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A. S. WATSUN & CO.,

LIMITED.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY CCTOBER 8 1909

BIKE NEAR SHAMBEN,

HALF À DOŽEN HOUIRE DESTROYED

AND ONE FATALITY.

[From Our Own Correspondent"},

Telegrams.

"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH"

SERVICE.

THE UBIQUITOUS SUN YAT-SEN.

A DOUBTFUL REPORT.

[By courtesy of the "Sheung Po."]

Aberdeen, due to the opening of the immense docks at Quarry Bay. In other words, Quarry Day bas gained an access of workers and build- ings at the experin of Hanghom and Abud en,

Canton, 4th October, so that the increased valuation is largely falla- At 1.do p m. yesterday au-alarm was raised of' cious. However, time will tell, and we shall un outbreak of fire whick took place at Wong. see next year, whether the anticipated increase, in a building close to the Tai Wax Bridge, opposite the wast, end of the settlement of of $38,000 will materialise. Rather may we,nai' Shamees. The conflagration raged furiously feel astonished if the Government's estimate and continued to burn for over three hours, of an enhanced retam from the sale of pawn- | though the various fire brigaden pr/ceeded, to

Peking, 6th October, brokers licences is not under the mark in the scene at an early stage of the outbreak to

H.E. Ching Ming-ked, Governor- ofi rander assistance. "When the firm was st.it stead of being over it. Then there is the con- tribution of $500,000 from the duties ca liquor beight there was a strong worth wind blowing Kwangsi, has reported to the Throne that and it became apparent that the buildings to Sun Wen [Dr. Sun Yat-Sen], the Reformer, Fortunately the wind gradually abated in the alternoon, and thanks to the firefighters, who a rising.

of His Excellency the Goremor yesterday was | terminal and intermediate, stations" and al- | Colony, and there has” been "a" diminishing undoubtedly a great effort, it gave evidence of ready we may asstline that at least $100,000 number of vessels overhauled at Kunghom and [ tremendous labour and the greatest toil in col | has been diverted towards the same object. We | lecting facts, but it is extremely doubtful | do not think it is a sigu of aboormal loquisitive. whether it will be appreciated at its true valusness to lnquire whether the Government will be on account of its exceptional length and its prepared at koma future meeting of the Legis- concern with comparatively minor and unim lative Council to give the people-some slight portant matters of départmental finance. The hint of where all these buildings and fixiores avo endeavour of the Governor was, as he stated, being dumped. But we are eat yet finished to give a comprehensive survey of the probable with the curiosities which abound in connection francial position of the Colony at this time with this railway, which somehow or another arxt year, to show how the Government was resolutely hides its countenance behind a veil iccking to conserve the best interests of of modesty sa thick that only its main outlines the Colour, to prove that retrenchment was can be distinguished. On still another page of a fact and not a more fad, and generally the Draft Estimates, just when the reader

departimental methods of procedure. Whether know about the railway, he suddenly comes His Excellancy was successful or not in laying upon the striking entry: "Land resumption MANUFACTURERS, bore the inner secrets of the Government is a for Kowloon railway station." And against mont point; for our part we are of the belie that item are the portentous figures, $374,8os. that in presenting such are extraordinary m ss That is to say the Government intend of detail, great portion of which was extremely to spend. that remarkably precise amover involved and of no particular interest excepto of money on, the acquisition of land for the

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

AERATED WATER

SPECIALITIES:

DRY GINGER ALE.

PAGNE.

to throw light on the shadows caused by fancies that ho bas unearthed all there is to and we hope the Government may got it. the whole street were in imminent danger. ( is la Hongkong for the purpose of planning

out of that sum an expenditure of $50,000 will be made on account of the salaries and expenses of the Customs and Excine staff's. While we are on this topic, we might call at tention to the fact that although the Govern ment very generously and, inour opinion, very properly waived its right to collect duties from the officials concerned, the Governor nicat ternins! railway station of the line. If the garrison canteens on the fiquors consumed wittingly added to the general obscurity of the the Government had put the figure at $375,000, by soldiers there appears to be no reciprocal public mind and simply filled up the gap with

we could have understood that negotiations for arrangement with regard to the military à mass of iodigestible material. Two or three

the land had yet to be completed, but when | contribution. Why should the military beng- extent of per cent. on the potols will ligger is the memory-that the the calculation of cost is made with such mar fi to the LIME FRUIT CHAM finances of the Colony are by no inape io vellous xicety and punctiliousness that it duties collected by the Government on liquors

possible to bring the estimate down to the very fast St, then we feel inclined to ask how it was dode. Either the Government has a wizard on the premises or a dabbler in futurity, or its ia formation is founded.co ascertained and irre. fragabic fact, the proof of which should be forth coming on demand. Until the present time we have heard file or nothing about this terminal station at Kowloon, We knew that a station' had to be built and that land had to be acquired for the purpose, but for the rest we were allowed' to remain in what is ngoally known as Cim. merian darkness. We wonder why it was that His Excellency the Governor, who was able to talk at large on that mummified skeleton of au emasculated subject, the subsidiary coinage, and to explaid with an amplitude of detail the reasons why un assistant land officer' should become so assistant district officer, did

ORANGE CHAMPAGNE.

STONE GINGER BEER

PALATABLE

the parlous state which the quidquocs all along predicted, that the subsidiary coinage question is likely to be revived by a duel be tween. (wa distinguished men of business who do pot sea eye to eye on the question regard. ing the most satisfactory method of grap. pling with the problein, that lilliputian savings have been made here and there, the dismissal of voiceless, unknown servings accounting for a good deal in, this direction that a com. mittee is to inquire into the incidence of the military chutribution, and that the Kowloon Caolon railway is going ahead and may be in operation same time next year. In no part of the Governor's speech do we find the enuncia. REFRESHING,tion of a policy or the laying down of definit

principles of reform. We are simply to jag along in the samé old way, trusting to a broefi cent providence to side us over our difficulties and pay our debts. In former years the Gov. trament has enabled the community to learn at a glance the proportion of revenue derivable and expediture estimated under the various heads comprised. in the Estimates, but this

AND

Watson's.

FRUIT SYRUPS

not consider it worth his while to make at least

There is no confirmation of the repon that Dr. Sun is barbouring in the Colu y.-Ed,

OHANG CHIH-TUNG.

worked like Trojaus to combat the flames, the fire was eventually extinguished.

The conflagration involved the complete | HK.F]. destruction of six houses and nearly half dozen others in the neighbourhood were more or less damaged. Some tes men or so of the fire brigade sustained · slight injurite' while engaged in the work of handling water to put the fire originated was burnt to death, as it was

down the fire. A woman in the house where

too late for her to find her way to the door when the premises were all a mass of flames. At about 5 p.m. the fire brigades left the spots after the fire had been got completely under control, Simes again at 8.30 pm, bat this time po The smouldering embere burst into

serious damage was done.

THIRD OFFICER SUSPENDED.

INCIDENT ON DO`RD THE "PERSIA,"

consumed by other residents in the Colony ? it is utterly unfair that the military people should benefit both ways. Not only that, but the military authorities stand to gain by the, construction, of the Kowloon-Canton raik way, for whenever that undertaking begins to make a profit, we shall have the entire foot and borse on our track determined to obtain their zo per cent, unearned. iocrement. We have endeavoured to

give some slight idea.of the numerous items of real interest in the Draft Estimates, but we must confess that we have not even skimmed the surface of the-subject.worth, R., H.M,S. Tamar, Mr. D. Macdonald and Mr. W. J. Best, chief engineer of the ss. As we have shown, His Excellency in the

Lightning. course of a speech which lasted for ao bour

and a half only succeeded in touching the fringes of a vast variety of ubjects, some of them of actual importance, many of them mediocre, and most of them of no public.inter- est whatever. His Excellency may heg. the be casual meation and offer some slight expladelief that it is on these great Budget occasions tion of these items to which we have called at that he really explains the position of affairs to tention? We are all brought to the verge of the taxpayers. Very deferentially we submit misery when, that tunnel at Beacon Hill is that the taxpayer, is only bored, especially

HIS LAST MEMORIAL.

[By courtesy of the "Sheung Po“)

Peking, 6th October. The late Chang Chih-tung's last, memorial. to the 'I hrone embodied a recommendation

Viceroy of the Hukwang Provinces, an a for the appointment of Chang Kwei-luo,

Grand Councillor.

POSTHUMOUS TITLES.

An Imperial edict has been issued con... ferring upon the late Chang Chih-tung 'the At the Harbour Office this morning, a posthumous titles of "Man Tseung" and Marino Court of loquiry was held into charges Imperial Grand Tutor and directing the of misconduct against R. H. Ferguson, third- enginner of the s.s. Persia. Lient. C. W. Beck-admission of an honorific tablet, in memory with, R.M., Acting Harbour Master, presided. of the deceased, into the Temple of Learn- The assessors were:-Lieut. Henry Butter-

ing.

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Mr. H. J. Gedge (of Messrs Johnson, Stakes

and Master) appetised on behalf of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. The defendant was unrepresented.

Mr. S. Macoider, Superintendent of the Eng Hok Fong Steamship Compapy, stated that the Eng Hok Fong Company were the charterers of the s.8. Perais from the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. A massage was received from Waglan early in the morning of the 3rd September last to the effect that the third engineer had died of best apoplexy,

Blake Pier at half-past one Awang tug.

mired with aerated or plain water year, for a barge, no percentage of the te. Paraded, and we have beard too much about when be sees figures and iafioioitesimal details Witness secured three engineer' and left

veque returns or the cost of the differèci de parim ols as relating to the total expendi make excellent refreshing beverages.

Jure isfered. It is perfectly true that the expert statistician can work out the per Guaranteel to be made from the ceuinges for himself, but it is not given to many en possess either theme or the patience pure juice of sound ripe fruit..

S. WATSON & CO

LEYOTED,

HONGKONG and KOWLOON

Hongkong, 15th July, 1909

128

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Ordinary barino communications should be pådresse

to The Manager.

worked round and round; hand" ovat hand, roly-poly wise, until they have lost all semblance of their original shape and form. Rather it is when His Excellancy reveals the true mao is spontaneous speeches at the Council, and elaborates the principles which guide the Government, that he is best under stood and his obviously straight intentions and methods most highly appreciated. As far

the condition of the culverts and bridges to be astonished at anything that is discovered in connection with their stability. What we seek to learn now is something new, something re- dating to the terminus works and the inter- mediate stations. Foolish people were under to make exact calculations capable of indicat-the vague impression that at first, when the ing the working expenses of the Government railway was newly opened to traffic, passengers in relation to its r venue. No doubt we shall would be expected to hop off the train into an be told that the Government staff was undated paddy field it they wanted to leave as the Budget and the Estimates are concerned handicapped-by-the-fact that one of that some intermediate.poiot,-while-there-was-a-hoyatdan reasonable.a.w.deserved and bet | chiefūtems of revenus, the Opium Farm, ont idea abroad that although'a station at Kowlooster than we expected. For another year we can came to hand at the last moment and if that might ultimately be erected, the original travel-ap our fingers at the silhouetted bogin of

Gnancial despair. the case the excuse will be accepted. But the lers by the line would have to be amateur acro. absence of these percentages is certainly a bats in order to reach the main roads of that drawback, which is not realised 'so much now delectable suburb. And yet all the time, the it will be when fuuure references to the Governme. I was struggling hard to provide Estimates have-to-be-mode-It-may-biso uccessary facilities and bolding on to its

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

READERS are reminded of the band perform.

on the launch Accompanying witness wero Messrs. H. L. White, Eog Hok Fong, Chu Cheuk-Chi and three engineers. They ar rived on the Perais shortly before three o'clock, that the second engineer had died and that the third engineer was incapably drunk., Defen-1- ant, who was in his cabin, was taken on deck and signed off. Defendant's state necessitateḍ. the assistance of the chief officer and adoiber to conduct bim out of the ship,

Defendant-Whon was I reported drunić ?---- When I arrived on board,

when the Captais made a report to witness

Was I'drunk on the 2nd?-I don't know. Mr. H. L. Walte, book-keeper of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, gave corroborative evidence."

Defendant was called into the box" and made a statement, in the course of which he stated that be held a first-class en.

bave been noted by those who read or scanned secret with as inuch caramstnças ao the force at the Belle V.ow-Hotel on Sunday.pexi... -giveer's certificate-and-joined-the-Bersio-j

All communications, Intended for publication in the Governor's speech in presenting the Appro.

"The HONGKONG TELEGRAPH" should be wddromed to The Editor, 1, Ice House Road, andpriation Bill to the Legislative Council that ahould be accompanied by the Writer's Name and white be estimated the total ordinary and extra- Addre

ordinary revenus st 56,908,797 he beglected to set forth the aggregate total expenditure. From the abstract contained in the Draft Estimates we find that he expenditure in 19to is placed at $6,951,547 or a little over $40,000 in excess of the revenue. We read in a fhof note that the excess is to be met but of surplus balances, s

The Editor will not undertake to be responsible for any rejected M8., nor to return any Contribution.

SUBSCRIPTION HATES (IN ADVANCE) DAILY $86 per annum. WKELLY-113 per stimuṁ

the

thieves bald on to their "open sesame " We need not remind readers that station at the Canton terminus it well on the way towards completion and perhaps His Excellency the Governor will in time find it convenient to give the people" of Longkong some takling of what is being done at Kow. loop to keep pace with our railway allies. On another poiot the Government is also content to say, as little as possible, and that is with

THE fifth Gymkhana meeting takes place to morrow at Happy Valley; the first raco com mences at 4 p.m. sharp.

on the 13th August last af the fourth engineer. He had formerly been employed by the China Marchants' Steam Navigation Com. pany, from which firm he obtained a good dis.... charge.

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The Prince Regent has directed Prince To Pui-lag to pay his homage before the remains of the deceased and to appropriate a sum of Tla. 3,000 towards the funeral

expenses.

TAI HUNG-TZE.

PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT TO

THE GRAND COUNCIL:

[By courtesy of the "Shaing Po."]

Peking, 6th October.

An Imperial edict has been issued sp. pointing Tal Hung-tze, president of the Board of Rites, provisionally to the Grand Council.

THE LATE CHANG CHIH 1UNG.

PRINCE REGENT'S VISIT.

"{By touring of tha" Sking Po."]["

Peking, 7th October, Before the death of Chang Chih-tung ou the 4th inst, the Prince Regent personally called to ascertain the condition of the late Grand Councillor. ........-

A-NAVAL-MEMORIAL,

COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDA

"TION

- [By couriery of the" Sheung Po."]

Peking, 7th October. Prince' Shup and Admiral Sah have me

leges should be placed under the control of the Admiralty or the Naval Board:

The finding was 'as follows:-We find you, Robert H. Ferguson, certificated as First Engineer No. 33341, guilty of grest-mlicon=" duct on September 2nd and 3rd on board the

mess and so as to be incapable of carrying out your duty, thereby causing serious delay and expense to your owners, the ship having to

The Grand Councillors and the Ministry so as to get you relieved before proceeding of War have agreed to recommend the me- on her voyage.

We therefore order your morial to the Throne, in order that effect certificate as "Engineer"to be suspended for may be given to it forthwith.

The rates per quarter and par mousemi, proportional we can only trust that these surplus balance reference to the Widows' and Orphans' Fund, Japan have reached the YI00,000,000 mark. anchor and communicate again with Hongkong

*

The Hongkong Telegraph

Hongkong, Friday, October 8, 1909.

will rise to the occasion and defray our fiabil ties to the last copper. The Goverear dilater at considerable length do the progress of the

".

THERE were twenty P. W.D. prosecutions at the Magistracy this morning, when fines ave- raging St were imposed in each case.

THREE men were given three months' hard labour and six bours' stocks in the Police Courts. Persia by being in a filthy state of drunken-morialized that the arnevals and unval, col- this morning for stealing & fitblog-boat.

THE saving's deposits with the post offices in

which, as the Governor said, was a "fortuitous and the Department of Communications has appropriation" that came iske balm in Gilead decided to commemorate the event in a suitable in 1908. Fortuitous appropriation is worthy style. next May. of Mark Twait. Its effect was to put something THE P. & T. Timer reports that Mr. Koeben-one year, like $374,500 into the pockets of the chancellor shine, United States Consul at Belfast, has been of the exchequer, and provide bim with an in- | transferred to Tientsin. His portion in Ireland' come of $41,500 per annum. Unfortunately he will be filled by Mr. II. B. Miller, at present- has to pay $9.440 out of his receipts, but after Consul-General at Yokobama, all when it is considered that if the Fund were: THE publishers of the Japan Aventiser an- capitalised at 6 per cent. per annum, the internounce that Mr. J. N. Pentington bas assumed est added to the income, less the payment of, editorial charge of that papar. Mr. Penliegion was for some years on the staff of the Japan ay say, $10,000 for pensions, still remains is the

Chronicle and has since been on the Jupan neighbourhood of '$45,000 per annum, The civil servants of the Colony may be congratulat.

Timea,

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ANOTHER NEW TERRITORY OUTRAGE.

FARMER'S HOUSE ATTACKED BY ROBBERS.

Another outrage has been reported in the New Territory. The scene of the occurrence is the village of Sheung Shui, in the Sam Chun district, New Territory. On the 13th Septem ber fast, a number of men, about half-a-dozen, armed with r files, revolvers and kaives, broke into a farmer's house and after threatening the lomites, ransacked the place and carried away goods to the value of $100 among which were a number of bullocke The greater number of the desperadoes than effected their #cape over the frontier. Ope of the men has sloco beza identified bat it is not known whe-

Subscriptions for any period low than one month will be charged sa for a full" month; S The dally laze in delivered free whet the address fi accessible to memenger, Paak subcribers cars bare their copie delivered at their sidences without railway, without, we are afraid, affording much any antiw charge. On copies sht by post an ir formation that was either new or important. additional $1.80 per quarter in ebarged for, postage. And yet there was ample opportunity for Hi The postage on the weekly (mas to any part of the

world is 80 cents per quarter.

Excellency to make explanations with respect to Blogls 'Copies, Daily, ten cants. Weekly, twenty certain entries in the Draft Estimates which are ........... Are centa (for cash only),_.

Sar-from being explicit. For example, we find that the Government expects to obtain a sum of $20,000 from the traffic receipts of the railway during the second half of next year. When we turn to another page, however, we discover the there is to be an expenditure of $100,000 on **salaries and expenses of open live" covering the same period. In other words, the Colony issot down to lose the respectable sum of $80,000 is operating the railway during the fi From the unusust length of the speech de. six months it is open to traffic. But that livered by His Excellency the Governor yes is not all, for it should be explained that terday in introducing the Estimates for zgro, the trail of the Kowloon-Cacton railway maker and his close dissection of the smallest details its appearance in the most unexpected places. of revenue and expenditure, it might have A sum amounting to 511,698 has already 51.19 if she calls for it, but little incidents like weather was being experinuced and all well on this afternoon, two men were charged with armed | occurred to the ordinary outsider that he was been provided to meet the exponditare os these most occur in all big concerns and so taking part lo a momentous, spoch-making station buildings and fixtures up to the end of long as the Goverment grabs the $50,000 per Ceremony, whom echoes would toll down the this year, lo 1grojan additional amount well paths of time. The truth is, of course, that the high approaching $140,000 will be expended in members of the Legislative Council co less than the same direction. Now what do these figures those who attend gatherings in Hoogkong where mean? Must we ausume that the Government speeches are in order, are not accustomed to be bas already comminced building railway sta practically overwhelmed by an avalanche of tions between Kowloon and Sum-chuo, and if pense of Aberdeen sad Hanghom. For

SLY GLANCES AT IRE ASTIMATES.

THE local agent of the Chinese Engineering ed on having so nobly come to the rescue of the And Mining Company, Limited, informs us that Government, and assisted it to make a "for the total output of the Company's three mines taitous appropriatins" of such aa'exceedingly for the wack ending 25th September amounted satisfactory character. It is hardly dignified | 20 26,386,09 tons andthe sales during the period, to note in the same boask that one poor Le 20,780.83 tons.

widow has to travel perhaps from the other side of the island every mouth to draw her $1.14 por mouth, while another is entitled to

ther extradition proceedings will be taken, Ose man was arrested with two bullocks in his possessiop, supposed to belong to the farmer, Before Mr. J. R. Wood (Second Magistrate)

rabbery in connection with the affair -Mr. E- Davidson (of Messrs. Hastings and Hastings)

bad

NATIONAL DEBT.

EMULATING FOREIGNERS,

[By courtesy of the “Shaung Pa

Peking, 7th October. The Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce has memorialized the Throne to emulate foreign nations by obtaining domes tic loans, from well-to-do natives of the country and to treat them as part and parcel of the national debt.

Such loans will bear interest.

It is proposed that the monby so mised shall be employed in developing the poten Hal resources of the Empire..

The prayers of the memorial have beep suctioned.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE...

MEMORIAL SHELVED.

THE C. P. R. Co. is in receipt of a telegram from Yokohama advising that a Marconigram has been received from the Empress of India, 650 miles out from Yokohama, stating that fine

board. This vessel left Hongkong on the 25th September and Yokohama çık October, ANOTHER gambling said was successfully carried out in a house in Peel Breet on the 7th lost. Information was received by the Police that fantan was being conducted in the house ja'question, as a result of which Sergeant Appleton and a posse of detectives raided the "words dealing with such a multiplicity) of | so where are they located?". "By the end of wort | the list, two years the assessed taxes bayhouse and arrested ten women who wore taking | Carroll, J. McCubbin, Half Backs (~A,Grogory.suggesting a method for raising money for

part in the gambling. This morning, the two subjects that the brain absolutely refuses to rear a total expenditure of approximately remained stationary there has been 20 apere of the establishment were each flood appraise their relatīvu importance. The speech | 0:00,000 will have been laid out in the forms of increase in the ship-repairing work of the sign.

annum "fortuitously "orotherwise then all's well. "Aureased taxesshow an increase of $38,000 dos to the inclusive of new buildings at Quarry Bay," That is the Government estimate, but it in fors. gotten that the increase is obtained at the ex

[By courtesy of the "Sheung Pa.".

Peking, th October,

appeared for one of the mea. After evidence

been called, ite case was remanded. THE following have been chosen to play for the Football Clube Royal Engineers, at Happy Valley, on Saturday, the 9th October, Kick off 4.30 p.m. Goal:-F. H. Kew, Backs :—F. G.

Aitchison, W. Weston, A. Whilmarsh, W. Man the expenditure in connection with the R. C. Barlow, H. W. Kilby, Forwards)-A.

| alng, and H. D. Danby,

I drwy and Navy has boon škaired.

The memorial of the Ministry of Finance"