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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13тa, 1910.
Mr. Henry Blyth, of Great Yarmouth, for THE INCREASED TAXATION OF TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS.
The total output of the Chiuso Engineering and Mining Company, Limited, thros mines for the week ending 27th August, smounted to 22,026.56 tons and the sales during, the period to 16,261.84 tons.
to-day lies in the possibility of a Nationalist Ministry being confronted with the Chinese manyys chairman of the Board of Gardens, Problem of 1908, when the former non-and the donor of two hospitals in China, left
estato valued at £17,634... committal, tongue-tied policy will be non- availing." On the other hand, Goneral Born in a recent speech at Pretoria declared that while the Government was anxious to settle agreat white population in the country it would be economically dangerous to bring
Shanghai papera announce the death, at in thousands of immigrants while there are Yokohane of Mousieur R. Beggs, Consul thousands of indigent people in South Africa Generator Sweden in Shanghai. Mr. Bagge already. It is imposible for the outsider to had not been in good health this summer, lat decids between these conflicting statements by no saxiety had been felt about his condition and people who ought to know. While one is it was hoped that a change would completely suggesting that the present supply of labour restore him. He left for Japan last month, but is in dequate, the other is talking of the would seem to have been too run down to derive "thousands of indigent persons" already any benefit from the change. in South Africa, thus conveying the im pression that the supply of labour is greatly
THE SIBERIAN MAIL,
There was general complaint in the Colony in excess of the demand. Whatever the yesterday at the late delivery of the Siberian exact truth of the matter may be, we can be Mail, which arrived by the Chesan on Sunday quite sure of this, that so far as the question night and was not delivered in the principal of Asiatic immigration into South Afriesis burtussa quarter of the city by yesterday noon. concerned the voting of the white population We learn that the mall did not reach the Post will be overwhelmingly against it, as is the file until twelve hours after the ship arrived
In port. caso in every other colony.
They do those things better at Shanghai, The question of immigration is, however, The following paragraph appears in the N-C. but a single plank in a rather wide platform. Daily News of Wednesday last-"The mail from London vid Biberia and Tairen As stated at the outset, the fight turns
ex S.M.R.S. Kokura Muru, was received largely 022 tbe education question
at the British Post Offer at 135 pm. and -in-the-Orange Free State, which delivery began at 2.27 p.m."--that is well andor
really involves the question of racial an hour.
ascendency. The main facts are tersely summarised by the Timer as follows:- "Up to the beginning of 1908 the system which had prevailed since the war through out the Orange River Colony was the same
It is bad enough to have to wait until Monday for a mall which ought invariably to reach Hongkong by Saturday morning, but the limit of patience in raached when a mail arriving on Sunday night is not delivered by noon on Monday, The mail delivered yesterday afternoon reached
OPIUM.
THE ATTITUDE OF THE CANTON VICEROY.
We understand that with a view to resohing
settlement of the questions raised by the Potion of the Canton Government in placing a prohibitive tax on prepared opium, and in this way practically patting a endden end to the import trade in raw opium, and so threatening the importing firms with very heavy loss, the British Chargé d'Affaires at Peking has sug gosted a compromise on the basis of an increased Customs tax with definite guarsation that there will be no further taxation of the drug in its raw or prepared state,
Following is a trauslation of a telegram on
[Prolected by the Telegraph Mesangs
Copyright Ordinance, 1894]
[RMUTMA'S AMETION TO-ZIE “ HONGKONG
DAILY PILESS."]
FRANCE AND GERMANY.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF FRENCH NAVAL FORCES.
{"DAILY PRESS" EXCLUSIVE SERVICE,|
OPIUM CONFERENCE POSTPONED.
PERING, September 12th. ⠀⠀⠀ The proposed Opium Conference at The Hague has been postponed for a year.
LONDON, September 12th, A Paris telegram reports that M. Lanessau, ex-Minister of Marine, has published an article protesting against ja suggested redistribution of the
French Naval forces, contending that, Curio has announced that, in collaboration
[FROM-THE. “ W.-C. DAILY NEWS,"] AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
LONDON, September 8th. Advices from Paris state that Madame
THE BUSSIAN TROOPS.
the question which has been sent to the Waiten pa by the Canton Viceroy-
With reference to the license fee on prepared opium, on every teel of prepared opium 30 cents are to be collected for the first term of three view of German preparations, it is with Monsieur Debierne, she has succeeded months. In every cheat of raw opium there are in the North and not in the Mediterinobtaining pure, metallicradium." Hitherta 40 balls, each weighing 45 tels. Assuming ranean that the most powerful feets only salts of that metal have been obtainable. should be concentrated. M. Lanessan that only half of this weight can be secured when turning it into prepared opiami. 24. taels of prepared opium are to be got from every adds that such a policy is moreover ball of, raw opium-over $280 dollars can dictated by the understanding with thereby be obtained on every chest of raw Great Britain, opium. Ovor 18,500 chests of raw opium wore imported last year. On this basis a sum of more than $4,400,000 would be obtained; the GERMAN ARMY MAŊŒUVRES gerously near a deadlock. intention being to gradually increase
The tax in each successive term. amount of money can therefore be reckoned on, though the number of opium-smokera be gra dually diminished. This revenue cannot how- ever, be permanently relied upon, but the amount will be by no means small for the first three years.
the
anime
Moreover, if the price of prepared opium is
"
UNIQUE EFFICIENCY."
LONDON, September 12th, The German Army Manoeuvres are concluded.
All observers praise the stamina and
LONDON, September 8th. The Tobema correspondent of "The Times" saya that the negotiation for the removal of the Russian troops are dan
The British Minister, Sir George Barclay, K.C.MG, is actively promoting a friendly understanding.
HOME CRICKET.
LONDON, September 8th. The cricket match between the Gentlemen of England and the Players of England country with unique and 8, resulted in a draw.
FROM THE MANILA "CABLENEWA."}
as that established in the Transvaal by Blinghai last Tuesday morning. With steamers not to be increased, the people will not abandon training of the men who were work30g | played at Scarborough on September 5, 6
WARWICK.MAJOR COMEDY
COMPANY.
the opium habit. The suggestion of the for-in arduous eignors that the ordinary duties on opinu be in-efficiency, creased is a different matter altogether. If the
EUROPE.
ARMY.
WASHINGTON, September 7th.
question of increasing the ordinary duties con- JAPANESE MAYORS VISITING INCREASING THE UNITED STATES garns the whole empire, the province of Kwangtung is of course included; but if the At the Theatre Royal last night the War ordinary duty is only increased in lieu of the
LONDON, September 12th. wick Major Comedy Co. staged Mr. Brandon prapared opium tax imposed in the Province of
The Mayors of Tokyo and Osaka Thomas' ever-popular farcical comedy "Charley's Kwangtung, they (the foreigners) will say that a Aunt." The picos went with a delightful heavy additional import duty has been imposed. have arrived in Berlin. swing, and the load and frequent lenghtor of This is only a question of raising revDQUO; the wolf Bled house was ample testimony of it has nothing to do with the Anti-Opium the ability of the performers and the apprecia question.
AUSTRIA AND GREAT BRITAIN.
The President has approved estimates to be presented to Congrese this fall for the
increase of the enlisted force of, the United States army to 87,000 men.
[At the present time the maximum force of The army is 70,000 and the additional 17,000 will allow organisations to be recruited to about 70 men sack instead of about 55, which is now the limit in the cavalry and infantry branches]
THE STRANDED STEAMER
"PROTEUS.
The N-C. Daily News publishes the following
LOUD MILNER and loyally worked out by leaving Shanghai daily for Hongkong we ought Mr. SMT. Every child's education at the to be able to count on the mail reaching Hong outset was begun in its own mother-tongue; koug on Friday, or Saturday at the latest, For over 30 Years WATSON'S and if this was Dutch and not Euglish, the latter was gradually substituted in the "E" has maintained the re-higher standards. Thus any Dutch child who had spent four or five years at school the putation of
FINEST passed out with a good knowledge of English haying of course retained its own tongue ne "SCOTCH WHISKY in the well. But this did not suit the more strenuous Nationalists, who grew afraid that Dutch would tend to disappear; and intlon of the audience. Miss Minnie Raynor "With regard to the question of raising funds, FAR EAST..
1908 GENERAL Heer203, a meiabar of the alled the title role with great success, every chest of opium imported, has only to pay Bir adaty of 110 tals including likin tax. Though
LONDON, September 12th. now Ministry, introduced a new law. Its and Mr. Beginuli Rivington, aí principle, under the specious name of Francis Chesney, baronet, was very much at the sum be doubled, the imount collected would
The Emperor Francis Joseph of received Lord. CO..qual rights, was that Dutch and English home in his part. Mr. Robert Stephenson still be smaller than the tax imposed on prepared
were to be taught throughout the whole made a gay old solicitor, while Miss Niuopiam, Farthermore, if the proposal to increase Austria - Hungary school course; that instruction was to be Osborne, Miss Mauda Stewart. Drewry and the import duties be accepted and a new treaty Rosebery's Mission announcing the particulars concerning the C. E & M. S. Proteus Miss Lillian Lloyd acted their parts well. The wade, the duty cannot afterwards be increased accession of King George V. with the chartered), which ran sground near Drink conveyed in botli languages; and also that collegiates, who caused no end of laughter, were whereas a tax on prepared, opiam can be gre every teacher was to be equally familiar with Meurs G. F. Story, Ronald Garland and dually increased. Therefore it would be a great utmost cordiality, bola." We are told that the new systemu Kenneth Brampton, while as Brasset, the obstacle to the anti-opiam movement, for the habit. The best plan to stop opium- with many of the Dutch themselves, who, siderably to the amusement of the ovening.
After this the scene was changed and the sucking is to increase the tar on opiam the Imperial Castle of Hofburg, which like to Welsh, quite understand the Company appeared in acts three and four of You say this opportunity to increase the money value of a knowledge of English." "You never can tell," the comedy which was import duties on aplum, should not be missed, is an unprecedented mark of favour.
Other unusual attentions were Ministers have sought to minimise the cut short on Friday night when the lights but I must point out that we can only tell importance of this question by representing failed. It was an exceedingly interesting play, from the Customs returne the quantity it as one of purely local interest, but this is and adequate-justice was done to it by Mr.
curtain fell amid ent busiastic applause. simply to ignore the patent fact which the Major's Combination. Needless to say, the Unionista have been insistently pointing out. that the question of language is practically a question ofrace. Neither General HERTZOG nor his fellow Ministers can seriously con- tend that the present educational policy in the Orange State does not engender and aceeutuate racial differences and animosities, and so far as Thursday's election turns upon this question it is seen to be one of considerable significance to the future of the
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The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 137H, 1910.
THE electoral contest in United South Africa, which is to be decided by the ballet on Thursday, is being very strenuously fought, mainly on the educational question,
His Majesty afterwards visited
water Point, North Channel, on Saturday night, the 3rd instant.
At II a.m., on Sunday, the C. N. 8. Shuntien, inward bound from Tintain and ports, passed the Proteus, which was then badly ashore on a
has proved to be unworkable, and unpopular college scout, Mr. Jess Sweet contributed conopiam smokers would hesitate to abandon Lord Rosebery at his apartments in bank about six miles E, s.. E. & Drinkwater
country.
An interport row ng contest is being arranged at Shanghai.
1
The only case of communicable disease notified in Hongkong last week was a British case of aloric forer.
At the Magistracy yesterday Mr. E. R. Hallifaz sentenced four Chinese who stowed away on the Lai Sang each to one month's imprisonment.
7
The Peak cars did not resume running till
residents had either to walk down to their offices or ride in chairs.
THE SHANGHAI-NANKING RAILWAY.
NEW LOCOMOTIVE,
of opium imported, and after the opium shown the Mission, has been imported one
can hardly foll where it is to be sout, and so we would be quite ignorant of what quantity of opium is consumed in a particular locality. The law to stop opian-smacking should be strictly enfora. ed; if there is to be this drawback we shall
TURKEY AND GREECE:
LONDON, September 12th.
A Constantinople despatch states that the Turkish Government has
WAS
Point. She was in a dangerous position and broadside on to the tide. The Shuni
Rize anable to render assistance owing to
to the very heary sea and the shoala in the vicinity. The master of the Shuntien advised the master of the Proteus to let go both anchors, as the tide would be at its height at noon ant there would be two more feet of water. The Proteus naked that tug-boats and lighters be sent from Shanglaí to her assistance as soon as possible,
On receipt of this Information on Sunday afternoon, the Shanghai Tug and Lighter Company at once dispstoboil the ing-bost Vulcan, which was foliowed on Monday morn
ing by the tag-bost Binfugux, with two 400-ten ghters in tow. It was not considered possible that any assistance coull be rendered to the straded steamer for the time being, owing to the heavy sea that was rauning, but it was thought that if the weather moderated, the vessel could be lightened and refloated on the exceptionally high tide-nearly tho tep
of the Spring-lide, which it always at its highest in
rooted in the railway workshops two out of respect in such a manner as is desired. The tax At this present moment there are being not get the officials to do their duties je this the four largest diameter driving wheel engines imposed on prepared oplura does not affect the communicated officially to the Greek in Clins. Being provided with a permanent wag and running equipment capable of satisfy trade of foreign merchants. If we at once Patriarch its prohibition under pains ing all the requirements of the highest apeod abandon the tax ou prepared opium and enter
ad penalties of the proposed Na-Tea that the 4ft. Shin, gauge en need, the into a discussion about increasing the Customs administration has set about to solve thes moblems of imperting a chars of locomotive that duty, think how iono valeable time wil be tional Assembly as being contrary to will extraordinarily large passenger lust. The resolation of opinm-smokore to give the law of the State and the Patriar- trafilo fast and economics lly. The volume of up the use of the drug, too, will be weakened. the passenger traffic can be judged from the It is very difficult, therefore, to comply with chal privileges; and also as being
fast that the rates, facilities and conveniences provided have brought on to this line, 200 miles long, 80,000 more passengers in the year than travel over the Northern Railways of China, 600 miles long.
the British Minister's request to increase the daty on imported opium (instead of putting a tax on prepared opiam, Please take the question into consideration and make better arrange-
likely to provoke disturbances.
the
·I-0.8
Lion, Monday, the 5th instant,
inward bound from the North passed through the North Channel and noticed that the Proteus was still aground heading South, with both auchors drawing aben. There was still very haary m ruan'ng, but the weather was moderating Tho tug boat Vu'can was thou out and apparent
taking soundings around the bark The News of a rescue at sea was brought to Shang- Sinfuyun, with two lighters in tow, was furthez hai by the H.-A. L.. S. Ambria, Uspt_Deinat, | insido, under shelter of the North bark. The
A RESCUE AT SEA.
which arived from Formosa last week. The
Proteus was moving on the bank-possibly pounding-bat did not scom to be in distress.
A DROWNING PATALITY."
but it is of special interest to readers in the two o'cock--yesteriny afternoon so that the treat Eastern cornment the adoption of of Inquiry in 1900 based its adverse decision, and perilous work. The Chinese stated that his boat fall steam ahead to recover the drifting.
Far East to notice that the Chinese labour question figures very prominently in the election speeches. Ministers, a tolegraphic report says, are making much capital of
in
.
There was a high sea ruaning and the
Mr. Pope, the general manager, with a wide experience of Eastern passenger trafo, has mouts," always been of opinion that the best means of
the frong which the tang of the territory CHINESE PARTNERSHIPS IN SIAM.
Ambria, while on the passage from Hongkong runs, would be to ran frequent and fast trains
to Formors, sighted an overturned junk to with fairly light loads, rather than for and Commenting on a landing seticle which which were clinging uine Chineza-seven men heavy trains that do not suit the hours of travel, recently appeared in the Hongkong Daily Press and two woman. A heavy sea was running, bat About 6 a.m. on Tuesday one of the lighters and, following the lead of the Midland, the on the subject of a compulsory registration of a boat was lowered and, under the direction of which had been in tow of the Sinfayan dragged Eastern, and Great Northern Bailways Chinese partnerships, in the course of which we the chief officer, succeeded in transferring the was in command of the Sinfuyun, at once sent her anohor and Captain H. 8. Andersen, who he bes
tha .the managing director summarised the reasons on which the Committee castaways to the Ambric after two hours bard and the Chinese the 7-it. diameter single driver locomotive, of the Bangkok Times remarks:
they came from Amor, and after a trip to Tabigail was struck by a ware and carried pr which four have bean ordered.
There is nothing in these reasons that need encountered typhoon while making for to a sand bank. A second wave oppsized her The strong advocates of the coupled driving make the Siamese Government hesitate in
Foochew The junk was capsized when 5 Low wheel engines have always held out the want carrying ont the proposal to provide for the handred miles from Amoy. Two men and five and the sank almost immediately. A Chinese anable to escape from the sinking vessel and were of the single driver, bọt me the puting
Railway
ships, a proposal
drowned in the engine-room; but Captain An- is a dat line, tion. Ne do these reasons afford any good which they had had nothing to eat or drink derson sad the remainder of the crew get free in miles engines a floating ravival of prosperity. A warm controversy salseribors for the late delivery of the papered to) the managing dir will be requir-impracticable. The object of registration' is tion when they were taken on board the The members of the Chinese crew were rescued
has decided to to prevent frand in the obtaining of credit, Ambria. The survivors of the disaster wore
by s native junk, but Captain Andersen, who support Mr. Pope's contention and give the and one fails to see why anyone but the firm taken to the Tastai's yaman,
was in o
a weak state of health and had been sugines a trial on the score of their economy in itself need worry about the complotoness or the
enffering
ng from dysentery for soul and the less wear and tear on the road. correctness of the registered list of partners. It
bare The engines confronted with just such would try to obtain credit; the registered
was clinging and was seen no more. The rescued LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.relinquished bis hold of the several weeks, problems as the Shanghai-Nanking Railway, partners would be alone responsible; and
The Austrian Lloyd's str. Austria left Singa- orew arrived in Shanghai on Tuesday evening in they
pore for this port on the 10th inst., and is dues native boat, and at ten o'clock the same even and the experiment on this line in China will could not be registered without knowing their oro on the 16th inst. he watched with great interest. The engines will
ing the Tug and Lighter Company despatched
their action in abolishing Chinese labour, claiming that their administration in the various States has coincided with a steady
on the subject seems to have been in pro- gress at Pretoria, where General Borna and Sir PERCY FITZPATRICE are the rival con- didates. The Cape Times, in a leader on, the subject, maintains that it is impossible to deny that the experiment of indentured Chinese labour in the wines was invaluable
A. cargo bosʻman, who was found carrying on his calling without a licence, was fined $5 by Commander Hasil Taylor, R.N., at the Marine Magistrate's Court yesterday.
yesterday owing to an accident in the machine room as the paper was going to press.” ̈ ̈
-
LJ. M's cruiser Suma left Hongkong
yesterday afternoon for Swatow, whore ale i
male aslay of four or five days, and then return to Formosa, going to Shanghai lator.
children were drowned, but the others had
of adhesivo power on the rails for starting voluntary registration of unlimited part their overturned vessel far fire dove, the engineer and two engine-room assistants were
with
at
Light
which is now ander considlern to their
system
gets
into
| undergo their trials very shortly, and judging by ponsibility. The present want of.
a loophole for fraud if a few
The I.G.M. str. Prinz Eitel Friedrich, carry- the tender Alexandra to the scene of the disaster their appearance and finish they should answer diffienlties, and whatever may be done elsewhere ing the German Maile with dates from Barila to recover the bodies of the drowned; if possible, all that is expected of them. At any rate the it is to be hoped this country will carry out the of the 24th ultime, left Colombo on the 10th to take off the passengers from the str. Proteus,
contemplated scheme of optional registration,
A native he was convicted of stealing a
decrease of nearly one hour in the runn
in helping to tide over a period of transition, bundle of clothing from a passenger on the 8.5.
instant
The
L.G.M
and the paper claims that the present pros juong Tung was at the Magistracy yesterdaying time between Shanghai and Nanking short as it comes of what is wanted to give the about P., Bnd may be expected here on or and to locate the infuyun and salve ber perous situation is the result of the astute sentenced to three months' imprisonment with. prophesied in their case will alone be a boon desired commercial security..
hard labour and six hours" stocks,
reaping of a the advantages of Chinese
labour, while professing to object to it. “It
the 20th instant p..
str. Derflinger, which left here on the 7th inst., at 6 p.m., arrived at Shanghai on the 10th instant, at 6 am.
The P.M. str. China, which left here on the
13th
which this part of the country will accept with gratitude.
A man named J. McMillan, who was recently In any case the decided effort being made by On the opening of the 30th it. the Customs the Shanghai-Nanking Railway oficials to convicted at the British Court, Shanghai, for pause passenger arriving in Bangkok by already excellent service deserves the sympa. Hongkong to Shanghai, was several days age the Nuen Tang. One of his trunks, a large thotic interest of all their constituents. taken to the General Hospital as being of one, had a false bottom holding: 312 bottles of keep time to the minute, and are provided with the Mental Ward, but when the authorities The express trains now running daily, which unsound mind. He was to have been sent to the rest of South Africa. Disillusionment morphine. He was arrested and hauded over excellent rolling-stock, are very hard to beat wont to fetch him he had gone, having escaped is imminent, and the irony of the situation to the proper suthorities.
They are equal to, if not better than, the beat from the hospital during the night. service in the East.-N. C. Daily News.
is folly," the writer says, "to imagine that officials at Bangkok searched the luggage of a grapple with problems that wil better the stowing sway on the French mail stener from 10th mo, arrived at San Francisco on the which was then plying between
the present adequacy of labour in the mines gues sufficiency for the requirements of
The IL-A. Lainio str. Izberia left Shanghai on the 11th instant p.m., and may be expected here on or about the 15th inst
The LG M. str. Goeben, which left here on the 7th instant, at 4 p.m. arrived at Singapore on the 11th instant, at 6 p.m.
Captain H. 8. Andersen, who was a native of Norway and about 45 years of age, arrived in Shanghai about sighteen years ago and was for scame time in command of the barque story. In 1897 he became master of the steamer Normand. Shanghai and Forts and was afterwards renamed the Latar he joined the service of Mesers Whecloek & Ca, and eventually became master of the tender Fictoria and afterwards of the Sinfayan. He was of a must genini and generous disposition and numbered amonget his many friends almost every member of the mercantilė marine community.