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Entination.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY

to a Colony of the size of Hongkong, how was the difference between the average ravende and the reduced returns to be equalised In other words, if opium was tabooud article of commerce, and the tax previously. derived from its importation was to be lost,

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

THE French mail of the 6th Norimber was delivered in London on the 24th inst."

THE Rev FT Johnson has been appointed

January, 1908,

WATSON & CO., who should pay the piper? Would the House Chaplain of Prians, with effect from 1st

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of Commons come to the rescue and say: Because ye liave put this evil thing from ye therefore shall WC compensate yo:

DECEMBER

TWO members of

Williams, of Missisip, and Mr. DeArm ad, of Missouri hays comato Arte is on the floor of the House,

PALILDT. Cream, R 0.4, arrived in this Command Or and alter the 1st January, 1958, direct from England per P&O), ... Swilds on 23rd

28 1907

THE KOWLOON TRAGEDY.

ALLEGED AUTHENTIC STORY.

GUILTY PARTY SUPPOSED TO HAYES

annually to the extent of two million dollars.honey orders may be obtained at th↑ Geparla on posting to 87 Company, RIGA exclusively reported in our last issus, in the death

Port Office payable in Sarawak, S

Stonecutters.

EIGHTEEN gamblers were arrested yesterday TIR name of Dr. George DK. Buick has at No. 8, Tai Wong-Street, Wanchal, and four

SE COMMITTED SUICIDE.

Investigations in connection, with the tragedy which recurred in the barracks at Kowloon yesterday morning, resulting, as

of an Indias sepay and the removal of souther to hiipital for treatment, have closed, "Thora" persons who, it was stated, were de

delained have heen released. There will be no police court trist. The tragedy is at an end. The guilty party has commited suicide. Such is our informa tion. Accounts differ as to how the tragedy wat enacted, but we give the story as it was told to the police, and which is con-

For months past two, soldiers belonging to has announced, on the authority of President the 29th Baluchis became sworn enemies it will never, be known.

the Pacific by way of Buez,

been added to the Hedeler posions quaire teen others at the Quarry Bay Shipyard. They fad to practise medicine and surgery inhere charged this morning, at the Police Court, Colony,

And in further proof of our appreciation we shall make it our business to see that the

mount payable by your Colony in nato of military contribution shall be reduced to the vanishing point. And, in still further proof of our rejoicing, we shall help you to stran gulate the Crown Agents and all their kin,The appointment of Mr. E. Ralphs, senior nstistunt mastor, to'bo normal master, Queen's and possibly you insy be permitted to have

Kazerted, ; in

and made to pay the usual fines.

THB New York Sun's correspondent with the graphy to the effect that Admiral R. D. Evans

Telegram

HONGKONG TELEG

SERVICE

RIOT AT POOLUNG.

OFFICIAL BUILDINGS DEMO

ALISHED

FERRY CHARGES THE CAUSE.E

[From Our Oton Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 28th December, 11:50 am

A riot took place at Pootung on the 24th inst.

ARUS

a Municipal Commission of your own, as in College, with affect from 1st January, 1908, is Pacific Fleet sends a massage by wireless tele-sidered authentic. 14 happened in this wise The disturbance was the outcome-

ON Monday altersoon is Excellency the Governor and Lady Lugard visited the Nethers, sale; Ho Miu Ling and Alice Memorial Ma

Singapore and Penang, besides some say

revenue the matter of how the Colony's. thould be expended." Indeed, if we are not mistaken, there was some suggestion when the "opium question came before Parliaternity Hospitals. ment that the Imperial Government should assist the depleted exchequers THE Police Magistrates Department is ex of the Colonics affected by the withdrawal cluded from the operation of the Public Holt of the opium fees as the outcome days Ordinance, 1875, on Thursday, the and of the disinterested action of short-sighted day of January, 19c8, fanatics in the homeland. But we are a sceptical people those of us who have lived in the Far East, and we hold much virtue in the adage" Seeing is believing." Re-Purse, towards the funds for the inception of cently, Mr. Laidlaw, M.P', was touring in local self-govemment in Peking. the Malayan States, and being a firm be

HER Majesty the Impress Dowager has paid a contribution of Tis 150,000, out of the Pr.yy

liever in the upright life he found great joy |*,* THE monthly report of the Raub Austra in denouncing the opium habit, incidentally lian Gold Mining Co, is printed on page 2, and reviling England for giving moral support toon page 3 will be found the fortnightly yarn the trade. But a travelling M.P. has little market and weekly share reports. honour "outside his own constituency, where he is kept in a warm bath of laudation'in

TEASON

Roosevelt, tht the Admirals will return from for kept apart, each man hating

MR. W. H. Taft, who has arrived in New York, says that the Japanese Government and people are desirous of peace. He adds that the Japanese are a proud nation who ask that they shall be treated on the same basis as others. Mr. Talt refuses to discuss politics,,

A TOKIO despatch of sand inst to the A. CD. News says:-Storms were general on Friday and Saturday. Many ships sank or were wrecked in the neighbourhood of Maji, Koba and Chemolpa. The casualties include the NY.K.4, Niigata Maru, wrecked at Chemulpo,

The Kokumin Shimbun urges the prompt adoption of a silver standard in Cain in view, first, of the present cheapness of silver; so condly, of the imperative necessity of cousuli dating the monetary standard; thirdly, of the China's silver standard,

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Both men

Old sores.

the sight of the ober, until on Thurs day night last when they met. were opened; hot words were exchanged; a fight followed, during which the bigger man was defeated. The matter was supposed to have ended there and then, but this was not to be s 1. The disgrace at having been punished by his enemy still ränkted in the bigger mud's mind, and at about four o'clock yesterday morn ing, armed with a sheath kulfe, ha want in search of his adversary. He found him in bed asleep. Quietlydrawing tacknife from under his coat, be truck the sleeper os the forehead and followed this up with one on the rm and another on the chest. The jejured man' sprang up im- mediately the first cut, had been dealt and cried

for assistance. After the second and third he 1psed into unconsciousness.. Believing that his victim was dead the murderer took to his heels.

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of the raising of the ferry charges which was objected to by the po puluce.

The mob demolished two build

the property of the Chinese Magistrato

inge

The increase in the ferry rates has since been rescinded and quiet has been restored in consequence.

REMINISCENCE UP HONGKONG.

TAR SMALL BOAT" FROM INDIA TO NEW ZEALAND,

In the course of a case which is exciting the utmost interest in London at present, the action by the claimant to the Duke of Port fand's estate and title, a curious aidelight on the passenger trade between Indis and the perky witness, Miss Robinson, who was described as the Due's outside correspondant,"

the hope that he may see fit to employ his found among the ruins of an ancient Great international assistance to be expected for confusion. Soldiers ran here, there and every Far Eatt was unveiled by thi

talents in tracing his signature on his cheque book. At all events the Perak 'Pioneer has a lively and admirably-express- ed article on the subject of the, M.P.'s visit, and its views will be thoroughly endorsed by those who are not hypnotised by the voice of the ranter. The article reads: Amidst the din of enthusiastic acclamations, with which the recent-visit of Mr. Laidlaw was hailed by the anti-opiamist party, it is

CHINESE documents 2,1:0 years old have been Wall on the thibetas frontier of the Chinese province of Kantah by the German explorer, 'ur. Stein

THE stoop Clio, of the West River Flotilla, which came down the other day, went back to-day leaving the harbour about Bjo am. She was preceded earlier in the morning by the destroyer Oller"...

CAPTAIN 'C. F. W,, JOHNSON, RN, died on 231 ult, at Norwood at the age of 65. As lleu enant in cominand of the flustard he was employed in the suppression of piracy of the China and Formona coasts, and was specially recommended to the Admiralty by the com mander-in-chi. Sir H. Keppel, for his capture of the fortified and piratical town' of Choochi. Captain Johnson had a letter of thanks" from

In the next minute the barracks was in

where. Officers were summoned; the police called in. The wounded sepoy was promptly removed to hospital. A search was then máda or the guilty one, who was later found in his room with his throat cul, the blood-stained sheath koife lying at his side.

"BOUSTING” MANILA, THE 'BULLETIN'g" ANNIVERSARY · NUMBER,

We have: received a copy of the filth anni.

According to the report in the Morning Leader, Miss Robinson said that after she left England in 1887 to 1881, she went to India.. she did not remember the name of the ship, but it was one of the P. and O. Iine of steam shipw

Mr. Avory: Where did you start from in London -The Hast India Docks

Do you know the date?—I cannot tell ex

A. S. WATSON & COLTgratifying to find that the voice of saber, which left Landpa on 22ad ult, took the fol- the Governor of Honkong for his services to 'versary number of the Manila Daily Bulletin, nctly, it was about November,

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THE P. and O. Company's steamer Victoria, lowing specie:-Singapore Bar Silver; £45,000; Singapore Coin Silver, Lzco; Hongkong Bar ilver, £16,000; Shangbai Bar Silver, 468,400.

this colony.

At the Police Court, this morning, Mr. H. H, J. Gomperit sentenced a coolie, who pleaded guil. ty to the charge, to three months hard labour for pick pocketing at West Point yesterday forenoop. The accused-Chering Man--while Salt Fish Lane, removed from the pocket of visitor-Fan, Cheong U by taime--3 parcel containing a double cased bilver watch and stone drop and a Man Mo pearl, aggregating TELEGRAMS From Peking state that Baron $62. He effected hii ascape at the time, but Hayashi, the Japanese Minister to Chins, has was arrested late last sight when he attempted sent in reply to the Waiwupu's comprehensive to pawn some of the articles. rejoinder a lengthy counterstatement summing up the repeated remonstrances of Japan on the

reason has not been silenced, by the repeti tion of well worn and high sounding platitudes. It is to be noted with satisfaction that the temptation to pose as moral re

We learn from Peking that the Russian Minis formers on the Diopian ideal has not over-

ter has agreed to the proposal of Chica to como either the entire community or the establish a Consulate in Vladivostok. It may Press of Malaya. Several of our contei-be stated here that hitherto the Chinese official poraries have not failed to brush aside, with station in that port has been termed Com no-gentle hand, the delusions and unfoundedmercial Agent. maintained that the anti-opium crusade was misguided in its inception, innocuous for good and mischievous in its consequences. We are indeed glad to learn that Mr. Laidlaw had an interview with the Resident-General and the Resident of Selangor, in the course of which he must have learned some plain home truths.

Chientao frontier question.

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which takes the form of a lustrated magazine

How did you get to New Zealand from In-

How did you get to the Fiji?By a small boat that came from Hongkong

dia?-By the Fiji, I suppose.

A small boat, you say?-Yas,, not u verý

large vessel, which belonged to a Chinaman. It was called the Amoy.

How did you get from Fiji to New Zekland?

extending 10 four score pages. The idex governing the production has been to em. phasise the wonderful growth of the Philippines under the rule of the United States, the great natural resources of the islands which still remain untapped, and the immense possibilities. there are for the white man who has ▲ lille capital, an endless stock of patience,By the same boat, to achieve It is a pretty picture, that is the Philippines. Another articia which will be drawn-of-Bagulo, the summer residence of read wi h interest is that entitled "Farming," whose scapa is far fon comprehensive to permit of its being reduced to a suminary. There are sketches on a variety of trade and agricultural subjects and, as may be expected, the general tendency of the writers is towards unadulterat ed optimism. The appiversay number is priced

sumi. The illustrations are clear and distinct, the type and paper are good, and the compila

foutu od lasercuting an learn whether there are any residents in Hongkong at the present-

carried: Miss Robinson right away from Bom-- day who recollect the "amalt boat "/ which, bay scross the Indian Ocean and Chins Sea, through, the South Sea Islands and along to New Zealand, It may have bann a small boat,

although the P&O, steamers were not by any means leviathans in those days, but it certainly muni have been a tight little craft which could do her 8,0:0 or 0,0 miles at a stretch-with-

Mr. Laidlaw asked a set of stereotyped Town" to a fairly good house last night—the the total from January tɔ Y18,415,000. Import at 30 cents and it is wank every penny of that cut turning a hair, so 900

POLLARD'S clever youngsters repeated "In wreiched weather accounting, for the paucity of the attendance. To-night the same piece will cccupy the boards, and op Monday there will be a change when "La Poupee" will be waged.

questions of his audiences at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoli, and Penang to which identically favourable answers were elicited. But it is a maller of extreme surprise that Mr. Laidlaw, being a sound and most suc cessful business man, omitted to question his I8 the marine irquiry held at Vancouver last Colonial audiences whether they were agree-month concerning the collision between the steamers Charmer and the C.P.R. Tarlar, able to the imposition of a heavy income tax

THE value ni the export of gold from Yoko hama, Kobe, Orakt, and Nagasaki during the first ten days of this month amounted to Y30,00 (gold coin for Hongkong), brining of specie amounted to Ysbon (including about Y220,co3 Japanese gold coin from Sibang

tion is in every respect a crèdi;” to the staff of hai and about Y73,000 gold bulling hom Korea), bringing the total from January to the Bulletin. But why did nobody think of Y6,306,000. The export is thus in excess of providing the anniversay number with an import of Y42,139,001. For the same period | ind x 2. the export of silver was Y345, making a total from January of Y51,co. There was no import of silver during the ten days in question, the

he Hongkang Griegraph and the doubling of the land and license of the Tarter, mast as disregarded the netopin total import since January being ¥1,199,000.

that he starboard

SCENE AT THE LALPING THEATRE.

A HOUSE "BOY'S" LITTLE GAME.

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taxes, as well as the death duties to make signals blown by the Charmer and endeavoured good the enormous' deficit, 'in the 'Budget in face her to come inside by going to port; SIR William des Vaux, who is inaking a hope. Tsang Chung, a houso "boy," attached to the HONUKONÉ, SATURDAY, December 28, 1997. that would be the immediate, result of the thus causing a collision between the vessels,

ful recovery from his recent operation, comes Victoria Gaol quarters, created a disturbance of the family of which the herd, Sir Charles last a light to the Tai Ping Theatre, at West suppression of the opium traffic. This is a

·OPIUM (KUŠĀDARS AT WORK, dangerous ground on which the most ardent We would direct our readers' attention to the Champagne des Veux is celebrating his gigh Peint; for which he had to pay dearly "All by hin anti-opiumists, fear to tread-chicap phi prodaction this evening, of the Catholic Union,tieth anniverary. Sir William is a fifth zon, at the Magistracy this morning.

as Sir Charles is a third son, and Sir Charles lonesome asng went to the theatre and at- Whatever is being done to bring about fanthrophy we liave galore; but the genuine of the burlesque in two acts, entitled "Love in succeeded his elder brother in the title only tempted to teach the auditorium sens ticket. the extinction of the traffic in opium appears article, as tested by the calls met on one's Lotus Land," Those who witnessed the mem-thirteen years ago. Sir William bas bad mast. He had seen 'Government servanta”, do that to exercise but little interest among those

purse, is indeed a rara nais, among bers of the Union in their signal-success last wlio were not so very long ago all agog to those who shout and declaim the loudest. year, "Aladdin," will know what to expect from ly to do wi h the adasinistration of the West | bel...re, ån he did not sea the force of buying a ladies, but he has varied these experiences as pass when he was a servant of the Crown, ^It fight the evil. At home, the Secretary for in another portion of the same article the the talented amateur combination in their new India has been engaged in far more impor- following occurs: It is a remarkable fact play this evening. No efforts or expense have Governor of Newfoundland, and of Hongkong was absurd: But a rude ticket collector refused tant business than that relating to the cul- that while China is crying out for relief from Been spried to stage the burlesque in fra Thus he attained his K/C/ M. G: ¡The baro him admittance. Ce

class styles.

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netcy dates from no further back that the end of the eighteenth century, but the family is an uld as the De Bacquencourts, whose repre- Don't kn; don't care in know; 'don't sentative when he settled it "reland took on the present patronymic,

"Do you know who you are stopping? asked Tsang in his best official language.

want to know, show ine your ticker," was the insolent reply.

"I'm on the Victoria Guol, “pursuad Taang, SAN

AWATOW CRICKET.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Swatow, 26th December, 1907. An enjoyable cricket match was played here on Christmas day between "Customs" and "Swatow, the latter winning by ss runs. The icores were as follows:-

·EWATOW.

Butcher, b Sullivan (1,6 Graham, c and b Sullivan, Dowion; b larrison Fit, b Sullivan ..... Deeks, not outsid Richardson, b Sullivan Robens, e Harrison Paisley, b Sullivan Ozorio, o Fullivan Bowker, e Sullivan... Roese, run out.......

·Bych,................

Currie, e and

Total

CUSTOMS

Richardson

Sullivan, std, b Richardso Jones, b Butcher...

Harrison, cb Blatcher Harris, ab Butcher Mi, ed. Butcher Cormack, b Kichard

Reed, b Buicher Ruchwaldy, buicher

Walpole, run out Frewin, b Richardson McDermo not out

tivation of a few acres of the poppy, white in Indian imports of opfum, the Celestial Em- China the higher questions of domestic pire still produces enough opium to export We learn that the net profit of the Kawasaki policy in the Provinces hare practically enormous quantities of the drug to Indo-Dockyard Company for the last half-year obliterated the side issue of ophum con- China, Siam and the Straits. When we take amounted to V504,122, including a surplus of sumption. No doubt the subject will come into consideration the fact that the inland 47.978 brought over from last account. Of to the front again when the missionaries excise duty on Chinese opium is double of this sum Y5,000 has been placed to the re- CITIZEN" writes to contemporary as" is that su? Have you just left it? What regain their second breath, and come for that levied on Indian opium it is not diffi-serve, Y25,cos to the special reserve, and Y20,000 follows:-The following paragraph which is did you da to gel in? How long was your ward with bell, book and candle to anathe cult to understand the anxicty to do away buildings, &c. The sum of Y174401 will be last and which emanates from their Paris he sald. He was a "Government Servant,

to the reserve for the depreciation of machinery, taken from the Daily Mail of 15th October term?" he ticket n n asked, getting humorous. Tsang got annoyed." He was not a convict, malise the scoffing multitude who refuse to with entry of Indian opium into the country, distributed, as an ordinary, dividend and correspondent, shows that other municipal

"Government servant or no Government perceive in the opium habit the decadence Fervid enthusiasm appears to have carried Y68,8.0 as a special dividend, the iw payments bodier, besides our own; require waking up servant you can't get in here without a ticket. of the Chinese Empire. When the question Away Rev. Horley when he said that every being equal to 12.5 per cent, per sanum as tom times. I wonder what the Parisiau would This place isn't run on, the philantropbic o go and buy a ticket, was the of limiting the output of, opium from India sensible Chinaman was down on it. To stig usual. Besides, a sum of Y22,50 will be paid have done if their lanes were in the condition principle to Chinx was first mooted, and when thematise as insensate those who are not down as bonuses to officials, and the surplus of that ours invariably wejs after a shower of rain doorkeeper's pantog abot as he moved away. Chinese Imperial Government issued edicts on the opium traffic is an assertion which our

·Y42,522 carried forward.

during the wet months of the year. I wonder if, l'olice Sergeant Blackman, who had heard when the rales come on again, any of our the conversation, advised the Victoria Guol mes to get a ticket which he did. And which proposed to root out the cultivation of

contemporary says is utterly untrue, as there the plant and the consumption of the pro-are undoubtedly many sensible Chinese COLONEL H. Martin, Royal Army Medical reporters will emulsts the duck or hit on some here is where the fun starts. Having secured Corps, the bow Principal Medical Officer of salutary expedient to rouse our Civic Fathers | kis peso, Frang again tried to enter the theatre, duct within ten years, there were some mis gentlemen who realise the utter folly of the the South. China command, had a long and to a sense of their duties. To quote the para- but was stopped guided contemporaries: who hailed the political agitation they are pursuing. Well ardu as experience of professional work in graph: An amusing scene wis witogsed this scheme with delight, as if the notion were weighted utterances made after due con- the South African War, and prior to that he morning at eleven o'clock in the Place de heaven-born and a modern manifesta sideration will have more effect than general had experience is India. He was attached to 1'Opéra, where the heavy rain formed a series tion of godliness. Nearly every misweeping assertions which cannot stand the the Zhob Valley Expedition, 1884 whilst of small lakes owing to the bad stats of repair sionary seemed to regard himself as the test of close scrutiny. Oure and not coerce subalters, and was through the greater part of of the roadway. Thres decks were seen to bequested

The one and only "God's good man" who had ought to be the watchword of every well the very hardest times of the Boer war. He swimming about in the puddles. The birds was at Ladysmith, and was on the fields of feet were attached to long strings, the other

"So da aut of you," replied Trang, and from Yokat influenced the Chinese Government to this meaning philanthropie association. The Elandsinaige, Riofonicin and Lombard's Kap ends of which were held by three men standing with that he landed the ticket, collector one on The decision. But, after consideration, a large anti-opiumists have all the benefits of a well and behind the stubborn defences of Ladysmith on the pavement. The ducks soon caused such section of the volatile Press began to disorganised association which can do much through the siege, and was subsequently: P.M. a block in the traffic and aroused so much

over that, while the

be all very well In lis

do well to add the temperance movement general hospital. He was twice mentioned in peop to their propaganda which will benefit vast

bium traffic might suppression of the practical good on right lines. They will | 0. of the Fifth Division, and in charge of a hilarity among a crowd of several thousand

by there was another and more serious

ect which had been disregarded. If the bumbers of their countrymen and to

de in opium meant, something like a greater extent than by tho

revenue resula of two million dollars fths opium trafficí..

Sir George White's despatches, and also le Bir

Redvers, Buller's despatches(Onsen's with three claspsi: Klar's wedál

the men and the blidi ware:

tition the

What's he molter now he demanded.

***I want your ticker," was the answer.

I have ops," and he showed it

I want to see it, the ticket collector

What do you want it for por “To take a plecs out of il....

SHIPPING AND MAILSU

'Indian (Laleang) Join

American (How! German (teley Australian

the balley Afraid of his scupe Tsang took mund

bis heels, and was chased along Dis Sydney coux Road and lath Sal, Woo Lane, be was found concealed betwaRD

Line, left number of a singlu jina The ju had to be moved before Tiany Cont) be extricated, and