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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER STA, 1909.

returned to China has become serious for the industry on which the prosperity of the Transvaal so largely depends. South African interests, however; are not likely to receive much attention in the general election which takes place in the United Kingdom next January, but the matter is A. S. WATSON & CO, almost certain to engage the serious atten-

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Colonel Seely, Under Secretary of

Inspector David McHardy has been appointed TELEGRAMS State for the Colonies, welcomed

to be a sanitary inspector for Kowloon vice Sergeant George Sim.

A notification is published in the Gazette that the Governor-in-Council has made a regalation timt no person shall sit or stand upon any part of the railings of Blake Pier."

Regulations for exempting ships' stores from tion of the next Parliament before it is many duty have been maile by the Governor-in-Conn months old. It will be remembered that cil, under section 55 (h) of the Liquors Ordi just prior to the introduction of Chinesence, and are published in the Gaschte, labour into the Transvaal à severe "crisis

in the mining industry had been reached owing to the scarcity of native labour. WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. A prolongation of the state of affairs then

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prevailing was regarded as foroshadowing a state of bankruptcy. The Transvaal Legis. lative Council, by 22 votes to 4, adopted a resolution requesting the Government to introduce a Draft Ordinatice providing for the importation of indentured unskilled coloured labourers to supplement the labour of the Witwatersrand. The House of Commons, after warmly discussing the matter, left it to the Transvaal to make the experiment on certain condi tions, and at a later date rejected, by 31

votes, a proposal condemning the Ordin. ance which the Transvaal Legislature had

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▲ BLEND OF THE FINEST PURE passed. Although it has been asserted

that the Chinese

miners are less MALT WHISKIES DISTILLED

efficient ELS well a8 more costly than the

statistics Kafirs, the

of the output of gold during the time the Chinese have been employed in the mines show an immense improvement on previous! figures. In 1903 the output was twelve millious, in 1904 it was sixteen millions, in 1905 nearly twenty-one millions; and in 1907, nearly twenty-seven millions and a half. We have not the statistics for last year, but news has for some time past been coming from the Witwatersrand that the output is falling off owing to scarcity of labour, and notwithstanding that much time-saving machinery seems to have been introduced into the mines while the repatriation of Chinese labour has been proceeding.

ROBT. PORTER & Co.'s

BULL DOG

BRAND

GUINNESS' STOUT

IN PINTS & SPLITS.

tion of the Chinese into the Transvaal It cannot be said that the introduc has produced the evile anticipated, but it has to be confessed that Chinese

A. S. WATSON & CO., immigrants have been responsible for an

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excessive amount of crime in the Transvaal. There are at the present time, we understand, upwards of two hundred Chinese in the Transvaal serving life sentences for crimes of violence. Those who know the Chinese well can only account for the abnormal percentage of crime on the ground that they are not properly under stood and not properly managed by Formspodents must forward their names and their overseers, and we are not sure that Editor, not for publication but as evidence of the Imperial Government is altogether

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. ONLY communications relating to the news olumn should be addressed to Tua Esrron,

address with communications addressed to the

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It is notified in the Government Gazette that Thursday, the 25th of November, being the dey on which His Majesty's Birthday is ordered to be kept, will be kept as a public holiday."

Mr. W. J. Tuleber's appointment to act as Superintendent of the Botanical and Forestry Department during Mr. Dunn's absence on

are in gazetted.

The Committee of the Society of St. Vincent

de Paul beg to acknowledge with thanks the

following further donations to the Fund :--

Mrs. A. 8. Gomes

Mr. and Mrs. J. M. E, Machado Mr. A. E. J. Soares"

Mr. D. Dorabjee

Mr. E. E. da Silva...

Mrs. A. M. L. Soare

Mrs. J. M. Alves

Mr. and Mrs. Alvaro A. Alves

825,0

25.00

25.00

25.00

20.00

20.0

20.00 15.00

The returns of the average amount of bank notes in circulation and of specie in reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st October, 1909, as certified by the managers of the respective banks are as follow :-----

Banks. Average Specie in Amount, Beserve:

4,173,548 4,200,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and Chins Hongkong and Shanghai

Banking Coporation... 11,842,694 13,000,000 National Bank of China,

Limited. Tutal,

53,450 Ni ...816,069.692 17,200,000

All the approaches to the Roman Catholic Cathedral were thronged last night by people

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Copyright Ordinance, 1874.]

"DAILY PRESA" EXCLUSIVE SERVICE.] A JAPANESE DIPLOMATIC

-APPOINTMENT.

Toxro, November 7th. ...-- It is officially announced. that Mr. Uchida, at present Ambassador to the Court of Vienna, has been appointed Ambassador to Washington.

THE JAPANESE MANŒUVRES,

TOKYO, November 7th. Eighty thousand men are engaged in the Army maneuvres which have opened near Nikko.

H. M. the Emperor and Field Marshal Lord Kitchener are watching the manœuvres.

(REOTER'S SERVICE TO THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."

CHINESE COPPER CURRENCY.

LONDON, November 6th. Sir Edward Grey, speaking in the House of Commons, said he was glad to say that the Chinese Government had begun to move towards improve- ment in the copper currency. It had also framed regulations lately for the control of the issue of bank notes.

AMERICAN COTTON SPECU-

LATORS:

WILD EXCITEMENT IN NEW YORK.

visiting the annual al fremos fête held in the compound in aid of the funds of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. During the afternoon any visitors took advantage of the oppor tunity to inspect the stalls laden with fancy

LONDON, November 6th, goods which were ranged round the sides, but

Wild excitement has prevailed on at night the populace attended as asual in large numbers. The soone was one of pleasing anims the New York Cotton Exchange. tion, and in addition to

the pleasures of buying and selling the hand of the Rajputs Losses have ranged from twenty-seven certainly as successful as its predecessors and the four leading "Bulls" had liquidated played a series of selections. The fete was to sixty-one points on rumours that

fands of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul their holdings at a profit of thirteen should materially benefit.

million dollars.

The Mitsu Bishi Dockyard and Engine

photograph of the bugo floating dock recently

THE ANGLO-JAPANESE EXHIBITION.

Herr Dernburg on behalf of the Government. 'The Britiab aud

Germans, he said, had penetrated so deep into Africa that it would be a disaster to the whole world if there was strife in Europe. -

RANDOM REFLECTIONS,

November 9th was fixed upon many weeks ago for the funeral of the late Dowager Empress of Chius, who died a year ago. Either H.M'S Minister at Feking had overlooked until a few days ago the fact that the day appointed for the funeral was the King's birthday, or he is to walt long time for instructions from Downing-Street-It was only a few days” ago that the Minister issued talographic instruc

THE LORDS AND THE BUDGET. tions to the Consuls in China to postpone the

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birthday festivities at the Treaty ports, and it was not until yesterday, that instructions from LONDON, November 7th.

the Secretary of State reached Hongkong. The The Daily Telegraph " says the two big balls of the season in Hồngkong will. Lords have definitely settled to move now be held within a week of each other. The dressmakers of the Colony, who, I am informed, the rejection of the Budget.

have boon working night and day for the past Probably Lord Lansdowne will week or more, will enjoy the respite. introduce the motion.

BRITISH TRADE RETURNS.

LONDON, November 6th, The British trade returns for the month of October show increases in

The social whirl, however, has begun and entertainments crowd our diaries and make the nights run into the mornings, 86 Andrew's Ball is being anticipated with the usual koen- ness, and the Septtish festival should be the success that it always is.

It is perhaps not inappropriate, with the approach of St. Andrews' Day, to relato the

imports of £1,905,477, and in exports following story which has amused several andi- of £923,192.

AN AERONAUTIC TRIUMPH,

LONDON, November 7th Mr. Paulhari has broken the world's record at Sandown Park, where he ascended to an altitude of 977 feet.

DEATH OF VISCOUNT SELBY,

LONDON, November 7th. The death is announced of the Rt. Hon. Viscount Selby, who (as Mr. Gully) was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1895 to 1905.

A MILLIONAIRE'S BEQUESTS.

ences in Hongkong., Thọ talo is usually told.

· by an Englishman who attempts to mimio the geot in these words: Aince upon a time there was a King of Scotland who was a great fechter, and as day he had nothing tas dae and he turned to his prime semester, Sandy MacPherson, and said; "I dinna ken what we'll

de no." "Hoo that " naked Sandy. "We're

got nae mair kingdoms to conquer," "Ah," remarked the prime meenester, "there's ane ye who wanted the ken whaur the kingdom was. have n'a conquered." This roosed his majesty.

"The kingdom of heaven," was the reply. "The kingdom of heaven," gasped the astonished king. "Well, ye gang and tall the king of heaven that the king of Seetland is coming tao invade

his territory," Sandy betakes himself free the

royal presence, and he is naturally in a great

predicament. Outside the palace he moste the parish meonister, à goily man, who says te him, "Noo, Sandy MacPherson, whaur are ye ganap Ye'll be plaanin' mair o LONDON, November 7th.

yers theevin, robbin' expeedestions." "No, na," said Sandy, and he told him the oben Mr. John Kennedy, a well-knownject of his errand. “Oh,” rejoined the user. Scottish-American banker, has be-ister, that's all right. You tell the

relatives, and five millions to charity, Back gose Sandy and he presents himself to queathed seven million sterling to bis King that the King of Heaven says he can

missions and universities.

TRAGIC DEATH OF MR. H. G. CALTHROP.

FALLS INTO A CULVEET.

have the kingdom o' heaven for the asking."

the King."Wool," demanded his majesty, "did yo see the King o' Hearoa !" "No," was the cantions auswer, "but I saw ane o his meonisters." "Aye, and what did he say?" His Majesty boamed as ho heard the words, and resolving that the wagnanimity should bequalled he said" Well, yon go back and tell the King of Heaven from me that for his decency and vivility never a Scotsman will set fit in the Kingdom o' Heaven."

Works have issued us a souvenir of their twenty-fifth anniversary of their extensivo es- tablishment at Nagasaki a handsome volume of photographic reproductions which give birds-eye views of the works at various stages of their development, views of the various ship. yards as they now are, the interior of the well-equipped shops, and a large number of the pictures are of the fine steamers turned out from the Company's yards, sud of the engines. pumps, winches, electric hoists and other me Japanese Exhibition, with Prince chinery made in the Company's works. A Arthur of Connaught as the chief good faith

All letters for publication should be written on

Altogether this collection of photographic views Yamaza Onotsu, the Duke of Norfolk, one side of paper only.

No anonymously signed communications that

makes a very excellent souvenir of one of Japan's the Japanese Consul-General and have already appeared in other papers will be Transvaal to omit from proclamations for largest and most enterprising shipbuilding other distinguihned personages, the same time another guest left in chair, was a case of "pass the hat for your credit'

the Transvaal issued for the benefit of the establishments.

Chinese "all minatory and hortatory sentences," such as are alwe used in proclamations in China, must have con- siderably weakened the influence of those who were set in authority over the coolies in in Table M, in the Schedule to the Merchant At St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, on the 6th mortality returns submitted to Parliament error-in-Council on the day of February, South Africa. It is satisfactory to note from Shipping Ordinance, 1999, made by the Gov of November, 1909, by ti o Fight Rev. Lord Bishop of Victoria, asi tod by the Rev. F. T. Johnson, quite recently that in the matter of health, 1908, and published in

A. and the Bov. A. B. Thornhi, M., DORA, the Chinese in the Transvaal have had a Gasetic on the 20th day of March, 1908, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs W, ΠHumphreys, J. IL. WILLIAM ANTONG. [1394 great advantage over the natives. The has been amended by adding the following

free from blame in the matter, for the constructed by the Company is also included, guest, the Japanese Ambassador, Mr. the party sat and talked round a fire until about gentleman of resource ress from his sest and dispatch of instructions from Downing Street requiring the local authorities of the

Énserted.

Orders for extra copies of DAILY PEZ should be sent before 11 am on day of publication. After that hour the supply ́ir limited. Only supply for Cash.

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MARRIAGE.

The

Daily Press.

HongKong, November 8тя 1909.

STEAM WHISTLES IN THE HARBOUR

On Saturday the European community heard THE KING'S INTEREST.

with feelings of profound regret that Mr. H. G. Calthrop, barrister-at-law, had met with an LONDON, November 6th.antimely death during the night. The deceased

House in connection with the Anglo- spent

At a luncheon given at the Mansion gentleman, who was in the best of health

When the interval arrived for taking the and kept himself well by daily exercise, collection at a local okurch yesterday morning the evening at the residence of there was an awkward pause. The gentlemen Mr. Percy Smith, on Mount Kellett. There entrusted with the duty could not discover the ware a few other guests, and after dinner collection bags, and they stood aghast until one

with the intention of walking to the Tram round the congregation, and a few felt rewarded 10-50 p.m., when Mr. Calthrop left the house handed a collecter his soft felt hat. A smile went Station to catch the 11.15 p...cer. At the for having gone to church that morning. It which proenmakly, went ahead of the deceased, sake." Lord Mayor dwelt on the King's who turned to the left on reaching the interest in the Exhibition,

I read the other morning of a boy brought He then road, intending to go round the hill past before the magistrate for trying to sell a new road he must have stumbled over the deep Water Bay. His conduct la casily understood, gutter on the inside of the road and pitched but what can be said of the godly man who on a forward, head frst, down a deep camented hole Sunday morning finds on the road at the gate road. Apparently he must have been stunned, his motives? Does he wish that the unrighteous made by the Public Works Department, down of the church a tennis ball and puts it in his which the water pours and passes under the pocket and than walks into church? What are and subsequently smothered. The body was desecrator of the Babbeth should be punished, not found till 8 o'clock next morning, when Mr. to the extent of losing a ball for playing on that G, T. Eaking made the startling discovery day, or is he guilty of simple pilfering! sador, said that Japan was doing her the hole, down which his hat and stick had also

Sir M. Kato, the Japanese Ambas-

The deceased was lying head downwards in

best to make the Exhibition a success fallen. Mr. Edkins called Dr. Fitswilliams, who and for making closer the political was at the Matilda Hospital, and he gave the week. In one case he was responsible for apinion that the unfortunate gentleman had making a lady sing" Who'll bury my lavender,” and commercial ties between Englandbou dead for hours. The police were called and made a boarding-house kooper print the and Japan.

and removed the body to the mortuary at the advice "Don't both in batches." The Matilde Hospital,

It is notified in the Gazette that Begulation proposed the health of the Japanese the Matilda Hospital. After turning into the golf ball which he said he picked up at Deep

No. 21, under the heading "Steam Whistles"

the Governinent

words at the end thereof:-"And except for

approach towards any other vessel, when one prolonged bloat of from 4 to 6 seconds' duration shall be sounded."

THE KING'S BIRTHDAY"

ALL CELEBRATIONS IN HONGKONG

POSTPONED..

Emperor and success to the Exhibition. Prince Arthur of Connaught said chants realize the importance of the he was confident that British mer-

exhibiton, and would send exhibits worthy of such an unique occasion.

The Hongkong compositer seems to have been in a particularly humorous vein this last

HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VEUX ROAD C/ death rate from all causes during the past the purpose of giving necessary notice of her LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET. EC five years has been twice as great among the natives au among the Chinese. It says inch for the arrangements made for the Chinese by their employers that the returns of deaths from disease among the Chinese during the last three years has been 9,8, and 6 per 1,000 respectively, while among the EARLY next year the last of the Chinese natives it was 27, 29 and 28: We cannot coolics who emigrated to South Africa to doubt that native labour is more plentiful work in the mines will have returned in South Africa now than it was immediately to China, in fulfilment of the pledges after the war, but it is clear from the given to the electors of the United

wails going up from the Band that it King by the Liberal Party at the last general election. Only a couple of ship-industry on which the whole prosperity of Dowager of China, which take place o

is still inadequate to the needs of the great funeral obsequies of H. I. M. the late Empress journed till the 23rd of November, married, was the son of the late Rev. Gordon couple were to sing was autitled "Oh, that we loads between three and four thousand the Transvaal depend, and the old problem November the 9th, it is notified for general after having rejected the Lorda Calthrop, and was educated at Felstead Bohool, two were married” ! -

Gazette Extraordinary to-day, issued in With reference to the notice promulgated in consequence of confirmatory instructions from the Secretary of State that the celebration of His Majesty's Birthday is postponed till November the 25th; in consequence of the

holiday on November the 9th, and that the

IRISH LAND BILL.

LORDS'

AMENDMENTS REJECTED,

LONDON, November 6th. The House of Commons has ad-

coolies-now remain in South Africa to be in the Rand is therefore gradually being re-information that there will not be a public amendments to the Irish Land Bill repatriated, and while the Liberal Party constituted. will be able to go to the country' next January in virtuous glee over a pledge fulfilled. they have utterly failed to

prove the allegations of slavery" on

Nearly 24 inches of rain fell in the Colony Dinner and Ball at Government House will be

parade of troops, and the Oficial Birthday en bloc by 219 to 54.. last month, according to the Observatory report.postponed to November the 25th.

ANGLO-GERMAN INTERESTS IN AFRICA.

The Garden Party on the King's Birthday which the mandato to repatriate was given at Head-Quarters House is postponed till the and have only succeeded in delivering 25th November.

!

Mr

BANDMANN COMEDY CO.

Fingat 9 o'clock, when Carton's latest Lomon

888-No, c-in the "bath" WA missing. It is worthy of note that no one apparently The first bloomor rominds me of the shy passed that way from 11 p.m. till 8 sm., and young curate who came forward with the balle no little comment is being made on the fact the dust"Oh, that we too were maying”—and of the parish at a "Penny Reading" to sing that the police, who are understood to patrol wondered why the audience rocked with the reads in the Peak district, did not make the laughter.. It was the mischievous imp of the discovery in the course of their travols.

printing office again. The programine an. Deceased, who was 43 years of age and announced that the dust the blushing young

Ho obtained the degree of B.A. in 1888, being and Gonville, and Cains. College, Cambridge

It is a poor show that Hongkong has made then only 22 years of age, and he was called to this year in the Interport Shoot. No doubt the Bar in 1891. Ten years later he the correspondent whose letter appeared in the was admitted to practice as a barrister and D. P. on Saturday explained correctly enough solicitor in the Gold Coast Colony, but he only how it happened that a team which had put up remained there three years. Then he came to excellent scores in practice failed miserably to Hongkong, where he has been in practice for repeat the performance on the day of the The Bandmann Co. left Singapore last Friday

LONDON, November 6th.

| match. But there ię ono romark in his letter five years. a serious blow to the prosperity of a Mr. I. F. Drayn has been appointed to antud is due hero on Wednesday. Their first Herr Dernburg, the German Secret- The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon for this year's team was very limited." Now, that calls for a reflection, viz., "The selection Colony which, if it were permitted to as Local Anditor during the absence of Performance will take place on Thursday even ary of State for the Colonies, was the at this no Valley, and a large number in the days of the Hongkong Rife Club com manage truffairs, would continue to H. R. Phelps. flourish. It was contended, by the people

Fuccess Mr. Froedy and the Countess will guest last night at a banquet given by those present were the Hot, Mr. W. Rees Association furnish for the team P. It was followed the remaing to the grave. Among paint like this was never heard. How many candidates, I wonder, did the Volunteer Reserve who raised the cry of Chinese Slavery'

be presented. This piece has scored a big the African Society in London, and in Davies, Acting Chief Justice, His Honour Mr. expected of this Asscoiation that it would do that no necessity existed for the importa

turns had to be repeated. We are to receive success throughout the presant tour and many the course of a speech he dwelt on H. H. J. Gompertz, Sir Henry Berkeley, K. C., infinitely more then the Hills Chab to produce tion of Chinese labour, but as the repa-

visit from Mr. Bandmann himself (who, we the community of Anglo-German Melbourne, E. R. Halifax, JR. Wool B

Hon. Mr. E A Hewett, Messra C. D. good shots, but it does not seem that this expac trication has been proceeding the mins

tation has yet been fulfilled. owners in South Africa have been ax-

The concert at the Theatre Royal in aid of understand, is on the look-out for a site for interests in Africa and the necessity Wakeman W. Slade, Eldby Potter, C. E. H. periencing the greatest difficulty in finding the Port and Starboard Lights Pierrots, takes Long India and the Straita speak very highly natives. The prestige of the whites, E. D. C. Wolfe, J. H. Kemp, F. B. L. Bowley,

100 Kowloon is trying to vie with the Peak. the St. John's Cathedral Organ Fund, by Company during its stay in Hongkong. The

a new theatre) and will be with the present for a uniform policy towards the Bestir, Captain Badeley, Captain Lyon, Messrs. Its chicles this week record a suaks being necessary labour to keep their mines place this evening, and the programme, to say of the present Company, and their visit to be said, must be maintained under all' Percy Smith, Dr. Fitzwilliams and others. The blanket type adorns the streetscape already.

G. C. Alabaster, J W Orr, Mol. Messor, killed in a warden and the situation now that some nothing of the object of the concert, ought to Singapore has been the grostest possible success, circumstances. fifty or sixty thousand Chinese have been attract a good bouse,

Mr. A. Colbourne Little's name has been added

Donald Macdonald's name has been restored to to the list of authorised architects, and Mr. the list.

Seats may now be booked at Moutrie's.

Ray, F. T. Johnson conducted the service,

Overcoats are becoming fashionable. The

RODERICK RANDOM.