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Foodbow, 19th December.

· WINTDE ÉACE MEETING,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER, 18TH 1903

although trouble wontil almost certainly have dangerous. My committop morely ank · that ensued if he had.

8. ANDREW'S DAY.

S. Andrew's Day, 1903, was celebrated in Port Arthur in a manner that history should not perhaps overlook. There were five porious present; one of them a Scotsman (Mr. Gilchrist, engineer with Mosers. Sawarroff and Co). '

THE VICEROY'S TOUR.. The Viceroy is expected to leave here within a few days and to return in two months, by which time the Mancharian question will in all probability bosot:led peacolally, if a cuptore bas got escurred. If a rupture does then ocour it will be in spring, just about the right time from Japan's point of view, for of courss a struggle, in the winter months would be a most disagree abla affair.

THE WEATHER,

Tast Sunday I stood for the Arst time this Four on ice which was "benning," and from this the reader may judge of the temperature here. It is bitterly cold, especially at night, when a biting wind blows from the north-east. but there is not much snow. New troops sem to be continually coming in, and a few days ago forge body of sailors arrived. They will find splendid quarters provided for them in the new Naval Barracks, buildings which compare favourably with anything of the same kind

The results of all the race should have already reached your columns, as they were forwarded by the ss. Haitan, which closed on the last day of the races. The meeting has on the whole been a successful ens, Bright sun- shine favoured us throughout, and there were some most exciting fuisbor; willst the dofsat of Canon in the Champions, for which he was so unanimously and easily favourite, formeds most exciting climax. The grifias were perhaps disappointing, and Mr. Baysell's Shanghai pony Frolic through going lame after the Foo chow Stakua look a very good plane-pony chanee, if not winner, from the Champions. It was the most widely expressed opinion of the most- ing that the weak feature of the races was the lack of jockeys, and, it must be confessed, the vory inlifferent riding of those jockeys who were good enough after all to help us out of the rather hopeless position of having only one real local rider. It is invidious to pass further comments perhaps, but this year our friends diu not seem in form, and in some instances showed an absolute lack of control over their mounts. May they have bottor mek next year, and may we have a few more of them! Shaugbai | in all Avia, WLA most generous, but we had not a single jockey from Hongkong, and no vistors either from such a large sporting community, Among "mero" visitors we noticed Mr. and Mrs. Willis from Swator, and Mesere, Marshall, Thomas, and Hempel from Amoy. Visitors who might bave samo by ss. Haitan would inve seen every race of the meeting. The Race Ball was beld at the Club last night and was a great success. We had the Viceroy's Band, a very useful and too captiously criticised institution. Mr. G.

·Balloch lent his Apollo, which was attached to a piano kindly lent by a lady resident, and a second one lent by Mr. C. B. Raskott was also requisitioned. Mr. G. Siemssen's Ruce timan takes pisco to-morrow at Kalang, and will doubtless, pravo us and a most delightful

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Adelina Patti (Baroness Caderstrom) hos given another great testimonial to the Apollo Piano-player. She was so delighted with the instrument that was purchased by her last year that this second testimonial is even stronger than the Birst one that she gave.

Mme. Patti says that "the Apollo novor has given ber the slightest, trouble and that the new concert grand is one of the most wonderful and perfect piano players that she bus ever seen,

Hongkong, 15th Kotober, 1903,

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HONGKONG

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

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PORT ARTHUR.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Port Arthur, 6th December. UNREST IN CHINA.

The recent slight display of anti-Burian stivity on the part of China is exciting some anxiety hore, the reports that have come to band lately of the movements of the Chinese troops in the south of Manchucía being of a nature to canes alarm. These rumours have not yet been fully confirmed, but on the other hand, it is a fact that the Russian Military Club at Harbin was burnt to the ground on the night of the 1st December.

MORE TROUHLE IN, CHRXULPO. Another fracan seems to have occurred in) Chemulpo, and two Russian warships have been despatched from Fort Arthur to that port. No news us to the nature of the afroy has as yet leaked out. The Russians fool tory kore about the last row in Chemulpo, of which La presumably impartial authority, a German, gives the foliow.

À VISITOR FROM INDIA.

similar facilities in this respect may be granted hore to those oxisting in the Chinoso Trosty Forts.

The Committee of the Chamber are well aware that the alteration in the barbour regula tions now sought is not of great importanös but rather one of scavenience to the shipping Interest, and their object' in endeavouring - to obtain His Excellenoy's consent to their request- is to secure the removal of a' petty annoyance, and to have reinstated that freedom · from vexatious restrictions which has tended towards the development of the port.

I have the honour to be, Sir,

Your obedient servant, (S.) A. B. Lowe, Secretary. Hon. A. M. Thomson,

Acting Colonial Heorotary,

The Chairman said a reply would doubtless be received from the Government in due courss,

*LICENSING OF PILOTS.

The recent prosecution of the master of the as. Tipands for negligent samanship in running over the wreck of the Pakshe was discussed, and it was dool ted to bring the case to the notice of the Government as a proof of neces- sity for the pilets to be brought noder similar control to that exercised in other large parts.

PLAGUE-STRICKEN HONGKONG,, The Chairman drow the attention of the Committoo to an extract from the Canadian Press published in the Ching Mail of the 28Ń November. He said alarmist matter of this kiad would not improve the reputation of the port in the eyes of merchants abroad, and suggested that if the Secretary could and out the name of the local correspondant who was responsible for the misleading nows, it would be well to impress him with the advisability of discontinuing similar methods in future,

Sir D. Mackenzie Wallace, author of many books upon Russia and a master of the Russian tongue, was in Manchuria same time back investigating matters ther. He is now Secretary to Lord Curzon, and it is not impro. bable that the Viceroy of India was curious to know what the Viceroy of the Far East is doing, It is not impossible that the British advance in Tibet is taken at this juncture ie vier of Russia's diculties in Manchuria and as a reward for England's neutrality. English papers may deny that England is aentral in this Manchuria affair, but the Note Kri describasENIX FIRE OFFICE, The Undersigned are now prepared t England's position as one of correct nentrality

GRANT POLICIES of INSURANCE and cooms gratified in consequence.

against FIRE at Current Bates,

HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER

OF COMMERCE.

:

INSURANCES

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.,

Agents for the Phonix Fire 08cm. Hongkong, 17th August, 1887. THE STATE FIRE. INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED, OF LIVERPOOL.

Dadersigned AGENTS of the above Company are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.

At the monthly meeting of the General Can.mittee of the Hongkong General Chamber. of Commerce, bold in the Chamber Room, CityHE Hall, on Tuesday, 1st December, 1903, at 3.45 p.m., Present:-Mr. E. A. Hewett (Chairman), Me. D. R. Law (Vice-Chairman), Messrs C. Michelan, N. A. Sieba, J. R. M. Smith, R., C. Wilcox, A G. Wood, and A. B. Lowe (Secretary).

MINUTE,

The minutes of the monthly mesting held, on the 17th nit, ware read and confirmed.

MEMBERSHIP.

W. G. HUMPHREYS & CO. Hongkong, 3rd August, 1903.

2185 NORTHERN ASSURANCE OU

FIRE and LIFE.

ESTABLISHED 1836.

It was decided to allow the transfer of T. First Class Foraign and Chinese RISKS THE Undersigned ars prepared to accept

membership of Mesars Hola & Jacob & Co, to against FIRE at Current Rates. the Holland China Trad' 'g Co.

Also to sooopt proposals for LIFE ASSUE- ANCE.. Prospectares on application.

TURNER & CO..

Agents. Hongkong, 23rd September, 1903, (273 AJORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN- N TILE INSURANCE COMPANY. TOTAL FUNDS AT 31ST DECEMIER, 1902, 216,378,771.

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COAL MERCHANTS.

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No. 4. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL (Facing Daddell Street),

HEAD OFFICE: No. 5, SAKAIMACHI. KORE. BRANCH OFFICES-HIGASHI-HOMMACHI, MOJI, MINAMI-AJIKAWA,

OSAKA AND KAIGAN, WAKAMATSU.

AGENCY ME S NAKAYAMA, MOTOMACHI YOKOHAMA,

TELEGRAPHIC ADDERSS: MIDZUSHIMA, Kobe, Maji, Oaks, Wakamatsu, and Hongkong

CODE USED: A 1 &. A. B. C. 4TH ED,

Importers of Japanese Coals. Contractors of Coal to the Compagnie des Messageries · Maritimes de France, Foreign and Japanese steamers, Arascal and Japanese Railway Companies, &c. Sole Proprietors of Kumamoto and Tenoura Coal Mines. Sule Agents for Kawamiya, Komatengaura Minamic, Ikejiri and Kumagalkata Collieries.

K. UTEMURA, Manager

New AUTHORISED CAPITAL... £9,000,000 0 0 BUBBORISED CAPITAL.... 2,750,000 0 0 PAID-UP CAPITAL- 687,500 0 0 FIRE FUNDS 2,887,215 14 10. The Undersigned AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Turrent Rates.

BHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

Agents. Hongkong, 19th June, 1903.

(1889 ua-THE BOMBAY FIRE AND MARINE

INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED,

EXFLOSIVES ON BOARD STEAMERS

IN THE HARBQUE. The following letter was read:-- Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce.

Hongkong, 30th November. SIR, I am instructed to as owledge the he only offer in China miring Europeap

receipt of your pi. Iscessor's letter of the 24th taught workmen. Equal to Home Working account Some Japanese establishment was

alt, intimating that His Excellingy Sir Hoary Blake was unable to agriɔ to the alteration in FURNITURE WAREHOUSEMEN

celebrating its opening day, and when some Russian liberty men happened to stroll into the the law contemplat. 1 in my letter of the 19th altimo, or to appreciate the bardahip involved virinity they were invited to partake of the cup in the firing of the red flag. Mention is that chears and also inebriatos. After partakalen made that in nine cases out of ten the ing, one of them got an and trisil to buy some Harbour Master's permission is obtained prior cigarettes at a stall in the premises, but, owing to the entry of the ships into the harbour. CHEONG LEE & CO., Fornituro Store

It happens, however, that the exception is in Established over 20 years. Importers to the stall-keeper not understanding his Exporters, Teakwood Forniture, Blak-gestures, he received instead of cigarettes à

most instaucus a mail steamer which it is wood, Jewellery, ko, highest gm'le blow across the face with a bag said to contin of the utmost importanes not to

best and cheupast. & Queen's Bradstones. Thus the row began.

necessarily delay in the porta er route. . Central,

The Japanese police and population sre These mail ships invariably curry thele own alleged to have done their best to make short | mails, and their agents are thus unable to. work of the Russian sailors, who were very ble partionlara of any dangerous goods which much inforior in number to their opponents may be on board in advance of the arrival of and a steam-launch belonging to the Shosen the vessel. In order to conform with the Yasen Kaisha is alleged to have made a present harbour regulations it is obligatory for determined attempt to run down the Russian such ship to fly the red flag and to remafu in boat, which was the only means of escape the the Dangerous Goods Anchorago (which is for Russians bad. An Englishman is alleged to obvious reasons situated in an out-of-the-way partyHE Undersigned, having been appriutso bare pointed a loaded gun at the Russians while of the barkou) for some bours to enable the AGENTS for the above Company, are the row was going on. A Japanese officer necessary permission to be obtained from the prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE seized the gun, but on the owner informning Harbour Master to movo alongside the wharf at Currant Rates. him that he wanted to shoot, not the Japanese, or to her moorings amongst the gators! as the officer seemed to imagine, but their shipping. Detention of this nature may not in- opponents, and this because his wife was, he frequently occur where the only ammunition on said, a Japanese, the officer allowed him to do as board is a case of safety cartridges, which my he pleased. Some other Englishmen came committee think the Government can hardly along, however, and prevented him from firing.sider suficient reason to justify delaying any What trath there is in this yarn I cannot of easel. His Excellency the Officer Administer- course say. I haveeeen the story in manuscript. ing the Government will, my soninittes trust, That is all I know about it.

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readily understand that the existing regulation prosses very hardly on an expensive class of Judging from the fasta before me, I should ship simply because it happens to be carrying say that the Japanese who insisted on searching (-ammunition on board in small quantities, which Russian houses for two vory drunken Russian in the Treaty Ports of Chins are not deemed Navy Contractors, Ship Chandlers,

Provision and Coal Marcharte, Sail.scilor who had been left behind (but whose makers, &c. Fresh Water supplied to friends managed to get them off in a best from

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KWONG SANG & CỦ.

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Toole, Brass and Iron Merchante,

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WATCHMAKERS."

DROZ & CO.,

another part of the shore) committed an in- discretion that might have had very serione. consequences. In the first place the wen might possibly have been murdered if they had boom discovered, and in the second place bload might have been spilt it the Russiane had resisted Luckily the Russian Consulate was closed owing to the absence of the Consul in Seoul, and the manager of the Ineal branch of the

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his promises being searched; in fact be courteously showed Ein unwelcome guests over |the whole establishment, which was thoroughly "AP OF THE SIKIANG or WEST ransacked, to the terror of the sgent's wife and

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children. Admiral Akxief is said to have concured the captain of the Eussion gunboat which was lying off Chemulpo at the time for not landing armed me to protect the houses of the Russian residents from being thus violated, and the captain ought of course to have done so,

Heroic

measures only can check the advance of

Cholera

Don't trifle with unknown remedies, nothing yet tried equals

Painkiller

PERRY DAVIS,

1262-

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HE undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to accept RISKS at Current Rates, HOL AND.CHINA TRADING CO. Hongkong £8th November, 1903, 2100

AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN- SURANCE CO. OF AIX-LA-CHAPELL.

REUTER, BRÖCKELMANN & CO.,

Agenta.

1113 Hongkong, 2lat April, 1897 THE WESTERN ASSURANCE COM-

PANY OF TORONTO, CANADA. INCORPORATED 1951.

Cash Security

...£825,719 Total LoBaca Paid ....£8,769,210 THE Undersigned having been appointed

AGENTS for the above Company, r repared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE 1. Current Butes.

WH, MEYERINK & CO. Hongkong, 18th May, 1903.

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NOTICE.

THE HONGKONG BREWERY COMPANY; LIMITED.

THE MANAGERS of the HONGKONG BREWERY COMPANY, LIMITED, desire it to be made known that Bardn Windi-laus Samson von Maslowski is in no way.

Hongkong, 4th March, 1903,

JAPAN

MITSUI

COALS.

KAISHA

BUSSAN (MITSUI & CO.

HEAD OFFICE-1, SURUOA-ONO, TOKYO, LONDON BRANCH-34, LIME STREET, E.C.

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Dated 12th December, 1903.

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