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of Chengtu, being artificially and well! We are asked to state for the information irrigated, deserves the name of "the garden of Szechuan." It contains seventeen cities, but the bulk of its population is essentially A. S. WATSON & CO., rural. The climate in this district is so
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of those who have received invitations to the dance at Goveromont House on Friday next that the dance will be continued to one o'clock and will not stop at twelve, as was stated in the invitations Special tram will rus at 1241
costumes some of our Ceylon frion le are urrayed in. Everybody knows what evening dress is and instead of flat brimmed toppers we will see come in rickstias making for Queen's House txewned with solar tapres. Alas! I never thought my dress coat would be subjected to cha trial as this. It is quite passable at night, in fact it looks rather well. Bnt by lay the same is green-well I prefer not to say' more. Nevertheless though old and climate- stained-it will do its duty.
wild that the swallow remains through and 1.15 and a special Ferry at 1.15.. pek the winter. The methods of irrigation
Dignity is sometimes bought at a price in and masuring appear to be similar to those in other parts of China. The Consul tropical places. Here is a wail from Ceylon General mentions the rice at Cheng-tu that will find an echo in some Hongkong which is dyed red, and boiled with the booms: So the freak cont and top hat are no mest to give the latter a nice, fresh colour. longer de rigour, and we must go to the Love in evening dress! Well, the new order will do "Having frequently," he says, "been something, and that is why I hear it has been struck with the abnormally healthy appear-introduced-it will prevent the heterogeneous ance of cdd pieces of meat on street stalls and in the basketa of pedlars, I felt impelled to inquire bow it was done, and the above explanation was given to me in the strictest confidence." Rape is the chief winter crop, with wheat a good second. The yield of wheat per mow is 320 lbs., giving 192 11s. of flour, which is far from white, and retail- ed for 36 to 40 cash a pound. All the known graina are represented in this well. tilled district, however; and there is one BLEND (the product of which is used for making rakes) which Mr. Hoз1 could not identify. It is planted after rico harvest, and reaped in late autumn. After giving a most ut- tractive list of the other agricultural pro- ducts of the province, and the manufactures therefrom, Mr. Hours gives an intereating account of the methods and results of sugar manufacturing. Under the head of tea, we
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VERY OLD LIQUEUR
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UNIFORMLY MAINTAINED.
PRICE $16.50 Per Dozex.
learn that Szechuan not only supplies its
THE HOK-LO AND NAM-TO- PIRATES.
TELEGRAMS.
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THE "WHITE AUSTRALIA “
LEGISLATION.
LONDON, 30th Nov.
It is proposed to ask the Federal Parliu- inent to modify or abolish the restrictions with regard to Japanese immigrante.
LORD HARDWICKE DEAD.
LONDON, 30th Nov. Lord Hardwicke, Under-Secretary for India, is dead, aged 37 years.
[REUTER'S SERVICE.]
THE GERMAN BUDGET,
LONDON, 23th November. The Gorman Budget shows an increased expenditure of £10,001,000. and loan of £14,000,000 is required to meet the extra- demands and increases, which include B&,000,000 extra for the navy, £1,509,000 for the army, £2,500,000 for the punitive expedition in
naval guns on the 22nd inst, ovised a ennfl gra tion, which lasted for nine hours, the wind in the afternoon fanning the fluo86.
SKIRMISHING ON THE SHAHO.
Toxvo, 23rd November. A Japanese detachment west of the Shabo attacked the enemy on his bicouas ground on the evening of the 21st inst. The superior forsa of the saemy subsequently gradually pressed. them, but the Russians were repulsed towards Chishagen at night
The enemy consisted of 600 infantry, and includes thirty rifles, and six prisoners were 300 cavalry, with four gues. The booty taken captured.
A Japanese sno-lieutenant was wounded and twenty-eight men wore either killed or wounded.
FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS.
TOкvo, 23rd November. The Japanese authorities are inundated with offers from foreignors, volunteering for service at the Front,
SUPREME COURT.
Wednesday, 30th November.
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION. BEFORE HIS HONOUR Mr. T. Sencomнk SMITH (PISNE JUDGE.)
KWONG UN FIRN » WONG KUN TAN AND OTHERS.
This was an action in which the plaintiff tiem
Shan, Tang Chak Hing, alias Tong Sz Leung, proceeded against Wong Kun Tak, Ho Chak and Tang Tsuk U, the defendants, for $1,295. reduced to a thousand dollars so as to come within Summary Jurisdiction. The plaintiffs alleged that the money was owing to them in respect of the balance of payment for coal sold and delivered by them to the defendants. The plaintiffs stated that coal had been sipplied to the value of 86745.10, while only $5,449.54 had been paid for, learing a balance of $1,295.56 owing to them.
Mr. O. D. Thomson appeared for the plaintiff Mr. P. W Goldring, of Mr. Brutton's offes, for the defendants.
A REPORT FROM PORT ARTHUR.
WEIHAIWEJ, 23rd November. A Bussian arrived here from Port Arthar states that water and ammunition are scarce, but there is food for several months.
The garrison is reduced to less than two thousand efficients, and there are twenty then-cool merebant, and the defendants were traders. sand sick and wounded.
POSITIONS OF RUSSIAN MAIN. FORCES ON THE SHAHO.
Toxio, 22nd November. The Russian forces are distributed in the the right wing at Lukwantaug, and the left wing at Husnahan, where General Kuropatkin is stationed with p oked men of his forces.
For five years past this daring band, under Damaraland Besides an increase of £500,000 following positions-The centre is at Pastopu.
the leadership of Chan Sheng Hing, whe was committed for trial by Mr. Hazeland yesterday
for recurring expenditure on the German army the estimates show a non-recurring increase of
£3,000,000,
THE WAR.
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THE TRAWLER COMMISSION.
Dewes, the American nominee, has de clined to act.
at the auxt Criminal Sessions, have held the residents of the coastal towns in Southern Chins in complete terror. The whole band were Triad Society members, and sailing under the black flag, extorted "cumshaw" from all quar. own tea, but sends a very respectable sur.ters. Fong Ki Fat, u certain junk owner of Tai plus regularly to Tibet, about 1,880,0000, had paid the small amount demandad of him, like other Chinese residents, but when the
LONDON, 80th November. tacle worth every year. It is not hard to
leader domanded $100 to be paid down, Fong
The North Sea Commission of Enquiry guess, therefore, at the vested interests Ki Fat refused, whereupon the pirates which led to much of the Tibetan opposition threatened to kill him and wreck his junk. into the circumstances causing the Russian | to Indian supplies. A taotai of whom Mr. They would no doubt here corried their Second Pacific Squadron to five upon HOBIE requested information on this point, threats inte execution but for the timely British steam trawlers is not yet constituted, Brival of the T'ai O police under Sergeant Floyd. Fournier is desigunted as the French repre- and who had formerly held office in Shing-
When the piraten saw, the police they took to hai (YEN CH'A TAO), attempted to deceive
the hills, closely followed by their pursuers. An sentative, and Chadwick is considered him with a much minimised return of the Indian constable who ontstripped his comprobable as the British representative. Tibetan trade, but he overdid ít. When panions in the pursuit and found his way into urged to give a more accurate return, he said the midst of the pirates, was so severely handled that the Consol-General was "too exacting that he has since had to be pensioned off. In this pureoft two of the pirates wore captured, as to details,” and refused to re-open bat the majority, with their ringleador, escaped. correspondence. Considerations of space Whilst the Indian police marched round to mest forbid the present treatment of much the piraten by land, Sergeant Floyd crossed the
valuable
that information
the Tai O barbour in a police boat, and was just in report contains; and we must hasten time to arrest two of the pirates making to the means of tapping the riches thus good thoir escape in a Hok-lo fishing bost.
These two alluringly portrayed. Unfortunately, he
appeared before the Court, where they were says, Szechuan is not readily or easily sentenced to two years' hard labour and 24 accessible. The clamour raised by casual strokes of the birch. The ringleador of tho travellers for the steam navigation of the band is now in custody in Hongkong, but the "magnificent waterways' was a little too mb-leaders are at large in Chinese territory. Bresses with communications addressed to the Edi, hasty and unthinking. Practical naviga-and are being diligently hunted by Chinese not for publication, but as evidence of good faith
tors have convinced the Consul-General officials. The junk leader was captured by 80 fehermen surrounding the village where he was Áll
etters for publication shivald be written an ride of the one ride of paper only:
No anonymously signed communications that have that, from a commercial and paying stand-living, and giving ustice to the police, who went already appeared in other papers will be inserted.
Orders for extra copies of Daily Pazer should be portat, through steam navigation of the to his bouse and took him in custody. This sant before 11 a.m. on day of publication. After that hour the supply is limited. Only supplied for Cash Telegraphic Address: Paxes. Codes: A.B.C, 5th Ed. Lieber'
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BIRTHS.
On 21et November, at Shanghai, the wife of Un 23rd November, at Shanghai, the wife of THOMAS TATLOCK, of a daughter.
MARRIAGE.
On 22nd November, at Shanghai, THOMAS CALD WELL ANDERSON, of Yokobains, to KATHERINE, daughter of Jens FINDLAY, of Hankow.
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Upper Yaugtsze, from Iehang as far as Wun-hsien, is a dream that can never be realised. As the Szechuanese are rich, and aager for foreign goods, this is a great pity. The freight is so high that n. 4lb. tiu of Hongkong cube sugar, worth about sixty cents in Shanghai, cannot be had in Szechuan for less than 83.40. That network of railways overspreading China, of which the visionaries talk, will be welcomed by more than foreigners when it crystallises
into fact.
wers
ssoured, and eventually
man, as before mentioned, iscommitted for trialat the next Criminal Sessions, and on the charge of returning from banishment will be imprisoned
with hard labour for one year.
VOLUNTEER RESERVE.
The Hongkong Volunteer Reservo Associa tion is now an accomplished fact.
A meeting has been held in the Legislative
Council room. H.E. the Governor presided, and
some fifty persons altogether were present.
His Excellency said that seventy-thres H.M.S. Vestal left for England yesterday gentlemen had signified their willingness
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HONGKONG, DECEMBER 1ST, 1904.
SZECHUAK, or, as the Report spells it, Sauch'nan, is the subject of a report pre seated to both Houses of Parliament lust month. It is by Consul-General HostE, and Sir ERNEST SATOW recommended it as
"interesting and valuable." The most casual glance over the hundred odd pages is sufficient to show that Mr. Hosie has made au exhaustive study of the products.
The chess match fixed for yesterday, Law Rost, was postponed, socount of St. Andrew's Ball, till next Wednesday at 5.15 p.. Among the spoils taken in the battle of Shaho the Japanese secured 700 or 800 detailed maps of the districts between Mukdeo and Herbia, on the scale of 1: 50,000.
Yesterday nows eams to Hongkong that the Singapore Court of Enquiry that has been considering the stranding of the coolie steamer Sanley had sequitted the captain of all blame.
The Cricket League has notified Mr. G.
An extraordinary general mooting of mem- bere of the V.R.C. will be held at the City Hall next Friday for the parpose of confirming he resolution passed at the extraordinary gene- ral meeting held on the 16th November.
to be members of the Asociation, and he hoped to raise the number to a hundred. They should elect a Chairman: then a Committee, He suggested for consideration of members that the committes of management should consist of a chairman and eight members, with four to form a quorum.
The resolution was carried.
The Hon. Gershom Stewart proposed, Mr E. A. Howett seconded, and it was carried, that Sir H. S. Berkeley by elected Chairman (Applause).
[BY COURTESY OF JAPANESE CONSUL]
PORT ARTHUR
TOKYO, 30th November. The Port Arthur army reports dated November 29th state that assaults have been made on the enemy's line of entrenchments extending from Sungahushan eastwards, The army firmly occupied the top of the counterstarp and neighbourhood, and are the destroying
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creements
and
caponieres.
Another attack was made against the 203 Metre Hill; the army occupied the
assaults, enemy's trenches near the top after several
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CONTRABAND OF WAR.
LONDON, 28th November. Lord Lansdowne in a letter to the Chanu bers of Shipping Commerce says, that although neutral traders may trade even in
risk, they should bear in mind the law of contraband with belligerents at their own
this country. By chartering vessels to follow the Russian fleet with coal, British owners might render, themselves liable to proceedings under the Foreign Enlistment
Act.
In a letter to the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, Lord Lansdowne says that com nunications are still passing between England and Russia on the subject of
Messra, the Hon. F. H. May, the Hon. Get-, contraband. shom Stewart, W. G. Winterbara, F. Maitlind. A. Mackenzie, 'A, H. Skelton, G. L. Duncan, and C. W. Brett were elected members of the Committee.
Mr. W. II. T. Davis was elected secretary.
DEATH OF MR. J. J. SPOONER.
of this province, its manufacturea and Hoggarth that they will be pleased to scoopt a means cup which he offers to be presented to the bits its mining resources. Its name "Four Streams," referring to the four man who makes the best average in the League's rivers which flow from its northern limits matoles during the season 1904-5, to the Yangtsze. Szechuan is the largest and richest province of China. At present it is the eastern half which is productive,
Mr. J. J. Spooner died at Government Civil but Mr. Hogy etates that the western half
Hospital on Tuesday night, and was buried at Happy Valley yesterday afternoon. The is undoubtedly rich in valuable minerals.
Mr. Maclean, the special commissioner of the There are huge salt deposits. All over the
Board of Trade, has brought sat another report immediate cause of death was generni do- "Red Basin," as easteru Szechuan is called,
an British trade in the Persian Gulf Ports, bility. Deceased was 52 years of ago. In hie from its frequent outcrops of red sandstone Muscat is the principal port, ita trade averaging youth he served his apprenticeship for the sea, there are evidences of the existence in pre- in imports £255,000 and exports £119,000 per and subsiquently enture | the P. & D. Service. He On the outbreak of the Zulu-War, he went to „historic times of a race of cave-dwellers aanum. Mr. Maclean notes that the use of the left this when second officer of the s.s. Charan, rupes is increasing. The ports, however, lack
the Cape, sorving through that can who were adepts at entting out little apart
reliable forwarding and landing agents, and in ments in the solid cliff, making little doors, this direction profitable basinesses could be attaining the rank of sergeant-major in and occasionally a tiny window, and even opened up. Russia has opened a depot at the Cape Mousted Volunteers. Upon paco decorating them with rude stone carvings. Busrah, and now very likely at Bushire, for the being restored he went to Singapore, and Mr. joined the Polics Force, but shortly after Une reason given for Szechuan being so exhibition of Russian commodities. well developed and rich is that the workers Maclean, though he thinks that, such an idea left to take up a position as ozcise officer might prove useful to Indian traders, is of the the employ of the Opium. Farmer. He are mostly immigrants from other provinces, opinion that they would do better by exhibiting came to China in 1884, and joined the Mr. Hosta en rtains the idea that the at Bombay, as native traders make a good ss Opium Farm as excise offiour, rising to be chief inhabitants of the undeveloped west are of the steamere that ply between Bombay and of that department, and remaining in this ser
vice for upwards of 18 years. descendants of the cave-dwellers. The plain the Gulf-Calvatta Englishman.
THE SUPPLY OF COAL TO BELLIGERENTS.
LONDON, 28th November. The newspapers, while admitting difficulty of the Government in dealing with the supply of coal owing to the existing laws, express sympathy with the Japanese irritation.
(From Northern Papers.) ANOTHER ESCAPE FROM PORT ARTHUR.
WEINAIWET, 22nd November. A life-beat, well-found in provisions, which escaped from Port Arthar on the lithiust., has land d an officer six miles off, presumably with duplicate despatches. The boat is detained here.
PROGRESS AT PORT ARTHUR.
Tokyo, 23rd November. It is officially announced that the enemy' Chikuarshan (aext position to Erhlungshan) made a counter attack on the north fort of East on the night of the 21st inst., but they were immediately repulsed. The bombardment with
THE REPORTED OCCUPATION OF
BUNHSUBHAN.
The Japaness Army blew up the casomate of the defence works of the Sunhanshan fort in the afternoon of the 20th November. The occupation of the fort is now secured.
OCCUPATION OF PINGTINGSHAN,
Mr. Thomson said that the plaintiff was 5
The question was whether the defendants were partners in the firm interested in the building of the launch Ying Fut.
The managing partner of the plaintiff firm deposed that he supplied egal to Yu Lai Chme now dead, and the defondants for the launch the 28th Norombor, Fing Fat between 1901, and the 9th December in the same. yoar. A few days after Ya Lai Chun's
.come d-ath the defendants
to Fes him. Ho Chak Shen said that the account would be pale later on. He came Itor with Tang Chak Hing and repeated his assurance. Tang Tank U afterwards said the same thing. He saw Wong Kuu Tak at the salt fish market and he also said the account would be paid.
Cross-examined-He did not remember an A datachment of the Japaness army which is occasion when Yu. Lai Chun mortgaged the He was not present when the de- stationed in the direction of Shanchas made an Ying Fat. attack upon the Russian garrison at Fiugting-fendants bought the decenasà's share in the Ying Fat and paid the money to the widow Yu Imi shan on the 17th November, and after expelling
Chan; his foki was pressnt in Mr. Hett's office much booty; the prisoners taken being on:
on that occasion. He did not know that it was the Russians occupied Pingtingshan. There is captain and five soldiers.
arranged for the widow to pay him the money.
By the Court-The, payments they had re- ceived were made by Ya Ini Chan's coonatant. The case for the defence was that the defen- dants were not partuers in the Hop Hing Co.. and Mr. Justice Smith held that it was not proved that they trore. One of the defondants, however. Tang Chak Hing, was not present in Court. His Honour gavo judgment. for the plaintiff firm against Tang Chak Hing with costs.
RUSSIAN POSITIONS SOUTH OF MUKDEN.
The main force of the Russian troops on the south-east is at the Hunshan, 35 Chinese li from Mukdan, where General Kuropatkin in stati nod with 15,000 picked men just The main forces arrived from Europe.
of the Russian army on the south-west are at In Kwangtung. There are about 50,000 Russian troops between the Huaushau and Mukden wearing gray coloured uniform.
CHINESE NEWS OF PORT ARTHUB. well-informed A telegram received by a town of Port Arthur having been bombarded, quarter says that the old town and the now day and night, nearly all the buildings have besc destroyed, including the Arsenal. The majority of the natives are living in under "non-combatants are now taking refuge in the ground rooms, and at the Payushan. The
water was destroyed by the Japanese there has vicinity of Laotishshan. Since the reservoir of been no good fresh water obtainable, causing typhus and other diseases; many have died and there are a great many sick. Provisions and ammunition have become extremely scarce.
RUSSIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY'S FALSE REPORT.
TOKYO, 23rd November. General Parasieff (?), the President of the Russian Red Cross Society in Port Arthur, knowing the Russian stronghold is impossible to hold any longer. las trind to abuse the Japa nese, and wrote to the Russian Consal at Chefoo The Russian Consul published the same to the Powers, in order to cause the foreign Powers to protest against the conduct of the Japanese.
The Russian President. says that the Japanese army attacking Port Arthur nse balloons to against the Geneva and the Hague conventions scout the position of the Russian hospital ships. and bombard them. Thes the hospital ship other hospital ships have been damaged,- this obliging the Russians to lend the sick and Angara had been sunk by the Japanese and two
wounded ashore. The hospitals in the new town and old town of Port Arthar are sized at by the Japanese in bombarding the town.
MACAO.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
A QUIET ELECTION.
29th November. The Municipal councillors' sleetion took place on Sunday, the 20th. It was a very quiet and apparently uninteresting affair, no que seeming to be keen for the position.
tea
MORE SOCIAL JUNKETTING. The Harmonia Tesnis Club gavu party in the afternoon (Sunday). To the music of the Military hand, there was dancing, which seemed to be preferred to tennis. After dinaer dancing was again resumed in the Macao Club up to 2 am
A GOOD POINT.
HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 15th November. SIE-1 am directed to transit for your information a copy of a telegram which Țis... Excellency the Governor addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies with the reply received thereto respecting, the attitude of the Russian Government as regards the treatment of food supplies as contraband of war:
I have the honour to be, Sir.
Your obedient servant,
(81) M. J. DRAYTON,
Pr. Colonial Secretary.
TELESKAN
to the Secretary of State, London.
from Governor, Hongkong, dated
the 4th November, 1904. Mercantile Community wish to know whether
supplies consignol to private parties at belli. Russian Government now recognize that food gerent ports are not contraband goods. Esply anxiously exported.
* TELEGRAM from the Secretary of State, Londen,
to Governor, Hongkong, dated the
14th November, 1904.
In answer of your telegram of 4th November Russian Government have admitted the principle that food supplies are only conditional con- traband.
Onas of proof in such cases will be with the captor, but owners should be prepared with evidenos sufficient to disprove any prima facie one which might be made against them.
THE SEOUL-FUSAN RAILWAY.
The Seoul-Fasan Railway was completed au the 10th instant. The entire line will be formally opened to trafe on the 1st of January open it provisionally before that time. The next year, but arrangements have been made to Senyo Railway Company has decided to estallish a steamship service between Shimono. seki and Fusan in order directly to connast. the Sanyo line with the Soul-Fusan railway, Two steeners of 1,500 tons each are now under construction and are expected to be completed Mr. Alfred Mosely, whose title to speak on the comparative conditions of industry will in June Bext year. The distance between hardly be disputed, confronts trade unionists Seul and Tokyo being about 1,118 miles, with the inconsistency of their devotion to one-it has thus far taken about one week to sided Free Trade." The principle of trade cover the distance. If the journey is made by unionism is the maintenance of a high rate of rail on the Seoul-Fusan line, however, the wages by the boycotting of underpaid labourers. distance can be covered in fifty-six hours, or a trifle over two days. With the further in- If an Englishman is willing to work for less
provements to be introduced in establishing than the union rate, no words are too hard for him, and he is lucky if words are the only form connection with the railway and steamship services, the time may be shortened to less than of moral reprobation. But if a foreigner pro duces the same work at a still lower rate, and fifty hours. The construction period of the manufactures, the stream of indignation is the Government's original estimate.
The Japanese have a double reason to con turned against those who would seek to exclude sends it to this country to compete with British Line has been a month and a half-quicker that. such dangerous competition. The contradiction gratulate themselves on the completion of this of principles is, of coarse, absurd, and its most railway. It is one of the most important works ironical feature is that the restriction of labour undertaken by their Government in Corea and it should be relaxed caly when a foreigner, and considerably expedites the operations of their not an Englishman, is to profit by the more political and commercial policy. The Tokyo liberal conditions. But consistency in the Government can now look after political affairs
tration of Hokkaido, orthodox exponents of Labour philosophy has in Sooal as casily as it supervisos the adminis long ceased to be expected.