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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH, 1903

Dr. Fransis Clark, Medical Offlour of Health,

local growth of foreign industry, and had o deterrent effect on the wellbeing of the left yesterday by the Hamburg on a year's leave.

several communities. Partly as a natural sequence of this state of affairs it became, more difficult to pile up the necessary

A. S. WATSON & CO., capital to enable these engaged in local

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ERATED

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business to retire, and so by the more force of circumstances a continually increasing number of those engaged in the trade of the ports found that, "will they or all they," they had to make up their minds to make China their permanent home. In addition to these another class of people commenced to arrive, who with no very important ties with the old country fonad they could make themselves very comfortable in Chica as a permanent place of alude; both these classes married and had children, and the children

with no memorice of homo apart from China soon commenced to make their presence felt. To avoid their becoming a burden to the communities, they had to be educated, and as in many cases their parents could with difficulty bear the burden of sending them to Europe, it became necessary to provide means for educating them on the sput. The consequence is that of the now large number of foreign residents in Hong- THE MACHINERY cumployed is of the kong and China a continually increasing latest design and most approved type.

THE WATER used is THE PUREST that can be obtained, and is skilfully FIL. TERED ON THE MOST SCIENTIFIC {

PRINCIPLES.

number are China born, have become thoroughly acclimatised, and have settled down into a home life on the spot. The THE BEST INGREDIENTS only are British race has fairly thriven amidst its new surroundings, and certainly exhibits no sigus of physical decadence; in fact so GUARANTEEING ABSOLUTE far as physique is concerned the Anglo-

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Manage our Factories, and their practical knowledge and coustant supervision enable

us to produce waters of unrivalled excellence

Chinese, especially those brought up north of 30 north latitude, will bear favourable comparison with their fellows in any part of the world.

It becomes then an interesting question to enquire how far socially these new populations compare with their predecessors Do they in fact keep up the old traditions, or do they exhibit any tendency to become assimilated with the natives of the country, and follow the footsteps of the early Portuguese, or become more hewers of wood and drawers of water? A visit to any of the ports will apparently answer the A. S. WATSON & CO. question in a satisfactory manner.

and purity,

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curious to notice that while the style of the new buildings being erocted everywhere for the accomodation of the new residents is undoubtedly changing, the change is in the direction of a closer assimilation with home idees of comfort; family life is becoming more of a reality, but the style exhibits no tendency to deteriorate, and the modern buildings at any of the ports, while display ing a greater adaptibility to the immediate wants of the occupants, are not a shit inferior either in size or expense to the older residences. If we enter we find the game rule prevailing; tho furniture and appointments, if on a less granduse style, are on the whole more refined and in better taste, and certainly show no trace of leterioration either in quality nor in ex-

Mr. Chou Hewan has been appointed manager of the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company.

The death is nauounced at Singapers of Me. J. H. Bird, a well known American. merebant.

The Statistical Secretary of the Maritime Custome estimates that the Chiness in Cali- fornía alone romit to China a sum of 9 31,100,000 (gold) per annota.

At the ordinary annual meeting of the Yangtze Wharf and Godown Co., Ld, Siang- bai, a dividend of 12 per cent, equal to Tle. 12 per share, was declared.

A Tientsin contemporary mentione that a

gentleman just returned from home and, who made both the homeward and return trips rid Siboría, speaks in the highest terms of the ser- vice of the express trains.

The weather report issued from the Obsarvs. tory at 11.50 yesterday stated that the monsoon in the Formosa Channel was decreasing, and that a moderate monsoon was blowing over the north part of the China Sea,

A pretty wadding took place at St. John's Cathedral yesterday between Mr. Wm. Scott Borrowe, and Mine Letitia P. King, daughter of Mr. G. J. W. King, P.W.D. The Rev. F. The happy T. Johnson, M.A., officiated. couple left by the Hamburg later in the day for England.

TELEGRAMS.

REUTER'S SERVICE.

SUPREME COURT,

Wednesday, 18th March.

IN CEMINAL JURISDICTION,

MR. CHAMBERLAIN RECEIVED BY BEFORE HIS HONOUR SIE WILLIAM M

THE KING AND QUEEN.

LONDON, 16th March.

Me Chamberlain was received by the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace yesterday.

RUSSIA AND THE MACEDONIAN *

REFORMS.

LONDON, 16th March, In consequence of the objections of Russia to German Offers, the Sultan has authorised the sugagement of Swedish and Norwegian instructors for the Macedonian gendarmerio.

THE SOMALILAND EXPEDITION.

LONDON, 16th March. The Mullah is now within a triangle, three angles of which at Galkayn, Damot and Bari, are co-operating. The Abyssinians coenpy

Bari,

THE TIMES" ON THE GOVERNMENT.

GOODNAR (CHIŃe JUSTIOR),

THE KOWLOON CITY MURDES.

POLICE COURT.

Wednesday, 18th March. BEFORE MR. F. A. HAZELAND (POLICE MAGISTRATE).

THE "XIBEGUDE¤IGHTSHIRE”. CAUE," Fourteen seamen from the Glasgow sailing- Ip Pang was okarged with having on 1st with disobedience of orders and neglect of duty. ship Kickudbrightshire were charged on remand January murdered his wife and his grandfather They were defended by Mr. H. N. Ferrers, at Kowloon City. He pleaded not guilty who entered a plan of not guilty on their behalf. and was defended by Mr. M.W. slade, barrister-Me J. Hastings appeared for the complainant, at-law,

The following jury was empanelled :--Messi C. M. P. Bemedios, G.Richardson, H. Haynes J. T. M. Whooley, O. B. Thomas, H. F Carmichael and C. H. Grace.

The jury to whom the well known story of the crime was told by the witnesses in the case, returned a verdict of guilty

His Lordship sentenced the prisoner to death:

the master of the ship, who was present in

Court.

As a preliminary point Mr. Farrers suggested that his Worship had no jurisdiction in the matter. The alleged offence had been committed at the French port of Hongay, where the ship was now lying.

Mr. Hastings took the opposite view, which was supported by his Worship, who decided to hear evidence.

THE DEE VOEUX ROAD AFFAIR. Leung Kwat and Fok Pan were charged with After reading the section under which the murder, to which they pleaded not guilty charge was laid, Mr. Hastings proceeded to Hon. Dr. Ho Kaf appeared in their defence state the laots of the case for the prosecution. The evidence, as already reportet, was to the He said the skip left Greenock, nour Glasgow, effect that a party was being held downstairs on 3rd September lost with a crew of 29, bound at 104, Des Voeux Road, Bome water came for Hongay with a cargo of pitch. The crow down from the upper fint on to the people who was engaged to serie for three years on were merry-making below. One of the party, certain voyages in certain named latitudes. The the deceased, went up above to investigate the shipsrived at Hongay on th February and dis ̈ ̈ cause of the downpour. Soon afterwards he charged the cargo, afterwards taking in 750 tons of ballast. She was then got ready for sen was found lying dead in the courtyard outside; the inference of the prosecation was that he to proceed to Rangoon, where she was due in the first week of May, on a time charter. was thrown out of the window.ne

It was therefore of great importance that The jury found the accused not guilty and they were discharged.

the ship should get away whilst the north- east” mbásson lasted, but" she was delayed The Court adjourned till to-day.

and missed the anonsoon. The trouble on

LONDON, 16th March, The Times remarks that despite the popala To contradict the report that Russia is about to issue a new loan, M. de Witto, the Finones rity of the Premier the confidace of the people Minister, has issued the following statement in the Government a slipping away. Mr. "In order to prevent misunderstanding it is Chamberlain may be able to prevent a rot sot-ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB, necessary to state that during the current yearting in among the ministerialists both in and the Russian Government will conclude no lesa

ent of Parliament; it so he has not come back a on any foreign market."

The Commissioner who has been appointed to proceed to China to investigate Chinese labour, with the view of its employment in the mines

in Johannesburg, left for London on the ad alt. From there he will go to California, to

enquire into the methods of working the

Chinese in that State.

Judgment has been given in the Manila Courts in favour of Mr. E. C. McCullough for $24,109 against Mesara. R. Aeulle & Co, being the difference between the value of tobacco described upon an inventory and the value of the tobacco actually delivered when the Maria Christina factory changed hands.

Among the paengers by the Austrian Lloyd steamer Frana Ferdinand, which arrived her a en Tuesday morning, was Mr. B. E. Belilies, C.M.G, who came on by her from Singapore in completion of his journey out by Calentta and Burmah. Mr. B-lilios has been abacat from the Colony about three years.

During the twenty-four hours ended at noon yesterday four plague cases were "dumped" in various pacts of the Colony. One we found on the footpath at No. 7, Stanley Strest; one at Shing Wong Stroot; one between Bwatow and Amoy Lanes; and one in McGroger Strest. The total for the year is now brought up to 81.

moment too soon.

The eleventh club race produced one of the finest struggles that has ever been witnessed in Hongkong Harbour between the Payne designed cracks Veraon and Dioat. There was quite a fresh breeze, with hard squalls, from the south, but as the ebb strengthened shortly before the starting hour the wind died down Tho usual weekly entertainment in the above and became quite light and Ruky...y

KOWLOON INSTITUTE.

Institute took place on Tuesday. Notwith

board and originated through a man comed Hughes, one of the defendants, who was aup. posed to be mok. The captain came to the conclusion that there was nothing wrong with his health, and instructed the boatswain to tell him to turn to. There was a dispute, and on the following morning Hughes and the rest of the defendants esme to the captain and said they declined to do further duty, until the boatswain we tried for some alleged assault he had Dione was on the Ims at gunfire, while committed. It was pointed out to them that the Alannak forced Vernon the wrong side of the ship was under charter and that serious coDBO- mark-bost thereby giving her a very bad start. quences would socrue if the defendants persisted Dione was well on her journey when Alannah, in the attitude they had taken up. They were which had started a little bebind her, hailed given half-an-hour to consider their position, her that her re-call Blog was up. Dione though and at the end of that time announced their she could not make out the hated signal determination to do no work unless the boat- thought it best to return and re-ross the wain was proceeded against. They were toll line. This gave her rival more than a quarter that this was impossible in a foreign part, bat of a mile start before Dione was is pursuit they remained obdurate. After a time the again. However Vernon and Alannah got captain oppilat to the Hongay authorities to hang up for some time nearing the Channel sarist him, but they declined on the ground that Rocks und Dioné caught them rounding the the ship was British. He then wired to the mark. A fine race now began between Fernand authorities here in Hongkong, and was advised The R. Kutsang, Capt. Payne, strived at Dions. The Istter tried to luft her formidable to apply to the Bridely consel at Baigon. Singapore from Hongkong on the 11th instantagonist out of the inside berth at the He did so, but got no satisfaction, and then with 597 Chinese coolies, men and women, and Kowloon Rockin but failed, and rounded first tried the British Conanl et Pakhoi, with the anchored at the quarantino station. About 7.20 asters and then shot up on Vernon's weather same result. After lying in Hongar for about p.m. three of the Chinese coolies, the Straits and sailing a little the faster when it came to ten or twelve days, and seeing there was Times sage, commenced fighting for a sleeping windward work crossed bar rival off the cement nothing else for it, the captain bat the crew on up to Hongkong place on use of the batches. They soon cameworks. Some pretty weather boating then board a steamer and camo

standing the unfavourable atmospheric son. ditions, the hall was comfortably filled. Mra, Woodoook submitted an excellently varied pro- gramme, consisting of piano, 'cello, and vocal solos, a duet, and a glee. The following took part:-Mesdames Jeffrey, Piercy, and Wood cock; Messrs. Künig, T. H. Reid, Hanco, Edwards, and Coster. Miss Harker rendered the accompaniments acceptably, besides playing two solos with remarkable proficiency.

MURDER IN SINGAPORE HARBOUR.

Mr. William Crozier, editor and proprietor | over to the polies.

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Sentor M. de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian Charge d'Affaires in Tokyo, and Mrs. Lama wem among the passengers who left yesterday by the German mail steamer Hamburg. Senhor Lima is on his way to Feru, where he has basa appointed Minister. During their short stay in this Colony, Senhor Lima and wife were the guests of Senhor Conselheiro Rome, the Brazilian Coneul in Hongkong. Mr. Leiria, the Vice-Consul, accompanied them to various parts of the Colony sight-seeing.

to blows and two of them assaulted the other onaned, Dione keeping bor rival under her leo, with them, leaving others of the crew to look one, one of them kicking bins in the stomach and they raced to Meyers' Bay, where after the ship. They arrived here on the 15th The man who was kicked fell down and expired in the lighter wind Vernon cleverly slipped inst, and were charged by the captain. His In a few minutes. The ship's officers arrested through her rival's led and once more Worship, Mr. Hastings said, would ree what the two men, bandorffed them, and handed them assumed pride of place roniding the buoy serious consequences had arisen out of tha The pair then reached away, in a very faint defendante action, for which there was absolute- air for the Channel Rocks, but presently Vernon ly no justification. The ship had lost her charter. by a passing junk and strung out a long lead daily demuriage was £94 14, and there were LONDON'S NEW THOROUGHFARE. picked up a little puff while Dione was blanketed and had incurred others expenses besides. Her At a recent meeting of the Loudon County Dione, however, picked up a breeze this time various other expenses which brought the total Conncil a chorus of approval, unmarred by a from the north-west and almost ran up on her up to about £349. The defendants had a con- single dissentient, met the suggestion of the rival again at the Chaubel Rocks, The pair siderable sum of money due to them in respect General Purposes Committee that the name of then had another very interesting bout to of wages £150 or thereabouts and it was the new Helbora-Stmad street should be windward in the tight wind up to Kowloon intended to ask his Worship to exercise his dis- Robert Blance, the master of the ship, was "Kingsway," and that the crescent at the south Rocke. Dione, who unluckily burst ber jib cretion in regard to the forfeiture of their pay. end should be called "Aldwych" Mr. Sidney parcbase on looking down the sail which was Low congratulated the committee upon the not so fing well, which cost her a few lengths, the fret witness called. He said the Kirkcut happy settlement of this interesting question, could not quite catch Fermon and rounded the brightshire was a sen-going British ship regis It was all the more satisfactory when they rooks about two longthe astern. It was a tared at Port Glasgow, and the doleudsats remembered the unfortunate names previously reach to Mayers busy again and in a better were shipped by him in Glasgow on a three community would not have been able to pro- but off Hinghom point she got left for a few Six of them were not British subjects, but the suggested to the Council... One part of the breeze it looked as it Deone would catch Fernen, years' sgreement, they were all on the articles- nounce King Edward VII. Street, and others reponds while a kind puff carried Vernon well remainder were. The ship lait Greenock on would be unwilling to pronounce "Gladstone away from her. This was practically the end 3rd September last bound for Hongsy with Crescent." It would be a misfortune, he thought, of a fine race, for Dione could never get on a carge of pitch, and errived at Hongay on thi to give a great improvement like this a distinctly terms again and Vemon won with a sub- February. There the cargo was political significance, as it might be followed up stantial margin. by a Campbell Bannerman Street, an Asgaith Avenue, a Lloyd George Garden, and a Macna- mers Parade. This statement was greeted with laughter and cries of dissent.

The marks are now Drone

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Belt Vernon Wat The last race will be mailed on the 29th instant, and the result will be watched with much interest.

MR. J. P. MORGAN'S BRIC-A- BRAC.

the footsteps of the colonies, and the new in the Criminal Court of Manila of criminal communities while they have come to have libel. He was convicted of libelling Major. a local tinge, are in no respect in imperial General George W. Daris, United States Army matters one whit behind the most imperial and the Commanding General of the Division of the colonies. This, which is well shown of the Philippines. Sentence was deferred.

Mr. Brongh in a farewall speech at the fall On the 18th March, at 8. John's Cathedral, by in Hongkong, is if possible even the Rev. F. T. Johnson, WILLIAM SCOTT HORROW, murked in Shanghai, where long lines of of the curtain on Tuesday evening, alluded to son of the late HENET HOBROWs, formerly Art

the need for improvements in the Theatre. He Mastor Technical College, Huddersfield, York-streets of inndsome foreign residences are shire, to LETIZIA P. KING, everywhere rising. So great has bear the mentioned that a well-known resident not in KING, Public Works!

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demand that the foreign population has the tea trada "—was interesting himself in the On the 2nd February, at Leyton, Blackpool, Lazce, England, BEATRICE EVELYN, the beloved within the last five years increased some matter, and expressed the hope that the daughter of Joan MILLS, Hongkong, aged 14 fifty per cent, and this has so faxed the provements would have been carried out by the years and 3 months.

[S99 limits of the Settlements that within the time the Company returned to the Colony. The MEHEEWANIER MEHTA, of Masers, Franje, lust twelve months the Municipality has Broughs sailed for Shanghai yesterday by the Hormusjon & Co. Deeply regretted. (By wine) actually had to open out no less thau twenty- On the 11th March, off Woosung, JAMES CAMP three miles of new streets. From Tientsin

discharged and BELL ARISUR, late master U.EN.C. Pompey, agod similar reports of the briskness of the

750 tons ballast were taken in, and on 4th foreign, building trade come to hand, and

March the ship was nearly ready for sen; it was the foreign population till lately numbered

arranged that she should sail on 6th March, It only by hundreds is now expanding into

was of the utmost importance to get away as ite thousands. In Shanghat the foreign

soon as possible, as the vessel had been ordered NGKONG OFFICE; 14, DEVœux KOAD Ul, population already is estimated at some

to Hangeon on a time charter, and had LONDON OFFICE: 191, FLEET STREET, E.C.7,500, and is increasing ao rapidly that not-

to be ready to load in the first week THE FRENCH NAVY. withstanding the number of new buildings

of May. Failure to be there on tize maant HONGKONG, 19th March. 1969.

the loss of the charter. On 5th March they going up they are still far from being equal

The Temps has been reading the remarkable

wore lying in Hongay bay, an arm of the sea to the demand. More noteworthy even

Mr. H. L. Ferrers, barrister-at-law, who has

articles contributed by Sir William White to

On the 4th than this is the fact that foreign populations bern practising for a short time in Hongkong the Times, and has been moved to discuss the The London Daily Chronicle's City cores where the tide ebbs and flows, are increasing in these cases in a more rupid will leave for Peuning on Saturday by the sa conclusion to be deduced there from in connec pondent relates the following story:Some time Marche ho saw a dispute going on between rate than the Chinese, so that there isLeisung, to assist with the editorial work of the on with the principles laid down in M. Camille ago there was a great deal of chatter in James, one of the defendants, and the boats- actually a tendency for the former to Straits Echo, a new paper which is being started Pelletan's recent speech on the naval estimates, the City about what may be described as wain an apprentice landed witness a knife, encroach on businesses formerly confined to there by a Chinese syndicate. Mr. Ferrers As is well known to specialists in Eugland,"picture and bric-a-brac bills alleged to which he threw overboard. On the same day abla instances of this growth are to be natives. There is no doubt that much of dors not intend to give up his own profession the French naval programme of 1980 provided have been given in lieu of cash by Mr. Hughes, another of the defendants, who was Annamitë woman, and wit this is to be attributed to the natural entirely, but will practice there as a barrister for the construction of an armoured cruiser, J. P. Morgan to dealers from whom he had the woyee for liquor, was "sky-lerking revulsion after the affair of 1900; still it is and thus combine law with journalism. Mr. the Ernest Benar, on plans identical with picked up old masters and other objects of with is accompanied by another change not less satisfactory to be able to show that the first Ferrars during the short time he has been here those which had served in the case of the interest and value in the collector's eyes, ness told the bostawnia to order Hughes characteristic of the new conditions under and most marked result of the almost heroin/bas.made numerous friends, and the good wishes flambetta and the Victor Hugo. Since then People, Bhook their heads about it, and noto turn to. There was another row, but

of many will go with him.

the plane of the Ernest Renon have been wonder, for if this great master of fuance witness did not see it. After breakfast the which the foreign residents live. It is not effort of the Chinese Government to get rid

The following appointments are mentioned changed. From a vessel of 122,550 tons capable had been so short of ready money as to be next day all the defendants come to him and

forced to take anoh a method of staving of so very many years since the great bulk of of what it was pleased to look on as the

in a San Francised contemporary-Mr. H. A. of a speed of 22 knots she has become payment it might have had a very uricas aid they refused to do duty until the boatswain the foreigu inhabitants came to China foreign incubus has been actually to

Jerome, for years purser of the Facifio Mail a vessel of 18,562 tons with a speed of 23 knots, meaning. Now, however, it turns out that was tried. He asked them what the bostewnin merely as birds of passage to make a strengthen the permanent foreign hold on

liner China, has been appointed to the samo The question that arises, according to the Temps, thees bille appear to have been forgeries. was to be tried for, and they replied that it was

£11,250 each to New York for collection in the temporary sojourn, and each expected after the Empire, and afford new openings to position in the new and fast steatoskip Niberis, is whether the French Budget is rich enough A bank in The City recourtly sent two for for using Hughes badly. Witness told them sister ship of the Korea. Mr. A. M. Thomson, to warrant the construction of a cruiser the al course of business, and has just got them it was impossible to try any case there, and a few years to return to his native country, western enterprise.

formerly of the City of Sydney, moro recently advantages of which namely, that she gains hack with the intimation that the signature is offered to have the boaterrain confined in hig having in the meanwhile obtained a com-

of the Korea, is to be purser of the Ching. in speed 1,862 mètres par hoar are counter not that of the head of the Morgan arms. How room until the slip arrived in Rangoon if they petence, sufficient to keep him in at least

The duties of the position in the Korea and balanced by the disadvantage that she costs many more of these bills there may be about, or would resume their work. The defendants were

who the forger is, nobody yet knows, but it is moderate comfort for the remainder of his

Siberia, the paper remarks, are much heavier 3,000,000 franos mors, spends 300 francs more extremely unpleasant that each an incident giver half-an-hour to consider this propreal, life. The process was essentially wasteful, Two U.S. warships arrived yesterday the than in any of the other liners, owing to the per hour, and carries 220 kilos loss of shells. For, should have occurred, and Mr. Morgen mast and at the end of that time one of them returned and there is little doubt that the large Oregon from Woosung, and the Helene from larger number of passengers and greater in the opinion of the Temps, speed, which 31. regret now that bis attention was not promptly and aid they declined to work, Witness applied sums of money thus withdrawn from the Menila.

responsibilities placed upon the passer. As in Pelletan thinks the resource of the worker Power, drawn to the fact that paper of this description, to the Hongay aathorities for assistance, but

alleged to be hit, was in circulation. The los working capital of the country had a mora Dr. G. H. Morrison, the Times Peking the big Uconnie liners, the purser is allowed is, on the contrary, advantageous particularly to holders may turn out to be serious should the they could not render it, and he proceeded to or less detrimental effect on its general correspondent, left for Shanghai by the C.P.E.

no clerk, and has to perform all the work of the stronger that is to say, to the richer Power, industry of the forger have been going on Haiphong with a similar application to the

during the past three months.

French authorities there. They could do The criticism is a telling and suggestive one. his office without assistance. trude. At all events they prevented theas. Athenium yesterday I

ONE of the most marked phenomena in China, especially since the beginning of the new century, is the very rapid growth of the European populations, not only in Hong kong but in an even more market degree

in the northern ports. The most remark.

noticed in the ports of Shangbai and Tien-

tsin. This growth of the foreign populations

The French mail of the 14th February was delivered in London on the 14th March.

to

STRANGE STORY OF FORGED BILLA.