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The King's Death.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY MAY 13, 1910
HONGKONG'S MOURNING.
FRIDAY WEEK.DIES NON..
73th inst,
llis Excellency the Officer Administering the 'Government has decided that Friday weak, the 20th lost., shall be observed in Hoogkong as a day of mourning and that it shall be con
ROYAL THANKS,
SECRETARY OF state's telkGRAMS.
rath inst. His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government bas received today the follow-sidered as a dies non. log telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies in 'reply to the resolution passed by the Legislative Council expressing sympathy with Their Majesties on the occasion of the death of King Edward the Seventh-
"GOVERNOR, Hongkong,
"Your telegram dated the 9th May has been
laid before Their Majesties, and I am commanded to convey Their Majesties' heartfelt thanks for loyal and "dutifol message of sympathy with them in their great bereavement,
"(Sd.), CREWE."
The following later telegram was communi- caled to us for publication:-
COURT MOURNING,
"GOVERNOR, Hongkong.
"Court morning will last until May 6, 1917, It is expected that public will wear decent mourping from May 17, duration oot fixed yet. "King Edward's funeral will, take place oơ morning of May 30th.
"(Sd.), CREWE "
"ARMED ROBBERY NKAR
MANILABS)
MALABON HKED UP
AMERICAN 1OURISTS IN.
HONGKONG.
ARRIVAL THIS AFTERNOON.
ggett 13th Inst. Amang, the passengers of the Pacific mail liper Siberia which arrived in H ngkong this afternoon, are the members of the Raymond and Whitcomb touring party, conducted by Mr. J. Myron Leavitt, The party left Maalla on cth inst. for China, and after a aix weeks' slay here will return to the United States via the Trans-Siberian railway,
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HARPENDEN (SELANGON)
"KUBBER.
CROPS MUCH LARGER THAN THOSK ESTIMATED
The second ordinary annual general mecting of the Harpenden (Eclangor) Rubber Company, Limited, was beid last month at the registered offices of the company, 30, Eastcheap, London, Mr. W. P. Metcalle, chairman of the company. presiding.
· HONGKONG HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY.
'ANNUAL MEETING.
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MJ. Barton presided at a small meeting of members of the Hongkong Horticoltural Society which was held in the City Hall last evening.
The annual report, which was published in our last issue, and the statement of accounts were adopted and pasted on the motion of the chalratan, seconded by Mr. Howell
The following committee, was then elected Mr. J. Barton (chairman), Mr. L. Gibbs (bon. secretary), Mr. W.L. Faltenden (bon, treasurer), Mrs. A. W. Binwin, Messrs. W. J. Taicher, F. Howell, P. W. Goldring, Ghoa Po Sias and Mrs. G. P. Jordan..
RUBBER PANINBULA
SCARCITY OF THE CRUDE ARTICLE IN AMERICA.
ENGLISH SYNDICATE'S PURCHASE, The Westminster Gaselly, of April 14, says that the New York correspondent of the Central News writes:
in view of the extraordinary boom in rubber shaics pn the London Stock Exchange, of which full reports are daily cabled to Wall Street, the following extract from the current report of the United States Rubber Co. may Prova of interest in England. The report states inter alia:
BaNoxok has ben proclaimed an infected A CASE of plague, the seventh this year, bas port,
accurred at No. sit Hong Lane, third floor. The patient is a Chiosmad,
AN imported case of plague from Canton is reported on Wednesday,
`A CHINESE WOMan was fined $150 at the Maglatracy on Monday for landing a quantlly of opium in the Colony, SEVERAL correspondents report bearing and esing the fall of a meteorite near Bombay on the alisnoop of April asth.
THE first ordinary general (statutory) meeting of Glenealy Plaolations, Ld, will be held at Singapore on Friday, the 13th last.
GUNNER A. R. Ell of No. 2 Company, months with effect from the 4th May. THE P. and O. S. N. Company's s.s. Persia, ing specie for Singapore: Goin gold Laso, which left London on Bib alt, took the follow
TWENTY-five Loportons arrived by the 1.4. Glenfalloch from Singapore on Thursday and ware shortly afterwards. sent back to their homes.
THERE IS 161 sociatios registered "in"" tha Settlement of Perang under the Societies Ordinance 1909, and so societies exempled from registration.
A CHINESE was fined-Sigo or twe months' hard labour at jbe Magistracy on Thursday for selling oplum without a licencé at No. 17 Cochrane Street,
Ho Kom Tong, H.-W. Looker, O. E..H. Boavis, actual scarcity of the article. Our country H.V.C., is granted lenya... of absence for 2 THE Rafah of. Sarawak (Sir Charles Brook),
A vols of thanks was accorded Mr. L. Gibbs, the hoo, secretary, for his work in the Interests of the Society.
An amendment was made to the rule as to
the date of the annual meeting which should ba bald not later than June in sich geär, ***
Mr. Goldring suggested affiliating the Society with the Royal lofticultural Society at home, The suggestion was left to be considered by the new committee.
Another suggestion was that of Mr. F. Howell whin proposed, that at the next show a special, class should be set aside for those exhibitors who di 1 not employ a'gardener.. This proposal was likewise left to the sideration of the incoming committee.
The meeting then ended,
RUBBER VALUES.
The crude rubber famine is based upon
consumes 60 per cepl. of the world's produc tion, which last year was about 82,000 tons, Usually the normal stock of crude rubber in whether, there is in the nation to-day 175 our country is too or 700 tons. It is doubtful
tons of crude rubber. Many of our customers
ciation.
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are reducing werking hours at their plants MR. B. W. Bradbury joined the Hongkong Volunteer Corps on the gib May, was assigaad at they say that they cannot taka“the grave risk of selling en present prices for remote Corps No. 1135, and posted to Na. x Company, A WILD Cocoon Silk Spinning Mill is to be deliveries when they ser noboby ciss has any idea of bow bigh crude rubber will go. Liat
lonaded at Antung and a Government expert year's manufactures of rubber came to
Bas arrived there is connection with the maiter, $115,000,000 in this country.
Tao Detrait correspondent, of New York R. W. G. Worcester has joined the Hong: World learns that an English syadicate baskong Stock Exchange, and has become a taken. over the Mexicao Crude Rubber Commember of the Singapore Stockbrokers' Asso. company, which bas a capitation of $1,500,000 the option price agreed upon being $3,750,000. THINGS WHICH, COST MORE. The decision of the billiard-tablo manufac turera-in consequence of the boom in rubber prices-to advance all listed prices of tables gerior. per cool, and of replacement or renewals of cushions as per cent,, has not occasioned much surprisa among tradesnica. It is presumed that ultimately everything in the minulacture of which rubber is employed will have undergone an advance la price.
We are indebted to a reader of a fioancial turn of mind for the two tables set out below which shew approximately the Capitalised Value and Market Value si Rubber Shares of Lendon and Singapore Companies on the 7th April and May 4th respectively.
According to the report in the Financier, the chairman said: Hefore I move the adoplica of the report and accounts, you would like me, per.. baps, to make a few remarks as to the position of ilie company and out off its up to date. The costinued economical working of this com pany places us in the satisfactory position R, December 3, 1909, of having 134 acres of rubber standing, in our books at a little over 814 per acre. (Sear, hear). For this modest value and local companies at times their face penny ball. At the other end of the scale is the
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'THE YEAR'S CROP.
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The peaceful barrio of Chacepcion, Malabon, was thrown into a state of wild excitement is tween one and two o'clock Thursday morning, when 12 bandits armed with revelers enterer the residence of Regian Tagamaban wealthy fisherwoman, and after lohting the premises; succeeded in making their ercaps amid d fusillade of shoots, reports the Coolennes of the 10th inst. Their banty consists of 700 Mexican silver pesos, 1,000 pesos Philip pines currency and articles of jewelry valued ol
Coal we have 352 acres in partial bearing and P3,000. The robbers are believed to have made, their way into Buincan province and a detach 313 acres giving its makden crop in 1919, also a further 47 acres on which tapplag will be ment of constabulary, Irom Novaliches, under
commenced in 1911. The cost of woeding, al command of Lieutenant Frank S. Strasser, ways a serious hein in the East, has gone aided by four sergeants and four municipal down. I am glad to say, the cost per acre for policemen of Malabon, are in pursuit travel-1918 being So far 1909 5668 whilst for 1910 ling in that direction.
the estimate is only. F4.65 (Hour, hear.) These Utterly inadequate police protection is largely rates are all moderate, and partly account for responsible for the descent of the band of tuli-
the low capital rate per acre. 5300 upana barrin at the very gotes af Manila, ond one of the most during robberies committed
The ribber crop for lust season exceeded the in that vicinity since the days of oultawry fol.
The estimate by 3,53 iba,; thë gruas average was lowing in the wake of the insurrection. presidoote of Malabon is authority for the 75. 70.; the high prices rullog during the statement that that township, one of the largest
period when the bulk of our crop was sold in the archipelago, cavating an area of four added materially to our profits, and have enabled us to propose a final dividend of 15 square miles and luhabi ed by over 30,000
per cent. The cost of producting on the estate people, disposes of a force f only eight polica.
Chin somewhat to to b. was 15. 8d. per lb. moo to guard the lives and property of 'ks people. To add to the gravity of the situation,high tale, even for a maiden crop, will be the police are at present unarmed, their considerably reduced during the current yest, the estimates for which point to 15. 3d, as the revolvers having been turned in to the con stabulary, an. January, in conformity with cest of production in Selangor. You will hava: the law acquiring, their deposition, at the
seen that 3,085 lbs. of 1959 rubber bad no end of eve y second year, pending the filing of
been sold at the date of our ́m king up our Annual accounts. This has, however, since new boods by the concejales, and re-issuance,
been sold, and though the account sales have Up to this date the presidents of Malabon
not yet been received, we can tell that the elated to a representative of the Cablenews. American last night, no re-issuance of firearms
result will be as near as possible £1,560, sb that the valus at which the uusold crop was had been made to the municipal police
At the time of the robbery on Monday estimated will be exceeded by over Lito, and
the carry forward to 19io will therefore be in moroing, the nearest policemen was a hall mile away from the scene, his beat extending creased by that amount. Our report from the estate continue to be favourable, and the visiting over a distance of over a mile. When the DoArmed guardian of the peace, attracted by the agent expects the 75,000 lbs. rubber estimated for, 1910 will be secured. The order for the shots, arrived at the scene, the birds had flown.
now machinery and store has been placed; The robbers evidently were famillar with; these
the work should be finished in ample time to conditions when they decided upon their visit 'to the barrio of Concepcion,
cope with the larger crops anticipated during the latter half of this year. Meanwhile; the Ke 1 la ex is heing cored in our temporary store, and the balance is' manufactured for'us The research in a neighbouring factory, cbemists' fund had our support, as you will bave noted, from the entry in our accounts, bad we understand that research work has already been commenced in Selangor, I beg to move the adoption of the report" and accounts, and will ask Cal. Brawell to second this. I shall then be pleased to answer any questions from shareholders on the company's offeirs.
"You can easily perceive," Presidente Pedro Lazaro said last night. "that in case of no armed invasion on a large scale, the towns. people would be absolutely at the mercy of the fu inanes."
Col. E. T. Browell seconded the rénalution," and it was carried agapimously.
DIVIDEND OF 20 FER CENT.
The Chairman: The next resolution I bave to bring to your notice is that a final, divideod olis per centij less incòmo tax, be paid forth. with, making 20 per cent, for the year.
It appears that the gang of ladrones con- sisted of a men. Eight of them remained on guard outside, while the other four entered, abstracting the money and jewelry from an unlocked drawer of a dresser. In the house at the time, asleep, were Regina Taganahan, three women relatives and a brother. The latter' awoke when the robbers, Innded down with their plunder, were about to make their exit. He jumped out of the window, shopt. ing "murder, robbery at the top of his voice, One of the bbers, realizing that the game was fast approaching the critical sige, fired a shot. Io ao instant the stillness of the night was converted into scene of animation. Lights were rapidly lit in the houses of the vicinity, and people. scrambled to the windows, women and children yelling aud whimpering, overcome_by-fright"|"director." -and-the-mon, prompted by a delicate presenti ment of impending trouble not during to vapture outside. The four robbers with the wag by this time had joined their confederates outside and it was then that the united gang. intimidating the fast gathering crowds by a volley of shots, beat its roueat, disappearing in
the darknes5.
Up to a late hour last night the police and constabulary were still in pursuit of the gang and no arrests had been made.
DEATH OF HUA, L... SKIPHER,
The late Caft. VOCELGESANG...
News has been received of the death in Hamburg of Captain Heinrich, Vogelgesang, who successively commanded the steamships Allemanis, Cyclops, Holsatin. Hellert, Siais, Rhaetia, Hammonia and Columb a ̈ of the Hamburg Amerika service. Captain Vogelge- saug was 74 years old and bad followed the sea from the age of 16, until his retirement in 1502,
He bad a potable record as a sailor and officer and was well known to many passengers as the commander of the Columbia, “He served his apprenticeship aboard German, British and American sailing vessels and for a short time was on a whaling ship on the South Pacific Ho served to the Prussian navy and was awarded a captain's commission after # most creditable examination at Hamburg,
For three years he commanded British anil- ing vassels, but left his ship on the outbreak of tha Prussian-Danish War,' when he was sum- moned home and served in the Prussian army. His career with the Hamburg-American Line began in 1872, when bo was appoloted fourth officer of the Teutonia.
Col. Browall acconded the resolution, and it was carried unanimously.
The Chairman: I have now to move the reselection of Mr. S. Galgan, the reli ing con assure you, from. intimate knowledge of his work here and his work is Ceylon for thirty years; that you cannot do befter than reselect him
Col. Brossell having seconded the resolution. it was carried unanimously.
On the moting of Mr, W. F. Hamilton, seconded by Mr. F. K. Metcalfe, Mesirs, Wyatt, Williams and Co. were reappointed auditors.
The Chairman: That conclades the business before the meeting.
Mr. Hamilion: 1 think that before we separate we should piss ä very heatly, vote, of thanks to the chairman," the board and the staff for the work they have done in the past year......... We know that" our estate is admir, bly and economically mausged, and, with our small capital we are extremely gratified at the extra- ordinary returns. We have the great advantage of having men on our board who ate practically acquainted with all that concerns rubber, and it is partly for that reason that we have so small a percentage of costs.
Mr. Alex. Christie seconded the resolution and it was carried uusoimously,'
These stew that on the average af April 7th London Companies stood at 13 times their face
value.
Also that between the two dates the London Companies shew a shrinkage in market value
Already the retail cost of a multitude of arti. cies of general use bas gone up appreciably, Even the child's penny bail is afficted, and it It remains a penny ball, it will be a smaller
motor car tyre, which has already padergone two advances, and is now 25 per cent, morsex- pensive than it was six months ago, Apether tise in motor-tyra prices lathe immediate future we understand, is not wholly u. expected.
Cycle tyres bave naturally shared in the This tends to show, on the whole, that movement, but this is a comparatively small London Companies command a higher pre affair, According to Mr. A. W. Gamage, who mium and are less sensitive than the Singapore deals with an immense amount of goods con Companies, dos probably to the greater financi.' al stability of the former place and the widertaining rubber, the secrease in the cost of cycle tyres, is only a matter of a shilling or two, while market gained.
the price of tyras sold with bicycles by bis firm would remain unaltered, s
of £4,125,150, any about 15 per cent, and Singapore Companies a shrinkage of $10,993,500
ARY, about 31 per cent.
20.000 205 1508 B. Kajang
70.000 701 8755 P. Rajah
65,000 205 388 Chersonese
175,000 25 756d Cicaley
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THE Chinese Pris in Peking has had a stormy time of late; no less than thres daily papers have been closed by the Ministry of the in
A CASE of attempted suicide has been reported by the Police. The priccipal is a Chin: woman who attempted to end her existance by Jumping into the harbour..
INSPECTOR Langley charged a boatman in the Police Court on Monday for stealing a ton of coal from a lighter belonging to the Mitsu Buran Kaisha. The case was remanded. 197
THE total output of the Chinese Engineering
and Mining Company's three mines for the week ending zurd, April amounted to 22,6,6,84 loos ood the tales, during the period, to 19,188,31 ions.
Stx Heary Blake, G.CH.G., is interesting him. sell in the oil boom. He is chairman of New foundland Oilfields, Ltd., and also on the board of the British Roumarinn Oil Co. Ltd., with a capital of £200030, which has just been flated
in London.
who spent the winter at his hunting-box near Cirencestar, In Gloucestershire, has left Eng. land on his return to Borneo.
THE marriage of Mr. J. Lelas, I. M. Customs, Hankow, and Miss G. Johns was celebrated before Consul-General E. H, Fraser, C. M. G., in Hankow, on the 2nd inst
THE charter is reported of the steamer Michurl Jebsen, to carry 9,000 tons comment from Hal. phong to Mnulla, at the rate of so cents per Manila soon. too. The vassal is expected to asrive at
A MAN was committed for trial at,the Magis tracy on Thursday for kidnapping a child. The victim was some time ago kidnapped by three man and brought over from Kongmoon. to Hongkong.
We have received from Metais. Arnhold, Accident Insurance Oo, and from Messis. Karberg and Co, the report of the Fatum Sander, Wieler and Oo, that of the Magdeburg Fire Insurance Ce
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MR. Nakhshoji Vice-Minister of Commsei- cations, is in travel in Europe and America for will leave Tekio in July next and travel by the inspection of electrical, undertakings. Ha the Siberian Railway,
Government desires to remove Viceray
Yasa Shu-hsin in Caston and transfer Vice- ray Chang Jon-chun back to his former post of Liang Kwang. Ex Viceroy Tuan Fang will. be re-appointed to Nanking.
An official report has been received by the Japanese Government to the effect that the British Squadron on the China station, under the command of Admiral Winslow, is expected (aalrive at Yokohama on the 12th instant.
A NATIVE youth was awarded one week's hard labour and six hours' stocks at the Magistracy on Thursday for stealing a quintity of clothing at Tai-kuk-tsui, The thief appropriated the articles by climbing through the roof of a house.
ACCORDING the to Jewish World, a Hebrew club bns bien started in London, the object of which is to promote the use of Hebrew au a
medium of intercourse,
Tux Avenir du Tokkin estimates the cost of LONDON COMPANIES. Canita Shares Ap. 4 Muket May 5 Mariel
HIGH PRICKS FOR TWO YEARS,
Ynonao railway at about 175 millions of francs. The cost in boman life is something terrible. Allagar
Goll-balls are now six studi.ga more 75,000 25 9: 337,507 586d 206,500 dozen that they were betite the boom, while Owing to the frightful unhealthiness of part of the country traversed, over ten thousand cables most of the well-known 'makes' of tennis-balls Auglo Malay 350,000 25
*371 | 2,775,000 299 2,175,000 bavo gone up 25, 3d, a.dizen. The advance perished during the construction of the line. Ba'u Caves
in Gamage tennis-bails has been checked at a shilling, Cricketers will have to pay a trifle We have been favoured by Mr. Mee, Cheung 350,000 350 350,000
more for batting gloves and bat handles. off, Ice House Road, with ay excellent photo, 301,00 6735d 233.340 Mackiatostics have ascended 40 per cent,; graph of the proclamation ceremony on Monpoken language by meats of informal social there have been several advances in subber day. The picture given a complete view of gatherings, at which Hebrew will be the general the brilliant spectacle and should form an inter. 1,254,000 380s 1,254,000 shoes, surgical goods have risen even to go par
cent above normal; bot-water bottles, airesting souvenir of the occasion to home friends. 568,750 63 $15,000 cushions, and garden hose have all gone up 25 THE directors of the Hongkong and China
per cent. This selection gives a fair indication
Gas have declared a dividend of 5 per cent, and of the ex eni to which the cost of articles of 465,000 535.
424,000
general utility have been affected daring the 67.000 209 2008 800,000 3001, 910,000 past few months. 41 for rubber flooring mater Edinburgh
ial, Mr., Gamage suggested facetiouslý that 40,000 209 208 740,000 140$
280,000 bose passessing it would be tempted to take it Highlands
up and boil it down. And the tendency to 305.000 208 1755 2,592,000 1305 1,987,oro steal rubber floarmats, he thought, would in. A FIFTEEN-year-old youth was awarded tes Inch Kenneth
crease,
strokes with the birch and 4 hours' detention Nobody seems to know how long the height-' | by Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy on Wed. 480,000
ceed prices will be maintained. It is very hardnesday för stealing a psit al" trousers, while 584,900 to say Mr. Gamage replied, when the question another Chiness of minɛe mature years was was put to him. I have spoken to people who sentenced in 14 days' hard labour for stealing 56,756 are supposed to be in the know, and they tell me a jacket.
that prices will not go down within two years.
116,000 21 1585 Cons Mainy,
30,000 TOS 350 $40,000 3208 Kapar Pata
65,000, 20* ¡Sus
585,000+ 1805 Kota Tinggi
25,000 29 65 75,000 4x60 K. Lumper
90,000 206-2459-1,125,000-2305-990,000 Labu
90,000 20 1805 810,000 1905 85,000 Liorgi
645 98,000 25 3,136,700 538 2,548,ano Malaccas
300,000 305 3301 4.950,000 300 4,540,000 Me limau
736d 611,000 601 600,000 decree.
175,000 21. atalling
21,500 35 751 Nelangor
30,000 21 gos Tebrau
62,000 205 1003 United Sumatra
65,000 21 18% Vallambrosa
50,000 21 675
£2,079.520
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE French Mail of the 12 April, has beed In London,
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Sia Robert Bredon ntrived in Shanghai o expectedly on, 6'b' inste, from Peking, having travelled down by way of Hankow and Nanking a bocus of exper cent (together 120. per share),e hours in all from the Capital. He pro- for the half-year, making per cent, for the ceeded to the Palace Hotel-and will p.obably
remain there during his sajaura in town, year. £500 lo generál lessive, £sna to reserve for meeting fluctuations in reserve, £13,568 forward.
TEN Chinese appeared at the Magistracy on Wednesday for gambling in the Sai Wan Ho market. The keeper was fioed $3q whils finer varging from $7 to $3 were imposed on the rest of the gambler, Another batch of six were each fined $6 for gambling at Shao-ki wan, with the exception of the keeper, who was floed
THAT wasteful spori, fishing by tuba, has been$yo. delivered prohibited in Kelantan by a Council
787.400 THE Colonial Secretary has received a telegram from Batavia declaring Hongkong free from plague,
.843,750 705
1,350,000 69% 1,035,000
300,000 1009,300,000
$85,000 178 412,000
1,500,000 511 1,270,000 £36394,000 £27,768,75
S NGAPORE COMPANIES.
Shared
Valce
A TIENTSIN message states that the Beltish,, American, German and French merchants in Tieuisin have been entertaining the Chinese Commissioner of the Navy every day lately, with a vinw securing orders for building men-of-wer for the Chinèse Navy,
A TELEGRAM to the Ceylon Times, dated* London, April 21, 1358-
Messrs. Lewis and Feat, owing to misleading statements, wish to say that the following are the nearest-values-of-rubber-cropi ----
19:0
igra
175. valuo,
11. sellers. 5. 61. sellers.'
THE yearly general, meeting of the Redjang 'Leborg Mining Company was to be held at THE REV. Lord William Gascoyne Cecil, rector Batavia on May 10. It is intended to fix the Lof Hatfield, left. England on 6.b ult. for the dividend of 85 per cent. for 1999-a_smaller United States, bis mission belog to see how far figure than the distribution for 19:8. This it is passible to abrain the support of the Amepolate to less profitable waiking last year. Frican Universties in promoting the scheme Experts who had gone into the monthly reports
with which his name is associater for a Univer-expicted a dividend of 88 per cent. THX coming fruit season promises to be one of sity in Chins. Lady Florence Cecil is accom- the best on record throughout the Malay panying her barband.
REPORTS bava reached Shanghai from Kaling peninsula,
that there are a large number of foreign to L'Avir du Tonkin is wrathful at the supine.fugees from Changsha and neighbouring places Dess of the Government is permitting the at the moment in that resori, awalling the introduction of Foreigners and Chinese for the selling down of the populice in Hunan before sources of Indo-Ching while-the-Chinese-na- exploitation of agricultural and mineral re Kinking and Kaling is, progressing rapidly: returning ther work, The mad between. their part are calling for the explusion of the and is expected to be in fair order before the Apuamites, French pra égés, and employes of Annual rush 10 Kuling Jakes place. the Yunnan railway, and their replacement by AT the opening of the Yuncan-Tonkin rail. Chinese,
way the other day, much was said of the ex- pected increase of trade along the line which would greatly benefit the port of Haiphong, especially as regards'munize and wheat for x- Portation to Europe. The Avenir du Tonkin. pointe noi that these expectations will never ba realized so long as the railway traffic rates ara (so high and heavy transit changes block tha
Way..
THE.. Tal O came in from Koogmoon on Wednesday afternoon with her bow plates somewhat badly damaged. 2. THE 3/beria which arrived from Mavila on Friday cigars, 400 tons of copra and 1,000 bales of afternoon has a large cargo including 2,001,000
Valus hemp..
2,100,000
3,931,000 200 3,014,000 1,250,000 19 950,000
Capital Nemini Apl. 7 Market May 4 Markel A. Gojih A. Panss $105,000 SI 41 482,500 3 .315,000 A NATIVE was awarded six months hard labour and six hours' stocks at the Magistracy on 600,000 5 17
91,900,000 Friday morning for returning from baoishment Balgownie
before the expiry of his term. 10 260 15,2 0 B. Timah
500,000 10 73 C. Serdang
700,000 10 26 Cheras Elphicstono
62 5in" ja 141.
475,nan Glenealy
6
300,000
#
165.000
Haylor
Hevea
683,000 Indragiri
* 200,000 Kombak
.
A CHINESE was ford Sioo or six weeks' im. prisonment in the Police Court on Tuesday morning for selling dross opium at 4 Lower Lascar ilow witsust a licence,
OWING to death of His late Majely King Eds waid.Vil. the meeting of the banitary Board
On Tuesday, three painters went to a ten-shop is Queen's Road and after, having regaled themselves, refused, to pay for the fame. By way of adding insult to injury, the recalcitrants made short work of the crockery and then quietly walked out of the e.tablishment. This morning; each of the men was fined $6, in which was included the compensation due to the master of the ten-shop
3 Ji475,000 which was to be held an Tuterday afternoon bas MBSRB, Fraser &- Co-share brokers, of Singas ceremony of proclaiming-tba sew King- took
1,750,000 17 1,100,000 93.750 14 93,000 2,850,000
975.000 Біо, по
650,000 10
68,000 20
been postponed to bext week.
pore, write: -We have to record a general falling off in prices of dollar and sterling shares, which Inter have dropped to the exert that Loudon, hence an exceptionally dull week bas pisted. Rabber.-Most of the dollar quotations are purely nominal, and ap.rt from a few forced sales there has been little doing.
MR Along, photographer, has to be com plimented on a smart piece of work, The
place at 5 pm on Tuesday, and before twenty- four hours the enterprising photographer bes op sale a capital bromida picturn of the historle
the print make every detail in the photograph clearly distinguishable,
THE Colonial Secretary has received a lele. 330,000 gram from H. D. M. Conxul-Goodral at Balavia they no longer attract sales by local holders to fauction. The sharpness and distinctress of
to the effect that Hongkong has been declared 700,000 to be infected with bubonic plague. $60,000 $640,000 THE Civil Service spots which were to have been held on May 2416 (Empire Day) bave
· 400,000 18 36,000
baan indefinitaly posiponed on account of the death of his late Majesty King Edward VII. 7,800,000 15 1,200,0^0 A SZALL rubber estate at Bukit Gantang, only forly acres in extent, which could have been 11 500,000
2 400,000
purchased for $5,000 last year bas just changed hand for $40,000, reports the Times of Malaya, 2,700,000 45 7,075,000
KR. Hül. Dennys will act as Crown Solicitor 1,032 500
17 17
10
48
200,000 TO Pajim
400,000 5 11 Pantai
200j000 1 Pegöb
30
10
5
61
17
The Chairman:. Perhaps I ought to have ex plained the difference in the price obtained by Harpended and Selangor. It is due to the fact that the bulk of the Harpenden crop was sold is the later part of the year, and so we got a batter price for it. I thank you for the way in which you bave received the vole of thanks, It has been a pleasure to work for the company, 450,000 I started it in Ceylon in 1903 and it has bera. Dickson
295,000 always a sou-ce of pleasure to me that the work has been economically done as the Sondycroft estate, and 'I think you can say same of the Landi n administration,” “
The proceedings then terminated.
BENGAL OPIUM SALE,
RECORD PRices obtainED,
Captain Vognlgesoog was awarded a gold medal of gallant service in the Prussian War of 1864-65 and also a medal of honour from the Hamburg Line for distinguished servicce. Ha also wore several medals for retetting lives at ses and had been decorated with the Order of the Prussian Crown and the Cross of the Order | the estimate for whole 12 months past. The of Griffin,
dety an opium exported from Bambay to the
12 730,000 49 3,400,000. 30 1,800.000
1
during the absence on leave of Mr. F. B. L. Bowley or until further notice, with effect from the gth instant.
RETURN of visitors to the City Hall Librity and Museum for the week ending the 8th May, 19-05-
Library Museum Non-Chinese ........................................... 481 197 202 2,705
Toin!... 635 2,902
THE Ching Mutual Steam Navigation Com pany's report shows that, including £14,302 brought forward, the prout for last year was 119.530. Of this £55,440, was written off for depreciation, and, after paymact of directors' fees, income tax, &c., and placing £10,000 10 zoreve, the directors declare a dividend of 6 per cant, on the ordinary shares, and a like ( THE Soraınık Gorilla says:-During the half dividend on ordinary ""sbares, carrying for year or ded December 31, 1909, forty-six alliga. fors measuring 203 h. 6 inn, were destroyed în ward 615,270;
Kuching and paid for by Government to the THE tip statistics for April show that the dali-
extent of 173.98 which sum factaded the price veries in the United Kingdom totalled 1,100 of twenty-two eggs, · This only rafern, to ikova
and the visible supply on May was 18,158 total length of all gyors destroyed in this tons, the Continent 1,910 tons and America reptiles which came under the police of the 3.700 lons. Faè consumption was 6,200 tons | authorisdes at the Kuching police stalions the cons. The Straits shipments for April wain country during 1909 and on which rewards kuva 4.025 loss, much below the average. The been paid may be roughly put at 2,150 fest, statistical position is favourable, the visible supply having declined to nearly 2,500 tons, but there was no Banca vale in April
100,000 Singapore
500,000 100 775 375,000 430 2,350,000 SUNDAY night, P.Q.Macdonald (T,C,85) arrest. S. and Jabora
328,000 100 1,100 3,708,000 800 2,614,000 in fais possession. This morning the man fail ed a Chineman who had run amok with a knife Br, Helcon
100,000 10 41 410,000 35 350,000 $35 was sstraatad, ́
ed to appear at the Magistracy and his bait of T. Anton -155,000
12 400,000 8 390,150 Ma. Henry Keswick has been appointed United Singapore
member of the Executive Council, during the
ADVICES from Mesure. Caldbeck HacGregor, 637,000
4 2,548,000 3. 1,911,000 absence on leave of the Honourable Sir O. P.
& Co. in London to their Hongkong offica
· Chater, Kỗ, GM,Q,, or sntil further notice, with
state that they have been appoloted purvayers $35.405,705 $14.413,250 effect from the sth inst,
THE tenants of the Portuguese Mission's block in the House of Lords and fanse of Commons Singapore Fras Press,
of buildings in Raffles Place, from Massa M..for their V0.3, and Extra Special Liqueur": Railways in China extend over 6,300 miles Balomon and Son to the last pramises adjoining Whisky, Facsimiles of appointments and orders end of March 1910, that in the and of the past | THE Deli-Courant Company, Limited, mada in including 1,913 miles managed by Chinese and | Messrs. Powell and Co, hava bren givan two may be seen at their office. We have received THOUSANDS of Coconut busks are dally thrown financial year, amounted to Rs. 1,08,61,190, .1909 a set profi of fl.32,974, so that a dividend | 4:370 miles, by foreigners. Russians, manage mostbs' notice to clear nu: on the joib': Judo " samples of these "whiskies from that; well- away, but they could be turned to good account which is 1. 85,100 better than the revised of por cont, will be declared. Further, 1,077 miles, Belgians 953 miles, Japanese 701 next. The Singapors Frie Preas adya.it is on. I knowd firm of wine and spirit merchants. Tha If an fodustry was slatted to manufacture co-alimals of 1900-10. If the rest of the rpium dividead of 71 per cent, will be paid by the miles, Germans 684 miles and British 600 darslond bar the present buildings will be "brands" are 63 widely and popularly comm const fibre, writes a correspondant from Kolan- | salen do as well, there ought to be a surplus of | Kail Bogor Sugar Manglaciary, 13,54 per cant. | miles. When the railways being bulli am com demolished for the pew offices and godowns of that it would be almost supprăitous to recome tan," Golz-manleg, colt maitressés and coir« || crores over the estimates at the end of the i̟ by the Fourwokerto Sugar Manufactory, and | pleted the total mileage, of railways in China, Mestre Katz Brothers who haya secuied' a "mood "them to thirty aquls after I popes form articleï of commerce.
financial year.
*17 per cent, by the Baugék Culture Company," will reach &gen miles,
The first sale of Bengal opium in the current fiancial year realised the record price of Rs. 1,26,30,400 which is Rs. 68,54,400 better than $7,113,700
Long lesse from the Portugues Mission,