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Mails.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1902.

U.S. MAIL LINES.

PACIFIC MAIL S.S. CO., OCCIDENTAL & ORIENTAL S.S. CO.,

TOYO KISEN KAISHA.

TAXING CARGO AND PASSENGERS TO JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND EUROPE;

"DORIC".

PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG.

"NIPPON MARU'

"PERU "

* COPTIC "

"AMERIJA MARU”,

"CITY OF PEKING".

„SATURDAY, 7th Juné, at Daylight,

„TUESDAY, 17th June, at Noon.

TUESDAY, 24th June, at Noon." „THURSDAY, 3rd July, at Noon. „SATURDAY, 12th July, at Noon, SATURDAY, 19th July, at Noon.

Insurance.

NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANGE

COMPANY OF HAMBURG.241

··

LONDON LETTER:

(From Our Own Correspondini).

LONDON, May 2nd, Whether it be caused by the uprising of a

THE Undersigned AGENTS of the above host of poles and scaffolding and the appearance and immunity from all direct taxation, com

Class FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS at of skeleton stands which, at the moment, CURRENT RATES,

deface the beauties of Spring in St. James' Park-whether it be these things or no, I can not say, but certain it is that a

SIEMSSEN & C

Hougkang, 78th May, 18ọc.

Intinistions.

UE CHINA JAPAN TELEPHONE"

AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, LASITED..

HONG KONG EXCHANGE, OPEN DAY AND Night.

BURST OF CORONATION EXCITEMENT · · has swept over London during the past wack.

Enormous insurances are being effected at Lloyd's by speculatives in seats and stands, to ensure theidselves against loss in case of any thing untoward preventing the ceremony from taking place or marring its popular. features. The premiums run up to fifteen guineas, which covers a guarantee that the Coronation shall take place before July 31st. These speculators would stand to gain immensely should the date be postponed to, say August, for they would make their money twice over.. Needless to say nothing but the graves: mischance, ill-health of the King or serious illness, in the Royal EXCHANGE LINES, $&o Per Annum. Family would induce any postponement now. These and other eventualities, domestic and PRIVATE LINES, $100 Per Annum.political, are covered by insurance, the only risk not yet accepted, is that of bad weather, but the underwriters--or some of them will undertake even that at 35 per cent premium.

The astronomers have just begun to promise

SUBSCRIPTIONS.

NO CHARGE FOR INSTALLATION.

THE O. & D. Company's Steamship "DORAC," will be de, SAND SEA, NBA special charge is made for lines of

CISCO, AMOY, SHANGHAI, KOBE, INLAND

YOKOHAMA and HONOLULU, on SATURDAY, the 7th June, at Daylight, taking Freight for Japan, the United States, and Europe. Passengers are allowed to break their journey at any point en route.

more than average length.

Through Passage Tickets granted to England, France and Germany by all trans-Atlantic ELECTRIC SUPPLIES OF EVERY DES- lines of Steamers, and to the principal cities of the United States or Canadit

Passengers holding through ORDERS TO EUROPE have the choice of the Overland Rail Routes from San Francisco, including the SOUTHERN PACIFIC,CENTRAL PACIFIC, UNION PACIFIC, DENVER and RIO GRANDE, and NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL- WAY; also the CANADIAN PACIFIC.RAILWAY 'on payment of £4 in addition to the regular tarif rate.

Passengers holding Orders for OVERLAND CITIES in the United States have between SAN FRANCISCO and CHICAGO, the option of the SOUTHERN PACIFIC, CENTRAL PACIFIC, UNION PACIFIC, DENVER and RIO GRANDE, and other direct connecting Railways, and from Chicago to destination the choice of direct lines,

Special rates (First-class only) to European Points, are granted to Missionaries, Members of the Naval, Military, Diplomatic and Consular Services, and European Civil Service Oficials located in Asia, and to European Officials in the Service of the Governments of China and Japan.

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TO UNITED STATES and CANADIAN POINTS, Special xates (first class only) are confined and will apply only to Missiouanes, Members of the Naval and Military Services, and to Consular and Diplomatic Officials of the Governments of China and Japan.

Return Passage. Reduction will be made to passengers who do not hold return tickets, making the return journey between ports in the Orient and Honolulu or beyond, within twelve months.

Through Bills of Lading issued for transportation to Yokohama and other Japan Ports. to San Franscisco, to Atlantic and Inland Cities of the United States, via Overland Railway, to Havana, Trinidad, and Demerara, and to ports in Mexico, Central and South America, by the Companies' and connecting Steamers..

Freight will be received on board until 4 P., the day previous te sailing, Parcel Packages will be received at the Office until 5 FM same day; all Parcel Packages should be marked to address in full; value of same is required.

Consular Invoices to accompany each shipment of Cargo or parcel (valuent at Siou, Gold or over) destined to Points, beyond San Francisco, in the United States, should be sent to the Companies' Office addressed' to the Collector of Customs San Francisco.

Merchant's Invoice will be sufficient for cargo or parcel (each shipment) when the value is less than $100. U.S. Gold,

For further Information as to Passage and Freight, apply to the Agnacy of the Com- panies, Queen's Building.

1902

CRIPTION IN STOCK. INCLUDING-

BATTERIES,

HEMICALS,

INSULATORS,

ELECTRIC BELLS,

LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS, SWITCHES,

TELEPHONES, -

WIRE, &C., &c.,

PRICE LISTS ON APPLICATION:

ELECTRIC BELL INSTALLATIONS,

Erected and kept in order.

Estimates given for all kinds of Electrical

us

A CORONATION COMET,

mits, and their own diligence encourag wood for boat-building, firewood, cocoa cocon-nut oll, cocoa-nut sugar, without cha a regular demand for male and female labour, and a by no means illiberal scale of wages

bine to form external conditions of life which should breed contentment sven in the Malay heart. While struck no less than my predecessors by the presence at the Cocos of much that should ensure the happiness of Malay people, it was not borne home to me that the islanders were to a man prepared to admit, or even recognised, their fortunate sur roundlings. Malays, like the Irish, are gene rally in possession of a small verbal grievance -most commonly, the complaint of poverty and are perhaps really the happier for it

The proprietor, it is said, would be glad to see such an increase in the population as would render the islands

INDEPENDENT OF THE OUTSIDE LABOUR MARKET,

TRADE-WAR SPIES

A WELL PAID BRANCH OF COMMERCIAL

OLDIARY:

With the advent of the American trust in. Britain, and its inevitable consequence-trade warfare of a more or less fierce character and ‚ ༤་་་་ which our cousins across the herring pond on a gigantic scale the industrial spy system,

have brought to a pitch of perfection undreamt of among ourselves, will also be evolved and elaboried.

as

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The American labour king wages labour ware other sovereigns wage wars of conquest, of 48ression or of defence; and he bas his ha that of any European army's headquarter staff. telligence department as highly organised as

The Standard Oil Company, to cite a typical concrete example, employs some

20 EIGHT HUNDRED SECRET POLICE, many of them men of the highest ability and intelligence, and commanding proportionately large salaries.

investigations exclusively to American soil. On These do not by any means confine their the contrary, wherever petroleum is, there alsa are they. At Baku on the Caspiar, at Luneber- and by the shores of the Red Sea, to mention ger, Raidee in Hanover, in Austrian Galicia,

but a few of the prime centres of the trade, is, at least one man in the pay of the gigantic. corporation whose bluz barrels with white heads are familiar sights wherever the oil is consumed or handled

but the population retums give little hope of the speedy attainment of this object of desire In 1885 there were 516 souls on the island last September there were 671, among whom the males were in a minority of nearly so. The health of the people seems good. Small por does not exist in the Cocos, but, in view of the possibility of its introduction vaccination is practised, although rather spasmodically, the list successful inoculation having been in 1892. In the last two years 17 and the number of those, who take interest in marriages have been registered, and there has the fact, is divided between the folk who hold been one divorce, in relation to which it is The duty of these men is to report to Head- that a comer at the time of national rejoicing recorded that within two days of the separa-the names of their customers, the net and quarters everything what their rivals are doing is a presage of evil, and those who regard the tion the woman married again, the date grass prices they obtain for the proceeds of manifestation as a signal instance of the high of her second wedding being April 1st. Eleven their wells, wages paid, cost of freight or favour in which the British Empire is at pre- varieties of cocoa-nuts flourish on the island, carriage to the various distributing points, etc. sent held in the Court of Heaven. For the

and Mr. Sidney Ross calculates that 7,000,000 If a rival corporation starts up anywhere on offences, and the punishments inflicted there police is despatched to the scene of operations, nuts are collected annually. Of crime, thinor American ground, a whole battalion of secret

was no record, but Mr. Sidney Ross stated that. and as soon as everything regarding its scope. the former has not occurred and the last two and resources is known, war is declared upon have been infrequent. Where inflicted, punish- it and continues until it either consents to ment has been, as heretofore, corporal or by amalgamation on the company's own terms or

is ruined.

most part, however, people shake their hands and smile, "Comet, oh no, we remensber the

Leonids."

FOOTBALL HAVING EXPIRED,

the classic game of England opens its season.

The Australian eleven has begun practice at the nets, and is on the whole favourably criti-

cised. Nine of the fourteen players are fami- liar to the habitués of Lord's. Of the new comers, it may be said with confidence- especially before they have had an opportunity. of showing their paces-that not one of them is to be compared with Worrall who is

Another variety of spy is the

PROFESSIONAL SHOPPER. Large retail firms, controlling many branch shops, with perhaps thousands of assistants, will employ men and women to go rou making purchases. These people go out of their way to give as much trouble as possible : the object being of course, to test the politeness of the firm's employees. They will even occa

all, after looking at nearly everything in the sibually leave without making any purchase at

fine, following hot-foot on the offence where passible. The class of punishment most likely to be effective in each particular case is adopted. The fines range from one to seven days pay, and the corporal punishment rarely exceeds 12 suipes, inflicted, in the case of adults, on the shoulders. In 1900 no copia was exported. In January, 1901, a Norwegian ship was chartered to convey to Lisbon or St. Petersburg 861 tons, which was expected to realise between 13 and 14 per ton. The tobacco. No opium, deleterious drugs, or in Imports consist of rice, sugar, flour, tea, and toxicants, except wines and spirits for the pro prietor's own use, are imported into the islands.shop. Should any unfortunate assistant's tem- per not be equal to the strain, a report will infallibly reach headquarters.

COST OF THE WAR,

left behind in Australia, and among English cricketers there is a general feeling that if one of the old hands had to give place to the new and younger talent, Gregory could have been better spared by the Cornstalkers than jack Worrall. Undoubtedly the impression is abroad that this team is less strong than the one which in 1899 succeeded in winning the only Test Match which was finished. In the opinion of most home-come Colonials that matter depends TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO MILLION largely on Jones. If the "terror" has lost his sting or some of it, England stands a good chance of winning back the ashes, after her three successive defeats. The new-comers among the visiting leam express surprise that antediluvian methods of showing the score should still obtain at Lord's, the mother- ground of cricket, and indeed, considering how NOTE ADDRESS:-2, ICE HOUSE ROAD. excellent are the "boards" in Australia, it does seem extraordinary that the M.C.C. should not have adopted some like method long ago.

The announcement that

work.

1. S. VAN BUREN, Agent.

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Trained Mechanicians sent to Out-Ports.to

up Installations if required.

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Hongkong, 31st May, 1902 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COY.'S. ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP LINE.

SAFETY.

SPEED.

PUNCTUALITY,

THE LAST ROUTE BETWEEN CHINA, JAPAN AND EUROPE, VIA CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.

(CALLING AT SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA & VICTORIA, B.C.) Twin Screw Steamships--6,000 Tons-10,000 Horse Power-Speed 19 Koots.

PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG..

1902

· R.M.S. EMPRESS OF CHINA...Comdr. R. Archibald, R.N.R.WEDNESDAY, 4th June,

TARTAR..............Comdr. E. Beetham, R.N.R...SATURDAY, 21st June. EMPRESS OF INDIA...Comdr. O. P. Mársball, R.N.R.WEDNESDAY, 25th June, EMPRESS OF JAPAN...Comdr. H. Pybus, R.N.R.......WEDNESDAY, 16th July. ATHENIAN..

.Comdr. H. Mowatt.......... SATURDAY, 26th July.

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THE magnificent Twin-screw Steamships of this Line pass through the famous INLAND TH

SEA OF JAPAN, and usually make the voyage YOKOHAMA TO VANCOUVER (B.C.) in iz DAYS, saving THREE DAYS to a WEEK in the Trans-Pacific journey, and make connection at Vancouver with the PALATIAL OVERLAND TRAINS of the CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY which leave daily, and cross the Continent FROM THE PACIFIC TO THE ATLANTIC WITHOUT CHANGE. Close connection is made at Montreal, Quebec, Halifax, New York and Boston with all Trans-Atlantic Lines, which passengers to Great Britain and the Continent are given choice of

Passengers Booked through to all principal points' and' AROUND THE WORLD. Retum tickets to various points at reduced rates, Good for 4, 6, 9 and 12 months.

SPECIAL RATES (First class only) granted to Missionaries, Members of the Naval, Military, Diplomatic and Civil Services, and to European Officials in the Service of China and Japan Governments.

The attractive features of the Company's route embrace its PALATIAL STEAMSHIPS, (second to none in the Work), the LUXURIANCE OF ITS TRANS.CONTINENTAL TRAINS (the Company having received the highest award for same at recent Chicago World's Exhibition), and the diversity of AGNIFICENT MOUNTAIN AND LAKE SCENERY through which the Railway passen.

THE DINING CARS and MOUNTAIN HOTELS of this route are owned and operated by the Company, and their appointinents and Cuisine are unexcelled.

For further information, Maps, Guide Books, Rates of Passage, &c., apply to Hongkong, 22nd May, 1902.

D. E. BROWN, General Agent, Pedder's Street..

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HAMBURG-AMERIKA· ·LÍNIE. NORDDEUTSCHER. LLOYD.

OSTASIATISCHER FRACHTDAMPFER DIENST..

(Taking Cargo at through Rates to ANTWERP AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, COPENHAGEN, Lisbon, Oporto, LONDON, LIVIAROOL, GLASGOW, TRIESTE, GENOA, PORTS IN THE LEVANTE; BLACK SEA and BALTIC PORTS: NORTH and SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS),

PROPOSED

STEAMERS,

SERBIA

Brehmer

SUEVIA

Borck.

STRASSBU

SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG. SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

DESTINATIONS.

HAVRE and HAMBURG. Calling at SINGAPORE and COLOMBO) HAVRE BREMEN and HAMBURG. (Calling at SINGAPORE and PENANG).: HAVRE and HAMBURG. (Calling at SINGAPORE and COLOMBO). FAVRE, and HAMBURG. (Calling at SINGAPORE and PENANG).

HAVRE and HAMBURG, - (Calling at SINGAPORE and COLOMBO), HAVRE and HAMBURG (Calling at SINGAPORE and PENANG). HAVRE and HAMBURG, (Calling at SINGAPORE and COLOMBO), For further Partienfare, apply to

Schmidt

Madsen

SAMBIA

SILESIA Bable

C. FERD.

24Fuchs

EISZ

WURZBURG sale

You Binger NA

SAILING DATES. 4th June,

18th June,

rst July...*

15th July,

Freight. Freight. Freight and Passengera Freight Freight and Passengers,

30th July 14th Aug. Freight. 28th Aug.

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE,

HONGKONG OFFICE, N

Freight.

No, r, Queen's Building

For full Particulars, &c., &c.,

Apply to

S. J. GODWIN,

Acting Manager, Hongkong, 29th January, 1902.

BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. WANTED.

[30

N EXPERIENCED FOREMAN for a Government Timber Mill Must be thor- oughly acquainted with the erection and management of Timber-cutting Machinery Forward copies of recent testimonials and state Salary required to

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, SANDAKAN.

fisid

3rd February, 1902.

WILLIAM MACLEOD, D.D.S.,

DENTIST.

A MONTH AGO.

A White Paper issued regarding War Finance for South Africa and China shows the charges incurred, or that will be incurred, and the manner in which they have been met, or will be met, from the commencement of operations up to 31 March, 1903. The following are the details:

SOUTH AFRICA. Consolidated Fund services, inter

est on war debt Supply services, army, original Supplementary Civil..

Total South Africa CHINA

Grant total

PENNY POSTAGE henceforik obtains between this country and all ports in China where British Post Offices are established, gives much satisfaction to Ching folk at home. Nearly every one once resident in the East, has correspondents at Supply services. some of the out stations, and it was felt to be a grievance that a letter could. be sent for one penny to Hongkong, when 2d. was required does not carry a greatly increased postal bag for Canton, Foochow and the rest. If this mail

it will be surprising, for I learn that the relative volume of correspondence with Hongkong is distinctly larger than in the days of high rates, On Tuesday night, the House of Commons

was

REALLY DISSIPATED.

HOW IT IS MET.

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Trade secret police are, of course not alto rether wanting in England. It is well known, for instance, that the owners of a certain popular proprietary blend of whisky regularly employ agents to spy upon dishonest publicans, who for the sake of the extra profit, may be tempted to substitute other and inferior spirit when theirs is asked for. The spy, whose educated palate can at once differentiate his firm's blend from any other, goes from tavern to tavern in the guise of an ordinary customer, calling for it at each bar, and usually getting it. When, how 9,367,000 ever, a substitute is palmed off on him, as occa,

000sionally happens, he does not kick up a bother-

about it. Instead, he sends a report to head- 9,150,000 quarters, with the result that other agents are sent to the locality and a case worked up 274,000

against the offending landlord, which frequently entails upon that worthy very heavy penalties -6,030,000

indeed.

£228,984,000

Other big wholesale firms employ spies, whose sole duty it is to see that retailers do not

Proceeds of newtaxation from 1900

The following shows how the amount has sell their (the firm's) goods below a certain beta or will be met:

to 1903 (of which Income tax increases count for £39,377,000 and Sugar Duty £11,200,000)...£ 76,025,000 Sinking Fand Suspension

revente

The gray light of dawn was a mere poetic Deduct excess of expenditure over licence, and truth to tell it was broad daylight, and the milkman had I started on his morning round when the weary legislators at a quarter [778 to six in the morning went home to bed, with the prospect of re-assembling at noon. The SANG MOW, subject under discussion was appropriately

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

DEALER IN

Rattan Furniture, Bamboo Blinds and Matting of All Colours,

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No. 45, Queen's Road, Central, Price Lists On Application," Orders Executed Promptly. H'kong, 12th May, 1902. [54rd

KANANGA

OF JAPAN

(REGISTERED)" RIGAUD and Co

PARIS

Bananga Water fully refreshing

the most delight! Toilet Water. Itrenders theskin firm,relleves mosquito bites and imparts a delicate fra- ganesord feeling of comfort and freshness;

*New Sunsations in Periomery RIGAUDS KANANGA EXTRACT RIGAUD'S WHITE ROSE

RIGAUD'S MELATI EXTRACT · · RIGAUDS IXORA D'AFRIQUE EXTRACT RIGAUD'S LILY of the VALLEY EXTRACT RIGAUD'S. YLANGYLANG. EXTRACT RIGAUD'S BANTAM EXTRACT: R.GAUD'S JASMINEfor Chenille EXTRACT 8 RUE VIVIENNE, PARIB

GIRAULT for

Als by every Mail:

fixed price. This sounds strange to an outsider, since it would not seem to matter much to the wholesaler whether or no the retail price of his commodities was kept up or not. ́ ́

But the merchant knows better, He is 13,868,000 || aware that if the retailer can make a substantial profit on the goods he supplies him, he will 89,893,000

push these goods in preference to others, and that conversely he will discourage by every Infcass in his power the public from buying an

which his profit is ina

simal ori even paltry. He knows also that competition: is so keen in most branches of retail trade that: there is a constant.

000

Balance of war expenditure,

charged to capital account

,000.

enough the rules of procedure, and one great effort, at compromise was made at one ame the cash proceeds being 157,415,000, The total amount borrowed is £159, when an Irish member pleaded that he and his

party would allow the questions clause to pass

at once, provided that they might be dismissed forthwith. Mr. Balfour, however held out for promise that another rule should also be passed without further discussion, and this being de clined, members were all "kept in." Another. all-night sitting is expected this week, as the Government is determined to finish the pro- cedure debates in order to make way for the Education Bill..

LITE ON THE COCOS ISLANDS.

The Colonial Office has issued the report of the Government official deputed to pay the customary annual visit to the Cocos Islands,

EASTERN BANKING.

900,

The London and China Express publishes the following —

Pity the sorrows of an Eastern Bauk

As through these trying times it steers its way; We think you should most heartily us thank.

That we are able to per cent. to pay.

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For Indian business as my bearer know's

Is ever cut ridiculously fine Look at then struggle under which we go

When o'er 1/gad. we combine

And then for China-such a dreadful land

For locking up our funds imports stick fast

The report is by Mr. W. L. Carter, the acting And when returns do really come to hand

In metals, not in bills-their form la cast. collector of land revenue at Singapore, and his impression of life in the strange little com munity is generally favourable,

The most superficial acquaintance with the Malays of the Straits, he writes, makes it in- evitable that one should be impressed with the material advantages conferred on the islanders by their fesidence in the Cocos. Clean and well-ordered villages; comfortable, and in native style substantial, houses, to which the Owners baye to contribute only, the labour of construction, and that merely, in part a'plentiful supply of goud water at their doors an abundance of fish hardly further off veget ables such as the sandy nature of the soil per-

CLERENCH BRE

The tariff question weighs upon my mind, no And lekia too; but when one cace begme Faults with exactions such as this to find,

We well may pause-it covers many sins. We've hopes of Java still, but see in Hog

(Where to the foreign firms for years we'

played)

As many banks as mercha Fresh competition wi

The outlook is not very

7.ke'evil

particle adón

DEUTENDENCY TO CUT PRICES And he therefore employs agents, to see that, „Brown does not sell his goods below a Certain price to the detriment of ones, Smiths and Robinson, nval traders in the same locality. IN

does so, lie is seen and expostulated with. If he persists, his supplies are cut off. After this fashion, is kept up the price of certain known brands of wine and largely soaps, patent medicipes, etc,

Perhaps, however, the most perfect system of trade espionage in England is that inaugurated some time back by a cenain large firm of dair men, having its head offices in The moment it leaves the cow.uni hands of the consumer the milk them is the object of a secret but yigilance, and every person who hat

kas to do with it in any way is kept more on less constant surve Eved the farmers fram Kore:watched - Sogate; thế:

wives and against

sott

purchase.

their