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ESSRS. DALLAS, & MUSGRAVE'S
DRAMATIC COMPANY.
TO-NIGHT: TO-NIGHT!!
GRAND PRODUCTION OF THE
GREAT CRITERION COMEDY, "PINK DOMINOES."
TO-MORROW, NIGHT (TUESDAY),
*** 4th July, 1899, Grand production of the most successful Farcial Comedy of the century. in.3 Acts,
"CHARLEY'S AUNT."
NOTE-A Special Tram will run. Every Evening a quarter of an hour after fall of curtain.
PRICES & $1.
Soldiers and Sailors in uniform Half Price
to Back Seats only.
PLAN at ROBINSON PIANO CO.
Doors OPEN at 8.15.
Overture at 9 P.M..
W, H, BROWN,
Business Manager. Hongkong, 3rd July, 1899.
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NOTICE. TOMORROW (TUNNIVERSARY
OMORROW (TUESDAY) the 4th instant the INDEPENDENCE of the U.S. of AMERICA, Consul General WILDMAN will §. be AT HOME at the CONSULATE from 1 to 6
Hongkong, 3rd July, 1599.
CHINA NAVIGATION-COMPANY, LIMITED.
P.M.
HE Company's Steamship
KIUKIANG,"
TOMORROW, the 4th instant.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY JULY 3, 1899.
To-day's Advertisements.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
No. 352-
HE following Particulars of Sale of Crown End by Public Auction, to be held at the Offices of the Public Works Department, on
MONDAY,
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the 10th day of July, 1899 at 3 PM, áre pub- lished for general information.
By Coinmand
J. G. T. BUCKLE,
for the Colonial Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 24th June, 1899......... [600a Particulars of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the toth day of July, 1899, at 3IP.M., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excel lency the Governor, of Two Lots of CROWN LAND, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 Years.
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·PARTICULARS, OF. THE LOTS.
Boundary Measurements.
LOCALITY.
Band
Lot
Na 1.554
Kennedy St Wanchial
175 740
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION
No. 353.
Land by Public Auction, to be held at "HE following Particulars of Sale of Crown the Offices of the Public Works Department, on
· MONDAY, the toth day of July, 1899, at 3.30 P... are published for general information.
By Command,
MARRIAGES
At the Union Church Hongkong, on, Ist * LOCAL AND GENERAL.
July, by the Rev. Dr. Wainright, "HARRY HAYNES, of London, to EUPHEMIA (ETSIE) PARIS boasts of a paper intended for beg- eldest daughter of W MeWillan Donaldson, gara oply Esq., of Auchengray," Lanarkshire, Scotland,
The
SUNG Fin the houseboy of a tide vatter of 13—A somewhat similar argument may be the Chineša Maritime Customs, named Peter: employed against the proposal that Chinese Tassen, pleaded guilty, the morning at theed to exercise their functions within British
Custom's cruisers and launches should be allow y to buying stolen a watch and chain waters. Besides being an infringement of our and $35 in money, total value $77, the property sovereignty such light of search would interfore THE public buildings of England alone are of his master, His Hondur, evidently wishing in an undue and unreasonable manner with the valued at £24,000,000
to impress upon houseboys 'the advisability of fail to lead to frequent complications.
whole junk trade of the Colony and could not
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he Hongkong Gelegraph Tur confitimation of Mr. G. W. Duggan's learning the difference between men and frennt. Moreover, as those Chinese Custony veadels
HONGKONG, MONDAY, JULY 3,1809.
NOTES AND COMMENTS. We heard, incidentally the other, day that a Serjeant of the R.WF. on going to the bathing pond at the back of the Barracks, was horrified to find himself in contact, when he dived in, with the dead body of a Chinaman, who turned out to be the watch man belonging to the premises. Having heard of no inquest on the body we made further inquiries and now find that, the man had died of plague and was therefore buried, on medical certificate to that effect, without further inquiry.
How did the man come in the water? When had he been last seen alive and in
good health before the discovery, of the body? If he had been ill for a day or two how was it that the Military Authority in charge of the Gymnasium and Bath knew nothing about it? Where did he live-on the premises of off? Did any persons live with him? Who put him, lying or dead, in the water? Has his place of residence been I sought out, cleansed and disinfected? What
Tus Government has just placed orders with contractors in Northamptonshire for 159,000 pairs of Army boots.
are officered by men of all nationalities, it, appointinent as Secretary to the Sanitary Board sentenced prisoner to six months' bard labour.
would be inexpedent to give them by right is gazetted.
THE following: conversation was heard the such opportunities of reconnaissance and of other day between an Indian silk-dealer and a doting naval and military arrangements. In would be custeiner down at Happy Valley,short, it would be unwise to increase the pri The bargain who hanging fire when the purchaser vileges which they ar present enjoy. enquirad if the material would wash well and as it merely sets forth an existing sta
4.—The fourth proposal is unobjectionable received un answer in the affinnative, on which affairs,
sting state of he picked the stuff up and started rubbing it, This Government has no intention to between his hands saytog Maker last long abrogate the present law concerning the move time? The deafer thereupon inswered Yesent, &c, of opium and will be prepared to Sahib, makee go very long distance, now if any, my mens necessary to meet circunstances which may be submitted. The second portion of the fifth proposal giving WE are pleased to hear that Bay View Hotel, a Chinese official the right to inspect establish will again shortly be opened to the public. Thisments and shops in British territory and to suburban resort, under the genial management overhunt their books and accounts is, I submit, of the present host of the Kowloon Hotel, made wholly inadmissible, itself highly popular as a place where good enforcement of Colonini, laws. The question,
+6—There' is no ident of relaxing the pre
present liquor and a cool breeze could be obtained however, of rewarding its own officers must be and a pleasant half-hour spent. We understand left entirely to the discretion of this Govern that Mr. Harper who has ingratiated himself ment, which cannot be expected to arrange for an equal division of the proceeds of sale ozon-
Tite European jailor of the Beaures Central Jail was struck on the head by a prisoner Fortunately he received no serious injúry..., * THE Queen has approved the appointment of Mr. R. A. McCall, Q.C., as Attorney-general of the County Palatine, in the room of Mt. W. Ambrose..
IT is notified in the Gaseffe that the Queen's ekequatur has been issued empowering Don Alexander Spagnolo to act as Consul for Spain at Hongkong.
As announced in our advertising columps Consul General Wildman will be at home to morrow, from 2 to 6 pm, to celebrate the "glorious fourth"
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MR. Georg in his weekly shinee list dated 1st July, says Business during the past week has been much livelier, and a further advance in rates of several stocks bas to be noted.
into the godt books of his patrons in the west
end of the town, is how to become the landlord of "Bay View and so there is no doubt that those who have already-been- there, will go again and not forget to take their friends with
them.
Ir will be remembered that a short time ago great consternation was caused in shipping
fiscated goods between itself and the Chinese
Government.
7-Arms nud muntions of war nre now by- local legislation forbidden to be shipped. As regards other contraband goods, eg, salt, there seems to be no right on the past of one Go vernment to claim the assistance, of another. articles. The suggestion that all permits should Government in preventing the export of stich be issued or countersigned by the Chinese Cus- declaration against tolerating any officer of the Chinese Customs exercising his functions with in British Jurisdictiori;
has been done to cleanse the bathing place? Tn appointment of Mr. H.. A. J. Gompert circles by the news that the line of steaniers tons is not feasible in view of the previous
We should like to have answers to all these questions or to know that every attempt had been promptly made to obtain satisfactory answers.
The Sanitary Board and the Police are intelligence. If the unfortunate deceased not acting with sufficient vigour or adequate had been having a quiet game of cards he would have been pounced on at once.
A NEW SEWER,
barrister-at-law, to be Acting Police Magistrate and Coroner during the absence from the Colony of Mr. T. Sercombe Smith is gazetted. CYCLISTS belonging to regiments, corps and batteries it. Poona have been warned to always light their lamps after dusk, and not to ride in cantonments at a pace exceeding eight miles an hour.
If all the tobacco smoked in the British Empire last year were rolled into a rope an inch in diameter it would form a snake-like roll, which following the line of the Equator, would go thirty times round the earths! Six Trevor Chichele Plowden, British Resident at Hydembach having anticed reports in the retire, desires to make it known that he has no intention whatever of doing so till the end of his service, some four and-a-half years hence. THIS
running between Singapore, Bangkok and Borneo, belonging to Messra Holt and Co. had been sold to a German syndicate. We now
boats that were sold, that this line did not pay leam from an officer, formerly on one of the and Messrs. Hoit intend running their Euro pean houts straight to Bangkok, lie bar at the river mouth being deepened for the purpose, and so doing away with the necessity of tran- shipment of cargo at Singapore. We also bélieve that the Scottish Oriental intend placing boats on the run to compete with the German
line...
Any legislation that the Government may reasonably be called upon to enact to prevent the freedom of the port being abused to the" introduced, but I subhut that to give effect to prejudice of the neighbouring Empire will be the
carded proposals of Sie Robert Hart would be to hand over this free port to the domination of the Chinese Customs. easier working of the West River trade and of With referance to the guid pro quo of un that likely to grow up under the new inland steam navigation rules which is suggested in the concluding portion of the Inspector General's letter, it is not necessary to say more than that By reference to our advertisement columns it
the easy working of those regulations is already- will be seen that Messrs Dallas and Musgrave the duty of China and cannot be accepted as a are billco play "Pink. Doninces" to-night.tion within this colony."
reason for granting to China abnormal jurisdic
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant, de
W. BLACK, Major-General, Adininistering the Goverment, The Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain.
M.P, &c. &c. &cly vie
BALEAĻUMINISTER, PEKING, TO OFFICER
ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT. MEN PEKING, 11th Julo, 1898 Excellency's considemtion, copy of letter Sir,I have the honour to enclose, for Your addressed by Sir Robert Hart, in which he sets. forth the arrangements necessary, in his opinion, new Circumstances created by the recent exten
JG. T. BUCKLE, for the Colonial Secretary.
The Military Authorities are busily erect Colonial Secretary's Office,
ing barracks at Kowloon on what is locally Hongkong, 24th June, 1899.
1658a
known as Gun-club Hill, and these barracks Particulars of the letting by Public Auction are being connected with a sewer running Sale, to be held on Monday, the toth day of along the sea front facing the Docks. It is. July, 1999, at 3.30 F-35, at the Offices of the certainly most essential that the new bar Public Works Department, by Order of His Ex racks should be properly dmined, but we FOR TAILIENWAN &PORT ARTHUR. cellency the Governor, of Six Lots of CROWN i think that a mistake has been made in the newspapers to the effect that he is about to any of our renters no doubt saw this play THE
LAND, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term
manner of carrying out the work. We of 75 Years.
should like to point out to the authorities,tliat the sewer with which the new barracks are: being connected runs into the sea in trofk of: Observatory Road, which is right in the cart
moming at the Magistracy two Euro of the European quarter of Kowloon ven peans, named Peter McDonald and Charles now, at low, water, the sewers a nuistice, Duffy, were charged with being drunk in a as a most pleasant, odour arises from it public place. Both pleaded guilty in previous and, with an easterly wind, finds its way intu convictions, and were sentenced, Peter to two the houses and makes its presence most months and Charles to six weeks hard labour, disagreeably manifest. We presume that when the new barracks are occupied a great QUR old friend Mr Warren, proprietor of deal more sewage matter will find its way Warren's Circus, which recently, paid this wrinkle or two for future guidance when for the protection of Chinese revenue under the
Captain Arnok, will be despatcher as above
For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents.
Hongkong, 3rd July, 1809.
PARTICULARS OF LOTS.
Boundary
No
Registry Locality, ¡
Measuretugin.
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DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
LIMITED
FOR SWATOW, AMOY & TAIWANFOO.
HE Company's Chanered Steamship THE
“NANYANG,
Captain Lehmann, will despatched for the KESPAY, the sth instant.
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK. & Co.. General Mangers.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
Hongkong, 3rd July, 1392971--11
10852
OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
FOR AMOY.
THE Company's Steamship
"JASONA
Above
YUGO
Annual Rent.
Upset Price.
Inland Robinsen festtoet leet feet! Let No. Road
2530)16600162540/41,060 | 283|41530 201.699.759203 3.370
1544
1545
1510
1510
1300 350.0213.0197.0 39.950 2073
13.0 1,620.1574.6723-37180324
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Vyndham took the leading part. We did, and acted at "the" Criterion," when Mr Chas, after a hearty laugh came away with the firm intention of seeing the piece again. Little did we think that it would be in remote Hongkong that we should have that pleasure. All who have not seen it should certainly, take this opporinnity as it is a striking example of the truism that "your sins will find you out."-We do not wish- to imply that the worthy citizens of this city, have sins, but it is just as well to obtain a
tempted
IT it be with initial startion that the sion of Hongkong territory
received,” INC.
opy of the letter has also been, forward
I have the bonour to be, Sire Your most obedient serv
CLAUDE M. MACDONALD,
Government,
Administering
The
more especially by those who have shad the: honour of serving under Major, now Lt. Col. Sir John Carrington and Capt., now Major, A. Chapman -Major Sir John Worrell, CarringHis Excellency Major General Wilsone Black, ton, K Ca to be Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant with effect from the bay, to be Majors and In Command, with effect 1899 Laplaid A. Chapman, Field Battery
from 5th May, Mr. CH. Potts
Hongkong.
SPECTOR GENERAL OF CHINESE IMPERIA),
MARITIME CUSTOMS TO ILUM
MINISTER, PEKINGUA UMIIN Inspectorate General of Customis,
into the sea at this point, and naturally the Colony a visit, was seen here this morning model doel incciared our pin this troupe is now the harbour text for
on the sewerempties into this in a tangoz kring pri spot. It runs in at a point almost in the warehe thinks it rather too, jisky do give any per of the small bay lying between Blackhead's formances in Hongkong Point and Gun-club Hill and consequently the full swing of the tide is not felt there and FROM Australian papers we learn that there there will be danger of the waters of this has been another case of stealing treasure from small bay, situated in the very heart of the steamer A box containing five thousand European quarter, becoming polluted. Could sovereigns has been stolen from the Alameda, not the sewer be run on to Blackhead's The money was taken whilst the boat was on Point and made to discharge there?her way from Sythey to San Francisco, and it There is a fine, sweep of tide at their believed that it was landed at New Zealand point and all pleasant matter would be rapidly carried away,shule, the butfallAJEALOUS Spanish girl, not long ago, removed to be Captainchine Gun Com Peking, 27th June, 1898, of the sewer being stmoved from the neigh; a more beautiful rival by the tempting anifice away with the diplegadours which are gloves had been dusted inside with powdered bourhood of European dwellings world, doo presenting her with a pair of gloves. The at present making their presence (We glass, steeped in poison. When the victim may mention that the folly of the present tried on the gloves, the tiny fragments of arrangement has been pointed out to us both by medical men and civil enginects, with regiss, inevitably scratched the skin, and the certainly qualified to judge in the m and it is to he hoped that some rentedy may- be found by the Authorities before matters have been allowed to go too far
TO ADVERTISERS,
Captain Lycett, will be despatched as above responsible for opinions thus expresset. on WEDNESDAY, the 5th instant. For Freight or Passage, apply ta
BUTTERFIELD &-SWIRE, -.
16914
Agents...
Hongkong, 3rd July, 1899.-
THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAM- SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR MANILA...
HE Company's New Steamship
THE
- DIAMANTE.". Captain Tayler, will be despatched for the above port, on FRIDAY, the 7th instant,
at 3 P.M.
The attention. of Passengers is directed to The excellent accommodation provided by this steamer She is fitted throughout with Electric Light
For Freight or Passage, apply to
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,
General Managers, Hongkong, 3rd July Bo
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THE OSARA SHOSEN KAISHA.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND TAMSUI.
THE Company's Steamship
“MAIDZURU MARU,”
Captain T. Ogata, will be despatched for the above, ports, on SUNDAY, the oth. instant,
at Daylight
For Freight or Passage, apply to
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA MADSA Agents,
Hongkong, and July, 1899
OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY, FOR LONDON, VIA SUEZ CANAL
HE Company's Steamship.
TANTALUS,"
Captain Thompson, will be despatched as phove
on THURSDAY, the oth instant
For Freight, apply
Hong
vess
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UNTIL quite lately Capt. Piuskow, of the Ist Regiment of Guards, had been considered the biggest man in the German Amy, Hp mersured over So in. in height. Buy says the Regiment, a short time since a young Rhind lander joined the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards as a "One year's volunteer, who attains the colossal height of over 7ft 4in
pany, with effect" (from 21st June, 18991
"Machine Gun Company, with effect from Mr. A. H Stewart to be Lieutenant in
1st June, 1899: Mr. Macgur Forbes to be Captain in Duftry Company, with effect from 7th May, 1899 Mr Robert Mitchell to be Lieutenant in the Engineer Company, with effect from th June, 1899
Sir, have the honour to acknowledge re-
communication from Her Majesty's Secretary ceipt of, Your: Excellency's despatch of 24th June, informing me that you have received a of State for Foreign Affairs asking you, in view of the recent leasing to Great Britain of part of Kowloon peninsula and the adjacent islands, Customs of Chin would propose and where what arrangements the Imperial Maritime stations would be placed, and in reply to state in the following numbered paragraphs what in my opinion, will be necessary in and around Hongkong and its new territory to safeguard the revenue interests of China task which will be made, in conséquence of the increased The following correspondence on the subject area to be looked after, botli onerous and ex of the proposed arrangements for the protection pensive. The proposals, are made in the belles of Chinese revenue in Hongkong, which was
that Her Majesty's Government desire to give laid before the Legislative Council on the 27th China liberal and sustained support in the pro- June, is published in the Gazette – Setection of her revenue in that neighbourhood
HONGKONG AND THE CHINESE CUSTOMS.
*Mr. Fischer has reported the results of his A MONUMENT is to be erected at Kiel to Duke OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT maintain its office in Hongkong where it is
mission to the Boer Government, to the Afrikander leaders. It is understood that President Kruger is not willing to grant the concessions suggested by the Afrikandert. The newspapers announce this decision. 75.2
A battery of Field- Artillery, will sail for the Cape on the 15th instant and another Railway Company of Engineers and a Field Company vill be despatched
IV.0-D-Hennessy's GABA 24.00 (South), and repeated that there was nothing in
Finest
Very Old Liquora Cognac,
· 1872. Vintage, Red Cap- sule V.V.0.-E÷Finest Very Old Liqueur Cognac, 1862 Vintage
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All our Brandy is guaranteed to be PURE COGNAC, the differetfoo in price being merely
question
Sir HT Camphel Bapnerman speaking at the "City Liberat Chualazid, that it was the duty of every patior to be saying that would prejudice an amicable settlement in Africa whas had decurred to justify warlike para tions.
The United States Cruiser Chicago has arrived at Delagda Bay and Commatder Harrison will proceed to Bretonisc
THE DUC The Duke of heftship of the die Duke of A
WEAT
of Cob
nounced the of
Frederick of Augustenburg, father of the Ger man Empress. This is the Duke, who, when he claimed sovereignty over Schleswig-Holstein in 1856, was curtly told by Bismarck in his own billiard room to have a care for that Prussia could easily wring the neck of the chicken she herself had hatched.*:
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The right of the Chinese Customs to TO SECRETARY OF STATEME
now only unofficially acknowledged ought to: GOVERNMENT HOUSE, be formally admitted and the status of the HONGKONG, 29th July, 1898, Commissioner of Customs as a Chinese official SnI have the honour, to transmit a copy recognised The existing sub stations at Chang M/s Minster at Peking enclosing copy of, & ought to be maintained as at present although of a despatch received on 23rd July from H.Bchow, Capsuimoon, Lai-chee kok, and Fotochowy. letter: from the Inspector General of Chinese they are in the leased territory, If i should Customs setting forth arrangements which, in be found that other stations are required they Sir Robert Hart's opinion, are necessary for may be instituted A COLLIER casually descended fifteen yards the protection of Chinese revenue under the The Chinese Customs at Hongkong shall into an old flooded mine near Wellingborough, new circumstances created by the extension of have the right there to colle and likin. by means of a rope, to see if the waters were Hongkong territory, and to submit for your on angonium and
uties on subsiding. All his efforts to get backs were consideration, comment and observations on. gent.cargo unaykiltug and for eleven days he was en
the matter treated in-Sir Robert Han's num or font Chi
paragraphs, which I tombed. A visiter to the spot, hearing a voiced pasang, ecommend that the Chinese
below, secured the man's release. Though provided with water he had been without food the whole eleven days..
Chinese Customs cruisers and
Customs be not formally accorded the night to may be exami maintain its office in libngkong and that the Commissioner of Customs be not recognised as
Chinese Oficial but that he remain as at pre sent without official status of any kind. The English Government has always recogn the objections to a Chinese Cansutin Hen kong and a Consul's functions ure strictl limited by law, much more should object to the establishment in our midst of Chinese official with ill-defined and un
think
The following conversation recently heard among the military now forming the garrison will tend to show the great strides that have been made in educating the musses during the last few years by means of that popular and bighly efficient body known as the School Board. Two of Her Majesty's most loyal Jieges were debating the proper spelling
spelling reform amongst other much needed purpose of issuing opium certificates unconect
reformas, not yet
into the army) of the ward
that it was
the correct man
an old
raw
Prest
and, bein
The Ghinesc Government shou permitted to have an agency.
a purely mercantile character mer
ed in any
another kinds of good and
ial character and beyond:
The Capsuimoo
ould be remo side the leased territory, resent sites would be. tion and would always be Chinese mind there are the coast and
exercises
of the leased territor
For boiled; shall
"okor klipped
any of the.
Coas
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