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ARMENIAN TROUBLE
The concession has apparently passed out. of the bands of the British and Chinese Corporation, at least as far as that part of it which now Hes within British territory is concerned; and the Colonial Goverúment pry- puses to raise a loan of tex núllion dollars sideration as the state of the exchequer for the purpose of constructing this part of permits. Our heaviest expenditure on any the line. We believe no difficulty will be found single work in the Public Works Extra-in raising this amonut in the Colony and ordinary list at the present time is neighbouring ports. The construction of apparently on waterworks. We role with this line is certain to promote very rapidly nach satisfaction the announcement that the development of the How Territory and the coming financial year will see the it is the opinion of His EXCELLENCY THE completion of the waterworks a Kow-GOVERNOR that if the Colcuy is to advance 1000 as well as the first section of at the rate at which it has hitherto advanced the Tytan-Tak scheme. The send it will have to tako fall advantage, for section of this latter scheme involves industrial purposes of the nearly inexhaust
ble supply of cheap labour that eat beerply to letters from Australia, postage on attracted to it and of the convenient sites For carrying on manufacturing businesses
As the theory is that ull may learn the laws which exist in the New Territory We have
under which they livo cantau law court pro- very little doubt that full advantage will be codings are public, ignorance of the law is not
The loss of property and goods by taken of every opportunity that offers. We accepted as an excuse from law lavakers. Nors fire and looting is estimated to amount confess to a little surprise at finding His paper on represent the public at large; nad | so far to £20,000,000, EXCELLENCE harbouring the somashatit is not easy to understand why reporters were The Baku oil fields of Russia yielded excludist from recent hearings at Hongkong. 3.16 million gallons of petroleum in 1902 and It is against public policy to publisk some kindu | 2,460,000,000 gallons in 1973. of evidence; and the newspaper publishers
AUGMENTING.
LoNDok, 9th September. An arrangement has boon coreluded with the
The carnage in Russian Trans Government of Austria, under which tho
Administration will Caucasia is increasing. Hundreds Commonwealth Pustal admit without smycharge, leiturs posted in the
have been killed or wounded in the Tuite Kingdom or any British colony or Possesion, postage on which has been propaid streets of Shushs. as the rate of one pouny per half once. This Farrangement applies equally to British New. Guine, Lord Haye Island and Norfolk Island. is reduction will not, however, at present
which' any part of the Empire will be at tho ruty of two ponce per half cance
exponditure of four million dollars, and as the colony is spending in the next financial year half a million on the water. works already in band, His ExCELLENCY has decided to wait until 1907 before putting this second section of the scheme ia land. We baya no doubt that His EXCELLENTY |hai well assured himself that ne ingon THE MACHINERY smployed is of latest | vénience to the Colony is likely to restilt from this postponement, but it is well to design and most approved type.
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peasiatistic opinion that with the increaso of dock accommodation in the Far East point out that this is_one_of_the_schemes and the construction of railways to the which bus long been before the Colony and Treaty Parts this Colony cannot always we should be sorry to szeit unduly delaye!.hope to maintain its trade preponderance The reason for the delay suggested by His ovepits rivals. For our part westeno rival or EXCELLENCY serves to remind us that it has combination ofrisal, in sight which threatens long been one of the articles of faith of the maintenance of our trade preponderance. Unofficial Merabers of the Council that We believe that the geographical position permanent public works should be paid for of our Colony, the energy and enterprise of by menus of loans. Here, it semi to 45,
its citizens and the wisdom of its govern. is a case in which that proposal should
ment, which have combined to make receive the fullest consideration, for thy Hongkong what it is to-day, and which we scheme is a big one and the expenditure of would fain hope and believe will always | the Colony is growing not perhaps alarm-remain identified with the history of this EXPERTSingly, considering the increasing prosperity Colony will, so long as China engages in of the Colony, but it is at leastrate growing foreign trade, assurefor us the pre-eminence at such a rate us should give us pause. It
we now enjoy. Our docking facilities are is evident however that it has been decided likely to romain superior to those of
any other port the East, and 4-7 to allot the funds from the nunual revoone,
Trenty Ports, while they will naturally rend as for the construction of railways to the
to develop the foreign trade of those particular ports they will as certainly lead
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HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 1905.
THERE is little to criticise but much to
for His EXCELLENES points out that this
waterworks extension acheme will involve
an annual allotment..of half a million
dollars for seven or eight years. At the
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to an increase in the volume of the trade
passing through this great distributing
A number of foreigners had to leave all and take refuge on a steamer:
Four Englishmen were withstanding a siege at Balakhany, a town eight miles north of Baku. Their fate is at present unknown. “
CANTON.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
Canton, Sth September.
THE WISDOM OF THE VICEROY, La a previous letter. I mosticnel that m morchaut named Ng Po Kong had petitioned Viceroy Shum for i concession to build the water works of the Canton City, &c. Sines thou another citizen hore, by the name of Ho Kai Eau, has also applied for the sau privilege. His Excellency Viceroy Shum is reported to have replink: 1. have 'disinvored that the petitioners, Ng Po Kwang and Ho Kai Sau, are not substantial business moo, that they possess nó capital of their own, that their sola
object is to secure the concesion in their natira
frat, and to make ospital out of it afterwards bare a suspicion that if they acquired thes concession they would hawk it round among tho differnt European firms in the bopes of raising foreiga capital to float the project uid, of course,
the same time, to benefit their own pockets. I have observed that all epidemic, stel as
plague, oholera nad typbord generally spring to in the winter and Spring seasons, and the majority of ine people do not know that clean- lines essential to the preservation of health. A matter of fact, great many of the people do not take 1212 trouble
usually exoris dime tion in regard to it. But FRIGHTFUL EARTHQUAKE IN to look after their heatci, nor have thoy any
ut Mr. Haz-land's Court they appear not to he
croited with the requisite common-seuse. It is at least questionable if the exclusion of adults in this case was strictly lawful,
BOWLING MATCH.
oNGKONG & ROWLING chen &. Kowloon, The match betw on Kowloon Bowling Cab and Hongkong Civil Servies Bowling Clab took ass on the gresu of the lattor su Saturday afternoon. wher, despite the frequent showers, a pleasant came ensued. Thres rinks, skippered
by players of recoguised ability, compated, and at the ennalusion of the eighton hens it was found that victory rosted with the loss by a margin of five shots. The rink score were
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN DES VOEUX ROAD.
FURNITURE STORE GUTTED,
CALABRIA.
LONDON, 9th September. Three towns have been destroyed by a frightful earthquake in Calabria. Four Jundred fatalities are reported.
GOLF.
notion of cleanliness and sanitation, and large uulers of them live contracted diseaNIN through drinking impure water from the walls and canals. In Canton very for wells have pure water that is suitable for drinking. The wells are all made so close to the drains that anturally some of the filthy water in the drain. filters into the wells. During the Wintur vason when the water in the wells is very low, it becomes much more hitby, repugnant and inll of gorras. It should be no matter of surprise that these people who driù < water from Vardon and J. H. Taylor beat those wells are liable to contract diseases which James Braid and Herd [a new cham-germinats in the Winter season and break out iu the Spring season, I have goes into the water pion] in a foursome,
works question very carefully and I am certain if it is placed in skilful landa this gigartig project could be completed without much difi- culty.. It will not only be a great benefit to the place but the concessioners will also be able to make an enormous profit from the biduoss, But it would be very dangerous to graat
LONDON, 9th September.
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In the early hours of Saturday morning centre of Southern China. Hongkong ca n
flames were seen bursting through the upper hope to matain its trule proprindemnce.1 Des Yeous Bead, occupied by the Chong windows of the four storey building at 20 and
and while His EXCELLENCE utters the word
Len Furniture Store (master, Lau. Siu Wan) of caution his statement of the genera I and Chan Koug Lee, tea merchant, and as the policy which will govoru his administration people in the neighbourhood were early roused assures us that the development and prosby the sense of danger, the blowing of whistles perity of the Colony is not likely to be so brought the Fire Brigade, under Chief Isspector Bakar, on the secur Un arrival, impeded by any want of foresight or encouragement on the part of the Gover-proportions, and due to the inflammable nature they found that the fire had assumed large
ment, and, that being the ease, we can cun- fidently look to the energy and enterprise of the commercial men of the port to do the
rest.
ja quarter of a million dollars u
interest on the proposed loan for the cou- struction of the railway which is to connect with Canton. It is evident, too, that the big question of providing for the cntiuttausly increasing shipping by extend- ing the deep water are of the barbous fannot be indefinitely postponed, nor should the project for providing a larger pheou shelter, for the increasing number of juuks now have prematurely to lears their work to ensure not being shut out of the limited nccommodation in Causeway Bay." It is obvious that this results in great delay
The Victoria British School re-opens to-day. and financial loss to the shipping of the port every time the typhoon sigoal is
The proclamation declaring Tamenit in hoisted. Has EXCELLENCY recognises the Formosa to be an infections port is rescindel:
tis urgency of all these projects, and we also
The annual inspection of military signallers have from his speech the assurance that this announced to take place on the 25th and 26th Government is fully alive to the necessity instant. for a continuous policy in the matter of the resuraption of insanitary property, which is another undertaking involving a large out- tay. The community, we fancy, would be interested to learn precisely what that policy is. Si MATTHEW NATHA's pre- decessor, ia his farewell address to the | Lægislative Conudil, aimouned that it had been decided to recommend, the formation of a body of trustees at whose lispal funds would be placed for the necessary operation of remodelling this over-crowded
The E. Rev. D. Pazzo. Bishop of Tavia, has been appointed Vicar apostolic of the Roman Catholic Church in Hongkong.
The fire brigade were called out by a false alarm on Friday night, investigation eliciting the fact that a chimney was on fire in Welling ton Street.
The Gazcifé notifies all persons in the Colony who have claims to lay in respect of the sinking of the British . St. Kilda to send in such claims to the Colonial Secretary on or before Both September.
LONDON, 9th September. Au explosion at the powder works nt Uniontown destroyed ten buildings and killed many people.
There are four places in America claiming this name, a borough in Pennsylvania, toras in Alabams with 1.500 population. Washington and Koutnoky, and a village in
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THE TREATY OF PEACE.
LONDON, 7th September.
In St. Petersburg it is authoritatively stated that there is no secret arrangement whatever with Japan.
of the inrniture and other stock, three upper storays soon became a blazing mass, us hot as a furnace, with flames shooting from the twelve DEGRADATION OF RUSSIAN NAVAL windows and myriads of sparks flying upwerd as the roofs fell in or the flooring gave way.
The steady application of the fire- mun resulted, after two hours' labour, in the ontbreak being quelled, but not before the three upper storeys had been gutted and the greater portion of their coatents des troyed. A good deal of furniture was saved, and some damage was done in the neighbouring shop ccupied by Hip Toola, un Indian merchant. The first floor was prozorved intact, and the flaws were not allowed to spread tire neighbouring buildings. The origin of the fire is unknown, and the con-iderable loss wäicli it occasioned is covered by insurance on the part of Lan Sin Wan in the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company for $10,000 :: Western Assurance Company, 10000, North German Fire Assurance Company, $85,000; 12 Union Fire Assurance Company. $5,000; and the Moiji Firo Assurance Company, 82,000. Chau Kong Lee has insured his property in the last named company for $3.000.-
Fortunately there was no loss of life, though a Burcpean living on the top storey bad a Barrow escape, being awakened only in time to avert serious consequences,
OFFICERS.
LONDON, 7th September.
An Imperial Ukass dismisses and degrades Admiral Niebogatof; the captains of the battleships-Nicolai 1, Soulacin' and Apraxin who are liable under the penal codo, and other officers, including those of the Orel, will be tried on their return to Russia.
FRANCE AND MOROCCO.
LONDON, 7th September. The Sultan of Morocco bas accaded to all the French demands.and has apologised publicly..
THE SITUATION IN THE CAUCASUS.
LONDON, 7th September. The situation in the Caucasus is becoming
much an important concession to people of insufficient standing. I am aware that His Excellency Clar-ug Cook Nata has boso lately appointed minister to examine into this com- merco of foreign austrias. I know him to be a man of execilent reputation, and he is con. sidered to bo ono of the wealthiest men in the Kwangtung Province. I am sure he will be able to raiso tla large crpital, and tójeneɔurage his own countrymen to take up shares in a concern that would be so profitable and bene ficial to the city. I have, therefore, placid the water works proposition entirely into his hands, for him to draw up the necessary regulations of the company, and to incite poeple to tako upi
skarca in the concern.”
APPOINTMENT OF MINISTERS.
Local authorities have receival s telegram from Peking whịch states that on the 4th inst. an Imperial Edict, was, issued appointing Mr. Chan Tang Shang (formerly Hoppo'sTraszre") minister for Clins to Belgium. Yesterday Mr. Wong Ko, a Tartar Hanlin" here, also received a private telogram saying that an Imperial Edist had been issued appointing him minister for China to Italy,
- TRIAL OF THREE BOYCUTTERS,
Yesterday, the thron crch-boycotters Ma Tal Shan, Poon Slutn Ming, and Ha Chung Man, who were arrested by order of Viceroy Shum in the meeting which was held at the Kwong Chai Hospital, were tried before the Nam Hoi Magistracy. I beltovo orders were given sol... to try the case in publie count. No clerks, interpreters, or yamen ranners were permitted to be present at the inquiry. The Num Hoi Magistrate spoke Cantoutro to the prisoners, and their statements were taken by the Na Hoi personally.
continually more alarming; hundreds bave been shot by the infantry and artillery at Balakhony near Baka, and a thousand have been killed and FOUNDERING OF THE PECHILL” woundedduring adesperate attack on the military camp and provision depots. Sir Charles Hard- inge bus send an urgent note to Count Lamas- dorff, and has also telegraphed to the Vicoroy, of the Canensas, requesting protection to British Uros and property.
THE FAMINE IN RUSSIA.
LONDON, 8th September. The first sitting of the Ministerial Con-
AMERICAN RETALIATION. The Shenpao had the following on September 4th, which the N. C. Haily Sew: translated :- The Shanghai Tastai has received a dispatch from the U. S Consul-General, Mr. Hogers, informing him that news had been received from the United States that the merchants and people of that constry are deciding to retaliate
the Chinesa for the boycott that the ference in St. Petersburg, to consider the Americas intend also to boycott Chinees goods; and the talking about expelling all Chinese at question of relief measures for the famine present in the States. The U.S. Consul Genoral then went on to sfats that retaliatory stricken provinces, recommends the Treasury steps like those endangered good feelings be to assign £4,000,000 for the purchase of advise the Tactai to use his best efforts to con- tiveen the two countries and his would therefor
corests.
sider without delay methods for abolishing the buycott in Chica and thereby preserve the VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY. friendship now in danger of being broken te tween the two people.
applaud in the address delivered by His EXCELLENCY the Governor when laying
With the approval of the Secretary of State before the Legislative Council the Coloniality, and he estimated that, this great-and-for the Colonies, E. the Governor harbour Budget. It is scarcely more than twelve important work would take twenty years to pleased to appoint Dr. W. B. A. Moore to t months sines Sir MATTHEW NATHAN arrived complete. Has that recommendation been assistant surgeon in the Civil Medical Depart in the Colony, and if any proof were needed adopted? If so, some information, as toment, with effect from 1st September." that HIS EXCELLENCY has not been mere how the Trust Fund is to be formed would
The Banddman Opera Company, aftor selling figurehead of the administration, a study be welcome. The quoficial view has been many tickets in Jupai, and being well adver- of the Budget speech, will reveal it, for it is that mon ye derived from land sales instead tised, bas-post porail its visit until next summer, obvious that His EXCELLENCY has made of being treated as annual income should going to Manila instead. The Juyan Chronicle himself thoroughly acquainted with the form the Trust Fund for the sanitary i-suggests that after this it may not be worth multitudinous details of the administration provement of the Colony and for the its while to pay the promised visit. Bud is directing affairs with a clear coin-resumption of insanitary properties, but we Nort Sunday the left half of No. 2 Goy. prehension of what is required and with do not gather frorn the Estimates that this HK.V.A. have their opening shootut Fai-DE; 9.30 am. There will be sevon and quickness of decision and firmness of proposal has yet commended itself to the beginning
a sighter at two, five, and six hundred yards. purpose which the community will highly Government. Whatever may be the nintare
Arrangements for the coming shooting season of the information which the Government will be made at the general meeting on Friday appreciate.
There is no neol for us to dwell at any will doubtless in due course give as to length on the details of the Colony's their financial arrangements for this work, The U. S. naval collier Nuusken found the revenue and expenditure so succinctly the public, recognising the advartage to wreck of the Weal York and the captain and Crew ou au unchartes Island in 11.6 N. Lat. reviewed by His EXCELLENCY. The financial the public health of the Colony derived
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. statement is an eminently satisfactory Hom the Taipingekan resumption, will accept | 11450.30 W. Long. The captain of the Non- kan annozed the island to the Philippiass and On the revenue sile practically all with pleasure the assurance that the Governamed it West York Island, bringing the
The I.G.. tr. Preussen left Shanghai on the items which (to use Us EXCELLENCE's thent is fully alive to the necessity for the unwilling discoverers to Manikk.
the 90ffast. at.5 p: and Day be expected here to-morrow at daylight, words) "indicate general development. " | couliousnes of that work,
The alt. b left Manila ou Safarday, the Advices received by the home mail give several show increases amounting in the aggregate The brief references to the general policy interesting particulars concerning the appoint. 19th inst, and is due here this afternoon. to close on balf a million dollars. On the which His ExCELLENCY announced would out of Sir Michael Hicks Beach as cupire the Sound on the 6th inst. for usual ports.
The Boston 8.S. Co.'s steamer Shawmut left expenditure side of the statement we have guide the framing of the Estimates imme-
in the Tanjong Pagar arbitration. The honor- The Beston SS. Co's str. Tremont arrived.
Vistoria, BC, on the 4th inst. to expect increases due to the expansion of diately in front of us will, we are sure, arium is stated to be £6,000, with travelling the Colony, but if this growth in expendi.commend itself to the approval of the con- and residential expenses. A fact with which ture leads to greater efficiency in the munity. We have at last the prospectsny of the general public are unacquainted is _administration. its just heation ...... must we ean almost say the certainty-off that Sir Michael has, in his distinguished career, almay be expected here on the Hth inst.
"bean Colonial Secretary, his partod of oilies": be admitted. As the Colony develops seeing the Kowloon-Canton railway con being from 1878 to 1880, Singapore Free Manila at daylight on Saturday morning, and the expenditure on public works must structed after six or seven years of delay. Pist
onc.
first.
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The atomer Montrose, from China and Japan, arrived at New York on the 5th instant, The H.A.L. str. Andalusia, From Hamburg, left Singapore for this port the 8th inst The Boston.S.S. Co.'s str. Lyre sailed from
may be expected here on the 11th inst.
LONDON, 8th September."
A violent earthquake has occurred in Italy, particularly in Calabria: 347 persons have been killed, and more than a dozen towns and villages partially wrocked; Piazzo Monteleone, and Martirano are almos completely destroyed.
THE RIOTS AT BAKU.
LONDON, Sth September. Four Britisbers are besieged in the house at Balakhany, and the Governor of Baku declares that ho is powerless to render them any assistance.
The Shanghai Daily News reports-The stoamor Albenga, Capt. Petersen, returned here yesterday after a short but oventful trip, Leaving Shanghai last Thursday afternoon, bound for Keelung, she was midway between the Saddles and Barren Island when caught in the full force of the typhoon. Hardly had se encountered it than Barren Island loomed up ahead. The Captain reversed the engines Fall speed astern and dropped both archora, and these prompt measures just saved the vessel from destruction. The Albenga stayed in the vicinity of Barron Island for the rest of the bight. Early on Saturday the str. Perkity altracted her attention by signals of disci tress. She was in a foundering condition and a lost all but one small boat, which was perfectly useless. The Albenga brought up to close to her, went as near as possible, and iss epite of the rough wosthor sent boats to and fro from 5 am to 8 am. The Pech officers and crew, numbering 54 in all, Cese alone being tread wire rescued, a
assistance had arrived not a moment too soon. for almost immediately after she had completed her work of rescue, the Peckitt began to settle down slowly by the stern, skivered from stom to stern in her death throes, and foundered. arrived in Shanghai on September 14th. Sive The Albenga horself was badly damaged, and
steamed up river and anchored opposite the repairs. The second officer got his leg and foot International Dook, which she will enter for
crushed in the steering gear and was landed for treatment.
This,
fortunately, as the only, casualty on board.
The Pechili (ex Bio Grande do Sul, ez Nowa) TES & Vessel of 881 tons, met. Catil,recently she was an I.C. str. but not long ago she was sold for other
purposes. She was built by Messrs. W. Hamilton & Co. at Glasgow in 1874, and engined by Messrs. Walk, Henderson & and runs between here and New York, Mosure |Co. The Albenga is a vessel of 2760 tons now,
Carlowitz & Co. being her owners' agents.