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"THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, MARCH 19TH, 1912.

1911 2,297,563 | reported in the Colony last week Nize

167,140 died.

There were ten cases of babonic plague TELEGRAMS.

19,952

279,568 117.792 The number of Chinese who visited the 123673 64.206

927.332 305,392 City Hall Museum last week was 6,481. 8,234 2,660 The non-Chinese visitors numbered 256, 21,869/ 9,410

INTIMATEMA

1910.

Shangbal

Chinklang

Nanking...

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Kitkinng

Hankow Tochow

Shasi

A. S. WATSON Chungking

& CO., LTD.,

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841,

7,830 2,572 131,157 45,828

In contrast to these striking decreases, it

There was a substantial decline in the small-pox returns last week. The total

{THROUGH SHUTBE'S AOREET.]

THE LOSS OF THE " OCEANA."

YURTHER DETAILE."

LONDON, March 18th. Enquiries at Eastbourne have elicited

CANTON.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]

March 17th.

been run conveying people and goods to the town. Fatshan is, the largest town. within hailing distance of Cantori and what concerna Canton concerns Fatahan, because in the event of anything like sorious trouble sufficient troops would re- quire to be sent there not only to keep the peace but also to provent the infection spreading to the capital of the province.

SHAMEEN.......

is noteworthy that the returns for several cases numbered 38, all Chinese. Of the the fact that no news has been received it is to be supposed that anything from gunboats, the H.M.8. Clio and Moorhen,

southern ports show marked improvement, notably Swatow, Amoy, Foochow and Santase, but the returns from Conton and the West River ports (excepting Kongmoon), as well as from Hoihow and Fakhoi all tell a tale similar to that of the Yangtaze ports, and incidentally show how the trade a distributing centre has suffered during the past few months. We give the comparative revenue returns for these ports as we have given those for the Yangteze ports :----

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. of Hongkong as

Canton

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WE

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Wighest Class, Specially

Shipped direct.

Selected,

Sam buf

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Nanning

1910. Tis. 736,005 61,865 85,147

160,723

· 1911.

27 proved fatal.

"The Nanking Assembly has drawn up the scale of salary for its zuernhers, who will get $500 a month. The Chairman will get 200 extra and the Vice-Chairman and standing committees $100 extra. The secretaries are divided into six classes and their salaries range from $250 to 8000,

We learn that the old Spanish Procura- tion building in Caine Road has been sold, the purchasers being Chinese, and the present tenants, who are non-Chinese, arc 585.214 under notice to quit. It is rumoured also 81,090 that the French Mission building, almost 53,569 111,607 adjoining, has also been disposed of to

25,118 Chinese.

24 385 Klungehow (Hollow) 46,223

31,244 24,188 14,548 Pakhoi... Kowloon and Lappa also show a hrge falling off,

The total collections for and Kowloon, Tis. 57,601, show a decline of The

28,060; while the Tls. 81,151 collected at Lapps show a falling off of Tls. 42,122 compared with the revenue for the In Quality and Price they are unequaled corresponding quarter of last year. The revenue from Native Customs of China for the August-November period shows a cor- responding decline, the total revenues | 717,945-being Tis, 95,021 less than in the corresponding period of 1910, What this decline in the revenue returns means in loss of trade can only be imaginad. Possibly in quarter steady the present and next 2,05 improvement may be shown, but the trader can hardly hope that this year wil compensate

him for last year's loss of business, nor can the Government of

Per Per

LIGHT DRY

VINO DE PASTO

C.

D.

doren, bottle

$16.80 $1.45

17.80 1.50

OLOROSO

22.30

BUPERIOR PALE DEY 24.30

3. FINEST PALE DRY,

NUTTY

1.90

29.80 2.55

China expect to see the doficiency in the Customs revenue of 1911 made up by a great boom in trade in 1912. If peace and order can be maintained trade will doubtless

A. S. WATSON & CO.. steadily improve, but confidence is a plant of slow growth and it will be some time yet before there is any heavy buying,

LIMITED,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

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Dr. Oscar Schreyer, who was shot dead during the recent disturbances in Tientsin as he was on his way to the native city to visit a friend, spent the last two years of his life experimenting with an anti-rin- derpest vaccine, which he had developed, and it is believed that he has discovered the mesus of eradicating this dread die case which works so much havoc among the cattle herds in the Far East.

There was a fall of snow at Shanghai last Tuesday night. The NC Daily News describes it as the heaviest ex- perienced for many years.

The storm began between eight and nine o'clock on Tuesday evening and lasted for some hours, covering the ground to a depth

of about two inches The fall seems to

have been general throughout the pro- vince of Kiangau. The last snowstorm at Shanghai occurred about five years ago.

THE UNIVERSITY BAZAAR.

The University Bazaar was not conclad- ed on Saturday as was originally intend- ed. It has been continued for three days, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, this deci

regarding the missing occupants of the first boat. It is now regarded as certain that the seventeen people are drowned,

A violent gale is raging in the Channel.

LATES

The identity of the seventeen victims of the Oceana disaster is still not established but it appears those drowned include seven passengers, five stewardesses, and five of the crew.

In the river at present there are ten

the U.8.8. Wilmington and Piscatagua, the 8.M.8. Tiger and Tsingtau, thè French gunboate Figilante and Argus, the Japanese Ugi and the Portuguess Macan.

CASUALTIES IN THE PIGHTING. From an authentic soures it is stated, that 1,200 coffins have been given away by diferent charitable societies, which exist for this purpose, to hold the bodies of the slain in the present fighting. From this

1,500 upwards have been killed. On a walk through the parts of the city where the most severe fighting took place quite a number of dead bodies were seen and also large number of coffing containing bodies. All along the river front the houses and shops show signs of the fight leaving for home and a lot of new faces Just now quite a number of people are ing and bullet marks and holes made by will be seen on the island. On Friday, shells are evident everywhere. The most Mr. Robertson, of Butterfeld & wire, severe fighting took place evidently within left and Mr. Chadwick comes to take his a triangle drawn from the Railway place; Mr. F. Weigman, of Arnhold, Kar-

SUPREME COURT.

Monday, 18th March.

The liner was in charge of the pilet at Station to the Electric Light Station andberg & Co., also loft for home on Satur thence along the band. To the cast of the day with Mr. Uelsmann, who is succeeded the time of the disaster.

Zoological Gardens there is a large build-by Mr. Blix. One boat made for Eastbourne, but muating which has literally been laid low and boats remained alongside, sheltering in several others which have suffered the lee of the ship until the lifeboats of severely from shells, while further in one the Sussec arrived, when 187 of the crew finds everywhere bullet marks and holes and 27 of the passengers were then trans-in walls, doors and windows. ferred to the Susser. The remainder of the crew stayed aboard until the increas ing list compelled them to leave and take to one of the tugs which was towing the atcamer. Accounts of the upsetting of the first boat launched are cuaficting.

A notico has been issued by the Govern-

rent requesting a report on damage done and promising compensation in deserving cases.

CONDITION OF THE CITY.

At present all is quiet, though it is a An official of the P. & O. Co. met the

sort of unnatural quietness. Many shops passengers in London, and conveyed them" to the Grosvenor Hotel, where many of and even streets in the city, especially the old city, are shut up and there are not the vided them with clothing. Despite the Shun has left Canton and is reported to the guests and the maids temporarily proneal number of pet about. Wong Wo

exposure none of the ladies were seriously be in Hongkong, but a large number of affected, though they suffered considerably his men are here, and though they are from shock. All the passengers proceeded giving no trouble at present a proper understanding does not seem to have been como to. Crowds of soldiers are still to be found in the main thoroughfares, and though there has been no shouting for two days it is not certain that there will not be a recurrence of the late trouble.

to their homes the same evening.

THE COAL STRIKE.

LONDON, March. 18th. The Great Northern Railway Co. has

cancelled 160 more trains, and the London

and North Western 125 more. Hence-

ORGANISATION IN THE PROVINCE. forth only 05 trains will leave Euston daily

Some time ago Cheung Chi Wan, was including suburban trains. The Metropogent down here as a commissioner by Bun litan Co. announces its first curtailment.

AMERICAN NAVY IN THE ORIENT.

LONDON, March 18th.

Yat Sen to inspect the military working of the province and report and also to find out the revenue and what might be done in the matter of regular taxation. Ou the 14th he came before a committee here

IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION. BEFORE M1. H. H. J.. COMPARTZ (PUISNE JUDGE).

The Criminal Sessions for March were opened. Four cases were set down for All hearing, embracing nine persons. four cases concerned rabberies.

DASTALDLY. ATTACK OF A BOAT-WOMAN. A Chinese, charged with assault with intent to commit a robbery at Yaumati on the 8th February, pleaded guilty.

The Hon. Mr. Ress Davies, K.C., in- structed by Mr. J. H. Kemp, Crown Solici tor, stated that the prisoner, with two men not in custody, engaged the boat woman on the pretext that they wished to be rowed from Yaumati to a cargo boat. They had only got some little dis- tause from the shore when the prisoner put his hand on the woman and threaten- ed to cut her throat if she shouted. She called out loudly and prisoner hit her on the head with a knife. The men on adjacent junks, bearing the cries of the woman, came to her rescue and captured the pri- soner, the others escaping by jumping The assailants 'did not man- overboard.

age to stand anything.

His Lordship sentenced prisoner to five

atrokes with the "cat:"

A Chinese was yesterday fined $25 forsion having been arrived at on Saturday the Navy Department has ordered three and made a number of proposals and years hard labour and to receive 12

being in possession of à revolver.

The English Mail of the 17th February was delivered in London on the 18th inst. The dead body of a Chinese was found hanging to a tree on the hillside at Aber deen on Sunday last.

nese

For returning from banishment, a Chi- was yesterday sentenced to six months' imprisonment.

Bir Cecil Clementi Smith was received by the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace on February 12th.

Three dead bodies were picked up in various parts of the Colony on Sunday, In one case death was due to small-pox.

An Old Age Pensions Bill has been introduced into the Japanese House of Representatives. It ia a private member's Bill.

night. The total drawings so far amount to $10,000, the proceeds on Sunday being $3,000. There is a considerable quantity of goods on hand yet and as these must be cleared bargaina ought to be secured by those who do their duty to the Univer sity and patronise the bazaar.

LANCE-BERGT. ATTEWELL'S

DEATH.

Mr. E. A. Irving yesterday held an inquiry into the circumstances surround- ing the death of Lance-Sergt. Attewell, a member of the Police Force.

Inspector Grant deposed to having found the body of the deceased in the latrine at 6, Police Station. The right hand was grasping an automatic revolver. There was a bullet wound in the head and the deceased had the appearance of having been dead for some time. The bullet, after passing through the head,

A telegram from Washington states that

armoured cruisers of the Pacific fest, to proceed to the Philippines, thus making the American fleet in the Orient the most powerful, next to that of Japan.

GERMANY'S FINANCES:

LONDON, March 17th. A telegram from Berlin states that the Government has decided to obtain in creased revenue for the Army and Navy by cancelling the rebate in eveiss hitherto

enjoyed by the rural distilleries and ap propriating the surpluses from existing taxation.

Herr Wermuth, Imperial Secretary for Finance, strongly favoured the inheritance tax, and was opposed to the utilisation of present revenue for fresh expenditure,

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ANGLO-PORTUGUESE TREATY.

suggestions to the authorities. He was very strong on the point that it should be found out immediately how many soldiers. were required to be kept in arms per- manently and what amount the province would likely be able to devote to this matter. Apart from this he emphasised the fact that it would be necessary in the immediate future to find out exactly what amount of revenue could be raised from Kwangtung und how it would be done.

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BGOBERY WITH VIOLENCE. Four Chinese were indicted on charges of having committed a robbery with violence on two people in a house at Mongkokisui on the 21st February. The Hon. Mr. Rees Davies, K.C., Attor ney-General, instructed by Mr. J. H Kemp, Crown Solicitor, appeared for the prosecution.

The first and fourth prisoner's denied the first charge, but the second and third

admitted their participation and blamed the first prisoner for having asked them to go to the house. They all denied the second charge.

He also showed that the police force was inadequate to deal with the large city and insisted that steps should be taken at once- to remedy this. These are only too true statements, especially the last one, and it The Attorney-General said he would behoves the Government to see to this at accept the plea of guilty in the case of once or continual brawls will be the result.the second and third prisoners.

CHAN KWING MING.

the

The following jury was empanelled- For some time back there have been re- Messrs. H. B. White, W. Davison, A. R. LONDON, March 18th. The Times correspondent at Lisboncurring rumours of the resignation and F. Raven, W. Waterhouse, H. H. Solo- states that the Premier has published an

departure of

present Governor mon, J. B. Thomson, and C. Bullivan... extract of the Anglo-Portuguese treaty. has on two occasions made a statement

General of Kwangtung, Mr. Chan. He The Attorney-General stated that the four rien went to a dwelling house in

in an attack on the other, nor shelter its |

At a meeting of the School of Tropical HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, Das Your ROAD O Medicine at. the Mansion House on Feb- lodged in the wall. Two letters, one to The alliance provides that neither will go to the effect that he wishes to give up the Portland Street and stole money amount- London Officn: 131, Flast Ersunr. Eruary 28, Mr. Lewis Harcourt announced

A Treasury contribution of £500..

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, MARCH 19, 1912

The religious era of Siam, called the Buddha Sakarabt, which is reckoned from

Mr. Hutchison, and the other to Bergt. Koadall, were found in the clothing of

deceased.

Sergt. Kendall said he had lunch with the death of Buddhu, is now to be put on deceased, and he then seemed in good

the basis of the Gregorian calendar.

or the

He pro-

The Memorial Hall of the Meiji Univer- aity, Japan, and two other buildings were destroyed by fire on March 5. The Memorial Hall, which cost Yen 150,000, was completed last October. It was par tially insured.

Manila stood at 32.8. It is described in On Thursday last the temperature in a Manila paper as the first real sizzler of the fag end of the driest dry season the Philippines have seen in thirty-odd years." Manila"wore a wilted tired. look.”

spirits.

THE VICTORIA THEATRE.

"A Night Off," which was staged at the Victoria Theatre last night by the Hughes Musical Comedy Company, is one of those light musical extravaganzas which cannot fail to please. The plot, as is usual in productions of this description, is very thin, but the excellent musical num- bers and gags which are introduced make

op for the lack of interest in the story, As in the previous productions, Messrs. Stanhope, and Le Blanc held the boards for the greater part of the evening, and their clever patter kept the packed house in a rare good humour. The other mem bers of the company also acquitted them- selves well.

[colonies, by troops and warships.

OBITUARY.

LONDON, March 18th. The death is announced of the Duchess of Buccleuch.

“[The Duchess' was the Lady Louisa Jame Hamilton, third daughter of the third Duke of Abercorn.]

understood.

what one might call a peaceful province

-and just lately one cannot wonder at the Governor making the statement he did in the Provincial Assembly, to the effect that he did not consider himself fit or worthy to carry on the business of the province.

fiction against the first prisoner.

enemies, with the exception of political job; and the fact that he is not too willinging to $277 and articles of clothing and refugees. In case of war or invasion, each to carry on matters here is quite to be jewellery bringing the total value up to $330. There was no evidence of identi- will assist the other by arms and men, and

Kwangtung has never been

The will also assist to protect each other's

evidence against him was based on his own atatements to the police and given in evidence before the Magistrate. Throo men entered the house while the first man. remained outside. The third prisoner told the woman of the house that he had come to request her services as midwife Mr Chan is essentially a military man for a woman in Hongkong. This was only and the effect of his resignation is that

an excuse, and the three men attacked the military do not know exactly how they the inmates, threatening them with stand. Before, although things were in a

knivel, and gagging them, afterwards very unsatisfactory state, the military making off with the money and clothing. knew that they had the Governor's sup- One of the articles stolen was afterwards. port and that he was in favour of having, found in the possession of the second pri- large standing Army in the province.soner, and a pawn-ticket for a sweater was He seemed to all appearances to have the found in the possession of the fourth pri support of the people, for on more than soner, one occasion they begged him to stay on, and when Mr. Wu went north with Bun Yat Sen they were all enthusiastic that Chan Shiu Cheung, the man who has that he should be his successor. been appointed to take his place, has been Later on another speech was made by a fire-brand member of the Reichstag, who an official in Kirin and is a native of said it would be a poor country indeed Kwangtung, so should meet with all re- whose inhabitants would not give the last drop of their blood to defend their soil.

quirements especially as he is reputed to

GERMAN CROWN PRINCE.

"TRUE STORY" OF THE REICHSTAG INCIDENT. From very high quarters I have received (says the London correspondent of the Sheffield Daily Telegraph) the true story play of feeling against Great Britain. of the German Crown Prince's alleged dis some time ago in the Reichstag.

The Crown Prince attended the meeting of Chancellor's speech did not move a muscle Parliament, and during the German of his face or display the slightest feeling.

His Worship found that death was due The Governor-General of the Philip to a bullet wound in the head, which was TRADE with China, we understand, has pînes (Mr. Forbes) left for the United self inflicted. shown great improvement during the past. States on vacation last week few weeks. It was to be expected that this❘ceeded to Nagasaki by the transport would follow upon the cessation of hosti-Sheridan lities, for since the outbreak of the revolu. tion in September last, business with many parts of China, and notably along the Yangtze River, has been practically at a standstill. A glance over the pages of the Customs Gazelle for the fourth quarter of last year, which has just been issued, reveals how seriously trade has been affected and how detrimental this has been to China's revenue. Yet we think it may be said that the loss was not as great so many have probably supposed. The total revenue of the Maritime Customs for the quarter was H. Tis. 7,681,522, which, compared with the

When the P. M. str. Mengolia arrived same quarter of last year, shows a falling off of Tls. 1,301,858. At the Aigun, Sansing, the at Shanghai several days ago from Hong

kong the passengers' luggage was search- Harbin district stations, and even at mosted by the Customs officers on the arrival of the more southern Manchurian stations, of the tender at the jetty. When they excepting of Newchwang, the revenue for came to a trunk helonging to an American,

NEW JAPANESE CABLES. the quarter, in fact, showed very appreciable says the Mercury, some difficulty was ex- improvement as compared with that of last perienced about opening it, as the owner The Japanese Department of Com- year. It is when we come to the Yangteze could not find his keys. It was therefore delishment of a special single cable between any thought of showing antipathy to Eng- in Fatshan have been very much scared, munications has just completed the estab and West River ports that we see the tained, and on being finally opened it was Fusan and Shimonoseki, and it will be tand. Why, it is only a few months ago harmful effect of the revolution on the trade found to contain no less than fifty auto opened for service at the end of this that I was po well received by the English From the neighbouring villages large and commerce of the country. The following matic pistols along with a quantity of am- month. The great increase of cablegrams in India, where I made so many friends numbers have come into the town for comparative table of the total collections in munition to fit the pistols. As the owner since the cubed the presence When I was ill there, did not the wife of safety and the number of non-combatants could give no satisfactory explanation the tion has caused the present cable to be the Viceroy personally attend to me 1 Do insuficient. A new cable has also been

is very much in excess of the number of

be monstrous to think that I could be ness had passed from my mind ? It would defenders. The railway has been very the last quarter of 1910 and corresponding weapons were seized and are now being laid between Tokyo and Nagasaki, which you think the memory of all that kind

crowded lately and special trams have guilty of such ingratitude."

The company will produce "In Society,' a musical force, this evening.

quarter of 1911 tells the tale succinctly so detained at the Custom House, and the will be completed this month and opened far as the Yangtze ports are concerned : matter is being strict investigated.

in May

As this was uttered the Crown Prince had be a brave and couragous man. He will his left hand on the bilt of his sword, and need all his bravery and courage if he he moved his hands together in spproval. comes just at present.

In doing so he made his sword Jattle in the scabbard. That is all that occurred. "It is entirely wrong to say that I bad

YATSHAN.

During the recent trouble the residents

1 Prisoners were each sentenced to five years' hard labour, and to receive twelve strokes with the birch

ROBBERY ATLANTAU IBLAND

Two Chinese were arraigned on a charge of robbery with violence at Lok Wu temple, Tai O, Lantau Island.

The jury was the same as in the pre- vious case,

The case for the prosecution was that the prisoners intimidated the women in the temple, and after binding them with wire, took away. 8160, in money, a watch, two rolls of cloth and four gold rings.

Prisoners were convicted and sentenced to five years' hard labour..

A MANILA SENSATION.

The auditor has reported a startling shortaga in the Bureau of Public Works, Manila No public announcement has been made • to the amount of the shortage, but the Cablenews says it learns. that property valued at over one hundred. thousand" pesce, is mising.