GENERAL NEWS.
Japanese Gift to the U. S.
RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING CO.
of the Raub Australian Gold Min- The eighteenth annual meeting
HONGKONG TELEGRAPU, THURSDAY, OCTOBER
THE
PANAMA CANAL.
Nothing, writes a shipping Effect on British Lines.
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Advertisements.
ONE DENT PER WORD
for each inscition.
TO LET
Ban Francisco, August 22 Japan's building at the Panema ing Company, Limited has hoon correspondent of the "Times, ** Pasific Exposition will $1,000,000. It will occupy four Persse (chairman) occupied the
cost held at Brisbane., Mr. De Burgh seems yet to have been determin- Bores with its grounds, and will chair, and in moving she adoptioned on the score of actual develop be a permanent gift to the people of the balance-sheet and report, menta by British shipping com- of the United States, it was learned said that he had to congratulate panies. All is uncertain. The to-day. Gambling to be Abolished in the some financial improvement had others, must be affected will be the shareholders on the foot that British company which, above all Tho" Malay Mail" is informed jaffairs during the period under Company, with its allied com been shown in the company's tho Royal Mail team Fackes officially that Government has review. During the past year a panies engaged in the South possession Apply A. Raymond, lo decided to prohibit gambling in period of drought occurred in American trade the Pacific 8. J. Darid & Co the F. M. 8. from January the Raub and the district, and was Steam Navigation and Lamport Hongkong, 1st Oct., 1912. first. The decision will be widely followed by very heavy floods, and Bolt and the Royal Mai notified.
F. M. S.
British Soldier in the North.
OLET. Honess in Austin Avenue, Kowloon. Immediate
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Great damage was caused by has not yet shown its hand. Un- those floods A Chinese paper has the follow- and the main road to Raub (be- these associated Recta will as OFFICES TO LET First Class
roads and bridges, doubtedly some of the vessels of ing: The English have enlisted tween Tranum and the Gap), was the Canal. The vessels of the stry, on First, Second and Third Floor, a low hundred natives and ruined. For some weeks it was Pacific Steam Navigation Com-in new baikding being erected for Moser
central accommodation, light and mountaineers for the purpose of necessary to adopt special means pony, for example, now proceed WHITSAWAY LAIDLAW & CO., building extensive roade in Pien of transport, as the ordinary route from Liverpool to Brazil and LTD. Entrance from Des Voeux Road Ma. Evidently the English was rendered impassable. This Uruguay and then by the Straits of Electric Life to a floors, Electric Government is not inclined to naturally increased the cost of tran- Magellan to Chile and Peru. It Light throughout.. withdraw its soldiers in the sit, and made the expensos heavier would surprise no one scquainted: The plan or be seen and hill partiou- immediate futura.
Yuan's Secret. Service.
with regard to stores, etc. Despite with this trade to see the vessels as obtained at the Obles of Messrs. In order to keep the Contral the fact that there was a smaller Amorican Continent-proceeding all those disturbing elements, and completely encircling the South
PALMER & TURNER, Alexandra Government woll informed as to return of gold won as compared outwards by Magellan and home-ne. 80th Sept. 1912.
Bulldogs, 3rd Floor. the various movements in Mon-with the previous year, the com- wards by Panama. Again, it golia, Thibot, and other important pany had been able to show that would by no means be surprising Yuan has a secret service of near-a profit. The profit amounted to Mail Steam B placos in the country, President its mining had been carried on at to find the vessels of the Royal MODREENAGE, ly one hundred persone. They approximately £3,070, and been tapping the Ba are liberally paid from the appro-braught about by the exercise of America. Ta priation for the President's Offico. rigid ooonomy at the mines. Mr. be a remarkabl -Ya Tung Daily News.
Martin had been at Raubon anoff their trade. cial inspection. From his general] · report it was gathered that he wan
How the question of cost works satisfied with the work that had out may roughly be seen in the TT LARGE'substantially bull, been done, and considered that case of the direct steamers bo- East Point. Forfarther partionlars apply Godown sitasted on mater-front, mund was well-known all over absolutely correct lines. Every now make the voyage outwards to Hongkong. 13th Aug, 1912. [688
Captain Bru- the company was working Shipping Company. These vessels Co., Ltd.
tween London and Now Zealand, Property Office, Jardine, Matheson & China formerly, having been in one connected with the Company Wellington by the Cape of Good the China coast service and bad worked loyally, and with a during the last ten years as hulk-view to improving the position of Hope and rotura by way of Capo kespor of the Hamburg-Amerios the company which had been car the voyage to New Zealand by LET on-2ad Floor No. 2. Pad- Line at the different ports of the ried out successfully despito nu-way of Panama would be 1,900 Horn and the River Plate. Roughly Yangtee.
The late Captain' Brumund· · The "Hankow Daily nowa announces the death of Captain J. Bramunt, which took place on September 24.
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merous disadvantages and disap. pointments.
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Company bar. Apply Property Offos, Jardine, The Pank.
of North
for six months from:ds Norem-
ndeed be Matson & Co, Ltd.
Onsion of gɔnz. 3rd Sep'., 1318" [689]
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Offco, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.
One roomed Ofos. Apply Property Hongkong, 22nd May, 1919.
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'Ceylon Editor's Marringe. The marriage of Mr. Ronal H. Mr. James Forsyth, M.L.A. Ferguson, Editor, Ceylon Ob-seconded the motion, which was serve," elder son of Mr. J. Fer-carried. guson, O.M.G., and the late Mrs. Ferguson, to Margaret Edith, Robert Philp, and Mesure. Do The retiring directors Mr. elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bargi Persse, James Forsyth, 0. H. Fisher, formerly of Tenby and G. F. Scott), and also the and Parkstons, and now of Tor-auditor (Mr. T. A. Boad for the sake of argugut a tolla alan warships at pare te the quay, took place on September 10. at Sr.
tions as formerly, Streatham.
Circumventing the Custom House.
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1919.
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miles shorter than that by the ward voyago by Panama would be 900 miles shorter than that by the Cape of Good Hope and the home-
the average speed of 13 knots now The provision of a large float- therefore be 2,800 miles, which at Horn. The total saving would
maintained represents a saving of ing dock at Teingtau and the
Tsingtau's Floating Dock.
nine day's steaming. Assuming, creation of a shipyard at Kjar dues through the Canal on a world independent of foroiga Mr. Forsyth proposed a vote of 12,000-ton liner for the round yards. Until recently, it was thanks to the officials of the com- voyage would amount to nearly usual to send them at consider The United States Customs limb, for their strenuous efforts ble outlay to set against a saving "Condor", has boon docked at pany in Brisbane, Singapore, and £5,000. That is a fairly formida- able cost to Sydney, but she Laws have boon oircuinvented by during the period under review of nine days at sea. Then there Tsingtau, and was followed by Mr. C. Calunda, Turkish artist, This was seconded by Mr. Do is at present no suitable coaling the Planet. More recently, the CELLULAR who bas just taken forty-nine Burgh Perese, and carried. pictures into the country for ex-
port in the Pacific between Pan-"Cormoran" has been taken in hibition. The law places a high The Chairman of the Singa- ema and New Zealand, so that the band, and it is expected that duty on finished paintings by pare Board desires to add to vessels would have to carry very within a short time all the Ger foreign artists, but Mr. Calusd the remarks of the chairman in much more coal, to the sacrifice of man ships in that quarter will left one corner of each picture Brisbane that of the profit shewn argo, then at prosent. unfinished, and completed the on the year's working approxi- forty-nine corners after the picmately £000 is due to the Govern Luros were pant the Customs. ment having relieved the Com- pany of payment of Royalty during the period under review in order to assist the Company in its development operations, a con- cession much appreciated.
Commemorative Chinese Post Stamps. The Minister of Communica, tions has decided upon two kinds of postage stamps to commemorate the inception of the Republic. The first gories with Dr. Sun's portrait should be known as the Revolutionary Stamp, and the second, with Prosicont Yuan's
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THE KAIFONG OPIUM CASE.
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The Washington correspondent Stamp. According to the "Peking writes (August 12)-Despite the Daily News," January 1st, 1913, interest apparent in this country Virginia cigarettes & smoking
has been the day fixed for their in the case of Lao vs. the United issue to the Pablic.
Jews in Trouble at Singapore
States, which has come before the Supreme Court of the United
A Russian Jew, named Sawad-States on appeal from the Supreme sky Nutio, one of the four men Court of the Philippine Islands,
mixture made by
charged at Singapore with living the present condition of the court W. D. & H. 0. WILLS.
on the proceedings of bad living, calonder will prevent its being appeared befor EL. Talma, considered by the court for nearly second magistrate, on September a year. The appeal was taken by 27, and was on the request of Allison D: Gibbs, of No. 9 Plaza Detective Inspector Taylor ro-P. Morage, Manila, as attorney for manded for one week. "Straits Times" Bays that there was recently field. It appears The the Plaintiff in Error, whose brief are banishment warrants against therefrom that Lee, a Chinese, the accused and these will be put some weeks prior to the arrival of into execution on the completion the ship "Kaifong" at Roilo, ap- of certain investigations.
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