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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JAN

and bad clamoored with might, spd main that, tis subscription should be taken from him, as to what was being done by the director to fatfil their promises that "the-line" to Jankow should be started forthwith, and that handrema dividends might be anticipated, în rather less

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to be that when H.E. Shun was Viceroyed a telegram from our Shan of the two Kwang he was piqued by the alt-dent in which it was «ata?c= tude of the genity and merchants in refusing wholly and absolutely to permit any interfer- ence by the Government with their scheme of railway extension Whereupon Shum, with that fines of which he is a past mastor, switched off public attention from the larger undertaking and turned it on the propos CHAMPAGNE ed railway which was ostensibly meant to

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suppress the opiam traffic. China The text of the petit "failed, and we are?onabledā

(CHANTS.

5.The circular is as follows!--

SirThe proposats recently made by the Chinese Government to probibli the consump tion of Opium in China are naturally of such,

who. great importance to us British merchants wh desk in this commodity that we think we are: entitled to the earliest information as to what proposed to be done in the matter by H.B.M Government,

HONGKO

US. COURT

DAKOT

Quartermaster Nelson ship Dakota Judgo Wildey, at the Uni Court, to-day, on a charge assaulted a shipmate with an

It may be knowe to you that India exports to China every year about 75,000 chests of Opium of a value of about Ths. 50,003,000, and the whole trade is carried on by the British mer chants, who at the present moment hold enor mous stocks in Shanghai and tougkong, the value of which may be roughly put down at 11s 10,000,000. The magnitude of these figures spanks for itself, and makes it obvious homEI-HAI-WEI GOLD MINES. vilally our interests must be affected, by the sadded contemplated changes, yo

To-morraw » Longs orts." Play cominences at 8.15 pm: British firms concerned in the opium trade had versu

are the selected players :- addressed a petition to the Ccaspl-General for

"Longe 11: 05 Bim, A. Mačrenzie, H. E. Great Britain in which they expressed their desire Stranger Leathes, 1.M.9, W. Peake, W. A to ba afforded the earliest information as to what Powell, Harry Hancock, Capt. Thompson, 3rd the British Government intended to do in conMd, H. W. Woodward, R., G. E. Merrell, S. nection with the abolition of the plum trade. O. Else, A, N. Other. Shorts -Major H. E Lowis, rroth inf., Capt. Kriekenbeck, 7igth Inf. To-day we are fortunate in being able 10 Hon. Mr. T, Sercombe Smith, W. C. D. Turner, present our readers with a copy of that petition, T. E. Pearce, C. H. Mackoy, L. Dodgson, R., benefit. Amoy, but, in reality, was primarily which will be found in another column. The EA. Fowler, W. W. G. Ross, Dr. Forsyth, A: intended to create a new port for South China signatories are all well-known firms deating Other. at Whampoa. He declared, and his obedient extensively in oplum, and when they state that henchman Taotai Wen asseverated, that the the unsold and uncleared stocks in, Hongkong Whampoa line was to be constructed by private and Shanghai are valued at Tis. 10,000,000 enterprise, but when it became known they are get overstepping the mark. The that the ex-Minister of Commerce and Shanghai merchants have taken the initiative Railways Chang was the chief parsonage in the effort to lift the veil which ob at the head of affairs the scepticism of the the future of the opium trade, but the puzzling Brise des Nalis.... reader was quite excusable. Now that Bhum feature of the case le that Hongkong, mer has departed to enjoy the winter at Shanghai chants, who carry for heavier stocks then their and ever and anon to bewail his hard fate in brethren in Shanghai have not been consulted" being relegated to an Impoverished and prac in the matter or asked to cooperats in the|| tically out-of-the-world province, there has been petition. Hongkong is the centre of the a lullia ther. ilway development schema which opium trade in the Far East. The cheats at one time was being pushed ahead with

are brought from India and landed 4! almost indecent haste. The benefactor of man Hongkong and from this port déspatched to kind, Chang, has retired into obscurity; the

Canton and Shanghai and the great scheme of developing Whampoa lies

The fact that local opium, importers knew dormant; and the main offarts of the Provincint

authing of the action of the dealers in the Government seem to be directed towards the

Northern Settlement almost leads one to imi suppression of crime and the repression of, fawlessness. It is not to be supposed, how agine that the people interested in the evit, hat because Viceroy Chow Fu is guided plus trade in Shanghai have, to use by pro-foreign principles that the Whampoa colloquialism, called the hand of the Chin- scheme is abandoned. On the contrary, these Government. They do not whine because heard, and that being so contradictory, his will be carried on according to circumstances.

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Selection... Ólivesta "ubiri Song Fight of Pelounisomeriserin,” Masken": A Denar Pisipes...", The Phantom Brigade" "Silection. Pirates of Pentance" ...

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God Bless the Prince of Wales..

God Save the King.

DETECTIVE Sergeant Earner and several na tive detectives made a gambling" raid on the third floor of No. 2, Tit Hong Lane last night and arrested twenty men, who were playing "gau-bas. Beide seizing the gambling pars

phernalia, $2.31 was taken from the table. The

men were arraigned before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, at the Police Court, this morning. Two of them were charged with keeping a common gaming house and the remainder with gam

Evidence of two of the lukongs was

bling.

Worship failed to find the two alleged leaders guilty of at charge, but found all the defend. ant guilty of gambling, and fined them 52

each.

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Though we claim no voice on the question of the extinction of the trade, wa do claim to be heard as to the manner in which such extinction should be carried out. It is most 'im sortant that in order not to ental! heavy and ruinous lossa on us, the suppression of the trade should be carried out gradually, and any measures that are framed should give ample time to the merchants to work of their stocks in hand or contracted for. We feel confident that the British Authorities will not refuse to accept representations and suggestions from those so heavily interested, and specially quali fied to give them.

When it is known definitely what regulations will be put in force, we merchants can provide accordingly, and the trade, though dwindling,

For this reason, if for no other, we ask that we should be informed as soon as possible of the views of H.B.M. Government.ge

We therefore ask you as the representative of H.B.M. Government in Shanghai to bring these our requsits to the ualice of the proper authorities and hope that an early reply may

The accused-was foun sentenced to three years hard labour.

COMPANY IN LIQUIDATION

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 11th January,

p.m.

At an extraordinary general meet ing of the shareholders of the Wei hai-wei Gold Mining Company, held yesterday, a resolution was submitted proposing that the com- pany should go into liquidution

The resolution was adopted. [The meeting was called for töö pörpose of considering the following extraordinary resolo- tinn "That it has been proved to the antisfac tion of this meeting that the Company, cannot and that it is advisable to wind up the same by reason of its liabilities continua its businËM, and accordingly that the Company be wound, up voluntarily. And that Louis Rudolph Burkhardt of Shanghai be and he is hereby appointed liquidator for the purpose of auch:

The signatories to the petition are as fol-winding-up."-Ed., A.K.T. lows:-Messrs. David Sassoon & Co., Ld., E.D. Sassonn & Co., S. J. David & Co., Cawaijee, Pallanjee & Co., E. Pabaney, Abdoolally Ebrahim & Co., Tata & Co. R. S. N. Talai

& Co, Talati & Co., F. B. Petit & Co., M. M. B. Afshar & Co., D. E. J. Abraham, Isaac Erm

& Co.

TYPHOON WARNING.

very fact that he is an enlightened suler in a feason why he should give every encourage meat to any proposal which may'contribute to develop the Southern Provinces, the phly differ. ence between the present and the past rulers being that whereas Shum supported the Whampoa line at the expanse of the Kowloon connection, Chow Fu will endeavour impartial. ly to curry both undertakings to a successful issue. That being so, it is decidedly in structive to watch how the shareholders of the Yust-han Railway Company are faring. Two shareholders, merchants of Bongkong, were appointed, with two others, to exam and then this respect the company's shareholders very much resemble the miser who is continually adding up his gold pieces, forgetting that each operation involves the loss of a relatively large proportion of gold dust. When it was die covered that the Hongkong auditors had deposited their share subscriptions in Hong kong banks instead of entrusting them to the Canton people there was instant uproot. As our correspondent graphically described il yesterday: "Thundering noises were raised by the crowd and everything was in great con DAILY-$50 per annum.

fusion." The concluding sentence of the report WEEKLY $18 per sanum.

has it: "From the present outlook it is The rates per quarter and per monson, proportional. expected that there will be further troubles The dally in a dailvárad free when the adstrom in

about the railway affairs which will get more ancewible to momsenger. On copie kant by post an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage nogled than ever." Of course there will be opium would affect Hongkong, for we thorough. WELL-KNOWN Engineer found dead the postage on the weekly igente in any part of the more audits and examinations, more question ly endorse the remarks of Mr. Murray Stewardso be anal

they will lose a lucrative tride; they do not pro test against the interference of outsiders in a legitimate business; they have no axe to grind; they accept the situation philosophically like

THE N. C. D. News is able to furnish the fatalists, and only plead that they may not be ruined. But the very terms of their plan calls following further particulars with reference to the losses, incurred in the destruction of the attention to the manifold obstacles which must. Central Hotel Annexe on Sunday night. Thebe given to us be removed before the opium trade can be contents of the building which were the pro- swept out of existence. Ten million tanksperty of the Central Stores, Ld, were insured worth of opium are lying in the godowns of for Tls. 15,000, bet turbo early.co

the loss. Losses incurred by those residing-in- Hongkong and Shanghai; there is probably the Annexe fire as follow-Mr. Mrs, and Miss as much more en route to China and the orders Warn, effects totally destroyed, insured; Hrs. in advance probably call for twice as much H. Good, effects totally destroyed insured; again. Is it to be dreamt of for a moment that John Hays, Capt. Payne, Rd, Weill, J. Holland.. immense trade of this description can be A. Laing, Cap. Marcus Bull, A. A. Whyte Mr. H. abolished by a scrape of the pen? The polboy; all effects totally destroyed, uninsured. toners do not ask for compensation they only desire that "the suppression of the trade should be carried out gradually and any measures that are framed should give ample time to the

native stafts of the Hotel; the contents of all merchants to work off their stocks in hand and

these rooms were totally destroyed and were contracted for." There is a depth of insinua.

not insured. The brigade did not begin to tion and possibility in the last two words, leave the Jinkee Road fire until after midnight The fact is that our original impression on Sunday, and the coolie corps were al work that Shanghai opium dealers meant more than until a late hour Monday morning. In the met the eye was probably not far from the evening the roof, beams again commenced to smoulder and the coolie corps had to return, mark. In the most abject spirit of meekness with an escape, to prevent the fire from break they manage to convey the most caustic gritting out once more,-A full report of the fire cism of the teasibility of the scheme to Bup will be found on page 3-Ed., H.K.T. press the trade. We will not enter into the ques tion how the abolition of the traffic in Indion

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BIRTH.

On December 28, at "Hastings, the wife of Lieut. T. JONES, Transvaal Government Agent, Chefac, of a son..

MARRIAGES.

On January 5, at Chungking, West China, JOHN STENHOUSE of Shanghai, youngest son of the late Thomas. Stenhouse, of Bombay and Hampstead, to ELSIE, second daughter of the late Nathan Huat of Bristol,

THE SHANGHAI OPIUM DEALERS PETITION,

Much has already happened since the Secretary of State for India declared his will. ingness to consider any scheme which might

at the annual meeting of the China Association,

Mr and Mrs. W. J. Vine, effects totally des- toyed insured...W. A., Buttchard, E JMP C. J. Shaw, Capt. Smole, and Mr. J. Brown, | G. Pratt, effects partially destroyed, uninsured. The attics were occupied by the foreign and

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We are favoured by the US. Consul-General, with the following Lelegrams - received, hy him--

Manila Observatory, 5.35 o'clock p.m. Typhoon SE of Manila near Samar,

[N. G D News] America and Japan.

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VISIT OF THE JAPANESE FLEET POSTPONED,

Tokio, Janústy 7...

The departure of the Japanese Fight for American Pacific ports, which had been fixed for to-day, has been postponed, presumably in view of the situation in California

Taxation in Manchuria.

THE FIABANTS PROTESTOST

Tokio, January 7. Hundreds of peasants proceeded yesterday, to the yamen of the Tartar General at Mukded. and complained of the he vy taxation they were called upon to bear, an

CONVICTED COOLIE MAY DIE.

Manila. Observatory, 17th January,

11.15 o'clock am. Depression crossing Visayas Westwards.

KING VE SIAM ON TOUR..

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO TRAVELLERS.

THE RESULT OF AN ALLEGED ASSAULT. On the zad April next His Majesty the King of Siam and suite will embark on the Nord.

A coolle, who was yesterday convicted by bir deutscher Lloyd steamer Sachsen at Singapore

C. A. D. Melbourne, at the Police Court, and snutenced to' six months' bard labour and four and Journey to Europe. In order to accom. mudate the Royal party the German mail line hours' stocks is now at the point of death in The offence has arranged to seed out the Sachun to the he Government Civil Hospital, East on an extra, trip. The vessel will | under which he was charged was that arrive here from Europe on the 2nd Feb-burglary, which he committed during the small ruary and proceed to Yokohama whance she will star on the homeward voyage on uh March. The Sacha leaves. Hongkong and Singapore on the date already,, mentioned. The entire first-class salops accommodation

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hours of yesterday morning. He gained ad sittance to house No. 1og, Kowlona tong by emoving, with a knife, two bars which beld the door. While in the premises he tomored a

the

On January 5, at Chinkiang, IVON, youngest .50 of Arthur Tuxford, M.D.; J.P.; Boston, be propounded whereby the object of the apli-ing a highly moral and humanitarian policy, but mortuary for examination. The police say ed glory of travelling on the steamer as the table. When all was quiet the thief umeakseli

the late Frederick the only daughter of the late Frederick Knight-Gregson of Chia- kiang..

DEATH. On January 6, at Shanghai, Dorothy Lois TRAVERS, aged 2 years, 10 months; beloved daughter of Seymer and Ethel Hankin, 6 Carter Road, Shanghaik-,/.

The Hongkong Celegraph

ing as to where the money has gone, where it

Mr: Edward Stainfield, chief engineer on invested and who nie benefiting from its when he said: "As regards the opium question board the steamer Tai On, was found dead in for Singapore on the 27th, of; that month possession, and unless some commanding the time to speak is perhaps not yet." What his cabin, this morning. When the Tat On director arises the construction of the railway has to be shown and proved is that Chiria i came in from the West River parly this more has been engaged by. His Majexy, so that metal clock from the wall; and finding twa mits will remain in nubibus.

playing a bona fide game, and not seeking to ing, and was securely moored at her wharf, de those who might have any desire to bob-nebi of trousers in the same room-wrapped play fast and loose with Great Britain and in-coased left the engine room and went into his with Royalty even although that Royalty is timepiece with abèrs and placed the bund

only maintained for political reasont, Stam be the table. Then be entered an inner room and cabin. His non-appearance in the engine rooming the buffer state between British and French

was at the point of removing a small roll of dia. If she is prepared to stand by every word this morning caused some apprehensions and possessions in the Easi-will have their hopes of the recent edict let us wait until the Chinese when oar of the ship's hands went to investigate blighted. The second class cabins are, how Japanese cloth, when he was disturbed by the ever, at the disposal of intending passenger, occupants of the house, awakening. They poppy has become but a came and a tradition the chief engineer was found dead in bed. sud even if one is prevented from actually searched for the thief but without saccess, he It is not China or the Chinese Imperial Gov. Captain Lawrence was notified, as was also the sharing in the delights of high society by the having hidden under a bed 11 the first klarms, crnment that stands to lose the most by adopt police, who removed his remains to the barrier of the bridge, one will enjoy the reflect The clock, trousers, and, cloth were lound on there are no suspicious circumstances surround, King of Siam, and there is no reason why the opium leaguers might be attained and the the heavily involved opium merchants of India, ing Mr. Stainfield's sudden death. He had second-class passenger should not tell his out from his hiding place but was heard by the acquaintances that be tame home with bis occupant of the bed who promptly sprang out exportation of opium from India to China pro. Hongkong and Shanghai. Even Great Britain been ill for the last two weeks suffering from friend the King. His Majesty will spend about and secured him, as he reached the door, hibited. The chief difficulty in the way was stands merely in the position of a disinterested dysentery.

a year in Europe.

When

the Chigam873 completed the stocks' sentence he was taken into the Victoria China, herself, for if the Chinese Imperial 1 uardian who is quite prepared to be consider

Gaol to do his term of Imprisonment, Atibai Government continued to sanction the use of ed benevolent at the expense of her wardes It

time he made no complaints). This morolog, the drug, and permitted the culiivation of the only remains to be seen what result will be

however, be sald hetwas feeling unwall and poppy, it would be useless to penalise India for attained as the outcome of the Shanghai

was, immediately removed to hospital. That the questionable advantage which would be | dealers' petition and what the plan of campaigu

he got worse and that the medical mea, foured gained by following the advice of the anti-will be thereafter.

death may intervene is clearly manifested when opium enthusiasts The Chiners Imperial Government rose to the occasion, bow.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A FULL report of the big blaze at Shanghai in which the Central Hotel Annexe was gutted it printed on the third page.

MR. F. A. Hazeland having recovered from his slight illness returned to the Magistracy this

Mr. C. A. D, Melbourne returning to the small Couris

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Mr. Stainfield, who was forty years of age, and well-known in Hongkong, had been for many years employed on board the Tải On He leaves a widow to mourn bi loss,

SUICIDE OF A WELL-KNOWN

SHANGHAI RESIDENT..

A very sad case of suicide occurred yesterday reports the Shanghai Timer of 4th inst., when Mr. G. B. Girault, a well-known and much

respected member of the French community, took his life in a most deliberate manner, by means of apium poisoning,

INTERPORT HOCKEY,

HONDKONG HOCKEY-CLUB V CANTON,

The following have been chosen to represent Hongkong against Canton on the Club Ground, 10-morrow afternoon, at 4 p.m. playing in white Goal:...Rev. G.. Searle; Backs L Murphy (Captain), and J. P. McGillivray; it is told that at 10.45 o'clock this morning, Mr halves: H. L. Garrett, A. B Ogle, and W. S. F.A. Hazelaud hurriedly left the Court to gat Dupree ; forwards: J. Hooper, H. G. C. Bai-

to the hospital to secure the coalie's dying de ley, R. K. C. Master, L. G. Bird, and C. J. Sa position: It is said that his spleen, has been

ruptured

terthwaite

On inquiries being made this afternoon we were informed that is his dying statement the 'coolie alleges that he was struck

and be bas given a descrip! who assaulted him lik

Station, patted Leung, Tak, POLICE Sergeant Winter, of the early yesterday morning, and before Mr G A D Court, to-day on a2

HONGKONG, Friday, January 11, 1907.

THE LULL After the STORM. ever, and issued an edict by which it was made to appear that within ten year

The Canton team is composed of Goal: After all the buriy-burly which characterised there would not be an opium smoker in the

R. Mansfield; backs: G. Barry and W. G. Mr. Girnult, who was 64 years of age, was a the formation of the Yuet-ban Railway Com-country or a foot of ground, given over to the

member of the firm of Girauti & Co of a Lay; halves: G. Thorac, W. G. Saunden, and H. J. Fairburn; forwards: R. King, R. pany there was the usual relapse, and for some poppy. Of course, this is all very fins and

Yangkingpang, French Concession, and bad

O Hutchison, E. G. Jamieson, S. Shelley, and time past the concern has been in a state of large, and may possibly impose on some of the

been a resident of Shanghel for over twenty D. Tylecote (Captain). year. coma, Now and again there have been mut good people in England who know nothing moming and took charge of the large Court, depressed in spirits. On the night previous lo

Referees H. de St, Croix (Canton), and L.. For the past few days he had appeared very Moore, RN. (Hongkong). terings and rumblings which have served to. about China and have but the faintest concep

taking his life he dined with several friends at Ground, the same team will be opposed to On Monday, at 4 pm on the Military indicate that the promoters and supporters oftion of what oplum is, but those resident in the

the Hatal 'des Colonies and left them fatly.M.B. Kell. Mr. A. C. Gray will referee for cheerful for his residence in Sinkelpang Road, the Kent.. the company are not quite dead to the interests Far East hoe their doats Dr. Morrison, the of the shareholders or content to rest quietly Timer correspondent, has an illuminating pas.

Hongkew. That the act of the deceased was or their oars now that they have secured for age in his book "An Australian in China, in

primeditated seems evident from the fact that no-was received at the French Consulate stating

morning a letter from the deceased nessed on both occasions, themselves the right to connect Canton with which he says: "From the time I left Hupeh

his intention of taking his own life and giving Foxo Cho E, a scimao, on board the steam the allegation and was 6pec Haskow. By a railway built with Chinese ill reached the boundary of Barmah, a dis-

directions as to his funeral. On receipt of this launch Hel-king, was charged before Mr. C. A. capital. Every other day we have read that tance of 1,700 miles, I never remember to have

letter the police were at once notified and pro. D. Melboume, this morning, at the Police, ceeded to Mr. Girault's residence where they Court, at the instance of PC. Ferrie, with the Viceroy lind ordered the accounts to be been out of the sight of the poppy.

Y..... The On the Naval ground (by kind permission) to found his dead body lying on the floor of one iniling to observe the rules of the road while audited and the moneys produced, and every Chinese do not want our opium, it compotes morrow afternoon, 215 p.m., H.K.C.CA of the rooms

plying in the harbour at five o'clock this morning. The police said that, had--thelk?' other day the accounts were being examined with their own, During the year 1893, 4500 eam-H. W. Colomb, N., E, A. Fowler, G. A post mortem, examination was made on and found correct. There was nothing stir tons of the drug were exported by the. Edwards J. Hall, J. H Chalmers, D. F. the body yesterday, at noon, by Dr. Fresson, Jaunch not ported in time, collision with, 196 Chapman, 5. Robinson, AWS Moore, who found that death was due to opium, Holthing ould have resulted, as the flatter,

poisoning. WORKE

launch crossed her bows, when, according to 2 ring in all this, nothing to enlighten the coolie, rescued millions of three provinces poly H. Taylor, F. C. Kendall and N. S. Cobden einancial troubles are said to have been the law the ought to have done something (who hid invested bis all in the nadenaking,' for the benefit of their fellow-countrymen, will play Craigangowar, in the League Cricket: the motive for decesita's strenge act, passat, ilan. "A fino of 313 was foposed,

THIRTY-six deportees from Salyou were landed in the Colony this morning by the steamer Derwent, The police took charge of the desirabina and after their descriptions had been takzen passed them on to their homes.

Some excellent hockey, is sure to be vil

the.a.s:`Haithing, while Leigh in the harbour

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