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THE HONGKONG TI EGRA

MONDAY NOVEMBER

E

BLEND.

VERY OLD

LIQUEUR

SCOTCH

The door will be aiztutake in ke romslig for Mug HeadsMS, ad? W Tottira ny Contribution:

SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ADYANDI

·DATUS-$30 per annuales WEEKLY==$18 per annum,

The maker por quarlar sud per musem, proportlanni. Tba daily lasus is, dollerrol, from when the dress

neomillo tu memenyer. Di cenalör sent by past an

itional $1.50 per quarter i obargal for postage The jossage on slin weekly is to any part of the

work is 30 could perijäneur, Slogts Copies, Daily, in conte: Weekly, twenty

Ilveendu,

son.

BIRTHS,

in the auth November, at "La Hacienda," Enst, enke, the wife of C. H. GRACH, of a [1163 On the 13th November, at Hankow, the wife OF HARRY E. Guisou, of a son.

On the 17th November, at. Santu, the wife of E. GLENAS, of a daughter;"

On the 18th November, at Shanghai, the wife of FRANK' GRAY, of a son.

On the 20th, November, at Shoghal, to

and Mrs. C. W. MEAD, a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

On November 27th, at St. John's Cathedral, by the Rev. H. France, MA, DOROTHY HART, eldest daughter of Dr. G. con art of Win, Danby, fisq., Hongkong, [164 On the 8th November, at Tientsin, jo

COOPER.'

Birmingham, to James D. DaNHY, second son

for there; was. Dirisin

Alarm,lavid soma

premises occupied By, Mesura, merchants, Queen's Road

ida bottlesof wine, spirits and beer with

prica

plied to det clotting supplied ed for the plaintiff,

İTED

hada

Castro for the defende **Mammson in opening the case said the e appaired to be a number of witnesses in both sides la Court and requested that they be turned out. A large number of Indians then left the Counte

AYLWARD CHURCHILL, to EDITH FLORA indication in this that land there will be ap-with 20 or 30 bojiles of whisky, za" bottles of witnesses, a man named Guzdar Singh, and

" DEATHS. Of the 5th October at Brooklyn, N. Y., Mr. WILLIAM MARSHALL, engineer, late of the C. On the 21st November, at Hankow, after a ahor: iflaess, H. VKHLDER. **

WHISKY. M. S. N. Co, Shanghai.

Per Dozen $16.50he Hanging Celegraph

A. S. WATSON & CO.,

LIMITED.

WINE & SPIRIT

· MERCHANTS,

ALEXANDRA" "BUILDINGS.

Hongkong, 28ili October, 1905.

[32

GREGOR & CO.,

HONGKONG, MONDAY, NovaMBER 27, 1905.,

-DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

People in Hongkong, who are more parti cularly concerned as a rule with questions which come under their personal observation that with affairs occurring some distance

Within three ininutes pact the Zuid-maru were ressuoct withthio

"who are

Straitis)

Liberal Lead

OUR RELATIONS WE

a, half acres in extent was put up lo públic auction. The upset price fixed Government was $94, yet the bidding was

have been carriedaway. When they so keen that the extraordinary! price, “of $2,500 was reached before the hammer foll. Louse was closed on Saturday afternoon,

usual precautions againsttbiaves were taken, but It seems that two Chinese gchilemen, this morning it was discovered that the door at entered into the competition and raised |the rear of the building find been suicibly the price by leaps and bounds, and if barst open, and a large quantity of goods, was only when the value had been elevated estimated at between 5300 and 1400 in value, twenty-five times above that fixed by the had been abstencied and successfully removed. Government that it fell to that enterprising Desars Gregor & Co.'s premises have an exit gentleman, Mr. H. Rennie. The land at the rear of the building leading into a cul de should prove a valuable acquisition to the that any thieves bent in removing goods would of necessity have to carry their ranch already owned by Mr. Rennie, and it sports ima Queen's Road. It is therefore His Honour. There's half the Colony Mr two is to be trusted that the experiment in which believed that the burglary was committed on O. D. Taonison then said that both the plain- he is engaged will prove successful, if only Saturday afternoon, because the actions of aiff and defendant came from the same districting tro as a justification of the height to which he gang of tiles, s taer in the day or on Sunday in India. About four months ago, the defen was prepared to go in obtaining possession would inevitably have attracted tie attention of dent, being out of enplay, went to plaint of the land. The great significance of the the police stationed in Queen's Road. The and the latter kept him in his haute and sup auction lies in the fact that, nól only Mr.

curious part of the thing is that nobody seems plied him with food and clothing during the The de to have seen the burglars at work.. Measra, four months he was unbr Rennie but also two Chinese gentlemen Gregor. & Co. have no watchmen—a fact fendant asked the plaintiff to get him were so anxious to secure the land that they which was probably well known to, the plaintiff said he would try to do so, and in the only relinquished that idea when the price depredators. They seem to have gone there meantime défendant

kept had exceeded all expectations. Here is with some carpenters' tools-which were found Later defendant got employment with Messrs. ample testimony that the development of the late-ind boldly unscrewed the imn holls of Fenwick and Co, as a watchman, but refused New Territories is assured, for there is every

the rear entrance. Then they entered and car to repay the amount due. On Saturday night ried off the lost, Apparently they got away last the defendant went to one of plaintiff's plied for, and the further expansion of the champagne, a doxen bottles of liqueurs, offered him a bribe of S15, if he would not ap district will follow in consequence. The anime boilies of bear, and several boxes pear in Court to give evidence against him, Government, it is to be hoped, will aid cigars. Unlike the majority of rascals who, an ƒ threatened to punish him in some way if private enterprise as far as possible, parti-happen upan wines and spirits in, the he did not keep away from the Court cularly in fixing ground rents at a rate which course of their nefarious practices, they did will not stifle or deter individual cssoit. not attempt to consume any drink on the pie mises. They were too wise for that; they de termined to wait until they had reached a khaven where they would not be disturbed. It is went that they were a determined hand-for it is inconceivable that the burglary was the bandiwork of one man. After opening the back entrance to the warehouse, they must bave had coolies in attendance to carry away the five or six dozen quarts of liquor. Then they quietly hid their tools in a hole. near the entrance. They had not completed their work-at, lenst, that is the suggestion; they intended to return for another haul, but they were frustrated in their object: Probably

at the store, or there was a policeraan In the vicinity. At any rate, the burglars decided to A CHINESE sailor was reinoved to the Gavera-leave their tools behind them rather than run ment Civil Huspijal yesterday, suffering from the risk of detection. Of course it is just pos fractured skull, sustained by his falling from sible that when they got the first load to a the mast to the deck below, on board a steamer place of safety they, "broached the admiral in the barbour. He succumbed to his injuries is certain that some parties in Hongkong

and found it impossible to return.... At any rate

an hour later.

whoever they may be--had a gloyous time The flags of the German men-of-war in Shang- between Saturday and Monday, it has been hat and of the German Consulate General wore suggested that some people have been making dying at half-mast su Mooday on account of preparations for the Chinese New Year; if so the death of Capt. Deinting, of the German they have stocked enough liquor to last them guabbat Tiger who died at the General Hospi-well over the joyous period. And they have tal that day,

proved that they have a pretty taste in alcoholic drinks. They probably took the beer as a JO1 of "sam shu for the coolies, but the liqueure were intended for themselves, while the cham-

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

REPRESENTATIVE Honjo, a non-Catholic, has presented H. H. the Pope, through Bishop O'Connell, with 10,000 (suho (about 15 acres)

of land:

►

THE US. torpedo bost destroyers. Hainbridge and Decatur, have been ordered to Canton, They were under orders to get away from Manila on Thursday,

THE Emperor returned to Tokio at 3.45 pm.

Sir Henry Campbell at Portsmouth, mada ay Home Ascal policy of the alluded to the French Anglo-Japanese Alliance

Evidence was led to show that the defendant lived with his cousin, but that Gozzer Singh supplied him with his food. Mr. d'Almada e Castro said the defence would be complete respect of the latter, be stated

one must prefer a cordial understanding like den al of liability on the defendant's part, and the Anglo-French

binding: called the defendant who denied that Gozzer allineco-French entente to Singh supplied him with any food, nor did We cannot but suppose that Lord Lansdowne, he get a coat frons him. Defendant said possessed information to justify his retrais also that he obly heard that he was to being from entering upon any far reachlor alt

liance (with France) sued when he received the summons in this ....... However, whichever Government happened. case. He admitted that he saw Kissen singh, to be in power for the next ten yes, wouldy plaintiff's witness, on Saturday, but did not say loyally carry out the terms of the allinne de

fi ile unreservedly approved, of jhay Tranly anything about this case and did not offer him (with japsu) so far as it was intended to male $ig to keep away from Court, or threaten to|tain the integrity of Chins i, but (bu dalânce punish him if he gave evidence against him.

of India was our own affair and nobody ele

BIG further measures were necessary. His Honours There used to be a man heré

away, are apt to overlook the very valuabilean the 19th inst. He drove from the staten in some walchmai was giving a careless glance ¦ same time ago, who was a sort of high priest f. should be made to the loyalty of the people c

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enthusiastic reception.

work which is being done by the Governan open carriage, and had an unprecedentedly nient in the development of the New Terri toties. But one of the features of His Ex- cellency Sir Matthew, Nathan's rule has been the encouragement given to settlers in the New Territories, and the reasonable terms on which leases are being offered to those in clined to take up land. Now that the Kow. loon Canton railway is being pushed forward. it is exceedingly desirable that the New Territories should be populated, if only that a source of income might be assured to the railway. But there is more in the scheme There is no of development than that. reason why the New Territories should not IN connection with the blowing up of the be a productive centre for Hongkong. At | Chathamu and the delay caused to traffic in the

CO., present Hongkong is largely depende for Catcularised with a view Papale relatives, il daca not appene that they

CHAMPAGNES

course.

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for the sum of $1,500, who, we understand, THE MINISTERing Children's intends to utilise the land in extension of his cattle-ron.

A SALOk from the s.s. Royalist was charged with desertion, before Mr. F. A. Hazeland this morning, bu.Caprain Scott of that vessel, when the case was called on, asked that the charge of desertion be reduced to one of absence with jut leave, as, if the man was convicted of desertion, he would forfeit the £26 already due to him

LEAGUE.

BAZAAR.

On Saturday evening, in our.issue of that date, we gave as full an account of the Maziar held under the auspices of the Ministering Children's League, as was possible up to the time of going to press, and the following addi tional details will, no doubt, be of interest to those concerned.

India

for these people and he used to come here in these cases and he used to occasionally tell Peasant Tax in Russia. the truth. Where is he now

The interpreter said he was lead, and his successor had sold his business and gone

away...

did get to the bottom of these things, and did His Honour: That is a pity. The old man

occasionally, tell the truth

Other witnesses testified, along the Fres of the defendant's statement of denial, in

baltThe Czar bas promulgifted w'ukase calcul

Hid Honour: We haven't got to the bottom of it and never will; so i can only non-sult the

capar plaintiff for Lord ?

-Mr. d'Almada e Castro With costs my

ANMAR

*

His Honour: Ob, yes, that is understood.

STANDARD SILVER CURRENCY

FOR CHINA,

cd to facilliate the redemption of the hands the peasants,

By the arme ukave, the redemption tax

the pendants now pay is to be abolished in'

Notable:

The deaths are rep Flanders, brother of R and the Grand Luke Adpiph

Norway's New Kin

Every coast lown, in Norway -ja, sendir vessels to accompany the mer are to bring the new Klog and way from Copenhagen to Carisisanja

Relief for Jews.

.. The London Fund for the tifonteinA In Russia, including remittance from America, Amounts to £174,003,

Enasias

Indignation and alarm have been caused.in: South Russia by two Imperial ukases, com mending the Governor of Bessarabin, whom the Jews.bold jesponsible for the massacres Kishineff and elsewhere, and, thanking: tropps at Odo.es for their exemplary conduc during the disorders

Advices from Russia generally tend to shar

and the provinces, apart from Moscow, that things are becoming worse in the the workmen, do not favour a; surike, pot sympathy with Poland, 375

There is no sign of the determination a strikers weakening.

**The council of workmen's-

Petersburg has resolved to conti indefinitely, scoffing at Cosm)

its supplies on districts lying outside what circularised with a view to joint action against female relatives. it does not appear that they may be termed the Colony proper, but with the Canal Company. The damages for deen interfered with anything except the bottles of wine and spirits, and as a matter of fact, the the New Territories smiling under cultivation are estimated at £80,000 to £105,000."

burglary was evidently the result of a well. tion, accessible as Canton cannot become, At the office of the Public Works Department thought-out scheme. All the usual assistants and coolies were on du.y to-day and none.

We have a memorial from the Commis and the focus of a thriving people, a coun- a farm lot situated at Cheung Kwan O, in the

knew anything about the burglary. The mat sioners on Finance concerning the proposed try which is at present largely a wilderness New Territory, and containing twenty-three

ter is in the land of the police, who will no issue of a standard silver currancy of uniform 19, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL would become a fruitful paradise. That and a half acres, carrying an in ur time to dispose of all use liquor, they man weight, fineness and touch, and also a copy of

this is the object of the Government ent of $24, was put up for auction. The uptime

the the proposed rules and regulations for the may be gathered from the sales of land the tot was knocked down to Mr. A. II. Rennie,

set price was $94. Aller very keep compstition aged to secure.

guidence of the Mints in the provinces. The in the New Territories advertised dur

memorialists further state that the silver dol lars and subsidiary coins struck in the provin ing the past few weeks. In the latest

cial mints were, dijen jout to meet certain Government Gazette it is announced that

financial conting affecting said.provinces leases are to be granted of seven foreshore

at the time, anacrefore such silver money lots in the Hang Hau village. The land

cannot be taken as standard legal tender thus leased must be used for building,.re

The memorialists now recommend the minting, clamation or similar purposes, and the

of a standard silver coinage of thren der nominations, such as, enctael pieces, half Crown rents are merely nominal. Naturally

tacl, or five-mace pieces; two mice and one." this last fact is of the first importance, for it

Bazaar was at its height, and every stall doing ping (Treasury, or Board of Revenue)

It was very regrettable that, just as the mace pieces, of the Government legal "K4. E indicates that the Government is hot so

The charge was reduced accordingly and the

what the fair holders thereof generally described standard weight and fiuenen. The new anxious to obtain large returns as to induce

man was convicted and sentenced, to seven as roming trade the an hould, coc settlement-the returns will come in due days hard labour, and forfait eight days' pay. down heavily, as it serit the purchasers scuttling Currency, continue the memorialists, can be

Farm lots in the New Territories

away to the shelter of the ten and ice cream' used in conjunction with the silver coins and are also being offered and there is a promis- M155 Roosevelt.not having been able to go to alquees, leaving the hall-denuded stalls en copper cash formerly minted in the provinces, ing demand for these lots, which shows, that, Shanghai, Shanghai has gone to President firely deserted. But it is an ill wind that blows and now in circulation throughout the country

no one any good, and what the fancy stalls

mand the future of the district is not to be mea-Roosevelt, in the shape of two prominent last, the tea and ice-cream-sellers gained, for As the question of financial reform a

cil`zens, as we learn from the following extract there was such a run on these refreshments that a ard currency is one of the most import sured by a superficial glance at the number um the Delaware Pilot of the 2nt alt, special message was despatched to the city for fore us, we hereby, command the of those who already inhabit the New Terri'Mr. L. Anderson and Mr R.E. Tong of Shang, a further supply of ice cream and cakes, the tea Revenue to take the rules and

be ng kindly presented by H.E. the Governor, torion: The fact of the matter is that the hai, China, are the guests of Mr. L. W. Mustard. Luckily, for the sims of the Bazar, the shower, which have been presasted to us for New Territories, the foreshore and inland Messrs, Anderson and Torg are visiting the fur it was but a shower, though a sharp ane; and send instructions without dala Ints, should prove extremely valuable once larger cities of the country, and during the did not last long, and then the business of the Chikli, Kiangsu, Ilopeh, and the railway is in running order-and that past week have been in Washington. On evening was resumed, and went merrily on vincial mints to coin silver currenc

wil darkness setting in, forced the affair to accordance therewith This is only a question of a few months now- Monday, by special, appointment, they were conclusion. Just before the concert beged the and when that trade between Hongkong them that he should do everything in his power Lawrence, and the prizes, preny pieces of as legal tender in all transactions, govern,

received by President Itoosevelt, who assured pincushions were suspected by Mra. Barnes tency shall in the future be accepted and and the hinterland, which should be a

to remove the cause for the feeling which has 'bijouterie, awarded to' Miss Lillie Biden and mental as well as private Whatever they notable feature, is firmly established. The brought about the boycott of American goods Miss Alice Ricch. Good work was done also matters that may be requliéd to be. fortunate thing is that the Government by the Chinese. After several months in the disposing of those pretty articles for toilet uses

by Misses Gladys Hume, Miss Alled Riech, in that have not been touched recognises the value of the New Territories United States, Mr. Anderson returns to China Mises Gladys isutne, Lillie Riech, Belle Van morialists are to be reported in us for to Hongkong. There is no reason why via San Francisco. Mr. Totg will tour Europe stone, and Norah Stone, who coined money by by the sald Board at occasion requires. much of the congestion which exists here and India, rauching Shanghai about six months the sale of programmes for the concert and D. Nexus,

comedy, shonly to follow. The programmes for to-day- should not disappear when Kow. from this time."

these performances we published on Saturday, 'and we have but to add that both these attrac loon becomes the terminus of the railway

tions drew large audiences, and were very excel-, to Canton, but that is somewhat out-

lently gone through, as was marked by the de side the consideration of the develop.

lighted applause of the large audiences thereat. The greatest credit is due to Mrs: Baracs- Lawrence, President, Mrs. Swan, Mrs. Péter, and Mrs. Hastings for the indefatigable manner in which they strove in every way to make the Bazaar, both socially and financially, the pr "nounced success it proved, well for the

PERINET

AND

FILS.

RHEIMS-CHAMPAGNE. ment of the New Territories. It is a

MODERATE IN PRICE, AND

ABSOLUTELY

GRAND VINS.

Hongkong ayth July, 1905,

ALLEGED

IN THE

FOUR ARRE

discovery!

In a box

sled the

of death. point of ingrdi through the aye. WAS ECATCC

the first out play

on they

Great cre

SHIPPING AND MAILS,

MAILE DUS

which the

[by 5 pm.

Indian Lig French (Ar English indian Australion

PANTOMIME FOR HONGKONG.

It must be a very considerable time since Hongkong residents Aaw pantomime in the fact, however, that the intelligent natives Colony, but the manager of the Zorilla Comedy are keeping an eye on the New Territories, Company proposes to return to Hongkong at Christmas with a pantomime show. He intends and given the assistance and administrative to singe The Beauty and the Beast" and support of the Governor in Council there" Mother Goose two old favourites with those girls big and small, members of the Langue, for ... – German

who care for pantomimes. The Zorilla Com their very good work, bị th in making and sell pany should ebine in pantomime, far it ing the unides, in which their preityles were. The affords them, an opportunity to display that irresistible find versatility which is their chief, fentire,The following was the programme of tions played byabé pópular Band of the Another thing is that, at Christmas, Hong

would seem to be a bright future in store for that district, Sir Matthew Nathan has already accomplished a good deal for the benefit of the publle, and the development of the New Territories, with its consequent effect in lowering the price of food stuffs in Hongkong and affording an outlet for surplus „ple bard energy in the Colony, will be and

feather, regard

In His Excellenes"; gubernatorial cao, evidence of the interest which inkeine fürËR

la psually deserted by theatrical compaciet the one period of the year, which frankiai locked upon belonging to the youngíté

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