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be expected, after the report of the Imperial CAPT. I, Grier of the British steamer Sarpeden, | In 'lis connection, a gentleman well known in Commission on Steamship Subsidies, that which arrivedal Singapore from Liverpool on the Straits and Home financial circles as an adept Hongkong can claim for its shipping comth inst, reported that the No. 1 fireman killed in Straits currency matters, and well competent Libe and fireman on 29th June. Insp. Dooley 10 pronounce upon the subject, has favoured us panies any share of a government subvention; and Sergt. Murdock boarded the Sarpedon, with his views la the course of an interview. but what we believe our shipowners urge and rought the alleged murderer ashore. 11 "Do you think the government will tako and quite fairly contend for, is that they appears that at 3 am, on the 29th the chief any action, and if any, in what form? I was our. be placed on a fuoting of equality with firman, a Chinaman, suddenly attacked the first inquiry. the foreign steamers trading between second fireman with a long darger shaped

"Well," he 'replied, "I think we may daily Hongkong and the river pants of South

rife and cut his throat. He is then alleged to expect the promulgation of an ordinance pre China. This leads us to quite another have slashed the unfortunate man about the vid ng for the dempnetisation of British and inach and body, indicting fearful injuries, Mexican dollars. I think that with the amount of He turned the knife about in the wounds and

-Straits' dollars aleady arrived, and with our note Alo injured the man internally. The murderer then rushed up on deck and attacked another. Surrency, we have quite enough for our needs. fireman, but was felled by one of the ship's My cashier keeps a daily record of att dollars officers with a belaying pin. He was then put he collects in the bazaar,, and I find from it that the percentage of Straits' dollars remains terribly mutilated, was buried at sea. It is: wever, is easily explained by the fact that The postage on the weekly bese to say part of the shipwners will redound no less to the und rstorm the murder arose from bad the banks, naturally anxious to get rid of all benefit of our shipbuilding industry, em feeling among two clans of the Chinese firemer. Single Copies Dally, ten cents; Weekly, taemy.ploying at normal times, thousands of hands,

The Elior will not undertake to be responsible for nuy rejected MS., war to return any Contribution.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCE). DAILY-180 per Antom. WEEKLY-$13 per annion.

The rates per quarter and per mensem, proportional. The daily imae in delivered from when the addres in Marrible to messenger. On copios sont by post an

revert.

subject and one, to which we may soon An increase in this direction would naturally tend to a greater demand for boats, especially adapted to the trade. To this end we have seen how our local builders are eminently fitted, so that a

of

aditional $1.80 por quarter is charged for pstige: which may he acquired to the result in irons. The dend fireman whose body was smail, showing no tendency to increase. This,

world 1× 80 cons per quarter.

tro Centa.

BIRTHS,

On the 1st of July, at Peitaiho, the wife 1. H. MCCANN, American Board Mies on, Tientsin, of a daughter,

On the 14th July, at No. 1, Morrison Bill, the wife of C. II. GRACE, of a daughter. (84i

The Hongkong Celegraph

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1904.

OUR SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY.

Those of us who have had an opportunity of following closely the progress of local shipbuilding during the past few years, and watching its effect upon the commercial and industrial progress of the Colony, cannot fail to have observed that, while at times in the old days, the affairs of the Hongkong and Whampoa Back Co., Ltd.. seemed to be plunged in gloom there always lay at the bottom a steady undercurrent of confidence aniong those most competent to judge. It is not too soon for those who only glance at the surroundings to perceive just to what extent this feeling of confidence is being justified, and an impartial observer cannot fail to observe the steady progress which is being made by our greatest industrial concern. The launching of the new river steamer at the Kowloon ducks yesterday morning marks another era in our shipbuilding and, in cidentally, is full of significance inasmuch as with the opening up of inland waters and the

consequent development of trade from the coastal ports there will, of necessity, be an increased deasand both for freight and £35 passenger vessels. The carrying out of con-

A CHEE & CO.. & CO., 祥利廣

17, QUEEN'S ROAD,

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tracts for the latter has, in some recent in stances, been entrusted

the local builders in preference to ather Far Eastern constructing establishments and even to the builders in the home country. That Hong. kong is capable of taking the forefront rank in a matter of such vital importance to the

and contributing very largely to the welfare of the Colony dependant upon commerce as the mainstay of its prosperity.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Two cases of plague, one of which was fatal, have been notified during the day ended noun

Some of the advantages arising from the use of oil fuel in steamers have been demonstrated on the recent passage of the United States steather Nebraskun, from San Diego, California, to New York, a distance of 12,774 koots, which the covered in 5 days 7 hours, at an average speed of 1035 knois, the longest passage on record for a steamer consuming oil. The only call made was at Punta Arenas, in the Straits of Magellan. The Nebraskan is a steel twin- since the beginning of her service between screw vessel of 4,409 tons gross register, and San Francisco and Honolulu, in 1902, she has continuously used oil fuel, which is stowed the double bottom and in tanks between the tunels. As illustrations of the economy at Ambassador in London, will shortly be succeed-tenant apo its use, it is stated that three ed by Mr. Whitelaw Reid, elitor of the New twelve who would be carried in a similar firemen only are required, in place of at least

THE P. and O. Company's stemmer China, which sailed from London on reth elt, took the following specie for Hongkong, coin silver,

£21,165.

Ir is likely that' Mr. Choate, United States

York Tribune.

THE trouble among the compositors at the Singapore Government Printing Office has been settled and the men all went back to work on the 7th inst.

A DEPUTATION waited on the Victorian Prem ier urging steps to prevent the ousting of Europeans from the furniture trade by Chinese. It was suggested that the later be bought out!.

A GIGANTIC system of fraud and peculation among the trans-Siberian railway officials has been exposed, nearly one-third of the stores and money sent to the Far East having been stolen.

It is rumoured that some Russian authorities purchased the China Merchants' Company's old steamer Leguen Ir the purpose of rua ning the blockade and conveying provisions, etc., to Port Aribur,

Ts following appointment has been made

at

the Admiralty:-Captain S. R. Fremantle, to the Albies, and as flag-captain 10 Rear-Adin rat the lion. A. G Curzon Howe, on recom

missioning.

H.M.Consul-General at Shanghai has received the following selegram from H.M. Consul at Newchwang: Master of the s.s. Chucking reports having passed a floating mine yesterday

afternoon in Lat. 39.1 N.; Long, 120 48 E."

in

steamer burning coal, while the initul cost of the combustible is less, and the space occupied much smaller than would be required for coal of the same degree of efficiency,

A TRIAD THREAT

TO LANTAO FISHERMAN,

A tale, recalling the peril to which native fishermen were exposed in the early days of the Colony, was unfolded at the Police Coun this morning when Mr. J, H. Kemp investigat ed charges brought against members of the Tid Society in respect of the recent raid at Tai O creek, on Lantan Island. Four rough looking individuals were placed in the dock to answer a charge of attempting to obtain money by menaces. Each of them at once denied it. Deputy Superintendent Mr. E. R. Ballifax conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Wodehouse, heing present in Court during plice, the Assistant Superintendent, Mr. P. P the hearing of the case. According to the story related by numerous witnesses, it appears

f.

that at eight o'clock on the morning of the 6th

Inst several men, belonging to the Triad

Society, arrived at Tai U creek, on the west side of Lantao Island, and went to Tong Kai Far's fishing boat which was moored close to the shore. They told him that they wanted $100 from him, but he refused to give them any assistance as several years before members of the Society had borrowed money of him which

the dollars expected to be demonetised, prefer to keep only the Straits' dollars in their cash. I think it may be confidently, said that all British and M. xican dollars in the colony are now in actual circulation and that large ac cumulations of them 'do not exist. In these circumstances, demonetisation could do no great harm to anyone. The loss on a few dollars in the pocket of the individual or in the till of a firm would be of comparatively smali importance."

"Do you think we shall have 'fixity at the same time as demonetisation?'

fixed the value of the Rupee at 15. 44. on the very

"I do not think so. The Indian Government ·

day the Mint was closed in 1893. Very few people then believed that the Indian gov ernment could carry, its scheme through as well as it did; and viving to the fact that no sudden rise of importance followed to disturb very large number of fupees was in circulation,

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trade and the relation of debtor and creditor. It would, however, be quite different here. Everybody now knows that the govern- ment can and will casily carry through similar scheme, hence a sudden risc disturbing our trade must as lar as possiblé be avoided.

"I think, therefore, that the government will fix nothing now; will not even mention what are its intentions as to fixity in the future. Some day it will simply say, '..ll except Straits' dollars are demonetise, and coinage is stopped in the, dostal veitoun coined against gold only when it shall be found neces sary to increase the circulation, and if the banks make an acceptible offer. Then ex change will improve to say "2, and probably remain there for a while, because many per sons have got accustomed to the idea that the dollar will be fixed at 2. Should the banks go to the government and offer 2 for new dollars, the government would simply say, Not good enough! And the same reply the banks should return and offer afct, and might be expected when, after a short time, a/z; until, finding there really was such a scarcity of dullars as might hamper the trade the colony, the government would probably decide to issue a few millions of dollars at, say, 2/3, but without pledging itself to accept the same price next time.”

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"And what do you think will be the rate at which our dollar will be ultimately fixed?"

"This," said our friend, is a most difficult question to answer. Opinions are widely diver

TELEGRAMS.

"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

BERVICE.

THE WAR.

YINKOW OCCUPIED

BY THE JAPANESE.

{From Our Own Correspondent.) ·

YOKOHAMA, 15th July, 12.15 p.m.

A telegram has been received here from Chefoo to the effect that Yin- kow was occupied by the Japaneso at midnight on Wednesday, the 13th inst.

10 THE FRONT.

PRESS CORRESPONDENTS AND ATTACHES:

The agitation on the part of the Japanese Press, with a view of ob- taining the authorities' consent for the newspaper correspondents and attaches to proceed to the front, has been successful. The Press-men aro allowed to leave on the 24th inst.

Thirteen foreign attachés are pro- ceeding on the 20th inst. Included among them are the British repre- sentatives; Lieut.-Col. Sir W. G. Nicholson, K.C.B., B.A., Lieut-Col. Haldane, 1.A.QM.G., and Capt. Thacker, 8.0.A., and Hoad, Tulloch and MacPherson.

ORPHEUM COMEDY CO,

A small house but a decidedly good enter- ment characterised the performance by the Orpheum Comedy Company at the Theatre Royal last evening. It has been pointed out that the artistes brought here by Messra, Levy programme presented being one to which no and Jones are far above the average, and the exception can possibly be taken it is surprising. that there is not a packed house each night.

A

complete change of songs and so on is announced for this evening, and to-morrow a special entertainment will be presented. We were informed this morning that Mr.Levy is in. stituting inquiries with a view to securing a suit. able site in the Colony on which to have a per« manenttheatre of varieties, and if he is success

ful with his arrangements it is his intent on to present Hongkong with up-to-date performances

a upon at

commercial interests of the port certainly CAPTAIN Lewis E. Wintz, commanding the they re'used to repay. The people then left gent. I do not think that even the govern each week, which he feels confident can be

promoters of the Dock Company, and the industry, intelligence, and professional skill of its more recent and present-day managers, assisted by an efficient staff of European

FURNITURE designers, engineers and artizans second to

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,"

KITCHEN UTENSILS, and

HOUSEHOLD REQUISITES.

no other in the Farther East. Mr. D. R.

July by season of age, and would be suc ceeded by captain F. G. Stopford who is about to pay off the first-class cruiser Blenheim, at Chatham, on her return from a three years' commission on the China "tation.

change in the light of experience and observa tion. I can only tell you, for instance, that I was very shocked to find the Resident-General of the F.M.S. expressing in his last report the hope that, for the sake of the tin export, the AMERICAN. v. BRITISH TRADE

patrorage than he is now receiving or else the enterprise will prove a bad speculation,,

d'clock the same morning they returned with morethann hundred reinforcements who arrived in seven large boats. They toured on the the creek to which the fisher opposite side man was and were unable to get across ewing to the state of the tide. One of the witnesses dollar should not be fixed at over aj. I am Law, representative of one of the leading ORDERS have been issued that, on the L for the prosecution alleged that some of the afraid the Resident General makes a great mis- firms of shipowners and shippers, for whom caster, first-class cruiser, Captain Sir G.JS men were armed with revolvers, and as they take in believing that the great progress made Warrender, joining the Mediterranean Squa-threatened him he got out what weapons he the largest vessel built by the Duck Co. dron, the distrai, second-class cruiser, Caprain had aboard of his craft. They shouted to him by the Native States during the last ten years

L. G. Tufnell, is to be transferred from that station to relieve the Eclipse, second-class cruiser, Captain R. H. S. Stokes, on the China Station.

has been so successfully launched, spoke in terms highly eulogistic and extremely en couraging for the shipbuilding enterprise of Hongkong. That the firm of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire should, for the third time, place an order on the other side of the harbour for a steamer of such large tonnage as the s.s. Shanghai, is without doubt the best testimonial which could have been hoped for by the management and owners of the great institution, which the one can claim to successfully direct and the other to possess. In official quarters due recognition has been made in no less flattering terms than it has been accorded the Dock Company in commercial circles. In 1902, Major-General Sir William Gascoigne

METHODS IN CHINA.

: Consul General Bragg, Hongkong, says it cannot be too thoroughly understood that in Chinese trade American enterprise is still con- fined to the perimeter of the wheel it has no status at all in South China. Great Britain has steadily plodded on for the conquest of Chinese trade for more than half a century, never abat-

that if he wanted a good. fight he was to apw preach their boats, but the fisherman remained where he was and nothing further resulted until the men, shouting threats and telling him they would return at three o'clock, left the We regret to report the death in her 82nd year creek upon which the witness made a re of Mrs. Bell-Irving, of Whitehill, Dumines port to the police at Tai O. Another wit Sir Robert Jardine. Mr. and Mrs, Bell-entered the creek one of them was taken shire, wife of Mr. Joha-Bell-Irving, and sister-ness, deposed that when the severs boats irving celebrated their diamond wedding in

to the bow of his craft and he was threat November last, The family's ancestral con- ened by those aboard who told him they nection with the county dates back to the would kill him and take his boat. The other vessels could get no further owing to the state twelfth century.

of the tide, and as they were anchored close by identify those in the deck as having taken part in the affair. Sergt. Floyd took the story for and other troops, it is now announced that ther, and from what he said it seems that upon E. Viceroy Trên Ch'uu-hsten, of the Tivo receiving the fisherman's report, about ri am. starting from Canton to suppress the insures the men pulling away. He called upon them insurgents have murdered several of the imagised a boat and set out in pursuit. They rowed trates and military officers commanding the as hard as they could, but he overtook them garrisons of the three cities of Liuchowfu. and managed to secure two of the nien. Mean

was due to low exchange. It was not due to exchange but to falling exchange, which allowed the making to-day of an extra profit on what yesterd sy was the cost of production.

But as even the price of silver must have a bottom,' it is clear that the fall must touch it in her efforts, but pushing patiently on, pro. some day. When that day comes, there will be lecting her trade whenever acquired, as cir- cumstances demand. Absolute force is rarely an end of these extra profiis, and a reaction The lower the dollar, the greater must be the "And with all this struggle of years, the British against the enhanced cost of living and labour.needed; it is the consciousness of force, ready to be used, if need be, that keeps the pace. misery. What in the long run regulates the trade of millions upon millions is but a speck price of an article is the cost of production, when the possibilities of the trade with As the Malay Stales have, so to say, a

brought within reach of commerce. One of he was able to recognise the men and could production must, in the long run, regulate the great secrets of success in China, as else. monopoly of the tin trade, the cost of its 400,000,000 people is considered-if these be

see, in fact, that even the fluctuations due to with a thorough knowledge of the busine, s en the price of tin whatever the exchange. We where, is patient and persistent work, coupled increased demand or s pply, or to speculation, tered upon and a car ful study of the people are seldom affec ed by the rate of exchange with whom one desires to deal The Chinese. At this very moment the price of tin at home

we not dull or stupid or easily imposed upon.

OWING to the serious state of affairs in Kwangsi province caused by the mutiny of the Hupet

PHOTOGRAPHIC informed the Secretary of State for the Kwang provinces, will himself lead the troops that day, he hastened to the waterside and saw is going down notwithstanding a rising While being studied they study in restin

DEPARTMENT. DEVELOPING and PRINTING

UNDERTAKEN for AMATEURS.

GOOD WORK,

PROMPT RETURN. Hongkong, 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,

Asbestocel goods kept.

Colonies, that if the large river steamer then tion in Kwangsi. It is also reported that the to stap, but as they refused to obey he launch. exchange But this of course can be only

-------|-while, the Indian police had been on the look out

By kind permissio of the Commander of for others, and after a search two were found Police, the Macao String Band will play the hiding behind a rock, and they were immediately following programme of music at the Macan arrested. Evidence was also gives regarding Hotel from 7.30 p.rp, to 9.30 p.m. on Saturday the injury to one of the Indian constables, and next, the 16th inst.

the men were ultimately committed for trial: March..."The Summer Old V. Meregion.It appeared from the testimony of several of Overture.....The Contest................ Maiser the men that fisherfolk are menaced yearly by members of the Triad Society to whom they have to pay so much as a subscription to the organization.

building for the Cantou route, proved satis- factory a considerable development in ship building may show itself, especially if silver remains low." It was no prophetic ulter- ance of his, but a forecast which was justified in the light of the resourceful additions which the company had then com menced to make to its vast establishments and to which the coping stone of the structure has been placed by the completion of the instal lation of electricity, for which they have the most modern and the best plant yet sent out from home for a yard of the kind of which Kowloon can boast. A few months since we gave details in connection with the recently installed department. There is a concensus of opinion that the river trade is certain of enormous developments requiring, as we THE Matin publishes a résumé of the report have said, many vessels to deal with it. of Col. Barraud; who was directed by the Naval Mr. Law's observations regarding the assis Inquiry Committee to study the question of tance which the Home and the Colonial the defence of French colonies. The report

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Walist... Fedora "...... Selection..... Pirates of Penzance".................A÷Sulliýau. Waltres....." Forest Song

Wever Love's Old Sweet Song.. .......... J. L. Malloy Mazurka Lancute'

Hosfeld" Polka

Clinib the Ladder "......Hosteid

"THE STRAITS DOLLAR.

·SOME VIRAS OF AN EXPERT ON THE

.NEW.CURRENCY PROULEM.

Exchange has been very firm of late; every

dollar can be gradually increased so as to temporary, In my opinion, if the value of the avoid any greater disturbance than has been caused by the gradual fall of late years, the higher the dollar goes the better it will be for

the colony.

**This same dollar was worth over 4/- some

THE WEATHER.

The following report is from Mr. J. 1. Plum mer, Chief Assistant of the Hongkong Obser- vatory>

20 years ago, when the colony, considering its age, was, as prosperous as, if not more pros- perous than, it is now. The poor exotic dollar, adopted by us in an earlier civilisation, bas, through no fault of our own, depreciated 60 per cent; while other countries, under wise legisla tion, see their silver shillings francs and 'ollars maintaining their original value. And many of these much older cuntries, with far less room for quick development than is enjoyed by our young and very rich colony, have advanced monsoon in the more southern portion, even more rapidly and steadily, then the Straits Settlements. Why, therefore, I ask, should it be considered absurd to encourage the hope that our dollar may yet regain its original value? Why should this result not be attained

On the 15th at 11.30 am." "The barometer Miaco Sina and fallen upon the Coast of has ri en rapidly in the neighbourhood of China.

The depression mentioned yesterday is a typhoon at present situated at the northern end. of the Formosa Channel and moving W.NW. towards the coast to the northward of Foochow, Formosa Channel, moderate W. winds in the Strong S.W. winds may be expected in the

northern part of the China Sea and fresh-S.W.

Forecast:-Moderate W. winds, fine.

A large stock of Canadian Asbestos-and governments may give local shipowners will shows that in consequence of the insufficiency small advance in silver has taken our sate by good and careful legislation? Why may we be readily endorsed by all those in the of the credits voted there remains much to do higher, while downward fluctuations have affect pat look to getting back what we have lost in Agents for Messrs. Alfen & Sons Electrical business, and acquainted with the fact that in Indo-China, at Dakar, in Madagascar, ated it but little. We (Stralis Times) are told a few years solely through want of fore- Dirgo Suarez, at Fort de France, and at Numea. that the principal reason of this firmness lies in sight on the part of the government? Why Plant and Centrifugal Pumps.

British shipping in the riverine trade is being Moreover, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Tahiti, fact that merchants are in daily expectation of should a British dollars bearing the stamp actually penalised in favour of foreign bottoms and Gaboon are not in a condition of defence some legislative measure that shall carry our of the King's head not be worth just as much Telegram Address:

Telephone No. 358. which receive heavy subsidies from their Everywhere the provisioning and the garrison currency reform a step nearer to stability, or, as aa ́an American dollar of the same weight MARINEWORK.ka Hongkong, 3rd May, 1904

[181 | Government, We do not suppose that it caning of these colonici pre insuficient.

sʊme say, even to the point of absolute fixity, and fineness?"

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

MAILS DUE,"

American (Siberia) 18th inst. German (Roon) 19th inst Canadian (Tartar) 19th inst. Indian (Arvatoon Apcar) 19th inst,

·German (Preussen) soth inst American (Coptic) 20th-inst Canadian (Emprérs of China) syth inst. American (Korea) 8th prox.

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