HONGKONGS
RSDAY
97TH 1916
INTIMATION
8. WATSON & CO. in
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
WATSON'S
dollars.
unlikely to
1908
The Ch
this if they were not
of the represent
How then
explained? Pos
the native drug in view of
the
xible
supply; and (ii) the
the opium importe
ita way into
MOLLÉS the
Legation
Opiumi
finds
of the British: |"and deep.
report on the Chibbe, wife of
hich we quobo
VERY OLD LIQUEUR SCOTCH
THE GENERAL ELECTION.
NEW GERMAN
LONDO
Four per tent. Prusian
seventeen and seven millions storing. spectively, have been waned
£102
JAPANESE ROYAL VISITORS
IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, January 26th
THE
ISH PA
ELECTIONS
URNOIES TO POLI
of the
sowing
LATEST RESULTS.
LONDON January 26th:
Prince and Princess Fashimi Tunch-
favour of p
NIONIBTS
LIBERALS
ed yesterday with their Majesties the King and Queen at Windsor.
214
Camborne
Chertsey
SABOURITER ***********
HONGKONG'S NEW ARCHDEACON.
Clithero Cirenbesten
áre (N-)
hborough.
Taillow Luton Messickl Monmouthshire (W)
Morley New Forest
Norfolk (N) Norfolk (N.W.)
NATIONALISTS
Total elected:
669
**P, . BARNETT SECUREDS DE. BANISTEL. Dartford
Darwen Derbyshire (Mid.)
To be elected
111
670
UNIONIST GAINS
LIBERAL GAINS LABOURITES
UNIONIST GAINS, Newmarket
Cricklade (N Wilts.) Reigate
And during the last day or
ship had pleasure in annou
Barrett had been appoint
Before the distribution of prince was pro- seeded with at St. Stephen's College yesterday, His Lordship Bishop LANDER said he had the pleasure of introducing Mr. Barnett in a now capseity Honours were falling thick and Dacham (B.E.) G
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Droitwich
16 Last upon the Warden of Bt. Stephen's, and, he East Grinstead
WA WAH, those present would think, deservedly Egremont
Last wook Air Bärnstt raostred
tion from London daly appointing him soore Forest of Dean tary of the Church
in which appointment he had
North dich
Osgol ross Ramzey (Hunta)
Ruschliffe
St. Albans
St Iross
Somerest (8.) Bo. Molton (Devon) Staffordshire (N.W.)
Stamford Strond Tavistock Truro Tyneside
North Lonsdale
NOLAK
(N.)
(W.)
(8)
Derizes Domet (E)
notificavechazo
Bociety
Tome
been acting
agh
his Lord
Hoxham that Mr. High Peak mored De
Honiton
extensively elsewhere,"
of the question beh province of Kwangtung
writing
night, and expire affects the
dampert We the
with Mr
can accept the statement made by the their sad and unexpen Viceroy in a memorial to the Throne last
We are naked to state that the Americrest of to the kind
WHISKY April that his orders for the total suppress the Italian Convent will begra
BLEND OF THE FINEST PUBL
MALT WHISKIES DISTILLED
IN SCOTLAND RA
GENUINE AGE
ID
VINE MELLOW FLAVOUR.
BOB PORTER & Co.'s
BULL DOG
BRAND
GUINNESS' STOUT IPINTS & SPLITS.
sion of cultivation throughout the province had been faithfully observed, though it is possible that a small amount of poppy the Chao-chu-fu prefecture, in the neigh bourhood of Swatow, may have escaped the vigilance of the Viceroy's inspectors. Mr. MULLES rightly says; this province has never produced much opium, but what was formerly produced was, we believe, entirely consumed in the Also drow
from
provinces. Mr.
there was a marked
falling
1908 in the qu
coming down from Kunnan Brea Kweichow.caused by the partial of onltivati
Ladies of Hongkong for the gift of woollen clothing, thoos, blankets warm material that could be for the hundreds of orpha stitutas dependent upon the
the perioress: hopes her: sor will be ganaronai
sposed members
people partionlarly
By Had
that, ing pro
thons provinces, and the rise native opium owing to the
ation. But in & report by Mr. H. E. SLY, the acting British Consulat Chunking, which in issued with Mr. MULLEE's general report, we and the statement that, on the strength of a report of impending total prohibition of A.S.WATSON & CO. Poppy cultivation in Szechuan, orders were
LIMITED,
THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
125
NOTCE TO CORRESPONDENTS. ONLY muscations relating to the news mlumn asuld be addressed to Tan Enron,
Corresdents must forward their names and addressmith communications addressed to the Editor, at for publication but as evidmse of good faith
received just prior to September, 1999, from Kwangtung, Kwangs and elsewhers for ples of opram to the value of 700,000 taals
Doubtless furth
or more
Bassetlaw
Cumberland (W Maldon
Banbury
Tyrone (Mid)
LIBERAL GAINS, Grovázi
{n behalf o
Kindly
and the
ficers, the Band of the Bandinster Fartab
January, 1910
YO. FEAüber?
ved. Harbin majority of 5,689.
HKling Lou Ganno. Dreams of Raglime
God Bare the B
Hotel
lok-mazel
dan Mazurka nbermesso Two Stop
N W Lanark
Mr Austen Chamberlain has been ro-elected for East Worcester with a
FULL RETURNS.
UNIONISTS:
To-day in the birthday of 1 M. the Emperor Southport of Germany. A special service will be held on Harrow board the German oraine Arcona, st 10,30 Nomar p.m.; launches ars at the disposal of the public
Murray Fur, from 19 to 10:20 am, the German community and friends being cordial-
igate ly Invited. The commander, Frigals Bohrader, will hold reception till noon. Af Bassetlaw riman Consulate, College Gar Chichester Dr Voretas
will receiv
this
the
the German Consul Cumberland (W)
from 11 am to Epping fake place at the Club Blackpool
along in the last quarter of the This suggests that the mcrease port into the province of Kwangtung in Ge
rday Mr. B. E. 1909 may be explained as an import not for immediate consumption, but for the laying Hallifax imposed a heavy fine upon Chimes up of stocks against the time when there woman who was found guilty of being in un- lawful possession of quantity of opium. may be no more opium to
the first floor of 17, Wing hing Street be Undoubtedly much opium is still amoked
arole offler visited
found a fire-fel tio of dross opium on a try. have been planted, The, the woman sald,
aw upon.
All Laters for publication should be written on * ane ride / paper only.
in the province, though public smoking has No awnymously signed communications that kave alrasy appeared
in other popers will be practically ceased in Canton. Mr. MUL- inerried.
Orden for astra copies of DAY PRESLER's report tells us that the licensing but when the omeer fomad, another large tin should set before 11 am on day of regulations are strictly enforced by the
Bome 190 taals of prepared oplum the bed the womit was speechless.
pubissato. After that hour the supply is police in the case of poor amokers, and His Worship imposed a fins of $500 or three Emiled. Only supply for Cash.
Talogrphic Address i Press. Codes B.0 5th Ed. Lieber. PO.Pos, 84. Tulephone No. 12,
DEATH
Someract (W) Londonderry (8.) Maldon Banbury Woredeber (E.) Tyrone (id)
LIBERALS Tottenham Heywood
BOSE Lichfield Ilkeston Shropshire (Mid) St. Austell
SABOURITES Cortom
NATIONALISTS
8. Kerry (E.) Cork (S. E)
SUNIONINT GADIN
Banister the newl secrated Bishop of Horacele Hapa and Homa, in the Archdeaconry of Houghton-le-Spring
Horsham
Applause.) "The Archdesoon was Jarrow
Leigh
Hongkong.
·Tearing for wall earned holiday for a few weeks, bat se woon as he returned there would be s fanokon in the Cathedral by which he would
alled. (Applause.)
BARNETT, in reply, said it
for one with
would
Jhad been
been
Archdesconhind
Walthamstow Watford
Westbury Widnes
Waboch
Worcestorskirə (N):
SCOTLAND (72 MEMBRES).
Aberdeenshire (2).
bra Aroa.
the
Eigin and Nair
FLA (EN)
St.
and the
FLA (WA) Glagow Central Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ar
Greenock
dingtonshire Hawick Burghs
Lanazimhíry (Mα) hire (N.E.)
NAWA
(8.)
Coey and Bhetla Artick Perthshire ( Bestrowabire (E) Ross and Cromarty Stirling Burgha Butherland
Wisk Burghs Wigtonshire
IRELAND (103 MEMBERS).
Stephen's Collage before it spunker was quite rare that some at his boys would be glad to know that the Archdeseon was still to remain with them, he hoped, for many years. (Applause) He could not say mach then net what he would like to say; bat he did feella (B.). great responsibility had boon laid upon Antrim (8) him, and he trusted by the strength of God, by Cork Co. (Mid)
Cork Co. (N, watchfulness and care, to maintain the dignity Cork Co. (NL) which attrohed to kia new offes when held by his. Cork Co. (WA)
He asked for those prayers which Down (E.) would enable him to fall his duties rightly in the sight of God.
His many friends in the Colony will join with In bongratulating the Her, Mr. Barnett on his well-merited promotion.
LICENSING BOARD ELECTION.
The election of three representatives of the Jution of the
on the newly soustitated Lisarming Beard took place at the 140 Juskicom veted.
Late MemberLast May ewmarket Sir Charles Base (1) 783 Dolh
(L) 1578
smoking is becoming a luxury confined to months on the first change, and $250 or four the rich who, apparently owing to the dart-on the second The husband of the venality of the polica, find no difficulty in defendant was heard to tell her to go to gaol for Maldon
itent, remarking that Banbury evading the regulations, and can, therefore, three days and to be contimus to indulge in the habit in their by that tiras be would raise the money to pay own houses with impunity, [221
At Bluff, The Park, Hongkong, on the 26th inant, BALES MARIA, the loving wife of LAWRENCH GIBBS,
HORGENG OPTION: 10A, DES VOUS BOAD C LONDE OPTICE 11, Fiat Gra20
The Daily Press.
TINGKONG, JANUARY 27TH, 1910.
And again,
the
"while the progress in the province as a whole appears to be satisfactory the reports received from His Majesty a Consul at Palhoi tell of a very different state of affaire in the western districts of Kwang
Hare tung and the Island of Hainan. the various regulations have remained Ora Linton correspondent in the notes we daad letter; the local officials have made no publia to-day mentions that the native serious attempt tograpple with the situation. paper assert that the amount of opium opium can easily be procured without a imporal into the province in the past year licence, dens are even still open where was greater than that of the preceding year. poorer classes can indulge in the vice, while We can well believe that; and as the matter the wealthier classes are laying in large has ready formed the subject of official stores for private consumption. Smoking correspondence between the Viceroy and the in fact, go on just as before, Government at Peking, we may take it that does not appear to be any strong public aroused in this part of the province the formation as to the import is based
It is evident upon the Customs
mis returns. But it is the against the use of the drug. deducion which is drawn from the fact in that renewed and more stringent orders to
the various Ideal authorities are the, efcial correspondence that arrests our
before anything is likely to be atterion. On this increase in the import is bad the nasumption that notwithstand must hope that the new
ring such activity ng the closing of the public opium-su
Bampaign in other portioner hous, there is no diminution in the
Bumpion of opium in the
Kwartung. The Viceroy ask
will see that his orders are.eni
The eradication of
a much more dificult business to aco
there
to line the import on the ground that great than the Chiesa Government would have harm is done to the Province by
mpulsory: create
but in pointing out that a restration of the import wo trouble with the foreign merel Wanrpu counsels the Viceroy to
the world be ever-
A lakong was yesterday sentenced to thres weeks' hard labour for committing an assault in a brofigh
achus his object by a more rigoroUS Talva gamblers from Tramtanipo made their enforcement of the anti-opium laws, and so appest before the Magistrsta véstarday decried the demand for opinmaa and had each to leave $5 before they regs and
their liberty. matt, of fact, an increased import of opit into the province of Kwang tung does not necessarily prove that held's meeting on the 9th Ibrant and decided
The Chinese Chamber of Commerce at How
SUPREME COURT
Wednesday, 26th January,
IN CRIMINAL JUSLADICTION,
BEFORE HIS Hosque MnHHJ
COMPRETZ (PUINE JUDGES
H. C. Brodie (1) 219 L TH. Newnes (L) 531 Law.
Geoffrey Ho-
237
T. E. Bothell (L) 149 1.196
Tyrone (Mid)
Mr. WOM
the Colony
pm mad some Afteen ards the results were declared
as follows
three
HOOPER
unor elected the Board-Mi
Glove
homson N.W. Lanark
At the last election there was a three- cornered fight in each of these constituencies, In the former Mr. Duncan polled 5,224, the Liberal candidate 5,095, and the Labour 4,212, La N W. Lanark, Mr. Thomson obtained 5,689, the Liberal osadidate 4,913, and the Labour 3.291
and
Down (8.2K
Tible Gói (B
Kerry (N.) MAYO (N Monaghan (N.)
Workouth (N.)
WALK (30 KTMDERS)
Arfon Cardiganskire Glamorganaire (234
Tifrom
Mid (6)
Montgomeryshire.
ANOTHER BIG OPIUM SEIZURE AT MANIDAR
The largest oplam selaars since the GranÍS Kennedy ass, says the Manila Cobleness of the 22nd inak, was made yostarday when customs detectives captured 790 tins sad one package of “ pills, amounting in all to 1875 kilos, and worth,
ing to the prevailing price in Ma Bocording to
740. There were 79 hermetically led tins containing ton smaller tus each, which had some sakere In onsen. The contraband oasis maananifested; the plan of the sungglers being to wosal it from the warehouse at the deed of
night.
Hugo Bealtes, whom the detectives have mada every effort to catch at muggling, was supposed to be the leader in this bold attempt to bring the large amount of dopet to the whit Lore ing amokers, and two Chinaman are held an
socomplice
the returninr older and returns lie wat nostatëd by
Chapman and Mr. G. A. Woodcock the Secretary the Board
TMB.
The Neral mesings from morning steering gear
MONMOUTH" KETURNING
ties received a wireless Monmouth on Monday in consequence of her damaged she was be dyd ked for outh loft the Colony in the via Saigon, and hai
ALLEGED CONSPIE The hearing of the charge of conspirsey. pro- ferred against Lá Fuk was concluded. The A COALITION GOVERNMENT? returning to jurors were:Messra. A Stevenson (foromam), H. Tilman, J Hunter, J. O Meyer, E. §. Murray and
Sir Henry Berkeley,
1 De
instructed by Mr. sen., from the offos of the Crown ared on behalf of the Attorney the prisoner
baaber, in.. Looker (of MORTE, Ear & Descon). prisoner had been called, Mr. Otto took the witness stand, and swore ver soon the prisoner in his oilo0. enry Berkeley then Indicated that he
wish to proOOM
His Lordehly directed the jury to bring in a
(of not guilty,
The jury noted accordingly, and the prisoner was discharged.
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
The CENT CO. e. str. Shunition left Blunghi un the both instant, and may be expected on the 28th Inst.
The CN; Co's sts. Tean left Manila ca the
26th instant, and may be expected here on o 28th instant
The LG.M. str. Greben, which left here on the 29th ultimo, at noon, arrived at Genios on the 25th instant, at 4 p.m...
The Ancar shoratoon pear from Ycho
and Kobe, Left Moji on the 26th instant morning and may be expected here on or aboat
the 51st inst
then has been no dnninution in the to dishares Tis. 100,000 in clearing away the outta lett Bing num opium smokers in the pro-kow, in order to restore communications in and may be expe
Northern Manchmalga
epairs. Tha 17
& bowda
Carniva Friday mornin and there proceed for tav this port. The Monmouth
LONDON, January 28th. The keynote of the political situa erents at the Mani tion to-day is a very moderate er loader in the Westminster Gazette (Liberal) re-emphasising the import-due at ance of co-operation. It'afirms that it is reasonable that the House of Com- mons should secure full power over finance, but the abuse of that power by tacking on to a Money Bill questions demanding separate treatment should be excluded:
2
The Conservative evening papers welcome these overtures as being in the interests of the Empire, and they
ligence of the Liberals and the express the belief that the best inte
Unionists is probably within negoti table distance of a compromise, ...
OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.
LONDON, January 26th- The King opens Parliament on the 15th February.
ourg on bourd
WEATHER ВЕРОВТ.
Thursday night, somebody.anoceeded in sway with the encased opium from the warehouse about midnight and concealed house on Calle Madrid in the immediate Vicialty. From there they had planned to rs move it the following day and distribute if to the bayars. The plan might have suspends:d had it not been for the keenness of the customs detectives, who were on to the scent from the time the CC were removed from the ware houses. When Benites and the Chinos tam phantly entered the Calle Madrid house yestara day to as the last step of their coup they were nabbed by the detectives and brought with the contreband i to the customs house
The opium was brought wahore on Thursday and landed at the custom house with other merchandise, but just what vessel it esma from has not been secertained as yet.
EFFECTS OF THE FALL IN SILVER,
The following extract is from the Times) - The postsetion of Canada's exports of lumber and four caused by the fall in silver Tast was discussed at a recent meeting of the Canadian
Association at
Monzes Chowmand in 190
but at
cost 33, tačia Shanghai, prion today it costs 48 has been diverted
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued taels Much of the busi
to the milk of the the followin
On the Both as 12-10 pm The barometer
riam moderately over the other during the past Allam considerably at the Boning he now Seattle, Porland, and San Frat
of largecargues of pression over the Pasito has advanced
was delivered on bowed wards to the neighbourhood of the latter ares
Pressure has increased considerably over N.E. Hankow at 16 faals a ton and Japan, and given way over the China pard- years ago 23
for 16 the onlarly in the North. Probably a depression is spreching Manchuris from the Westward
busoon may be expected in the Fornces Chamel, and strong monsoon over the China Bea
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending s10 sm, to-dat
to-day is a folows
Hongkong & Naigh
Bouth costs of CKET
Eouth coast ULA Hongkong
cargues of
we being hap mithiasgow, is may
coal and coke Chinese ports:
It
after oramni Tolling mill at Hankow
kow or in Shan may be the future prod
mines Tast year's nearly double that
Porcupine district.
5100
United States Steel the new feel? considering the
Cobalt, where lage depouts of gold bare "discovoroda