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CURRIE-RICHARDSON, — On Wednesday, September 14th, at H. M. Consulate, Swatow, China, and afterwards at Kakchic Church, by the Rev. W. F. Knox, ROBERT ALEXANDER CURRIE, eldest son of the late R. C. Currie, Est, Cs, to ELE NOH MARY, third daughter of. W. Richardson, Esq, of Swalow, China, and 17, Roland Gardens, London, S.W. [1050

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HONGKONG, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1904.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

MR. F. J. Mayers of the Custoins, Tientsin,

is transferred to Canton.

Two Japanese cruisers bombarded the town of Khorsakovsk (in Sughalien) but did not attempt to make a landing.

TO-DAY, being the Day of Atonement, most of the Jewish firms in the Colony, including the brokers, were closed to the transaction of pub lic business.

ACCORDING to the P. & 7. Times, Captain Lionel James, of the Times, says that Japanese losses nt Liaoyang were almost double those of the Russians.

TELEGRAMS received in Shanghai from private sources show that the Kwangsi rebels have. sustained a crushing defeat by the troops, who are now pressing forward.

IT is stated that the e ad Viegling_inade,the|| #ONGRUNG excursion trip to Maczo and back yesterday with awo of her propeller blades-breken, The steamer will be docked for repairs to the pro peller.: "

murder.

P.C. DAVID BERRIE, of Taimisalsui pulice des trict, objects to be ng classed as one of the naval invalids, who came out frost home with the last batch of men for service in the police department.

H.E. Tantai Chang, from Canton, has arrived at Zenker and gone on to Peking. A special car was put at his disposal by the Railway authorities. A number of officials assembled at the station to pay their respects.

SIDENT ROBBED

AT MACAO.

"A case of smart recovery of stolen property

occurred at Macao yesterday and speaks much for the excellence of the Chinese detective branch of the secret service there. Shortly

BRITISH

AT MACAO!

"As a result of the protest against the Coin- missioner of the Lappa: Customs: holding at

EMREZZLEMENTS

FROM THE OPIUM FARMER.

A PETITION is belig signed the Coley

Macao the past of Vice-Consul for Great praying for the release of Albert Marshall who, nearly three years ago, was sentenced to four

Britain at the same time as he retains the years' hard labour for shooting with intent to after 50 in the morning a servant in the appointment of Conimissioner in the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, Mr. Allen, a stud. employ of Mr. A. S. Tuxford, who has a tement cadet is the British Colonial Civil Service, polary icsidy No 3 Praid Grade at will act for Mr-F. O, Seaton during the futter's M.cao, had occasion to leave the main door absence on leave. It might be mentioned that open while the entrance and hall were being r, Allen has already acted in that capacity swept. Unperceived a Chinaman gained admit during Mr. Seaton's absence in May last. Mr. iance into the house: Before the intruder left the Allen has taken up his residence at the British premises he possessed himself of Mr. Tuxford's Vice-Consulate in the Portuguese Settlement. watch which was lying on a table in his office beside a bag with about 550 in subsidiary coins collec's gentleman the previous even- ing strange to say, the thief did not touch the contents of the bag, but made away with the watch. Shortly after six o'clock Mr. Taxford discovered that the time-keeper had gone, and after fruitless search on the premises he reported the robbery to municipal police officer on duty on the praya. He was told to report the matter at the police department; but being a stranger in the place Mr. Tuxford called at the Government Uffices in the Fazenda, and reported the theft to the guard there, when he was told that nothing could be done since, being a Sunday, the detective force were supposed to be off duty. Whether the information imparted was correct or not, Mr. Tuxford could not ascertain, He, nevertheless, asked that his ricksha coolie be directed to the chief of the Chinese secret service. This was done. On the official being informed of Mr. Tuxford's loss, he promised to attend to the matter at once, which he did with commendable promptitude. The watch was found and restored to its owner before nine o'clock the same morning, within three bours of the reported loss of the stolen article.

DURING the week ended at noon on Saturday there were four cases of plague, bringing the total since the beginning of the year to sob, or

of which 485 were fatal. Other cases cominu. nicable diseases during the week were one of diphtheria and one of small-pox.

THE British Consul at Bangkok has notified

the Colonial Secretary of the revocation of the regulation respecting plague and the revival of the regulations published under Government Noufication 612 01, 1903 substituting inspection at Paknum for quarantine at Kolphui, '

CONSUL-General Bragg did not receive a cablegram announcing the death of Admiral Taylor, U.S.N., us stated by our junior morning contemporary in their introduction to the pb tuary notice clipped from our issue of satur day. The intelligence was received through

the post.

THE following is the return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending 18th September, 1904 :—.

Library Museum Non-Chinese............ 245 95 143 1,570

Chinese

Total...: 388 1,665

THE small game season having begun it is observed that the favourite shooting grounds in the neighbourhood of Macao are being vi- sited by leading "sports" from Hongkong. The Hon. F. H. May, C.M.G., in company with another Hongkong gentleman, is one of the THE Cheloo correspondent of the Daily Tele-early visitors. Our Colonial Secretary wen, graßă reports that China has opened to foreign | across by the 1.5. ¿eungshan on Saturday and trade the port of King-chu-fu (Kingchau) | retureed to Hongkong this.morning. between Peking and Newchwang.

An influential syndicate has been formed to create a large cotton area in the Sudan which has been acquired by an American who intends to bring over American negroes to work the (31 plantations.

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The French swimmer Burgess failed to swim

the Channel but he established a record for speed. He gave up when three miles off the French coast, having covered 22 miles in 9 hours, in a rough sea.

THE Customs authorities at Shanghai received a telegram on 13th instant, dated Chefoo, 13th September, as follows:-The str. Nanchang reports yesterday passing a mine with spikes Lat. 30 08, Long, 120°.55, Iron Island bearing

S. 18 E, true 12 miles.

IT was the Yawata Moru, according to the FURNITURE P&T Times, that was sunk at Newchwang.

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GOOD WORK.

PROMPT RETURN. Hongkong, 8th January, 1904.

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COLLISIONS and Damages Surveyed,

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Contract for New Tonnage os reasonable terms

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large stock of Canadian Asbestos and Van Asbestocel goods kept.

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not the Yatsu Afart. It was impossible to beach her, as her propeller got entangled with the warship's moorings; she was a wooden

vessel of about 700 tons. No lives were lost.

PRINCE Christian Victor's grave at Pretoria has been violated. The perpetrators of the outrage had reached the coffin when they were disturbed, and they decamped. The coffin was not damaged. The Princess Christian is

due to arrive at Pretoria on the azad inst.

THE Fretoria Chamber of Commerce has unanimously resolved that all Asiatic immigra tion, except under the labour ordinance, should be prohibited, and that trading rights should

be restricted. It views the decision of the Imperial Government on the 18th instant with the greatest apprehension.

Two soldiers from the German gunboat fifis, and two from the German s.s. Albenga, were placed before Mr. E. D. C. Wolle, this morning, charged with disorderly conduct, creating a disturbance and ass ulting the police, and two soldiers who went to his assistance outside the Globe Hotel, fast night. The first man was fined $60, and the others $25 each, and $2 to be paid as compensation for the policeman's, damaged uniform.

THE representative of the French firm of electrical engineers, who were allotted the ten- der for the electric lighting of the city of Macao, returned to the colony on Friday last. The purport of his mission is to ratify certain stipulations in the contract under which the fighting of the city will be carried out in future. Incidentally, it might be stated that the Macao Hotel, which can boast of an installation all its own, is most efficiently lighted.

Two local sportsman were out'holiday-making, in the New Territory yesterday, and were look ing for anything, permissible, to shoot. See.

VOLUNTEER RESERVE AS-

SOCIATION

FORTHCOMING 'MEETING.

His Excellency the Governor invites those gentlemen who have sent in their names for the Hongkong Volunteer Reserva Association, and any others who take an interest in the formation of the Association, to meet him in the City Hall on Friday, the 23rd instant, at 53 pm.

further discuss the matter.

THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

The September Criminal Sessions opened this. maming, the Chief Justice, (Sir H. S

Berkeley) presiding.

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DISHONEST EMPLOYE

Three accountants in the employ of the Opium Farmer, and stationed at the branch offices at Kowloon, West Point, and Queen's Road, Central, were this moming placed be. fore Mr. E. D. C. Wolse, charged with em- bettlement, this first of $115, the second of $94, and the third of $181. They all admited the charges, and were sentenced to terms of impri- sonment of three, two, and five months' respec- tively, the third man having three hours sticks added to his sentence. It appeared that this man, lo cover up his defalcations, had prepared some small rolls of lead, of the size and length of $5 worth of 10 cent pieces, and these he ro,led up with a ten cent piece at each end, and laid in the cash box, to represent rolls of $5 each. But the book-keeper was not satis fied with merely opening the ends of the rolls: he opened up one roll, and mads the startling discovery that instead of its containing $5 in ten cent pieces, it only contained zo cen's, and a bar of lead. Hence the general examination and charges. Inspector Gourlay was in charge of the case.

MARINE COURT,

THE SS. KONG NAM."

At the Marine Court this morning, the Hom. LA. W Barnes-Lawrence, Harbour Master, investigated a charge brought against Capt. William Angus," late-mister of the ss. Kong Nam, running on the West River, for failing: to report to the Harbour Master the damage, affecting the seaworthiness and efficiency of his vessel, sustained by her, on her arrival in this. harbour on the gth inst, as required by sub section 24, section to of Ordinance 10 of 1899, Mr. E. Jones, boarding officer, stated that on the 15th insty he boarded the s.s. Kong „Nam, having heard her shaft was broken, though no report had been made of the cir cumstances. Learning that the master bad been discharged, he asked the owners to send in a report, which was done by them.

The Attorney General prosecuted a man named Su Sing for forging a receipt and utter. ing the same. It seemed that the prisoner was the buyer for a vegetable shop in Shaukiwan, and bought certain goods from a stall, in the ⠀⠀ Captain· Augus, sail he forgot to make a Central Market for twenty-one taels. His report of the occurrence. The accident ac receipt book was chopped in the ordinary way,curred on the West River, and his vessel was but when he returned to Shaukiwan he entered towed to Hongkong by Messrs. Butterfield and and witered the receipt upen his employer for Swire's ss. Tuk Hing. The accident was not five (aels more. Frisoner, who was undefended, written up in the log-book. Witness Intended was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment with to have had it writen up by the mate. Le hard labour. His Lordship, in passing sen tence, said the amount in question was trivial, but the offence was a very grave one, is any

commercial community,

had been over three-months in command of the Kongnam, and had never written up the log book. He was discharged from the ship.

In summing up, the Hon. Barnes Lawrence said:" Had I known before this inquiry that other acts of misconduct or incompetency, Hunder whichever name they come, would bare

BURGLARY, WITH VIOLENCE. Messrs. A. B. Bridger, V. J. Stabb, E. Smith, H. F. Campbell, J.T. Dixon, W.

been brought to light, such as this infringe

ment of the Mercantile Marine Shipping Law,

TELEGRAM

THE

WAR

BOOTY AT LIAOYANG.“

HUGE HAULPURA AN

Mr M. Noma, Japanese Consul, forwards us the following official telegram ---

Tokio, 18th September, 6.50 p.m. In the official report of Marshal Oyama, it is stated that, at Liaoyang, we captured enormous booty-more than was expected. The exact quantity is still, under investiga tion, but the principal itenis dealt with, up to the 17th instant, include 3,578 rilles and 1,638,730 rounds of, ammunition for same, 10,056 shells, 129 ammunition-carts, 15,085 shovels, 5,639, ploughs, 2,570 axes, 3 fash signal instruments, 3 reflecting mirrors, 6 portable telephones, 18,915 tins of bech, -2,500 logs (each Tft. 6 inches in diameter), 70,000 bushels of rice, 58,100

busliels of horse fodder, 5,000 bushels of four, 6,400 overcoats, and also great numbers of light railway materiais, înstru- ments for coal mining, telegraph and tele phone wires, and kerosene

Thirteen non-commissioned officers, and. men were taken as prisoners.

LAND SALE.

This afternoon inland lot No. 1712, a plot of Crown Land, above Bowen Road, was let by auction, at the office of the Public Works Depart ment, for a period of75 years, commencing from the 9th of April rot. There was no competi tion, and the lot was knocked down to Mr. A. Rennie, for $1998, ór $20 above upset price. The otherlot advertised was withdrawn for the

present.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

A meeting of the Legislative Council will be held at the Council Chamber on Thursday, tho 22nd inst., at 2.15 p.m.

BUSINESS.

r. Financial Minute (No. 48)

ORDERS, OF THE DAY,

The Hon, Sir C. P. Chater will move the first reading of a Dill entitled An Ordinance for authoriting the construction of within the Colony of Hongkong.

The Hon. Attorney General will move the following readings:-

Second reading of the Bill entitled An Dr- dinance to amend The Wild Birds and Game Preservation Ordinance, 1885.

Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ord inance for enabling the Tung Wah Hospital to acquire, hold, morgage and sell band and hereditaments in the Colony of Hongkong. ✨

Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend The Prepared Opium Ordinance, 1891.

Second reading of the Bill entitled An

Ordinance to amend the Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897.

The second reading of the Bill entilled An

Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Five million eight hundred and thirty-five thousand four hundred and seventy Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1905, will not be taken till next meeting of Council.

5. B. C. Ross, Clerk of Councils N.B. A meeting of the Fiance Committee and that you had not kept an official log, 1 should have asked for à Marine Court to de will be held immediately after the Council. termine whether your Masters certificate should not have been dealt with. Anitis, 1 have no option but to deal with your offence on its own merits. For not reporting the casualty to your vessel, I sentence you to a fine

THE WEATHER:

ing two birds rise one of the men shot at them, Wedekind and N. K. Davidson were em bringing them both down, when it was disco-panelled to try a gaunt, bony Chinaman, named vered his "bag" consisted of two white parrots! Yau Shan, who was arraigned for burglary with This is believed to be quite a unique find' in violence at Hunghom on the 18th ultimo.: :'i that locality. The birds were large and full-

The Hon, the Attorney General; in opening grown, and the under-downy feathers were of a the case, stated that on the night in question, pale pinkish colour, such as are common in four men armed with firearms, swords, South Africa.

hatchets, and other rude weapons, broke into the premises of the prosecutor, who is a grocer.of $50, or la default 7 days' imprisonment.”. mer, Chief Assistant of the Hongkong Obser- They burst open the front door and proceeded to ransack the promises. The proprietor and an old woman sleeping in the shop were blind.

The following report is from Mr. J 1. Plume

Dvatory

On the roth at 11:40 am. The barometer has risen rapidly in N. Japan, in the rear of the

typhoon, and slightly at all other stations.

A depression is stiff, indicated in the China. Sea and moderate E to NE, winde will still prevail in the northern part and S.W. winds in in the Formosa Channel...

Forecast:-Light E. winds, cloudy, fair

THE Catholic Union closed their bathing sea. son with a picnic to Castle Peak yesterday

LAUNCHES IN COLLISION. There were over 30 members present and every

An enquiry was held this afternoon into the one was pleased with the outing. At 345 pm. the party left Castic Peak for Stonecutters' Is-folded, gagged and severely beaten. A hundred collision that took place on the 15th inst; off dollars in money, a quantity of clothing, some. Blake Pier, between the launches Blemark ? land where aquatic sports were held and which jewellery, and various other articles were and the Cheung Lee. The coxswain of the provided much enjoyment. There were four stolen. The desperadoes got away, but the Bismark stated that about 6 pin on the 15th events in the programme, including an event CAPTAIN G. 9. Weigall of the s.5. Loongsang for beginners and a Tean Race when some prisoner was detected two days later selling inst. he left Blake Pier, going westward, when southern part of that sea with light N.E. winds some of the stolen property. He was immedi- good swimming was witnessed. The party alely arrested, and on a search being made of arrived at Blake Pier at 7.15 p.m.

hid house, various other articles were found Laste and identified as the property of the prosecutor THE six men who were charged with riolous. He was subsequently placed in a row with ten conduct at Lamma Island, and with resisting other thinese at the Central Police Station, the police, under circumstances already report and unhesitatingly picked out by the inmates ed in these columns, were again before Mr. of the house as being one of the ringleaders of

from the Land Court proving that the house,

One of the witnesses, a widow, was rudely

arrived in Manila on Tuesday and reports that during the passage across from Hongkong he sighted the bark Wynford in latitude 18.74 W., longitude 118.34 E. The Wynford was on her way from New York to Shanghai and has for some time been reported to be stranded on a reef.

ON Friday afternoon a boatman jumped from Kemp, on remand, when evidence was adduced the gang.

he saw the launch Cheung Les about in yards away on his starboard bow. He gave a blasts of his whistle, tintending to indicate that he was going cross, the latter's garboard bow." A third lauuch, near-by, also gave two blasts on her whistle. The third passed and then he again saw the Cheung Le, and half a minute after they collided. Witness showed

showed the position of the three launches by means of models, but appeared somewhat hary, as to The Bismark / strack the Cheung Lee on the

a cargo boat, just off Blackhead's Point, to get the subject matter of the trouble, was the pro seized by the robbers, who demanded money, which was "port and which

he was drowned. In writing out the report of perty of the present occupant's daughter. The She said: "A widow bas no money." One

his bamboo hat which had fallen into the water;

tise occurrence a Chinese clerk at the police station wrote, "the man jumped over to get his head which had been blown overboard by the

wind."

AN aged Chinaman was placed before Mr. Kemp, this morning, for dealing.in lottery tickets in the Hupeh lottery of Hankow, the Kaing Nom of Shanghai, the Yuch Tung of Canton, and a "Chinese character lottery.", Mr. J. Hays, solicitor, of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Master, was engaged for the de- fence. However, the accused pleaded guilty, and was fined $200..

rioters were fined, the first $30, the second 519, and the other four $5 each, and were bound over, on the personal recognisance, in the sum of 5102 each, to be of good behaviour for six monibs. Inspector Williamson very creditably conducted the prosecution.

ON Saturday afternoon an excise officer stop- ped a suspicious looking, character in Central district, and told him he would search, him for illicit à ium. The man had no objection to being searched, but a coolie carrying some ting of oil, passing at the time, called out to the man not to let the excise officer search bin The latter thereupon told the coolie ta mind

THE skin of a huge snake killed while eating his own business, or perhaps he would be

a deer in the Tytam district on Friday last, as searched too. The copile. then put down his

of the men then said: "If you have no money, you shall be stabbed with seven stabs" Prisoner was one of the men who held, tied and gagged her. She was very much bruised

Twelve months hard labour..

THE LAPPA COMMISSIONER.

SHIP

starboard 'sidej

SHIPPING AND MAILS

EMAILS DUR, Indian (Latsang) 20th insta Canadian (Athenian) 20th instin starboard.

raan 14 43: English (Malta) 23rd inst.

American (Manchurin) 16th just. abcam of the fannel; After

German (Bayern) 27th inst Aust lian (Tolyuan) and prox American (Coptic) 7th pror.

striking she went full speed astern. Until then she did not alter her course. The Marine Magistrate held that the Birmark was en tirely in fault in not giving way, as in the relative positions of the launches he should have done. The certificate of the master was ́suspended for six weeks, to give him an op-, portunity to learn the "nautical Huld of the Road,"

Mr. J. F. Olesen, the commissioner of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs at Lappa with beadquarters at Macao, is shortly to sur render the post, on his transference to annther station, to bis successor, French gaotleman; the nominated to take My Olesen's place The latter gentleman succeeded ex-Commissioner

period EME

well as that of the deer, are now in the posses-all-ties, and seizing his bamboo carrying pole, sion of Sergeant D, McHardy at Stanley Island battered the excise officer over the legs until W. N. Morehouse on his retirement but; a few: The skin of the deer, although the animal was the latter bad to shout for assistance, and hed.♬ months ago. Duy The ball-wallowed, is in perfect condition, but un- the coolie arrested. The latter was this mora, | Viesen has held office at Macad fortunately the head of the latter was battered ing fined $10, for the assault, and interfering Himself extremely popular and, out of all shaper and is useless, therefore, for with an excise officer, to the execution of his 1 Teaves the station with

daties preservation purposes.

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