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who for reasons of his own did sat care to see too low rates in contrast with those of bis own company,
Whatever was the in. tention of the Government with regard to the lines, the secommodation of the public
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well-known SHING SWANKWEI, more fre quently known by his usual title of Sena Tuotai. Following the customary practice of Chinese Government appointments no anunts were required to be kept Directer making bis o wa private arrangements at Peking, and for the rest pursuing the good old plan of appropriating all be could. Manifestly under this happy go-lucky system, it was SHENG's juterest to say as little as possible about. tariffs, and to make as few changes as possible, last two inuch attention should be drawn to the little perquisite.
But naturally he had to pay for keeping the affair dark; and one of the little exactions that he found him- self unable to control was that every official
Last week a Chinese woman residing at i
H.E. the Officer Administering the Govern: meat has given his asent in the name and on
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or even occasionally the President of Man Hing Lane, Watolai, awakened in the TELEGRAMS. Board; and all those in their heart of hearts early hours of morning to be confronted by will most assuredly feel themselves bound three natives who had forded an entrance into bor flat. Evidently the intruders were not bent to support Sam Kung Pao's protest..
en robbery, as nothing was found to be missing Reforma has, in fact, as we have mentioned when assistance was enlla
The woman, repeatedly, to begin at the head. It is however, was brutally attacked. She states that
LONDON, June 15th. useless trying to reform a poor tootsi, who one of the men coined her by the throat, while however individually honest cannot be sticks. She was thou kusoked down, and her he will move his resolution out the the other two presseded to belabour her with
The Promier has given notice that expected to stand the racket of opposing assailants were proceeding to bind her when 24th inst., restricting the power of the the higher powers. The Board of Com they were disturbed and decamped. The Polic munications is doubtless taking a business-believe recenge to be the cause of the onslaught. Lords to alter or reject Bills within like view of the situation. The revenue of Two of the men have been arrested, and the the limits of a single Parliament. the Telegraph Administration is capable of other is expected to be captare'i shortly. great inereas, and the increase, is to be gained by a reasonable reduction of the present excessive obarges, and the abolition behalf of His Majesty the King, to the follow. of preferences; but both these things implying Ordinance posed by the legislative interfereues with practices de to the Council:- Ordinance No. 6 of 1997, highest in the land. The same way be said Ordinance to authorias the Hongkong and of the Railways, and the Customs, and the Shanghai Banting Corporation from time to Likin, in fact of every branch of the time to increase the Capital of the said Corpora A dininistration.
tion from the sum of Ten Millions of Dollar Unfortunately the higher we go tho moco
to a sum not exceeding the saa of Twenty powerful are the Sue Kuxe Fa triberated for a further term of 21 years, and inļ
Mitions of Dollars; and to continue incorpor and the larger are the mawe of the would- continuo iu fores for a further period of 21 be recipients. We fear Tautai Yaxa and years the provisions of Section 3 of the Hong the Board of Communications will still have Long and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Telegraph System is reformed,
lasue of Bills and Notes payable to hearer on demand. Ordinance No. 7 of 197.—An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to Bills of Exchange.
Loxnox, June 15th,
Schmitz, has been convicted
The Major of San Francisco, Mr.
charges of extortion.
JAPAN.
on
TOKYO, June Fath, His Mayesty held another council yesterday, which was attended by the Elder Statesmen, the Premier, and the
MACAO.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
·
June 14th. PUBLIC GRIEVANCES. The fit of the Public Works Department has geno forth that all the houses in this city- they number ever five thousand--must be white-
It is all the more apparent when you note the washed within a month! A sense of unmour, it
rainous state of many of the public buildings, and the public would like to see the Government showing the way more by example thaa precept. 'There is, for instance, the ruin used as the public guol, and also the Sto, Agostinho barracks at the top of Rus Chatral, both of which have been condemned by torner Directors of Pablio Works The streets on 'which these baililinge abut are always crowded with people and bould they collaps, we may expect to bear of loss of life as well as onch damage to privato property. I may at the same time direct the attention of the authorities tothe unprotected state of the well in the centre of the square at Barcɔ da Frusta. The atones that formerly encored the mouth of the well have long since been broken, and as the P.W.D. uglected a very obvious daty to merciful Chinese have covered the imuth of the the public who frequent the Squate, some well with a big fowls cage to prevent anyone falling in This public notice of the matter, I
will he observed, is sadly lacking in our P. W. D.
who fancied that he had influence at Peking an unzious time before them. hefims the Ordinance, 1894, with regard to the Excoes Ministers for Foreign Affairs. Finance, hope, will indnes the P.W.D. to give the matter
conceived himanlf antitled to use the line for
j
Salarday's throws casos make the plagae total at data 8.
Yesforday morning the German steamer. Choising was dooked at Kowloon, and will shortly be sarveyed.
his own private purposes; and under the pretence of sanding Government messages insisted on using the line at his own private
of such a system of finance that it opens property. It is one of the worst featurin
the door to all manner of irregularities, and Sue's control of the telegraphs was on n. par with all the rest of the tonncial administration of China. At last matters tame to a crisis, and SHENG, who, in spice of his nomio promotion to the rank of Kung Pao, has been stea lily losing grond the acension of his wedding, last week, presented of the visitors.
Mr. Sakelta Swart has been appointed Vien Consal in charge of the Coneriate of Sweden during the absence on leave of Mr Gustav Harling, with effect from the 15th
instant.
Mr. L. E. Brett, sanitary inspector, was on
by the members of the Civil Service Club, of which be has best secretary for four years, with a silver tea set and silver rose bowl.
It is notified in the &areffe that at the expira fion of three months from 10th Juns the Victoris Necropolis Company, Limited, will, unless cause is shown to the contrary, be strack off the register and the company will be dissolved.
LAWN BOWLS.
and the Navy.
RECTER'S SERVICE.]
its autoution.
THE PEULIC GARDEN,
It in satisfactory to be able to say a good word about one at least of our Government
TRIAL OF ANARCHISTS IN MADRID. departments. Certainly the way in which par ouly Public Garden is kept is highly creditable. I doubt if anywhere in the Far East the traveller will find a Fublic Garden which axosis Mica's San Francison Garden,
LONDON, June 13th.
day. The journalist Nakens, who assisted The trial of anarchists concluded yester
Moral to escape, after his attempt on the life of the King and Queen of Spain, was sentenced to nine years, two others received the same sentence, and the rest acquitted.
THE WINE GROWERS TROUBLE.
The match between the Civil Service and the
Kowloon on Saturday afternoon resulted in a Kowloon Bowling Clubs which took place at win for the home combination by thirteen points. Considerable interest was manifested in the meeting and opinion based on the form shown by the Civil Service in their previous matches with the Police, Essoured the chances Both teams turns out fairly "trong and a very even game followed. Ep till the eighth or sinth boad the visitors were Blightly ahead, then the Kowloos men improved their position and obtained the lead, only to full behind again a few houds later. Towards tuo closing stages it was so that Milroy's team and Brett's wore evenly matched, as also Heaterday evening. derson's and Whesl's, but that Kelly's rink was proving too much for Ritchie's which was about
ten down. It therefore fell to Petrie's risk to eave the situation, and right well they did
wcre
TONDON, June 13th. Eighty more Municipalities resig ned ves
LATER.
LONDON, June 14th:
M: Clemenceau, in a circular letter
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A NEW TAX,
I foreshadowed in my last that in order to provide a fond for the payment of interest on the loau for rebuilding the gaol new taxation would probably be adeɛsary.
The Lal Seaude wust be hard put to it when they begin by imposing a tax of 50 centa a mouth in sach bioyole kept by dealers for hire These dealers already pay to the Fazenda an annual license fen, and the new tax will not add to the coffers more than about two hundred dollars a year. Moreover, the tax will fall mainly on the soldiers and eailors stationed here, for they are the obief. patrons of the dealers, and, of course, the latter will put up their prices to over the amount of the new tax.
PLAQUE AND RESUMPION SCHEMES. The Government having completed arrange-
at Peking, was relieved of the office, and a new Dinsmor onder a salary of TIs, 1,000' per meneen appointed, Taotni YANG WASCHUN. Appareatly Taotại Yaxe sees possibilities in the affair which SHENG has been anxious to conceal, and his first act on taking over the administration has been to A.S. WATSON & CO., [boldly memorialise the New Board of Communications for permission to reduce
H.E. the Officer Administering the Govora. by fifty per cent. the present charges. Formont has been pleased to appoin, under Subit. They gave their opponents a crushing refuses to accept the resignations of the some time, it may be remembered, the same section 22, Section 37 of the Merchant Shipping defeat, 23 points to 10, and secured thes Mayers of Municipalities, declaring that mants for the resumption of the principal seat SHENG SWANETEI has been also at the bead | 10 of 1899), Mr. J. W. Kew to be a surveyor of Victory for their side,
was a large they are really directed against the Parlia of the railway administration, and apparent-boilers of unliceused steamships auder 6 tous attendance during the afternoon and hospitalitymentary Reginas, and the Republic. He ly the ane system has been in full vogue burden.
was dispensed to the visitors and their friends. there. There is at least little doubt that
At the close of the match complimentary apo che!
warns the Commones that they will damage the Government has never received its fair
were made by the presidents of both clubs and nobody but themselves, and finally appeals share of the traffic receipts, while the whole
the hope was expressed that the rotura matob
to their patriotism to withdraw the resigna- would soon be played at Happy Valley. Up till tions. The letter, generally, was returned thing has been carried on in an equally
now honours neo divided between the two clubs. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.
ignorant and wasteful manner, and prefer-
tinopened. DMLY compamirativas routing to the news columnenes have been the rule all round, while no cucouragement has been held out for whole.
CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS,
THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.
Hongkong, 13th Jans, 1997
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-humith be addressed to The EDITOR.
Correspondents must forward their prales and no. 8ome increases. The Government has been' atersses with comsruzinations address
the Kliter, not for publication Aut us exidence of gour
Faith.
All Betters for publication, should be written e e side of the paper muly,
ot is true, largely to blame itself for killing the growing goods traffic by the exaction of likia charge, but the mischief thus done has been smali in comparison with that due to the other abuses which under the family spatem of SHENG have grown and fattened wat liefors 11 à 4. on day of publication. After thrround the railway administration. But kur the stapply is limited. Only supplivi jne Cask. | 88 WG is by no means disposed to permit
Telegraphic Address: Puss
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HONGKONG, JUNE 17TH, 1907.
Consolidation Ordinance, 1893, (Ordinaico No.
An enjoyable smoking concert was held at the Kowloon Docks on Friday night when the winners in the recent billised houdicap at the dock were presented with their prizes. The Carmichael Cup went to Mr. G. S. Wobb, the second and third prizes being taken by Mr. J. O. Gow and Mr. W. J. Crawford respectively.
It is uotitiod in the Gazette that the names of the following Companies have been struck of this Rogister -1. The Tong Yik Mariae, Fire and Life Insurance Company, Limited; 2. The Too Sung Steam Laauch Navigation Company, Limited; 3. The East Sunrise Fire and Marine Insurance, Exchange, Mortgage and Godown Company Limited; and 4. The Hankow Daily Times Company, Limited.
Two of the many war medals struck by the Japanese Government in commemoration of the recent war between Japin and Russia have me
The scores were:
KOWLOON.
G. R. Edwards A: B. Austin R. H. Baxter
A. Ritebie, (skip).
J. RamRay.
W. Hutchisi
4. E. Haxton
J. Handerson, (skip)
W. Taylor
W. J. Urawford F. H. Dixon
There
CIVIL SERVICK, J. Colex
R. Palmer
K. Duncan
13 W.H. Kelly. (skip) 25
A. Pile
R. Hudson
CH. Parkinson
21 J. A. When!, (skip) 20
C. Bund
P. It. Aclams
M. Melver
A.A.H. Milroy, (skip) 14 L. E. Brett, (akip). IN
J. C. Glow
A. Ramsay
W. Enasell
T. Petrie, (skip)
E. Dawson
G Badcock
R. Fenton
PRINCE FUSHIMI.
LONDON, June 13th. Prince Fushimi has visited the Niagara Falls.
MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION IN SAN FRANCISCO.
LONDON, June 13th. Mr. Ruel, who was convictel of Mucicipal
3 W. Fincher, (ukio) 16 corruption in San Francisco, has testified that he gave Mr. tchwitz a half share of two amounts, $6,000 and 82,000, received
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his carefully cherished system of exploitation of the revenues of China to be extinguished without struggle, and there are many to Hongkong. One was rencived by Captain | GENERAL KUROKI IN NEW YORK from the French restaurants.
Tong leading articles to the visit of General Moat of the New York newspapere devoted Kuroki and the Japanese warships.
The Evening Post said Coming as it does immediately after the disgraceful San Japanese visitors is "pacticnlarly grateful, since Francisco school incident," the presence of the
RUSSIA.
LONDON, June 13th.
Iswolsky, speaking on the Budget Com
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, M.
mailtee said that Treaty of Portsmouth was
of the recent epitomic of plague in the village of Monghs, cleared the entire area by fire last.
Wednesday.
TAXATION AND DWINDLING TRADE The business community is anxious to know what measures the Government propose to adopt to induce the Chinese Merchants to return to ts city. In conseqenou of the harsh treatment to which their families were subjected on the outbreak of plague, they left the city in 'considerable numbers, and theo ever-increasing taration of trade doubtless so many Chinese shops sad private residences makes them hesitate to return. The sight of
closed up is deplorable.
The Chinese realenta, by the way, are daily making a great deal of point just now by way of thanks giving for the extermination of the plague opidemic.
DON VOYAGE.
Colonel Greenfield de Mello who was asot out by the Central Government to inspect the duties ie about to return home. fortifications etc, having completed his arduous Ha will doubtless be able to report that he found every- body in the best of health.
THE FRANCO-JAPANESE ENTENTE.
The Paris correspondent of a London paper says:A portion of the European Press has
Japanese enteate. It had bona in the air for one altogthor estray in attributing te exalted
some two years past. In 1905 I was invited to British influence the original idea of the Franco-
a small dinner porty given at one of the large
more such as be who are prepared to come Arthur Elari-Synnoti who was a military altacbė to the rescue of a system under which they with the second army. The other went to Mr. have grown fat. What is it to them that F. I.. Pratt, editor and part proprietor of Who's the country has been suffering, if they, the Who in the Far East and assistant on the cream of the land, have grown fat? SHENG Editorial Staff of the China Mii, who went to at all events is determined to have the lust the front as war correspondent for the Sydney word and there are plenty more who will orning Herakt and other Australia n papers it gives us the opportunity to convince them regarded originally as only a temporaryreatpuranie at which Mr. Matono, the former
The models, with which were sent diplo mas, are that the mass of the American people by no gast from caonens captured from the Russians, menus sympathize with the Rust and Solmits trial, but that view was now changed, and Japanese Ambassador in Paris. Baron Sayem- Attached to them is a green / &raftera of San Francisco and their obedient there was a profound belief in the stability/atau, the proprietor of ous of the largo Paris
see
ribbon with blue stripe and white borders. and are gilded.
school board."
AGREEMENT.
Thn Post remarked that no American can of Russo-Japanose relations. The Gools in London met last month in Japsuese, and that the talk of war has been point to a single unfriendly act on the part of the solemn conclave to disonse tho fature
THE FRANCO.JAPANESE of entirely American. "The truth is that the 'Galidom,” which is Gastle for Scotland.influenas of no nation to-day is more pacific half wars baun ie luasies," and they gathered There were two poore of thein, of whom nearly than that of Japan."
in the fine old Soots Corporation Hall in Crane-court, Float-street, where, beneath the massive royal arme, such phrases were hurld feudal system of the Sasseuxch," Gillies, a Gend who has crossed the Twood, and ** hideous fabric of a foreign Power." Mr.
about as
of Genaral! Kuroki there was attached a pounliar The Brooklyn Eagle said that to the coming significance that lifted the ocasion into the
Lovros, June 13th. M: Fichou. Minister of Foreign Affairs, realm of the unique. "He is the first Oriental has announced that he has proposed to who has aver come to us with a reputation built Japan, a simultaneous publication in Paris that fact, as he personifies it, so find the and Tokyo, of the Franco-Japanese Agree upon the everthrow of a Western Power. Ia
civilization galvanized into now and strange symbolism of a new civilization, or of an ancientment on Monday,
world hardly yat knows how to meaanre it. For vitality, a civilization eo merveilons and astoned ing in its brief development that the Western the possession of that civilization Japan is indebted to what the contemporary opinion of intrusion of the United States," that country regarded as the utwarrantablo
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
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newspapers, and a few others were present. I cannot say that the dinner had been given expressly to discuss the desirability of Franco-Japanese rapprochement, but it wo happened that little else was during the dinner, and may impression at spoken of the time was that our host had invited ns. specially for that purpose. It
eossary before all to find a basis for such an was, however,
the relations between Tokyo and Paris had been entente. That was not easy. But meanwhila improving, and eventually the last trace of any Japanese war completely disappeared. feeling that may have arisen during the Rus
The same cordiality that existed before the war was once more restored, and Japan, who had been sometimes called the France of the Far East, manifested a desire to extend and fortify har economic ties with the French Republic.
At last the conversion of the Japanese loan afforded the desired
opportunity. Mr. Karino, French Minister for Foreign Affairs, the new Japasaose Ambassador, found the
MJPichos well disposed towards the principle of the tran ...saction. There is a superabandance of money is the French market, and Japan is a great country with a brilliant fature before it. M Pichon is too good man of business not to have pointed out at once to that for a sorvios of that kind France would in soy cass expect m- doubt, on due consideration, have submitted to on the part of Japan, and will, no oiprocity Mr. Karino the bases of the treaty about to be
asked or hopes for. concluded, which secures for France very material advantages and giver Japan more than she had,
LONDON, June 18th. The Emperor Francis Joseph has received Inspector General Niahi of the Japanese Ariny,
back up bis protest against the new scheme of the nemin eo of the Board of Commusi. cations. YANG, the new Superintendant of the Telegraphe, is to have a salary of n As an indication of the perverse spirits with thousand taels per mouth; doubtless BurnG whom Chica has to deal in her path towards and such as ke, will inveigh against the reformu, we may point to a recent attempt to extravagance of such salaries why a amend the Tariff for inland telegrams which Viceroy is not allowed such a salary, has been so high a seriously to lamper the and Yaso, who is only a Tautai, is trade of the country; and not only to do so to be placed under the new régine hit as a natural sequence to prevent the over the head of a Viceroy: the very idea revenue from this source ever reaching a is iniquitous. Of course Peking can paying standard. The revenue derived by through this very thin well of reusing the Government from its system of Imperial but Peking has its own reason for joining read a paper in English on the Gaelic move- Telegraphs has, in fact, never had fair play; in the remonstrance. SHENG had his ownment, in which, with a gravity worthy of Mr. and has never repaid the country for its reasons for approving of the old régime: Bernard Shaw, he scarilled his brother outlay; though doubtless individuals, and the Government of the country, it is true, "Anglicised Scots," bitterly lamented the mare especially the late Director, and a few did not as a Government grow fat on the "donationalisation" of the modern Highlander, of his frienda, bare contrived to feather system, and was always out at elbows: but and made a fierce appeal for the revival of the their nests to some purpose. When first here again there was a distinction, and a Gaelic language, the re Gaelicisation of Brot land, and the throwing off of the brutal English
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. China found herself at war with France, very pointed oue. The Government of and afterwards with Japau, the construction China as a whole is very different from the who, he said, take only a sentimen tal interest loft Shanghai for this port on the 14th June yoke. He lashed those "Anglicised Scotsmen" The N.Y.K. str. Aki Maru (American Line), of telegraph lines impressed itself upon the Government as a collection of individuals, in the Gaelis movement, sad give it "spasmodic and is expected here
f. Government, and there were found no
and Sexe, and those like him, recognised and unreliable" aid. Ha declared that the obstacles of Fengshui or outeries against the distinction. A hint that SHENG was people in Scotland who do not speak fiselis foreign innovations to stop the way. Tele.getting richer than was fair was now and are only it to be called "North Britons," and graphs had not been introduced for the then found effectual in deflecting presents W haiwel, who used mongrel pidgin English," be expected here to-morrow at 7 pm.
Bra "on a par with the 'Chinese soldiers at on Saturday the lith June at 9. and way The IG.M. atr. Scharnhorst left Shanghai beurt of trade, nor were the interests of towards the Capital, and we have had recent The Gaelic language is, he added, the secret merchauts at all considered in their con- evidences that evon Princes of the Imperial power" by which Gaeldom would forge the left Bingapore on Friday 14th June 5 p.m. and
The IG.M. str. Preussen carrying the Ger signed. man Mails with dates from Berlin of 21st May It was seen, indeed that some of blood are not casehardened against their weapons which would break into as many may be expected here on or about Wednesday the expenses of keeping up the liner might be acceptance. Now Tuotai Yang, though he fragments as a potter's vessel the hideous the 19th Jane sm, got back if they were thrown open to the might officially send far more more up to sick of the Union and wish to be free," he and may be expected here on or about Thursday with acclamation, and have referred to the
fabric of a foreign Power." "Scotsmen chinotza on Saturday the 16th June at daylight The I.G.M. str. Prinz Sigismund left Kat. public, and so a tariff, needlessly high, if the Peking, was out of his thousand taele per cried, and he looked forward to the time when the 20th June 8.m. object of the lines were morcantile, was
mense manifestly incapable of making a they would achieve the national independence decided on, seemingly in consultation with present of an odd lakh new and then to a for which Bruce fought and Wallace died,
struction
to-day.
The NY.K. str. Bombay Maru (Bombay Line) laft Shanghai for this port on the 15th
Jane and is expected bere to-morrow.
RUSSIA AND JAPAN IN MANCHURIA.
LONDON, June 13th. A telegram from St. Petersburg states that a Russo-Japanese agreement regarding Southern Manchurian railways has been the working of the Chinese Eastern and
THE RED CROSS CONFERENCE.
LONDON, June 14th. The Red Cross Conference has received
The CPR str. Empress of Japan left Committes, an invitation to holl a Tokohama for Vancouver at 10.36. "am. Friday the 14th Jane.
ference in Japan in 1902 1912.
on
cou
This is, briefly and substantially, the history of the Franco-Japanese entente. At an early stage of the pou/parters the project was, believe, submitted to the British and Easian
prompting to establish by such menus se the Governments. Although met with their full approval, it was the first they had heard of it. The two contracting parties thus required no approaching entents a mutually profitable and advautagenes agreement. This information should put an end to the random ateries as the idea having originated with friends of France and Japan not directly concerned.