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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, APRIL 7 1906,

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE Victoria Recreation Club held their athle tic sports on the Hongkong Football Club ground, át Happy Valley, this afternoon.

A PORT Arthur (elegram to the Mainichi statës that a terrible explosion took place at the milit ary magazine there at 5 pm, on the 27th ult.

CAPTAIN. G. Radham-Thornhill, Royal Garri son Artillery, arrived per sis. Devanja on the gth instant, on posting to No. 83 Company,

R.G.A.

THE appointment of Dr. Heanley, M.B., to be assistant bacteriologist in the service of the Goverment of Hongkong, with effect from the 4th April, is garetted.

CANTON-11ANKOW RAILWAY.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

ABOLITION OF TAXES.

[From Our Correspondent.]

Canton, April 6th. A meeting of the shareholders of the Yeut Han Railway Co. was held at the Oi Yuk Hos pital yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of arranging for the election of officers.

Foo-lai-sang was appointed chairman of the meeting, Hau-hay-chiu, speaker, and Kang- ngaa.nam secretary.

It was agreed: ----

CHINA LIGHT AND POWER

CO., LTD.

ANNUAL MERTING.

The fifth ordinary denuat meating of share- holders in the above Co npany was held in the Company's offices, St. George's Building, in the forenoon, to-day..

开店

There were present: The Uon. Mr. R. She- wan (in the chair),, Sir Paul Chater, Dr. J. W. Noble, Messrs. H. P. Wisita, A. Babington, Fung Wa Club and R. Hancock (secretary).

The notice calling the meeting having been read by the Secretary,

TELEGRAMS.

“HONGKONG TELEGRAPH"

SERVICE.

YUNNAN OUTBREAK.

PROTESTANTS IN SERIOUS. DANGER.

AUTHORITIES APPARENTLY HELPLESS.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 7th April,

2.40

p..

The Echo de Chine roports that

Slagle Copies, atly, teu conts: Weekly, twenty A CORRESPONDENT at Heilungkiang reports of the main body of shareholders, namely, and after paying interest on borrowed capital serious trouble has broken out in

Es role.

CHEMISTS BY APPOINTMENT

TO

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR.

HYGIENOL

(REGISTERED).

A POWERFUL

DISINFECTANT,

GERMICIDE

DEODORISER

CHEAP

HARMLESS

EFFECTIVE

LIMITED,

'ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,

Hongkong, 3rd March, 1996.

DEATH.

On the zurd of prit, at Shanghai, HENRY LEWIS, Yangtze pilot, native of U.S.A., aged'

71 years.

(he Hongkong Gelegraph

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1926.

that Russia is still secretly constructing de fence works there, employing Chinese and paying increased wages.

FROM and after the 6th insh, the rate of post-piece gands, medicine, cotton, fancy goods, age on letters from Hongkong and British Postal Agencies in China to Egypt and the Sudan will be four cents for each hall ounce or fraction thereof.

SEVEN cases of plague occurred in Rongkong during the last twenty-four hours. In each case the victim succumbed. All the infected persons were Chinese, and all the cases came from the western side of the Colony,

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The Chairman said:-Gentlemen,-"The re- port and accounts having been in your bands' That the 72 guilds and 8 charitable institube taken as read. The gross profit on our since 23rd March will now with your permission tions should jointly decide upon the first offi cers of the Company subject to final approval

working at Canton and Kowloon is $61,184.97,

President of the Chamber of Commerce shall

amounting to $12,11887, allowing for depre- nominate 3 men; the 7 hospitals shall nomi-

ciation $7.395.35, and deducting other sundry male 3 men; it of the guilds (viz.: binkers, charges there remains $31,219.89, out of which we recommend paying in dividend of six per silk, piwashops, small pawnshops, rice, salt,

$1,219.82, 10 next account. As stated in the cent., equal to $,9,00), and carrying forward' and exporters' of silk) shall each nominate 2- men, while the remaining or guilds, shall each

report the result would have been considerably betler had it not been that the boy it at

·Canton through a mistaken notion was directed against us, which arrer it took us some time to dissipate, and for the high price of coal which was at times as much as 30% higher than it was the previous year. Fortunately the trouble has quite passed away, and as for the latter 1 am glad to say that the price of coal shews signs of being on the torn, and now that the war demand is over there seems to reason why the market should not return to normal figures. The returns from Kowloon, though still in modest figures, shaw a marked increase year by year. The gros

maminate I man,

In presentig nominations the following information shall be submitted:-name of man, to what guild be belongs what dis- tret and province he comes from, his ad dress, his business, what office he is nomiuat ed in 6. While it must be understood that his appointment shall be only temporary, he is to receive no salary, he must be of good character, THE Simpan learns that the British Remit be wealthy, and must possess some presentative at Nanchang has expressed the special knowledge of general affairs. idea that if an enduring monument is built to the memory of the Inte Mr., Mrs. and Miss Kingham in that city, the question of punishmoval of the several additional takes levied ments will not be pressed.

some time ago for the purpose of raising funds for the railway.

TAXES ABOLISHED.

The Viceroy yesterday announced the re

MOKE PIRACY.

Repeatedly we have called attention to the necessity for action by the Powers in the suppression of piracy un the coast of China. For the last few months many cases of dastardly attacks upon innocent traders have been reported, and now we record to day another instance in which a well-known missionary has been the victim of the pirates' MR. E. Oslurne has been appointed provisional- depredations. In this case the piratically and subject to His Majesty's pleasure to be an attack occurred, near the village of Tang, in unofficial member of the Legislative Council UE SHANGHAI BOYS BRIGADE. | touched. Our sales of current expand every the San-hing district, about eighty miles with effect from the 7th instant, during the from Canton by water and thirty-five miles as the crow flics. The robbery showed that there had been skill and conception in its planning and execution, and the probability is that these people were in league with the mumerous banda of pirates which infest the delta of the Camon river. Fr. C. R. flager,

head of the American Board Mission in Hongkong was the victim, and, as he states, had it not been that no resistance was shown

Stewart, or until further notice. absence of the Honourable Mr. Gershom

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INSERCTION BY GENERAL HATTON.

The A. C. D. News, of 3rd inst, says

INSPECTOR Collett proceeded against ten fish-Yesterday was a red-leller day for the boys mongers of the Magistracy this morning, en

of the 1st Shanghai Company of the Boys' charges of keeping a coinmen gaming house, Brigade, for Major-General Villiers-Hatton, at No, ta, Tung Wo Lane, West Point, and G.O.C, at Hongkong, had kindly consented to gambling. Evidence was taken, and the first inspect them at their drill in the Town Hall.

defendant fined $25, the remainder S: each.

behaviour for one year,

A QUARTER-MASTER on the P. & C. s.s. Oreans was charged at the Police Court to-day, with A. S. WATSON & CO.. by those in the vicinity the result would in disobeying orders given by the chief officer, all likelihood have been serious for the and with assaulting the boatswain.. Ite plead reverend gentleman. The pirates were welled guilty, and was fined to for the assault and armed, and the method by which they pur bound over in the sum of $50 to be of good sued their attack is similar in all respects to one recorded in these columns about three years ago, when a foreign member of the (Chinese. Imperial Maritime Customs was the victim. The pirates began by firing at the passengers, then boarded the boats and removed whatever they could find in the way of valuables. In the present case it is a noteworthy fact that the pirates in their search for goods were particularly anxious to discover the presence of banknotes amongst the passengers. Hind these men been raw recruits, or merely the native marauders that range along the boun daries of their limited territory, it would be

TO PREVENT MISTAKES

WHEN BUYING

WHISKY,

PLEASE NOTE THAT

OUR

N-1. S. Prine Eitel Friederich, which arrived at Shanghai on 30th ult., experienced a sharp shock of a submarine earthquake at s'clock on the morning of the 28th when in the Formosa Channel. The effect of the shock, which lasted four or five seconds, was similar to that produced by racing engines; the vibra inn being so great that many of the passengers of the disturbance. made their way on deck to ascertain the cause

IN Original Jurisdiction this morning the case of the partnership issue in the case of the Loi Hing, ex parte Wong Ka Chun, was continued before His Honour Sir Francis Piggott, Chief Justice, and the jury. A quantity of corres-

The recent riot has stimulated recruiting

their seniors in the Volunteer Corps, and in among the lads quite as much as it has among

spite of the fact that a considerable contingent

is

When it is remembered that many of the diminutive soldiers on parade.yester ay are not much past eleven years old, and that the pro- portion of recruits is very large, the marching and other movement done were extremely creditable, and Capt. Hill and his afficers have every reason indeed to be proud of their

returns from Canton were some 30% higher than those of the previous year, but neverthe- less our worknien are still kept constantly employed on new installations, while we have a very large held for our operations left un-

month; in fact that expansion is only limited by scarcity of skilled Labour, we having to simply train our workmen ourselves. With a concession from the Chinese Government

for lighting up the city of Canton and areas beyond our future prospect seems fully assured. But of course to keep up with the demand we have had to increase our plant, and to spend money. You will see that besides about

$35,000, expended on lines at Kowloon and Canton we have spent some $70,0co at Canton on building's and machinery. With this money we have installed another "Engine Alternator

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Yunnan,'

The authorities are stated to have insufficient mun at their command to suppress the outbreak.

Strong feeling, it is said, prevails against the Protestants.

The situation is very gravo.

[N. C. D. News.], The Italian Prince in Japan.

Tokio, 2nd April. Prince Arisugawa gives a dinrer to-night to the Prince of Udino, and the Emperor returns His Royal Highness's call to-morraw. The Prince is to inspect the Yokosuka dockyard on Wednesday and will go wild duck hunting on the 6th inst.

Russo-Japanese Fisheries.

Toko, 2nd April. With a view to hastening the conclusion of a Fisheries Treaty, the Japanese authodes concerned have negotiated at St. Petersburg for the establishment of another company.

Japanese Arrested at Jarbin,

Tokio, 2nd April. disguised, and presumably from Changtų, are Ten Japanese men and twelve women, not reported to have been arrested in Harbin,

SEAQUAKE ÎN HONGKONG.

STRANGE EXPERIENCE. IN THE HARBOUR,

An extraordinary experience befell the ves

away at schoul at Cheloo there were sevenly. Set," a Babcock and Wilcox boiler and super- sels in the harbour last evening when what is on parade last evening. This number includes heater and smiller accessory plant. Further known as a senquake occurred. About 5 the inembers of the drum and file band, which we had to extend the building containing our

o'clock the breese died away and a sudden under Handmaster Mansfield has made simply engines and boilers, and in doing so we had stillness came over the water. Then there wonderful progress, seeing that it was only considerable difficulty, owing to the lack of was a surging of the sea, which lashed organisert in January and was yesterday able provision for extension made by the original self into an effervescence; the ships rocked to supply a number of material airs very cre- Chinese proprietors. In fact we began to fear and doors banged to the consternation of

should either have to remove the those on board. ditably played. The rush of recruits also ex-That we 7eceded the resources of the company's armoury works altogether, or

According to the chief split the plant up engineer of the Fatshun that vesic! was lying "and some of those in the ranks had to appear into separate, stations, neither COUTSC bc- at her wharf when the unusual commotion therefore without arms, but steps have alreadying desirable, hat fortunately owing to the ammied everybody. Everything on the ship hacen taken, we understand, to supply these de-burding scheme, and by filling in a creek was shaken up by the eruption, der ficiencies.

we have been able to purchase a piece of fully five seconds the vessel was rocking, while Land which although expensive will afford us the ropes were strained to breaking point a compact power station, quite large enough Although there was no wind; the sea was sur- for all ordinary requirements. The extension ging around the Falshan and there was every work on this site was necessarity expensive, no evidence of a violent seaquake having occurred. a hard bottom for our foundations could not be At Yaumati, the junks and sampans were found, so the heaviest description of piling was necessary. The capital expenditure on lines is tained serious damage. The frightened ne. thrown against the quay-wall and several sus-

cupants in several instances hastily hoisted sail and left their moorings, but the shocks sabsided within a few seconds. Curiously en- ough only a few people realised what had bap.. We have still, however, to make further addi pened, the majority-believing that the disturb Major-General Villiers Hatton, with whom

tions this year to keep up with the demand-ance was due to the passing of some large was Major Chichester, D. S. O, and L. Col. In making these extensions, we have, as steamers proceeding simultaneously in the Watson (Commandant 5. V. C.) arrived at 6 coal has proved such as liem, felt justifi same direction. It is said that one or two do shore felt an earthquake but, this has not been Rev. C. E. Darwent). After doll the lads were p.m. and was received by the Chaplain (the ed in turning our attention to some of the

latest systems of generating electricity authenticated. I seems to be the generat drawn up in inspection order and the General from fuels other than coal; as a result of opinion, however, that it was a seaquake that addressed them. He first complimented themon

these investigations we decided to order a happened, and it was certainly a strange and ¡ceric sensation, which none of the sailors in port desire tu experience again, and which all the native sailors on the Chinese junks and sampans will hold in abhorrence.

very keen and promising company. There due to our pushing our mains into all positions were present a few parents and others interest in the city, where there is likely to be a good

understood that they would not realize the nondence was read touching on the matter ated, but many.miore would have attended pro-deinand for our light. 1 also includes the cost value of paper currency, and therefore since issue, and the examination-in-chief of Wong/bably had the interesting occasion `been made of a submarine cable across the river to Honam

Ka Chan, who, on account of his age, was accounmadated with a chair in the witness box. The case was adjourned till Monday next

PROGRAMME of music to be performed by the Band of the 2nd Royal West Kent Regiment on the New Parade Ground, on Monday next,' from 5 to 6.30 p.m.--

the band which attacked Dr. Hager appear ed to know the value of this easily conver tille form of money, it may be surmised that they were old hands at the game, and would not burden themselves with unneces sary gear. It is satisfactory to know that in this case the U.S. Consul-General has taken the matter in hand, but this is only the culminating instance of a series of depreda

reported. Energetic as the present American representative in Canton may be, we submit that the time has arrived when compensation from the Chinese Government is not all IT is notified that Friday, the 13th inst., being that should be demanded. In their a public holiday and Monday, the 16th April, own interes!

bound being a bank holiday under the Public Holi- days Ordinance, 1875, these days will be

CLUB No. 1tions which we have

JS THE ONLY CLUB WHISKY

IN THE COLONY, AT

$18

per

Case.

WE CALL IT No. 1 BECAUSE

IT IS SO IN

EVERY RESPECT

AND ALSO TO DISTINGUISH

FROM OTHERS.

GREGOR & Co.,

the Powers are

March..........Waltinete e basty. Overture....... " des Vepres birißfernes.......Verdi, bekesion tom....." Taushanse Valle.... ''Lysinstáta“ Descriptive. "A Shrigh Ride" Selection f "The Mikado"

Gul Save the King.

Wagter. Láncke, Jullien. Sullivan,

more widely known,

the smartness of their appearance and drill and Diesel oil engine. This type of engine works on then reminded them that, by belonging to an a new principle, and is without doubt very organisation like this, they would pick up muchennomical, and we feel confitent from the knowledge and experince, not only military, inquiries we have made that we shall effect a that they would otherwise miss. The spirit of considerable saving in fuel by this change in our type of engines. We have iberefore placed emulation, for one thing, was encouraged and an order for one 100 H. P. Diesel engine that was excellent, us until a lad tied to achieve alternator set which will work side by side with an end he never knew how mucli he could ac nor present steam dels. Our weak point is complish. He believed himself that a great sill our finances. You will see that by paying benefit would be conferred on the British nation 1200,200 of new capital which we could not a heavy commission we managed to float if military training of some son was made in- otherwise dispose of, and that in this way we

The Chairman-Nu questions being asked, 1 beg to propose that the report and accounts

presented, be adopted.

as

CANTUN NOTES,

SURVEY FOR WATERWORKS.

A WOMAN FILLORIED.

A Chinese woman at Honam was yesterday publicly exposed in the pillory for six hours for infidelity.

to intervene to claim adequate protection | observed as Government holidays. It is also cumbint on every bay and youth, but until that have improved our position, and reduced our

From Our Correspondent.} ̧ fur the vessels and persons of their countries, notified that His Excellency the Governor was done, it was greatly to the credit of those bill for interest which should be still less this

Canton, 6th April. and to take in hand themselves the repres has been pleased to appoint Saterday, the 14th who came forward of their own free with to be

`year, but money on loan cannot be always de Survey work on the projected Canton water. sion of such crimes as make the delta of the April, to be observed 19 a public holi- trained. He pointed out that by doingness which we can see. before us, we must get understand where the money to complete same pended upon, and if we are to do all the busi-works continues, but the Viceroy is at a loss to Canton rivers a source of the utmost inse-day throughout the Government departments, they learnt such quilities as keeping quiet and more money. That probably will not be easy, curity and danger at the present time. It except the Police Magistrate's Deparment, abedient, very difficult for boys.. Shanghai be.but it should not be impossible, far we hold a

is to come from as the Peking Government would appear that the Provincial authorities

ing a flat place a inest important duty of those valuable concession, our business is now on a have refused to permit him to raise a foreign of China and especially, of the Kwang pro

GLOOM, Juliness and death we have, like the engaged in defending it was in keeping paying basis, and our prospects for the future loan for the purpose.

are certainly very good. I shall be pleased to. vinces are incapable of maintaining order oar, always with us, and so it is scarcely communicatior, and this was very largely done answer any questions.

advisable or necessary to advertise the fact, by signalling both by flags and semaphores, and good govemment, and therefore it Yet the shop windows of a certain establish. It was a branch of service which he would like behoves the Powers, to exercise that au- ment in the Colony which caters for feminine specially to encourage, and he had made arran thority which will be a guarantee for the frippery, is now dressed in all the trappings | gements through Col, Watsen to give a cup to traders of their nationality, and at the of woe," which might induce the belief in the the member of the brigade who at next year's same time rid China of the pests who mind of the public that the proprietors are inspection should be found to pass the best wax fat on the incapacity of their own Go: preparing for a prolonged visitation from the

possessed of prophetic sauls, and are thus examination in signalling. vernment, At all events there is no denying Angel of Death: Let's hope they are false the fact that some radical change must be prophets ! made in the method of controlling the water- way between Canton and the ports in the West and North Rivers, if life is to be pro- tected and trade facilitated.

MR. J. Hart, the superintendent of the Royal Botanic Gardeus, Trinidad, records the discovery of a water-plant, probably a species of Nitella, in the Pitch Lake La Brea, which produces peculiar pear-shaped organs on the stems. These are hollow, and have large openings into the interior, fringed with simple or branched hairs, and within some of them mosquito larvae were observed, apparently caught and killed by the plant. The sugges tion, therefore, is made that the plant might [36-2A | be useful for mosquito destruction.—Nature,

WINE MERCHANTS...A

Hongkong, 25th October, 1905,

the lads were put through a short drill by their General Villiers Hatton then withdrew and

company officess before being dismissed.

The Chaplain, on behalf of the boys, express- ed their sense of the honour the General had conferred on them, and their thanks for the encouragement he had given them by his in. SHOUL-STEALING among the Chinese is of com.spection and the offer of the cup which would that their own people acldom take any notice mon eccurrence. It has got to such a stage certainly be keenly contested.

of a companion's predicament. A coolie goes to The theatre and the first thing he does is to crouch on top of his seat, leaving his shoes on the floor. When he wants to leave he finds they are gone, IT will be seen from an advertisement appear- and some of them think nothing of it. A pasing in another column that eighteen horses are senger on board the Honum from Caston was to be put up for sale by public auction by the victim of one of these annoying experiences, Messia Hughes and Hough, on Tuesday next but fortunately his shoes were of a colour and at the Horse Repository, at Causeway Bay. shape that could be distinguished among a These horses, we are informed, are part of the crowd. He left the boat and on the way home thirty-two which were landed here from the found the thief wearing his shoes. The man s.5. Taiyuan on the 4th instant. They are was given in charge, and at the Magistracy this from Mesra, Denham Bros., of Rockhampton, morning Mr. C. A, D. Melbourne sentenced Queensland. They are undoubtedly a fine set him to fourteen days' hard labour.

of animals, and should go well in the saddle,

Dr. J. W. Noble seconded. Curried.

On the notion of Mr. Fung Wa Chun, seconded by Mr. A. Babington, Sir Paul Chater, Dr. J. W. Noble and Mr. H. P. White were re- elected to the Consulting Committee.

Messrs. W. H. Poits and A. O'D. Gourdin were re-elected auditors for the ensuing year, on the motion of Sir Paul, Chater, seconded by Mr. H. P. White.

The Chairman-That is all the business, gen. temen. I am much obliged for your attend ance. Dividend warrants will be ready on Monday,

The inceling then terminated.

THE WEATHER.

The following report is from Mr. F. G. Figg, First Assistant of the Hongkong Observatory:- tinues to fall on the China coast and over S. On the 7th at 17.5 p.. The barometer con. Japan.

Another depression is lying over Central China, and the highest pressure is now over SW. Japan.

Channel and the N. part of the China Sea, Light SE. winds are indicated in the Formosa accompanied by foggy weather along the coast. Forecast-light SE. winds; cloudy, loggy.

FRENCH ADMIRAL'S VISIT. Vice-Admiral Richards and staff paid an official call on the Viceroy yesterday morning and was entertained at lunch; he left for Hong- kong to-day.

THP Chinese Engineering and Mining Com- pany's total output of the Company's three nines for the week ending 24th of March amounted to 19,578-35 tons and ilio safes during the period to 21,171.90 tons.

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

MAILS QUE

American(Manchuria) 6th inst., about 7 p.m. Canadian (Empress of India) 8th inet. German (Prina Sigismund) 9th inst." lodian (Arratoon "Apcar) 9th inst. German (Sachsen) tith inat, Indian (Kutrang) 15th inst. American (Hongkong Maru) 18th inst The C. P. R. Co.'s 0.5, Empress of China left Yokohama pm, on 6th inst.

Thess. Gulf of Venice is due to leave Manila on 12th last, and may be expected here on 15th ins

The Mogul Linnut. Sikh sailed from Singa. pore on 6th inst, and may be expected here on iath inst,

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