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Intinations.

A. S. WATSON & CO.,

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 184

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

RAINIER BEER.

SPARKLING"

INVIGORATING

HEALTH-GIVING.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 1906.

Japanese company has been formed with a capital of ten million yen to run steamers from Tairen to Hongkong and Shanghai in direct opposition to the lines which have hitherto obtained a fair share of the trade in the north. And in other directions it was clear that Japan was determined to secure for herself the fruits of victory in respect of the trade with Manchuria. But it was always emphasised by Japanese states- mea that no dog-in-the-manger policy, was contemplated. The rapprochement of the two Powers in the north, however, is not reassuring. While foreign traders were ál- lowed to enter Tairen, it seethed to be Japan's intention to open up the whole country to the world. The statement that Japan has entered into a special agreement with Russia on the subject of travel in Man churia opensjout a new vista for speculation, Nobody dreams that Japanese and Russian subjects desire to travel in that ferile pro. vince for the benefit of their health. It must be regarded as a business proposition pure and simple, and it would appear to be

of his class, but he had nothing, or next to nothing, to report. Then some persons, obviously strangers, had been doing some thing which does not accord with the iden of the Councillors as to what their conduct should be and the secretary is to look after them. The chief matter dealt with Was the esection of the new pavilion for the Tennis Club. The Council takes charge of every thing, it would seem, and it does everything well. Some day that pavilion, which is so essential to the absolutely complete hap piness of the Council and the community ar large, will be erected and then what more will the people of Kulangau desire? Truly, the report of the doings of our friends in the north is tantalisingly qural. There is nothing to agitate the mind or disturb the tranquility of the scene. Hongkong has good reason to envy the peaceful surroundings and to congratulate the good folks of Kulangsa on being guided by 'such worthy counsellors.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

inorning, were postponed until to-morrow,

aimed at those enterprising interlopers who would seek to strive, after a portion of the trade which will be supplied by Manchuriality next year. The question is whether our ally will be prepared to sign similar agreements with Great Britain,, Germany and the United States? Russia has, of course,

Criminal Sessions, which were set for this swing to the typhoon and the consequent in his of his tonour the Chief Justice 10 reach the Court. The Sessions will open at to ban The Straits Times regrets to hear that Mr. Heemskerk, an old foreign resident of China, now agent of the Chartered Bank of India at

During the Hot Damp still considerable interests in the Chinese Hamburg, is very seriously ill, and that little

Weather, when Heavy Drinks are out of the

Question one's thoughts

,"

naturally turn to * RAINIER."

Per Case of 4, doz, quarts Per Doz, quarts

Per Case of 6i doz. pints

Per. Doz. Pints...

A. S.

2.75

territory and it was because Russia 'seem- ed disposed-and not only seemed but showed it to be her ultimate purpose, to main Manchuria as a close preserve for her own nationals that the war was brought about. If Japan and Russia now Center into partnership to exclude other countries, from the benefits likely to accrue

hope of his recovery can be entertained.

TERRIFIC. TYPHOON.

HOLOCAUST IN HONGKONG.

SCORE OF STEAMERS SUNK AND disabled.

JUNKS AND SAMPANS OVERWHELMED.

WHOLESALE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

TWENTY, FRENCH SAILORS KILLED.

GALLANTRY BY A EUROPEAN ASSISTANT.

HUNDREDS OF NATIVES DROWNED.

It is

and is believed to have broken her back, the

A regular liner is ashore at Yuen Fat

In the short space of barely two hours were caught up and swept into the streets so French torpedo 'boat is ashore at the for this morning, a typhoon of phenomenal veto. that a perfect fusilade rattled and endangered pedo depot.

The Edith, tow boat belonging to the city swept over Hongkong, laid great part ofthe the lives even of those who had secured

Back Company, lost her propeller, but is city in ruins, annihilated the fleet of ship safety in houses.

The Strathonere ping which has been the Colony's pride But a terrible scene was being enacted in otherwise, undamaged. and worked unexampled destruction to hun- the harbour, to the horror of all spectators. whose repairs, following her collision with dreds. To-day, the shipping which proudly The flimsy roofs of the Star Ferry, Blake the dexta, had just been finished yesterday in at anchor is mostly under lie face of Pier and all the wharves along the Praya, when she left the dock, was run into by an the waters, or lying disabled, uscless and all the native structures surrounding the Post other steamer and badly damaged. The but worthless wrecks at the whatss. The Offices, and Supreme Court now in course of Loongsang, of the Indo-China Steam Navi- great feet of junks and sampans has been erection had afforded amusement to the gation Co., collided with the Chipshing but sinashed to atoms and is gone. Hundreds ribald, but on the sea, which was now lashed we understand no serious damage was done. of lives have been lost, hundreds are home-into tempestuous fury, lives were being The Raishan is high and dry at Kowloon The gimcrack Kay, but before reaching her bed she fouled less, and so vast has been the damage that it sacrificed by the score,

ll never beabsolutely determined. Never in sampans and the unwieldy junks were the French mail liner the Polynesien, near the history of the Colony has such a calamity turning bottom upward all over the harbour. Tsim Tea Sui. It is believed that the pro. overtaken her prosperity, and never did If they attempted to reach the Praya wall they pellor of the last named vessel is damaged, damage and destruction even approaching were caught in bunches, and flung with but no particulars are yet obtainable. It that wrought by the typhoon this morning ungoveruable rage against the stonecopings, should be noted, however, that the depar A TOKIO message to the Jainicht states that the Minabishi Dockyard, at Nagasaki is now

send half the Colony into the direst distress and everyone on board given to the insatiable ture of the Folynesian is postponed until 8 out to commence the cousiruction of the and brought the entire shipping population maw of the sea. Nothing, could be done a.. to-morrow. The Apenrade is reported to save them; they were beyond help, and damaged. The Radnorshire is damaged bui first vessel of the Japanese Imperial Volunteer face to face with gaunt ruin. Fleet, all the necessary, materials being in The typhoon was only of about two hours people on land could only look on at the proceeding to Dock under her own steam.

Besides the Fatshan damaged, the river readiness. As soon as the vessel has been

duration but its career was catastrophic. It agonising faces of the native crews. corapleted, she will pay visits to all the import came down with a swiftness that could impossible.to say how many boats have gone boats affected by the gale were the San hom trade developments in the north theunt purts in the Empire, and will be thrown scarcely be imagined and it raged with a down-they simply disappeared in crowds Cheng which turned turtle at her moorings

lerocity which carried everything before it, and, of course, not one was saved, we have a pretty spectacle of the bear and open to puldic spection.

A gallant incident which occurred at Kwonyehow foundered, and the Shun Lea the Rising Sun in, amity. Hongkong has consequence of the many objections urged Practically a score of coasting steamers are commcicial interests in the north which against the time-honoured practice of "Kissing either atthe bottom of the sea or almost hope about this stage cannot be deemed too foundered.

the Book," Mr. Temple C. Maria, the chilessly damaged; two British gunboats are praiseworthy. A Chinaman was walking || I would be directly affected by such a mutical

understanding as that now reported to have instructions that all wunesses are for the future

clerk at Lambeth police-court, has given disabled; a French gunboat has been incapacinlong the Praya near Blake fier, when a long's wharf, and a japanese, boat is stated Lated; every wharf in Hongkong and Kow-whirling gust of wind caught him up and to have gone on the rocks at Kellett's island. ...$16,50|tween aned al, and in face of the energetic to be given the option of being sward in the

Launches sank at every point. The Dock loon is damaged, the native matshed moor- heaved him into the sca. There were some 4.20 competition which now exists and is likely Sconsh fashion with upbited hand. The new

to increase the merchants of this port can method was adopted for the first time on Aug.ing grounds being wrecked and scattered to Indian constables on the scene but they Company lost four-Nos. 1, 3, 6, and 13, folly, even madness, to attempt a rescue, but At Aberdeen the Brand was at a buoy 16,50) not afford to look with equammity on any 10 and the majority of the witnesses avaited the winds, while of the native craft it is could do nothing. It seemed the height of besides having a wharf damaged. heartrending to speak. such one-sided agreement as that disclosed. themselves of it.

a young European named Mr. H. S. Bevan, when the Robert Cooke was sent down to ber Shanghai is in a similar position to this ports of the six Hundred "died at Nottingham

Dawn broke this morning dull, ' wet

who is employed with Messrs. Lane Crawford assistance. The Brand refused the pro- and it is unlikely that the business com- on ifth ult. in the person of Sergeaul-Major and threatening, For several days it has and Co., rushed, forward, stripped off his ferred help but later in the day begged for it manity of that Settlement will pass by the T. Morley, late of the 17th Lancers. Sergeant been feared that a typhoon was in the WATSON & CO., incident as of no account. Of course, fuller Major Marley had the Crimean medal with vicinity, but no inkling of its proximity could waterproof and obtaining a turban, from an when she was told that the Robert Looke

into the sea. It was a magnificent example Empress of Japan Which escaped damage. details may show that the agreemem does clasps for Balaclava, and Inkerman, and bisbe obtained. Yesterday, the weather forendian who gripped it against a pier dived was too busily engaged standing by the

· LIMITED.

It proved a most difficult task to collect. But bear the significance which it ap death reduces the Sottingham survivors of cast for Hongkong was "Variable winds, of unselfishness, with the seas crashing pears to carry on its face, but the fact that the charge to one, uamely, Matthew Holland, moderate, probably some thunder showers.” Japan and Russia bave found it possible to

formerly a trooper in the 11th Hussais, who Shipmasters in the harbour kept an anxious Against the frame of the Pier. He managed all the data regarding the damage caused come together on the common ground of

afterwards fought in the American Civil War eye on the typhoon signai station, prepared to grab the Chinamgn by one of his by the typhoon and there must be many trade interests is an unfavourable portent for,

for any emergency that might arise. No legs, and together they were pulled to incidents and losses which have not come the nationals of other countries so far as

danger signal was hoisted, however, and no the steps of Blake Fier, Mr. Beran was to light. For instance, when the typhoon badly bruised by being dashed against the was at its height a serious fire broke put in Manchuria is concerned.

danger was apprehended.

Pier stanchions but the rescue, one of the Des Voeux Road and was extinguished with 70st plucky that could well be imagined, difficulty by the Brigade. Again, a Ching- The spectators who woman had her if broken through st had been effected. witnessed the entire proceedings were too falling matshed, and one of the large dumbfounded by this instance of gallantry plate glass windows of the C.P.R. was Immediately there was a scene of bustling to do more than stand amazed. If anyone smashed. A tree fell in Arsenal Street activity among the junk and tampan people, ever deserved the Royal Humane Society's and injured a civilian who was passing making ready to secure a safe anchorage at medal Mr. Revan certainly does and it will in a ricksha at the time and a gust of the typhoon shelter before the storms burst. be a disgrace to the community if his action wind blew in the door of the Soldiers' and The wind was comparatively light at that is not authoritatively represented to the Sailors' Institute. But these are minor mat- time but sudden black squalls which blew Society. The Chinaman feceived first-aid ters when compared with the holocaust in through the streets and whistled in the from Mr. Osborne, and departed home little shipping, the destruction of the small craft shrouds of the shipping heralded the rapid the worse for his immersion. Mr. Bevan, and the homeless widows and children who approach of the cyclone. "Usually it is pos. however, had to go to hospital but it is not are left to mourn their inseparable loss. In sible for the smaller craft to make the considered that the bruises he sustained are two hours the typhoon brought ruin, wreck and disaster to the greater portion of the typhoon shelter in safety between the time serious.

Great cargo junks were going down on all native community in Hongkong, and inflict- the typhoon gun is heard and the full fury,

sules, the sampans "had" mostly all dis.ed grave damage on the property of all the of the gale has burst on them.

On this occasion there was no breathing appeared and native women were weeping principal shipping firms. May Hongkong space allowed. Springing from the west the and wailing on the Praya. The harbour he spared from a similar visitation for many typhoon approached with amazing velo wall was already a mass of wreckage where days to come. or, to put it in other words: They eat, IT is reported that the proposal in establish a

city. At 8 30 the typhoon had begun, and the wooden craft had been smashed' to they drink and in communion sweet quaff Chino-Japanese company at Inkao with the retreat of the native flosting population splinters. HONGKONG, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1946. | immortality and joy." It seems an ideal life capital of $2,000,000, for the purpose of

that over which the Kalangsur Municipal establishing an electric power station and was shut off; they were caught in the throes AN ENIGMATICAL AGREEMENT." Council beaignly rules; in fact, it seems

water works has made great progress. As the of the storm like sheep in a slaughter-pen. whole of the share capital is to be taken by the The big liners, which have usually manag.better than the small craft, or at least the almost too good to be true. The members In a special telegrami, published in yes never appear to rise up with heated brows

promotes, it is expected that the formal ed by the aid of skilful handling to ride out shipmasters were experiencing the greatest terday's issue, our Shanghai-representative and fling their documents on the table 'or

establishment of the company will be made the typhoons, had made everything sting, and struggle of their lives. On the Kowloon public shortly. The clef objects of the under-awaited the onslaughter with a certain side of the barlour it seemed as if every reported that: "An agreement has been march indignantly from the Council board taking are the con Aruction of an electric tram degree of anxiety but full confidence in the other steamer was to be totally lost. The Larrived at by the terms whereof it' is prole in righteous wrath. "Everything is peace and way between fakao and Neuchaton, the supplybility of the navigating officers to fight the S. V. Hitchcock, an American ship of 2,086 able that Russians and Japanese will be brotherliness." Take, for instance, the last of water and electric lighting at Inkao, and the attack. They had little time before they tons, was lying near the Kowloon Wharf and allowed to travel freely in Manchuria." It is meeting of the Council, There was nothingking over of the Russian inlephonic stat cather difficult to arrive at the exact import said about the excesses of the sanitary delation of the water-works has already been were in a position to realise that they were Godown Company's premises. She was ance to be attached by foreign nationalities|partment; indeed it is questionable if the

TALEXANDRA BUILDINGS..

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AN IDYLLIC, SCENE,

To those who spend their days in the busy haunts of men and find themselves insitated and annoyed by the squabbles of life, it is a delight to withdraw for a time from the storm and stress of existence and contemplate the placid serenity which is the chief feature of less restless communities. Such a scene is opened up by a perusal of The rates per quarter and qua menem, pe geational, that model body the Kulangsu Municipal Council. No railed tempers there. No "frowning Providence" but

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to such an agreement, for if its terms be taken literally it implies that the two coun- tries lately at war are now on the best of terms, and are prepared to help each other

-"An elegant sufficiency, content,

Retirement, rural

quiet, friendship, hooks, Eake and alternate labour, useful life, '

Progressive virtue and approving

Heaven,"

alangsu people possess such an institution,

or at least, other their heads about its doings. Calmly they took up the first busi- ness of the meeting and carried it sem can,

on the Northern side.

DURING the course of the torrentral gains accompanying the typhoon this morning, a draper's and milliner's shop in Queen's Karu Central, became sa funded that the young lady assistants had to find a temporary dry roost on the counters-apparently the only cosga of vantage in the establishment-patil the man- ager came along, and, hoisting one after the other on his shoulders, found them sharbour age in a near by hotel, woud the Bloods had subsided in the shop.

ACCORDING to the Universal Gazette, the Japanese Consul at Amoy is still worrying the Tautai of that port, asking him to release one Ling, who has been kept in custody u can nection with a case of fraudulent, bankrupicy. The Japanese Consul claims that Ligg should be released because he is a Japanese subject, whereas the Chinese officials contend that Ling a Chinese subject, having declared himself as such in his own evidence given be fore the Chinese Magistrate. In the meantime Ling is still in custudy of the Chinese officials.

commenced.

THE FOREIGN LOANS,

STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OF NIYON KOGYO CINKO,

►

At five minutes past eight the typhoon gun was fired and five minutes later the black ball was hanging from the yard of H.M.S. Jamar,

But it was now seen that the larger vessels, the liners and river buats were faring no

The total loss cannot be less than $2,000,000,

TYPHOON RAVAGES.

ENORMOUS DAMAGE.

DETAILS OF THE CATASTROPHE,

Taking the opportunity of a lull in the wea ther, our representative made a tour of inspec tion along the Praye, starting from the Star Ferry wharf, and going west. The first sight. attract attention was the twisted electric to meet probably the worst typhoon which caught up like a cockle shell, and swept light-post at the font of ice House Road and the fallen telegraph-poje at the junction has struck the Colony for many years, right over the quay wall, where her stern of Duddel! Street and Queen's Road, which in Most of the liners were at their moorings in lies high and dry.

falling snapped some wires on the opposite At Kowloon Bay, a Star Ferry best and a side. Battery Path was closed to traffic, except the centre of the harbour; the river boats? were rocking at their ropes tied to the Union water-boat are lying damaged. An iron for athletes and enthusiasts, by, a number of Japanese papers publish a statement by Canton and Macao wharves; the miserable lighter may turn turtle before the night is fallen trees. Coming to the Fraya, os Con- land to the exclusion of all others. There two fire ladders, one dozen canvas buckets, Ginko, to the following effeci The ques batches, half a hundred boats packed help where she drifted on a rock, while the Ferry's Wharf mettheeys, but while the wooden is the possibility, however, that the agree.

No question sion of the introduction of inreign capital

alongside the Dock Company's wharf. The that was all that did remain, the matshed "wait- ing-room, ticket-office, and book-seller's stall ment is not intended to operate to the dis about the age of some delapidated machine is not one which can be lightly dealt with lessly together here and another half hun Changsha has a list of 45-degrees, lying fencing remained, it may be tersely said that

which is supposed to do duty as a fire pecially at the present time. Mr. Takahashi, dred there, waiting for the inevitable.

the Vice-Presidicat of the Bank of Japan, At nine o'clock or thereby the wind roared Sarrogan was dashed against the quay wall having all been blown down, and partially car advantage of other nations, the brevity necessary in a special wire being responsible engine. In fact, it may be said that there

has left for Landon for the purpose of through the Colony. The rain had become and foundered. The Johame has her stem ried into the sea. Between that wharf, and the floating the remaining portion (Y250,020,000) for the somewhat serious aspect which is no "burning question" on the subject of the consolidation loan. Until that flota dagger darts biting with the sting of a under water and a salvage boat is pumping next the sea was littered with debris of all sorts, the telegram connotes from the point of Then they decided, with remark apparent tinn has been completed, the Government 60-mile gale. Rapidly the sea swelled and tier clear as fast as the water comes in; while showing the first signs of the terrible damage

will not agree to the issue of any other foreign

the gale's wild shouting, there is a West River boat ashore which done in the harbour, for it was unmistakeably view of foreign traders generally. Less thany, that although all licences expire on the

Ioans. It is possible that there may be nt. joined in three weeks ago Japan declared Tairen open licences must be paid, no matter what lime sanction, but no foreign capitalist would take houses along the Praya front

31st December, the full amount for suchtempts to float some loans without offic al Foam rose to the height of the princely is expected to break in two. The British the remnants of smashed-up sampans, and small boats. Blake Pier was unrecognizable, steamship Mouteogle, of 3,953 tons, went on for the whole of the mat superstructure had to all traders and granted the additional and

them up for the time being, in view of the big Government flotation. This is therefore not Long before this the Star Ferry boats had the beach near the V, R. C,

gone down, a considerable quantity being blown unexpected concession of permitting foreign

The Zuma: Luyken took the ground in into the sea, only to add to the already tre- a proposal been made in Hongkong there the proper time for authorities or companies ceased running.. The cars to the Peak had to seek foreign capital, and unless they

to develop and apportion that debateable "The secretary was authorized to purchase Mr. Sords, President of the Nippon Kogyo sampan people were huddled together in over. The Signal is ashore at West Point naught Road, Central, the locality of the Star

ports of Japan. That was quite in ac

and a canvas stretcher."

of the year they are taken out." Had such

vessels to trade between Taires and the open would have been 'endless bickering, wawait a better opportunity their efforts can stopped, and the stream of pedestrians to the vicinity of Arnhold Katberg's oil works mendous amount of wreckage floating beside

letters in the newspapers and everybody only end in a failure. Many rumours

their offices and business houses had dis- and was followed by the N. S. de Rosario the pier. The Douglas wharf had her gates cordance with the expressed, promise given laying done the law of equity on the subject, are in circulation with regard to my con appeared. In the city the first ravages of and the Acil Macleod, both of which came blown down, but escaped further damage, as there was no natshed on the structure. From templated visit abroad My role intention, by Japan in the early days of the struggle in But in Kulangsu people may take out his to make the acquaintance of the the storm quickly became apparent. Trees down to Hongkong from Manila. the north, but it signalised the beginning or licences In November and such is their leading foreign capitalists, and I shall only be were uprooted with giant force and flung H.M.S. Moorhen is lying in a bad position there, on to the Yagmati Ferry wharf, it was one chrystallisation of many huge trade develop contentment they willingly pay again for away for a short time. The date of my ide into the streets. The sedan chairs from the in the Naval Yard basin and is said to betale of deplorable" desolation and destruction, Everywharf was destroyed in greater of ments, on the part of Japanese companies the privilege of being licence-holders of the Kogyo Ginko."

parture depends the state of the business bigher levels were being swept from point to somewhat seriously damaged. It is also less degree, some of them baving broken in in Manchuria: We have heard of the activity in January next. It seems that although The Kakumin reports that the object of Ma point, the coolies, powerless to withstand the reported that other two British gunboats, half and then smashed up, the debris floating of Japan in connection with the coal mines there may be no sanitary department Soode's visit to Europe is to clear away the force of the gale, being tossed to and fro like naval reserves, which went out to render as around in the turbulent sea, amidst junk spars,,

misunderstandings current abroad as to Goven jo Manchuria. It has also been stated that it | there is a sanitary inspector, a paragon i ment's attitude toward foreign capital, o

leaves in the breeze. Gates and shutters sistance had themselves to be beached. A masts with their sails attached, and the ruing