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On the 9th April, the wife of A, D LAND D. Esq, of a son. Home: papers (Amerxan) please copy.
DEATH..
On the 11th April, at 945 pm, at No. 2 Ward Road, Shanahai, REGINALD EUSTACE, the third and dearly beloved son of fames and
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THE IMPORT TARIPE
The revised Import Tariff of which so much has been lward and written since the conclusion of the Peace Protocol at Peking in 1901 is again brought to our notice by its acceptance on the part of the representatives of Italy and Russia on the 28th March. It will be binding upon the subjects of those countries on and after the 27th April 1st day of the 4th moon). The following additions to the tariff will come into force on the same day :--
year, both in Peiyang and Hupch, after due Imperial sanction has been received, we will despatch high military officials to these provinces to inspect the troops and report training and upon the results of the new give their opinion as to their superiority, or inferiority with unbiassed criticism, so as to
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1903.
The lighting of the city of Macao by electri- on her maiden voyage to Hongkong on the gef " KINSHAN'S" MAIDEN TRIP 10. city is within measurable distance of accom-
February 1901 and she arrived at that port wa
GANZONE plishment. Quite recently the local Munici 26th, after having bad to put into Saigon for additional coals on her way. According to the pa'i y petitioned the Government to sanction evidence of her master, Daniel Rodseib, the the ra'ification of a contract which the Com-had, on leaving Bangkok with a cargo of rice, missioners have entered into to supply electric lighting for the city in place of the old oil lamps. The Governor's approval of the change has been obtained.
ninety-six tons of English coal in her bunkers and 140 tons of Japanes, which they bought that 236 tons would have brought her sulely to from a steamer. Une would have expected Hongkong, a distance roughly of 1,500 miles, (I think, in evidence, it was stued to be 1,497 miles). Naturally, she was likely to encounter a heavy monsoon at that season of the year but if she had in ade an average of even five 12 days. Une cannot be surprised that the knots she ought to have done the trip in about charterers were vexed at having to pay an additional coal bill for $135015 for an extra 250 tons bought by the Captain at Saigon. The Captain, however, explained that after two days of fair weather, they experienced gales of wind for eight days and he deemsed it unfit put Into Saigon lest they should run short of coal. But it was proved that the Germania which,
the same day as the Sleipnir (26th February, steamer a rived in Hongkong from Bangkok having left Bangkok on 18th, that is to say, al over a fortnight later than the Norwegian ship and in ordinary circumstances it is at most an eight-day voyage for ships of about 9-knot class. Others did it in that inė in February 1901. However, at the interview Capt. Rodseih explained that the bad weather was the cause of it all wod that really the Sleipner could do her 9 knots,
Hongkong-Canton What with twelve furnaces roaring below and a curling column of smoke The Kinskan was moored alongside the
rushing out of her black funnel. It was half
increasing fleet of cosmopolitan river sicamera→→ past five on Weunesday evening, and the ever-
and anedium tonnage, was beginning to pick its British, Chinese, and French-qf large, small
way among the shipping and head for the occasion for river steamers as the Steambost Capsuimen Pass. That evening was a special Company and the China Navigation Co, Ld., were sending their fine new vessel on ber mniden trip to Canton where she will compete with other ships in the bid for passengers and cargos. Some one of an ingenious, if not artistic tum of mind, had appropriately chalked a rooster on her funnel indicating that the Xinshan was the 'cock of the walk," or at least would be entitled to the name when she had settled down to the Canton · run. Capt. J. J. Lossius was on th badge
as head of the Germany Expedition for the in her charter, is described, as a g-knot of the passengers there were af saloon
satisfy the Government, whose desire it is to have a properly reorganized military defence, and to create a strong and substantial atmy. Discovery's sledges reached eighty-two degrees; seventeen minutes; not eighty as As to the minute regulations we hereby reponed owing to a telegraphic error. The order Yuan Shih-kai and Chang Chih-ungscling parties underwent terrible hardships to discuss the same and after making due and had hairbreadth escapes from falling into report and getting the Imperial sanction, it bouomless crevasses. The tinned foods proved will be promulgated throughout the Empire." rotten, and they killed all their dogs, One party It will thus be seen that whatever motives reached an altituds of nine thousand feet. he may have Yuan knows well what he is Respiration was most difficult. doing so far as military operations are con- DR. Dempwolff, who succeeded Professor Roch cerned. When holding the post of General over some 10,000 men at Hsiao-chang, near prevention of malaria in German New Guinea, Tientsin, he showed his progressive, ten-states that he has discovered the existence of dencies by spending much of his private an acquatic insect which destroys the ano- money in order to have his troops properly pheles mosquito, said to be the originator of drilled; and his anny became very efficient.
malaria. le proposes to cultivate these useful But these is another side to the question, insects by art ficial means, and, in this way. asteuch as Yuan seems lacking in necessary hopes to exterminate the malaria mosquito strength of character, and if he should | As will be seen in our advenising columns follow in the steps of others affairs in the. the gunboats Esk and Firebrasil have been South will call for prompt action on the condemned by the Admiralty, and are to be offered by Messrs. Hughes and Hough for sale part of the lowers. A Wuchow despatch to the North China Daily News states that public auction on the 29th instant, The Es was built at Jarrow in 1877 at a cost Marshal Su is, evincing unwillingness to
of ¿21,112, and left Sheerness for the China Value 5 percent.leave his post for Peking, as commanded by Station in 1878. The Firebrand was built at a recent Imperial Decree, nor has he turned Glasgow in 1870 at a cost of £25.473, and has over his seals of office-the Provincial been on the thina Station for upwards of Commander-in-Chiefship of Kwangsi-and" | twenty years. Both are composite gunboats, the command of his personal corps of 10,000 to General Huang, his successor appointed Value 5 per cent. by the Throne. As Marshai Su's army is the only compact, organised, and properly percent. armed large body of troops available in Kwangsi province at the present juncture, Governor Wang Chih-chun, with his mis- cellaneously armed and loose rabble of an army, is at,a loss what to do, since he has. neither the men nor the ability to enforce the Imperial Decree and arrest Marshal Su if he refuses to surrender his command and
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YUAN SHII-KAI, AND THE
KWANGSI REBELLION.
According to telegraphic information re- ceived yesterday evening in Hongkong and Canton from Peking and Tientsin the Im- perial Throne has issued an Ediet appointing Viceroy Yuan Shih-kai to be commander-in- chief of the forces in South China, where he
will take charge of military operations against the Kwangsi rebels. It is also reported that a later telegram from the North is to the effect that Yuan Shih-kai was completing final arrangements, and had given Viceroy Sheng To Fun charge of affairs in Chilli
Province. If such information is reliable we may soon expect definito action being taken in connection with the rising, as it will not
go up to Peking. It is understood in Can. ton and among certain partics in Hongkong that Yuan Shih-kai will leave Tiemsin at the end of this month and will come here in the cruiser Hai Che, the flagship of Admiral Sah, who will accompany him to Kwangsi, and that one of Admiral Ho's gunboats will take them from Hongkong to Canton. It seems a probable story and may be the result of the determined attitude
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By kind permission of Major Radul ffe and officers the Band of the 33rd Burma afantry will play at the Hongkong Hotel to-morrow (Saturday) evening, from 8 10 9 30 p.m.
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Toy "...... Siduey Jones Chant San PaoleTechkowsky The Gay Parisinone “..... Ivan Caryll "Perfums D'liver "... Berger Maserende "... Paul Zaba God Save'ike King,
We notice that the locally engaged Sanitary Beard inspectors have been supplied with nearly the same uniform as those engaged from hume. The uniform, with the exception of the absence of braiding on the back of the oat, and the two breast pockets which are without flaps, is a decided improvement, the turned-down collar being far more comfort- able than the old stiff high collar. Taking as a while the new uniform is a distinct im- provement and the various officers look very beat and business-like in them.
The Six Wan Pao's correspondent at Peking wrote on the 9th that when Ma Yu-kun, adopted by France. We await with interest Commander-in-Chief of Chili, was recently further news on the subject.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE English budget statement will be issued on the 23rd April.
have your picture taken at LeMunyon's Studio and you are sure to be pleased.—Advt.
THE Canadian-Pacific Railway Company have purchased for £1,500,co sixteen steamers constituling the Beaver line. The steamers will be run in conjunction with the railway to the St. Lawrence River.
An engineer has proceeded with a staff of men to Kabin to bring the machinery of the defunct New Kabin Gold Mines of Siam, Ld, to Bangkok, it having been purchased from the agents of the Company in London by Messrs.
been formed to work the concession.
FURNITURE be denied that Yuan Shilr-kai is a great Howarth Erskine, Ltd. A new company has
DEALERS.
granted an Imperial audience which lasted quite a while, Their Majesties desired to be truthfully informed whether the taxes were causing distress and dissatisfaction among the people of Chill, the Commander-in-Chief replied that after the Boxer disturbance, the people were not in a prosperous state, therefore new taxes should not be imposed till a later date, in order to avoid dissatisfaction and rebellion.
I wish to announce to the people of Hongkong that I am now prepared to take portraits in the very latest styles and patterns. Prices re.sun. able. Yours very truly, C. E. LeMunyon, No. 31 Des Voeux Road, P. O. Box 368. Tele- phone 390-Advt.
A CHARTER PARTY DISPUTE.
JUDGMENT,
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Accordingly, the second voyage-bigan on 2nd March and lasted till 9th May. It in cluded ir ps to Saigon, thence to Singapore, back to Saigon from thence to Manila" and Rajang and finally back to Hongkong. Un this voyage the performances of the Sleipner were better but on the whole much nearer eight knots than nine. This failure to come up to the speed condition was a counted for by the Captain by allegations of bad coal.
But it must not be forgotten that on 1st March in sending the coal on board, the charterers wrote to the chief engineer "We bug to send you 100 luns. Cardiff "coal-and-70 tons Shakano lunip coal which we hope you will be good enough to weigh on board and receive it if 14 is in good co-dition and also return to us the enclosed receipt by the bearer after you have signed it."
that all was in readiness, and when the
and 895 deck-had boarded, the gangways toot of the whistle to warn a battered junk were removed, cables slipped and, with a that was idly drifting past, the fifth big ship of the Steamboat Co. now on the Hongkong Canton line, got away from the whaif just is the hands of the clock indicated. 540. rung, and Chief Engineer Hooke tumed a Once clear of the shipping the teleg ph. lever; the Kinshan throbbed, shot abguds and glided through the water at 137: Los overtaking and passing older ships of the river fleet. She kept straight on her coune, slowed down, and curved around the swift water gate between the large island' of Lanine and the small one of Mabwan. The wash disturbed the oblong dip-nets close in shore, and fish- ing boats rocked in its wake. Passing Pirates Bay, the small islets known as the Brothers. and Casile Peak, just visible in the twilight, the ship headed fur the mouth of the great. water course of Southern China. Meanwhile, lights, had been switched on and passengers were settling down on deck, some in the commodious smoking room, others reading in. the saloon below, nother oceanstesiner (the Kinshon had, not then qualified, for the title of river steamer) showed up near Deep.. Bay and went by, red to red. She was followed by the down coming fleet which struggled past. : in twos and tees. When the island of Lin th showed up the belt rang for dinner, and a most excellent meal was served in the saluun by boys' who 'sav.ed' their 'pidgin Capt. Lussius remained above; but success to im and his ship was heartily drunk. He has been in the Company's service for the pasi six years, and has skippered the Lung Shan, Nanning, Sainam, Faishan and now the Kimhun so account of popularity and merit. Fassing by that the appointment is fully Justified buth on
the fishing stakes, the great steamer pushes her turbulent way through the water. All around is tranquil and quiet save, for the rushing foam as it hisses away from the bows, and when at length the Tidepole is reached and the anchors have been dropped (at 10,30). peace reigns supreme and the Kinidan swings to the tide. At 4.30 the next morning, se s once again under way, and going slow up the Front Reach past Whampoa, and its docks, the mother of the great establishment; at Hongkong, is steered among the shipping and am, the skipper leaves the bridge, and by eight: hustle of Canton life. The wharf is made it 6.15 o'clock a substantial breakfast had been served and passengers weresetting out to see the sighis. A number of friends tifined at Capt. Lossius's house on the Shameen and again, toasted the skipper and the ship. The day was quickly. spent and by five o'clock 25 saloon passengers and 1,378 de k were aboard ready for the home. ward journey.. but there was a huge cargin of matting to be taken in, and it was not until six o'clock that she cleared the whalf to the roar of a string of crackers and cheers fron friends ashore. She took the Hacic Reach, passed eight or nine ocean steamers lightering nearly two miles from the foreign concession and travelling at half-speed and slow-from Canton to Tiger Island was the cynosure of neighbouring native eyes. She made, the bare. riers in fine style and continued her course through a vast alluvial flat richly cultivated. with rice, and at length steamed by the 15'5- Flower pagoda, called by the foreigner the 2nd. Bar Pagoda. Once the Tiger Island had been t reached, the telegraph rang, the men below did the needful and the Kinshan throbbed from end to end as she min at 133 knois" through the- gradually increasing expause of water. Mr. Ramsay, superintending engineer for the Coʻr... pany, Mr. Wilson, manager of the Kowloon: Dock, and other interested gentlemen con- gratulated the skipper on his fine, ship and the splendid work and did against a string breeze. In fact, all aboard, including many ladies, amongst whom was Princess Lieven, were unanimous in their praises, and predictel a successful career for the ship. The up-comjpg 'steamers were sighted, and ar ten o'clock the fish stakes could just be discerned. – The steamer, slowed down a trife and contin ed on her course till most of the passengers had fallen asleep and remained in slumber der p until a 'toot from the whistle announced that shipping had been reached, ard at *230 the Kinshun my, alongside the wharf after a most successful trip to Canton and back, When at length, her little peculiarities are gown the Company and Capt Lossius will fect doubly proud of the performances of the "Cock of the Canton walk.”
It seems strange in face of that letter to have The 2nd engineer describe in the witness box that very coal as consisting of only four or five tons lunip and all the rest like sand. The coal was very expensive coal and if it was nearly all like sand, it should not have been received on. board in face of that letter, at all events with- out telling the charterers at the time. On the 31st May after the plaintiffs' solicitors had written the let er of 26th May, 1902, practically treated as a finai test, the third and fast voyage warning the agents that next trip would be began, count ng the voyage up from Bangkok as the first. It was to Iloilo and back and the speed was about 6.6 knots. But this the Cap. tain explained was owing to the want of dry docking which had not been done since the vessel left England the previous November, Indeed, be wrote a letter dated the 26th May which he delivered to the charterers on the 27th May as follows "In consideration of your chartering the 6.5. Sleipur, on conditions that make it impossible to dry dock the steamer when I find it necessary, you will ingly and all uther consequence resulting please notice that the speed will be accord. there from be on your own risk and expense. The charterers cancelled the charter on ist July and then the ship was docked and, no doubt at that time, had a foul bottom, in spite of having been altogether somewhere about zo days at Saigon during the charter in fresh water. The case for the charterers was that, at all events in the China Sea the Sleipner (which is built, as Mr. Gordon put it, somewhat like a collier or barge and lacks the co-efficient of fineness required out here) is not a ship of about 9 knots in fair weather, After cons deration of all the ev dence, and the excuses as to coal and on the last voyage of foul bottom, I find as a fact that there was a synstantial breach of the charter party condition as to speed and that the plaintiffs were, in all the circumstances, entitled to cancel the contract. It was, how ever, urged by Mr. Morgan Phillips that even if there was a failure of performance as to the speed condition, yet the plaintiffs had waived | their right to cancel by not having done so at once, fc., so soon as the vessel arrived from Bangkok or at all events at the end of the second voyage under the charter. No doubt, it is the law that if the breast of a condition precedent is waived by one of the parties to a contract, by not repudiating the contract, after he knows of such breach, the condition pre- cedent is converted into a simple term of the contract and its breach only gives rise to an action for damages. But, in the present case it must be borne in mind that the defend- | ant has all along denied that there even was O breach, and so far from admitting it, would have gone to law with the plaintiffs if they had repudiated the contract. Indeed, he bas now done so and counterclaims in this action. The Sir W. M. Goodman said-In this case, the plaintiffs were, surely, justified in continuing plaintiffs claim damages against the defendant to employ the ship and pay the stipulated for breach of a charier party alleged to have monthly sum for so doing, till they had given her a sufficient trial to enable them to establish wegian steamship Sleipner. The charter that a breach had actually occurred and thus which began on 27th January, 1902, was to show that they were entitled to cancel the between the plaintiffs and the East Asiatic charter party. It is contrary to common sense Trading Company, as agents for the defen- that the plaintiffs having paid the full fant and the Captain of the Sleipner. It was
contract price for the use of the Sleipner for conditions was that the Sleipner's sp ed expense for coal, should be told that they must time charter for 12 months and one of the over five months, and been put "to extra should be about nine knots in fair weather, on go on Employing her till the end of the twelve a consumption of about artons of best Cardiff mannibs because they were induced by the doal, per diem. The charter began to run at Captain's explanations and excuses as to Baugkok. The Sleipner which was built at the first and second voyages, to give her a very
Our Canton correspondent writes to as that. Bergen in 1901 had not been out in these parts full-trial before cancelling the contract The nothing substantial has in reality been done, Keep up with the times and have your Develop nothing of her except by the descript on in the bed on
before and, therefore, the charterers knew correspondence between the parties must not great reclamation scheme is being considered
am aware that much has at Canton, and it is probable that fo feel of? We fear that they will never succeeding and Printing done at LeMunyon's. His Particulars. The charter was arranged by Mr. been said on both sides which merits carebe 'foreshore will be taken from the river. Ni in proper by re-organizing the military work is of the very best and thoroughly Rogge of Lanske and Rogge and he got his ful consideration, bath as to the facts doubt this will be 'n' great improvement, system with uniform success, We have in guaranteed.—Advt.
particulars from the East Asiatic Trading and the law, but, after giving the evidence wharf accommodation for deep-water tonnage Company knowing nothing personally, of the and the legal arguments full consideration; 1 has been a long felt want, to say nothing oljne vestigated the military systems of Peiyang HAVING made a profit of £1;100,000 on their vessel. On the 1st July, 1902, the plaintiffs find that there has been a breach of the speed natural résult of the river digging for itself a (Chihli) and Hupch and found their new
cancelled the charter party on the ground condition of the charterparty of such a charac-deeper outlet to compensate for its slight loss foreign-drilled troops in a splendid condition
first year's trading, the Imperial Tobacco Com- that the ship failed to comply with the ter as to defeat the commercial purpose of the in breadth, "A considerable paftion of the pris:, pany announce an advance of 3d per pound in conditions as to speed. This step was charterparty. I hold that the charterers were perty is foreign owned. of efficiency, and we are now desirous to the price of pound and half-pound packages of taken after the Sleipner had made several entitled to cancel and that there was no waiver CARMICHAEL AND Therefore, we hereby command the Viceroys increase will, it is stated, bring the prices back did not comply with the condition mentioned, the parties and their solicitors. The plaintiffs apply the same system to other provinces. all brands of tobacco. Within a very little, this trips which, in the plaintiffs' opinion, showed, of their right, having regard to all the circum- taking them altogether, that the Sleipner stances including the correspondence between CLARKE,
and Governors of Honan, Shantung and again to the level at which they stood before. The defendant allege this cancellation to be are, therefore, entitled to judgment with costs Shansi to despatch at once military officers the tobacco war began.
wrongful, and commercia mis for damages. Ut and, unless the parties can agree up to some and drill sergeants, selected from each pro-
dentes the failure to perform the speed condi- the amount bad better be referred to some. tion and further says that, if the Siripner failed gentleman conversant wi by such matters. vince, to Peiyang to be properly trained there. will be seen on reference to our advertise torm such condition, such failure did not The parties, I understand, are foot hkely to We also command the Viceroys and Government columns that the Polo Club Gymkhana fustify the plaintiffs in cancelling the charter have any difficulty in agreeing upon such a will be held at the Happy Valley and Race party. Under the charter the plaintiffs, were referce but if they cannot agree, they had. ors of Kiangsu, Anhui, Kiangsi and Hunan Course to-morrow. The first saddling bell to pay 600 Mexican dollars a month for the
beter mention the matter to me again, and to despatch at once military officers and will be rung at 2 p.m., and at 2.30 the polo pony that they duly haid that sum till the date of all the circumstances, I do not think they will Use and hire of the steamer, and it is admitted will arrange for the assessment of damages. In drill sergeants selected from each province race will open the proceedings. Then follow cascellation. The case was tried at consider: be found to amount to anything in the least to Hupeh to be properly trained After a mile flat race, six furlong dat race, ladiest,uble length, before me, occupying no less than like the large amount claimed by the plaintiffs, their training is finished these men are to be nomination resette race, and a steeplechase a seven days, and i do not think that any point: .......... The Chief justice then advised the plaintiffs which could assist the contention of either side. that it would be best to claim some quite smalt
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WLE Mr. J. Ross, of the Water Department, was superintending the fixing of certain pipes
in a well at Tai Tam Tuk, the ladder on
The Chief Justice gave judgment at the Supreme Court this morning in the case in which Tam Long Chuen and Leung Sheung, co-partners carrying on business at 267, Des Vous Rend Central, sued J. E. von der Ule for damages, the action arising out of the charter by the plaintiffs of the steamer Sleipner, M., E. H. Sharp, KC. (instructed by Mr. F. i. will be remembered that at the recent bearing L. Bowley), appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. T. Morgan Phillips (instructed by Mr. G. C. C. Master), for the defendant.
which he was standing suddenly gave way and precipitated him down the well, a distance of about thirty-five feel. Although he sustainəd some nasty injuries, he is at present doing well.heea committed by the owners of the Nor
power in China and has thoroughly mastered the difficulties of drilling and arming native troops. In conjunction with the late Yung Lu and Tung Fohsiang he was appointed to centralise the command of the military forces of the Empire, or, at least, the provinces north of the Yangtze, and as the outcome of Yuniy's representations to the Throne an Imperial Decree was issued sometime since to the following effect :-" In the method of training military men it is necessary to avoid having different systems in various parts of the country, and we have already issued Imperial Decrees several times warning the IT is reported from London that the report of the En ineering Standards Committee was Viceroys and Governors of the several pro-issued on March 2nd. It is estimated that their vinces to keep unity in the Chinese military decisions will result in the adoption within system by re-organizing the same; but twelve months of a British standard of sections, recently upon receiving reports from various saving some millions sterling. The reduction provinces, we have found them to be merely in the cost of structural steel alone will be PHOTOGRAPHIC exaggerated and misleading epistles and that £75,000 annually.
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HE Beer to diink in the tropics in the Bear made in the tropics-SAZ MIGUEL,
ordered back to their own provinces in order Bring your pictures to LeMunyon's to be to take control of the new recruits to be framed. He has the very latest patterns in trained under the system which they have picture moulding, and is sure to please you learnt, so as to keep uniformity. Once a Advi.
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mads in the tropic Nicat the Beer THE Reer to drink in the tropics is the Beer
in the tropics÷SAN MIGUEL
was hitted by the Counsel who appeared for sum as damages They are the wingers and called by the plaintiffs, and eight by the de garding the defendant headvised that he the respective parties........ Ten, witnesses were could afford to be merciful on this point, - Re- fendant and fevidence was voluminout. The should agree to some small wim, and save fur- Slipper, after being shattered, left Bangkok that expensez v THE Deer to steink in the tropics is the Bear
made in the tropics--SAN MIGUEL
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THE PLAGUE:
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and
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