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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 1908.

conditions prevail over Oregon and Washwell constructed, well kept, and are open | ington: States, which do not fall behind British Columbia in productiveness, so that with the increasing trans-oceanic trade of the Pacific, which may be said to ha 'one of the most conspicuous features of the newly CO., opened gentary, it is not wonderful that the

The Colocial Secretary's Offins inform us that i Mavila is declared to be infected with cholera.

Manila contemporary of the Had inst, states cholers, and on the follosing day 47," with a that on Sunday the 20th there were 59 cases of death rate of less than fifty per cent."

TELEGRAMS.HONGKONG COTTON: SPINNING,

[" DAILY PEESY EXCLWAIVE SERVICE.] TURKEY AND BULGARIA.

LONDON, September 27th. Turkey has asked the intervention of the Powers regarding her trouble with Bulgaria.

WEAVING AND DYEING COMPANY.

The Hon Mr. J. W. Grasson presided at the annual meeting of shareholdere in the above Company held on Saturday at the offices of the General Managers (Mours. Jardine, Matheson

Co). There were also present Sir Paul Chater and Mr. J. W. C. Bonnar (donauiting commitee), Mesers, A., Denison, E. Ormiston,

nud comfortable. Practically it may be said they monopolise the whole of the street traffic, for cabs of any sort can hardly be said to exist, so that there is no alternative

Mr. Marnham, formarly of Hongkong, and beyond walking, and carrying one's own baggage, or going by trian Will regard

paper, badas epileptiq ft in the Japaness Court Pucino Slope of America should provide to buildings, the city is will in its infintory now soling as Editor of a Korean vernacular

stage, and nearly all the bullings are wood,at Seoul, and had to be takon to hospital on site for many great, and growing cities: so that to the former "Western Gate" of mere flimsies. This is, of course, a con- stretcher. Mr. Marnham was attending the San Francisco, we should now have to ad,tianal source of danger, though the fire trial of a Korean, connected with the paper, brigade is offfient, and, considering the who is charged by the Japanese authorities, Portland, Tacoma, Sautie, Tancouver,

extremely dangerous conditions, fires uro with embezzling subsoriptions raised by the the loane paper for the redemption of Victoria, already out of their teens: -

rare and seldom do much damage. Still, as

the nation had obtained from Japan. Mr. WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS besides many smaller, but yet important

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HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 1908.

to be amongst the greatest, if not as some

THE POSITION IN

LANCASHIRE. LONDON, September 27th. Outside cotton mills are joining in

of its sanguina promoters hope, the very at commencing to be noticeable. The posited in the Clibran Haak, that afterwardscashire is affected.""

Government is putting up a fine grauite greatest city on the entire Pacific coast, is structure as a post office; now Law Courts as yet but a few months old, the infante lo being built in the same terial, city of Prince Rupert. With one of the and some of the banks have recantly ere.ted

finest harbours in the world, and, as

substantial stone and brick buildings, some in the course of the next few years. it will be, connected by the shortest and of which have pretentions to architectural most easily traversed line of railway possible design. Fire-proof struct ires are also be

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the sum of 30,00) yen was transferred to the

As a result of this, ten Manchester Hongkong and Shanghai Bank; and the Mining Company's shares were parohaasd with 25,00 traius have been stopped. yer; that the remaining 5,000 yen and also over 2,000 you, which is part of the remainder in

the Collbran. Bank, were lont to M. Martin, &

Natural gas, throwing mud and water to a height of 75 to 100 feet has been struck in San

all legitimate transactions. Yang Kitaik, the reach merchant. He stated that these were accused, asserted that he was not in any way with the great cities of Eastern Canada

ning introduced to some extent, but oa the responsible for those transactiong the great wheat lands of Saskatchewan whole the city is but in its merely propara and Manitobi, es woll as the eastern ship-ory stage, and will require entire rebuild ping ports, Prince Rupert starts with an assured faturo, and from the recent action of the Canadian Government there is no room for doubt that everything will be done that is possible to help it to get over those difficulties that are incidental to the youth, as wall of cities as of judividuals. "Ti however, is for the immediate future; more immediately interesting and instructive as a thing already well is progress is the advance mato by the twin citi a on Puget Sound, Vancouver au Seattle. In many.

within the next twenty-ve years. What the share-broker is in Stanghai the real estate agent is in Vaucouver. Their unme is legion; even on the extreme verge of the clearings, where the bursing stumps have barely had time to cool, the Real Estate man fixes up a few planks, and announces properties for sale; everyone who has not learnt a trade, or has proved failure thinks himself good enough as an estate agent, and custom encourages gambling in such securities. It is a necessary respects one is a counterpart of the other calling, doubtless, and there are many Real Vancouver the direct outcome of the great Estate agents who do a good busions, and Canadian Pacific Bailway, and Seattle the bear a high character; for the majority it is darling of the Great United States lines of only another name for chuckstones, and ie the Northern Pacific and the Great Northornis a pity that the lives of so many should be Railways.

The enormous influence exercised by these two railways respectively in Vancouver and Seattle is one of the most curious pheno

noon of the place which the most careless of trawlers can scarcely avoid-uberag almost everything in Vancouver, in fat, depends directly or ultimately on the great- railway company, which of course has been the making of the place; and for good or evil dominates the whole, from the City Council down to the conductor of the tramcar. The power of the railway is, in fact, a more tangible after than that of the Government, who rather than risk a guarrel will submit to almost any demand-of-the Company. So far Vancouver could not have 601 on without the C; P. R., but it is uncertain whether a little more self-reliance would not new prove advantageous-for the future growth of the place, which seems to be kept somewhat unduly in leading strings. Some twenty years ago the city was only a pleasant little town of some eighteen thousand. inbabitants. Curiously enough, the Railway had always given out that it was going to have its terminus at Port Moody, some twelve miles higher up the Inlet, and it seems the Government had actually sold much of the ground there on

so utterly wasted, for large numbers of the inhabitants are really withdrawn from wholesome pursuits to become little better thau wasters, without a prospect of over becoming useful citizens. But twe have said

ough to tax the patience of our readers for a single day

The German Mail of the 26.6 August, was delivered in London on the 25th inst

After many days of absolute freedom one case of plague, ut nimesha-toui, was notified on

Saturday.

*

Thare were fewer flats dealt with under the

Buildings Ordinance in 1007 than in the

previous year.

A sum of $4,308.25 was realised by the letting *** of alter for the eraction of booths and stands at Happy Valley, during the Raos Mealing.--

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to grant to Lieutenant J. S. Gubbay, Hongkong Volunteer Corps, leave of absence for six months as from the 19th instant,

A man named P. M. F. Toatelier, a Franch citizen of lado-China, has been arrested in Manila by request of the authorities of Iddo Cins on a charge of embezzlement while acting

a judicial administrator of an estate at Bienhoa. The total quantity of water supplied during 1907 in Hongkong was 1,517,091,001 gullons All" tered and 24,963,0 0gallous unfilter d, making a gallons more than in 1936: The average consump tion of filtered water per head per day with an estimated population of 205,110 was 20.3 gallons,

Jacinto, Pangasinan, says the Manils Cablenews. The phononsoon was met with in drilling in artesian well for the municipality. The pounder had pierced 53 feet of the earth's surface when suddenly and without warning, the deposit of gas was struck, and the workmen, taken by surprise, ran for their lives. For over an hour the inad and water was thrown into the air in a steady stream. When the novelty ware of one of the large crowd of Filipino sightseers struck

the American woll driller to draw fire from the

caping gas has ceased to be her operations. This is the first time natural gas has been on countered in the Philippines in well digging.

OBITUARY

LONDON, September 27th. The death is announced of Admiral Richard Moorman, who retired from the Service as a captain in 1866, and obtained his present rank in 1995.

REUTERS SHEVICE.]

MOROCCO.

LONDON, September 24th. The German reply to the Franco-Spanish Note is most moderate in toué, and generally accepts the proposals put forward. Con. filence is now expressed in Paris that an

LATER.

The French press recognise the concilia tory tone of the German Note which gives reason to hope that an agreement à points of detail is now possible.

C. H. Ro, W. E. Clarke, A. Cousland, A. Shaw, Lo Cheung Shui, Ho Ja-Shang, R. E. Pieroy, H. W. Petley, and W. M. Fleming (secretary)

The notice convening the meeting having been read,

The CHIEMAN said Gentleman: The

Report and Accounts having been in your

~proval-to take them wa-read. The depression in the fara træle referred to at our last Annual

Mesting continued during the first half of the period covered by the secounts' now under review, and for some months the Mill was working at a lowes: In the Spring of this year bowever a considerable improvement in demand took place, but it is unfortunate that we have boon unable to. take full advantage of this improvement, owing to the dificulty of obtaining adequate labour. It will be rement- hered that at the end of April 1957 it was found necessary, owing to lack of demand, to curtail our production, which was done by reduölug

the number of spindles running and dispensing with the services of about half our workpeople So soon as the improvement in the yarn trade commenced, we at once endeavoured te, inording- the number of spindlen at work, but this year we have experienced greater dimoulty than on any previous occasion in bringing the mill into | fali working. This is doubtless due to the szig

tanos of remunerative work on the mainland

on Railway enterprises, which have recently come into being, but the result is that we have, had to be contented with unskilled

labour, which takes time, to train, and a consequent depresse in output for the time

now about 45,000

■ match to light a cigarette. The gas at once international understanding will he reached; caught fire and for another two hours, the flames In reference to the repayment of Franco shot into the heavens and the wondering estives Spanish military expenses and compensation returned to witness the night. The ability of for murders, Germany trusts that France,

and Spain will consider the Roancial being. Our workers are however gradually

improving and we have earth's satre was much commented upon by

Taking into consideration the difficulties with the superstitious natives, but their wonderment position of Moron wherein mil Powers are spindles running ent of a total of 55,000. which we have had to contead, I trust that you The de iporeased a hundred fold when they saw him lalorested.

will consider the gain on working viz $23,350,30 posit has since bean drilled through and the smother the flames with a wel sach

as not unsatisfactory. The gomezial position moreover slows a considerable improvement ou that of last year, ae may be illustrated by a comparison of the stook of para at the rspective dales. On 31st July 1907 there was na úúdul-' vered glook at the Mill of 6,655. balss of which LONDON, September 24th.

5,933 bales were unsold: on 31st July this Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria and hisyear the undelivered stock 1,181 baler Consort have arrived at Budapest where all sold, and tuis quantity has inse they were warmly welcomed by Emperor been reduced to 14 balen en the 19th instant. Franz Joseph of Austria. At a banquet The look of Cotten line be taken over at a the Emperor in tasting Prince Fredinand safe price and the production of the Mill is dwelt on the excellent relations existing sold up to mid-December at a small profit. I may mention further that we have succeeded in between Austria and Bulgaria, and wished establishing a regular demand for our yarn in

THE SANITARY BOARD.

Mr. A. Shelton. Hooper, pareant to notice will ask at the meeting of the Suitery-Board to-morrow:

“Whether any arraugement has been made whereby say officers of the Sanitary Depart ment are required to ascertain and report on nuisances under Fart III of the Public ath and Building Ordinancs 1903-1908 for the Information of the Building Authority?

AUSTRIA AND BULGARIA,

* If so, las such arrangement received the prosperity to the young country whose pro- section of His Excellency the Governor, and gross he described as ons of the most will the particolars of such arrangement be remarkable qualities of her people. laid-bafore the-Bard-for their jaformation P

TYPHOONS IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Within the past week or ten days three typhoons appear to have passed over Philippine Islanda.

ENGLAND AND JAPAN

LONDON, September 24th. Councillor Yamaza, the new Japanese Charge d'Affaires in London, interviewed theby Reuter, said that the Anglo-Japanese alliance was a vary real and po refful factor in Japanese life and thought. He felt quite. right in saying that the question of British Trade Marks in Japan was practiently settled; and knew no point on which Japan had departed from the policy of the open. door in Manchuria. He re-affirmed the intention of Japan to maiutaiu au-equal opportunity for all in the ports of China. THE NEWCASTLE ELECTION.

On Saturday the 19th inst, the city of Manil and the provinces to the North wers threatened. The storm gathered East of the Vinosyss, and moved rapidly in a north-westerly direction, but owing ic resistance it met with on approach ing land, the oyclonic centre became deformed and it passed to the North of Manila without doing any damage of importance to the city.

Two more typhoons have since gathered in the neighbourhood of the Visoryas, Eravalling

some such understanding; but Port Moody grand totalo£ 1,5 12,059,000 gallons or 188,092,000) in a similar direction. A report was.current iu

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At the annual meeting of the Hongkong St, Andrew's Society the Hon. Mr. W. Chatham was elected president, Mr. J. R. M. Smith vice president, Mr. David Wood secretary, and Mr A. S. Frasty, treasurer. Messrs W. Armstrong, R.Mitchell, Murray Stewart, W. C. Jack and

II. Rose were appointed members of com wittee. It was decided to celebrate St. Andrew's Day with the umal hell,

Hongkong on Saturday that upwards of 10,000 lives had been lost in one of these storms, but the report lacks confirmation.

CHINESE APPRECIATION OF BLUEJACKETS GALLANTRY.

.

LONDON, September 25th. The polling in the Newcastle Election has resulted as follows

Kenwick (Unionist) 13863 vetes Shortt (Liberal) 11724. Hartley (Socialist) 2971.

OLD AGE PENSIONS.

the Northern Ports of Shanghai and Tsingimo, Under these circumstances your Consulting Committee has felt justiiled in proposing to you tluct 8400 0 be taken from the Equalization of "Dividend Fund-for the purpose of paying a similar dividend to that of last year and I trast that this course of action will have your approval. The property is all in Brat- close condition. Before gaking you to pass the report, and accounts I shall be pleased to answer say questions concerning them.

No questions being asked, the CHAIRMAN moved and Mr. DENISON seconded the adoption of the report which was unanimously carried.

Mr. ORMISTON moved, and Mr. Lo CHEUNG

Suti seconded that Sir Paul Chater and Mr. J.-W. C. Buanar be re-elected consulting.com. mitles. Carried.

Mr. W. Hutton Potis was reappointed auditor on his motion of Mr. CursuAND seconded by Mr. SHAW

The CHAIRMAN-Dividend warrants will be ready on Monday, gentlemen. I thank you for your attendanes.

COMPENSATION FOR TYPHOON DAMAGE.

The comprehensive report on the typhoon of -97th and 28 h July Inal, laid before the Legis. lative Council. contains an interesting state. ment by the Hon. Registrar General as w relief granted to the sufferers. A meeting of the Tung Wau H-epital Committee was held a few days after the typhoon, at which a Relief

LONDON, September 25th, The first Old Age Pension forms were issued on Thursday. There was a steady procession of applicants at the Post Offices, 50,000 being applied for and issued in Lon-Committee was formed. It was ageood that (L.) "Big junks-and-dehing, junks, which are financed on methods approximating to in alone,

insurance, and which contemplate loss by storm as a risk of the trade, should receive no com-

BULGARIA AND TURKEY.

LONDON, September 25th.

wanted some of the first essentials of a port it was sinull and restricted, and the water was hallow, and would have required constant dredging. Under the circumstances A Visit to British Columbia after an absence the Railway Company wisely decided to go of some eightzon fears affords inchrom further, but the Government had to

The following is a translation of a letter for reflection. As was foreseun by those reimburse some of the purchasers of land acquainted with the country, the provipes has for the fall in value of their holdings. As

addressed by the Tang Wa Hèspital Committee and Espressentatives of the Chinese community turned out one of the richest, if not actually apart Vancouver, leaves little to be desired;

to the Hon Registrar General in acknowledg ture richest in the Dominion, and this, but it may be a question-an a sanitary

ment of the serviess of the crew of HM S. whether we take into account is agricultural point of view whether it would not

"Astrasa in life saving during the typhoon

Sir-During the typhoon of the 27th July or its mineral wealth; the population, too, have been wiser to have gone further out

The basinses at the menting of the Sanitary sea. At all events there is already Board to-morrow includes the consideration of a

the cutter lawered by H.M.S. Astruc was the has steadily increased, and the toros, ta especially Victorin, the Provincial Capital, come indication that, with the farther letter from the Government relative to the cause of saving the lives of many persons from don and Vancouver, the commercial metropolis, growth of the city there will be considerable purchase of stear lighters for the disposal of the the junks which were late in making for shel- tar. We understand that an Officer and 12 from being respectable quiet towns, of some difficulty in this disposal of its sewage, the city refuse. The commistes appointed to report

M. Mintchavitch, Bulgarian agent inpensation. This was the oonise followed aftor eighton and twenty-five thousand in-tidal currents in the completely lund locked on the byelaws for disinfection of infected sailors showed the greatest bravery lú risking.

the typhoon of 1908, Charity should however be extended to necessitions survivora of such habitants, have already grow into grent Burrard's Inlet being extremely weak. premises will present their report, sad a report their own lives at a time when the sos was bigh contres of population, Vancouver especially Otherwise Vancouver my be said to be a will also be presented by the committee appoint-in order to save the lives of others. This deed Londoo, in an interview said that it was

of herolam is greatly admired by all soutions of anticipated his government would purchase wracks, especially to widows and orphan chil the community of the Colony. In our letter Loing now a great city, with a population model site for a great city. The ground is ed to consider the cemetery bye-laws,

No. 115 we stated a desire to make a smail pre- the Oriental Bailway line from the company dren (ii.) A. sub-committes was appointed to A mining lease for a further arex of one approaching a hundred thousand. Bokind, gently undulating, no part rising more than in the Fraser. River valley, where the ground about fifty or sixty feet, and there being no square mile in Sai Kang district on the South sealation to them as a token of our appreciation. now owning it, or arrange with the company inquire into cases referred to them by the. is suitable for settlement, agriculture lina steep gradients to overcame. It is curiously shors of Tolo Harbour, was according to the We regret to learn from your letter No. 191 for its control by Bulgaria. The question Registrar General's Committee. (iii) The Com. was one affecting Bulgaria's national safety, wittee further recommended that a letter abould

be addressed to the Government to be forwarded- made considerable strides, and the ecuntry intersected by another shallow bay known Report of the Director of Public works, issued that the cruiser has already returned home thas

and she could not tolerate the existence of a

to the proper quarter, expressing the thanks of w The Offloers and arew of H. M. 8." Astries with its well-aid-out roads, its fruit False Creek, but in the course of eveals to Sir Pan! Chator last year. It authorizes the preventing as giving effect to our desire.

lina traversing the country controlled from

the community for the notion of the crow of orchards, its dairy farina, and its hop this is already becoming filled up, and the working of ceposits of iron ore... A mining

The recommandations of the sub-committee gardens, is beginning to assume a settled upper part has recently been acquired 24 cence was issued to Mr. Grant Smith for an have gained a wide reputation for their dis. Constantinople; but there was no idea of ILMS, struca in rescuing certain Chinese

teruniaus for the Great Northern Railway area of 28.32 acres on the Southern portion of interested bravery. Being endowed with love forging the matter to war

for their fellowmos, they used their energy, to

He bad no official information as to Bul which were adopted, were as follows:- (4) aspect, reminding one distantly of a farthing which will bring the city into direct railway country at bowe. In the east, in the communication with Scuttle and the Ameri- The Director of the Observatory makes in his cave the lives of others, and, in pioking up the

of 75 craft. (b) 8500 to be paid to the victims "Kootenay "districts and along the upper can const ports to the South Thy City is report on the last typhoon the interesting drowning, gained honour for themselves,garia's intention to declare herindependence, $6,645 to be paid tri the owners

Although we cannot requite them with a pre-but in his own opinion the time to do so bad of the collapse of houses(e) $1,000 to be.. Columbia river, in bingent on the made thirly well policed, and theCity Councilscome observation that "lightning which had beentation, this act of hunianity, will for over arrived, though it would merely regularise subscribed to the Blindenheim, Kowlo haga advances, and financially the Province to administer its part with judgment and ret observed at 11 p.m. paticnad nntil 2 maxi-t in our memory. We shall consider it a the situation actually existing---

With the exception of thelyphoon of September is rich, and unencumbered. Great attention | fair economy. Many of the greets are 18th, 3906: this is the only occasion on which great favour if you will be so kind as to convay has of late years been paid to education, yet graded, but work is progressing fairly lightning has been observed here near the centre for us our sense of gratitude. We have de.. which is free, and absolute illiterey can satisfactorily. The streets are wide, are well of typhoon during the past 25 years. Thunder hardly be said to exist, all classes, as a mile laid out, and those that are completed art was not heard The bighest recorded valocity Supporting the State Schools, with little well nadanised and in a few gases con of the wind on that occasion was 81 miles per discrimination as to wealth or social status, creted or paved with blocks. The tram- hoar at two o'clock, but, Mr. Figy adds, the which ostensibly are presumped to be able ronds are laid on wood sleepera, but are wall record of wind velocity is not reliable probably to take care of themselves. Very similar laid, of standard, guage, and the cars are from midnight oving to an scoident to the

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LATEST STEAMER, MOVEMENTS.

Claims raised in consection with

or crew

craft

were disallowed. Bastides the He cases of loss or damage were reported, but the sufferers. In these case had failed to sppear, although notices had been posted up five Limes calling on The G. N. Bly. Minnesota Ieft Shanghai them to do so, and other steps taken to find on the 26th inet, and may be expected here on them. The great majority of these cases were

29th fust. at day-light..

the

either bogus, or cases where the injury inflicted The P&O. str. Delia left Singapore for was triding, or where in no case could compen

30th inst. at 3 p.m.“ this port on the 26th inst. at 8 am, with the tation be awarded, The Committee new re- outward English Mails, and is due here on the commended that the engniry be considered to

be closed.