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that it cannot ha trace-l; "the probability is Ace of $400 Was passion of a cole of TEL EGRAMS. that it came North from the central pro- Chinese for being in possession
saw opium. vinces of China many centuries ago." Mr. Suaw deals in his Report with the many varieties of the bean, the plant, the soil and elimate, cultivation, soil infestation, yield, the uses of the beas, buth in the Far East and in Europe, the bean oil and cake indus. try in Manchuria, the development of the trade, and the beginnings of the European trade. In the Appendix to the Report there are statistical tables showing the
production and export, while there are illus. trations, some of them in colours, showing the varieties of benus and the ancient and modera machinery for crushing. In the course of the Report it is mentioned that when the first British Consul at Newchwang, Mr. Meadows, took up his residence there ÆRATED WATER in 1861, he found the bean trade an ancient and flourishing institution. Yingtza-the new Newchwang-bad been since 1835 growing port of shipment for the great coastal trade in beans and beancake on
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which Manchuria's prosperity has always depended. River junks capable of carrying 40 tons of grain and drawing four feet, brought the beans down the Lingand loaded them into the great sea-going junks, which, with cargoca of 100 tons or more, set sail
for the coast porta of the southern provinces.
The sugar plantations in these sub-tropical regions had for couturies drawn upon the northern beancake for fertilising and beans were needed also for the southern mills, whore their of was extracted and used as a sub- stitute for ground-nut oil. Mr. SHAW the carliest available monitions that returns for Swutow-those for 1860 of bean -show that 379,009 piculs
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The marriage of Mr. Laura, Commissioner of Castome, and Miss Bredon, daughter of Sir Robert and Lady Bredon, will, it is stated, take | THE KWANGTUNG RAILWAYS. place in Poking about the middle of this month.
It was reported that at Washington, May 22, the number of Chinano who lost their lives when
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PEKING, June 15th.
In consequence of the growing opposition in Canton to the Govern-
the Mexican inserectus captured Toreon after three days' fhting reached 225, The Chinese Ambassador entered a strong protest on behalf ment's railway nationalisation policy, it is expected that Tuat Fang's de. of his Government.
Three men arrested for complicity in an arm-parture will be deferred until some ed robbery at Gresson. Stet appeared before satisfactory method of dealing with Mr. Hazeland at the Magistracy yosterday, The charge against two was withdraws, but one was the situation in Kwangtung has been charged with being in possession of a sheath devised. knife and attempting to use it for na unlawful purpose
At the forthcoming Chinese mancavros an.
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aerial fleet will participst. H. H. Prince TeTHE VICEROY'S SUGGESTION, Tao has given instructions to the officer charge of airships to porfect arrangements for the occasion, sere the Shun Tien Shih Puo According to this journal, the airships for the army are all of Chinero make.
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A Hankow contemporary has a translation from a Chinese paper to the afat that the Viceroy of the Hakwang has discovered that, socording to treaty, ganboots are only allowed to have a curtain amount of aramusition on
board, and has therefore ordered his assistants to examine every guntcat arriving at Hankow, and to confiscate all excess monition!
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PEKING, June 15th. The Viceroy of Canton has wired to the Throne advising that if the Government insist upon taking over the railways, the shareholders should be refunded the money they have invested,
H. E. LIANG,
CORGNATION CONGRATULA-
TIONS.
and important Chinese community, who parti. sipate fully in our sentiments, are joining most heartily in all our rejoicings and in wishing THE COLONY'S LOYAL ADDRESS TO | Their Majestiesn long, happy and glorious reign.
THE KING.
A meeting of the Executive and Legislative Council, and of the Judges of the Colony, was held in the Council Chamber yesterday after noon. There wore present:
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HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, FEEDERICK JOHN DSALTEY Lugano, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.8.0.
HA EXCELLENCY MAJOR-GENERAL-C. A
ANDERSON, C.B. (General Officer Comrading
the Troops).
Hrs HoNorn Sru FRANCIS T. PIGGOTT (Chief Justice).
How. Afr. W.D. BARNEB (Colonial Secretary), Hon Mr. C. G. ALABASTER (Attorney
Hon. Dr. J. M. ATKINSON (Principal Civil Madical Oficer).
Hon. Mr. E. A. HEWETT.
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His Honour the CAIRE JUSTION-Your Excellency-On behalf of His Majesty's Judges
have to thank your Excellency for giving us this opportunity of joining with the Councile of this Colony in presenting this loyal address to His Majesty,
HIS EXCELLENCY-Gentlemen, I move the resolution which stands in my name and which I have read to the Council I shall bare great pleasure in confrming by leitor the telegram
which is to be sent on the 22nd June, and in trasmiting to His Majesty the loyal speeches whloh hare bean iade by the senior unofficial member of the Executive Comm- oil and the senior anoficial member of the Legislative Council The words which
General).
Hoa. Mr. A. M. THOMSON (Colonial Tren-have fallon from both of them I am sues will be endorsed most heartily and cordially by "overy gurer).
Hon. Mr. W. CHATHAM, C.M.G. (Director member of this community. We all look for word with wall based anticipation to the of Public Works).
reign of His Majesty King George the Fifth belug glorious in the annals of oar country. There is no more loyal community. I am con- vinced, in the whole of the British Empire think this Colony of Hongkong. We are making every preparation to celobrate the glorious event of the Coronation Altingly in this Colony, and the celebrations which wo purpose to carry out on that day will not be merely outward mani festations, but will convey the heartfelt loyalty of all the sections of this community to the throno which unites the Empire in a common bond. Applause.)
HIS HONOUR MR. H. I. J. GOXPERTZ (Paisue Judge).
Hon. Mr. A. W. BREWIN (Registrar-General). Hon, Captain F. W. LYONS (Captain-Saper- intendent of Police).
Hou. Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., CM,G. - Hon. Mr. WEI YUK, C.M.G. Hon. Mr. H. E. Potock, K.C. Hon, Mr. C. MONTAGUE EDE. Hon. Mr. C. H. Ross.
Mr. C. CLEMENTI (Clerk of Councils).
His EXUELLETor-Gentlemen, the Execptlre and Legislativa Connoits aisemble this after. noen in order to approva of the draft Address which we propose to send on the date of the Coronation of Their Majesties as the lays address of this Colony. The resolution we
propore ronds as follows:
GINGER BEER, cake, valued at 8788,762, and 61,154-piculs-lerrauss port Acerrding to the Nogenated President of the Board of Foreign The Executics and Logislative Councils
of beans valued at $107,285 were imported. By 1804, when the first port tables for Switow were published, the import of PYERIS-Sparkling banke had increased to slightly over a
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million piculs, of which half canie from Newchwang, nearly half from Chefoo, aud a small amount from the Yangtze ports. It was not until 1908 that any idea of extending this trade to Europe manifested itsalf. In November of that year Messrs. MITBOT & Co. made a trial shipment to
A. S. WATSON & CO., England with results so satisfactory that
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It is reported that 2,352,500 rounds of am- munition, captured during the war, is being exported from Japan to Abyssiala, vid a Med- Prem, the consignor is said to be a French merchant. Tho ammauition is said to have boon stored at the fiakozaki military store, Ha xato, with a view to being taken on board the N.Y.K. 38. Kuzuchi Maru; it is packed in 15,730 cases. The insuranes of the explosives frem Hakata të Moji is said to have cost Yen 250,0 0, while a large sum will be needed to cover it for the rest of the journey.
An exemplary sentence was passed yesterday by Mr. Hazeland at the Magistracy on s man
recently arrived in the Colony who was convicted
of stealing a gold pick from a woman's head in Morrison Street. The woman felt something lunch her hair and on looking round saw the defendant putting the pick in his mouth. She
an Indian watchman came on the sesse and
captured the runaway. He is runt to prin for two months with hard labour, ordered to. ba,'| exposed in the stocks for four hours, and to be privately whipped twice, cash whipping to consist of 12 sirokes. Afterwards he was to be banish-
COLLISION IN THE HARBOUR.
PERRY LAUNCH BUNK: LIVES' LOST.
Yesterday morning a collision took plass between two Yaumati forry launches which
onded in one boat being sunk and some seven or eight passengers drowned. As the launches
during the season 400,000 tous were ex- ported, almost all to Eagland. Mesere- LEVER BROS. of Port Suulight, were the first soap manufacturers to use bean oil on an extensive scale, and were followed short-called out "thief" and gave chase., Fortunately jy by others, so that the demand increased to such an extent that for the 1909-10 seuser, fifty steamers were chartered to lend hours at Dairen and Visdivostock, 300,000 tons, worth £2,000,000, being con- tracted for in December alone. Mr. Shawl for five years. considers it probable that this develops ment will continue, though possibly not with such great strides..The eager ompetition to secure boans in Europe shows no signs of slackening; and the North American continent appears to be about to enter the field as a consumer, for a large shipment of beancake has just are usually well filled, it was surmised when the been sent to Seattle, and there appears to be a accident was first reported that the loss of life very good opening for the product on the was considerable, and an sstimate of ous hanudred Pacific coast, where the heavy railways made Howarer, examination revealed that Freights from the East have caused dairy the death roll was comparatively light for such wen and feaders to look round for a cheaper a disaster, feed than that which comes noross the Reekies. With freight from Dairon to Mr. C. E. HANGE, Mr. J. H. R. HANCE, and Seattle at only (Gold) 4 per ton a good MI HANCE, return thanks for the many kind expressions of sympathy from friends, in their market should be developed. Saya beans [833 are being grown in British West Africa. recent borcarement.
and experimental planting is carried on in HONGKONG OFFIJE: 10a, Des Your ROAD Cpiactically every British colony; but it LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET. EC sesus doubtful whether such experiments can meet with success in competition with the Manchurian product, which is raised under ideal climatic conditions and by the The goueral cheapest possible labour. impression provailing seems to be, there fore, that the bean trade has a good future before it; that the line of stress, through which it is passing will not last much longer, and that business will settle down have been when once normal conditions
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, JUNE 16TH, 1911.
By order of the Inspector-General of the Maritime Customs of China a special report on the Soya Bean Trade of Munchuria has just been published as one of the Special restored.” Series" of reports issued from time to time |
The launch Wa Ying and the launch Wa Hung
PEKING, June 15th. Liang Tum Yin, the newly-appoint-
Affairs, has wired to the Throne from America stating that he will return to China next month.
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INTERNATIONAL SEAMEN'S
STRIKE.
THE STRIKE COMMENCING.
LONDON, June 15th The Union-Castle, and Royal Mail crews at Southampton are demanding increased wages boforo signing on.
Six hundred Liverpool men have refused to sign on.
The signal for a general strike has not yet been given.
It is stated that 150,000 men will be affected.
Hongkong, and the Judges of Hongkong, on
HIS EXCELLENCY then put the resolution, which was carried unanimously;
·Counoil then adjourned. CORONATION, CELEBRATIONS FUND.
Previously acknowledged The Java Chinn Japan Liju A. W. Van Andel P. Stapfbergen....... G. H. Vaa Den Pol
AT SHANGHAI,
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behalf of Your Majesty's subjects in the THE CORONATION CELEBRATIONS Colony, beg most humbly to offer their loyal and respectful congratulations to you on the cocasion of the Coronation of Your Mujest as King and Emperor, and of Her Majesty Queen Mary. We pray that the overt which is celebrated to-day may inaugurate a long and glotions reign for Your Majestics and an ern of happiness, prosperity and honourable peace for Your Majesty's Kingdom and Empire,
That, gentiomen, ie, roughly speaking, in the same terms as the telegram which was sent to His Majesty King Edward the Seventh on his Coronation. I move the resolution standing in my name that this Address should be sent by telegraph on the 22nd June next, (Applauss.)
The COLONIAL SECRETARY- 1 beg to second the resolution.
in moving the resolution. To in,
Hon. Mr. H&WETT-Your Excellancy, on behalf of my unofficial colleagues and the British section of the community, I have the honour to support the resolution just proposed by your Excellency. In doing so I-am assured we not only all sincerely and loyally agree with the telegram it is now proposed to despatch to His Majesty on the occasion of his Coronation, The shipowners at Liverpool have but we also fully endorse your Excellency's consented to receive a deputation from wish the men to discuss the wages question, embers of one of the most distant out. posts of the British Empire, the personality of His Majesty must have an especial A capable naval officer, baring attraction, sach an intimato knowledge of the needs of lús over-sena possessions, His Majesty to the ful realises the importance of his great estatel From year to year we see the bonds which bind the scattered sections of our Empire tightening and strengtheniat, His Majesty himself ha done much to bring about this happy condition of affairs. There are sorce of us here to-day who remember seeing His Majesty in the Far Est when on his first lang voyage. Since then be has visited all the great and many of th
LATER. The seamen's strike was proclaimed in many
British ports yesterday even-
Mr. Havelock Wilson, M.P., says
ing.
It is difficult to obtain precise details as to it will be confined to the United how the accident happens, but the particulars Kingdom, Belgium and Holland
It is expected that some days will which may be regarded as scoarate are given.
the strike is at its elapse before were shortly after ten o'clook on the north
as the men have been corner of the Yaumati reclamation. One was maximum, catering and the other was leasing the approach ordered not to break outstanding smaller dependencies of his realm; while short
to the wharf. Both were on the port tack.
OPIUM SUPPRESSION IN CHINA.
Both sounded one blast on the steam whistle engagements. and then struck The Wa Hung caught the
Confusion other on the port side near the famuel and the latter sank aimcat immediately. -prevailed, but apparently the men on the Wa Hung did their host to save those who were thrown into the water, while the polica from Yaunati Station wors speedily on the scene Other Isophes frdia the Harbour Ofice and Imports Department and the Police sped swiftly to the spot and rendered what assistance they could.
So far as can be ascertained seven or eight people are missing. One man, with a gash on his hosd, is believed to have been killed by the force Manila now has 526 sag'or cars running with of the impact. Nons of the other bodies have
by the Customs Department. The Statisti- cal Secretary in his Report on the Foreign in its limits. Trade of China for 1909 referred to the
The Postal Department of Hongkong goe
per day.
soya bean as having taken at a bound a into the new offices on Saturday and Sunday, position equal to that of tea in the list of
The plague cazes for the season now total exports, and, with the addition of bean cake, even challenging the position of gill 132. Soven fresh cases were reported yesterday. According to the latest Singapore papers the at the top of the list. This circumstance has called for some inquiry into the history deaths from mal is there are averaging twenty and present position of the trade, and thy task of supplying that want has been undertaken by Mr. NORMAN SHAW, who has written a very longthy report in which he supplies sous particulars of the bean con.. sidered agriculturally, states its uses in consumption, and gives the history of the commercial dealings in the article for the last fifty years. It will probably be a sur
SIR ALEXANDER HOSIE'S EXPORT.
LONDON, June 15th.
The
At Shanghai, we learn from the Y.-C. Daily Naze, arrangements are proceeding space for the entertainment of the 250 sailons from the various war vessels on the occasion of the Cor- notion of Their Majesties. The management of the Palace Hotel, where the ailors are to be entertained to luncheon, dinner, and breakfast, have armoured a beautifulls designad mont card for the dinner, which should serve 03 interesting souvenir of the occasion,
atriking photograph frenti-ploce hears a of King George, surmounted by a crown, and encircling it are the shamrook, rose, and thistle. At the sides of the picture are painted South Africa, whilst immediately below is the A very pretty the Union Jack and the fl go of Australia and royal coat of armas completio pistare. The earl on the outside boars the following inscription:-Coronation of King George and Queen Mary. Shaaghal, Juve 2 1911. On the inside page, opposite the ment are the words "God bless Thole Majesties, wallst ut the back there is printed Dinnor to aval detachments takin part in the celebration of the Coronation at Shanghai. God Save the King.
THE LATE EMPRESS DOWAGER'S
FORTUNE.
For some time past, ramours have been hoard. of the intention of the Emperial family in Pek- ing to send abroad tbe private fortaue of the late Empress Dowager Tzi Hai, and it was even reported at one time that the money, or rather bullion (as the fortans is understood to consist chiefly of gold bar) had renotted Shanghai, where it was awaiting transhipment to England.
we are told,
From private information, which reaches us from Peking, says the N-U. Daily News, there is resson to believe that the hoard has actually been dispatched to Europo. Since the death of the Empress Dowager, the treasure had of soldiers. A little tiende by certain in- ben stored in the Polace under a strong guard earnest representations were Enential Ministers to the Imperial Family of not only the danger but the abrality of koopiar no large a treasure in idleness, instead of putting it where it could safely earn interest. Variossi surance agents were asked to quote rates for insuring the fortune on its long to carry through the matter on its own socuat, journey, but finally the Imperial Family decided and, our informant goes on to state, the fortune was shipped away piecemeal, a part of It being believed to have gone on board the oraiser
aichi, which
to represent the Chinese Navy.ut the Coronation Naval Review,
The late Empress hard, however, is not destined to remain in England, It is to be seat to a bank, it is reported, in Brussels. We gira
tis this story under sil possible reserve. It is ob viously one that can easily he contradicted, but we believe that the source of war information is
ly, for the first time in history, a reigning sovereign in his char eter of Emperor of India will present himself to his loyal subjects in that part of his Empire. We are sure from the great interest His Majesty hɩa alwayashown in bis overseas territories, and the sympathy ho bas invariably displayed in their welfare, that the links between as will be unie yet stronger during bis reign. His Majesty has entered into a goodly heritage, and we trust and praygood, and it is understood that the fortune w that many long and happy years of glorious actually scou prior to its being seat away by
certain foreigners in Peking.
Hon. Dr. Ho Kar-Sir, On behalf of my official colleagues on the Legislative Council,
The Foreign Office publishes reports by Sir Alexander Hosie, British Com-peace lis before His Majesty and his Royal mercial Attache, who is on a tour of Consort. (Apple) inspection in the opium growing districts of China, regarding his recent investigations into the cultivation of The launch Wa Hiny, which is now lying at the poppy. He is satisfied that it has the polico buoy, shows that she bas avalained
boon recovered yet.
some damage to her bow just above the water been suppressed in Szechuan and re-ent in this Colony yield to zone in their line. Both coserains are being detained induced by 75 per cent. in Yunnan.. custody pending inquiries.
TURKEY AND ALBANIA.
ORGAN, KOWLOON. OPENING OF ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH
The total amount of the fortune is estimated at between five and six millions sterling,
BAILWAY COACE BUILDING IN CHINA.
The
and the various communities whom we represent,
The Shanghai-Nanking Railway has just which has just been proposed by your Excel- I beg most respectfully to support the resolution
La Tian sin-Pekou Railway. In competition laney. His Majesty's subjects of all races resid. completed the first part of a large contract for with the Hongkong Donk Company, the sorters unswerving loyalty and devotion to the British railway workshops at Tongshan, and several Crown, and though thousands of miles separate Shanghai firme, the company secured an order this little isle of ours from the United King. for nineteen coaches, ten third class, six necond, sed three first. The first consignment, consist- dom, the immense distance serves but to in- ing of four third class seaches. left Shanghai tensify our great reverence and affectionate railway station yesterday afternoon for delivery
fourteen days ahead of contract time. attachment to our Most Gregions Sovereign coaches have been well bailt at the Company's LONDON, June 15th.
the King. In common with many of our Woosung shops ander the direction of Mr. A feature of Coronation Wook will be the
from Constantinople A message
brethren and fellow-subjects throughout the E. J. Dunstan, according to the Tientsin in. The task superstructure and of the tan broad-is built upos astell anderframe. service of the dedication of the windows, and opening of the new organ of the Kowloon states that an official communique length and breadth of
delight to the auspicious day rausing on Fox's bet pressed steel bogier Church. This service will be held on Satur-grants ten days to the insurgent leader, are looking forward with intense happiness
will Osake the They are fitted with automatic couplings, and day, June 24th, at 4.30 pm. The windows Malissoris, of Albania, to submit and and His Majesty
when
Westinghouse brakes, with triple valves. Ample fall state and dignity of the crown. We ventilation is secured by means of torpedo The seatz An amnesty will be granted if he glad to have the opportunity of meeting here cantilators and double roofs, and the curri ges prise to many readers to learn that the, or in the language of the adjudicator, Victoria. The organ by Messrs. J. W. Walker obeys, and the Sultan will grant tento-day to express our loyal sentiments and unitedre lighted by kerosene bil lampa cultivation of the beau has so long understand that both pooms will be published year and will be opened by Mr. E. J. Chaparas thousand pounds from the Turkish history, but Mr. SHAW tells us in his in the forthcoming Coronation Number of the Thers remain to be met a few more expenses Exchequer to reconstruct houses de he Lean into Manchuria is so remote with some feeling of curiosity.
Two men were brought before-Mr. Wood at the Magistracy yostarday charged with detaining boy. The boy was reported missing and was found in the house occupied by the two defen dants. The case was adjourned,
We are informed that the winner of the representing the Nativity and Resurrection are Coronation Prize Poem Competition at Queen's the gift of Sir Paul Chater, C.M.G., and the College is Mr. H L. O. Garrett. The ruerer dedication will be performed by the Bishop of We & Sou, London, was provided by donation list "proxime accesat," in Mr. B. Jamos.
surrender his arms,
Report that the date of the introduction of Yellow Dragon, and we await its appearance connected with the organs and it is hoped that atroyed in the military operations.
hese will be fully met at the opening service.
the empire, we company are sixty feet long a
and Queen on the joyous occasion of their way, and accomodate ninety-six passengers. The style is quite plain, but the workmanship is congratulations to Their Majesties the King arranged cross-wise, with a central gung-
communitie in this Colony, including the large prove extremely serviceable.-N.C. Daily New Coronation and we are gratified that the different excellent, and the new rolling stock should