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[IROGOL REUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE ARMY MANŒUVRES. --

A SPEECH BY THE KINO.

RANDOM REFLECTIONS.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1913.

We are in the "dog days," and there is little of local interest to write about. But there is always the topic of "the weather to fall back upon and the chief thing to be said about it is that the end of September has brought a welcome drop LONDON, September 27th.

in the temperature and the prospect of a The King has conferred the Com-series of fine wook-ends, Jupiter Pluvins mandership of the Victorian Order on

has been extremely unkind Intely in so Major-General Robertsun, who has been frequently turning up of a week-end and the spoiling our tennis and golf. With the Majesty's guide during

approach of cooler weather the sporting cluba and associations are making arrangements which promise a very fulf

His

manœuvres.

At the close of the manœuvres, the King acted us Prezident at Conference of Officers, and in the course of n speech- remarked that the scheme of exercises). had entailed the employment of a larger forea under one command than ever. bofore. His Majesty was glad to notice the increase in the number of aircraft, and had experienced great pleasure in seeing so maay Territorials co-operating

MESON,

12:

RAID ON A PIRATE STRONGHOLD.

[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]

LOK CHEURO, September 23rd.. We arrived here to-day just in time to witness an attempt to obar out a band of pirates who have for a long time past boon terrorising this part of the Canton Delta with headquarters in the above

THE PEKING LEGATION MACHINERY.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT RELATING TO CONTRACT.

BRITISH LEGATION, PIKING, Main Contractors for the above contract Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works, Limited. The following is a list of the contractors and the material they are supplying:---

This covers:

Cautenctor

& Wilcox

SPECIFICATION A.

Steam Heating Co.

Material.

Main hoilers

and httings, Weir's food pump, pipework in bailor hous engine rooms.

the

Caxton House, Westminster,

1. Steam Heating installation. London, S.W.,

2.Bos and Cold water supply

instalation. August 30th, 1913.

1-Steam Heating, S-In order to remove a serious

which is damaging Mops, Babruck & misapprobcasion British engineering interests in China, town.

As soon as we dropped anchor a fleetho British Engineers' Association has of guardboats loaded with about five obtained the authorisation of H. M. Office hundred of General Li's soldiers arrived of Works to publish a letter addressed by with machino guns. They lost no time at department to this Association, dated Messrs. Atmospheric

surprise March 7th, 1913, and a schedule containing visit on a market day, and surrounded the the names of certain contractors which in getting ashore, as it was

Lown, a company with a Maxim Norden-

accompanied it. Copies of these are When woll-known Shakespearean | feldt being posted at the end of each attached to this letter.

street lending out into the country, to recitor visited Hongkong recently. I recall that some very sarcastic comments were

cut off the retreat of nay pirates who whiler made upon the way in which he was might attempt to get away, ignored by our cultured élite. It seemed detachments amored the awn and made a to indiente a prevailing depravity of house to house search for guns, and all ¦ lunking characters were Gierary taste. And yet, I see that a suspicious

arrested. A party of about half a dozen courageous band of local amateurà are

barricaded themselves in a house, but the soldiers soon got in and in the scufflo which ensued four of the pirates were shot and the remainder were taken prisoners.

The documents have to do with a contract for an Slectrical and refrigerating installation recently erected at the British Legation in Peking,

The conditions surrounding the, hävita tions to tender and the placing of this contract have led to a very general belief

with the Regulars. He was also delighted to produce Twelfth Night" at the belonging to the Mauser Pistol Society that the machinery was manufactured in!

From to welcome the Overseas officers. what he had observed, he was convince: that grent stricles, lund been made in the practical training of all ranks, and be was greatly impressed by the keenness of both officers and troops.

at

WAR MINISTER'S AERIAL TRIP. LONDON, September 27th. Colonel Seely, Secretary of State for War, attending the. monœuvres fight in Lilbourne, went for aeroplane. Their Majesties the King and Queen wore present, and congratulated the aviators apon their success.

It

an

Theatre shortly. I trust the community (as I have no doubt it will) will endeavour Seeing a to retrieve its reputation. Shakespearean play staged is a very different thing to hearing it. recited, however eminent the reciter may be.

"The Chinese papers report that Teen Chun-hsuan is now in Singapore and that has contracted mental disease."

I am indebted to the Peking Daily News for this item of information. Singapore, I am sure, will resent the imputation that mental disease is one of the com- municable diseases of the Straits. It may retort that mental disense would'scem to have been epidemic in China of late, and perhaps go a step further and declare BRITISH FIRM'S CONCESSIONS IN quarantine against further importations

AMERICA.

LONDON, September 27th. The Standard ways that Messra. Pear son & Co.'s concessions in Columbia possess far-reaching possibilities.

It is not improbable that the construction of an inter-oceanic canal along the course of the Atrato River will to undertaken, which will minimise the importance of the Panama Canal. The question may lead to a re-statement of the Monroe doctrine.

AN AMERICAN MILLIONAIRES

ESTATE.

LONDON, September 27th.

American

Mr. Anthony Brady, an millionaire, loft estate in the United Kingdom to the value of £1,315,528. The death duties on the estate exceed £210,000. AMERICAN TARIFF BILL.

WASHINGTON, September 27th. The Conference Committee on the new Tariff Bill has finally fixed the minimum income liable to income tax at $3,000 for unmarried persons and 24,000 for those married.

MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT IN THE FAR EAST. CANADIAN TRADE MINISTER'S' VIEWS.

OTTAWA, September 28th.

from China. -

It being a market day the fantau shops which were in fall swing were quietly surrounded and everyone arrested, quite a good haul being made, as most of the bad characters had congregated there. There is no doubt bat that this raid was well planned, and that the pirates were quite taken by surprise.

Germany.

2.-1st and Cold

Contractor.

Messrs. Rees Roturbo

Mfg. Co. Messrs. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Werks, Ltil...

The false impression to the effect that Messrs. Whip the oficial centre of British interests in China had been equipped with German

achinery has proved a severo blow to British engineering prestige. The Chinese are continually told, by the representa the British Government were obliged to tives of certain continental firms, that go to Germany because there were no makers in England capable of doing the work satisfactorily.

The enclosed decuments show there is At the entrance to the marrow creek no foundation wliatever for this state- which leads up to the town of Lokent.

This Association would therefore decin Cheung, a distance of about two milest a favour if you would give publicity to from the main river, we saw the four the letter from the Office of Works above Chinese gunboats anchored, which had veferred to, and to the following facts:

(1.)The contract was not given to the towed up the soldiers from Canton, about

a thousand in all, and several hundred had been landed there to head off any attempt that might be made by the pirates to get away to the neighbouring towns and villages whilst the other bali raided the town of Lok Cheng itself which latter we witnessed.

An interesting discussion arose in a little circle the other day as to the word bunkum" which appeared in a telegram "No such published a few days ago. word" said one; "it should be bun

Why should it be spelt that It appears that over a hundred piratea combe." way?" asked another, but the quidonne have been captured and will be sent back to Canton for trial, and there is no doubt was unable, to remember the answer.

addressed to as to what their fate will be. About two query has been The myself. The answer is that the proper hundred soldiers are now guarding the

of the word is really

town and the remainder are moving out spelling

the neighbouring "buncombe," but there is ample precedent in detachments to

Webster's towns and villages We were informed for spelling it "bunku." International Dictionary gives the origin that the shopkeepers in some of the. of the term. It is derived from America neighbouring market towns liave not been --whence so many strange expressions are doing any business for some time as imported into our common language. they have and to close up their shops on Bug panden. Was it not au American account of the nightly toll that this band. humorist who said the two peoples have been lerying on them for some tinir English and Americans had everything past. This resulted in their sending in in common but the language?

a petition to the Magistrate for protec

But

There is no doubt but that it was time this district was raided and cleared of the outlaws, who have so long held sway here, and it is to be hoped that it will have the desired effect in putting a stop to the brigandage and outlawry that has It shows that hitherto prevailed here. now that General Lang has the situation well in hand in Canton, he is doing his best to make a start to stamp out the piracy and lawlessness which prevails in many outlying districts by striking at the heart of the worst infested district here over which the famous Mauser Pistol Society have for so long held undisputed sway

This town of about five thousand souls is not marked on any map, but it lies and some twenty-five miles south east of about thirty miles south-west of Canton Samshui, in the heart of the silk district.

Siemens China Electrical Engineer- ing Company, a purely German concern representing the Siemens German Interests, but was placed with the Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, Limited, in London. Whether this firm is considered British or not, it possesses works in Great Britain. (.)-Messrs. Siemens only manufactured a portion of the plant in question and this, according to the enclosed! letter, was manufactured not in Germany, but in England. (3.)-The rest of the plant was also manufactured in Great Britain-by the British Firms whose names are given in the schedule attached,. some of whom are Members of thie Association.

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The following causes gave colour to the iscon eption that the machines were German.

Bourne....

Messrs. F. Brady & Co. Messrs. Hartley &

Sugden, Lt

Lloyds...... Mesars. Stewarts &

Messrs.

·T. & W. Farmiloe, Ltd.

Messrs. Merryweather

& Sons, Ltd. Moss. T. Piggott &

Co., Ltd.

This covers:

Complete Steam heat- ing installation in various build ings, including pipe work, feedwater kentor, vacuum pumps, radiators valves, fittings and accessories. Water Installation,

Material.

1,900 gallon pumps.

Molors fo:

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Starting Kear

ahovo Motors.

Cylinders. Tanks, Cisterns

Dome top boilere.

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required for legitimate purposes, over and above the 240 chests referred to in Articlo 4.

Article 8-The Governor of Mucao will have power to grant licences under the preceding article for the importation of the quantities of raw epium execeding the limit fixed in Article 4.

Article:-Whereas the limit of chests of raw opium that can be imported annually into Macho has been fixed in Articles 2, 4, and b of this Agreement. the Government of India will permit the purchase of opium in open market at the sales at Calcutta or Bombay or any places in Ludia, for export to Macao, up to and not exceeding the limits and conditions so fixed, so long as the opiam farmer at Hongkong is permitted to obtain his supplies from this source,

Articlo 8--Raw opium coming from India, consigued to the farmer of Macao, within the limits and conditions above indicated, will bo allowed transhipment at Hongkong free of duty or taxation.

Article -It is understood that if after periods of five years (the duration

the contracts of the farmer) the num- bers of chests agreed upon for local consumption at or export frau Macao should respectively prove to lo excessive, the Portuguese Government will consider the desirability of revising the amount in question.

The present agreement shall remain in shuve forer for a period of ten years, but may

be terminated by either Government at any time on giving to the other twelve for months notice of its intention to do so. On the expiration of the said period of and until a similar notice of termination and ten years it shall continue in force, unless

is given by either Government.

(Signed) E GREY.

Valves and day wolded tubes and accessories.

Lend piping paint,

etc., etc..

Fire hydrants.

12 x 12 x 8ft. pressed.

steel tank.

SPECIFICATION B

1. Electrical Generating Plant. 2.fee-making Plant.

1. Electrical Generating Plant. Material. Contracto

Messrs. Stemers Bros. Works, Dynamo Ltd.

Main generators, main switchboard, main cables, motor-bcoster set, wiring material for engine and boiler electrical fittings and pores. saries..

..

rooms,

Messrs. Belliss &

Marco, Ltd....... Main engines. Messrs. F. telett &

Golde

Battery. 2.-Ice-making Plant.

Contractor.

Messrs, Siemens Bros, Dynamo Warks, Ltd...

Material.

driving ice-making plant.

Motor for

Until now no official denial has Sani. Puplett... lee-making Plant. been published. (The erection of the plant at the Peking Legation was entrusted tu

a German firm in China, the Siemens China Co., and this Co. were assumed by many to be the contractors owing to a similarity between their name and that of the contractor. (r)-The public have generally either been unaware that there was a stipulation that the whole of the plant must be made in Great Britain, or have believed that such

AGREEMENT BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND PORTUGAL.

THE OPEN MONOPOLIES IN HONGKONG AND MACAO.

the

P. DE TOVAR.

INTIMATIONS

THE

COMING

WHISKY

OF THE FAR EAST.

JOHN HAIG'S

GLENLEVEN.

"My Favourite Drink."

SOLE AGENTS:

ne

H.

RUTTONJEE

& SON,

The text of the agreement which was SAMPLES ON APPLICATION. signed at London on June 14th last netween United Kingdom and Portugal for the regulation of the opium monopolies in the colonies of Hongkong and Macao is published in the current a stipulation was not enforced. This Association is aware that the issue of the Government. Gazette

which this contract was follows: manner in negotiated and placed has caused grave. On this dissatisfaction among the purely British firus who oniginally tendered question, however, I ate not directed to enter. The point, which this Association is anxious to make clear is that; on the whole of the plant installed at the British authority of H.M. Office of Works, the Legation in Peking, was manufactured in Great Britain.-I am, Sir, Your Ohedient Servant,

| revenons a sine muitous. The term wetion, and the appeal this time has

are discussing originated near the close of evidently tot fallen on deaf ears, a debate on the Missouri Question in the 16th Congress. One of the members of Congress was a naive old mountaineer from North Carolina who lived near the border of the adjacent county of Bun combe, which formed part of his con- rose to speak; stitueney. The old man but the House, tired of the debate, tried

shout bim down

with cries of to "Question." He persevered, however, for a while, declaring that the people expected it and that he was bound to "make a speech for Buncombe.” The term passed into general use as signify The Canadian Minister for Trade, Mr.ing speech-making for the gratification of and gome advocate of Foster, in a speech reviewing his recent constituents, tour in the East, said the manufacturing phonetic spelling, perhaps oblivious of the origin of the term, printed it as of China and development

Japan

"bunkum," the form in which it now imported into the problem of the future

almost invariably appears in print."

*** a productive power which would create e confusion in the great centres of

A clergyman lecturing in London the world. These peoples were to be recently said that one of the sights he reckoned with, and the lesson he wished remembered in Portugal, was that of the to impress upon Canada was the cultiva-postuan delivering his letters among the tion of neighbourly relations with all the congregation at church on Sunday, there. refers more particlarly to yarn than to works at the British Legation at Peking.

by saving himself many a weary walk Should the lecturer ever extend his travels to Hongkong he will fearn that the Chinese postman has not much to learn from his brother of Portugal. Ah Sin dues not deliver at church: as a rule he saves himself a great number of wearing walks by delivering in the Peak tram stations.

countries bordering the Pacific Ocean.

THE INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

LONDON, Septeniber 27th. The strike of Messrs, Carter, Paterson and Company's employees has been settled. The Company has recognised the Union, aud has granted other concessions. THE DUBLIN DISPUTES.

LONDON, September 27th.

I see that school boys in China have bou forbidden to belong to any political party!

The Educational Bureau has notified the authorities of all the high

SHANGHAI TRADE.

piece goods.

SECRETARY OF THE BRITISH ENGINEERS' ASSOCIATION.

that

the

In pursuance of the conclusions of the consideration of the fact International Opium Conference, and in geographical situation of the colonies of Macao and Huugkong makes it necessary to regalate in a similar way the opium matters concerning the restriction of the monopolies in the said colonies in all consumption, sale, and exportation of prepared spium smuggling:

and repression

of

14, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

31

The undersigned, duly authorised MAPPIN&WEBB,

thereto by their respective Governments have agreed to the following Articles:-

Article 1:-The Government of the Leer from His Majesty's Office of Works,

dated 7th March, 1915, to the Secretary Portuguese Republic, whilst reserving the right of managing and controlling the of the British Engineers Association, Sin,With reference to your letters of manipulation of raw opinar and the sale the 12th instant and 22nd ultime, I am of prepared opium in the colony of directed to furnish the following information Macau, engage to introduce in the opium provisions similar to those contained in respecting the Contract for Engineering regulations of that colony clauses and

for

LIMITED.

NEW CONSIGNMENTS

PRINCE'S.

PLATE

[GUARANTEED FOR 30 YEAKS).

CUTLERY.

The Board of Trade has appointed Sir and primary schools to that effect, sympathy with the strength in the invitation of fresh tenders, but the two concluded with the Hongkong farmer.

Mesars. Ilbert & Co.'s Piece Goods We have had a and fairly active market Market Report says: during the week and clearances continue to be very satisfactory, though this

1 Tenders were originally invited in the regulations of Hongkong relative to A slight slacking of in- demand from the northern ports has

Article 2-The Macao opium farmer been more than compensated for by the August, 1911; from British firms only, and the repression of the illicit trade in STERLING SILVER WARE. resumption of business on the part of before an invitation was issued to the firm prepared opium. Szechuen merchants who, as usual-have whose tender was ultimately accepted they in the first instance devoted most of their were required to satisfy hoth the Board's will not be permitted to import more than of raw opium) per annum exclusively attention to garn, though piece goods officer, in Peking and the British Consul that 260 chests of opium (a chest incans 40 balls 2-Owing to the condition prevailing in destined for the consumption of the fixed Most of the River ports continue to buy

Article 3The Hongkong Opium have not by any means been neglected, they might be so regarded. and clear steadily and the well sustained China in December, 1911, the Board decided and floating population of Macao. demand of the past three weeks from not to proceed with the work, and the firms practically all of our dependent, outlets, who tendered were informed accordingly. Farmer will not be permitted to import coming us it does at a time when the No undertaking was given, however, that more than 540 chests per annum These at imports shall be exclusively destined for the consumption of the fixed and floating country is still suffering from widespread fresh tenders would be called

When it was found possible to proceed population of Hongkong. These figures unrest and the after effects of civil war, subsequent date. furnishes ample proof of the recuperative powers of the import trade of China.

Values all round continue art in with the work time did not permit of the are embodied in the contract, recently Article :-The farmers of Macao and producing countries, and fair advances firms who had submitted the lowest tenders

fresh prizes. The more favourable tender, per annum, respectively, 240 and 120 in prices seem to be paid readily enought the first instanes were asked to submit Hongkong will be permitted to import, that of Messrs. Siemens Hrothers, Dynamo chests of raw opium exclusively destined by buyers for favourite chops,

for exportation to countries which have After a few days of fairly steady prices Works, Limited, was then accepted. the cotton markets of the world have 4.The whole of the plant has been not prohibited at present or which stall again begun to strengthen up, Liverpool

Article 3:-The limit fixed in the pre- being quoted to-day at 7.66d., and New manufactured in England. A schedulo is

ceding article for Hongkong must be York at 13.25 sts., "the lowest pointy attached showing the names of the sub-con-not prohibit hereafter such imports of touched during the week being 7.398. and tractors by whom the various parts of the

5.-The orection of the plant is being considered a definite one and not subject CHS. J. 12.97 centa. India has followed suit in work has been undertaken. our contemporary says, "is in fact not about the same ratio and the local staple carried out by the contractor's representato alteration; however, it is understood Siemens China Electrical that in Macao power will be retained to officers in has also advanced sharply, though there strictly accurate, for the

the present high prices of China Cotton Engineering Company, under the supervision increase the number of chests of raw question are not to be engaged by the would appear to he little justification for tives, Chinese Government, but are to be em- beyond the fact that a certain amount of of a British engineer, by whom Chinese

(Signed) LONE. EARLE ployed as special correspondents, through- speculative covering is reported to be in labour is being employed direct.-I am, Sir. out China, of a new German newspaper progress and that at the moment there Your Obedient Servant,

is a pinch for ready cotton, the rain of

British Engineers' Association, about to be published in the capital in the the past day or so interfering with the The Secretary,

Caxton House, crop appears to be well up to the average,

Westminster interests of German trade, finance and flow of supplies from the country. The polities."

S.W. and the present high rates of exchange should make exports dificult.

G. R. Askwith, Sir Katcliffe Ellis, and Mr. J. R. Clynes, the Labor Momber of Parliament for N. E Manchester, as a Court of Inquiry into the Dublin disputes.

DUBLIN LABOUR TROUBLE.

LONDON, September 28th. The Trade Union relief ship has arrived at Dublia. Thousands of people lined the quay The strikers. unloaded the vessel, the first work they have done for a month, and immediately distributed the goods in sheds to eager and hungry crowds, each person receiving a package of various rations weighing twenty pounds..

suppose the penalty for disobedience will be the birch.

another A Peking paper gives us version of the story about the contem

plated, employment of 200 German officers by the Chinese Government.

"Beuter,'

RODERICK RANDOM.

the

given that the said imports are destined puu imported each year and destined

to meet the requirements of lawful trade. for exportation, provided that proof is

For this purpose the farmer shall produce to the Governor of Macao customs certi- ficates passed by the authorities of countries importing the opium showing authorized are that the quantities

From the

SOLE AGENTS:

GAUPP

& CO.,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

CHATER ROAD.