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| DURING the past few days the water police | „THE CONNAUGHT RECEPTION,|| DEATH OF Mr. B. A. BONNER.
brought before the Court several sampan men for firing crackers in the harbour during pro h.bited hours. The defendants excute was that it was their "good day," but the magistrate
AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT, informed them that before they can'fire conckers We are requested to mention for the inform thay must first obtain a permit from the Reation of the public that His Royal Highnen gistrar-General. They were all fined Sa each may be expected to land at Blake Pier at about and warned.............
o'clock. The addresses are to be presented "R" the entrance to Blake Pier, but should the weather be wet they will be presented at the City Hall. Holders of tickets for the enclosure at Blake Pier will be entitled to entrance at the City Hall so fat as space will allow.
On the Hongkong Football ground, at Happy Valley yesterday afternoon, a team representing the Iolice Force played the second eleven of the Fontball Club. A rather erratic game was played by both teams. Just before the end the Club scored a goal. Result: Club; Police nil The following played for the Police: Clyde
shop and Edwards, Waterer, Watson and Cooper: McLennan, Shepherd, Parr, Downie and Fox.
The fifth was at Sheng-shul. The labourers, as might be expected, are very raw recruits, but under the skilful supervision of the off cers of the Public Works. Department they are gradually getting into shape, and should shortly prove as good worken as any experi- enced labourers elsewhere, At several places the embankments will have to be raised The Editor will as andorlake in a remible for to a considerable height in the low lying any rejected Mur to return any Crib country in order to make ample allowance. RUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCE).
for the periodical Goods which occur in the New Territories. From what could be jud- Batty-130 per annum. WEEKLY~$18 por
ged, the material used in the building of the cnbanknicuts is clay, and the depth of the beds in several places appears to be some eight feet or more than the required height to which it will be raised as the track is car For a first start 300 or, more tied ob. labourers encourages the belief that the work will not be allowed to lag, and the THE Straits Times prints the following staff of "goelies will be considerably in: Reuter's telexcam.-M. Theotokis has an creased later on as the work progresses, Tonounced to the Chamber of Deputies that the programme of the new Greek Cabinet includes the uninitiated, the cursory observations of our large administrative reforms. It is intended representative disclosed no features of great to reduce military service to one year, and to engineering difficulty in the building of the place the effective army on a peace-footing of line, at least over the territory traversed by one half the present number of men. It is alko him. The only point" where, a substantial intended to devote the surplus revenue result.
the natal armaments,
The ratos per quarior med per immer, propptional. The daily fur is delivers! Erin whan the dress in secondlie to messenger. On cop t sent by post an widitham! $1,88 per quater is charged for postage. The page n the weekly (man to any part of the
world is 90 cents per quarter. „
HONGKONG DISPENSARY lles, Dally, ten cents;
IMPORTANT NOTICE..
IN ADDITION TO THE
5 PER CENT. DISCOUNT
ALREADY ADVERTISED,
FURTHER
REDUCTIONS
Have been made from this date IN THE PRICES of many of the following
·PATENT MEDICINES,
INFANTS FOODS,
SOAPS,
PERFUMES.
WE MAINTAIN THE LARGEST
and, MUST, COMPLEȚE STOCKS 66
These GOODS in the Comy, and our Stocks being fromuently turned over, ensures Call Clouds being FRESH and in the BEST
'CONDITION.
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(he Honghong (elegraph huge with be required is over the Shatering Irom such economies to an increase in
MESSKE Macmillan, the publishers, are bring ing pitt the speeches of Lord Curzon dating is Viceroyalty in a collected form. Loid Coron Ims secured as his editor Sir Thomas Raleigh, who is to contribute a general in Induction dealing with Lord Curzon's adminis, tration. The speeches are to be grouped ac cording to their subjects and the book accord 'ing to the prospectus will "constitute'n hund- book to fadian politics and administration more complete, mure accurate and more author. italive than any work that is in existence."
It is with the utmon regret that we have to record the death which took place last night, at the Hygeia hospital for infectious diseases, el Mr. E. A. Bonner, of the fim of Mesin,ZA Decoys had Howley, Crown Selicitors. Mr. Bonner was taken ill last Friday, but it wal not until two days ago that the disease, from which he suffered was discovered to be small pox. He was then hurried to the hospital. but died at 7 o'clock last night. He was con, cious to the last, but the doctors had little hope of his recovery.,” It is not yet clear how or when he contracted the terrible disease of smallpox, but there can be' little doubt that come from Canton. Mr. Donner came out fo
THE MILITARY ‘ARRANGEMENTS. The military arrangements for the reception of H. R. H. Prince Arthur of Cansaught, R.CLlongkong four years age, and at ofice gained c, on his arrival to-morrow are as follows the esteem of his colleagues by his open (a) H.R.H. will land on Blake Pier at 1 pm. genial, unpretending nature. fis belonged tor and be received by the General Officer Comwell known Lincolnshire failly-During his
sanding and Staff.
stay io Hongkong he formed many firmi friend. ships. The funeral took place at's pum. 10-day," when the legal profession was represented practically en masse at the burial in Happy Valley.
A guard of hofiour of one Captain, two Subalterns (one carrying the King's Colour) 100 Rank: and File, with a proportion of Ser geants, and Band of the 129th Duke of Con naught's Own Paluchis, will be drawn up on Blake Pier al 10,30 ans, facing the Eastern steps and will receives H.R.H.. with a Royal Salute in accordance with para 45 (ii) King's Regulations.
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(b). The Royal Artillery will fire n Roya! Salute of 21 guns from the Saluting Battery commencing from the moment of the landing which will be signalled by the dropping of the Military Pennant at the Yard Arm of. H. M. S. "Tamar"
House.
(c) Units will furnish detachments of the stengilis given in the following table to line the route from Blake Pier to Government The portions of, the route to be taken up by the different units is indicated in the plan. Troops will be in position and extended by, 10.15 a.m. and will present. ress by half companies as H, R. H. arrives on the flank of these commands, returning to the slope when he has passed and remaining of that position till the procession has passed.
Dress:-Review, Order No. 1. Full Dress, (Staff in Blue);
"STRAVIS TIMES” ANNUAL.
A NOTABLE PRODUCTION,
thing in the Far East to approach the Straitt For conception and design we have scen no- Times Annual. The appearance of this work of art and beauty is not 'surpassed in any part of the world, and we can only congratulate the proprietors of the Straits Times for having the power to design and the enterprise to compila such a publication. The Fat East is honoured jn possessing a firm with so much confidence people who pass their lives in this part of the in their knowledge of what is wanted by the world. But the Editor and Loutribwiors need no congratulation, for the Annual speaks for itself. It is crashed with food for reflection, and the difficulty occurs in this case of being unable to begin a description of this volume. In the first place, it is so beautifully got up and the contents are so interesting that one feels at a loss how to echo the just praises of an Annual which comprises all that is best in a first class
almost surfeited with an excess of 'riches. It
chun, where there is an expanse of water HONGKONG, Tuuspay, Friwijarv 8, 1906. sume 80 to 100 yards across. That is prac tically the terminal point of the British KOWLOON CANTOs 'wanway, section. On the way there are a few streams of fairly large size and these will have to be The question of connecting Hongkong spanned, but these bridges will not be of with Canton by a railway having its terinin us any special engineering difficulty, so that at Kowloon may be traced back finity of there are practically na obstacles in the way, fifty years, and the subject has cropped op Our readers will be glad to learn that the every decade, for it was clear to all farsee- natives in the teritory ase, evincing the ing people that if China was to be develop. keenest interest in the construction work and ed and he minierese latent resources ex-
there has been not the slightest trouble with ploited-which in the southern provinces them in any respect. When the Government are abundantly, in evidence system of sequined to buy land along the projected route,THE German steamship l'exnsylvania recent railways radiating all over the country was the natives were found exceedingly amenable y landed in New York an unusually large and beautiful sarwy owl, which was captured in the be necessity. Many have been the to offers of purchase, and the private owners cinw's next when the steamer was 150 miles off
(d) The Band of the Royal West Kent Regi- Governas who have taken up this subject were most reasonable and, indeed, seemed the Newfoundland Bank. The owl had followed ment will play selections on the New Parade their pet schemes, and on one occasion, in wanted the land. This is an excellent charac- the man in the crow's nest was startled when procession reaches the City Hall, when they of the Kowloon-Caaton railway as bite of anxious to oblige' the Government which the steaner for ten bouts. Early one morning Ground fram 10.15 a.m. until the head of the magazine, and piles value on value until ong is 1865, it was seriously proposed to join up testic which has aut always distinguished the a big bundle of wet feathers stapped against will form up opposite the entrance to stay Hongkong with Calestia by a railway attitude of natives when approached by out. his face and two ship talons clawed it his racks, and on the Regimental Guard salut touching at Canton. But the successful desiders who had some new scheme to forward, neck. The bird snapped at bits of raw meating. R. H. will play the National Anthem, complishment of this important enterprise,They have, on the contrary, shown themselves after it was captured, eating as much as a half-ft) The band of the 19th Magitan Regiment will play selections on the lawn in front of grown dog. The owl's wings measures 39 perhaps the most vital in the commercial suspiciops of advances made by foreigners inches from tip to tip.
Government House, until the arrival of H. R..H. when they will play the National Anthem. CO., interests of the Colony, has been left to the who had some new fangied idea to submit, presint administrative head of the Executive, and if not actively hostile would in no way
(1) The space South of Blake Pier will be Since the arrival of Sir Matthew Nathan help them to gain their ends. In the New
kept by the Hongkong Police...
(g) All troops not an duty but attending as in, this Colony, "His Excellency has' made Territories the natives seem to have taken
spectators will wear Review Order, N.CO's the construction of a railway between most kindly to the railway, and, hence the
and men, side arms. Hongkong and Canton one of his chief and } work of construction can be pushed on with most important initiations, and on taking the as much expedition as possible. The hot Gath of office on the day of his landing in scheme of Sir Matthew Nathan is thus well Hongkong asserted that it was his intention on the way to being a fait accompli and it further inquiries On the way to the station
Haye ile wellare of
the prisoner placed his hand in his pocket and to make the construction of the Pa
y vise first and foremost uni Hongkong achiyart to know that this must brought forth a fighting weapon-chielly used; dertaking completed during his administra desirable boon is in process of being com.it is stated, by members of the Triad Society, and on being seen by the policeman the tion. Although His Excellency has not gone } pleted. "
prisoner threw the weapon away. I was R. 6. A. about the business with a flourish of trumpets,
learnt on arrival at the Station that the charge R. L. but has laboured in private in the most
of theft was a false one, but defendant was vigorousand tenaciousmanner, läter develop.
charged for being in unlawful possession of the ments in connection with this muguitim opus
"five points" fighting weapon. This morning, of Hongkong have fully justified the statement
at the Pulice Court, Mr C. A. D. Melbourne fined defendant 25. that, within the next half decade, or even
LIMITED. UHEMISTS, DRUGOISTS, PERFUMERS,
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ETC.. BUILDINGS.
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· LOCAL AND GENERAL
Tux French mail of the th January was delivered in Lind su on the 7th inst.
FAMINE is increasing in india. 170,021 per sons are on the relief works.
GENERA. Grazint, the Vicary's Chief Staff Officer, has been killed by a bornb at Tis.
LA NATIONAL Defence League has been formed in Australia, which favours universal compulsory military training.
iSTERDAY alternoon a, native entered the charge-room of the Central Police Station and made a report that he had been fobbed. A detective accompanied the native to a house
10, Queen Street where the alleged thief was so his boxes, but no money was found and pointed out. The inan was searched, a was the supposed thief was removed in the Stating
A SIPPING CASE.
At the Police Court this morning, before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, Cheung Kam Shing,, a board. ing-house-keeping, No. 4, Tu Hong Lane, was brought up on remand on a charge of attempt- ing to abitain from Messrs, Jardine, Matheson and Company the sum of 5312 by false pre
;
(h) Troops will return to quarters on the "Dismiss" being sounded at Government House. This chill will be taken up and passed
down the line to Blake Pier by buglers
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THE STREET DECORATIONS. When daylight dawas to-morrow the 1% and
tered the harbour with our Royal visitor, 0. s. a, Dongela will, it is expected, have en-
To-day everything in the line of street de corations is being vigorously pushed to In connection with the above charge four completion. Bambooers are hard at work firemen were charged for neglecting to join the Putting on the last patches to the street arches, *.s. Siii Sung and proceed to sea on the 5ththing presents a festive appearance, and mere At the westera quarter of the town every instant.
enthusiastic shopkeepers are cleaning their shop fronts. But the most prominent feature are the arches which look very pretty along our leading thoroughfares.
the region of practicabile schemes and becoine an accomplished fact. Within a few months last year two votes were brought before the „Legislative Council of Hongkong to provide for the preliminary expenditure in connec tion with the route which was to traverse British territory on the mainland. On the first occasion when the Legislative Council Wer the exception of me corps, the High-sences, on the 5th instant. 'was called upon tu sanction the appropriatand I... I have the largest number of battle tion towards the survey of the track the situs honours of any regiment in the Army. (of $25,000, which was voted with so innels. good, gtare, had ́ocally been expended before the sanction of the Cottrell, was obtained for the amount to be disbursed by the Government of the, Colony. The same might be said of the second, and larger amount of $50,000. . Even befom the Cimun- ACCORDING to Reuter, the Spanish press pays cil was cognisant of the fact, the route of the tributes of praise to the Princess Ená's physical` railway had been followed by the Govern- and intellectual attainments, and hopes that her ment surveyors and the whole line traced.marriage with King Alfonso will infuse some During the recent holidays" a representative sweetness into the bitterness of Spanish national of the Hongkong Telegraph was delegated
By the Japanese steamer fya, arriving here on Saturday, there are proceeding to England the the two new battleships which have just been tuff complements of officers and engineers for
completed at home for their Government,
life.
An Australian steamer which has arrived at New York from Honolulu reports a great vol canic eruption at Malatus, in the Samoan islands. A mountain was raised 3,00 feet and the tava emitted covered an area twelve miles wide and thirty square miles in extent.
Fourteen other firemen had also to answer a char,e of licing on bould the 8,8. Suf Sary on the 5th instant without permission,
depicts Singapore, and life in Malaya generally in a fashion which is seldam possible, and the work of gathering the material for the Annual must have represented a tremendous extending over a considerable period. labour again the Straits Times Annual has a history, After it was printed and ready to be sent out the entire edition was consumed ja a'fire which occurred in the English offices where remained uninjured, with the result that the the Ausual was printed. Luckily the plates edition was reprinted. The full-page photo graphie reproductions will inform the stranger of all that Singapore is, its lively ways. The Annual will be treasured almostass bible by tha old Singaporean. It opens with a full page col oured photograph of the Sultan of Johore and a coloured description of Johore, and the piln cipal building in that city. Then we have a fine photograph of His Excellency Sir John Anderson, followed by scoses of native life, Marvellous are the beauty and clearness of these photographs.
Among the contributors to the prose section are Sir Frank Swettenham, who is a fascinat ing delineator of Malayan ilfe, and Mr. Hugh Clifford, who tells a characteristic story "In the half-light." But there are also Japanese stories, descriptions of Sarawak, Malacca and Penang, creepy tales typicat of native beliefs, and humorous sketches of Chinese towkays and Babas in the southern settlement. Mr. W.-R. Prior has a series of caricatures entitled "Men we know," but we would have known them somewhat better if they had neen labelled.. One of the writers invests a Hongkong youth, who never gets beyond Singapore, with a live ly character, his intrigues, with a Japanese demi-mondaire being just A trifle rie que.
But all this goes 10 prove that there is not a dull page in the An piler must have been inspired when he arrang- nual. It is alive with interest, and the com-
ed the scheme of the publication. Along with it are several coloured supplements, the picture of a Malayan beauty being decidedly worthy of Mr. I. W. Looker (of Messra. Descon,
preservation. And all this it being sold for $i; The first arch, 10 catch the eye is that how it can be done at the price we cannot con. Locker And Deacon), appeared for the prosecu-erected on Queen's Road Easi near Arsenal ceive. People have only to see the Annual to Street, which towers somewhat over sixty feet part with the $t in a twinkling, Hongkong high, but as yet it is not complete and the workmen are hard at work to get it ready in Annual, and it is difficult to see that there is has produced nothing to compare with the time. The next one is that erected midway any prospect of competing with Bingapore in between the Clock Tower and the Central this respect for years to come. In conclusion, Marker. There are quite a number of we can only offer our compliments to the these arches alang: Queen's Road West and Straits Times in tribute to their remarkable
tors.
On his Worship taking his seat, Mr. Looker said that as regards the case of the boarding house keeper, who was charged for attempting to obtain money under false pretences, he would ask for a further remand as it was a very diffi- cult case. As regards the other charger he speaker thien gave particulars of the case, which have already appeared in this paper; and said that in consequence, of this affair the Sui Sang was delayed for two days. He will not ask for a beavy penalty, only a nominal one is required, It was necessary for the shipping to obtain proper firemen and not substitutes, who were mostly ricksha coolies. The captain was able to a heavy penalty for having men on his ship who were not on the anicles.
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The case against the four men for neglecting to join the ship at a proper time was first heard. A. Guterres, shipping masiei, said that on
SANDEMAN, BUCK with the duty of traversing the New Temitotics RRUTER telegram says:-Lord Elgin isoposed to go on with the case to-day. The of Hongkong in order to ascertain the pro-written a letter in Mr. Zangwill, promising to gress and the development of the works in give the most careful and, sympathetic attentinn comfection with the railway. What was the to any scheme put forward for planting, a" stirprise of our representative to find that in Jewish colony, in sama unoccupied part of the live different localities embankments were
British Empire. in process of construction simultaneously. These embankments are to serve for the bed of the line which will run from Kowloon point to the terminus of the British section at a point in Lo-fu across the Sham-chun river. The district of Sham-chun is one of the great market centres of the Chinese, and it is destined to occupy an important part in supplying the goods and, traffic for this int tial line of railway, util the Chinese sec- tion is constructed and passengers will be able to travel froin Kowloon to Canton with- wul interruption. We have mentioned that the construction of embankments is proceed. ing at five separate points simultaneously, and our readers will be interested to learn ADMIRAL Rolidesvensky is about to, be pro where those points are in process of form-secuted by the Minister of Marine at St. Peters ation. At Tai-po the first of these embank-burg, by order of the Czar, on a charge having ments Interested our representative. At a
caused the loss of the Russian fleet and sacri- ficed thousands of lives by his negligence and place called "Fan-ling no less than three inefficiency, when off Japan, The Caer ha others were providing work for hundreds of granted the Admiral's request that the pro [36–17 | labourer who had been related locally, ceedings may ba conducted publicly,
THE
OLDEST FAVOURITES.
in the
East.
Hongkong, aşıb July, 1905,
The Japanese census returns for Decembe, give the following particulars of Japanese residents in, Ping-Yang.
Malen Female....
1781 Houses.......DAY 320 The extraordinary preponderance of female "emigrants " is noteworthy.
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Jervois Street and at the side of a few are publication. stands properly decorated a la Chinois where the Chinese bands will play.
The management of the Ko Shing theatre are not lacking in their enthusiasm. Everything is being got ready with the utmost expedition. Painters were at work for several days putting on a bright colourto the panels, and whitewashers were not emiss. The ceilings af the theatre will be covered with flowers and a special perform ance of first-class actors will perform in the presence of the Prince.
We are requested to state that in consequence of the Garden Party to be held at Government
Paul's College to-morrow afternoon. The next lecture will be given on Friday, February 16th.
the 3rd of this month he signed a crew of fire-House there will be no Nursing Lecture at St. men on the British steamer Sud Sung, The men signed the articles in his presence, at about three o'clock. The ship was to have sailed at nood the following day. An entirely different crew had afterwards to be engaged: for the Suf Sang, with some difficulty,
W. G. Goggin, clerk in the office of Jardine, Matheson & Co., said that Capi, T. A. Mitchell was the master of the Sui Sang. The Sui Sang actually sailed on Tuesday, 6th init, at daylight. She was due to sail on the 4th, but because there were no firemen on board that day she could not love. There were no firemen on board on Monday also,
The case was proceeding when our repre sentativs left the Court:
PROGRAMME FOR 'SATURDAY, EVENING. “We have been asked' to give prominence (o the following proposed programme, etc., for Saturday evening, Joth inst.
Ticket holders to the Khattak and Baluchi Dance on the military parade ground will ba admitted at rojo p.m... H‚R.H. Prince Arthur of Counaught is to arrive at 10.45 pm. The dance will last about three quarters of an hour, His Royal Highness will then' go on the har bour for, say, a quarter of an hour to view the decorations, and be at the Hongkong Club at 11.45 to 12 o'clock,
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FOOTBALL CHALLENGE
SHIELD,
The ties in the second are as follows-
Y.M. C.A.. Rambler
West Kents.. Royal Engineers "Diadem" vi Royal Arillery Army Staff v. Hongkong Club
In above round the "Diadem" and Royal Artillery meet to-morrow (Friday) on Naval Ground, Happy Valley, at 4.15 p.m. Hr, W. C.
Drew will referee,
SHIPPING AND MAILS;
NAILS DUR.
English (Dongala) 9th'inst., 8 a.m. Gorman (Prinxess Alice) 13th inst. Canadian (Empress of Japan) 14ih inst. Indian (Nawang) tóth inst..
The sa. Bink-thwan lest Wakamatsu for this port, and is dus here on izth inst,
The Bucknall Line s.s, Malakjo, left Binzi-y porn on 7th Inst, and is due bujo on 13th inst The P. & A. 11. Arabia will sail from Moji La's trams will leave at 17 (midnight), 12.15 | this afternoon, and may be expected to amive'i amy 1 am, and 1.15.htm, (121) inst.) -
hare on 14th inH,