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accounts for the hostile feeling of the Chinese towards the Board." That is a very strong indictment, so strong that the Hon. Mr. MAY, who does not accept it as warranted, has described it in a Minuts as a lurid picture." He would be glad of the A. S. WATSON & CO., adduction of facts and of specific complaints, because at present the absence of such leads him to believe that the general cleansing, and disinfecting have "on the whole been
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towards Canada from Scotland. past year no fewer than 15,816 of bor sons and daughters succumbed to the fasciastion of the once “wild and woolly" West. The Scotsman tabulatos the figures, showing a grand total of no less then 50,933, or an average of over 6,000
for each of the eight years indicated. None, the Commissioner of Immigration at Wisnipeg TP, posesses the settler's spirit so manifestly, or does the kettler's work so therogly, as the Scot
Yesterday the 28. Hongkowy brought a number of missionaries from Pakboi, and they will remain here until the disturbando there blowe over. The refugees were Miss Bolton, Miss Havers, Miss Banhalor, Mrs. Blanchett, Mrs. Bradley and Mr. and Mrs. Wicks. Thung say that the Imperial troops met and defeated the insurgents, but as it was unknown how strong the latter might become, it was thought adrivable for the missionarios to leave their work. Whos they left, troops wore expected daily from Kwangsi, and with their. arrival it is expected that the disturbines will end.
reasonably be expected". Now this is one of the very poiate on which members of the public can strengthen the position of the Commission, if they havanny specific com plaints to make, and if they wish for reform. Wo happen to know of one specific case in which a gang of unsupervised conlies invaded a foreigner's artera, where the Medical Officer of Health did not attend at all, where an insolent disregard of the reasonable wishes of a contact was shown, where articles wahed"-clothing folded
The exquisito simplicities of childhood, -up in covered recuplacles that had not been
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writer in T. Pa Weetly are touched by the patient-were taken away inexhaustible. A contemporary received the ta be re-washed, and where there other day su envelops and letter from a lady actually nu ignorant and stupid | which she received through the return latter 21.09 refugal by there subordinates to levo branch of the General Post Office, Ou the the contact sufficient clothes for immediate evelope, in a childish scrawl, wore the words. 24.04, 20 that," but for the contributions of officially stamped Tomufficiently Addressed."
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LONDON, June 4th. The Irish Council Bill, and the Bill promoted by the Passive Resisters, have been dropped.
THE MARSEILLES STRIKE,
LONDON, Jane 1th. The scaunen's strike which originated in Marseilles, and spread to other seaports in France, is ended.
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THE SOCIETY OF ARTS' MEDAL.
Loxoos, Jane 2nd The Seiety of Arts has awarded mual Albert meðal to Lord Cromer, recognition of pre-eminent servires.
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and how far this may account for the extraordinary feature of a large increase in THE BANITARY COMMISSION. female adulte which corresponds with a decline in male admits there is no statistical information [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PENAS"]
published with the census report to show. Sin,It had bean in my mind that not least Let us consider the matter in the light of the among the considerations which led to the only table of statistics published which specifi- appointinout of a Commission to investigatocally relates to the number of Chinoso families. and report on the administration of the This table is confined to the ion registration Sanitary and Building Regulations enacted districts of the city of Victoria, and it shows an by the Ordinance of 19.33 were the following, inoreass of 851 families in a period of nearly six When we see that the former rate of viz. That the saforemsat oftheso drastic years. regulations had led directly to a great in
increase (laking the average of ten years, 1891- crease in the rentals of Chiness houses and 1901) was 1,100 a year, the ovidence of the in- consegnont general riss in the pries of laboureroase in family life which the last consus report and the necessarios of lite, which had had the affords cannot strike one as very satisfactory. sffect of driving hundreds of Chiunge from thy | Does it not rather confirm the statomonts of Colony and that the confines of this sinto
the Commissioners on the subject? The total of things threatsgot the future progress ant increase for a period of more than five years fall far short of the average rate for one prosperity of the part,
year in the previous decack. It is not wtfair to cone Indo Cat it is Tery probablo that the old rate of increase was munisteined in the city until the new R-gais- tions came into forge, and that thereafior, sat in that marked Londency the Commisioners note
The voies of the complaining landlord was heard as well as that of the tenant, baf, as a relo, what money the law compile the laudlord to spond on the improvement of his properly usually manages to recover from the topsut, and therefore it appeared to me that, however Londly thalansilords might Ismont, tivi pition | among the Chinesa to send their families away from the Colony. Since the 191 Goans was remained essouțially a Tenouts' Question,
What then, has the Report of the Commission | takon I think I may say several hundreds of to say about this view of the matter? Have Chin Leases have been built in the only, Chinese rentala inerousa --can find no direct | expenially in 1992 and 19 3, so that on the evidence of it. Om Chiusa landlord has told sore of accommodation there has been no the Commission that, on the contrary, the unw reason why the former rate of increase in family Ordinance has caused him as in rental life should act have been maintained. Thora ara of 20 per coul. per for, sad the Conristian seors of Chinese houses in the cily vacant now, itself is inclined to ondors: the avidians of and it is something now to old residents to see The shipping strike has extenfed to
so many houses to lat" in the very heart of has depreciated in value 30 to 35 por caut. the Chinese business quarters. In this due to She bourg, Bordeaux and Toulon, and the sings the naw angulations can into fores bigh you fals, a horror of the sanitary simiais- tration, or bad trade-or all of them combiu- ed? I leave the question for the reader to
OU PIS.
“To, the Dear God in Heaven." This. Was
THE SHIPTING STRIKE AT MARSEILLES.
Jave 2nal.
friends. over the laws of decency would Inside, on a pathotic slip of paper, was written: varius ports in France, including Char-several witssses that Chicoso honsu property
have been outraged. According to the Commissioners, there have been many cases worse than that. Is the general public not neglecting a plain duty by remaining silent? The most complaints, of course, come from Chinese, and it is worth pointing out that the charges of the Commission are levelled against Chinees subordinates, the guilt of the foreign employees being that of neglect QUARANTEED TO BE THE GENUINE PROoing to look after these rasods sufficiently. No one who has had any experience at all CLARETS FROM THIS CELEBRATEDUHATRAUX can have failed to note how thoroughly
OUR CLARETS, ĮseLUMNO THE LOWEST PRICBD, ARE OF EXCEPTIONAL VALUE, AND
OF THE JUICE OF THE GRAPE,
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TO CONNOISSEURS TO NEED MING, AND
"Dear God, Please make moʻher batter.
is Mrs.~, of Iluskieson Stevot." Tas letter fishermen bare joined the strike. No was written, in profoundest faith, by a child French ships entered or lift Havro yester- of sir. Fxamples of the apistolary humoure of childhood are
common enough, but for day. The Government has agreed, at the have the poignancy of the ons just quoted, request of the shipping firms to replace the
strikers by Government, seamen. RESULT OF THE FRENCH DERBY.
Mark Twain, in the latest instalment of his
LONDON, June 2nd. 1. Mordant.
2. Binion.
3. Bravo. Fourteen ras, including Onadi Hulfa.
"Stuff and nonsense" for words to that offeot) | exclaimed the Colonial Secretary when he read this statement. "If Chinase property bail de preciated, the Colnil Treasury would have felt the pinch, beautes, the assessments for the Ho purpose of taration are based on confale" consulted the assessment recorite of the pro. perties to which the evidence of witnesses related. And what did bo tiad? That the rateablo saluse showed any deoline? Not a bit. Did they show that tremendous inition which common report might have led na to expect? Again the answer is in the negative: the
They were practically the same in 1906 as they waro.in 1902. And the Colonial Secretary telle us that proceeding from these particular instances to a general consideration, he Bids that "the annual assessments, which ars based, be it remembered, ea returns of actual ranta's I returned by the landlords or their lesseos, do¦ not bear out the Commissioners' contention " ie, that Chinese house property is considerably depreciated in valoa.
decids as he pleases. — Yours &e.
Hongkong, June 3rd.
HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL.
At the meeting of the Legislativa Council to-morrow (Thursday) afternoon, the Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, pursuant to notice, will ask the following questions —
objectionable a low-class Chinese can make the public I was become recognisably old, The race was won by of a 1-ugth, with assessments showed no marked rise or fall plainte with reference to deficiencios in the
himself, if left with any show of as thority WE CAN CONFIDENTLY RECOMMEND THEM at all. It is the usture of the best to be
A8 MATURE AND IN SINH CONDITION,
unreasoningly arbitrary, and where not carefully and closely supervised by those paid to superintend bis work, is quite cap able of all and more than the conduct
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Telegraphic Address: l'apes.
autobiography in the Nortà Ameriem Review, tells his readers that be is early seventy-one, and that La has nequired "new and great- privileges" by grace of his age; When I passed the arventieth milestone, ten months ag, I instantly realise fut I had entered new country and a new alwosphere. To all
undeniably old; and from that moment overy. body assumed a now a titude toward me the reverent attitude granted by custom to age-- and straightway the stream of generous new privileges began to flow in upon me and refresh my life. Sinoo, then I have lived an ideal existence and I now believe what Choate said last March, and which at the time I didn't credit; that the best of life begins at sevenly.
Six plogus cases were recorded yesterday, "For then,” adds Mark, "gour work is done ; four fatal.
Kia Kogone the Paine Julgs, Mr. A. G. Wise, was yesterday indispusod, having con tracted a cbill, which brenght on rheumatic pains.
The draw took place on Monday for a mixed doable lawn twanie tournament at Kowloon Bowling Club. Therë mero a large number of entrics.
A warrant has been issued for the detention
of a Chinaman who is wanted by the Chiness authorities for armed robbery in the Houngshan
district.
An Indian, who, became obstreperous in the
you know that you have done your best, Ist the quality of the work be what it way; that you have earned your holiday- a holiday of peace and contentment and that thence forth, to the sitting of your sui, nothing will break it, nothing interrupt it."
CAUTION TO THE CHARITABLE. -
A very glaring case of misplaced charity has been before the shipping community for some ew weeks in Hongkong. A woman of matronly appearance, who looks about forty years of age, has been in the habit of going on board shite that enter the port and presenting a written appeal, backed up by a most plausible story, for
two lengths, between the second and third.
GREAT BRITAIN AND JAPAN.
LONDON, June 2nd. Baron Komuri has been received in audience by the King.
GERMANY AND JAPAN.
LONDON, June 2
1. (a) Had the Government received com-
supply of water to houses in Wanchai?
(b) If so, has the Government taken any, aud what, steps to remedy such deficiencies!
2. (a.) What Governmeal upglianosa exist for the extinguishing of fireset the Pask?
(b.), Does the Government consider that sach appliavors are suflsion!? If not, what etupe does the Government propose to tako, and when, to remedy such deficiencies?
3. Will the Governmout considor the advin ability of planting fle-trion and amphor-trees along and on the Northern slope from the road which rear at the side of the catch-water in the Shitin Valley 7
Here then we have a veritable Chinass puzzle, The Japanese Peace Delegates, and the ] I am not, let me say, an owner of Chinese have Ambassador Iroayi attended the Kaiser's properly, but I am familiar with the fact that anual parade, and at the dinner following, the Chinese periple gasorally aru paying highor the Kaiser toasted the Ambassalor and the regulations came into force, and, with all respect rentals now than they were before the now
Peace Delegate Teuzuki.
to the Colonial Secretary, I make the suggestion that bie figures are delusive. The solution of tie przzle appears to me to be this: Graut that (b.) If so, will the Government lay a copy of the rateable values show no marked rise or fall the writing containing such views upon the in rents of Chinese houses generally, but doar | table? in mind that the enforcement of the regulations
STERLING SALARIES AGAIN.
DESTIONE FROM THE POLICE.
The dissatisfaction which was manifest in the
Hongkong Police some time ago at the low rate
with regard to cubicles has had the off set of
stated in writing to the Government his views 4. (a). Has the Principal Civil Medical Offi ser
with reference to the Report of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinsnes Commission?
The Hon. Mr. E. Osborne will sak :--
1. Will the Government avase uutises to be
exbibited at the paying-in counters of the Tran sury, Post Office, Harbour Offler, Magistracy and other departments; also inserted in Chinese Subsidiary Coina are legal tander up to 82 in silver and 81 in copper on cach bill; that Government shroffs are bound to receive them up to the above amonuts, and that the Public, are not bound to accept more than these amonntag As change?
2. With a view to creating a demand for British Subsiliary Coins, will the Government consider the advisability of increasing the limit to which they aro legal tonder?
of remuneration conseguent on the high dollar ucing the number of tensats per floor, and has become acute again, resulting in two mon if there has been no decline in rentals, we are loving resigned and throw others having deserted forced to the conclusion that individually the Indian temple at Happy Valey, had to be money to enable ber to assure her passage to during the week-end. It has always been the Chinoso tenants have to pay for the additional newspapers, informing the Pablic that British hour the supply is limited. hily supplied for Cash reznored by the police and was yesterday Gnad Sydney, where she has friends who will assist object of complaint, Juce man came out here, space they are complied by the law to occupy hor. She explains bor helplessness here by the that their position was net so good financially as Generally speaking, it may be said that where 83 by Mr. Hazeland.
foot that she has now references but hopes to they had expected and naturally this stats of formerly a floor was occupied by three or four The fiul in the billiard competition at Kow. obtain suitable employment in Australia, adding affairs has led to dissatisfaction which existed families, only two are now permitted to occupy nore the less though scarcely expressed. For it, and these two bear the rent that was formerly foon Duck for the cap pr. souled by Mr. H. F. of course that she will be very grateful for any intacco, constables receive £100 a year which febared by others. The ront-paying camel Carralcheel will be played on Friday night help received. She has pitched this talo.very
| is therefore landed to the utmost, and groaning bolwoen J. C. Gow and G. Webb. Mr. W. successfully on quite a number of vessels and at present does not work out at 880 a month, a
under the weight of kis harden. The beaty Wilson has given s cup for the runner-up. bas moved the hearts of muy to make very wage which is decidedly inadequate for a
substantial contributions to what they belirvad European. Others are little better off, and it expenses the landlord is, with
frequency, required to incar in nunccessary 300028 fair to Assume that something Reporta stato that lastara Bengal and the was her passaga money. Only a few days ago will have to be done in the way of offering limewashings, concretings, sto, bo had to
a gentleman gave her £5 which, usedlesa in KB better wiges and ensuring that the bet'er clase take entirely upon his
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The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, JUNE 5Tи, 1907.
of men will remain in the Cervice.
Punjab are soothing with sedition. There have been outbreaks batwoon Hindas and Mahome went the way of the rest. Her doesit first came Jane in Eastern Bangal and a serioas riot at Ir the report of the Special Commission Rawalpindi, end lesser disturbances at Labore, ago and presented a written appal, signing to light when she went to Canton several weeks
With regard to the resignations, there were appointed to investigate the administration Delhi and Amritsar Lala Lajpat Rai, a lend herself Mrs. H. Stanley. The British Consul men who had joined locally and whose notice bad of the sanitary laws of the Colony had beening agitator in the Punjab, has been deported there wrote on the subscription list that this expired. Two of the deserters were discovered buried in an official paper inaccessible to from the province and several arrests have been appeared to be a deserving case, and with this to have absented themselves on Sunday and the
made in Rawalpindi. The Govermout of the general public, the strange lack of
recommendation she went round the commercial third was missing the following day. There is India have issued a circular letter to thehases on the Shame and in a short time lind ng doubt that they hava all left the colony. interest shown would have been less
collected about $240, more than the $225 which mysterious. The report has bad the fullest
sha stated was suffl iont to pay her passage to possible publicity, however, and it is
Sydney. However, on the way down to Hong exceedingly difficult to guess at the real
and tocaras so helplessly intoxiosted that she kong she spent a large part of this on champagne reason for the absence, the maramd absence, of comments by members of the public.
lost her subscription lia".
provincial Governments indicating firm measures which should be takso in cases of the inculation of sudition in schools.
Nows is new to band of the rioting in St. Lucis, one of our West Indian Islan's with a population of some 6000. Agitation began
It is well known that her passage money bus
CHINESE GRIEVANCES.
JUMPLAINTS OF DISABILITIES IN SLAM.
intolerable
I
ow shouldera. this be the true solution of the puzz's, it proves that the landlord and tenant alike are suffering, for the "several lakhs of dollars" which here been expended in adapting property to the new requirements mast seriously depreciate the market valus of the property if owners areanablo to recover those expenses by raising the r ut per hour'
I come now to the question as to whether the drastio regulations have tended to drive the Chiuso away from the Colony. The Commission roports that the tendency of Chinese to send their familias away is becoming more and more marked, bat no explicit reasons are stated for
3 Will the Government say what stops have been taken. towards improving the Ricksha servior, in view of what was stated in this Council on 7th Juns, 1906 P-
Will the Government state how long
graphic communication with Gap Rock has beon interrupted?
5. In view of the approaching typhoon season will the Government take steps to have the cable repaired at an early ditok
The Orders of the day are:—
Committes on the Bill entitle] An Ordiusnon to amend the Bills of Exchange Ordinance, 1885.
to
For instance, pamgraph 156 must live among the southeasors of Cantrios, the eɔpital, bean collected about eight er nine times over, countrymen labour in Tongkah in particular the orodus. Indirectly, of course, the report Banking Corporation from time to time to
nad treat anch'a dase as it deserves.
and extended to the country labourers in tho touched many citizens, as dealing with
cane-Rolds. Laboatera and conlto ayera bath and she is still here telling the same plausible almost everyday occurrence. It says, "In
came into very serious collision with the police, story te passengers and officers on board Euro the general cleansing us in the disinfection who fired several volleys, killing foar men and pean and American vessels, Those who are of infected houses, too much power is left wounding twenty-two. Many private persona disposed to he charitable should take warning to the foremen. The inspector makes a few were injured by the strikers. The Governor of notes and gives a few orlers, the Medical the Windward I-lands, of-whith St. Lucia is Offer of Health gives far too little super-e, is on the spot, and believes that the back of vision, the forem and coolies have too
Statements were published in soms ws- much their own way aul pay no regard to the wishes or feelings of the people whose pepers last February that Clics were culti housed they invade. Furniture must beating poppies and manufacturing opium on |the Cape York Peninsula. The Acting-Prims
the troubla is broken.
conation or special tax
Third roading of the Bill entitled. An Oc-
First reading of a Bill entitled Au Ordinance, A Chinaman in Tongkah sonde the following letter to the Striats Echo, complaining of the
authoriza the Hongkong and Shanghai disab lities under which he and his fellow-
suggests a good many. The Colonial Secretary increase the Capital of the said Corporation sad in Biam la goueral:-
The Chines in foreign countries are in- however, disputes that this tendancy exists, aud from the sum of Ten Millions of Dollara to a tensely hated, and are ill-treated again and rebuts the fading of the Commission by a sum, not exceeding the sum of Twenty Millions again, It it strange that the Chinese Consul dess not raiso may objection to such treatment quotation from the latest cause report, from of Dollars; and to continue incorporated for a moted out to the sons of his smpire. In Tong-which it appears that there has been a decrease further term of 21 years; and to continue kab, the treatment of Chinese is worgs than of 78 adults in the Chin se laud population in
in force for a farther period of 21 years that of the Chinese in any other foreign Hongkong and Old Kowloon, but an increase the provisions of Section 3 of the Hongkong JAPAN'S FOREIGN TRADE.
for they are compelled to pay yourly of 6,855 adult females and something like 6,000 and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordia-
ticals por boad, which I vanture to say, is worse than squeezing.
children. We are further told that "the
anes, 1899, with regard to the Excess fast Japan's foreign trade returns for April show The women, siso, are not allowed to leave number of families in the city of Victoria is of Bille and Notes payable to hearar on imports valued at Yon 53,432869 and exporla Tongkal if they have not possessed them returned as 25,074, as compared with 25,123 in demand. at Yes 34,516,252; increases of Yon 10,2.6, 72 salves of a pass from Umphoay, the District 1961. These figures, the Census Off cor thinks, and You 5,7 4.475, respectively, over the returns Magistrate. What kind of a law this is I may be regarded as satisfactory evidence that dinacce to authorize the Appropriation of a Sup- for April, 1906.
at a loss to understand?
the Policemen The aggregate values of imports and exports are always posted on board the steamer on the family life among the Chiness continues to removed into the street, that might have Mioisier of Australia has received roports from the beginning of this year were Yon day when she is mailed to leave here, to sae that increase, taking the Colony ass whele." Euforia.plementary Sum of Four hundred and Ravanty- been left where it was. Articles washed from the Queensland police, discrediting the 175, 86,773 and Yen 129,395,21, respectively, every Csigaman and Chinese woman shows a must be washed again, resulting in much assertions. Inquiries from whites and blacks baing increases of Yen 23,314,369 aud. Ten pass, and, should any one has formd without it, nately no tables of statistics are pablished with Dollars and fifty-three Cents, to defray the urelles friction, These mea have been show that there are no Chinese settled north 13625,752, over the figures for the correspond. he or she will be sent ashore again. To see the census report which show the increase in the Charges of the Year 1966.
ing period of lost
ill-teatment of Chiness again and again I am of number of Chinese families in the Colony "ass of Comm. The only Chinese at Coen is a
Third reading of the Bill ontitled An Or- known to march into people's houses and cook at Maluns Station. There are sixteen | bullion imparlod and exported during the month chinawan on earth who bas true Chinese blood whole," and I think many will hesitate to accept dinense lo remove double as to the validity of The value of gold and silver specis and opinion that shame will be felt by every extort money by thrents of the trouble Chinese in the Cuen district, but they are were Yon 516,748 and Yen 473,111, repeativels
r in his veins, and I hope that the Straits Chinese the Census Officer's conclusions
the proesedings of the Supreme Court of this they would put the inmates to, if their either storekeepers or vegetable gardenera. decreases of Yon 17,315,038 and You 504,828 will approach the Chitose Cansat there, get increase of female adults which is shown along. Colony during the time, that ALFRED GAR-
over these for April, 1906.
bire to co operate in bringing this matter up. domandis vore refused. Lo the disin-The police think it exceedingly unlikely that The totals from the beginning of this year in order to avoid fature difficulties balside a decline in malo silaits is satisfactory
COYNE WISE, Esquire, hold the offics of Chiva and Blam. Chinatsuo Nenger asleep, and evidence of the incronss of family life. It is Puise Judge of sneh Court from the 25th day fection of houses, their behaviour is any Chinese could sottie on the peninsula are returned as You 2,170,081 in imports, and Yon 3,038,897 in exports, showing decreases of
of June, 1902, down to the present time, characterised
she will sooner or later demand from the notorious that in recent years there has been a by insolence, rudeness, without it being known to ellciala of Coen or
You 82720,962 and Yen 5,491,875, respectively. Siamese Government the long-standing 20count large inflax of Chinese women of an undesirable Third reading of the Bill entitled An Or- and frequently violence, which of course at Thursday Island, from which a patrol is
over the figures for the first four months of of the capitation tax that has been levied upon type into the Colony owing to repressive dianace to amend the Married Women's maintained down the coast, by boats.
her sous for years.' add
measures in some districts of the mainland; Property Ordinance, 1906. great extent [ 毙
Lo and to
last year,
that the
seven thousand eight hun 'red aud forty-nine