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WUCHOW, NOTES
CILANOES.
Wuchow, 14th October. MH, Darby-Tyndall, of the Wuchow. Customs, has been transferred to Kowloon. Mr. Tyndall, foft for Hongkong by sa, Linian and had a great send-off from the Chinese indoor staff
Mr. A. Wilson from home leave is expected to be appointed to the Wuchow Customs.
"WRONG. SHOOTING MATCH,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY OCTOBER 18 1007.
GERMAN VESSEL IN DISTRESS, SINGAPORE ESTIMATES
EXCITING EXPERIENCE PANAS EXPENDITURE TEN MILLIÓNE. The German'steamer Marestias, of the Ham- burg-Amerika Lido, arrived in Yokohama:har- bour on Thursday evening, in distress,
The Marcellur, says the Japan Herald, WAT bound from Mall for San Francisco, and left the former port on the 15th ultimo at 3 pm at which time a fine breeze was blowing. On the 17th at 10 am, the ship was out of the
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REVENUE NIKE AND TWO-THIRDS,
The Supply, Hili for next yend was published, afternoon, and detailed eximates of revenue as a Garotte extraordinary, yesterday (Oct. 10) and expenditures are attached Full naplana tions will be given at to-day's Council meeting but the following particulars can be gleaned before she was caught in a guio, and
By Ravenue commenced to ship'water over the decks. The [25] wind was blowing from › N.N.E. During the afternoon the wind increased, and in the even ing the Marcellus was about in the centre of a typhoon
EXCHANG ND
CUFE CHINESE HOUSEBOT;
-STRAITS: GOVERNMENT DO NOT ANTICIPATE" "TURNS CHIES
RESIDENCE INTO A
DALIUM ALETAURANT.
[Translated for.
Canton, "zxth Detõbi
Li Kai Hind So Titah Hing, to all the am
/ The following circular, from, of the Company, has been laund
A retura shooting match was fired a couple Pacificnnel, but she had hardly entered the from the estimates, says the Free Prits, my, agminasi ayam of gondon in Mount Gough Police Station, during the beat called by the directora Li and Bồ to take place
'days ago between team's representing H. M. S. Robfs and the Wuchow Recreation Club. The local men did much better than usual and put 'up ■ good shoot, ** 1 he. Navy ware, however, victorious by the marrow margin of 3 points The following are t H.M.6.Robin, Wuchow Recreation Club.
A.Linduay las 1. Jay
20 Komaroff...... C. Saarlo......21
a the scores -
B. Truss..... 21-
C. Berglof
J. Bachelor...32
E. Watson
A. Daniel
A. Wation)....2L
F. Marshall.18
Total 275
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-FAIR STOWAWAY-IS-SMOKED OUT,
JAPANESE GIRL DISCOVERED ON
"HONOKONO MARUN
The fumigation of ships with sulphur is intended for the slaughter of rats, but, as the officers of the Hongkong Maru discovered on Saturday; says the San Francisco Chronicle of Sept. 9, the stringent fumes of the sulphur gas are potent to reveal other things besides dead rodents.' la this case it was 'a prelly female slowaway-a dark haired and golden com- plexioned Japanese girl known as Toma Nagasaki, whose name did not appear on any official register of the ship's company.
This is the story of the discovery of Toma Nagasaki and the confusion of the guilty who hid her away from the too curious eyes of the "white man official.
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Toms was beautiful among the maidens of country, her teeth were like ivory and ber complexion pure gold, but she was a stowaway. She paid no passage money on the white liner from the Onent. Although she was clad in silken
embroidered in butterflies of kimono, gold and the blus flowers of the iris, she was only a stowaway in her legal status:: So those who admired her ivory teeth and silken robes conspired to hide her away when the customs officials searched the steamer with their dark fanteras, looking even to the nethermost hold for contraband goods. Toma Nagasaki evad- ed the eyes of the white official looking for opium and smuggled wares, until a doctor in the uniform of the quarantine service-a beard- ed man wearing gold-bowed spectacles- boarded the Hongkong Mark on Saturday to Jumigate with sulphur gas and kill the rals.
GIRL IS SMOKED OUT..
"It will be useless to fumigate this cabin, Doctor," said a quartermaster, as Dr. Drew ap- proached a certain door, and that cabin was passed for a time. But the doctor was persistent and determined to fumigate the whole ship. So the sulphur-pots were lighted after everything had been made tight, and the crew and the quarantine official stood as the deck until the sulphur gas should have done its work of slaughter below.
thrill and female cry Then it was that a
their ears, and looking over the side of reached the steamer, they saw the head of the beautiful Toma Nagasaki poked out of a porthole be 'ow. Her neck was swathed with towels, for she had planned cloverly to stuff the porthole with these and to keep the sulphur fumes from her clothes. But the device was not good. The pungent fumes leaked through the folds of the towels and got in her oyes and nostrils until the cried out and was discovered..
Toma was rescued from the sulphur fumes, only to be taken ashore by the quarantine doc tor and incarcerated in the delentien sheds at the Pacific Mall"dock, for Toma, was a słow›
away.
All the officers of the liner professed great surprise when Toma was smoked out, for they said they had never, known that there was a stowaway on the ship.
CHINA'S FINANCIAL REFORM.
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At 8 pm. A campipe connecting the steering. gear on the bridge with the engine was broken off by the heavy sea, and water began to pour into the engine room through the leak thus left, with the result that the engines were stopped. Almost simultaneously a bulkhead, parting, the bunkers from the engine room gave way, and a mixture of coal and water rushed ipt the engine room,
BILDE all of the engine.
paris Now
began a hard time for the
crew Que of the ladders leadlog from deck up to the the sea and bridge was entirely torn off by washed overboard, while one of the ventilators leading down to the stokshold on the starboard side met with the same fate. Most of the piping on deck supplying the winches with atcam was likewise torn of, and even one of
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1,000 more than this
Dr. Expenditure igidonanı
$19,091,920.
[About a million more]
· HEADS OF REVENUE.ZAN Land Revenue immi,S. 399,250 || Licencer Wall 6,252,008. Stampa pandangan sing God,ood BGAA Increase $100,000
Post Office
Railway
An extraordinary genoral meeting Labeler. to-morrow, the 1sh instant. Tab object to discuss the problems of fluanca, apgineering and building; purchasing of land and masnieg offres, etc., and to fix the dates for ordinaty
Their letter to the other officers in tờ Chế following effect
• Throughout the year, pointed out the Govard Manet 16th instea 11th lust, in spite of the very large paymenta Chiel Justice of Hongkong, on vacation in Dor of Singapore in his Budget speech on During the stence of Sir Francia Piggott, which had to be made locally to satisfy the Tanjong Pagar award, exchange has remained been turned into restaurant, Bach was the Japan, his residence, Eyrie," the Peak, bai very steady, and unless the Banks which
Bank Notes revelation made in the Police Court have the
this morning by Police Sergeant Gordon, of deposited in crease their issues,..... the Government do
do ing of a caso. Lau Chung: house coolie, not suicipate any difficulty, in keeping the residing at 6, Del Vox Road Central, limits of exchange.
within the range of the charged before Mr. F. A. Hazeland with being cost of shipping gol So far it has not found in the servants quarters of the Kyrie "been necessary to make ussits anything but yesterday afternoon without the permission a very small extent of the power of istu og or the occupiers? redeeming outes by buying or selling telesa went there at the boy's invitation, Post and H..bour: Dues 196,780 graphic Transfers on London. The increasing i said accused in answer to the charge! maga
Since the President and Vice-President baya popularity of our note issus is shown by the
Mi" But did you have the occupier's pormis. fact that it has increased by more than 20 persion?gaked the Court, hol
been elected by the shareholders, the most im cent during the year. During the same period The occupier was not there," came the portant frem for the work of the company la there has been a substantial increase in the
the bullding of the main llos, Therefore, ita isun of Bank notes which has grown from
Afternoon, while on patrol duty,
ol more land, running of trains toga hər there was “something dolpg" at the " Eyrin," with all the working accounts should be con- The sergeant started out to investigate and onsidered with the minutes thereef, The 67th reaching the premises he was surprised to find
clause of the Commercial Ordinance sanctioned about filly Chinamen who had gone to the
by Imperial decres states that, the board of Peak to celebrate, the Chung Young seated directors is the principal mainstay of f *com-
ro around small tables in the garden sipping pany: directors need not necessarily attend all tea, and taking in the sconery Notices
the meetings of a company but at least once had been posted all round the garden advertise (in a mouth?). The President or General Man- fug the fact that tea and cakes were sold there ager should apply to the committen for decis The refreshments were provided by
the "bay
when anything requires to be done. The of the house, When the guests had retired,
96th clause states that any ordinary meeting of Sergeant Gordon took a trip to the back of the
the commites can be axed ad lištium, Whan house and found accused in the servants? anything serious occurs: any two members of quartors, putting on his cost, ready to leave...
the committee can fix a date for an extraor dinary to prosecute Sit general meeting. Thu taoth, clausa states that any of the directors infringing the
Fool of Office
Reimbursements. Interent
District Collections
Special Receipts...
Land Sales
[Decrease $100,000) Total Revenus
the doors of the steering house on the bridge Public Debt Charges....... was washed away. Away aft the deck-tela- graph and the patent-lead winch were washed. overboard.
The worst damage done, however, was on the port tside, just before the bridge, where the sea fore a hole in the deck, through which the water poured down into the forehold.
One of the sailors, an Americað, was dent forward on the forecastle-head-to-remove-the ventilators and put canvas covers over the holes, but he was caught by a sea and washed down amidships.
From then on until Saturday night (the zist) all hands, including officers and sailors and firemen, were kept working day and night, bailing water out of the engine room with buckets. Even the cook bad to stay in the galley as long as 21 hours on a stretch, stand. lag
by to give the men an occasional bite to wat. On Saturday night their work was so far owned with success that they could think of having a litle rest, and they were then divided into gangs, working six hours and resting three hours. On Monday last the ship was able to move her ebgians again very slowly, and at lest managed to reach Yokohama. After bo ing repaired the will resume her voyage to the Golden Gate.
OPIUM SMOKING OFFICIALS.
A Peking despatch of roth inst., published in the Shanghai Mertury, says :-Since the Im- issued in the last year the Government Council perial Decree prohibiting oplum smoking was compiled detailed regulations. In the decree it has been clearly stated that officials who bave the habit of smoking opium are allowed to res port themselves as having such a habit and to and thus We have shown.our leniency in treat- state the date when they will stop the habit ing our officials and therefore they should feel
themselves ashamed of such a habit and endea- ball a year and We made investigations about vourto stop opium smoking. It is now more than the officials in the Metropolis and provinces 'whether they have been able to comply with our wishes in reference to the habit of opium smok ing. Amongst these officials we find that Kuçi Pin (Prince Jui), Tani Kang (Prince Chuan) Lu Paa-chung (President of the Censorate) and Chen, Ming Kan (Vice President of the Cen orate) are not able to get rid of the habit which is clearly proved. This is really due to their procrastination and peglect of Our order and therefore they should be severely punished summarily and there is nothing to regret or be pitied in their being thus punished. However, We consider that their habit has been for such
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618,330 224,500 34,740 290,599 290,100 157.969
148,400 38,500
$400,000 376,920 3,078 070 all
about eleven hundred thousand dollars in Sergeant Gordon received ‹ information - that engineering and surveying purchas
December last to close upon two million dollara d
In view of this fact and the diminution in the metallic circulation which bas already taken place, and the farther diminution which In 1907, 39,429,489, in 1906, $9,618,319, in may be expected next year when the Straits 1905, $11,657,424,
dollar is demonetized in Sumatra, the Govero HEALS OF EXPENDITURE,
ment have come to the conclusion that our pseds so far as metallic circulation in standard Peusipos,
as, Allowances &¢11
dollars and half dollsis is concerned, will. Personal Emoluments ...
be met by aboul twenty million dollars Departmental Chargesh
$12,153,000. of the old large sizs have bean shipped, and are in process of being trans mitted into the new and smaller dollars. This should produce 516,340,000 in new dollars and when the dollar coinage has been completed, it is proposed to ship coough old dollars to produce $3,000,000 in new half dollars. This, ́especia ly if the tendency of our nota issue to grew to the displacement of our metallic cir calation should continue, will it is believed prove ample for our needs of standard coin for some years to come,
Annually Recurrent „ 1,439,107 Spacial Expenditura villa 34'542,257 Military Expenditure ........! 1,757,605 Volunteers
Works and Buildings..... Roads, Streets, &....................... Special Works.
Roads, Streets Special Total
225,390
390,900
1,311,900
295,225- -$10,094,910
As against $9,108,674 for the current year; $8,747,820 for 1936.
New pensions are Sir Lionel Cox, $5,6as; Mr. H; N. Trotter, $4,662;-Bir J. A. Swarten- ham $1,399; F. G. Bateman St,ták, m
Special expenditure in the Marine Depart- ment includes $5,000 for reconstructing Albu- querqua: $1,800 for new lamps for Wigham Buoy; 113,700 for a new launch.
Turning to the items, we find the Railway As the old dollars are received in exchange ta es 5602,746;+ charges on public debt for the new, they will be sold from time to $400,000. The Crown Agents remuneration time and replaced in our coin reserve by their $2,100 £150 to the Imperial Lostitute; and equivalent in gold, the loss being debited to the 100 to the London School of Tropical Nedi-Gold Standard Fund to which will be credited cine.
the whole of the profit on the new issue, and also all profit on any future coinage. From time to time, we shall continue to withdraw the subsidi
coin which is still to some extent redundant, ary and dispose of it in the market at its bullion valus, debiting the loss to the Gold Standard Fund, and when the coinnge of our standard coin is complete, we shall begin to withdraw the whole of our existing subsidiary silver and replace it by a coinage of the same size and weight as at present but of only boo as compare on this transaction will also be credited to the Gold Standard Fund. These operations will take some time to complete, but when they have been carried out we shall at last have placed our currency on an im, regnable basis,
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His Worship-Are-you" zaky, rulas and regulations of a company sbali baş
the "boy") bona dany Sergeant Gordon-Yes, your The case was then adjourned to allow a summons to be served on the houseboy" for keeping, an eating house without a licence, when both cases will be heard together. Ac cused was released on bail of Sto.
Two hawkers were sean yesterday, afternoon dispensing somsku to Chung Yeung holiday makers at the Peak, yesterday. Sergeant Gor doo discovered that they had no permit and took them to the Mount Gough lock-up. This morning, at the Police Court, Mr. Melboarde fined thers Sin spiece...
‘OSAKA CATASTROPHE,
TERRIBLE BOÉNES-ON THE: VODOGAWA,
At 3.30 yesterday afternoon, the 11th is a series of tec explosions occurred in a fac on the Bodo river, Gario- mura, Mist
new edition of the Ordinances $8,000; Fiors of od with 800 Forness. The whole of the profit torgat Merk District: Osaka fu, says the
Among alber special expenditure is $2,0do extension of laboratory, Raffles Institution. Building Grant St. Xavier's Penang 517,500; of the Malayan Peninsula 58,973; Relaying line between Tankerd and Bukit Timah $16,000; goe-third cost of waggon-ferry, Johore Straits $240,001 and new Cape Rachado Light 506,710; new, Tin Tucker spital $102,306; Maternity Hospital. $81,000 new Quarantine Camp $50,000; Singapore river bridge $137,150; demolition of Fort Cornwallis $50,000: jetty sheds Penang, $55,000/-
VOLUNTEER CORPS ORDERS.
CAMP.
1. Launch for conveyance of Corps will leave 'Blake Pier' at -2.45 p.m. on Saturday,” 19th
instant.
a. Uniform for all Units :-Khaki,“, khaki. belmets, putties and black boots.
3. Haggage af members should be limited as much as possible,
of
Members of the Corps who are desirous taking a servant to Camp, and have not yet obtained a pass, should apply to the Head. quarters at once with amount necessary for sains (30 cents) for each day the servant is retained in Camp.
5. Volunteer Headquarters will be closed from 13 p.m. on Thursday, 17th instant, until the completion of Camp
tong period, and We allow them to retire from their official duties for the present and to have acting officials in their positione, accgid. ***7. Every member bould take a flannel belt ing to the regulations, so as to enable them in his kit to be worn at night to prevent chills, further try to stop their opium smoking habi! || "etc. and if they can stop such a habit promptly
PROMOTION,
RIGHT NO; I COMPANY, Gonner Peake
To Bombi. Gunner Loureiro
RIGHT NO. 2, COMPANY; Corp. F. O. Day.to Sergt. Gunner H. L. Garrelt.
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F: A. Biden To Corp. A. J. Pugh Gunner 8. T. Jackman, to Bombr.
they may be allowed to resume their originalThe following promotions will take place positions. Regarding the officials, civil and with effect from the 30th September, 1907':- Writing on 24th Sept, the Peking corres- military, high and low, of each yamen in pondent of the N, C. D. News says:-Duke Peking and provinces who may likewise not Teni Tath, President of the Tuchihpu (Ministry, be able 19, stop their habit though the six ol Finance), recently memorialized the Em- months as stipulated have passed, We grant preu-Dowager in regard to the proposals of them special favour and extend the date their Excellencies Wang Ta-hsieh, Junior Vice of such prohibition for three monits from President of the Waiwupu (lately Chinese the date of this decree.. All the high Minister to Great Britain, who will shortly pra officials, civil and military, in Peking or ceed to London to study British constitutional provinces, who have opium smoking habits, subjects), and He Wei-tch; Chinese Minister should report themselves to Us upon their Russia, concerning the reorganisation of habit and the rest of the officials should report Chinese currency as stipulated in the Mackay themselves to the chiefs of the Boards or other Treaty of 1902, The President state that, Yamens, Tartar Generali, Viceroys, Governors after careful consultation with the Government and Lieutenant-Generals of Banner garrisons and the various Viceroys and Governors, the of the same and they should follow our order suggestions_of ~H.E-Hu about the employ properly without mistake, they should not neg ment of a foreign expert to act as adviserfect the same and they should not stop in the to the Ministry, and the floating of a middle of the abstinence and thus become" foreign loan are impracticable, as the finad cial control of the Empite would be in danger of falling into the hands of foreigners. Prior Lo the actual establishment of the proposed gold standard in Chine, the Ministry will ea- deavour its utmost to introduce the following reforms:-
The establishment of in office for the investigation of all matters in cooorxfoù with. this important question.
· 2:—The accumulation of gold.
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silver bars and dollars into China,
S-To limit the circulation of notes by foreign
unable to remove the habit. If there is any one who cannot stop the habit by the date fixed such official shall be severely and strictly dekli with as We will not give them any more leniency...
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
MONOPOLIES.
PROPOSED INCREASE IN PRICE OF
# CIGARETTES.
3. The prohibition of the circulation of notes by Chinese banks,
4To make agreements with the Powers The Japan Chronicle says:-The Govern for the prohibition of the importation of foreign ment has incorporated the three monopoly offices-the Tobacco, Salt zud Camphor, into one, with a view to doing away with superfisons banks at the various Treaty Ports..
bands and effecting economies generally. At 6-The increase of the capital of the Hupu-the same time the authorities are investigating. yingbong, or Bank of the Ministry of Finance, means for obtaining increased revenue from no that more branches and agencies may be the monopolies, in order to make good deficit established at all the important cities through in the revenue, We are informed that as the first step towards increasing the revenue, out the country.
the authorities have decided, to raise the price of tobacco, The
supply of lear
The limit of the daily output of the copper mints in the various provinces.
B-The coinage of new silver dollars of the
azme weight and sjre as the Mexicaò.
9.-The dispatch of reliable officials to Japan to study financial matters with a view to the adoption of Japanese methods in Chios.
tobacco produced in Japan, it is stated, has fallen abort of late to meet the greatest des mands of the Japanese consumers, as shown by the continued scarcity of the supply of the better classes of cigarettes. So scarce has been the supply of loaf tobacco that the demand for cigarettes and cut tobacco cannot be filled with gut importing the foreign leaf. The Govern ment proposes, to reduce this production of cut tobacco to the lowest possible minimum, and to increase the production of those cigarettes which have proved the most fucrative, and to raise the price-the "Fuji" brand from to AC 24. rep, the Shikishima" from 8 to zo sen, the Yamato from 10 10 sen, the "Asahi" from 6 to to sen and ihn “ Yamakakura" from 5 to 6. kén. At the same time that the prices are raised, the names of all "brands"
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LEFT NOW I COMPANY, Corpl. Marshall Br.-E. M. Hayward To Sergeant. Br. H. E. Sayer. }
Br. Crapsell
To Compl Gagner Crawford f
Gunner Lock
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} Gunner C. B. Hayward To Bombr.
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Mr. H. J, Stevens joined the Corps on the 9th October, 1007, assigned Corps No. 993 and posted to the Right Half No. 1 Company,
ruh October,
CURRENCY OF THE STRAITS. The following questions, inter alia, standing in the name of Mr. August Buitenbach were then put:
Have Government decided on any and on whal policy with regard to:-
(a) Dealing with the profit from the re-coise age of the Silver-currency?
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MISSING RIFLES,
FISHERMAN DICTATES TO THE COURT.
* 16th inst
to the tents, where one hundred and
lined from 55 to $550, according 19 the nature of the offence. It shows that the responsibility of a committen in considerable and should not ba disrespected. Now, we propose to make bye-laws enumemling the condition of the
sance, purchase of land, and the fun- ning of trains, itemized for the information of the shareholders through the medium of the president or vice president every month to sincerity and relieve the general auss prove our picion of the public. An extraordinary. gene ral
meeting is hereby called: to take place at 2 p.m. of the rath last, for the above mention ed purposes. Please attendantly. Take the compliments from Li Kai Hi and So Tiah Hing, etc.
EX-VICEROY SHUM,
The Government of Peking wired to ex-d Viceroy Shum Chun Hsúes on the 8th Instant asking him to attend at the Capital for the purpose of discussing the formation of a new Cabinet
ANTI-OPIUM PROPAGANDA.
Ever since the Imperial Edict for the sup pression of opium was issued, weiyuans were ordered by the former Viceroys to various districts in the interior to investigate the growth of poppy. Now the welyusu Yam Yuk" Hang (1) sent a report from the Kwong Ling district stating that poppy has never been grown in any part of that district, and requested to be relieved of his duty. The Local Govern msnt has approved of his report stating that, although poppy has never been grown lơ thài district of Kwong Ling, proclamations should be posted prohibiting the growth for ever in future and the Bureau of Agriculture, Industry and Commecre in hereby notified to that effect,
-16th October,
ABEMUDDLED MAGISTRATE.
It was reported some time ago that the Por suguese Authorities in Macao seized a boat for muggling fire-arms together with a number of bad characters, amongst whom was a notoriou■: burglar named Lam Kwong. The case was reported by the deputy Lieutenant-General. Ma of the Heungaban district to the former Acting Viceroy who, having notified the former acting Judicial Commissioner Kung, bad com municated with the Portuguese Consul wită: view to las rendition of the said burglar and Capiele Zi 1m-sban was dispatched to Macao for that purpose Day yesterday, the Magistrate of Heungha Mr. Chin Po-shau, came to Canton Kung questioned him about the matter. His answers were all bemaddling, trying to beguile the former Judicij Commissioner who gave him a strong repelmand and reported the caSE, immediately to the Viceroy requesting ibat i strong, mark of transgression should be noted against his name, as the p
Kobe Herathe factory belongs to Nohara Riunosuke, of Kita-Kiutare Cho, 1 chome, Osike, and was established in August this year for the purpose of dealing with discarded military ammunition. It consists of a number of tents, each forty yards by twelve, and some 'storehouses,' Of late, one hundred and twenty labourers from the neighbouring village have been engaged at the factory in emptying car- tridges. Two or three days ago they completed emptying a consignment purchased from the Kure Naval Station, but -28,000 cartridges.ob. tained from the Osaka Arsenal wereconveyed to the factory on river boats the day befora yen- (b) The situation created by the demonetiza-terday and were placed in three store houses,
of the Straits Dollar Sumatra?
each of which covered an area of mine tsubo, The replies were as follows:
Yesterday a quantity of these, cartridges was (a) The profit front the re-coinage of the remat
removed silver currancy will be paid to a fund called the forty work women, under the supervision of a Gold Reserve Fund. This fund will be built dosen men, were employed to break them up up out of the present and all future coinage and sort out the lead, copper, brass, and powder. operationss it will exist for the purpono. of At half-past two in the afternoon, a farther.com- Buaranteeing the diference between the intrinsignment of ammunition was sent to the factory tic and teken value of the silver whether in on four fully faden boats. This cargo whs be
ing landed when a tremendous report was heard
A active circulation or in the note reserva.
(b) The Governmant iraware that. a large in the direction of the factory, while masses of number of sotes and dollars will be returned flame and smoke poured up into the sky. An to the Colony and will take steps that the explosion, it was found, had occurred among amount, thus returned will be put out of the cartridges which were belag opened in the clrculation.
tents, and the fire thus caused had exploded the remainder of the 38,000 cartridges in the three store-houses. The scene which ensued was a ghastly one, many of the one hundred and forty work-people, most of whom were wamen, being blown bodily into the air or burled against the wooden fence enclosing the compound, while many others were struck by the flying bullets and fragments of cartridge case, So tremendous was the explosion that the sound is said to have been heard a. a. distance of three. (acarly eight miles), But this was not the Worst of
HE. Viceroy Chang's verdict on this report the catastrophe, for a spark caught the states that it has been decreed that prisoners ammunition which, as previously stated, was delivered from Macao should undergo a trial being unloaded from boats on the river, and according to law Now the date for the another great explosion ensued. One of the rendition of the prisoners Lam Kwong and boats was immediately enveloped in flames, others has not been reported by Captain Li, but the others fortunately succeeded. in wolgh- por has The Portuguese Consul: rapiled to his ing anchor and getting our of danger. The Viceroy's) previous communication. How can Izbourers
engaged in landing the ammunition. The were panic-stricken and some of them were theatement made by magisirsip Chin that prisovers have been delivered and they are drowned in trying to effect their escape. At the time the latest report was despatched the present being temporarily detained in the barracks be believed? This Magistrata Chin factory was still burning and it was Impossible is entirely careless concerning a matter of such to accurately compute the number of persons
|great importance. His character -is” truly killed and injured, but up ten o'clock in temuddling in the highest degree and a strong night sixty-six dead bodies had been recovered park of transgression is hereby dered to be and fortyshree injured persons were undertreat inserted against his name to shew that he has ment. Most of the injured people are terribly been dealt with host leniently. The Judicial scorched, and the scene at the neighbouring Commissioner is hereby instructed to notify Temples, which have been turned into tem- he deputy Leleutesast General of Heopgehan porary hospitals, is said to be indescribe that a report in detail must be made without On news of the disaster being received, Mr. delay, de
kegami, the head of the Osaka Felice Admin- istration, immediately proceeded to the locality, and a large number of doctors and nurses were dospitched to the scene. The fire brigades from several villages also hastened to the factory, but they had to work under great dificulties, as ammunition was still explodicz and quantities of bullets and fragments of meial ware flying about, The fire was cou sequently still in progress at a late hour last
At the Police Court, this morning, the master-Chan Choi E of fishing Junk No, 13674. was arraigned befors Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne, charged with exporting two rifes into China some me this mouth, Defendant pleaded guilty to the charge.
The arrest of the defendant came about yesterday afternoon under interesting cir cumstances. A police pinnace was out search ing for the pirates, whose attack on the cargoboat. Mut Wo was reported in, our last issue, when the defendant's junk was sighted lying at anchor io Deep Bay. The piopace went alongside and defendant was asked to produce his licence. This he did. "According to the licence he was permitted to carry six rifles to protect, himself and his crew, but the fisherman could only produce four when the officer called for them. He was unable to account for the absence of the other two rifles, His Worship Where are the other two rifles
worship to deal with the case.
Defendant (haughtily)—it rests with your
His Worship was not to be put off that way. What happened to the two other rifles?" he demguded.unde
Defeadset, who was far from being frank with the Court, replied that he had lent them to relatives."---
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Mr. W. F. Brewer joined the Corps the 1th October, 1907, assigned Corps No., 999 and posted to the Left Half No. 1. Company
Mr.H. V. Wilkinson joined the Corps on the
19 and posted to the assigned Corps No. 1,000 Half No. 2 Company. Right Mr. D. Young joined the Corps on the 11th October, 1907, assigned Corps Nort,cor and posted to the Left Half No. 2 Company 5
Mr. B. Croucher joined the Cororon the 11th October, 1907, assigned Corps No. 1,000 and posted to the Left Half No. 1 Company,
Mr. W. Mackintosh joined the Corps on the th October, 1907, assigned Corps No. 1,003 and posted to the Left Hall No, a Company,
Mr. E. Long joined the Corps on the 11th THE ROPAL HONGKONG GOLF night. October, 1907, assigned Corps "No. 1,004 and; posted to the Engineer Company.
RESIONED.
effect from the 7th October, 1907,
Hombr. F. Austin is permitted to resign with
Bombr. J. Quinn is permitted to resign with effecembr. W. H. Wo alloy is permitted to resign
from the 9th October, 1907.
on account of ill health with effect from the 9th October, 1907,
Corporal A. Watson permitted to resign with effect from the 9th October, 1957.
Gunner Q, M.S. Alves is permitted to resign do account of ill health, with effect from the 15th October, 1907, la vethenyang ngLANE STRUCK OPP
Rapper W. E. Ross is struck off the strengthe of the Corps with effect from the 12th October, 19 7.94, di ang aking s
10. The appointment of foreign-educated Chinese financial experts to act as advisers to Migistry of Finnace instead of foreigners, the in order to avoid diplomatic disputes in future, The above were passed by an imperial Rescript and will be gradually put into force In a recent memorial to H.L, Yuan Shih-kai of Chibli, the Customs Total of Tientsio, Mr, Liang, is in favour of the flotation of a foreign loss of Tis. 60,000,000 upon the guarantee of the exising fallways in Chíni, which, he says, can show about Tls. 5,003,000 net profit every year. But this proposal was also rejected by the Government, which is evidently endeavouring changed. The quality of the Yamato and 1 1007, grape jak po pe hard to avoid foreign loans for any enterprises lower grades will be lowered, with a view to Supper F. Meats is struck off the strengild in the Empire, for fear of international comcouraging the sales of the better qualities. If of the Corps with effect in the rath October, plications
wwwste expected by the Government that the change 119075) 1905 DE MENORA The Ministry is carefully going through the | will bring in an additional revenus of between Guaner' T. P. Conolly is struck off the proposals of Professor Jenks so as to sea 1 716,000,000 and Y18,000,000. The new prices strength of the Corps with effect from the 13th, Whether aby could be adopted by China will be put into force an April next..
October, 1907.
Rapper V. Watson is strock off the strength be of the Corps with effect from, the 12th October,
A fine of Sas, with the alternative of one month's imprisonment was imposed, Needless to say the penalty was paid forthwith.
CLUB
The monthly competitions for the Robertson, Farewell Cup was held at Happy Valley from the 12th to 14th October, 1907, The following returns were made;
ROBERTSON FAREWELL CUP.
Mr. J. K. Grant*.................. 94-14-Bọ Mr. T. S. Forrest 804, 4–88. Mr. E. J. Gristusideaisai 85 scr. -85 Mr. E. V. D. Parr, " 92- 6-8ỗ Mr. T. C. Gray,
*** 93-86 (14 entries). ROOT..
-1678
24-128x
LOST CHILD.
FOUND IN QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAĻ, -
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The Judicial Commissioner, seeing this, hang also communicated with the Financial Come missioner to that effect and the mark of trans- Bression has been duly registered,
ABSCONDING POLICE OFFICERS *A police officer (sergeant) named Shin of the No. 4 Police station of Sai Kwan (Western) suburbs) was ordered by the officer,ja charge to, receive, a sum of over ons boodred dollars from the Centrul itation, and has whacosded with the money. The Waiyuen of the head ofice, hearing this, Imposed a Boe, of lose month's pay from the officer in charge of No, g station remarking that it was the officer's dsty to go and recelys the money himself, instend of which sorgeast Shin-was sent by, bim, Meanwhile the whole poll e force has been.in. formed and a sharp lookout, in being kept for the sergeant,
PEKING TELEGRAMS,
His Excellency Yuan Shih-kai has memori
A good number of people, among thems a low sympathetic ladies, gathered round a four-year-old European child, who had become separated from its, guardian," in Queen's Road Central, last Thursday morning. The following telegrams have been recole just outside the offices of this journal, child was found wending its way through the from Peking today congested traffic. Captain Grainger was the first person to notice the child's predicament feed, the Throne recommending and he immediately went to the rescue, landing Shon (4) should be sent to Europe for it out of barm's way to the sidewalk, outside the Connaught Hotel Police Sergeant Sim, of Sam-shai-po Police Station, who was on his 93 884
Way to the Registrar-General's office, was call Vice president Yang Shi-ki 93-984ed, and notwithstanding the brief investigation two creliam. Kal. Your and
made the child's guardian could not be located. Chinese, fivet, to proceed with (15 entries), keeps muzik No further information could be gleaned, fro n. Southern Archipelago:35 £itka. Winner of Cup and Pool.") #' || the child, than " Mamma" pointing, castwardag d. The vacancy for lbs gove The Profession Fairs Competition was won | indicating that its mother bad disappeared in su is still not filled, Th by Me Forrest And Morley who beat that directions The child was ultimately re- canso decide who ill Messrs, Pary and Worcester in the final by 4 moved to the Central Police Station to allow Prince Ching, Yun Bath tung hat sich a TEPATATE further inquiries to be madeggio ap and s to play.
Mr. J. K: Grant...... Mr, T. S., Forrest Mr. D. B. Murray Mr. E. J. Grintsmorg Mr. E. V. D. Par Mr. T. C. Gray:
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tudies The Prince has expressed mess to go.