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APRIL 6 1909.
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"CHINESE BEAMAN NOS HYMBELI
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[From Our Own, Correspondent.]
Canton, 4th April.
THE HONGKO
cussing the scheme in a leading herticle, the Shanghat Times offers the suggestion that it should be combined with the Houg kong scheme, where, it should be pointed out such an institution can be Christian
(Late this Kftamoon, H.E. the 'Goverbs (Sir without being missionary. Our.contemporary Frederick Lugard) boarded the team Junch An inquiry was held at the Magistracy, thi
the desib of". Dative S. WATSON & CO., argues that the establishment of au institu: Stanley, belonging to the Harbour Department, mornings concerning
tion in Hongkong which would combine the for Centod in order to take part in the cere beaman, who was found dead in the West support of the British Government, the station building and offices of the Kowloon that deceased arrived in the afternoon, bavi
mony of laying the faacdation one of the Point police station last night. It was proved Hongkong Chinese community, and the Canton Railway by H.B. Viceroy Chang Jec come from Swatow, where he was dischar missionary agencies emanating from Oxford Chun at Tai-sha-tan, to-morrow. Accompany ged. He was, on landing, arrested for and Cambridge, would inevitably become one | ing His Excellency, wore.Captain P. Mitchell breach of the opium ordinance, and was of the most influential educational institu. Taylor, A.D.C., Captain Simson, Private Secre- confined in a cell. During the night it tions in the Far East. It does not scom realary, Hop. F. H. May, Colonial Secretary, Mr. would appear the seamas used his girdle with sonable to hope that there is a good chance Secretary, and Lieut. O. W; Beckwith, R.N.end of the card to the top of the iron gila ofthod to have taken place in that locality estimated would provide sum
A. G. M. Fletcher, Acting Assistant Colonial which to bang himself, having fastened one
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| cell. When the map was discovered his feet were about a foot from the ground. The jury returned a verdict according to the evidance.
"PROMISSORY NOIB DISPUTE.
"FORGERIES OR OTHERWISE?
of permanency in any institution which must depend for its maintenance solely upon the voluntary contributions from year to year of the friends of Oxford and Cambridgà. Every home institution must use its first.. and best endeavours to secure funds for its own endowment and maintenance, and Ox ford and Cambridge will naturally only be able to, furnish such funds for a scheme of this kind as are contributed from the re- The annual meeting of shareholders of the
This afternoon, in the Supreme Court, the ligious, and philanthropic molive. The above company was held at Shanghai at the Chief Justice (Sir Francis Piggnit) presiding Times does not believe that it will be pos-office of the general agents, Messrs. Cariowitz the action brought by Tool Kan, a building sible to get from these sources a sufficiently and Co., ou 30th ult. There were present Mr. Contractor of 85 Wellington, Stree agains, large income to establish a school which Charles E. Rayner (presiding), Messrs Chung Teim Kwal, clars Chong Chia Yu, a will be par excellence the highest graded K. Oldorp, H. E. Arabold (Direciony Rader of 80, Hollywood Road, to recover the Christian school in China. Some of the large McGregor, J. Stampff, H.O. White, I. R. sum of $7,5a1.15, principal and interest alleged missionary schools have already secured (decretary), representing 1,525 shares,
Michael, B. Rosenbaum and Carl-Hoffmann 10.be.due.by_the.defendant.on several.promis
fine, equipments, and have a large staff of foreign Professors, who are paid as high salaries as the proposed University expects
The police convening the meeting having. baen read, the Chairman said
Marv'notes, was continued,
The Stam making deler sary funds "Os the aint ullima, a gang of robbers attück- has been made
and ransacked the house of a man surnamed adequate endowment fund
the Wong Lin village in Shun Tak. The princes, Mt. Mody, robbers entered the village at about to p.m. the Garemment Siu. Besides a large quantity of valdable decidedly handsome offer articles which they look away the owner of the Ing to and that the house was kidnapped by the bandits. the abolition of the villige Volunteer Militia Corps, nearly forty cases of robbers are report
Since spite of the heavy duascial
A CHINESE FESTIVAL, -To-day being the Chicasa Ching Ming Festival, there will be no issue of vernacular *papers bera bi-morrow,"
RAILWAY. ACCIDENT.
Yesterday morning, a train coming to Canton from Faishan when approaching Shek Wat Tong knocked down a man. The unfortunate man sustained serious lajury to his head, and is at present being attended to by in Red Cross Society.
CANTON TARTAR GEHERAZA- The newly appointed Canton Tartar General Tsang Chi took over the seal of office on Fri day last, the and instant,
REPORT ON MANCHURIA.
3. H. C. Parlett, British Vice-Canal at
been enduring, are making ever the million and a quarter,
pay expenses, We note. Bir Frederick Lugard, addr of Chinese gealleman at Hopp "Your generous compatrios Straits, iu Java, in Siim and I faol sure, help us libe benefit by this University. and their sons." White paiby with Hongkong's education we are dispo
of sending the hat round undignified and that attained will be poor. The know-what Sir. sibly does resses many excellent educatio
not kaow-
men's. To obtain a thoroughly sound educa tion it is not necessary for any resid Siam to fare afield. -It is true that a Univer Mr. H. G. Calibrop, with whom was M. Fəl
sity training is not obtainable locally but at X. d'Almada e Castro, appeared for the plair-
this defect will soon be remedied. the rate at which the 'country is progressing give. These existing schools, therefore, business of the meeting I wish to express the by Mr. C. F. D.xas, represented the defence.
When the Court resumed after the tifin ed report, compiled for the Japanese Foreign excellent thing both for Hongkong and can at present draw from the same sources regret of my colleagues and of myself perana jourament, Sir Hetry commenced his address. Office by the Japanese Cossul-General at Har South China but we fail to sen for teachers as the new scheme. They have.ly at: the loss we have sustained last year He stated that, so far destroying the plain-bin, on the subject of industrial, agricultural, would be of much benefit to Shamor
'through the decasss of Me' Lemke and of our It has now been proved that, Plague is also the added strength of organized religious Manager, Mr. F. H-Rogers ; both were 'men of tiff's case went, the notes which the defendant and commercial conditions and prospects in the Chinese in Siam. We would recommend conveyed to human beings by means of fleas decominatlong behind them upon which sterling character and all who have worked with 'had signof had been paid, and be asked the Norib Manchuria from which, the following the Chinese residents of Biam to adopt the
they can always depend for ordinary and them will remember them not only as able extraordinary expenses. The Yale Mission
men of affairs but also as trusted and unfailing started out with the idea of establishing friends. To Mr. Ragera, in particular, the washing the floors, etc., or sprinkling where high grade school, but found itself obliged: shareholders in this Company are indebted for. the same kind of work as many other Christion of our business. To turn to our accounts,
Gentlemen-Before proceeding with the tiff, while Sir Henry Barkeley, K., instructed Hakodate, his prepired, a précis" of an officialsity at Hongkong would undoubtedly 1
from rats which have trei of this disease.
Áll risk of infection" cao" be avoided by
spoodful to a pint of walar, or a teacupful to three galiani, mikes a solution of the strength required for this purpose..
working account the depression in trade from crease in the set amount standing at credit of which we are all suffering hav, if anything made itself felt more severely still in the past year than in 1927, and it spaiks well for the
AGRICULTURE.
Court to discredit the words of the experts, who extracts have been made:- was concerned. bad gives evidence so far as the bandwriting
Owing to the secrecy maintained by the Chi His. Lordship dwelt on the stamp question at ese officials, it is very difficult to ascertain the area of the land under cultivation, but tion of forgery was not made out,
wise policy of continuing to support local establishing a University which will be capable institutions and, if Hongkong succeeds in of awarding degren which will be recognised generally to take advantage of it for thele sons
the fleas are likely to be with a dilute solution to work within its means, and is now doing his carefully thought out and efficient organisa,soma lengih, and was of opinion that the quesit is probably: about 13,000 square miles. In until such time as Siam has a University of itu Sir Henry argued that the grus was on the the Amar Viceroyalty 1,149,000 shan (sha1. own. if Hongkong badly wants a Univer- of "WATSON'S HYGIENOL Atetian schools. The hope that the proposed in.it will hardly come as a surprise to you that we
stitution when started would appeal to Chin. are, to my regret, agala confronted by a de that the defendant had made ibo.e promissary recently. According to statements made by off at strive to insert it in the pockets al thass plaisti to establish to the Court's satisfaction Acres) of land have been put under cultivation sity it should put ite band in its own pöckels— ese who would come forward and furnish
the hands of the plaintif. The reason why but it is expected that sooner or later this will be potes. Chung Shun Kou, said counsel, was in Cials in that province, land tax is at this moment only remotely interested, funds for it and gradually take over ita ma
Chung Shes Kon did not appear in Court to
paid on 1,000,00o sbag only of developed land, nagement is, in the opinion of the Shanghai paper, entirely visionary. Such Chinese
swear (in peril of perjury) that the praminory
lecreased to 3,000,000. The chief agricultural/APAN'S NAVIGATION SUBSID,. could only be Christian hinese, and there solid foundation on which outside as well afraid. Sir Henry added that the experts for signs that the harvests of the country are grad Japar ese Lower House on March 19, when the
Dotes were not forgeries, was because he was products of North Manchurin are koaliangi
mill, beans, tobacco, and hemp. There are At the meeting of the committee of the is no such constituency at present avaliable that we should have been able to do as well from which large contributions could be as we have. You will see from the circum- the defence swore that the handwriting on the
notes were not grauine, and that the only manually falling off, This is dus chiefly to the lack new navigation subsidy contracts were dis expected. Chinese in such a place as Hong-stance that hur general chalk soms in toy who could prove whether they were forgeries agriculture, insufficient ploughing, and the ab- replying to questions of the members, stated in of proper manuring, antiquated methods of cussed, the Vice-Minister of Communications kong will contribute to the kind of a Uni that every possible economy has been effects | Koo would vot endanger himself by.appearing Bence of any system of rotation of crops. The substance as follows im⠀ ON
Tis. 4.900, as compared with Tls. 8,000 in 1907-
or not was. Chuig Shop Kno. Chung Shan versity proposed, irrespective of its Christianed and when you turn to the profit and in the Court to deny that the defendant bad implements ia uss are likewise" of the most
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character, but Chinese living in ordinary loss account you will furthermore see that
"
Although the termial of the Seattle, and
social conditions in the Interior cities would whereas we had a debit of 11s. 2,900 for in pot already paid what he owed. The defence primitive kind as may be inferred from the Tacoma lines would appear to be too near to not contribute freely under such conditions. terest in 1907 we have credit under the same bad-produced receipts for the payment and prices paid for them. The most expensive is sach other, the establishment of line, to the If it is finally decided that the present heading this year of Tis, 5,700. We itcom they had gone uncontradicted, and, therefore, really the winower, which costs from latter place has been deemed advisable on Io you upwards; next comes the plough account of the connections which it will foralsh: S WATSON & CO. scheme, there seems to be no reason why the ings and pontoons. Although same stand to shua Koo to prove that the receipts were agricultre is at the present moment abilely fishing relations with this hopeful. fetitory za which costs 3. yen. The other are pure with the Chicago-Milwauken. Rallway. This His Lordship observed that the receipts had chasable for a yen or less No artificial railway was constructed to develop, regions scheme shall unite with the Hongkongmend you to continius the policy lanugorated the plaintiff's case had.oelbeen proved,
-last-year-of-writing-off-regularly on your builde
not been proved, and that it was left for Chung fertilisers are used la North Manchuria beretofore unopened, and the value of ustabi institution should not draw from all existing book at much less than replacement cost we Christian Schools in China if it is able to consider it wise to stengthen the Company's
geovice.
ery year witquires do extended explanation, The Seattle provide advanced courses. Pongkong is as financial position by regularly depreciating the mao.
Sir Henry questioned as to who should call in the hands of the Chinese, Every
nesses an increase in the production of cerents line will, of course, be continued as in the past. casily reached from any part of the Empire these items, All buildings, pontoons and
At the present moment it is over 35,000,000. With reference in the length of the terms, the His Lordship Ose of the parties. ar almost any other large city, and there lighters have, as usual, been kept in first class would be in Hongkong freedom from the repair out of tesebut.. I now come to the sub-plaintiff was, so to speak, "nobody," he only remains in the market a vast surplus (about enable them to improve their equipment and Sir Henry proceeded to remark that the incal demands have been satisded, there still extent of the 6-year limit, both as a pulvilege to koku (about 172,000,000 bushels), and when companies should be allowed at le'ist the full necessity of conformity..to regulations in the ect of our Yangiz:poo properties. These, as occupied a cubicle, and was it likely that he 07,000,000 busheli). A small gausity of this serv ce with a feeling of security, and as a duty formation of which the Staff of the UniverYou were told here this time last year, have been had $5,000 with which to invest 7
sold at a fair profi and Lot No. 2 has since sity, on account of their nationality, could been fully paid.lor; as regards at No r, the ing leat out all his money, had to earn big liveli, Russians who are the chief purchasers. The tain for a defolie pe jod regular transoceanio: Mr. Calthrop submitted that the plaintiff, hav-surplus finds its way in Japan; but it is the to compel them in the public interest to main- purchasers, as you will remember, had the right bood, and that was why he joined the Tramway season for this is the tow productive powerlines enjoying government aid. Furthermore to withdraw on forfeiting the sum of Tis, Company, Counsel then dwell at length on the wing to climatic and other conditions, of the it is believed that the vessels employed on 25,000, and paying one year's interest on the evidence of the handwriting experts, and.com. spit in the Russian territories, and the resulting these lines should be granted the highest rate purchase price. According to the terms of tinued to say that the defendant was very insufficiency of the crops raised to meet local of sub dy allowable under the new law, ba sale à fioul settlement ought to have takes accurate to his statems utterly reckless in place last month, The purchasers, having his statements. The plainuffs had made out met with unforeseen difficulties in their ar- their case that the documents, were promissory rangements from the utilization of the promotes, and they shuid succord. with a request to extend the final seitlement, |perty, approached the Board some time ago
free of interest, in February of next year; they were quite prepared to forfeit their “Toela 15,000 in case we should decline to do so,
MATH
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have no part. It is to be hoped that, in addition to obtaining the advice of Chinese authorities, and missionary workers, Lord Cecil will thoroughly acquaint himself with the opinions of leading representatives of commercial life in the East, who, from their general knowledge of local conditions, will be able to offer valuable assistance. With that hope most people in Hongkong will concur. What is doubtful, however, is that the Hong kong Chinese will be found willing to contri- bute to an amalgamated scheme wherein the religious element may find a predominating influence. When Sir Frederick Lugard bubscriptions for any period los than me menthunched his project in his comprehensive
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address, His Excellency made it clear that the Hongkong niversity will be of a purely Don-sectarian character. When he sum marised his original address to the Chinese Sub Committee, who live since proved The posings on the weekly as to any part of the themselves such valuable coadjutors in
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Judgment was icicived.
THE WEATHER
The following report is from Mr. F. G. Fige, Director of the Hongkong Observatory:-) risen over, Chinz, particularly along the On the 6th at it.5¢1-Tha b rometer bas Yaugize Valley. It has fallen rapidly in Vladivostok, and over S.W. Tap it and the Loochoos.
ley yesterday, has moved Ewards into the The depression lying over the Yangtze Val Eastern Sea, and is now situated to the West of the Loochoos. A second depression is shown Pressure now appears to be bigh over the over the North part of the Sea of Japan,
Upper Yang's
Strong N. and N.E. winds may be expected
and they bad meanwhile faltbfully paid ing forest on the purchase moon, so that we were enforced the conditions of sals if we had so io avery respect fully covered and could have desired; we thought, however, that in the present state of the property market it would be wiser to meet our friends and we trust you will approve of this. The matter of the sale of Yangizipo Lot No. will therefore, remain open until February next. The interest on the purchase price meanwhile received has been credited to the property ac University shall be free from religious the purchaser will have to forfeit in case be count in question and the Tls. 25,000 which influences. The contributions amounting falls to complete, together with s furiber The already to about $100,000 from the 25,000 which he frad meanwhile paid on ac On April 1, 1909 at Shanghai, the wife of Chinese alone, so readily forthcoming, count but which we have to return to him in in the Formosa Chappel, and along the North
have been subscribed and promised on the cass he does nat complete, appear in our baisern shores of the China Sen express understanding that the University lance sheet under Sundry Creditors. Bas Hongkong Ralofall for the 24 hours ending shall be a non-sectarian one. It would be iness at the wharf has been showing signs of at 10 a.m. to-day, 0.69 inches.
breach of good faith with the Chinese Picking up since the tura of the year and I trus we have seen the worst and shall be able to were any 'olber scheme now assented to which may be calculated to violate any of
come before you with better figures again next year. The staff of the whaif have attended to the implied and expressed understandings their duties with their customary real and on the basis of which subscriptions towards deserve your thanks. Before moving the the endowment and equipment fund have adoption of the report and accounts. I thall ba been favited and promised. We are in a plaused to huawer any questions which share. Lord William Cecil's scheme of a university position to affirm that the Chinese or at bolders may wish to put. for Chion is receiving considerable pro any rate anot unimportant
4-South coast of Chinn between Hongkong ction of the No questions, were asked, and on the proant Hainari same as No. T minence in the columns of our Northern-native-community-hold a very decided
position of the Chairman Gasconded by 1 Contemporaries The Shanghai Times in opinion on the question and one which is Arthold, the report and accounts as presented Informed by friends of the scheme that the entitled to every consideration.
were passed. A 27 Page: present visits of Lord William Cecil is not for the purpose of forming definite, plans,
The Hongkong Celegraph
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1909
THE UNIVERSITY SCHEME.
but of acquiring information. Its Napking correspondent has written that the reception
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
of Lord Cecil by the Viceroy, Tusa Fang. THE Zojoji Temple at Tokio, a Japanese pan wan all that could be desired, and that the theon, was almost entirely destroyed by fire Viceroy expressed his great personal interest the other morning; it was not losured,
We have also seen from
Hankowe papers that
eceived by the authe
in Wuchange
By direc
Mr. McGregor proposed, that a dividrud of fifteen per cent, equal to Tis, J§ per share, be paid for. 1958. ́ ́ Mr. Michael at conded and the resolution was adopted the
FORECAST DISTALOT, 1-Hongkong and Neighbourhood, N. to N.E. winds strong; equally with rain at first, improving later.
2Formosa Channel, same as No. 1. J-South coast of Chins belween Hongkong and Lamocki, game as No. 1.
demands, in cosa queace of this, Russian policy centres itself in an energetic fostering of the natural producis of North. Manchuria, the object being to base on the security of these foundations the Russian economic position in this part of the world. Thus it is that Russian mechanical industries bave sprung into exia tance id aochuris and attained in the course of a very few years to an exrabidinary stage of development.
cause, if the Government is in take any steps at all to maintain egular services, it should at least take steps adequate to the purposes Under the old law the rate of subsidy was increased in propnition to both tonnage and speed; under the new one it is regulated in accordance with the speed alone. Hends, under the new law there will be a total reduc Tion of rare thin.yen 1,000,000. Ji subsidies and therefore, to reduce the amount still further by making the rate lower shan go son would be inexpedient.
In reply to a question addressed him by Mr.
Shoichiro Yoshine, Baron Goio, Minister of Communications, stated briefly that the aim the Navigation Subsidy Law was develop commerce but also to make in time of urgent beed, Article of the subsidized companies readily availabis clearly expresses this iolention,
FOREIGN TRADE, and
the building of the Chinese Eastern Railway: This history of Manchurian foreign trade may be divided into two parts. The first dates from
the second from the Russo-Japanese war Undoub'edly a trade of als existed before then, but it was of no great importance. To import was Newchwang, but the establish those early days the one port of export and
and the use of the Susgari as a communi. ment of the railway, the building of Dalny,
Mr. Ucbida; Director of the Mercantile cation.route, dealt its prosperity a heavy blow. ribe. Fureau, then submitted the follow The outbreak of war gaze a tremendous imalistics her arbe petus to the already prosperous trade of the country. It was to Manchuria that not only the Russian troops (it is calculated that 85 per cent. of the provisions and fadder supplied them were of the Russian Settlements to the Far East of local production), but also all the inhabitants
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looked for their food-stoffs; and though now a great part of the Rqesian railway had passed into Japanese possession, strenuous efforts to being made to prevent the diversion of nonb. ern, trade to the south. These romarks, of Hitachi Maru......6,630 course, apply mainly to export trade. Imports come, generally speaking, via Changchun, from Nowchwang, Shanghai, and Tientsin. Chang, chue is the meeting place, so to speak, of North Fre and South Manchuria. "Its trade bas lately in. WE are requested to state that the? Creased enormously, and the probabilliy is that, the Luxbano Recreation Claff: — before long it will, as far as the markets of these | starts at 3 pm, sharp, on: Euster Owird to s landslip one gallery gave way on | territories are concerned, become of far more, Tallinstant, instead of at 1 pm. March ag, in n sulphor mine asar Hakodate, importance than the places just mentioned for | Banounced. which belongs to Manirs, Howell & Co, which it now acts as a' distributing centre Beltssh merchants. The fall of earth blocked | Genstally; esking, then, the export trade H. L. H. PRINCE Fashim) Has the mouth of another gallery.) Thirty-four men traveli coith east to Via
them repre tatiray of Japan atta
the late Empero
On the proposition of the Chairman, seconded were killed and four injured. by Mr. White; MiniGHSV
elected auditor for
thép A BURGLARY took place at the asonló Cláb
business, and
the Governor,
of thanks havit
port trade
appa