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The Hongkong Amateur Dramatic Club will give a final performance of Dorothy on the 10th
December. Jano and One Summer's Day am to
One of the few remaining private gardens in the Settlement of Shanghai will probably soon disappear, it being reported that the Kangping property at the corner of the Nanking and Szechuan Ronds, opposite the rising store of Ball & Helts, Id., has been bought by Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co., the well-known general storekeepers of Rangoon, who propose to open a store there. The pritu reported by the N-C. Daily News is Tls. 100,000.
We learn that the Italian crafser Liguria, with the Duke of Abbruzzi un board, will arrive here to morrow from Shanghai. The Duke of Abbruzzi, as most of our readers will not have. forgotten, was the head of nu expedition which went in search of the North Pole in 1809 and reached in the following year the highest latitude yet attained. The Duke suffer ad severely from frostbite, ant was in fact unable to accompany the little party which got as far as 86deg. 33mins. 49sees. N. on April 25, 1906.
TELEGRAMS.
THE FIRE AT WEST POINT.
INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSE, At the Magistry yesterday afternoon Mr. REUTER'S SERVICE.]
H. H. J Gompertz apened an inquiry into tho cause of the fire which occurred at Chang Kan JAPANESE IN AUSTRALIA.
Lane, West Point, on the 23rd November, The LONDON, 3'h November.
Magistrate said that under an Odinance of Mr. Bruce Smith will move on the 8th 1895 the Captain-Superintendent of Police had December, in the House of Representatives, antaken possession of the premises, and on the amendment to the immigration restriction per-report which he furnished he (Mr. Gompertz) mitting the entrance of Japanese to the Com had decided to hold this inquiry. monwealth on the ground that they hayo placed themselves in the front rank of nations, grauted religious freedom, and become an honoured ally
of Great Britalo.
THE WAR.
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THE NORTH SEA OUTRAGE
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LONDON, 1st Decembor. President Roosevelt has appointed Rear- Admiral Darisan member of the Commission of Inquiry into the North Sea Outrage.
THE SUPPLY OF COAL TO BELLIGERENTS.
LONDON, 1st December.
Mr. H. W Locker (of Messrs Deacon, Looker and Deacon) represented the following insuri
the Sun, the Royal, the Hip On, the Yoo On ance companies --The Londy and Lancashire,
the Commercial Union, the Tung On, tre Buk On, and l'Union, el. of which were interested in. godowa No. 3 Mr. Copia represented the Northern Insuruoc Company, which interested in godowns No. 1 and 2, Mr. Chang Ya Fun represented the Yan On Insurance Company, which was interested in godown No. 4, and Mr. Leung Yan Kwai represents the Un On Insurance inpany, which was in- terested in Godowas No. 1 and 2.
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The first wituses callel was Ip Chou Wing. who depos di am assistant manager of the Fun Fang Company, of Wang Lok Sirmat On the 27th Nov, shortly after 4 p.m., a messenger called to inform ine that the godown next to No. Clang Kan Lane, was on fire. I went down and saw that a voral of the gedowns were burning. but could not get near them. The 5,584 bags of ric, caoh Weighing 19lbs. The godown owned by ray firm. No. 3, containsl rice was of differant qualities. There were also The London and Paris exchange bas hem 87 casks of broken glass and 1 bags of brass; 1 bundles of brass tub s, and 10 bags of watten wool weighing 145 pienls. The goods were the property of the firma, and ware insured * suspended.
for $55,000 in sight different eompanios. The books in the godown were entirely burnt, but
The British Government has ordered a searching inquiry into the present supply of coal to belligerents.
As an illustration of the incompleteness of story, giren în the Korea Daily News, is rather the Korean Government records, the following interesting. For some time past the Homo Office has buen extremely annoyed at receiving no reply to their despatches to Mr. Kim Ro-kini, recently appointed, according to the Official Gazetts, to the governorship of North Ham- kyong province. Eventually, a brilliant idea acerred to a member of the department, and THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN COMMISSION. the following message was despatched to the Governor of Sonth Hamkyeng province: "Hus Kim Ro-kin arrived at the northern province ?" The reply was terse, but to the point: "Kim Rokiu has beon dend for a long time."
HART is empty and wasting in uthtal there be cutting down here and thero, Let statement." Now this is, we unhesitat-euch region he made to produce that which ingly assert, a great injustice to the Insperit is adapted for. Lot all unito their strength go into rehearsal at once, and both pieces will tor-General. No country has ever been to rai-o what is required. Although arin li probability be produced in January. The more loyally served than has China by Sir incredibly great addition to the revenue le club will give a Dorothy dance on the 29th ROBERT HART. He has always set the in-not to be thought of, yet little by little, ai | inst. terests of China before everything, and ounce here, a entty there, inch by inch, and while he has striven, in the first place, to foot by foot, a substantia! result may be secure to the Imperial Government the fairly expected." All this is very fine, but revenue due to it, he has over lost it is little good generalising in this tuner sight of the well-being of the Chinese If His Excellency had said boldly that people, and has repeatedly made suggestions little could be done in the way of increasing for the improvement and increase of pro-taxation on land, but that more accurate ducts and the promotion of trule. The measurements wight be taken, and cemomy memorandum that is called forth CHANG- exercised in the collection of the revenue, CH-TON's vehement denunciation was special care being taken to prevent leakage, we might have agreed with him, but he has drawn up solely in the interests of China, and with no eye to the advantage of no really reasonable alternative to propose foreigners. If the latter have any tenson o Sir ROBERT HART's suggestion. His to find fault with Sir RomET HAUT it is memorial is full of repetition, and it is that he considers them too little, and inva-difficult to criticise what is ouly a reiterated riably makes their interests secondary to deprecation of what he terms revolutionary those of his employers. We are indeed propositions. His Excellency makes one to support the surprised to find any Chinese critic ready to admission which serves
He memorandum. ascribe to the Inspector-General the design Inspector-General's BLEND of exciting the cupidity of foreigners by says:-"In every province some profecture any betrayal or exposé of Chinese wealth.or district may have a new piece of land The Chinese Government are, fortunately, brought under, cultivation, land without an well aware of these facts, and the somewhat owner, quietly ploughed and sown without intemperate remarks of Chane will find, the knowledge of the magistrate. we believe, no endorsement in Peking. any years such land has paid no taxes' Had the Viceroy CHANG CHER-TUNG con- Proof can be had, and the amount of fined himself to a fair and straightforward additional revenue may very well be con criticism of the Inspector-General's memosiderable." If this is the case, then has there been great rauisances on the part of randam he would bave done good, and not
the officials, and doubtless great rascality It shows how badly a complete reform in the system of taxation and of its collection is needed. The Viceroy practically admits that the Treasury is systematically de- frauded, but he does not say what propor. tion of the revenue is diverted therefrom There would probably be no necessity for any increase in taxation if the taxes were only honestly collected. The mass of the people are very poor and cannot afford to pay any material increase of taxation. What the country suffers from most is the swarm of official drones who fatten ou the honey amassed by the industrious peasants. They should be relieved from the burden of On the other hand, he may, as CHANG maintaining superfluous officials, who, being ÜBIH-TUNG alleges, have calentated on too insufficiently paid, squecze and rob wherever large a fiscal yield. His Excellency objects opportunity offers. The Government should to Sir ROBERT's suggested rate of taxation, encourage the working of wines and foster [31 and also to its being appled equally to all the promotion of new industries. Finally land. He points out that in the South they should, with as little delay of possible,
In the course of his report on the trade and eastern provinces, where land is very pro-adopt the scheme propounded by Professor commerse of the Consular District of Ching- ductive, the tax is now more than 200 cash Jews for a uniform national currency on mai, Siam, for the last year, Consul C. E. W comunications addressed to the Editor, per mo, but in other provinces, where the gold basis, and thus prevent China being Stringer calls attention to the decrease in the laud is poor and the produce small, they do made a dumping ground for the world's quantity of teak exported, and mys it may be attributed to stricter conservancy of the foresta mut for pisilication, but as evidence of good faith
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hot and could not pay such a som. More excess of silver and hampered in the pay-by the Siamese Forest Department and the the site of the paper only.
No anonymously signed I communications that have over, the mow varies in area. In some dis- ment of her indebtedness to foreign Powers. persistent stealing of elephants employed in adscaly appeared in other papers will be inserted.
Crists for extra copies of DAILY FREES should be ricts, he says, it is 240 hang; in others, it | Such remedies cannot, as CHANG CHIN-TUNG Working teak. Mossy San apply is limited. Only supplied for Cash.is 360 kung; while in yet others, it is 790 trics vainly to make out, be either clawed as unwise finance or clever novelties. They Telegraphic Address: PREзS Codes: A.R.C, 5th Ed. kung. These variations are, of course, to be
taken account of, and would be in any well-are plain remedies for the i that China considered new scheme of taxation. - now suffers from, uot in any why likely to On 27th November, at Shanghai, the wife of J. pointing them out CHANG does service, and provoke insurrections or work mischief; and contributes to discussion of a question that it is devoutly to be hoped that the Empress is admittedly a large one. When, however, Dowager and her advisers will resolutely the Viceroy proceeds to say:-"It is im-refuse to be sented by such transparent practicable to obtain uniformity in returns bogies as those raised by CHANG CRnering. from various provinces. Another cause of diversity is boncealment of the true areas of farms. Rich proprietors hecter and bribe, and the amount of their dues is
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harm. There is doubtless some force in gome of his remarks. When, however, he objects that Sir ROBERT HART's estimate of the taxable area of land in China ie misleading, inasmuch as the Inspetor General has included the lakes, rivers, and mountains in that area, he is, we think, leaping to an unjustified conclusion. We should hardly think that Sir ROBERT HART could have mado such a miscalculation. An authority like the great organiser of the
Chinese Maritime Customs is not the sort of man to have overlooked the fact that a large portion of the area of any country must necessarily be unproductive, and there fore not to be brought into the taxpaying
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THE text of CHANG CHIH-TURG's memorial settled by a compromise. Poor proprietor
The Hongkong Riffe Association hold a competition for spoons to-day.
The Band of the Second Royal West Kent Rogiment will play in the Public Gardens on
Monday from 4
6 p.m.
We have received a copy of the 1004-5 syllabus of the Hongkong College of Medicine for Chinese, about which we hope to have more to say in a subsequent isne. -
By kind permission of Col. Caulfield and officere, the band of the 110th Mahratta Light Infantry will play the following selections at the Hongkong Hotel this (Saturday) evan- ing
Arbuckle
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LONDON, 30th November. Admiral Dewey has declinel to serve on the North Sea Commission, because as senior officer he will be compelled to give decisions which will probably be distasteful
to either party.
LATER
Rear-Admiral Davies, the most juuior ting officer in the United States Navy, has March When you and I were young. Maggie Ove ture. Fout and Peasant" been offered the appointment on the Inquiry
Phelps Commission.
Selection The Barmok Boom Bullas"
The Choristers" Valse ........
tionsH.M.S. Pinafore"
The Chanticleers"
Cobb
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selections..
Hartaiann Serenade
ENE-Hors D'Buvres. Sardines on Soup-Fotage Creme d'Asperges. Fish--Snoked Entrees-Voi au Font of Chicken, Grilled Fillet of Beef and Green Peas, und Butter Sach
'Italienne. Carry-Sweetbread. Toutes a Joints vast Ribs of Beef and Horseradish,
baise and Plain Salad.
Sweets Vermicelli
Roast Pheasant and Bread Sauce, Boiled Leg of Mutton and aper Sauce. Cold Lobster Mayon Fudding. Katafia Ice Cream, Apple Tart, Tipsy Cake. Desert-Coffee.
(From Northern Papers.)
THE SIEGE OF PONT ARTHUR.
TOKYO, 26th November. Tokyo is anxionaly expecting good news from Port Arthur; it is understood that an extensive bombardment was opened this morning.
Tosto, 27th November.
The general attack was opened at midnight yesterday.
LATER.
The Japanese are stated to have climbed up Burgshushian, and the north fort on Taugebi- the breast works of the forts ou Erlingsban. kannshan, and opened a general attack at mid night. The linssions are making a desperate d-fence with temporary earthworks at the back of the forts, the Japanese bombardment des ing the surrounding walls and other defences.
Snch thefts appear to be rather GENERAL NICHOLSON'S RECOVERY.
increasing than otherwise, and from one of the forests in this neighbourhood of Baheng so many elephants have been stolen that one British firm working it says that it will be com- contiune. The value of a timber-working pelled to give up operations there if these thefts elephant is roughly £200. The stolen elephants, it appears, are in some cases taken over the frontier into Birma or the Shan jungle villages in Sismese territory near the States, and in others conscaled in or near the
froutier.-Siam Observer.
News hus reached Hankow of the death at
Home on the 20th November of Mr. John A. Hawes, of Messrs. Evane, Pugh & Co., for very many years a very popular resident of Shanghai. He came out, the NC. Daily News says, as a chase to the firm of Blain,
Tokyo, 26th November. General Nicholson, the British military attaché, leaves again for the front to-morrow. THE COMING SESSION OF THE DIET.
the l'olics have some books which were in my shop. The godown keopor kept two books of the godown and made the entries.
By Mr. Looker: There are six partners in Ho Chung Lam is the managing my shop. partner. He was not in Hongkong at the date
of the fire. All the six partners manage tlio business. I know what goods were in the godown on the date of the fire by looking at the books. Two of the shop coolies look after the placing of goods in the godown. I am in charge of the rice stored there, and am continually receiving
argons and delivering them out. I visited the
| godown about a fortnight before the fire. I do The foki not know whore the rice was stored. keeps the godown book. The selling price of rice is marked therein. Some of the rice not - in
the godown was sold, hat livered at the time of the fire. I have taken out ten polícias in respect of No. II, Chung Kan
Linne.
Ip Tez said: I am the Fan Faug godown- keeper. Prior to the fire I rod inside the gedown. I kept the key and books. On the night of the fire I was on the ground floor of the godown. I heard people calling out “Fire,” in No. Godown, I ran out to look, and shut the door. I saw a lot of smoke at No. 2 godown. On opening the door of my godown I found thi smoke entering from No. 2 godown. I looked the door, and rat to the shop at Wing Loic
Street, and toll a foki.
By Mr. Looker: I keep one book show- ing what goods go in and out of the godown. When I heard the noise I, went into No. 2 gedown and saw smoke and flames. The coolies When I were trying to put the fire ort. returned to my godown the smoke was coming TOKYO, 26th November. through. I would not go upstairs because theris Marquis Saionji declared to the Council of was too much smoke The godown is lighted bis parly yesterday that the Premier had siu-
The case was adjourned til 11 o'clock this consented to give it, and he asked his Conueil to cerely asked his disinterested assistance, in view by oil lamps. We use groundnut oil. There
ast accordingly in regard to the principal morning. of the delicacy of the situation. and ho but is also erosene on the premises. matters before the Dist during the forthcoming sssiou.
HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.
At the general meetings to-day of the
The same attractive programine was subunitter? declaration was particularly moderate. It suge, Seiyukai and the Progressives, the Seiyukai's that it is willingly prepared to bear the cost of last night, every item being warmly applauded the war, the object of which must be realised by a fairly large audiencs.
The main attraction was the rifling contest The speech of Marquis Saionji is highly by any possible means.
partisans.
The opening ceremony of the Diet is fixed for Wednesday, the 30th inst..
OPENING OF THE SEOUL-FUSAN RAILWAY.
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won by Mr. Clark.
The fourth lioness, has now recovered from the effects of her voyage east, and was put through various evolutions by Capt Liudo.
mountain land, or land bordering to the Throne in criticism of Sir ROBBET
Occupy
may require HART's memorandum on taxation in China
streams; the laud measurer has been published in the Shen-pas, and a the same tax as from land better situated. translation of this interesting document has The occupiers are angry; sometimes they bean given by our Shanghai morning contem-strike the officers and destroy the tax office. estimated tax canbot then be porary. We have already dealt with the sum- The marised version of its contents, and expressed collected," then he argues from the true But with our regret that an official who has in many Chinese official point of view. instances shown, not only remarkable in-
patience, perseverance, and absolute fairness
A man, e woman, and a child, were burned to telligence and discrimination, but who has all these obstacles can be overcome, without death in a fire at Shanghai on November 27th. exhibited a fair and proper spirit in dealing either causing riots or even creating a seuse Starting in a firewood store, the Brotted
These difficulties were en- seven house. with foreigners, should now commit himself
of injustice. to expressions of opinion that are to a great countered in the registration of titles and exteut retrograde and not a little mistrust the survey of the land in the New Territory, Paintings recently held in Hongkong by Mr. G. of all the old friends and companions of į
The Band of H. I. G. M. S. Jest Dismarck will play in the Theatre on Monday, 12th inst. Tate & Co. some forty years ago, and made i praised in Government circles as well as by his which brought forth six entries and instead of on Tuesday, 13th, as previously himself universally liked from the first. He stated.
was a delightful companion and friend and a first-rate fea-man. He rowed 7 in one of the first eight-oared races rowed in Shangbai, from the Trokadoo Dock to the Buud, and was for some time the leading lady in the A.D.C performances, his Marie de Fontanges in
The trains from conl to Fusin are called "Plot and Passion" having been a real his-visionally opened to through traffic. trionie triumph, which drew tears from the up-trains, as Tokyo is regarded as the sentre.
The fares are payable in Japanese currency, U.S. Minister, Mr. Anson Burlingame. He leares a widow and children to mourn what must and the names of places are pronounced in the
Japanese style. be to them a very heavy loss, and the sympathy
but they were all peacefully overcome, though at a great expense of time and trouble, owing to the involved claias made, and the landowners are now more than satisfied with the result, which has been ju cidentally to increase the value of their property, in some cases materialty.
ful of foreigners. With the text of the memorial fore us, it may be worth whila Unfor- to review at greater length. tunately Histency's pronouncement is tainted throughy the entirely mistakan idea that the or-General of the Imperial Maritime atoms is animated rather by a desire to ging the last cent in
The counter proposals made by CHANG the shape of taxation out of the country C-TONO are not very important, but for the benefit of the Imperial Treasury some of them may be considered by After laying without any regard for the weal of the the Imperial Government. people. He says: What I fear is that it down that it is the duty of all Sir K. HART's plans will lead foreigners to the Governors and Viceroys to adopt our supposed methods suited to the conditions of each look with greedy eyes on
ensure a larger collection wealth. They will quickly form cunning province to plans to obtain control over our sources of money so far as it can be obtained with of revenue.
Our system of government out creating new taxes, he goes on to say
"The amount must not be oppressive nor will be thrown into confusion by many ambitious foreign schemes. It is not only the procedure plainly worn-out and ove HART that is to he feared." And again, sided. Certainly the method should not be in his concluding paragraph, His Excellency an enormous addition to the land tax to the CHẲNG adds: "The memorandum of neglect of other sources of revenue. Let
The Exhibition of Japanese Water-colour Fukuchi, of Yokohama, was attended with results "Johnny" Hawes is with them in their borevo-
ment. which have encouraged him to open another af No. 10, Quson's Rond Central (first four). Boxe particulars of the exhibition which opens to- day are advertised in our business columns.
TOKYO, 27th November. The Seoul Fusun railway has been pro-
NEWS FROM THE SHAHQ.
Toxro, 27th November. Fruitless Russian attacks have been con- tinuing on the Stabo from the 24th to the 26th ist.
REPORTED DEATH OF GENERAL STOESSEL.
Toro, 27th November, A London telegram was received here during that a St. Petersburg telegram to London via Mr. killed on the 25th November by a Japanese* Paris says General Stoessel of Port Arthur was shell during an engagement.
This afternoon a matinée will be given cons mencing at 4 o'clock, as advertised in our columus. H, E. Sir Matthew Nathan and suite will be prosent on Monday, when a special pro- grannae will be given.
VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB.
Wh
"That
A second extraordinary general meeting of this elab was held at the City Hall last nigh for the purpose of confirming the resolu tion passed at the meeting 15th November last, which read: this meeting empowers the committvo te incur the necessary expanditure for the construction of the club house in accordance with the plans and estimates as submitted."
F.
Mr. A. CHAPMAN moyed, and Mr. LAMMEET seconded, that the resolution be con-
FRANCE IN SZECHUAN.
The Straits Times says: Dr. Chadwick Kew, of the well-known Hongkong firm of dental surgeons, bas just arrived (at "Singapore) from After the busines of the meeting of the ashooting expedition in B. N. Borneo. Dr. Kow V.B.C. had been transreted in the City Hall comes from a sporting femily, he being a noted Last night, the chairman in thanking members ritet and footballer. He played contro half when for their attend ace said "It is very sporting of in 1893-9 the Hongkong Football Club won the the night of the 20th November to the effect-firmed. This concluded the business. you to have turned up." A few punctual H.K. Football Challenge Shield, competing members had been waiting patiently for half an against 18 Naval and Military teams. hour for the arrival of more in order that tho W.J. Mason, who has inat returned to the Straits and also a player in the winning team. Dr. F. necessary quorum might be formed to omable from England, was in Hongkong at that time, Howard Kow, his brother, was goalkeeper, and to show his capabilities he did not allow a single bull to pass b tween the posts right throughout the competition. He held the Amateur Championship of Hongkong for the 100 yds.
thera to start the meeting.
A correspondent writes to the Rangoon Times to say that the young Chinese party in Ban. goon have circulated a notice among their{ in the Chinese quarter for the purpose of and 440 yds. for 5 years until his departure for friends calling a meeting in one of the temples discussing the question of re-dressing their America. Dr. Chadwick Kew intends to esta heads without queurs. The spinian amongst blish a branch of their dental surgery at this the Rongeon Chinese, of whom a great many port, and when all arrangements are completed
Inesist him. are British subjects, seems to be generally in Dr. David Haba will come from Hongkong to favour of the removal of the pigtail,
WEATHER REPORT.
Gradients are mnob less steep upon the coasts be met with in the Formosa Channel and fresh, of China and only moderate N.E. monsoon will
of the Chiva Ses. but decreasing, monsoon in the northern part
Forecast: Moderate E. winds, fine.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued On the 2nd at 11a.m. The barnmeler the following report has risen slightly in southern Japan and in the
China. southern Philippines, and fallon throughout
The French Minister has informed the Waiwupu that Viceroy Hsi Lang promised the French Consul at Chengta that the concession of the railway between Szechuan and Hankow woold he gives to a Fruch concern, but now the cune sin is reported to be given to sous other foreigo conoero, which is not in accordance with the promise made to the French Consul at Changta by the Viceroy. However, the
Waisupu tas answered the French Minister to the effect at the concession has never been no prejest of the line of railway mentioned, and given to any forriga concert, and that there is
there has been no concession of the railway that it is necessary to be understood clearly that given to any party.-Sinwanpan.
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