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Intimations.

A. S. WATSON & Co.,

LIMITED.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1904.

NOTICE All communications Intendol for publlection in The "HONGKONO TELEGRAPHI" should b addressed to The Editor, 1, Ice House Road, and should be accompanied by the Writer's Name and Aditress,

Ordinary businom cosantnications should holdressed

un The Maungor.

The

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Bor will not undertake to be reponelblo" for any rejected M., nor to return any Contribution.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCE). DALLY--$30 per annum.

WEEKLY-$13 por ananas.

THE WAR.

AN EFFECTIVE BLOCKADE.

A Government Guselle Extraordinary issued yesterday afternoon states:

It is notified by the Japanese Government that an effective blockade has been pro- claimed, from May 26th, of the coast of the Liaotung Peninsula south of a line from Pitsuwo to Pulantien.

The rates per quarter unxl per ateswem, proportional, THE CAPTURE OF DALNY.. The sally into delivered free rien, the address in

acceville to mOVCOVUF.

Mr. M. Noma, Consul for Japan, has for thu came sent by port awarded us the following official telegram :— additional $1,80 per quartor is charged for postage. The plage on the weekly issant any part of the

world to 30 cents per quarter.

Tokio, May 31, 5.45 pm. General Oku reports that a detachunent

Single Copies Daily, ten cents; Weekly, wanty occupied Dalny on May 30. Över too ware

fire Ceri

BIRTH.

THE

THE BUSINESS of the HONGKONG Day), the wife of Mr. PERCY L. WArt of a On the 24th May, at Singapore, (Victoria daughter. DISPENSARY is now being carried

CH !!] ALEXANDRA

BUILDINGS,

DES VEUX ROAD.

The HOURS of BUSINESS of the

HONGKONG DISPENSARY in its new

premises are as follows:-

WEEK DAYS... 8.30 VAL. do P.M.

8.30 AM to 2 P3

SATURDAY. ...

SUNDAY..

10 AM to 7 PM.

houses and barracks, besides the telegrapli offices and the railway station, were found un- injured. Over 200 railway cats are available for use; but all snad railway bridges in the neighbourhood have been destroyed. The On the 17th May, at Benige of Allan, X.B. docks and piers are injured, except the great pier, which was sunk. The steam launches were also sunk at the mouth of the dock.

DEATH

in her 69th year, MARGARET BauWN Scory, widow of the late Walter Scott, af Pemati, M.L.C.

The Hongkong (elegraph

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1994,

SOCIETY.

REFUGEES CONTINUE TO COME

FROM DALNY According to the Cheloo Daily News, reduces continue to arrive from Daly and are mull- ly employes of the Chinese Eastern alway

THE HONGKONG BENEVOLENT who decided that lie in the pretty but belea guered city was com strenuus for them, and lost no time in leaving A Dinly News man took 3 look at the craft which carned recent relogues over. Two of the boats looked more like the coat lighters which ply about the barbour than like the picturesque, junks of piratic lore, and from the number of passengers which the little fleet anded the tip must have been anything

The eloquent request for assistance that is made to-day in tit columns by the Honorary Secretary of the Hongkong Beurvolent Society is all-worthy of the atten tion of the numerous well-to-de and chari tably disposed residents of this Colony. Hongkong possesses several wealthy organi sations that lender aid to the sick and impr

but outonable.

Those interviewed were

I ready and willing to give information, but their rich at variance that

stories wer

the probable aruth was completely oblitţia ed The reporter talked with seven or eight of the

An Assistant will be on duty at all times verished Asiatic members of ous community. refugees, sume of who spoke suticient

to dispense prescriptions.

A. S. WATSON & CO.,

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED 8.

Hongkong, 31st May, 1904.

TELEPHONE NO. 156.

CABLE ADDRESS: "ACHFE" HONGKONG A. H. C. CODE, (TM) KDITION

ESTABLISHED 1859

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A CHEE & CO.,

祥

利廣

17, QUEEN'S ROAD.

but the institution that forms the subject of this appeal is the only one that devotes itselt exclusively to the assistanor of the destitate and suffering Eurteans, who, though ad verse circumstances, are reduced to poverty, Death, disease and misfortune strike blindly, and the modest European bread-winners in Hongkong are alike sufferers with the Asiatic from those calamuties, which oft at short waring deprive a family of its means of support. The public of this Colony has always responded with admirable generosity to the urgent calls on their charity, and we

English to get along without the aid of an

interpreter. Three or four of them leat the primed by some of them fellow travelers, the pression that they had been pretty well burden of their sing being the mereyped

beed reported and the impregnable defenits of opy of inne Lapanese disasters than have

Port Arthur. However, one things of in terest were elicited from them.

They report that in the attack an l'ort

referred to in the official Japanese dispatches thur by the Japanese blay 20th, winch was

stresstui recunostring expedition, une about and two torpedo boats of the attack- ng party were destroyed. The Japanese are said to have approached the entrance of the barbo, with six or seven blockading ships,

TELEGRAMS.

"HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH

SERVICE.

THE WAR.

THE BATTLE OF KINCHÓW

PRINCE FUSHIMI LEADS MAIN ATTACK.

(From Our Oren Correspondent.)

YOKOHAMA, 1st June, 10.50 a.m.

At the battle of 'Kinchow the First Division, commanded by Prince Fushimi, which was thrown against the Russian trenches and captured them after a prolonged struggle, suffered terrible loss.

THE FRONTAL ATTACK.

WHY IT WAS MADE,

This frontal attack on the central

and strongest position on the Russian line was necessitated by the repeated counter-attacks. and intolerable pres- sure of the enemy on the left wing of the Japanese army.

JAPANESE OCCUPY DALNY,

RUSSIANS WRECK THE TOWN.

ELEGRAMS.

(Reuters)

FUNJOM MINING CO, LID.

IMPORTANT MEETING.

More than ordinary interest was exhibited by The Tibet Expedition.

holders of Punjoms at the seventh general LONDON, 30th May.

meeting of shareholders to-day, by reason' di the consideration of the future financial The Daily Mail correspondent at Chumbi arrangements for carrying on the company. wires that Lieut. Garstin and three Sepoys The meeting was held at eleven o'clock at 13, were killed, and Capt. O'Connor, Lieutenants Beaconsfield Arcade, when there were present Mitchell and Walker, and nine men wound-Messrs, F. C. Wilcox (chairman), W. Kerfoot ed on the 26th inst. whilst clearing a village Hughes (director), A. R. Lowe (acting secre which the Tibetans were fortifying near the lary, S. A. Joseph, H. C. Wilcox, R. Walpole, Mission's Camp. The Tibetan losses were

T. F. Hough, E. W. Terry, J. McCubbin, A. H. heavy.

Ribeiro, E. Kadoorie, J. R. Michael, R. A. Fergusson, Max Michael, and Kong Kum.

"

The Cape Chinese Exclusion Bill, The Governor of the Cape has withheld his assent to the Chinese Exclusion Bill, awaiting His Majesty's pleasure.

The United States and the War. Washington Government advices dwell on the terrific power of the Japanese Simose powder, the composition of which is a secret. The results of the explosions of the Japanese shells have astonished the United States Army observers.

The acting secretary having read the notice convening the meeting,

port and statement of accounts, together with

The Chairman said: Gentlemen,~~~The re-

propuse to take them as read. You will no

the Manager's report, have been in your hands for some time, and with your permission,"I

Lock, the Manager of the Raub Australian doubt all have read the report by Mr. Wamford

Goldining Co., Ltd., on our concession with report we believe to be a thoroughly impartial a review of its prospects and capabilities. That document, and a further guarantee for the soundness of its conclusions is to be found in the fact that Mr. Lock was accompanied during his survey by Mr. Scrievner, the Federal Co- vernment's geologist. The Board have to regret that later efforts to develop the field of graphs that Cossacks are harassing General operations proved so unsuccessful, in the light of the Japanese advance. Kuroki's rear, hence the present suspension of Mr. Lock's exhaustive r. port, this is not so

LATER.

The War. Reuter's Mukden correspondent tele.

“Star” Ferry Co., LD,

ANNUAL MEETING.

much to be wondered at. Asshown in paragraph 23, the best development at any time was un- doubtedly at Jalis. Yet even there it must be admitted that the thousands öffeet of driving and cross-cutting signally failed to prove the exis tence of a permanent and payable body. Mr. Lock significantly adds:"There seems to have been no main fissure, or joint, or contact plate

The sixth ordinary anaual meeting of the "Star" Ferry Company, Limited, was held at noon to-day. Sir Paul Chater, chairman, presid-on which a strong lede could form. This un ed. There were also present .Messrs. N. A.

renumerative work has brought our funds lo so The Japanese troops have occupied Siebs, A, Raymond, I. P. Madar, D. D. Now-low a point that it was deemed necessary to

Daly

COSSACKS IN KOREA.

JAPANESE COMMUNICATIONS

HARASSED.

Several bands of Cossacks are

are convinced that the present appeal will which, however, were wahdawn under the railing Korea and harassing General

meet with the practical and sympathetic assistance of which this philantrophic orga- nisation is so worthy.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

1. M. S. Sirius left for Singapore yesterday afternoon.

AN old Chinese woman, was sent by Mr. Kemp to six months' hard labour for allowing her house to be used for immoral purposes.

MR. Goodwin, a local amateur, has consented to appear with Mr. Freear in his funniesities at

FURNITURE the Theatre Royal on Saturday and Monday

DEALERS.

DRAWING-ROOM,

DINING-ROOM,

and BED-ROOM

FURNITURE.

ELECTRO-PLATED,

GLASS, and

CHINA WARES. PASTEUR'S MICROBE-PROOF

FILTERS, ROCHESTER LAMPS,

WHITE TURKISH TOWELS.

COUNTERPANES.

COOKING RANGES,

Rest

FOR illegally preparing opium, in contraven tion of the Opium Ordinance, two Chinamen were this morning fined $500 each by Mr. Kemp, at the Magistracy.

It is reported that, on the 19th ult.. a gang of some forty armed Chinese, broke into a nining kongsi at the 3rd mile on the road to Cheras (Selangor) and succeeded in carrying off about 3,000 catties of tin ore.

ON account of indisposition Mr H. H. J. Gum- pertz, Police magistrate, was unable to take his seat in Court this morning. His cases were therefore transferred to the Court of Mr. J. H. Kemp, acting Police Magistrate.

ton feet.

AT about 8.15 am. yesterday, a coolie fell from the top story of No. 353 Des Verux KITCHEN UTENSILS, and

Road, West, and was killed. Deceased who HOUSEHOLD REQUISITES.

was employed in an oil shop at that address had over-balanced himself while looking out of PHOTOGRAPHIC the window, and fallen to the ground, a drop of

DEPARTMENT. DEVELOPING and PRINTING

UNDERTAKEN for AMATEURS.

GOOD WORK.

PROMPT RETURN. Hoogkong, 8th January, 1904.

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E. C. WILKS & Co., MARINE SURVEYORS, CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND NAVAL ARCHITECTS.

COLLISIONS and Damages Surveyed.

Salvage Work undertaken. Ship Designs and Specifications prepared. Agents for the Construction and Sale of Steam

and Motor Launches. Contract for New Tonnage on reasonable terms

with First-class Builders.

"

A large stock of Canadian Asbestos and

Asbestocel goods kept.

Agents for Meism Allen & Sons, Electrical

Plant and Centrifugal Pumps.

Telegram Address : Telephone No, 358,

'MARINEWORK.".

Hongkong, 3rd May, 1904.

rojee, H. Schubert and E. Osborne (secretary),

it

The

Chairman

said:-Gentlemen-The

Before retiring to l'ort Arthur the report and accounts having been in your bands Russians wrecked the wharf, railway for several days I will with your permission take bridges and several buildings, and the them as read. The nett profit for the past year gunboat Bobgr, which was in port,previous period, as the result of increased traffic shows a considerable increase on those of the was blown up by her commander.

combined with a diminution in working expen- [The Robyr was a gunboat of 950 tons and in the profit and loss balance is a sum of $36.559. ses, more especially in the cost of coal. Included carried 13 gons-En,"HK. T.]

which represents the difference between the written down value of the Guiding Star and Morning Star and the price at which they were sold. This might appear at first sight as profit, but in reality it represents (at least to a large extent) the accumulated savings of previous years which have been written off the boats, and they appeared in the book; and in view of this which were consequently of greater value than is proposed to distribute, in addition to divid be regarded in any sense as dividend in dis eod, a bonus of 4%, which, however, should not

guite, as there is at present nothing to justify anticipations of a regular 22% return on capital. With the new boats, the first of which is expect. ed to be ready within the month, it is proposed to inaugurate changes in the time table which will still further improve the service; for your directors, whilst regarding dividends as the main object of the Company, are alive to the necessity for continual improvement, and they think that in a business of this nature it pays shareholders best 19 satisfy public requirements. Arrangements are practically concluded by which the Ferry Wharf at Kowloon will be moved further to the south, opposite a new 100 which will doubtless be welcome news to Kow. foot road leading direct to Robinson Road, loon residents who will then no longer have to

Kuroki's communications with his base.

REFUGEES FROM DALNY.

DEATH OF MR. SOPER.

protection at their convoy. The entrance to the harbour is said to be still open, and it is asserted that the Russian fleet has emerged from the basis during the last few days.

The Russian squadron at Port Arthur is sad to be in good shape, all the damaged vessels except he Retvizan having been patched up and put into serviceable condition. Kinjau (variously spelled), the point at which the Japanese have been massing their forces for some time, is stated to be insested by thou sands of Nippon's soldiers, three dies.ons, estimated at 54,000 men, having landed in this vicinity. The Russians are said to be very strongly entrenched to the number of 30,000 and it is claimed will wipe the eath with the advancing enemy, when the reinforcements which it is apparent the Japanese are awang, have arrived and the onslaught shall have lair-in Russian employ, left Dalny with two Russians in his own yacht on

ly begun.

Communication between Dainy and Port

Arthur is still 10:act, and Port Arthur papers were received to the day of departure of the refugees. Fort Arthur, however, is entirely cut off from the north. The details of the sea attack on Port Arthur on May 20th were com municated to Dalny by telephone to various private persons. Four vessels are lying at an- Chor in the harbour of Dalny, viz, the Naga dan, Zet, Amar and Borena. The story brought down by a former batch of the re- lugees as to the preparations for blowing up the docks and piers is confitnied,

It is stated that two English engineers, Messrs. Soper and Maclean, were figuring on leaving balay in a small sloop the day follow. ing the junk's departure, and that they may be expected in Cheloo at any moment,

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not necessarily endorse the opianus expressral lig Corresponders in this cotuan) HONGKONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

To 90 ULION OF LINGGONG TELEGRAMI."

DEAR S18,-The Committee of the Hong- kong Benevolent society desires to issue a short appeal for funds which are urgently re

FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

WEHAIWE, 1st June, 1904,

10.6 a.m.

Mr. Foper, an English engineer

the 20th ultimo.

The bout arrived here on Monday and the Russians report Mr. Soper fell overboard and was drowned

during the voyage.

A strong suspicion exists that there has been foul play.

Opium for Chins.

From Our Own Correspondent.)

CALCUTTA, 1st June, 1904. The sixth opium sale of the year realised very low prices, viz.,

Patna,

Rs. 1,080 Beuares, ...

1,450 being a decline of Rs. 120 and

#

thread their way through a mate of cargo work; and advantage will be taken to build a wharf more suitable to the requirements of the Ferry. Dividend warrants can be had on application at the Company's office at Kowloon where it has been recently moved to,

The report and account were adopted. Mr. N.A. Siebs, director, was re-elected, retiring.

on

send instructions to the mines to "shut down"

before our resources were exhausted. At the

same time it was thought advisable, before pro- senting a statement to the shareholders, that independent report, on the concession, both in we should obtain a thoroughly reliable and

constant giving out of payable patches of are. order to explain, if possible, the reasons for the and also to enable the shareholders to form as so that they would be able to come to a deci intelligent idea of the true position of affairs, sion as to the future of the Company on this occasion, I do not propość to go now further working because we shall presently take occa inte detail in reference to the mines on their sion to do this. I will, therefore, first ask you to pass the report and statement of account for the year ending 31st December last

Mr. S. A. Joseph seconded, and it was agreed that the report and accounts, as presented, by adopted and passed.

DIRECTORS.

On the motion of Mr. McCubbin, seconded

by Mr. Terry, blessrs. R. C. Wilcox and W. K. Hughes were re-elected as directors,»

AUDITOR.

It was proposed by Mr. Kadporie, and seconded by Mr. Hough, that Mr. W. Hutton Potts be re-elected as auditor.

Carried.

The Chairman:-Gentlemen, that business having been disposed of we have now to con- sider the future, but before making any pro position or even laying before you the alterna tives that confront us, it would be well, I think, you should hear what Mr. Hughes has to say of his observations, which I am sure he will of his experience at the mines and of the result. give you with great pleasure.

THE MANAGER EXPLAINS. Mr. W. Kerfoot Hughes then addressed the meeting. He said:-Gentlemen, I think we might usefully pass over the subjects referred to by Mr. Lock in the first part of his report, for the reason that it deals with matters which du not immediately concern us. I agree with Mr. Lock regarding the mode of future treat ment of the clayey surface subsoll at Kalum pong and at Swah. The work should be done as suggested in paragraphs 28 and 29 in a puddling machine, erected on the spot, there being abundance of water at both places. The hill at the North end of the Swab valley' which Charles Regan, a seaman, unemployed, was divides this valley from the Batu valley is-con-- charged before Mr. Kemp this morning with sidered to be the line where the country as stowing away on-board-the s.5. Belgian King, sumes a more normal character, and which thence to this Colony without the knowledge field of operations, wherein genuine mining at Singapore, and thus obtaining a passage would form the southernmost limit of dar future

Mr. W. H. Potts was re-elected auditor.

A STOWAWAY.

or consent of the owners, captain or agents of development work would be done... I shall the steamer. It appears that the defendant therefore confine my observations to the central had been a seaman on the Belgian King bulzone of this area, and endeavour to prove that was discharged in Singapore, when he subse the opinion given in Mr. Lock's report, par Rs.quently stowed away on that vessel and came agraphs 31 to 37, bas curiously enough, since quired to meet present needs. Within the last 240 per chest, respectively, as com-to Hongkong. It was suspected that he man-neither authority ever met the other, been con three years many of the Society's supporters have left the Colony and very few regular sub-pared with the prices fetched at the mittee feel sure that the good work done by scribers have taken their places. The Com- fifth sale. the society is generally recognised, and that it

A NEW steamer of 12,000 tons has been launch ed at La Ciotat for the Messageries Maritimes. She is a twinscrew cargo boat and has been named Longior. She was launched on the 9th April. Three other similar boats are being built far the same Company, and will be ready is only necessary for an appeal to be made for chests each quality were sold.

shortly.

LO TAI and Chau Luk had a death in their house at West Point, and did not want the trouble and expense of a Chinese funeral, so they took the dead body and dumped it in a side alley. Fortunately Inspector Collett was

watching their operations, and this thoming Mr. Kemp fixed them $25 each.

MR. John Roberts and Mr. A. G. Stokes de lighted a large attendance of cuists at the Bowling Club last evening when the ex-billiard champion conceded to the local player 650 points in a game of 1,000 up. It proved a capital match and some very interesting strokes were witnessed. The principal breaks of the 52, 51.47..59, 51, and 44. Stokes:32, 18, 18, evening were: Roberts-179, 116, 68, 75, 58,

score had reached 917 while Roberts had run 17 and 17. At the close the local player's out with an unfinished break of 37. After three of the games of pills had been played, Roberts gave an interesting exhibition of fancy

The usual quantities of 2,000

THE STRAITS CURRENCY,

it to be met with a ready response on the part of many who have not hitherto been approached. The regular monthly expenditure of the Society is $170 50, of which $145.50 is speat on and $25 is spent on providing food and shelter maintaining at school the deserving orphans, for the destitute and starving. In addition to The Resident General of the F. M. S. writes this there has been during the current year an in his report for last year: In matters relat. Average monthly expenditure of $54.76 oning to the currency, the States are following the passages, clothing, medicines, and temporary lead of the Straits Settlements. The coinage relief to deserving cases, when very often a small sum judiciously expended, has tided over and distribution of the new Straits Settlements a difficulty and enabled the recipient to make dollar is proceeding as quickly as circumstances a fresh start. The condition of membership is permit, and when a sufficient supply has been a subscription of not less than $12 per annum provided the British dollar, 1895, and the Mexi far investigation by the Committee. This gives the privilege of recommending cases

can dollar will be demonetised and ceaie to be Subscriptions are now urgently required as equal to the standard coin. It will then be the number of annual subscribers has dwindled possible to maintain a fixed sterling rate for to about filty and the Society is compelled to the standard coin. fo the interest of these draw upon its small reserve fund, and unless have to face the necessity of discontinuing the ly in favour of exports, the main article of ex this appeal is generously responded 10, may States, where the balance of trade is so decided. support of several of the orphan children under port being tin for the European and American its care. Subscriptions will be thankfully acknowledged by the Bon. Treasurer, Ms. John markets, the price of which in these markets is Hastings Slemish Peak - Yours sify

pot inligenced by the rate of exchange, and BELEA PROSE COMPERIZ,{

Where the obligations in gold are small, be hoped that the permanent

"ged to do so with the connivance of some of firmed by a report which was written in 1890 the members of the crew, but there was not by Mr. H. M. Becker, A.RS,M, an eminent min- sufficient evidence to prove this. Prisoner was ing expert, and the most energetic and enter- sent to hard labour for three weeks. prising Manager which the Pasjom Company

ever had the courage to engage. BUKIT, GLANGGA.

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

MAILS DUE

English (Ballaarat) and inst. German (Oldenburg) 3rd inst. Australian (Changika) 4th Inst. Indian (Latsang) 6th inst Australian (Austration) 6th ¡ast. * American (Mongolia) zih inst.

American (Americs &faru) 7th inst. German (Seydlitz) 8th inst... Australian (Chingtu) 11th inst. Canadian (Empress of India) 15th inat.

at Yokohams on 28th ult

The Boston S. 5. Co/a sà. Tremont arrived

Victor a, BC, for usual ports on 31st ult.

The Boston Towboat Co.'s a Lyra left The C. P, R. Co.'s a Tartar left Yoko-

Vancouver si hama p.m. on 31st, ult, før. Victoria sod

The Shire Line, sa Monmouthshire left Shanghai yesterday afternoon, and is due here

"Mail: ss. Oldenbure 17.am, and maY.

Mr. Becher refusing to this outcrop re- marks"Going northwards from the Kalom. pang district and passing through the valley of the Hulu Swah and its streams, throughout which the presence of gold is evident from the numerous traces of former Chinese and Malay surface workings, quartz drift is found almost.. continuously along the road, and at a distance of three miles from Jalis it appears in the powerful outcrop of Bukit Glungga. Here again considerable well directed prospecting pensive form of costeaning trenches across the work has been done, mostly in the less ex

cap of the quar

crest of this continuous

with the back of the hill.

in the has been drivan the greatest hotzontal distanco, njost

ich is identical follows the