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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 29, 1905..
HOUSK RENTS IN HONGKONG.
The question of house rents in Hongkong is one which is daily becoming more serious, for there never was a time when those who are compelled to occupy the position of tenants were so greatly handicapped in the struggle for existance as at present. Two or three years ago when the value of silver ruled low, estate agents in Hongkong alleged that their principals in England, who had WHISKY, retired from Hongkong but retained im
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mense properties in the Colony, suffered by: the depreciation in their rents as represent ed in gold. Hence they declared that, to maintain the normal revenue derivable by property owners in sterling, it was necessary to increase the rents, so that when converted into gold at the then exchange rate of the day, the average in sterling of the rentals re ceived from the properties would remain as before, liut during the last few months ex
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segwaste, which was put up for sale; by auction by Menn, Hughes and Hough, This afternoong way withri-awn for want of bids, only, $74.000 bring offered.
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THE 6,4. Lucia Villoria (late H. MS, Humber), bát was put up for sale this afternoon by Mr. Geo.which Lammert, but money appearing tight the restives of the serve price was not reached and the vessel was bought in, was AEST
THE Kobe agents of Mesirs, Nansee Khairar & Co., of Rangoon, forward the information that 13,600 tons of rice are now being loaded at Rangoon for Japan porti,: This amount is equal to about 136 090 bags, **
ho said in affect, will be here, andi take pince in February. At year it is usual for ponies to be training for the races, but up to the present time there is a notable lack of fresh blood there. The race course has usually been thrown open to the training squad on the 1st of De cember, but as there is nothing in the way ponies in Hongkong at present there is no sug Woxo Ping, who was charged with the man- gestion that the morning canters and coffee ese slaughter of one. Wok Hong, in Kowloon City, should be má e asked regarding the pro- on the 6th inst, as recorded in these columns,pects of the forthcoming races, Mr. Ho was this afternoon committed to take-bis trial marked-"There will be a large numb at the next ensuing criminal sessions.
griffins at the races, so there need be, no apprehension on that point."
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Tuz lack of cheap housing accommodation in Rome has produced a regular crisis?" Hundreds of families are camping in the porches of the churches and palaces and in the doorways of houses. The landlords: refuse to reduce the rents.
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THE Zopan Chronicle, understands that Mr. Kojiro Matsukata, President of the Kawasaki Dock Company, of Kobe, left Japan for London a few days ago for the purpose of concluding a financial arrangement for the extension of his company's prosperous business,
LIEUT General Sir Fan Hamilton has compiled a book in which he says that the Japanese are superior to the soldiers of any 'country' in Europe with the exception of the best among the British forces. The General was in Man- churia with the Japanese armies.
LANCE-sergeant Counsell found a launch this in coai from a shrimp boat, from which the morning, at & 30 a.m. at Waachai, busily taking
launch master had purchased it. The master was charged with receiving stolen property and was fiued by Mr. F. 4. Hazeland $100, and the coal forfeited.
INTERVIEWED by a representative of the Paris journal at Kobe, Admiral Rojestvensky said that the potent arm in future naval warfare would be guns between 350 (12 inches) and 240 (9.6 inches) millimetres, and that weapons having a smaller calibre than 75 millimetres would be valueless-Jiji.
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A PLOT has been concocted to dethrone the Czar, A distinguishe.1 personage's pretensiosis to the throne are supported by fifty thousand adherents. According to report from St. etersburg, the strikers liave command of the of the censors are only nominal." capital, being assisted by artillery. The duties
When are they expected in Hongkong? "I don't know" Dr
* And Mr. Hough, although confident that thero would be a first-class race meeting, was, disinclined, and reiterated his disinclination, io state when the griffins might be expected to arrive at Hongkong. It had been rumoured that telegrams had been sent to Australia for ponies, but Mr. Hough repudiated that idea.
** All I can say just now,” he remarked," "is that the races will take place as usual, and that there will be no disappointment. When the griffins will come from, the North, I don't know, but they will be here all right,” s
merely prin Ito:Sir John Kondo Rempei, president Yusen Kaiuba,, Sir John' ception in the Foreign
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| plately? Aandi left all the vessels services were suspended. with refugees, and?! visions, was daily becomes m Ed., H,KIT."
PLAGUE IN KOBE
SPREADING OVER THE TOWN
[From Our: Cu Correspondin
Shanghai, 20th Novomber:
November was introduced by, Admiral | vostok Kamimura Mi Kundein hereupon the thấ latter, after the usual grantings, stated that the directors of the Nippons Yusen Kaleha tanier were" about, to give a banquet to Admi- with, | ml Togo and his brother Admirala in the Im
perial Hotel on the following day, and that they desired the pleasure of Sir John See's presence promising to place him is the seat of bendur on Mr. Kondo's right hand Sir John gladly accepted, and was therefore not utile and have the CLAIM FOR DEPUSIT MONEY, tounded and offended when he subsequently received an inılmation that; there being a dif- In Original Jurisdiction this morning, His 6culty in finding a seat for him, the invitation Lordship, Sir Franci Piggott, Chief Justice, must be withdrawn. This treatment be descri- presiding, Le Yu Wo, of No: 46, Queen's Road bes as very rude, and so it would be if the cir East, sued Kwong Kam Chuen, of No. 286, cumstances described by Sir John were accu- Des Voeux Road, Central, for recovery of the rate. But Mr. Kendo, approxched by a mem- sum of $3,000,, being the amount of money de.ber of the Jiji Shimpo's staff, gives an account which greatly alters the complexion of the posited with defendant by plaintiff, A
Mr. H. G. Calibrop, instructed by Mr. D. D. affair. He says, in the Best place, that he had Thomson, appeared for the pinintiff, and Mr. not thought of inviting Sir John See to the H. W. Slade, instructed by Messrs. Wilkinson banquet, for the reason that hosts and guests and, Grist, appeared for the defendant.
consisted of Japanese alone and that no fo reigners whatever were to be included. It was Sir John himself who, on being introduced to Mr. Kondo, alluded to the banquet, of which he had heard, and asked to be included among the inviti. Mr. Kondo's reply was what might have been expected from an eminently courteous Japanese. He did not refuse point blank, as he might easily and con- veniently have done by merely explaining that no foreigners were to be bidden to the banquet. A refusal on such grounds might possibly have been construed as impolite. He therefore re plied that nothing could give him greater pleasure than to welcome Sir John to the dinner, but that he must first consult Admirals Togo and Kamimura, and subsequently ascer tals whether a convenient arrangement of seats could be made. The Admirals; on being con subed, were, of course, agreeable, but then arose the question of how to place the ex-Premier of
Mr. Calihrop, in opening the case, said, "that in June, 1903, a building contract was entered into between Kwong Kam. Chuen and the Wing Wo firm for building a row of foreign houses an inland lots Nos. 573 and 574, Kwang Kam Chuen being then a member of the Wing Wo firm. The latter entered into n sub-contract with Chow King Fong and Kwong Kam Choco, wanting security for the dus perform ance of the contract, approached Lo Yu Wo, the plaintiff, in deposit the sum of $2,000 as security for such performance of the said con- tract. Those houses, so contracted for, had now been completed, and the money was there fore returnable to the plaintiff. The work was Tus Ojaka Asaki, on learning of the accident
carried on by the Tai Chau firm and was certi- to King Edward while out shooting, dispatched fied by experts to the defendant. His Lord a telegram of sympathy to the chief of his 'Ma-
ship painted that the agreement for the jesty's household. The following reply sub-contract which had been amended had not been received from Lord Knollys, the King's been re-stamped in reference to the amend Privy Secretary:-The King commands. me to thank you for your kind telegram and to say that his Majesty, is almost entirely recovered"
A SEOUL dispatch states that the 'Kojo Shim buw, published in the Korean capital, har been placed under the ban of suspension by the order of the Japanese authorities, the office and plant being confiscated. "The offence of the Kojo Shimbun appears to have been the publication of the text of the new Japan-Korea Treaty, which was probably obtained from the Korean Foreign Office
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A. S. WATSON & CO., change has risen steadily, representing al
together a rise of something like 15 per cent. In all trade circulars it is agreed that the outlook for silver is highly favourable to a continued increase, so that we need not consider the possibility of silver falling to the rate which prevailed some three years ago. The result of this is that the sterling value of the rental returns, when calculated at the present, to say nothing of a higher, exchange rate is correspondingly higher by some 15 or 20 per cent than the rents, obtained when the basis was converted from silver into gold. Residents in the Colony, and tenants in particular, have a strong claim for a reduction in the cost of.rents. Just as they were helpless when the rents were {37 | raised to meet the sterling claim of properly owners so they have to-day a' Justifiable claim, equitably speaking, to expect pro perty owners to reduce their rents, now that the sterling value represents so very much more than it did a couple of years ago. This question of rents affects a very con. siderable section of the community in Hong kong. It tells on the coolic class as much at on the average wage-cammer in the Colony; and it is only the favoured few, who draw their salaries with a rent allow. ance from the firms or corporations which employ their services, that are not affected by the question of higher or lower rentals at all. Generally, such people are in command of handsome not to say princely, salaries, and a few dollars more or less would not, hurt their purses in any y way. But we are appealing to the property-owners of the great middle class who are really the people most acutely louched by the special circumstances oris. ing as the result of, the prevailing con dition of the monetary market. Salaries have not been increased in anything like the same ratio as the cost of rents while the price of commodities generally in the Colony has appreciated in a marked degree, To be more precise, it is generally assumed in Great Britain, that the amount paid by tenants is ten per cent, of their salaries. It is on that calculation that reformers proceed, and the highest they allow as the proportion CROWN LABEL of salary which should be devoted to paying the rent is 15 per cent. Ten per cent. of an average clerk's salary in Hongkong would not provide him with even coolic accom modation for himself and family, "As a matter of fact, the average amount paid by the middle class in Hongkong cannot be put at less than 25 per cent. of their incomes, which is altogether abnormal, and means the loss of those little luxuries (and in certain cates the very necessaries) that make life bearable, that differentiates, in fact, hetween #existence" and "living." If rents were reduced—and, in all fairness, property owners, who succeeded in inducing tenants to acqui- csce in an increase two or three years ago on The seventh crop of silk is now in the the plea that they must make up the ratio of silver to sterling are morally bound to grant the reduction-the condition of the class to
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which we have referred would be greatly ameliorated, and life for many in Hongkong would become something higher than a daily struggle to pay accounts. We would not, suggest that property owners, who refuse to recognise that it in their bounden duty to reduce the rents, are modern Shylocks; but they are certainly not acting in a spirit of common humanity to their fellows.
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As a consequence of the failure of the rice crops in Japan, severe distress is reported from: ihe Prefectures of Miyagi, Iwate and Fuku shima. The condition of the people is said to be becoming worse daily and signs of unrest are reported. In some districts the work of the schools has been almost entirely suspended, Parties of men, women, and children are to be seen. searching the hills for roots, In some cases even the bark of trees is repasted to have
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Tue U.S. Army Signal Office has awarded contracts for all the material required in the installation of an elaborate wireless telegraph systear in the southern part of the Philippine Islands. The material will be shipped to Benicia barracks, where it will be set up and placed in operation before being shipped to the Philippines. The work at Benicia will be con- ducted by the wireless experts of the signal corps, most of whom have been in Alaska and who will be transferred to the Criifornia post in order to try out the systein, and then install and operate it in the Philippines
CANTON NEWS.
TEA AND SILK EXPORTS,
[From Our Carrespondent.]"
Canton, 28th November. The market in London for tea is exception. ally favourable at the present time. The latest advices from England state that all the tea procumble should be shipped without delay, A London telegram called for "the last pound". Available on our market. By the Powan which left to-day, about 550 boxes of tea were shipped.
market. One effect the high rate of ex change has been to reduce the price of silk. The last crop sold at $985 per picul, but the present crop is quoted at $850. The quality is the same, but the appreciation of the dollar has lessened the proportionate amount payable for the silk. The crop is described as being very satisfactory, budge
Chok Sui Choong, the alleged murderer, of Professor Sake is still in prison, pending orders, seems that the matter has been referred to the authorition at Nagasaki, by the Conast at Hongkong, and when instractions are received the criminal will be dealt with,"
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Mr. Calthrop: It does, My Lord, and I will see the document is properly stamped.
That agreement was to the effect that the condition of the performance of the contract was that if not properly carried out by defend abt it was to be transferred to the Tai Chau firm, and the work was completed to full satis faction.
Evidence was led.
The plugue in Kobo is spreadin No detaile.
[According to the Robe Herald on the 22nd Nov Govenor Hattori received telegraphic. Linstructions from the Home Department to, the effect, that the City Sanitary Comibliize 11 to bastrengthened by the appointment of thirty, three additional members in View of the pint valence of plague, The expenditure # thus involved will be borne by the Central Govern- ment
A girl of fifteen years of age, residing in the house in Sakaye machi, 6-chome, in which two cases of plague occurred last weeks was on the 21st ipst: found to be suffering from the disente. "A" youth of seventeen, employed: "at,No,!1) Sakayemachi, 4-chome, was faith (11 on las 16th and died on the 21st. It has been. established that he also was a victim to bubonic plague.-ED, HA,T}],
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her course, Witness: course to marbonid," and fiing was obliged to go asierb close ahead of her. Witp
Before the Hon, Capláls Mr. Calthrop said he would have the docu-Kaisha would have liked to give him the seat Harbour-master and Marine rent stamped after paying the usual penally, of honour, not only on account of the high morning, Lanre Sergeant Boole His Lordship: Yes, you can do that if the office he had formerly filled, but also because Pak, master of scam launch Ordinance provides for it.
the Japanese custom is to extend the utmost unlawfully falling to observe consideration to strangers. But the guests of road as laid down by. His Maje the evening, were the Japanese Admirals. For: Council, in Victoria Harbour,. them the banquet had been prepared, and it. §. Boole said that at 7. would have, altered the whole character inst, he was on duty in No. of the entertainment had a foreigner been and the Yen King was coming brought in at the eleventh hour and mat from Hongkong in such given the position of leading guest. Under had not one or other launch given these circumstances, nothing remained but would have been a collision, to send a public message to Sir John Ses,, on eliness's, part side, show For the defence" Mr. Slade siated that the explaining the difficulty, and expressing a Wilness blew ons blast contractor entered into a, sub-contract with a hope that he and his daughters would join the Ysus King took no notice man, whom the plaintiff guaranteed, so do the pasty after dinner and witness the amusements blew another blast and the work for $41,300. Whether that man discover provided for the occation. That is what was by blowing two ed that he had made a bad bargain, or hadn't done, and by what miscarriage the procedure enough money to carry out the work, he failed assumed a discourteous aspect in Sir John to do so. Towards the end of December, 1903, See's eyes, we do no! gather. Certainly no one in answer to the defendant for completion beacquainted with the Japanese in general and with Mr. Konda Rempei in particular, can wrote a letter saying that he had not the to carry on the work. As the architects were alio imagine for an instant that anything Intended pressing at that time, things being very much in to be discourteous or reasonably construable as arrear, the defendant engaged workmen todo the discourteous was deliberately done. It is indeed worke to save the contracts being cancelled, and stated that Ms. Kondo Rempai had planned a they set to work on the buildings, In the mean special banquet in his own house at which Sir while he endeavoured to get another sub-contract. John See would have been the chief guest or, and succeeded in gelling hold of a firm pam, and the Japanzee Admirals would have wel. ed the Tai Cheong firm, who agreed to do the comed him; but owing to the above unfortun. work. They did some work on the site, and ate contretemps Sir John left Tokio without for that work a certificate for $5,000 was issued sacing anything more of the Nippon Yusen At the beginning of May that money was paid Kalsha's president. The cause of the mis to the defendant, and if was agreed between understanding is, as we have said, quite ob him and the Tai Cheong firm that, to save all scure, but we understand that great regret is complications, regarding the issue of certifi felt in Japan, whereas particularly fateful cates, the latter firm would be substituted as to think that any impression of discountry has direct contracter with the owner of the land, been conveyed, especially in the case and they were to receive the balance of the or whom there was every desire and every purchase money. The Tai Cheong firm cat reason to treat with the utmost hospita ried on the work, and completes the houses," and had not yet been paid.
go out of his course, when he should not haya had to alter it... He then Yuss King and asked the not observe the rule of the road, and he replied that he was going to a steamer Laung Pak, the master of said he did not see complaina He heard the one blast then blew one blast and intending to go under go astero biasis to call att to fet r of herA
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It is reported from Tokio that cumber Americare are desirous to erect 133 Portsmoub a memorial of the successful prace negolfa,
Mr. Slade submitted that defendant was en- titled to the $3,000. It was money, which was put up by plaintiff to guarantee the performtions. It is proposed that this sha ance of the contract by Chan Ping Fosg and form of a monument with stator As soon. As the fatter failed to complete the Komura and Count de Witt, and work, the money became the property of the Chief Plenipotentiaries shall defendant.
shaking hands under the American
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The case continues.
THE WEATHER.
The following report:is from Mr. F. G Flus | FirstAssistant of the Hongkong Observatory
On the 19th at 11.15 m. The barometer hap riven moderately over Coins, and fallen much over E. Japaüm - MESM
A depression, which is probably moving Basi: wards, has appeared over the A. part of the firt
The anticyclons still covers China, lis area lying apparently over the Yangt
Gradients are rather's *NEjc'monsoon gale Formosa Channel; and
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