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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1901.
Co-day's Advertisement.
THEATRE
ROYAL. NDER the Direction of Mr. ROBERT
BROUGH
Representative. Mr. ALLAN HAMILTON. LAST FIVE NIGHTS
OF. THE
BROUGH COMEDY CO. TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY), May 1st, NO PERFORMANCE, TO-MORROW, (THURSDAY), May and, (One Night only), "THE AMAZONS,”
A Farcical Romance in Three Acts, by ARTHUR W. PINERO. FRIDAY. May 3rd, NO PERFORMANCE. SATURDAY, May 4th, (One Night only),
AN IDEAL HUSBAND,"
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A Comedy in Four Acts, by the late OSCAR WILDE. MONDAY, May 6th, (One Night only)."
SOWING THE WIND,"
"A Play in Four Acts, by SYDNEY GRUNDY. TUESDAY, May 7th, (One Night only).
"A VILLAGE PRIEST,"
A Drama in Five Acts, by SYDNEY GRUNDY,
WEDNESDAY, May 8th, LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON.
NIOBE."
A Mythological Farcical Comedy in Three. Acts, by H. & E. PAULTON. PRICES-53, $3, and $1. Box Plans at minutes after Performance. THE ROBINSON PIANO CO. Late Trams. 13 A LODGE will be held at the FREEMA-Doors opel 8.30. Curtain 9. Carriages 11.30.
Hongkong, 1st May, 1901.
REGULAR MEETING of the above
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Hongkong, 1st May, 1901.
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position, and small blame to him.
What is wanted in our local Post Office is a better paid and better qualified staff. Qn the salaries now offered, the Postmaster-
the Duchess of Cornwall and York was | In order to anticipate the coming of the pest leaving Malta, the Countess Sant Fournier the Tokyo municipal authorities will distribute presented har, in the name of the ladies of gratis gq600 rat trips among the poor people of the oldest and best. Balla lace purchasable with the catching of rats is estimated at, 19,929 the committee, with a Maltese lace flounce of the city. The total expense in connection on the island, enclosed in a white plush box yen. with a silver. tablet, on' which was inscribed, A souvenir of falta "and the date of present
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comes, evidently, of a mercurial temperament.
General is unable to obtain men sufficiently well educated to carry out the work required AN Express Correspondent writes from of them. A Past Office clerk requires to Madrid-A telegram to the Madrid papers have a particularly good knowledge of gustates that a woman employed in the mercury graphy as a foundation for him to start his mines at Almaden gave birth. ten months ago, Career upon, but this our clerks are sadly to three hors, who are enjoving perfeer health. lacking in, as witness the manner, in which She has just now given birth to five children. they write the name of the county instend all of them showing signs of being determined of that of the town upon receipts for parcels to live. Eight children in ten months? This and registered letters. If, as 'is most pro bable, the bulk of them are educated at Queen's College, one cannot be surprised at their ignorance after a perusal of the report still this does not excuse ignorance. We fully sympathise with the struggle which our Acting Postmaster General is making to keep his Department up to date, and wish that the Authorities were as convinced as we are of the necessity of supplying him with a good and intelligent staff.
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IT may be noted that as long aep as 1866, says the New Press, steamship captains petitioned placed on Tungying island. This hung fire for either a lighthouse or fog signal to be till last February, when a survey was made and materials were got ready for, the erection of lighthouse or a signal to be started next month. THE French, says a Chinese dispatch 'just to hand, are increasing their influence in the val- ley of Si-Kiang. Their steam service between The steam service of a capital that we Hongkong has been considerably enlarged,
would be the last thing in the world to increase
Mr. Leilla Victor
Me: H. Oraitant
Below we give the full cast of Chamcters Dr Spins Pontifex Mr Richard Diggin this Friend).
1. Mr. Brough. is Father-In-Law) Mr. Raginali Dartrey,
Aliceat Pontifer (the Doctor's Wife). Man Grace Nobles Inspector Sharples (a Datective). Mr Mario Majerani. P. Brough James (his Atan Servant), yata
(a Policeman)
Green this Mother-in-Law)." Basla Thompso Jale Gent (his Sister-in-law) Atlas Evels Marthere.. Petunla Perkins (his Housemaid)sa Tempic
Synotats.OF SEXMEAT.
ACT..
carape Rosmin Mr. Pontifex's Flat, London. ACT 111,--Ten Minutes Later.
FACT 11~Halfan-Hour Later.
Thursday, to-morrow night, The Amazons "will The Theatre is closed this evening and on be produced for one night only; the last four Rights of the season will be devoted to "An Australia per Guthrie on Thursday, 9th May Ideal Husband," "Sowing the Wind," "Avillage Priest and Nigbe." The company leave for
ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.
last race for the Championship of the Royal
On Sunday last was sailed the twelfth and
of the Examiners on that institution, but a registered coolis. lodging-house at No. 2, its influence. So says the Morning Ledder or Hongkong Yacht Club. Considerable interest
OUR SPECIAL EDITION. The Special Descriptive and Statistical Edition of the Hongkong Telegraph should have made its appearance this evening, but, owing to the difficulty in obtaining in- formation from our busy business men, we are forced to hold over the issue until to-morrow, though as this is being written the last page of the special has already gone to press. We must hence.. crave the indulgence of our readers for a day. We trust that the issue as it appears to-morrow will make up for the delay, for Mr. Dennison Gray has expended his best energies upon it and has worked hard to make it a success. It will be on sale to-morrow thorning at fifty cents per copy.
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA:
LONDON, April 29th. Twenty, 6ve Colonials were surprised by 400 Bfers near Kroonstad. Resistance-was
maintained for eight hours, during which time fourteen of the Colonials were killed, and the remainder wounded. Their ammuni tion beconiing exhausted, ther-then sur rendered.
EARLY yesterday morning Inspector Mills. of the Sanitary Board, paid a surprise-visit to George's Lane. As soon as he entered, the coolies recognised the Inspector, and made rush for the roof, which is unprotected by any parapet, and in the scramble to escape, a coolie fell to the ground, about sixty feet, and was killed instantly. The body was taken to the mortuary, and an enquiry will probably be held
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Ar a recer meeting of the Westminster City Council, over which the Duke of Norfolk presided, Mr. L. H. Hayter, the chairman of the finance commitee, produced the council's first financial estimate for the ensuing twelve the committee had disclosed the fact that West- months. He stated that the investigations of minster, was the richest city in the world, with a rateable value of £3.321,585, and they would' have to raise by way of rates in the coming year no less than £1,502,330.
MISS CHARLOTTE Yonge was laid to rest on the 29th ult says a home paper, at Otterbourne. The Church of St. Matthew, in which she had worshipped for 50 years, was crowded with villagers, friends, and admirers of the gifted authoress. The Rev. H. A. Bowles, vicar of the
parish, officiated, assisted by the Rev.-H. W. Brock, former vicar, and the Dean of Win- chester. Deceased was laid at the foot of the Memorial Cross to her old friend and pastor, John Keble, of whose death, by a coincidence, it was the thirty-fifth anniversary. Numerous floral tributes were sent from friends, relatives, societies, and institutions.
MR. Carnegie in the North American Review says "When I was a work-boy in Pittsburg, Colonel Anderson, of Allegheny a name i can never speak without feelings of devotional gratitude-opened his little library of four hun. dred books to boys. Every Saturday afternoon The Boers have derailed an ambulance he was in attendance at his house to exchange frain south of Pretoria.
books. No one but he who has felt it can ever know the intense longing with which the
THE MURDER OF THE SCIENTIST MENCKE.
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The Gernian Emperor has urdered the find to proceed to the scene of the murder of the German scientist Mencke to exact reparation.
LATER.
BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA, Kitchener's scouts' surprised Commandant Voureasburg's langer to the north of Pieters-
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Seven Boers were killed and 41 taken all the wagons and animals were cap prisoners. 38,500 rounds of ammunition,
tored.
SALE OF THE LEYLAND LINE
OF STEAMERS.
arrival of Saturday was awaited, that a new
was taken in this face, as it was virtually a match between the two Payne boats, the marks at the start being:-Alannah 50, Bonito 48, Iris 34, Erica 16, Maid Marian 1.Thus the final result of the whole season's racing depended on this one race. It was a pity, therefore, that there was not a steadier and stronger breeze, sa that there could have been a close and bard.
Bookman understands, he went with a view to MR. HENRY Seton Merriman has returned from his recent journey to Russin, where, the getting some of the tacal colour for the new novel on which he is now working. Mr. Mer-fought struggle without flukes between the two. riman is a clever man, but we do not believe The course was from the Police Pier round that even by a journey to Russia can he got tance is miles. The tide had just turned and Stonecutter's and the Rock oft Cowiechow, dis- that "local colour" which comes so naturally to Tolstoi and his kin. And surely poor old white a light East wind was blowing at the was beginning to run strong to the westward, England is not played out as a region for no velists? And what about the Colonies? They weather. On the reach to Stonecutter's Erica, line. A good start was effected, Bonito and make an uninspiring show in literature so far, keeping well to leeward, drew out a long lead, Alannak" being first, Bonile on Alannah's
ought to patronise their ground, and show them and all closed up in a bunch. At the west end and a good novelist in these Imperial days but behind the Island the wind went very light bow things literary can be done. ́
of the Island all except Bonito, began to work up close under the shore to cheat the tide. Bonito, however, stood boldly out in hopes of getting the south wind first, and was shortly after followed by Alannah. For some time the wind was. so light as to barely keep the south wind, which had been blowing there steerage way on the yachts, but after a little all the morning, was seen coming again, and Benito, getting it first and constantly meeting the freshening wind, drew out long lead from Alannah, both lying up for the rock and passing to the west of headed by fris, stood across towards Green Cowiechow Island. The remainder.of the fleet, Island, keeping in the slack of the tide but not the rock about four o'clock with Alannah about getting nearly so much wind, Bonito rounded half-a-mile astern. The latter, however, seemed to get hung up in alight patch and could not get round the rock until after Iris, Maid Marian and Erica had passed her. The Bonito drew out a long lead while the rest were round-
THE STRANDED "SOBRAON.”
The Superintendent of the P. & D. Com The following information to us, from which it pany, Mr. H. A. Ritchie, courteously forwards will be seen that there is a chance of floating the ill-fated stexnier. We trust that the raising operations will prove to be successful and that we shall soon see the Sebraon in Hongkong again.
The following is the substance of a telegram received from Captain Goddard late last even- ing after consultation Mackenzie (in charge of Coromandel arrived with pumps and divers, puraps and gear) Captain of H.M.S. Huber H.M.S. Daphne and S.S. Coromandel'decided attempt raise steamer. All silk, baggage and parcels proceeding frene. Weather favour-
able,"
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that the Frene is proceeding to Hongkong.
The China Merchants 5 N. Company stateing the rock, as the wind dropped considerably after she rounded, and she got home nearly Cominodore F. Powell, R. N. also received half-an-hour before the time limit, thus win-. a telegram from H.M.S. Daphne at Sharping the championship, for the year. Maid Peak to the following effect.
Morian, sailing beautifully, fairly beat the Iris on a wind coming home, and got into second place for the third time,
The following are the times of finishing and ,marks,
Hamber arrived, required for sometime, when out, with assistance of two eruiters, there is a Sobrang is lightened cargo coal and pumped chance of saving her."
SANITARY BOARD.
In consequence of this telegram, H.M.S. Hermione was despatched to Tung-Yung at fall speed this morning and H.M.S. Blenheim book might be had.
which is proceeding to Woosung has also re- My brother and Mrceived instructions to call at Tung-Yung. Phipps, who have been my principal business when revelling in the treasures which he opened Partnerife ghared with me Colonel to us that I resolved, if ever wealth came to. me, that it should be used to establish free libraries, that other poor boys might receive opportunities similar to those for which we were indebted to that noble man.
A meeting of the Sanitary Board will be held on Thursday, the 2nd May, at 4.15 p.m. -
ORDERS OF THE DAY.
J. Report of the Committee on the Medical Officer of Health's Annual Report for 1900.
2. Correspondence relative to dumping dead bedies in the street.
'AGENDA
ing Bill and the definition of verandahs.
Amendment to section 35pf the new Build- 2. Application for the erection of two water sets and three uricals at Thomas' Grill 3. Lime-washing Report for the fortnight
Room.
4. Report of the analyses of the public water supplies for the month of April.
A REMARKABLE scene in connection with the dispute between the East and West Country fishermen, on what is known as the Sunday Eshing question, occurred at St. Ives, Cornwall, on Saturday afternoon, says a home paper of the 1st ult. An East Coast boat, the Buttercup, came into harbour with a catch of mackerel.ended April 29th, 19th She was greeted by a large number of St. Ives he had been a Sunday fisher he should not fisherman, who intimated to the captain that as land his catch The captain sought the mayor who told him there was no law to prevent him landing his fish. The police were also present to assist the captain, but the crowd declared. their intention of throwing the cargo into the Viscount Cranbourne states that no reduc-water again if any attempt was made to put it tion of the garrison at Shanghai will be made for the present.
Mr. Pierpont. Morgan has bought the Leyland Line's fleet of steamers. It is stated that further purees are contemplated with
view to a shipping combination.
CHINA.
may be withdrawn from Tientsin and Wei- It is contemplated that some British troops hai-wei.
WEATHER REPORT, The Observatory.report says:--- On the 1st at 12.20 p.m. the barometer has fallen on the China coast owing to a depression which seems to be moving Eastwards along the Yangtze valley, Gradients slight to moderate for S. winds on the Ghina coast. Forecast Moderate to fresh S, and S.W. winds; fair.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
A GOOD shorthand reporter is wanted, vide advertisement appearing elsewhere. to-night, but to-morrow night The Aegons THERE will be no performance at the theatre
The Post Office. There can be no doubt but that great strides have been made of late in the im- will be despatched for PORTLAND (OR) Office, but it is yet far from a perfect institu- provement of the administration of the Post on WEDNESDAY, the 15th instant.
Through Bills of Lading issued to Pacifiction of its kind. Complaints are, however, will be staged. Coast Points and all Eastern Canadian and
far less frequent than formerly and this we For through Rates of Freight and further Information communicate with or apply to
ALLAN CAMERON, General Agent,
United States Points.
'or to
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CONSIGNEES of CARGO per Steamship
ashore. The captain has placed the matter in the hands of the Suffolk Fish Owners' Protec-
declare that they will not allow fish to be land- tion Society, and a complaint has been lodged with the town clerk of St. Ives. The fishermen ed by boats which do not remain in port on Saturday and Sunday nights, What would they think of Hongkong sportsmen, we wonder?
THE following items are from the Peking & Tientsin Times of the 20th uli –
man 2nd Regiment, was shot in the back on We regret to learn that Capt. Bertsch, Ger- his way from the Summer Palace on the 11th inst, and about five miles from Peking."
On Sunday evening a drunken German soldier riding in a ricksha along the eastern about, wounded no less than fourteen Chinese, side of the Native City, Bourishing his sword
the day before yesterday at ten o'clock in the arsenal, Peking, now occupied by the Germans, An explosion occurred at the Cheng ke
morning. Several soldiers and one officer are reported to have been killed, and many wound
believe is entirely due to the attention shown COMMENCING from this evening the Cantoned. Three rifles were carried by the explosion night bants will leave their Wh ftp as far as Li Hung-chang's residence: the old Instead of 5.30 pm.
to detail by the Acting Postmaster General, Mr. Lewis, who is ever ready to listen to complaints and to do all in his power to redress grievances when possible.
these changes are.
A RETURN of cases of communicable, diseste occurring in this Colony during the week end the 27th uko, gives: 65 cases of cases and deaths, 6 cist's being Chinese and Bubonic plague. and 55 deaths, Smallpox
Indian.
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Mr. LEWIS is, however, greatly handicap ped. First, his staff is not a sufficiently large second, the changes amongst the staff are so one and is sadly lacking in intelligence, and, frequent that the work of the Department is almost constantly in-green hands and so suffers. A glance at the Report on the Post the Naval Yard, near the Secretary's (3ffice, elsewhere, will show at a glance how great curruge. A brass plate attached to the trait Office for the year 1900, which we publish is a small brass howitzer mounted on a field fets forth that the gun was captured at the from a Department one is inclined to ask the Naval Yard by HMS. Barfleur,
When employees are constantly resigning North West Fort at Taku and was presented to the reason why in this case we do not we shall be obliged if any subscriber on think that it is far to seek. The salarica paid to the Post Office staff are too low. A receiving his paper late or irregularly will young man joins the Department, and after write out the Wrapper of the paper the Time of A few months he finds that he can obtain delivery, etc., and forward the Wrapper to the employment elsewhere at a higher pay and Manager, Hongkong Telegraph Co. Ed., 50 with less lengthy hours.then are demanded Queen's Road Central, (a at the Post Office. Low pay, too, means
The wrapper will enable us to check the delivery Coolles
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Good remaining unclaimed after the 8th instant will be subject to rental
No Fire Insurance has been affected.
GEORGE ECKLEY, Acting Agent..
Hongkong, 1st May,roor.
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Viceroy Liu bas enlleted all the fishing junks Viceroy was much started. at the month of the fiver Yangize as naval. reserve boats. His ostensible reason is to fishermen are export seamen and divers, the prevent them becoming pirates, but as the Chik Pac opines he has them in view for The je je reports some Indian soldiers have defensive purposes.
chuang, and when the gentry with the native been marauding in the village of Chang Chia- police tried to stop them, they fought and
wounded some.
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cutting the telegraph wires near Peking for the The Chinese have been very active lately in purpose of stealing the wire, which they can utilize in a variety of ways.
Some Chinese reformists in Peking are making arrangements for the publication of a monthly magazine in the Capital similar to the ona formerly produced in Shanghat val
5. Result of the analysis of a sample of water taken from Lai Chi Kok.
6. Petition relative to the retention of sheds on M. L. No. 239, Kennedy Town.
7. Mortality Statistics for this Colony for the week ended April 13th, 1901.
THE BROUGH COMPANY AT THE THEATRE ROYAL
The audience was not large, owing to the ex- The Brixton Burglary" was produced for the Last night the original farcical comedy first time in this colony by the above company. cessive heat prevailing at present, but those who braved it and went last evening thoroughly little inconvenience they may have felt. The enjoyed themselves in every detail for any
Fred. W. Sydney, and is quite a change from Brixton Burglary is from the pen of Mr the pieces this company have favoured us with during their season here. It abounds in fast and furious until the climax is reached. humour and as the play proceeds the fun waxes
Bonito
Iris
H. M. 9. Marks Total
5-32 31 10 58 Championship. Maid Marian 6 9.224 15"
16 11 47. Brier
6 15 47. Alannah Chanticleer
∙Doren...?
did not
0
finish
Gloria.did not start,
34 016
a-fo and Prize..
Active only started twice, o
In the second class no boat finished within the times. The rage will therefore Hate to be resailed...
yachts that have sailed regularly in the A and On Sunday, May 5th, there will be a race for B classes during the season. Each yacht to be steered by the European member of its crew who has acted as mate of such yacht during the present season.
Prize presented by C. D. Wilkinson, Esq. Start I p.m. ime limit 6:30 p.m
Course From usual starting line round- North Fairway Buoy, Stonecutters' Island and Channel Rocks all to starboard, finishing across starting line. 13 miles.
HANDICAP..
Alannah Bonito
Iris
Maid Marian.............. Erica.... Meteor
Chanticleer
Gloria
·Doreen
Active
Dart
Payne Ladybird
.allows.
1 min.
AT THE MAGISTRACK,
ALLEGED BRIBERY.
ings in the Public Works Department, was Percy Thomas Crisp, an Inspector of Build- accepting a bribe of 840 from Cheung Sui Kee, charged on remand before Mr. Hareland with The case was further remanded to Monday
.next.
ROBBERY OF FISHING NETS.
The plot is briefly, as follows. Dr.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Septimus Pontifex (Mr. Brough) is having a For cruelly beating to death two dogs he James Leslie Victor also taking the opportunity was fined $10 or fourteen days' imprisonment. night out, his wife being away; his valet Mr. longing to the Hon. E. R. Belilios, a Shinaman afforded by his master's absence has a night We wish the punishment could have been going about her morning's work discovers-tilis good strokes from the birch added out also. The maid Petunia (Miss Temple) made to fit the crime a bit better, and, a few
explanat upon by the young lady, who demands an James appears and is immediately pounced and determines to watch events. Presently.
in return gives him his. James is in a dreadful
It appears that James having.. For stealing fishing nets and fish, a gang of borrowed a suit of his master's has been men were committed, for trial at the next hand over the suit he is wearing and set upon by a thief who makes him | Criminal Sessions,
stata in case "bis master will require the
THE "SUN CHOW" WRECK
shortly after James's departure in watched by suit, but Petunia, who is his sweetheart,
the maid from behind the curtain, She sees The Imperial Maritime Customs Revenue promises to help him. Her master arriving
(From Our Own Correspondent,)
him slip a photograph of some actresses with Launch Fun Tsai, has been lying at the
SAMSHUL 30th April.
this and determines to use it against him if he protect the hip from piracy up to the present whom he and a friend, have been spending wreck of the Sun Chow, since the accident the evening into a drawer she pockets occured, as the owners asked the Customs to turns against her fames. The piece is too time the only things that have been recovered everything turns out right at the end. long to go into details; sufficient to say that are some guns, the wheel house cleck and the
and spirit which did her credit. Mr. Brough
Miss Temple created much amusement papers, which were in the upper deck: the maid servant, sheacted her part with a verve was as usual-perfect, he made a splendid Dr.
Thompson as Alicia Green, mother-in-law of Septimus Pontifex. The absence of Mrs Brough from the cast was noticed and regretted the worthy doctor; ber acting with Mr. Brough, Quite the star of the evening was Miss Bessie
as
they will be found to day, as the Sun Chote has houses. Na, bodies have been recovered, as has been erroneously stated. It is expected that been lifted so that her upper deck in above the
When this deck is cut away they will be able to water, and they are unable to lift her any more before they cut it away, as it is up to the beams recover the bodies and then raise the wreck up across the junks that are supporting her.
mean ability, Every word she utters is so is beyond all critician; she is an actress of no to her main deck, and beach her. Mr. L. A
Byworth, the Harbour Master at Canton, leaves, elear and her enunciation is perfect to-morrow morning by the Lung Klang, to, thing to be regretted was that it was all too The Hung Fu is still detained in Canton The other parts were well sustained, the only superintend the salvage of all the valuables,
awaiting the trial
aborti