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THE PASSING OF THE SAIL..

Mr. Young.

steamers of large tonage to the Far East, and buted to the establishment, of a service of

to the institution of the great cargo lines from Hamburg and Breinen to East As'a.

THERE are in the United States Navy 352 vessels tit for service, forty-five building and (wenty-three unfit for service. There are under construction or authorised :—First-class battle-

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AN UP-TO-DATE CARAVAN-SERAI,

muor improvements which have been initiated within the last few weeks, but sufficient has been said to prove that the Hongkong Hotel, as it stands, is probably the most up-to-date cara. | wax-sera- in the Far Easi, and 'its admirable accuinmodation, excellent cuisine and splendid management is a credit to our important sea port.

CRICKET LEAGUE.

CRAIGENGOWER V. A.0.C.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL The question of comfortable accommodation and a good cuisine is of first order, both to 18-: sidents in this Colony, who cannot afford high rents or who desire to avoid the worries at- tendant on the surveillance of a retinue of Asiatic domestics, and to the ever-increasing number of tourists that visit our city each win! ter. Hongkong has advanced in importance as a seaport with enormous strides, and, owing today, the 2nd january, at'2.15.0.m. on the ground The above match will take place on Satur, it being situated within easy distance of Canton; Macao and Tonking, the number of of the former Club which will be represented globe-trotters who maks of it a base for by R. Basa, Lammert, A. C. Brawa, E. C. exploration is continually augmenting, so that Brawn, E. R. Herton, J, D. Kinnaird, R. Pes the different hotels of our city have had to tonji, J. Crail, J. L. Stuart, M. E. Asger, L. A., increase their means of accommodation, and Rose and R. Houghton, cater to the requirements of the modern travel

ships, 14; armoured cruisers, 8; protected cruisers, 9; gunbun for Great Lakes (not be. gun), ti composite gunboats, 21 steel torpedo boats, 6; training ships, 2; training brig, tugs, 2. FURTHER purchases of Welsh coal for the Far East ure reported on, the Cardiff market, and it is computed that 40,000 tons have already been CHINA papers state that the Russians are ranged shipment over December ander for comfort and laxury. engaging numbers of well-educated Chinese January. Inquiry still continues. The. Rus- to conduct official corespondence in Man.siaps have secured, a large early steamer for churia. Salaries are being offered ranging patent fuel from Cardiff to Port Arthur, as from $50 to $100 a month.

well as the Foxton Hall; to carry 6,500 tons of coal froin Cardiff to Port Arthur, and also an- other steamer ready to load at the commence ment of January. Rates are not quite so good as n few weeks ago, and are believed to be

A CARDIFF telegram states that the Admiralty, have placed orders for about 500,000 tons of coal divided among nearly twenty collieries. The prices are said to be at the rate of à little · about 18s, 6d. over thirteen shi lings a ton fo.b.

In this inarch of progress none of our nume. rous guest-houses have done more to secure the satisfaction of their patrons than our lead gravan-serat, the Hongkong Hotel. Within the last few months important changes and modifications have been effected in the lighting installation, restaurant department and social small credit is due to the able manager, Mr.

comforts of this immense building, and no

H. Haynes, that this transformation was.com- pleted without any discomfort to the numerous guests staying in the Halel. The massive pilt is now lighted throughout by electricity, and several facts with regard to the plant and

It has been recorded that in the search for the wealth of the, Indies a tiny wooden barque, in 1492, took Columbus to the Atlantic shores of America. For a similar 2.25 purpose a small fleet of sailing ships was

sent to the Far East. by the East India military commission which was appointed by obtained it will be some time before Chinese system adopted will no doubt be of interest lo

Wine required for IMMEDIATE use

should be ordered to be decanted before

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Company early in the seventeenth century, Nore-Port, after removal, should be and their agents unconsciously commenced working out in China the great international rested for a month before use.

problem with the solution of which Hong. kong has been specially concerned On the 21st November last the White Star Line launched one of the largest steamer yet built, which is to plough the waters between Great Britain and America, and carry-on The im mease trade that has grown between the two countries since Columbus set sail in his barque. It is the fourth time within five years that a steamer larger than all her predecessors has been launched for this line, and this fact of itself constitutes a unique record. The Oceanic, the first of the four, was launched in January, 1899 the Celtic came next in 1901; the Gedrie followed in 1902; and now comes the Baltic at the close of 1903. When the Oceanic A. S. WATSON & Co., was launched in 1899, the next to her in tonnage was the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse,

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of 14,346 tons; the Ballic, which is 24,000 tons, has a rival in the Karser Wilhelm II, of 20,010 tons. The increase in tonnage in the largest steamer has therefore been almost 10,000 tons within the last five years. A more mpid rate of increase than

THE new trial of Dreyfus will be begun in January. This is the recommendation of the

the Freach Cabinet to investigate the question of whether Dreyfus was entitled to a revision of his case.

We understand that Mr. E. R. Belilios, G.M.G, has offered a silver cup for the best batting average in the Craigengower Cricket Club. Before becoming the absolute property of any player it must be won twice in succession or

three times in all by the same batsman,

MR. PAYNE, the Postmaster-General, and Mr. Raikes, the British Charge d'Affaires, have signed the Parcels Post Agreement between the United States and Hongkong. It will come into effect on January 1, 1904. Under the Agreement the maximum weight of parcels, will be seventy-two ounces.

AT the annual public meeting of the Académie Française on 26th ult, amongst the recipients of the various awards were M. Eugene Darcy, who received a Montyon prize of 500 fr. for his "Defence of the French Legation," and a Fabien prize of 500 fr. was also given to M. J. Pene-Siefert for "Yellows and Whites in China,"

By kind permission of Major Radcliffe and officers, the Band of the 93rd Burma Infantry; will play the following programme of music, at the King Edward Hotel, during dinner,

instead of Friday as usual,

WRITING on the labour problem in South Africa the johannesburg Correspondent of The Tines points out that even when the necessary sanctions for importing Chinese labour' are

can be actually at work on the Rand Time must be allowed for negotiations with the Chinese Government and also for putting into motion all the machinery of recruiting. An estimate of six months presupposes a speedy passage for the Labour Ordinance through the Legislative Council, the unquestioning assent of the Imperial Government, ready compliance on the part of the Chinese authorities and success on the part of the recruiting agents. It must be anticipated (says the L. & C. Express) that the Government at Peking will scrutinise carefully the ordinance reguling the importation of Chinese. In view of this something more than the mere assent of the Imperial Government to the importation of Chinese will be looked for; to ensure the „success of the scheme, the active co-operation of His Majesty's representative at Peking will be necessary in order that the Chinese authorities may feel that they are dealing officially with the British Government and not merely with an unofficial British community..

A HONGKONG STEAMER

ASHORE.

ACCIDENT TO THE S.S. "ELLEN RICKMERS." News reached this Colony last evening that purchased from the Rickmers Rice Mills and the Ellen Rickmers,one of the steamers recently

this has never taken place within the same: Thursday, the 31st instant (New Year's Eve) Shipbuilding Company by the North German

time in the past history of steam navigation.

It is just over fifteen years since the launch of the first steamer of over 10,000 tons (the Great Eastern excepted), and in the ten. years from 1888, when the City of New York of 10,500 tons, was launched, to 1893, when the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grasse, of 14,346 tons, was the largest steamer, the advance was a little less than 4,000 tons. Now, in less than five years, there is a further increase of almost 10,000 tons.

Thus

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God save the Klog.

MR. F. B. L. Bowley, secretary of the City Hall,

writes on behalf of Mr. M. B. Leavitt that this

entertainer hopes to visit Hongkong in March or April next. From Ceylon exchanges we

learn that he is the proprietor of the Angle

Lloyd, had gone ashore on the Paracel Islands.. This vessel was on the Hongkong-Bangkok

run. It would appear that the news was con-

reyed in a scanty telegram to the agent here, but it is more than probable that the crew and officers of the Ellen Rickmers are in safety. Measures were taken this morning by the

Superintendent of the North Gennan Lloyd

for the prompt departure of the tug Fame

with 1 salvage expedition, with divers and pumps, which, we learn, will be under the direction of the Dock Company. It is

many.

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JAPAN AND RUSSIA.

SEMI-OFFICIAL STATEMENT.

A very important statement is made by the Kokumen in reference to the political situation. The whole of the plant is on the premises of The importance of the information given lies the hotel, which is thus absolutely independent in the fact that this journal has certain relations of outside supply. Power is obtained from five with the Government of a semi-official nature, boilers, each of 10 H.P, and the generative and has been chosen more than once to make force is assured by 3 dynamos, each capable of important announcements. Our Tokyo can running so sixteen candle-power lamps. temporary has an article in its issue of the 13th These dynamos are by the General Electric inst, which deals with the various conferences Co. of New York; they are of the multipolar held during the last few months between the type and their respective power is :—No load | Elder Statesmen, and the members of the 110 volts; full load 115 volts; ampères 216; speed 305 revolutions. One of these machines is running all day and, at night, two are put into service.

The lighting installation is under the con- tinual supervision of a qualified European electrician and engineer, supplied by the China Light and Power Co., (Messrs. Shewan, Tomes and Co., Agents). The machinery is of the fatest type and includes many up-to-date improvements. Near the dynamos is a switch bonid, from which can be controlled the whole fighting system of the building, and an automatic switch is attached, by which in event of a series of lights being put out of circult by the fusing, of a wire, the gear is thrown out of action and the engineer is thus advised and can attend in mediately to repairs. In carrying the wires through and along the walls every precaution has been taken to avoid all danger of fire, the following system being adopted. In passing through brickwork all wires are run through porcelain tubes, very similar to those of the Simplex pattern, and in straight leads they are enclosed in a fire-proof casing of asbestos. The lighting installation in the bed-rooms is as fol lows: in each of the large rooms is a 3-light chandelier, one bracket and a portable lamp.

In the smaller rooms there are two bracket lamps and a portable light, All the rooms are provided with a socket for a fan. Each lamp can be put at 16 or 32 candle-power as required. The corridors are lighted by steel pendants

Cabinet. According to this statement, the first conference, which took place on the 3rd Juns, decided on the policy that Japan should pursue with regard to the situation that had arisen as the result of Russia's continued occupation of Manchuria. It was then decided that the only satisfactory solution would be the placing of Korea entirely under Japanese influence- which, presumably, would mean the can cellation of the existing Notes in which Russia and Japan respectively recognise each the interests of the other in Korea-and the determination that Manchuria should not be permitted to fall into the hands of Russia, but should be opened to the trade of the world with a full recognition of Chinese sovereignty. The second conference was held on the 13th October, when, no move for evacuation having been made by Russia, the ways and means were considered by which the previous decision could be carried into effect,. By this time the negotiations between, Japan and Russia had been transferred from St. Petersburg to Tokyo: A third conference took place on the 24th Oct., when the Elder Statesmen and the Cabinet formulated Japan's irreducible minimum, which was presented to the Russian representative. On various pretexts Russia delayed an answer to this dispatch, which was only received by the

are the dreams of the fifteenth century American Troubadours who combined with the cresting to note that the fleet purchased by bearing 16 C. P. lamps. On each floor there are document, apparently. Thereupon a fourth

1ST FLOOR, 12, QUEEN'S ROAD,materialized into tangible fact by twentieth Lee and Zansig troupe, and who have recently century energy on a huge wholesale plan, been delighting Colombo and Candy audiences. As a writer in the Revue Scientifique The Ceylon Independent speaks in glowing

FURNITURE DEALERS.

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Japanese Government about three weeks ago, some forty days after the Note was presented to Russia. According to the Kokumin, the Russian reply neither refused nor conceded the Japanese demands. It was a temporising,

three cut-outs, to be used in event of a fuse conference took place between the Ministers

landing would be deprived offlight. The bath the 18th instant. At this conference it was rooms, staircases, bars, pantries, dining and decided that Japan should firmly stand by the

light as well as the steam-laundry, boiler-room, refrigerating chambers, provision, store, bag. gage-rooms and lifts. The outside lights, on the façade and verandahs are Nerast lamps of 60 candle-power.

recently pointed out, the Germans and terms of the performance, and says that by on the stocks. These vessels bave all been billiard-rooms are all fitted with the electric decision she had arrived at when the original

common consent it was voted one of the best variety entertainments given in Colombo for many a long day.

the Americans have recently built, gigantic sailing vessels such as the Preussen, of 12,000 tons, and American ships of 10,000 tons, with no less than seven masts, but "in AMONGST the eight vessels recently acquired the largest fleet of all, the English, we now by the North German Lloyd from the Rickmers find only one ton of sailing vessels to nearly Reisublec, Rhederei und Schiffbau A.-G., are five of steamers; and, moreover, in the sail-two that are still on the stocks. These two ing fleet is included a host of secondary steamers are intended, one for the Manila line boats built for the short distance coasting Labuan, Manila service. These two vessels, of the company and one for the Singapore, trade, where speed is less important than in which are both for passengers and freight, will international commerce, and where the have a length of 76'8 metres, a breadth of 11:27 freights might not be sufficient to pay the metres, and a depth from the spar deck of 67 cost of construction and maintenance of a metres. The passenger accommodation is for steam vessel." Indications are not wanting 20 first-class, with rooms on the bridge deck, in Hongkong that the past few years have and 9 second, and a large number of Asiatic

deck passengers. undoubtedly wrought marvellous changes in shipping. Twenty years ago there were often as many as fifty sailing vessels of British, American, German, Italian, French and other nationality, anchored between the Is land and Kowloon, as against a score or so

the sailing craft averaged about sixteen in number to nearly thirty steamers. To-day the sailing vessels in port number four, all flying the British flag, and including the huge barque Brilliant. Progress is. seen all along the line. The steam naviga tion in the harbour is marked by growth in dimensions, and weights of ships, and large increase in engine power as speeds have

THE Leadon Gazetie notifies that the King has been raised. Improvements in marine eng been pleased to grant unto Paul Henry King, Esq. neering have accompanied increase of steam

Commissioner in the Imperial Chinese Mari- pressure, and economy of fuel and reduction time Customs Service, licence and authority to in the weight of propelling apparatus in accept.and wear the Insignia of the First Class proportion to the power developed. We of the Third Division of the Imperial Chinese also see improvements in the materials Order of the Double Dragon; to Frederick used in shipbuilding, better structural. Thomas Richards, Esq., Professor of Naviga arrangements, and relatively lighter hulls tion, formerly in the Imperial Naval College at Foochaw, and subsequently in the Imperial and larger carrying power; and improve Naval College at Canton, the Third Class of ments in form, leading to diminished re- the Third Division of the Double Dragon; and sistance' and economy of power expended to Mark Alan Hartnell, Esq., lately Divisional 16 proportion. As M. Bellet, the contributor Superintendent of Police in Monthos Poket, to the Reuse Scientific points out, the law Siam, the Fourth Class of the Siamese-Order [3550 of progress, has decreed that the sail should of the White Elepbant.

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Rickmers, Mudeleine Rickmers, Elisabeth Rick-going, in which case only eight rooms on each and the Elder Statesmen, which was held on the German company consisted of the Andrée

Heers, Ellen Rickmers, Maria Rickmers, Dorothea Rickaners and two other steamers still

built in recent years, and their construction is specially adapted for the conveyance of Chinese passengersand Eastern cargo. They areofabout position of the stranded steamer is not a 1,500 tons burden. We are informed that the dangerous one, though, with the stiff. monsoon now sweeping the China Sea, it is probable. that delay in salvage operations would result in the breaking up of the steamer.

H.M.S." CENTURION"

In the Naval and Military Record "Paratus writes anent H.M.S. Centurion, now on the China Station:---

The battleship Cinturion is proud of herself. She has a reputation to keep up, but she is not

content with that; she has started on her third THE Bangkok Times states that the rice market commission with a firm determination to en- everywhere is dull for the moment, and the in her eyes they are merely things to be broken, hance her reputation. She laughs at records; coming season holds out some promise of being and 14 days after commissioning two of them interesting in Siam. If the expectation is ful- had already gone to the wall. Record the first filled of an abundant crop being general, prices -Commissioned on Tuesday, Nov. 3, the will necessarily be considerably less than the Centurion left Portsmouth for China at to am. high rates that ruled last year. The sellers of on Tuesday, Nov. to, and she was ready to leava.two days earlier had it been necessary. paddy will be reluctant to accept a large re- This has never been equalled before. Record duction, but there can be no doubt they will be the second-Arrived at Malia 6 pant on Tue compelled to do so. Some Bangkok mills do day, Nov. 17th. No ship in the Navy has ever not frequently pay absurd prices in hope of the days after she was commissioned, and the run accomplished the feat of reaching Malta 14 foreign market presently taking a turn that will from Portsmouth would have done credit to a recoup them; but if the whole tendency is liner, repeat the Centurion is proud of downward Bangkok rates must go the same herself, and we are proud of her. In the words of Rudyard Kipling, she is a "ship that has found herself" in a remarkably short space of time. Everything is ship-shape, from of the ship's company as a while, she is in the brass-work to engines, and, in the opinion

every respect the most comfortable yestel in the service. And it is the same with her offi cers and men, We had "shaken down almost before we had left Spithead, and perfect bar mony and good fellowship exists both aft and forbid. Every thing points to our bring what is of considerable importance-a happy ship Physically, the men are as fine a set of blue- atout their work in a way that cheers our jackets as ever manned a warship, and they go hearts and augurs well for our efficiency in the future. We look for a hearty welcome from the feet in the Far East, and are confident that take anything that we may be called upon to we shall be found; ready and willing to under- do, and do it in a way that will prove a credit to the service and to one ship.

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OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, Other important modifications'conducive to the comfort of guests have taken place lately, and thirteen bedrooms on the first floor have been, converted into a magnificent social suke for the comfort of residents in the hotel, con- sisting in reception, reading, drawing and music rooms as well as a private bar and brilliard rooms. The ladies drawing-room is sumptuously furnished and contains a Broad- wood grand piano. This innovation is a great boom to residents in the hotel since it allows them to entertain their friends in the same manner as if they were living in their own house.

dispatch was sent, and that strong action should be taken to enforce the demands contained in the irreducible minimum formulated at the.. third conference. This means, according to the Kokumin, that if her demands are refused, by Russia, japan will be compelled to take measures which are generally referred to as "the last resort." Japan, concludes the Tokyo journal, is now awaiting Russia's reply, She is full equipped for action, and should her just demands be refused troops can be dispatched to Korea and Japan's Navy can be brought into action at a moment's notice.

SHIPPING AND MAILS:

MAILS DUE.

Australian (Taiyuan) Te-morrow. American (Hongkong Maru) ist prox. English (Bengal) 2nd prox. - Canadian (Athenian) 5th prox.

· German ( Klawischen) 5th prox. German (Sachsën) 8th prox. Indian (Lairang) toth prox. American (China) toth prox. -American (Doric) 19th prox.

The tourist and even the resident in the Hongkong Hotel have little opportunity of realising the immense activity that is going on in the different departments attached to this vast enterprise. In the building, though carefully and skillfully concealed from sojourners in this palatial establishment, is a big steam laundry, in which from 2,000 to

The Boston S. S. Co.'s sa. Tremont nailed 3,500 pièces of linen are washed each day from Kobe for Yokohama on 28th inst. This contains steam-mangles, rotary washing The N. G. I. S. S. Co's 4.5, Ischia lest Singa- machines and hydro-extractors for the rapid pore for this port to-day, and may be expected drying of the linen and a special 8 hp here on 5th prox. engine for running the same. There is also a **: The Java-China-Japan Lijn s.s. Tjiðanās left big Westinghouse steam-pump for filing the Macassar for this port on 28th inst, and may

be expected here on 7th prox. det. lift-tanks and sanitary cisterns, two Hall's re

which left here on 26th inst, am, arrived at The Imperial German Mail 3.5. Bayern

Shanghai yesterday, at 7 a.m.

frigerating machines (chloride of calcium system) for manufacturing, the ice consumed on the premises, run by a zz H.P, engine. The T.K K..Co.'ss.s. Hongkong Maru wish There also exist a bakery and refigerating cham mails, &c, leit Shanghai for this port yester bers for cooling liquors and aerated waters,

day, at 5 pm, and is due here on rit prox. *The G/N,Cos ais. Taiyuan from Australian · F very precaution is taken to ensure a supply ports and Masila left Manila on 28th ins and of absolutely pure drinking water, for this is expected to arrive here on 31st inst., at day liquid passes through two enormous Berkfold | light,|||| filters and its temperature is reduced in a cool | The Boston S. S. Co's a.s. Shawmut sailed

from Victoria, B.C for Yokohama, Kobe, lang kong and Manila on 78th inst, and may be ex-

ing box prior to it being placed upon the tables in the dining-room. To avoid all inconvenience during a water famine in the working of the The O&0.5. S. Co.'s sis. Doric with mails,

pected here on 26th prož. - lifur and sanitary cistern a well go feet deep &c lef. San Francisco for this port via Hono has been sunk beneath the building. Was lulu, Yokohama, Inland Sea, Kobe, Nagasaki of spice prevents as from describing many and Shanghai, on aand inst.

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