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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY DECEMBER

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SUBBORIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCE), DAILY—$50 per ann

WEEKLY $18 per sunum... The rates por quarter auil per menim, proportional The daily is in delivered from when the address

socomble to memonger. In copies want by post un stillonst $1.80 per quarter in charged for plage "Thò postage na ilin weekly issue ie "any part of tho

world is 90 omote per quarzer, 2 Single Coples. Daily, tens contas Wockly, we

fivacants;

MARRIAGE. THE

TRE Jara China Japan Line has ordered from, the Company de Scholde at Flushing a new Bleamer for its service in East Asia

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THE Government analyst submitted hit his monthly report on the water taken from various sources in the Colony, which he found to be of excellent quality,

THE daughter of the late Fred Archer, the entered into possession of a fortune estimated famous jockey, came of ngo un 6th ult., and

al nearly £200,000,

THE Gurier Mission to Japan, as it is termed, is to leave London on Jan. 5, and Marseilles on the following day, proceeding per F. and O.

On the and Deci, at Shanghai. J. J. Woon steamer átongolia, RUFF to EDYTH MITCHELL

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At the Peak Hospital, on the 17th December, 1905, at 2.15 p.m., Luiz Carlos no. Roz1810 The Funeral will take place to-morrow, leav ing the Roman Catholic Cathedral, "Glenealy, at o'clock p.m

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The Hongkong Celegraph

Hongkong, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1905.

JAPANESE STEAMSHIP

SUBSIDIES.

The question of Goverment bounties to foreign steamship companies is ever one Per Dozen' $16.50 which concerns the vital interest of Hong. kong. Time and again it has been urged in the Press and otherwise publicly stated that British shipping trading to and from this port labours under disabilities which penalize it in favour of the foreign mer, cantile matine: It was not so very long A. S. WATSON & CO., Fago that a formal resolution was submit

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SPIRIT

WINE &

MERCHANTS,

ted at a meeting of steamship owners in this Colony and unanimously adopt, ed in which the opinion was expressed that representations should be made to the local Goveninient for transmission to the, Secretary of State for the Colonies urging upon the attention of the Colonial Office that in one important branch of steamship trading from this.port the interests of British owners were seriously affected by the bounties granted by a foreign Government to certain steamers trading under that country's flag. The legitimate grievance, of the British com. panies found no redress, and on the principle of what cannot be cured must be endured, [32 the firms in question have had a Sisyphian task to contend with in competition with owners who are substantially subsidied by their own Government. While this particu. lar case, affected one branch of the carrying trade, the general effect of the subsidies granted by the energetic Government, of Japan under their pushing and indefatig able policy of commercial and shipping development, merits still closer obser- vation and, more general attention. The 19, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. Japanese budget for the next fiscal year has

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

Hongkong, 18th October, 1905.

GREGOR & CO.,

already been framed. In another page we print a summary of it. The estimates of the subsidies to be granted the merchant marine of Japan, &c., is reported to have been fixed at Y8,470,000, which is slightly more than the subsidies granted before the war, Those steamship companies, including the Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Osaka Shosen Kaisba, under special Government contracts received Y6,196,000; the sum of Y2,214,000 is appropriated for use in connection with the steam navigation and shipbuilding en couragement bounties; Y1,500,000 for the Shipwreck Rescue Society and the training of seamen; and Y45,000 for the Human Steamship Company. The subsidies to the lines of steamets running to European ports, Sentile, Ban Francisco, Yangise, Shanghai, Suchow, and Hungchow will be continued as their contracts are still running, but the subsidy paid to the Bombay service of the MARIE BRIZARD & ROGER, N.Y.K. will be discontinued next year,

LIQUEURS

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THE

AWARDS;

HIGHEST

WHEREVER

EXHIBITED.

12th July, 1905.

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Before Judge, alth

Robisano Piano

lately carrying on business chant in Queen's Road,

name of Price and Company, for the rec month's rent, from the gh October to 8th of the sum of 5375 being the amount November last inclusive, of the eastern ball of the premises in Connaught House Hotel, ground floor, lately occupied by the Robinson by Mr. B. J. Grist, of Messrs. Wilkinson and Piano Company. Mr. M. W. Slade, instructed

Grist, appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. H. E.

Stephent, appeared for the defence... Pollock, K.cy instructed by Mr. M. J. D.

Mr. Slade stated that this claim was made for rent for a portion of premises formerly occupied by the Robinson Piano Company, which were jet to the defendant. Practically : THE well-known firm of Messrs. Mentell and the case turned on the letter and other Co. has ordered the construction of five new documents which passed between the part large cargo steamers for the Chinese Coastingles, and then he proceeded to seed por Company and the Hanseatische,

tions of the Testers in question, which dealt with the arrangements for partitioning the premises, the lease of same by the plaintiff to defendant, and the amount of rent to be paid for same.

RETURN of visitors to the City Hall Library, and Museum for the week anding the 16th inst.Library-Non-Chinese, 176; Chinese 124; total, 400. Museum-Non-Chinese, 117; Chinase, 2,167; (otai, 2,284.

Mr. W. V. Robinson, called, said bo wAS MAT- aging partner in the Rebluson Piano Company THE following have been granted passages in himself and the defendant and said that at the and spoke as to the arrangements made between Singapore in the trasport Dunera to and from time of writing those letters he had not got the Hongkong when she passes through Singa lease of his new premises; that it was signed on pare:-Lieut. and Mrs. Hankey RE, Lthe gth January. The arrangement made with Bolster R.G.A., and Messra. Rea and Kents, of the defendant was that he was to occupy half the the R.E. office.

premises and pay half the renty":{" We are requested to stater, that books, ma Hazines, etc., for the use of soldiers and their Dunera, will be gladly received by the chaplain. families, returning home by the transport

Address: room 3, top floor, Alexandra Build ings, or a post card will ensure their being sent for.

Ar the meeting of the Sanitary Board held this. afternoon, Mr. Cheung Sui submitted an appli- cation requesting that his name be placed on list of approved drainage contractors. It was tract as a test before further considering the recommended that he be given a drainage con

application,

MR. Oscar Strauss, who is raising the sum of 100,000 dollars (£200,000)'in America for the relief of the Jews in Russia, declares that the fortune the Jewish race has experienced since Litus sacked Jerusalem (on September 8 in the year 75 A.D.] ·

massacres in that country are the worst mis-

M. HARDOUIN who himself and whose family

are well known in the Straits, was a member of

Governor-General Beau's suile, on board the Ernest Simon. The French Admiral Boisse was, with his staff, also on boards he is on his way out to relieve Rear-Admiral de Jonquieras, of the second coinmand of the China or Far East station. The first in command is Vice-Ad- miral-Richard, who passed through Singapore, on the 28th of August, as a passenger on board

the M. M. mail steamer Polynesien-Straits Times,

Cross-aximized by Mr. Pollock, witness said

he did not give any instructions to liin solicitors as to what date to put into the lease; ho gave them the copies of the correspondence that had passed between them on the subject.

instruct your solicitors to put in the 1st Novem

Mr. Pollock; Will you swear that you did not

ber in the feare?—I don't know.

Mr. Pollack: You must speak the truth, sir.

Will you swear you did not give such destruc lions to your solicitors?—I am-speaking the truth; cannot. swear, but I do not re- them the letters and they contained all the inember giving them such instructions. I gave

necessary facts.

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Mr. Pollock When did you first hear that

you could not get into your new premises until a date later than the 1st November?--I do not know; I was not in the Colony.

ing in or out of the Colony to do with it? Don't talk nonsense, sir what Has your be When did you first hear that you could not

get into your new promises until a later date the Land investment Company, informing me than previously arranged 7—1 gol a letter from

that the premises would not be ready on the date arranged.

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init., G. K. Haxton secured it with a total of The Pool on the 9th Inst, was won by W. T Hoskin with a total of 69, and on the roth

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The membership roll bas, now reached a total of 200.

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on the 15th inst, bomewa Great Britain has hot will be replaced by

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chief of the Metropolitan Police charged with conspiracy

Straffe Times]

British Admirality's Plans

AS IMPORTANT BLUE BOOK

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A bluebook has been issu British Admiralty pallo

tribution of men-of-war

nowadays on the kaleidoscopic variat international relations,

The Channel fleet has been seventeen battleships and each dron to six cruisers of the latest

Every Bghting ship goss "madœuvrer in June, these, fest a new scheme for the

There is no difficulty in inc

The naval estimates sent output of four large (ro an increase of foreign powe

be reduced by a million and

Henceforth the exéc marina branches of the EOS system will be practically mer

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Meurs, Luigens Einstmann us from the Gandy Belt Compa Cheshire, England, a steel; measures, and a sample of their a steel refer both with ing metal. The firm keep the line of these articles. advise us, at the cheape

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draft copy of the lense which was to have' Witness then proved the letters and a been executed. Mr. Pollock, addressing the

THE AMERICAN, BOYCOTT.. Court, said he submitted that the plaintiff bad not made out any case against his client. It

SINGAPORE CHINESE MASS, MEETING. was clear in all the, arrangements that the The following is taken from 196 S. & Prui tenure was to commence on the 1st November, of 4th inst. Yesterday the local Chinese tra 1995, and was to be a lenure of the whole and dere held a mass meeting in the big ball of the indivisable premises, at a monthly rent of $750. Chinese Hospital of Wayang-41, to express On the 10th May last plaintiff wrote to defen. their determination to persevere in the boycott WE join with the Times of Mulaya in ex-

dant and, referring to the previous corres of American goods and arrange the methods very much regret to fare that Mspondence, said he would give him the premis by which the campaign is to be carried out. Chesney Duncan, the indefatigable Editor of es on the 1st November, 1995, and the lease the Straits Echo, in seriously lil and is staying would be dated on that day.. That refers to the fed in the big room whilst a huge crowd was There were over a thousand Chiness gather at Tanjong Trung, for reposare suffer whole premises. From the 10th May onwards collected outside. The meeting opened with ing from severe bronchitis and has been trou

the position the plainuff took up was that reference to the hoscurable memory of bled with cerebral symptoms, the result of the leasing of the premises was to be from Fong Ah Wai, the advocate of the admission undue strain and overwork. We also join with the 1st November. The lease was drawn up of Chinese into America who committed sui our contemporary, in sincerely hoping to re by Messin. Wilkinson and Grist, and sent to cide in the American Consulate at Shanghai: stores, there has to know that so enterprising and fearless a ceive the good news of his early recovery, and Mr. Stephens, who, after making some minor when he found his advocacy of no avall. The calendar for journalist is at work again.

alterations, endorsed it as approved and return meeting then went on to enthusiastically declare | in green and gold. ed it to Messis, Wilkinson and Grist, The its support of the boycott of everything, Ameri. be know Tax pension of the Sultan of Brunei, recently question cams up later as to the partition of can. There was rouch, speech making the stacked added to the Straits Settlements, is to be $1,000 the premises, and the arrangement was that the general trend of which was that for the boycoli spiriis, etc.? per month, and each of the two chief Pengerans partition was to run from north to south in to be effective there must be union amongs is to receive $500 per month. There is a pro- order that defendant might have an office the whole of the Chinese traders, and those bability that the erstwhile funci territory of franting of Queen's Road, Plaintiff then tried present signified theirunaviinity on this point Limbang, recently purchased from the British to have the partition made, running from ea by much applause which was taken up by the North Borneo Government. by the Rojah of to west, so that he would have the rest halarge crowd outside of the ball Sarawak and annexed by him without the con- the defendant was to have the back part The meeting lasted several hours and just to come. There sent of the Sultan of Brunei or all the Penge. On the fath of October, 1955, "Mr. Robinson rans of Limbing itself, will eventually be rein- ascertained from the Land Investment Company, corporated with Brunei, when the administra that his new premises would not be ready for tion of the latter country is taken over by the occupation until the 15th November, and he British Otherwise, it is stated, our occupation then instructed Mesers, Wilkinson and Grist to of Brunei-would be useless. By the accession of the British power in Brunei, the administra. the plaintiffs would not be able to give write to Mr. Stephens to inform him that tion of the Brunei town of Brooketon, by the defendant the premises on the, date arranged, officials of the Rajah of Sarawak will probably but saying the half of it would be available. 19 cease-Straits Times.

reply, Mr. Stephens wrote to Mesis. Wilkinson Certain changes will be made in the sub-

and Grist and said his client was not willing to sidies granted to the Australian service and Ar the St. Patrick's Hall last night the drith | take possession of a portion of the premises, coasting services. Service to Tairen and drama, The Showgroun, was repeated by the and unless the whole premises were ready for Korean ports will be among the new sub-

Victoria Amateur Dramatic Club, and was him to accopy on the 1st November, he would most creditably performed, each member of consider all negotiations cancelled; and Messrs. sidfed lines, and navigation to North China the company being latter-perfect, and if there Wilkinson and Grist then wrote and enden purts will be increased. The amount of was an occasional stage wait," the mirth-voured to take up the position that time wi subsidy required for these extensions is moving-scenes, bat followed amply com. not of the essence of the contract; but be, Mr. estimated at Y300,000. Although the pensated for it. The drama is well staged, Bombay service subsidy is dropped the which, by the way, was painted entirely by well costumad, wall framed in point of scenery, Japan Chronicle slates that the total is a Mr. J. B. Nosthan-and well managed; but it little in excess of the previous subsidy ap is a somewhat ambitious choice for such a propriations. The subsidies, however, small stage, which gives the idea of a general | were... suspended during the war, and crampeddess in the setting, as it requires a

for two years none have been granted.

larger area of stage-room to do it full justice, The parts wore all very well interpreted, only a very slight stiffness being noticeable here and there, possibly the result of self-consciousness, and so we will make no invidious distinctions, though we

THE WEATHER.

..

The following report is from Mr. F. G. Figg First Angistant of the Hongkong Observatory-think we may make just a mention, en passant,

Tax litigation likely in the Suez Canal bee the Clan Cummer fawyers busy for

before its close subscriptions were asked for towers are form the aucleus of a fund to compensate and various deter assist these traders who might suffer by the io 10, and the boycott, and to supply the sinews of war for la sald to amount those who were preaching, the crusade, The by somatose, but the que poured in, big sums being promised by the to the damage call met with hearty response and subac tions canal owners deny liabili larger traders. The meeting was orderly legal steps have from Dr. S. C. Yin, who, in practice with their respectiro throughout

Dr. Boon Keng, and who was one of the speak

we learn that the proceedings really took the form of a memorial service at the Chinese Free Dispensary In Wayang minister, commencing at it o'cl and lasting until 4 p.m. In addition to Dr. Yin Ten, Mr. Ng siang Tong, two Chinese ladies also delir Dr. Yin look modarate with the boycott, and fam

Pollock, would submit that it was so decidedly, how essential it was that the party taking pre ceased and sacrificed his and he need scarcely point out to His Honour mises from a certain date must have them at his at the exclusion laws disposal at and from that date; he cannot moveThis was a matter and camp in the street, because the other party Chinese fovernment falls to carry out his part of the agreement, Mr.ind vid Pollock then proceeded to quote authorities on counselled energy that question. On the 19th, October Massra, they could individual Wilkinson and Grist wrote to Mr. Stephens nest of tas and proposed an addition to the lense which was watered. to provide for the demolishment of the brick panlilon wall at defendant's cost, and that pro parod variation would alone be sufficient to

ap and to any contract if any, such existed, even

On the 12th at 12.10 p.m. The barometer of Moya, Mrs C. Matthews, and Con, TA has fallen rapidly.over E. Japan owing to the depression which is now moving into the Pacific | Showgraun, Mr. Geo, Bombti, whose perform. if the tima failure bad not been suflicient to do to the E. of N. Japan, sacos were perfect, Gow being a typical and o

The anti-cycloner-central to the North of the inimitable Irish bhoy and in himself alone Yangtze, now covers Chins and a considerable worth the Jaunt to St. Patrick's Hall to son and

judgment was reserved;

increase of pressure has taken place along the hear. The drama will be repeated to night and THE Bishop of Victoria, Hongkong, add coast, E

Very strong monsoon prevails and gales are again on Saturday next, and those who have not the mem likely to continue in the Formosa Channel and already, and even some who have seen, it, Bociaty

and

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