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As the steamer Labang was entering the harbour yesterday a quarrel arose between two Chinese passengers who are alleged to have been gambling, the upshot being that one 'attacked the other with a knife. The man attacked was seriously injured, and immediately removed to hospital. His assailant was arrested, charged before Mr. F. A. Hareland at the Magistracy yesterday with outting and wounding, and remanded.

Two natives appeared before Mr. F. A. Hare. land at the Magistracy yesterday on a charge of burgling the "boys" quarters at Mesure Siemssen and Co. and stealing 884 worth of goods. The first defendant was arrested while endeavouring to pawn a watch, and on his in- formation the second man was arrested. After hearing the evidence hi Wombip discharged the latter, but santenes the first man so six weeks' hard labour and six hours' stocks.

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THE STRIKE AT HAWAH.

TOKYO, July 6th.

A consular report from IIawaii states that neither the employers there nor the Japanese strikers are willing to yield, and that there is no prospect of an end to the trouble.

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A YOKOHAMA LOAN,

LONDON, July 6th. The City of Yokohama o per cent. Loan of £716,500 sterling has been issued at £98.

NAVAL MANŒUVRES,

LONDON, July 6th. As a result of a smart ruse in the Naval Manoeuvres a successful junction was effected by the hostile fleets which were stationed at the outset in the North Sea and at Oban to fare much stronger fleets at Berehaven and Kirkwall.

tion to the validity of the assignments and would conceivably facilitate the recovery of such debts by the Chinese authorities. The distinction between a documentary guarantee given under such conditions and a deed of mortgage seems somewhat subtle, but the

A good deal of trouble is again being caused Intention presumably is to make it clear tu the foreign creditor that he cannot foreclose to Tientsin by the circulation of notes, general- except through the usual Chinese officially of one and five dollar values, by small native banks or change shops. The actes have not channels. The only provision in the Treaties

even a proper address of the bank opon which appears to have any bearing on the

them, and naturally the banks issuing them question is that at the ports opened to have not enough cash reserves to cmah their WHISKY foreign trade, foreign subjets shall be issue if printed at any one time.. So long

allowed to carry on their mercantile pursuits as the bills can be kept in airvulation so good+| without molestation or restraint, and that but when it comes to getting hard cash for they shall enjoy certain specified privileges them it becomes quite a different fair. Thie and advantage; including the buying or unauthorised and practically swindling issue of renting of houses, and leasing land those native notes, if not stopped in time, wil assuredly lead to grave trouble and riota-- at the open ports. What the FEENEY

China Crític. MINISTER's contention is we asnuot : quito make out, unless it is that this provision in the Treaty covera a right conferrel on the Chinese wherever foreigners are permitted to trade to give a mortgage on Inad, or house property to a foreign subject as security for the debts he incurs in his business relations with the foreigner; but the Wai-wa-pu says that the Treaties do not permit this. What then is gained by the Fusca MINISTER's protest against the new regulation? The Wai Wu pu's objection to the regulation is that it gives to foreigners valuable priveleges that they do not possess under the Treatier, for the regulation would enable foreigners" to take up mortgages of leasehold properties all over the interior of China." As the Treatiese little noistance from his comrades, who the inquest,

appeared to be sorely nonplussed by the Buff tactics. When the whistle called the players to a halt for a time the score stood,

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A. S. WATSON & CO.. allow foreign subjects to travel for purposes of trade to all parts of the interior under passports, it is conceivable that in the ordinary course of business, properties have been pledged to the trader as security for debt, and unless the Treaties sanction auch assignments outside the Treaty Port limits, it would appear to be clearly to the advant age of the trader to have such security as

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LOCAL SPORT.

WATER POLO SHIELD COMPETITION.

BUFFS v. 87TH 00; 2.0 A.

These tens met st the V.R.C. enclosure last night, when the Balls acored an easy win from the Artillerymen. The players were the

BUYFS: Barrand: Burke and McMahon,

ARTILLERY: Heasley; Old and Langeroft; Harris, Birch, Cooper and Conolly.

Cloke; Smith, Stiff and Vinoer.

THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE MURDERS.

LONDON, July 6th.

At the inquest into the circum. stances attending the deaths of Lt. Col. Early in the game the Buffs showed their Sir Curzon Wyllie and Dr. Lalcaca a saperiority, maintaining a continuous bombard-verdict of Wilful Murder was ment on the B.A. goal during the first half. Beasley was kept hard at it from the sound of returned. the whistle until the end of the half, but receiv

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Play in the second molety was a repetition of that which prevailed in the first; the Fuffs continuing the struggle in Artillery watera, and giving the smert R.A, keeper as much work as before. He proved equal to the and many more the occasion, however,

MR. LLOYD GEORGE AND THE FINANCE BILL.

SANITARY BOARD.

ground for complaint under the terms of the proclamation cited in the Colonial Secretary's A meeting of the Banitary Boand was held letter, Until much time as the proposed yesterday at the Board Room, Mr. E. D. CBuddhist cometary can be made ready, I concur Wolfe presided, and there were present Hon. Mr. in the proposal to hold in abeyance the AW. Brewin (Registrar-General), Mr. A. operation of the prohibitivo byslaw with which, Shelton Hooper, Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett, Mr. though passed, I am opposed in the principle Lau Cha Pak, Mr. Ho Kom Tong, Dr. F. Clark of ita spirit. (Medical Officer of Health), Dr. Pearse (Assistant Medical Officer of Health), and Mr. W. Bowen Bowlands (Secretary).

WELCOMING TRE- NEW PRESIDENT.

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The PRESIDENT moved that action under clause 12 which prohibits the burning of joss sticks be suspended.

Ar. LAU CHU Pax seconded.

Mr. HOOPER pointed out that the letter dealt with two distinct matters, and it might be better to deal with the first portion first.

The motion was put and carried,

Mr. HOOPER said that in connection with

Hon. Mr. HEWITT-Mr. President, before we proceed to the regular business this after noon I hope you will allow me to congratulato you upon your appointment, and also welcome yon most sincerely on behalf of the naofficials is var now president. You will understand His Excellency's suggestion that a new centstary - that in the past naoficial members have been should be provided for elsewhere, that pro- constrained on occasion to criticise the Govern- position was only carrying out the resolution ment, and the action of the Department, in which he submitted to the Board in March certain matters relating to Eanitary affairs. last. Ha only suggested in his minute As the raillenium is not yet, we will have to do a smaller cemetery having regard to the the samo sgain. Should occasions for criticism fluances of the Colony. It was proposed that. arise, you will of course understand that the now cometory should have an arcs any criticisms

entirely without the for 1,000 graves, and the stimated cost purple element, and that all officials are, no was $12,000. Considering that it would be more than unofficials, working for one end-used by only the Japanese Buddhists in thin the general good of the Colony. Of that Colony, and that the average death rate daring I feel sur, although I am only aathorized to the past five years was 218, he thought it would speak for the unofficial members. (Haar, heat.) be sufficient if a cemetery capable of containing The President-Genßomen, I must thank 500 graves was provided. This would last you very much for the way you have received twenty years. That would not preclude the the remarks made by Mr. Hewett. I noticed Board from enlarging the cemetery at any time that on the paper with the letter stating I had if the Japanese population, or the Buddhist. bon appointed, there were no dissentient min- population, increased, He thought it was utes. I may my with regard to the remarks the question of the initial expenditure that which have just been made, that I know I can should be laid before the Government. He reckon upon the co-operation of members of would not like to divide the Board on it, and he this Board in carrying out the task which I asked that his minute be forwarded to the know to be an enormous one. I am quite Government, together with his remarks. satisfied that any action on my part you will understand is done with the very best intentions, It may be that I will make mistakes, and I am sure that my acts in the Department will be criticised. I know I will have yourpo-operation, and I hope your critician will be accompanied by advice, on which advice I shall to a great extent rely in order to make the performance of my duly successful, knowing as I do that members are not only prominent citizens of the Colony, but many of them have distinguished themselves elsewhere. I thank you very much for the kind reception to this, my inaugural meeting. (Applause.)

PROPOSED CEMETERY FOR BUDDHISTS.

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The following letter from Government rela The murderer was not present attive to the question of opening a cemetery for

Buddhiste was read:

Colonial Fecretary's Office,

29th June, 1909. SIE-In reply to your letter of the 15th of last April I ari directed to state for the in- formation of the Board that IE, the Governor has under consideration the question of open. ing a cemetery for Boddhists. The Director of Public Works has estimated that LONDON, July 6th,

prepare for this purpose an area in the The Rt. Hon. Lloyd George, Chau-Bookunpo valley capable of containing 1,000 graves would cost approximately 812,000 and

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Mr. LẦU CHU PAK thought that a cemetary set aside for Buddhists should not be set aside for Japanese Buddhists only. The Buddhists of other nationalities should be allowed to bury there, and he did not agree with Mr. Hooper that a smaller cometery than that suggested would meet the requirements. At present there were large number of Chinese Bud dhists in Hongkong, and he did not see why they should not be allowed to bury their "dead there if they wished.

Hon. Mr HEWETT sald that they were all

the dead, which was one of the most important greed, when it came to a question of burying

items of our Colonial Government, and one, which affected the sentiments of everybody ir. respective of nationality or creed, that there was no question of nationality. He was per fectly sure that the Government of Hongkong would make no distinction between Chinese, Japanese or European Budilhists. The question was the provision of a burial ground for Baddhists, which he presumed also included Confucianists and Taoists. They were dealing with the question of the burial of that religious sect without any regard to nationality, and he was sure that was the intention of the Hong- kong Government.

The PRESIDENT asked if members would

Corrervendents munt fpergard to the the VICEROY's regulation was designed to attempts which he skilfully failed. Only cellor of the Exchequer, in refusing to that some additional expenditure would be prefer any recommendation to go to the Gor- '

the course of the gaine thead before ing, said that at the

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statement of the FRENCH MINISTER'S all letters for publication should be written on sentations in the matter is further use www.merests of the foreign trader in the matter are adequately protected, that is all that is needed; and if the Treaties secure this they are to be preferred to the provincial re gala- tion. But if the Treaties do not (and the Wal-wa-pu says they do not), what is the position of the mortgagee now that the provincial regulation is cancelled? Appar ently there are a good manny of these mortgages in the Province of Kwangtung, and an uneasy feeling must be created in the minds of mortgagees by the dispatch sent by the Wai-wa-pu to the VICEROY,

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The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, JULY 7TH 1909.

Two cases of plague were notified yesterday in the Colony,

We note that H. E. the Viceroy of Canton has applied to Peking to sanction the opening of Huangohow (near Macao) as a free port.

At the Magistracy yesterday Mr. F. A. Hazeland ordered that a native should receive $10 compensation because a Sanitary Board dust cart ran over one of his foot.

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Bill this morn the Bulls' not. The man who made the attempt progress it would take three years to

pass the Bill.

scored, but the goal was not allowed,

Final: Buffs, 4 goals: R.G.A., 87th Co., nil. OTHER MATCHES, To-day, at 6 p.m. at the VRC, the Corinthians meet the Bays Own Club, and to-morrow at the same hour the 8th Co. RG A. meet the V.R.)”.

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THE KOWLOON RAILWAY.

QUESTIONS IN THE BOUAR OF COMMONE,

The debate continued all night.

INTERNATIONAL POLO CONTEST.

LONDON, July 6th: America has won the International Polo Cup at Hurlingham, beating England by 8 points to 2.

RROM THE “CHUNG NGÔI BÁN PO

THE BOARD OF FOREIGN: AFFAIRS.

An Inpitong manh në than most

The REGISTRAR-GENERAL said they might. Excellency hopes to provide for this expenditure the Colonial Cemetery for Christians and in funds to provide a cometery for a thousand proposed to set apart and dedicate a portion of tery would not be deferred until there were

that portion Buddhist or other non-Christian graves, As Mr. Hooper had pointed out, the burial rites will be prohibited. As, however, the cemetery to be provided for those they had in practice of their religious rites we guaranteed view would last for twenty years, and he moved to all nations and creeds by the proclamation of that the Government be asked to immediately the 1st February, 1841, and as Buddhists have proceed with the preparation of a cemetery at the present time no place except the Colonial apable of containing one hundred graves, to be Cemetery in which to bury their dead, His Ex- extended as funds permitted. cellency considers that it would be unwise to Mr. HOOPER seconded, and took the oppor interfere with their rites in the remote part of tunity of replying to Mr. Hewett, when he said the cemetery in which they are practised that they should leave nationality out of the and which it is not proposed to include in the question with regard to the cemetery.

In the House of Commons last month, Mr. Ginueil (West Meath, N., Nat) asked the Under-Secretary for the Colonies whether he would inform the House of the rea on why the construction of the Kowloon Railway pt Hong- Long, laid out by a competent engineer, the length being about 22 miles, and the final estimate of cost some £500,000, was not let by public torder to any of the responsible contract ing firms willing to construct it for that sum within a specified time, but was being carried on departmentally, with no time limit, at a cost

PERING, July 6th, now estimated at over £1,000,000, why the principle of public tender, enforced by the Glov

It is reported that Tang Shao ernment Departinents, was departed from by will succeed Liang Tun Yin as Pre-consequently at a greatly reduced estimate to the Colonini Office in respect of engineering sident of the Board of Foreign Affairs. works in the Colonies; and whether, seeing

Ho Christian cemetery.

would agree with him were it not for the fact In these circumstances His Excellonoy will we had separate byelaws for cemeteries for be glad if the Board will for the present suspend Chinese, and it would be illegal, as far as he sation under the byelaw prohibiting the harning | understood, for Japaness to be buried in these of joss sticks and firing of crackers in the cemeteries. Therefore, nationality had been Colonial Cemetery.—I am, Sir, your obedient recognised in the past. There were twenty- Bervant,

seven cometeries in the Colony, and if those twenty-wore restricted to Chinese, and he did not see where the Clusies had any grievance Mr. HOOPER minuted--I consider that as when it was proposed that the Government burial grounds for Chinese Buddhists are already - should sat aside a cemetery for people of the provided elsewhere it is only necessary to prepare came religion but another nationality...... Tian as capable of containing 500 graves and The resolution was carried.

The Legislative Council meets to-morrow, The orders of the day include the second reading that the payment to Crown Agents of a par- of the four Bills which were before the Council | centage on the amount ench works cost

Ordinance.

ASIATIC ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.

A. AL. THOMSON, Colonial Secretary.

as I propose will be sufficient for 20 years. The that proposed. I estimate that such a cemetery

objection to the burning of joss sticks was raised by the owners of Christian graves in the same.

THE BALANCE OF OPINIÓN. Correspondence was dealt with relative to the

erection of an iron staircase in the yard of No. 98, Queen's Road Central,

We do not know what are the specia circumstances which caused H. E. the VICEROY OF CANTON to isme now regulations governing the mortgage of Chinese property to foreign subjects, referred to in the interesting despatch from the Wai-wa-pa, of which our Canton correspondent sends us s translation. This despatch orders the cancellation of the regulations made by the VICEROY, the Wal-wa-pu having (most agreeably apparently) been moved to this action by the Farren MINISTER

Mr. A. SHELTON HOOFER Apparently more in Peking, who is stated to have pointed last week, and the third reading of the Stamp gave them an interest in increasing that

It is stated in the report of the Deutsch-sections us the practice objected to was carried attention is paid to the opinion of the Director out to the Chiness Foreign Office that the

amount, and the control of such works Asiatische Bank of Berlin and Shanghai, for on. There is not so much objection to those of Public Works then to the opinion of the matter is one which is already governed by

gare them extensive patronage in the Coloring / 1903, that the crisis in the United states oxeritos if they are carried on in a remote part of Toard, when eight voted for it being granted Treaty provisions. When the VICEROY of The jubilee of the opening of Holy Trinity and unlimited discretion in the placing of East of Asie, with the result that commerce in

oised a lasting influence upon the whole of the the cemetery.

and only the Director of Public Works against CANTON in February last gave his instrue. Cathedral, Shanghai, falls this year. The orders for manufactured materials, also without furious of payment took place, but a grati bylaw should be suspended pending the pro- Mr. Lau CHU PAK-The operation of the general had to suffer during the year. Many tions on the subject to the Provincial Cathedral was opened to publie worship on the any test by public tender, he would say when tying improvement is now occurred, with the vision of a antatte site for Buddhists of any Mr. Shelton Hooper's statement that sight Dr. FITZWILLIAMS minuted—I big to amend Treasurer be commenced bis despatch with 1st of August, 1859, and the fiftieth anniversary the Colonial Office would, like other public exception of the North of China, especially nationality a statement to the effect that the Tresties also falls upon a Sunday.

departments, abandon nontization and patronage readily granted by import houses to Chinese

voted for this. One member voted against it, Tientsin, where, owing to the credit formerly

on. Mr. Hewerr--I agree with the pro and I know that two refrained from voting at made between China and the Foreign

and adopt public leader in the Colonies as in road this country.

merchants, the stoppage in business las not yet posad of the Government. Powers contained no word whatever with

bean overcoma, The Colonel Seely-The decision to construct this favoured by the fall in the price of silver, in-

export trade of China, Mr. Ho Kox TonG-I am sorry in this ail, one of them after asking if this was not the respect to the mortgaging of land and native was charged with assaulting another and line departamentally was taken on the advice of creased, and only to this ciroumstance is to matter of the provision of asparate burial case in which the Medical Officer of Health had

throwing him into the harbour. Mr. J. H.

the Gardiner represented the defendant. The bear of the circumstances. The increase in the 33,661,000 taels in 1907 to 34,881,000 tools in Shelton Hooper. In his minute he writes He had the minutes before him when he wrote Chinese Marine Customs administration from Christian religion, I have to join issue with Mr. produced seeing that he had been challenged. ing was adjourned,

estimated cost, to which my hon. friend refers, 1903. In Singapors large losers were incurred Mr. J. 3. Dobie, the Hongkong Agent of the i due partly to unexpected difficulties in con- by Chinese merchants in consequence of specula Chinese Engineering and Mining Co., Ltd stauction, and partly to extensions of the original live transactions in silver due to the fall in the informs us that the total output of the Company's design. The question whether each works shall be prico

A case was called on before Mr. F. A. Had land at the Magistracy yesterday in which a

houses to Foreigners by Chinese subjects, Nor can we discover in either of the publish. ed Treaties any specide reference to the matter, and it is not a little surprising that the Wai-wu-pu's despatch omiteto inform the Viceroy in what particular Trouty and in which article the provisions are to be found three mines for the week ending 19th June1ed in each caso on its merita, and Imay mention As in all Chinese despatches there amounted to 31,744.64 tons and the sales during 1. that more than one important work in the Crown

the period to 18,697.59 tous.

constructed departmentally or otherwise is decid-

it.

Mr. HOOPER asked for the minutes to be

this,

of "Chinesa Buddhists." Chinese follow-

The PRESIDENT said he understood the ing the Buddhist faith in the Colony are greatly in the minority as compared with minute made no mention of the matter. Dr. those who belong to the Confucian fol Fitzwilliamas was unfortunately absent, but, the CROWN AGENTS' OFFICE.

lowing. Mr. interpretation of the Colonial Secretary's letter of the 29th of June last is spoker understood that he did not challenge eo mush writing around the subject that

Colonies is now being executed by contractors House of Commons last month said-The restricted to Chinese barials alone, but makes

Colonel Tooly, in answer to Mr. Rees, in the that the proposed cemetery is not intended to be the correctness of the minutes at the time.

Mr. Hoore-Ho may have erred, but I took the main point is obscured. We understand It is announced that the marriage arranged as the result of competitive tenders. The Secretary of State has had under his considera the position to be this: that the VICEROY between Mr. Honald F. Easterbrook and Ms. Crown à gents are not paid by persoutage, but tion the arrangements submified to him by the provision also for those Buddhists who are not the minutes as they were when confirmed and objects to laud or houses being pledged to R. W. Little, widow of the late Mr. R. W receive fixed salaries. The colony does not pay Crown Agents for the Colonies for giving effect of Chinese nationality, eg, the Japanese, who sent to the Government,

to the recommendations of the Committee are not yet provided for elsewhere. Were Mr. foreigners by deed of mortgage, and he Littlo, of Shanghai, China, will take place to them a percentage on the amount of the appointed to inquire into the organization of Hooper's recommendation to be adopted producing the minutes, said the matter referrod ATO growing in to an application by Messrs. Palmer and Torner neither the control of the work nor sy patronaga arrangements should come into force generally being handed over to foreigners as security Church, Bisham, Berks,

in the colony in connection therewith:

on July 1:

number from year to year, will have good for permission to erect an iron staircase at 98,

objects also to the title deeds of the property quietly on Sunday, July 18, at the Parish work in question, and the Crown & gents have their office, and it is proposed that the new the Japanese, who

The PRESIDENT, while the secretary was