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The Old

Intimations,

Familiar Beverage

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1902.

Lo-day's

Advertisements.

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

*LIMITED.

"

FOR SWATOW.

STONE GINGER THE Company's Steamship

HOME

BEER,

YCLEPT "POP."

CROWN BRAND

WATKINS HONGKONG

BREWED,

$1.75 per doz, less $1.00 allowed Bottles returned,

WATKINS, LIMITED, CHEMISTS, ÆRATED WATER MANUFACTURERS, APOTHECARIES HALL

No. 66, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong, FACTORY:-Mason's Lane.

WAL KIN TAI YEUK FONG.

房

Branches also at

"HAICHING,

Captain Davis, will be despatched for the above Port, TO-MORROW, the 19th instant, at 11.A.M,

For Freight or Passage, apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., General Managers.. Hongkong, 18th March, 1902, DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

LIMITED,

FOR SWATOW,

THE Company's Steamship

"HAIMUN,"

f332d

Captain Passmore, will he despatched for the above Part, on FRIDAY, the 21st instant, at Daylight.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

DOUGLAS LÁPRAIK & Co., General Managers. Hoaghong, 15th March, 1902.

IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL. INE., STEAM FOR SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI, HIOGO, AND YOKOHAMA,

THE Imperial German Mail Steamship

"STUTTGART,"

F33ad

of the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. Captain P. Grosch, due here with the out. ward German Mail about the 22nd instant, will leave for the above Places about 24 hours after arrival.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. For further Particulars, apply to

MELCHERS & CO, Agents.

Hongkong, 18th March, 1902.

INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED,

FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG AND

THE

CALCUTTA

HE Company's Steamship

SUISANG,"

16

Canton, Shanghai, Hankow and, Peking-Captain Tadd. will be despatched as above

Hongkong, 19th February, 1902. [74c on TUESDAY, the 25th instant, at a P.M.

HONGKONG SUBSCRIPTION

LIBRARY.

18, Bank Buildings, Wyndham Street.

Found conducted for several years by

OUNDED in 1801, by DR. CANTLIE,

H.E. FOLLOCK, ESQ., 5.c.

TRUSTEES:

For Freight or Passage, apply to

JAKDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Managers. Hongkong. 18th March, 1907. [334d

HON. J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, C.M.G., AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAM NAVIGA.

G. B. DODWELL, ESQ.,

R. SHEWAN, Esq.

SUBSCRIPTIONS:--Payable in Advante.

TION COMPANY..

STEAM TO YOKOHAMA AND KOBE. THE Company's Steamship

Or

Per Half Year.

...Per Month.

T

$7.59.

$1.40

The Library contains, in addition to Fiction, a number of Standard Works on liography, History, Travels, &c, and Works of Reference; and it is hoped to maintain it up to datům -

Intending Subscribers are requested to apply to

CAPTAIN SPENCER, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer,

Ordnance Office,

"SILESIA,

Captain Craglietto, will leave for the above places, on THURSDAY, the 27th instant. For Freight or Passage, apply to

SANDER, WIELER & CO.,

Agents." Hongkang, 18th March, 1902.

[335d

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM ANTWERP AND LONDON.

HE Steamship

14136 TH

Hongkong, 28th December, 1901. GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.

PORTLAND CEMENT:

יי4

85.50 Cask of 375 lbs. Net ex Factory. 89.50. Bag af 250 lbs.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managers.

Hongkong, 15th March, 1902.

WILLIAM MACLEOD, D.D.S.,

DENTIST

Beaconsfield Arcade, Nos. 11 and 12, 2nd Floor.

To-day's Advertisement.

THEATRE..!

....ROYAL,

CITY HALL.

HENRY DALLAS' MUSICAL MAND DRAMATIC CLUB.

GRAND OPENING NIGHT

TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT! (TUESDAY) March 18th.

The latest Musical Comedy now dawing crowed houses at the GAIETY THEATRE, London.

H.M.S.

"

IRRESPONSIBLE.”

The following pieces will be played during the first week of the season.

TUESDAY. Mar. 18, H.M.S. Irresponsible,

ጉ

WEDNESDAY, 19 THURSDAY, FRIDAY,

47

20, THE GEISHA.

21,

19

PLAN at THE ROBINSON PIANO Co.

PRICES AS USUAL

A Late Train will run to the Peak and a launch leave for Kowloon after the l'erformance.

Hongkong, 18th March, 1903.

Notice of Firm,

NOTICE.

[308d

HEREBY beg to give Notice that I have This Day HANDED OVER CHARGE of this Agency to Mr. B. W. NUTTALL:

J. BROWN, Agent for SMITH BELL & Co.,

Manila.

[330d

Hongkong, 17th March, 1902.

Masonic.

EOTHEN MARK LODGE, No. 264.

REGULAR MEETING of the above

WWW.BIRTH.

At Shanghai, on the 13th of March, the wife of J. L, REMUSAT, I.M. Customs, Chefoo, of a

DEATHS.

son.

On the 12th of March, at Manila, HENRY ADAMS, of the North China Insurance Com- pany, Limited

Ata, Kungping Road, Shanghai, on the 13th of March, JouN ALEXANDER, aged 1 year and x months, the youngest son of Captain and Mrs. Paramore.

MOVEMENTS OF DE WET AND STEYN:

March 16th, Commandant De Wet, and ex-President Steyn were last reported at Parys, to the west of the main railway line in the North of the Orange River Colony.

THE RECENT ESCAPE OF BOERS. Commandant Mentz with 400 Boers, es-

||A NAVAL DALE, given by the oficcen

H.M.8. Terrible to the Fleet was held lost night at St. Andrew's Hall. From all appear- |ances, it passed bit very successfully,

THOMAS MCGILL fireman, from the U.S.S. New York, was mulcted in the sum of $3 for behaving in a disorderly manner and using abusive language at the Peak Tram Texininus.

FOR IMBIBING MORE THAN was good for him and creating a disturbance, George Anderson was fined $5 this morning before

forthcoming, Anderson is now doing 14 days at the Victoria Gan).

The Hongkong Gelegraph caped by driving a inch of loose horses Mr. Kemp, but as the necessary, cash was not

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1902.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The New Building Ordinance. The New Building Ordinance which the Government are desirous of introducing, while fully approved of by the great majority of tenants, who appreciate the fact that it is brought forward in their interests, by no means meets with the unqualified approval. of the landlords and property holders, and we fear that on their part a good deal of opposition will be offered to the bill.

For instance, they object to Section 47, which says that "No kitchen of any tene- ment house Shall hereafter be constructed

so as to extend across more than one half of the external width of such house". This they contend will limit kitchen space and is, particularly in the case of a house with a back yard and the kitchens detached, most arbitrary. Whether or no this section would be applicable to kitchens détached from a house, however, remains to be seen.

Section 57 reads, "No cubicle shall be constructed or maintained in any storey of any domestic building bereafter erected." This it is contended will bear very hardly The ordinary indeed upon the Chinese. Chinese louse as it present constructed is divided into fats, generally consisting of one. large room and a kitchen. These flats are often taken by a family, and it is painted ou to us that it would be a great hardship if no cubicles were allowed, as it would mean that the whole family would have to herd together in the one large room, with no privacy whatever. In the case of still poorer Chinese the Bardship would be much more single cubicle, and could not possibly afford a whole room or flat.

against the block-house fence, of which 200 yards was thus demolished.

SUEZ CANAL BLOCKED. A PETROLEUM SHIP ON FIRE.

The Suez Canal is blocked, and will pro- bably reinain so for three days, owing to a fire on a petroleum ship.

LORD METHUEN'S REVERSE:

GREAT SYMPATHY ON THE CONTINENT.

(Times Mercury Special)

LONDON, March 13th, Lord Methuen's reverse seems to excite more sympathy on the Continent than any. thing since the war between Great Britain and the Boers commenced. The jubilation over Lord Methuen's reverse is mostly confined to less responsible journals.

'LORD ROSEBERY'S VIEWS..

Lord Rosebery, in addressing the Glasgow students, stated, in referring to Lord Methuen's reverse, that we have yet to see this thing. through and must bear blow and bad fortune with equanimity.

RUSSIA AND CHINA.

LONDON, March 4th, 9.10 p.m.. The Novykrai of Fort Arthur reveals the Russian proposals regarding Manchuria and China's reply. The latter resents the Russian demands which included a reduction of the number of British and Japanese officers on the Newchwang railway as well as a million and a half taels compensation (for return of the Rail

that Russia's sole privilege should be mining

BILLIARDS-Weare informed that Mr. John Roberts, the billiard expert is shortly expected: In ligggkong from Singapore, and that he has made armngements to give an exhibition of his prowess at the Hongkong and Chinese Clubs

WEEDING OUT --Viceroy Yuan Shih-kei intends to examine all the expectant officials of his province in the near future. Positions will be given to all who pass this examination satisfactorily. Those who fail will be sent back to their respective homes and relieved of office

A VERY SUCCESSFUL SMOKING CON-

CERT was held last night at St. Patrick's Club, There were eighteen items on the programme, and the social function went off without a hitch and all enjoyed themselves thoroughly. Mr. JfUhk discharged his duties as Chairman, most efficiently.".

RUSSIANS WANT TO BÚY PONIES :— The Russians in the North, in order to organize additional artillery, are wanting to buy ponies from the natiyes, who fearing that the Russians would not pay, have refused to sell their popies. The Chinese would rather give to the other Powers, it is said.

THE OWNER OF NO. 23 Reclamation Street, naturally thought he would do a rattling good business by supplying the boat popula- tion with a good supply of kerosine oil, but quite forgot to take out the necessary license. His omission cost him, $3, and now he is con- templating the removal of his premises

The Viceroy Yuan Shih-kai has three objects

A ITALI, Zetland Street, on MONDAY, the

LODGE will be held at the FREEMASON's keenly felt, for many are only able to rent a way). China's refusal of these demands affirmed wHAT, VUAN SHIH-KAI WILL DO 24th instant, at 5 for 5.30PM. precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited to attend.

Hongkong, 17th March, 1902.

500

For Sale.

FOR SALE..

YARDS RED SERGE. YARDS BLUE SERGE For further. Particulars, apply to

[327d

THE QUARTER-MASTER, Hongkong Regiment.. Hongkong, 15th March, 190z..

Intimation.

Section 64, according to the landlords and rights in Manchuria. The Novosti is almost view, namely, to reform the educational

property owners, will half ruin them. It provides that, "No building shail (unless with the written consent of the Governor in Courell) be hereafter erected of ri-erected fronting any existing street

on land eld under lease from the- Crown, which has not along its entire length an open space of at least ten feet in width as measured from the centre line of such street as it exists at the time of the passing of this Ordinance; provided always, 13zod that no building shall hereafter be erected or re-created fronting any such street so as to reduce its present width" This clause, if rigidly enforced, will, we are informed, mean that a very large proportion of the existing houses in the City cannot be re- erected and will naturally cause a very con- siderable decrease in the value of the pro- perty affected. Of course the clause makes for light and ventilation, but those affected

will cause them great loss.

Another matter which has been-pointed out to us is that the landlord or owner is apparently responsible for the default of the architect or building overseer. Suppose a man, having no knowledge of building or building materials whatever, wishes to erect a house, and employs an architect and over. seer and instructs them to see that the, work is properly carried out, will he, in the event of the work being proved contrary to the We take this opportunity to state new Ordinance, be held liable and fined? Under Section 3 it appears to the lay mind

"FLINTSHIRE," Captain Liddle, having arrived from the above l'orts, Consignees of Cargo are hereby A. S. WATSON & Co., by it, the property owners, declare that it informed that their goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, at Kowloon and stored at Consignees' risk and expense.

No Chtims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining [19 undelivered after the 25th instant, will be sub-

ject to rent.

All broken, clufed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 24th instant, at 2.30 P.M.

No Fire Insurance has been effected Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., Agents. 'SHIRE LINE." (77d Hongkong, 18th March, 1902.

POWELL'S

GREAT SALE,

TO-DAY!

GENTS LADIES

[336d

that our

TO-DAY!!

ALL NEW CLOVES.

MUST CLEAR.

BEAUTIFUL SILKS UNDER

COST.

$1,25 $1.00

EVERYTHING THROUGHOUT THE STORE REDUCED FOR

Hongkong fath March, 1902.

10 DAYS ONLY.

BANJOS

K

+1.3

R 8. HECKFORD,

Manager.

[5500

STEWART AND BAUER'S 20th Century" and "Thoroughbred

also

WASHBURNS.

MANDOLINES, GUITARS, STRINGS, FITTINGS, REPAIRS.

Hongkong, 28th January

THE ROBINSON PIANO CO., LIMITED, Hongkong, Shanghai & Singapore, [9356

LIMITED,

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

ÆRATED

WATERS

are made solely with the water pro-

cured from the Government Tytam

Reservoir and specially filtered in our large storage filters on the best

scientific principles.

Our Aorated Waters are thus Abso-

lutely pure and consumers of them

may feel themselves quite secure

against contracting cholera by liquid

agency, which it is comparatively

easy to do by drinking impure water.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED,

Aerated Water Manufacturers,

The Hongkong Dispensary.

that he would be,

The greatest outery of all, however, arises from the fact that under the new law many buildings will have to be considerably alter ed if re-created, and this the owners contend will reduce their rentable' value- to a great extent. Yet, despite this fact, the Bill makes no provision whatever for the grant ing of compensation to persons thus affected and this is considered by them as a great hard- ship. Taken on the whole, it appears to us that the Bill is aimed at reducing our over- crowding and rendering the City more sani- tary by broader streets and lanes. This is undoubtedly a very laudable object, but will, we fear, meet with very great opposition from the landowners whose property will be affected thereby. As we have said before, the Bill, from the point of view of the tenant, with the exception, perhaps, of the pro- hibition of cubicles, is all that can be desired, hut the property owners say that they will suffer much by it and do not see why they should be offered up as a sacrifice without compensation.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

LORD 'METHUEN'S PROGRESS.

LONDON, March 15th. Lord Methuen has been removed to Joban- nesberg, and is doing well.

A TENTH NEW ZEALANDTM CONTINGENT,

New Zealand has decided to send a tenth contingent, consisting of one thousand men, to South Africa.

CRITICAL CONDITION OF CECIL RHODES..

.

betiicose in tone and declares that the

Manchurian question is wholly a Russo Chinese affair and that Russia resents any intervention. The Svet asserts the Russian general staff is prepared for contingencies,

✓ LOCAL AND GENERAL: IMPROVEMENTS: It is proposed to spend $21,000,000 in improving the Port of Haiphong.

THE C. N. S. I, which ran ashore on an island at the northern entrance of Chefou on the 3rd inst., arrival at Shangbai on the ratb.

FOR NOT CONSTRUCTING a proper

smoke fire, Mak Tuck Tong, of Wing Fung

Street, bad to enrich the Exchequer by the sum of 57.

system, to repair the roads, and organise a new force of 40,000 soldiers. So far H. E, has only no million taels granted by the Throne to carry on the reform measures in his province. This sum will be exhausted in three months' time.^.

YESTERDAY, ADMIRAL RODERS landed from his flagship the New York and paid an official call on the Acting Governor, Sir W. J. Gascoigne, at Headquarter house. A guard of honour consisting of one hundred men from the Royal Welch Regiment assembled at Murray when the gallant Admiral had inspected them. Fier, and the band struck up “Yankee Doodle"

SIR ROBERT HART, was grantedan audience by the Empress Dowager on the 25th of last

month, at the Tin Ching Palace. The Empress Dowager eulogised the good work which the ACTING UPON MEDICAL ADVICE all-great 1. G. had done since his connection with the Chinese Govemment, and asked him to milk used in the Hongkong Hotel is now being boiled, and no uncooked vegetables are served advocate reform, as she said China is at present for the present.

in need of an entire change. Good old Dowager, have you only just awakened to the .. fact, that China needs reform?

FORGED BANK NOTES still appear to be circulating in the Colony but they are such clumsy imitations that no wide-awake person could possibly accept them.

river on

the

NEWCHWANG OPENING The ice was rapidly breaking up in the Lito 11th instant and it was expected that New chwang would shortly be open, PICCOLONINI, the compoter, best known by his song "Ora Pro Nobis, has died in an asylum. His friends are appealing for funds to prevent his interment in a pauper's SIN TIN, a pork-stall keep qught that by using an unjust weight, busy enrich his pocket, but the lynx-ey of Insector W. Ford, found him out, and Sja. This new out of pocket to the tune of $3 b

PAYMENT OF THE INDEMNIT The second instalment in payment of the indemnity is shortly due, and negotiations he been proceeding as to whether the money should be paid in sterling currency or in tacls.

NURSES IN SCOTCH KILTSA recent meeting of the Greenwich Union Guar dians, the question was put to the chairman whether he was aware that at a fancy dress ball

which was given by the infirmary some of the nurses had appeared in Scotch kilts, and whe ther this would not be considered a sid act of

impropriety. However, many of the guardians maintained that this was only a proof of the strong affection which Greenwich entertaingd for Scotland

OBITUARY-It is with deep regret that wo have to announce the death at Ningpo, of diphtheria, of Mrs. W. H: Wilkinson, wife of H.B.M. Consul at that port, says the MC. D. News of 14th inst. Mrs. Wilkinson was quite a young woman, having only come to China in the hat two or three years, and she was minst highly esteemed by all who knew her, bez premature death casting a thick gloom over Ningpo. She leaves two young children to mourn with their father the heavy loss they have sustained

CHARLES THURSTON, gunner, of the Royal Artillery thought he would show COMMUNICABLE DISEASES-The re his martial spirit, by assaulting one turn of communicable diseases reported as Yeung Chi a rickshaw coolie, but bis ardour occuring in the Colony during the week ended cost him Sto, which he had reluctantly to part 15th March, shows-Bubonic Plague, one

with.

TRAVELLERS PLEASE NOTE It is re ported that after the 26th of February the pri- vate luggage of all passengers is to be examine ed by the customs officers at Shanghai and daty imposed on everything found which should be taxed.

falal

Chinese, from No.9 Health District; Cholera, 12 cases, deaths, 4 cases, being Japanese and 8 Chinese, while 6 came from the City and the remained from the sa Riojun Maru, one case being only Cholerate Diarr ese, from hoa Diphtheria, one case, the City Enteric Fever, one case, European, contracted in Canton Email-pox, four fata) DIPHTHERIA IN NINGPO-Diphtheria is | cases all Chinese from the City: beginning to make its appearance in the city of Ningpo. The rate of mortality among the TIENTSIN AND THE TROOPS Within natives is already high and is still increasing the last few days at Tientsin, rumours have Only one foreigner is reported to have died been circulated that a considerable reduction of the German Army of Occupation North from this terrible disease.

China was about to take place. The Chi JAPANESE FORCES IN NEWCHANG mes says no such step is in contemplati The Japanese forces in Newchwang have asked the resolution of the Reichstag

by five and a half Permission of the Russians to use their Rail-

estimate förethe Kmaintenance does not mean their withdrawal the 7618 German; interea ind of the "peci

stands

Tiance on the one,

ance on this

forces

way in Newchwang for the transportation of Japanese soldiers but the Russians strongly object to comply with their request.

Mr. Cecil Rhodes is in a critical condition.

THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR. Commandant Mentz, with the main body of Boers broke through the Vrede block-Kowloon, Chairs, 556 for Hongkong house line with a herd of cattle on Monday for the Hill District, Ghans 7 The night, and escaped...

issued to drivers and bearers numbered 11,085.

VEHICLES --The, vehicles licensed in the Chin

for Ger Colony during 1901 were; Hongkong, 25 for

COTTAM & CO, NEW BATS.

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