AFTER MUKDEN.
THE HỌNGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2x0, 1905.
JAPAN AND THE MONET MARKET.
Mr. Takamshi, the Juparese Financial Art, whs Teached England on July 2nd on "pecial mission in connexion with a poposed Japanese Joan, was met out his arrival by a representative of Router's Agency, to whom he said:
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"PRINCE CKING'S DOWNFALL."
It is moreover an ].
THE AMERICAN BOYCOTT. ⠀
THE "LONG HING
$220.00 IN PRIZES.
ENTRIES FREE.
·CALL-OR- WEITE ̃FOR PARTICULANS.
LONG, HING & Co.,
A Peking correspondent writing about the BY DUGALD CHRISTIE. FR.C.r, L.8.0.8.
recont anab experienced by Prince Ching when has been stated in bone quarters that sply, the PHOTO COMPETITION FOR AMATEURS
The N-C. Daily News says:Although it All has gone on quietly her since the
he was fed five years' salary for supporting "maller. Fey have to starting the recent Japautes took passosion of the city. The great
he proposal of Viceroy Yuan Shib-kai meetings with reference to the Am rican battle of Mukden, Fonecar, will not soon be
Tich Liang, Manchu President of the Board of forgotten. Wo first heard of the Japanese
War, flat officers and soldiers in the Imperis! borrott, anyone reading the account of the fret -forward movement on C5th February, and wo |
Army should be permitted to eut off their pincipal mass mosting at the Wapón girl's
school
nuditorium, called by the committ-e last felt pretty confident that these advances would
"It is impossible to say whether the pending quotes for concepience sake, gives it as his
work, would find in the list of the 1,450 or zo end in their triumphant march into Mukden.
Chinese pesant, the names of as "big Day after day the batilo rages ceaselessly, the negotiations will terminate in peace or not. It opinion that timen. b Prince Ching received was Biring of beavy artiliery st adily increasing is also, in suy-case impossible to predict how sure sign of waving flance, Ing over you in belonging to the prime pal binue hope of
has-such first to the south-west and south east and then long the negotiations sy continue. It has the bistory of the present dynasty
credulous Carefni enquiries
airies hare eli-ited alg the wholelyouts distance of abent miraty always be the policy of Jay- to look a long severe punishment beot given ton Prince of the Shanghai as ought to satisfy the motio miles. On the 7th of March the sound of way ahead, both politically aut diyancially, mul, Į Blond. It is stated shut there are several grinces fund the there is uni yin the present movement which donided yaique in the બ wary of Chinesa the large gnos came much nearer, revorlarating that being so, my Government ims to consider suxions to step into Price Ching's shows d through the city and shaking one windows, at future facial possiblities, so that her plans that they have bou lately, using all sorts of
by all the principal Chiness merchants an in that evening, and for several nights following may be allowed at the last moment. Todtrigues a lawer the intunes of the old Price meres, and thai is quistly bická u
194 have about 80,000,000) in Nwever the Empress Dowager the sight from the balcony of our house was
York remaining the lust loan, while in London open sport that the Emperor cordially hetesy of Luis, port ad elsewhere, even Though they way, pê tend tod ny it in the pre.” glorious. About thre ne lust to the south oƐ ni
we have E8000 of the last losu inrince Cling because at the coup d'état in 18
SATI and grain were
of foreigners, it is perhaps not and-r- storre fue!
Laddition to the final instalment, which is not the latter iu bis zeal for the Empress Dowtood that the rerat mating of the various
Bondingly harsh and disrespectful to traders are an rely by mec iurs affecting mat Earning, and the whole sky was abluze High de so that pan is not in the least in impis
His Sovereign. This with the Princosters ourerning the in vitiat trade of each LAHMEYER in the air thu shy puel sills were burstigiate need of further money. Baterun if peace.
attempt lo get the Emperor deposed in and the car of artilery was inassan, on the sil's, are money is reunired to rather of the same year in favour of guild, whorens this real criterion of the woigh tarting of the 9h the pomp med riflemeyi. Japan, for redeeming Comedie
Din so of the fatus Boxer Chief (ex-Prince of the movement is the meeting which and for general industrial development; and a That night firing seemed quite near
pluce, st the Wupen, girls' school "anditer ium outside the Wes-at-on-the 20th Tost, arguard action was going on a hille to the laremont is al nested for the satin aftan a events beply engraved in the
k-thony'
rory of the Emperor, from whose wrath only
About fortright or sengo the Waiwum tele the influence which Prince Ching has over the graphed to the Committers in charge of matters SE. of the daylight on the teth the troops, pensions, de. If pens is not broueht lighting was within half-a-mile of our house about, it is, of conese, ovider that mor moneyBuss Dowager has so for saved li
Henes is required: although our resources are maple
of hostilities Ex a lost while, if some other Primer succeeds Printy Chine as relating to the proposed american boye it shall tell in a pally quito nesy, but fortunately
The morning, and we soon forget the soud of A number of founded thiucno were lying out.
Auk
Builts we soon fulling in our gardencana | for a cout the overnment properes ut a President of the Grand Council au Chief asking the autobers to be careful of what they dinded began to arrive early that i favourable momvät to raise a new foreizu Ioan, Adviser of the Empies Dowager, one may to intended to do, as the - American Minister in'
bitung, and these two may exert themselves.
5.
thu to the
hi beling so,
Peking was incest peiceable and affabe is sure the Emperor "at least, will not move a tattle, the time dating on the wats of the money
ont.arket. This will probably be at an early date. finger to sve is enemy from bis fate On the king of the proposed zelusion · Trea
Ju reply Useng Ta tai, occording to. side the wall, and bearers with strutchers wer. The exut details are not yet Sxed, but the loan other hand, however, Prince Ching is frien y "Shempio, sent the following sent to carry them in. By a.m. the operai ilg.") wall, no doubt, be for £39 (00,000, and wilt with the two most powerful Viceroys of the Waiwapu The Americatho who promoted a lively scene, and we were kept / Jrsued in London and New York and on the Empire. namely.. Yuan Shii-k'ai and Chang himself peaceful and affa de because he fears
tobacc monopoly, which is surple for such an Contineut The security will again be the There is the greatest activity in Arica in the purchase of Japanese securities by individual festors. Not a day passor włos“) I was there without transselious of $10
£200,000) in Japanese securities in vasall amounts, showing that bonds are being taken np by individual investors.
going very hard all that day. In the afternoon a sharp light took place quite mear as h Hin Jopations and several hundred Russians who were trying to sent from the city. The brilleta fell thick round the hospital, and we could thera strike the roof and chimneys. At this time som retreating Russian soldiers scom to have lost all control, art entered Chinese houses shooting any one they met. Tuy got into one of the refuges and duliberately killed several of
This defenceless inmates.
Nine wounded Bussians were under pur care for some days fill removed by the Japanese Their admirable medical arrang-inents, and the kind, gentle way in which they handed th Russion worried showed how well they trent those who fall into their hands.
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We also lud twenty kick and wounded 3*+* Japanese in the hospital for some time, military authorities look very kinal notice of what we did for them, end Marshal · Oyuma presented me with on thomand yes for var hospital work.
I enclose photograph of some of our. cozivalescent wonaded. The wore serious caser could not come ontside. The assistants and myself are in our wbite operating garmonts, to the centre of the front row is an old man of about sigbly, showing he remains of his right thigh which had to be amputated on brount of severe-soned. The little boy behind him and to the right bad most of both hands blown off while playing with a haul grenndo which he found in their compound. Of the seven whose arms are put up in slings six were wounded by tampering with unexploded shedis or hand Freundes. In four of those cases the hand had to be amputated. The boy standing in the criffe with his bood bound up had a narrow cscale. On the afternoon of the 16th March several Russian soldiers, who had failed to escaps, extured his hans, where at a time wore-two men and five boys. They all managed but this little follow, who was last. A sweep of the rusk at him. wword fortsately missed his neck which of the top of was aimed at but out of pray then trust into his book, wounding his long, and he was left for deart. I am glad to 435 he has nube
ip
Escape
After the issue of this bun I shall return to
Japan. Iace that negotiations for rare will begin at an arly date, but how they will train depends entir-le on Itussi. Japan's position remising the sube-Pimer.
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THE LITERARY SIDE OF THE LATE JOHN HAY.
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CQBEA "AND. THE PEACÌ CONFERENCE.
„BERLESQUING THE CHINËSE DEMAND, Ceres is following Chiun in regard to the agitatios for participation in the peace con: ference
According to a Seoul telogenia, the 4hinese circnlr with regard to the pence
to nasist him if the Empress Dowager shows.ner of protest. If wow-to not t› start unr inclination to dismiss bits from offient of Amrie ganda you miss be sure thek ho will not be so peaceable and affable in dealing with the Exlusion Treaty Clauses. N, Daily News.
As a matter of "fet our protest is also to be made in a tuost peaceful and affible manner. We bag your Excellencies not to fear hingegotiations seems to have boon banded to the imp cate in this matter, as you will have nothing to do with our boycoti, We would, bowover, is grateful for any help you may be able to give us
· KXTRAORDINARY THREATS FROM SAN FRANCISCO CHINESE.
The Changsha correspondent of Ulam X.-C. Daily News tells the fllowing story of trouble in Messrs. Butterfield & Swire's hong there
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at Sen. In this circular Chinw is said to plead for the reservation of the territorial integrity of Mono urin and cautions Coren against the alteration of her st -tus quoz 1hrough the result of the pace confereas. This notion of the Chinese
roke the suspicion of Lore, which has nothing COTES Minister is adversely criticised as tending to VIN ORDINAIRE® 84.75 to do with the pesce egotiations, with regurd MEDOO to Jejun's policy. A certain foreign paper at Souf has of late argued that the indepenttouce ST EMILION of Coren ought to be assured and that she MARGAUX ought not to be mado a protectorate. This S. JULIEN... azuss agitation has somewhat consoled those
BT. ESTEPHE ... 10.50 Corus who are discontented with Japan, in any manner whatever As to the alleged Chinese teclaration that the Peking Govern ment is not bound to requieses in the convention concluded. between Jupán and Russia regarding Manchuria, it is stated that China, who hitherto allowed the belligerents' opera be conducted in Manchuris, and who r as à veutral, is put aniitled to veta the teosty. Meanwhile, it is assertesk, fapan will by faithful to Ching's interests as well as her own N. C D. N.
C. LEOVILLE.. Ch. LAROSE
CALIFORNIA
ZINFANDEL
siderable rommotion wax cansed on the afternoon of the 12th July when the native
With reference to a telegram out by the police entered the offices of Mes-es. Battered Waiwapu, a short time age, to the various and Swise, arrested the agent and his stall and Committees in charge of the protest against th let them all to the station by their que new Escherion Treaty forbidding them to The trouble started with the closing of a um boycott American goods, some Chinese in Sao har of native houses opposite the Customs.com.
Francisce on lacuing of this seat the following pons by order of some Chinese officials. It
telegram to the Waisu u---“You seek to forbid ipponed that the lo son of one of the houses
us Chinese moreliants from making a first st in- Wo take the following tribute from the was the manager of a compradors shop and on
the shaps of boycotting American goods, thereby Times--
turn to the henges he began to remove Mis His tastes led bim away from the caucus and the seal, which had been placed on the ourselves willing alaves of the U. She has for failed to influence the Court Cos 32. MICHEL, 12.50
Minister in Peking: you have thus shown dear by the police. He was seen rearing the
therefore you are an enemy of all. Paishment domatie lie to Europe with its treasures of seal and a policach went to arrest him. Yours traitors willing to sell your country: art al history. But he never put his own orade arrest.
Sening the iceman approaching he rim to
orast be meted out to you and we shall in Sometimo ho found it | ***
After an exciting chase the mediately send a Clung Shih" (hruva bera: proferences first.
fugitive dodged into the offices of Butterficit like the Japanese Shi) to kill you. For title to conciliato tre opposite lastus, Iand Swire and was followed by the guardian of
40 example we request you to see what conjunction with Mr. Nicolay he set himself to
the peace. What took place in the long is
has been done in Russia by patriots in re write the life of President Dincoln. The life
hand to ascertain with accuracy as both sales
moving high Ministers of State. A joint became a biostaphical history of a memorable have their version. It appears that a dispute telegram from 10,00) angry Chinese residing period in the existence of the United States.
took place between the agent and the policeman I lost, therdore, mach of its charm as
28 to the rights of the polico in entering a biography, bat the ten poluines e anch
foreign hong without Consular authority. The Darrative of polite and me to policaman was apparently balled and returned the four years of the R bellion as could not
to the central station for reintorcements, otherwise have been achieved: They are in Despite the fact that the Superintendent of valuable, and the reador, ipfient of their Police. Mr. E. Kelly, is a British sabjeet anil accurate filnost, any now have them at the has had long experience is the pulieu fare of in two; lask irksome to the author but to the pablic of the hurried days, grateful in its Shanghal, a squad of police was sent to the cosult. The lack is a montment; it is probably hong to arrest the fugitive. The result was that the agent of Mesura. Butter Held and wire. the literary work by which Mr. Hay would wish
Castilian Lays" and his Pooms have more were led to the station by their queues. It is to say to the student of pure Literature then he claimed by the police that one of their ber was maltreated in the hang, and, on the other more voluminons work. Take cut, however. from the Life of Lincoln that which is hand the employes of the long claim that they were maltreated by the police, but as essentially, biographical and persoul, which was
to the truth of these allegations it is diffient to mostly Mr. Hays, and it will put him sorg decide. The captain of
the Bs. Shazi, seving. high among writers who have known how to
that he would be numble to get the racesuery paint portraits in literature.
in America.
- To this extraordinary telegram the Wai. Chinese Cousal General in San Francisco, wapn sent a reply through Mr. Chung, the envie g the elargs of trying to coerce Chinese of American goorts and seclaring that on the merchants from putting into force the boyeatt contrary the Ministers of the Waiwnpn were doing their bost in disenssing with the U.S. Minister about the deletion of obaorious clauses in the proposed uow exclusion treaty. The San Francisco tologram, we deprecated in a dignified pannor by the Waiwapu, and the hinese of an Francisco are exhortet not to listen to baseless rumours and to spoil matter.
SIDELIGHT ON SHANGHAI ASSESSMENTS.
The following, from the N.-C. Daily"
"Noer | of July 26th, shows how the value of land in
Shanghai has appreciated:
He fell in the doorwas, and one of tho soldiory to be judged as a man of lott ra. Yet bix together with the office staff and the fugitive and rockloss words vi the senders of the Moss Noel, Murray & Co., Lal., of à plot of!
made
good peovery.
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I also send a photognißh of a group of refu. gees at food in front of one of our roïnges, We have had about 10,000 under our caw fur some months, besides over 20,000 looked after by the entire udir als, but many, I am glad to say, are now able to return to their hores, or what is loft of themi
China Medical Missionary Journal.
NEW TRADE COMMISSIONER AT
SWATOW.
The Commissioner on Trod", Wang lang, has arrived. He has begun well by inviting all bus auss nen; great and small, to a confer In the invitation it is specified that official robes, and official ceremonial are to be dispensed with. in order that no one who should he present my excuse himself on the plea that either the dress or the manners is wanting in his case, The Coumissioner invites detailed nativa returns as to the trade of the port in and foreiga gouds daring the last three years.
He wishes also to learn what manufactures are
being carried ou, and what factories projected. of the Clauzuber of Commores, and of the
It is his intention to enquire into the wo king
Swetow Guild of Merchanté.
His instructions include an enquiry into the state of the Swatow-Cha chonfu Rai way. Along with the Thotai be has now gone to Ampon to eugaire into the local objection as to inter- ference with graves, and with the natural drain. age of the great plain lying inland from Swaton. Eo romedy both those evils the local magnates nirely suggest au alteration of the course of
As live. no suggestion for a more convuci
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ut course is made it looks as if the ilca worn,
Tot it out of my field anyhow." To such a
to
ship's papers when the agent and staff wers fu pil, call on H. B. M. Count und explained
CO-OPERATIVE STORES AT
SELANGHAL.
Attempts have been made more than once to start a genuinely co-operative store in Shanghai, but they have failed from two canses; the diff culty of getting cust mees to pay cash down and the difficulty of ge ting directors with the quisito special knowledge, and the leisure to Inok after the details of the management. Author and more promising attempt is now THE PROPOSED SOOCHOW-HANG--has been learnt from the prospectus of the being made, says the N Daily News, na will CHOW-NINGPO RAILWAY,
Bhanghai International Stores Co-operative
Mr. Hay bad a humorous dislike to being spoken of as the author of the Pike County
Lis case, with the result that all were released. Ballads." They Biled, he thought, too large a
The 6. uri failed to get away on schodule, so in las oputation, and he had done much lowerer, and was delayed for eight hours The fame of these ballads will nevertheless cling serious work by which ho preferred to be judged. What Retion, if my, will be taken by Messrs, to him; no adequate secount of him could be
Butterfield and Swire for the re-establishing of writion which should omit them. They were
their agent's face in Changsha is not known. the spontaneos, free, unstudied
of axpression ranch that was best in him. The note of pathos, of sine city. is there. They are very modezu And very local, got the passionate love of what is heroic, which emas down in a direct line from Plutarch, thrills through them. Perhaps that ther forms of the heroic which consista is contempt for what is rarely conventional may shock the narrow-minded reader, but it is not want to shock Lim.
At any rate, both are equally genuine, and both appeal to what is human as distinguished from what is educa- tional.
Need it offend anybody that the post should think-
The saving a little child and bringing him to
his own
A dernot sight better business than loafing
around the Throne
What is there that even approaches to profane in that last stanza of the Mississippi Engineer, who stood by his engine while the steamer barat, till the last nan was ashore, sad
Bludo's ghost went up above ̈·
In the smoke of the Prairie Bell And this is the final opitaph from which some
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as sure of Lowell's
FOREIGN CAPITAL UNWANTED.
The line which a British gadicata has been trying to construct in being resisted tooth aud Chekinug province residing in Shanghai, nail by gentry and merchants, natives of Seochow, Ningpo. and Haugehor. They contend that they have funds theme-ros te construct any milway or railways in their native province of Chêkiang and oppose any forsiga capital in railway saheniss affecting province. Many meetings on the subject have been held within the past moath by natives of Chekiang who are officials in their fellow-provincials in this Peking, and by port and in Hangchow, with the result that the following telegram; sigood by oce hired and sixty natives of Chekiang, composed of some of the wealthiest and must influential officials and merchants in Shanghai, was writ
Socisty, Ld. The volume is a well-consideret good though, of course, a very much larger cue, and the prospects of success are decidedly capital will be required before the stores can be customer can easily be a Member of the Society. opend, while the shares are so small that every
SEA BATHING AT HONGKONG
We take the following amusing paragraph from the Hongkong correspondence of 11 N.C. Daily News-
The sale which was adrectised to take place at 11.30 api. yesterday, at the salesroom of ground registered in the British Consulate nutter litlu deed as Lot No. 9 situated at the corner of the Poking and Kwetshow Roids, mensuring bra. fit. Il. 6th, and belonging to
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the ostale of the late Mathow Wrigh man Boyd, deceased, the one time popular 1022 sger of the Chartered Bank Loro, created- more than usual interest, the attonce boing very
large and presentative. rou rough estate of the aggregate wealth Tls, 15,000,0 10, and included present was fully auch well known mor de Messrs. Chun-bing- him. Yuen-chong, Chu lichoo Law-sung Cha-pa-sun. Cheap Jack, Chow Ka-chee, and any of the leading compradores and pro prietors of silk. pieen good, and other hongs, as well as a thoroughly representative gathering of the conditions of sale by Mr. G. W. Nool, of foreign landed proprietors. After the reading the auctioneer, the bidding started at Tis, 50.000
and
SPANISH. VALDEPENA S... 34,75 85.75,
$8,75
H. PRICE & CO.
-12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
THE
F
ROBINSON
PIANOl
CO.,
LIMITED. PIANOFORTE MANUFACTURERS TUNERS.
was rapidly advanced to Tls 72,000 when POLISHERS AND those of five hundred taels until the land was the bids dropped from advances of thoumads to taily knocked down ni Tis. 61,500 to Mr. C. The sessed volno of the land, it may be noted, Selby Moore, on behalf of a nativa friend.
Tl. 41,184.
AN IMPORTANT LETTER,
Government House,
Port Edward. Weihaimei, 23rd June, 1905. Sir,-With reference to your letter of the 4th March fast, regarding the tenure of Wel
Sea Bathing certainly occupies a large share of the thought and time of the Hongkongesa these days: and the people are no longer classified as Freptraders, Wesleysus, Liberate by the way, who object to the discovery of the or Anti-Radiumites. (There is suck a Society,siwej, a copy of which was transmitted to the Colonial Office, I have the honour, by direction of the Right Honourable the Secretary at Sis of Stato for the Colonies, to inform you pro
Majesty's Government do not ensider that the British tenure of Weihaiwai is aflented or is likely to be affected by the result of the operations now in propress in the Far East.
I have the honour to be
`Bir. Your most obedient servant,
J. H. Stewart Lockhart
(Commissioner)
No. Not here.) The social distinctions
another.
Head Master.
timid souls shrine duty, a dead sare thing,
He'd seen his
And want for it thar and tael, And Cheat gain to be to hard
On a man who died for, mon. These Pike County Bellads
were written end the Tantai dées-uot lend a ready ear for the corner of a news were Mr. Hay and excellenicles to remain firm swl.porni. the was when a tiny frawn started as excavation Two her objections are more dilleult to deal immortal Biglow Papers with The infest hareunidor, being a Japanese probably thought they would share the fate of subjet, the local gentry feen him of the paper which to day is and to-morrow is violating agreement that all shares should cast into the oven." But they bave lived and are likely long to live. In two of them, at any Bell Chinese, and none it y
The added to rate, two types of men have made their su tranee this is to fuct that while the agreement inte literatura. Tim Binds is one that fator dabull abroad..
bout man of the West-brave, reckless, true, provided of the employment of British sivil Engineers the work of construction has heen who orists no longer, in the fou; and
"who trumped death's ace for me that day," supervised dutirely by Japanese. Hence it is argued that the Japanese are unking a bid for the negro soldier during the Civil War, que of Bepublic without alating the ineradicable race prejudice of the Northern white who ored him
to the Waiwapa on Monday:Te the Prince, actal as unwarranted by the scripturue
Presidents of the Warp, now drawn between one inihing party and meeting held here yesterday by the
Which bathing party to you I one hundred and sixty gentry and belong to is equivalent to the school merchants, representatives of the whole province boy's Who's your father had a chat with of Chekiang, it was decided that we ourselves the early-maked representative of a g
great Power should construct, the railways of one native
the other afternoon, in seven feet of water, province, and that no foreign capital would. There was what you would call quite a flow of રચન required. We, therefore, beg your highness conversation, the only interruption to which fraft agreement for the proposud Socchust works en the Consular big toe alle appeared H. L. Ber. Esq.
how.Ningpo Railway."
to be fouling bored then, and swam away. There was a well-known broker, too, busily watering his stock as if there bail not been Ho any failures last settlement. Voices, as you Eaow, carry fat orer water, and a scrap of conjugal conversation that made a group horrid bachelors snigger was to this effect
and it's inst, horrit of you to make me stay
The N.-C. Daily News clains high authority prettiest here. Svimming is truly a valuable
botwood the Marquis of Lansdowne and accoriplishment, and everybody should practice Viscount Hayashi for the renewal. it. There were seven lanches in one bay last catename of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. evening out a man to whom I owe a little
is
of
* Weihaiwai School.
THE ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE
NEGOTIATIOSS PROCEEDING.
the control of the line. The tone of the native the thousands who fought steadily for the (Chief Director Customs Bank), Zia Luling the water when my new costume's the in stating That negotiations are now going on
papers is favourable to a reasonable solution Phich will retain the control of the railway in
Chinese bands.
Other Railway Sobvious aro alse on foot.. It is proposed to construet a line from Chaochonta to a point in the maialaud opposito Amor.ind then continue via Chianchion is Fonchow. The promotes do not hope for any large passenger tradic, but expect to take a large wineral-bearing area-N-. Daily Newes
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report
On the 31st of 11.55 s.m. The barometer bas fallon quickly over S. China and Formosa
A small depression is lying in the S. part of the Formosa Channel,
Strong winds to gales may be expected in the Formosa Channal and fresh to strong W. and N.W. rinds over the N. part of the Chins Soa, Forecast-N.. to W. winds, freshening; squally, showery,
so much.
SHANGHAI NATIVE BANKERS TAKE ACTION
A letter eigand by the owners and managor of a number of nativo banks at Shangbai bus been sent to the Exesatira Committees of the tro Bankors Guilds (Chinese suburbs. and International Settlement). requesting them to cull a meeting of the representatives of all the native banks doing busieces in Shanghai consider measures in connection with the American toycott. The principal subject to be called upon for discusalou, it is understood," is whether or not business relations should be stopped, for the time, with the American Inter- national Bank here. The NC. Daily News" hopes that such a senseless proposal will be discountenanced,
and
Among the of the telegram are such prominent untives of Chekiang as Tuotais Shen Tuule Director Shanghai Nanking Railway), Shen Nug-uu (Director China Merchants SN. Un Yu Ya-ching (Compradore Dutch Baok) Shit Tech-chitig (President Silk Guild). Chu Pas Fan (President Ningpo Guild), Yen Singlicy Directo of: Native Banks Guild), Chang eyuting Chancellor Nanyang College),
ete. The following telegram was also sent to Sheng Kung pao, Director-General of Railway money gave me quite a lot of practice. I wasn't The outcome of the negotiations" if "still who is in Poking at present: Yesterday there was a meeting here of Chéliang gentry and merchants. It was shown that sufficient funds have already been subsoribed for con- structing the Soocbow...Haugehow - Ningpo Railway and the draft agreement with Jardine, Matheson & Co. should therefore be cancelled. We beg your Excellency to set about tho matter at once."
etc..
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
The M.M. str. Armand Belic, with the nort French mail, left Singapors on the 31st alt. 7 p.. for this port vis Saigon.
The M.M. str. Himalaya, (cargo boat from Europe, left Haiphong yesterday aftercoon for
this port.
prepared to settle just then, so, like Russia,
was anxious to-ahem fat alone.
IMPORTANT PURCHASE BY SHANGHAT RACE CLUB.
At an
I
extraordinary general meeting of the members of the Shanghai Race Chub held at the Grand Stand on July 26th, it was decided than the club should
with the buildings chas B..C. Lot 361-A,
reun known as Mokawk
But we notice,, adile ↑ "dangerous to propiussy.
that journal, that desire is generally expressed in well-informed circles in London and Tokyo that the Alwill be made out offensive and defensive one, and it will cover Central Asia and India; besides the extreme Orisut.
THE WAR IN CELEBES":N
The N. C. Daily Newe publishes the follow. Terrace, for the sum of Tte. 150,000, By ing from Sourabaya, dated 25th July:
ng this property the danger of any purchasing
Owing to the swampy nature of the ground, obstruction being raid to the view of the the Dutch troops have been obliged to return to straight man is from the grand stand is the coast, and will now make a fresh landing at perumuently done away with. We understand Badju that the former owner was Mr. Henry Morriss, himself one of the principal supporters of the Clab.
[Badja is on the east coast of the south- westera peninsula of Celebes, a little north of Capa Patire, and near the town of Boni.]
REPAIRERS.
BEG TO CALL ATTENTION TO THEIR EXTENSIVE STOCK OF
الله
HIGH-CLASS INSTRUMENTS,
BOTH OF
THEIR OWN MAKE”
AND THE
LEADING BRITISH,
CONTINENTAL
AND
AMERICAN HOUSES,
AT
PRICES WHICH DEF
COMPETITION.
MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
OF EVERY. DESCRIPTION.]
CASH OR HIRE PURCHASE
SYSTEM."
· Hongkong, W0th July, 1905, -
DR. NEWELL WILSON,
DENTIST.
Latest American Methods, Reasonable Fees,
No charge for sawiuatione. Oles hoars 9 A,M. to 5 P.,
No. 2. PEDDER STREET,(next to the General Post Office and opposite to the side entrance to the Hongkong Hotel) Hongkong, 5th 1905.
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