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We are asked by the Hon. Colonial Secretary to state that the list girou by us yesterday of names of the Committee appolated to consider agents for the recaption of Their Impers ial Highness the Crown Prince and Princess of Germany represents only the British portion of the proposed Committee, and was premature ty publishod..
Oriental labourer's character, trade unionion and other modern forms of Labour inquisi- tions are unknown in the East." So far as Chinese bour is concerned, that is a state ment which requires some modification. Trades unionism is not unknown in China, A. 8. WATSON & CO., many who come in contact with labour difficulties are aware, to their cost. Mr.
A More Previnos Fair is to be hold at “Business Zamboanga în February nort in which planters, JEBNIGAN in his work on Methods in China" makes a brief reference morchants and manufacturers from all parts of to them in the Chapter in which he the Moro Province, the Philippine Arshipelago describes the history and operations of the and foreign countries are invited to participato, the city of Zamboanga and commedions buildings WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS better known guilds. He truly observes An amplo site has been selected in the contro of that in tecognition of the advantages of
will be erected. The o-operation of the Gov. commercial organisation no people have ornment in the matter of transportation is surpassed the Chinese. Of the influence the assured, reduced rates on inter-feland steiners
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SALVING AND WRECKING.
INTERESTING LECTURE BY MR.
W. C. JACK.
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Mr. W. U. Juck was faced by a good audience at the Institute of Engineers and Shipbuilders last night when he read an interesting paper on the subject of Salring and Wrooking." The lecturer gave a description of salvages which he THE GENERAL ELECTION. had attendod and the various operations employed, and illustrated his remarks with the aid of p-note- grapha The wreck of the Sully, well remember. ed here, was described by Mr. Jack in these words;
I now come to perhaps the most important and interesting salvage job wrer undertakon- the French oraiser Sully ashore hard and fast near the entrance to Along Bay, about 40 miles
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LATEST POLLINGS,
LONDON, December 16th. The latest pollings are-
UNIONISTS.
Eastbourne Holderness
CHAMPAGNE Guilds exercise in the commercial affairs of the Empire, ample proof was afforded The by the buycotts a few years ago. principle of the Guild, which is com- bination of the large commercial concerna, was adopted in later times by the retail dealers, and now there are separate trade unions for blacksmiths, carpenters, wire-drawers, silk-wonvers, millers, barber, compositors and many other branches of industry, and each vocation bas rules suitable and peculiar to it. So far as our observation goes the principle of orgainsa tion is extending among the working classes in China, and if the coolie has not trade union already, the time eannot be far distant when he will be Mr. JRUNIGAN organised like the rest. $59.00 explains that the members of the trade terday. It is alleged that this couple, with all the chains and ballast hauled out of it, the unious have thoir places for meeting to their infant dau hter, occupied the same house gea having meanwhile carried away two of the Consider the condition of their respective as the old woman. One morning in November towers. About two months' time was lost and when it was forced open the old woman was
lying on the floor with bar throat out. The services of Capt. Grandalias a salvage expert other occupants had fled, and the old women's from the Stockholm Salvage Asaguiation. Ho
bad no ass for the dock, bat property to the value of $400 was missing,
mended blasting the rock underneath. The couple were arrested at Pingchau by Sergt. big, air compresor and plant was therefore Liberal coceed in their posession. The crap the do brought down from Hongkong and fitted on Labour
from Haiphong. In conjunction with Sir Paul Chater, I concluded a contract with Admiral Antrim, N. Baylo to build a section of a floating dock, and Isle of Wight make the attempt to float the vessel by sinking
Eddisbury Mash is heard at the Magistraay about ait under the bow and then, by pumping it out, "good man." It is a favourite expression of flost the fore part of the vessel off the rock. Tavistock the Chinose to describe a man who has not an attempt bad already been made to get the done anything amiss, but it would sppear that cruiser afloat, but the holes under the forward
"good man" to certain folks is acodengina and stokehold were beyond reach... man to others. Yesterday in a case which The dock was built at Kowloon is the record same before Mr. Wood a man was remanded time of four weeks. It was made entirely of to allow of witnesson leing brought up who pine wood, and it was extimated; that it would There have a lifting power of about 5,000 tons. The would declare as to his character.. declared that he was a good moti, bat Inspector dook was successfully launched, towed down to Robertson produced two of his detectives who the Sully and moored in place without a hitch. wore that he was a bad man. The Magistrate The Jines of the raiser were used in the cor nccepted the testimony of the latter and sou- tenced the man to three weeks' impriso+ment.
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struction of the Juside form of the dook and this was padded with cokum and canvas,
The first attempt to sink the unwieldy A man and wife, charged with the murder of moniter ended in disaster, it turned tactlo, but an old woman at Kowloon City last month,
righted itself on touching bottom. The job of wore plaoad in the dook at the Magietray yes-iving the dock itself had to bo undertaken and
trades and to discuss the ways and means the door of the house was found looked, and the meantime Sir Paul Chater secured the
to protect and promote them. "Whatover subjects come within the scope of the union are quistly considered, and the decision is as quietly adhered to: society is seldom threatened with violence of object by
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trade unionism that is not so much to be fenrod, as an increasing demand for lamur in China resulting from the wvom" the stimulus this give to the develop. meat of the nation's resources. So long, however, as the pecuniary temptation to emigrate remains, as strong as it is. the volume of emigration is not likely to diminish.
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The jurors for the December Assizes will be required to be in attendance at the Supreme Court on Monday, the 19th, at 10 am. +
Mra Fisher, residing at the Fesk Hotel, reports to the police that she lost a fur bos between Mount Kollet nad the Peak Hotel.
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Six obair coolies for eating an obstruction at the satrance to the Hongkong Hotel were yesterday at the Magistracy fined $5 each,
At the Magistracy yesterday Timothy Murphy was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for having fuilod to return to the House of Detention.
For the general convenienes of the public during Christmas weak, it is hoped that it will be posible to arrange for the Criminal Sessions to be adjourned to the first wosk in January.
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cautions were taken this time to keep the dock Nationalist O'Brienite
upright during the process of sinking. We built two big lighters and these we attached to
the aides with wire roses which were eased way as the dock sank. Finally it was got into place, the pumps were set to work and within maple of hours the how of the Sully was up
about 6 fout and everything looked promising.
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ment House to-night, the guests including Vio-Admiral Sir Alfred Winsloo, Commander Noble, Mr. Neville, Mr. Gask, Captain Londos,
The season, however, had advanced, and we Captain Groshoff, Captain Kraft, Mr. Khasing Captain Schulz, Dr. Herr and Mrs. Voretzsch Sir Paul Chater Mr. E. A. Howett, General
were more than akocked when the Admiral and Mrs. Anderson, Captain Simonds, Major sent the order to abandon ship as he had had s and Mrs. Withycombe, Commodore and Mrs, wireless message that a typhoon, was approach. Eyres, Commander and Mrs. Gregory, Captaining Reluctantly, we got together all the gear we Salisbury, Lt. Commander de Gerriller, Mr. G. could take off and cleared out to shelter with
y and Lady May. Kaar.43mi Pasa
ship was reculehti. The order to abandon the typhoon was blowing full force and kept up | Taristook, Mr. H. C. Fownes Luttrel, L.. present, having sustained a serious accident.
the whole night. Daylight osme on the 1st BIG SEIZURE OF OFIUM.. -
LIBERAL GAINS, September, and we ventured out in the Dartford, Mr. F. Mitchell, U Helene, although there was heavy sea running. It was impossible to approach the wreck, but as far as we could make out the ram of the cruiser had out the pontoon dock ia two and the pieces were drifting about hers and there. Next day, we managed to tow what was left of it clear of the wreck, and after a son- sultation with the Admiral and staff, decided to
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big seizure of opium was made on the 9. Korea on Tuesday. In the fore part of the rossel Sergt. Davis came upon thres brass bound tronke which aroused his suspicion and which upon investigation were found to contain opinn to the value of over 811,000. No owner could bs found and the drug was forfeited to the
Crown. This is the second large seizure within few days without any arrest being made On the previous occasion over a thousand tools was discovered in a campin in the harbour.
SENSATIONAL CHARGE.
The case in which a well-to-do Chinees stands charged, along with two ocolics, with con spiring to murder his two younger brothers, was mentioned at the Magistrsey posterday before Mr. E. R. Hallitaz.
dofondante in place of Mr. Davidson,
A day demon
ebandon it as past repair, Another typhoon on the ath September finished it. Capt. Grundelius now started operations with his divers, hat little or nothing could be done owing to the heavy well running.
Chief Detective Inspector Hanson gara 000 of arresting the three men at No. 32, ritina! work. Elgin Street.
Famps were tried on the forward stokehold, and all the pumping power of the ship and centrifugale, amounting to 2,000 tons an hour, set to work. They drew the water as low ng the main profected dock, but further we could Mr. Gardiner said he was appearing for the not ge. One of the divers of this time was jammed under the stokehold grating and was only gvid-rotened, greatly exhausted, after three hours* The air compressor was set to work, but the divers could only get in for an At Canton, Desember 14th, at Christ Church,
Mr. Gardiner said he would reserve his cross-hour or two from time to time owing to the Shamoon. between Roon: EDWARD LINDSELL,
For stealing cigars from the Cigar Factory examination until the next hearing, as Br. unsettled weather second han of E, B. Lindsell, Esq., of Hitchin,
On the 20th September, another order to Herts, Englan, pud ELSA BRYNHILDE MAY-at Yumati & Chinose was at the Magistraay Hanzou might be giving further evidence. He HEW MOLLISON, youngest daughter of Professor
abandon enme. The Chinese crew on this cos W. L. Mollison, M.A., Fellow and Senior Tator
sion preferred to remain on board the wreckrath of Clare College, Cambridge, England. [1396
than in the salvage stazmar, but they had a bal time, for the ship ground heavily on the rooks and seas washed clean over hor. They Enally took refuge in a lifeboat slung out on the anvils, where we found them next morning like drowned rats.
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yesterday sentenced to one week's imprisonment and ordered to receive fourteen strokes with the go on.
biroh.
On Thursday « sampan woman at Shaukiman was ongaged to osnvey two men to Saiwanho. When the boat approached the wharf they attacked her and stole jewellery from her to the value of 350. They ran off, but one was captured by a contractor.
We are asked to mention that arrangements are being made to hold prayer meetings during the first week of the New Year. It is intended to hold a meeting in the City Hall on Sunday evening, New Year's day, at 9 p.m. Daily prayer meetings will be held from January 2nd to 7th in the music room at the City Hall,
understood the police were not prepared to Mr Hanson, said the police, were not propured to proceud with the case, and asked for s remand. He had applied to, the Captain Superintendent of Police to ask for the services of the Crowa Solicitor, but the Crown Solicitor had not been officially asked yet. In any case he would not be ready to take the case that day. His Worship asked Mr. Gardiner if he had any objection to a remand.
Mr. Gardiner replied that he had none, pro- vided hail wis granted.
His Worship-That is the point.
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ANOTHER SUGGESTED CHINESE REFORM.
PEKING, December 16th. A censor named Wong Wing Po, has memorialised the Throne asking that the year should be calculated by solar, instead of by lunar, months..
THE DOOMED QUEUE.
PERING, December 18th, Many Viceroys and Governors who have been asked by the Throne to state their opinion on the advis- ability or otherwise of retaining the queue, have declared in favour of its removal.
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REVOLT IN ARABIA.
MASSACRE BY BEDOUINS.
LONDON, December 10th. The "Times" correspondent at Constantinople reports that a large force of Bedouins have captured all the railway stations northward of the town of Ma'an as far as Djurfelderwish and slaughtered every soldier and railwayman on whom they could lay hands.
LATER.
It appears from a Jerusalem tele- gram that the Bedouin outbreak of the 11th inst, was more serious than has been reported,
It originated in attempts of the Tarks to disarm the population.
The Bedouins, on a preconcerted signal, attacked the troops, capturing sixteen gans, and massacring the Government officials, including Mute- 98arif, and their families.
THE SCHARNHORST'S" CONCERT
THE SMALLEST BOROUGH. What is the smallest borough in England The Holderness Division in
East The programme of the consort to be given to Riding of Yorkshire, replies Hedon, which night by the famous String Band of the Scharn
host a population of only 1,010. Its hovet is na fallows
first incorporation was received from James L, and it sent two Members to the Honte of Commons before it was disfranchised by the Reform Act of 1832 A navigable creek connects it with the Humber, and it was once an important place for shipping. The name signifles a small huren and hus at different times been called Header, Heydon, Heddon, and Hedune. Tradition has it that it was a Saxon town, and was destroyed by the Danes at the battle of Danesfield. Tt is on the railway line bofween Hall and Withernson, and is proud of its natural well-springs.
WEDDING AT CANTON.
The marriage took place on Wednesday, the 14th inst, at Christ Church, Cauton, of Boger Edward Lindsell, second son of B. B. Lindsell Esq., of Hitchin, Herts, England, and Elsa Brynhilde Mayhew Mollison, youngest daughter
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of Professor W. L. Mollison, M.A., Fellow and to be given at the City Hall on Wednesday Following the programme of the concert Senior Tutor of Clare College, Cambridge, next by the Hongkong Philharmonis Socisty England. The Rev. C. H. Rogers officiated The bride, whe carried a bouquet of white
4th Bymphony (Italia)....Mendelsohn The Orohostia. obrysanthemums, wore a charming gown of salt 4 Fart Song......“ "Moonlight" Eaton Fanning white satin, daintily trimmed with old lace,
Members of the Scolety. and a tulle crowned with orange blossom, Becit and Air, Far
(unaccompanied). and white heather, and was accompanied by Miss Helon Davenport on bridesmaid, and Master The vessel was very much strained, the steel Paddy Davenport as page. The little brides- deck haring cracked right torpas emidahipa, and maid, who looked sweet in a dress of white the shear strako butts started. The situation silk, carried a basket of pink roses, and wore a bad become very critici aud it no sed very gold and jade brooch, the gift of the bridegroom. The unlikely that the ship would stand another blow. The tiny page carried a white crook, surmount- The weather continued very bad off and ed by pink rosos. Mr. E. E. Garrard attended on until the 28th September, 1905, when the groom as "best man," while the bride was another typhoon was signalled and the flag given away by Mr. Lauspelot Giles, of H.B.M.
with the Mr. Hon side worship to allow but he sinto Hongay, for shelter. All with the hyam O Perfect Love," and after Spachinon vereem for the Millenaid "
remainder of the fleet Consulate, Canton. The service commenced
hands were cloured out on this occasion, was terminated by the hymn "The Voice that prise vained at $50 is offered, continue to roll in- as we feared that the end had about coms. We breathed o'er Eden." Mr. H. F. Baker, the A fine selection of prizes is on view at Wang passed a terrible night. The tug having been organist, finely played Mendlossohn's Wedding Hing's, Queen's Road, the list being as under: stripped, funnel, awnings and everything on March as the happy couple left the church Ona silvor flower stand; one rose bowl, half- board were smashed up, notwithstanding w At the reception given at the house dozen silver finger bowls (dligree work with glass inside), one jade and gold bracelet, one were moored inside rocks 200 feet high, of Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Davenport, the fade and reid necklet, one silver cigarette box, At 8 am as soon as the weather moderated, health and happiness of the bride and one pearl and enamel-on-rold brosch. Any one we rentured out, but could not face the sea. We bridegroom was toasted by Mr. J. W. Jamieson, of these may be selected by the winner of the The Prize, or should the wioner prefer something saw, however, that the Sully had broken in two C.M.G., Consul General at Canton. The happy else, he or she has the option of selecting any from Wang Hing's shop up to the value of this milk will also be given,
Mr. Gardiner thought the Police had no ob- Section.
Hanson that, acting under
Tas labour difficulties experienced in India, and in places like the Malay States and Netherlands India whose industrial progress is so largely dependent upon imported beginning at 5.30 p.m.
His Worship-From what I understood Sargt labour, give rise at times to interesting
Before Commander-Baeil Taylor, RN, at the Grant to say yesterday there is evidence of reflections on the future of the labour
Marine Magistrate's Court yesterday, the master written agreement in this matter. Is that correct? market in the East. Many industries, we of the atom launch Ta Hing was fined $250 ou read, are starving in India for want of two charges of carrying eremas passengers. The Mr. Gardiner That is not admitted. It is labour, and in the Malay States, as all who cideos of Constabis Murphy showed that on not the first dofondant's signatura, as it is alleg. know anything of the emigration movement one trip he hid 91 passengers in excess of the ed to be. Further, the polies have a confession from China are aware, the planters are busy number allowed by his licence, and on another by the second defendant that he notually forged at bidding against each other for coolies. trip an excess of GB passengers.
The demand for labour is growing every
Mr. Henson-That is so. :
the name of the first defendant, MaxA
THE RHYMING COMPETITION.
His Worship-This is a serious charge and the midships, and after all oor hard work it was with couple subsequently left for Wnehow, on the article of Fire Consolation prizes
to bail, but at present he would ask him Worship not to grant bail.
police would not object to buil for trivial reasons. aking hearts and quivering lips that we left. West River, where a short honeymoon will be The Chiness Conan, Rangoon, wired to
Mr. Hanson thought there might be an for Hongay to report to the Commander-in-pant. The bride's going-away costume co year as the undeveloped places of the earth the private secretary to the Viceroy: "I
sisted of a dark fate coat and skirt, while she are being brought under cultivation, and have the honour to convey to their Excellencies opportunity later of admitting the defendait Chief and telegraph the news to Hongkong.
Another three weeks were spent in solving wore a grean silk hat. - consequently the cost of maintaining ana cordial welcome and best wishes on behalf of
ehsin and pumps, and thus ended my wrecking. As osoa, on the occasion of a foreign wed. adoquats labour force has risen throughout the Chinese Community in Barma" To this
experience. I have no wish for more of it and ding in Canton, the carious Chinese spectators, the East. A Calcutta contemporary com- the following reply was received; Am direct
will leave such changes of fortune to younger while viewing the bride and bridegroom with menting on the subject remarks: "Thanks to thank you for your kind telegram of the
men, with the hope that such bad luck may fintorert, soomed to deplore s groet waste e mainly to the conservative trait in the
22nd Instant.".
Bail was accordingly refused, Mr. Gardiner sisting that after he had been in communication with the Crown Solicitor he might renew his application for bail
never mar their efforts.
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one dozen tins. The particulars of the competi
consisting of tion are given on a loose sheet enclosed with the on Wednesdays and Saturdays. This is an With the festive season approaching, who is Laureates of Hongkong and the Coast ports. without the divine atlatus necessary to write 3
Diy Pasual opportunity for the budding
four-line verse on the inspiring theme of Sterlised Natúral Mük?
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