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complaint.The grievance has been a serious one fend the lesat serious part of it has been the merely selfish one that the works were removed out of Europe. To this the Americana were able to reply with perfect justice that America had just as good a right to enjoy the enabling effacts of art as Europe and, so they would, ail lovers would be ready to answer, did they know equally wall how to use them. Up to this the offset has only bean to raise the prices of articles of vertu, not only beyond the means of private European collectors,
The Taikoo dook at Quarry Bay has oc TELEGRAMS. THE POLICE RECREATION CLUB.
meneed operations, the Chins Navigation Co's steamer" Sangkiang” being the first vomal to enter for repairs,
His Excellency the Governor has appointed Bergeant P. Angus to be a sanitary inspector for Samsnipo, vice Bergeant W. Kendall trans
ferred.
Hankow papers report the death of Mr. O, E. Haemmerli, of Messra. Fard. Bornemann and. Company, from typhoid fever, Mr. Hemmerli was but 28 years of age.
Hi Excellency the Governor has given but beyond thepermitted. limits of the great directions for the recission of the proclamation musena where the works would have been declaring Amoy to be a port or place at which carefully preserved and accessible at alfa-infections or contagions disease prozails.
The Colonial Treasurer's statement of the times. It has encouraged a practice of petty LONDON RAZORS trading amongst the custodians, and besides Colony's assets and liabilities places the assets at led to thefts in some cases irreparable,34,114,691.67 and the liabilities at $2,887,977.81.
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Makera to His Majesty the King.
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CLEMENT'S RAZORS.
made from the Finest Sword Steel, by Woras than all this, even in the worzo arranged private museums on the Continent, WILKINSON & Co., Cutlers & Sword
the old families almost always took a pride to exhibiting their treasures to the respect able visitor. Now a different atmosphere prevails, and the traveller finds that an air of suspicion has succéade J, and access in difi. eult, and frequently for the honest traveller impossible. With the other class of tmvellor this atmosphere of euspicion only adds fuel to his greed, and bribery on the large souls generally fade some means of approach. The transaction, which with the former had Seeu at least an open one, now becomes secret; and the temptation to procure the coveted article has the additional zest of a tinge of false romance. The coveted work disappears, nu all trace of it is lost. The purchaser as well as the seller has every inducement, torunceal the transaction, and hide as best he can the identity of his ill gotten gain, so that a work of art whose value was largely enhanced in the eyes of the artistic student, becomes merely a work without Laine or place, and oven in many cocas of uncertain aga.
GILLETTE RAZORS AND SPARE BLADES
BESTON'S PATENT STROPS. GENUINE HORSEHIDE
STROPS.
Shaving Soaps and Other Requisites in Groat Variety,
On the other side of the Atlantic a quite different set of circumstances.concurs in
S. WATSON & CO. throwing suspicion on the work, whatever it may be. Wiably or not the American LIMITED,
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Tho balance on the credit side is, therefore, $1,526,713,88.
Receipts into the Treasury from January 1st
to July Slat totalled $10,819,149.10, while payments ont during the same period wers $10,832,600.74. Payments, therefore, exceed receipt by $13,460,84.
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A typhoon notice sont from Manils at 4 a.m. Festerday to the America Consulate General at Hongkong announced a typhoon East of Luzon, less than 300 miles dialant, moving W. or W. N. W.
The date of the trial of she libel action, at Shanghai, in which Mt. Henry O'Shes is the de fendant, has been fixed for October 20th. The jery will number five, not twelve, as was generally reported.
Returns of the average amount of bank notes in circulation and of specie in reserve in Hongkong, during the mouth ended 30th September, 1903, as certified by the managers
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"VAILY FEXSY" BIOĻUSIVE BERVICE.]-
THE FLOODS IN INDIA.
GREAT DESTRUCTION OF LIFE
AND PROPERTY..
LONDON, October 3rd, The floods in the neighbourhood of Hyderabad have involved a loss of upwards of 50,000 lives, and the damage done to property is estimated at twenty crores of rupets.
THE BALKAN SITUATION.
LONDON, October 3rd. The position in regard to the Balkan Peninsula is now more hopeful, all the Powers, except Austria, having agreed to a Conference.
LONDON, October 3rd. There is no change in the position in Lancashire.
The annual meeting of the Pollee Recreation Club was held at the matshed, Happy Valley. on' Saturday afternoon. Mr. J. W. Hansón presided, and there were also present Mesars W. Kent, (treasurer), W. Withers (secretary), 1. MoHardy, A. Ritulis, J. Watt (committee), and a large attendance of membera.
new year, and to try to improve the past,
CANTON
[FLOM OUR CORRESPONDENT]
The CHAIRMAN caid-Genderen, the hour has come; that is, the hour when we cross from our Club's past year into the new year At this meeting we have to render secunt or at year's doings, and to enter upon a possibis, in retrosyset I think we may look ous. From the time that the Police Rsoros back upon the past year as a very successful tion Club was started, when we had bat little bit of compound up at the Central Station, and had to fende ourselves in with nots to be able to play a game at all; we have acquired this lovely piece of ground and this matshed, where we and that the present olub, the membership and the general good feeling. have justified the Opium Charitable Institution.
October 3rd. STANDARD LANGUAGE OF CHINA, The Viseroy has received a dispatch from the Central Government urging him to impress "pon the Cantonese gentry, merchants and students the mecomity of learning the Man- - daris dialect, All other Provinces, with the arception of Kwangtung and Fekion, have s dialect akin to Mandarin, When the new Pat liament is established Mandarin will be the only language used, and no matter how bar to
he will not be sligible for elestion to Parliament. or cultured a man may be in his own dialect unless he is thoroughly acquainted with ma dario.
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be happy together. I think then
A DELINQUENT MONK, A monk in Fateban was arrested for
making oplam without a license. When brought before the magistrate he pleaded guilty to the charge and was flued $100. The fine was paid and the Magistrate sent it to
EXPORT OF CATTLE RESTRICTED.
It is reported that the "Viceroy has sent a
dispatch to the British Consul General here re- questing him to inform the Hongkong Govern ment that in fulare the Kwangtung Provincial Government will only permit 4,200 head of ezen to be exported to Hongkong annually and that the oxen will be exported from the Nam- Hung District.
THE FORMERY OF TRÍDE MARER.
all expectations; we began with little and we have get to where we are, and I say-that-all THE LANCASHIRE LOCK-OUT.credit is due to sayene who has worked for the
common weal; to anybody who has done any thing to give sapport, and to make this olub what it is at present. The past year brought us a very sad experience in the fact that the typhoon blow our matabed down, and when I came down here on the day following, the A CONTRADICTION.
typhoon, and sat outside on the ground, some.. thing possessed me to take one of the bowling Tokro, October 4th,
coring boards, upon which I wrote. "House to The Gorman Embassy denies the lots apply to W. Withers, and hang it up on American report that H.E. Baron the bridge. But as a number of us sat thors. on a seat, wo greatly recovered our spirite, and Mumm von Schwarzenstein, the Amat last, when I said "Are we downhearted "lt 86.
gentlemen. And this is what we have now. I Magistrate, in delivering judgment, said think the report, which you will have read forging other people's trade marke was a very there was one roar of "No." And here we are,
shows a satisfactory state of things, and I hope serious offence, it greatly injured other that in the coming year all that has been good, people's business. In this case there was no doubt that Ngai Kam Tai had forged the trade and all that has been for the fartherases of mark of the Sueg Yes Shua-factory. He goodwill, may be improved on. I would mention therefore ordered that all the goods in the Hung also that we have received support from our Shan firm be seized and conilseated and that the superintendents, and for that we are grateful.
bassador at Tokyo, desired to be transferred to Washington.
REUTER'S SERVICE.]
TURKEY AND BULGARIA,
vory
LONDON, October 1st. Telegrams from Sofia report that in a Memorandum to the Powers which has been.
The CHAIRMAN proceeded to read a letter from Deputy Superintendent King in which drafted, Bulgaria explains the motives for her occupation of the Oriental railway and that gentleman stated that he had been much declares that it is now impossible to re-interested in the suunal report of the Olab, Constantinople which afforded satisfactory reading. He hoped establish the status quo,
Chartered Bank of India,
Australia and China: 3,733,775 | 2,900,000 Hongkong and Shangbal National Bank of Chies,
Bauking Corporation 15,2 9,673 10,000,000
98,421 Limited
25,000 Total 819,851,069 13,925,000 The U.S. battleship feet, whigh will arrive at Yokohama on October 17th, consists of sixteen battleships and six auxiliary voseola, a total of squadron will be composed of sightean ships. Thas the American and Japanese viszole-num- her forty in all, Foreiga warships in Oriental waters will assemble at Yokohama about the same time and anchor to the left of the Japanes recaption squadron. On that ocassion some sixty largo, mon-of-war will be seau off Toke-France supports. hama presenting an unprecedentedly gránd spectacle.
Wong Kwok Ying, proprietor of the Siev' Yoo Shui tea factory in Fatsban, brought an action against_Ngai Kam; Tai, owner of the Hung Shun tea firm, for forging the trade mark of his "Luk On" tag and selling genuine Luk On tea of the Susu Yee Shun factory. The.Faisban
money realized from the sale of the confistei goods be applied for the purpose of repairing the Magistracy, which it in a very dilapidated condition. It is said that the merchandise in the Hang Shan shop is worth about 5,900 tasks REGISTRATION OF COOLTES,
people have willed that importers of articles twenty-two vessels. The Japanese recaption official circles opine that the conflict with to see the police higher in the league this season, the Self Government Association on behalf of the
de huze shall pay on the import a price intended to be practically prohibitive. In Europe the connoisseur millionaire is looked on 43 fair game by the unscrupulous; and
his attempts at concealment afford the latter the handle to exercise his talents at exaction. In America, too, the Customs collector has every inducement to counter plot, with the expectation of making his own
Negotiations, have been completed for the private bargain with the importer. With both zecrecy is the breath of life in the amalgamation of the Dai Nippon Sagar Refa transaction. Sometimes all get sold. An ing Company and the Nagoya Bugar Refalog Company. The terms of the transactions are that Corrakpuntenis miscations addressed to the amusing instubes occurred the other day,20,000 shares, of the Nagoya Company, 25 paid is duly chronicled. Mrs. JACK up, shall be taken over by the Dai Nippon af Editor, not for publication but as evidence of geop and
GARDINEE, & wealthy lady of society, in Y10.40 each-Y209,000 in all-ibat the Dai Boston had succeeded in getting to New Nippon shall piy en additional 82,000 York a valuable collection of antiques and solatium to the dismissed staff of the Nagoya Company, and that all the liabilities of the latter other curiosities valued at some. $18,000 company to the Yanel Suoksi, importsis of gold. As she had carefully concealed fall machinery, iron, &c., of Tokyo, the Meiji Bink The steps in her purchase she ran the risk of Nagoya, and others, shall also be taken over. of declaring the contents of her packages to be private commodities already in use for a year or upwards. But the collector had- apparently got wind of the affair and seized the packages, demanding the equivalent of six thousand pounds as duty; moreover 28"
At the Magistraay on Saturday before Mr. penalty for the false declaration another
J. R. Wood, the hearing of the charge against little sum of eight thousand pounds was demanded An there was no way of getting. S. Hohnes, of obtainity $3,000 by" false pretences from Cheung Chim Loong was out of the mess, and to appeal would only
concluded. A BULL is a China,shop has been generally bring down worse consequences, the lady looked upon as the filtest type of senseless paid. She, thinking all was over, then asked for the cases, but the end was not yet; the destruction of what there is not sufficient knowledge to appreciate, yet it is doubtful thing had become too public, and the heads if the simile be altogether für to the bull,of the department pointed out that the lady
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A more apt comparison is rather to be found. Con- in the American milliounire in a tinental museum. The object is not, off course, the wilful destruction of possibly replaceable works of vertu, but the result is mucl. the same as if it were Were it she case that the carriage of these incomparable works of art from their original home to the great cities of the West would lead to a spread of refinement in America, however for the sake of the homelands we ebould
fron
ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES BY
A MERCHANT.
ACCEBED COMMITTED).
As before, Mr. C. F. Dixon (of Mess, Hastings and Hastings) appeared for the prosecntion, and Mr. H. K. Holmes represented
the defendirut,,
His Worship intimated that he intended to commit the defendant for trial, and, an application for increased bail being made by Me Dixon, his Worship and the bail at $1,000 cash and $4,000 7ɔnd,
THE VISIT OF THE AMERICAN FLEET OT AMOY.
LATER.
and with that object in viaw wished to present Bulgaria is in a fair way to settlement.
a bat to avery membar of the Police XI who Russis in a Memorandum regarding But-made 60 xuns or over in any league Louings (bear, hear). After a bat had been won by any garia, proposes to submit the question of member, a second bat or article of equivalent the occupation of the Oriental railway to the value at his choice, would be given for 25 ruas Powers signatory to the Berlin Treaty, which or more in any league innings, and a third for 100 rada or more. The writer had`en. oloved
a donation of $10 (hear, hes and applause), Proceeding, the GHAIRMAN said-I think that is very pleasant roading, for it shows that Mr. King has the interests of the Club at heart (applanes). I propose the sdop tion of the report and accounts, as presented.
ANGLO-AMERICAN PENNY POST.
LONDON, October 1st.
he perny post betreur Great Britain and the United States was inaugurated to- day, preparations being made for a record raail which is expected to flood America with
trade circulars.
LATER,
Notewartby scenes occurred in New York on the inauguration of the Anglo-American penny post, crowds awaiting the stroke of midnight to post letters and circulars. One firm alone sent thirty thousand letters.
Mr. Sydney Buxton, Postmaster-General in London exchanged congratulations with the Hon. George von L, Meyer, American Postmaster General in New York.
THE OPIUM QUESTION IN CHINA,
LONDON, October 1st.
Mr. LANGLEY seconded, and the motion was
carried unanimously.
The following is the gist of a lotter.sont by
Coolie Guild to the Superintendent of Police.— "We beg respectfully to inform you that the
Committes-of-the-Goolis-Guild-bas-requested-us-
to approach you with a view to establishing a
system of registration for coolies as is done in all civilized ovuuteios. This will strengthen the
Guild and at the same time facilitate searches in case of theft, &o." -
́A PUELIC SWIMMING BATH WANTED
FOR THE SHAMEEN, DAN A. notios has been sent round to the ratepayers of the British Concession convening a meeting for Monday the 12 kigst, at the Consulate for
the purpose of formulating a request to H. M. Offer of Works for the lease of Lot No. 78 10 the Municipal Council for the purpose of erecting.
public swimming bath ibereon.
A. ERIGAND'S DEMAND.
The notorions Pirate Chief, Link Tan Ching,
The CHAIRMAN-If anyone has any good in his heart in opanection with the Club, let bim out with it now. If anyone can ad any fault, let any suck person now speak his wald now, or let him for over hold his pacon firm in Yung He demanding payment of mind. Anything that he has to say, let it be has written a letter to the Shing Fang Nin tilk If the management in satisfactory, all success 330,000 within ten days. If the money' is not paid to him within the time stipulated he threatens to either rob or set fire to all the cocoons stored in the godown. The Shing Fang Niz
to the coming year.
The cheers which followed this sentiment showed that there was no necessity to record
a motion.
Before the cleation of officers was proceeded with, the CHAIRMAN mentioned that the Sorstary and Treasurer, Messrs. Withere and Kant, would be shortly going home on lesre but were willing to carry out the duties apper- The Morning Post" Washington corres-taining to such positions until their departure. pondent wires that the Powers have agreed to prohibit the importation, luto China of morphis and morphia instruments from the let January, 1909.
LATER.
is one of the largest silk cocoon dealers, in the They Bell from Kwongobau Prefecture. $300,000 to $500,000 worth of cocoons every day.
ASCENDING ON HIGH.”
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THE CHINESE "CHEUNG TEENO" HOLIDAY,
The election of officers refulted as follows- President, Captain F. J. Badeley: Vive Pre-
Ages ago, we are told in Mr. Dyer Ball's aidants, Captain F. W. Lyout and Messrs. H. R. Hailifax, T. H. King and P. P. J."Things Chinese," a Chinese received a warn Wodehouse; Chairwan, Mr. J._W. Baning that a dreadful catastrophe would happen son; Captain of the Club Me T H. to him and his family. To avert it he escaped The Tones" in a leader reminds the King; Treasurer, Mr. Kent, the appoint to the heights; and in commemoration of this Chinese emphatically that, if the opiument of a deputy on his departure for home event, on the ninth day of the ninth moon, trade, must rease for us, the cultivation being left in his hands; Seorutary, Mr. Wilkers many Chinese take a holiday or an excursion of of the poppy must cease for them.
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE UNEMPLOYED.
LONDON, October Mr. McKenna, M.P.. Speaking at pool, said that the Government proposed to The American Consul at Amoy, Mr. Julian basten the current naval construction programme with a view to alleviating the E. Arnold, writes se follows:-
distress of the unemployed, and that a whole year's orders would be placed at the earliest opportunity.
A number of onquiries have bsan directed to
this oflse on the subject of accommodations here for visitors to the U. S. Battleship Squadron recaption. For the information of those who may aquire at your office, I have to state that the
There are only two small hotela. A few
The meeting closed with votes of thanks to the Secretary and Treasurer for the work they bad done in the past year.
the
General Committee (with power to appoint a few hours to some neighbouring hill or moun- sub-committees), Inspectors Baker, Langley tain. This half feast, half holiday, as Mr. and Robertson, Sergeants J. Watt, Gordon and Ball remarks, brings itself more promineully. Lee, and P.Cs. Ogg, Glandanning and Taylor; into the notice of the foreign residual in Bir Steward, Mr. Withers; Captain of Lengua Hongkong than is the case ribh some of the 2nd.
XI, Mr. Langley Vice Captain, Mr. Pitt: other somi-religious observanoon of the Chinese.. Pony-aptain of 2nd XI, Me Withers; Vice Captain. The ninth day of the ninth moon fell on
Mr. Ogg.
Saturday last, and, boing a fine day, many thousands of Chine acended to Bagstaff on the summit of Victoris Peak As usual on this holiday, the Peak Tram- THE ORIENTAL HOTEL.
way Co. ran 8 ton-minute service until dark; the cars both up and down being The Oriental Hotel was nousually gay co Saturday night, and the occasion was not far crowded every time. But the Peak Tram to seek. On that day fell the aniversary of Way Co in a single day could not have the opening of the house ander its present name carried in its cars a fifth of the multitude who and under pressut mauzgement, and the event made the ascent. There was a constant stream There was a little kite-dying, as the ninth day WŁ a special dinner, a special programme was celebrated in a befiting manners. Thore of people moving up and down the Peak road
was still liable to pay the full value of the curiosities, which having been confiscated were now the property of the Government, and would only be restored on her paying a hid pro quo. Doubtless the majority of the European museums feel delighted at their plunderer meeting with such a return her own Government, and did the case bave the effect of putting an end to the plauder of European objects d'art the act would meet with general approval. Unfortunately it is more than doubtful if such be the probable regret their removal, the world at large effect. The risk of paying duties amount
AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA. might possibly be the better for their study to more than treble the actual value
LONDON, October 2nd. by a larger community but, it is not with will no doubenormously enhance the value accommodations here are exceedingly limited. this object in view that the typical million in the States of all articles of verlu, and su
The Hon. Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister aire' removes them to his private house in will, amongst a class of people who live persons may find sommodations among of Australia, in a message to President private families. T have heard it rumoured Roosevelt thanking him for the visit of the New York or Philadelphia, His sole objects money to spend without questioning the that a steamship company in Hongkong American fleet, invited him to Australia en of music rendered by the Rajpats Band of the ninth moon appears in the Chinese in at least the majority of cases, is the mere utity of what is obtained, doubtless intends rausing excursion boats down here, route to Africa. President Roosevelt in his greed of possession; what becomes of the increase rather than diminish the temptation; with arrangements so that excursionists may reply thanked Mi. Deakin, but regretted it when once they have arrived in his gallery and, of course, it will also increase the in port. This would be a splendid idea and I
take their meals and lodgings on board while would be impossible for him to accept.
THE BALKANS. sa matter of perfect indifference. As
long
necessity of scorso,which is the worst evil would suggest that, in the eveel such a plan is as the fad is new they will be shown to a of the present syrom. The risk will contemplated, the steamers fearg Hongkong
Fervex October 2nd fow of his own private friends, but when t
undoubtedly be increased, but so will the Saturday afternoon October 31st and arrive The European market azza fented by once the novelty is worn off they will be reward, if successful; what more could the in Amoy Sunday. The big celebration here certain an easiness as to the situation in the will take place Thursday, November 3rd, on Near East. Reports are current of Bul. forgotten and neglected, and in the end will gambler desire ?. After all in the interest Her Majesty the Empress Dowager's birthday garian officers buying horses in Hungary: suffer the fate of all neglected things. Lovers of art, as well as of morality, the more It is on this day that 5,000 men will be
THE AMERICAN FLEEP. art have long since made this mania publicity there is about these sales the better, entertained zahore and the final baseball zud of comparatively unlettered Americans for and probably a wiser system of taxation in football game will be played, the day's celebra- collecting, without due knowledge, works of the interests of both, seller and buyer, as
tion terminating at night with a gorgeous art offered for sale in Europe a source of well as of the State, could be found. display of fireworks.
of
LONDON, October 2ad. The American battleship feet has arrived in Manila.
Whatever
and a speeist attendance. The guests and their calendar as "Kite.ping day." friends enjoyed not only the special catering significance the festival. bud when it was of Mrs. Matthaey and Mr. Frerichs, hat also introduced to the calendar-it probably had a the music and the decorations, the latter being religious signifusuce the day is now observed very effective. The mapagement received simply as a holiday. We doubt if one per cont. congratulations during the grozing and hopes of the people who went up to the top of the were expressed that the case of the phir Peck know the reason for the festival, excHP? would be continued.
TYPHOON NOTICE.
We received the following nollee from the American Consulate General yesterday: "Manila, October 4th, 5 p.: typhoon north of Manila, moving W. N. W.
That It To Tukom,
How To DE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com plexion, Mrs. Pllen's Crême. Charmaute. Lair Charmant and Special Skin Tonto and Pendre Charmant will enable you to do it. Het
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