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HONGKONG JOTTINGS.

SUBMARINE MINES. ·

'The terrible fate which has befallen the

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 18TH, 1904.

CHINESE LABOUR FOR THE RAND.

Staffordshires, who was mauled by a woundep lion' twenty miles from Wadamang.

On the 19th March a patrol nuder Major Osborne. King's African Rifles, dispersed two Dorvish camps thirty miles south of Gerowni, killing thirty dervishes, capturing eight rides and seventeen hundred camels.

THE INDIAN VICEROY.

In the House of Commons on the night of the Zlet alt. Sir Henry Compbell-Bounerman moved an amendment which was practically a vote of censure on the Government for its

On the 19th March the Das Duri column dis- aotion in advising His Majesty the King not to | disallow the Transvaal Chinese Importation persed a Dervish raiding party, killing fifty Ordinance. In his opening speech, the Loader Dervishes and capturing five hundred rounds of of the Opposition said it was a shameful thing uition, twenty-seven camels, and twelvo ander conditions which could not be distinguish- to import Chinese bondsmen into the Transvaal hundred shoep. ed from slavery, for the sole benefit of a suniter of wealthy speculators. The Imperial Parlin- or, as the trusted for the voteless and voiceless inhabitants of the Transvaal, ought to provont what was the biggest scheme of human dumping siper the "Middle Passage (the old Atlantic slave-trade trip) was abolished.

In reply to a question whether the Opposition would reverse the policy if they obtained office, Sir Henry Campbell. Bannerman replied

First put us into power.

THE WAR OFFICE,

Allababul, 28th March.

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Speculations about the date of the arrival of our now Governor, Sir Matthew Nathau, in Russian flagship at Port Arthur naturally Hongkong have been sat at rest during the excites publie curiosity as to the nature of past week by the announcement from fussabmarins mines, and the following informa- Colonial Secretary's Office that, acccording to tion will doubtless interest many readers --- present arrangements, he will start for Houg.

Submarine mines, us they are called, are kong from England in July. Hu should simply metal cases charged with high ex thorofore be here in August, missing the two plosives, and "inid," or placed, so as to float as worst months of our year-June and July. near the surface of the water as possible with His arrival. I believe, will make little difference out discovery at low tide. Every foot of water in the number of acting appointments in the above a submarine mine reduces its offective Colony, though HE. Mr. F. H. May will once..

power. In size and appearanes the mines are more become the Hoa. F.H. May, Colonial Secre-

like small boys, and ench míno, as arale, tury. There will still be enough dopation at the contains, divided up into its group of buoys, head of Government Departments to make Mr.

They are each anchored 500lb. of ganection. Alioyne Ireland werp.

to the bottom by ropes of steel wire. which regnates the depth of flotation in each case.

There are three mothods in ordinary use of the Colonies, said he had just received a cable Mr. Alfred Lytletter, Secretary of State for firing submurine mines. The first is by the

message from Lord Milner (British High Com. automatic action of the mine itself. On a vessel missiouer in South Africa) stating that the touching one of them it explodes, or should municipalities in the Transvaal, the Johan explode, with disastrous effect to the hall in the miners, the whole of the professional class,

burg Chamber of Commerce, the great body contact. Next come the submarine minus fired the various Christian Churches, and a unani by electricity from the shore by mauns of s mous Press favored the importation of Chinose, connecting wire. The class of them, known as failed. The Chinese, Mr. Lyttelton continued, "observation minos." are designed to be fired were earning 31d, a day in Chins, and would be by the offear in charge of the mice field; glad to obtain a day in the Transvaal, Such posted in

shore, gross mi representation of the action of tho The officer

would have a chart of the Government would ultimately bring retribu

tion on the Opposition. It was ridiculous to mine-field before im. ectionally divided, make allegations of slavery when the conditions un marked out in detail. and as soon of the service to be undertaken wera adver- as the energy comes within thirty or forty feet of tised throughout Chita. The ship in which where a mine is a button would be pressed, the the emigrants would be conveyed to South mine doing the rest

Africa would be even more comfortable than A radins of thirty yards the Board of Trade axacted, and the compounds is considered suficient to sink any ship. Or which the Chinese would be retained wore diuarily observation mines" would also be used farger than those in connection with the to block the entrance to a harbour by means of Kimberley diamond mines. The provisions of the contract were also less stringent than those

the interests of the Company. a string of them ranged across the month or

sanctioned by a previous Liberal Administration

Australia bud a right to discuss a matter of Imperial concern, and the Government had respectful consideration. He referred to cer given the opinions from Australia and the Cape tain legislation passed by the Parliament of Queousland and West Australia having re- terence to indentured labour.

One or two paragraphs have appeared in the. Daily Press during the past week on the subject of the scale of payizent for the hirm of strest ecolies in Hongkong. The legal sealo as given in the Directory isas follows:---One day, 3 cents; hall day. 20 conts; three hours, 12 eunts; one hour. cents; half hour. 3 couts. This scule was fixed as far back as 1871, under an ordinance passed in 1858. Friday's Daily Prens contained the statement that the section in the ordinance relating to this question was repealed by Ordin- ance 13 of 1888. That is perfectly true, but it does not fellow that this seule of hire for straci coolies ceased to have any legal force. Section V. of the Ordinance of 1858 states-All Regu latious pablished under any Ordinance repeated by this Ordinance are hereby continued in force I am unallo to discover that the regulation now in question has been revoked, and in that case the legal tho hire of street-cooliez

as it was

until the same shall be revoked.”

for

Payment remains the

same

in

1871,

look-out

station

as all efforts to secure labour near at band bad

Calcutta, 28th March. The report of Lord Curzon's appointment ps Warden of the Cinque Ports is confirmed. The

Hangkong, 10th March, 1904. post is purely honorific and does not involve any change in His Excellency's plans as regarda re- turning to India'next Gotober. The Warden- extraordinary general aceting of sholders ship has previously been held by such en us in this Company will held in Shanghai rad Dufferin and Lord Salisbury. It carries repletions will be proposed: 1.-That the the Dake of Wellington, Lord Dalhousie, 'fon 5th ustant, when

the following with it thou of Walmer Castle, one of the capital of the Company he ineresel to Tls. fisest residences in England,

4,000,000 by the creation of 20,000 additional ordinary shares of Ths. 100 much which shall when issuel, rank for dividend sad in all other respects pari post with the existing ordinary shares in the Company Thureof the mid ter:with and shall be offered in the first 20,000 additional, shares 12,000 shall be issued

instance ata premium of Tls. 25 per share to the members of the Company in the proportion (us nearly as way boy to the mauber of ordinary shall be offered to the members of the Company shares held by them respectively, so that there such number of additional shares is may cyl texcluding fructions) to three-difths of the namber of shares held by them respectively, and upon the footing that the fall mount of each share taken ap. plus the protein (making together Tis. 125 per share), shall be paid to the Crapsny on acceptance of the offer, and that such offer he mantle by noties sperifying the aber of shares to which the number is entitiel and limiting a time within which offer if not accepted by payment will be deemed to he declined, and that the Directors be powered to dispose of the shares not taken up in response to such for us they may consider expedient in LANDS, HOTELS, AND BUILDINGE-Hong- shareschangod hands at 8145 to 81-47 cash und end of the zinath, and a few more shares can be plant at the later figure. Kowloon Lund and Build- ing Company shares are firm at ; an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders will be held on 26th instant, to confirm the special resolutions passed on 9th instant (side our circular of add instant.) West Points are quoted $53. Hongkong Hotels have fallen to sellers at $132. Ilampheys Estate and Finance old, and 270 for new shares. Shanghai Lands sold locally at Tls. 107.

It is superfinons to add that no employer of airway. with visible toys at either extremity for Demorara. Mr. Lyttelton admitted that does not admit that the status and credit of the kong Land Investmont and Agency Company

conlia labour will get men for the money. The average pay, I believe, is above 60 cents a day, and any attempt to enforce the Government's obsolete regulation would be certain to prove abortive. I notice by the way that since 1871 the legal scale for cargo-bouts has been more than trebly increased: It would interest many

to assist the officer in charge by marking the line. There is, however, ons weak point about the observation mine system. For renders it

useless,

Thirdly, there are contact mines," useful at night and in all weathers, which combine certain of the points of both the automatic and the "observation "mine. They do not go

The Prime Minister said the Chineso

A Pioneer special mess ge, dated London, 25th Mareb, says: The third part of the War accompanied by a letter to Mr. Balfour again Offics Reconalitation Committee's report is

urging the importance of accepting the recommendatious iu their entirety and LLC appointment of enal! Secretariat, paid continuity of the Defence Committee's work. under a separate rote, in order to a A fresh section of the present report dealing with the duties of the several branches of the War Ofco has been drawn up in consultation with the act of the branch concerned. The Adjutant-Generat regains some of the duties withdrawn in 1895 and hecemos responsible for the establishment, composition, raising, organisa. tina and mobilisation of the forem, their distribution in peace time where strategie considerations are inoperative, but whore strategy is involved the Chief of the General Staft acts. He supplies the Adjutant General with the basis of his arrangements. The latter is given four assistuuts for dealing with recruit- ing and organisation, personal services, medical and anxiliary forces, respectively. The report medical services will be lowered by uot having a representative on the Army Council. The report argue that it is impossibio to include all the several arms and departmuals. The Judge Adrecate will be attached to the Adjutant General's branch, int important cases will be reported to the Army Council direct. After a campaign the Connell will fix the number und nature of rewards, the distribution of which will be entrusted to a committee of officers uuem- Ufficer Commanding in the field will be enabled immediately to distribute a few rewards. The Quartermaster-General will be aided by four directors of trusport and recounts, move- ments and quarterings, supplies and clothing aipment, and will be responsible for every kind of supplies, stores, transport and remounts. The soundness of regimental transport is upheld, but mussing is occasionally. Decosenry. The Master-General of Orduance will be aided by the Dirouter of Artillery, the Director of Fortifications and Works, and the Naval Advisor. He will be responsible for the entire technical work of the Artillery and the Engiucere. The report defines tas daties of the Secretary of the War Chiles and recommends the abolition of the various committees.

to know precisely what considerations weigh off on a ship touching them, but au antomatic crisis. The allegations of slavery were pre-ployed during the campaign. Nevertheless, the Company stares are in demand at $10.70 for

arrangement in thein rings a hell in the look. out station on shore. Each mine has its own bell, and, knowing thereby which one has been touched, the officer in charge of the station

Importation Ordinance was necessary to enable the Transvaal to earmount a great economic posterous. He sympathised with the people of Australasia when they declined to tolerate any large immigration of alien labour, but Australia and New Zealand were white colo

is, whereas in the Transvaal there wero eight blacks in one white. There would

a proletariat of blacks. Mr. Balfour believed that if sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's party was in power he would act as the Government bad doze."

with the Government în determining the rate of increase. If the exelange value of the dollar were taken as the determining factor, the pre- sent scale for cargo-boats shows an increase disproportionate to the fall of the dollar, while if the rate of payment for street-coolies had been simply presses an electric hniton, and the mine eventually be an aristocracy of whites over increased in proportion to the fall of the dollar, the present rate of pay would be over a dollar a day! It cannot be argued, however, that the cost of living to the coole in Hongkong has treblel, or even doubled, since 1971, and 40 to. 5 cents a day may be regarded as 'fnir average rate of pay.

Can anyone give me, or through me the public, informatiou as to what has been done towards securing the counterfeit presentment of Sir Thorns Jackson in bronze? Has the

order for the statue kon given, to what sculptor, and when is it likely to reach Hongkong Also, where is it intended to erect this me- morial of our leading citizen and famous benker?

I should also like to know for how long the Duke of Connaught is to be condemned to remain in bis present unsavoury surroundings, The gallant Inspector-General of the Forces would hardly feel complimented were ho to sow his effigy's present position. There was surely un manssity to crowd him up in the manner the Law Courts contmotor has done. The con- tractor has been suffered to luxuriate in a nest unwanted abundance of space, and I think he should hava bean compelled to preserve à seemly and neat surrounding to the status, the enclosure of which is now full of rank weeds and accumulated dirt. The want of respect shown by Chinese to distinguished personages is notorious, but I wonder that the Government should permit the status of His Majesty's brother to be so acculessly relegated to the obscurity of a builder's rubbish yard.

The footpaths in Victoria are for the most part distinctly good, bat, eurionsly enough, the

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blows up, fired by a current along the wire, as in the case of the ordinary "observation mine" The advantage of the contact rains" is that with it. when the approeling ship is known, discrimination between friend and fao is possible. Of course that is not the ease with the automatic type, with which for everybody it is literally touch and go.".

For harbour defeuce purposes all thres kinds of submarine mines are tased. Outside all, ou the enter adge of the space of water to be pre tected, would be laid the “observation mines.

Within that, in clusters of threes or fours, would be the “contact mines." As the forlora hope zone of all, within the contact mines are luid the "automatics." It is hardly conceivable that an enemy trying to “rush "a port, or force his way in across a mine field, regardless of the other shore and harbour defouces, gun-fire, etc., would find all three sets of mines" blind."

Finally, there is, of course, another side to the shield. Submarine mines, ugly customers to tackle as they undoubtedly ure, yet are bat a passive means of defence. There are, on the other side, various moons and uthods of making them expend themselves larinlessly, and of clearing a safe way through them, among other methoda by counter-tines-hoisting the engi neer by his own patard, so to speak,

SHIPPING NOTES.

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WEATHER OUTSIDE.

The Huiching, at arrival of yesteritay, reports thick fog from Swatow to Chelang Point, thence to port light breeze and fino, The On Seng from Jara reports fino weather, moderate NEly swall. The Lai Sang from Calcutta reports light northerly winds and fuc weather to 18 North. thance to port light south-east

Mr. H. H. Asquith said that if the Opposition were victorious, they would disallow the ordi- pance. There was a fundamental difference between this and every other ordinance in the Empire. For the first time, the imported latourer was probibited from aspiring to become a free member of the community.

On a division being taken, Sir Henry Camp.

The Xt the En tell-Hannerman's amendment was defented.

was as follows:-

For the amendment'

Majority...

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Included in the minority were 12 Unionists and 62 Nationalists. There were 51 Unionists she

The Douse of Lords the some day negatived Lord Coleridge's amendment to the Loverument proposal to assent to be importation of Chinese into the Trougyani, by 97 votes to 25. Luting the discussion the Bisitop of Hereford fiercely asmil- Lord Milner, his speech eliciting Y sympicms of disapproval from the House. The Archbishop of Canterbury said he feared that the importation of Chinese would throw back the development of Kafir life and energy, but be was anuble to oppose the action of the Government, as he thought it was necessary and. right.

A Johannesburg correspondent of the Cologne Gazelle states that the Boor- manifesto sgainst the introduction of Cbinase labont into South Africa as a cleverly-ained poisoned srrow, intended to impede the natural course of events. The decline of industry would be. regarded as teniamount to retrogression from the Imperial ideal. The correspondent adds that the manifesto did not reflect popular opinion in Johannesburg.

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THE TIBET MISSION.

Tune, 29th March. General Macdonald, with the main body of tho

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A very fair business has been done during the week under review, in most of our principal stocks. Hongkong and Shanghai Bunk Unions, China Traders, Canton Insurance shares, Steamboats, China Sugars, and Hong- kong and Kowloon Wburves all sharing in the improvement in rates. The sterling demand rate on London clases tul. 1. 8d., while the rates on Shanghai have gone back to Tls, 792 for a T/T. and Tls. 73 to Th. 73 for a three days sight private draft. Bursilver in London is quoted 24 while Console are quoted 1881.

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MISCELLANEOUS. Green Island Cements are offering at $21. Chu Bornoor can still be played at $8.10. Watson's hayo boyers at $141. Old Eletries soll and have layers at $13; the now shares sold at $7. Fen- wicks are obtainable at $47, and Lee Com pay shares have dropped to $215 sellers. fair businesss lus been done in China Providents at $8 to $8.95, which latter is the closing Watkins can be placed at $7. quotation. Langkats have improved in the north to layers at Tis. 292; the following telegraphic inforum- tion, dated 2nd instant has been receiveil from the manager in Langkat Daily aggregate output of crude petroleum 73,000 gallons, crude petroleum in tanks at date 200.000 gallons, kerosine made since the date of the proceeding kippon stick, 2byrersus 110.Jnses. Kerosine at refinery at date 90,000 caUS,"

DOWIE IN ADELAIDE.

The Res" J. A. Dowie's meeting at Ado- laida was the occasion for a large demonstration on the part of the unruly element in Adelaide. An hour before the time fixed for the meeting, a disorderly crowd, numbering many thousands. gathered outside the Town-hall. The sher kept the main gate slightly open for so time. and by this means about a quarter of the bonikel- ing was filled. The crowd increased to such, un extent howover, that the ushers were obliged to close all the entrances, for fear of the gul being rushed, in which ease the building would have immediately been illed by a turbulent and seething mass of people.

BANK SHARES.--Hongkong and Shanghais have been in strong demand, and up to set cash, and equivalent rates on time has been paid, the market closing with cash buyers at 8650, while time shares are to be had. The London rate is 164. Nationals are unchanged.

Dowie managed to reach the Town Juil MARINE INSURANCE SHARES Unions sold without being discovered. As soon as he ap ut advancing rutos, and there urè buyers now at pured on the platform the audience burst into $805, an interim bonus of twenty per cent.singing Sons of the Son," but soon quist med upon contributions for the year 1993 has been down. Ms. Dowie then led in prayer, and some declared, payable on the 4th prox

China inrent persons mocked her tones. Dowie Traders sold at 557 to 858, closing with buyers then delivered a purely Gospel address and at the higher figure. North Chinas are offering there was nothing in his remarks which would

It hurt a sensitive person. at Tis. 67. Yangtzes sold in the north at

was evident, however, that the crowd was not to be hulked $130; Cantons have buyers at $180.

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northerly winds and smooth sou. The weather Younghusband's mission is encamped. The was clear till arriving at Hongkong.

troops have now entered an open tableland of Tibe. The village of Tuna, which lies at the foot of a bare brown-hill, consists of a few de- serted houses. The place is used maioly as halt- ing stage by the Tibetans in the country around. Srupted and unproductive wood is a luxury that mast be carried from a distance of nearly forty miles. To-morrow the convey returns to Pieri for further supplies The Mission will shortly advance to Gyuutse.

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PREINSURANCE SHARES.-Hongkongs have improved to buyers at $2871, while Chinas are guister with sales and a few shares offering at 8. We are glad to say, that at the big fire of Sunday last at the Kowloon Godowns, our local Companies are only slightly interested.

SHIPPING SHARES-Hongkong, Chaton and Prominent among the unruly were several Macao Stemmates have ruled very strong, selt-sharabrokers. One of them dropped on the

wanted. Indas ruled rather erratic, falling and which created a strong small throughout the the city. I refer to the comerata paths in the

rising in spropathy with the Shughui market, ball. Finally the meeting was broken up in oblang space-it would be a Plaza or Place in,

where rafes dropped to Th. 671, but rising disorder. Dowie pronounced the Dexology to some cities-in which the Queen's Statua

again to T. ash bars, and we just hour an audience which was engaged in singing. occupies the central position. These paths are

of sales for the end of this mouth af Tk. 70. topical songs. Before he left the stage the The E. A. Trading Co. received another

Locally a large business has been done ut programmes which he had issued for the mis mude of granite chips, from which the lime

rates ranging between $95 and 393 cash and sion were wrapped up together and hurled at concrete has worn away, leaving a hard and heavy cargo of coal, by the For, this time from

equivalent rates on time, the closing rate being him, many of them striking him on the head and Hongay. The P. & O. intermediate steamer

S04 sales and buyers for cash. China and uneven surface, destructiro to shoe-leather and

Manilo arrived from Antwerp yesterday. The

Manilas are on offer at 8214. Douglases changed Whilst this was going on in the hull, the crowd ugunising to corna. It is infinitely more un comfortable to walk on than the petrified Taceddale arrived from Moji in ballast yesterday

hands in fair quantities at $35 to $354, and outside was engaged in hand-to-hand fights with at latter figure buyers predominate. Star the police. A large stone was thrown, and kidneys" common in some English cities thirty Rather unusual for an empty ship not to all

Ferries sold at

broke one of the plate-glass windows of the for old, losing with or forty years ago, and is really trying to ladies with "black diamonda" at Moji! The

The 23rd Pioneers and the Maxim section of bayers; the now shares sold at 518 Town hill, and all the windows of a passing tramcar wore brakou by missiles. In connection who wear thin-soled shoes or boots. It would Danish steamer Store Nordiske arrived from the Nortolks, who have been in Tann since and end of the month, and more shares could

Shell Transports changed hands at with the latter troubli, two men have been ar not cost much to give these paths a cemont Shanghai yesterday with cable for the Great January 8th, bave been exposed to hardships placed. surface, and it would certainly be a boon to Northon Telegraph Cc. The Oneany, from Jura, quite as sovers as those suffered by the garrison 19 to 21s, and close in further request; we rested. The crowd made several attempts to at Phari. The cold has been intense. For a hear that the London rate is 23s., which is the force open the iron gates at the main entrance pedestrinas. Will the Commissioner of Roads spoke the Lyndhurst in the Caremate Straits. week the mean temperature day and night was equivalent of our local rate of 218. 3d, the cost of of the Town-hall, but police troopers rode and Bridges or the official who represents The French steamer Bourbon arrived from 16. The maximum temperature in the day ou

Saigon yesterday with a carro of rice for January 28th was 12 degrees; the lowest recorded selling to Loudon being about 1s. d. per share, through them on the pavement, and marcented for brokerage, commission, freight and finally in clearing space immediately around that department-please take careful note!

the entrance. `After the meeting, Dowie man was 23 degrees below zero on January 9th. Chinese consiguees. The Hamburg-Amerika The environments of the village are the bleakest REFINERIES-China Sugars iaproved gra- aged to evade a large crowd which was waiting Armenia arrived from Manila yesterday, with imaginable, dust and stones without a sign of dually, but with suall

sales for him, by slipping out of the side entrance, Casli general cargo. The Germanic and Norman vogetation. Usually a bitterly cold wind rises only, while on time the business has been As soon as the news spread, a crowd. numbering Tales have arrived from Manila with coal.with its eload of dust. The houses of the 31st August has been paid, but the stock closes where Dowio was staying. Ilore further disorder at it in the morning and blows all day, carrying brister up to $123 cash and $128 for fally 500, marched down to the York Hotel Another steamer, the conse, has arrived from village are poor and dirty with two blackened quieter with cash sellers at $192, and Angust prevailed, and in the intervals between the sing Nowchwang with beans. It is remarkable that rafters. The prevalent yak-dung fuel which is sales at $126. Luzons remain quite neglected, ing of topical songs stones were hurled at the

MINING Suares.-- Púujoms and

M and Char building. The large lamp in front of the hotel the Russiansare allowing foodstuffs to leave that quite insufficient to warm them, fills the rooms port. The Clavering, chartered by the Chins with a choking sucke that affects the lungs bonnages are uzialtered. Ranbs sold at $6, and was broken by a stone, and several mon narrow- CARTRIDGES 6, 10, 12, 16, and 20 BORE. and cansex sore throats and hacking coughs, close weak; a telegram from the mine reports aly escaped injury from broken glus. The and NEWCASTLE CHILLED SHOT in Commercial S.S. Co., arrived from San Francisco After a few weeks of these hovels the garrison crushing of 3,000 tons of stone yielding 770 proprietor, to save further damage, put up the all Sizes, Nos. 10 to 88BG, AIR GUNS and on Saturday. The British steamer Meridian abandoned them for tents, preferring the cold ounces of gold

shutters. Notwithstanding the prosence of, AMMUNITION in Variety.

WM. SCHMIDT & CO. from Penarth with coal, exchanged colours with to the Bith. The Native troops have suffered Docks, WHARTES, AND GODOWNs-Hong-practically the whole of the police in Adelaide,

Hongkong, 28th November, 1902- severely from the cold. The daily allowance ofong and Whumpos. Dock Company shares both mounted and foot, in addition to detectives the German Melide, now in Hongkong also, firewood is one pound per man, The sepoysaged hands at 5200 cash and $207 fur the and plain-clothes men, a number of men an off the Jadrone Islands.

and British soldiers are employed a large part settlement, and continue in demand, Hong-od in entoring the hotel, and distributed calcium

QUAN WAK & 00 GRANITE MERCHANT CONTRACTORS. of the day piling up the dung of yaks and wild kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown of carbide and other obnoxious chemicals on the

"Dealers in asses. When the cold was severest the oil in Company's shares have improved to buyers at carpets. Several policemen, who were standing the Maxims and rifles congealed so that they $96, after sales at $95. New Amoy Docks are could not be fired.

near the entrance, noticed a man come out with unchanged. Farnhams dropped in Shanglu to his pockets full of stores, but he cluded capture. Tls. 145 (at which rate a local sale is also One policoman was hit four times by road motal. reported; but our latest wire from the north In consequence of the disturbance, Dowie quotes buyers at Tls. 1473. Shanghai and decided to abandon other night meetings, Hongkow Wharves have buyers at Tis. 150; an substituting afternoon meetings.

The enquiry which is at present being held into the industries of the Now Territory should provide some good reading. I believe these industries comaist chiefly of sugar-mille, brick- kits, lime-burning factories, and rice-mills. On the ordinary routes in the Territory the European does not see much evidence of industrial activity, but there is really a great deal of it to be witnessed by the man who goes off the beaten tracks, these wils and factories being situated in most unlikely places.

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STEAMED MOVEMENTS.

The C.P.R. Steamer Empress of Japan left Vancouver on Friday, the 16th April, p.m., for Hongkong via the usual ports of call.

The C. & M. steamer "Zafiro left Manila on Saturday, the 16th inst., at 10 s.m, and is das bero on Monday, at 2 p.m.

SOMALILAND.

Calcutta, 26th March, The General Officer Commanding Somaliland reports the death of Major Ewing, North

Sumance.

31, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

(First Floor Watkin's Building?. Hongkong, 18th February, 1904.

CARTRIDGES.

IMPORTED EVERY MONTH, THERE FORE ALWAYS FRESH

LEY'S, SCHULTZE'S, AMBERTTE KYNOCK'S SPORTING

MARBLE

MONUMENTS

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and GRANITE

No 1, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST. Estimate, Designs & Prices on Application. All-descriptions of Granite for Export. Hongkong, 17th October, 1399.

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