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· The agitation originating in Chiun on the differential treatment of the Chinese in the United States of America-is a movement
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On the 30th April, 1906, at Hongkong. ROBERT W. RUSSELL ALM JND, Comunamlet of the s.s. Rubi, ta VICTORIA ADELAIDE DOUGLAS, of Cardiff, South Wales.
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undermentioned officer:-Lieutenant R. S.sault, but it is feared that the charge may have to be amended to one of manslaughter. Lucy, from 4th May to 18th June; and Lieutenant H. G. Moore, from th May to 31st We learn that last evening the Indian Bergeant, No. 693, arrested a hawker, in First Streat, July,
West Point, far, bawking without a licence,
man on the way to the Station. Elowever, when the hawker was brought into the charge. room and made a complaint, he was oxamined but no wounds or marks could be found on his body. He was lodged in a cell, but a few An inquiry was held at the Magistracy this minutes later, the condition of the man neces- afternoon touching the death of a prisoner insitated his being attended to, and as he did not Victoria Gaol, who died this morning. Mr. recover be was at once removed to the Govern.ington, T. P. Cochrane, E. A. Howett, T, F. F. A. Hazeland sat as Coroner. Evidence was meat Civil Hospital. The hawker had to Hough, F. S. Kadoorie, D. R. Lay, S. A.
Lévy, G. H. Medhurst, H. N. Mady A H heard and a verdict of "death from naturalendergo an operation at the hospital for a Causes" was returned,
rupture, and, we are informed, that very little Rennio, E. Shellim, J. R. M. Smith, A. hope is entertained for his 'recovery.
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The Indian sorgeant was this forenoon charg ed before Mr. F. A. Haseland with greviously THE CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB. assaulting a hawkor,
A PRESENTATION.
privileges should be accorded Chinese:] THE plague return to-day shows an addition and was alleged to have assaulted the China. is closed by the guarantors paying a call of cngaged in commercial pursuits within the Australian Commonwealth are now almost complete.. South Australia, Tasmania, and Queensland have agreed to co-operate, but up to the present no reply has been received from West Australia. Victorian Chinese have decided to take no part in approaching Mr. Deakin, as they are of opinion that the Imperial Government are the proper ones to deal with this question, contending that Esthe laws in force in Australia are against the spirit of the British Constitution, and in contravention of the numerous treaties exist ing between Great Britain and China. The Chinese in the other States, while agree ing with their Victorian brethren in this respect, are of opinion, that the Federal Government should 'first know the feelings of the merchants, and be given an op- portunity to grant some, if not all, of the concessions to be asked for. Of course, if Mr. Deakin refuses to entertain any of the requests, the memorialists will adopt the course suggested by the Victorian Chi nese, and make representations to the Home Government through the Chinese Ambassa. dor in London. According to the Doily Telegraph the Sydney Chinese merchantstering, his course he would cross the course of Grist, appeared for the prosecuteix, and Mr. which Mr. Reidie was held by the mem
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, May 2, 1906.
THE HUANGPU CONSERVANCY
The joint action taken by the Foreign Ministers at Peking in representing to the Waiwopu the apathy of the Chinese Govern ment in giving effect to the stipulations of the Convention for, meastires to be taken as regards the Huangpu Conservancy, is an attitude which must commend itself to the shipping interests in particular and the mer- cantile community in general. The Cham
ber of Commerce at Shanghai has been specially watchful, on the question of the Huangpu Two months ago a communica tion was addressed to the Commissioner of Customs at Shanghai in which that official was asked if he could supply that Body with any authentic information as re- gards the appointment of an engineer for the Conservancy work, and the appointment of certain officials to the Conservancy Board, as rumoured in the public Press. On the 17th March Mr. H. E. Hobson replied, for the information of the Chamber that nego. tiations were then in progress which would, A. S. WATSON & CO..he anticipated, result in the appointment at
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are in receipt of a large number of letters from all parts of the State, commending them on the action they propose to take, and wishing them every success. A meeting of the Chinese Merchants' Association was shortly to be held for the purpose of making final arrangements, and electing delegates to proceed to Melbourne for the purpose of presenting the memorial in conjunction with the delegates from other States. The at- titude of the Commonwealth Government towards the memorial will be learnt with considerable interest.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
"THE trousers was blown down by the wind and was picking it up to return it to its place, when I was arrested. I don't think I was doing wrong." This was the defence a coolie answer to a cliarge of stealing a pair of trousers. set np this morning at the Police Court, in
Alakang and that he saw defendant in High Street. He watched him and saw defendant go to a window and take off the trousers from a bamboo, Mr. F. A. Hazeland sentenced the coolic to three weeks hard labour and six
hours' stocks.
AT the Supreme Court this morning the case of the Brand-Daint Kotohira Mfaru collision was proceeded with, when the Captain of the taller vessel continued his evidence and said that the reason he remembered that his whistle was kept going was that he knew that in al-
vessels proceeding to Hongkong, and submit. teda rough chart of the position of the vessels at the last few minutes before the collision, and stated that there was no change of wind just before the collision, and after witness bad produced photographs of the damage done to to the Jurs, further evidence was taken and
the case agaiu adjourned.
His Worship--I hear from Ur. Bell that the Chinaman is in a critical condition.
Insp. Collet-Yes,
The case was remanded until Saturday. Bail $500.
WOMAN SOES FOR ALIMONY.
"SWEETHEARTS AND "CONCUBINES."
Tsang Chu Shi, a young married woman, appeared against her husband, at the Magis
for desertion, and neglecting to support her, tracy this morning, summoning him on remand
Mr. E. J. Grist, of Messrs. Wilkieson and
Quo Kong Sing, for the defendant."
The defendant pleaded not guilty," Mr. Grist said that, this was an application under Ordinance No. 10 of 19aj, section 3. for` maintenance. He would ask his Worship to take an order for defendant to support his wife
pay the costs of the case. Defendant married | in a proper manner and that defendant should complainant on Sept. 29th last at Tai Hang and left the same evening for Canton. He returned after a few days, and wanted the complainant to
live in the same house with his concubine.
Previous to this the concubine ruled matters in the house, and he submitted that as complain ant was his lawful wife, she should take con- trol of things and not the concabine, "
Five members of the sampan fraternity-three women and two men-came to blows on the Praya al West Point this morning over a dispute. When the police arrived on the scene one of the women was seen to have raised a bamboo stool and brought it dawn with some force on the head of one of the men. Akhough the fight was fast and furious, the policeman managed to remove the five to the station. When the combatants' temper cooled down they said that they had a quarrel about
that her boat could carry more irou than any of the others. The other owners of the Sampans?. differed, a quarrel ensued and as there was no
scheme. Further, H. E. the Viceroy of THE Board of Commerce has drafted one hun the tonnages of their boats. One woman said Street since her husband's departure,
Nanking had advised him of his having made the following appointments to the Conservancy Board, viz., Ku Hung Ming, [4 Esq., to be resident manager of Bureau on
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AMONG the reported incidents of the San Fran- cisco earthquake were those in which certain operatic stars, including Caruso Sembrich, es- caped in night attire. One artiste was seen barefooted clad in pyjamas, and clutching a
arbiter to settle the matter amicably, they took to Queensbury rules. Al the Magistracy to-day the defendants were asked to pay a fine of $3
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died articles of the law of bankruptcy, and has memorialized the altrone that they be distributed in each province in China, According to Russian newspapers, a tirge a slipend of Sh. Tls. 800 per mensum; Ex-lines manufactory in Jaroslav has received as pectant Tautai Ho Wei Pu, to be assistant or 'er from the Japanese Government to supply manager of Bureau on Tls, 200; and John it with 20,000 pieces of linen., Goodnow, Esq., ex-U. S. Consul-General, ONE remarkable incident during the recent à COOLIE, who went out last night on a "hunt. Itu be official advisor Tls. 600. earthquake was
that eleven clerks жего ting" excursion, was sn.cessful in gaining ad- After the receipt of this information, Sir extricated out of the ruins of the Post Officemittance into an empty house in Des Vieux Road Central. He got to the back of the pre- Chas. Dudycon, chairman of the Shanghai | alive but unconscious. They had been without
mises and, with the aid of a long bamboo, was Chamber of Commerce, wrote to the Doyen food or water for three days.
busily engaged in removing some pongee of the Diplomatic Corps at Peking on
clothing from the next house. Unfortunately the oth March. In that communication
for the night "excursionist" the occupier of Sir Charles urged that the matter of the
the house and owriër of the clothing saw the Huangpu Conservancy was naturally one of
long bamboo drawing away the clothing, and, perceiving what was going on, ran down, hail. extrente interest to his Chamber, and it
ed a policeman and waited at the entrance for was not without considerable anxiety that they viewed the appointments as mentioned
the thief. They had not long to wait, when the coolie came jumping down the steps with, above. He called attention to the fact that
the clothing under his arm. The officer took Article of the Convention signed at. Pek.
him in charge, he pleaded guilty at the Magis ing on 28th September last states that "the
tracy this morning, and Mr. F. A. Lazeland Taotai and Commissioner of Customs at Shanghai "shall be charged with the general direction and maintenance of the "works, and further that the whole responsibility for the carrying out of the work, as well as the control of financial matters, is vested in their hands, subject to the supervision of the Consular Body at Shanghai. A reply was received on the 6th uftino in which the Doyen of the Diplomatic Corps promised that attention would be given to
women about polygamy, and that he tried 10 the representations.of the Shanghai Cham- set her aside. The overseers of the city possess lier of Commerce. The action of the Min-records of many scandles.. Mr. Dowie is re- isters at Peking as wired to us from Shang turning to Chicago from the South Central hai yesterday is probably the outcome of the States, to challenge the right of his flock to
depose him. representations'niade by the mercantile.com- munity of the Northern Settlement..
THE annual consumption of sugar in Japan now amounts to 503,000,000 kin or about 660,000,000 pounds. About 30 per cent. of this is produced in Japan, and the consumption continues to increase as the population in- crenses. Owing to the primitive methods of cultivation in this country and the bad quality of the product, the industry is dying out, over- powered by cheaper imported sugor. ·
T compliance with a request from the Washington Government, Dr. Omori, the seismological expert, who returned to Tokio on 21 ut atter investigating the earth- quakes in Formosa, will leave at once for San Francisco.
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MR. F. A. Hazeland, at the Magistracy this to three weeks' hard labour and six hours morning, convicted a coolie and sentenced him
stocks, for stealing a dozen pairs of slippers from a passenger on board the Canton boat
Kong Tung early this morning.
Mus. Dowic, wife of the late leader at Zion City
declares that for years her husband insisted on
hearing confessions, that he talked to attractive
sentenced him to three weeks' hard labour and six hours' stocks.
took place on board the Freuch mail steamer AN accident of a somewhat serious sature
Tonkin on April 13, whilst on her way to Colombo from the Straits and China. One of the steam pipes unexpectedly burst and injur time engaged in the boiler room. Five of the
body. The surgeon on board did all possible crew were severely burnt about the face and
to alleviate the sufferings of the wounded men and on the vessel's arrival next day at Colombo they were taken ashore in a critical state,
ed several of the Lascar crew who were at the
swathed in cotton wool, and removed to the General Hospital. The accident, however, 'caused no great damage to the vessel or serious THE people in the eastern district have been loss of time, for the steam pipe was promptly making complaints regarding the scarcity of repaired. The Tonkin was to sail for Mar- lickshas in that vicinity owing to the "yellow" reilles at 6 p.m. the same day. Of the five in rickshas assigned to that locality remaining injured men two are so very seriously injured the central districi and accepting fares. The that their recovery is uncertain. driver of a yellow ricksha was prosecuted at the Magistracy this morning for being found THE storm which passed over Hongkong this ie the central district with the intention of re morning created considerable disturbance ceiving fares. Mr. F. A. Hazeland fined him 52. among the lighter craft trafficking in the bar By kind permission of Lt-Col. Aitkin and with great suddenness, and the lighters and bour. The sea rose to a boisterous activity
Officers, the Band of the 19th Infantry will launches lying alongside the vessels at anchor play the following programme of music at the in the stream were advised to "sheer off." This
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An informal meeting was held last night at the Corinthian Yacht Club's pavilion, on the Praya, for the purpose of presenting Mr. J. Reidie, senior inspector to the Sanitary De- partment, and hon. secretary of the Club," with a souvenir on the occasion of his depar ture home on leave of absence.
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At half past six o'clock Mr. F. Howell, who was selected as chairman of the meeting, after calling the meeting to order far the business of the evening, said that he had been deputed to
the members of the Club, of which be was one, make a presentation to Mr. Raidia on behalf of
in token of the esteem and good will in
bers, and in token of their sincere good wishes for a pleasant trip home and a happy time in re-union with his friends when he got there. Mr. Howell then banded to Mr. Reidle a gold card-caac, which had been suitably inscribed,
and hoped that when taking out his card.on
minded of old friends out here.
meeting new friends at home he would be
Mr. Reidie replied with a few appreciative words of thanks for the great kindness extended to him by the Club, and then, after wishing Mr.
Reidio don voyage the members partook of
refreshments, drinking the health of the departing hon, secretary. The meeting then dissolved. Mr. Reidie left by the C.P.R. s.. Afontengle to-day for England via Cañada,
This afternoon, at the Police Court, before Mr. C. A.. D. Melbourne, chief detective in.... spector Hanson proceeded against Li She and Pong Ho, for being concerned in an armed robbery alleged to have beco committed at Fatihan, on March 17th.
The men denied the charge.
The complainant, in the witness-box, stated that soon after the marriage ceremony--the Armed ROBBERY AT FATSHAN. removing of the veil from her face-delendant went away. She had been living in Graham
Cross-examined: the knew that à house at Tai Hang was purposely taken for her mar riage. Defendant spent over $300 in ful shee. A suit of clothes given her by the bridegroom | cost $114, not $140. Witness, before she marr).
Leung Lam, master of the Tai Cheung 'silk'"' ed defendant, heard he had one concubine, now she heard he had two-one young and shop of Suí Tsuu Street, Fatshan, said that, on another old. She did not receive a penny from the morning of the 17th March, he discovered her husband when he left. It is the Chinese robbers breaking through the wall of his pri custom to give the bride-in her case $15-be-vate house to get foto his shop. There were fore she returns to her mother on the third day. | eight Jekfs in the shop at the time, A When she went back to her mother, she carried large hole was made in the wall and four away with her three roast pigs. (Laughter.) of the robbers entered, after fixing three On the 30th Sept., somebody brought a mes shots from their guns. At the same time alk. sage to witness asking her to return to Tai
lean other men entered from the street door, some carrying revolvern, "and" others burning Hang, but as there was no firewood and rice
torches. The defendants were among that gang. at that place, how could she go? Witness was
The first defendant brought out some wire and not willing to go back to her husband's as defendant had a paramour in the house who secured four of the fokis, including witness, by the queue, while the second kept his revolver controlled affairs. According to Chinese cust tom the women at present in defendant's house are his "sweethearts." It was not until they (the sweethearts) had seen the lawful wife, or witness set foot in their house, or the lawful wife allowed it, that they become concubines,
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A few days later the concubine went to wit ness and "kow-towed" to her.
Re-examined: When she was betroibed to defendant she knew he had one sweet himself another. Defendant had an income of heart," but soon after the marriage, he took to
$300 a month.
pointed at the head of witness. Among other things brought by the robbers were crowbars, which they used in opening boxes. They were in the shop for over an hour. When they left they carried away 300 catties of yellow silk valued at $1,800, also 200 cárties of pale yellow. silk worth $1,100, 150 calties of white silk
worth $350, $725 in banknotes, $350 in silver coin, jewellery worth $810, and 60 pieces of keys of the safe, but as they were not to be cięthing worth $310. They also demanded the
found they took the safe away with them. His Worship said that, if this woman is held When the prisoners left they fired three bamboo to be defendant's paramour, then she (complain-bombs and about ten shots from their rifles, and
ant) was perfectly justified in leaving his house The case, at this stage, had to be remanded
defendant lately retained, to attend Court, for a week to allow the young concubine, which
CHOLERA DECLINING IN.
SINGAPORE.
It is pleasing to be able to report, observes the Singapore Free Press, that the sanitary authorities have got the slight outbreak of cholera here well in hand and are confident of wholly stamping-out the disease within the next few days. During the past three days there has only been one case a day and these all in the same district. The Sanitary author ities and Chief Inspector Mayhew in particular have worked hard to stamp out the outbreak by instant segregation of the infected houses, Yesterday (April 23rd) morging about fifty disconsolate-looking Chinamen were placed in a tongkang and towed over to St. John's.
WE (N. C.D. News) regret to have to record / King Edward Hotel, during dinner, on Thurshey lost no time in doing, The sampans and They are cholera contacts who have been sert
the sudden death yesterday morning (April 27) | of Mr. Daniel Taylor Black, an old and popular Shanghai resident. Mr. Black was a native of Dumbarton, Scotland, and came to Shanghai in the sixties. He was for a long time foreman shipwright in the old Shanghai Steam Navi- gation Company of which the agents were Mesirs. Russell and Co., and continued in the same employment as manager of the repair shop when ibis Company was taken over by the China Merchants S. N. Co. When the China Merchants' gave up their repair shop, it was taken over by Messrs. S. C. Farnham and Co. whose employ Mr. Black entered as Dock Master at the Old Dock. He was employed at the Old Dock by Messrs. S. C. Farnham and Measti. Farnham, Boyd and Co, until last (36-1) autumzo, when he retired. ·
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MATAN Singh, a priest at the Indian Temple, Mortison Hill Gap, charged Share Singh at the Police Court this morning with behaving in a riotous and disorderly manner in the temple yesterday. It was stated that there were about twenty odd unemployed men in the temple at the time, Defendant produced
to the Island.
launches tethered along the Praya Central Wall, which we realso subjected to a good deal of bumping, also moved "further out to sea." However, up to latest inquiries at the harbour office no casualties had been reported, 'so it 'may be presumed our floating population weathered the storm which was of short duration only. On land everywhere there is evidence of the benefit accrued to the island by, the downpour, for the streets have been cleno ed where they most wanted a cleaning, and the searching rain has shown up the weak spots in the roads over which the bone-shaking ricksha|in jostles and jumps to the extreme nerve-wrack-
THE WEATHER.
The following report is from Mr. F. G. Figg, First Assistant of the Hongkong Observatory2=- On the 2nd at 13.50 p. Barometric changes in the South are unimportant.
Pressure has probably increased in the Noạch, but returns from thence are locking.
NE. winds, freshening, will probably prevail the Formosa Channel, and SE, and E. winds over the N, part of the China Sea.
Forecast:-Light to moderate. E. winds; showery.
a bottle of rum and, after he had drained the ing of its occupant, so that it may be onco contents, challenged others to fight and got again asserted (if the Public Works Depart riotous. Share admitted the charge, and Mr.ment take the hint the rain has given them) Telegraphic, communication between the F. A. Hardland Gited him $5.
that “it is an ill wind that blows nobody good." . Observatory and Hongkong in Interrupted
after shouting saw (scatter) they decamped. The total sum of the property stolen was $6,495. At the Gaol yesterday witness identified the two prisoners amongst a gang of men, as the robbers who were in his shop an the night in question..
After further evidence was led, the case was adjourned.
THE Central Government in Peking has sent. instructions to all the provincial authorities to collect reliable statistics of the value of all churches and buildings belonging to all Roman Catholic and Protestant missions in the Empire. Also the approximate values of all · forniture and private possessions owned by missionatics of the helis religious sects. These data will be printed and published for the information of all officials, so that whenever a riol should occur accompanied by the des- truction of buildings and furniture a value of those destroyed can easily be estimated and made the basis of indemnity,
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MAILS DUE,
Canadian (Tartar) 3rd inst. English (Dongola) 3rd inst., 6 a.m. Indian (Gregory Apear) 4th inst German (Willehad) 7th inst. American (Siberia) 7th inst,** German (Roon) 9th inst.. Indian (Luísane) toth;inst. Canadian (Empress of China) aand inst
The E. & A) S. 9. Colnak. Eastern from Sydney, &c., left Manila to-day, and is dus here at noon, on Fridayqa narodnih paniquid)
The C. P.. R. Cò's as. Empress of China left Vancouver p.m., on 30th all, for Hong | kong via the uncal Portu of Call,