Intimation.
LIMITED.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY MARCH 11, 1907.
in Hongkong, but it is pleasing to observe with what interest the music-loving public in Manila were anticipating the public per. formance of that fine Band. Our contem parary remarks!! Incidentally, we believe Manila would still more appreciate the visit S. WATSON & CO., of our German friend if given the chance to
listen to the band of the Fuerst Bismarck,'|| which gets the name of being one of the. finest in the German navy. We understand Hongkong and in fact nearly every port at which the German cruiser has called has been given the pleasure of hearing the band play, and it seems fitting that Manila be in cluded in the list of the band's beneficiaries. We suggest that our municipal authorities take time by the forelock and request the services of the band for an evening concert on the Luneta. We feel sure the comman der of the Fuerst Bismarck will gladly oblige."
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE English mail of the 9th February was delivered in London on the gth inst.
ARRIVAL OF H, M. S.“SPAR-
TIATE"
PROPERTY SALES,
CANTON DAY BY DAY.
DOV RNMENT LAUNCHES.
[Front Our Own Cärrespondent:]
Canton, 8th March,
It is reported that nearly half of the Canton
degree and, fourteen of that santos, licentiäte, degree to be sent to the capital,
TARAILWAY, MATERIALS.
The Canton Hankow Railway Company has received a telegrams from H.E. Sheng Kung Pao, Director of the Hao Yan fron: Works, stating that the Works are unable to execute the
HONAM POLICE.
Acting under instructions from Mestra. Gold- H. M. S. Spartipte, under the command of ting and Barlow, mortgagee's solicitors, Mr. Captain Crewell J. Lyres, R. N., anived in Geo. Lammett, auctioneer, put up for sale by harbour yesterday from Portsmouth which port public auction at his sales rooms in Duddell she left on the 9th January and called at Breet, this afternoon, the valuable leasehold Gibraltar, Malta, Port Sold, Surz, Parimen properties situated at Kowloon Tong in Government launches are in a bad condition Railway Company's order for zailway materials "route,” Bombay and Singapore. On her way the New Teritory, in the Colony of Itong, and are in urgent need of ascessary repairs. | on account of the time limited and has accord. to the Far Eat she remained at the Indian kong, comprising respectively the pieces of But it is impossible to have them all repaired ingly refused to execute the order, port, during the visit of His Highness the Amir | land situate at Kowloon Tong, and registered at one time on account of the present shorts
in the Land Office as Lots Nos, or and 413 ofness of funds in the C ver.ment treasury, so Since the establishment of the Honam Police to Bombay. hay ng a displacement of 113 tons and, enan Brea of 215 acres, and paying an annus authorities to take charge of matters in contarily. There are at present three stations The Spartiate is a first class protected cruiser of Survey District No. 4. he first compriting Deputy Chung, who was instructed by the Forca everything has been going. on satisfac- gines working an indicated horse power of Crown rent of $7.05, and the second to acres, nection with the repairs of Government lautich-suusted at different parts of the Island, besidan. 18,000 giving a speed of 20.75 knals. The plying Crown rent $ 407. At the last moes, has reported to the ligh Authorities to that the Honam Head Police Station at the Hel vessel which is a sistership to the Amphit ile, ment it was decided by the parties concerned effect. Argoniui, and Arindre, was laid down at Pem to sell the property in two lots. Lot No. I being broke on 1st May, 1897, and hunched in put up first, and falling to Mr. J., Basto, whee October, 1898. She is in commission for about the bidding reached. 51,550. The second loi eight years now. She is built of sieel passed to Mr. C. B. da Rozi, for $1,800. and provided with two screws and has four,
coMMANDING OFFICER'S REGIONATION, Li Fuk Hing, Commander-in-chief of the army of the Kwangtung Province, who bas been in the milliary service for a considemble period, has now forwarded a despatch 10 11.E. Viceroy Chow, asking him to apply, on his behalf to the Throne for permission to resign
· from his post, as deiral and Commander Li Chun has already been appointed to take up the position of con mander-in-chief in the Kwanglung Province.
fu nelt, and two signal masts, Herdimensions
The following lot of Crown Lind was let by are: length 435 feet, (over all 462 feet public auction, at the offices of the Public 6 inches) beam 69 feet; mean draught 25 feet 3
Works Department this afternoon, the land inches; the vessel has bunkers capable of hold, being held for a team of 75 years from 15th ing 2,000 tons of coal. She is provided with July, 1898, with the usual option of renewal, two sets of four cylinder, inverted triple expan and subject to the expenditure in rateable in- sion engines and Belville boilers, having a provements, on the land of $1,020. This loi is healing surface of 47,000 square feet. She hsregistered as Sai Kung inland lot No. 38,. THIRE will be a sub-committee meeting of steel deck, 25 to 4 inch casemates for 6 in situated at Hang Hau, and containing 14,000 the Soldiers' Club, at 2.15 p.m. on Friday, 15thguris 1:) 6 in. Harveyed; Guo Shields (4) square feet, being subjecì ta an annual rent of / who is at present serving at the Tachibpu at instant, at the Club,
THE Trustees of Belilios Trust 11 having awarded a life saving silver medal to Mr. Ng So-ta, HE the Governor has consented to present it at Goverment House at noon to morrow, Tuesday.
RATURN of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending the oth March, 1907-Library, non-Chinese, 358; Chi- nese, 148; total, sob, Musean, non-Chinese, -155; Chinese, 4.993; fatal, 5,148, '
The upset price was $283. This properly was knocked down to Mr. Li Ping for Sag,
one hid of Stɔ above upset price.
41 in. Conning tower, 1 inch. The arma-1554. ment of the Spart of consists f. 166 (45 cal) of which a shield on forecastle a in shields on poop 12 in, casemates on broadsides; 13-11- per a 2-13 4-6 in upper deck casemates per.boat or field, 3-3, per n.2-45 in maxims. She possesses 14 bouls 3 steam launches, 3. torpedo tubes, two submerged on broadside one afť“ above water. Torpedoes 7-18 in, and 5-14 inches. The total weight of the vessel. with armour is, 6,975 tons and she carries a complement of 677 officers and men
DR.. MORRISON'S JOURNEY. The substance of Dr. Morrison's telegram to The Timea descriptive of his journey overland from Hankow to the Tonkin border was as
follows:
THE eighth ordinary general meeting of the PHILIPPINKS CUSTOMS DUTIES. the newly-opened port on the West river) and Shanghai Ice Cild Storage and Refrigerating Company, Ld., will be held on March 19. A dividend of 8 per cent. has been declared for the financial year ending *ovember 30.
MERCHANTS' CLAINS SUCCESSFUL.
The Manila Cablenews of 7th inst."says:-" Yesterday Attorney John W. Haussermann As we go to press. Messrs. Hughes and Hough. ||rece..ed a cablegram from Washington an- auctioneers, are offering for sale by public aucnouncing the fact that Congress had appro: tion, at Ah King's Slipway, Wanchai, the twopriated enough money to cover the claim of racing yachts, Joan (late Hibernia), and As Warner, Barnes and company for refund duties, thore. The result of these sales will be given which amounts to over $70,000. in our next issure.
It is anzaunce in Military orders No. 1:6 that the rate of the dollar for the quarter com- mencing 1st April, 1907, will be a/3 (Two Shillings and Three Peace) for all payments fixed in sterling which have to be made at
· Hongkong and on the China Station.
BUSINESS was not up to its usual mark of briskness at the Magistracy to-day, there being a marked absence from the list of the week end "drunks and disorderlies." A few there
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A. 8. WATSON & CO., LIMITED, were of varied nationalities, and fines of Sa or
AGENTS.
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.
Hongkong, 22nd January, 1907,
BIRTHS,
53 met the ends of justile, according to the, merits of the individual cases..
Mr. Laussermann saysthat this indicates that all claims will be paid, which will menn con- siderable to many business men of Manila.
The case case of Warner, Barnes and com- pany with that of Peabody and company was a lest case, and now that they have received favourable judgment many other cases will be. setiled shortly.
Mr. W. W. Brown has a claim of some $45,000 which will probably be the next to be decided upon."
THE WRATHER..
The following report is from Mr. F2G. Figg First Assistant of the Hongkong Observatory JAVA has now clearly established its position. On the 11th at 15.55 a-The barameter has as the largest exporter of sugar to India. arisen slightly in Elapan, and fallen a little [3 the nine months, ending on the 31st December over. W. Japao, the Loockoos and Ching.
Pre sure remains low over China and the last it sent 112,000 tons to India, Gernaty Eastern and Yellow Sens. It is lowest over coming next with about 81,000 tons. Mauri the E. coast of China, where the departure tius third with 8t,oon, and Austria-Hungary from the normal is about 0.35 inch, Gradients
are, however, very slight in all areas. From all sources abroad India took in the mies months the
Os March 7, 1907, at Shanghai, the wife of
SKYMER HANKIN, of a daughter.
On March 5, 1957, at Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, the wife of L. H. HOWELL, of a daughter.
DEATHS.
On March 5, 1907, at East Chiltington, near Lowes, England, GEORG CLEMENT DE ST. CROIX, formerly of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, aged 52 years.
following with 73,000.
enormous, tolal of nearly 400,000 tons as against 218,000 tons in the corresponding period of 1905.
Dr. Behring, in a communication published by the Echo de Paris, declares that the alarming On March 6, 1907, at Shanghai, EDMUND reports which have been current recently HEINRICH AUGUST FREIGAT, L.M. Customs,regarding his state of health are absolutely aged '38 years.
The Hongkong
elegraph
Hongkong, Monday, March 11, 19077
Light variable winds, accompanied by foggy weather, may te expected along the China
coast.
FORECAST. 1-Hongkong and neighbourhood, variable winds, light; fair, fog at times.
7-Formosa Channel, same as No. 1.
South coast of China between Hongkong and Lamocks, same as No. 1.
4-South coast of China between Hongkong and Hainan, same as No. 1.
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AN IXCELLENT SUGGESTION.
Tong monastery - It has been found that' the - number of stations and the numerical strapgth. of the force is ut present, insufficient, so the auth rities have now decided to establish an- ofer station et Lung Mai To, where the robbers appeared to be pretty active lately.
AIK WORM REARIKO, Yesterday, the Provincial Treasurer and Ex- amireg Wu and Trovincial Judge Chu proceed. ed to the Silk Wom Rearing College on the occasion of the opening of the College after the
Chinese New Year vacation,
COMMBROTAL WARFARE,
SHIPPING MOVEMENTS AROUND AND:
ABOUT SINGAPORE DOL
Mr. Ping Kwong Ying, a native of Canton, Peking, has written to H.E. the Viceroy with. plins and suggestions for a proposed rallway station for the Canton-Hankow-railway that From a paragraph which originally appeared ‚should be erected on the outskirt of the north- in the Straits - Times qunguncing, the amival, ern gate of the city of Canion and a branch line in Singapore, of Mr. L., D. Halt, brother of Mr. joining it with the station at Wongsha, so as to Richard Holt, manager of Meiaïm, Alfred Holt save time and trouble of a large number of and Co., the Timer of Malaya has been in- people living inside the city. He points out spired to print a ve y readable arti le on com- that people living inside the city at presmercial warfare in the middle East, ent have first to go to the Wongsha Station and then to Shek Wai Tang Station to get to the Canton-Fatshan Railway. H.E, the Vice Toy is highly pleased with Pang'e plans and suggestions and has instructed the officials of the Canton Government Railway Bureau to write to the Yuel Han Railway Company about the matter and to request the Company to follow up the suggestions,
HELD TO RANSOM...”....
From Hankow Dr. Morrison proceeded to Changsha, thence by river to Hengchools and by Chinese road 750 miles to Kweilio, Nanning
Lungchów, near the border. He found officials and people throughout equally friendly,
First-hand information on the spot revealed the recently reported rebellion on the borders of Kjangsi province. as a local frontier distur bance exaggerated by nervous accounts sent
On the 2nd February last a gang of robbers from Changsha. It was easily suppress attacked and ransacked a house of wealthy gentry ed, in a few days by the modern-drilled surnamed Fung to the Hok Ship District, oops sent from Hupel, The insurgentskilling one man and wounding several person't who have been represented as a powerful of the village, and subsequently carried off one force equipped with modem magazine rifles man and a child, six years old. The other day were mostly sc.itered bands of disaffected vil Fung received a letter through the pot offic lagers ormed with gingals, spears and swords. from the robbers, stating that if he is willing The German engineers employed in the Ping-to'pay the sum of four hundred thousand do-
siang. collieries were required to withdraw to Changsha, where they remained for a month, but they saw no reason for that withdrawal and the work in the mines went on regularly, the train running to Liling on the river four times daily as usual.
lars to a certain house in a certain street named, in Macau, he will be able to redeem the kidnapped man and child.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
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From a shipping return published in Bang ok it was learned that Ger, an now greatly exceeds British tonnage entering the principal” port of Siam. The January entries were: German 23 vesstis, 22,115 tons; Norwegian 19, tons 14.379; British, tons 5,346; Dutch 3, tons. 1748; French a tons 752 - Most of thự German vessels entering, the part consist of 'coasters' plying between Hongkong, Swatow, "Hoihow (in Hainan island) Singapore and
Bangkok.
Until quite recently as the result of buying put the British "50" Holi limes, the Germans had almost the whole of the trade between t Hongkong and Bangkok, and Singapore and · Bangkok, in their own hands, says pur, Ipoh contemporary; but since the conclusion of the Russo-Japanese war some enterprising mer chants hailing from the land of the Rising Sun have taken considerable interest in the commer- cial affairs of King Chulalongkorn's dominions, and chartering, about a year ago, soma Norwas, gian steamers, made a strong bid forashare of the On the 4th instant in Fatshan, a man in- good things. The Germans promptly dropped- tending to come to Canton, look his seat in a their rates, only to find the Japaness fully pre train, by mistake, bound for Sainam. Hepared to go one better, with the result that was greatly startled when he was told, freights and passenger fares were soon down as the train'
of the to what was regarded as practically an ir- was moving out Station, that it was bound for Sainam reducible minimum. He at once jumped down from the moving car and had all the fingers of one of his hands cut off by the carriage wheels. He was uncont In regard to the opening of Nanuing on
cious when picked up and was conveyed to a Japnary s, Dr. Morrison noted the satisfactory.hospital for treatment. He is considered fact that the settlement.is being laid out at the
fortunate that his life has not gone the same expense of the provincial government and way as his fingers, the regulations especially provide that the whole city and not the foreign settlement only will admit foreign goods without likin charges. The proposal to transfer the pro- vincial Government to Nanning has been abandoned.
Kwangsi province Dr, Morrison found to be sow quite tranquil, policed by troops who are regularly paid and loreign-trained. The rebel. lion in this province had been repressed with such severity that the population had almost disappeared and it is now bring re-peopled with Hunanese military setticis,
Dr. Morrison was much suck by the im- proved. condition, of the soldiers, who, while
trusted to deal effectively with any local dis not approaching European efficiency, might be
turbance. He was still more impressed by the
false. He attributes these reports, so damag. ing to his reputation, to, interested rivals who AT 10.30 am, on 7th inst., a fire was discoverspread of western education; all the town have taken as their informants a Parisian ed in one of the godowns of the Kiangnan and many villages had school with foreign reporter and a Parisian doctor, whose collabor- Arsenal, Shanghai, situated very close to the city, temple and the Confusion tenple and alion in this matter seems to Dr. Behring to shear legs of the Dockyard. The European beta convened into schools and colleges be suspicious. The Professor protests against staff of the Dock quickly had their hose con what he cat's these international attacks. nected and pumped up from the river powerful while students in semi-forin dress were which he says have been organized for some, which fortunately contained only empty shells. question of the widespread desire of the people
streams of water on to the 1 uning building, counted by thousands,
time back.-euter.
-A GERMAN NAVAL VISIE.
FOLLOWING the news given in these columns The visit of the German flagship to the
a few days ago that the C. P. R. Executive was Philippines appears to have evoked a mani- discussing the building of new Empresses for
In less than an hour the flames were well un-
der control and at 1 pm, all danger was over, During the fire a small explosion occurred from what cause is not known-but no one was
festation of cordial welcome from the offi- the Pacific route, comes the announcement, injured.
here could be no
to learn about foreign things In Kweilin there
EXTENSIVE JAPANESE ENTERPRISE. Just what the upshot of the *way of rates! was we do not know, but it appears pretty evident that the Japanese did" not go into the business without full knowledge of the.. nature of the opposition 10 be faced, and, further, that the debut of their vessels in To-day Tantai Sum Tung of the Canton Siamese waters was only the first step in a very extensive enterprise embracing practi- Government Railway Bureau will convene R meeting of the Canton Charitable Tastitution,cally the whole of the Straits, the Netherlands Canton Chamber of Commerce, the Seventy- ladies, Burma and India. Japanese liners two Guilds, and the shareholders of the Can-have already visited Rangoon, and it is noised ton-Hankow Railway Company of both Canton | abroad that the flag of Dai Nippon will ere and longkong, for the purpose of discussing long be considerably in evidence at Datavia and other Dutch ports, while quite recently it railway affairs with a view to coming to au
was stated in Indian papers that Japanese understanding between the different parties,
stéamers engaged in trade with Europe will make Madras a pot of ch 1,"
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WIRELESS TELLORAPHY,
Canton, 9th March. The proposal of the High Authorities.of Canton for the installation of wireless telegraph in the city has already been reported. It is about the proposed installation. now started that th; Viceroy hɛa wired to Peking
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GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES.
Chong that nearly half the Canton Government faunches are in n bad condition and they are want of necessary repairs, and it was im- 'possible to have them all repaired at the same time on account of the shortots of funds in
In consideration of the report from depaly
were excellent preparatory, middle and high schools; atro a class taught by a Erenchmen, singing English glees to the music provided by a Japanese harmonium. There was, how. cials and press-in-the-American depen-from. Mr. D. E. Brown, supperintendent of the FONG Shing Fat, a bricklayer, residing at No: japanese educational appliances specially pre. Riven authority to first of all repair those laun= | jevar, a regettable dearth of good teachers, the Government treasury, H. E. Chow has dency. The same feeling of hospitality C. P. R. steamship service, that two new
pared for Chinese use were to be found every ches which need iramediate repairs, but at an was extended to our Teuton friends as was Empress liners, modelled much after the lines of the Atlantic" Empresses of much grate
military drill. where and every school had its physical and estimated cost of less than 300 taela exch.' tendered to the British tars on the memor speed and larger carrying capacity than the able visit of the British fleet to Philip steamships at prese 1 running between. Van- pine waters that year. Commenting on the cover and the Orient, will probably be ready recent call paid by Admiral Breusing's for operation on the Pacific at the expiration flagship to Manila last week, the local Times of 8 months from date. observes that the exchange of courtesies be
126, Third Street had been engaged, for the Government Civil Hospital, and might have rast week or so, in add hic-laying jobs at the continued in the work af plying his trade inde finitely had it not been that the sight of small metal clock in one of the rooms oc: cupied by the Sisters, brought to his mind the Chinese equivalent of the old precept, Eady to bed etc," and in order that he might follow
a
ALTHOUGH he had no time to sample the contents of the case he looted from the s faimun yesterday Ho Yuk, a miner, living at sadder, if not a wiser, man to-day. Being on
derce of attempts to enforce the recent opium Outside Chibli, Dr. Morrison saw no evi regulations, but their nature has become well known through the eative Press and every school was na important anti-aplum agency.
Neither was any evidence of railway progress
STAFF OFFICER FOR HONGKONG.
Major James G. King-King, D. S. Q., the
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* KỵEN STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY. After noting the arrival of Mr. Holt, bur
contemporary proceeds:
With Japanese and German lines, bath. of them somewhat heavily subsidised by their respective "governments, entering into "com." petlion with British-companies in felds that not very long ago,were regarded as British',
preserves, it is manifest than, burring the formation of a new ring or the widening of
the time is nigh when a very i een struggle for the Envern Conference's sphere of influence, supremacy in Eastern Leas will be in foll swing.
der steamers, speedier mail services, larger
The old order of thingsås 'disappearing : bet-
subsidies, better accommodation for fassengers OFFICIAL RESIGNATION.
and the incidence of fore en flags, in ever. With reference to the despatch from the ex-increasing numbers, in British-India walera js. Viceroy Chow to request the Throne to permit end, or what the near future will reveal it is commander-in-chief, Li Fak Hing, asking the the position of affairs to-day. How it will all him to retire, H. E. Chaw has prepared a me- difficult and indeed well-nigh impassible to morial to be forwarded to the Throne accord-foretell at this writing. But if it be true thắt ingly...
NEW INSPECTOR OF MINTS. The high authority has sent a wei-yuen, with party to Hongkong. to receive H. E Chau bik, Tospector of Mints, who is expected to arrive at Hongkong some time to-day.
RAILWAY FUNDS.
officials of the Canton Government Railway la compliance with the request of ths
Bureau, a meeting of shareholders, was held yesterday at the Canton-Hankow Railway Company's office, at which three gentlemen, Lo Po bun, Fong Ship Ting, and Li King. Foon, were appointed to sign for the Company, as representatives to accompany the wei-yuen of the Canton Government Railway Bureau to longkang in connection with the change of deposits.
has taken place since the day of '98. This kong coins. Evidence was heard and the case No. 132 Queen's Road Central, is, na dovht, a Queen's Own Royal West Surrey Regiment, and at the same time eight others were selected
were remanded notil-to-morrow,
opposition is the life of trade, then there abould be good times is store for one or other of the great shipping concerns mentioned, and, for^^ shippers and passengers as wellen en andra It is especially satisfactory, therefore, to know that such a prominent and experienced, shipowner as Mr. Holt bas arrived on the scara: 7 not wanting that John Bull is alert and folly in the Middle East, and that signs are happily.
alive to the necessity of moving with the times,
SHIPPING AND MAILS
MAILS, DUK
Australian (Changsha) tath lost..
tween the officers of the German cruiser On Saturday we had to record a case in which it and become at least wealthy-he did not seen, though n uch talk of it was heard. The
à counterfeiter, and utterer of counterle't was Fuerst Bismarch and the representatives of dealt with in a very exemplary manner by the
ca e abo ́t bein, healthy or wise-a timepiece appointment of Yuan, litely Totai of Shang the American Government in those islands Magistrate. But it appears his was not an
of some sort was absolutely necessary. Diste.hni, as director-general of the 'unan section though by their official nature partaking more isolated case, as on Saturday two more counter garding the distinctions between meum and, of the projected Canton-ilankow railway had or lest of the perfunctory and formal yet give feiles were arrested, bath being coolies rasidong annexed the clock, and then the as expected, destroyed what little confidence police annexed him. When he is through with the people and gentry previously felt of the evidence of more cordiality than is usually as ing at No. 121. Third Street, who were this the resultant hard labour and stocks awarded possibility of the line being built without foreign sociated with such greetings. And it is extre-morning charged before Mr. F. A. Bazeland, mely proper that it should be so. At no time() with untering counterfeit coin on board the him by the fagistrate, he may be healthier assistance.-N. C, D, News have the relations between the two countries Chuen Fling, (3) with being in possession and wiser, but he won't he wẹ lthier,
of eight counterfeit Chinese coins, and (3) been more friendly. A most welcome change being in possessión of five counterfeit Hong
change has been effected largely by the Kaiser on the one hand and President
board the above vessel his eye was caught by who has been noted for employment on the Roosevelt on the other, each seeing in the AT a meeting of the Asiatic Freight Bureau
a case-not of silk of jewellery; not of water. General Etaff, South Cbion, is the sector other much to admire and each endeavour beld in Seat'le last month it was decided to gauze clothing, or other valuable merchandize major of the zad: battalion at Colchester, ing to promote, with no unfair discrimina extend the present rates on flour to June 30 ohm es tracted by a case of castor oil He has served nearly 14 years in the regi
and immediately proceeded to remove it, It tion against other nations, a cordial under per ton to Japan and 54 to Chinean ports,
1907. The rates on flour are still $3.50 (go1J) | was a firange tasie-or would have been in meat, and got his spurs in 1898 by a brevet standing and a mutually benevolent regard These rates which are very satisfactory to between the two peoples. As a manifesta, shippers, but are considered too low by trans tion of this comity the present courtesies Pacific steamship liners, were secured by com with their note of friendliness is a matter for petition of tramp steamships, which visited this congratulation. The excellent Band carried coast in large numbers last year. After fune
the Fuerst Bismark is made the subject it is the intention of the steamship companies Messrs. Douglas, Lapraik & Co. The chargė || was enga ed in. the protracted operations in STUDENTS FOR PEKINGANAKO SU The Imper al German Mall as, Zilen car
to increase the figures and thus obtain a fair To be more of their performance are share of the profits which the companies con- julial. The merits of their performance are tend now, go'to, the shippers in u-due prepor too well known locally to need to be enlarged | Hon.
OPIUM RESTRICTION,
It is reported that the Chinese Government has decided to put the silo of opium into the hands of officials in order that the sale and use of optum might be diminished in quantity year by year and gially prohibited at the efd of
PERLANA peri,d'of ten years.
| German (Zietan), 14th) inas, at noon;
American (America Maru) 15th inst. Indian (Yomtang)'aoth inst..
-**ke G.-P.\R, Co's us. Monteagle list Yokö- hama pm, on, gth last, for Victoria and Van-
couveri
The P M/S. S. Cole Ks. Siteria will BAIJ from › okohams on jäik inst, and will there- forn be due at this post on aist inst
The Impout): German Mail & Planni Alice, left Shanghai on 9b inst, at 3 pg may be expected here on with inst, af 6 p.pa.
any one but a miser, and it led him into step, and substantive rank to 1900. He trouble His carrying operations were observ-saw active service in the Nonh-West Frontier ed, and as a result Mr. S. H. Wood, Second Campaign, 1897-98 (mentioned in despatches, Officer of the said steamer, prosecuted. He brevent majority, medal with two glasps) and this morning before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, at the Magistracy, on a charge of s calling a case in South Africa, as a special service officer, of castor oil, valued at 515, the property of and later se z Mounted Infantry officer, and was proved, the cuprit had no defence, nor the Transvaal, Orange, Fee: State, range At the examination to select anitable carying the German Maile with dates from Fartin
he substantiate attempted there was nothing for his Worship, to do but River Colony, and Cape Colony (meniloned didates to be sent to Peking for a grand exe of the 12th-alti, left Slugkpore on toth just just send him in for two weeks, hard labour, twice in despatcher, D.S.O... Queen's medal amination and education, there have been 8am, and may be expected hare on rath åker four hours' exposure in the stocks.. with three clasp, King's medal with two clárpa), | aslected fifty-three students of Ku Yen at Roo