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Telegrams:

"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH "

SERVIJE,

PRESIDENT IAFT.

A CONGRATULATORY TELEGRAM.

[By courtesy of the "Skeung Po*]"

Peking, 8th November.

A telegram has been despatched by the Waiwupu to the United States of America offering the Chinese Government's congratulations on the election of the new President of the Republic.

AN ANTI-MONARCHIST.

ARRESTED AT AMOY,

· [By courtesy of the “Shering Po."]

Shanghai, 8th November.

On the 5th inst., the officials and gentry at Amoy gave a banquet to HE. Yuk Long, the Special Chinese Commissioner to welcome the Ame rican Flect.

At the reception hall on the occa- sion of the banquet an alleged anti- "monarchist was arrested.

It is not yet known how the sus pect will be dealt with.

THE DALAI LAMA.

RESPECTFUL MONGOLIANS.

[By courtesy of the " Sheung Po,”]

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY NOVEMBER

CANTON DAY BY DAY.

„A"WISE" INJUNCTION.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Canton, 7th November. With a view of preventing any outbreak of disturbances in Canten by the anti-japanese boycott agitatore similar to those in ongkong, the Cantor Self-Government Society, after general meating yesterday, issued a circular appealing to the people in keep the pance and nos to emulate the example of the riotous agitators in Hongkong.

AGAINST FLOODS,

The Central Relief Committee bas resolved to appropriato a sum of $300,000 from the relief fundi for the reconstruction of the em- bankments in the three districts of Yun Ping, Hel ring and Sun Fing, which were badly damaged by the rectal disastrous floods.

ÁN OPIUM-SMOKING OFFICIAL.. Expectant magistrate Fang Chung Sun of the Government Sand Field Bureau, who bad been granted a few months' leave of absence to enable him to rid himself of the opium smoking habit, has been found to be still. addicted to the drug by the Provincial Treasurer: Parg has consequently been removed from

office.

-RAILWAY, INSPECTION.

This morning, at 8 o'clock, Tariar General Ching, proceeded to take a trip on the King Fung, in company with Sir Chen Tong Canton-Hankow railway for the purpose of making a tour of inspection of those sections which have been completed and are opended for traffic, ie, starting from Wongsha to as far as the district of Chiog Yuen.

VICEROY CHANG'S CLEMENCY.",

Most of the officials who had been found guilty of various malpractices elc, and had been cashiered by H.E. Sbum Chun Hsun, when be was Viceroy in Canton, have since been rein-' stated through the, recommendation of H.E. Viceroy Chang Jen Chun. It is now reported that H.E. Chang is again about to recommend another batch of officials degraded by Shum for reinstatement icio offices,

A SCHOOL. FOR FARMERS, The Taotai in charge of the Divelopment of Native Industries Bureau. proposes to open in the outskirts of the Eastern gate of the city, an agricultural institution to instruct Peking, 8th Novembor.

the farmers in the best up-to-date foreign sys. Over 30,000 Mongolians have artem of cultivating the soil, under the control rived at Peking to pay their respecta

of Mr. Tong Yau Hàng, a graduated student, who returned to Chida about a meath ago.. to the Dalai Lama,

THE DALAI LAMA HONOURED.

PAK KAP FIU LOTTERY. – –

It will be recalled Bal, when H.E. Shum Chue Hion was Viceroy in Canton, he used his best efforts to suppress the evil of the Pak Kap Piu losiery in the Kwangtung province;

RAISING THE "HANPING

"CONTRACT AWARDED: TO THE SHANGHAI

DOCK, CO.

THE SHANGHAI RACES.

SINAUSPICIOUS OPENING DAYS

We take the following report of the. Shang, bai races from the local Timse of the 3rd last.

had rain-soaked With a lenden sky overband, ground beneath and a steady drizzle, the 100 Autumn Race meeting opened yesterday morning. Short of torrential rain, falling a more innupicious opening could hardly be imagined and, in consequence, the meeting was robbed of much of its brilliance. In fact we might well say at the outset there was no brillance whatever. Everything was a dull sombre hun; the ladies who were present, and they were not over mady, were most of them gabed in quier colours, or wore rain coats or cloaks over their gowns the silks of

of the sun, zod, were soon mud-bespattered,

Operations to raise the Chinese steamer Hanping, which sank last Wednesday after noon in the Postung side of the river, after having had a collision, with A.M.S. Flora during which the received a big hole in her side, will be begun in the course of the next few days, reports the Shanghat Times of and lost. A rumour was current that the owners of the vessel intended to abandon the sunken ship to the Union Losaraoce Co. of Canton, as the cost of raising and repairing her would exceed the cost of building a new ship. We fears, however, that this is not correct. Efforts were mad a few days ago to raise the sunken ship by means of steel cablés passed, under her keul, but owing to the grant weight of. ber cargo of pig: iron, this attempt | the jockeys" shimmered not in the absence was given up. Negotiations have been under way during the work with the various Dock Companies and it was decided to give the contract to the New Engineering and Shipbuild. lng Works [The contract was awarded to the Shanghai Dock and Engineering Co., Ld-Ed., H..T] to raise and repair the ship. It is intended to build a cofferdam around the ship, her lying, in such shallow water being most favourable for the undertaking. After the dam and the cargo temoved. A patch will then be has been built, the ship will be pumped out, put over the hole in the vessel's side, after which she-will-be-docked if necessary. The work will be carried on a rapidly as possible and it will be only a matter of a couple of weeks before the Hanping will once more be seen floating on the bosom of the river. [From later advices from Shanghai we learn that the Dock Co's plau for raising the Homping will obviate the necessity of building a cofferdam EJ, H.KAT.],

A

FINANCIAL TROUBLE IN

SHANGHAI

NUMBER OF SMALL FIRMS INVOLVED.

1908.

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and flags, which were hoisted from the marts surmounting the various buildings round the ground," all hung limply down, soddan with the rain. The course was in a very heavy con- dition, being very sloppy in places, and it cut up badly after, the first few avents. Indeed,

Dordogne and Douro, fram Havre ex so soft was the track that the ponies wank 3. Deuro, and from Bordeaux er så. F almost hoof-deep with every stride and throw Mori, in connection with above Steamer horses and riders, coveting them head-to-foot are being landed and stored at their risk into the the mad up behind them and on the following are hereby informed that their Goode with the exception of Opium Treasure and Valuables almost-Fast times were thus bit of the hazardous and/or extra bazardous Godowns of question and as a result of the conditions which the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and reigned the fancied ponies did not do as ex-delivery may be obtained immediately after Godown Co., Limited, at Kowloon, whence pected. to addition the races themselves were landing. daouded of a good deal of their interest by rez. son of the difficulty which the spectaton had in distinguishing the colours and a following the races intelligently. When the ponios were at the back of the course all the colours scom- ed blended together in a common mass and it was only occasionally that a particularly bright jacket showed up at all prominently. There were intervals during the day when this was not very pronounced, but on the whole dullness predominated. The attendance wan not latge as might have been expected, particular ly'le the forenoon, but after, the tiffia adjonen. ment the attendance increased until there was' a fairly large crowd present.

AS

Decree (dated Nov. 3) of the Empress Dow ager acknowledging with pleasure the presence that morning of the Dalai Lama and his suits } ultimately he succeeded in putting a stop to it. I cotton merchant and two prominent cotton in order of support. At one stage, after the

in the Imperial Palace for the purpose of pav- ing loyal obeisances and congratulations to her Imperial Majesty on the occasion of her se.

Recently this evil form of Rambling began to revive, and it is reported that it is secretly carried on in four different pinces in the district of sang Shing. The Canton authorities have been informed of the existence of "pak-kap.

venty-fourth Hirthday Andiverty. Her Ma

tystberefore, bestows upon the Buddhist Fontladditional title to bis usual one, formerly bestowed by a former Emperor of the Dynasty. To his old title of "The Great Right-plu" in that district. BDUs and Complacent Buddha of the Western Heavant" the Empress Pawäger now bes'own the addition title of "Sincere and loyal Spreader of Civilization." That is to say the Pontiff is to be hereafter known and addressed

as "The Sincera and Loyal Spreader of

Civilization; the Great Righteous and Com placent Buddha of the Western Heavens." In addition to this honour the Empress Dowager 'further commands that the sum of Tis, 10; 00 "Food money" be granted the Dalai Lama, the same to be paid annually by the Provincial Treasurer of Szechuan. The Ministries of Riles and of D-prodeacies are commanded to report in the Thrope the form of ceremony to be used in installing the Dalai Lama with his Dew title without delay in order that, after his installation, the Buddhist Pontiff may return to Tibet where he is expected to obey deferential ly the laws of the Suzerain and Paraisogot Power, do be a sapporter of China in the sincere priformance of his duties and to use every effort io. teaching and civilizing the barbarous tribes of the Dependency, in order to deserve the confidence placed upon him by his Sovereign and as a return for the protection of

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CHINESE PUNKRAL IN KÖBB.

Yesterday afternoon a gorgeous Chinese

funeral passed through the streets of Kobe, and

was watched by a large crowd of interested spectators, says the Japan Chronicle of 30th ult.

doog, a leading Chinese merchant of Kobe, and

Optional Cargo will be forwarded on unless latimation is received from the Consignees before Noon, TO-DAY, requesting it to be landed here.

Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the Badersigned. Goods remaining unclaimed after MONDAY, the 16th November, at Noon, will be subject to roat and landing charges.

All claims must be sent in to me on or before the 16th November, or they will not be recog nixod.

All damaged packages will be examined on MONDAY, the 16th November, at 3 P., No Fire Insurance has been affected.

P. NALIN,

Acting Agent. Hongkong 9th Novembar, 1008

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

"PALERMO,"

To a report to the Fareigs Office on the financial situation in Shanghai, the Japanese The first race was rather a set-back to Consul-General says that the failure on the

the posters, as the unexpected win of 3th ultime of Liu Pei-Sing, a prominent Heathfield, who got well away and was si- Chinese merchant, on account of the collapse of the share market, has resulted in a loss of ways with the leaders, was something of about 600,:00 taels to Chinese banks. This surprise, but the fortunate ones who in THE P: & O. S. N. Co.'s, Steamer has induced foreign banka to call in chop loaas, vetted their money on Snippet, were well which caused a monetary stringency, the bank repaid for the outlay. The event was 'a' rate advancing. At the beginning of the good betting one at Actions and Feibo shared month, the failures occurred of a leading raw favourism, with Defiance and Temeraite next yara merchants, who had close relations with field wheeled into the straight, feibo "looked the Chinese compradores of foreign binh 1, ardangerous, but the run home saw the Mr. Heary these failures involved Chinese banks in a loss of Morriss rose jacket forging ahead to wiù by 370,000 taels, Foreign banks have also sustained good length and a half. The favourites in the considerable losses, and this has further forced up Criterion Stakes--in which eight ponies started -all did well, but Gemini, in the capable hands the bank-rate, Do theyth instant foreign banks raised therate to 3.7 momme perdey, and Chinese of Mr. Moller, romped home in front of Moriak. banks to 4:88 monime. On the gh foreign Gemini was not at all prominent in the early banks further increased the rate to 1.8 mme stages of the race'; in fact, it was not until the and Chinese banks to 7.2 momme. During the Widow's Monumeof was passed that ke called in chop loans to the extent of about ground fast on the outside. He had to run first ten days of ibls month, foreign banks wit seen to be riding down those in front —he was then about sixth-and making up right through the field, but one hundred yards

5,05,000 laals. For the relief of the situation it was arranged that a sum of 1,930,500 trels

Co Let.

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PORT SAID, SUEZ AND STRAITS, FROM Antwerp,, LONDON, MALTA,

Consignees, of Cargo by the above-named vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown being landed and placed at their risk in the Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.

Optional Goods will be landed here unless instructions are given to the contrary befor

6 hours.

4

Goods not cleared by the 16th isst, at

will be subject to rent.

any

No Fire Insurance will be affected by me in Damaged Packages must be left in the

case whatever.ÿ Godowns for examination by the Consignee's pointed hour.

!

All claims must be presented within ten days

The deceased was a daughter of Mr. Wu Chinould be..borrowed from the Bank of China from home he had the race well in hand and and the Company's representative at”an, ap at one time a Director of the Kanegafuchi hai Customs, 502,003, tasis from the Shimei finish on the part of Gemini. x. Copenha of the steamer's arrival here after which date with the guarantee of the Teotal of the Shang. Mollor faished "hands down." It was a fine Bank, and 605,0ço tréls from the Kotst Hank gen's Shock carried off the Maiden Stakes to they cannot be recognised. A sad point in connection with this death is 10,000 taels in all, Of this sum it was de-almost universal surprise: 7he popular fancies,' |

Spinning Company.

the fact that the father of the deceased is away in China on bu iness, and is not expected back

advanced by the Treasury of the local Govein. ment of Kiang-su-going to relieve the money

market,

Referring to the report of the financial pale

cided to deposit 7:9,cas taels with the Hong- kong and Shanghai Back, the balance of for some time. His whereabouts are at pre-2,500,000, aéls, together with 700,cas lanie sent unknown, and although cablegrams were sent to different cities in China in the hope of finding him, none of the communications were answered. It is probable that Mr. Wu Chin- dong is still in Ignorance of bir bereavement.

The cortege started from a bouss near thein Shangbai, Japanese coctemporaries quale of great length, the bead of the procession crossing the Sannomiya railway gate as the rear turned into the main road in the vicinity, of All Saints' Church. The funeral was not altogether in Chinese style, as many Japanese funeral cars and flower stands were in the pro- cession.... In the front-of-the-cortepe - was:a.

the Paramount Power which bar always been Chinese school in Nakayamate-dori, and was

all officials along the route to be taken by the floted to the Yellow See of Lamas. Finally, Dalai Lama on bis return to Tibet, ate con manded to give very assistance and aid to him and his followers., The Pontiff is com manded to keep strict discipline over his train during his journey and when in Tibet to report as usual to the Imperial Resident at Lhassa everything that will need the Imperial sarc

Dependency-N, C, D. News:

tion with reference to the government of the

CHINA'S CURRENCY.

REFORM URGENTLY DESIRED,

[By courtesy of the "Sheung_Po""]-

Peking, 8th November. H. E. Tang Shao-yl has tele- graphed to the Central Government urging that the currency reform scheme should be taken in hand without further delay. ́EMPEROR'S ÎNDISPOSITION.

UNABLE TO ATTEND THE GRAND COUNCIL

[By courtesy of the "Sheung_Pv.")

Peking, 8th November. On the 5th and 6th inst., the Emperor did not attend the meeting of the Grand Council.

a certain authority on trade in Chine for

the statement that the disturbancel is chiefly due to the declize in copper and silver, and there is nothing new in it. Financial circles in Shanghai have been seriously dia- curbed face last year, but the situation has who could not escape failure have now acc Dow somewhat improved? Those merchant large effigy of a man, made of paper pasted on urines is in progress. Already Chinese bamboo ribs, and carried by -sumber of business is in

Chinese banks bare advanced 3,000,000 tals for the relief of coolies. As the figure was very high it con- tii aally came in contact with electric light and the situation. The refosil of foreign banks to telephone wires strung across the street with a accept drafts from Chinese merchants in somew! et ludicrous effect, his was follow Shanghai in merely a repetition of former ed by a long line of hana-gurums or small occurrences, and there is nothing of novelty in waggons containing dores and flowers, a commit to be specially noted. Business circles of mon feature of Japanese funerals. The cen- Shughai as a whole can hardly lose credit in ire of the procession was taken up by a num-general on account of the failure of a few per ber of men carrying boards with Chinese in

Icriptions painted thereony-baing quotations

from the classics, famous sayings, etc. Two shrines, painted in bright bups and decorated with flowers, were conspicuous of jecte in the procession, and following these were mourners d'essed in white, carrying wreaths and bunches of flowers. Next came a number of Japanese

Buddhist pricats dressed in bright coloured, robar and riding in Tikithas, 'The coffin was preceded by a number of pipers, in flowing white gowns, playing a shrill, monotonip3 dirge. The coffin was borne on the shoulders

Chant-Japon Chronicle..

MORPHIA IN CHINA,CO

at indicated by the pati-mutuel betting, were, Hesteman and Squire Cannington. With a field of twenty-two to send off the starters had no dinecore and it was only after four fulan starts that the field got away and Shock bad, then a fine position. Mr. Poulsen kept the pony well to the front and took the lead just before entering the straight. Huntsman had

a

No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns,

E. A. HEWETT,

Saperintendent, Hanglewey, 9th November, 1908

Intimations.

lot of leeway to make up and came through HONGKONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY.

and THREE PRACTICE DANOES,

from 5 to 7 PM,\,

the Fuck well, but, though Mr. C R. Bur

rode the pony ou, he could not quite ST. ANDREW'S BALL 30th November, 1908, catch the leader, who won by a length. Virgo made the running after the 'firsi qünster, but died away before the straight was reached. Spring. Rose and Myrtle Tree, with a slight WEDNESDAY, 1th, 18th and 25th November,

in the Fah Wah States, but Sagittarius upsci preference log ibp former, disputed favouritism calculations by winning in a very bollow fashion, MrMolla? tiding his mount well. To who backed him for a/wid Saggittarius returned about nine to oce. The popular fancies in the British Navy Cup were Black Saed,, Landsman and Squire Cannington, but. only the latter, found a place in the first three, the winger being el. Criollo. There as another downfall of the chosen ones

to the eger where the best liked were ide

SCOTSMEN (Naval, Milliary, or Members

of the Civil Community) desiring to Sub their hamer to the undersigned scribe to the above are requested to forward No Scotsman can attend the Dance and

DAVID WOOD, Practices but as a Subscriber.

Hao, Secretary: Hongkong, 6th November, 1908

CO. LTD.

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two "Trees," Sure wa Sokol, the race CHINESE ENGINEERING & MINING wad "won" by"Sutlej, who relorood Sga.to for a win, and 134 30 for a place. Ostowa also Beat the favourites in the Eclipse Stakes, in A Six Pente per. Share, free of tax, bas FINAL DIVIDEND of Ove Skilling and which Medfield was looked upon as being al- been, declared by the Director of the above THÉ PROHIBITION OF IYPORT,

msat a "certainty," and both Hillman and Company, making a total of 15% for the year Teunessed Wers wall backed. However, back ending 19th February, 1908. London, Oct. 1.

sms of the favourites scored in the Autome Cup The Zinics Peking correspondent wires(-

by pinning their faith to Brockton, but the re. China has officially informed the Foreign Legations that all the Powers bave given their tors for their outlaya were very amall. Alto arseat to the prohibition of the importation of other favourites were decidedly out of luck,. morphia,, except for medicinal purposes, and but this was to be anticipated when the state of that the prohibition will be enforced from the course was considered. To-day the cours

of about a score of men, alie dressed in while January sat. As will be famemberod, England / should be better,; provided there is no more the coffin itself being covered by a white man-agreed to the probibition on these terms in ralu. It will; of course, still be beavy;.but not

tle and surmounted by a figure of a stock long live of mourners, both Chinese and Tap sanse, brought up the rear. The procession lowly wonded its way through Sannomiya and Sakaye-machi to the beating of gengs and the piping of flutes, till it reached the Chinese cemetery at Oku-birans, where the last rites

ware performed,

On the 7th idem, the Empress Dowager alone was present, when Prince Chun was received in au- Two coolids-Lum Wa and Chan la-ware dience and held a long conference charged in the Police Court, this morning, and 'fined one dollar each for placing their feet on with Her Majesty.

"the benches of the Public Gardens. Accused

It is believed the Emperor is ill were arrested'ienterday afternoon by as ludian

policeman, who found them fast; silṣap on the Lawar cinta oliko gardens.

so slushy as yesterday.

Article XI. of of the Mackay Treaty of 1907, America made an identical stippla. tion in Anticis XVI. of the treaty of 1003, In daaling editorially with the letter of Mesure. All the other Powers have since agreed, Alfred Halt and Co., respecting the seizure of last of all Japan, whose acquiescence the Colches during the Russo-Japanese war, by as announced in Peking yesterday, the Russian naval authorities, 7As Times sup

The InternationalOpium Commission, which ports the statements made by the correspond.

1 meeting at Shanghai in January, will be spis. The result is certainly disappointing, given valuable' assistance by the Maritime and the fallore to grant compensation In this Customs, whose various Commissioners and case as well as such cases as the Kalaki Com

er, Dulkamis, and, flifame: inland postal officers have been ins collect mit available data about the

ing." It la suggested the of the poppy and the

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