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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1905.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE Garrison Military Police is being reduced by six men.
GENERAL: Wood expects to arrive in the Phi Tippines in October.
BLAKE GARDEN will be open to the public on and after Tuesday, the 2ind inst.
Paris Matin states that bookmaking wili, be suppres ed upon French cecourses after September i next.
A MEETING of the Justices of the Peace will be held at the Magistracy on the 28th inst. for the purpose of considering applications in respect of the New Traveller's, Hotel and the Hotel Baltimore.
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THE case in which Philip Simcock, engineer of the Green Island Cement Co., is charged with assaulting a coolie employed by the com- pany was again remanded by Mr. Hazeland this morning the complainant sull being un able to leave the hospitol.
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ly in view of the remarks of the chairman that this would not have been done without the pro- apect of being continued. We all trust that the close of the long war is near, bringing about a more secure feeling in trade and busi mess generally. I have much pleasure in seconding the adoption of the report and account
The motion was carried.
Mr. Saunders proposed and Mr. Barton seconded, the confirmation of the appointment of the Hon. Mr. C. W. Dickson, Mr. G. H. ̈ ́ Medhurst and. Mr. F. Salinger to the Court of Directors.
Carried.
Mr. G. Murray Bain proposed, and Mr. J. A. Jupp seconded, the re-election of Mr. W. Hutton Potts and Mr. A. G. Wood as auditors.
Carried.
HALF-YEAR MEXTING. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the share- THE superintendent of the Botanical and holders in the Hongkong and Shanghai Dank. Afforestation Department has given notice thating Corp ration was held at the City Hall of THE Morgan Shipping Combine lost Losges when plants are purchased from the Fatanic noon to-day, Mr. H. A. W. Slade presided, on the year's working:
Gardens payments must in future be made in and there were also present Messrs. A. Haupt (deputy chairman), Han, Mr. C. W. Dickson, cash before the removal of the plants.
Messrs. E. Goetz, G. B. Medhurst, A. J. Ray mond, F. Salinger, II. Schubart, E. Shellim, N: A. Siebs, Hon. Mr. R. Shewan (Court of Directors), Messrs. J. R. M. Smith (chief manager, C. W. May (chief accountant), Hoo, Mr. Gersham Stewart, Messis: H. M. H. Ne mazee, J. C. Pater, A. V. Apcar, N. 5. Stabb, O von der Heyde, R. R. Hynd, C. J. Gonsalves, J. A. Chinoy, H. N. Medy, E. Georg, G. M. Bain, D. D. Gazdar, J. Orange, J. A. Jupp, W. of thanks to the court of directors, the chief H. Potts, W. H. Gaskell, A. G. Wood, W. A. | manager, under-managers and staff, and con- C. Cruickshank, F. D. Goddard, W. H. Purcell, gratulated them on the satisfactory working of W. H. Wickham, Dr. Noble, W. J. Saunders, the past six months (applause). Gratifying as P. C. Pous, J. Barton, J. R. Michael, S. J. the results were they must not overlook the Michael, G. L. Tomlin, E. S. Kadoorie, Wong fact that the very substantial rise in the value of Leung Him, Ho Fook, Lo Cheung Shui, and their shares was due to the able management Ho Kom Tong.
and care of their interests on the part of those who had borne the heat and brunt of the day during the past six months (applause),
The chairman acknowledged the thanks, and the meeting terminated.
NEARLY 200 persons at Birmingham were re- cently in a serious condition from plomaine
Celegraph poisoning, due to eating ice-cream from barrass
The Hongkong Celegraph,
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1905.
ASIATIC LABOUR IN COLUMBIA.
It appears from exchanges to hand from British Columbia that an abortive at tempt was made at Salmo to restrict Chinese immigration, and the subject which has been touched on lightly within the past few months, is now invested by some of the Pacific coast papers with as much importance as is attributed to the matter of Oriental immigration in the States. It seems that the movemem was started by the white employees of a shingle mill who refused to work with the Chinese and en- deavoured to have them driven out of the locality. It is pointed out in the Camda Lumberman, which had made inquiry from some of the more prominent lumber men and other employees of Asiatic labour on the Pacific coast, relative to the origin and advantage of the em. ployment of Chinese and Japanese labour, that the original cause of the move- ment was owing to the scarcity of sufficient cheap labour with which to carry on the rougher work of the mill. There is always a certain amount of work around a mill which is necessary in its operation, but which calls for no particular skill, and it is recognised that in Eastern Canada there are plenty of men to be found. many of them French Canadians, who
in the streets.
WHILE Mr. Wilson, the secretary of the Statis. tical Bureau, and Mr. Edwin Holmes, Assistant HERR F. O. Licht, ol Magdeburg, in his month-Statistician (recently dismissed), were prepar ly report, dated in July, on the best sugar trade, ing the cotton crop report with locked doors, states that the production of beet sugar shows Holmes, on the pretence of raising or lowering a decrease of 817,0:0 tons, but his estimate for the window blinds, signalled the results to a confederate opposite, who, telegraphed the the campaign is unchanged.
information to brokers in New York.
Garrison Artillery.
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FROM to-morrow and antil further orders, the
a good duty of policing the hospital ship Mecaner will PROFESSIONAL crystal-gazer's earp be performed by the Royal Garrison Artillery livelihood in Ceylon. They enable others to and and Royal. West Kent Regiment in alsee the light in the blackened surface of ternate weeks, commencing with the Royal tin box, after certain preliminary ceremonies. A "guru" tells me that all the smart work of GUN practice will be carried out on Monday, the police, at detecting thefts, has been done 28th inst, from Lyemun, West Battery, towards by inspectors who had first consulted his the entrance to Junk Bay, at ranges of foo 10"light."-"Anchises," in Times of Ceylon 4,000 yards, commencing at 9.30 am., and at 1a.m. If the weather is unfavourable on the above date, practice will take place on the following day. All ships, juaks and other vessels are to keep clear of the tange. THE sugat harvest for the year 1994-1995 in lolo resulted in the production of 1,132,403 piculs of that product. The steamer Kalyan which recently left that port for Hongkong carried 34.930.20 piculs exported by two of the prominent Chinese sugar buyers in Panay, Tan Toco and Yap Tico, the former exporting 32.880.40 piculs and the latter 2.049.80
IT is notilled in the Gazelle that an exhibition of flowers, vegetables, fruits and preserves will be held in the public gardens about the middle of February, 16, Residents and others are invited to exhibit. Suggestions, requests for information, offers of special prizes, and other communications, should be add essed to the Secretary, Flower Show Committee, Botanical and Afforestation office.
EVES'Ireland has its prodigy. Particulars of a wonderful infant's accomplishments are given with all reserve in The Tailer. Three-and-a- half years old, a Kinnegad boy reads the news papers, sings about go comic songs, and dances He has a wonderful memory and a keen sense a sailor's hornpipe in a regulation Jack Tar suit. of humour not often found in one so young, He can sing any song he once hears with scarcely a mistake either in words or music,
The chief manager having read the netice convening the meeting,
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Mr. Cruickshank proposed a very hearty vote
ORGAN KECITAL.
The chairman proceeded to read the eightieth report of the Court of Directors and afterwards said-Gentlemen,It gives your directors great pleasure to come before you with another good feel sure that the report which i have just read The programme of an organ recital to be will be considered satisfactory, and I trust the given by Mr. Denman Fuller, F.R.C.O., L.R.A.M., result of six months' working of the bank, I
distribution of profits which we recommendia St. John's Cathedral on Tuesday next, in aid will also receive your approval. From the of the Crgan Repairs Fund, is as follows:—
Sonata 17, Rheinberger, Phantasie--Cap- statement of accounts, which has been in your hands for some time, you will have seen that, riccio-Idylle-Finale; A Legend, Tschai in addition to placing five lacs to the silver re-kowsky, Mr. Frank Austin; (a) Le Matin, (6) serve, raising that fund to $8,500,co and La Mort d'Arc, Grieg, Fugue on the name of "B. A. C. H. Schumann; (n) Starlight, (6) To carrying forward some two lacs in excess of last hall year, we propose, on this occasion, to pay the Sea, (Sea Pieces), MacDowell; Comfort dividend of £1. 15 per share, being an in. (The Soul's Expression, No. 4) Coleridge- crease of 5- on the dividend which you have Taylor, Mr. Frank Austin; and Military March regularly received for the past six and a half No. 1, Higar. The Fugue Subject is written on the notes B (flat), A, C, B (natural) ur, ac- years. At first sight 5/- per share does not seem a large increase, but it amounts to £40,000 cording to its German notation, H.
year, and in percentage you will find that at present exchange it represents fully 4% p.a, on the capital, which I think you will admit is a Your directors fully recognise, as I am sure very substantial addition to our dividend. you must all do, the inadvisability of raising the June 8th Licat-Colonel Freyer made allusion dividend unless there are reasonable grounds to the subject of medical men in India not be- for feeling confident of being able to maintaining allowed to accept large fees in return for it. The proposal has therefore not been made successful medical treatment of natives of without due consideration and only after care. India. This has been a vexed question for fut observation of the steadily increasing earn some time, and it crops up rather acutely now ing power exhibited by the various branches and again. The rule in British governmental even may be accepted for the public work done, or proposed to be done, by Government officials. Did no such understanding exist, it is
THE MONETARY VALUE OF LIFE:
At the Indian Medical Service Dinner on
A SERIOUS famine prevails throughout a great part of Spain owing to the failure of the grain and fruit crops as a result of the drought which has afflicted the country during the spring and summer. The people in many places are star ving and have resorted to pillaging and looting to secure bread. The troops have been called upon to maintain order and serious riots, have occurred in which many of the people were in-Owist to difficulties which have arisen in jured although no deaths are reported.
connection with the attestation of signatures to documents executed in the Colonies, and has been notified in the Gazette: (1) that is other parts of the world where we are persons who may have occasion to send cer- tificates, powers of attorney, judicial acts or other documents for legal use in the United Kingdom, should have these documents authenticated in the Colony, either by the Governor or by a notary public duly authorised and practising in the Colony; (2.) In cases where the decuments are intended to be used in foreign countries, the parties should have the documents authenticated in the Colony, either by the Governor or by a notary public, In the latter case, the certificate of the notary representative of the country in which it is intended to use the document, or, if there is no such consular representative in Hongkong, the
are willing to undertake, work of this kind, HALF a dozen Chinese sailors belonging to the required lar use in England or elsewhere, it of the bank not only in the Far East but also circles is that not only no fee but no present
ala comparatively low wage. At the time steamer Changsha confronted a Sydozy magis trate the other day to explain why they left the British Columbia was being opened up, steamer on Sunday, July 9, with tobacco con there was a scarcity of white labour. The cealed about their clothes. They were noticed whites that were there were needed for the by an officer of the day in question making work calling for more skill and trains. their way from the ship to the only outlet from Consequently, there was no one to do the the wharf to the street. It was easy for him to cheaper work, without which operations stop the six men, and, as there was no chance of escape, they yielded, with the result that 8. would necessarily have to be suspended. of tobacco was found on the lot. Thus an at- This led to the employment of Asiatic tempt to defraud the Commonwealth Govern labour. Another reason für engaging ment of the sum of 265. duty was frustrated. Orientals, particularly the Chinese, The Minister will fix the penalty.
easy to conceive that in many ways. corrup- lion might creep into public life in connection with various works and undenakings. The extension of this rule, however, to those who are the means of lessening bodily suffering and the cure of disease is stretching the tether
established. But though we feel justified is thinking that the time has come for share holders to receive a higher dividend we are also alive to the necessity of ensuring that the bank shall be prepared to take advantage of the increased opportunities certain to accom- pany the great impetus to enterprise in China which is expected to follow the close of the. war, and we therefore fully realize the prudence to an exient which smacks of prudery. of continuing to add to our reserves. This is The imposition of an order regulating the the surest way of maintaining the strong posi tion in which the Bank at present stands, and
his doctor
amount a man may pay
or of autocratic interference with the subject, seems to be either a stage of advanco socialism
is the fact that they can always be A SERIOUS accident occurred on board the public should be authenticated by the consular your Directors have no intention of departing which may or may not be for the public good.
depended upon to turn up at their places steamer fau lying at the Tunkadou new every day, or in event of sickness or other whart at Shanghai the, other evening. The vessel had discharged her cargo of Cardiff coal necessary absence, they will provide a sub- stitute. This is one of the argument which and the coolies engaged in the discharge were some of the papers use against white in the act of leaving the ship. The last batch of coolies, instead of coming from the hold up the indider as they usually do and ought to have done, got into the baskets and were hauled up by the steam winch. The man controlling the machine heaved up the baskets at a great pace with the result that the hatch-combing was caught with po little force. Then instead of pushing, the basket out of the way of the hatch he suddenly jerked it up and a staple was wrenched out of position and the whole
34, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, labour, for very often, they declare that
especially after pay day, the white man gives way to the temptations that exist, more perhaps in a new country than in the older and more conservative paris where home ties and relationship are strong.
1ST FLOOR.
BRANDIES
FROM
COGNAC
notarial attestation should be the Governor.
from the general line of policy in that respect which has been pursued with so much
Turn success in the past and of which we are to-day reaping the benefit. ing now to the balance sheet and com-
THE Chief Justice, Sir Francis T. Piggot has paring it with that of 31st December lust, made the following appointments.-Mr. J. W. you will notice, that the total figures are Lec-Jones, deputy registrar and accountant
of
the Supreme Court of Hongkong, to be a.com. missioner for taking acknowledgments by married women of the deeds to be executed by them, so long as he shall hold the said office of deputy registras and accountant as aforesaid; Mr. G. U. Wakeman, land officer in and for the colony of Hongkong, to be a commissioner 10
considerably higher. This is to a large ex
In India the former cannot be said to obtaio, and the latter would seem to be dictated from a high standpoint of benevolent paternity.
The question of medical and especially fees for surgical operations on which life and death actually depends, is a curious anomaly. A sur geon who receives too guineas for an open jon by which he saves a rich man's life is supposed to be highly paid. Within a few weeks after- wards the same man may spend that sum and
more in one evening's entertainment of his friends-a thank-offering for his recovery-to
tent accounted for by the increase of some two and a half millions sterling in the gold current accounts, due chiefly to the temporary deposit of proceeds of loans recently floated.
his life is not invited. The fact is, says the There is no appreciable change in gold fixed which is all probability the man who saved deposits, silver current accounts show an crease of $9,305,000 and silver deposits are also Journal of Tropical Medicine, human life is
in-
er, and he is off duty for two or three days longer. Returning to his work, he is fre quently not in a fit condition to fulfil his affair and the coolies went crash down the hold administer oaths and take declarations, affirma. a little higher. Bills payable have increased cheap even amongst the wealthy and high-
duties. All this time the mill has been more or less handicapped, according to the number of men that are away. This argument is said to apply particularly to mills in rural districts where labour is even scarcer than in or near the cities. It is further pointed out that in the matter
again-a distance of about 20 feet. There were five occupants in the basket at the time and three of them received serious injuries, une man having his ankle dislocated, another got his scalp severely injured and his left eye and the third sustained other injuries' about the body, They were removed to the Shantung Road hospital and medically attended to. The other of salary: it cannot be said that Asiatic two men ccaped with comparitively slight in; The Mercury says that the blame labour is keeping wages down. On the juries.
rested entirely with the men for having gone whole, this labour seems to be better
up in the baskets, paid than most of the cheaper French-Cana- dian labourers of the East. If the milk owners were compelled to employ white Tabour only for unskilled as well as the
kong, to be a commissioner to administer paths and take declarations, affirmations, and attesta- tions of honour in the cours, so long as he shall hold the said office of assistant laad officer as aforesaid,
placed, and judging by the payment of the man
belter class of work, at the present gaut contemporary says, thal-in so small à about the streets in a half clothed condition, out the past half year considering the 1 medical officer. That this should be so may
THE Tientsin Chief of Police is we (Peking and Tientsin Times) observe, issuing notices in conjunction with the Tientsin Magistrate and Prefect against coolies and others going also condemning wild singing and behaviour generally in the public thoroughfares. They maintain these things are against the usage of civilized people and are despised by foreigners, The proclamation orders the coolies and work-
who is the instrument in prolonging that life, tions, and attestations of honour in the Court by $5,000,000. There is only a slight difference and also to be a commissioner for taking the in our note circulation, but compared with a acknowledgments by married women of the year ago it has gone up about eleven lacs. On 100 guineas is about the maximum in this the other side of the account coin lodged with country at which the patient or the patient's the Government against the excess note friends and relations value his or anyone else's deeds to be executed by them, so long as he
issue remains unchanged at $8,500,000 life. In India some of the rulers set a higher shall hold the said office of land officer as aforesaid; and Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne assis-
transit, amount to $19,336,683 16 against dred times 100 guineas not too much to be tant land officer in and for the Colony of Pong-qui cash, and bullion in hand and Invalue upon their lives, and consider one hun
543,204,418.57. Our holdings of Indian Gavern- restored to health. It is a mere question of ment rupee paper and consols, colonial and reward for value giver, and a man is the best other securities have both been slightly in judge of the value life is to him. creased; bills discounted loans and credits
The sum allowed to be received by medical stand at $104,214,416.69 against $85,601,394.98 officers in the indian medical service on the
bills receivable are
one hand, and the surn offered them. by native IN an article on Society in Yokohama and
in December and other ports in the Far East, which appears in
nearly twelve million dollars more than princes or rich men for having cured them of the Japan Advertiser, arising out of comments
last half year. Far Eastern commerce has disease on the other, has caused the resigna- on a book with the title of "Yokohama Yarns,
pursued a comparatively even course through- tion in recent years of at least one well-known
standard of wages, and the present low prices community, where sooner or later everything
importance of the political events which have be consonant with discipline, but no such joined the Service, otherwise in all probability MARIE BRIZARD & ROGER, paid for lumber and shingles it is believed is known by everybody, all legitimate social
marked the period. The effect of the war gulation was in existence when that officer that many of the mills now running would aspiration on the part of those accustomed to
upon trade has not changed in any striking he, along with many other capable men, would contract does not hold good in the Services, have to shut down, thereby throwing a large genuine society at home are smothered by in
manner since we last mer. Things seem to never have been induced to join it. Breach of
regulations which may be imposed; but a breach number of men out of employment. This difference and comtempt. For what goes under
have adjusted themselves fairly comfortably to witnessed a marked depression of trade and of contract is neither just nor equitable, how of course shows that the Orientals rather the name here. The better people in this coming classes to at least wear a small waist the temporary conditions. We have certainly and men are bound to submit to any roles and
munity stay at home and mind their own than being the cause of whites being out business, having intellectual resources of their doubt, and we sympathise with the spirit in contraction of native credit in the south of ever sheltered by autocratic regime, and in the of work, are in a very large measure
own sufficient to compensate them for the de- which it is issued, though foreigners who China; this, however, has been mainly due to long run the injustice tells in the case of every
to accept office in its ranks. making it possible to give employment privation of the social stimulus which they have know anything of the East and the exigencies local causes which we may hope before long to Service, for either good men leave it or refuse
of climate take the scantiness of costume to see disappear; but, {viewed as a whole, the and at a higher scale of wages than found in other lands. All the same, the com-
SHIPPING AND MAILS. That is plete absence of anything deserving the bame be met with everywhere in the summer foreign trade of China continues to expand would otherwise be the case.
of society in Yokohama is greatly to be de- months as a matter of course, and if they while that of Japan has shown remarkable pro- ... the state of affairs as they are at present, plored, as the vital cause of the lack of moral think of the matter at all we fear it is gress, notwithstanding the continuance of hos- and have been in the past in British Columbia. tone which makes it possible for such a hook often to cary the barebacked coolie for bistilities. In the happy event of peace resulting There are, however, some papers on the as that just published to be regarded as repre- unconventionality. To ask the poor, sweating from the Conference now being held in America coast which ridicule the idea of Asiatic sentative of the conditions prevailing to the tailer to add to his discomfort even by one there is good reason for anticipating a general labour being profitable and which declare community. Furthermore, it should be noted thin garment seems little short of cruelty, revival of trade throughout the Far East and we as the most disastrous outcome of some of the though as our travelled Chinese friends point may look forward with confidence to the future that there is no room for every white man stupid, cliques which are here masquerading out, there are places in Europe where the sun's (applause). Before moving the adoption of the THE LARGEST AND MOST VARIED (in British Columbia so long as the Oriental under the name of society, that young men rays beat as fiercely down, yet the European report and accounts I shall be pleased to an- is to be given employment. But from the arriving here, and finding no social stimulus aayyy maintains a decent reserve in the matter swer any questions which shareholders may inquiries instituted by the Lumberman it is or resources save those furnished by the bar of bodily exposure, and so we suppose like wish to put.
There being, no questions the Chairman evident that the condition of affairs would rooms, must needs be possessed of extraordin- every other custom, the Chinese coolie can be not be better by a removal of the alienary strength of character if they avoid drifting taught to do the same. The order, however, is proposed the adoption of the report and
into the moral maelstrom depicted by this not likely to be very quickly understood cr accounts,
Mr. J. Orange-Gentlemen, I feel sure the labour, and while protecting the white man
unspeakable book Whether they succeed in observed, as we hear it is couched in language Burely the authorities will not be so sense getting into pseudo-society or are kept out of that even the educated find hard to underreport and accounts placed before us censots less as to kill the fowl that lays the golden if they are almost equally to be pitied-Japan stand, and the coalie class will not be able to fail to be satisfactory to the shareholders. The | lncrease in dividend will be welcome, especial. [33-14 egg, even if it be not a very large egg-
FROM $19.20 TO $126.00
Per Dozen.
"STOCK OF BRANDY IN
THE EAST.
Hongkong, soth July, 1905.
Chronicle.
coat. The order is a very praiseworthy one no
read it at all.
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Indian (Lightning) 1st inst American (Korea) 2111 inst. French (Ernest Simons) azad inst. Indian (Zutrang) 28th inst.- Canadian (Tartar) 30th inst.
The sa. Rudi left Manila on 18th inst," p.194,
and
The Imperial German Mail is: Prina Sigli:
is due here on 21st inst., at daylight.
mund from Moji is expected here on and inst, The carga 1, Laor from Europe left. Hai-- phong to day, and is expected here on Monday afternoon.
The H. A› L.`s.a. Silesia from Hamburg left Singapore for this port on 18th inst, p,m, and may be expected here on 24th insta
The P. M.S. S. Co's .s. Korsa sailed from Shanghai yesterday at 10 pm, and arrives at Hongkong at daybreak, Monday morning,