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pur chest has been paid at the port of entry,
The banas are published of a marriage be-
the opium" shall be free from all further toon Mt. R. F. C. Master. aclialtor, of the TELEGRAMS.
imposts of every sort. True it does not add "whether in its crude or prepared state," but we should imagine that this was in the minds of the Treaty makers. If that denial of the right to impose further taxation does not cover the present attempt, the Convention is worthless, and China bus CO., provided herself with a means of evading
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
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VERY OLD LIQUEUR SCOTCH
WHISKY
treaties capable of wide extension. If it is conceded that the Imperial Chinese Government, or the Provincial Governments have the right to impose a prohibitive consumption tax on any line of imports they care to select, what does it matter to them that the Customs tariff is a low one? In
the opium question we think it might reasonably be argued that when the Chinese Government agreed that opium after pay, ing the heavy Customs duty should be free from all further imposts of every cort, it clearly denied itself the right to impose such a tax-as-the Canton-authorities lava. been levying since May: for the offect of a tax on prepared opium is precisely the same na heavy tikin dues ou raw opium in transit. Opium is only used in the "prepared state in China. The new impost therefore is tantamount to incrusing the Customs duty by
hundred per cent. with further increas as 31 prospect. It is asserted that importers of foreign opium can have no special grievanes, be- cause the tax is not a preferential tax it applies, so we are told, to native as well as
three
A BLEND OF THE FINEST PURE foreign ophio. But those who use this
MALT SCOTCH WHISKIES.
over 30 Years WATSON'S "E" has maintained the re- of tlie FINEST putation
the SCOTCH WHISKY in
FAR EAST.
argument conceal the fact that in the province of Kwangtung, which is the only province so far in which the tax is imposed. the consumption is about one chest of native to about one hundred-chesta of foreigu opiuin. It is abound to say, as the Viceroy has done in his recent telegraphic duspatch to the Waiwupy, is one with which the tint the tax foreign inerchants have no concern. They ara deeply concerned, and the Viceroy can not but be well aware of it. The imposi- tion of the tax has restricted the trade to extremely narrow dimensions at Canton, and led to a large necumulation of opium in Hongkong, purchased from the Indian Gov- erament under the fancied security of a treaty
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SUPREME COURT,
Tuesday, September 13th
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
BEFORE HIS Honoun Mz. P. A. HazuLAND (ACTING PUISNA JOLOR),
Debenture bonds to the face value of thrie A DEMOCRATIC TRIUMPH IN (formas), F. de Mecster and A. Brown an
and a half milion yen were issued for the Osaka Shosen Kaisha Inst week, The priso was on 98, said the bonds will bear interest at the rate of 5.5 per ceat per mungon sad bo redeemable after the expiry of tan years.
It is stated (says the Shanghai Mercury) that the Tls. 3,500,000 which the Tootsi borrowed from the foreign banks at 4 per cent, to relieve the money market is being lent to the native banks at 9 per cent. 175,000 per annum, will, it is said, be devoted
to charitable purposes.
The difference, Tls
attendance to show them the sights of those cities.
MAINE.
LONDON, September 13th. Mr. Plaisted, a Democrat, has been elected Governor of the State of Maine. The Democrats are carrying the elections to the Legislature.
MURDER BY STRIKERS AT HAVRE.
CLAIM FOR WRONGFUL CONVERSION AND TRESPASS, Before his Honour the Paisna Jadge and a jury composed of Massrs. J. H. F. Brister sotion was heard in which Chin Po Shing claimed from Chan Tran Tràn and the Kwong Tai Kee firm the sum of $1,000, being so to 9750 for goods belonging to the plaintiff and wrong folly converted by the defendants to their own ave between June 29th and July 4th, and as to 3250 damage for trompass by the defendant on plaintiff's premises between the samo dates.
In a counterclaim which was filed claiming $74 for three months' rent plaintiff consented to judgmont.
Mr. Leo d'Almada Castro appeared for the Plaintiff, and defendants were represented by Mr. H. W. Looker (of Messrs. Deacon, Looker & Deacon).
SILVER MATTERS.
Bomo interesting points bearing on the fature of ailver are contained in the wookly letter of Messrs. Samuel Montagn& Os. dated the 19th ull. Firstly, it is stated that the market may be holpet abortly by purchases for the English mint in connection with the new coinage Then, again, the sotivity of Indian trade--so important
for the Silver market is evidenced by the brick demand for Council Bills and the special allotments. Mosses. Montagu think that as an average, sale of thirty lace a wook would misol the Budget requirements for the fancial year the probability of gold being ourmarked in The bean arop in Manchuria, which last year has to be reckoned with. London was an important factor in connection with Chian exchange and consequently the demand for silver, is reported to be exceptionally good. The news is accompanied by the statement. which concerns silver, that forsign orders havo been given with freedom.
Moara. Mocatta & Goldsmid's Ciroslar of the samo dute says:-The market has been particularly quiet and iunctive, but there have forward buying for China has more than once bavu some purchases for the Coatinent, and cansel the forward quotation to be at 1d premium. The reports from India contious most satisfactory, and although the up-country and the stock in domand for silver romaius smali Bombay large, the general improvement in trade is shown by the good demand for Council bills and also by the shipment of small gold bars. to India, which this week amount to about £200,000. The outlook for silver, therefore, is considered more hopeful, and a steady markot at about the present level may be expected.
The silver position is discussed by the Financier in reference to the recent alleged
Whenever the Chinese operator in silver suji- poses that the Indian operator in silver is trying to put prices up the former can always has just besa an example of this. To a very be trusted to try and keep them down. There considerable extent it is merely this inclination which has brought about the somewhat curious
Tho-as Hongolia which arrived from Manila..
LONDON, September 13th.
--Mr. Almada, in opening, informed the Court and jury that this action was brought by the yesterdag brought a party of 114 American
Strikers at Havre have murdered a plaintiff, who traded in the Colony 43 a furniture tourists who are visiting the East under arrange. ments made by the Los Angeles Examiner. The dock hand who went to work, batter-dealer. He was a tenant of the defendants, who party tacludes many prominent business propte,
were the owners of 180, Queen's Road West. aud is in charge of Mr.. W. M. Milne, Daringing his head with stones.
The murder is said to have been The plaintiff became a tenant of the defen- their stay here the visitors will taka trips to
dants some time in June, 1907. The rent Canton and blacao, whore-guides will be indeliberately planned by the Union, agreed upon was 326 a mouth, and he paid iter in the white metal. The writer says --- whose Secretary and two other per-regularly as it became due. Eventually, how
over, it got in arrour for two Chinese moona, and sons have been arrested.
some time about the end of June or the begin ning of July defondants sent their rent collec- tor to the plaintiff to ask him to pay the amount of his arrears of rent. Plaintiff said he position recently created. At first it was thought that Indian oporators were seriously
together to create a Bran "corner.
with persistent Indian buy- there
was persistent Chinone selling b
when
the Chinosa bears realised that Indian buying was not a mere
A Chinese property owner appeared before Mr. J. E. Wood at the Magistracy yesterday sharged with failing to give the Registrar- General the necessary particulars for registoring the floors of Nos. 104, 109, 112 and 114 First Street, from about the end of January to 5th Soptember, 1910. On the departure of an old tenant and the succession of a new, it is the daty of a landlord to register the now terent, but this the defendant failed to de, His Worship imposed a flae of 310 for each house.
called upon to do so by the police, but the hearing of these was adjourned indefinitely pending a written opinion from the Attorney-General or the Crown Solicitor as to the meaning of a mis- demeanour.
The Ordinance states that any police officer cau call on a launch to stop if bo has any reasonable grounds to believe that a felony or misdemeanour has been committed on board.
BUILDING COLLAPSE IN LYNDHURST TERRACE,
MEAT TRUST OFFICIALS INDICTED.
LABOUR TROUBLES IN ENGLAND.
lad not quite sufficient money, but told the outaneously
-up
collector he was going to the country to see his Bat," father, and that he would obtain salicient money ing, LONDON, September 13th.
from the latter to pay the rent dae. The collecto a certain moment, A Chicago telegram states that the tor apparently told the landlords what had hap gamble, but was to a large extent based upon Federal Grand Jury has indicted ten pened, and the plaintiff, before learing for Canton, the belief that there would be a beary demand
told his clark to make out a list of the furniture for silver very sho
shortly to enable the Indian high officials of the Swift, Armour
is a le the shop, and to look after the business in whost crop, which upon the whole
good Cakes were before Mr. J. R. Wood at the [aud Morris Meat-packing Companies his absenco. After leaving Hongkong the one, to be lifted and large percentage
The exported.
Chinese speculators had Magistracy yesterday in which coxswains of charging them with combination and landlord deliberately went into the plaintiff's therefore, as a sequel, to buy back as best thay lawuoles were charged with falling to stop when conspiracy to create an illegal mono-shop, told the fokis to loare the premises, took could. The situation, however was complicat- possession, held a cheap sale of all his goods and by the fact that large numbers of Chinose poly.
subsequently let the promises to somebody else, have been "dabbling in rubber shares, and as u consequence of the stagnation of the share market, When the plaintiff returned on July 5th and they have in may instances scored
loss. Some discovered what had happened he went to the land of those worthies appear to have considered it
obliga lord and asked him what he meant. The landlord wenld be a good ties to cover their said he had attached the shop, as rent was owing time Messrs. John Chisaran & Ce. Lave not tions in rubber by selling a bear of silver, but this him. The defendants admitted that they did shown their usual astuteness. In India the net wrongfully convert certain goods. There was result for the moment is that many herobuts LONDON, September 13th. a well-known English maxim which aid that in ballion have been enabled to lay up a stock of silver for fature requirements at a somewhat At the opening of the Tradesy man's house was his ante. These less figures than would have been the case had premises were luased to the plaintiff, and if any the Chinese not taken a haud in the bar game. Union Congress at Sheffield the rent was due the defondant should have come to Meanwhile, the Indinn buying soems to have making any material difference leaders are faced with four serious Court to recover it under the Distress for Rent stopped witho quctations. disputes between Capital and Labour, the high-handed action he did, Yet another indication of the instability of viz., the troubles with the Boiler.. buildings in certain parts of the Colony makers, the South Wales Miners, and was afforded yesterday about noon when the Great Northern Railway men, No. 46, Lyndhurst Termes, toollapsed. There
the and tho threatened look-out in the was only one worian (European) in wing which gave way, and she, fortunately, Lancashire cotton mills. escaped by beeding a warning which came resting on a couch, she was startled by a large pices of plaster falling from the roof, and lost no In return for guarantees time in making her exit. Shortly afterwards the or whole roof carried away and the beams crashal through the floor of the room and dismantled the rooms on the ground floor. The inmates of thoir scape when firey heard the crash. Police were early on the scene and kept the crowd which hal sesembled back from the façade of the building, which threatened to toppla over into the street. The Public Works Dapart
raw
that no tas of any sort on Prepared opium shall be levied, the British Government is willing to consent to a higher import duty. The Viceroy of Canton tells the Waiwapu that a higher import duty will not be nearly so much to China's advantage as his own policy of insisting on all opioin being boiled within a week and then imposing a heavy and progressive tax (1055 on the prepared article. Either the Chinese Authorition have the right to lery HONOKONG ÖFFizm: 10, Des ViUT HOAD O this tax or they have not the right. LONDON, OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET. EU When this probibitive tax is levied on raw opium the Chinese authorities are
DEATH
On 13th September, at "Craggan," 39, The Peak, GERALD, the beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. TSDalt, aged 1 week.
Dress.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 14гa, 1910,
Ir is saddening to contemplate the deplor
clearly guilty of disregarding a perfectly
plain treaty obligation, and in our view it is no less dishonest of them to impose it on
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forerunner to the collapse.
White
other parts of the bonus lost no time in making-
ment were also notified, and coolies were soon at work shoring-up the walls.
THE SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE,
The following lotter has been received by the Bishop of Victoria from the Commodore:- MY DEAR BISHOP OF VICTORIA, --
I write these few lines to tell you how macb
ANGLO-AUSTRIAN FRIEND-
SHIP.
LONDON, September 13th. The Austrian Press is delighted with Lord Rosebery's visit and declare that the Mission marks a significant change in the attitude of Great Britain
Ordinance. The law did not allow him to take
The case was adjourned.
CORRESPONDENCE.
GAME SHOOTING.
(TO THE EDITOL OF THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."
to
The question of how far there are still heavy stocks of allver is the heads of the Chinese is difficult to ascertain. As is customery, the at most amount of reticence is maintained on the subject by the actual Chinese operators, but it is belioved that the quantities of the white metal available for the
east of Calcutta are
Bious
very moderate. How far they are likely to be depleted by the Indian requirements is at pra sent only guesswork, but apparently the only factor of at all a notārankle charactor is this expotation of a hoary Indian crop, the dimen Tiongkong, Sept. 10th.
of which are even now not quite ascertain DEAR SIR-I hope "H. B. P." will not able. It may be sesumed that the demand for accuse me of any discourtesy in making such silver will, during the next twelve months at tardy reply to his letter dated 20th August, least, be somewhat above the normal, and there
fore, whatever the Far Eastern stock way turn and pablished in the H. X. D. P. of Septem-ont to be, it may be expected that, apart from ber the 6th, the doing on my part being satirely slight market ductuations, the level of silver unavoidable, Taking the subject of his letter: procs will rule higher throngliont the world. I may at onse remark that the breeding-habits- of bat a very few gatus birds are known to me, such birds as quail, snipe, duck and woodcock boing all migratory. Phousants are rarely seen vo far south as Hongkong, although an occa-
towards Austria-Hungary. The ill-sional one has been shot round about Mirs Bay. feeling over the annexation of Bosnia Some local sportsmen once tried pheasant and Herzogovina has been dispelled ring on the Island of Hongkong, but the experiment, proring unsuccessful, was abandon- and friendly relations re-established.
THE THEATRE.
“OLD REIDELBERG."
ad
NEW KING OF COCOS.
THE BACHELOR HOVEREIGN IS INTERVIEWED.
man of
opium after it has been "prepared." It I was impressed by the Seamen's Institute, which another pronounced success at the Theatre also should be open to sportsmen, se partridge the presentative of the Morning Leader dis
A Diocesan Conference takes place to-day at St. Paul's College. Boveral important questions are on the agenda for consideration.
with
with
MY OWN
Sidney the First, the new King of the Cocos Kesling Islande, has been busily engaged in London with the administration of the affaire of the late King, his father, Those estate has just been proved at the value of over £200,000, exclusive of his proportias in the islands.
King Bidney is a tall, spare you with about thirty, as brown as beech nut,
soft, caress. Regarding partridge, I consider the 1st of carefully-trained monstache, and October quite early enough to open the season, ing voice. He was completely attired as a City
in well-fitting The Game Laws of Hongkong are somewhat gentleman, in
clothes of
of groy and An enormes emerald sabiguous, the sale of partridges being forbid Patent leather boots.
gloved upon the little finger of his left hand- dan from March to September inclusive, whilst a jewel suck as none bat a ling dare wear-and Game Licence allows one to kill game from the 1st from his watch clain dangled a medal of gold, The Warwick Major Comedy Company scored of September. Personally, I consider that March struck in commemoration of the discovery of the Cocos Keeling Islands in the early days of
seventeenth century, is an evasion which ought to have been 1 had the pleasure of inspecting suder your Roysi last night when they produced the great mating does not begin till well into April. I A A able weakness which has of late years been sternly resisted by the British Government auspices. I have long been convinced that of German student play "Old Heidelborg" which make this last statement unreservedly, and severed him in a City office and he vorg shown by Great Britain in her dealings with
"In plain Mr. Sidney Clunies Ross here." he China. Who, with any knowledge of the the outset, and ought to be resisted still all the many works which are undertaken with had a miccessful rau of over two years at St. the result of many years' observation. I thank readily ended to request for an interview
social improvement in View there are nove James Theatre, London. A feature of last H, E. P." for the interest shown in my articles, remarked, and when I get to Cocos I shall have lifetime. which history leading up to the Chefoo Conven
so well repay the eforte expanded night's performance was the assistance rendered and shall be happy to supply any additional quite enough of lengship to last me as the institute for Merchant Seamon with the professionals in the student scones, by information on the subject.
true that when I am at home I shall be a tion. could have dreamed that in this year
"SPORTSMAN."-
king with more power than most mons'rehs of grace the British Bepresentative would be
the churches and chaplains established by a number of local amateurs who, needless to
& royal palace that cost a fortune to build, the Merchant Seamen's Society. Though one of say, came in for their share of the plaudite.
Inwe to administer in my own found going cap in hand to the Waiwupu
the most useful and deserving classes of the of the spectators. It goes without saying that JAPANESE COTTON YARN IN SOUTH way; and no Ministry to worry me.
CHINA.
ly islanders are as peaceful as inlanda, offering the assent of his Government to an
Be my nation, they have, I think, shared least in the Miss Georgie Corlase in the character of
We have halcyon days and dreamless nights at increase in the Customs duty on opium? Tot
general rise in thestandard of living and comfort" Kathie" and ample scope for the display of
According to the Osaka Mainichi the home. In my kingdom there are neither police which has taken place in about 30 or 40 years, and her remarkable histrionic ability, and took the Hongkong market is at present motopolized by nor soldiery.
I am chief it has come to pass. Laat May a barefaced
magistrate and com by reason of the nature of their occupation it is fullest advantago of it. Mr. Kenneth Brompton Indian attempt was made by the Canton authorities
the total imports there. The balance is was before me. settle all disputes-oivil, being filled by Japanese and British yaran. -not indeed for the first time, but now
moral Imay tell you that as arrived by the steamer Mongolia, accompanied These facts give extraordinary value to the minister of the household, kept the audience in recent proposal made in India, to impose an father's absence, and so served a useful apprentice Opium Convention by imposing a tax on
work of the Society and its chaplain.
constant laughter, and the leading characters in export duty on cotton to Japan had its origin ship to the business I am nor succeiling to. I think I've got the hang of the islanda, so to opium at the rate of $300 a chest, by his wife and infant son.
A fre at Shanghai last week in a godown tube at Wanchai, its splendid building, the Company.
I was very much impressed with the insti- the play were well supported by the rest of the among Indian yarn merchants, wenure anxioureak, and I don't anticipate any trouble when
o monopolize the market. Hongkong is Nominally, this tax is levied on "prepared ".
port, and it is not definitely known to what I come into my kingdom. The principles of on the French Bund, belonging to Messrs. attractive and comfortable accommodation for.
have been simplified since my great opium, but in actual practice the impost
Schuldt & Co., did damage estimated at between the men and the good sense with which all tho
Tonight the Warwick Major Comedy Co. extent Indian yarns are imported to varions governmigued se first King of the Cocos
Hongkong has been frequently levied on raw oplum. T. 40,000 and Tis. 50,000. The loss was fully arrangements have been made, and I have no will stage that most airth provoking farce bales of Indian yarns are imported to Sonth
Are reverting to farcical comedy again, and provinces in South China throug 200,000 group,
Inquiries show, however, that abor
We are a strictly mom commanity. No Against this the British Government has
doubt it will add much, to the well-being of the written by Charles Hawtrey, "The Frivate China each
year. Owing
to the general drunkenness is allowed, and, beyond the little lodged a strong protest with the Waiwupu.
A Chinese who was arrested in Des Voeux seamen, whose duty brings them to Hongkong, Secretary. Many of our readers will reneur business depression in South China and the whisky that is doled out from the palace, no The Chinese, however, represent it usu tax on prepared" opium and His Road with a quantity of percussion capa in his and be a fruitful source of good influence among her 31r. Fenley's laughable impersonation of this provalence of high quotations on Indian paras intezivating liquors are obteinsble on the
part, although the arüst who preated the partit in reported that 60,000 bales of Indian yaras islands."
are new accumulated on the Hongkong market, When do you enter into your kingdom.? Excellency the Viceroy apparently takes his Possion was at the Magistracy on Monday I am very pleased to comply with your invita was Mr. Beerbohm Tree.
Japanese yarns, the Osaks journal says, have queried the interviewer, beer ousted from Hongkong the Indian
by
"Isail in a month's time," was the reply. stand upon the fact that the Opium ordered by Mr. E. E. Hallifax to pay a fire of on to join the committee of the Institute, -
The Company give a performance of "Jane" yarna since the starting of the Canton boycott ship to Singapore, and mest my own ship--the
Japanese goods in 1908. is, however, royal sch
schooner
nerdyeah-and in her Isball sail to ever of opium in its prepared state, but only A. Chinose who was arrested on board, the my power to farther the work so well begun at the Canton Club on Monday next and "Are reassuring to note that the demand for Japanese my dominions."
yon a Mason ?”” on Tuesday. They return to garua in South Chins from January 1st to July I hope you will pardon the question, Mr. concerns the importation and transit of the Tran with 84 tale of morphine in his posse
Hongkong the following day, and play Arthur 31at this year amounted to 5,688 bales. These Ross, but is your Majesty married P
The brown face of the King turned a shade figures show an increase of 15 per cent, com drug in its raw state. It is provided thation was ordered by Mr. E. B. Hallifax at the
The Commodore has given a donation of 8110 Raw's famous farce The New Boy" at the pared with the returns for the corresponding deeper. "I am single-at present,” hesaid, a when the heavy Customs duty of Tls. 110 Magistracy yesterday to pay a ane of 8500, the
Theatre in the evening.
period of last youx-Japan Gasetie..
little shyly,
Mr. H. R. Hunter, managor of the Shanghai brauch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, has been to Japan on a holiday.
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unfortunately with success -to gobehind the United States Consul-Ganoral at Hongkong,them than by almost any other class of men. Saxon Karlburg, and Mr. George Fredericks 85 The Osaka paper is inclined to think that I ran the rogency in my
Convention of 1885 makes no mention what-
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them,
and shall always be glad to do anything in
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