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·HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH"
BERVICE
YUMCHOW BANDITS
STORM AND CAPTURE THREE FORTRESSES.
GOVERNOR OF KWANGBI REPRIMANDED AND THREATENED,
[Pruni Our Own Correspondent.)
Shamoen, 10th December,
8.10 p.m.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY DECEMBER 10, 1907.
WEST RIVER PATROL.
THE BRITISH FLOTILLA.
TISH FOREIGN OFFICE TO ` BE MOVED. '
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Canton, 9th December.
SANITARY BOARD.
FORTNIGHTLY MEETING."
This afternoon, in the Board-room, the fort- nightly meeting of members of the Sanitary Board took place, when the following busines wad transacted jum
· SPITTING IN PUBLIC 'PLACES,
As the people of the province ars' exhibiting Mr. Hebry Humphreys, purinant to notice, exiremenervousness at the advent of the British | put the following questions dotilla in Canton, the compèrcial community || (0) Does the Medical Officer of Health con- here have sent a memorial to H.E.the Viceroy, sider the filthy habit of spitting in buildings requesting him to explain to the populace the and public vehicles which obtains universally faleations of the visit of the foreign vessels, if amongst the lower "classes of Chinese detri- 11.E. has already ascertained what the inten-mental to the Public Health? An tions are for the despatch of the vessels, in (b) le not this babit accountable in great | rèple, H.E. Chang informs the memorialists | measure for the spread of phthisis, diptheria that the British flotilla has been mobilised and | and other disones; and, if so, what does the detached to the West River to police the percentage' of deashu arising annually from The Yumchow bandits, who, as
waterways and, pursuint to the special such diseases (that is, diseases capable of be previously recorded, fled to the Pro-service, to inspect all steam, launches flying ing propagated by dried infected sputum) beat
the British flag, and will in no way to the total mönality?," vince of Kwangsi, have taken by give trouble to. Chinese-owned vessels. force of arms three fortresses, at a H.E. further states that he har, on several city named Chun Non-kwan, which occasions, made representations to the British authorities to get there vessel withdrawn as lies between Lungchów and Langson. soon as possible, and he will take up the duty of properly patrolling the rivers under his own The Governor of Kwanga has control. U.E. has also wired to the Chinese been severely reprimanded by the Minister at the Court of St. Jamen, Lord Li Ching-lang, ›requesting him 11 have a con› Imperial authorities for his feeble ference on the matter with the British Foreign. control over the Province.
Orders have been issued by the Throne that, if the spoliators are not immediately captured, all the Kwang-
Office, to as jo request the' latter to at once Issue telegraphic instructions to withdraw the vessels from cruising on the river. The people have also been warned not to create any di jurbance sed not to be agitated. As the British and Chinese pations are on most si officiale, from the Governor down-friendly terms, the matter is expected to be
brought to a satisfactory issue.
wards, will be punished with the utmost severity.
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The United States Presidency.
London, 8th December.
·President Roosevelt has definitely declar, ed that under no circumstances will be con- sent to again stand for the Presidency.
British Trade.
Imports in November, show an increase of £1,398,920; and exports, an increase of £3,887,014.
The Trouble in Zululand.. Colonels Clarke and Shepstone, also a doctor and a magistrate, have started for Usitu with a warrant to arrest Diņizulu,
Colonel Mackenzie remains at Nongoma, ready to act in the event of Dinizulu resisting,
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Outrage in India.
An attempt was made to blow up the train of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal at Kharagpur.
The train was not derailed.
The cause of the outrage is not known.
Death of the King of Sweden, The King of Sweden is dead.
'THE FLOTILLA'S MISSION.
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The Medical Officer of Health replied (x)-Yes.
\.(1)—Yes, to some extent... Phthisis: 93 per: cent. of the total deaths. Diptheria : 0.12 pèr cant, of the total dentba.
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Hon. Mr. E. A-Hewett mintted i...it would-
be interesting if any member of the Board could suggest some means by which this objectionable habit could be checked.
*WATER TANKS IN BACKYARDS, The following correspondenco in regard to certain additional regulations made by the Governor-in-Council under the Waterworks Ordinance, 1903, was laid on the table
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Sanitary Department, 31st October, 1907.
"That the Government be requested to make rules under the Waterworks Ordinance to regulate the placing of water tanks in back yards,"
Sir, I have the hanou, by direction of the Board, to report that the following motion was unanimously adopted by the Board at the meet- It is reported that the British Consul-Generaling held on the 29th instant: at Canton has communicated with the Chinese officials to the effect that the present squadron of British vessels on the West River has been commissioned only for the purpose of inspecting those steam launches plying on the river that Ay the British flag and that they will not interfere with any other launches not there--I have; elc.. carrying the Chinese flag. The Canton au- thorities are requested to inform the Con- 'sul in case any of the British vessels should act contrary to the purpose for which they are intended.
BOAT PIRATED.
To Jun-nin; a merchant, has, petitioned the Namhoi magistrate reporting a case of piracy which took place on his boat on the 2nd day of the toth moon, while engaged carrying a cargo of sundry goods from Shiu Kwan and was incored at a place known as Wong Chuk Ki, in the district of Nanhai. The boal was held up and robbed of part of its cargo and other valuables worth over a thousand dollary,
·BRITISH AND CHINISH GO PORATION, LTD,
CANTON KOWLOON RAILWAY.
The report of directors for the year ending June 30, 1957, states: Including the balance brought forward, from the previous year of | £19,827, the amount to the credit of profit and loss is £51,152, and having transferred £7,000 to a general reserve account the directors re- commend that a dividend be paid on the 16th ult. of 7 10. per share, free of income tax, which is at the rate of 15 per cent, on the amount paid up, and will absorb £8,750, the balance "The 12,431 to be carried forward. progress made with the construction and equip ment of the Shanghai to Sanking Railway necessitated the emission in January last of a further instalment of the Loan, and £6500 Australia v. England. The M. C. C. made Imperial Chinese Government Bonds were 223-in their first innings.
issued by the Corporation on behalf of the Government, making the total amount issued
Freights to the Far East. The principal German lines will raise their rates on bulk goods to 74 marks per cubic metre, on the 1st January
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(a) in explanation of the motion, I beg to. attach the Daily Picas seport of the discussion.
(5d.). GA. Woodcock,
Secretary.
To Hon. F. H. MAY,
Colonial Secretary. The reply, 'dated soil November, is ap pended
Sir-Referring to your luster of gist Octa- her I am directed to forward for the observations of the Hoard a copy of a regulation which it proposed to maks under the Waterworks Ordinance, 1953, am, etc.,
The Secretary,
Sanitary 'Haard...
(Sd.); F. H. MAY,
Colonial,Secretary.
THE ADDITIONAL REGULATION. The following regulation to be numbered 31 (r) shall be inserted in and read as forming part of the Regulations published' in Govern ment Notification No. 657; of 9th October,
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33 (1): (a) -No cistern or tank shall be con- structed or maintzined in any building (situated in any Rider Main District) without the previous sanction in writing of the Water Authorityöry (8)—Every such cistern or tank, intended to contain a supply of water for domestic purposes shall be of iron of a minimum thicknear of inch and of a capacity not exceeding 100° gale lom; it shall not be erected in, auy yard or other open space provided for the building, in accordance with the requirements of any Or dinance; in' 'poshion shall be subject to the approval of the Water Authority and it shall ba raised not less than six feet above the door level, and shall be provided with a closely filting iron cover.
(c)-Every such cistern or tank intended to contain a supply of waterfor trade purposes shall be constructed in such manner and position
may in each case require
In the second Australia has made 40 £2,900,0 0 out of the 32,150,030 provided for in and with such materials as the Water Authority
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Japan and Aw orion.
THE RECALL OF VISCOUNT LOKI
New York, December 5.
ing, as it doe, with the President's Message, which is silent na the subject of Asiatic imini
gration.
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Co-day's Advertisements.
THE TRADE MARKS, ORDINANCE, 1898,
"APPLICATION For RegistratiON OF TRADE MARK.",
NOTICE is hereby given that VACUUM DIL.COMPANY, of Rochester, in the State of "New York; is the United States of A mèr ci, a Company duly locarpa, sted under the laws of the said State of New York, have, on the sad day of November, 1907, applied for the registration in Hopgkong, in the Register of Trade Marks, of the following Trade Mark !—
GARGOYLE
in the name of VACUUM OIL COMPANY, who claim to be the proprietors thereof.
The Trade Mark has been used by the Applicants in respect of PAINTS and CHEMICAL substances for TANNING 3m Class 2, 4
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Dated the 7th day of December, 1907.
'WILKINSON & GRIST,
Solicitors for the Applicants.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
“HE Undersigned baş received instructions to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,
THE
ON
MONDAY, TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY,
the 16TH, 17TH and 18TH DECEMBER, 1907, commencing each day ar 230 F.,
at the CITY HÁLC (St. Andrew's),
A FINE SELECTION OF
JAPANESE WORKS OF ART,
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INCLUDING -
VERY FINE DAMASCENE WORK. BEAUTIFUL EMBROIDERIES And BRO- CADES, OLD LACQUER WARE and CHOICE SILVER WARE, &c.
(The Damas ene Work, is by the celebrated O. - Kamai, thé Kamai family being the pioneers of the Damascene Work. · Amongst this Collection, there are some very fine Specimens).
TERMSAs customary,
On view from Saturday, the 14th December, 1957.
Hangkong, Joth December, 1907,,
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NOTICE.
FESSRS. MACDONALD & Co. have REMOVED their Offices to YORK BUILDINGS, 2ND FLOOR,
MACDONALD & Co, Hongkong, 10th December, re07,"
GEO. P. LAMMERT, Auctioneer.
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COLONIAL SECRETARY'S "DEPART- MENT
1978 TT is hereby notified that FIELD FIRING
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG ANI) SINGAPORE,
THE Steamship
"ARRATOON APCAR,"
having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods will be delivered from alongside,
Cargo impeding the discharge of the vessel will be landed at once, at Consignees' risk and expense.
In carried out on FRIDAY, the 13th {instant, between 9 AM. and I PM. from
Custom's Hill in a Westerly direction towards, Kaulung Peak,
** Caryo remaining on board after Noon, of the 12th instant, will be landed at Consignees risk the and expense.
Consignees of Cargo from SINGAPORE rare. requested to, take 1MMEDIATE DE
LIVERY of their Goods from alongside, such Cargo impeding the discharge of the vessel, will be landed and stored at Consignees sisk and expecto,
No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned. *
DAVID SASSOON & CO., LIMITED.
Agents. Hongkong, 10th December, 1907, (1080
F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary.
Hongkong, th December, 1907.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
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~HE Undersigned have received instruction:
to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, D FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,
THURSDAY,
12th December, 1907, at 2.30 P.M., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Vœux Road, corner of Ice House Street,
A LARGE QUANTITY OF "DULLS,MECHANICAL TOYS, FANCY BOXES OF CHOCOLATES"
AND
PRESENTS SUITABLE FOR XMAS. Bec & &c. TERMS AS Usual.-
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.
·Hongkong, 10th December, 1957. [1079
Road West, was discussed: The correspond would urge that the owner be requested to eace is, appended;-
The Secretary,
16th November, 1907.
provide scavenging lades.
STALL-HOLDERS' GRIEVANCE... Correspondence relative to the limits for the Tai-kok-isui Market w tabled. "I beg to direct your attention to the question of hawking
Intimations
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EMBOUYING 30 YEARS' LOCAL
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o'ngkong, 5th December, 1907;
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HAVANA
CIGARS.
EXOLULENT SMOKES.
“Savitary Board....... Sir-We have to-day submitted for the ap. proval of the Building Authority a plan for vegetables in the immediate neighbourhood of La Chanza.......@ 54.50 per 100 in boxes of go tanie above into first class domestic build. Lyons. wrote ahering the upper floor of the godowns the Tai-kok-tsui Market," Sanitary Inspector
op the 6th alto. On the | Gran Valor
for domestic or for trade purposes, shall be (d) - Every cistern or tank, whether intended cleaned out and limewasher internally to the ings with open spaces and yards in accord. occasion of my visit there on Monday, satisfaction of the Sanitary aid not less than ance with the requirements of the Ordinance. 4th instant, the keeper of No. 24 vegetable stall Espagnola. twice a year. The cleaning out and fimewash- About forty-five rooms are provided for in the complained of his being unable to do any bus!- ! leg to be done during the months of Septem-new buildings. Six of them are lighted from the ners, and explained as the reason that the Marca Roja ber and March,
(a)-Any person responsible for the con struction and maintenance of any cistern constructed or maintained in contravention of any of the provisions of the Waterworks Ordinance, 1933, or of ary. Regulation made seven days from the receipt of a written potice thereunder shall remove such cistern within
from the Water Authority requiring him to do 50
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the Loan Agreement. Instead of issuing fur- ther bonds, the Chinese Government proposes 10 provide from funds at its disposal, the capit alio complete the railway, which it is expected will be finished by the middle of 19 8. In April last the Corporation mide an issue of Chinese Government Bonds for a Loan of 1 scopo for the construction and equipment
central yard which is 13. 1 in. in with. We hawkers-I am unable to say if licensed or Honey Suckle of a railway about 120 miles in length from
beg to request that the Board' will recommende1berwise are allowed to sell vegetables close The London Press finds the recall of Vis-Canton to the boundary of the. Kowloon leased
a modification of Sec. 153 to allow of this width to the market. He pointed them out to me-El Oro count
Aoki significant at this juncture. The territory under British control. This line will
being counted as external air for the purpose about a dozen. He also said this was the cause Globe considers the recall unfortunate, coincid-
with the one connect
Dow under co-
of lighting the six rooms. The rooms being of so many empty stalls in the market. I bave Asta. struction by the Government of Hongkong
on the upper floor will receive the light over gone into the question and found say amount
Breyas through the territory of Kowloon, terminat
preferable that they should be lighted by lateral corner. There can be no doubt as to the bear Flor Fin the-roof at a good'angle and we consider it of vegetables being hawked at each streņi ing at the port of Kowlood, opposite Hongkong. The final survey and arrange
windows from a yard just under 13 ft. in width, ing this must have on the stall-holder in meals for construction are being proceeded
than by skylights`in the roof, which ́urs învari- {the market. I asked him to write in a | Royales... The Medical Officer of Health minuted:ably a source of sy uble in the building... with. Negotiations are pending or the final
pelition for forwarding to the Registrar 'agreement for a loan in enostruci, a railway of
do not think it would vitiate the regulations at about 200 miles from Boochow (on the Shang-all if the words situated in any Rider Main hai-Nanking Line) to Ilangchow and Ningpo. District were omited from the Regulation (a) This will constitute a very important develop the fourth lias the words except with the (8) might contain after the word erected in ment of the Yangtze Valley Railway system, Negotiations are atan pending for the can- permission of the Sanitary Board. I would also add at the end of this regulation the words cellation of the Nanpian Coal Concession
North China having refosed to proceed with cleanse and timewash iron tanks periodically the administration of the Imperial Railways of and with a tap for drawing of the water.
With regard to (d) it is customary in the development of the field în Joint account
to keep them free from vegetable, growthi, and with the Corporation,
I never heard of any one experiencing any ili effects from the minute amount of time which might possibly become dissolved in the water immediately after the tank had been so lime.
THE PRESS ON THE RICALI.
Tukio, December 5. Telegrams from America purporting to give the alleged cause of Viscount Anki's recall 'are' discredited in Tukio. One journal states that the arbitrary promise given by Viscount Aoki to the Washington Government that legisla. tion would be passed in Japan prohibiting cimigration to the United States was the im.
mediate cause of the recall,
alone is not responsible for recent events, Lat Another paper admits that Viscount Aoki
it is not to his advantage that he is unable to 'ste cja, tọ cya with his superiors and with
public opinion.
Baroo Takahira, formerly a persona grata at Washington and now Ambassador at Reme, is generally mentioned, as Viscount Anki's pro- bable successor;
The new battleship Superd, & sister ship to the Dreadnought, but of 100 in greater
Displicement, was successfully launched at Elswick, on the Tyne, on 7th al. The naming 'ceremony" "was 'performed~by-Lady". Anne 1.sbton. The armament will consist often
washed.
is must be discussed... Mr. Shelton Hooper-These proposed regu.
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Also we request a modification, if necessary, General, but he demurred at this, giving as Campaneros to allow of the new yards being placed as his reason the consequences if found out by shown on the plan, instead of all at the rear the hawkers. The putting of the whole This modification is purely technical and we in all probability tend to improve conditions, of the houses, as required by the Ordinance, of Tai-kok-isui out of market bounds, would,
think it will be readily admitted that the at- and also fill up the vacant stalls in the market" rangement of yard space as shown is inflqitely "Dr. Mcfarlane write on the rgth ulto., "as Better than if the strict letter of the Ordinance follows:-Who fixes market limits? As the at the rear. had been adhere i to and the whole yard placed Tal-kok-tau! market is not nearly as occupied, and--as- Tál-kòk-tsui itself-is-much-a-amali place, I think the whole of it should be regard- ed as being within the market limits.
The Registrar-General wruin-1 Agren to HIGH-CLASS CIGARETTES. market limits being" fixed, "but they should Hon. Mr. E, A. Howett—A scavenging lane not be bigger that those at Hunghom and Yau- should be provided.
ma»ti,' ' Limite might be fixed for Mong-kok-
Mr. Shelton Hooper mingled-I sen na ob Joction to granting this application, but the plan is incomplete in not showing the section line A. D.
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$3.50 per box of too
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The Director of Public Works-It would be | tsui at the same time. When these are fixed (Zenidjeh MW. I TAFT'S TOUR.
fatile to refuse the application for a modifica and notices put up 3 should like to be told, and New York, December 5.
Mr. Lau Chu Pak-Regulation (a) sounds top of "extemal air" sequirements, As no then I'll issue a opice wamning hawkers before Surfine There is a tendency in Europe to invest the 12-in. guns, together with a rumber of 410. something like class logislation. It should be grence is made in Messrs. Palmer and action is taken? meeting between the Tar and Mr. W. H. Taquick-drers for ove in resting attacks by applied throughout the Colony Regulation. Turners letter to the omission of scavenging Mr. Skelton Hospermingled-The Inspector London Life with special significance, which is, however, orpedo craft. The main amour bell has a (d), Does limewash stimulate the appetità? If lanes they presumably intend to regard the says he does not know if the hawkers are disclaimed by the U.S. Secretary for War maximum thickness of it in, tapering to 6 in not, why is it considered advisable to give peo-Loup as "semi-detached, in which case licensed or not. This should be ascertained himself.
At the forward and 4 in, at the after extremity ple a solution of timewash twice a year for scavenging lanes are not required, provided and the number of licences limited. of the vessel. Special attention has been culinary and trade purposes?
there are side lanes 4 ft. wide extending the full Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewelt-For the protection H. PRICE & Co., Ltd., Tux Chinese Engineering and Mining Co, Ld., given to safeguarding the ship from destruction.
depth of the byliding. It was obviously intended of stall-holders the limits should be extended. announces that the total cutput of the Com- by, underwiter explosion. The cost of the A letter from Mesir, Palmes and Turner, that there should be access to these side lanes, I do not consider 100 yards each side of the WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, pany's there mines for the week-ending No-vessel is £1,750,033. The Superb was laid architects, forwarding plan, applying for a mo- but in the present case there is no access to market sufficient. _vember, 23, 1907, smoubled to 31,116.34 fons | down in February last, and the time of her "difcallon of the requirements of Section 153 of Whitty Street or to the lane on the cast side of The Hon. Registrar General-The limiting and the sales during" tha" same period to camplelon has been the quickest on record ibs Public Health and Buildings Ordinance,, 168 block. . I do not consider that the houses of the number of hawkers licenses, was tried
tona.
for wither a private or Governmgat yard. 1993, in respect of Nos, 397.5 Kad 397B, Queen's can be regarded as "semi-detached” and soms yours ago and found impracticable,
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