The Old
Antimations.
Familiar Beverage
STONE GINGER BEER,
HOME
YCLEPT "POP."
CROWN BRAND
WATKINS LO HONGKONG
BREWED.
$1.75 por-duz, less $1.00 allowed
Bottles returned.
WATKINS,
LIMITED,
CHEMISTS, ÆRATED WATER
MANUFACTURERS,
APOTHECARIES HALL,"
No. 66, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong, FACTORY: Mason's Lane.
Branches alas at
Canton, Shanghai, Hankow and Peking.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1902
To-day's Advertisements.
THEATRE
ROYAL,,
CITY HALL.
THE
INTERNATIONAL VAUDEVILLE
COMPANY.
FOR A SHORT Season CommENCING
TO-NIGHT!.
(TUESDAY), 15th ·APRIL, 1902.
Positively the Greatest Com-
bination of Artists over brought to the Orient.
SEE THE BEATIEUL BALLETS. 20 CHARMING YOUNG 20)
LADIES.
TWIN BROTHERS CARK,
'THE REAL
COONS,'
Exponents of Rag-Time Singing and Dancing.
CLEMENTS BELLING, America's Juggling Wonder. BROTHERS MORAS,.
The Perfect Athletes; &c., &c., &c.
NUMBERS
15
WAI KIN TAI YEUK FONG. 房菜大建威
NEW FEATURES DAILY.
[7140
SEATS on Sale at ROBINSON's at to A.M
Performance Commences at 9 P.M. Hongkong, 15th April, 1902.
(4360
IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
Hongkong, roth February, 1902.
GREEN 1SLAND CEMENT COMPANY,
LIMITED.
PORTLAND CEMENT.
$5.50 Cask of 375 hs. Net ex Factory. 63.60 Bag of 250 lbs.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managers, Hongkong, 15th March, 1902.
Notices of Firms.
NOTICE.
[19
NOTICE is hereby given that we have
appointed. Mr. Mok, Hau Wo alias MOK LOI PUN, our Compradore in Hongkong and Canton as from the 7th instant.
ABDOOLALLY EBRAHIM & CO., Hongkong, 8th April, 1907.
(419d
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.
THE Steamship.
S.S.PRINZESS IRENE”
of the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods, with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables, are being
landed and stored at their risk into the Godowns
of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf, and Godown Company, Limited, Kowloon, whence delivery-may-be obtained
Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before NOON,
TO-DAY.
have left the Godowns and all Goods remaining No Claims will be admitted after the Goods
undelivered after the sind instant, will be subject to rent.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on TUESDAY, the 22nd instant, and THURSDAY, the 24th instant, at 9.30 A.M.
All Claims must reach us before the 28th URING my TEMPORARY ABSENCE November, or they will not be recognized. from the Colony, Mr. GASTON MAVER | No Fire Insurance has been effected.
DU
NOTICE.
has been appointed by our Board of Directors, į Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the as ACTING MANAGER of this "Agency and Undersigned.. will take charge on and after the 14th April.
L. BERINDOAQUE,¦ ·
Acting Manager.
(+34d
Hongkong, 13th April, 1902.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.
MELCHERS & CO. Agents. Hongkong, 15th April, 1902,"
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To-day's Advertisements.
*NOTICE.
MEETING of His Majesty Justices of A
the Peace will be held at the MAGIS TRACY, a 2.30 P.M., on TUESDAY, the 22nd. day of April, 1992, for the purpose of consider- ing the following application
From one ESTHER OLIVER for permission to remove her licensed publican's.busi ness from Houses. Nos, 12 and 15. Queen Victoria Street, to Houses Nos, 7a-and-74,-Queen's Road Central-under- the Sign of the "NEW TRAVELLERS' HOTEL."
F. A. HAZELAND,
Police Magistrate,
[44'd
Magistracy,
Hongkong, 14th April., 1902.
HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB. NOTICE:
To-day's Advertisements.
VICTORIA
I
No, 525, E.C.
CHAPTER
REGULAR CONVOCATION of the
Above CHAPTER will be held in the FREEMASONS HALL, Zetland Street, TO NIGHT, the 15th instant, at 8.30 for 9 pm Visiting Companions are cordially invited to attend.
od
-Hongkong, 8th April, 1902.
PUBLIC AUCTION:--
CURIOS! CUKIOS) CURIOS!
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1902,
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Tarif Revision. The latest. suggestion of the British Trade Commissioner with regard to tariff revision is that the vexations lekin tax should be abolished altogether and a fixed import duty of fifteen per cent ad valorem imposed, to cover both customs dues and lekin on all foreign imporis into China. He suggests that this scale of duty shall remain in force for ten years, that in the cleventh year it
~HE Undersigned have received instructions shall be reduced to fourteen per cent, and so
TH
N account of the Recent Wet Weatherthe ON
the time for finishing the first and second rounds in the Tennis Tournament has been extended to FRIDAY, the 18th instant,
before which date all ties in these two rounds must positively be played off.
to Sell by
-- PUBLIC AUCTION,
on
FRIDAY and 'SATURDAY, 25th and 26th April, 1902, at No. 33. Des Yeux Road. (SPECIALLY TAKEN FOR THE SALE) Commencing each day at 2.15 PM, near A Tuck's Furniture Store.
A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF
CHOICE JAPANESE WORKS, OF ART,
Comprising
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
SOUTH AFRICA.
THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
LONDON, April 13th.
Messieurs Schalk Burger and Meyer, Com mandants Botha, Delarey and De Wet, and Presidents Steyn, have arrived at Pretoria
special trains from Klerksdorp ******* An informal meeting of Cabinet Ministers. was held late on Saturday night at Mr. Cham- burlain's house, and it is rumoured that this was in consequence of the receipt of an im- portant communication from Lord Kitchener
PEACE:
ARRANGEMENT OF TERMS.
Times-Mercury Special):
LONDON, April fith. Rumoured Dr. Rutherford Harris wired his wife yesterday peace had been settled Zon- den Financier and Bullionist issued secpad edition this morning stating on authority of their Pretoria correspondent that after prolonged negotiations British and Boer representatives have at last agreed upon terms of peace. The actual terms are still withheld. I understand any coocession to the enemy that the British Government have not given
an cach succeeding year until in the fifteenth. year it shall become ten pen cent, odval, orem and remain in force until further notice. This we consider to be a very good and -mer- reasonable suggestion. The foreign chant will, under this arrangement, be able to send his goods to the farthest points in the interior knowing beforehand to what imposts they will be subject instead of, as at present, having to pay lekin at every OLD NASHIJI COLD LACQUERED barrier on a scale which is too often a sliding WARE, CHOICE GOLD LACQUERED China too will benefit by the change; for the CABINET, Fine SATSUMA PORCELAIN une made to suit the views of the collectors. GOODS. DRONZES, HANDSOME IVORY fact that the whole duty will be collected by and WOOD CARVINGS, LACQUERED SCREENS, KUTANI. IMARI and MAKUZU the Imperial Maritime Customs will do away PORCELAIN CURIOS made by Famous with the great leakages which now occur in centres. « [4440
Artists, SILVER VASES, TEASETS, &c, &e the revenue derived from lekin, and where On View on and after the zist instant; one million taels was formerly sent to Peking Catalogues obtainable on the 23rd instant.
we think we are safe in saying that two HUGHES & ̄HOUGH;"
millions would find their way into the Auctioneers,
treasury under Sir ROBERT HART's ad-
The ground is reserved on SATURDAY, the 19th instant, for the Annual Tennis Match with The Ladies Recreation Club which takes place on that day.
Play cominencing at 3 P.M.
THE LAWN TENNIS.SUB COMMITTEE. Hongkong, 15th April, 1993.
DEUTSCH-ASIATISCHE BANK ·
NOTICE:
BY Order of the Board of Directors, Mr. H.
SCHOTTLAENDER" has been appointed MANAGER of This Bank,
Hongkong, 14th April, 1902,........ [442d:
EXCHANGE TABLES.
*
into
U.S. GOLD DOLLARS
SILVER DOLLARS ·
and
vice-versa
at rates ranging from
40 to 443"
may be had by addressing to "GOLD,"
c/o The Hongkong Telegraph Office.
Price $0.60 per Copy,
Hongkong, 15th April, 1902,
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW. THE Company's Steamship
"HAICHING"... Captain Evans, will he despatched for the above Pons, on FRIDAY, the 18th instant, at Daylight.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 15th April, 1902.
[439d
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY LIMITED. FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG AND THE Company's Steamship
CALCUTTA.
"KUMSANG,"
Captain Buller, will be despatched as above on TUESDAY, the 22nd instant, al 3 PM.
For Freight or Passage, opply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Managers,
14454
Hongkong, 15th April, 1902
· THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAM-
SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED, .......
FOR MANILA.
THE TWO POPULAR THE Company's New Steamship
LUTH CLAM
SCOTCH WHISKY
SCOTCH WHISKIES
THE HOUSE OF COMMORT
Sales
ARE THE CELEBRATED.
"HOUSE OF COMMONS
Better known as
Black and White
[White Scal]
'AND
BUCHANAN BLEND
[Red Seal]
Distillers by. Appointment to
His Majesty the King
SOLE AGENTS: LANE, CRAWFORD &
HONGKONG.:.
BANJOS
EMUSE OF CON
"RUBI,"
Captain Almond, will be despatched for the above Pont, on THURSDAY, the 24th instant, at Noon.
Hongkong, 15th April, 1002.
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.
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ministration.
Another very important point in this con- nection is to be found in the act that the new arrangement would greatly facilitate the
These terms have been cabled to the Boer agents in Amsterdam and other continental
THE NEWS CONIARMED A private telegram received from Manila last night states. Peace Africa watch wires
THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL.
CHIEF JUSTICE OF FIJI APPOINTED.
IT is requested that all communicating relating to Sub payment of the indemnity The extraHis Excellency the Officer Administering revenue derived from the increased, duty the Government has received a telegram from would do away with the necessity for the Right Honourable the Secretary of Statsfor. special taxation such as is now being the Colonies intimating that Siz H. S. Berkeley, imposed in order to meet the indemnity, and Chief Justice of Fiji bus been selected for the appointment of Attorney General of Hong-
scriptines, Advertisements, &c., bet addressed to the
•Manager, Hongkong Trigraph "nod not to the Editas. Letters on Editorial matters to be sent to "The Editor" and mat 16 individeni picinbers of the staff.
Cantunications intended for publication must be accom panied by the name and address of the writers, not necessary Whilst the columns of the Hengkong Telegraph will always be open for the fair discussion by corresponderits of all ques
stood that the Halitor does not in any way hold himself responsible for opinions thus expressed..
far publication; hut as evidence of good faith
tions affecting public interests, I must be distinctly under,
Entimation.
A. S. WATSON
kong.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
a great source of anxiety to the Viceroys, and worry and vexation to the people, would be removed. At present the Viceroys through- out the whole of the Empire have been ordered to raise funds to meet the indemnity by means of a house, tax. The amount to be contributed by each particular province THE ENGLISH MAIL of the 15th March has been arbitrarily fixed by the Peking was delivered in London on the 12th inst. Government, and the Viceroys are straining
CHOLERA For the twenty-four hours-end- every nerve to raise the sums set against ing noon to-day, three cases of cholera were their various names with, we are assured, reported which ended with fatal results, very little hope of success. The people g ,object most strongly to the house tax. In SCARLET FEVER AND DIFTHERIA are Chilli they have offered armed resistance reported to have broken out in Peking. Accord to its collection, and the serious rising nowing to native exchanges, several foreigners have
been slacked. proceeding in Kwangsi and the adjoining a provinces is said to be mainly attributable THE DISASTER AT GLASGOW -H.M, -to the same-cause
King Edward has wired his sympathy regarde It must be borne in mind that the amounting the Glasgow disaster, which occurred during demanded by Peking from each province the International Football Match. does not represent by a long way the sum THE P PEIHO CONSERVANCY From which will have to be contributed by the native sources, we learn that a company has people in order that the full amount asked recently been started in Shanghai for the im- for shall reach Peking. A Chinese proverb provement of the river Peilo. The capital of says "The big fish eats the little fish and the concern is estimated at 250,oco taels. WINE AND SPIRIT, MERCHANTS, the little fish eats mud," and this is just what
•A LAUNCH IN TROUBLE The Coxs occurs in the collection of the house tax wain of the steam launch Wallingford, the and lekin. The amount contributed by the property of Messrs. Funchard Lowther and people gradually dwindles as it passes through Company, was mulcted in the sum of $jö, för, the hands of the various officials until, by causing an obstruction to Telegraph Lane the time it reaches Peking, but a small profier The fine was paid, portion of the original total remains.
AND CO., LTD.
ESTARÍISHED A.17. 1847
AUSTRALIAN WINES.
Highest Class Passenger Steamers, High Bottled by Messrs. SANDEMAN,
Powered, Newest and most up to date on the run: All Accommodation Amidships. Elec- tric Light and other Modern Improvements. A Surgeon is carried.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.
General Managers.. Hongkong, 15th April, 1902.
"BEN" LINE OF STEAMERS.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. ·
S.S. "BENLEDI,"
STRAITS.
*(4478
FROM ANTWERP, LONDON AND
ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed
that are landed at their
Sydney, N.S.W..
$1.00
CLARET.
l'er Dor. Qts. Per Bot.
Reserve Extra $12.00 Reserve Special........ 15.00
1.25
1,50
21.00
1.75
risk into the Godowns of thongkong and Reserve Extra Special 18.00
Kowloon Wharf and Gödown-Company,
Limited, whence and/or from the wharves Supreme
delivery may be obtained.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 22nd instant, will be sub- ject to rent.
All Claims against the Steamer must be pre- sented to the Undersigned on or before the fath May; or they will not be recognized.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be "exainined on the 22nd instant, at rt AM,
No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co. Agents. Hongkong, 15th April, 1902.
HOCK.
Per Doz. Qis,
Fer Bot.
[440d
Reserve Extra .$12.00
Reserve Special...... 15.00 Reserve Extra Special 18.00 Supreme
21.00
$1.00
1,25
1.50
1.75
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. - "GLEN" LINE OF STEAMERS.
CO.,
[343d
THE
STEWART AND BAUER'S
20th Century” and “Thoroughbred
also
WASHBURNS.
MANDOLINES, GUITARS, STRINGS, FITTINGS, REPAIRS.
THE ROBINSON PIANO CO., LIMITED, Hongkong, Shanghai & Singapore.
FROM ANTWERP, LONDON AND
"HE Steamship.
STRAITS.
"GLENGYLE,” ·
having arrived from the above Port, Consignees
of Catgo by her, are hereby informed that their.
SOLE AGENTS:
Goods are being landed at their risk into the A. S. WATSON & Co.,
Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ld, at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are funded. *
Goods not cleared by the zand instant, will be subject to rent
LIMITED,
The Hongkong Dispensary.
MARRIAGE.
No Fire Insurance has been effected.
On Friday, 4th April, at the Church of the All damaged packages must be left in the Assumption, Penang, by the Rev. J. Meneuy Godowns, and a certificate of the damagerier, Captain RICHARD OWEN, son of the late obtained from the Godown Co. within ten days Captain Thomas Owen, of Carnaván, Nortly
Thus to sum up, the proposed tariff re vision is likely to relieve the merchant of much in the way of vexatious impositions, will go far to pave the way for the opening up of the whole of the trade routes of China, and will aid in preserving the peace by keeping the people contented and removing a very strong incentive to anti-foreign feeling by relieving them of the burden of taxation now imposed on the pretence of meeting the indemnity.
On making enquiries to-day we were
JUNGLU SICK The notorious. Junglu is" reported to be suffering from goat and rheuma tiam and has lately petitioned the Thrope for an extension of leave to recoup his shattered health. Probably the shades of the martyred missionaries are haunting tim NEGLIGENT BOATMEN For not exhi-24 biting the regulation lights, no less than seven boatmen were arranged before Mr. Kemp this morning, with the result that much were fined $5 or ten days. The fines were paid. P. C. Cook was in charge of the cases,
LARCENY →Thomas Elving, head watchinan
The Water Supply. informed by Br. HOLLINGSWORTH that the of the Hongkong and Kowloon Whampoa Dock rain of the last few days has had very little, if Co., bad one Chan Shef before Mr. Kemp this any, effect upon the reservoirs in the way of moming for stealing copper to the value of adding to our sadly inadequate stock of water, 53-50 from the Docks As the charge was proven the culprit was sent into durance vite and hence the intermittant service must of for six weeks with hard labour. necessity continue. This is not particularly surprising, for a very large amount of the CHOLERA IN CANTON GAOL-Owing rainfall must have been absorbed by the to the insanitary condition of the Canton yaol. parched vegetation, and until such time as it cholera is reported to have broken out. The has drunk its fill one can hardly expect the daily average death roll is estimated at about ten cases. The authorities are calarmed, and reservoirs to bencfit to any great extent. The have appealed to the Buitish and American streams in the neighbourhood of Kowloon Consuls for advise and assistance, City have been replenished to some extent and the people are now busily em THE TENNIS TOURNAMENT. Owing to ployed gutting in their rice, the planting the recent wet weather the time for finishing
the first and second rounds in t of which has been delayed by the drought. Tournament has been extended to Friday, the It is to be hoped that we shall shortly be visited with further heavy rains, and that the coming summer will make up for the short Comings of the last in the matter of rainfall. Cholera,
The present visitation of Cholera appears
Tennis
18th inst. The ground reserved on Satur day
the roth inst. for the annual, tenols match
with the Ladies Recreation Club,
|
THE CHINESE
Viceroy Yuan Shi-kai, bas mated the Grand
to be one of the most serious outbreaks of of Peking The
that discase which has occurred within the
consists of eight vinge
history of the Colony, though so far it has one of artillery, and been confined exclusively to Asiatics. From to be foreign drilled, and the outbreak of the 4th March last up: to the latest weapons.
ted that
with)
in for speed. On her last voyage she 15.173 knots bel weer Honolulu and Yokohama. and her averag speed for the whole voya Hongkong was 14.9 knots.The tuál steaming time, from port to sport was 15 days, 10 hour, 37 minutes, and her
best day's run 381 nautical miles,
date 106 cases and gy deaths have been re THE SS. COPTIC keeping her corded, or nearly three cases per day. How ever the disease is now said to be upon the decrease in Canton and. It is to be hoped that it will shortly abate in the Colony, from San
Plague.
High The returns of plague for this year to date, 10 cases and to deaths, compare very favourably with the returns for the corres ABRI ASSAULT Before Mr Kepp ponding period of last year, which showed this morning, Ramiro Passos, a clerk in the Eastern cusion Telegraph ofúce, was fined 115 cases and top deaths. Still, despite of
months hard labour, and a personal the great efforts which have been made by bond of Leep the peace for six the Sanitary Authorities to combat the dis- for A case and prevent an epidemic, it is rather woman too soon to begin to throw bouquets at our was
selves on the assumption that a victory over mass of bruise
the disease has been won. It must not be recogn forgotten that in former years the disease
has not become particularly prevalent until the wet season was well established can get through the first month of season without any large outbreak think will be time enough to com ourselves upon the success of made to stamp out the scourge meantime we can only
after the steamer's arrival, after which no claims Wales, to FHODE MATILDA, second daughter events. will be recognised A of Joseph and Louisa Adeline Smith, and grand MCGREGOR BROS & GOW daughter of the late Captain Henry, William