FOOD PRICES IN SIAM.
Butter, per pound
25 to
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1901.
CHINA'S BIG BILL,
The following table compiled by Mr. Hamil Ion King, the United States Consul Generalstofficial announcement has been made, it is A New York paper says Although no Bangkok, gives the prices that obtain at Bang- generally understood that the powers will kok for articles of food used by European demand $0,000,000 from China as damages residents there
due to the Boxer uprising. It is believed that Price in gold. $0.30 to $0.45:
$30,000,000 will cover all the private, religious and railway claims, but the national indemni. 321
ties are what swell the bill. It costs huge sums to transport troops and maintain them in China. Germany wants $75,000,000 to $80,000,000. England $60,000,000, France $25,000,000 Russia's claim will be about $10,000,000. Japan's bill will be under Germany or England, while the United States will let China off with $5,000,000 The demands of the other powers are comparatively insignificant.
12 45. 32
Lard, per poun
Flour per pound
7 to
Tea, per pound
13 to
Coffee, per pound
18 to
Canned goods per can...
20 to
30
Ham, per pound
23 to
45 43
Mutton, per pound
Sugar, per pound....
5 10
Eggs, per clozen
Bacon, per poď ........
Pork, per pound
Chickens, ench...
Ducks, each..
Geese, each ge Turkeys, each............
13 to 18
15 LO
30
30 to
30 1.50
2.50 to 5.00
A CHINESE MARRIAGE.
In a fully-illustrated article on "What i Means to be a Chinese Woman" in a recent issue of the The Young Woman we are told that at about sixteen or seventeen the Chinese girl is considered fully old enough to be mar ried. Needless to say, she has no voice in the selection of her future life-companion. The thing is arranged by the parents of the young people. Chinese men in accordance with the precepts of their inatry very young Teligion and the bridegroom brings his wife to his parent's house. On the
event- ful day she is conveyed to her new home in a gorgeous red sedan chair, richly decorated with flower's. She finds her husband's family in their best clothes ready to welcome her; the house is lit up and fragrant with incense; rice, tea, and cakes are prepared. The poor child herself is "on show"; she has to stand like a doll and endure the inspection and audible comments of her new relatives and their guests, while etiquette forbids that she should utter a word. She has to hand round refreshments to the ladies present while ber husband waits on the men, but she is not sup posed to require any food herself. A more exhausting ordeal can hardly be conceived. When the wedding feast is over, she finds her self established in the homestead with its picturesque curly roof to which another room or iwe has probably been built on for the accor- modation of the newly married couple. Her whole duty, as she soon finds, is to act as the servant of her mother-in-law-or, possibly grandmother-in-law, for three generations are not unfrequently found living under the same. roof in China. The head of the family bas patriarchal authority over all the others, and his wife rules all the son's wives and grandson's wives with a rod of iron.
AN OFFICER CHARGED WITH DESERTION.
CAPT. SCAIFE, 0.5.0., APPEARS BEFORE A COURT-MARTIAL.
I
C.
TRAGEDY AT YARMOUTH.
A WOMAN MURDERED ON THE BEACH. HER HUSBAND CHARGED WITH THE CRIME
NON-COMBATANTS AT THE
FRONT.
AGENDA.
TO-DAY.
Clearances at the Harbour Office. Machen, German str, for Bangkok, Takiang, British str., for Bangkok.
pm.-The Dallas Company at the Theatre Fush, Buitish str., for Shanghai.
Royal,
Cargo ex Sobraon subject to rent.
TO-MORROW.
Good Friday. First Day of the Annual Prize Meeting of the
Hongkong Rife Association at Kow." toon
Daylight N. Y. K. steamer Tamda Maru
leaves for Europe.
for Mariila.
*
4 p.m.-1. C. Co.'s steamer Loongsung leaves Cargo ex Arratoon Aptar subject to rent.
SATURDAY, 6th.
Second Day of the Annual Prize Meeting of the Hongkong Rifle Association at Kaw
loon.
(Aboat)--P. & O. S. N. steamer Bentbay leaves Daylight D. & Co.'s steamer Thales leaves for
for London.
alist, describes in the Century some of the Mr. Julian Ralph, the Anglo-American journ When the mail left, great interest was centre- unnecessary perils that non-combatants ran into in order to see the fighting at Belmont, ing in a sensaional murder trial at the old Bailey. The prisoner was Herbert John Ben-Graspan. Magersfontein, etc. The most sing
ular case nett, charged with the murder of his wife, Mary
was that of a man who had Jane Bennett, at Yarmouth on the night of attached himself to one of the correspondents September 22nd last. The trial was to have in order to get to the front, to which he wished taken place at Norwich Assizes, but was re- to go because is most intimate friends had moved to the Centrial Criminal Court as it was enlisted as soldiers--a course for which he alleged for the accused that it would be im- had no taste whatever. He witnessed battle possible for him to have a fair and impartial after battle from a discreet distance, and at last, trial at Norwich. The body of Mira. Bennett by purest accident, found himself in the front was found lying on the beach at Yarmouth on
of one, lying flat on the veldt under heavy fire. September 23rd. It was discovered that death He was now overcome by a fright se complete time the body could not be identified, and a had been caused by strangulation, but for some
and monopolising that when the stretcher- Coroner's jury found that the woman had been
bearers came to gather their harvest of the murdered by some one unknown.
ounded on the fald, he said to the surgeon- major in charge, I am not wounded; I am rendered his shame stronger than his fear, in a terrible funk' As if that confession he followed it by saying,. Wait a minute, pleasas. Is'nt there something I can do? Let me help you get in the wounded. He says himself that it was out of sheer desperation
voluntarily gone under fire. that he proffered this assistance. His one idea was to be able to say and to prove, that he had was to escape, if possible, and wash his hands pelted field, lorking for the wounded and of war for ever. He ran about the ballet assisting the ambulance men, to all ap pearances AS brate as the most valiant one among them: And if the Boer sharp Last Day of the Annual Prize Meeting of the shooters did not practise upon him, be sure he was the only conspicuous mark upon any of their fields of battle which they avoided. At last it became his duty to help hear a man off the field and once out of range of ner fire he not only never ventured. back again, but he shook the dust of the veldt from his feet, and made for Capetown by the first train which
Persons who are best informed as to China's finances, including Sir Robert Hart, Director of the Imperial Maritime Customs, say she will be able to raise this sum on her own credit with out any foreign control after revenues, ascheme which has been a failure in every country who appeared for the Crow, proceeded to At the opening of the case, Mr. Gill K., where it has been tried and would likely lead to trace the series of discoveries which led the disputes between the allies, and possibly to war. police, in the first place, to find out that the The annual income of China is $70,000,000, prisoner was the husband of the murdered Dae-fifth ofthis amount pays the interest of her women, and then to charge him with the crime. the best financiers say it will be unnecessary frequent quarrels between the husband and Ioans and provides for a sinking fund now, and It would be proved, he said, that there were to increase the customs dues unless China is wife; that the deceased woman took rooms at forced to abandon the Jikin tax, which is very flexley heath, obtaining them by means of objectionable to the foreign merchants. surrender of the likin just now would be un-soner, who in the meantime lived as a single A references given in false name by the pri desirable, because it is the chief provincial tax man at Woolwich; that he formert an acquain the local governments. and supplies all the funds for the support of tance with a girl named Meadows, went on excursions with her to Yarmouth and to Ireland, and became engaged to be married to her. On the 15th of September, Ms. Bennett went to Yarmouth, accompanied, it was believed, by the prisoner. She was there still on the 22nd, when she was seen in the prisoner's company at to pm. At midnight, the prisoner cante to an hotel where he had put upon his previous visit, and left for London by any early train on' the following morning. A few days afterwards he told the girl, Meadows, that there was no thing to prevent their being being married and settled, and he began to give her trinkets and clothing which had belonged to his wile. He also sold the furniture in the house at Bexley- health. When arrested there were found in his possession a long, gold chain and silver watch which had been won by his wife down to the day of her death,
AN UNLUCKY STONE.
It is to hoped that the "Imperial Opal" which is to be offered as Australia's gift to the Regalia will not bring the bad luck which is supposed to be attached to these beautiful stones. One of the most famous opals, which was acquired many years ago for the sum of £7,000, is krown as the "Hope Opal." It was in the possession of the Hopetoun family, who, for the period during which it remained their property, hada succession of misfortunes. After it was sold "web" again surned to the Hopes, and the present Lord Hopetoun is certainly one of the most fortunate of men if a dis- tinguished career and the attainment of an almost unique position while still a young man go for anything.
AMERICAN ENGINEERING.
UP-TO-DATE PRODUCTION. -
importance in the world's engineering trades, American competition is of commanding and is naturally the subject of a series of articles in Cassier's Magazine for March. That on "itish Industrial Welfare deals with the policy ascribed to British working men in trying to limit shop output and in generally interfering with the employers' right to manage their own works in their own way, limited amount of work to be done, in the on the theory that there is only a certain world, and that it must not be done too rapidly, pinyment to all. or there will not be enough left to give em-
The knotty question as to whether an officer can be said to have deserted who refuses to serve because he had not received his pay was put to a general court-martial al Devonport recuntly under the presidency of Col. Turnbull, of the jand Regimental District.facturers' work is directed is pointed out as the The goal towards which all successful manu- Capt. G. S. Scaife, 4th (Militia) Ban. Border maximum of units of product at the minimum Regt was charged with desertion at Youghal of. cost per unit. This is attained in part, by on Dec. 1oth, and with disobeying an order to large plants and improved machinery, and, in retum to barracks given him at Plymouth by part, by specialisation-concentration upon a Maj. Burges, 3rd Gloucester Regiment, on Jan single speciality. 18 Capt. W. Mayon, adjutant, 4th Border Regt, prosecuted. He stated that Capt. Scaife was granted leave on Nov. 291h, to date from Dec. 6th to Jan. 6th. On Dec. 6th the colonel Cancelled the leave as Capt. Scaife declined to pay his mess bill for the previous month, and referred the matter to the general at Gork for his decision. Next day, Capt. Scaife absented himself from his duties, and on being asked the reason, said he declined doing further duty whilst his pay was withheld.
On Dec. 8th, the general sanctioned the Captain's going on leave as soon as he paid his mess bill, but he did avail himself of this permission, and 10 not days later the general ordered him to remain. The adjutant accordingly requested him to return to barracks, and intimated that his pay would be handed to him. Capt. Scaife did not do so. The general then advised the Commander-in-Chief in Ireland to remove Capt, Scaife from the country, and H.R. H. concurred. The Secretary for War, however, ordered him to be placed under arrest pending On January 1st, Maj. Burges endeavoured to carry out this order at Capt. Scaife's house, Lonsdale-terrace, Elymouth. He refused to return to barracks, stating that as he was not in receipt of pay he did not con- sider himself amenable to military law.
a court martial.
The chief constable of Plymouth eventually arrested the officer as a deserter, and the magistrates handed him over to the military authorities. Correspondence. which passed between Capt. Scaife and the Secretary for War was also put in. On Dec. 27th, prisoner wrote
giving his Plymouth address, and stated that he regarded the inquiries which were being made from head-quarters, Cork, through the medium of the police as to his where. abouts as an insult to a member of the Dis tinguished Service Order.. He further pointed out that as his pay for a number of week's was still owing he declined to serve, although in case of national emergency he would be pre- pared to serve in the ranks without pay, On Dec. 3oth there was a laconic epistle, in which Capt. Scaife presented his compliments to the Secretary of State, and intimated that any fur- ther, communications through the medium of the police would be ignored. In January, however, he offered to go to South Africa with the Devon Volunteers, and the War Office curtly refused. ..
THE OFFICER'S DEFENCE The defence pointed out that the pay was due on Nov. 1st, and that no officer was al- lowed to go on leave with a mess bill owing, Cap: Wynell Mayo 'in answer to the court said that by Royal Warrant the pay for the embodied Militia ought to be paid in advance, It had been the custom of the 4th Border Regt, for officers to receive their pay and allowances one month in arrear. No officer had applied to be paid in advance: Aletter was received from Capt. Scaife preferring a complaint ftp non- payment of his pay for September; ale stating that his mess account for that month had not
been paid, and that he must decline to pay the mess account for Hythe until the pay for that month' was received. To his knowledge the Secretary of State for War had not authorised prisoner's pay being withheld. The pay was retained by the officer commanding the 4th Border Regt. The chief staff officer at Cork' wrote to the commanding officer on Dec. 7th, stating that Capt. Scails had pleaded inability to pay mess accounts until he received his pay, In this he was justified; and should not be punished, because, through some error on the part of another, he had not received his pay, Under the circumstances, there appeared no reason why Capt. Scaife should not he allowed to proceed on leave, or the understanding that be paid mess accounts ou receipt of pay ay This was as far as the case had gol when the
The
went there,"
Then his plan
CROSS AND CROWN,
(An American Idyli.) "Pretty maiden, come with me, Let us cross the ocean's foam, And for ever happy be.
in my dear old London home." "What's your title, gentle sir?
Do you wear a ducal crown? Can 1 make a social stir
As your bride in London town?» "Nay, I am a simple knight;
Tis with love I'sue to thes. Let us our betrothal plight
And together cross the sea" But the maiden turned away,
Gave her head a flippant loss; And the Briton heard her say:
"No, siree; no crown, no ens.". WILLIS B. HAWKINS in N. Y. Life.
PROSPERITY, DRINK, & LUNACY.
Mrs. Elliston, of Wickbam-lane, Plumstead, said that the prisoner and the deceased lodged in her house for a month in May and June last, and she identified certain articles produced as having been worn by Mrs. Bennett. Several witnesses gave evidence as to the residence of the deceased at Bexley-heath from June to September last; and as to occasional visits paid
lodged in her house from June to October last. of Union-street, Woolwich, said the prisoner to her there by the prisoner. Mrs. Peakhurst,
He said he was a single man. In the second week in September he introduced Alice Mea- does to her as his intended wife. On Septem ber 22nd, Henriett went out in the afternoon, saying he was going to catcli a train. He did not return, till the following evening. Other wit nesses who had known the prisoner stated that.
introduced to the prisoner on July 1st last, and ha told them that his wife and child died in South Africa. Alice Meadows said she was
At the recent annual meeting of the corpora- an affection sprang up between them. She tion of the Royal Edinburgh. Asylum for the believed him to be a single man. He told her Insane, the largest establishment of its kind in he had a cousin at Bexley-heath who was Scotland, Dr. Glouston, the physician superin- very ill. Witness became engaged to the tendent, in reporting that the admissions to the prisoner in August, and afterwards went with asylum for the past year constituted a record, September he told her that his grandfather was alcoholic stimulants during time of brisk trade him on trips to Yarmouth and Ireland. In expressed the opinion that the excessive use of
following Sunday, because he was going to
and on Sunday, the 16th, he said he and high wages had to a large extent been the should not be able to meet her on the cause of the undue amount of mental disease. however, met him in Hyde Park on the 241 per cent, in 1900, all that apparently re- His alcoholic lunatics had risen from an average Gravesend afternoon of that day. A few days afterwards sulting from the prosperity of the country. Dr. to see his grandfather. She, of 151 per cent. in the years 1874 to 1888, to he told her he had bought his cousin's furni-Clouston was convinced they would have a big sure, and proposed that they should be married reckoning to pay some day. A consumptive at Christmas. He gave her a gold broach, race might conceivably be absolutely cured in identified as, one that had been worn by the deceased, and asked her if she would like to sodden race could be fully cured in a hundred, two generations, but he did not believe a drink-
to South Africa, and would only require light that had belonged to his cousin, who had gone have a blue coat and skirt and a sealskin cape years.
clothing there. Witness heard of the prisoner's arrest on November 7th. Till then she had no idea that he had a wife and child.
writer in this magazine, in a great shop at "For example," says a Mulhouse, in Alsace, employing 5,000 men, saw water-works and blowing engines, focomotives, and other heavy machinery, along with calon-spinning machinery and the lightest articles made in iron. same range of manufacturing would, in the United States, call for half a dozen sc- parate plants, each concentrating effort on. a single product, and selling it at figures for making it. In Great Britain, to use another which the Alsatian works could not dream of illustration, an agricultural implement Works makes road engines, threshers, mowers and farin tools. But when they put any one of reapers, cultivators, and a variety of small their machines into the field they meet a Chi- cago-made article which is laid down on the British firm can hope to simply produce it. spot at a loss price than that for which the The Chicago manufacturer builds a vast works to make nothing but mowers and binders. threshing machines and road engines to haul One concern employs thousands of men on them, while still other large factories make the cultivators, drills, &c. Machines turned out by be made in greater perfection and at materially tens of thousands, instead of thousands, can lawer cost, even if all other factors are uniform. labour, better management, and more up-to-designer. But if cheaper raw materials, more efficient date works be added, the Tansatlantic com petitor of America is, indeed, facing a difficult proposition."
In the same magazine there is a paper on can manufacturing, from which we take the what is described as the "jig habit "in Ameri following:
Wherever possible, the American has applied to the production of manufactured articles the stem of interchanging parts, and the using of special tools, thus enormously decreasing the time and cost of many articles in compari- son with older methods of producing them. Such contriving and using of special tools as pactised by the Yankee (this word being here ined as typical of the ingenious, mechanically minded American) may be termed the "jig using alone of the tools technically called "jigs," habit. This, of course, does not refer to the but also to the many analogous devices which embody the grand principle of cheap multiplica- tion of similar pieces by reason of the existence of a masterpiece of some kind upon which all the ingenuity, original thought, and expense necessary to perfect it have been lavished. printing, where the expensive engraving, or This principle is well illustrated in the art of comb nation of types, has enabled the cheap duplication, on an enormous scale, of the form embodied in the original. The same idea is exemplified in the making of coins, and in the stamping of many articles from sheet metal, developed, but capable of producing millions the original dies being expensive and highly of pieces, all alike, without funther exercise of intellectual or artistic power.. The same general conception is again seen in the elaborate tools which are mounted upon turret lathes, where one careful adjusting answers for all the screws or rods which are to be made of a certain kind, without high mechanical skill being applied to the production of each, as is the old-time methods.
·
The case had already extended over several, days when the mail left, and was still proceed- ing. The line of defence taken up was an alibl..
THE GLORIES OF THE ROYAL FLOATING MANSION.
which conveys the Duke and Duchess of Corn- The fittings of the Ophir, the Orient Liner,
by Messrs. Waring, and are extremely beauti- wall and York to Australia, have been supplied ful, the Duchess has expressed her great plea sure and delight in the artistic schemes of the
moved to make way for a series of staterooms; The cabins on the upper deck have been re- the prevailing colours being green and white, z cool and delightful combination. A suite of three rooms, sitting, bed and dressing rooms have been reserved for the Duke, these are im mediately opposite three similar rooms allotted to the Duchess, and are situated amidships.
The Duchess's sitting-room, has walls and ceiling enainalled in while, and the furniture is satin wood, with coverings of pale green and white.
Her Royal Highness's bedroom is-worthy of Messrs. Waring, nothing more need be said, yet it is interesting to note the details. Silver plated metal composes the bedstead, and the hangings are of delicate chintz, while the walls and ceiling are enameled white.
sitting-room, and soft Saxony carpets cover Pale oak forms the furniture, of the Duke's the floors of all the private rooms, laid upon a foundation of thick native.cork, and the com. bination of the two semi-elastic surfaces is most delightful to the foot.
NOTAN DA.
CALENDAR.
APRIL. Meteorological incans based on ten years' abservations to 1893. Barometer korer Thermometer
Humidity......MANTERÍA
Rainfall
YESTERDAY.
WEATHER REPORT.
Barometer... Temperature Humidity Rainfall
Mozambique, British ship, for Tacoma. Pak Kong, British str., for Canton. Haimeen, British str., for Canton. Panting, British str., for Canton. Mäúsang, British str., for Sandakan, Surein, German str., for Singapore. Tamba Afare, Japanese str., for Singapore. Wong, Chinese'steam-launch, for Wuchow. Alengke, British str., for Swntow and Bangkok. | Tarhan, British str., for Swatow.
Kongbeng, German str.. for Swatow, Thales, British str, for Swatow.
Pewarnes,
April 4. Antenor, British str., for Shanghai. April 4, Prinzest Zr,në, Gennan str., for S'hai. April 4 wong Sing, British str.. for Canton. April 4. Foechow, British str., for Shanghai. April 4, Savoia, German st, for Singapore.
April 4, Grmeric, Britisht, for Manila. April 4, Mansang, British sir, for Sandakan.. April 4, Cantins, German str, for Kobe. April 4, Devawongre, Germau str., for Hoihow. April 4 Apturade, German str. for Chefoo. Daylight-. S. K. steamer, Maidauru Maru | April 4, Kongbeng, German str., for Swatow.
April A, Fushun, British str., for Shanghai.
Swatow.
SUNDAY, 7th. Easter Sunday.
leaves for Coast l'oris Cargo ex Benledi subject to rent.
MONDAY, 8th. Easter Monday.
L
Hongkong Rifle Association at Kow. Joan.
I p.m.-M. M. Co.'s steamer Ernest Simons
with mails ere. leaves for Europe.
TUESDAY, 9th,
C. N. Co.'s steamer Taiyuan leaves for Manila
and Australian Ports Regular Meeting of United Service Lodge,
No. 1341, E.C
3 p.m-Public Auction of Crown Land..
Pansengra-Arrived..
Rer Atvelyang, from Iloilo--7 Chinese. Per Hailong, from Haiphong, &c.—37 Chi-
nese.
Per Pasting, from Shanghai-Mr. Smith, and 6 Chinese.
Per Bontbay, from Foochow-Mr. Seymour, and 7 Chinese.
·Per Formosa, from Crast Ports-Mr. Zakan- sen, and 58 Chinese. Tiburtins, and Dr. Meinecke.
Per Savoia, from Shanghai-Dr. Suce, Dr.
Departed.... Per Princess Frane, from Hongkong for Shangbai-Messrs. F. Bonnet, O. R. Ozorio, James Acheson, J. S. McGaim, G. Sturgis, A.
4 pan.-I. C. S N. steamer 'rensang leaves for W. Grant, Prine Reuss, E. A. A. Bell, Mrs. S.
Indian Ports.
WEDNESDAY, roth. Daylight 0.5.K.steamer Anping Maruleaves Cargo ex Priners ene subject to rent.
for Coast Ports.
THURSDAY, mth.
E. & A. Co.'s steamier Australian leaves for
Ausicalian Ports.
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS,
:
MATES DUP. American (Garlic) 9th instant. Indian (Chelydra) icth instant. Tacoma (Buckingham) 10th instant. French (Farra) ith instant. American (America Maru) 12th instant. Tacoma (Olympia) 12th instant, Canadian (Empress of India) 16b instant. American (City of Péking) sath jastant..
The N. P. Co.'s steamer Duke of Fife, sailed from Yokoham for Tacoma on the 28th ult.
Calcutta and Straits left Singapore for this port The M. & Co.'s steamer Chelydra, from yesterday, the 3rd inst., at 6 p.m.
मै
The M. M. Co.'s steadfer lurra, with the next outward French Mail, left Singapore this moming at & a.m., the 4th inst., for this port via Saigon.
(Bombay Line) left Bombay via Singapore før The N. Y. K.'s steame: Hiroshima Mare, this port yesterday, the 3rd inst, and is expected to arrive here on Sunday, the 21st inst.
BONGKONG AND WIJAMPOA DOCK RETURNS.
+1
12
G.M.S. Hertha..... at Kowloon Doct. G.M.S. Jaguar. U.S.S. Ta de Fuzon U.S.S. Bennington ... U.S.S. Yorktown.....
Ilicos
33
E. Long, and Mr. Chas, A. Vale. For Naga- saki-Messrs. Reg, Baum Bushberg, F. Barret- to, 1, Goldman, and Mrs. Parsons and 2 children. Fer Kobe-Mir, G. W. Hope. For Yokohama Messrs. J. S. Lee, A. Goecke, R. J. Kennedy, and Mr. and Mrs. M. Grote.
SHIPPING REPORTS.
Capt. G. M. Mantford, R. N.E., of the steamship Bombay, from Fouchow, reports-Light vari- able winds and fine.
Capt. Miller, of the steamship Paoling, from Shanghai, reports -Moderate to light various winds and fine clear weather.
Capt. A. W. Outerbridge, of the steamship Keiyang, from Iloilo, reports:--Light N.E. winds and fine weather, with high N. swell,
Capt. J. E. Williams, of the steamship Chingtù, from Taku, reports:-Left Taku on the 29th ulto. had light variable winds with hazy weather until arrival.
Capt. H. Bathurst, of the steamship Hailoeng,- from Haiphong and Pakhai, reports:-Pakhoi with clear weather. to Hongkong moderate E.N.E. winds and sea,
Capt. A. E. Hodgins, ofthe steamship Formosa, from Tamsui, Amoy and Swatow, reports:→→ Tamsui to Swalow moderate to fresh breeze with rain or haze, wind from NE. Swatow to Hongkong moderate N, Breese, fine and clear. Vessels in Amoy-French cruiser Descartes, Russian cruiser Rosbaynik, s.5. 'lentsin, Day- cruiser Seeadler, s.s. Joonan, Ichang, Kwangst, break, and Progress. In Swatow.:-German
and, Taiwan.
STEAMERS EXPECTED.
Names.
"
U
Bormida
Gaelic
Guthrie.....
Chelydra
11
st
U.S.S. Kentucky ..............
13
Mongkul......
Hanoi
Lung Tsing
Hangchow
-30.059 6zo
U.S.S. Concord
.. Cosmopolitan
Colonies
85.0
11
Perla
4.08
+1
17
73
Glenogla Petlians
*
On date al On date at
123.
40,00.
20.10
7x
30.05
71
0.01
TO-DAY.
Thursday, 4th April, 1901. Chinese-16th of ànd moon of 27th jour of
Kwang.su. Sun-Rites
skr. 5min. Sets
6hr 15min. Moon-Full Moon 8kr. 57min. a.m. High water-Morning
gr. thin. Afternoon Low water-Morning
Afternoon ANNIVERSARIES.
ghr. 58min
2hr 5min. 3hr "zamin.
1774-Oliver Goldsmith died 1885-Protocol of peace between France and. 1857-Tang-chi, late Emperor of China, born.
1890-The Rev. T. A. Large murdered, at
China signed at Paris.
1891-Arrival of the Carewitch and Prince Tokio, by Japanese burglars.
George of Greece in Hongkong. 1896-Treaty between Germany and Japan
signed at Berlin,
The State drawing-room of the Ophir almost is of satin wood, with blue and white silk cover-1897-Klondyke gold discoveries reported. beggars description. The Sheraton furniture ings, and the carpet is of pale camel brown with a faint pattern, a most artistic and happy combination.
dining tables, simple, but exceedingly effec
In the dining room is a series of renaissance. tive. The Turkey carpet is a wonderful piece. of work, royal red being the chief one.
from the arched roof, and the arms of. New Thearms ofthe United Kingdom are blazoned South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and other colonies bear them company, Agriculture is indicated by sculptures and drawings, and figures.
"
royal apartments, and everywhere there is a Portiere hangings of soft pale silk divide the
sense of not only royal but artistic, luxury...
of jigs, cradles, and guages for locating and
Still more is this principle shown in the using On the navigation deck, it may be added, keeping accurate all the holes and other finish just a little lounge and smoking-room, with a there is a little snuggery for the Duke. It is ed surfaces in various pieces of wood or metal writing table and luxurious couches, such as vidual production, but which are nowadays house.. which formerly required much skill for indi-are rot usually found in the average deck made by cheap labour with tools, on which mechanician have been expended. The results latter the higher brain and manual art of the of using the kind of tools referred to are seen in the enormous cheapening of sucly articles a sering machines, firearms, houshold utenslis
It is difficult to know whom to congratulate with ber hull of ivory-white and its deep blue first-the Duke on his luxurious floating place, border, gr Messrs. Waring on their catirely beautiful and successful accomplishment of the artistic bu practical schemes of their designer.
1898-Stoppage of South Wales Coal industry
100,000 men idle.
19do-Anival of Her late Majesty Queen Vic 1899-R. W. Fusiliers (200) ordered to Kow- loon Hinterland, return the same day.
toria at Dublin.
TO-MORROW...
Chinese-17th of and moon of 27th your of
Friday, 5th April, 1901..
Kwang-si Sun-Rises Shr. gimin
Seis
Moon-in Apogee alır. atın. High water-forning ghr. 3bmin. Afternos.....ohr. zzmin. Low water-Morning 3hr, sin. Afternoon ghr. juin, ANNIVERSARIES,
1843-Hongkong declared a Crown Colony by 1847--The Bogue Fons destroyed by General
Royal Charter, s
1868-Coolie mutiny on heard the ship Theresa,
d'Aguilar 1897 Wheelbarrow Riots at Shanghal 1898-Great Britain formally, sakes over Men gabong and Mengatel in Bomico.
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PASSED THE CANAL. Outward-2nd March-Ceylon, Calchas, Andalusia, Ségov, Henvoirlick, Germanicus. z6th March Prine Heinrich, Kostroma, Masconome. 29th Mar.-Indus, Shinano Mary, Indrani, and April–Ambria, Claverdon, Oslo, Sutherland.
Homeward-22nd March-Shanghai. 20th Mar-Glaucus, Sado Maru, Alcinous, and April—Tankin, Kiautschen. ·
Arrivals at Home-zot March-Yarra, Suevin. 23rd March-Devonshire, Hudson, Maria Valerie. 27th March-Norderney, 30th March-Sachsen, 3rd April-State af Afaive, Sado Maru, Sydney,
Shipping.
Arrivals.
Fram
Singapore
...... April 6th japan............ April oth ......Port Darwis...April 9th
Singapore ....Singapore
April roth
Yarra......
April 11th America Maru......Japan ......
April 12th Empress of India..Van ouver...... April 15th
City of Peking......San Francisco... April 20th Hiroshima Maru.Bombay ... April 21st
We would direct the attention of shipping firms in the style in which Steamers Expected" and "Projet Railing" are now published in these columns, and lys so doing react. fully urge the managers of shipping fimma to give orders to. their clerks to fish this office, pe the fries abends sup? pieej gentis with the latest quailable Infomalian cenry Ana,
FROJECTED SAILINGS.
Ship.
Destination.
Date
April 10th April'rith April 8th
Agamemnon Ajax
...London..
April 23rd ...London
...April 30th Ainerica Mars. San Francisco, de April 23rd, Anping Maru... Foochow Australien Bamberg
......Sydney, &c...... HMHavre, &c...... Bayern
Straits, &c. July 25th San Diego, &c. ...April 30th Marseilles, &c......April 6th London.......
| Bergenhus
Bombay
Candia
Ceylon
China......
Chugan
HAILOONG, British steamer, 783, H. Bathurst,
HANSA, German cruiser, 6,8co, l'aschen, 4th Ep. Ch
3rd April,-Haiphong and Takhoi and April, General.-Douglas, Lapraik & Co. Doric hob Francisco, & June 1st
India.
April zoth Shanghai, &c....April 22nd San Franciscu, &c. May 25th Europe, &c. April 13th City of Peking San Francisco, April 30th CopticSan Francisco, April 13th Coromandel Shanghai April 13th
BADELSBERG, German steamer, 862, Bindle, Emp Jau ........
Vanruuvor. &.............. June 5th - April,-Gsmlar 31st March,
April 24th ... May isth 4th April,Wuhu 26th Mar., and Chin-Gaelic
San Fraecis 0, &c May 7th Kiang gath, General.-East Asiatic Trading Genogle Victoria, BC... April 8th
Hamburg Straits, &c. ...fune 13th SAVOIA, German steamer, 2,595. J. Behrens, Hiroshima Maru Moji, &c. ................. April 23rd 4th April,Shanghai 1st April, General Hongkong MareSan Francisco, &c. fay 16th Carlowitz & Co.
Idomenous Londonpril 16th KWETYANG, British steamer, t,e62, A. Idzumi Maru. Victoria, B.C... April 19th
MarKasuga Maru...Japan
Inaba Maru Kobe & Yokohama April 12th ...... April 19th-
Co.
Outerbridge, 4th April-oilo, 30th Sapanwood-Butterfield & Swire. PAOTING, British steamer, 1,088, Miller, atli
April-Shanghai 31st Mar, General Butterfeld & Swire..
PHRA CHOM KLAO, British steamer, 3,01, J. Fowler, 4th. April,Bangkok 28th March, General.Butterfield & Swire. LYELMOON, German steamer, 1,238, G. Heuer mann, 4th April-Canton 3rd April, Gen eral.--E. ATrading Co. Y FORMOSA, British steamer, 674 A. E. Hodgins, 4th April-Tamsiti 1st April, Amoy 2nd, and Swatow 3rd, General Douglas, Lap
raik & Co. "N
July 11tb
April 17th
April 5th
April 7th
San Francisco, &c. June 11th
Kixutschoo
Straits, &c. König Albert ... Straits, Sc. ( Loangsang Manila Maidzuru Maru. Swatow, &c. Nippon Maru Olympia
Victoria, B.C.
April 26th Preussen Straits, &c. May 29th Prinz Heinrich...Straits, &c. May isth Prinzess Irene...Straits, &c. May 1st Sachsen...... Straits, &c. June 27th. Marseilles, &c... April 19th Shinano Maru...Kobe & Yokohama Apel 26th Sibirja.............. Sobraon. Stuttgart
Sanuki Maru
CHINGTU, British steamer, 2,260,J. E. Williams, BOMBAY, British steamer, 2,048, G. M. Mont Sungkiang.
4th April,Taku 29th Mar ford, R.NR. 4th April-Forchow and Tacoma April, Genoral.-P. & 0,5 N. Co
Taiyuan
April, Moji 31st Mar, Coal Carlowitz Tantalus KA SARNIA, German steamer, 2,052, Paeter, 4th Tamba Maru
Thales
& Co K Sabozia Yawata Maru MAIDZURU MARU, Jap. str., 667, K. Sabozima
Havre, &c. April 15th Marseilles, &c. April 27th Manila. Sprid tech Streius, &c. Aug. 8th Victoria, BC. May 17th, Port Darwin, &c... April oth
Apr Marseilles, &c. April 5th Liverpool April 15th
Sydney, &
4th April, Tamadi, Amoy and Swatowzud f Yuensang bayad Manila,
April