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Retribution in Colowan

BURNING OF KOW HO VILLAGE

MORE CAPTURES AT MACAO. [From Our Own Correspondent.]

Macao, igth July.. The measures adopted by the Portuguess airthorities for the extermination of the pirates at Colowan cannot be said to be carried out in kay, ball-hearted manner. · · To-day news is" brought over from the island that the village of

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JULY 22 1910

CORRESPONDENCE.""

fa do not necesarily andoras the opinions expresset.

by Correspondents In this column.)

THE SEA SERPENTIE

SHIP CAPTAINS AND THE OPIUM

LAWS

SABLL "RANSPORT AND TRADING CO.

Phôtkho bus- bean - surrounded by ; à cardon? can vouch for the truth of my small ware no less than sight doop slashes and / own ship,: Thoto-is a good deal to be said the report of the auditors,7-

10104 iyun yasıals but actually of fire, a bonßra Bribricade of the village. The miserable than dies nesiling on the hill-side supplied excellent geldof the burning brigado. Kerosene oil was and over the inflammable structures and light applied to it. Soon the village wAY & MILES of dames and Kow-to literally reduced to ashes, krba timber which covered the bills on Kow-ho sidu kar niso vuan barat to the ground. “It must not be surmised that the burning of the village Some of our party were going ashore in a was an act of barbaroon" extermination, or that dinghy when they caught sight of the reptile the villagers had bend, sacrificed to a terrible | in the water, and the gentleman who was rOW- holocaust as an act of vengeance. No lives og promptly struck at it with biroar, and ap- could have been lost, as, if nay Nving per-parently stunned (t. The ladies in the dinghy Com adamaised within the village, the naturally shrieked and refuted to go on shore, moment the fire started, it was to be presumed so the dinghy was put bick, to the Inuneb, that they would have made one last final effort The sea-sarpaat had apparently recovered from to escape. Since zoun were scan in the pro-

the blow it had received for it seemed to turn gree of the conflagration the belief that the round and follow the dinghy to the launch plates had fled seems to be founded on good which it perhaps and malatakon for its aggressor, ground.

On reaching the launch it was found, however, that the staĵo palator of the dlagay had en

Too destruction of the village in to remove

any harbouring ground for the sea robbere

who may contemplate a return to the shorat al Colowan, it being no easy task to gaard by

sea every inch of ground on the littoral of the

island.

Confirmatory repoîte havo sluca reached me that a large number of the pirates are sheltered at Hak-s; this may be the dext objective on the part of the Authorities in purgaacca of their panitive expedition.

LEPERS" VILLAGE RAIDED.

In their fight the pirates have entered a Impera' village on the island and demanded food and provisions. Qu being refused, the man, reduced to severe straights, began To raid the village killing one o and two women. *. Yesterday, the polico at Macao arrested three more men on auspicion of being pirates. Prisoners are in the lock-up. As usual, in the present condition of things at Macao, the air is full of ramour that the City is overrun by pirates, refugees from Colowan. Toca exag gerations can only be accepted with a great

deal of referva,

tangled the poor snake and dragged it along

in its wako,"

Perhaps some of your tenders saw the same

thing on Sunday last as there were five launches in the vicinity. Yours faithfully..

GEORGE WASHINGTON a. P. S.-I ought to have mentioned above that the poor reptile wis dead, and had apparently bags washell down from the bills during the

READIEST CUSTOMERS,

Farmer, however, that much of the opium It follows, brough no fault of the Oplum passing through the hands of the Hongkong pore by means of the smuggling process. Oc Farmer finds its way to Manila and to Blaga

is seized and then of course both the ship and Carionally it happens that the smuggled oplum its owners are fined in heavy penalties,

The facilities for illegal secretion of opium on board a steamer are too obvious to require any enlargement upon them. A passenger may canity bide away cattles and catuies of the poppy produce uabakdown to officer or quartermaster, yet when that vessel reaches its part and the contraband' stall in discovered, it is the ship and the captain who has to beat the brunt, le

Is a

hesabigh melting point, so that u rends 'market is assured for it. In order to make thr best of it wa have erected" a candis plant In Sumatra, capable of turning out 100 toss NEW PATROLEUM CONCESSION IN SARAWAK.

of candies par monika Wal are also erects ing in Borneo a factory which will be cap. able of producing you tons of candies par The annual rapersi menting of the members month. Our extensions in Borneo are of an of the "Shell" Transport and Trading Co important nature. Thay comprise the erection oiled, was held on and ult, at Wiechester of very large sulphuric acid plant. They in House, London, E.C.) under the presidency of clude the preparation of a plant for masing Sir Marcus Bamsel; Bart. (the Chairman of the Horgen of equal to the very finest Americas company).

The Secretary (Mr. E. A. Smith Rewis) hay.minating oil, which the skill of our chaml

cal staff has rendered possible. (Hear, Aime) log read the metics convening the facting and

It's difficult to overrete, the Importance of this discovery to us. It will enable us to exter, The Obairman, in the course of His remarks, markets which have hitherto been closed to us, stated: Including the balance brought forward and where the highest prices are obtainable, from 1998, there is a credit to the profit and We look, therefore, not only to un-lucreased output from this source, but to Improved pre- fin. Our lubricating oil plant is now ready. and this important branch will be developed Brary all field has its own speciality, and crude di diffars immensely. We have crude all of exceptional value. That frota Sumatra contains large proportion of motor, spirits Those from Borneo are rich in wax; they alo laid a spirit which is extremely valuable for

of last year's competition has been that we har many purposes; but which, being trade secret, I do not propose to disclosa. Use of the resulta

Shanghai-Langkat Company. We har givale mada terms with oor erstwhile opponents, the

conditions than they could have obtained olsa. to the shareholders in that company ranch Batter whare, and which will probably give them better results than had they remained independiente We are able to link up their fields with our own redderles, situated in deep water, and only saven milos distant. Dy handling their production with our own, we anticipate that we shall recoup our expenditure. We shall be calind upon fa dus concile to contributs our 40 per cent of the being supplied by the Royal Dutch Company. purchase money, the remaining 60 per canL. I cannot give what the exact figure will be, as the preparation of the schedula is not yet come pleted,

another

NA HONGKAW ATROCITY.

BIM RUSSIAN WOMAN HACKED TO DEATH, A

„„THEIR UNFAIR OPERATION ES 2! The Shanghai Timer of 16th last sayı :—A morder which in some respecia is the worst.

(Special to the "Hongkong Tölegraph.") that has baid perpatraled in Shanghai là many To the Epiron or the "Horakond, TalMGRAPH," you, is reported to have taken place in "Feare

• DEAR SIR, I have refrained from writing to

There is hardly a steamer sailing out of on Road yesterday morning, the victim, being, you before swing partly to diffidence and part. Ruslan woman living in one of the many Hongkong which does not bring back werd of by to the dacredulity with which certain stories houses of ill-fame situated in the road, moo- the unfairness that underlies the existing opium told recently by newspaper occasional engros tinde sear its Junction, with Yubang Road 12 th it pertain to the Colony. One skipper pobdents bave been received, Fur usulely I The victim was discovered by a woman friend after another has his protest to add against have at least a dosen credible witnesses who about noon. yesterday, lying on a bed simply the system which makes smuggling possible to covered with knife wounds and dead. Thats the smuggler ontwith his knowledge and on his On Sunday last at about s bay opposite the jonk Bay Flour Mills we had cals on the gofortunate creature's body and also in favour of the local steamship companies a most exciting experience with what was ap seven in her throat, while the condition of the who find themselves penalised for the innocent parently a seakerpent. The reptile, whatever, room in which the corpse was found would in carrying of the drug. As a matter of fact its species had a very large head with an dicate that there had been considerable Sght the whole trouble arises through the system is accopot of 6806,930, Deducting manage ecormoss month ornamented with large seathing, the forniture belog over-turned and blood rather than through the agents who make.itment and other experies, the not balance is of about a to z inches in length its body was appearing all over the room.

their business to help the opiam smugglers by£799,163. After payment of the dividanda dia about 16 feet long, and of a silvery, colour on.

The woman's friend who discovered the crime, every means in their power. If is only natural tributed, there remains a balance of £518,36" derneath and a dirty gray abova,

from which your directors recommend that who usually iwed with the deceased, entered that the Opium Farmer should endeavour to the house about noon, and receiving no auswar make his sales at farge, as possible, and the farther and goal dividend for the year 1909, of 28. 61. por share be paid, making 21 per cent to her calls, proceeded to the room which Farmer unturally selin his wares to the was bully occupied by the murdered woman,

for the year, leaving sum of Gros,368 only to be shocked by what shu saw thare,

to be carried forward to the carrant year. The The woman raised ab alarms, which requited

£200,000 of capital. Furthermore, we have dividend this year is payable on an additional in the place being filed with denisent of the

had to pay, on shareholders' account, income neighbourhood, who were only turned out on the Arrival later of the police algabsart, but

all clans, wheiber shareholders realise that if tax at the rate of in. 2d. in the I am not at immediate inquiries among the neighbaure, but no one had heard any courant potser either

could distribute: cearly another it per cent we did not pay this heavy impost for them we during the night or morning, The Russian Consular officials were at once notified. They

items in the balance sheet, some of which may dividend. I proposa now to deal with other proceeded to the house and after viewing the body, ordered its removal to the Mondary,

possibly need explanation, because, we are in viting you to sanction the issus of About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the body

£1,000,000 of nominal capital. Attention was was taken from the bonse to the mentuary, the

called to the report to the large amount of scene as it was brought into the road being

funds in hand; but, with the exception of about strange and sad indend. Some diy women all of

£40,000, we have, since the end of the yOAT, the same calling authe deceased, rushing up and and tearing their balt, making a scene fort- down the thoroughfare walling and sobbing

disposed of the whole of the 500,000 which we raised in November last. The policy of unately but rarely seen in Shanghal. The body

the company has been to take over from our of the victims was small in stature, and present now that the Police in Hongkong, if not also agents ise business bliberto conducted by ed a dreadful spectacle, which was all the mora the new Customs Service, have orders notio them. This course has been rendered accos apparent at the Mortuary where she was found search for oplem to outgoing vessels, or, inary owing to the number of products, we DOW to have been nearly disemboweled.

other words, they have to keep a blind eye liquid fuel. The trade has become too large manufacture, In addition to kerosene and The hours in which the tragedy was düacted on any smuggling that may be called po la a miserable building characteristic of the That this is unfair both shipowners and skippers to be a more appanage of a merchant's buil. ness. We are obliged to hava establishmauts locality. Not much more, probably, thin fil-khow to their cost. It simply means that the toep foot in width, it contained four roots, two shipping trade suffers and to make the shipping facilities throughout the area where we are of aur awo, at the same time extending our downstairs and two above, the latter being rea- | trade of Hoogkong suffer simply means that ched by a steep fight of steps. The door which the Government are, crippling the mainstay trading. In order to get as close as possible to opens from Fearon Road gives immediate access of our Colony's' existence.

actual consumers, in addiilon to the money, to a sitting room foroished in a tawdry though There was a rumour some time ago that the 440,000, contributed by the "Shell" Cam manner, while immediately behind this is a bed-were on the point of forming a protective com our associates in the Asiatic Petroleum Com- what is evidently intended to be an attractive principal shipping companies in the Colony PAD, £650,000 has been added by the Royal Watch Company and £207,000 by room, so small that the bed seems to occupy blue for the purpose of putting a stop to the more than half the space. The walls in places endless loss of money caused through penalisa-pany, Limited, so you will gather what an seem little batter than rough wooden partitions, tion for smuggler at various costigao por such a unde as we are conducting. It will be enormous capital is required to carry on safely and except in the sitting room there is no at- but to all appearance the mavement has been tompt at relieving their bareness. ̧ ̧11. was in

more prominently brought home to you when NIFFEO, IN THE DUD,

I state that the Bataafache Patroleum Masts one of two bedrooms upstairs that the atrocity or bas nevar cone to fruition. was committed, and here has been found our more strenuous local skippers talk of pany, Limited, have written off, an depreciation Some of chappij and the Anglo-Saxon Patroleums Com basin of dirty water in which after the foul forming a protective alliance amongst them from their profier in three years, the colossal crime the murderer mus hava washed the selves and they have every justification for bloodstains off his hands and whatever weapon taking such a stop if it does materialise. Un

sum of £1,750,000 -all re-lovested in the buil- Bass. The premium of £300,00' received on ha used. This was probably a big kalfe, fortunately for men of their cloth, there is and it must have been a strong man who no association locally which can act with crease our own reserves to the round sum of

the now sharos issued has enabled us to la wielded it for the Kashes in the poor woman's that unity, which mates for a concerted, 41,000,000. sterling on reserve account and body were deep and deadly. So far there is thorough concerted, schame to bear upon the 120,000 on reserve fund, the whole of the no trace of the lethal weapon.

Government with full vigour, but if the move. former being employed in the business, whilst means of bringing into bring a local Mearch-

hoad it may yet be the the reservs fund is kept in actual cash. Turn aut Service Guild which will be worthy of such Petroleum Maatschappij, on the credit side ing to the balance-sheet of the Bataafsche great shipping port as Hongkong.

there is an act of about 110,000 for shiras As ope captain said the other day to the in the Geconsolideerde Hollandscha Patrolaum present writer, if the Government want to assist Company, increased since the issue of the the Opium Farmer is carrylug out his lease of report to £300,000, this being one of the ex- the Farm according to the terms of his contract tensions referred to in connection with oporn- so far as possible, why do they not do as the ties in Roumanis. The investment la there Straits Settlements did and reduce the rent fields-which have cost in actual cash of keeping it at sa uopayable sum considering market price of the Geconsolideerde stares, at of the Farm to a reasonable figure instead 300,000-in 10-day valued, according to the all the restrictions which now have been in about £1,200,000. (Applause.) Further capital ficted on the trade? Far better to do thin le required for their development. than to

recent rains;

HONGKONG SOOUTS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "Hongkong,Tauroraru."

Dear Sir,-May I trespans upon your valu. able time and spice to make a Tow remATÁS and suggestions amount the naw Besut Com- pany.

The Company to be formed by Mr. Ross, will, no doubt, be of excellent service to the Colony, and lo times of trouble would be cer Git sender a splendid account of itself, There are one or two points which would how avar tell against its complate success, at a Scout Company.

How many of the men who have been asked to become members of the Company are able to speak Chinese, and how many of them could adapt themselves to living on Chinese food in a ding smelling Colaess village for any length of time, as they would certainly be called uppe to do in troublous times in the Territory, Again, notwithstanding the periods of annual training, how many of them would know much about the geography of the Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territory generally,

PIRATE CHIEFS MADE PRISONERS. FORTUGUESE THREATENED. [From an Occasional _Correspondent.]

Macso, 27th July. What is left of the remnant gang of despera. den who had settled in Colowan is slowly and oraly (alling, into the meshes of the pat cast around them by the Portuguesa soldiers station. ad at Golowan who, afterthe dreadful bombard- ment of Sunday morning, are forrating the island invited to jais Mr. Ross' Company are, 21 The majority of the men who have been for those who have not yet abandoned (boli Jair,

far as I kiow, inen who are likely to ba A party of soldiers this morning, la their hust mayed about from one part to another just for quarry, made two good' capturas la iba per.

an their respective Talpant may direct, and saps of two pirate chie's of the clans Chan and

it would be unreasonable to suggest that Leon. The intter belongs to the same clan the said Tafgan should not be allowed to as the generalissimo of the pirate horde who

do so, They would consequently not baya hava bold sway in Colowan. His 'dowofa!l in fatal for the pirate causa.

much-chauce of becoming acquainted with the Without a chiet Bround whem to rally the rabid band of sea geography of the place they would be called murderers will in future be hunted from pillaspon to perform their duties is, and would not bave the opportunity of acquitting themselves to post matli their dimionbing number vanishes as creditably as they no doubt have the desire with the shadowy power they will no longer be

to dr. able to wield to the terror of the maritime trade

Might I suggest, therefore, the formation of of these coasts,

Volunteer Corps, a company to connection with the Hongkong man, who, either through having been born here, or through toog. residence bero, know the Colony and its Dependencies, its laogurge and Customs. practically from A to Z.

On being conducted to the lock-up after the strast, Leung told his captors that is followers would not be intimidated by his seizure, He warned the Portuguese that they would live to run the day whan they have arrested him. Vengeance would be visited on their beads swiftly and surely,

Chief Chan and Chief Leang are now is hospitable quarters at Monte Fort, where in the quiet breezy retreat of those heights, they will be able to plan their next ially to the Great Beyond whither they will be transported on the blade of the executioner's sword in Canton.

·JAPAN'S SOUTH POLE AK-SDI- TION.

„GREAT MEETING IN TOXIO.

At the Kinkikan, Kanda, Tokio, a lecture. was given on Tuesday last under abe auspices of those interested in the Antarctic expedition planned by Lisutenont Shirase. Long before the time appointed for the meeting nearly ten thousand people bad assembled in the street outside. To better preserve order the police formed the vast crowd into a queue, which was about six cho long. The greater part of this crowd, the Japan Advertiser's report states, was not admitted into the ball, which could only ac commodate a thousand or so. Mr. Murakami, editor of the Seiko Magazine, under the aus. pices of which the meeting was held, made the opening address. Mr, Harakichi, who is known for having made a trip round the world on a bicycle, next spoke, taking as his subject. "To the Far South [”

There are numbers of men in Hongkong of English, Eurasian, Portuguese nad other descent, who ate British subjects: who can speak the langurge perfectly know the cus- toms of the Ubitete, theronghly: Lave a per.

zonal knowledge of the geography of the New Territory: could adapt themselves without an effort to living on Chinese food to Chinese | villages for parbaps weeks at a time if peces. sary, and who could with little or no trouble extract from the population all information as to movements of an enemy, The Chiness na- turally would give more help to a persdo who could sprak their own language, then they would to a person who could not,

Téli Company could be officered by men like tome of our Volunteer Officers, who through the exercise of their profession or their lifelong con pection with the Colony, are also thoroughly conversant with the local language and cus toms, The men of the Company would be selected carefully, and only men who proved themselves perfectly. fit and able to stand long trying days in the open in the hot, cold, and rainy seasone, and who could march well, would be allowed to become members. To become a member of the Company would be looked on as the highest complimesi a man la the Pical Volunteers could receive, · We would thus be certain of only having the bes men to perform our scouting duties for us.

There are numerous other points which may accur in people reading this leler, and hops hat they will come forward nad alate them through the medium of the Press. any weaknesses there may be in my sigumssts, Io conclusion, I would like to apologise for and trust that some kind person will point them oat for my guidance. Yours faithfully,

THE SECOND ANGLE.- Hongkong, 21st July, 1910.

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Ho far as can be learned at the moment, the deceased's companion during the previous night was a sellor from one of the French ships in harbour. He said to have had some trouble with tha woman during the night, bur this did not seem to have amsaated to much and it is stated that he left about 7 o'clock yesterday morning. There is a report that by was keen to leave agal but this is very vagus and scarcely relled upon by the Police,"

It was reported during the afternoon that in the dead woman's lagers was found hair which may lead to the discovery of the murderer, bút this is only guess work at the moment. There a report that another man was seen in the neighbourhood during the moralog, and the police are quietly looking for this individual, as well as for the sailor who spent the night there, ani whore name at least is known. It is further stated that the murder seems to hava beso Ac: companied by robbery, as a box containing jewelry and money owned by the dead woman, was found broken opse and its contants gone, A ring evidently not belonging to the murdered woman, was also found in the murdered women, and this is also expected to prove a Recent doings of pastors in that quarter seam to have inspired many of the inhabitants with a wholesome fear of them, and it is bolievad that last night many houses were barred against Evan, upoo these aurdened women the tragedy bas had an enormous effect, and one was heard to utter a plaintive plea for ad- ditional police supervision.

useful clue to the perpetrator of the crime,

them.

OPEN SECRET

ment dons come to

KAMPER THE SHIPPING

This may be all very well in law, but it is

RICH OIL STRIEKŠ, '' :

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THE QUESTION OF OVER PRODUCTION.

There is at the present moment unqasation ably a great over-production of kerosene, If every company is determined to make ta candingly low prices. It will be a case of the maximam production we are going to see ex-- survival of the fittest. As we have written, off out of past profits every extension which wa bave made, as our welle are large and prolific,

might give pause to companies which hava and the qualities of the oil such as E have deis. cribed, the prospect does not, appal us. It hitherto fared well because of understandings with us. It is gratifying to know that in all the great flights accomplished Shell spirit bas been chosen by avery aviator in the United Kingdom. (Applause) Our territory at Tar- down into a steady product of most excellent kan, after giving us great trouble, has settled liquid fuel, and is yielding at the rate of about 630 tons per day. The offcake of liquid fuel in the East is expanding satisfactorily now that supply. There is a development (which is we are able to give assurance of an unfailing destined, I think, to perhaps grester significance and importance! be immediate) "of

than any of the many astoalsbing move- ments in latter days. I allude to the com heavy oil, for ships. We are building a vonsek ing of the. internal combustion engine, on of 1,000 tons capacity, to be propelled by Diesel type of motor of 400 bp. The engines are being built in Holland. I understand Auotber Dutch company is contemplating build- ing even larger ships than this, and that an internal combustion engine of 10,000 b.p. under construction lo Antwerp. We must take it that the question of this engine for ships bas is a matter of a short time. The benefits of it reached the stage where its cuivamal'adaptation

Are sponous. There is a saving in fuel of no less than 75 per cent. The reports received. from the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company, Limited, and the Bataafache Patroleum Mat schapp) justify the payment on account of this year'o an interim dividend of is, per share →viz, at the rate of par coat, par spaum** and this, with the final dividend for 1959, will' be made on July 5. Ibope that the explans. tians which I have given you, as to the need of further capital will make it unnecessary for me to do more than propozo, after this meet-

ing, the formal resolution sanctioning the fu stant and growing need for money will be ap Cross which the directors suggest. "The con parent to you, not to mention that at any time properties may be submitted 10′ us, which we ibink it in the interest of the company to ac quits, and to have the moans of paying for im mediately available. Our relations with our Dutch colleagues and associates remain on the most satisfactory footing. Daring the year Mr Loudon'bai personally visited the concessions and inspected all the properties in the East, 1 bag to move the adoption of the report and ac

not equitable in logic. If a man makes a con. Hale under His Highness Rojah. Brooka. counts, as submitted.

| tract which he finds it......

IMPOSSIBLE ID FULFIL

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for the shareholders, ba congratulated the board Lord Alwynn Compton wald that, speaking on the vary able way in which the affelts of the company had been administered.

of the port. This appears, to the writer, to be

I come now to the positiva part, I have told a sound argoment, for if some such step is not of the success which our experts have achieved taken shortly there is every likelihood that the in Roumania, and it is my equally pleasant shipping returns next year and in years to teak to inform you that the anticipations which come will show a decided declension,

I ventured upon when-1 inst had the pleasure The results of the prosecution of the owner of addressing you have been realised to Kostei, and captain of the steamer Hong Mok at Sin and that in Sambofia we have struck oil. I sen gapore in which the owner was fined $1,000 no reason to alter the indication which I then be' illicitly carried in their steamer, affords au- and productivity the Sanga Sanga Galds, the and the captain Sigo for "allowing" epiam to gave, that the field promises to exceed ju ares other lostance of the injustice of the present a-half miles broad by five miles long. The surveyed anticlinal balog no less than four-and- lawa ngalost the smuggling of the drug.

Of course the presiding Magistratex can fat. Sanga Kanga fioids are exceeding our anticipa. low no other course than that which is laid tions We have located strata below strats of down by the Ordinance, bursh as these may oil there, and we cannot form the slightest esil" be. Al a recent meeting of the Legislativs. mate as to the large reserves they undoubtedly Council the Colonial Secretary ald: The contain. We have struck oil in Java, and we Opium Ordinanca as it stands forms the basis have decided to erect a rafinery there. We bare Late last evening the man who spent the of contract with the Oplom Farmer. The also extended our Sumatra fields, Last, but not night with the dead woman was located on his Magistrates already bavo discretion in imtrast, we have (as a result, again, of our expert's slip, and is being looked after by the authori-poring penalties and forfeitures, and feather skill) succeeded in locating a field, which wa believe to be an extensive one, in Biltlsh ties under whom he is serving, but so far no législation is not considered necessary, stops have been taken to arrest him, as the

boar.) Whilst in our existing fields we police are not sure of bis guilt.

have asked you to provide out of your profits, A SUROBON'S OPPORTUNIÏY,,

not only for forther explorations, but the innumerable expenses for connecting up to our it is the practice in private life for the con-

various refineries and storages,, we propose, According to a Hongkong correspondent of tracting panties to come together and arrive at with your consent to take a diffärent line with Replying to questions, the Chairman, sald T.Pia Waikly there is a comfortable little posi

samo new arrangement which will enable the the Bald we have discovered In Sarawak. We nothing whatever had been paid for the for a medico going a-begging in the sets by contractor to carry out his compact to the best hold the concession for petroleum over the

Sarawak concession, The Rajsh had thought: Colony. As a three year's resident in cong taias la private matters, surely the Government

of his ability. When such a state of things ob whole of the Rajab's territory, upon terms which

-and no doubt rightly--that it was batter 16 kong, after residing fity years in England (he ought to observe the same rule. Instead of that, fically develop them. We do not think it right who would develop them satisfactorily and are quite fair, and it is par fatesilon to energe give the concessions to a company like this, writes) I thlak I am justified; in giving you my however, the Hongkong authorities sat about to ask you to do this out of your current profits spend upon them any amount that might be opinion upon the subject of the very ex. traordinary (but what i venture to think is an penalising their shipping trade by making the derived from the going part of one buslangs. It required, rather than give them to the ordinary idiotic) objection which the majority of Eag. fcilities for amuggling ample and thereby paris panly in this connection that we are invit Company promoter. As to the mserve load, it jishmee have to emigrate, notwithstanding mitting boga penallies to be imposed on ing you to authorise us to increase the was the intention of the directors, subject to them in health, mind, pocket, and experience willingly allow contraband opium to be field isto productivity, including the erection the result of this year's trading, to mike that that such emigration would materially benefit cent owners and masters who may un- capital. We estimate that to bring this the consent of the shareholders, and subject to The case I have in mind is this: The office of carried on their ships

On the face of it, the of refinery, the laying of a long pipeline stood at present, and add it to the capital of food up to an amount somewhat larger than it thing is absard. Not only so, it is an injustice. and the thousand and one things required, will Staff Surgeon to the Government of elongkong Protests have been ceaselessly made against necessitate the provision of at least £500,000, the company in order that their nominal capital Civit Hospital is vacant, the holder of that home. The authorsilles hive advertised for information which the writer has from authentic should be repeated, it may well be that sideration was being given to certain Egyptian office baving, after many years holding, left for the systems, but with no effect. According to

If the experience which we had in Borneo might approximate samawhat closer to that

in the bussaass than it did at present. "Con no less thao six months part in the English lax than ever before in Hoogkong. If the It is quite useless and fallacions to hope tossed in the matter they might add "this" to 'sourčas, the opium restrictions are to-day more a much larger sum than this will be required, proposals, and if the board were quite sate pepare for another to fill his office, and to. day it is still vacant, the pay is 500 merling, Farmer takes advantage of this laxity, small develop petroleum fields on small capital, and a year and "all" found," the "all found bisme to big. But that the shipping interest belog board and lodging. Now them most

should suffer at the expense of the Government be in England aloze scores, if not hundreds, standing disgrace to the Government. of young medico's whose position would be materially benefited by such as appointment.. Why have they not jumped at it? They must have soon the advertisement. I bara discussed

Should our expectations of the field be correct, The motion was then doxolmously agised. ti Dz. Miwaka was the best spraker, Quoting subber was an offer, 240 tons was Malayan, au prejudice. If this is a true statement of the question with several Englishmen bers,

4 source of supply of liquid faal is. British tor. || to, and the retiring directors warn zu-blicted, and the ananimous verdict is "Ignorance and

ritory will at last be definitely established An extraordinary general meeting followed, the example of Stanley, he encouraged the Lieutenant and his party. Their undertaking fast sale...

increase of 65 tons on the Malayan offers at the experienced opinion, what becomes of The Courrier d'Haiphong devotes an article of the trading for 1950, since it is notorious that mously agreed to That the ordinary share (Applausn.) I congratulate you upon the result at which the following resolution's was DDan- might be laughed at by the world, he said, as

tha boasted spirit of "loyalty to Empire" to what French Indo-China spends on the the prices for ell products were extremely low, capital of the company be- increased, to was the case with the African discovator be The 1008 of the market was healthy and The Colonies of the British Empire, including island of Hainan. There is a doctor stationed owing to a variety of causes. The amount which 3500,000 by the issue of 1,000,000 ordinary bin the started ant. Bet on their reture with prices were very well kept upto pravlous figure Crown Colonies and self-governing Colonier, at Hoihow. costing the French colony some we received for our products in igng was less shares of Ei aach, and that the same be issued

brilliant success schlaved they would be

Fine sheet sold at Bioto 9/7 compared with

are so extensive that they offer employment to 5,000 francs a year, a Fronch school, costing by 130.000 than for the previous year, not at such times, upon such terms and conditions.! walcomed by the world with even more en 8/11 to 9/4 at last anction, thusiasm than the Japaness Army was in is a fortnight ago, t

Cropa was gls to gfs compared with 8/8 to honestly desires and secas for employment, and has not yet produced anyone capable of acting amounted to 1,345,000 tons, against 1,100,000 from time to time determine hauty yota every noemployed subject of His Majesty who about 15,000 francs a year, which in tight years withstanding that our production of crude oil and for such consideration as the board may triumphant oníry to Tokio, polo t

Fice hard Fara was about the same price.sider it, if not, whicula in cortals, it is, I can locally is he integratori post office, costleg tons to 1908., 1 scosomy is working the filed to the chairman and his call o wing 9/10 to 10/1 compared with gfg to ro

it not so actual crime, at least a sore 13,000 francs a year; and a subsidy of 12,000 territories, by lugely decreased expenses concluded the proceedings,--Londan & Cal was at the same price to-day,

Biscuit, which sold at 8/11 a fannighs ago, who, through supineness, lack of courage, or the Island

defect in every individual anemployed subject dollars a year for a stem-labach service round in the cost of the fuel for our steamery, Express,

big and by their greater camping" capacity Lumpur, hove received a cable from London and bis country by making the change, Kobe On this the writer says i-This subsidy of have been able to almost make good this A DURL katween two lawyer

The Planters Stores and Agency, Kasia other cognate cause, refuses to benefit blaself The last is the only item of local interest, owing to the revision of the loadin

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12,000 dollars a year was granted, gelie len shortage. (Applause). Our wax refinery: lo for a spasation at Salgos, pa giving the following latest prices -

years ago, to a Chinzman naturalized as a Kostel was not completed last year, and did lawyeż kad quarrelied, and i French citizao, for important services that he not, therefore, contribute to our prostat. It is other grossly in open cour; rendered (as Cook 1,belleve) to a former French now at work, and informing out between 400 one of them wall firad kog 23talster in Blam,). Since this sabaldy, was and 500 tons of was a mosini Wken 11 is in mij Jati mis gear the tomb of granted, it has changed bende several times, worklog, ordar (which our managers estimate with sword salonsoft but none of the holders has succeeded in show will be by September) this production will be

the and in the bird ing that it serves a'asafal purpose. The object more than doubled, sed la fundalion to Da of the article is to induce the Government to existing penduaka in Hamstra of shoot 200 Krusenich an sila uzpenditure ta. Halman, kn) Koni Kathy 2: THE WEX is of dat

Mr. Sasaki, M.P., who also spoke, said the Japadesa race cams, same front the Nathen continent, some from Cochin China sed others from the direction of the Son Sen I landi, These three races' after surmounting the difficulties which were in their way, finally succeeded in 'arriving at the islands of Japan. In the view of the Japanero there fore still ran the blond of theso adventurous and brare tribes. The spirit of adventure should therefore 'bo encouraged among the

· Japanese, in' whom It is a bora capacity. Those who would engage in expeditions to the poles must, however, possess then qualities, which and health, temperance, and simpicity, Lianten. ant Shirase was the very man so gifted and the speaker congratulated the nation in having

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Count Okuma advised the nation to render pecuniary assistance to the undertaking,

Olshly leader of the Eokuminto, said that although Japan bad entered the list at the first-class Powers; she had nothing to be prond of in the manerofinvestion or discovery. The tion would. Therefore tre to do something great for the good of human kind. *Me Nomura “Gapiale of the vessel which will carry he expedition, sald his ship wou sail to New Zealand via Bonin lälands and then tá: Victoria where the, expidilled" will land." - The Whole distance is to be covered in to days.

*Finally Linntentot Shirase #poke and gara a |

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LONDON RUBBER AUCTION.

HEALTHY TONE AND TRICE WELL.

MAINTAINED,.

LARGE OFFERS OF MÅLAYAN PRODUCE,

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2003) TRE Chamber of Comessice at Saigon Fat just published the commercial statistics of that Con 3d%

port for 1909, showing that the exportation of rice and paddy from there amounted to 901,con Rod French tous Nearly one-third of the quantity, 7A 14. was forwarded to Europa, Singapore accopated 378/ od.576 for BRM78 tona. The export Ogures for 1908 -Straits Timis - stood at gledes tome,

THE ISLAND OF HAINAN.

A COSTLY WHITE ELEPHANT TO FRENCH

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le is merely courting disaster to attempt the territories they controlled). He might add The Barawak business will be conducted by a

that if the vations plans which were now British company in which the whole of the before the board were matured this company. shares will be held by the Shell Company and tons of crude oil a year, bafore it was a year would bave control of something like 3,000,000 its associates-1 mean that there will be'no public issus in connection with that company older (Hear, hear,) hingga