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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1906.

CANTON PIRACIES.,

DECLINK OF CHINA TEA: On the 6th May, at the British Legation, Peking, the wife of C. C..A. KIRKE, DÍ » son. Within, the incisory of the present generh

HOLLINGS-On the ruth May, 906.ation, China tea was considered a luxury by Brentwood, Essex, England, the wife of A. E. Hollings, of a SOD, ALFRED MAURICE, Both people in England, and those who claimed doing well. (By cable.)

[563 ; that the Indian product could compare in the least degree with the Far Eastern article were looked upon somewhat in the light of dangerous revolutionaries. But when coffee failed in Ceylon and the cultivation of ten un a large scale was started, there was a gradual change in the taste of the English consumer, and that change has continued In referring to the river trallic carried on until the present day. Ceylon tea practically by native vessels between Canton and other holds the market at the present time, and places, Mr. F. A. Morgan, Commissioner of the once famous Pekoe occupies a miser- Customs at Canton, in his decennial report,able position far in the rear. Of course, "The pest to the traffic is pirates, there are those who still declare a preference During the last year of the decade 36 piracies for China tea, but they are mostly confined to. were reported; though this is but the minu those whose palate has been educated in the test percentage on the number of trips, the interior of China, who have been obliged to use the native produci or give up the non- losses to passengers' total up to a large sum

As a matter of fact, and a general feeling of insecurity results." inebriating cup entirely,

the majority of residents on the borders of There is no doubt about the feeling of

says:

In

MAY 15 1906.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.:

JAPAN bas decided to make Chin-hai, in South Korea, a naval station.

AN unknown Chinaman committed suicide yea terday, at a village in Yau-ma-ti, by banging. The police at Yau-ma-ti were notified that his body was suspended from the ceilings of his house, and he was cut down and removed to

MR. Abe, Japancao Consut at Antung, Man. the Kowloon mortuary. Up to the present no churin, has telegraphed to the Foreign Office, | one has turned up to identify the man. in Tokyo'stating that the city was opened to foreign trade on the Jat instant, as arranged.

THE freight for cont between Moji and Yoko. hama, which has steadily déclined as steamers have been released from Government service, has sunk from ¥1.39 per 100 to the present quotation of about No sen.

.

A RACK-COURSE is to be made at Tokyo, and a private company with a capital of Yo0,000 Las been formed by Viscont Matsudaira and other gentlemen. The site selected for the course is in Aráimura, a suburb of the capital. THE G.N. steamer Dakota, recently in-the Masu Bishi No. 3 Dock, was in take 5,300 tons of coal on board at Nagasaki before resuming her voyage. This is said to be the largest quantity ever shipped on a mail steamer at Nagasaki.

THE picture postcards and stamps issued by the Japanese authorities in commemoration of the Imperial military review have been eagerly bought up all over the country, the assistance of the palice in some cases being necessary to keep the crowds of purchasers in control. An other edition of the postcards will be published in a few days.

TO-NIGHT and to-morrow night are the last two nights that the Great Thurston will

vaid any appearance of interference with the Chinese cou is on behalf of native converts, Even though they may believe the latter to be in the right.

JAPANESE ORPHANAGE BAND,

· PERFORMANCES TO BE GIVEN IN

HONGKONG..

What promises to be an exceptionally ins teresting performance will be given in the City Hall on Thursday, when the band of the An Oakland despatch, of May 11, to the san- | Okayama : Orphanage, Japan, will resdur ila Cablenews, says: The Presbyterian Mis. | selections of musle, and a cinematograph sion Board has issued instructions to all of its | entertainment, la the course of which plc. missionaries in Ching to be very careful to tures of naval engagements between the Japaness and Russian fleets in the Japan Sea, will be given. The object of the performance is to raise funds for the Okayama, Orphanage, which supporis over 1,300 destituta children, whose parents died as the result of the famine, or whose main support was lost in the Russo- Japanese war. The Orphanage is entirely maintained by public subscriptions, and in former years the Japanese have held it their privilege, and duty to contribula` to the upkeep of the institution, but this year the famine has robbed theni of all super tuons funds, with the result that the managers have had to apply in foreigners for aid. The

Two native stamen from the steamer Fulkam were charged by inspector Collett, at the Magistracy this morning, with creating a dia turbance in the public street, at West Polat, yesterday, by fighting. Defendants had just been paid off from the ship, and coming ashore had some words and took to fighting. Mr. Hazeland fined them $2 each.

In compliance with the request of the Navy Department, a detachment of the U. S. Army Burial Corps left Manila on the toth inst. on the naval collier Justin for longkong, Amoy Shanghai, and Chefoo, where it will disinter the bodies of marines and sailors and ship them back to their relatives in the United The Justin arrived in port last Stales. evening.

CHINESE constable 447 boarded fishing junk No. 10, in the harbour last night, and searched the junk. In the hold he discovered i worth of brown sugar. The people could give no satisfactory explanation as to how the sugar got into the hold, and a man and a woman were arrested. They were placed be fore Mr. C. D. Melbourne, at the Police Court this morning. His Worship fined the man $100 and the woman $5.

SANITARY Inspector D. McKenzie prosecuted Li Shing, a coolie, employed by the Sanitary occupy the Theatre Royal, and those who have not enjoyed the pleasure of being amused and mystified should disregard the licht and go and Board, at the Police Court this morning, for witness a really unique and interesting pes-being in unlawful possession of one tiger claw formance, while they have the chance. The mounted with gold, one gald eardrop, and a prices of admission have been greatly reduced. piece of gold, reasonably suspected to have been stolen. Complainant said that the trinkets On the 24th ukimo the whaler Olga-imaru, of were found on defendant's bed. Defendant Shimonoseki, sighted an extremely large whale

averred that it was put there by somebody: about 8 feet long-off Sloan Misaki, Ki

Mr. F. A. Uateland said he was of opinion that The whale was caught and, taken defendant stole the things off a dead body Province.

while on the way to the morgue. He would pay a fine of $75, with the option of three months' hard labour.

insecurity, for every native traveller on the China show little or no enthusiasm for the teas THE following is the return of visitors to the Canton delta is in perpetual terror that the grown in the Middle Kingdom. Perhaps the City Hall Library and Museum for the week next turning will reveal a gang of pirates, preference exhibited for Indian tea-includ-ending the 13th May, 1906-Library-Non- bent on relieving him of all his worldlying the Ceylon product-may be attributed Chinese, 291: Chinese, 140; total, 432 to the fact that people demand a rich, full- Müseum-Non-Chinese, 105: Chinese, 3.351 possessions, down to the last garment that covers his nakedness. As the authorities Blavoured article, with a strongly pronounced total, 3,456, continue to ignore these desperadoes, the colour-a tea which palpably exhilirates latter become bolder with repented successes, after a single draught. The average China tea on the market is usually of a weak, and it was only a short time ago that a well-

colourless variety, with a. barely per known missionary was despoiled of all his impedimenta--which may be considered a ceptible flavour, or at least, with a ha suitable word in this connection-and even

vour which it requires an educated pa.

his medicine chest and camera were appro

tate to appreciate and enjoy. The Eu priated by the pirates. It is observed by rupean consumer demands the more po the Commissioner of Customs that as a rule.

tent tea, while the Chinese revel in the no resistance is offered to the pirates, and delicate aroma of the native leaf. he accounts for this lameness by the nature Hongkong these are, it may be assumed, DEODORISER of the people, and partly because the crowded comparatively few foreigners who babitually use China tea to the exclusion of that cul- state of the boats makes resistance difficult, and renders it easy for the pirates to "holdtivated in Fidia. Indeed, the newcomer is up" their fellow-passengers. "Consequent inclined to suggest that he is being de- ly he says, with something approaching frauded of his rights when China tea is complacence, "there have been few deaths, substituted for the article to which he has In a few cases, however, fight has been shown been accustomed, and it is not too much to EFFECTIVE and lives lost on both sides. As a rule the say that a chest of China tea if sent as a gift pirates are content to carry off the spoils and to a household in England would be received toallow the launch and boat to continue their with dubious feelings. The result of this journey but they sometinies carry off the preference for Ceylon and Indian teas has launch and use her for further outrages. been a slump in the Chinese leaf, so far as A. S. WATSON & CO., They have even been known to charters a Great Britain is concerned. For one thing,profit of over Y1,050,

bunch in Hongką, g and take her off on a adverse seasons have had the effect of de piratical erüise." It is recalled that some preciating the flavour of the tea. Last year years ago the pirates became so bold that the cold wet spring ruined the flavour of the they actually demanded subsidies not only first crop, and when the better quality of the [rom native but even from foreign Ürms, It later pickings gave prospect of an improved [is satisfactory to add they did not get the market, adverse exchange operated to keep subsidies. Now, why are these pirates in prices low. Green leaf was pronounced to existence at all? M. Morgan says that the be the worst for years, and although the total supression of fantan, the introduction of quantity exported was equal to that of the stean launches and other causes are as preceding year, the prices realised were vast signed for the existence of these pests, bely lower. In his annual report, Mr. H. cause they "we supposed to be earning a Morse, the Statistical Secretary of the Im

though the returns show shipments to

black

tes, green Great Britain

it is known for

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,

Hongkong, 3rd March, roof,

CRECOR &

CO., staritions Customs, that at

of

thue cause is probably to be found in the facilities which the many waterways afford them for carrying out their depredations and tea, and brick tea,

to the coast of Kushimoto on the following day, where it was disposed of at public auction for Y1,016.14 Crowds of spectators from neigh- bouring village, came to see the stranded whale. It is expected that the purchaser will make o

IT will interest philatelists and others to know that the Russian postm-ster at Shanghai (Me Ispolatoff) has now received stamps and post- cards across the face of which the word "China" appears. The stamps are of the values of four, fourteen, thirty-five and seventy kopecks, sell- i at the corresponding values in Mexican cents; Rs 1.00, 3.50, and 7.00 selling at $r.ca, 3.50 and 7.00 respectively; and the postcards are of six and eight kopecks (cents)"value respectively.-V. C. D. News,

A RUSSIAN engineer named Constantine Burmak in, a passenger on board thes,s. Salazie, came before Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne, at the Magistracy this morning, on a charge of being drunk and incapable in the public street last night. In leading guilty to the charge, defendant explained that he was bound for Shanghai, but lost his ship whila ashore here. In consequence of that he had lost all his clothing and money. He wanted to see his consul to telegraph to the captain of the Solosit to discharge his personal effects at Shanghai. | "His Worship bound the defendant over in the sum of Sze to be of good conduct for six

months.

DR. James Cantic suggests in the Journal of Tropical Medicine that it is probably time A NASTY nccident occurred at the race course

be formed. He states that the number of medical men directly interested in tropical medicine umounts to some 6,039, and they practitioners on the British Register whose in-

12th host, when some, of "the steeplechase ponies were being put over the obstacles for the last time before the Grand National Steeple

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Orphanage band has visited the principal'cities

In China, and everywhere `it has been well has been materially helped. But the expenses patronised, with the result that the treasury

of such an institution as the Orphanage, are

company comes highly recommended and as extremely heavy and they are continuous. The the performance is stated to be worth the money It is to be trusted there will be a large audience

on the opening night. Performances will also be given on Friday and Saturday evenings, and there will be a matinee on the latter day. The usual prices will be charged, and lickelf may: be obtained from the Robinson Piano Co.

HIS LOST BROTHER.

AMUSING PETITION TO THE POLICE.

The following very amusing petition was sent to the police this morning. It purports to be from a Chipaman residing at Yaumati who has lost his elder brother, and requires police assistance -

"To the 'Generals of the Charge Room, The humble petition of residing at the

ground floor, Upper Station Street, Hongkong,. sheweth:

"That your petitioner in not find out his brother, who has been put to be lost, after his being abroad from the above address at 3 o'clock afternoon, Friday, Just. His same is Tam Noo, with a flat face, stop- ing eyes, and common size and light as to his body; he has a yellow feature, and is a man belonging to the Dong On district, China, and his dresses are all black, but his coat was made of cloth, with brass buttons.

"His fect are bare without any shoes or

stockings. And your petitioner, as in duty bound, shall ever pray."

A DANGEROUS PRACTICE.

OWNER AND COXSWAIN FINED.

The perper (a woman) and the master of the steam launch Choyrang were summoned by Inspector Langley at the Police Court this morning for allowing the launch to ply in the harbour, at 2.15 am, on the 12th instant, with-. out having a certificated coxswain on board.

The defendants both pleaded guilty. 'Mr, Hazeland-Where was the coxswaio on.

this morning?

escaping pursuit." It is usual to suggest a fact that the last named. is meant formed the largest section of qualified medical chase to-day. Mr. C. R. Burkill was riding wheel for a little time.

19, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. that if the Chinese provincial authorities for Russia, and that is probably true of

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terest is centred in any single subject. It is to be distinctly. understood that the contem- plated association is not a separate association, independent of the British Medical Association, but one intended to promote the interests of tropical medicine within the parent association, and constituted so that the wishes of medical practitioners in the Tropics may be authorita- tively and collectively expressed

AT 8.15 in the noning of the 5th inst. the

inhabitants of Kobe experienced a prolonged shock of earthquake. As far as could be felt

neglect their manifest duty to exterminate leaf as well. To show the falling off in the pirates the river-boats of the Powers the consumption of China tea in. Great should take the matter in hand themselves,Britain the figures in the annual report may and ruthlessly stamp out these hindrances be quoted. The home consumption of to trade. The Commissioner of Customs China tea in Great Britain in 1904 was has another scheme, which is worth atten. 82,800 piculs; in 1905 it had fallen to tion.

"Work for the anemployed on roads, 49.942 piculs, And yet the consumption in etc., and a stricter policing of the water

Great Britain of all teas in 1904, was, ways would probaldy stamp these gentry out 1,924,950 piculs, and in 1905, 1,943, 165 and restore such confidence, in many dis-piculs. So that China only supplies to the tricts, that work wild follow." Does this English market a paltry a per cent. mean, then, that the work of constructing of the total amount required. Mr. Morse the Canton-Hankow railways on the one adds: The hope of the future now band and the Canton-Kewloon railway on seems to lie in the finest teas, attractive. for the other is akely to have the beneficial and the inimitable sukness of flavour, and the entirely unlooked for result of reducing the commonest teas, attractive for their cheap ranks of the pirates, and causing honest ess. But we doubt very much whether to become decent members of even on the point of cheapness the Far sociely once again? It is to be doubted. Eastern tea can compete with the scrapings Once embarked on a career of crime it is of Indian tea which English dealers supply difficult to turn back. The spice of danger to their poorest customers, for Eule more in raiding a boat, the game of eluding the than a song. A writer in the Times in claws of the authorities, the free and easy noting the deficiency in the importation of than the first, but was felt more acutely. Is life, these are things which enter into the China tea remarked--"A commission of freebonter's blood-they become ineradic Chinese experts has recently visited Indian abic. As to the policing of the waterways and Ceylon plantations in order to ascertain

rascals

if that is to be carried out at all it must be under foreign supervision.. "One way or another," adds the Commissioner, "a con siderable number of pirates have been cap- tured and executed by the authorities; but the public sentiment towards them seems to be somewhat like that entertained by the commonality towards highwaymen in Europe

the methods by which they have grown tea

so, much better than the Chinese can; it is reported that the members of the commission were not hopeful of emulating British methods on any considerable scale although tentative experiments may be made." so far as we can learn, these experi-

jhe

the movement from start to finish lasted about

if a minute, and was of a very decided charac ter. It was not violent, but a series of slight jerks, sufficient to shake the house, recard of the seismomeer in the Kobe Meteo- rological Station showed that the earthquake that morning commenced at 8h. gm. 225. At first the tremor, was active vertically. minute and a half it became horizontal. The maximum tremor was 3 mm, and duration 11 minutes. The centre is supposed to be not very far distant. Anniher shock was exper ienced at 8h. rom. 40s. It was much weaker

duration was 2 minutes.

In a

On the goth ult. a serious boiler explosion attended by loss of life occurred on board

a

Mr. Richmond's grey Mensoba over mud wall near the Monument when the pony took of too early, fell heavily on his hea', completely turned over with his rder, and broke his back Mr. Burkill fortunately escaped serious injury and was able to attend business, although he. had a severe shake up. Monsoon, in the cir cumstances, had to be destroyed. This pony was third in the Derby to Friendship and Argante in 1904, then being award by Mr

minent in the paper hunts and was thought to Waverly. Since that time he had been pro- have a good chance of winning to-day's race. On Tuesday Monsoon won the Race Club Cup.

ATTACK ON EXCISE OFFICERS.

SERIOUS AFFRAY AT DEEP BAY,

A few excise officers, in company with a European constable, had a pretty warm time at Deep Bay, last night, during the execution of an opium raid, at the brickworks. They were successful in their raid, and tallied out of the works with some illicit opium and a coolie held by the queue. The excise men had no sooner left the works than their prisoner shouted to his fok r: "Men, kill them. I am arrested," instantly, a bind of men, employed at the brickworks, attacked the officers with a view to releasing their fok, and bricks, bamboo poles, etc., were soon flying in the air. Reinforcements for the attacking party arrived, and the fight got furious, the brickworks men giving those from the Opium Faim no quarter, and they soon cleared the raiders off the top of the hill. The excise men were losing ground, and a terrific blow from a bamboo pole on the head of an Indian constable caused the officers

to take to their heels in order to seek assistance.

steam launch at Bangkok, The launch, à large two decked boat, heeled over and sank almost before any assistance could be rendered. It was first said that six were killed and eleven wounded, and again that there were seven killed and thirteen injured. Eleven. injured men were taken to Bangrak hospital, of whom one died and Give were too seriously hurt to be moved, Of these five, two were expected to die. One of the men killed was The men from the brickworks gave chase--a said to be a sampan owner who was pass few returning home-and the belligerents got to ing close by in his hat at the time of the close quarters on the sea beach. Here the tables 'The cause of the accident is were turned, for the force of brickworks men had unknown, Iler engineer was à certificated thinned, in view of the fact that the officials man. There is reason to believe, however, were nearer home. This time the excite men that another man than the regular engineer hid the best of the fight and managed to was attending to the ongines, getting steam secure three prisoners, whom they removed to up in the boiler after the repairs had been the lock up. The fight was of a very lively effected. This man went down with the wreck, nature, the excise men having bruises and Further information had it that eight were killed outright and eleven injured, and of those

in the earlier years of last century, a mere- ments have not yet begun, but even if they tricious honour being conferred on the proved successful it is doubtful whether offender by his free, dashing life and easy China tea could supersede the Indian and bearing when retribution eventually overtook Ceylon product, now that a taste has been explosion. him." But the gay and gallant highwayman developed for the latter. It is rather to be was exterminated, despite his free and easy regretted that China tea with all its associa bearing on the gallows tree and the plaudits tions should lose the English market, but of those who found in his end sport for an people will have strength before quality, as English holiday; and there is no reason why is evidenced by the housewives who begin the dashing buccaneers of the Canton delta, the day with a firat infusion which remains should not also be wiped out, by the rough in the teapot all day long, the quantity of and ready methods, if necessary, of earlier leaves gradually increasing as the colour days. We have referred only to pirates in shows signs of weakness, till the final de the Canton district, but these decennial reports of Customs officials all round the coction is little more than rank poison,

coast teem, with details of the damage and destruction done by pirates to legitimate Tax ratiway companies of Great Britain

employ about $50,000 men. (16-13 trade and helpless travellers.

marks to nurse and to remind them of the

night's affray. The three prisoners were cha ged before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, at the eleven shree, leave since died, Three of the men killed were taken out of the launch efter Magistracy this morning, with being is posses.. she was raised, and half of a body was also sibo of illicit opium and assaulting the police. found. The killed included a Chinaman who For the opium oflence they were fined, and was on the wharf near by looking on, and the for assaulting the place during the execution, Hud that of another launch moored alongside of their duty, each defendant was sentenced to who was scalded to death.

one month's hard fabour.

Coxswain was on board, but I left the

Mr. Hazeland-1 Auppoas you were asleep. Inspector Langley-The coxswain was not on board the launch on that night, your Wor-

ship. This practice of handing over the wheel to deck hands, while the faunch is under weigh in the barbour, is an extremely dangerous one. Mr. Hazeland-Yes. I understand that, Where were they plying?

Insp. Langley-In the southern failway. The owner of the launch was fined $t, and the coxawain Sıg.

A YOUNG MAN'S PANCY,

WANTED TO MARRY HIS GRANDMOTHER,

Most people have thought that the Prayer Book formulates an unnecessary law in laying at down that a man may not marry his grand- mother. But one never knows, says the Bang kok Timer. That is just what a Bangkok young man is anxious to do. The old lady, it seenis, has money, and presumably that is the attraction. Anyhow the young man's proposal has caused a family foud, and the old lady has rejected her grandson's suit. They live is the gardens bordering on Hua Lampong road, and on Sunday evening the master culminated in a uncle of the young man, had opposed the project fightinthegardens. Oneof theold lady'ssons, an

ery strongly, and it is stated the young man got a friend to assist him is an attack on his uncle. They set on him with kalves, and man. aged to stab him several times in the side, #o that his recovery is, uncertain. The two 91.... sailants now dreas as Navy men-that they bave any right to the uniform is doubtful-and this is Seheved to save them from any fear of arrest by the Police. Moreover, the old lady was perhaps a little flattered by receiving a given her grandson a sum of money, to console proposal at her time of life, and is said to have him for her refusal to marry him.

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

GAILS DUE. English (Oceana) 16th inst., 3 p.m. Indian (Namgang) aist inst. Canadian (Empress of China) and jast. German (Prewesen) 23rd inst. American (China) 30th ins!. American (Afengolia) zotli iast,

The O. S. S. Co. & C. M. 5. N. Ca' ss., Calchas in due here on 19th inst.

The O. S. S. Co. & C.-M. 9. N. Co.'s s.. Rhiprus left Singapore on 12th last, for Naga jaki direct.

The Imperial German Mait 1.8. Sachsin which left here on 9th inst., arrived at Singa pore on 13th inst., at II p.m.

The Java-China-Japan Lijn s.. Tjimaki left Macassar for this port on 14th inst, and may be expected here on arst inst. -