THE HONGKONG POLIDE: THE
CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT.
THE MEN.
THE SYSTEM.
A great dent has appeared lately in the public press about the police, their resignations and Their grievances, but the Telegraph has held aloof until a comprehensive knowledge of the whole question could be obtained. There is without question, from Captain Superintendent downwarila, widespread disaffection and con- stant friction between the various units com posing the force. Tuis must sutiously mintate against their effectiveness, as the best efforts of a man, or body of men, cannot be expected unless their hearts are in their work and they are satisfied with the existing conditions.
The police, as is known, is a composite body consisting of Europeans, Indians, and Chinese. No doubt the Indians and Chinese have their
troubles, but at present we are only concerned with the Europeans, and their grievances are legion. If one only listened and took one side of the question, the men's lot is indeed an un- happy one. As usual there are two siles to the question, and many complaints made against the Captain Superintendent do not lie at his door but are traceable to the lesser lights, Inspectors and Sergents. It may be said the palice are as a house divided against itself. There are the old-timers, men due for a prusion after 15 years service, then, those who must be 45 years of age before they can expect one, and then, those men engaged in the Colony who, only a year or so ago, were stigmatised as beachcombers.
Take the men's side frst. The man who has to serve until he is 15 years old grumbles because aunther gets his peusion after 15 years, when he may be only 36 or 37 years of age.
Then again, a man stationed in Hongkong cun join. the tire brigade, eaming from $9 a nonth upwards extra, and his mess bill will be about $20 a month, hit the man who is sent in the New Territory where he is in constant dan ger fram malaria gets pe alkavance and his mess bill will be alom So a mouth. This is a read grievance and we have reason to believe, if represented in the proper quarter, would ádon be altered,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1901.
WISH AND OTHERWISE..
hear that as Prince Chin was A Chinesa fatting, a coolie who had come Idea. down to try and catch a glimpse of him was heard to, exclaim, Why, he can't be a Prince, he's a man just like me." Probably the Chinese have gathered their ideas of Royalty from legends, and fancy pictures, like the old country woman who, un seeing the late Queen, went home and told her friends that it was all nonsense about the Queen's arms being a lion, and unicorn, she had ordinary arms, of flesh and blood just like any other woman.
What a pretty picture Hongkong A House must present to rest of the world Divided. just now (that is if other folk take any interest in our squabbles, which is doubtful). It now seems to be the rule and not the exception for everybody to disagree with everybody else. The Sanitary Board growls at the Government, sparis at the Sani- ary Board and the Public snaps at both. Then we have the Police doing a growl, and the Goul Staf doing another, and subordinate officials generally dissatisfied and discontented with their lots. ftongkong can hardly be described as a happy family just at present.
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So the Admiralty have decided The Naval that the Naval Yard must stop Yard. where it is for present. Rather a poor decision, l'fancy, for it would have had much more room for expansion the other side of the water, while here it can never grow except at great expense by buying up the surtounding town lots or extending seawards by further reclamation. And we lose by it too, for our dream of a continuous Praya has now melted into thin air. What a pity the Admiralty didn't send out a commission of experts to Then we decide the matter on the spot. would have gone to them and poured our reasons and our prayers into their cars and they would have had to have been a very hard hearted lot of nien to have been deaf to our pathetic pleadings.
"Three bi wagonloads of goods have been taken to the Hall of Justice, and in every in stance the men from whom they were seized have admitted buying the goods from Abramis and his son.
From a statement made it would appear that the frauds were not confined to clothing. and shoes alone. It was said that upon an investigation of the supplies furnished for the | anuy horses, it was found that the""ráke off" some people secured amounted to 200,000 pounds of grain. The army officials are inak- ing every effort to learn who profited by this extensive fraud.
Captain Seymour said that the Government officers had discovered large quantities of goods stolen from the Government. The goods were stored in a warehouse south of Market st., and consisted of all kinds of military supplies. Captain Seymour would not give the address of the warehouse, Manila Times
LIBEL ON THE KING.
ACTION, EV THE VICTORIAN ASSEMBLY, Is the Stade Assembly at Melbourne on June 25th, the Premier drew attention to an article
gulated in the Tocsin the week before, which covered a libel on the King. Its object was to circulate and spread the libel, which no other journal in the British Empire had at- tempted to do. The Government had been faced with a great responsibility, and had asked the Lieut-Governor to cable to the Imperial authorities, inquiring whether newspapers were surpressed as an act of State, intimating at the same time that his Ministers were quite willing to advise him and to act. Whilst the news. paper in question was being issued with the imprint of the member for Melbourne, Mr. E. Findley, on it, that gentleman was taking the oath of allegiance at the opening of Parliament. Mr. Findley, he said, had been warned of the intentions of the Government, and he night now be allowed" to make any statement he wished.
Colonel Maus and a number of local detec still stranger. For the instrument was a con- 1. vention pledging its signatories to abstain froni tives some time ago.began the investigation n! nggressions against Chinese territory. No which resulted in the arrest of Abrams and his render of ordinary intelligence or ingenuous. † són, George, for buying and selling government ness could construc it in any other sense. supplies. Both Abrams and his son deny the Yet the German journal of Shanghai, and charge, but a second hand dealer, Jacob several journals in Germany, allege that the Steveler, says that Abrams sold him twenty purpose of the convention was to confer on pairs of army shoes. Germany rights in the Yangtze equal to those possessed there by England. If any signific- ance whatever attaches to such rights, their practical assertion would be directly opposed to the avowed purpose of the convention, which is to preserve the integrity of the It thus follows that the Chinese empire. German interpreters of the document as of its declared intention.
meaning entirely subversive sign to it
Nor have they ever ventared to pretend that England entertained any such idea when she put her name to the convention. They have stopped start of that attempt, for they could not fail to understand the futility of alleging that England, while pledging herself conventionally to abstain from all aggressive designs in China, really regarded the pledge as an engagement to promote the prosecution of such designs by another Power in conjunction with herself, Every German assigning such a significance to the document must be fully sensible that he is endeavouring to commit England to a pur pose wholly foreign to her real object in negotiating the convention. That is a kind of trickiness which will never be endorsed, we are persuaded, in German official circles. It appears to be wholly forgotten, too, by the Shanghai journal, that all the other Powers were invited to adhere to the Convention na identical terms, and that several of them actually did adhere Are we to suppose that the invitation extended to them included some occult reservation in Germany's favour, and that while the document conferred on her certain special rights in the Yangtsze Valley, it withheld those rights from all other parties to the agreement? That would indeed be a novel way of interpreting a plain, unequivocal, international engagement. More over, we are now told that the German garrison | in. Shanghai is intended to guard the open guard it the Yangtsze. To against whom nr. what? England's invariable and uniform policy has been to throw the door open to every one. She has always admitted all nationalities to an equal share of any commercial or industrial privileges secured either by herdiplomacy or by her arins. Can the same be said of Germany There is only a brief record from which to draw infer- ences in Germany's case, but it is an eloquent record so far as the Far East is concerned, Her officially avowed policy in Shantung has been to secure for herself a monopoly of all railway-building, mining and industrial con- cessions throughout that large region, to the According to what he said at the
exclusion of every other nationality, England's have the reports of meetings edited by the last meeting of the Sanitary Board he wants to
formal protest against such a policy has been Members and this, I think, would mean that presented, but as yet is only a protest on paper, And it is this Germany, the open adopter of the one bright spot in the reports would be
a strictly exclusive progmume in the one blotted out. The discussions of the Board region of China where she exercises any all. reading by the Public. They look forward to lave grown to be looked upon as entertaining thority-it is this Gernity who undertakes the passages of arms between the various
to post a garrison at Shanghai for the purpose members, and there is more fan got out of our of guarding the open door to the Yangisze fortnightly meetings of the Board than out of Valley. Of course we have no manner of title the whole of the rest of the public business of protest against every legitimate effort on Germany's part to make herself great and the Colony. If Mr. May suppresses all irrefev- A man goes on duty for six, hours and may
ant remarks and all nonsense, I believe that powerful. On the contrary, we wish her be has a case. He must be at the Police Court 3 hours before he gets any rebate of duty,
the papers will have to shut down for want of every good fortune, and we sincerely admire the It will be seen from the above that friction subjects on which to expand themselves. If remarkable ability and perseverance of her you notice, as I do, the Sanitary, Board has people. They deserve success. But is it too is going on, rendering if imp.ssible, So
much to ask that they should climb without made more copy for the poor journalist than long as it exists, to have a body of inep
needlessly trampling upon the faces of other any other institution in the Colony, and if Mr. doing their duty willingly because it is
be allowed to edit all reports. I de-
folks? England is quite ready to walk hand May is their duty, and cheerfully giving that respectieve that the members of the Press will go on
in hand with them, but she expects, that they to their superior officers which is so necessary strike, or resign in a body. How would the
will not take advantage of that juxtaposition to to keep up a proper discipline. Half the
papers get through the silly season without administer kicks and cuffs to their comrade. tionts are directly against Mr. F. H. May who
-Japan Mall. is held responsible, but half are on account of some of their own comrades being better off than others. The whole force is disunitexi. tow often does a constable get even a civil answer from a Sergeant er inspector? should be held as great an offence to insult by
Then again, why should the men who go out for 24 hours, in the police launches have an allowance of $13 for constables and S25 for Sergeants and a boy and fire found them?
Then again there is only one doctor (Chinese) in the New Territory, and a ninn may not get any skilled attention for 24 hours,
The canteen system is another cause of dis- satisfaction. No one knows what becomes of the money, no balance sheet is ever, shown,
and in the way the place is run by the bays, any ong below the rank of Inspector is treated more like a unfer than a man who is paying for his drink. Another thing, an old tine Sergent putting a man on the report for perhaps some irivial offence is almost sure of his case. It is alleged that a Constable is not heard and judged in an impartial inanner.
At the Centfal the man who is career for the mess hands over the amount to Mr. Fuk Sang, who pays the compradore. Why should not the nich pay the compradore themselves atel get any discount there is coming and put it in
a common fun?
manner as hy words. The seat of the trouble is, the constant harassing, the pinpricks of every day life that make the meri dissatisfied and, to use an expressive vulgarism Fed up There is only one way to effectually settle the matter, and that is to hold an enquiry where witnesses would be called and made in give their evidence. No man will make a complaint now; he would be marked and his life made a burden until he resigned.
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The case of Dr. Kwan appears Dr. Kwan, to me to be a very hard one. Here is a mau who has taken the trouble to qualify himself in the only way open to him out here, has passed all his examinations with flying colours, and yet the Sanitary Board refuse to recognise him. I fear that this action of the Board will tend to damage the prospects of the College of Medicine for Chinese.
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Really, Mr. Editor, Mr.. May is Mr. May. very unkind to the General Public.
the Board.
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I hear good accounts of the The Vnude Australian Vaudevilles who are
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to open here shortly. They have certainly done a very plucky thing in boarding us right in the middle of the hot weather and for this alone they deserve sup- As a matter of fact we grow a bit too pert.
Manila delicate here with regard to heat, turns out en masse to anything of the sort, although they don't possess a cold season, so why shouldn't we defy the weather for once and go to see people who come and try to amuse us in our dull time? If Hongkong goes ahead as it promises to do, we shall have to overcome the heat objection by the erection of a theatre at the Peak. Then we shall bave everybody rushing up there to enjoy the cool breezes and at the same time hear some play
HONGKONG, Friday, July 26th, Messrs. Benjamin, Kelly-and-Potts,-in-tlicie weekly share report state :--
The market remains very inactive during the perind under notice transactions affected have been confined to a few stocks only and rates generally show a slight decline on the previous week's quotations. The Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, Limited, has advertised its Ordionry Half-Yently Meeting for the 19th Auges. The transfer books will be rinsed from the thin 19th proximo, both days inclusive. Banks-Hongkong and Shanghai Banks, owing to the settleinent, have further de clined and are on offer at 395 per cent, premium without leading to business. There is no change in the London quotation. Bank, of Ghinas (Ordinary) have been negotiated at 15 shillings. Nationals are still in request at $28. Marine Insurances. ---All storks under this heading are weak and shares can be procured at quotations. Fire Insurances-Hongkong Fires have been aleaft fri' at $545. China Fires hwe found pur chasers at $84. Shipping --Hongkong, Ganton and Macao Steamboats have again changed hands at $354 and close with further buyers, Indo-Chinas have been placed at $1 383 and are now wanted at $139. Douglas Steamships have ruled steady and further transactions have taken place at $54 and $55. China and Manilas have been disposed of at $62. The old and new shares are now quoted alike, the final call on the latter having fallen due on the goth instant. Star Ferries are en- quired for at $24 and 59 for the old and new issue respectively. Refineries. China Sugars have been booked at $142 and $140. Luzons are unchanged. Mining-Punjoms have been fixed at $5 and more can, be placed at $54, Raubs have been done in small lots at S13 and Sial. Jelebus are offering at $4. Docks, Wharves and Godowns-Hongkong and Whampoa Docks are quoted at $300. Kowloon Wharfs continue quiet at $10ch New Amoy Docks in demand at $24. Lands, Hotels and Building Hongkong. Lands. bave been negotiated at S198 and $197 and close firm again at the higher figure. West Points and Kowloon Lands are offering. at quota- tions. Hongkong Hotels are easier and can be obtained at $130. Oriente Hotels are procurable at $65. Humphrey's Estate can be had at $13-after sales at $134. A sale of China Providents at $91, has been effected. Cotton, Mills Have all declined. Ewos have sellers at Tis. 45 Internationals are repo-ted sold at Tis. 10. Laou-Kung-Mows are obtainable at Tis, 40. Hongkong Cottons can still be placed at $10 Cigar Companies--Nothing doing Miscellaneous-Green Island Cements have been booked at Szoj and $21. A/S. Watsons have changed hands at Sió and Watkins at Sro. Electrics, old, have been sold at $12, Tramways have further advanced and have enquiries at $275ices are wanted at $185 and Dairy Farms at $5
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GILAIL
GERMANY IN SHANGHAI,
It was all very well for the peacemakers to tall us recently that English newspapers were quite unreasonable when they expressed sur- prise because Germany had suddenly con ceived the project of stationing a battalion of troops in Shanghai. A truism often proves useful if it is uttered sufficiently sententiously, and these apoingists doubtless satisfied them selves and their audience when they dismissed
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THE GOVERNMENT OF PEKING,
Mr. Findley said: I did not write the article alluded to. I did not authorize its publication, and I did not read it until my attention was called to it by the Argus. 1 desire also to say, as publisher of the journal named, I have no more control over its contents or knowledge of what it will contain than the Government Printer has respecting Hansard," but since my name has been associated with the article. in question, I would point out that the Tocsin newspaper inade no charges against the King, On the contrary, it condemned those made by the Irish paper, and urged because of their sheer abusiveness an illegal and unconstitut- tional Act had been resorted to in order to sup- press that paper.
Do you apologise to the House? several members asked.
Mr. Findley I regret that the article has given offence to this House, and 1 regret that it appeared. I am not here to justify the appearance of that article.
Mr. Peacock held that it was not sufficient
to express regret. There must be an unquali. tied disavow! and disapproval., He moved "That the hon. member for Melbourne, Mr. Findley, was guilty of disloyalty to His Majesty, had committed an act discreditable to the House of Parliament, and that he, there- fort, be expelled from this House?
Sir Samuel Gillett seconded the motion. Mr. Irving, leader of the Opposition, said that it was not possible to adopt a less stringent course than that taken by the Premier. The only way of vindicating the honour of Parlia ment was to send the member back to his con-
tions to reassume the direction of affairs in
The Chinese authorities are making prepara-stituents, and leave them to determine whether
he should longer sit in the House. l'eking, and it is believed that, with the ex- should retire, and so requested him.
The speaker thought it best that Mr. Findley ception of the Legation guards, the foreign troops will all have been withdrawn by the close of August. No trouble is anticipated. Every effort will doubtless be put forth for the maintenance of good order and, within the limits of the Capital City at least, order will doubtless prevail..
Mr. Findley I wish to say I have not the slightest sympathy with the article in question. Torsin any sympathy with it. I took the Dath of allegiance in all sincerity..
Neither has the writer of the article in the
A little later Mr. Findley retired, in deference to the request of the Speaker, although one or two members thought he ought to be allowed
to remain.
Labour member, that the member for Mel
Aa amendment was moved by Mr. Ward, bourne be suspended from the sittings of the House for the remainder of the session.
De Maloney-held that if the proposed action was taken no man'would regret it more all the Jays of his life than the Premier. He desired Findley be suspended for a week. The House to move as a further amendment that Mr. would assert its dignity by adopting that
course.
We recently learned from a high Chinese authority, says the Shanghai Mercury of the 19th inst, that arrangements have been made with the Japanese to assist in the administration of the city. What plan of co-operation has been agreed upon we are unable to say, but we are told that the assistance to be tendered will not extend to military matters. The idea strikes us an eminently feasible one, and pro- vided it leads to no international disagreement, ous period of transition and to tend to the likely to aid greatly in tiding over the danger benefit of all concerned. Our Japanese friends have given proof of their competence in the management of municipal affairs; they possess the confidence of the Chinese, and, better than any other people in this great racial nedley, they understand the peculiarities of the Chinese character, the value of Chi- nese testimony, the methods of Chinese Courts, and the ways by which the Chinese may be conducted into the path of rectitude and held therein. The arrangement is also a gool one
The Speaker said he would direct strangers from an economical standpoint, as Japanese
to withdraw, and then the article could be assistance can be secured at rates but little above those demanded by the Chinese them-read, and he would see that neither "Hansard" selves. All these considerations, coupled with nor the Press was present. the similarity of the two races in language, literaine, and religion, will doubtless tend in the future to make Japan a powerful aid and stimulus to China, not only in the settlement of present difficulties, but in all her future attempts to come abreast of European civilization.
the matter by saying that Shanghai is not England's property and that she has no title to complain if other Poyers make themselves at home there, But the light in which the act should be interpreted by outsiders depends very much upon the light in which the Ger ans themselves regard it, and we have a guide to that light in the language of the Estasiatische Lloyd of Shanghai. That journal declares not only that Germany has now gained equal rights with England in the Yangtze Valley and that the German acquisition is publicly acknowledg. ed, but also that the German garrison at Shang- hai is the guardian of the open door on the Yangis, and that the maintenance of that garrison is a sign of particular political shrewdness on the part of the German Govern- ment." Englishmen, we are glad to think, are seldom disturbed by bluster. They understand that some of their German friends are suffering badly from the complaint of swelled head, and as the British have been themselves afflicted with more than one epidemic of the same kind they are disposed to sympathise with sufferers from the malady rather than to rail at them. In all gentleness, therefore, we would point out that these various contentions of the Shanghai German newspaper betray a very un-German- like want of analytical capacity. "As to the claims which Germany is now attempt ing to assert in China, it is easy to understand the difficulty that even the most "patriotic" German must experience in setting them forth. Germany never made her appearance in any character upon the Chinese stage during the half century when England was engaged in opening the Middle Kingdom to the trido of the world, and when, assisted occasionally by France, she bare all the brunt of Chinese con servatism and resistance. Germany had no hand, act, or part in the doings of those times She cannot derive from the past any sort of right to a voice in Chinese affairs. If she has gained equal rights with England in the Yong ise Valley, as the Shanghai journal says, it is not, because of anything she has achieved there, but simply by Eng ond's suffer- ance And when we come to consider the in- strument under which Germany claims to have sequired those rights, their assertion, seems | mont shocs : 51 a.pair,
Mr. Trenwith, Chief Secretary, thought a different complexion would have been placed and declared his indignation at the publication on it if Mr. Findley had come to the House of the article, and stated that he had severed his connection with the paper. There was a desire on the part of several members that the article should be read, but A1r. Peacock thought
such a course inadvisable..
This course was followed, and Mr. Findlay was re-admitted.
When the strangers were avain admitted, Mr. Findley again avowed his unswerving alle giance to the King, and announced his deter pination of severing his connection with the paper as evidence of the entire repudiation of
the article.
·TO-DAY.
"WEATHER REPORT.
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On date at
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29.74 86
29.70
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Barometer... Temperature. ........................ Humidity Rainfall...
TO-DAY.
Saturday, 27th July, 1991: Chinese-rath of 6th moon of 27th year of
Kwang-su. Sun-Rises
5hr, 30min. der, finiin. 5hr. 16min. Shr. omin, our. 5gmin. Afternoon .....thr. 3min. ANNIVERSARIES,
High water-Morning......
"Afternoon...
Low water-Afternoon.....
1830 French Revolution. 1843-Canton opened to British trade. 1862-Terrific typhoon at Canton, Macao,
Hongkong and Whampoa ; loss of life estimated at 40,000 persons. 1868-Armed attack on Victoria Peak Signal
Station.
1866-Atlantic cable laid, 1878-Fur men poisoned by bad air in the hold of the British steamer Elgin at Saigon,
TO-MOREDW.
Sunday, 28th July, tyor, Clanese-13th of bih mien of 37th year of
Kwang-tu Sun---Mises
اشان
She groin. "ba, grmin. shr.
a.fil
dr. min.
Moon-Max. 'Déc. Sug High water-Morning .......
Afternoon........" Shr. zbuciu. Low water-Afternoon...... ohromin. Afternoon Thr, 39min. ANNIVERSARIES. 1540-Earl of Essex belicated. 1750 Sebastian Bach, composer, died.. 1795-Robespierre guillotined,
861-Nanking re-taken by the Imperialists. 1878-Death of the infant prince Ta-d-no-Moro,
heir to the Japanese throne. 1888 The s.5. Leesang wrecked off Port Arthur.
AGENDA.
-TO-DAY.
Cargo ex Glamorganshire subject to rent. Cargo ex Franz Ferdinand subject to rent, Cargo ex Chelydra subject to rent.
TO-MORROW,
Daylight--D. & Co.'s steamer Hailon leaves
for Swatow, Amoy and Foochow
CHURCH SERVICES.
St. John's Cathedral:-Communion, 7 ani, Roman Catholic Cathedral:-Mass at 6 am,
Matins, 1a.m., Evensong, 5-45 p.m. 7 a.m., 8 a.m., and 9.30a.m. Benediction, .5 p.m. German Bethesda Chapel, West Point
Morning Service, 13 a.m. St. Francis Church, Wanchai-Mass (Chr.) Benediction, 6 a.m., (Port.), 7.30 am. 5 p.m.
Service (English), 9 a.m. St. Joseph's Church, Garden Road-Morning St. Anthony's Chapel, West Point:-Mass,
8 a.m.
Wesleyan Methodist Church :--Services, io.30
a.m. and 5.45 pan. Union Church-Services, 11 alm. and 6 pin., St. Peter's Church.
West Point.
Eighth Sunday after Trinity (July 28th), Matinsam. Venite, Macfarien; Te Deum, Harley; Jubilate Smart. Hymns 343. 387, 14 (5. H.) and 35 (S. H.)
Evensong. (6.30 p.m.) Magnificat Bentinck; Nunc, Grotch, Hymns 428; 394, 18 (S. H.j and 45 (S. H.) Holy Communion.
The Mission Launch Dayspring will visit the ships between 9.15, and 10.30 am and to the service returning afterwards. (Kowloon between 5 and 6 p.m. te bring men ashore at 10.30 and 6 p.m.). The "answering penn-
ant" may be hoisted.
MONDAY, 29th.
Office of P.W.D.
Cargo ex Melpomene subject to rent. Cargo ex Alexandria subject to rent,
Cargo ex Hongkong alaru subject to rent.
The steamer · Lightning, from Calcutta, Ieft Singapore for this port yesterday afternoon
The steamer Richmond Castle buited from New York on the 24th inst., for Stralisį Hong- kong, China and Japan, instead of and inst,
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The Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s R.M.S. Empress of Japan left Yokohama for Van- couver on the afternoon ofFriday the 26th Inst..
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The N. Yo K. Co.'s Mearner Turba Maru. (European Line) left. Singapore, for this port on the 25th inst., 'and is expected to arrive here on the 31st inst
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The Canadian 'Pacific Rallway" Co.'s R.M.S. Athenian left Vancouver on the aftemoon of Wednesday the 24th inst, for Hongkong,via Japan Ports and Shanghai,
The Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s $. S. Tartar arrived Kobe ★ì àm, on Thursday the 25th inst, and left again at 5 p.m., Friday for Shanghai where she is due to arrive at mid- night Monday the 29th inst..
The Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s R.M.S. Empress of Chins arrived at Shanghai at. 8.30 am., on Saturday the 27th inst., and left again at 6 p.m., same day for Hongkong where she is due to arrive at 9 am, on Tuesday the 20th inst.
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HONGKONG ARD WHAMYDA DOCK RETURNS,
Hongkong Mari...... at Kowloon Duck, Sishan....
Y. Sentan
Chingtu
Clara......
Canton River
floihao
Likin.
Zaire... Sungkiang............
Colonies
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13
Cosmopolitan
Shipping.
Arrivala,
TRYM, Norwegian steamer, 710, Hans Dall, 26th July,-Haiphong 22nd July, and Hollow 25th, General-A. R. Marty, SULLBERG, German steamer, 782, J. Jessen, 26th July,—Chefoo 20th July, General.— Siemssen & Co.
KWAMOSE British steamer, 1,254, A. Harris,
26th July,-Java 15th July, Sugar- Butterfield & Swire.
CLAM, British steamer, 2,310, J. Evans, 27th July, Balik-Papan 19th July, Bulk Oil- LYEESIOON, German steamer, 1,238, Th. Leli
Amhold, Karbery & Co.
nan, 27th July,-Canton 26th July, General-Sicinssen & Co.
DAYBREAK, British steamer, 700, A. H. Best, -27th July,-Cunton 26th July, General,—
C. M. S. N. Co.
27th July-Swatow 26th July, General THALES, British steamer, 875. A. J. Robson,
ANPING MARU, Japanese steamer, 1,065, S.
Douglas, Lapraik & Co.
Atsumi, 27th July.→Foochow via Amoy and Swatow 20th July, General.-Mitsui Bussan Kaisha.
Clearances at the Harbour Office. Hailan, French,str., for Hoihow. Daigi Maru, Japanese str,, for Swatow: Sullberg, German str., for Canton. E-sang, British str., for Swatow. Pak Kong, British str., for Canton. Haimun, British str, for Amoy, We Ping, Chinese steam-launch, for Wuchow. Heinoon, British str., for Canton.
fichael Jebsen, German str., for Haiphong.
Pakshan, British str., for Swatow. Shirley, British str., for Mofi. Shantung German str., for Swatow.
Haltan, British str., for Swalow.
Desertures:
July 27, Australian, British str., for Australia, Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction at 3 pm. July 27, Independent, German str., for Chefoo.
July 27, Haimun, British str, for Aniay, July 27, Hailan, French str, for Hoihow. July 27, Anna, Austrian str., for Kobe. July 27, Loosad, German str, for Bangkok. July 27, Glengyle, British transport, for Bombay. July 27, Charterhouse, British str., for Amoy. July 27, E-sang, British str., for Swalow, July 27, Deuteros, German str., for Saigon. July 27, Esmeralda, British str., for Manila. July 27, Nevasó, British transport, for Calcutta. July 27, Sullberg, German str. for Canton.
SHIPPING GAZETTE.
In future the Telegraph shipping form sup plied to Captains of vessels will contain a heading for notices of officers and engineers transferred or on leave, etc. Friends will much oblige by giving this information:-
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July 23rd.
Passengers-Arrived.
Per Thales, from Swatow--23 Chinese.
Doparted.
The officers of the Tsinan (Capt. O. Ander- son) are; chief officer Mr. C. Webb, and Mr. A.
Per Australian, from Macao for Timor- Burt, 3rd Mr. F. Carle, 4th Mr. D. Smyth. Capt. J. N. S. da Costa Cabral, Mrs. M. Guin chief engineer Mr. J. Runcie, zad Mr. M. Murlarcies, Masters Heio, Manuel; Sisters Jpa- ray, 3rd Mr. P. Macquire, Doctor, J. Baxter, M.D. quin, Fernandes, Lomato, Baptista, and 7 chief steward, Mr. J. Wilson.
Soldiers.
From Hongkong for Thursday Island Mr. H. A. C. Douglas. For Brisbane Mr. C. Stockwell For Sydney--Dr. and Mrs. Rhodes, Mrs., Osborne, Messrs. E. Grainger, Mailler, Misses N. and Una Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Beattie and z. children. For Melbourne Misses Krull, Bronet, and Mrs. Knowles.
July 25th.
The officers of the steamer Australian (Captain P. T. Helms) are chief, A: H. Schaw, 2nd, A. W. Marshall, 3rd R. J. S. Sippe, chief engineer, A. W. Wildridge, and, D." Young, 3rd-Timons, 4th P. Pickburn.
July 26th.
Mr.J. M. Wright, chief officer, Leksang, on leave, has rejoined his ship.
Mr. J. Duncan, acting chief officer, Loksan,
bas resurned duty as 2nd officer.
Mr. S. K. Gordon, acting and officer, Lok, The Premier then announced, amid dead silence, that it was the intention of the Govsang, has been appointed and officer, Viksa
Mr: H. Cuthbertson, from leave, has gone 2nd engineer. Laksang.
ernment to adhere to its resolution.
U. 8. ARMY FRAUDS.
General Shafteraad Colonel Maus, Inspector-
Mr. Prendergast (Labour member)' made a General of the Department of California, and vehement speech against the motion, and was the Federal grand jury are investigating, the strongly in favour of Mr. Findley being treated many reports of fraud committed in the com in what he termed a less vindictive manner. missary branch of the army service in Sao
Mr. Sangster, another Labour member, held Francisco. That ile reports seem to be based that the whole thing was a trap laid by the on something more substantial than idle runior Argus to win back the Melbourne seat for is shown by the disclosures following the the Conservative party, and that the Govern arrest of Lewis Abrams and his sons, dealersment had fallen into it splendidly. in second hand clothing. The extent of the Several other members spoke deprecating alleged frauds has not been determined, and the extreme course involved by the carrying of there is a diversity of opinion on the subject. the resolution, and thought the case would be Captain Seymour, of the San Francisco met and the honour of the House vindicated. detective force, who is assisting the Federal by a far less extreme coures. Eventually, how grand jury, said:
ever, the resolution for the expulsion of Mr. Findley from the Legislative Assembly was carried by 64 to 17 and amid murmurs of Findley gone the House attempted to take up ordinary business. It was in too excited a state, however, and shortly afterwards ad- journed. Exchangé.
The government has unquestionably been robbed for a long time past, and I believe the amounts of the loss sustained by Uncle Sam through the treachery and dishonesty of some of his army officers and others will reach into the hundreds of thousands of dollars,
The Federal grand jury has the matter of prosecution in its bands and the secret service inen are doing its bidding, the police merely rendering assistance when such is found neces- safy and is called for. 1 believe that arrests will be made, probably by the Federal officers, that will startle, the community.
For months past various stores, about the city have been exhibiting signs "Government Goods for Sale Here," and the following advertisements have been inserted in the daily newspapers
Wanted-One thousand men to wear govern
NOTANDA.
CALENDAR.
JULY.
Meteorological means based on fifteen years'
observations to 1898.
Barometer
Thermometer......
Humidity
Rainfall in
29738
81.6
83.0
14210
Mr. J. E. Mybill, and engineer, Loksan, is on leave.
Mr. A. A. Chalmers, chief officer, Pisang, is on leave.
Mr. A. E. Mongor, and officer, Viksune, is acting chief officer, same steamer.
Mr. J. Lennox, chief engineer, Shansi, is on shore duty.
Mr. P. Blair, end, engineer, Wenchon, is transferred to the Pekin.
Per Yawatu Maru, for Manila--Messrs. W. H. Lawrence, Alex. Ross, E. Kaufmann, T.. Morita, K. Muira, Scatan, Anderson, P. O.
Rothrock, G. Atsumi, Hill, Mesdames Towar, Cuchen, Hughes. Arthur, Heizman, Slavens, Dale and 2 children, Misses Thompson, M. Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers and 3. children For Australian Ports--Mrs. W. H Russell, Messrs. 5. E. Thill, W. S. Kylie, J. Cullinam, C. E. Blair, S. Boyce, F. A. Hyland, Mr. and Mrs. Ray and z children, Mr. and Mrs. G. Asano, S. Saito, Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Gaunt, Michie, Misses Aubusson, Bracker, Mr. and Mrs. Atherton, Mrs. Elwyn, and Capt. and Mrs. Bancroft
Mr. D. Peebles, supernumerary 3rd engineer, Pekin, is appointed and engineer, Wenthow.
Mr. H. Copeland, Chunsung, has been apA G. Branco Martins, Rev. Carmo Mattos, pointed and engineer, Fausing
Mr. F. Brice, 3rd engineer, Chikli, is on leave.
Mr. G. Paxton, 3rd engineer, Min, has been transferred to the Chikit.
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS, DUE. American (China) to-morrow. French (Oceanien) 29th instant. Canadian (Empress of China) 30th instant: Indian (Lightning) 31st instant. American (Voric) 6th-prox." Australian (Eastern) 6th prox, German (Prinsess Irene) 6th prox. American (Nippon Mani) 14th prox.
Per Kanagawa Maru, for Singapore→→→ Messrs. A. R. Morris, A. Bagnall, M. Kita and Kelly Rainburn, For Penang-Messrs. R. A. Brown and A. Simon. For Port Said Mrs. Haas and 5 children. For Marseilles-Lieut.
Messrs. M. Moscovitch, Midzuro, Yoshimura, Hachin and Itaya, For London-Messrs. Henry Wiseman, Thos. McG. Bryce, J. John son, A. Miller, J. Suugi and R. Huga
-To Depart Per Shanghai, from Hongkong for London Cape W. A. Barris, R.M.LT and Troops. Gunners William Barlow, R.N., Bosn, William Hazelgrove, R.N., and Licut, and Mrs. Bran- dreath, 'R.N.
SHIPPING REPORTS.
CaptA Robson, of the steamship Thaler,from Swalow, reports-Left Swatow at 5 pm on the zoth inst moderate 5, and SW. breezes find and clear weather generally, with occasional rain squalls, and high S.W.swell Vessels in Swatow-Proting and Chaysang,