Great Northern Telegraph Compaules on the 1st Lasiant
• Your Excellency is possibly unaware that there additions amount to no less than 37 per cent on messages to Europe, and 100 per cent on local telegrams, and I am requested to point out that the reply to the protest of this Chamber sts that governmental concurrence has been The Commiten enclose and particolarly sak you to peruse the correspondence which has passed between, this Chamber and the Telegraph Com- paotor, and whilst still protesting against homo-
obtained
Ward charges being bared on gold parily would especially draw Your Excellency's utten- tion to the want of equity in raising homeward tales of 11f August, 1896, and deferring the meagre reduction lo outward rates to 1st July, 1897.
The Committee farther ask Your Excellency's attention the addfiles of 100 per cent, la charge for local messages, and with reference to Mr. Henntagren's reply that the benefit to the European Companies is unimportant, owing to their having only four stations in China, I would polat out that their action is none the less regrettable as it enables the Native Admiolatra- tion to collect double revenue, which if the report
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1896.
AFFAIRS IN FORMUSA.
TAIPEHYU, 11 September, 1896. I have just returned from my lacountry trip. having visited the districts touchel by the late rebellion. The firm wage made by railway brought me to Hala-chu-ku (Teckcham), 40 miles distant. This city is the southern ter- rinus of the old Chisese rallway and a regular passenger service of two trains a day has been settlement of 2,500 Chinese, while the Japan established. The plate is a pariicularly filthy
are located there to the number of a hundred
civilians, officials and others, with 500 soldiers for the city and surroundľug villages. Although the space enclosed by a wall is not large, a con- siderable, portion of li is under epiilvation and dirty stream for færigation purposes rans through the cry. The streets are crowded and the place seems to be in a flourishing condition. A fairly comfortable Japanese hotel affords accommoda-
tion for all strangers.
From Tecktham I selected the route which
|
Pak-
tan. The coalies refused to aid and the numerous.
towards the mountains, following a buffalo cart I made a special trip outside of my intended Wack, through an apparently ferille but uncul. rente to visit a Chinese, in whose sincerity I tlvated plain of considerable extent. The city have most perfect confidence, to hear from him Raelf is pleasantly located in a grove of bamboo, the Chinese version of the borning of Tsun-o- It was a pitiful sight on arriving to see the tan, for the report was brought forth that the deserted streets, with not even a Chinese dog inhabitants of this village were perfectly visible, for out of a pace prosperous pepulailos blendly and that the Japanese had, without any wie 679 out of the 1,306 houses which the city right and felt and then burned the town to the ei 4,000 but 150 are now living la the town, cause or tenson even, killed the innocent people contained have been burst to the ground. ground, The report I obtained, which was told
city, about 250 armed Japanese held the the fighting was in progress at Faktan, a village At the time all the arrival" of the rebels at this by my Chloess friend by other Chinese with whom I am unacquainted, is as follows: While
After orce gaining entrance to the city many employ coolles to carry stores with them The rebels came from two directions and made
fierce and determined stack simultaneously troops arrived in Tran-a-tan and endeavoured to some miles distant, a small number of Japanese
Japanese had gathered together in a large old women of the town were loud in their warn townspeople joined the rebel ranks. The famen, which had been partially cleared of surrounding huts and underbrush, although stillings that to go to Paktan with the Japanese would not sufficiently to give them a clear space all only get them into trouble. The same women around, in the vicinity of this gamen, which was also joured at the Japanese and made numerous reserved by the Japanese as headquarters, were
semi-cheerful remarks to the effect that their last many other buildings leccupied by Japanese. In day had come, that the rebels would get there this time sure, and that their heads would all be the frenzy to destroy everything Japanere the
cut off before night, etc, etc. The Japanese rebels had burnt the whale district regardless whether the former cecapant was a friend or
remained during the night and the next morning enemy, Chlaese or Japanese. The yamen
gendarme tramping about to the outskirts which was a commodious affair, was so com came across a bay herding cattle. He inquired of him if there were bad people here, or the same time pointing towards the village. The bollt, and many valuable documents were lost in the fire. In other parts of the city only those boy, who had apparently learned a little Japan- buildings were buint which were known to be ac, answered “arimas, whereupon the gen
darmo re-entered the village, reported to the
began killing the villagers sight and left, burned and the Japanese one and all turned to and down the town, and departed.
be true that the latter's lines already show could enable me to first visit the coast districts. pletely destroyed that it must be nearly all is-
profit of 24 per cent, per annum (whilai entailing little or no addition in working expenses) Increase the profits enormously.
Following south by chair" I passed through numbers of villages all more or less similar,
that the traditions of cqalty which acivated your giving special attention to Hiongiso, Aulang, the homes of Chinese loyal to the Japanese Commander, who gave the order to the troops
The Committee of this Chamber are convinced
predecessors in the capacity of Ministers and "Superintendents of Trade" will still prevail, and therefore sige Your Fxcellency to review any sanction you may have afforded in the absence of Information of the UI affects the increase of charges protested against will have on commercial interests.
This letter is transmitted through H.B.M.'s Consul, who, we trust, will inform Your Excellency by wire of the strenuous protest now recorded, and in view of the urgent importance of the subject, the Committee venture to ask the favour of a ielographic reply through the same .channel.
-TEKve the honour to be, Sir,
Your Excellency's most obedient servant.
E. F. ALFORD,”
Chairman
To His Excellency
Sir CLAUDE M. MACDONALD, KCMG, H.B.M. Minister Plenipotentiary, Peking
CIRCOLAR LETTER. TO THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE I'N LONDON, MANCHESTER, AND BRADFORD- Shanghai General Chatber of Commerce,
arst August, 1896. Sir, I have the honour to enclose copies of correspondence which has taken place between this Chamber and the representative of the European Telegraph Companies with respect to an arbitrary and inequitable Increase made la their charge on the rst inst. I also enclose copy el a protest addressed to H.B.M.'s Ministèr at Peking upon the same subject.
I am desired to ask your careful perusal of these enclosures and to beg the prompt ast!2« tance of your Chamber in whatever way you deem best to redress the grievance complained of,
I am Str.
Yours faithfully,
To the SICRETARY,
GIO. D. SCOTT,
Acting Stritary.
Chamber of Commerce *****,
Tientsin General Chamber of Commerce,
Tientsin, 17th August, 1896. Dear Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge Your letter of the 10th fast, fogether with copies of correspondence between your Chamber and the Telegraph Admlustration,
The subject will be fally discussed by the Committee of the Chamber in the course of a
bat
behind to care for their remained
J
Qan, Talks, and Goche. For 80 miles all apMelancholy was the fate of several Chinese serv vants who would not retreat with the Japanese peared quiet and prosperous, with the Gelde all
personal occupied by busy workers, while the villages possessions. These unfortunates were beheaded were swarming with Chinese and the salesmen and on the return of the Japanese one of the heads was still to be seen outside the wall. The wers crowding even the streals with their wares.
At Chang ha. (Shoks) the removal of the treatment of such Japanese as fell into the hands market makes the place appear lets prosperous of the rebels was characteristically Chinese. The head of ons ponr anfortunate, was severed from than of old. During the Chinese days this big the body and placed outside the gate, while the inland city was the centre to which hundreds of body itself, wet op as a dummy by running a country people daily gathered to dispose of the stick up through the abdomen and out at the neck and fastening on to the protrading and was country's produce. It was not always a quiet of the bands which had been cat from the body. crowd and, offering too great an opportunity for Horses' heads were cut off and placed on human bad characters to enter the city unsuspected, the bodies, while the buman heads were placed on Japanese ordered that the market should be the carcases of the horses, Bodles were found moved to the cutside of the wall Many of the that had been charred by kerosine oll poured upon them and then fired, bedles of which the city-Chinese who received employment eliber heart, liver, and kidneys had been removed, and directly or indirectly as a result of the other matlations which cannot be mentioned existence of the market removed to the here in which the Chinese seem to take such outside of the gate, where a new settlement delight,
The city was easily recaptured by the Japanese, was bullt This principally accounts for the quietude of the big city as we find it to-day. but as I have mentioned above, regardless of the proclamations that have been lined calling The rebels attacked outside the wall, but being the good people to return, bat very low have unable to get past the gates and receiving no come back, either because they have no confi- encouragement from the townspeople they denes in the promises of the Japanese or because deserted the city in disgust. Chinese report on that they fear punishment. In fact, when they were all so much mixed up with the rebel- had it that the city was captured and a thousand one looks over the number of other villages, in some of which the Japanese loss was much Japanese killed.
greater, and note how the townspeople returned at once and settled down with seemingly perfect confidence to their new masters, it would appear that perhaps the latter explanation would more properly account for their long continued absence, One point that struck me forcibly was the apparent carelessness of the Japanese waliitary in occupying quarters which were so surrounded with straw hats, underbrush, and jungle that rather invited attack, which could be made with more or less safety, while they were placed at so much of a disadvantage that a total repulse of the enemy was rendered extremely difficult. During the Chinese, régime it was considered necessary to, if possible, place the troops in such quarters as would to themselves afford a protec tion against the enemy. If the Chinese, who were among their own people, considered this necessary, why not the Japanese, who are among strange?
As I mention above, the Japanese troops at
-
There is the tale paro and simpleļas it was told to me.
SPORTING GOSSIP.
SHIPPING AND mail newS.
MAILS DUE: Indian' and Straite (Chelydra) 11th inst. Tacoma (Victoria) 11th inst. French (Caledonien) 11th last. American (Peru) 12th fest. Canadian (Empress of Japan) 16th inst. American (Coptic) 23rd inst.
SHIPPING RETURNS. From p.m. yesterday to 5 p.m, to-day,
LONDON, August 1st. The entries for the Epsom Derby and Oaks of 1898 have been published in the home sporting papers. Compared with previous years, the numbers are well maintained, and the year
ings which figure among the nomisations include all the best blood of the country, wallat Americs, France and Italy are also represented.
McCalmont, Sir J. Blundell Maple, and Mr. P. H. R. H. the Prince of Wales bas a son of Orme standing to his name. The Duke of Devon- shire bas six ́ youngsters entered, and Mr.
Lorillard bave each a similar number. Lord Rosebery and the Duke of Portland each have
entered Mousme, a filly by Sarefoot out af fire, the former's lot Including a nister to Ladas. In the Oaks H.R.H. the Prince of Wales has
Perdita IL A glance at the number.of entries received for the races,during the past few years Nanchang will prove interesting
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Derby. Onks. Legar Derby. Oaks, Leger. 1886...199 135 191 1893...329 · 193 131 1887...150 142 175 | 1894.....231. 213
888.78 132 187 189513 196 207 1889...159 11 205 1896...285 210 232 1890...233, 167 218 1892...209 332. 247 1891...203 143 185 1998...289 243 1893...219 191 19
THE LÉGER, The following is the state of the maiket on the
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to's St. Franquin, taken ................Hayboe 7104 Persimmom, taken & offered, Marsh 14 to 1 Regret offered......................................Ji Porter go to 1 Nouveau Richs, taken ..............G. Lamblon 100 to 1 Dysamo, taken ................................Sadler
Canterbury Pilgrim is not in the S). Leger which The Japanese account differs materially and has galeted down since the Eclipse Stakes, I made numerous Inquiries among military and but St. Frusquin is favourite at 5 to 4 and Per civil® offcfkla^K?gr^Tad low; the answer wa
afmmon next at 7 to 4. Then comes Regret and always the same. At the time of the rehellion, Artean altro to 6 cach, and Helm at 25 to 7, troops were not regularly stationed at Taaz-e-while the rest, as the fellow said, may be pat sut with the washing. Canterbury Pilgrim stays ton, but me it was on the road on' which were dimes had occasion to pass through. During the many of the villages that rebelled, soldiers oft well and would have an outalde chance if en- attack messengers were sent out on military
St. Frasquin is scratched, Fersimmon will matters, in one Instance calling for reinforce be favourite, bat Dynamo, Regret, or the not- ments. Their routs carried them through this alders Labrador and Helm may lower his colours.
JOCKEYS' RECORDS, ETC. village, but they never reached their destina tions. A rebel messenger was later captured Mornington Cannon is rapidly nearing T. and on his person were found documents, all Lestes in the "winning jockeys" contest, and it | sent from a rebel chief, whose headquarters were is quite likely that the Hampshire borseman in the same village. This aroused a suspicion may head the list at the close of the campaign, that the messengers had been done away with He was a good deal handicapped in the early there. Later, when troops were passing south, part of the season by the backward condition of the head of one of the missing men was found the Kingsclere" borses. Appended is the liat hanging from a pole outside the village. Upon of principal winning jockeys on the flat from attempting to enter the Japanese were stoutly 23rd March to 17th July 1896:- opposed from the outskirir." A fight ensued, the villagers retreating, and the place was burned.
choose for themselves. That Japanese er kny Here are the two accounts ; the readers can other body of men in a similar position, who were being bunted and killed at every oppor innity, would deliberately increate the extreme danger of their position in arousing the hostility of a whole village by entering a perfectly peace- ful community and killing right and left without provocation, seems to me to be very improbable.
There seems to have been considerable friction at Pollada between the civil and military officials. The village was considered quiet and peaceful and the large number of Pipohuana who live in the vicinity were known to be on very friendly terms with the Japanese. How. ever, a smalí party of soldiers were attacked ont side at about the beginning of the rebellion, and returning reported the existence of the rebels. The Fesatuans, those splendid fellows of the plains, came to the front with a thousand volunteers. Three hundred of the number were accepted by the Japanese, sixty being posted on day at the clay Rates and the others placed to guard the wall. This with the two companies of Japanese regulars, besides armed gendarmes
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HOMEWARD-1815 -August-Falling,_Pala- was. 1st September-Ernest Simon, Trucer.
PASSED ANGER.
August 21, Brit. ship Indera ; Capt. Parry ; New
York, May 9 ; for Shanghai. August 21, Amor, ship. Lucile: Capt. Ballard
Hongkong, July 16; for New York. August 31, Bill, bq. Winddruth ; Capt. Walker;
New York, May 9th; for Hollo.
August 21, Amer, ship James Drummond;
Capt. Court; New York, May 16th; foc. Shanghal.
August, 21st Ger. ship. Siam ; Expt. Garlichs
New York, May 8; for Hangkong. August, 22nd Ned. bq., Kinderdby ; Capt. De
Boer New York, May 4 ; for Sourabaya. August, 2and Nor, bq, Postdon Capt. Chris tainsen › Bangkok, July zand ; for Cadiz, Lo. August, 23rd Dutch sa. Dranthes - Capt. De
Groote | Rotterdam, July 3 ; for Batavia. August, 23rd Belt. ., Virawa; Capt. Herring-
Los; Slegapore, Aug. say for Adelaide.
· Angust, 23rd Dutch ks. Ardjouno; Capt. La
Clercq; Rotterdam, July 18 j ke Batavia, August, 14th Kar. bq. Sultana; Capt. Lydermany
Singapore, August, 6th; for Boston. August 24th, Amer, ship Sintram; Captala Woodside Hongkong, April 24th ; for New York.
few days, when I shall agafa have the pleasury gathered together in an old Chinese yamen just Hoonllo, after being warned of the approach of and police, would seem to be a sufficient guk donation of on to the Rous Memorial Fund August 24ih, Bri. nn, Wraggos: Capt. Rowes
of addicting you.
In the meantime,
I ara, dear alr,
Yours falihfully
W. A. MORLING,
the rebels, commenced clearing about their quarto oppose the entrance of an ordinary force of ters, work that should have been begun upon rebels Bat the captain in command apparently thought differently, for after hearing the report their Grit arrival.
of the officer who was in charge of the anal party that had been attacked, he ordered a retreat. To this the civil officials made objection, sa and other armed attaches of the departmen! the story goes, and gathering the policemén about them prepared to hold out alone, even though the military retreated to the last man However, eventually the order being repasted and the chief of gendarmen using his influence,
in
memory of her lamented husband. When St. Frasquin won the Zellpre Stakes last honth, he carried thin pieces of leather between the hoof and plate as a prevention to concussion. American horses are becoming popular with English owners. We read that Mr. McCalmont has imported another yearling Islington filly from America, by Armons, out of a mare called Visalia, who was bred in the United States,
THE LIVERPOOL CUF, The SIXTY-NINTH LIVERPOOL CUP of gyp
„Batavia, August 34th ; for Port Said, La. August 25th, Brit. 1.1. Zhyra, Capt. Dancing:
Batavia, August 25th; for Port Said, 1.0. "On the 17th August the American ship Govars Taland, and remains firmly badded on the rocks. nor Good win went on Frincess Renf, Princess The crew are saved, and the Captain has pro- ceeded to Batavia io allend to salvage opers- tions. The ship is expected tò be a total loss.
From Chang ha. It is but a short distance to Lokang (Rokko), the important sea const city, This place is splendidly built for a Chinese town, the main street containing the largest and best built business houses I have found in For moss, with the possible excepilos of Tainasfs, and even there they are not excolied. As a result of the rebelllas, 308 houses were reduced to ruins, the loss being principally confined to block after block of the large brick and tile structurex I have mentioned, while about a thous and Chinese were rendered homeless.
Returning to the days of the rebellion we find small force of Japanese guarding the city, They were informed of the approach of the rebels, who, having been successful at Holle and Hak-to, were marching through, adding to their strength hastly by forcing the country. people under penalty of fire and sword to join their ranks. The Japanese force was not sufficient to defend the whole cliy, so they all at the outskirts, throwing up hasty barricades and enclosing all by a bamboo stockade.
The Chinese of the city were greatly disturbed and an offer of raising volunteers was made and The task was not completed, but even as li accepted by the Japanese, although there were was, that Major Sato with his two hundred and Hon. Secretary.
Bo means of aming them. A force of one thou-fifty soldiers was unable to hold it and ordered a and was thus obtained and they were rendered vetrest seems to me have been very weak jadg. The CHAIRMAN,
Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai
recognizable by a band placed about their chest.ment on his part. The largest firearms the They rendered splendid assistance in removing rebels possessed were mankets and the charge Shanghal General Chamber of Commerce, valuables, work on the stockade, and alding the could not penetrate through the wall, while the Shanghai 3rd September, 1896. people la reaching safe retreats during the fight- Japanese standing behind loopholes were Sir-Adverting to the letter I had the honouring. The Japanese officials are enthusiastic afforded the opportually of presenting a deadly of addressing to your Excellency on the 17th Cave the orluable aid, when in her 20,000 fig. To this unfortunate retreat may be placed alt, regarding the recent Increase in the Telegraph rach with ing. To Tarif. I am desired to draw your Excellency's inhabitants they could have torn the Japanese the whole of the success of the rebels, for had Attention to the apparently Inequitable and racial into pieces had they so destred. The rebels Hoonils been held, reinforcements would have distiction whereby messages sent by Foreigners came and the attack commenced. Unable to soon arrived and the rebels would have been are charged twice as much as messages sent by drive the Japanes from their improvised fort, confined wholly to the mountslas. Major Sate
is needless to add that an error of this kind would alives over the European and Chinese lines and bolag subject to a deadly fire whenever they has been called to Taipehits to account if pose and I am to urge on your Excellency that in the came in close range, an attempt was made to alble for these strange proceedings,
Dot long remain unnoticed, and the result is that, J. Wallace's bo spook by Oberon-Lady Interests of all classes of Foreign Residents in burn them out. Accordingly the Chinese houses
Upon the return of the Japanese troops all the captain is now at headquarters and there la fmbian, 1770, 7 Chias this differential treatment calls for prompt in close proximity were fired, but fortunately for villages were captured with more or less dif-whisper of cousi marilal and effective redress.
the Japanese the wind was in the wrong direc-ficulty and the many settlements situated plong top, and the conflagration thas started spread the foot bills that bed farnished the ranks of the able to inflict upon the Japanese in these rebel More lamentable than the Injury the rebels are down the principal business street for many rebels were humed by the Japanese about lions is the suffering that is brought upon the blocks. The rebels wero apparently enraged at thirty in all,
pencefal Chinese. Often forcad to join the rebels the refusal of the Lokang people to jala them,
But ane mast understand when villages are against their own will and to engage directly in for the fire was allowed to spread and the torch mentioned that a small hamlet of a dozen or conflicts with which they have no sympathy, was applied to other houses, unill for about a balf mile nothing but blackened rains remained twenty mad and straw hats which ordinarily their property may be destroyed, they themselves represent no capital and but a few days' labour captured and even their lives taken, and all the The fighting continued for six hours, the rebels of the bulider, who is usually the Intended while at heart as innocent of any desire to de then retreating, but leaving about a hundred of tbele dead in the streets. Japanese loss, 4 killed occupant, is classed as a village and included in harm to the Japanese as the most friendly TIENTSIN OPINION.
and 16 wounded. Lokaig natires killed, 6. destroyed, chief is the village of Chip Chip join or at least give aid to the rebels their pro this number. Of these of mere importance person on the land. Again, if they refuse to
Place Betting: 7 to 4 on Parts II. 5 to Tientsin General Chamber of Commerce,
(tho ́Inhabilarts' all rebels), the
malperty is losted, and if they cannot many good Canterbury Pilgrim, 1 to 4 Santa Anita, to 4 Tientsio, and August, 1896, All Japanese and much property of the Chinese part burned by the Japanese, although the their escape death might be dealt them. This Dale Tree, 6 to 4 Bowline, a to z Villers, to Dear Sir,-At Committee meeting of this was footed. One Chinese, & wealthy farmer rebels had previously destroyed many houses, is all most unfortunate, for the people have Spook, i to z Galectals. Chamber held on the 18th lust,, the subject of the afforded special assistance by disguising himself Tann.ciun, a village of about gon mud house
every reason to expect protection from the
*in good time the competitors, of whom heavy Increase in telegraph rates spring upon as a coolle, and, acting as spy, bringing the totally destroyed, three small villages near Japanese, and what the foot given they was Canterbury games, the commercial commastiles of the East was japanese much valuable information as to the Hooplis, and of the other twenty-fire villages ally low confidence in the latter and work, he appeared on the course, the parade and canter fully discussed.
movements of the rebels. I understand it is the but few ware totally destroyed, as groups of oined to join the rebels if they thought thay being led by Dale Tree and whipped in I am lustructed to inform you that it was intention to reward this man is particules for huts were picked out here and there. These were the stronger party; not with the Idea of an by Canterbury Pilgrim. After two nukes thought unnecessary to approach the Telegraph | his loyal aid.
people kliied Companies farther, as the matter had beeg The pelzcipal Chinese sufferers ware of the lost their propanoati ada sa paso pore intended act of hostilly against the Japanese; forward and break away, in which. Sants
officials
did not join Galeottia and Canterbury | Instaat, both days inclusive,
By Order of the Board of Directors, taken up so thoroughly by your Chamber add | wealthier class, but as there were still many | lament that as much as we,`and the generoulé❤ / 9ut simply is protect themselves.
Whether dealing with the robele rigorously Pilgrim came furlong, and the flag fell to a who lost all their earthly possessions, the Chief with which the individual japanese in the island. A resolution was passed protesting ngalast } of the civil office had applied to Talvebla for hava subseribed to their relief, the large amount / or · pet fo the best policy is a question I wif good start. Bowling, on the right, held a slight i the increase of rates, also our
Το
E. F. ALFORD,
I have the houpar to be, Sir,
Your
Excellency's obedient servant,
Chairman, H.E. Sir CLAUDE M. MACDONALD, K.C.M.G., H.M.B. Minister and Superintendent of
Trade, Peking.
Hongkong.
Wounded us known.
will support you in any further steps taken to tribution, with more expected to follow. bring about a reduction.
I am, dear SI1,
Yours faithfully,
W. A. MORLIMUS
The CHAIRMAN,
Chamber of Commerce, Shangkal,
GOLF
THE CAPTAIN'S CUP.
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813 Hooälla, Unria
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the civil officials were induced to join, and all departed from the elly. When the news of this premature movement reached headquarters the captain was ordered to return at once, and if the city was in the hands of rebels It was mentioned that the proper thing for a captain with soldiers at the back of him to do was to recapture it. It:
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(Winner trained by Mr. Lambton.) Betting: 5 to 2 against Paris III, 100 to 30 Canterbury Pilgrims, tos Santa Anita, to s Bowline, too to 14 Dale Tree, zo to Villers, 100 to 8 Speck, so to i Galentia,
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Intimations.
„CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED,
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
THE THIRTIETH ORDINARY MEET
́ING & SHAREHOLDERS in the above COMPANY will be held at the ERAD OFFICE, Victoria, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 26th Instant, at Twelve o'clock Noom, for the purpose Start of Automata Statement of Accomts to goth April last and of Declaring Dividends.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company
will be CLOSKO from the 19th to Con
W. H. RAY,
Secretary, Hongkong, 4th September, 1895. [1357
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
MEETING
Canterbury Pligim close up, and Villiers gracious gift from the Emperor and Empress in the rebellion of that, babice, at last. Ming the sun, Galeottia and Dale Tres, year of the Hakkas about Tokoham, side by side; headed Bowline, with Canterbury evidence that span has a truly humane lowest the rebellion of the Kapsulas pials, the rebel Pilgrim and Paris III. next, and Spook last. At In Its Formosa subjects.
Hon;al Januszy zat, in the north and near tha'i The following figures, except in one instance, capital, and the Hakks raballion in the south, all theta Fost Galotila drew clear of Dale Tree where after a hurried inspection tre estimated occured in districts which the Japanese had on the others, of Thom Part 11. 243 h TE SHARKHOLDERE AL MADOS
and Canterbury Pilgrim, and Bewline heading naaber has born gives, may be taken a crack, their Grat arrival been able to occupy with pero tu. And so they ran down the far side, Galeottia COMPANY will be held at the COMPANY'S and give the loss of houses destroyed sliber by tieally no resistance. The districts later rose in making the Canal turn clear of Dald Tree, Canter. OFFICER, en SATURDAY, the soh Beptember Japanere er rebels:
rebellion, the participants had their first tario of real fighting, and some a taste of Japanese lard. bury Pilgrim, and Bewline with Santa Anita Afth, at Now, for the purpose of receiving the Report and Pars III. at his heels, while Spook was of the General Managers, together with a It was guildienst, and after passé find been re- estabilaked there seemed to be no further date now last. Coming into the line for home Ga Statement of Accounts to 10th Jime, 1896.
Moitia KATO
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company to rebel
mand, when we and Dale Tree assumed com
by Bowline and Santa Antia, will be CLOSED from, the 11th to the asch The Japanese occupied the territory of the with Canterbury Pilgrim sad Paris III, next. Beptember, both days inclusive, p present rebals without resistanos, consequently. Meady a quarter ei, & mile frons home. Bowline
DOUGLAS LAPRAIE & Co, the natives were ignorant of the power of ERA | 2Nd Santa Anita sure way, and Canterbury Pil-
|| General Managers, In arriving at this number a simaw shanty or new rulers. They have now opposed them and zim Jeland Dule Tree, and directly afterwards Hongkong, 5th September, 1896. (1998 a mud hut is included. «The houses of gretigst | boss defcntade. As a result, there will probably drew Clear, while Faris III, who had been | 100+ value destroyed worn these hired in Edining be no more rebelling in that part of the island, mentarily third, now took second place, but was HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK and Hoonlin," However, specially in the former although we may impact suzanlocal rows and never able to get on terms with the Oxica be
COMPANY, LIMITED, city, the pilves felt the loss of their property riots The rebels are still confined to the ingen reise, who had her own, and won amidst a
NOTICE TO SHARKHOLDIÈRE, less, baring- other means than those pose talas and will probably for some time fight, storm of cheering by a langths thro-quarters their all-in-all wrapped up in the little home that not plassent whome swalling them down The was placed fourth, head behind Spook unfortunates throughout the country who have imaging, in the poor watches do, that there in of a length divided second and third." -Dula
“ONTRIBUTING SHAREHOLDERS are shelters them.
below.
Villers was filth, Banta Aulia sizik, and Galact-tla
requested to ́send in a STATEMENTT of It is therefors hoped that the relief fund will It may be impossible, but were the Japanare last. Time, am, soc. Vale of the stakes, Z975. BUSINESS CONTRIBUTED daring the be so carefully distributed that this specially able to induce the border rabais to verander, and The Liverpool card after the Copy-looked Hall-your ended 30th Juns, 1806, on or beloes and three pads on chances the 13th September, on which ditt the Accounts needy class may be resched. The Chinese that that transport: thus sommes to China. It would pestly plain saling can afford to lose will be the first to come forth not only be an act of mercy, but it would rid the peace and landed, a Cannon stewing Ampkills WELL be CLOSED.
By Order of the Boned of Dürnet to plead with tears in their eyes the most country of a member of bad nismenoter; who were so victory in the Vyrupy Plate and Braddock in bebinis poverty and misfortma, if it will bring much lo quanh trophie no land up they set allowed, dark, Chorplay, Diana BUM, WA Calde monka nimchyche winner of the Bonney
How. Savatory, mall village of mud hals. Upon the arrival of the rsheis at this place many of the villagers joined them, and after a plucky defence, during which the captain commanding was shot and killed from a house, the Japanese were obliged to retreat. The captain seems to have been su uncommonly brave fellow, for although fatally wounded ke yet commanded for some time, and Mr. Thomson's score of 83 wins him the Cup when finally forced to turn the command over to for September. It is a good score, considering the lawer bilcer, he implored those about his the thickness of the grass on the links.
It has been decided to present every winner of death couch not to surrender, his last words the Captain's Cup with a small silver medal, some village white he fell and that under 210 being that his body should be buried in this that if he does not happen to be the winner circumstances should the Japanese retreat In the final games "fe may still «havO A The village, with the exception of two houses memente of his succes. This is to be to destroyed by the rebels while making the attack, pective as regards the present Captain's Cup
remains entira.. and will laclade such well known players sa
Upon the Japanese recaptant the vis there village the
they appeared to be without exception the rooghest and most villainous lot of looking Chinese I have ever seen. From Hak-to my next objective point was Inland to Hoonlin, a city located at the foot of the mountains and the
· most important place held by the rebels, and one which furnished many men for their ranks, In reaching the cly my rome lay mouth pwgy lần thâns a few penales, regardown of their neigh- in ive klong the modanin London eg múkury read for a few milles and then turned in I bour next dost who may we Karving/
Messrs. Tomes, May, Tocker, Hume, Valliagy,
Thomson. Scores
Mr. G. M. T. Thomson, or 8 83* Mr. C. H. Grace „................. ·97. 12.85 Mr. H.W.Slade........ 104 18 86. MG'C. A. Tomer mum. 106. 15.919 Mr. W. J. Saanden...... 111 18-93
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