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A. S. WATSON & CO.,

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED A.D.

1841

WINE AND SPIRIT

MERCHANTS.

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

WATSON'S

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A WHISKY

OF

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GREAT AGE MATURE,

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MARRIAGE

At the Union Church, Hongkong, on April 24th, 1905, by the Rev. C. H. Hick.ing, MARY MARGARET, eldest daughter of Mr. J. P. B. Reeve, of Brentwood, Essex, to· ALFRED E HOLLINGS, fourth son of Mr. T. Hollings) of Taunton, Somerséishire.

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DEATH.

At the General Hospital, Singapore, on the Lith"April, LUCY ALICE, the dearly beloved wife of Sydney Maothouse, or Negri Sembilan, aged 15 years.

The Hongkong Ezlegraph

HONGKONG, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1909.

WATER SUPPLIES TO SHIPS

AT HONGKONG.

clean filtered water, free frog and kept clear of

that the water supp

the Government

a little extra, no doub Fofthe article ser

able. The other sort of with the cheap and of the health of his

Naturally all the prin

GANO of thirteen gamblers was placed before cland.this morning, having been @gama"of¡lantan, at West Fol

first Red, as keepe) of a common gaming ware fined $75 each, and the remainder The latter had the usual excuses of (only looking on,” and “had only called to Leuk for a friend." The fines were paid.

under the Chairmanship of Mr. H. W. Wolle most enjoyable evening was spent. Among those taking part were Bros. W. Harris, Roberts, A. T. Walstow, Choper, W. J. Terrill,

linca - THE "amoker) hold under the auspices of the depend upon the Stear Waterboat Com Masonic Quadrille Olub in the old Chamber of pany for their supplies and they are guaraning fast again drew a fairly large audience, and Commerce Room, City Hall, on Thursday even- teed pure water. At this time of the year, when sickness abounds, it is very essential that pure water be obtained, just as much by those on the water as by those | on land. The health of the sailor is as important as that of the passenger, and it is satisfactory to know that the "local authorities are taking the matter in band from this point of view,"

NEW NAVY FOR CHINA,

A. E. Paint, L. G. Evans, E. Rogers, and G. Burneti.

The majority of the vessels of the fleet lafs the harbour this morning for their periodical gun practice in Mirs Day, and are expected to return about, Thursday or Friday next...

EASTER MUMMERY

VE IMMORTALLE PLAY OF ST. GEOKOR

SRS AND YR BOLD BLASHER,

It is odd to note that it is te, Lancashire, the country supposed to be so supremely given up to commercialism, that we have to look for many of the lingering evidence of the Did Romance. There it is that old wives tales of witches and boggaris hosts) can still be

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THE BALTIC FLEET.

CHINA'S NEUTRALITY

ADVICE TO CANTON AUTHORITIES

{From Our Own: Correspondent.]

anghai, 23rd April,

5:30 p.m. Yuan Shih Kai has refused to send any of the Pinyang squadron, south, but has advised Cunton to exercise the most extreme care to enforce neutrality lest China be involved in the war between Russin and Japan.

heard ibations. can be entertained with

He also advises the Canton au samples of the mammery ich was such a feature of long-gone Eastertides, can see the thorities on no account to use force, His Highness the Sultan of Johors is a passen May Queen crowned with ancient ceremonial, even should the Baltic Fleet_b-oak ger from Genoa by the German mail steamer take part in a procession of rush-caris_and foom dae here on Friday next, says the Strails garlands in the Autumn, or be teresaded on neutrality remembering how the Timer of tith inst. We understand that the Christmas Eve with the kind of waits the Japanese had ignored the laws of Sultan wille royally welcomed at Johore onlustrated papers are 10 fond of drawing on his return.""" A scheme of decorations; and

in the Ritoistoile incident lumphal archer has been devised, and on the Explanade adjoining the Hotel there will be within the next ten years, but whether theatrical performantes. An address will be the reconstitution of her Admiralty affairs presented to is highness in slay and Chi will ever become an accomplished fact ise, and the Chinese-towicays intend to hold a big feast at the Johore Hotel on several [rights."

It is represented that the Chinese Govern ment is planning the construction of a grear

navy

somewhat of a moot question. Soon after her war with Japan it was announced, that the Imperial Government intended building as a first instalment, two battleships of 8,000 tons, two armoured cruisers of 5,000 tons, and four protected cruisers of 3,000 tons. And it was also, predicted that unless the Chinese improved their present system of recruiting and training, the feet which they were seeking to reform would be exposed to the risk of a disaster similar to that of Weihaiwei in 1894. This the Chinese evidently recognise, for in engaging Commans der Dundas, of His Majesty's Navy, to put matters on a better footing they have asked Waterboat Company's operations, the ochim to reorganise the admiralty, naval aca casion was taken to point out the dangers demy and naval forces of Northern China: which are liable to arise from the work of The plans for the reconstruction of the navy

It is satisfactory to learn from the report of the cases dealt with in Court the other day that the authorities are at last taking steps to deal with those junks which traffic in water drawn from suspicious sources. MELLOW Some time ago when referring to the Steam

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these itinerent water-sellers. The Chinese provide for the building of twenty-five modern junks cisgaged in the business are not battle-ships, besides a fleet of armored crui- specially fitted to keep even pure water unsers and smaller war vessels. The difficulty in contaminated. The junks themselves are the way of the accomplishment of the scheme the actual living houses of the population, is purely financial, and Sir Robert Hart, the and it is hardly conceivable that the hatches; Government's financial expert, is at work en with their yawning gaps in the woodwork, deavouring to solve that problem. According and the staring interstices between the to writer in Mesny's Chinese Miscellany it is planks, could properly serve to prevent the reported that the provincial high authorities admission of impurities to the hold. Then at Canton, have received a secret edict.com. A. S. WATSON & Co., can hardly be contended that the junk manding, the province of Kwangtung to provide an annual contribution to this object,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS..

LIMITED,

Hongkong, 1st April, 1905.

THERE IS ONLY ONE

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CLUB No. I

WHISKY SOLD IN THE COLONY."

WE CALL IT NO. 1 BECAUSE

IT IS SO IN EVERY RESPECT:

IT 15 OF GREAT AGE, -

MATURED IN SHERRY CASKS,

MELLOW, SLIGHTLY SMOKY

men are scrupulously clean in their habits, ar, indeed, that the average junk could he kept spotless under any circumstances. A Junk is made, it might be thought, special ly for the collection of bacteriological speci- mens, which doubtless find their way to the water in the hold. But the point which arose in Court had no reference to the adequacy of junks as water-carriers, or even

to the purity of the water itself, but to the fact that they obtained water for sale to ships from unauthorised streams, and

manner as follows:-The Customs of the city of Canton to furnish Tls. 300,000 2 year; the native, Customs of the whole province, and the. I. M. Customs of Swatow, Kiungchow and Pakhoi, another Tls, 300,000 from the opium duty, and lastly the 1. M. Customs at Lappa, and Kowloon together Tis, 300,000 a year from the same source, от total of Tis. 900,000 per annum. The other twenty odd provinces of the Em pire will also be called upon to furnish annual

amounts, in proportion to their income,

So

very interesting games of bowls were played on the Kowloon Bowling Club grean on Saturday afternoon, when despite the weather, a goodly number of members and friends put in ap appearance. The ground was not all it might have been owing to the incessant pene trating drizzle prevalent. The winners were, A. Milroy, }, Henderson, R. H. Baxter, and R. Whyte, the game between T, Fourie and W. Ramsay, against J. Kyles and A. R. Austin, not being finished, the score standing at 20 to 17, it was declared a friendly match. At the con clusion of play Mrs. J. Henderson grace fully presented the prizes to the winners.

A STRANGER, named, Harrington, just arrived from Canton, opened his holiday in Hongkong

by

getting drunk and disorderly in Wellington Street on Saturday night, and assaulting two lutongs in the execution of their duty. One of the native constables was so badly hit over ment. The man was arrested and taken to the the aye that he had to go to hospital for treat station, and was released on bail of 150. This morning he surrendered to his bail, and baving nothing to say in his defence, was sentenced by Mr. G. N. Orme to pay a fine of $25 on each charge" of assaulting the police in the execution of their duty, or Sso in all, the full amount of his bail."

RAILWAYS IA SI

A scheme is &foot for the construction of milway from Tachin, at the mouth of the Nak on Chaisee river, to the mouth of the Meklong or Ratburi river. The distance is of almost equal length to the new line from Bangkok to Tachin, some 33 kilometres. We understand that a syndicate has been formed, and that the concession has already been granted, or at any rate promised.

the snow-covered lawn outside the Squire's hell, but which one looks for in vain in the at Chefoo, in the early stages of the south country. No country south of the Border war. displays such a curious blend of rentiment and hardheadedness, dad no Kaglish province has in recent years struggled so manially to pre- serve its distinctive customs and folk-speech

FRENCH NEUTRALITY:

21st April. The Japanese Minister in Paris has called the altention of M. Delcassé to the presence of Russian ships at Kamranh. Bay it is maintained on behalf of France that she has taken precisely the same measures as she took when Japanese, cruisers lately visited Kamrach; moreover, it la affirmed that the Baltic fleet has quitted territorial waters.

There has been a modified: revivat, for example, of the festival of the peace, or pzs- chal, egg at Easter, and along with it a new interest has been infused into the ancient play of St. George and the Slasher. Both dragon slayers and Dirty Bets have appeared in much larger numbers recently, and, either out of curiosity or a love of old usages, the finan cial encouragement, given to the Juvenile player has been much better thus heretofore. The original object of the mummery-the cel lection of Easter eggs after the long Lenten fast has not been lost sight of Altingether but it is easy to see that it is in the money-boxcally realhrmed that formal, precise and rather than in the egg basket carried by the peated orders have been sent to French. bedizened gld hag in the play that the hopes officials in Indo-China to maintain the ab of these successors of Boitom and Quince and solute neutrality of those waters, Starveling ate centred.

The conditions under which the patron saint bares his arm to avenge the oppressed-and

incidentally, to teach a lesson to all swashbuck ling braggans have much changed. The actors are younger, some of them mete children, and the stage effects not so gorgeous should be an interior, but doors were closed as in our youth. Strictly speaking the scene against the little players long ago, and now the performance takes place on a heath," with God's sky for a cloth, or with a background of factory chimneys. Sometimes the spectacle is given in the open road, but to this arrange ment there are drawbacks. The best Rights

and April.

M. Rouvier, in the Chamber has emphati-

sented to Admiral Rozhdestvensky that his The St. Pelenburg Admiralty has repre

remaining in the proximity of the coast of believe that he will obey the formal instruc Annem is a grave danger to peace; and they

tions sent to him.

in London that Admiral Rozhdestvensky. There is a general consensus of opinion

fuas gained a great advantage by coaling and reprovisioning at Kamranlı

Naval circles in St. Petersburg are becom ing sanguine of success.

Later,

Faris states that the authorities at Saigon have ordered the interned cruiser. Diana which has been completely repaired, to hand

disarm

of oratory run the risk of being-spoiled by a soulless milkman driving his horse and vehicle into this arena, or by other strallers dilputing the possession of the pitch, and challenging the first party to sanguinary-combat over essential parts of her machinery and to

The half-dozen characters to the "Pase Egg" he is known locally, are sustained

Reuter's correspondent in St. Petersburg with a solemn grotesqueness that would says it is understood that France has con make a cat laugh. The old Imprinted ver fined herself to transmitting the Japanese sion is especially nonsensical and is de protest to Russia, who has replied that the cidedly the one to see. - The first part is exact whereabouts of Admiral Rozhder. intended for tragedy and the second for veasky, is not known; it to therefore impos harlequinade, but in reality all of it is bursible to say whether there is cause for com

lesque.

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further stated that the only whereby an aggregate yearly sum of at least lengthening of the State Railway, to Korut the-Door," first steps forward, and goes ed with as soon as possible.The Admiralty

authorised place to obtain water for ten million taels can be regularly laid aside such purposes is 1.aichikok, where the o- for buying and building ships for the Chinese vernment impose a charge of seven cents navy. It is thought in some quarters that per ton. Those unacquainted with harbour possibly the Chinese Government might find afairs can have scarcely any conception of it easy enough to raise the money needed for the extent of the traffic in water. Every the construction of such a big navy by seil. vessel that eaters, and clears requires watering its railroad concessions to the highest supplies, and some of them, especially those bidder. Certain it is that there seems which are not passenger boats, do not part to be en extraordinary demand among cularly care what the character of the water is so long as it is cheap. The Chinese junks engaged in the trade determine accordingly to get the water cheaper than it is provided by the Government, and they therefore proceed to the mainland, where there are numerous

foreigners just now for this class of governmental favours in China. And although a growing opposition exists among all classes of natives to these foreign railroad enterprises, the Government might popularize them if the sale of the concessions could be

Another proposal of some interest in the short distance, 17 kilometres, eastward of Korai to a place called Tha Chas on the Nami Moun, a tributary of the Mekong. This river is na vigable by launch, in the season, from the Tha Chan to the Mekong. There is at present con siderable traffic along this route from the M. kong valley, and the district traversed by the by bullock carts or by hand over the intervening Nana Moun, produce and goods, being carried distance from Tha Chan to the present railway terminus. The suggestion is, of course, far from new, but a survey has now, we under. sand, been mide, and the extension of the line is under serious consideration.

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The work on the new section of the State Northern Railway to Pakdampho, is proceed

A nondescriol person, calling himself "Open. plaint, but the Admiral will be communicat through the farce of demanding entrance promptly despatched yesterday's message, to a house where no house is and shouts

which however will not be received for some Give us room to play":

days. The Admiralty state that the telegram acnouncing his 'anival at Kamranh" took four days in transmission, The latest tele- gram seems to indicate that he has left Kamranh.

Shift those chairs and make' a 'ring

And let this dreadful act begin. St. George, resplendent in scarlet, sash and ribbons, and wearing a home made helmet, sword, announces, 1 am St. George, that then enters the ring, and, flashing his 11 noble champion bold, Having begun so modestly, this pattern Jingo tells, with many flourishes, the dragon story. Many a bloody deed have I made known," he boasts, but

admitt, for the sake of effect, that he was once in a tight place. "A giant almost struck me dead, but by my valour I cut off his head down a challenge to the world, Slasher, a bold,

to Peking that the Baltic fleet is coaling off The Governor of Hainan has telegraphed.

the coast of Helnan,

The only news trickling into Hongkong, vie the channels of incoming steamers, within the

last two days regarding the Baltic Flect is that brought in by the Norwegian steamer Gase, Captain H. Dabl, from Bangkok Captais the 19th inst at 7 delock in the evening, when

streams which may be tapped for supplies made to create a fund large enough to building, and it is expected that it may be opened When, at the close of the oration, he throws Dahl reports that when off. Padaran Light, on

AND DISTILLED FROM PURE MALT, pass through Chinese gardens, paddy fielde,

BESIDES,

Iris BOTTLED AT HOME

BY THE DISTILLERS.

DO NOT FORGET

WHAT THIS MEANS,

$18.00 PER DOZ.

GREGOR & Co.,

EEN'S RO

Hongkong, 34th April, 1905

a navy suficiently strong to defend the coast

probably in November next.~Bangkok Times.

WEDDING AT UNION CHURCH.

of the empire against foreign encroachment, They have had two object lessons given by Japan of the value of a strong nasy-one in other in the latter's war with Russin-which and Mr. Alfred E. Hollings, which was solem their own war with the Japanese and the The mariage of Miss Mary M. ("May") Reeve may influence them to favour the Governmited at the Union Church this morning, was a ment's scheme of naval development. quiet but exceedingly pretty function and was Doubless, Japan will give China all the attended by quite a large circle of friends which encouragement she needs in that direction, both the bride and bridegroom have gathered and will not only help her to build the around them during their residence in the ships, but teach her how to man them with Cotony. The bride was charmingly robed and her own people, so as to be, like herself, under no obligation to employ adventurous foreigners.

by these enterprising dealers. These streams

and over all sorts of material. They are subject to contamination at every turn, and it goes without saying that before they reach the junk full opportunity has been given for the reception of impurities in the water. Even if originally pure and wholesome, the primitive methods adopted to cart the water into the vessels are calculated to impair its purity. But, as already remarked, cheap ness is the fist test and purity comes a long way afterwards. It is not to be supposed that the junks get their water absolutely for nothing. They may have to "square" the head man of the district, or whoever repre sents the supreme authority where the stream is found. Of course the water, before it reaches the junke, is already useless to the land owners in the vicinity; it A SAILOR from one of the vessels in harbour has served its purpose by irrigating the gar was charged with assaulting a ricksha codile dens and the fields and is allowed to flow and subsequently an Indian constable. Mr.

Ormé said—1st charge S77 and charge $5. away to the sea. For the use of this water,, along come the junks, and the principal party AMARINE from H.M.S. Albion was this mon- who can lay any sort of claim to proprietor-ing charged with being drunk and disorderly ship in the streamber gets 1 gratulty for in Queen's Road on Saturday night, and with something which was useless to him, and assaulting an Indian constable, He was fined, finds himself in the possession of "found by Mr. G; Ni Orme; $5.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

money." To dispose of this water to vessels A NUMBER of Canton and West River steamers in the harbour is a matter of no difficulty left this morning for Bhekwan, about two-and- whatever. Every shipmaster must replenish |'■-half hours, steam bence through the Cap bis stock of water, for culinary and other mun Past, on excursion trips to the ann 1ST FLOOR. purposes. No steamboat condenses suffoss pidgin" ceremony, now taking place,

shat quaint little village. Every,

cient water for its own use and consequently crowded to its utmost carrying

it also has to take in a stock of fresh water. being estimated that nearly twelve thomand (33. The master who appreciates the value of Chinese left the Gotony on these excursions,

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upstart fellow, impulsively springs into the in Lat, 16.15 and long regs, he sighted lour arena, His father, the Black Prince (an cruisers, and three transporis, adoubtedly other ambling lad tricked out in insh and Russian, steaming full speed in a south- ribbons), tries to act as peace maker, but la ly direction. All had their lights brightly burn- driven out of the held by the following picing, except the transport which brought up the turesque threat uttered by St. George

rear in the line. They did not signal the Gata.

BRITISH FLRET'S MOVEMENTS" UNCERTAIN,

cast that although the British Fleet at Hongkonggare presumably going to Mira Bay and Wel-baj-wei nobody appears to have any idea of their actual destination or

Stand off, thou black Morocco dog Or by my swordèhou'l'st die ;.

I pierce thy body full of holes

And make thy bultor's fly Hereupon begins a comic bout of fen- „cing="seven is the technical term-and rather is, of courag, laid low The Black attended by Mr. H. Eyre who ho held a similar doctor, and an individual; in an overcoat that carried a beautiful shower bouquet; she was

Prince, bo fears the worst, calls for floral emblem. Mr. Eyre gave the bride away; trails on the ground, and, a battered silk hat and Mr. E. A. Boewin officiated as best man that falls over his cars, pushes his way through The ceremony was performed by the Rev. C. H. the crowd of open-mouthed youngsters, and Hickling, and during the signing of the register intimates that he belongs to that useful pro the organist played Mendelssohn's Wedding Tession Before he is allowed to practise on March" After the service reception wasmine only son" however, he has to answer held at the Hongkong Hotel, and Mr. and Mrs half a hundred questions, the while Slasher Hollings subsequently left for Macap where the who is opposed to be fast biseding to death, honeymoon is to be apent.

SYNTHE WEATHER

The following report is from Mr. F. G, Figg, First Assistant of the Hongkong Observa.

fallen quickly, over, N. China owing to a de-

"". On the 24th at indfa." "The barometer fas

pression which is passing from the continent to the Yellow Sea to the North of Shanghai

Gradients are moderate to slight Moderate Ei to 5 win

the Formoss Channel |

Forecast-Moderate SE.

shifts his Tmbs into comfortable positions and calmly listen to a most Amaring, duologne. After assuring the Black Prince that he is pos- Bessed of miraculous powers, the doctor stoops over the unfortupale youth and sayes—

Here

faks a little of my bottle And let it run down thy brotile, -And, if thou be not quite slalɔ;

Rise, Jack, and fight again

The honour. the dragon-staver being uNOW alfafied, the

Pof-utill

braider comedy

Dirty Bet, and other

ping pans, egg baskets,

which is partly alms-kicking.

Jogium of a glorious

how long they are likely to be absent. - Ad-

Howe in charge at Hongkong. Admiral Noel miral Sir Gerard Noel will himself be in com- wand, leaving Rowe Admiral the Hon. Carzon- was approached with the view of getting his countenance to the opening of a Bailor's Rest in Hongkong next week His Excellency re marked that he was going to san with the Fleet and had no idea when be was likely to

be hack certainly not next week.

Captain D'Crus of the amall local steamer Banker which arrived at Singapore in the morning of the 15th/inst from the Natuna Islands, reports sighting five Datch warships. at the islands, but saw nothing of the Baltic fisstieg in Bandar left the Natunas on the 13th and called at the animbli

SHIPPING AND MAILS:

Citerman (Rose) azib loota American (China)Ɛacths

1st proxi

Secpira Jeft

sama day, fot Kaba where