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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1902.

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DEATHS

On the Sch test, at The Homestead, Penang, GERALD THOMAS BARTLETT, the infaut som of Thomas and Helen Gawthorne. Aged 9 months 23 days

On the 9th instant, et Berlin, MARGARETE ESCHKE, youngest daughter of Mr. H, Eschke, one year old?..

The

COMPLAINT FROM CHINANFU →The | RUMOUR SAYS that some wreckage of the abuse the defenceless man, and hit him across authorities of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs in Siandess navy ve

• vessel Chamroen has been the head with a stick causing it to bleed. Then Chinantu, recently complained to Governor | found. It is said that a boat, and some dead he went down to the bar-room and behaved Chang Jen chun of Shantung that they found bodies and some things belong † to the un-in such a disorderly manner that the manager, the local authorities, ni several counties of the fortunate vessel have been thrown up by the had to send for P. C, 93 to take him out by | province, in the habit of entering into unsatis- waves on the beach of an island in the Gulf of force, but while the policeman was leading him

factory contracts, with the Germans in regard Slam

Syddans tto the door, he turned round and nssanlied Mr. lo railway, matters, etc, without having first NEW BANGKOK CHANNEL -On May bose and forehead. When taken to the G. P. W. Waters, and succeeded in scratching his consulted the authorities of the Bureau and re 3rd, the steamer Kong Beng went out from

magistrates in the province that they were not feet, and steeted one course from the inner and Engineer, of S. S, dirlit. He was thère, permitted to make any more such contracts | black buoy right out. The new channel seems upon bailed out in the sum of $jo, and when wiltinut the consent of the authorities of the to offer many advantages, and would enable the case was called on he was not present His ships to load 3 or 4 inches more, as the shallow

bail was estreated. Water on the middle ground is avoided. This is the first large merchant steamer to navigate this channel. She was taken th

through by Captain Shepherd.

The Hongkong Gelegraph

Jongkong Telegraphquested the Governor to notify all, the district Bangkok through the now channel, drawing 13 Station he gave his name as Artur S. Currie,

HONGKONG, Thursday, June 19, 1902.

SIDELIGHTS ON THE FINISHED CAMPAIGN.

Bureau.

clamation announcing that he has accepted the offer and authorised the forms of gambling described in the petition to be inaugurated in Kwangsi at once.

THE

FASTEST YACHT IN THE

WORLD-Messrs. Yarrow and Company, of Poplar, will launch in a few weeks! time a wonderful steam yacht which they are building to the order of Colonel McCalmont, M.P. She will be sited with turbine engines, and will have a speed of 24 knots, or half a knot more

THE CORONATION FESTIVITIES at St. Louis, the capital of Mauritius, will commence on the 26th and end on the 28th June. The festivities organised by Government will be held on the 16th and will consist of A telegram to the King; a Te Deum at St. Louis Cathedral and a Thanksgiving Service at St. James's Cathedral; a leves; a review, dis. tribution of toys and cakes to the inmates of the Orphanages and to soldiers' children; a ball at Government House; and illuminations,

SOME ANXIETY was caused in Bangkok by the reported presence of a man supposed to be a Polish anarchist, who was suspected of a design to adsassinate the Grand Duke, appears that on Monday the pilet engine which preceded the special train returning from

THEFT.

came.

A married woman, living in Reinecker Street, made a report yesterday to Inspector Dymond,

inst, while she was having an ablution, she in charge of No. 7 Station, that on the 17th

placed her pouch, attached to a girdle, contain ing 570 in cash, and some jewelry to the total value of $100 on the bed. When she ca out of the kitchen and looked for the property she found it had disappeared. She suspected, another masted woman who occupied a cubicle co the same flat, of having stolen it. It appears that the woman was in the house when the other woman went into the kitchen for a wash, and supposed to know where the pouch was kept, she discovered that her fellow-lodger had gane and when the woman came out of the kitchen. out to visit her mother in Taiwan: Stret and returned home on the following day. It is needless to say that the police went to the house of her matlier to search for the information given, they repaired to a hill-side nearby and discovered the articles hidden in nhole covered with sand. Both daughter and the mother were charged before Mr. Kemp, the former with stealing, and the latter with receiv ing the goods well knowing them to have been

and sentenced both defendants to two months stolen. The magistrate found the case proven

hard labour..

a supposed mere handful of untrained and than that of the Deutschland, the fastest liner Ayuthia ran into an obstruction on the line stolen goods, but to no avail Acting upon the

No harm was done, and the obstruction was smashed. On Tuesday, in consequence of a telegram from the police, the Grand Duke's party did not return by train, but took a steam launch instead, and did not reach Bangkok until early morning.

in the world. She will be the fifth turbine propelled vessel to be built, the previous ones being to Turbinia, the Viper, the Cobra, and the King Edward. Two other turbine yachts are also building: one is for Sir Christopher Furness and another for Mr. A. L Barbour, of } New York. The former is being constructed COOLIES WAGES-The negotiations of at Glasgow, and the other at Leith.

the Hongkong authorities with the British FRENCH SCHEMES AT HANKOW North Borneo Government relative to the ad- M. H. de Marcilly, French Consul at Hankow, vance of wages made to coolics proceeding sought an interview recently with the Viceroy from here to British North Borneo have re- Chang Chih-tung and endeavoured to secure. sulted in the following arrangement. In future, his approval of a scheme whereby it was con-

the cost of taking each coolie from the main- templated to extend the French Settlement as land to Hongkong, housing there, and provi far as the terminus of the Lu-han railway. ding with a small outfit, will be reckoned as Chang Chih-tung in turn consulted the British $10, $5 will be handed to him on board the Consul on the subject and from bim received steamer before leaving, and Sto will be paid to every encouragement to resist the demand. him on his signing the contract on his arrival The French Consul, upon being apprised of in British North Borneo. This secures the the Viceroy's hostility to the scheme, referred coolie Sig in cash out of a sominal advance of the matter to the Chinese Foreign office | $25.

GAMBLING LEGALISETLIN KWANGSI: Several influential members of the local gentry of Kwangsi, headed by Lung Hein Tang, Reuter's telegram from South Africa in have sent in a petition to the Governor of the forming us that Lord KITCHENER states province, offering to pay the Provincial Govern that the surrenders in the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies are now complete are permitted to establish the "Weishing ment the sum of $410,000 per annum, if they and reach the large number of 15,520 men and 16,124 rifles, will come as a surprise to

Lottery" and the Fantin gambling through almost everyone conversant with the history out Kwangsi in imitation of the practice in of this long and disastrous war. To non-Kwangtung. The Governor has issued a pre Britishers it will be even a greater surprise, for it has been the taunt of foreigners, and more especially of the yellow Continental Press, that a British Army of nearly a quarter of a million men was being baffled and outwitted by a mere handful of undrilled and undisciplin: ed Boer peasants. But when the history of the war is given out to the world, and the facts become known an entirely different light will be thrown on the scene, and it will be found that, instead of the British fighting undisciplined Boer peasants, they have been opposed, from the very commencement of the war, by a large force, drawn from some of the very best talent of most of the European and American armies, many of whom have a thorough practical knowledge of the country in which they have been fight ing. We should be the last to in any way depreciate the valour, skill and endurance of our late Boer foes, who throughout the long and tedious compaign have fought with a per- sistency and courage which has deserved and received the unstinted-praise of every true born Briton, and who we hope soon to find among the staunchest of our colonists; but we have always felt convinced, as have most Britishers, that in the late war-how happily brought to an honorable termination the British have not been contending only against the fighting element of two small, though brave and patriotic republics, but have been fighting against some of the best trained and most modent specialists in the art of war from almost every civilized country in the world,, unfortunately, not excepting our own and supported by numbers of ordinary fighting man much larger than the two republics could produce from among their own subjects. Should it be possible at set statisti saat te uprighting strength of our late fees, their nationality, rank and station, together with the number of those who have died from wounds and disease, or who have deserted, returned to their own country or crossed the borders with the object of finding new homes or founding new colonies, it will be very in teresting reading and will prove to the whole world that the British, from the very com-1901, mencement of the war, have been opposed CO., by a very much larger force and of far greater skill and training than any but the Boers themselves have had any idea of. It will also be interesting to know when the Boers first conceived the 1. idea of preparing for war against the British, how they procured the "foreign aid, both in

men and money, the number and amount they received and from what sources; also the total cost of the war since its inception until the liquidation of all its consequent expenses. It is probablę that as the Boers begin to fe i the advantages and blessings of British rule they will by degress make known these secrets and should they do so they will assist in revealing to the world the power and strength of the British Empire both in peace and war, in the same way as the war has proved the unity which exists between all our colonies and the Mother Country.

fro ENGLISH

Manage our Factories

EXPERTS and their

WING to the insufficiency of accommoda- practical knowledge and constant

tion in the present building and the in-

creasing demand for admission, it has been

found necessary to extend the wings of the supervision enables us to main building and to enlarge the Chinese de-

produce

partment by an additional storey with two waters of unrivalled excellenco and wings. The estimated cost will amount to over!

$15,000. To cover these expenses we Appeal!

to the liberality of all friends of Education. purity.

The establishment has been in existence for the

last 25 years and is open to all classes, Much

of the clerical work of the city is carried on by:

its past pupils. As this is the first time we have į.

applied for assistance we expect a generous A. S. WATSON &

response. The names of our most liberal Benefactors will be inscribed upon marble tablets, as a lasting testimony of their generosity.

THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS.) Hongkong, 22nd Novembar, igor

LIMITED,

The Hongkong Dispensary.

THE POPULAR SCOTCH

IS

BLACK & WHITE."

JAMES BUCHANAN & 00.

SCOTCH WHISKY. DISTILLERS.

By Appointment to

HM. THE KING.

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LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.,

HONGKONG..

BANJOS

STEWART AND BAUER'S

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20th Century and “ Thoroughbred

also

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LOGAL AND GENERAL.

THE KING OF SIAM has bestowed the Order of the Maba Chakri on the Grand Duke Boris of Russia,

through the medium of the French Minister at. THE TEUTONIA →→The news of the sink- Peking, but on learning of this step the Viceroying of the Teutonia off Cape Rachado on the immediately telegraphed to the capital repre- night of the 6th inst. reached Kuala Lumpur seating that if the demand of the French Con- sei were complied with it would be tantamount to surrendering the entire control of the line to the French, who already had too much influence over the work. What the upshot of the matter will be remains to be seen. THE HON. TREASURER of the Alice Memorial, and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following annual donations to the funds of the Hospitals for

per Mr. Ho Fook:- Pork Guild....... Pawn Broker's Guild Opuim Guild

Fresh Fish Guild Roast Meal Guild..

.$300

200

125 *100

100

Sandal Wood Dealer's Guild. Mat Bag's Guild

75

75

Gold Smith Guild...

75

Uil Guild........

50

Foreign Goods Dealer's Guild

50

Tea Shop Guild..

50

Kwok Shun Lai Tong

Dried Fruit Dealer's Guild.,

50

Tobacco Dealer's Guild

.30

Paper Ware Dealer's Guild Old Clothes Dealer's Guild Fong Sien Tiog............... Tea Dealer's Guild

30

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25

24

20

JO

10

10

Tin Smelter's Guild

Yau Wo

Tai Hing... Wing Kat

the next evening. The Malay Mail says Captain Neilsen, who was unable to swim, was saved by clinging to a buoy along with two Malays. Bro, James, of St. Xavier's, is uated to have been rescued by a Malay fisherman who took him on to Port Dickson. Some of the inhabitants of Kuala Lumpur are reported to have lost relatives in the disaster. The crew of the longkang with which the Teutonia: collided has been taken to Penang pending the Marine Ceurt of Enquiry, which will be held there.

THE POPULATION OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS-The annual report for 1901 on the births and deaths in the Settlement has been issued, and contains amongst other information the following-The total number of births registered was 14,568 equal to a crude birth rate of 25:37 per thousand. Excepting Malaca and Province Wellesley, the births in several Settlements exceeded those for 1900. In Singapore and Penang the great prepon derance of males over females accounted for the low birth rate. There were 7,573 male and 6,995 female children born. The death rate was 3985 which is noted as being high and there were in all 32,876 deaths, about 500 more than last year, The greatest number of deaths occurred during May, June, and July. The

RATS ORDINANCE.

Robert Badley, master of the 3.5 Tai Sang, was charged before Mr. Kemp with committing a breach of the regulations, under the provisions of the Rats Ordinance, 1902. The defendant, on being asked by his worship, if he pleaded guilty or not, said that he did'at know as it was not his business and it was for his worship to prove whether he was gu

guilty or not. His worship then told the defendant to answer lim properly, but defendant replied that, he had done so, His worship then allowed the defendant half an hour in which to give his answer, and on going into the dock again he pleaded not guilty. His worship, after hear ing several witnesses discharged the defendant with a caution. The defendant then apologised to his worship for the manner in which he had spoken to him and said that at first he did not understand what his worship meant, Mr. Kemp accepted the apology,

CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION:

MR. ALFRED HOLT THE PROPOSED PURCHASER

In reply to a telegram sent to him by the Pall Mall Gazelle on the 13th; ulto, Mr,› Alfred Holt, of Liverpool, confirms the report that the offer to purchase the undertaking of the China Mutual Steam Navigation Company emanates from him The vessels of the two lites trade with the same parts of the East, and it is a satisfaction, in the midst of much talk about the transfer of British shipping to foreign owners, to find one important transaction which will tend to consolidate instead of to weaken our position as a shipping nation,

in the circular issued to their shareholders, the directors of the China Mutual Company set forth the terms of purchase, and state that the Preference shares will receive 12, 61, each the Ordinary, both fully and panly, paid per

death rate was lowest among Europeans 20-25 value, and the B shams £7, payab

and highest among the Indians 47°07. Cholera was responsible for as deaths, and the general mortality rate has risen neatly 375 per mille

work of wicker is

in enc

each case, in cash. These terms represent, on the issued capital of the company payment to the shareholders as follows-16,736 Perfernce shares of fully paid, 5.852-165 73610

5 paid,) 683,680; 1,131 fully-part dinary #26,755,1% and 33,422

their

234,304

a total amou payable to shareholder 6529.991165.These terms are)

ceptance within fou shareholders in this country ree months by shareholders abroad. terms be accepted, then the purchase completion would acquire.

CONTROL OF THE

of the company, an taking over the employees and agents of the the purposes of making proper prov such circumstances,

THE "BEN HUR CHARIOT RACE NEW FRENCH TARGETS An official THE FRENCH MAIL of the 19th May was Considerable curiosity has been expressed as document issued by the French War Office delivered in London on the 18th inst

to how the illusion of the chariot race in

gives a full description of the construction of THE PLAGUE RETURN for the twenty-fourBen Hur" at Drury Lane is carried out, the new figure targets which are made chiefly. hours ended at noon to-day shows 6 cases, fatal.ployed in this wonderful scene, each with four and small cost, as compared with those made As is pretty well known, four chariots are em-

of wicker, and are recommended for their weight THE CORONATION CELEBRATION horses, and these sixteen animals gallop on entirely of wood. The FUND has now reached the substantial sum separate treadmills of hickory wood covered, strengthened internally by a wooden upright of $23,15649.

with rubber, zfft wide and roft. long, constructed with cross baltens, and is covered with light four platforms which are movable across the packing cloth over which paper is pasted and stage on rails, these appliances being made so smoked black. The cost of an upright figure is that their surfaces are about two inches below old, of the kneeling figure sąd, and of the the stage level and revolve on several hundred figure lying down (head and shoulders) wheels made of gun metal, all of which have to rather less than 3d, their respective weights be carefully attended to daily by special work being 3lb, and 2 alb, and 1871b. In using the men. The horses, while attached to the chariots the upright figures 12 of them are fastened in a by harness as they would be were they drawing row on a narrow plank, which turns on its an ordinary carriage, are held in their places supports, so that the figures can readily be on the revolving platforms by steel traces, and brought from a vertical to a horizontal position, to pay as they run the contact of their hoofs with the or vice versa. The damage to the figures rollers causes the latter to revolve. To give caused by the bullets striking them can SENOR APARICIO, Consul for Spain, at the chariots the realism of bumping along at easily repaired, and they are not spoiled by the Shanghai, has been attacked by cholera peces the heels of the running houses, they are pro-wet if left to stand until they are Bitating his removal to the General Hospital.vided with wheels flattened at intervals. Under According to latest news he was sinking on the these wheels a set of rubber covered rollers, 13th inst. WEI HAI-WE) The Hon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart, Commissioner at Wei-bai-wei, has appointed Messrs. L, F. Bridges (Chairman), D. Clark and G. La Fergusson an Advisory Council to advise him regarding local affairs for the island of Liu Kung-tao.

THE FRENCH COMIC OPERA COM PANY, from Saigon, will give a concert at the Peak Hotel to-morrow night ANOTHER MARINE COURT will assemble at the Harbour Office to-morrow, to enquire into the stranding of the British s.s. Robert Dickinson.

A CORONATION PRESENT reached the Ofices of the Hongkong Teleg this afters

pon, and Messrs. A. S.

the thanks of the

and trays with 'and Making:

celebrated

THE ROBINSON PIANO COM LIMITED, Co are the sole agents i

kong, Shanghaijā Singapore.

IN THE DOCK":

AT-THE, MACISTRACY,

June:

operated by electric motors, will caurse the chariots to bump and jolt as they would in an actual race, the rollers working in an opposite direction to the wheels. To make the illusion more complete, dasi and steam arc blown through holes in the stage and A Chinaman was charged bef electric fans blow the garments, the hair for being in of the drivers, and the manes of the horses iton without a futtering in the air. Also, although the horses intendent of actually run with all their power, illusion of 'and was find $50 or still: greater speed is created by a panoramic

back of the stage,

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with great rapidity in

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