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THE HONGKONG DAILY PREFS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 1907.
His Honour the Chief Justics (Sir Francis
Piggott) returned to the Colony yesterday, TELEGRAMS. looking very much the better for his holiday in
the North.
Cinematograph Co. produced the Passion Play. Atthe Theatre Royal on Saturday night the There was a large attendance, a dithey mini- Leeted their approval of the perf rmance is no squalinted manner.
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REPORTED FRENCH REVERSE.
LONDON, December 1st.
EVOLUTION OF HONGKONG.
[Written for the Hongkong Daily Press] (Continued from lait Mo day)
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form of a marine insurance policy ho reads that the risk taken by the underwriters includes the adventures and Perils of the seas, and of all other perils, losses, and misfortunes that have or shall come to the hart, dotrimont, or damage of the said goods and mer- chandise," What can it matter after that, the lay mind argues, whether the cargo
It is reported that the French Readers are reminded of the Sale of Work in was properly stowed or not?
Surely the aid of the Organ Fand of the Union Church to troops in Morocco have suffered naderwriters ought to pay up on such a be held to-morrow at the Volunteer Head-sorious reverse. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS e mprehensive clause, obviously intouled tugasrters and Parade Ground. The advertise.
cover almost everything that could happen ?ment, to which we refer the realer for fuller: The situation on the Algerian from nationality or colour whatever. Free Trade That is just whore the lay mind falls short of the glory of the professional. In the rules quoted in Mr. LAWRENCE DUCKWORTH'S Epitome of the Law affecting Marine Insurance" (London: EFFINGHAM WILSON
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particulars, promises more than the usual tier is regarded as grave. dances by Japanese ladies, with characteristic attractions. Tuo Japanes national costume
musical accompaniment, is certain to prove a most interesting feature.
On Saturday, after a sorvies of 30 years,
Mr. G. de Champeaux relinquished the post of
manager of 1lis Messageries Maritimes Co. in
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.
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LONDON, December 1st. Florence Nightingale, famous as
It was ander such apparently altruistio osn ditions that the war of 1812 was conducted, and that Grost Britain as the result of its coessful termination threw open the entire of the China trado to the world, taking no preference to herself, and giving the benefit of her new Colony of Hongkong freely and without any reserve whatever to all comers, of what
had come to the birth, and the British Govern- ment of the day had determined that its natal day should be oslebrated with becoming honour That for many years Great Britain did enjoy by for the largest share of newly opened trade is not to be denied, nor that by encouraging the gave an enormous extension to her own home Oriental trade of the continental nations, she
Hongkong, as he is about to retire to his nativa the organizer of nursing it the Cri-trade, Although it was not till 1846 that land, Franos. Mr. de Campeaux is a well-incan war, and who is now 87 years known and popular resident, and leaves, a kost
any lottery or of any lelier, post card or circular concerning any lottery is hereafter prohibited. The Postmaster General may seize all sol lottery tickets and letters, postords or circala concerning a lottery, and canse the same to be returned to the Post Office at which they were
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THE FRENCH NAVY,
LONDON, November 28th, The report on the Naval Estimates Iaments and says that suitors, engineers, gunners, and a Iministrators are utimated by n most regrettable hostility. The nary has already fallen to the third rauk, and there is danger of its lapaing to the fourth.
1907) the term "perils of the seas" is detined as referring only to furtaitous accidents or casualties of the sens. It does not include even the ordinary action of the wind and waves. The peril has to be som
of friends behind him. On Saturday the staff old, has been awarded the Order of thing unexpected. But that, says your lay
of the Mesageries Maritimas presented their Merit. 110 critic, is still in favour of the assurer. Helato chief with a handsome silver flower bain would not expect the captain to risk his abip in an obony stand. Mr. J. Millet assumes 20.00 by careless storinge of cargo. Besides, what charge of the agency feam this dato.
about the phrase all other potila"?
The Government have taken one slap more Doesn't that pin the underwriters dowa tot, probibit a popular vios, A regulation their liability Answers the professional published in the current Gazette states that the Not so. The term "all other perila" does importation into Hongkong through the Post not thean what to you it seems to say. In Office of any lottery ticket or advertisement of law it includes only perils similar in kind to the parila specifically mentioned in the policy. Maritime perila," needing to the Marine Tasurance Act, 1906 (6 w. 7 Ch. 41 means something different again. It means the perils couscquent on, or inci- dental to, the navigation of the sea, that is to say, perils of the seas, fire, war perils pintes, revars, thieves, captures, seizures, restraiate, and detainments of princes and peoples, jettisous, barratry, and any other perite, either of the like kind or which may be derigunted by the policy. Careless stowage does not amount to barrairy, and it cannot come under the heading of knowledge which acting that American goods are the assured could have and conceal from the duty, according to the American-Korean admitted into Kores on payment of 7 per cent. CAN assurer.
Whether it affects the implied Treaty, Japan is about to create a Custome warranty that the re-sel shall be seaworthy union between Japan and Kores, Mr. Halbart ja a question the lay mind should be shy to asserts, and in that oase American goods will answer, though it would seem not. The
have to pay a duty 40 or 50 per cent. more, The Japanese have been rapidly purchasing wheat, sad supplanting American cotton and assured makes no warranty to the underland in Korea, with a view to raising cotton and
four from Kores,
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MARINE insurance might be simplified. Toe case referred to in another column, giving a Japanese judgment bearing on the perils reported from Eastern Street on Saturday.
Another feinl caso of bubonic plague was of the seas," may not particularly interest other than those who do shipping business in
1st and September 30th totalled $9,783,080.03 Receiple into the Treasury between January while the payments oat for the same period were 89,917,703.50. Payments therefore exceed receipts by $34,623,47.
The Colony's liabilities on September 30th Japanese ports; but it serves to ali atten-mounted to $211,708,72. Its sets for the same period totalled $1,715,299,39. The balance of tion to the knotty legal problems buried in assate over liabilities is therefore $1,303,59.67. even the simplest antract with under- writers. The lay mind naturally wonders. why a opatrict of marine insurance cannot the drawn up in such form as to prevent “‚hose expensive “ sue and labour” wrangles. In consideration of a premium of so much, we the assurers undertake to pay the assured so-mauch, if the goods catalogued in the margin are not delivered to the satis. faction of the assured or of an umpire." Something short and easy like that is the ratural lay solution of a problem that has puzzled lawyers, judges, and business men for hundred of years, for marine in surance is perhaps the most ancient of all. It has been traced back eer-
A trailer was seen in the streets of Hongkong on Saturday for the first time. It was Introduced by Mr. G. Hunter, of Mesers. Jardino, Matheson & Co., and attracted considerable attention,
mailed,
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, in compliance with an application of Mr. H. B. Hulbert (formerly, of Beach), has adopted
NATAL.
LONDON, November 28th.
a regolation to put questions to the U.S.-| All the available police have been drafted California during the coming son of dupheity. The Commandant of the Malitis Government through the representatives of
to Zululand, Divizulu being suspected of Congress-on the relation of the Japanese Buzerainty and the existing Treaty between the is ready to take the field. United States and Kures Mr. Halbert
DEATH OF MES. MITCHELL.' TAYLOR.
DOW
The emotions of the Colony wore profoundly stirred yesterday by the startling intelligense of the death, at Government House, of Mrs Mitchell-Taylor, who but two months ago became the wife of Captain Mitchell-Taylor. A.D.C. to His Excellency the Governor, Mrs. Taylor had not been well since her return to the Colony after the honeymoon and was first under the treatment of Dr. Jordan for
dengue fever and subsequently for a reptio wound on the chin which handed up satisfao- torily, but thirty-six hours before death occured it became apparent that there was septia infection of the veins of the brata, and thin the cause of death, which occurred at 830
THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENCY.
UNITED STATES.
LONDON, November 28th... Mr. Corteiyou announces that the sub- scription list for Treasury cartiäcataa is closed, and that in view of the decided improvement in business it is probable that
Sir Robert Peol announosd fasliy his couver. sion to free trade, he had long accepted the wers made ander a cabinet of which Sir Robset principle, and the war, and subsequent peace
Peel was chief, and Sie James Graham Home Secretary.
It was the hops of these early pioneers that sesing the benefits undeniably due to the removal of disabilities from trade other countries would as cordially join hands with the British financial reformers in reducing the duties which hampered commerce. A tendency was indeed notiorable in this direction for some years, but its inspiring tire was to take advantage to the fallest of the British concessiour, accompanied indeed with hints line: finding as time passed by, and free trs la thrown out of eventually following in the same
fetish to be worshipped, instead of a means to became amongat inferior-home politicians a
si end, the cousinental Fale became one of increasing exclusion of British made products, while at the same time taking advantage to the uttermost of British frea trade,
It would, notwithstanding bavo been well for
unfortunately were not. Sir Henry Pottinger acted on with regard to the new colony; they all had these openly announced intentions ben
who had proved so able a representative of the British Government as Plenipotentiary for the negotiation of the treaty of Nanking, was appointed frat. Governor of the new possession, but proved himself totally unfit for administra tion; by foolish concessions to the Canton mandarins, who had now, finding they could do
of British interests, Captain Balfour, and hi successor Sir Ratherford Aloook, both men with whom to a generous sympathy with Chi- weaknesses and old time traditions, was enperadded a quiet determination to soo their rights respected;
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It was unfortunate that the same could not be recorded of Canton, with which the native population of Hongkong was at all times very much in sympathy. The Canton authorities had so often in their previous contests with the East India Company called in the assistance of the mob to enforce their claims that the latter, came to look upon itself as the real arbiter ja all foreign matters, and neither Kising the new Commissioner, nor the Visaroy cared to insur the odium of opposing it, hooked up as it undoubtedly was by the whole body of the inferior Roials. Sir Beury Poltingor, and aflor him Sir J. Davis, uotwithstanding that they had adequate fores at their disposal. and military garrison-at-Hongkong weakly at Amoy and Chiser, as well as in the naval permitted themselves to be talked over by the
naw Commissiezer, who plouded bis inability. to control the people, and the consequence WOR freely suturing the city, which was one of the their yielding under mob mouace the right of
main stipulations of the Treaty. On the other baad in the face of this open branch of the stipulations of the Treaty, Sie J. Davis. of any kind in the withdrawal of the troops when the tima same concurred without protant from Amoy and Choson, an sat which Sir J. change for the worse in the tons of the Duvia kimself afterwards testifies produced s
Chinese authorities; even Kiying forgetting his urbanity, and acting with a "degree of brusquerie, not to say insolence never before exhibited by him." The old days of the Com- pany were being re-ennoted, and we find the Minister, instead of asking for troops to assist him in checking the outrages ogain becoming of constant cosarrance, seeking for greater power to coerce his own nationals.
the Home Government, Lord Palmerston being This was the mors noteworthy that we find
Foreign Minister at the period, instructing Bir J. Davis to impress on the Chinese authorities in plain and distist terms that the Britiak
subjecte in China moh shall with impunity maltreat British Government will not tolerate that a Chinese
and that if the Chinese authorities will not by the exercise of their own power punish and prevent such out- rages, the British Government will be obliged to take the matter into their own hands. " Notwithstanding these outspoken words of the Home Minister, wo and shortly afterwarde un the mere statement by Kiying that the fool
reconciled to it." Sir J. Davis actually post- poning for two years the right of entering the City or visiting the anthorities!
(To be continued next Monday.}
THE CHINESE PROCESSION.
FIRST DAY AND NIGHT
procession is as follows:-The route to be The official programme of the fortheonisg
LONDON, November 28th, Mr. Bryan, in a spech at Washingt m said that, if he should be nominate I for tasso with impunity returned to their old practises,ings of the people of Cauton were not yet Presidency he would champion the rahe permitted regulations to be made, under his adjustment of the tariff on behalf of the own sigantare, which practically placed the poor; would impose an income tax, and trade of Hongkong, in the hands of the Canton a 'opt arbitration in labour disputes.
olique as effectually as had been the trade with the old Factories. No independent trade was THE FINANCIAL SITUATION IN THE possible in the Free-Trade Colony, which be
came a second Liatin, and a refuge for all the offsecurings of the China trade. Piracy became rampant in the adjoining sons, secretly favoured by the Canton mathorities, and neither life nor. property were safe on shore nor aflost. Re- traversed by the procession which starts about spectable Chinese traders who had commenced
11 a.m. is from No. 2 Police Station (back) taction of the British flag, finding that protection to settle in the colony under the promised pro. Wanchai Road to Queen's Road East straight on to the corner of Parade Ground going up delusion and snare, cleared out, and Hongkong Garden Road to Lower Albert Road, Govern- became a second Alsac's. _ Nor were the government Offees, turn up to Upper Albert Road, ment officials at the period above suspicion Government House, straight on to Cains Road, any many unsavoury tales of the colonial doings going up Castle Road passing Seymour Road, turn back 10 Caine Bond down to Po Hing of the day still linger in the memories of the low survivors, yr are repeated by their immediate Fong pass, the Taung Hing Theatre to Po Yen saccessors. When Sir J. F. Darls, in May
Street round to Hollywood Road, straight to 1844, again appeared in his old quarters, but
Man Mo Temple on to Old Bailey Street down this time as Governor of Hongkong to relieve to Lyndhurst Terrace to Wellington Street Sir Henry Pattinger, not a soal was left to straight on to No. 5 t'olice Station (Fire present the customary parting address, nor wisti Brigade) torn in to Jervois street going up to him Godspeed.
Queen's Bond Central down to Bonham Strand West on to Des Voeur Road, turn in to Wing Lok Street to Bonham Strandkast up to Queen's Rond about the Hongkong and Shanghai 'Bank's premises to dismiss.
uo further allotments will be male.
EXPLOSION IN A FRENCH TORPEDO BOAT.
LONDON November 29th. A compressed air reservoir, ia the torpedo dépôt at Dunkirk has exploded and killed two, seriously wounded seven.
THE RAILWAY STRIKE IN INDIA.
LONDON, November 29th.
yesterday morning.
During her brief resideņos in the Colony Hrs. Taylor had made a host of friends ho have bien profoundly shooked by the tragio suddences of her death. It sim scarcely necamary to remark that the deepest sympathy is felt by everyone for the husband so
The Caloutta strike is definitely over, and suddenly bereaved nu well as for Mr. A. J. the strikers have surrendered. A Concilia. Hrackenbury, the deceased lady's brother (who tion board has been formed, in Private Booretary to His Excellency the Governor), and also for His Excellency and Lady Lugard who bave lost a aleas for whom they had the deepest affection...
The funeral takes place at Happy Valley this morning leaving Government House-at 8 am. The sortage will pass the Monument about
GERMANY
LONDON, November 29th. In the debate on the Budget, in the Reichstag, Prince Buelow replying to a For the convenience of Peak residents reference to the Harden trial, denounced the who wish to attend the funeral, we may comparison of the conditions revealed to add that there will be two special electric fram those of the declining Roman Empire. The cars to meet the 8.15 tram from the Peak to Prince said, Germany is no Sodoni, the All mosïal engagements by Lady Lugard are purity of the Kaiser's life and House are postponed. in consequence of this sad event indefinitely emblematic of the life of the nation.
GENERAL SIR JOHN FRENCH ON THE REORGANISATTON
convoy passengers to the Monument.
The 11g at Government House was half masted yesterday.
THE VOLUNTEERS.
As two o'clook on Saturday afternoon the Volunteers embarked at Pedder's Whart for
a
The position of the governor of Hongkong at this period was decidedly anomalous; bosides bing Goreraor of the Colony ander the Colonial Ofas, he was superintendant of trade for the entire of China then span under the SECOND DAY AND NIGHT (ÖTH Foreign Office. The instructions of the two
DECEMBER 197). “not seldom clashed, and in endeavouring to do
Starting about 11 mm from No. 2 Police the best for trade generally the interests of the Station, Wanchai Road to `Queen's Road East Colony as much not infrequently, suffered. At on to the Clock Tower down Paddar Street to” all events between the two, the bright visioas
Des Voax Road straight on to Harbour Master's old offices, turn in to Bonham Strand held out of the importance of Hongkong as a central point whither the trade of the entire West, turn back to Das Vong Road straight on coast of China would of necessity converge, to Shok Tong Tsai (Koon Hai Lan Hotel), turn were apparently doomed to litter disappoint-in-to-Queen's Road West to No-7-Polico ments and Hongkong itself began to ponder, Station turn up to First Street straight on whether it were not itself a bitter mistake, and Central Street on to Queen's Road West to Bei Ying Poon Market, tore down as the time for restoring Chusan deew nigh, to whether it should not better have been at Eastern Street, stopping all gongs and rame Chuaan.
Under Sir J. Davis, who united in his own person all the prejudices and weaknesses natural
when passing near the Government Cirij Hospital until Ko Shing Theatro) straight on to No. 6 Police Station (Fire Brigade), then in to Wellington Stroot straight up Aberdeen Street, paning Gage Street down to Graham Strest turn up Cochrane Street to Lyndhurst Terrace on to Wellington Street East, torn down D'Aguilar Street to about the Clock Tower to diamin, THIRD DAY AND NIGHT (7th December. 1997), Starting about 11 am. from No. 2 Folios Station (back) Wanchai Road to Queen's Road
to a former member of the" Select Committes** under the East India Company, things did not improve either in Hongkong, nor at the | neighbouring port of Canton, where up to this OF THE ARMY.
all forsigu trade had boon centred. We must, however, levre the Bouth for a little while, and LONDON, November 29th.
glance at the state of affairs at the newly Stonecatters to obtain a little practice in gun farewell dinner at Aldershot, said that as menting on the state of trade in Chins giving
General Sir John Freuch, speaking at a "pend ports to the northward, laying. There was but a small ruuater, due, so far as his experience went the new order of utterance to the remer, that Amey, Fosshow, held on the previous evening. After landing things introduced after the retirement of and Ningpo were good for nothing as places of practics took place with the 15 pounders from Lord Boberts, had been an unqualified suc-trade, while Hongkong as a commercial colony au eminence on the north west slope of the ceas and were thoroughly adapted to the was equally worthless. As a matter of fast Men Mo Temple straight on to Possession island, the target being erected at Chunghae needs of the army. Considerable time was lost in making a start
It is notified in the Gazette that Sir Mathew doubt, to the fact that St. Andrew's half was
Nathan having resigned the appointment, His Excelenoy the Governor has been pleased to Hongkong Volunteer Corps. accept the position of hor. Colonel of the
tainly to the thirteenth century, and is Government notification No. 766 of 1907, that of the ranges, but eventually these were got out |
It is notified in the Gazette, with reference to owing to juuka and sampans gotting in the way the existing legislation under which the of the way and fring began, Affer direct believed to date earlier even than that. The importation into the Colony of bounty fed firing practice, indirect laying was tried, bat lay mind, as usual when it meddles with law, sugar is prohibited, will not be affected by the gunners were not very successful in the latter is apt to overlook many things, particularly additional set of the Brussels Convention.
exercise, and at the and of the series the that there are two parties to the transnotion, His Excellency the Governor has given his instructor, Ligut. Crosse of the RG.A both of whose interests need to be guarded. assent, in the name and on behalf of His addressed the mon. He pointed out that there Looking only at the wording, "perils of the Majesty the King, to the following Ordinance was a Isok of discipline on the gun, and on one Bes” the lay mind is apt to feel con- passed by the Legislative Council: Ordings scorsion the No. I gave the wrong order." Then No. 16 of 1907-An Ordinance to authorise | the No, 4 on another gun was responsible for temptuous of the judicial mind which can Companies registered ander the Companies bad laying through not getting the alignment feel doubts as to what is covered by such Ordinance, 1865, to keep local registers of their posts in order. When the address had con- a phrase. Taking a wellknown common ! members outside the Colony?
cloded the Volunteers embarked for Hongkong,
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTA,
In 1847 we find the Times newspaper com-
East straight on to the Clock Tower turn up Wyndham Sreet and then to Hollywood Road up to Shelley Street, pass Staunton Street down to Elgin Street to Hollywood Road pasning
rotwithstanding that the Chinese are amonget
Street dowa to Queen's Road West passing the most commercial of nations, the whole Wo Hing Street West turn down to Des apparatus of foreign trade, including demand Vour Road, then in Bonham Bireet Wort on both sides, and machinery, had to be crested up to Queen's Road straight on to No. 5 from the foundation. The initial slow progress Police Station (Fire Brigade) turn in to
Francisco on the 28th ult.
The O. & O, str. Korea arrived in San to be anticipated; but it was in every way going in to Bonham Strand East straight. of trade was, even if unhampered, only a thing Jervois Street, turn down Morrison · Street
hamper d by the prejudices of the ruling on to Crass Strost tara in Wing Lok classes, and it was only through the unintermit Street East again passing · Morrison Street tent efforts of a fow of the more energetic of the ont to Dos Voeux Road, tarn up to. Jubilos British officials on the spot, often against the Strest to Queen Victoria Street to Des Vorax Inertia of the kome authorities, that the un-Bosd again come up from Pollinger Street to wieldy mass at last commenced to move, Queen's Road Central (when passing the Supreme Court stopping all gongs and diums) straight to about the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank's premises to di
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The one exception to the general stagestion was Shangbai; and Shanghai had been fortuusto in the men to whon were entrusted the keeping