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TELEGRAMS.

** HONGKONG TELEGRAPH"

SERVICE,

(From Our Own Correspondent.}

Opium for China.

BOMBAY, 12th Marel; The P. and O. Steam. Navigation Company's mail steamer left Bombay yesterday evening with about 600 chests of Malwa Opium. The prices of best drug are:-

Now Malwa

Old

Oldest ..

Rs: 1.140

1,200 1,300

Chinese Rebellions.

ALARMING REPORTS REPOTED. --

BERLIN, 11th March, 1.20 p.m. The aling reports of the Daily Mail regarding the destruction of churches in Shantung are false. There are many small local disturb ances in China, but there does not appear to be any contral organization of a rebellion.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MARCH 12,- 1903.

AT THE THEATKE.

"THE SECOND MRS, TANQUERAY."'

The feature of the present theatrical, season

was, of course, Mrs. Brough's interpretation of the title role in Finer's masterpiece, The Second Mrs. Tunqueray, The play has a purpose and the moral it inculcates is ane which Mr. l'inero has persistently striven to drive home. That moral is that the present is the outcome of the past, and that the man or pay the penalty sooner or later in conscience, if not in more material form. This is un• Elded in four interesting and powerful Acts

woman who has lived a false or a fast life will

That to

THE S.S. "SIBERIA.”

The new 5.5. Siberia of the P. M. S. 8. Co. of New York left San Francisco on March 11th on her maiden trip for Honolulu, Yokohama Parts of call, and Hongkong. This places a trio of fast ships on the San Francisco service, the Kosen and Siberia, (sister-) and the well

putting her exports at a great disadvantage while silver was depreciating a rapidly, it be- came a question for serious inquiry whether the effec...) of this arbitrary system would be found to be satisfactory upon the whole. ·

Speaking on the "much-vexed question" of shipping conferences, Mr. Thomson said there was 10 reason why a shipping conference

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To-day's Advertisements.

MASONIC,

To-day's Advertisements.

THEATRE

ROYAL

CITY HALL, HONGKONG,

known China, which has always had a reserve formed to maintain freights at a fair paying mate HE MASONIC HALI. 'READING | Under the direction of Mr. ROBERT BROUGH.

speed sufficient to keep her in such company on ordinary occasions.

HONGKONG FORGED BANK NOTES,

and to provide a regular and efficient service of steamers should not be a public benefactor rather than an enemy of the commerce of the country. There need be no objection to the system, provided the rates of freight which the trade could affort!, looking to the foreign It will be remembered that on Saturday last competition it had to face were 'amicably of a telegram reporting a run on the Liongkongporters, and provided reductions were freely we notified the public that we were in receipt discussed between the conference and its sup. and Shanghai Bank in consequence of the made, as was done last year by the China circulation of forged notes, From the Shanghai Conference, under the wise leadership of Mr. fercury of that date we now clip the follow: Alfred Holl. Supposing the shipping confer

ences to refuse such reasonable concessions, the shippers, if they combined to decline all rehates and insist upon a net rate of freight, had it in their power to charter an outside steainer and ship their goods by her. The power of the conference to merchants lay entirely in the system of deferred rebates.

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lending themselves admirably to the dis- play of talent on the part of those inter preting the principal characters. Mrs. Brough should be allouted the personation of aule there was no doubting, as in Australia and in other countries she has been credited with 8 ving a meritorious conception of the difficult (By special úrrangement with Der refe. Al the Theatre Royal fast evening she

As anticipated would be the case, the dis. some Prged Hangkong and Ostasiatische Lloyd.)

gave a briliant presentation of the character covery that and won the favour of a la ge audience by an in-hanghai Bank notes are in circulation, has caused some little futter in native circles. The terpretation imbued with a bumanity and charm that must compel sympathy. As with Mrs. rush on the part of the Chinese to get their Kendal, who played the part soon after Mrs. money converted into silver, which set in Patrick Campbell bad ori, inally appeared in it, yesterday, continued to-slay, though in a some- Mrs. Brough, never permits one to lose sight of what milder form. The excitement, such as it the woman of heart and reason, struggling to was, began early in the forenoon, when many free hersell from the fetters of habit, and out-

Chinese began to appear at the Bank premises lawry, the woman who was purely the victim of demanding payment of the notes they held. her own folly and in. She suggests a Paula Needless to say all the genuine notes were over whom her charse associates and wretched immediately cashed, whilst the forged notes, fife have merel fred a crust of vulgarity which, we understand, under 5,0 worth have and viciousness-a Pants who reveris under

been presented, were stamped "forgery" and genial influences to refinement and purity.handed back The imitation of the genuine Without doubt she provides nost artistic and

note is a very clumsy one and nobody but the powerful acting, thereby winning the hearts

veriest ignoramus could be deceived by it. of all lovers of drama. As Audrey Tanqueray

The Police were on duty at the Dank during Mr. Brough as seen at his best with a most

the day, but their services were not required. natural and dignified portrayal of an affection.

Yesterday evening a japanese, who describe ale father. He departed from that tragic himself as having come from Hongkong, was severity with which others have treated the arrested by a shopkeeper in North Szechuen funereal and stilted precedents pre uced a part and by breaking away from soinewhat Road and taken to Hongkew Police Station on the charge of having attempted to pass a simple, though very natural character which, spurious $5 note. On being searched at the in the hands of an artist of such rare

Station he was discovered to be in possession intelligence and ability, was made one that

of äve Tulse 55 notes on the ft. & S. Bank and No Grant for River Gunboats,

everybody could admire. Miss Brenda Gibson three of the Imperial Bank counter eits. A proved a charming Elloun, giving a well-formal charge was laid against him at the The German Budget Commission defined and consistent characterization of the Japanese Consular Court to-day and he was has refused the grant for river gun-simple-hearted and affectionate daughter of remanded in custody of the Japanese authorities boats for China.

Aubrey. The other parts were filled with credit, It is confidently expected that the arrest of each one of the artists well-merising "the this man will lead to the discovery and break- | applause with which they were greeted. Thengup of the gang of forgers who have been

attention of the audence was rivetted to te 'scenes were exceptionally good, and the flooding the East with these spurious imitation's of banknotes and causing so much trouble here play from the rise of the curtain to the tragic and at other ports in China and Japan. dram in the final act. It is such pieces as this

England's New Naval Squadron.

England is creating a new South Atlantic Squadron' with bases at Gibraltar and Sierra Leone. This squadron will take the place of the Cape Equadron on the West-African coast.

The Two Beas Canal. As the Tang question becomes rather "complicate:l, the Figaro pro. poses that France should forthwith

that will long retain a hold on the theatre-

complete her Twp Seas Canal, link-going public, and that in the Fast must always ing the Mediterranean with the Bay be associat d with our old friends, the Brough

Company. of Biscay, and in the meantime should uphold the status quo in Morocco.

Macedonia.

In the Macedonian question Eng- land's special wishes are going con- siderably further than those of Russia

and Austria.

Tour of the German Princes. Prince Eitel Friedrich, who is on- a journey through the Maiter. ranean, on which he and the German Crown Prince will visit all the im- portant cities, is sick with tho meas- les at Cairo,

Kaiser's Visit to Italy. Emperor William will stay at Rome from the 2nd till the 6th April. The Czar's visit to that capital, which was intended to take place before that of the morar's. has been postponed till the autumn.

(Reuters

The Boer Prisoners in India.

LONDON, March 10th.” Mr. Austen Chamberlain stated in the House of Commons that 800 Boer prisoners in India refuse to take an oath, or make a declaration of allegiance, and that Com- mandant Botha is sending a messenger to explain the desirability of making a declara- tion.

The Somaliland Expedition. The Mullah has filed to Galadi 50 miles from Galkayu, only the scouts engaged the enemy retiring before the advance. The Boer Contingent did good work.

Naval.

Lord Selbourne has decided to sever West Africa from the Cape station and to form a new squadron called the South. At- lantic Squadron for South East America.

"NIODE,"

THE CHINA TRADE.

THE SILVER QUESTION-SHIPPING KINGS.

The annual general meeting of the members of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce was held on 4th ult, Mr. John Thomson, the pre- sident, being in the chair. After speaking of condition of the home cotton trade in 1932, he the increase in membership and the satisfactory

proceeded

Wherever and whenever produced by the Broughs, Nibe is always certain of an enthu siastic welcome, and it Loes without saing comedy wil prove no exception to the rule. that to-night's performance of Pauhon's farcical

Mr. and Mrs. Brough will, of course, be seen in their respective r les nf Vibe and 'fer shipped after peace was concluded, when many

The China trade had been suffering from three causes (1) the over-supply of goods

Avios Dunn. The following will be the com- plete cast of characters:→→

shippers expected a more immediate demand Peter Amo Buns ...

than had been experienced; (2) the unsettled par mammoga...Mr. Brough (Manger of the Universal Insane Company) state of many portions of that empire and Caroline Dann (his wife)

is Temple Helen Griffen this wite's Eldest Sater). Miss Susie Vaughan an uneasy feeling that renewed disturbances Ifattie Grin (bis wife's Youngest Sister) Miss Brenda Cibun Cornelius Griffin this Wife's Brother), Mr. W. T. Lorell.might break out at any moment; and (3)

Laivan his Wife's Broth a's Friend, Mr. Leslie Victor

Hamilton Tompkins (an Art Enthusiast.fc. Drlando Daly Parker Sillock (u Merchant).

Beatrice Socks (his Daughter).... John Dunn's Man-servant)......

Madeline Allium (a Governess)41 400+1

and

Mr. Percy Walsho ....Miss Helen Bogle „Bliss Gillies Itrown Mr. H. Higson Nicba (all silles).....

.............. Mra, Brough To-morrow night Village Priest will be the attraction, in which Mr. Brough will appear in perhaps his finest character, that of The Albé Dubois.

the severe and rapid fall in silver, which bad made it

necessary to advance the price of goods as stated in dollars or taels to unprecedently high deures. It was, in deed, surprising that the Chinese had been able so quickly to respond to such a sudden ad- vance in prices. Perhaps the absence of Chinese silver coinage bad made the response to a fall in the exchange caused by a reduction in the price of the metal more rapid than it had

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Commercial.

TODAY'S INTELLIGENCE.

BANKS have buyers at $697.50, CHINA FIRES are wanted at $82 and UNIONS at $525. There.

ROO will be OPENED TO-DAY, the 12th instant, at 6 P.31.

All Brethren are cordially invited to attent

By Order of the Committee,

F. HOWELL,

Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, 12th March, 1993.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

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IN THE MATTER OF THE Es-

TATE OF H. E. GRUNEBERG, LATE OF VICTORIA, HONGKONG, ENGIN. EB, Deceased,

has, by virtue of Section 58 of Ordinance OTICE is hereby given that the Court

No. 3 of 1897, made an Order limiting to the 11th day of AFRI, 1903, for sending in Claims against the above listate.

All Creditors are hereby required to send sheir Claims to the Undersigned before the! said Dale.

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Dated this 12th day of March, 1903,

J. W. NORTON-KYSHE, Official Administrator.

WANTED.

HINESE CLERK must be able to speak

Apply to

VACUUM OIL, COMPANY, Hongkong, Tath March, 13 DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

are smail sellers of STAR FERRIES at $26.50 CHINESE CLERK and S14.30, respectively, SHELL TRANSPORTS have been done at 1 tos. CHINA SUGARS, market opened with a strong demand at $iti and sales have been effected at this rate and at $11.50 to $12 for end of the month, clusing quiet at Stek DOCKS have strong buyers at $206 and at equivalent rates forward, WHARVES, small sales at 595. th LAND companies there has been nothing doing: CEMENTS are weaker and shares changed hands at 513. Shanghai reports a boom in LANG. KATS; shares are now quoted at Tls. 345.

EXCHANGE,

ON LONDON, Telegraphic Transfer.........1/71 Bank Bills, on demand......17 3 16 Credits, 4 months' sight117) D'meats 4 months' sight.....1/7

.M.1.64

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2,01

ON BERLIN, (demand) ON PARIS, Bank Bills, on demand

Credits, 4 months' sight... 201 ON NEW YORK, Bank Bills, on demand...38

Credits, 30 days' sight.......39!

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19

ON BOMBAY, Telegraphic Transfer ....... 118)

On demand ON SHANGHAI, Telegraphic Transfer......73

Private 30 days' sight ON YOKOHAMA, T.T...... Sovereigns, Bank's Buying Rate Gold Leaf 100 touch, per tael Bar Silver........

OPIUM QUOTATIONS. Today's quotations are as follows-

MyLWA NEW

+1

LAST YEAR.. *OLDEST

PATNA NEW BENARES NEW PERSIAN (PAPER)...

119

.nom.

$12.60 .65.30 ..223.

Per chest @ $980,990 .( 1,010/1,040 .@ 1,060/1,110 1,110 .@@ 1,090" .@ 780/800

Co-oap's Advertisements.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.-

FROM MIDDLESBOROUGH, ANTWERP, LONDON, PORT SAID, COLOMBO AND SINGAPORE.

THE Company's Steamship

*HITACHI MARU," ́* having arrived from the above Poris, con signees of cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their Godawn Company's Godown at Kowloon, risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and where each consignment will be sorted out mätk by mark and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed,

On Satu day and Monday, the first produc ion (by the Broughs) in China of Fcing the Music, a farcical comedy by J. . Darnley generally been in countries where the process instructions, are given to the contrary before

author of The Solicitor, will be given.

Tuesday next is fixed for the first and only Ernest a "serious comedy for trivial people," performance of The Importance of Being By the late Uscar Wilde.

It is announced that the Brough seison will (erminate next week, all arrangements having en enncluded fur the Company to leave by the German mail steamer Sachsen.

The final programmes will be advertised in p-morrow's Telegraph.

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ROYAL H.K. YACHT CLUB.

donmodore of R. H.K. Y. Club, has presented Commodore C. C. Robinson, R.N., the vice. acup to be sa led for on Saturday, 12th inst staring at a p.m. Course:-Kowlonn Rock, Channel Kicks, Meyer's East Cust Rock Buoy, Channel Rocks-all to starboard.

Theirsh Club Race will be sailed overcourses.

of mistage had delayed the adjustment. Nothing was said about the silver question in

the report, but in the silver-using countries it was a huming question still. The tariff for

China so carefully prepared to represent 3 per cent on our goods no longer ago than 1891 at than about 31 per cent, and the surtax of one the present moment did not represent more

and a-half times the original import duty, designed by China to bring in 71 per cent., would not now fetch more than şer cent. The value of the indemnity if it was really to be paid in guki, as all the Powers except America insisted, was enormously, increased by the fall in silver, and represent no amount far g eater than either China or the European made. He wished we could be a little easy owers bad.dreamed of when the bargain was with our debtor; she had little produce ready forexport, and an extension in the time allowed tion in the amount, would be sound policy, for payment of the indemnity, if not a reduc

Meanwhile China and Mexico had app oached the United States, craving their co-operation" ! in adopting such measures as might tend to The M. M. Sydney arrived this morning restore and maintain a fixed relationship be- pore Free Press of the 5th inst. It appears the Chinese Government pointed out that the about thirty-six hours late, reports the Sing-tween the moneys of gold and silver countries. that on the run between Colombo and Acheen stability of trade between the United States lead the bearings of the connecting and and China was destroyed by the variation of became heated, and it was found impossible to per cent. n the price of silver, as happened to proceed till time had been given for the bearings to cool and for temporary measures

THE FRENCH MAIL,

in 1902, and urged that stability in this r. spect was as important to the gld-using as to the

in be taken. In all the matter fasted some silver-using countries. It is probable that we

FRENCH CHINA MEDAL.

fifteen hours or so, the rest of the delay being The French Mint has just completed the the natural outcome of easier steaming after Striking of the China medal, it is in silver, he occurrene. The damage done was not having on one side a young woman represent-uicient to occasion any repairs here, and ing the Republic, and on the reverse two Cannons, an anchor, and a fig, with a Chinese the vessel leaves for Saigon this afternoon. Py pagoda in the distance, Below is the word her the Chief Justice, Sir Lionel Cox, leaves

Chine, with 1900-1901 on either side. The Upon: Inquiry at Hongkong we learn that

Singapore for Japan for a holiday!..... medal is hung from a cl-sp formed of two the steamer was guarantined at Colombo awing zibbon-of-yellow and freed 10 case of small-pox aboard. She also ex vertical

perienced bad weather; but made good time from Saigon.

A bar half way up the ribban

Chine-1001,"

Cottam & Co., FOR SUN HATS

should have another International Monetary Conference by the result of which England, and especially Ind aj might be seriously affect- el. The one-and-four-penny rapes in India undoubtedly had been more of a success than most persons had expected. It had apparently Government in the payment of interest on its conferred great advantages on the Indian gold loans, and it bad decidedly been a com- fort to Lancashire shippers. But if the High valuation of the rupen was impoverishing the agricultural and manufacturing classes in India,

OTTAM & CO FOR WASHING COTTAM & CO. FOR PANAMA HATS,

BOW TIES

Optional Goods will be carried on unless Noon, TO-DAY.

will be subject to rent.

Goods not cleared by the 18th March

Office before, the 21st March, or claims in

All ship-damaged packages must be left in the Godowns and Notice of same sent to this

connection therewith will not be recognized.

NIPPON YUSEN KÄISHA. Bengkong, 12th March. 13

SOLE AGENTS:

RITCHIE & Co.

Des Voeux Road.

Hongkong, 12th March, 1993

Fare

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FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND TAMSUI

HE Company's Steamship

"HAILOONG,"

Captain Gibson, will be despatched for the above Ports, on SUNDAY, the 15th instant, nt Daylight,

For Freight or l'assage, apply lo

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 12th March, 1903.

13ize COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES

MARITIMES.

PAQUEROTS-POSTE FRANCAIS.

NOTICE.

STEAM FOR

SAIGON, SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, COLOMBO, BOMBAY, ADEN; EGYPT, MARSEILLES, MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA PORTS, LONDON, HAVRE, BORDEAUX ; PORTS or BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE.

ON

ALSO

AN TUESDAY, the 24th March, 1903 at 8 AM the Company's Steamship "ERNEST-SIMONS," Capt. Dupuy-Fromy, with Mails, Passengers, Specic and Cargo, will leave this Port for MARSEILLES, vid BOMBAY.

Representative................................ Mr. ALLAN HAMILTON,

TO-NIGHT (THURSDAY), 12TH MARCH. THE BROUGH COMEDY CO.

IN

"NIOBE."

TO-NIGHT (THUrsday), 12th March,

" NIOBE."

(By arrangement with the author.) Acts, by H. and E. Paulton.

A mythological farcical comedy in Three

TO-MORROW (Friday), 13th March, "A VILLAGE PRIEST." (By arrangement with the author.} A drama in Five Acts, by Sydney Grindy.

SATURDAY and MONDAY NEXT, 14th and 10th March, FACING THE MUSIC"

(By arrangement with Frank Thornton, Esq.) An original farce in Three Acts, by J. H. Darnley, author of "The Solicitor.""""

TUESDAY NEXT, 17th March, "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST."

(ty arrange rent with George Alexander, Esq.) A comedy in Four Acts by the late Oscar Wilde.

BOX PLANS AT ROBINSON'S. Diess Circl⚫ and Orchestra Stalls, $4.00. Stalls, $2.00, Back Seats, $1.00.

Doors Open 8.30. Cuntain 9 Chairs, etc., at 11.30 Late Tram to the Peak as usual.

Hongkong, 12th March, 1903. [iste

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

NF

NFORMATION has been received from the Military Authorities that GUN PRACTICE will be carried out from Stone. cutters Island, West Battery, on the 16th March, 1903, in a South-Westerly direction, Practice will commence at about 9.30 AM

By Command,

F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Hongkong, 12th March, 1903.

S.S. "SYDNEY."

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COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

"ONSIGNEES of Cargo from

London.

and Havre, ex as. Charente, and from Bordeaux, ex s.5. Cambrai, in connection with above Steamer, are hereby informed

This Steamer connects at COLOMBO with that their Goods, with the exception of the ss. Folyadrien, which vessel takes on her Opium, Treasure and Valuables are being Passengers and Mails leaving that Port on landed and stored at their risks into the Godowns the 4th April, 1903, Direct to Suez, Port Said of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Go- and Marseilles,

down Co., Limited, at Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained immediately after landing.

Cargo and Specie will be registered for Lon- don as well as for Marseilles, and accepted in transit through Marseilles for the principal places of Europe.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded on unless intimation is received from the Consignees before Noon, TO-DAY, the 12th instant, request-

Shipping Orders will be granted till Nooning it to be landed here. only on MONDAY, the 23rd March, Specie and Parcels received until 4 M. on the same day. No Cargo will be received on board on TUESDAY.

Parcels are not to be sent on board, they must be left at the Agency's Office. Contents and Vatus of Packages are require.L

For further Particulars, apply at the Con- pany's Office.

G. DE CHAMPEAUX,

Agent. Hongkong, 12th March, 1993.

Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned. Goods remaining unclaimed after THURSDAY, the 19th instant, at Noor, will be subject rent and landing charges,

All claims must be seat in to me on or before the 19th instant, or they will not be recognised. All damaged packages will be examined on THURSDAY, the 19th instant, at 3 P.M.

No Fire Insurance has been effected.

G. DE CHAMPEAUX, Agent. Hongkong, 12th March, 1903.

BUCHANAN

BLEND

SCOTCH WHISKY:

JAMES BUCHANAN & CO.

SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLERS. By Appointment to

H. M. THE KING

and

HRH the PRINCE OF WALES

CAN BE OBTAINED FROM

LANE CRAWFORD & CO.

⠀⠀ AND ALSO THE MUTUAL STORES, AND FIRST CLASS HOTELS AND CLUBS.

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