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THE VOLUNTEER' PIONIO,

Yesterday evening at the Volunteer Encamp ment, there was arranged another of thore serious items of camp life so essential to the proper training of the amateur soldier in long. kong; we refer to the visit of His Excellency Sir Henry Blake to take dinner with the officers. His Excellency on landing was received in the proper manuer and conducted round the lines. He could not help but remark on the neat appearance of the tents (the boys had been hard at work) and the soldierly aspect of the men (the canteen, was empty). But to the onlooker there had fallen a jdloom over the camp. Them was a sense of depression and the lively souls whḍ had kept their spirits up during the week, succumbed, when the social barometer fell to 28.40. This amount of discipline evident was appalling and the heart of the bravest sell urklern weight of respectability. The Governor

was entertained t dinner and seemed to heartily enjoy his night off, but things were nal what they were in the large utshed, there was no concert, and how can a man be trained and thoroughly understand the duties of a "defender of the Empire (we have purchased the rights of this expression) without concerts, The camp finishes on Sunday and there is no time to lose. There will be a grand drill to- night after dinner and a field day in the afternoon in the shape of a football match fol: Inwed by the grand finale in the evening, when all branches of the troops and their friends will be represented. There was a slight contretemps last night owing to the absence of a bugler but these will not be possible in future as, we hear that any men likely to be wanted for duty will be fastened with a patent log line to head quarters and when required, simply

wound in with a winch.

THE R. M. S. " PARRAMATTA."

A ROUGH PASSAGE.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1901.

AN IMPORTANT SALE.

We hear on the best authority that Messrs. W. Powell, Limited, lave purchased the woll- known business of Mrs. Stockhausen in Queen's Road, opposite the Hongkong Hotel. The entire concern will be taken over early next week and arrangements have been made that any orders under execution will be com pleted by the time promised. The new owners, by theirlast few months catering, area guarantee that the new business will be carried on in a manner that will commend-itself to all residents and visitors..

HONGKONG SHARE MARKET.

HONGKONG, Friday, October 25th. Messrs. Benjamin, Kelly and Potts, in their weekly share report state :--

Since we last wrote the market has continued Heady and rates have been well maintained. The China Traders', Insurance Company. Limited, has advertised its Thirty-fifth Ordinary Meeting for the 12th November. The Transfer als will be closed from the oth instant to the 12th proxime both lays inclusive. Banks. Hongkong and Shanghai Banks have been

DR. CHUNG DISOUSSES 'CHINESE

POLITICS.

Dr. Chung King-ue, resident surgeon of the Tung Wah Hospital at Hongkong, which is endowed by the British Government and largely supported by the Chinese community of the city has arrived at San Francisco, says the Cali and is a guest at the Palace. Dr. Chung says he has gone there for his health and be expects to spend some weeks in the southern part of the State. He is a highly educated Chinese, a graduate of the Tientsin Imperial Medical College and for some time was in the Govern ment service as medical director of the first government railway line, of which Wa Ting. Fang, Chinese Minister në Washington, was at the time general manager.

Dr. Chung takes quite an interest in Chinese politics and chatted interestingly about Chinese affairs when seen one evening. He said that in his opinion the Empress, Dowager would continue to exert considerable sway in the affairs of the empire in spite of any efforts that may be made to prevent it." She will do

chose to express it.. things behind the scenes," was the way he

Auctions.

SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION).

PNING

ONE LOT

or..

VALUABLE LEASEHOLD at the Peak, Victoria, Hongkong, registered

PROPERTIES,

1

in the Land Office as Rural Building Lois Nos: 15 and 104,

an

MONDAY, 28th OCTOBER, 1901, at 3 o'clock, P.M.,

By Mr. H. N. MODY, at his OFFICE. Known as STOKES”. BUNGALOWS, East and WEST,

Plans, Particulars and Conditions of Sale may be seen at the Office of

Messrs. DEACON & HASTINGS,

to, Queen's Road Central, or of the AUCTIONEER. Hongkong, 17th October, 1901

E. DR.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

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HE Undersigned have received instructions

to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,

TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY,

on'

the 29th and 30th October, 100r, st to A.M., at HM. Naval Yard, SUNDRY NAVAL AND VICTUALLING

́ ́OESOLUTE AND CONDEMNED STORES. Comprising

Dr. Chung says that already the Boxer move. OLD IRON, PAPER STUFF, RAGS, FCANVAS, CLOTHING, IMPLEMENTS, &c., &c., ።

booked at $60, and more share are wanted at the figure. The Landon quotation has risen to Marine Insurances-Unions have further im £62-15/-. Nationals are obtainable at $28

proved, and can be placed at $330. China published shows a balance at credit of $14,805 of the Chinese people, and that it is just as Traders are offering at $58. The report justment is a mere memory with the vast majority from which-sem the Directors recommend the payment of a dividend of $4 per share. A srnall safe for missionaries to resume their labours in lot of Cantons have been disposed of at $17 the heart of the empire as it ever was before the rate.. Fire Insurances-Hongkong Fires are said, "is that a Chinese farmer or merchant may and a few more shares are obtainable at the uprising of last year. "The only trouble," he wanted at $160 China Fire have changed become a Boxer at any moment when it suits hands at $85 and$ 84, closing with sellers at his individual necessities. The Cantonese are the former price. Shipping Hongkong, Cinton and Macao Steamboats have risen to earnestly hated by the natives of the northern | $35, at which rate shares are in request. Indo- provinces, and this factional feeling may lead Chinas have ruled dull at $50. Douglas to occasional clashes. The natives of the China and Mandas have improved their position the Cantones of the south for bringing for Steamships are unchanged with sellers at $48. northern provinces, you must understand; blame

eigners into the country, while the fact that in places like Tientsin all business is controlled hy Cantonese gives rise to bitter enmity, There is no fear, however, of another general disturbance such as would menace the life and property of foreigners."

When the Englist mail is late one may be quire certain that something out of the common has happened, for the P. & C. boats are usually

and after sales at $59 and $60 are enquired for so clock-like in theic regularily that one knows

1 $67. Star Ferries, both old and new, are to a few minutes when to expect them. There, fore when four o'clock cane yesterday and the affering at quotations, Shell Transports, which Parramatta wasn't even signalled, people said

were freely offering at the beginning of the she had got a dusting and was delayed by the week, have suddenly came into demand, and typhoon So he was. At 4 aan, our the 24th after sales at various rates close with buyers at she encountered a strong N. by W. wind, Wefineries-China Sugars are pro. baruneter 29.84 and falling, the sea running curable at $142. Luzona have further declined, high and heavy squalls. By eight o'clock the and are now in the market at $25 Mining- barometer had dropped to 29.72, the wind in-

Panjoms are an offer at $4. Raubs having creasing to a fresh gale. At noon it was

been negotiated to some extent at 'S13. blowing a gale from the N.N.E., with thick Iclebus can be procured at $at, Docks, Wharfs heavy rain squalls and a very high sca.

and Godowns-Hongkong and Whampas At 4 pm. the baromizer had dropped-to 29.67, Docks have changed hands at $89), and close wind and sea increasing, and by-eight o'clock

fm. Farnhams are in demand at Tis, 357 the squalls were fatious. Then however, the Kowloon Wharfs have been taken off the market at $95, and more shares are wanted. matters improved until port was reached. The Lands, Hotelsand Building-Hongkong Lands Parramatta evidently wrack the edge of the have been fixed at $193. West Points have typlinon, but, in spite of the heavy sea, camexperienced n. further substantial rise and through it.. with at the loss of the proverbial shares can be placed at $64. Hongkong Hotels rope-yarn. Her passengers had a rather un- advanced to $140, at which rate sales were

barometer commenced to climb up again and

pleasant time, having to be battened down, and A good deal of water was taken on deck, but otherwise the ship. plodded steadily along as though such things as typhoons didn't exist. It takes some very heavy weather to stop the English mails, as we have seen on several

occasions at this time of year.

WISE AND OTHERWISE.

affected, but they have not maintained their position and shares can now be obtained at 5:38. Humphreys Estate are to be had a $133. China Providents have been done and have further enquiries at $93. Cotton Mills Hongkong Cottons have found buyers at $137 and are now asked for at S138. Cigar Cóm panies. No transaction has come under our notice, Miscellaneous, -Green Island Cem- ents have been sold at $213, $12 and Szz), but close quieter with sellers at the latter rate.

.

* THE SQUEEZE COMMISSION.

I see there is another boxing, S. Watsons are offering at Sr6. Electrics Champions, contest coming on Mr. Editor, have buyers at $13 for the old, and $6 for the

and once again it is for the new issue. Ropes have been dealt in at $177 Championship of the Far East. Really, this and are wanted at this figure. seems, a trifle funny to me, for every boxing natch we have seems to be to decide this very vexed question and yet, somehow or other, the winner of the previous baut, presumably the holder of the championship, never takes part. Thus we must have a large crop of champions knocking round the East and I am thinking of becoming champion something or other of the Far East myself. Apparently all you have to

do is to get somebody who you know you can Ihrash-and do it. Then you become the cham-

pion. It would be rather funny if at the forth coming boxing contest a dozen or so of cham pions turned up and disputed the title. Another

NOT STATED YET.

The commissioners appointed to visit the Straits Settlements, Australia, the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines and other parts of the world, to gather funds from the Chinese who

have migrated thither are, we understand, still waiting at Peking for their passports. These have been viséed by one Legation, we believe, but it does not seem likely that they will

informed that the object towards which they fund, and that the method of obtaining sub- are soliciting contributions is a famine relief

· PRESENTATION TO GENERAL BULLER.

The VICTUALLING STORES will be sold on TUESDAY, 29th, and the NAVAL STORES on WEDNESDAY, 30th instant.

TERMS OF SALE: As customary,

HUGHES & HOÚGII,

Government Auctioneers. Hongkong, and October, 1901. [1440

Intimations.

GOVERNMENT BILLS.

DOLLARS, Current in this Colony, and ENDERS for SPECIE, MEXICAN weighting 7.17, in Exchange for Sterling Bills drawn at to days' sight on the Lords Commis- sioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, will be received by the Chief Paymaster, Army Pay Department, until 11 ÁM., on MONDAY, the 29th insinnt.

The Tenders to state the total amount re- quired (in Pounds Sterling), and the amount for which each Bill should be drawn, but no Bills will be issued for less than 100,

The Tenders to be in Duplicate and in sealed covers, addressed to the Chief Paymaster, Army Pay Department, and endorsed Tenders for Government Bills."

The right to accept or reject any or all of the

S. D. CROOKENDEN, Colonel, Chief Paymaster, China.

[1756c

CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE CO.,

LIMITED.

General Sir Redvers Buller and Lady Buller | Tenders is reserved. on the 23rd September visited Enfield, where the General was presented with a silver ink. stand and an address from the ladies of the Her Majesty's Treasury Office, district in recognition of his perseverance in

Queen's Road. effecting the relief of Ladysmith. In acknow-Hongkong, 24th October, 1901, ledging the gift General Buller said such pleas- ing incidents encouraged their soldiers who were now serving their country in South Africa at a very difficult moment. The glory and the honour and a great deal of the excitement of real warfare were gone, but the danger re- mained, The work bat_was being done in South Africa was, he thought, hardly realised by people at home. They did not know how difficult it was and yet how well it was being

done.

THE IRISH PARTY.

Although Mr. Chamberlain recently declared that there was no chance of Home Rule for Ireland at the present time it does not pay the Irish members of Parliament to recognise the truth of this sixtement. It was only to be expected that Mr. John Redmond, when addressing a farewell speech to bis constituents in Waterford, prior to his departure for America, claimed for the Irish Parliamentary Party that it constituted the only genuine opposition to the Conservative majority in the House of Commons. Last Session he said, the Irish Party strikingly showed its power, and

the reason it was able to do'so was because its members were thoroughly united, and stood absolutely independent of any English political party. He believed that Ireland would obtain

thing I want to know is why a boxer always receive the approval of any others. We are Home Rule in the very near future,

knocks out only champions? Just read any boxer's record and you will find that he has apparently sought out the champion wherever he happened to be and always left him dead inscriptions is to be by the sale of official rank.

his tracks. I confess I don't know anything, about these matters, but I should be awfully -grateful if your sporting editor would explain,

Now why, shouldn't we have

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A HORRIBLE CABE..

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. HE THIRTY-FIFTH' ORDINARY

MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in the above Company will be held at the HEAD OFFICE, Victoria, Hongkong, on TUESDAY, NOON, for the purpose of presenting the Report the 12th November, at TWELVE O'CLOCK, of the Directors and Statement of Accounts to the 30th April last, and of declaring Dividends.

£ntimations.

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RAINIER BEER

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SOLE AGENTS:

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Recommended by some of the Chief Specialists of the Medical Profession. Šold retail by all Cheinists and Wholesale by

12th October, 8.

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The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 30th instant, to the 12th November, both Days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

W. H. RAY, Secretary, Hongkong, 21st October, 1901. THE PUMJOM MINING COMPANY,

LIMITED.

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SARSAPARILLA.

TONIC WATER.

CONSEQUENT upon the new and satisfac. tory developments at the Mines, and the necessity for a Tramway, Trucks, and Acces- SIMPLE ÆRATED WATER,, sories in the immediate future; the Directors have resolved to make the FINAL CALL of ONE DOLLAR per Share; and accordingly- Board of Directors of the Company, held at Notice is hereby given that at a Meeting of the the Company's Office, No. 13, Beaconsfield Arcade, Victoria, Hongkong, on MONDAY, the 14th October, 1901, the following RESOLU. TION was passed

That the FINAL CALL of ONE DOLLAR per Share upon all the Holders of Ordinary Shares in the above Company in respect of all the Shares,beld by them in the above Company be and the same is hereby made. Such CALLS to be PAID to the Company at their Barkers, THE Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CORPORATION, at their Fremises, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, Hongkong, on or before the 15th day of NOVEMBER, 1901. And Notice is also given that in accordance with Article 24 of the Company's Articles of Association, Interest will be charged as from the said 5th day of NOVEMBER, 1901, at the Rate of $10 per centum per ansun, upon all Calls remaining unpaid after the said 15th day of NOVEMBER, 1991, up to the actual dates of Payment of the same.

2. Shareholders are particularly requested to Company of the Banker's receipt for payment nots that upon pre-entation at the Office of the

of the Call together with the Certificate of the Shares in respect of which the Call has been

mada upon the certificate.

A recent, decree forbids the sale of office after certain date in the near future, and if the passports are not obtained within a few days the commissioners will probably find them selves out of business, as it will then be tool lale to effect such sales without a violation of A Suggestion, a contest for the Singing Chamthe Edict. There will still remain, however, pimship of the Far East, or the certain honours, the sale of which is not ex World, if you prefer it. We could get Alec pressly forbidden in the decree, but whether Marsh back from Shanghai and shove him in there can be found a paying market for them in with the Lammerts, as heavy-weights. Any the East Indies remains to be seen.—Mercury. I idänkified by the father as being his sont paid, an endarrement to that effect will be.

The District Superintendent of Lakana, Bind, is engaged in investigating a case which

it is believed some startling facts will GOOD possesses an unusual, if gruesome, interest comp to light. The little son of a wealthy Zamindar near Bubak suddenly disappeared somo tiro ago. Five days later the body was discovered floating in the river and was

skinny little singers we might enter na middle- weights and, of course, all the ladies would

There were marks on the neck, due evidently come under the feather-weight class, no matter VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY. to strangling. The story goes that a wealthy what their avoidupois might happen to be.

neighbouring Zemindar, who was buffering Ou second thoughts though, I think they would The military correspondent of the Globe says from a carbuncle, having been told by some prefer to be called zephyrs, or something poeti that the Volunteer Artillery is, through no fault knave that the flesh and blood of a young bay Cal. Feather-weight might have too much. of of its own, far behind the times both as regards could alone cure him, hired a ruffian to procure a flavour of millinery about it to enter, I really efficiency and irmament. It is afforded but the required victim. This individual one day think that there is something in this proposal little time for practice, and is, for the most finding the boy in a lonely place enticed him and if you can get up a singing match I am part, armed with obsolete weapons, which to bis house. After a day or two, fearing willing to lay a side wager (or whatever they would be quite ineffective if opposed to modem detection, he went to the father and told him call it) of a few thousand-cash. Then, for the artillery fire. If it is wished-to-reader our that if he paid him Rs. 350 he would fad his. peliminary bouts, we might get all the com.auxilary services a really efficient factor for child in the house that same night, provided he pany chairmen to enter for å speaking contest home defence, the question of reforming and kept the doors open. The afflicted father for the championship. This could be easily rearming the artillery branch must be promptly agreed, but the kidnapper, apprehending that de by getting them to all speak extempore taken in band, the present useless and obsolete he might thereby be entrapped, changed his at the same time on different subjects, and the guns discarded, and the Volunteer artillerymind and strangled the poer child, intending audience could give the decision by a show of made abreast with the times in the matter of to take the body to the sick Zeminder, but hands. I think it would be a capital thing for Armament and construction.. Until this is done, finding it cold and consequently unfit for the the cricket week..

any scheme for the defence of the country is horrible purpose for which it was intended; ho GILAH practically worthless, and must end in failure, cast it into the river, COTTAM & CO., CRICKETING HATS

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W: H. GASKELL,

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