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IV.
THE STEAM LAUNDRY. Of all the trials and tribulations that beset European residents in. Hongkong and the Far East generally none is so fruitful of worry and w-xvion of spirit as the vagatles of the Chinese Waterman. To most of us he always appeate somewhat in the light of a sort of art gasius to whose ladi and whims we Save to pander. Tha
Young matron fresh from England finds to her surprise that instead
of
being able to get bar domestic and fine dress fabrics washed and dressed at home, she has to entrust them to a Chinone wisherman to be taken away gooduses known where and returned at some indefinita period which may range from a week to a fortnight or
Even more,
It is no wonder, then, that the housekeeper looks forward with trepidation to the reckoning day when the dhoby man shall make his re appearance. And only too frequently is this justified. For even if the tally of the pleces should prove to be correct, she will be extremely lucky ifat some time or other she does not find someone else's property returned in place of her own. But this is by no menon the worst feature of the methods of the
CHINESE WASHERMAN.
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Soma of the fraternity are not at all particular about the nature of the streams of pools in which they carry out their washing operations and it is quite a customary thing for one gang of wishermen to be at work in, say, the upper pool of a nullah, with another gang busy in the pool brlow, and so on right down to the lower levels.
Nor are their methods of washing beyond reproach. A common practice is to place the clothes to be washed upon a more or less-gen erally less-smooth stone and beat them with a clab or to wing the sodden clothes over their heads and bring them down swith upon a rock. These methods may be all. very wall from a cleansing point of view, bat as the housewife frequently fads out to her sorrow they are ruitous to her table linen and other fine places of domestic papery. For the same reason, too, the Indignant bachelor has to complain of frayed shirt-cuffs and collars.
Even these do not exhaust the list of the Ohinese washerman's delinquendier, for any one who visits a dhoby shop must bave seen much to make him or her assured that there l great room for improvement all round. Es pecially insanitary is the practice followed by Ironers of spraying lines through the mouth, In the circumstances It was not surprising that a general desire arose among the European community for
A STEAM LAUNDRY,
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JANUARY 21 1010
pumped into a tank that foods the still, where it is williad over again, after which it pasSUI into a clean tank. The machinery is driven. by a powerful Atlas engine, fed by two fur- DACA Electric light is supplied by 110, 16- candle-power lamps. ¿
-IN THE HARBOVÉ,
the Company keep five boats constantly attend ing on the shipping and maning across to Hongkong, and they have a staff of coolies also for collecting customers' inen ashore. Thay do washing for all the big steamship liner, including the P. and Q, Paclic Ball, German Mall, Canadian Pacific, and the various Japanese Malis, batides the majority of the coasting steamers. They also wash for most of the man-of-war-bath British and foreign visiting the Harbour, and guarantee to torm out 13,000 places of ship's liman in 12 hours. for quick washing for the Navy and the mall Amay be readily understood, urgent calls steamers are frequent, but the management if always equal to the occasion, though the work bas sometimes had to go on for as long as 36 hours at a streich. There is a large staff of workers, both male and femala, varying in number from age in winter to as many as. 400 In summer time. The laundry is under the management of Mr. R. O, Wood.
BITUARY.
MR: JACQUES ULLMANN.
News has Just been received in the Colony of the death of an old Hongkong resldent, Mr. Jacques Ullmann, who will be remembered by old stagere as founder of the Hongkong firm of Messrs. J. Ulimann & Co, chronometer and watch manufacturers and jewellers. The late Mr. Ullmann came to Hongkong in 1871 and established the business in the Colony In that year, subsequently opening branches In Shanghai and Tientsin. After over twenty years' reidence in the East, he left the Colony to return to Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland) where he established a watch factory and.com ducted it management with much success until his death, after a brief illuses of only two days, on the 19th December last, Deceased WI 59 years of age at the time of his demise. He leaves a widow and two sons, both of whom were born in Hongkong and are now associated with Mr. E. Bernheim, the manager, in the business in Hoogkong.
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THE WEST POINT. BUILDING COMPANY, LIMITED.
ANNUAL REPORT.
A SHANGHAI BOOM.
RAPID RISE IN DOCK AND ENGINEERING CO'S SHARES.
BOXING,
T/I.
...) BILLY DELLEW, M. "BILL' LEWIS, The arrival of Billy Bellewin town has In local business circles a good deal of com-argared a good deal of interest in sporting within the past few days by the suddan, barp Lewis, on the 29th lost, at the City mont, if not of commotion, has been caused circles to the coming fight Bellaw rise that has taken place in the market price of Hall. The contest, should be one of the best Shanghai Dock and Engineering Co.'s shares, that have bent witnessed in the local rizz. In This development is all the more remarkable looking over Bellew's records we find that be by reason of the fact that the stock has been so has fought 37 professional fights and bar only Jeng quiescent. Only on Saturday inst did last one, caused through illaets Ballew bra slight inquiry become apparent. Yesterday, beaten all the bait light, welterweight and however, the market price made a sudden isap middle-weight boxers in the East for the past tonas Arm. from Th. 74 to TIL. to and the demand conight years.
This pheromasal development has fed to interchange of telegraphic massagen "between certain local brokers and their Shanghal agents with a view to an ascertainment of its cause. From one authoritative source we learn that the reply to inquiries had allcited no more than that the rite was dus only to improved business having been done by the Dock and Roglassting Company and that no factor out of the ordinary and lofuenced the market.
There is a local tendancy, however, zo treat this rise in the Dock. thares no something beblad which there is a significant and abnormal cause. There was a general and
SUNTRACKABLE RUMOUR that the Chinese Government under their scheme for re-organising the Imperial Navy has placed an order with Messrs. Armstrong, Whitworth and Company for two cruisers, to cost between £300,000 and 350,000 each, with a'speed of from 22 to 24 kuols, conditional to the constraction of the warships being done in Shanghai where Chinese labour would be employed; and lu more than one quarter the opinion seems to have gained ground that the English shipbuilders have come to some arran gement with the Shanghai Dock and Engineer. ing Company to have the vessels constracted by them, the materials and supervision being supplied from England. Hence, they say, this suddan rise in the Dock shares
These two cruisers, by the way, the report says, are intended for the Northern Squadron of the Chinese Navy. It is quite on the cards that more orders for warships for Chion are in pro cess of being placed. From Canton sources we learn that the big German houses there bave been actively pulling the wires to secure shipbuilders. Should it prove to be the case some of these embryo contracts for German that the Shanghai Dock and Engineering Com pany are to get a share in the contracts which the re-organisation of the Chinese Navy entails, it is to be hoped that our two local dockyards at Kowloon, and Quarry Bay will not be be bindhand in picking up some of the plams
and some sight years ago the first establish" mant of this kind in the Colony was opened by the Steam Laundry Company at Causeway
[Since the above was in type, special tela gram has reached as from our Shanghai corres Bay. The Laundry leapt at once into popular favour and after some three and a half years
pondent and is printed elsewhere. It will be The twsaty-first report of the general agents read with interest in the above consection. operation there the premises were found to be
to the ordinary meeting of shareholders to be inadequate to keep pace with the business. Al
held at the company's offices, Victoria Build-formed the subject of discussion in the local Our cable despatch dissipates the samour that the site then occupied did not permit of extanings, at 11.45. o'clock am, on Tuesday, the Stock Exchange during the past two or three slons being made, a fresh field and to be sought 25th inst., is as follow- for and was found to Yaumail; and the Laun
days.-Ed., HK,T] dry was thereupon transferred to Kowloon City -Road.
The Laundry buildlogs occupy a favourable situation, with ample drying and bleaching grounds, and are constructed principally of wood and glass with corrugated iron roof lined with matting inside to ensure coolness, All the water used is procured from the Govern ment mains and is filtered before entering the Laundry reservoir, whence it is pumped by means of windmill lato raised spare tacks which supply the wash-room.
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FROM START TO FINISH, the process through which the "washing" goes is very systematic and thorough, As it l brought in in lots, the soiled linen is booked by clarks santed an either side of the door and is than distributed among a series of bins, where each customer's lot is marked with a number in cotton. Next it passes on to Chinese checker who snes that everything has been correctly booked and, priced, after which it is sorted out, according to its class, into basket, ready for washing. This done, the clothes, etc, are made up into small burdies and, enclosed in nets, are placed in open-air fresh water tanks to soak overnight and be ready for washing next morning.
In the mproing, the water is drawn off the tanks, the clothes are brought loto the wash. room and placed in the revolving wooden wash. ing machines, 15 in number," Here they an dergo & washing process lasting so minutes, which may be thus divided into five periods of ten minutes sich:-11, washing in plain waterj and, the water is soapad) 3rd, soaped and bolled, 4th, Amat ringe; 5th, second finem and blusing,
The washing completed, the clothes are placed in drying hydros, driven at a rate of 2,000 revolutions per minute, and, after ten minnies of this treatment are taken out practic- ally dry,
FROM THE HYDROS,
the linen passer into the starch room, where the boiled starch process is used as being profarable to dry starch in this damp climate. The starch is cooked, in a machine, and collar, shirts, etc., are put in and bolled with it. When those are taken out, the starch is rubbed lato them by workers by band, after which the llaen goes over to adjoining tables where girl workers finish off the starch ing process and wipe off any remaining starch Lo an to give a perfectly even surface.
Leaving the starching room, the linen goss into the drying rooma of which there are about 25, all of which are in use when the weather, is dimp. These rooms are beated by hot aix difven by a powerful fan over a system of Guild colla.
Adjacent to these rooms are nine ges-heated machines for polishing and isoning shirts and collars, as well as two machines for doubling collars when starched and leonad, and. (pur large steam-heated calenders for Bat work such stable-cloths, "napking, etc. For the latter class finan, raw starch is used, and the ma. chine dries, Irons and polishes them all at once. in the ironing department everything that can- not be done by machines in finished off by hand, such as shirt bodies, ladies' garments, etc.
Kopf, LAST OF ALL,
the clothes are taken into the sorting and pack- for room where each customer has a book and
Gentlemen, The general agents now sub- mit to you statement of the affairs of the| company, and balance sheet for the year ending 31st December, 1909.
The net profits for the year, lacluding the amount brought forward from the previous year, amouatio 550,008,18. From this amount already been paid, and after writing off directors' a istorica dividend of $1.00 per share has and anditor's fees, it is now proposed to pay a final dividend of $1,80 per bars, making a total dividend for the twelve months of $1.80 per share, and to carry forward the balance of 51,958.38 to credit of a new profit and loss
account.
DIRECTORS,
Hos. Sir Paul Chater, KT., C.M.G., and Mr. 3. W. C. Bonner new retire by rotation, but offer themselves for re-election."
AUDIT.
The accounts have bean audited by Mr. J. Cox-Edwards, who offers himself for re-election,
A. SHELTON HOOPER. Secretary to the Hongkong Land Investmest & Agency Co., Ld., General Agents for the West Point Ballding Co., Ld.
Hongkong, th January, 1910.
BALANCE SHEET 31ST DECEMBER, '1909. December 31st, 1989. Liabilities.
Capital
19. $$15,000,00 1.533.75
Accounts payable ................. Balance of profit and loss
account.................. $50,008.18 Less' interim dividend
paid...
15,000,00
Dec, 35, 1909. Asssis
Cost of property m................... Cab..
APPLICATION FOR RE-HEARING,
‘ALLEGED FORGERY OF SIGNATURE.
trate, in the Police Court yesterday afterouos, Before Mr. E. R. Halfifax, First Police Magis
applied for a re-bearing of the case in which s Mr. P.S. Dizon, from Mr. R. A. Harding's office,
of $asa by menor of false pretences, man was convicted of having obtained the sum
His Worship-There is still time to make the application. You better be sure of your ground before making the application. There in planty of evidence against your client.
undarstand the'evidence consists in the prisoner's signature. I am instructed that the signature has been forged. It was not the prisoner but another person who committed the offence,
I would like to
bearing.
Billy Hallow started training last Wednesday afternoon at the V.R.O. and is in the best of form. He was put on sparring work with three good men in the Colony,
Bill Lewis, in his past fights, has shown him- self to be possessed of good staylog, power. Lewis bas had considerable experience and is also in rood form and is trainlog hard for the coming tosile,
"MARATHON RACE"
BROKE CROSS COUNTRY CHALLENGE CUP.
The epifies for the Marathon Race closed last Tuesday, and Eftoon maasis have entered for the race including several well-known gentia man. The race will take place on Saturday, and Inst., at 3.30 pm, starting from Aberdeen.. A launch will leave Blake Pier at 3.30 p.m. for the staring place. The lateran in the race is great this year," and wa understand the com. potitors are in good forms, and a close finish fr anticipated.
DRESS REFORM IN THE BAST:
CHINAMEN IN TROÜBERS.
Chinese at the announcement of the Prince There is, minch consternation among the Regent that be will endeavour to bring about change in the national costume gaxt year, ai well as urging the abolition of the pigtail.
A RICKSHA SQUABBLE.
KWANGSI'S CLAIM.
ities, in which they urged the authorities to drop the question of farming the Salt Monopo Ty of the Liang Kwang provinces at the LOCAL JEHUS AT THE MAGIETRACY.
increased rental, and requested them to increase the taxer on opium instead in order to
coalis told Mr. B. R. Halifax, First Police
Because he refused to enter into a certalomake good the loss of revenus by the proposed ricksba proprietor's employment, a ricksha abolition of the gambling farms. Magistrate, yesterday afternoon that a number of the latter's employees jumped upon him outside a certain tas-shop in Kowloon and gave him a hot time of it. Mr. F. C. Harlow, of Messrs Goldring, Barlow and Morrell, prosecuted and Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, of Messrs. Descon Looker and Deacon, appeared for the defand ant. One of the defendants issued a cross, summons against the complaldant.
After deducting a portion of the incressed monopoly, as required for making 'good the manual rental from the newly, granted" salt loss of revenue by the proposed abolition of thu gambling farms in Kwangtong, there is still n surplus of about three million taste a year, of which the people of Kwangst have now at tempted to claim half, that is 1,500,000 tuala, 48° they submit they are entitled to it for the was of the Kwanget province, on the ground that the Salt Monopoly is in respect of both the Two Kwang Provinces and not Kwangtung alons.
BUNNING RAILWAY, AND
hundred workmen in all engaged in buliding
The Sonning Railway Company has six- the road which it to be extended to the city of Sun Wal district from Kung Yick Fau.
13th January.
appears that the complainant, a ricksha driver According to the story of the prosecution, it some time ago went into the country. On bis return to Hongkong in the eleventh moon of last formerly, asked him to come into his employ. year, ope of the defendants, for whom he worked ment. He, however, did not do this but went to another place. At about 10,30 pm, on the the 11th Jaánary, he want in company with another to a ten-shop in Canton Road, Taim tas-teul. On leaving the place, he mat outside one of the defendants, who salzed him by the queue. He was holding a spauper in bis band
DELAY IN DELIVERY OF TELEGRAMS. and one of the defendants, who was prezant H.E. Viceroy Yoan has twice lately received called out to some folis, who came out and struck him. There were about ten of them,
communications from the foreign consuls at of whom he could recoguise only three graphle messages being delayed in delivery by Canton in which they complained about tele=' and they all struck him some with spanners the Chinese Telegraph Office. The Viceroy has and some with their fists. He was fall-instracted the Chinese Telegraph Administra 'ed to the ground and called out "Save life!" tou to look into the matter and to affect the On seeing a constable, the men ran away, but necessary reforma.. one of them was arrested. He accompanied them to the police station, where be (com. plalpant) was released on ball in the sum of Sto and subsequently doed Sp
Mr. Bhanton (To the complainant)-Did you show the marks you'received to the sergeant a! the Police Station?-The sergeant saw the marke.
r
Did you show him your marks?--The ser- geaux was trying some cases at the time,
Did you show him the marks?—I was so dezed i cannot remember,
As if to show that be la quite in earnest, the Prince Regent has himself started to wear You mean to tell me that you felt, your military uniform when receiving foreigo Minjuries more after von had received them than istert in Peking.
whoo you wate struck?-Yor.
With regard to the pigtail, the abolition of popular malter than the adoption of costumes that characteristic appendage is a much more
of European style,
It is argued by the anti-qgeue people that the pigtall is insanitary, that it is an object of great derision among foreigners, and that it is not keeping with modern sentiment, marking, as it does, the servitude of China to the Mas+ chu.
Emperor was in favour of reform in this direc
Moreover, it is emphasised that the late tion and, of course, says the Prince Regent, dead, The power of the "doar departed is in affect we ought to respect the wishes of the always stronger in China than any possible argument of the living,
You don't remember anything else -No. You don't remember anything else, baaldes what you have just told:us?—Yes, I do. remember being fined $3.
Oh, you remember now, do you?—Yes, I
You remember that ?-That'l remember. Did you go on driving rickshas in Hongkong after you had left Ab Lok?—No.
Did you join Jardine's?—No | the Talkoo rickshas had just started.
coolia and I try to make as much menay 20
Did you or
3ld you not?-1 am
can..
.
and not say you did not go to any other place? Then why don't you speak the truth at once
-I speak the truth.
Evidence bavlag been called, the cars was
CONDEMNING THE QUEUE, Up and down the country there is much dis-adjourned for a week. cussion on the pigtail question, and some stu dents in Canton bave been putting their opinions
front. This, he argues, allows the cold to get queue because it means shaving the head in lato essays. One young hopeful condemns the.
to the brain and prevent clear thinking!
RUBBER REturns,
The output of dry rubber for the month of December at the Batu Village Rubber Estate was 842 lbs and for the previous menth 662 lbs and the total for six months 2,489 lbs.
The Prince Regent's views on the reform of the national custome meet with greater oppo. sition, and one cannot help feeling that it is Justified, the present Obinese mode of dress belog certainly comfortable, graceful, and hygienic was 5,760 lbs, Agalset 3,:85 December last Ribu Rubber Co's produce for December No Chiosman will cat a very smart or dignified year, giving a total for the year of 45,720 lbs; Agure in trousers and a bowler hat. Most Orias against 17,818 in 1908. petals who doo Westaro clothes become livin caricatures, and any change in Chiva's mationst- costume will certainly diminish the world's sam
Dec. Jan. Total
2,000 of the picturesque
know your ground before granting the remain as they are, state that, apart from consi
You'll have to prove that,
LOSS TO THE SILK MERCHANTE. Chinese themselves, who wish things' to re derations of sentiment and dignity, the general Vary well, your Worship, I make the adoption of Western clothing would mean application at some other time.
'serious loss to the silk sud linen merchants is China, who manufacture the bulk of the male rial for the "flowing robra" now in vogaa.
Still, the Prince Regent seems determined to bave his way. At first be declared that the change of costume should begin among the that such action would tend to belittle those police and military but it being site those services in comparison with the rest of the change of national costume in the whole of the nation, he has now stated that there shall be a Empire next year,
VOLUNTEER corps orDERS.
DRILLS AT HEADQUARTERS AT 5.30 FM. Monday, January 24th, all coiti, Infantry drill with arms. Members to bring their own tifies, Instructor Sergt Wallis, and Buffs.
Wednesday, January 26th, Maxim drill Artillery and Infantry units. Instructor: Sergi Carmão, 2.0.4.
AT QUARRY BAY AT S.IS FÜM, Thursday, January 27th, Maxim drill, 35,00% 28,ructor: Sergi Moore, R.0.A.
$651,547.01
OUN-LAYERS' CLASS.
It is very much to be feared that China, keanly desirous of reforming herself after the la example of Japan, kes let seal get ahead of
'discretion. She wants to take a short cut lo power, and, in taraing to Western civilisation, reform of taking on the outward forms is in danger, as in this instance of dress
Saturday, January 2gb, at 3 pm. Assembly at Guard room, Gon Olub Hill, Kowloos. In- stractor: Sergt Carman, R.0.A.
Engineer Coy, Wednesday, January 16th, at ..5614;801.81. | 6 pm. at West fort for technical instructions. 36,740.20 DLAKE SHIELD COMPETITION AND CORPS
CHAMPIONSHIP. $651,542.01
PROFIT AND LOBB Account.
Dr.
To Fire Insurance · DER
Dac. 21, 1909.
E
Charges áionerofalkeson conspi Crown rest
Repair to bulldogs
Commission to agents
Interim dividend of Sa on for half-
53.322.75 248.80 8t8.00 5:536.70 2,528.43*
year -SPRÅK OLISI 25,000.00 Balance to be appropriated as
..
follows
Directors, fees
Anditors fess Dividend of $1,80 por..
Balizes to be canled
now account...
$ 500.00 $0.00
$7,500.00
pigeon-hole corresponding with his number. By Balance brought forward
Resises u katerem "Scrip Fees
1,958.38
Saturday, January sand, King's Park Range" to commence at 1.15 pm. Dress: Uniform Members are requested to arrivo punctually as possible in order that the competition may be completed in good light. Entries for Corps Championship close on Thursday, 'zoih Jan ( MUSKETRY COURSE, KING'S PARK RANGE:
Sunday, January 23rd; o zas. Nos, 2 and 3 Coys 7p.m. Engineer and Infantry Companies, Sunday, January 3018, 9 am, all artillery units; p.m. Engineer and fofantry Cays. Dress: Uniform."
BOCKEY,
BOYS OWN CLUB VI. KE.
without the essence,
PATHETIC GROFING FOR THE LIGHT, Her bewildered groping, for the light is pathetic and she seems to lack a roni leader to co-ordinate and direct the now forces at work since the awakening of ber civic coo. science. How many commissions of inquiry" has she despatched abroad these past fow years? How many of their reports have been Ignored and pigeon-holed?
If, fastnad of issuing all these big worded decrees about pigtails and clothes, and so on, the Prince Regent concerned himself with problems such as that of the currency and its standardisation the establishment of a national bask; patting the faances of the nation in order-then we might hope that the great and ancient nation would soon be on the way to wards tre enlightenment, and prosperity.- Pall Mall Garsiti...
Anglo-Malay "Allagar"
Balgownis
Laby
naumamille
53.489 7.384
14,900
2,403
RIVER FATALITY,
Yesterday morning a ferry boat" carried an excessive number of passenger in crossing that fact the bout captized in the midst of the the river from Cantos to Bonam. Owing to stream and one passenger was drowned while the others were saved by the water police and by the people in the sampans in the vicinity.
FIRR.
At 4 a.m. on the'14th instant a fire broke out in Honam in a abop io Soi Yoo strant where fifteen buildings were destroyed and six, fire- men Injured while engaged in handling water buckets to cope with the conflagration.
VICEROY INDISPOSED
The Viceroy is alightly indisposed and is unable to receive visitors.
SMUGGLERS..
Ho Cheung Ching, Brigadier at Chek Kai, day to be ponished brought five arms smugglers to Canton yester
HLUNGCHOW,
The Kwan Ma Oku Department has again submitted memorandum to the Viceroy ra commending that the part of Heungchow be
development of the port, exempted front the levy of likin and other dotias in order to encourage the people in the -
17th Jacuary, NATIONAL DEBTS REDEMPTION, H.E. Yuan Sha Heum has received a jala- graphic-despatch from the Viceroy of Chill, H.E. Choo Kwai Lung, in which the latter suggested the raising of funds from the people during a period of three years for the purpose of redeeming the national debts, A mat of re bodied in the despatch. H.E. Yuan Shu Haus gulations consisting of twenty articles was um- was requested to induce the people to contri bute generously towards the lands..
BUILDING COLLAPSE.
At 5 pm, on Saturday last a building, in ! cours of re-construction, after the fire of a month ago, at Yau Lan Moos, collapsed all of sudden owing to the foundations not being properly fald. The workmen, about a dozen in': number, who had no time to atcapa, were 46,720 (9) baried ander the debris. The Canton Foug
Bass (6) 204,131 (12)
Pla Hospital and other charitable inmitutions were at once Informed of the accident and requested to render axulstance. In answer to the alarm, the members of the Fong Pin Hos pital promptly sent a number of men to
the 62,119 (7) the scene to remove debris. Four men and two women were extricated and were found dead; four others were seriously Injured. A boy about nine years of age Carrying bis slater, an infant, who happened to pawa by the building at the time of the accident, was also killed by the falling bricks. The wounded persons are now under the eitasdance of the doctors of the Red Cross Society,
249.347 (13) 65.979 (15) $27,000 (12)
Bukit Lintang...... Bartam..... Bakit Rajab.caan Damapsar om Glapaaly *********
Tr 1,639 Golden Hope 5.403. High, & Lowlands. ... 46,078 Inch Kenneth. Kemuning .......
****** 11,908
·6,067 Kuala Lumpor... seront Lanadron.......: 24,420. Llogul..... 59,000 London Asiatic... 10,076 Malaces Plant......
***** 13,960 29,000 Patuling... 21,950. Pero.................. Perak Plant. ........
2,335 Sandycroft... 11,063 Seremban Senawang 3.560 *** 21,007
Bingapore & Johore... 7,200. Shalford ...............
Singapore Para
$,000 34,Bas (8) Sungel Salak... 1221 Vallambrosz...... - 39000 a50,902
(Figures in brackets indicate the number of months output in the last column.).
RADIOA
6,516 (11) 20,870 (31)
CANTON DAY BY DAY,
CANTON-HAWKOW RAILWAY,
[From Our Own Correspondent,]
MACAO BOUNDARY QUESTION,
The Association for the Protection Boundary Rights at. Canton held a meeting yesterday, when the question of the delimita. son of Macso was again discussed, but no r
olations were arrived
18th January
LIKIN COLLECTIONS, The collection of Likia dues in Canton dar. Ing the last ten days of the roth moon at report. ed to 17,244.2.0.4 taale, which shows a dacress ed by the Likin officials to the Viceroy amount. of over 30,000 taals 'as compared with tha amount collected in the preceding ten days,
CONSULAR VISITS.
HE. Viceroy Yass Shu-bsus, who has been indisposed for the past few days, has now; recovered and will receive the Italian consul from Hongkong and the French Conen), at Canton to-morrow morning,
EDUCATION COMMISSIONER. Chang Sik Fun, the ex-Provincial Educa. tloo-Commissioner, will leave here for Paking 6s the apth instant by the Chios Merchantüe 8. N. Qol's steamer'Chi Yuen,
NEW TEAR-HOLIDAYS,
Danton, 14th January. The French railway enginser, deputed by the Ministry of Posts and Communications st Peking to accompany Mr. Lung Kis Chating, to make an inspection of the Canton-Hankow
The Viceroy has listed a proclamation ta Railway, smivad here on the reth instant. Mr.notify the general publie that the official seals Lung yesterday called on H.E, Viceroy Yuan of all yameos will be closed for the transaction/ and had a conversation with bli for three hour of barluas from 19th day of the rath moon: tili
on matters in connection with the Railway | the toth day on the ret moon næst year on Company.
account of the China New Year holiday,
OPIUM M
LA CASE OF AMOK.
SALON-CINEMA IRUATRE. The B. O. C, hockey team met the R. E's last Tuesday afternoon at the Military groped fo
.... 17th Inst. afriendly game of hockey. The Boys played The Salon-Cinema Theatra in as usual draw with only 100 man. In the first half the Saping crowded houses nightly. The pictures are 35,00828 pars carried off the bonours with one goal to now and clear and the programmes are 10 their credit. The second half was a much faster well arranged that thle saw entertainment hall $ 62,162.96 one and both teams played a good games the is assured of considerable public patronsa
At 11 am. yasterday, avon altar her braukš sventusted, and at last about couples of the boards Bightly Misses Ada King, Dosis the Western suburb, seized by a violent at, got Boys tried many a time to equalise, but nothing At present there are the a artistes appearing on fast, a mad woman named Li Yon Skf 14 yaars of age, of No, 24, Wing King Birest, 35 minutes before time & rusb was made for the McSulay and Miss Roby Chrystal sta, all hold of two choppars and began to back her. Jau, 1, 1909.
2,968.15 only goal for the Boys, making it was all, and
Sappen' goal when Robert Carvalho matted the favourites in the show, When the sorting li folshed, packers come-in
Dec. $1.
Miss Ada King, x, serio-balladist, has proved being badly wounded. She than ran out lato husband and three children with them, the latter and the clothes are taken away in bampers for,
the whistle sounded for time, with the game a metanetojinga nu.550,000.00 drawin
a great acquisition to the Salon Cinema distribution Thera le a separate department
Thisire.
the street, antared two houses to the neigh 476.8K for linen, atc, required urgently that is to say,
The B. O, C, were represented by:—A, A.
bourhood, where she wielded her weapons To-morrow night's' bacaft performance will s. In 24 hours or fees. It should be mentioned,
15.00 Carvalho, D. Dorward, R. A. Carralán, W. N be tendered to Miss Ruby Chrystal, and the against any ous whom she met with and that in the wash-room there are two machines
Edwards, A. R. Ellis, H. J. White K. Kbo, management has arranged an excellent protims of the amok was an old man 74 years of
wounded ten other persons. Among the vid $52.462.96 A. 8. Zllis, 8. Baker, and Y. Abba specially devised for washing, dannels. This
gramme for the occasion. New pictures willage, who recaivad two sarious cuts on the head, Installation in feind with a tank in which water UNDER data Shanghai, 13th insf,:: Masari.
a ba fshown, new songs "introduced, sad, Dow. is always kept at ga dagrass for washing par Wheelock & Co, write There is still a large tests, in the Palics Court last Tuesday aheracone
BAFORE Mr. X. R. Halilfan, Fini Police Magia.. qriston will appair.
on measuring three inches long and the other poses. * Lux* soap only in waad. After being quantity of cargo offering for Europe and the Shum Manappeared on a charge of obtaining the MD; W. Craddock, focal General Trafic she was at the height of bar fory, armed as the two and half. A boy of years of age had thres washed danmal clothes through a series of London Conferança has been obliged to place sum of Estoby a certain falta pretence. The day Agent writes as follows I am jost ip was with two choppers in her hands, wo one of his fingers chopped off by the woman. When Eve different rinsesame is also a special four more Outside" steamers on the barth on fendant is said to have made out a written agres receipt of a telegram from Sir Thomas Shaogh was bold enough to approach the wortun mschlan for steaming and pressing fermais,
"Lisar terms since last writing, however, this meat with a certain party in December last say, Pranident of the Canadian Pacific Rail-When har violence at length absided sheas Macomly a dry clear plant has been seems to have dilad all requirements now, whereby he undertook to ship two Chinese toy Company to the affect that Mr Archer gol gader control by the police and sent to added in the establishmantics 1150 stam-driven Coastwise There is very little indeed dolag Australia and obtained the sum in question 4 Baker, for many years European manager of the Lunatic Asylum at Tong Chuen, while and Includes brain washing, chachins into on the coast and every thing seems to be at a bargals mossy MyW. BEL which the plotkantare pat, Special soap wandstill and is likely to remain so at any rate Masers. Deacon, Looker and Descon, press code information while I am sure, be received with Red Cigs Borlely for medical treatment
Shenton, the Company (London), kas passed away Thit the wounded persons, were removed to the will after China New Year which occurs in a red and Inspector Wanton watched the proce68-extreme rageal by anyone who was acquafuted wander but otherwise the Dystem of hrathylag up and am taking the opportunity of red and the defendant awarded four months month's time, in, tka, meanwhile somaskipe |-ings on behalf of the Police. Evidence was call
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with Mn Archer Bahairs: Tân (ags on all C. F. samarThe diny split' watu dialood.all'in,, undergoing ihair sawwal overhauled event
R. Building, and chips now being half-namen hast labour,
and spirit instead of soap and water as
From the 17th instant the price of prepared --
money for one taal of prepared oplum in weightvie opium is Canton has bean. Increased by ran
The price of raw opium has advanced to årän mace par tasî, making the total of 1,5; tasis, ín
can case was about an increase of 35; m+ compared with that of last month, port TAIN THE PEOPLE'S INTEREST, ZA Really
With reference to the suggestions es
submitted when he was Vicarey in Caston, to sand a by the local resity (o H... Chang Jan Chun number of students to be educated in lonelyn N countries at the expanse of the Canton, Prosp
people and to remove the old city wall for the vincial Government, to open factories as at to give employment to the poor clash of the
convenience of the residente, H., Yuan Ahu to carefully consider the advisabilty of shoptag these suggestions and to submit tokitab Hyun Bae (stoad Instructions in his enbordinat
mporte not later than the sand instant, ingr
Instant Effre occurred in Yask: Lung stre The Cantonese residing in the Straite Settie Hosans where thtegi hodias were destroy