COMMERCIAL
International Cotton Mfg:
Co. Ltd.
FOREIGN NEWS ITCMS.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY JUNE 21 1911
INDIAN NEWS.
Cow Killing.
THE WORLD'S ŠILK PRODUCTION.
Prepaid Advertisements.
25 - WORDS - $1 for 8 Insertions or
$2 for one week. N
Tho Syndicate of Silk Mor- Bangalore, June 1. move chants at Lyons has just publish- ment to protect cattle against being overworked and alauglitered ed the customary statistics of the is being pushed forward by a world's silk production in 1910, ro group of orthodox Hindus, in though the figures relating to the Far East included. in same aro Bangalore City.
They are about to memorialise only provisional. The world's the Maharajah's Government to pass a regulation prohibiting the total is put at 24,350,000 kilos., slaughter of cows aud have ob compared with 24,510,000 for tained the signatures of about 1909. Towards this 4,705,000 5,000 porsous interested in the kilos. raw silk was contributed mattor.
by Western Europe, compared with 5,385,000 in 1900, including 3,047,000 kilos. by Italy (against 4,251,000 kilos.), and 320,000 (674,000) by France. The pro- duetion of the Levant and Con- tral Asia was 2,095,000 kilos, compared with 3,038,000 kilos.
The semi-official "Rossija," in a leading articlo on the visit of tho Gorman. Crown Prince and An extraordinary general mout- Princess to St. Petersburg, says: ing of this Company was held at "Thiu ovont is of capital Shangliai to consider a proposal | political importance. Itserves as that the capital of the Company now and solomn confirmation of be increased to Tls. 1,050,000, by the unalterable friendly relations the creation of 4,000 new shares botwoon Russia and Germany of Taole seventy-five anch. Mr.The close bonds of relationship O, Raynor presided. *
which haro, existed for a long The Chairman explained that time between the two ruling the mooting had been called to families have promoted to a con- consider and, if approved of, pass|siderable dogroo such conditions. special resolutions and to om-as are favourable to the mainten Simula, June 1.--Sanction has power the 'directors to issue, forance of European peace.' been accorded to the institution of interpretership, examinations in the purpose of oquipping the mill
The Dun Committee has re- Fronchi and Gerwan for nilitary with looms, one half of the new pre- 15,000,000 roubles(about £1,500,-
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commencing on the third Tuos
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OIL SHIP ON FIRE.
On Saturday last an extensive
Intimations
MANCHURIA
SOUTH
RAILWAY
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SHORTEST
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THRICE WEEKLY EXPRESS TRAIN SERVICE, composed of weaving plant of 300 solved to not aside the sum officers in India. The examina The Far Eastern total is put at firo broke out on a largo oil excellently equipped Slooping, Dizing and 1st Class Cars, is operated between Dairon and Changohun in connection with the Trans-Siberian Express Traink ference shares at once, or as they 000) yearly from the Imperial Etion will be hold once a year, 16.950,000 kilos. against 16,- steamer lying just outside the and with Dairon-Shanghai Direct Steamer Survice by the 8.8. "Kobe Main" might see it. The Board were harbours.
chieqior for the construction of day in January at Calcutta and 087,000 in 1000), including Singapore harbour limit, and and Saikio Marn" (onals 2,877 tons) as follows unanimously and strongly of The Budget Committee adopted Bombay, and will beconducted by Exports from Shanghai 5,345,000 which ended in very considerable
n Board which will consist of (5,185,000) kilos., from Canton the opinion that all cloth by twenty votes te uino the Bill by two British oflcers, assisted 2,500,000 (2,295,000), from damage being done to the vósol 1st Ula Woven out of course counts which the Ministor of Marino is of yarn consumed in China granted the necessary funds for by an educated native of the Yokohama 8,800,000 (8,372,000), and ita eventual sinking. Tho Despite the on board shortly after one o'clock, would sooner or Inter be supplied ships for use in the Baltic Sea.
the construction of four battle- country, the language of which and Calcutta and Bombay 215,000 outbreak was observed by those
forms a subject for the examing(235,000) kilos.
A fee of Rs. 100 will be deficit in European and Levan-and it was not until seven' o'clock tion. ontirely from looms operated in Recently the Marine Minister, granted to each of the two, British tine crops, the total silk produc- that tlio vossol began to settle low the Far East, and that the first Admiral Gregorovitel, intro-officers of the Board in addition tion very closely approaches that in the water, the fire burning mills to recognize this would duced his Bill for the reorganist to the usual travelling and deten of the all-round increase of Asiatic furiously for the greater portion benefit thereby. Further, that by tion of the licet. The new pro-tion allowances, and a similar fee exports. More and more the of that time, huge sheets of flame taking up weaving they would provides for the main of Its 100 will be paid to the supply of the silk markets. de- and dense volumes of smoke being....
tenance of three distinct fleets- ronder themselves moro inde- one in the Baltic, one in the Bluekoivilian, member of the Board. pands on the Asiatic eropa, whose emitted from the holds, attract The vessel was the s.s. Karang, pendent of the yarn merchants Soa, and one in. Far Eastern Applications to attend these ex-xports show a constant advance, ag attention for miles around.
aminations will be submitted From an average of 8,354,000 and reap the benefit of a wider waters. The cost is to be spread through the proper channel to the kilos, in the years 1876-80, the steamer of 357 tons registered world's silk crop hos been tonnage, belonging to the Labuan market for cloth. Whereas for over a period of twenty years, Chief of the General Staff und
instalmonts boing voted each five should reach the Army Hend steadily expanding, until it reach-Steam Ship Company, and being some time yarn had been a
yenes; but the first voto required dragging market, cloth had will be the heaviest, as a number quarters not Inter than the 15th ed 24,510,000 in 1909, and the consigned by the East Asiatic above-mentioned figure for 1910. Company with a cargo of benzino boon readily saleablo at prices of warships of all classes have to
October annually.
la the same period the contrib for Bangkok. She arrived in the which must pay a fair profit to bo siarted without dolny.
Question of Electric Installation. tion by the Far East has risen roads a few days ago from Penang, local producers. Technically, tho
Labore, June 1-Two Euro- from 5,740,000 kilos, to 10,950,000 and on Thursday the usual pre- Ono particularly important directors had been at pains to lay part of the new programme in the pn Electrical Engineers pasted last year. down plant of the latest and most plan to make Roval a first-class though Peshawar on route for approved and oconomical practice. naval bare. The Czar is stated Kabul. The Amir is hoping by All the machinery and leome re-to have interested himself actively their aid to establish an electric quired had already been ordered in this scheme, and to have him-power installation for his factories and they expected to be able to self drawn up plans for the, har-whore scarcity of fuel has been produce cloth in about six month our works und improvements.
a cause of serious difficulty for from date. So convinced were
the past few years.. There is up tho directors of the wisdom of
paroutly water power available
France.
Col. Benson
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caution was taken to anchor hor outside the harbour limit bofore loading with bonzino was com- menced. The loading was com- ploted and the vessel was practi- cally ready to sail, when on Satur- The German railway enterprise day at 1.40 p.m. a telephone in the Chinose province of Shan
mesange was received at the tung has, according to the reportMaster Attendant's Office that The driver of a mail van who within a short distance of Kabul.just issued, dovoloped favourably she was on fire off Tanjong * Kussion Train Time is 23 ulanto, abarl of the S.3.B. Time. For instance, their proposals that the mill reported recently that he had been anginoors had been asked to pro attacked in a lonely road near
in the year 1910. The traffic Katong. Tho Tanjong Pagar vide for further future extension. Bordeaux by two masked and
Supplementary Charges on DAIREN-CHANGOHUN Servios. Bangalore, June 2.The Hon. receipts of the Shantung Railway Dock authorities were at once EXPRESS EXTRA VEE... 3.00 SLEEPING CAR SVEPLEMENT...... Y5.00 As regarded the financial aspect armed men, and the van looted, Col. P. I. Benson M.D., I.M.S., Company rose from $3,400,000 to communicated with and the TICKET AGENCIES—The Company's milway and steamer tickets are of the proposed extension, only armed men, and the count of who has just retired from the post- $3,700,000, or 9 por cont, and tuig Varuna was despatched with obtainable at all the Agencies of the International Sleeping Car & Express Tls. 10,500 per annum were re-do after that he has himself beention of Surgeon-Geseral with the the traffic exponsos from 8947,330 fire extinguishing appliances. Trains Co., the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Shanghai, Messrs. Thos, Cook & Bon, quired to pay interest, and net arrested on a charge of being con- Madras Government, halted a day to $999,723, or about 5:03 por The sen for some distance round and Relroburesa der Hamburg-Amerika Linie.
Some 651,128 (1009: the burning ship was ablazo also, RAILWAY HOTELS-YAMATO Hotel (Tol. Add. ; " Yamato "), at ́ earning for the last ten years had cornod in the robbery. He then at Banguluro yesterday to attend cont avoragod Tis. 67,678 por annum. gave the names of two men as his a farewell function in his honour 641,279) passengers and 709,192 and immediate steps had to be Dalren, Port Arthur, Mukden, Fasian and Changohun, all under the Com- A reserve of Th. 150,000 invested in the business was accomplices, and they also have given by the representatives of the (696,280) tons of goods were taken to prevent the flames from pany's management.
SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY© COMPANY, boon urrested. The driver sintes Medical Staff of Mysore, in which carried on the 136 kilom. of line the benzino floating away. the mill was started Tls, 444,660) that they wont through the mails Stato bo had boon Senior Surgeo"ickets form the lion's share of | Karang began to settle down by Tet Add. Mantatsu." Oodes: A.B.O. 6th. Ed. A. I. & Lieber's
in operation. Coal and coal Shortly after six o'clock the the goods traffic. Including the the head, tha Varuna having all this machinery in addition to keeping! The mysterious disappearance
amount of m.124,390 (m.103,830)|timo continued to pump water Sinda, June 2-The annual brought forward, and after placing into her fore hold. The conflag french defence fictill at Dunkirk.meoling of the Indian Railway the renewals fund; writing seven o'clock by the vessel sinking ID. 370,000 (1,300,000) toration was extinguished about Besides a sum of ruoney it contain-Conference Association will bot ed the vessel's papers and a num- held in Simla on September 18th off m.57,330, &c., the profit in 6-1.2 fathoms of water, her
uf the year, amounts to and subsequent days. A lengthy
masts and a portion of the fannel ber of important documents..
rgenda, containing no less than n.4,000.220 (m.4,129,210). It being all that remained above and The luck-out which was declar- 58 items, has been drawn up and is proposed to deal with thie aster
-To reserve fund, ed at Copenhagen by the Em-will be placed before the, Con- follows: ployers Association has ended, ference for discussion. Many of m.228,501 (m. 201,268), po- ANGLO-JAPANESE COM-
cial reserve fund, m.228,501 an agreement having been reached these items are purely technical or
(m.201,268); 6-1.2 por cont. divi-
had been written off on plant and
everything in first class order ont of movouue. This seemed to show
that the Company was in a sound position.
There was no discussion and the special resolutions were carried unanimously.
in
A few days ago we reported our columns a caso in which a servant boy was robbed of $500
What is the reason?
auch
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together.
is reported of the money chest of
the torpedo-boat No. 250, of the
Denmark.
Manchuria.
Poland.
and Sanitary Commissioner for very many years.
Indian Railway Reforms
are
THE CORONATION
EXHIBITION.......
The Coronation Exhibition at
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THE BEST STEAMING COAL IN THE FAR EAST.
Output 8,500 tons per day.
Fresh stocks always on hand at Dairen, Nowchwang and Tientsin Depots also at Chefoo, Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapore and Peasng.
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SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY COMPANY,
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Hongkong, 9916 April, 1911.
JUST ARRIVED
PER 8.8. "ARCADIA."
A NEW CONSIGNMENT
OF
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He was attacked, so it is alleged, concerning the questions in dis- departmental, but there dend, m.3,510,000 (m.3,240,000); in the street at mid-day. A great puto. The lock-out affected sovorul important questions of
The Board of Trado are in number of these cases of higliway 40,000 men.
public interest, such as the profit shares, m.7.50 (m.5) sach, robbery occur in the Colony, and
further discussion and disposal m.405,000; and carry forward, receipt, through the Foreign after being investigated by the A telograins from Mukden of the proposal for the establish.182,580,--" L. & C. Express." Office, of a telegram. from His police, have been found to be fiestates that the now Viceroy has ment of a clearing-house at Agra,
Majesty's Embassy at Tokyo to tion. When an explanation was memorialised the Government in which has been under discussion
the effect that under the most- sought at headquarters we wore Feking asking that the Governors over ten years. Other sub-
favoured-nation clause of the told that in the majority, those of Kirin and Tsitsiinr shall injects included in the agenda are
Anglo-Japanese Commercial who report robbery are themselves future send their reports to the the responsibility of railways for the robbers. They say they have Government only through the warehousing goods under section the White City, Shepherd's Bush, Troaty of April 3 last the United Kingdom will be entitled, until boon attacked, but an examination Governor-Genoral. Both Gover-72 of the Railways Act, measures London, was opened recently by Aug. 4, 1911, to the rates of of their bodies reveals no mark. nors, have declared that if they relating to safety of passengers in Prince Arthur of Connaught. Customs duty and to the coast- are forbidden to communicate railway trains, particularly re- The British Empire as there re- The reason is not far to seek, directly with Poking they will lating to the question of inside produced is both pictorial and ing trade privileges provided for our informant continued. Is it resign.
bolts for carrings doors, respon-alive. One of the most admired by the Tranco-Japanese Commer cial Treaty of Aug. 4 1800; and sibility of railways under risk features of last year's exhibition, Supplementary Convention of any wonder that such cases occur when a boy is entrusted with A storm of hurricane violence, note forms B and H, the proposed the Four Seasons, in Japan, hus
Dec. 25, 1808. The rates of a large suns? It is accompanied by a cloudburst, has modification of the Railways Act been developed to an extraordin- Customs duty in question affect putting temptation in his hands, wrought great havoc at Boryslav. to meet the case of indigent par-ary degree and with really re-a number of articles of import Hongkong, 9th June, 1911. and a man who is responi- The town in flooded, and the water sons Travelling on railways markable success. Then there ble for creating the temptation is has penetrated into houses and without tickets and electric light-nre a score a famous and typical ance to British trade, including the principal descriptions of deserving of the loss. Not only shops. Oil borings have been ing of trains.
WANG HING, Jeweller. scones representing our Eastern cotton and woollen goods, on are Chinese firms guilty, but also damaged, and many derricks,
Empire, including Hongkong, which the rates of duty are as a European. We are asked, pro- with all their equipment; have The severe. sentence inflicted rising from the harbour to the coeded the gentleman interviewed, been washed away. Soven minor by Mr. F. A, Hazeland at the Peak, and the savage abodes of general rule those at present in THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF SILVER WARE IN THE
force under the Anglo-Japanese why more cases are not dealt with oil borings caught fire through Police Court, the other day on a Borneo. The gardenaare looking Treaty of 1804, and information Weare informed that the majority | lightning.
Chinaman who stole a hair pick their best. The turf is at its regarding them may be obtained of reported highway robberies are
Portugal.
from the head of a woman, serves greenest, and the azaleas are gay from the Commercial Intelligence purely fictitious, and to lessen the A feature of the approaching to show that such crimes, for they in the Japanese" gurden of peace,
Branch of the Board of Trade, 73, number, trust must conso to be Cloneral Election is the complete are crimes, are in future to be which will again be considered, Basing-hall-street, E.0. As re- placed in our servants. / absence of Monarchist candidates. dealt with rigorously. It is an as it certainly was last
year, the Only in a few constituencies, offence which has become much most beautiful feature of the "All the world's a stage and all where dissensions have occurred too frequent, and certainly de- grounds. There is a science seo- the men and women morely in the Republican ranks, will perves punishment such as that tion, where visitors will have an players." What particular scene there be candidates not sanction-meted out in the case mentioned. opportunity of seeing the seismo the immortal bard had in his mind, ed by the directory of the Ro- Commenting on the decision a graph in operation, The seismo Treaty of April 3, will come into force on July 17 next; and on is hard to say, but it is quite con-publican party. Almost every: Chinese gentleman admitted its graph will be in charge of Pro- August 4, when the French Treaty ceivable that amid the pageantry where else there will be no justice. To Englisli minda the sen- fessor Milne, at whose observatory expires, they will be put into forco of the Elizabethan ora ho saw contest.
tence of five years banishment, at Shide, in the Isle of Wight, as regards all British goods.“ many things which, gave rise to
two months' imprisonment, two remarkable recordsof earthquakes. & C. Express," this great metaphor. One of the Consequent upon the disap-floggings and four hours' stocks are kept. The exhibit, it is in- greatest pageants of the world is pearance of foot-and-mouth dis is almost inhuman, but one must teresting to learn, is similar to
Mr. W. H. Dooley. Оде about to take place in the dim case in England, the Ministry of take into consideration that in that by means of which the religious light of Westminster Agriculture lins decided to per- these cases iron ruling, serving an catastrophes at Messina and Mount cannot help being impressed with Abboy and all hearts must boat mit the importation of cattle an example when judgment is Teles were recorded in the Isle of the systematic way in which with one accord to the shout coming from the United Kingdom given, is the only safe and sure Wight and Berlin.-L. & O. Ex- Germany is educating all the "Vive la Rot."
after the middle of August. prevention to a recurrence, proa
people,
Argentina.
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gards other British goods, the "The Beer That's Brewed to Suit The Climate" new statutory tariff of Japan or the Conventional rates of duty established by the Anglo-Japanese
Just the thing for a Picnic
A small cask of O. B., Beer
Fresh from the Brewery.
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