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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, MAY 16TH, 1911

the balance of ordinary revenue and expenditure on Bandey and brought to the Police Station TELEGRAMS

A beggar woman we arrested by the pollos

Bhe was searched and 161.50 la money was found apen her. She was yesterday snad 15.ox. nd fourteen days in prison for begging, elected to go to grel,

[Protoolel by The Telegraph Mu_ge. Copyright Ordinance, 1894)

DAILY FRESH" #IOLUSIVE SERVICE.)

The return of visitors to the City Hall Libory and Museum for the week ending the 14th May shows that of non-Chinese there were CHINESE 512 to the Library and 178 to the Major and of Chinese 209 to the former and 2887 to the latter. The Library was therefors used by 721 persons and the Museum by 3,065,

POSTAL SERVICE.

May PEKING OVE

15th.

Is $231,968 to the bad, we have an inoressed contribution to pay. It has seemed to me that better means of attaining the object Mr. Chamberlain had in view would be to take the difference between ordinary rerouns and ordin- ary: expediture, which

together with any "extraordinary" revenue from land salos] is the wargin or balance which we have to devote to

Extraord ospital expenditure on Public Worke imary and to devote half of it to the Milltary Contribution and half to Publio Worst that system were applied to the present year when we have a heavy automatie Increase of

The Yu Chuan Pu takes over the expenditure to face, this contribution would be reduced from $1,210,739 to 8762,934, which

Postal Servico on the 28th instant. would only be 126 of the ordinary revenue, instead of 20 per cent, but in prosperous years At the Magistracy yesterday Ngoi Tax 9am,

It is hoped that a foreign chief will it would similarly exceed 20 per cent. There of the Wo Bang Cheung Shing Kee fem, was are however serious diflonlties, as recognise, charged under the Bankruptcy Ordiusnos with be given independent control of the in the way of this proposal, the dorsary of having forged his books, given Betitions staff, otherwise there will be a desire ret decided to propose it to the Secretary of Loses, and failed to produce books. Mr. State.

AN EARTHQUAKE SCALE. We have been courteously furnished by Mr. Figg with a copy of the Rossi-Forst Soule, to X.), which has been adopted by emologists throughout the world. It is as followe

| SEVERE EARTHQUAKE SHOCK It fe interesting to recall the last earthquake

IN HONGKONG,

in Hongkong. That took place on 9th Sep- tember, 1906. It synchronised with a more Yesterday morning about a quarter to one a pronounced disturbance at Macao. In the severe önzikujuake shook was experisnoed in previous month of Angust there waru w number Hongkong, which roused people from their of shooks reported, the first one on August let, slumbers and created no little alarm. The the second on the 1 th, and the third on the trecors were felt, at least in some parts of the 12th. On the two last daten two sheaks wero

In falt. Colony, for nearly a whole minute. the substantially-bullt houses of the Colony it was the shaking of beds and the vigorour rattling of doors and windows, as though some heavy traction engine were passing, that created the first sensations. An earthquake is so rare as occurence in the Colony that a sofemia disturb and was the last explanation to be thought of bat it did not take people long to reach that conclusion sad to hie themselves in their night attire to souk safety. People sleep. IL Recorded by selamographs of different In the course of the debate which followed Shenton appeared to prosecute, and Mr. Lee to exclude foreigners and replice sing on the upper stories of hotels, the Hongkinds; felt by a small number of parsons at past. III Felt by overal persons at rest; strong WE HAVE BEEN APPOINTED the Budget speech of that year the Hod'Almada appeared for the defence. The coss them by uninfluential though trained Kong Club, and other high buildings, probably

Chinese, which will probably destroy felt the shock most, and lost no time in enough for the duration or the direction to he It would appear," says a Northern contemthe efficiency of the Postal Service, as desconding to the lower foors; but all over the appreciabla,

Colony in Kowloon, in the city and on the IV. Felt by persons in motion; cracking of the unequal incidence of the military contri. /porary, that the Chinese anticipate larger it has already done that of the Tele-Pesk--the shook was severs enough to rouse ceilluge

ESTABLISHED

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

Mr. BLADE said the Unofficial Members was adjourned, ball being fixed at $5,000.0 SUB-AGENTS IN HONGKONG AND were pleased to bear that this question of

CANTON FOR

CHAMPAGNE

HEIDSIECK

&

Co.,

"MONOPOLE"

RED SEAL AND GOLD FOIL.

KUPFERBERG'S

GERMAN

SPARKLING

bution had received His EXCELLENOT's serious consideration, and hoped that when HIS EXCELLENer had been able to fully formulate his ideas on the subject that he would then communicate them to the Council. In the course of his Budget speech in the following year (1909) HI EXCELLENCY ADDounced that the Secretary

business being done in top this your than was the case lust yes. From returns to hand it graph Service. seems that 252 ton packing hongs are a work in the Hapsh and Hanan distriota, as against | 238 last year. In the Kiangaki and Anhui districts there are 502 sa against 305 last year, Masters of the now toss are expected to be forwarded about the 12th or the 13th lost,

The trade in Chamulpo has been naprecedent-

says & Becal paper. The value of imports from

of Binte proposed to appoint a committusedly favourable during the past few monthe, to inquire into the incidence of the military

contribution-an announcement which was

daly welcomed by the Unofficial Members of the Council. HIS EXUELLESCY on that occasion re-iterated his own view that the Colony cannot complain of having to pay only a very little over one-quarter the cost of its defence without any contribution to the Navy, though he was of opinion that the mode of levying it might be altered so as to better carry out Mr. CHAMBERLAIN'S object of making it fall less heavily in years WINES. of depleted revenue. Since we wrote on this subject last we have been reminded that by local legislation the Colony has made itself liable to pay military contribu- tion up to the limit of the cost of the

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garrison. For our part we can see no reason why the Imperial Government should expect this of Hongkong any more than it Nooks to Plymouth for the satire cost of its garrison. The Colony does not object to A. S. WATSON & CO., bouring its fair share of the burden, but we are faced with the prospect that owing to LIMITED,

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HONGKONO, MAY 16TH, 1911.

to the

January this year up to March 15 seunted to 2,174,667 yen, and that of exports to 4,412,931 you, the aggregate value being 6,686,553 yen Compared with that of the corresponding pari- od of last year, this shows an increase of 1.008937 yen in importes, and 1,534,894 yen in exports, the total increase being 2,593,825 you.

A loan of Y4.300,000 for the Toyo Kiseu Kalsha will be issued for subscription by the Yasula Hank from the 6th to the 15th instant says the Japan Gassite. The loan will be issued at over Y.93, will bear interef at the rats of air. per cent. por annum, payable in Marsh and September coch year. Payment on the now shares is to be made on the 25th lustant. The loan will remain unredeemed for five years, after which redemption will be affected within Ave years. As security for the loan, the Company's liners Chiyo-maru, Kiyo-maru, Buyo-maru and Soyomaru are pledged.

(LEUTER'S SERVICH TO THE " HONGKONG DAILY PREM."

FRANCE IN MOROCCO.

LONDON, May 15th."

A St. Petersburg message states that the oficial journal "Roosiys" says that the communications of the French Cabinet concerning Morocco have been the subject of an exchange of views between the Russian and German Governments, and that the friendly converantions showed that both were agreed as to the complete sincerity of intention on the part of France, and her loyalty to international engagemonts,

LATER.

An official communique published. in Paris states that in view of the dia. quieting nature of the latest reports from Fez, the Government has in structed General Moinier to hasten the advance of the relief column to Fez, which, however, will occupy the city only as long as is necessary,

The relief column is expected to

most sound sleepers and to fill many people with nervous

doogortunately no damage was done

EXPERIENCER AND FELES,

Recorded by a single seismograph or by some seismographs of the same patters, but not by several seismographs of different kinds; the shock falt by an experienced observer.

V. Folt genorally by every one; ringing of some bolle,

VI. General awakening of those atleep; |general ringing of bells, stopping of clocks; visible disturbance of trees and shrubs; soo startled persons leaving their dwolllngs.

VII, Fail of plaster; zinging of churok bells; gonoral panic, little or no damaga to buildings. VIII. Fall of okimnoys; cracks in the walls of buildings,

IX. Partial or total destruction of some

buildings.

Among the Chinese the preliminary ahosk indused most of them to conclude that the houses which they were occupying were about to collaps, and men, women and children rashed into the street. There the blowing of whistles for police assistance which they thought would be necessary, and the barking of dogs, produced a most unnaval dis, and pendemonium reigned for several min- ntes. The samething occurred in the Chinese strata, fasures in the earth's crust; rook fali localities at Kowloon, Hunghom and Yaumati, from mountains.

Many Europeans are emphatio that they' and the tears rusted were not easily subdued. heard a rumbling noise. Some describe it as being like the sound of a traction engine passing along the street sud shaking the houses as it

west. Olters declare that it was a sharper

sound. Some who were awake board no scand at all, except the shaking of the doors and windows,

K. Great disaster, rains; disturbanes of

KIA YANG, (KWANGTUNG.) -

[FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT]

Kai-ying-chat, May 9th,

DAYLIGHT RODIERT.

Day before yesterday a shop was losted here, and the robbers, sid to number seventy, got The theories of the moment were many and safely away in boats which they had in road. variod. Sarenal ladies who were alarmed by the news. The robbers are said to have been Ho-p'o visient shaking of their beds immediately men (natives of Kih-yang heten in Chauskantu, thought of burglars and a man under the bet in the region of Ho-po), The affair appears

One man did not trouble about the house shak to have been well planned and the booty was ing, as he ascribed it to his companion falling considerable Pickots were stationed on streets more heavily tion usual into bed. There is and alloys giving ascess to the shop so they story told of another who was roused from a would not be interruptel. The merchants are dep sleep by a vigorous shaking of his bed-room grally alarmed and a call for a meeting has door, and in a very zanch annoyed tons of been issued. Recently a boat has been plunder-

voice he called out to the nocturnal visitor to ed by 'robbers....

THS<PREVAILING UNREST, "some in and cease making a noise" Most

There has been a great deal of excito

people who were awakened by the earthquake

the crusade against opium which has one hundred thousand shares. Of these shares reach Fez on Wednesday or Thursday. deoribe it as a most unpleasant songation. Notment over the rumours of the partition of

It is stated that the Cotton Cultivation Com pany which is to bave its field of operation in Chosen is on the eve of successful organisation in Japan proper, The proposed Company is to be porsassed of a capital of fire-million yen in

41,520 have bem laken up by the promotors, active support of the Imperial Government while the remainder are offered to the public the public reveure of this Colony is becom for subscription. The latter portion, the Seoul ing seriously affected. Apparently it is not Prem learna, has been oversabsoribed three possible to make immediately any sub-times, and security money on them was to have boes paid in botwoon the 5th and 12th inst. stantial reduction in expenditure, and there. The first payment on the shares will be complete fore it means that the lost opium revenue ed in a week beginning with the let of next and the military contribution of 20 per cent month. on it will have to be provided out of new taxation. The Hon. Mr. MONTAGUE EDE has signalised his advant to the Council by giving notice of an intention to ask the Government if it will lay upon the table some papers embodying the views and calculations of H.E. THE GOVERNOR on the subject, and the answer to that question will be awaited with much interest.

The second meeting of the Gymkhaus Club this season takes place on Saturday at the Happy Valley, weather permitting.

H. R. H. the Hair Presumptive of biam was foted by the Russian Community at the Russian

Club, Hankov, on May 4th.

Lady Lugard goes to Japan for four months on the 20th instant, and will be" At Home" for the last time this season on Friday, the 19th,

at 4.30 p.m.

HONGKONG AND CANTON.

CO-OPERATION TO SUPPRESS ORIKE.

When HE. the Governor paid his ofoni visit to the Viceroy on March 24th last ha suggested to His Excellency that co-operation and mutual assistance would be advantageous.

to both Governmenta in many matters, and especially in checking crime. The Viceroy cordially agreed and later sent Mr. Wei Han to discuss in detail the various suggestions made by the Governor. On

KAISER AND KAISERIN IN ENGLAND.

LONDON, May 15th, Their Imperial Majesties the Kaiser, the Kaiserin and their daugh- fer have left for England to attend the unveiling of the Victoria Memorial on Tuesday.

ANGLO-AMERICAN ARBITRATION.

a few state that they experienced a feeling akin China. The assassin of the Tartar-General: is they claimed as a native of this prefecture. He was

to soa-sickness,

A number of Chinese families who had born in the vicinity of Piang-ts'au, a market- entered into occupation of premises on Praya town about fifteen miles down the river from East that day led to the street when the tremors here, but left home when he was only twolve aconrred, thinking that the houses were years old. baunted by evil spirits, and they were not easily convinced that this was not the true explana tion of what they had experienced.

THE CAUSE.

Or

Public opinion here soome decidedly unti dynastio, but the merchants are a conservative element. Retarned emigrants make up a large part of the population. They hara money, leisure, enterprise and a good deal of influence.

There is a good deal of voluntary military drill going on, and frequently, almost daily, meetings of a patriotis society give opportunity for the free discussion of public affairs...

-THE TELEGRAPH.

It remains a matter of speculation whether the disturbance was purely local whether it is an ludication of a great selamic disturbance elsewhere. Sometimes in monn tainous places like Hongkong tremors such as these under police are ascribed by seismologists

The telegraph liue is drawing near. It le to subsidence in great cavernous vaults deep down in the bowels of the earth. Whether now at the town of Plang-ts'un, mentioned above. the Hongkong earthquake is due to causes of The manager thinks messages can be sont this mature is a question for the exports; but next month. The operator is here with instru in the absence of news of a great upheaval ments and necessary equipment, From here" anywhere in this region of the earth, the three lines will be constructed without delay. theory will seems likely one, though it is soms- One will connect with Hin-nen and on to the what discounted by the fact that the shook north-west, another will connect with Fan-.

built northward, probably to Ting-olan-fu im Füh-kien. uppers to here best of equal severity at Macao shaufa in Kiang-st, and the other will bo

LONDON, May 15th, It is telegraphed from Washington bla return to Canton he laid these suggis- that the first draft of the Anglo-Ame- tions before the Viceroy, and ho yesterday rican Arbitration Treaty has been agalu visited the Colony and called on the Gor completed. If Great Britain acts ernor to convey to him the Viceroy's satiro- concurrence in them. It is hoped that promptly the Senate may take the this new departure may result in facilitating portunity of approving the Treaty in the suppression of armed robbery, kidnapping, the present Session of Congress. and lesser forms of crime, and may also promote the interests of both Governments in other

directions.

Tue tabular statement showing the growth of Hongkong's military contribution con- currently with the growth of expenditure on

Lady Piggott arrived at Yokohama by the CORONATION CELEBRATION FUND. extraordinary public works, which was 1.8. Empras of Japan on the 3rd instant, furnished by Government last week in Captain Piggott, B.E., son of Sir Franois and

Lady Piggott, is stationed in Tokyo. compliance with a request made by the

Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, shows very clearly the A shooting tragedy is reported from Shatin.

bution.

assailant in under arrest.

The Hon. Tresaurer of the Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donation to the funds of the Hospitals-

iniquity of the present basis of the contri-A-Chiness about 35 years of age for some resson From 1896 down to 1901 the not known shot at a boy and wounded him. Colony was spending on extraordinary The victim has been taken to hospital and the public works a sum which did not average for the period 8400,000 per annum, while the military contribution ranged from $480,000 to $846,000 in round figures. Since that time the military contribution has been steadily growing until last year it reached the very large sum of $1,372,486. Expenditure: on public works extraordinary during the past eight years has averaged well over a million

Mr. Chan Ban-faŭ kao

FURTHER LIST OF STESCRIPTIONS. Banque de l'Indo-Chino

Mensageries Maritime Cie

Barretto & Co. ·,,, Soares & Co. Noronha & Co... Gras, Basto & Co.

Canton Inmarance Office Hongkong Fire Insurance Co. China Firo Insurance Co. J. R. Michael & Comm Haches & Hough

Da Sonss & Comm 3. Ullmann & Co. *** * Hongkong Printing Press $200 Vieira & Co.

8. Montric & Co. F. A. Hazeland, David Haskell & Co. Gags & Co.

The Rev. F. Bonne, of the Roman Catholic Mission, Nagasaki, has been appointed Arch. bishop of Tokyo, vios His Grace Mgr. Piorre Zavier Magabare, deceased, and was to have

L. Noronha.

Eastern Printing Office.

Braga A. Ellis

dollars per annum, and because the Colony been consecrated recently at Nishinaka-mach | J. P. has had to lay out money on these extra Church, Nagasaki.

G A. Peel ordinary public works, it has also had to

An armed robbery was perpetrated at Mirs H. W. Lester pay an increased military contribution. His Bay in broad daylight on the morning of the E. Grant Smith

T. G. Weall... Excellency THE GOVERNOR in his Budget 12th inst. A boat in which were five men armed J. G. 8. Gamedon speech in September, 1909, made the follow-with revolvers drew alongside a junk, boarded D. Harvey ing interesting comment on the military her, drove the crew below, and ransuked the G. E. Lo

oraft, making off with clothing and money to G. Morton Smith contribution :

The incidence of this contribution does not the value of about 850. however fall, as Mr. Chamberlain desired it should, so that in times of increased prosperity

Mour. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.

the Colony be able to devote a larger mm yesterday purchased at publio suction garden to its defe partimas less prosperous it should lot No. 2 Caroline Hill Road, the purchase price contrib. The estates before us are a

e of this; for while our revenue is being $1.302. The other lots put up to auction Visoresise by $125,306 only (upon by the Government Inland lots Nos. 1,580 and which the additional contribution I have 36-were sold to Mears. A. B. Bamy and referred to), our expenditure, less the Military Loung, Kin for $1,520-twenty dollars above Contribution, is increased by $357,774, owing to the fall in exchange and the other reasons, the upset price.

RUSSIAN CONSULATES IN

CHINA

end Canton.

HISTORICAL

CULTIVATING, CINNAMON TREES,

Old residents in the Colony are able to recall fwo or three occasions when slight earthquake A Mr. Vong, a native of this prefecture and shocks have covurred in the Colony, but none of Trotai rank, is here promoting a scheme recollost a abook of such severity as the one of for the extensive planting of cinnamon trees, Monday morning. This part of China is gener. He has formed a joint stock company and pub ally regarded as outside "the earthquake sume," Ushed an up-to-date prospectus. One clause LONDON, May 15th. but it is not a century since a bad one occurred in the prospectus provides that no foreigner" st Canton, History has many records of dis shall take out shares. Chinese who hare Reuter's correspondent at St. Petroas earthquakes in the Philippines and become naturalised subjects of other countrie tersburg telegraphs that the Russian Japan. There is a record of ons also and Chinese Christians are also barred unles Government has decided to introduce at Peking which "swallowed up 100,000 they again become Chinese abjects. Evidently a bill establishing Consulates at people" in 1731; the one in Canton and it is believed (or affected to be believed) that to asigaboarhood scurred in 1830, when, become a Christian is equivalent to losing ons's Canton and Kobdo, and abolishing according to the record, "above 6,000 perished." nationality, the Consulates at Hongkong and 100 Foochow

***$500

The magistrate of Chong-lok had tho morti. The only other record of earthquakes in Chins CLAN FIGHT. is of one which occurred in Yunnan in March, 1888, when 4000 persons were killed. There fication of witnessing a pitched battle between are indeed few countries in the world which two rival clans whom he had in vain tried to havenot at some time or other experienced there persuade to keep the peace. Many handred, METAL HARDER THAN STEEL,

shooks. Even Bagland and Scotland, Germany were engaged, and it is reported that blood was nhed. The navigation of the river botworn The discovery of a new composition metal, and France have had experiences of earthquakes Vang-lin-t'a and Shaistai was interrupted for With the unfading yellow of gold and the hard-hit at times have done considerable demage several days by this olan fight.

and impenetrability of Krups steel, in

#enced

by Count Charles de Paloggio of to property.

The nervous, therefore, may

and Signor Theodore 8. Scaria, & com- and comfort in the reflection that thero sro në grounds for regarding Hongkong as any los

10 patriot, who has recently become a resident of 10 Chicago. It is called radioro.

10

30.

SUBSIDIARY COINS IN HONGKONG Sir John Jordan, British Minister at Poking, rebent protect & the Chinese Government against the fooding of the Hongkong market

with asbeidiary coins, pointed out that eight

Count de Pologgio, whose father owns and and silver mines in Sardinia, in Nevada, and in Central Amorios, spending six months in the United States and in Central Amarics studying mining conditions and

as and investigating his father properties.

safe than London in this reapoot.

NO SEISMOGRAPHIC RECORDS, A visit to the Observatory on the part of our resentative did not prove very enlightening, for the Observatory has no instruments to record The colour and brightness of the composition, such disturbances, but Mr. Figg's observations be says, are maffooted by the atmosphere, by of the circumstances immediately after the the ordinary acids, and even bydre. Its rewe-

sccurrence suggested that the shook must have blance to gold is wonderful By a series of examinations the hariness of the new compoei. been very slight st Kowloon. The event was tion as compared with Krupp steel has been Hinsed at 12.41 s.m., the preliminary shock being established: The results announced at the followed fifteen seconds later by stronger Hallan Navy yard show that a layer of armour shock which lasted four seconda of radiogo offers the same resistance; to a pro- It is believed that the motion was from west jootless steel a third thicker.

LOCAL SPORT,

LAWN TENNIS, LEAGUE."'.

K.C.C. beat Chinese⠀⠀ Y.M.CIA. at the former's ground on Saturday, Scores ----

Green and Zedelina best Wel Wing Look and Wong Po Kfs 8/3.

Green and Zedelius beat Wong Fo Keung and F. M. Mohler 9/1

Greu und Zedellus beat Ko Po Sham and Rer. Stewart 9/2/4 tea

Abraham and van Delden best Wal Wing Look and Wong. Po Kie 65

.: Abraham and van Delden best Wong To Keung sql Mahler: 8/3

Abraham and van Delden best Ko Po Sham and Boy. Btewart 7/4

!

Fowler and Rosa beat Eo Fo Sham and Ber. Stewart 7/4

Fowler and Ross lost to Wei Wing Lock

Fowler a

and Rose lost to Wang Po Kong and

** It is made from a number of metals, and, as to east. Nose of the clocks were stopped, thousand pieces of 20-cent coins wore being its main constituent is a waste product in many but the clock by which the time ball is fired was tamed out daily. The Minister taked that processes, it is choop and abundant at iron ore. the mint be closed temporarily, but the Board its uses will be almost infinite. household found to be two seconds out, which is explained and Wong Po Kia 5/6 of Foreign Affairs anys that it cannot comply utensils, heavy machinery, battleship armour, by the fact that it must have "tripped” at the mutil If hea instituted a thorough inquiry, and even jewellery can be made from it.""

time of the shock,

Mohler 5/6