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tons. This shows in increase in tourage of 215,604 tour. Some oily be found to re- gret that only 704 Individual occan vessels catered, Instead of 745.45 In 1938. This docs not really matter, as the tonnage was greater, and the ships cleared much oftener, the

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"EDITOR OF THE “HONGKONG TEINGRAPHY": for the Sin,—The tragedy which occurred at Caston' | Divides

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Saturday: last when a young, Edispens Securities of Forded states of Brlin' Forses Castoms officer was fatally, shot by w Chinese alons, irrespective of the total lacoms, desperado on board the sa. Kwongiung, brings Claims of the latter class for the year ended

The steamer had on beard 190.

"a" once more" to the forefront the important fact" April 5th, 1910," mani be made before October 101 Filipiros, who were to proceed to Hawal

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they will suffer, not we. It is, like 'cating. chocolate creams or burnt almonds, merely a question of moderation whether" azhaim Icas personal pleasure becomes a dangerou and culpable self-indulgence. With regret therefore we heat; such silly, and por- A. S. WATSON & CO., collective tonnage was increased by 343,878 nicious utterances of that on page 12 of this tous. Of course as time goes on the size of "Educational Review * It says that "Cigar cargó carrier must increase. We cannot ette smoking bids fair to take the place of understand anybody being at all low in his opium as China's greatest curse. Such a mind about the shipping of Hongkong. It statement is an immoral statement. may be true that certain kinds of cargo no enemy hath done this Not that we can longer are trans-shipped bero in the same to describe the writer of that shocking vast quantities as formerly, and more goes phrase as a conscious enemy to the Cause But he Into this herbour at all. The Chinese Ports was inspired by that deadly will of course take more and more as time of all good Causes, the demon of goes on, and so, day we, will Hongkang. We exaggeration. This instance is particularly don't grasp the reason for imagining that baleful, because to place cigarette-smok is an "advancing East" as somebody basing is to perpetrate-we must use the only called China and her neighbours, and at phrase for ita perversion of truth. We time of great development in every kind must refrain from considering here the moral of commerce and industry, the fact that aspect of opium-smoking. It is sufficient for some other ports, secure a portion of the us to say that we agree that we, or any of our trade that formerly came here must neces renders would eddure almost any personal | arily point to the degeneration of Hongkong suffering and risk in order to save one whom or her diminishing prosperity. Some of we loved from so dangerous a habit. But as Mr. Haldane's favourite "clear thinking" (or cigarette smoking or cating too many might help us a little herë. It should marrons glaces, they may well be left to surely occur to most rational observers Nature's remedy. In the case of a growing that it must take many decades before buy of course we should loot eave the cure any Chinese port, can have the remotest to Nature, but would do it, if necessary, with chance of equalling Hongkong in its hitherto a switch. unrivalled advantages as a centre of distri- bution. Apart from natural position and advantages, the enormous capital necessary to make any port present any sort of in- ducements to irade sufficient to divert it from its wonted way through here, is certain to be better invested than in such doubtful enterprises. "As for whether Hongkong still occupies the proud position of third or bas sunk to the depth of being only the fifth in point of tonnage entered and cleared of all the great harbours of the world, we recom mend the inquiry as an instructive holiday Tug Paris Journ it announces that by the end lask for the pupils of the schools; of this of June, thier Franch warships will be provid. Colony during the coming summer vacationed with wireless telephones. it would be as useful or as useless and quite as irritating as any olber holiday task, and while, giving the pupile (and probably many parents too) pleaty of trouble and plenty to argue about, might have two good results- some might leara quite a lot of what is nowadays called "Commercial Geography," and all would get valuable experience of how much or how little of certain practical utility is to be deduced from statistics when attempting not merely to forecast the future but to read the present wright.

direct to Chinese Purts without even coming) of Christianity, or of right rear Anemy that he was a notorious pirata" whom the Man, the Chiogel Jalands, and those residing selves of a box containing rice belonging to the

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LOCAL AND GENERAL”

THE salvage steams Proficier arrived at Olongapa on the and inst. from Hongkong.

MALARIA has beca raglog is Easiera Zululand, god there has been serious mortality among

the natives.

The laying of the new.Chanael telephone cable from Abbots Cliff, near Dover, to Cape Frinnet has commenced.

THE Marin announces that a wireless tele rapsy system will shortly be established connecting all parts of French West Africa with

Algaria.

EX-PRESIDENT Roosevelt has received the honorary degree of LL. D. of Cambridge Ul versity. The students whom he addressed accorded the Ex-President of the United States a most enthusiastic réception..... On the voyage down from Hongkong to Linga. pare three deaths occurred on boord the s.s. Kim Sang all being buried at sea. In each casa the deceased was Chindia,

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Tus will of the late Mark Twain has been fled for probate in New York. The estate is valued at £3,650, in audition to the returns from the copyright of his books.

Ar a meeting of the Royal Academy, Mr. A. S. Cops and Mr. C. Napier Hemy, were elected Royal Academicians, and Mr. Adrian Stokes. was elected an associate of the Royal Academy:

One of the wisest men we ever knew used, to advise young and ardent advocates of great Cause "never to over-state a good case. This is a fault which frequently ruins all the success previously won by earneliness, laboriousness and even self, sacrifice. "It has cast down the well-meaning, and given occasion to the adversary to blas-Six thousand and fourteen cases were treated pheme. We have received a copy of the by the ambulances in the streets, and twenty were removed to hospital, during the funeral Educational Review" Vol. III, No. 4, and wish to preface our remarks on procession of the late King through London the impression it leaves on our

mind. streets, by an immediate declaration that we are io sympathy with the publishers; namely the Educational Association of China, re garding their general object and purpose, and that we heartily recommend all who are engaged in educational work in the East to A WREATH, consisting of lilies of the valley On May 13, 1910. at "Treleath," "Peatlike joia it as life members. It will cost them and white archids, was sent to Windsor with (near Guildford), Surrey, England, to Mr. and only $20 Mex, and will keep them in touch the following inscription. In respectful and Mrs. John A. W. Loureiro (late of Weibalwei),

ever loyal memory of our King and Colonel, with the great educational movement now a daughter.

From all ranks of the Ceylon Volunteer Force," On April 21, 1910 at Hacoington, Basing.in progress. Having said so much wa stoke, England, the wife of E. A. Albildge regret to have to criticize and find fault with Ma. V. D. Parsons has taken over the mana (formerly aust, and medical officer, L." M. Customs)," of a son.

the official organ of that useful association. gement of Ayer Kuning Estate. He is We do not quarrel with the almost excessos-in-law of Mr.C. W. Barnell, ong of the sively missionary" tone of the magazino, directors of the Company. He should prove a

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London, May aath, 1910.

THE CANTON TRAGEDY.

· DEATH OF MR. I MARTIN."

[From an Occasional Correspondent.]

that the Canton tiver steameta are woefully accessible to organised piratical attacks. In the case referred to it asems to have been established beycod doubt that the mincesant who took the young officer's life was rabid and reputed, bad character; it is stated Indeed

Chiress authorities were very anxious to get into their clutches for expiation of that misdeeds. That he was a desperate mas is confirmed by the deliberate manner in which ho carried out his bloody worki

But to return to the subject of the same with which piratical gangs may "hold upriver steamer, hese was a case of a Chinese der- perado iravalling as a first-class" passenger, armed" to the teeth, and as events proved, capable of any bloodthirsty deed, from, the taking of another's life to his owe ultimate self-destruction, From all accounts, the aurderer was Dos accompanied on board by · confederates; but, the fact of him being there at all, fully aimed, and with free accen to any part of the ship, is sufficicot to cause one to think seriously of what might have happened bad be in reality been the lea der of a gang of robbers whole presence of

The unfortunate employes of the Customi who was fatally wounded on Saturday last, on board was part of a plan for pirating the ship,

This view of the mattor may be regarded in board the Kuong Zung, died at the Canton some quaslejs as a buga stretch of the imagi- Medical Hospital this morning at 3 o'clock, nation; yet we have only to cast a few years Deceased was not quite 21 years of age back to fiad instances of local ships being pi-Rev. Father Boudin, of the Shamson French rated and human life sacrificed. The Sainam piracy must yet be fresh in the public memory. That outrage occurred on the West River is 1906. Rav. Di. MacDonald, a "passenger, was killed and several of the crew were injured, Another West River steamer was attacked by phates a few years previous, on which occasion ous al the passengers was Rev. E. J. Hardy, Chaplain to the Forges; thin attack, however, was conducted from the bank and was not pushed to an 'extremity by the pirates, In 1890 theto occurred the horrible Nanda piracy, an affair in which Captain Pocock and thres others were murdered and the ship tooted of over 550,000 worth of property.

This unionenately, in only too easy of accomplishment, for if no shots have been fired the deck officer may remain ignorant of this pandemonium let lanse below until he sudden y Gads himself overboree by an irresistible rush of the pirates along the alley way leading to the salson. Once he his boss put be yond the power of resistance the marauders have the command of the ship's stand of arms. and have noihing left to foar

Shamena, 7th Jude.

Capel, attended him from 15 o'clock last night and was with the gallant young fellow throughout his last hours. After receiving all the sacrameats of the Church, Martia quietly passed away. The body will be brought to damn this afternoon for art service at the French Chapel and then placed on board a Customs launch to be taken to the Maceo Fort Cemetery. All the dags of the River sisamaris port are half-masted,

"

I enclose a copy of su "Express" that was circulated here this mornings. The deceased's father is in Haiphong, and was communicated: with by wire on Saturday immediately after the sad occurrence. He is unable to come 10 Canton, Martin's mother is in Paris. The deceased was on the eve of leaving for Hai», phong to enlist for can year in the Army ac cording to the French custom. The "Express" | is in the following terms M

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ACTION TRIED ON ITS MERITS,

as emigrabis, and, they ware berthed toget in the steerage. Since the steamer had left Hongkong there had been several unpleasant Incidents between them. On Monday, 17 pan, the evening meal way served out, whan u body of the ladians suddenly passsszéd them. Filipinos. As a result a ser sus fight occurred; those participating totalling over soo persons who were All armed with clubs, thevels and other weapons. The noias attracted the atte tion of Captain Smith and the crow, who ware quickly on the spot to suppress the outbreak The Captain was compelled to fire a revolver toaded with bluk cartridgn before he could suppress the fight, Simultaneously the incident was reported to the Harbour, Police, and number of policemco soon arrived on board the steamer, and the disturbance consequently, subsided. Several injured poisons were found among both the partics,

The steamer felt Yukobama for Honolulu on Wednesday afternoon.

UNITED SINGAPURES.

THE MANAGER'S TROUBLES?? Mr A. D. Machado, general maungar of the Uailed Slagapore. Rubbor Estates, proceeded agalost three Chitose squatters before Mr Wolferstan, senior magistrato, yesterday, on charges of using criminal force nod mischief, says the Singapore Fres Preis of zed inst

Mr Moodell was for the Company and Me Kouwles for the defendants,

It was alleged that the three defandaniu wara squatters on the Company's land at Bakit Nanas and had refused to quit although wrand several times. When a party of coolies went to plant seedlings, seventy or oighly squatters surrounded them with yells of " pab,“ prevented the planting and pulled up the treas already pineied. They threatened to strike the coolies but subsequently dispersed when a Sikh watch-- snad fired bit gus io toc air....

His honour dismissed the case against two of the deleadants without calling upon the defesca. O

exceed

In the case of the smaller class of siver

Mr. Koowles submitted that the remaining steamers, the danger of piracy is not to be lightly dismissed as a figment of imagination;

defendant was a tenant, which tenancy bad not and even the largest vessols plying to Canton,

Leap terminated by legal notice to quit and for all their greater complement of European

that therefore the coolies were trespassing, officbis and engineers, are not free from such Le Coniulat de Francs et l'Administration He argued that he was entitled to use, reason risk. On the steamers of teaser tonbage these des Douanes Impériales Chinoises ont le regretable force in ejecting them, but that there was are generally only bran Kuropeans the de vous fane connal:re le décès de Monsieur no evidence supporting the charge brought * against him,” Council farther submitted, that Captain, Chief Officer and Chief Eugiacor, Joan Martin survenu ce matin à 3 heures.

- Lar obièques aurost lien ce soir : un asrvice || the plaintiff should bring a civil'acjf3a, indi Chinese pirates seam always to make it a rule

"Mr. Moodall argued that the defendant could to direct their attack first of all, upon the funèbre sers' cóló átó á Eglise de la concess officers and passengers when taking food insion française à & heales et des steam launches be convicted of mischiefie the saloon. When thess have been disposed seront ensuite mises à la dispositios des per- His honour discharged this defendant mino. of the timorous Chinese passengers flee below spones désiriuses d'accompagner le corps au from the brandished cutlasses and threatening cimetière,

SHELL TRANSPORTS: revolvers, leaving the robbers with only the

The Land U. Express to officer on watch to be overcome before the MONEY LOAN ASSOCIATION CASE, Indis mail says: The Shell Transport and by the British

Trading Company have sold io,p250,000 gallons) deck of the ship is under their control.

'petrol direct from the Eas, to the United Stater. of America, at a. pricé which returns the com» Before Mr. Janice Hazeland, Acting Paisos pany a5 per cent, more than is obtainable for judge, in the Summary Court this morning, the best American patrol in the United King-.- there was a continuation of the case in which dum. From this at would appear that there Chow Cham saed a young woman named Yuel may be a shortage of petrol in the United Sumto zacover the sum of Stas, for at instalatatze, seeing that the enormous expansion of manis due in respect of a Si Money Loan As10- motoring cănsumption is estimated to ciation, of which plaintiff le a promoter and de- 1,00,00o coas per annum, The coly alterna-* -fandant a member. It will be remembered that live to that view is that there is a preference. Surely thera, is something awanting in a atthe original bearing of the action, the defence for Shall spint. is founate that concur. system of ship's disciplice which permite raised a point of law that the plaintiff company rently with the announcement of this enormous such thing to be done with impunity. was composed of more than no members and demand for patrod we are able to state that the Nothing can be Basler than to over therefore, could not recover. Judgment on Shell Company, baying obtained the sole right power an unsuspecting company of people the point of law was entered in Lavour to work patroleums in Sarawak, have located a seated at a dicing table by a sudden armed of the plaintiff and it was then decided to try gigantic Gald, where boring will commence past, where there appears to be something the care of its merits, hence the present proibit immediately, it will be interesting le lacking is to the loablicy of those who have coedlegs. Mr. E. Davidson, of Messrs. Hastings ae what is the quality of the pit in this field, bren cornered in the saloon or in the engine and Hastings, appeared for the plaintiff and which, of course, is in British territory, Shoold room to give a signal to their fellow-cfficers Mr. D. V. Stsavenson, of Messis. Deacon, it be of the same quality as the oil found in warning them of danger. Wors the efficer on Looker and Diacon, was for the defendant. East korco, unlimited supplies of liquid fuel, the bridge id get such preconcerted signal: Mr. Steavenson stated that the defsoce

10 Bush teritory, will be secured for the from below he would at once be put upon the sought to establan u total denial on the part of British Navy. alert and it would be indeed a desperate crowd the defendant that she was present on the 16th Br

allay-way in face of even one single determined received any money from the plaintiff. She service on the China Station, the Admiralty Buropean armed with a magazino rifle,

had nothing to do with the plaintiff and had have approved of an extra week's leave being I have heard skippers of many years' ex only juned the Association because she was granted to the relieved ball Crews, iLcluding perience on the river speak of the desirability of persuaded to do so by a woman who lived in a officers, of the armed shallow draught steamers some such system of danger signal being brothel at Shek-long isut and who bad since ab. Widgros, Wood.ark, and Weedcook, who loaugumted, on the Canton steamers, It is admitted that a loud sounding gong would conded on the 28th of Match. Defendant did returning home from the Far East in the cruiser

not know a

w any of the members of the Association | Edgar. delest its own end by warning the pirates. and had nothing to do with the plaintiff. She did The more feasible plan has benn auggested of not know the plaintiff and the statement the.. GANBIRR is attracting attention among the we here for?" "No, they don't," his collea-aud all serious observers of the growth of COLONEL Fatop, D,5.0, Aide-de-Camp to the heving a∙lomp showing a bright red electric she had received money from the plaintiff 'was Maleya estate, this article is cultivated gue retorted."Two pounds of cheese and human beings from childhood to maturity in who is well known to Far Eastern garlight in a screened position visible to the officer absolutely false. The only witnesses she could

risont as aformer commanding officer of the andes the bridge. This light would be connected a pair of girl's thoes don't make four." Or are agreed that indulgence in tobacco during battalion Qason's Own West Kent Regimani with various parts of the ship and would be produce were those who were present at the large scale, over 1,400 acres being planted; words to that effect' were

re said. It is quite that period militates against the finest de true that two blacks and two whites do not velopment of physical strength and endur- mike four, and things of different de-ance. Opinions as to which form of smoking nominations cannot be added together. is most deleterious are divided. Most of It is no contradiction of this to say that those people who really know very little sometimes two asses and two men have about it condemn the cigarette as more boea kuowa to make four-it merely a inforious than the pipe or cigar. Experi question of definition, not of statistics, ments have proved this to be an error, It has been untruly said that "figures at The quailly of nicotine poison: taken not lie," for as we have pointed out before, when smoking a cigarette is actually losi atatistics may be represcuted or misrepre-than that taken into the system from a cigar sented to mean anything. The optimist of a pipe. The danger of cigarettes to will pick out those items which most latter youths fies rather in the number smoked and hii hopes, the pessimist, will draw the the manner of smoking. Far too many smoker gloomicat deductions, from selections made inhale. This is of course injurious to the for the purpose of making himself or other throat, lungs, heart, and the nervous system. people miserable.... There seems very little We do not minimise the dangers of the to encourage the psalmist, we think, in abuse of tobacco, and in a mild way we re- Taylors report on the command 108tention. In the case of STOR ong for last year. This ing youth we are strongly against the use

re we tobacco in any form whatever,

'the "no reasoU Why STOWA, men should

The Hongkong Celegraph Te is only a natural consequences of so great acquisition to the Parak Cricket team-wise, wasid endeavor to suit along a narrow of March in the plaintify shop, or that the bond intconsidération of theuraldions daty on rires

'HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, June 8, 1910."

"THE TRADE OF HONGKONG.

Two and two must make four," said somebody, we think it was a Judge in a Scottish Court, who added, “what else are

find

stated that:

many of the foreigners engaged in educa tional work being missionaries first and educators afterwards. But we cannot help attempting to save the very Cause these men have at heart from being grievously injured, not by enemies, but by themselves. Let us try as softly as we may to convey our lesson without offence. Practically all medical men,

if bey want to... If they abu

A VERY dressing accident occurred at the Trunch Mines on Thursday week at Through an accidental slip a Chinaman got entangled in the heavy crushing machinery and in less than no time his corpge was so mailated as to be absolutely unsecognisable,

́of saving money, it

planting community in Deli, On the Gunbug,

up-to-date "factory deals on, the spot:

meeting. She did not know, any of the mem has just been gazoited as Assistant Adjutant operated by the pressure of ordinary bell-potheses and therefore it would be useless to call a product. This gambler dadsrady General at headquarters,

or buttoes so placed as to be workable either witnesian to giva evidence, In: fact, unless fetches highes prices than those: by band or foot, their location to be known poly sa particular ibing happened on that parti. Chinese growers in the Strake Soulemente. REAR-ADMIRAL, H. X. Williams, who has been by the officers and enginein. This is the calar date, it could not be proved what defen: LANCR Corp! J. Watson, the last appointed access to Rear Admiral Sir practical suggestion of a matter who has had dant was doing on the 16th of March. Defan of the old Bath Foot (now the the Turkish Ficat, was appointed Commodore to me to be worthy of consideration by the had only joined the Association for the paipase pension from the beginning of; Douglas Gamble' us Commander in-Chief of | loog service on the river boats, and it appears | daut was not

WAE DOI S WOMAn of any money and she

Lancarier Régiment), has in charge at Hongkong in 1905. Daring his steamboat owners.—Yours, active career is as bref Naval Attache in

served 45 year and gig days, and got the Russia, Turkey, Norway and Sweden.

service and good conduct medal 37 year He has dona) DURING the last fiscal year 1,614 Chinsic

Scotia, and Egypt, and wears medálWithTË Cebir clasp and entered Canada; paying Spoo cach, which, with the reins of the registration fees, made a total revenue of $807,010 abowing an increase of neary S105,000 on the previous years come 688 Chinese merchants and their wives and children entered untaxed.

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AN extraordinary cise of extreme long reported from County Clara,

in Corofin Padd

bonier

*** FREQUENT, PASSENGER. BRITISH INCOME TAX AND non- RESIDENTS

TO THE EDITOR OF TAS "HONKONG TELMORAPH SIR-The withdrawal (by the passing of the British Budget für 1909 20) of the right to claim repayment of British Income Tax so long played by Colonial, Indian and Foreign Re sidents, makes a very serious difference to them, Permit us to inform them through the is medium of your alumns;; wbli

Eyat:

A CHINESE report anys, that the Anti-Opium Commissionent, the Ministry of the Interior, and the Ministry of Finance barej jintly mas morialized the 7 hrono, suggesting that, with regard to the icwards intended to be given to the provinces for their success allained in

piam prohibition, auch rewards should noti made at once, but those provinces des

recorded and have been

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