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THE

ROBINSON

PIANO CO.,

LIMITED.

PIANOFORTE

A MERCHANT OFFICER'S

BEAVERY.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 121¤, 1905.

A brave net or the part of a merchant offices has lately boon performed by Mr. A. G. Large Chief Officer of the ss. Nicaragum. According to statements furnished to the Marchant Servies. Guild by Captain James of that steamer, it

9033t

JOINT STOCK SHARES.

Monera. Vernon & Buyth soy in their we skły

to be is useful for the purposes of the war as to bs justly confiscated. That this was so will appear from an attentive reading of the case of Mira Alexander's Cotton, in 1861 (2 Wallace, by Megara. Maza and Larracks against the arm, on a fair demand for slacks, and in most 44), and of the arguments in the claim made port dated Hongkong, 11th August. Although rates generally speaking have ralod Uuital Statos in 1888 (Foreign Rolatious of case show improvements, business has ben U.S., 1887). A similarly longa nga of the term stock, and beyond a dutter in Chins Sugars in

had been employed

remains unchanged at £83 108. Joug

appears that the vessel mentioned grounded on was its application by General B. T.-Batler to the early part of the week wo have nothing of

military works; an application of which he merged and shows no signs of recoveringe confessed himself nary very proud as a

BAKS-Hongkong and Shaughtie have as an executive officer, mach lawyer, though,

reported small sales at 3010; the London comforted with it." The press caught the rated rather weaker with sellors at $15, and

Nationals e popular faney, came to be applied to slaves a favourite among negro obildren, the which was "I're happy little conaband.”

The decision of the Court of St. Petersburg in the case of the Calchas so far as it recognize the existence of a conditional class of our band, and that raw cotton, as res ancipitis use must be treated in accordance with the rules applicable to goods belonging to that class, has laid down an unimpensat la proposition of the Whether the view taket by the Court of facts of the case, so far as they relate to the cotton cargo, in equally satisfactory is a different and less important question, in refrain from troubling you upon the present

T. E. HOLLAND.. occasion-I am, Sir, your obedient servant.

Temple, July 1.

MARINE INSURANCES-Uniors hare son placed at $735 and close with probable further bayors at that rate. China Traders still "stand

yo easy" awaiting development of the absorption scheme, which is now not gonorally looked apon as the dead cert" it was at its initiation. Cantons have been placed in small lots at $325, and close steady at that rate. North Chinas and Yangtazas quotations are taken from Shang:

a bath todo o mai injcation pipe rot choked up with ssud, and there being every indication of a coming Norther, it was de amud advisable to communicets with Vera Cruz and ask for assistance. Owing, however, to the vary heary surf breaking on the beach, it was con:-) Kenerally, and was immortalized in a song remain auchunge 1 and without busines. * sidered impossible to land or ecumanicate with the shore. Mr. Large thereupon volan 14cred to swim through the surf. A beat was wanned and pulled in as near as tras deemed MANUFACTURERS and, digesting himself of his clothing, fr. Large planged into the surf and was son lost in the wasto of surging water. After battling with over half mile of heavy breakers, with the probability of hoing devoured by sharks. Mr. Largo reach the shore, delivered a invisage, and canned to return through The surf, notwithstanding the protestations of the inhabitants. After being repeatedly knocked down and bruised lio ultimately reached deeper water, and with great pluck and determination reached the beat, and sterning to the ship was received with great sheers by pesengers and crew. The passengers on board handled to

TUNERS.

POLISHERS AND REPAIRERS.

BEG TO CALL ATTENTION TO THEIR EXTENSIVE STOCK

OF"

PE-It may be worth while to add, for the benefit of these mai ha cake to be

FIRR INSURANOES.-Hongkongs Firms have beon in demand at $325, but holders refusing part nuder 3390 a sinil wile has rental at that rate, Chiass cantius dull set without business at 383.

SHIPPING. - Hongkong, Canton and

Ma:108

a hanged hands in fair ists at 82ch and close firmish at $27, Joda-Chias after sumall

Large a testimonial na to their high admiration provided with a clue (not to Ea found sales at $951. gradually advanced to 996 with

through the sociewhat labyrin in the discharge of his duties in what might thing details of the question under discussion, markets closing at 2953 to $96, the latoss bave proved neritical situation. The Merchant a ummary of its history. The Burinn quotations froni Shanghai is Tls. 674.

conicaband are contained in HIGH-CLASS INSTRUMENTS, Service Guild bere laid the full fants of his roles as to

REFINERIES-Ching Sugars in the early part gallantry buiors, the Royal Humane Society several donments-vis the Regulations of the week wernegotiat i at very ariatie ratos, and Lloyd's. They have now received from to Naval Prize" of 1900, arts, 37, 38, 3244 to $247 cash. Later on the market quietul-

from $245 to $256 for the settlement, and from the Royal Humane Socisty a Silver Medal Admiralty Instructions for presentation to Mr. Large, and Lloyd's have addressed a communication to the Guild stating the articles considered to to contraband partly considerably, and offers to sell at $244 for the [upon this Beer Lloyd's Silver Medal for Order" of February 28, 1901, ralo 6 (this.order ud shares have hona pilare: in fair lots at $215 closing, however, a firmer feeling is apparent that they have much pleasure in bestowing modelled on the list of 1977); the Imperial settleniest met with no responses. At time of

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Hongkong, 20th July, 1905,

"SEETON."

displayed by him.

COTTON AS CONTRABAND

...OF WAR,

and the appended "Special Declaration"

of

As to

in so far as they are varied by it); the "Order" of March 19, 1904, defringfood," and bring- ing machinery of certain kinds into the list of contraband; the "Order" af April 21, 1904. bringing " raw cotton" into the list; and, lastly. the "instractions" of September 30 and Getuber 23 1904, recognising, in effect, a class of con- The following letter appeared in the Times:ditional contraband, pincing foodstuffs in this tir, The text of the decision of the Court of class, as also, ultimately, other objects capable Appeal at St. Petersburg in the case of the of warlike use and not specified in sections 1-9 Calchor has at length rouched this country, and of rale 6." we are informed, upon the highest authority, though, perhape; not in the clearest language, of the meaning which is now to be placed upon the Russian notification that cotton is contraband

of war.

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A CURIOUS TRANSACTION.

A great sensation has been caused by the sale of the German military railway. 150 kilometros (94 miles) long, to the Japaaose for their opera tions in Manchuria,, where it is now being actively employed against the Russians

The railway was imported as military material in 1000 for use against the Chinese, and has lein at Tsingtao till a month ago, when General Petzel, commanding troops in the north, sold the whole equipment to a German firm named Schwartzkopf, of Tsingtan, by whom it was immediately resold to the Japanese military authorities at a considerable proßt.

I understand that energetic protests have been made by the Bassian authorities.-Feening Standardi.

SAGHALIEN AS A CONVICT SETTLEMENT,

This notification, promulgated on April 21, 1904, was received with general amazement, not diminished by an official gloss to the effect that it "applied only to raw cotton suitalde for te manufacture of explosives-and-not to yarn or tissues. It is le rirem bored that at the date mentioned, and for some months afterwards, Hussia stoutly maintainal that all the articles enumerated in her list of contraband of Febru. nry 29, 1964, and in the additions to that list, were absolutely such were confiscable if in course of carriage to any enemy's port irrespectively of the olarneter of that port, or of the use to which the articles would probably be put. It was only after mach correspondence, and the receipt of Britain and the Units protests from Great Stater, that Russia consented to recognize the yell-known distinc tion between absoluto" Rad 'conditional" contraband the latter class consisting of

Saghalion, the island whier Japan is now, arties analys fo pence us well as for was taking or rather, rotaking-from Rasain, is the character of which must therefore, depond the place to which Russia sends her violent upon whether they are, in point of fact,

convicts. The convict in Siberia has some destined for warlike or for peaceful uses.liberty to console him for his detention, but the The concesion was made about the middle coariet in Saghalien none. When a party ek of September last, and it was then convieta (having been pronounced "violist agreed that provisions should be placed in the the governor of the Siberisu station) are lauded secondary category (as was daly explained in the in Saghalion, procession to the gnol is as follows: Petersburg judgment in the case of the Arabia First among the prisoners come mon with fetters on December 14) together with some other on their legs, and linked together in pairs, the articles, among which it seemed that raw cotton claaking of their chaius making a lugabrions noise. "Next come half a dozen men, each The final decision in the Calchas case marks without fotters, but secured by the hands to a a welcome change of policy: Cotton_bas now followed foudstuffs into the category of "condi oners, and after them the most affenting long iron rod, Thou follow ferais pris- tonal contraband, and elect has so far been part of the whole--the wires and children who given to the representations on the subject have elected to accompany into exile their Wook days, are at 5.15 p.m. return at 7. made by Mr. Hay in circular despatches of June husbouds and fathers. Behind them ramb Saturdays, leave at 3.15. p., return at 7 pm and August 30, 1904, and by Sir Charles talagas, or rough waggons, wherein are trans- Sundays. leave at 3.15 pm, retura at 7 pm. Hardinge, in a noto premutad to Count Lams.

ported baggage, and those children who are too Lanueles will call at Polles Pier, Kowloou, dort on October 9 of the same year, on Saturdays and Sundays.

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The question had becows a practical one in

When on the march the prisoners are allowed the case of the Calches On July 25 this 3 lb. of broad and 4 lb, of meat each per dium, vessel, laden with, inter alia, nine tons of raw cotton for Yokohama and Kobe, was seized by a

and they are not forbidden to receive alms. But when they arrive at their destination their Russian ernisse and surried into Vladivostok,

lot is a

a pitiful one. Their cells are damp and where, on September 13, the cotton, together fungus covered, their food is less than the with other portions of her cargo, was coullosanes during the jury and their work in demned as absolutely contraband. The ressous

ous the salt mines is most extrausting Most of for ropudiating this decision, and the notifica

the prisoners are very goucislane, but they Few of them tion to which it gave effect, were not far to zeek, can read, excepting the and it may still be worth while to insist upon

are all put to the sanie laborious work, thom. As against Russia, it is well to recall that, from the days of the armed neutralitles and in the event of their being physically punishments are very crued. The English. wards, her traditional policy has been to able to perform their allotted taske, their favour a "ory restricted list of contraband; thatost-o-nina-tails" is nothing to the terrors of when in 1877, as again in 1900 and 1901, she ineluded in il materials servant de faire sauter less obstacles" the examples given of such materials were things so immediately fitted for warlike neo as las mines, les torpillos, dynamite," &a; and that what is said as to conditional contrabai" by her trusted adviser, Professor de Martons, in his Droit International." t. III (1887), pp. 351-354, cau scarcely be reconciled with hor reccu: notion.

But & still stronger argument against the inclusion of cotton in the list of absolute contraband is that this is wholly without for Demand Drafts on London on the day of or procedent. It has, indeed, been alleget that preceding the Departure of the English-Maiotton was declared to contraband "by the also Table of Yearly Approximate Averages

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the "bodiga." In this instrument of torture. the prisoner is se fixed that he can neither move nor cry out, and wire thongs, bound at the end with pointed tin, strike his back at frequent intervals.

Othertortures to which prisoners are subjected are too dreadful to write abit; and during all these tortures the prisoner is prevented by gags from obtaining even the poor relief of a scream. Surely the horrors of the saltminus of Ilotskays are nothing compared with the abominations uz Saghutien Pall Mall.

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ST. PETER'S CHURCH, Queen's Road West. Eighth Sunday after Trinity. Holy Communion 7.30 am. Morning prayer. 11 am.Venite, Savago; Te Deum, Oateley; Jubilate, Lemon; Hymns, 111, 147, 158, and 187. Holy Communion 12.15, Evening Prayer 6.30-Mugaifent, Barnby, Nase Dimittis, Tucker; Hymns, 99, 168, 184. and 25-1.

The Church laanel Payspring, will tail on ships carrying white crew, to bring Grinda shure se the services, between 935 and 10.30 am.. and between 5.16 and 6 pm, (Kowloon Polico Plor The 10.30 and 6), returning afterwards.

Answering Pennant "Is the call flag. All the sittings are free and wunppropriated, Visitors

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MINING Charb vanngesunohanged and with- out business. Ranha contigas with sellora at 23.

DOCK, WHARVES, AND GODOw Ns.- Hong- kong and Whamps Docks bava ohanged hands during the week as $195, but close firm or with Wharres continu, in lumand at 310) al sales buyera

and no allors at $136. Kowloon

are reported at S1021, holdera usking higher ratas at time of closing. Farnhams haya boen placed locally at Tis, 112 mei 14. The latest Shanghai quotation is Tis 140.

LANDS, HOTELS AND BUILDINGS--A can- timed investing demand for Lands have further sent the rate up to $123 at which shares ar now enquired for a few shares are obtainable forward at an equivalent rate liat no sitable buyers come forward. Wast-Points have alay improved with an incouting demand to 856 wilbout bringing out any shares. Humplireys hare been placed at $1250 and $12) pad clos with sellers at former rate. Hongkong Hotels wore in some demand in the early part of the weak, and a few lots changed hand at 3141 for cash and, at 813 for December: the market closes with probable buyers at 8147:

COTTON MILLS.The Stingui quotations como firm, Hongkongs are want15od at cash.

MISCELLANEOUs. Ching, Provj ten to have rson to 39 with sales, Groon Islands to 828 after sales at $264, 827 and $75 Watsons to 313 after sales at 815 and $134 Stesm Waterboats have doclined to $115. No other business or changes to report arider this heading.

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