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ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

AERATED WATER

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY OCTOBER 30

Britain, wherefore it specially bohoves them 7HE STEAM LAUNDRY COMPANY,

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to show that the object is a rational one. If a'million or a thousand or a hundred Chin.

· ese schoolmasters sought admission under the exemption clause of the Restriction Act, The conual meeting of shareholders of the there may perhaps be ground for suspicion Compaby was held at the Hongkong Hotel this A. S. WATSON & CO., that some trick was in contemplation. But Alleranos. There were present Mr. W. Hut when it is simply a question of one'saking to (director), and Measta. G. B Sayer, Wong fon Polis (Chaimit) Hop Mr. E. Osboma come in under bond, to -refuse is to risk

Kam-luk, A. Silva and Mok Fake bringing the white Australia policy into ridl-Tas Chahman said:-The report and. Be cule amongst British statesmen who are not counts having been in your bands for some seized of its meaning as we are. And that is time we will, with your permission, take them a thing which it is worth doing a good deal an road. We regret the profit" far, the, Yhah, is to avoid. This is an eminently common maar dae to the lost of $2,753 through our fess that the two preceding years, in a great schic view to take of the question, but will late shroff, who after being with the Company the Australian labour members be convinced since the start turned out a thief, But for this of the force of the logic which should raise lots the result, considering the depression the barrier in favour of Chinese of the exempt the Colony has been passing through, would class?

bot bave been so undailefactory, though one would hardly think thai bad times would cause" a falling off in washing). The "faci" is the people do not realisë”,the importance of having their washing done, under, Europden supervision and in the best saoitdry manner, otherwise I feel sure our Company would command a mere gederal support than it does at proient. We can, however, congratulate ourselves that ours is the only steam, laundry in the East that has stevived the opposition of trusted house, toy who never fails to point out the native dhopy, who has the support of the any damage, by saying,See what that steam laundry have do the reason being that when he sanda to his friend Ab Sie a good many pietas are charged for which, zever go to the wash. And the fact that we are still in existence shows that at least some of the residents realise what they had to put up with before our laundry started. If owners only saw the

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ma. E. Ṛ. Hallifax has been appointed First Police Magistrate galit further notice, with effect from October 28.

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MR. G. Balloch has been appoicted a member of the Medical Board, during the absence on

leave of Mr. H.A. W. Slado.

MOIRS BY THE WAY,

THURSDAYS CQukori.

Some very interesting; subjects, wato cussed at the meeting of the Ligaiva Copnj

Favoured cil on Thursday afternoon, sine, Hor. Afr., Pand fancy félö Murray Stewart accused the Government of local branch of- colar beauties. With regard to the quen. Ground this vandalism in the matter of the Colony's arbus League

tions raised by an honourabla member in | conceptes respect of the abolition of the post of Sanitary O Surveyor, His Excelency the Goverbor, as aured Council that dus consideration would be shown to an old and faithful servant by a jusch of the Colony's spcial life-the City Hall paternal Government. That indispensable ad pof

also came in for attention, and, lacidentally, ations the interesting argument was raised whether a bold policado could be within the Hall's precincts without a ticket, Altogether, Thursday's meet, ing provided an abundance of food for gossip, which caridqsly Contrasted with the sunt car bad dried proceedings which are a feature of the pivoting of the angyal ajsombly, "*.

OUR UBIQUITOUS, VISITOR, –

• Misfogunes dever come,singly). One would have thought that one Typhoon would have

sufficed for the season, but this was not to be, as the violes? squall which swept over the Colony on Monday night amply, proved. Of course, some people, argue that a typhoon is

wholesale destruction, which leads one into not a typhoon unless it is responsible for

the question of what's in a pame. Frobably the average griffor will be unable to discover for himself if a typhoon is of the genuine variety, but this is by the" pay, and the main thing is whether these cyclpaic 'visitors which sweep the China conat at this time of the year are not of syligigut Savarity to con stitute themselves a gafonisance. The aufwer

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Telegrams,

HONGKONG

THE HARRIN TRAGEDY.

DETERMINATION.

Roking, 29th October Princo Ito,a-ZEROSI 19. a Korea was thirty odd years of age stall dreased in European costume:

"Gresson" Sehpacking stall Mts. Bell

and Mrs Per Mri Tooker, Miss Glover the Mrs Eyer and Mrs. Wait; wee

He fired six shots at Prince. which took effect in tho feling a mortal wound:

When the assassin disco rince Ito had. wóui

Ten thousand years for

Beck, Mist Bryar" and Mids Me Loumiro" -orange-uida. Mrs. Lammert" ; Chairy-trog) ↑ Min Chimbles : All ibe works-hava, baan dane bý members of the League, which showed a improvement over those of last year. A pro-exclaimed

mincal feature of the bazaar was a miniature Korea sedan chair, the work of lule mites from Kow-The asanesin was arrested by the load bader the superintendency of Mrs. Ever and was in every way an artistic reproduction Russian Pelice and handed

wate

During the afternoon, varicly entertain ents

the Japanese authorities for trial.. and were greatly appreciated..

Later, USWATOWS SHIPPING.

For returning from banishment, a Chinese wa awarded six months' hard labour and six hours stocks at the Magistracy this morning. EURASIAN buries from fodia will "gradually" replace the male dressers who attend, in the nativas, to the Government hospitals in Perak It is actified in the Gazelle that Mr. H. E. V. Haggard bat vacated his appointment as assist ant engineer in the Public Works Department, places occupied by native washermen and the is obvious: It is perhaps fortunate the Mon There is a triflag-dectegee in the number of Japanese and Korean

PETITION ON THE BANGKOK RUN.

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The Bu 1 officials sent the oÈÍ with Prince Ito's remains to Tairon on 27th inst, where it was tr

a Japanres, man-of-war

MORA: Currie, acting deputy Commis. loser of Cultoms in charge, temporarily, writes Jochis annual report for 1908 ás followsi vesels entdied and cleared coupled with, a slight increase in foroage. British and Ger receive the remains,

A MEMORIAL of re-entry by the Government of New Kowloon Survey District 1, Lat No. 5301, has bean registered according to the law, their clothing back into the house, let alone been'a rough house among the griffias gracia, totale show up increase, while Dutch

-ŚEVENTY-FIVE undesirables arrived by the .. Tiliwing yesterday. They were taken charge REFRESHING.of by the Police and sept to their native homes ARE you always drunk? asked the magistrate of obabilual at a London police court. The To per (with digally): No, sir; sometimes I'm asleep..

Watson's

FRUIT SYRUPS

mixed 'with aerated or plain water

make excellent refreshing beverages,

Guaranteed to be made from the

pure juice of sound ripe fruit,

CONDITIONS regarding nomination of candida, tes for the Nobel Peace Prias, 1910, may be learned on application at the Colonial Secre, lary's Office.

His Excelency the Governor has been pinated to appoint Mr. F.. A. Hazeland, to act as Attorney General until further notice, with effect from October 27.

A CHINAMAN WAS given six weeks' bard labour add sik hoors' stocks in the Police Court this naraing for stealing a quality of type from a local priating-cffice,..." HONGKONG has lost a good athlete. Mr. P.C. Fenwick, who was a newcomer and bos dope A. S. WATSON & CO., this season, left by the English Mail to

day for Singapore, on transfer,~-

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Hongkong, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1909.

THE DANGER TO WHICH AUSTRALIA.

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His Excellency the Governar has specified. Tai O as a port or place into which or from which detiable liquors and denatured spirits may be imported or exported.

THE.DayED of the Diplomatic Corps in Faking

water used by them, they would, I think, feel uncomfortable at the mere thought of receiving wearing them. Since our last meeting we have, installed a dry cleaning plant and we hope and expect that this will help our profits in the future Beforge tabving the adoption of the report and accounts, should be glad to answer any questions.

officials

day's storm did not develop into a 'pura un alloyed typhoon, for then there would have thene shores, whose abnormal interest in

Later matters concerning typhoons prior to seeing Norwegian, and Chinese vessels bara been one has been goticed to give way to lethargic famer; Japanens remain about the site an in

H.E. Liang Tuu-yen, president indifference after their wish had been gratified. 1927 and on French-west saved in the Waiwupu, as the representative port. The withdrawal_of" the "Nippon "Yaies However, all's well that ends well, AN "AT HOME" WHICH NEVER CAME OFF. Compeition with the Norddeutscher Lloyd in the Japanese Minister at

Kaisha's chartered Norwegian steamets from of the Grand Councillors, called

Mr. Sayer asked howthe shroff could ember-

While on the subject of typhoons, it will be the Bangkok trade? accounts for the decline in

oking "zle so large à aum ag 51732.d 'S

lateresting to note that the typhoon fiend ise bu or of Norwegian steamers calling at convey their condolence The Chairman replied that the amount was not merely a textor of the poor bat is pain this port and rates for freight, and panpage on the death of P comprised principally ships large bills, in lis attentions to both high and low without which had been cut during the competition, which at times are unpaid for several months fear or favour. After innumerable postpone have resupied their former stendard. Sings The end that the shrif by substituting one payments, the small "At Home" which was to meat for another, made it difficult for the fraud have been held at Mountain Lodge was to be detected.

fually cancelled the other day by order of His Excellency. What a koon disappointment it must have been to those who find received, in

Mr. Sayer thought that if the manager-bed paid proper afisation to the matter this loss might have been avoided.

Mr. Bayer further asked forjjuformation as to the agreement under, the heading accounts receivable

The Chairman replied, the bil opresented

roughly a month's oqistaodjog billa,

There being go further questions, the Chair man proposed the adoption of the report and accounts. Mr. Sayer seconded. Carried,

Mr. Sayer proposed the re-elective of the Honourable Mr. E. Osborna ng director, Wong Kam-fok seconded. Carried.:

Mak

Fuk seconded the reselection of Mr. A. O'D.

Mr. Wong Kam-fuk proposed and. Gourdio as auditor.

The Chairman thanked abeshareholders for their attendance and ainted thai dividend, war

bus informed the Waiwupu that the foreignants could be had go application on Monday,

representatives will attend the Hsiao Obia Em- press's funeral on November 9.

AT the request of the Yuchuanpu the Prince Regent bas agreed to send delegates to re- survey the boundaries between Kirin and Korea to enable boundary stones to be erected.

November Ist

THE ILL-FATED " RAGNAR”

OFFICERS AND CREW'S SAFETY,

vitations. And all on account of the fickle, changeable weather.

LATEST AMERICAN CRAze,

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* The othat day, lowa, U.S.A, started a kiss out the armpathies of "lovely womanis, giffy

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| porpur'an were on a level with those of the two panego

Minister remarked had proceeded. (to

preceding years, and coast freighton

glas, routes suffered on change toughes Manchuria) to confer with high

chattered cargoes were slihtly towpricials of Russia and China in order to is reported that Chinese,company is being formed in Bangkok with a capital of 5 million remove the misunderstandings ticals to run a line of stexiners he weph Swałow

in October, and became a total loss, the pu and tonnage One launch was sack in collision,

sengers and crew all balog sofed.

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PASSENGER TRAFFIC,

THE LATE CHANG CHIH- LUNG.

THE FUNERAL.

[By courtesy of the "Sheung Po"]

and Babskok in opposition to the Norddeutsing between the two countries and t cher Lloyd, The Wahu Swatowice trade hay reatore amicable relations between moon, por by ch theind out their hare them; and, at the same time His only chiefly composed of spinsters, but the microbe pro-mody Nowegian, during the later half during possibilities of the question so strongly the year, owing to a boycott' enforced by the Excellency contemplated impressed members of the fair sex that they had tried to institute new charter-party

ubu shippers against "the three companies, Manoliuria ow that Prince Itos themselves enlisted in the cause. We now terer to protect themselves against deladtlog has been assassinated he the Mi My.hear that League of Politeness has been

formed in New York, which have issued buttons of thisteamers caused by the Wahu ship.

politeness with these loqulrips: "Are you m for those about to qualify for a certificate for pets loading rice in small lots to auit their nister) did not know who was going own convenience and keeping the steamers to protect the pence in the Far Fast gentleman? Are you willing to give your seat illa favourable market offered in Swatow.

16 steamen chartered by the rice shippers.i

in future. to any woman standing, in a strent car? If you are, you may wear the Stafford true blue strived during the year, their cargues being balton, by which you are pledged to see discharged in the stream and landed into that woman

| native godownsrented by the consignees. The feated before "mén," Hoogkbagites peed not quḥil "at

-conditions of storage and settlement of claims the.

for damaged bags have not, however, bean so possibility of impending duaster, for the simple reason that the local cars are not pro- favourable to consiguens as they expected, and the latter, have recently evinced a desire to vided with any straps to speak of. But this mally makerna, difference, for t'have not yet

effest a compromise. 11 is not jarprobable that It will be emergbered that, when a

Peking, 29th October. part of seep aux utan in the Colony who had the aeturn to the regular traders will be made for the Chinese crew. of the wrecked Norwegian effrontery to retain his next so as to cause a

the coming sice sepson. Inland "bavilation The remairs of the lateTM Grand" | steainst Ragnar more brought back by H.M.S. member of the weaker sex to go without one,

shows a slight increase in the number of trips Flora on Sunday last, the mien reported that, shortly before the arrival of the rescuing & northern journal ban apper:ally anticipated,

leave Peking on the 3rd-prox, BRITISH POST OFFICES IN CHINA.

Secretary Chang Chih-turg will

party from the British draiser, the three red thy wishes of the local community in the matter maining European officers and fivs Chinese of British pst Offices at the Treaty ports, IN the course of a larceny case at the Magis-lett Puttle Island on boat for the Indo-for the following, statement appeared in a

NIW FRENCH MINISTER. Tete sa falling off in the number of emi Chinese coast. Some days elapsed without recent insue: We fear 1bat a circular letter grants and coolles travelling to and from foreign

ARRIVAL AT PEKING, anything being heard of the fate of these has been issued by the Hongkong Government countries, while the inland waters passenger survivors of the wreck, and though the Flors and circulated among Brutish firms in China trafic bas almost doubled. The passenger [By courtesy of the "Shung Po."} searched the coist for the lifeboat nothing was asking their support to assist in carrying on the Nigures to and from Bangkok were unduly in. British Post Offices at the various treaty-ports, flated in 1907 owing to the keen competition

Peking, 29th October. the annual fois on this apparently proving i between the Norddenischer Lloyd and the Nip. heavy tax on the Hongkong Government's depon Yusen Kaisha, the cheap rates offered at

The new French Minister, M. do dising revenue." As far as I am aware, the acting an adventurous class of men to go with Margerie, has arrived at Peking. Hongkang Government has done nothing of out any definite engagement in view. A great the kind but "facis arschíels that winna' ding, many of these emigrante returned to Swatow

His Excellency will have an audis after a few months, fading that they could not ence with the Prince Regent on the The following yarn may be a chestons to

obtain employment. Brisk competition and some of my readers, but the sense of bumour calling of rates during the year account for the 3rd prox. contained" in it justifies its reproduction. It is enormous increase in the island waters par- as follows:A Targe German woman hold up anger traffic, Thess. Rohulchan, arrived on long lipe of people at the money order window Christmas Day to ship labourers for the ex. in a city post-officethe other day, and all be ploitation of the Felew Islands, but permission case her memory went back on her. She being refused by the Chinese authorities for wanted to agad some money to her son, à saildr the emigration, the vessel left on the 16th on merchant steamer, then in foreign waters. January, 1909, with only the forelga members But when the presented the application at the of the expedition. window the clerk noticed that the address was lacking. Well, where,ɖo you want to send 11.2” he asked. ~ wê can't give you'tha money order unless you know the name ôf the place? Yeb, dot's de trouble," she replied. "'I'didat" pring bis letter, und I cant remember dør namo - of der town, but it's-some place, out by Chipaj Lids were upsed at Manlia on 23rd Oct. in dot sounds likoder noise an automobile makis.”, the office of the chief quartermaster of the The two clerks,lobķed at each other dubiously, division for 4,000 barrels of cement. The bid "What kind of a neiso does an automobile is dus here on, fát prox. at 4 p.m. Anderson and Co. $2.395, abip side delivery; the other, Yah, dat's it," exclaimed the Wise and Co.---$2.42, delivery at depot Societe woman, Honk, honk, dot's de place."; " Fil des Ciments: Portland Artificials de l'iado it in Hoogkong," said the clerk, and the pald at depot; Findlay, and Co-$1.19 ship sida China- $2.05 ship side delivery, $2.16 delivery over her money with a smile of relief,

CASUAL CRITIC delivery's Mitsu. Busan Kalska-52.395-ship

THE oppointment of the Honourable, Mr. W. Ress Davies, EC, as Chief Justice during the absence on leave of His Honour Sir Francis T. go, or ustil further notice, with effect from the 27th October, is garetted."

The Master of the British 9.8. Telomachus "Australian papers have concerned them-reports less waler than that marked on the aclves of late with the recent case of the chart on Coral Bank Crossing, Saigon River; Chinese teacher in Melbourne being refused having found 13 feat in middle of river. admission into the Commonwealth under cir- cumstances fully reported in these 'columbi the other day. Commenting on the case in tracy this morning, it was found that the de-

fendant was a leper. He was removed to Vic question the Sydney Unity Felegraph Tetosis Gaol, where he later underwent a medical marks: The chief danger menacing the examination. white Australia policy is tactless fanaticism in its administration. A caso.in point is furnished by the refusal to permit the landing in the Commonwealth of a Chinese school teacher for the education of Chinese children in the language of their parents. A request has been made for exemption on behalf ofA MOMBER of Chinese who were being exposed an Oriental scholar whose mission is to found in the stacks for a larceny Ware the cynosure

college for Chingae students who wish to

of all eyes in a busy part of the town this morning, and elicited the jesus and jibes of a obtalo na education in the literature of their

mo ley crowd of Chinese. race, which it otherwise, not available to the Surely the gratification of such IT is stated by a Shoogba) Chinese contempo desite as that involves no threat to the whiterary that in consequence of the boycott against sace in Australia. It is not even proposed Japan having increased of fate, Mr. ¡juio, that the Chinese teacher should stay there Japanese Minister at Peking, has repeatedly longer than the term for which the Restriction urged the Waiwupu to interest itself in the Act coabica special-exemptions to be granted to visiting allens, and ample guarantees have been offered to ensure his return when the period of grace expired. To refuse him

matter,

TAOTAI Alfred Bra of Harbio has been ordered by the Weiwapu to proceed to Kuangch'engizo to confer with the Russian Director of the permission to enter under these circumtion of boundaries between Chinese and Rur Eastern Manchurian Railway on the delimita-

tances is not part of any broad statesman-sian territories. like policy; it is simply an exhibition of that

seco of it.

On Thursday, 281b inst, Mr. J. Eitzen, the Vice-Consul for, Norway, in Hoogkong, was in receipt of a telegram which conveys the pleasing information that the European engi neers of the ill-fated vessel and the five Chi- nese members of the crew are all sefo." "Tho telegram was dispatched from the Pulau Can on lighthouse on an island to the south of Tourane. Itaquounced the engineers and the crew's safely and also asked for assistance at Once for the remaining Chinese crew who were supposed to be still marooned on Paitle Island, for the Europeans had no knowledge that any assistance had come to their rescue from the Flora.

The fire members of the Chizens crew, saved. were:-Doe stoward, pantrý boy, cook, the No. 1 boy, and a cabin boy,

CEMENT BIDS.

FRENCH COMPETITION.

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kind of fanaticism which we usually regardUBJECT to audit, the directors of the interes as a characteristic of coloured races. It itlocal' Colton, Manufacturing Co, Ld, intendders and their bids ard, as follows; W. H. make,” asked one." "Honk, "hook,' suggented

recommend at the annual meeting of share holders, the payment of a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent per annum for the year ended September 30, 1909.

the sort of thing that leads to reduce the Commonweath alien exclusion laws to an absurdity: The only justification for those laws is the necessity of self-preservation, but in notified that, consequent on the xatire in a case of this kind such a plea would be

ment on pensión of Mr. Arathoon Seth, 1 s.o., farcical. Instead of administering the Re-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased, striction Act with undua harshan it should under instructions from the Secretary of State be their aim to soften its irritating incidence for the Colonies, to appoint Mr. J. H. Kemp to as much as possible consistent with making be Registrar of the Supreme Court, Registrar effective for the purpose in view, Other of Companies, Official Administrator and O. wise the very existence of the while April art Mr. E. D. C. Welle to be Head

endangered. For the enforcement of the Sanitary Department, Mr. R. O. Hatch they the Australians haviq in the last and Deputy Registrar of Marriages, with effect so to be First Autant Registrar General wly upon the sympathy of Great from the goth October,

SHIPPING AND MAILS

MAILS DUE

Indian (Fooking) tat prox. American (Mongolia) aod prax. German (Kleitë) 4th prox. (* fodias (Kunisang) 11th prox. The 5 Zafro left Mabila on 30th inst, and

The P. M. 5. S. Ca's xx. Mongolis Is due to arrive in Hongkong on rat prox, at 8 am,

The C. FR. Co vs. Empress of India Idit Vancouver, BC, for Hongkong vis usual port of call on 28th inst, p.m. ...

ZYPHOON WARNING.

The following telegram was received from the Manila Observatory at 11.50 am, to-day :--- October 30th, 11 am.: "Cyclone or typhoon over South China Sea moving W.

'HT geoural trafficsgest of the C, P. R Co. shan received a meniaga from Yokohama statlog“ 4hat the R,MS. Empreia of Japan, which sailed. from Hongkong on the tốth Josiant, reported "All Well" 1,250 miles from Yokohami, on Friday evening. The friends of passengers on" board will doubtless be glad to receivá this intelligence,

IT is stated that a number of Chinese rusidants, in foreign colonies have telegraphed to the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Com merce to inquire what amount of the neČESOŁTY fund for the re-organisation of the Navy WAS still lacking, and to express their desires à to make donations towards the deficiency. Ministry replied that Tis: 1,600,000 wali wanted,

THE cultivation of popi oficially reported throughout. British, while the Native Bat am also being mon

The Imperial German Mail ks. Pring Sigis, side delivery. The award was got made, the ATOKIO message to the Main chi states that mand, which left herb on yth inst, si midnight chief quartermaster of the division tabing, the the imperial Household Department has re-arrived at Sydeer yesterday at 3 pm. bide under advisement.

to colved a telegram stating that Lord Kitchener Mala Made will Rivivo at Tokio si 3.10 p.m. on November CAPTAIN J. Warrack, of the 6.2. Chili, repons TWENTY-NINE Emblem appeared before Mr. 2. Qe ble arrival, he will be presented to the that, while at anchor in Baljock Harbour at E. R. Hallifax (Firit Magistrate) in the Police Empire by Sir Claude sincdonald, the British: low water spring tides, beary, breakers, having Court this mornings, Two of the men were Ambasador. On the following day, Lord the appearance of a sock almost amb par tice of opium 53. The gambling money and paraphwazlie Mitary Review and the usual banquet at the Rocky Inlet bearing 8. sack Eged $20, while the rest had bach id pay | Klicherer will attend the Imperial Birthday, now in approximately the following position -- sion bas, it

M.) {magnetic), with a notable: erha 'were confiscated;