TELEGRAMS.
[Reuters.]
The Situation in Russia-*-*- LONDON, 24th February.
BLACK SEA FLEET BOMBARD TOTI
It is reported from Constantinople that the situation at Batoum and Poti is so serious that a portion of the Russian Black Sea fleet has bombarded Poli. The strikers, who are all Georgians, number about forty
thousand,
The railway strike is spreading widely, and fresh strikes are occurring constantly in all parts of Russia. -
WARSAW 150LATID,
Later.
The connection between St. Petersburg and Warsaw is now interrupted by the strike, and the city, which is seething with every dangerous element, is thus completely - isolated.
The local policemen are now threatening to strike,
- EASTERN SIBERIA CUT OFF.
|
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1905.--
ATTACKED IN A JUNE.
"A CREDITOR'S EXPERIENCES.
It will be remembered by our readers that,
a
about two weeks ago, a moneylender, named Pang Lin, went on board a junk to collect debt due to him for money lent, and goods sup-
THE LATE SIR `ROBERT
JARDINE..
Though a great many years have passed since he was actually in China, Sir Robert Jardine, whose death is announced at the ripe age of eighty, has been recognised for a very
Did you discuss with Morcing the formation of a company to take over this Kaiping pro- perty? -No; we had spoken of pledging the of the money to go to the development of the mines as security for a loan of $200,000, half harbour works, and half towards the amount required to develop the mines. The money was to be paid in fifteen years,
Did you know that Mr. Detring was propos-
plied to the mistress of the junk, who was also long time as the head of the British commercial to take all the steps that may be necessary to ing to Mr. Moreing that he should promote
community in Hongkong and China. The great firm of which he was the senior and in fact the proprietor was never more prominent in
the Far East than it is at the present moment,
To describe what the British merchant in
the Governor who is going to act so arbitra- rily" in the case of Tanjong Pagar recurs to the mind-on a memorable occasion when he was. Asiatic sharehuldiers in the old Raub syndicate, addressing a meeting, largely co posed of objecting to the whip hand of Syed Mohamed Algoff:-"Dia ada kuasal dia suka bikin bagitu: apa guna lawan? Angin sehaja." As to the second relation, empowering the directors safeguard the interests of the shareholders, by getting the Bill as at present printet amended. that is obviously sound. The cleverest drifis man in the world-we do not know whether the Bills his work or not-might well be excus- ad for failing to present a draft that would in such a maiter sausfy two such conflicting interests as are dealt with. Amendments will no doubt be wanted and plenty of them. They must be most carefully considered, and that is why we consider it so regrettable tant the unofficial end of the Council table will be without Mr. Murray, Mr. Allinson, and probably Mr. apier, (who leaves for Home time) during the committee stage,
weeks after the Hill is read a second
THE CHINESE ENGINHERING AND MINING CO. CASE.
THE THIRD DAY.
[Continued from Saturday.]
companies to take over mines and railway properties?.
To take over properties in which Mr. Det ting was interested with you ?--No.
THE
To-day's
Advertisements.
INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS
AND SHIPBUILDERS OF
HONGKONG. INCORPORATED 1891.
NOTICE TO MEMBERS,
"HE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MEET- TING OF MEMBERS will be held in Who promoted the Kaiping Company- the Rooms, No. 3 Des Vœux Road, TO- was promoted by the Viceroy, Li Hung-chang MORROW, the 18th February, at 8.45 PM
Did you know that in 1899 Mr. Dering had
for the purpose of receiving the Report of, proposed terms on which the Kaiping Company the Managing Committee and Statement of should be taken over by the new company?-Accounts for the year 1904, No.
A number of letters were then read bearing occupy the Chair.
H. T. Richardson, Esq., Vice-President, will on the question of the introduction of European capital for this company.
J. F. MILLER,
Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, 27th February, 1905.
[295 FROM HAMBURG, ANTWERP, PENANG AND SINGAPORE.
Mr. Tsaacs read a letter from Mr. Detring to Mr. Mazeing, in which occurred the following passage: "The uncertain policy of the British Government, full of contradiction with regard to what we may call the principle of the npen door, will make it extremely difficult for the Chinese to introduce British capital into the Mongolian gold mining proceedings, and the Russians, on the ground of the late railway convention, will certainly oppose it, because they obviously do not wish to deal with British capital within their frontier or their sphere of influence." The learned counsel asked witness ing American capital.
THE H. A. L. Steamship
"SUEVIA," Captain Knaisel, having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Bills of Lading for countersignature by the Undersigned and to take immediate delivery of their goods from
the proprietress of the boat, and the money not being forthcoming, and finding the jaak was about to sail for Hot Fung where the creditor also wished to go, he decided to remain on board and go there with her to see if he could and the guiding influence of Sir Robert Jardine not get his money, some $128, on arrival. Durbas never been absent from it. The death of ing that night two of the crew demanded his Sir Robert carries us back actually to the 18th money and as he said he had none they seized century, for Mr. Andrew Jardine from whom a chopper and laid him aboulter and left arm his nephew, afterwards Sir Robert Jardine, took open, and took a slice off his upper lip, neces over the firm of Jardine, Matheson & Co. sitating the man's removal to hospital for treat came out to Canton originally in the 18th ment, where he has been detained since. The century in the service of the East India Com. assailants were arrested, by Sergeant Apple-pany. There has always been a stream of 100, and were this morning placed before Mr.good men to carry on the work of the firm in Hazeland at the Magistracy, when the facts as the East, but the guiding spirit has always already recorded were adduced in evidence. been the old Scotsman whose death is record- Pang Lin stated that when the men struck himed to-day. It came as a very rudder blow here, first he called out "Save life," and as he con- but news of his illness reached Hongkong tinued to call he was struck each time by the some days ago. man with the chopper, until he was too weak to call any longer. The prisoners then ran on deck and tried to steer the boat in another direction, but were stopped by the mistress, who herself took charge of the tiller. The ocable currence took place near Nam Fat Tan, out- side Ling Ling Island. The junk was headed "Take them for all in all, the China mer- for Yaumati, where the prisoners were arrested. chants have been in their day and generation / brought back to him. He changed the Chinese development of the mining industry in China, and stored at Consignees' risk and expense, -Chung Wai, the mistress of the junk, corro-terests and policy, it's manhood and charac- o unworthy representatives of their country's yesterberated the last witness, and the case was ad- ter. Their patriotism has not been toned down journed for the presence of the medical officer but expanded and rationalised by cosmopolitan who attended Pang Lin.
associations, and by contact with a type of national life differing diametrically from their own. Breadth and moderation have resulted from these conditions, and a habit of tempering the exigencies of the day by the large con- sideration problems has been characteristic of the mercantile bodies in China from first to last. And although statesmanship lies outside the range of busy men of commerce, it must be said in justice to the merchants of China that policy, higher in its aims and more practical in its operation than that which any line of Wes. able to follow. It had been better if the con tern statesmen, save those of Russia, has been tinuous prognostications of such a compact body of opinion had been more beeded."--N. C. D. News.
The St. Petersburg press states that the whole of Eastern Siberia is in a similar con- dition to the Caucasus, virtually cut off from Russia.
The Simplon Tunnel. The Simplon Tunnell was pierced day, thus completing six years' work.
The War.
25th. February.
DESPERATE BATTLE PROCEEDING.
The witness said there was no truth in it. Did you know, in June, 1899, that Mr. De- ring suggested that capital could be raised by means of a foreign Chinese bank to foster the schemes suggested and discussed at that time and especially in Chih-li?-The number of in a casual way were innumerable, but I can not remember any definite scheme.
Optional Cargowill be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before TO-DAY.; landed into the Godowns of the Hongkong Any Cargo impeding her discharge 'will be and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Limited,
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods
China was in Sir Robert's day, and what to a Ilis Excellency Chang Yen-zao was further great extent he has remained, we cannot do 1 txamined on 19th ult. through the medium of whether Mr. Detting was in favour of introduce alongside.
the interpreter(Sir Waber Hillier), and his ex- better than quote the opinion of an unimpeachamination in chief was concluded during the
authority, Mr. Alexander Michie, in The morning Englishman in China;—
He said that the alterations in the Cocument of Feb. 19 being agreed to, the documents were text of the supplementary memorandum, and Mr. Hoover agreed to accept it in that form. Mr. Detring arrived while the discussion was going on. He could not say what passed be tween Detring and the others present, because he could not understand their talk. Before he went away, Mr. Hoover produced certain me. moranda. They took the documents away and brought them back in the nmended form at eight o'clock. The documents were produced including the supplementary memorandum -and witness said they were executed by him at the same time. Asked whether he had any reason to doubt the truth of the statements made to him, witness said he believed the
Was Mr. Moreing entitled to make a profit on what did take place?-Witness replied that In the loan which Mr. Moreing negotiated, that gentleman got his interest. He did not feel inclined to go into academic questions of what Mr. Moreing was or was not entitled to. Did you expect Mr. Morcing to make a profit?Mr. Moreing did very well for himself by r the £200,000. Witness further stated that al the time of the Boxer rising the wharves and ships of the company were mortgaged to the whether the German authorities seized some of He was under arrest at the time; Mr. Detring the property because payments were overdue. would know all about it. There was no ques ion of the German Government seizing the
ed; the attack was renewed yesterday when arm, and a wound, two inches long, on his they have been consistently loyal to an ideal second document would be the one acted upon. Deutsch Asiatische Bank, but he could not say
Upon resuming the houring of the case at 2.37 pm, Dr. E. A. R. Laing was called, and stated that the complainant was admitted into the Government Civil Hospital at 2 p.m. on Despatches received at St. Petersburg the 12th inst., suffering from a wound, five state that on the night of the 23rd the Japan-inches long, over the right shoulder, another ese attacked Beresneff Hill, but were repuls. one, four inches long, at the bead of the left
upper lip. The man was not at any time in danger from his wound-The first defendant said that, on the day in question, the junk left for Yaumati, and as she was passing an island complainant came up with a long knife and cut him with it on the legs. The complainant, he said, was associated with the mistress of the junk and wanted to get rid of the defendant to get out of paying him his wages. The mis tress owed him $102 wages, and she also borrow.
the Russians were forced to retire.
A desperate battle in proceeding along the whole front, but the result is as yet undecisive. General Hakharoff reports that a railway bridge in the vicinity of Haicheng has been blown up, interrupting the Japanese com- munications.
Tibet.
THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEER
RESERVE ASSOCIATION.
CANZON NOTES.
GREAT TRADE DEPRESSION
IN FAISHAN.
Fatshan, with its large population, near
A further This was Mr. Hoover's nestranice document was produced to him by Mr. Hoover, and he was asked to sign it. He said: 'Another ona!
am not going to sign." It was explained that this was a document relating to Mr. Derring and witness, and they said they wanted him to sign to confirm the supplement
the intery ew was very friend. ly. The next day he went to Shanghai, his wife being ill On his return to Tientsin, Mr. Hoover came to consult him about ananging the introductory agreement, Witness left the
ary agreement,
The
Tongshaoji, a Tibet Commissioner, has eda gold ring which helped to buy the boat. His Canton, is above all, a trading and manufacture settlement of details to Mr. Detring, whe sign brother had been employed in the boat, but they ing mart. It appears that the town has had aed, and witness saw them. Before departing been appointed Minister in London.
drove him away without paying him any woges,
very unsuccessful year. This state of things for Europe he presented a memorial to the When complainant rushed out and cut him the is not confined to Fatshan lor, if rumours are Throne stating what had been done
correct, things are rather depressed among Chi memorial stated how they proposed to arrange two women scuffled with him and in trying to
nese merchants in Fatshan, however, it is for more share capital to be raised, and that the get the knife away complainant got cit.-The stated that few firm have prospered. The company should be conducted as a foreign second defendant said that the mistress owed banks and the industries of paper manufactur Chinese concern. When he came back from him 570 wages, and she wanted to get him outing, weaving, and dying have suffered most Germany Mr Detring mentinned to him the of the way to avoid paying, and wanted to kill acutely. The failure of two or three houser is £50, o to be paid by the defendant company, Mr. Dering said the intention of himself and reported and they have closed their doors with him. The defendants were then formally com heavy liabilities. The Canton correspondent Mr. Hoover, when the company was completed, mitted to Victoria Gaol to await their trial at of the N, C. D. Near says that this unwanted was to hand big over £5900, in shares.
depression is auributed to the falling off of Witness said he did-not understand this busi the next Criminal Sessions.
trade both with Canton and Hongkong, andness; this was a company, and any money to also to the bankruptcy of many smaller firms be paid must be paid to the company.
Witness in the smaller poris. The only line of business asked where the 50,000 to be paid was com. that has done anything profitable is that of the ing from Mr. Dering said that was what they pork-butcher, for it would appear that, whatever told him-that the waiter had only reached that comes, the Chinese will have his pork. Al- | stage, and they had better wait and see what though there have been some failures, it is was going to limppen. Witness said he did not determined to try another year, in the hope know what it was all about, and he would wait that trade will revive and that better times may and see what was going to turn up. Deting be enjoyed. We shall see.
said that the old shareholders were willing to exchange their old shares for new, and they begged him to put an adver isement in the pa per, calling upon them to do so. He put an advertisement in the paper, bring under the the stipulation in the agreement. When he impression that they were going to carry out went to Germany, Mr. Detring was in charge of the affairs of the company. Mr. Hoover was the general manager appointed by the London Board, and he worked with the Chinese officers
Mr. W. H. Trenchard Davies, hon. secretary of the above Association, informs us that, in spite of the rainy weather on Saturday 35 mem- bets turned up to shoot at the King's Park range, Kowloon. The highest scores at the 200 yards range (ont of a possible 3) were as follows:-Messrs. F. Fisher 12.15, E. Doug- herly 1832, A. Brown 29.37, A. T. Walker 27.25, A. MacKenzie 11.25, L. A. M. Johnston 24.34, C. R. Scott 22.23, J. j. Stubbinga 2123, A. B. Rouse, 21 23. H. E. Goldsmith 21.22, E. B. Shepherd 20.21, W. Dobls 22.25, J. Douglas 19.27, G. Stewart, 11, C. Glover 21, Rev. C. H. Hickling 20.18, G. H. King 19.70, A. J. Wil liams 21, W. H. T. Davis 19, 18, H. Sykes 16.18, J. McCubbin 16 17, W, McKay 16.17, C. E. H. Beavis 17.16, H. Coombs 15.16 and E. W. Dawson 16.17. The sco yards range will be available for practice next Saturday, 4th March,
from 1.30 pm to 5 pm).
OFF-DAY RACES.
Cabron, February 74th, 1905.
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION.
The entrance examination for the Canten Christian College was held this week. Out of about co applicants fifty-two succeeded in passing in Chinese. Many more would have applied for admission, but as they were afraid to face the Chinese examination they looked elsewhere for a school. The Christian College begins the year with all the students it can accommodate. The new building is being pushed forward, and will be ready for the next
class to be adrikted.
It may not be well known that the craze for Following are results received too late for English is work havoc with Chinese studies: In the reaction in favour of English many boys inclusion in our issue of Saturday last :--
and their parents as well hastily decided that a 6. THE "COTSWOLD" CUP.-Presented. For
all China ponies that have run at this meet-knowledge of English was all that was needed ing and not won a race. Weight for inches to secure promotion. The result is that many as per scale. Griffins allowed 5 lbs. Sub- bays, sons of afficials and rich men among scription prins allowed 7 lbs. Off-day win ners barred. Entrance Sio to go to second them, gave up Chinese studies and rushed into pony. From the two-mile post once round any kind of an English school there is to gain a and in.
smattering of English. Scores of boys are to Mr. G. H. Polts' Scottish King, lost talby
day neglecting the Chinese and wasting their (Vida) 1 lime in English schools taught by Chinese. Mr. Johnstone's Border Raider, fist alb
Boys who have studied two years of English (Johnstone) 2 Mr. Paul's Fiscal, rost 8lbs (Alderton) 3 take a few years more before the Chinese are are now opening schools for English. It will Mr. Buxey's La France Rose, tast tilbs...
(Gegg) able to adjust their studies properly. Mr. Gates' Starling, 1st 1lb; 7'be 0.....
(Rutherford) o
Time 2.34 Pari-mutuel 18 $6.10; 2nd $6.40; winner $14 7. THE "LUCKY" CUP-Valoc $200. Pre- sented by W. L. Pottinger, Esq., of Tientsin. For all griffins that have started on the off day and not won a race. Weight for inches As per scale. Half a mile,
Mr.
CANTON'S NEW MONEY.
It is nearly four months since the paper money was issued. The notes are much like the Japanese and are in three denominations- $1, 53, and $10. The not have the name of the Canton Mint on the face, and on the back it is stated that the Viceroy and Governor go security for the value of the notes 1 believe that officers are required to accept one third of their pay in notes. Notwithstanding the secur- ity given the foreign banks will not accept these notes. The Chinese are also suspicious and accept the notes in very limited number. If this change can be carried out successfully it will be a very great convenience..
G. C. Moxon's Nomination, tost ralbs (Johnstone) Mr. Magpie's Soup Ment, 1st 7lbs........... (Humphreys) Mr. G. H, Potts' Tuscan King, 1ost glbs...
(Vida) 2 Mr. Buxey's Rosy Morn Rose, 1st Flb......
(Gegg) o Mr. Darius' Astima, 1ost ralbs (Leslie) o Mr. A. V. Apcar's Cebu, 11st 4lbs...(Jordan) o Mr. D. Macdonald's Highlander strib... Last night a soldier was brought into the
(Alderton) o Mr. John Peel's Ledbury, 11st 4lbs
Canton Hospital with one of his hands blown (Robertson) o
off. While the doctors were giving him the *Dead heat
attention be needed a man was carried in from the Electric Works. This man had got into Pari-mutuel: 1st $7.50 and $14.60; 3rd contact with some strong current and upon examination at the hospital it was found that he was dead.
Time: 1.4.
$6,20; winner, $18.20.
:
vatory
ACCIDENTS.
THE WEATHER.
MAXIM GÜN COMPETITION.
The result of the annual maxim gun competi.
The following report is from Mr. J. I. Plum tion held the other day between half companies mer, Chief Assistant of the Hongkong Obser- of the Hongkong Volunteer Artillery, for the On the 27th at 11.50am. The barometer has shield presented by Major-General Sir W. J. falten rapidly in Japan and risen at all other Gascoigne, is as follows :---
stations.
The depression noted yesterday, still mov. 1st, Right Half, No, 2, Company, Captaining towards the NE, has reached a point in the W. Armstrong.
Pacific to the south of Tokio,
Gradients continue rather steep upon the east coast of China and are becoming so on the south cosst. Fresh NE. monsoon may be expected in the Formosa Chooel and to the northward of it as wall as in the China Sea,
Forecast-Fresh N, to NE, winds, overcast,
and, Left Half, No. 1, Company, Captain T. 5klaner,
3rd, Left Half, No. 1, Company, List.
L. W. Oliver.
The Right Half, No. 1 Company, Captain. ~D, Macdonald did not enter,
felr
THE SINGAPORE DOCKS,
It will be seen from our advertising columns, Says the S. F. Press, that the directors of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Co. are calling an extra- ordinary meeting on Feb. 28, in the Exchange, to consider resolutions having reference to the expropriation of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company's property, the second reading of the Bill for which comes an on March 3. Two resolutions will be submitted, the full text of which is given in the advertisement. The first
Mr.
property As a matter of fact, everyone seemed
was in
have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain. ing undelivered after the 6th March will be subject to rent.
to be left in the Godowns, where they will be All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are examined on the 6th March, at 3 P.M.
No Fire Insurance has been effected.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE, Hongkong Office. Hongkong, 27th February, 1955. [297
"BARBER" LINE OF STEAMERS.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
THE STEAMSHIP"LOWTHER CASTLE" FROM NEW YORK,
"ONSIGNEESɗf Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their rist into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godowe Company. Ltd. at Kowloon, whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.
to have got hold of it Asked as to a visit to Tongku, witness said he had no recollection of inviting Mr. Eames to dinner. Witness did not get any dinner to speak of. The room he was full of foreign soldiers, and of
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods dinner. (Laughter.) No paper was produced ing undelivered after the 6th March will be course, he did not get much in the shape of have left the Godowns, and all Goode remaine
by Mr. Eames, and there was no discussion subject to rent. with that gentleman as to a share of profits.sented to the Undersigned on or before the All Claims against the Steamer must be pro- Did you know that 50,000 shares which wer+ to come to you were part of the profits made by the promoters of the English company P-I did nat know. I could not understand where they came from. I asked Petting where they came from
Mr. Justice Joyce; I do not know how any. body can translate "promoting profits "into
Chinese.
Sir Walter Hillier: The nearest I can get to it is "the thanking shares of the gentlemen who founded the company."
(Considerable laughter.)
could not accept the shares because he did not Witness continued that he told Detring he know where they came from. Detring replied that they would talk about it by and bye. Questioned as to the interviews which led up there had been "dily rows for four days to the signing of the documents, witness said
no ides of getting a share of the profits if he (Laughter.) When he signed the documents,
signed was in his mind, No mention was made of any henefit to be got from it. The only thing he knew was that the old shareholders in the Company were to get certain shares for their property. All he knew was what was contained in the supplemental agreement,
The hearing was then, adjourned until 24th alt.
[To de continued]
To-day's Advertisements.
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
PAQUEBOTS-POSTE Prancais,
FOR SHANGHAI, KOBE AND YOKOHAMA.
*TOUKANF.” Captain, will be despatched for the above Ports, on MONDAY, the 6th March.
For Freight or Passage, upply to
L. URIDOU,
Acting Agent.
Hongkong, 27th February 1995.
"SHIRE LINE OF STEAMERS,
FOR LONDON AND ANTWERP,
THE Company's Steamship
MERIONETHSHIRE,"
C. H. Burch, Commander, will be despatched for the above Ports, on or about MONDAY, the 20th March.
This Steamer has Superior Accommodation (or Passengers,
and the company, While he was in Germany he received a letter from Detring saying the others had broken the terms of the agreement. Colonel Thys came to him, and subsequently is to ask the unofficial members of the Council to oppose the Bill, on the ground that the Witness told him he had been informed the
interviewed him on the steamer at Genoa.. Government have acted arbitrarily in not giv. ing notice to the company of the introduction agreement had been broken, but Thys said, of the Dill, and in not giving the company an
Rest your mind easy; the supplementary opportunity to put forward objections to expro. agreement shall be carried out." Witness went on a journey with one of the Imperial princes, and on his return was told, the property ad priation. It is to be hoped that all the share. holders will read the correspondence laid on the table of the Council, and published in our
gone out of his hands, and was now under Eng. issue of Jan. 21. The Secretary of State for fish law. He was very alarmed when he learn the Colonies therein gives his reason for comed that certain shares had been given to the ing to the conclusion that expropriation is the people who had found the money for a loan of THE Company's Steamship
Wynne first told him that only feasible course to adapt, and he mentions 200,000 that Sir Frank Swettenham was at first 375000 shares had been divided by Moreing opposed to it, as well as the present Gov-and others When Wynne told him what had ernor. One he had won over: the other been done with the shares of the company, he he thought might modify his views of the said this wou'd not do ; it did not correspond impossibility of such a course of action. it with what ought to have been done, and the is therefore quite plain that the Secretary Government would object, for the reason that of State had himself decided on expropriation, the company was man ged by Chinese Whether any opposition by the unofficial merchants under the Government,
A meeting of the shareholders of the Chinese members, always, when the Government likes, in a minority, and weakened at the meeting of Company was then called and held on March March 3rd by the departure of Mr. Allinson, 25, 90, at which he gave an assurance that and the absence of Mr. Murray, is likely to be
he would do his best to have things put fairly. effective, we leave our readers to judge. A About a year ago he was denounced by a cen- sor to the Thro e, the charge being that of Government majority in a Crown colony, told lo vote for a course of action with which they illicitly selling Government property and re- are in sympathy, and of which they know a ceiving the proceeds in other words, that be considerable section of the public approve, is a
was faltening himselt on the proceeds of the pretty herd stone wall to knock against. As sale. of Govement property and mines. to the arbitrariness involved in introducing the After the censor had denounced him, a decree Bill without giving to the company an oppor. was issued calling upon bim to report to the tusity of stating their objections to expropria- Throne. Having made a report, a rescript was tion, the correspondence points out that the made ordering him to confer with the Chinese London committee "made it perfectly clear Foreign Office on the matter. He was at the that they would not accept any measure of "ame time deprived of his office of Director. effective Government control... unless the General of Mines, and given a limited time within which to recover the property, under continuance of their present dividend of 12 per cent were guaranteed to them." The meet pain of severe p-palties if he failed. He ap ing of shareholders in Singapore might legiti plied for, and obtained, leave to come to Eng. mately ask whether the action of their London and, in order to come to some arrangement by committee has not forced upon the Govern which the old agreement was to be carried out, ment the so-called arbitrary action now com otherwise he would be very severely dealt with THE Steamship plained of. Besides, notice of an intention to When he left China to attend the trial the consider any objections to expropriation that button of the third rank" was bestowed upon the company might want to offer, would be to him but he was again warned that if he failed encourage very undesirable speculation, of which in his mission be would be very severely dealt we have had some experience in the sudden with. (Laughter) He denied that he had ever Jump of the prices of shares in the local market, l'got the 10,000 shares, or any of them.
CHANG YI'S CROSS-EXAMINATION, before the announcement of the sxpropriation was made public. The essence of expropriation Cross-examined by Mr. Rufus Isaacs: Ha is arbitrariness, of a sort. Government, as the bad every confidence in Mr. Petring during the whole of these transactions; but he could trustee of the public, is in the position of a landlord who gives notice to his tenant to quit.no veplure to say that confidence existed up That notice need not he preceded by another to the present time. They were, however, on to show cause why notice should not be given. friendly to me. Before the Boxer troubles But really, if the shareholders decide to ask the began he had known Mr. Moreing as a gentle unofficial members to vote against the principle man engaged in mining matters. Asked whe. of the Bill, and if the unofficial members, voting ther he know that Mr. Mersing's business was rather as mandatories of Tanjong Pagar than to make a profit on the transactions in which as trutices of the public weal, do oppose the he was engaged, witness replied that the frat second reading, what will it amount to7. It time he saw him they did not talk upon mate calls to mind a speech of Mr. John Anderson-ters of that bari, curious how the identity of his came to that of Mr. Isance; I dareany not. ~ (Laughter.)
For Freight or Passage, apply to
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., Agents,
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Hongkong, 27th February, roos.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
FROM LONDON AND STRAITS,
"FLINTSHIRE," Captain D. Davies, having arrived from the above ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, at Kowloon and stored at Consignees risk and expense.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 5th March will be sub
to rem
ect
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 4th arch, at a PM
No Fire Insurance has heen effected, Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., Agents.
* Hongkong, 27th February, 1908,
soth March, or they will not be recognized.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 6th March at 3 P.M.
No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
DODWELL & Co, LÏMITED, Agente Hongkong, 27th February, 1995. INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED,
FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND
SINGAPORE
THE Company's Steamship
"NAMSANG,"
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having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees Goods will be delivered from alongside. of Cargo by her are hereby informed that their
Cargo impeding the discharge or remaining on board after iz o'clock, Noon, the 1st March, into Godowns at East Point. will be landed at Consignees' risk and expense
No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
General Managers, Hongkong, 27th February, 1905.
Intimation.
THE POPULAR
SCOTCH
IS..
"BLACK&WHITE"
粉
JAMES BUCHANAN & CO. SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLERS, By Appointment to
EM. THE KING":
and
HRH, the PRINCE of WALES
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Supplied at at the LEADING CLUBS and HOTELS, and to be' chlaiced from [396 the principal Stores.
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Shipping Steamers,