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Forces, a plain, reception and

ther should mark the visit of His Royal

Highness aud party,

Is robbed of, the

And thus the

It promised 6th to 9th

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AS. WATSON & CO., one side of the picture. The Colony

LIMITED.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

„ESTABLISHED A‚D. 1841.

has scarcely yet recovered from the ter rible, devastation, wrought by the Almost unparalleled occurrences of Typhoon Day, and the subsequent disasters, both public and private, of varying characters, on ac count, of which the community has been called upon to open, and open wide, its purse-strings, until attaining point is not far off. We, therefore, cau scarcely doubt that

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POLICE Constable Rob, of the Water Police Stailah, summoned the coxswain of the steam,

launch Talked before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, al the Police Court, to day, for failing to exhibit a right light on his faunch while plying in the was heard, and the coxswald was fiocu 55. hathour at 4am, on the toth instant. Evidence

CHAN Shi, the owner of the steam launch iol Lowgy who resides at No. ag: Wing Lok Street was summoned before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, af the Police Court, this morning, by Pi <1. Barrie, of the Water Police Station, for allowing his

Colony, on the fith instant, without having certificated coxswain and a proper engineer on board. Mr. Daniels, of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Master, appeared, for the defence and the case was adjourned,

JANUAR

HONGKONG. BANK.

SE OF CAPITAL

DIVIDEND AND BONUS DECLARED..

We are officially authorised to state that, subject to audit, the Directors of the Hongkong and Shangliai Banking Corpora tion will recommend at the forthcoming meating

Correspondent.

Canton, Tath,January,

In Canton, the streets are very narrow indeed and fres are often, the, cause of their” being widened. vrhe police: authorities hava, Isinad instructions to the householders of the property in Lin Tang Strest, where a Are recently broke out and where twenty odd bulldings waro det- troyed, as was reported by me the other day ordering them to remove their new buildiége a font further in on both sides of the footpath; when rebuilding

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CHAMPAGNE with at that innate depth of conception and laurich 16 iply, for hire in the waters of this approach the Hongkong Government to but if an eclipse of the sun or 2 (Vicoy favourites to posts in their

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ST. MARCEAUX & CO. REIMS 1898 Vintage.

- ĮVIN ·BRUT AND VERY DRY. Per Case I doz, quarts.

$48.00 $0.00

„a'dor. pints......

all

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understanding, coupled with an entire appreciation of local conditions, which have ever characterized the scions of the House of Guelph, has taken the conditions into consideration, and refused to tax a. Colony, already overburdened with its own CATCS [and responsibilities, "for" the sake of mere social-entertainment. But however that may be, Their Royal Highnesses will not, we feel assured, be allowed to pass through our Colony without receiving every permis- sible sign of loyalty and devotion from the British subjects, realdent here in Hongkong, both for their own sake as well as for the

fact that His Royal Highness is the only surviving brother of our King, Edward VII., and what is lacking in elaboration will not be wanting in spontanicly.

“SUGAR PROSPECTS.

In an article last week the threatened invasion of the Southern markets for refined Sugar by the refineries of Japan. occupied some space in these columns in an endea- vour to emphasize the danger which, by the

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a Dividend of £115/- per share.

Bonus of 1 per share Add to the Reserve Fund $750,000 and carry forward about £1,703,000. Further, the Directors have resolved to

amend the Bank's Ordinance in order to provide for an increase of capital, and will recommend at an extraordinary general meeting to be called later, the creation of 40,000 new shares of S125 each to be issued REPLYING lon question from Mr. J.D. Rọ to shareholders at the price of £30 each, at in the House of Commons, on zist ult, Mcurrent rate of exchange, in the proportion E. xli office, said he could make do statement as to.

parliamentary secretary to the India

new share to a old the possibility of Hindoos without occupation in Canada haing' repatriated. Mr. Winston Churchill added that steps bad heco laken ic deter the further emigration of Hindoos to British Columbia. The secretary of stain did not think it necessary to suggest to the Dominion government the appointment of a

special officer to protect Hindoo interests:

came a nice little haul of one thousand trels on board the ss. Koh-i-Chang; next they found one hundred taels on board s.. Proteus, and lastly, a further seven hundred and thiny taels on board s.. Samson, a total of 1,830 taels, valued, at the Government rate, at fes 9,810. It would be interesting to know just, how many boats from Swatow and Hongkong" do not have illicit opium on board, inquires the Šiam Observer of gist ult.

Peeta 1865

LEGED ASSAULT BY INDIAN

SOLDIERS.

BOTH PARTIES CONVICTED.

Mr. G. E. Morrell, of Messrs. Dennys and Bowley (Crown Solicitors), represented the complainants in the first case, while Mr. E. J. Grist of Messrs. Wilkinson and Crist, appear ed to defend the Indians.

It is an official custom that on, the first day, of every moon, officials have to visit the dif ferent temples to pay their homage to the gods, and Chang Poche such days, they need not do so The has issued notifications to his subordinates to that effect, so that ad officials bood visit the temples to day

As President, Chung To Chal has on several. necasions tendered in his resignation from the Yuhih Railway Company, yesterday? number of shareholders purposely called on 1.E. Chang Pat Sie, the ex-Minister of Rail- ways and Mining and earneally requested him to fill the vacancy if President Chang To Chai really resigns. H.E. Chang replied that be could not take up this post, unless he is unania, mourly elected by all the shareholders at home and abroad,

*** With reference to the recent trouble in cos. nection with the examination of accounts of the Yuet-ban Railway Company, the officials of

Chou Lis Sat, a member of the Board of the Government Railway Bureau have ordered Directors of the Company, to at once find out the ringleaders of the outrage and hand them over to the Bureau to be dealt with, as a waro ing against such future occurrenceL

· THE BRITISH FLER? AT.

BANGKOK.

FM GOODDS TRIAL

ACCUSED COMMITTED.

From Ou

FM. Goode, late.secre Shanghai Elentric and As Ld., was yesterday committed trial on charges of embezzlemen larceny

the

The further charge of obtaining money under false pretences was dis missed.

(Fred. Montier Goodell crazed that he did on the dates followingtibbezzle and strat the moneys following) the property of the Shang. hai Electric & Asbaston Company, Lid, his eme ployers, or for which they were T Tusparkibini Tis. 400 on August 15, 1906;The 382.08 on May 23, 19:6; T 551.92 on July 6, 1956; Ths, The Siam Observer of glit u'n days —H. B.666.15 on October 10, 1956; $tos on May 2542

1906 $78.10 on April 25, 1900; $158.30769 M. sinap-of-war Cito arrived off the Bar yes April 20, 1906) S90133 of May 4, 1906) And.. terday morning and waited there until joined £23 on June 1, 1006. á by the first-class armoured craiser King Alfred the flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur W. Moore, in the evening. The despatch vessel Alacrity which was originally intended to have paid us a visit, has not done so, her presence being required elsewhere. The King Alfred is anchored como three or four miles to the Mr. Morrell begged leave to appeal and was south-east of the Bar, where she will remain refused.

His Worship, in very few words, said that the evidence on both sides was very conflicting, No Bolt had been proved to his satisfaction, but he found both parties, guilty of disorderly conduct and convicted them, although no fees were imposed.).

JAPANESE SIBAMER ASHORE.

Mr. F. A, Hareland, at the Magistracy, at TLRGRAM to the danki, from Shanghai, which has attracted much public attention, in noon, to-day, gave his decision in the case, says that Messrs. Butterfield and Swire have put anot er steamer on the Shanghai-Japan which Mr. P. W. Goldring, solicitor, summon line. Their boats, it is added, do not obtained Alla Din and Madi Khan, both of the 4th much corge from Japan but they are generally Company, 1a9th Baluchis, for assault alleged to well loaded with goods from the Chinese side; have taken place at Parkside," Kowloon, on and as the line is proving much more profit. 15th October last, and the cross-summonses able than the ordinary coast-wise services, the against Mr. P. W. Goldring and Mr. F. C. English firm is likely to divert more of its Barlow also for assault. steamers thither. All this makes for the con ven'ence of shippers, however inconvenient it determination of our Japanese commercial may be for competing companies-apa M competitors, imperils the material prosperity QUITE a little series of opium seizures has of the leading industry of Hongkong. In been made by the Customs Guards on board our comments not only was Japan's push-incoming steamers during the past week. First fulness animadverted upon, but allusion was. made to the further handicap which pcual izes the Hongkong refineries, by reason of the fact of the rise in exchange. With a higher sterling exchange ruling, which is another factor in favour of Japan, refiners of beet-sugar in the Continent of Europe are again enabled to food the Far Eastern A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED, markets with their cheap products and suc- cessfully compete against cane-sugar which is the staple product handled by the local factories. The sugar production of the [3world has always had an exercising influence, in determining the fortunes of Hongkong, premier industry. The expansion of the "The HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH bald beacreage, or the diminution thereof, given to beet production influences in a detrimental Dr. beneficial manner, as the case might be, the prices of sugar milled from the cane. Ordinary buitiniuulcations should be addresses. This being so, the most recent reliable official statistics available will furnish pleas- ipg reading to those whose interests might be adversely affected by a too great over. supply of beet to under-sell canc-sugar wherewith the Eastern world is more directly concerned as regards one of the important The rates per quarter and por menom, proportions! daily commodities. The following approxi- The daily lane in delivered free wifen the addros inmate estimate of last year's beet-sugar crop, accomible to mesanger, On capios sent by post an with a comparison of the preceding year, additional $1.80 per qantier in charged for postage. The postage on the weekly inue to any part of the just published by a Belgian statistician, is supplied by Consul-General H. W. Diederich of Antwerp -.

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ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS. Hongkong, 4th January, 1906,

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Countries.

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Average.

Production (metele

ton). 1pm-6, €905-3. France .......... 44,894 *409,499 1,090,000 705,000 Belgium 19,500

145,362 119,000 210,000 Holland! ........... 116,010

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A COOLIE, Lam Kai by came, was arraigned before Mr. F. A. Mareland, this morning, at the Police Court, at the instance of Police Sergeant Sim, on a charge of burglary. The accused broke into an unnumbered house Sam-shui-po at five o'clock this morning and

·PEARED TOTAL LOSS,

M. N.C. Home, instructed by Mr. H. Brow Wett, appeared to prosecute on" behalf of the Shanghai Electric & Asbestos Company and an area (Messia Andrews and Broka) appeared for the defence.-Ed, HR7]

JUNES IN COLLISION.

A collision between a ballast boat and juok occurred off Blackbend's Point at 315 o'clock; yesterday afternoon. The damage done to the ballast boat is estimated at $ico. The ballast: boat, so we are informed, was being towed in the direction of Lyeembon Pass by a steam launch. Coming from the opposite direction was the junk. Nearer and nearer they came,

probably until Thursday afternoon next; The Cllo, with Admiral Moore and his staff and a party of officers from the King Alfred on board, as well as the Admiral's lasoch, passe Pakram this moming at 9.45 and dropped anchor off the British Legation at about noon. Admiral Moore will remain the guest of Mr.

during his stay. He will, we understand, at W. R. D. Beckett, ff. B. M. Charge d'Affaires, tend the Birthday party of H. M. the Queen and the junk people, so it is alleged, thinking that

R, B. Crown Prince at the Sarantora Gardeniach and bar tow would pass in time. day, while the various clubs, etc, have made The jak berefore kept on

po" her course, and

was leaving the premises, with a box contain Noto Province. The steamer Nitto-maru, bas preparations to entertain the officers of both before anything could be done lo avert

10g $23 worth of clothing when he was spotted getting up to go to work. A chase followed and accused was arrested. His Worship con victed him and he was sentenced to one month's hard labour and four hours' stocks,

[by one of the lomates, who, at that time was

Yecchu Province, dated the 3rd instant, the According to a telegram from Fushiki, Shiganoura Maru steamer, (2,21 tons) owned by Mr. Minanijima Kansaku, of Shiaminato, in the same province, has stranded off Oguchi, been dispatched to the scene of the disaster to to the hull of the render assistance in refloating. The damage slated to be serious, and it is feared that there is little hope of refloating the vessel The passengers and cargo are landed.

ill-fated vessel in

the King Alfred and Clio. As previously stated slow she crushed into the ballast in these columas, the King Alfred is under considerable damage, amida the Cife under Commander C.-D. S. Kaikes. the command of Captain C. F. Thursby, and inquiry will be held. The King Alfred is an armoured steel cruiser of 14,000 tons displacement and a speed of 23. koots an hour. ·Sha' has two, gia guns, sixtoon

NO FAT, a fireman, on board the C. P. R. Company's liner Empress of China, was charg 148 ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF inch breech-loaders, fourteen 12 p'drs, three

ed before Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne, this morning, at the Police Court, with behaving in a dis orderly manner on tramcar No. 33 last evening. The conductor of the car stated that accused boarded his car at Observation Place and paid three cents to go to Tai Wong Street. Os, arrival there accused refused to leave, the cafe A row followed between him and the coodnete during which accused dragged the ticket; collector out of the car and kicked him He attempted then to get away, but was arrested, He was fined $2.

JAPANESE papers state that the repairs to thei Mikasa continue to make great progress: As the battleship was constructed in 1900, she is $35,000 in some respects rither out of date, and it is 30,000 therefore intended to introduce a number of changes into the various departments of the vessel, embodying the improvements suggested by the experience gained in the late war. The armament will also be strengthened and a new turret constructed. It is expected, however, end of this year. The Mikuta will then be on that the entire work will be completed by the a par with the British-built battleships Kashima and Katori in armament and power. THE Coolie Chan, Cheung, who was arrested

HONGKONG, TUBsday; January 15, 1997,

'OUR ROYAL VISITORS.

On the 9th February, 1906, H. R. H. Prince Arthur "of Connaught arrived in

Ail Kuropa =-4f13919 – 1,383,400 6,955,000 €1,423.000 Hongkong. en route to Japan, whither he This estimate is based on the condition of was proceeding, as head of a deputation, beet-sugar fields all over Europe, as 'ascer appointed by His Majesty King Edward tained during the first week of October, and VII, to deliver personally to His Imperial it was expected the weather of November Majesty the Emperor of Japan, Great would determine whether the figuren of the

CLUB.

The monthly competitions for the Robertson Farewell Cup, was held at Happy Valley from the 12th to 14th January, 1967. The following

returns were made:

ROBERTSON FAREWELL CUP, Mr. J. Clark†......... 77+ I=78 Mr. T. B. Norio. 84 $79 Majar Lowis....... 87-780 Mr. C. H. Gale Mr. A. Gittins

(23 entries), POOL.

91 883 85scr. -85

Majar Lowis 83 7076 Mr. J. Clarkiai 77+1=75 Mr. G. E. Morrell 100-18-82

{28 entries),

Winner of Cup. *Winner of Pool, The next quarterly meeting will be held at Happy Valley from the 19th to 21st January,

1957.

3-p'dra; nine lighter guns and two torpedo tubes. She was launched at Barrow in 1901 and has a complement of goɔ officers and men. six guns, with crew of 150 all told. As she lay The Clio is a river gunboat of 1,075 tons, and in the river to-day, fully dressed in honour of

the Royal Birthdays and with the broad pen.

nant flying at the fore, she looked very pretty

indeed

We understand that Admiral Sir A. Moore and his staff will he, presented to . M. the King by Mr. W. A. Beckett, H. II. M. Charge

d'Affairs, to-morrow alternoon.

THE JAPANESE SHIP-BUILDING

PROGRAMME.

THIS YEAR'S LAUNCHES,

The war vessels which are expected to be launched this year in Japan, according to a vernacular paper, are as Inllow The battle- ship Aki, at Kare, shout hay. The armoured A TACOMA "special" of Dec. 20 states: The armoured cruiser Tebut, at Kure, date of cruiser Kurama, at Yokosuku, about May. The

U. S. Oriental steamship lines announce a launch not fixed. The second-class cruiser, réduction of fifty cents fgold) a top after Tone, at Sasebo; the second-class cruiser January, 'thon raler on flour and wheat to Mogami, at Kare; the second-class cruiser.

The usual

DEVELOPMENT OF SAGHALIEN.

ENCOURAGING FISHERIES,

The Civil Administration Office io Kabafuto'· has now under consideration the establishment

and Nayoro. The existing guild, which ha of marine products guilds at Korsakov, Moko,

its head office at Hakodate will be dissolved.

A generous subsidy will be given to the new rullds, which will deal with the examination and inspection of marine products descriptions. A marine products, refining station will subsequently be built, and a scors of smaller guilds ara to be established in several villages on the coast, all of which will be under the control of the guild to Korsakov,

THE WEATHER.

The following report is from Mr. F, G, Flár, First Assistant of the Honging Observatory

On the rith at 11.30-The barometer has risen generally, except over E.Japan and Central China. "

The depressions usted yesterday,.-bave passed to the Eastward of Japan Pressure is bighest over the E. Coast of China):

Gradients are o oderate to slight, and fresh monsoon may be expected so the Farmosa Channel and the N. part of the China Ses.

„PORECAST:: 1-Hongkong, and neighbourhood, NE.

2-Formosa Channel; samo za No.1. 3-South coast of China between Hongkong ́and Lamocks, suma as No, 1.

4-South coast of China between Hongkong

Britain's new ally, the insignia of the highest net results will have to be varied one way in Des Voeux Road Central on Sunday after Oriental ports, This aunouncement is the Yodo, ni Kawasaki; vo dates have been fixed. honour the latter country could confer upon or the other. According to the above noon and ordered to be held.in police custody result of a maeting of the heads of freight for the launch of these, ships. The torpedo. to E. winds, fresh'; fioe.. him--the Order of the Garter. H. R. II. statistics there was a decrease in the acreage yesterday by Mr. F. A. Hareland, at the Police departments of all transportation lines having destroyer Kikusubt will be launched at Uraga, was entertained and fited here, and all sown to sugar-licet seed in all Europe] Court, on a charge of theft, came before the ports on the North Pacific coast. The meet about May.-Japan Chronicle, communities combined to-show the honour amounting to 5.08 per cent, and 6.93 per Bench this morning for sentence. The accusing was held at Seattle. The C. P. R. officials : due to the emissary of His Majesty cent less sugar was produced when compared ed, it was alleged, rushed up to the counter of when approached on the matter announced MANY newspapers, and especially those in the the King of Great Britain and Ireland, Em-with the crop of 1995.

the Shing Kes money-changer's shop and that they were in line to meet the reduction peror of India, who was passing through our

snatched from the hand-ofbike accountant a ¦ which will extend from January 1, 1907, 10 roll of Kwangtung banknotes. He made an March 31, 1907. This will meas that during attempt to escape; but was arrested after a bot that period the rates to Japan will be $3.50 per chase. The roll of bills was not recovered. ton and to Hongkong $4.perton on flour and

wheat.

Colony on such an important mission. LOCAL AND GENERAL

›

Nothing, we believe, was left undone to ensure the King's ambassador a right royal time, and we have reason to belleve he got Bangkok causing damage to the amount of tea

A FIRE broke out in the Chipeso, city at His Worship sent accused to gaol for six weeks it. Lacking but three days to make million ticals.

and ordered him to be exposed in the stocks it one year since the

for four hours. BOO arrived, his parents and sister, in the persons of Their THE Shanghai Mercury is glad to learn that Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess, there is no truth in the report that Mr. Henry Keswick has expressed his desire to retire and Princess Patricia of Connaught, will arrive in our midst. But what a dif. from further ervice on the Municipal Conncil, ference between these two Royal Visits! Ir is stiled' is a Tokio despatch that the des, The son's was all file, festivity, not to troyer (stortons) and thraw forpedo boats (each say frivolity, and fun. But the father's rio tons) for the Siamese Navy, which are to is purely business matter and, while be launched at Kawasaki Dockyard during the this loyal Colony wished to show it loyally present year, will be taken to Siam by Japan. to His Majesty the King, through the ese officers and petty officers when their equip

ment has been completed. The Japanese op mediums of His Majesty's, soyal brother, board these yoursin die to be engaged by the the latter decided that, as his visit here was Diamėso” Government. As nával instructors, purely a business one, in His Royal High- torpedo vgassle, baing, a pearl capacity as Inspector General of the | Navy, cre

Siam's

Ts Indian watchman who is employed in the Rope Factory at Kennedy Town whils going his rounde last evening found a strange Chinaman asleep in the servante quarters of the buliding. Ha awoke the men and so be could give no satisfactory account of herself the watchman removed him to No. 7 Police Station where he was charged with trespassing without permission. At the Police Court, this morning, the Chinaman, who said homes La Kok Leung, stated that, he want to the Rope Factory to meet a friend, but finding him out. sat down and, waited his retero. He admitted be had not the manager's, permission to be there. "A fun of 5g was imposed.

and Heinun, same as No, I

1

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

MAILS DUR

German (Ghilzenau) tych inst., daylight American (Mongolia) amh inst,

Far East, make a feature of describing with more or less accuracy the dresses wom by. ladies at garden-parties, concerts and similar public functions. A correspondent of a Malay, paper writes an effective protest to his favourite journal in the following terms:-I see you have again permited your columns to be filled with that rop for the vulgar mind--a' drapery list of

occasion it is even more shockingly written the elite of Kuala Lumpur this time. On this

The Boston S. 8, Co.'s 1.1, Shawwent unlad than usual. Whatever interest can be evoked from Kobe on 14th inst., for Moji, avan conspicious by the remark "Miss Page green and white"?

The an Satzungen, nalled:tbla'morning froed Ons at once pictures a violent apple green with Shanghai, and may be expected hers, an 1815 hoge white stripes. Again, we are told that a perfect delugo come down just before the last race, and our only hope is that Mr left Macassar for this Talbot, who was dressed only in a cream hat with rosen, did not catch her death of cold in so basuitably airy s costume. What absurd nonsense it all is--It is absurd nonsense, yet it is doon ad nauseam by some Far Eastern newspapers other than those, is the Malay States and the Stralis Settlement. We would Line, left commend the tboys to them — Zasan Carskifte lart, and

THE Coxswain of the steam-launch Alexandra Police Court, lo answer to a summons, taken was before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, to-day, at the

aut by P.C. Roby, which accused defendant of failing to exhibit his licence in a place on board the launch, on the roth instant. The coxdwain maintained that as the launch was undergoing repairs be did not think it was necessary to exhibit bis licence, as the launch was not doing any work. The police stated that as far as they knew the Alexandra had been running for some time. They be lieved that accused's licence was on shore, The case was remanded in order to allow the police to make Jaquiries at the Harbour, de pariment as to whether the coxswain owned s Licance or viole

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The Java-China-]

may be expected

The Imperial Germ Monday on 14th inst aspected hand