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-- THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1907,

BANKRUPT HOTELE.

AN UNSERVED WRIT.

at the Government Civil Hospital, the wifo sought to mako legislativo provision at Homo will wax merry over theI would ask that is writ for his Competition by Sergeants', Moss, against them. It is but natural that new departure" "of the Liberal arrest be issued," said Mr J. H. Komp they should feel indignant because the remont. There is, of course, no re- on a debtor falling to respond to his name Quolur," No. 14. Macdonnell Road, Dominion Government, which does, no balance sheet. But a balance sheet Paime Judge (His Honour Mr A. G. Judgo) in Bankraptey this morning for Au Ka Po, the proprietor of the son why a Ministry should not issues in the Bankruptcy Court this morning. Occidental and Baitinuro Hotels, was Has he been servod?" asked the before His Honour Mr A. G. Wise (Peisne

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Saturday, September Id :—

12.90 p.m. Mooting of Hongkong Hotel

Co Id., at Co.'s Hotel, 9.15 p.m.-Concert on the Volunteer

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Sept, inclusiva,

3 p.m.-Auction of Crown Land at the Public Works Department's Offices.. TUZIDAY, September 17:-

2.45 pm.Auction of Household Furni

ture, &c, st.No. 29,Dock Villas, Kow- toon Docks,

WEDNESDAY, September 18:-

st

12.30 p.m.Mesting of Hongkong & Kowloon Whart & Godown Co., La., Mature Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s Office. WEDNESDAY, September 26-

8 p.m.-Auction of Leasehold. Property

Wise.)

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IN A TYPHOON.

The Tjipanas Gets a Dusting.

public examination,

Enow local conditions, has nullified ull their efforts to cope will the danger holders is generally certified to be before tt la distributed to the share-i

Of course over all is the shadow of the correct by some independent authority, found no endorsement and sat down.

Mr Kemp looked at tho, papera but Mr J. H; Kemp, Official Receiver, conducted the examination and in answer. Anglo Japanese Alliance. That in The document to which the Telegram in

to questions Aus Po said that he strument need not be discussed now: it another column refers has apparently has had ita uses but if the people of the

had previously been in the employ been drawn up at the dictation of the

of the Hongkong Hotel for 12 years, self-governing British Colonies were

Government itself. Not for a moment

He then stayed five yeare in the Victoria Hotel in which he had a shore and asked they would undoubtedly affirm

would we suggest that Sir Henry that the difficulties which it created, and would "cook the account." But the tai typhoon on the night of the 6th May, 1903, and lost money; be then

The Dutch steamer Tjipanas, which later on was compradoro to the Peak ·· Campbell-Bannerman, or fals associates arrived in port this morning, ma into slotel. He took a lease of the Uccidental. threatens to create, far outwoigh the ad- members of Ministry are men after all, instant shortly after leaving Kutchimoto, failed and Aur Ka Fo took over the hotel. vantages. The Allionor, however, be- and in any case of doubt it any be Japan

transferred it to Mr Matthaay. The latter

useless. The problem of satisfying the benefit of it. In any events political list to port. Several deck úttings got Witness took over the Baltimore in Jrau, ing in fores retrospective regret is assumed that they gave themselves the

An action was brought against hini by Mir The vessel, which is deeply laden with Ruttonjes, who said Au Ka Po had to coal, laboured heavily in the sea and took a carry on the hotel under the agreement. natural desire of British Colonists to balance sheet is rather a unless docu-smashed up and one of the starbosnt 1905, from Price snd Co., paying $8,000 preserve their territorities for their own ent. To point out that so many bills lifeboats got badly damaged. The steering for it. descendants and at the same time of nothing. Some of these bills are for officers and crow bad an anxious time being successful?-Yes. There was a loser have been passed in a session proves gear give any, and for escoral hours the soothing Japan's national' pride bas to granting franchises to joint stock com--The second and third officem be attacked. It should have been taken panies or for permitting municipalities slightly injured while attempting to make hotels, said Au Ka Po lost about $13,000

each month.

Mr E G. Jordan, who managed both to borrow money. Yet each of thear the wreckage fast.

on the Occidental during bie management The Captain roports that a British three and on the Baltimore $18,000. The tent

the coures she was steering. day, going ecath, and expected that as $1300 was paid for fittings, etc., when would strike the centre of the typhoon-by debtor took it over and $2,000 for the license. Au Ka Po also paid: 25,000 back ront dus from Matthaey.

at Mesura Hughes & Hough'a Bales long ago. Any further delay will

Rooms,

THURSDAY, September 20;--

3 p.m.-Auction of Leasehold Property.

of it.

WOLD

Your failure in due to these businesses not.

restilt in the problem not only becoming face value as high sa, say, that of Me funnelled cruiser passad him carly in the of the Oocidental. wae, 81000 per month,

more difficult but actually dangerous

at Mossie Hughes & Hough's Sale Further procrastination might even lead

to the unnatural horrors of civil war.

Rooms.

The China Mail.

In another column a Peking telə- gram announces that the new Viceroy of the Two Kwang has memorialised HONGKONG, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1907. the Throne to appoint an official to dolimit the boundaries between Chi-

in

nese and Portuguese territory. This

mensures carrive, on the balance sheet, a Haldane's Army Bill. will be greatly impressed by this docu- Few people

meat with which the Liberal Govern- ment is attempting to distract attention from the hugo. chasm which exist be tweed promises and its performances,

LOCAL AND COAST NEWS.

ie due, no doubt, to the trouble which states that four mounted bandits raided

A Tairen telegram to the "Mainichi

is reported to have occurred, recently the railway station at Changtu. They

between the Chinese boating popula-tro-Japanese and seized a

tion and the Macas Government. It

is alleged that the Portuguese authori

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THE GOVERNOR IN- VESTIGATING,

Getting a Grip of Things. His Excellency Sir Frederick Lugard is taking a deep interest in the questions that Colony, and with a view to ascertaining concern the various nationale in the

the hopes and aspirations of the Chinese,

Any special reasons why the Occidental did not succeed?~I should imagino it was due to the change in the forry wharf and the opening of a garrison Sergeants' moss right opposite, of which here. The mass opened about the middle Inaay civilians were made honorary mem of June.

They can undorsell you ?—Yes, Have they many servants I only saw

and gouerally speaking, to obtain e grip of one Chinese boy there, I received u the necessities of the Chinese population notification stating that I had been made

and have been invited to express their haro been entertained at, Mountain Lodge, in the Colony, parties of leading Chinese an honorary member.

views upon the questions nearest their

was burned down, and the officials are hoarta.

laper-do not know; but, being in Do you know if they got their drinks the business, I should imagino so, as the

EAST AND WEST.

Tuotos from one point of view highly A. S. WATSONegrettable the anti-Japanese riots

British Columbia may prove to be in reality a blessing in disguise. The tier required the Chiness boating Korean attacked the Sloseiri station on It is reported from Chemulpo that & Co., Ltd.

incident will force into the foreground people at Wanchai (in Chinese territo Seoul-Fusan Railway. The station a subject from consideration of which tory) to tako out licenses, but the missing. diplomatists have hitherto shrunk. The Chinese declined to do so. Those

firm supplying them, weze catering for n The other day His Excellency cutertain-monopoly of Jergeants' messes' business. problem caused by the increasing in-concerned are said to have made re- An error crept into our report yester-the Hon. Mr Wei Yuk, and yesterday went there?--Yea

ed a party led by the Hen, Dr Ho Kai and You were made an honorary, taember and clination of Japanese of the lower class presentations to Canton, and it is day of the case of the stowaways on the another party, introduced by Mr Fung WA to settle in countries other than their supposed that the memorial of the by Mr R. A. Harding were fined $100 tain Lodge and discussed various subjects

Tartar. The three stowaways represented Chun and Mr Lau Chu Pair, were at Moun- it was run by a secretary and trensnrer.

Did you see any civilians there I saw own will have to be faced and the new Viceroy is the result.

each whilst one reprosented by Mr O. D. of interest with the Governor.

All sergeanta-Two sergeants and one' sooner the better. Australia has taken

Those private or corporal. He had his out of The announcement elsewhere that represented by him was discharged.

Thonison was fined $100 and thỏ abelter present, in addition to Mosses Fung Wa assisting. action which apparently bas secured her China has appointed more Commis-

Chan and Lau Chu Pak, ware Messrs Tam from any danger of the economic posisioners to go abroad will be suficient Harbour Departament shows that during Hospital, Ho Fuk, of the District Watch-

The annual report of the Sandakan Shiu Ki, ex-Director of the Tung Wah and coming from the oss.

Chin Kong, of the Po Loung Kuk, Chau of people in private clothes both going to: Did you see civilians there I saw plenty tion being upset by the incursion of large to make the average pereau believe that 1906 there was an increase of 8,574 tons of men Committee, Yuon Lai Tsun, of the bour which coat 20 cents at the Occidental quantities of cheap labour. In view of

the Chinese official knows on which side shipping entered, and of 7,215 tone of ship Man Choung Un rice liong, and Air Loung was sold for 12 cents at the mess. Before Did they undersoll you ?--Yes. A glass of his metaphorical bread is metaphorically ping cleated. the troubles on the Pacific Coast of the buttered. The job of a travelling Com-increases were German ships, as more trips The first-hand knowledge which Sie Fro- the meas opened the bar usually patronised

The chief parties to the Pui Chi, banker, American Continent even those who, atmissioner to investigate things must be were made by the regular ressola, British derick is thus able to gain will be of infinite by servico men averaged 825 to $30-casb- the time, questioned the wisdom of the joyful one. A Commissioner can local coastere, and the fact that one or two service in his work of administration in the per ny, but since the opening of the attitude taken up by the Commonwealth, find it impossible to enter, and apart vessels were launched by the China Bornes from the best informed of the European

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judicate upon them with the ability of an plex problems which at any moment might in confront him that he will be able to at always loaked when it rained. export. The task of becoming informed upon the various questions that affect this cosmopolitan port is a great one, and the British residents in particular, and the other nationalities in general will be the British Embassy at Tokyo, has been shirking his responsibilities in on n visit to the Crown Prince of Sinun. direction.

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Judge L. R. Wildey, of the U. B. Court steamier Rhonania, for a month's holiday in Japan.

Lieut.-Colonel Charles U. Hume, D.S.,

with the rent, forry, mess, license us at pre- Could the hotel be run profitably now— senti-No, not with the building as it is,

What state of repair was the place kept Very bad; the west end of the hotel Was the landlord's attention drawn to

it?-Many times.

Did you have trouble with the drains?→ Yes, Mr Ruttonjeo occupied rooms on the top floor at the west end and all the doors ere barten and nailed up so that it was hapossibio for me to look after the closning Mr Ruttonjoe was spoken that to about it on three breasions, but took no

to remove the cause.

use of

the trouble

an Oriental Exclusion Bill annually vestigated everything worthy of attenfor China, left Shanghai by the H. A: L and with equal regularity the Do- tion-so they said- and what resulted? minion Government disallows it. In When they got back to Peking they many ways the position of California were not listened to, and ent of spite

Now more Commissioners go to Japan, They each know from practical exper-Great Britain and Germany to see how enco what the advent of cheap labour representative government should be from the Orient means. But they are frun. The other Commissioners ware Chinese Minister to America, was enter- Sir Chen Tung Liang Cheng, formerly both, in varying degrees, under the particularly requested to look into that control of a higher power. And in each question, but as two heads are better case the higher power is not brought than one'a fow more investigatura „will go over the same ground just to make into direct contact with the problem sure of things. Wang Tal Shib, who and is consequently able to regard it in goes to England, was recently Minister that calm and unimpassioned manner in for China in London, but so far as we

and British Columbia are analogous Tuan Fang wert and published a book, P.S.C., Military. Attache on the staff of pleased to see that the Governor is not of the drains.

who are

tained by the Shanghai community at Shanghai yesterday, ays a wire to the

Chinese Mail," our nativo edition.

Mr. Mizuno, Japanese Consulat Hankow has been transferred to the Japausse Eur bassy at Washington, and Mr Tokunaru, formerly Japanese Conent at Chungking,

has been transferred to Swntow

failure of

I wrote to the Sanitary Вод Debtor stated that he attributed the of the Baltimore to poor business, s drop: ing off of Manila visitors and because the Hongkong Hotel lowered their prices. Is that so?-Yes, I have proof-and to the house being in bad

repair

The public examination was adjourned.

to those, another man of noto las since died quantity of provisions, encountered about

THE LIMCHOW RIOTS.

Alleged Murder of Students.

One of the native papers in Canton has tion, which, if truo, shows that the worst of the Limehow riote has not yet been some very curious and startling informa

published. We have already stated that horses in Sandakan, British North Borneo, the riots began through soma soldiers which and is causing much havoc. It is a pity, Amysterious disease is prevalent among A PURE MALT which individuals also are able to can ascertain the others are now men

had been disbanded joining some of the says the "British North Borneo Harald," contemplate the perplexities of others. to face the limelight of public life.

rascals of the district, and so there was a that there is no veterinary surgeon at 8an- Lieutenant-Colonel Duce, his wife considerable body of disaffected persons. California, however, is more fortunately

and family are passengers on the Prinz

dakan to study the fatal disease the only It is reported that the insurgents, if this thing that can be done is for the owners to situated thau British Columbia.

The strange procoelings that havo Eitol Fricdarich. They are bound for Eng-name is correct, are still in possession of take the utmost care of their pónica. Washington can exerciso no power of

been reported from Paking during the land after ten years' service as the Chief the city which they took, and they have veto over domestic legislation passed at perplex the "barbariars"

past week are sufficient to completely Secretary of the Salvation Army in Japan. made no attempt to move out. It is

A Seoul telegram to the "Mainichi generally known that the local official, states that Non-Commissioned Officor San Francisco. Only by force of arms strangers to the Chinese. The orbibi ad Mr E. M. Hawkins, fourth officer of teen souls, word all killed, and, in addition going down the river Hun in charge of n

The Royal Humane Society have award his family and rotainers, numbering nine- Iwawaki and could the Federal Government enforce tion is given of two of the first mon in the Empress of Japan, their bronzo modal

eight soldier, while its will upon the State Government and the Empire declining what appear on and cortificate on vellam, for jumping into it is fairly certain that the former would the surface to be the highest political Hongkong Harbour and saving a drowning never take a step of such gravity in positions in the Capital Yuan Shihan. order to assunge the feelings of a foreign doubt, the Viceroys par excellence. of Kai and Chang Chih Tung, are without. country. Hence, if California really China. They control the only Armies, makes up her mind to keep the Japanese and are at the forefront of numerous out, no doubt she will succeed. Bat reforms. The significant fact to be British Columbia is less happily noted is that both are Chinese, The Club. bituated. Her Legislature has batrulers of the country are Manchina, and

A San Francisco telegram dated Supt. limited powers. Any measure that at this parlous time the Manchus have a

saysJobs Abercombio, former consul dread that the Chinese will want to have of the United States at Nagasaki, Japan, $15.00. passes the local Legislature but to which

a reckoning up a squaring of accounts has committed suicide. Mr Abarcombis the Dominion Government takes eras it were at some odd moment when was well known throughout the Orient ception is promptly vetoed. It was pro- there will be no denying them. The There is no cause given for the suicide. bably the sonse of impotency which cunning of the Dowager come out when must have been irritating the people she endeavoured to patch the differences announced that Liang Tun Yen has been occurred to us as rather strange that such

In a telegram in another aplama it is A. 8. WATSON & CO of Vancouver, added to the fact that

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of wounds. The native report before us three hundred Ceroun insurgents at a place however states that the rising was directed mar Yipo. They killed thirty of the against the new educational system, and Coreans. Only ons of the Japanoso lost the schools were also attacked.

his life.

A tolegram to our native edition, the

In connection with this rumour is the Chun, the new Viceroy of the Two Krang, that all thig students were, at the time of Gote, President of the South Manchurian

Chinese Mail," says that Chang Jou most startling report of all. It is said was entertained at Shanghai yesterday by the attack, murdered, and if this is true Railway Company, hasdecided to discharge From Nowchwang we learn that Baron

the Cantonese community at the Kwengehui then it is one of the worst masseres that 500 of the Company's employous, shy the

have taken place for some time.

"China, Csitie," This is said to be the native papers so that here and there contemplates to carry out in the organizi Not infrequently those who read the first step of a sweeping reform the Baron uprisings aro obronioled against the notion of the convon, and not before it was schools on the part of the ignorant, who wanted, judging from all reports by travel. have nothing to lose by a small riot, but lors and others. something to gain; hitherto nothing of the kind reported here has taken place.

As a matter of foot it has somotimce

Reports received by the Japanese Honie Department up to August 31, con...

ruing the recent storm and foods, show that the damage to property and loss of who life word as follows: Number of lives lost, 248; persons injured, 46; houses destroyed,

landslides.

of Japanese arriving in the Colony on in the Empire. She sought to clip that Liang was selected in April last to go aro interested show so little antagonism 524, houses partly destroyed, 01 houses their wings and cago them in Peking: to Washington as Minister in succession to We havb attributed this to a feeling on the washed away, 1,337; houses fooded, increased enormously, which caused the

But the sort of chalf the Empress thre Sir Chen Tung Liang Chong, who recently part of the poopls that the change was 67,295; dykes destroyed, 208; bridgos rioting. With lawlessness in any shape ent is not the kind with which to catch proceed, being, we learn from Who's Who things, they were willing to let the officials washed away, 120. There were also ten

passed through Hongkong, but he did not wise, and, though they know little about or form we can feel no sympathy but wo such vily birds ae Yuan and Chang, in the Far Eat, nominated a week later as Lave their own way and place the idòle can quite understand the sentiments of They know too much, and avoid the Asalatant Director General of Customs. for the nonos in a back seat. the British Columbians. They seo a the Capital like they would a plague From the same book we gather that Linug spot. Hence their refusal to accept the threatened dislocation of ecentmic con-

apparently" gilt-edged positions offered ditions and fear a general lowering of them, and their readiness to appoint the nomi standard of the Colony. They subalitates.

meal life as an interpreter to the Total is a native of Kwangteng, and started his

appointed to investigate the massacre of at Hantow. In March of last year he was

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