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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY JANUARY 30, 1908.

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had recourse to the same methods on this question, Instead of having had recourse to a show of investigation that had little since rity when it was dictated but owing to its having been entrusted to a group of terpected residents of this Settlement, Will assume virtue it did not originally possess. The United States Goverment apprinted a Commission to consider and report on the

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DEATH.

On January 23, 1908, at Shanghai, Mrs. ROZALIA P. RICCIE REMEDIOS (Widow of the late Mr. S. B. Remedios).

8.9. YING KING.

THREATENED HOLD UP

PIRATES PLAN FRUSTRATED::

Whit might have tumne Laut a most serious occurrence, but was averted by the timely dis. Covery of Capy Eli Page, the popular skipper to light on raday last, while the steamer of the Cautos steamer Ping King, was bri ught was lylog at her wharf on the New Praya, Upon entering his cabin on Tuesday man log. Captain Page made the discovery that it had been entered into in the early hours of the morning when he was away from The cabin door wis locked by Capt. Page his ship at his house in Wyndham Street. himself before proceeding a home. A hurried examination of the room disclosed the fact that the following articles were missing: Win chester tide, loaded, Winchester riff, un loaded, from the tack, avainst the wall, revolver, loaded, I pair ship's binoculare, 1 mackintosh and a few odds and ends. It was

sissien into the cabin from the skylight, was more probably the case,, o tained ad- but an eximination of the door lock placed

NEW DOOK TUG THE DAVID GILLIES" LAUNCHED

& Co., make, driven by steam and able to supply air to two divers at the same time; Tea afecific installation on board will be

able of establishing connection with

for divers whenever required. Presmatic will supersede hadd labour for the borin holes, rock-blasting in salvage oper rivelling plates, and

niply the

water per minute, throwing up a cont

CHRISTENED BY MR. HENRY KESWICK, The activity in the shipbuilding department of the Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld., of lain has demonstrated the capabilities of the of that special class of foods there single week there have been launched from the Not the least important and premier industry of the Colony for within a of air compressors, on board. yards at Hunghom two steel sea-gaing tugi most valuable as which, in point of size, build, power and teresis of the port are com finish will compare with the best works of equipment for extinguisblog.f their kind turned out at the yards of ship ships in barbour which will builders" at home... On Monday we re on board the David Gilller. The built to the order of the Norddeutscher Lloyd Merryweather & Son, fi will be corded the launching of the new tug Cyklop, will be from the well-known firm, of for their Bangkok service, and to-day a large of coping with a volume of 750 wal and more powerful. tug has taken the water to Hunghom Bay. This now vessel is not only stream Jags ft. high. With auch pressure the the largest ship-repairing concern in the East, case of emergency, on any outbreak of fire. a decided acquisition to the fosting plant of David Gillder should render favaluable vervica,

but is a valuable asset to the second moit im

in any of the larger goduwni ng the waterfrong portant part in the world. Not above taking a whether on the island or at Kowloon. While Baggestion from the columns of the Hongkong member at the Legislative Council have bag the Dack Co., in roniving, to replace the provide for an additional firefont for this Telegraph, the Directors and management of gled over the Governmeal vote of $0,000 to stranded Rebirt Croke, which way wrecked, on it beyond doubt that this mode of enthe, Paracels, have wisely decided to cam the Duck Co. have exhibited a greater prace most „important-" pon,...thas management of trance had been effected, Forthwith, Capt bine in the new tug.the triple qualities of a tical sense of their obligations towards the in- rage proceeded, to the Central Police Station towboat, a firefloat and a salvage, steame".

terests of their pumarous constitueals by maki and there made a report of the robbery. The In thus designing the vessel christened to-day ing adequa e provision in a fent clasa firefont Police authorities at once despatched a number the Directors can lay no claim to originality, which should reduce the risks of loss by fire of Chinese detectives in charge of Detective thy havo followed the example, urged-for-aflet, whether to the vessels of the mercantile. Sergeant Torrent to the Ying Xing, Aniving adoption in the columns of this paper, set by matine or to the warships of His Majcky' of the vessel fore and aft. At the time no pas whose vessel-the Varuwa has served as a hospitality of the part, th on the ship the police made a minute search the Tanjong Pagar, Dock Board in Singapore Navy or of the Foreign Powers seeking the sengers wore on bosid.

Che Hongkong Celegraph matter of opium in the Philippines, to which at first thought that the thief or thieves, a

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1958.

THE STRAITS OPIUM GUM«.

MISSIÓN.

end that Commission, thres in number, visited Formosa, Indo-Ching, the Malay Peninsula, and. Burma. Those gentlemen received an honorarium per mensen of substantial character throughout the whole period of enquiry, plus all expenses. In the case of the Opium Commission for this Colony there arises no question of this kind, though we think that in equity, the Home: Government, having called the tune, should pay, the piper. If eventually the self-right cousness of home agitators should ever tam Per with our revenues we should see to it that whatever we lose shall be made good by the Home Government, as the price of the phylacteries with which it chooses thus to decorate it faddist supporters at the expense of other people.

THE WANCHAL TRAGEDY.

ONE SUSPECT ATTEMPTS SUICIDE,

While the search was being conducted it is interesting to observe that a shipment of $2,500 in silver dollars, in case was made by Mesus Many & Co. who had received the money from Haiphong for transhipment to Chinese consignees,in Canton,

The search for the missing niticies was pre- secuted for some time without resul, but when the detectives reached the lifeboz's they were met with success. In one of these, carefully wrapped up in the bath, muils and strung to the mast, were found the two missing Winches ters, rolled up end to end and carefully concealed that, but for the lynx-eye of the detectives, they would have been impossible of secuted by Sergeant Terret. His men were discovery. Possession of the rifles was then directed to continue the search for the ether missing articles. Although every likely

sort of a copy for the local Dock Co. in produce its replica,

:

The David Gillies will be ten months in building, her construction having commenced completed to six weeks' time. In outward on the 7th May, 1907. She is expected to be appearance she is identical with the Robert

Cooke, and has two funnels.

ARMND ROBBERY IN THE CITY

EXCITING EXPERIENCE OF A CHINESE WOMAN. MANY

Although the weather was not a kis best to day for the ceremony at Kowloon, there being occasional rain showers and a nasty, cold N.E. wind blowing Inte in the afternoon, the party That proceeded across The Harbour, lo Hungham to witness the ceremony was a select one. The central figure was, of course, Mr. Keswick, wife of the las. M Henry Keswick, who performed the chri tening ceremony. Among other ladies in wiled were Mesames D. W. Craddock, 5 Silverstone, Van Buren, C. Richardson, T. Skinner, A. Ritchie, J. Lambert, W, C. Jack, 1. T. Douglas, A. G. Garden, A. W. Miller, J. van Sutherland, O. i.eefe . A. Siebs, and the Riegen, D. Macdonald, J. Robertson, R Misses Siebs, Mrs. Gibbs, Mr. And Me Warly this morning. E. Clarke, Mesdames. E. G. Barrett, F. Figg

A few days ago the members of the Opiuer Commistion returned to Singapore from their tour to Penang and the Federated Malay States, and, it is understood, are now engaged in drafting their report. Com menting on that fact the Singapore Free Press reverts the subject on the 18th January, and in a leading article says:It is nearly six months since that Commission, consisting of well-known residents of Singa pore,, was appointed at the instance, not of the Government of the Colony, but of the Home Governuicot, with the object not of meeting any desire of the Colonial Govern- ment for information, but to suit the politi

Mr. H. H. J. Gomperis, first police magistrale, cal exigencies of the present parliamentary

presiding at the Police Count, this morning, situation, and to gratify the prejudices of an The two suspects who were arrested at Yau-.-

listened to a story, which, was related by a active agitation within the United Kingdom, na-ti on Wednesday forenses. in connection

woman named Wong Kwan, who resides at which, because it possesses a certain degree with the murder of the woman, Chao Tai Tai

by two armed men, one of whom was captured, 30, Gough Street, telling of how she was attacked of influence in the Blouse amongst Members in her house, 38, Praya East, on Tuesday who are, or find it convenient to: profess to it, as reppied in the Hongkong Tagrath the following evening, were arraigned before

According to her story. It would appear that be, in sympathy with that agitation; bas to Mr. H. J. Gamp: riz, at the Magistracy, this crevice and corner was looked into the R. Shewan, J. Jebsen, E. H. Hinds, T. I

at about three o'clack this morning the pot dp morning. The suspects are: Chan Mi polica, accordingly returned to headquar Jupp, The Dock Co.

later search proved barren of results, The Rose, I. Hand, Nicholson, Fittock and J. A from bed to close the door after the night cod boarding-house suuner, of 19, Temple Street

was representer coolic. When she got to the door a hard South, Yaumati, formerly Hongkongers where the result of the investigation by Mr. Robit. Michell, chief manager. Men stretched out from the landing and sized detective, and Wong Sai La, oftas, Worg Pui, reported to the executive iflizers. Ap-- bars, of the Kowlo iz staff present were Mr. her by the throat. She was the wheeled an unemployed fireman, residing at 42 Temple tive office before the report of Capt. Page T. Newe. There was alsu & representative armed with big knives. At the right of the parently rumours must have reached the detec-J. W. Graham, manager, Mr. J. Hand and Mr. into the house, followed by two men, each Street North, Yan-ma-ti The charges against them were that af murdering Chan Tai Tain the forengon; för aker xoma deliberation | gathering of gentlemen Delonging to shipping robbers becoming alainad Red down the stairs: knives the called loudly for help. One of the and armed robbery-puiting another woman

Chief Detective Inspector Hanson and Captain and engineering firms in Hongkong. Before the and, disappeared The oth named Chavog Liu in bodily fear and sobbing thing to chance and despatched some mem Superintendent Lyons dec led to rust no

visitors, arrived, those responsible for the con-

other attempted her of a quantity of jewellery. To' both of

struction of the tug had had everything into force open- the woman's mouth ip insan these indictments the accused pleaded not

bers of the police to the King King. They readiness for the vessel to be launched. In by the neighbours who went to juvestigate, gaz By this time her crits had been heard guilty.

were P.C. Paterson, two ludians and some the yards at Kowloon she was conspicuous by but the scamp bad boltede was pursued by Chinese detectives, all armed."

the quantity of booting displayed. Punctually at six o'clock the chocke were removed, and as

a number of women and captured by a lakong, the supports which held up the half fell, the

in a side Igan.. vessel glided snoothly into the calm water of the bay. As the mais of shiped alert

be considered and conciliated, no matter at whose expense or inconvenience. Now the A. S. WATSON & CO., fact is that the gentlemen of the Opium Commission have, as is a matter of fairly LIMITED,

general knowledge, found their labours far more exacting than any one could have sus pected when they with great good nature, and a desire to be of service to the Colonial "Government, consented to sacrifice much if their professional time and private leisure in order to collect evidence and prepare a report, which in whatever terms it might be couched was obviously to be assumed by the Imperial Government as an engine for the interference with the Colony's excise syetem to the serious dislocation of our revenue, if any way that could be achieved, The one admirable fact of the situation

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Since the arrest of the accused the police evidence is concerned, and from what we have gained no headway so far as collecting could gather to-day, it looks as if it will take. soms

weeks before the prosecution

One of the theories for the rubbery is that piratea had had information that a large sum of money in specie was to be shipped 14 Canton for the New Year gitlements by the fast voy can prepare ita ceas. In making this state-480 of the Ying King. That the information ment we cast no aspersion on the Wan was absolutely correct will bs borne aut by the clial policeio fact they deserve much credit fact of the details of silver dollar hipments for the manner in which they have tracked that day recorded fator,, The pirates were obstructions which Bave been placed in the bers of the Chinese crew. The plan was, so it way of the police lately. Soon after the mur.is surmised, for the robbers to board the vessel der was committed it became known to the in the innocent guise of passengers and when police that the guilty party could be identified. the ship was out at sea to hold her up and des. And it is here where the police movements are poil the vessel and passengers of their valuable bruiked. In the ordinary course the aspects belongings. Deprived of their fire-arms and

The accused, Chaung Yik, pleaded guilty to the charge, and, after evidence was beard, bis

in the beautiful outlines of the tug maves Worship committed him for trial.. seaward on the stip, Mrs. Keswick broke the bottle of wine on the bow of the vessel and an she did so named, her the David Gillies

is to be found in a dictum of Mr. John their men to earth. We refer, however, to the supposed to be in collusion with certain mem. The vessel was named after a fate chief man-

ager of the Deck Co. The David Gillies was then towed to her busy.

"At the corclusion of the first part of the ceremony, the party adjourned to the Reading Room where the usual felicitous toasts were proposed and acknowledged. Mr. Mitchell

Telegrams.

{Reuters.}<

France,

London, 18th January,

Morley, as Sucretary of State for India, stier ed in the House of Commons, in his Budget speech of 1907, referring to the petitions and addresses sent to him on the "Opium traffic, declaring that. England as a nation ought to consider Righteousness before revenue. Yes,” said-he......" but murely you were brought up for identification, but tie wa--wespons of defence the Europeap-officers on thanked Mrs. Keswick for christening the Hafid Referring to M. Delcasse's speech," ought not to satisfy your own righteousness men could or would not identify them.: "So far board would be helpless against their assailanta Company's new (ug and asked her acceptance he.dooied: that France's alliances and friende

The suspects will be delaloed, however until

further investigation is mado..

. ;)"

*S. David Gillin;

Launched by

Mry, H. Keswick,

at the expense of other people's revenue?"

as we are aware the identification has failed. As we have said neither, the police nor, the of a wa'cht bracelet as a memento of the ocCAL But it seems to us that that is the prime ob-

ship's officers tak any risks and the guard sien. The watch bars the following inscrip Ject of the anti-opium agitation in England, As far as our information gats, the line of Tuesday night was a formidable one. Besides

·placed on board on the voyage up to Canton on ||lien:- and like the small boy and the cake of soap. defence to be taken up by the accused will be the police officer who were armed for emergen. "they won't be happy till they get it." But that of an alls. They maintain that they were cles, Chinese detectives mingled with the pative the Colonial Office, when it forwarded to not in Hongkong, or not near Wanchai, at the passengers on the steerage. The owners took the Governor of this Colony the reference time the murder, was committed. Up to the the extra precauți in of adding two colnared that was to form the basis of the inquiry by present they have not said, where they were watchmen or board, while the European officers the Commission to be appointed here was that night. On the other hand the police have-Capt. Page, Chief Officer Newman, and not so honest as Honest John Mosley. The the tragedy two men resembling the accused patrolled the abip iu turns. There was no secured evidence to show that on the night of Chic Exgincor Black-ware also armed and reference that limited the field of inquiry we

The Dovid Giller is what is described in did not hesitate, when it was published, toing around the house wherein the murder was fo'c'sle bead companion was leading to the crew's ion, twin screw tug. She has a length be were not only at Wanchai, but were seen dodg sleep on board for the offices that night. The engineering parlance as a steel, triple eapan- denounce as transparently insincere. We committed. have not, of course, the least idea of how

quarinis were baltoned down, thus cutting off tween perpendicular of 150 ft. breadth, communication between the lower deck and moulded, 27 ft ; and deptit, moulded, 14 fl. the gentlemen of the Opium Commission

the saloon and the weather deck. There was 6 in. Her mean draft is so ft. 9 in. She in

On Wednesday night the firat suspect-Chan Mi-made so unsuccessful attempt to commit

will eventually report, but we cannot help suicids in his cell. He tore pieces from his thinking that either they must have been blanket, kooted them together, and was in the hampered by the terms of the reference and the attempt frustrated. From the condition act of strangling himself when he was keen which declared it only wanted the sort of of bis neck, as seen this morning it was clear evidence that would be suitable to the that them a was determined that night to end they will have to declare the undue limita Home Government's fixed ideas, or, that his days in the cell.

After the accused had entered their plest, ions of the reference, and then proceed on Inspector Gosslay applied for the case to the basis that what the Home Government be remanded formally for week, which was really wanted was the truth, according to granted,

the queer terms of the reference, they pro fessed not to want the inth but just the sort of stuff that would suit their Parlia mentary book. Happily the task of the Commission has fallen into the hands of a group of men representative of the honest

INTERPORT, "HOCKEY.

HONGKONGY. CANTON.

The following will represent Hobghang

said 'It was impossible to recognise Mulat In the debate on Morocco, M. Pichon

ships were directed against any Power.

The French Chamber has passed a vote of confidence in the Government by 436 to gr. Russia.

Kowloon Dock, 30th Jannagy, 1928

The Minister of Communications- has in- Sutable acknowledgment was made on be troduced a Bill to the Duma for the construc bill of Mrs. Keswick. The party then teletion of a second line of the Siberian railway,

to Pongkong

at a cost of £15,732,000; the first section! to be completed, by igri.“

DESCRIPTION OF THE TUG,

The Buoz Caral. The Canal is re-opened to traffic

IVADO

· Later,"

tch party has been

only one exit, aft, for the Chiness passengers provided with engines of the invested, vertical The Cape Colony Elections, and that was secured by iron grating with triple expansion, surface, condensing type; the In the elections for the legislative Council,

That these precautions were called for length of stroke 30" The two boilers with signally victorious. armed sentry on goard.

diameters of cylindert ore 13′′, 22", and 35, and at the Cape, the Futch, will be gathered from the fact that on which she will be fited aro cylindrical return that particular voyage the King King tubular and are built of mild steel, their dia. The King's Visit to Denmark and

f Norway The King and Queen will visit Denmark

Curied no less than $52,606 (în specie meters being 16", and length ro' 6". Their in the compradore's room for Chinese consiga working pressure is 180 lbs, to the inch. As act in Canton. Besides Marty and Co.'s will be seen from the foregoing brief specifica. shipment of $11,500, Chinese shippers, sent tops the machinery contained in the hull of and Norway in February several lots of $1,000 in Mexicans, done up in the Decid Gillies in more than ordinally gonoy bags. i. At this time of year au abnormal powerful for a vessel "of her size;" bat herSir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. quantity of bullion is seat into the country, via builders have anticipated the advent of the The Premier is recovering. Cantón.

Jarger ocean freighters and passenger carriera Ol: passengers, the Ying, King carried on which sie sure to make Hongkong a terminal Suspension of a Bank. Tuesday night 494 all told, of whom tz; were port when the Facific trade shall have attained. Owing to a severe run on the National on passengers, 4 being Europeans. That the proportions which its development in the Bank of North America, the Comptroller of no untoward incident occurred was dus to the pot disinal" future now promises. Of great

against Canton on Saturday at 4.30 pm, and will represent a fair average of opinion on whiter Lt. Fforde R. N., (Goal); H. Beyer and both sides, and it will have been based on a Lt, fsaacson, R. N., (Bucks); B. Castor, C. FOR 11 DAYS ONLY. great mass of evidence to whose elucidation Bulmer Johnson and T. C. Gray (Cape) (Hal- by examination the utmost patience, and ves); 3. F. Ricketts, G, B. Stuart, B. N., F. V. care has been expended. When the whole Kirwan A. 5. C., R: O. Hutchison and C. P. mags of evidence comes to be published it' Chater (Förwards) Why!= will supply a tribute to the thoroughness of the Commision, not to speak of the phyn Cal endurance of numerous 'protracted sit Hinge Wethink the Colony has been fort Marinelting the services

common senta of this Colony. Their report Monday at 2.30, 'pim! at Canton, playing in exceptional precautions taken by Capt. Page, power, the tug will, perenheloss, be capable Currency has been asked to assume charge.

MADAME FLINT,

THE CITY OF PARIS,"

4th NAJ2JPEDDER STREET,

The team leaves taśmorrow:

from Canton per d'oman,, returul

booked and may Company

The capital of the Bank is $2,000,000.

who must be contratulated in frustrating of learning at the rate of twelve knots an hour. fraught with the gravest results had it been and the immense arefalders of the Danish MORE has 30,000 tons of beans, bean Defarious design which might have been. The distractive typhoon of September, 1966,

Successfully carried out.

"salvage, steamer-the" Prolacter-have imply and other cereals are accomzulated at the

demonstrated the value of a tog when agnipped | chung station, waiting to ha

TRAMS representing the Japanese community

In Canton, will-play; lexmit representing com painots in Hongkoog at baseball and tennis," the

the zod

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with salring applisukes. One of the festuran - the China Criffe," The transporting of the David Gillier when completed and ready of the South Manchuris

for service will be the powerful waiving pumpa- quale, the traf with several of which she wll be provided: Easter Rüllway

ja twelve-loch, cen- there