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cates awarded in connection, with the Sanitary Institute, at the City Hall, on Friday next, at 5.30p.m..

THE officers of the China Merchants: steamer

ZONE TIME

IN LABUAN ÂM. NORTIE BORNEO,

STATION HOTEL

A new hotel is contemplated for Kowloon, the following particulars of which we have received for publication :—-

The hotel is to be erected on Kowloon Inland

We have received from the Colonial Secret aty, the following copy of a letter from the secretary to the British North Borneo Coto

relative to the introduction of zone time in The Lot bas e frontage of too to Robinson Labuan and North Homeo.

zone time Road and a depth of 150 The design

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slędinary budomemtuanjostions abould be addresind. | Klangicem state that the decorailons ni Ningpa the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies Lot No. 4o2, and will front on Robinson Road... ELUDING MCHEWJAPAN BE

to The Manager. ... The Kaitor will not uniletako to be responsible for any rejected MB, nor to ratum any Contribution.

SUBSCRIPTION LATES (IN ADVANCE). Darry-150 per wanum.

WKERLY-18 er minum,

in honour of the Empress-Dowager's birthday exceed anything of that sort before seen there.

ACCORDING to The Timet, many British ma nufacturers are supplying" war materials of various kinds to both Russia and Japani-The

The rates per quarter nud per mopsum, priportloval. British Government has no intention whatever your letter No. 33130/1904, of the 29th ultimo, verandah accommodation. The frost one i

The daily ime in delirated tree when the address is Accessible to mannengor. Un copies out by post an aditional $1.80 por quarter is charged for postage. The postage on the wookly inne to any part of the

world in 80 centa per quarter.

Single Copies, Dally, ten cents Weekly, twenty

five cents.

BIRTH.

On 18th November, at No. 2, Range Road, Shanghai, the wife of WALTER ENGLAND

CONFECTIONERY WILSON, of a daughter.

We beg to notify the Arrival of our New Season's Confectionery,

IMPORTED FROM THE LEADING

London and

The Hongkong Gelegraph

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1904.

A RUSSIAN THREAT.:

of disturbing such an advantageous business.

A CANTON dispatch reports that word has been received from Kaochou, Kwangtung province, that a French R. C. priest residing in that vici nity was lately visited by a band of brigands, who rabbed him of a quantity of money, but did not maltreat him in any other way,

⠀⠀ British North Borneo Company, pehmus (1915, Leadenhall Street, E.C., N Milana jajananın dişili October, 1904. VS.

Sir bag to acknowledge the receipt of

enclosing an extract from a despatch from the Governor of Hongkong to the Secretary of St.te with regard to the adoption, of zone time in that Colony, and inviting the attention of the Coun of D rectors to Sir M. Nathan's re ference tabuan and North Borsao.

1 am insiructed by the Court to say, in reply, that they are quite willing to arrange for the adoption of zone time in Labuan and North TH2 death of the Crown Princess has caused Borneo, and that instructions will be in

Mr. Guéritz accordinglyam, etc,

HARINGTON J. FORBES,

Secretary,

much trouble in Corea. A precedent having been found aller much searching, the nation has been ordered to go into mourning for a year, and until a new Crown Princess is select- ed, which may be a long process, the Corean people in general are prohibited by law from marrying.

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THE POLICE, RECREATION

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BLOUKADE.

shows a three-storied building on the front RUSSIAN OFFICER'S ESCAPE FROM wing, and four-storied to the dorth and

PORT ARTHUR (Each "wing“ has "wide" yet- south wings andahs to permit of every room having surmounted with towers and the facade wilt Eight European have an elegant appearance. shops will be erected on the opposite side of Robinson Road, so that in all probability this part, of Robinson Road will be the business centre of the future, da

IN A LIFE-DOAT.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

WEIHAIWEI, 22nd November,

12.44 p.m.

A lifeboat succeeded in escaping

from Port Arthur on the 16th inst., eihaiwei, where

and has arrived at

it was seen that the vessel was well

The splendid position of Lot 403 demands that a fine bullding should be erected, and the owner is sparing no expense to ensure the building; being made as imposing as possible, The hotel will contain a puble bar and billiard room, private bar and billiard room, äffice, two dining rooms and 44 large, airy, and well ven- provisioned. She landed a Russian tilated rooms suitable for bed rooms, parlors, | officer near, hore, and it is believed etc. The total rooms for the use of the public

that he is provided with duplicate willbeg'ı innumber, exclusive of roomy servants' quarters, kitchen, pantry, larder, scullery and despatches. The opening of the newly laid Police Reanadry. There will be ample bath room and. lavatory accommodation with up-to-date sanit- was postponed from last Wednesday, owing to lifts; electric lighting and bells will be the many functions taking place during the installed, as well as gas lighting and every- Interpart match week, will take place on thing will be done to make the hotel thoroughly Saturday afternoon next, by Mr. F. J. Badele, modern and worthy of the constantly growing Captain Buperintendent of Police. The new Kowloon side. Rolled steel joists and concrete club will be inaugurated with two matches, fire proof flouring will be extensively used in cricket and bowls, teams being chosen from

the structural work: The directors are all the married versus single members of the gentlemen of good position and the hotel will Force, the first over being bowled, and the be under European managenient

The British authorities bave de-

News has been telegraphed to the Far City Hall Library and Museum for the week Creation Club's Ground at Happy Valley, which ary appliances. Electric passenger and food thined the life boat.

East from San Francisco that a serious clash has taken place between the Afghans and the Russian troops at the town of Parisian Houses. Kushk, on the Russian Turkestan railway.

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As a result of this public opinion now pre- vails that the troops deliberately sought the quarrel as a pretext for the sending of a larger body of men into Afghanistan, thus forging ahead toward the borders of India, where Russian and English interests clash, it has been known for sometime past that the two Powers have been watching each other's progress with no slight mani- festation of restlessness, especially since "Great Britain sent a mission to Thibet. Her trade rival around Afghanistan and neighbouring states has been closely follow-

The Finest and Mosting in her footsteps, and now that a com

mercial mission has just left India for a six months tour through Persia for the purpose of examining the commercial possibilities of the least known portions of the country, a special mission is shortly to leave St. Peters burg for Teheran in order to counteract the

THE following is the return of visitors to the ending the acth November, 1901

Library Museum Non-Chinese........ 253 94 140 1.585

Chinese

Total..... 393 1,679

Tokio messages, to the Mainichi state that the Naval Department has received a repart from the Captain of a certain vessel to the effect that a Russian mechanical mine was found at a polat 41° 10′ north of the lighthouse at Shantung promontory on the Bih inst. at 5.10 p.m. The Captain left, two wine casks with dags on them to mark its vicinity,

The

THE Nippon Yusen Kaisha will hold its half yearly general meeting on the 26th instant, when the business report for the first half of 1904 will be laid before the shareholders. dividend to be recommended by the Directors is not yet known, but it is generally believed, states the Japan Timer, that the usual rate of 11 per cent. per annum will be declared for the last term.

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matic influence in Persia. The chief of the mission, besides carrying an autograph letter to the Shah from the Tsar, will be the bearer of many and costly presents, not only to His Majesty, but to several of his principal Ministers: That an intensified commercial struggle has already begun in the country is generally recognised at home, and England is awake to the fact that for months Russia has been seriously threatening our trade There is dealings with the country. something almost pathetic and yet that is significant in the fact that at this moment of ruined prestige in the Far East Russia is endeavouring to recover lost ground neater

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE mint of Wuchang has been lately busily occupied, we hear, in striking a large number of silver pieces weighing exactly one fael

These coins the Central Government intend to put into circulation as soon as possible, and we understand instructions have already been issued by the Shangpu to the various Customs Taotais to accept the coins in payment of duties and taxes—N: C. D. News.

THE San Francisco Chronicle states that Captain J. H. Rinder will not sail in commatid of the Pacific Mait freight steamer Algaa when she departs for the Orient. He has resigned from the company's service, but declines to speak of his future movements, Captain one of the Rinder has always been considered very best navigators in the Pacific, and as commander of the well-known liner Ceptic for many years stond high, not only as an able commander, but as a gentleman acceptable to the best class of travellers sailing out of this port for the Far East. His career in the

Pacific Mail Company has, however, been unfortunate, without reflecting upon himself, for accident has followed accident since he

MR. Takahira, the Japanese Minister to the took the Mongolia, and circumstances over U. S., is recovering.

which he had no control caused his assignment to the Algon. Now he has resigned, rather than continue on the vessel.

THE English mail of the 2nd October was delivered in London on the 17th inst.

CHOU FU has advised the throat to employ more Britishers for financial, and Japanese for military, reforms.

A RUSSIAN passenger on the Gaelic, from Shangbai, received considerable attention Irom

at Nagasaki. It is stated that an examination

first bowl being sent down the green, by. Mr. Badeley. A band will be in attendance.

TRAM-CONDUCTOR IN TROUBLE.

Cheung Wo, one of the first conductors to be engaged by the Tramway Company, fell by. the way a week or so ago, the cause of his fall being a temptation to embezzle two cents! Detective Inspector }. ]. Watt was in charge of the case, and Mr. H. W. Looker, of Messrs Deaces, Looker and Deacon prosecuted on behalf of the Tramway Company, Mr. E. Fer. rars, barrister-at-law, appearing for the defence, From the evidence adduced it appeared that in selling tickets on the day in question, the ac cused took the money for one from a Chinese passenger, but handed him a ticket of a lower value, pocketing the difference, which amounted to two cents. A stubborn fight was put up for the defence before sir. Hazeland, at the Magis tracy, but the evidence was too strong and the man was convicted and sentenced to four months' hard labour with six hours in the stocks, His Worship remarking that some weeks ago his colleague in the other court, Mr. H. U. J. Gomperts, sentenced a man for au identical offence to two months' hard labour and six hours in the stocks, but as that did not seem to act as a deterrent he hoped the pres ent example would have the desired effect.

A QUESTION OF GARNISHEE. ·

At the Civil Summary Court this morning before the Pulsne Judge (Mr.. T. Sercombe Smith) a question of garnishee came on. The plaintiff was Pang Tak Sun and the defendent Kwong Hing Loong, against whom plaintiff had obtained judgment and also a garnishe debt from one Ying Wo, who now denied that

The plans and specifications bave been pre-' pared by Mr. John Lemm, F.I.A., architect, and works will be commenced shortly, and carried out under his supervision to as speedy a com pletion as possible.

THE ODD VOLUMES SOCIETY,

TEK-HAGUR TRIBUNAL.

The following is an undated telegram, to- caived at the Tokio Foreign Office, from the Japan Daily Moll

It has been decided that the Court of Arbitra- tion in the matter of the house tax on buildings in the foreign Settlements, will meet at 11 mm. on the 21st instant at the Hague.

The persons composing this Court will be, on Japan's side, as already announced, Mr. Motono, Minister Plenipotentiary in Paris, a member of the Permanent Hague Tribunal of Arbitration ; and on the side of France, Ger- many and Englandcombined, Professor Renault, legal adviser to the French Foreign Office, teacher of international law in the Law Col- lege in Paris and Minister Plenipotentiary, who is chosen by the Governments of the three

States in combination; and M. Brain, Governor of Hamar, a former Minister of State in Nor- way, who is elected by his two colleagues as.. arbitrator,

At the annual meeting of the Hongkong Odd Volumes Society last evening, the Fresident. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., pointed out that now that they had the Union Church. Literary Club and lectures were being arranged by the Y. M. C. A. they would have to make fresh efforts and stimulate themselves in order to

Farther, the countries concerned will be. retain their place as a literary and lecturing institution. H., E. Sir Matthew Nathan bad represented at the above Court by the follow kindly consented to be President, in succession ing Japan by Mr. Miyanka, Minister en dis to Sir Henry Blake; while Major-General ponibilite; Germany by Dr. Weipart, formerly Villiers Hatton and the Hon. F. H. May had of the German Legation in Tokio: France by agreed to takeover the duties of Vice-Presidents. Professor Ffamajou (?); and England by Mr.

These gentlemen having been formally electA.B. Walford,

Mr. Walford was for many years in practice ed and the report and accounts-adopied, the meeting which, by the way, should have been as a barrister in Yokohama, and was for a long far more largely attended, proceeded to ap-time, English legal adviser to the Japanese point its hon. treasurer. The President paid authorities, who gave him a pension on his a high tribute to the energy which Mr. New retirement.' man Mumford had thrown into the financial dutics, and proposed that he be re-elected, This met with unanimous approval and after Mr. Pollock had been re-elected hon secretary, a position which he has held on and off for over ten years, the proceedings terminated.

HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.

·PROFESSOR JENKS AT HOME,

lihaca, N. Y., Oct. 10.-Prof. Jeremiah W. Jenks has relumed to fornell University after twelve months spent in Far East or the e special envoy to China of the United States Commission of International Exchange. Trof fenke was appointed in the summer of 1903 by President Roosevelt to lay before the Govern An entirely new programine was gone ment of China the plans of the commiss.c through yesterday at this popular place of and to induce that Government, if possible, to amusement, the circus being again crowded. change its monetary system accordingly. Melle. Oura, os the silver wire, bad a surprise When seen to-day by a representative

store, and herself a wonderful equili in ist, en did proceful performed the qurce of The Sun, Prof Jenks said that his little Harmston-Loves, Willie, Nellic, and

mission had been most successful in spite Jennie, in their aerial trapeze act, showed them of the report to the contrary, and that Mr. Hursthouse, in opening, said judgment selves to be veritable wonders, and remarkably he expects China to take up promptly was given on the 3rd inst. against the defend clever for such very young people, displaying and thoroughly the complete revision of its ant, and before that, on the 18th October, His no nervousness at being perched up at such a monetary system along the lines suggested by Honour made as interim prohibitory order, giddy height to perform their smart evolutions, the commission. Prof. Jenks will report the which was duly served upon the garnishees by The jumping dogs were extremely well-trained, details of the work he has accomplished to the the plaintiff attaching a debt of about 54ce jumping with ease over a hurdle perched on Government at Washington in a few weeks,

he was liable.

Mr. Hutsthouse (Messrs. Dennys & Bowley) appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Otto Kong Sing for the garnishee.

the police on the vessel's arrival alleged to be due from them to the defendants the elephant's back, and then going through. During the college year Prof. Jenks will de

in the action as from that date. The question rings of fire. The clowns' foolerics were as therefore in this issue was as to whether upon droll as ever, the musical clown being especially

liver a course of lectures on problems in the Far East before students of Cornell University.

Miss Aoki, daughter of Baron Aoki, is engaged manager of the Chinese Eastern Railway's that day the garnishees owed that sum, or of good. Nellie Harmiton-Love's trick riding When asked for his opinion about the war in

to Count Hatzfeldt, Attach to the German Legation at Tokio.

The Japan Mati says that "affairs in the Shabo region seem to be regarded with calm confidence in Japan military circles."

GENERAL Gripenberg is recovering from his illness. It was expected that he would be able

to leave for the front on the eighteenth.

Mk. O. Haber, formerly of the Russo-Chinese Bank; has been caught at Klachta, and is being

sent to Tientsin to serve out his sentence.

Tso. Ping-lung, an expectant Taotai, and formerly Consul in Bombay, a good English scholar, is to be the next Chinese Minister in Londos.

of his papers showed him to be the former

agency at Korsakoff. He was on the Argun at the time of her capture by the Japanese and, with the other passengers, was taken to Sascho and released. His present destination is San Francisco, and the authorities discovered that he is now employed by Messrs. Semeloff & Co. of Shanghai, who bave received an order from Major-General Dessino for from 7,000 to 10,000 casks of salt beef, and have sent him to supe: intend the shipment of the order. Although be is engaged in obtaining supplies for the enemy, the authorities allowed him to proceed on his journey possibly owing to the difficulty of interfering with a passenger, not an actual combatant, on a neutral vessel-Nagasaki Press.

THAT"seeing a friend off" by steamer sometimes proves a very risky business was exemplified in a case before the Court at the Magistracy this morning, when A. Mason was charged with stowing away on board the P. and Q. The Nicht Nichí Shimbun attained its ten 5. N. Co.'s 1.4. Chusom at Shanghai, and thus

-course any sum of money to the defendants in the action. If they were able to show that they owed money at the time of the service of the interim order that was quite sufficient. If they had paid the money over to the defend ints after the order was served,, then they must pay again.

A Chinese accountant, who had been in the employ of Kwang Hing Loong, said that some time during the fifth moou the firm was indebs: ed to the plaintiff in respect of rattan, whilst the firm of Ying Wo, were on the other hand indebted to Kwong Hing Loong. The money had not been paid by Ying Wa

After further evidence had been given,: Uis Honour found in favour of the garnishee,

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IN CHINA.

There are signs that China is waking up to the advantages of modern methods of trans.

thousandth issue on the 10th inst, and púh obtaining a passage to Hongkong. The port, remarks Engineering, and that progress

THE subscriptions to the recent domestic loan of eighty million yea in Japan reached Y245,839,200. There were 210,938 subscribers of less than 75 yen each.

Mao.

manship.. The rest of the items were all up to was still in the diplomatic service of the was a very fine exhibition of hauls teple horse the Far East, Prof. Jenks said that since he

the high standard always maintained by this Government he was not at liberty to express combination. To-night the silver mounted and even his private opinion of the struggle between inscribed hats are to be presented to L Heath Russia and Japan. The Bun of the Hongkong team and Mn E. W. N. Wyant of the Straits' team, they having compiled the highest scores. To-morrow a second. inafined will be given at four o'clock, children's tickets being balf price. On Friday night the mer, Chief Assistant of the Hongkong Ghier- first high Jumping contest will take place for China ponits not above 14.2, a handsome trophy being presented to the winner.

THE GROUNDING OF THE

"THETIS":

Further particulars of the grounding of the German warship Thelter & as mentioned in our columns last evenings are furnished by the cap tain of the Poyang, who states that at 4.45 P-m- on the 16th instant; the German gunboar is being made in railway construction is evid passed up river. On arriving at Klukiang lished a seventy-two page number on the accused alleged that he, in company with a Occasion

friend who was about to proceed to Europe, from the fact that Blessrs. Beyer, Feacock, on the moming of the 19th instant, we heard

and Co., Limited, of Gorton, near

that the G. N. S. Tutung had not yet arrived, went on board the Chusan to see his friend off. chester, have recently built for the Fek and was reported to have been seen at the Arrived on board they indulged in so many ing Syndicate Railways six powerful locomo Northeast Crossing, salating the German drinks that they both got drunk and fell asleep, tives. These engines are of the six-coupled cruiser This, which was badly ashore there. only to discover, when they woke up, that they type, with outside cylinders 18 in. in dia- We received quick dispatch and left at 10 amy were away at sea. He had not any money meter by 24 in. stroke, and bave been designed also to proceed to the assistance of the Thetis, with him, so he could not pay for his passage.to the specification of Messrs. Livesey, Son and On arriving at the North-east Crossing at 0.20 He stated, however, that he was employed in a Henderson, who are the consulting engineers. P m., we found that the Thells was well up fore certain firm in Shanghai, but was somewhat to the syndicate. They are for, a 4ft. 81-in ward, abreast the North-east Crossing Round surprised to learn that there was a branch of gauge railway, where they will have to work Channel Lightboat. The Folding was towing that firm in Hongkong, and it was somewhat remarkable that when his case was remauded fr is stated, says the Japan Afuit, that a Bri. for a week, to enable him to communicate with tish steamer en route from Inkaa to Chefoo his friends in Shanghai, he being allowed bail, struck an errant Russian mine some days ago in the meanwhile, if he could furnish it, in the and went to the bottom. She is said to have sum of $100, he did not make any effort to belonged to the Patung Company, of Yingkow, communicate with his firm's branch here. The and no particulars are given as to the fate of bail not being forthcoming he had to "enter

the portals" tiil his friends could he heard from (60% her crew

THE MUTUAL STORES, Des Voeux Road,

Hongkong, 11th May, 1904.

RUMOURS current: in London, Washington, and Parts allege that Japan will propose me diation through Britain, the United States, and France, on the fall of Port Arthur.

spiked, passenger, and gouda traffic. They therefore, combine great tractive, power, with driving wheels sufficiently large to allow speeds of 35 to go miles per hour to be altained. In order to burn the inferior coals available to the districts through which the milways passes, specially large fine grates have been provided. « Thecylinders bave the freamcheats on the top, and they are fitted with cast-iron balanced slide-valves,

THE WEATHER.

The following report is from Mr. J....1. Plum-,

vatory

On the 22nd at 11.55 8.m. The barometer has risen slightly in the Philippines and fallen at all other stations, but more particularly in Japan,

The greatest pressure now lies over the Yangise Valley and the least to the northern of Hokkaido

Moderate NE. monsoon will prevail in thể Formosa Channel and fresh monscan in the northern part of the Chica Scar

• Forecast:--Moderate, to fresh N.E. winds, fe

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

HAILS DUR German (Prins Estel Friedrich) agrd inst. French Tankin) 29th insig "American (Derle) 8th proží.

American (Manikurda) 17h prox

The M. M. Co.'s SL Tonkin, with the net French Mall, left Singapore on 22nd inst, au r ber and French-gupboa) was standing by amador Mail per, Singapore on and inst, at While proceeding to anchon, to reader help The O. & 0.5. S. Co.'s 13, Doric with mails, required, we observed the Artis to furch & left San Francisco for this port via Hono heavily and then gelice off into deep, water, Yokohama luland Scar Kobe, Nagasaki where she anchored Her crew were running and-Manila, on 9th inst from side to side to heel her. She bad landed The CPR Co'e' Empress by India

arrived at Nagasaki at 9:30 am, an 211 last stores to lighten ber. Seeing that and leaves again at pinu, sims day for Kobe all was well, we proceeded on our voyage, the whore abe is due to arrive at 8 am, da nand Talung shortly afterwards leaving for up river. | lost." -

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