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"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH"

.SERVICE.

BRIDGING THE YALU.

A JAPANESE PROJECT.

[By courtesy of the “Shewing Po."]

Tokio, 7th September.. The Japanese Government has decided to appropriato a sum of Yen 3,000,000 for the construction of a long bridge across the Yalu in order to connect with Korean territory,

VÍCEROY OF BUKIEN.

PROCEEDING TO PEKING.

By courtesy of tha" Sheung Po.")

Foochow, 7th September. Viceroy Cheung Sau, of Fakien,. having been denounced as an opium smoker, bas applied for leave to pro ceed to Peking to submit himself to observation.

He will start for the capital in the eighth moon.

NAVAL COMMISSIONERS, DEPARTURE FROM FOOCHOW.

[By courting of the "Sheung Po?"},

Amoy, 7th September. Prince Shun Pui-lap and Admiral Sah loft Foochow for. Canton on the 6th inst.

Prince Shun proceeds to return to Peking from Canton on the 10th iust.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER

RAUBS ".

INTERM DIVIDEND IN LIGHT.

It is reported that the annul accounts of the Ranb Australian Gold Mining Co., Ld., short- ly to be issued, with skew a credit balance of over £8,000, as against a debli, of over £1,000 last year, and it is reported, on good authority, that an interim dividend of 18, id. per share will be paid before the end of the cuirent year, As has been the previous whom a call for a similar amount will be made it the same time it, then

on the contributory, shares, which make them fully paid.

· 128E DECLINE OF THE

JINRIKISHA.

It has been statistically proved, says the Japan Advertiser, that with the electric tram. way the jieribishas in Tokis are gradually decreasing in number, as the following table will show :-

Single Double Jiorikisha. saated, seated. Total, men.

1905. 35.772 6510 11,:82 43,183 1905

40,16 3,102 43 273 44.537 1907......... 25.793 1,016. 16,809 26,519 1908....... asif38 864 6,co1.25,461

QOCAINE ON THE “HONG MOH"

OFFICIALS FIGHT WITH SMUGGLERS AT RANGOON,

The Customs authorities made a large soizora

of cocaine on August at, on the steamer Bong Mok, which arrived at Rangoon from the Straits and China on August 18. About 3.30-

the mi- on the Friday as she lay at Godwin Road buoy three Chinamen were noticed in the act of lowering five packagór into a sampao, which lay alongside. Customi

officer Davis, Dare and Greatorex sprang upon them and prevented the packages from being lowered. Then a fight took place which resulted to two of the Chinsmen japping over the side of the ship into the river where they are said to | have been picked up by the sampan in waiting "and carried away. The other Chinaman and the packages wore taken ashore to: the Birr. Street police station where the packages were found to contain 1,456 battles of cocaine, 182 ounces, valued roughly at Rs. 14,500.

FAREWELL 10 KITCHENER,

VICEROY'S VALEDICTORY SPEECH AT SIMLA,

COMMANDER IN CHIEF'S TRIBUTE.

To-day's Advertisements.

THE COMMITTEE

OF THE

HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB

baye arranged ;

A FROMENADE CONCERT

to be held in the GROUNDS. OF THE CLUB,-

SATURDAY, the 1tb SEPTEMBER, 1969

at 9.15 F.M.

By kind permission of Lieut. Col. Bayard, D.5.0., and Officers, the Band of the "Euft, conducted by Bandmaster Hewett, will assist.

TICKETS....mm§1.00

May be obtalsad from any. Mambars of the Chúb or :-

The Robinson Plano Co., Ltd. Messrs. Houtrle & Co., Ltd.

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To-day's Advertisements.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE.

* NOTICE. TO QONSIGNEES..

THE Reamship

Intimations.

THE

DAIRY FARM Co., LIMITED.

BUTTER.

"PRINZ EITEL FRIEDRICH,* having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are bareby of Opium, Treasure and Valuables, are being informed that their Goods, with the exception landed and stored at their risk into the hazardous regret that, owing to a sharp sise in and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hong-

the price of batter in Australia and to kang and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Com the low rate of exchange maling here, we are pany, Limited, at Kowloos, and West Polat compelled to raise the selling price of our Godowns, whence delivery may be obtained.

"Daisy" brand butter to 80 cena per tb, from September next, when the following prices.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain ing undelivered after the 15th of September, will mula will be subject to rent.

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All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are" Honeysuckle" brand' to be left in the Godowns, where' they will br

The Hop. Secretary of the Kowloon Cricket examined on the sth of September, at 9

Club

The Hall Porter "The Club."

par 16.

Daisy"

80

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All Claims must reach as before the 19th of September, 1909, or they will not be ma cogoland.

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· Dairymaid **

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Buttercup"

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1380

A LATE CAR WILL RUN TO THE PEAK.

Hongkong, 8th September, 1900.

HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED.

'HE

ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY

May, 1909. 2,880 695 13,587 23,218 Of the above total '1,636 belong to the suburbs. Moal of the 'rikishnen who have given up their profession are bow employed by members of the United Service Club, at Simla, DAY, the 11th September, 1909, at 12.30 R.M.,

As already wired by Reuter, Lord Kitchenes MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS ill was entertaldod at a farewell dipoer by the

factories, and their tikishas were sold to the neighbouring prefectures and places on the Nakaiendo, wbergelectric carsṇemot available: This state of affairs has badly affected the 'rikiba carriage manufacturing industry, Saveral years ago there were over too factories in Tokio, but these have beet reduced to half that number, lately Akily & Co., in the Ghz, is the largest ʼrikisha facory in the city, over 100 being manufactured every month, but most of these are exported abroad. The sewest rikisha has rubber tied wheels and ball-bearings.

WHISKY 'COMMISSIONS.

REPORT:

be held at the Company's Hotel, on SATUR-

No Fire Insurance will be affected,

Bill of Lading will be conatarsigand by the Undersigned.

THIS STEAMER BRINGS CARGO.

Ex S.S. Barbarigó from “Catasia · via Port Said.

*NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.

MELCHERS & Co., General Agonis.

Hongkong. 8th September, 1000

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,

will be CLOSED from the 5th to the 11th

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Steamer September, both days inclusive.

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Secretary, Hangkook, 30th August, 1909.

1639

IMPERIAL GERMAN. MAIL LINE......

FOR SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI, KOBA AND YOKOHAMA.

Aug 20% There was a large gathering of for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Ac members. The Viceroy presided and proposed counts of the Company, to the 30th June, 1909, Lord Kitchener's health. In his speech, the with the Report of the Directors, and to discuss Viceroy said Lord Kitchener's life.had synchro-any matter that may be competently, brought bined with the military history of the empire since before the meeting. the date of his first commission when he joined the Royal Engineer in 187r. The first decade of his service was a great time for soldiers, and 'Lord Kitchener saw service in the two great European wars between France and Prussia and between Rossin and Turkey. It was after | thirty years of almost continuous foreign ser vice, most of it service in the field, that Lord NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN, Kitchener was appointed to India. His seven years of office had been full of incident and associated with great administrative military changes. The Viceroy congratulated the commander-in-chief on the completion of bis THE Steamship reforms and said by bis decentralisation of work and the devolution of the responsibi- of the army had been placed on a sound, workabin footing and Lord Kitchener had bequeathed to lodia better trained, belter equipped and better paid troops than she had ever possessed before. In Lord Kitchener's departure the Government of India would lose the services of a far-seeing and sagacious statesman whose loyal support could always be relied upon and he would be missed by the army, the civil service and the official and social world of India. They were pleased that a field marshai's baton would mark the suc ces of Lord Kitchener's administration, and they hoped he would add-still, farther to tha splendid services he had rendered to the empira,

"PRINZ EITEL FRIEDRICH,"

[The Naval Commissioners arrived in Hong | Commission's decisions, isszieć last month, is lities of command the higher administration Captain E. Malchow, will leave for the abova

- kong this morning. -Ed. I.K.P.}

The outstanding feature of the "Whisky

the failure to find evidence that patent-still

MINISTER TO WASHINGTON |whisky in inferior to pot-stil This opposes

· DEPARTURE FROM PEKING,

[By courtesy of the " Sheung Po."]

Peking, 30th September, H.E. Cheung Yam-tong, Chinese Minister-des gnate to Washington, left Peking on the 7th inst for Shanghai.

ANTI-OPIUM CAMPAIGN, CANTON VICEROY'S INQUIRY.

[By couricay of the "Shtune Po"},

Poking, 7th September. Viceroy Yuan Shu-Haun, of Can- ton, has telegraphed to the Grand Council asking that inquiries be in- stituted in order to ascertain whether any anti-opium officials are not them selves addicted to the opium habit.

"ILOOD RELIEI.

AN UNAPPROVED RECOMMENDA-

TION.

[By 'courtesy of the "Sheung Po."]

Peking 7th September. Viceroy Chan Kweilung has pre- sented a memorial recommending that those who contributo over $10,000 to the flood relief fund be given pérmanent offices.

The Ministry of Finance is averse, to the recommendation.

CANTON TREASURERSHIP

Chan Kwel-LUM APPOINTED,

[By courtesy of the "Sheung Po."] ·

Peking, 7th September. An Imperial edict has been issued appointing Chan Kwei-lum Provin-

the decision of Mr. Fordham, the North London magistrate, who heard a test con la November, 1905,

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The pot-still in a pot with a long neck over which the distilled alcohal puses when the "wash or formanted mash of grain is boil. d. The Palent-still-a cheaper process-is ac arrangement of pipes and chambers through which team is passed, continuously distilling the "wish,”

It would be no advantage, lays the report, to prohibit the use of foreign barley, and it would be too arbitrary to say that Scotch whisky should be made frommult.alone and Irish from a mixture. Maizs aficts the flavour, but there is not valid reason fer excluding it, for the public accept its productes whinky.

The experience of most witneses seemed to point to the conclusion, in which we concur, that whisky derived from patelor pot still in-

duces much the same effects if taken in the same quantity and in the same drength.

Pot-still distillers admit the sed of blending with patent-still whisky, unless heir own spirit can be matured longer. Plant-still tomes down the pungent taste of the other. Cheap

It would probably be safe to say that the majority of Englishmen soldon drink anything || but a blend. We are boued, therefore, to take into consideration the fact that any undue inter ference with the practice. would not only destroy a flourishing industry, but also pm: judicially affect large numbers of the public.

KITCHENER'S REPLY,

the expedition into Tibet and those against In his reply Lord Kitchener said, although

the Zikka Kbel and the Mohmands summed

places TO-MORROW, the 9th instant, at

For further particulars, apply to

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NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,

MELCHERS & Co,

General Agents.

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Hongkong, 8th September, 1909.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN, IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE.

FOR EUROPE.

HE Steamship.

"BULOW." Captain F. Prossch, will leave (from Kowloon

•Windi) TO-MORROW, the 9th_instant, at: 3 P.M. instead of as previously notified..

"OEYLON," FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, MALTA, FORT SAID, SURZ, STRAITS AND COLOMBO,

Consignees of Cargo by the above-named vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their rich in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown 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 fastructions are given to the contrary before 6 hours.

Goods act cleared by the rgth instant," at .4 P.M., will be subject to rent.

No Fire Insurance will be affected by me is any case whatever?

Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignee's and the Company's representativo at apj appointed hour.

All claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival here after which date they cannot be recognised.

No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.

EA. HEWETT,"

Superintendent. Hongkong. 8th September. 1000

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MELCHERS & Co. General Agents,

period of command, be did not regret the ab up the active military operations during his .-'Hongkong, 27th July, 1909.

sence of wars. His ideas were that peace was.

the greatest of all blessings for every nation so

long as it was peace with honour; that this

could only be purchased by readiness for war; and that it was therefore the duty of every com

at the same time oppose the frittering away of

mander-in-chief to striveafter that readiness and

FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG and CALCUTTA.

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Taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading to Rangoon, Madras and Mauritius.

THE Steamship

"CATHERINE APOAR,” Captain G. F. Hudson, will be despatched for the above Ports on TUESDAY," the 14th instadt, at Noon.

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blends contain as ilule as topir cent, of pot the resources of the country in needless milit stili.

ary adventures. The years gone by had been strenuous and stormy, but a bright future was in store for the army administration. His successor would not be overworked; by developing the system of decentralisation and the devolution of fronncial and administrative responsibilities he would have more time than his predecessor to inspect the troops in all parts of India. „Al- though he had not Sir O'Moore Creagh's long experience in lodis, be had tried to look after the intereste-of-the-troops,Bo-admired-the- many high qualities, of the" native officers and A meeling of the Legislative Council" "will". men and appreciated their devotion to their be held on Friday, the 10th inst., at 2:30 p.m. profession. The South African war had tested Following is the agenda list

The Committee, therefore, concludes: The patent still is adapted for economical and larger production, distilling_about_two-thirds of the spirit in Scotland and Ireland; we have -no-evidence that the form oftill has any ro lation to the wholesomeness of the spirit,

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For these reasons we are able to recom. the military resources of the empire as a whole mend that the use of the word "whisky" should | and left new.conceptions of imperial unity and be restricted to spirit, manufactured by the pot organisation for defence." He had a splendid still process.

foundation in the Indian army to work on, and fonds being available, the path to reform was cleared.

PRINCIPLES OF REFORM,

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,

-Report of the Finance Committee. (No.

1-Resolution under Section 6 of the Liquor Licences Extension Ordinance, 1903.*.

ORDERS OF THE DAY, First reading of a Bill-entitied an Ordinance. Excise upon Intoxicating Liquors. 10 provide for the collection of a Ravenus of

Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to authorize the Construction and

cial treasurer of Canton and To The nature of these favouring materials in se had bean to raise the leval of army adminis. Maintenance of a Harbour of Refuge upon and

Tai-kwan as Provincial Judge of Kwargsi.

188 PORTUGUKSK DELI,

PROPOSED CONVERSION,

VOLUNTEER CORPSORDERS.

shore situated upon the the Harbour frontage over certain portions of the Sea Bed and For

Kowloon, in this Colony, at Taikokusul, Mongkoktaui, and Yaumat),

Ordinanca to amend the Tramway Ordinance, Second reading of the Bill entitled Ab

The report determines brady as a potable spirit manufactured from fermined grape juice and from no other materials. What is known as "British brandy," however, is "entitled, still Two main principles had underlain`all bis to be so named and sold weder that name," military reform in India. The first was that Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordin "British brandy" is defined in the report as each step must be founded on accepted policy ace to amend the Magistrates and Criminal compounded spirit - prepared by "a rectifier or based upon admitted premises and laid downgaw Amendment Ordinance, 1909. compounder by re-distilling duty-paid spirits, in clear language; the second was to consider made from grain, with flavouring ingredients, or not merely the requirements of the moment but by adding flavouring materialijo such spirits, tha abiding needs of the country.. His object garded as a trade secret which is not disclosed tration, to leave the army with improved or to'Excise officers, and was no disclosed to us." | ganization, more efficient and-ready to take the field at a moment's notice, and thus lears india permanently stronger and safer, from attack. Lord Kitchener paid a tribute to ika self-sacrifice, loyalty and zeal with which the whole Indian army bad helped him, and said the results achieved, were duo less to him. Ordinance to amend the Licences Ordinance; Second reading of the Bill entitled An 'bas to the manner in which the whole army 1898, and Liquor Licences: Extension' Ording appreciated and carried his views into affec2, Sir Beauchamp Duf's assistance especially bad 4005, 1908, and to repeal the Liquor Licences been invaluable to him, as was Sir Charles Amendment Ordinance, 1902 * Scott's and the whole headquarters staff; Lord Commites on the Bill entitled An Ordinance Kitchener expressed his thanks to the members to amend the Malicious Damage" Ordinance, of council, to the various finance members be

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Indian civil service, to the officers of the postal had been associated with, to the members of the

and telegraph departments and the staff of all the railways in India, and the Indian prices: He specially acknowledged, the encourage: ment, support and guidance he had received

Parades at Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. Mon- -Senhor Azevedo, Minister of Finance has day, September 13th-Recruit infantry drill introduced in Parliament bill for the conver-fastructor: Sergt. Wallis, and Buffs. sion of the Three per Cest, Porpetual internal

Tuesday, September 14th—Specialists' train ing, gun layers, range taken, signallers and fore sotters. Instructors: Site. Menta and Carmax, R.G.A., Sorgt. Wallis, and Buffs,

Wednesday, September igü-Gün Drill. 1 and a companies, 37 B.L, hnitzer. 3 and 4 and 2.25" actors: Sergie Moore and Carman, R.G.A.

Dabt and of the debis repratented by the 4 per fant, and så par coal, bonds by means of the creation of new bonds, redeemable in sixty Yours. The bill fixes the maximum limit for the

1932.

Committee on the Bill entiled An Ordinance

test Apart certain Crown Land to be asad af burial ground for persons professing the Christian Religion, other than members of the Roman Catholic Church,*

Jane of bonds of the lateral debt at 270,000 cantos of raiï (£60,000,00ɔ). Another bill Kotharises the Government to sell the bonds of the internal debt which are in 'the possession of the Treasury for the payment of the internal Friday, September 17th-Oficers and B.0.4 and external floating debt until the operations Staff Fire Discipline-arucior: Sergt. necessary for this purpose are effected. The Carman, R.G.A. Parade at Takon 5.15 p.m. Government will be able to replace the present Thursday, September 16th-195′′ Q.F. drill. From the Vioaray,—Há deeply regrafied 10 3-freasury bonds when they mature by analogous and instruction of gun layers lostractors leave India, and the, Indian army, which was muisterial duties. -bonds of a similar or longer terin... Neither of Sergt. Moor, R.G‚Â

second to name in loyalty to their Boversig

these bilis is expected to be discussed during || Bergt. Warrache has been jastóð, leave of in discipline, efficiency, and daro

abremos for La moniku from għi insti

Committee on the Bili anililed An Ordinance „mljam tha. Goramor in Council of certai

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