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The Bumbor and tonnege of merchadt vesus. Dy kiud permission of Lieut-Gol A. G.
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warships transporte and yachts of all nations, Fitton, D.S.O., and Offores, the Boud of the TELEGRAMS. which arrived at, and departed from Singapore Second during the year 1801 were 11,190 (6,616 British) (Royal West Kent Regiment) will play the aud 13,253,283 (8,100,748 British) respectively, following programme of manis during dinger being an increase of 267 vessels and 80,000 tons. at the Hongkong Hotel this (Saturday) Costa Corean roads must be very bad. A visitor March... "A Frangesis writes:-Takon altogether, there is scarcely Overture to... "Norma....... Be Eini Valse Etincelles"... Waldteufel
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toils ashore through all the heat and qupposedly unhealthy days, far much longer intervals, and has practically nothing of which to complain on the score of fitness, Hongkong affords ampla kurbourage, and is, besides, more conveniently situated for any basty naval mobilisation. Then again,
being considerably reduced, so that if these be the only arguments for the retention of Weibai, even the niggardly grant-in-aid of £8,000* must be regarded-ne more than the measure of Waihat's value tons. So far, this cursory review would appear to justify those who clamour for the aban-intimated to the Coroan Government that concessions for railway building in cortain donment of the alleged useless place. Yot
districts, if mads to Cercan subjoots, can not be til, at the latter have neither capital nor definitely intimated that it had no inexporisice to atilize anch grants. To avoid tention of vacating Weihai, and the British
having railways built at all, the Corenn MINISTER at Peking has confirmed this authorities profess to have given the concessions within the last few days, by officially to their own people. They are not altogether contradicting a rumour that evacuation deserving of sympathy. was under consideration. There must be a
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It is stated that the Japanses Minister has
The following is an abstract of the foreign shipping trade in Bangkok for the months of September, giving number auil tonnage of for sign steamers calling at the port :-
No.
26
Tonnige. 28.053
13
Flag, Geroda Norvegian
9,870
British
6,177
Swedish
2,987
Dutch Freach
1,070
752
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«THE VICTORIOUS NUMBER.”
That is the title of a soronaty page commemor "DAILY FRESS! SERVICE.
stion number of the Msicha Shivpo,, which Bhas reached us from the publishers in alphama RUSSIAN WARSHIP BURNT HY MUTINEERS.
LONDON, 27th October. Another serious mutiny is reported Desormes in the Black Sea Fleet.
Selection on The Belle of New York Kerker Song The Children's Home"... Cowen Livertissem.cute "Espagnoi", Selection from Iolanthe Sulliran Twoshop! Mumblin Mors". Thurhan MANY-Hore D'Euma--Egg a la Russe Soup Consomme Royal. Fish-dicked Garoupa. and Butter Sauce. Entrens-Lab Cutlets n la Nelson, Rabbit a la Francaise, Chickon and Macaroni Pudding, Curryon Curry, Joints Roast Australian Beof, Boast Capon and Broad Sance, Boiled Bacon and Spinach, Cold Corned Ox Tongue and Mixed and Asparagus Sal Sweets-Breuel and Butter Pudding, Poffee Ies Cream and Pound Cake, Apricot Tart, Tipsy Cake, Desert Coffes- Fruit.
The transformation from mufti to khaki ow
the part of a Volunteer was yesterday the causa of a rather amusing incident. Leaving his business the Volunteer was conveyed in are sta to his residence, nad on getting out told the cool to wait for his return. In a few minutes the man had changed into his uniform and on emerging from his house, made to enter tho ricsha. The coolie; however, failing to reang- aise him, interposed, saying " No, no, hare got gentleman, topside." The Volunteer tried.] to explain. "All some man," he said, and again attempted to board the riosha. Again the
coolie drow off. "Have got gentleman topside.", he ssil. Getting desperate, as the time drew nour for the departure of the lannob, the Volun
The Kniaz Potenkin was burned.
„TROOPS SUSPECT
LONDON, 27th October. The loyalty of the tropps is now considered very doubtful.
RUSSIAN REVOLT SERIOUS.
LONDON, 27th October. The revolt in Russia has grown stronger. The strikers are arming, and have been joined now by large bodies of Government workmen.
FRENCH PRESIDENT IN PORTUGAL.
LONDON, 27th October, President Loubet has gone to Lisbon."
| tear prayed the 'coolio to take him on but with THE IMPERIAL GARTER
out avail. In the circumstaansa the Volantear had to summon another ricsha, and drove off towards the pier. Meanwhile the first coole
Totul 48,923
There were no entries of sailing ships. A writer in the Nursing Times saya:-It is stated that one of our royal princesses is to leara to ride astride, and thus avoid not only the began to realise that he had mate o mistake and dangers of a throw and consequent dragginko bolted after the other with his fempty ricsha. but also the undeniable risk of one lane advised. At the pier he approached the gentleman with maut. For many years medical men have the crous-saddle for young girls, but convention" talked talkce" he was paid. When be rejoined ans forbidden this rational mode to those of the other coolies they apparently demanded an older years. Recently, however, a horsewoman explanation why one man should pay two fores has dared here and there to bunt in masculine and as the late was unfolded to them their faces fashion, and one suoli pioneer was soon in the broadened into a grin, while the narrator con- snored "Row" the other day. I learn from one tinued to wear a puzzled look. of the fashionble habit-makers that ho receives)
The parrot.ory of Chinese, integrity will not be always heard; human nature in its course is fighting against the lowest or pseudo-honest standard at present raised; by the Powers. Great Britain can still VERY FINE AND MELLOW | raise it without losing face; but, at the best, Pronorined by Connoisseurs to be the BEST it means for each and all: "There must BLEND in the FAR EAST.
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a carious expression on his face, nod after some
THE STAR FERRY COLLISION.
INQUIRY AR TO THE CAUSE. Corp. J. Partta, of the Maidenhead Company
At the Magistracy, yesterday afternoon before Royal Borka Volunteers, has out on a high. F. A, Hazeland and a jury composed of standard in attendance at drill. That Volan Messrs, A. McDougall, H. F. Carmichael and The 295th ease of plague was recorded foer, who is by trude a carpenter, was compl- M. Cassidy, no inquiry was held into the cir
yesterday.
Punch's latest definition of a saob ng “a superficial tiguce consisting of nothing but side" is worth remembering.
The Strangers' Aid Society at Singapore has overdrawn its account by about a thousand dollars.
cumstances surrounding the death of Cheung
KNIGHT.
It is a wonderful example of journalistio outer- priu, although wo mast admitit would have been more victorious" if the publishers had bad the sense to get someone better acquainted with the English language to edit thoas portions which are printed in our tongue. Bemuss some of tho blundera uro so amusing, and with no desire to poke fun at our confrères, we may quote some of them, merely santioning the reader against thinking that English is not better understood and wrote " in the noigh- bouring empire.
An article on "Japanese restuurtsant. Yoko- hara" retrix the intive ninouts Đ Yokoliaina where visitors are advised to study Japanese manners, Wo read that," the upper part of room is nortial the chief guest wing to sit backing it," and "when the entertalument is progressed the host give thanks to tho assembled guests which is returned by them. Geishia helps in the entertainment while they sing and
necessary in entertaingmont. They ako toilet play as well, they being. The is considered as
cleir spopial study so that their style is elegant. and graceful and associating as they do with mon of upper cirole they are genteel in deport- ment and easy in mannor”!. And more beside, all to waed the ages of the baboders” A “Mr. Tuft" is mid to have enjoyed it quite recently; be appears to be an American Secretary of War. A history of the tea trade tells us that *in 1975 & Chineno was augaged for manufacturs of tes and black toa in Chinese way having baan maunfactar the scanniple was gent abroad to ask for criticism while an offer onnnected with industry was despatched to Chiun for observa- tion of the actual condition of black and greon tea thore which was followed by another party having been sout eat to India in next year for
LONDON, 26th October. The mission conveying the insignia of the Order of the Garter to, H.I.H.
the purpose of studying the condition of grean Mutsuhito of Japan is to leave Eng-ton there." The history concludes with a word for the future. "In no distant future a great land carly in the New Year.
reformation will take place in tea trade and should Yokohama merchants 'remain lasy just as they are the tea market will be removed to Shizuoku as je ovinced by the quotation at Shizuoka ruling at Yokobome."
THIE TOKYO EMBASSY.
LONDON, 26th October. The status of the British Legation at Tokyo has been raised to that of an Embassy.
RUSSIA.
LONDON, 26th October. Several Russian cities, including Yang Mai and Chas T Tai, sampan women. Moscow and the capital, are now The deceased were drowned in the harbour on the 18th instant as the result of a collision between the sampan they were sailing and the ferry launch Evening Star.
Mr. F. B. Dancen (of Mesars. Deason, Loker
mented by the captain of his company at s recent prize distribution having missed but one drill in 1-4 years. This is probably a record for the county, if not for the country. While No one would pretend to say this sort of thing can be achieved in the hard working tropies, still it may serve to some who are slacker than they should be, that there is plenty of room for and Deacon) appeared for the Star Ferry G., improvement in drill attendance without com-and the coxswain of the Evening Star, while The Manila observatory, telegraphing at 4ing within the same horizon of duty as that Mr.O. D. Thomson watched the procaslinge p.m. on Oct. 26, noticed the American Consulate occupied by the ideal set up by Corporal J. on behalf of the rotatives of the deo sand.
Dr. W. Moore, medical officer in charge of her of a depression near South Quam.
the Kowloon mortuary, testified that on the 18th instant he examined the bodies of the deceased and found that death was caused by drowning.
Mr. Robert Strachan, the chief officer of the B. Clay Kincraig, fell into the river Hoogly when boarding the stosiner on the morning of Oct. 3rd, and was drowned,
Mr. H. F. Chard asks us to mention that there will be no (Association) practice match
Partie.
The Far East says:-We notice that it is stated in well informed circles that the recent visit of Secretary Taft to Tokyo was in cidentally accompanied by an important under- standing in consequence of the explicit dis svowal by Japan of any design whatever upon the Philippines, Apropos of this, it is now signified her tangible support vis-a-vis Japan's protestorate over Korea. Coupled with the Portsmouth Treaty and the Now British Alliance this Americen entonte will no doubt
...
The editorial article is addressed to “the
rulers and people of the world "and to "Emperors
Klage, Presidents, Ministers of State, and general public of foreign countries,” It re- marks, inter alia; "We need scarcely say that our little paper is incapable to represent fully and satisfactorily the idea and feelings of Japanese people, but circumstance, not a lowing as to be silent on the subject we assume upon ourselves the liberty of placing ourselves as isolated so far as railway communica-mouth organ of the people." It must be admitted that mouth organ is a distinct score. tin is concerned....
The strike movement appears to be post veliensures, our contemporary goos on: "Hawever the spreading rapidly over the whole Japanese nation feeling grateful for the sympa-
thios expressed in our late struggle with Russia - our labouring thir selves to supply the of the country.
Further revolutionary developments worlb with goot and cheap article which shall welcomed by all. When the country was are prognosticated.
first opened to trade, those orgagal were igaorant and lacked fund while foreigners who opened frome in this country were finicpocery those who got fortams by coniling of prosince This brought about
{REUTER'S SERVICE.]
NEW RUSSIAN LOAN.
On 23rd October, at Wughow, the wife of J. ¡ to-day, as it has been found impossible to raise reported es cathedra that the United States hos was coming from the French mail steamer, ! Lord Revelstoke, are now in St. Petersburg, transaction was often made with doubt and
H. PEARSON, of a daughter.
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HONGKONG UFFICE: 10, DES VEUX HOAD CI. LONDON OFFICE 131, FLEET STREET, E.C.
The Daily Press.
A dae hall, for social and herabonial uses. to bo called the Victoria Memorial Hall, was formally opened at Singapore on the 18th inst. The creat dwarfed in importance both the Docksiderably expedite the execution of our Arbitration and the Races,
The Hongkong Volunteer Reserve Associa tion is notified that the 500 yards range at King's Park will be available for prantiso shooting from two o'clock to six o'clock to-day. Ar the score register will probably be inspected by His Excellency the Governor next month, it is requested that members who have not shot recently will try to take part in to-day's
shooting.
A gentleman from Jatarach's, the well-known animal dealer, is now in Bangkok. apparently in asarch of the big doer known as the cereza Schembarki, not a single specimen of which bas ever reached Europe alive. They are to be found; says the Siam Observar, only in the ranges of hills in the higher lands in Siam, and although their horns and hides are found on the market in considerable numbors, the animals themselves are very rarely seen there,
donarono, OCTOBER 28TH, 1905. WHEREAS beforetime all the discussion was whether Great Britain would not have to evacuate Weihai in accordance with the peculiar term of the lease for so long a period as Port Arthur shall remain in the occupation of Russia "It is noticeable thut now the demagogues are debating the matter from the practical view of utility. Is Weihai worth keeping? Is it wise to abandon it? The question seems to be accepted as one of pure policy: if British interests seem to demand it, the qualit lease of 1898 is assumed to carry with it a renewal option; or perhaps the legal pro- cedure of defining anything as something else is to be employed, and the word "Russia" to be interpreted as embracing
The booksellera of London are said to by "any foreign. Power." The terms of the stirred at the London Times' method of exploit. lease made it quite clear that the object of ing particular books, which they declare is Waibas was the protection of British interfering with legitimate trade. It is alleged shipping, the said protection presumably that, owing to The Timed dominating prestige, being against Russia andjor Germany, it has been able to sonra apselal terms from Germany is now attacking British shipping by legitimate methods against which no amount of northern naval bases can avail, while the Russian danger is and will be for a long time a negligible quantity. The raison d'etre of Weihai sems, therefore, to have gone. It is no longer a fortified naval huse, but only a harbour and a sanitarium for British warships of the Ching station. The sanitarium idea seems to have been worked to death. What necessity there is for sush a refuge for iner living a healthy, breezy,
the pablishing houses of Murray and Cassell; and it is asserted, as an instanco, that Mesars. Cassell & Co, sold to The Times 1,000 copies of Sir Donald Wallace's Russia "a book sold to the public at 24s. net-for Us. per copy.
extensive arrangements in the Peninsula From those and other circumstances we are safe in saying that the U. S. is a sleeping partner in the Anglo-Japanese Alliance,
Tho Secul Press puts a different complexion on a matter moutioned by the other Secul paper. It says:-The Coroau warship, the Yong-Mou, which was chartered by the Japan. se navy during the war, was returned to the Corean Government two or three months ago and is now being chartered by the Mini Bussan Kaisha. While shio was employed by the Japanese Government it is stated that do sum of Yen 10,000 monthly was paid to the Corean Goverunt, of which seroral thousand yen remain untouched. With this suo it is the intention to convert the Vang-Woe toto a merchant ship, and she will be under the control of the Mitsui Bassou Krisha monthly fec. We hear that she will be used for transporting coal between Moji und Shaoghai,
Chan Yan said he was the owner of the row • ing haat which was sunk by the Ferry Esening Stur. On the morning of the 16th instant he which was at the bay, to Blake pier. He had a Chinese passenger on board besides his wife, Witness daughter, younger brother and a foki. was sailing and the wind was blowing moderately from the east,
The tide was running west. He saw the forry launch about 300 feet on his port, bow. She bad-just left the wharf. When within about 200 feet of him he called out to the ferry four or five times; she altered her course to port shortly before the collision bat struck him on the port bow. He did not hear any whistle. The sampan was capsized and its coupants thrown into the water, his wife and daughter being drowned. The collision occurred
west of Messrs. Showan Temes' buoy.
arranging the details of a loan, which is expected to appear in November, probably of upwards of £70,000,000, divided between France, Germany, England, Holland and
America,
of Japanese peoper. LONDON, 25th October. Numerous foreign bankers, including conflict pinterest between them and both. parties not understanding each other well auspicion. The result of such circuniame is that there character of Japanese was misunder- stood and true worth of Japanese people was not know alrowd. But now there are many merchon who get wealth by the traile and understands that honesty in the only means to got cioles, as their charotar is not infend to any fuoy recesone. Again said recebent of good eharacter having come to engage in foreign lands bad clements have been drivers out of the industrial circle of late and google element come to monopolize the market now." We can hardly express how glad wo are to hear this. "Honeety" is the best policy, much better than
THE STRIKES IN RUSSIA.
LONDON, 25th October. The railway strike in Moscow has spread in every direction involving a dozen of the principal towas; 36,000 workmen at the factories in Lodz have struck, the strife being political. Martial law is imminent
CHINA AND THE FUTURE OF BLANCHURIA.
The following telegrams appeared in the N.-C. Daily Newca
Peking, 21st October.
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we may mention that the number is beautifully illustrated, only the English descriptions mar. ring the fine photographs. One, a view of the place in a dairy where the cows are milked, is Inbelled the squeezing cat place." The portrait of the proprietor is labelled: "... Erg A. Successor of Keeping Cows And Mi Lking**
in St. Petersburg. The railway men have. To Mr. Deacon-He was sailing with the
sent a Ceputation to M. Witte declaring
Bat now we have given enough. As ove wind behind films, and slightly slanting. There were no other craft between the French nail thuit the only remedy for the "present contemporary observes, "want of space obringes and Blake pior, and he saw the ferry laugh situation is political liberty and the con-us to stop her." Before we stop lox, however, from the time she left the wharf. She steered vocation of a Duma elected by direct. an easterly coÈTRE, the ferry altered her universal suffrage; enough blood has already course when witness hailed her. If she been shed in Manchuria and in the cities of bad altered her course to starboard instead Russia. of port the collision would not have happened; ho did not alter his course when he saw the collision imminent. His wife was stearing.
THE VOLUNTEERS, After the collision the ferry blow her whistle.
Mr. Deacon called Lo Fak, coxswain of the Evening Star ferry launch. He said that
On the 17th instant, the Treaty of Pesos Yesterday morning Major Pritchard, the The Straite Times thinks there is too much when he observed the sampan it wai sailing as between Japas and Russia was reported upon to commandant, informed the Volunteers that the said about ladies costures at the races, and
their Majesties, the Grand Councillors wore field maneuvres of last Saturday had been if from the police pier to Hongkong. There
TEQived in andistice, and a conference before carried out very well. The scheme was that an that the men ought to have a turn. Following was a fresh north wind and the sampan was the tursue was convened. The Empress is an extract:-The trousers were full and
Bailing free. He first observed the sampun Dowager impressed on the Grand Council enemy was embarking from Laichikok to quite plain, neatly, turned up at the ankles; but about 200 yards distant his port bow. and is most be conducted with the utmost care
that negotiations both with Japan and Hongkong and had thrown out a rearguard the coat was very smart in cut and style of blew a warning signal on his whistle. As the
(No. 1 Company) to protect their embarkation, trimming with graduated groups of button-
held her course witness blow away not be eriticised by foreign while No. 2 Company bud to attack their posi-
So Chine bolos edged with black silk and handsome black second blust, but apparently us noties Was! buttons stituted with similar material. These taken of it. He ported his helm with buttons wero plentifully used both back a
intention of going astern of the sampon front aud again on the sleeves. With this was worn a fussy little vest made of dove-coloured when sbart-50 or 60 feet distaut. Before the mousseline de acie composed of two folded collision ke twice altered his course to aterboard. fishes and edged with yellow piping. The
The owner
sampan
After the conferones, Prince Ching tele-on. The defenders did not take cover as much the graped to the Viceroys and to II.B. Chen as they should have done, whereas the attacking Erl-lea, (General of Manchuria) ordering party could not advance without revealing them to express their respective views.
themselves.
On Thursday a shooting match between teams
The next day another conferones in the The Tientsin China Review aaka-Have we
Presence was convened, and it was decided to no municipal Nap loon, no Tientsin Washing
eatablish Cina's own views with regard to (1) ton, no locat Com Barton to arise and wipe out
The sampau altered her course at the last the lease of the Linotung Peninsula; C) the presenting the Navy and the Volunteers took the anomaly of 9 councils, 9 sets of zinsha somewhat high-cut neck allowed just a glimpsesment, and it was then that the ferry struck desirability of shortening the period before the place on the range at Stonecutters, resulting in Licences, 9 polico fraraus, 9 expensivo staffs? of open-work shirting whilst it intensifed the and capsized bor. After blowing his whistle, evacuation of Manoharia; (3) the rights over a win for the former by about 80 points. It as the sampan took no notice of his signals, he the Chinese Eastern Railway, However, the thould be added that the Voluntoors wore German, British, Frebeli, Japanese, Chinose, effect of a scarlet butterfly tie.
slowed down to hali speed. At the time of the steps to-be taken in regard to these questions without the assistance of a number of their are not decided on, though the Grand Connail Austrian, Italian, Belgion and Russian, Surely carried a light Mulseca cons and was booted in
Peking, 22nd October. the combined business acumen of Tientsin buff coloured Russia leather. A small chip batalion the ferry's engines were going astern recognized the importance of all three of them. This afternoon the Commandant of the Royal
He stood by the sampan aftor the collision. residents could evolvo a scheme by which a delicately perched at an angle of 69 degrees,
suggestion muda telegraphically by open-air life at sea, and who are relieved saving of 50 per cent. could be effected in the and very simply, trimmed with red and blue
To a jury man-When họ stopped the engivos } HE. Chao Eth-hsuu, the Chinese government and Maxim Gun Practice, while to-morrow the and sent Home at comparatively short grand total annual expenditure. Methinks, ribbon and a black silk wind-guard completed so was close to the sapan, a few seconds after open negotiations with the Japanese anthor. itics regarding timber cutting in Manchuria, intervals, is not easily made apparent to the porhaps, this very business acumen precludes costume which won the hearts of all men of The inquiry was adjourned until Monday. and the fislerica on the Yalu river.
good taste.
British resident of, say, Hongkong, who such a desirable consummation.
to reversed thom.
On the
will
bust shots.
Artillery will inspect the Volunteers at 15 B.L.
manding takes place. Inspection by H.E, the General Officer Com- Tho-camp-will-ho struck on Monday morning-