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Intimation.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY MAY 8

sequences, the Sydney paper suggests that, in the future, it is the duty of Australians to prove that it is just as well fitted for white men. We must enter into effective agricultural, pastoral, and mineral possession of this immense tract, whose

Batrow waters on the farther side of which swarm millions of Asiatics, who could turn them to incalculable profit at our national risk. In its present emptiness the Northern

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RICK LUGARD'S NEW PROPOSALA

We have heard it stated on good authority |that Sir Frederick, Lugard, is about to intro

duce another innovation in Hongkong la the shape of a cat show. The idea i set surprising when Sir Frederick's minuta to the Saultery Board on the subject of cat breed- ing as a preventive against plagua la recalled. In fact, we understand that the show is only an

timo past, was unearthed by Captalo 1. H. bodied. In the minute above mentioned. A Brown, matter of the steamer Chemin, the committee, composed of European and Chi-. other day, in a very ingenious way, heating ses gentlemen, has been appointed in order to The Chenan is a vessel belonging to Messrs. | make all arrangements in coanection with the Butterfield and Swire, and, pliès between this | show, port and Shanghai. On the afternoon of the 18th alto, just prior to the departure of the

One of the most remarkable cases of kidnap.

1909.

OUBLE ON TE GLENTURRAT,"

ALLEGED JAPANESE ATTACK ON SECOND ENDINEER.

A Japanese, Sutchicki Naka, a fireman on board the steamer Glastarred was charged in the Police Court, this forenoon (Mr. JH. Komp presiding) to answer a charge of baring committed an assault on Mr. Leslie Simon, the

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Last night, the above Compan Never Too Late to Mend," a por

ance, but despite the hardly encouraging fact purpose. There was again perdo attend.

of having to play to a poor hango, the Com- pany's interpriation of the piece sustained the interest of the house from the rise of the curtain

Territory is at once an invitation and a 1. Ping that has been brought to light for some elaboration of the Governor's original idea or second engineer, on the high seas some time, to the conclusion of the plece.

provocation, and nations with vastly greater pretensions to civilisation than those of Asia have many times seized territory of much slighter excuse than its emptiness. The proof that our empty North is eminently sulted for Chinamen, is, on the whole, die quieting rather than comforting, but the northward march of the white sugar-worker and the undoubted fact that white men can do beavy mining work in the Territory itself are valuable evidence that tropical condi tions are not inveterately hosille to the white worker.!!

LOCAL AND GENERAL. THE Ministry of Finance has estimated the total receipt of duties in China at Tis, 14,000,000

THE Ministry of Agriculture, industry and Commerce has submitted for, Imperial approval,

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At about two o'clock next morning a woman appeared on the ship (with three mate children, each about five years old, and was taken to the boatswain's cabin, where she was installed. Everything appeared above board, and the Chenin some hours later weighed anchor for this part. Twenty-four hours after the Northern port had been left behind, some

cabin which led to action being takab.

HONGKONG'S FINANCËS,

A CREDIT BALANCE.

a set of regulations for improving 'forestry in thing "fishy" was noticed to the boatswain's available balance of over three lakhs of dollars:

Chian.

THE Grand Councillors have been in confer ence on the question of appropriating money from the Privy Parse to build railways from Peking, Tungchou to Tuahua.

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-The defondant denied the charge, and offered to call four witnesses;

The story of the alleged assault as it was given by Mr Simon in the witness box was that early on the, morning of March seth last when the ship was bolwenn London and Port Said (on the high seat) he was in the stoke hold. This was usually done before wito want on watch. While there witness saw.ds?

The piece produced last night reguln the sensibilities and conscience o craft, and that these were Company, those present Inst appeared in the character, roraan of judging. Miss

Dalton's interpretation the only female part

noble-minded mald reputation the har

poiting the most natural sate, Miss. Lillian the boy part of Joseph her

ing of a brilliant order. Her

Tonight, the Irish play... Conn, the Shangh un," will be staged. Os Monday night, the time prior to their departure from the Colony, Company will occupy the boards for the last

when Mrs. Henry Wadd's touching drama "East Lyons" will be produced.

mer from the Northern port, a man want on board and asked to see the boatswain. TO' that member of the crew he said "that his wife / Government is carrying out its policy of fendant attending to the abbes. The steamer and two children wanted to proceed to Hong-retrenchment with a vengeance. The usual was going back and witness ordered the Japanese kong and as there was no proper accom monthly financial statements which take up to attend to the Erel. When the order was modation aboard, would be mind hiring his four or five pages of the Gastils are now whit given defendant was in a 40ping position at cabin. The boatswain consented, and the led down to only half a page, from which we the ashes, and witness tapped him on the is delightiel. As Tom Robi

rather that at the end of the month of February elbow. This defendant objected to and, li hero of the piece, Mr. Henry Dallas again last, there was a credit balance to the Treasurying round sharply, struck the engineer on the of $313,663.98. The balance at the end of the face with his shovel. [The witness here show added to his fant-increasing laurels, and the previous mouth was one of $ 66,227 Eanded a ipag mark running from the right side of dashing recklessness of the snoer found an when the retenus for the month of February is his face down to his chinotable exponent in Mr. Dallus, added, viz, $455.598 70, there was an available The blow stunned witness, and he col sum of $68,840,50 to me the expenditure for lapsed, and I knew nothing more titt was that month. The amount disbursed by the picked up by a stoker. When I woke up," the Treatury was only $348,758,28, thus leaving no witness continued, "I asked what was the matter. A fremuo, Chigusa, told me that something had fallen on me. I went into the engine room and saw my greaser and sent him up for the chief engineer". When the latter arrived there were only three engi 358,216.29neers in the room, the others having disappear 1,441.81 ed. The chief, engineer, on questioning the #1,060,20 men got the same answer-bat something had fallen on the second., Witness was then reliev 370 718-30 ed and went to sea the doctor who put in six 313,068.28 stitchat in his wound. That was all the witness

know.. 683,786.58

The Court-Did you, tell the chief engineer Balance Bank........$149.53 that the defendant struck you in the face?-No, Subsidiary coins........... 331,416.87 Crowd Agents current accoun!..... 30,095.25coming round with the shovel. I knew so Advances, mandum 107,975-37 Imprest

64,731.56

$633,786.58

Captain Brown learnt that the woman in that room could not understand what her three children" were saying! The children, all Shaug- hai-landers, told their mother," is that dialect, that they wanted tea. The mother, & Canton ORDERS hivo been placed by the Chinese au-

eio, desired to know what they wanted. And thorities with a firm at entrin for this construc-40. this went on, until foally Captain Browa tion of a few light draught steamers, which are turned the children over to the crew to be intended for navigation on the Sungati River. attended to, while their alleged mother was All risk of infection can be avoided by PRINCE SU has telegraphed to make inquiries confioed to her cabio, washing the floors, btcy or sprinkling wherein regard to the Chinese residents in the south

It has now been proved that Plague is convoyed to human beings by means of fleas from rats which have died of this disease...

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the fleas are likely to be with a dilute solution «of "WATSON'S HYGIENOL" A tea

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Pacific islands who are offering contributions for the Navy reorganization. REGULATIONS for the making of a new grave for maintaining or repairing an existing one in the New Territories are published in the

Government Gazelle.

A corrected copy of the register of medical and surgical practitioners qualified to practise mes dicina and sugery in this Colony is pablished

is the current issue of the Guselis..

18' Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Dr. John Bell to act as Principal Civil Medical Officer during the absence on leave of the Honourable Dr. J.' M. Atkinson of antil further notice, with effect from the 4th inst.

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In the, statement of assets and liabilities, dated the 29th ult, presented by the Treasurer we find the fellowing figures f

Liabilities.

Deposits not available,.. Officers' remittances... Suspense bouse service..'..................

Total liabilities..

Balance....

Total....... Antelt.

On the arst, the vessel reached Hongkong, and the womad was turned over to Inspector Langley, at the Water Police Station, while the three little boys, whose photographs were taken and given to the steward of the ship, were ac. commodated by the police. The Northern port was notified of the occurrence by wire, seat by a certain Chinese newspaper in the Colody, and

Total according to Captain Brown, in order to show on Reimbursement due by railway what a scale kidnapping is being conducted at

construction account gist De- the Norbera port, there were over 103 parents waiting the return of his vessel to get back Less credit balance on accouol of

cember, 1938....................$1,356,136.50

their missing children,"

The active steward of the Clignan, vow in possession of the boys' photographs, went to work to find their parents. That it was hard work cannot be denied; that he was successful in two cases deserves great praise. He searched Shanghai for many hours. Firstly, he found His Excellency the Governor has been pleased the father of one of the boys, who is an ex-com- to appoint, provisionally and subject to His pradore to the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha. He had Majesty's pleasure, the, Honourable Mr. A. W. missed his son for two months. Then a well- Brewin to be a member of the Executive Cong-to-do lady recognised another of the pictures;

A. S. WATSON & CO., bring the absence on leave of the Honour but the parents of the third boy could

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CONNAUGHT Road Central was the scene of a little bloodshed yesterday afternoon, Lai Tak and Chau Sing, coolies, were sauntering east- wards, when a shop foki named Chan Chau bumped into sheni while turning a corner. Chan was violently-plished away, The Joki sald, it was all an accident. The coolie asked im if he was blind. This led to more palaver, rerulting in the soķi receiving a snack on the head with a pole. When bland began to flow, the coutis tried to beat a hasty retreat, but friends of the soki were at hand and they were pinioned. The pair were charged in the Police Court, this morning, and a five of $2 each was impored.

1900......

Credit balance all above...

Balance of acts (general

account)

253,230,28 *1,097,006,72 313,068,28

$1,405,974.50

"BOY" os. COOLIE

PUGILISTIC EXHIBITION IN DES VEUX.

ROAD

amhudumulansand winter su suey †20816 and a respectably-dressed office boy arrived here a day or two ago, to meet their took place in Des Vox Road yesterday. It missing children, who were kidnapped' mouths was evident that the "boy" had engaged the ago and stored in Shanghai pending coolie and had not discharged him with the suitable time for their removal.

proper fare. The coolis swore in the Chin chew dialect, the "boy" pappared him in Can- tonase, and the fight statted. There were only three "rounds", and like the Buros-Johnson turn-out the fight had to be stopped by the

The kidnapper, one Wong 'Fung, a virago of about thirty-five years of age, was charged before Mr, F. A. Hozeland, at the Magistracy, this forenoon, to answer a charge of bringing children into the Colony for an unlawful par-police. pose.

In spite of evidence to the contrary the defendant perniated in saying that the children ware hers. Ami to abandon my children?" she concluded insolently.

His Worship found her guilty, however, and passed senience of six months' bard labour, The steward was highly commended by his

Round 1-Both seize each other, by quese, and strike out vigorously. Coolie is swung to the ground. "Boy" is pulled after him and falls on his face. Struggles to bis feet quickly and tries to get in one in coolin's solar plexus with right footy but loses his shoe, Shoe recovered,

RETURNS of the average amount of bank-Worship for the work be bad done in Shang-queue, Missed abjective and goes sprawling Round 2-Coolie rushes opponent again for poles in circulation and of specie in reserve in Hongkong, during the month coded 30th hai tracing the children's parents, and Temark." Boy getting out of way quickly drops on April, 1909, as certified by the managers of

ed further that had the steward been put to any coolle's face. Coolie seems stugord: Bay the respective Banks:-

expense the Police or the Steamship Company takes precaution and rolls bis queue into a would refund it, Banks.

Average Specie in

sob. Caolie follows example Amount Reserve. Chartered Bank of Lodia,

Australia and China, $3,565,615 $2,700,000 Hongkong and Shanghai

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17,8:4,940-13,000,000

52,577 nil. མི་མ་ $16,433,137. $5,70,000

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, May 8, 1909.

CHINAMEN IN AUSTRALIA. A correspondent of the Sydney Daily Telegraph records the interesting fact that be found Chinese growing rice in the Nor- thern Territory, a "splendid crop," which, the cultivator asserted, could be grown with at Powell and Company's auction room, Sing much less trouble than in China. He there-apore, on the 30th olt. After the last attempted fore-draws-a-deduction that the Northern sale an offer of $750 was made if it could be

A SECOND attempt to sell the wreck of, the S. s. Djambi and iis gear by auction was made

Inspector Langley observed that the steward did not want payment. All he considered necessary was to ba cómmended.

We are given to understand that the child ren will return to. Sbanghai soon. The third onrecognised child will be handed over on arrival at Shanghai to the proper authorities. Meanwhile their wants are belog stiended to by the Registrar-General,

KULANGSO (AMOY) MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

Territory must be equally suitable for white arranged that three moutha should be given for the Board Room, on the 20th April, 390gk

labour, but, unfortunately, this does not follow from the facts. Our Australian con temporary corectly observes that "white men could not prosper by growing rice la the same manner as the Chinaman, be: cause the latter is producing the staple upon which he lives," and proceeds to remark that the question of prime importance is whether heavy agricultural operations upon the European model can be successfully car ried on by white labour under the torrid sun of the Territory. Country suited for rice

Round 3 (sod final)—Ą, wind-punching cod tost Coolie looks afraid and is blowing hard. They clinch, Coolio attempts trip up "boy" Latter was about to do the same. Nothing happens, Still clinching, Coolie in act, of kneeing "boy's" stomach, and is pushed over on his back. "Bay about, to pin coolie doya oy, his back with knes when police interfere, Pugilista removed to lock-up.

Mr. JH. Kemp refereed the dispute this morning, and finéd'each'man. Sa.

Minutes of a meeting of the Qouncil held at

S. Okuyama, the Health Officer and the Secre-}

Prevent-Mestrs. W. H. Wallace (bair man), J. S. Fenwick, W. Kruse, J. Mencarial,

Lary.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. »:

The sub-committes was instructed to arrange for a farther meeting with the Mixed Conn Magistrate so as to come to a final decision in

the matter of licensing chair hongs,

Temple for permission to hold the annual re An application from the committen of the

HONGKONG UNIVERSITY

SCHEME

FURTHER SUBSCRIPTIONS, Following are the amounts subscribed since the publication of the fast listament

Already acknowledged... $131,950 Cheung Yung hin

1,000 Cheung Yin hin‚i. ...........................ï 1,009 Yu Yat-yue'... Ming Ken

500 Cheong Loong dampane ... | 500. Woog Shiu ken ... 'Kat Cheong vertandi

$00

-100

$196,150

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Did you see him with a shovel?—I saw him

more after that

What did you tell the chief engineer?- said nothing, for I knew nothing.

Didn't you say something ?—I showed him my face. Then we went into the stakehold.

You must tell me what you told him?-{ said nothing.

When you showed him your face did be ask you how it happened ?—Yes.

You said nothing ?—1 and Į didn't know. ‘So you did say‘komething ?~Well, he-asked 'me'what was the matter, I said something hid struck me) 1' did not know how it had been dona,

You did not say shout the man turning round with the shovel? No

When did you first mention that? Some time after. Tho grosser was responsible for that.

Inno_ton_sal that, mandianada Ten

so long to find that out?-Yes, your Worship. It must be very extraordinary, isa't it, to wait But there were so many tumous golog sound the ship about this man.

The defendant. asked witness-When you ask me how it had happened ?--Yes. I asked came down after being bandaged didn't'you you the same question,

Asked what he had to ssy, defendant said that the complainant went jets the stokebold after his ok and spoke to him about the fires. Then complainnot left and defendoni saw him speaking to another fireman. Some time later defendant (earat that complainant had been injured.

The defendant was discharged, owing to the time shat had elapsed before the case was brought to Court,

SANITARY BOARD.

A meeting of the Sanitary Board will be flowing are the orders of the day:

on Tuesday, the frth init, at 345 pm, Fol

KIRBAT RAUS,

EVENTEIN SHOP HOUSES DESTROYED

A correspondent sends us some further de tails of the fire at Raub un Monday, 6th April, which was briefly announced in yesterday'a intue.

It appears that seventeen shop houses in the main street were completely destroyed. Among these were the premises of Messrs. Nges Hap and Co. Mr. Ngee Hup, our correspondent

states, estimates his loss alɔne at over fifteen. thousand dollars. ⠀⠀⠀

Every effort was made by the European officers, especially Mr. Goldthorp, the P. W. D. staff, and tripacier Smallwood, of the Police. Owing to the insufficiency of the water supply. however, nothing much could be done

The origin of the fire is not stated Malay Mall,

"SPY" OR LOAFERI

COOLIX FOUND IN ARHY EXPERIMENTAL YARD.

They are carrying on a lot of experiments there and the defendant's presence in the en- closure was not wholed," This was the state- mest made by the inspector of the Waschal district to Mr. F. A. Hazsland stoïday, when charging a molie, U Fuk Tag, with trespaste. Ing in the Army Ordnance Department com• pound last evening. Itwas stated that defendant. The defendant pleaded guilty. "His Worship was discovered loitering about the premises, mentioned something, about stecks, but impe parently altered his mind and fed the tras passer $50, or two months' hard labour. Ac. ensed went to gaol.

GERMAN SHIPPING SET BACK,

THE DAY OF THE JAST LINKK...

Line's failure for the first time in filinen" years Coming on top of the. Hamburg American to declare a dividend, the announcement that conducted last year at a loss of £893,6 9, and the business of the North German I loyd' was that their earnings were only £450,900 barely one-fourth of what they were once, would seem on the face of it to sound the kort of German „trans-Atlantic shipping...

halded surprise ived in those shipping circles la The enormous extent of the lesses ban caus this country that know that the reports of both disastrous. Its causes, writes a representative. the great steamship lines of Germany. of the Fall Wall Garcile, an the result of id goirier, are set down in the following order :

Reply from Government relative to the re ports on the water supplied from Government mains, by the Government Bacteriologist. sion of the health districts of the City,

Reply from Government relative to the divi-

meat relative to the slaughter of animals out Minula by the Head of the Sanitary Depart

aide Victoria, pr

„must be

1. Effective British competition, and 2. Universal depression in shipping. prevails that so long as Great Britain main

With regard to the first cause, the opinion

Minute by the Head of the Fanitary Depart-hops that Germany can iccover the ground fains her upremacy with fast boats there is no ment relativo to the engagement of rafshe has lost. People as one authority point catębors in Yaumati, Hunghom, Trimshatsui, out, "no matter to what nationality they belongi will travel by the faster boats, provides, of In other directions. course, there is at least an equality of service

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Reports by the Medical Officers of Health re lative to čertein' houses remaining to be dealt with under section 175 of the Public Health Not only do buslcers conditions demand and Buildings Ordnance, 1903-1908,

Colonel Bedford, pursuant to police, will part of passengers to get from shore to shore it, but there is also a univeryal desire on the meve:-In view of the prevalence of malarial with the loss of as little time as possible, diacaso amongst His Majesty's troops quartered. Nowadays, therefore, the people who formerly at Lyeman, and to the fact that this diacase-is- travailed by the luxurious ships of the Germán dus to conditions obtaining outside War De lines are passengers by first Conard boats and pitment property, that a Committee be ap antil Germany can compete with Great Britain, painted to isquire into, and report upon, the steps necessary to remove or, minimize the take her a long time to attain-she can never in fast soaviceran end, which at the best will conditions favouring malaria 'in the adjacent hope to get thela passengers back" village of Shaakiwao and its environs, ju

Correspondence relative to the completion of the latrine in Chuk Hing Lane.

Correspondence relative to section A of Mà Tau Wat Cemetery,

period bad now been granted by the Master the removal of the vessel, Parmission for this Attendant and the ship was accordingly put up again. There was again no eagerness shown to bid, but eventually an offer of Syga, was rem ce v-d and vo one bettering this the wreck end gear were knocked diwa at that figure to Meis & Low Hooa Tinu, and Sae Cheng Ann, the latter of Tanjong Rhu. BECAUSE ■ house is unoccupied does it follow that the fitings are the property of all and sundry? This was what-Lam Wal thought. For a Ipog time past a house at 73, Kowloon fever, and it is only by draining such ewampy morning after arming himself with the business

aware of this fact and about one o'clock this and gracted on the usual terms, ground as the rice plant loves that malaria is end of a screw-driver, started out to inspect the following cases had been dealt with at the high seas. The steamer was on her way from The Superintendent of l'olice reported the Hazeland, this morning, with larceny on the successfully suppressed in tropical regions building. The inspection did not last very Mixed Court since the last meating :-Sam-Singapore to Hongkong, when on the 3rd lost. Only white man can prove by experituen!' long, before Lam began to remove the pazes mensex: Contempt of Court 3, Breach of a passenger discovered that he had lost how far and in what directions the Northern from the windows with his implement. He Municipal Regulations (disorderly house) 1. pillow box containing Jewellery, money and Territory is it for a big white population, secured seven panes and was making violent Summary Arrests: Being found on enclosed clothing to the value of $48, He suspected Meanwhile, the fact that it la proving so efforts to extract the eluth, when Policeman premises 1, House-breaking 1, Theft 4 There the fliter, he said, and approached him. In his admirably adapted for Chinese settlement is Shean grabbed him from behind. The officer wasmo sitting of the Court from the 6th to the presence the passenger alleged the fitter throw

had been watching operations for while. 15th April.

everything overboard, except a piece of red p WALLACE,

cloth whic ho kept This the fitter dedled, Would he be such a fool, he sıked, as

culture generally carries the germ of malariat City Roady has been untenanted. Lam wasligious festivals and procession was considered | A'fitter,.Lo Iu, belonging to the steamer

just one of those things which may, and The wily Lam figured before Mr. A probably does, make the Northern Terri Hatsland this morning and, pleading guilty tor attractive to the rice-growing nations was sentenced to six weeks hard labour and By order

(Signed) W.

of the East, and in order to prevent this six hours' sincka... Lem received his medicine O. BERKELEY MITCHELL, attractivendes from exciting uoplessant con- | without a murmur,

Secretary

Slut Song, was charged before Mr..F. A.

tije surfaces in bakehouses.

Correspondence relation to Canton marble Application for permission to erect water

closets at Tai Koo Dockyard,

- FAINT OLIMMERING OF HOPE →→→ From the universal depression German ship: ping will, of course, recover in common whh that of other nations. But &T present, said Boother British authority, there are only Sainglimmerings of recovery as are to be ace bood in wheat, there being an in a pradual increase in emigration

A NUMBER of German: firms in Chica, moro

good crop in Australiw and a large the first time for a long period from cupecially at Hankow, have petitioned the Brilab and German shipping.com

Such cordial relations, exla Imperial Government to the effect that the the news of the financial dienster

landed property in German settle taken the Nostr

iders should not be interfered received In Jadon wi The East Asiatic and much sympathy was request, with the at the death of Dr. Hal developists of Ger jug director of Le con

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