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on the importation of cattle from China.ncreased growth of the Japanese industry, Many years ago we used to get American which is gradually but surely ousting Lan- and Australian cows of European stock for cashire coarse counts from the market. Of and although they continue the woollen manufactures, which came dairy purposes, and to be imported by one or two dairy farm chiefly from the United Kingdom; cloth and so far as their serges show a slight increase, while the Im- companies in the Colony,

concerned this has hitherto proved considerably declined The general tend disappointing. Apart from the apparent ency in woollen and worsted cloths seems to- breeding and rearing on an extensive scale port of cloth, part wool, and Italian cloth has

difficulties of securing suitable pasturage be pointing to a complete change in the

has greatly improv.

ture of flannels in

first line news, recently published a forecaste | PORT ARTHUR BOMBARDMENT.] has now to depend for its supply of livestock yarn again showe a big decrease, due to the of what these are to be. Summed up they

(8th December) are as follows:-The coastguard is to be abolished. The oil fuel experiments of the The telegrams which arenow coming in from Admiralty have been rewarded with success. Tokio and are being circulated in Hongkong They have rendered themselves independent by the Consul for Japan show that the final of the Shell Transport Company by the pur. stages of the great siege have neatly finished. It was in the early part of July that the chase of an oll field guaranteeing them a be an enlargement of the Admiralty by the tung peninsula, except Port Arthur, found perpetual supply for the future. There is to Japanese, after securing the whole of Kwang On 29th November, at the Shanghai Geveral infusion of younger blood, understudy. themselves with not only that magnificent Hospital, DAVID WIDLER, aged 49 years.

On 30th November, at Shanghai of typhoid,ing and assisting the senior men. There fortress and Its encircling line of forts to

demic diseases that present themselves in The mito per quanter er ensem, proportional. H.M.. Iphigent, son of Colonel 1. McMullin, Reons, paymasters, and chaplains afloat, by mente and fortified positions. By successive these parts. We have seen during the pasted, and the importation bas therefore Lieut. CHARLES HORACK MCMULLIN, R. N. is to be a gradual reduction of sur- overcome, but also the outlying entrench-one has to contend against numerous en requirements of the market. The manufac the introduction of civilians performing assaults, carefully planned, and carried out few months that epidemics of illness occur decreased considerably. Woollen blankets equivalent duties on shore for short spells of with a fierce determination and reckless

amongst the cattle from time to time with are being produced very satisfactorily, ike service alioat. Two-year commissions are daring most unparalleled in history, the disastrous effects, and the cost of replacing wise a kind of army cloth, which promises to be gradually introduced. There is also bestegen gradually swept the Russians hack cattle in Hongkong that have to be import to be a severe competitor of the imported to be a gradual withdrawal of all non-fighting into the orts. They then attacked the forts ed from countries so far distant as America article. The return of shipping entered at ship. A concentration of squadrons is to themsel Adråbeing their own entrench-

or Australia almost bara success from a com- the port of Kobe during 1903 gives an in- be brought about, and the cruiser squadrons ments nearer and nearer, and holding rant of view, this subject is by crease over 1902 of 253 vessels and 536,00 will in future he detailed to visit distant tenaciously upon every inch of ground occu-

no means new, and crops up from time to lons, and in this increase all nationalities parts. Hanging in the balance, says. Our pied. The key of the strong-hold was believed time. In a recent issue of a medical con appear to have participated. authority, is a decision on which the tough to be the forts immediately dominating the

TELEGRAMS. est fight will rage within the Admiralty itself, gorge through which the railway line entered There is a pitty in favour of the promotion Port Arthur from Mukden and the North. of captains to rear-admiral rank by selection. It was found impossible, however, to make much Impression, because the forts had been so arranged that when one was taken It became immediately exposed to the fire of the others. All through the recent (7th December.) There are many people who see in the operations the Japanese artillery has been success of Japan in the present war a able to reach every part of the donned menace to our commercial supremacy, and city, and since the capture of 303-Metre they will have point given to their arguilt, the key of the enemy's main is the nature of this scourge in cattle that ments by certain statements made at the girdle of defences, has been sweeping must be elucidated if we are to entertain annual meeting of a chemical manufactur- the harbour with heavy siege guns and hopes of success in the future of maintain- ing company in London. It was there as doing almost irreparable damage to waring European-bred animals in tropical coun

CONTENTS.

Births, Marriages and Deaths. Leading Articles:

Sunday Labour by Chinese. Navy Reforms.

lapan as Trade Rival,

Reform in Russia.

Port Arthur Bombardment.

Cattle Raising in Hongkong.

Figures and Reflections.

Telegrams:-

The War.

Port Arthur Fleet Annihilated.

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SUNDAY LABOUR BY CHINESE.

(3rd December.)

We heard of many strange objections raised against the Chinese in the course of the recent party argument about their in- troduction into South Africa, but most cer- tainly express surprise at a unique phase in a campaign which has for long been made against the Celestial in Australia. The Anti- Chinese I eague of Sydney has now devised a new method of bringing pressure to bear on the Government, with a view evidently of Shanghai and Hongkong Dye'ng and Clean-making further progress with the "White

ing Co., Limited.

Australia" propaganda. In an exchange re

Meetings!

The China Traders' Insurance Co., Ld Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce.

siry Farm Co, L.-

JAPAN AS TRADE RIVAL.

the appointment of a scientific commission emporary we note they are now advocating of trained experts to investigate the dis

eases of domestic animals in the Far East with a view to increasing the food supplies of Europeans in these regions. We are there told that, under the term 'rio- derpest in cattle, in the tropics at all events, is grouped as many different ailments as were at one time arranged under the name of malaria in human beings. It

Action against the Hongkong Hotel Co., Ld, cently to hand we find that a députation has serted that, while in the past they had main-ships, and property. From being a Tinely tries. We know that investigations of cattle

Legal Intelligence:——

Action against Tramway Co.

Police,

waited upon the State Premier and com- plained, among other thing, that the Chinese

The Recent Fire at Kennedy Town Godowns cabinet makers carried on operations in their

Alleged Murder.-

Pawnbroker in Trouble.

Extradition Case.

Correspondence—

Mr. Dyer Ball on the Englishman.

Miscellaneous Articles and Reporta-

The Governor and the Volunteers

H.E. the Governor visits St. Joseph's College. Interesting Races at Happy Valley Jubilee of the Immaculate Conception, Victoria Regatta.

Freemasonry,

Masonic Installation.

Hongkong's House of Detention.

Turf Topics.

Naval Notes,

The Religions of China.

The Advantages of Liquid Fuel,

Peak Property Sale.

Royal Hongkong Golf Club.

The ss. Chung On.

Parce Charity Funds.

Developing Kowloon.

A Building Lot.

Death of Surgeon Marles-Thomas, R.N.

Death of Mr. R. Riddoch.

Cricket League.

Wrecked on Bombay Shoal.

Fire in the Docky.

Fire at Yaumati.

Water Return.

Shipping Items.

Tram Accident.

Mesars, Gregor and Co.

Canton Leper Relief Fund.

Harmston's Circue, Liquid fuel.

Hongkong Cricket League.

St. Paul's Cathedral, Macao.

Macao Notes.

Canton Notes.

Bad news from Kwangst. Where Treasure Lies in China. How Newchwang Changed Hands. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Thrilling Experience

Sugar Comsumption Tax.

The Baltic Fleet.

Shipping Submarines.

Shipping Conference.

Love and War.

A Ballade of Hongkong.

Fatal Accident at Tanjong Pagar.

The Raub Mine

French Far Eastern

Fleet.

shops on the Sunday. Strange to relate the Premier went so far as to have a report on the subject from the Inspector-General of Police, and when this came in it was found that" under 29 Charles II, chap. 7, any person

on their ofchaets toung there

streets and shattered buildings are rained pon by thell and fire from the Japanese guhs, Mr. M. Noma now announces that the besieging army have succeeded in securing

ly to meet French and Belgian competition built town and fortress, Port Arthur is now in the manufacture of artificial fertilisers, with the garrison abeltering in the bombommission was appointed to carefully study little more than a heap of wrecked walls, disease in Manila have been proceeding on an extensive scale. Several months ago a they had now to face a new competitor This was Japan, which was making a bold collar; and, day after day the ruined the question with the result that quite a new group of diseases have come to light, and it effort to capture the trade in the Australlan

is now necessary to differentiate these and colonies. The Japanese, it was stated,

to consider how immunity is to be accom worked with many advantages. They had their phosphates nearer to their hand. They'

shed. There seems no doubt,' says our contemporary, that the native cattle in China are immune to some extent at least to several allments. Cattle which appeared quite healthy were taken from Hongkong to

positions which are close to dominating forts on the other side. It is merely a matter of time before these go down under the wither. ing fire and irresistible assault of the Japan

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

SERVICE.

THE WAR.

PORT ARTHUR FLEET

ANNIHILATED..

FURTHER DAMAGE.

(From Our Own Correspondent;)

LONDON, December 8th, 6.20 p.m.

News Agency at Port Arthur tele- The correspondent of the Central graphs that the Port Arthur fleet is annihilated.

The first clasa cruiser Bayan han been burned, and the battleship Sevastopol sunk by Japanese shell. fire.

PORT ARTHUR BOMBARDMENT.

.MUSSIAN WARSHIP DAMAGED,

Mr. M. Noma, Consul for Japan, has

following his ordinary calling on the Lord's had lower freights to Australia, and their Day, was liable to a penalty or ge, and in labourers were only paid two shillings a default of payment to be placed in the week, whereas the men belonging to the stocks for two hours. The default part of company in question "groaned and grumeand once these are broken Port Arthur, Manila and their blood injected into foreign the penalty savours somewhat of modern bled," if they did not get about £2 a week as a fortress in being, will have ceased to days in Hongkong. It seems that at one This is no doubt a serious matter for the exlut. The end is thus very near; although cattle recently arrived from America. The time the police endeavoured to secure a chemical manufacturers, although it is not days of fierca:: Lighting, 10ay still have to result was a deadly infection, of the foreign, Kindly-iespardade conviction under the Act against a marketely that the Australians find it a cause come to bring it about. It is thought animals with "rinderpest." But the suspect- grams

Tokio, December 6th, 5.28 p.m. gardener and others, but were benten for complaint. If we remember coin some quarters that even after the towned "rinderpest" proved to be identical

The Port Arthur army reports that our awn ground, for when the rectly it was at the recent Socialist has fallen the garrison may retire to the with Texas fever, and the belief which ob-

lake in the Congress at Amsterdam that the Japan heights on the Tiger's Tail peninsula tains at present is that Chinese cattle are naval guns bombarded the Russian ships on country they refused to pay the fine. Con- fact that his countrymen in the Far Eastsiegers have failed to make any impression, their blood injected into foreign imported ally the Pobieda and Ritvisan, were observ 85C representative-dr Mantion to the and Liaotishan, on which hitherto the be immune to attacks of Texas fever, but that December 3 and 5, several of which, especi sequently, as a Sydney-contemporary points

On the afternoon of December 5 the gut, the Act, to all intents and purposes, is are already, as they hear of the higher wages, and that here General Stoessel will make his cattle sets up the disease actively. The ticked to be hit repeatedly,..

enjoyed by their fellows in Europe and last stand. The fortifications there are said necessary for the spread of Texas fever is enemy's powder magazine, south of Poby a dead letter. The Inspector-General,

America, clamouring for equal rates of pay to consist of some three or four batteries of present in the Philippines, and probably in shan, was struck by shells and exploded, however, reported that persons carrying

Therefore, there does not appear to be any which the armament is unknown, while South China, so that, even if the pyroplasmal causing a conflagration which lasted over

Liaotishan mountains is a line of fonts armed with 6 inch, gun. It may be here that the gallants soldiers of the Tzar may prolong the useless struggle and bloodibed for several weeks more. Put, whether this

on the pak-ah-pu business have been vigor need for undue pessimism on the part of stretching away from the peninsula to the disease is not already in the Far East, given | two hour, darkst ously prosecuted whenever the necessary Recessary

evidence has been obtained. when Sub-inspector Hinds, of the Sydney police, proceeded against a Chinaman for selling a pak-ah-pu lottery ticket, counsel for the defence took the point that the Act 4 George IV, chap. 60, was not in force

companies at home over the high wages paid to their workmen compared with what the Japanese labourer receives,

REFRM IN RUSSIA:

Von Plehve's successor in the conduct of

the importation of American cattle and the presence of the necessary tick, the spread of the disease is pretty sure to follow. The question is one affecting not only Furopean residents, but the Increasing armies and so or not, the Japanese have now reached navies of the various powers in the Far East demand an increasing amount of fresh meat.

their months of indomitable energy and

·|

On December 5 the bombardment by our heavy guns also worked effectively on the Russian ships in the harbour, including the Poltava, from which thick volumes of smoke. rose, continuing one hour,

in that State. The matter was taken before | Russian internal affairs must be credited age at which they can see the fruit of In time it is possible sheep may be reared, | quick-firers in a caponfer at Urlungshan.

the Full Court, and as it was held that the Act was in force, special leave was then given to appeal to the High Court on the point. Pending the decision no further action has since been taken against persons selling pak-ab-pu. tickets, hence the in

grim

but it will necessitate a radical change in.

with having materially assisted the move. ment for organically the intellectual and desperate daring almost within their grasp the agriculture of the Far East, as the kind moral forces of the Empire of the Tze and although the cost has been appalling of grass which is necessary for the main. The new Minister of the Interior has avowed the story of the siege will leave on history. a true and broad liberalism, so far as that is testimony which can never be erased of the tenance of sheep does not grow in there consistent with existing institutions, and has determination of the besiegers and the regions naturally. Having no sheep, there inferior kind of native cattle, except a small supply of so-called “ Kobe beef" from Japan, the question of the rearing of cattle in the Far East is likely to become political factor of no little importance.'

The besleging operations against Sung- Bhushan and the forts to the East continued day and night.

On December 4 our forces captured two

On December 6 the heavy siege guns renewed the bombardment against the Rus sian ships with satisfactory results. The bombardment is still continuing.

[The battleship Pobleda is one of the largest

now at Port Arthur having a total displacement has a speed of 18 knots.

crease of the pak-ah-pu business. The expressed himself in favour of granting greater Pant defence of the besleged. Above all fore, to draw upon for food, and with an of 12,674 tons. She is 400 feet in length and

Inspector-General intimated, in conclusion, that fresh legislation will be necessary if a stop is to be put to persons following their callings on Sunday. It is to be hoped that the Government will not go The B. 1. S. N. Co's First Turbine Steamer, to such extraordinary lengths to give way to the peculiar cant and jargon exhibited by the League. In Hong kong, we have practically every Chinese shop open throughout the whole year,

Sir Henry Blake.

Cement Wanted

Belligerents' War Chest.

Commercial:

Weekly Share Report.

Shanghai Share Report. i. Freight.

Fortnightly Marke: Report.

Raubs..

Exchange.

Opium.

Local and General..

BIRTHS. On 29th November, at the China Inland Mission Home, Shanghai, the wife of GEORGE HOWELL, of a son.

On the 4th December, 1904, at Hextable, Kent, England, the wife of R. D. THOMAS, ss: Potrax, of a daughter, (By cable.)

At 92, Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai, on the 7th inst, the wife of R. SUTHERLAND, of a

MARRIAGES.

год.

On the 25th Oct. at the Old Parish Church, Preston, Brighton, by the Rev. E. Riley, MA, Vicar of the Parish, Major J. F. A. MCNAIR Royal Artillery, G.ZO., late Officiating Lieu. tehast Governor, Penang, to MADALEWA WIL- LIAMSON, widow of the late Surgeon Maler

CATTLE RAISING IN

HONGKONG.

power to local communal assemblies to deal will be remembered the name of one man: with their own affairs. These are small, but that man is General Stoessel. important, features of a programme that should conduce to contentment among a large number of Russian subjects, and as telegraphic intelligence was received the other day to the effect that the reform move ment is spreading, there seems as though serious attempt is now being made to pacify

and. Sunday labour is the same with the the down-trodden subjects of the Tzar. Oto raise cattle locally. Some time since the year 1903, the port is steadily going ahead," |

the case in Australia. Bigotry goes a long way with those whose duty should first arouse them to the fact that there are beams nearer home than motes elsewhere.

The Retuisan is another large wambip of 12,700 tons and was disb'ed on the outbreak of war at Port Arthur, but it has since been re ported that the damage forward "amidships has been made good. She is 374 feet in length and is reputed to be equal to 18 knots...).

The battleship Poltava was among those badly damaged by being struck amidships st Port Arthur on the opening of hostilities. She has a displacement of 10,960 tons, in 307 fent in length and used, to be capable of steaming 16.2 knots. ED., H.K. 7.1

"POLTAVA" SUNK "RETVIJAN " SINKING.

Tokio, 7th December, 2.6 p.m. The Commander of the Naval Artillery

Corps at Port Arthur reports that, since the with considerable effect against the Runn ships anchored south of Pehyushan, which have been hit so far by at least 134 shots. The observation from 203-Metre Hill on the morning of 6th inst, showed, the Pellava sunk and the Ratvian, heeling considerable to port. Both abips are believed to be unat for action or navigation,

(9th December.) Credit should be given whare credit is due, and on that principle it is only fair to congratulate the Government on its efforts

course, there is room for doubting whether Colonial Veterinary Surgeon visited the Chinaman as that performed on any the new minister will find himself vested greater part of the cultivated land in the other day. We suffer no inconvenience, nor with the full power necessary to pilof his New Territory, principally with a view to find does the British public at home from the

own policy should his Imperial ruler per ing some suitable district for the rearing of fact that thousands of shops are open · during the Sabbath the same, we doubt not, as fmit of the duty devalving upon him of super-cattle and in a subsequent report to the and exports £11,118,224, but more notably and Inst, the bombardment continues daily

intending the administration he may be Dovernment be expressed the opinion that relied upon to carry out his work with the plateau on Lantao Island was the best moderation and prudence. There are many locality. This, however, has its drawbacks, who argue, and with considerable weight, for although grass is plentiful in the locality that Russia in not intellectually prepared duringsborainy season, there is a want of water for constitutional transition because of the throughout the summer months. It certainly fact that she has no aristocratic or ema strange that with more than four middle classes marked out for leadership hundred aquas miles of land at our dis capable of checking the passions beblodposal on the Kowloon Hinterland there are them. It is recognised that hitherto the no districts better muited to the rearing Tear bas ruined Russia by repressing of forelga cattle, and while recognising that stead of stimulating, the thought and energy the cultrated land is now practically con- of Its people, and unless new effort and fried to the valleys, there is no doubt, from purpose throughout the nation can be excited the tenacing of the bills, that they have and disciplined by constitutional, reform the yielded their share of wealth-giving crops in reorganization of the Empire must end fallure. The framing of a polley of refor for the people is difficult to accomplish,

NAVY REFORMS.

(5th December.) .... Several weeks since we alluded to the decision of the Admiralty to withdraw the sloop class of vessels from the China station, and on Saturday pointed out that this may be regarded as the first instalment of the re- forms promised from Whitehall. The good work begun by Lord Goschen is being carried forward by the present First Lord of the On the 1st December, at the Holy Trinily Cathedral, Shanghai, by the Hew, W. Gilbert Board of Admiralty with a result that many Walshe, HUGH GIBBOM, youngest son of the important and far-reaching changes are im late David Smith, J. P., of Woodside, Aberdean, Jala John Smedley of Shanghal

Williamson, of H. M, 64th Regiment.

Figures and reflectIONS.

According to the British Consular report on the trade of the district of Kobe for the

there being an increase of more than 13 per cent. in the amount collected in 1902. The total trade of the Consular district amounted to £18,578,608, including imports £17,460,384, British shipping, to the extent of close on ro9,000 tons, or about so per cent, of the total increase, Japanese shipping, 184,000 tons, or 34 per cent, and the United States shipping about 143,000 tons, or 37 per cent While British shipping shows this satisfactory and steady advance, and is a long way ahead of all other nationalities, Germany, has re- mained almost stationary; the United States, on the other hand, owing to the large ton page of the steamers now employed in the trans-Pacific carrying trade, shows a big in crease, the largest amount of trade done in any year since the opening of the ports in 1868 As regards imports, the principal items which the rat Many experiments are at present show an increase are rice, flour, and sugar, being carried on in the New Territory, and while the import of raw cotton shows a con- culation should be resumed on a more siderable falling off. The export of cotton

HOSTILITIES SUSPENDED

TO COLLECT, DEAD,

Tokio, 7th December, s.10 p.m. The Port Arthur Army reports that the enemy on Akasakayama, being unable to withstand our plunging fire from 303-Metro Hill, evacuated it entirely. We occupied it

hills near Itszushan on the same day. We on Tuesday. We captured also two other consented to a five hours suspension of hos

Scotland, to 19 CALEMENT, daughter of the Pending in the Navy. The London Weekly tentative changes have to be made lest mae extensive scale in the near future. It is yarn showed an increase of £1,077,446 over tilities proposed by the enemy's parlementaire

Grophie, which is unusually well-informed on | drastic ones should be forced.

of the lack of this that Hongkong | last year's Agures. The import of cotton on Tuesday for collecting the dend..