INTIMATION
S. WATSON
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14r, 1999.
A meeting of the Sanitary Board takes place
The Government of the Begonoy is by no | all other financialiniquities, but not knowing
Admiral Harber, in command of the Philip-
in Hongkong after the tour in the north to lay
means so blind to the ill-effects of the his businees nor his men, he was turned to-day. The "Orders of the day" amber pine " Hamboo" squadron, in expected to arrive TELEGRAMS.
twenty.
system at large, and more especially to its about by Sra ROBERT HART, who under
A Chinese contemporary states that a proposal hampering results, wo far as the Imperial instructions from his, the Chinese, Govern. prerogative is concerned, as many, or indeedment of the day, had other and very has been put forward for an increase of daties most of our would-be authorities on Chinese different purposes in view. Sme Rosser on wines and tobacco in China,
That succeeded in getting new sources of rovênue' Mr. D. A. M. Brown, of Penang, has won the affairs would have us believe. & CO. Government is, however, reminded daily of placed under his control, which forthwith Highis and
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
the enormous difficulty of the task that any attempted interference would entail. One of the worst features of the case in that no- one, even of those most intimately associat-typo,
knowledge either of the amount collected, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.ner of the cost of collection. The Provincial
CLARET
Per Case Per Case 1 doa Qts. 2 doz. Pts.
$800 $ 9,03
10.00 11.00
13.00 14.00
ST. ESTEPHE
ST. JULIEN
LA ROSE
CHATEAU HOUT BRION
LARRIVET
19.00
20.00
CHATEAU MOUTON
D'ARMATLIACQ
23.00
24.00
CHATEAU PONTET-
CANET
25.00
CHATEAU LA TOUR
CARNET CHATRAU RAUZAN CHATEAU LAFITE
30.09
44.00
.50.00
amateur golf championship
at *
were taken possession of by the Imperial Pitlochry, beating Campbell by two up and ore Lady at Peking, but of likin only to play. vague promises of the geouine old Chinese,
Messrs. Aruhold, Karberg and Co, are report which might moan anything ed in a Hankow paper to have secured the
The charges were, on the extracted. contrary, very real, and have ever since seriously handicapped the industries of
electricity.
or to morrow.
The electris light installation at the Naval Tard was formally inaugurated last night Mrs. Lyon, wife of the Commodore, porformed- the ceremony of switching on the light
A gloom spread over the community of Shanghai last week on the announcement made that both Mr. Coath, superintendent of the Pacino Commercial Cable Co., and Dr. Goddard, an oconlist, both American citizens, had died on
United States, accompanied by Mrs. Fairbanks, resident, had died of cholera.
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THE CHARGE AGAIN MR. BUTLER WRIGHT.
SHANGHAI, September 13th. Mr. Butler Wright was brought
ed with the collection, has the slightest or nothing, principally the latter-were contract for Bghting the city of Changsha with the same day of cholera. The deceased gentlemen before Mr. King, Police Magistrate were related and had lived in the same house, to-day. Mr. Douglas, who had boon Mr. Fairbanks, Ex-Vice-President of the Earlier in the week Mr. Georg Hirt, a Gerinan
instructed for the defence, asked the court to fix the amount of sureties for bail and so enable his client to return to Canton to explain matters requiring attention. His Worship said he
China,
who
Bub
arrived in Bhanghai last week and are staying at the Palace Hotel.
and the Far East.
authorities are in this little better off than Peking; the collectors hold no official rank,
When the Regency came into power at and have no place in the official hierarchy the beginning of the year, and the new
Dr. Folves, the ship's surgeon on board the aad are subjected to no official control, the Regent made an open profession of steamer Rajaburi, died from heart failure whole system being one of contract and sub following in the stops of his brother, there while the vessel was going up to Bangkok on were these, who ought to have understood. August 28th. The deceased was very well known contract, down to the lowest coolie on the
looked forward to the among the shipping fraternity in Hongkong look-out for passing. boats, or told off to better, watch the cultivator bringing in on bis back instantaneous regeneration of China. to the nearest village the produce of his a Regent in China is not an Emperor, even small patch of garden ground. No provin though individually astrong, and what is not cial official however, will interfora with the always its accompaniment, an intellectual man. This likin especially he saw was a Wikis collectorate; to do so, be finde, would be to quarrel with his own bread and butter, serious impediment in the path of the for although he gets nothing directly, it is Government; under the feeble administra the likin that pays for the gunboats and tion of the debauched HIEN FENG, it bad, crews in the next creek, and they constitutes we have seau, grown up into an imperium as a rule the only guard and protection that in imperio, and, instead of being a tool in
Singapore papers announce the death of Capt. Heinrich Oollers, who had been a resident of Singapore close upon fifty years and was well known amongst the older members of the com.
Schleswig-Holsteia, in January, 1839, and was unity. Capt. Ochlers was born at Itzelve therefore 70 years of age at the time of his death There were eight British cruisers in Colombo harbons on August 30. Besides the Adrúral's Augchip, the Hyacinth, there were three vessels the Proserpine, Foz, and the Sealark, while the
Pyramus, Pioneer and the Pryche, all three of which are to be recommissioned, and the new officers and crow turned over from H. M. 8.
The remains of Mr. Carl Koch were interred
at Happy Valley last evening when a largo number of mearners assembled to pay their last tribute of respect to one who was held in high esteem. At the monument the funeral proces- sion was met by a representative body, which proposed to return Mr. Wright to included Magers. S Swart, G. Engal, A. Kahn Canton in custody and he would H. Brodersen,-Houser, C. G. Gok, J. C, K.
apply for 籍 consular warrant Kithmantol, J. Bitzen. There were many for! tributes,
| accordingly,
Bishop Ingham, the Home Secretary of the Church Missionary Socisty, left Victoria last-
which will include. visits to Japan, Chixo, Indis, month for an extended tour of the mission felis, and Egypt. Mrs. Lugiam accompanied him, and several prominent members of the Church Missionary Society gathered on the platform to see them off. The object the Bishop's tour is to gain a personal knowledge of the conditions
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His
THE KAISER ON THE GERMAN ARMY.
LONDON, September 18th. Majesty the Emperor of on arrival at Karlsruhe
he has in case of need. The gunboats, though the hands of the Government, really was belonging to the East Indies Squadron. via under which missionaries work in different Germany under the orders of the Magistrate, know prepared to take charge itself. The one well that it is useless to look to him for fortunate thing about the affair is that for Australian Squadron was represented by the parts of the world, and he expoots to arrive from the manoeuvres said in reply to
Terribic
back in London next April
an address of welcome that the Mr. F. A. Hazeland presided at a meeting of German army constituted a rock of Justicos held at the Magistracy yesterday after- 100. There were also prosent Messrs: J. R. bronze on which peace would be built Wood, F. J. Badeley, R. H. A. Craig, GH. and would preserve a place in the
kuwn firm of CHAS. RANCOURT. ET whom are bound by the strongest binds of but what it says is an indication of the in yesterday's leading article, due to a printer's Wakeman and C. D. Melbourne. 3he meeting world befitting the German Empire.
The above Clarets, imported from the wel FILS are of exceptional value, sud guaranteed to be the genuine product of the Juce of the Grape. Clareta from the Celebrated Chateaux above mentioned are too well known to con-
noours to need further comment, and we can confidently recommend them as
stary and in fine condition.
was called to consider an application from Mr.
.:
PEARY'S EXPEDITION.
A
GRUESOME SPECTACLE.
w Winch for a publican's licence to tell by retail intoxicating liquors at the Belle View Hotel. There were no police objections and the application was granted unanimously.
A pretty wedding took place, yesterday at St.
LONDON, September 13th. Joseph's Church Garden Road, the contracting
The Captain of a Newfoundland parties being Miss Elsie Kathleen, daughter of Mr. Willem Lysaught, and Mr. Alfred Joseph steamer met Commander Peary's party Walters, chief engineer on the ss. Charles at Roosevelt, Battle Harbour. The Hardouin. The bride, who was given away by ship showed signs of having been Mr. A. F. Rameny, (brother-in-law), wore a
once there has been unanimity reigning payment of their wages, so are devoted to the likin. Then in each province the likin amongst the Foreiga Towers, each and all of whom bas had some grievance therewith collectors and their satellites, all living on the vitals of the land, number their thou.connected requiring redress. Recently the
By an unfortunate transposition of two Hu sands, often their tens of thousands, all of Waiwupu has been taking the affair up,
All the Foreign error, the sense of a paragraph was destroyal common interest to support one another. difficulties in the way.
Powers," it says, "have refused to consent to It should bars, road. It is worth pointing There is thus in every province in China an
the increase of Customs duty and the aboli-out in this connection that the import daty or wines and spirits into Chins ranges from 9 imperium in imperis, whose interests are
tion of likin until there is a uniform system dareons per imperial gallon (on rum and gin distinct from, and generally opporta 10,
of weights and measurer, and a uniform code to only 34 mace per case on whisky and 6 mace those of the government, be it metropolitan of laws for the registration of trade marks on brandy; so that, unless we have a fairly large or provincial. This imperium for the most throughout China. This, though practically preventive service, a surreptitious import trade part is master of the only armed police force true, is, of course, a Chinesa facon de parler. in wines and spirits from Canton and other in the district, and is accustomed to use it The uniform system of weights and measures coast ports may depolop." when there is any disposition shown on the is, the Gaveramentkno ws, a very important part of the traders of the district to grable thing; but it is not what is really impelling over, there is no settled tariff. The holder of disposed to side with the oatery for the each collecting, post has had to pay before.
"Restoration of Sovereign Rights," but it appointment & heavy sum down, and has to
has been too wise to be led away by such recoup himself as best he can for his own claptrap. Its real aim is to recover its expenses, and the expanses of all those who. power of control over the provinces; and consider themselves entitled Ex live off him, here the likin system, as at present constitu- which with the peculiar family ideas of theted, and acting independently of both Chinese in such cases is no-light matter, as Provincial and Metropolitan Governments is each ne'er-do-wall of the family, however the great obstacle. Plainly, Peking and the remotely connected, conceives himself of Provinces both see that it is too powerful to right entitled to support. Unfortunately be attacked in front, and that the only Chinese public opinion here is always on the methods holding out a reasonable propise
of success is a regular siege. Time was, and to the regret of his colleagues of the Telegraph the suppression of the cultivation of the poppy i side of the useless hanger-on.
A. S. WATSON & CO., at the samount of the fees extracted. More.it onwards. It may be well enough
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BIRTH.
How wasteful such a system may become,
not so long ago, that the greatest opponents
The following extract is from the Gazette of the Merchant Service Guild The Guild have addressed themselves, in a very emphatic way,
were pitifully thin and charming white silk ooline prinsesse gown trim. roughly handled by the elements, and to the Foreign Office regarding the diabolicalmed with exquisite hand ombroidery. Her the crew treatment of Mr. W. Ch. Lawson, M. 8. C., chief bridesmaids were Miss Pereira and Miss E. officer of the s.s. Ruby, who, together with Mr. Wood, while the bridegroom was supported by weakly. The whole presented à the Me ormick, second engineer, was arrested and Mr. A. Lindberg and Mr. C. H-Wood. The gruesome spectacle showing treated in's most crael and degrading way by ceremony, which was a quiet one, was conducted arduousness of the Expedition. the American Casteras authorities at Manils, by the Rev. Father Augustine. Many friends the charge-for which there was no foundation and well-wishers of the happy couple were present, and afterwards went on board the yacht whatever-being connected with opium smaug Marion, where Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay were at gling. We trust that good will arise out of the home. The honeymoon is to be spent at Guild's action in this serious affair.
Mr. N. H. D. Cuscaden, who had been lying ill at the General Hospital, Singapore, for some time, died in that institution last week, wauch Company's staff and of the many friends who had come to regard him as a sterling young we bare an instanco in the taking over of to any measure of the sort, would have bees fellow. The cause of death was enterio -Cover certain native Customs atations by the the Provincial governments; but with the complicated with pramonin. He was the third Imperial Maritime Customs in 1901. A gradual enlightenment of the country, and son of Mr. W. A. Cuscade, Inspector-General of Police, and Mrs. Cuscaden, who are now at small establishment at Santuko in Fukien, the real desire on both sides to have the a petty trading place whose principal market dutica of Central and Provincial administra- home on holiday, and there will be very great town was the city of Funing fu, employed tions defined under some constitution-sympathy with these respected residents of al system, this old sore of the necessary Singapore in their loss, as well as with the deceased's brothers, Mr. R. L. Cuscaden, ako a staff of little short of 600 individuals, and opposition of the Capital and the Provinces of the Telegraph Co., and Mr. G. F. Caseadon, returned as its collection 9,000 taels per has practically censed to exist. This gradual who is an assistant commissioner of police in On August 18th at Katrineborg. SANDEFJORD, num, besides, sea solatium, the holder paid rapprochement of the two is probably the the Federated Malay States.
an insignificant sum of 2,000 more tools to hest assurance we can have of the stability certain provincial officials. Without raising of the Regency, and the progress of reform At St. Joeph's Church, Hongkong, on the 18th September, KaruLNEK ELIE LYGAUGE to the charges in any way, and simply by keep in the Gnancial system, which is one of the ALFAD JOSEF WALTERS, Chief Engineer asing proper accounts, and reducing the staff chief measures it has in hand. Charis Hardouik:~7
to sixty, afterwards found more than suffi- HONGKONG OFFICE: 101, Das Vœux KOLD Ceient for the work, at the end of the frat LONDON OFFICE: 131, FILET STEERT. EC
year, a sum of Taels 61,262, was actually remitted. True, this was not the likin, but the Native Customs; it is, however, well- known that the administration of the Native Customs was purity itself compared with that of the likin, where the only recognised tariff was the amount the individual holder found it possible to screw out of his own particular line of country.
Norway, the wife of BJARNE ALGAARD, of a 500.
P MARRIAGE
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 14TH 1909.
We have not, as yet, at all events, sean caue to alter our expressed conviction that the government of the Regency is sincerely desirous of introducing a thorough reform
An engineer artificer of H. M. S. Britonart died in hospital at Hankow on the lat inst. from
cholera,
The 8.8. Naussang brought sixteen deportes to the Colony from Singapore on Sunday, and another 118 arrived from Batavia yesterday by the steamer Tjikiai.
The Brittals craiser Kent returned from Wei haiwei on Sunday with five men who were in- jured in the boiler disaster which occurred on the Offer last month.
It is very satisfactory to learn that the weakly plague return is discontinued until further cases of plague creur. sheet. The total number of cases for the year written across the return for communicable diseases for the same period.
Last week there was a closu
was 134, of which 121 were fatal. "Nil" was also
Wnchow.
OPIUM SUPPRESSION,
END OF THE LIBERAL LEAGUE.
LONDON, September 13th. The Liberal League will probably
ANTACRTIC EXPLORATION
LONDON, September 18th. Captain Scott starts on. another
In the Spring of this year the Board of be dissolved. Finance appointed several officials to investigate in the Provinces of Kiongnan, Anhui, Honan, Shantung and Shansi. They have now reported as followe:---With regard to Kiangaan, the cultivation of the poppy is confined to some Hwaingan, Suchow, Hatchow, and Tangchow, teu districts within the Prefectures of of these the districts of Fang, Fei, Sise and expedition to the South Pole in
August next. Tangshan produce the most. In the year before naa and the authorities attributed the fact that last there were disastrous floods in Kiang- people had not stored grain for such amer- genotes to the cultivation of the poppy, and at once, issned proclastics for the p
epium Pro Lost rete the ren plant. year area under cultivation was reduced by more than one-half, and this year it is reduced by quite 99 per cent. It can,
To date, says the Peking Daily News of the therefore, be confidently hoped that the cultiva
GERMAN MILITARY
MANEOUVRES.
LONDON, September 13th. 120,000 men, 29,100 horses and
manoeuvres,
The figures
Tho
a feature of the
4th inst., about 500 students have been registered Ition of the poppy, will entirely cease in the Pro- 540 guns were engaged in the German vince of Kiangnan. The South of Anhui is not for the examinations to be held by the Waipu anitable for the cultivation of the poppy, and it is military maneouvres. and the Board of Education for the purpose of confined to the North. Most of it is grown in
are unprecedentedly large. selecting students to send to America. Of this Fangyang Fu and Yingebow F, but small number about 150 have registered for technical quantities are also grown here and there in the participation of a military airship other diariots. Since the proclamations for its
with wireless telegraphic courses, and 350 for general collegiate ecures.
suppression were issued last year the quantity fitted The first examination will be held to-day in the grown has been reduced.
Opium is grown in most districts in Shang. apparatus was new. Examination Hall, adjoining the promises of the Board of Education, and will be in Chinese tang, but the districts of Tang Hsien, Tsining Kinhsiang and Tan Hsien produce the most. literature. The examination of the second day Last year the Governor of Shantung issued a will be in English composition and literature. proclamation suppressing the cultivation of the Fxaminations will begin at 7.30 and last till 6 poppy, and he sent deputies to all parts of the province to make investigations with power to in the afternoon. Students who fail to pass these have all opium plants uprooted if they should two preliminary examinations will not be permitind them. However, with regard to the throa ted to take part in theexamination in mathematics, districts of Taining, Kinhsiang and history. modern languages, physics and Haien, leave has been granted to the poor the American Curtiss won the grand chemistry, which will be held from the 9th to the people to finish the present crop, as seeds
have already been sown, and if they are forced prix for flying 1250 kilometres in 40 12th. Only 100 students are to be sent this to uproot their opium planta they would minutes 24 seconds. Curtiss and year to cater various universities in the United be deprived of their means of livelihood States,
Tan
ANOTHER AERIAL RECORD.
LONDON, September 13th.
At the Brescia Aviation Meeting
but it has been made clear to them that they Rougier have been inundated with must cause growing during the second-half of the year. On the whole the area under cultiva offers of engagements at prices rivall- with former years. tion in Shantung is much reduced as compared ing those commanded by Caruso.
KITCHENER,
In the year 1903, the Home Gorernment, actuated with a desire to do something in of the fiscal system of China; it, however, China, sent out SE JAMES MAOKAY, 2 at the beginning, scoms to have entirely gentleman wel-known in Indias financial underestimated the powerof the reactionary circles, to ascertain what was the position in
The following appointments in the Chinese fores, which its well-meant efforts to clear China, more especially with regard to likia
Imperial Maritimes Customs service have been the den of corruptions have brought into which was described by the Chambers of
uotibed-Indoor seistaats-N. E. Bryant,
in Henan the districts of Helayih, Shangkin prominence once more. The difficulty is the Commerce in China as the worst of all the
E. Laporta, L. H. Lawford; all to Shanghai and Yungcheng in Kweitch Fn, and Hsa Chow, Refreshing lens, cooling ices and thirst-
Chief Tidesurveyor-J. L Lats, to Amoy produce the most opium for the market, Last Siang cheng and Changkob in suchow Fa,
Lord Kitchener left Colombo yesterday on sane in kind, though fortunately, not in marcantile grievances with which they had
Examiner E. Stevens, to Amoy. Transfer: Autumn the Governor of Hansa orderad his board the M. M. steamer Sydney and should degree, as in September, 1898, followed on to contend. Full of self-imagined import-quenching drinks will bo dispensed in the now Café which opens on Sunday in the old premises
are as follows:-Indoor Assistants-J. Klub subordinates to prohibit its cultivation, and this arrive in Hongkong on the 27th inst No the expulsion from the Falace of the arch-ance STE JAMES MACEAT came out to China. formerly occupied by the Weismann Company, len Peking to Shanghai, J. de W. Janson Spring ie sout out deputies to make investiga publicity has so far been given ss to the prepara traitor LI HUNG CHANG; when the discredit- and met the usual fate of all such enquirers. The new claimants for public patronage are the
tions with
power to uproot all opium plants
But. 3 It is still grown tions being made to welcome the distinguished the attempte of her recently emancipated to the top of his bent. Warned in time, of that the bakory and Cafe will be under European Amoy J. Deveira Shanghai to Hangchow. in the
W. O. Law Shanghai to Washow. A. C. of things is prevailing there as In Taining, will be associated with the ceremonial opening
of the new Admiralty Dock. protege to act on his own initiative, con. the necessary consequence of the methods management.
Bisterte!! Hangchow to Shanghai. II. D. Kinhsiang and Tan Halen. The local authori
ties petitioned to let the people finish the pro- Hilliard Hankow to Swatow. H. Darby Tyniallant arop on condition that they are to cease sigred him to an ignominious imprisonment, that he was adopting, the only result of his Rip van Winkle is no old-time myth. The
ACCIDENT TO MR. J. J. LEIRIA.............. Swatow to Foochow E E. Moran Peking to growing entirely during the second-half of the which lasted through the remainder of his visit was to rivet the chains of likin still following telegram dated August 31st last is
Foochow E..H. Campbell Foochow to Shang- year. As to the rest of the opium-growing
While leaving the Portuguese Consulate on unlappy life, and only ended with his tighter, and to ac ceed to still more reaction.published in the Japan Mall of the 2nd inati
very little is growi
Saturday afternoon to proceed to the Corin- mysterions death the day before that of bis ary impediments being placed in the way of "By special arrangement with the Tokyo Asahi hai. R. 8. Hunter London to Peking. Ont. districts if cultivation has not entirely ceased
Opinn is grown practically all over the Frothian Yacht Club's swimming carnival, Consul- implacable persecutrix. Foremost in the local industries than had previously existed. Shimbun" :-" Mr. McKinnon Wood has stated door Assistant Examiners F. J. Gormana list of the finanoini blunders which are kes.. It was a repetition of the old days of STD in the House of Commons that the Government Yoohow to Shanghai. J. Wolff Harbin to vinces of Shansi. Since the proclamations for General Loiria slipped on the road and fractured
has authorized the Government of Hongkong Shanghai. F. W. J. Schaaf Nowchwang to the suppression of the cultivation of the poppy ing China still at the tailend of the race, is, JOHN DAVIS, of CAPTAIN ELLIOT, and to advanes £1,000,000 to the Chinese Govern- Harbin.. O. R. J. Konig Shanghai to Yochow. were lamed no mors has been grown in the his right leg. On Sunday the leg was set by south, and although it has not been entirely Dre. Stedman and Marriott, bat Mr. Leiris will be confined to his bed for some tims The of course, itain, and now and then from LORD ELGIN. BIR JAMES MACKAY, 1ke the ment for the repurchase of the concession for F. W. H. C. C. Biestor, Assistant at Washow, suppressed in the north only very little is Pating we hear the far-off thunder of the prophet of old, had come in the pride of his the Hankow-Canton Railway." In Hongkong and). Bromley, Chief Examiner, Tientsin, lave grown here and there on the Mongolian Border. Consul had the misfortune to break the same leg
been granted leave."
-Shanghai Times, heart to effect the destruction of likin, and we heard the now in A.D. 1905.
ed EMPRESS DOWAGER THE HI, furious at He was, in fact, to shorten the matter, fooled Vienna Café Company, Ltd., who grounes/ Shanghai to Swatow. M. Kitadai Dairen to founYanging district or the same state officer, but it is not unlikely that his visit hero
contest.
about three years ago.../