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conference with the Secretary and the Director of Agriculture, the warming issued by the Maulla authorities that no cattle suffering from underpeal, so or foot and mouth disease, would be allowed to land in that city.
watches | ANOTHER bomper house last sight welcomed the marvellous display of legerdemain and white magic which is being presssted by Mr. Carter at the. The stre Royal, for a short season. Despite the unusual beat, the audience enjoyed itself to the uttermost and vociferously ap plauded the efforts of Mr. Carter, who was invariably successful in his allempts to deceive rusting public. The performance will be repealed to night and on Monday evening, when there are sure to be crowded attendances,
A. S. WATSON & CO., position on the part of Mr. Asquith's ad- ministration to renew it than to sheer ind- vertence and that the matter will be rectified in time to permit the despatch of the "Over" seas Limited" as usual next month. In the absence of information as to the causes
to the underlying the failure to renew the subsidy for a service which was doing much indirectly to bring about the federation of the Em pire, comment must necessarily be largely reserved. We may point out, however, that the conditional promise of an All-Red mall service some day in the indefinite future will not prevent the loss of the ad- vantages which the Empire at large has gained by the institution of the "Overseas," while, on the other hand, if the cessation is merely temporary it ought never to have been permitted to happen at all. We have always given cordial support to the All-RedG project, but we have not been, oblivious Ito the justice of the contention of the
C.P. R. that a service instituted in comed, and his brother officers are offering him petition with the pioneer lines which have done so much to build up an Inter-imperial route, in the face of the splendid subsidies paid to steamers sailing to American ports, would be grossly unfair, and we are glad to ree that Lord Strathcona disavows any such proposal. An intermission, however, in the
GOVERNOR, ANd Household.
WATSON'S HYGIENOL
AND
BUBONIC PLAGUE.
It has been proved by repeated experiments that "WATSON'S HYGIENOL" is the most potent agent for the destruction of fleas,
especially rat flean.^.
It is a well known fact that Plague is con-
Canton, gih Juse, Last evening two; sailors belonging to an American gunboat were alleged to have attack": at
the time they are apparently under the io, fluence of liquor. The usual excitement took place and a mob collected. The police was at once suuntioned to the scene and the crowd
was dispened. It is reported that the native
was more or less injured and in consequence one of the foreign sillors was detained by the police authorities, who have reported the oc- currance to the American Consul
AMA, OBSOLETE FIRE ENGINES.
Owing to the poor condition of the local fire engines now in use here, which canno! the scene of any outbreak of fi-d soon after ab alarm, is raised, but after considerable detay, the Canton Police Authorities propose to do away with all the present fire engin ́s ** soon as the Waterworks service is in proper operation and to advise the people to prepare hoses to connect with the city mains in place of the obsolete engines,
With reference to the proposed erectios ofed a native in Nam Ngop strest, Hocam two large matsheds on be new bund as direct tayed by the Viceroy, for the purpose of receiving cerojog
palicuts and convalescents from Hongkong during the plague season, a suliable site has been slected in Chua Lung Kow in the east- era section of the new bund, and work bas been commenced to day on the erection of the two shodu by, the, Salf-Government Society These sheds will be ready by the 8th instant, when patients proceeding from Hongkong. will be admitted for treatment. It is in- tended to spread a covering of green leaves on the roofs of those sheds every day, so as to purify the atmosphere. This is considered hygienic measure for the benefit of the palicāts. Patients other than those infected by pissus will not be admitted into the sheds, but will be seat to the Fong Pin Hospital as hitherto. The Socialy has sent out circulars asking the different Charitable lostitutions to FRE-San-Francisco Chronicle of May 3 says:co-operate in the work. L Captain Samuel Steels Sandberg of the Pacific Since the beginning of the plague searon it. At the request of the magistrate of the district" dred of patients from Hongkong have been Brigadier General of Kwangchow and Tholai Mail Line steamship Korea is about to be maris esiimited that more than a couple of hun of Fa Yuen, H. E. the Viceroy has ordered the
felicitations Captain Sandburg will have to admitted into the Canton Fong Pin Hos Wang Liang Put to proceed with a body of make a voyage overland, for the bride-to-be is plial for treatment. At present there are troops to restore order in that locality whois a
are Miss Jeanette Frank fellt of Detroit. Captain over three hundred of them remaining in the serious clan fight has been reported. Sandberg, who is well-known among shipping Hospital, while many have been discharged on OFFICIAL AMENITIES. m'e here and in the Orient, is a ton of Rev.recovery. A large sum of money has been. H.E. Viceroy Chang will, on the 8th instant, S. Sandberg of London, England. Miss Tefl expended on this special service and the proceed to the Shameen to return this official is a niece of Mrs. Ella Tefft Barbour, pro institution is now in need of funds for the call on the three new Consuls at Cadton, viz.,
wil lake place May 16th, and after a brief committee of the Hospital held a meeting and States, and the Cossul for Japan. honeymoon Captain and Mr. Sandberg will it was resolved to at pace send out subscription make their residence in San Francisco,
lists in aolicit subscriptions towards the foods of the institution.
CLAN FIGHT,
THE
ARU
AFFAIR
INDEMNITY CLAIM.
[By courtesy of the Sheung Pl
Peking 5th June. Japan has telegraphed, to Ching that the repairs to the 5.8. Talsu Maru No. 2 have been completed.
An indemnity of about two hun dred thousand dollars has been claimed from China,
THE OPIUM CAMPAIGN,
ANTI-SMOKING REGULATIONS RECEIVED IMPERIAL SANCTION.
[By courtesy of the "Sheung Fo."],
Peking, 6th June, The Board of Civil Affairs sub mitted, on the 4th inst, the anti- rpium regulations.
veyed to human beings by means of fleas from subsidies, if prolonged during the period minent in society in Detroit. The marriage continuance of its good work. Yesterday the the British Consul, the Consul for the United The code contains nine clauses
rate which have died of this disease.
A lea
All risk of infection can be avoided, by washing the floors, etc., or sprinkling where the fleas are likely to be with a dilute solution of "WATSON'S HYGIENOL" spoonful to a pint of water, or a teacupful to three gallons, makes a solution of the strength required for this purpose.
from Cuntan.
necessary for the formulation of an All-Red scheme, will occasion the loss in the mean- time of the valuable advertising of the route which the "Overseas" is providing. THE Governor-General of the Philippines has The Gaston Customs Commissioner has More than that it will be the occasion of
sent a cable to Washington to see if anything issued a notification to the affect that he incalculable loss of a kind not to be citimat could be done for those. Chicamen suffering is in receipt of a telegram from the. Com
from trachoma, who have bazo ja business in 'missioner of Customs at Shanghai stating that, ed in concrete.terms, The prairies are fiil. ing up with Americans and other aliens who those islands for several years and" desire to || commencing from the 9th instant, quarantine have yet to learn the meaning of the Im-return after a visit to their native soil. The regulations will be caforced against arrivals, perial sentiment, and surely it is worth Supreme Court has decided that the law pro something to "have them feel the thrill of bibiting the entry to Manila of people suffering pride in their new country which those born from a contagious or loathsome disease, applies under the flag feel when the swift train which is the connecting link between the grey hounds of two occans flashes from horizon to horizon. Man does not live by bread alone even on the wheatfields, and there is something in the dashing passage of His Majesty's mails, en route from London to Hongkong, something in the visible binding of the ends of the earth by a great Imperial highway, something in the idea that one may follow the setting sun halfway round the world. A. S. WATSON & CO., without leaving the Imperial jurisdiction,
AYGIENOL IS A POWERFUL
DISINFECTANT AND GERMICIDE.
PRICES PER FINT......5D Cente
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LIMITED,
HONGKONG DISPENSARY,
Hongkong, 27th May, 1908,
"NOTICE,
VISCOUNT KAMEÑO IN OS*KA,
to those Chipamen who have previously been in THE JAPANESE EXHIBITION, „business and made their homes in those islande for 25 years or more. A representation of the | Chinese population waited upon the Governor, General to see if he could not make as excep. tion in special cases with the above result
RETURNS. of the average, amount of bank notes in circulation and of specie in reserve in Hongkong, during the month, ended 31st May, 1958, a certified by the managers of the respective Banks :-
Banks.
Average Specie in Amount Reserve. Chartered Bank of India,
Australia and China, $3,683,358 51,900,000 Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corpora
which appeals to the imagination of native born, and immigrant alike and gives both a 'reallaing sense of the unity and splendour of the great Empire to which they belong. The 133 "Overseas Limited" and the racers on the National Bank of China,
All-Red may not pay big dividends in new business yet awhile, but they are the ap-.
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SUBSCHUPTION HATES (IN ADVANCE) DAILY-$50 per annum. WEEKLY-113 per annum The rates per quarter and per mensem, proportional The daily lane is delivered free when the addrew is Rocomible to mewenger. On copia sant by post-ap additional $1.80 per quarter in charged for postage. The postage on the weekly mue to any part of the
world in 80 cents per quarion, Blogie Coples, Daily, ten cents: Weekly, Lwenty-
ŠTO PODIA.
DEATH.
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At Shanghai, on the 29th May, 1908, WIL LIAM AUGUST Ludwig SandERS,'Shanghai- Nanking Railway, aged 75 years.'
The Hongkong Celegraph
- Hongkono, „SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1908.
THE ALL-RED- KOUTE,
ship which cannot be said to have a higher
value because they have alue which is not
Commensurable with commercial value at all,
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
THE Harbour Master's station at Sham-shui- pa will move to Yau-ma-ti Police station on rat June, 1908.
OWNERS of properly are reminded that Crown rent for the first half-year of 1908 is payable at the Treasury on or before the 24th instant.
L
A LECTUREK Bays babies cry because they are over-fed. And since they will cry if they aren't, the logical conclusion is that they cry because they can't help themselves.
V.
COLUMBIA professors have found fossils to know if the cracker toxes they sat on in the 40,000,000 years old. It might be interesting
corner grocery'were also unearthed.
A BOMBY- Government Gasette extraordinary announces that Mr. Pirjaba Bomonji Petit has been elected a Councillor of the Municipal Corporation, is lbs vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Edwin Bollam.
The Board of Agriculture, Works and Com. merce has requested the Waiwupu to send tylograms to Chinese Ministers abroad.to-re.. port upon the manufacture of cotton goods and the cultivation of cotion in various foreign
In no part of the world is the All-Red -Route ides more în evidence than in Canada;
where,etshe Imperial + sentiment reigns | countries supreme. Despite the vagaries of Kipling's THE Chinsus merchants resident in Oaks and genius, particularly with respect to the feel. Kobe having heard that Mr. Chang Fu Chio ing in Canada and Kipling had to atone ese Consul at the latter post, is about to be for what Canada considered a grudge on recalled to Pekler, have telegraphed to be account of his poem which seemed to de- Waiwupu asking to be allowed to retain their scribe Canada as the land of ice and snow popular Consul the true Canadian has ever, entertained a real regard for the mother country, and her colonies. This is evidenced from the fact that Vancouver considers herself allied rather to Hongkong than to Yokohama, Kobe or Shanghal. On the question of the link which joins this Cology to Vancouver, the World, of that "Important port, has some Interesting comments which are bound to Interest people in Hongkong tion to which attentio may
.
An old Shanghai resident named McAdam, formerly residing in West End Lane, who has recently been in hospital suffering from mental aberration, made his escape on the gratult, He was discovered later in the day and placed again in bospital,
His Majesty the King has been pleased to ap- prove the re-appointment of the Honourable Dr. Ho Kai, MB; CM. tomba en un quota official member of the
Council for further perind of six years with effect fram
5th Marc
Limited,
Total,
14,470,381 10,000,000
204,635 150,000
518,358,274 12,950,000
in Singapore Free Press says:-The sixty
Viscount Kaneko, Director of the Grand
Exhibition to be held in Tokyo la 19ra, arrived in Osaka on Friday morais, (and ult.) in the course of a journey for encouragement of manufacturers to participate in the Exhibition. The Viscount availed himself the opportunity afforded by a business conference now sitting in Osaka to speak on the Exhibition. There were present about 300 gentlemen,, including Governor Cmori, of Kyolu The speaker is received with great enthusiasm. Previous to the opening of his speech, a telegram from Mr. Wads, Chief Commissioner of the Exhibi- tinu, announcing that the U.S. Congress had voted $1,502,000 towards the luad for the Ex, hibition in Japan, was rend. The news was received by the meeting with hearty cheers.
The designation for the coming Exhibition was not so ́extensive as it might have been, said Viscount Kaneko, because Japan was not
LIKIN COLLECTIONS. The collections of Likin dues in Canton during the last ten days of the 4th moor as reported by the Likin officials amounted to faels 47,302.705.
"VOLUNTEER CORPS" ORDERS,
BIGNALLING CLASS..
Parade.-At headquarters at 5.30 pm, on Tuesday, the gib ips ant. OFFICERS AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, A lecture on 15 pdr. Q.F. guns will be given by Sergt. Basford at Volunteer Headquarters at 5.30 pm. on Thursday, the trib instant" All officers and non-commissioned officers aro res quested to attend.
DEVOT ENGIɣrer companY;
A lecture on field telephone and telegr ph will be given by a Staff Sergeant of the Royal Engineers at Volunteer Headquarters on Wednesday, the 10th June, at 9. p.m. It is hoped that all members will endeavour to be present.
CRAKE CUP,
A shoot for the above company will take. place at King's Park Rango on Sunday, the 21st June, 1908, for the above cup Ammunition must be procured from Volunteer Headquarters. (which will be supplica" free: by the 'O.C. Engineer Company) before I pm, on Saturday, the zoth'instant
JOINED.
Mr. B. R. Thomas j›ined the Corps on the 27th May, 19:8, assigned Corps No. 1, 21 and posted to No. 3 Company.
TRANSPERS.
with twenty three gretions.
The regulations have received im- perial sanction,
CHINA'S NEW NAVY.
PROPOSED APPOINTMENT..
{By courtesy of the "Shiung_Fo."]
Peking, 5th June,
H. R. H. Prince Ching has re- commended H. Yuan Shih-kai for,
appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty which it is proposed to be created for China.
JAPANESE YARN,
PURCHASES FÖR HONGKONG;
The Japan Chronicle, of 26th ult,, says :- The improvement in the silver market last week socouraged she yarn market, and in the Inst few days of the week about 15,000 bales”. were sold in Osaka for export, including two or three thousand bales of 2.4" of the "Pea- cock brand at Ytos.co to Y107, and 10's of the "Horse" bread at Ygg, tú You go of the Settu mill, while some bundreds of bales of the Fukushima mill, ware disposed of at Y97 on Friday alone, about 1, a bales of different Gunner"). Leonard is transferred to the En-mills being sold. The buyers were chiefly. international exhibition. Happily, However, gineer Company with effect from this date..."
Chinese 6rms at Kawaguchi, the Mitsui Bus- the proposed Exhibition had obtained more-Sapper A. Crane is transferred to No, 4 Comsan, and the Nippon Menks Kaisha, and des- support from abroad-than-wax-expected; Al-pany-with-effect-from-this-data- ready the Governments and people of Mexico, New Zealand, and New South Wales had promised their warmest co-operation. Now, the U., Congress had also voted $1,500,000 for the support of the Exhibition. The Governments and people of Great Britain, Germany, France, and Canada had also pro, mised support. Thus the Exhibition Was steadily advanclog towards success. Now the most difficult question had to bofaced. That was how to manage the Exhibition. In a recent report, an English expert said that international exhibitions had now reached the highest point
Chinese refugees who bave been detained by in a position to receive foreign visitors at an the police since their arrival from Saigon were released, on the 28th u, by Mr. Colman, the third magistrate. They had, on the previous day, signed bords at the Chinese Protectorate to keep the peace and act do anything to disturb the good relations between China, and Great Britain, It was noticed that most of the refugees wars wearing green uniforms and terai hats. Large numbers of Chinese, had waited in the vicinity of the Police Court since early in the morning to meet the refugees, when discharged, and they marched away accompanied by many admirers and sympa. thisers. They appeared to be very pleased at their release."
THE WEATHER,
The following report is from Mr. F. G. Fizz Director of the Hongkong Observatory
Oo, the 6th at 11.55 a-The barometer has fallen over Japan and the Bonina owing to the depression, which is situated to the N.W. of the latter group and still moving towards E.NE.
The other depression remains over, E. Man choria Moderne over
Pressure has increased moderately over 8, China, and 'Formosa It is highest over the Yangtze walley in the North, and over the S. Philippines in the South. The low pressure trough lies off the S. coast of China.
Moderate to freth N.E. and E. winds may expected in the Formosa Channel and along
To L. to-day, 0.27 inches. the Northern shores of the China Sea.
Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours ending
FORECAST
be
and Lamocks, same as No.3,
4-South coast of China between Hongkong and Hainan, same as No. 1..."
SHIPPING AND MAILS
"French (Polynesien) 8th inst..
Canadian (fomlaagis) 18th inst Indian (Namsong) 19th Inst. German (Pring Waldemar) sath inst.
The
„tinations are said to be North China, Shanghai, and · Hongkong. A largobusiness was done on Saturday, the "Blye, fish" of the Kine, Kafuchi realising Vror go to Y103
As already reported, the contract has been cancelled of the machinery and last for ar, 03. spindles out of 40,000 ordered from Messrs. Pisit & Co., of England, through the Mitul Baisan Kaisha, for the late Daisel Spinning Company. The order was
given du
during the business boom, when the company was flosteds but it has since been amalgamated with the Fukushima Spinning Company of Osaka. It has now been decided that the contract for the- remaining part of the order should alsh be can celled. A meeting of the board if directors of the Fukushima Bptoolog Company Laat week- agreed to set aside a sum of Ye8 olo, to be paid as an indemnity for the creceni
tai spinning company in the Chugok proposal to purchase the spinning mill of a cer
district with the first instalment of
of the Dalset Spinning Compu
The
oing to Y650,000, has niso been drop
The land purchased at Takasago for the com- pany's 'mill will be retained votɗ the estate and land market improves.
before
The Kyoto Cotton Flannel, poses to issue debentures to the amount of Y1,000,000, and to change its nam pon Seifu Kaisha - (JCpar Company). The proposal is to be
general meeting called as the
a) It is believed that no dirida for the present half-year Company of Kyoto
THE Shanghai Mercury, of 30th ult., says in magnitude, The St. Louis Exhibition Another act has been concluded in the proved a failure, because it was conducted on Rangel was told by the police that he would to inspect the articles exposed in a short space Portuguese comedy. This morning Sergt. an excessively large scale. · To enable visitors
have to go to the Consulate, and was morcover of time and without undse monotony, it was
formed that he would not be escorted. Leav necessary to put a limit in the magditude, Hongkong and Neighbourhood, N.E. and ng his cell be proceeded to Ford Lane and on arrange the articles is the most attractive way E. winds, fresh squally, raloy.ST his arrival alone and unattended the Consul and so interest the visitors without fatiguing-Formosa Uhannel, N.E. winds, moderate expressed the utmost surprise that he should them. Acting on this advice, the Government-South coast of Chips between Hongkong ort have been accompanied by, & representa decided that to conduct the Exbibition mosI. tive of the law. For two hours Mr. Poller was successfully. It would be best to expood again busy with the examination of witnesses but a small sum of only X 0,000,000," "That and than Bergt. Rangel was informed that he being so, the coming Exhibition could nol was free. No explanation was offered to him. be on so large-'a' scale, as might be ex- but it is understood that a relativn of the young pected. The policy of Gormity in supporting Sergeant had to guarantee his appearance at the interonit pal exhibitions was firstly that the Consulate if called upon. So much secrecy exhibits sent must be me chandise saleable for has enveloped proceedings taken by Mr. Patier, export, ard secondly that they must be such as that it is impossible even to hint at what has tended to advance the prestige of the German transpired to bring about Rangel's liberation.</ Empire-la-Germany exhibits would be mostly seat in the name of guilds or other trade THE following particulars of a fraud commonly organisations. The principal object of exhibit. known as the "Spanish Swindle" and practised by ing goods at international exhibitions was to gang of thieves in Spain who are now reported extend the sale of such goods abroad. In Japan to be turning their attention to residents in the | exhibits would be chiefly shown by individuals, | The P. & A. Coss. Nicomedia mailed from. British colonics, are published in the current and in many cases articles would be specially Kobe on 4th inst., and is due to arrive at Hong- issue of the Goverment Gasells for general in- formation:The fraud, which is practised by gang of Spaniel biexes, is almost levariably carried out on the following liness an
an individual purporting to act air the exactor of some person who hay (recently died in a Spanish prison, writes to the intended victi that the deceased prisoner, base money to his relat on the com care for?
made, only for obtaining the medals offered as awards of merit. Such evils should be removed and the principal staples should be chosen for the coming Exhibition. Inconclusion, Viscount Kaneko warm y congratulated his a 130 gical industrial development
but stro ¡methi (of some of the
left Manila on 6th inst, and month
at 6
in dus here on 8th.
Yokohams 7th lost, and is due to arrive at this The T. K. K. ss: America Maru skila from
part on 16th inst,
kong an sith
The N. Y. K. sa. Nikko Mary, Australian- Line, left Manils for this post on 6th inst, and is expected here on Bih instr
The M. Ya K. Yowała barn, Australian Line left Nagaraki for this post on 5th fast, and
red here on 9th instr
Mary, Eur this port on 5th.
by the company fast cent, higher than terial purchased thịi, difference may be chates Cotton, thin mill do no PRY about Y the end of mosty