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of that country are sufficiently plain evidenco were other wanting that her intention is simply to annex. Ás ber conduct in the peninania has been directed to the exclusion of foreign trede; al has been commercially unfriendly to Great Britain there is hardly decent pics wherewith to appeal to the British capitalist for help. The number and the cost of the Korean garrisons is studiously emcended in the last hudget, and it is oily be visiting the nintay itself Ulat tige enormous
cost can be even approximat-ir guessed. The practical exekiston” from Korea of British trud is andy, however, on a par with ¦
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The return of visitors to the City Hall Library{ and Museum for the week ending the 30th Sep- foraber, 1996, shows that of non-Chinese there were 288 to the Library and 73 to the Museum;!
of Chinese 155 to the former and 1,884 to the alter, The library was, therefore, used by 413 persons and the Mus um by 1,957.
A Bill has be-u introduced into the Vistoriani
Assembly which has for its objeel thosuppressjet
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WELSH MIXERS ON STRIKE.
Loxnoy, October 2nd. Twenty-eight thousand miners in of raition promoted in the crusso of clarity. 41 | South Walos have notified their also aims at the probibition of private card, ping--| ing.
The Bill prohibits flue forming of save fakes bad the sus of live shillings. Those wh publish any nowa is bequestion with betting gas she antenalde to punishment.
Yesterday was the Chiang
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CHAMPAGNE | her attempted mugly in Manchuria,festival, or Feast of Fabturas, The Chines
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heply and partially thwarted by the weak and vacillating policy of the Government at home is curious ta barve the methods by which Japan is deavouring te ventre A her wa had the electual confod of the whole of the trade of the Pacific. Sie das been seeking to estaldeh at home & gigantic series of monopolies, saly, one of which, but that the arust important, is that of the ailways. This is, of course, a matter as it is for Japsita's as n consideration, only altumstely to be paid her out of British packets it 19 a fair subject for British At best, politically the policy
komitent,
is dangerous. But another, and
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dengan flug and coloured banners wern Aging from the top of many Chinese Imuses in China town, and in the evening there were
intention of going on strike unless the non-union men are dismissed.
THE CUBAN REVOLT.
Losnox, October 2nd. Caba is now quiet and the despatch luinion of troops from the United States has Lions and a good deal of toasting and hern suspended. singing in the various enting house. The festivities in Hongkong locked th 1st) entându-m this year, we nudenstand, owing to this dopression in business and the immense,
The day was loss of lives in the Syphent observed us a holily by the Chitran press,
INTERPORT CRICKET.
DISAPPOINTING WEATHER.
SILANGHAL, October 2ml. The heavy downpour of rain offers no prospect of cricket to-day.
The following extrael from a hotas par last interest for the bowling festernity of | Hongkong, when frogunatly enjoy. Mt. Noch's
seberesity : competition for the handsome silver cup
soutal Jast year by James Neish, Isa, of 1 Booth, has been won, by Mr. Wm. Mund, tiffin, as the rain is now less heavy.
Garsino – The singh huuded
Me James Dally being this manner up. This
LATER.
It is hoped to start the watch after
Suavenat, 3.27 pm.
being the second suressive your in which the
The heavy run contimes, so the sate player has won it, it now becomes his owai property. Mr. Neish has intimated ha expening of the match is postponed
matil to-narrow, year be intoude presenting a loadsan, Chine up for competition amongst the members.”.
The first general nesting of Messrs. Scharff's Oil att i Bone M, Lut, was hold on Sept. 25th at the Company's oflies at Shanghai. Chairman said the teeing was dalind to calor to comply with this provisicas of the Hong- edinances. The Company kong Comprares”
REUTER'S SERVICK, |
THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA.
HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD.
A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held on October 2nd at the Bourd Room. Tho Hon. Dr. Atkinson (prosident) presidial, and thare wore ubi prosent Dr. P. Clark, M.D.H., Mr. E. A. Irving, Lient.-Col. Jodin, Mr. A. Sheltou Hopper, Hau, Mr. W. Chatham endl rice-prident), Mr. Pung Wa-din. Mr. G. A. Woolcock ismeretary).
SCAVENGING CONTRACTOR'S BOATH. The MÔ H., Dr. Praksh, minuted --- Tha
THE DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO,
The twenty-third anusal general meeting of shareholders of the abors company was held at the offices, Douglas Street, posterday. Mr. H. P. White presided and thera were present Hor. Mr. W. J. Gresson, Messrs. A. Babington, a. d. Wood, J. A. Jupp, J. S. Porry, S. 11. Michael, E. J. Moses, M. Malouned, Wang Pak Yur, Tsui Kai, and J. E. Gomes, secretary, The notice convening the meeting having leo read,
The CHAIRMAN ssid Gentlemen.
The
newvenging contractor reports the loss of all his i cepnet and pecounts having been in your handso boats. Hoolis ma it will take him or weeks for soon tings, I will, with your permission, takes to replace them, and I have therefors ordered them as read. We, in common with other hirm to remove the city refuse to the depots
at Tai Hang and Kenedy town, and have full shipping internal in the East, havo yfotod fro the extreme depression of prado gonically de inspectors to have it burned thore, The compotition on our lines has been rendered bisa-tay this contractor must be very heavy, wild
koner by the paucity of remunerative | in the interests of the publie komlth, 1 big te
got that the Government gums to his hell the price of cant during the year has prozed |«mployment outside. The hoary ineremo in
with a view to quickly obtaining now tents,riously detrimental, and extra docking Otherwise I have fears of the contractor est charges, as pointed out in the emport, have
| pletely throwing up the sponge and leaving us afill further militated against profitable working, of L "istesamore. During the your tires Hatman" has frequently had to shut
to carry out the contract eneselves.
Mr. HoopThe antifee of compensation
is one entirely for the Bovernment, and not theout cargo which was diverted to oppaneis, Sanitary Board,
and had the stemmer which was proposed to bu built inst you which while carrying connier - wbly more cargo would love cust litila mora to
Han Me Hewer-lo Sanitary Board | might, well recommend to the Government in The public interest that all a sistaanschouli, be given the contractor to replace the bursts cas promptly as possible, Tatar the relief cost.
it might consider this man's vast and see their way to make him a grant.
My Løn Chien-eë -Engros withthon M.0.1, that wal-er assistance is given to the contrac for at oses possible ho eaunot go with the
work,
rit
Toen in her place, we should have bron able to run her at a faig, profit, consistering the abnormat conditions prevailing during the year, and have materially lessoned opposition. After due consideration the General Managers and Cousaking Commitian kavo decided to offer ta shareholders a dividend of 5 per cent, which, il is hoped, will be considered a fair on in a bad year. As regards the present year's working, prospects ans certainly more favourable Earnings to date are fairly
The PESIDENT I แทง informed that arrangements have been maila by the Govern moil for practically taking over fan disposal of this refuse from the contractor. In other . Coal is siderably reduced in price, We shall words a lighter has him bought, and will and, we bust, will still go lower.
suko a considerable, saving in insurance of evnamnate operations Le-day, It has a capacity
steamers, wirile kooping them fully insured; and of 25 tons and will make the journeys a day, it trace improves and there are no autorů so we hope in a few days, to get rid of the
extra dacking orjunnis, we vanture to think wo aconmulation collected sine the 18th altino.
may look for a considerably improvement in the net result of the working of the steamers. The During this real rainy weather it has been impossible to burn all the rubbish, bit as much has been burnt as possible, and now we love got the lighter the mentumulation will, I hope, soon
defors ble methal is to be found in der wholesale subsulation of steamers must ship ping generally, which forins ur essential part of her polary.
She has been endeavour ing by such me is to gain control of the entire carrying trade of the Pacific, True, Germany has herein set her an example, (though oqi a small scale, tout what Germany First-Class has been doing la a small way Japan has MES CHAMPAGNE is a
been assaying on a wholesale senlo. to the Wine and is supplied su all the fasading Hotel Do small disturbance of her own revenues Germany his little hebt hamper her expansion, while Japan has already heavily and testaurants thronghoont London.
| aortgagest her finances, We have alrende spoken of the manner in which tipke
mant. DE the capital of Thun Company, of which, only undertaken ovarmvant of the necessities ¦ dizappose. A belforhaben seat to the Sanitary use of our wharf, which at the prasmjunetore shipping audeaties have been nunderuse of † s12050 were issued for present reptirements, of the situation, and with the s de purpose | Board which was received by the Government to interfire with the opening of Manchurian | 291 shares had not yet bon applied for, and of restoring peace and order, and pubile from the sevenging contractor dealing with shareholders, were opet to acquire any of this confidens, until a permanent Government the sheet. Ilava ut had time to circalate A. S. WATSO \ & CO., trule; but the aumats paid to the steamer
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BIRTH
un Septoner Both, af "Lewknoi," the Penk,
The wild. Mr. W. SLA15, 80
MARIAGE.
On Septeander 20th, at Shanghai, Juuso MAX Eumasanton, Cardill, England, to Juns PARODIE MACHABLATE,
DEATH.
s teler 1:1, in lasted, Dr. Xutsto CA
manma oldunya mo, of the Portuguese Navy, late od Micar und Hongkong Deeply regretted by
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lupes do not in these oues mud with the
That direct subsidies but are given va anderstanding that in all cases the freights shall be proferential, in many cases as much as fifty per cent; and even in some insta at to guaranteeing losses, ur atormant has also spoken of the practice of the Japanese Government in directly financing Exports, which by means of the tanks and other large undertakings it has been doing ou n
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was rezistered on May #1 and the buildings and property had bwn repair it as far as was far
stary. All tus machinery hul keen onderved | au the first batch was now in eourse of ship-
halsnee.
The Shanghai Tantai has caused the arrest of several natives engaged in sverdly surelling This arrested men are said cool fer Mexico. to be ageula of two companies, which wished to get three hundred ccoliss each.
It is stated that the majority of the enrolled toolies are Some natives of Pootung and this district. 600 els intended for work out the Mexican Central Bailway were embarked 'some days ago ou C str. Beste Duffer, but owing to the neglect of this responsible for the recruiting
Luxdos. September 30th.
An American Provisionul Government has assumed possession of Cibn, and Mr. Taft, who has fonadly, proclaimed
aluself
Governor, declares that the Govèratment is
Ja vstablished.
STRIKE ON THE CLYDE.
LONDON, September 30th, Sever thousand ironworkers on the Clyde hny struck for a rise of wagos.
THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA.
LONDON, September 30th. The action of Mr. Taft was the result of
il, bab, it members wish, it can ka rial how or cirantated.
Mr. Hoorn-What is its pur part The PRENDENT Simply a letter from the contractor asking the Government to assist biu.
cut disaster to the Colony, which we all doplere, wiit doubtless dislocate the working of cargo for some time and we are fortunate in having the
is of the af mail value It is with regret that
have to refer in the seat of Mr. U. 24. Thomson, who was a member of your Consulting Committen for some years. Before moving the mloption of the report and acgonuts, I shall be pleasul to answer any questions that shareholders may wish to ask.
Members agreed that it should be circulated.ment
OK WRUCTION AT HARDEN ROAD. Mr. Hooren-Sines the removal of debris on the 19th ultimo I think it would be wall. For the Board to know that at the Public Gur·lens the dheis hus increased within the last four Or five hass four ar fir
fold.
Clarge sende at the rate of four per cent. It to inform the Tautai ank go through this propt the failure of the Cabau Congress to elect a Bushes has be cut down from tr
was by such means that while the Govern- at was taking promises to the British eseriment that it was by erery mens volcavourag to upen up the country, and¦
formality 1000 bas hươn dispatch of the vested.
sans delay in the
10 is reported in the Juh-Jik says tho C. ian Pues that by in-truotions from the British
kow
successor to President Palma...
and plasted on the road. I can't President Roosevelt has ordered 6,640 | whether this is a matter for the Sauitury Board, ¦
bat I think the attalion of the ižovernmeal troops to proceed to Coba imme‹liately,
Mr. Taft has released the Cuban political hould be called to it. The struction at Do tiærden Rosd before was bad enoagli, but on
was desirous of nothing so muci a "theif Government, Bie Jóhá Jardau has requested prisoners. The Cubana are not opposi | Saturday night it was four fant thick and
from the Woiwop o further explanation of the Imperial Deeru izvord on May, 9 concerning the appointment of Tch Liung and Tang hands Controllers-General of the 1. C. Sir Jubo pints out tint, the demarcation of authority between the news Controllers-Goperat and the Inspector-neral Bir Robert Harris not clearly defined in the Decree. Mower Homo of the recent acts of their Excellencies
the action of the United States.
THE RECENT STORMS IN THE UNITED STATES,
extending from gattor to gutter. Tu fact it was so thick that a chair could not pass.
Tijs Door" it was, C 1 Gay wo have altriply acantel for with striet in partiality) Bonding the country with its wagggoods. This, from the British her. chant's point of view, was bound to fishy; and he is not to be blamed it big {judgment le a little harsh. For per cent
was of course a lower rafe thin private | Tigh and Tang have en contrary to the is the linrricane and 30 miles of the rail oft there for the seas:•pging cautrantor to re-
f
British
with:
Britain sot
stipulations of the loan agreements conclude between China and Great Germany.
LONDON, September 30th. Every house along the water front at Pesacris, for ten miles, has been wrecked
The PRESIDENT—Tial work was undertaken ị by the Botanical and Afforestation Department, aud is now within the province of the Board. I understand it is now being undertaken by that department.
Mr. HooPks-1 u sporking of the stuff
Fight steaters more. way has Bému washed out, have been sank, and 2,80 people are home-¦ less in Pensacola, and the forts`nt the na val station are damaged badly.
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CRETE.
Losnos, September 301. Mr. Zamis has been formally invested at Athens, as High Coumissioner.
CHINESE IN THE TRANSVAAL.
meremnis elsewhere had been paying for accommodation, bịt his explanation of this was that this meer thus asel to hinder
The first episcopa! anniversary of His horà British trade", but been " geurly sheraet «d from British pockets". The British ership Bishop Pozzoni, was duly colebrated on Monday. In the morning a slema High Mass chan caturally hates L
was sung by the Very Rard. P. de Maria, the Hexatong Oreich: 10a, Des Vœux Roan capitaliste supplying his enemy
Pro-Viuar Apostolic, which was sumorously Losung (1+ 1958: B1, Peer STRIKT. 5.C
ammunition ; but on all sides it is a mutter attended. During the day many distinguished of business. If one be less patriodic that residents and personal friends of His Lordship another, it will be perhaps the capitalist called to pay theircongratulationsund resprota to: Lois do not follow the flag"; they follow the popular prelate. In the evening the Catholic high interest.
Balon gave a dinner in honour of His Lordship in their bow and spacious Club rooms at Genealy, Covers were laid for 5 Among the guests Confes has arrived at Durban, was the Consul Gonural for Portugabezia nearly, all the priests of the Italian Mission. The Cub house of the Catholic Union had a new wing added to it recently, and the improvements ware at oven noticed on Monday evening.
The Daily Press.
HONORING, OCTOBER 3RD, 1906.
SPECIAL information front Korea caused us on Sept. 24th to mention the mer in which Japan has succeeded while pretendinging match on Oct, 27th. to open up the country, in blocking outside!
We are alvised that | unde great strides lately, access to Koren. already she has been throwing out feeler with regard to establishing a differential tariff there in favour of herself; if not of altogether abfishing the anties. Korea, of
Tientsin is organizing so international walle
urse, is committed by treaty to a tarif and without the consent of the contracting parties such a course would be manifestly illegal; but Japan has Lip permitted on such easy terms to assume what she professes to be merely a protectoral, but which in reality far more nearly apprekes actual annexation, that yhe eoangives there will be
The Austrian Concess an at Tientsin hak
The reports of two Shanghai Societies, St. Gorge and St. Andrews," so that o
are flourishing.
We are asked to remind members of the Pelo club of the anesting convened for this evening
at Governmusut Heuse.
The resignation of Major A. M... Boisrogon, Cap Supt. of the Shanghai Police, has been tendered and accepted,
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funderal of the late Capt.
Barnes
The China Times reports. It is reported in the native Pros of Peking that the Chine Government has made arrangements with the Japanese Minister, Mr. Hagashi, regarding the restoration of Yingkou to China and the aboli- tion of the Japanese Military Administration Office there next mouth. E. the Viceroy Yan has been advised by the Waiwopu to hold the officials and police constables, who have been specially elected for service in that treaty port in rondiness for dispatch to Yingkon vext
to take the places of the Japanese. The West kan selected 300 palico from the Tientsin City
and do native detectives placed under the eam mand of Major Taui Hsiang-kusi, wba sa new 24 Yingkep making the necessary preparations,
Loses, September 34th. The last batch of Chinese imported
N.-C. Illy News Service.
TARTAR GENERAL SHOT.
It is moure
Tokyo, September With. that the Tartar Ganaral of foilangking, H. E. Chêng Ching-te, has been shot near the Amar Riser by a Russian soldier. Ho is mid to be serionsly injarud...
A DISTINGUISHED TRAVELLER.
Tokyo, September 9th. Count Kozui Olsai, Lord Abbot of Western Honganji Temple at Kiote, leaves Kabo on Thursday with Countess Otani, who is the older sister of the Crown Princess, où a prolonged
tour.
He will first visit Peking sad will then motor beat from Shanghai the
don't think the. Botanical Departnwut is removing the rabbist to the dust boats.
Members decided that the Board should call the attention of the Botanical department, to the mailer.
MORTALITY STATISTICS
Mr. PERRY, who could not be honed from the prosi tablu, was understood to criticise the state- that if they had hand a higger steuner the11sitan" they would bare dens hafter during the year.
The
than
CHALEMAN'S reply was that tho "Haitan" had hit to shut out dirga,
M
PERRY did not see how they would improve their position next year.
The CHAIRMAN By the reduction of ex-
Mr. Pansy also referret, to the log of wastage.
The CHAIRMAN's reply was not hard at las press table,
Mr. PERRY-Do the steamers get decent cargos?
·JA CHAIRMAN You.
Mr. PERRY-Do they pay their way? The Chairman-Certainly.
Mr. PERRY-What do shareholders gel but
of the wurking of the stormers ?
The CHAIRMAN-Five per cent this year. Mr. l'enny then went on to say that he did not thick it would make any difference whether they had a gool year or a bal your, an men- tioned a certain arrangement with Chinese, which, if that wore kept, would prevent them taking advaulage of higher prices for frighte Thare would be no improvement in the company unless they affected some cetrenchment in the exparses,
The CHAIRMAN-We are retranching.. Mr. PaRY-I mau with regard to general expense
The CHAIRMAN was understood to say that they could not retronel any further.
The mortality statistics for the week ending 4th August showed thail the death rate for the whole civil community British and foreign, was 99 as against 34.9 in corresponding work of last year. The death rate for the whole colony, excluding the aring and vary, was 150 pic 1,000 per annum as against 24.7 for the corresponding week last year. Week onding 11th August civil population, Ibitish and foreign,
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, secondol 44.9: whole colony, 22.1. Work onding 18th by Mr. Jupp, the report was adopted. August-civil population, 249; whole colony, The CHAIRMAN proposed and Mr Juer Week ending 27th Aagnet-civil popula-seconded the re-election of the Hon. Mr. W. J. tion, 23; whole colony, 22.3.
Gresson, Mesars. Babington and Wood to the Consulting Committee, Carried.
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TYPHOON
NEWS.
■ISSAGE FROM THE ADMIRAL His Excellency the Governor received the following telegram from the naval Commander- Su-Chief of the China station --"Just received details typhoon, Squadron for sinera sympathy to Colony-Admiral Moore."
His Excell ney replied as follows :-- On behalf of the Colony Lexpress drop gratitude for kind message of sympathy, Nathan."
FRAISE FOR" DEERI“ CAPTAIN. The VC. Daily Nema understands that in view of the splendid manner in which the P. & 0. S. helli was handled during the recent
Mr. PERRYT'heu if you cannot we are in no butler position.
Messrs. W. H. Porrs as A. R. Lowe word re-elected auditors on the motion of the CHAK- MAN, secondod by Mr. PERRY.
The CHAIRMAN-Thank you for your attend- Hividend warrants will be ance, gerilemen. ready this afternoon.
POLICE COURT.
Tuesday, 2nd October.
BEFORE MR. F. A. Hazeland (Second)
POLICE MAGINIEATE).
OPENING REGISTERED LETTERS.
Trang Fang, an unemployed coolie, was
have diffienlty by taking gradual steps Iaircover will take place from the Natal polies, 54 mou from tho Tientsin Sanitary Odes, onward journey underlook a long tour of typhoon at Hongkong it has been saggioded | charged at the instance of the Post Master
tesands that end and calming dan xay | Hospital to morrow at 5 p.m.
expressions of disapproval that inay from
A Chungking dispatch states that there have time to time be misel. The steps she has born full harvests in every part of Szechuan recently been taking towards monopolising province this year for exceeding the best the opening trade of Manchuria afford very clear forecast of her intended financial policy for the future. Japan at the moment
harvests of twenty years ago.
LATEST STEAMEĽ MOVEMENTS.
The C.P.2. str. Empress of Jupun arrived at Naguski at noon on Monday, the let inst, and left again at 7 pon, game day, for Kobe, where sbo ja dua to arrive at 7 pm. on Tuesday, the
did.
Prenged by his intention is to spend the in terier of China as far as Brechu n.
Conu Otani studied in England and on his
exploration in the region of the Caspian Sea, on the imalayas and in India. Siuce then be has visited various places and was lately in Sughafen.
He has bean appointed geographical expert to the Foreign Office.
Count Otani does not believe in the reported opening of Kirin osi Valober 18,
among the passengers that the Company should General with opening or causing to be opened be informed of the general appreciation on four registered letters, with stealing out of a boerd of Captain Audrow foresight and registered letter a cheque for $102, and with seamanship. The rising sun gave the first forging certain mail matter, by applying & indication of had weather and before the suiden fulse ouòp purporting to ba that of the Koog drop of the barometer, shortly after a Man Fang to four registerul letter covera heralded the proximity of the phoon, all Mr. Hursthouse, from the Crown Solicitor's awnings had been removed and the Delhi was Office, prosecated,
After evidene was heard the mass WIS prepared for the worst. Subsequently Captain Kok on Fonday, when the charge held by one
and rewa shected to navigate at night the narrow remanded till to-day. Korea, out of all proportion to the necessitios man exploded before he was prepared, with the
channels tending out of the herhear and zavot of the case should sh› intend only to exercise result that ho was blown to pines and his on the 30th Sept.
This fact, and her comrade severaly injured. her protectorate".
The latter was 2nd inst. for this port, and is dus bere en ar
The British str. Nanshan left Saigon on the House after the wedding of Miss Be keley the second typhoon in the open son rather than
and Captain G. F. Muller
tomorrow, expose the Delhi to the danger of contact with Thursday.
drifting vessels in the harbour. attitude towards the people and government conveyed to hospital.
Two Chinese were ongaged in the illegal
is maintaining an enormous garrison inpation of fishing with dyumuite at Shatan
We are requested to announce thist in couse The N.Y.K. str. Kagoshima Muru (Bombayquence of the deeply lamented death ye-terday Line) left Boubay for this port via Singapore of the Honble. Capt. Barnes-Lawrence, R.N. there will be no reception held at Government
about the 6th inst.
LOOTERS
Four Baluchi soldiers were convicted of
being in unlawful possession of cotton yarn, Two were Gued $15 and two 824.