Co-day's Advertisements. HARMSTON'S
CIRCUS
AND
ROYAL MENAGERIE.
TO-NIGHT!
TO-NIGHT!!
OUR NATION'S HEROES.
INTERNATIONAL
TUG OF WAR.
TO-NIGHT!
TO-NIGHT!!
2ND BOMBAY INFANTRY
verstis
H.M.S. ORLANDO."
ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY-
tersus
H.M.S. "CENTURION," (STOKERS' TEAM).
SIEGE TRAIN (WESTERS DIVISIÓN)
versus
15TH CO. SIEGE TRAIN (SOUTHERN
DIVISION),
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15, 1901.
Co-day's Advertisements.
HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
SHORT RANGE CUP AND SPOONS
Intimation.
"REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. OPERATIONS IN BRITISH SOUTH
AFRICA.
H.M.S. Undaunted left for home to pay of this afternoon, after a commission of nearly four
FOXING.
The following is the result of the drawing for the bouts in the forthcoming boxing tournas
i
FEATHER WEIGHTS (126 lbs.).
THERE will be a COMPETITION for the A. S. WATSON & Co., FIVE COLUMNS IN PURSUIT OF At each yard-arm of the Undaunted a man was T. Lawless, and, W., T. D. Davis, E. Co., THE
above TO-MORROW, the 16th instant,
at 2.45 MM.
RANGES.-200, 500 and 600 yards.
Seven shots and One sighter. Position at zoo yards.-Kneeling. Entrance Fee for Cup $1.
T
(45
MOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE, Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, 15th February, 1901.
NOTICE. EQUIRED by a First Class MERCAN- TILE HOUSE in Hongkong, ha Experienced Man of Business to act as COM- PRADORE. The Highest References required. No one need apply unless he is prepared to give Substantial Security in the Sum of $10,000. Apply in writing to
Mesers JOHNSON, STOKES and MASTER, 12, Queen's Road, Central. Hongkang, 19th February, too. GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY,
LIMITED.
LIMITED.
DE WET.
LONDON, February 13th. Reuter's correyindent at Colesberg wires that the hills at Donkerspoort, north of
SHERRIES. Sorvalspoort, are full of the gaguy and shots
B-SUPERIOR PALE DAY. dinuer wine, Green Seal Capsule
Pertan
-$10.80
12.00
NATURAL Capsule
MANZANILLA, PALE SHERRY, White
{2070
UPERIOR OLD DAY, PALE NATURAL SHERRY, Red Seal Capsule
12.00
JOTICE is hereby given that SCRIP N NUMBER 1100 SHARES of the Company, numbered 68.40:768,500 in the Name of ELLIS KELLY, Esquire, of HONG Captain H. CADOGAN, RW.,, has kindly gone, having been LOST, A NEW SCRIP consented to act as Referee.
THE GREAT PROGRAMME AS USUAL.
GRAND
FAMILY MATINEE,
TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), FEBRUARY 1,
Door Open 2.30 PM. Commence at 3.30. Children Half-price to all Parts of the Clicus.
Box Office Plan:-ROBINSON PIANO Co., Queen's Road.
POPULAR PRICES.
SOLDIERS and SAILORS. of ALL NA. TIONALITIES admittel to CHAIRS and STALLS HALF-PRICE
ROBERT LOVE..
.........Manager.
Col. CHAS, B. HICKS...... Representative. Hangkong, 15th February, 19oz.
THEATRE
(640
ROYAL
BOXING TOURNAMENT.
(Open to All-Comers, to decide the Bomi file Championskips),
28TH FEBRUARY, 1ST & 2ND MARCH, Under the Management of
Mr. C. T. ROBINSON."
VALUR OF PRIZES, OVER $1,000. GIGANTIC ENTRIES.
FEATHER WEIGHTS (126 lbs.)."
T. Lawless, Band, R.W.F., 7. D. Davis, E. Co.,
R.W.F.
J. H. Brin, U.S.S. Brooklyn, J. Jago,
H.M.S. Centurion.
T: Mathews, Band, R.W.F., D. C. A. Bowley,
Taikoo Sugar Refinery.
J. Veir, H. M. Naval Yard, . W. H. Creasy,
Seige Train.
Reserves-Tim Bailey, H.M.S. Undaunted, and H. K. Remedios.
LIGHT WEIGHTS (140 lbs.)
T. Baddeley, Sapper, R.E., v. W. Thomas, B:
Co., R.W.P.
T. Phillips, H.M.S, Argonaut, v. J. Sandford,
B. Co., R.W.F.
Geo. Smith, H.M.S. Centurion, v. W. Foster,
R.M.L.I., H.M.S. Terrible.
T. Harvey, R.M.A., H.M.S. Tamar, a J. Kin.
zey, U.S.S. Bennington. Reserves-W, Barrett, Sapper, R.E.; Pa B. Moore, A.O.C., C. Morriss, C. Co.. k,W., Sergt. Davis, R.W.F.
MIDDLE WEIGHTS 158 (lbs.) Thos. Phillips, H.M.S; Argonaut,
Bailey, Hongkong.
W. S.
E. Mansford, H.M.S. Argonaut, a. }. Buras,
U.S.S. Albany.
Sergt. Jones, R.W.., v. E. C. Daffey, U.S.S.
Brooklyn,
W. Newman HM.S. Terrible, v. Bob Ber-
wick, Taikoo Sugar Refinery. Reserve-Gen. Smith, H.M,S. Centurion, HEAVY OR CATCH WEIGHTS. McMurray, 25th Co. S. D.R. A., 24, Copl., Aldridge,
25th Co. S.D.R.A.
Jack Gorman, Harmston's Circus, . Dob,
Savidge, H.M.S. Goliath,
J. H. Tibbs, U.S.S. Brooklyn, v. W. S. Bailey,
Hongkong.
POPULAR PRICES. STAGE RESERVED SEATS......$to Senson.
Do.
Do. .....34 per Night. DRESS CIRCIK
...$3 and $2. PITT
.St.
BOX PLAN NOW OPEN AT ROBINSON PIANO Co.
Hongkong, 5th February, 1901.
(1540
CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.
HE Undermentioned BANKS will be
Tcost for the Transaction of Public Business, on TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, the 19th and 20th February, respectively.
For the CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,
AUSTRALIA And China,
T. P. COCHRANE, p. Manager. For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING
CORPORATION,
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager. For the NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA,
LIMITED,
GEO. W. F. PLAYFAİR, Chief Manager.
For the MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA,
LIMITED,
JOIN THURBURN,
Manager, Hongkong For the BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE, A
Hongkong Agency,
LEERINDOAGUE,
Acting Manager.
For the BANK OF China& Jarän, LIMITED,
HONGKONG, ·
C. BERGENDAHL,
Manager.
For the YOKOHAMA SPECIE BÄNK, LIMITED,'
TARO HØDSUMI, Manager.
For the IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA,
E. W. RUTTER," Manager.
For the DEUTSCH-ASIATISCHE BANK,
H. SCHOTTLAENDER, Acting Manager, Hongkong, 15th February, 1901.
TO LET.
f108c
NO. 2, FAIRVIEW, from ist APRIL
Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-
ENTRE AGENCY COLD.
|
for the same will be isined after One month frim the Pate hereof and the Original Scrip will be considered by the Company as NULL and VOID, and all persons are hereby warned against accapting or negotiating same.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Mangers.
[220 Hongkong, 15th February, 190F.
GLEN LINE OF STEAMERS.
FOR MANILA.
'THE Company's Steamship
"GLENTURKET,"
Captain R. Webster, will be despatched for the above Port, on MUNDAY, the 38th inst ist.
For Freight, apply to
MCGREGOR BROS. & GOW,
Agents. Hongkong. 15th February, 1901, 40- [2100
THE OSAKA SHJUSEN RAISHA. LIMITED.
¿FOR SWATOW, AMOY & TAIWANFOO.
THE Company's Steamship
"AKASHI MARU,"
Captain K. Suzuki, will be despatched as above on WEDNESDAY,the 20th instant, at Daylight.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
THE MITSUI BÚSSAN KAISIJA, Agents. Hongkong, 15th Febuary, 1991.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISIA.
..
D-VERY SUperior Old
PALE, DRY, cluice old wine, White Seal Capsule
E-Exrux SUPERIOR OLD | Panz Dur, very finest quality, Black Seal Capsule † Old Bottle) -
14.40
20.40
B. (', and (!0 are excellent dinner Wines and suitable for invalids and delicate stomachs. D and E are after-dinner Wines of a very Superior Vintage. ALL ARE TRUE XEKËS WINES,
す
have been exchanged. Another report says that De Wet lias already crossed the Orange River and is making for Phillipstown, five British columns being in pursuit.
RUSSIA IN CHINA.
It is announced in St. Petersburg that the present political complications in the Far East necessitate an increase of the Russiari” squadron.
THE ORDER OF THE CARTER.
The King has conferred the Order of the Garter on the Queen.
THE DUKE OF YORK'S TOUR. The Timer states that the Duke and Duchess of York will leave England in March on tour of six months. They will visit Colombo, Singapore, Mauritius, Australia and probably the Cape and Canada.
R.W.F.
years. She slipped her buoy at hal past one sharp, and sicammed down through the man of war anchorage with her yards and tops manned, mest and was cheered by each ship as slae passed. stationed with a couple of red signalling flags and men with similar flags were at each mast hand. Her paying off pennant was nine hund. J. H. Brihn, U.S.S. Brooklyn, v. J. Jago, H.M.S. red feet long. As the ship passed between the T. Mathews, Band, R.W.F., v. C. A. Bowler, other war-vessels "God save the King" was
Taikoo Sugar Refinery. played, and afterwards "Auld Lang Sync" fleet. We wish the Undaunted's a pleasant. trip home..
very hearty cheers were given from all the
MR. JOSEP Chamberlain wrote from Downing Street to the Governor, dated 31st December 1900, as follows Sir,-I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 440 of 3rd October last, forwarding a copy of the report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the salaries of subordinate officers in the Hongkong Civil Service. I have to request that you will convey my thanks to the Committee for the useful work which they have done. I shall be glad if you will consult the heads of departments and the Executive Council, if you have not already done so, and submit a scheme which shall to some extent combine the recommendations of the Committee with' those of the Acting Colonial Secretary. Such a scheme shall contain a complete classification of the whole subordinate service, with salaries | altached to grades and offices rather than to individual officers. I shall also be glad if you
would submit definite recommendations, as 10.) the systematization of their allowances. I concur in the view of the Committee that the Government may reasonably require say seven hours' work a day from its clerks." This was laid on the table at the meeting of the
could not publish on the score of time.
ISSUE-OF-THE NEW EXCHEQUER Legislative Council yesterday afternoon, but we
BONDS.
shequer Blonds amount to £25,395,700. The application for £11,000.000 new Ex-
The average price was £97. 59. 48.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Observatory report tapa:——— On the 15th at 11.55 a.m. the barometer has risen in the extreme North, fallen in S., China. The high pressure area still covers China; and Small quantities are supplied at the depression in the Sea of Japan seems to be proportionate wholesale rutes.
We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony or from our authorized Agents at the Coast
[161 Ports.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM MIDDLESBOROUGH, ANTWERP, LONDON, PORT SAID, COLOMBO
AND SINGAPORE, "HE Company's Steamship
THE
"TAMBA MARU."
having arrived from the above l'arts, Cansigaces of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godown at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark and delivery can be obtained as soon as the goods are landed.
Optional ends will be carried on unless instructions are given to the contrary before 4 P.M., TO-DAY.
Gonds not cleared by the 21st instant, will be subject to rent.
No Fire Insurance will be effected,
All ship-daniaged packages must be left in the Godowns and Notice of same sent to this
Office before the 5th instant, or claims in connection therewith will not be recognised.
NIPPON YUSEN KÄISHA. Hongkong, 15th February, 1901, [2010] NORTHERN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP
COMPANY.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES."
STEAMSHIP "TACOMA," FROM TACOMA, VICTORIA, YOKO-
HAMA, KOBE, AND MOIL The above Steamer having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Bills of Lading for countersignature, and to
take immediate delivery of their Goods from
A. 3. WATSON & CO. LIMITED, HONGKONGʻDISPENSARY,
HIRTH.
At No. 8, Queen Street, Singapore, on Feb. 4th, the wife of Mr. H. G. Mc. D. PECHE, of a daughter.
(he
Jongkong Gelegraph
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1901,
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Highwaymen.
The gang of highway robbers who are preying upon the Colony are to the fore again and this time have got clean away with a' nice little sum of four hundred dollars and a diamond ring, as will be seen by a report in another column. It is evident that this last robbery is the work of the same gang, for once again we have a man robbed of a large sum of money which he was carrying and which the gang must have come to know of. How they obtain this knowledge it is difficult to say, but it is evident that their plans are carefully laid and that they are well aware not only of the Lime to ex- pect their victim, but of the best place in which to carry out the robbery so as to avoid any interference by the Police.
Of course the diamond ring may lead to
the apprehension of one or more of the gang alongside
Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vesselshould it turn up in one or other of the paw will be landed and store at Consignees risk shops, but this is hardly likely to occur. A and expense.
gang of men who would plan their robberies DODWELL & Co., LIMITED,
so carefully would hardly be likely to com- Agents.
mit themselves by pawning the ring in the Hongkong. 15th February, 1901.
Colony, and once it is taken to. Canton or to one of the coast ports it can be disposed of with safety.
Intinations.
EYE SIGHT.
-
Mr. N. LAZARUS,
F4
Occulist-Optician, of London and Caleutia, may be consulted för SPECTACLES
at 16, Queen's, Road Central, (R. HOUGHTON & Co.) (Nearly opposite the HONGKONG HOTEL), Business hours: 9 AM to 5 P.M.
Another point worthy of note is that none of the men robbed so far appear to have
slowly moving away to the N.E. Moderate montoon on the coast, strong monsoon in the N. part of the China Saa. Forecast:-Mode- rate or fresh N. winds; fair.:.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Ir is stated that the Emperor of Japan will present the Order of the Sacred Treasure to the Queen of Holland, on the occasion of her marriage.
اسية
THE Chefon Family Hotel was sold by auction on the 9th inst., for Tls. 11.100, the buyers be- ing the China Inland Mission, who propose to use the premises for their school.
WE note that one or two more stalls for the sale of narcissus plants are making their appear ance in Jervois Street and its vicinity, but still the quantity of plants on sale is far below the
Average.
"THE King, we regret to hear, is not so well~ the result of the arduous duties inseparable from so many royal cremations," says a Bangkok paper. Surely the King doesn't have to do the stoking himself!
MR. J. C. T. Reeles, Consul-General for the Netherlands at Singapore, was to hold a recep- tion at his residence on the 7th of this month, the occasion of the marriage of the young Queen of Holland.
SMILER Hales has created quite a sensation in military and other circles at home by publish- ing a book entitled "Major Eyeglass." It is a withering satirical sketch upon the Johnny offical in South Africa, and has created quite a considerable amount of consternation in the ranks of these gentry.
é
AMONG impending change in the British Consular Service at Shanghai, are the return of Mr. Fellam Warren to his post at, Lankow, Mr. E. H. Fraser going to Peking as Chinese
Secretary; while Mr. L. C. Hopkins, who re- turned from home leave by the Parramatta, goes to Tientsin as Acting Consul-General, Mr. Campbell also going to Peking, We have received to-day L'Empire du Milieu,
which says in a notice to its readers that this is its last issue, the reason being that it is understand L'Echn de Ghise will reappear, in the form of a weekly edition, smailer in size,
but consisting of about 16 pages. We presume the interruption to the latter journal was owing to its being reissued in altered form.
|
AT THE MAGISTRACY.
BANISHED MEN FOUND IN A HUNT FOR ROBURRS.
Yesterday an armed robbery was committed at Kowloon City, as reported in another column, and the police were searching high and low for the perpetrators. -
P. S. Cameron, with a party of police was prominent in the search, during which he came the neighbourhood of Lycemun, who were ua across two Chinamen, at an outlying village in dergoing a term of banishment. The sergeant promply "nailed" the offenders and brought them before Mr. Kemp this morning on the charge of unlawfully returning from banish
ment.
His Worship passed the usual sentence, one year's imprisonment with hard labour in each
case.
A POLICE CONSTABLE IMPRISONED FOR
LARCENY..
Before Mr. Kemp this morning Leung Sui, Chinese police constable, No. 7 Station, was charged with (1) stealing one pair of black sink leggings value $2 the property of another cons- table, and (2) stealing a watch and chain value $9.50 the property of Indian police constable 605.
On the first charge Yan Hing, accountant at the Leung Yik pawashop, Wellington Street, said that on the oth instant, the defendant pawned a pair of leggings similar to the pair which he was charged with stealing.
Chinese police constable 321 said that he lent the leggings to police constable 252. He recognised the leggings in the pawnshop.
Chinese police constable 252 said that he borrowed them from the last witness. He put them in his box, which he did not fick owing to the latter being broken. the defendant UT duty that morning, when he missed the leggings.
His Worship sentenced the defendant cons. table to a month's hard labour on this charge, next charge. the sentence to run concurrent with that on the
He saw
Inspector Baker brought the second, chaige
against him, that of stealing the watch and
chain.
Sergeant Sim was the first witness. Jie said that in consequence of information received he bax at No. 7 Station. He found a number searched the defendant's police regulation
of pawntickets, amongst which was one for the
watch and chain. He then arrested the de:
fendant.
The complainant, Indian P.C. 605 said he went to sleep on the day in question and hung up his coat, in the pocket of which was the watch. The defendant had to wake up the men to go on duty.
Evidence as to parning the watch and chain was given,
The defendant stated that he bought the watch and chain out of his wages. He slept in saw him take the articles. a different room to the complainant. Noboby
His, Worship passed sentence of another
month's hard labour, the sentence to run con current with first sentence.
*
THEFT BY A SERVANT EOY. Li Yun, servant boy, was charged before Mr. | Kemp this moming with stealing one pair of boots value $4.50.
boots but found them at a shop. The master Lois Augusto Royorio said he missed the
|
Centurion.
J. Veir, H. M. Naval Yard, v. W. H. Creasy,
Reserves-Tim Dailey, H.M.S. Undaunted, and
Seige Train.
E. K. Remedios.
LIGHT WEIGHTS (140 lbs.)
T. Baddeley, Sapper, R.E, v. W. Thomas, B.-
Co., RW.F.
T. Phillips H.M.S. Argonaut, v. J. Sandford,
B. Co., R.W.F. Geo. Smith, H.M.S. Centurion, v. W. Foster,
R.M.L., H.M.S. Terrible.
T. Harvey, R.M.A., H.M.S. Tumar, v. J. Kin-
zey. U.S.S. Bomington, Reserves W. Barrett, Sapper, R.E., Pie 1. Moore, A.O.C., C. Morriss, C. Co., R.W.F., Sergt. Davis, R.W.F..
MIDDLE WEIGHits (158 lbs.) Thos. Phillips, H.M.S., Argonauit, v. W. 8.
Bailey, Hongkong.
E.
Mansford, HMS," Argonaut, v. J. Bums,
U.S.S. Albany.
Sergt. Janes, R.W.F.. E. C. Duffey, U.S.S.
Brooklyn,
J. W. Newman, H.M.S. Terrible, v. Bob Ber-
wick, Taikoo Sugar Refinery. Reserve-Ge Smith, HM.S. 'Centurian,
HEAVY OR CATCH WEIGHTS. McMurray, 25th Co. S.D.R.A. v. Goply
Aldridge, 25th Co. S.D.R.A. Jack Gorman, Harmiston's Circus, v. Bob
Savidge, Ù.3.5. Goliath.
J. H. Tibbs, U.S.S. Brooklyn, v. W. 5. Bailey,
Hongkong.
HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.
The competition for the prizes in the tug-of- war contests at Harmston's Circus is very kenp and a splendid exhibition" of strength and endurance is given. Last night the regimental team of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers pulled with H.M.S. Centurion (stoker's team) and H.M.S. sidering the fact that Captain Cadogan's own Undaunted pulled with H.M.S. Orlando. Con- regiment (R.W.F.) was competing, he handed over the duties of referee to Caplain, Warren, R.A., who kindly underinok to officiate. There were some long and strong strains on the rope. The Centurions beat their apponents, winning the first pull in a min 473-5 secs, and the second int min 45 sec. They had to work hard for the victory but they managed to register it. The Orlando defeated the Fusilier's team in the first pull in a min. a5 sec. and in the second pull in 1 min 35 sec.
This is the first occasion in the competition on which a sailor's team has defeated a team of soldiers. The sailors know more about
heaving as a rale, but the heavier average weight of a soldier's team quite upsets the
calculations.
None of the teams which have entered so far, have shown much sign of very good training, as the essential sudden drop an the word "pulf" is not done quite as it should be done. With the body almost parallel with the rope a man gives greater assistance to his side than in any other position. In one of the sailor's teams the front man stood erect practically all the time, whilst if he had put more of his weight on the rape it might have made the difference of a victory instead of being pulled away.
These pulls are exceedingly interesting. The teams for to-night are advertized in another column.
A saatinee will be given to-morrow afternoon As per advertisement. The programme is a long and interesting one and will be well worth
seeing.
THE HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA-
DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.
The following is the report of the Board of Directors to the ordinary yearly meeting of shareholders, to be held at the offices of the Company, Queen's Buildings, New Praya, Hongkong, on Monday, the 25th February, 1901, at 12 o'clock noon
To the shareholders of The Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd. Gentlemen, The Directors have now, to submit to you their Report, with a Statement of Accounts for the half-year ended 31st December, 1900, ."
The net profit for the six months, after paying interest due and all charges, amounts to ........................... $533,163,48 to which has to be added the balance
brought forward from last Ac counter
and from this have to be deducted--'
Directors' Fees
Auditors' Fees
356,236.75
$889,399.23
$9,00 750.00
9.750.00
of the shep said the defendant had sold the leaving available for appropriation...5879,649.23 boots to him, saying he had got them as a cumshaw.
His Worship passed sentence of three weeks'
Tiz Band of the Royal Welch Fusiliers will play at the Hongkong Hotel to-morrow (Satur-hard Inbour for the larceny. day) evening, from 8 to 9.30 p.m.
PROGRAMME
,
MarchChinese War March... Wicinelis. -Selectiuit.......Haddon Half Sullivan. 3.Voire...... "Svengali'
...Rorden, Offenbach.
-Selection, Song
...La Perichsle .....Tollers
Picial
8. —Three-Dances," from Henry VII!"....German.
• Extra.
been armed, and of this fact the gang were probably well aware. We should certainly advise any Chinaman, the nature of whose | business necessitates his carrying large sums of money along lonely roads, to take out a licence to carry arms and provide himself with a revolver Another good plan would be to notify the Police when it was intended GREAT proportion of cataracts, and to carry any considerable sum of money to A diseases affecting those advancing in life occur to those having some deficiency in the distance, in which case, we presume, a construction of the eyes-the many years of watch would be placed upon the road to be Eye Strain ending in serious forms of disease, traversed. This, indeed, might lead to the Glasses specially adapted in youth to these arrest of the gang, the only drawback being. requiring them save and preserve the sight. that as the robbers are so well posted in the
Constantly recurring headaches, spells of intended movements of their victims, they ALONDON exchange says: The North Ameri- dimness when reading, weak eyes, the letters would probably come to know of the Police can Reviews for January will contain an article running together; any of these symptoms indi-
on the China Question and the prospects, of cite a deficiency in the form of the eye requir- having been warned and would fight shy.
Once again must we point out to the Go-" | trade by Sir Robert Hart. The London editor ing Glasses only to correct and cure.
Air LAZARUS supplies his SPECTACLES vemment the insufficiency of our Police had arranged with Sir Robert for an article as only after testing the siglit.
patrols. A robbery such as that of Tues far back as last May. This article was sent "ADVICE FREE.
[1451b day last could not have taken place had before the siege of the Legations, but fell inte the road in question been properly patroll- the brids of the "Boxers, when despatched ed. Besides, a Police Force is maintained early in June. When the loss was discovered, just as much for the prevention as the detec Sir Robert offered to rewrite the article, which tion of crime, and when, it is in many in-
will appear as stated. stances, as in Hongkong, able to do neither
ន
WANTED.
THREE
or FOUR LADS to SELL the
•
1.—Descriptive kom...."Husarvitt"...Spindlen,
HONGKONG is a screw loose somewhere. The fault in all the British Captains in the Norddeutscher TELEGRAPH.
LIDERAL COMMISSION... PAID.
Apply Personally at
THIS OFFICE
94. GAMBLING
r
A rajd was made last night on a house at Taj-kok-tsui at 7.30. Twenty-four arrests were made and they were brought before Mr. Kemp this morning Three of the gamblers wero fined 315 each for being keepers of a common gaming house and the rest. were fined $3 each for gambling,
'DISORDER IN PUBLIC HOUSES.
prevent them.
Before Mr. Kemp to-day, W. Krater of the "Rose, Shamrock, and Thistle "Hotel, Queen's Koad Central appeared on a suminons for keep ing a disorderly house on this night of the 13th: A crowd of bluejackets were fighting and it is alleged that the defendant took no steps to Mr. M. W. Slade appeared for the defence.. Sergeant Kerr prosecuted.. JGomes, the International" Hotel, Queen's Road Central, was also summonsed on the same grounds., P. C. Brows took out the summons for the disturbance, which occurred on the 13th at about 11:15 pm. Twenty or thirty bluejackets were fighting and making a noise.
AMMUNITION.
of these two things it is a sure sighs that there We understand says the Sium Observer, that Hongkong lies, we believe, in the insufficient Lloyd boats (late Scottish Oriental), with the 1 strength of our Force. It is all very well to exception of those of the Phra Chula Chom try to run the Colony as economically ash and Phra Chom Klan, are to leave the possible, but it is a great mistake to try to economist in the matter of Police. If the service in May next. Most people were under
Sergeant Walt took out a summons against Government doubt what ive way, let them the impression that they were re-engaged for the Ping Kee Arms shop this morning for nor make arrangements with the Military Autho three years when the vessels changed hands, entering the sale of a quantity of ammunition
Bu da rities, as we suggested before, to have the but it appears that some difficulty has arisen in their books lonely roads well patrolled by the Bengal and that the German konsu) at Hongkong has Kemp imposed a fine of $150 for the offence which is a very common one, it is Lancers, and they will find that highway refused to let them day, le, the vansele ingre surpris but darge
The Directors recommend that a dividend for the lialf-year of 10% or $156,250, and a bonus of t:% or $118,750. in all $375,000, be paid to the Shareholders; bonuses of 120,000 to Contributing. Shareholders, and $35,00 10 thei European Staff, that $82,862.96 be.written from the value of the Kowloon Ducks, $17,769 from the Cosmopolitan Dock, 54,640 from Steam Launches, $97,610.07 from the cast of material on hand, and the balance $256,757.30 carried to new account.
During the past six months the Company has docked a much larger amount of tonnage than in any former half-year, so that our docking resources have been utilised to the utmost limit in meeting the demands made upon us, and. your Directors feel that if they are unable, within reasonable time, to obtain from the Government a suitable site on equitable terms and conditions for the construction of another dock, then a large portion of our business will
be forced, from want of ducking "accommoda- tion, to go to sonic olber port whence there would be difficulty in attractify it back to this Colony.
The comprehensive scheme of reconstruction for our Kowloom Establishment is now well in hand and every effort is being made to have the new workshops and all the accessories completed it as carly a late as possible, in- ^. creased facilities in our workshops being" greatly needed. Electricity as an illuminant. and as a motor power is being increasingly appreciated, and engineers are finding electri cally driven machines more effective, speedier and more economical than was the case with steam, and with the view of having the whole of our plant as much up to date as possibile,. plans are now being prepared for comple
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.