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CALENDARS FOR 1904.

an excellent

calendar, in Christmas-card style, with usefal information regarding postal rates, and sunus holidays, and ure ofusely followed by the neat calendars forwarded by the Vistoria Dispenary The Philippin's Tobacco Trust Co. Ltd., of which the local agents are› Messrs. Benjamin Kelly and Fetts, have slag a very useful calendar, o which is displayed a view of the company's factory in Manila.

MARRIAGE IN CHINA.

TEE HONGKONG DAILY PRFSS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1903

Chinese married life, though peculiar from an Wa have received a number of very handy almansch and calendars for 1904. The North European view, has many good points; nf British and Mercantile Insurance Company, any rate, many men think so. Celestial brides, established in 1809, tend their mual neat writ certainly, are not ro saltured or aduented as their ing-table entender, showing one month to the Occidental sletorn, but, on the other hand, this page. The South British Fire and Marine is considered a distinct advantage. Here, on the borders of the "Great Empire," we do not, Insurance Company, founded in 1872. are dis tributing their annual wall calendar, with perhaps, got such an insight inte things Chi- changeable dates, in the "overlasting" style. The su as do our follow colonists in the Straits, Royal Insurance Company, established 1845, the whero Chinese settlers, losing great deal Sun Fire Assurance Company, established 1710, of their conservatism, become more intimate the Northern Fire and Life Assurance Company, with the foreigner than the generality of established 183, the Yorkshire Assurance Chinese in Hongkong. In the Straits, and no doubt in Hongkong niso, while tho Chinese Company, established 1824, the National Assurance Company of Irolnud, established in father does his utmost to further the education 1816, and thus Law Union and Crown Intur- of his song in matters European, so ay to hefit anco Company, founded in 1825, are well up to him bottor for the straggles of life, he is very date with elegant and seaful hanging calendar, particular that his daughters do not get Girls, in fact, are of excellent designs, and clear, distinct printing to know too much. The Nippon Yasuu Kaisha (Japan Mail Steamship Co.) send a very well got up wall-tanght sewing, cooking and house-kouping no more. They are brought up with the one enlendar, in true Japanese style. Messrs. A. 9. idea of matrimony, and of being loving and attentive wives. The origin of the cramped foot, Watson and Co. Ld., have

of course, was to prevent woman from straying from home. Vory little girls have complete freedom, running about of large, and enjoying themselven to their hearts' content, but on reaoking n osrtalu axey twelve-they are confined to home's compound, the boys being deprived of their company and bewitching miles. A few years later some young man of goal repute gets his mother, or a friend, to youth, of whom, indeed, he has but a faint remembrance, or, porchatice, it be a neighbour's daughter, whom he bashoverseen. The parents of the girl either reject the young man as from a social unworthy of the bride The water supply on the higher levels is spor Bnancial standpoint, or, on the other a would-be wuitor bad at prosent that a correspondent affers it hand, carefully make enquiries inte kle habits. as a fact that he dreams of nights that he has Very often, smartness in bad a bath, only to wake up to disappointment is reckoned of mere ascount than the size of bis and a dry tap. Even on the low levels the purse. When the parouts of the bride accept, supply is not good at times, water being arrangements, for the wedding see proceeded anobtainable during the hours when the mains with; the bride, by the way, sapplying the are supposed to be turned on. While house furniture. The wedding itesīția a three days' holdera can get barely enough for cooking affair: on the first day the fornitaro is moved purpose it is rather anomalous that builders into the new house; secondly, the bridegroom can get an unlimited supply for the purpose of visits the parents of the bride; and, thirdly, the oaking their bricks. Any day one can seo the bride in handed over to him, hor charms then workmon on the new buildings in the contra of being disclosed for the first time. Rather's way of getting married, one the tow lavishly throwing water by a hospipe hazardous over heaps of bricks lying on the ground. would think, bat, stil, in prooties with the Certainly they mast have freeh water for this Chinese it seems to work out all right, squabbles,

of

eth, being rare. It would take far too much purpose, but there are more economical ways soaking bricks than by delaging them with a

Atogether this year's showing of calendars, as

THE INDUSTRIAL POSITION OF

COREA.

The industrial position of Coroa, sayn a writer in Engineering, is attracting considerable attention at the present time, not only from politieal, but also from a commercial and indus. trial point of view. Ita geographical position places it between the contending influenCHA of Russia, and, Japan, both of which countries recognise that it forms the key to China. Hence the struggle for predominance in the peninsula. Although Cores has not accepted Western methods of industry and commerce. and all their accompaniments, with the same alaority as Japan, it is vridunt that force of circumstances is compelling it to pursue the same course, and stready a considerable number

SHIPPING NOTES.

WEATHER OUTSIDE.

The N.E. monsoon continues; arrivals from the east report moderate weather, but vessels from the south ary overdue.

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Inspection is invited to the Naw Stock now on view. nature on the Paracels,

AMIGO ABHOLE. The German as Amigo has been aground near Canton, and will returs to Canton to dock. Messrs. Jobson have in the meantime taken up the Norwegian ga. Prima to take hor place on the Haiphong Hongkong,rno.

SALE OF STEAMER.

It is reported that Mesars, Meyer & Co.

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Further purchases of Woleh oval for the Far Hast were about a wooth go reported on the Cardiff market, and it was computed that about FOR ESTIMATES OF ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS OF ANY DESCRIPTION half-n-hundred thousand tons had already been arranged for shipment over December and January. The Russeins secured a largo steamer for patent fuel from Cardiff to Port 6,500 tons of coal from Cardiff to Port Arthur, Arthur, sa well as the Focton Hull, to carry and also another steamer ready to load at the commencement of January. Rates not quite so about 189. 63.

far as we have evon, is gaite up to date, and all ¿approach the parents of the friend of his kept them on a lower plane of intellectual good as of late, wero rusently believed to be

got up ju most useful styles, for offer or study

walls and tables.

THE WATER SUPPLY.

hoss-pipó, in which case about 90 per cent. of the water goes not into the bricka bat into the ground. A minimum of water-consumption would be roached were builders to soak the bricks in tabs or barrale. During the water famines of previous years the supply was out. off from buildings altogether, vo that builders would only be serving their own interests by exercising economy in this direction.

POLICE COURT, Wednesday, 30th December, BEVORK ME. T. SERCOMBE SMITH (POLICE

MAGISTRATS).

BAIL ESTREATED.

On Tuesday on Wong Ling Wi, sorvant of Chong Chak Hie, interpreter to the sanitary Board, was arrested on a charge of having stolna $2.50 from his master on the night of Monday last. He was releused on bail in the sum of $250, but when the case was called on for hearing at the Magistracy yesterday morn

Ps to detail the many peculiar ceramonies in connection with a Chinese wedding. Sufler it to say, many years wust elapas, bafore young ladies of Ching will be seen on bicycle, though, indeed, they have worn the commotions bronser from time immemorial.

A

JAPAN AND RUSSIA. The Asali has the following paragraph person who has good relations with the pathorities has made the following statomont about the Japanese and Russian negotiations:

The fact is that the reply submitted by Baron Rosen to the Japanese Government contains almost no concession to Japan. It was expected that this would be the case from the ontset and

there is no occasion for wonderment. I caunot reveal the nature of the Japanese, demands and the Russian reply, but I may say that it is not true that the Japanese proposala amuanted to s suggestion for the exchange of Manchurin and Cores. On the contrary, the Japans Govorni ment proposed that a portion of Manchuria should be placed under Japanese influence, while

TOLL OF THE SHA..

The number of vessels belonging to the

of rather important developments have to pino. The hoprovement of the means of com munication alone would have compelled a change. of its seclusion. The Japanese have established of conditions from those which existed in the days

of the country; a regular service of steamships to all the on the other hand, the Trans-Siberian most important ports while, Railway has brought the power of Russia and the in beacon of Europa within easy reach. More over, railwaye, telegraphs, and telephones are spreading in Corea itself, and these, in them

to have relves, are certain, to work mauy important changes, The Corona do not seem either the ability or energy of the Japanese or Chinese; and no doubt their provious conditions development, and therefore we cannot expost so much from them as bas slready been accom. plished by the Japanese, or is likely, in the Darly future, to be accomplished by the Chinese. United Kingdom totally, lost last year--349, In spite of the wretched harvest, the roturas of with's turnage of 120,631-was with one or Casualtios, too, according to the on record since the opening of the country, with contury. foreign trade for the past year were the highest ception the smallest in the past quarter of the one exception of the previous year. That annual report of the Board of Trade issued such should be the case when the dionlties yesterday, show a gradual decrease. Last year engendered by a depreciated currency had also to these including losses-numbered 5,318, which be faced, proves the vitality of the country, was 103 fower thou in 1901. There has not, and promises woll for expansion. The total however, been a corresponding dimination in foreign trade amounted to 2,745,3437-imperis, the number of lives lost. The total for the goods, $45,0341; year ending Jano 30, 1902, was 1,657 persons, average and the average for a quarter of a century 1,382,8511; exports of exports of gold, 516,9617. The of the past five years was 2,370,055.80 1,651. During the past quarter of a century a Those had a that the year 1902 had to its credit 378,2711. total of 21,09 British reseals (including more than the average, Cotton goods, in the Colonial) were totally lost. importation of which British manufacturers tonnage of 6,369,380; and the annual loss of are largely interested, showed a vory consider life was between 2,0110 and 3,000, ablo decrease. An Important position is taken by Japan in the textile industry in the Far East; for now she is not only able to supply a great part of her own wants, but also to carry on a very important export trade. While former political ties together Japan and Corea to a very con-

extent. the development siderable

has rendered manufacturing industry an cutlet for Japanese surplus products

The steady de 乳动 economic necessity.

mineral FABOUTCLA

velopment of the

bind

of

of

Cores gives the prospect of a rapidly-

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. The T.K.K. steamer Hongkong Maru, with mails, &as left haeghet for this port on the 29th inst., at 5 p.m., and is due here on Friday

moraing, the lat prox.

The O. & O. steamer Doric, with mails, &c., left San Francisco for this port via Honolulu, dc., on the 22ad lost.

The Imperial German mail steamer Bayern, which let here on the 26th inst., s.m., arrived at Shanghai yesterday, at 7a.m.

The C.N, steamer Taiyuas, from Australian

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ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT.

AGENTS IN CHINA FOR:

THE ALLGEMEINE ELECTRICITATS GESELLSCHAFT, BERLIN. MESSES, KOERTING BROS., HANNOVER.

THE COMPANY OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY, BERLIN. Mases. MIX & GENEST, BERLIN.

PRIVATE ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS A SPECIALITY Fully detailed Estimantas drawn up free of charge upon application to the above. Hongkong 3rd December, 1903.

DE. NEWELL WILSON,

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increasing demand. The use of machinery for porfa, left. Movile on the 28th inst., and is Even their cheapest quality is recommended agricultural purposes, and of rowing machines,spected here to-day, af daylight. is increasing. With the continuation of the work of constructing a railway from Seant to Fassn more railway material is required. Cores may, therefore, be said to be offering every year a better market for foreign manufacturas.

TO BRIDGE-PLAYERS.

The J.C.J. Line steamer Tjipanas left Macassar for this port on the 28th inst., and The AL steamer Maria Valerie left Singa pore for this port yesterday, a.m. may be expected bere on the 7th prox.

INLAND WATERS NAVIGATION IN

CHINA.

A revised code of Bridge is already in fores

The Shanghai correspondent of the Morning Eaging, and we of the now conditions is that a player is not allowed to see the last trick Peat writer ne follows on the want of shallow. turned and quitted, ander the penalty of having dranght steamers for China:-Now that new s suit called. The revised code, which is donbt-regulations for internal navigation of the

ing it was found that the man had absconded, l'on the other hand, Russia showed no infautionless the result of a sorica of meetings of joint innumerable waterways that exist in Chins are

and his bail was accordingly estreated.

HAWKING WITHOUT ACENCKS.

A number of hawkers appeared boforo His Worship on charges of hawking vegetables, penauts, and fruit without having previously provided themselves with the necessary hawkers' biconoos. They were fined variously $2, $3, and $5, and warned against a recurrence of their offences.

of discontinuing her notion in Cores. Thus

the proposals of the two Powers were in sub-committees of leading London sard clubs, to be promulgated. I would like to draw the

contradiction from the first. Now that Bassin has sent an unfavourable reply to Japan the attitude of the Japanese Government, rany be expected to undergo a notable change. In fact the position in Tokyo bas airondy distinatly altered since the 12th inst. It may be that the dissolution of the Pist was unconstitutions), but the Government was compelled to take this Botion, as heated discuselons in the House of Representatives would have hampered the conres of the negotiations."

will be of great interest in Hongkong, where the devoteas of Bridge are so vory ariquraq3,

VIEWS ON THE POLITICAL

great future that awaite the shallow.drought attention of our mercantile community to the river steamer. I mean the stern-wheel boat of say, from 100 ft. by 20 ft., capable of carrying a fair cargo and passengers on a draught of SITUATION IN JAPAN.

about 2 . Gin, to 3 ft. Having surveyed many Seventy ropresentatives of forty journals of the little-known internal waterways in this assembled on the 15th instant at the Kogaten Empire, and travelled throughout the various. restaurant in Karastonpricks, Takyo. This provinces, I may be permitted to say a fow meeting, says the Jupan Mai, had been talked words on this subject which I consider to be on of for some time, arid inasmuch as its accuncil all-important one as regards the distribation of object was to discuss the situation, a very large our goods in the interier of the Empire. We gathering was expected, the Press of the whole are well aware that the mandarias of China, as ampire being invited to send representatives, a whole, urs opposed to the opening up of the In such circumstances the outer, forty country by menus of the "iron road," and that journals, cannot be regarded as very considera. ble. It is explained, indeed, that had the Diet been in sessión a much larger attendance of constrast certain railways great reluctance to at the same timo railways must not-ba considered Pressmen would have been witnessed, but the farther their development has been shown. Bat public will be disposed to view things as they

omission from

even after concesions bare boon granted to

PROGRESS IN FORMOSA. There are in the east of Formós extensivo waste-lands, the reclamation of whloh WAB

FITZSIMMONS v. GARDNER. granted to Mr. Kinzabur Koda four years ago. The Onak Mainich states that he has his head

Mail papers to hand give a description of the office at Hinao, Taite prefecture, and a branek of Korea-ko, and has so far laid out hundreds of fight between Fitzsimmons and Gardner for the Brable fields, chiefly employing the local light heavy-weight championship of the world, sborigines for the work. Being dissatisfied with It took place at San Francisco on 25th Novem. the slow progress of the work, ho now intanda ber. Both men displayed caution, ausing their

ars, not as they might have been. We observe, as the sole raosas of revolutionísing the present to adopt & moro elaborats plon and proposes to strength. The only brilliant work done was reciaim 5,000 peres more. Altogether 1,000 that of Fitzsimmons. Disappointment was felt further, that the names of the joacauls trads of this Empire. Already an enormous which it may fairly those unacquainted with the rivorine areas of labourers will be engaged, of whom 400 will at the performance of Gardner, who was not in which sent delegates are not made such.jnak.trafilo exists, an enormous indeed that consist of farmers from, Japan proper, Almost the same class with his opponent. He repeatedly all the reclaimed lands will be converted into landed blows, but Fitzsimmons got away smiling inferred that fow if any of the lead. China would scaredy edit its extent, especially and anbart. Several times Fitzsimmons up-ing newspapers took part in the demonstration, in the contral and southern provinces. It has Bugar cane plantations, of which a little more than an aere is to be allotted to each settler, parontly had the younger man almost cut, but he The meeting unanimously adopted a resolation been argued, with some degree of truth, that auder a tenementary system. The same paper could not land the finishing punch. Fitzsi declaring that the Address to this Throne voted we forviguera have little or nothing to teach also learns that s rith gold-mins has been mons said that to broke the knuckles of both hy the House of Representatives truly express dise vored in the nighbourhood of Mr. Kada's hands early in the fight, and was obliged to keep | ed the sentiment of the nation, and that the reclamation area, commonly called Tsurogaeai, on the defensive. So tame was the phelaols Cabinet, by dissolving the Lower Chamber and and that Mr. Kala has applied to the authorities that the spectators frequently hissed. The withholding the Address from the Sovereign, for permission to work it to the extent of some referee was obliged to giro Fitzsimmons the Las besu guilty of a grassly unconstitutional set of towing lighters alongside, is not superior to verdict on account of the knock-downs which he The representative of & Hamamsten journ the ordinary junk, and auquestionably is this scored. Two of these were in the fourth round; delivered a vehement spaceb, in which he detro when the waterway on which she plies which was quite spirited, Gardner going down glared that no one know what had become of allows of traffico by steamers of 150 ft to, say, for seven seconds to two straight lefts in the the Address; that it seemed to le wandering 200 ft. in forth placed in charge of a foreigner. jaw, rising and fighting wildly, and again somewhere in space, and that its prosentation with the exception of gunboats of the Sand- never seen a true shallow-draught steamer on Chinese waters. succumbing to a vicious right hook on the jaw. to the Throne should be impératively demended, piper, Woodlurk, and Afoorhen glass, I have He retired to bis corner "groggy," Gardner, Other gentlemen also made addressos, bat no-

600 acres.

WEATHER REPORT.

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report:--

On the 30th at 11.10%. Tho depression in the North has ducpened and is now moving East. wards over N E. Japan.

if his blows bad possessed force, might have thing is reported as to their purport. Of coursu

The barometer has risen over W. Japan, but a fresh fall of the mercury has set in over Nwon easily, as he landed often towards the close no one really doubts that the polóbrated address China, probably cwing to the approach of of the cutest At the end of the twentieth reached his Majesty's hands without an hour's round the two combatants were clinging so delay. It was not delivered in set for by the another depression from the Westward.

closely together that the referee had great President of the House but a copy of it was Pressura in highest over Central Chinn.

mas unquestionably in the Emperor's possession The monsoon will moderate in the Formoss difficulty. in separating them. Chaunel, but continue to blow strongly overweighed about 16015., Gardner being a little long before he pronounced the soxtones of dis-

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Forecast:-oderato NE. minds; fuo,

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