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COMPANY MEETING,
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How many people remembered that CHINA AND MANILA STEAMSHIP Saturday was the longest day of the -year? I know the weather conditions unde it seem long to many. It was Mid- summer's Day, a day which should carry us back in thought to the picturesque scenes of mercy England.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 24TH, 1812.
CANTON,
Jane 22nd.
STATE OF CITY. Last night, the 21st, was the date of a -The annual meeting of shareholders in
rumoured Fising, but rumour was all the the above Company was held in the offices, length. it got, for nothing happened. of the General Managers, on Saturday. However, to-day the city is quieter than Mr. C. A. Tomes presided, and there ever-too
·quiet in fact and many were also prosent:-Messra. H. P. White,
soldiers
Exactly what about. The only point alsout the continuous. W. Craddock (consulting committee), trouble is expected does not seem very rains of this month is whether they will J. A. Young, R. H. Hancock, A. evident; but the Chinese themselves
(secretary).
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THE NEW ADMINISTRATION IN CHINA.
CABINET'S REPLY TO QUERIES BY
THE ADVISORY COUNCIL.
|post-what is this but modifying the Provisional Constitution by Presidential Mandato ?"
INTIMATIONS
This is altogether wrong. As regards SUN PILSENER
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the post of Commissioner for Reclama-. tion and Colonization, there was These thres queries wore addressed to the Bureau of Reclamation and Colonization Cabinet by one Cheng Pa-lieb, ono of the established in Manchuria under Representatives of Hupeh, who was slao one of Ch'ing rule, so that the present Mandate the leading ntagonists of Sheng Hanar-huale is in no way an innovation. Moreover, lona polfoy of last year. From the answers, it is evident that the Advisory Council felt ex-President Sun had changed Hu Ying's aggrieved at ssspected usurpation of power by office to that of Commissioner for the the Cabinet: it is unfortunate that the original ege of No. 3, where the Cabinet's answer nor and Turkeștau, with the object of takos su cavalier a tone. The Cabinet commu- settling the soldiers, so it may be said to nicates its answers in the form of a despatch fulfil the ideas both of continuity and meat begins by citing the rules governing addroseed to the Advisory Cenucil, whích đocn-
mach reference of special topics, but nothing Though his title is different from that on be found in these viles to serves an exile of the Provincial Governors, his func for refusing or delaying the reply, the answers follow,}
tions are identical. The outstanding
not act us plague scavengers and rid the † Giordan, A. A. Cordeiro, A. Temperley insist that all is not to be quietness. The questions are not availatio, en écially in the Reclamation and Colonization of Koko-
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Colony of that scourge which has inflicted
The Secretary having read the notice Hongkong for quite a number of years
The idea has been revived that the convening the meeting,
The CHAIRMAN said-The report and rats which carry the contagion breed chiefly in the drains rather than in counts having been before you for some the ceilings and other parts of dwell days I presume they may be taken as ings, and the fact that plague has read. The Philippines Steamship Com generally ceased after June gives rise to pany's report is appended and discloses the belief that it is as the result of the the position very accurately. It is neces- drains being flashed by the heavy rains sary to bear in mind that there are two and the rats washed out to sen and debit balances to be cleared off before we drowned On the face of it, the argu-can look for a dividend from this Com
·mment récius a feasible one, and as various pany, and the total of these is $87,81371 methods have been tried without ridding The depreciation of the steamers the Colony of plague it is not too much should receive some attention, no matter to expect that this theory will be tested how well their condition may be kept up, in the interests of the Colony,
but if we can continue as we have been
presence of a number of robbers in the city is making people afraid of a repoti tion of the Wong Wo. Shun rising, and the Government has all the best troops ready for any emergency. It is only a fortnight since the Indian troops left Shameon; and in case of having to re- turn all the fortifications were left as they stood, Now they have again re turned and taken up their quarters in the matsheds which were their home before. The commanding officer is Major Barrett, and with him aro Captain Brock and Lieutenant Faithful, and the only part of the Company which is the as was here before is the maxim corps. H.M.S. Britomart, which had I notice that the "Head of the Sanitary certainly would seem
doing for the past six months there just arrived in Hongkong from Shang to be daylightrai, embarked a company of marinch Board fast Tuesday drew attention to ! what he considered to be a gross breach ahead, and we are all very anxious to and arrived in the river off Shameen of the privileges of the Board committed this period of no-dividend come to
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1. Foreign Relations-With reference necessity at present is the settling of the to foreign relations, on a previous occa-military population, eu that the burdens sion our Prime Minister explained the of the people may be lightened and the policy of the Government, and he then peace preserved. Ha Ying has been dealt with this question. At the present appointed Commissioner of Reclamation moment the one essential feature of the and Colonization, and he has also been foreign policy of the Republic, is to made responsible for the termination of obtain the recognition of the Powers-on the Military Government of the Shan- this the people and the Government are ting troops and for the disbanding of unanimous, so there is no need to waste 20,000 of the men under his command. time over discussion.
This is all done with the object of As soon as the Central Government was unifying the administration and of `get- established, the Board of Foreign Inter-ting the soldiers peacefully settled, nor hy Mr. Howley in communicating to the fan end. The negotiations over the sub. yesterday afternoon, but returned with course addressed, despatches to all the can it be denied that it exactly meets the Moreover, the post of Com- Thuity Press certain questions he intended side proposed have been rather protract them to Hongkong this morning. Thus Fowers At the same time telegraphie nerd
in the event of anything transpiring the instructions were sent to all the Ministers missioner of Reclamation and Coloniza- ed, but everything in settled now, and we
and Charges of the late dynasty to tim is temporary only, and not perman- to ask and certain resolutions he propos-appreciate the difficulties the Philippine Foreign Settlement is practically safe.
style themselves ed to move, before he had obtained the
TROUBLE IN THE SHUN TAK DISTRICT.
Representatives of eut the same rule applies to it as to the Authorities have had to contend with in
to At Pun Kow in the Shun Tak District the Republic, and permission of the Board to bring theni
communicate Military Inspectorships and Peace Com their desire to give us as much aid and some rubbers and bad characters gen- direct in this sense with the Governments missionerships-the Government's inten- WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS, forward: Mr. Wolfe thought the atten-¦
'assistance as they consistently could. We
erally commenced an tion of the Board should certainly be
the to which they were accredited. From the tion is to abolial: these offices as soon as drawn to this, and that Mr. Rowley are to receive a payment of Ps. 20,000 soldiers quartered there and serious fact that the House of Representatives of the military are properly provided for. should, in future, take note of the regula. for 5 year from the 1st June this year
fighting was the result, quite a number the United States of America has already They are not to be regarded as substan- tions of the standing orders on the sub for the mail contract en between Manila being killed on both sides. The soldiers, passed a resolution in favour of recognitive pusts, and should it be desired, by. ject. Well! Well!! In fear and trem, and Iloilo and Cebu; and this will be however, were too strong for the insurrection, the general aspect of our foreign and-byr, to establish them on a perman- bling 1 venture humbly to suggest that supplemented by a share of the Govern- tionists, and the latter they took to their relations can be deduced. What is most ent basis, the Advisory Council will be if the regulations of the standing ment freight and passage money.
heels. The robbers made their way to likely is that all the Powers perceive the invited to pass the measure. orders contain anything so supremely Company's gross receipts were greater in the locality known as Yung Ki, where serious issues involved in the question of 3. The Divided Military and Civil silly it is time they were revised the second half of the year 1911 than in they are said to have recruited a con recognition. but there aro many Administration.-On a former occasion The questions and resolutions the first by about 250,000, and if we can siderable number of kindred spirits, and points to be considered-the former the Prime Minister issued a manifesta Mr. Bowley desired to bring forward make a further like improvement in, these
to number # thousand strong. The relationship between the State claiming explaining the Government's policy, and related to an important question of times we ought to be content. The
residents in the district are naturally recognition and the State from which it its intentions with regard the immediate public concern, and it does accounts seem to require no explanation, terrified and business is at a standstill.is asked; their relative areas and import Military and Civil Administration. It hot seem to me that any official or any but I regret to say that I can not this
The rebels have sworn to have revengeance; their connection with each other; was pointed out that China, consisting group of officials has any right to con- year make the usual statement that all on the soldiers for their reverse and and general considerations. Then, too, of 22 Provinces and the territories of vert what is intended to be a public outstanding freights and passage money reinforcements are on their way to pre it has to be decided whether recognition Mongolia and Tibet, is a land of great `Board into an official bureau, and so have been since collected, for there is an
vent further lighting.
shall be granted jointly or individually, area, embracing wide varieties of geo- stifle discussion. A representative of the amount of sorve $16,000 passage money
conditions, and all these questions take time for graphical and historienl public on the Board has a right, which verdes from one passenger broker that
determination.
which renders "impossible a sudden adop it seems to see no “standing orders " we liave not been able to collect yet. It ean alienate, to let his constituents know
sceins bis account had been running what he intends doing, or wishes to do, behind for some time and attention being few seizures have resulted; also certain in regard to a public question nxorcising called to it last July the system of allow-quarters of the city where there is the minds of many of his constituents. ing credit to these brokers was stopped suspicion Lave been carefully searched.
Apparently we have not seen the last and since then all passage tickets are of the dragon bout festival. Though it sold for cash only. The plea put forward has been suppressed in Canton, doubtless by the broker is that a native bank in for political reasons, its celebration at Canton stopped payment at the time of Aberdeen on Wednesday greatly excited the preliminary revolutionary outbreak a large portion of the Chinese in the in the early part of 1911 and he had a
Before coming to Peking, the Prime Colony, and thousands went to view the deposit there of Tis. 24,000 which he has the amount of $38,184. The manager of never been able to get. For the time
Minister treated with Belgium for a picturesque event. The regatta proved as exciting as it usually does, and need-being we put against this account all
teraporary loan of £2,000,000, the negotia less to say there was much jellification Commissions and brokerages accruing to
tions with the Four-Power Group having fallen through. The Four-Power Group the compradore with his consent, and we hold a promissory note of the broker
thereupon put obstacles in the way of the A lady correspondent has sent me an guaranteed by the Compradore. Before Since the revolution the old tax which Belgian Bank, and it was impossible to envelope which contained a Christmas moving the adoption of the report and used to be paid by all householders put into effect the arrangement arrived card despatched to her from Shanghai accounts I shall be glad to answer any towards the cost of the Police Force has at, se the draft agreement was cancelled
fallon into abeyance and as on December 22nd and delivered to ber questions that may be put.
a result by each side, The Honourable Mr. last week. It is rather inopportune "to]
many thousands of dollars which ought Chang (ur Chang, M.P.) has mistaken receive a Christmas card in the torrid: The CHAIRMAN proposed the adoption to have come in have been lost. Now the the Belgian Agreement for a draft of a
head of the Police Department has drawn conditions which prevail at present, and of the report and accounts.
attention to this and it has been decided Mr. H. P. WHITE seconded, and the to recommence collecting this tax on July 1st. It is to be done thoroughly and the motion was agreed to.
On the motion of Mr. HANCOCK, second-payment strictly enforced. This tax is
perfectly just one and there ought to be little difficulty in raising the money, which will come in tremendously useful.
and much sanshu.
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There being no questions,
it would be interesting to have the explanation of the postal authorities on the subject. True, the letter does not
eem to have been in their hands all the ed by Mr. GORDON, the re-appointment time, but I cannot understand then send-of Messrs. H. P. White and D. W. Crad- ing the letter where they did in the first dock to the Consulting Committee was instance when by turning up the approved. **- Dieretary and Chronicle they could have Mr. CRADDOCK proposed that Messrs. learned where the addressee resided. IW. Hutton Potts, and A. O'D. Gourdin be re-elected auditors at a remuneration make no charge for the advice.
of $300 per annum each.
It is not very biton that Hongkong ladies attempt to take the law into their own hands when dealing with the Chinese
Mr. CORDEIRO seconded, and the motion was agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN-That is all the business, as domestics or as meesongers, and it is gentlemen. Tlunk you for your atton- just as well that any inclined that way dance. ahould remember the risks to which their! action exposes them. In a case heard at
LAWN BOWLS.
The latest results are,
J. Grant (P) beat P. Farrell (T).
'C. Bond. (C.S.) beat R. Macdonald (P).
G. Watt (P) w... from C. Murphy (T).
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SEARCHING FOR ARMS. All junks and boats arriving and legy ing the river are being strictly searched for arms and ammunition, and not a
CHINA MEROLANTS STEAMSHIP (T).
All the troops who were carried to the North last year and who were later on brought back were carried on board the China Merchants steators, and as a re- sult the Government is in their debt to
the Company has been pressing for pay ment and the Government has decided to pay half this amount now and the other half as soon as possible.
COLLECTING TAXES. -
ANNIVERSARY OF CORONATION.
To-day, being the Anniversary of the Coronation of Their Majesties, all the gunboats in the river are dressed.
BUBBLE FROM THE CLOUDS.
ESKIMO STORY OF THE DEATH OF ANDREE.
Confirmation of the story that Andres and his two companions, who attempted in 1887 to reach the North Pole by. balloon, were killed by Eskimos las been brought to the United States by Mr. Christian Leden, a Norwegian explorer, who has arrived there on his way home to Christiania.. He has been exploring the unknown regions of North-West
the
tration was published at the same time, so there is absolutely no necessity for further explanation. As for the Govern ment's policy with regard to the divided
ALEXANDRA Buildings,
CHATER ROAD,
stock of
As for the appointment of Representation of a uniform system of government. tives at Foreign Courts, the President comparative statement of the periods has already, talographed to the Ministers and characters of this divided adminis. Always have on ksud a very large complete of the old House of Ch'ing appointing them Representatives of the Republic. New credentials will be given them when it appears that the time is ripe for That time has not yet recognition. arrived, so there is nothing to be re- ported.
loan agreement with the Four-Power Group. This is altogether wrong, and he is arguing from false premises, so it is to be hoped that this clear statement will
remove all doubte.
The phrase "the insurrection of 1900" is used with reference to the demand of the Banking Syndicate that foreign army officers should be appointed to disband our military forces. The Prime Minister has already informed them that it is absolutely impossible to assent to any- thing of the sort, for as soon as it became known, the passions of the people would be stirred up, as they were stirred up in the insurrection of 1900." This is just quoting the past as a warning for the future, as it is said, "He who speaks incurs no fault, and be who hears is admonished.":,
SCIENTIFIC AND
(Transits, Levels; Plane Tables, Prismatic audi Sight Compesses, Hard Levels, &c., &c.)
administration, and the relative statue SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS: of civil and military officers, the Cabinet are now in the midst of discussing it, nd in a short time the report will be presented to the President, with a request that it be transmitted to the Advisory Council. The military territorial divi sions will probably follow the old au- ministrative territorial divisions, but that will be finally decided when the general issue has been settled.
CORRESPONDENCE
A DENIAL OF MISCHIEVOUS RUMOURS.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]
Hongkong, 22nd June, 1012. DEAR SIR,-May we, through the medium of your valuable Paper, remove any fears which the recent action of the Sanitary Department, in the enforced removal of the ceilings in our premises, may have aroused in the minds of our customers; and also to deny the several ridiculous rumours which have been spread in view of the Board's action in respect of this building?
In view of these rumours we are au-
thorized by the Head of the Sanitary Department (whore officers carried out and supervised the removal of the ceil inge) to say that their decision in having such ceilings removed has been with a view to preventing, by the extermination of rata, the building being infected; the idea being that a Restaurant or Eating. house is the most likely place in which rats are likely to congregate.
In writing as we do to allay any fears which such rumours may have brought about, we would say that this letter has. been submitted to both the Head of the. Sanitary Department and to the Medical Officer of Health, and that same beari
their endorsement.
the Magistracy on Saturday a lady prosecuted a Chinese for having used
With regard to progress made in, and The first round of the Open Champion- insulting language and with having ship of the Colony has been completed, Canada for the Royal Museum of Berlin, steps taken for, urging on the Powers
and the It came out in evidence and the second round is now in progress. the University of Berlin,
the claim of the Republic to furmal assaulted her.
University of Christiana. that she had tried to twig his cars," It should be completed by July 6th,
Mr. Leden says that at a point about recognition, it all depends on time and and his Worship had, of course, to point
200 miles north hy west of the place at circumstances whether the question is to which it is generally believed that Andree be pressed or not, out that that was a privilege which did
Nothing can be not belong to her, and the Chinese was
perished, he encountered a tribe of acquitted on the charge of assault.
Eskimos who told what he believes to be stated definitely at present, but a detail story of Andree's death.. The ed statement will be communicated to the Doubtless this case will be a warning to
Eskimos relate that fifteen years ago a Advisory Council as soon as the result great bubble fell from the clouds. It those housewives and others who at times
is accomplished. CALCUTTA OPIUM SALES:
contained two creatures supposed to be feel tempted to box the ears of their
devils, who could hurl smoke and thunder domestics, even though it be a relief to There was a great drop in the prices from instruments that they earrind. The the feelings to amite the irritating one, realised at the opium sale at Calcutta tribe attacked them and killed one of on June 4th. For 810 chests of Behar them with arrows, but the other succeed but, as I said before, the risk is one opium Rs. 33,17,075 were paid last month, ed in making their understand that they which ladies should not ineur.
or an average of Rs. 4,096 per chest, while had no hostile intention, and were shoot-fications, in their appointment of officials from our Café, and such as put credence on June 4th, Rs. 24,11,650 only were paid ing at birds for food.
number of chests, the
Two or three weeks ago I made an for the
Appar
"same
2. Official Posts.-The Honourable Mr. Chang says The Governors of Pro- vinces practically follow the old Ch'ing scheme of posts, with a few slight mudi-
We would also add that our Bakery. (which has been especially constructed as Buch), where all our bread, cakes, etc., are made, is situated close to East Point Gas Works This tact will, we feel sure, remove all fears from the minds of such as were inclined to put any significance to the fact of the ceilings being removed. in the absurd rumours which have reach
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The Eskimos, although convinced that and considering all the circumstances it ed us concerning the staff and the sup- observation to the effect that the carriages average price being Rs. 2,877 per chest. the creatures were men, were so frighten- not possible to exercise any legal plies from this establishment-Yours on the Chinese section of the Kowloon-Benares opium also showed a decrease, ed that they ran away, and they never restraint on this practice. On May 10th, faithfully, Canton Railway still bore the words the average price being Rs. 2,316 per discovered any further trace of the however, the President appointed - Hu "Imperial Chinese Railway.'
B. K. Moby, Secretary.. eutly the observation has been noted, for chat, for 960 chests, the same quantity as
told in 1909 by a missionary among the
(We may add to this the information I see now that the word which must have was offered last month, when the total strange visitors. A similar story was Ying to be Commissioner for the Re been offensive to republican susceptibili-amount realised Rs. 27,41,200, Rs. 5 lakhs Eskimos. A tribe whom he met told him clamation and Colonization of Kokonour
more than on June 4th. The total pro- of a white house descending from the and Turkestan. This new departure was given to us by the Manager of Weia- ties has been rensivod.
Cueds of sale were Ra, 49,34,175 against clouds containing two men, who were so made without the Advisory Council-haymann's a few days ago that no rats were seen in the ceilings of the Café when Re. 60,59,175 last month."
exhausted that they soon died.
ing decided on the institution of the they were removed.-ED.]
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