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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, JULY 18cm 1903 To-morrow is the French national fete day, TELEGRAMS.

"said gentlenia." In November, 1883, Mr. DOBERCE was appointed Director of the Hongkong Observatory; and the Manila report campluins of the animosity which be clearly showed on various occnsions Inter on" against the directors of the Manila and "Daily Sieuwei meteorological contres. "beervations and storm-warnings were "exchanged from the very beginning be "tween the observatories of Manila and "Hongkong. But, for some inexplicable "reason, Mr. DOBERCK on repeated oc- casions kept back our telegrams without "using them or giving them out to the 'public, even at times to the detriment of 'navigation. This gave rise to complaints *on many sides front those interested, with the result that in future the warnings "were sent simultaneously to Mr. DossRe

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"official sending them immediately to the "focal press for publication. Nevertheless, Mr. DonEROK's letters to Fr. FAURA were "written in friendly terms up to 1887, at "which time he spoke openly against the "Manila Observatory on the occasion of "the warnings sent out by it concerning $18.00 the typhoon of September 19 and 11 of "the same year. From that time on, rela- tious were less friendly, until the year 1898, "when they were completely broken." From a consideration of the corespondeuce which commenced with a letter addressed to us by a writer signing himself Master Mariner" in April, 1002, and proceeded afterwards between the local Chamber of Commerce, the 30.00 Hongkong Government, various Hongkong firms, Sicawei Observatory, a number of captains of steamers running to this part, etc. vide report of the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce for 1902, it is im- possible to resist the conclusion that the Hongkong Observatory is also out of sym COGNAC, 1872 VINTAGE 36.00pathy with that of Bica wei, and this fa, as the Secretary of the Chamber says in a letter of the 24th September last, more or less a Our BRANDIES are guaranteed to be reproach to this Colony. It was objected on behalf of the Observatory that, "like every other scientific institution of the kind,” it declined to accept the responsibility of using the forecasts of other institutions being merely a matter of Age and Vintage. [Colonial Secretary's letter of the 10th

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No-tapinely signed communications that have dapparat ik ather papers will be inserted. Orders for extra copies of DAILY FREE should be

when offered, weather forcecasts should be received from other observatories and achlicheś masoka all mankuisters and there would not be any nonessity for the local Observatory to accept any respon sibility in respect to the correctness of the forecast.

Wo must confess to being unable to understand the policy of the Hongkong Observatory, as initiated and still continued by Mr. DOBERCE. Mariners travelling between this and neighbouring parts are

here; and the formation given out two most prominent observatories in the neighbourhood complain of the lack of courtesy shows them by Hongkong. There may

be some explanation forth-

Folice Inspector J. Willamson's appoint meat as Tarpestor of Nuisances, Aberdeen, is notified in the Gazette.

The arrival of and assumption of charge of the ' Poravian Consulate in Hongkong by Mr. E. Mualle is notified in the Gazette.

A woman has been sentenced to death at Berlin for the murder of four accessive husbands, and attempting the life of her fifth,

It is said that Stevenson, the culebrated billiard-player, who is now in Australia, will visit the Far East, taking a leaf out of John Roberta's book.

An attempt is being made to start a rowing club in Tientsin. Will it be possible to look forward to interport races at Shanghai or Algowhere BOOD F

Lord Chermside declined last month to attend a pigeon-shooting watch got up in his bonoar in Queensland, on the ground that this so-called sport is, in his opinión, a craol and despicable pastime.

The Vickers-Maxim Company have just com- pleted two batteries of field guns, which are said to be the most powerful and destructivo in the Those weapons will discharge con- world. tinnous stream of 181b shells at the rate of 28 per minuts.

Though the Berlin Rowing Club's win in the Silver Goblets at Henley last week is the first foreign victory in the Pairs," visitors, have bad better success in the Diamond Scalls, Ooms, of the Neptunus Club, Amsterdam, winning in 1892, and E. T. Ten Eyck, U.S..'in 1897,

The Honolulu Evening Bulletin sout the following congratulatory mossage to the Manils Cablenews over the commercial Proific cable "Congratulations. May the Pacific cable bring the Philippines a mero speedy realisation of the principles which the flag repramats!"

The sycee "shoog" of the Board of Revenue

REUTER'S SERVICE. NATAL AND CHINESE LABOUR.

LONDON, 9th July..

The Natal Legislative Council has rejected a motion condemning the importation of Chinese

labour.

PRESIDENT LOUBET IN ENGLAND.

LONDON, 9th July.

President Losbet daud with Lord Lansdowne Minister for Foreign Affairs, and afterwards attended a Stato Ball at Buckingham Palace, the first since the King's accession; two thousand gnoris were present.

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THE CONTINENTAL SUGAR MANUFACTURERS.

LONDON, 9th July.

ROBBERIES.

A recrudescence in crime has taken place within the past wook, as is evidenced by the various robberies, street, and otherwise, that | have been committed. Two more were reported on Baturday. In the first, thres armed mon, St is alleged, entered a Chinese dwelling.bouse at West Point, and, having gagged and bound the inmates, two women and a man, ransacked the place and left with jewelry and money to the amount of about $500 in their possession. The victims were, takon completely by surprise The robbery was perpetrated at three o'clock on Saturday morning, at which borr the poopla were awakened to and three natives standing over them with daggers. The latter covered their victim's mouths to silence any cries for help, and forced gags between their teeth; then they bound their hands behind them, and completed the work by appropriating all When the the valuables they could find. robbers had gone the unfortunate occupants of the house succeeded in so far loosening their

OPIUM-MAKING IN HONGKONG,

HOW THE DEUG IS PREPARED. In Hongkong there are some 220 públio opin-divans-30 of the Brat clasy and 180 of the second-where at all times the opium- smoker can be soon sucking solace through the stem of his long pipe charged with poppy julce. It must not be supposed, however, that the smoking of opium is confined to these places, for there is hardly a hong in the city but has its

plum-smoking couch upon which callers and customers are invited to recline and enjoy a pips; while in private life also the opinan linbit is indulged in. But it is in the divans that one geta to close touch with the thing. In the No. 1 divans one finds Chinese of the better class. They may bay their opium there and moko it; or they may take with them their own drug, in which case the dress left in the pipe after smoking becomes the property of the divan-keeper and the smoker gets the use of the pipe in rotura for the dress. In the second-class divans ons finds the habituds to bo

from the lower strata of the Chinese community;

countrymen.

gage as to be able to attract the attention of some neighbours, who entered and liberated hero prepared opiam is little used, the amokors At a conference at Brussols of tho them. Information was lodged at No. 7 Police Ring instead the cheap dress which is left after manufacturers of Russia, Austria, Hungary Station, West Point, and the affair is now being the first smoking of the drug by their wealthier Germany, France, Belgium and Holland, it was resolved to restrict the export to Great Britain with the object of maintaining the price in Europe and raising the English prions by one

or two trancs.

THE POPE'S ILLNESS.

LONDON. 8th July.

The Pope really appears to be rallying. Testerday be conferred for a long time with Cardinal Kampolla, dealing with important offaire with perfect lucidness.

DEPARTURE OF PRESIDENT LOUBET.

LONDON, 9th July. President Loubet has left England.

HENLEY REGATTA.

at Peking were of course melted to a great

LONDON, 9th July. extent by the heat of the recent fire, and whon

The Berlin Rowing Club won the silver the vault was unearthed the silver was found in great mass. 6, but the value was intact. The silver

foreign crew has won. was sent to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.goklats at Henley. This is the first time a THE US. SQUADRON IN ENGLAND.

The Straits Timics

ha hoard on very

reliable authority that the bids for the Opium and Spirit Firms have, in ono instance at any rate, reached a figure exceeding $5,000,000 per month. The present holders pay but $263,000 anum, and indeed approaching $500,000 per

per month.

Chonng Lok U, whose partner in no expert business in the Colony abscunded last year with all the money of the firm, and who in caussanence has been depressed ever since, jumping from

the third-floor verandah of Ho a house at 14, Connaught Road West. was picked up alive, bat died after admission to the Tang Wa Hospital.

In a speech delivered at the Chambers of Commerca banquet at Adelaide last month, General Hutton slated that owing to the rapid development of affairs in the East during the past few years, the defence of Port Darwin

es donaceted with the national defences of Australia. He strongly supported the constrac. fios of the proposed Traus-continental Railway

LONDON, 9th July,

The United States squadron, lately at Kiel, is now making a long stay at Portsmouth where they are greatly fêted.

LONDON, 10th July. At a banquet to the American officers the King tonato President Roosevelt, for whom he raged the highest amitation and 191 which form, while still at the table, a felicitous mess age to the President. The King also made an emphatic declaration in favour of closer relations between Great Britain and the United States, which Mr. Choato in responding ardently reciprocated.

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actively investigated.

The second robbery aconrried in the street at

Most of the crudo opizm brought into the Colony comes from India, and the monopoly is vested in the Opiem Farm, to which it is periodically farmed out by the Government. Most people who know the East" are aware of the method by which the juice is gathered from the poppy: how the sand-bulb of the flower is incised and the juico flows out as a milky liquid, concrates in a brownish mass, Bud is scraped off the bulb and collected into lumps sach as are found in the market. But compara-

Hunghom, and had a ricken-coolie for vistim. His vehicle was engaged by a countryman who was evidently working ia concert with another, for in Austin Road, near the Indian barracks, a man jumped from bebind some bushes and threw pepper in the coolie's eyes. He offered resistance, whereupon his fare caught him by the queue and held bin prisoner whilst the other man rifed him. He had $1.10 in his purse, and this the miserrands decarsped with. The coolie reported the occurrence, which took place at eleven tively little is known of the process through o'clock on Friday night, at Yasmati Police which the opium afterwarde goes before it is Station, but it is unlikely in the siream.ready for smoking. Yet in Macse and in Wanchai are large opium-preparing establish- stancos that his assailants will be arrested.

A Chinese youth who stole jewelry and ments where work goes on uneasingly from money to the total amount of $870 from the year's end to year's end. A visit to the Wan- house of his adoptad parents at 39, East Street,chai factory of the Opium Farm is full of in-

terest to the unitiated. in order to go and see the procession at Macao on the 8th, 9th, and 10th inet, was sentenced to one menth's hard labour at the Polios Court on Saturday.

THE VOLUNTEER CONCERT.

The Hongkong Volunteers are well known to be unfortunate in their weather, and the usual luck of the Corps attended the concert arranged for Saturday night. Just before 7 oolock the rain, which had beon threatening all day, came down "pitchforks and entranching tools" turning the parade ground into a marsh and destroying all the illuminations. Later on it cleared up and those who had been hardy enough to base the elements were entertained in the Drift' walls and the officers of the Corps was gone through. We understand that tas concert will be given when the weather is incre settled.

sent before 11 am, on day of publication. After that | dissatisfied with the moteorological in- harbour has became a point of vital importance the State Ball at Buckingham Palace, and the 30 days. For the first ton days the record was

hour the supply is limited. Only supplied for Cesh. Telekic Address: Pruss Codes: A.B.C. 5th E3.

P.O. Box, 38.

Lieber's

Telephone No. 12.

BIRTH. On the 10th July, at the Occidental Hotel,

ROTCONJER, of a son.

if only for strategic purposes.

King entertained them at dinner last night at Buckingham Palace; the Prince of Wales and

most of the Ministers were present,

Yesterday the officers had luncheon at the

In the first place the inspissated juice obtained from the balb of the poppy flower is enclosed in a shell consisting of the leaves of the flower and plant and rolled in the shape of a ball weighing ́about' 4lbs. This is the shape in which the erado opium reachas the factory for preparation into the articlo bolored of the smoker. The

whell in which the opium is wrapped is divideg info three layers; the first or outside layer being dry and of no use is thrown away, though some of the poorer classes chew it with their betel. The second layer, which is impregnated to a cor tain extent with opium, is stewed along with the innermost layer, from which is first surapad carefully all the pulp sftaubed to it. The water resulting from this stowing process is of a brows colour, contains a small percentage of the drag and is used for boiling the pulp in.

As regards the boiling of the palp, this is dons in a brass pan over a charcoal fire pi used in the preparation of opium must be of bruss and all fires of charcoal. The opium water having bein rat thickened a little, the boiling goos on for about two hours, and, as it proceeds, the soum of the boiling liquid, containing all the impurities, is skimmed off with wooden spoons or pleess of wood made in the shape of a long-handled bat and thrown away. After being boiled the opium thickens

Elgin Boud, Kowloon, the wife of JEHANGIR H. coming. But we cannot find one in the for man in various Government and private | Pilgrims' Club. Lord Beresford, who presided Very little fell again until the 25th (2,86 in.) being sprinkled at the same time with water

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our Chamber of Commerce.

It is

predicted that if President Roosevelt came to

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On the 7th July, at Manila, by the Et. Rev. C. collected together in the appendines to the reported by one party who has hul some expert-England he would have a reception each as:

ence of young womon as omployers that while H. Brent, D.D., Jishop of the Philippinez, ARTUR WILLIAM OUTREBRIDO: 10 JESSIE HALLIDAY Teport of

Nothing apparently has been gained by the ther are very careful and exacting in following had never before been given to the chief of

any system once explained to them, they are Stats, attitude of the local Director of the Ober-slow and often at a less to know how to wet in vatory, while Hongkong, in one particular au sorgeney. They are inferior to men as direction, is suffering from a bad reputation sellers, their modesty and shyness tolling against on the ground both of efficiency and of them in this capacity.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG Orrien: 14, DanVœur Road CI. LONDON OVEICH: 131. FLEET STREET, E.C.

Hosaxoxa, 13th July, 1903.

mauners.

The German gunboat Lachs left on Saturday

for Huihow.

A Chinese bowker who was charged at the

RAIN AND SUN IN JUNE.

The extraet of meteorological observations The United States Maral officers attended mado at Hongkong Observatory during June shove that 25.28 inches of rain fall during the only 1/5 inch, all upon the 5th ult. Not utilto about the consistency of putty, and it is the 17th was a heavy fall reported, 1.268 in, then removed to smaller puns and kneaded with being the figure for that day. Then on the 19th wooden scrapers for stout en hear and a luif. there was 1.58 in. and on the 20th 2,58 in. When the kneading is completed the opium: is spread out is the pans by mosus of ladies, On the 27th and 29th the figures were very blown in a spray from the mouth of the worker, heavy-8.045 and 8.505 in. respectively.

There were 151.6 hears of sunshine during in the same manner as is employed by the the mouth, the 25th to the 29th alt big clothes for the fan-Euri. As a --result of Chinese laundryman when engaged in ironing entirely blank. The first fortnight was

belag subjected to this treatment the opium favoured with just under 127 hours.

forms a thick layer on the inner side of the pau. This layer is then dried or fried by placing the pan upside down over a small RAILWAY CHAMPIONS.

Bre or the ance of a firo, the drying America has for many years claimed the lasting about an hour, after which the record in railway speeds, but this preeminence opium can be easily separated by the fingers into has apparently only been allowed though the leaves, generally to the number of about twenty. modesty of the Great Northern Railway brass pan together with fresh water and allowed Company. The world's record, claimed recently to stand overnight in another room. for the Atlantic City Flyer," is 80 miles per morning this solution of opiam is filtered hour, but the Great Northern "Flying Scots-through a basket lined with brown joss-papor man" travels at the rate of ninety miles per into an earthenware pot halow, a bundle of hour between Grantham and Doncaster on its Chinese kamp-wisk being first placed ou the way from King's Cross to Beotland, this speed

so that as the oplum water runs out into th being also attained after passing Hitchin. Thus edge of the basin containing the opiam solution the fastest train in the world starts from King's strainer the wick absorbe the bulk of the im Cross. Hitherto British railway recorts have paritira. This solution of opium thus Altered been reckoned from start to atop, while is the ready for thickening into opiom proper,

TURKEY AND BULGARIA.

· Londox, 10th July, Falgarian bands in Macedonis are reorgapis.

TYPHOON IN THE NEIGHBOUR- HOOD.

Police Court on Saturday with hawking porking under officers sent from Soplin and at Saiwan-bo without a licence was liberated concentrating in considerable numbers on the on technical point, Saiwan-ko not boing hills. The Torks are also concentrating and specifically named in the Ordinance under Lositillies appear to be imminent. which the charge, was izid-No. 1 of 1908 (the new Public Health Ordinance)-es a village in which such unlicenedl hawking is illegal, although the villages on each side are so named, In dismissing the summons, his Worship (Mr. The P. & O. 8. 5. Bengal, with the English. Sercombe Smith) said the defendant ap- mail of the 19th alt, loft Singapore yesterday.parently knew as much shout the law as the at 11 am, and is due hore on Friday, about police themselves.

Replies are due to correspondence despatched hence on the 19th May,

11:00.

Four cases of plague, bringing the total for the year up to 1,332, were notiful daring the day ended at noon on Saturday. All were Chinese, and fatal. Two bodies were found, one in Pesi

In the second part of the report of the

The Chinaman who recently assualted a rick Director of the Philippine Weather Bureau,

sha-coolie at night on the Shaukiwen Road and recently published at the Bureau of Public robbed him of his day's earnings, 91.20, was Printing, Manila, may be found some re-committed for trial at the Polic. Court on marks on the relations between the obser- Saturday. vatorics of Hongkong and Manila which seem to call for attention. The report gives a birtory of the beginnings of the Philippine Meteorological Service, its deve lopment, and its establishment of relations with the other sarvices in the Far East. It goes on to deal particularly with the attitude of Hongkong. Observatory and OF the makes some curious reflections conduct of Mr. W. DOBERCE, Director Referring to of our local institution. Mr. Donenck's memoria) addressed to the Colonial Secretary here in 1889 concerning the ports and lighthouse stations along the China coast and the neigh bouring islands, the Manila report says: "On reading the whole memorial one ean "hardly resist the impression that Mr. "DOBEECK attributes too much importance "to himself in meteorological matters. "Later ou, be published some meteorologica! "instructions which ware to be followed by "all the observers of the China const, and **it caused the Rev. P. M. DROHEVRENS, "B.J., director of the Observatory of "Sicawet, no little amusement, when Mr. *W. DOBERCK wished to make him conform **to them, just as though that contre depended by some natural right on the

Street and the other in a boat in the harbour.

The marriage took place at Mavila on the 7th inst. of Capt. A. W. Outerbridge, of the C.N. *.8. Sangking, to Miss Jessie Halliday Woodward, of the nursing staff of Corregidor Island Hospital. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Brent, D.D.. performed the seremony at his residence. Later, a numerous parly sat down at the festive board on the Sunghiang. The happy couple arrived here on Saturday.

The red cone, point down, denoting a typhoou over 20 miles to the south of the Colony, was hoisted about noon on Saturday. The native craft in the harbour profited by the warning and mails for the shelter of the breakwater at

at Stonecutters'.

Thus the

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The Union (Shanghai) writes:We have on several occasions referred to Ward's grave at Causeway Bay, whers on Saturday afternoon American spoods have been gauged from which is accomplished by placing it in large brass pans over a fire, workmen stirring it the Soongkong, Ward having fought for the hundreds of sampans and similar boats were point to point at express spoed. Imperialists against the Taipinga, by whom be assembled. Profiting also by her experience in so-called comparison has always been in while in order to give it the same consistency After be died, Li the typhoon of 1900, when she was capsized, the favour of the American lives. But investi- throughout. Any songs that may still remaia was mertally wounded. Hung-chang had bis body reburied at Soong dredger Canton River, at presset engaged on gations of this point-to-point rate at fall rises to the top while the liquid is being baded compling and is put into lins for sale. of this process the opinn is ready kong sad got the Emperor to give him a place the Noval Yard extension works, sought refuge speed show that several of our home ex- and is removed with a long feather, On thus

presses travel at rates from eighty miles an for among the goda; a temple was built to his honour

hone upwards for specifle distances, and both Opium thue prepared has the same consistency in front of the grave and his spirit tablet placed

the London and North-Westhorn and the Mid- us treacle and can only be distinguished from it in the temple. At our visit to Soongkong a for PLAGUE AND ITS TRANSMISSION.

land on their East Const servico equal the by the smell. days ago we found the temple was used for other purposes and the tabiat had been removed to a

More than twenty doctors resident in this American record. The following are goto of foreign chapel outside the city, we believe.

Colony met at tiffin at Government House on the rates of "sprinting" attained with fair Saturday and proceeded afterwards to discuss regality on various lines, the last columu with H.E. the Governor a theory of plague, showing the bigbest spred attained per hour Proceedings were informal and private, but we

In handling large quantities such as are dealt with at the Opium Farm bere a more economical method is used then that described above. In what may be called the next-morning litration-after the opium bus passed through the lamp-wick-there remiss a sediment at the Mites. bottom of the pot. This sediment is added to the grains of the opiam adhering to the joss- the strainer and five or six quarts of papar.in boiling

water are poured slowly over the mix- ta from an ordinary Lottle, the water thus poured over it running luto a vessel placed below to receive it. This opiam water after being allowed to settle all night is added port moming to the opium water which has been filtered

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These flying speeds ever good parts of the as it is now shown that so many other living truck make up for climbing the gradients, things are capable of conveying plague. and so keep up the average through rates

through the lamp-wick, and then gees through

tho lest thickening process over the fire es described in the first method. By the adoption of this process a great saving is Rected in the larga factories through the utilisation of the refuse precipitated from the first filtration. Any sediment left over after this is thrown away.