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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 2ND, 1909.
This month the Hippodrome Circus and
the Bast thing that gentleman did when he Menagerie is to pay. the Colony visit. Mr. TELEGRAMS.Japanese Government with a view to HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE
came to the Colony in March 1906, was to find fault with the survey that had been made and to alter the alignment to auch an extent as to render practically useless what work the Public Works Department had
WATSON & CO. already done at a cost of between twenty and thirty thousand dollars. The original estimate for these twenty-two miles of railway was £550,000, but it is now known that the actual cost will not fall many pounds short of a million sterling. So that this Colony's experience agrees so far with WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS that of Singspora in that (1) the line will take about twice as long to complete as it was at first expected to take; and (2) the line will coat about twice the original estima'e. These facts have been already ascertained. Whether the parallel right are not is. & we may here
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A. Jackson, the advance sgoat is now in Hong kong making arrangements, and the cirons is expected to open at Causeway Bay about the 15th inst. It has been about three years in the East and is at this present time at Saigon.
Further official changes took place yesterday, Mr. J. E. Wood leaving the Magistracy to take up his substantiva appointment at the Supreme Court as Deputy Registrar and Appraiser, while Mr. C. D. Melbourne left the Registry of the Supreme Court and returned to his old position as first clerk at the Magistracy.
An interesting speech was delivered by H. E. the Governor at the Legislative Council yester day when he indicated the improvements that were being effected at the Observatory. In the Finance Committee an appropriation of $11,060 was passed for componzation to the 26 opinn
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TOKYO, April 1st. Prince Fushimi has been appointed as a special envoy to the obsequies of the deceased Emperor and Dowager Empress of China.
BASELESS REPORTS.
TOKYO, April 1st. Peking officials state that the divan koopers whoas divans had been closed reports that China is proposing under the opium restriction instructions of the arbitration and that Japan is refusing
are groundless. Home Government.
The suspected larceny of a watch and chain
admitting more students into tho Japanese naval college.
CIGARETTE SMOKING IN CHINA.
PEKING, April 1st. The Powers have refused to allow China to impose heaver taxation on cigarettes.
[This is the outcome of a proposition made some time ago by a Chinese official that increased duties be levied with a view to stopping the importation of cigarettes in China, the smoking of which was a great ovil]
CHINESE REFORMERS.
PRKING, April 1st.
Li King Hi, the newly appointed Viceroy of Yunnan and Kweichow, has requisitioned the Throne to forgive
that among other questions led the police to make inquiring at the second FAMOUS TEMPLE DESTROYED.the reformers Kang Yu Wei and Liang
be further drawn position to say, mention asiced in a letter which reached as quite recently was one as to whether it is a fact that bad cracks are being found in the bridges, due to faulty foundation. When WHISKYHis Excellency the Governor about a year
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ago gave in the Legislative Council a history
A native appeared before Mr. Hazeland at the of the railway he mentioned that the Home Goverment in adopting the departmental system of construction through the medium Magistracy yesterday on a charge of santching an car pick from a woman in Queen's Road, of the Crown Agent, claims that it enves
He denied the charge, informing his Worship contractors' promis; that alterations which that there was no need for him to snatch further examination of the country or en- anything as he had a lot of outstanding debis larged or altered views may render neces-dus, and could collect several tens of dollars at sary, can at any time be made without any time. The hearing of the case was liability to contrac'ora which would be adjourned. incurred if the extract had already been signed. It gives more direct supervision to the Government and gives more discretion as to change. These, said the Governor, are great advantages. No doubt they are, but the point is whether the advantages are as
COUNCIL.
A meeting of the Hongkong Legislative Comoil wna hold yesterday in the Council
Chamber.
The following were present:-
HIA EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, SIE FREDELICK- Jour DEALTRY LUGARD KC.M.G., C.B., D.SO.
1. E, COTONEL DARLING, R.E. (General Offloor Commanding).
Hon. Mr. F. H. MAY, C.M.G., (Colonial Secretary).
Sir HENRY BERKELEY, K.C., (Acting At- torney-General),
Hon, MI. A. H. Tuouson (Colonial Trea-
surer).
Hon. Mr. W. CHATHAM, C.M.G., (Director of Public Works).
Hon Mr E. A. IRVING (Ragistrar-Gonoral). Hon. Mr. F. J. BADELEY, (Capt. Superinten- dent of Police).
Hon. Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M.G. Hoa. Mr. WEI YUK, C.M.G. Hon. Mr H. E. POLLOCK, KC. Hou. Mr. E. A. HEWEIT. Hon. Mr. H. A. W. SLADE. Mr. A. G. M. FLETCHER (Clark of Councils).
The minutes of the last meeting were read
MINUTES.
FINANCIAL
TOKOY, April 1st. Kai Chau. The Prince Regent has and confirmed. Jojoji, the famous temple at Shiba, refused. has been destroyed by fire and damage amounting to a million yon has been THE STRIKE OF TELEGRAPHISTS honour to lay on the table Financia! Minutes
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EIGHT DREADNOUGHTS DEMANDED.
LONDON, March 31st. An enthusiastic meeting held at the Guildhall passed a resolution urging the immediate construction of eight Dreadnoughts.
How long does the P. W. D. propose to keep the Praya between the Hongkong lab and the Statue Wharf in its present disgraceful state? Stoves are landed from the junks
The audience tumultuously cheered and dumped in leaps along the waterfront. On the other side of the road there are more Mr. Balfour's arguments in favour of heaps of sand and rubble and a couple of tar RAINIER BEER great as they might be if the local Govern boilers, while the side path is obstructed by the demand.
ment were left to construct the line. The similar heaps undergoing the tarring process. usual objection to such a course is that thOn'y a Government contractar could do these local officials have not had as a rule any things with impunity, and in this case there is experience of building railways, but as Sir very little excuse for that monopolising the FRANK SWETTENHAM told the Committee,
The Under Secretary of State for the Colonies it is surely just as onsy for the Colony to appoint a chief engineer as it is for the ins letter to a corrependent dated February 18th Consulting Engineers. Under the present said he could not undertake to discuss the ques. system the Consulting Engineers who are tion of the policy which His Majesty's Govern- nominally the Government's technicalment should pursue with regard to Weihaiwei,
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the railway and the local Government, wirich pays the bill, has no effective control over the expenditure. His Excellen sy Governor himself admitted that
the
pubile thoroughfare,
and Lord Crewe was unable to admit the
justice of the criticism that the Protectorate is neglected by the Imperial Authorities, and that the uncertainty as to the future effectually stops private enterprise from developing The Colonial Secretary could hardly be expected to
The meeting adopted a resolution proposed by Lord Rothschild pledging itself to give financial support for the increased. naval programme.
THE NAVY DEBATES,
ACRIMONIOUS POLEMICS IN THE GERMAN PRESS.
IN PARIS.
Normal telegraphic communication with Paris and the North of France is now re-established, the strike of telegraphists since the 18th ult., being now ended,
THE POST OFFICE PROSECUTION.
ACCUSED CONVICTED,
The hearing of the charge against William Nuttall, an ex-Post Office employee, of franda. lently removing stamps from pavosis in the Post Office, was continued before Mr. J. H. Kemp at the. Magistracy yesterday afternoon.
Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Crown Solicitor, pro- secuted, and Mr. P. W. Goldring appeared for the defendant.
The Father of the defendant was called, and spoke to defendant being well be haved. He always gave his wages to his mother, only keeping overtime which be that bis on borrowed money. Infine
occasionally earned.
money lenders.
Witness was not aware
Mr. Nuttall, mother of the defendant, told the Court that on the day her son was arrested he gave her some twenty cent pieces and two florins.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY-I have the
Nos. 10, 11 and 12, and to move that they be referred to the Finance Committe.
The COLONIAL TEZABURER seconded. His EXCELLENCY said-Gentlemon, with regard to Financial Minute No. 12, you will see that it embodies a resolution by the Council to spend a certain sum for the Observatory. Yon will recollect that in Eeptember last when the Estimate were introduced I promised the Council that I would instruct the Director of the
Observatory to visit Manila with a view to com to get into touch with the Director of the Manila Paring our instruments with theirs and in order
to inform the Council that by the courtesy of Observatory. Since that date I have been able the American Garerament in the Philippine Islands we hope that a wireless telegraphy station will be established at Banto Domingo da Basco which will be of great value to
8, and also that the Admiral commanding the. war cruising in the neighbouring waters shall Fleet in these waters has promised that men of communicate any observations that may be of -use in forecasting storms. I propose to say in connection with this financial minuto in explana tion to the Council of the visit which has been aid by the Dimotor of our Observatory to Manila that on February 16th, as soon as his annual returns were completed, be started for Manila and remained there until the 23rd February. Every day during his stay he visited the Observatory. I need hardly any that he was received with the atmost courtesy by Father Algué who placed his entire time at his disposed during his residence in the Islands, The Manila Observatory, Mr. Figge inforius me, costs about $145,000 per annum
the to maintain, and Mr. Goldring submitted that the prosecution
staff consists of nesistant directors, a en the evidence. On the evidence of Mr. Martin secretary and librarian, and ten native obser- jubilating over the Austro-German
and Mr. Messer he submitted that the case was vers, calculators, draughtsmen, and mechanics. success in the Balkans and takes in defendant's fremur. Why should the defendant There are some forty out stations in the archipelago connected with headquarters. Some exception to Sir Edward Gray's if he was guilty have not removed the whole of the stamps from any parcel. If he was under a declaration that the attempt of a single why should he have returned to the Post of them report three times a day, some twice a that the primary object in view for improving. police. One of the exhibits put in showed that the information regarding typhoon warnings is Continental Power to dominate the Office after tiflu, and why should he have day, in the ordinary observation hours botwoen.
defendant was nothing more then a foolish and that there should be se many stations as possible. cause a conflict.
The official newspaper the "Frem-careless boy. It was perfectly clear that on the and the creation, if possible, of more stations policy of the Continent will inevitably allowed himself to be so easily found by the six am, and saveu p.m. Father Algué agreed
Wand the more frequent despatch of observations
LONDON, March 31st. The Navy debates in the House of Commons and in the Reichstag are producing rather acrimonious polemics
This concluded the evidence for the defence. Mr. J. C. Castello was recalled on the appli- cation of Mr. Bowley. He stated that the defendant signed one of the two promissory notes le made as security for witness. Defen- dant was not told by witness to sign the second
promissory note.
the local Government is not in clown admis much, but it is nevertheless palpably in the German Press which is had not disclose any case against the defendant one director, three
touch with the consulting engineers and does not correspond directly with them. members Mr. HARRIS, one of the
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. GRLA communications relating to the astos ebmn should be addressed to THE EDITOR.
Correspondents must forward their names and ad lenses with communications addressed to the of the Committes which loquired into Editor, not for publication but as evidence of the organisation of the Crown Agent's good faith.
All letters for publication should be written on Office, said he had had some little one side of paper only.
experience of the Colonial Office and he could not help thinking that Sir FRANK
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SWETTENHAM Was telling the Committee of was an anomaly, Mr. Orders for extra copice of DAILY PRESS should be sent before 11 am. on day of system which
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THE ROYAL ENTERTAINERS. The Royal Entertainers, a combination new to Hongkong, but coming here with su excellent reputation inangarstad what is likely to prove u successful season in the colony last night when
of the company. The programme opened a good house witnessed their initial performance
one musical comedy facce in
and and formel agreeable impressions of the merit with Bot entitled "Behind the Scenes." but little plot to the pieca it gare company plenty of opportunity to display maintain her forces on their present their talents. Mr. Wallner as the Ger
baron made the most of a thankless, footing in view of the Anglo-French
shouts of revenge, leading comedy role, whilo Miss Ferrace shared honors with bim as a comedienne in her imper. sonation of a precocious call bay. Perhaps the most attractive feature of this sketch was the dust between iss Murray and Mr. Brinkman. Both ariste possess excellent voices which have been well trained
publication. After that hour the supply ie HARRIS should therefore be interested to introducing vaudeville numbers. A there was denblatt" announces that Austria will day in question the Parcels Branch
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learn that the system which he describes as un anomaly is the system ueder which the British section of the Kowloou-Canton rail way is being constructed at the present time with results, in am respects at least analogous to those of the Singapore railway, and it is rather surprising to find no coadamuation of this anomalous system in the Report of the Committee.
Those who have read the evidence on The incredulity with which Sir FEANK railway construction in Crown Colonies SWETTENHAM's statements were received by (printed in the Daily Press yesterday) which members of Committee closely associated Sir FRANK SWETTENHAM gave before the with the Colonial Office certainly justified Committee appointed to inquire into the expectation of a pointed reference to the organisation of the Crown Agents' Office subject in the Report. cannot have failed to notice how applicable
are many
sentenced a native to three months' imprisonment and three hours' stocks for entering No, 56, Canton Road, with intent to comit a felony.
man
the
An eccentric dance by Misses Wallee, Marry and Robert McGreer, which was entirely
BRITISH REVENUE RETURNS.
LONDON, April 1st. The Reveone returns for the quarter
in an extremely congested condition, and from existing stations. In this connection ke other people had admittance to that branch promised to send extra observations from other on that day. Sixty per cent of the clerks in stations in the Philippines whenever the in the Post Ofles were Portaguese; in fact it station at Aparxi should be interruptod, which was the happy hunting ground of the Portugueso. anfortunately frequently occurs. He also said There was a quarrel between Britio and the he would send any information which might defendant. What was more natural then that be useful in the determination of the position of they should decide to fix him" Mr. Goldring typhoon centres. Mr. Figge, on his part, pro did not think too much weight should be given mised to send extes observations from here to their evidence. Again, a witness whom he had whenever they might be required by the Manila to. subpoena was a convert to Christianity. Observatory, the Manila Government defraying speaker suggested to his Worship that in some send all typhoon warnings, which had hitherto cases the Chinese convert was the least worthy not been done, at the request of Father Algué of credence of all the Chinese. This man's that is to say whether they arise in the neigh. evidence was very contradictory. It was clearly bourhood of the Philippine Islands or not. With explained that defendant was in the habit of regard to the instruments for forecasting Mamita Observatory has two buying stamps for his father. The number of storms, the
out of the ordinary, was greatly appreciated show an increase of £70,208, but on Mr. McGreer will be remembered by old time the whole year there is a decrease of and should be worthy of credanes, but the the coet of transmission. He also promised to residents for bis inimitable performance as the
JAPAN AND GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON, April 1st, Sir T. Kato, K.C.M.G., the Japan
jockey in "Lord and Lady Algy when that £4,950,395. pieca was produced in Hongkong several years The scosud part of the performisace was ago by the Nell Frawley company. gramme was presented, the principal number devoted to vanderille and an interesting, pro- being ins Ferrace's singing of her own com- paaltions, the dancing of the Williams Sisters Visses Wallace, Ruby Chrystal, Ferrace and Murray.
with the number of stampe lost. In conclusionmographs, Father Algue said, were of some Mr. Gukring pointed out that the whole of indirect use in the Philippines but he had con-
At the Magistracy yesterday Mr. Kemp and the ladies quartette which consisted of the ese Ambasador to London, was the stamps found on him did not in any way tally selanographs sad a chronometer... The seis
'lace, Brinkmon pleased with his chief guest last night at a dinner given rendering of Kipling's "On the Road to Man by the Naval Architects. dalay" which has been set to each bewitching
His Excellency emphasised that music by Cobb His rich baritone voice, Miss Murray the pit with a character song "At the Japanese interests were identical with mirably suited the piece.
otchy those of Great Britain. variety of the programme with Play" while Miss Willace aded to
Mixs turn.
Baby Chrystal. serio-comic who possesses a clear robu 1 contruito voice
Fire Chinose, two of whom were employed on H.M.S. Tamar, appeared before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Magistracy yesterday on a charge of fighting outside No. 2 Police Station. They were fined $5 each
of his statements to the little experience of railway construction ka
Giving we in this Colony have so far had. the experience of the Singapore railway, the ex-Governor of the Straits Settlements said the line took more than twice as long to construct as it ought to have dona; it cost about twice the original estimate, and the work was not well done, for a bridge sub.
The Hongkong Cinematograph Company sequently tumbled down and an embank- ment gave was. Everybody, Sir FRANK (opposite the central market) announces for to added, became a critic of the railway, so merrow night an attractive programme by hat at last the engineer got so tired of it Japanese Jugglers and a Comedy Co, which all thut, mainly through the representat ons is on a tour to Europe."
Mr. E. C. Wilks, having severed his connec- of the Government, when it was only completed, he went away. Now, it is tion with the firm of Wilks and Jack, Limited, interesting to compare the experience of announces that has has established himself in the Hongkong with this statement of the ex- Colony as a Consulting Engineer and Surveyor perience of Singapore. When in 1905 it was with an office in York Buildings. Mr. W.C. decided to build the Kowloon railway by Jack nunounces that the management of the means of a loan, the Crown Agents sent out firm of Wilks and Juck, Limited, has been á capable engineer to make a preliminary taken over by himself. sarvey on which they based a preliminary Two charges of returning from banishment estimate. Sir MATTHEW NATHAN, in his were heard at the Magistracy yesterday. Ons great anxiety to push forward the construc- | native who appeared bafore Mr. J. H. Kamp was tion of the line with the utmost possible sentenced to three months' imprisonment and dispatch, instructed, the Fublic Works three hoars' stucks, while the offender who was Department to begin work in November charged before Mr. Hazeland was committed to jail for six months and ordered to be exposed in 1905. Meanwhile the Crown Agents bad the stocks for six hours.
the
the defendant's career would be ruined by siderable doubts as to whether they would be of
0290 It was simply a of any use to us as we fortunately are not subject to conviction. should receive the benefit of every doubt and bo
icon, and he naked that the defendant earthquakes. It is not considered they are likely discharged.
to be of any value, and as they are very costly instruments, having to be mounted on stone pillars, we do not propose to adopt them. In
rendered several ballads to the taste of the LORD KITCHENER COMING1 as well as it could have been, bat the defendant regard to the instruments for registration
present. The dancing of Miss M'inley and Anna Chrystal way very gofal and this together with several acrobatic turns mule the To-night the company will present a change programme one of great variety and interest of programime, the festare tan being a novelty song entitled the " Choir Girl.
EAST.
LONDON, April 1st.
His Worship said the defence had been put would be convicted and sentenced to six montás" hard labour...
Mr. Goldring-Would your Worship consider the First Offenders Aot? His Worship-I can't.
and
the Manila anamograph registers in the office whereas ours can only be consulted by going on the roof which is always difficult often impossible. It was moreover damaged It is reported that Lord Kitchener.
Mr. Goldring--I think you can, in considera-
during the last typhoon. The Director strongly Mr. Bowley-In view of the corious nature recommends the purchase of a pressure tube will vacate the Office of Com-tion of his youth and the circumstances. mander-in-Chief in India in Septem- of the offence and the importance of pro-nemograph of the Dines-Baxendall type with a to your Worship adopting the suggestion of ∙ation. But in viow of his youth and history, parents are well known here, I think your Wor- and seeing that he is a Houghong boy where ehip might be lenient and give a less sentence than the maximum penalty.
·ber and will proceed home via Chinnfecting the Post Office, I cannot consent recording apparatas mounted on the lower floor. before the Council now is concerning this. As my friend and releasing the defendant on prob. We propose to purchase this and the vote
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS, and Japan, and will avail himself of The H.-8. Linie str. Illyria left Shanghai on the opportunity of attending the the 31st altimo, and may be expected hero on or
Japanese Army manœuvres. about the 3rd fast.
The J.-C.-J. Lijn str. Tjiliwong loft Moji for this port on the 31st altimo p.m., and may be expected here on or about the 6th inst. a.m.
FROM THE "CHUNG NGOI SAN PO."]
Was
The N.GI. str. Lechia left Singapore for this port on the 31st ultimo, and may be expected CHINA'S NAVAL ANTICIPA- here on or about the 7th inst.
The Indo-China str. Namsang left falcatta
inst
for this port via the Straits on the 30th ultimo, and may be expected here on or about the 15th The Apear sir. Arratoun Aptar from Yoko hams; Kobe and Moji left Moji on the 1st inst, afternoon, and may be expected here on or about the 6th inst.
TIONS.
will
this is primarily & pressars instrument he is
of the opinion that it may be very valu
able to the Building Authority and the civil
Mr. Goldring-It seems to me that this is engineers in the colony, since the instrument of the very cases for which that Ordinance registers the wind praguro momentarily, the
ussed. passed
cannot appeal to your Worship pressure of each gust of wind, and is of course too strongly as to how a conviction
of more value for gauging the resistance of any affect his parents and the defendant.
that myself.
building than our Beckley which only registers His Worship I sce Mr. Goldring If released he will be under the average velocity of the wind. These PEKING, April 1st.
the eye of the police, and I think he has teen The Peking Government have sufficiently punished. I submit this is one of pressure tube instruments are adopted by many the cases which the Ordinance I mentioned of the British observatorima. The cost is estimated, including some alterations to the His Worship-The smallest sentence I can aiding, at about $1100. It is also said that Tokyo asking him to consult the impose is three months hard labour. wired to the Chinese Minister at meets,
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