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[SPECIAL ARTICLE.].
THE DRAGON BOAT RACE.
History of the Festival.
occurs the Chinoso Fostival of the
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY MAY 3 19ır
to convoy the snorificial dump-SUPREME COURT. lings out into the middle of tho
rivor. Before that time, ordinary An Absent Plaintiff. small bonts had been used for the purposo..
Cast into the "River,
PIRACY IN HONGKONG WATERS.
On Monday at the Supremo Court, Hofore Mr. Justico, Gom-
A Serious Situation.
was
THE POLICE AND
MOTORS.
CANTON NEWS.
Bank Theft.:
BOXING.
Kenny
v. Carlson.
"You Mutt."
Tho announcement, mado in tho Tolograph" on Friday just that
Mellvain hns
himself to blume
for tho
The Governmont, in order to [[Tri "Teleorape" CORRESPONDANT As years wont on the crows of
control the motors, has rightly
Canton, May 28. the dragon boats mudo a practice portz, the enso tras called, in Whilst the Hongkong Clumput into effect a polico regulation
Some days ago tho Canton) On Thursday of next wook at which the offerings had to bo
of racing each other to the place which Fung Tai alias Fung Tai ber of Commorce and kindred restricting motor trallic to certain Water Police, with the aid of an
Kev snod the Ynen Yuen firm, bodies are clamouring for the streets and localities, limited the informor, effected the capture a Konny and Mollvin would not Dragon Boat-that day boing thw and so on, through the centuries to recover the sum of $348 nl-better protection, of merchant"| spped of itor cars, defining de-Amanzi, Wong, who was formerly the light, cronted much disappoint- 5th of the 5th; moon. The festival bas boon evolved the great Dragon loged to be duo under a build-ships from the depredations of finitely at what speed they may manager, of a Chinese firm in ment in sporting circles, not only is observed as a gala day by the Boat Festival of China with its ing contract....
pirates on the waterways of tho travel in the various districts, Yokohama, and who had abscond-in longkong, but in the Philip- Chinese, in Canton ospecially merry-making, junketings, clang Mr. He appeared for the southern provinces of China, it livensed theso cars and insisteded with a large sum of money he pinos, where the coloured man is the colebrations are carried out kirl of music. The noisy accom
of drams and gongs and wild defondant, but the plaintiff appears, that our own Colony is that each car shall be driven by a longing to the Yokolima branch now staying.
behindhand in putting its best competent, licénsell driver. The of a well-known foreign bank. The on a most elaborate scale and are paniments to the festival are in-st in court.
Mr. Ho formally moved that offorts forward to extirpate the fee for the car license is $2 Toatai of the Constabulary has abandonment of the contest; his the means of attracting many tended to seare. away the hungry thousands of visitors from Hong-Gel. On the day of the festival, the case should he struck out. piratical horde who are known that for the driver $10, $14 per now bogged the Canton Vicoroyands were most unrouson- His Tardship: Supposing the to be existent in Hongkong and annum for car and driver. To all to communicate with the British able. Another cablo from Manila kong and the southern provinces. Paper dragon bouts, gay with
colours, may be found in overy man has made a mistake and who only await opportunity to those restrictions and regulation Consul at Shameon, and ask Konny is in the following This your; however, the Viceroy dwelling, u well as quantities of turns up at 10.30! of Canton has prohibited tho the sacrificial dumplings which so will your Lord their thieving propensities no car owner objects or demurs him to inform the
into operation.
forms "You' inuit articles foroigu holding of the famous annual are in due course consimed after ship give me judgmont with leave
What the car owner would like to bank Not long ago the Police Depart know is, what will the police do the sum of two thousand five want promoting take time." Tho in question to invesigned few days Donnison Irvine dragon bout race in connection "Joss" has been paid to the to the plaintiff to apply. ·
His Fordship: I will givement advertised for sale one of for him? His car may be a hundred dollars a reward which first two words, whether spoken in with Llo festival Un
thymemory of Wat Yuen.,
judgment with costs suspende! their launches which had been in aged and broken by falling into has been offered by the Bank for just or ournest aru. certainly not ground that it would be
for one hour.
uso for harbour patrol purposes hole in the roud or street because the apprehension and arrest of the calculated to breed the bost of EL danger the public
to
and for taking out reliefs and pouco, in view of the recont rising
rations to the out-stations such
Ingitive, handed to the Chinese feeling, and Kenny is doubtful and prosent state of unrest in do
officials, so that the informer may
which way to take them. City of Rams; for like other great
be rewarded. His Excellency has celebrations in all countries; the
written to the British Consul sage is that Dennison and Irvine The interpretation of tho mies festival draws to the city bad SIAMESE ROYALTIES IN
about the matter, and has instruct wish to promote the match horo gharacters from far and noar, und
ed the Tuotni of the Constabulary i addition to affrays between the criminal fra)
stipulating hoito try the prisoner, and force whom he could fight, and In order the Magistrate of Namin seirching out another man their torms. Kenny lost no timo ternity and the polico are by no moans infrequent,
him to produce the money belong-through
the instrumentality of Mr. A. Harper, he will meet
itself is both
Weird and Barbaric.,
This your, socing that the dra. gon boat raco has beon proscribe
Canton, is is expected that there will be many moro spectators a the Aberdeen race than Its been the case in former yours.
HONGKONG.
COMMERCIAL.
Hongkong.
Messrs E. S. Kadoorle & Co.
Mossrs. E. S. Kadoorio & Co. present their weekly report: It states that, business during the week ending yesterday has been interrupted owing to Empire Day liday Transactions have been somewhat spasmodic in con- saquoned:
that hole is not marked or made in
as Slatin and Taipo. With they way conspicuous, save only as it is emphasized, and made cossion of the Now Territory, one would have thought that an apparent by the ear in which one augmontation rather than amay be riding, slipping into it doplation of the police launch gracefully orotherwise, thorn tare- flotilla should have taken place.main till hoisted ont. It is wonder But the opposito has been proved ful when one reflects upon what
be the east.
to
ly
ing to the bank..`s
Carlson - Accepts
'On
On Saturday morning, the In Hongkong, the dragon boat arrived in flongkong from Bang-
In the Mirs Bay noighbourhood my happen in this Colony, Siamese Royal yacht Malinghukri
there have beon several piracies re- and yet pass wita but little adverse race is held at Aberdeen; and al-kok, having on board Her Majoster-Fine hard Pars is ported of late, and it would appear comment. Speaking of holes in
To Protect Foreign Engineers. Carlson, who is the champion though our hal event is on the Queen Motherof Siam with (wb
Mr. Jion Tion Yaw, the Pro-wrestler of the Philippines and inuch smaller scale this tho Can young Princes of the Bloor wooted from London 4 per as though the pirates have be the rond, reminds us that on one and sharos are fairly steady at last come audacious in their villainy occasion many years ago whilst wo
sidont of tho Yuot-Han Railway, who recently received his dis ton race, it is witnessed overy year gang to Europe, by way of reported levels. Singapore con- owing to the inability of tho were driving horse and trap up by thousands of Chinese from all Siberia, o complete their odues-tinues dull, and Tronols are police boats to combat their the garden road, about seven las reported to His Excellency large froin the Army.
tion. The Royal yacht was quoted round about last week's parts of the Colony. The race curted by a small Siamese gunboat rates. A telegram was received
hefarious expeditions.
o'clock ano ovoning, the horse, a the Viceroy that the railway has Friday we gave the terms-a One of the latest piracies re- very sensible one, stopped sudden to pass through many villages $1,200 purso, given by Mr. Har- Mine o'clock a Royal Salute on Thursday from Singapore, ported concerns the footing of and refused to proceed. Upon and land, work on the line has per and expenses of $150 ouch was fired by the land battery in advising that the Sandycroft trading junk, No. 1910, which investigation it was found, that a been, and is still being, internan and these were communi The long narrow canoes, with of the distinguished bier Company have declared was on a voyage frem inghoy to ditch had been dug two feet deep ruptod, through the agitation ofcated to Carlson...
Carlson las accepfod and dressql ship.. visitors; the .S.S. Wilmington final dividend of $150 (making Hongkong when, near Fung Head, tire road, to permit some pipe to be sants. The President is afraid everything, except refereo and
and quite as wide, across the enthe innocent and ignorant pea 175 per cont. for the your).
in the neighbourhood of Mirs Bay,
judgos, las boon fixou. The party includes, besides the
sho was boarded by ten men who laid or repaired; there was no that the native malefactors may crowQhteen Mother and the young Prin-
Freight Circular. Mossrs. Lanke and Rogge, ship came alongside in a fishing junk.ight, no flag just a ditch. The take advantage of this to create match will take place in the apiece, row up to the starting eos, 11.1.H. the Princess of Siam, and freight brokers, in their freight Tho pirates were armed with question was, who would have trouble, and commit robbory. A Bello Viow Skating Rink on June line to the beating of gougs and Lady-in-Waiting; fifteen Ladies eireular state that so far as so revolvers and daggors. Ons of been responsible had the horse foreign engineers are employed
in-WaitingaheSiamese Ministerto shrill yolls of encouragemont Parisand his wife; JERI, Prizorn freights are concerned the them also carried a stick of stepped into it and broken his leg,/on the Railway, and are stationed |
For the giving up of the fight defiance; and at the given sigual Devawongse, Ministor for Foreign fortnight under review
has dynamite with which he threaton or had we been riding instead of in different sections, they are away they spood at a paco that is Affairs; III. Prince Nari brought to improvement what the trading junk people, crying driving, and our neck been broken, able to be attacked and robbed there is a solatium in the Kony truly wonderful.
Dr. P. Aprusait; II. E. Roar over-Hardly any freights, worth out that he would blow up the to whom should our heirs have by the miscreants. Mr. Jien ro- Calson contest, which, without The swiftly moving-canoes, the
Admiral Phya Rajawongso, aileving, remain on the market at vessel if she wore not brought to. looked for consolationor monetary posts His Excelloney to in- doubt, will bo of great magnitudo. fu fear of their lives, the crew of compensation? There are at the struct the local authorities to The match will be one of 20 Saigon-Hongkong:-There is the trading junk furled the sails moment or wore a low days ago give the foreigners every pro-rotinde, previous to which there:
curving prows, fanciful carving, and banners flying, carrying from fifty to eighty of a
Mists of Antiquity.
but tradition tells that it is con- nected with the commemoration
Edle-coup, Mr. Luang Sunthorn,
Soon after the arrival of the
the close.
CHINESE COMPOSITORS'
GUILD.
*
Laws. When a bank or commercial
22nd.
A Solatium.
The
getting over his management, and up to the last six days he will stay either train at the Bello View or, in the Philippines. He will then-
in Mueno.
arrango
gloaming paddle blades, tho glis of the Foreign Office, with no change for the better to report and, tho pirates coming aboard, two nasty holes where theflection. II.E. has accordingly will be three smaller fights of ton, toning naked bodies of the crows, sccretários to the Minister, page yet, and a land to month business ey were driven bolow while the rondi tu caved in, on the rond instructed the local civil and six and four rounds ench. Carl the clamour of the gongs and the and female attenfants; Bis only has again lioen dono brnwelcome visitors ransacked the leading past the plaguo hospital military officials to despatch more son has asked that he can train in frenzied sh tts of the rowers: all fighteen young students who are regular linors." Although the ship. The hatches wero nailógat Konnody Town, the holos are bravos to the different sections of Manila owing to the difficulty in those go to make up a spectacle with the Princes to Pare, locul tivo market has improved in down upon the crow. When they side by side, and if you are lucky the Railway to protect the foreign
engineers,
Petition to Alter Bankruptcy as exciting as it is picturosque. Matashakri, Captain Pill: Taylor, the course of last week, the Salgan emergo some six hours after as well as observam you pass over When the race is finished the vieA. D. C. to 11. the Governor, values are still above the parity of wards the robbers had gone, taking one and by the other, and not inte thom; you cannot drive aroun-1 them... tors are not show to make a parade Sir Frederick Lugard, went onnghong, and very little disposi-way property in the stupe of
Konny has not yet taken up his Whon' a small urchin langs house fails in Canton, its liabilities proparations, but will do so at tho board the yacht and conveyed totion is consequently shown for clothing, bedding and salt fial:, of their prowess and there is a
in to the top of your motor, and to the public uro. not as fairly end of this week. His hand- great deal of fousting and drink-and the loyal party His Ex-
Her Majesty the Quosh Mother tonnago engagénients. The latest to the value of $53.
privato estimates are thint exports Thore scenis.to be little hope ng to follow,
cellency's welcome to the Colony
of rice, brokons and bran for 1911 of the pirates being brought to many of his friends join him and treated as those to the Govern-quartors will be at the V.R.C. It thoy smash, by means of the mont. In other words, the assote now rests with the two mon to The origin of the Dragon Boat and condolences in the brave will be 30 to 40 por cont. less than book.
combined weight this same tor, of the bankrupt will be held in who is responsible? If you club paying off the Government funds Kenny and his management. luve Festival is somewhat obscured in mont they had sustained in the last year, Jay 700,000 to 800,000
their refereo and judgos, the
death of H.M. King Chalalong tons instead of 1,091,000 tons.
him, and he suffers therefrom, ar before attention is given to suggested an officer from the korn. Ou bobalfof the Governor,
According statistics this
you responsible?
the debts owed by the insolvent to Navy and an officer from the Captain Taylors also oxtonded to year's exports up to last mouth-
As one is about to start the the public or merchants. In the Ariny and Mr. W. S: Bailey, a Her Majesty and anite an invita amount to total 253,580 tons
ear and you, for reasons of your ease of a tenant's failure, gener civilian. This, of course, is sub- tion to accept the hospitality of gmint 3-15,900 same period of of a great and good statesman, Government House,
last year. Quotation stands for Wo lourn that the object of this town, throw in the reverso which ally his landlord has to suffor.ject to the consent of Carlson.
happens to surprise and catch as the houso occupied by Wat Yuen of the Cho country Her Majesty, however; intimat-May to Juno shipment No. 2 white guild is to enable the uiembers unawares the eight or ten urchins him will be sealed up by the
Will Mcilvain Challenge (now known as Innan, who ed that she is desirous of remain-round, sifted $5.16 per picnf of thereof to get as higir a wage as hanging on to the rear, and they government, and pending the
Winner?. flourished many centuries ago, ing strictly incognite during her 131, gross, fo.b. Saigon against possible, was doing the just are knocked down, one may get atlement of the case the land-tifis match is the te arranging of.
The result of the This Wat Yuen by reason of his stay in the Colony and gracefully on the mason your 7 who think the Chinese aro made in the ran Jungstor? Horotofore, lord is not allowed do got it now cision thut Kenny will cot.ht good qualities and of the high declined the offer of a guard of exports this season are 75,390 is it mansinnghtor? tonant. Alternatively, when estimation in which he was holhonour and the insual cele-tons.
of clay, different from that from though unable to see these boys, landlord is in financial straits, Mellvain, though, he pointed out, in the hearts of the people, washrations attendant upon an off- The denud remains good, and which the rest of us are made, we have been lucky and killed and summoned, the house be there is nothing to prevent hin impeached by jealous and power-cial landing, H.M. the Queen Mo-if the above estimates are correct, will admit, that at least the mem-none, Should those boys, or cupied by his tenant, will be from challenging the winner of ful onomies, and he was banished ther remained on board the Royal the export season may end earlier bers of this, particular guild are even
one of them hang on Boatod with all its furnitures, etc.. the Kenny-Carlson contest. "II by the King of Cho to Kiangnan yacht to-day and will not coine thon usual.
mide of common clay.
longer than the rest and he or if the house be occupied as you win and Mellvain isstės a (now known as Kiangsu). This shore until to-morrow afternoon, The North reports that "oul- The tendency is to protect the carried some distance till speed shop, all stocks stored therein ollenge will you accept"? wo injustice so preyed upon the when the landing will be a purely siders are surce, but on the lazy and indolent, and in so doing is attained, he must sooner or will also be sealed up by the askod.
"Yes," said Kenny t statesman's mind that in a fit of private one. During Her Majesty's other hand there, are but few in lower the standard rather than later, become tired and fall or drop officials. The Canton Clumber is evident from the attitude of the despondency ho jumped into the stay in Hongkong, she will reside quities The regular liners are to rains it, The compositors of off, and because of the speed of of Commerce has now taken up
people in Manila that Mellyain river and drowned himself, This at The Grove," in Macdonnel! still doing fairly well, but we the "Telegraph" have of late the car and his lack of education the matter, and sought mea would have liked to meet Könny, event happened on the 5th day Road, bolonging to De G. P. understand that the export of kjeobeon speculating as to how soon in lighting from moving sures of redress. A petition but on the other liamd the terms of the 5th moon.
Jordan.
from Changsha, Siangtan and they will be able to enforce a vehicles, falls on his head or has boon drawn up and pre-
demanded were prohibitivo. If Soon after Wat Yuon's death The young Princes, with the lankow is to be prohibited from now regulation, to the effect that face as he must, the thud will be sented to the Ministry of Agri- we may judge events from a close the people of Cho began to realise other students, will leave for the the 1st of this month,
they will "sot only half the hard and may crack his skull: culture, Industry and Commerce: knowledge we think that Kenny very keonly, the groat loss they North by the Pacific Mail - 8,5.
copy they did formorly; if it Who is responsible? The correct In the petition, the chuniber bags and Melivain will yet fight. had sustained by his death and Korea to-morrow afternoon and Shanghai, and Hangkew Wharf works hore the guild will apply answer we know not we do that, in future, the liabilities of o they mourned his untimely end. will travel overland by Siberia to, al 6 per vent, debonturos ut the same tactics and regulations, know, however, that the police can, bankrupt firm or bank, to the SALE OF THE “ASIA." To keep his memory green, it Europe.
TE, 100 epsh."
to the other newspapers in the if they will, help in these matters, Ciovernment,, to the public, and became the custom to offer This morning H.R.II. Prince Shanghai Mutual Telephone Colony. Those in the employ of but will they? If a few of these to foreigners, should be fairly and The sale by auction of tho sacrifices on the anniversary of Dovawongse, Ministor for Foreign Co., Ld. 6 per cent. debentures at Europeans work for eight hours a boys wore arrested and given the equally treated, and dividends wrecked Pacific Mail Steamer
Affairs, and several members of Ts, 103 casli.
day, six days' wook. Those birch, this dangerous practice should be distributed pro ratu, Asia as sho lies on Finger Rock
his death. The
-Shanghai
- Sacrificial Offerings the Royal suite came aaliore alt Anglo-Dutch (Java) Planta-compositors working for Chinese would soon be broken up. and that properties of a landlord drew a crowd of Chinese to the consisted of rice thrown brond- ton o'clock at Blake Pior, where tions, Ed. Tls. 1.1-d eash.
special chairs wore in waiting,
MR. W. F.. TAYLOR'S DEATH
employers sorve their masters, for The picture has not been exag-should be distinguished from rooms of Messrs. Hopkins, Dunn Gula-Kalumpong Rubber Es- the same wage or loss, for a day gorated or overdrawn, save only those belonging to his tenant, or and Company at Shanghai on May east into the river. It so and visited various pinces of in- tates, Ld. Tis. 13.1-2 cush poned, say the records, that on torest in the city. Tho Minister
of, ten or twelvo hours, for seven as regards the deaths and cracked vice voran in case of bankruptcy. 3rd. The ship and cargo wero Batu Annara (Johoro) Rubber days a week. We fall so easily skulls, all the rest has happened. It is generally believed that the sold in different lots, and bidding the night following one of the and eito all wore European Estate, Ld. Tls. 1.3-4 cash, earliest sacrifices, the spirit of
We mention it because we desire petition will win the approval of was quite spirited, those making Yuen appeared in dreams before their sleeves and topees.
dross, with mourning bands. on
Dominion Rubbur Co., Ld. Tla. Last Friday afternoon His Ex-to prevent the worst happening, tlio Ministry of Agriculture, la bids coming from the coast ports,. 27 cash. certain wise men of the Cho
celloney presented trophies to the and it will happen, unless the dustry aid Conimerce.
Weneliow, Ningpo, Foochow, etc.. Tho arrangements for enter
Samagaga Rubber Co., Ld. winning teams of the Hongkong police assist in broaking up these country and complained tlaut all taining the Royal party are in the 0.50 1. conts, cash.
The steamer started at Taola 1,000, the rice that had been thrown hands of Mr. J. II. N. Mody, who
Schools Football League, at boyish pranks. That the higher
and went up to Taela 8,200, when into the river for him had been acting for his father, Sir
Padang Rubber Tls. 7.00 cash. Government. Houso: Senior officials in the Police Departinent,
she won knocked down to Chinese Shanghai Mutual Telophone Competition-Schools' Shieldas at prosent constituted, desiro eaton by the fish, leaving him Hormusico Mody, at the Siamese Co. Ld. Tls. (5 cash.
buyers from Fonchow. The cargo St. Joseph's College. Junior and are willing and anxious to
was started at Taols 500, and On the occasion of the next
Consulate,
Shanghai Land Investment Co., Competition-Governor's Cup-serve the public, in any and Later nows to hand regarding Shanghai buyers ultimately had Ld. Tis. 95 caalı. festival, therefore, the people
(presented by II. E. Sir Frederick every way possible, wo know the death of Mr. W. F. Taylor, it knocked down to them for Taels made their offerings of rico into
Lagard)-Wantsal School. Each na. we have seen evidence of of the Naval Yard, Hongkong, 2,800, the total price gained thus A London cablegram says the dumplings, wrapped up in leaves, Government has promised to re- who has lnd any experience of received a small shield with his the line, one should evince no previous morning to an attack
Mr. R. O. Lehmann-No man member of the winning teams this desire, but in going down shows that he succumbed the being Tools 11,000. so that the fish could not get at duco to half price the cost of life dosires that everyone should name ongraved on it. Tos was surprise when a duffer or ignor of dysentery. the contents. Also, they intro- cables, also to make cheaper the agree with him on every detail of afterwards served on the north ant bobbie" is encountered, for buried in the Gulf of Siam, the seems to have any trouble in
The body wAB
At all ovents, China nover duced the dragon boats in which foreign parcela post,
Tull questions.
verandal of Government House.there are too many such. captain offiolating at the service. borrowing all the money it neede,
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