INTIMATION
zigar, the decrease scarcely
means such, as the figures last year were quite abnormal. To mention the increases would mean giving practically the whole list, from Ashes wood-pales. Timber experts of all
held
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE SEN, 1906.
rapidly than any 'oiber. A remarkable feature of the exports was the three and half million straw mate, whereas previous returns were always well under the one thousand pieces. Previous transit returns
The Shanghai Life Jurance Co. Ld, has f
its first annual testing. During this the TELEGRAMS fret year the business offered in the company moonted to Fl 1,791,450, of which amount T. 1,526,730 was accepted and Tis. 364720 declined or postponed. The shareholders ex-
A. S. WATSON & CO., kinds, by the way, showed remarkable at this station were scanty, but the pressed satisfaction.
LIMITED
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
development. It is perhaps of interest to note that the export of teu almost doubled
self, the respective quarterly out-turna being 1906, black tea, 3,414; green, 207 and stalk, 130 piouls. 1906, black, 6,420; green. 147; and stalk, IS picuik. There WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. | were no re-exports; and the total revenue collections show a steady, persistent increase, the figures for this quarter of 1906 being nearly six thousand feels better than in 1905.
SCOTCH
WHISKY.
GREAT REDUCTION
quantities of foreign; goode gled look quite respectable in returna.
["DAILY PRESS" EXCLUSIVE SERVICE.]
LAUNCH OF A CRUISER.
LONDON, June 7th.* The Minotaur" was launched at Devonport.
POLICE COURT. Thursday, Jaze 7th,
BEFORE Mx, F. A. HAZBLand (First
POLICE MAGISTRATE),
ATTEMPTED BRIBERY.
Chang Wan-no, who was arrested for coming sa obstraction in Queen's Road West, was charged with offering the lakong who arrested him a bribe of 50 cents.
The Peking Board of Police has been much pentexercised, it is raid, over the contíquel appears. apos of placards and the sirculation of rumours
The defondant denied, the charge, saying tha in the capital, one of which was to the effect
The "Minotaur" gives the title to a class of he gave the money to the constable because the that a rising would take place against the
arizoured cruisers. Her length in 520 feet. lukong assaulted him. He handed the lakoag Legatione on the fat of the Intercalary Moon.
tornago 14,600, horse power 27,910, speed 2350 cents and asked him not to strike. That nothing happened does not in any way
On the evidence his Lordship found the discredit the spirit abroad or qualify the harm-knots, and she has a complement of 99
defendant gulity and fined him $25, in default fulness of rumenm being circulated says the Peking and Tientsia Timer, and if the people SOUTH AFRICAN REBELLION. [2x veaks' imprisonmout. He was find another $3 for obstruction, with the alternative of a work in gol.
Wucho
did not know Chore was an improper spirit tawards foreigners currout in officis circles they would not dare to go on in the way they do nader the very shadow of the Palace walls.
Lo no other city that I am acquainted with,
LONDON, she thi It is reported that. Dinizulu has joined the rebels.
Sütaskui statistics show increased imports of opium, picce goods and metals, and there is a not improvement in the import of foreign sundries. In exchange the outside world took much more mats and timber than usual. The transit. trade, except for sundries, is not conspicuous.. zione continues to demand Indian yarn, Lappa's figures are less uniform. Apply taking about a thousand pienta more than ing the same comprehensive totalization, last year, when the figures for the quarter and igooring native sundries, the imports were 15,561 piente, Metals imported were for the first quarter of 1996 appear twenty. about a thousand picule less. A fast grow. writes a correspondent, dess begging buld the thirty per cent. joure than hing import of paper fans is noted at this prosperons and reputable ponition that it does in Rangoon. The beggar here rides in railway 1905. There were 546 picule of Patna station; and the export of first class paper,carrages or tieca gharties. He has shoes on kis opinm as against 379. Cotton imports show curiously enough, costumes to increase fost and an umbrolla to protect him from sund In the same railway carriage may little change in the aggregate, one variety almost pro rata. Nearly ten thousand or rain.
often be seen a Shan or Barmesa woman who, From this date the Prices of our Popular of English proficing at the expense of pieces of Hongkong dyed shirtings passed.
another, whites being more popular than through for inland buyera; and over fifteen verbape, kas trudged a couple of miles from her been planted with Egyptian cotton. greys; aml Japanese cotton flannels thonsmod piouis of Ladian yars.
A feature of apparently forging ahead. this district's imports was * big leap in woollens. Metal imports were just a Somatra vil made thousand pieuls leas.
IN
PRICES.
Brands of SCOTCH WHISKIES
will be sk under.
Per Case of Doz.
A. THORNES BLEND... 81199)
B. GLENORCHY BLEND (Finn
Soda Whisky) ... ABERDOUR GLENLIVET
$1140
Fine Fenty-Flavoured Whisky) $12.50 D. H.K.O. BENT) of the finest
Old Malt Scotch Whiskies $144)
E
BLEND
THE POPULAR WHISKY
of the Far East...
SIGURI
five of
COTTON EXPERIMENTS IN INDIA.
Loxtos, June 7th Six thousand acres in Sindh have
village to catch the train with an enormous weight of jack fruit or mangeer na basket on her bood. These she carrira to the bazaar and Tsiren may soon be declared a free portselle, and returns to her imme enlisted if according to nativo reports.
the bus made four sonas after paying expooses on her day's toil. The beggar, on the other han, will perhaps bave made a ragise or Ra, 1-8 simply on the foolishly charitable instincts of ships those be mesta, without work or any, barder
Puce Tai Chun is endeavoaring to raise capital and premote waterworks in Paking.
Thern wore seven plagus cases pastorday, five fatul
The last recorded, No. 719, was a European from Wellington Barracks, not fatal.
Calcutta is raining a new loan of nineteen bag strides at the expense of American | Jukle, to cover a municipal deficit. icrospie Kere also native osporin were much bigger, the incre.se being fully twenty per cent on former figures. Sugar is auroug the decreases, as also tea and Lobacce. The Customs revenus at Lapps fluctuates more, apparently. It was seven. teen thousand taele tore than in 1903, while the 1905 Bgures were considerably less than those for the first quarter of 1904. The quarterly report for Canton shows that the total shipping entering and clear. ing was about two hundred thousand tone less than in the came quarter of 1995. onOpium imports rose from 2,551 pieuls t
3,341 pils, the increarea being in Patna and native. The latter is fudding a growing market, as the following (quarterly) figures
The stove Prices are strictly NET. The discount of fire per cent, previously allowed
our Whiskies ceases from this late.
A Feking report slates that the Waivupu has addressed dispatchers to the foreign Ministers to the effect that in futuro no que will be allowed to trade in Tibet uuless Lo ha alcoady bean
stablished in that country.
The principal of St. Stephen's College reported to the polion that some time on Wednesday afternoon, during his absence, Si ras extracted from the safe ic his office, The police have the matter in hand, hot so far no arrests have besu tido.
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JAPANESE OFFICERS
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HONOURED.
Loxnox, June 7th,
DEMPING COAL. Two boatmen were obarge - with throw- ing a quantity of cvat overboard Wanchai with a view to avoid delection and
arresi,
They wore convisterl and each oelsred to pay a fan of $30.
LARCENT...
A coolie was charged with stealing 82 from a girl in Lyndhurst Terrace.
The evidence showed that complainant was sent to a moneychanger's in Queen's Road Central to change two dollar bills into silver money. On the way she carried the money in her boud. The defendont sustched it and gas running away when he ras captured by another Chinaman and then he threw the
The officers of the Japanese batthey down.
Katori" and **Kashima "* received by the King and
Labour than a walk in the market or similarly were crowded locality. It is not good for the hard-Queen at Windsor. working portion of the community to see how easily beggars thrice in Rangoon, Hongkong,
or anywhere else.
SUPREME COURT.
Thursday, June 7th.
IN BANKRUPTCY JUMBDICTION,
BEFORE MR. A. G. WINE (PUISNE JUDAE).
A DEBTOR IN GAOL.
An application wastoado by Mr. E. J. Grist (of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist) for a receiving order in the case of Li Tat Ng or parts the debtor. The statement of affairs showed that
debts amounting to 914,000, the nosecured reditors amounting to $18,000. The applica tion was grantel.
REUTER'S SERVICH.]
THE JAPANESE SHIPS AT PORTSMOUTH
LONDON, June 5th. The Japanese crews are being entertainol at Portsmouth, and daily festivities take |plac
THE MADRID OUTRAGE.
LONDON, June Sili
The officials are reticent, but it is stated that to the present twenty-four persJus
A. S. WATSON & CO., show: 1903, 1 pisul; 1904, 2.07 picula because the states his colleagues and the there were $1,500 to $2,000 in cash, and book have died in Madrid from the bomb outrage.
LIMITED,
WINE AND SPIRIT
MERCHANTS.
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS. Hongkong, 17th May, 1906,
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NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Osireannications reislingio the news eħlumn should be addressed to Tan EDITOR,
cath communication addressed to the dite
Mr. F. Kuight Gregson, Chairman of the Chinking Municipal Council has rosigned
Acting Cool have been acting ancor slitution ally. Insligible votes have been admitted, to the prejudice of land-routers, and Council affairs are divulged in the interest of individuals who have too much influence.
On
*May
A Bombay correspondent, writing 10th, wys" the plaguo pidemic, which has been aging so fiercely during the past two months,
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Mr. Grist-The debtor is in gaol under an execution and it is doubtful whether racing
· order rolennes him—
The Pulsne Judge. It does not.
and others are dying.
The Director of the Modern School, wheter Mod lodged, and several anarchist, pre- fess ra have been arrested in Barcelona. The police declare that they bave established Moral as the author of the bomb outrage
Mr. Grist At the same time it would be in Paris, "when a ̈ bomb was thrown at King quite impossible to carry on th bankruptcy Alphonso.
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Dafendant did the girl let the monoy fall ho picked it up to hood to her, bat when she shouted thief" and safehod at it he threw it away again.
His Worship hold the offence proved and sentenced the defendant to three months' impri sonment with lard labour, six hours' stocks and to receive 21 strokes of the birch,
GAMBLEES.
Two untives were charged with being the keepers of a common gming bones at SP, Station Street, Mongkok, and sixteen with gambling therein.
After hearing the evidence his Worship flood the keeper each $45 or six weeks' imprisonment, and each of the players 32 or seven days.
BEFORE MB. C. D. MELBOURNE (SECOND POLICE MAGISTRATE).
BEFUSING DUTY, The cum was concluded in which saven of the crew of the s.s. Earl of Carrick wore charged with disobeying a lawful command of the captain on the bigh sers on May 9th.
Mr. B. F. C. Master (of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Master) appeared for the prosecution. The statements made wore to the effect thint the forecastle was not in a fit condition
for any person to live in. The fond was bad, the defendants got little sloop and consequently were unfit for duty.
His Worship found all the defendants guilty of refusing duty, which was very serious thing
1905, 135.28 picule; 1906, 527.92 pieula. (Throughout these comments, wo hope it is anderstood that where a year is mentioned, 1 meant the first quarter of that year.) Cotton pieces were imported in greate number (133,584 against 110,642), while Indian yara fall from 19,245 piculs to 17,058 piouls. In this department it is LoveAdents must forward-their names and ad- i worth noting how steadily cotton handker is now begiunlag to abate, and a decrease in proceedings without his rela98; will your
chiefs appear to bo`kaining favour. The to 1,932, is largely acconated for by a corres-
the aggregate mortality, which fell from 2,180ardship order his release ou buil, say, $2,0002 THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA. as disciplíus had to be maintained in view of
The Puiane, Julge I sos he hus book debie very progressive set of figures (indicating ponding diminution in the number of plazas monating to 31600; what is to stop him from No anonymously signed communications that have dozens) is: 1903, 12,222, 1904, 14,884; destbe, which went down from 1,089 to 30-| collecting a portion of that?
105, 23,665; and 1906, 27,418.
This is a pretty safe indication that we have got All wens (except a variety called "Spanish over the worst of our troublər.” stripes") increased; inetals fell away, with the exception of tinned plates (tinplate, which was represented by 15,476 piculs gainst a previons 11,187 picals. The On May 27th at Shanghai, the wife of The boycott did not prevent a small increase of
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Mr. Gristle cannot do it; it is all in the hands of the Omcial Receiver now. The cash will be puit into the Official Receiver at once, und apart from the cash we are prepared in find
bond for $2,000.
Mr. Wakeman--I have no objection. The order for the release of the deinor was irgued.
-MORE PARTNERSHIP DISPUTES.
Schuber Conterno In the case the Kung Sun Sic ex parte Chan
Y rudre
Cecyli
Chi Fat (creditor), Mr. R. G. Harding appeared Chopin for the petitioning creditor and asked for a The Messenger of Love," ... Coote | receiving order.
"The Toreados,"
Trin Mazoch is......
The following is an extract from an article in the Strate Times :-" I should like vory much to know the reason we do not receive the newe papers and magazines that are sent to us from
Hour, although the improvement nothing Eke former consistent augment- ations. Apparently it is more efficacious where substitutes offer themgelros, as in LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLECT START, Eil: American kerosene fell nearly fifty per cent, while Sumatra rose nearly two hundred thousand gallous. There was a very largely increased import of sugars.
Exports from Canton, to foreign countries time to time in various parts. It is a generat complaint amongst officera ia all climates. One and Chinese ports, not counting re-exports, dass not like to secuse without positive evidenne, net inevense," the most notable but these newspapers, magazines etc., are auded features being fans, fireworks, and mats in mail bags from the steamers, and are of The silk expurte, jumped together, show a coarse sorted by the poslal authorities, and daly tution of about two thousand culs, delivered to the addresses, as far as possible This includes an increased export of steam
Accordingly, we ought to receive them, but fiture ilk of 8,071 piculs against 6,425 question when I ask, Where do they go?
we do not, and I think I am patting a fair piruls; it was in waste or "refuse" that the decrease occurred." Exported sygar dropped from 26,000 cảd pieuls to four thousand odd; but here-again-the-movement of sugar in 1905 was quite abnormal. A little more ten than usual came down, but the average
THERE is a good deal that has interest for Month China in No. 149 of the Chelona
Gusti, covering the first quarter of the current year. The impurta recorded at Kowloon seem to show a general falling off if the figures be casually glanced over; but the perlips unconventional method of lumping together piculs and pieces shows that there was actually satisfactory crease of business to compare with the corresponding quarter of last year. Opium imports were slightly greater, a trifling change is fearely worth noting Foreign decrease of Pata being more than covered, by an increased import of Malwa, Ou thes going through to the interior show
Tsumg, tõugh
Mr. F. B. Deacon (of Messra. Descos, Looker ant Deacon) appeared for certain Chinese who lind been servod with notice of the petition und who denied being partners.
Mr. Harding stated the grounds for his position were that the firm had suspended pay. ment and that the managing partner and others bad absconded,
An interim order bad bcen
made. He had servad notice of the petition on Dee man who admitted he was a partner and on
others who did not admit that they were part.
ners. If the latter were not partners, they were not affected by the service of the petition and had no loc standi in the matter.
Mr. Donec objected to the granting of the
mesting of the Navy Longue held in London Harding could bring his clients into Court.
The report presented to the 31 auunalceiving order, and painted out that Mr.
last month bag the following · reference to The Puise Judge-He has not served you Hoogkeng Your Committee would express with the interim order and câuno; serve you magh regret if there should be any tendency ou
with the receiving order. I think your standing the part of this branch to fall away from the
should stand over. very high standard of Mciency which has
always distinguished it. Of course, some elit and flew in such matters must always be expected
The receiving order was granted,
RECEIVING ORDER RESCINDED, Mr. E. J. Grist made an application that the
koning on goods passed generods, improvement all round. Culton owing to changes in officials and other causes, receiving order msds in the action the Kwong through in considerably less quantities; the | goods, not Tincluding Tädião, yaru, which yet we would-most-apori ask-patriotic Shang Cheag Hing Ked firm ex parte the
in English pieces and fell from 2,516 pieuls to 1,715, wont through gentlemen in this most important Colony to Leang Ching Fak Hing firm by rescinded. Japanese yards; dyed shirtings and Fadianin much larger quantities, showing that the formerly ocenpind. We would rengjod Hong his own mind as to his power to rescind &
alling off was
once more place this branch on the footing it
demand this year, is still active. Thehoug of the time when they fought und wen, increase in piece goods was well over over the question of the Kowloon Extension. seventeen thousand pirces. Woollens also figure well in the transit trade; while metale seem to have been less in demand. The stoms revenue shows the usual increase.
The Yachting Monthly is another venture in
The Paine Judge said he had no doubt in
receiving order, but a great mung learned judges at bome disagreed with him.
Mr. Grist submitted that bore was inheretit the journalistic world. It comes with an power to rescind the order and quoted a case in envellent recommendation, being published by support of his contention. The case went to The Field, and while its artistic covers create a the Court of Appeal and the learned judges concluded that it was altogether unreasonable
Court when the creditors were willing to have
LONDON, June 4th. The Washington House has passed a bill for establishing a District Judgeship ir Chins. A. Court will be held annually fa Shanghai, Hankow, Tientsin and Canton. ANOTHER SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE IN SAN FRANCISCO,
LONDON, June 5th.
A shock of earthquake occurred at Francisca on Monday night, but no damige
was done.
- تخته اند
(N-C. Daily News Service.) THE FOOD. BIOP IN KIANGSI.
Nanchang, June 1st. The Fu river is falling and H. M.B. Snipe is arable therefore to reach Fachou, An over- land runner bas boon dispatched to ascertain developments.
Three hundred troops will arrive at Fuchou to-night.
THE CONTROL OF THE CUSTOMS.
A CHINESE DECLARATION.
the circumstances, however, he would takes u lenient view of the case and sentencu suck of the defendants to one day's imprisonment and A fine of $2. ALLEGED BREAK OF MERCHANT SMIPPINE ORDINANCE.
As the
Inspector Langley, of the Water Police, summonet Captain Grant of the ne. Earl of | Carren for wilfully refusing, as soon
service of the ship permitted and after regtest July made, to allow seaman F. W. Yoursley to go ashore or send him in proper enstudy, so that he might be enabled to inake his complaint to. a Justice of the Peace.
Mr. R. F. C. Master appeared for the defendant.
Mr. Master objected to Inspecter Langley appearing a complainant, and scamion Yearsley, through whom the summons was taken onƐ, abjected to give evidence, slating that the case was one for the Board of Trad.
Mr. Langley stated that the defendant was Ruzoomed for breach of the Merchant Shipping Ordinumes, and that was the rason Yearsley was called as a witness.
Peking, June 1st. As the result of the Anglo-Chinese negotia-bis tion, Chian bas promised to issue the following declaration, which has settled the Customs questions:
1-That the Agreement of 1898 shall remeia effective
2-That the administration of the Custosis aball not bo obanged.
3-That the power of the Inspector-General shall remain as before,
THE OPENING OF MUKDEN.
Tokra, June Ist, - Mukdea was thrown open to foreign trade today without a hitch..
JAPANESE WAR NOTES.
Tokyo, June 1st. The Japanese Government has not received, as has been reported, any remonstrances in regard to the circulation of any Japacese war-notes in Manchuria as being disadvantage.. mus to foreigners.
THE RIOTS IN CORÉA.
cotton yarn were appreciably more popular, The falliu Japanese cotton cloth was consider- ably over four thousand yards. Woollens and worsted yarn reverted to 1904 figures, the quantity exported in the earlier months of last year having been an extra one. The
At Konguon shipping was more brisk good first impression further acquaintance will import of metnis of all sorts for the quarter
which appeal to the general reader as much was nearly five thousand pieuls less. With than in the same period of last year. Im-add to that favourable opinion. Its articles, to force a ralter through the Bankruptcy the exception of cutite and pigs, shoes and ports show a wonderful improvement. For almost as to the sportsmao, are varied in the order ostindod, and apheld the Registrar's and took 120 prisoners. Sixty rioters and two boots, and brown sugar, native exports instance, of colton goods, excluding the character, boing technical as well as descriptive, decision resclading the order.
The Paisne Jailge agreed, but remarked that generally showed a truly remarkable in Japanese lines which are counted in yards and as cruising, racing, canoeing, sailing, crease." The quarterly figures for silk and there were 31,119 picos imported us against navigation, together with designing, building the affidavita filed wars not complete, as eartaín engineering, and marine motoring, are embraced creditors who had proved their debts did not cotton footgear, 147,979 pairs in 1904, only 10,942 pieces in 1905. Indian yarn within its purview, the new journal should not appear as conventing to the application.
listlask support. One of its most attractive fixtures 77,613 in 1905; and only $1,075 pairs this practically disappeared from this last quarter, appear to make a dwind-Metals were slightly scarcer.
The import is the excellent illustrations, many of which are of white sugar seems to be growing more | real works of art. ling industry. In the case of exported
Mr. Grist undertook to lile an affidavit that the creditors consented, and the order of ressiesion was granted.
Tokyo, Jane Ist. The Japanesa detachment attacked and occupied Hongji Castle yesterday morning, Japanese ware killed.
As Yearsley would not be examined,
H. Saunders was called. He said he was a firemsa on the s. Early Carrick. At 7.30 on Friday morning, June Lat. Yearsley and he went and asked the captain's permission to go ashors
or on a mon-<f-war as they wished to make
into a caplaint and have an inquiry held i the death of a man who jumped overboard, The captain ordered them of the bridge and told them to go on with their work. He said he would not allow any man to go ashore without permission. Witness went to work in the stakehole and Yearsley went forward to get kin brenifaal. Again at doon they saw the captain standing against the gangway and asked per
On mission to go ashore, bat he refused. Saturday evening all-bande went to the captain and asked him for money to go nehors. He said some of the men had no money coming to them. Yearsley then asked if fo could
go ashore to make a complaint. The osptain said he would let que man go ashore for half. elouted a day on Monday. Yearly was the man to go, and he asked the captain for the-maine. The captain said he would pab him ashore in bis sampan. In consequence of the captain's refusal to let the men store at first they had & consultation, as the result of to the which they decided to write a lot or Shipping Master Generalaking that an inquiry be hoki concerning the man's death. They wrote to the police.
Inspecter Langley-Is that (produced) the letter
Mr. Master-I object. The letter is not relevant to the present chargs.
of
Inspector Langley-The letter was forwarded to me. In oar capacity as police we are giving the men su opportunity to have a court of inquiry,
Mr. Master-They have had an opportunity going to the Harbour Master and airing their grievance.
Witness informed his Worship that the letter had been sont to the Water Police, and copies forwarded to the Shipping Master at Newcastle and the Registrar General of Ship A Calentta breach of the Royal Society of ping in London before they came ashore here. St. George has been formed. Au Indian con- Later, Inspector Langley stated that as temporary reports that strenuous exertions" Yearsley refused to give evidence he would not Eri-ga on with the case, and the defendant was have enlisted some twenty members."
discharged, doutly there is nói maob enthusiasm,
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