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Entimation.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY

A. S. WATSON & CO., mere siculh-bound to run criminals to earth.

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841,

WATSON'S

FRUIT SYRUPS.

Prepared from Genuine Fruit Juices, containing the full flavour of the

sound ripe fruit.

men prone to suspect, unfairness. Secrecy prevents an innocent man or his friends from tracing a slenderous charge to its source, and proving his innocence. The conception of the State's functions should be something more dignified and worthy than that of 'a

A fair trial is impossible unless the Stato re- alizes her own obligations to her subjectë' as well as their obligations to her; and that in every case that comes up between her and one of her citizens, the State is on trial quite as much as the accused. It is evident that no such conception of law and its ex. ecution has penetrated the official conscious

ness of Chiria.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

SEWATOR PETTUS of Alabama has died at the age of eighty-six.

THE loises nccasioned by the fire at Coney Island are estimated at 1,700,000 dollaṛs.

ult.

THE Russo-Japanese commercial and fishery Treaties were signed in St. Petershus, on 28th The C. M. 5. N. Cols ss. Awangler in har bour yesterday was dressed in honour of the birthday of the Emperor of Chine.

THE Russian Government proposes to es- tablish at Harbin a Secretariat for the trans- action of Far Eastern Affairs and Frontier

matters.

THE Emperor of China has bestowed on Mr

Mixed with plain or G.D. Advocant, Consul General of the Nether Aerated Water they make delightful cooling

drinks.

LAMITED,

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

Hongkong, 3rd August, 1997.

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BIRTHS,

On July 1, ai Building, Perthshire, wife of J. BELL-IRVING, 300.

TAN HS-HENG recomiends the establish. ment of three sub-departments of the Ministry of War, camely, (a) strategy, (b) shipping matters, and (c) ways and means.

cided upon forty-six regulations for the control of the monopoly of the sale of opium. They will be presented to the Throne for approval

in a few days..

On 15th ult, the tenders for dredging the 131 | Hwangpu at Wantung and building the jelly from Prince's Pier were farmally signed at the office of the Conservancy Board. The dredgers are already on their way out from Holland.. The Chinese Engineering an Mining Com- pany announces that the total output of the Company's three mines for the week ending July 20, 1997, amounted to 26 3:3.50 tons and the sales during the same period to 16,160.12

On July 26, 1907, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs, J. V. C. DAVIS, A son..

On July 29, 1957, at Shanghai, to Captain and Mr. G. C. PURTON, a son.

DEATHS.

On July 26, 1927, at Shanghai, CATIFERINA MARIA, the only beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Castro, aged 8 months 1 day..

On July 18, 1997, at Shanghai, ALEXANDER MITCHELL, of the Presbyterian Mission Press,

age 48 years.

LOOS,

TYPHOON CONTROVERSY

REVIVED.

VIGOROUS' CRITICISMS FROM SICAWEL

AUGUST

thai the southern poils were menaced ; Hong- kong not excluded. - We consequently cannot admit completely the decision of the Astrono mer Royal, that the Sicawel forecast" gave no. indication that longheng was threatened."

The contention that the warnings given and ignorst falls () the ground”

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5. 1907.

THE SHANGHAI DUCK & BA- GINEERING COM LE.

ANNUAL MEETING,

will be carifully günded – – We bara það a most unfortunate experiance, and have been through, a period of great disappointment and- even serious dangér, but Mr. Marshall hun pulled us through, and I feel confident that we shali now regain our reputation and our bunla

Mr. A. M. Marshall-Mr. Taylor and gentles? men I am extremely obliged to you for your vote of thanks,

The meeting then termivaled.-V. C. D.

News,

The latter alluded to in the Chairman's speech is signed by... "A Shareholder and readi:-

The first annual general meeting of above Company was held at Shanghai an yath elt.

Thate, were present: Mosam J. Prentice I hope, then fare, that you will jole me LETTER BY REY, FAMIER L. PROC, sj.

We believe that, some people could mi (Chairman) A. M. Marshall, J. Johnston, D. in expressing our grateful thanks and in assur. understand these concluding words and think Landale (Director), J. H. Teesdale (Legal ing Mr. Marshall of our complete confidence, On the ist inst, we published an exclusive that in fact this peculiar warning had been Adviser), J. H. Osborne (Secretary), J, Grant (pplause). telegram from aur Shanghai correspondent giv-sent to Hongkong and actually refused Mackenzie (Manager), 1 Crighton, A. K ing the substance of a letter by the Director of or ignored there. Probably the situation Craddock," N. E. Comish, Chun Kenching, the "icawei Observatory commenting on their not plainly known in London. We are glad Caps, T. Basselt, L. Amidani, F. C. Frischling, opinion of the Astronomer Royal du the finding totally to exonerate here the Hongkong Ob.M. Hoeler, W. S. Jackson, I. R. Michael, H. of the Committee of Inquiry appolated to ne servatory of the implicit nccusation that could A. J. Macray, W. N.. McDonnell, G. Nielsen, tain the sufficiency or otherwise of the typhoon result, thence in some mind; we never thought H. Roberson, H. H. Read, J. D. Strang, M. warningon 18th September last. We reproduce of sending that warning to Hongkong. The Spielman, F. E Taylor, W: Thompson. to-day the letter of the Rev. Father L. Froc, J., Telegraph Companies are already overburden. Wortmann, W. F. Wingrove, and J. M. Young which appears in the N. CV D. News of the sted with meteorological telegrams, which they (shareholders) representing 6,979 shates. inst. The letter rends OPEN T kindly transmit free of charge, and we do The Secretary read the noticé convening the

I have read in your number of to-day the not venture to pat uppo. their cables use meeting. opinion of the director of the Astronomical as massages. It is well known that Hoog. Observatory al Greenwich (London) on ibe kong refuses to receive any warning, and `that they even obtained: from the American Hongkong typhoon September 18, 1956. I am glad to see that the Observatory' of the British Government as official prohibition to the Colony is there discharged from blame. Director of the Philippine Weather Bureau There is no profit in casting doubt on the value of sending any typhoon warnings to the of institutions giving warningstemler move to the adversal protest of public opinion). We const of China (an older soon cancelled owing one can make a mistake, every” man may be taken by surprise, but we want the confidence to:ally refrain from discussing that question of captains in order to give them assistance. I now; we have only to say that on that dela of the 18th" (or 1gth) no warning was feel therefore greatly satisfied at the conclusion

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The Chairman-Genilemen,-The repon nnd accounts having, buen in your hands for some days;"with your approval, we will take them as read. We regret that the year's work. ing shows such a poor result. This has arisen from several causes, the principal one being ing and repairing work fell off considerably the dulness of the shipping, therefore the dock- and also that doring the year we have had extensive repairs on ships in dock. As in all businesses such as ours the amount of work,

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May tronpans on your valuable space to draw the attention of my fellow sufering share, holders to a few apparent discrepancies which,

observe in the statement of account of the abova Company, for the year ending April 34th, 1937.

Query No.In the account rendesed April 1956, there appears a balance carried forward of Taels 3.997.98, which is not included in the

what has been done with this balance F

present account, la it possible to ascertain

~ 'Query: No, 2-On she dabit side of Profi and Loss account I observe 18, 27,100.00 for "Loss on sale of buildings, etc." Is there any

of the Astronomer Royal, as it will stop forth, ignored, because none was sent ; and none was and, therefore, of the profit, vary, and bad year teason why we should not know what pait of:

inquiries on the question.

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You may have noticed, Mr. Editor, that from the beginning we have strictly limited curselves

1st.—The Astronomer Royal writes: "The

the narrow whirl of the 18th existed certainly in the perturbation signalled on the 151k SE of the great bland and of the Group Meisco Sima. This fact, already stated in the excellent pamphlet of the Director of the Philippins Weather Bureau wit receive elsewhere due consideration. For the present be, it enough to recall in mind the following facts:

A signal announces a typhoon on the at 130 a.m. and again at 5 p.m., on the Pacific, somewhere to the SE. of Ishigakijima. A centre, is every case reported as violent, nar. row, with identical characteristics, passes on the same day at 2.30. p.m. at a short distance north of the island Sto. Domingo da Basco

CANTON DAY BY DAY.

ANTI-OPIU + CAMPAIGN..

ALLEGED ANTI-MONARCHISTS.

I last and confirmed on the 27th of the same

our property has been sold, and how this loss has been incurred? There is nothing on tha"; credit side of the account to show that any sale

worth more than the valuation stated in the has been effected, and we have always been assured by the Directors that our property was account, but of course it would be subject to market fluctuations!" At this rate' what will probably be the loss on the remainder of our

property which now stands in the books at T3,460,191.87?

by year, like precious stones. A trifle of Machinery and Tools augment in value year

130,000 has been charged to this account during the past year, bringing the total book value to. Tls. 1,134,5.8.19. -It would be în?

this lot is more or less than Tis. 100,000 ||

No allowance has bean made for deprecia tion, ap per usual and the year, working shows net profit of Tlx. 125,059 95, equal to about 3% on the paid up capital, "What nexif

THE M. C. D. News understands that H.E. Tuan Fang has written to Peking to ask per mission to resign the Liangkiang Viceroyalty in favour of H.E. Tida” Ch'un-hruan." This is probably because the latter has been found to be intriguing for H.E. Tuan Fang's post'aquin since his return from the North; it being well known that Tren is esger to try his band at manoghis-Viceroyshy, as he dieliker the idea of go ing back to Canton, where he is far from po pular,

teresting to know if the arital market value of

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sent because we knew that it would not have must be met as well as good ones (unfor been received.'

tunately we have had more bad than good dur Excuse me for having trespassed so muching the last few years), but we hope that these upon your valuable columns. I thought the bad years may be followed by better ones and to the scientific description of that storm; we shall not depart from that behaviour, but there the welfare of whom is one of the chief aims of have made arrangements to effect & consider: explanation was necessary for the navigators, by increased prosperity to the company. We are three points in the first paragraph of Sirbis institution, of which I have care.

able saving in the working of the company lands, at Shanghai, the Order of the Double | W. H. M. christie's letter, in which Sicawei is.

We have not succeeded in disposing of the Dragon, Third Class,

concerned, and it seems impossible to let them

Old Dock property and the propeny. between the Internationals nd Cosmopolitan Docks, as pass without a short explanation...

per the resolution passed by you on November rahoon of which warning was given by the Director of Sitywei Observatory on September

mouth. We still have to view the disposal of 15, 1906, was opporenity not the one which [From Our Own Correspondent.]

these properties to the beat advantage of the Sir Matthew, Rathan, the new Governor of struck Hongkong on, the să?A. Although the

Canton, 3rd August,“.

Company, and should we at any time receive Natal, was entertained at dinner on 3rd ult.assertion is not absolute, I believe I musi stale

The Police Authorities have submitted a

what we consider lavourable offers, we will by the African Society at the Criterion once more that these typhoons are one and the suggestion to the Acting Viceroy for the pur-bring them before you. During the year, as Restaurant. Sir Godfrey Lagden presided. same storm. A splitting of the cyclone in two A. S. WATSON & CO., Tr. Ministry of the Interior, at feking has de may have takto place near the South end of pose of levying a tax on all opium implement you have seen, by the report, there have been sellers and of issuing licences to them after the many changes in the directorate. There are Formosa, sa we all know it often happens: bul-closing of the opium divans-by-the end-of-this---two-vacancini.on.the.board, caused by the moon. The Acting Viceroy stated that if it is retirement of Messrs. van Rücker and Ground- impossible to have all the shops' of "dealers in water, and we will propose later on that Mr. opium apparatus closed by the same time as

Macray and Mr. Freeman McBain (both of the closing of the different opium diváns, steps

whom are connected with firms who are contri-- should be taken to reduce the number of such butors of business)-be elected. Now as re establishments, and licences, that are to be gards the management of business :—for some issued to them, are to be resewed quarterly. years many of the shareholders bave been Dealers in opium smoking wares in the public of the opinion that it would be entirely threats should be stopped from plying their better for the company that a manager trade upon the closing of the opium divans should be appointed who would be entirely The Acting Viceroy has also authorised the under the contrat of the directors, I, there Shaq Hou Chu and the police officials to fore, resigned my position as jointly discuss the matter and to deal with ing director, but will remains-a-director and chairman of the company and can assure you them.

that I will do my best to further the inforests

THE acting Viceroy of Kwangtung has wired After the murder of the Aahui Governor, the of the company in every way. We have ap

to the Wai Wu-pu with respect to the attack Central Govemment has given instructions to pointed Mr. J. Grant-Mackenzie as manager, the viceroys and governor in the different and from my long experience with him, I can

by pirates on the British steamer Kes Cheong, provinces to keep a sharp lookout for the anti-assure you a beiter choice could not have been

He says the pirates, who were engaged in the monarchists. Yesterday three strangers, who made. Auditors. the accounts have been robery in question, were armed with fire speak the Aubuí dialect, were found wander audied by Messrs. Bingham and Matthews, arms, which were sold to them by foreign merchants, and that since the British Minister ing inside the city, which aroused the suspicion who retire, but offer themselves for re-elec

halds the Chinese officials responsible for the of the local officials and these men were there. tion. As regards the statemente of ac

-safely-at-British-merchants,-be-should-at-least- fo:earrested, They are alleged to be comrades counts as presented this year and compared

take measures to stop or check the sale of fire- of the assassin of the Anhui governor, and are

with those published by the old company, it said to have fled to Canton to lake refuge.

will be seen that several alterations have

arms by his nationals to Irresponsible natives. The Wai Wapu replies that the shove sister. been made with a view to furnishing the share- The Cauton Bund Department has issued a holders with as many details as possible, ment is too indefinite and the Kwarglung off, notification calling for tenders to continue the Thus land, docks, buildings, machinery, tools,cials are still expected to capture the pirates. the new bund about 500 chewing in leegth, under separate headings, instead of as former Anour 11.30 on Sunday morning lest, says the which has been left uncompleted since they when ander each dock, land, dock build P. & T. Times, the China Navigation Co's. 5.1. sealing up of the properties of the former con ings, etc., they were shown is one or two Bhuntfen and China Merchants, s.1. Anping" tractors, Chan Kun Tai & Co.

amounts. The only twoitems in the accounts

came into collision just inside the new channel' to which i will refer are: 1st. Tuo increase of at Ta' u 'Bar, both getting their bows damaged, Tls, 130,000 in the valus of machinery and The Shuntien had several of her plates broken plant at all establishments.

! his represents on the starboard bow and her railings bent.. the value of the pumping machinery and plant formerly included ander property accounts at the typhoon was the one signalled by Sicavel on and ordered to proceed to Canion for his new serve fund of The. 1,000,000 is employed in the the 15th, which pa sed, and was well observed post immediately on expiry of it without further business of the company and is well covered by successively over seven, stations with a speed delay,

the value of steamers, lighters, engines and RAILWAY CO'S MERTING. quite normal at this latitude, or we are invited

boilers, local lovestment, mortgage, machinery, | to give birth and death in turn to seven succes Yesterday a meeting was Feld at the Canton-stack of materials and is a good asset, in last sive violent typhoons within three days, on the Hankow Railway Company's office and there might's Afercury there was a reference to Tis. were present about 300 shareholders. The 3,997. 98, carried forward to new account last same line and track; for the reasons to discon meet the Hangkang typhoon from the centre Acting Provincial Judge, Kung, was a'so pre sent together with sonte officers from the police signalled on the 15th would apply to the Kweichow typhnan, at the doors of the Colony, departments. Julge Kung took the chair. to the Ordanien typh top, the Ztro typhoon, There was a prolonged and heated discussion among the shareholders present, and fudge the Caeir typhoon, etc., which conclusion it was hard to admit,

Kung had to give strict orders to restore order. Ind.--“Had it (typhomí) proved identical, the The following resolutions, were passed at the Sicamei forecaal gavo na indication that Hongkang mening: 10us threatened,"

The Hongkong Gelegraph

HONGKONG, MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1937,

CHINA'S JUDICIARY. Edicts of the Emperor and Viceregal

Ms. Keis Bardie made his first appearance in the douse on 4th ult. after his severe illness and we welcome by members of all parties. He is about to start or an extended tour, which in its first intent recuperative, will also be, in a sense, political. He intends to visit Canada; Japan, Australia, New Zealand, India, und "South Afftei.

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THE stemmer Hatang Yang Maru, which was built at the Kawasaki Dockyard to the order "of the Yangtaze Steamship Company, under

Long, 121° 59′, Lat. 2018, the same day st 5 pm, at a longer distance, norili of Aper (Laag. 131" 34", Lat:18° 22′), on the 14th about a.m. it joins the U.S.N. transport Cassar B2 miles W. of the Batan islands (Long. 120 18 Lat. 20° 30′), the same day at 4 pm, it is found at a distance estimated. 243 miles N.N.E. of the ss., Yugiru, "viz, approximately by Long. :18", Lat "22'; during the night of the 17th the French mail steamer Gedanken meets "with the storm, which parros at a distance in the South ( ́outh of Breaker.SL), 'viz., about

CANTON HUND,

proclamations on the subject of reform of } developed a maximum, apred of 16.02 knote steamer Kweichow, E.S.E. of Pedro-Blanco work of construction in the Northern section of floating plant, futoliure, etc., have been shown in Won-pro.

the judicial department are worthless unless supported by concrete instances showing that bona fide effort is being made to carry out these reforms in practice. It is gratifying, in connection with such a case as that of the Cantonese teacher recently examined in

made, at least in that quarter of China, to improve on the old methods of justice. The Government has committed itself, to the abolition of torture of prisoners and wit nesses in securing evidence. It was per- haps too much to expect of a Chinese judge that he should not threaten his pri- soner with the rack for so persistently denying his guilt, yet the very creditable

went a trial trip outside Kobe Harbour on the 26. July with very good results. The vessel and an average of 15:6 knots, whereas the contracted speed was 13 knots per hour, A MASS meeting of gentry and people of Fukien province is to be held in Amay on the-a3rd inst, to discuss ways and means concerning

Lang. 116 34, Lat. 92* 10 between oʻand fam, of the 18th; on the 18th, 3.45 am, the British (Long. 115 30, Lat 22 to), reparts having experienced a furious typhoon, as did the Ordunden, as did the Caesar. At Hongkong the minimum took place at 12 a.m. of the very same day.

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Now let us mark on a chart: the different

positions of this very violent storm during these three days; every man having any experience of things in the Far East will be driven to the

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It seems quite clear that the eminout astrono- mer has not received information of all the warnings cabled from here; from these and these only deductions can be arrived at and not from opinions expressed in 'the papers On September 15, 11.30 .,, a firet signal was sent to the effect that "a typhoon was S.E. of the Meiaco Sima group, direction unknown; this

SIIUM'S DEPARTURE POSTPONED.

H.E. Viceroy Shum has again memorialized the Throne requesting to be permitted to resign the viceroyalty of the Liang Kwang pro- vinces. H.E. has again been refused but

The newly elected president and vice-presid ent are requested to appoint an early date to take over charge of office, and that date should be notified the public through the press. The question of the postponement of the date fixed for the election of a committee, auditors, in spector, etc, should be referred to the Ministry of Communications and Posts at Peking, whate order the Company now awaits,

year. This was used to meet a claim unknown at the time the accounts were made out by the advice of the auditors. Before moving the adoption of the report and accounts I shall be pleased to answer any questions referring to them or the business of the company,

There being no questions the following te enlutions were carried without comment

I'roposed by the Chairman, seconded by Mr. A. M. Marshall: that the report and accounts of the company made up to Apri! 30 last as printed and circulated, be adopted and ap- proved, and the directors be authorized to pay a dividend at the rate of Tis, 3 per share to the shareholders on the register at date.

The Anping received a hole just below the anchor at the bow; but both steamers wer take place as to the cause of the accident, pilots being in charge at the time. Messrs. Butter- field and Swire, ha ing a private dockyard at Tongkp, the damage sustained by the Shuntien was repaired by their own workmen,

·THE Far Eastern Reolen for July roves the worl for subjects of coma excial interest to readers in the Orient and presents a mass of material in the firm of facts and illustrated articles which should satisfy anyone eager to of earn the conditions prevailing in a variety industries ip this and other ports, of the world. The construction and operation of railwıya might almost seem to be the leading feature of the number, for the opening article deals with Australian railways, while there are sket has of the Federated Malay States railways, British · North Borneo railways, and Chinese railways. Among the illustrated articles which will attract attention here is one describing the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company's works at "- Tongshan the article is reproduced on page:5 of this issue.

the construction of a Provincial Railway entire Tientsin, an account of which will be found by with Chinese money. The proposed railway in our news, columns to-day, to see unques is to connect with the Yuehitan (Canton tionable indication of a real effort being | Hankow) and Chékiang railways. The n eeting following alternative either the longkong granted another 15 days' extension of leave, various docke, and. Reserve Fund.--The ze | able to continue their way. An inquiry will

is to to be presided over by his Honour Liu Ching-léo, T'aotai of Amoy, OVER thiny notable mes associated with the riots in Seoul have been arrested. The new Emperor and his father, the ex-Einparor, now occupy separate palaces. Renewed efforts are being made to restore discipline at the Palace. Prince Wihwa Ief Seoul on 30th ult. This step has been taken, it is understood, in order fact remains that torture was not employed,tallation of the Crown Prince.

to avoid the possibility of intrigue at the ins.

even when every other means failed to elicit the incriminating evidence. Besides, Heal Lander, M.A., recently of St. Cyprian The ceremony of consecrating the Rev. Gerard there did appear to be a real sincerity of Church Liverpool, as Bishop in Victoria, purpose which manifested itself in the un- Hongkong, was performed on 29: fune by stinted use of the telegraph, in securing the Archbishop of Canterbury at the Lambeth evidence from distant points-evidence which Parish Church. Among those present who turned out to be corroborative of the accus- took part in the ceremony were the Bishop of ed's story. Moreover, when his innocence Winchester, and Bishops Selkirk, Royston, was established, albeit by what appear to

Ingham, and Montgomery. The preacher, was the Western mind the somewhat tortuous the Bishop of Jiros. methods of Chinese justice, the accused manA TOKIO telegram of zoth ult. stater that the was set at liberty, with what, when one situation at Seoul and in the provinces is out- considers the usual course of events in the wardly quiet, but it is held that there is no did not threaten any particular spot. But at 5.30 Bast, appears to be commendable, prompt. ground for extreme optimism, as there is unp.m. new information was cabled to all the itude. Due credit should be given the doubtedly a strong undercurrens of antagonism. semaphore's that the typhoon previously re-is in need of funds to carry onels, work and

The Press in divided in its opinions; one scc-ported was "travelling W.N,W,"

the work of the hospital for the admission of tion regrets the excessive moderation displayed There is no question here of our subjectius opium-smoking patients. The promoters of by Japao, Spasmodic, disturbances in the opinion then, nor of what we could think at

the association have how petitioned the local provinces are reported from Kores, and in Shanghai or print in the papers; in fact, we authorities to contribute $30,000 towards, the creased military precautions are being taken, did not know for sure at the time that Heng funds of the association from the Government Viscount Hayashi was to leave Seoul on 28th long was sore in danger than Swalow or Treasury in order to enable them to carry on ult. for Tokia.

Amoy. But we are of opinion that objectively one hospital in the Eastern 'suburb and to a prudent officer having the responsibility of a establish another in Honam for the treatment less liable to the annoyance, anxiety, ex-THE W. C.D. News understands that the Wai-ship at the receipt of this signal, taking hip of opitim smoking patients in that quarter. pense, and real danger to which the careless- wupu has recalled Taitao Liu Yak-lin, Chinese chart and marking the centre on a line to the

CHEAP RICS. ness, the selfish ambition, or the wicked Consul-General and Special Commissioner at S. E. of Ishigakijima at a distance still on The Rice Disposal Bureau has asked the spitefulness of some informant may expose Johannesburg, in order to give him the task of known, but perhaps great, and from thence authorities for the use of a Government gun- him, leaving him without the possibility of opening up negotiations with the Ministers of drawing a track towards the W. N. W would boat to be sent to Hongkong to carry rice to redress. In like manner one notes with a the various. Powers in Peking, concerning the have thought the information interesting for, Canton and the authorities have placed the feeling of disappointment that the Govern- reduction of the opium traffic and prohibition himself, and even important for the harbour gunboat wang yun at the disposal of the nient has not yet learned that a certain of opiam consumption in this country. Consul of Hongkong, without concluding as yet that bureau...

General Liu: Yuk·lin is a retained American the centre would strike the anchorage. The degree of publicity is necessary to justice, student of the Chinese Educational Mission to proof in that a Captain arriving at Rong The more such cases are surrounded by the U.S. in the seventies, and well able to deal kong shortly after, the disaster, and having abcrecy, the greater la the chance of unfair with the work to which he has been selected spen our signal before leaving Nawchwang, - news,' and the more are open-minded by the Walwopo.

Government for its conduct of the case. One cannot help noting the altogether irres pontible manner in which the Government's secret service are permitted to conduct their operations. There ought to be some safe guardi which would make an innocent man

ANTI-OPIUM CAMPAIGN,

The Canton Central Anti-opium Association

PUBLIC HOLIDAY,

The 4th ist, being the birthday of B.1.C.M. the Emperor of Ching and the day being also Sunday, there will be no ikae of the gative

́affirmed that he had coms to the conclusion, press on the 5th-instant. 20

Proposed by the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Johnston that Mr. H. J. A, Macray and Mr. R. S. F. McBain be elected directors of the company.

Proposed by Mr. W.B. Jackson, seconded by Mr. F. E. Taylor; that Messrs. J. E. Biogham and F. N. Matthews be elected auditors for the current year.

The Chairman-That concludes the business of the meeting.

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Mr. F. E. Taylor-Gentlemen,-Before we separate this evening, I wish to propose a volo of thanks to Mr. Marshall, Few sharabolders,

konw of the hard work, some of it very dis agreeable work, that he has done in our interests; but while circumstances have Uff now prevented the results of his work from making themselves manifest, we shall see the. beginning of a new era from to-morrow. His pluck nod determination have won the fight that commenced two years ago, and the Dock Company is now on a sound, and satis factory footing for the first time since the amalgamation, and I feel, stire that as long as we have him on the board, and if the share holders will loyally support him, our interests

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SHIPPING AND. MAILS

English (Marmera) ych Inst,, 4 p.us German (Prina Bital Friedrich) cathinst; p.mộ Canadian (Tartar) ayıd inst,

The N. Y. K. Wakimiya Maru, Bombay Line, left "Moji for this part on and inst, and is expected bera on 8th fast,

The N. Y. K. 4.s. Iyo Maru, European Line, lofi Singapore for this port on and inst and is expected here on Bib jost.

The Apcar Coʻs s.a. Japan from Cascutta left; Singapore yesterday afternoon, and may be

expected here on or about oth fast,

The Silk ox RMS. Empress of China Arivesito 10 days from Hong thus making a transit of 29 Hongkong, wh

The T. K. K. LL, America Mari will saili

from Yokohama on 6th inst, and is therefore doe to arrive at this port, ula Manila on 17th inst

The Imperial German Mail s.a. Zietim left Kobe via Nagasaki and Shangbal on 4th insta pto, and may be expected hers on or about Igth lost, p

The C. P. R. Cols ca. «Empritr of India arrived at Shanghai at 5 p.m., on 3rd inst., and left again at 3 am, Sunday, for Nagasaki, where she is due to arrive at 6 am, ON SIRIDIR.