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THE PONGKONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12cm 1903

authorities with a most powerful argument. The following appofutment has bópa mad

at the Admiralty-Captain J. R. Jellicoe, O.B., to the Drake, to date August 12th

The Bassian battleship Ossliabaya pat into Portland Harbour on 13th ult. for coal She was to remalu about s.week, and then leave for the Far East. *·

Formosa bas suffered so much from storma this year that the output of camphor is expected to show a considerable falling of

The latest Europesa obolera victim at Shanghai mentioned in the local papers is Mr. W. Onnerberg, late second atcer of the C. M. 8. N, Con na hrangleeu, who died in the General Hospital.

We learn that orders have been issued that the awnings on all British warships are to be of the same colour as the ships.

TELEGRAMS.

REUTER'S SERVICE.

THE BALKAN TROUBLES......... "BULGARIAN TALES.

against any mensyre of the kind. Yet we are certain that the general consensus of public opinion among, residents is in favour of the only plan which seems to promise s remedy for a problem which confronts almost every householder la Hongkong and Kowloon. The situation appears to be much the same in Rangoon, but we sea that the Rangoon Guzelte in one of its latest numbers writes against the introduction ofcompulsory registration. Our contemporary gives for its readers' benefit a summary of the Ceylon Tsinytau is destined for the Yangtaze; as, the deals with the colour problem as a political gass itself to support the endeavour to secure the dames. According to Bulgarian accounts

The newly-built German rivor gunboat Tinglas last month fulshed its trials of Dantzig. The boat was to be taken to pieces, and sent out to Chire on apo of the Lloyd steamers, and pat together again there. The

gankoat draws él contimetres aho will be able to go farther up the river than can the Forwards, which draws 14 mètres.

The &C. Express of the 14th alt, maya As a result of the recorsities of the position, opinion is coming mand more and more to the noel of permitting Asistio (Chinese) Inbour to be importal to South Africa This week wo have had a meeting at Gelderhals Deep, at Colorphobia is the alarming title given to which some 300 miners and others were presont book which is intended to be an exposure of the A resolution was put to the effect that in view "White Australia" fallacy, written by Gizen-of the gravity of the situation brought about by no-Toki, and published in Bydusy. The author the dearth of native labour the meating pledged

tion in Australis, where her assorts that the case for admitting Japanese and Chiness labour is not allowed a free hearing in the Press or in Parliament of Australia or by the Labour representativвs.

unskilled Asiatics. It is the intention to hold

LONDON, 9th September, It is estimated in Sola that 150,000 women,

children, and old mor, are hiding in tho forests and mountains of Macedonia, The Turks aro stated to be burning the forests and killing the fugitives whenever they attempt to escape from

a series of meetings along the Reef in order to from 30,000 to 50,000 Bulgarian" inhabitants obtain the views of men, which views, it is of Monastir are believed to have been masssored anticipated, will probably accord with the by the Turks. decision here recorded,

América doos not soom to be very proud of the Brothers Tilman, writes a home paper. Une of them is a'sonater, and the other is, or was, Governor of North Caroling. The Governor

years. It cools the skin and removes capacity in which employel, and duty of aud at the same time too far removed from Presidency had 5,181 deaths, Hyderabad State has distinguished himself by shooting a political.

irritation at once.

RINGWORM

REMEDY

(TONG PANG CHONG)

An absolute specific to Ringworm

Dhabi-Itch.

HOUSEHOLD AMMONIA

Ordinance of 1871; providing for the re- gistration of domestic servants of all classes. From this it appears that the master has imposed on him the following obligations, failure to fulfil which is punishable by a fine. He has to furnish the Registrar within a specifled tinic with a list in writing of the names of his servants, engagement of each. He must transmit to the Registrar a memorandum of the date of a secvant quitting his suploy. He must vot engage'a servant whise pocket register is not forthcoming or is not in order. He mit enter in the register the date and capacity in which a servant is engaged; and the date and cause of a servant's discharge. He must give the servant a character or, failing this, must supply the Registrar with his reasons in writing for BO-doing. The Gazette thinks that few andersons in Rangoon would patiently endure

Try it in yon bath and you will Tool all the better for it. For deausing silver-

We learn that the company which is presently running the vegetable farm in Yap-pat, Houng Valley on the Sauchan river for the supply of the Hongkong market, is about to give up the ground at present lensod, as being too poor Hongkong. It is stated that the company intoud to secure for farm parpos land in the neighbourhood of Yaum'sti and Wongneicheong. |_ We are pleased to be able to state that. Mr. orbert Prias, of Mars I. Prisa & Co. Gro's Rond, is engaged to be married to Ethel, third daughter of Sir John Daraton, K.C.B. The marriage will take place early next year, and Mr. and Mrs. Prios may be xpted in Hongkong about February of

March. Mr. Price's fiancie is a sister of Mrs. Rock, wife of Mr. Reck, late of the Naval

Yard.

By permission of Major Radcliff and officers,

A Simla message dated August 27, says The plague continues to spread from its focus in Western India Last week Bombay 345, Mysore State 487, Central India 198, Borar 162, Madras Presidongy 103, and the Contral Provinces 51. Everywhere else, the disease is quiescent. Bengal, Including Calcatta, reporting oaly, filtern deaths, the United Provinces eight, and the Punjab eight.

RESULT OF THE ST. LEGER.

Lowpon, 9th September, Rok Band labeling William Rufus ........

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RUSSIAN DUTIES ON TEA.

LONDON, 9th September. Bussia has raised the duty on Caplan and

opponent dead is the street, a cold-blooded murder, which is approved by his political friends. The senator, in a recent speech, exalted, in the lynching of negroes. Let the good work go on," he said. We have shot Indian tess,, imported through the European❤ and banged hod burned the negro in North frontier or the Black Ben, from $14 roubles in-Carolina until he almost known his place there." per pood to 33 roubles The duty on Chinsta this piece of unabashed tea is not raised, but fresh regulations are Commenting on raflanism, the New York Herald remarks Instituted to ascertain its origin and place of that the spirit it indicates is "a national peril dospatoli. “ The example set by the Brothers Tilman' has destroyed the authority of the law in more than the Herald one State. Lynchers, mys should be treated as murderers; hat how can this bo done, while Senator Tilman remains s

critics at sight P...),

The Shanghai paper Simorupto is formed by its Tientsin correspondent that the Military Academy and. Arsenal at Port Arthur which were occupied by the Russians during the Borer disturbance, have not been handel The other day Viceroy back to China, Fot, Yuan was informed by the Waiwapa that the Russians had promised to do so now, therefore the Viceroy has appointed the captain of the

prefer to proceed to Port Arthur to take delivery of these institutions. Apparently the old force of evacuation is proceeding merrily.

THE OPIUM FARM.

such restrictions. We have heard similar the band of the 33rd Burma Infantry will play Peiyang craiser Huitten and a Russian inter-lawgiver, and his, brother shoots inconvenient who put in the second highest bid. As will b

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objections made in Hongkong. But, se

to ing what most masters have now endure, more or less patiently, from the incompetence or dishonesty of servants, we take leave to doubt the argument. As for the servants, the Ceylon Ordin- ance provides that every one must give Nocturne ... full details of himself or herself to the Registrar. He must obtain a pocket register

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From Haiaochang Dr. Sowell S. MoFarlane sends the following communication to the Royal Geographical Society-in Fobranry, during one of my journeys in the South West Province of Chili, North China, I came sorces a number of stone horses, sheep, lions, &c., some in a fair

It appears that the lease of the Opium Farm to the present holders has not been effected without some autogeniem on the part of the syndicata

remembered, the last farm contract was fixed at at the Hongkong Hotel to-night from 8 to 9.30.

the figure of about a quarter of a million dollars. The following is the programme :--

When the tenders were opened this year for the March. "The Rifle Regiment... Sous "Margherita d'Anjou," Meyerboor

tours of the monopoly for the ensuing three Kitty Grey

years, the present farmors were found to be the "Ständchen,'

A home paper writes:-The "caliud pusson "

highest offerers, bat through some error or oilier "Reminiscences of Wales," Godfrey

Rosais apparantly going to be much in evidence in

the necessary guarantee was not attached to "C'est Moi,"

L'Esperance,

Ascher London in future. We have already and two

their offer. The next offer, which was very theatrical companies of ladies and gentlemen of colour, and now comes the nows that the Quick-state of preservation. They were in two much less, was all in order. When the ciroun "petrified" Buddhist priests, supposed to be on that the highest offer had not technically Lunch Syndicate bars determined that the parallel rows, and beside them were several stancos cams to be looked into it was found bodily weeds of City men shall be ministered to guard. The people seemed to know nothing complied with the requirements of the among the gentry of the adjoining village, one with such was hold by the Governor in Connoil Bank is to be provided by the syndicats with Out of this the directors actoroon waitresses. They are to come from

old gentleman informed me that it was the to have been ample and sordingly the

"God Save the King'

The half-yearly manting of the Tanjong in which those details are entered and Pagar Dock Co. will be held at Singapore to-day The art amant for the half-year produce it whepeser called on to do so.at naon. ware, jewellery, and clothing it is Servants are placed under the control of the available for distribution, including the sum of by dusky ladies. The new restaurant near the shout. them, and cared less. Upon enquiry specification, yet iu effect their compliance

Registrat, whose office is a branch of police | $74859.39 brought forward from last account, work. Finger-impressions of male registered is $624,946.26.

without erual.

servants are taken in the packet register; / recommend that $150,000 bn passed to general Philadelphia, and 15 of them have already been entrance to a very old anbterranean tomb of contract was awarded to them. But the other this, of course, is a maro cerinin means of reserve fand, and that a dividend of $6 por engaged by Mr. Wywau, the mavager, who is one of China's prime ministers, who lived under tenderers doubled the legality of this and th

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BIRTHS,

On the 5th August, at Johannesburg, the wife of H. WASHINGTON SMITH, of a son.

On the lat September, at Hutterworth, Province Welle-ley, Straits, the wife of OwN B. WAIT, of tho Public Works Department, of a daughter, On the 4th September, at Pulo Bakom, Straite, the wife of J. Bunar, of a daughter,

MARINAGE.

As in

Hongkong, so in Rangoon it is argued by the opponents of registration that the trouble which registration would give to would-be servants must make the supply Here, however, it scarcer and dearer. seems to us that the supply of servants (if we pay no regard to their fitness) exceeds

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share be paid for the half-year, leaving a balance of $152,916.20 to be carried forward to nest account. The total amount of the debenture issue is $1,615,500,

The London Gazelle announces that the King has been pleased to give and grant unto Thomas Buat, Esq., Superintendent of the stoel works and suginearing department of the Kiangman Arsenal; and unto Nicholas Cornish, Weeding out the demand considerably.

Feq., Superintoudont of the brdnance and is urgently needed. The surplus of incon projectile department of the same Arsenal; and anto William Evans Bryant, Esq., English peteuts and rogues bring the masters no advantage, but distinctly the contrary. Maxter in the Provincial College at Paotingfu, Such bail characters are precisely those who authority to accept and wear the Grade, Third would most resent the trouble of trying Class, of the Imperial Chinese Order of the to get registered, and it is them whom it is Double Dragon, conferred upon them by the Emperor of China, in recognition of valuable Jesirable to discourage.

There is of course an alternative to com.services rendered by them, pulsory registration of domestic servanta, and this we see our Rangoon contemporary mentioned above advocates. It is the establishment of a servants agency, with

If such were voluntary registration.

"well run, in time the certificate of such most agency would ball-mark the

A. telegram to the Times of Leyton dated' Calcutta, Angust 28th, says:-The latest news from the Tibetan Commission is depressing. No progress whatever has been made with the negotiations. Tho Tibetan representatives at

Khambajong even decline to acknowledge the treaty of 1890, on the ground that their Govara: ment, was not consulted in its making. Other

confident of the success of the experiment. He says that when the restaurant is opossed, early in the autumn, it will be a bigger saccess than aven the Strand house. America took to the coloured waitresses long ago, and apparently profera thein to the white variety at any rate in Philadelphin. They are much more sotire than white people-so say the managers and that is a point that will probably be received not-nfavourably in the City. Mr. Wyman ten hints at were now restaurants in the near future, with more octoroon waitrose..

The new German mail as. Beydlits, which is due here on the 16th inst., left Southampton on the 11th ult. on her maiden trip for China and Japan. The Seydlits is the seoonil of the five steamers forming the N.D.L. general class, 20 called from their each bearing the name of a tomons German military commander, the other four being the Zieten, already ranging, Roon, Cheisenau, and Scharnhorst. These steamers are primarily intended for the

Bremen-New York service, for which teada

clas pisngers; but they are also adapteil for they se arranged to carry as many as 200 third- erving as auxiliary sleatiers in the N.D.L.

the Han Dynasty. This would be about the result was that they do enitet counsel and wors year A.D. 25. Many years ago a tablet stood assured of the legality of their title to the there, which they unearthed with the abore contract. Howarer, when they went to put stone figures, giving fall particulars, but the theic conusel's opinion before the Government disinterested inhabitants destroyed it, "asit (which means the Colonial Sosrotary), they was in the way of their cart-track." How the wors met with the irrefutable statero-set** people came to unearth these huge statues is that oven although the presont farmers' offer was not granted the next offer had no guarantee interesting. Dating the past generations, the severe dust storms experienced in North Chinnader the conditions of offer that his or say have swept over the district and steadily bother offer would be accepted. Recognising effectually baried out of sight the beautifal the futility of contesting such a position, the nort tomb and al in portapadliments, Tao offerers have, we understand resolved not to inhabitants frequently dig out their land to fight the matter farther. make mud-brisks for their houses, and, in this It may be mentioned that the enormous manner the stone figures came to light. It is increase in the pries of the Opium Firm said there are o groat many more of them, ere lease for the next three years will mea one raskes the actual tomb. In Chius the country folk, who simply live from hand-fo-very great rise in the price of that Chiness luxury, opium. During the period from 1981 mouth, somewhat taky after Gullio, of sacred to 1889 the price of opium was $1 for 1 tael 2 wait, and ears for none of three things."

mace; from 1889 til 1692. $1 per macs; fron 1892 till 1898, $1.20 per tael; fram 1898 till 1901, $1.50 per tael; and from 1901 till 1903, $2 per tack.

FIRE AT THE PEAK.

We understand that under the conditions of

the few house the price of opium will advance

On Thursday night; a fire occurred in Mr. through a beam in the chimney becoming to $3 to $3.50 per tsel. Basil Taylor's house at Mountain View, ignited. The Fire Brigade were summoned, arrival. The dsange was trifling.

desirable servants; and those employers officials at Lhans appear to protest agajast our Imperial mail lines to the Far East aud to but the fire was ortingalshed before their

"who now ask for compulsory registration “could pledge themselves to take only those servants who were registered in this voluntary agency." We imagine that the

resence in their country, and ask when wo propose to clear cut. A reeding feature is that the Commissioners found valuable interals, and specimens were sent to Simla, with the result that a skilled geologist has been despatched Sicce 38 to join the commission.

On the 7th August, at Mwell-hill, W. WILL, to Harris, daughter of the late €. ALLINKEN, of well known Chinese weapon of "boycott" Singapore.

would imperil the chances of

DEATH.

On the 4th August, at Brightón, J. Ezmin, of Hongkong, aged 43 years.

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INDIAN MONEY-LENDERS Australia, and with a view to this latter purpose the first and second-class cabin light and

In the Summary (Supreme) Court yesterday accommodation is fitted in artistic manner, and provided with a somewhat elaborate system of ventilation in addition to electric punksbs and faun. The number of first two Indina, money-landers and two Chinamon and second-class passengers carried is 90 and 70 for $30 and $25 respectively, lent on promissory respectively. The dimensions are:-Length, notes. In one case it traspired that the debtor 450 ft; breadth, 56 ft.; and depth, 38 ft. 0 in. had been paying 120 per cent. for a long period.

Mr. Justice Wise gave judgment for The registered tonnage is 8,900 tons, and the aeth payment without interest. remarking dieplacement 13,500 tous. There are two sets of quadruple expansion enginas, aggregating that he could not allow such exorbitant rates of

for the fall amount at once 5,000 1h.p.; and giving a spood of 14 knote interest to be elarged had the creditor charged

at Dautzig.

In the other case payman, was ordered to be The Seydlitz was built by Messrs Sobichau.reasonable rate he would have given judgment

ing out to be much the same.

of euch an institution here. Besides,

The Berlin Pest publishes the following the registered servant, would necessarily,

Poking: telegram from it looks, have to be higher-priced thau Foreign Office proposes to restrict the privileges on the protest the unregistered, so that the pledged of foreigners residing in Paking. employers would have to pay for their that Peking is not a commercial city. For principles--no doubt to the unusement of signers are not to possess any property in the less self-denying. Ualess compulsory Peking, and the foreign colony must not be registration can be shown ralically un-increased. This measure, which the Foreign

In the last number'to hand of the American made at a similar rate, the circumstances tarn HONGKONG, 12TH SEPTENDER, 1903 sound, which it has not yet been shown to Oles contemplates, is, it may be noted, dirested.

be, the present supporters of the idea against the increase of disreputable foreign static the following paragraph appears ander, THERE appears to be at the present time would be unwise to abandon it in favour elements in Peking. The representatives of the Leading of Editorial Opinion: The moment's situation plainly shows the firmness in Faugoon a certain amount of agitation ip of a scheme which cannot even be called the Powers would also be glad to see them

elements removed, but they believe that it is no of Secretary Hay towards Russia in Manchuria. favour of the compulsory registration › a hulf-and-half scheme.

longor posible. On the other hand, there is It is a firioness the more worthy of note since native servants, owing to the constant

great excitement about this design among the so much misinforced United States opinion has complaints as to the hauess of domestic

bavo purchased their privileges in the city by attitudo will be logically pushed to finality wo service there. The question is one which

blood and martyrdom has almost perpetually agitated European settlements in the East, though from time

of

to time it sinks out of sight. In Hong kong

at present we hear no little outcry against the ordinary class of "boy" who offers himself as servant of some sort to the. resident hore. We do not know that the

THREATENED TYPHOON.

‚ At11.15 am. yesterday was issued the daily weather repert, which stated that the depres- on in the Chius Sea to this southward to

NEW TERRITORY NOTES. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

SNIPE..

To sportsmen who contemplate the coming to the New Territory for anlpe-hosting this week ond my advice is "Don't. They will only waste. their time and pationce looking for suipe, which are as search this year as they have book numerons in former years. There has soarcely been a dry day for over a month. The paddy date are full of water, and what few snipe there gre do not frequent the nsual haunts but resort to higher and drier patches.

AGRICULTURE- Farmers this year are grumbling at the ezness of rain, as they grumbled last year at want of it. The penunt-crop, which will soon be ready for raising, is likely to suffer from the prolonged rain. Peanuts favour a dry sandy soil, and the excessive rain is likely to damage à crop that promised a good return.

The sugar cane crop is better this year than for the past three years. The variety of cannot be compared with the sugar cane im-

cane

H.M. gunboat Bramble camo in yesterday foreigners affected: They maintain that they been antagonistic. That the United States Hongkong is apparently becoming deeper and grown; however, is of very poor quality, and

trou praction

H.E. the Governer will probably leave Hongkong to take up his new post in Ceylon

in December. There is no information yet us to the date of arrival of Bir Matthew Nathan.

Causeway Bay polo ground being of the

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may give rise to bad weather in the Colony."

have good reasons for stating. The basis of the The barbour was rough from an early hour, and parted from Bingapore. The improved sugar.."-

attitude is not Russia's promises, but &merican

Russia's ronson, as we all know, for absorbing Waty, on the Pacific, fowards the great antara the black cone pointing downwards was hoisted, cane grown from the Government free samples Indicating a typhoon to the seath of the colony given to certain farmers forms only a small hor neighbours territory is that she may spread Another paragraph in the same journal says: sta contra loss duan thran hundred mile percentage of the crop,

Large quantities of the indigo plantars grown. enlightenment and all the blessings of the M. Lessar, the Bassian Minister at Peking away. Bain became heary about 10 am, and most advanced civilisation. A London oor is credited with the opinion that a missionary continned in shaware throughout the day. by the Hakkas, and just now is being largely respondent informs us of an instance showing in Child have no consul but Jesus There was, however, all in the strength of sold in Barcham Market. This plant grows evil is worse at the instant than it has been nature of a swamp, owing to the raius of the the benevolent and liberal spirit in which this Christ, no nationality but in the Kingdom the wind, and there appeared little prospect of to a height of three to four fest, and has small.

At the Naval Yard, typhoon arrangements for some years back; but it iuenis to us that Fast fortnight, the RA. gymkhano, which was is carried out He has recently been sending of Heaven. Many readers of this will associate

to have come off on Tuesday next, ins heen-to a German friend in Vindivostock the Weekly Russia with an utterance no less pare thau pro- typhoon when we went to press.

Times and has just bad fifteen issues returned found. Lord Salisbury's gunboat missionary postponed till Tuesday week.

to bim without having been delivered to the policy has done fine duty in stigmatising have been made, and whether the galo comes or addresses. These on examination were found foreign charsh work Respect of missionary not about 200 men will be idle to-day. to he oatsrod here and there with black patches effort may be gauged ander the Lestar and the rendering the matter obliterated quite untend- Balisbury creed

complaints are exceedingly rife just now and Police Court proceedings have shown that there is a lot to justify most of those which are brought under the eye of the law. There has always been a strong party here in favour of legislation in the direction of registration, but it has never been able to convinge the Government or even the most

We learn that Br. R. Marques died at Macho on the 9th inst. His brother was Dr. L. P. Marques, once Medival Ofice to Victoria laol here. Sr. Marques had many friends in the Portuguese community of Hongkong-

The Hon. R. Murray Rumsey, B.N., Harbour Master of Hongkong, goes on four months

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS:

The bistory of blunders of

The 0.8.8. steamer Jason left Singapore on able. Not content with that, or to render the the anscropalous West in China ta largely work easier, whole leaves and portions of leaves associated with missionary diplomacy?" What the 10th inst., p.., and is duo here on thus 15th were cut out. Why they were not delivered the American Asiatic means by Lord Salis. inst. after all that trouble had been taken, only abury's gunboat missionary policy" wa do not

The A.L. steamer Persia left Moji vie

The AL steamer Frans Ferdinand beft influential part of European community leave on the 17th inst. We understand that he Russian onlivial could explaini. Such attempts know. It has always been safer for a Chinesa Shanghai for this port on the 10th inst

The CPR steamer Tartar arrived at Yok that its cure for the servant evil is the right retire at the end of this period. Beside the to cover up the truth seem more like the Dark mob to kill a British missionary than one of Singapore for this port on the 10th fhst, que. The Chamber of Commerce when lastangy that croped at the heat of the Ages. They did not succeed then, but the another nation. But the American-Asiatis consulted on 'the point was against Harbour Qon, there will also be a vacant Beat paternal and liberal Russian Government thinks it necessary to be accasionally anti. hama at 5 pm. on the 10th inst., and left again, registration scheme, thus farnisbing the on the Legislative Council

expect them to succeed to-day.

British, for come unexplained reasoD.

at 10a.m. on the 11th isst for Kobe, where she is due to arrive at 4 p.m. to-day.

dark-green leaves,

WEATHER REPORT.

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report:--

The barometer has riset much over E. Japan, fallen slightly over 8. China and the Philippines. The depression in the China Sea to the Southward of Hongkong is apparently becom ing deeper and may give rise to bad weather in the Colony

Pressure is high over N. Chins and the N. part of the Sea of Japan.

Strong NE winds to gales in the Formosa: Chanaal, and along the B. coast of China.

Forecast-NE winds, strong, possibly Black S. Cone hoisted,

gale; equally, showery.

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