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INTIMATION

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

questions in dispute, and events bavo taken a turn by the reported decision to transform Tibet into a province of China, under the control of a Viceroy. The formal incorpor. ation of Tibet as a province of China by

A. S. WATSON & CO., proclamation at Peking seems likely only

to accentuato the difficulties; and the state ment that "when the incorporation of Tibet as a province of China is accomplished there can exist on the part of England no cause for apprehension of hostile movements in that quarter," inquires mach more than TO mere assertion to justify its confident accept- In our view it will afford neither a guarantee against hostile movements in Tibet net na assurance thint

CHEMISTS BY APPOINTMENT

HIS EXCELLENCY THE

GOVERNOR

anço as an assurance.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 9г¤, 1906.

Spampani's Circus is nightly affording con. siderable entertainment, and though the audi- ones might occasionally to larger the pro- gramme is always appreciated.

TELEGRAMS, THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO.

["DAILY FEESS" BXCLUSIVE SERVICO.]

The examination in Scottish history promoted PRINCE ARTIIUR IN JAPAN, there were present. Hon. Mr. R. Shonau, by the St. Andrew's Society took pinas yeator- day at the City Hall. Only seven candidatos Mr. W. D. Braidwood is to came forward, adjudicate on the papore.........

Ships arriving from the South report expericusing a strong mousson and heavy ceas, This doubtless accounts for the delay in the arrival of the English Mnil steamer which was expected at daylight yesterday but did not reach here until last evening.

The value of the imports into Great Britain

KOBE, March 8th.

POLICE COURT.

Thursday, March 8th,

BEFORE MR. P. A. HAZELAND (FIRST POLICE MAGISTRATE).

A PUBLIC HOUJE DISPUTE, Two sailors from the Andromeda unmed Kennedy and Stringer were charged with dis- orderly conduct at the Rose, Thistle and Sham- rock Inn. They had had some refreshment, when trouble arising over the breaking of a

The 37th ordinary mooting of sharchoklars in thia Company was held yesterday at the offices, 3, Queen's Road, Me, A. G. Wood presided, and

Mesurs, N. A. Siebs, A. Haupt, H. W, Stode, E. Shellin, E. Gosta (directors), A. O. Apoar, W. G. Saunders, A. Forbes, Captain Goddard; J. J. H.R.H. Prince Arthar of Con-Loirla, A. H. M. da Silva, Chan Pat, W. H. T. naught has experienced variable and Davis, with the secretary. Mr. C. Perbarion.

The secretary having read the notice calling cold weather during his visit the weating, Kagoshima.

TheCBAIEMAN Baid-Gentlemen-Thersportglass the first defendant leaped over the counter and statement of the Company's accounts for and caught the barmaid by the arm and tried to the past year having been in your hands for a twist it. His Worship fined the first defendant fortnight, I will now, subject to your approval. St and discharged the second. It is a matter of regret to the Board that the adopt the usual course, and take them as road.

year 1905 did not turn out as favourably on expected

aftor the promising balance of

to

at

A

His Royal Highness arrived Kobe to-day in bonutiful weather. reception was held at the British

the old system of shutting out Anglo-Indian for 1995 in roturued at £365,279,402, which Consulate.

trade will not be renewed,

WITHIN the past few weeks we have

HYGIENOL published telegraphic news of Funds

(REGISTERED},

A POWERFUL

having been opened in Londen, Melbourne and now in Ottawa for the relief of the population in the thres provinces of Japan stricken by famine. Upwards of a million people are wholly dependent upon the charity of the public for support until the next rice harvest. In Japan itself the people, notwithstanding the heavy calls made upon their purses in the shape of war taxes and charitable funds for the relief of distress occasioned by the war during the past two years, have responded nobly to these new.uppeals for assistance, aud. the Relief Funds have also been supported DEODORISER not only by the Foreign comunities in

DISINFECTANT

GERMICIDE

CHEAP

HARMLESS

EFFECTIVE.

compares with £551,038,624 in 1904, and shows

au increase of £14.240,774. The total of the PRENCH NAVAL PROGRAMME. $260,37-1.35 carried forward at the end of that exports for the year was £330,023 407 us com- pared with £300711,04 for 1904, being an increase of £29,311,427.

It has been said that the Dreadnought is the

LONDON, March 8th.

tioned the building of six battleships. The French Government has sanc-

PAYMENT OF M.P'S.

most powerful battleship under construction but as a matter of fact this statement is incorrect says a London contemporary. That honour indisputably belongs to the Japanese battleship Satsuma, which is already well advanced of Yokoauka. The Satsuma is a little larger than

LONDON, March Stlı, the Dreadnought, displacing 19,250 tons, and

The House of Commons has passed carries a slightly more powerful battery-tean resolution, by a majority of 238, in 12-inch and twelve 4.7-inch gan», with armour of about the same thickness. The other details favour of payment of members of the Saluzia arc, however, unknown to all oxo-pt the British Admiralty.

SUPREME COUNT.

Thursday, March 8th.

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

Beroes Mr. A. G. WISE (POISNE JUDOE).

AN ILLEGAL STRUCTURE.

Japan but by sympathisers in other Eastern cities, including Shangbai. By means of this timely assistance much suffer- ing has been prevented and lives bared. A gentleman who bas recently visited, the affected districts and carefully inquired into the situation, writes to the papera an The Hung On Chan firm sand the Tak Las assurance that the appeals are based on well Loong to recover the sum of $821,60, being as ascertained facts and do not exaggerate into 3701.60 amount paid to Mesars. Yuen Wo by the least; they only fail in making real the plaintiffs on behalf of the defendants for work done on premises at Nos. 80. 81 and 83, the wide extent and acuteness of the misery Connaught Road Central, and as to balance of which obtains." Additional confirmation $120 for a plan. offers itself in an appeal made by officials in the Miyagi Prefecture to the A. S. WATSON & CO..[ Department of Agriculture for a grant of 260,000 yen, the estimated cost of food to LIMITED,

support the sufferers in that prefecture during the three wonths of March April and May, The gentleman above referred to states in his letter to the

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"NOPICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. OXLTcommunications relating to the same enlum i should be addressed to Fns EDITOR,

Correspondents must forward their names and ad- dresses with communications addreaued to the Editor, not for publication but as evidence of grad faith,

All lasters for publication alould Le critten on one side of the paper or y

Parliament.

of

to

year, but we wore unfortunate enough to have meet exceptionally heary olsime to the extent of $151,220.61 on our usexpired rieke

enables us to pay our ugnal dividend of $6 per during 1905, so that the year has only reunited in profit of $131,41929. This, however,

share, and to transfer $11,4438.29 to the Extra Reserve Fund, Your Directors regret that they are unable to recommend the boats of $1 per share as distributed last year, but this can only be expected when results are exceptionally favourable. Turning nor to the Working Account of 1905, it is pleasant to be able to report that the sum of $344,098.08 is the largest that has been carried forward since the inception of the Company, and with ordinary good fortune we have every reason to POLITICAL CRISIS IN FRANCE.hop for a much better out-tarn than the previons year showed. Both Premium and Interest Accounts show increases, and with regard to the former this se copcoially satis. factory, as at the end of last year we closed down a part of our London business which was proving unprofitable. Losses during the year were about the average, but this is chiefly due (The state of public feeling in France on--to-the-unfortunate-conflagration-in-Gobain this subject may be gathered from the graphic March last by which we suffered considerably. account gives by our Paris correspondent of The Companies surveyors have reported upon the raceus deplorable encounter at the Church of Sto. Clotilde]

the properties in Hongkong under mortgage to us, and the Board are perfectly satisfied with the security in each instance. I am sorry to say that Mr. G. L. Tomlin tins lead to go home

LONDON, March 8th.

The French Government has been defeated on the question of Church Inventories and has resigned.

BROTBE'S SERVICE.)

THE MOROCCO CONFERENCE.

LONDON, March 6th. The Russian delegate at Algeciras has submitted a proposal for a Franco-Spanish police force is Morocco, as the only solution of the question. M. Revo il, in supporting

Mr. Otto Kong Sing uppoured for the plain. tiffe, and Mr. C. F. Dixon (of Mr. John Hasting' office) represented the defendants.

Mr. Kong Sing said the plaintiffs were the keepere of a Chinese boarding house, and about July last took over new premises, These houses were Chinese, and constructed in the the proposal, said that France was prepared ordinary way of such houses, each containing to organise a fores of 2,000 Moors at eight three apper flats, making in all nine flats. The of the principal ports; Herr von Radowitz plaintiffs were desirous of having these flatszintained that all the Powers should

A BEACHCOMBER.

John Reynolds, of no occupation, was oharged with being druck and disorderly, and on being convicted was fined $3.

ABBAULTING A DETECTIVE.

Two natives were prosecuted by a Chinese detectivo-one for being unlawfully premises and the other for assaulting him on certain

and when the latter came ont he arrosted him. When the detrative was on duty, he noticed a coolie go up to the house No. 11, Sin Hing Lane

A second coolis emerged from the house and him. For this he was fined $10 and the other catching the detective by the queue assaulted was sentenced to fifteen days' imprisonment.

BEFORE MR. C. D. MELBOURNE (SECOND POLIOR MAGISTRATE).

IMPERSONATING THE POLICE. Two Chinese and J. A. Mursten were charged with that they did felonioa-ly and with menucas

demand from the complaicaut, Choung King, the sum of 810 with intent to staal the same; that not being members of the police force, they unlawfully did assume the designation of police officers. The third defendant was fur- ther charged with having a revolver and five rounds of ammunition in his possession without a license from the Captain Superintendent of Polica

Chief Detective Inspector Hanson proscented and Mr. E. P. H. Lang (of Mossra Deacon, Looker und Dencon) represented the third defendant.

Detective Sergeant Cashman sisted that when he arrested the third defendant be ou sick leave, and I am sure that you will all carried a re-chambered revolver which}[was join me in wishing him a speedy recovery.loaded. Ho was also possessed of a police These are all the remarks I think you will whistle.

therefore conclade by moving "that the expect from me, gentlemen, bad I will To Mr. Lang-Anyone was entitled to carry

a police whistle. Directors Report and Statement of Accounts for the year 1905, as presented, be adopted." After this has been seconded, I shall be happy to reply to any questions that may be put relating to the business before the meeting.

This was seconded by Mr. ORANGE, and approved.

On the motion of Mr. SAUNDERS, seconded

and Mr. N. A. Siebs were re-elected directors.

The auditors, Messrs. W. H. Potis and A. Rimprisonment with hard labour and six hours' On the second charge all three Lowe, were re-appointed on the motion of Mr. defandants were found guilty and each was A. O. APCAR, Seconded by Mr. FORBES.

The CHAIRMAN-That is all the businese, six weeks. The third defendant was found ordered to pay a fine of $150 or go to gaol for gertlemen,

Thank you for your attendance, Div doud warrants will be posted this afternoon. guilty on the third const and fined $10, in

default one week's imprisonment. CANTON.

Major Watkin said the third defendant had "been engaged by him as a clerk for about

twelve months.

He knew him to be sober, panotaal and industrious, and

was quite surprised to hear of the charge brought against him.

After further evidenos had been heard, his Worship found the third defendant not guilty

second and sentenced both to thres mantha'

Press that the machinery is now in motion altered so that they might be used as a Chinese participate in policing the count ry, in order by Captain GODDARD, the Hou, Mr. R. Slewan on the first charge, but cenricted the first and

that will afford relief throughout the afficted districts, but money is insufficient. "Millions of yen," he says, "must be expended to feed, clothe and carry the million and more destitute persons until the harvests can be gathered." That being

boarding house.

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With that view they sugaged to secure economic equality; the British an architect to draw plans, and these plans were passed by the PW.D. The defendants word

Spanish and Portuguese deputies supported then engaged as contractors and the plans handed M. Revail. to them witli instructions that the work was to be carried out according to the p'ags. contract price was $3,195, and this was increased

The

No anonymously signed communications that have

"other. already appeared in papara will be (ssorted.

Orders for sutra covros of JAILY PRZSB should be the hoe we are sure no further words are to $2,225, of which $2,140 had been paid by the

sent before 11 am, on day of publication. After that hour the supply u limited. Only supplies! O Zalographic Addresi: Passo, Coderi 4.8,0, 5th #d

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The Daily Press.

Нонакома, Манси 9тн, 1906,

The Anglo-Tibetan Convention of 1904 provides that the first instalment of the indemnity which the British Government exacted from the Tibetans as reparation for breaches of treaty obligations and for insults offered to and attacks upon the BRITISH COMMISSIONEE and bis escort in their pro- gress to Lhassa shall be payable on Jan. lat, 1906. We are to the present date without nows that the payment has been

needed to commend to public support the concert which LADY PIGGOTT is promoting to be held by kind permission of H. E. the Govnмor at Government House on the 27th lust, with the object of adding to the fund at the disposal of the relief com- mittee in Japan.

We are informed by the Oxford Local Com- mittee that 102 candidates (€ being girls) have entered for the Oxford Local Exams. post July.

The programme of the first Rife Manting of the China United Service Ride Association ppears in our advertisement solumn to-day The meeting takes place on the 19th inst.

Ono nadred and seventy barristers are engaged in defending the Japanese in what in known as the anti-peace disturbance case, which has now reached the Appeal Court at Tokyo.

The addition of three cases of plague yester. day brings the total for the year to 50. Two

of the cuses in yesterday's return were found in the atreet-one in Western Street, and the other at Shawkiwan.

made. The whole Convention, in fact,by the meddling of Mr. Bronics with the com- pact appeare to be of as littlə, value as the Conventions which preceded it. Though

Tho Goueral Officer Commanding makes his Tibet is recognised as a dependancy of annual inspection of the Army Service Corps

plaintiffs. When the work was completed, the defendanta notified the plaintiffs, and everything appeared to be all right. In a month or twe afterwards, however, the P.W.D. inspected the buildings and found they were not construated according to the plan, noitter were they in compliance with the BuildingsOrdinates Notice was thon given the architect, who, on inspecting the premises, found they were not constructed according to the plan be submitted He then had another plan drawn, and to save expense had it drawn in such a way as to take in the work done.

His Lordship-The matter should be referred

right to an architect.

Mr. Kong Sing- The urchitest kan viewed the place.

His Lordship—I mean as to amount. Mr. Kong Sing-I don't know whether my friend odmits Hability.

Mr. Dixon- My clients were not working according to a plan. The plaintiffs expressed themselves as perfectly satisfied with the way we did the work, and we heard nothing further about the matter, until some six months after-

wards,

THE JAPANESE FAMINE.

LONDON, March 6th.

for the relief of the famine in Japan.

A subscription has been opened in Ottawa

THE UNITED STATES.

LONDON, March 6th. The American Army and Navy Board recommends putting into a stato of defonce Manila Bay, Pearl Harbour, Gukauamo, Guam, Honolulu and both entrances of the Panama Canal, at an estimated cost of $50,000,000,

President Roosevelt, in a message, says that the insular pussessines of the Daited States should not be neglected if it is desired

to hold them.

JAPAN'S MERCANTILE MARINE.

THE RUMOURS OF AMERICAN PURCHASES.

in American papers, dated Washington, the The following interesting telegram appears 30th January

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.}

Canton, March 7th

THE VICEROY AND OPIUM SMOKERA

Viceroy Shum dialikes opium smoking. He has sent an official dispatch to the Provincial Comissioner instructing them to mako an Treasurer, the Provincial Judge, and the Salt

investigation and to expectant officials who are known to practise roport to him any

opium-smoking.

A JAPANESE SHOW STOPPED.

cinematograph at Chan-shuen, has been or

A. Japanese subject who was exhibiting o dered to stop the performances. The Viceroy

has also instruoted the local authorities to forbid the people from renting their houses to foreigners.

THE REBELLION IN KWANGST.

Viceroy Shum bas received a telegram from the Governor of Kwangai stating that the increasing daily and requests the Viceroy to rebels in Wuchow and Ping-Lok districts are Senator Gollinger to-day wired the Oceanic raise 190.000 tuels and reusit some to him Steamship Company asking if it was true that immediately for military purposes to enable His Lordship-It is clear the alterations bare au option had been given to Japanese capitalists him to quell the rising. not been carried out as required by law.

upon the steamers of the Oceanic line. A

reply Mr. Dixon-The instructione according to same this even

evening

of the San Francisco-Australian are detailed in the agreement before your Lord-Eubsidy Bill No direct reply was made to the is about to be transferred to Chibli as Provincial

line depended

upon the passage of the Ship ship. Having carried out those instructions question whether the Japanese had acquired the

are exonerated from all liability, even though they were not done as required by the

Chinu, it is equally recognised that China's this morning at the Arsenal Yard, and his which we were to carry out the alterations the continue which was to the effect that |

suzerainty is little more than a diplomatic | anaual inspection of the Royal Engineers on fiction. It is a matter of common report Tuesday next at Wellington Barracks that the Tibetans dislike the Chinese, and

The public appreciation of the well-known band of the Fürst Bismarck is such in Hong koog that the announcement that they are to give a concert at the Theatre on Tuesday next

Buildings Ordinance.

question, option in

question was to obtain a reply to writing which "Senator Gallinger's purpose in asking the dould be submitted to the Senate, a strong argument in favour of a Ship Subsidy Bill

SEQUEL TO A DISAGREEMENT WITH THE VICEROT.

It is reported that the Provincial Judge Sham

Treasurer. It appears that he disagreed with recently memorialized the throne asking for Viceroy Shum regarding railway matters and

permission to resign his post and to retire from

favourites of the Empress Dowager, wasnot per mitted to resign and is now being sent to Chibli Provincial on promotion.

stocks.

GREAT FIRE ON A TRANSPORT.

were

While the United States transport Meade was lying at the foot of Folsoma-street, San Francisco, on January 31st, preparing to sail for Manila with a thousand troops and supplies, fire was discovered in the hold, OBoars and men were sleeping, and when they were aroused the fames had spread to every part of he chip. The men were quickly lauded, and the

soldiers assisting the firemen in fighting the alarm given in the city. Every available fire engine and fireboat hurried to the vessel, the lames. Eight hundred barrels of line stored in the hold caught fire, and the constantly driven back by the poisonous fames, who attempted to rescue their comrades fell while the smoke was so dense that those drunken men, Deeds of the greatest beroism Baconscious, Others staggered about like

lives, several of the crew leaped into the hold morked the early scenes. At the risk of their and rescued Captain Wilson of the Meade, who was injured and lay unconscious amid the brigade, was overcome by the fames and killed. Larning Ume Captain Dakin, of the fire

unconscious, and were saved after a desperate Two firemen attempting to rescue Lim druppel struggle. While the fire was at its height as large quantities of there was constantly danger of an arplosion, ammasition were aboard Only heroic work

Prevented the flames from reaching the compartment where the powder was stored. Toss of water were pumped into the hold, and the fire was at lest get under control. Two firemen and the third officer of the Meade lost their lives, and three firemen and one of the crew are missing. for A number of men were badly injured. The

the Second Infantry Regiment and of two contained the personal effects of the officers of forward part of the ship. where the fire started,

batteries of artillery going to Mando. The Meade carred 1,000 tons of general supplies and fire is tolieved to have been caused by the dropping of a cigarete in the hold.

will be generally welcomed, and a good house was called to peruse the agreement between the He will present the Oceanic Company's telegram official life, Judge Shom, being one of the also £16,000 in gold, which was saved. The

may be confidently anticipated.

in the negotiations which took place as the British mission was proceeding to Lharsa, the coutumacious disregard of the Tibetans

Mr. J. B. Harker, ong ineer in the P.W.D.,

for the authority of their suzerain was

parties. He raid it was fairly explicit, and the plainly shown. Had the Tibetan rulers

details as before the Court authorised the accepted the advice of the Chinese Amban Yesterday's orders issued by Major-General defendants to put up an illegal stracture. there would have been no indemnity to pay classes to be held next month for training of plans before the Court to Mr. Marker and asked Villiers Hatton, C.B, contain notifications of His Lordship handed the agreement and It was, therefore, most essential that the regimental stretcher bearers in ambulance drill, him to report as to whether the work was Convention should be sigued by the actual stretcher drill and fret aid to the wounded; carried out. ralers of Tibet. As an additional guarantee also for instruction in the procedure to be for its fulfilment, the Chinese Government adopted for the restoration of the apparently

drowned

The case was adjourned.

To be practical and to have common sense and sound judgment does not meas, as some people seem to think, seeing the fact clearly and sesing nothing else; it does involve seeing the fact

to-morrow in the Senate.

The statement is positively made here that the Occauic Company has as a matter of fact given an option to the Japanese, and that while

direct, for use in the Senate debute this cannot be denied, it was desirable to have confirmation of it from the steamship company

DR. SHALBY,

Dr. W. Shelby, late of the Yuot-Han Hail- way Co. leaves for America to enjoy a well- General Manager Schwerin to-day con firmed to personal friends the report that earned boliday. During his stay in Canton le Japanese steamship interests were endeavouring bus made many friends both amongst foreigners to purchase the four new Facile Mail steamors and Chinese, and will ha much missed by both. He said the watter of the option had been referred to E. H. Harriman, and that no deci- xion had been reached as far as he know Japaness activity in trying to socura American steamships in the Pacific will be used by the

connection with other facts. No man really need of assisting the American merchant marine.

tree

WHOLESALE KIDNAPPING.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

The C.P.R. str. Empress of China arrived at Kobe at 1 am. on Thursday, the 8th Mar., and left again at 7am. same day via Nagasaki for Shanghai, where she is due to arrive at 1 m. on Sunday, the 11th March.

The Indo-Chies str. Laisang left Calcutta and may be expreted høre os or about the 22nd for this port via the Straite on the 6th March,

The LG.M. str. Bayern, which left here on

has at last been caught. A few days ago he A notorious kidnapper, named Lam Kai-tung kidnapped 50 women, boys, and girls from the Marob. Ko-chow district and brought them down to

meie required to sign an Adhesion Agree- ment, and though the Chinese Amban who Early yesterday morning the Fire Brigade, was present at the signing of the Convention under Chief Inspector Baker, was summoned to by the Tibetan Authorities expressed his i 147, Winglock Street, where fire had broken out early, but it also involves sooing the fact in its advocates of ship subsidy to prove the urgent Canton in a junk to dispose of them at his the 4th inst, arrived at Shanghai on the 7th personal aequiescence in the terms, the Con- in the first floor. The fames were quickly which it forme a part; no man ssez a human acquired by Japan the ascendancy of that where his junk was moored. No has been

unless he sees a bit of the landscape "If the Pacifle Mail and Oceanic lines are leisure here. Information having reached the inst., at noon.

police Lam was arrested at the Ng Bing Moco country in the Facilo Ocean will be complete. locked up in the Nam-Hoi gaol. It is said that required to be turned over to the Government boys and girls in his day. His present freight Under the Japanese salisidy law vessels aro Lam has

saptured and sold bundreds of women, has in case of war to serve as transporte, as was dous in the case of Toyo Kisen Kaisha and Nippon charitable institutions who will send them book of human beings has been distributed amongst Yuson Kaishs."

veution has not met with the approval of extinguished, but not before the roof had been the Peking Government, who have up to the destroyed and the remaining Boore damaged, the ground floor suffering most from water, present date withhold their adhesion. The The premises where the fire orginated were British Minister at Peking has apparently occupied as a medicine shop and were insured beca pressing for a settlement of the for 313,000,

life unless he sees below the surface of it activities. Bo-called hard-headed" who are credited with a vast amount of wies people, judgment, are often led into the grossest mis takes because they are so intent on sooing the surface and outlines of a fact clearly that they entirely miss ita relation to other fasts.

to their native villages.

Fir Henry Campbell-Bannercian's langusge

been described as windy.

If you are windy, why, small blame, The Nature's fault, for by your name

You're half a Gael!

-Punch