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NGKONG,TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1903,

the 'fings of their nation, the portal of their | THE death is announced of Mr. Clarance Holi, a Tientsin cespatch says that Franco is restored to China all the land occupied by ber. since the eventful 1920.

Car Hongkong Eelegraph leading bank is draped tastefully, and with the well known actor, ar the age of 77.

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1903,

THE Consensus of opinion is that Mr. Cham- berlain's speech at Glasgow was a great oratorical triumph,

delicate apropos, with the colours of Britain and Nihon, and to-night the leading mem-Chefeo from Coica, and went on to Tientsin.

DR. Morrison, the Times correspondent, visited bers of the community dine with the Con- A. S. WATSON & CO., THE NEWS FROM THE NORTH. sul of H.L.M., Mr. Noma. Also we are happy to associate our wishes, with the ILMITED,'

The seriousness of the news from Shang- toasts that will probably be drunk on this hai telegraphed to us by our own corres-occasion, fon the health and long reign of. pandent and reproduced elsewhere in this H.I.M. Mutsu Hito, and the success and issue cannot be over estimated. The reported prosperity of the Japanese Nation. As we arrest of Tseng Chi, Tartar General and go to press telegrams are to hand published the Military Governor of Mukderi, by Russia, elsewhere in these columns--to the effect lends a gravity to the complicated aspect of that Russia has seen good to take serious the position of political affairs in the North, aggressive measures in Liau-Tung and that which might precipitate a war that had been Mukden, the capital, has been occupied by

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SHANGHAI, 3rd November,

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

H.M.Ś. Mutine Arrived from Weihaiwei this: morning.

QUARANTINE restrictions have been withdrawn: against Shanghai.

H.E. the Governor proclaimed Nagasaki an infected port to-day.

which have been stated ́ as having been made by one of the Powers. Evidently Russia, as 'is her wont, cannot be taken too earnestly in her pledges. Like all her prontises that of respecting the inviolability of territory is as perfidious as the nation has shown itself to be. She has seized Mukden. This is the substance of the brief message flashed across from Peking, This action anticipated the result of the Grand Council which was held yesterday by the advice of two of China's most enlightened 26.00 Viceroys, and whose pro-foreign tendencies leaning not too much on Russia's side give out the hope that the situation so far as China is concerned is certainly in favour ofher THE will of Phil May bas been proved, the per- nearer neighbour and our Ally-the Japanese.sonally being sworn at 803. Viceroy Yuan Shil-kai, according to a Tientsin letter, has been making every pre- paration for eventualities in case of hostili- ties breaking out between Japan and Russia, and from His Excellency's conversation it is casy to see that his predilections are with All less 10% discount on account of Cur | Japan. A secret memorial sent recently to the Throne by, the Viceroy advocates in rent Exchange.

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when the destinies of this brave and enter- prising race are menaced by the ambitions of the colossal l'ower in the North, when in a few short weeks, perhaps days, the country may be called upon to strive with, all its PHOTOGRAPHIC might, its means, its manhood to preserve

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HACKSNSCHMIDT has defeate A Antonio Pierri for the world's championship in Gracco Roman style of wrestling.

TuE half-yearly general meeting of the Hong Rong Jockey Club was held at the City Hall yesterday when the stewards were unanimously

re-elected.

AN iceberg, estimated to be about a mile long was passed by the steamer Star of Australia in the Southern Ocean, on her voyage from London to Sydney.

Tim Russian Volunteer Fleet steamer Kos- trama arrived at Singapore from Odessa on the 25th ult, and went to the wharf to coal

She left the next day for Vladivostock.

Cug immigrants into Canada, during the first nine months of the year included 43,187 from Great Britain, 32,498 from the Continent of Europe, and 3,329 from the United States.

A SHIPMENT of 130 homes for the Eastern market is being forwarded from Sydney by the

1.S.N. Company's steamer Lura which had co board on Lath ulta chiqmana dan kak

Mx. Dang Chee, of Des Voeux Road, but late of Tumat, forwarded a silver cup, valued at 15s, to be competed for at the Railway- Hospital meeting, held at framut, Australia,

on 12th and 13th ult.

It is sinted that the Russian administrator at Newchwang proposes to organise a Municipal council with two British and one American member, their decisions to be subjected to the administrator's approval.

Owing to the failure of the fisheries, the inha

coast of Newfoundland, desire ani xation to Canala.

we welcome the arrival of a new local con- temporary, the first number of the South China | Weekly Post having come to hand yesterday afternoon.

The new college, which has been erected in the city of Wenchow by the Methodist Free Church Mission, was formally opened on Tues day, the 2011 ult.

RETURNS for the week ending 31st October, 1993, give the number of cases of communicable discases in the Colony as follows one case

cholera, fatal (Japanese), and two cases of fever (European).

It is reported from New York that, in case

Ile says they fave come across a considérable quantity of wreckage and derelict fishing boats. Yesterday he took nine Chinese off a batter- ed junk and another three from off a fishing buat.

THE military authorities in Simla bave applied, to the Commissioner of the East Africa Pro- lectorate for two or three young zebra stallions for experimental breeding purposes in India. A ship-load of 770 mules will arrive shortly from South Africa. They are to be pickatted for a few days in, Bombay before being classed and distributed to different commands.

We are still doing business at 31, Des Voeux Road. LeMunyon-Advi.

Russia and japan came to an understanding in A RUSSIAN transport carrying recently to

barrels of corn and 'wheat to Manchuria land the present negotiations at the cost of China, Great Britain would demand compensations ined its curge at Antung hsien. No sooner was the Yangtze Valley.

it landed than the grain was transported by hoses overland to Feng Huang Chen. The latter city was garrisoned by 600 men, and the Farrison has been considerably reinforced by 600 more men with 12 field guns.-Ex.

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THERE is a report in Peking to the effect that a censor a Hunangse of course has denounced Viceroy Tsen of the Two Kwang provinces, accusing his Excellency of recklessness' and other misdemeanours.

MR. J. B. Sution, the recently appointed Com mercial Agent, has left Sydney for the East. He has been engaged in collecting information relative to the various industries in the Aus tralian metropolitan area.

INFORMATION is to hand to the effect that it was not the boilers of Amiral Gueydon that biew up and occasioned the loss of that steamer, but that the accident was due to the explosion of a considerable quantity dangerous cargo

stowed on deck.

it is reported in the Tune Wen Hu Pao that the Feng Shin, Governor of Kwangsi,-has-sent his representative, a prefect, to Shanghai to acgotiate with a foreign firm for a loan of Tis. 1,000,000 to defray the expenses of the military operations in Kwangsi.

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can get it at Le Munyon's. —Adní THE Japanese Consuls at Port Arthur and Dalay have issued proclamations assuring the people that there will be no war, and exhorting Japanese merchants and traders there to carry on their respective callings, and not to permit themselves to be misled by unfounded rumours:

Siamese Government has negociated, through THE Avenir du Tonkin announces that the

the U.S. Minister, at Bangkok, a loan of one million sterling at 5%. The loan is to be covered in America and payment of same will

Lur Kuang Tsai, the newly appointed com." mander-in-chief of Kwangai, has enlisted a

few regiments of recruits at Chang Sha Hunan. Genemi. Lui is taking great pains in the drilling and arming of his new men. From the number of recruits being enlisted into service, it appears that Chinese attach more importance to the number than the quality of their fighting man.'

Sercombe Smith, the compradore of the 8.8. Ar the Magistracy this morning, before Mr. Stoff was charged by Lance Sergeant Brook, with being in unlawful possession of two chests of opium, valued at $1,900, without a p.rmit and without the knowledge of the opium farmers. Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton, who appear ed for the defence, applied for an adjournment which was granted.

STARILING COMPLICATIONS

IN THE NORTH.

RUSSIAN PERFIDY.

SHANGHAI, 3rd November,

* 10.6 a.m. Acting upon the recommendations of Viceroy Yuan Shih-k'ni and Vico-

cil met in the Summer Palace at roy Chang Chistung the Grand Coun

Peking yesterday to consider the unwarrantable arrest of Tseng Chi, Tartar-General and Military Gover- nor, by the Russians, at Mukden.

The Grand Council also discussed the question of the obstructions which, Russia is placing in the way of tele graphic communications between Peking and Feogtien.

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Serious complication is expected as a result of the high-handedno s on the part of Russia.

CLAIM FOR LEGAL EXPENSES.

At the Supreme Court this morning the Puisne Judge, His Honour A. G. Wise, heard a claim brought by Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton against Wang Chi Nam and Lai Kan Sang t recover the sum of $371.25 for work done and $82, amount of money expended as

licitor to

defendants,

Mr. F. Paget Hett appeared in support of MR. Olaf Nielsen, Superintendent, of the Great the claim, and Lai Kan Sang attended in The whole cable traffic between Hingkong and predictetuse had already been Northern Telegraph Company, Edi, antes —

person, the other defendant being absent. IDIS Company's before the Court when défendants were advised Eastern Extension Company's cable between done so. -Share con KÖMMA WIN

of the interruption of the to get the bill of costs taxed, but had not Hongkong and Foochow, delay may be expect- ed on telegrams from and to Shanghai, Amoy and places beyond.

WOOL was one of the chief, lines in the cargo

tralia. She had co bales from Syduty, and for Japan by the Japanese mail steamer Kumano Maru arriving yesterday from Aus

Brisbane. Other cargo from Sydney included space was secured for another 269 bales from

tons of lead, 200 tons copper, 200 tons ferti-

you get this bill taxed?.

His Lordship (to defendant)-Why didn't

Defendant:--Because it is contected with five people.

Mr. Hett said the bill was for work done of September, October and November by him personally during the months

last year.

stood that the men objected to certain lems, He heard the Court direct

but he showed them the scale and they appear the defendants to get the bill taxed, and under-

be by instaliments during a period, of twentyer, su tons rolled lead for China and Japan,eil satisfied. .

23rd. nlt, with the news that the Dutch mail

THE 55. Maha arrived at Singapore, on the years.

Steamer Koningin Regente had been success. fully floated off the Brom Brom Shoal on the previous day. No damage was done to the vessel.

THE wreck of the British barque Falls of Ettrick, now lying stranded on the Windsor Reef, is to be sold by auction at Batavia on Friday, 6th inst, She is to be sold just as she is, with whatever stores and provisions there may be on board at the time of auction.

MAJOR Powell-Cotton, of the Northumberland Fusiliers, has completed a remarkable journey in Eastern Equatorial Africa. He travelled through thousands of miles of hitherto unknown country, discovering hill cave-dwellers, and also magicians, these latter occupying good two-storeyed houses.

MRS. Campbell of Shanghai, who arrived attity of butter and other produce for Manile,

and 100 tons of compressed fodder and a quan.

Yokohama on the 19th ult. on board the steamer

Empress of India, missed at the Western Ha toba in the same afternoon her handbag con- taining seventy-five yen in cash and £30 Chartered Bank bills. She immediately re- ported the occurrence to the water police.

THE Times says that the statement that an Anglo-French arbitration treaty has been sign. ed is not correct. Only a simple agreement has been proposed providing for submission to arbitration of differences between France and Great Britain of a juridical character affecting treaties between the two countries when diplo- matic methods have failed,

THE Viceroy, Hsi Liang, of Szechuen, wired to the Wai Wu-pu on the 20th ult, that while it has been decided to build the railway between

CHINESE in the Settlements are being much exercised at the sudden rising of the value of Chinese ten and twenty-cent pieces which upon inquiry is now attributed to the fact that a cer- tain foreign firm has been lately assiduously buying up these subsidiary silver coins for exportation to Newchwang. It is said that no less then two millions and half of these coins have already been exported and owing to this drain the exchange shops are finding it very difficult to supply the market.

Defendant said the bill was divided amongst five persons, one of whom had since died. They were each willing to pay their own 'share. with costs, observing that defendants would not His Lordship gave judgment for plaintiff. take his advice and consequently bad to pay

for it.

HONGKONG · FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION:

There will be a practice game of the Hong- kang Football Club Association section at All members willing to play are requested Happy Valley on Thursday, 5th, at 4-45 p.m.

to attend.

RUGBY,

MR. Wyatt, the special envoy of the Navy League, who was recently in Hongkong and has since been in the southern and western Sydney and will afterwadts vish Queensland, tion, will have a pick-up game on Saturday, States of the Commonwealth, has returned to The Hongkong Football Club, Rogby Sec- then again return to Sydney, and finally leave 7th inst. Kick off 4.30 pm Members wishing

league complain of the apathy and the want of Africa The officials of the local branch of the sandford, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.

fence, notwithstanding the fact of Sydney being

THE Hunan Steamship Company's steamers Chengtu and Pankow with Chinese funds, for London by way of New Zealand and South to play will please send their names in to H. C

Shoko Maru and Genko Maru recently carried

out a trial run between obe and Osaka which was a success in every respect. It showed that wishes the Wai Wu-pu to communicate this public attention to the question of naval de TELEGĦAMS TO FOOCHOW,

the draught of these steamers is 1.5 inches lighter than was supposed. They will leave Osaka for Shanghai on the 26th inst.

A NOTICE to mariners intimates that the Chuankiangkow beacon light was exhibited for the ürst time on the 11th ult, The illumin

many British surveyors and engineers are al ready actively engaged in the survey. He fact to Sir Ernest Satow, the British Minister, so as to stop what the Viceroy calls this ar- bitrary conduct on the part of the British engineers,

THE exactions of the walking delegates of various trade unions have led to the failure of the Morse Iron Works and Dry Dock Com

the chief naval base in the Pacific.

THE HONGKONG CRICKET LEAGUE,

A meeting of representatives of the clubs

SHANGHAI AND THE NORTH.

Mr. J. M. Back, Superintendent of the Eastern Extension Company, informs us that, owing to the interruption of their Hongkong-

being handed over for transmission to the for Foochow, Shanghai and the North are Foochow cable, all telegrams handed to them

to itself the place among nations it so glori ously attained but yesterday, this anniversary of its Emperor will be kept with a rejoicing tinged with solemnity. When in 1894 Ger- many, France and Russia joined in robbing ating apparatus is dioptric, of the sixth order, pany of New York. By the failure, 2, 00 interested in the above League was held yes Japan of the laurels won in her war with showing a fixed red light. The beacon is on workmen are rendered idle, and plant valued terday evening in the Craigengower Cricket Great Northam Telegraph Company. It China, the whole nation arose in wrathful ately opposite the lower end of Jocelyn Island. Morse Company's floating dry dock is the pavilion, Mr. W. D. Braidwood presiding. indignation at the brutal insult offered to AND

PROMPT RETURN. Hongkong, 29th August, 1903

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their Ruler, but the coalition was over- whelming and it would have been suicidal to resist. Wisely the Emperor saw this and calmed the angry clamours of his people, but the nation has neither forgotten nor forgiven the affront. Apart from our al- liance with the nation of Nihon, the sym- pathies of the majority of the British people are assured to the sturdy and enterprising Empire in north-eastern Asia, insomuch as they resemble us in the devotion they possess for their Sovereign, which is stronger than all party feelings, beyond all personal interests, The Japanese in Hongkong have, to-day, 1355e decorated their offices and residences with

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TELEFONE, 232.

Hongkong, 20th March, 1903.

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the point on the left bank of the river immediat 2,000,000 dol (£400,000) is closed down. The

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FIFTEEN thousand operatives at Arimentieres, all is 7ooft, but it can be lengthened to 10coft

largest at New York. Its normal length over France, struck work a month ago for a read-width at entrance, 120 ft; and depth on sill a justment of wages, Armentieres is a town in high water ordinary spring lides 35ft. The the Department of Nord, on the Belgian dock floats in gift. frontier. There are factories for spinning flax, hemp, and cotton yarn, manufactories of CAPTAIN William Lombard, of Kologa, Ton- woollen cloth, table linen, calicoes, lace, thread, gatabu, has sent to Australian exchanges following copy of a message, which was found, enclosed in a wine bottle, on the island of Fukave, off the eastern end of Tongatabu:- "Will the finder of this inform Messrs Barkfoot and Co., of Port Said, that their miles from Bombay: This note is written by schooner, the Ethel, foundered about 1,000 the sole survivors, Captain Lee and Seaman Thoihas, who are in their last hopes.-T. Lée. January 36.ør 27,11897."

A REMARKABLE case was heard at, Sydney recently, when Agnes Martin was charged with "having wilfully exposed her child in the yard the effect that the child was four years of age at 89 Victoria-street." Evidence was given to and through being penned up constantly with fowls in the yard had acquired their habits, crowing, cackling, and consting.

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The following were appointed office-bearers fro the season :~-~

President T.Sercombe Smith, Esq. Vice-President:-W. D. Braidwood, Esq. Hon. Sec. and Treas. Mr. A. E. Asger,

COMMITTEE,

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