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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1905.

All communication; infandel, for publication in The HONGKONG TELEGRAPE" should be added te The Elior 1, Ice House Road, and should be accompanied by the Writer's Name and

Addres

Ordinary business enda alca oneshould be addrowed

to The Manager. The Balitor will at undertake to be responsible for Any rejected MH, nor to return any Contribution.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ́ADVANCE) DAILY-$30 per annum, WEEKLY $15 per sunain. The rates per quarter and per mesum proportional, The daily jsme la delivered free when the address in accessible to momenger. Do woples sent by post an additional $1.50 per quarter le charged for postage, The postage on the weekly love to any part of the Single Coplos. Daily, 4411 cente: Weekly, twenty

world 30 cents per quarter,

'fire conta.

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

A meeting of the Legislative Council was fancy the Governor, Major Sir Matthew Nail held this afternoon. Proanti-His Excel

ECMO RE Hon. Mr. F. H. May, CMO (Colonial Secretary) Hon. Mr. LA M. Johaston (Colonial Treasurer), Hen. Sir H. Spencer Berkeley (torney Gentral Hon. Capt. LA. W Barnes-Lawrence, R. (Harbour Master), Bon. Mr. W. Chatham (Director of Public Works), Hon. Mr. A. W. Brewin (Registrar General), Hon, Sir CF. Chater, C.M., Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, CMG, Hon. Mr. Gershom Stewart, Hon. Mr. C. W. Dickson, Hon. Mr. Wer Yuk, and Mr. A. G. M. Fleicher (Clerk of Councili),

INNUMERABLE' complaints have lately been made by ships masters regarding the way in which the boatmen obstruct the navigation of vorsals in the harbour by persistently anchor. ing their boats in the fairways. - Thus when the water police found thirteen Loats anchored in the southernfairway yesterday they. arrested them all, and placed the boatmen and women before Mr. F. A. Hazeland this morn and confirmed. ing, when they were fined $10 each.

MINUTES.

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VABOWEST KENIS" STORY.

FROM CORPORAL TO. SECOND LIEUTENANT. General Villiers Hatton, G.O.C., yesterday for

In the General Onders issued by Major-

the Information of the troops in Hongkong, the following curious paragraph, from the London Garoffe, dated 19th May, Regiment) Corporal Mansell Halkot Jackson **** The Queen's Own (Royal Weste Kant from the Royal Sussex Regiment, to be Second Lieutenant, in succession to Lieutenant C H. Keenlyside, promoted."

The average reader might be pardoned if he jumped to the hasty conclusion that here was another case of vinue rewarded, of gal- lantry, acknowledged, or of genius recogohed True, the announcement that a corporal bad The minutes of the last meating were read | boen granted a commission in the West Kahte was couched in the most frigid terms, but so The Colonial Secretary moved that the report are the paragraphs, which adorn the'. Court of the Finance Committee (No. 3) be adopted. Circular, Might there not be a story behind

The Colonial Treasurer reconded.

this bald proclamation | Visions of gallant ligerman who, lika another petit zapora), had won his way to. A commission by dint of

were permissible in the circumstances: Ac || Irrepressible ability and conspicuous gallantıy

cordingly, a representative of the Hongkong Telegraph paid a visit to the orderly room st Murray Barracks 10-day, with the object of

by the Japanese was apparent to all who are | HORACE W. B Titmus, Naval Yard: Polico, interested in these matters. From the sea Constable No. 16, was charged befors Mr. they planted their shells in the harbour of Hazeland this morning with destroying the Port Arthur with such fatal exactitude that Ship Street, by throwing over it corralve fuld, clothing and property of a woman living in the Russian squadron in self-defence, was to wit, vitriol, and thereby dimaging the pro compelled to run to sea for temporary perty to the extent of $100. Beidence if the cover. They preferred to face their arrest was given and the case was remanded enemies in the open rather than take sill Tuciday neat, bail being lowed in the theft quietus like sheep in a singler sum of $1 0012. house. But when'

they found thếm selves in the open, they were riddled with shot and shell, torpedoed and sunk, till it seemed to them as if they had arrived at the crack o' doom. On land the Japanese proved equally accurate in their markman, ship. Britain, however, has to look principally for her safety to the first line of defence

with which the Navy is provided, and every Every year aces improvements in the guns

year the men behind the guns are slowing a keener spirit in their work, and striving, by

all marksmen-the "possible. So long as that spirit prevails, the people of Great Britain and the Colonies may rest peacefully in their beds at night and pursue their daily avocations untroubled by war's alarms. The results in the Gunlayers' Competition in 1904 were relatively, good; but if all ne- another which has come into prominence as counts are to he believed those for 1995 MASSRS, Shewan, omer & Co., as represent the result of the Russo-Japanese war, it is should surpass them completely➡at any rate, ] Co., send us the annual report of the institution the limited interpretation previously given to - Jump right into the commissioned ranka??

ing the North British and Mercantile Insurance how all-important is the question of accurate it is the aim of the "handy man." to do 80 for 1974, The toint funds at 31st December the word "instrument," shooting. In former times it took anything between five hundred and a thousand shells to disable a combatant. Nowadays by means of innumerable guides and aids to the gun- ner the average has been greatly lessened. So far as Great Britain is concerned, it is vital to the interests of the Empire that the accuracy of the shooting should be kept af high water mark and especially so in the Navy. Nobody recognises this fact more clearly than His Majesty the King, and it

he Hongkong 6 siegraph healthy competition, to attain that ideal of hausible figure uf 36000,00. The Schuckert

Hongkong, TiluRSDAY, JUNE 29, 1905.

BRITISH NAVAL SHOOTING.

If there has been one thing more than

and he has a happy knack of getting what he wants. It is to be hoped that he will succeed in realising this aspitation...

CHINESE Business MEN.

It is a trite remark to say that the average Chinaman is an astute trader and that, in the words of an old saw, "he knows the

wrong side of a shilling"; but an interesting sidelight on the point is furnished by Mr.

HELIGOLAND has an ite lighthouse one of the greatest searchlights actually in use, and ins candle-power is placed at the rather incompres Company of Nuremburg, which built the light, have now constructed a still larger one, for which they claim an illuminating capacity equal to 316,000,000 candles. If it were pos lets set this giant on a tower 300 fi, bigh, its rays could easily be detected eighty miles

away.

TRANSFER OF NEW TERRITORY LAND, entitled An Ordinance to facilitate the transfor The Council went into commilles on the Bill

of land in the New Territories and for selling disputes to respect thereof and other purposes.

The Attorney General said that as the result

of the further consideration which had been viven to this Bill, it was proposed that in clause 5 the word "instrument" should be

followed by the words judgment, order or there's nothing peculiar about that. Lit Pendons. This was proposed owing to

Agreed.

learning the inner secrets of this promotions

An officer, who was interrogated, read the paragraph" with a smile "Well," she sonid :

Man't 'it rather unusual, for a corporal to,

"Every private” replied the captain with a quizzing look, "carries a field-rbarshal's datos

"Is this then a case of bravery rewarded ?" "I should be sorry to think that any mem ber of the West Kents was not brave,"

"Conspicuous gallantry, then ?* _'s "Not that I know of He comes from the

amounted to 17,161,299, while the revenue for the year was no less than 3,688,930, 10 which the fire department contributed. £3,056,713 and the life department, 1,632,316, The accumulated funds of the life departmesi are free from liability in respect of the fire do partment, and in like manner the accumulated His Excellency-That is all the business funds of the fire department are free from liabefore the meeting. With regard to the Bill retsting to the Merchant Shipping Ordinance bility in respect of the life department.

several amendments have been proposed, and it is necessary that they, should receive con. sideration. Tha Bill will not therefore be brought before the Council at present. I trust together again until the Estimates are ready, The Council will adjouro zine dit.

The Bill passed Committee and the Council in his knapsack.! resumed.

On the motion of the Attorney General seconded by the Colonial Secretary the Bill was read a third time and passed.

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Royal Sussex, you see; and I never heard of him before.. "

this

What is the explanation, do you think, of

promotion

"It is in the power of every private to obtain a commission from the maks. All that is re-

was only the other day that His Majesty petti. B. Morse, of the Statistical Department leave the diplomatic service in the autumn and it will not be necessary to call the Council quired, in that he mist comply with certain re-

rumour is current in Dawning-st that Six Claude Macdonald, our Minister at Tokio, will

come home,, Curiously enough, Sir Claude never had any actual diplomatic service until in 1897, Lord Salisbury sent him to the impor tant post of Pekin. There, it will be remem bered, he was all through the Boxer troubles- his principal work previously having been a long Foreign Office Commission in Nigeria After the Boxer business he exchanged with Sir Emest Salow at Tokio, possibly desirous of rest and complete change, for Sir Claude's health bas never been robust.

FINANCE COMMITTEE.

A meeting of the Finance Committee was then bald, the Colonial Secretary presiding. The following vote was recommended for adoption by the Council-

quirements. He must be under 24 years of age, he must be unmarried, and the appoint- ment must have received the sanction of the general of the district in which the applicant's regiment is stationed."

sonally complimented the gunner on one of our battleships, whose wonderful accuracy was the talk of the Fleet. Such au acknowledg ment of duty well done is bound to stimu late the gunners in the British navy, and that it has done so is proved by the reports which are current-unofficial reports of course-regarding the results attained at the A. S. WATSON & Co., practice ring. Recently, a Blue Book was issued giving details of what is termed the Gunlayers' Competition in the Fleet, during the year 1904. In an introduc. Ageurts in Hongkong and South China for tion to the publication the Lords of

the Admiralty note that there is a slight fall market values; but between him and the or The Love Bacillus." It is diverting tale,These were considered necessary in order la mont," commented the disappointed journalist.

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ing off in results compared to the 1903 practice, but this, it is stated, was to be expected with the increased ranges at which [33 the firing was carried out. In 1904, the Channel squadron carried off first honours with an average of 56.76, and the best ship of the squadron was the Cesar with a score of no less than 94.42. The China squadron came a comparatively long way behind, the general average being 41.65. The leading ship was the Albion which received 58.84. The worst of all the squadrons which took WINE MERCHANTS, part in the competition was that located in Australian waters, the general average being 30.86, while the best vessel in the squadron, the Buryalus, only scored 45.06. But these are only 'rough details which, however significant they may be in themselves, require a good deal of explanation. For instance, the China squadron was, as has been said, fifth in the competition. But the China vessels which entered numbered 22; whereas the top scorers, the Channel squadron, had only iz vessels. Obviously, it is easier for a few ves-

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ON ALL PURCHASES MADE BY HIM

Is it common for a corporal to become a second lieutenant in this way? People, general- ly, belleve that commissions are only given to [^-^ SANITARY DEPARTMENT.

men, who, having performed some maritorious

•A sum of $19,363 in aid of the vole, sanitary service, are offered the choice of the V. C. or a department, other charges, for scavenging city, commission, Dn 'many non-commissioned villages and hill district.

officers reach a commission in this fasblos ?! The Colonal Secretary said—The vote for this The officer smiled enigmatically, as much as year is not sufficient owing to new and extend- to say—'! Such thing will happen ed contracts, which were dearer than last year,

So there is no story behind this announce®

cope with the proper extermination of vermin.

Mr. Garshom Stewart-The guarantee was 580,000, was it not?

The Colonial Secretary- don't remember the exact figure. It was somewhere about

Mr, Gershom Stewart-Pretty high. contracts have been entered into, and we have The Colonial Secretary-Mote stringent

more control over the contractor.

The recomm ndation was unanimously agreed to.

This was all the business."

ARMED GANG ROBBERY DE

“I'm afraid not. But," he added, “if you

really want a story, I'll make up one for you, with pleasure."

Such an offer being unprecedented, the scribe submitted the usual editorial repl "Declined with thanks,”

It was a case of the old wheeze over again-

"No?" "Well there's nothing in it." "Have you heard the story of the empty box?

SHIPPING JETSAM.

of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, in his report on the trade of China for 1904 China, we are reminded, has only two pro. ducts-tea and silk, and the market value of these articles is not fixed by China. It is Ceylon that determines the price of ten, while the value of silk is fixed by France and Italy. Therefore, the price demanded for these exports follows exchange as closely as does the value of imports. Now the actual producer of exports may know A NEW volume which Mr. Unwin is issuing in nothing, and in all probability is absolutely his Colonial Library is The Marquis's Eye" ignorant of the relation of exchange to by G. F. Bradby, author of "Joshua Newings foreign exporter there are innumerable, relating how a young man who has a squint, middlemen who take care to keep them goes to Paris and undergoes a delicate opera selves thoroughly well posted on the position tion by which he becomes the possessor of the of exchange. "When we learn," says, Mr. aye of a fast young Marquis. With the eye Morse, that the quotations for gold, passed over to him, and many amusing com that

tome of the Marquis's characteristics have have i.e. exchange, are telegraphed daily from plications result, Shanghai to

Mr. Unwin is also publishe the gold merchants, in ing a Colonial edition of "The Queen's Shil far-away Ch'engtu, in Szechuan, we may ling" by Major Arthur Griffiths, author of Fast assume that no point in the game is lost and Loose.""Mysteries of Police and Crime," to the Chinese jobbers in the treaty etc., It is a stirring story of a soldier's file. ports, with whom alone the foreign ex- ANOTHER woman was charged with removing porter comes into contact."

The Bureau Veritas Monthly List, publishe Is it to the dead body of a Chinese child without a per be wondered at then, that the same writer mit. She said the child was alive when she

ed on the 1st of May, of wrecks and casualties should describe the Chinese trader as tied it on her back, and did not know how it

recorded in March last, announces that 55 sail ing vessels were reported as totally lost; so by "keen-witted," and say "there are no died: Evidence of a constable proved that

IN CHINESH TERRITORY,

stranding, 4 by collision; while one foundered, shrewder traders in the world"? The best the child must have been dead some time, and

5 were abandoned, #7 were condemned, and 8 feature about the Chinese trader is that he F. A. Hazeland fined her $100 or two months Leung am Tai were charged with armed therefore the woman must have known it. Mr. The case in which Tie Kam Shing, and

were missing. No less than 147 sailing vessels is universally admitted to be trustworthy and hard labour, A hawker was then placed on robbery at Teio Hang Kiang, in the Kwong sion, 4 by fire, 23 by leaks, and 56 by stress of

were damaged 30 by stranding, 4 by colli honest; in fact, the old saying that "antial for aiding the woman to remove the dead Ning Ducict, prefecture of Kwong Tung, and weather. The steamers tolally lost were 41; Englishman's word is as good as his bond" body. He said, the child was alive when he whose extradition was sought, was called bear by stranding, 3. by collision, one by fire; applies equally to the Chinese-when the saw it. He asked for a remand for witpeares, fore Mr. Hareland to day. Inspector Gauld while 3 foundered, one was abandoned, 10 were other party acts on the square, China as Mr. F. As Hazeland then said the woman must watched the case, Mr. H. Hurstbouse, of the condemned, and 2 were missing. The steamers nation may be backward and lethargic, her be called in evidence in the case and ordered Crown Solicitor's office, proseculing.......... statesman corrupt and unscrupulous; but her to be recalled. He informed her, she videne similar to that already reported in collision, 15 by fira, one by leaks; or by stress damaged were 3:6, 69 by stranding, 98 by her sons of commerce, and,especially those would not be sentenced until to-morrow, and our columns was given, and was to the effect of weather; while 81 reported Injury to their

that at midnig' 4 on the 26th April of last engines or boilers, the case was remanded till then.

year complainant's house was entered by armed robbers who, by threats, secured 582 from a wardrobe, two boxes of clothing valued at Sós froin the cockloft, other clothing, valued at $140, and some property deeds from a wardrobe. As the men were about to leave the premises the first two robbers who came into the room tied complainant and his wife to the bedpost, and warned them not to say any thing. About five minutes after the rabbets left the Jokir came into the toom and untied complainant who then untied his wife. As far as complainant could estimate about 17 or 18 men took part in this robbery. He did not know who carried away the things. He was quite certain about the identity of the defenda ants because they both had torches and could ha plainly seen. After the robbery the next time

at the treaty ports, in Hongkong and in the Straits Settlements, have built up for them. selves a reputation for integrity and ability which none may impeach.

It is a curious fact that for more than a year not, a single British man-of-war has visited Santuno. The Sames Inlet (or Santuso) affords excellent anchorage to the very largest ships in any kind of weather. It can be entered at any state of the tides, there is no bar, and a pilot is, not required. The entrance to, and interior of, this magnificent sheet of water were The French mail of the 30th May was deliver surveyed by H.M.S. Waterwitch in 1900.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

ed in London on the 28th inst.

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sels to make high marks than-a score of ves sels. Take the Pacific squadron for example. It had only four vessels in the competition TICKETS and the average was 42.29-it took fourth place; but had there been a dozen vessels of the same class in the aquadron it might not have taken the fortieth. Indeed, the results of the practice in China waters seems to show that while during 1994, there were no outstanding incidents so far as marksman- ship is concerned, yet all the vessels took a high place. If every second shot reaches the intended mark, that should prove THE longest lightning conductor in the world is sufficient to demoralise an enemy in wartime. on the Lugspite Weather Station, io Bavaria; "Every bullet has its billet "we are told, it runs down the mountain side for three and a but when that billet is the middle of the half miles to a lake. ocean little advantage is gained from the expenditure of powder. It must be remem. WITHIN A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS bered, too, that naval shooting is vastly different to the practice firing of big guns on shore. At sea, the warships are travel- fing at between eight and fifteen knots an hour and the target is scarcely visible; in Ma. J. Whittall made the highest score for the deed, it has been said that good practice Governor's Cup for the month of June in cop has been made at Mirs Bay when the target Association. He therefore becomes the holder nection with the Hongkong Volunteer Reserve was absolutely invisible; but, of course, that of the cup for the month of July. He also may be only the malicious invention of wins one of the "China Mail" cups, the marines. Certain it is that in naval

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THE Burma Government has refused the appli- cation made by the Standard Oil Company to the Port Commissioners, to be given a site on the banks of the Rangoon River for the storage of petroleum.

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Until the last few days the port did not possess telegraphic facilities, and this was probably the reason why yessels have not cared to ran in there. But a telegraph office was opened there on the oth fost, and the occasional visit of a warship would lessen the isolation of the few foreigners at the port. It is now in the middle of its busy season, and tea is going forward in big quantities to Foochow. It is fested that the total output of these districts will be a little less than last year, owing to the continugas rains during the spring.-N. C. D. News,

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saw the defendants was after they had been arrested, when he picked them out from among a number of others inside the gaol. Complainant reported the occurrence to the leiders of the village next day. He first came to Hongkong in connection with the case on the 28th of March last at the request of the elders who informed him that two of the robbers had been arrestedimit t

THE WEATHER.

The following report is from Mr. F. G. Figu First Assistant of the Hongkong Observatory:

On the 29th at 17.5 p. The barometer has faileo slightly over the S. coast of China.

Returns from N. China and Japan are lack- Gradients are slight over the N. part of the loge Age

China Sex and moderate or light W. winda may be expected in that area,

Forecast-SW, winds, moderate or lighti

faic

SHIPPING AND MAILS,

MAILS DUR. Indian (Lightning) 3d prox Canadian (Empress of Jagan) 310 prox. German (Darmstadt) 4th prox. German (Scharnhorst) gih proxi Indian (Zafsang) 10th prox. Canadian (Athenian) 18th prox.

T000's onslaught upon Roshdestvensky has had something of a parallel to our own naval De Grasse, in 1782--what is famous as the his lantern on them with the result that he was London, &c, left Singapore on 28th Inst, and *; history. There was Rodney's onslaught upon

Battle of the Saints With thirty-six sail of able to identify the prisoners: Two other is due here on 4th prox the line, Sir George lay waiting at St. Lucia, watchmen were with him at the time and all

The C1 P. R. Co.'s su Athenian leit Van- couver, on 25th-inst, for Hongkong (via the One of the witnesses who was a patrol inusual Ports of Calla the village that night saw the men and dashed

The Bucknall Line 14 Bucentaur from

circles wonderful tales are told of the THE crew of the whaler Lara Hansen, which of April, Sir Charles Douglas, the Captain of and told them that if they made a noise they left again at poon Wednesday, for Yokohama

The Frenchmen tried to get away through the three were threatened by the robbers who rub. The C. P. R. Co.'s ss. Empress of India Saintes Passage. On the morning of the zatbsequently took away their arms and lanteras arrived at Kobe at 11 pm on 27th inst.sed wonki be killed where the was due to arrive at noon, on 19th

The CPR Co's Lu Emptet, of Japan arrived at Koba st 1,367 punt, on 27th inst, and dienste „left again at midnight same day, vid Nagasaki YUA Mor Shanghai where she is due to arrive at 4°

said that "God had given him the enemy, on ence of whether the prisoners were, Chinese of the gift that he smashed the line in two the lee bow." Rodney, so far availed himself subjects or not might be obtained

places, and all the rearmost of the French ships

ero attacked and taken in detail. Last, the weroTM

NAVAL DOTES:

accuracy of the firing by gunners on the lately arrived at Seattle, declare that they saw the Fleet, Came into the Admiral's cabin and The case was adjourned in order that evid.int China squadron. But while these reports frozen in a monster iceberg a female Polar bear may be true so far as they go they lack the and two cubs, the cubs nestling against the official stamp. In the Gunlayers' Competi- mother. The berg stood out of the water fully tion last year, 108 ships belonging to all root and the ice wherein the bears were en stations took part; 1,171 guns were used, tombed was clear as a crystal, and the average per gun was 43.23, ur in other words it took a fraction over two sbots to make one hit. It will be in teresting to obtain the Japanese statistics as to the number of shots required to disable a Russian cruiser. Early in the war, the remarkable accuracy of alm attained

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Repairs to cost about $1,000,poo which will The P M 6. B. Co., Lt, Manchuria with Bagship, Ville de Paris, was captured by the require more than year to complete ato te maila &c, which left hence on sot Lil for GUNNER James Diller, R.G.A., charged two Barfleur. And, theo, to the astounding of commended for the armourad "cruiter New San Francisco via Amoy, Shaogh public coolies, with refusing to accept legal Hood, Rodney signalled to bring Athree York, which is tied up out of commission at hire while each played, on the 28th inst days chase, and a long day's fight, result the Charlestown navy yard. The Job will be Placed before Mr G. N. Orme this morning ed in a glorious and remarkabl victory

the largest ever undertaken at the local yard, the men admitted that they refused to take the But Rodney on this occasion, was not

and the overhauling, will be one of the most complainant, and, in excuse, alleged that he and De Grasse, unlike Rozhdestvensky, was The largest previous job was that on Deway's expensive over given to any American warship, was drunk. They were each fined $1. not annihilated.

Magahip Olymała, which cost short 35 10,000,

Kobe, Inland Sea, Yokohan Arrived at her destination

47'he Silk exC.-P. R. Cobi Ching which left Hongkong on.

on 27th inst, shot i Yokohama on oth

from Hongkong and 18 days from okrobama..