Intimation.
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
CHEMISTS
By APPOINTMENT TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY APRIL 19 1909.
Tussa Calea's mails were delivered in Sa Francisco on the 14th inst,
This afternoon, Kakba Singh, the warder, who
belief that they will ultimately succeed in ed., Wo read now that a treaty has been gaining their end by the fact that the former arranged between France and China respect. conflict resulted in their favour, the shipping. ing. the main questions involved, so that companies having to climb down and sub-there is hitle Bikelihood of fresh causes of was charged with supplying a prisoner in gol mit to the demands of the shippers. We do complaint under this head cropping up with pork, was discharged, Mr. J. H. Kemp hald not, know whether it is due to the plethora the future The treaty or agreement is that it was not proved that defendant took the in most respects similar in Its terms to those pork into the gaol and giving the pork to a already existing between the United King- a lioner was not an offence. dom and Chias, and the only wonder is that they pay th it has not been
We are told that it consists of five articles, Cantos Macao Railway concession and de gone back on his agreement to cancel the under the second of which the Frenchmands that the line should be built jointly by authorities undertake to put down sharply Chiosie and Portuguese. The Waiwupu, how every kind of revolutionary and anti-dynastic ever, has not replied to him in the matter. agitation--especially as regards printed | C. D. News," matter-directed against the Chinese Go- verament, in Indo-China. The leading agitators will be deported or prosecuted.
Bank Shroff Convicted.
END OF THE HONGKONG DANK EMBEZZLEMENT
LENIENT SENTENCE IMPOSED,
CASE.
Considerable interest was manifested in the trial, which took place this morning, at the Criminal Sessions, of Leung Kwai Leung, alias:
socor pleaded guilty" to both counts, and 4 charges larceny and embezzlement. The prif plea for mercy was entered. Leung Kwal Leang was once a shroff in the employ of the Hongkong, and Shanghal Banking Corporation, and the charges on which he was arraigned were (1) that on the 3rd of June, 1985, he stole $10,747.71 in cash and (2) emberiled $40,000, the properties of the Bank
Telegrams.
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
SERVICE
MACAO BOUNDARY QUESTION
NO BRITISH INTERFERENCE
"By courtity of the " Sheung Po."
Peking, 18th April. Sir John Jordan, British Minister in Peking, has notified the Waiwu- pu that Great Britain will not in-
A. 8. WATSON & CO., of steamers which are prepared to agree to the terms of the exporters that has induced LIMITED.
this form of boycott to be established, or whether the shippers and it unprofitable to pay a higher rate than that formerly in force, but it is certain that the three shipping firms concerned have not taken the step they proposed of increasing the freight charges without full appreciation of the results likely to flow from their combined action. It seems that when Mears. A R.
the belt a number of eunuch wave Marty & Co. held a monopoly of the trade,
commanded to be examined by the Comptroller the Haiphong "exporting firms were quite Newspapers offending will be suppressed.of the Imperial Household as to whether they When asked to plead to the charges pterfere in the matter of the delimita mere addicted-to-oplum-smoking, and those willing to pay for the carriage of fice to That summarised version is rather vague, who did not attend the examination were to be Hongkong at the rate of 25 cents a picul for it would seem to mean that the French hinded over to the Judicial Department for When Messrs. Jebsen & Co. realised that authorities were to take a hand in punish-punishment. there was an opening for their steamers to ing revolutionaries who were deemed engage in friendly competition with the suspects by the Chinese Government. pioneer firm, uo objection was raised to the We cannot believe that the summary pro- continuance of the freight rate at the ori-perly conveys the terms of the article in ginal figure. But wheo Messrs. Butter question, but simply publish it as it appears Geid and Swire appeared on the scene; in a Shanghai contemporary. The third the exporters saw their chance of playing article provides for the disarming and con- off one firm against another and the finement of Chinese revolutionists taking
Govenor and Household,
Watson's HYGIENOL,
AND
BUBONIC PLAGUE!
A BLACKSMITH Gamed Tang, Kwak, a ordered to pay a fine of 52 in the Police Court, their best in Garden Road on Saturday. The to-day, for removing three young birds from
defendant was seen rem ving the birds from a tres by Pilvale, F. Cook and Drummer A. Collyer, of The Boffs, and was given in charge.
a g
oner stated that he was affiült. He left the matter in the hands of the Court, and begged tion of Macao, for leniency.
Sir Henry Berkeley, x.C. (Attorney-Gener al) with whom was Mr. Dennys, jor, of the Crown Solicitor's office, said that that was a plea of guilty,
that the prisoser intended to plead guilty, and Mr. H. G. Calibrop (for the defence) believed asked permission to interview his client. This was allowed, and a few minutes later, prisoner was asked if he had anything more to say,
did sige the matter," he remarked, pres
ANOTHER RAILWAY
NANKING-WUHU LINE.
By courtesy of the "Sheung Po.").
Peking, 18th April.
H. Viceroy Tuan Tang has
It has been proved by repeated experiments outcome of their efforts was to secure a re-refuge in French territory. After a while THE nishtat superintendent of the Victoria sing both hands together, as if in prayer. "Ali memorialized for pormission to cons that "WATSON'S HYGIENOL" is the duction in the fate of five cents per 'picul. such 'revolutionists will be deported from the Gaol (Mr. A. R. Craig) stated in the Police went through my hands, I am at fault, and I' most potent agent for the destruction of sas,gove waited of the statement which ap- Colony upon due notice of the fact being Count, this afternoon, during the trial of the would ask your Lordship to deal with me atruct a line of railroad from Nan
especially rat ficas,
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It has now been proved that Plague in conveyed to borsa belogs by means of fleas
from rats which have died of this disease.
peared in Saturday's issue of the Telegraph given to the Chinese Government-the latter said, in explaining the facts: "As the com- to bear all the expense. Measures will be petition operated against the triple shipping taken to prevent them from returning to the interests, a mutual arrangement was arrived Colony," Here again there is an indefinite- at whereby it was agreed to revert to theness regarding the precise measures which old freight of a5 cents per picul, under penalty the French Government will take in the
Indian warder charged with supplying a pri ration and that it was only supplied to good conduct prisoners after they had completed three years in gaol.
soner with food, that pork formed part of the
..
leniently,"
particulars of the case for the information of the
The Attorney-General then outlined the king to Wuhu. Court. The prisoner, he stated, was one of
a large number of shroffs in the employ of the Hongkong and Shaogbal Bank. He was not the head shroff, and one of bis
All risk of infection can be avoided, by 'in case of a breach by any one of the three event of political-exiles seeking shelter.on was caught red-handed yesterday trying to force duties was to receive money from depositors.
washing the floors, etc, or sprinkling where the fleas are likely to be with a ditule solution spoonful to a pint of water, or a teacupful to rbree gallons, makes a solution of the strength required for this purpose.
of "WATSON'S HYGIENOL" . À... tea-
contracting parties. The pool camo into force ob the 20th November, 1907. Ac Customed as the Chinese exporters have been, for a time at any rate, to a cheaper freight, the "Conference terms did not suit them at all. Hence the determination to boycott the regular liners. In fixing the rate
A MAN, who is very well known to the police,
opsu a locked box in the Chinese Recreation ground. The box belonged to a hawker, from On June 3rd, 1905, 026 Lo Lim Shum went whom the suspect, Lo Sai Lau, had' stolen it. The instrument used to force up the lid re sembled a jemmy. Defendant was sentenced to two months hard labour.
to the Bank to deposit 550,747.71. on behalf of the Inspector-General of the Imperial
$10,747,71 in notes and coids and a cheque for $40,000. This money was handed to prisoner | together with the paying-in book. Prisoner
Chinese Curoms. The money comprised
HYGIENOL IS A POWERFUL | at 25 cents, the 'pool', did no more than quiry will be made to prevent them from the youthful Emparar H.M. Htü ́n Tung, has through the usual formalities,. signing" the
DISINFECTANT AND '
GERMICIDE
Price per Pint
Gallon
HONGKONG DISPENSARY
AND
50 Cents .$2.00
KOWLOON DISPENSARY.
Hongkong, 17th March, 1909.
tas
proved
French soil. With regard to the fourth article, the French Colonial authorities will be directed to surrender to the Chinese Govern: ment all refugee criminals guilty of what the law of Chine considers to be brigandage or piracy. Should the criminals plead that they are political offenders, a searching in- revert to the old figurer, and any charge of escaping punishmont under this plea." Pro- an extortionate latiff could not therefore be bably that means that the law of extradition sustained against them. Especially, as we will be followed and should a prima facie understand, it has been found by long case be made out against the alleged offend. experience that that was the only worker he will be handed over to be dealt with able and paying basis to the shipowners." by the Chinese authorities. Under the fifth The harmonious arraugeincat does not ap-article it is stated that "both Governments pear to have lasted for any length of time. agree to stop the contraband trade in arms that the Chinese revolutionists will take on the frontier. It is confidently expected note of the treaty, and will forbear from passing into French territory, how that they know what is in store for them," That is how the quotation appears, but the second sentence is probably merely an independent comment and not an integral part of the treaty. At all events, the treaty, if followed to the letter, should prevent a recurrence of those incidents which have previously led to distinct coolness in the relations existing be- tween the two Governments. The question now is where will these revolutionaries pro- ceed when they are in danger of their lives. The auswer seems to be Hongkong, so that the work of the authorities in this Colony is likely to be greatly increased when the sea. son of rebellion arrives,
A. S. WATSON & CO., The opposition of the shippers is ved so
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selves compelled to accede to the demands of the rice dealers and the conference rate became a dead letter. With the Chinese exporters masters of the situation, the freight rate was reduced once more to go cents a picul and there the matter stood for a time. But only for a time, because it was found that the regular vessels on the route could Joungton-Sandes.--On April 17th, at -St.not be run on the terms in force. Conse- John's Cathedral, Hongkong, by Rev. F. .quently, it was decided to increase the tariff Jobason, M.A, BENJAMIN CHARLES MATURIN, Esq, of Listowel, Co. Kerry, Ireland, to not to its old figure of 25 cepis a picul but FANNY ELISABETH, third daughter of Rev. to 26 cents, which seems to have exasperat Samuel Dickson Sandes, M:A, of 26, St. Kauf's Road, Thornton Houth, Surrey, England, late
ed the shippers to such an extent that they Rector of Marlesford, Suffolk.
(35 decided to dispense with the services of the old-established carriers and "charter" vessels on their own account, With a plethora of
Thr
MARRIAGE.
a
Hongkong Celegraph ramps seeking, engagements at any reason so
HONGKONG, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1909.
THE HONGKONG HAIPHONG
RICE SHIPPING TRADE.
able price the Halphong people casily mad- aged to secure their, end and they have already closed with two vessels; a Swedish and a Norwegian steamer. So far the fight has gone in favour of the Chinese merchants, but ...there is more to be, considered than the mere
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The English mail of the 20th March was vered in London on the 17th-just; ---
had the cheque noted as good and went paying-in slip, and returning it to the depositor That large sum was then in prisoner's possen. son. So far as the cash was concerned he ought
the cheque should have beed placed into a box,
to have handed that over tothe Note Shroff, white
from which it would have been taken out in das
It is proposed to raise the fands in
e and Anhui provincas.
CANTON HANKOW RAILWAY.
THE LOAN AGREEMENT.
[By courtesy of the "Sheung
Peking, 16th April. The final agreement for the Can- ton-Hankow Railway Loan is not yot signed
Minister.in Peking
It is reported that the American
course by the proper person. Instead, prisoner the Waiwuputimated
IF is stated by Chiasse cestemporaries that best learning Chinese characters for the last two months and is already able to recognize a good number of them and to explain their The Empress Doway er is highly delighted and meaning with great interest to his afondants. shows much love for her Imperial nephew. A CHAROK of alleged embezzlement was brought against. Lam Sze Chin, a shopkeeper, Court, to-day: Tas complinant was Hui of'ist, Connaught Road West, in the Police Ching. Kan, another shopkeeper, of 28, Tar MI Alley. The sum involved in put down at $245. The arrest was made a warrant. Mr. Otto-arrested, Kong Sing prosecuted, and the case was re- minded. Particulats are not yet to hand.
IN a fight which took place in Hollywood Road on Saturday, evening, a coolie had the third finger of his right hand broken. His alleged assailan, Wong. Hing, was arrested. It is asserted that Wong and another man ware trying to induc: one Kung Won to migrate to the finger with a pole. The jured finger was Singapore., Kung, refused, and was struck on amputated. Accused was charged and re manded to-day. 2.
The "snowball" prayer seems rather a new departure. You receive it on a postcard, with request to send it on to nine people every morning for nine days. If you and all these recipients carry out this request, the result will eventually be a volume of prayer such as bas delleen seldam produced, and of a character more universal than has probably ever been the cam bilberto. It may not exactly bring as to the effect it might have on the sale of the Millennium, but there can be un question
the April Criminal Bessions which opened and THERE WAS only one case on the calendar for concluded to-day. The prisoner pleaded guilty, therefore the estvice of a jury was not required.
for study.
WE are informed by the Agents (Messageries Maritimes) that the cargo of silk shipped on board the ss. Taurons, which left this port on the oth March, was delivered in Lyons on the
carriage of rice from Haiphong to Hongkong There is the question of return cargoes to be weighed, for if the entrants in the trade have to bring their vessels back 10 Haiphong in ballast the venture may prove to be an ex-H. E. CHANG Chib-tung intends to select doe ceedingly costly one for them. Therein lies hundred students from the Peking University the power of the three shipping firms against and graduates from colleges in Japan, and whose interest the boycott has been instituted.sead them to the United States of America If the boycotted shipowners find it unprofit able to trade at the rates which the Hai phong merchants acck to enforce it is some what difficult to see how outsiders will be able to do so. But that is their outlook, that is to say it is the outlook of the charterers who have agreed to pay a lump sum of $5,000 a month for the use of the steamers. It will be interesting to learn what the belligerent rice, merchants at Haiphong will be called upon to pay on the average per picul, for the conveyance of their rice to Hongkong, after the three months experience they are embarking upon.
#7th April
THE Waiwupu contemplates obtaining a settle- meat for Chinese residents in Korea and has been consulting with the Consul General in Seoul and the Japanese Minister in Tollo on
the subject.
THE Chinese Engineering and Micing Co's total output of the Company's three mines for the week soding geð April, 1999, amounted to 28,25893 tons and the sales during the period to 39,707 33 tons.
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says the cash. The idea to the That man who cashed it, and the prisoner disappeared. payable to bearer, he handed to another man, The shortage was soon discovered, and defend- ant was traced to Shanghai, where he wai
Counsel for the defence then addressed the Court, He remarked that the way in which so large a sum cama lato the hands of the prisoner was an follows :-The Tong Tak Tai Bank,
agents for the Imperial Maritime Customs, paid in a large sum of money and a cheque (payable to bearer) to the Hongkong and Shangbai Bank, which the prisoner reocived. After the usual formalities had been gare through, and the de positor had gone, the prisoner turned round to count the cash and found that $0,000 out of it was missing. He became frightened
desire of Government to participate in the Loan,
MEETING OF VICEROYS.
SIK LIANG AND LEI KING-HEI IN PEKING,
By courtesy of the "Sheung Po"]
Peking, 18th April. As both Sik Liang and Lei-King hei, Viceroys designate of the three Eastern Provinces and Yunnan, res.
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at what bad happened, so he gathered up the pectively, happen to be in Peking, whole amount, and weal to consult a friend-a it is proposed that they assume the most unscrupulous person. He told the friend
his story, and this was the "advice" be got: seals of office forthwith. The friend told him that it was a most impos sible story, that cobody would believe him, that CANTON-MACAO RAILWAY, the best thing for him to do was to keep the balance of the money, and that he (the friend). would assht him in leaving the Colony. The result was that the friend received the greater part of the money (about $40,000) the prisoner received a few thousand dollars, and want where he was arrested.. Nerth. He eventually reached Shaoghal,
POLICEMAN JO'Sullivan, of Shuu-ki-wan Police Station, arrested a coolie yesterday morning, as a suspicions person. The coolie, Cheung Wah, it is alleged, was found in a store room in the Shipyard, which czolained about £5,000 worth of diving and other gear. Ac cused is believed to bave entered the store room by slipping back the bolt through a broken piece of glass. This morning, the suspect was charged before Mr. J. H. Kemp, but owing to Insafficiency of evidence, the case was dis story was true.. reharged,
a Bride et tell by the err Dared Mr and Mrs. Bridger left by the ss Darved on the 20th ult. Mr. Hutchinson takes Mr. Bridger's place as Engineer in charge of the China Europeans esscabled on the 1. Barsso, which Borneo Company's Slipway-A luge party of sailed for Hongkong on the 22nd, to say good by to Mr. W. D. Japp who goes to Hongkong. to join the Hongkong branch of the Chins Bosaso Co., Mr. Jopp hai biso in the service wof the China Boroço Co, in Boraco for some 12
friends. years and he will be greatly missed by his many
¡AN EXCLUSIVE CHINESE UNDERTAKING.
[By courtesy of tha” Shiung Po^|5
Peking, 18th April. The Waiwupu and the Ministry of Poste and Communications have decided that the Canton-Macao Rail,
Mr. Calibrop went on to say that prisoner. Whe a young man. He was only about twenty ons at the time of the occurrence, and he must have been a man of respectable position before he could have entered the Bank, Then came the sudden temptations. He had to account way shall be built excluivsely by for the $10,oco, and was led away by a person Chinese merchants (ie, with Chinese older than himself, it was not a case, he pursued, of a man who bad committed a dell
capital alone). beiate series of frauds. He asked his Lordship to In the event of the capital sub- view the case with leniency. It was, no doubt, a serious offence, but he thought that prisoners scribed for the undertaking being in- sufficient, it is the intention of the The Attorney-General pointed out the section of the Ordinance to the Court, and Government to make up the de added that the maximum penalty for the offence ficiency in order to check Portu- was fourteen years, the minimum three.
Sir Francis Piggott (the Chief Justice) to guese interference. passing sentence, said that he did not regard the character of the offence and the position the the offence from the nature of the amount, but CHINA MERCHANTS' S. N. CO: prisoner occupied.
bird labour was passed...
A sentence of five years' imprisonment with
For the second time within eighteen months the principal merchants engaged in the ex- portation of rice from Haiphong to Hong kong are at loggerheads with the three chief shipping Hongkong firms engaged in the trade between the two centres. The actual position of the parties to the dispute was detailed in our news columns on Saturday, but the matter is of so much importance that it merits the deep consideration of a com- munity whose luterests are largely concerned with the interport trade, even where that trade is confined to a brief period every year: For while it is the shipping firms of the Colony which will suffer at the outset, any boycott instituted against them is certain to be reflected in a variety of other ways as the most cursory examination will show. There, are the questions of godown accommoda" tlon, labour in connection with the re-dis- tribution of the product, insurance, trans portation charges and cargo provision for vessels trading to the North So that taking these few out of many industries concerned
A FRIENDLY AGREEMENT. the situation has to be faced not merely by, the three shipping firms directly affected. It is a wellknown fact that the work of the for the translation of books and papere relating PRINCE Sy intends to organiza a Department but by the larger body of employers and French authorities on the borders of Tonkin to Navien and, aaval affairs. His Highness employees connected with the numerous and Yunnan, especially in connection with also purposes paying a visit to the different A COOLIE, Wong Hong, unemployed, was
A chair coolia was taken to the Central Police branches of this large and not over the construction of the railway in that harbours to fix on the naval bases. :
found guilty at the Magistracy, to-day, of Station to day with a silver cigarette case in his remunerative trade. As was stated in our regions, has been greatly hampered and RETURN of visitors to the City Hall, Library Salliery Avenue, Kowloon, the residence of inscription:"Presented to C. S. Wade, by bir stealing a tricycle, valued about 52, from 5, possession, on which appeared the following exclusive report of the conditions as they harassed by the activity of Chinese re- and Museum for the week ending the' 18th stand at present, the three shipping firms volutionaries. It was only fast year that April, 1909
Sergeant F. Ford, of The Buffs; stealing a colleagues at Dick, Kerr & Co. Preston, 13
& affected by the sulky attitude of the band of Chinese revolutionaries who had
Library. Museum.
perambulator, worth about $10, the property of 5. 07. The police are anxious to find the owner Halphong merchants are-Messrs. A, R. been attempting, without success-to-raise
Captain Wm. Maton, of 25, Nathan Road, and so that a charge may be brought against the 375- 218 Marty & Co, who have two vessels in the disturbances in Kwangs and Yunnan
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stesting a baby's push chait from 2; Câmeran coolie. trade, Messrs Jebsen & Co., who have five, sought safety on French territory where
Terrace, belonging to Gunner Day, R.G.A. The thefts were committed on different days A RUSSIAN named Nokoran and a Finn named and Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, who have they indulged in their favourite pastime of bri
this month. It was explained that in every Thomas Kariam were charged in the Folle three, the latter firm being the youngest gandage. The pursuing Chinese forces were LI CHAN, a coulle with a touch of the pagitatis brought over to Hongkong and sold to a on board the steamer Ali Mars without pay was taken off the verandab at Court, this morning, with obtaining passage competitor for a share of the rice carrying compelled to remain on the boundary line in him, gave one of the attendants of the Tal night, brought over trade to this port. There is a somewhat whilethe revolutionaries could afford toiguore e tendant called upon Li Chan to pay & were recovered. The thief was sentenced to
Ping Theatre a rather, rough time yesterday, second-band farmijura dealer, from whom they lng their fares,” Tho Kats, who pleaded singular similarity between the terms which their existence. Eventually there was a con- cest for a cushion he was using: LA relased, six months hard labour and four hours' stocks, have led to the latest dispute and that which fict between the French and Chinese troops and when the attendant attempted to take away while the forgliure dealer, who was not charged occasioned the former. It is all a matter of which might have ended disastrously and the cushion, Li gave him hammering, for, with receiving stolen property, was ordered to
ter of the freight charges, and the Haiphong ex-led to an international question being forced which he was ordered to pay a fice of $5 this return the goods to the owners without com porters are as doubt buoyed up in their on the parties had not miss counsels prevail, morning,
Non-Chinese.......... Chinese ...!
Total
Thus ended the April Criminal Sessions,
www
"OWNER WANTED.
guilty, boarded the ship at Shanghai, and co coaled themselve not discovered until harbour yesterd or two month
They did not
QUESTION OF OFFICIAL MANAGE- MENT:
4
[By courtesy of the * Shaung Por
Peking, 18th April. The Ministry of Posts and Com- munications has sent for Taotai Mak, president of the China Mer chants Steam Navigation Co., at Tientsin, to proceed to Peking
The Ministry is desirous of con salting with him with a view secure the official control of the China Merchante Steam Nav
Total Mak WAS ONG the who was appointed!
the Com)