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The Hougtong Celegraph
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1910.-
INSUBORDINATION,
A subject of pride to every Boglishman used to be the gratifying loyalty of the "fighting races" of India. The soldierly ́obedience and reliability of the Sikhs has entitled them to the liking and respect of
Sıx weeks' hard labour was awarded a nativṛ the Magistracy this morning for utemileg a
THE boyage of the South Channel, Yangtze River, will be altered, and the Ria Town Light
| skip withdrawn, on the goth July,
kong.
TRE voyage of any Chinese passenger ship from Hongkong or any port of China to Be port of the Federated Malay States, has been declared to ba i voyage of ten days' duration; and that accordingly the voyage shall be deem ed to be a voyage of "not more than thirty day duration" within the meaning of section 4 of the Chiume Emigration Ordinance, 1889, of Hong
GOVERNMENT proposes to erect four public latriums, one on Orowa land close to foreshore formerly used as a dust bost station at Tal- kok-taul, ons as Crown land. batwoon Masara, Hughes & Hough's coul-shade and Messrs. Lysanght & Farrel's engineering" works at To kwa-wan, ons ʊn Crown land opposite Nos, 89 and 9 Kowloon City Road, and ona on Crown land to rear of No. 3 Malis Swat at Fatsun heung
CANZON DAY BY DAY,
The Colowa
RETUR
VASCO DA GAMA!
Macao yester men from the
Fatria arriyad at Macso you
The Portugusta troops," who to the " front "at
Macao. Youurday
soldiers and Indian troops were seda past Pals Grands to barracks appearance of having done rough service on the rugged hills of the Island,
The gunboat Moose has left Cslowen and to now at suchor at Mac to harbour soalan is the Fatrid, The uncersity for the blockade as longer exists. Several calls of the Chinesi Gest have also put into the Inner Harbour, leaving only two gunboats off Colowani
REVIEWS,
SATURDAY
1010
Car
Tax
CHI
The
試
for nowa
We heave heard surprisin
about the operatier of the
days we and
ery man in the Co-
gel Hongkong
lany bas Imported with him come
bby, la the
to understand the trae Inward
pursail of which he passes awa
spare timin
policy, writes the Indisë Daily Newa
stance, arrive in the Colony than he sets about Fór no sooner does the Scotsman, for ins
the formation of a golf-course. The English- man newly arrived just as astarally turns to the laying out of a cricket pitch or of a tennis court. But after all these may be considered to the light of recresttons apart from what may
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in a landing article on the goth alt. This
which asekt, however unintentionally, to penal.
a
kimat
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brother, and pres
ANCI
that we in the costis deal, although Ancient Mariner of!
Couster.
ean bardly be
mander is decidedly you styled a veteran of the sax onl the endless Gabis that he has put dreaded tyaboons of the Chius Sen arduous contacts in which be har t part in getting als vestel through the vical. tades of the "big wind *
to
what extremes the Skipper of China Coaster is sometimes put in, ficing tach dis- astrons storms, one would feel all manner of Talactance is trying to criticisa his.
If ons only know as the present writerknows
CARE OR INACTION
in such a contingence, When, ona mon's, the Skipper ashore, It is a very different matter. The Skipper ashore is a half-follow- wall-met, and lo the delights of a sofomm or land be generally forgats all the dangers through which he has passed and only en members that he has got, to attend to his own and his friends' enjoyment,
and renders: life, Tass, m3raryḥle than before when he bad nothing to occu hia mopopoly le an old story. Chiun hun repeated. after office thoughts" and did not know howly in the past claimed the right to farm t to kill tima except by gaswing his thumb-ost', opium revenue., This has been sought to be and going out of doors to look for company doce by granting a monopoly to some person, wherewith to Imbibe strong liquors,
generally a larger dealer la foreign opium, who a Hongkong the day of theas things appeare le permitted to levy a certain duty, per ball of to havs pssed away. No longer can the foreign raw oplom, about seven dollare, The bring obect of this tax is to raise the price of oplam CULT OF THE IDLE ba made the subject of mirth by the Sons of Per chest to yoo dollars. The incidence of the Han who by the way are very prane themselves tax leviable (presumably at the option of the to faanialty or inaction in their hours of lalsure, farmer of the oplem revenna) has varied from Noc te the reason far to seek, The Freach time to time, and from province to pravisce' bation is one of their Inimitable bows were tell: We are only concerned about its effects on the MACAO, CANTON AND TAS WEST RIVER,
we that wherever an Englishman travala - ke Indian revenues. The grant of a monopoly of We are in receipt from that enterprising firm, takas with him bis prejudices and his ostions! this nature in barred by tresty, and from 1902, the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat habited 1. la Hongkong we can easily ok. when a monopoly was first granted, the British kampany, Ltd., of a new series of handbookserve the strangth of this argument Government, through the Consul General, hat immers ply; and, needless to say, these have
to Todlin opians, The Chinese have always bearing upon the various places to which their
offactivaly protested against an arrangement „bean frrned with all the taste and attention to the artistic which have characterised the previ
claimed to act within the strict latter of the ons publications of the premier river company
Treaty, but they have again and again been The booklets that we have received number
forced to ylald to British pressure. What the four to all. They have beeo compiled for the
Chloese say that in permitting the levy of best of passengem by the Company's boats, be and especially to strangers and tourists in this
tax on "prepared” opismi,—that is always the prefence-treaty undertakings not to tax w district they must prove almost invaluable as as a hobby. The hobby, however, we meet oplum are not infringed, We may perhaps state wall as constituting in themselves beautiful very day in Hongkong life. It takes many the position to this way. Suppare China under and useful souvenirs of the districts traversed queer forms. In come cases: It is almost zaken not to tax imported cotton, and proceeds To begin with, there is a most Interesting palgan. To take one instance, there was tolmpone a cortalutax upon yarn on the footlog brochure which the author, Mr. J. Arnold, a gentleman, well known in Hongkong that somuch cotton was required to spin so much entitles "In and Around Canton," Mr. who used to spend his week-ends in the yake, and when the manifest branch of invaty, Amold knows his subject thoroughly, and ke | Happy Valley hunting and catching buttardies, le polsted out, replies that only yarn is taxed. As a maiter of fact the Skippar sshorn cane. wields the pan of a rady writer. Of course, Well, he'oad the ustaralist's iden, developed to and not raw cotton, the position would be on all rally makes a ben line for the ofice of his Mr. Ampid has written so much in the way of axpryhigh degras, in, portaing kis hobby, for fours with the present taxation of raw opium gebural agent and there draws a aum, ranging description about the Canton vicini's that the there is no doub that the Happy Valley pro- from India. As we hava said, British Interests anywhere from Ston to Stoo and garn mare mention of his name an authorli scfficient | |vides some of Įbe meat beautifal specimens of ware never in the past promitted to be sacrificed his mind to "have a good time"arregardless guarantee for ibe gist of the book. It is in the those datorers that can be found outside of by Chinese prateness in, this regard, and we of what effects are to follow." There are form of a short description of the chief places Borneo. Still that was his hobby. He wrols notice the Hoogkong papers are full of bitter MANY SKIPPERS" AKHORE of Interest to tondists and travellers in Canton a book shout it, afterwards, and the present complaints against the supineness which bas Is Hongkong who can isil ons only what prices City and suburbs, and it very completely deals writer helped him with his collection.
permitted the Intest move in the monopoly they have paid for, whlaky at a curtain port say' with the subject matter. The booklet is pret
mongering floe to make so much head. In 'Mozambique or on the East Coast of Africa tily illustrated, and telle ons not only about the
way. A Hongkong contemporary (Tele. but there are many others who constitute Southern capital, but gives all the requisite In-
graph) writing on June 10th says that the the bast conversational company in the un- formation as to how to get there and the things
Ivarme. grant of the monopoly enables the 'frm con- to be seen when you are there,
corned to levy what tax it pleases on lusport- ed oplam. Two months ago this monopoly was to come into force, but was for some rea son or other delayed. How far the knowledge.] that this monopoly may come into force at any time operated to swell the price of Indian oplum at recent sales must be left to confece turn 1.but in any case, the moment tha monoi. poly became affective the trada suffered a serious check. The deniera bought at 2,035 dollars par chart; now they are called upon to
were 4,000 chasts of Indian opium in Bosg. pay soo dollars extra. De Jans, toth there koog, 15,000 chosts le Bangal, of the aggregate value of three millions sterling All this valu- able trade has been head bit by the action of Telegraph writes strongly but not unjustly's the Chinese Gararament. The Hongkong.
The only thing for honest men, whether Chinase or sympathisers with Ohios, is strictly
DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIES.
(From Our Own Correspondant.)
Besides giving a Rat of the’alghts, Mr. * mold Canton, sust July,
alio gives an interesting skutch of a trip by A proposal is now on foot, under the auspices steamer from Hongkong to Canton, which is of the Trotal of Constabulary, Lac Wing Tis, delightfully readable. In this sketch, by the and the Trotal for the Development of Native way, he mentious or explains a thing which Industries, Oban Mong Taang, to establish an
must have often pozzled tourists and passen. Industrial Instiinte in Okstos with a view togers up the river. Tiger Island, the author, give employment to the people of the poorer classes so as to diminish the number of thieves On several occasione meetings have been held lately for the purpots. The committees of the differant charitable Ingliutions - and the local gantry are willing to randas assistance in co-operation with the officials to bring the proposal to a successful issue. Tacial Lau and Total Chan have voluntarily subscribed a sum of $500 each towards the scheme. Auple public meeting has been arranged to take place on the 24th instant in this connection.
WARNING FROM HÜMAN.-
.raped.
It may not be generally known, but it is the fact, that one of our highsat Government off cials locally pastas his spare time in the relaza- ton of practising carpentery and I have boun assured that if avar he lost his.
CIVIL SERVICE DILLET, he would be able to make a living by following the trade. Wood-carring is a hobby afro that one frequsally ancounters in Hong- kong. It would surprise most people to feard how many fretusws and how much hard-wood fed there way into rosay domestic circles in the Colony, To their credit, it must be said, that some of the ladies of Hongkong are equally adept in the use of the saw with their
huuband.
•
are, with iis precipitous height, takes its name from the fancied resemblance that the Chluate in its conformation to that ferible quad- The second book on the list in Hand In Io fald us a "matter of fact that every back to Cantos, Macao, and the West River man meat have his hobby, but is the revised and re-written by Mr. J. Arnold, with Rast apparantly this precept must be extended original and copyrighted photographs by the to the ladies as well. The keeping of dogs in a brought down to date with penisess and pratilo either of these two directions the follower of author. This is the eighth edition and has been delightful bobby. So in the keeping of pigeons. ass. Over and above the general sefal bls or bar bobby may cola money from it. Bat information It contains as to how to get to the man who has a hobby never appears to thlok Macso, Canton and the West River and what of gain. He simply revels in the parait of bis HE. Viceroy Yoan yesterday recalvad concerning the various places of interest, write return which it may bring in,
to see when there, it has interesting articles farogrita cama irrespective of cost or of the the eaktor who are indifferent to the colour telegram from the officials of Hunan informing ten by an acred pen, and altogether trust Thers and to be in Hongkong a police of a wad's skin as long as he can prove that him that alter the recent disturbances at Changworthy, The photos are beyond praise, ax. officer whose hubby was the training of his "liver is not white." The unrest in sha, a large number of the rioters have left cellently developed and produced), and this
CARRIER PIGEONS. India, and the spasmodic attempts to imitate Hanan to seak relage alsswhere and these men little box, It is certain, would be a valand the revolutionists of Russia in committing are probably making their way: South to buyssir of a visit to these places whether it is came prominently before the military auth.Treaty simply in order that a certain section useless murders of useful men, have hi-Kwangtung. The Viceroy was advised in the were a mere casual visit or a thorough lospace therto Caused the rulers of the Empiressage to take every precaution against any tion of their domains.
surprise uprising. less anxiety than they might, because of the utter confidence. felt in the loyalty and honour of certala peoples and certain castes. The Sikhs, whether of the Khains or up ́holders of Islam, "have always been trusted | by the British. Their bonour was once unternished. But during the last two or three years, a spirit of insolent disobedience
CHEAP KICK,
The proceeds realised. from the distribution, of cheap rice to Canton on the 15th fastant were as follows: Eastern Shed, $3,#43-541. Western Shid, $2,67873; Honam. Shed, $1,542,96 and Wongaba Shed, $1,985.69. In addition to this. about $17,000 worth of rice wat sild to the villagers who came to Carton from the neigh bourhood to obtain their suppiles of the stable
ILLEGAL OPIUM ESTABLISHMENTS,
2nd July.
p
Se kathusiastic was he is the matter that his orities here who were than experimenting site anously with the transmission of measgas by A third bark which the Complay published misses of those wonderfal birds. He was asked the work of the same author mentioned above. handed them over free of charge, unwilling to
• entitled "A Day in Macao with a Camera, to wame his price for the pigeons, but lastead he contains no reading mutter, but it dois consell his pots for a price, The experimental tain some of the finest photographs of Macas dyig, however, proved, disastrose, as mayor a Acenery that have ever been produced. The returned from Shanghai where they were Rood effects are largely due to the art paper en liberated, and their loss was accounted for by which the engravares are printed and the the depredations of the buge hawke which in whole thing reflects credit not only upon Mr. fest the Chins coast, Arnold but após Mostas. Hood & Co. of St. Bride's Works In Middlesborough, whó háva carried through the.work.
Lest of all to be mentioned, but by no means
One of the most popolar-parhaps the most |Popular-hobbles In Hougkoog le the im
portation and breeding of
EUROPEAN, DOGS.
|
For instance, I have met a Skipper ashore in Hongkong who could hardly let you know th geographical portion of the Zambesi or the Yang tee without referring, to his chartss but would tall you_to_the_fraction of hair how much he paid for a cas hear or a battle of apicily in whatavar quarter of the globe that he happened to be But this is hardly the type of the" ald; ashore that I started out to describe. 1 had in my mind was more of the class
ma the tramp mastaa NO APARE
steamers who may have to pick up cargo where they have to me their vassals cometimes with
out to." Easters deas in chartered
· EMPTY BOTTOMS ZINAKOS
British Mercantile Marine. They carry the These man maka on the 'bickbone of the
cargossof the world. They braya the staranan of the Western Ocean. They face the rigours of
to adhere to the plighted word to past agree the Pacifo. They will carry a ship, under safl mente and with attar alocarity to carry them of steam, either across the Indian Oceso, or sacrifices and these of out ludian Empire have weather, if their charter-party tells them at on outThen we shall see that, our own great | across the Gulf of Pochili, in despite of any nut bien merely idiotla and fatlla worichment 10, and 'yat demand little praise or admiration trade interests and anciarage the reputation of of a wicked class of wicked man. To ruin vast for their accomplishment.
of persons in power in Chias may become rich as satire oplem, while the worst forms of drug vica flourish worse than ever, will be the triumph, the comic shame of the set result.
Nothing has transpirat since this scathing condemnation was pissed to justify its modia condem
HONGKONG, DOCK OĦAROBS,
HALY TANJONG PAGAR PRICES,
It is not vary long since we had occasion to answer protest, of certain local firms by piloting out that the Tanjong Pagar Dock Board mast run its repairing yards on businaan lines, and compete for work precisely he
In this respect it appears to me that the ass great fault of British skippers la that they ask too little for the "worth of the work that they do." One Skipper "ashore, to whom war taiklog the other day, garaa poist to the oplaton which I hold. He told me of an perience which had been his, Ho, as had been
ON BOARD & VESSEL P which picked up a derelictwa French darell --which had gone on fire layda the Mori bigun channal. The crew had deserted her and the Franch ship appeared to be hopelessly Involved in the flames. However, the Britlik vassel sout a small party on board and with rest Vigour ass applied themseless to the work of extinguishing the conflagration. this arduous work they were successful "and" the damaged salvage boat, wie Sradually o
if it were a private owned concero. The through the Mediter grievance was that it had been und
local dins, but if a particular'
sort mrose, it seems that others, vary different complexion) might be
We have just received from
of that to the ratuit
All their
£14,000, whate
jastaed they
last of all in the muiter of quality, comer Every man is onturally or ought, to be a Scenery on the West- Rivera: sketch book layer of dogs; and when ons comes to think of complied by Mr. Arnold Also. It shares wide - It there are very few households in the Colony, the others in prettiness of appearance; and is that do not count at least one casins friend rapless with five photographs, digitala nagongst its members's best in the kesplag and have received from the Steamboat Company dad a delectable hobby.
On the whole the four brochures which we caring for a number of degs one can always will be recognised not only at a wide mom where 11 one man in Hongkong who duds to Macao, Canton and the West River, but als his hobby ila, the calvation of tomatoes) parcs the following rather remarkable state as most artistic souvenir by any one who another who know sweats by his own ment The Sarie Baudjar, formerly owned
would take a, amom dath - by the Norddeutscher Lloyd and recently sold. However, that is a matter of the that no Chinese gardener could beat his home in bar damaged rondlilon, altar stranding which is Botthe theme of thje gtong cabbages of lettuces, When it comes naar Aajer, to a Hongkong purchaser, kas just to any that the Biippar atb KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAP, Kams, coltivation of iwwers, the Chiness are been compistily repaired there by the Deck bang from the Skippe
punity Bard to Bouf, yat, thara mro "Kowloon, "company" and electric light fustalled at a con! scarcely dad a male or кота Кагорны who would "bat upon the of about $35,000 Hongkong currency, equal to Inçal boat who,
chances to go to any of those places on business. for pn pleasu70</
hat shown itselfamong the very men who were commodity on that day, once though it to be classed as at least the equals of any police force in the world. Iufte da Shanghai the Irregular conduct, verging upan On taformation received, yesterday, the open rebellion, of the Sikh Police, threaten- Canton Göyaramant Anti-Oplum Bureau sant ed, not long ago, to destroy the usefulness expectant magistrate Tang with a number of of a force on the faithfulness and reliability, rousers to fail to raid dva private opium of which the most experienced Anglo-Indian dirans. These illegal establishments were at Police and Military officers were, until quite In addition to ten others who were found once souled up and the kaupare were arrastad recently, prepared to pledge their own hon smoking oplam there A large quantity of our. Just before the tragedy of the great opium smoking appamins, Sally shree large Mutiny la Indie, many, indeed almost all, banketioada were also seised. These offenders the British officials, both civil and military, have been brought to Canton to be dealt with refused ja belleye that thals troops and native On the 2018 Instant some ten opinm smak employes could ever be unfaithful" and ¦ ing dera were reported to barn been sealed up
gatiue to their salt. Now, when cartalo in logShan district by the local officials, babblers from Bengal, have co-operated with
prating Httle Englander with a Scotch We Tong, who were extradited to Cantos from
BESUMPTION OF LANDS name who was not ashamed to show gratifi Hongkong fast week, were brought before the
Extensive resumptions of land for, rallway cation at having garlands of flowers hung Nimboj magisirate for trial on stat instant purposes were undertaken last year. Kowloon round his nock by "falled B.A."" of Hindu - Four witnesses were present to give evidents Toland Lots Nos. 413. 2,140 and 2,147, containe colleges when persons who could not pass and the two prisoners adititted the charges ing a total area of 159,527 square feet, baing ab examination in any Indian fanguage against them of armed robbery, and pleaded whatever, dare to pose a champions of the sollty. The Magistrate baa raporțed than roll native races, we marvel to see the once dig of the icial to the Viceroy and asked for nided and martial Compatriots of Ranjit authority to dial ont condign punishmeal to
| the two prisonin for their eitma, Born degrading themselves, to the level of
· CONSULAR" YIIT. such facon Inésociates, That a Sikh
This morning H., Yoan mesired: the bhould exhibit some of the faults as well ai' | American Conful-Gatural at Canton, How Lan
Au soldier de but be- Berghols,
from his super
int' to
AGENTPLEADED QUILTYJ
a
The two robbers named Kou No Teal and
CHEAP," "RIGE,
from [distribution
acquired for $438,60925. A small amsa (th remaining portion of Mongkok Lot 55 con- lining 13,530 square fest, was retsmed by private treaty for the Kowloon-Cantos Railway sta colt of Stoɔ and a third aras; 75,177 nquare foot, was vasu ned from Kowloon Farm Lot 4 by private treaty for $13.5g0, nection with the extension of Kowloon, H
W7PH
one
**
like to,oop, more to competent for their labour
acallance the productions of their about 217,000 Btralia currency. The Tanjong | use for the "old
and tanded and brought | Pagar Deck Board's estimate of cost of repairs, - mas," whɔh Ardans, DL themselves. In looking after a garden without electric fastallation, was $10,000 Straits can get so much enjoyment feat it in sur comvacy | Comment is needless, but one can falo" kar in Hongkong with Its profile softwardly, be surprised that the Board failto sace
Pisachd thing as a paich af. businem of this kind, or that hidh a man could take a plot to been obliged to saitis so many
Euftivation of flowers. Sich surativa total loss!/sen at Home where the condi. Biegapons, for instance,
here. Orissas, Baria Bandise and
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