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POLICE COURT,

Friday, 25th August.

Brons Mu. F. A. HAZELAND (FIRST POLTCK MAGISTRATE).

A DISHONEST PLUMBER.""

Chiu' Fak, senolic was charged with steading gas fittings. He pretended to be an employs of the Gas Company, and also had bill-kend of an imaginary company, the Loung Yikebung, whis company, he representad supplied fittings to the Gas Company, Tho "othee" of his company was the rear cubicle of a coolie tenemont in Reclamation Street,

Yaumalí

Mr. Tarry, Superintendent of the Fittings Department, old that seven years ago he had employed this caglio; bat know nothing of. him since.

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The police said the man had undertaken work in a pricate house, and had, stolen the fittings lo put ib.

Threo works in prison, six bours' stocks, and subsequent Banishment. was the decision of

the magistrato.

GAMBLERS.

..

required.

HAMBURG,

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26TH, 1905.

COTTON TRADE IN AMERICA.

PARIS.

(Rom our CORRESPONDENT.);

Paris, 21st July.

THE NEW EMBASSY.

Everyone in a position to do so. is leaving this torrid city, as quickly as they can. There aro na further attractions left, no cause for

realthy people and society folks to zamsin behitul, new that the Grand Prix, the Gordon Bennett Cup Race. the visit of British naral officers, and the National Péte, are things of the past. Among the latest social functions was the brilliant revopsion given by Sir Francis and Lady Foodorowna" Bertin in their ow

THE "LONG HING".

PHOTO COMPETITION FOR AMATEURS

$220.00 IN PRIZES.

ENTRIES FREE.

CALL OR WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

-LONG, -HING & Co.,

17. QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL, HONGKONG.

THE

BURLINGTON.

Opposite the HONGKONG HOTEL, 2. Pedder Street: -

IN Order to clear all our BUMMER STOCK to make Room for AUTUMN GOODS

which will be displayed at the beginning of next month.

OUR GREAT CLEARANCE SALE - FOR CASH

WILL BE CONTINUED UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH

A FURTHER REDUCTION OF 10 PER CENT. FROM THE

MARKED PRICES,

Since then they have lived-on-the-spoils of f their guns, killing or winding indiscriminately back, doo and kids until the game, which had ben fairly plontiful before their arrival, bas Ilamburg, 25th July.. boon slight-rod or scarnt away, while voitures and other carrion birds have been drawn to the THE WEIGH COALFIELDH "The purò hase of the Whitworth confffelds in spot in increasing numbers. The family in Wales by a Gerran syndiente, of which Messrs, question have now changed their scope of A do Frei tas & Co., one of the most enterprising action, having word on to Momba, which will, shipping firms of this port aro the originators, no doubt, suffer in a like manner, unless the seems to have greatly exercised the minds of governor, Count Götz, who is shortly export the press and public in England, and has eveniat Karogwe, adopts means to stop such Refarious led to the Socrotary for the Navy being practions. questioned on the subject in the House. At the first. blush it was appear, unwise to allow foreigners to obtain posession of coal minesjú

INSUFFICIENT LAHOUE BUPPLY. the United Kingdom, seeing that the supply of

The cotton manufacturer in the southern Tuol to the hary is of paramount importans in part of the United Staten have oncourtore time of war: still the statement of Mr. Pratyanother problem in the developmunt of the palatial and official residence-the British mao in Parliainent the other night ought to industry, which is fully us serious at present as Enlassy, nois the most magnificent mausion of allay all apprcho amont on that secre. He said the question of the supply of raw material. its kind in Paris. It sadly vencied dis altern-

Next in

importance to hang cetiou to couvert that the enalfield, which had bevu in the market into cloth, is the necessity of having people to tions and improvements which have just been for several years without failing a buyer was moxfacturo it, and thus is where the trouble completed. When nixt his Majesty, King Edward VII, visits the French capital, he will. not a very extensive cae and not comprised in lies. It is a fact that so many mitte hero baan the area producing such coal as the abuiralty constructed in various parts of the soath that certainly to delighted with the residence of his the supply of labour is nearly oxhepated, and alreals in some of the states they are experienpopular representative. Everything possible Mr. Carlos de Freitas, a member of the firms.oing what might be calledalabour famine, Sorocal has been done to carry out the wishes of the when int-vied by a representative of the of the larger in companies have actually been King--to make the British Embassy in Paris

to utilies kl able to secure enough operatives

the most sumptaons that could be desired. Daily Mail, declared it to ban purely comer their machinery, and have hapu obliged to partly The reason for this threatened labour famine white people are depende spon in the mills to operate practically all the machinery. Negross havo been used about only in performing unskilled rails owned by negroes; who have been trying great things, to whoever might ohon to bity to experiments of using their own ruce. Thus however, those experiments have failed. They had se intoation of importing Gorman la principal caill labour in the south comes Three coolies wore fard for boing on M-Workman on masse und were going to have the from the mountains, and as they no sỏ cóm-1 well attended, Thus the Thantra Antique too, has leut powerful assistance by taking With CHAMBER for 10 CARTRIDGES

concern registered as an English company in paratirely for in number the rapid expansion at Orange, in the department of the Venduso of the industry has placed nearly all in service."

measures for the iuuuguration of three im Otside of the south the foxtile operatives (an important placy in the time of the portaut stations on the French and Algerian are confined principally to Now England, and Romana); "wakes up" neat week with peraste.The series of important exporiments southern juanufactures are now goúsi ting toe idea of skeuring some of these peopie it possible formu nces of Shakespeare's Julius Teer nod hegan some twelve months ago between the MERCHANT NAVY - but it in doublful if they will sice One reason is lauks of the climate; wheel is NO auch warmer that they object to living in it, but the principal drawback is the small sale of wages paid on an average in the south. The erage rate is understood to be much "per than paid in La non-hire, while it ranges from 20 to 10 per cent, loss than the amount pad in the northou states. The average sum feceived by oporatives in the south in bat a litt over ous guicos per week for attending spinning machinery, while the wages the womon receive runge between fifteen skilings and soventeen shillings per week. In the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the principal mill towns of the southern states, the weekly pay-roll of 1,240-hands in but £1,0.0.

Seven coolins from the Yeo Yin Timber Yarıl were charged with gambling, at the instance of Sergeant Parr. They were fined $3 earl..

DUMPING RUDRISY.

Another coolis was fined $ for throwing rublish over the wall of the Diocesan Girls

cial tran-nction about which either the GermBourtail operations on this account. in that not the British &vernment had been consultat. They owned coal mines in other countries, as well, for the purpose of supplying their own ship, and should be happy to sell the produes BEFORE MR. G. N. ORMY BECOND POLICE of the Whitworth colliery: of which they expected

MAGISTRATS.)

Schoul.

TRESPAS

Mason's premises at No. 7, Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon. One of them hati previously boon warned off.

.CRIMINAT, BREACH OF TEST.

la Aa Szo was remanded on a charge of criminal breach of trast in respect of some jewallory. He had just been arrested by Sort Farber on board the s. Silesia, which arrived from Singapore.

NEIGHBOURS AT VARIANCE.

Mr. J. Holmes, ef Salisbury Avenue, Kow loon, summoned Mrs. Eldoton, of the same place, for using laugnage liable to provoke a breach of the pance.

31r. Holmes stated that as he was walking along with two ladies, the defendant came on Sho said her verandah and spoke to him "he was a great bust, and that his house was like a beer shop: ho had no respect for his Witness was quite sober mother and sisters. when defendant said to bin-"Your conduct jy dling raceful."

Mrs. Robinson said the Holmos were quiet people; they played the piano but did not sing

nich.

Mrs. Drummond deposed that on the evening of the 12th July she was at the residence

of Mrs. Holines. They sat on the verandat

Lontion.

far,

male

ezeption of two or three cotton

It is a great pity that the press should take every opportunity to ferment the foulings of jealousy and distrust, which undoub; etist- at the present moment lotron the to pooplos; but I am glad to my that the ox fansat cansad by this incident is gradually subsing. To question is being ask why German capital should not be permitted to be ouployed in British industries, when such a wast uumber of industrial and mining works all over the world owe their existened to and are kept One of thr going with English oyital London papers oron suggests that the introde- tion of improved and more economical methods by German mining engineers may prove a beon to the country, as it may lead to the resumption of work in ranny pits which are now-lying-idie.Thyituation threatens to chock further being considered unprofitably. Thousands of development of setton manufacturing in the workmen might thus find employment.

south for some time to coma. With the brighter About ocal the following figures show the outlook for the cotton trade, capital is available for the construction of new mille, especially in: production, the exports and imports for the first the south-west, but it is in this part of the six months of the present your as compared with country that the labour ugly is most deficient. those of the same-period in 1904 ----

It is any down be constructed at all in The out-put of coal amounted to

the near future, unless the companies succeed in getting Mexican labour to handle the machinery. The textile industry in Mexico has assumed such proportions that quite a large number of the people of this country are now fairly export in manufacturing cotton. Whether they can be induced to vome into the States, however,

is another question. Pail Mail Gazetic.

56,030,000 tons against 58,826,000 tesis, That of lignite to

24,044,000 tons against 29,254,000 Lous.

aul conversed on gonoral topics from mine T Lu production of cuky to o'clock until about tan.

His Worship-You wouldn't disturb the sighbourhood by talking, would you?-No, sir. We would not..

"What did you do next-We had gorus fun with the dog.

Were they barking, and did you throw stones at them-No, we drossed them up, and they were put through sono tricks,

They wern proity good at tricks were they Very good.

They looked as if they had had practice at it ?—I cannot say.

6,555,000 tons agaiant 5,000,000 tons! Apri that of briquettes, &c., tu

4,078,000 tons against 5,440,000 tons.

Exports: Coal.

3,192,000 tons against 8,563,000 tous. whilst the imports roached 1,519,000 tang” of which 3,750,00| tons from the Unit-d Kingdom, against 3,121,000 tons of which 2-11000 tons Tom Great Britain, uxe us being accounted for by the strike in the Rabr district,

BOAT RACES : DRELIN TAKES TEN PRIZES. The Alster boat races which 1 mentioned in my last came of on the 15th and 16th Inat. The

Were they? It boars on the question, yon under most favourable circumstances. sew and I should like to know?--Yes.

How long were you at that I couldn't possibly say.

weather which looked throatouing in the mord- ing of both days cleared up towards noon, bathing thin landscape in bright sunlight. The sight on Sunday was a brilliant one; erewds of When that was finished did you leave the mee, rounn and children in their Sunday bost

About half an hour I have no idea.

houseWe did.

What did you do then I wont home. When was that?-About 10.30 or 10.45-μm. How many of you left Three of us. Did you hear anything as you were going on the road lume?Yes, Mrs. Erobleton oma on

hor verandah and spoke to us

Was she indigonut?--Vory....

Road tho banks of the great lake, while the hoat-houses and bargon belonging to the differant einba were well el with spotators of bath sex-s in gay attire. Numerous staal craft of all kinds and descriptious zaoving to and fro added aniumtion to bli scons. There was of cours', a great display of buuting, and dags of all nations wore sean floating on the breeze.

The result of the rugutta was, however, rather

You had just finished playing with the dogs disappointing for Hamburg, for of the twenty-

a few minntes before →Yes.

Was the very excited?—Yes.

four prizas offere3. fourteza wore carried off by other crews, Borlinalone taking ten. The most

· doubtfid if of the

IN THE PROVINCES,

Visitors to the country and sen-site have been exemptionally woll catered far this year in the matter of orsoments. It may not be generally

known, but as the Paris theatres close thoir

doors the play houses in the provinces begin their season. Provincial theatre creol in open air performances, and thus latter, as a rule, are

Berlion's Inn Troygas under the management the Countesse Greffus, n fady well known for her interest in ove:ything concerning the stage. The Theatre du Peuple de Büssing fashionable Spa in the Vorges-proposed to open ita season on Sunday, August ith, with Te Soir de Boef, a rustic throw not comedy, with songs by M. M.-Suvray and Maurice Pottecher, and music by 31. 1. Michelet. Ou August 12, 14. and 27 La Pursion de Heanne d'Arc, drama in five nots and 'seven fallerix, by 37. Patterher. will be given, and other interesting and attractive plays. The Arenes de Beziers, in the department of the Herault,will, towards the closa; of next month, give Les Heretiquos, by M. A. Ferd Bond Herold, music by M. Ch. Levacié. under the management of 3. Castelbou. Do Beauxbester. At the Theatre de la Nature, of Couterols-another favourita Spa in the High Pyrenees--a splendid repertoire has been drawn "P, consisting of Wagner's Siegfried, Semiramis, Antigone, Les Brynics, Alkestis, La Midée, Maeterlinck's found Vanne and, last but not least, 77 Arlesienne, These performancer take place in the afternoon from two to six, and are exceedingly popular.

MADE IN ENGLAND.

THE WELSH COAL FIELDS. The growing practice among foreign man The Pall Mall Gozelfs saya ---The origins] facturers of marking their goods with English ramour of a German attempt to bay up the bulk, or phrases of i osture to lord to the fab of the Welsh steam collieries has turned out supposition that they are British goods, can no as it was bound to do to be short.Any such longer te permitted Tho vit hoe lusted quite purchase would have been a matter of so many millions that no syndicate imaginable would long enough, and the time for decisirs action have attempted it, even if it were conscivable has set in. The important question is to bo dis- that any British Government would have permitted it Nevertheless, it is now known that a certain very valuable coal valute has been purchased by a German syndicate, on estate Containing, it is estimated, 401,000,050 tons of poil, half of which is believed to be the best atraz cool.

the In these sironmstances nation will expect the Government to set-

apexazuuled proc-oding" which Mr. Balfour and promptly. This is surely, just that bas told the House of Commons would unquestionably require ereptional treatment." It la quite bad enough that we should permit the sale of steam coal irdiscriminately to foreign navies; but that we should actually permit our possibl enemies to own our steam collieries is intolerable. What are tho Govornmout going te-de?

CHINA BORROWING FROM BELGIUM.

cussed at the meeting of thesociated Charibers of Commerce at Liège next September. Mr. W. Hanning, a prominent member of the British Chamber of Commerco in Paris, has taken up the question in earnest, with the firm inter Tion of abolishing the nuisance which could notle more detrimental to British trade abroad.

TELEPHONE No. 586.

Hongkong. 15th August, 1905.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. Never-have-the Fronok military authorities given so much attention to wireless telegraphy as at the present moment. The Government,

capital and several of the great military camps in the provinces have just been resumed, and they are being most attentively followed. The Big Tower will be the general centre. from which point all communication will be systematically carried on for a considerable: period with Chalons, Verdun, and other parts The results are expected to be mest satisfactory according to the Minister of War and the Minister of Posta und Telegraphs.

FOREIGN INVESTMENTS.

The Singapore Free Press says:- Far away fowls have fair feathers is an old Scottish proverb, and the idea underlying it may account for the city which the British investor is ready to display is unncial-enterprises outside the Empire, and in places wliose chief romance is that of remoteness and geographical mystery. One would think that the Empire itself coo- in abundance enough of lepra incognita to provide the imaginative speculator with audiens planting his money. Whore, however, many err numbers of out-of-the-way regions as a field for is in proferring investment in countries outside of British jurisdiction and not under the opera- fion of the various Limited Liability Companies

Acts or Ordinances that tike effect within

the Empire. It is too often found that British investors in companies of foreign status Inve the annoyance of discovering that their interests have no sufficient protection owing tho inade guacy or partiality of local foreign company law, and so can to regret the day when they were so ill-advised us to trust savings within non-British territories, or to the control of foreign directorates. Dus of the most recent cases is one whose locality is in proximity to Singapore, namely the Langkat Tubusco Company. A home paper stator that the ordinary shareholders in this concern tried to hold a meeting in Londouto consider the scheme of the company, but failed to get a quorue, and the mosting had to be adjourned. Maantino one of the saareholders publishes this wail, which is typical of the feeling of money hopelessly lockel up in other places than Sumatra :-

British Deli and

Mr. Huning's metion will certainly meet with and on the sane lines as our own law? Is it.

1

registered in

ahore

Then the company to be formed under the scherie is to be nader Dutch law. Why should it? What is Dutch law? Is it limited liability,

the warmest support on the part of his com

not a leap in the dark to most Englishm-n? short time ago an netion was reported mercial countrymen. and he could not have Only

a shareholder in a com- pross against a chosen a more auspicions occasion for the in the

pany rezistored in California, by the laws of exposing of such a wrong as the Liège meeting, which State, if I remember rightly, & Mr. Hanning maintains that representations holder holding fully-paid shares is liable to be made to the Foreign Offien in London with roditora for an amount equal to the amount of

his bares, and he can be individually sued. a view to secure the effectual application to this Then, does not French law give a proference reprehensible practice of the provisions of the to creditors in France over the assets in the company be one. | Convention of Madrid Industrial Property of company, although the

England Sonis long time ago the Apr 14, 1994" It must be aduitted that the case of a hotel in Paris, the complay being an persistent fraudulent as of British marks. English one, cours to me. The stoution that Dan Mining and other companies and Bright's and descriptions by unscrupulons Continental has new has called in the Pros to Santi, Afri manufacturers tands to become more and more Light and Power Company in Argentina are With regard to the agreement for the Tientsin a very serious question for British traders freak in one's recollection. "then pass 1 thringa mang handa, fin lung its way

Chinking

kinte Hailway, drafted by Great Britain

The wretched recrid of the British Deli to the Thato s once morgia 1881, bet seong ko

and Gary, the Wiwup, in accordance with Euriiahmen who live and trode shroad aro

Tobacco Company comes to n worthy termina- You word surprised to be spoken to like that? again in the following year. The Viking Clan the petition of the people of Shantnug provines rooived as far as is possible to maintain tion, and no wonder that at the mosting, called

has communicated to the British Minister its of Berlin was the wione last summer, aub

goods and no shoddy. Unless something is nary shurobillers was not present and the British Minister replied that that was impossible done to protect them from frand, flier ham morting stands adjchritud. With 4d, a shers surprise nord he felt if the bolders abandon urgeatly to his own Gorerament, is doing his bound to suffer reverely in the eyes of the worlds offered for the 21 full-ped Ordinery Shares no

their interestin disgust. be through the Governor of Tsingtao, to however innoent they may be.

You could set press too strongly upon in- suppress the opposition in Blutung.-

Braate has uut jet x'cavored from the alfootestors the need of aggertsining exactly the pos tion they will be in, under the laws of of the terrific evclone which visited her nearly foreign countries and, of our colonies, Infore they invest in any compray not registered at Suwerset Hceso.

A Peking Telegram to the N.-C. Daily News, dated 16th inat..arya The Chines Government What did she sayShe said we ought exciting recaphape was that for the came to swing a farther sum of 12.70700 met to her shament-of-on solses for disturbing the Challenge Cup proiectel-by-the-Saute in 1536-1-844-from Bolgian capitalists, far railway What did you do?—Mr. Holmas asked her when it was won by a London bost, it has sine, extension, and the agreement has been signed.

neighbourhood.

if she was addressing him.

-Y+E.

What did she my to Mr. Holmes --She galloudly did than defend their prize on the desire to e-neel the agreement, to which Britain's reputation on the Continent for sound to give affect to the scheme, a quorum of Urdi-

ait. You beast: you have no respect for your mother or sisters; your house is like boer shop."

What did you think of the nelso in the house I did not think there was much, and there was certainly not enough to make a disturbance about.

Witpose further stated that if she annoyed anybody, even unwittingly, It would be her duty to offer an apology. She still ex reesed her regret if she annoyed the complainant More than that, she wished to clear Mr. Holmes who was blameless in the matter.

Mrs.

Embleton informed His Worship that they were trying to sleep, but were unable to do so owing to the disturbance which prevailed from 9 to 11pm

present ocension in a coke to neck race with the Hellas mor, also from the capital. They asemed the lead at tas sari and kept it up to within about fly-yard from the insing past when two of their mon ok down and the Hellas, rushing past, seek the to phy. The Helas crew wera in oreillent form und inst accesstal for having outeriel for six races, they were victorions in every one of tbn.

The rogata was not an international ore this timo, as none but firmas crews competed We have not seen on English boat fire for sever I years, whilst the "Veeper Boat Club" of Philadelphis, which had engaged to come, failed to put in mu upperance after their defcat at Houley, Thà Alaute from New York

DEA MAN, COLONISTS, AND BOERS.

His Worship dismissed the summons, remusk-abio scrateliod befors the start ing that if there had been a cross-summons ho should bare bound the complainant over to bo of good behaviour.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. The I.G.M. str. Roon, carrying the German mails with dates from Berlin of the 1st August, left Singapore on Friday at 8 a.m., and may be expected here on Presday, the 29th inst. at 1 p

The P. & 0. str. Pera left Singapore for this. port on the 24th iast, at noon.

while the German Minister, after telegraphing

THE AFFAIR A” CHANGSHA.

„HEAVY" DAMAGERY CICLONE.

"The N.C. Dug" Ners says Mr. Dennertz a fortnight ago. Not within living manory as wires us from Ch nesha ander date of the Euch a ralunits ever occurred in this constry.

The scheme put forward by the Bei'ish Deli 19th inst, that the sum of The. 5,300 spally

out the capital juterast of all shareholder alike, awarded in in setti ment of his claim is An idea will be formed of its violence, when it Company is deplorable. Is it intended to wipe both preferens and ordinary, giving them a insuficient to pay his debts, and the proclama, is stated that in less than half an hour, twe tjón issued-a'. The same time is unsatisf ctors, and that bis wife and himself are now destitue departments were entirely devastated, causing pussilla romote interest in a fractional part of a money loss exeding £800,000 True, the any profits in the distant futura This revis extent of the damage tua bien equaled before explanation. To these shareholders who may but it has always been by floods, and heen the have a large family of great-grandchildren, it work of sevend, days The late calamity only told out hopes of pin-molity to desnon

dants still unborn, but that is all. The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued crempied wiuates to reduce the departinents of On the shore the Morning Post makes the following report:—

On the 25th at 155 am: The baromoter the kisno and Ardennes-to-o-wilderness. In these remarke: It is perhaps, not very has fallen slightly at a stations, except in E. a wide region, having Laon for a centre, two difficult to surmise why in this case the new company, is to be a Dutch one dens doring its

WEATHER BEPORT.

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The dissatisfaction with the Boer immigrants Jap are indications of the existence of storm clouds, one moving from the south-east Dutch-evauection. It was originally formed

in Germ East Africa seonas to be growing.

There

Luzon

The Veumiare Post of Jave 24th contains depression in the Pacific to the E. or N.. of and the other from the south-west, wet and another letter cumplaining of the havoe they play among the game. Three months previously a Boor family reusisting of two men, a woman and five children had appeared in the neighbour hood of Eurogwe. They were entirely destitute and applied to the authorities for assistance

Pressure appears to be low also over Korea. High pressure cores E. Japan.

Gradients continas slight on the China const, and light to moderate variable winds may be expected in the Formoss Channel, and the N. part of the China SM.

Forecast:-Light variable winds; tine.

burst into a syclone, which took a northerly course, levelling towns and villages along its ronte, leaving the cultivated country's perfect desert Paris too suffered severely from a similar hurricane, a few days ago, considerable damage was done, and several ligas fost

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to take over the business of Messrs. Wynon and Van Steeden, it has long been working endor an agreement with the Deli Mast-chappij which advanced the money to enable it to moot its liabilities, and the new company is be called the Rimboon Tabak Maatschappij. Nevertheless our correspondent's warning as to the danger of the position of English shareholders in foreign ecountries is quite appropriate and timely."

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