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CORRESPONDENCE,

(We da not necesarity andoma the opinions expressed by Compondants in this column.]

CHAMPIONSHIPS.

To run Eviros oF THE Homarong Telegraph." DEAR MR. EDITOR.-Championship of the Far East" is rather a large order. If Bentley knocks out Philipps." or vice versa, there will still be left Manila Shanghai, Singa- pore etc., etc., each of which probably possesses Ite local" Champion of this Far East." In my "humble opinion a fight cannot be for the Championship of any given area unless every

boxer in that area has a chance of contesting the title, and, in the present instance, I don't see how the "Champions" of other Parts get a look in to lay their claims to the title, The reason all these affairs are for the "Champion. ship" is because the Public likes to be gulled, and imagines that it is seeing something out of the common. The Tournament run this year by C. T. Robinson was the only truly sporting affair. He called his then "Champion's of the Colony and, as all were invited to enter, the winners earned their titles.

"Truly yours, Hongkong, October 30th, igo1.

SPORT.

OUR LONDON LETTER.

SMALL-POX.

(From our own Correspondent.).

LONDON, September 29th. Little by Ijue the Small-pux epidemic seems to be making way. There have been something like 200 cases, the daily toll being rarely larger than five at the most, sometimes dropping to one or two but never wholly ceasing. The disease is unfortunately of a virulent type, and, several deaths havé occurred. The only cause for uneasiness is to be found in the number of children unvaccinated in consequence of the * exemption_act, and who are a source of danger to the whole community. Numbers of adults are being re-vaccinated by way of precaution, In fact it will shortly be quite the exception to meet an acquaintance who does not greet you with the words; "Please take care of my arm. Haven't you been done yet?!

MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION."

THE HONGKONG TELLGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1901.

European sense of the word.” So great a world calantity as war between Great Britain and France is happily almost inconceivable, but should the tragic occasion, ever arise, that

will not be forgotten.

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THIRTY-FIFTH ORDINARY

localities. A plan of the first Association' City has been already made, and immediately a site is purchased, building will be begun. In the middle of the city is to be a public gandth of five acres in extent, and grouped. around it, the town hall, public museum, library and reading rooms, picture gallery,HEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in hospital and parish church. By five great the above Company will be held at the HEAD boulevards radiating from the centre, the city OTVICE, Victoria, Hongkong, on TUESDAY, would be divided into wards, containing cottage residences. The factories would be put up on the outskirts and beyond them would be ables, cerents, ele required for the inhabitants agricultural land for the production of vaget

It calculated that an estate of 5000 acres thus laid out, wound suffice for a population of 26,000 persons, to be comfortably and health. fully housed, while the ground rents would retum interest at 4 par cent, and leave a good surplus.

FIRE AT SHANGHAI.

EIGHT SHOPS BURNT.

are rather mere interesting than the generality have of late tended to become." Mr. Chester Holcomb, author of "The real Chinaman" demonstrated in that volume an insight into closely akin to racial sympathy. His latent the native mind which had induced a feeling

the nature of an apology for, and appreciation work "The real Chinese Question" is also of of the Celestial, somewhat on the line of Sir Robert Hart's famous articles. It is impossible not to read.Mr. Holcombe's book with interest, even though his perhaps unconscious assump tion of sole proprietary rights in the deeper knowledge of Chinese affairs is apt to make the reader hypercritical. Thus his general asser tion, that most books are written merely with the object of furthering British commerce, or thwarting Russian designs, appears to the ordinary student entirely unwarrantable. Me Halcombo's historical far, dates and names An alarm of fire aroused the French Conces are practically in universal agreement with the sion in the dark hours of yesterday morning, best accepted authorities, but the conclusions says the N. C. D. News of 24th inst. It broke which he draws from incidents in themselves out shortly after a am. in some Chinese shops well-known, are quite original. It is a Philo.

on the Rue du Consultat, about midway be. Chinese (and to a less extent Philo-Russian) tween the Hotel des Colonies and the Municipai volume, and distinctly, though without inten-Hall. The French Police and the Fire Bri tion, partisan, in character. To hear the other gades of both concessions were soon on the side of a question is always a valuable cor-

spot. The Police were the first to get a stream' rective to personal or national exaggerations, playing on the flames, and after them in quick and for this reason. "The Real Chinese succession came Le Torrent, Deluge, Mihho. Question" may be useful as well as interesting. Laongs, and Victoriak. Eight shops were aftampe In "Quelques. Notes sur l'Histoire de and for three hours the brigades worked before Chine" the Marquis de la Mazelières handles the fire was subdued. The difficulty lay in the fact old matter attractively. He has dipped deeply that one of the buildings was a samshu shop, into ancient Chinese literature and history, and and this it was which so long defied all efforts has extracted therefrom a few of the salient to extinguish the blaze. In fact, even at noon and remarkable points to really work upon, yesterday the ruins were smouldering. As a just touching on others as occasion demanded. result the whole of the eight shops were The most interesting part of the book is that destroyed, and the damage was thus consider devoted to a discussion of the evolution of able.". Rovernment in China, and, though in a less degree, the section in which the author gives | OPENING OF AN EXTENSIVE COAL reasons why the partition of China must come

FIELD NEAR SHANGHAI. to pass. It cannot be said that his arguments on this point are novel.

· The Asialis Review, in a very able article calls attention, in the current issue, to, the Indian Viceroy's inmate to the Home thorities, relative to the

* FRONTIER ADMINISTRATIONS.

Up to the present, the Frontier has been.in- corporated with the Punjaub for purposes of government, and as the Punjaub is not of course directly under the control of the Viceroy it follows that that section of the country, which it is more especially important should be within the grip of supreme authority, can only be guided in a round about manner. Here are Lord Curion's own words:-

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A coal field of vast magnitude, giving fuel of a very high quality, will shortly be in full operation within a few hours steam from Shanghai, which market it seems destined to supply by reason of the very low expense of bringing the coal here as compared with that imported from distant places, entailing double handling. Neither the Kaiping nor the Japanese product ought to

be able to competa

the 13th November, at TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON, for the purpose of presenting the Report of the Directors and Statement of Accounts to

will be CLOSED from the oth instant, to the The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company the 30th April last, and of declaring Dividends.

13th November, both Days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

W. H. RAY, Secretary, Hongkong, 21st October, 1901, 7-

THE PUMJOM MINING COMPANY, LIMITED.

ONSEQUENT upon the new and satisfac

tory developments at the Mines, and the necessity for a Tramway, Trucks, and Acces 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, Vinoris, 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 held by them in the above Company be and the same is hereby inade, Sach CALLS to be PAID to the Company of their Bankers, THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, at their Premises, 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 the said 15th day of NOVEMBER, 1951, at the Association, Interest will be charged as from Rate of $io per centum per annum, upon all Calls remaining unpaid after the said 15th day of NOVEMBER, 1901, up to the actual dates of

Payment of the same.

Śhareholders are particularly requested to: note that upon pre-entation at the Office of the Company of the Banker's receipt for payment of the Call together with the Certificate of the Shares in respect of which the Call has been paid, an endorsement to that effect will be made upon the certificate.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

W. H. GASKELL

Secretary:

fizic Hongkong, 15th October, 1991.

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDEKS. A

DIVIDEND OF $23 per Share for the year 1900, equivalent to 46% on the Paid-up Capital of 8to per Share, has been declared.

WARRANTS will be issued on the 11th. October.

By Order of the Board,

The opportunity for municipal corruption afforded by the Ever increasingly large funds which they control, has of late received attention from more than one quarter, and a considerable portion of Lord Rosebery's speech at Stránner a day or two ago, was devoted to this subject. Rates have gone up enormously during the past decade, and together with the exceptional burden of national taxation consequent on the war, there is no doubt that the humble citizen is weighted at the present time to his utmost capacity. Nevertheless, while agreeing that the 315 million pounds, which represents the aggregate debt of our County Corporations was "A national deb. in itself Lord Rosebery was at pains to point out how rapidly the standard of comfort has advanced in the last genera tion. Not to mention constant water supply: street lighting, isolation hospitals, and public barrier no; of a subordinate officer, or an horings have shown to be extraordinarily rich Ports that she has dispused of her business to recreation grounds were hardly known to our forefathers, at any rate not in the only form in which we should account

them of value; and for these and kindred works of utility and necessity, money must be found. That the British custom which entrusted municipal government for the most part to men of good position and tried fidelity was the greatest safeguard for the pure ad ministration of local finances, is a sentiment with which the public at large is in entire

accordance. Incidentally to this chief topic of his speech, Lord Rasebery introduced some "remarks on the half-forgotten

IRISH TUNNĖL

."

"I venture to affirm that there is not another

country in the world which adopts a system so irational in theory, so bizarre in practice as to

interpose between its Foreign Minister and his most important sphere of activity, the Ambassador, but of a subordinate Govern-

ment

against the new source of supply, once. it is fairly started. It lies in the province of Anhui, quite close to the capital, Ngankio, which is situated on the Yangtse, as most of our readers know, about half way between Wahu and Kiukiong, and is thus less than a day's steaming from Shanghai. It is in the prefecture of Hauan-cheng, the centre of an important carboniferous region and

foreigneers have long known of and often tried to get permission to tap the coal seams, which and easily worked. The representative of a

"

W. J. SAUNDERS, Secretary. Hongkong, toth October, 1901:

NOTICE.

(1106€

MLadies of Hongkong and the Coast

RS. STOCKHAUSEN begs to inform the

Mesara. POWELL,-LIMITED, and while thank-

I do not hesitate 10 say British syndicate is even now in the field trying past 5 years trusts that they will kindly transfer

this system)". are departmental irresolution, that they (the main results and features of

the dissipation, instead of the concentration of responsibility, and, long and injurious delays. Some of these consequences are inseparable from the system, and others have grown up as accretions upon it... bold the existing system by which the frontier is managed by the Punjab Government, to stand condemned.

It has been reprobated by all the greatest Frontier authorities for the last quarter of a century, attenuates without diminishing the ultimate responsibility of the Government of India. It interposes between the foreign Minister of India and his agents the com. plicated mechanism of a local government, and the necessarily exalted personality of a

Lieut. Governor."

so fat he has not quite succeeded, though he has to get a'concession in the neighbourhood. But been very near it, and may yat, as we hope, succeed; while fast year and in 1899 the Ger mans tried very hard through Li Hung-chang to their failure are now apparent. The mines obtain the necessary permit. The reasons for

capitalists on are to be worked by Japanese and Chinese!

a joint stock basis. The

contract

cheme of which he is an eager advocate. Up to the present time, us' the Earl reminded his -heaters, no government has been found bold enough to face the expense-about eight million pounds-although money has been spent on many objects of less lasting utility to either. After further describing the evils arising

reland or Great Britain,

from the existing arrangement; Lord Curzon There can be no doubt that such a tunnel, proceeds to set forth the plan upon which he which engineers declare to be quite easy of would incorporate the greater part of the until such time as the Chinese become used to

Frontier in a new Province apart from the Punjab and directly controlled by the Indian Government.

"The Province should, consist of the follow-

construction, uld bring a constant influx of English visitors into Ireland; and per hips closer association between the natives of the two countries would dissipate that spirit of mistrust which is n

the boting districts(1) Peshawar, (2) Kohat, (3) tom of the ever-present Irish question. In Bannu, (4) Dera Ismail, and of the follow Lord Rosebery's opinion such communicationing Political Agencies;-Dir, Swat, Chitral, would make Ireland practically "one with Khyber, Kurram, Tochi, Waua. The chief of Great Britain, and be far more binding than this administration to be a Political Agency any treaties of union.".

analagous in rank to the Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan, and directly subordinate të the Indian Government."

DEN. CASELEE'S, RETURN', was celebrated with greater enthusiasm than the interest manifested by the public in the

The ultimate adoption of this scheme would' China campaign would have led one to expect: seem to be inevitable, seeing that by it alone His carriage was escorted by an shomadus

can we approximate, to safety" on our exposed crowd, preceded by a band and the Volunteers, frontier, but alas the wheels of British, Admin through the des rated atreets of Pagwell, whiistration move exceeding slow, and the goal ther he repaired immediately on arrivat ini

not yet attained. W England. Bir Alfred, who by his promotion, becomes the youngest mafor-general in the of which a great deal has been heard lately, ap- Army, was looking well, and accordedjan inter pears to be making way, many leading man view to one or two press reporters. The Geneufacturers have given their approval to the

THE GARDEN CITY ASSOCIATION:

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was signed yesterday afternoon by Sheeg Hsuan-hwei and Mr. Dogura, of Name, one-of the richest men in Japan, whose agents have been quietly working to this end for a considerable time and have at last succeeded. They have obtained the right to lay a short line of railway from Hruan Cheng to the Yangtze to a point at which arrange- ments have been made to load steamers direct, and the Japanese can further bring over their own workmen to conduct the mining operations

the work. The capital of the company, which is all privately provided for in yen 5,000,00, but we are not sure as to what proportion the Chinese will contribute. Sheng is largely interested in the venture, as also are several other influential and wealthy natives. Work will be com menced upon laying the railway and sinklus the abafta almost immediately.—China Garzili.

HUGGING THE BEAR.

THE ENTENTE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA,

PEKING 14th October,

In a private, letter addressed to H.E. LI Hung-chang, Yung Lu represents that the Em preas Dowager is desirous of coming to terms with Russia, whose power she can trust to avert any further aggression, and who will

press Dowager after her return to Peking. undertake the personal protection of the Em Li Hung-chang-may rely upon Yung Lu's

CHANGFER, HUNAN.

eral's opinion on the political and commercial movement, and have dentributed to the funds fupport, and is to conclude the Manchurian questions at issue in China, is not perhaps of for buying a site. The idea, which owes its in-aty at once with Russia, without caring for great moment, but it is gratifying to know that ception to the great Arm of Cadbury, is the

the opposition of the Southern Viceroys and he is satisfied with the military, position. Sir

Governors.-N. C. D. Neur Cử, outcome of the housing problem, which has in Alfred speaks in terms of warn appreciation of the large town's become a crying scandal. The the American and Japanese troops, and solution now offered is to remove all factories Prilly praised the hospital and supply depart to the open country, and build round them Inents of the former army. Of the other foreign settlements for the workers. Bournville, the Our correspondent at Changtph, Hunan," troops he made mention only of the French garden city already tatablished at his own writes that the Gemiso gunboat Førwärts had for whom he gained a high regard.".

Cost by Mr. Cadbury has proved an extra attempted to get up to Changtch, but had to ordinary success. The health of the hands and turn back owing to the fall in the water. The their families in the new and pleasant condi- native passenger launches, however, continue tions, has been excelent, and the output from to run between Changteh and ChangsheI the factories larger than ever, though the sun. It was not known why the notorious Fo ber of the employés has not been increased. Taotai, of Chitchen ignominy, look the Chang: Now & Conference of manufacturers has re-teh route on his way to his place of banishment sulted in the formation of the Association to in Kashgarin, but it is supposed that he had extend this scheme to other works in different reasons for avoiding Haian.

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at the same time, General Veyron was also being welcomed by his own people. He, while speaking with friendship of Gen, Caselee, thought it to animadvert on the British troops, and especially to join with a German "expert" in an ungenerous attack on our gallant Sikhs, whom he describes as "not soldiers in the

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