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HONGKONG, THESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1909.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Notes by the Way.

Shanghai, has acquired a new fluating fire engine.

A movement is on font to take Kohn

a free perc

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Rumour from Japan.

It is repainted from Japan that Lord Charles Beresford has been ungaged to re- organise the Chinone Suvy.

A Snuffed on: Lucifer.

In the glovefight at Yokolata between Sung cotton mills in Shanghai are Professor Lasiter and Slavla, the former was completely satclassed, and was knock- now maalgamating in Japan.

od out in the svcond round. The fight was a fair ere, but a very disappointing ex- hibition. Lucifer's strength being helpless

Tus burning of the Berlin Mission in the Fa Yan District is a clear indication of the strong feeling which exists in

A very successful Masonic Ball was that part of the Kwangtung Province given in Gordon Hall, Tientsin, in the 21st between the Christian converts audit. then heathen brethren, and is, we fear, prevident in many other plans. The coolness and during with which this outrage was carried out is anything but teassuring. It was no secret widnight

bat matter.

It is believed that the coming spring

against Slavin's science.

Band Performance.

The pro

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1902.

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

Big Raid on Gamblers.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Indemnity Commissioner.

Mr H. P. Wilkinson, the British In- Yesterday, Inspector Collett had 78 gamblers before the Magistate. Thoy demnity Commissioner, has cosamad to wure playing jantan, and, had the Inspec- Shanghai from Hinkow, where he had tor had police enough, he could have ar several important claims before hits. There rested three times the number.. Fines and are still soufs adjourned cises to be heard forfeitures aggregating close on 81000 were in Shanghai, recovered.

The Wellington Street Robbery.

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Corrections.

Im our part of the Volunteer Exer- Eight men were arrested in connection cires at Leí-chi-zok yesterday, we omitted with the robbery fast. Wednesday in Wel the name of Captain Macgregor Forbeas lington Streat. One of these bas since who was with the attacking party-The been release, there beingno clear uvilence scene of the mission house uutrage in against him, The other seven are allį Kwangtung was Fa Yün, not Ta-yun an charged with participation in the crine or reported yesterday, with resetting, and were brought before i

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To-taorrow after:avon, the band par. will see a big reduction in the garrison informance on the Parade Graund will be

giver: by the Hongkong Regiment's band Mr Hazelud at the Police Court to-day The Notable Dead. North China.

and the Pipers of the Hongkong-Singapore and rouanded. Battalion, Royal Artillery.

The Gaol Staff Quarters.

The three handsome blocks of build. March......The Old Dessaur's '... Williams | gramme will be

Osture......... Zampa... Haroldings situated between Victoria Gwd and Selection Under the British Flag Kapper Wyndham Street, which are to be occupied Valsen Espuma'.

The Eupress Dowager is reported to have usai very unladylike langage about Punce Titan and Kang Y. Shocking! At

line time of e. To

The Association Fuotoll match be- fattack; but na the forenoon of Fehru-| ..per Case, Mary 6, the premises were deliberately tween the Singapore 2. C. and the Glory

to fire. The missionary with histonin resulted in a draw-1 gual enchi. frmily were obliged to fler, losing all tie Lelongings. The

ather the feeling that leg to the outrage, is directly traceable to two things. The first is the order which the District Magistrate revival to punish the gleaders in the riots of

1990.

The paying of the indemnity for the destruction of the mission property, conquured with this, was a small matter. Unfortantly, this determinatio mete out paushnet to rim keadère m the outrages of eighteen nonths ago was not earried nut at the time, dony has kegst the feeling of revenge alive. Wian the men coneernet first

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General Memoranda, THCPAY, February 13:-----

Teniers for Hall of Terpela No. 20 re- "ceived in the Nural Yard up to Noon. SATURDAY, February 15:-

Yoon-Meeting of Shareholders of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, at City Hall Transfer Bocks of The Nation! Bank of China, Ltd., sed from this date to the 1st March, inclusive,

MOSDAY, Feleuary 17 :---

11.at. Meting of reholders of

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DAY, Febriary 20:-

Transfer Bnals of The Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ltil, clmed from this dare to the file March, inclusive. Mosday, Felganty 24:-

Neon Meeting of Shareholders of Tho Hongkong and Whampoa Frock Co.. Id., at the Company Offices. SATURDAY, March

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Dr 3vington Hurt, of the London Mission, R.A., Coab., and D. Sc., Lamdan, been oftered the Principalship of the new College at Taigirafa.

Waldtenfel

Galop En Route Rosenstein but completed, and it is hoped that the on- Poika. Picaron (Piccolo Solo.)... Green as quarters for the Gaal staff, are now all

HP SELECTIONS.

1.My Love is but a Lassio Yer.

Highland Laddie.

3., Barren Rocks of Adey."

Battle with a Crocodile.

| tire stoff my be housed there by the mid- de of hest mouth. All that remains to be dine is a little painting and the fixing up of the necessary fittings. For some reason or other best known to the contractor, Tean A

The Start Times polished the King, and these mare immediately concern following stay dated. Batu Pahar, fch cite the completions of the work has been

| delayed for usmy mouths, -Two days ago a Malay man and his son, My A. 11 Wood in been elected Pea lad of 15 years, were tr fishing in

ce on the Bato Palni river, not far Silent of the Shanghai Society of Bogi- beers and Architects in secession to Me from shore, when the father heard his son. This... Morriscan, who goes Homme.

who was seated behind him, suitdenly cry our he was going to dis-sahya mati.

Admiral Bridge has been asked to em-

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'The Hermit Province.'

Dr Griftih John, who has de ther extensive trip in Human, ceports fave bly the chang datijnde of 'the Her- mit Provines towards foreignet and foreign Captain o ender of the Goverme's storm yarat, is reported to have

stems.

L'Echa de Chine of the 3rd inst. ne- nounces the death, at the age of 81, of M. Denormandie, Senator, formerly Governor of the Bank of France, Administrator of the Paris-Lyons-Marseilles Railway, and

and of General de Burail (Minister of War under Marshal MacMain) at the age ol Chairman of the Comptoir d'Escompte;

82.

Collision at Shanghai.

On the 3rd inst., the Roasian steamies Argon csilided with the French gunbend

ed little or ms dayage, but the Surprise, uprise nt Shanghai." The steamer setstain which was at anchor, had a few plates stove, in above and below the water line, and the tam of one of the busts on the davits was holly damaged. The Supple was leaking slightly.

Look to your Notes. On the mas turning round to see what was

well-dressed On Friday afternoon, a the matter, ke was shockol to find his

Chinamoms was reested by Detective Terrest heard that judgment was preminced

sasi tu Dr John 2-5 am hoping rivet foron a charge vi selling counterfeit ten-dollar The father immediately plunged after the eigners will soon start lines of steamers en Hongkong and Shanghai Bank notes. against them, gut was their dreally the Watermilch ia Poiko waters this but, as fine has passed away without ear, and it is welstood that the Rossinudged into the water hyn large crocwhile- bcy, armed with a enr, and maitaged to

That would be a great the Siang

an had already dispred of three notes at the sentence being put into execution,

get hold of him in the water. Then began

grin to Humin.

What the foreigners, 96.50 eseb, and lual five more in bis they have gradually become bolder, aud

fearful struggle, the man pulling his ought to nito at is to get the Goverunient possession. The notes bad all the appear. a last boasted in public places that be

Adviral may be asked to en-operate.

Sir Claude MacDonald was among

The

fore the end of the year, the Bertin the salscribers to the purse given to the child towards the shore, and the crácalile, i to make Changsha mapen port. Yucheunes of being gennine and having been in winner of a glove-figiu, 21 Yokohama be- which held last to the boy's chest, “ugging is of no use. Changshm is the place. Open circulatina for some time, as they were tire a Professor Lucifer and Jack Slavin, towards dog water. The Malay, however, Changsha and everything else must follow.' | dirty, crumpled, wid torn.. A compariana

secceeded in dragging bath to the shore,

with a true note, however, showed a few wants in detail. The case will cour before. Thus notes are The death of Mr J. F. Lowder, which the court to-sorrow,

Mission in a Yan would be swept way and all the Christians massacred, The report we published yesterday shows how faithfully they fave kept, at least,

The Tab Long Cotton Spinuing Co..and clisengaging the boy from the jaws of the The late Mr J. F. Lowder.

Limited, Shanghai, has been wound-up,

part of their word. The second cause and Messrs. S. Fearon and J. R. Twenty about the chest that, in the opinion of the "ccurred at Yokohama on the th ult.. I supposed to buve noe from Canton.

that lins been at work was the effort these

man appointed liquidators. made të sequre themselves by seck-pany is being formet.

A new Com-

crocodile by belufouring the latter with the The boy is so seriously wounded

Doctor, there is little hope of recovery. The struggle is refurred to have lasted over

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bu hoor.

Thom wore 127 European and 43 Chinese visitors to tla City Hall Museum, An Official Dust-bin.

It would seem (says the N.-C. Daily and 45 European and 1,907 Chinese visi- tors to the Museum: during the week endoderes) that thu Waiwa Pu.. or Foreign 11th February

was due to beart-failure following an attack of asthma, from which he had long been suffering Mr Londer, who was a son of ing admission to the Roman Catholic

the int chaplain of Trinity Church, Sháng- Church. When all is known, it uny

laai, whose socidental death is noorded on n tablet in the Cathedral, and a stepson of be found that their application reached

Sir Itutherford Alcock, was in his 5th no responsible representative of the inis-

your. He leaves a widow and one end, sons of that Chugg. It is only fair to

Ministry, is being made, like other Govern- | Gordon, of the Imperial Maritime Customs. ssume that man, cleric or lay, would

ment yamens of the uld régins, into Mr. F. fowder entered the British Con- consent to have any part or lot with

sular service in Japan in 1840, and rose Vu Haien, who has already been use.prolific streptacle for airecures where men

*recommended from influential quarto quickly. He was called to the Bar at Themen bent on such vile purposes. While

cated men or sight times, and who co who canset prudently be denied, can be Lincoln's Inn in 1872, when he resigned admitting ell this very fully, it is to br regretted that these bars follows got themitted suicide as often, is said to be alive |

the Consular service and began to practise dumped any how and any way. In di ear of a nativa priest, professing that :: This notorinais scoundrel appears totion to a Comptroller-General, Vice Comp. as a barrister at Yokohama. not only they themselves but that many have as many lives as the opt. others were alesirous of becoming churei members There is no evidence timt

In view of the pending plague season, Captain Alle of the 17th leginuentors. Advisers, Vice-Advisers, several dozen this application wres granted: but alas of French Marine Infantry. has been secretaries, and army of series etc., ad the entire Chinese staff of the Sanitary recent Band have been inoculated with HaḤkine's the heathen: Chitre does not reason thrown from his base while in the actintiu, we are now informed by a

more yet to prophylactic. The men. in manuber. after that fashion. Rumours were di¦ of niounting, and killed, to the very great Peking letter that there are ligently circulated that they owed grief of the French contingent at Tientsin. follow,'samely, two "titino-whatever comprising dust-cart coolics, disinfecting Anties that cerin may signify-two insistant station oraloyan rat-estchers, etc., ameni- their inuity from punishment to the interference of the French Bishop and

ships

Ref

Mr John Prentice, of the Shanghai Dock Company, was entertaitied at a faré-

Presidents,

far

troller-General, Vice-Presidents, Councilers, Vice-Council-

Sanitary Staff Inoculated.

China Providents.

An extraordinary general mesting of the China Provident Lawn a Mortgage Company. Lituited, was held to-day, Mr R. Shewan prosiding, when the following resolutions were confirmed, viz. --

1. That the Capital of the Company be reduced fr $2,000,000 divided. into 100,000 shares of $20 each, to $722,000 divided into 72,200 ebates.

each.

and that such reduction of 810 Le effected by cancelling the uncal.

ed

empital of $10. per share on 70,300

shares

which

have been issued, and

by cancelling 27.300 shares which have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person."

2. That after such reduction the Capital of the Company, be increased to $2,0m,600 by the creation of 127,800 new shores of $10 each, of which 27.8.0 rasy be allotted in such un-

to such wer, at sneh tinsea and to, per sons as the General Managers shail think fit, but the remaining 100,000 shares sball not be issued without the censent of the shareholders in General Meeting."

Excellency the Governor,

There are rumours. abroad that 'His

valuabir olssion property, worth per-well dinner at Shanghai on the occasion of / "ver jetonsics existing smong foreigners quickly performed by Professor Simpson. Ceylon is concerned, H.E. Sir Wast Ridge..

in the expital.

At the Shanghai Club, on the 1st ult..tino'; na 'changgan duties a my bled at the Sanitary Bird Offed on Fridays in: presence of Professor Simpson and Dr A. S. WATSON & CO 1Consul. It was even sail that French Major G. J. Afarrison, ex-commandant of siery-and two assistant Tobung-pan't A

we coming up to protect then the S. 1, 6., was entertajal at a farewell special and very lavwo building must be Clack, Medio Oficer of Besità. It was His

constructed to contain the bolders of these | exphined to them that the inscalatiori. thisistaken idea got dinner by the officers and non-commission-thousand and ons necures. The new served as an antidoto for plague, that it Excellency the Governor is not coming back shroad the way was open for all kinds officers he had served under him.Foreign Ministry was the first attempt at would prodnes no evil effects, and that none to the Colony, but these ato something like of them were to in compelled to undergo the ranu eirculating for the last month: of mischief, and it was only a question Major Morrison's health was proposed by so called reform, and was intended to ļot time when the dark dends of 300Mr It W. Eittle.

represent simplicity iteoll The abure the operation. The men at the conclusion that he was going to take up the Governor- shows the 'reforal" that is nettedly existing of the explanatory remarks were all willing ship of Ceylon, and there is as much; truth- i would be repeated, and hence, as reporte

Peking, through the urness and undergo the operation, and this was in the ones in the other. So far 29 way's term of office has been extended till 1904, and so far is His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong is concerned, we know from a well-informed soutes that he had every intention of retursing to this Colour nud, so far ne una bu ascertained locally, there has been noalteration in such inointeution. With regard to Sir Francis Fleming, at one time Colonial Secretary of Hongkong, who has been mentioned in con- section with the rumour as the probable accesssor to Sir Henry Blake, we may mention that he has already taken his penzion

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They were then given two days' leave, and were placed under observation. All were slightly sick, and headehes but little fever, Anglo-Indian writes to us :-- Eu usang and returned to duty yesterday zone the The result of the experiment so points, Hongkong is hr abral of Calcotts worse. and-our best Indian contres of civilipation, far is believed to be successful, and a som but there are two things lacking which we her of other employees are to undergo the have but you have not one, a good Clock operation. No Europeans have been Tower with melodious chimes, illuminated suited up to the present tine. by night, which should I for choice, eractied on the Qany; and, secondly, a leend Buzzard's whore one could get ices, cakes, coffee, tea, &c., and, if ordered previously,

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An Unfortunate Shipping Company.

The Portland and Asiatic Steamship Company, which recently commenced busi

SEASON.ed, last Thursday, in brend daylight, a hape $20,000, was barned to the

his dearture for Home. Mr Pelham L. ground

Warren, C.M.G., Consul-Cioneral, presid-Two Suggestions, These things are a strong commented, and Sir J. L. Mackay, KOLE, was the Viceroy's recently-issued instruc.also present. Mr Prentice arrived here in tions for dealing with convert cases. M. M. steaner Lees, and seeing his stay The ad well on paper, but some paid in visit to the Hongkong Doeks. method hrs yet to he found of carrying

A Record. If so serious them into practice.

To-day, Acting Deputy Superintendent trouble can arise from men giving out,

of Police Mackis completed thirty yesus of falsely though it be, that they are mervice in the Hongkong Police Force, bers of the Exaung Catholic Church, remord of servies of which he is justly how much more serious things may be proud. No other member of the Pulico a light ach. Hongkong possessos un css in Hongkong, has land most innust expected if the converts of alien faiths Force or has completed such a lengthy Restaurant." Such catablishments exist picious start, lusing the service of their Fires. I come to blows--n state of things which term of service since the force was or in Caleta, Bombay, Madras, and other fom steamers within the space of a month. At 3.30 yesterday afternoon, tre broke ousut No. 19, Chinese Street, in a two- is threatened all the time? Once moraganized. Mr Mackie has signed on again. big tesus, and, judging from their popu

On January 4, the es. Indapure had to. we ask the question-Are things to be

larity, must guy anormously, Hongkung put back to Hongkong from the neighbour-storey building used as's fruit sture and ire muy inform Anglo-Indian,' is going to

hood of the Chapel Islands with the boss of dwelling house. The fire-brigade, under allowed to drift until a kind of civil war Football.

have a respectable Clock Tower-in curse her propeller broken and two blades gone, Mr Mackie, attended. but considerable WHISKY, becomes the order of the day in all parts

The Football Club's ground at Happy of time, of course! The public will forege and is how in desk at Kowloon undergoing damage was done. The store was insurəd where Roman Catholic and Protestant | Valley way the scene of us interesting the etines if the Government would palyropuire Just previous to this accident, she with the landon and Lancashire Company convents exist side by side! Some oficiation match yesterday between the harry up the erection of the much-needed a number of plates damaged by drift for 22000, but the first and second floor were not insured. The damage was the Consuls have made most praisowathy Club's Association lean and the Ragby shiter the Clock Tower is intended to ing on w another vessel in the Umbour, BRANDY. efforts to bring about a better state of team. The texts were Association serve & Blake Pier and we hope au ofert On Januity 7, the s.s. Thy grounded off estimated at $1000. The un bell agin

Quality Guaranteed. things What is urgently needed is for how Forrest, and Worcester; Joukins will be inde to keep the clock well illumin- Palau San in the dark. About the 9th rang ibis morning

the Consuls, in consultation with the Bonner, and Howard Cox, Lae, Granted. As to Restaurants," that is a matter inst. the ss. Knight Compaint was dwellinghouse it No. 37 Aberdeen Street Edwards, and Kyshe. Rugby-Wilsun for private enterprise. We have had our wrecked at klzumi nepe Kobe, and is be way gutted. Furtunately, there was ou lenders of the missions, to devise some

Russell and Johnson; Pierce, Hallifax, and Rotisseries, Grill Rooms, Tes Looms, ieved to be a toml . Her captain and wind, ebe the conflagration would have means to make an heroic effort to stem andford; Robertson, Jordan, McMurtris, but hitover may be the experience in row found their way as Yokohama. Now been big one There is no in- the current before it becomes entirely.

Dauby and Clarke, Referes Mr F

India these restsunits under saother name

oumes the nows by wire that the last of the surence, and the damage is close upon. uncontrollable

Erwue. The game started in a spirited do not seem to have become popular in chartered Stonniers of the Company, the 81000. The origin of both fires is unknown), fashion and continued so to the end. The Hongkong. The Lost Hotels neat present Indrace, which left Portland, Oregon, on In connection with the Aberdeen Street "STRATEUR in war. explained the Irish game was a 90 minutes one and, at the end

the 2nd inst., has had to put back to that fire, the Bremen (who were under Mr military instructor, is whin ye don't let of play, the teams had scored a couple of

port on account of fire having bloken out Kemp) had great difficulty in getting water. the inimy discover that the ammunition is points each.

among her cargo. Like the Knight Com There was no fresh water to bo ob ran out, "hút just kape in firing."

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