The Hongkong Telegraph.
NEW SERIES. No. 5528
CONTENTS.
Hirth, Marriage and Death:
Leading Articles-
Harbour Amaullies.
Our New Governor,
The Trials of Shipmasters, The Questions for the Opium Commission. The Japanese Question in Americă. The Tonkin-Yunnan, Railway, Telegram:-...
Typhoon Controversy Revived♪.
Legal Intelligence :---
Bankruptcy
'The Privy Council
Alleged Wrongful Imprisonment.
A Disputed Account.
Action for Slander.
Disputa about House-rent,
A Monetary Loan.
Merchants Fall Out
A Withheld Deposi
A Promissory Note Case.
Claim for Goods Sold,
Pollos:
A Dangerous Criminal.'" Robbing a Money-changer's Shop.
The Cook's Dilemma.
Clever Capture by Police.
"Star" Ferry Passengers Shocked. Novel Souvenirs,
"Des Vœux Road Murder,
Correspondence *-**
Paspalore Grass and its Great Value
Stockowners,
Miscellaneous Artioles and Reports:-
Hongkong's New Governur.
The Levee at Government House.
Hongkong Hotel Collapse, --
Tragedy on Shipboard.
Chinese Cruiser's Misfortune.
Some Local Publications and Others.
Control of Motor Boats,
Hongkong Docks..
Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Lid,
Piracy in Chinese Waters..
The Opium Campaign.
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MAIL SUPPLEMENT.
(ESTABLISHED 1881)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1907.
THE TRIALS OF SHIPMASTERS.
(30th July.)
六拜禮三月八
英港香
USIS PER ANNUM: JUNGLE CONVITES CEN
from the Hawaiian Islands, of the methods of the average Japa fears a liule of the American language and c coolia. He comes to them, they declare, toms and to accumulate dough money, to ge to that country. The planter, declass coelies are worthless to them as help never remain more than a month of SD, have no desire to learn their business or with their work.
the
The Hongkong, Canton and Macao Sicam-the gaiety of the Far East is encouraged by abuses that attend the traffic in the drug, and | sion tóčinquire into the opium question as readers to imagine. It is impossible to upper valleys before Vannen, was reached, the
The
boat Co., Ltd.
Chips Squadron:
Death on the 'Line. The United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Ltd. Hongkong Water Polo Shield Competition. Raub Gold Mines.. Canton Day by Day.
Wuchow Notes
Sir Frederick Lugard. Shanghai Share Transactions, The Shanghai Lock and Engineering Co, Ltd. The Shanghai Volunteer Corps. The Shanghai Japanese Volunteer Company, A Victim of a Governor's Panic.
Japan and Korea.
The Situation in Koren,
The Protection of War Secrets.
Yokohama Claim for Payment,
A Struggle with a Devil Fish.
Hongkong t. Luzon Sugar.
The Opium Question.
-Moving the-kamains of Ancestors.-
U. S. S. Cincinnati Homeward Bound. Earthquake at
Manila.
New Hotel for Manila.
In our opinion they cami ne-a whalà, ha
of
in view of these allegations, that the Acting
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fact,
晚五十二月六年三十三緒光50 undue whistling and booting can be, and are of the Government service may think to the failing ordinary cases of smuggling the Commission to define "The steps that forbidden. But in the matter of smoke the contrary they must always be groping in the informen de tempted to manufacture cases in should in their opinion be taken by the barbour authorities are powerless, and ao dark when dealing with matters affecting the order to tell the confidence of his Government to minimise and eventually to new rule could be introduced without the Chinese. Sir Frederick Lugard has employer and júcidentally to lidd his own eradicate the evils arising from the smok- approbation of the whole poise of foreign certainly created an excellent Impression pocket. The ways of auch a character would ing of oplum la Our said Settlement." consuls. To devise such a rule has often in Hongkong by the manly ring and be absolutely unscrupulous, and how the Possibly the Commissioners may dis- exercised the ingenuity of many experts, but the understanding of the mind which officer of vessel carrying hundreds of cover a way whereby oplum.smoking may hitherto without success. There are the gave voice to the thoughts contain-coolles on every trip to the South could be minimised so far as the Straits are can launches that le up against the Bund all ed in his first speech in Hongkong. It is guard against the machinations of the cerned, but we take leave to doubt whether night: they naturally require to get up steam by far too early yet even to indicate to His informer" it is impossible to see. At they can devise any plan to ensure the ex in the morning. There are to occasional Excellency some of the Colony's needs, for he present it lles entirely with the Magistrate tinction of the habit, which will prevent the THE JONKIN-YUNNAN RAILWAY, launches from up and down the river they is certain to be sufficiently occupied with the before whom the case is tried to decide recrudescence of opium smuggling on a large
(and) Algust,). also naturally wish to keep up steam, so as Estimates, which have to be submitted in whether the informer's story is worthy of scale. Even if the Straits Government were to be ready at any, moment when their somewhat over a month, to heed questions credence, and whether it would be to the prepared to set in force the elaborate andThe policy adopted by the foreign officials owners retum from doing business in the which need not absorb his immediate atten- advantage or profit of the accused captain cosily machinery required for the establish of the Chinese Imperial Maritime, Costoms of tions prevailing within the districts under theirs town. If every launch. were compelled to tlon. But we trust that as his knowledge of to pully thin reputation and tarnish the ment of a preventive service it is doubtfulling the whole truth regarding, the condi burn Cardiff coal, the smoke would cease Hongkong increases his appreciation of her character of his ship for the sake of a whether to the end its efforts would warrant jurisdiction, regardless of all other considera immediately; but the price of such coal is so needs will also develop, and we would also few dollars, which la, the end might mean the expense incurred. But all these questions has this excellent result that their reports prohibitive, that it is to be feared the launches suggest that while the opinions of officials the forfeiture of hundreds. The game, tions ignora absolutely the relation of the will bear the severest scrutiny. Indeed, no would also cease. And what is the remedy need not be disregarded they should con- we should think, la not worth the opium trade to the revenue of the Colony one who is accustomed to glance over the
periodical statements which are issued
by the suggested by our contemporary? It instantly be weighed against the known views candle, but what is a perplexed Magis Under present conditions the use of opium
of their as follows: No firing up should be allow of the general body of taxpayers. In extend-trate to do when presented with a case such is regulated by conditions which, as far as Commissioners of Customs would have the ir ports, whose candoar and straight-forward- ed after a certain hour in the morning; and ing welcome to His Excellency we naturally as thatigembam outlined: In Hongkong possible, tend to discourage the abuse of the hardihood to question the accuracy that during the day time launches not include Lady Lugard, whose presence at Go the Magistrates generally see their way to drug, and the revenue derived from its sale ness is continual solace to the soul. In these engaged in loading cargo should wait on the vernment House should lend the official func give the unlucky captains the benefit of the under careful restrictions is of material im- circunstances, it is interesting to learn from opposite bank. The great depth of the river tions a touch of gaiety and charm which have doubt; in Singapore it would appear that the portance both to Hongkong and the Straits, the Acting Commissioner of Customs at Meng-
113, Mr. C.-H. Brewitt Taylor, what there, puts certain difficulties in the way of not always been in evidence oflate years. The informer, or, rather the Farmer acting on his Is it to be suggested than that in place of
milway"our great buoying the stream; but surely it should not arrival of the new Governor means, of course, corespondent's information, has a knack of the present, state of affairs there should be tual state of Adairs: In: connection with the
Tonkin YunDan
economic be impossible to provide one or two pon that the officer who has been administering winning the case. As the Singapore writer installed a system which is bound to foster enterprise, as he calls it, in the early part of toons which would accommodate a dozen the Government since the departure of Sir succinctly puts it: "A Hulle less law and a smuggling on an extensive scale--in which, last year, and later on towards the end of tho
we may be certain, in view of the huge pro hot season, very persisent and unsaYOURY JUD launches, and serve as signalling stations for Matthew Nathan reverts to his old position little more gumption in the sizing up of communication with the Bund jetties." of Colonial Secretary. Mr. May has had a human nature would take a trifle away from fits to be derived, Europeans will not be slow ours were prevalent in Hongkong! Perhaps that would meet the difficulty, but thankless task, for he has had to bear the the too true sting of the dictum that The to engage and, not only that, but also manner in which the French, authorities he to lead to a possibly enhanced indulgence treating the Ghiserocolitsemployedantheline there is the better plan which is adopted brunt of many a stern encounter, but he has | law is a hass.****
in the habit merely because it is pro-was alleged that they were starved, ill-honed and unattended 'when sich,' and that “their in Hongkong of making regulations and come through with the increased respect of
THE QUESTIONS ÞOR THE OPIUM hibited? And is a valuable source of punishing those who contravene them. To his oppoments.
revenue to be abandoned because a certain M. Gaston Lisbert, the French Consul General wages remained unpaid for months at a time: COMMISSION, show how pessimistic is the writer we need
section of the population is known to have at Hongkong, who is now on leave, contradict only give his closing sentence "Failing
fallen victim to the drug, ignoring the facted these statements in the most emphatic that, and when the wind is easterly, the only "
(31st July.)
that the vast majority of Chinese is as in terms through the medium of the Hongkong remedy for us seems to be to wear respirators."
As may have been observed from a
that the Freach Colonial Government were The writer. may be solemn, farcical or merely It may be remembered that some months quotation which appeared in yesterday's issue nocent of excessive indulgence in opium as Telegraph, and produced evidence to show matter of fact, but in the latter event beago, when the subject of the opium trade of the Hongkong Telegraph, the surmise of the European-smoker-in-tobacco ? What ang everything, possible to ameliorate, 1
conditios of the labourers. It is perfectly trua, might have proposed that the residents came prominently before the House of Com one of our Southern contemporaries that it the loss of the opium revenue will mean to
that on one section of the route, through the should avoid the "beautiful bund," where mons, a question was asked regarding the was in contemplation to appoint a Commis Hongkong and the Straits we leave it to
amalignant the generation of tales which are universally Mr. Winston Churchill in answer stated that affecting Singapore has been justified by believe that the Imperial Government will men were stricken with fever khown as "bunders." At the same time, the Government were unaware of any the publication of the order constituting the agree to compensate the Colonies concerned character, but they were never without the
stant attendance of qualified medical and the work of building the track through the we have not the slightest doubt that the abuses that existed. Of course, whatever Commission, and the terms under which for the immense reduction in the re smoke nuisance in the North is fully as may be one's private opinion regarding the that Commission has bead appointed. The venue-despite the assertions of the anti-
atmost speed. Once clear of the pestiferous great as it once was in Bongkong. That proposed extinction of the opium evil, and members who will sit on the Commission opium league--and consequently the whole healthy swamps was pushed through with the is not to say the annoyance has been en the resultant effects on British Colonies in comprise one representative of the business thing resolves itself into this, that the general area the main trouble was over, although com mass of the residents in the British Colonies plaints, which were never substantiated, con- tirely removed from this Colony, anyone will the Far East, one cannot be blind to the community Mr. John Anderson, who has
linued to
to crop up lo various corners, to the recognise who has spent a brief space on fact that abuses in connection with the trade, in the past proved a sturdy upholder of the in the Far East, including the humble coolle Blake Pier in the hope of enjoying the even mainly on account of its monopolistic char local interests of the Southern Settlement, a who can indulge to excess once in a "blue effect that the wages of the coolies were wilbeld ing breezes. Still, we are ahead of Shanghai acter, do exist in abundance. And we had leading Chinese merchant, two medical prac moon," will be called upon to meet the in- from them and that they were in a state of in respect of the regulations framed to com- no difficulty at the time in citing a few of titioners, one of whom is a Government creasingly heavy deficit in the annual semi-starvation half the time. It is curious, hat the evil, and the penalties attaching to
the more glaring instances of the abuses in official, a minister of religion and a lawyer. revenue by a still further advance in Commissioner of Customs for Mengias has no infringements, which is matter for con- question. One of these was the opportunity It will be recognised that such a body offers taxation. But that is not the question at the fault to find with the administration of the present moment, although the subject of railway authorities in respect of the work gratulation. In the intervals of attending to afforded any toolie to requite himself, all the elements necessary for internal dis The Cancellation of Trade-mark Registrations, their other onerous duties, however, the without great danger of discovery, for any agreement and that it will drive at fresh taxation will demand very serious con- men in his report for 1906.
polico might occasionally give passing fancied or real insult by a rival. All he bad anything like a unanimous decision on such sideration on a futuro occasion. The quesoport is an entire rebuttal of those state thought to the powers with which they are to do, it was pointed out, was to secrete complex question as the opium trade tion is whether the points to be investigated menis, which may or may not have been dis wabealthy character of the Namsi valley drove invested for the preservation of the harbour a quantity of opium on his opposent's is open to question. What renders the by the Commission do anything more than seminated for a purpose. He admits that the amenities, a hint which, we are certain, will premises, turn "informer," virtuously give appointment of this Cussiesinskim the border of a far-reaching problems? many of the men to desert, and for that reason *not be neglected by the myrmidons of the evidence-in-Court-against-the accused--teresting to-Hongkong as it must be to ¡law.
for being in possession of illicit opium, Bingapore is the fact that the general ques satisfactorily answered unless the finacial bot in the wicker the work resumed, secure the punishment of the prisoner,
tions which have been set for the considera- aspect is also dealt with, and it, as wages being paid. Rations were distributed we have shown, is severely left alone in free or sold under cost ; and there were frie hospitals and · medical attendance for the The sympathies labourers who, however, did who as a rule would have but the faintest tion of the Commissioners are equally as
not always avail shadow of a defence, and then pocket. the important in the one Colony as in the other. the present inquiry. risward which his shameful plan had earned We will take it that the home Government in
themselves of their opportunities, Mr. With the arrival and formal installation of for him. That this was no fancy picture of appointing this Commission have been
Brewitt-Taylor observes that the Sir Frederick Lugard as Governor of tlong what happens was proved in Hougkong only actuated by the highest, motives, the object
tive actually crossed the Namsi River bridge, kong and its dependencies-an event which the other day, when two natives went to the being to reclaim the Chinese from their
which connects Lankai with Hokew, on the gains additional distinction from the fact Opium Farmer with a tale of opium being indulgence in what is generally assumed
7th Merch, and the first train entered Yunnan, with the Governor-General of ludo-China au that he is accompanied by Lady Lugard concealed on board a steamer in the har- to be a vice-although there are other
Regular construction trains ran from the and -the Colony enjoys once more the import bour. Unfortunately for themselves, their and more notorious vices which are al-
passenger, on the rath of the same month, September. So far, only supplies and material for the line and the mulls have used. the train ant advantage of having an actual and re-knowledge of the exact position in which the lowed to pass without notice but the sponsible head of affairs, who is less liable opiuin was to be found was so precise that most casual reading of the questions which
but by June next the first section, Hokow to Lahati, will probably be open to regular traffic, to be trammelled by the whims and fancies suspicion was aroused and now the precious the members are required to answer, will
and the following Jure should, so far as can be of the home Government than would be pair have retired from public life for some show that the only replies possible will be an officer acting temporarily. It is no months to come, But a still more audacious calculated to strengthen the hands of the
estimated, sne the locomotive at Mengisi (1st August.)
Until the summer had arrived an army of 30,000. sinecure that the new Governor has acquired attempt at blackmail is reported from anti-opium brigade in the mother country.
Since trouble arose between the Japaneso men was engaged in construction work;
which in assuming control of Hongkong's affairs-Singapore, and, if the writer of an article The Commissioners are instructed, in the probably, he will admit after a few months in the Free Press on the subject is correct first instance, to inquire into, "The extent and the Americans in San Francisco, there has of study that some of the problems which in his assumption, there is in operation to which excessive indulgence in the smoke apparently been an inclination on the part of
seek their fortune in the New World by way of were obtained from: Annum and Kwang. On July 21, 1904, at Kulio, SYDNEY RUPERT to be solved in the in mediate future scheme for plundering ship's captains ing of ppfum prevails in Our Straits Settle the former to avoid the United States part and
British Columbia. While this more on the si, for the unhealthy Namsi valley and the HODGE, M.R.C.S., LRCP. of the Wesleyan are appallingly intricate. Doubtless he got a which radiates throughout the fres ports mente, It is assumed, of course, that there
hint from Sir Matthew Nathan in London of South China. Perhaps it may be as well is an excessive indulgence in the drug part of the japanese has not failed to arouse section below Milati, and from Stachuan to of the nature of the labours on which lie to give the facts of the case as reported by otherwise the appointment of a Royal Commisgivings in the minds, of the Canadians, the and the Yunnanese contingent in the upper American authorities pretend to see in it an sections, till by the end of the year 47,000 man would be called upon to embark, but our contemporary. They are as follows: mission to deal with the subject would verge
astute manœuvre to circomvent the rigorous were at work. The por harvest in the pro- even so, it is practically impossible to ap- "In our issue of July 20 there was a case on the farcical. Now, who are the witcesses
immigration officers at San Francisco, and not, wages were paid-40 cents to 45 cents a day in' preciate the minor difficulties which hinge reported in which 325 taels of opium, value who are likely to give evidence regarding the examination imposed on, the Japanese, by the vince drove many to the works, where good on one another and frustrate reformed at $975; were discovered in a lifeboat on number of Chinese who habitually spend
at the Vancouver people would have it,the higher regions, and so cents to 60 cents in he effort to flood the garden' province of the lower, and, in addition, rations free or sold when the matter is being discussed in a board the German steamer Devawongse in their days in oplum debauchery? Certainly
Canada. Every newspaper coming from the under cost. The daily cost to the company of club ten thousand miles away. At the same: the roads on her arrival from Swatow. There none of those who are addicted to the
western coast of America gives prominence to 1 Labourer on the Hoków Milati section was time to an administrator of the proved cali had been the usual rigid search after leaving habit because we can scarcely believe
the question of the entrance of Japanese placed at St.20 a day unskilled and $1.50 K On the other rections similar bre and experience of Sir Frederick Lugard the port of departure, for a ship captain, not that the "horrible example" idea has
exponent among the labourers. Some 2,0co were said to be on their day skilled. it is not likely to prove a lengthy period be being a fool, must be presumed to do all yet found an
The allegations of cruelty, tyranny and all kong's requirements, He struck the right made a vehicle of opium smuggling and risk-Settlements or in Hongkong. The medical formation of the World; and Seattle newspape the rest of it brought against the pioneers. fore he has gathered up the threads of Hong-that lies in him to prevent his ship being Chinese population, at least in the Straits way to Vancouver, according to the latest in labour cost 63 to 80 cents. So much for
are keeping an equally keen eye on the
Work Io Yonoin, it canʻ well be note when he referred to the importance of ing penalty and arrest. Especially when it men in the Straits no doubt have their ex The smoke nuisance is no new question securing the support and co-operation of the is the smuggler who stands to win, and the periences to relate on the subject of the evil movements of the aliens. One. United States of railway that to feed some 50,000 men paper of recent date- noted, that the understood. Twinisation of "a" commissarict).
'meant" the "Amiral || Jausgutówry," of "the
that of an in Hongkong, where efforts have been mercantile class in the carrying out of any ship and her agents to lose, and that right wrought by the infatuation for opium, and
an the labourers were made and regulations enacted to mitigate reforms whicir may be adopted by the heavily. As far as human powers of ob we may be quite sure that the gentlemen of Chargeurs Reunis linn, is due soon at Van. department in no way inferior to
of its effects, but it was scarcely understood Government. Hongkong depends entire servation lay, the search was rigidly carried the cloth will have their addresses to deliver couver, B. C., with 293 Japanese coolies who army corps. So long as
immigration authorities there. The Orientals transport was not of very great importance, but generally that it had become a matter of ly upon its trade; the circumstance that out, as of course it had to be. For noon the subject. As a matter of fact, how were refused admission to Honolpla by the within easy reach of Tonkin the question Interest in Shanghai, which has always there are a few thousand sailors and soldiers body is idiot enough to run the risk of ever there is any "excessive indulgence will be landed in British Columbia and when they bad advanced into the wilda prided itself on its municipal systera. Accord in the Colony is not material, for as matters making a few hundred dollars when the on the part of the Chinese it must be left to take their chances of entering the rose immediately. The Acting Commissioner To feed the army of ing to a Northern contemporary; however, stand Hongkong has lost its former charac penalty can easily run. into as many thou among the very lowest classes, and as they United States if such is their intention, says on this point: the pleasure of strolling upon the water-sideter of being an immense fortress for the pro-anods. Now the remarkable thing in the have but the merest trife to spend on a Immigration. officers at the border line be-workmen on the line the company Imported tween the United States and Canada have been during the year from Taskin 6,485 tonnes of and in the public gardens is spoilt by con- 'tection and preservation of British interests care alluded to was that the contraband drug which is by no means cheap it sounds
the Jauregulberry and are on the look-out for lower region, but towards the close of the "your" tinual clouds of dense, black, sulphurous in the Far East, and has more and more opium had been concealed in a lifeboat, and paradoxical to speak of their occasional warned of the nature of the passenger list of rice alone. Most of this was for the desert smoke, and the practice of taking the even begun to display its real character as a trad in the air-tank space of the lifeboat in such attempts to secure oblivion as excessive parties of Japanese who may attempt to cross it became necessary to send grain to the sections above Mongtex. The only avaliable ing air becomes an ironical farce. Shanghai ing port, the distributing centre for South a way that the planks of the boat had to be The great body of Chinese in the Straits, into this country (United States) without war- is naturally proud of its beautiful Bund, China. It is for that reason that while the torn open in order to expose the hiding as in many other places, have long ago given rant. The steamship Amiral Fouriches, of the transport after the railhead at kilometre so is same service, which recently, arrived et Van pack animals, carrying rather over a picul each which, as the centre of both business and strategic possibilities of the Colony may not place of the opium. The Captain and his up opium as a habit, and merely take to it as recreation has an entirely different character be neglected attention should be mainly officers would hardly dream that they would pleasant interlude, while those who are at couver, also discharged about soo Japanese and travelling about 30. kilometres a day.A from that of the water fronts of ordinary ses directed to every point which concerns have to tear their ship and boats to pieces si inclined to artificial buoyancy of spirits who had been carried from Honolulu. Im the cost of living and transport has doubled ports, and it seems absurd that such a trade and
in the Colony, in order to discover a possible cache for have acquired a craving for the infoltely migratios officers at the border have been within the last four years, mainly on account arrests of large parties of of the extraordinary demands for the works frey wont walking scross the line..
themselves, the cost of the muit grastly promenade should be allowed to suffer from in order that no opportunity may be contraband opium. And yet the Swatow worse vice of indulgence in cheap brandics making
Inspectar, Fuller, who is stationed at Caster, exceed the original estimate. The Lower
and the contamination of a handful of ill-afforded the astute outsider of snatching informer knew so much about the affair that and spurious wines. In Hongkong. It is
io, the The adoption of has been particularly active in this matter,
suggestion mannered launches whose powers of what is nothing more or less than the he was able to advise the Opium Farm by very much the same,
Tapinero And is
́shattered by: to entirely making themselves objectionable apparent backbone of our existence. The predecessor telegram of the exact part of the ship, the vary western Ideas by the Chinese has not been many arrests are credited to him. From neglected the recruits would seems to be
easy to ly vary in inverse ratio to their size of Sir Frederick was a military man: first, fore-boat, and we suppose, the particular plank confoed to the utilisation of Western ma British Columbia the The writer makes the somewhat ingenuous most and all the time, and frequently losting that would have to be opened out to lay chinery, methods of locomotion, or the buy approach the border unnoticed, although it is the labourers ware at times, in hard straits but remark that the nuisance is due to the sight of the vital interests of the Colony bare the lurking place of the planted opium.cot, but it has also included a regard for bellaved by the immigration, authorities that that could only be expected when their laboure
business there. The recent
cest enforcement of the tion and they were working in the wilder wetness of the atmosphero which prevents in the contemplation of its military value. It is not suggested that the Opium Farmer is Ibventions and products of Westem origin, few enter the United States who have no had progressed beyond the bounds of civilita the fact that everything was done to meet United States rising In Hongkong we have a rather but we trust that his administrative ex his representatives in South China, but it is bare referred. However, the Commissioners abourers into the different explanation of the evil, but as it perience acquired in Africa will enable him submitted that any system which permits the ill have to report their views on to excessive and Honolulu, has caused an increasing difficulties of barren and monstainous Coub: appears that in Shanghal- they have no harto realise what are the real potentialities of constant persecution of shipmasters for Indulgence," and thereafter to state whether vigilance on the part of the immigration try should weigh in favour of the Goverment may bour regulations to check the nuisance they the port. Another reference to the desir offences which is manifestly absurd for them, the smoking of opium in moderation and in authorities at these borden: The result of lado-Chins. We may conclude with som
Taylor: the real one for the continuance or, perhape, leading representatives of the Chinese will the fact that these informers are retained by should require no Commission to discover ish Columbia A great many of these labour rough measure of the magnitude of the under naturally attempt to and other reasons than abilly of obtaining the co-operation of the to commit should be abolished. If it be excess has Increased, in the Strait. Et pembers of the Orionis is now coming to Be a Lu Breoperations in progreat rich we should say the existence of what must be also be endorsed by all who have the welfare the Opium Farmer to look after his interests, the reply to these latter questions, for the ens carry pasports from Hewall, which has taking, "1915 is mated that she direct disc50) An undoubted grievance to those who are in of the Colony at heart, for it is they and they and that they are paid by commission answer is to be found to the synual Budgets been declared the clearing house for Japan between Hoko and Yannista is nearly 300 any way affected with asthmatical troubles, alone who can, pensirate the veil of Chinese on convictions which is not known, but of the Colony. The third and final question houwish to enter America. These pess-kilometre that song the ins, graded that so We learn that in Shanghai, as in Hongkong, seclusion, and whatever the foreign officials merely assumed then it is clear that is supreme importance, for it sake the porte are no longer honoured. 12 Plantara/incline excredo as malilimutan be
Pity the Poor Bachelors.
Motor Cars in the North of Siam,
Commercial:--
Weekly Share Report.
Freight Market.
Exchange.
· Local and General."
DIRTH,
On the 30th July, 1907, at the Government
the stopit the wife of S. WEINBERG, of the Standard Oil Co., of a daughter.
MARRIAGE.
On Saturday, July 20, 19:7, at Shanghai, ARTHUR FREDERICK COLE, M.P.C.S. Eng. IK CP, Land., la EMMA MARGARET (Daily) Gill, third daughter of the Late Benjamin Gill, Eg, of Cloney Grange Co. Meath,
DEATH.
Missionary Socisty, Hankow.
The Hongkong Celegraph
MAIL SUPPLEMENT; ISSUED GRATIS TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Hongkong, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1907.
HARBOUR AMENITIES,
(24th July.)
OUR NEW GOVERNOR.
(29th July,)
commerce
of this those on have give attention to this question of the extinction of the opium habit will flow out to the members of the Commission who have to embody their general convictions within the limits of a series of questions which have obviously been framed to satisfy the Non-conformist conscience.
THE JAPANESE QUESTION IN AMERICA.
steamship
first locomo⚫
of the railway ang
and reduced as stated, owing to desertions thorities to 3.5-0. In the autumn recruits
that the
these
French
ese facta. No doubt,
officials
Still
the smoke and fumes of the funnels from Our new Governor' is also a military",man, responsible for the criminal proclivities of not least among which is the evil to which we law which prevents the entrance on their requirements and overcome the natural,
from