TELEGRAMS.
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'Princess Ena's Marriage,
LONDON, rath March.
The marriage of the King of Spain and Princess Ena of Battenburg, was formally. announced in the Cortes to-day,
The Government proposes to fix. Princess Ena's allowance at £10,000 per annum,
Later.
The Morocco Conference.
Warnings come from both Frenchs and German sources al Algeciras, that there are still considerable difficulties to he overcome.
The Mining Disaster in France.' The Chamber of Deputies has voted a sum of £30,000 to the Courrieres relief fund.
The roll call shows that 1,150 have perish. ed; only ninety bodies have been recovered.
Further salvage operations have been stop-| ped, owing to the accumulation of fire damp and the stench of the dead bodies.
THE "CHINA AND MANILA STRAWSHIP CO, ED.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
LAATON NUTES,
AUET-HAN RAILWAY.
SCRAMBLE FOR SHARES.
STREETS BLOCKKD.
[From Our Correspondent.]
Canton, 13 March,
So great has been the rush to prchase
Shares of the Yuet Han Railway, through the Oi-yak Hospital that the streets lending thereto have been constantly blocked. The commit tee of the hospital, fearing that bad characters may mix up with the crowd and rob, have ob- tained a bidy of sakiters to maintain order,
A RENEL LEADER EXECUTED..
· At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a number nf pirates and rebels were executed, amongst them was Choy Hau Heung, one of the leaders of the Kwangsi rebels, recently extradited from Hongkong.
ERECTION OF MARKETS..
·
CORRESPONDENGE..
We do not necmarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondente is this column.j'
THE SAN.TARY BOARD AND DEPRES. SION IN PROPERTY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "Hongkong TELEIRAME."
SIR-The plague season is upon us and the Sanitary Board is much in evidence, I would prefice what I sin about to say by stating that
I am not of that section that is in season and out of season "agin the Government," 1 be- lieve the Sanitary Board to be a body of men who are most anxious to do their duty feat. lessly and well and who are actuated by the best ul motives; but I am also of opinion that their operations would be more useful to the Colony and attended with less harm to the community at large were thay, governed by that most useful attribute-common sense.
I profess no great literary ability and would slate my views in the simplest of language.
WEDNESDAY MARCH 14, 1906.
ARRIVAL OF H.M.S. "KING
ALFRED
VICE-ADMIRAL SIR A. W. MOORE ABOARD.
1.M.S King, Alfred, Captain C. Thursby, arrived here this moming from Portsmouth which was left on Jan. 31.
To-day's Advertisements.
TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG.
On board the King Alfred there is Vice- Admiral Sir A. W. Moore, K... The King difred brought out crews for some of the river and which are to be re-commissioned shortly. gunboats at present in reserve at Hongkong Toned Free VACCINATION The gunboats to be re-commissioned are the Bramble and Britomart and the surveying At eight o'clock this morning the customary vesie! Waterwitch.
salutes for the new Admiral' were fred, Sir Authur W. Moore's flagship returning the compliment.
H.M.S. King Alfred was laid down at
·Barrow on Aug. 11, 1899, and was completed on Sept 10, 1901. She is of steel and twin screws, four funnels and two military masts. Her displacement is 14,300 tons, horse-power 30,300, and she steams twenty-three knots, Her coal capacity is 4,250-2,000 tons, this give
It is an undoubted fact that there are to-day The Covernment through the Chun-ling-kuk large sums of moncy availabis för investmeni (Central Police Office) propose to build pub'ic and mortgage in property in this Colony; but
speed, and doublehhis at 19 knots. She has markets in the Nau-aoi and Poon-yu districts. the free distribution of these monica is scripusing her a steaming radius of 2,300 miles at full Plans have already been made and a site se.ly restricted by lear of the Sanitary Board.
two sets of triple expansion engines on the lected for the one to be erected in the Pooc-yu How often business mea here have the same
Yarrow-Schlick-Tweedy system and has forty- district, but the Nam-ho Magistrate has not
as yet solmitted his plaus. The Viceroy has reply to make or to receive with regard to the three Beileville bailers. The offensive armai
instucted him to hurry the matter as he is anxious to see these markets established.
FIRE.
'in
investment of funds in house property Hongkong: "Yes, it is no excellent property and quite worth the sum proposed, but who knows what the Sanitary Board inay require to The twenty-third ordinary general meeting
There was another big fire Just inside of the
be done presently?"—and the money, that of shareholders in the Chios and Manila
would have been forthcoming is diverted else- Steamship Company was held at the Com Bamboo Mart gate last night at 9 o'clock and pany's office, H. George's Buildings, ta-day, resulted in the complete gating of some 15
What with the endless alterations, improve- There were present:-The dry goods stores the sky was brilliantly illum where possibly out of the Colony altogether. in the foremnon Hon. Mr. R Shewan (chairman), Messrs. D.inated for miles around whilst the fire was at its E. Brown, N. A. Siebs, H. P. White, A V. height. The Chinese fire fighters were quickly ments and changes exacted by our masters in Apear, directors; G. Muffet, stcretary; J. R. on the spat with a dozen or so manul pumps bygiene, the digging up of drains and the lay. and were successful in confining the conflagra.ng of them down again only to be re-dia- Michaci, G., Samerville, J. Young and Capt.
turbed at an early date, the countless orders tion to the one block. The damage is estimat
to whitewash this and cement that, to put Tillett.
in this window and to pull out that door,--all operations provocative of great ex- pense to the unfortunate owner, it is small wonder that the capitalist fights shy and that the sinews of war are influenced in other directions.
The notice convening the meeting having ed at about $75,000, « small part of which is
covered by insurance.
heen read,.
a cer.
The Chairman said;-Gentlenuun - With your permissing we will take, the report and accounts, which were issued on 28th February, as read. The rest is slightly better than thd of last year, the working account shewing a balance of $101,057.95 as against $5,146.61 for 1934. After making allowance for depreciation and putting $1,000 to reserve fund, as required by the articles of association, it is proposed to pay a dividend of 6, absorbing $30,000, and carry forward $6,563.45. The year unter review was a very uneventful hae for us: cargo was scarce, and although sugar from Manila was offering rather more freely, the rates of freight offered for it were te unremunerative. Everything that could be done bas been done to keep down expenses, but passenger sleamers of this clips must be kept up to
we therefore doubt if tain standard, an more can now be done in the direction of economy. You will notice that we have reduced the debt to our bankers from $276,000 to $195,000, and that we made a suving in interest of about Scoo. This was partly effected by the sale of 7:5 shares, at $to, which with $8,615, formerly at credit of forfeited shares, raised the capital she and sum of $650,000. There is nothing special to e- mark about the balance sheet, but I may say for your satisfaction that the amounts standing against sundry debtors and outstand- ing freights have since almost all been collected. As regards the present year, I fear our prospects are not very rosy; for I am sorry to say that so far we have not began well, our earnings for January and February being rather less than for the same mouths last year. Before moving the adoption of the report and accounts will be pleased to answer any questions,
Mr Michael: 1 shotgd like to know if we have made any savings in insurance premiums since we have written down the value of the steamersTM
The Chairman: Oh, yes, yes! Mr. Michael: How much? The Chairman: cannot say at present. A very considerable sami.
Mr. Michael: Ther is another question. Since we have written down the value to half the cost, is it necessary that we should write down in accordance with the articles of associa tion, even now? We have written down 50% of the value.
The Chairman: They are still depreciating, and are second-band boats and would not per haps bring the amount they stand at at present in the market.
Mr. Michael: Qulte sa, but the boats cost a million arid a hail.
The Chairman: The value of a steamer is a maller of opinion, Mr. Michael, and you must
leave that to us.
Mr. Michael: So you think it is necessary? The Chairman: Undoubtedly. The Chairman proposed the adoption of the repoit and accouals.
Mr. D. E. Brown seconded-Carried.
Mr. J. R. Michael proposed, and it was seconded by Capt. Tillet, that Messrs. N. A, Siebs, D. E. Brown, H. P. White, and A. V. Apcar be re-elected on the consulting com- mittee, Agreed,
Mr. H. P. White proposed that Messrs. T. Arnald and W. H. Potts be re-elected auditors. Mr. N. A. Siebs seconded.-Carried.
The Chairman: That is all the business, gentleman. Much obliged for your attendance. Dividend warrants can be had on application,
THE WEATHER,
The following report is from Mr. F. G. Fig First Assistant of the Hongkong Observatory-
On the 14th at 12.10 p. The barometer has fallen over S. Japan, the Loochoos and For
ANOTHER ARMED. ROBERY.
Au armed robbery was committed late last, night on an exchange bank at Tai hee Tan ionam, which unfortunately ended in one of the fukts of the bank losing his life in the attempt to drive off the robbers. Ten men fully armed with revolvers and knives entered the house and proceeded to secure the inmates. The master of the house gave the alarm and assisted by his fokis attempted to resist, but were eventually overcome and bound. The rab beis then ransacked the place and carried off booty to the value of $1,000.
THE FATI ROBBERY.
[From Our Own. Correspondent.]
Of the five men who have been arrested in
connection with the Fa fi armed robbery three have been beheaded. None of the stolen pro- perty have been recovered, During the past no guard has been stationed on Fa Ti. Now the officials are taking steps to have a shed erected and have a permanent guari stationed at a central place so that protection may be given to all the foreigners. The natives are much pleased at the prospect of a gund being placed on Fa Ti. For years rubberies liave been very common and the natives found no way to in- duce the officials to give them any protection;
A TRIPLE EXECUTION,
TAIPO MURDERIKS HANGED.
INQUEST AT MAGISTRACY.
The three coulies who were convicted at the Cinal Sessions some weeks ago and sen. tenced to death for the murder of Chau Beng Chan, tare of the Opium Tarni, suffered the extreme penalty of the law in the Victoria Gant, carly this morning.
I maintain that the cause of the recent and present depression of property in this Colony isto a very large extent-the Sanitary Board, I do not for one moment advocate that the sanitary conditions of our houses should be neglected; on the contrary, I am in favour of the most stringent and carciul precautions against dirt and disease. but what I do ad- vocate is some plan by which property owners shall be protected against unknown, unfort seen and sudden expense. In a word, let us know where we are.
iment comprises forty-four guns and two sub- merged torpedo tubes. The King Alfred is sister-ship to the Leviathan, Drake, and Good Hope.
CHINESE SECRET SOCIETY IN MUAR.
A BLACKMAILING ORGANIATION, Muar has been suffering from the bane of a Chinese secret society for some time, while now, most of the mining and planting Coulits find its existence intolerably annoying, they fail to see why they should be pestered to support an organization in which they are nat interested. and give up work as the only alternative to avoid being continually blackmailed because they decline enlistment.
To some of the industrial towkays things are distressingly humiliating. They have not mere- ly to incur the trouble and expense of hunting for fresh batches of coolies whenever they get left in the lurch, but are also subjected to much indignity when their coolies are in any way connected with the society; as then the latter become vors ly
The police have all along been anxious to suppress the society, and it is gratifying that the persistent efforts of the Assistant Commis sioner of Police, have, so far, resulted in the arrest of the headman. He was found at a place up-river with all the paraphernalia material to the society, the register showing an cnrolment of hundreds of members separated into small squads bearing different chops.
Further investigations are being prosecuted and it is noteworthy that a few of the names on the register are those of the criminals awaiting trial in connection with the recent gang robbery at Kangka~~S, F. Press.
COMMERCIAL.
TO-DAY'S EXCHÁNÉK.
Selling. on bon-Bank T.T ....................
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'Surely, it would be possible for the Sanitary Board to make up it's mind unce and for all as in the requirements to be fulfilled for years to come, and I cannot help thinking that the Government would do very well in causing the passage of an Urdinance which should provide for the granting of certificates of immunity from further expeuse on account of Sanuary Linard orders for a period of to years at least. A ma who owns house property in Hongkong should ue placed in a position to go to the Sanitary Board and say "Here is my property-what do you want me to do to it to pass your standard The Sanitary Board of sanitary perfection ?" should be required, to tell that man what theyGermany-Rank T.T. require and when he has done what is needfu and paid for it he should then be allowed to obinin from Government # cenficate of efficiency and absolute įmmunity from further expense, as I say, for at least 1 years.
This would materially assist the property market here and would be a source of untold comfort to the individual who owns property. It would greatly facilitate the execution of mortgages and the sale of houses and at the in the afternat n, Mr. F.A, Hazeland, presid-same time it would or should give us a heathy ing as Coroner, held an inquest touching their City. death, The following was the jury empanel- led Yess:s. . C. Steen (foreman), E. G. Barrett, and L. M. J. Alvares.
Dr. W. G. Moore said he was present at the In each case execution of the three men. death was instantaneous. The bodies were examined later and found that in all three cases death was due to the dislocation of the neck,
The jury brought in a verdict of "death by hanging in due course of the law,"
My suggestion in a nutshell is this:
The Sanitary Board must know what they want. Let them say clearly and definitely what it is and when that something has been done let them admit it by a written statement or certificate and for ever (or at any rate for o years to come) hold their peace.
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FREE VACCINATION. AKE NOTICE that GOVERNMENT ·CIVIL HOSPITAL, TUNG WAH HOSPITAL, ALICE MEMO RIAL HOSPITAL and NETHERSØLE HOSPITAL, on the days and at the times specified below, and that you are strongly and attend at one of these places with your CHILDREN TO BE VACCINATED in order to protect yourselves from small pox.
Intimations.
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THE APOLLO
advised to avail yourselves of this privilege PIANO
G. A. WOODCOCK, Becretary, Sentary Board. GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL:-Every day
except SUNDAY, from 2 to 4 P.M. TUNG WALL HOSPITAL: On the 1st day of
the month (Chinese reckoning) and every alternate day subsequently, at 10 AM. ALICE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL:-O MUN-
DAYS and TURSDAYS, at 12 Noon. NETHERSOLE HOSPITALO WEDNES
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NOTICE.
'Tis hereby notified that, in the absence of UAY, the 15th instant, the SUPPLY OF WATER WILL BE TURNED ON in the Public Mains during the following hours only
In the CITY OF VICTORIA below Caine Road,
from 6-A.M. 10.10 A.M.
in Seymour Road, Nuth side of Robinson Road, North side of Upper Richmond Road and South side of Macdonnell Road, from 8 AM to 9.15 AM, South side of Kobinson Road, South side of Upper. Richmond Road and in Conduit Road from 6 A.M, to 8 A.M.
In Queen's Gardens, from 6 A.M. to 7.15 A.M. In Peak Road, above Queen's Gardens, from
7.15 A.M. to 8.15A.M.
In Peak Road below Queen's Gardens, from
8.15 A.M. to 9.15 A.M.
In the HILL DISTRICT :-
From Peak to Victoria Gap, from 6 A.M. 10
7 A.M. From Victoria to District bounded by Plan.
tation Road, from 7 A M. to 8.3) A.M.
In Mount Gongh District, from 8.30 4.3, to
9.15 A.M.
In Mount Kellett District, from 9.15 AM, to
II A.M.
In Barker Road, from 6 A.M. I BAM.
10 AM,
In Magazine Gap District, from 8 am, to
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Water Authority.. Public Works Department,
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NOTICE.
HE TWENTY-FOURTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHARE HOLDERS of the Company will be held at the Uffices of the General Agents, on SATUR- of DAY, the 31st March, at Noon, for the pur post of receiving the Report and Statement of 20 5/16 Accounts to 31st December, 1905.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company 2.541 will be CLOSED from the 18th to 31st March,
491 both days inclusive.
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TERMS-As usual.
It is possible I may be met with the objecS4 Kam Man, a chair coolie, in the employ tion that in such a climate and community as Mr. C. E. H. Beavis, 63, Maynt Kellett, Peak, this that houses rapidly accumulate diet and was charged at the Police Court this morning that constant and unremitting supervision and with being a member of the Triad Society. The defendant denied the charge, and the case was cleansing are necessary.
adjourned.
To inspection and washing and the free and habitual use of distinfectants and whitewash I have an objection, but when it comes to expen-
"KUROPEAN STOWAWAYS,,
Captain C. Crichton, of the s.5. Rippingham Grange, appeared at the Magistracy this morning to prosecute Albert Jones, a Canadian, and Edmund Shrubh, a native of Brisbane,sive; structural alteration it is another story Australia, for arriving in the Colony on board the said ship on the 11th instant, without the permission of the master.
The defendants pleaded guilty,
and I object most strongly to recurring and apparently needless expenditure.
To-day's Advertisement..
IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
I trust some abler pen than mine will take up this suggestion and possibly better it. It is His Warship:-What did you come up here high time that the owners of the City of Victoria were freed from the countless pelty worries and for?
Jones: To join one of the Empress boats, annoyances caused by doubtless well meant THE Steamship Sir. I could not get away from Sydney as the but thoughtless Sanitary Legislation and that shipping master had turned away quite ait became a pleasure and not a penalty to be a
Hongkong, 14th March, 1906.
number of men. I wanted to get home.
His Worship:-But how do you expect to
get home?
Jones: Join one of the Empress boats and work my way acrOSH.
His Warship (to Captain): When did you discover the men on board?
·
Captain. The day after we left Newcastle,
so I could not put them ashore.
- Shrubb, in reply to a question, said be also wanted to get a ship bere and go to America,
His Worship: $5, or one week's hard labour cach
Jones (leaving the Court): I would like to say something, Sir. We have been worked pretty hard on board during the voyage here and I think we are entitled to a few pounds.
His Worship: That has nothing to do
PROPERTY OWNER.
ARMED ROBBERY,
Belare Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne, at the Police Court this morning, Tai Man, aliar Tai Fan
PRINZ REGENT LUITPOLD," . having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods, with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables, are being landed and storedat their risk intothe hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hong- kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Com- pany, Limited, Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained.
Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary- be given before Noon,
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are ta be left in the Godowns, where they will ba examined on TUESDAY, 20th instant, at .30 .M.
Iwai, was charged with enumitting armed TO-DAY.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods robbery, within the jurisdiction of China.
Chief Defective Hanson appeared on behalf have left the Godowas, and all Goods remaining undelivered after TUESDAY, the 20th instant, of the Palice.
Evidence was heard to the effect that defen-will be subject to rent. dant in company with other men, all armed with offensive weapons, broke into the Ching Taipiece-geeds shop in the Kwai Shing district, on the night of November 13th, 1934. After threatening the inmates and firing the usual The shallow area of low pressure is now in
valleys, the men secured $280 in hard cash, the neighbourhood of SW, Japan.
They then set fire to the building, and it was highest pressure is over Central China.
Gradients are slight generally, and moderate Tile Chinese Engineering and Mining Com-afterwards discoverd that a fotf named Tsang N. and NE. winds may be expected in the For-pany's total output of the Company's three Tam Kin had been killed. The robbers then mosa Channel and the N. part of the China mines for the week ending the 24th of Febru- fled.
Further evidence was taken, and the case Sca.
Most
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Forecast I-Moderato Ni winds; showery.
with me.
ary amounted to 10,808,01 tons and the sales during the period, 10 8,869.86 tons.
| adjourned until Friday most.
All Claims must reach us before the 16th No Fire Insurance will be effected. of March, or they will not be recognized.
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, Undersigned.
MELCHERS & Co.,
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