and he talks about criminality and a charge of such excep tional gravity,” I did not used these strong expressions they are "Humbug's", language-on the other hand, had my main object been to write an account of Bir Robert
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In its performance of the comedy the Brough Company gave another excellent account of them selves, and won applause as hearty as it was spontaneous, Mr. Brough impersonated Clement Parbury, a part for which he is admirably Atted, He played the role to the best possiblendvantage and always continuingly just as we should have expected him to play it. As the tearful wife Miss Temple had a difficult character to depict, bat she acted charmingly, and succeeded in reconciling her audience to the part. Ma Brough was capitally suited as Clara Woodward, which part she characterised with easy grace and artistic finish. Mr. W. T. Lovell made and realistic, and as Colonel Amytage Mr. Orlando Daly scored an undoubted success.
kare omitted to dwell upon the difficulty Miss F. Uillies Brown and Mr. Percy Walsh as ANOTHER ALLEGED BORDERY..: anyone who does not serve his owa country servanta completed the cast, and played their 23rd inst. on a charge of the robbery of a gold the kiud caused by the outbreak of 1990. Ng Chun, a carpenter, was remanded till the must feel himself in under circumstances of respective parts to the satisfaction of all. The bangle with violence. The value of the bangle Should there be other passages in Sir Robert scenery was again in complete harmony with was set down at $18. The defendant pleade the nature of the piece.
Hart'sarticles implying disapproval of Boxerism, mor guilty to the accusation.
then his argument is self-contradictory and
Tonight Are You & Mason 7 will be revived,
defendant, who said he desired to engage, a A ples of not guilty was tendered, and the
ten o'clock on bail of $250.
MAGISTRATE).
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Hart's attitude, during the anti-foreign, out-
and those who are desirous of seeing realy BEFORE ME. J. H. Ker (ACUNG POLICE consequently, in so far worthless. The im excellent comedy should avail themselves of the opportunity that will be afforded them in the Theatre Royal this evening of witnessing one.
With reference to the excerpt from a letter while Australia and other British colonies referring to conditions in South Africa, which are shutting their doors against the Chinese appeared in our eohumas yesterday, we may made eloquent reference to the splendid work a frst-rate George Gunning, always humorous solicitor, was romanded till Setarday next at breaks which it was not, I should certainly not Jabourer, the mine-owners of South Africa state, as some speculation has been aroused as to the identity of the writer, that it is not Mr. are eager to welcome him. At a meeting Ivan Grant Smith, who is now in Johannes of the South African Gold Trust held in burg. We may add that. Mr. Smith in his London last month the Chairman (Lord letters to his parents takes a diametrically Harris) referred to this question, and to opposite view to that expressed in the latter the fact that it is contended that Chinese published yesterday. His friends in Hongkong
Recently the Orient Company entertained labour in the Rand is impossible, that will be interested to know that he is doing well large party on the B.M.S. Orontes at Fre England would not stand it, that the other and is very satisfied with his prospects.
mantle, amongst those present being Mr. W. H. James (the State Premier) and Sir John British colonies will not stand it and that
Accidents will never rense to occur whilst the
Forrest. Mr. James and Sir John Forrest South Afries, if she wants it must go track lines of the Godown Company continue to both spoke confidently of Fremantle becoming, without it. Lord HARRIS deprecated this intersect the public roadway at Kowloon. The at no distant date, the terminal port of the style of argument as it seemed to him that capsizing of rickahas through the wheels be
mail steamers. This optimistic anticipation is if the immediate supply of labour was incoming locked in the rails happens frequently, pparently based on the assumption that "at the minds of the colonists of South Africa and the experience of an European who the
no distant data" there will be railway com- so important that they were prepared to other day suddenly found himself lying in the munication between Fremantle and the Eastern The local representatives of Life Companies accept Asiatic (including Chinese) labour, roadway with the vehicle he had been sitting in Stutes, thereby saving two days in the trans held a Conference on Friday last and decided it is a matter for them to settle and for almost on top of him is in novise different portation of passengers and mails. But it is upon forming an Association to be named the them, rather than the rest of the Empire, from that of others who themselves have been too much to expect that it would pay shippers Hongkong Life Insurance Agente Association.
“through the mill,” Accidents of a graver to approve. Imperial soutinient seldom
to land goods at Fremantle and send them The following gentlemen were present nature, however, are fortunately rare, but the overland from 2,000 to 3,000 miles by rail. Messrs. F. Kiene (Equitable Life), W. J. G. contests the claim of a self-governing police informed us yesterday that a Chinese However, Mr. James said that he anderstood Whiley (San Life of Canada), Powell Grant colony to exercise such authority, but the girl of about air years of age has died in from the chairman of the Harbour Trust, that (New York Life). Lefferte Knoz (Chius, rest of the Empire" bass peculiar claim of hospital from injuries sustained through being it was hoped soon to be able to give shipping Mutual, H. M. They (Manufactures'), E. £. interest itself in affairs in South Africa, knocked down and run over by a truck on at Fremantle the cheapest and quickest despatch Barrett (of Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Agents,
3 of any port in the Commonwealth.
Standard Life). and certainly before acquiescing in the Saturday afternoon,
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pression loft on my mind by a perusal of this angry tirade of "Humbug's" is that he is THEFT FROM THE GODOWN COMPANY.
smarting under my suggestion that the anti.. For breaking open a goods case on the pre- foreign militarism of the Chinese in 1900 might mises of the Kowloon Wharf and 'Godown Company and stealing therefrom artistes of as likely as not have resulted in the partition wear to the total value of $2.51; Chan Hak, a of China and the abolition of the Imperial coolie, was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour.
RACING
As generally anticipated, the April Race Meeting has been abandoned owing to insufl. cient entries having been received. It is surely not the case that Manila has cleared Hongkong of all its horseflesh, though it would appear so,
Mr. G. C. O. Master's horses, which were
put up for auction recently, were withdrawn, but Schoolgirl was afterwards privately sold.
Maritime Customs; but lest he should feel jaclined to apply to this enggestion one of his faydorita adjectives, let me basten to point ont that no language could be clearer than that ía which Sir Robert Hart not only states that the Boxers of the future will make residenco in China impossible for foreigners, will take back from foreigners everything foreigners have taken from Chíns. [nothing ia said as to what is to happen to legitimate acquisitions],
will pay off old grudges with interesz Erevenge, Ab inferior and unchristianlike