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WARSHIP CONSTRUCTION IN GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON, December 21st. The Admiralty on Saturday placed two orders for super-Dreadnoughts.
One battleship-cruiser is to be laid en Lantao Island. After heating the evidence down immediately and completed in Mr. Hallifex fined the first defondant 360, the
akong 850, and discharged the other two.
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in the neighbourhood of Canton since 1907.) A capital programme has been arranged for | tho West River patrol boats are equipped the minstrel performanom to be given to-night with installations, and there is a Wire-and to-morrow at the Theatre by the U.S.S less School at Canton with about thirty Jolly Tar Minstrola " pupils under a German instructor. Pre- A S. WATSON & CO. sumably the apparatus, to be installed at the Manila Observatory, to the American Consulate- Pratas will be powerful enough to com- General, Hongkong, dispatched at noon, read:- "Cyclone or Typhoon. E. of the northern. municate with Canton direct. The an
Visayas or south-oastern Luzon, moving: nouncement that this station is to be estab-N.N.W. or N." A second message despatched lished at once serves, however, to emphasise at 4 p.m. stated that a syclone or typhoon was Hongkong's need of a permanent wireless oast of the Northern Visayas, or south of station. On the Empress steamers now it apEastern Luzon, rosurving north eastward. pears that a little daily newspaper is publish- ed consisting of Marconigrams received out board, and a Yokohama, contemporary in commenting on a specimen copy makes the following observations:-"The mcasages are all evidently received from Japan or places west of Japan. The area between Australia and Japan to the east is quite unrepresented. This is natural for boats coming from the west, but it appears that the west-bound boats are worse off: though equipped with wireless apparatus they can not receive any commercial messages unti-
The Saturday Review Bays-Really, Bir they come within range of Japan. It would Robert Hart is becoming rather frying. To FULLER'S CONFECTIONERY. | appear incredible that the important British him years seem to have brought not discretion, port of Hongkong, the catrepot of so much but recklessness. It would mattor little were COCOANUT TAFFY, ALMOND TAFFY, trade and the distributing contre of so much it ust that everyone naturally thinks that a
CREME APRICOTS, SUCRE DE LA CREME, CARAMELS, PEPPERMINT important commercial intelligence, should man who has lived in Chins for some half a LUMPS, and CHOCOLATES, 1 lb. and not yet possess a single commercial wireless centary must know all about the Chiness that!
behind this fallacy. They understand and dis count snob pronouncements as Sir Robert's Istest that in fifty years China will be wholly Westernised. It is doubtful if China can ever bo Westernieod at all, at any rate au inch below the surface. But to talk in this wild way is merely deluding the plain man who is absolutely ignorant of China and the Chiross
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Acting on information received by wire, the police boarded the ss. Shun Les on her arrival from Canton yesterday and arrested a native who was alleged to hare kidnapped a child. The defendant was charged before. Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy, bail was fixed at $2,000, and the hearing was adjourned.
BARONESS VAUGHAN.
LONDON, December 21st.
late King Leopold married last year, The Baroness Vaughan, whom the
is at present in Paris.
A LONDON FIRE.
LONDON, December 21st. The premises of Messrs. Arding and
CANTON.
(FROM OUR OWN COBBESPONDENT.)
December 19th.
BAILWAY AFFAIRS;
SANITARY BOARD.
A meeting of the Banitary Board was held yesterday at the Board Room. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe presided, and there were present: The Minister of Posts and Communications Hor. Mr. E. A. Hewett, Mr. A. Shelton Hon. Mr. A. W. Brewin (Registrar-General), has sent two able offers to make a thorough Hooper, Mr. Lau Chu Pak, Mr. Ng Hen Tas, enquiry into the management of the Tuet Han Dr. F. Clark (Medical Officer of Health), Ur. Railway, the finances of which are said to be in Pearse (A.M.O.H.) and Mr. W. Bowen Rowlands a state of ohnos. Those deputies arrived per (Secretary). wa, Falshan on the 15th inst. They are report, ed to be invested with full power to commit to the Magistrate anyone found guilty of mal.
practice in reference to the railway funds.
THE KOWLOON SCAVENGING AND CON-
SERVANCY CONTRACT. The report of the committee appointed to enquire into and deal with the complaints IMPROVED INDUSTET.
the Kowloon scavenging and against Fatshan is a great industrial centre and large sonservancy contractor was submitted. The numbers of women are employed by the various committee had imposed a fine of $100 on mansfacturers. These women are in most cases the contractor, who, they wore satisfied, only maqusinted with old-fashioned ways of was it to carry on the work. The disposal irorking and the quality of the articles exported work was sa satisfactory, and the
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- suffers in consequence. To remedy this a Fatahan committee had warned him if there was no in- manufacturer is opening a training school, where provement they would not recommend that he be women are to be. instrusted in modern methods permitted to continue carrying on the contract. of weaving and dysing. There are a large- number of applicants for entry to the school.
AN OFFICIAL DENOUNCED.
Hon Mr. HEWETT minuted-I have not -time at the moment to read these papers and would ask that they be returned to me later. A gentleman has accused the sub-prefect of Thero is one point to which I must refer. Tho Yang Kong of serious_misdemeanours. He is rubbish should is taken farther away. Asit is. charged with accepting bribes, using improper now handled a considerable portion must find methods of punishment, extortion and inciting its way on the various beaches in the island the troops under his control to plunder house-necording to the state of the tide. Yesterday holders and disturb the public peace. The (Sunday 12/12/09) I went in a launch to Deep rocesor kas sont proofs of these charges to the Water Bay, louring Hongkong about 11 am. Viceroy and petitioned him to investigate the with the tide about quarter obb. For the prefect's conduct. On receipt of the documents | greater part of the distance from Sulphur
inquiry into the matter.
was a continuous line of refuse festing on the **** water, ashes and other household rubbish. This must all have ultimately been washed up on the shore and would presumably add very considerably to the insanitary condition of Aberdeen and other surrounding fishing villages. The same thing is taking place on other sites on the mainland and the island, as can be proved by anyone who cares to carefully examine the jetsam in the neighbouring bays.
1 lb, Boxes, &o, &o, &c. WALNUT | station; but such is the fact.. Japan, with can be known. English "Chinamen" can go 110bbs, drapers and house furnishers, the Viceroy sent a doputy to make a searching Chaanol until wall into Aberdeen Channel there
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characteristic enterprise, has gone ahead and established wireless stations, for commercial purposes, all along her coasts and in For mos, and still the great Eastern port of her ally, Hongkong, while possessing the necessary Naval wireless stations, has not yet thought it necessary to instal even one
SUPREME COURT.
Tuesday, December 21st.
IN OBIMINAL JURISDICTION,
BEFORE HIS HONOUR Muz. H. H. J. GOMPARTZ (PUISKE JUDGE).
MÜRDER CHARGE.
Fire Chinese wore arraigned on a charge of murdering one Wong Tauf Lin in Viatoria on November 30th.
The Acting Attorney- General (Hon. Mr.. F. A. Haveland), Instruct, ed by Mr. H. L. Dennys, appeared for the Crown, and Mr. G. C. Alabaster, instructed by Mr. Shenton, from the offos of Messrs. Deacon, Looker and Descon, appeared for the defonce."
of Clapham, have been destroyed by fire.
A FREE SCHOOL
The great majority of the water population The fire originated in the ignitions entirely uneducated, and certain philanthropic men, pitying the condition of the young boys of Christmas decorations.
have opened a free school called" Fung Ynen" for their special benefit. They have also invited theatrical troups to give a series of perform ancos in the Honia Theatre in aid of the funds. A GREAT FIRE,
Three hundred and fifty employees were on the premises at the time, and in the panic that occurred many jumped from the upper stories.
Three were killed and many were injured.
Firos still continue to cause a great deal of alarm this month, and the amount of damage.
lafely caused has been enormous. At 7 p.in. on Monday last a fire broke out at Shiu Hing It is feared that there are bodies Street, and before the flames were put out in the debris.
thirty-one houses, were completely destroyed. Shortly after this blaze-kid been extinguished another broke out in a dyer's shop. In this came there was luckily no groot damage done and the surrounding houses escaped.
CRICKET.
POLICE "A" TEAM 7, BUFFS, A match between there teams takes place on the Polloe Recreation Ground at Happy Valley this afternoon. The police will be represented by Messia. Cooper, MoHardy, McLennan, Watt, Sullivan, Glenenning, Gerrard, Parr, Cookle, Baker and Grant. Re. serves: Messrs. Gourley, Pattison and Watt.
On Thursday afternoon a selected police team will try conclusions with a team representing .8. King Alfred on the Naval Ground at
commercial wireless station. When it is considered how useful and interesting these Marconigrama are to passengers by the Empresses and other boats, it may be hoped that Hongkong will soon awake to the desirability of not lagging behind the times, and will establish one or more wireless com mercial stations without delay." Our readers will be aware that the matter is at the present time having the consideration of the Government, я application having been received from an America firm for leave to crect a station with A. S. WATSON & CO..monopoly rights for a period of twenty
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five years. The Imperial Government bus voice in the matter; and the question is
Prisoners pleaded not guilty, and the following one therefore which
sorted jury were empanelled: Messrs. John Hands, O off-hand by the Colonial Government. Kramer, K. A. Helm, E. J. da Bilva Loureiro,
"Attorney-Ganeral stated that It may be that the Imperial Government" will view the project for wireless communi- prisoners and the decoseed were employed in the cation between British Colonies uue of Cotton Mill, and on the 30th November at 6.15 more than local concerts, and think it p.m. as they were leaving the mill the fivo
first at the Magistracy yesterday for applying inndsisate to allow the Crown Colonies to prisoners attacked the deceased. The story was preceded against before Mr. J. R. Wood grant monopolies to private firms. More prisoner stabbed decessed with a knife, the false trade description to a package of tea. over, the Eastern Telegraph Co. will probatcond held deceased by the quens, while After boring the ovidence his Worship imposed ordered the defendant to pay casts amounting to 8900..
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A NOVEL SCHEME.
"Fird-brigades are institutions of great im. portanee in Canton, and during the last month they have been kept rory busy. The brigades are raually under the control of certain "Kai For who raise the necessary money for their upkeep. There is, often a difficulty in raising this money, but where there is a will there is a way, and the following is an account of how one of those brigades was formed and equipped,
The PRESIDENT pointed out, in connection with the minute of the Hon. Mr. Hewett, that steps were being taken to deal with accumula tions of rabbish, especially in the neighbour- hood of the Sulphur Channel, where the proc tics had become very bad. This was chiefly due to the foreman of the scavenging contrac- tore, who was in charge of the work of removing rabbish from Kennedy Town slaughter-house. This man had been prosocated by the polios. He kept a watchman who-had-boea-aman-on-the-——— pior waving his hat to a little boat from which rubbiah was being dumped of Greeu Island. It was very fiffeult to put a stop to this practice, but the speaker sent-in-inspector ont to try to catch mon-dumping rubbish from the slaughter houses. The inspector saw a man dumping rubbish from a boat alongside a wharf, but as soon as he found out he was observed this man jumped overbeard and ran up Jubilee Road -
Near the West Gate outside the Yuen stone purporting 10 and the
The master of a tea shop in Ko Bhing Birent a lioness. On certain days of the year trip, the inspector caught three men, who were make pilgrimage to these objects; those Mr. HOOPER-Only 83! That is very little.
The PRESIDENT thought it was owing to desiring a son praying to the lioness and thosa the superstitions folk of the neighbourhood Bavul 33 each at the Police Court-
wishing prosperity in business praying to the some misunderstanding, or because the case had lion. Near the images there are stelle kept by net been pressed home. incense, candles and joss paper may be bought,
Since then tho
No anonymously signed communications that ably want to be heard on the subject of the the other three strook him with iron bars, sine of $100, or six weeks' imprisonment, and certain of the Mancha community, where Kowloon rabbish boatinen had been caught
inserted.
P. O. Box, 34 Telephone No. 12.
threatened competition. A definite decision however, cannot be long delayed, for now that the Chinese Government has
have already appeared in other papers will be
It would seem that on the previous day the frat prisoner and the deceased had a quarrel and a fight, and both were brought before Mr. Orders for extra copies of DAILY PRESS
Detective-Sergeant Murphy proceeded on should be sent before 11 a.m._on day of
Gittins, the mill secountant, who fined the publication. After that hour the supply decided to establish a wireless station on deceased ten couts and the other man twenty board the 8.8. Telemarkus and seized five cases limited. Only supply for Cash.
the Pratas Island, and the Philippine Gov ceste. The deceased was admitted to the of joss sticks under the Trademarks Ordinance. Telegraphic Address PR289. Codes: A.B.C. 5th Ed. Lieber.
ernment has promised to erect a station hospital the same day suffering from two stab Before Mr. J. B. Wood at the Magistracy on one of the out-lying islands of the archiwoands in the abdomen, and he died on the yesterday Mr. P. Sydenham Dixon, of Mr. HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VEUX ROAD Cpelago-in both instances at the solicita 6th December, death being due to sceptic R A. Harding's office, applied that those sticks London Offich; 131, FLEET STREET, ECtion of the Government of Hongkong peritonitis. On the 30th November the dying should be coullecated, because they bore a - permanent station becomes, an in deposition of the deceased was taken in the trademark so nearly representing the com- presence of the first prisoner only, bat anything plainant's as to be calculated to deceive. The perative need of the Colony, apart altogether he said then could not be evidence against those hearing was adjourned for a week. from considerations connected with its use who were not present. After the arrest of the for commercial purposes.
other defendants a further dying deposition was taken in the presence of the five prisoners. In the second deposition he said that the first prisoner was the man who stabbed him, but he also said that the fifth defendant helped in the assault. The story of the provention was that the fire mon deliberately attacked the deceased, and the first prisoner who used the knife must be rogarded as having infonded the
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, DECEMBER 22ND, 1909.
The children of members of the Police Force ara to be entertained at u juvenile sports most THE adoption by the Chinese Government
ing which will be held on the recreation ground of the suggestion made by His Excel-at Happy Valley on the 27th instant. lency Sir FREDERICK LUGARD, through
In response to an alarm of fire raised about His Majesty's Minister at Peking, that two o'clock yesterday afternoon the Fire Brigado China should establish on the Pratas turned out and proceeded to Conduit Road,
Island". a wireless telegraph station for the purpose of furnishing metoor ological data so that the information supplied to shipping in this part of the world, especially during the typhoon season, may be as complete and accurate as it is possible-to-hare it, is a decision on which the Chinese Government is to be cordially congratulated. The Viceroy of Kwangtung has been instructed by the Imperial Govern- ment to "at once take steps to establish the station. We may therefore hope to see the station opened some time next year The Canton authorities, we do not doubt, are quite in sympathy with the idea, for after the typhoon of last year which did con- sidemble damage to the small craft in the Canton delta, H. E. Viceroy CHANo Jes Ower in a dispatch to the Commis sioner of Customs, "howed a strong wish to cope with sneb calamities in the future," and in referring to the system obtaining in Hongkong with regard to ascertaining the probable direction and force of coming winds and the issuing of warnings, decided to introduce a similar system at Canton. Consequently Canton will derive benefit from
where a coolle matshed was ablaze. They arrived on the scene too late, however, to save the matched, which burned rapidly.
consequences of his act, and the others joined in the assault.
The first witness described the attack and asid the first prisoner stabbed the deceased, The fight stopped was the engineer, taipan came on the scene and had the wounds of the devased dressed.
OPENING OF PORT ARTHUR TO COMMERCE.
damping rabbish, and nine of them were fined and the owners and the stalls make handsome 815 each. The Harbour Master had since sent proats. Thero was lately a Hrs in the locality vat a launch, and another lot had been caught. and the Kaifong determined to have a fire The committee's report would be farnished brigade, but no money was forthcoming. They early next month. He proposed at present to then approached the heads of the Manchurian lay it on the table. section, and after some delay the stalls were handed over to the Kaifong. In a short time enough money was raised by this means to start the desired brigade.
SALT.
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THE OUTBREAK OF FOOT AND MOUTH?
DISEASE.
The PRESIDENT brought forward a paper in connection with the ontbreak of foot and montia disease at Sassoon's Vills, Pokfulam Road. The..... Those interested in the salt trade are in some Colonial Veterinary Surgeon reported that the little fear regarding the steps the Government outbreak in shed 3 and the adjoining small sheds is likely to take regarding the sale of this was now at an end. Two calves and one cow had commodity, Certain rich merchants of the died, but not from foot and mouth disenno. The province in conjunction with other merchants|c.v.8. therefore recommended that the sheds bo The Japanese Government has decided to from the Straits have ondesroured to gain the no longer regarded as an infected area.
The area referred to was declared to be no abolish the Port Arthur Admiralty and to open permission of Government to form a salt mono the port to commerce, allowing free entry to poly, promising to pay in return a very large Japaneto and foreign steamers. By this, say Japanese papers, the Government intends to annual royalty variously quoted from two realise its object in maintaining peses in the to twelve million dollars. Certain citizens have Far East and equal opportunity in Chins. This end of the year. dosision will be alloills anaganced before this sent in a petition to the Viceroy concerning
port.
cargo
this matter, and in the course of their argument
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longer infected.
GERMAN NAVAL CONSTRUCTION.
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THE VULCAN SHIPYARD COMPANY. The now shares of the Vulcan Shipyard Company, increasing the capital from £500,000 premium, of 70 to £750,000, will be issued at
per cent, says the Times Berlin correspondent writing on the 25th ult, he premium and 25 per cent, of the nominal value will be paid ap
at once, and the balance of 75 per cent. will be called up as required, but in any caso not later than December, 1911. An issue of £500,000 Four-and-a-Half per. Cent. Mortgage Bonds
was also authorized at yesterday's meeting. Ouo
Referring to the value of Port Arthur as a they point out five evils which are likely to commercial port, Mr. Hidy Güichi. a director of arise from the establishment of such a monopoly. the Mitsui Bassan Kaisha, remarks that the The most important point they notice is opening of the port to commerce is a truly
In reality the harbour is frozen over at ones sequence be cheap, but they urge that We are asked to state that Mesers., Thomas
gratifying step. Dairen is nominally an unfrozen that ealt is a necessity and should in Cook and Sou have no connection whatever will
when the weather is calm during the intense should the monopoly become an established cold of the winter months, while when a strong institution the price is likely to rise and rise Messrs. Clarke, the organisers of the Cleveland
Cross-examined-There were three other men northerly breeze blows high seas invariably crnice, and are not associated in any way with Mr. Farmer-in arranging the local excursions in armed with knives who took part in the assault.proval in the harbour, which is not protected and that the public would be quite unprotected
by any breakwater, and vessels are thus forced from the extortion of the monopoly holders.
As yet nothing definite has beer done in the-half of this amount is to be issued at race. connection with the coding visit of American They could not be found now. The blows strack to suspend the loading and discharging of
The present is a season for shipping matter, but it is said that the Viceroy is not The new issues are required by the extra tonsiste, as reported in an evening contemporary by the men with the iron bars were very hard, beans, and steamers loading this commodity are
ordinary development of the Vulcan ander. Inspector Langley placed six men and and he could not explain why there were no involved in serious delay, accompanied by heavy averse to the proposed monopoly in so much as taking, which, as fully explained in The Times woman before Mr. J. R. Wood at, the Magis-marks of the blows on the body of deceased, expenditure and difficulties, owing to the the increased revenue frein salt will go some April 14, has grown peri passu with the way towards making up the deficit in revonne development of the German navy, but especially Arthur is much better. This port is sur tricy yesterday on a charge of stealing 17 tons Everybody ran off after the fight, and witness above cirenmstance. The situation of Port
which is bound to occur when licensed gambling by the new establishment at Hamburg, where the Vulcan Company is building the Breats rounded by hills, and the water in the harbour of soal from a godown of the Mitsui Bussan du so also because he was afraid of being im
is deep, while the port is never frozen, is put down. There is no doubt that this latter Heimdal, the first of the third and newest type event will take place sooner or later, and but for of German Dreadnought. It was definitely Kaisha. Messrs. Otto Kong Sing and Jplicated in the trouble.
Port Arthur, it is alleged, surpasses Dairen far Gardiner represented the defendants. The case
and away as a commercial port. At Grst it was
the question of finance steps would probably stated at yesterday's meeting that this ship ra have been taken towards its abolition before is too large to be built at Biettia, where the Rheinland, one of the first batch of German will be heard on Friday.
sideration a proposal to make Port Arthur a
Jadging from incidental matters the Dreadnoughts, was built. The turbines and reported that the Government had under con- coaling station for merchant vessels. The w opening of the port to general trade, however, will be welcomeit generally by Japaness and Provincial Governmunt must be rather tight boilers will be constructed partly at Stettin foreign merchants. It is to be regretted that for money at present.. The native papers report and partly at Hamburg. the entrance to the bother narrow, that there was a deficit of 60,000 taels in the Interforing
with the movement of largestermors, military estimates of last year which has got to comettis ta hand the value of $2,660,000, The fourth prisoners were rot present at the fight hat this inconvenience can be remedied by cut be paid up; many districts are potitioning for while promtring negotiations with-rogard-to- He did not see the first prisoner stab the ting a canal between the harbour and Figson
an ingreased police force; au increase of police Tarions Eew contracts are in progrese. deceased; hp merely saw the blood on the knife. Bay, so that steamers may come in by the pre in Houan recently sanctioned will cause anegotiations were said to refer to the construc- tion of both warships and merchant vessels, both The case for the prosecution having been
sont entrance and depart by another.Japan
additional expenditure of over 1,000 tools per tor Germany and for abroad. In this connection Chronicle. closed, Mr. Alabaster opened the case for the
month, and in addition to all this the Centray it will be remembered that varions German defence, which was a denial of the evidence submitted by the prosecution. He pointed out
months ago that the Valesu Company would that this was a quarrel between Lakkas sad
Government is clamouring for money. It is no journals were able to anticipate accurately 12 wonder, then, that the higher officials look with build the battleship for which the contract was some degree of favour on the establishment of officially "placed" only a few weeks ago. Fautis. The Crown had called all the Hakkas and arrested all the Pantia.
a monopoly which will go some way towards alling up the gap..........
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Major-General Leonard Wood, Commanding the Department of the East, will succeed Major-General J. Franklin Bell as Chief-of- Staff at Washington next Spring. It is ex- pected that General Beli will succeed Major General W. P. Dovall as Commanding the erection of a wireless station ou Pratas General of the Philippines Division, and that Islands. Wireless telegraph stations, as General Duvall will take the Command General many, of our readers know, lave existed Wood now holds on Governor's Teland.
A female employes garà evidence of witness- ing the assault. Unler cross-examination she said she helped to carry the deceased into the office. Tau men stabbed him, but one had absconded,
Another employee deposed to seeing the rat prisoner stab the deceased with a knife. Under cross-examination is aid that the third and
The first prisoner went into the witness-box and gave evidence on his behalf, denying that he had inflicted the wound,
The hearing was adjourned..
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. The Dodwell Line str. Atholl arrived at Boston, Mass on the 17th inst
The Indo-China str. Fumaang from Caloutta and the Straits left Singapore for this port on the 20th inst
It was stated yesterday that the company, which is paying a dividend of 12 per cent. has
The retiring British Consul-General in Berlin, Dr. Paul ron Echwabach, has iden elected a director of the Vulcan Company.