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the Colony and passed current throughout forty million dollars (nominal) worth, of the Kwangtung province. This withdrawal these coins have been issued. Common of coins gave rise to constant complaints report says that great quantities of the from the community, and the Government, have gone into the melting pots of the impotent to stop ila export of its currency, Chinese silversmiths at Cauton and ølse- and content with the profit which the where, and perhaps this may form the
The tourist travel to Ameries is very heavy. Ca somo lines every cabin engage int July. The Oriental trip is mores ingly a favorite ona with Amootic *.
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met the public demand so long; as it lasted. Not to be outdone in a lucrative enterprise of this kind, the Canton Government in- creased its minting plant and began tursing out unlimited quantities of Evanghing subsidiary coins until the whole of South China, and Hongkong as well, was donder with these coins which depreciated in value the flood increased and dragged the subsidiary coinage of Hangkong down to the same level of value... Not until the discount rate on the silver subsidiary coins had risen to something like twelve per cent. did the Canton mint reduce its output, persuadent, we venture to 12 ink, as much by the fact that farther sointing had become unprofitable as by the representations of the Hongkong Government that this excumve over insus of coins was doing considerable injury to trade. Notwithstanding the dinsinished output, the
discount rate has continued to fluctuate between seven per cent, and 12 per cent. on the small silver coins, while on copper coins
the rate has been nearer 20 per cent
Hon. Lee, Bergh 17 the America Corset
appendicitia by Dr. Kock at the Goronment: Gecoral at Center, was operated upon for Civil Hopital on Saaby. He is reported as doing well.
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IRISH LAND BILL...
LONDON, May Sth. The Government's bill establishing people that not one-fourth of the total issue would be forthcoming if the Government
Council of 92 elected and 24 decided to call them in. But the prospect
nominated members to control eight of having to redeem at par eveu ten millions
departments, including the Treasury, is sufficiently appalling to a Government
has been introduced. It also provides which has to Redemption Fund. This
The Japan Chronicle was informed that that Dublin members will continue to leads as up to the question whether themesting of the Committes of Promotera sit at Westminster. Goveransen, having regard to all the Japaness and foreïgunta) of the Orisatsl Boor circumstances, is morally bound to reden: Brewing Company, Limited, was held on April THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.
ore of these coins that are necessary to 22, when it was decided to fornity e-ic er "h meet the requirements of the inhabitants promotor whether he was in far one of going on
LONDON, May 8th. of the Col-my?
with the business or of fumtis tely diccalving The subsidiary curts in
The Imperial Conference has con- the coura, It is stated that the great majity of the Commillzy pre in favour offirmed the 1902 resolutions. winding-up the company with the lost possible
us in the Colony are estimated to be roughly about two million dollars worth, If the Government can be persuaded timb it is jasa fed in repudiating its currency which has been illegitimately withdrawn from the Coloay, the problem is very much simplified. The Government could then Bay We will call in our subsidiary coins
in
the Colony within a few days, and we will allow speculators no time to scour the provinces of South China to collect for
demption all the Hongkong coina that
may be found in circulation. No injustice, it seems to us, would be done to the Chinese people outside the Colony, for the Hong kong coins in their possession are to all intents and purposes nativo currency, while their exchange value is rather more than that of the coins issued from the Canton int. The coins the Goverment withdraws from circulation in Hongkong world have
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OBITUARY.
LONDON, May 8th. Admiral Heath is dead, nged 90
Au amosing incident was cabled by the Times Tangler correspondent set month. There was, he says, considerable alarmn among the troops posied out ride the towu onenight. It appears | years. that a calf escaped from some farm aud
approached the outpoels, who mistook it for the
it I forces of the 3 retender and Raisuli, and open fire. The alarm spread, and cavalry were hurried to the spot. After a prolonged
Admiral Sir Leopold Georgs Heath entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1831 and reashed the rank of omsader in 1847. H was in command of H.M.S. Niger at the atrak et Lagos in 1851, was at the naval bombard meat of Sebastopol in 1851, after which he was promoted esprain and C.B. He was appoin tod
fusileds the e-It was discovered uninjured, but esperiatsudent of transport at Balaclav was
the Froups were reported the following morning to be suffering from noivons shock.
A cool theft was relat:1 to Mr. Haselau
at the Magistracy yesterday. A China mee, it was stated, walked into
a rattar shop on Tuesday afternoon and picked up a piece of matting valued 814, tolling the foki
to come to a house in Connaught Rosi Central to receive payment. Arrived at a house there, the purchaser told the fal' to wait below while he went up for the money. He did not return and the foki discovered that the man had die
Be it observed that this depreciation of the subsidiary coins does not. affect only the Steambort, Tramway Bad Ferry Companies, whose income from passenger traite is mainly in subsidiary coins; it bears detrimentally on every trading car cern is the Colony, for it results in the enhanced cost of living and the increased cost of labour. Consider for a moment DETERGENT. | how large a proportion of the Colony pays to be replaced by new coins of different away subsidiary coins for commodities re-design, and, tu muke illegal coining uu- quired. The shopkeeper emot afford to remunerative, they would have to be pro-appeared by way of the roof. Yesterday accept tive twenty-cent pieces (actually portionally of the cade" fineness" as the worth little more than 90 cents) in payment dollar. Whether this is a feasible scheme of goods of the value if one silver dollar. or not it is for the Government, with the He must protect himself by inorening his advice of its expert advisers, to decide; and Daistily put up, it forma o plassing addition prices, and in turn the labourer is eom-as there seems no likelihood of values pelled to demand more for his hire to readjusting themselves" it would ill be- enable him to meet his increased expenses. come the Government of this Colony to Bence a depreciated coinage becomes a tax neglect any longer to adopt whatever on the Trade and commerce of the Colony, | effective means lay lo their power to remove from the trade and commerce of the Colony the burdensome tax which our depreciated subsidiary coinage has imposed.
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suited that the Hongkong Canton and Macao Steamboat Co. suffers a loss of nearly $6,000 a month by exchange; the Lower Level Tramways Co. about $3,000 and the Star Ferry Co. about $1,000. The Govern- ment itself is losing heavily on the depreciated coina which fod their way to the Tre sury and the Post Office tills, and it may incidentally be mentioned that,
Correspondents must forward their semi and ad-though subsidiary coins are legal tender dresses with communications addressed to the Editor, not for publication but as evidence of good faith, in the Colony up to two dollars in silver
All letters for publication should be written on
and one in copper, it is a matter of common asia sulo of the papar onlus
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The 20th plague corpse was found pesterilny in Chater Road, wear the Queen's Blatus.
We are asked to announce that the Services in St. Johns Cathedral to-day (Thursday Ascension Day) will be as follows:-Holy Communion, 8 a.. Matins and Holy Commu- pion, 11 am.
The bigamy case which promised to be so fa'l of interest owing to the fact that Wong Yan, a
No my signed testions that hors experience that the shroffs in these Govers-Yaumati boilermaker, is the Erst Chismes to ment departments persistently try to bluff be charged with the offence, will not be beard the unsuspecting payer who tenders sub-after all, at least not for the present, the begrip duras: P2885, dadasi 4.8.0.4 Edsidiary con in excess of a dollar into giving defendant haring absconded. He should have
airtesy appeared in other papers will ba inaaried.
Undera for salta aomnes a? BareT;Panes should he ent before 11 am, on day of publication, After that hour the supply is limited." Only supplied for Cash
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Hovokono, May 9ru, 1907.
NEARLY a year ago the Hongkong Goveru ment made representations to the Viceroy of Canton sad to the metropolitan authorities of China with regard to the serious effect on trade of the large issues of subeldiary coius from the Canton Mint, and communica-
them a silver dollar or a banknote, and when change is required from them they do not hesitate to unload on the customer, all the subsidiary coins possible-Chinese ne well as British-regardless of the limit,
unless the victim protests.
appeared before Mr. Hazeland at the Magistracy, yesterday, and as it was stated he had absconded: his bail of $500, was declared estreated,
The Strai's Times of April 30th remarks :--
Bandmann's Follies passed through Singapore a few days ago on their way from Hongkong te Colombo. This experiment of Mr. Bandmann with Far Eastern thestregoers Las turned out a dismal failure, as it deserved to do. We bopeit will be a warning to him and to others to keep faith with the public. The Follies gave at
It was their misfortune to be excellent show. mixed up with such management.
when she demanded the return of the money
the case for farther evidence.
morning in Hollywood Rort & lutong saw a man carrying a piece of matting end his in- quires not being satisfactorily mat, be took him in custody. The defendent was remanded.
Among the Suffragettes arrested last month and sentenced to imprisonment is Mi Cembranes Clyde, en Australiiton jaevandat. The some- what enomalous position in which Miss Clyde finds herself is that of a woman who has enjoyed the vote in a British Colony being sentenced, favour of votes for women in the mother- for having taken part in a demerstration in
country. Miss Clyde, whose book “A Pagen's Love," published about two years ago by Mr Flaher Unwin, was well receive 1, is in England for the completion of her second novel dealing | with the much-debated subject of the Dooensed Wife's dieter Bill. She is an occasional writer in the English reviewe, and is a well-known contributor to the New Zealand Press.
Dr. J. Nield Cook, Health Officer, Calcutta, bae submitted to the Christian Burial Board certain suggestions which revolution se orthodox methods for burying the dead. He proposes that the future cometory should be laid out as a not only becanes they are unaesthetic objects, garden; that all tombstone should be prohibited, but because they interfere with the process by which the body is disposed of in the earth. The ident he holds is that dust should return to dust as speedily as possible and for this purpose he advocates light perishable coff us in accordance
sin president of the Ordesnes Select Com-
mittee: as Commodore he held on and of the East Indian Station, and as first class Com- modore, of the naval forces in the Abyssinigu War, afterwards receiving the thanks of Parliament. He had Crimoan, Turkish, an Abyssinian medals.] JAPANESE PRINCE HONOURED.
LONDON, May Sth. Prince Fushimi, who has been made a G.C.B., was entertained at a State banquet yesterday.
THE HOUSE. OF LORDS.
LONDON, May Sth. The Earl of Cawdor's motion for a select committee to reform the House of Lords, has been adopted.
SHANGHAI RACES.
SHANGHAI, May Sth.
THIRD DAY. THE GREAT NORTHERN PLATE-Valoo, Tia. 230. For Cuina penisa that have run at this Mr John Peel's Ard Patrick meeting. Seven furlongs.
(Mr Johnstone) } Uauls Charlie's Maryland (MrTom Watts Mr Marlos' Rolla (Mr Muller)
The following are the analyses of wins of owners, jockeys and ponies:
OWNER
Mr G. H. Potts
Mr Quebec
Mr John Peal...
Mr Barley
Mr Mellow
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We Brace Robertson
Uncle Charlie
Mr Murios
Mosses Nephew and Robson
Mr Borerly
Messre Oswald and Hooter
Mr Cligh
Mr N. W. Hickling
Mr Twovon
Mr Fairolfer
Meats Toeg and Speales
Mr J. Johustone
Mr Hobson
Mr Fife
Meera Common and Hobson
Mr Balluns
Mr Acânaglass
The
Ring
Mr. Hamis Morris
Mr Matonaster
Mr Jedmore
Mr Ellis Kadoorio
Mr Criterion.....
Mr Argentino...
Mr Blohmond...
Mr Roanik
Me California... Mr Mowat
Mr Durgor Mr Nephew Mr Jaspor
JOCKET Mr. Barkin Mr Johnstone.... My Comming Mr Mulber
Mr A. H. Wal's Mr Raya! Mr-T. Watts Mr Crighton Mr J. Brand
Mr. Vueillenmior
...
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Mr Lemence Mr Schnorr
Mr Jones
Mr Dalgleich
Mr Railton
Mr Hooper
Mr Campbell Mr Iavora Mr skruer
PONY
Mira Moriak Mystio
Rheingol3 Brockton
Rurin
Cotswold Mongol King Pionie Mancha King. Argante
Ard Patriok Maybury Quora Stirrap Cup Hokoka
Biceland
Chehalis
Pitwilly
Hamish Hemoces Тасал
Bands
Heather King Corsomb Lavender Saggittarius Maryland Beatos m
HeatbGeld
...
Southern King
J
Markurius
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Time'l min. 47-4/48+08, THE AULU Laso SYNE CUP.-Value, Tla. 375. For Chica ponies, being bona fide griffine at date of entry. One mile and a quarter. Mr Queboo's Mystic (Mr Moller)... The King's Seafoam (Mr Hayes) ... Mr Dargor's Agra (Mr Crightoo...
Time 2 min. 37-2/5 maca. Tor Suantung Stakes-Value, Tir. 200. A forced ry for alletbscription grifas other wise entered at this meeting. Une mite. Mr Mellaw's Mira (Mr Burkill). Messrs Nephew and Robson's Rheingold... Mr Richmond's Spindrift (Mr Campbell) THE PARI, MUTUEL STAKES-Value, Tlx. 300.
Time 2 mii. 6-373 secs,
with the views of most burial reformere. The most controversial portion of his soheme is a Mr Marius' Argante proposal for superseding the private undertaker Mr John Peel's Cotswold by means of a public department which will conduct funerals at the lowest possible coat.
(Mr Hayes)?
For China ponies. One mile and a half.
(Mr Crighton) 1
(Mr Johnstone)
(Mr Moller) 3 Time 3 mia, 16 sec8. THE RACING STAKES.-Value, Tla. 250. For
China ponies that have not run before lati January 1907. Ono mile.
Mr Quebec's Cedric
(Owner) 1 (Mr Sonnorr) 2 (r Turuball 3
Trade with the East from Victoris is much handicapped by the lack of direct shipping com- munication, se both the Far East Government agents have from ties to time advised the Mr John Johnstons'e Homocea.. Minister for Agriculture In his latest re-r Ballaus' Sagittarius ... port Mr. Lerien, the Victorian agent in Chira Mr Cloughs' On Time saya that the opportunities of opening up tra with Shanghai a interfered with by the ingreased cost causad by the transhipment which bas to take place because there is nat
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Time 2 min. Qö seo. THE YANOrsze Cue-Value, Tis. 250. For China ponies that have run at this meeting. One mile and three-quartere
Robson's Larender
Mr Criterion's Jascere (Mr Dalgleish) Mr Nephew's Castler (M+ Huges)
Time 8 43-4/5 secs.
In this event Lavender established a record,
min, 44 soon.
1
Taz MANCHU STAKES.-Valus, Tis. 230. For China punies, bona fide griffine at date of eatry, that have cun and not won a race. One mila and a quarter.
1
The Chinese authorities, of course, must be unking a "Ene thing" out of this depreciation in the value of the subsidiary coinage, and it amounts to this: that the Colony of Hongkong under present condi- tious is being heavily Jazed to the advantage and profit of the Government of Canton,
The son of a Chinese barrack aergeant a This subsidiary coinage ovil ia as cute in Taumati bas got into trouble for damanding the Colony now as it was twelve months money by threats from a Chinese woman, A tions received from the Consul General at age, and if the Government is disinclined to friend of his owed the woman three dollars and direct communication. Merchonta at Shanghai Canton led the Government to believe that net, and ect promptly, ou its uwe initiativ from him and insisted on getting it the had informed him there would be a roarket their representations had not been without in the matter, it is tire some organised defendant want to her and threatened to do all chose, flour, wheat, compressed fodder, oats. for the importation of hattar, ham, bacon, effect. That is to say, the Government had effort were made to imprese upon the sorts of terrible things if she did not part with and horses with a direct line. The boycott of the previous fasten time being Vancenvor's 3 reasons for believing that the Canton Mint Executive the seriousness of the situation the money. After a lengthy hearing at the Americas goods, he says, is being extended, had reduced its output of subsidiary coins, and the urgent need for adopting effective Registracy yesterday Mr. Hazeland Bejouned and is being felt by the American sup-
It is generally re and on that report they apparently based remedial measures.
pliers. Marchants who sold America flour the hope that the subsidiary coinage of this cognised that the first step necessary
The panic which overtakes the gambling bad informed him that during the previous
three months there had been marked Mr Clengb's Hamish (Mr Burkili) Chinese at the approach of the police was Colony would presently be rehabilitated. towards restoring the Hongkong subsidiary
coins to their nominal value is to make the illustrated afresh yesterday morning, when two dered by Chinese, though shipments were
decrease in the quantity of this article crM; G. H. Potte' Southern King...
(Mr Camming) 2 What has been the result? We cannot see
uttering of Chinese coins in the Colony limping codies were seen at the Magistracy, still coming forward to meet previous orders. The King's Amaze (Mr Haya).... illegal and punishable. It may be ad- Both were chair barera. When the polies
Time 2 min. 39-4/5 580s. mitted that such a law would not be were carrying out a raid at Hong Ning Lane
THE CONSOLATION CUP.-Vaine, Tis. 25 For Chins ponies that have run at this meeting on Tuesday night one of the affrighted An easy one to euforce, but the Straits
and net won arone, 340 mile and a quarter Settlements
gamblers "leaped over the verandah of the first able appear
floor and was picked up with au injured ankle
A telegram from Rangoon the other day their coinage by a similar measure of and a few bruises on his body. A similar sansaned that the Burma Government is prohibition, and though it may be more
prepared to grant concessions to firms takingup oncurrence took place at U Lok Lane ander the manufacture of paper in the province. The lifealt here than there to stop the import similar circumstances. Both men had to be principal terms of the proffered agreemente are and circulation of foreign coin the task treated at the bospital.
that no royalty will be obarged on bamboos sat and utilized for the manufacture of pulp or paper witkin a period of twenty-one years, the royalty thereafter being Rupee 1 per tau, ard that suitable sites for the creation of a factory, over £9,000-the chief items being: experts available on Government land, will be 2400 and Assistant Attorneys, Jurors, Court to entisin restrictions, and the free use of all £6,000, Judge's salary £600, District Attorneys granted rent-free for twenty-one years, subject officials, and Detectives the remainder. The cust roads to and from suck factory guaranteed. of the defous however, is appalling, and has
On the other band, the party
to the agree ment will be bound to build a factory within two years from the date of the concession, and to keep the same working at least 120 days in sach
yar
to produce after the first seven years or nuncal output of 1900 tons, and after Ar Fifos Pitmilly (Me Lamsane) fourteen years an outpal of 20,000 tons of Mr Argentino's Sina Faso paper stock per year; to render monthly state
that there has been any appreciable im provement, nor can we learn that any is anticipated by the experts for a long time to come. The question therefore suggests. itself whether the Government will rou pleruily view a long extinunues of this deploras de conditiço of things, or promptly ad pt offective sans of restoring it subsidiary coins to their nominal value, and no remove the heavy tax on trade which depreciater coinage involves a tax which the trade of the Colony has had to bear
now for several years.
With the history of this question our readers are more or less familiar. Nominally forty millions dollare worth of these coins have been issued by the Government of Hongkong, a quantity twenty times much as the actual needs of the Colony probably demand. Almost as fast as the coins were issued they disappeared from
to
protect
is not an impossible one. With such #
New York County will have to pay the cost law as this in force it has been suggested of the prosecution in the Thaw case estimated at that the Government could safely undertake to redeem its subsidiary coins at par, with out calling them in. Those who support this suggestion believe that there would be no rush to the Treasury of persons wanting been summarised as follows:- to change their small coius for dollars. But the Government cannot take chances of this description while it is unable to form any idea of the amount of Hongkong subsidiary oins still in circulation. As we have said,
Mr. Delmas (osanso}) Mr. Gleason de. Mr. O'Reilly Three juniors... Eleven experts Detectives
£40,00
4,900.
do.
2,000
3,000 10,000
1,000
Total
£60,000
PAPER MANUFACTURE IN RANGOON.
ľ
Messrs Common and Robson's Coxcomb
(Mr Burkill) { Uncle Charlie's Maryland
(Mr Tom Watts) 2 Mr Henry Morriss' Heathfall.
(Mfr Crighton) 3 Time 2 min. 41.1/5 secs.
Tas CHAMPION SWEEPSTAKES.-Value, Tis 800, For all Chins ponies winners at this meeting. One mile and a quarter.
Mr Barley's Morisk (Mr A. Watts) Mr Qu bee's Ruric (Mr Moller}
ir Beverly's Brookton (Mr Hayes)
Tiêu, 2 spin. 10- H954,
1
3
THE NIL DERPERANDUM COP-Valus, Tle. 20. For subscription griffins of this meeting that have ruo and not won a race. Seven farlongs.
meats showing output of the mill each month; Mr Richmond's Spindrift and to allow a fall inspection of all books by the Government
Time 1 min. 59-1/5 seca.
C
Lombadier
Tomona Nepaul Chief Ancelius Ledse Sinn Fein Jaggers... Nimbas Baippett Arice Septima Tyrout
Spindrift
2.On Time
Cadrio
Spilt
Milk
Classic
MI
+++
Controller Moonlight Barouchno... Kalle King Comanche.. Starlight
Rollo...
Agts...
A TOSTI Choler...
CANTON.
1st: 2nd, 3rd.
3
3
3
3
4
lat. 2nd. 3.
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1st, 2nd. Sed.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
TYPHOON IN BAMBHUL
May, 7th.
A destructive typhoon visited Samshui on the 4th inst. Ten houses sellapsed, killing three parecne and injuring another, Seven lives were leat sinang the host population and more than 200 jauks were destroyed. The damage is now estimated at about $10,000.
INCENDIABISM,
As a result of the frequent ecenrrance of incendiariaru in the shop Yum, Man Kee in the 7th Ward, Si-kama, a petition was presented to the No. 6 Police Station to keep a sharp watch for the guilty person. In the afternoon of the 4h, a maid servant was detected on the roof with a jar of kerosene and matches, and was arrested. She was found to belong to a family residence in the vicinity, and revenge was sup posed to bs her motiva.
THE BYPLOSION SCARE.
On the 5th instant H. E, the Viceroy went to see the Tarlar General with regard to the
removal of all magazines in the city to an isolated place outside Canton, after, making an inspection of the one exploded recently.
A BANQUET.
A banquet was given by Cheung Pai Sze in the house of the Chamber of Commerce. The ga ste included all the Consale, the Viceroy, the Tartar General and his two assistants, Provincial Treasurer and Judge, the Nam Hoi (Mr Schnorty 2
aud Pan Ya Magistrates and many other off- (Mr Compbell) 3 elals The Balt Commissioner was unable to bo
present.