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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH, 1900.

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The total output of the Chinese Engineering TELEGRAMS.

and Mining Company's three mines for the week ending 21st August amounted to 30,158,18 tons and the sales during the period to 20,762.87 tons.

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There was a special timin at the Town Clab, Penang, on Wednesday, August 25th, to mark the occasion of the nuptials of His Excellency's daughter, and special monn ceris vero printed, headed Wedding Bella,"

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ZEPPELIN'S LATEST PERFORMANCE.

while hundreds of people at Home and soors in Singapore and Kunis Lumpur have made huge profits out of the recent rubber

boom," hardly any body in Penang seems to hare derived

Pollard's Australian Lilliputians are ones any direct pecuniary benefit at all

more bock In the East, after an extensive tour therefrom. This simply illustrates, what in the United States and Canada. They we KIPLING has preached about home expected to begin a short season at Singapore staying people. If we may slightly alter | last Friday. Kipling, we might ask, "What do they know of Penang, who only Penang know ? Perhaps, however, the neglect of the Penang people to catch fortune as it dice may have

LONDON, September 6th. been due to a lack of funds available for

Count Zeppelin invited two hundred investment. In the first six months of the

The Jays Times understands that the Hong-members of the Reichstag and the present year no fewer than thirty rubber com-koag and Shanghai Bank has, bought the Federal Council to Friedrichafen and panies (most of them for exploitation in the promises now occupied by Mera Rowley took them in batches of fifteen on an East Indies) were floated in England with an Davies and Co., in Kali Besar, Batavia, sod

airship trip across Lake Constance. aggregate capital of £4,230,000, of which intends to rebuild the same for bank purposes. £2,346,000 was offered to the public. And the list looks like being indefinitely extend ed. Therein, as many think, hes the danger -over cultivation. In the Malay Peninsula Ceylon, Borneo, Sumatra and Java there are at the present time over three hundred companies engaged in the cultivation of

Waiwupu for o final discussion of the Tang- rubber, but the present output of cultivated decided to invite the British Minister to the rubber even now is only about 5 per cent. kanshan mine question, and to request him to of the world's production, the balance order Mr. McGuire to leave the mines forthwith being wild rubber from Brazil and Afriet. | so as to prevent complications.

That the Japanese authorities are determined to put a stop to gambling is shown by the heavy sontones passed recently on two Chinese tailors who wore caught playing a gambling game in exiered to be imprisoned for one year.

their residence at Nagasaki. Each man was

T. E. Na Tung and Liang Tun-yen have

matual protection of its members in case of their fredom of speech and writing being attacked. All Chinese newspapers in China and abroad which approve of the idea azo

A comparison of the cost of bringing wild. The Kuo Pao of Peking has suggested that and cultivated rabber to the market is very a National Press Association be formed for the satisfactory to the man who has his money invested in rubber plantations. Cultivated rubber, it appears, can be produced at a cost of 18. 6d. per lb, inclusive of all charges and freight to the market, end it is expected that n thres strengths, containing 5%: 10% and 20% matured experience will lesson this cos

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siderably. On the other hand, wild rubber. from Brasil, owing to the dificulty of collecting and a large export duty, costs 33. to bring to the market. The price of cultivated rubber has recently bean as high as 8. 63. por lb. Even if it dropped to 3%. the profit would still be 100 per cent,, so that on these reckoninge sound rubber companies appear to be well worth the Investor's atten tion so long as there is any prospect of the CARBOLIC ACID present demand for rubber continuing. The

possibilities which suggest caution are : (1) | over production, (2) the invention of a com- A. S. WATSON & CO. marcially efficient substitute for rubber; (8) the discovery of a procces of prolonging the life of the manufactured. rubber; and (4) disease in the trees. But neither of these possibilities are likely to trouble investors in

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rubber in the immediate future.

We understand that the Hongkong Amateur Dramatic Club has obtained permission from Mr. Bandmann (who has secured sole rights in the matter) to play" The Troubadours" during the coming season.

The only cases of communicable disease. re

ported in the Colony of Hongkong last week were 1 of puerperal fever and three of enteric (1 Japanese, 1 British importot case, and 1 Chinese.)

Homs, wers brought before Mr. Hazeland Two European sailors, inmates of the Sailors'

Fästerday on a charge of refusing to pay rich hire. The complainants failed to prove their case and the defendants were discharged. -

Grand

Inspector Goutlay prosecuted a Chinese shop keeper for having 288 cases of arrack and spirits of wine without a license. Mr. Goldring, who appeared for the defence, tendered & plea of guilty, and pleaded for a small penalty, as his client would have to forfeit the liquor, which was worth about $1,700. In these circumstance Mr. Hazeland imposed is fine of $5.

THE inclusion of quotations for Streita

What is described ne a doubtful story was Settlements rubber shares in almost every reported to the police on Sunday. A tallyman share report issued in the Far East suffiatates that when he was crossing from Victoria ciently attests the fact that there is a growing to Kowloon in a campan in the early hours of interest among investors in this part of the Sunday morning an unknown launch ran into world in the prospects of the market for the sampan with the result that all the occu pants were thrown into the water. The sampan this commodity. Largo profits have already

crew, consisting of a woman and two young been made out of cultivated rubber, and people, were drowned, as stea a man who had the consensus of opinion among experts is leather handbag containing $3,000. The water that there is a most remunerative market in police are investigating the matter, but the prospect for some years to come, yet having story is regarded as doubtful. regard to the remarkable crop of new com- A case at the Magistracy yesterday revealed panies which have of late been floated, a an interesting stats of affairs with regard to undertakes and their business. Apparently

invited to send in their names.

The Indian watohen at the Kowloon Go. downs sought to stop the coolies from smoking. The latter resenting this interference assembled in force and attacked the twe watchmen, whom they severely mauled. Two of the ringleaders appeared at the Magistracy yesterday and were

fined $10 each.

An American bluejacket from the Helina had a foolish escapado en Bauday. He assaulted an Indian policeman and when the latter tried to arrest him he jumped from the Prays into the water. The Indian followed him and assisted him to walk out, and then with the assistance of ivilian he was able to take him into custody. Ho was fined $5 at the Magistracy yesterday.

In connection with the Hongkong Technical

CONGRATULATIONS TO COOK.

COMPANY REPORTS.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY,

LIMITED. 2

The report of the board of direcion to be presented at the ordinary meeting of share- holders, on Saturday next is as follows me te

Gentlemen-The directors now beg tesubmit their report for the half-year ended 30th Juns, 1909.

The Profit on Working sccount amounted to $71,184.54 as compared with 380,822.30 for the corresponding period of 1968, ba'ng a'docrease - of $9,637.76,

The Profit and Loss socount, Including the the sam of $295.40 brought forward from 31st December, 1908, shows a credit balanco of $70,231,29, which the directors recommend should be apportioned as follows.--

To pay a dividend of:--

82.40 per share on 12,000

old abares

Y

...$28,800.00

and 43 cents per share on

7,897 new shares.......

Prays reclamation, Marina Lot No. 238, ma per last account and building thereon ("Hotel Mansions")

Rebuilding auth blook, payments.

on account to date Cont of three Chinese houses on sestions B, C, and D of Inland Lot No. 80 Cost of Kowloon Farm, No. 3

Seation A..

Machinery, furniture and fixtures, as per last account......8113,734.70 Loss written off, as per

last report

Since added "

Installation of electrio light. 48 per last

621,892.68

101,793,92

33,000.00

30,926.90

$ 1,882,428,99

6,500.00

$ 107,234.70 42,760.65

149,995.35

account

$20,500.00-

Less writton of, as per

last report

1,500,00

19,000.00

3,158,80

$10,23:29

---------831,958.80

Stock of wines, provisions, HousG- 10,000.00 heid sundries, and stationery,

5,000.00 48 per inventories 4,000.00 Shares in public companies 19,272.49 Vale of steam launch .....

Sundry debtors Linances attaching to 1909 B.

Stock of linen, crockery, glass.

ware, etc

33,996.56

18,103.28

4,371.32

4,500.00

27,187.59

pirod

Fire insurance account (unex

promis)

1,246,67

3,141.87

Hongkong and Shanghai Bank-

1,401.50

251,43

To transfer to repairs and roaowals

Boroiat

To write off furniture and fixtures To write off alectric plant

LONDON, September 6th, President Taft has telegraphed his To carry forward to new account congratulations to Dr. Cook on his discovery of the North Pole.

BOY SCOUTS,

LONDON, September 6th. Major-General Baden-Powell at the Crystal Palace reviewed 20,000 boy scouts.

The newspapers comment on the remarkable growth of the movement, which is not more than three years old.

HM the King sent a message expressing the hope that the Boy Scouts would do their duty as men should danger threaten the Empire.

DR. COOK IN DENMARK,

PUBLIC STILL SCEPTICAL.

LONDON, September 6th. Dr. Cook, the explorer, dined with Institutes course of lectures on unitation, with the King and Queen of Denmark, special reference to the moarte utata Royal who were so interested in his account. sanitary inspectors' certificate of the Royal Banitary Institute, will be given by Dr. F. of his expedition that they asked him Clark, Modical Officer of Health, at the Banitary to stay to supper with the Royal Board Offices, "Beaconsfield," during the months

Farily alone. ef October, November, December and Jaspary.

A daring robbery took place in Taipingshan Street on Sunday) A man who was walking along the street with forty dollars in his hand with which he was going to pay a bill was and denly set upon and relieved of the money. On getting up he chased one of the men and with in capturing him. The arrest of the others the assistance of an Indian watchman suceeded followed.

A shroff in the employ of Messza. Watson and Co's dispensary st Kowloon appeared before charge of embeading small aums amounting to Mr. Wood, at the Magistracy yesterday on a

over 8100. Defendant said he was only a day or two overdue with his payments, soms of which he lost and the remainder he utilised for the expense of his wedding. The case was ad journed until the 9th inst.

According to Japanese reports the population of Chiento numbers over 110,000 The balk of these, that is 82,999, are Koreans, of whom 37,161 are men and 80823 women. The number of families is 16,101. Chinese number 27,373, there being 3,900 families containing 17,198 men and 10,173 women. The Japanese have only 50 edil families of over 200 men and women. The Chinese officials sad troops are excluded.

A Japanese woman was before the second magistrate at Singapore on August 30th, on a charge of cruelty to animals in burning alive a rat in front of her house in Malay St. Accused said that she caught the rat in strap and did all it by burning, but did not know that it was wrong. His Worship said that the rat bad to be killed some way and he was not sure az te the amount oferty involved in this method as compared with others. He would take time to consider the polat,

the success of

Dr. J. W. Noble bas been granted leave of absence. Hon. Mr. E. Osborne retires by retation, but offers himself for re-election.

In the absence of Messrs, Jeffries and Lowe, the accounts have been audited by. Masura. A. OD. Gourdin and E A. M. Williams. Mesars. H. U. Jeffries and A. R. Love offer themselves for re-election.

EDWARD ONE,

Chairman.

Hongkong, 31st August, 1909

..

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. For the Six Months Ending 30th June, 1909. Dr.

9 To bad debts and refunde To crown rent

---

To rates To interest

To fire insurance

***

To directors' and auditors' fees

241.67 505.93 2,729 90 3,104.13 ...19,126.35 3,200.00

To balance, to be appropriated as follows:

To pay a dividena

of: $2.40 pershare · 8

on12,000oldabares 28,800,00

40 cents per shore

on 7,897 new shares 3,158.30

3

31.958.80

To transfer to repairs and

renewals

10,000.00

To write off furniture and

fixture...

5,000.00

To write off electric plant. 4,000.00

To carry forward to new s/b...19,272.49

Cr.

balance from 31st Decem Less dividend of 6

bor, 1908

70,231.29

899,139.77

3 ...54,295.40.

per cent

...36,000.00 Leas transfer to re- pairs and renewals

B/C

10,000.00

ture & Bixtures sjö 6,500.00 Less transfer in- stallation of electrio light

Opinions as the expedition are still divergent, Less transfer furni especially in America, where it is recalled that Dr Cook's feat of ascending the inconquerable Mount

alone, and unexpectedly. McKinley was also accomplished

"THE GIRLS OF GOTTENBERG,”

It was not an exceptionally large audience that witnessed Handmann's Merry Little Maids play the "Girls of Gottenberg" at the Theatre Royal last night, but it was a very enthusiastic one. The light military musical comedy ip- pealed to the taste of all, and all who took part fully deserved the Battering rocop tion they received Mr. Fred Coyne ap peared every inch a prince when he took the boards as Oito Prince van Hitesheim, and Mr. Frank Danby as Max Moddelkopj (the ralet) was the prototype of that servile and useful servant. Miss Florence Beach capably took the part of Mitzi, the innkeeper's daughter, while Miss Rosie Fitzgeraled fulfilled expecations in the character of Munis, captain of the college. There was admirable combination by the rest of the Company, and it was this co-operation that tended to the success achieved.

1,500.00

-54,000.00

$295.40

658.00

899,139.77

REPAIRS AND RENEWALS ACCOUNT.

ing Corporation (Unclaimed Dividonda Account>

Cash in hand

$ 2,146.654.55

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE PEAK SCHOOL QUESTION.

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG

- DAILY PRE89,"

SIR,-A school to which all Peak parents world send their children would be one of the wonders of the world. How, for instance, conld you expect our children to be sent to a schoci attended by other people's children? No; what the Government establishes a goore or so of schools at the Peak, each one more select than any of the others, and fixes the fees at a no minal figure, then will the majority of Peak parents consider that the question of educational facilities for their children has been fairly well solved Tours truly,

PEAK HOUSEHOLDER & HIS WIFE.

Hongkong, 6th September, 1909---

TOE RAILWAY SENSATION.

MR. BUTLER WEIGHT'S FLIGHT.

Naturally the disappearance of Mr. W. Butler- Wright, accountant of the Chinese section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, under cirani. stances which suggest large misappropriation of railway funds, has caused a great stir in the Colony as well as in Canton. It has become the subject of general conversation, and surprise is generally felt that a man who was held in such high esteem and who filled responsibla offices for years, should have gone astray as he is stated to have done. The account which wo published yesterday is absolutely correct, but a few additional particulars may be of interest.

There is absolutely no doubt that Mr. Wright By dividends on shares in public.com-

left the Colony by the Tengo Maru. At fret it panies By scrip and tranfer foon

63.00 was thought probable that although he booked by By rents of shops, and hotel mansions 26,910.00 this steamer he might have gone on board By bad dubta recovered...

29.83 another vessel, in order to baffle his pursuers if By profit on hotel working sccount for

they should get on his truck sooner than he thesix monthsending 30th June, 1909 71,184.54′

expected, but now thera is ample confirmation of the fact that he sailed by the steamer, men- tioned. Where he passed Thursday night is not known, but he was seen dressing from Kow- loon in the ferry during Friday morning. A festare of his departure was that he тая mscompanied by two young European girls, 9,923.57

understood, font with him in 4.088.520, it is

order to enjoy a holiday in Shanghai, Haukow 813,912.09 and other places in the north He had By balance from 31st December, 1908 $5,912.09 had a woven months acquaintance with the By amount, transferred from profit and -loss account se recommended on Inst ¦ report

For the Six Months Ending 30th Jans, 1909,

Dr.

To payments on account of repairs and renewals for the half year ending 30th June, 1909%.. To balance

Cr.

family, but whether the trip had been arzanged for some time or only that morning 10,000.00 is not known. At any rate, the passages were booked for all three by the brother $13,912.09

of the girls, who la naturally concerned at the fate of his sisters. A gentleman who know Mr. Wright, and who was the last to leave the Tenyo Mars before she sailed, saw him on board, and his evidence, corroborating that of the brother of the young girls, confirms the fact of his departure by the Japanese steamer..

BALANCE SHEEr Jora June, 1909,

LIABILITIES,

·Capital ::

12,000 old shares at $50 esab fully paid

...$500,000.00 9,000 new

up

Khares esch $25 paid-up 200,000.00

Less 103 now shares

not not yet busted...

8800,000.00

2,575.00

*-KOWI"ON FOOTBALL CLUB, A meeting of those interested in the new Kowloon Football Club was held yesterday evening at the Kowloon Cricket Club. There was a good attendance. Mr. Mead was voted to the chair and Mr. I. J. Blackburn was elected secretary The Chairman read a letter from word, of caution is frequently dropped by the coolie who assists the doctor at the Taumatiof Chihli the Board of Finanet, says the Peking Yamati school ground on two evenings "a" As a result of an application from the Viceroy the Gorerauisat offering the use of the Mortuary has some influence in engaging under- down a share 1st in one of the Strane takers, and as all his favours are said to have from the profita of the Poking-Mukden noons. He added that the acting committee company ...

Daily Neics, has ordered the sum of Tls. 350,000

Preek, and on alternate Saturday after newspapers we notice that out of twenty gone in a certain direction, probably due to Railway to be paid over to the Army had accepted the offer. Office bearers were then companies whose "last dividends" are fairly large douceur, other undertakers felt dis recorded, ten of them paid over 25 per cent, pleased. Men from rivalestablishments happen. Department of the Feiyang Administration in appointed. Mr. J. Wilkie was elected president Mr. L. J. Blackburn secretary and treasurer, The list includes dividends of 80, 40, ing to meet on Sunday a quarrel ensued and order to cover the deffeit for the 33rd year of Mr. E. J. Brown captain, Mr. A. P. Storrie

Kuang The Viceroyalty of Chibli is azid to

·50, 55, 60, 75 and even 80 per cent. It is res men had to make their appearance before have no lands to maintain the 2nd and the 4th vice captain, and Messrs Wenger, Storrie, Mesd, Hongkong and Shanghai Cor-

most writers us the subject. Glancing

not aurprising, therefore, that rubber shares should be attracting attention in places for distant from the rubber plantations. Indeed,

his Worship on Monday.

A clever little enterprise was frustrated by a lukong in the early hours of yesterday morning, A.Chinese was discovered very basy in front of

it seems to be the distant investor who the window of a shop in Des Voeux Road, and

divisions, which were crested by ex-Viceroy Yuan Shih-kai,

TYPHOON WARNING.

The telegram quoted below is received

"Depression Northern part

has reaped the lion's share of these huge when the lakong came along he noticed that the at the American Consulate General, Hong- profits rather than the men on the spot, for man had a bamboo with a nail at the end with hong, from the Manila Observatory at 11.45 we find one of our Penang contemporaries which he was trying to hook clothes from the azi. yesterday: remarking that "properties situated almost all inside. The alarm was given, but when the China Sen." within sight of the town have been floated inmates attempted to come out they found that. in Singapore or taken up by syndicates in taken by the enterprising man to prevent his the door had been tied with rope, a precaution Hongkong and Shanghai, the profits which being chuset in the overt of discovery. How wight legitimately have been made hera aver the lakong, took him to the look-up and naturally going to those places." It is yesterday the Magistrate sent him to prison for recorded a în "extraordinary fact" that six weeks.

HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL Keep your com-

commities. It was decided that the colours should R. Lapalsy and D. Mackenzie constituted the

be all white with a black "K." The Club kas Joined the Association and entered the League,

LAWN BOWLS.

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP.

The committee met last evening, but owing to the absence of the delegates from Taikoo it was impossible to prepare the draw.

Mr. BUSSELL was in the chair, and some

plexion, Mrs. Elion's Crème Channante, Lait Charmant and Special Skin Tanic and Pondre discussion took place as to the advisability of Charmant will enable you to do it. Her offering third and fourth prizes. This matter Specialities for the Skin ere the study of a

time, A.S. Watson & Co. Ltd. Sole Agents, is to be considered, and a decision will probably

455 be reached at the next meeting.

1,600 mortgage deben-

8797.425.00

tures (6 par cent.).$750,000.00-A Loss 800 held by the

400,000.00

Enserve fund Sanday creditors Uicisimed dividends Repairs and renewals acount,

balance as per statement...

Front and low account, balanca poration (Current Becolet): „***

as per statement -

ASSETS.

Value of Marine Lot No. 5 & remaining portion of Marina Lot No. 3 & remain ing portion of Marine Lot No. 7, and buildings there- on as per last

1,092,525.83

count Slag expended on al-*

terations and addi- tions to buildings 2,289.66

350,000.00 $48,975.78 47,764.77

:1401.59

What has happened since is not known yet. At least it has not been made public. The steamer doubtless reached Keelung on Sunday, but whether he remained on board or not cannot be stated Even if he went with the ship to Sarghai he could not beurrested there, so long as he remained on board, and, as we have already stated, he is quite immune from arrest in Japan, there being no Extradition Treaty between Japan and Great Britain. Probably he was aware of this when he took the course he did. -

News reached the Colony last night that Mr. Butler-Wright had been arrested at Wooing.

WEATHER REPORT.

Or the 6th at 12.05 p.m.The barometer has rison moderately in NE. Japan, and fallen 4,088,52 slightly elsewhere except in the 8. Philippines. Afooble cyclenio circulation is shown over 225,677.69 the N. part of the China Sea A depression is probably developing to the W. or N.W. of 70.231.29 LuzAH,

The highest pressure lies over the Pacific to $2,145,564,55 the set of Japan

094,815.49-1

Moderate E. and N.F. winds may be expected in the Formosa Channel, and along the northern alice of the China Sea.

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10am. to-day, 000 inches.

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon to-day is as follows

Hongkong & Neighbourhood (*)

Formosa Channal

Sme as No. 1.

South coast of China between? Same na No. L

Hongkong and Lamoch

Soath coast of China between

Hongkong and Hainan..........]

Baie as No. 1.

()E., and N.E. winds, moderate; fair to showery.