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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA.
LONDON, August roth. Lord Kitchener reports that a blockhouse near Brandfort, Orange River Colony, was rushed and captured by the enemy, after severe fighting, on Wednesday night.
Kritzinger's commando of four hundred men, badly mounted, has crossed the railway to the south of Conway, Cape Colony.. THE CHINA EXPEDITION HONOURS AND PROMOTIONS.
LONDON, August 11th.. The China Gazelle publishes the follow The Machinery used is of the Latesting honours and promotions in connection
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Sir Claude Macdonald, Colonels Reid, Barrow and Dorward, and Sir Pertab Singh are appointed Knights Commanders of the Bath
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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1901,
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The Canton House Tax.. To the European the objection of the Cantonese to the payment of the newly imposed house tax may seem somewhat puerile, for to our minds when the nation is involved the whole nation must pay. Still, China is a peculiar country and peculiar methods prevail. It must not be forgooten that the Powers were announced not to be at with him and that heir late expedition was aimed solely against the Boxers in the north. It must also be remembered that the Viceroys of the Yang tsze Provinces and the Viceroy of the Two Kwangs as well, stood by the foreigners dur ing the late troubles and arranged affairs so well that an anti-foreign rising was prevented within their jurisdiction. Yet now that the question, of an indemity has arisen it seems that the innocent are to suffer together with the guilty and that those who
Packed in 1 Air Tight Tins MILD, MEDIUM and Full Strength, Price go cents per Tin.stood by us are to help pay for the sins of Hongkong, rath August, 1901.
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Silver Plated, Glass and China Waies, Iron Bedsteads and Mat- tresses; Cutlery and Dinner Services; Cooking Ranges and Kitchen Utensils, Aspinal's Enamels, &c., &c.
Sir Norman Stewart, Generals Cummins and Lorne Campbell, Colonels Bookey, Gart- side, Tipping and Bertie, Majors Bond and Ramsay, are appointed Companions of the
Bath.
Major-General Gascoigne, is appointed Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George. Commanders Connor, New South Wales Contingent, and Tickell, Victoria Contingent, are made Companions of St. Michael and St. George, Commander Elder. ton of the Royal Indian Marines, Majors Johnston, Royal Artillery, and Pereira, Grenadier Guards, Captains Philipps, Griffin and Rowcroft, Lieutenants Ganssen and Bainbridge, Indian Staff Corps, Captains Fell of the Queen's, Poole, East Yorkshires, and Walwyn, Royal Welch Fusiliers, receive the Distinguished Service Order. General Gaselee is promoted 10. Major-General, and the Mabaraja Sindhia is appointed Aide-de- Camp to the King.
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COMPANY.
Masses Cottam & Co. are just opening a ship- THE AUSTRALIAN VAUDEVILLE ment of the renowned K. boots, The best of leather and workmanship, they have one failing, after about to years wearing you grow tired of them and give them away.
To-night is absolutely the last appearance of this Company and we believe the troupe are spreading themselves to make the farewell per-
formance the best of the series. If the weather e favourable a crowded house should greet
their efforts.
OWING to circumstances, the band could not play at dinner on last Saturday at the Hong. kong Hotel, but there was a musical tiffin to
Last night, what with falling glass and day, "Doreen" came on with the entreds and heavy rain, few people ventured out, conse "Queen of my heart" dwindled away quietlyquently there was a very poor attendence and yet the show was as good as ever. We hope with the cold joints and pickles,"
to-night will make up for last night.
THE fagahip Brooklyn with Admiral Remey on board arrived at Cavite at three o'clock on the afternoon of the 7th just. The Brooklyn bas been participating in the naval celebrations in Australia and returned by way of Batavia. Admiral Remoy is the senior naval officer commanding the Asiatic fleet.
THE at business continues to increase in volume at the office of the Board of Health of Manila. Owing to the inconvenience caused by the traffic it has become necessary, say the Manila papers, to establish stations in every district in Manila where the rodents will be cremated and the bounties paid their captors.
As a usual thing the mosquitoes found in Bangkok are not very large, whatever their biting powers may be. Still one was caught in the vicinity of Custom House Lane lately, says the Siam Observer, which, besides being distinctly 'stout and bulky, measured 2 centime. tres (or about three quarters of an inch) from the end of its proboscis to its tail, ACCORDING to the New American they are going in for steam ploughing in the Phillipines, Governor Betts of Albay has decided to show his constituents how to farm. He is an old farming implement manufacturer and will bring over at his own expense every class of farming machinery, suited to the province, to show the people how they farm in America. Among the machinery ordered are two steam plows. Governor Betts is one of the progres- sive elements in the islands and be proposes. to make the natives of other provinces stare at the progress of Albay.
A SOMEWHAT mysterious affair occurred at Bangkok, on the 29th ult, says the Observer. The as. Koh si-chang was lying in the river opposite, Messrs. Windsor and Co's premises when, at about 8 o'clock, fire bullets fired from the west side of the river struck various parts of the vessel. Fortunately no damage was done but we understand that the Captain's little son had a very narrow escape, one of the mis sites passing about a foot above his head. Apparently some person or other was indulging in revolver practice but this sort of thing certainly demands the attention of the Authori-
1ics.
·SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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The following have received promotion, Lieutenant Colonels O'Sullivan, Royal Engineers, Woon and Pollock, Indian Staff Corps, Majors Johnstone and Luke, Royal
A special meeting of the Legislative Council was held this afternoon at 3 p.m. to pass i Marines, Swan, Bower, Tulloch, Mackenzie. Kennedy, and Vaughan, Staff Corps, St. resolution of sympathy with His Majesty the John, Koyal Artillery, Koe, Army Service King and His Imperial Majesty Emperor Corps, Captains Norie of the Middlesex William. There was a fail attendance.
His Excellency said:--Honourable Mem- Regiment, Gwynne, Royal Welch Fusiliers; bers of the Legislative Council of Hongkong, Lee, Royal Engineers, Jermyn, Shaw, Brookhave summoned you to-day, that I may pro ing, Napier, Bingley, and Vaughan of the pose to you as representing this community a Staff Corps, Wray, Royal Marines, and resolution expressing our respectful sympathy Veterinary Captain Hazelton.
with His Majesty thie King and His Imperial Majesty the German Emperor on the death of the Dowager Empress Frederick of Germany and Princess Royal of England. When in those sad days in January the son and grandson met at Osborne to mingle their teats over the deathbed of our great Queen, we did not expect that within eight months the two august monarchs would once more find themselves in- volved in a common sorrow at the death of a has placed two nations in mouming and has touched millions of German and British hearts with a common sentiment of sympathy. Eng
The following receive the Medal for dis- tinguished conduct in the field.
Sergeants Murphy and Preston, Corporals Johnson and Gowney, and Private Myers of the Royal Marines, Sergeant Taylor, and Privates Crew, Doodson and Jackson, Royal Welch Fusiliers, Havildar Roshanklian, Hongkong Singapore Battalion, and Artillery Sergeant Gidienkwee of the Chinese Regi ment..
The following .ludian honours are also announced.
Major-General Gaselee to be Knight Grand Commander of the Indian Empire.
The Maharaja of Bikanir to be Knight Commander of the Indian Empire,
To be Companions of the Indian Empire. Colonels Rainsford, Radford, Scott-Mon
Lieutenant Asafalikhan, of the Maler-Kotla Sappers, Subadar Majors Sardarihan, Hong. kong Regiment, and Yasinkhan, 24th Bengal Infantry.
those who joined in the anti-foreign rising.crieff and Waddell, Majors Watson and Scott,
Then too, the Cantonese were almost as great objects of the popular hatred in the north as were the foreigners. They were forced to fly from Tientsin and Peking and were in as great danger as the foreigners against whom the Boxer rising was sup posed to be mainly directed. This being the case, it is hardly to be wondered at that
the Cantonese regard the house tax as an
'imposition to which they ought not to be
subjected.
We fancy, however, that if the whole truth were known it would be found that the Court
To be a Companion of the Star of India. Colonel Richardson of the Indian Staff Corps.
OBITUARY.
LATER.
Signor Caspi the Italian statesman is dead.
THE GREAT IRON AND STEEL
has no intention whatever of allowing any of STRIKE IN AMERICA.
beloved mother and sister—a bereavement that
land has not forgotten the infinite charm of the Princess Royal with her far-reaching" sym- pathies, and history will do justice to the great. abilities and admirable qualities of the Dowager,
tude with which Her Majesty bore in her later) years afflictions and sufferings from which no human being, however exalted, is exempt. To us, the melancholy duly presents itself of ten- dering to His Majesty the King and His Im- perial Majesty the German Emperor our tes pectful condolences, and I beg to propose for your acceptance the following resolution:- "That the members of the Legislative Council of Hongkong desire humbly to express to His Majesty the German Emperor the sorrow with which they have received the intelligence. of the death of the Dowager Empress Frederick of Germany. Princess Royal of England, and their deep sympathy with their Majesties in their bereavment. mg Mag
Empress Frederick and to the general forti-
Mr. Chater seconding said:
Your Excellency, I beg to second the reso- lution. In doing so I am convinced that I. represent the wishes of the community in gen-
the funds derived from the house tax to find The general iron and steel strike declared eral. The loss.sustained by H.M, the King is
their way into the pockets of Powers. The
THE LATE EMPRESS
FREDERICK
indemnity question is not settled yet and it by the American steel workers has begun, is only too likely that the house tax lias The Labour Federation and Mine Workers been imposed as a good means of filling the Organization are supporting the strikers. Imperial coffers which have been somewhat depleted by recent events. The indemnity offered a good excuse for the imposition of the tax and hence the foreigner has to bear the blame for it. We should not be sur prised at some other taxes being imposed in Canton on the same pretext. The Court wants money and must get it by hook or by crook, and so we suppose the indemnity excuse will be ridden to death.
We cannot help thinking that it is a pity for the Court to tax the Southern Provinces
Our store is situated between the Principal Banking Institutions and heavily on account of the indemnity. If it is
Hotels in Hongkong.
Hongkong, 25th; July, ionr
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GENERAL DRAPERS A AND GENTLEMEN'S OUTFITTERS
OF
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Are now showing a Large and varied Stock of
necessary to impose heavy, taxes to meet foreign claims these taxes should be levied upon the Northern Provinces and should be heaviestin the most guilty districts. By taxing the whole country impartially, as is now being done, the Court is simply fostering the anti foreign feeling throughout the whole of Chiria. This we presume, is perfectly well known to
a severe one, and that of the Emperor William still more so. The King has lost a sister and the mperor his beloved mother.,.
AT THE MAGISTRACY.
OPIUM CASES...
A number of small opium cases were on this morning. The twice remanded Au Kung San, charged with unlawful possession of three taels of prepared oplum, ably defended by Mr. Robinson, was discharged.
*
STEALING. Yee Ping and Wong Ping were sent to għol for three weeks for stealing $1.50 worth of brass hinges, the property of Li Pau.
*
UNLAWFULLY ANCHORING,
Edward Johnson, P. C. 29, ever watchful, caught Ho Sui anchoring over the line of Telegraph between Tai Kok Tsui and. Stone; cutters. We expect Ho Sul knew as much of there being telegraph lines about as the average cow does of the Kreutzer Sonata." But P.C. 29 with a head full of Ordinances had hini Aned $16.
WATER RETURN.
Level and storage of water in Reservoirs. on the 1st August.
LEVEL 1900.
*1901. 1 above 36' 4" below
overflow " above 5 15' 0" below
Zoverflow
Tytam...... Loverflow Pokfulam.. Coverflow Wong-nai-
o'o abore 45′ 0′′ below
cheong.. overflow
overflow
STORAGE GALLONS.
-$900.
Tytam..385,520,000_ Pokfulam.. 68,200,000 Wong-nai- cheong...... 30,337,000
1900,
1901. 145,260,000 34,000,000
1901.
Total...484,057,000
179,260,000 Consumption of Water in the City of Victoria and Hill District during the month of July, 1901. Consumption 122,795,000 128,131,000 gallons Estimated
207,000 -213,000 population Consumption)
19.4
per
1900.
gallons
11.6 gallons
head
19.1 per day during the month of July.
Consumption of Water in Kowloon Peninsula
1901. Consumption... 8,712,000 13,295,432 gallons.
28,300 37,000 population Estimated Consumption per head
9.9 per day The Goverment Analyst reports that the water is of excellent quality.
W. CHATHAN,
Water Authority.
THE PLAQUE.
Number of cases reported ( Chinese... 1,933 up till noon of the 13th Other Asiatics
Europeans....31. August, 1901..................
Chinest... Other Asiatics o Europeans..... 0
Number of cases reported during the past 24 hours
"Total number of cases reported to date 1,615
Number of deaths reported ( Cainese......1,498 up till noon of the 12th.Other Asiatics 34 August, 1901
Europeans...II Chinese
Europeans...... ✪.
Number of deaths reported Other Asiatics
during the past 24 hours
Total number of deaths recorded to date 1,543 deaths are--
Since noon on Saturday last the cases and
Cases Chinese.....
2. Other Asiatics
European
Total
Deaths Chinese
Other Asiatics Europeans..
Total
The plague returns for last week were:
Cases
lea Deaths......
CORRESPONDENCE.
(Wo do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondent in thl colucio.
THE NEEDS OF THE NAVY, To the Editor or tak " Hongkong Tringuapi,"
13, Victoria Street, S.W,
July 10th, 1901. THE NAVY LEAGUE'S KEPLY TO LORD
SELBORNE
SIR-The First Lord welcomes criticism The death of the Empress Frederick has been provided it comes from a legitmate source, that felt deeply in both Great Britain and Germany.it is reasonable, and that the critics have taken As Princess Royal of England she made her the trouble to ascertain the facts, but complains self very popular and, in the Fatherland that he is asked in public prints and other she soon earned, the esteem. and affection documents to admit that the whole Board In of the people. In this colony we have a large cluding Lord Walter Ken, the late Sea Lord in condoling with the Sovereigns of the two are indifferent to the welfare of the Navy, German Community and we unite with them Sir Frederick Richards; and the Junior Lord- in-countries in their great loss, That is the incapable of doing, their work, and ignorant of second time during the present year that the the requirements of the country. No such two nations have been drawn together by a statement has been made by responsible criticsr calamity,
What is alleged is that the Admiralty being governed by political considerations, is neces sarily the shuttlecock of political conveniences
The remains of the late Empress Frederick have been removed to Cronberg Church where they will rest temporarily. An pressive service was held yesterday.
WEATHER. REPORT.
The Observatory report says:
On the 13th at 11.55 am, the barometer has
risen slightly on the Ching coast, fallen in the extreme North. The depression in the North is still lying over Manchuria, and pressure re- mains low over the N.W. part of the China Sea. Gradients moderate for S.E. winds on the China coast. Forecast:-Moderate S.E. winds; equally, showery.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
the Empress Dowager and her party and A BILL to create a new public holiday, to be will be persisted in until such time as a called Victoria Day, has been read the first repetition of the recent outrage causes the time in the House of Commons. Powers to once again step in and take the O
SUMMER DRESS MATERIALS, SILES, RIBBONS, LACES, HOSIERY, GLOVES, &c. law into their own hands. If the Court Tus Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial
MILLINERY.
Latest London and Paris Fashions constantly arriving, inspection invited.
RG. HECKFORD,
were really sincere in its desire to make and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge reparation we should not have the indemnity with thanks the following donation to the made an excuse for squeezing the Cantonese, funds of the Hospitals -- nor should, we have the arch fiend Prince
Hon. T. H. Whitehead
Let us hope the feeling of sympathy and friendship will on ga deepening and broadening, not by losses of this kind, but by a growing
The motion was carried with one accord. natural vigor, the result of better acquaintance.
WATER POLO.
Protest is raised against the control of the
Navy and naval esions of momentous in-
terest being determined not from the Imparial and national standpoint but from reasons of political convenience. When, as, under pre- sent circumstances, the political head of the Admiralty is entirely in the hands of his First RWE will play R. A 38th Co., S. Din Sea Lord, who has no time to think, then the the second round of the Hongkong Water, personality of that First Sea Lord becomes a Polo Shield Conipetition to-morrow at the Vmaster that concerns the well-being of every R. C., Kowloon, at 5.45 pm sharp,
QUARANTINE.
citizens in the country, Lord Salisbury, has told as that the business of defence is not the siness of the Government but the business of the people themselves. Lord Selbome nis takes the gravity of the case of his critics and resists an attack that has not been delivered while he erades the vital issue. The Nayy against League wish to see the opinion of the ni val
mall.expert laid before Parliament. If this is am
possible, bring to constitutional differlit tions on account of bubonic pleruo stillire then hurrab for the British Constitution and maining in force
The Consul General for the Netherlands in forms us that the quarantine regulations
were in force in Netherlands In arrivals from Hongkang on,
pox are now withdrawn, the quai
which
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