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that the line вееше to have been delivered into godown at Tientsin. At
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS Railway, and a
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We have received a copy of the second annual
At the Magistracy yesterday Mr. J. H: Kemp sent a native to jail for three months for steal-report of the Oversses League which was founded TELEGRAMS. ing drain gratings.
in 1907 with a view to promote British trade, and to voice and endeavour to rectify legitimate A company to be known as The Chins Silk grievances of British subjects GYUTBOAR
Mr. A. G. Wisé not and Agency Co. Ltd. has been registered in The Secretary is London with a capital of £10,000 in £1 shares. the genial gentleman of that naine whom
were Hongkong knows. The two Chinese cruisers which dispatched to the Parasols recently have returned. They came into Hongkong harbour on Saturday.
The appointment of M. P. de Margerie, each Minister in Bangkok, to succeed M. Bapst s Minister in Peking appears in the French Offeind Gazette.
Mr. Dinshaw Carasjee Sethno of the firm of Messrs. Cawasjee Pallonjes & Co., was elected trastes of the Hongkong Parseo Charity Fands, at the annual meeting held last Saturday.
American farmers in the Eastern States no
raising a fand with a view to waging a campaign for the expulsion of Japanese from the public market The white produsers say they cannot meet the composition of the brown men."
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Arcadio Arellano, member of the Manila. municipal board, has introduced a motion calling GREATER DREADNOUGHTS. upon the municipal board to take steps to fix the price of meat in the public markets in tha same way as the prices of other commodities, such as light, water and transportation on street cars, are regulated. Sr. Arellano, in introducing his motion, explained that he has been informed that
the price of ment in the markets Laid bcon raised 25 per cent, as a result of the determination of certain cattle importers and dealers to make a corner in cattle imported on the hoof.
LONDON, June 80th. The London "Observer" states that the manufacture has begun of the armaments for the four contingent
Dreadnoughts" which will mark as great mi advance on the present Dreadnoughts as the latter did on their predecessors.
JAPANESE ROYALTY IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, June 6th. Prince and Princess Nashimoto
Mr. T. H. Liddell, the artist who recently exhibited in London a largo number of paint- ings sxsented by him during a visit to Chins had sa unpleasant experience recently which is told in the following Police Court report:-A rough-looking young fellow camed Janes Petrie, living at Carlton-mers, Maida Vale, was charged on a warrant at Marylebone with as saulting Mr. Thomas Hodgson Liddell, au artist, of Carlton Stadio, Carlton Vale. The have reached England. On arrival at prosecutor said that while passing threagh | Victoria Station they were welcomed Carlton-news he saw two small bays fighting by representatives of King Edwards result that he was followed by a crowd of the the Japanese Embassy, and by pro- inhabitants, who showed themselves hostile for minent Japanese residents. his having interfered with the children. At the corner of Portsdown-10ews they surrounded
A BLEND OF THE FINEST PURE 900 of Chinese speakers at the opening, Mr. tion to deliberately wreck not only this, but Gerald C. Marescaux, now cruising in Paciffe and be endeavoured to separate them, with the
MALT WHISKIES DISTILLED
IN SCOTLAND
OF
GENUINE AGE
AND
FINE MELLOW FLAVOUR.
PER DOZEN
$16.50
ROIT. PORTER & Co's BULL DOG BRAND GUINNESS”. STOUT IN PINTS AND SPLITS,
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.
Hongkong, 26th April, 1909.
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The plague return for the week ending Jane 5th records nine new onses in the Colony. There were ten deaths during the weck. The total number of cases since the 1st of January is given as 86, of which 77 were fatal. Another case from Yaumati was notified during the 48 hours ended at noon yesterday.
The N.-C. Daily News is informed that the meatpacking establishment at Hankow, which is exporting frozen pork to England in the P. & O. as, Palermo, is entirely controlled by the firm which manage the cold storage of Manchester. The atmost care is being taken in the in spection of all pigs before they are slaughtered for export.
PROGRAMME OF AKHANGEMENTS.
The following is the programme of sports arranged to take place with the party of british officers from the Garrison at Hongkong, who are visiting Japan:- June 1st. Arrive Hiragana, 8.37 a
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Tennis v. Yokohama, 4 pm. Bluff
Garitons.
2nd, Tennis ». Yokohama, 4. p.m., Blaff
Gardens.
3rd, Golf.
4th, Cricket v. Y.C. and A.C. Tiffin on
IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
LORD ROSEBERY'S PESSIMISM,
LONDON, June 6th. The Imperial Press Conference was opened by Lord Rosebery; who in proposing the toast of "The Guests at the inaugural banquet, referred to the subject of Imperial defence and described the present situation in Europe as ominous and unprecedented. With an absolute absence of questions ordinarily leading to war, the situation, he said, was 19th, Gymkhana at Yokohama. Smoking never so threatening as at present by
Concert in orening.
the Ground, 12.15. 5th, Cricket v. Y.A. and A.C. Tifin oL
the Ground, 12:15. 6th, Golf v. Yokuhaman. 8th, Cricket &. Yokohama and Tokyo.
9th Cricket ». Tokyo.
12th,
"
18th, Tennis v. Tokyo.
Leave for Kobe.
fairly well laid out, is distinctly well ball-hanghai a continuous line of wharves some asted, and carefully laid. It is probably true seven miles long rune along the river, and that, as stated by the Timer Correspondent, could be readily sarved from the existing the rails bad been rejected previously, and we lines of railway, yet neither in the case of are informed that they are certainly neither the Shanghai-Nanking, nor of this new line in quality, nor in section such as would have to Kashing, has the slightest attempt been CO. been willingly passed by an independent made effect a junction. It is noteworthy, engineer. These defosta are, however, in the case of Shanghai, that provision has probably not the fault of the Engineer, been made in the Land Regulations of the who was seemingly compelled to make the Settlements for the acquisition under com- best of the materials placed in his hands by pulsory "powers at a fair rate of the land bis directors. Mr. JENE TIENYOR, required for such extensions; so that the Engineer-in-chief of the Peking and Kalgan obstruction does not proceed from any un- thoroughly trained Eng. willingness on the pit of the Foreign ineer, whose work in the North would be a Municipalities, who would, on the contrary, credit to any engineer of whatever natiop-lead every assistance to such a project ality, is named as the Consulting Engineer We have no recently spoken at length on of the line, which, however, he has never the present polies of the reactionary pirty scen, and which certainly shows few, if any in China, and of the manner if which it is signs of his fostering caro. Mr. JEME has taking advantage of the natural desire of been granted the tank of Tautai, and this the Chinese Government and people to in his case probably meant that he was finance their own undertakings, that it is granted substantive as well as honorary only necessary to draw attention to these
Mr. Charles Denby, ex U. 8 Consul General rank, which it would apparently have been wilful obstacles thrown in the way of dare at Shanghai, left on the 2nd inst, Dr. Ames T. better to give bestowed on Mr. Hay as well.lopment as nu evidence of the lengths to Wilder, who has takon ovor the duties, expects Probably in such a cage the work would which that party is prepared to go. Meaa- to proceed homeward on his holiday by the sa, have been finished and handed over in while the present unfinished state of the Korea towards the end of the month. better trim. It is interesting to note that railway can only be attributed to an intens The commission of the cruiser Kent, Captain S. K. Tao was not deterred by any fear all the other industrial efforts of the waters, of the China Squadron, will expire in of consequences from openly expressing his progressiate, who are anxious to raise the November nost. All the offloors on the Kent, opinion that the Government ought to position of China amongst the greater with the exception of three, are die for relief.
LONDON, June 7th. abolish, the Likia taxes, "in order that nations of the world.
Home papers received by yesterday's mail
T. R. II. the Prince and Princess merchants may enjoy to their fullest extent Amongst the other tendencies of the announce that H.E. Tang Shao Yi had booked and attacked him, and he had to defend himself
as best he could. The prisoner dealt him a of Wales called on T. I. H. Prince N. Genoa by the the privileges supposed to be conferred on presont fashion for improving the internal to them." The utterance of such a rentence communications is a growing desire to steamer Forch on May 20th. We learn, how heary blow on the forehead, and knocked him and Princess Nashimoto yesterday.
It is expected that H. M. the King at such a time in the presence of the high assimilate the standards of weight and ever, that His Excellency is returning to China down. While on the pavement the crowd algo knocked him about. Petrie was finod 20., or provincial authorities is certainly a moASTUSKIPŃE. Some twenty one couturies via Siberia.
fourteen days' imprisonment.
will receive the royal visitors to-day. wholesome sign that the Chinese Govern- ago the great monarch' T'sIN SHIRWAN GTI,
At the shareholders meeting of the Banque de ment, as such, is in its present condition on assuming formally the government issued IIndo-Chine held at Paris last month, the HONGKONG SPORTSMEN IN JAPAN, quite prepared to listen to the expression of a proclamation calling for an assituilation report presented stated that the results of 1909 public opinion, and prepared to shape its of the standards. His decease a few years allowed the distribution of a dividend of couree accordingly. We have always set a Inter, before the reform had been accom-France 50 as compared with Franss 47.50 for the high store on the capacity of the Chinese plished, caused it to be shelved, and from preceding year. This distribution.was approved, People for self-government, especially in that time to the present affairs have been financial affairs, and welcome overy indien growing worse in China. The necessities tion of an approach to mutual confidence of railway engineering are now bringing Still, as Mr. Tako reminded his audience, about a general desire for a settlement; the the line was but an experiment by Chinese now line, according to the Engineer is 88 who had acquired their knowledge in Europe miles and 960 feet long, which he tells us je and America." It was the insertion, indeed, exactly 112 li. Ali, everyone connected of the sharp end of the wedge, but the wedge with China knows, has hitherto beat the A. S. WATSON & CO.. had to be driven home, and judging from most indefinite of measures, but according the present outlook that would be a work of to Mr. Hec's measurement, for the future LIMITED,
it must be taken at exactly 1,800 feet extremely slow progression. The line was
to previous endeavour opon, and had a terminus somewhere near English. A Sbaoghai; within the last year or so the establish a standard on the part of Mr. T. W. KINGSMILL, of Shangbai, had city authorities had made greit progress, with their own communications. It was put it on an avenge at 1,830 feet;! now possible to drive in an ordinary car the difference, it will be seen, is not riage the whole way from the Foreign very material; but in view of the present Settlement through the Nantao suburb of disposition to extend the present lines, it the city right up to the Railway termina, a will prove of great advantage to China that distance of close on three miles: the whole the length should be once and for all of this suburb, a very important one, with definitely fixed. 1815 feet or 380 pt of 54 population of probably quarter of a million, feat. Erith Counts, and, english land was now traversed by well paved roadwaye, readily with Chinese and English land and building on vastly improved lines was. now progressing rapidly. More,-sanitation was being attended to, the formerly fetid pools and creeks were being aleansed and drained, and well made sowers were being laid everywhere. Recently-water-works bave been constructed for the supply of the city and suburbs, and though as yet the supply leaves much to be desirað, it is an indication
brought about What they propose to do is that the spirit of progress is about. In fact
te kit the matter stand over till about November whoa they will endeavour to get together the THE AUSTRALIAN OFFER OF it is questionable if this reform, which has
representatives of the several classes by whom been carried out so quietly that few of the
they were previously assisted, or other infential residents are aware of it, is not a more
shareholders, and ascertain whether or not wholesome sign of progress than the Railway
the directors are assured that it can then they something like unanimity can be obtained. If
LONDON, June 7th. itself. The railway, as we said, has a tor.
will reintroduce the Bill into Parliament next Reuter's correspondent at Mel- mints; but here all Chinese railways, so far
year with the necessary amendments, and at least as we have seen, bave entirely failed
proceed to hold the meetings in conformity with Bourne reports that the new Com- Starding
work has been monwealth Government hás cabled to Orders. developing
the Honar the Imperial Government offering a LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET. EC to grasp the necessary conditions. Though
done daring the year in Minos and bringing them to the pro but Dreadnought or such corresponding a road has been made, the situation is in the
increasing output of al hee Leen secured from addition to the strength of the Navy stage. From August onwards a small last degree inconvenient. It is remote, and
these two shafts; the total output for April entirely cut off from the business section of
haring
20.000 boon
Imperial authorities may tons. Up to the 48 the the city sul settlemeuta, and occupies nearly
An interesting cast is occupying the attention end of Februles at the pit's month, partly to
the total output was
24,500 as long to arrive at as does the journey from, Early yesterday morning fire brake out in a of the H. M. Supreme Court at Shanghai. S. J. tons. Shanghai to Sungkiang, slow as that is, matshed at Wongnaicheang in which a large Michael is sning J. E. Ellis for the difference natire dealers and partly to the railway, amounted Or the 30th May the second instalment of Moreover there are absolutely no means of quantity of goods was stored. l'efore the Fire between the contract price of 50 Shanghai Dook to 3,039 tans; there had been shipped to Tientsin, Peking and Hankow, and to various the railway line from Shanghai to Hangerringe of goods, or if goods arrived is Brigade could reach the spot, building and shures which were purchased at Tis 89 per share, depots along the Peking-Ilankow Railway chow was opened in state by H. E. FAN there any means of conveying them on the goods were demolished. The damage is placed and, not being taken up by the defendant, were 9,304 tous, and there had bean nged in boiler Suflcient roturns"
PEKING, June 7th, disposed of at Tls 721 per share. The defence consruption 9,500 tons. TRENDULANO, the Provincias Treasurer, on railway. The first object of an engineer
ut $1,500.
have not yet come to hand to enable the direc
The Szechuen-Hankow and the is that the shares were never intended to be ters to say with any degree of certainty what Canton-Hankow railway loans, amount- behalf of H. E. TUAN FANG, the Viceroy of worthy of the name in carrying his line into The retara of visitors to the City Hall Library taken up, and that the contract was in fact a net profit may be expected, in any aise the ex
ao important a port of Shanghai, which und Museum for the week ending the 6th gaming or wagering, contract. According to perience of the first few months inasmucb ne the line was the firal in Midahares with Calcutta the ambition of being June, 1909, shows that of non-Chinese there the defence there was an agreement between the cannot be regarded as a test of altimate results g to £5,500,000; will be subscribed Daring the 4 numbers of boreholes have by the Hongkong and Shanghui China to have been carried out by a the largest emporium in Asia, would natur" and of Chinese 169 to the former and 2,159 to plaintiff and defendant to divide the profit or been pat down. The result of them kag boon to Banking Corporation, the Deutsch- hona fide Chinese Company, with Chi-ally he to connect bis line in the easiest and
lous resulting from the sale butors Settlement show that to the north-north-west of the fault Asiatische Bank, and the Banque de nese money, and under a Chinese en
466 persons and the Musou by 2,328. the latter. The Library was, therefore, used by Day.. Plaintiff denies this romion of the in which Shafts Nos. 1 and 2 are situated.
there is a coalfield containing 6,000,000 tons in Indo-Chine. The amount will be transaction. gineer, Mr. Hov. On the other hand,
sight, and to the south and southeast of the divided between the two railways. fault there is another field of equally good coal, the line is distinctly what might be
The loans will be issued at £95, five Mr. J. H. Komp sitting as coroner, and a the extent of which is undetermined. So far a a capacity much exceeding twenty called “cheap and pasty, with soft-wood thousand tons, It is noteworthy that employes of the Manila Pailway Company is jury inquired into the cause of leath of a the directors can see therefore, there is an per cent interest, redeemable in ten
said to bo nearing the end. An agreement, Chinese narod Ten Hong, 85 years of ample and probably aur unlimited supply of coul sleepers, and a single track, and though
Lo single case has any attempt making concessions to the demands of the
The joint consulting mining engineers jn their years. hardly so bad is represented by the mice been made to couvey goods for either stzikers in all points except in the matter of a Decessed was knocked down by a tramcar at in our opinion the progress made and the present
The materials for the construction — — generally, we beg to say that. report state that. Correspondent, can scarcely be quoted as an export or import between the railways rise of wages, was expected to be signed Wanchai ou May 12th, and died on the 28th of position, as proved by the workings and bore of the bridges and the rails are to be cxample of what a line passing through and the wharves. Even at Tientsin where on Friday last.
The continuity of the supplied partly by Chinese and partly trich and populous districi, and intended in the train actually runs alongside the jetties,
the same mouth. The medical svidence showed holes, is satisfactory. the near future to be an important main and where steamers are frequently delayed ed to the police yesterday. A silver bowl valued septicemia. The story told by other wit prospect of a continually increasing output from
A number of week-end robberies were report that douth was due to multiple injuries mud line should be; nor can the cos', acknow between the jetties and Tientsin, it never $40 and numerous other articles belonging to Besses was to the effect that the notorian of ledged to have been two million tuels, for seems to have occurred to anyone connected A. Gubbas, of No. 1, Leighton Hill Road, were the ear did all in his power to avoid the collision. such a line, 38 miles, any £6300 ster with the management of the railway that removed from the hall of his residenon. A But apparently deceased was dent, for he made ing per mile, 'be considered cheap; and, a very great economy would result to the house in West Terrace was broker into some un attempt to get clear of the line. When indend with cheap and flimsy American trade of the port were the cargoes, instead tune on Sunday night, and 400 stolen. Mr. close upon the old man the motorinn applied the rolling tek, scantily supplied, too, must of being conveyed up the river by the acts, unger of Hessrs. Noronha and Co, emergency brake, but decensul was knocked lokid upon as decidedly dear. On the steamers, landed and put on board the train reports that the safe in his.olice was onezed by down. The jury returned a verdict of other hand, it is only right to mention at Tongku, whence they could be readily.
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MARRIAGES.
On 5th June, at St. John's Cathedral, by the Rev. F. T. Johnston, FRANK, second sva of the late Archdeacon Harris of Akares, New Zealand; to Marion, daughter of the late John Deans of Riccarton. New Zealand.
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On the 2nd instant, at Shanghai, J. CHAELEB LANFEET, late The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, sad, late Captain Malay States Guides, to FLORENCE DAT HABU, youngest daughter of the late Captain A. D. Harris, of Shanghai.
DEATH.
On May 28tb, at Singapore, Housto G. JAME Inst surviving son of Commander Henry James, RN. aged 69 years.
HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VEUX ROAD C.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, JUNE 8în 1909.
the Province. The occasion was noteworthy,
a
most complete manner with the wharves, alongside which are daily moored steamers
of
measures.
mile;
This would be of an Euglish
Joaquin Balmori, a benchman of Dominador Gomez, is charged by the Philippine Government with sedition.
A Barions fire occurred in East Hanbury Rus Shanghai on the 2nd inst, which unfortunately was uttended with serious accident. A pony was barat to death, and foreman A. E. Fenton, and hands, his injuries necessitating his removal to the hospital for medical attention, Between forty, and Gifty shops and houses were destroyed before the fire was got under control.
of Hongkow, was serionaly burnt about the face
Chicago is experiencing an unprecedented invasion of Japanese. It is stated that a single lodging-house at Fifty-first and Clark streets is the headquarters for 700 new arrivals, where three months ago, it is said, there were only 200 in the whole city. The newcomers are
PEKING SYNDICATE.
AN UNLIMITED SUPPLY OF COAL IN BONAN.
The report for 18 months to June 30 has been
issued. The directors present for the first time
would have, assumed had the scheme for the
a profit and loss account, which is in the form it
unifluation of the shares gone through. The directors have not found it possible since the rejection of the unification scheme to formalate separate profit and loss accounts for the Shansi shares on the one hand and the ordinary and de ferred on the other. Though the surp atamling to the credit of profit and loss as a whole in suflsicut to justify the payment of a dividend the directors are unable to make any recommen-
tion that the nuifcation sebeme as presented by
reason of the overpowering prepara. tions for war. He felt confident in Britain's ability to meet a reasonable conjunction of Powers, but this outbursting of navies made him feel easy as to the outcome. He added, "We can and will build Dreadnoughts while we have a shilling to spend and
a man to put in them,"
THE TSAR AND KAISER.
LONDON, June 7th. Reuter's correspondent at St.
More submarines are being sent by the artisans, domestic servants and labourers, all dation to that effect. Taking into considera Petersburg states that after his visit to
American Government to the Philippines,
The Kwong Chow Friendly Society of San Francison is building a quaint Oriental clau- house based on designs studied in Canton.
At the Magistracy yesterday. Mr, F. A. Hazeland found a coolie guilty of stealing seren pieces of clothing and a blanket, and sentenced him to six wooks imprisonment with hard inbour and six hears' stocks.
Charles Colling, A. B. of H.M.S. Kent, died from injuries received in a fall of sight or nine feet from the bridge to the deck, during a recent royage from Yokohama. The funeral took place at Urakami on the morning of the 20th
uli.
were 277 to the Library and 169 to the Museum,
The strike of the engineers and other
e dur icate key and 835'extracted.
strong and vigorous. They assert that they were driven by persecution from Californis and other Pacific Coast States. Others, it is said,
are to follow thein,
The hearing of the second application by the Chinese Government of the surrender of Lan Fat Tung, on a charge of armed robbery within the jurisdiction of China, was resumed by Mr. F. A. Haseland at the Magistracy yesterday, when he decided that the prisoner should be discharged. He will, however, be confined to goal for one week to allow the Crown Solicitor Lau Fat Tang time to consider the case. was formerly tried by Mr. Kemp, discharged, and subsequently re-arrested.
ago, at the Magistracy yesterday afternoon.
accidental death.
the board was practically unanimously accepted King Edward at Cowes, H. M. the by all classes of fireholders, the directors are Tsar will again meet the Kaiser st not without hopes that a conciliation may yot be Kiel,
year
of business
approve.
A DREADNOUGHT,
| FROM THE “ CHEUNG NOOI san ro".]
RAILWAY LOANS.
beam over a large area to the south and west bas by foreigners.
proved, and we now have before us the An English engineer will be engag-
demands that are made from it. The compara
coalfeld which is very extensive and capable of ed for the Canton-Hankow railway being exploited for many years to used any and a German engineer will be engag five shallownoes at which the seam is found at ed for the other railway, both to be points widely distant from each other, and appointed by the presidents of the the varying depth of the stratas, indicate the ad-
It is expected that the agreement visability of exploiting the district by several railways and under their control. the proved area, at favourable points the best will be signed shortly.
plants of underate size, and by thus attacking
results be obtained in's minimum of time."