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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7T¤, 1905.
nouncing the foreign spelling. In the absence of a general willingness to acquire an absolutely phonetic writing like PITMAN'S shorthand, Roman characters'ure the best,
The Brazilian Senate has passed to a fost f
Mariners are warned to koop an extra good reading a Bill authorising the Government to look out and keep their lights bright to-night and to-morrow night, as H.M. ships will pro- bably be manuvcing in the harbour without light
build twenty-eight war vessels.
Another turbine steamer, making the third, has been launched for the British Indian Steam
Loma.
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tunately one European nation does not pronounce a group of Roman letters in the
The Victoria British School at Tanglaagchmu will be opened on the 20th prox. Admission is limited to obilizes of European naraztage,
or allowed to remain at the Kowloon School, girls over twelve will not be gi̇mitted or allowed to remain at the Victoria School.
same way that another does. Perlaps the The Ceylon Government of late has recoived Whereas boys ovor.twelve.ill not be admitted
voral applications for land on which it is desired to experiment with cotton and rubbar cultivation.
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German method of spelling is the most uniformly phonotic of any, and for | Chinese unmes, this is the system now being
On and after the 1st prox, the prion of 1 jor adopted by the Times and various booked water supplied to water-boats at Laichikuh producing sinologues. "Kung hai fat choi" for the use of the shipping will be at the rate was a local New Year grooting recently of 25 cents per 100 gallons, or 5.6 conta per appearing in the Daily Press, and it affords į ton approximately. an instance of the bewilderment likely to occur unless one particular usage bo agreed The second word is pronounced, BLEND according to the English spelling, as "hay," and not " high,” as Romaji students would imagine. But oven when the refor mers agree to use one spalling, an apparent ignorance of phonetics may mar their efforts. Marks for accent or aspiration are always cumbersome, and there is no real need for them." Ph," if the student be made to realise that the Romaji is intended to be
VERY OLD LIQUEUR
SCOTCH
upon.
WHISKY phonetic, and that there is already a letter
D
H.E. the Governor, on foot, accompanied 15 bis A.D., the Bishop of Victoria, and Major. General Villiers Halton were uolical amongst the visitors to the Chinese stalls on Now Year's Day (Saturday)...
Mr. F. A. Hazoland soutanced a coolie to a
term of one month's imprisonmant with hard labour at the Police Court yesterday for snatch- fog a pair of ear rings from a Chiunse woman 1. Jervois Street on Sunday night last.
The Commercial Attaché to H.M. Embasy at Berlin (Mr. W. S. H. Gartroll) amoandos that a German East African Bank is about to be founded in Berlin in order to assist the
Protoctorate.
belated but interesting little story. On the ore The Times correspondent at Vionna telli a
of the war the Kaiser William urged the Tsar to reflect before rejecting Japan's terms, adding. in view of his exact information regarding the
toored the result. Tha Tsar replied that all respective forces of Russia and Japan, that ho measures had been taken to assure a victory for
Russian army.
Readers are reminded of the varisty enter tainment which the Pollard Lilliputian Opera
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"HALF A LOAF."
LONDON, 3rd February. With referencs to ous section of the Psar's THE SITUATION IN POLAND. Reform Ukase, the Committee of Ministora have decided to recommend a series of mostred limiting
the individual initiative of Minlstors. with the Tsar, especially with regard to altera- tions and suspensions of laws, and increusing tho control sad initiative of the Benato in connec... tion therewith, fasilitating prosecutions of officials by private individuals for illegalities, establishing local courts in connection with the Sente, and educated juries where the low of civil rights is involved.”
The strikes in Poland-continue
MORE PINPRICKS.
LONDON, 6th Feb. Lees speech is greatly resented in Germatiy
[We received yesterday Home papers to the date, 7th Jasonry, but have failed to find in thom anything explanatory of the above message. The M.P. for Fareham is Arthur H. Lee, and this M.P. for Birkenhood is Sir. F. Loos.]
KUROPATKIN,
Company is giving this evening in the City REPORTED RESIGNATION OF Hall. The programme is to include Bongit, danbes, and skitches selected from the various oporna in their repertoire. They leave to-mor row for America," und we are not to see them again for a very long time.
An Indian soldier of the 110th Mahrattas
while intently watching a gracker display at
Hongham, felt someone picking his pocket,
An order of His Majesty in Council, unted the 121 December, 1904, giving effect to the accession of the Kingdom of Sweden to the International Copyright Couvention, and to the additional Act of Paris af. 1896, is published in the current isso of the Ifongkong Government Chief of the British Squadron, on the North
F" is much to be, preferred to the misfurther development of the East · African sionary device of "F" We are also unable to find any excuse for a conjunction like "Dj." Not even a Chinese tongue can achieve any real difference in the pronun- ciation of "djang" and "jang." Thus the newest system of Roraanising Mandarin, simple as it seems, could probably be much) VERY FINE OLD VINTAGE MANY more simplified. The advantage to the
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Gazelle.
The Hongkong Philharmonic Society will foreigner and the Chinese pupil alike, of
give a Concert in the Theatre Royal on Thurs. having to learn, instead of five or six thou-day the 16th inst. at
p.m. ander the sand characters, only twenty-seven "initials" patronage of His Excellency the Governor. and thirty-eight “Ginals," is obvious. With The programme will consist of orchestra? those syllables, in easy combinations, it pieces, rocal and instrani-ntal solos and the A CHOICE AFTER-DINNER WINE. should not be difficult to run the whale cantata Karongo" performed by the Choi
and Orchestra. gamut of the four hundred syllables that the new system einbraces. It will be cou- sidered a pity in some quarters that an
A. S. WATSON & CO.] Association doing such a great work for the
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Ordess for extra copies of DAILY PRESS should be e are li a.m. on day of publication. After that
education of the Chinese masses should be doing it with the object in chief of sup- planting Far Eastern superstitious with the auperstitions of the Near East. Thus, we are told that "country wonnen have been taught the Eomnuised in three months and have learned to read the whole Bible and
A brief despatch in the American papers states that in the recent disturbance between Chinese and Kairs at the Witwatersrand mine, in South Africa, the Chinese took the offensive,
and when the disturbance we quelled it was. found that three Kafirs and one Chinese had been killed and sight Kafira and twenty-five Chinese wounded.
The Hongkong Government Gazette notißes that if soy person will make arrangements with. the Scavenging Contractor under which the City refuse will be deposited on some reclaimable stoud an examination in certain important forashore to be approved by the Director of
a
On turning round he noticed a small Chinese boy making off. The boy had taken a dollar Placed befors Mr. Gompertz at the Polico Court yesterday, the young thief was sentenced to 21 days hard labour and six hours stocks,
Vice-Admiral Bosanquet, Commander-in-
American station, Ims refused to allow thei Dominion craiser' Canada to join his squadron | in the West Indies for training purposes. declares that the squadron is in a transitionary
state at present, but he hopes to be able to
grant Canada's request in 1908. The Almiral's
decision has caused great disappointment is
Caundo:
LONDON, Feb. 4. It is reported that General Kuro-
patkin has resigned the command of the Russian army in Manchuria in consequence of a quarrel with the
Generals under his commatid.
THE UNREST IN RUSSIA
LONDON, Feb. 3.
It is officially announced that the Russian Minister of Finance has been
empowered to prepare a scheme
THE NEW SECRETARY FOR
SCOTLAND
A billiard tournament is being arranged reform. between members of the Y.M.C.A. The contest is occasioned by the presentation of a silver cap by Mr. W. Armstrong, which is how on exhibition in the Association rooms, and will become the property of the winner of the tournamout. There will also be a prize for the runner up, and a trophy for the biggeat. break. The game is 200 up for the preli minaries and semi-finals, and 300 for the final matolios.
LONDON, Feb. 3.
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THE WAR.
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RUSSIAN LOSSES.
LONDON, 6th Feb. General Grippenberg is returning. to Russia. He admits the loss of ten thousand men,
REUTRE'S SEEVICE.]
THE BALTIC SQUADRON.
LONDON, 4th February that the Eussian Baltic squadron was still Lloyd's Mauritius correspondent wires
at Nossi Bé, Madagascar, on the 28th ultimo.
THE SUPPLEMENTARY RUSSIAN SQUADRON.
LONDON, 4th February, Admiral Botrovosky's aquadron has left Jibutil for Madagascar: eighteen German colliers are following the squadron.
A RUSSIAN REPULSE.
LONDON, 4th February. General Kuropatkin reports that the Japanese oa the 1st iuxtant, attacked Ajantankhenam on the left bank of the Hunho, and after a hot bombardment drove out the Russians: the lafter ou being rein forced recaptured the village.
("N-C. Daily News" Service,)
ANOTHER BRITISH STEAMER SEIZED.
TOKYO, 31st January. The British steamer Wyrfield was captured yesterday afteracon of Hokkaido with a cargo
The Marquis of Linlithgow has been appointed Secretary of State for or of 3,25 tous gruss, built at Port
Scotland.
THE RUSSIAN MINISTRY
Mr. G. Courtney, a clerk in Mosse. Butterfield
(The Marquis of Linlithgow is the Earl of and Swire's office, was admitted to the Gorern- went Civil Hospital on Saturday last suffering Hopetono, lata Governor-General of the Com- truths. Thus, in three months ous-hope-Public Works, and build a wall to prevent the
from a dislocated shoulder and other painful in-monwealth of Australia). lessly illiterate goes home with complete rubbish from being washed away, the Gorera-juries. He attempted to jump on a Peak tram access to the best thought of the world."ment is prepared to lease to such person for For being able to read, and being able to "gricultural purposes the eres so reclaimed at understand or discount what one reads, are reasonable rental and without premium for
period of 21 years. two different things; and no amount of Romaji loro will give to the native the capacity to grasp the real meanings which have been the subject matter of learned
just as it started, and, missing his footing, was thrown from the station platform into a nullah below. Inquiry at midnight (last night) elicited the assurance that he was progressing favour- ably. The injury to his back is thought to be The N.-C. Daily Nears, reporting that Wilnot to serious as was at first supposed.
rowed from the s.5. Sishan in a sampan, adds:- liam Gifford Fildes shot himself while being Capt. Fildes was formerly ou employes of
LONDON, Feb. 3, M. de Witte (President of the Council of Ministers) has returned On Friday night Inst a Sergeant of the Dockyard Police at Kowloon pulled a man out of the harbour nour No. 1 Godown in an appointed Minister of the Interior.
to power, and M. Buliquine has been
Whether the ability to read their entered as second officer in Febray, 1893, of Melver, and he is supposed to be a leading native newspapers will help the Chinese any lle became chief ofcor in Augrt, 1895, and stoker of the torpade boat destroyer Virago. On 37th January, at Shanghai, tau wife of further on the road to happiness is also becanas captain of the CN.S. Wenehow in He received first aid treatment, but died about another question, the answer to whiob can- September, 1900, resigning in February of the two hours afterwards. How he got into the
Move the supply is limited. Only supplied for Cash.
Liob.
Turgraphic address: Prem Coden: „A‚‚È. 5th Ea, † squabbles in Europe for the last thousand Mossrs. Butterfield and Swire, whose service hexhausted condition. His clothes bore the name
P.O. Rog. 2. Telephone Na, 12
BIRTHS.
SPATHE, of a daughter.
On 28th January, at Shanghai, the wife of T. E. Dows, Chinese Engineering & Mining Co., of a daughter,
DEATH.
On 20th January, at Shanghai, EMMA TOMALLA, aged 25 years and 6 months.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG OFFica: 14, DESVEUX ROAD C1. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C.
HONGKONG, February 7th, 1905. Tua necessity of Romanising the Chinese Jangungo alill occupies the attention of interested people. The latest attempt sooms to be that of the Education Association of China, an association connected with the religious mission. This transliteration of Chinese writing into Roman spelling is no attempt at a universal speech, like the defunct Volapuk or the modern Esperanto. It changes no language or dialect, but it is a practical and practicable mea- sure for cxtending the influence of the language already in use. None of the traditions of Chinese literature are threat.
years.
not reasonably be expected of us.
Hongkong still has restrictions in force against Shanghai on account of small-por.
The Mullah of Somaliland, Haji Mahomed Bin Abdullah, bas accepted Italian protection.
The F. M. S. Govoramont has now started advancing money to planters at 6 per cent.
Inspector Dymond of the Hongkong Police,
leaves for Home by the as. Simla on furlough.
A list of citizeus liable to surve as jurors has been posted at the entrance of the Supreme
Coart.
H. E. the Governor has appointed Sergh- Major B. D. C. Wolfe, H.KV.C., to be a Liontognat.
Lord Mount-Stephen's gift of £200,000 to the King's Hospital Fund was in Argentine bonds, yielding about £11.000 a year.
The observations of the Tibet Exploration Parly established that Mount Everest may be
considered the highest manntain in the world.
following year. Since that late Capt. Fildes. has held several remwwrative appointments and only lately, we understand, safely ran the blesk
ade into Port Arthur.
water is at present a mystery, but it is alleged that he fell overboard from s sampen, and samo pass are very seldom soon in this part of the
barbour.
At the Election of R.A.Q.B. Officers for the
He elected his Ofoers
ensuing month, Sir Knight Oxberry was slected Sitting Primo.
Two lightdraft east stem-launches ordered to be built by Governer Than Fang when he was at Souchow, having lately been completed, his hxcellency has instructed Shanghai Taotsi to dispatch them without delay to Changsha City Tyler-Bro Goldening; City Chamber- as follows:-City Marshal, Bro Goldenbery; capital of. Hasan. Theru launches were in. tended, the N. C. Daily Newa says, to be used to lain.-Bro Rogers, City Serrotary, Primo carry Government dispatches between Socolor Goodhall; City Treasuror Bro Young Hes and Shanghai, and Soochow and Nanking, for City Constable, Bro Harkia, City Physician, the sake of speed and promptitude. Governer Bro Cooper, City Waiter, Bro Blackman; Asst: Toan Fang having left this province, his sne. City Walter, Bro Haynes: City Taster, Bro, Baser, Lu Yuan-ting, should have taken them Baldwin City Minstrel-Bro SheBell; City over, but this he has apparently refaved to do. B. Primo Lawrence; City. Registrar, Bro and so the former. has had to send for them to Cartie,
be used in Hunan
FOOTBALL.
LONDON, Feb. 4. The result of the football match
between Wales and Scotland is Wales, 2 tries; Scotland, 1.
[SPECIAL TELEGRAM.]
THE INTERPORT CRICKET MATCH.
VICTORY FOR HONGKONG.
SWATOW, 4th February. The Interport Crickel match, Swatow v Hongkong, was played to-day. The scores
were:-
IST INNINGS.
Recalling the Penjdoh incident in 1885, Smith-- The course for Hongkong Regatta (to be
"Ignotas" in the Morning Post states that it Sullivan... Bevington Willis held next Saturday) will be from a line running a fact little known that at the time the N. 33 W, from two posts erected on the store Russions were practically in possession of Capo Hilliard close to No. 2 Police Station, passing to the Town. There were three Russian wooden Carrie
Macgowan Southward of the Proserpine Rock Buoys and corvettes in Table Bay, and Russian officers Somerville Kallett's leland, and finishing on a line running were swaggering about the place, festing, as N. 32 W. from two posts erected on Causeway they were in fact, the masters of the situation. Bay Breakwater, to the Flagship, which The defences were useless, and Sir Lycester
The Noroc Vremiņu alleged that a British will be moored off Messra Fenwick's now works Smythe, then Commander-in-Chiet, was prepared
Moniteur fleidt du Commerce states that i attempts are being made by some German houses to develop cotton cultivation in Mor
SWATOW.
2ND INNINGS Willis Sullivan
Somerville
+1+
... 17
Currie
0
Hilliard
0
Macgowin
0
Berington
Smith
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Harrison
Let
Young
1
"Dupree, not out Extras
Total
30
Young Dupree Harrison
Extra
of contraband for Vladivostock. The Wyeficid
Hasgow in 1899, and owned by the Western 8.S. Co., Ld., of Victoria, B.C.
AN ADDITIONAL PROVINCE TO CHINA · PROPER.
The writer of Nativa. Notes" in oar Shanghai contemporary, after transiting & recent Doerea, elaborates as follows:-The Director-generalship of Grain Transport and, the Grand Caual has been abolished and on sdditional province created, formed by catting Of a portion of Kiangsu province in region stated to the North of the Yangtze river and bounded an the North by the Yellow partially
province of river andShastong province. This Kiangs
has this suffered aiaputatipa, s to speak twice: that is to say, in the latter part the eighteenth century,
that portion of
new
now known as Aului was cut off to form a separate province with a Governor with head- quarters at Anching (Ngarking), and now wo see a recond
cut off to form the
Kiangaing and Hanian two of the richest prefectures
of the richly endowed prevines of tion quotes the idea as having emanated from the Kiangsu. Although the Imperial decree in ques
Chengwoch'u, or Department of State Affairs,
province of ice from the prefacts
readers will remember that it was H. E. Taa
Fong, the present enlightened and energelle Governor of Hanan province who proposed the creation of a fourth province for the Liang- king Viceroyalty, for the proper govern- ment of the hitherto neglected region known oa Kiangpeh, the inhabitants of which are now- days acting the part of hewers of wood and drawers of water, or as ricshs cooltes, barbers and all,kinds of menial work. When the late wroy Li Hring-jui died a couple of menthe 8gn and Governor Tusa Faag wont to Nanking as locum tenens, his Excellency's foresight statesmanchip W28 struck with the sibilities of the region, now
Vickray
Bod
DDE province, with its rich micated as Kianghaci rosources and of rich gold allavial washings, not to arable lands, all of which have hitherto laid fallow and undeveloped owing to the ignorance, avarice and neglect of the man- darius sent to govern the country. In conse- 4quence of this is inhabitants have had to suffer successive famides, caused by inundations coe year and drought another, and were therefore driven to mivrate into other provinces in their search for the sustenance of life. Governor
2 Toan Fang saw that to restore the country to
proper
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In the first innings Morrell took 6 wickets
Its
have
takon.
to
status a high responsible metal would be appointed, and his advice Las been
With the addition of Kianghuai, China Propor will henceforth consist of nineteeu provinces and the Viceroy of the Liangkiang provinces will have four provinces under him instead of three. Chinese as a rule, however, already con- sider Chinese Turkestan, with a governor over
and
talk of
writ-
second innings, Dixon took 3 for 11; Mor-Clins Proper" with her nineteen provinces
Chung-k-10 Bhil-chin Haina Mongolia and rell 2 for 2; Butcher 3 for 7; Mackenzie 2 ing of the Empire, patting
ened, unless it be the facility for the graphic ship shadowed the Baltic fost in order to disclose Another direction post will be erected on the to declare the plece unfertifled and to withdraw its movements to the Japanese. This was, quite | roadway skirting Causeway Bay. The course his troops, Cable communication was inter- puns which the similarity of many ideographs emperfluously, denied.
will be one mile long and 300 feet wide. Thora rupted for about a fortnight, but not due to for 7 rung. and Dixon 3 for 22. In the as a part of China Proper. has afforded. The best colloquial diction·
will be a recond course, parallel to the aboi any hostile act, as was afterwards proved. of Mandarin or any dialect can be just as
outside the Proserpine Rocks and Kollett's Altogether we were in a tight corner. Island. Nolarnches, other than the umpire's, wall, if not better, preserved by writing it in
will be permitted to follow the races. the Roman alphabet as in the bewildering serawls of the scholar. In Japan, the same system, ander the Bame of Romaji, is under- stood quite well by the natives, and it has ayor, H.K.V.C., leave of absence from the flat, February) says:-The membership of the
Deco.
H.E. the Governor hus granted Capt. G.J.B.
10th inst. to the 31st December.
A large number of ladies and gentlemen availed themselves yesterday evening of the welcome given by the Hamburg-America Cc, to inspect the now steamer Rhenania now lying at the Kowloon wharves. The steamer is freighter but has accommodation for a con- siderable number of passengers and they are
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The first number of the Y.M.C.A. Bulletin
European department in Hongkong at the been a wonderful help to foreigners desirous
beginning of the year numbered 210; a new H.E. the Governor has appointed Dr. F. Beurotary for the European-department is ox- of learning Japanese. Without it, a very hone to be Assistant Medical Officer of pected to arrive in Hongkong by the 13th catered for in a manner which might without RS luxurious expressive language, and one that in
Health, vice Dr, B. L. T. Barnett resignad March; Mr. J. Dyer Ball (Supreme Court szaggeration be described this form is by no means difficult to
Interpreter, is the tecolier of a class in Can. The Rhenana's accommodation for passengers The Indian Telegraph Department- kave acquire, would have been closed to
teness calloquial wo are planning to begin on excelled on no mail steamer coming East, established wireless communicatier between the 8th instant: We used a few icors playing which is very high praise indeed, and that suck all Europeans cxcept the very few with
Diamond Island and Fort Blair; by the Muir-members for our football club, especially in the accommodation is possible on a freighter was a time to memorisc thousands of ideographs, head system,
forward line Our presont numbers are not revelation to the crowd of residents who paid or to take lengthy lessons orally. The same
The following is the list of places that have sufficient to ensure an eleven. The consequence the ship a visit yesterday. The taste displayed difficulty arose in Japan that promises to adopted sanitary measures against Hongkong: is we usually start and finish with eight or nine in the furnishing and decoration is exquisits hinder the adoption of a Chinese Romaji,Manila, Newchwang, Burma, Netherlands men, which is just a little more of a handicap, and the cabins no less than the saloons are
charming to behold. in the foolish diversity of rules for pro- India, Madras, Siam, Orissa and Chittagong. then we can at present stand..
for 3.
HONGKONG
Morrell... Dixvo... Mackenzio.. Butcher
Butt
Hancock Hurley... Rodgers Rutherford... Lammert, not cut, Brava...
Extras...
30
Total 122 [Hongkong C.C. Interport "A" team therefore on by an innings and GG rons. Immediately the result was knowa Mr. E. W. Mitchell (President) out a congratulatory wire on behalf of the orjaket club.3
Manchuris down as dependencies. They will now write naturally of Chins proper with her twenty provinces.
Some years ago a bombshell fell in the comp of our Navel Exentire by the annonṛçament that the Admiralty intended to offer one hun- dred Commissions as supplementary Lieu- tenants, RN., to selected applicants from the Morelant Service. Those with the bigbeat". qualifications were apoiated, sud, on the authority of the Admiralty, events have proved that they have turned out á very great success. They have distinguished themselves in action and some are now Commanders of men-of-war
On making their debuit in the Navy they wore welcomed by their new confreres at The Hun gry Hundred" & designation which, says the Merchant Service Guild Gazette, has for long rausled in the breasts of merchantmen-and quite justifiably so.
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