1905-05-19 — Page 4

Intimations.

A. S. WATSON & CO.,

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED A.D.

1841.

WINE AND SPIRIT

MERCHANTS.

ALEXANDRA - BUILDINGS.

WATSON'S

CELEBRATED

E

A WHISKY

OF

DEATH,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY MAY 19, 1905.

Suddenly, at 7.30 p.m. May 7th, at his residence, 158 Yamamoto-dor), 3-chome, Kebe,

Joseph Michart XaviKR, aged 39 years.

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONOKONG, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1905.

A RIVAL TO. FARNHAM,

|

ZAB MERCANTILE BANK OF

INDIA, LD,

ANNUAL MEETİNG, --

Tilts afternoon Cheng Tong Kan, contracto", prosecuted Teang Ngau, on the charge of em- element of the sum of $1,061, alleged to have been collected from the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, on a bill due to the

- Proceedings at the annual general menting, complainant, on the 14th ulto Mr. C. Ebald at Winchester House, Old Broad Street, Beavis appeared for the prosecution, and MEC, on the 18th day of April, 1905, Sir Alexan-

Waiding for the defence. After evidence der Wilson (the chairman), presiding has been led the case was reinanded.

Co.; beneficial, because that single result will be "widely welcomed. Notwithstand ing the hopes of the writer of the paragraph, the engineering works run by an Admiral with two Viceroys, As patrons, is scarcely on the same plane as Faraham, Boyd & Co.'s enterprise, and the interests of the northern port may be trusted to uphold what is really a "private enterprise." We have re peatedly been told in the public prints that Russia has had no naval base of her own all the business of Farnham, Boyd & Co. the long way out from the Baltic to the Far is the largest, and promises to become East. She could not have made the journey the most Bourishing of its kind in the Far at all it international law had been rigorously East, affording at the same time a safe in-taforced, and the value of our naval bases all vestment for capital. The suggestions in over the world must be considerably lessened Lifan efficient substitute may be found for them these circumstances, that the soi-disant in an increased complaisance on the part of private enterprise, which is bound hand and neutrals-Daily Telegraph.

* BOYD & CO: According to statements which appear in the northern newspapers, the Kiangaan Arsenal and Engineering works are in future to be conducted as entirely separate enter prises. It seems that the Chinese Govern ment intend to continue running the Arsenal foot to officialdom, will seriously affect the under its present management, but the dock bana-fide business of Farnham, Boyd & Co. and engineering department will become a is just a trifle too far-fetched. But it is the "purely commercial undertaking." On the straw which shows how a side wind is blow face of it, that seems to be a step in the righting in Shanghai. The Kiangnan works are direction, but the sinister information is ad- furnished with a most complete and modern ded that this "purely commercial under plant, it is stated, and a large staff of skill taking" is practically in the hands of two ed operatives is immediately available. Viceroys, Yuan Shih-kai and Chou Fu, al-That is very satisfactory, no doubt, but it is though it is only claimed that they are "in all aimed at the defeat of private enterprise terested in the business. Where two offiIn the Mackay Treaty, of 1902, special refer cials of the standing of Viceroys are con ence was made to this question of private cerned, however, the very fact that they are enterprise. Under Article IX the Chinese in the least degree connected with a so-called Government specifically undertook to "re commercial undertaking, is sufficient to cast her present mining rules in such a way arouse suspicions as to its independent charas, while promoting the interests of Chinese BLEND acter. It is one of the accepted principles of public life, that those who represent and govern the people should retire from any business which their position might be apt to influence to the detriment of the public welfare. The principle is so well understood in England, that only a few years ago Lord Hardwicke, on becoming a Minister, of the Crown, was compelled to sever his partnership in a Stock Exchange firm, in order that he might discharge bis duties to the country with an unbiassed mind and free hands. Viceroys Yuan Shih- kai and Chou Fu may be most exemplary

GREAT AGE

MATURE,

MELLOW

AND

FINE FLAVOUR.

A Blend of the Finest Pure Malt Whiskies Distilled in Scotlan 1.

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS

LIMITED;

Hongkong, ist April, 1905.

BAHADUR

་

{32

officials in their way, but if they succeed in stiding the instincts of personal interesis in favour of the public weal, it will be a unique example of will power. The new under taking will, we are further told, be entrusted

with Goverment work-and here is the

trail of the serpent. One of its first tasks will be the gradual reconstruction, of most of the vessels of the l'eiyang squadron; and

subjects and not Injuring in any way the sovereign rights of China, shall offer no impediment to the attraction of foreign capital, or place foreign capitalists at 2. greater disadvantage than they would be under generally accepted foreign regula. tions." That undertaking applied only to mining rights, it is true; but it is a principle of enormous value and potency, and it might well be applied to all manner of private enterprises in China.

With reference to a paragraph which appeared in yesterday's issue, entitled "Mysterious Ship in Hongkong," it appears that a good deal of misconception has occurred respecting the tenor of the article.

It

was explained that rumours had arisen as

IN Paris official circles the project of the grand naval féles, which includes the recepilon of the English Fleet and a return visit of the French Fleet to British waters, is exciting the keenest - interest, Sa for as the visit of the French Fleet is concerned it in, says the Referee, now known thus the combined. Medi- terranean and Nortler Fleets of France will, after the maneuvres, pay a visit to Epithead

and the Sulent."

The Chairman: Gentlemen, I will make the secretary to read the notice convoning the meeting, and also the auditors' report.

The Secretary (Mr. W. 6. Robilliard) read ame

TELEGRAM.

NONGKONG TELEGRAPH

SERVICE

RUSSIAN SECRET AGENT

AT SHANGHAI

CABLE COMMUNICATION ENDANGERED.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 18th May, 5.30 p.m.

Astrong rumour has gained cur

rency here that a European, atated to be an agent of the Russian Gov-

The Chairman: Gentlemen, you have had. the report and balance sheet in your hands for. some time, and I presume we may take them as read. (Hear, bear.) In propssing, their adoption I will follow my usual custom of re ferring, very briefly to some of the principal Hems in the accounts. On the debit side there is little to be said, except that I might call your attention to the facthai the d posts and ac ceptances against outward shipments show a crnment, and who is well-known in very substantial increase on the figures of the previous year. (Hear, bear.) On the other Shanghai, left at the end of last week file you will notice that the items of cash, bul- lan, and Government and other guaranteed on board a chartered steamor, with stucks aggregate nearly 1,0,0, and behind the object of trying to grapplo and this there is the perfectly liquid asset of close upon 1,800,000, comprised of bills receivable cut the cables communicating with Loans recolzaple, and advances also show an

amount ager than that of last year The whole shows that the resources of the Bank was somewhat more fully employed then they word car ago. The small item of freehold bunking promises shows a decrease of about £10,000, which is owing to the sale of our Bombay premises. Some time ago we found it. expedient to move to other premises in Nombay more in the centre of business, and these we hold on lease at an annual rentai, Twelve

G. Dow, second officer of the sa. Zoroaster prosecuted Li Wan before Mr. F. A. Hazeland this morning for being on board the steamer without the consent of the master. 18-as found in the engineer's storage rooms, and withers locked him in and sent for the police, when the man was arrested. Defendant said there was nothing to steal on board so he want- ed to buy someiling. His Worship Goed him $5 with the alternative of six weeks' imprison-years ago we took over the premises account

ment

We have received an artistically preanged brochure from Mesars, Dodwell & Co., pro- claiming the merits of the Underwood type writer, together with a couple of booklets explaining the peculiar advantages which the machine possesses over other machines. In these days when practically every office has its typewriter, prospective buyers of these handy.. time-saving, and useful machines might do well to inspect the Underwand, for which Messrs. Dodwell & Co are the local agents,

"Ets, but its verta likely all was", said Charles

to the objects and intentions of the MacEdwin to Mr. F. A. Haz land at the Magistracy quarie-the vessel, concerned and with this morning, when asked if he was disorderly the purpose of laughing these rumours in the public street yesterday. "Ab was verra

to scorn we submitted some heavy drunk." Asked if he assaulted Constable Livesay, badinage on the subject. To-day, ive

he said he could not say aye or nay, "but if he ah did maybe he's right" He did not says

5

of the Chartered Mercantile Bank at the fig- ure they then stood at, being g satisfied that taken as a whole they were certainly over values This individual item, hoaever, shows on realisation a eficiency of about £3,802, which has been met out of the year's profit, although the result is to accentuate the under-valuation of the premises which still re- main. Toning to the Pe fit and Loss Account, the gross profit for the year is £120,627, 198. 8d. after providing for bad and doubtful debis The net profit is £675. as 6d, and including

the 14.551. 185, el. brought forward from l'ecember, 1903, the amount to be dealt with is £75,217. ts. The interim dividend at the rate of

per cent. per annum paid in October on both classes of shares and the similar dividend now proposed will account for £28,125, and i may remind you that these dividends are now being paid free of Income Tax. (Hear, hear. We have added £10,000 to reserve fund and have set aside £1,000 towards an officers' pension

fi

Japan and Europe.

It is also reported that one. dred thousand fuels has been offered if the enterprise proves,

succesătul.

GYMKHANA LUB.

SI COND. MEETINO.

The programme of events, to be liefd, at the second meeting of the Gymkhana Club on 17th June, she unders

Est Event Three-quarter mile flat taco for ♣

Hongkeng subscription griffins of any season."

and Event-Teal-pegging competition. rd Event-Gymkbana Challenge Cup. 4th-Event.~Ladies' Nomination. "Dispatch

Race,"

5th Event-Hurdle Rage Challenge Cup. &th Event -One and a quarter mile haital

ARMED ROBBERY

This afternoon Inspector Collest placed four of the toughest looking specimens of the Chi nere bar dits before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Magistracy, charged with commilling, an arm. ed robbery at No, 20 Water Street, West Point, on the 4th inst, and therefrom stealing certain property of the aggregate value of $55,

Mrs Paulina Barros, in whose house the

it is another quaint fact that the Admiral of had a visit from Mr. Howard Hinton of remember taking the constable's whistle, but fund. These apportionments will leave robbery took place, said her husband was a that fleet is also director-general of the new Messrs. W. & A. McArthur, Lid, Sydney, | "somebody gave him one in the eye-perhaps £15,102. 39, 10 be carried forward. 3. bave clerk in the Rope Works. --On the above date,

it was the whustle at the other ead, but ab inink, An'd plead guilty, just gave any trouble, re kew" ined Storys on the first charge, and $3 or.7 dhiy Liggand charge.

By kind permission of Cit

B. Western and Office Band of the 2nd Bay The Queen's Of Thayal Wasl Kent Regh will play the following programing of music, during, dinner at the Hongkong Hotel. To morrow, 20th inst.

A. S. WATSON & CO.. works. In other words, the Chinese Govern who explained that the description given of ment have no use for private enterprise as the Marquarie in no way fitted that vessel, we understand it. The Government deler while the rumours which were alleged to ming to call a certain engineering yard a have arisen were totally without foundation. "commercial undertaking," but it takes Of course, we were well aware of that, and

to see that two Viceroys are never for good cure

a moment dreamt that the "interested" in it, and that the comman rumours would have been taken seriously der-in-chief of the squadron, which will pro- We certainly had no intentions, fing, vide the greatest amount of work for the far less suggesting, that there was anything business, is also director-general of the unsuspicious about the vessel, knowing that it dertaking. Such a condition of things was in the hands of one of the most reput could not exist for a single moment, when it able firms in Hongkong As for the idea had once come to the public knowledge, in that she was ever under surveillance that is, Great Britain or the more advanced manu- of course, the height of absurdity. It was facturing countries of Europe, Viceroys only to still idle longues and throw cold are more than public men; they are rulers, water with dignities, powers and rights almost equal to those conferred on sovereigns. Their slightest wish is a command, and their Bycophants look up to them as the Egyptians looked up to the sun-god Ra. It cannot be said, then, that their interest is likely to be impersonal, or that they would be willing to encourage rival industries and foster qut THE French mail of the 18th April was deli home on leave, says the Pall Mall Gazelle. As side competition. Yet private enterprise is vered in London on the 17th inst, the life blood of a country. It is the pivot

CIGARS.

THE

fatuous sumours that we in serted the paragraph, and we can only regret that it has caused annoyance to those in charge of the Macquarie.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

PREMIER CIGAR around which may be discerned the causes TOGO is said to be in hiding. Purch guesses leading to a widening of the revolutions in that Rozhdestvensky wid shortly get that the direction of the new spheres of labour biding. and industry. A.monopolistic country, where the Government not only supports the

OF

INDIA.

ing it, is not going forward. We say nothing about the abuses likely to spring from such

seventy-two.

MarchThe Duchess of Bangle Caryll Overtore......" Schubert "fon bis Songe).........appe Selection from...." Merrie England")..........German Yale.................Sourke D'Avril Depret Grand Trumphal March..." Entry of the Gladiators "a

Fucik Dance (Piccolo Sulo)...'! Pas des Patindure”.

Selection from..."The Pirites of Penzance”

God save the King,

Art, P. Gudfrey Sullivan

SOME useful information regarding the current plagues and kindred evils will probably be heard presdally from Dr. J. M. Atkinson, who has been apribipal Civil Medical Oncer in Hongkong for some time, and is now cuming

said before, when I have had the pleasure of at about ten o'clock in the morning, two men meeting you, we attach great impot to the went to her house, the third defendent being one building up of our reserve fundare of them. They told witness they were sent by Governaient to repair the skylight of her house | glad that the profis of the year pernil of our

patting the above increased amour hat They took measurements with a fromrule. fond. We tre- that the Stareholders will diso They then told witness to gather up her pro approve of our side the small amountperty and remove her furniture, and then left I have mentioned towards the formation of saying they would return to see that she had a pension fund.

dono. so. The following morning at balf past (Henr, hear.) There are many ways in which the existence of such a six o'clock four men want to the house. These fund is of a direct benefit to the Bank as well were the first, third and fourth defendants. Witness was then above with her daughter and as to the staff and we propose from time to time, as the position and profits of the Bank god son. The second defendant remained inny permit, so make similar moderate grants outside. Her god-son went out of the room to this fund." I will now forinally move "That and the four men followed him the report of the Directors with audited state: ment of accounts and balance sheet to the gist Necember, 1404, presented to this meeting, be and the same are hereby received, approved and adopted, and that a dividend on the A and B'shares of abe Bank at the of 5 per cent, per annum, free of thcoat, for the six months ended 31st December, 1904, as re cammended in the report, be and the same is hereby confirmed." (Applause).

I

Mr. R. W. Chamney: 1 beg to second the resolution.

a

did was to tell witness they were going to open To the Court: The first thing these men

skylight in the kitchen.

The men went into the kitchen and made? witness's god-son, who is aged 14 years, help to remove a bookshelf, near the fire place, while witness looked on. Then the first defendant caught hold of, witness, and her god-son im. mediately pulled off the hands of her assallant,

The other three men were in the room and saw

it all. One man, pressed her mouth, but he is not in the dock. The fourth defendant : héld No questions being asked, the resolution was the axe (produced) and threatened her with put to the meeting and carried unanimously. The man, who is not in Court, caught hold of Mr. Nelson: If that is the end of the agenda, witness by her hands and forcibly removed should like, with the permission of the Chair: gold-mounted ralian bangle which she was man, to propose a resolution which I am sure wearing at the time. She had not recovered you will accept as heartily and cordially as I anything since. She was let go as soon as the make it. We have to congratulate ourselves men had secured the things. Her daughter was and the Board upon a very substantial improve in the room. She was ten years of age. The

last year. The growth since the reconstruction was stolen from her. The fourth defendant -a word which I should be very glad to see tiled to take off her bangle, but it was too tight. dropped and forgotten at no distant date-bor | The daughter was in the kitchen then, but been steady throughout. We have had no set witness could age all that went on. After the backs, and although the progress has perhaps not been so rapid as we could bave wished, certainly has been steady, and now it is becom ing each year more substantial, which is to the credit of the Board and to the benefit and the very great-satisfaction of the Sh reholders, I am sure. (Heat, hear.) 1 am particularly others got outside, then he ran. The first de- gratified to see the paragraph in the report in fendant was stopped by a man on the first regard to establishing a fund for the benefit of floor when running down the stairs. – Wit- the officers of the Bank. It is an indication, to ness never lost sight of the first defendant my mind, that the Director appreciate, as indeed I am sure they do, the vast importance from the time he first commenced to run, to the binding to them the executive of the Bank, time he was handed over to Inspector Frith. that the Board and the staff in London and Inspector Frith held the man till the police

president of the i cal Sanitary Board Dr. At. kieson was closely associated with the arrest of the terrible plague in Hongkong not long ago, and his skill and energy were of such obvious value that he was specially thanked by the Imperial Government His reward ended two more cases of plagus have occurred, there for the moment. The soldier and others who serve the Crown are deservedly honoured monopoly but actually takes a share in work making the total for the year, up to dale, for their special efforts, but often nur official ment in the position of this Bank during the men rubbed pepper in her eyes, bur dalbing medical experts, although they may save thou THE Band of the end Royal West Kent Regi-sands of live by a few, strenuous and timely a state of affairs; they are obvious to allment will play on the New Parade Ground on efforts, get nothing beyond "Thank you." The writer of the paragraph giving this in- Monday next, sand instant, from 5 to 6.30 p.m.; formation brings in a curious addendum to his remarks. After saying that two Euro- peans, one of whom is superintendent of the International and Cosmopolitan Docks, while the other is the senior boiler-maker in Farnham, Boyd & Co.'s employment, the paragraphist continues" It is evident that the breaking-down of the monopoly hitherto No. 1 - $2.75 - per 100 held by Messrs. Farnham, Boyd & Co. is

No. 3 - $2.25

widely welcomed." Not another word in ex-

A TAILOR's advertisement reads: "The tweeds which we are selling at 15. 39 per yard, will only last this week. This scarcely seems a recommendation, except to exquisites who never wear the same suit twice.-Globe.

THE members of the Hongkong Volunteer Association will shoot at the King's Park Range (200 yards) Kowloon from 2 to 6 pm. to-morrow. There will be a pool competition;

THE CHINESE 1 XCLUSION

BILL

of

On the zih inst., at 1.30 pm, the local (Shanghai) Cantonese assembled at their guild where they beard speeches made by Mr. Ling (who was an employé in the US, Customs) and Mr. Tang (who had trouble to land at San Francisco when he went to the St. Louis Exhibition) regarding the actual condian

what sort of treatment they are receiving.

They decided to wire in the leading American papers the following five items;

1.To boycot all the American goods im ported into China.

attempt to take the bangle ber god son went downstairs to the first fluor, and called out, and then the men ran away, but the first gian re- mained, holding witness by the neck, until the

planation of the reason why it should be wel, and those members who have not already shot tions of the Chinese in the United States and should work like a band together and have defendant for the first time on that occasion.

comed, but merely the general statement. It

for the Governor's Cup ibis monthi can do sg.

Eustache.

as tindera employment of the Americans further remarks, upon the resolution which i

The case is proceeding..

SHIPPING AND MAILS:

HAVN MAILS QUEDEN Australian (Changsha) atst'inst Indian (Lutamg) zand inst," American (Munckurta) 23rd insta Canadian (Empress of China) azıd'inst. German (Zielen) 24th Inst. German (Willehad) sih prox

all-over, India where the Bank has branchés, came and arrested him," He saw the second.

amongst them an 'asprit de corpa and a pleasure in the work they are, do ng Tommy mind, that is absolutely necessary to bring about the success of any bank working with the kind of people that it is necessary to have about you in conducting a business of this kind in the Far East, and indeed in the near 2. All the Chinese translators and others st.1 am not going to detain you with any have to propose to you. I beg to popose should resign.

"That the thanks of this meeting bo given to 3. To stop the discharge of all cargoes com-the Chairman, the Board of Directors and the ing by American bottoms,

Executive of the Bank, for their services dess ing the past year," and in doing so we are knowledge with gratification the results which

** The Java China-Japan Lija ka. Titiitjað, left have been achieved. It is my special pleasure Kuchinozu via Amoy and Swalow for this port to put those all together, because the working on 19th inst., and may be expected here on of the whole of the Directors and of the xe 29.b inst. cutive must be, as I said before, na a hand, or The . A. L. x.s. Aberlour from Hamburg, we shall not get the success that is indicated Rotterdam and Antwerp left Singapore for this There were more speakers in a similar by the results we have had placed before us port ou 18th insty pm, and may be expected. strain.

today, I have pleasure in pmposing that there on 25th josta nel Joint telegrams were sent to the Waiwupu,solation, and perhaps somebody will kindly

second it. (Applause.) the Board of Commercial Affairs, Minister M. CE Melchert With the greatest Liang, Cantonero guilds of other ports, s19; pleasure I second the resolution, a The Universal Gazetit,

Bá The resolution was unanimously adopted."

No. 2 - $2.50 - per 100 is here that we join issue. The writer, it must

AT the. Nikolaieff Yard the torpedo-boats be clear to all, laboriously goes out of his Zadermy, Zvonky, and Zorky, each of 300 1008, way to refer to what he terms the "monoare being completed by order of the Minister poly "of Farnham, Boyd & Co., and to express of Marine. Two new 6,000 ton cruisers are per 100 the opinion that the breaking down of that also being hurried forward, as well as engines monopoly will be welcomed. When that re- for the battleships Johann Zlatvoust and Saint mark is read in conjunction with the present state of the stock exchange in the North,

A SE. Petersburg press desprich states -A|4. The Cantonese will wire to Sir Chenglung after the action taken by a very large body naval court-martial has been ordered in re- Liang Cheng nai to agree to sign the agreed of shareholders in the amalgamated comference to the naval ɓybt on July 11 last belweru ment regarding the Exclusion Bill," panies, the object of the writer is not very the Russian First Pacific Squadron and the far to seek The "bear" element must Japanese Fleet in order that all the facit may have prevailed upon the scribe when he be fully ascertained. Admiral Dikoff has been came to pronouncing judgment as to the nominated President of the Court, which will also comprise Admins Filtebrandt, Dorbas beneficial results which will follow from soff, Risile, and Nikavolt. Colonel Kram- the new undertaking beneficial because it arevsky will be the prosecuting counsel, will, for one thing, assist in breaking-down Lieutenant Schulz will be secretary to the the monopoly enjoyed by Famham, Boyd Court

Gregor & Co..

sole AGENTS.

Hongkong, 7th March, igos.

Firm, jalat action shall be maintained until the aim is attained.

الدائم بروید

The C. Pit, Car Empritz of Căina arrived at Nagasaki 2,2.30 am, on 15th inst and left again at 3pm samo day, for Shang- hai wborn she is due to arrive at 3 am, og