To-day's Advertisements. HARMSTON'S
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY JANUARY 31, 1901.
To-day's Advertisements.
BANK HOLIDAY.'
GRAND CIRCUS THE Undermentioned BANKS will be
AND
ROYAL MENAGERIE.
"THE JANSONS "-TO-NIGHT I "THE JANSONS"-TO-NIGHT I
AJAX "-TO-NIGHT! "SISTERS FREZAGONDA," TO-NIGHT!
AND OUR ALL STAR COMPANY.
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EVERY EVENING. DOORS OPEN RẾ8 P.M. COMMENCE at 9 P.M., Sharp. B-Positively no Half-price to Evening
Showi
(RECREATION GROUND
LOCATION(Near the RACE COURSE).
GRAND MATINEE,
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND. Doors Open at 8.30 P.M. Commence at 1.30 2.M.
Children Half-price to all Matinees.
POPULAR PRICES.
CLOSED for the Transaction of Public Business, on SATURDAY, the 2nd February, the Day of the FUNERAL of our late SOVER KIGN LADY, QUEEN VICTORIA.
For the CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,
AUSTRALIA AND CHINA,
T. P. COCHRANE, .p. Manager. For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING
CORPORATION,
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager. For the NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,
LIMITED,
GEO. W. F. Playfair, Chief Manager.
For the MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA,
LIMITED,
JOHN THURBURN,
Manager, Hongkong, For the BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE,
Hongkong Agency,
L. BERINDOAGUE,
Acting Manager. For the BANK OF CHINA & JAPAN, LIMITED,
J. C. BERGENDAHL,
Manager.
HONGKONG,
For the YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED,
TARO HODSUMI, Manager.
For the IMPERIAL-BANK OF CHINA,
E. W. RUTTER, Manager. For the DEUTSCH-ASIATISCHE BANK,
H. SCHOTTLAENDER,
Acting Manager. Hongkong, 31st January, 1901.
NOTICE.
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HE Undermentioned INSURANCE
Box Office:-ROBINSON PIANO Co., Queen's T OFFICES will be CLOSED) for the Tran-
Road.
Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform Half-price to Chairs and Stalls.
ROBERT LOVE
..Manager. Col. CHAS, B. HICKS.........Representative, Hongkong, 31st January, 1901.
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MR.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
R. GEO. P. LAMMERT has received
instructions to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, ING LOTS,
Оп
FRIDAY, the 8th day of February, 1901, at 3 P.M., nt his SALES ROOMS.
The following VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY situate in POKFOOLUM ROAD) and THIRD STREET, viz
LOT All that Piece or Parcel of Ground situale at Victorin, ia the Colony of Hongkong and intended to be registered in the Land. Office as Section B of Inland Lot No. 797. Area 3,930 Square feet. Term 999 years, Annual Crown Rent $26.
LOT 2-All that Piece or Parcel of Ground situate at Victoria, aforesaid and intended to be registered in the Land Office as Section C of Inland Lot No. 797. Area 4,900 Square feet. Term 999 years. Annual Crown Rent $31.50.
LOT 3-All that Piece or Parcel of Ground situate at Victoria, aforesaid and intended to be registered in the Land Office as Section D of Inland Lot No. 797. Area 1,900 Square feet. Term 999 years. Annual Crown Rent $16.
LOT 4.All that Piece or Parcel of Ground situate at Victoria, aforesaid and intended to be registered in the Land Office as Section E of Inland Lot No. 797. Area 4.400 Square feet. Term 999 years. Annual Crown Rent. $30.
LOT 5-All that Piece or Parcel of Ground situate at Victoria, aforesaid and intended to be registered in the Land Office as Section F of Inland Lot No. 797. Area 4,855 Square feet. Term 999 years. Annual Crown Rent $31.
J
-LOT 6-All that Piece or Parcel of Ground situate at Victoria, aforesaid and intended to be registered in Land Office as The Remaining Portion of Inland Lot No. 797. Area 11,970 Square feet. Term 999 years, Annual Crown
Rent $80
For further Particulars and Conditions of Sale, apply to
JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER, 12, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong, Solicitors for the Vendor's, or to
THE AUCTIONEER.
Nangkong31st January, 1901.
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UNIVERSAL TRADING COMPANY, LIMITED.
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TOTICE is hereby given that the General Manager has made a CALL of $15 on the Holders of 5bares in UNIVERSAL TRADING CO., LIMITED, which Call is PAYABLE to the General Manager, on the 31st day of MARCH, 1901, at the COMPANY'S REGISTERED OFFICE, No. 4, Des Voeux Road Central.
Dated Hongkong, 31st January, 1901,
ELLIS KELLY, ·
General Manager.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
R400]
THE
FOR HAIPHONG. Company's Steamship
HAILOONG," Captain Bathurst, will be despatched for the above Port, TO-MORROW, the 1st February, at Noon
For Freight or Passage, apply to ..
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., General Managers.
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Hengkong, 31st January, root
THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAM.
SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED! -
FOR: MANILA..
THE Company's Steamship
"PERLA".
Captain R. W. Almond, will be despatched as above on TUESDAY, the 5th February, at 5 PM. The Attention of Passengers is directed to the Excellent Accommodation provided by this Steamer, She is fitted throughout with the Electric Light and is supplied with a Refrigera ting Chamber.
Doctor is camed. For Freight or Passage, apply to
SHEWAN, POMES & CO.. General Managers.
saction of Public Business, on SATURDAY, the 2nd February, the Date of the FUNERAL of our late SOVEREIGN LADY, QUEEN VICTORIA.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
General Agents,
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LD. General Managers,
HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO.,
LIMITED.
For the UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF
CANTON, LIMITED,
W. J. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
For the NORTH-CHINA INSURANCE CO., LD,
W. H. PERCIVAL, Agent.
For the CHINA TRADERS INSURANCE Co.,!
LIMITED,
W. H. RAY,
Secretary.
For the YANGTSZE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION,
LIMITED,
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,
Agents.
For the CIINA FIRE INSURANCE CO., LD,
GEO..L. TOMLIN,
Secretary: Hongkong, 31st January, 1901.
Intimations,
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EYE SIGHT.
Mr. N. LAZARUS, Occulist-Optician, of London and Calcutta, may be consulted for SPECTACLES at 16, Queen's Road Central, (R. HOUGHTON & Co.) (Nearly opposite the HONGKONG HOTEL). Business hours:—9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
A-GREAT proportion of cataracts and
diseases affecting those advancing in life occur to those having some deficiency in the construction of the eyes-the many years of Eye Strain' ending in serious forms of disease. Glasses specially adapted in youth to those requiring them save and preserve the sight.
Are- Hongkong Celegraph
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 19017,
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The Education Question. -We think that. His Lordship the Biskop will have earned the approval and respect of the whale of the European community of the Colony, as he most certainly has ours, by his very sensible remarks, made at the prize dis tribution at the Diocesan School, on the sub. ject of separating the Chinese and European children in the schools of Colony. The fact that there is no purely European school ja the Colony is not only a disgrace to our boasted civilization but is one of the greatest hardships altendant upon life in Hongkong,
The poorer European cannot afford to send his children home to receive their education, and he is dependent upon the schools in the Colony, at all of which, without exception, his children must, sit side by side and receive in- struction with Chinese and other Asiatics. We do not mean to say that every boy or girl is contaminated by being thus associated with Asiatics, but the danger of moral contamination exists and will always appeal to the European parent in a more or less unpleasant manner. That association
io with the Asiatic liable to lead to moral degeneration nobody who has had any experience of children educated in Hongkong will for a moment deny. It is generally most apparent in a want of that high code of honour which is the attribute of the English schoolboy and, as juvenile impressions have a great effect upon after life, this poor. sense of honour is liable to remain and to affect the after career of the locally educated child.
As the Bishop remarked, a Chinaman should be educated as a Chinaman and not as half English half Chinese, and, the same remark applies even more forcibly to the children of European parents. Of course some will say that it would be wrong to try to deprive the Chinese children of the benefits of association with the children of Europeans. If any parents are of this opinion they would be perfectly at liberty to send their children to a mixed school, where they could exert their beneficial influence for the reformation of the Chinese collectively and individually to the full extent of their own or their parents' desires. We great- ly fear, however, that the English boy has little influence for good upon the Chinese and we are perfectly sure that the Chinese boy does not exert a good influence upon the English.
We do not see why the Government should not either four a separate school for the children of Europeans or at least, set apart a certain portion of Queen's College for their accommodation, where they would receive an education apart from the Chinese. It was the British who made the founding of the Colony of Hongkong possible, and it is to the children of the British that we must look to carry on, the Colony, and, this being the case, it is surely better that the governed and governing classes should be separated as widely as possible in their schooldays. We thoroughly agree with the Bishop and shall be pleased to publish any letters from persons interested in the subject of an English Education for the English child. ' A Hint to the Sanitary Board.
In his lecture on the Malarial Mosquito last night, Dr. THOMSON pointed out that the breeding of goldfish was carried on inf the western part of the City and that the Chinese engaged in this industry bred mos- Constantly recurring headaches, spells of quitos on which to feed the fish. He also dimness when reading, weak eyes, the letters stated that a very large percentage of these running together; any of these symptoms indi-mosquitos are Anopheles. Surely this is a cate a deficiency in the form of the eye requir ing Classes only to correct and cure.
Mr. LAZARUS supplies his SPECTACLES only after testing the sight,.
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matter that might well be taken up by the Sanitary Board, for the breeding of Anopheles is just as dangerous to public health as the importing of infected cattle. We hope to see something done in this matter without delay. The Board might at least have the subject enquired into and reported upon.
A. S. WATSON & CO., many months ago, 2 Mr. K.IN LIEN SHAN WAS
LIMITED..
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
PORTS.
(For Invalids and General Use.)
Per Joz. Cest.
16.20
The Kin Lien Shan Case. Our readers will doubtless remember that,
arrested at Macao at the instance of the Chinese Authorities, who sought his extradi- tion on the ground that he had embezzled large sums from the Imperial Chinese Telegraphs. Mr. KIN was brought before the Portuguese Authorities and his case gone into, the Chinese Government failing to show clvil that they had anything more than claim against him. We now hear that the gentleman is still detained in custody at Macao. Surely this is a case that the Macao Authorities should take in hand immediately. If, in all these months,, the Chinese have failed to establish evidence of any crime, the unfortunate men should be given his liberty. We recommend the matter to the attention) of His Excellency the Governor of Macao, and trust that our Portuguese contemporaries will also jog his memory upon the subject..
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
B-VINTAGE, superior quality,
Red Capsule.... $14.40 C-FINE OLD VINTAGE, SUP- erior quality, 'Black Seal Capsule DVERT FINE OLD VINTAGE extra superior, Violet Capsule Old Bottled) 20.40 Port after removal should be rested for a month before use. Wine re- quired for drinking at once should be
London, January #9th. ordered to be decanted at the Dis-The King has directed that Saturday shall pensary before being sent out. These Wines are too favourably known to need comment.
Sample bottles and smaller quanti ties will be supplied at proportionate wholesale rates.
We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony or from our authorized Agents at the Coast Ports
AS WATSON 400 LIMITED
THE LATE QUEEN'S FUNERAL,
be observed as a day of general mourning. the banks closed and business suspended. GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY.
The King has invested the Crown Prince ermany with the order of the Garter at of Germany Oabome in the presence of the Emperor William and other royalties. The ceremony was a brilliant one. The King's impromptu speech was deeply impressive.
THE DUKE OF YORK'S VISIT TO AUSTRALIA.
There are various indications that the Duke of York's visit to Australia - has-
ally abandoned avai
WEATHER HEPORT.
The Observatory report says
On the gist at 11.5 p.m. barometric changes are slight Pressure is highest over N. China, and gradients continue moderate with fresh monsoon on the coast, and in the Npart of the China Sea Forecast-Frath N.E. winds; fine.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
A NURSE, to take charge of children on the royage hoino, is advertised for frem Penang.
A NOTICE appears in our advertisement columns to the effect that a call of $15 on the shares of the Universal Trading Co., Ltd, is payable on 31st March next.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN bas given his sanction to the establishment of a botánic station in the Seychelles, which, with the co-operation of the Director of Kew Gardens, was started on Jan.
Ist.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS
CIVIL PROCEDURE, AN
The Attorey General moved the First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to repeat various Statutes relating to Civil Pro cedure or. Matters connected therewith;
The Colonial Secretary seconded and the bill was read a first time.
PLEADING IN THE CIVIL JURISDICTION. The Attorney General moved the First read:
This afternoon, a meeting of the Hong kong Legislative Council was held in the Council Chamber at the Government Offices, there being present His Excellency Sir Henry Blake, G.C.M.G.; R.E. Major-General W. Gascoigne (Commanding the Troops), the Hon. J. H. Stewart-Lockhart (Colonial Secre- tary), the Hon. A. M. Thomson (Colónia)ing of w Bill entitied an Ordinance to estab Tegasurer), the Hon. W. Meigh Goodman is a Code of Procedure for the Regulation (Attorney General), the Hon. R. D. Ormsby of the Process, Practice, and Made of Pleading Director of Public Works), the Hon. F. Hin the Civil Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court May, C.M.G. (Captain Superintendent of
of the Colony, Police), the Hon. Basil Taylor (Acting Har-
The Colonial Secretary seconded and the bour Master), the Hon. C. f. Chater, C.M.G.,
bill was read a first time. the Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, the Hon. J. Thurburn, the Hon. J. J. Keswick, the Hon., Wei A Yuk, and Mr. R. F. Johnston (Acting Clerk of Councils.)
His Excellency the Governor said that before reading the minutes, the members of the Council would take the oath of allegiance to the. King, Edward VII. The members of the ex- ecutive committee had already taken the oath, only those who had not done so, would take
it now.
The minutes of the last meeting were thep read by the clerk of Council...
H. E. The Governor then said :-Hangmem-
YOUNG woman met with a fatal accident thisbers of the Legislative Council: Before morning. She fell from the second floor verandah of 307, Queen's Road, and died shortly after the fall. The body was picked up in the street and conveyed by the police to the mortuary.
We hear that H.M.§. Argonaut is expected to arrive here from Amoy on or about Monday next. So far it is not known if she is merely to draw stores and go north or whether she will make a stay here for some alterations to be carried out in her engine room.
proceeding with the business I will propose for the acceptance of the Council a resolu tion expressing our heartfelt loyalty to His Majesty King Edward VII. The Governor then said that two days ago they were joined by many of the principal residents of the Colony in proclaiming His Majesty as their right- ful sovereign lord. They did. so accord ing to the ancient custom of England and in the nearest available centre of the popula- tion, and they did so solemnly and "with hearts fully believing that a worthy king had come to reign over them, succeeding His in- comparable Queen and mother, who had, been the embodiment of everything that was good, noble and Queenly. His Majesty's life AT the Council Chamber to-day the oaths of had long been public property and they allegiance of the two Magistrates, Messrs.all knew and loved him as a man, for his F. A. Hazeland and G. H. Kemp, the Captain Superintendent of Police, Hon. F. H. May, C.M.G., the Deputy Superintendent, Mr. J. F. Baddeley and the Assistant Superintendent, Mr. GR. Hallifax, were taken.
Two million penny stamps, comprising the new issue of New Zealand postage stamps with which that colony was to inaugurate penny postage on January 1, are now on'their way to the Antipodes. The 2,000,000 stamps now on the way do not represent a very large stock for the colony uses 72,000,000 of all values in the course of a year.
TYPHOID fever is said to be prevalent in Amoy just at present, a European being down with the disease. As all the water on Kulangsu Island, where the Europeans reside, is drawn from wells, it is probable that the disease will be traced to a contaminated water supply: The wonder is that typhoid is not of more frequent occurrence at the Coast Ports.
Iris pleasant
see the tables turned-now and again upon the squeezing ricksha coolie as was the case at the Magistracy yesterday, when Mr. Kemp imposed a fine of ten dollars on one of these extortioners for demanding more than a fegal fare. The worst of it is though, that few Europeans can afford to waste an hour or so at the Magistracy over a ricksha fare,
LORD Halsbury was once described by a distinguished judge as a Welshman. The Lord Chancellor, who is, in fact, sprung from Hiberno-Devonian ancestors, explained that he was not a Welshman, "though" he added, "I have made a good deal of money out of Welshmen in my time." "Well, well," said the judge, "we may call you a Welshman by extraction.".
WHEN are Hongkong landlords going to cease from squeezing the last possible dollar out of their unfortunate tenents? A case has just been reported to us in which the rent of a shop has been trebled at one fell swoop. If things go on at this rate we shall soon all have to live in the strect
or starve. We are assured that many residences in Hongkong are now let at rents that pay for the house in less than five years. Happy landlords-miserable tenants |-
A WRITER in LeVacht is advising his seafaring countrymen to take lessons in cable-cutting. He points out that in case of war, the ocean cables are one of England's vulnerable points, and that the gentle art of severing the cables requires ability which it would be too late to acquire by the necessary practice when war had actually broken out. How our friends are going to get the practice in time of peace. he does not explain, adds the Shipping World.
POLLARDS OPERA COMPANY.
ENTHUSIASTIC FAREWELL-
A crowded house assembled at the theatre last night to see the farewell performance by Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company. The popular youngsters played "The Geisha" and it went off splendidly. Loud applause greeted the performers continually and many bouquets were presented to them. All came in for their share, and a finish was arrived at by a very late hour, After the performance was over Mr. Moulton, the able musical director, rose from his seat at the piano and said he had to thank the public - of Hongkong, on behalf of the management, for the splendid reception which had been accorded to the company. The performerethem- selves wished to thank them for their numerous gifs, invitations, and kindnesses and he hoped that they would be received-useartily at Manila, for which place they would leave to-day, However, after a tour, comprising Manila, Kobe, Tientsin and Shanghai, they would return to Hongkong They would probably be absent about three months, and he thought they could
personal qualities and his kingly virtues. He had never as a Prince been wanting in his public duties and only those who had the good fortune to be in close connection with His Majesty would know how devoted he was to the interest of good. He had had the high honour of being under His Majesty's notice, and he felt how true was the instinct of the
British people in proclaiming him to the throne. Our beloved Queen's successor would be a great and worthy sovereign for our vast empire..
His Excellency then proposed the following resolution:
We, the members of the Legislative Council beg with profound respect to express to your Majesty, on the occasion of your Accession to the throne of your Majesty's encastors, our sentiments of devotion and loyalty to your Majesty.
We pray that God's blessing may rest upon the successor of the revered and noble Queen whose memory is so lovingly enshrined in the hearts of her people, and we pray that to your Majesty there may be granted a happy and glorious reign over a united and prosperous people.
Hon. C. P. Chater C.M.G. seconded the resolution. It was with, very great pleasure that he rose and he was sure the resolution would be carried with acclamation, and be fervently endorsed by all his Majesty's loyal subjects in this Colony. He ventured to say that though one of the most distant. dependencies of the great empire over which King Edward VII had been suddenly called to rule, there was no more loyal community than this, of which be was proud to be one of the representatives. In no British Colony was Her Majesty more sincerely, mourned and in nona would His Majesty the King find readier: sympathy in the regal duties which he was so eminently fitted to discharge, but which entailed such weighty responsibilities. While keenly feeling the great lose, it was no small consolation to know that Her Majesty had left one whose mature judgment, riponed experience and ready tact would carry him through difficulties. and guide him to safe conclusions in great crises, for her successor. That His Majesty' would enjoy a prosperous reign was indeed the prayer of His subjects of whatever race or creed,
Hon. Dr. Ho Hai said :-Sir, on behalf of iny colleague and myself and those whom we have the honour to represent on this Council, 1 have much pleasure in supporting most cordially the resolutions that have been so eloquently proposed by your Excelleney and seconded by the Honourable the Senior Unofficial member.
In the deep and univeral gloom isto which we baye all been plunged by, the sad death of our beloved Quen, the accession of His Most Gracious Majesty Edward VII to the throne has been the one bright spot, the silver lining as it were of the dense black cloud over-hanging the whole empire In His Majesty we have a most worthy successor, to our glorious and noble Queen and on him we may confidently rest our hope of the future, for the con- tinued greatness, prosperity, and happiness of the vast British Empire. May His Majesty have a long, happy, and glorious reign in the humble wish and fervent prayer of all His Majesty's loyal and devoted Chinese subjects in this Colony of Hongkong.
The resolution was then carried with aclama- tions, the members standing."
ATMAYINANCIAL.
The financial minutes were then referred to the Finance Committee.
The Colonial Secretary laid on the table) report of the Finance Committee (No: 22).
PUBLIC WORKS.
Hon. R. D. Ormsby laid on the table the report of the proceedings of the Public Works Committee for the past year,
THE PUBLIC HEALTH
The Attorney General moved the First read- ing of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to con- anlidate and amend the laws relating to Public: Health in the Colony of Hongkong.
The Colonial Secretary seconded and it was read a first time. polis d
GURATING LAWS, T
DEVANCE CONTRIBUTION' The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance, to repeal and re-enact with amendments Tho Defence Contribution Ordinance, 1896.
The Colonial Secretary ́escónded and the bill was read a first time.
BANKRUPTCY.
The Attorney General moved the Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to further amend the Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1891. The Colonial Secretary seconded and the bill was considered in committee clause by clause, It was then read a third time and passed.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
A meeting of the Finance Committee was held immediately after the Council, meeting, the Colonial Secretary presiding, “
The following votes were agreed to.
The Governor frecommended the Council to vote a sum of Fourteen thousand Four hundred and Twenty-nine Dollars and Sixty-three Gants ($14.429.63) to meet the cost of repairing the damages done by the recent typhoon, '!..
ABSTRACT. Medical Department —
*
To replace bamboo san
blinds,..................$ 207.50
To replace stores," medi-
cines and sundries. destroyed at Taipo... 81.00.
Police Department,——
Repairs to two Police Launchas Botanic and Aforestation Depart-
ment
............$1,000.00 -
Public Works Department,— Praya Road West Hospital Sheds, Kennedy
Town.......
Telephones ...... Sheds at Taipo Lighthouse repairs, &c. Miscellaneous
850.00
.700.00
1,500.00
1,500,00
370.00
*$ 128.50
7,740.00
481.13
$,920.00
Total....... ...$:4,439.63
The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of One thousand Four hundred and Fony Dollars ($1,410) to cover, during the current year, the cost of increases of salaries of Mr. Moore and Mr. Mackie, Student Inter- preters,
The Governor recommended the Council to voté a sum of Two hundred Dollars (Savo) to provide additional support for boats' davits in the Lighthouse Steam Tander Stanley...
..5.3,530.10 609,28 1,163.33 900.00
The Governor recommended the Council to re-vote the following sums being unexpended balances of the votes for 1909 under the head- ing "Public Works Extraordinary": Completion Improvement Wonguei-
chong Ground ........... Expenses in the New Territory Yaumati Nullah ............ Chair Shelter al Peak.............................. Disinfector Station and Quarters...... 1,957-79 Starling Inlet Police Station, ......... Causeway and Pier in Deep Water,
Taipo, my Sookunpo Latrine, Public Latrines, Sewerage of Victoria,,
1,37183
2,969.18
2,155.34
2,709.35
1,644:48
Total............. $18,712.77.
The Governor, recommended the Council to vote a sum of one thousand one hundred and forty-five dollars ($1,145) 10 cover the losses of houses and furniture done by the fire at Tai O on the and instant.
That was all the business.
HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.
Yesterday afternoon a Matinee was given at the circus, and in the evening the same pro- gramine was again produced before a good attendance. The cifcus still continues to find favour in the eyes of the Chinese, and they never seem to tire of it to judge from the atten dence present there every evening. Too much praise cannot be given to the performance of Miss Nellie Love and her brother in their exhibition of wire walking. The young pair must have gone through a large amount of steady and hard practice to have attained such proficiency. Master Willie Harmston-Lova. goes through some clever tricks a the wire, such as picking up his handkerchief, putting on his hat, etc, and right well he does it. The Sisters Freragondas still remain in public favour, as the large amount of bouquets they receive every evening from their numerous admirers. alone testifies. They are pretty and graceful dancers and in their bright red dresses they make a very pretty quartette. The Jansons aro quite a new novelty in the Colony, and their skilful performances are wonderful, and alone are well worth a visit "to the circus. Indeed it is plainly visible everywhere in the circus that neither money nor pains have been spared by the popular manageress Mix Harmsion-Love to make its success, and the is to be comple mented on her excellent artistes.
CORRESPONDENCE..
We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondents in this column.)
THE EDUCATION QUESTION. TO THE ZOITON OF TAR.“ HONGKONG TRINGRAZM, - DEAR SIR-I am greatly interested in the question of the pressing want of a school for children of European parents where they would be free from the influence of Chinese. With reference to the Bishop's remarks on the sub-
The Attorney General moved the First read- ing of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to con- soldate and amend the laws relating to Rating
The Colonial Secretary seconded and theject 1 feel sure that many of the poorer Euro bill was read a first time
MANUMCRIMINAL LAW, AN
The Attorney General moved the first read- ing of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Criminal Lawas regards certain indecent outrages, and assaults,
peans cannot afford to send their children to Europe to be educated, and it comes as a great hardship to them having no means of obtaining an education for them without their being associated with the Chinese and other Asiatics. I am equally certain that many a poor. Zuro- pean would be glad to save and pinch a bip order to send his children to a purely European school, and so the institution would be certain pay. That seems to be the great odtery of The Hongkong Officials. They are willing to pend any amount of money on the Chinese, faut directly anything comes up in which the
The Colonial Secretary seconded and it was read a first time.
TRUSTEES
not do better now than jota in singing "Auld lang syne. The performers then led the way in singing it and uproarious applause followed God Save the King then brought a conciti sion to a very successful performance.
The Attomey, Genem moved the first read The Company have our best wishes for a successful cour, and Hongkong will no doubting of, a Bill entitled An Ordinance to con
solidate and amend the Laws relating welcome them back on their return.Cor
Trustees, Yesterday afternoon at 3.30 p.m. the Pol- fard's Lilliputians gave their baal Matines, when the ever popular opera The Geishe was again given, and it proved a delightful treat to SUPREME COURT. the numerous young folk and older people there tembled. The young performers seemed to enjoy the Gelah, as much as the audience, and want through the different parts
hɛayswing and gerve there was no mistak
The Colonial Secretary seconded and the bill was read a first time, an
The Attomey General moved the first read- ing of Bill entitled an Ordinance to amend and declare in certain respects the law to be administered in the Supreme Court.
The Colonial Serretary Seconded as
rusher wants a little consideration, the tion of expense is always brought forward." here may be great objections to class legia. lation bar European schools for European Childrex appeal as a distinct and parsing wakt
Yours truly,
ANTI CONTAMINATION, Hongkongi Jantikyy KTHEJ