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tained almost wholly out of profits. These | A ROME correspondent anys there is good rea- acquisitions appear, in the shape of extenson to believe that the
that the loly See will make no sive areas of land, docks and machinery that attempt to retreat from the position which it conduce to the efficiency of the Kawinen has taken up in the case of the two French and other establishments second to none of bishops. its size throughout the shipping ports of the Empire. It is admitted that to so low a figure have, the properties of the Company been written down that, were, they to be realised at the moment, they would appear, as far the better asset than tuight have been formed had a cash reserve been set aside out of accumulated profits all these years In the statement of accounts for the fist balf of the current year, passed at Monday's
CHARTERING for the Far East is at ʼn standstill at Cardiff, says a correspondent in that town, but to what extent this is due to a feeling of uncertainty nst the fate of the vessels in East- ern waters or to a death of orders it is impos- asible to say. No local action has been taken beyond that of making representations to the Foreign Office in the case of the Allanton.
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1904.
THE WAR.
·RUSSIAN CRUISER AT
KWANGCHOWAN,
WOUNDED DISEMBARKED."
PROVISIONS PURCHASED.
(From a Correspondent,)
Macao, 23rd August. The Portuguese steamer Ancau arrived from Kwangchowan yesterday. By her the
alt
The daily ave is delivered free when the address in meeting, the Company presented the third AN amusing story is being told of a curious report was brought that a Russian cruiser, to
accessible to messenger. On copies sent by post as nditional $1.80 per quarter in charged for powlagó. The pewtage on the weekly issue to any part of the
worlds 80 cents per quarter.
Single Copier Daily, ten conta Weekly, twenty.
tive Gents,
The Hongkong Celegraph
best record of profits, viz., $533,162.48. The two others by which the present is exceeded were in-
and half-year 1901, $906,558.56 Ist
1902, 645,949,87.
The record was established under abnormal conditions following the Spanish-American War, while the profits for January-June of this year were made under circumstances, in the words of the Chairman, that brought about "a falling-off in the tonnage docked." He HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1994. alluded to the Russo-Japanese war. In the
THE HONGKONG DOCK CO.
It has been said with much truth that public company meetings in Hongkong are ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS, robbed of much of the interest invested in the yearly and semi-annual gatherings of holders in joint-stock concerns in other and larger commercial communities. With rare exceptions the stigma attaching to the "flock of sheep"--as Hongkong shareholders have been not inappropriately dubbed-has been carned by a set of mutual-society admirers whose prototype the average scrip-holder in Hongkong is an excellent exponent. The reason for the existence of such a condition of things in the Colony is not far to seek. It is apparent to any and every observer who has been in Hongkong long enough to study the inner workings of the fabric that constitutes the directorates of public com- panies in Hongkong. It is, in short, the wheel within the wheel that crushes out any spirit of independence that might and should
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scene which recently took place at a Bridport (Deiset tus, in which a young married couple were slaying. The husband was taken sud. denly ill it h's bedroom, and the distressed
wife went downstairs, and made a mustard
appearances of 10,000 tons more or less, had entered that port and disembarked something over a hundred Russian wounded. Purchases were made of poultry, meat, eggs
back to the wrong room, and thrust the scorchment provided the cruiser with coal, and poultice. In her anxiety and hurry she rushed and other provisions. The French Govern ing remedy upon an unsuspecting stranger. detached a gunboat to accompany her out When the unfortunate man gave a cry of sur prise and pain, the sympathetic wife discovered her mistake, and fled in terror. The husband so enjoyed the embarrassing error that he was able to dispense with his plaster.
record half-years of 1901 and 1902, after appropriations recommended and adopted, the amounts available and carried forward Joy has seldom been more swiftly turned to to new accounts were $459,695.15 and sorrow than at the wedding of Mlle. Marya Le $420,119.59, respectively. Whereas the bedeff, a beautiful young heiress, of Perm, Rus-. Company has carried to the current semi-sin, to her soldier lover, Captain Count, Lam- annual account the highest figure en record, ensky. The marriage service had just been viz. $595,471.37. Where then is the truth completed, and the relatives of the devoted pair of the implied allegation of exaction of bridegroom reeled, and fell at the foot of the were offering their congratulations, when the
"the last cent of profit"? Had the altar. He had died suddenly of heart disease. seconder of the resolution moved by the Realising that her beloved was no more, the Chairman on Monday taken the pains to bride shrieked hysterically, and ran out of the compare figures with past reports, he would church, tearing her bridal veil as she ran. Next have found that the charge is not borne day she was found in a wood some miles away, out by fact. This large amount of over quite nude, and raving mad. Brought back to half-a-million in a liquid form is no mean
her parents' house, Marya was put to bed, and consideration that weighed with those share discovered that the unfortunate girl, under a doctor sent for. When he arrived, it was
holders (who number as far and away the cover of the bedclothes, had stabbed herself more important of the Company) who de- | to the heart with a halpin. cided upon the $6 dividend and $2 bonus. Were they actuated by any grasping mo tive they would not deserve the sympathy of any right-minded citizen who looked to the commercial stability of the Colony.
actuate the body of shareholders in all their They asked for just what is their due,
public utterances at meeting assembled.
and no more. The speaker should have.
The peculiar constitution of our small busi-known as well as any dabbler in the stack
dictator whose word is law and whose bid-
ness community places public duty and social interest in direct conflict with each A. S. WATSON & CO., other. And yet, because of the inter-de pendence which individual interests create, the outspokenness of speech is often sub- [35 verted to the promptings of an influential ding is likened unto the wish of the lord to be slavishly complied with. We should like to see a healthy spirit of manly indepen- dence infused into our public men-men who, by virtue of the prominence they attain, might be accepted and be trusted in as leaders of public opinion. We do not want in Hongkong namby-pamby puppets that can be moulded at will. There are enough and too many of such in every com munity. We want men endowed with public
A CHEE & CO.,
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THE TYPHOON.
CONDITIONS IN THE HARBOUR,
Closely following one upon the other, another lue of shares do not depend so much on the rally upsetting shipping in this port. At 1.5 exchange that fluctuations in the market va-typhoon is now passing the Coloty and gene dividends payable as upon the manipulations am. yesterday the red cone and drum were of bully" and "bears." If the Company. hoisted at all signal stations, denoting a typ- had not been made the medium of aggran hoon to the north east of the colony, the centre disement to unscrupulous operators, we feel being more than three hundred miles distant. certain the fluctuations would have been This morning the signal was changed showing regulated by the ordinary merits of the Com that the typhoon was to the southward of Hongkong, or in the South quadrant, S.E. to pany rather than by the law of supply and de: SW, the centre being less than 300 miles dis. mand in the number of shares thereof. The tant, the typhoon moving Westward. Daring prospect of the Company in the immediate yesterday there was but little movement in the future, when the War at present unhappily harbour, lighters only going out in tow of being waged in the North is a matter of launches, and sampans being chary of ventur- history, fully justifies the most optimistic ing beyond near lying steamers. To-day all view that the harvest of plenty is yet to be was changed. Lighters, sampans and small reaped. Added to the abnormality of re
craft fled for asylum to Causeway Bay, and the pairing and other works which may be harbour presented an entirely empty and de- counted with a reasonable degree of cer launches and the Star Ferry Co.'s boats mov- serted appearance, nothing but the larger-sized
of the port. The destination of the foreigner is unknown.
The cruiser exhibited a large hole on her side near the stern, just above the waterline. She appeared much weather beaten,
These are all the details. I could gather in regard to the unknown refugee.
[From Reuter's wire of the 21st inst., it is evidently the cruiser. Diana that called at Kwangchowan in her fight after the recent engagement off Port Arthor. Reuter announced her arrival at Saigon.-Ed, H.K.T]
FLOATING MINES.
THE RUSSIAN EXCUSE.
A prominent official connected with the Marine Department at St. Petersburg expressed what is the official view in Russia with regard to the use of mechanical mines in warfare :-
barbarous method of carrying on warfare," he "The use of mines is, perhaps, the most said. "It was a clever use on the part of Admiral Togo to initiate their use; but when we fight the Japanese with their own weapons the whole world seems to take the matter up, and say it is against international law. When the Japanese battleship was sunk by a mine, the fleet was engaged bombarding Port Arthur. Russian mines are not floating mines, but are stationary machines, and it would take a very strong current to remove them. If they were carried away by the to neutrals, but we take all possible precau tides they would naturally become a danger tions to prevent that. However, when the Japanese began to use their deadly instru- ments, and were very happy when one of our best ships was blown up, causing the loss of one of our galiant admirals, they could not expect otherwise than that we should adopt the same method of warfare. It is difficult to say what are now territorial waters; the Japanese were bombarding us nine miles away. Terri torial waters formerly corresponded with the extreme range of guns, and now it is evident that international law is not advancing with the progress made in the art of war. Therefore, the territorial limit, we think, ought to be changed. After the war, Russia will be the first country to agree by convention not to use such engines of war as mines in fature. Both at the Geneva Convention and The Hague
such limitations."
TELEGRAMS.
THE WAR.
THE “SEVASTOPOL
DAMAGED
IN PORT ARTHUR.
Mr. M. Noma, Consul for Japan, has kindly forwarded to us the fol- lowing telegram:
TOKIO, 24th August, 12.30 p.m.
According to the report of the Commander of the Asashio, the Sevastopol, while bombarding the
side of the harbour, on the 23rd Japanese position on land from out-
instant, struck a mine and inclined considerably to starboard, with bow submerged in water and was towel inside.
[The Sevastopol, one of the vessels badly damaged at Port Arthur on the 9th of Feb- ruary, is a battleship of 10,960 tons having: & length of 367 feet, and speed of 175 knots. She was built in 1899. Her armament consists of 4-12", 12-5′′, and 31 quickfiring and smaller guns.-ED, II. X. 7.]-,
(Reuters)
The Christening of the Tsarevitch.
LONDON, aand August. The official sponsors at the baptism of the Tsarevitch include the Kaiser, King Edward and the King of Denmark.
The Baltic Fleet.
The floating dock for the Baltic feet while on the way from St. Petersburg to Liban broke in two and was totally lost.
Russian Cruisers.
A Durban steamer reports that an un- known war ship, believed to be Russian, was off Cape St. Francis on Thursday.
The cruiser Tereis and two torpedoers passed the Great Belt yesterday en route to the Red Sea in search of merchantmen.
LATER.
Chinese Neutrality.
can warships have been specially instructed
Officials in Washington state that Ameri
not to attempt to protect Chinese neutrality. The admiral has not been instructed to inter fere with the action of Japanese vessels. The officials are convinced that the Japanese do not intend to violate neutrality.
PUBLIC HEALTH LAWS,
At a meeting of the Sanitary Board to- morrow, Mr. Brewin, pursuant to notice, will more-
1. That the attention of the sub-committee.
desirable in the Public Health and Buildings appointed to consider what amendments are
spirit; men who have the courage of their tainty, it is safe to predict there will be that ing therein. Work on board the steamers was Conference, Russia was always on the side of Ordinance, 1903, be invited to section 188.
growing trade in China and Japan and the altogether suspended, excepting only on the
it has done in the past.
German boat Bornes and the P. and O. S. N. Co.'s Formosa which lie sheltered at the Kow- loon Wharves, as even had lighters been induc-
have been difficult for them to get alongside,
THE WILL OF THE RUSSIAN WOMEN.
The isolation of the Port Arthur garrison is
whose emotions are not bound up with cousi
2. That all applications for modifications of the provisions of section 188, sub-section a, of Ordinance No. 1-of-1903, be forwarded to the Colonial Secretary whether the modifications
FURNITURE conviction and who, when occasion calls for voice of the "East a-calling" which will the expression of that conviction, do not allure to these parts those "argosies of DEALERS.
falter and will openly and candidly declare magic sail that will enhance the tonnage what is cherished in their minds. Had we aof the port in a like, if not greater, ratio as ed to go off to the other.steamers, it would not relished by those of the Russian people be recommended by the Board or not, little more of that spirit pervading the class who should in reality and not in name only guide public opinion, then would our public institutions and the speeches that are delivered on public occasions be rested with more sincerity than they appear now to possess.
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Hongkong, 8th January, 1904-
E. C. WILKS & Co.,
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
As exceptions that establish the general rule, IN a cricket match played at Beckenham on the meetings of the Hongkong and Whampoa 16th ult, the long Kong and Shanghai Bank Dock Co. have come to be regarded scored 98, and Chartered Bank 55. here as more than a perfunctory gather-
ing, at intervals of every six months. Ar the Supreme Court to-day, the further Whether because of the magnitude of the hearing of the libel action, whereby one Chinese capital involved, or of the importance rice trader sought to recover $1,000 damages of this big undertaking to the industrial from one of his clipsmen, was continued and prosperity of the port, the interest is aroused further adjourned.
THE 5.9. Haiching which was advertised to be sold by auction this afternoon, by Messrs. Hughes and Hough, was withdrawn. It is understood that negotiations are pending, for safe, privately, of this vessel,
By kind permission of Lieut. Cal. Iremonger and Officers, the Band of the 93rd Burma Infantry will play the following programme at the Kowloon Hotel, during dinner, to-morrow evening (weather permitting):- March "Field Service", Overture..." Tancredi " Selection..."The Bohemian Citi ",
Ord
and dangerous to lie there if they did manage | derations of military strategy. “A-Mother" to get there.
At the Hongkong and Whampoa Company's docks everything is practically at a standstill, for the vessels lying alongside the wharves had to be towed out and anchored in the bay for safety. Thus the Changsha, the Korat, Shaw mut, and the Lightning are all lying idle wait- ing for the passing of the typhoon, to complete their docking and repairs. The Shawmut awaits her periodical overhaul, as is the case with the Changsha, waile the Korat and the Lightning await repairs to their tank tops under the boilers. Not half of the Chinese dock hands put in an appearance this morning, and most of those that did so had to be sent
do." away again, as there was nothing for them to
In the harbour a nasty choppy sea prevailed with very strong easterly winds, so that even the Star Ferry boats were pitched like shuttle cocks, and nowhere was there any sign of maritime life.
The French mail boat, 5.5. Tourane, which left last evening on her home ward voyage, had not proceeded very far when it was found that the weather was too severe to continue, and she put back to barbour. The Pacific Mail 8.5. Garlic, which left at daylight this morning, also found the weather too bad and returned, to her moorings. The Empress of India which is advertised to sail to-day for Vancouver, is not expected to leave fill to-morrow, and it was thought that no other steamers would leave port. On the other hand, the French Mail boat Ernest Simons which arrived to time this morning reports having only experienced the ordinary mon soon weather. Over in Kowloon the wind was so strong that the ricksha coolies could only with the greatest efforts make any headway against it, while all the time great seas were
to an inordinate degree in all that appertains to the Dock Co. The storm of allegations and invectives brought about by the recent scheme for the construction of a new dock at an enormous estimated expenditure is now blown over; but while it raged it served to show to what an extent popular feeling had been aroused against the action of a dissenting board of directors in endeavour f4sing to folst upon the real owners of the es. tablishment an undertaking they regarded with so much antagonism. It was just at a time when Hongkong was in the very throes of a commercial depression that was felt not in the Farther East alone but through out the financial world. Just as the calm follows the storm," the period of depression soon passed and made way for more pros. perous times when, in common with other industrial enterprises, the local, Dockyard shared in the fortuitous circumstances. that
THE Brunswick, Landetzeltung, hears_from" contributed to the enhancement of its credit most trustworthy source that the Germ balance in the profit and loss account. The Crown Prince will start on a voyage round the whole history of the company bears evidence world at the beginning of the autumn, Thi | dashing again the sea-wall aending heavy of the remarkable patience displayed by the voyage is to be made on board the training spray far across the road. All sampans werd shareholders in bad times. Not only did ship Charlotte, which is at present undergoing hauled high and dry above bigh water mark, they content themselves with such dividends repairs in the shipbuilding yard at Kiel. The and nothing but the Robes Cooke was to be Crown Prince, it is stated, will have the same scen ready for a possible change in the weather Agents for Messrs. Allen & Sons Electrical as.barely satisfied the wish for a fair rate suite of cabins, as was used by the late Duke!) to tow qûe dr other of the waiting vessels back
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Salvage Work undertaken.
Ship Designs and Spécifications prepared. Agents for the Construction and Sale of Steam
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Contract for New Tonnage on reasonable terms
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A large stock of Canadian Asbestos and
Asbostocel goods kepty
Plant and Centrifugal Pumps.
of interest on the amount of their invest ment, but in periods of abnormal profits the self-denial, complained of as an unknown [181 quantity, permitted of acquisitions being ob
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writes to the Novoys Vremya, the Russian newspaper, a letter, from which the following is an extract :--
The Sanitary Board will consider to-morrow a reply from Government to the Board's re
commendation that the water supply should
be extended to Kowloon City, etc.
Report of the sub-committee re the systems of house drainage and amendment of the bye- laws!
THE WEATHER.
The following report is from Mr. J. 1, Plum-. mer, Chief Assistant of the Hongkong Obser-
vatory:
On the 23rd at 3.53 pm. orders were given to hoist the black S. Cone and black drum.
On the 24th at 9.45 am, orders were given
At 11.12 am. The barometer has risen in
I entreat you in the name of all the mothers and wives of Russia to help us. Say openly that we cannot remain indifferent to the fact that our children are beaten, and that every- thing which is dear to us is destroyed. To de-, mand that everything that is possible should be done to save them. You must agree that if we women are required to make such sacrifice: as are involved in giving birth,to our children, we have also the right to request that their lives should be sold dearly, and not thrown away, as is the case at present. Everybody quotes now the bravery of our sous. And how do we re ward them? Let them all die, but not until We have a right to demand this-we, their everything has been done to save them to hoist the black, S. Cone wives and mothers whose all is shut up in the Philippines and the extreme north and bas Port Arthur now. How can you read without remained practically stationary throughout a choking at the heart of this band of men being cut off from their brethren? What is
China. A slight fall is registered at Gap Rock. the State if not an agglomeration of human
The typhoon is now situated nearly does livest. 1. eniceat you, help us to obtain the south of Hongkong and is still moving west right to defend our children. You ward.
musi understand you know they are dying at Port Arthur; still, we must be silent; I cannot be Formosa Channel and stoveering to silent-you may make powder of me, bat 1 SE winds in the northem of the China cannot remain dumb. I am exbausted because Sea.
know how unhappy our sons and husbands Forecast:-Strong Eto &E, winds, squally, have been for these last four months. And it showery. is only now, when they cannot be saved, that I have the right to eatreat for their safety. I say is a shame to require everything-life itself and to repay the sacrifice with indifference. entreat you, "Save them. You must is member that we women who give you citizens who educate their souls and consciences have a sight to a voice, find this voice must be listened to in the State. I entreat you on my
The editor of the Novoye Vremyo, in a foot- te states that the letter was stained, evident- with the tears of the writer.
Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg: His Royal to the docks to continue the necessary work of THE Bleskrim, cruiser, was paid off at Chatham Highness,will not do duty as a naval officer overhauling or repairs. Heavy black clouds an aoth alt into the 8 Division of the Fleet during the voyage, but will devote his time to cowled round the peak, and intermittent Reserve. She recently returned from the studying and gathering information.
showers of raio prevailed all day,
China Station:
Moderate N.E. winds retail in the
SHIPPING AND MAILS.
"MAILS DUE. English (Chusan) 25 h ins'. American (Mongolia) a8lb inst. Indian (Kumtang) 29th inst.
German (Bayern) 31st inst. Canadian (Empress of Japan) 6th prox Australian (Chinglu) 7th pro
The Barber Line sa. Sattuma, Krrived at
New York on 21st inu,
The 1. C. S. N.
culta and the Strait