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Telegrams.

**HONGKONG TELEGRAPH ".

SERVICE,

MAGAO AND CHINA, AN IMPROBABLE REPORT. [By courtesy of the " Sketing Fo."]

Peking, 8th August

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY AUGUST

WATER POLOIST'S ADVENTURE,

condition of the weather ventured on an ex-

CANTON BAY BY DAY.

FOSTERING EDUCATION.

[From Our Own Correipondent.]

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CHINESB Minister to BELGIUM.

ENTERTAINED AT THE CHINESE CLUB,

9. 1909.

To-day's

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*** "KARONGA," Captain Leslie, having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees of Carge are hereby, in- formed that their Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown. Company Limited, Kowloon, and stored at Consignees

IN A SQUALL AT ABERDEEN, A party of disciples of Isaac Walton-with. whom was a crack Hoogkong water poloist→→

This afternoon H.E. Yeung-thu, Chinese had a somewhat disagreeable experiance

Canton, 7th August, Minister-denigonte "to Belgium, who is in yesterday. Enthusiastic fishermen that they

Acting under joint telegraphic instructions Hongkong en route for Europe to take up his are, all

were bent on having a good from the Waiwupu and the Board of Education appointment, was entertained to ten at the evening's sport, and despite the threatening at Peking, the Canton Provincial Educational Chinese Club. Mr. Lau Chu Pak, the Chair-THE Steamship

Commissioner to-day issued a proclamation man of the Club, took the chair. The club pro- cursion to Aberdeen. The Western Market calling for the names of candidates to be enter-mises was as usual tastefully decorated with was exploited for a good supply of bait, but be-ed on the 7th, 8th and 9th instant to be sent to flowers and coloured buntings and the national ing a Sunday the run on the crab-draggers' stock Peking for examination with a view to being fags of China and England. The gathering The Portuguese Minister in Pew early exhausted and when a younger men selected and seat to America for a course of was boroughly representative of the Chinese king, at an interview with the Mi- ber of the pety four only, two of which is studies at the expense of the Imperial Govern commercial interests in Hongkong. The func.

be was offered four two just nisters of the Waiwapu, put forward managing to suivive the journey back to the meat, the indemnity money recently remitted tion was a purely social one and, accordingly, the claim that, in future, all Chinese heights of a well-known crescent!

The supplications of mother's, wives and residing in Macao will be considered sweethearts could not ddiain the young "sports as Portuguese subjects and, accord-in spite of the dark, lowering sky which ingly, become amenable to Portu- guen law, and over whom Chinese officials can exercise no control.

The Waiwupu has telegraphed to HE. Kao Erh Ch'ien, the Spe-

by the United States to be used for the purpose. The examination is fixed to be held on the 20th

day of the 7th moon (the 4th September).·

OPIUM DIVANS CLOSED. 'Lately, six opium divaus were discovered remaining open in Shpk Wan, in the district of Namhni, and were at once'sealed, by the local

ments were each ordered to be exhibited in the stocks for five days.

divested of formalities.

SHARKS FINS.

REPORTED THEFT FROM WANCHAI.

risk and expense.

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined oh MONDAY, 16th inst, at 3 P.M.

All Claims must be presented within Bfteen days of the steamer's arrival hora, after which date they cannot be recognized.

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No Claims will be admitted after the Goods About a week ago Messis: Talati and Com- have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining

Aberdeen, where the party reached about 7 officials. The keepers of these illegal establish pany's godown, at Wanchai, was, entered by undelivered after the 16th inst, will be subject

cial Delimitation Commissioner, toancy of anticipations for a big evening's haul. ted in the Wah Chung village, iu Nambol, and two women-yesterday, in whose posses-

strongly oppose the claim.

ANTUNG-MUKDEN RAILWAY.

A CHINESE PROTEST. [By curtesy of the "Sheung Pa

Peking, 8th August. The Japanese, without the sanction of the Chinese Government, have proceeded with the construction of the Antung-Mukden Railway.

The Waiwupuhas vigorously protested against the Japanese action.

ALLEGED REFORMERS.

CHINESE MINISTER'S

NERVOUSNESS.

[By courtory of the "Sheang-Ph"]

obscured the western horizon about 6 p.m. Nothing daunted, the eight Waltoon start- ed out on one of Wing Shun's speediest 10

p.m. The scartiest tation, answered for ap evening's repasi, while a bottle of light,‚' freshing. "Sapporo" and another of Schiltz carried in-plots helped to raise the baby. was divided in Upon arrival the party couples; one member whose name literally rendered would approximate something to "rock" chose to sally out with a Unionist and secure their safe-perch-on-the-ssd-wall. The man with the glasses and the pints joined part aership with another; while the youngest of the group-who, by the way, is the water polo crack of a well koown local institution-preferred to Inaintain the equation of age and partaered with a little chicken of over seventy. he young 'blood wen's the most venturesome of the lot and relying on his biceps and his notatorial abilities promptly hoarded a slipper boat with his pariner and rowed out to the bay, well assured of a better fishing "ground" than their companions could hope to obtain.

All went well with the merry party until after. ten o'clock. The heavy laden clouds threaten- ed a drenching rain; hul so absorbed were the anglers in their occupation that they headed not, the atmospheric warning and continued to fish where they were. Soon torrential rains poured accompanied by thunder and lightning, and a strong wind which lashed the water of the placid bay into fury, The Dalanist, believing discretion the beiter part of valour, beal a hasty retreat into a cosy sentry-box into which the rock also rolled. But the cries of "Save life, save life in Chinese from the diminutive bont came from afar and struck terror into the bearts of the brave Walions. The young Chip ete damsels, who rowed and steered the slipper- boat with the champion swimmer aboard, were

KIDNAPPED LAD RECOVERED. " About'n month ago, a robbery; was commit

where one of the houses was ransacked and a. boy kidnapped by the robbers. At first the robbers demanded a sum of Siga'o for the release of the boy, and threatened that if the money was not forthcoming, the boy would be done to death. After considerable haggling the boy was at lest rassomed for a sum of 51,000 a week ago.

CHINA'S FORROW.

The Canton officials have ngio received a telegram from the Kwangsi authorities advis ing that the Tso Kong River has swollen to over ten feet above the hormal level and is `ra- pidly rising. The message urged that the people in the districts along the West River should be warned to take precautionary plops with a view to avoiding disastrous results.

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EXTENSION OF SUNNING RAILWAY. The Sunning Railway Company has been granted by the Ministry of Posts and Com- munications at Peking permission to extend the line from Kung Yick Fau to Kong-noon. The Company has sent engineers to survey the contemplated route, and work is expected to he commenced shortly upon the construction of the new line, which, when completed, will pass the city of Sun Wui,

HORSES FOR TROOPS,

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The Canton authorities have deputed four weiyuans to Kolgan for the purchase of 1,520 horses for the use of the newly-organised troops.

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JOHORE PIRATES.

DEATH SENTENCE REVOKED BY BENCH OF JUDGES.

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The three Chihamen who had been found

guilty of piracy off Jobore in April last, and sentenced to death at the Assizes by the Chief Justice, Sir W. Hyndman-Jones, have at last been disposed of. The death sentence has been cancelled, and penal servitude for

Peking, 8th August. The Chinese Minister in Peking has telegraphed to HE. Na Tung, the Acting Viceroy of Chilli, to the struck with blue terror at the fury of the They abandoned the cars with the cop- effect that a number of reformers squall and screamed for life in their fright. have returned to China from Europe sequence that the boat drifted out to sca. Tak ing in at once, the paril of the situation, the and will be dispersed throughout water-pole man with considerable presence of Shanghai, Tientsin, Shantung, Hu mind got hold of the fruit cars and began the butle of his life with the tempestuous sea, peh and elsewhere with the object of His power of endurance, like his presence of disturbing the peace of the Empire.mind, held out until the wind died down and

"the storm was past." Danger over the water life has been substitued therefor. When Na Tung has instructed the offi- nymphs occe again plied the oars and our beto the death sentence was originally passed, was safely rowed to the launch. Meanwhile the Chief Justice, at the request of Mr. cials in those provinces to keep a

the "leathered companion", was shivering Knowles, counsel for the accused, agreed to sharp look-out for the alleged revo with cold in a white duck suit. Inspector refer a point as to the jurisdiction of the Dymand's hospitality at the police station lutionaries.

was appealed to and as promptly and generous-piracy, to be discussed before a full beach of ly responded with a dry suit of clothes and a judges. As the accused were lying under sea- whisky "pre. The offer of a free night's tence of death, the matter was expedited and lodging to the hoary Walton was declined with Mr. Justice Thornton came down from Penang thanks. The launch steamed back shortly after

last week to complete a full beach with the midnight regaining Blaks Pier at 1 a.m. to-day. Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith, The catch was nil. The adventure was excit Their Lorde sat on Friday and Saturday and log. The luncheon hour in many an office listened to lengthy argoments by Mr. Knowles was prolonged ave minutes beyond the usual for the three condemned men (who were pre regulation time to-day is recounting the Wal-

sent in the dock) and by Mr. Hastings Rhodes, tons' experiences last night with the inevitable deputy public prosecutor, and Hr, vao Someren

wharepresented-the-Grown-

PICEROY CHANG IBN-CHUN.

ARRIVAL AT SHANGHAI,

Shortly after noon yesterday the C. M. S, N. Coss. Daming, Captain Blethyn, steamed up the barbour gaily brdecked with flags and having on board the Viceroy-designate of Liang Kiang, H.E. Chaug Jen-chua. The ship was Clolely followed by a tender-on-which-the-adornment-of-the-iale. Shangbai Taotai Woog of the Shanghai Constabulary, the Shanghai City Magistrate," the Mixed Court Magistrates and Director Chang of the Merchants S. 6. Co., had gone to Woosung early in the morning and from, which they had boarded-the--ein- ming. A very large crowd assembled at the

Kin Lee Yuen Wharf where a handsome awo

BORNEO JUNGLE TRAGEDY.

DETAILS OF MR. KERSHAW'S TERRIDLM DEATH.

thieves, and very nearly $2,000 worth of sharks fios and fish maw were stolen. The that was known next day, and the police notified, which resulted in the arrest of four persons-two men

sion, so it was alleged, was found part of the stolen goods. The quartette were charged he fore Mr. F. A. Hazeland, in the Police Court, this morning, with receiving stolen property, and the case was adjourned. Mr. W. L. Shenton appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. P. Sydenham Dixon was for the third defendant, while Mr. E. Davidson, of Mr. Hastings and Hastings, represented the fourth defendant.

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FORMER HONGRONG

RESIDENT.

ARRESTED AT SEATTLE,

A Seattle despatch, of the and ult., printed. in the San Francisco Chronicle, says-United Stales immigration officers to-day farrested and took to the detention station Mrs. Vera de Note, who arrived recently from Hongkong, charging that she is not entitled to enter the United States;

'Mrs. de Noie arrived in Sao Francisco from China in April, bringing beautiful furniture, said to be valued at $30,000, which she sought to enter as household goods.

The following is a translation of Viceroy Tuan Fang's report on the late Governor of Kiaugsu's impeachment of the Shanghai Tnotaj) "I received a despatch from the Grand Coup

In her controversy with the customs officials cil stating that it had been decreed on the 25th

she claimed acquaintance with a number of of the intercalary second moon (April 15) that I be ordered to investigate and report upon Chen United States senators and a former governor Chi-tai's impeachment of the Shangbai Trotai,of an castern state, whom, she said, she had Trai Nai-huang, for regarding lightly the public entertained at her home in Hongkong. fueds and scorning the laws and rules of the The goods were' admitted on payment of realm, without fear or favour, and that a copy of small duty, and Mrs. de Noie took up her re- the original memorial be banded to me. Upossidence in a fashionable part of Seattle, where receiving Your Majesty's command I at once she was soon arrested for selling liquor without

a license. instructed the Treasurer of Naoking, Fan Tseng-

diang, to investigate thoroughly the matter. Fan Tseng-hsiang has handed me his report which I have carefully considered in the light of my own knowledge of the case. As a matter of fact the late Governor Chen Chi-tai and the Shanghai Taolai Taal Na-huang were old friends. Ever since Tsai Nai-huang assumed the Tantaiship of Shanghai they both bad- attended, to their respective duties and there had not been the least difference between them.

The recent impeachment was caused by the bankruptcy of the Yuan Yuan Bauk. The said bank stopped payment in the Yoth moce of last year and owed the officials and Chinese and foreign merchants a very large sum of money;

including Taels 62,000 add due to the Chuog

coort and the validity of the punishment for sums and money was urgently needed to pay

and Shanghai Likia Bureaux and the Chuan-chu's Teels 8,000 odd and 16,000 odd strings of each (one string equal to 1,000 cash). As there was no means of recovering the said the province's contribution to the Indemnity Fuad the late Governor ordered that both the proprietor of the Yuan Yuan Bank and its man uger, Chao Chung-pin, be arrested and made to repay the said 'rums, Trai Nai-buang, how ever, replied that both the treasury of the Shanghai Tantai and the Ta Ching bad, with Imperial sanction, lent that Bank large sums of money and had therefore sustained heavy losses and that the bank's debts be paid in their due order after the trial of the Case. He further asked that as the bank's After consultation on the beach, their Lord accounts were is B most confused state ships gave their decision, through the Chief bich could not be put in order unless. Chap Justice, shortly after noon on Saturday. His Chung-pin was allowed out, the petition of the Lordship said that the bench was unanimously Chamber of Commerce that only the proprietor of opinion that the death sentence did not hold of the bank Shen Hsiang-ise be imprisquod "good.

and Chuo Chung-pin be let out on bail bo Theo, said Mr. Knowles; 1 ask your Lord-granted. That was what the late Governor

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Yesterday the government ordered her farais ture re-appraised, and to-day she was arrested, and held for examination and possible deport- ation.

MORE OPIUM.

A FINE OF £109,

David Annan was proceeded against at the

Water Summons Court this morning on the information that be had imported three tins of opium on Monday, reports the Sydney Kven- ing News of 9th ult.

It was stated that the defendant, a coal lam. per, when asked by a Customs official, upon

leaving the Aldenham, what he had in bis packets, ran on board the vessel. He threw one tin of opium overboard, and two others were taken from him.

The defence was that 'Annan had found the oping in a bunker.

The magistrate (Mr. Macfarlane) imposed a fine of 100, defendant to be released upon suraties being found to the extent of £100 for the payment of the amount before October 9,

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woollen material was found in the waterspout of a wharf shed on the western' side of Circolar Quay, Sydney, this afternoon. A painter made the discovery, and the Customs officer on the HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LIMITED," "wharf-took possession. It is supposed that the lia was thrown from a steamier and was in tended to fall into the street on the other side, but the shot lacked force, and another tin was thus added to the supply already to the King's warehouse.

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JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,

General Managers, HONGKONG ICE CO., LTD. Hongkong, 12th July, 1909..................

ship to quash the conviction because the charge called regarding lightly the public funds. PASTEURIZED

Writing from Jesselton, on July 26, a Straits Times correspondent, referring to the fatal fire

Membakar esiste is on the railway line, and on which the men were tried at the Assizes did. Then the late Governor ordered that the pro- As the ship passed the Clio and the French in a new one being opened up by the Govern. not state the section of the law under which | prietor and the manager be sent to Soochow

ing bad been erected and where an escort of an Membakut estate, says :— cavalry and a brass-band were in attendance.

the offence is punishable.

aloogaide promptly and there was at first great 1030'a m., they started burning in different tion' by the jury in this case, but we are all of price of goods be tried in Shanghai, The

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for-trial-But-just-at-that time the German Their Lordships again consulted oan with Capsul wrote to the Taolai requesting that the the other, and the Chief Justics then stated:

case in which the German firm, Klose and Mr. Knowles has moved to quash the convic Company, sued Shen Hsiang-tse for the

opinion that this motion must be refused. Shanghai Tactal therefore asked that that case be first settled before sending the the scatence of death passed upon the threa Briedy, we have come to the conclusion that

two men to Soochow That was accused by myself--by reason of finding my self bound by's decision of the Court of Appeal in Panang, in 1885-cannot stand. We are now sitting as a full court and, as expressed in the

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mad-of-war it was greeted by the playing of meat. It is situated a few miles up the railway' several lively airs followed by iho Chinese line. On July 13, a large acreage was going national anthem and the national anthems of to be burned by Mr. Bardwick, the manager. Mr. Kershaw 'was a guest of his and at Great Britain and France. The ship came rush of waiting officials to go aboard but the parts. Mr. Kershaw was taking one Viceroy sent word that he would receive all tion, Mr Hardwick was taking another and

the late Governor called' scorping the laws SPECIALLY guests at the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, seeing Mr. P. S. Skinner, au Lassistant, was in only the three or four foreigners who were on charge of another. The jungle quickly became the wharf to receive him. He quickly landed alight and, unfortunately, Mr. Kershaw was

and rules of the realm. The late Governor used strong language than the circumstances and was taken away in a carriage preceded caught by the fire. I do not know clearly how

warranted and Teal Nai-huang did not in the by a Chintro Eavalry escort and several he was caught, but news quickly came that he mounted French Police as far as the Yang-king. | was burnt to death. Capt. A. T, Wardrop went terms of the present Courts Ordinance as an op- Icast yield to him. Hence the impeachment. ́troopers, under 'Sergeants Spottiswoode and I returned at 1.30 am., bringing the body back now feel that the sentence of death cannot be allowed out on bail was at the request of the pang bridge, from which point Municipal Sikh by a special train at 5 p.m. for Merbakut and pellant court having oppellant jurisdiction. We ~MacSweeney, led-the-long-procession to the and niso Mi, P. 5. Skinnar, who had received maintained. For this reason, shortly, that weare Chamber of Commerce in order that..be.might

Bureau of Foreign Affairs on Bubbling Well Road.

very great shock, having been cut off from com. munications by fire, and was not rescued until about 8 p.to.

Viceroy Chang is an elderly man of more

The funeral of Mr. Korabaw took place at than sixty years of age, but it so well-preserved that he looks scarcely more than fifty. He ex-Jerselion, the next day, at rz a.m, and was at- pects to remain in Stanghal two or three days and procead to Nanking by rail: His wife and Yamily remain on the Hsteming which proceeds zo Nanking to-morrow. A very large number Chinese officials and, merchants called on the Viceroy yesterday afternoon and the street in front of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs was crowded with carriages.

RETURN of visitors to the City Hall Library and-Museum, for the wook ending the Bib August, 19095–—–

Library. Museum.

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tended by all the Europeans. Some beautiful wreaths were laid on the coffia from his many friends in Jesselton and Labat Date Estate,

Tbedeceased was an Australia, and had been for sore years so assistant on the Lahat Datu estate. He was very popular. He had been granted leave and bad just returned from Aus- tralia and intended to spend the unexpired por- tion of the vacation with Mr. Hardwick, who was his bosom friend. He was staying with Mr. Hardwick at the tican and they were both wary keen on seeing a good burn of the jungle and making a success of the work,

It is very sad that the young life should be so takes away, Mir, Kershaw will be missed by many, and especially so by his friend Mr Hardwick

acourt of co-ordinate jurisdiction with the Appeal Court in Penang and therefore we are not bound although I was bound-by the decision of the Penang court, and so have a free hand, For reasons which we propose to state-the case is a very important one and there is the ruling of the Penang court to be borne in mind-and to put into writing and have filed on the court record for future reference and guidance, we have come to the conclusion that the death sentence cannot be maintained, but we are clearly of opinion that the correct sentence is penal servitude for life, and we therefore propose to alter the sentence passed, and to pass sentence of papal servitude for life on the thron accused. The reasons for this will be given in a written judgment to be filed in the court.

As a matter of fact that Chao Chung-pip was

settle the affairs of the bank, and that the Gor- man case was tried in Shanghai was in accord. Lace with the treaties. Vader the circum- stances the allegation in the memorial that Taal Nai-hoog was a traitor was out' of place, As to the money due to Chungchow and Shanghai Likin Bureau and the Hwo Chues-che-the-Shanghai-Tactal-kas... already. instructed the City Magistrato to pross the bank fonpayment and ordered the officials of the said bureaux to make good the deficiency if any. In his various replies to the late Governor Tsai Nal-boang certainly used too strong language which was irregular but it was from a conscien tions sense of daty. Having regard to the above circumstances it was my duty to pray that the memorial be shelved. I bag to present to Your Majesty this tras report on the Total's impeach

The thres men, ware then formally sentenced to penal servitude for life. One of them said:ment.

prefer death and finish it," and the others

An Imperial Beicript has been issued stating gava expression to a similar sentiment---Strails | that H.R. Tuan Fang'a report has been notadi

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