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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1902.

Now, all bat i know of your Government here | Shaoghal, where there is nothing but a mère

you are blessed both with) erial and | Municipality with not "side enough to; Municipal Councils.

"before" Chaid, been 24 hours ashore, it was bome in upon me that bath these bodies, In cising buse criticisms as they will do, will object to the word blessed as used in the sentence preceding this. It would be interesting to be here a month or two to watch the interests between the two. At the moment it is evident that both should be condemned to work on the roads til these are in something like order Some years agora like

TROUBLE BEFEL SHANGHAI There the

the man in the street took the councillor by the ann and splashed him through the streets on a rainy day only to choke him. (as I was choked here the other day) by the dust of the next,

POSE AS A JOSS AT

But it is altogether beautiful bere, and I' dropped into it so readily that I found myself very neatly asking a ricksha or,' as you call it, rikisha epolie-whether he would kindly consent to convey my worthless carcass down to the Tanjong Pagar money-making quarter, to wit, the wharves, Te smiled serenely but there was no eagerness about bin. Seven

eight of him would have rushed at me in Shanghai, and shouted their willingness to earn five cents. But you can't expect that at fordly Singapore

And Singapore is fondly so far as the Chinese are concerned. There must be tens of thousands

of them here, and they work as Chinamen de at all times and in all places; but they are not

met

Hotels.

HOTEL CENTRAL,

No. 179, Bettlement, Yokohama.

Pier), Banks, Post Office and Principal Foreign and Japanese Stores. "HE most centrally situated Hotel in Yokohama within five minutes of Hatoba (Landing

French Cuisine. Airy and Spacious Bedrooms. Electric Light throughout. All steamers on arrival. Tariff inclusive of board from 3: you a day. French Spoken English and French Billiards, Best qualities of Wines and Liquors.

Telegraphic Address :—

"VERISSEL," Yokohama,,

27th March, 1902.

Mails.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

20:

(THE JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY).

PROJECTED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG-SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

L.

VERISSEL, Proprietor & Manager.

[3701

STEAMERS.

ELAKATA MARU.....

F. L. Sommer

KUMANO MARU.

E. W. Haswell.........

+

THE CONNAUGHT HOUSE,

QUEEN'S ROAD

Do you call, this the right kind of thing?" the helots they are in their own land. They The most comfortable family Hotel in Hongkong. K

saia the man in the since

I don't said the Councillor pretend to.".

occupy every stand apparently in the market,

can't but it is a duskier native who sweeps it out! Apparently they have entirely monopolised the

"Do you see what's the matter?continuedriksha traffic that iniquitous double jinriki.

the M. in the 'S.

I do," said the Councillor, "What is it?" persisted the questioner,

What are you going to do about it?" was the final query.

"We are going to buy and work a quarry of our own," was the final answer.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL

sha tmfic which Stanghai abolished a quarter of a century ago, as, cruelty to animals, and which, Hongkong never tolerated at all. But, as though there had been a governmental ́decres respecting divison, of labour all syces, grooms mafoos, or whatever Singapore calls it's drivers are not men of yellow race.

I have admired your horses unreservedly

and the little gharry ponies none the less They are sturdy little beasts and must be of great public benefit. But what strikes a man

your wheeled traffic is the immense number of from the north more than any other part of

bullock carts in the city. Luckily your roads are wider than those of your two northera rivals,

F. L. Pyne HITACHI MAKU

EXCELLENT CUISINE, LOFTY ROOMS, CENTRALLY SITUATED, CIVILITY AND ATTENTION.

J. Campbell AWA MARU

N. Trenni

Hongkong, 7th December, igor.

J. H. WAINWRIGHT, Manager.

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MIKE MARU

M. Yagi

TERMS MODERATE.

THE BAY VIEW HOTEL. Very best brands of Wines, Beers and Spirits only kept. Private dinners, a specialty.

1975)

►

Under entirely new management.

►

J. LACOCK.

"BOA VISTA,"

or their presence would be impossible, and (HOTEL SANITARIUM OF SOUTH CHINA), you sight be

REDUCED TO THE WHEELBARROW

MACAO.

Shanghai is. There is a further advantageHE most select Hotel in the Far-East, beautifully situated, over-looking the sea, and which the bullock has over and above his object lesson in anatomy, strength and his docility. He is a walking

́affords comfortable accommodation for travellers. Tho strictest supervision as to food and cleanliness is exercised by a European Manager

Telegraphic Address: "BOA VISTA.”

57).

And they did. Since then the Shanghal roads have suited the Shanghai people. But they cost a lot of money. In Hongkong the mountain roads more nearly approximate to those of Singapore than to those of Shanghai.

It can, of course, be seen with balf an eye that, while the circumstances requiring adjust ment and control at Hongkong very consider ably from those of the Model Settlement, those of Singapore differ still more widely While in Shanghai, there are but foreigners and Chinese-there are in Hongkong Chi- not foreigners, but British nese who are subjects; now at Singapore to these bare to be added Malays and various. Indian pen ples. This doubtless is the cause of certain anomalies that strike the Shanghai man im mediately. The first day I was here in my pre sent visit, I was directed to certain tiffin rooms where I was told I should find decent accom modation. So I did. But after

with ita palatial rooms, the converted godown in which I made my mid-day meal was put down at, once to one of those pranks which Fate was playing to put me out of sympathy there is a rowdy element, or at any rate one with my surroundings. Destiny was foiled again. Keeping my eyes wide open the while, be due partly to climate partly to tempera

that can act so, in your population. This may the meal was despatched. Perhaps I may sayment. Our northen Chinese are very amen- something about the food later on. While the tiffin was in progress, a number of Chinese came in one by one, took off their topees, or billy-cocks, or bowlers, or whatever of foreign head gear, they sported a thing, the conservative Shanghai.gentleman would never think of doing-went behind a screened off partition marked "private" and disappeared Could they be dropping in casually to timin, I wondered, for we should expect the roof of a Shanghai hotel to fall in as the very least possible result of such an innovation. So my humble repast being over, I went to the window to look out and at the same time indulge my curiosity by peeping behind the screen. It was a Chincie tiffin party, and nobody took any notice. That was Lesson No, r

In making a casual examination into Singa-

for all they are worth, and leave to one's readers pore affairs one has to take slight indications

the true application thereof. It can be told, for. example, from the trees in some parts of your outlying districts what is the direction of your prevailing summer breeze-if the word summer 10730 be applicable here. So, 1.suppose, it may not be going too far to argue from the fact that your polica stations have sentries with firearms that

i

The next came during a visit to the Museum That is an institution upon which you are,.to ba highly congratulated. We have a building at Shanghai bearing the name of museum but, if ever you go north, take my advice and avoid the Shanghai bearer of it. "Avoid it pass not by it, turn from it and pass away. It hasn't even got fossils in it in the shape of out of date newspaper. Your might be better under the circumstances, but it is creditable as it is though it evidently does not attract the class. that might profit by it. Museums never do, hurried through because t the first ten minutes showed that weeks and months might be spent there were one studiously inclined. Two lessons were taught me by visitors, however, and theso emphasised the exercise in democracy. administered at tiffin. In one of the rooms a Chinese daniel with her two mothers and other hangers on accosted me. I was admir ing the

REA

GROUP OF GALLINACEOUA BIRDS and the young lady was evidently as interested as 1. So in choice Cantonese (I suppose and for the life of me understand one, word asked my opinion on the birds This caused a closer tioneri Sbe was more red to me renewed

and thin

attention of ano colour:? Näwkatadre

ake nothin

from

able to disciplina, very easily gavemed, very be so described and, for all I know, there may 'averse to fighting. The Cantonese can hardly

be others.

In Shanghai, till recently, the Police force could call if occasion required it-first, on the Volunteers; then on the navy. Now, the

Goverments at home have been to desirous of the well-being of the Model Settlement that they have all decided to take a share in defend-- ing it. Hence there is a British Garrison,

Indian and pompons, a German Garrison, a French Garrison, and a Japanese Garrison. either of them is wanted. The Volunteer Corps has justified existence again and again in preventing riots. That is all that is required,

and now that the Boxer trouble is dead and buried under an immense indemnity,

THE SOONER THE SOLDIERS GO HOME.

the beer for all concerned. It is evident that, in Shanghai, the corps must consist of white

would be at least a dozen nationalities to po men, and of white men only, though there home were the northern S. V. C. to be repres sented at the coronation. But that of course will not be, since Shanghai has, to try to exist without the honour of being a British Colony, It is hard to do it, but it does, and it is none the leat British for all that. From what I hear of the local corps, its representatives should be a fair sample of Europe and Asia com. bined. And this is as it should be. Singa pore would be a port of the fint import- Anice were war to break out, and it is

colour should do their share to defend her interests against any foe. The way ins which the Colonies under the Southern Cross have shown their girt is but a foretaste of what there is in store when some bigger adversary than our Brother Boer shall try à fall with us, when there will be no reason why the Sikh and Pathan the Baluchi and the Mahratia, the. Ghurks and the for, southern Maori shall not go forth side by side and step with Thomas Atkins to the defence of the Em- pire of which all are proud. Then will be the time, for the Singapore Volunteer to show the of, stuff he is made of. There is no doubt that he will be ready and willing. It is creditable in the "undere highest degree, that; there; should be the shows entbuilaso shown just now over local defence. condillon of the gate. No man is a man at all until he knows how to users weapon. You may put that fact into your 3Jn pipes and smoke it, gentlemen, The more turn over a you think over it, the more true it will appear."

The tleman, of

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Hongkong, 3rd April

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Intimations.

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DESTINATIONS.

SAILING DATES.

(MARSEILLES, LONDON &ANT-SATURDAY, 5th April,

WERP, VIA SINGAPORE, PENANG, { COLOMBO and PORT SAID

Daylight

SYDNEY and MELBOURNE, VIASATURDAY, 5th April, at

THURSDAY ISLAND, TOWNSVILLE

and BRISBANE LANCELOTTERY,

Noon.

VICTORIA, BC. and SEATTLE, MONDAY, 7th April, at

U.S.A., VIA SHANGHAI, MOJ KODE

and YOKOHAMA

4 P.M.

(NAGASAKI, KOBE and ‘YOKO-2 WEDNESDAY, 9th April, at:

HAMA***

MARSEILLES, LONDON & ANT- WERP, VIA SINGAPORE, PENANG,

COLOMBO and PORT SAID

MOJI, KOBE and YOKOHAMA... VICTORIA, B.C. and SEATTLE U.S.A., VIA MOJ, KODE and YOKOHAMA

KOBE and YOKOHAMA

J. 1. Macmillan.....

KASUGA MARU...

H. Fraser

HIROSHIMA MARU

Daylight

SATURDAY, 19th April, at

Daylight.

Noon.

TUESDAY, 22nd April," at THURSDAY, 24th April, at

*4 P.M.

:

FRIDAY, 25th April, at.

Daylight.

April,

NAGASAKI, KOBE and YOKO-1 FRIDAY, 25th ̈ ̈,

HAMA

Noon. BOMBAY, VIA SINGAPORE and FRIDAY, 25th April, T. Murai

COLOMBO ..... * Through Passenger Tickets and Bills of Lading issued for the Principal Cities in the United States, Canada and Europe, in connection with the GREAT NORTHERN, Railway and Atlantic Steamers.

.......

Noon

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A. 8. MIHARA,

Hongkong, 2nd April, 1902. NORTHERN PADIFIG STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG.

VIA SHANGHAI, INLAND SEA OF JAPAN, KOBE AND YOKOHAMA,

FOR VICTORIA, BC., AND TACOMA, IN CONNECTION WITH NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO.

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CHANGE TABLES with Rates in N Accordance with Articles Nas. 26 and 27 of the Articles of Association of the. Com- 1/1616 from 1/1o15/16down to 1/82,is now in the bookbinders' hands and will be published next pany, NOTICE is hereby given that the week. These Tables, which run in calumas of following Shares will be liable to be FOR too, from 4999 down to £t. and from 19/11 FEITED, unless the Call due on the 6th day down to 1 or from $999 down to I cent, enable of August, 1900, be paid, together with IN the user to arrive at the value in Dollars of TEREST at 10 per Cent per Annum, at the any sum in Sterling under £1,000 by simply Office of the Company, No. 13, Beaconsfield adding the equivalent of the Shillings and Arcade, on or before the 5TH DAY OF APRIL, Fence to that of the Pounds; or to get the value 1902

in Sterling of any Sum of Dollars and Cents The following are the distinguishing Num under $1,000 by adding the equivalent of the bers of the Ordinary Shares - Cents to that of the Dollars. By these simple 12707/12715 49810/49829 13998/14002 means of computationa very considerablesaving| 14103/14152 36325/36234 1578/1602 of time and trouble, besides securing a ready, 15053/15152 15422/15446 15853/15954- means of proving accuracy is secured, as is 1659016639 17115/17214 58306/58330 reduce £879,17.11 into Dollars at Exchange illustrated in the following examples, To

17445/17449 23499/23518 25194/25243 1/10 1/16--

25344/-5393 58142/58152 301/400 21381/21405

59066/59165 3444/3463 $1006/$5030 19409/19508

£879, 0, 0=$9,561. 926 17.11 9. 745

$9.571. 671

22517/22526

31619/31608 29592/29616 29782/29791 - 32044/32045 *34233/34243 25719/25723. 55146/55155 58632/58681 38214/38218

process would be as follows: whereas with the other exchange books the 46070/46119 46325/46329 36203/36212

£800. o. 0-$8,702. 550 76x. 473

70, 0, 0.

9...0.0.

97. 904

17. Q

11:

9. 247

0. 497

$9,571. 671

or to reconvert the dollars into sterling at the same rate of exchange-

$9,000,0001827. 6.10. 8 571.000- 5. 9. 9.17

.671

. 3. 4.13

879.17.11.00

but by other books it would be:

$9,000,000-£817. 6.30, 8

45.19. 3.

I.IO. I

500,000

70,000

6. 8. 8.

1,000

,600

70

=

1. 1. 3 1. 9

879.17.11.00

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