1901-06-14 — Page 2

BIRTH

Telephone No. 135.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

On the 14th June, at: 42 Morrison Hill Road, the Wife of H. E. A. Horta, of a Daughter

The Queen's Wine:

SLAR.

Dunvillde V.R.

THE CHINA MAIL.

The sals is advertised of Ave thousand dozen of cherry which belonged to Queen

phaned during the last century.

TELEGRAMS. THE NAVAL YARD EXTENSION.

́{CHINA MALL'S SVECIAL SERVICE.]

A NEW SCHEME.

par The publication of this issue commenced Victoria. It consists of overtook pur SINGAPORE BANK ROBBERY. Proposed Transfer to Kowloon.

5.20 p.m.

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1901.

German Maritime PurchaseS",

New York shippers, suspect that the! Kaiser Wilhelm's ambitions for Gorman maritime supremacy are behind the recent purchases of stormore by the Hamburg-- American Steamship Co.

Alice Memorial Hospital.

"FOURTEEN ARRESTS.

Portion of the Money Recovered. (From Our Own Correspondent. 1.

Sisakrone, Jupe 13. Fourteen persons have been arrested for complicity in the robbery of the streng The Hon. Treasurer of the Alles Me-room of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank morial and Nethersolo Hospitals begs tu

at Singapore. A portion of the stolen acknowledge with thanks the following donations to this funds of the Hospitals-osoy has been recovered.

825 John Hastingsja B. & C...

WHISKIES.

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The China Mail.

dow Battles. $12.00

SOOTCH.

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7.00

Cattle disease; is rife in some districts of Stam.

Highland Nectar Sole Agents for (

16.00

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The Distillers-

13.00

10.00

Singapore has declared Bangkok an

18.00 infreted port--cholem.

11.00

12:00

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Sandhurst beat Woolwich at athletics Bikk Tomples. 12.00 by six avants to three.

9,00

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Dewar's White Labo!....

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Canadian Rye...

The prisoners under arrest are Kling bank tambios and morey changes, and

include two women.

There seems to be a sort of Sikh reviv

All the prisoners were charged before At Ponung on the 3rd jus, Col

the Police Magistrate, and were renianded 8.00 In the third fril, Shamrick I. beat Walkor, C.M.G., laid the foundation stone

Shamrook II, by five minutes,

of a Gurdwars' or Sikh templc, to confer a week to allow the police to completo acinorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen their investigations. Victoria. About 490 Sikhs were presunt, many of whom were Malay States Guides.

$18.00

The Bangkok Gyukbank Club has ** $5.00 NB-We hold a large atisek of Visits been superseded by the Royal Siam Jockey in Wood, samples of which will be forward-Club. ed un application.

EL PRICE & CO.,

457

1, Queen's Road.

General Memoranda,

MONDAY, Jano 17-

Goods per C. Ford. Laeisz undelivered

after thie date subject to rent.

WEDNESDAY, June 19--

2.30 Auction of Hay in Bales,

&e at Lai Chi Kolz.

THUESDAY, June 20

A beri-bari ward is under construction at the Tan Tock Sung Hospital at Sings

poro.

Dr Paget, Dean of Christ Chureb, Oxford, has been appointed Bishop of

Oxford.

The letter of A Son of Trouble' on the salarica question is scarcely up to

Goods por Shanghai not cleared at publication pitel.

p.m. subject to rent.

Fire.

A tire took place yesterday afternoon at a dwelling house at No. 31 Peel Stroot. Thoro was nobody in the house at the time and the origin of the outbreak is mystery. Tu fire brigade turned cut and successfully The damage coped with the Enmos. (light) is covered by Burano.

The Soda Water Danger,

ARITY REFORM

FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1901.

DISPOSAL OF PLAGUE DEAD.

At Win Sanitary Doard meeting yesterday, the Board recomiend

lies to Dr Chick moved the Government drick these, to keep

the United

Speech by Mr Brodrick The following summary of takon frouva Tusugoun ounte In the Hour of Commo For some months, the ramour had been formily moved that it ourrent that the proposal to remove the six Amy Cerpo bu organing Naval Yard to the Kowloon Peniels had Kingdom with the requisita Staff, storuž been revived. The impression we that and bajkinge

BeH. Campbell-Bennstrien inwed that Bay to the east of the proposals, and in many, supects int the whole naval establishment was to ba

adapted to the especial want of the Hunghom Bay but we loan that Fire, and would largel the latest proposal is to remove the burdens of the Sapir subitsntially be matiy Yard, with the new dock (now under consilised Government struction) and workshops, to the foreshoro that the

remored to a

adding agus Hene

lore the bo ICN

embodied

the cometory with fefery from vlow, at

ask the Director of

new approsci

std withou

-going

this

that

andy Bay, formerly burton a

hospital lemoval that the present Regua Comstery Mount Davis bu glven up and plague corses buried in Sanly By

better place har fund Mr. Osborne seconded.

at the prosent Torpedo Dapol at Tainaza- changes that were renoligbary and re-berg gives up in favour of the present, ono teus, extenkling the reclamation entwards in trugressive. If 120,000 hien were set on Kennedytown, which was nearer to the faragn service where vere, the six Army a westerly direction and northwards beyond Corps for home delenget The Army Corps, the present Briquefto Factory and involving he instated, was too rigid a form of

organisation. Flicy should govern arms the filling up of the basin lying between mente, in which wase a small strong force the Depot and the Factory This, it for emergencies was suficient. The motions wore tot is the meeting and

Myngham ridiculed Sir. H. Camp may be rawombored by old Hongkong Del-Bahnormans opecch which was the carried, the last que by six votes to throug bands, was, the original proposal of poly of Peter Simple and a more party Dr Bell and Clark auf Lieut-Colonel Admiral Morant when he was Commodore amendment We must have sufficjuit Hughes voting against it in Hongkong some fifteen years ago. The military seseis for the credit-of- our Emated that a temporary plague hospital pits. We must give the six Genemis, that proposal was retired again a few years ago, the war had made pe for their ad bad been constructe, at Mong Kok Taut when the naval authorities, Anding this ninistrative sality, which could only be With regard to the cemetary resolution dore by dividing the country into military so the subject had just boon passed, He space altogether to restricted for the districts which could for convenience bu did not know whether it was purposed 6

open muro than one, but he hoped not. Sir Charles Dilke adversely criticised victoalling staffs consequent on the increases

pangan, diva to the collstruaties of a tamponity. the Governinent proposala.. of the China Squadron, proposed tu tarry out the reclamation schone now in progress. We understand that the revival of the

The Pründumi (Hon. W. Chatham)

It is supposad that the accused obtained demands upon the naval engineering and called Army Co SAEROPLAMA Referring to the President's remark rel

possession of a dupliente key stolen from the Clarian Bank, and had no difficulty in obtaining access to the strong rosu.

a

The principal of the gang is supposed to old scheme has and somo effect upon the rny orcld not be properly organised. 19odies prior to their removal tu Kennedy..

havo sailed for Mads with $200,000 Nawa of his arrest is expected enon.

GREAT FIRE AT ANTWERP, [BY SPECIAL, ARRANGEMENT WITH

Ihr Ostaxintische Lloyd.].

BERLIN, June 13,

People are liable to grow careless in their treatment of soda water. They do so at their risk. Only a week ago, says the Bonded warehouses in Antwerp have Straits Times, a soldier in one of the forts bean destroyed by fire. The loss is cetin in Singapore dropped a bottle on several

whole of them exploded. The END WAS tally injured by the flying glass and is still mider medical treatment.

Glasgow's now clextric service

has

Exchange..

LONGONO, Juns 14, 1001.

the largest genemting station f world, covers soventy-two miles, and £2,000,000.

the

east

duzon full sodas, with the result that theated at £1,500,000 atørling..

On Tendon--

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On New York-

On Bombay

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On doniral

On Singaporo

On demand,

On Manila

Dr Juan Dhua

On Shanghai--

On demand,

Au opidemic of cholera is reported at Ratburi in Siam, where the heat recently has been excessive. There has been a largo number of deaths.

2.471 2.52

The loceng Municiality has decited ....004

to spend $100,000 on a site and buildings 47for a slaughter-bouse.

The Late Mr F. J. Parratt.

Mr F. J. Parratt, of the Vacuum Oil Company, of which he was General Man- eger for India and the Far East, died at Boxabay on the 6th inst, During his re- posted tours, Mr Parratt came to be well- known and much liked all through the East. Ho wana man of great busincee The Band of the Madras Ligh: Infan-ability and administrative capacity, and try will play at the Hongkong Hotel to the Company will sadly feel his removal at morrow (Saturday) evening from 8 p.m. toto comparatively parly an age. 9.30 p.m.:-

147 Hongkong Hotel.

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80 days' sight, (private paper) 73

On Tokohama

On demand,

31% pm. Gold Leaf, 100 fine, (per tael)...$0.25 Boversigns (Bank's buying rate),810.07 Silver (per 02.), ju

No Quarantine for Swatow.

Servant. Registration in Bangkok.

The Registration öffner has not been exactly busy this week (says the Bangkok Times of the 1st inst.), but there is a con- siderable likelihood that the difficulty will be got over now. In many cases servants got till the and of the month to considor At the meating of the Sanitary Board the matter, and one or two boys' of in yesterday, a letter was submitted from flaenes, who did their best to sat others H.B.M. Consul at Swatow relative to the against the scheme, have already *found vatbreak of sporadic cases of babonic plague salvation. A notice in Chinese explaining thers and the notion of the Shanghai the advantager of registration has been authorities in enforcing quarantine regula-issued, and it should be known in a day or tions on vessala arriving from Samtow. A two now if the scheme is to be a success. motion by the Hon. W. Chatham to recom. mend the Governor in Council to declare Swałow a port infected with plague, and to oulares medical inspection of ships arriving

A Bad Accident.

An inexpressibly sad tragedy is report-

the re

Mr. Brodrick replying said it was not plato hospital at Mong Kok Bild Dr. grandiose scheme, but a plain, wise, pead Bull all that if the stahed as meant ent, praulic messure withigataririer, the the President we wrong the matshel The intended only for the reception of dend mvelt stress must int be laid on, be name-se progress of the Naval Yard Extension Army Car The resultiny was only a works. If ordom have not actually been skeleton which he intended to che ho with Me May put forward bis mution box the 8th and binal. The spherinel Aray Corps berdelin of a mortesty at Kowloon or given to "go slov,' it in generally believed would mean good arginisation Rulegitión, viemily that the prospect of the scheme now in the of powers, the hobi lenti red tie and the De Clark, a serunding, said tha mir- air being agreed to by the Naval Authori, roper training of ulicers. He had us fears try yukl have to be rugularly visited by as to recruiting, for the frat four months of medical mar, be mili, in fact, restle ties has had the effect of easing off the the present your had shown an The ration was carried unavinnusly. work, although, already, a considerable the number of recruits. When I can amount of money has been expended in sket (he said) But those Army

Cape to

aloud and am told there widening Queen's Roul, altering the old is danger in a sharp

· Tiept. Col. Hughes—I beg to opposa tha buildings, and preparing the foreshore for you should be impelled in non it, I shoută

like to hak-Str. Copbel Samræðnu --> the new graving dock and tidal basin. whether there have not been camions Fening of any ither lige temeturies in

The new scheme affects the Military of when protestations have been made and the colony will 距 the Naval Authorities. The stops taxon abroad when the sword was Ou vide being taken, the motion wis not sharp, and coull not be sharpond. I lost Fas the antion there voted-Miaurs give the House this guarantee, high there ay huwih, Fang Wa Chuen and Chan à is no danger in sayile non after fifteen ook 4; and weist & Dia Bell and Clark, year, that if a Committer of Perlment Leonel Bughs, Mr. E. Osborne

sat with regard to the milition of our Mt. W. Chathani stores and air armancats when the genutlet was theonu

Itus

Mt. May I bog Also to move that a plague cemetery be established in Kowloo

Dr. Clark-Fiwon't second chist, Mr. Tung M Chươu 7 socan

ilitary hold a considerable portion of the ground cast of the Naval Yard, from SAANCHAL, June 14. the Ford to Arsenal Street. It is proposed The fast construction train of the Shantam Causeway Bay, and to give the military enthoritica a site for Oinance tung railway has reached Kaumi.

Yard, barracks, &c., on the Polo Ground in 1835 by Mr Gastones the BRITISH INTERESTS IN CHINA. Committon would have given the House [Kaumi is about 30 miles inland from and the hills in the vicinity. This would and could even now give the Hotto and Hiaochow.ED., Q. M.]

give this Colonial nuthorities a continuous the country fond for reflection, which the Caminition which is going to inquire with frontage from Wust. Point to Causeway reference to the existing par mill not dod Bay, and leave the land (with a realam means to do. ation) tres for offices, warehouses ami dwelling bousas contiguous with the now Wanchai Reclamation at prescot under consideration by the Colonial Ofc

THE BOXER REVIVAL. The Chinese authorities have assembled 15,600 Imperial troops to the north of Pacting-fu for the purpose of suppressing

the Boxer revival.

THE MURDER OF FOREIGN PRIESTS.

Examinations to be Stopped. The report of the murder of six Italian and nine Bulgian priests on the borders of Mongolia is confirmed.

An Imperial Edict orders the suspension of all examinations in the distrists where foreigners have been killed or attackad.

[RECTER'S SERVICE.] BOER TREACHERY.

LosDay, 12th June, 1901 Two Boors at Pretoria who had taken the oath of neutrality warn optured wities

A. S. WATSON & CO., therefrom, was lost, the general opinioned from Paneng. The Pening Gazette of attempting to join a commando; they were

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

THE

LEADING MANUFACTURERS

AERATED WATERS

IN THE FAR EAST,

being that guarantino would be of no the 3rd inst says:-Mr H. S. D'Orville,

| practical use, and would prove but a source Malay Interpreter of the Police Court, has

had the misfortune to lose two of his

count-martiniled and shot.

authorities in London.

Mr. Brodricz, replying to a P

the House of Coptions by Captain Nort gildan preparing a chanc employment of retired aud and whity, clerks in tho

civilian staff in the

ments of the War Office Pr ho gives to those wounded or suffering health from the present campsiguing

a

LATE TELEGRAMS.

A Free Criticism of British Representatives.

In thu veuras of no article on the intr national position in Chios, the Singapore Frs Free publishee the following extracts *** | from a lutter from Pékings-vour. there is to much to write about now

extent the intolerable impasse into which il thus have drifted. The chficulty of doing joything with eight, and more, stiens try ing to hayo their one in, and nlf jealous o one another, is of course a chief cause. But there is more time that Nunc of the Ministers, except probably de Glers, knows velint he wante, and most of them are intol suppose the ides Crably foeciopelent The Royal Topr.

Moderaid "down easily was the of letting London, May 28-The matapast the reason of the appointment of Satow, but it subst unfortuante one for us. He is s Duke and Duchess of York at Melbourne of fifteen thousand soldiers and sailors 38 capable man is his way but it is in tha described as culstirring The Forcu British Museum, or in an orderly sealed

and Included Filing and mounted Maitis and etsta of society, not the style for a very

dificulé situs

don't know that ho the boys of sh public suburb of Victoris who of ou never as any o The Dutch and Duchess distributed prizen is really on improvement on Sir Claude,

At a telegraphic signal given by thủ Duck- atmil

But the scheme does no end here. It is further proposed to reclaim the forcahore Front Causeway Bay to Quarry Bay, outs ting the land on the inland side of the Shaukiwon Road and Sling”: up the shallow foreshore, thus, by one operation, obtaining additional sites for places of busincer and dwelling hoses, and with the Wanchai scheme, helping to re lieve the congestion, which is at the mot of the unholtby and insanitary condition of the city of Victoria. To entice the people away from the city, it will be necessary to give them asy and cheap as the Union Jack as histed bret the on ainute, thing everything for himself, the herause he heard before he camo up that communication with the outlying disconte in the Copy

Claude was entirely glided by, school children tricts, and this, we understand, is National Anthe

Cockbu contemplated by an Electric Tramway The Duke of Cornw

cuentitia Then conen aiz Company whose arrangements are well: Naval shani light at Sydr

Railore matured, but which we are unable to refer

Easter

to now recent in the most general forms.........

We hope to be able to refer to the scheme at greater length in another issue

to

London, ay 30 Brigade will religi

Simla, May 30-1

The above is merely an outline of the pro-reductions of lib

GERMANY AND CHINA. Ford Cranborne, questioned in the Housoposals now under consideration. There Foice have been

of annoyance to shippore, Dr Bell | daughters, aged 14 and 8 years, within Ilf of Ochumens, said the Government undej should be little dificulty in persuading / Royal Borse Ar iller

strongly against the proposition.

English Cricket.

circumstances.

an hour, on Saturday night. It appeare that the children were ailing, and Mr A telegram reproduced on Wednesday Orville, in attempting to relieve them, gavo à big score made by Ranjitsinghji made the terribly unfortunate mietako of for Sussex, against Gloucester (63), administering, not antonine, as he intend- end we had concluded that this wased, but strychnine, with fatal results. The entire community sympathisca with the the Prince's first appearance for the county.father in his bereavement under auch This is not so, however, A London tele- OUR FACTORIES are con-grain dated May 30 states that in the match Sussex » Sonteret, Ranjitsinghji scored

Model Chinese Dwellings. stracted with every attention to 133 in the first innings. The Princs is

The scheme for model Chinese drel the best principles that sanitary evidently in his best form this season-lings ant coru to the Sanitary Board for Other results aroM. 0. C. beat Lan consideration by His Excellency the Gover- science can suggest ;

cashire by saren wickets. M. C. Uator originated in the fertile brain of a local and opr

Sussex by 230 runs. Bomup mado in his

Cluneso gentleman. This is the semi-de- NEW FACTORY at WEST second inuings 141. Yorkshire heat Somer. POINT is the LARGEST and BEST EQUIPPED in the FAR EAST

Brigada, viz. 7th Bombay Tefuntry,

stands that Germany i torda to continue the military bulkurities ip sarea tu the maintenance of a garrison at Shanghai the Chuaoway Bay proposal. Major Infantry 3. No.

Lo Steff for the present, but that no explanation bad Goneral Black and Surgeon Culonel Crai

Evatt both held prenounced views on the Cacaly

Artillery a been furnished to Great Britain.

desirability of moving the military from May 31-Ninety the central part of the aty to the tonliby sanctioned for all allners

[ subject to "militavy zales, slopes of the outlying bills, and we have thela Service in Chines belittle doubt that Major General, Cancofrae | In view of the certainly

THE UNITED STATES PRE- SIDENCY. Frøsident McKinley has declined to nominated for a third term of office.

THE CHINESE INDEMNITY. It is declared at Washington, that the Powers are not yet agreed as to the amount the Chinese incompity, although China

has offered 450 million tools.

STEAMERS EXPECTED,

The Tirat Girmail Mixed his mental cap

and his advicers, with the caperiances of relief or otherwise faite

Contingent is Sinuth Afr on the the recent plaque and smallpox and enters sending houro lucro fever opidemics in their minds, will be until the next equally realy to accept any scheme Dext which will remove the ninjor portion are

Allahabad

of the Gorrison to a healthiur aron paid to th In the hands of the Nurd Authorities lies the light of the fature of the scheme. Baring.com Soull African war menced the present extension, the Ad

sat by nne wicket with three minutes of tached (or twin) Chinese house plan, which the time for drawing stompe. Patairat was considered and modified at a meeting The made to Somerset's first tunings 115. of the Chinese the leading Chinese ---- Surrey beat Leicester by tun wickets convened by Mr Fang Wa Chuen. At dune, and is expected to arrive here on time Jost already and the needs of the

London County heat Derbyshire by an funings and 119, Buldom unking 125 and A PERFECT SYSTEM of Fishwick 102 for London. FILTRATION is employed, share List.

ranteeing ABSOLUTE PURITY

trouba by

The Military Tournament

open the Militä N. Y. Ks. Kagoshing tru left miralty way consider it best to go abord,

Hal Singapore for this port on the 8th more especially as there has been so much pre

the 14th: Jun,

The H. A. I steamer Wuerzburg, from navy grow, daily, more oxigunt, rum parlated

Harburg, left Singapore for this port what we know of the Batails of the scheme wilcelelestisse on the Bil June, and inay he expohowever, we have no hesitation in saying ed feature.

The

here on or about the 15th June..

that it would be latter for all conceret

ao Colonial Government, the Navy, the

Army and the commerial sommunity-tó

Thursday's raceting of the Sanitary Board, the principal objection arged against the plan was its costliness. Perhaps the fol lowing paragraph from an exchange will be 5. S. Co.'s Alcinous left Sio Kapura on the morning of 10th June, of service to the finitary Hord; the

and is dushi Hyngkong on the morn The following altorations in our chars Government and the property owoce whening of 15th Jason MORE list are noted after the bour of extrection cadering the new proposal-The Hon. The sa Helbra from New York and slept the nor proposals and carry hym

Straits, is expected to leave Manin on into effect as speedily as possible Hongkong and Shanglor Bank Corp, Mr R. Goor Chairman of the Calcutta the 13th Jane, di due bore about 300% prem-2012.50; Hongkong Fire Corporation, on the 31st May, and the The Machinery used is of the Insurance Co., 80 Hongkong And foundation stone of the first lucdel devel.

Intest type

Whampoa Dock Co., $825, Douglas ling for the working clases, which is to be. Steamship Co., 80, sellers; Indo-Chins built on the line of houses adopted by tho 5. N. Co., 814, sdles and buyers; China Bombay Improvement Trust. The build. Bugar Co., 8142, Luyarn, Horgk Landing will be three-storied, and will consist Investment and gavey Co, $192, bayers

Went Paint Building C

A Staff of English Ex perts attends to every detail of the manufacturē. Jojelu Minug ♥& Trading Co, Sh, walford

New Pantomimi Raub Aust Gold

The M

the highe

Feed are

sollera

of about sixty rohms, with the most im- proyed arrangements for light, ventilatiou And Babitaziom, and the cost is estimated at

other busted

The

the Joth or 10th Juno.

N. Y. Kas Rion Mur left Shims 47 728 Den xs —At Kotelon --

omoseki for this port on the 11th U.S.S. Tannington, Burnside, Shaongsil; June," and is expected to unive her Union, Iris, Juno, I'mma beir un the 10th June

Sydnes, left Port Irwin on the th

The E, N, steamer Alias,- Iraan, Zuire, //-

June for Times and Muller and this

port, and is dus here on or bout the Munchen, Fei Huor 181 June

The Austrian Elyod's Marut Valerie lej Singapore for this poft on the 11th.

Colomnes,

prucenic

Sitoy spends all his time.

ausing ivunedintion of the solutely túa good to

is not bed, though

ry is away reportings on Küttha Consular cervico, pronounced los Buntinue, but

hoy, but Belabel tissin Arthroved the