CANTON.
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Canton, 10th November,
A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR,
The crimes for which La On, the usher of the Namhoi yameb, was executed, are variously stated, and fot one account is certain. Some say that he had a hand in the murder of Lis To, the confidential spy of LA Ka Chouk, late magistents of Yumchow, who is now in prison in the Punya gaol; olbors say that he amassed a big fortune by lovying blackmail on flower boats and houers of ill-fume. The gentry got
FOOTBALL.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH 1903
H.K.F.C. V ROYAL ENQIRZIES. Teaterday afternean, at Happy Valley, match was played between the Hongkong Football Club and the Royal Engineers in duo weather. The teams were as follows:-
H.K.F.C.-F. IL. Kew, goal; H. C. Austen and E, F. Aucott, backs; H. C. Gray, J. W. C. Bonner, and J. M. Forrester, halves; W. H. Williams. H. A. Brent, C. E. S. Cooper, J..D. Danby, and C. Humphreys, forwards,
R. E.-T. H. Widdows, goal; W. Morecambe and W. Hemmings, bucke;H. S. Gankoll, P. II.
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SUPREME COURT.
Wednesday, 11th November.
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
BEFORE HIS HONOUR A. G. WISE (PURNK JUDGE),
ACTION FOR DAMAGES FOR MALICIOUS PROSECUTION.
750 AT MID-DAY! ·
against him he would let him know where the goods were so that he might take possession. This latter was written to the plaintiff bimself: YOU CAN NOW ENJOY DOING YOUR OWN DEVELOPING
This was a case in which Eu Hin Shang, broker, 200, Queen's Road, oned Cheung Wan Chow, trader, 178, Reclamation Street, Yannati, for $1,000 damages for malicious pro-ecution. Grist, solicitors, appeared for the plaintiff and Nettleton, C. H. B. Cherusy, A. C. Hills, J, Mr. O. D. Thomsen, solicitor, for the defen-gged coalie for the purpose of obtaining Spiers and E. Hathaway, forwards.
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be believed plaintiff and Yu Kwai Ting were sme sort of relations; and it was left at the defendant's dwelling-house and the defendant himmlf was informed by the plaintiff of what was written in the letter and agreed to withdraw the charge, or at any rate the understanding was that it would be withdrawn And that & letter should be written to Yo Kast Ting asking where the goods were. A letter was writion and in reply DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLÈTS FROM there came a delivery order, or something of that nature, to the person
who brd possession of the gods to give them up. uweipt of this order, which came on the 19th, the plaintiff informed dofondant of the go and I get the goods. Defendant himself en- there goods from the bouse in which they were LAHMEYER in Hollywood Read. They were obtained from this huse, and the defsutant was asked by tho plaintiff to pay this coolie. Defendant made reply, but about the same time some detes- tives datise to the house and made some enquiries about the goods-where he got them and so ou. Plaintiff refused to say anything at the time, and was taken to the station. A chargo was before the magistrate and plaintiff was J. then made against him, and the case cume on missed.
ap a number of charges against him and Campbell and W. T. Caulfield, balves: R./M. C. E. H. Beavis of Mesara Wilkinson & fact that in bad received it, and that he would
and him Arrested and put in prison without whole matter, from trial. In fact, the
a. mystery. beginning to end, has been It is said that be bought the post of usher in the Nahol magistracy for ten thousand dollars For three years, and during the time when Pai King Fak was magistrato, he, the chief portor Chik Wa Hio, and others together made by squeezes over a hundred thousand dollara in
Весаино a year. Chi Wa Hin ran away Lo On and money the officials have put an end to his life and taken possession of his property. When he was in the Nimhoi ganl ho lived in luxury, bis wife and conenbines wero permitted to stay with him, his friends daily. called upon and dined with him
Referes, Mr. C. T. Kew. Linesmen, Mr. A. Brawn and Mr. J. God- datd, R.E.
The Club kicked off but wore forced back into their own ground, and for the R.E. Campbell had a long shot at goal which went past. When the ball was set agoing again Bront carried it down the right wing, and getting a chance to steady himself control well, but Cooper, sent it past wide of the poste,
were not long in The Engineers tarzing
visit, and Cheaney
the
KO- had
a try at goal which Ancott's close atten- tions made ineffectual, Ав the game When in prison. ton, his income was the same as usual, his share of "equeeze" being zo-settled down the Engineers' left wing, Spiers gulurly paid to him. However, without any and Hathaway, bad a nice run into Club territory, proviens warning, while he was taking a meal and Kew had to run out to save. Darby was the next to show up. Hedribbled cleverly down with his friende, 11 peremptory order come from a high source, and he was bundled out, till near the RE, goal, and centred to Coope, tied hand and foot, carried in a basket by two who was despoiled by Morecambe. The Clab cookies to be execution ground, and bekended, returned to the attack and from a smart bis family paying one thousand dollars to get scrimmage close to goal Fanby had almost scored when he was put offside Ply was carried on in midfield for the next five
buok his head for turment.
A MAGISTRALE SPARED,
With reference to the luto magistrate Wong
·Sang, of Namboi, who was dograded on accoust of the guards and underlings of his yamen suring the convicts (and in whose stond a certain Yes, & conildantial secretary of the Viceroy' Shum, is acting magistrate), an enquiry has been instituted, and after investigation lu the accountants' office dofalcations have been discovered to the amount of over thirty thousand tools. Of course the magistrate was to blame for it, but upon the intercession u the Provincial Governor with the Viceroy, and in consideration of the fact that Woog has lost a good deal of money by supplying most of the requisites for the use of the official yemen, and that he had no opportunity to repay himself by collecting the taxes upon fields and lands at the end of the year, it has been resolved that to shall bear half the antennt of the defalcations, and the now magistrate the other half.
trate
BUT ANOTHER NOT.
With reference to Li Ka Chouk, late magis. of Yamehow, it is stod that the Viceroy and the Provincial Governor have jointly sent up a momorial to Poking charging him with varions crimes, especially that of sopiving at his soldiers robling and killing pooplo:
It is urmised that he cannot escape death by hebeading.
There is a certain class of public servasta known - as mun-sung or chief posters. Although
or ton minutes, until the Club broke away, and Brent on the run had a shot which shaved the crnen-bar. Just before half-time the Engineers forced the pace, and Spiera had an opening that he failed to take advantage of; he kicked high
over the bar.
Half-time scoro-Ni. When the game was re-started the clab Williams bad a fast ruu started pressing, ap the wing, and finished with a splendid long shot which Widdows bad to dist eat. Cooper got hold of the hall and got it well was so up-toe well up in fact, for he harassed by Morecambe and Hemmings that be ran it right over the line. The R.E forwards got possession from the goal-kick and carried play right down the field. Spiers again got a chanco which he did his best to make good, but without succe9S. A minute later be sent in a "steamy" one which taxed Kox's fisting abili
Austen cleared well up the field, fios to turn. and Danby and Forrester (who was now playing cu the wing, having changed places with Hum phroys) carried the ball up into the Club terri- tory. When still quite a distance from goal Forrester sent in a slow trundling shot which in soms ourions manner slipped into the met past Widdows. Encouraged by the success, the Hongkong side mare the pace tot, first one wing and then another baving a shot. · At last Danby in a surimmage headed the ball into the
dant.
The statement of claim was to the following effer': -(1) In or about the 19th day of August, 1993, the defendant ma iciously and without any reasonable and probable coase pre ferred a false charge of the larceny of promis- sory notes to the value of $4,300 and goode to the value of $2,300 against the plaintiff and caused him to be arrested thereon, and on the 20th day of August, 1903, prosecuted the same chargo before Thomas Sorcombo Smith, Polico Magistrate, when the plaintiff was remanded to Victoria Gaol until 24th August, 1903; (2) on the 24th August the plaintiff was further remanded till the 26th, and afterwards further remanded till the 27th; and (3) on that da o the charge was heard and dismissed,
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Flis Lordship-When the police catae he was Bir. Beavis He was in the house with the in possession of the goods? gooda
His Lordship (pointing to a Chinese under the charge of a prion warder)-Is this the defen- dant?
Mr. BearisYes, your Lordship. His Lordship-What is ho imprisoned for? Mr. Thomson-For debt.
His Lordship How do they expect to get $1,000 out of him?
Nr. Thomson-Idoa't kaow. He went to gaol in this action because he could not find
with another action.
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The Norddeutscher Lloyd s.s. Prinz Heinrich, 3,962 tan, arrived from Bremerhaven via Braz and the usanal ports of call yesterday morning. She brought the Epreps mail and 750 tons of cargo for Hongkong. Her passengers consist of 114 cabin ond 9 Chinese. She left Bromer- haven on the 30th September and Singapore on the 6th inst.
The . Madeline Rickmers, from Bangkok, brenght 1000 tons of ricuto Hongkong yeat day She bad 2 Chinem passengers. morning.
Defendant, in reply to paragraph (1) of the statement of claim, denied that the charge therein mentioned was preferred malicionaly and without reasonable and probable causa, or that the same was a falso charge or was pro-curity, but he is also in prison in conneo-Captain Sanders reports having passed secuted before T. Sercombe Smith, Defendant admitted the statements contained in paragraphs (2) and (3).
His Lordship said that in this case pleadings had been ordered. With regard to these plead plicated than usual they were of some assistance ings be understood in a cass rather more com- to the Court ia arriving at the fac's. With regard to the writ plaintiff claimed $1,000 for malicious prosecution but it gave no information
whatever. In the statement of claim there was
taken
rathor less. There was no pleading at all. The pleadings said who was plaintiff and who defendant, and gave their relativo positions and so forth and how the case arose. They only give him the bare fact that the case was up. These were not pleadings. The statement of defence was all right; it followed on the same lines as the statement of claim. Really, said his Lordship, when he ordered pleadings and got anything like there again, and should tho plaintiff win his claim, he should certainly have to consider the advisability of allowing him his costs of and incidental to the pleadings.
Mr. Beavis asked leave to make a enrrection io
the statement the first paragraph of
substituting claim, Komp for Mr. Sercombe Smith.
His Lordship granted the leave craped. Mr. Beavis then called
tho
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Mr.
Mr. C.D. Melbourne, Clerk of the Magistracy, who produced the original depositions taken in the ease, befors Mr. Kemp, of Cheung Wan Chow against Su-Hin Sheng.
Mr. Beavis proceeded to stato that this was an action brought by the plaintiff against
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His Lordship-Weil, he does not appear to Evidence was then given for the plaintiff. be a gold mine ang way.
Mr. Thomson, in opening the case for the defence, said there was absolutely no proof of malice.
manager.
The defondant was master of this
by the bank of which Ng Chi Kia was While in Canton defendant got skep, though he was saisted in his business nows that the creditors had been rather pressing, and when he came down ho found that all the had been cleared out. On making enquiries goods in the shopen his personal property he discovered that those had been taken by Yue Kwai Ting. Ha oh sized a warrant for his arrest, whereupon Su Hie Sheng, the plaintiff, approached him with the proposal would be returned. Defendant naturally that if the prosecution was withdrawn the goods supposed that plaintiff was mixed up in the affair with this other man, and laid information against him with the police. There was no malice in what he did
His Lordship-I om inclined to agree with you. If you went to the police with a story like that the polica would have you hit sace
Cheung Wan Chow, the defendant, then gave evidence.
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Mr. Beavis having addressed the Cour, His Lordship said that, as he had expressed
The China Merchants se. Chiyuen, arrived) his opinion before, there was no direct evidenca of malics at all, but the question was--Was from Shanghai yesterday morning with a mail, there any reasonable and probable cauen from 600 tons of cargo, 1 cabin passenger and 163 which be could infer malice? His view was China passengers. Sho left Shanghai on tho with-8th inst, Capt. Charles Stewart reports fresh that on the plaintiff's evidenco out anything pier, there was tetsonally and is probable cause for his arrest. The facts, On the Shin Oà sa. Kocong Chow's Inst. which he had to take as far as the evidence trip to Canton sto took up tons of general went in this cage, wers that the defemtuna
most-r of The shop in question. wAS He went to Canter, and on lis reure found overything cleared out,
private effects and all. He got some information from his fokis that Yue Kwai Ting and the plaintiff were mixed up in the removal of the goods, that when the goods were being retauved
their position is humble, yol by falsely assuming R.E. net again. Hills, Chesney, and Spiers defendant for malicious prosecution. It would That was his statement. One of tho jokis sail
the authority ofollicialatheycan make more money by squeeze than most of the officials do. It is this
class of poople that the Viceroy hates most, and he was instituted a crusade against them,
coukt not. Williams had hard lines in not add-
worked hard for a point, but get past Kow they be necessary for him to go somewhat for back ted very much that the pleadings were not so ing another for the Club. This honorr was re-into the circumstances of the case. He regret
full as they might be.
H.K.F.C., 3 goals; R.E., 0).
SWATOW.
[TROM OUR CORRESPONDENT,}
as in the caso of Chik Wa Hiu, mua-seung of theserved for Cooper, who beat Widdows again Namhoi magistrate, who has bolted either with a swift, strong shot. When the whistle to Hongkong or Mavao. In the presont instance sounded the score was there is another mun-seung" in similar trouble belonging to the magistracy of the Lungmun district, Kwangtung. The Viceroy, very angry, has given orders to the magistrate to have him arrested and brought to Canton to be punished. l'eport says that Profect Shum Chuín E, of Kwangchow, bas applied for three months lears to enable him to rest from his multifarious daties, and that in his stead a certain Char Mong Chang will not for the time being. It is not portain if the Viceroy and the Provianial The Viceroy likes Governor will allow this. Profect Shum well. and as His Excellency is still sick it is doubtful if he could obtain losye,
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The anniversary of His Majesty King Edward VIT's birthday was favoured with gloriously flue weather. The steamers Takang, Canton, Taishan, Jetunga, Human, and Hailong, which werein port, dressed ship gally and on one or two of them receptions were held. The Bangkok liners Machew and Petchaburi, longing to the Nord lentscher Lloyd, were also song the shipping in harbour, but their decorations were conspicuous by their absence, Comments were freely passed hers aneat the In the afternoon various above incident, sports, which provoked a great deal of fur, were held in the Consular grounds at Kackchich.
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The Rohilla Marn, 2,309 tone. Capt. not got anything out of Yae Kwai Ting he took Bent, is bound from Hongkong to Manila with thing to prove that the fokis did say sometting out a warrant against him, whereupon plaintiff 200 tons of general carg's li Eareping cabin Indispensable went to defendant and said, "I have heard from passengers, 5 second das passengers, and 3 Tae Kwai Ting, and if you drop proceed. ings against him you will get your boxes back," That would be quite sufficient for him. He would have said, "What have you get to do with it? Why does not be write to me and say he will give me my goods? I have the warrant against him." Instead of that he wrote to a man who, it seemed to his Lordship, Was, Yue Kwai Ting's accomplice, sad he thought therefore there was reasonable and probable cause for the arrest of this man Sa Hiu Shang. Judgment for the defendant with
The Court adjourned."
POLICE COURT.
Wednesday, 11th Novembor. BEFORE MR. T. SRECOMBE SMITH (POLICY MAGISTRATE).
The em 6.8. Leemson, 1,938 tons, is bound from Hongkong to Shanghai with 810 tons of general cary, 4 "ucaposa passengers, and 4 Chinese passengers,
The se. Beamriker. 1.935 tons, Capt. Webster, is bound to Nagasaki with 101 tons of several
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The Kwong Sarg, 1,423 tone, Capt. Lake, is bound from Hongkong to Shanghai with 1,000 tons of general cargo, 3 Europesu pas. surges, and 50 China passengers.
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His Lord ship-They do not tell me anything; I do not call them pleadings at all.
Mr. Beavis went on to state the circum stances of the case. It appeared, he said, that Ng Cbi Kin was the certain birds' nest shop in Jervois Street, where the defendant and plaintiff both lived. Defendant was partner or nager of this shop. and rented a Plaintiff was a broker by room in the shop. This Ng Chi Kia, who was the erson who supplied the mesus for carrying on this shop, was also manager of a Chinese bank in Hongkong and therefore was unable to dnut carried on the business subsidised by Ng attend to the business of the shop, so the defen-casts. Chi Kin, he not having suy monetary interest in the shop at all. Plaintiff was a friend of Ng Chi Kins, and lived in one of the rooms above the shop, About the months of July and Angst in the 6th mon] the shop got into difficulties, and the defendant who, In Pingling, Houngshan district, the brigande
although he was not a partner, always re- On the 14th day to Canton. very violat, going into the villages
presented himself to be, got frightened and went of that moor, shortly afterwards, Ng Chi
ROBBERY AT LE MUNYON 8. even in broad daylight to rob and carry
Kin was arrested on a charge of embezzlement
Lan Yau Ching, a boiler-maker, living at
This ss along, 784 tros. Capt. Ecans, is away people for rassen. About two weeks
and was coarioted.
Hillside Street, was charged with having stolen
bound from Hongkong to Swatow with 15) ago Admiral Ho Chonny Ching sent a
His Lordship-That is the capitalist ? Mr. Beavis--Yes. He was not present, added from the premises of Mr. C. E, La Munyon,
Yesterday afternoon the Kowloon Docks contingent of one thousand soldiers to fight them. The number of briganda was far inferior The ever-genial hest, and hostess, Mr. and Mr. Bearis. On hearing that Ng Chi Kin, photographer, on various dates between the 15th tour of general carga uud 25 Chinese passengers to that of the sldiers, but they were better Mrs. Wilis, were antiring in their energies. whom he had represented as his partner, had July and 8th optember last, and Crotary had not as busy au appearance as is often
on hand. number of jobs armed, and oecapicù strong positions, and after and their labours were amply rewarded by the been arrested and proved to be sola master of camera, one roll-kelder for saime, one pair of to be se, but still there were quits a success of the sports in general and of the garden the shop, he returned to Hongkong on the 12th binoculars, and a number of photographs and party in particular. The lowing were the August, pranmably with the intention of photographic appliances, of the total value of Tarlac and Tui Lee were alongside under- taking possession of the shop and getting what 3223.43, and on a second charge of having going pics: the oil steamer Pariu nad The Chinese Customs cruiser Chuentiao werai results of the different eute: -
I. Whistling Competition. There were twenty he could from the goods of the shop. He stolen, on the 10th October, wils then an
on the slip H.M.9 Mumber occupied No. 13 competitors, ten ladies and ten gentlemen, and fonad on his arrival that the salesman of the employee of the same complainant, another
Brides; No. 2 dry lock was empty; and the' the contest resulted in Mys. Forbes and Mr. shop had cleared up affairs as far as he could camera valued at $125.
small Chinese Castoms craiser Kevalia was in Young carrying off the prizes.
and had returned the godds in the shop to the clusivengainst the accused, in whose house most merchants who supplied there and the creditors of the goods were found, on both charges. No. 3 dock, Wor on the bull of the new river sloswer is preseling space; and the workshops who had not been paid, and had taken away had no deferre, and His Worship, sentenced
look fairly busy, M.S. Blenheim is to from the shop some, private gooda belonging to him to 6 months rigorous imprisonment on the present defendant in two boxes, and had each oberge, the terme to run consecutively, nek next weak. The dredger Canton River
was busy at work off the slips. deposited them in castody of a certain totalling one year. person and left the Colony, Leing afrail
Weng Sin and Chong Si were charged with IV. Animal Race Those were eleven com pessibiy of being implicated in the trouble. petitors, with a varied representation of the Defendant on finding this out on his purchasing a young Chinese girl named Long animal kingdom. Among the latter were dogs, return immediately or stortly after gare Lak at Canton, aut importing bor into Hong- a morkey, geese, fowls, & cali, a goat, and pigs, information against Tae Kwai Ting, tho kong for a particular purpose.
The girl deposed that she lived at Lan King This was the most hilarious item on the pro- salesman, and got is warrant for his arrest on gramme, and was greatly enjoyed by everyone a charge of stealing perticnlar goods and and that in July last the house where she lived present. Mr. Forbes, with bie pointer dog, was perhaps some others which were the su ject was broken iute by robbers, and aho was carried awarded the prizo
matter of the present starge. Yu Kwai away to Canton and sold to defendants for $10- V. 150 Yards Flat Race-In this, the final Ting, either before or immediately after the She had bean a servant in the house of a Chinese family in Lau King. The defendants brought event, there were eight contestants. Mr. Lyons information was filed, departed from the Colony her to Hongkong 34 took her to a house where Vora Cruz to make examination into the case came in first, closely followed by Mr. Carlson.
The prizes, consisting of different articles of evidence against him for baring stolen thus there were other people living, It was not a of yellow fever. has roporled that, bayond doubt, local make, were subsequently distributed by goods ask d the plaintiff to give evidence boues of ill-fame. She was never asked to that dread disense perhaps the swiitest and THE Mrs. Willis, amidst great applause. The health against him, but this the plaintiff refused to receive male visitors and had never done so. most fatal in tropical America-is due solely to of King Edward VII., proposed by Mr. Willis, do. The day on which this request was made Bis Worship held that on this evidence the sin animal parasite conveyed to human beings was then drunk most ectuasies ically, and shortly! was the 12th of Angust. Or the 15th a letter charge of bringing the girl here for a certain by the mosquito. The cause resembles that of afterwards God Save the King" was sung by arrived from Yae Kwai Ting from where he parpes could not be enstained, and the charge malaria in being an animal, and not a vegetable THE the entire assembly. The greatly-respected was staying in the country saying that a letter was altered to one of taking away a girl from gern or bacterium. The enquirers are satisfied taipan of Bradley & Co., Mr. Richardson, senior, written to the plaintiff informing plaintiff that the lawful custody of her parents or guardians, that only one genus of mosquito, the Stegomyia! in a neat little speech proposed the health of the charge made against him (Yu Kwai Ting) and the case was adjourned, there boing a fascinta, is the host of the yellow fever parosits. was false, that he knew in whose possession the similar chargo against the sccused in respect of In Havana the fever has been practically Mr. and Mr. Willis, which was heartily drunk.
the closing-up of its breeding places. The pleasant function finished with three cheers goods belonging to the defendant were, and that anther girl, Iso alleged to have been bought in extirpated by destruction of this mos ito and
if the defendant would withdraw the charge Canton and brought to Hongkong. and a tiger for the ladies.
whole day's fighting the soldiers wore defeated. At about dark a few mandaria oraisers arrived just in time to fire a few shots, which dispersed the brigands. From forty to tifty soldiers are reported killed.
KWANGSI.
The Viceroy has ordered Tuotai Wong Tit Shan to salist four thousand more solliers to join those in Couton under the command of Admiral Lae Kwong-chol and to go to Kwangsi to fight the rebels.
TELEPHONES.
A telephone company has been established in Cantou to connect all the efficist yamens and mercantile establishments, at a cost of forty-eight dollars a year for each house.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issuet
the following report:
The barometer has fallen over KE. Japan, rissu elsewhere, particularly over China. The depression, lying near the N. coast of Luzon, appears to be almost filled up...
The Northam depression is moving into the Pacifle to the NE, of Japan.
The unicyclone is central over Mid-China.
Very strong monsoon along the Chios const generally with hard goles in the Fermoss Channel and N. part of the China Sea.
Forecast-Strong to moderate N. winds;
fine.
II. Walking Match, 20 yards-Eight entered for this, which ended in an easy victory for Mr. Lyons.
111. Egg-and-spoon Race.--Savon ladies took part in this, and Mrs. Haesloop secured first place.
and the defendant in order to obt in some
The ridence was cyn-
KIDNAPPING..
LAT ST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
The T.K.K. steamer Nippon Marn, with mails, &e left Shanghai for this port on the 11th inst at 11 am, auf is due here to-morrow, p.m.
The steamer Arratoon Apur, from Calentta, left Singapore for this port yesterday morning.
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An United States Medical Commission sent to
NEW YORK, U. S. A.
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DR. NEWELL WILSON,
DENTIST.
Latest American methods.
*Reasonable prices.
No charge for examinations. Office boare A.37, to 1 F. and 2 to 5 P.M.
31, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL (First Floor Watkins Building). Hongkong, 6th November, 1903.
HIRANO WATER, QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS.
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PURE, SPARKLING, INVIGORATING
Bettled in Japan by H. E. REYNELL & Co. LEADING MINERAL WATER OF THE FABI
BEWARE OF JAPANESE IMITATIONS.
BLACKHEAD & CO., AGENTS. F.Hongkong, 31st July, 1903,
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