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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19TH, 1909,

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instance, would have been effect had the the time, has proved incompatible with the TELEGRAMS.

British Government of the day informed the continuance of Empire, There are signs merchants at Hongkong that any expendithat, after a long lethargy the nation at ture of capital there was useless, and that it large is beginning to wake up to the real, ight any day restore the eclony to China; danger of the situation; but as yet it hur in which ease it would not make any com- hardly got to the length of doing more tha pensation whatever? Where would the wiping its eyes. CO. foreign trade of China have stood-letalone

Hongkong itself?:

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS

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VERY OLD LIQUEUR SCOTCB

This, however, is what the last two Governments have been telling Weihaivai, The shipping houses were quits prepared to spend the capital, which they bed ready, if only the Government would say that it intended to hold Weihaise, or would give auy guarantee as to the return of money ex pended in bona fide improvements. But the answer was ever unsatisfactory; it would make no promies of any sort, nor state its intentions as to the rendition of the port. There was no wharf at which steamers could lie, and no godowns in which cargo could be stored, and as these exist at the neighbour- ing port of Chefoo naturally steamers prefer to go there with cargo, notwithstanding the unsheltered nature of the port. With a little expenditure, which the merchants were rendered a model transhipment (port, as it is well sheltered, easily approached, Bad sufficiently deep for the largest steamers engaged in the home trade. It is likewise admirably adapted as a distributing centre, from which ecasting steamers could run in a few bours to all the ports round the Gulf of Pechili; North China, Korea, Manchuria,

Mr. Marnham, formerly of Hongkong, col- times the publication of the late Mr. Bethel's paper, the Korea Daily News.

The post of United States Minister to Foking was offered by President Taft last month to Senator Faiton, who requested ton days in which to consider the matter." Oregorian abs at sidetrack" is one of the headings given to the saneancement in an Amorice ocatem- porary,,

The Right Rev. Bishop D. Pozzoni left Hong- kong yesterday afternoon for Swatow on a mission tour. He will return in time for the con Braution and Procession of the Blossed Virgin Mary, which is to take place in the 31st instant in the compound of the Cathedral of the

Immaculate Conception.

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Ou Monday a Parseo Funeral took place after

interval of eighteen months. The deceased,

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DAILY PRESS" EXCLUSIVE SERVICS.] THE PLAGUE AT YOKOHAMA.

TOKYO, May 18th, The outbreak of pest at Yokohama is serious. The epidemic broke out in the poorest quarter of the city and is believed to have been conveyed by means of the rice imported from Formosa.

The premises of 200 have been disinfected.

rice-dealers

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MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

LONDON, May 17th.

THE BEACON HILL TUNNEL,

and Bosves, andor Mr. R. E. John- zon, Engineer to the L. and N. W. and G. W. Joint Railways Committes. Ou returning to London he got an appointment in the London County Councils Works apart. --e

HAILWAY STAFF BEJOICING. The junction effortel in Beacon Hill tunnel on Tuesday was the signal for general rejoicings among the railway staff. After months of toilmant ar an Assistant to Mr. G. W. Humphreys," Works Manager, and was thore engaged in and days of expectation the drill passed through the last layer of rook at four o'clock on the several street improvement schemes and relief afternoon mentioned. A large charge of sewer works, which included the widening and gelatine was placed in the drill hole, and when improvements of Knightsbridge, Wandsworth this was discharged the rock which barred the Road Nine Elme Lane, Brixton Road, Harley- way was removed. The smoke soon cleared, and ford stroot, High street, Kensington, part of then there was a wild rush of miners and others Holborn, Mare Street, Hackney, part of the new with the object of being first through. The Kingsway, and the Balham Storm Relief Sower. honour foll to a Chinese excavator, who was Then he had charge of the street wideninge. those who had assembled to witness the last the top of Lordship Lane, Dulwich, for Messrs, closely followed by na Italian, the remainder of and improvements from Camborwell Green to

R. W. Blackwell & Co,Ltd., under the L. C, C, ebarge following close in the rear.

As they met, hearty greetings were oz. after which he came to Chine to superintend changed between the workmen from the north for the Colonial Goverment the construction and south faces. Two baskets of champagne of the Beacon Hill tunnel which has just been were in readiness to celebrate the occasion, and successfully pierced, six months in advance of there, underground in the centre of Beacon the estimated time. Hill, the pioneer tannellors of South China celebrated the occasion in the time honoured -

manner.

When handshakes and congratulations were aver glassos were charged und' Mr. Waite

worked with a better lot of men, he said, men

Mr. Joseph Chamberlain on landing proposed a toast to the minors. He had never

SUPREME COURT.

Tuesday, May 18HL

IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.

WHISK quite prepared to make, Weihaiwei could be Mr. Burjorjes Nowrojee. Fattakis, was the at Dover walked with assistance and who knew their work, and did it woll He did BEFORE H HONOUR SIE FRANCIS PIGGOTT

BLEND OF THE FINEST PURE

MALT WHISKIES DISTILLED

IN SCOTLAND

UF

GENUINE AGE

AND

FINE MELLOW FLAVOUR.

PER DOZEN

$16.50

ROBT. PORTER & Co's

- BULL DOG BRAND GUINNESS' STOUT IN PINTS AND SPLITS.

proprietor of the firm of B. Nowrojee of She moon, Canton. He was 54 yours old, and after fingering with an illness for the last few months, lied at the Peak Hospital on Smaday night.

An application for a summons against Lieutenant Colonel Bruce and Captain Hilton- Johnson of the Municipal Police, Shaughsi, charging them with the theft of roulette

did not seem much improved. proceeded to London.

He

COTTON CONGRESS.

LONDON, May 17th. The Cotton Congress has opened.

not speak of the British miners alone, but also of the Italians whose expertness in machine drill work, if equalled, could not be excelled.

Other teasts followed, pratically the whole of the railway staff being honoured before this assembled party left the tunnel, musically in clined and delighted with the task accomplished. į

THE TUNNEL SUPERINTENDENT,

His Excellency the Governor, in at least two

and the west const of Japan. In all these tables. from the Alhambra was made to Mr. at Milan. There are 350. delegates speeches before the Legislative Council, has.]

G. W. King, H. B. M. Police Magistrate but

was refused. It is stated that the plaintiffs have filed a petition in the Supreme Court in support of their application.

Special efforts are being taken at Shanghai in the preparation of the St. George's Society fêle which is to be held in the British Consulato

present including representatives from Britain, India and Japan.

THE CRETAN QUESTIÓN.

LONDON, May 17th.

made complimentary references to Mr. Wails, the superintendent of the operations at the tunnel, and the following brief-outline-of-this- gentleman's career may not be withoutinterest:

respecta it is more favourably situated for the northern trade than Shangbai itself as home steamers could run there direct, quite a casily as to Shanghai, and would not have the delays incident on entering the River Yaugtse. These advantages would be actually increased on the opening of the Panama Canal, when the voyage will be gardens on the 24th-instant, and there is reason The Cretan question is likely to be father and his brothers were engaged on the rail- to believe that the celebration will be in every shortly revived. It is understood that way worthy of the occasion. So far we have heard of no special offorts to alebrate Empire it was fully discussed during the Day in Hongkong, excepting the delivery of Kaiser's recent visit to Corfu, and it an address by H.E. the Governor at the British is believed that Italy will take the

initiative thereanent.

actually shorter than to Shanghai. In fact in all these respects Weihaiwei, in proper hande, is the natural emporium for the trade

of Northern Chios.

In this connection it is not necessary to montien its importance as a naval station, as well as the enormous advantage of hold. ing it as the natural sanitorium for the

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East, from Singapore northwards. In this respect Weihaiwai stands unrivalled,even in Europe, few ports in the world being in o position t compare with it as bealth resort. Strategically its importance was

- ĐƯAN, FISHER

Davey a "louvy slowi came on the scene with his ideas of con-

centration of the fleet in Home waters. It is hardly necessary to point out how disastrous has been the acceptance by the nation of this scheme; for one thing it has. brought us into open competition with Germany, who saw at once the opening left

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by our retirement from the command of the Pacific to advance her own position as world Power. This policy of retirement went so far that it actually led us to brank up a by no means important section of the fleet under the mistaken idea that the vessels would be no longer needed. It is note. worthy that the class of vessels thus destroy HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES YEUX ROAD Ced by ourselves, have been those which in LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET. EC

responsa Germany has been more active building; and the curious effect in has been that we now find ourselves committed to the task of rebuilding the very type of ships which five years ugo with

our eyes open we wantonly Tut British Government can scarcely be destroyed. Tho, retreat from Weihai was accused of having made any concealment of only on a par with that other abandonment its intention on the first convenient accasion of Vancouver Island as # naval bags, bas led to our having already of getting rid of Weibaiwei. In the early which days of our intercourse with China, a similar to

secondary position In desire was evinced to shuffle out of Chusan, Eastern waters, and has even led to our the rendition of which has ever since been position in Canada and Australia being

a the fruitful mother of misunderstandings challenged. It may be quite true In fact had we retained our position in the Lord CHARLES BERTSFORD has pointed out, archipelago, the harbour of Tinghai would that the time for panic has not arrived, but

HONGKONG, MAY 19th 1909,

2 occupy

School at Kowloon.

Island. According to the report presented to An interesting story comes from Lantao the police it appears that late on the night of the 15th inst. four men armed with choppers and fighting irons and carrying lighted torches entered a temple near the village of Kungshang, In which some five wonen, were living. They told the inmates not to be frightened, while they halped themselves, to the tack away jewellery to the value of $107, and other articles amounting in all to the valse of 8130. All the booty taken away belonged to one woman, a concubine, who had left her husband some ten days earlier.

and they

Another sidelight was thrown on Chinese life

DEATH OF GEORGE,

MEREDITH.

LONDON, May 18th. The death is announced of Mr. George Meredith, novelist and post.

CONTEMPLATED TOUR BY THE TAR.

LONDON, May 18th,

It is stated at Rome that the Tear

Mr. Waite has been on public works in various capacities since early in May 1866 and claims to have got his practical training, under some of the best inen of their day. His

way constraction with which the late George Stephenson was connected, afterwards for many Liddel. His grandfather was also orgaged on works in connection with the construction of the Grand Junction,-Loudon to Birmingham -Canal. Mr. Waite has four sons who have been on public works since they left school, so that the family have an unbroken record of four generations who have worked on the construe tion of ways and means of transport.

years they were with the late Mr. Charles

(CHIEF JUSTICE).

THE MAXIMUM PENALTY.

John Henry Scarr, R.G.A., was given the maximum penalty of two years' imprisonment with hard labour for gross indecency.

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION...

BEFORE ME. H. H. J. GOMBERTZ (PUBNE JUDGE)

A CONTRACT QUESTION. F Wandras proceeded against Tam Tee Leung and another to recover $140 due under two contracts in writing, both dated 24th December, whereby defendants undertook to repay to plaintiff, in a certain event which hus happened, two same of $70.

Mr. Roader Harris (of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist) appeared for plaintiff and Mr. Otto Kong Sing for the defendants.

Mr. Harris told the Court that plaintiff, wsa

He

in the habit of engaging men in Hongkong for phosphate works in the Philippines. engaged them here and told them what their wages would be, and as they did not sign any contrast of service they were not bound to go. They were advanced two months wages, but weis required, to, return the money if they did not go. The two men concerned in this case agreed to go and received $70 each. Neither went aboard, however, and only one went so far as to book his passage.

Mr. Waite commenced his career on the Midland Railway Extension, Bedford to London, for Messrs. Brassy and Co., (the late Bir

Mr. Kong Bing thought the whole onse Thomas Brassy) under Mr. Charles Liddel; then he was on the Ross and Monmouth under could be disposed of if his Lordship read the Mr. Liddel. Later on the Severn and Wyo guarantee under which Mr. Harrie was suing. Railway for Mr. Billops, contractor under Mr. As a matter of fact, the persons concerned were. 4. W. Keeling, Chief Engineer. Afterwards he willing to go to the Philippines. They had was engaged on the Pant-yr-eos Reservoir for already been to Switow. Mr. Billups, under Mr. John Taylor, Chief' Engineer (of Water Works fame), then on the Metropolitan Railway Extension from Swins Firbank, under Mr. Liddel. Subsequently he

at the Magistracy yesterday when a riosha will visit King Emmanuel and sub-Cottage to Neusden, for the late Mr. Joseph

coolie was satamoned for ussaulting another.sequently go to Constantinople, re- It appears that it is a recognised custom that Hoktos and Cantonese-should keep themselves turning to Russia via the Black Sen.

His Lordship Why did'nt they go? Mr. Kong Sing→They were put on board. Mr. Harris said the men were told which ship

to go on to proceed to the Philippines, but they did not go, and walked off with $10 apiece in superintended the Lowis and Kast Grinstead their pockets. Railway for Mr. Firbank, noder Mr. John His Lordship stated that subject to any

part, thint is to say that they should have op. ITALY'S NAVAL PROGRAMME. Wolfe Barry (now Sir John), His text en acidence called by Mr-Kong Sing he was pre-

FOUR DREADNOUGHTS.

arate stands. In this instance it appears that a Heklo appeared on the stand of the Cantonese in the neighbourhood of the Hongkong Ketel, and of course the latter resented the intrusion with the result that a free fight antei.. It could

LONDON, May 18th. not be proved that the defendant was the man

Details of Italy's naval programme who assalted the complainant and the sammens parties to have more regard for the suscep- was dismissed by Mr. Hareland, who warned there now published at Rome.

tibilities of each other.

Travellers on the Imperial Railways of North China, the China Times says, may have remarked, that electric lighting was provided in the cars for a time, and then disappeared and was credod by oil illumination. The electric lighting rperiment was abort lived. The batteries were charged at Peking and Moukden, but the dyname used at Monkden was spoilt through improper management. At Peking the Elec- tric Co. charged the batteries, and this was more expensive than if the Railway Co. had itself provided the current. This they are now pre pared to do. They have promed from Eng and a complete plant, and this wil shortly be storage of electric power for the lighting of of this month, but the new cars are not yet ready, and will not be for some time. By the time the very hot weather comes, however, in all probability electric lighting, will once-mers lave superseded oil-lighting in the cars f the LEN.C.

An expenditure of £13,000,000 is contemplated, spread over a period of six years, and the building programme includes four Dreadnoughts. THREE MILLIONS FROM TOBACCO,

GREAT FORTUNE LEFT BY BIR F. WILLO,

Bristol tobacco firms, who died at Cannes last Sir Frederick Wille, a member of the famous February, left £3,000,000. Probate of the will, has been granted and the daty payable on his itate is £325,000.

Sir Frederick took a leading part in the development of the business, and for some years was in sharge of the London branch.

He took an active part in-publie work in

Liberal Unionist from 1900 to 1905.

He was a prominent supporter of Bristol medical Guy's Hospital, and gave generously in the neighbourhood of Bournemouth, where he made

his home,

Mr. Keng Sing submitted that the plainti

gagement was on the Midland Railway deviation pared to find that the men were not willing to at Market Harboro, after which he was em: go. ployed on the Oxted and East Grinstead One of the intending emigrants told the Railway under Mr. F. Bannister, Chief En Court that he was ready and willing to proceed gineer to the L. E. and S. C. Eailway; the to the Philippines if an agreement was made us Hurstbourne and Fullerton Railway under the promised. That agreement referred to the late Mr. W. Jacombe, Chief Engineer of the amount of wages, the hours of work and the L. & S. W. Railway; Cleplan Junction im- kind of food supplied. provements (of which had sole charge); the Wandsworth and Putney Railway (widening); could not recover as against the guarantors with and the Hampton Court Junction and Wey: regard to this agreement. bridge (widening) for the L. & S. W. Railway His Lordship-You've got to prove that it all for Mr. Firbank, contractor; the T B. & wenld be breaking the law for these mon to go 8. C. Railway Lewis improvemente for Mr. J under contract. T. Firbank, now (Sir. Thomas) under Mr. F. Bannister, Chief Enginer, which was a piece of work fraught with extraordinary difficulties completed to the satisfaction of all concerned. which were successfully overcome, thework being

He then bad charge of the Somerset and Dorest - Joint Railway doubling from Shepton Mallet to Midford, near Bath, for Mr. J. T. Firbank, and under Mr. E. Andrews, then Chief Engineer to the London and South Western Railway;

could have communicated thence with every ministration who see clearly the drift of the Bailways, Dr. Morrison said "When accept-when the nativespeared that in the old dave far as the L. C. & D. portion was eon-

were

Mr. Koag Sing--The evidence shows that the guarantors are not liable, because these, men are willing to go now,

His Lordship reserved his decision.

HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

A meeting of the Council is called for to- morrow (Thursday.)

The business includes Financial Minutes

The orders of the day are

Sooond reading of the Will entitled an Ordin-

have been found to answer all our commer. / the proposed abandonment of Weihaiwel, employed for charging the batteries for the Bristol, and represented North Bristol is then he was employed on the L. B. & S. (Nos. 18 to 20) and the Report of the Finance,

Railway, the Clapham Junction and Streatham Committee, (No. 3.) cial needs, and we should have had no placed in conjunation with the other the cars. The plant arrived at the beginning and other charities. He was a governor of Common widening. After a short time he had

First reading of a Bill entitled an Ordinance occasion for our Foreign Settlements at blunders of the recent Fisherian administr

charge of some important sewer work in Lan- Shangbai and elsewhere on the mainland, Lion, all point to the policy of

eashire, but before it was completed, returned to authorize the Appropriation of a Supple to London, where he wok charge of the removal mentary sum of five hundred and twelve thous ner would the temptation bave been left the controlling members of the present

and renewal of the Eccleston Bridge, close to and two hundred Dollars and thirty-four Conte, open for the continental nations to seek Administration being centred, at what

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Victoria Station, for Meware J. Longley and to defray the charges of the year 1903." mainland acquisitions such as at Fort ever eventual cost, to the nation, on

Second reading of the bill entitled an Ordin- Lecturing before the Royal Photograph Sons. This bridge croaded all the lines of both Artbar, Tsingtau, or Kwaugchow. From the deliberate reduction of the navy to the

Society in London last month on the natives of Railway Companies leading into Victoria (2) ance to demonetize Postage Stamps bearing the Tiughai as a centre, the whole of the coast limits of a second class Power. We use the

In a telegram sant from Peking on the 26tha South Africa, Mre. Minna Koons, F.R.P.S., Stations, and the work was carried out with Head of Her Inte fajesty Queen Victoria,

mid that among the black population of Cape

-- Second reading of the bill entitied an Ordin- ing trade of northern China could have been term controlling members, because although it with reference to the retirement of Mr. Town ta dos tenzivoxeally show the out a hitch or an accident of any kind as

ance to amend the Law with respect to Children There concentrated, and foreign steamers there are certain other members of the ad- Kinder, engineer in chief of the Northern Scotsman." It a

paid in half-crons, and corned and with only a trivial slip on and Young Persons, one of the coast and riverine ports now open present cheese-paring attitude, they have ing his reaiguation the Director-General of the florin was practically unknown in South the other portion, unattended with any less

Africa, a Scotok contractor paid his unsuspecting to trade. Owing to a very similar ignorance not, for party reasons, the strength of will always in the Ministry of Communications workmen in forins instead of helf-prone of life or injury to person. Next he engaged ance to amend The Larceny Ordinance, 1865. as to the dom inating position of Weihaiwei ecossary to carry through their own can offered him a three years engagement, as ruse succeeded for a time, bat when the natives himself to r. W Rigby, Contractor for the Second reading of the bill entitled an Ordin-" with regard to the trade of the extreme victions; and fear that their insistance will advisory engineer residing in London, bat Mr. found that they had been defrauded they South Eastern Railway Improvements at Maidance to amend The Public Health and Buildings

conceived such a rooted objection to florins that stone, which included the alteration to three Ordinances 1903-1958. Kinder has declined on the ground that the to-day, when offered one of the coins, they will stations, viz, Maidstone West, Maidstone lead totheir own or the others forced retire Railway Bureau as at present constituted is invariably say, "Tkona, boss, he Scotsman Barracks, and Tovil, as well as station parts Ordinancs to anand The Code of Civil Third reading of the Bill entitled an north of China, as well as Manchurin, a very similar error is apparently again about to ment from the Cabinet, which they perceive acting against China's true interests and has be perpetrated in the case of the more would inevitably lead to the disappearance persistently ignored his position and authority The Shanghai Horticultural Society tried it and roads and sidings belonging thereto and Prosedurs, northora port. It is quite true that up to of what they have been brought up to be for two years past, and that it would be experiment of holding Rose Show in the intervening. For a short period he also had the present Welhaiwei has not succeeded in lieve to be the "Great Liberal Party"; and impossible to serve with full respoet and loyalty, Hongkey Recreation Ground last weak. Though charge of the Ramsgate Harbour Works for to amend The Life Insurance Companies developing any trade with the treaty ports, the wreck of this they hold as of higher a bureau which cannot honestly respect its the show was a disappointment in point of the Mr. Bigby, auder Messrs Loode, Son & Ordinance, 1907.

Committee on the Bill entitled An Ordinance its. imports and exports being entirely con. importance than the existence of the British allway loan agreement. Mr. Harvey Balling number of entries, and the wet weather prevented Mathews. Aftertrands he worked at Slades fined to the few articles produced or needed Empire. The policy of yielding on every him, who has been nominated to succeded Mr. tony from attending and made the Eand Groen, near Erith, and on the St. John's and further to amend the Merchant Shipping

Kinder wan. formerly assistant engineer ander Concert an impossibility, the promoters the Chiselhurst widenings. Then he left Mr.Ordinance, 1899.

Committee on the Bill entitled &r Ordinance within the surrounding district; but this point to the will of the Trades Unions, Mr. Kinder and for the last 13 years has been NC. Daily News says, should certainly give Rigby and went to Birkenhead, where he cannot be looked upon as any criterion sa to inaugurated by GLADSTONE, is now begia engineer to the British Municipal Council in grows another opportunity next year to had charge of the Chester and Birken for authoriting the Construction of a Tramway

display, their beautiful flowers.

load Railway widening for the possibilities of the place. What, forming to bear fruit, and, as was predicted at Tiantais.

Messrs Price within the Colony of Hongkong,

Committee on the Bill entitled An Ordinance