THE PUNJOM MINING COMPANY, TAIMITED.
The fifth ordinary general meeting was held at noon to-day at the office of the Company, No. 13, Beaconsfield Arcade, the following gootlemen being present —Mr. R. C. Wilcox presiding →Messrs T. Howard and K. Hughes (directors), A. R. Eziekel, D. Gillies, E Moses; T. H. Hough, E: Kadoorie, !, af. F. Marchado, H. C. Meyer, M. Michael W. Parlone, S. A. Joseph, F. E. C. George, E. S. Joseph, and
others.
The Chairman said-With your permission, gentlemen, 1. propose to follow the seal course and take the report and accounts for the year as read. The report of the Directors for the year 1901, which has been in your lands for some time, contains so full a symmary of the work done and progress made that little Aremains for nie to add. I will, however, sup plement it with a few particulars and expiana! tions which will perhaps be of interest as calculated to make the present positing of the companyn little clearer l'should first mention in connection. with the accounts, that concent- rates to the estimated valise of $1,000 have been shipped to England for treatment, and this asset will be credited when accounts of the outturn are received. Then with regard to the 13 ounces of gold referred to in paragraph ↑ of the report, these, with about 20 nunces from a former crushing, vale about $1,400.are still in Pang-gong Office safe, and willbe entered in the accoon when shipped. In explanation of its retention there I may explain that gold has to be sent under escort, the cost of which is too great to admit of it being despatched in small quantities. I would, while on this subject, also like to make a slight correction in some figures in the anme paragraph of the Report. The 3 dwts. 17 grains men. tioned there ought to be 3 dwis. 20, 4/7 grains, a mistake having been made in convert. ing decimals into grains. Since the Report was drawn op we have advices from the, Mines stating that the ground is being cleared for the sinking of the new shaft, which has been named the Kladi Shaft, and 19 fect of the first to have already been sunk. The track for the new tramway to connect the Swah mine with the Mill is well advanced, and will be comp leted by the time the rails are received. These with the rolling stock have been landed at Singapore and are now probably well on their way to Punjom, but transport to the mines is necessarily slow, as the river is shallow, and the rails have to be carried in small boats.
am glad to say the tramway, has not only arrived, but it is paid for, and will be in working order, I hope, by the end of March. This brings me to the financial position of the Company." Well,gghtlemen, we are not too flourishing so
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1902.
THE REBELLION IN SOUTH
·CHINA.:
UNREST IN TREATY: PORTS.
RUMOURED FRENCH SUPPORT TO REBELS.
News of an alarming nature has just reached us, anent the rebellion in Kwangsi province.
The seat of the rebellion is a small town named Wat Lam where the rebels first raised their flag.
The rebellion is spreading rapidly, and already signs of unrest are apparent in Kwelin and Nanning, the newly opened Trenty ports,
The Viceroy of Cantor has despatched. troops to the scene of the rebellion, and has. quartered over 1,000 troops in Kwelin and Nanning in case of eventualities.
The absolute command of the forces is in charge of Total Tsun of Kno Chow, Lim Chów, and Yum Chow prefectures,
It is believed that the rebels were the Inte
soldiers of Marshal Sou, which were disbanded on his promotion to Tapeh,
The propaganda of the rebels has been spread far and wide, the gist of which could be suramarised in the following:-
1st-Soliciting recruits. and-Overthrowing of the present Manchu
dynasty.
3rd-Founding a new dynasty with a Chinese Emperor on the throne,
4th-Helping of the oppressed and needy. The Chinese believe that the French are secretly supporting the rebels:
IMPERIAL TROOPS DEFEATED.
CANTON, 4th March.
The Imperial troops sent up to Kwangsi to check the rebellion there, have met with a reverse having been defeated at Ling Chow by
the rebels.
AT THE MAGISTRACY.
March 4th.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.
Odo Ram, aged 30, Indian watchman was charged for acting in a disorderly manner whilst drunk on the 3rd inst. at Kum Cheong. He was fined $2.00 or ten days.
*
FELONIOUSLY STEALING A QUANTITY OF HEMP ROPE.
Leung Lo and Wong ü Sing, aged 20, and ar years respectively, both coolies, were brought up for feloniously stealing a quantity of hemprope valued at about $5.00. As no evidence of any weight was brought against them they were discharged
UNLAWFULLY
UNLAWFULLY GAMBLING IN THE
.
PUBLIC STREETS.
Kong Kwan and Ko 1, both youngsters 18
office of the Foreign Affairs and appropriate punishment will be inflicted as soon as close laquires are made. The wounded Englishman was taken to the hospital and it was found the wounds he received were not very serious.- Shanghai Times,
KIDNAPPING IN CHINA.
Captain Best of the British steamer Daybreak sends to a Shanghai, paper an account of a kid- napping incident which came under his notice
at Ampy.
*I left Shanghai (he writes) about ten days ngo for Ainoy and Ewatow. On our arrival at
men
Amoy, before the ship was securely made fast to the hoy, three men deliberately took a Chinese boy aged about four years, belonging to one of the passengers, from the between decks and passed him through the cargo port into a sampan and made off. The cries of the child attracted my attention, also the father's; another boat gave chase, caught and brought the three on bpard, and I had them lacked up for the night. While this case was engaging my at tention one of the crew said to me that there were four children in one of the passenger rooms in charge of a woman, who he believed were stolen in Shanghai. 1 at once made inquiries. went through the passenger quarters, and found there were fourteen children on board ranging from eighteen months or two years in about six; four were in charge of a woman and the others with three different men. The children
Notice of Firm.
CAMPAGNE DE MESSAGERIES
MARITIMES,
"ROM This - late I have. RESUME! CHARGE of the abure Company in longkong
G. DE CHAMPEAUX, Agent: Hongkong, 3rd March, 1902.
Entimations.
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HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE co..
LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
THE THIRTY-THIRD ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING SHARE- HOLDERS in the above Company, will be held at the OFFICES of the Company, Pedder s Street, on THURSDAY, the Grb'day of March Accounts to 31st December, 19, and th 1902, 13.70 P.M., to re eive a Statement of
Report of the General Manugers, and to »lect
Consulting Committee and Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOK of the Comrany will be CLOSED from the 20th instant, to the sth March, both Day inclusive,
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Managers. Hongkong Fire Insurance Co.
Limited. Hongkong, 3rd February 1672. 11570
THE WANCHAI WAREHOUSE AND STORAGE CO., LIMITED." (IN LIQUIDATION),
TOTICE is hereby given that an EXTRA- ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
NOT
former General Managers of the Company the accounts of the Company from the 15: January, 1961, to the th December, 1901,
Intimations.
At every turn,
one.
day and night, you hear the en“ thusiastic praise of some who is competent to judge and prefers
RAINIER
BEER
to all others the whole world has it and likes it.
SOLE AGENTS
A. S. WATSON & Co.,
THE HONGKONG DISP-CABARY.
Hongkong. 13th Duo mben, igas
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consumers is drawi: to the hot that the Undersigned, being Sole Appuits for. DRAUER VON WELSBACH Co..
VIENNA,
when the Liquidation commenced and THE INVENTORS OF INCANDESCENT
discuss the same.
To receive from the Liquidator the accounts of the Company in Liquidation from the 5th December, 1901, and discuss the same. To determine how a small credit balance shown in the said Liquidation accounts in to be disposed of
were in a very excited state; no two of them looked alike or seemed to be together, of this Company will be held at the COMPANY'S and the whole case seemed to me so suspicious OFFICE, No. 5, Queen's Road Central, Victoria that: 1 decided on detaining "them on board. in the Colony of Hongkong, on MONDAY. The next morning I reported the case to the the, 10th March, 1902, at 3 o'clock in the after
for the following purposes;- British Consul and told him of my suspicious..To receive from Messrs. MEYER & Co. the regarding the children. He told me to send the three men on shore with the child's parent to give evidence, and he would send them to the Chinese officials to deal with;, also that he would at once communicate with the magistrate 2. and get him to come on board and inquire about the fourteen' children. The three men were sent ashore, and in a short while the magistrate. came on board. When it care to inquiring, four of the children no one 4. claimed; as to the others, the different parties gave different excuses. The magis- trate spoke English and told
me he thought the children were kidnapped, and that he would take them all ashore and send them to the Taotai to examine. I reported to the, Consul, who had given every assistance, and said he was glad I had brought the case to his notice; also, if other masters would take the same trouble, it would go a long way to stop this crime. The result of the inquiries I did not learn, as I left that same afternoon. I was informed these children would have been
To consider and if thought fit pass the sub- joined extraordinary resolution namely:
GAS LIGHT.
ARE SELLING THE ONLY GENUINE MANTLES,
The Price of which has been reduced to
FIFTY CENTS per piece.
BEWARE OF INFERIOR IMITATIONS!
"That the books, accounts, documents and papers of the Company and of the "Liquidator be kept in the possession "of the Liquidator until the roth March, "1907, and that then such books. 9540) "accounts, documents and papers be "destroyed."
J. G. SCHRÖTER, Liquidator. Hongkong, 6th February, 1002
HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LIMITED.
NOTICE.
THE
years old, were found gambling in the public sold in auto, and then shipped off to the TM ORDINARY
streets; they were fined $3.00 or ten days.
THE PLAGUE.
Number of cases reported (Chinese.......... up till noon of the 1st Other Asiatics.. Match, 1902
Straits. The children were by no means of the poorest class; they were well dressed and looked very healthy ; twelve were boys and two girls, 1 think."
Europeans......THE FOUNDER OF THE BRITISH Chinese ✪
NORTH BORNEO CO. Number of cases reported
during the past 24 hours Other Asiaties o Europeans...... O
ALLEGED ROMANTIC ADVENTURES.
•
Total number of cases reported to date
The early adventures of Mr. W. C. Cowie, the Managing Director of the British North Borneo Number of deaths reported (Chinese.......... Co., were recently narrated, with ornamenta-
up till noon of the 1st Other Asiatics...tion, in Pearson's Weekly, as follows:- March, 1902 ...aku Europeans......Q Number of deaths reported (Chinetics o
daring the past 24 hours Europeans......
Total number of deaths recorded to date... 2
"CHWNSHAN” ASHORE,
BADLY SMASHED ON THE "BOAT ROCKS."
far as funds are concerned, but we have up wards of $32,000 to receive from unpaid calls, and these, we trust, will now be paid up with- out further solicitation, If we receive this money we shall be able to carry on until we get crushings from Swah, and then we hope to be able to meet, current expenses out of earnings with something to spare. Probably the outlook for this Company was never brighter. I confess I have something approaching a horror of that cheerful optimism that sees nothing but the rosy side of any enterprise, and my experience of mines and mining has taught me to expect nothing until you get it; for in mining, as in- lotteries, the prizes are few and the blanks minny; that has been our experience. How far that was the fault of the mines or of the man- agement at Punjom 1.leave others to deter- mine. We have, however, had some prizes for, from 1893 to 1896 23.336 ounces of smelted gold were won from 46,149 tons of ore. But we do now appear-I say advicedly appear- to be on the threshold of success. We have a reef and alluvial deposits which promises well; we have a tramway to connect that reef with the battery; the batteries have been thoroughly ever-hauled and placed in good working order; the stone is of a kind easy to crush and the ore not refractory; and we have a magnificent water power 'sufficient' to provide for all likely wants, 1 must not forget to add that in Mr. Lester we have a manager who I am thankful to say has a strong. tendency to pessimism, and when he con- siders our prospects bright we ought to be satisfied that they are indeed so. He is a hard worker fot given to promises or to many words, but he is fully bearing out the high commenda tions passed upon him when he left Charters In the evidence it was stated that the shock, Towers, and has ever since his arrival at when the ship grounded, was so violent as to Panjomlaboured steadily to develop the mines, throw the second officer out of his chair as The miners under him appear to be working he slept, and a second impact threw the captain energetically, and though some of them have down as he was running up to the bridge been suffering from, fever, they were at last | Shanghai Times, advices, I am glad to say, all well,. On the table before me you will observe the samples AN ANGLO-JAPANESE COLLISION
of gold from Swah and photographs of the New Dam, as well as a characteristic group
at the mines, showing the Manager, his family,
AMOY, February 23rd. The" Shan " line steamer Chunishen (agents, Bradley & Co.) got badly, ashere on the Boat Rocks, south of the Lamocks. She managed to get off and make this port under her own steam, with No. 7 hold full of water, and is now docked here.
On Survey, it was found she was badly damaged on both port and starboard sides.
A. Court of Inquiry was held on the zoth ulto, when the decision was given that the second officer's certificate must be cancelled for two years, he having been on duty at the time and having been fast asleep in a chair on the bridge, The Captain also was censured, but not at all severely,
·IN AMOY,
·AN ENGLISHMAN WOUNDED.
A few day ago, a certain Englishman in Amoy went out in a native sedan-chair to pay
"In April 1870, Mr. W. C., Cowie, a Scotch
(1554
HALF YEARLY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the COMPANY'S HOTEL, on TUES. DAY," the 11th March, 1902, at Nook, for the purpose of receiving, a Statement of Accounts of the Company to the 31st December, 1901, with the Report of the Directors, and to discuss By matter that may be competently brought before the Meeting.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be' CLOSED from the 5th to the th instant, both Days inclusive,
By Order of the Board,
C. MOONEY,
Secretary. Hongkong, 1st March, 1902,
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HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. CONTRIBUTING
SHAREHOLDERS
are requested to send in a Statement of Business contributed during the Half Year ended 31st December, 1901, on or before the 15th instant, on which date the Accounts will be CLOSED.
By Order of the Court of Directors,
THOS. I. ROSE, Secretary. Hongkong, ist March, 1902,
[252d
DEVONIAN SOCIETY.
“HE ANNUAL DINNER will be held at THE ANONGRONG CLUB, ON SATURDAY, the 15th March, at 8 o'clock P.M.
Devonians wishing to join are requested to communicate as early as possible with
MOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE,
"
mechanical engineer, in company with four other youngsters reckless as himself, set sail in the Argyle, a tiny iron schooner rigged-screw. steamer of fourteen tons, from Glasgow bound for Singapore. Not one of the adventurers had any practical knowledge of seamanship, which was why perhaps they found themselves at Killybeg, on the west coast of Ireland, when, they had supposed themselves to be somewhere about the entrance to the Bay. of Biscay. On entering the harbour, they were at once Bus- pected of coming there after Steghens, the escaped Fenian 'head centre,' and had to put out to sea again hurriedly to avoid arrest. Passing through the Suez Canal, the Argyle ran over a submerged anchor, ripping a hole fourteen feet long in her bottom. To raise and repair her took some weeks, and when they at length entered the Indian Ocean the south- west monsoon was at its height. By this time, too, their coal had been all expended; but, no- thing daunted, the five youngsters hoisted a few rags of canvas, and ran before the gale the whole way to the Straits of Malacca, covering
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. the distance in three weeks. Before The following Notice is published. reaching Singapore their provisions ran
By Command, short, sind for five weeks the crew subsisted on rice and treacle. Arrived at their destination the friends separated, Mr. Cowie accepting the position of " Admiral of the Fleet to the Sal. tan of the Rkio and Liiga Archipelago, the said "fleet" consisting of several cutter-like yachts and innumerable prahus or native boats. After adventures that would fill volumes, he was able to render as important service to the MASTERS of vessels, making use forme Sultan of Brunei, who rewarded him by ceding that until further notice they must expect to
Fairway, are
Hon. Secretary. Co HONGKONG CLUB, Hongkong, 25th February, 1903.
[235d
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 27th February, 1902.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
HONGKONG HARBOUR
SOUTHERN FAIRWAY.
the neighbourhood of the Nam Pak Hong Wharf by the lighters employed in bringing water from Tain Wan.
R. MURRAY RUMSEY,
R. Com, RN.,
Harbour Master, &c. Harbour Department,
Hongkong, 26th February, 197z.
visit to his friends. On the way, he met afo him the peninsular of Muara, with rights of find the Fairway obstructed to some extent in Japanese Sergeant belonging to a certain man life and death over all its people. Here he of war walking in the middle of the road; reigned, virtually a king, for some time, when, getting tired of inaction, be sold his territory to Rajah Brooke, with whose kingdom it is now incorporated. Mr. Cowie was afterwards, as the world knows, mainly, instrumental in founding the British North Borneo Company, by whose exertions a territory thrice the sise of Denmark has been brought under the British flag.”.
The sedad-chair coalies weat at such a speedy rate, that they unintentionally collided | with the Sergeant. The Japanese Sergeant, on receiving this knock, instead of taking it as an accident, considered it as a great insult. His rage was so terrible that he gave these coolies a brutal dogging, The Englishman, in the
And the accountant. The Office staff bus proved very efficient, and the work generally is well and systematically performed:
One word more. 1 should have referred to the Tin deposit found in the southern portion of the Concession. Our manager has not yet had time to thoroughly examine this find bur promises to do so at the earliest opportunity pben a miner, can be spared from the gold workings. The fact of its existence will not, however, I can assure you, be overlooked, and a further and more searching investigation into the chances of working the deposit with suc chair on seeing, the sergeant's maltreat- As an item of unusual interest, and of rare Cess, will be made when opportunity offers.ment looked on with compassion for these bad luck to seafaring men, the Strafts Times That is about all that occurs to me to say now, poor wretches. He eventually came out from unies as pecullar that a fourteen-ton launch gentlemen, but I shall, before presposing the the sedan chair and intended to explain to the should run aground on a soft sandy bottom sdoption of the report and accounts, be glad to Sergeant of their unavoidable collision. But where 14,000-ton war-ships bustle about un answer any questions you may wish to put, -' this angry, Jap mistook the idea and thought scathed, and should alșo run upon a mislaid On the motion of Mr. W. Parlane seconded that be stood out to keep his coolies, and this anchor in that highway of the nations. The by Mr. M. Michac) Messrs. T. Howard and added more oil to the fire. He took out a little run before the gale from Socotra to the WK. Hughes were re-elected directors, i and on the motion of Mr. George seconded by Mr. daggor from his pocket and seriously stabbed harbour of Singapore is also something out Moses, Mr. Fullerton Handerade was reelected the Englishman. The case was soon reported of the way,
Auditor S
15& CO. DENTS DRIVING
ptain of the man-of-war, through the
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
INFORMATION has been received from the TICE will be carried out from Stonecutters Military Authorities that "GUN PRAC- Island on the toth, 11th, and 12th March at targets in a Westerly and fouth-Westerly direction, also on the 13th March from Belchers, Fractice will commence each day about at targets in a North-Westerly direction.
By Command
9.30 A..
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