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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY JANUARY 25, 1908.-

The Hongkong Celegraph

HLONUKONG, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1908,,

HONGKONGS SUBSIDIARY

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WHEN HOMER. NODS:

H.E. THE GOVERNOR MIS STEINTERPRETED.

DIFFICULTY, OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE

DEMONSTRATED.

the majority of the Committed the proporrency of Kwangtung is an injustice to the-which must be few and far between at

pro-

Government House are being pleasan ly spent in acquiring a classiest acquaintanco with the Chinese Intiguage. But if is Excellency becomes proficient in the art of playing upon Chinese words, what is the poor reporter, who has failed to master the rudiments of this lafest development of lavolo, to do in the circumstances? The communication is in these terms

TO THE EDITOR OF the "Hongkong Telkoraph,"

SiHis Excellency lies noticed In the report of his speech at the Diocesan Boys School in your newspaper that the following words occur

readers to put aside their Wang and quere

H..B. Chang Chih Tung beseeched his The last word is spelt Keu in the book referred to and is translated "slipshod drift. ing habit of depending upon mere fortuity for success.

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WEST RIVER PATROL

WITHDRAWAL CE BRITISH FLOTILLA: [From Our Own Correspondent.]

It is reported that H. E the Viceroy has telegraphat to the Ministry of F at Péking cuponing most

the British only that these of West River, have lent the province, and the only main in Chinese waters

doing any police duties,

BAITISH COMMANDER IN CONFERENCE

The British Consal-Gunumi, Mr. Manifald, yesterday, accompanied by Commander bia jendle of H.4.5%Camur, called on II E. the Viceroy withi, whom the visito discussed matters in connection with the West River. The Commander, suggested that be himsålf should co-operate with Admiral II Chun in making inspections at the differest passenger stages along the river, where the, steam launches call H.E. the Viceroy has proposed

to Install wireiasa telegraphy of all the Govern= ment gusaboste and steam-launches that are now doing patrol-duty on the delts, and also to establish wireless telegraph ulations at the diferant portalong the Wat River so na to be in touch with the patrolling, Vesieli in zase of emergency,

At the requsat of the people and the Caston- Self-Government Lengde, HE the Viceroy has memorialised the Throne applying for authority to appropriate acum of Taels 4,000.003 from the Customs revenue collected

in ikia province. towhid, the maintenance of an efficiens patrol service in the waterways of cussed by the officials of the Ministry of Fin the province. The memorial has been die ance at Peking and now a reply has been re ceived here from the capital, tatlising to sanc

an's request."

SURVEYOR OF STEAM-LAUNCHES.

It has already been reponed that, at the request of the Canion Self-Government Len

Wei Han to take charge of the inspection of machinery of Chinessłowned latsc'es here in

Our celebrated "E" Blend, very old by the interests #hich operate in ordinary less heinous than to prohibit the banks frota,'is nothing to lose, and the question would whether Chang Chih-Tung, has advocated gue, E the Viceroy hau appointed Taotst.

Liqueur Scotch Whisky is a blend of the finest pot distilled Whiskies in Scotland, specially selected and matured. It is of Its. great age, very Gine and mellow. superior quality has established its reputa tion as the

order to effect the change of Bags Bows

on the Chinese launchesje at an early-date,

sap In-connection with the Straits currencyment of revenue to remit these home to ba refornt measure, it was recessary to provide #sold as bullida pare and simple, because the *sufficiency of currency, in the case now minorky propose the far more economicant under consideration it is the superablind, plan of allowing the coins to accumulate in ance of the subsidiary currency which it the vaults of the bank, as custodian is proposed to curtall by legislation. More of the Goverment, to be re-issued from over, the trade, of the Straite is principally time to time et demand arises. In this concerned with a hingerland which way, the luss, which would be entailed The report of the Committee appointed largely controlled by the Government of the by the sile of a million dollars worth The following leller, which we have the by His Excellency the Governor to consider Settlements, whereas in Hongkong our trade of subsidiary, coins per annum would be utmost pleasure in publishing, requires to *explanation, illustrating, as it does, one of the question of the direction in which the is almost entirely with a foreign population, saved it may be assumed that the token the lingual difficulties of Chinese oral com subsidiary currency of the Colony should who by the tens of thousands enter and leave money will main is par value as soon as munication. The same difficulty is fre be reformed was presented to the Legislative the Colony daily, implying a minimum a common understanding has been arrived quently experienced by a foreigner enden Council on Thursday, and without any beat-outlay by each individual of, we will say, at between the Government of Hongkong vouring to understand the fine shades of meaning attached to idiomatic English; ing about the busts we may say at once that at least a delar for transit, and incidental and that of Canions and it will be to the which was admirably illustrated in an it does not appear to carry us a single-step expenses, Consequently, the movement in advantage of the Viceroy as much as to extremely clever skit, witich appeared in a forward. That this should have been the the currency can be put down, at from that of this Government that the token humorous home journal some years ago, result of the Committees deliberations is $20,000 to $5,000 daily as between money should be maintained at a value the victim being a Frenchman who was il being depleted as attempting to employ the not to be wondered at. It could never hayo Hongkong and the mainland and Canton which would permit of

word "box" in all its varied applics It has tions, until he gave up the chase in been expected that a Committee constituted which may be considered for the purposes profitably put into circulation.

been shown that" the term "debased dirgust. It will be seen, however, frum as it was of gentlemen representing, such of trade the hinterland" of this Colony. "A-THORNE'S BLEND... $1.00 conflicting interests could have arrived at one We have, then, on the recommendation of coinage as applied to the silver curtis Excellency's letter that the leisure hours

and the same conclusion. That their interesia B-WATSON'S GLENORCHY,

should bare clashed, those who studied the tion that the exportation of coins should be commercial integrity of the Government of 1.05 Committee's constitution were able to predict prohibited. On the point as to how such a the neighbouring province, for it is of no less even from the very beginning; and that pre.prohibition is to be enforced the Committee's Intrinsic value than our own Sir Frederick diction has been fulfilled by the fact that report is entirely silent. As regards the Lugard recognises, in his sense of justice, while the merchani class are agreed on what question of importation it is easily dismissed that the Chinese Governbent has at last the Governor has termed the majority report without much argument,'. It is admitted is become alive to the fact that in the sub the others are on the side of the minority, an axiom by the Committee as a whole that sidiary currency it found an easy and We must qualify the term "merchant class" the alien coinage is not legal tender. in profitable source of revenue; and in resort 1.49 in this instance using it to imply the class this Colony; and, that being so need noting to that to enrich the coffers of the whose interests are brought more directly in be accepted for more than what it is really Province, it did no more than the Govern touch with the daily retail trade of the worth; or, to use a technical phrase, for more:ment of this Colony has done in the past to Colony as distinguished from the merchants than is bullion value. Were the suggestion the advantage of the public revenue to "the amount of two millions in the sggie- proper who handle the import and export against importation to be carried out, to poi gate. The suggestions contalbed in illu trade, to which the term rightly apoi absurdly one has only to suggest majority report are only of the character of

that the banks in Hongkong might be pertains. It must not be assumed for a moment that we suggest the idea that bibited from trading in the importation of tentative efforts to palliate the trouble with bullion To make it an offence punishable,out any clear degree of success being assured individual interests were allowed. 10 obscure public duty, but that the views by law to import silver which is not current or even a faint idea of the measure ofte

saccess likely to be attained. Whereas in His Excellency has desired me to inform of individuals should be influenced as a legal tender in Hongkong would be no

the recommendations of the minority there you of this slight error, since he is unaware commercial dealings in everyday life none importing either silver or gold as bullion, an who has any knowledge of such dealings and article of inerchandise in which, the banks be resolved according to the measure of the abandonnent of the queue or not. the peculiar conditions which exist in this deal for profit. Again, as to the question of success sending the negotiations between I may add that His Excellency alluded to Colony will gainsay. Hence, we disclaim enforcing effectively a law passed against the Hongkong (overnment and that of Can-that impalpable thing Public School form" any intention of depreciating the value of the importation of subsidiary coins, the proton with the view of bringing about a com- (not implacable) in his speech at Queen's the considerations which prompted Messrs. posed draft Bill submitted by the majority mon understanding to their mutual ad College on the ijrd.

Yours truly, was recognised that the Shewan, Osborne, Raymond and Wei Yuk to contains absolutely no provision deating vantage. It formulate the views which are incorporated with the point. If it is to be maintained most acute phase of this question is past in the report which flat been submitted by that a preventive service, such as we find inasmuch as the discount of 9 per cent, at the chairman of the Coinage Committee,to-day in the cordon of excise officers, which, the coinage stood about a year ago. On the other hand, we have in Messrs. Law, formed by the Opium Farmers, should be has gradually fallen to 4 or 41, and given that Wood and Smith's minority report what we kept up at the expense of the Colony rate of retrogression in the matter of discount A. S. WATSON & CO., consider to be far the more logical and the then we say it would be an incubus and the adjustment of the position as between

LAMITED,

more practical, as well as practicable, from which we might well pray to be de. Hongkong and Canton, the disparity should suggestions and recommendations that livered. We thus dispose of the two main ultimately be equalised automatically.. In could we offered to the Government recommendations submitted by the majority, other words, the majority's recommendations for the solution of the vexed question of the which in their opinion are calculated to would introduce a meddlesome interference plan of the city of Victoria showing the train-of police forces into the various districts along Colony's subsidiary currency. To sum reform the subsidiary currency system of offering no degree of certainty of an absoluteing work which had already been accomplished. 133 marise briefly the intricate report before us, this Colony. We are glad to observe that or partial solution of the problem, whereas and the various extensions, &c., proposed to be the recommendations. of the chairman, sup. no serious consideration was given by either in the case of the minority report the idea carried out during the current year under the ported as they are by three members, amount of the two parties to the impracticable sug of trusting to a self-adjustment of the disore "Taniog allah, for which a sum it

$10,005

was provided in the Fatimates. to this: prohibition of importation and re-gestion presented by Mr. Mansfeld, the party now obtaining, by reason of an over

The following is a statement of the proposed gulation of exportation. These recommenda- British Consul General at Canton, for how supply of the Hongkong loken money, which tions are based, as a careful study of the ever excellent he may have proved himsell is bound to be worked off by absorption or report will convince' anyone, upon the suc;to be as a consular official, when otherwise of the silver money, may prove

'frustial of satisfactory resulta, cess attending the reform of the currency in comes to a question of practical commercial the Straits Settlements. We are at a din dealing his recommendation cannot bear advantage in dealing with these considera- even the niost cursory criticism. The ex tions for the simple reason that many of the pensive machinery of a special department arguments which were advanced and discussed which would be called into existence Were in the course; of the inquiry do not appear Mr. Mansfield's suggestion of a note inque among the papers accompanying the report; of such smail denominations 38 50, 20, 10 and we are, therefore, in the dark as to and scents would certainly neutralize what actually prompted the recommendations whatever, advantages the noto issue might based upon the experience of the Straits have over the token money now exit Settlements. We can only surmise that these ing. Necessarily the machinery would recommendations have been formulated have to be of an extremely elaborate as on the piinciple that the results which fol. well as costly character if the notes, currency: lowed the labours of the masterful Commis department of the Government were to be ́sion presided over by Sir David Barbour in come fact, so that the Idea may be thrown Singapore some five or six years ago would out of court without further debate. With be attained with equal facility in Pongkong, regard to the recommendations of the Assuming that surmise to be correct, we minority, we may say at the outse, that we cannot agree with the suggestion that a can only point out that the conditions in this Colony and those prevailing in the special officer of the Government should be Straits at the time the experts of the Barbour seconded from the Service to proceed to Commission sat are by no means analogous. Feking in order to conduct negotiations It may be recalled that the exportation of with the Imperial Government over * coins was prohibited, as the chairman of question which, as the Committee minority the Straits Commission urged, in order to must themselves be aware, rests entirely allow of a sufficient accumulation of the with the Provincial Government. We are standard coin for the Straits and its hinter- quite alive to the fact that the Mint at

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WINH AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS:

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,

Hongkong, 15th January, 1998,

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MADAME!

MARK THIS!!

BARGAINS!!!

Our Winter

CHEAP SALE

STYLISH & SMART GOODS.

FOR

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BEGINNING

ON 20TH JANUARY.

sions

„LOCAL AND GENERAL. A REVISED list of authorized architects in the Colony is published in the Gorette,

MR. L. G. R has been appointed Secretary to the Squillem Board in place of Mr. A, J. Darby.

INSPECTOR William Robertson has brew pointed a sanitary inspector, vice inspector D McDonald, Iransferred. Tut B shop of Victoria will presch in St. Poters, Seamen's Church, West. Paint, to

A. J. BRACKENBURY, Private Secretary,

Government House, Hongkong, 25th January, 1958, N

"HONGKONG,"NUELAHS;"

BE TRAINING WORK ACCOMPLISIIED. **

At the last meeting, of the Public Work

Commnities, the Chairman submited a general

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(1) Extension of trained nul

lah ip Stone Nuffah Lane, Wanchui, to above Keosedy Road (C.S.O. 1416 of 1996) | 5 4 400 (ii) Branch nallah at Tai Hang

Village (C. O. $98; of 1906), 1,600 (iii.) Extensions of trained out. fahr forming branches of Al- bapy Nullah.....

(iv) Improvement of Wong- nai-chong Valley drainage

and extension of trained nul- lah in the rear of the Dharma' Sala (C.SO. $138 of 1957) * $5,5 c~$1,500 subscribed by

Jockey Club....

5,000

$19,100

The Committee opanimously agreed to re- commend that the works specified in the fore- go ng statement be carried out.

Tantal Wei Han has appointed Mr. Cheubg Pat-yoes be his assistant, Mr. Theung, was educated in the Nával College in Fukien and also in a foreign country for some years. and is at present in the employ if the Caoton Covernment Naval Dacka, at Whamps

FOLICE FOR THE RIVER,

The Canton Self-Government League has again sent out circulars calling a meeting 10 take place at #pim, to-morrow, at its head. ¡quarters when the representatives of iba' Chinese community, at Hongkong will be present to discuss matters in connection with

the measures, so be taken for the introduction

Chinese owned launcheskaja, na najw the West River and for the change of digs on

IBADISONDERLY SEAMANTOVA, si FUSES WORK AND BEAULTS THE CAPTAIN,

John Macdonald, än A. B. belonging to the bicamos detoric, was brought up before Mr. H. H. J. Gompsiz this merging, at the Police Court, on three indictments prefefred ugaibit him by the mister-Captain B. G. Thomson, Without any hesitation" "defendant planded {"gallty to all the counts. He was charged, firstly, with disorderly behaviour on board ships secondi, disobeying the lawful orderi of the master, and lastly, with assault.

At about seven o'clock last night?"defend. ant returned 10 the ship to a somewhat ructiõus mood." "lastaid ok golog tos bis bunk, or to his work—he proper piece-he took up a position outside the saloon door and started, shouting, "breaking the monotovy at times by hurling pet namti” at the men

¿men.. Re was told to cease the noise and return to work bat ha'refused to do either, The police were called aboard and defendant placed under: Arrest. While leaving the ship, in custody of Sergeant facksin, defendant struck the Captain on the face,

silja. Warship—When are you leaving, cap. tiny

morrow (Sunday) evening at 5.30, * TENDERS will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, until noen of Wednesday, the ath day of February, 1908, for the addition of a storey to the Ski Ying Paon school, la 17 is notified in the Gamely that his Ex cellency the Gover or has been pleased to appiot Monday, the 3rd February, to be observed as a public holiday in the Colony, Tut well-known steamer Wingehol was put Messia Hughes and Hough, and bad to be L. Company will shortly place on the run to the up for sale by public auction this forenoon, by || Timer of Ceylon representative that the N. D. withdrawn, the reserve price not being reached. East two new mail steamers of approximately

NEW GERMAN 'mail steameRSance.

"FOR THE BAST,

1.

TWO IOCOO-TON' VESSELS.

Mr. Winfried Freudenburg, of Messrs. Freu- denborg & Co., who returned to Ceylon, on Jan. after a short visit to Germany, informed a

Capt. Thomson-On this 17th or 28th, Do you want to fake the defendant with you? No, I don't "Meet

flow long has he been with you?-Five or six months

.

What sort of character has hajr å bad cone right through..

Have you any marks 10 show, where he struck

His Worship Boed defendant $5,

moots have been introduced in the arrange second, to go la geol for age week ments of the cables and promenade deck.two days' pay, and on the third to Another ellers is that the long tables in the fine of $5, with the option of months' im- dining rooms have beco superseded by smallprisonment, Sentences to ide consecbilvely). tables, capable of seating parties of from 310 8. This arrangement is already in operation on THE Cameron Highlanders Church of Englaed board several of the company's trans-Atlabtle pasty wil parade for Pince Service steamers, where the pusengers can dins at any eleven o'clock service, when the Rev.

at St. Andrei Charch, Kowloor/ time between the hours of Grand 8, and do not require to go to dinner when the bell, pound'; The Lutapm And Darglinger, are also fitted

Stevens will be skin preaching - Regular mem-

The whole of our Winterland. trade, after the demonetisation of the Canton was only recently designated aliis Excellency, the Governar has given his 10,000 tons each. The steamers, one of which Stock to be cleared at Bitish and Mexican dollars, so that the branch of the Imperial Mint of the Go-wht, in the name and on behalf of His was built by Menus Sc. Ichau & Co. Danzig, and

enormous traffic between the Settlements vernment of China; but it is, as every. Majchty the King, to the following Ordinance faunched on gth November, are named Zalew you? No, not up to this morning

passed by the Legislative Council:-Ordinance and Dorflinger. They are of the same type of 25% off original prices, and the hinterland and the Iutch posses- body.a.know, controlled absolutely by off of 1953-An Ordinance to attend the vessels sa the Kleist and Geben, but improve daya hard labour, the Planche

of Java and Sumatra should not be the Viceroys for the time being of the two Fire Brigado Ordinance, 1858,5 (0) Ladies' Costumes, Coats, organised by any lack of token money. Kwang Provinces." And if negotiations have

In the law which demonetised the British to be carried out at all, as they must be in Japan Daily Hail states that there is talk of building a large hall to be called the Mackintoshes, Hats, dollar and legalised the new Straits dollar, our opinion, those equations could be. Tekip-kap, at no ex 19050 05, Y150,000. The Sir David Barbour had sufficient prescience more speedily, effectively and successfully site chosed is Ueno Park, and one of the main Furs, Blouses, &o. to provide for the reduction in the intrinsic conducted within eight hours journey objca, the scheme is to enable foreign value of the token coin so that when the of Hongkong. We are not at all agreed visitors to contrast the present condition of the Children's Tailor Cos-price of silver rose above a certain parity it that in the Government service of this Japanese capital with its condition prior to the

should not become a source of profit if Colony there is among the cadets any Meillera tumes, Reefer Coats, thrown into the melting pot or exported member sufficiently versed in ao intricates THE offices of the Supreme Court (subject, abroad. The wisdom of such a proviso problem as that of the subsidiary currency however, to be provisions of Sretion of the &o., &c.

was amply demonstrated in the fact that the as to be capable of conducting negotiations Supreme Court (Vacation) Ordinance, 1898), original issue of the Straits dollars was called on behalf of the Government or merchants will be open daily from 'iq am, to ip, in and a new issue of which the dollar of this Colony, If a special commissioner during the Chinese New Year Vacation which commences on the and and terminates on the was of smaller intrinsic value substituted, is to be appointed at all we should certainly 6th February, 1918 (both days Inclusive), FOR 11 DAYS ONLY. A similar measure had to be resorted to in suggest that he is to be found in one excess on public holidays, when the offices

the Philippines in the case of the Conant of the Banks, of the Colony or in some will be entirely closed. peto, the only difference being that the of its leading mercantile establishments: A READER-to be precise "Constant Rea Conant Act did not provide the sliding scale The services of such a commissioner if im which Sir David Barbour had foreseen to be pressed into the service of the Government necessary, and Congress had to sanction a would, of course, in such circumstances Bo new Bill legalising the introduction of adequately remunerated. It is satisfactory to more alloy into the Conant, peso after its observe in oneofthe recommendations which original issue had been made. This digres has not received sufficient prominence that

out that there need be no necessity,) for 1 Gove

ment on voceiving Hposk

MADAME FLINT,

MANAGERESS.

THE CITY OF PARIS,

NO PEDDER STREET,

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bets of the congregation will oblige by with gymnasiums and have kurseries. They their seals before. 11. a.ms.as.kiting are built to carry 350 passengers in the three for the military and visitors cannot be classes and to show that ample and comfort for seath siders beyond that time

6.p.ch, servido, I kn able accommodation in provided for paissag. H. France, H... will officials and pre cha er, it may be stated that the vessels carry only soy first class passengers and its second His, Honour is Francis Figgot clars. They are also fitted as cargo carriers justice, has, by Commission gigned and as she holds are momy, the varsels should, appointed Mr. Frederick How when carrying a fair amount of cargo, be very of the Supreme Court of the gun as two additional bosts as soon as take validarations, amomaji good sea basis. The vessels will be put on

their, Suing out

but

derbas sent us s komornis shit on a subject which has lajely, become a passing topic in fordack of anything beiler. While per casinbutor for his klodness in kapwa yet whether they will sail

Australis Sinh minh king dosa", we do

aur colpmes with" TH

be a Commissioner to administer

tions of hopour in