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A Corean named Riyukic, who returned from Russia on the 5th Sept., has been receival in audience by the Corean Emperor, to whom he delivered a secret message from the Russia Government. It is said that the communica. tion is of a kind to considerably retard the carrying out of a progressive programme in
is too late, two or thing years after the event, to begin to criticise, and in any case we cannot consider Mr. SHEWAN's remarks on the subject in good taste. The change made concerning the deforestation com- of name might even be defended on the menced by the head of the Botanical ground that the wharf was a Department-n new departure which has different one and placel in a different posi hardly been satisfactorily disavowed tion at the nail of a reclamation that by the Government--were very much to did not exist when Pedder's Wharf was the point, though, we say again, we think destroyed. We would fain add the hope Mr. SHEWAN's remarks would have been that we have now hard the last of the better appreciated had they been less differences between Mr. Sazwan and Sir Hippaul. We must trust, however, to the HENRY BLAKE, Wethink the correspon-Cores, Government's assurance that only a dence that appeared in London papers from
In consequence of a misunderstanding with thinning" of the forests will be effected both. was much to be regretted, for it the military authorities, says the Mainichi's and not their destruction. The idea of reflected no credit on either, Sir HENRY correspondent at the front, the correspondents attempting to create a revenue from this BLAKE's last letter in particular being a of the Times, Daily Telegraph, and other source cannot be too strongly denounced, mest unfortunata indiscretion which oughtleading papers, left the Japanese Army for Peking or Tientsin, before the ongagement at and we regard it as most unfortunate that never to have beau peuned by a high Liaoyang took place. When starting, they are the-COLONIAL SECRETARY should ever for Government official, no matter what the
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a feeling of much aninosity between the corres axpenditure on precautions against plague,
pondents and the authorities. figuring in the Budget at nearly half a million dollars, we could wish that the COLONIAL SECRETARY bad a better defence to offer. "It seems a subject for reflection," said Mr. SHEWAN. "that in spite of our expenditure and precautions and our boasted Western medical science, the plugne should run its course here just exactly as it does, neither sooner or later, in Canton, where nothing is done to con- "tend with it." Neither Mr. SHEWAN Bor any other public man would be prepared to advocate a cessation of our precautions in the belief that we should suffer no more than if we continued with them; but we cannot say in the light of past experiencs that the reply of the COLONIAL, SECRETARY conveys an assurance that we are getting value for our expenditure under this heading. We may be uo man "SOAP convincingly demonstrate that we are not, bank for his infant son, to give him a sort of exponsos no doubt.
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but all Mr. Mar could tell us was that his information and the information of the Sanitary Board was to the affect the during the current year Hongkong has been conspicuous by its freedom from plague with plague all round it. We may remind the DISPENSARY, COLONIAL SECRETARY that there have been
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The German guubout a urrived from Pakhoi yesterday.
They are buikling a tine new market at Seremban, according to the Perak Pience.
HMS. Rozario, shop, has returned from Miru Bay. She brought two rafts in tow.
On page 5 there is an original humorous sketch by a Tientsin lady: also, the weekly share rajkəri.
Mining in Sium is practically confined to tin. gems (sapphires and rubies), and gold; their relative importance beag in the order given.
A Paris joutual polishes a despatch from St. Petersburg stating that General Kuro- matkin will evacuate Mukden and withdraw. to Tohling-
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Mr. M. 8. E. Angellia, the head of one of the largest native times of general merchants and commission agents in Singapore. diel on September 20th.
The Tar has put million roubles into the
start in life. Vanity Fair says the clerks of the bank refer to the sum as The Frosh Heir Fond."
The following advætisement recently appear: ed in the Church Times-A. Womon, 37, who loves the truth and hates oppressors, seeks situation as Ganeral Servant with bachelor clergyman-Address, &c.
years whon Hongkong has enjoyed even
Tokyo papers report that a telegraphic greater freedom from plague thas it has message from the Kaiser was received on Sept. this year, but he would be a bold man who 9th by the Japanes Court, and that the would say the immunity we enjoyed in Emperor of Japan replied on the following day. 1895 and 1897, and gain in 1902, was; The contents of these telegrams were not issued
for publication. directly attributable to the sanitary mea uras we adopted. Whether plague has been more or less prevalent in Canton this year than in other years we do not know. It
No onenymat de signed communications that have already appeared in other papers will be inserted.
Orders for extra copies of DAILY PRESS showed beforms no subject of raport either to the sent before 11 am. on day of publication. After that local or the imperial authorities or to hour the supply is limited. Only supplied for Cucah. Telegraphic Address: Paxas. Codes: A.B.O. 5th Ed. foreign governments, and the only statistical data that we have about the extent of the ravages of plague in Canton are the At No. 8, Yamamoto-dori, 2-chome, Kobe, the estimates of an American Missionary who wife of Captain A. E. Moses, of a son.
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HONGKONG, OCTOBER 1T, 1904.
The following Volunteer promotions are been notified: Corporal H. A. Lammert to be sergeant: Corporal II. Gilley to be sergeant; Bombardier A. MeKirdy to be corporal: Gunners S. Gidley and T. Grimshaw to be bombardiers...
The "tf." at the end of the following jest from the Japan Admotiser is good. Nood w explain that the letters sometimes follow adver. tisoments which are to appear till further notice? Great news to-day. Port Arthur will fall at 7.25 a.m. to-morrow,
L.f.
Volunteers powly joined at Hongkong are Messrs. V. Sorby. E. Pellow, J. H. Penfell, J. Marshall, H. F. Pourson, F. C. Hurley, T. Watson, J. H. Barrington. S. Kelly, W. F Cullen, and J. Ross. Gunners E. G. Smith and P. Jameson ha se resigned.
TELEGRAMS.
[REUTER'S SERVICE,]
GREAT BRITAIN, RUSSIA AND TIBET,
LONDON, 28th September. Reuter's St. Petersburg correspondent wires that it is understood that the Ambassador, Count Benckendorff, made friendly representations to the British Government regarding an alleged discrepancy in the draft Tibet trouty previous
to the recent British assurance.
FIGHT WITH PIRATES AT NEWCHWANG,
THE WAR
(REUTER'S SERVICE.]
A WAITING CRUISER.
LONDON, 28th September. The Nýjni Novypred bud on board 1,000 troops, of which a portion are reliefs for the garrison at Creto. The cruiser awaits fur. ther instructions at Port Said,
Three coul-laden German steamers are at Teneriffe awaiting instructions.
RUSSIAN GENERAL ICL.
LONDON, 28th September. General Rojdestvensky is ill.
AN ATTACK THREATENED
LONDON, 28th September. Router's correspondent at Mukden wires that the cavalry outposts report a big move- ment of Japanese troops west of the railway, threatening an attack; there is no change
The Japanese larbour laanch Pilot, in search of pirates who infest the approaches to the harbour of Newehwang, recently came across eight bonte in the vicinity of Woo-tai-ten. Upon the launch approaching them it was fired upon by armed robbers from the boats. The occupants of the launch returned the fire, The Hou, W. T. Taylor. C.M.G., Colonial wounding several of the robbers. Fortunately
no one was hurt on the launch, but the hull, eastward.. Sherotary of the Straits, has become plain Mr.
fittings genemlly were rilled with bullets Taylor on assuming the appointment af Rei-wheel-house, engine-room, skylight and deck dant-General FM.S. Another opportunity
The hulet used proved the weapons to be surely presents itself now for altering the-form
Mausar rifles and gingalls. The launch with of address for His Majesty's representative in the Mainy States. It has been urged that he Japanese gendarmes has left again for the should be styled “His Excellonor," and we can locality, which is in the neighbourhood where Mr. Etzel, Daily Telegraph correspondent, met his dean. The only steamers in barbour are
Bee no good reason why her should not. And,
would it be too mnols to ask that the prefix Honourable "be conferred on members of the Statos Councils?-Perak Pioneer.
men of-war and Japanese transports.
ENVELOPING.
If an impression prevails among a section of the public that the results of the battle of Lisoyang were not as signat as they should have boen, the foolish telegrams of newspaper correspondents are inainly responsible. Thus in
the well-informed NC. Daily News of the 7th instant wo find this messago from Tokyo ---- *The Japanese ure steadily enveloping Liae- A PLUCKY RICKSHA-PULLER.
yang. The military fate of the Russians may It is reported. says the Straits Times, that the Selangor Club has raised the question of
virtually be settled strategically at any moment. Yesterday forenoon the adults on boardIt is believed that the opposing forces are about. the donations for the expense of the oricket
We have all heard of the team to represent the colony and F.M.S., in the passenger sampan lying alongside Blake Fier aqual in numbers."
name ashore, leaving on board as sole occupout Trialmaan, who, being asked how he dealt with a match against Hongkong and the Straits. The Chairman, Captain Talbot, stated that the a child just able to crawl about the deck. Left certain adversary, replied, "Bedad, I surrounded Club had been approached for the reason that to itself, the infaut started out on an explor
A. correspondent who speaks of an army no member should weaken the team by noting vayage all over the boat, and ended up by "enveloping another army of equal forse ranks with the Irishman. The fact is that to being able to play owing to pecuniary reasons. tumbling into the sea. There were many sam. Those who could afford it would pay their own pans lying round about, but as is customary in The public would help such cases, the people in them paid no heed to the greatly by contributing. for ouly in case of cries of the drowning child. It so happened that
rickshe-toolie was passing along the Praya with extreme necessity would the money be used.
his vehicle, containing a European fare; when Among the voles passed in the Estimates for he saw the little follow's plight he immediately 1905 is the sum of $13,000 for adding a dropped the ricksha shafts and sprang into the additional storey to the Central Police Station.
sea to the rescue. Swimming out, he got hold This work has now been in the hands of the of the child and was successful in getting it on P.W.D. for a considerable time. The senfold-board the sampan again, greatly to the relief of ing was erected long age, and it was ramoured the parents, who by this time had arrived on the that the cause of the delay in pushing on scene. Police Sorgeant Caygill, who was on Operations was that it had been discovered that duty in the district, on hearing the particulars the walls were not capable of carrying another of the case reported the matter at the Central storey. There appears to have been no truth in Station and recommended the coolie for a the story, however, for the roof is now being reward for his plucky conduct. taken off and the work of heightening the walls will be set about in due course.
The attention of a group of Europeans was drawn yesterday morning in Queen's Head to a case of unnecessary force being need towards a police prisoner. A burly Indian constable had a pony boy in custody apparently on a charge of illicit hawking, for the boy carried a ran of peanuts in one hand. Not content with holding the boy by the quene in the unmi way. the constable had his fingers twisted into it right up to the roots of the hair, so that at every stop the little fellow winced. The Indian policemen ought to be cautioned against the employment of unnecessary harshness in their treatment of prisoners.
There is a good deal of Uscontent being expressed among the Indian and Chiness police who are at present stationed in the matahed quarters near the Hongkong Club peuting the extension of the Central Station. Before
HOW A JAPANESE FACED DEATH.
The daughters of the late Mr. Shozo Yokokawa, one of the two Japanese shot a few months ago by the Russian authorities at Kharbin, recently received the following letter written by their father on the ore of his exceution -
Dear Daughters,
Kharbin, Mancharia,
"April 20, 1904.
accomplish anything like the annihilation of tho Rassigns et Liuoyang, the Japanese shoukl have had at least seventy or eighty thousand mon more than they had. tho Right Army could have despatched seventy thousand fresh troops to undertake a flanking movement, instead of about one-fifth of that number of weary ones, Kuropatkin would not have got off. Why the Japanese did not manage to con- centrate an army big enough for a grand coup we do not know. That is another questica But certainly they did splendidly with the army actually available. The Liaoyang victory was a
that existed it would never have been a Sedan signal feat of arms, but with the conditions
or a Leipzic.--Japan Mail.
SINGAPORE HARBOUR SCHEMES.
This is an extract from the speech of the chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Com- meros, delivered on September 22nd:
I venture to say there is no member present, who would not welcome any rational scheme that may ensure a convenient boat harbour to relieve the Singapore River. A strong and influential body of opinion however undoubtedly exists against throwing away millions of dollars on costly harbour works wherein a comparatively Your father, having arrived in Russian small portion of our shipping would derive territory by the order of His Majesty the benefit, and the protection, for which is only ▲ Emporer, was arrested by Russian soldiers on required during a few months in the year.
If Mr. Matthews' plans were based on a far- Apri 11, and is now to be shot by their hands. This fato has been decrted by Heaven. I wish reaching scheme, which would ultimately in- you health and trust, you will be able to conclude the ocean-going staamers, there might be I have less objection raised, but there is no such tribute to the welfare of our country. nothing more to say on the eve of my death. intention, as, to use his own words, the snormen Will you give my love to your mother and best
after gathering information as to the uure- ber of coffins which passed through the city gates in 1896 and 1898 calexisted that the mortality from plague in each of those years was somewhere in the neighbourhood of 49,000. If similar statistics are still collected it would be possible to form some ides of the relative prevalence of plogne in
About the middle of next month there will be We may congratulate the Hon. ROBERT Hongkong and Canton in any given year.published a new book by Mr. J. Dyer Ball, of SHEWAN on the ability which marked his
What we should. Eke to know is not the Supreme Court, entitled "Macao, the Hole going on duty, on the low levels most of them, regards to Mr. Tomiva " Yours, etc. criticism of the Colonial Estimates at the
whether plague has raged very severely in city, the Gem of the Orient Harth." meeting of the Legislative Council on
Canton, this year, but whether it bas raged Thursday, but at the same time express our
to a greater or less extent than last year, egret that he should have treated nearly The inadequacy of the COLONIAL SECRE every point with a flippancy which mightTARY's reply will be obvious on a study of be suited to a debating club, but scarcely the following returns of plague mortality accords with the dignity of a Legislative in Hongkong since 1894 :--- Assembly. Mr. SHEWAN bas it in his power
lu be of great service to the Colony in the position in which he has been placed by the Chamber of Commerce, but it scarcely needs to be said that if Mr.SHEWAN wishes to make
that influencs felt he must abandon his flippancy and treat public questions in a With more serious and dignified manner. most of his criticisms of the Budget we are
Deaths. Year.
- Year:
1991 1896.
2,485
1900.
Deaths. 1,088
30
1901
1890.
1,201
1900
1897. 1808.
19
1,325 1,487
520 1908. ...... 1,400 190%........ 500
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study of these returns does not tend to inspire us with confidence in the efficacy of the measures we adopt at great cost to the Colony to prevent a recurrence of these
Mr.
Dyer Ball's ability to deal with such a subject does not require to be sularged upon:
at
We learn that Mr. C. C. Clarkson, Assistant Examiner in the Imperial Maritime Customs Amoy, has been promotel to Boat Officer and
transferred to Cana. Mr. Clarkson was for several years in the Kowloon Customs and was very popular among his colleagues.
The Rangoon Municipal Committee. in 10- cordance with the Indian Trajeways Act, has given its consent to the construction of an electric Irunway within the Municipal limits, by Massrs. Darwood and Co., contractors for Fighting Rangoon with electricity.
they have to elimb up to the Central and attend parade; and on completing their patrols they have again to return to the Central to report themselves off, thus adding considerably to the time they are on duty. This dificulty could to easily mal, surely, by having an inspector or a sergeant at the matshed to give the men their instructions for the day and to take their reports when they "knock oft.”
"SEOZO YOKOKAWA.
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expenditure, which would be required for * "the provision of affective shelter over au extensive area” even if a "practicable schemo- could be devised, would not be justified under "To Miss RITSUKO. "To Miss YUKO
any circumfestin më võntond therefore "P.S.-I enclose herewith a draft of 500 taels that the present scheme is far too elaborate on a Chinese bank at Peking. You will find and too costly for the requireinents of our how to cash the draft by asking the advice of local trade. I know there is a tondeney any criticism upen the scheme Messrs. Kejira Tanuye, Kumano Yamaguchs to moot
and others.
"I thought to remit 500 tuele with this letter, but I have now given this sum to the Rod Cross Society of Russie."
by the assection that it has been decided by un export, and that outside criticism is therefore beyond the pale of controversy or discussion. Allow me to make the attitude of the Chamber Here are a few words, from the Penang Gazette, "touching the liberal and democratic The italicized part has been struck out with quite clear in that respect. We do not criticise tendencies which pervade the whole of Chinese a pen. Evidently the deceased changed his the scheme on technical grounds. We have no life. There is absolute liberty of movement mind at the last moment and disposed of the desire to override Mr Matthews' acknowledged throughout the whole Chinese empire. Any money as stated above. It is reported, however, authority as an expert of high standing. We man of ordinary respectability may depend upon that the Russian Red Cross Society, being that the facilities within the reach of modern the assistance and sympathy of his compears impressed by the heroic end of the gallant wherever he may find himself. Every man is Japanese, bas sent the money to the bereaved as good as his neighbour in China. Any family. Mr. Tomiya Hitamura is the younger
more or lese in agreement. Everybody, for epidemics, but we had sonie consolation in at Bangkok. Several cases of hydrophobia are peasant ind, shop-boy, or labourer who chooses brother of Mr. Yokokawa and a student at the
instance, must recognise the amazing want of prescience which has been shown by the administration in the past with regard to the development of Hongkoug, and it is well to constantly urge upon our legislators, the necessity of looking into the future and making more allowance than has been done hitherto for the growth of this great port, which we may safely say has not yet by a long distance reached the limits of its pos- sibilities,
Mad dogs are one disagreeable feature of life
reported. Early this month Mr. R. G. the thought that but for the stringent Macfarlane, of the Bombay Burina Trading sanitary measures we have adopted the Corporation, was bitten there by his own dog. infection would have strengthened its hold Ho has gone to Saigon for the Pasteur treat on the Colony and the yearly mortality be mant. much greater than is actually the case. We cannot for a moment think of following the example of Canton in doing nothing
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A planter writing in the Times of Cegion (from the Kopitigala estate) mentions that his original method of tapping rabber trees fro duces 95 per cent. of first quality, and only five
to contend against the scourge, and so for per cent of "scrap" rabber. There are many the present the only criticism of the item of methode, but we should like to have this plagus expenditure that might with any excellent one described. protit be made is with regard to details,
to study may rise to be a Viceroy; that is-Sixth High School, Okayama-Japan Times. absones of birth alone will not disqualify or discredit, and--birth alone brings no privilege. There is absolutely no caste feeling. To be a
merchant is the same as to keep a shop." Our Penang confrère has evidently nover asked his "boy" to do "coolie pidjin.”
do, however, ant can express our judgment
engineering science are not unequal to the task ́of finding an alternative scheme more suitable to the requirements of our port, without the enormous expenditure the fulfilment of Mr. Matthews plans will entual. Moreover, we be lieve that instead of writing 8 to 10 years to overcome the difficulties of the present situa- tion, a modified scheme could be evolved, The following are the resulta of the semi- which within half that period would be attend- finals in connection with the clab championshiped with a fall measure of success.--Tree Press. and the president's and vice-president's cups, played on the green at Kowloon. :--
KOWLOON BOWLING CLUB.
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP. Semi-Float..
J. Macdonald (21) beat Wm. Deas (8) J.M.Henderson(21) The Aruki's Chefoo
The Asahi says that Mr. Francis McCullagh, who was for some time connected with the Jupan Times, and afterwards edited a Russion paper in Port Arthur, was slightly wounded during the fighting at Liaogang. correspondent states, on the authority of an English war correspondent, that during the firet three days fighting at Linoyang, the foreign war correspondents with the Russian Army were allowed by General Kuropatkin to remain in Ord Hume the firing line. In addition, three of the
were granted the privilege of inspecting the Reminiscences of Lanrence Hollyngagement from a balloon, at which the Japa Tosti nese troops fired, with the result that Mr. Mc-
Murgia "Way down in Teunessee" Knowles Cullagh, who was representing the New York
'Herald, had his fingers wounded. "Hungarian
By kind permission of Lieut. Col. Iromonger With regard to the public works now in as, for instance, whether it is worth while and officers, the Bend of the 93rd Burma Infan progress, it is impossible to make any paying medical men to do what is practically try will play the following programme at the Kowloon Hotel, during dinner, this evening weighty or fair criticism of the New the work of senior sanitary inspectors.
There are just one or two other points in (weather permitting) - Law Courts, and, as His Excellency the
Overture."Baylee" GOVERNOR rightly remarked, it would be the speech of Mr. SHEWAN which call for March Field Servion"
brief comment. Apropos the hon. mem. Selection ber's references to Pedder's Wharf and Coraci Solo.. "Good-bye Blake Fier, it seems to us that they would Selection have been more opportune at the time the Dance...
better to defer. criticism until the building is completed, or at least in a more advanced stage than it is at present. We do hope, however, that Mr. SHEwan's reinarks
Waltz.....
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Premier Printeue"
,,T.W. Robertson (14) PRESIDENT'S. Semi-Final-·
Goat G. K. Haxton (8)
D. Gow (6) VICE-PRESIDENT'S.
Semi-Final,
J. Galt (21) G. Edwards (21) ...
J. Galt (21)......... beat Wm. Deas (12) J. Macdonald (21) *A J.M. Henderson (8)
The finals will be played to-day, commencing,
Mrs. Jas. Macdonald will present the prizes, at 9.50 pan, on the Kowloon Bowling Green,
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report
On the 30th at 11:30 am. The barometer has fallen in Mid China and over the northern part of the Eastern Sea, and risen slightly in other directions.
The anticyclone remains practically stationary over northern Japan while the low pressure area in the Pacific has moved somewhat to the north- ward.
Gradients are very slight upon the China Coast, and light variable winds will prevail in the Formoss Channel and light E. to S.E, winds in the northern part of the China Sea.
Forecast:-Light R. to 8.E. winda, cloudy,
fair.
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