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HONGKONGS

RSDAY

97TH 1916

INTIMATION

8. WATSON & CO. in

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

WATSON'S

dollars.

unlikely to

1908

The Ch

this if they were not

of the represent

How then

explained? Pos

the native drug in view of

the

xible

supply; and (ii) the

the opium importe

ita way into

MOLLÉS the

Legation

Opiumi

finds

of the British: |"and deep.

report on the Chibbe, wife of

hich we quobo

VERY OLD LIQUEUR SCOTCH

THE GENERAL ELECTION.

NEW GERMAN

LONDO

Four per tent. Prusian

seventeen and seven millions storing. spectively, have been waned

£102

JAPANESE ROYAL VISITORS

IN ENGLAND.

LONDON, January 26th

THE

ISH PA

ELECTIONS

URNOIES TO POLI

of the

sowing

LATEST RESULTS.

LONDON January 26th:

Prince and Princess Fashimi Tunch-

favour of p

NIONIBTS

LIBERALS

ed yesterday with their Majesties the King and Queen at Windsor.

214

Camborne

Chertsey

SABOURITER ***********

HONGKONG'S NEW ARCHDEACON.

Clithero Cirenbesten

áre (N-)

hborough.

Taillow Luton Messickl Monmouthshire (W)

Morley New Forest

Norfolk (N) Norfolk (N.W.)

NATIONALISTS

Total elected:

669

**P, . BARNETT SECUREDS DE. BANISTEL. Dartford

Darwen Derbyshire (Mid.)

To be elected

111

670

UNIONIST GAINS

LIBERAL GAINS LABOURITES

UNIONIST GAINS, Newmarket

Cricklade (N Wilts.) Reigate

And during the last day or

ship had pleasure in annou

Barrett had been appoint

Before the distribution of prince was pro- seeded with at St. Stephen's College yesterday, His Lordship Bishop LANDER said he had the pleasure of introducing Mr. Barnett in a now capseity Honours were falling thick and Dacham (B.E.) G

1121054

Droitwich

16 Last upon the Warden of Bt. Stephen's, and, he East Grinstead

WA WAH, those present would think, deservedly Egremont

Last wook Air Bärnstt raostred

tion from London daly appointing him soore Forest of Dean tary of the Church

in which appointment he had

North dich

Osgol ross Ramzey (Hunta)

Ruschliffe

St. Albans

St Iross

Somerest (8.) Bo. Molton (Devon) Staffordshire (N.W.)

Stamford Strond Tavistock Truro Tyneside

North Lonsdale

NOLAK

(N.)

(W.)

(8)

Derizes Domet (E)

notificavechazo

Bociety

Tome

been acting

agh

his Lord

Hoxham that Mr. High Peak mored De

Honiton

extensively elsewhere,"

of the question beh province of Kwangtung

writing

night, and expire affects the

dampert We the

with Mr

can accept the statement made by the their sad and unexpen Viceroy in a memorial to the Throne last

We are naked to state that the Americrest of to the kind

WHISKY April that his orders for the total suppress the Italian Convent will begra

BLEND OF THE FINEST PUBL

MALT WHISKIES DISTILLED

IN SCOTLAND RA

GENUINE AGE

ID

VINE MELLOW FLAVOUR.

BOB PORTER & Co.'s

BULL DOG

BRAND

GUINNESS' STOUT IPINTS & SPLITS.

sion of cultivation throughout the province had been faithfully observed, though it is possible that a small amount of poppy the Chao-chu-fu prefecture, in the neigh bourhood of Swatow, may have escaped the vigilance of the Viceroy's inspectors. Mr. MULLES rightly says; this province has never produced much opium, but what was formerly produced was, we believe, entirely consumed in the Also drow

from

provinces. Mr.

there was a marked

falling

1908 in the qu

coming down from Kunnan Brea Kweichow.caused by the partial of onltivati

Ladies of Hongkong for the gift of woollen clothing, thoos, blankets warm material that could be for the hundreds of orpha stitutas dependent upon the

the perioress: hopes her: sor will be ganaronai

sposed members

people partionlarly

By Had

that, ing pro

thons provinces, and the rise native opium owing to the

ation. But in & report by Mr. H. E. SLY, the acting British Consulat Chunking, which in issued with Mr. MULLEE's general report, we and the statement that, on the strength of a report of impending total prohibition of A.S.WATSON & CO. Poppy cultivation in Szechuan, orders were

LIMITED,

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

125

NOTCE TO CORRESPONDENTS. ONLY muscations relating to the news mlumn asuld be addressed to Tan Enron,

Corresdents must forward their names and addressmith communications addressed to the Editor, at for publication but as evidmse of good faith

received just prior to September, 1999, from Kwangtung, Kwangs and elsewhers for ples of opram to the value of 700,000 taals

Doubtless furth

or more

Bassetlaw

Cumberland (W Maldon

Banbury

Tyrone (Mid)

LIBERAL GAINS, Grovázi

{n behalf o

Kindly

and the

ficers, the Band of the Bandinster Fartab

January, 1910

YO. FEAüber?

ved. Harbin majority of 5,689.

HKling Lou Ganno. Dreams of Raglime

God Bare the B

Hotel

lok-mazel

dan Mazurka nbermesso Two Stop

N W Lanark

Mr Austen Chamberlain has been ro-elected for East Worcester with a

FULL RETURNS.

UNIONISTS:

To-day in the birthday of 1 M. the Emperor Southport of Germany. A special service will be held on Harrow board the German oraine Arcona, st 10,30 Nomar p.m.; launches ars at the disposal of the public

Murray Fur, from 19 to 10:20 am, the German community and friends being cordial-

igate ly Invited. The commander, Frigals Bohrader, will hold reception till noon. Af Bassetlaw riman Consulate, College Gar Chichester Dr Voretas

will receiv

this

the

the German Consul Cumberland (W)

from 11 am to Epping fake place at the Club Blackpool

along in the last quarter of the This suggests that the mcrease port into the province of Kwangtung in Ge

rday Mr. B. E. 1909 may be explained as an import not for immediate consumption, but for the laying Hallifax imposed a heavy fine upon Chimes up of stocks against the time when there woman who was found guilty of being in un- lawful possession of quantity of opium. may be no more opium to

the first floor of 17, Wing hing Street be Undoubtedly much opium is still amoked

arole offler visited

found a fire-fel tio of dross opium on a try. have been planted, The, the woman sald,

aw upon.

All Laters for publication should be written on * ane ride / paper only.

in the province, though public smoking has No awnymously signed communications that kave alrasy appeared

in other popers will be practically ceased in Canton. Mr. MUL- inerried.

Orden for astra copies of DAY PRESLER's report tells us that the licensing but when the omeer fomad, another large tin should set before 11 am on day of regulations are strictly enforced by the

Bome 190 taals of prepared oplum the bed the womit was speechless.

pubissato. After that hour the supply is police in the case of poor amokers, and His Worship imposed a fins of $500 or three Emiled. Only supply for Cash.

Talogrphic Address i Press. Codes B.0 5th Ed. Lieber. PO.Pos, 84. Tulephone No. 12,

DEATH

Someract (W) Londonderry (8.) Maldon Banbury Woredeber (E.) Tyrone (id)

LIBERALS Tottenham Heywood

BOSE Lichfield Ilkeston Shropshire (Mid) St. Austell

SABOURITES Cortom

NATIONALISTS

8. Kerry (E.) Cork (S. E)

SUNIONINT GADIN

Banister the newl secrated Bishop of Horacele Hapa and Homa, in the Archdeaconry of Houghton-le-Spring

Horsham

Applause.) "The Archdesoon was Jarrow

Leigh

Hongkong.

·Tearing for wall earned holiday for a few weeks, bat se woon as he returned there would be s fanokon in the Cathedral by which he would

alled. (Applause.)

BARNETT, in reply, said it

for one with

would

Jhad been

been

Archdesconhind

Walthamstow Watford

Westbury Widnes

Waboch

Worcestorskirə (N):

SCOTLAND (72 MEMBRES).

Aberdeenshire (2).

bra Aroa.

the

Eigin and Nair

FLA (EN)

St.

and the

FLA (WA) Glagow Central Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities ar

Greenock

dingtonshire Hawick Burghs

Lanazimhíry (Mα) hire (N.E.)

NAWA

(8.)

Coey and Bhetla Artick Perthshire ( Bestrowabire (E) Ross and Cromarty Stirling Burgha Butherland

Wisk Burghs Wigtonshire

IRELAND (103 MEMBERS).

Stephen's Collage before it spunker was quite rare that some at his boys would be glad to know that the Archdeseon was still to remain with them, he hoped, for many years. (Applause) He could not say mach then net what he would like to say; bat he did feella (B.). great responsibility had boon laid upon Antrim (8) him, and he trusted by the strength of God, by Cork Co. (Mid)

Cork Co. (N, watchfulness and care, to maintain the dignity Cork Co. (NL) which attrohed to kia new offes when held by his. Cork Co. (WA)

He asked for those prayers which Down (E.) would enable him to fall his duties rightly in the sight of God.

His many friends in the Colony will join with In bongratulating the Her, Mr. Barnett on his well-merited promotion.

LICENSING BOARD ELECTION.

The election of three representatives of the Jution of the

on the newly soustitated Lisarming Beard took place at the 140 Juskicom veted.

Late MemberLast May ewmarket Sir Charles Base (1) 783 Dolh

(L) 1578

smoking is becoming a luxury confined to months on the first change, and $250 or four the rich who, apparently owing to the dart-on the second The husband of the venality of the polica, find no difficulty in defendant was heard to tell her to go to gaol for Maldon

itent, remarking that Banbury evading the regulations, and can, therefore, three days and to be contimus to indulge in the habit in their by that tiras be would raise the money to pay own houses with impunity, [221

At Bluff, The Park, Hongkong, on the 26th inant, BALES MARIA, the loving wife of LAWRENCH GIBBS,

HORGENG OPTION: 10A, DES VOUS BOAD C LONDE OPTICE 11, Fiat Gra20

The Daily Press.

TINGKONG, JANUARY 27TH, 1910.

And again,

the

"while the progress in the province as a whole appears to be satisfactory the reports received from His Majesty a Consul at Palhoi tell of a very different state of affaire in the western districts of Kwang

Hare tung and the Island of Hainan. the various regulations have remained Ora Linton correspondent in the notes we daad letter; the local officials have made no publia to-day mentions that the native serious attempt tograpple with the situation. paper assert that the amount of opium opium can easily be procured without a imporal into the province in the past year licence, dens are even still open where was greater than that of the preceding year. poorer classes can indulge in the vice, while We can well believe that; and as the matter the wealthier classes are laying in large has ready formed the subject of official stores for private consumption. Smoking correspondence between the Viceroy and the in fact, go on just as before, Government at Peking, we may take it that does not appear to be any strong public aroused in this part of the province the formation as to the import is based

It is evident upon the Customs

mis returns. But it is the against the use of the drug. deducion which is drawn from the fact in that renewed and more stringent orders to

the various Ideal authorities are the, efcial correspondence that arrests our

before anything is likely to be atterion. On this increase in the import is bad the nasumption that notwithstand must hope that the new

ring such activity ng the closing of the public opium-su

Bampaign in other portioner hous, there is no diminution in the

Bumpion of opium in the

Kwartung. The Viceroy ask

will see that his orders are.eni

The eradication of

a much more dificult business to aco

there

to line the import on the ground that great than the Chiesa Government would have harm is done to the Province by

mpulsory: create

but in pointing out that a restration of the import wo trouble with the foreign merel Wanrpu counsels the Viceroy to

the world be ever-

A lakong was yesterday sentenced to thres weeks' hard labour for committing an assault in a brofigh

achus his object by a more rigoroUS Talva gamblers from Tramtanipo made their enforcement of the anti-opium laws, and so appest before the Magistrsta véstarday decried the demand for opinmaa and had each to leave $5 before they regs and

their liberty. matt, of fact, an increased import of opit into the province of Kwang tung does not necessarily prove that held's meeting on the 9th Ibrant and decided

The Chinese Chamber of Commerce at How

SUPREME COURT

Wednesday, 26th January,

IN CRIMINAL JUSLADICTION,

BEFORE HIS Hosque MnHHJ

COMPRETZ (PUINE JUDGES

H. C. Brodie (1) 219 L TH. Newnes (L) 531 Law.

Geoffrey Ho-

237

T. E. Bothell (L) 149 1.196

Tyrone (Mid)

Mr. WOM

the Colony

pm mad some Afteen ards the results were declared

as follows

three

HOOPER

unor elected the Board-Mi

Glove

homson N.W. Lanark

At the last election there was a three- cornered fight in each of these constituencies, In the former Mr. Duncan polled 5,224, the Liberal candidate 5,095, and the Labour 4,212, La N W. Lanark, Mr. Thomson obtained 5,689, the Liberal osadidate 4,913, and the Labour 3.291

and

Down (8.2K

Tible Gói (B

Kerry (N.) MAYO (N Monaghan (N.)

Workouth (N.)

WALK (30 KTMDERS)

Arfon Cardiganskire Glamorganaire (234

Tifrom

Mid (6)

Montgomeryshire.

ANOTHER BIG OPIUM SEIZURE AT MANIDAR

The largest oplam selaars since the GranÍS Kennedy ass, says the Manila Cobleness of the 22nd inak, was made yostarday when customs detectives captured 790 tins sad one package of “ pills, amounting in all to 1875 kilos, and worth,

ing to the prevailing price in Ma Bocording to

740. There were 79 hermetically led tins containing ton smaller tus each, which had some sakere In onsen. The contraband oasis maananifested; the plan of the sungglers being to wosal it from the warehouse at the deed of

night.

Hugo Bealtes, whom the detectives have mada every effort to catch at muggling, was supposed to be the leader in this bold attempt to bring the large amount of dopet to the whit Lore ing amokers, and two Chinaman are held an

socomplice

the returninr older and returns lie wat nostatëd by

Chapman and Mr. G. A. Woodcock the Secretary the Board

TMB.

The Neral mesings from morning steering gear

MONMOUTH" KETURNING

ties received a wireless Monmouth on Monday in consequence of her damaged she was be dyd ked for outh loft the Colony in the via Saigon, and hai

ALLEGED CONSPIE The hearing of the charge of conspirsey. pro- ferred against Lá Fuk was concluded. The A COALITION GOVERNMENT? returning to jurors were:Messra. A Stevenson (foromam), H. Tilman, J Hunter, J. O Meyer, E. §. Murray and

Sir Henry Berkeley,

1 De

instructed by Mr. sen., from the offos of the Crown ared on behalf of the Attorney the prisoner

baaber, in.. Looker (of MORTE, Ear & Descon). prisoner had been called, Mr. Otto took the witness stand, and swore ver soon the prisoner in his oilo0. enry Berkeley then Indicated that he

wish to proOOM

His Lordehly directed the jury to bring in a

(of not guilty,

The jury noted accordingly, and the prisoner was discharged.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

The CENT CO. e. str. Shunition left Blunghi un the both instant, and may be expected on the 28th Inst.

The CN; Co's sts. Tean left Manila ca the

26th instant, and may be expected here on o 28th instant

The LG.M. str. Greben, which left here on the 29th ultimo, at noon, arrived at Genios on the 25th instant, at 4 p.m...

The Ancar shoratoon pear from Ycho

and Kobe, Left Moji on the 26th instant morning and may be expected here on or aboat

the 51st inst

then has been no dnninution in the to dishares Tis. 100,000 in clearing away the outta lett Bing num opium smokers in the pro-kow, in order to restore communications in and may be expe

Northern Manchmalga

epairs. Tha 17

& bowda

Carniva Friday mornin and there proceed for tav this port. The Monmouth

LONDON, January 28th. The keynote of the political situa erents at the Mani tion to-day is a very moderate er loader in the Westminster Gazette (Liberal) re-emphasising the import-due at ance of co-operation. It'afirms that it is reasonable that the House of Com- mons should secure full power over finance, but the abuse of that power by tacking on to a Money Bill questions demanding separate treatment should be excluded:

2

The Conservative evening papers welcome these overtures as being in the interests of the Empire, and they

ligence of the Liberals and the express the belief that the best inte

Unionists is probably within negoti table distance of a compromise, ...

OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

LONDON, January 26th- The King opens Parliament on the 15th February.

ourg on bourd

WEATHER ВЕРОВТ.

Thursday night, somebody.anoceeded in sway with the encased opium from the warehouse about midnight and concealed house on Calle Madrid in the immediate Vicialty. From there they had planned to rs move it the following day and distribute if to the bayars. The plan might have suspends:d had it not been for the keenness of the customs detectives, who were on to the scent from the time the CC were removed from the ware houses. When Benites and the Chinos tam phantly entered the Calle Madrid house yestara day to as the last step of their coup they were nabbed by the detectives and brought with the contreband i to the customs house

The opium was brought wahore on Thursday and landed at the custom house with other merchandise, but just what vessel it esma from has not been secertained as yet.

EFFECTS OF THE FALL IN SILVER,

The following extract is from the Times) - The postsetion of Canada's exports of lumber and four caused by the fall in silver Tast was discussed at a recent meeting of the Canadian

Association at

Monzes Chowmand in 190

but at

cost 33, tačia Shanghai, prion today it costs 48 has been diverted

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued taels Much of the busi

to the milk of the the followin

On the Both as 12-10 pm The barometer

riam moderately over the other during the past Allam considerably at the Boning he now Seattle, Porland, and San Frat

of largecargues of pression over the Pasito has advanced

was delivered on bowed wards to the neighbourhood of the latter ares

Pressure has increased considerably over N.E. Hankow at 16 faals a ton and Japan, and given way over the China pard- years ago 23

for 16 the onlarly in the North. Probably a depression is spreching Manchuris from the Westward

busoon may be expected in the Fornces Chamel, and strong monsoon over the China Bea

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending s10 sm, to-dat

to-day is a folows

Hongkong & Naigh

Bouth costs of CKET

Eouth coast ULA Hongkong

cargues of

we being hap mithiasgow, is may

coal and coke Chinese ports:

It

after oramni Tolling mill at Hankow

kow or in Shan may be the future prod

mines Tast year's nearly double that

Porcupine district.

5100

United States Steel the new feel? considering the

Cobalt, where lage depouts of gold bare "discovoroda