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Mr. J. R. M. Smith, manager of the Hong TELEGRAMS. Long and Shanghai Banking Corporation, returned to Hongkong yesterday after a holiday at home,
To the Hongkong Out Volmer Society, the Honourable Stopben W. Nickersen, M.A., Courator at Law of the Supreme Court of tho United States, hashimily consented to deliver a lecture on Manay and Civilization" at the City Hall, ou Monday, 14th January, at 5,15 1. Mr. 13. E. Pollock, Hon. Secretary, will
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found ourselves in the surprising position of sharing with Peking some of the discomfort eased by people persisting in the impata tion of motives. Mr. GroвG JAMIESON
Monsra, E. 8. Kadourio & Co. are in receipt ignores motives, and dealing with nets,
informing them that there will be no interim trailere does not necessarily import any disidoud of the Shanghal Dock and Engineering says the appointment of the Chinese Cou-of private telegraphic advices from Shanghai,
he expeds to revive, emphasising its untorial cbunge in the validity of plankomirity | Co., Ltd. "demands by a hitheeviggenation. Our first for the loans. Itjzadmitrol chat Sir RobEKT Comments on MY MURRAY STEWART'S Hair is, and alwigs has been, a servant of sparch were directed to the suggestion that the Chinese Government. That aufartunate WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, this poohey, in view of the objects and aims reference raised a howl away sons of the "authorities". Mr. of the A:soriation, and particularly of the less well-informed desiderata aventiane 1 în viac sprovede itself, is¦ GrokGĖ Jaarison acepts it rally, and Enot the boat pooling to porosite, We feared admits ungerer that Sir Router HART for it the fat of this shoplurid who cried as always, hitherto, hon under the control
A giam from Peking to the 44t *wolf" vam bo often. Nach fear my of the Chinese Freeigs Ollies at Peking. bravog ten-spitals, for, but „iti muy cuit | Now, he is under the easted of another „Zaurau! status that Prince Las has been was this solo in duspring and wodiegof our ¦ „ffice, a speil Board. This change, id charged by the Emperor with a mission to the Lomments- quite escusable motive, as the Chinese, was a mega domestic detail, Mr. | United States, Great Biltain, toogany and every member of the Acridia will MURRAY STEWART 1hinks the explanation Frates, a tho porpose of studying the mural.
forets of those countries, sen preliminary f As we showel fals -- We would think the sume, without caporating with bis Majesty in the organisa. doubtless acknowlelge yesterday, our native was misconst, gel in hesitation, if there were not ren-ons for tim of a powerful feet. The max estoundinars and unpleasant| supposing is to be likely tann Thinking, t inner. Referring to the Clast uns Bli4, somewhat of a mure'anest, we might, if we
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had
wanted to give and soft, havenation
¦ surprisi og thất Chines: afficials should the CHAIRMAN's free-handling of ridien
nowadays chim thrive a greater share but we do not even yes regard him or any in the control than they hire hitherto her antlery as making himself vi liculous ¦eated to exacin, neither is it ring-sary by tappening to hold opinions we do not thena corrupt motivos (endore. There is al says the chance test for so doing". Mr. Mennar Suwand's the Chinese are less snow than we think grief inistide-and-injustize entitlinusto tam that they may show_as_more fook again point out that it is not surp ising that than kontes, in which case Mr. Munnay newspaper should comment, ons lang Srewar will have en right, and we
Bot neither will thuishy appear | speech reported verdim columus, neither is it necessary, or prop 1) {ailienkons. Meantime, the only real danger, to impute to it ignoble motives. However, we "if dan ger there 1»", which Mr. GeoE should concern ourselves more with the JAMIESON sees, "would seem to be not so Chairman's arguments as to the feels much of a tompaing with the security for and intentions of the Custous Edict, mel to the bans, as of a lowering of the status of Mr. Gronas JAMIESON's answer to such the Custume Service and consequent. frieriou Mr. MenuAY STEWART referred to China's with the merchants ".. The difference
j
in its own
wrong.
A meeting hell'at Sir Pod Clinton's office a
"ALLY PRESS" EXCLUSIVE SERVICE. AMEER'S VISIT TO INDIA.
LONDON, January 10th. The Ameer arrived at Agra in! a heavy rain storm. He visits, the Vicgrey-to-day
OBITUARY,
LONDON, January 10th, The Queen of Hanover is dead.
RED RUSSIA.
LONDON, January 10th. General Parlof, military proscentor, has brett assassinated.
NAVAL CHANGES,
Losuos, January 10th. Admiral Bosanquet succeeds Ad.
few days agent, which many prominent citizens miral Douglas as einander at assembled decided to alegra h for tis Daks o' | Portsmouth Dockyard, Connaught's sanotion, to hold a bull at the City i Rear-Admiral Juglefich! succeeds Hall in his honour, at which the whole party | Admiral Bosanquet. will be entertained. This, it was considorad, would not turpass on the Tika's time on his official visit here, and it is hoped that a fapaar- fable reply will be receiv d.
It is oftenly noticed it-the-london-dualle that the King has bon pleased to give and lo grauf ato Sir Robert Hart. Bart, G.C.M.GE, Inspector-Úsueral of Chinos Turperial Muri- Limay Customs, His Majesty's Royal tieènes and anthority that he may accept and wear the Grand Cordon of the Order of Loopold, con- ferred upon him by his, Moj shy the King of
rendered by him to his Majesty. the Belgians, in recognition of coluthie secriene
Portions of the German Emperial estimates
THE SLEEPING SICKNESS,
Losnos, January 14th,
* 'Sir Patrick Manson, M.D., predicts 1 spread of the sleeping sirkness in
Asia.
THE WILL OF A MILLION-
AIRESS.
SUPREME COURT. Thursday, January 10tb.
IN ORIGINAL JURIDICTION.
BEFORE SIR FRANCIS PIGGOTT (CHIEF JUSTICE).
A DISPUTED INSURANCE CLAIM, The San Kaur Lo tem, piece goods dealers, formerly etrrying on business at 332 Queen's Road Central, and now at 63 Wing Lok-StreÍ...... Victoria, brought an action against the Union Commercial Company for the recovery of
| 54,555,55, dño ander au insuraniu poligy. Mr.
M W. Slade instructed by Mr. E. J. Grist of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist) appeared for plaintiffs nid the Hon. Mr. H.B Pollock K.C., (instrnefesi by Mr. Hurathony of Messrs. Dannys und Bowley) uppsared for defondatale, From che s'atenent of claim it transpired, that the plaintifs insured their stock and furnituen for | $10,500 wat as are had occurred in the premies and damage done to the extent of $12,3 0, flux proportion covered by insurance amorating to 85,555,55, the plaintiffs asked for my mont of the batter amount. The defendants And refused to pas, hence the action.
Mr. Shoto explained that when the fire ocentred goods to the value of the claim wore
ovidoneo available, the oridenge of plaintiffs and Those, however, the evidence of the banki. were uet now in his passion. They had been taken by the Insurance Company, whò refused to give them up. In consequanes they chat hon bamperad in prosecuting the case and making ap their chim. The ära took place sonus fear or live days after Chinese New Year, and while the shop was closed. Immediately after the fire plõutiff took his insurango poltay, which he had stored in another house, to the police together with the books of account which had been saved from the fice. A few days later he received his policy back from the police and was informed that thờ Insuranes Company had got the books When he went cound the flies of the latter claim his return in a lay the compradors of all
the praises, to would be proved by the only
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Laxnes, Janiry 10th. Baroness Burdett-Coutts has bewoner, fes was told to queathed all her possessious to her the Companies concerned would ha present. He did so and, going through the books thro,
alleged breach or intended berich of grobetsen the control of the Waiwapu for the Guanoial year 197, in sading thous for husband, Mr. W. L.. A: B. Birdett.
f
Bors of the German colonies, bars beon published.
Kisochow, with a revenue of £77,135 and an expenditure of £663,910, will require a subsidy of £58,788, or £70,72% less than this year. For the purposes of the military administration £166,902 will be required, and £42343 for the civil meninistention. A further izstnimout of 116,000 in put down for the harbour works, which will thereafter require a fival installment of £43,500.
THE ROYAL VISIT.
LONDON, January 10th. Duke The
and Duchess Connaught leave to-day,
CHINESE RAILWAY LOAN.
Clama's andl
Control the
Coutts.. the ment, and the depreciation of
Mr. GRORTS Commissioners does it at first night erolit tunely involved.
appear safficient to cause anch a lowering JAMIESON Hays:
We are not convinced that the of status. difference has not been exaggerated. At the worst, we bave taken the limitly of It came from the criticising a sprechi, official mouthpiece of the local branch of an Association for whose opinions we and our prablic look with respectful ragora?s. If, on analysis, we fail to find sufficient substance beneath the flow of warda to
Granting the suff ioney of the searity, what means are there wher be it can be made vailable for the series of the lane, supposing the China Goy ramani were to doľouli ar bi driven by imperious words to use the Castong revenue for other purp? The answer to that is that the casting ban
banks holl Castorn bonds, duly sigand by the authorities on as zzed, for the full amount of principal and interest, which by the terms of the loan contracts are available for pay nant of i
of duties. The procedure, therefore, if the sun were to arise, would be for the banks to soll these bonds to the merchants,
of
LONDON, Jamary 10th. Subscriptions are being invite: with the
The Shanghai-Nuuking railway loair object of presenting a testimonial to Dean Butcher, who is about to leave Egypt, after has been largely oversubscribed by
to ha used in their Customs business, sad with reward us for the time spent in asimilutin having held the post of chaplain of All Saints, i
Curso
the proceeds recoup the bondholders. Sugh a bumbrous, but it would be done, would and the mers knowledge that it could be done. wall by micient to deter the Chinese from coen to templating diferit."
siro, for more than a quarter of a century, the banks at 97}, it, it is a disappointment. In this case we De Butcher's first euracy isa at St. Paul's, expected something belter Perbys-the-ammersmith a position ho” relinquish d_1 general body of members might share some years ago to become our Cosmlar Chaplain at Shanghai. He remained in the Far East beur That is what we, us Mr. MURRAY of that disappointment.
ly 2 years, and became Doan of the Cathedral STEWART now suggests, ridiculously von-indications in the report of the succeeding of Holy Trinity. In 1893 he went to Caizo.
turing to outertain opinions at variance speaches that such was the case.
There
were
But there
with his own, have said all along. We have was not, and is not, any question of "searing" Dover denial that the Chinese would-liko off individuals or jeering at on Association. to be rid of foreign. interference, but we ware It is only that, in the congregation of the reluant from the first to suspect them of devout, we sometimes don't like the sermon. the folly of dieving that, in the case of the Against the preacher personally, or againnt Customs it could be practical politics. If his gospel, the devout have nothing to say for so believing we have become a laughing. It is as if, for criticising his sermo, this stock to Mr. McRRAY STEWART and other expounder and denounced us for atheism. well informed cunthorities, it is comforting to find one like Mr. GrauGK JAMIESON in our company, one who goes even further than we did, an1 cannot believe that the Chinese were "aven contemplating default." To clarify our point in a phrase, we'did not say Puking is ton virtuous to do what Mr. MURRAY STEWART яuspects it of, but that it
WAH LOO
who
BOT
The French Mail of the 11th December was
delivered in London on the 9th inst.
From the local agents of the Norddeutscher Lloyd (Mosers. Matchers and Co.) we have received a copy of the Company's calendar for 1907. It is an artistic prodnation.
interim dividend
for
Yesterday H.E. the Offver Administering the Government, Hon. Mr. F. H. May, paid a visit of inspection to the works of the Kowloon Caalon railway, spending the whole day in the New
Torritory
where be long since gained the affection and est-om of the British community.
Mr. Dork, United States District Attorney, and the Education Authorities have agreed ragarding the statment of facts bearing on the gegregation of Japanese children in the selicols
REUTER'S SERVICE |
GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES.
LONDON, January 8th. The Kaiser has sent un official, at his own expense to investigate the commercial and financial conditions of the United States, The Emperor is also sending six army
RUSSIA AND JAPAN,
as a basis upon which the Government can test officers to study the people and the country the constitutionality of the State law under which the Board of Education made its ruling, savo as regards the section which says that tho
LONDON, January stb. father of the boy by whom the proceedings will
The Stardal is authoritatively informed be brought pays taxea in San Francisco. It that the prospects of the conclusion of the
Dr
two when
made out that he had goods to the value of some $13,000 on his premises when the fire took pince. There was a disenssion with tho compradores who maintained that that did not represent the actual value of the goods, and unloss in reduced his claim he would not got paid, at least for a long time. The mak having lost his all consented for the sake of ima diate payment to reduce his elm to $10,000. This claim was made on and then the defendants refused to pay, asserting that tho claim was falso. Plaintiff consulted a solicitar Do sub- mitted that the defenlints had treated the
and a long correspondeace ousand.
plaintiff in a very high handed manner.
Ia reply to his Lordship it was atted that it was custominty after a fire that the boks sherli bo hunded over to the Insurance Co-
"pany****
The case was adjourned.
POLICE COURT.
Thursday, January 10th.
BEFORE MR, C, D. Mxibourne (Škinond
Polick MaqISTSATE),
AN UNWELCOME VISITOR.
A contractor who was repairing vas of the
houses in a lana rauning off Buleber Strast,
--West-Point, left a quantity of rabbish oz-Uha- roadway. This was observed by an Indinu foremati ia the Sanitary Board, who knocked at the back door of the house opposite which the rabbich was dumped. A Chinese cook answered the call and the foreman proceeded to question
has also been decided to eliminate all references Russo-Japanese fishery negotiations are him concerning the rubbish. The cook waB
to Korean and Chinese children, thus permitting the Japanese case to stand alone.
The Pioneer points out that the railway which
satisfactory.
GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
LONDON, January 8th.
The postponed Anglo-Russian entente will eoncluded immediately on the settlement
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE
· BRITISH FLEETS.
LONDON, January 8th. The Daily Chronicle learns officially that the reconstruction of the British fleets, as described in the Daily Mail, is merely a
evidently not in a good hamour, for after. calling the foreman had names he threw a tab of dirty water over him. This lad to the absf's arrest, and Inspector Collett charged him with behaving in a manner liable to create a breach of the peace.
His Worship convicted the defendant and imposed a fine of $5.
BURGLART.
Borgeout Sims proc-alad against a coolie on the charge of burglary at Now Kowloon.
The evidence showed that the defendant remorod the two bare which secured the door of house No. 109, Kowloon Tong, with a knife. and entered in the early bours of morning. He stealthily removed the clock from the wall, and finding two pairs of trousers in the sim room wrapped the timepiece therein, and placed Then he entered the bundle on the table.
MR. GEORGE JAM■son, C.M., introduces
We are pleased to be able to stale that Mr.the French Government are building from Haiphong, on the Tongking coast, to Yun-man- sensible, Ever a thiel F. A. Hazeland came out of hospital yesterdays fu is already in working erler for dome 20 the article briefly referred to yesterday with
miles in Chinese territory, sad that it should
of the Russo-Japanese negotiations. Russis an interesting review in brief of the methods will let marked money alone, when he quite recovered from his illness, and resamas
reach Mengizi, 100 miles from the frontier and of Chinese funco, aud the sources
knows it is markel. We described Mr. duly at the Magistracy this morning. These are MURRAY STEWART's fears na * little ex-
The Eastern Extension Austraissis and China an important distributing centre for foreign and Great Britain have already agreed upon of Chinese imperial revenue. largely what they were nearly three hundred aggerated: Mr. GROKOR JAMIESON thinks Telegraph Company (Limited) has declared an imports, in the spring of 1918. The Pioneer a common policy in Persia in the event of
the quarter ended anticipates, that a monoply will be establislied the death of the Shah. years ago, and am, we suppose, fairly well them" quite groundless," for this reason: Heptember 30th of 2s. 6d. por shara, fros of for French goods, as foreign articles now pay
The Customs revenus, though hypothecated income-tax.
20 per cent transit dues, which are not likely known to our readers. We pointed out two
to be reluced. This. it is urged, is a matter of days ago, and Mr. GEORGE JAMIESON makes for the service of the loans, has never, in point of fact, boon directly appropriated to their
direct interest to Iulia, as cotton yarn frem the sale remark in the Financial Review payment. It is probably the opinion of
Indian mille is sent in large quantities to that Sir Robert IIart and his staff actually of Reviers, that China is not a Kingdom, collect the reverse and hold it for this purpose,
Mangiati. The Tongking mills, which are lat an agglomeration of Kingdoms, and That is not so. From the first the Customs
increasing their output, are expected to try le duties have always be pid into a astise bank
secure the whole of this trade, and the sugg08- these are all potentially wealthy in the
arpaisted For purpose at each treaty port,. productivity of the soil, and with a and have begu held to the order of the Chinese
local official, is termed the Superintendent A keenly contested football match between population of twenty to forty millions of Castoms. The function of the forsign staff the Hongkong Footbult Club and the Royal ach". When the Imperial Government is to so that the proper Inties are so paid in Engineers was played at Happy Valley yester. before granting clearances to foreign vessels, day afternoon, the result, being a win for the reeds or desires more money, it applies to
but one the money is paid they have in concern
Mr. Strangman Hancock, manager of the Club by oue goal, the score being H.K.F.C., 3; these "kingdoms". which always, after with what becomes of it. Their returns of
Jumpers Deep Gold Mine, on the Raad, bas the visual protests, manage to satisfy through the Inspector General are, of course.
trade supplied to the Central Government B.D, 2.
been presented, on his retirement, with a piece an efficient check on the honesty of the local
of gold plate by the Chinese coolies employed ia Peking's demands. The Viceroys or
a scheme of colonisation in Vancouver Island, the mins. An inscription upon it states that it Governors have various waye of ruising this officials, but the disposal of the money is entirely
a matter for the Chinese themselves."
the climate of which closely resembles that of is "a presentation to Ben Big Man" and that revense; no two seem to work alike; and
England. The company owns an immense tract "we.Chinese" have been there nearly two "Tas the only restriction imposed by the central
of land, and will prepare 150,000 acres for years, and are well fed and cared for. Government is that such taxes are not to be be familiar all along, and bow he could soonpation sa farms and orchards by British work is good, and suits us, and the pay is not small we like the negative form of acknow- levied as might cause riota or insurrections. expect the Daily Press to be covered with settlers. Mr. GEORGE JAMIEBON, by giving facts and ridicale for attaching wore importance to
guest) and the owner treats os us well as figures of what has been done in the past, them than to his own analogisms we cannot and by referring to
present known imagine. Everybody who reads the papers Ballestrem, the President of the Reichstag, philosophical touch about that last phrase, which conditions, shows that the yoke of laxation knows that the Anglo-Geriaun Loan Agree-expressing indignation atthe Budget Committee may be commended to the perfervid persons | whore wars are tortured by the imaginary clank- is even yel a long way off being too heavy mente of 1896 and 1898 bound the Chinese rejecting the vote of £1,400,000 required to carrying of h Siu's bains. Whatever that worthy's
tion is made that farther surreys shonid be transference of ships, in view of the forma- an inner room and lifted a small roll of audertaken with a view to giving Upper Burma tion of the Home fleet. The number of ships Japanese cloth, but he was disturbed in bis good railway connection with Tan-nan, and men afloat will not be reduced.
With these reasons, we presume, the CHAIRMAN of the Hongkong branch would
The Canadian Facilio Railroad annonces
A sensation has been caused by the Kaise, who 18 addressed a telegram to Count
on the war against the rabols in German South-
heaven and earth treat us." There is a fine
for these practically self-governing provinces, Government to maintain the Customa West Africa. This notion of his Majesty has shortcomings may be (and we cortainly cannot and in fact, us he says, "bondholders uny service as it then was during the currency fallon like a bombshell, as it amounts to a de- deny them), he appears to be not wholly be absolutely at case as to the sufficiency of of the loans. Where has it failed? As we claration of hostility against Parliment. It destitute of the saving grace of gratitude, Bu their security". This brings us, and him read it, Mr. MURRAY STEWART'E speech means a conflict of spinion between the monarch that, of course, is an unpardonable sin, because too, to the arguments of Me. MURRAY chiefly alleges that they meant to fail, and the elected representatives of the nation. it is a terrible upset for the British Radios
Chairman of the Hongkong meant to commit default, Here, we have It is an not, unprecedented in the history of "pple-cart.
STEWART,
constitutional countries.
THE ROYAL HONGKONG, GOLF CLUB.
The monthly competition for the Captain's Cap was held at Happy Valley from the 5th to th Jaugary, 1907. The following returns were
made:--
CAPTAIN'S Cup.
Mr. C. II. Gale Mr. A. Gittins Mr A. Morley Mr. W. J S.enders Hon. Mr. F. J. Badolsy. Mr T. C. Gray Mr. W. C. D. Turner. Mr. H. Pinckusy.....
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88 13 80 FCT 08-18
75
80
82 83
03
385
1-000
98
98
Mr. C. H. Gale Mr. A. Morfay Mr. W. J. Saunders Mr. T. C. Grey
75
શ 92 van 9 83 Winner of Cap and Pool. The next competition will be for the Hobart
Valley from the 12th to 14th January, 1907. son Farewell Cup and will be held at Happy
further search by one of the occupants of the house awakening. This man called to his brother, asking him the time, but as the lator still slumbered he got up to see for himself. On entering the front room, he found the door open and the clock missing. He brother and together, they awakened bis searched for the thist but without success, n having hidden under a bed at the first staru. The clock, trousers and cloth were, however, found on the table. Then the brothers closed the house again and once inore retired to bed but not to sleep. When all was quiet the thinf crawled from his hiding place but was hesed by the occupant of the bod who promptly sprang pat and secured him as he reached the door.
Dafendant was sentezoed to six months imprisonment, and four hours' stocks,
Speaking of the hold which football has upon the young men of Yorkshire, the Rer. H. G. Roberts, of Wakefield, mid: "Manufacturers will be making hate s size less and the boot goes on for we live in kicking, not a manufacturers boote a size grester if the craze
thinking ago!