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INTIMATION

A. S. WATSON &

LIMITED.

CO.,

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841

CLARET

per case, par osse, 1 dóz.qta. 2d zipta

*.*...$.800

11.60 14.00

$224.00

ST. ESTEPHE

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10,00

LA ROSE

13.00

CHATEAU HAUT BEION

LARRIVET

18.00 20,00

CHATEAU-MOUTON

D'ARMAILHACQ ...

23,00

CHATEAU PONTET

CANET

26.60

CHATEAU

LA TOUR

CARNET......

30,00

CHATEAU RAUZAN CHATEAU LAFITE

44.00

50.00

OUR CLARE TS, INCLUDING

LOWEST PRICED, ARE OF EXCEPTIONAL VALUE, AND GUARANTEED TO BE THE GENUINE PRODUCT OF THE Fez or

TIR GRAPE,

CLARETS FROM THE CELEBRATED

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TOO WELL KNOWN TO

NEED

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THEM

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1st, 1908,

we must not be understood to be expréesing | ~Dr. Justo Lakban, who is well-known in

a conviction in favour of the two boycotts Hongkong, has declared his intention to run for TELEGRAMS. the Philippine Assembly for the first divirlot

which we have soon the Chinese Institute, We simply recognise the value of the new weapon: we do not justify its use. Th | boycott) must now be reckoned as a factor in international disputes, and diplomats will probably pay more regard in consequence to commercial possibilities when differences are being discussed and considered.

After all, it has to be admitted that wara, and strikes, and boycosts are barbarous, bringing incalculable harm and injury to

of Maille.

A Tokohams paper received by yesterday's wall gates that the search for the body of Colonel Martin in Lake Chazen, in which the authorities have exhausted their effort and Bare spent a large amount, ja reported to bsan suspended without effect,

The chief cook of the Katherine Park"

[“DAILY PEREN" RECLUSIVE SERVICE. }.

SILVIER ACQUITTED_

LONDON, July 31st. Robert Sievier, the editor of the "Winning Post," who was charged with attempting to blackmail a South

THE TYPHOON.

CORRESPONDENCF.

THE DAMAGE AT KING30LERE. LTO TER EDITOR ɔS THE "DAILY PRU88,"} Hongkong July 31

Little remains to add to the isla already told. The sea is yielding up the dead and a number of bodies have hsen, redovered from the harbouri usyantaen on Faursday and another re-realer day, nile mat of the victims of the failing homes have been brought from the debris which ALBIR-There appears to be a metal antombed them-25 at Shaukiran and 32 at impression, from reports in the newspapers and other sourass, that the recent typhoon damage Yaqmati. The body of Frank Salisbory, &

to Kingsclere caused by the fall of a chimney treman on the "Barsa" was found on

relay. It is believed that he met his death has rendered the greater part of the bailding by attempting to jump from the steamer to the dangerous. As a matter of fact, the chimney fell into the roof of what was originally one large wharf and falling back into the sea. The total bodroom and dressing room, but was sub- of drowned and killed, according to pollos divided into three bedrooms. The damage is confeed to those three room which are tiles and beams, weighed many tone, the flour, on the top for, and although the bricks

Sixteen bodies have, been recovered at to the socasion, and now the rubbish is cleared being built of steel and hard wood, was equal LONDON, July 31at,

Tan Theos are riotims of the “Yingking ".

away we find that there is soarcely a Tor Normal conditions prevail in con-disaster. A portion of the wreckage has bee board broken. To think for a moment that this nection with the strike

sired, and a small steamer was found on theusdental of a chimney in ons part of the

all participating. Happily war has become the charge of stealing ship's stores preferred. African millionaire, has been aequitted: reporte, is 177 and the missing number 126.

too terrible nowadays to be lightly contemplated. The strike' in cruel weapon which is fortunately lapsing into disustado. But the boycott has, as we have seen, become popular in this part of the world. Though the tendency of the age is towards peace, which, as the post tells us, “hath her victories, no less redown'd than war," though the best in all natione are striving towards a common understanding yet the differences which separate races and be a which distinguish mon will always be a source of danger. Where these differences And distinctions are not appreciated, irritation is set up,wigunderstandings anaue, and unless a wise restraint is exercised by one or both parties, or the peacemaker successfully intervenes, a trial of strength tellows In the event of a dispute between natione this men on the outbreak of hostilities with its attendant horrora. In the event.

and different races, but it is none the less trus. Men, imbued with this spiri, are A. S. WATSON & CO., perhaps pusking it to extremes when they declare that they belong to no country: that they are citizens of the world. This

arrendered to his bail at the Marine meg strate's Court yesterday, when the hearing of

against him was to have been resumed. As the witness required for the prosecution did not appear, however, Commander Buil Taylor disobarged the defendant,

A Japanese paper says that 14 out of the 380 members of the House of Representatives are Christians. These fourteen Christians, the paper adde, do not all exbibit the same degree of seal and earnestness in roligious matters; and some are what the Japanese call “graduates"; but they mora or less repramat. Christisa ideala, and most of them are vory sotive in Christian

life.

SUPREME COURT.

Friday, July 31st.

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION:

BAJORN BIR FRANCIS PIGGOTT (CHIEF JUSTICE},

› LONG STANDING LITIGATION, In the notion between Li Po Kam and Li Pu

Tung, plaintiffs, and Li Ling Shi and-Li Tenog Pak, defendants, and in the matter of a elim by the Cheong Shing Biak sad by Wong Tong to be entitled to the sum of $11,424,94 paid into Court,

Mr. M. W. Glade, instructed by Mr. G. E. ¤...

STRIKE RIOTS IN BOMBAY.

Bombay.

BERESFORD'S SIGNAL

LONDON, July 31st.

The Admiralty have vindicated Lord Charles Beresford' in regard to the signal, which Admiral Sir Percy Scott refused to obey.

OLD AGE PENSIONS.

LONDON, July 31st, The Old Age Pensions Bill has passed the House of Lords.

___[_RCUTAR'C_SEEVICE.]

OPIUM IN HONGKONG!-

The water police report 12 paenger and cargo janiz lost on the reriozs islam is and 40 people missing.

bhore

NO NEWS OF CAPTAIN PAGE.

The owners of the Ylagking" were visited agalu yesterday by a Daily Press reporter who sought information regarding the fate of Captain Page. They were unable to enlighten bim, and could not apply any further facts with

regard to the other passengera.

Yesterday morning a launch was despatch. ed to the scene of the rest to ascertain the prospects of raising the "Yingking.

POLIUS WORK APPRECIATED. Captain Lyons, the Superintendent of Polios, yesterday roosivad latter from Mosers, Shows, Tomes & Co. congratulating the polies on the good work they did at Kingslera*in rosening Mr. Hant, an employee of the frm mentioned, from the collapse,

FRIGHTENED BY THE TYPHOON.

building, which has proved to have only broken in the roof should render any other part of the building adsafe is absurd. As a matter of fact any ons seeing the massive walls and solumas of the building and being told that all the fi sora are constructed with steel girders and, beams would understand that the very inot of a floor being able to bear the weight of such a mass of broker material proves how strong the building

Yours faithfully,

DENISON, RAM & GIBBS,

HONGKONG AND OPIUM/

TO TER BUITOR OF THE "DAILÝ PE988"), 812, -Allow me to supply to you, the figures" of the Estimated Anna Import of Opium at Hongkong from 1959 to 1830 inclusirs, the want of which you have expressed in the very interesting and Davincing leader in this morning's paper. These figures are taken partly. from report of Mr. Commissioner Dick, dated 1st August 1872. Though a rapid fuorease in the zorenus derived from-the-local-consump

At the Magistracy yesterday the Hongkong and Whampoa Dook Company, proceeded against the coxswain and engineer of two of thair lannotes-K-d-and-K-7, £r-noglobof-duty and dis badleuos to order. M. Duettion may be shown, still the following tatistics Metart, Danoon, Looker, and Desɔn, conducted. the prosecution.

Mr. Donoen said the two launches- were

LosDON, July 29th: In the House of Commons, Col. Seely, Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, rally the best belonging to the Company. referring to the criticisms of the Gavera There was a standing order, which cast have ment's notion in regard to the opium ques-bean well known to the defendants, that when tion in Hongkong, said that the Government: typhoon wassignslled the launches must go to abelter and the moxawain and crew must s50

versant with the questions here, but it was in rodiness to mas the atorn. Da the quite impossible to get anything like evening of the 27th about & o'nlock orders were reasonel opinions from the authorities in given that the faunches should seek shelter, bat Hongkong before the announcement of the those ordets wäre not obsyai. Later in the Government's policy, in the carrying out evening K6 u utilised by one of the Baropean assistants of the Dok, sal he out with the advice of the Governor of thattaks the launch to shelter. Thoss orders Colony, He trusted to be able to satisfy were not abayad, and he would prova the House that the best opinion in Hong- that in ensqance of this disobedienes

of a dispute between employers and em ployed it means brutalising strike, with ***its dislocation of industry and accompany

ing loss and starvation to hundreds or thousands. And in the event of a dispute between individuals, between communities Bessie (of Messrs. Wilkioma and Grist) appear between rival commercial interests on bead for Li Po Kam and Li Po Tung, Hon. Mr. tween races, a boycott may be introduced H. E, Pollock, K.,, instructed by Mr. B. F. U. with demoralising effects on the individuals, --Musler (of Massra, Johumu, Stokes and Master) ABE Communities and race and disastrous effects presented the Choong Shing Bank, and Sir CONForssavas on the commercial interests involved. It Henry Berkeley, K., lostunted by Ms. A Holborow (of Mossre Danoon, Locker and COMMENT, AND WIOAN may be a trite observation to say that trade Descon) appeared on heball of Wong Tong.

43 and commerce are removing, the barriers His Lordship gave a formal decision on the MATURE AND IF FINE CONDITION.which separated men of different nations question raised regarding Li Chit's assignment.did its bast to get the views of those con- that everything in properly stowed away

Herald he had road the agreement very care fully, and there was no doubt in kis mind as to what it was. It was not the assignment share in the Li Hing which Li Chit said he formerly owned, but it was an assignment of the interests is the shares of other companies held in the Hing. This mida vary close by the second paragraph of the statement of claim. It was very olear that the sign meat gould not be assigned or haudad over to another. Notice in writing bai to bang, and that of the Governor's, doincided the two landons were smashed against given to cumplate the title of the debtor. There- was no pretence that ay matimise vřelbring had been given to the bap Sing Co., and the claim, so for sa Wong Tong was conestned, seemed to His Lordship to be out of Courti subject only to one point. Oa reponsideration he thought the pleadings should conform to the rules of pleadings. Unioabtedly the olem should have been set out, and the sigamont should have been mentioned in the statement of claim of Wang Toug. The assignment was nob set out in the statement of claim, so subject to argument, he was of opinien far ss his Lordship scald ses, therefore

that. Wour was out of Court.

LIMITED,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, may not actually accord with our view name of Lal Hing, or in other nim by Lai of which the Government would not through raposted the orders that the coxswain should.

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

Hongkong, 28th July, 1908,

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faith.

orts

Corrigondents must forward their names and ad- dresses with comesunications addressed to the Editor, not for publication but as evidence of poor All letters for publication should be written on

sride of the paper only. No anonymously signed communications that have already appeared in other papers will be inserted.

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but it has to be admitted that this cos- mopolitanism is preferable to parochia patriotism, und it may be welcomed as an expression of the good fooling which it indicate towards men of other nationalities. Coming to discuss the most recinto position of the effect of a boycott, we have to remember that the agitation against Japanese products is discouraged by the Chinese Government. We cannot impeach the bonafides of the Government; and we have to regard the movement sy an naoficial one. The statements of the Government and the betions of the populace do not coincide, and, though the interdiction was organised it was done in such a manner that the latter of the tresty was not infringe. Thus a buycott which was not a boycott was instituted Now the friends of both nations cannot regard the estrangement betwem Chian and Japan with pleasure. Without seeking to justify or blame either party, and without HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VIRI ROAD ✪ LONDON OFFION: 131, FLEET STREET. E.Uving offence, regret may be exposed at

BIETH.

On July 19th, at Yokohama, Mrs, DUNDAS Or DUNDAR, wife of British Naval Attaché, of a son, MAREIAGE.

On July 19th, at Yokohama, laring Briggs DISTER, of Iloilo, Philippine isinale, to MART MÚRBON, of Trondhjem, No way.

The

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the occurrences which have taken place and the consequences which followed. Japan

Daily Press. insetod on a cartait course of conduct.

:

Sir Henry Berkeley-Paragraph 8 of the statement of claim sat out the assigament.

His Lordship--That point must be argued, Sir Henry Berkeley-What is the effect of it, if we have alleged the assignorant ?.

His Lordship-If you have not given notice of assignment, the ssilgommit is bad, ́ ́I - will hear argamsat on the palat later.

BOXING, -

Chin£ resented it. The Chinese having HONDRONA, AUGUST 18, 1908

shown that they

not üre

without A boxing contest is being arranged for ONE, aspect of the boycott instituted by backbone, and having expressed their Saturday next at the City Hall, between Battling Sims aut Jimmy O'Borke, bath of Chinese aguilat Japanese products is per opinions on the subjects which almost the U.S.S." Wilmington." Twenty-five rounds haps overlooked or at any rate its im brought two nations to the verge of war, sro to be fought. There are to be two pre- portauce is not realiad. Hitherto uations may feel satisfied with the result they have liminaries. In one McKenna (ot the have been content to settle their disputes obtained. The Japanese as anxious t› hà"Wilmington") will meet E. Coyne of the ju "the good old-fashioned way," by no rastored to friendship. They are holding Naval Yard, and in the other Heine Milier appeal to arms, but China, the weak but cut the olive branch, and by sending meets Jimmy Maofadden, both of the U.8.8- peaceful, has discovered a new weapon. It subscriptions to China's distressel' inhabit- is difficult to trace the origin of the internta-have-ahown-a-spirit-in-keeping with- diction expressed by the modern term their best traditions. The subscriptions have Boycolt." It may have had its beginning been accepted. Surely now the hand might

"Wilmington."

LAWN BOWLS

A match has been stranged onsisting of 4

with the Government's.

TURKEY

LONDON, July 29th.

allegiance to the Constitution in the The Bultan has taken the oath of

presence of the Sheikul-Islam, swearing on

the Korean,

The Turkion Parliament has been convened for the 1st November.

OLD AGE PENSIONS.

··London, July 29th.. The House of Lords has adopted the amendment of Lord Cromer on the Old Age: Pensions Bill, limiting its operation to seven years, on the ground of the liability entailed on the country."

THE U. S. PRESIDENCY,

LONDON, July 29th. At the Chicago Convention, Hearst's Independence Party nominated Mr. Hisgen of Massachusetts for the Presidency in opposition to Mr. Bryan and Mr. Taft,

MR. ROCKEFELLER'S GOLF MAXIMS.

ent mess.

.

As a rule a philosopher is a man of independ

Mr. J. D. Buckefeller is a philosopher.

Take a firm hold of your stok, think out your piny, study the ball, sad drive through with

your might." This is the epitome of Mr. Rockefeller's philosophy, as stated be the New York World, and he applies that both to the game of golf and the game of life:

In the golf ball he only see a world in miniature. Musk of his spare time now is spont

the Dook walls, and eventually sunk. Tue dalaadente, Cock Dee ware not on board, when the launches sunk, The man jumped off the launchok when they ware is dɩngər and refused to go bzok ią

save the launch, pursuanos of orders or to do suything to try to

Mr. Smith, ander whess charge the launches ware, deposed to the regulations providing for the launches going to shelter when a typhoon" was signalled. Es happened to be sick that night but about 11 o'olosk he recɔgalad the whistle of K. 6 and on going down found the Isunch at the dook. He asked the coziwain why he was there and he replied that he wanted water. Witnes feld him to me salt water and to go away. Even at that hour he had plenty of time to go to Chiawan or Stonecatters. Nast morning he learned that both launabes had bian

whiob represent quantity imported in piçula and chess, when they are compared with the statiation of recent years, will assuredly.

convince the veries tyre that the consumption has automatically depressed to a remarkable extent.

And yet the agitators still continue to misrepresent faots by sob incomplete and erronanas raprantations as those to which you slade.-Tours' truly

Isor.

1859

D. B. G Quantity Imported.

1860

Chests. 51,863 59,405

1861

60,012

1842

75,831

.1863

52,02%

1864

75,128

Picnia,

1885

76,629

1866

81,350

·1837

83,530

1870-

84,065

95,045

1871

89,744

1872

88.885

1873

88,362

1874

91,092

1875

81818

1876

96,935

1877-

··04200

1878

94,890

3879 1880

107,970

95,839

CANTON

(FROM OUR CORBESPONDENT)

THE POPULATION OF CANTON.

30th July, 1908.

The Superintendent of Polias he made a lost and on speaking to the defendants they report of the Census of the population of declared the engines would not zerers He Canton taken by his staff which gives the had had control of the launches for woven following figures su yours and had

never know them stok.There are 3,858 streets in Canton .. As a matter of fact ba saw K 6 going Both Walled Cities, its suburbs, and Ho Nam. ahest and reversing that night. He Shops registered and numbered

26,162 certained afterwards that the hatohways hul Family bouses registered and not been properly shut and the awnings had not

nambered......

*** 64,701 been properly stowed,

Total number of shop and houses... 90,863 Male population Femde-population

d

The coxswain of one said he had received no orders to proceed to shelter asd the other sald |-he-bad-orders to stand by.

After other evidence had been heard the case was adjourned.

CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY.

An Impis Decres, translated by the Mercury Bhunghot road as follows

Total population

H

312,636 -174.700

487,336

Them must be a mistake somewhere as the figures regarding population are simply ridion- lone. The total of the conens gives an average Chen Chi-tai, the Governor of Kinagsi, has of 4 to 6 persons per house. Anybody who has seen a Chinese house will so at once the memorialized to the Threne that is le advis abla to have measurly for the uniform control of the whole lines if the Canton Hankow Bail absurdity of it. The smallest Chinese house way and toappoint a high official who is known contains at least a dozen parsons. Moreover the to be upright and a man of judgment to super-famile population oartainly eroseds the male; intend the railway.

there are more servant girls in avery family The trank lise of the Canton Isalow

between southern and northern Chius, is one family itself.

in China, or it may have been introduced in be stretched to grasp the proferred olive rinke, to be played on Koriqon G.eon beiween on the links, and his philosophy naturally finda Railway, boing the line of communication house than there are male members of the some other part of the world. Primitive branch? Surely the time has come for recon- the Civil Service and Kowloon Clubs this plenty of Inspiration toolzal stimulant, of the most important railway lines in the

Golf, he finds, is, asi

There is a rainour that a poll tax and he makes many witty remarks as he toes. Empire. Sometime ago Chong Chiltong

succeeded in restoring the concession (from the is under consideration and it may have ins bis ball or prepares for a-drive:

Here are a few of the epigrams of the mll-American agudicate) and har himself dealt with fluenced not a little the figures above quoted lionairò :——

the affairs of the line with great care. Since Buides there are hundreds of email houses, and It you can't say a

anything good about a man, having been taken over by the Chinese concerns bule both in the City and its suburbs which ara say nothing.

there are many differences of view expressed by not registered or numbered. Always take advantage of others mistakes.

the officials, gontry and merchants concerned for I am happy wherever I am now-North, er many years and there has been nothing done. South

Esat or West, it makes no difference."

If the lines are left in the present state of Wiltshire, A O. Pile, R. Adams, and Anything that is worth doing at all is worth affairs the loss to the stats is anormous. There W. H. Bolly, Stip."

doing

well. I feel the same way in goll as with fore we hereby appoint a high official to His Excellency Viceroy Chang hãs com Reserves H. Woolley, A. Brown, R.C.mything else in the world.

mythi fade in sol, has a subtle affect on the cold tells ball the Bar We

control of the

in view of suppressing

womunicated to the Committee of the Grand olarseter.

Loreby appoint Casang Chil tung, 6. Grand | Charity Bazaar requesting them not fo koập Of the many

man must have known its value under ciliation? Both are retarding their dove-atternoon, play to commenos at pm, sharp a different name when members of the lopment by this estringement, and both are. The following have been selvoted to play for community had to be ostracised or another constituting a menace to the pease of the tus Civil Service: C. W. Bratt, H. W. Daw. social aggregation bad to be ignored. world. Moreover they are interfering with, A. Blowey, and L. E. Beott, skip

B Hudson, B. H. Woolley, and F. Allan, R. There can be no doubt indeed that the the proper course of trale, which is not Dazon, skip, principle is very old, but it was not until altogether beneficial to others. To merely

C. H. Parkinson, R. Featon W. Gast and Captain Boycott was the victim of Irish seek to gralify spite when it involves loss M. McIver, ship, organisation that the strength of the move to themselves is a suicidal policy for the ment was recognised China, the cumbrous Chinese to persist iu. Neither of the and unwithay milking top of exccome from parties concerned profit by the baverit, and apuntary operations, discovers the value of as they live little to lose and everything to. the boycott to emphasise her feelings, Wagain it isot too much to hope that counsels is to be deplored. So is a boycott But of peace will preval and that the good inasmuch as the latter is more humane infalings established by reciprocal trade wil

be restored between two races who hare its methods it 18 to be preferred, though on the other hand it possesses neither the so much in common. heroics per the picturesqueness which fascinate the spectator on the field of battle. In applying the boycott in this man-

er the Chinese are entitled to credit for the Great preparations are being made in Manila originality of the idea, but in saying this to welcome the American Fleet.

The Chilean training ship General Bacquedano bas reached Manila.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

moa I bave met he remarked,

The Census must have bean taken in the characteristic Chinese style.

THE FLOOD FUND BAZAAR.

I never know a golfer to have a bad character Connetilor and a Grand Soore'ary, to also act the Bazaar open in the evening as he considers"

as High Commissioner to control the Carton - it

I really believe that golf tends to relop the Hankow Ballway and to cerealt with the Board it ups and difcult to afford adequate pro The Ben Line str. Bongios from Antwerp and all gloryou, I have that at golf of Communications and the Visorogs and tection. The Committee had a meeting yester

has been all right

Governors

of the three provinces concerned in day and decided to have only two admissions Loudon ingapare an 31stalt. for this port Golf and the simple life have certainly dealing with the affairs. It is also hereby viz, 8 am to 12 (noon) and 1 p.m. to 5 pm.

The Indo-shim str. Fooksing left Calcutts. ciptared the great magaste. When the aancial ordered f

first th

the officials, gentry and merchants for this port via the Straits on the 29th ult, situ tion was mentioned, ha cried: "Oh, please and may be expected here on or about 14things don't ask me abont that I don't know much concerned should deal with the railway properly much by zaising funds and the said figh, Gamis The 1.G.M. atr. Manila loft Hydney on the about euch things, except what I read. sioner's decision should be fluid in deciding 30th ult. p.m., and may be expected here on or know. I have not been active in business for affairs relating to the lines in the said three about the 21st inst,'

same years, and I don't keep up with the

HOW TO BE BAUTIFUL-Keep your com- plexion, Mrs. Ellou's Urbino Oharmsuto, Lait Charmant and Special Skin Tonio and Poudra Charmant will enable you to do it. Har

The LG.M. str. Ikleżał which left here on the stration very closely. Please don't let use talk provinces, by judging from the vironmstaques Specialition for the Skid are the study of a

alt at 1.p.m.

and I have served my time there."

to the lines of

tions promptly and avoiding any delay or obstruction.