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cotton, mostly yarn from India and Tonkin. The slump in Hongkong prices stimulated asumption. Japanese matches were the next biggest item. Sumatra, Russia and Borneo profited greatly by the local boycott of American cil Tho exports of Mengtaz are opium and tin, valued together at Tis. 5,144,000. The net value of the trade was Tls. 10,824,864. In these parts the dollar (piastre) has almost: entiraly displaced sycee (silver hy weight). The Tonkin-Yunnan railway has made excellent progress In view of the mis- chievous reports that were circulated by uncharitable persons last year, we may quote the Auting-Commissioner as followa on the conditions:

Bo far, only supplies and material for the line and the mails have med the texin; bat by June

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CHANNEL GUNNERY.

mat with about half-way to Uyangtae, and at willow, poplar, and a big thorny tree sre Gyangtss itself, around the houses of the rich, TELEGRAMS. ploutiful. A few hundred thousand trees should Le planted and forestry developed. At Shigatse and Lhass, milder climates, the trees aro ssid to grow much bigger. The British Government bas obtained seeds from Casada of the hardiegt grains that thrive on the prairies, and intends, in 1907, to experiment with them on the plateau of Tibat; it is to be hoped they will Fruotify, as even in this sparsely populated land the food question is often a source of anxiety,

LONDON, August 6th. It is explained that the poor results of the Channel Fleet's shooting were

The German Mail of the 3 July was due to bad gun-sights. delivered in London on the 3i inst,

The return match between the Kowloon and the Civil Service Bowling Clubs will be played at Happy Valley on the 17th inst.

The talegrum quoted below was racaised from the Manila Observatory at the Americau Consulate at 7.25 s.m on Monday: August 5th

RAID. ON PERSIA.

LONDON, August 6th. Turkish troops have raided a village in Persin, killing eighty people.

next the first reation, Helow to Lahati will 1907 at 5pm. Probably typhosu East Northers JUDGE LYNCH AT NEW YORK.

probably be open to regular traffic, and the Luzoo. following June should, no far as oau be osti, alo, soo the locotaotive at Mengtas. Work on the line: was pushed during the year, and in some rasoola the drought was a favourable fastor, The army of 30,000 workmen employed in the

ring, were kept er till April and May, when the hot weather drove many of them to desert. Later, the company sent sway the bulk of the man, only keeping about 3,500 during the hot season, when nothing could be done during the at of the day. In the early natamu recruiting began in earnest for the winter campaign Labour was imported from Ancam and Kwangsi for the unhealthy Namsi valley and the section below Milati and from Szechwan to aid the ‚tiu

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by the and of the year 47,000 men wors at work. The poor harvest in the province drove many te the works, where good wages were paid-40 cente to 45 cents day in the higher regions, sad 50 cents to 60 cents in the lower, and, in additivo, entious free of Hold undex Qust. Fron

hospitals and medical attendance were also adegrets, but they were not always availed of, The daily cost to the company of a Labou er on the Hokow Milati section may be placed at $1.20 a day unskilled and $1.59 a day skilled. EAST On the other sections similar lab ur coats 69 A brief summary of venta to 80 coute. operations in progress may serve as a rough measure of the magnitude of the undertaking, The direct distance between Hokow and Yunnanfu is nearly 300 kilometres; that along the liar, graded that no incline exceeds 28 millimetres per metre, and with no carve of lass than 100 metres radius, is 463 kilometres. The country being wholly mountainous, of red clay sad limestone, tasnels and bridges are numerous. There are 147 taanek, aggreg ting 184 kilometres in length, the longest, now nearly Saished, being 66 metres. Of thone }' 5 have been actually pierced and are in course of enlar gement to the necessary section. Only four are as yet untouched. There will be 47 bridges of all sorts over 0 metres long, some of masoory, some of steel. The longest in masonry will be 70 metres with 10 srches: the

longest in

ateol of 17 girders of 8 metres each One steel bridge of 63 metres opan is a single girder. The Une starts from Bokow at a height of 93 metres | bedste de vol 2009, through a 315-instra tun. metres, pas see Iliang at a height of 1,635 metres, and Shuitsng at 2,019 metres, whence it deace de to Yunnanta, 1,886 metres. To feed the of

army workmen on the line the company impo led rice alone. during the year from Tonkin 6,445 tones of

Most

of this was for the desirt lower region, but towards the close of the year it became necessary to so d grain to the sections ab ve Meogtez. The only available transport after the railhead a kilometre 30 in pack. animals, carrying ratter over a pisal sob sud travelling about 30 kilometres a day. As the east of living and transport has doubled within the last four years, mainly on account of the extraordinary demands for the works themselves, the cost of the line must greatly exceed the original estimate. arrived in December on a visit of inspection, and having arises in France, a party of experts at the class of the year their labours were not ended.

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Some discussion of this

The plague totala ul dato are 207 cases, 193. deaths. There were ten casas last week, and two yesterday. Other commanicable diseases

· Løsnos, August 6th. There have bee attempts to lynch

during the week were one Portuguese case of Crous accused of assaults upon diphtheria and three Chinese cars of smallpox.children in New York, and somme quite innoecut people have lost their lives. There is said to have been an amazing outbreak of crime lately.

The Chinese Ministry of Education bas noti- fed the Literary Chancellors of the various provinces of the Empire that students returned from abroad and attired in foreign clothes, etc., are to be required to resume their native

costumes, and that they are not to be reosired by the authorities, if dressed like foreignora.

It has been decided to construct a single line un the proposed Tientsin-Chinkiang. Railway and to borrow from British and German capitalists the sum of £5,900,000, guarst teed by the public revannes of the three provinces through which the railway will pare, viz-Chibli, Shantung aud Kisagsu.

A Bative and his wife were charged before Mr. P. A. Hazeland at the Police Court yes. terday with keeping a common gaming house at No. 17, Kowloon City Road, Sergeant Watt entered the building by virtue of a warran

and sixed a number of San-pai leitory tickets. The woman was discharged, but the man was ordered to pay a fine of $200,

Instructions have ben sent from Peking to all the Viceroys and Governers of the Yangiz provinces to prevent seameu of foreign ships of war from landing at non-treaty ports, in order to avoid disturbinous between them and the natires during tho prosent unrest in the pro- vinces A Cousor has memorializad the Tarone

DENMARK'S LOST PROVINCE.

LONDON, August 6th. Lending anti-Danes" have an. nounced strong government measures intended to complete the tion of North Schleswig.

SUPREME COURT.

Tuesday, 6th August.

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

BEFORE Mr. A. G. Wise (PrONE JUIJE).

ARRANGED.

The suit between two Japanese which had been adjourned because neither of the parties could speak tinglish was called. The plaintiff, Richfro Masud, who was represented by Mr. P. W. Goldring, claimed $35.50 from the defendant, Onao, for Japanese clothing supplied.

His Honour Have you arranged this ? Mr. Goldring--Yes. I would like to with- draw it.

Hie Honour consented.

A QUESTION OF ACCOUNTS.

HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD.

A mosting of the Sanitary Board was held on August 6th at the Board Room. The Hon. Dr. J. M. Atkinson (President) presided, and there were also pressat Hon. Mr. W. Chatham (Vice-President), Dr. F. Clark (Modical Officer of Health), Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe (Rogistrar-

bemi), Mr. A. Shelton Hooper, Lieut. Cel. J. M. Reid, R.A.M.C., Hon. Mr. F. J. Badeley, Mr. H. Humphreys, Mr. Lau Chu- pak, Mr. Fang Wa Chus, and Mr. G. A Woodcock (secretary).

CUBICLE ACCOMMODATION.

The repy from the Government relative to the Board's recommendation suggesting modifi- cations in connection with a large number of houses was read, the Government consenting to Alim Dio, a railway coolie contractor in the the recommendation. Those papers, it will be New Territory, sued Lis foreman Munshi Gui- remembered, were in conuretion with a minute bark, for $16,181, being money deposited by from the Secretory who asked for a raling from plaintiff with the defendant for safe custody the Board as to whether owners or tenants should and 880.81, bring balance of money not paid to be informed tlist the Board had granted these coolles for wages. Mr. E. J. Grist rppoured modifications. He suggested that the owners for pl intill.

should be informed and that they be requested to line out the floors showing the positions

Plaintiff sposa ta giving defondant 3290 with

which to pay 15 coolies, but defondant only paid A portion.

Defendant denied this and anbmitted a list of payments.

where these cubicles could be erected, because if

the tenants were left to themselves to erect those cubicles they would probably erect them in a very insanitary way,

and

Ilis Honour raid it was a question of accounts,

Hon. Mr. HEWITT-I presume, Sir, these and he would adjourn the case to allow of parties papers aro of some considerable moment, They were only tent out of the Secretary's coming to an understanding.

office 01 Friday, Saturday, Sunday THE DES VOEUX ROAD MURDER Monday were holidays, and they only resobed te in my office to-day. When they were Butors Mr. F. A. Hazeland, at the Magistracy brought to me, three or four sumbere bal yesterday afternoon, Tam Pui (osolie), Linot seen them, and I think, as they are no Sui Kai (boilermaker), Sit Fu (pivaar), Hai important, they should be held over, Tia (cook), and Wan Roi Chi (coolie), wara

again charged with the murder of Lo Pak, a Germaniza-focoman in the employ of Moers A. B. Watson by the Board in Mr. Hewett's absence, and

CHANNEL SWIMMERS.

LONDON, August 6th. J. Wolffe, who swam to within 33 miles of the French coast last year, has made another attempt, but had to give up when within three quarters of a mile of Cap Blane.

OBITUARY.

LONDON, August 5th. The death is announced of Earl

and Coy's Aerated Water Factory, on Sun, day, July 21st, in Des Voeux Rad. Chief- Detective Hanson conducted the care for the prosecution:

Twang Chap said he was a coolie employal at Messrs. . S. Watson and Ce's factory in Des

Voeux Road Central. At about ten o'clock on

The PRESIDENT--This is a matter that should be considered now. It was considered

certain recommendations submitted to the Government to improve the accommodation in certain blocks of houses. The question Bourd is whether WO

now lofora the

shall proceed to inform the owners of these various blocks. There are a great many houses to be dealt with, and it might be advisable to insert a notice in one of the papers.

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Mr. LA CHU-PAK thought it would be

the morning of July 21st he was going to the Edward Hotel he saw a number of men running: better to appoint a sub-committee to deal will factory from Wanchai. As he passed the King

Among them was the second defendant, who was the question, and accordingly the Medical sheeed by deceased. When decessed overtook the Officer of Health, Mr. Lau Chu-pak and the matt he was chasing he struck him, and the Registrar-General were appointed.

second defendant strook him back. This waa

medation was also submitted. This referred Correspondenas relative to cubicle accom to recommendations in connection with six blocks of bildings. The recommendations wore practically to allow

a wany cubicles to the top floors as the area. would ad. wit and the other Boors to be dealt with on

with reference to thei purtance of provoating Clanwilliam and of Saint Gandans, struck the first and second defendanta ran away. their morite from the point of view of lighting

unnecessary extensions of foreign settisment

10 tdfusion with the import and cus of salt in the Manchurian Viceroyalty. The gentry and merchants have memorialized the Waiwupa and Tushibpu, "strenuously opp sing the contracting of foreign loans on behalf of

Ku agter g province, as the Viceroyalty of the

Two Kuang is already impoverished enough and saable to take up furlbar financial burdens.

A Peking letter states that in spits of being on sick leave H. ES Viceroy Yuan Shib-k'ai bas lately cent to Faking a memorial to their Majesties strongly urging reforms and declaring that a National Assembly must be inaugurated; Education must be pushed to the very confine of the Empire; Local Assemblies, or Town Councils must be started without delay; the National Finances must be taken in hand and reorganised to the last detail, and the National confidence in the good faith; and integrity of the Government must be protected and nourished by a wine and enlightened policy. Dar corres memorial was read before the Grand Council pondent further states that when Viceroy You's Prince Ch'an, the Emperor's brother, strongly endorsed his Excellency's paper and further advocated the right of fros speech before their Majesties.

the sculptor.

Ex MOAD

LONDON, August 5th. The German and Rossian monarchs have exchanged visits, on their re- spective flagships.

ANTWERP DOCKERS.

LONDON, August 5th. A strike of the dock labourers at Antwerp is imminent.

LATER.

The Antwerp Dock strike is now in force, and continuing.

RECORD FINE.

LONDON, August 5th.

Standard Oil Company twenty-tine The Indiana court has fined the

million dollars for its rebate illega- lities. It is annonaved that there

+

the surrender of Port Arthur is fixed for the

The tial of the four generals concerned in will be further prosecution on end of September. There will be toa judges charge of conspiracy to defeat justice. and 150 witnesses have been summoned. Tho with General, Stüssel. The General has a fresh "Gazeta" publishes the following interview

THE NAVAL REVIEW.

and jolly look; he wours civilian clothes, and is basy going through the accusation drawn up against him; in this work is in aided by an immense success.

his wile. Gonoral Bösel spoke very bit erig

LONDON, August 5th. The review of the Home Fleet was The King be-

of the unjustness of the Tress campaign against stowed honoms on the naval officers anonymous, except M. Reshin, who is backed bias, especially as most of his accusers are concerned.

Szemao, also in Yunuas, is of compar- atively no importance, the net value of its trade being only Tla 226,082, and apparently dwindling regularly. It bas heen tapping the caravan trade to Burm, and bad crops aud worse ronds soon kill it. Transport via Tonkin and Mengtsz is

otually cheaper and quicker.

Tengyuel, Yunnan, is more favourably situated, having better access to the Bhame market. The net value of its trade last year was Tls. 1,397,877, a nominal decline the volume not having decreased. The importa, aialy catou guɔla, Japanese matches, and American oil, were valued at HONGKONG, AUGUST 7TH, 1907,

Tis. 1,127,956. Hides, silk, and arsenic tri- Tau statistical department of the Chinese sulphide were exported-in exe'iunge. The Imperial Maritime Customs now devotes a Commissioner at this faraway port seeins fascicle to the trade returns of the five to fiad his environment very interesting. frontier ports, Lungehow, Mengtsz, Szouiao,

Yatung, in Tibet, is so far, apparently, Tengyueh, and Yalang. (Tibet). Lungehow that the trade report inkes time to arrive. up by. General Smirnoff, However, the truth is on the Tonkin frontier of Kwangsi, and is This volume contains two, for 1905 and will come out at the tria), which Stii-sel wishes still merely "an inland distributing and 1906. Trade, as we have previously noted, to be as public as it can be, and then he will

THE KING AT TARGET PRACTICE. collecting entrepôt," as it was before it is of slouder dimensions as yet, but it is reply to all the base obarges made against was "opened" seventem, years ag). The growing Imports (into Tibet) are put at fortress, and even the Japanese called it only bim. Ho maintains that Port Arthur wa not a ferelopment of Nanning, the newly opened 1,179,740 rupees, and exports 1,140,336 a fortified place"; when the war broke

LONDON, August 5th. port, and the provision of better communi- rupees. Communications are being opened out Fort Arthur could not by the Imperist the Dreadnought's firing practice.

The King is going to be present at cation with that and Tonkin, might increase up and improved, the Chinese having bon flag, because it was not a fortress. On October ite importance. The total value of foreign as actively caconraging as the Indian(New Styl.). Kondratesko proposed to him by importer last year was Tis. 126,921; they Govoruguent, according to the Acting Commite peace at once, as there was no longer any

INDIAN FRONTIERS. letter to send a telegram in cypher to the Czar to were chiefly Japanese cotton yarn, beans,

LONDON, August 5th. dyes, aniseed oil, and timber. Exports were

hope of victory. Kondratenko said: "So long The event of the most impostates during the as Port Arthur holds out we can make au hoa..

An agreement settling matters valued at Tls. 59,353, iron utensils, ground your was the arrival of His Excellency Chang ourable peace; if we do not surrender, matters affecting the Russo-Indian frontier

Yi-tang, Chinese High Commissioner to Tibet. nut oil and Kwaichow opinn forming the This official is recommending many salutary will go bad with us." When he met him question has been concluded. balk. There was no foreigu shipping at and many improvements are likely to result. not their business to give advice for atten-

changes in the administration of the country, next. Steal told Kondratenko that it is! all. The' net value of the trade of the por The Titans only reed a little teaching, they tion would be paid only to those in suprame. (the sum of imports and exports) was

ure quite alive to Buything that is to their command, and that Port Arthur could not hold Tla. 186,274, against Tle 230,452 in 1905.

advantage were Chinese skilled workmen sent over to instruct them how to shear, cure ekine, longer than January 1 (New Style). Therefore, Menglar, in Yunnan, had a bad work up wool, sad manufacture el tbs and Stüssel capitulated entirely on his own respon-

year But for the railway work ca gets, ranch might be done to improve the sibility. He says that he owing to famine.

trale of the country. Although in 1907 the

was told by the features of "The White Chrysanthamam," and going on, things would have been much British trado agent drove two motors from Japanese that if Port Arthur bad to be taken

needless to add, the inrge audience, was, Phari to yangtze, yet no wheeled transport is by storm they would not be answerabble eithor worse. From thirty to forty thousand thus dreamed of in Tibet. At a triding cost & really for the Japanese soldiers or for the Japanese the title role with conspicuons succase and

delighted with the production Miss Lait took. found employment and relief. Mengisz first class wagon road oral ha made over the officers.

bat do not myself know that road. There is

missioner. He writes:

Stüssel onded

took and distributed Tls. 5,661,000 worth plains to Gyangtse, and I am told also to Luna,emarking that be knew the Japanese are ai

of foreign goods, sixty per cent of which was practically no timber in Tibet, but trees ara

ruel as they are brave.

BANDMANN OPERA COMPANY.

Pretty costumes, pleasing movement, and charming 200gs Ware the distinguishing

the enterview by she was well supported by the other priaci-

pals. There should be x numerous sitendance at the closing performance to-night,

opposite the Back of Taiwan. Then the first defendent ran out from beneath the verandah and stabbed deceased with a knife. The second defendant was fighting with deceased at the time and when he recair d the blow the Istler loosen? ed his grip and fell down. When the blow was

Witness went nud looked af deceased and saw blood squrting from his chest. Formerly the first and second datenaartą Were Rowcy axaus. By the first defendant-Why did you not arrest the second défondant?-Because my attention was directed to deceased. ' The case was adjourned,

AN OLD CRIME.

Although the armed robbery, for which one 1. two alleged offendera uss at last been apprehended, occurred in Angust of last year, the police followed the trail without aascess until net wook when one, Lam Tezhing, was arrested on suspicion, and appeared before Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz at the Police Court, yesterday.

The robbery, in which the defendaal is. Hogod to have taken part, occurred on August. 25th, 1906, at Lai Pak Shan village, shout four miles from the Tipo Police Station. On the mor. sing of the day in question, the defendant with another man not in custody, is said to have called at the house of a former named Lo Hing. Kam; knocked, and the door was opened. On

torches, and one was armed with a shopper. One looking out the farmer observed that the faces of both men wore blekened, both carried

of the robbers pat his torch in bis month, and sizing the householder by the queue, dragged him inside and threw him on the ground They thou deuxmited maney, and when the farmer said he indu't say he was struck the body wish

nad vautilation.

It was agreed that the correspondence be forwarded to the Government,

CEMETEST HYE LAWS.

The committee, which had reconsidered the report referred back to them at the last Board weeting, recommended altering bye law 19 by deleting section E. and by increasing the lea for nection D. to $40.

Mr. LAU CHU-FAK staled that the increase of 100 per cent for Chiness graves was too mucb. A fee of $15 would meet the case.

Hoo, Mr. CHATHAM, Suid the fee of 21. was reasonable considering the large area

bey occupied.

The recommendations were approved,

PROPOSIT, STANDING ORDERS, Further correspondenos relative to the two

proposed additional Standing Orders of the Heard was read. The Government's reply tɔ the letter from the Board anggesting amend. meat was to the effect that the suggested Standing Orders should be amended by deleting the word "pecuniarily" and substituting the word "Bousfotally and by omitting the latter portion stating that members should leave the room when voting takes place.

across the head and on the chopper. As fas unfortunate man still persisted in saying he had not say money the savage robber proceeded t burn him with him to confess. His efforts being usarsiling his torch, hoping by this means to compel the other robber proceeded to ransack the use, and not finding any thing worth carry ing off, showed his annoyance by setting the bed clothes ou fre. After this the robber conveyed the farmer to his daughter-in-law's house, some distance away, and gaining admittance asked her where her money was. She pointed to a drawer which was locked, and breaking it open they secured $76 and departed As soon as it was daylight the farmer reported the affair to the village genting who accompanied him to the Taipo Police Station The PRESIDENT-I presume the Government where a report FB8 made. The farmer Lave obtained the opinion of the Attorney- recognised the defendant as one of his General. Otherwise they would not have replied assailants by the two scars on his head.

The case was remanded.

maintain that it is outside the province of the Mr. A. SHALTON HOOPER minuted :-I still Board to make even such a standing order as is now suggested by the Hon. the Colonial Secretary. To deprive member of a vote is not a matter of procedaro and on this point the Board asked for the opinion of the Attorney opinion? If the proposed standing orders were · General as to its legality, Where is the passed I think it would be a very invidious thing he were beneficially interested in any matter for a member to be cross-examined as to whether before the other members. I should have no objection to state how far I was interested in any question to His Excellency the Governor who should deside whether that interest was beneficial or otherwise. If suck a standing order is not necessary in the Legislative Council it in and I think it should he left to the honour of certainly not necessary for the Sapitury Roard each member.

THE ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.

The monthly competitions, for the Captain's Cap and May Cuy wore held at Happy Valley from the 3rd to 5th August, 19.7. The following returns were made-

CAPTAIN'S cor.

+ Mr. H. W. Slado... 93-14 79 Mr. E. J. Grist 95 - 2488 Mr. E. F. Mackay... 91- 5- 80

(14

entries).

MAY CUP.

NO ENTRIES.

FOOL

*Mr. T. 8. Forrest 80 +

Mr. G. E. Morrel (2

(13 entries).

+ Winner of Captain's Cap.

* Winner of Pool,

2 82 1884

Mr. LAU CHE PAX-The opinion asked for

has not bon given.

to our letter in the way that they have. Tha President then moved that the amendments suggested be approved.

Mr. Lau Cau PAK thought the unofficial members of the Board aould be trusted to ave without impropriety. They were there to look after the interests of the commnuity, and he thought its welfare was safe in their hands. To give an instance of how tho suggested byelaws would operate. They had just beca discussing Chinesa cemetery byelaws, in which be was as much interested as any oiler Ühineman in the Colony, as when he died Bome of his people would have to pay the burial fee of $20 (Laughter). They might say be was beneficially interested in it, and be should be excluded from voting. Yet the standing orders would Lave that affect. He certainly opposed the adoption of the standing orders proposed,