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SAYS THE FUNNY MAN of the New York Herald: "It is said upon reliable authority that when Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan and King Edward went into a pleasant little game of bridge at Ambassador Choste's recent affair, the band began to play "God Save the King."
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Hon. John Barrett has gone to Peking to grant audience to the Emperor of China Japan's emperor has been already permitted to later view the great. J. B. Mr. Barrett was always easy of approach. He is nearly as modest and unassuming as "General" Sharretts.Er.
THE SAFE PEOPLE 1-M. Henri Rechefort, the well-known French journalist, informed the
CORONATION FESTIVITIES.
THE PROGRAMME,
In another column wo pablish the official the Coronation of Their Majestice. Some programme of celebrations in honour of of the celebrations have already been held, and the remainder includes the tuming of the first sod of the King's Park next Saturday, a Coronation Service in St. John's Cathedral co the 9th prox, and illuminations, fireworks and a fish procession in the evening.
THE CORONATION MEDAL,
IN TIME AFTER ALL."
We have seen one of the Coronation medals which the Army and Navy preferred to a banquet. It is a bronze Maltese Cross the size of a dollar, and is suspended from
Captain C. J. Mattock, of the Steamship Amara, which arrived from Moji yesterday after noon, reported to the Water Police that he had 18 Japanesestowaways on board, twelve of whom were women. It appears that on the day after the Amara's departure from Moji, while the chief officer was performing his daily rounds, he
He immediately reported the matter to the greatly to his surprise found four slowaways. Captain who gave orders to search ship' and this resulted in the further discovery of 14 more stowaways in the after part of the vessel. In answer to Capt. Mattack's questions, one of the male stowaways, able to speak English, revealed the fact that for a consideration of $550 the boatswain, cook and three quartermasters tricolour ribband. On the obverso aro There effigies of Their Majesties surrounded by the seemed to be no lack of funds on the part of inscription :-"King Edward VII and the stowaways, as whon discovered they offered Queen, Alexandra,” while the reverse has the a bribe of £80 to Captain Mattock. The offen- inscription "God save the King. ders were charged before Mr. Hazeland at the Commemorate the Coronation of King Edward Police Court this morning, Mr. Goldring, and Queen Alexandra, 1902," of Messrs. Deacon and Hastings appearing for the prosecution. The defendants pleaded not guilty, and made several excuses, the His worship fined the six male defendants women blaming the men and vice versa. Stoo cach, or one month. Regarding the females, he remanded the case till Monday
Hongkong Eelegraph authorities at Faris on the 77th oft. That he guaranted to bring them to Hongkong.
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1902.
THE FUTURE OF SOUTH AFRICA
knew that the Humberts, who are wanted by the police of the Freach capital on the charge of being concerned' in gigantic frauds, left Paris on May 7th and embarked at St. Nazaire on a yacht bound for Colon, Colombia.
Provincial authorities.
VOLCANO ACTIVE AT HONOLULU :- The latest news from Honolulu is that the volcano on the island has again become active-doubtless in sympathy with the great upheaval in the West Indies. The eruptive state of the mountain is more serious than has hitherto been the case, and one of its results, has been an immediate effect on the temperature, which has been very high.
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Tourtelegraphic news to-day we publish A WISE SUGGESTION :—Chu Hung Chi, a an interesting cable respecting the future of | member of the Grand Council suggested to the South Africa from which it will be gathered throne that in future the Chong Wu Chu Board that the Government intend acting up to of Regency should keep the Viceroys and their proposals and that ere long Briton and Governors of different provinces well informed Boer will merge in a common prosperity and regarding importan! transactions so that the 2 progressive civilization. The Government will doubtless observe both "the spirit and maintenance of perfect harmony is guaranteed letter of the peace terms in South Africa, and between the cosmopolitan oficials and the are "desirous that the Boars should preserve their old traditions, and unite with us in securing the, prosperity of South Africa." Of course, there are those who view the whole situation with contempt, and refuse to con- gratulate the country on the result of the prolonged struggle. For instance, one pro- Boer journal goes so far as to observe, The war, instead of being a 'pig-shooting picnic, lasted for two years and nearly eight months; brought mourning into nearly every household in Great Britain, and cost the people more than a thousand million dollars. For this acrifice the nation gets possession of the gold and diamond fields, and can turn them over to speculators, who will proceed to fleece the gullible public of whatever the tax collector may have left them. That is the glorious outcome of war, so far as Great Britain is concerned." A of which no doubt is very interesting in its way, though having regard to the fact that it with afidis in the Philippines one can well is the ebullition of an imagination permeated"
afford to treat it with the contempt deserving of such sentiment. Then, of course, there is Stead, buffeted on every side while sticking ruefully to his guns, who believes, or tries to imbue the minds of others with the belief, that the struggle will accommence, and that as a race the Dutch will now work steadily for the independence of South Africa. He sums up the profit and loss of the war as follows:-
A STRONG WOMAN OR A WEAK COW: -An old woman was charged before Mr. Hazeland with killing a cow. It appears that the cow angered the old lady to such an extent that she hit it with a stick and the poor animal died from the injuries. She was fined $15, and bound over in the sum of $200 to keep the peace for six months.
helpful way in which Warren's Circus was REALLY-The Opinion, in alluding to the
treated at-Saigon, contrasts it with the way so which French performing companies are treat ed in British Colonies where, so it allages, the authorities hamper them in every way. That journal states that penniless French- men in British Colonies are pat on the same
footing as pariahs. In Melbourne and Sydney, for instance, Frenchmen are, so it says, treated no better than dogs.
"It has cost us 4,000 men dead and 75,000 VISITORS TO MACAO putting up at any wounded and invalided and $1,000,000,000. We've had to send out 300,000. British troops
of the hotels will have to undergo the vexation A. S. WATSON & Co., overcome the resistance of 70,000 men and of having to furnish particulars of their names, boys from the farm. We have destroyed two age, state, nationality and profession for the LIMITED.
republics and have created two states dus-register of visitors to be kept by the proprietors potically governed from London. Before the war we maintained the authority of Britain with case by a small garrison of 5,000 soldiers, We shall now have to garrison South Africa for years to come with an army of 50,000 men. We have only bought peace by a promise to rebuild the homesteads we have destroyed and restock the farms which we have devastated, and by the assurances that the Boers shal! | bave political rights and privileges which will enable them to make South Africa as free from British control as is Australia. Add to this that we have intensified the racial difficulties in South Africa and have excited against Britain the bitter animosity of Europe and it will be evident even to the dullest observer that the war has been a bitter bad business for John Bull. Alf these humiliations and sacri- Aces would have been avoided if the Govern
·The Hongkong Dispensary.
GEO. PATTON & CO. Have for Sale a large. Consignment of H. W. JOHNS & CO.'S ASBESTOCEL SECTIONAL PIPE COVERING, ASBESTOCEL SHEET and PAPER for covering BOILERS and FLUES, BULKHEADS, &c,
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of hotels is pursuance of an order recently promulgated by the Government. In com- municating this information to us our corres pondent remarks that hotel proprietors are much concerned at this measure as it is calculated to drive visitors from coming to Macao, who naturally decline to give the particulars demanded ofthem. Hocharacterizes the order as an absurd one befitting only a despotic Government.
PHOTOGRAPHIC STEAM PACKING, GASKETS and panic to settle the dispute on the print stone junk capsized off Cheung Hei, an island
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ciples of the Hague convention. Pauncelote was eager to go and was confident of success, but Milner was beat on war at any price and to-day we can form some estimate of the cost," That doubtless is all very well in its way, Estimates and Samples furnished on but without facts it is wanting in weight.
It application..
is acknowledged that for many 'months past Lord MILNER has been from- Hongkong, 30th July, 1902.
ing plans for the restoration of the burghters to their homes and for the resumpton of the normal life of the land; and, as the Standard points out, it will require careful steering, sound, sober, and moderate statesmanship for some time to come. Nevertheless we are all giving some thought to the time when federated South Airien is a boon and blessing to the Empire, and when the onward march of civilization- shows signs of progress throughout the whole of that vast territory. With regard to the mincs, it will be generally admitted, that it was only right and just that a portion of the cost of the war should be borne by them, and although the High Commissioner has undoubtedly had some little friction with the Transvaal Chamber of Mines he has evidently gained his point and saved a con siderable sum to the home land.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE GERMAN MAIL of the 27th June was delivered in London on the 29th inst. LANCE SERGT: KENT, of the New Terr- itory, has been appointed to take charge of the stores at C. P. Station vice Sergt. Withers promoted.
THE TRUSTS AND FRENCH SHIPPING: -The Government has decided to employ its powers to safeguard the mercantile marine against the American trusts, ་ OWING TO ILL-HEALTH Mr. G. A. Woodcock, the genial secretary of the Sanitary Board, has been granted leave of absence, and, accompanied by Mrs. Woodcock, has gone to Japan to recuperate. They left this morning by the Hakata Māru.
JUNK CAPSIZED OFF NEW TERRI. TORY:It was reported at the Central, Police Station that on the 29th instant, in conse quence of a strong wind blowing outside, a
in the New-Territory, and precipitated 14 of the crew into the water. Fortunately No, a Police launch was near and rendered assistance, They informed the police that the master of the junk was in his bunk at the time of the accident, And the police got an axe and cut open the bottom of the junk and rescued the man, Had it not been for their prompt action the master would have been suffocated. The capsized junk was afterwards towed to Samsuipo.
A CAPITAL STORY and an interesting piece of information are to be found in one of the last letters published in the Daily Telegraph from Mr. Bennett, Burleigh. This is the story:--" It was just Saturday week, when some of us expected the peace settlement, that. a worthy dean-a most reverend gentleman possibly slyly thought he could steal a marcia on Lord Kitchener. He telegraphed from the Orange River Colony, saying, "As I am acting as chaplain, and conducting Divine service in very many camps to-morrow, inay I ask if the hymn," Peace, perfect peace," would not be a most appropriate one to give out to be sung?" And the great 'K' wired reply, 'Please your self; but I think "Onward, Christian Soldiers quite as good."
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morning in order to give the Japanese Consul, appeared in Court, time to make arrango- ments for their deportation. The boatswain, | cook, and three quartermasters were charged with aiding the stowaways and wore remanded till next Saturday afternoon.
THE DISABLED 8. S.." CITY OF PEKING."
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
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The following are the accounts of the above bank, the report of which we published yesterday?—
ADSTRACT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. 30th June, 1901. LIABILITIES.
Paid-up capital Sterling reserve fund Silver reserve food
* 1***L!➢-
Marine inrmance account
against
Notes in circulation:-- Authorised issue
securities deposited with the
Crown egents for the colonies$10,000,000.00 Additional issue authorised by Hongkang Ordinance No. 19 of 1900, against coin lodged with the Hongkong Gover
Current accounts Silver ***. Gold, £1,014,490➡
The joint agency of the Pacific Mail, the Occidental and Oriental and the Toyo Kisen Kaishia Steamship Companies, courteously in- form us that the City of Peking which recently Fixed deposits- broke her thrust shaft and block, and had to anchor at the East end of Kurieshima Straits in the Inland Sea of Japan, has been towed to Kabe, arriving there this morning,
THE 8. 8. "BAKAN MARU.”
SEIZED FOR DEBT.
betweew Hongkong and Caaten, has been The Bakan Maru, a river steamer plying seized for debt. We understand that a firm of coal merchants are going to sue the owners of the vessel for payment of about $4,000 worth of coal. The vessel steamed over to Wanchai this
morning, and she is to remain at anchor there until released. Prior to the 3rd December 1901 the. Bakan Maru was owned by Taniguchi Kato and Company of Moji, Japan; at that date she changed ownership to the firm of the China Steamship Company of Canton and Hongkong, Limited, who recently applied for permission to change the name of the vessel
Silver..... Gold. £3,1
4,623,653.00
$10,000,000.0
19,000,000,00
4,830,000.co
$50,000,C#,
14iday 163.00.
B1,$1,214.03 21.670.510.87
45377/37698 45,545,608,54 Bille payable (including drafts on Londen bakers and short sight drawings on Loa don office against bills receivable and 'bullion shipments),
Profit and loss accu¤L
Liability on blils of exchange re-discounted, 1.5.900,003 135, så, of which up to this date £4,378,459 have run off.
ABENTS.
Cash Caln lodged with the Hongkong Coverament
#1,373,424.05 3,517,618.00
***** 144,375,002,64
again note circulation in excess of $10,000,000
Bullion in hand and in transit renomikas Indian Government rupee paper Consols, colonial and other securities Sterling reserve fund investments, vix
150,000 per cent Consols
lodged with the Bank, of, England 03
aspecial Lan
£35,000
£57,500 at per cent. Consels, £25,000 per cent national war loan at go £420,050 STREETS $†02,500.00
standing to the books at
to Phu Kong and to have her registered in the 6357.000 other sterling securities new name at the Port of Hongkong Permission was granted by the Board of Trade, She is a vessel of Gross Tonnage, 470, and Registered tonnage, 286.
KOWLOON BRIGADE GYMKHANA POSTPONED.
5,500,000.00 10,149,360.62;
2,35,337.59. 20,193,265.09
£339,750 3+397,500
Ma mene $10,000,000,00 Bills discounted, loans and credits 54,203,22-37: Blits receivable....... Bank premises
$273,380,225.152
GENERAL PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.
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To amounts written off-
goth June, 1997.
Remuneration to directors.
To dividend account-
Owing to the inclemency of the weather, the Kowloon Brigada Gymkhana which was to
1.60 per sher an 80,000 shares0 £180,000 bave been held to-day has been postponed to
To dividend adjustment account Monday, 4th August (weather permitting). The
Difference in exchange between 15, the rule event is to be held at Happy Valley in the the current rate of the day.....
at which the dividend is declared, and 1/83%, afternoon, when the officers of the Kowloon To transfer to silver reserve fand Garrison will be at home to their friends. The events of a very good programme include a "bending" race, polo scurry, ladies' nomination races (two), a saddling race, Fleet and Garrison race, sepoys' race, and a tent-pegging.compe- tition.
THE ARMY.
The 22nd Bombay Infantry leave shortly.for Bombay, per transport Pontakota,
on August 4th per transport Uganda. They The 33rd Burma Infantry will leave Rangoon are to relieve the and regiment of Rajputs at the Taku station.
The 6th Dragoons, G Battery, Royal House Artillery, and the 1st Essex Regiments are or dered from South Africa to India.
THE NAVY
H.M.S. Terrible's farewell signal was Good-bye, Hongkong; thank you for the wel come given and wish prosperity to the Colony. H.M.S. Fearless arrived at Shanghai from Hongkong on the zret inst.
H.M.S Tweed, from Hongkong arrived at Woosung on the 2zed inst,
H.M.S. Rinaldo is to leave the harbour, for firing purposes, on Monday next. She will tetam on the following Friday,
THE GERMAN EMPEROR AND SUB- MARINES: The German Emperor, who is keenly interested in the subject of submarine warfare, has requested the Holland Torpedo Boat H.M.S. Woodlark is engaged surveying over to Kiel in order that it may be put through River, Upper Yangtze for a similar purpose. Company to send the diving torpedo-boat Fulton Little River, and II.M.S. Woodcock, is at Min
a series of tests in the presence of Admiral
H.M.S: Kin Sha, will remain at Chungking Prince Henry of Prussia and other officers of until after the Coronation festivities, when it is the German Navy. The Fulton is an expeti-understood she will proceed to Sulfu mental vessel similar in all respects to the five British and the six American newest Holland submarines.' The Germán navy at present possesses no underwater vessels, but a boat designed by an ex-lieutenant of the German navy has been built to the order of a syndicate It is said to have made 16 knols on the surface and nine beneath, 7
COTTAM & CO. FOR PANAMA HATS OFTAM & CO, FOR WASHING
BOW TIES
H.M.S. Snipe left Hankow on the rat inst. on a survey trip to Tongting Lake.
HM, chips Pique, Britomart, Rosario, and futine anchored at Kuikiang on the aznd inst. H.M.S. Vestal concluded her visit to Cocos Islands on the 18th lost, and left for Christmas Island thence (possibly calling at Batavia) for Singapore
'OTTAM & CO, FOR GENT'S BATH-
Co ING GEAR
To'transfer to bank premises account To balance forward to next half-ycar.
By balance of undivided profi, 31st By
December, 1991.
+$1,438,048.7 amount of net profits for the, dix” months ending 30th June, 1903, after making provision for bad and desbtful debts, deducting.
all expenses and interest paid and dan
533-331-33
500,000.00
-180,000.00! 1,437.740.RE
- $3.157,628.98)
4,119,370.82
· 3,597,67€.ga
$3,557,618.02.
STERLING RESERVE FUND.
To balanço By balance gut December, 1901 (invested in
sterling securities)............... aq +0.
To balance....
SILVER RESERVE FUND:
By balance list Decmeber, 1901 By transfer from profit and low account
SHIPPING AND
$4,750,000.
$4,750,000.00
MAIL NEWS:
"MAILS DUE. English (Chusan) tomorrow, American (China) sth proxe German (König Albert) sta próx German (Kiaulscheu) 6th prox American (Daric) 16th prox. "⠀⠀ Canadian (Empress of India) 20th prox. American (Nippon Maru) 21st prox.
The N. P. S. Co.'s steamer Olympia ortived at Tacoma from Japan and Hongkong on the 29th inst..
The P. & O. S. N. Co's steamer Maragon left Singapore for this port on the 30th inst
The steamer Lowther Castle from New York amived at: Singapore yesterday, the gath inst and sails for Hongkong via Manila to-morrow," the tet prospe
The Canadian Pacific Railway Co's steamer Athenian arrived at Shanghai at 7:30 pan, on on Wednesday for Nagasaki where she is due Tuesday, the 29th inst, and left again at 3p."
to arrive at 7 a m, on Friday, the 1st prox.
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