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sa was shown later in the debate, were not the public money into competition with those endorsed by all those colleagues. The whose business it is to build and supply A. S. WATSON & CO., compensation, as Dr. Ho Kat phrased it. To them he thought it better to leave the remarks were on the grand principle of bouses for the accommodation of the people."
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We should not like to designate the able gentleman's words as clap-trap, but we think that they enue perilously wear it when he said:"We bear, of course, of "sacrifice for the public goal; well, such mon as make these sacrifices are heroes, But you cannot expect every landlord in this Cology, and every Chinese land-owner, to be heroes. They invest their money in "Louses because they will bring in a
income to them of so much percent. They "come to this Colony, relying upon the "justice and fairness of English law and the protection of the English flag, and invest their money, and they thought at the time they invested in those houses that "they were built accordance with the law existing at the time. Ifany landlord "likes to sacrifice his land for such a public "purpose, heminat be called a philan "thropist and a public benefactor, but he "can weuraly be considered a business mm." The Hon. G. W. F. PLAYFAIR rejoinder to this was very effective, if blunt. The riot of the matter, he pointed out, was the so much per cent, of which Dr. Ho Kat LONDON AND PARISIAN HOUSES. spoke. That is why they [the landlords] buy slum property, because they get far "more than from any ordinary investment; and should they be considered? They "have put up the rentals at the least 100 "per cent. in the best ten years. Are you "asking the ratepayers to go and save "them? There are two sides to that; the ratepayers have also to be considered." HE. the Governor, in his speech which concluded the debate, made no further
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allusion to the compensation question, beyond pointing out that it was the chief lesture of the nea Bill as opposed to the originally proposed measure; but the Attorney-General bad previously endorsed the view that the owners of slum property which had got into au insanitary and dangerous state were entitled to no con sideration ur sympathy. The abolition of windowless cubicles in Hongkong, in
M. Kanbel, recently Netherlands Minister at y .... There wass shock of earthquake at Fooskow.
ng has been appolotok Dutch Connon the 21st ult, at a quartes part-3-o'aloode, General and Minister Resident at Teheran
It has been ascertained that German mer- chante ao smuggling ammarition and other articles of war inte China, ays a Tientsin telegram to Tokyo.
The Hon. W. T. Taylor, C.M.G., Colonial Fecretary of the Biraits Settlements, Las been appointed Honorary Corresponding Secretary of the Royal Colonial Institute for Strate Battlements."
The Siamese royal yacht Maha Ghabrini left on Saturday for Japan. 1.M.83. Álbứu, Creary," and Blenheim left yesterday for Bingapore. Tho sucveying ship Waterwich came in from Min Bay on Saturday,
solution of the difficulty. He omitted, how ever, to touch on the question of excessive rents.. The cry for fresh house accommoda. tion, which must follow the operation of the Bill, will not produce a lowering of rent, Landlords are not heroes, but business men, as Dr. Ho Kai said. Talk about tramways will not house the boneless, while if the displacement of the overcrowded residents in the slums in to await the slow expansion of Hongkong by means of tam ways, etc., it looks as if we must resign ourselves to years more of abominable sanitation and opidemic. shall we not then The death is amonDext by the lust mail be paying too dear for our whistle, to use papers of Admiral Sir Edward Bridges Re, the Hon. C. S. SHARP's expression? And K.C.B. Admiral Rice was a brother-in-law of after all the enjoyment of the whistle is the William Harcourt. The gallant Admiral, who Government's or the landlords, certainly was 8 years of age, entered the Navy in 1882, not the ratepayers. The 8gnior Unofficial | and served in the China war in 1942, command Member's concluding remarks on the 27thing the Botilla of boats in advance of the British ultimo derive considerable point from this force. He was also employed in the Burmess consideration, and should not have been sel aside so lightly as they were occasion.
on that
war, and served in the CrimoKIE.
which lasted several seconds.
It is reported that two American experts will is engaged for the Imperil Chinese Mint now in conres of erection at Tientsin.
The Taku Dook, which has been hold by the Russians in the Boxer Disturbanca, was lauded over to the Chinese on the 10th mit..
L'Echo de Chine says that M, Deloncle has written to M. M. Dalenweć recommending to his patriotic salicituda thousands of Istians, Cambodians, Annamities, and Chinese Frenck cnbjoute or protégés, whom the convention of the 7th of October aliadoas pilsaly to torture and slavery.
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LONDON, 29th November, 10.30 am.
THE SIAMESE GOLD STANDARD
M. Delencle, deputy for Cochain-Chine, has written to the French Colonial Minister,
chameterising the establishment of a gold standard in Sing as an economic coup cat- The Russian authorities have announced that culated to entail the gravest consequences to special settlements may be formed in to the finances of Indo-China, and particularly within the suur region, for the convenience of Asiatics am:quainted with the principles of sanitation. The arrangement, according to the Japan Daily Mail, is supposed to refer solely to Chinese and Coreans, and to have been sag gested by inconvenient experiences connected with permitting mixed residence to the Chinese January.
in Vladivostock.
to the rice-market at Saigon. Ho demands the inmediate tomination of a commission of enquiry to present a solution before the
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The Regatta regulations are published in the 33,000,000 francs, duo by the Chinese Govern-Corsa from Ginsburg & Co. agents of the ment bad suddenly decide to adopt a gold
Gazette.
Plagu regulations at Calcut's end in the Medras Presidency against Hong long have
[We were the first to make this news public on Saturday, in our sond Extra; when we The Belgian Government is considering the A telegram to Japan, dafed Beoul, 18th Nov-state that, telegraphic civics had her expediency of applying for its allotted share of ember, says: The negotiations for a loan, to received in the Colony that the Siamese Govern-
ment in connection with the recent distur-Basso-Chinese Bank, will oud in failure. As currency-En. D.P.] bancos, fn cash, in proference to the method of for the indentity claimed by the Seoul Electric payment by loan adopted by some of the Powers. Railway Company (mangel by, Colbran-and The sam set aside to indomuify the dankow. Bostwick), negotiations have been settled. Dr. Ailen, U. 8. Minister, bad consequently to Peking railway 4: 26,000,000 francs, and, as The yacht races yesterday suded in vistoriasis is a Franco-Belgian company, half the communicate with the Coran Government that the concesion would be resold. The Foreign Department, Seoul, notifked its objection thorn, for Dioke in the first class and for Min is the mount will be contributed by Franer.
HM.S. Torch, surreying-sloop. Commander, to audinfo.mal the foreign Ministers to that one-design class.
Norman G. Manalster, lately visited Suwarrow effecti The probibition to export armes, et Island in the Western Pacific, and her m extended for a further period of six months, by
been withdrawn
a proclamation in the Gazette.
The bame of Ladwig Brun has been added to the list of persons qualified to practise mediciul and surgery in this Colony.
The Gazelle notifies that the King's exequatur empowering M. Thomas Hamman to act as Consul for Belgium at Hongkong has raived His Majesty's signature.
The new Conen-Guneral for Portugal, Senhor Oscar Potier with his wife, has arrived at Shanghai. Senhor Potior has been for many
mander posted up a proclamation lotimaling. that the Admiraly reserved it as a coaling statim. This island, which was annoyed some
years ago, lies aidway between the Sumon
Islands and the French Marqu- Ielands. From its geographical position it forms an im portant link between Fiji and Esquimalt, British Columbia--the only csaling stations 00 the Pacifio station, although that station is the largest in arus.
It is a little surprising to find that the Com. mittee appointed by the Spanish Government to consider the question of hallding a ter Spanish
fest has reported in favour of the construction
GENERAL VOYRON'S REPORT. M. Coombes, the French Premier, begged the Budget Committee to abstain from reading General Voyron's report about the "Boxer" disturbancos. The Committee by
a majority of one vote decided to receive the repert, but to maintain secrecy as to its contents.
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A. S. WATSON & CO.\ accordance with this, must be carried out years an official in the Ministry of Foreign China Steam Navigation Compsoy, who died Spain has scarcely more than elev-n or twelve 88 Parramatta on his way to England.
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without compensation. In the mass of cases of Governsent resumption of land and of enforced alteration of buildings, etc., compensation will, by the provisions of the Bill, be fixed by the Board appointed for the purpose, consisting of one nominee of-the Government and one of the owner, with the Puisue Judge as umpire in event of dispute. The interests of the ratepayers, therefore, will rest entirely in the hands of the Government's nominee, an arrangement which throws a tremendous responsibility upon the latter, and indirectly upon the Unofficial Members of the Lagis lative Council whose duty it is to see that the popular side is thoroughly presented to the Government's view. While there.
Mr. PLAYFAIR we may feel assured that the are in the Council members of the stamp of voice of the ratepayers will not be entirely unheard. But a single member has an arduous task.
Affairs, and was appointed Consul to Shanghai in recognition of his excellent services to the Government.
To-day; at 4.15 p.m. the HK.F.C. "A" team Prill play the Officers of H.M.S. Argonaut. The following will play for the Club-Goal Craik; backs--Hay and Worcester, hall-backe
Bosustow, Hickling, and Bel!; forwards Austin, Libeaud, Dannett, Sayer, and Hender.
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The river steamer Kwong Chew, built by Mesura. W. S. Pailey & Co. for the Canton trade, was to have been launched lest night ni half-past eight. Owing, it is supposed, to the high tide, the vessel stuck on the ways when about balf afloat, and despite the efforts of several towing-launches had not been got afloat up till a late hour.
The China Times of the 19th ult. saya Acting upon instructions from Mr. Yang, the Chinese representative at Tongshan, the antivo workmen have ceased boring operations in connection with the mines, thus blocking the progress of mining work. The action is taken to mean that the Chinese party in the great struggle now beginning mean to demonstrate, even more effectively then by the hoisting of the dragon fag, that they are the mastars of the situation.
Messrs. Erich Georg & Co. say is their weekly shore list, dated Hongkong, 29th Nor-uber-The week feeling in our market
has become more accentuated during the past week, and quotations for several stocks, prin- cipally Indo-Chinus and China Sagars, have given way further, while Banks, Docks and Hongkong Hotels have ruled very strong. Ths northern market is very weak and in the absence of buying orders from that quarter, no improve ment can be looked for in the near future.
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of twelve battleships, tən arnisere, and eventy vix smaller vessels at a total cost of rat far short of twenty-four millions sterling. In the war with the United Stated the Spanish Navy auf. fored fearfully, and the new flest in which Spain put such grit and touching faith was more than Mr. James M'Ander, of Belmont, Mill Hili, half destroyed. The worst blow was the loss of and formerly of Hongkong, Chairman of the the five new armoured cruisers, which all took National Bank of New Zealand, and the Indo-fire and were ran ashore. At the present time on the 6th July, aged 76 yours, and wise vessels of any fighting value, and whether sbe
in any use for a Navy is doubtful. estate has been valued at £132,003, gruss, including personalty of the net value of
A despatel dated Seoul, 16th November, sayı:— £118,792, bequeathed by his will of Aug. 22. M. Wauber has advisad the Corean Government 1863, £100 for distribution among charities in that ho lus been intracted from home to atay Elgin, and £500 to his brother General Isaac in Cores until next spring, to take part in the Forsyth M'Andrew, ach to his sisters ceremony in celebration of the forti, tinanivers Catherine and Anne, £400 each for anunities ary of the Corean Emperor's acoson to the to his aunts Catherine Forsyth and Isabella throne, M. Wacher, who was received in audience M'Audrew, £100 each to his brother. Jompů | by His Majesty the day before yesterday, laid the and his sister Isabella, £500 and one-fourth of message before the Emperor. It is however his residuary osista to his wife, Mrs. Mary reported that the Minister advised. His Majesty Watson M'Andrew, one-fourth of his residuary to take measures to suppress the various estata and certain specific bequests to his son ramours which are disturbing the peace of the Kesaeth, and the remaining half of his nation and causing trouble to the Government residuary estate for his other olildren, and M. Waeber spoke very highly of Ye Yoyok, he desired that they should "bo liberally whom he stated to be a cliver official and trust- educated, and be brought up accustomed to worthy. M. Waeber was entertained to a dinner "a life of labour and usefulness, and be trained after the andiones by His Majesty." in the Presbyterian faith and in the tenais of vital religion."
Home papers sutiounce the death of Mr. Neil John Maolood, which took phos at Patney ca the 29th October, at the age of 64 years. Mr. Macleod was not well on leaving Manila in July, but it was hoped the voyage irome, viz Japan and Caneda, would have improved his health. This unfortunately was not the case, and it was in a feeble atata that Mr. Macleod reached home about sever weeks before his death. Mr. Macleod was one of the silent of the foreign element in Mauila. He went out in 1831, to the well known frm of Smith, Ball and Co. rising to the portion of chief of that fix in Marila. In 1867 he started the firm of Macleod, Piekford and Co. (which subsequently besame Madeod and Co.) in Mauila, and Pickford & Co. in Cebu. He was the pioneer of steamer raming between Manils and the lake district, on the River Pasig, and later practically founded the bases for the important coasting steamship traffe between all the inter-island ports in the arcipelago. Mr. Macieod was always very well-informed man on all matters connected with the Philippines, both politically and commer
We have alluded above to the refusal of compensation for enforced abolition of win dowless cubicles, which, a Dr. Ho KAI very justly said, are the greatest sanitary evil among the Chinese in this Colony. But the abolition of this eril must, as the members of the Legislative Council and all others who have studied the question recognise, be attended, with difficulties; though the total prohibition of such culteles was advocated as early as 1898 by Messrs. WHITEHEAD and Box, two of the members of the Commission appointed in 1896 by Sirs WILLIAM ROBINSON to report on in- The sanitary properties in Hongkong. Colonial Secretary made an able, if not quite convincing, defence of the way in
The Nobel priz of £3,003 for rowirches which insanitary buildings were allowed in the past to spring up, in aor concerning mularis has been awarded to the dance with the legislation of the date. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. The Without accepting the "whitewashing" of Liverpool School of Trapics Mediving, as wecially. the Government's character which the Hon. recently reported, not long age forwarded to the German Emperor a complete set of the pablics- F. H. Mar attempted, we must admit his tions on the subject of tropical decanses issued great fight must take place over the pleas that it is very difficult so to frame by the school. His Imperial Majesty, ia compensation question. The two experts, law that nothing objectionable can possibly acknowledgment, says the progress of the various in dealing with the resumption of insanitaryba built under it, and that owners of pro-peditions of the Liverpool Schont is attracting properties, did not propose to offer comperties must accept some responsibilities if mich attention in the scientific and colonial pensation to owners for the erection of they have not followed the advice of their world of Germany, and a rather similar esbool
laas now been established at Hamburg, sanitary dwellings ou land at present architects and built houses that.
Is the debate at last Thursday's meeting of the Legislative Council over the second zending of the Public Health and Buildings Bill, the two questions involved in that measure about which the most interesting and instructive discussion took place were those of compensation-the ong thing, H.F the Governor said, into which they had gone in the new Bill-and of the displace. ment of population by the operations of the Bill. It was recognised from the first, when Messrs. CHADWICK and Starson drew up the measure for which the Bill before the Council on Thursday was substituted, that
were
The P. & T. Pince writes:-We hear from Tongshan that a foreigner recently made so violent an sugult on a coolie that the latter died four days later from the wounds. The family has gone to Landhow to see the Chinese Magistrate with a view of taking the matter up. Our detailed knowledge of the facts at present precludes remark, bat in the public interest we think thess affairs should be looked into by the foreign management and, if a bad case is sus pacted, also by the Coals. A sort of vendet to is not unknown to the Chinese, and the poorer classes are ignorant enough to take one foreign life for that of Chinese without any discrimination as to justice. As we have said before, in China every foreigner is in a sense his brother's keeper.
REUTER'S SERVICE.
· LʊNDON, 27th Nov.mber.
BRITISH TAXATION..
Rt. Hon. T. Ritchie, M.P. speaking at Croydon, said that the Govarasut hoped to do something in April next it relísí ob taxation. RUSSIA'S FAR EASTERN SQUADÃÕÂ...
Admiral Stakelberg's squidron for the Far East, consisting of two batthilips and four last cruisers, whiolzhas been slaying at Kiel,, has now strived at Portland, where stay of ten days will
*be made.
BRITISH POSFAL AFFAIRS, Mr. Austen Chamberlain, speaking in the House of Commous, said that when the Eastern mail arrangements are rerised, he will bear in mind the suggetion of the P. and O. Company that their steamers call at sport in British North Borneo, but in view of the small correspondence, Bud intricate svigation, it was hardly Ekely that the change would THE TIMES" AND THE JAPANESE. The Times a sympathetle article on connection with Japanese polities, especially
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their Naval Scheme and Load Tax, says that the Jausen are à proud and patriotic people. Marquis Ito wll prossente the policy of nava extension if soupted in power, and he hopes tkat
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England and Germany have agreed upon. joint action in order to collect claims against Venesuels Three German warships, the Amazone, drigine and Niobe, are fitting ont with fall war equipment t Kiel to go
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The Siam Observer of the 14th Inst, writing & compromiss between the supporters of the after the Kelantan Phra Chom Klae disaster, Naval Scheme and the opponents of the Lead says:-People going from Bangkok to look at Tax will be posible. her the Kelunton] can scarcely distinguish her from a good sound vessel rifling at anchor, until they obtain a bruadside view, The water has not penetrated to her No, 2 hold mor forward of this, and our latest news is that the roteins practically the same position as when the first settled down astera. It appears that the bon of the Phra Chom Hiac penetrated the side and Some years ago the fact that the volume of deck of the Kelantan te a depth of sight feet Japan's foreign trade was growing at me and the width of the tuls is about six feet. immediately to Venormel taore rapid rate than the volume of China'strade. How desp it is a question which can first he attracted some attention, but even when the ascertained by divers when they make this
THE SITUATION IN SOMALILAND. wes were observed, no one seemed disposed necessary inspection preliminary to rising the to imagine that Japan would soon overtake vessel. The case of the Kelantan seliling down
Colonel Manning's flying column has releved China in this matter. The overtaking has very so rapidly after she was struck is that water nearly been accomplished, however. Last year, flooded her engine-room, pat out the fires, and and reinforced Bohotle. Thirty five percentage the total volume of China's esports and importa stopped the engines. The aft hell was also of the garrison the ill with malurint favor. unoccupied, nor for the re-erection, on reasonably quitary Property - owners . The London & China Express of the 31st. we 437,959,67% Tle, or 547,419,594 yen, ap-flooded. It is remarkable that the boilers did land aready occupied, of dwellings of cannot absolve themselves from the erober says-There are no more loyal subjects proximately. During the same year the ecrres- not barat At high water, the poor desk is an improved type to those now in existence. charge of having been careless of the is Majesty's world-wide Empire then the ponding figure for Japan was 508,166,188 tools, awash, but the members of the crew art comfort- The right of an owner, they bela, to re-health of the telants and having paid Chiness of Hongkong and the Straits Settle. The difference is insignificant. It is certainly able and ufe in their quarters forward. The erect dwellings of au insanitary type, more attention to the "so much per cent." ments, and none more ready to respond to any a very striking fact that whereas Japan's reord European officers are the only one who have because his present dwellinga me insanitary,side rather than that of their reasonable all on their sympathies or patriotin. To twenty years ago (1881) was only $2 million suffered Inconvenience, should not be admitted. Otherwise, how duties as landlords With considerable evidence that feeling the Henghong Daily Press yea, it has now grown to 598 millions-au sigh. ever, compensation was to be granted "in ingenuity they avail themselves bow of the and the native paper. Chung Ngoi Sun Po, foll increase. We may also note that whereas issued from the same offles, displayed outside Japan's foreign trade now amounts to yen accordance with the Crown Lands Resump. argument, which in itself is perfectly sound, their windows in Fipet Street on the occasion per head of her population, China's is less than tion Ordinance, which appears to follow that the operations of the new Ordinance of the Royal Procession a Chinese scroll sent 1t you. But there is a strong probability that closely the Imperial Housing of the Working will displace a large number of people from one of the sinellest, bat by no means the if peace can be preserved and if the building of Classes Act," to quote Messrs. CHADWICK'S We do not say that the argument was not least important, of the British Dominions railways be contioned in China, her foreign trade may make rapid strides during the next few Last sineticly advanced by the speakers at the beyond the seas. This decoration, which was and Simpson's own explanation. -Thursday the Hon. Ho Kar, in his speech 1ast Council raseting. it cannot be brought to England by the Coronation centing years. It is an interesting fact, saye the Japan To Tasi Chapel (L.M 8. Chiness)
Mail, that the comparatively large body of for. Peter's Church (half of offertory) as Senior Unofficial Member of the Legie. made a reason for delaying legislation vitalent of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps, and was
tu the Colony's well-being. H.E, the intended to be displayed at Juue, shows in eiga merchants engaged in China's trade soom Wesleyan Church, Wanchai lative Council, welcome the new Bill, as
green on a crimson fold the Chinese characters to find their account in a business representing Hakka Basel Mission (Chinese) Charch Danteche Kirchen und Schulgemeinde brought forward by the Attorney-General, Governor pointed out that the action of the
Then, Yu Wo Huang, meaning flod Bless our only a lightly larger inonetary total than that Baptist Mission (Chinese) Church Ordinance must be slow and could not on behalf of his "unofficial colleagues, and
King" The same office also displayed Chinese | of a business on which a much smaller foreign Wesleyan Mission (Chinese) Church... then went on to make some remarks which, approve of the Government "antering with Dragon and Hongkong. Colonial Flage,
community grows lean rather than fat in Japan, Ebenish Mission (Chinese) Chapel ...
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The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following offertories to the funds of the Hospitals- Union Church...
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COMALILAND,
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