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Telegrams.

"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH”

SERVICE.

CHINA'S CURRENCY,

REPRESENTATION TO THE THRONE

[By courtesy of the " Sheung Po"]

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 27 1000

THE RETRENCHMENT COM-

MITTEE.

SINGAPORE COMMENTS.

The annual budget of Hongkong compled with the report of the Retrenchment Committen of that Colony, has aroused considerable, and In many cases rather indignant, criticism, The great change which has come over the Goances of that Colony in connection with the reduction, in the chandu revenue, has necessit tated not only the introduction of spirit taxation Peking, 26th October. organization similar to the one which we have had in the Straits, but has also cause the Gove Cheung Yuk-ying, the represen-erament to appoint a Committee to go through tative of the people appointed by the Province of Kinngsi, arrived at Pe- king with the o'ject of submitting a memorial to the Throne, through the Ce 18ors, concerning the chaotic con- dition of China's currency.

GANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY.

THE LOAN AGREEMENTS.

[By courtesy of the “Sheung_Po.!}

Peking, 26tli October.

*

The conduct of th negotiations for the loans for the Cauton-Hankow and Hankow-Szechuan Railways will probably be placed in the hands of H.E. Liang Shib-yi.

NAVAL COMMISSIONERS

MINISTÈR TO) GARMANY TO ASSIST.

By courting of the Sheung Po!"}

Poking, 20th Ce'ober, The Prince Regent has telegraphed

of much discussion, though that is the primary

WARNING 10 FOG-BOUND STBAMBRS.

The Imperial Garman mail steamer Princess- Alice, which arrived last week from Europe, was the first steamer to visit Hongkong with "the new "under water bells,” to translate" liter

ally from the Germin.

:

Today's Advertisements.

THE TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE, 1893.

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF

TRADE MARKADAN

OTICE is hereby given that TOOTAL BROADHURST LEE COMPANY Forland, Merchants and Manufacturers, have, LIMITED, OF 36, Oxford Street, Manchester,

on the agth day of July, 1909, applied for the Registration in Hongkong, in the Register of Trade Marks, of the following Trade Mark:-

TOBRALCO.

in the name of TOOTAL BROADHURST be the sole proprietors thereof.

LEE COMPANY, LIMITED, who claim, to

The Trade Mark has been used by the Ap. plicant since the year 1900 în respect of GOTTON PIECE GOODS le Class 24.

A. Facsimile of such,Trade Mark can be seen at the Office of "the Colonial Secretary of

Hongkong and of the Undersigned.

-There "balls" ›are filled many fact" below water line and are connected by telephone with the upper deck.. Microphones, er exaggerators of sound, is, peiphas worn explicit as these re- calvors toll to a mile or so the position of the ship in a fog. It may be supposed, for example, that the steamer is coming up the English Chan wel suveloped in a dense fog and her exact posi the estimates to sen in what directions tetion is dubious. A man isplaced at the telephone duction can be made. And all this is made and when he approaches any of the light- accesary not solely by the adoption of a policy ships that are connected with ball-buoys which in regard to opium which has been the subject sound at intervals, the sound is carried, if needs cause, but also by the failure of the Home be; for a distance of 45 miles under water to the microphone and transmitted to the ear Government, so far at any mis, to redeem the through the telephone. It is a most interesting promiss it made to ask for a substantial vote to and useful, discovery and, though saldom re- replace any serious loss caused by a pursuance quired in eastern waters, it has been found of the policy forced upon Hougkong through invaluable off the Manfucket Shoal for example the Home Government, by the opium faddisis in the Atlantic as a vessel can leam ahead with It will be almost a Gilbertian situation should safety, the instrument recording each vibration lanuity find a change of Ministry in England, of the bell and the distance from danger is because unfortunate Hongkong will then fod itself in the position of baving been promised gauged to a nicely. The Prinsen Alice is also | 7 9)

fitted with the Marconi wireless system. something which the promiser will have no power to give and it will be a matter of com. siderable intercat to see whether the Unionisi liquor supporting party, will be ready to redeem that undertaking made by the Liberal and "anti" party. Hongkong's chances of making up its loss at the Imperial expense look very poor, which is perhaps one reason why Govern meat have decided--because a certain section of the public desire to deprive the Chiners of something they rather like-that some unfortunate punkah peons and minor clerks in Government employ shall be retretched

CHINESE. IN AUSTRALIA,

¡¡

Dated the 27th day of October, 1903.

WILKINSON & GRIST, Solicitors on behalf of the Applicants,

9. Queen's Road Central,

Hongkong.

FROM EUROPE.

THE H. A. L. Steamship

To-day's Advertisements.

WANTED.

NAMAH to accompany a lady and a

children to London.

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Apply

Intimations.

We have received a new

shipment of extra

choice

Cle Hongkong Telegraph ENGLISH BACON

Hongkong, ayth October, 1909.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

(738

THE Undersigned will sell by "PUBLIC THAUCTION

on

TUESDAY,

the and Novembar, 1909 at 2.30 PM., ut his Sales Room, Daddell Street,

A FINE ASSORTMENT OF GENT'S SUIT LENGTHS AND WHITE WITNEY BLANKETS,

AND

TABLE LINENS, SERVIETTES. HOUSEHOLD LINENS, HUCKABACK TOWELS, TURKISH TOWELS, BATH SHEETS, BROWN LINEN TOWELS, LADIES WHITE LAWN UNDERSKIRTS, WALKING "SKIRTS, COMBINATIONS, ROBES, FLANNELETȚE NIGHT- DRESSES, DRESSING GOWNS, LADIES' DRESS LENGTHS, &c., &c.;

.

"SILVIA," Captain Porzelius, having arrived, Con- signeer of Cargo are hereby informed that their goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the hazardous and/or extra- hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Limited, whence delivery may be obtained Kowloon Wharf and Godowa Company, | RUGS. against Bills-of-Lading countersigned by the

* THREATENED COMMERCIAL WARFARE,

The refusal of the Commonwealth Govern meet to allow a Chinnse professor to take up his residence in Sydney, for a period of three years for the purpose of teaching Australian born Chinese the language of their parents, is likely to have some effect upon the commercial relations now existing between the two counUndersigned. tries, repons the Sydney Daily Telegraph 01

iznd ult.

and disposed of. That appears to be a chief result of the Retrenchment Committeo's.

On August 2 the Consul-Gazeral for Okina work, though it is a little hazardous to say Melbourne (at the request of Mr. Plog Nam, that is the main result, because we bave

president of the Sydney Chinese Merchants not the actual report before us: but it "Society), wrote to the Minister for External pears that the system embarked upon has been that of catting down small salaries here and there, eliminating transport allowances, de- cressing the supply of school books and black

Affairs as follows :--

ALSO

A few CARPETS and AXMINSTER

(All New 'Goods); Farther Particulars from Catalogues which

Os view on Monday, 1st November. TERMS-As usual,

Optional Cargo will be carried on unless will be issued OD

notice to the contrary be given before TO. DAY.

All Claims must be presented within tan days of the steamer's arrival bere, after which date they cannot be recognised.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain

undelivered after the 3rd Nov., 1959 will be subject to rent.

Sir, Some of the leadiar Chinese merchantsing in Sydney are desirous of having their children

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godawas, where they will be examined on the and Nrv, 1903, at 3 P.M.

No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in TA HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE

Hongkong Office. Hongkong, 27th October, 1902.

mission for a Chinese coacher of experience and any case whatever.

ability to come to Australia. It has not beett prssible to get any person in Australia compe tent and willing to act as a teacher of Chinese,

G.. P. LAMMERT, Auctioneer.

Hongkong, 27th October, 1909.

[740

75 cents per lb.

THE

DAIRY FARM Co.,

LIMITED

Hongkong, 19th October, rgog.”

ASAHI BEER SAPPORO BEER

TO BE OBTAINED

FROM ALL WINE DEALERGI

HARMSTON'S

GRAND CIRCUS

AND

(180

(708

737 ROYAL MENAGERIE OF PERFORMING

lo H.E, Yam Clieung, Chinese Mi- | boards etc., cutting off extra work allowances, educated in the Chinese language simultane nister to Germny, to assi

Prince raising the cost of treatment at the Civil Horously with the education they are receiving in Shun Pui-lap in the conduct of his pital and generally dealing with the smaller English jp their city, and to that and wish par matters of a life to the extent of saving a Investigations into the foreign naval hundred thousand dollars, which is about one per csal on the Colony's expe ditme, systema.

Of course dealing with small matters like this will prevent any serious outcry being -raised-by-aggrieved-persoon,_as_they_mostly appear to be of very minor grades, but it does not seem to be such a good system as was adopted in the Straits, where retrenchment took the form of the abandonment of a som»

It is proposed to establish' a small private ber of costly public works, which, whilst promising to be of great service when finish-school in Sydney and any reasonable gustan ed,aro-not-of-such-immediate importance. fed of bona fides will be given-by-the-mer-ixed the Throne (but the preliminary expenses

ASSASSINATION_OL PRINCE

TTO..

CHINESE REPORT. [By courtesy of the "Sheung, Po."], Peking, 26th October Princu" to, of Japa, while on tours to need their being procesded with when in Manchuria, was assassinated by a Korean on his arrival at Harbin on the morning of the 26th inst. -

times are very bad. One supposes that as a general principle petty economies ip con- ceros which deal with very large figures, are bot a really economical way of effecting re- treachment. Thus (ne Hongkong paper points out that retrenching a Government water police lauach used formerly to collect does in

The Japanese Consul is wounded The Manager of the South Man-cullying bays, by dismissing all the crew bat oburia Railway was also killed,

The seaesin has been arrested. fit will be seen that the Chinese version differs from our special telegram yesterday in that it reports the death of the manager of the South Manchuria Railway, who was, only wounded, Ed., H. KT.)

FROM SUICIDE.

The merchants have been in communication With a suitable teacher named Loa Yoh, of Hongkong; who would be willing to under- take the task, and they wish that facilities may be afforded blm to reside in Australia for a term of three years,

chants interested. I should be much obliged

if you could forward this matter.

Three weeks laitt (on August, 23)'the office of External Affairs replied as follows:- --- Sir,-With reference to your laiter of August 2, relative to the question of the admission of "Chibere teacher to take charge of a pri vate school, proposed to be established in Sydney, I have the honour to inform you that the Minister regrets that he is unable to see his way to grant the desired authority in this

RECONSTRUCTION OF CHINA'S

NAVY.

COST OF THE SCHEME.

The Naval Commissioners have memorial-

lishment of naval schools and gun factories will be Teels 5,000,000, the purchase of three second and third class' craisers, two up-to-date training ships, two torpedo boats and oss buttleship will ces! Técis 18,000,000′′ Taels 2,000,000 and have prayed that the Board and the 'anhual expenditurs will amount to of Finance bs ordered to raise the above nums. The latter has replied that both the Peking and Provincial Exchequers are quite emply and although it has dear its best the required amount has not been fully raised and bagged that the Naval Commissioners be instructed to proceed Eccording to its means of raising money. As to the preliminary expeness the Board reports that it will contribute Taeis 5,000,000 Kianges and Kwangtung have promised to contribute Tzels 2,000,000 each, Hupeb, Taels 1,100,000 Chih!! and Choking, Tavis 1,200,000 each, Shantung, Fokien and zechuen, Taels 800,00> sach, Bo- Dan and Shansi, Tails 600,000 each, Kiangai, Kweichow and Anhui, Taele 100,000 each, Shenai and Hunao, Tachs 400,000, each making a grand total of Tatis 18,750,000.—Shanghai Times,

for the construction of docks aud the estab

two, may prove a very expensive economy when the absence of this launch on its usual round is noted and taken advantage of by jaskmaller.

When interviewed last night, Mr. Tong Chai thieves and robbers; quite apart from the fact that the work performed by this cutter will have Chib (editor of the Tang Wah Times) fronly to be done in rome ether way The cries of voiced the indignation of the Chinese commu. the retrenched punk bresalie and the bucleus nity in Sydney. "It would not," he said "be any stoker-seaman crow, of the launch are not likely abrogation of the White Australia policy, of to echo as far as the Colonial Office, and so pos. which Mr. Deakin and his Government seem to A YOKOHAMA RESCUE."

sibly nobody's withers, but thoss of the unfor- be so proud, to let the Chinese professor tele- tupates themselves will be wrung, but if the im-up his residence here as requested. It is most FOREIGN RESIDENT SAVES JAPANESE GIRL pression of the retrenchment SCL me given in regrettable that this should happen at a time the Hongkong papers is correct, certainly when there is every prospect of Australia bay- seems that the Government have not found a ing such a wheat harvest. It was administra, very satisfactory way of making up for lost lien such as this that caused the merchant revenue, or part of the revenue, as the other part classes of China to take up the cudgels on be half of their brother merchants in America of the loss is to be supplied by the liquor tax, when the boycott on American products was The position of minor officials in Government is a little different from that of those in say brought about. In my opinion, no vexations restrictions should be placed upon the educated Municipal organizations, as there is a tendency Chinese. In Chips, the coltured man takes ENCIRCLING THE GLOUR IN THE INTERESTS in Municipalities to multiply the peon and minor official services to a'more unaecessary precedence of his fellows, and when be is in- degree than is the case with a Government sulted his countrymen feel the affront, This is the first occasion on which the Chinese have And besides, what meaos an infinitesimal

mado a 'joint appeal for permission for one of saving on tea million dollars, may mean a more substantial saving on twn. The policy their own nationality to reside in Australia. of the Hongkong Retrenchment Committee therefore appears on the face of it to be more | suited to a Municipal reorganization, theo to a Government retrenchment, though even in

Mr. H. Pierce, of the New Zealand Insurance Company, 16: Yamashitacho, Yokohama, while walking along the Bund at seven o'clock on sesday evening in the vicinity of the Yoko bama Harbour Master's Office, was startled by bearing the piercing cry of a woman, together with a heavy splash of water, and torning his eyes to the water front, just. io time to see A young Japanese girl disappear beneath the surface. Mr. Pitice flung off his cost and sprang into the water and a few strokes beaught him to where the girl had disappeared, and whom he caught as soon as she rose to the

surface..........___!!

Tastide was very high and a swift current was running at the time, says the Japan Ad« vert ser, and while it was one thing to catch and hold the girl it was, quite another to bring her safely to shore, but thanks to the water police he was able to do so.

1

The girl proved to be que Komiya Toshi, 20, the adopted daughter of Komiya Genjiro of

Kawasaki.

LION. KANGAROO.

FIGHT AT A CIRCUS.

Melbourne, 28th September. The most thrilling set at Wirth'a circus at- Kilmore last evening was one that had not a place on the programme. It was an animal ac, the participsats being a lion and a kangaroo, and proved fatal ip the Australian Soma thing bad evidently put the lion in a bad tem- per. He growled savagely at the end of his" performance in the animal cage, but bis keeper, who was cool, and as determined as he, sought to turn the angry beast loto its - own cage, opening from that in which the per- formance was gives. The lion, swading the keeper by a swift movement, made à rành at the kangaroo. The kangaroo got in some pe. werial kicks on the body of its assallaut, but it could not throw him off, and soon gave up the struggle. It died shortly after, as the lion had burlod ita fangs in its flash. Several persons | m.de a hurried axit from the circus tent whils the unequal combit was in progress, and it was averybody when the suimal's cage

the former day, it might be better lo save one

official salary at four hundred than 10 spread the amosat over many departments and pericos by deleting a dollar here and two there, limit ing the supply of school books, and cutting down the electric light bill of a department by twenty dollars a year. The subject is interest. log, however, as we B10 passing through a very similar crisis in the Straits.-Singapors Fres Fren

J

INTERPORT PROGRAMME,

We have breu farnured with the following programme of fixtures for the Interport Week by the bosbrary secretary of the H.C.C. This programme is, of course, subject to alteration.

Nov. 19th, Friday, and zoth, Saturday, Hongkong v. Shangbal (Cricket),

Now and, Monday, and 23rd, Tuesday. Shangbai v. Straits (Cricket),

Nov. 341b, Wednesday,-Hongkong v, Straits (Teunis

Nov. 25th, Thorkday, and 16th, Friday. Hongkong e, Straits (Oricket) ·

Now, 27, Saturday.—Hongkong v. Shanghai (Tennis),..

Nov. 29th, Monday-Shanghai e Straite (Tennis), rst day Cricket Interport Champions versus The World.

AN, ITALIAN PEDESTRIAN.

OF SCIENCE.

Professor Alfred Battelli, an Italian pedes. trian making a round-the-world tour in the inter. Pests of science, arrived in Nagasaki from Saga on Sunday evening, reports the local Press. After "Let me quote an incident in connection slaying here for a day or two he will proceed to with-the-American-boycolt," added Mr. Tong, Shangbai,-From the latter place the journey will "When the Americans in Hongkong were baresumed on foot to Cantos, Hongkong, Indo. transferring their flour to Australian bage, Mr. China, Siam and India. Tibet and Central Asia Deakin appealed to the Hongkong authorities will then be traversed provided that the Indian to ask the Chinese Government to have the Government will grant him the necessary Australian trade-mark 'protepted and not allow security in the way of military escorts, etc. He it to be used in this way. Now, since Mr. then proposes to direct bis course in a straight Deakin has taken up this hostile attitude to fine across the European continent to the wards China, surely he cannot expect our coun- British Isles, embarking at Liverpool on bis try to grant a similar request should the occa- return to New York, the place from whence be sion ever arise to have to repeat it? – 1 trust | started a year ago. that even now; by the axercise of statesman-

Signor Battelli, Professor of Commercial

WILD ANIMALS.

THE LARGEST AND BEST CIROUS COMBINATION TR Velling the East,

Location of our Tents :-

TRAMWAY TERMINUS, KENNEDY TOWN.

LAST MATINEE. LAST MATINEE TO-DAY, at 4 p.m.

TONIGHT! TO-NIGHT! FAREWELL NIGHT.

Complimentary Benefit to Madame HARMSTON-LOVE, UNDER THE Patronage and PrebENCE OF

Commodore LYON and the Members of the Hongkong Gymkhana Club. THE SENSATIONAL MIGHT. well-known Local Gentleman will crier the DEN-and-drive, CWO-FULLY GROWN-

TIGERS HARNESSED TO A CHA”OT.

Positively the Last Night.

N.B.-Soldiers and Sailors is uniform Half-price the $1.00 aud.$2.00 Seats,

Booking at ROBINSONIANO Co., Ltd, NOTICE Special Trams running before an alter performance. MADAME HARMSTON-LOVE, COL BOB LOVE,

Proprietress,

ble Manager. Hongkang, 17th October, 1909.

DR

MACH

ENZIES

BURTON ON TRENT

SPECIALLY BREWED

FOR THE EAST

INVALI

STOUT.

ship and a little commonsense, the authorities Geography of the University of Rome, is one of will, upon reflectiod, accede to the request. & party of four scientists dod journalists who Such a concession would strengthen the com- Isit New York on October 7th, 1908, on a four mercial relations between the two countries, years' trip around the world. The primary which I hope will exist for ever. The Chinese object of the trip is to collect material for a great are not given to holding our threats, but the re-work on the geographical, social, racial, religions, fusal of this trifling request has caused such and scientific characteristics of the world's coun indignation that we feel disposed, if we tries and peoples, and each of the four man cannot get jostico, to place the matter en tour have a special·lion of tosearch and in the hands of the merchant' guilds at Investigation which they are following up. To home, and allow them to dictate a course of addition, to their scientific, work, the four are Action, ne we in this country are a disfranchised representing various foreign and American Samples were both good and sound, community, and entirely helpisis la the hands Jourdals, and newspapers Besides Professor

Per Dozen Quarts of an apparently unsympathetic Government Baitelli, who is the maunging hand of the expo- Our only weapon, as in the case of America dition, the walkers" aro Silvino Ostonas, á and Japan, is the commercial weapon, but we Frenchman Adolph Schneider, a German, and | do not care to use it with regard to Australia,, Dr. Albert Wilckes, an American. The three

unless in a case of extreme necessity,*

latter are still is 'America, ‘···

Mr. Tong, in conclusion, drew attention to the fact that the total trade of China in, 1907 was £44,444,579, and he hoped that the poll- Now, job, Tuesday,---2ød day Oricket Inter | ticians of thle country would not be 'hanty or port Champions vormis The World,

inconsiderata: towards Chins, or do anything

- Dec 18, Wednesday,→Tennis-Interport, that would tend to wanken the commercial

Champions were The Word filma paraliuag). brud.

R. ALTON, Advance Re

„1684

DR. MACKENZIE'S INVALID STOUT.

"ANALYSIS OF TWO SAMPLES OF THE- STOUT BY THE government ANALYST ON THE 8TH OCTO. BER, 1909.

100 Fluid parts of the samples

contain :-

-Solid Matter

Α

B

5.00

Free Acid as Acetio

4.97 .21.21

Ash...

.'31 .81

Percentage of Alcohol: 5.85 5.60

Specific Gravity at 15.5°C 1,009 1,008 Arsenio ... Absent · Absent

The Government Analyst certified that the results showed that the

$4.65 2.60

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Splite

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#g mast October, 1909,

*Professor Battelli in the course of an, inter- view.said that he had encountered many diffi culties and adventures in America, but in his travels through Japan he had experienced no trouble whatever and carries away with him nothing but the most pleasant impressions of Telephone No. Ethle country,

WINE MERCHANTS,

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