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sanguine. Porbaps when the discussion on the resolution is resumed in the Legislative Council next Friday the Colonial Secretary will give some reasons for the faith that is in him in this connection: certainly it is not at proscat widely shared by the community interested in the
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LONDON, August 15th. A Note from the Powers has been presented to the Porte, giving in undertaking that the objectionable flag
LOCAL SPORT.
INTERPORT SWIMMING.
On Saturday Mr. Frank Lammert, Hon.
question. Many readers will remember H. J. Weathered, with using abusive language DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKES hoisted in a barracks in Crete will be to Hongkong to take part in the annual sports.
that the Government revised the liquor licence fees with similar expectations or 63ven, years ago. The some six result was that a considerable number of the smaller businesses were promptly closed, and we believe we are correct in saying that the Colonial revenue derived very small benefit CHEMISTS indeed from the change. Are not the pre-
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sont proposals likely to have similar results? His Excellency does not appear to be entire ly satisfied with the method proposed and would evidently prefer to have recourse to an iinport duty, on Chinese and European liquor alike, being of opinion that it would be at orce the simplest and fairest method as well
as the most advantageous to the revenue. But this method would involve breaking away from the free-trade traditions of the port. Any proposal of this character would be sure to evoke very strong opposition, and His Excellency would have considerable difficulty in convincing the mercantile community that the objection is a purely sentimental one. Theoretically, the method looks simple enough, but if the Government had proposed to adopt this method and had invited an expression of opinion from the Chamber of Commerce we ventura to say that the Chamber would have had no difficulty in showing that the method would not prove as simple as it seems n three strengths, containing 5%; 10% and 20% and that it is open to serious doubl
of pure carbolic acid.
whether it would be most advantageous to the revenue. The proposal to in crease the licence fees is certainly the least objectionable of the three proposals which the Government has been con. sidering, but the more it is examined the greater the doubt becomes as to whether it will answer the expectations of the Govern. ment. If the amendment proposed by the
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on Sunday last came before Mr. Hazeland at the Police Court on Saturday morning. The defondant had been arrested on a warrant and. pleaded guilty. Mr. Sydenham Dizon, whe prosecuted, stated that there wore thres coca- sions on which the abusive language was used, and the Maglatrate infisted a fine of $10 and bound the defendant over for one year in the sum of $100.
SUPREME COURT.
Saturday, 14th August,
SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
BEFORE Mh. GOMPERTZ (PUISNE JUDGE).
The hearing of the case in which the Shan Wo firm stod one Chu Ki as garnishoe was continued
Mr. Reader Harris represented the judgment creditors and Mr. Sydenham Dizon appeared- for the garnishes.
Tho oross-examination of the garnishes was concluded and two other witnesses were exaizinul when Mr. Dixon stated that one witness, Man
Chi Lee, who had been subponsed had failed to appost. The case was thereupon further adjourned till Saturday next.
IN JAPAN.
THOUSANDS OF CASUALTIES.
Toxro, August 14th. Disastrous earthquakes have occurr- ed in Gifu and Shiga prefectures, Thousands of casualties and mense destruction of property are reported.
im-
Roads and river banks have been
removed, and it is hoped that in these circumstances the Porte will not think it necessary to order the fleet to Cro-
tan waters.
The Cretan Government has in- timated to the Powers that efforts at
persuasion have failed, and they were unable to have the flag removed. They would therefore summon the Chamber and resign.
a
The protecting-Powers are each sundered and the conformation of sending a worship to Crete, and Ibukiyama (a mountain) is un-third warship is held in readiness. recognisable.
When these vessels arrive the flag will be removed.
The damage extends to Lake Biwa. The shocks are continuing, and at Ice Bay near Nagoya inundations have been caused by a tidal wave,
THE MONEY MARKET IN
JAPAN.
Toxro, August 14th. The Bank of Japan has lowered its rate of interest.
(REUTER'S SERTION TO THE "HONGKONG DAILY PERSS.")
DEPARTURE OF CAPT IN C.. V. LLOYD.
Among the passengers who left Hongkong on Saturday by the Empress of China was Captain C. V. Lloyd, who has retired after twenty-four years' service on the Hongkong-Canton river boats of the China Navigation Company For twenty-one years Captain Lloyd was in command of the large and comfortable river steamer Hankow, whoeo carner was ended in October, 1905, by a fire which broke out on board shortly after her return one night from Caxton. SOME OF THE APPROVED SUGGESTIONS, Captain Lloyd, who had always enjoyed the full confidence of the owners and the travelling public, was then given the command of the Company's steusper Falshan, and...... remained
THE DEFENCE OF THE
BRITISH EMPIRE.
The
LONDON, August 14th. Imperial Defence Conference
HONGKONG UNIVERSITY FUND.
850,000 FROM H. K, AND 8. BANE,
We are informed by Sir Paul Chater, Hou. Treasurer of the Hongkong University Scheme, that the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation bare contributed the sum of $50,000 towards the Endowment Food.
ELECTRIC TRACTION COMPANY
Bearetary of the V.R.C., despatched an invita on to the International Swimming Club at Shanghai inviting that institution to send a team
to be held on the 23rd, 24th and 25th September. Most of the ovente on the three days' programme will be open to all comers, but there will be m few races confined to local competitors
WATER POLO SHIELD COMPETITION.
Interest in the water polo competition has
fallen off considerably since the defeat of the Corinthians by the V.R.C., it being now almost
certainty that the latter team will take the shield. The competition has now reached the seventh round, and on completion of this there will be two mere rounds to conclude. The last
matoh in the sixth round was between the Buffs and the Lusitano Recreation Club. The soldiers, who have shown great improvement sinoo their first match, won by three goals to sil. The longue table now stands as follows:
V.R.C. C.Y.C.
Butt's
B.O.C.
L.R.C R.E.
83rd Co., R.G.A, 87th Co., R.G.A. 88th Co., R.G.A.
P. W. L D. F
6 G
0 12 6 5
HONGKONG LAWN TENNIS LEAGUE
PRESENTATION OF TROPHY.
The newly formed tennis league brought its first season to a close on Saturday when the trophy was presented to the winners, the Kow- loon Cricket Club. A match we arranged for the afternoon between eight Kowloon players and an equal number drawn from the other teams in the league. The games were fairly close, the resalt boing a win for Kowloon by 62 to 50 Scores:
OF HONGKONG, LTD.
The balance sheet of the Electrio Tretion Company of Hongkong, Ltd., shows that the traflio recopta for the year 1908 amounted to £36,923 38. 1. (converted at 1s. 9-d. per dollar), and the working expenses amounted to £23,764 33. Bd., showing a balance in favour of £13,506 La. 90. Of this amount £4,000 has been added to reserve for depreciation and renewals, leaving a balance of £9,506 18. 98. to
Lapsley and Ducan beat Hutchinson and |be carried dowa-in-addition to £530-98. 4d. Wood 4/3, Fowler and Macpherson 5/2, Ross balance brought forward from 1907. After aud Wei Wong Lok 7/0, Brawn and Bass payment of debenture interest amounting 4/3.
to £9,75) there remained at the end of 1909
Green and Brewer boat Fowler and Macpher-
Hon. Mr. OsвOENE at the meeting of the in her down to a couple of weeks ago, when he which has been sitting in London has a balance of profit and loss account amounting son 5/2, Ross and Wei Wong Lok 4/3, Brawn
entered upon a retirement which bis numerous friends hope he may long live to enjoy with his family. who have for many years lived in England.
a facile pea, and a well-stored mind. His
Little brochure descriptive of the trip from
Hongkong to Canton by the Peari River, which he called "A Book for the Globetrotters well worth reading aliks on account of its literary merits and the perennial interest of the information it contains. -
Council on Friday was not strictly in order, bis remarks were certainly pertinent to the question under discussion. The notorious A. S. WATSON & CO., evasion of the law by holders of adjunct
Captain Lloyd's familiar figure will be great licenses to which the hon. member drewly missed both in Hongkong and Canton. His attention cannot in fairness ba permitted to long experience caused him to be frequently continue to the detriment of the hotel consulted on questions relating to navigation proprietors from whom the Government between the two ports, and his views always exacte a fee twice as large as the adjunct carried weight in au argument on such quss- licence holder pays, while there is pratically tious. As many well know, Captain Lloyd Ind no distinction in the trade they both carry on. Hotal proprietors are entitled to ask the Government for what Mr. OSBORNE called fair play; that is to say, for protection of the privileges they pay for, and if the present Liquor Ordinance does not afford that protection, they may legitimately ask for its amendment. The higher the fee demanded from hotel pro- prietors the greater becomes the justice of their demand. Compliance with it, how ever, subjects the Government to the risk of a reduction of rat nue from adjunct licences without a corresponding increase of revenue from hotel proprietors. The tendency of enhanced fees, combined with a strict enforcement of the law must be towards the extinction of many small retailers and wine and spirit merchants, and consequently to serious disappointment of the hopes of a hundred per cent, increase in
good faith.
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MARRIAGE.
On July 27th, at the Cathedral, Rangoon, FREDERICK ARTHUR BIKARD, Hongkong and of the late II. Smith, thefos, third daughter of
Shaghai Bank, to IVA CASEZENT SKITA, widow
the late John Smedley."
THE COLONY'S WATER SUPPLY. In view of the unsatisfactory showing of the last, water return which was dated July 1st, there has naturally been much public curiosity to learn what improvement has resulted from Water Authority has just forwarded to as the the heavy ruins which have since fallen. The
returns brought down to August ist, and these show, as compared with the returns for the game date last year. a shortage of more than three months' supply on the island, while at Kowloon the difference is not very considerable. Where on August 1st last year all the reservoirs on the island were overflowing on the 1st inst. Tytam was 23ft. 4in. below overflow and Tythm byewash 24ft 5in. below. The three smaller reservoirs were also below overflow. We get that we are unable to give the returns to date. The Government spent $10,150 on training The full statistics to August let will be found nullahs last year.
HONGKONG OFFIUE: 101, DES VEUX ROAD C LONDON OFFICn: 131, FLEET Sragar. EC] the revenue dorivable from liquor licences.
The Daily Press.
The now rules made by the Governor-in- Council under the Liquor Licences Ordinance
are pablished in the current Gazette.
in another column.
DARING ROBBERY.
Early on Saturday morning a native entered 149, Hollywood Road, which la occupied by two
in
was
approved the suggestion of an Im perial army providing for absolute uniformity of organisation, training, arms and transport, and the inter changeability of the military forces of the Empire. It also approves of the establishment of training colleges similar to Camberley,
The result of the Conference has! afforded the highest satisfaction to the Imperial
Government, the Army Council and the Delegates, as it pro- vides for a vast homogeneous Imperial Army.
to £286 118. 1d.
The capital of the Company is £325,000 in El shares fully paid, and 5 per cent mortgage debentures charged upon the undertaking and all property of the Company have been issued to the extent of £195,000. No dividend was paid taking including land and outlay on construction to shareholders. The cost of the tramway under and equipment is given as £525,533 18. Id.
The reserva for depreciation and renewals now. amounts to £16,000.
SURVEYS IN HONGKONG.
report saya
The Director of Public Works in his aunasl
Many surveys of considerable extant wore undertaken for the purpose of defining the boundaries of lots or preparing sale or lease plans, The most extensive works of this nature were the surveys of 36 Squatter Villages which took SOUTH AFRICAN PARLIAMENT. more than one surveyor's time for the whole
PRINCE OF WALES ACCEPTS INVITATION.
LONDON, August 14th. The Prince of Wales has agreed to open the first South African Parlia- ment. He will probably be accom- panied by the Princess.
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THE NAVAL INQUIRY,
ABSENCE OF CORDIAL RELATIONS.
LONDON, August 14th, The Report of the Sub-Committee appointed in April last to consider memorandum on Naval Affairs pre-
and Base 5/2, Hutchinson and Wood 4/3.
Clolland and Mead lost to Rom ond Wei Wong Lok 3/4, to Brawn and Basa 3/4, to Hutchinson and Wood 3/4, boat Fowler and Macpherson 5/2.
Woazer and Jeffries lost to Brawn and Base Macpherson 3/4, and beat Ross and Wei Wong 2/5, to Hutchinson and Wood 1/6, 10 Fowler and Lok 4/3.
B
At the close Mr. Brawn, the secretary of the League, called upon Mrs. Forsyth to present the shield to the winners. He remarked that the league had been most successful, each team having played all its fixtures, and all the gampa being finished. No fewer than 4,00) games had boon played by 70 players. He thought these matches provided a better way of spending the afternoon than lying back in long chairs drinking whisky sodas. (Laughter.)
LAWN BOWLS. :
POLICE V. KOWLOON,
The return match between the Police and
Mrs. Forsyth having presented the trophy, Mr. Stewart, the President of the Kowloon year, the completion of the survey of Deep Bay, Cricket Club, called for three hearty oheers for which occupied a surveyor over thres months, the lady, which were heartily given. Dr. Forsyth and a survey of the whole of Messrs. Butterfield responded with a faw appropriate remarks. and Swire's property at Quarry Bay which, taking the combined time of surveyors engaged, occupied over six months' time for one surveyor, In addition to these, a certain amount of triangulation work to form the foundation of a trigonometrical surrey of Hongkong and Kowloon was carried out, and extensive Kowloon Bowling Clubs was played at the surveys; were made of the South-Eastern Happy Valley on Saturday afternoon and a portion of Kowloon Peninsula in connec-pleasant game resulted in another win for tion with railway work and of several blocks Kowloon. The visitors were "up" ou three. of land held by the Military Authorities for the rinks, but MoLenusa for the polios maintained purpose of determining boundaries and areas. his unbeaten record as skip. At the close A survey was also prepared of the Naval Fro-Detective Inspector Henson voiced the porting in the vicinity of Macdonnell Road; sontiments of the visitors, who returned the (re-named Canton Road), Kowloon, for the issus compliment on the call of Mr. Russell. That of loss.
gentleman declared that Kowloon met no better sportsmen than the police bowlezs. Scores :
KOWLOON.
Seeing that such extensive surveys have had to be undertaken, it was decided that in future uniform scales of 50 feet to an inch (1/600) and
for the maps of the whole Colony, thus getting
HONGKONG, AUGUST 16TH 1909. PERSUMABLY the Colonial Government is able by this time to form a fairly accurate forecast of the Budget statement which is due for presentation to the Legislative Colonial Treasury during the year 1908 by entering a subicle where she was lying on a Beresford says the investigation has rid of diffonlties bitherto experienced owing to Council next month. It will not have been respect of land sales, extensions, grants, &o., lounge. The woman had little time for surprise, shown that during the time specified the variety of scales in use. The whole of forgotten by the general publiotheb in order $70.420.27. The estimate of revenue from this however, for the intruder, after throwing pepper hy Lord Charles Beresford there was loon has been divided into Ordnance Sheets and in her oves, made an attempt to bind her hands.
The actual amount of premium paid into the Chinese women, and surprised one of the residents pared by Admiral Lord Charlas 200 feet to an inch (1/2400) should be adopted
to meet expenditure last year the Gover- wont put into the general exchequer the Civil Servants Widows and Orphans Fund, amounting to some four lakhs of dollars. The Colonial revenue this year in unlikely to alow any substantial improvement on that
of last, and from what transpired at the meeting of the Legislative Council on Friday last, we gather that apart altogether from the loss which the Colony is certain to suffer in its opium revenge, ovor and above the "substantial contribution" promised by a Government doomed to extinction before the year is out, the Colony will be required to provide at least an additional four laktis of revenue in the coming year. With a
view to furnishing a large part of this amount the Government proposes to increase the fees for licences to sell wines and spirits and hopes thereby to double the revenue at present received from this source.
We can
source was $300,000.
It is inadvertently announced in the Govern ment Gazette that the resolution regarding the Increase in liquor licence fees was passed by the Legislative Couuell. The further consideration of the resolution was in fact postponed until
next Friday.
His Excellency Kao Ehr Hin, one of the Chinese representatives on the Macao Delimita tion Commission, has been promoted to the post of first secretary to the Board of Foreign Affairs. This position has just boon vacated by His Excellency Chang Yin Tong, who succeeds E. Wa Ting Fong as Chinese Ambassador af Washington.
The operations of two Chinese divers at the
Hongkong, Kowloon Peninsula and Now Kow-
She succoeded in wrenching herself from his no danger to the country, and that the survey of Kowloon is being pushed on with
grip, and raised loud cries of "save life," which aroused the people on the floor abors and brought a Inkong on the scene. As soon as the robber heard a stampede overhead he dasked down the stairs, bat the Inkong wis waiting discovered later that she had been robbed of for gold ornaments valued at $60, but these
beneath and secured the runaway. The woman
were recovered.
SANITARY BOARD.:
a
CHINESE WOMEN IN ENGLAND.
advantages had resulted from the view of replacing the existing may, which is arrangements made. The war arrange- on the (1/2500) scale. ments were quite defensible in them- selves, though not ideally perfect, but they were seriously hampered by the absence of cordial relations between the Admiralty and Lord Charles Beresford, The former had not taken Lord Charles
Following are among the orders of the day at Beresford sufficiently into their con- to-morrow's meeting of the Sanitary Boardfidence, and the latter had failed to
Letter from Government relative to the uso.
Hygeia.
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of
of Kennedy Town Hospital for the treatment of appreciate and carry out the spirit Hongkong Star. Ferry Wharf on Saturday smallpox and the sale of the hospital hulk the Admiralty's instructions or to afternoon attacted a number of interested on- Minnto by the Head of the Sanitary Depart. recognise the paramount authority lookers. A gentleman who was a passenger byment relative to the proposed abolition of an
of the Admiralty. the ferry had the misfortune to drop his gold Assistant Medical Officer of Health.
The Committee had been impressed watch which fell between the planks of the
Boport of the Medical Officer of Health well believe that no opposition to the ending. He offered a reward of $50-for its relative to certain houses remaining to be dealt by the differences of opinion among general principle of the measure need be very sad this brought out two divers, who with under section 175 of the Public Health and the high officers of the Navy on im
with an assistant holding a rope on the landing Buildinga Ordinance 1903, anticipated, but there is much reason to worked assiduously the groutor part of the day. Correspondences relative to an application for tactics, but they anticipate that much portant principles of strategy and fear that the Government's expectation of Their performsness were quite remarkable, one
a permit to exhume remains from the Chinese being able to double the revenue from this man remaining onder water for fully three Protestant Cemetery at Pokfulam for reburial confidence will follow the further de source by the method proposed is over minutes. Their efforts, however, were fruitless in a certain grave space in the Colonial Cemetery. velopment of the Naval War Staff
At a largely attended meeting at St. Martin's Church Hall, Charing Crom, it was decided to form a committee whose object it would be to welcome Chinese women and girls who are completing their education in England. It
furtherance of the education of Chinese students
was pointed out that the committee for the
POLICE Glendinning Hansen Grant Gourlay
Petire
Keith
Brown
G. L. Duncan Muir
(skip)
15
(skip)
26
Pitt
Baker
T. Ramay
Cooper
Alexarider
Langley
Russell
(slip) Garcard Watt Fenton
14
(skip)
Sguair
McLennan (skip) Stewart Ogg Sim Robertson (skip)
A. Ramay
24
(skip)...
J. Gow Neare
15
Milroy
(skip)
Harvey
Crawford
Harton
in England had already done much good work THE BANDMANN OPERA COMPANY among the male scholars, but that no similar organization existed for the benefit of women.
It was unanimously decided that a committed On Saturday night at the Theatre Royal the of ladies should be formed for the purposes of Bandmann Opera Company staged The Merry affording information to Chinese girls who Widow," and there was no doubt that the desire to complete their education in England little maids did full justice to the play. The fact and of furthering the interests of these while in this country. Lady Florense Cecil, was made apparent from the hearty applause who presided, a
sail that the Government schools which continued throughout the performance, in Chins were generally vory inferior to the The popular waltz by the "Prince" and "The it on schools. The authorities were badly in Merry Widow and the excellent solos were much want of competent teachers, but were ignorant as to how to secure them. The Boy. -Viated. Miss Flacones Bees' is Sonia, the Faithfull-Davies stated that hundreds of Merry Widow, was a delightful hostess, while Chinese girls were now being educated in Japan Mr. Fred Coyne us Prince Danilo (Secretary of
that rendered it far more a few were visiting and dozens in the United States, but there Legation) fulfilled a difficult part with consider- were elements in the home life of England able ability, the principals were ably supported
England already, but that was culy the being done to the popular comedy and fresh ground for the Chinese. A few were visiting by the remainder of the Company, fall justice beginning of things and others were certain to laurals earned by Bandmann's Merry Maida. ̈“follow in the fatury,
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