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BONGKONG SANITARY

BOARD.

A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held in the Board Room yesterday afternoon. Dr. J. M. Atkinson presided and there were also A. W. present Dr. Clarke. M.O.H. Hou. Brewin, Col. W. E. Webb, R.A.M.C., Mr. Lan Chi Pak, Mr. A. Rumjan, Mr. Fung Wa Chau, Mr. F. J. Badelay, Dr. P. Barnett and Mr. T. H. Haamer (Secretary), ·

The minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed.

SUPREME COURT.

Tuesday, 18th December.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,

IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION, BEFORE SCR. H. S. BERKELEY (CHIEF JUSTICE) AND MR. T. SERCOMBE

SMITH (PVISNE JUDGE).

TANG TSZ U v. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL,

POLICE COURT.

Tuesday, 13th December.

BEFORE MR. F. A. HAZELAND (SECOND

POLICE MAGISTRATE).

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14TH, 1904.

LI'S QUILT OR ENGLAND'S ?

Under this caption, Mrs. Archibald Little (l's biographer) writes to the N.-C. Daily News, as followe:-

Those who are feeling that steps shou'd be taken to prevent in future the sacrifice of so CHINESE NEIGHBOUELT AMENITIES. many lives, the blighting of so many more, will Lan Chin, married woman, residing on the do well to consider how this present war has ground floor of No. 38, Upper Lascar Row, beau brought about. Nations have their duties proceeded against Lo Ah Ches, married woman, as well as individuals, and frota the moment residing on the first floor of the same hanan, for when England made herself une quantité négli The bearing of this appeal against a docision using abusire and insulting language whereby geuble, as one of the best diplomatists in the a brosch of the poncs might have been occasion- Far East described her, some ten years ago, it of Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz, male when he was presiding over the Land Court, rogarding aed; also with damaging the comp ainant's became inevitable that either Russia must clothes to the value of $5. Mr. O. D. Jhomson engulf Japan, or Japan resist Russia. A letter claíni for innd in the New Territory, being appeared for the defendant. Lau Chon said of the late Li Hung Chang to the late Prince flat Yung Im has lately been quoted with very Claim C. A. Surrey District No. 4 was te defendant poured water into her CLEANSING THE CITY AND VILLAGES.

tlironga erucksin the floor. When shecomplaineds vero columant, and without appa ently sou Dr. Barnett made a report on the elcausing of continued.

As before, Messrs.. M. W: Slade and H. G. Lo Al Chee abused her and called her various sidering how well Li know that "in present. female animals] The defendant was constantly circumstances it might be diflenlt for us to the city and villages. During one forteisht

240 houses, comprising 6,702 floors, were Calthrop, instructed by Mr. J. Harston, appear-pouring water into her room, whore for she wished recover possession of it (Manchuria). Knowing oleansed with the assistance of and under theed for the appellant; the Hon. E, H. Sharp. to bring the matter under His Worship's what Li know of the condition of the Chinese Army he might as well have written frankly supervision of the Board's offers. During the K., and Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., instructed notice. She produced the damaged joket.

His Worship after examination found the impossible." He therefore relied upon war same time 212 empty floors were cleaned by Mr. F. B. L. Bowley (Crown Solicitor), for damage very triding. It was not water but between Russia and Japan, and whichever side won, hoped to secure some advantage for his mad that had been put on it and 1894 cartloads of rubbish' were reniny.

the Attorney-General.

own country-an opportunist policy, all that he ed to the dust boats by the Sanitary De. partment coolies. Also, Shankiwan and the

indever attained to in his long life. But this is to consider the letter as if we knew no more, had neighbouring villages have been cleansed,

never heard of the chequeat Moscow, which an eyewitness, ons of our mest brilliant writers, The report was laid on the table.

assured me he had seen. What also of the following story, which I now simply prooved to APPLICATIONS.

relate as it was told to me, in the hope that it many le either refuted or confirmed. The events of proof or disproof. us so r-cout they are surely easily susceptible

Applications for exemption from the necessity of providing a scavenging lane and from provid- ing the other half of the acavenging lane

respectively. in respect of No. 51, Bonham Strand, was considered.

The application was refused. There was another application for a modifica tion of the requirements of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance on Kowloon Inland Lot No. 5. Garden Road, Tsimshatsui.

The application for modification was granted.

OFFENSIVE TRADES:

Regarding an application for `No. 15, Fuk Six Lane, Yawnati, to be regist-red as!

It had been * fat boiling establishment, suggested that to provide a lane at the rear of this and other houses, three fent might

be taken from each.

offensive into the this lano

Dr. Macfarlane wrote:-Unless trades are all removed right out country-which seems unnecessary seems as isclated as any other place.

The PRESIDENT moved, and Mr. RUMJAHN seconded, that a license be granted from the first of January on the understanding that the conditions laid down by the Medical Officer of Health be complied with. The motion wes

agreed to.

A MARKET REQUIRED.

Numbers of translations of Chinese documents

were gone through by Mr. Slade. The case is a very long oue, and will probably not be fluish- ed this week.

CHINESE JUSTICE.

That the justice of Chinese justice is just as just as the justics of the unjust

is evident in the following extract from a recent imperial decres. On information received," the Emperor (read Empress.Dowager) promises a "strict investigation. How much the inquiry amounts to we have tried to indi-nte by patting quotation warks to the significant phrases-We hereby command that the said Heiang Shan, his assistant, Li Yi-tsing, and

others associated with them in the "nefarious

To the Interpreter: Tell her that. I have tried hundreds of these cases, and ask her does she Bay $5 worth of domage has been done.

Complainant: That is what the jacket cost

when new.

His Worship: But it has been very much math eaten.

Complaint: I have resided in the same house for yo-rs and have never had a quarrel, but since the advent of the defendant she has

always been quarrelling.

His Worship: Yes, I know. She is a very troublesome woman.

By Mr. Thomson:When the defendant abu-ed me I retaliated. I said "You are female avinal..."

His Worship: These are not very nice words to use, you know.

Ling Yee, a married woman residing on the saune fat as complainant, said she heard the complainant and defendent using impolite words. is Worship sail he had heard a considerable same old story about the water. He found the number of these cases, and there was always the defendant had used abusive language, and in order that he might not be troubled further with these people, he would bind her over in a personal hond of $100 to keep the peace for 12

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Our readers will have perceived the great difficulty of clearly ascertaining what has hap pound is happening at Port Arthur. Thus wnch is beyond question, that attacks have been delivered on the cast and on the west of the for- tress. The main objective of the western attack was the celebrated 203-me re hill fort, which had previously defied all efforts to capture it, and which was understood to be under the diret orders of General Fock, one of the most intropid and resolute of the officers in the garrison. This BURGUNDIES attack commenced on the 26th. In the first place a hill called by the Japanese Akasaki- yamuin other words, the place known as rel This was effected, fort"-had to a reduced.

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after encountering desperate resistance, on the DURING the Change of Seasons FULL- assault of the 203-motre fort. There our infor- BODIED, STRENGTHENING WINES 29th, whereafter the Japanese pushed on to the The story is that when Li was sent formation stopa. At this moment of writing by the Dowager Empress to come to Peking (Wednesday morning) a baliof seems to prevail are needed, and make terms of peace with the Allies there in Tokyo that the capture has been affected, but we do not find any substantial basis for uch con- heard before that it was originally intended he fidence as yet, though we are by no means prepar NUITS was a little trouble about his steamer. I had

ed to take the opposite view. The fact is should travel in a Russian man-of-war or be guarded by a Russiau man-of-war, but ta that the successful tenure of this so-called 203 MACON British Admiral stoppe i that, saying the British metre hill is of the utmost importance to the

I now hear that Russians. Its possession would sushie the BEAUNE..... flag was enough protection. Li changed his ship on the river opposite this Japanese to plant batteries in such a position

as to fire direct apon the ships in the harbour YOLNAY .. Kaiping mine wharves, there getting on to one

and upon other parts of the Russian defences. day steamer there wore a nmber of fi ld guns and the unflinching efforts made by Stoessel to POMMARD, "Superieur" of that Company's steamers, and that on tis and ammunition. When told these would cause defend it are therefore explicable. The official trouble on arrival at Tangka, Li said: "I am report, published on Tuesday evening, speaks CHAMBERTIN on a Peace Commission, they trust me, there of repeated assaults, and it will probably prove

that a most sanguinary fight has taken place. will be no troable at all.”

trade," be forthwith handed over to the Board of Punishments, which in conjunction with the Imperial Clau Court, shell make a strict inves tigation of the matter and mete out to the "culprits" the penalties which they richly deserve," thereby serving as an example and a warping to others desirous of following their THE CHINESE EMPEROR'S DESIRE them to carry on, and they went on to Tangku "eril trade."-The culprita pre accused of "opening a pawnbroking don of the lowest- order."

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At Taku Bar an English catter came off to board the vessel, but the Lieutenant just teld alongside the wharf. Whilst there the Russian Admiral called, and Li returned the call, and whilst all this was going on Russian soldiers caine and took away all the field guns.

Mr. Kingsley, detached from Customs Service for 14 or 15 years, and told off to arcompany Li, thon pressed him for a despatch to take a to the Paitang fort, ordering the officer in command to hand it over to the British, saying if this were not done there Kings'ey reased his point as best he could Last Li said "You go out of the room, and I'll have a despatch written". The despatch was finished, handed to Mr. Kingsley by Li, and by him passed on to a confidential man in a steam launch. The man went up to the Poitang fort, hat the attack had already commenced Thus the desp tek was ever delivero, possibly is still in Br. Kingsley's hardle. According to my informant te despatch ordered that the fort should be delivered to the Russians!

There need not have been any fighting there and then, if the Admirals had waited, though the result might not have pleased everyone concerned.

would be trouble. Li would not consent Mr. At

A Peking correspondent states that at a recent audience, while questioning an official who had come from Shanghai, his Majesty the Emperor having learned that thero is quite a large number of standard foreign works on Commerce almost every branch of science, and philosophy, publishes a coloured diagram showing the rice as well as Listries of various ancient and (sic) and fa-l of sugar importa, during the past modern countries, that have been translated into Chinese and are now on sale at the bookshops ten years. The years 1898 and 1901 saw the

of hanghai, at once issued commands to the largest quantity and value of brown sugar in Imperial Household Department to send s After other uninteresting applications, reported. Refined sugar, making a spurt to two speci I official of the Court down to Shanghai garding the sale of food, etc., had been treated. and a quarter million piculs in 1897, was much! 20 purchase as many such books as

bought. Occasionally a high official sends au application for a transfer of a beof Rouce loss in all subsequent years but 1901 (when the

the Emperor a translated work or so, aud from No. 91, Queen's Road East. to No. 1 value was much greater) until 1903, when the these are always road with avidity by Wing Fung Street, was considered. It had record of nearly three million pisals, worth his Majesty, but the donors generally take

care to send only such books as have been reported by Mr. Gibson, the Colonial nearly fifteen million yen, was imported, more Veterinary Surgeon, that in the immediate than half of it at Yokeliamas. Lart your brown dangerous tendency to influence their readers to seek to revolutionise existing conditions. neighbourhood of Wing Fung Street there were

sugar had dropped to one milieu piculs. Evidently his Majesty had been so far kept in three pork shops, two fish shops, two beof Another diagram shows how woefully Hongkong ignorance of the fact that such large numbers of foreign books of every sort had been tas- shops, and four frait shops. A small market exports to Japan bave fllon off since 1894,

lated into Chine and were ready to the hand by

This is surely exactly of a pises with the rest is would take in these people, and would preven Then it was about half the total, mostly refined the mere paying for them. for the Emperor

of Li's policy, and how much it was approved aid to have sharply robuked the official whose trouble from sub-letting pårt of the shops to sugar. In 1903 it was less than one-eighth

in the eyes of the "Liege Lady," to use Ku other peoplo, and would make it easier for a brown anger slightly preponderating. Dutch aty it is to ealchion him on all tatters rola!-

shown by the unexampled honour just recently proper supervision to be exercised over the India sends the lion's share, nearly half; withing to foreign affairs, and then imposed upon Hung-ming's favourite phase, is snficiently

the Imperial Household Departament the task the Philippines a good second. China bas of procuring foreign translate works for him, accorded to bis heir, one never before granted dropped from nearly a third to a pour eighth. ias ead of the Waiwapu. His Majesty also to a Chinuse.

hat he rad his "Liege Lady" were agreed commanded that the sum of Tls. 7,000 should New contributors are Germany and Austria, bo at once sot aside for the purchase of those as to their lius of policy I cannot unders and about one-eighth each,

books, and that upon arrival at Peking theyyone doubting. Now if Li had his reasons should be taken charge of by the officialsof solid value for following it, does it seem of the Imperial Library (Shang Sha-yuan) reasonable to suppose that she had not? who are to hand up to the Emperor the books in succession as he has finished one after another. Being a rapid and voluminous render it is reckoned that bis Majesty will be able to complets the perusal of these translated works at an average of a book a day of about three hundred pages, large type.

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The Captain Superintendent of Police minnt ed--A sull market should be opened in this neighbourhood. If there is no land available it would be worth while to rent a ground floor of an ordinary honse and fit it up with stalle.

The matter is to be referred back to the Colonial Vatorinary Surgeon to roport on the number of stalls required, and the amount o accommodation necessary.

WATER ANALYSIS.

Mr. Arthur C. Franklin, Government An-

"lyst, reports that on the 23th ult, he analysed water collected from fountains in Bouhom Road (Pokfulam sorries) Hollywood Road (Tytam service), hator Road (Kowloon service), and Yauwati (Chengshawan supply), and in each instunes found the water of excellent quality.

LIMEWAGHING,

Dming the fortnight ended on the 6th inst 3399 houses were limewashed in the Central District and 5315 in the Western District.

SHIPPING NOTES.

THE REPORTED ARMING OF CHINA. A Chinese official of high rank recently arrived at Shanghai from Peking, and was in- torviewed by Mr. S. T. Laisun. Speaking of certain rumours among foreigners that China Was arming preparatory to another war with

The same correspondent at Peking states the Barbarians of the West," he warmly denied the imputation, from his own knowledge that the Express Dowager has listened favour The Chinese Governably to the anggestion of Prince Ching to of affairs in general. ment, he said. is aware of its weakness in the appoint a Prince of the Imperial House to the matter of well and properly drilled troops post of Chief Commissioner-Goral for China which puts the country at the surcy of the at the Exposit on at Brassels next year. This first aggressive Fower. This, it is only natural, sending of a Prince to Brussels is intended to be all patriotic officials are determined to remedy, an acknowledgement of the courtesy and kind without delay. Ching, as rule. moves slowly, nos which King Leopoldof Belgium has extended but what she fears is partition, and this very ed to Chinese students who have gone to that apprehension makes her officials work feverishly country to study at the special invitation of it, towards the desired end of making China King.-N.-O. Daily Newa. strong enough to prevent such a catastrophie. Then there is the war in Manchuria, the end of which no one can foresec, and all Chinese feel the need of having a strong army to hold these three provinces no matter how the War will tarn out, for there is no intention to allow the cradle of the dynasty to he wrested perpetually by an alien Power. All these are incentives to all Chinese officials (Manchus, of course, are also included in the term Chinese) to raise a strong well-drilled and modern armed Army without delay so as to be ready for all such even- tualities as have been noted in the foregoing. THE WEIHAIWEI SCHOOL.

The ss. Indrapelli, the vessel which took fire There is, according to the sincere opinion of the interviewed mandarin, not the slightest the other day, is being repaired rapidly. The District magistrato (Mr. K. F. Johnston,

canse for anxiety on the part of foreigners in Bing fixed for the South African cos io formerly of Hongkong) distributed the prises China of a second and a greater Boxer" war trade she is having a shutter deck erected, ut this school on Nor. 16th. The Headmaster in the near future. Sentiment about foreigners Repaire on the recently salved Aginecurt, reported that this was the second event of the in China bas changed since 1990 and is still now in No. 2 dock at Kowloon, are in full kind. He-jad 23 boarder pupils, and only one changing, until in a short tie anti-foreign swing. The vessel is likely to occupy the dock day scholar. Formerly there were eleven days wil be the exception rather than the rule for another month.

When the Government possesses a numerous boys. The number would increase when the war and properly equipped army so much loss the chance of mob rule and riots of any sort or colour; anti.

three months this

RATS.

During the week onding 6th instant 844 rats were caught, of which 16 were found to be infected Twenty rats oat of 767 canght for the week ending 12th instant were found to be infected.

ABOUT VESSELS IN PORT.

The s Auchenorden, which got a ropa foul of her propeller when leaving Kutchinotsu recently, and sustained damage in consequence, went around to dock at Aberdeen yesterday.

The as stoka, which recently sustained damage through getting ashore in the West River, is undergoing repairs at the Kowloon Docks.

The s.a. Inkula arrived from Europe yester

day. She is going on the South African colle

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SORE HANDS

Itching, Burning Palms, Painful Finger Ends,

With Brittle, Shapeless, "Discolored Nails,

With regard to the attuck on the east side, namely, against Sanshashar, Urlangshan and SPARKLING EED Kockwaushan, the facts seem to ho that the bosiegers have soized and occupied the parapets, but have not yet been able to take

possession of the interior of the forts, 'I his distinction may sound strange to non-military readers, but a werd of explanation will make the matter clear. Suppose a fort with a trace shaped like the letter V, the point facing outwards. Along V deep ditches are the two legs of the

tlie inner side by dug surmounted 1eries to sweep their bottoms. Along the parapets and having caponiers and gal hack of the V à ditch of smaller dimensicus is dag. This too is surmounted by a parapet. But it is evi-lent that if an onemy effected an entrance at the point of the V or at any neigh bouring place upon the legs the parapet along the back of the fort, being thus takon from behind, would be untenable. To guard against that defect a secondary parapet is built. It is, in fact, nothing more than a huge, hank parallel to the base of the V, and this bank of masonry stretching across the fort inside, not only covers the defenders of the rear face, but also constitutes a traverse behind which the garrison is safe from shells thrown oser the parapet at the point of the V. The bank is constructed so that guns can be mount- ed on it and rifle fire directed along its superior slope against an enemy who haring crossed the attempts to drive out the defenders. It is these ditch and the parapet at the point of the V, secondary parapots which the Japanese have failed as yet to carry. So, at least, we under- stand the position. The main ditehes and the main parapets have been taken and hold, but the secondary parapets still resist. Probably they have best strengthened in various ways since last spring. The official report spaaks I recolleet of nding at the doors of the of the necessity of destroying additional women's quarter of the Palace in the Forbidden cuponiers and other saking defences. From City in 191 whilst agenised sunachs put their this we infer that the secondary parapets are backs against the doors and pleaded there were furnished with a ditch in front, or else that ladies of the Imperial Harein left behind there, some special system of flanking defence has bee

Oh, well. 1 dies." said the then highest made a substantial advance, at whatever cost. we must not go in and devised for them.. At any rate the assault has frighten the officer of our Intelligence Department, whilst The parties sent in to carry the forts on the pleaded I did not believe there were any 27th instant failed, and it was evidently decide ladios there, that if there were I should like to then that the method of escalade was still pre-

There has been considerablo anxiety in Tokyo them, un certainly cou'd unt frichten mature and that other devices must be resorted them. We have all heard sincs what treasure to, presumably further sapping and tunnelling Judwing Li Hang Chang, we mast remember as to the fate of Major-Generals Nakamura and was hidden behind these doors. he was the Dowager Empress's Prime Minister, Saito, who led the asswalt, and it was currently and to remain so must act in accordance with reported on the 29th that both officers had bean her interests; and in considering this war und killed, and that the list of casualties totalled yet larger number of unhappy lives blighted lust issue that Major-General Nakamura was the miserable expenditure of human lives, and 8000. Our readers will have learned from our by the loss of the bread-winners, the loved ones. wounded, not dangerously, however, and we must realise how lung and low carefully now hear on seemingly good authority, that As for the digure Russian politicians have been prearing their Major-General Saito is safe, various Loves, absolutely regardless of the misery they might use in Russia.

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of 8, H, it is obviously a mere guess. No accurate statement of casualties can have been received so early as the 29th of November.- Japan Mail.

BLOCKADE RUNNING.

As Well as Roughness and Redness.

One Night Treatment with Cuti- cura, the Great Skin Cute.

Soak the hands on retiring in a strong, hot, creamy lather of Cuticura Soap. Dry and anoint freely with Cuticura Ointment, the great skin cure and purest of emollients. Wear, during the night, old, loose kid gloves, or bandage lightly In old, soft cotton or linen. For red, rough and chapped hands, dry, Essured, feverish palms, with brittle, peless nails and painful lazer chos, this treatment is simply wonderful, fre- quently curing in a single application. Complete local and constitutional treatment for every humour of the aktu, scalp and bicod, with loss of hair. Bathe with

with bot water and Catlours Soap,

to cleanse the surface of crusts and scales, and soften the thickened cuticle. Dry, without hard

and rubbing apply Cuticura Ointmentfreely, tonilayliching, Irritation and inflammation, and soothe and heal, and lastly, take the Cuticura Resolvent, to cool and clearse the blood. This treatment affords instant relief, permits rost and sleep in the severest forms of Eczema and other itching, burulug and sealy humours, and polats to a speedy, permanent and economical cure of torturing, disfiguring humours, from pimples to scrofula, froma kafancy to age, when all other remedies and the best physicians fail.

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It is for more the thought of the unhappy, unwilling Bassians lad te slaughter than of the Japanes dead that moves me to write these lines. For the Japanese go gladly to die for their country, knowing it is a matter of life and death for ber; the Russians most nuwillingly. What do they know of Manchuria, poor-natart peneants? But it might suroly all have boon averted if England had maintained her post s

The experience of the Bishan, which attempt- policeman of the world's peace, and not made herself, as she ecntinues to make herself, ed to get into Port Arthur, is proof that he une quintile negligeable in the Für East. If the Japanese buve not relaxed their vigilance and ihat nuder normal conditions the task will be war continues we shall have to fight in the end. If we bad shown ourselves ready to fight from attended by a considerable amunt of risk and the first and insist with Japan on Russia difficulty. Off Liuolisten she fell in with the keeping to its agreement about Manchuria who Hongkong Mary and the auxiliary cruiser at en think there would then have been any wer? once signalled to a destroyer that was lying off We closer scrutiny. The captain of the latter, "for England cannot amply force"? Why should Li Hung Chan have written of us the land whilst she-sakjetted the Sishu to a know it is false but what pains we have taken to sesing it was impossible to proceed, altered his convince the Far East it is true, and til it is course and steered away for Nowchwang and only a pain to look at our huge men-of-war anchored fifteen miles below the lightship. never used, kept as toys, too expensive to be he left the same evening to make another properly exercised and in proper gun practice essay, and on the following morning found in the world inactive behind those guns, when on her. This time she way orderal to stop. and they ought to be always active in upholding two Japanese officers came aboard and at once the above depot. justies, repelling aggression, and promoting had the cover of the hatches removed, at the peace throughout the world. We want to more some time asking the reason of the ship's We want peace, we English. Bu if the speedy return. On the answer being given policeman neglects his work, peaceful citizens that Nowchwang was frozen up, th officers must arm themselves to ajoet burglars. The politely reminded them that they were within the war zone. After a sourob lasting three Chinese could not by themselves drive the

Chafen, the cruiser following her into that part the world knew it, especially Russia.

and signalling to the Japanese Consulate thero. Russims out of Manchuria, They know it, all hours the vessel was released and steamed to During ber stoppage the crew of the Bishan saw two battleships, three oruisers and several torpedo-hosts on patrol, but there was NO SOUKË of any firing going on. Seeing the persistengy

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was over. They were too near the scene of will there be

The Ocean 88. Calchos, captured by the hostilities to expect mere at present. The pupils mandarin, or anti-foreign. Indeed, since the Vladivostock Squadron while voyaging from the

me from the most northerly treaty port, and last two or

feverish Paget Sound to Japan, and brought le -one from the most southern If Weihaiwei is anxiety to raise and arm additional armies in Vladivostock, arrived yesterday. Flour and the to be the regular summer resort and sanitarium the Northern, Central and Son hern provinces Ler, which-formed part of her cargo, were con of the Chima Beet, the authorities here will hus become accentuated rather than lessened, fiscated. The vessel has been liberated on bail oven, aud-with, ea I still believe, the finest men the Hongkong Moru again in close attendance and samples, will be sent free on application_to_

prevent the crowding together of a large native population, and that, as in Hongkong at the eleventh hour it has been decided to reserça the Peak for foreigners only, so here certain districts will be marked off for European residences and only a limited number of Chinese allowed to reside therein. The Germans at Tsingtao kaye, I believe, already done this."

Mr. Johnston thought the school was not sufficiently known, at any rate in Hongkong. “People there might know in a vague sense of

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS

as from secret reports received from various pending the decision of the Higher Prize Court Chinese Ministers abroad there are fears in at St. Petersburg

There is some talk of an expedition going Europe and America that the war between

to Bombay Reef to make another attempt to land. drawing other nations into Japan and Russia the warlike area, and that by the spring of salve the Baron Gordon, and see what can be next year no vue need be surprised if he sees 2 done with the Shrewsbury. general war on the two continents of Europe. and Asia, Thea where would poor China be, if she romaius as work as after the disastrous yoar of 1900? This danger is fully rocog nised at Peking and the Government is quite naturally and properly preparing for eventuali ties. But a general anti-foreign war is out of the question; the lessons of 1900 are too recent.

The C.P.R. steamer Empress of China arrived at Yokohama at 2p.m. on Monday, the 12th inst; and left again at 5 am, on Tuesday for Kobe, where she is due to arrive at 6 am, to-day.

The LG.M. steamer Seydlits, which 1-fi bere on the 9th inst., am, arrived at Shanghai yesterday at 3.0...

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The twentieth ordinary general meeting of shareholders of the, Hongkong High Lovel Tramways Co. Ltd. will be held at the re- The LG.M. steamer Preussen, which left heregistered office of the Company in Alexandrass showed and the nature of her cargo. prin- Wednesday, the 7th inst, arrived at Sing+Buildings, Der Faux Road, on Friday, the 23rd vipally footstuffs, the Japanese seem to have pore on Monday at 5 p.m.

inst, at noon, when the report of the Goneral acted very leniently, but their actions show The Indo-China steamer Laisang left Gel Managers, together witha statement of accounts that their suspicions were not altogether alloyed for their excellent inventions." Dover Chronicle.cutta for this port via the Straits on the 10th for the year ending 30th November, 194, will and she will doubtless go on the suspect list. 1st

inst., and may be exproted here on the 26th inst. be received. The Company's transfer books The steamer Silverlip left 8ingapore on the will be closed from the 20th to 26th inst., both 11th just., and is expected here on the 16th inst. days inclusive.

the existence of a school here, but as regards its The Patentees-Macniven & Cameron, Limited excellent situation, the climate, the surround-' deserve A NATIONAL MEMORIAL ings, the suitability of the new premises, the

qualifications of the staff, the standard of educa

tion, the parent in Hongkong who had tous ready for school was, as a rule, in ignorenice,

THE WAVERLEY PEN. THE PICKWICK PEN. THE OWL PE.

Sold.

THE HINDO0 PER.

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at all Stationere. Waverley Works

Edinburgh,

The Tensei was stopped the same day as the Sishan and underwent a similar ordeal, but her detention was a short one.-N.-C. Daily News.

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31, Queen's Road Centru. Hongkong, 19th October, 1904.

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