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CONTENTS.
Births, Marriages and Deaths. Leading Articles
Hongkong's Fire Traps. Concerning Chunchuses, Commercial Education. The Health of the Colony. The Russian Reforms. "Beyond the Pale."
Telegrams:--
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Outrage in Finland.
Opium for 'China. The War.
Recent Fierce Fighting. Contraband of-War,
China's Neutrality,
Mootings:-
Hongkong Benevolent Society..
Humphreye Estate and Finance Co., Ld.
The Weihaiwoi Gold Mining Co., Li
Legal Intelligence:-
Illegal Export of Rice..
Action against a Native Bank.
Local Bankruptcies.
Correspondence:~
Destitute Seamen.
Exorbitant Car Fares. Canton Leper Relief Fund.
The danger of the cheap Lamp. Miscellaneous Artioles and Reports:-
Naval Docks Captured.
Deserving Destitute Seamen.
Three Houses Ablaze.
Interpart Cricket.
Boxing at the City Hall.
Naval Boxing Competitions.
Hongkong Volunteer Inspection.
Masonic Quadrille Club's
Hongkong Volunteer Reserve Association, Chinese New Year.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corpora
tion.
The Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steam-
boat Co., Ltd.
Lloyd's Shipbuilding Register.
Royal Engineers' Concert.
The Food Supply of Hongkong.
The Late Fr. Martinet.
Funeral Obsequies of Father Martinet.
Fatality on H.M.S. Ocean.
Sad Fatality at the Docks.
Turf Topics.
Royal Naval Temperance Society.
Naval Notes.
Shipping Jetsam,
Land Sale.
Harbour Fatality.
Kowloon Pigeon Club.
Canton Notes.
H.E. the Governor on Education.
Death of Mr. Sneihlage. Beachcombers,
Japan's Prospects in the Coming Year. The Trial of H. B. Collins.
The Midway Islands.
Tanjong Pagar Dock.
The House Problem.
Baltic Fleet.
New Tinde Route.
Stoessel at Singapore.
The Accusatious against Stoessel. Commercial:-
Yarn Market.
Shanghai Freight Market.
Shanghai Share Report.
Exchange.
Opium.
Local and General,
of Foochow
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11,
1905.
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HONGKONGS FIRE TRAPS,
(6th February)
It is needless to dwell on the harrowing details of the fire which occurred recently in
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Chinese for service as clerks and compradores, at the happy conclusion that not even a The facts under which they were refused Naval Department regarding the articles of
appreciating the value of history and ged the Model Seulement. Diphtheria, re- graphy as well as of English and matheslaping fever and scarlet fever each add one matics to both, the Industrial and literary case to the returns, making for the week, in a students, he was bitterly disappointed to find Colony with a population numbering, close on coming to the Colony that not one of the upon three hundred thousand inhabitants, many studente who applied for admission to fourteen cases of communicable diseases the College was able to pass a satisfactory with but six deaths, four of which were from examination in the subjects which have for plague the most fatal disease found in so long been taught here. Should this state Hongkong. Those who understand so ment be allowed to pass unchallenged and thoroughly the loving interest of Britishe
contraband of war, which was promulgated
permission to enter upon their emping- ment in the Philippine Islands have ed to the effect that in article 2 of the sald on the roth February, 1904, has been aníend- already been made public in our columns, order the words clothing and its material" and investigations subsequently made by will be added after the word "liquor," and a member of our staff furnishes sufficient that the words "and other kinds of fuel" proof that these men have come by mis.will be added after the word "coal". fortune through no fault of their own. At home they were in constant employment, earning good wages and enjoying the respect of all who knew them. Tempted by in creased remuneration they decided on going
[Article a now reads as follows:-The follow- ing articles shall be treated as contraband of wat only in case they are destined for the enemy's Army or Navy, or being consigned to intended for use of the enemy's Army or the country of the enemy can be considered as Navy
a native medicine shop in Hollywood Road, } find its way to other, centres a satisfactory resident away from the Colony in our welfan, to Manila, and having entered into agree horses, horse equipment, timber, currency,
impression will not be created either of the will smile at the frequent agitated inquiries method of educating the youth of the Colony as to the health of Hongkong and its cosmo- or of the success of the various institutions politan community, devoted to the training of our boys. On the same occasion opportunity was taken to differentiate between classical scholars and those being fitted for actual work in
THE RUSSIAN REFORMS,
(9th February.)
and which at present form the subject of Magisterial investigation. What does require notice is that the fate of the eleven people who lost their lives, overhangs hundreds of families in the densely populous quarters of Hongkong which have not yet been rebuilt. In his evidence before the Magistrate on Thursday last, the husband of one the delife. It will be recognised that while The news concerning Russia's Internal ceased said he was unable to find a way of at home, where such a variety of profes-condition still continues ominous of the escape from the burning building until a rela- sions are open to successful candidates in gravest evil. The strike movement is spread tive pulled down a partition between the pre classies, here in Hongkong and in China iting in all directions, and the parties endea- mises and an adjoining house. There is not is the business training received by dvouring to arrive at a settlement on the room for much doubt that if a blaze is fairly young man that will carry him through life. question of internal reform now appear to started at night in some of the older Of course, there are many people who bebe opposed on the terms of their addresses tenements of the Hollywood Road type, it is lieve that the best way to become the head submitted to the Tsar. The Emperor a certain moral impossibility for the whole of the occupants of the upper storeys to make their escape. Such premises are, of course, gradually disappearing, to have their place taken by buildings constructed under the new Public Health Bill, and under the strict supervision of our Government au- thorities.
ments with agents in London, obtained their passages to the East, and were ready to start work, when the provisions of certain enaciments were put in operation against them, and thus prevented them from earn- ing their living and, in one case, of contri- buting to the support of a wife and family at home. Benevolence is very much in the air at the present time, and we feel sure that, where an instance of destitution deserving of financial assistance is brought forward it will not be permitted to pass
heeded. Apparently, the men are be yond the pale of help under the new scheme adopted by the Hongkong Bene-
of some great industry is to begin as a small undoubtedly confronted with avolenty Society which would remove them boy by sweeping out an office. Commercial political delimma which seems almost from their education in itself will certainly never make insoluble, and it is hardly to be wonder a successful business man,, for the qualities ed at if he rejects the advice often urged which have brought success to men like St upon him by the extremists, to endow the Alfred Jones and Sir Thomas Lipton are in Russian Empire with representative institu- tions to the Russian peasantry. Nominally
present undesirable. home, but if any public spirited gentleman would come forward and act as treasurer of any fund started in their behalf we are convinced that there would be a hearty response to the appeal.
We have been
Provisions, liquors, clothing and its material, gold and silver bullion, fodder waggons, (haryo) coal and other kinds of feel, and the material for the construction of telegraph and, telephone lines and railways-ED,K,T.].
HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND FINANCE CO., LTD.
MKETING OF SHAREHOLDERS."
Toth inst The nineteenth ordinary annual meeting of
shareholders in the above Company was held at the Company's registered vifices: Alexandra presided, and there were present Mears, J. A. Buildings, at noon. Mr. Henry Humphreys Jupp, H. W. Slade, Bo Tung, J. S. van Buren, 4. G. Wood, J. Scott Haratos, E. Georg, A. A da Roza, Ho Fook. J. W. C. Bonnar, E. H. Hinds, W: H. Gaskell, L. S. Lewis, J. Sum- mere, and J. L. Cotter (Secretary).
The notice convening the meeting having been read
The Chairman said:-Gentlemen: The
It will be a long time, how. a large measure natural gifts; but there Can the Tsar is an absolute monarch, but as a privileged by the Colonial Secretary to be regarded as satisfactory. From very hum-
not be the least doubt that systematic,
ever, before danger is overcome in this way by the efflux of time, and it should not education must tend to develop whatever matter of fact he falls far short of being peruse the contracts and papers under which worked its way into a strong and sound posi-
be an impossibility to insist upon certain
elementary safeguards in old property which is not yet destined to demolition. A fixed iron ladder from the top storey to the roof and some provision whereby tenents on the second storeys can make good their escape to the floors above should represent the minimum of precaution, and landlords who fail to make this provision of their own accord should be placed within the reach of compulsory powers. The nar row staircase, seen in so many of our native houses, is a flue up which the warni air draws flames from a burning floor below to the storeya above, and down which it is impossible for pent up victims to get away
from almost certain death.
CONCERNING CHUNCHUSES.
In the communication recently addressed by Russia to the Powers on the subject of the neutrality of Ching it is asserted that it has been ascertained many times: (a) that bands of Chunchuses, operating in neu- tral territory were commanded by Japanese officers; (5) that a whole detachment of
these Chunchuses have been enrolled on
complete master of his political actions. business-like qualities a youth may have. He is compelled, for the sake of the peace of the Empire, to how more or less to the beheats
of the Russian bureaucracy, an
a
and do much to equip him for a commercial career. It is this sort of education that we desire especially in Hongkong, where it element that represents vast wealth and in- is becoming more and more necessary for Auence. This is particularly true just now young man who enters a mercantile house, when Russia le engaged in a titanic and wishes to rise to a higher position struggle with Japan. A sharp cleavage than that of an ordinary clerk, that he in the ranks of this powerful element the should receive a sound training on mat present time could only furnish aid and tera relating to business. We realise that comfort to Russia's formidable foe and lead in many secondary schools at home the to demoralizations at St. Petersburg. These commercial education given is not only of considerations have evidently had great no great value in itself, but entails the weight with the Tsar in his refusal to sanc- sacrifice of various subjects which it is just on any breach in the existing form of as well the pupil should know something of, imperial government. The main thing while for many of the so-called commercial at present is the preservation, as far schools, they do little more than supplement as possible, of the prestige of the empire, a defective elementary education and seldom It must be remembered that, in the train a youth to be more than an efficient first place, Russia, as clerk. In our opinion a commercial educa entirely unfitted for a representative system, tion worthy the name can only be acquired and the excuse for denying it to the after the student has received a good se people on the ground that, they would condary education, just as is the case in not use it wisely will not be received preparing for one of the professions. Some by the outside world without some de- of the schools of the Colony are im-gree of satisfaction. But, of course, there parting knowledge from which scholars is no reason why Emperor Nicholas might Intending taking up the higher forms of not to a very considerable extent satisfy the
THE HEALTH OF THE COLONY
(8th February.)
Those members of the Press in several Oriental ports who have occasionally allow
a whole
is
the men were brought out and realise that their case merits the consideration of the charitably disposed. Their present situa- tion is piteous and humiliating beyond words, and although it is not our fault
that they are suddenly thrown without em
if
ployment in our midst, it will be our fault, not our disgrace, if now that we know the facts, we do not, each and all, do everything in our power to help them tide over their difficulties, and get back to their homes in England.
TELEGRAMS.
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH"
SERVICE.
· OUTRAGE IN FINLAND.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
LONDON, 6th February, 5.30 p.m.
of
himself unhurt.
report and statement of accounts have been in your hands for some days, so, with your permission; 1, will take them as read. The result of the year's working may, I think, ble beginnings this company has gradually tion and one that compares favourably with any other undertaking of a like nature in the Colony, If we had greater banking facilities, we could produce better results. Your general managers and directors trust before long to be pany on a better looting in this respect. There able to make arrangements to place the com
is not much in the accounts that calls for ex-
planation. You will noin that amongst the increased by 53,386.93; an amount which ro liabilities, insurance reserve fund has been
presents the risks underwritten by the com pang itself during the past year Turning to profit and loss account the only item that calls for comment exchange $7,131.59 which figures on the credit side of the account. This has been brought about by paying off a mor tage of £10,500 on one of our properties at Kowloon and represents' actual realited profit, I have nothing further to add, but if any share. holder has any questions to ask, I shall be pleased to answer them.
There being no questions,' the Chairman moved the adoption of the report and accounts. Mr. E. Georg seconded, and in doing no said he must congratulate the general managers and shareholders on the excellent showing of the year, and he trusted that the year now commenced would show an equally good report (Hear, hear).
The resolution was unanimously carried. The Chairman proposed, and Mr. Bo Fook seconded, the re-election of the ratizing direc tors-Messrs. J. S. Van Buren, J. Scott as-Harston, H. W. Slade, A. G. Wood, and Ho
Tung-and this was agreed to.
Was
auditors, Messes, W. II. Gaskell and W. Hutton Potes.
Mr. Jupp proposed the re-election of the
Mr. J. W. C. Bontiar seconded, and the motion, was adopted,
This was all the business, the Chairman
ready,
wounded, while the Procureur was announcing that dividend warrants were now
THE WEIHAIWEI QULD MINING CÓ, LD.
Opium for China. [From Our Own Correspondent.]
BOMBAY, 8th February. The P. & O. Co.'s mail steamer left Bombay yesterday afternoon with about 652 chests of Malwa opium. Prices are as follows:-
Malwa (New) ...Rs. 1,600
(Old)
1,780 (Older) 1,880 (Oldest)
" 2,080
"
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THE WAR.
An attempt has been made to sassinato M. Johnsson, the Procurear the Finnish Senate at Helsingfors, It was at first reported that he had instituted methods, and are in the pay of the commercial education should benefit, and force aspiration for more freedom, which is been killed, lat subsequent invest Japanese Government; and (2) that Japanese though at present we have not the means of now to be found in a large section of his gations showed that his on military instructors are constantly making developing the ideas thus formed the time people, while at the same time not letting private agreements among the Chinese sol. may yet come when the youth of the Colony go of the present system of centralised diers stationed along the northern bound will be able to receive special training in government which he and his advisers be aries. It was generally believed, at the out- the various branches of commerce they feel fiere essential to the existence of the Rus- break of hostilities, that the Japanese would themselves best adapted to enter.
sian Empire. He might largely liberalise bia contrive to enlist, the Chunchuses, the bri
ystem of government, while retaining unim- gands of Manchuria, on their side, for the
paired ha absolute and autocratic control of all things Russian, We recognise that purpose of harassing the Russians, and cut- ting communications, in the style of the
it will be practically impossible to cut up
Boers in our South African war. In such
the Empire and treat one part as the an event the Russians would be fighting
Central or Mother Country and the rest as in a hostile country, a fact which could noted themselves to become hysterical over Crown Colonies, but if attention were direct- fail to have considerable influence upon the the appearance of various forms of communi-ed to the Government of India it would be course of events. Japan's reply to the Rus- cable disease in Hongkong, will be surprised, seen that that is the only other civilised perhaps, to learn that in this "perennial pest government in existence as centralised and sian note emphatically denies the asser- tions, declaring that it has been repeat port of the Far East, the natal place of plague, as autocratic as that over which the Tear edly ascertained that these allegations are
Asiatic cholera, small-pox, and, every other regns. If it were only possible for the one and all wholly and absolutely with- zymotic ill that Chinese flesh is heir to Emperor of Russia to infuse something out foundation, and that Russia cannot disease is by no means so prevalent as of the spirit of the India bureaucracy produce any evidence worthy of credence to they would lead us to belleve. This in into his bureaucacy there is no reason what- support their so-called ascertained charges.teresting fact is brought to notice to-day by ever why the restless portion of the Russian If we recollect, aright, It was Mr. Simpson, the publication of a return showing the people should not find a very great amount of the London Daily Telegraph, accom-
number of cases of communicable diseases of relief. They might still call for panied by an American officer, who declar- which have been notified as occurring in more liberty, but there would be less vitality On 19th January, at the "Chaised-El Syna-ed that he had visited a Chunchuse chief, the Colony during the week ended the 4th in the cry, and the leaders of the dis- gogue Oxley Rice, Singapore, by Rabbi Meyer Joseph, HANNAH, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. who informed him that there were ten inst. It is by far the blackest record that contented might find it much harder to get Ellias Solomon, to N. E. B. EZRA, of Shang thousand of them actively engaged under has been issued for many months, and really recruits. The unsatisfactory condition of the Japanese direction and for whom they were places the Colony in a much worse position Empire has been shown by the refusal of Feb. 1st, OLIVER MARKS, Federated Malay busily engaged collecting information. At than is usually the case during the period the government to allow her millions to States Civil Service, Secretary to the High the time distinct interest and importance was when epizootic plague is supposed to exist participate in the administration of affairs. to H. E. the Governor, son of the late John attached to the news, but the reply of Japan During the seven days, ended Saturday The people will not rest satisfied with the Marks, Esq; of Croydon, Surrey, to VIOLET has clearly shown the contradictory character lust, four Chinese died of plague, and as Tsar's promise to do what they have not CATHARINE, daughterof the Hon'ble Alexander of some of the reports sent home, and goes a
but two cases have occurred since, the demanded by raising the peasants, the late Murray, Colonial Engineer and Surveyor-Gen long way to emphasize the fact that, despite number on record since the beginning of sorts, a step in the scale, by putting them oral, Straits Settlements.
On 2nd February, at H.B.M. Consulate, assertions to the contrary, the forces of the the year is only fifteen. Small-pox has in on an equality with the rest of his subject. Shanghai, bafore Sir Pelham Warren, C... Mikado have been putting up a square fight creased slightly, though nothing like to They have asked for more and this time Consul-General, and afterwards at St. Joseph's in Manchuria during the past twelve months, such dimensions as some alarmists try appear determined to have their demands Cathedral, by the Reverend Father Kennelly, B.J., GEORGE PAINE to MARGARET AGNES and one, moreover, that can survive the to make out. During the week these patlified,
were seven cases all told two of which)|my |- penetrating searchlight of adverse criticism.
had a fatal termination. Five of the sufferers were among the European com COMMERCIAL EDUCATION.
mmunity, one was a Chinese case, and the We regret extremely that, so far nothing (7th February.)
other was that of a Filipino. We are not told appears to have been done towards assisting whether either of these cases was imported two unfortunato Englishmen who by reason from Shanghai, where, by the way, according of the operation of the United States Immi
Dec. 27, at Ealing, H. J. J. CHAMBERS, late Jan. 1, at Stirling, N.B., J. GRAHAM, of Ker, Bolton & Co., formerly of Singapore, aged 65.
On the 1st Feb. at Singapore, the wife cf R.
J. KIRKE, Straits Settlements Police, of a son,
hal
MARRIAGES.
At St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, on
Commissioner F. M. 5., and Private Secretary
ROBERTS.
On the and instant, at B.B.M. Consulate General, Shanghai, before Sir Pelham Warren, KC.M., British Consul-General, GEORGE, son of T. Paine, of Highgate, London, N.W to MARGARET ÅGNES RÖDERT3, of Shanghai. DEATHS.
At Berlin, on the 3rd instant, Mr. CARL HERMANN SNRTHLAGE.
On the 2nd February, at Singapore, the infant
The headmaster of one of our local colleges made the assertion on the occasion
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of the annual prize distribution at his into someofthe Northern journals, an epidemic gration Law have been stranded in the
RECENT FIERCE FIGHTING.
THE CASUALTIES,
·RE-CONSTRUCTION DECIDED UPOй,
An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders in the above-named Company was held at
Shanghai on and inst. for the purpose of con- sidering special resolutions with a view to the There were present Mestre Marcus. We (Chairman), J. M. Young and Capt. Dobie (Director), R. N. Macleod (Legal Adviser), C. E. Cunningham (representing the Secretaries), and others representing, with proxies, 9,541 shares. Mr. Macleod read the notice convening the. meeting.
windind-up and reconstruction of the Company.
The Chairman-The first business is to elect new directors. I believe Mr. Taylor has some names to propose ; cach one must be proposed soporately,
Mr. TaylorWhat about the present direc tors?
The Chairman-We retire at once as re- quested; of course we shall give what advice we can to the new directors.
Mr. Taylor-But no new directors can be
tory meeling isn't that so
Mr. M. Noma, Consul for Japan, has kindly forwarded to us the following tele- appointed to take office till after the confirmar gram-
Tokio, and February, 8.40 pm. Marshal Oyama, reporting the detalls of fierce fighting from the agth to 29th January when the enemy was driven to the right of the Hanho, says that the enemy consisted of the First Siberian Army Corps, the Second and Fifth brigades of Sharpshooters, a part of the Eighth Army Corps, the 61st Siberian Reserve Division and some Chas seurs, etc., making in all a total of at least seven divisions with one cavalry division.
Our casualties were about 7,000; the enemy's losses were also considerable.
The prisoners say that the four regiments of the Russian infantry were nearly annihi- lated, many of the companies being reduced to twenty or thirty men each; the total Russian casualties must be at least 10,000.
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CONTRABAND OF WAR.
Mr. Macleod-No, Sir; the object of this mesting is to elect new directors's Mr. Wolf will remain in the chair during this meeting and the new Chairman will take the chair at the confirmatory meeting, It may as well be understood at once that if the new directors do not begin to do something soon, there is no use in appointing them at all, for the liquidator will take over everything
Mr. Taylor then proposed, and Mr. H. Morriss seconded, that Mr. E. S, Little bo ape pointed a director.
This was carried nem, con,
by Mr. Morriss, Mr. F. C. Heffer and Mr. L. R. On the proposition of Mr. Taylor, seconded
Burkhardt were severally, elected directors nem..com.
Mr. Macleod then read, a statement of accounts which had been prepared to show the present liabilities and assets of the Company, The two sides, ho said, as nearly as possible balanced the only doubt, was in regard to the concentrates which were assets which could not be realised for some months. They had been put down at $6,000, which was the "value" placed upon them by the sub-committee which was recently appointed to go into the posi tion of the Company, Including that sum the Writing under to-day's date, Mr. M. Nous assets were now estimated at $12,911,50, and Consul for Japan, states that he has received against this the present liabilities were, estiv
AN AMENDED ORDER.
an official telegram from Baron Komura tomated at $12,469.64. These 6gures did not
stitution that the object of many of the of small-pox at present exists, and in the Colony and are now living a miserable son of W. E. PATTON and grandson of Me schools in Hongkong seems to be solely to fit absence of such information we must, arrivs | existence in the House of Detention, the effect that the Order of the Japanese | include the valge of the land, the mill, mae
Samuel "tubbs, aged 6 months.