WORLD'S NEWS. [FROM N.-O. DAILY. Nawa."] FIRE IN CONSTANTINOPLE, „London, Feb. 7.-Telogramis from Constantinoplo stato that the central building of the Sub- limo Porte, comprising the Minis- try of the Interior and the officos
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY FEBRUARY 13 1911
CANTON AS A NAVAL BASE.
THE VICEROY TAKEŚ ENERGETIC AUTION.
(THE "TELEGRAPH CORRESPONDENT]
Canton, Fob. 13.
His Excelloney the Viceroy
Mails,
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,
BREMEN.
of the Council of State, las bahan takon energetic action in the IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINES.
gutted by fire. The bulk of the archives was destroyed.
THE KING AND PEAGE. London, Fob. 6. The King, in receiving at Buckingham Palace two Gorman divines, who are visiting England in connextion
with the movoment to foster friendly foolings hotweon Groat Britain and Germany, said; “My father was called the Peacemaker and was a Pencómaker. I con sider it my duty to follow in his stops, and shall support evory ondeavour in the direction of the promotion of peace and, goodwill between nations to the host of my power."
RUBBER BOOM AT SHANGHAI.
matter of making Canton 'strong naval baso..
Daring Viceroy, Shum's time, colleges wore established and a | small navy collected, but the Naval Commissioners Prince Tsun and Admiral Sir Sa Chun Ping were not pleased with the colloney also is dissatisfied. progress made, and
It is reported that he has töle- graphed to the Naval Board asking that a compotont official Chua in the hope of making be sent south to replace Admiral Canton a strong naval base.
BANKRUPT BANKER. BECOMES À PORTUGUESE SUBJECT.
[THE “TELEGRAFIA” CORRIFONDÉNT
Canton, Feb. 13. The proprietor of tho Shiu: From the report of the Can-long Bank of Shanghái; which adian Trade Commission at failed during the recent rubber, Shanghai wo extract the following. panic for a large amount is to be details, says the Financial News arrested for attempting to defraud of January 5
his creditors.
an expectant Thotai; fle: from This man, Tong by name and Shanghai, and went to Macao where he became a naturalised Portuguese subject in order to avoid paying his debts.
His liabilities amount to Tls. 10,000,000, it is said, and he owes large sums in Hongkong.
"Early in the year business in all lines was opening out well, and the business houses here were looking forward to a record your, But, unfortunately, at this time 'the plague of the rubber boom' ontered into Shanghai and un- settled and destroyod logitimato trade. Same forty, rubber com- panies were promoted in Shang- The Shanghai Taotni has re- hai, with a total capital of ported the matter, and the Can- $20,000,000 (gold), und rubberton Viceroy has now given-in- lands were bought in the Straits structions to have the fugitivo Settlements and Java, Chinese arrested and his estates confiscat and foreigners in Shanghai were fed, in order that his creditors divorting money which ought may be paid,
legitimately to be employed in
Minutes of a meeting of the Council, held at the Board Room, on the 24th January, 1011.
For
NAPLES, GENOA,
STAAMERS.
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THE
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FLOWER STREET.
EVERY EVENING at 7 P.M. and 9.15 P.M.
CINEMATOGRAPH D'ELITE
Entertainment
"THE EMPIRE" CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE,
Das Vaux BOAD CENTRAL (Opposita to Central Market),
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From To-night
AND
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22nd February, at Noon.
About WEDNES-
DAY, 22nd February.
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and
MANILA, YAP, MA KON, NEW GUI- NEA, BRISDANE, SYDNEY and MEL BOURNE.....
KUDAT and SANDA-
KAN
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25th February, (T. 6,000) at Daylight..
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End of February.
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.7th March, All the steamers of the European Line are fitted with Wireless Tolography,
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GENERAL AGENTS, HONGKONG.
· Hongkong, 3th February, 1911.
Intimations
ANCHURIA
SOUTH MANG
A RAILWAY
SHORTEST & QUICKEST ROUTE
BETWEEN
THE FAR EAST & EUROPE, via DAIREN.
permanent business in buying KULANGSU (AMOY) rubber skires, and wore vicing MUNICIPAL COUNCIL. with each other in wild spoonla tions. The merchants in the in- terior, who always take Shanghai advice, followed suit. The pricos of rubber shares went up by leaps and bounds, and at the apex of the boom tlio slures in some of the companies woro at 1,000 per cent premium. The Chinese had bought very heavily. Whop the slump came the usual result fol
EXPRESS TRAIN BERVICE, composed of excellantly equipped Sloop- 1. A ballot was taken for Chairing, Dining and 1st Class Cars. Es oparatad-Dairena-Changelito-four- lowed. Many word und Aman and Vice-chairman, result-times a week in osinection with the Tran Sibaria Express Trains and with single Chinese morchant failed to ing in the election of Mr. Wilson Dairen-Shanghai Direct Stoner Service by the S.S. Kolm Maru" and the extent of 9,000,000 trols as Chairman, and Mr. Pike as Saikio Muru? (cach 2,877 tong) në follows :-- (about $5,500,000 guli)."
JANUARY RUBBER RETURNS.
Balgownio Rubber Estatos, Li- mited For January, 12,685 lbs. Malakoff Rubber Co., Ltd.- For January 3,050 lbs.
United Tomiang (F.M.S.) Rub- bor Estatos, Ltd. For January, 3,200 lbs.
Shelford-Fer Jan. 12,000 lbs. Khunang for Jun., 9,500 lbs. lurpandon-For Jan., 19,300
Tbs.
Bukit Choraka. For January, 4,000 lbs.
Batu Caves. For Jan., 18,898
iba.
F. M. S.-For Jan., 42,563 lbs. Kuala Lumpur-For January, 03:045-10s.
Tanjong Malim-For January, 3,700-lbs.
Present:-Messrs. W. It? McD. Parr, H. B.. I'ike, L. I. Thomas, K. Tsudzumalmra, Revd. G. M. Wilson, Lim Nee Kar and the secretary.
Vico-chairman.
2. The Commitice were formed as follows:-
WATCIL Messrs. Thomas and Wilson. WORKS,
Mossrs. Parr and Wales.
FINANCE...
Messrs. Piko aud Tsudzurabarn/
3. The mintos of the last meeting were road and confirmed.
4. An application from .Too Chit. Cin to erect a boundary. wall round certain proporty near the Hon rock, was referrod to the Works Committee.
5. Applicatious for the post of Inspector of Police are consider- ed, and the Secretary is directod to obtain further particulars con cerning one of the candidates..
RAT-KILLING IN BOMBAY,
1st Class Fares
$10
WINTER SCHEDULE.
: (Effective (ill 30th April, 1911.)
NONTH DOUND.
Shanghai (Sivatner)... Lv. Dalren (
"
Yi4.95 Malden
Tues.
Thar Sun. Bat. "(S. M. R. Train) Lv. 6.00 p.m.Sun. Thurs Fri. Ar.2.45 a.m. Mon, Wed. Fri. Bat. Lv. 9.00 Cangabun ( Ar. 9.50,
(Russian Train) Lv. 11.36
"I
9.00 in
11
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jar. 7.25
State Wa Ex-
on
Comesting at Harbin with press Lits for
SOUTH BOUND.
Connecting at Harbin with
R 9.00 Changeln (
for Mag-
Moscow cow.
Staty
Ex-
prese
for St, Pet's.
Sinto State Wagon!
Ex- Ex-
Lits press prése from from8t from Mos- Pet'g. Moscow dow
་་་
ཎྞན་
at 4 p.m.
Cents 50, 30 and 20..
Childron Half-price to all Parts.
Lossoo and Manager, R. H.STEPHENSON. Hongkong, 8th February, 1911,
Intimations.
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EARLY TIFFIN DURING RACE DAYS.
SPECIAL MENU.
Weismann, Limited.
TSANG KWONG COMPANY,
ELECTRICAL AND
for a few days only.
THE MAGNIFICENT FILM OF
RT.
"MESSALINA."
"One of the best productions
Patha's coloured Cinematograph in 14 Scones.
Hongkong, 18th Fob., 1911.
[85%
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED;
PORTLAND CEMENT.
In Caaks of 375 lbs. not. In Bags of 250 lbs. not.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
General Managers, Hongkong, 16th Aug.,"
FRENCH STORE.
6, Queen's Road.
CLOUET
CHAMPAGNE
EXTRA DRY.
GAS CONTRACTORS, Just arrived by last French
230, Des Voeux Road Central, Telephone No. 699,
BTCCKB.CF.
ELECTRICAL RADIATORS. ELECTRICAL IRON.
ELECTRICAL WATER HEATERS. ELECTRICAL KETTLES.
ELECTRICAL FITTINGS AND
ACCESSORIES
BEST METALLIC FILAMENT and
CARBON FILAMENT LAMPS for all Voltage and Candle-power.
WIRES & CABLES.
TELEPHONES
BELLS & INDICATORS.
SILICIA" ACCUMULATORS
DRY CELLS AND LECLANCHE
CELLS.
Gas Radiators.
Gas Fittings.
Gas Incandescent Mantles.
PETROLEUM INCANDESCENT MANTLES.
PETROLEUM INCANDESCENT BURNERS and
LAMPS of all-descriptions.
Sun. Lighting plants driven by Steam, Gas
Y11.50
(Harbin (Russi in Train) Lv. 7.50 p.m. Mon. Wed.
Ar. 6.40 a.m. Tugs, Thurs. Bat. (S.MR. Train)LY 7.00
·Tri..
Mukden
Jár 146 p..
11
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Kamuning (Perak) Rubber and 169,000 people in the last four- The bubonic plague has killed Tin Co., Ltd.-For January, rub-teen years in the city of Bombay bor 18,571 lbs., net revenue from alono, says the Christian Herald, tin mining $7,852. The figures the highest mortality being 20,000 for January, 1910, were:rubber, in 1903, and the lowest 5,000 0,400 lbs., net revenue from tin; during the past year. The reduc- $7,503; and the total for the first tion of the mortality can be traced seven months, just ended, of the very largely to the number of -company's financial year are rats killed in the city; who pre rubber 72,298 lbs., net revenue the industrious carriers of the from tin $34,150.
disease. A half million rats were Linggi Plantations, Limited.- killed inst year in that city alone, For January, 85,000 lbs.. The of which nuniber 90,000 were ox-. harvest in December, 1910, was amined by the bacteriologists of 82,000 lbs., and in January, 1910, to health department, and 9,000 Inny's management. 58,000 lbs
of them were found to be infected with the plague. The wholomlo
Changkat Salak Rubber and
Shanghai
Fri.
EXPRESS EXTRA FEE....Y3.00
Supplementary Charges on DAIREN-CHANGCHUN Service
SLEEPING CAR SUPPLEMENT...... Y5.00 obtainable at all the Aganoies of the International Sleeping Car & Express TICKET AGENCIES-The Company's rallway and steamor tickets aro Train Co., Messrs. Thes. Cook & Son, and Reinobursan der Hamburg-Amerika Linio.
RAILWAY HOTELS YAKATO HOTEL (Tel. Add. : " Yamato.") ni Dairen, Port Arthur, Mukden, Fushun and Changetus, all ander the Com-
1-
SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY COMPANY, DAIREN.
Tin, Ltd. For January, 2,155 ostraction of these rodents was Tel. Add. “Mantolama." Codes: A.B.Q. 6th. Ed. A. L. & Lieber's
lbs.
accomplished by the most careful
Changkat Serdang Estate,unicipal plan and co-operation
་
Limited-For Jaunary, 2801 of health and police departments, lbs, making a total to date of which scatterod bread smeared
36,302 lbs.
Mandai-Tokong
with poison cortain hours each
(Singapore) day in all parts of the city and
FUSHUN
COAL.
THE BEST STEAMING COAL IN THE EAST,
Cutput 3,600 tons per day.
Rubber Estates Ltd.-For Jan., furnished thousands of disinfected and also at Chefoo, Shanghai, Hongkong, Blagepore and Ponang.
Fresh stocks always on hand at Dairen, Nawaliwang aral Tientsin Depots
1,078 lbs., as against 1,026 lbs.
for December, 1010.
traps to the inhabitants, who
caught tons of thousands of them.
• Mount Austin (Johore) Rubber
It is proposed to lay down
Estates, Ltd.-For January, 4,200 lbs.
Pandan (Johoro) Rubber Es- tales, Ltd. -For January, 1,000
Boveral branch lines of railway
MINING DEPARTMENT,
SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY COMPANY,
DAIREN,
outside Delhi in order to facilitato Tol. Add. "Mantelsa." Codes: A. B. O. 5th. Ed., A. 1. & Lieber's
and Oil Engine to order. Hongkong, 2nd January 1911e
Completely Told in
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One Word, Satisfaction
"LOTUS"
BRAND MOCHA
COFFEE.
Obtainable Everywhere.
Hail; nevertheles
supply case of 24 pints at.
$22.50.
FRENCH STORL
"L, GAMEAU.
Hongkong, 19th Jan., 1911, [47
'PHONE
482.
HONGKONG
MOTOR
GARAGE.
Try Our
40 HP. CLEMENT CAR
0 SEATS
38
An. hour
2 H.P. RAMBLER CAR
4 SEATS
An hour
12 H.P. REO-CAR
We Repair
8 SEATS
· An hour
CYCLES, TYPEWRITERS,
MOTORS,
REASONABLE PRICES:
H. RUTTONJEE & SON, DRAGON CYCLE
WINE and PROVISION MERCHANTS. [745) Bengkung, 2014 January, 1011,
traffic in connection with the Agents: MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD Coronation Durbar,
Hongkong, 20th January, 1911.
DEPOT
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