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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, 1909.

Empress Dowager's birthday, as well as on

Liont-Col. C. C. Wrigley, A.O.D, Chlef |

the occasion of the birthday of the Emperor, Ordaasos flows at Chathatis has been TELEGRAMS.

but they commed to pay this tribute to the appointed Senior Ordnance" Omoer in Boath

China

A Spaniard named Honorato Apostagina Pascual, who is stated in the Manila paper to have been running a cinematograph show in Hongkong, is abarged with attempting to smuggle 17 kilos of opium into the Philippines. He has been released on a cash ball of P. 1,000 pending the trial.

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STRAITS ATTORNEY-GENERAL

KNIGHTED.

SINGAPORE, November 9th. The Hon. Walter John Napier, Attorney-General since 1907, has been knighted on his retirement.

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Dowager-Empres in her late years. The same distinction has been made in regard to the funerals of the monarchs. There were many signs of public mourning in Canton when the late Emperor was interred, but the pewspapers of the Southern Capital have exhibited the utmost unconcern with regard to the arrangements for the funeral of the

It is reported that the Korean Household late Dowager Fimpress, and the statement will present a sum of Y. 100,000 to the family has been made to us by Chinese who should of the late Prinoe Ito besides making a grant of know, that it is extremely doubtful whather. 30,000 sa s contribution toward the funeral one Chinese in a hundred in South China, expenses. At the Korean Court during his outside the Tamena, knew that the Hfetime the late Prince was given the treat- great State funeral was taking place atment of a Prines of the Blood, and the proposed Peking yesterday. All this adds point to allowances are said to be in consideration of

this hozoar. the questions which the Hon. Mr. MunBay STEWART proposes to ask in the Legislative On Monday night a number of detectives in Council to-morrow. We do not, of course, charge of Chief Detective Inspector Hanson raided 264, Queen's Road Central and 44, yet know whether it is really a fact, as Bonham Strand, places alleged to be common

LONDON, November 9th. suggested in the first question, that the post-gaming honses. The police seized a printing

Herr Bernstorff, the German Am- ponement of the King's Birthday celebrations plant which is supposed to have been used for bassador to Washington, addressing was ordered by the Secretary of State for the printing of lottery tickets, and a number of the Academy of Science at Phila the Colonies without any previous reference Lakwai lottery tickets. They also arrested of the matter to, or consultation with, the fourteen men and one woman, who will prably delphia, defined Germany's foreign policy as purely commercial and Government of the Colony, but the semi-be charged at the Magistracy to-day. official statement that the postponement was

The marriage of Mr. H. B. Graybill, M.A.. without territorial ambitions. Ger in accordance with confirmatory instruc of the Christian College, Canton, to Misa Busan many was the first on the side of Both the contracting partion are American,

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CANTON.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

SIR FRANCIS MAY.

COLONIAL SECRETARY HONOURED.

The whole community will join us in

8th November, congratulating the Hon. MF H. May, Colonial Bemetary, on the honour which has DELIBERATIVE COUNCIL'S OFFICES. just been conferred upon him by His Majesty The grand building, which is to be the offos King Edward. It is the only honour which and meeting place of the Deliberative Council has come to Hongkong in connection with the is in course of construction just outside the Bret present Boyal birthday, but no one will deny that Gate. The land opposite to the site is owned by s It has been well bestowed, the new knight's | Manchurian, who has begun to erect some small twenty-eight years record in the Oplony is one of houses thereon, thus detracting from the dignity useful and meritorious service. Sir Francis Henry of the Council's building. The menta May, EO.M.G.- give him his new title is. Connell appealed to the Tartar General, and the a most people know, a son of Ireland, being the offending Mancha has been ordered to cease his fourth son of the late Hon. G. A. C. May, Lord building operations and to remove the materiala Chiof Justice of Ireland. Educated at Harrow without delay. It has been further suggested and Trinity College, Dublin, he took his BA to the owner that the Government would think degree in 1881, and was appointed a Hongkong him a very generous person if he were to present cadot the same year. Five years later saw him the land to the authorities. Agting Registrar General, and in 1887 he was Acting Assistant Colonial Secretary. In 1891

Some time ago there was an outbreak among he obtained the appointment of Assistant the criminals confined in the Shan Tak Prison. Colonial Secretary, during which time he was A large number escaped and terrorised the also engaged ag private secretary to H.E. neighbourhood. The authorition have, how- the Governor, Sir W. Des Voeux. After acting over, been successful in re-capturing nearly all Superintendent of Police in 1893, and in 1900 taken to Canton for trial and found guilty of as Colonial Treasurer he was appointed Captain these rascals. The gaoler of the prison were he became Acting Colonial Bearetary, receiving grow negligence. They were sentenced to two the substantive appointment in 1902. Since years' imprisonment and the ass was reported that time he has acted on several occasions as Offcër Administering the Government. F

This reference would be incompleta were cons

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to the Viceroy, The Viceroy questioned the Provincial Judgò as to whether” he considered that there was any other cause for the outbreak

BLEND OF THE FINEST. PURE {tions" from the Secretary of State certainly Griggs, took place a week ago at ShanghaAmerica on the occasion of the new who has proved herself not only a worthy Judge considered the blame to be due to that

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KING'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS.

LONDON, November 9th. The King's Birthday honours have been announced.

suggests that only an affirmative reply to Miss Griggs having just arrived from the departure in Chinese affairs, and Mr. STEWART' first question is to be States. The ceremony was performed by Her proved always ready to adhere to the expected. "Confirmatory instructions Dr. Stuart in presence of a few friends, and

before Mr. J. L. Viney, representing the policy of the open door even at the there suggest that original instructions, and not a request American Consulate General. The bride was expense of sacrificing some temporary given away by Mr. R. W. Stafford, with whom

advantages. for advice. It was not more than

sad Mr. Stafford she travelled to Shanghai. about twelve months ago that the

They came down from Shanghai by the Tony Unofficial Members of Council very properly Maru, which arrived at Hongkong yesterday. protested against similar action on the part of the Secretary of State in connection with the closing of the opium divans, and it is | much to be regretted that the necessity for a renewed protest has so soon arisen. The questions the Hon. Mr. STEWART proposes to ask on the subject give careful expression to sentiments which are, we believe, widely entertained in the Colony. Nobody takes up the attitude that this Colony should not under any circumstances have postponed the celebrations; the objection is principal ly as to the manner in which this has been done. It does not need to be stated A. S. WATSON & CO.. that had there been any evidence of intention

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among the Chinese of the Colony or in the neighbouring city of Canton to make the occasion of the funeral of the late Dowager Empress a day of mourning, the Colonial Government and the British community 129 - would have spontaneously avoided. say celebration of the King's birthday which

THE HONGKONG DispensaRY.

Hongkong, 8th October, 1909.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

polumn should be addroned to THE EDITOR.

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gratulations not also extended to Lady May, helpmate, but one who is beloved by all who have come under the influence of her genial presence.

beyond the carelessness of the warders, but the use only. The offending gaolers have been condemned to serve their time in the very prison of which they formerly had charge.

CHEAP OIL

THE NINTH OF NOVEMBER.

Reports from Kwong Sai risto that the crop of ground nuta is a remarkably good one thin Yesterday the warships in the harbone half-year, and not for twenty years have such good masted the Chinese flag on the guession of the results been obtained. Ground nut oil has bõen burial of the Empresa Dowager of Chins, but | somewhat dear Intely and the marchants have beyond that there were practically no signs of reached a good harvest of profit, but the price is mourning. Several of the losal Chinese guilds already falling and before long it will be lower

· had assembled to consider what staps should be | still. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of

taken to mark the solemn erant, but it was generally regarded that the subject had been mooted too late. No nothing was dono,

There was no business at the Supreme Court

rios, which seems to be for aver on the rise. Rightly or wrongly the merchants attribute the high price to the recent storms which are “ reported to have destroyed very large quantities

Colonel Seely, Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Admiral yesterday, no cases having been fired for the of the growing grain. Sir Edward Seymour have been made Privy Councillors.

day.

By inadvertence a talagmam rolating to the King's birthday which appeared in our restar day's ine was dated from London Instead of Shanghai.

TRIAD SOCIETY.

In the district outside the East Gate there

A native of Tsingtan has recently 'invented machine which, it is stated, is likely to revolutionise the straw-braid industry,

The manipulation of the apparsing is extremely simple, and it is said that one person can turni aut twelvefold more with this machine than by hand. A newspaper representative-before who experimente ware made states that the manufacture, especially of the fine braids, runs very smoothly, while the cheaper and coarser graden do not seem to be so satisfactory. Machines are now being made in Germany, and if the expestations of the inventor are fulfilled, Tsingtan, it is meid, may become the world' manufacturing emporium for straw braid.

A Cantonese interpreter named Chung Min hing, er dyed in the office of the Dr. Williams Pink Pill Co., was charged at the Mixed Court last week at Shanghai with stealing various sums of money amounting to $300 during the past two months, and also with forging the name of V. Davies and thereby

public solicitation by Enrepoan prostitutes in unfety was in joining this fraternity. obtaining a similar amount. It was stated in Order of St. Michael and St. George, the principal streets of our city. This is indeed evidence that suspicions in regard to the acOSLR-

Post Office and these ortablished the guilt of the socused, who had been six years a clerk in

Dr. Robertson Nicol, the Editor of the "British Weekly," Lieutenant Shackleton, the Arctic explorer, and the Hon. Walter John Napier, D.C.L., recently Attorney-General in the Straits Settlements, are among those who have been knighted,

Sir Frank Swettenham, Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1901 to 1904, has received the Cross of the

Michael and St. George.

CORRESPONDENCE.

are very many persons belonging to that brotherhood known as the "Sham Hop Wai," or Triad Society. This fraternity, which bas for its ostensible resson of existence the over- throw of the reigning dynasty, and the restors. tion of the Ming, is in reality but too often a brotherhood of thieves. On Saturday more than ten were arrested near Sa Ho. They at once confessed to being members of the langue, but protested that they and committed no robberies. Being further questionod, they maid SIE-I gather from the columns of the that the sole resson for joining the society was Daily Praw that the Hongkong Pelios that the locality contained so many members of hars at last taken measures to put a stop to the it, that the only means of preserving one's

THE “WHITE SLAVE” TRAFFIC,

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG

DAILY PRESS."*}

GUFTING DOWN EXPENSES.

a step in the right direction, but rintil some- For many years the clerks attached to the

POTTERY-MAZERS ON STRIKE,

In the Nam Hoi District there is a Hétle town

would have been out of harmony with ed were aroused by a customer, willing to six and the Hon. Mr. F. H. May, C.M.Gthing of a more drastic character has been Vicšroy's Tamen have hoon in receipt of a ONIT communications relating to the news the observance of mourning. Of that we why he had not received a receipt for a payment Hongkong, has been made a Knight introduced for the empression of this shameless gratuity for chair hire. The Viceroy has Correspondente must forward their names and are confident. But seeing that the occasion he had made. Enquiries wars instituted at the Commander of the Order of St. trail Hongkong will ever be the dumping ordered that this shall be no longer paid. He groud of the unfortunate demi-monde' who | says that thess men have a sufficient salary and adresses with communications addressed to the has been allowed to pass unobserved

has incurred the displeasure of the authorities that if they with to rids in chairs they must do Editor, not for publication but as evidence of in any form or manner by the Chinese the Hongkong Police, a teacher in the Canton

of other Far Eastern perts. The fair fame of no at their own sapense, and if they do not. good faith.

THE BUDGET. All letters for publication should be written on in the Colony-s well as, apparently, Guild shoal at Shanghai, employed at the

Hongkong in being badly smizched by those choose to pay, they moat walk. ens side of paper only.

Netherlands Consulate General and in the

| night owls. Even the principal hotels, doubtless No anonymously signed communications that by the people of South China, generally off of & French lawyer. He had been steal.

LONDON, November 9th. quite inocently, are not immune, and it is a kase already appeared in other papers will be except by the officials - the eon- ing registered letters and opening them, and

The House of Lords has formally matter for regret that in a place Hike Hongkong, called Bhek Wan that is granthy noted for itu Orders for Betra copies of Daisy Paws trast between British anxiety and Chinese by forging the name of Mr. Davies had bean

where legitimate amusement is scarce enough in excellent pottery. The workers lately went out akould be sent before 11 d.m. on day of indifference is indeed striking. Had the able to obtain payment. The prisoner confess passed the first reading of the Finance all conscience, respectable people in their desire en strike, the reason being that becoming too grabiscation. After that hour, the supply is instructions from Downing Street been coned to having converted a sum of 8300 to his own Bill.

för a Iftils relaxation onasot visit a cinemato. ] groody in their demands for more pay the Aimited. Only supply for Cash.

fined to the postponement of the celebrations use in this way, and was sent to prison for a

graph exhibition without having to Telegraphic Addrea : Pzzz,

Fab masters dismissed many of them and employed at the Legation in Peking sad in the Treaty year.

shoulders with those dregs of humanity. The female workem. The strike speedily grow into ports of China it would have been perfectly

writer is not a prude. Indeed, to some extent | a riot and the assistance of the authoritas was intelligible, but the circumstances scarcely

he sympathises with these weaker vessels; but | naked for. Deputy Kam called both sides źó a nunquam potest non caso virtuti logue. Other conforones and a compromise was agreed to, warranted the issue of instructions to the British Colony of Hongkong any more than to the Straite Settlements, where the King's Birthday, we understand, was celebrated on

Codes A.B.C. 5th Ed. Lieber,

P. O. Bow, 34. Telephone No. 13.

HONGKONG OFFICH: 10, Des Vogui Roan LONDON OFFIUM:. 131, FLAT STREST. EC

The Daily Press.

HONGKOSG, NovEHBER 10ru 1909.

the due date.

A Chinese barber was knocked down by CHINESE indifference stood out in Hong. kong yesterday in strange contrast to Britisk tramcar No. 30 at Test-ta-mui on Monday anxiety. By instructions received from night and removed to hospital badly injured. the Secretary of State for the Colonies all the local celebrations which had been arranged in honour of the King's birthday

It is reported that the late Grand Counellier

Chang Chih-ting only left Twels 1,800 in cash when he died, while he owed a certain bank over

30,000 Laels..

point to murder,

A native who was arrested by Sergeant Macdonald at Yumati was charged before Mr. E. R. Halifax at the Magistrany yesterday with returning from banishment, found guilty, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment and Bir hours' stocks.

KING MANUEL IN SPAIN.

LONDON, November 9th. King Manuel has arrived at Madrid. He drove to the Palace accompanied by King Alfonso, With the

Liont James H. Stewart, Jun, while, out swimming off Poliuso Point, near Manila, en- countered a large chark. He tried to frighten it away, but the abark after a momentary dis appearence rose right under him and seised him by the calf of the leg and carried the

vietim below. The report adds water strangling him he struggled for life against the big brute, striking it in the hend with his other feat and with his fiets. In this way he finally, with a supreme effort, tors himself loose, leaving the muscles of his log in

bat

THE VETO OF THE LORDS.

LONDON, November 9th. The House of Lords has rejected the maw of the shar's. Striking out with the London Elections Bill, making his might be sram to the surface and headed for the shore. The shark, satisfied with its pound London a single parliamentary of fech" did not follow him. On reaching ough.

ahore, he was in an exhausted condition. He

that could be done was done for him, sud ho was brought to the Civil Hospital at Manila, where when the last mail left he was reported to be lying in a dangerous condition.

ST. ANDREW'S BALL. The programme for St Andrew's Ball now been stranged. It will be as follows.

Extra Waltz.

has

the public holiday, the parade and review of troops, the official dinner, the big On Monday morning a Chinese was found in fors up some of his clothes and bound up his Ball at Government House and other the poolie quarters at the south face of the injured leg a best he could to stay the flow of minor celebrations were all postponed tih Beacon Hill tunnel with his head battered in blood, and then made for town to seek such the 25th inst. because the 9th inst. had been and his body severely bruised. Indications surgical assistance as might be at hand. All chosen for the obsequies of the late Dowager Empress of China. Doubtless this signal expression of British friendship and sympathy is appreciated by the Chinese Government, but we cannot help contrasting this kindly solicitude with the fact that, so far as the three hundred and fifty thousand Inspector Collett charged a native before Mr. Chinese who live in Hongkong are concerned J. E. Wood st the Magistracy yesterday with there was yesterday no outward and visible returning from banishment and with larceny sign of mourning to be seen anywhere, from 4, Stanley Terrace and 2, Sea View Terrace, mer Defendant pleaded guilty to two of the charges, When the late Emperor was buried many and the hearing was adjourned. Chinese firms as a mark of respect closed their shops. Yesterday there was no suspen sion of business by the Chinese in the Colony, not even for a single hour, and the theatres and other places of amusement re mained open. Much of this must have been true of Canton also, for no announcements have been made of any arrangements for ob serving the day at Canton as

Mr. A. Jookson, the advice agent of Byzack's Kippodrome Cirens, has returned to Hongkong, and is arranging for the Cirous tent to be pitched at Causeway Bay for a serioa of performances before going South. We are informed that the Circus has done well in the Philippines, and with the new attractions now; in the programme the management anticipato time similar success during their brief return visit to of mourning. Bome years ago the news-Hongkong. Mr. Abal, the veteran director of

&

papers of Canton werain the habit of suspend ing publication on the occasion of the late

the Cirens, has sccompanied Mr. Jackson to

Hongkong.

1 Lancers

2 Waltz

3

Caledonians.

4 Walls

Fightgome

6: Two Step,:"

7: Caledoniani.

8. Strathspey and Reel

9 Walts.

10 Two Step.

11 Waltz,

12 Two Step.

13 Walta. 14 Eightsome Reel. 15 Polka

16 Strathspey and Reel. 17 Highland Bohottische. 16 Caledonians.

19 Eightsome Beel.

Walts,

20

Two Step.

23 Walts and Galop

CANADA'S NAVAL PRO. GRAMME.

in

DANGER UN THE RIVER. The attention of the Water Police has bean

British wommunities have been able to a great The women were dismissed and the mon taken extent to solve the difficulty, and the weiter on at the old rate of pay. Work was thisia commends to the serious attention of the resumed. Hongkong aathorities the measures adopted by Bombay, Calcutta, Bangoon and Singeporn. There the unfortunate sisterhood is, to called to the over-crowded state of many of the all futants and purposes, segregated and passenger junks. From time to time serious.. confined to variain district, and sendiga socidents happen said the crowded state of the punishment is meted out to those who, in vessels makes the loss of life very great. defiance of the law, solicit the streets. The presence of steam launches is another source Surely a similar mode of procedure might be of danger, as these vessels rush, up and down the bor-introduced into Hongkong, where the writer has ziver as if the place belonged to them and seems

reason to know that latterly not only Europeansingly having no care as to whether they run... but Chinese have been rubjected to the solicita anyone down or not.. Only yesterday a kampan tions of these unfortunates whose mental obliquity was knocked to pieces by one of them, and last constitute a danger and a disgrace. Eren Chins night a boat in which the writer was crossing controls such matters differently, and for the the river was within an ace of being run down good name and fair fame of England's principal by a lannoh which was tearing along with only Far Easters possession it is surely time that one wall light about the size of that of a far- strenuous efforts be put forth to rid Hongkong thing dip. It would be to the credit of the of the stigms of openly countenancing & practice | Water Police to see that a slower rate of speed that readers our principal thoroughfare impos- is maintained while travelling on the crowded

resches near the City. sible to respectable British matrons.

LONDON, November. 9th. An Ottowa message states that the Canadian Cabinet has decided that a Naval Bill shall be introduced this session providing for the con- struction of three second-class cruisers. and four destroyers.

AUDIT, OF CROWN AGENTS' ACCOUNTS.

Replying in the House of Commons to Mr. Ginnell (Westmeath, N., Nat.), Colonel Beely said: The accounts of the office and reserve fands of the Crown Agents are audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General under section 35 of the Exhequer and Audit Department Act, 1866. The ordinary staff of his office is an ployed for this purpose. A sum of £120. per annum is charged to the office fund for this audit and brought to account ander Class II, Vote 14, Appropriations in Aid. The andit, like all other audits, is ordinarily based on the soconata and documents relating thereto sabunit ted for audit. No caso of any secret dommis sion or other illicit consideration passing in conzection with the transactions of the Crown Agente has come to the knowedge of the Comp. troller and Auditor-General.

AMICUS HUMANI GENERIS. [Other letters of similar purport have bee received➡ED.]

CRICKET.

The match arranged to have taken place yesterday between the Hongkong Club and the United Services was not played.

INTERNATIONAL LAW ON BILLS- OF EXCHANGE

intor

At the sitting of the Royal Commission on International Private Law, at The Hague on the 18th ult, M. Asser, the president, statod that the projected conference to draw up national regulations regarding bilis of exchange would probably meet at The Hanie in Jane, 1910. Thirty-one States had dy promised to take part in it, but in the case of 14 no reply had yet been received. The circular latter sent out by the Dutch Government to the other Powers had been favourably received, and was unanimously considered to be an excellent basis for the work of the conference.

THE WHATEVE. After several days of bittar winds and biting cold, warm weather has again set in and to-day i as Warm as any day in the summer. No wonder that many persons are suffering from colds and kindred evils !

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS

The CPE. str. Empress of Japan arrived at Vancouver on the 6th inst. 9-pa

the The LGM air. Prins Ludwig, carrying German Mails with dates from Berlin of the 20th ultimo, laft Colombo an the 7th instant p.m., and masy be expected here on or about the 18th instant

The P. & O. str. Bicilia is expected to scrive at Colombo on the 18th instant, at daylight.

The C.P.B.. Empress of Chisa serived afhanghai at 8.30 p.m. on the 5th inst, and left. gain at 8 am, on Tuesday for Nagaand, where she is due to arrive at 2 p.m. on the 10th inst.

The C.P.R. str. Monteagle arrived at Yoko hams at 7.30 am. on the 9th inst, and left: again at 2 p.m. same day for Kobe, where she is due to arrive at 6 pm, on thứ 10th inst