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MACAO HARBOUR :WORKS..

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 23 1010

CORRESPONDENCE

(We do not necessailly endorse the oplaton's expressed by Correspondents in this column.)

TRAFALGAR DAY. (A

"TO THE EDITOR or the “Ilonakonu TelegrafIE."

THE FOSITION OF SILVER,

Tha future of silver is a subject of interest to the whole of the Fat East, and it may be use: fal, therefore, toʻtaka, note of an Instructive pronuncement on the position of the white SIR,It it the custom of the Navy Leagus metal by an American authority, Mr. James 5, to lasue, ou each recurring Trafalgar Day, a H. Umited, who, writing for a United Sites manifesto explanatory of its policy. While financial journal, expresses quite roseate views Nelson and his comrades are honourad, then to the future of the silver position, He bases lessons of their lives and services must not be his high hopes on forgotten. They gave proof, in a critical bour, of qualities wilt out which nothlug can avail. But the means of their action were as im portant-the ships, guns, stores, and repairing facilities which were instrumental in the suci cess, Happily for Eogland, at the outbreak of the Trafalgar campaign, Lord St. Vincent had cicaused the administration, and had given England a floot which was sufficient for her

needs.

HONGKONO TENDERS INVITED.. Once again the Improvement of the ap proaches to the Harbour of Macao is engaging" the attonitan, of the Portuguese Government in the neighbouring colcny, We hear that tenders have been invited by leading firms in Hongkong to carry out this importast under- taking to Macio. The works will, of Beges- alty, be of large magnitude; and though we have no means, at preo', of ascertaining the contract, we believe that, broadly speaking, they embrace works extending from the road. stead to the Inner Harbour, to the main, the --works-la the Outer Harbour, or approaches to the anchorage proper, will be confined to desponing the present tilted up channel which Is made use of by the Hongkong and Canton river ateamers. The passage will be deepened sufficiently and made, broa ! enough to allow

The responsibilities which lay upon naval of vessels of the deepest draft, now plying to and from Macio, using it without the risk of administrator in-pad_before the Trafalgar grounding at the lowest water mark in cam. period, lis upon their successors at the present mer, as is now so frequently the case to the time. It is for the Navy to secure for us all

that we have won, and it is for the adminis Inconvenience and Buoyance of passengerstration behind the Navy to faralab.all that the and shippers of cargo alike.

An ex easive reclamation is plauned some Navy eqpires. Inert material does not wis where in the sei bborhood of Green Island battles, but the greatest and most capable where the valuable plant of the Cement Cory-officers, and the best trained mer, cannot do pany is now located. The foreshore will be England's work unless they have ships, and asins and all that their profession demands. reclaimed with all the mud and silt recovered fr m the sea-bed nad which will removed to Every Englishmao knows, or should know, that the land we possess, the Empire we have and deposited in the proposed reclaimed area.

As only firms of standing in Hongkong have built up, the raw material we require for mado bes anted to submit their tenders for the factures, the products of industries, and the work, it is to be expected that its completion very food we eat, are the gift of Lea Power. will bs eft:cled in a thoroughly workmanliko, manner. We regard with considerable satis faction the prospect of the Colony securing such a large and important contract, as it may mess the profitable employmest, of labour and capital to this Colony's adv.plage."

FIRE IN A LEPER ASYLUM,

RISOLT CF CARELESS XI SS

A fire broke out in the "Leprosy Refuge at Sha Ping, Hw.kShan District, Canton, sherly after 3 o'clock on the afternoon of the 18th lost. The inmates were engaged le boiling rics.at the time and it is believed that the ont break was caused as a direct result of their carelesssa Letween 5 and 6o neighbeating bones became involved in the flames, which could be seen for a distance of 0 to 31 The damage caused to property is estimated at $100,00. Part of the properly was covered by insurance.

UNKNOWN VASSKETS WRECK,

IN LAK-TU CHANNEL,

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INDIAN AND CHINESE PROGRESS,

CHINBBE STUDENTS FOR THE

U.S.A.

With the refund of the Indemnity which the: Valted States retramed to China for the frouble of 1900, China bad taken the obligation of spending part of the returned indemnity food for sending students to the United States of America, lo order to cairy out such obligation the higher officials of the Wal-wu-pa placed the matter into the bands of two of its bigh officials one of whom was the former Charge d'Affaires at Washington, His Excellency Chow Tax:hl, theother His Excellency Tong Kai-Son, His Excellency Fau, an cfficial of the Depart ment of Education, jolaad the Wại-wa-pu off.

To-day's Advertisement.

-- NOTICE.

THE fuitesses rf Messrs. PERCY SMITH & FLEMING" and Me.” J. HENNESSEY SETH in 'Yengkong and the Business of FLEMING and PERCY SMITH in Manila have been amalgamated as: from the 1st of June last and will in future be carried on under the Firm name of PERCY Queen's Road, Hongkong; and FLEMING SMITH, SETH & FLEMING # No. St FEROY SMITE and SETE at No. 95. Aniongue, Manila.

COMMERCIAL.

+

Entimations.

THE DAIRY FARM 0. LIMITED.

CHOICE AUSTRALIAN

BEEF,

LAMB

MUTTON,

RABBITS

(735

AND

HARES.

He points out that when silver sold at 21 at-16d, in 1902, the world's output was 167,763,438 fine ounces. To-day with a production of at least

PERCY SMITH AND FLEMING, 214,000,000 oza,, the price ls back to between

J. HENNESSEY SETH. 240, and 154., cr, say, c.ga or c.53 ad-ounce incials in this scheme,

These officials decided upon the advisability 5. Queen's Road, Hengkong,

23rd-November, 1910, New York. The panic of 1907, with its world- wide business dopression, was one of the rea. of establishing a ̈preparatory: school in China for the studente selected to be sent to the Unit- 100s for the impal's drop from 32 7.160. ip

ed States for their education. The preparatory that your at the start to azd. fu December, 1908, although the influence ofcropfailure and partial school corresponds in scope to the Americas famine in India counted for much. To-day high school. There the Chinese boys nie to that great country le teeming with crops, nontly receive the mental discipline ecessary ftr all of its agricultural products having been of university work. It is to have a seating of about unasoolly arga valuma-doubtless la some cases 60s, and the students are above everything to apprecedentedly big, Thate products, co) be required to become proficient in the Eɔg. are commanding high prices-notably cotton lish language. To adduflon to the sudies pre- wheat, and flax. Even in the matter of the paratory for American University comise1, 0sch influence of the demand for the ants and in-student will be obliged to continue with bis Chiness studies, so that upon his return to dustries among the Western nations there is a

China he will have the necessárý flunacy in matters Chinose..

TOTENTIAL STIMOLUS FOR SILVER. There are also broad movements which pro- mire increase in permanent prosperity for British India, Irrigation Is maklog steady progress in that country, affording & insurance that will expand in the future against crop losses, and familae when the monsoon falls. Ther.ilroad system of India is still in its in- faucy, and surely the growth of mileage will go ou is that country, facilitating the transie tons of commerce. Moreover, in the last pipe years there has been hardly a year when there was aey important recession in the net volume of silver received by Brit sh India from abroad, There is another factor in connection with the probable future demand from India; it relates to the currency system of that country. The

This scheme of preparatory education is now carded out by the Bureau of Educational Mission for Chinese students to be sent to the Ualted States of America,

His Highness, the Prince Regent of Cblas, was made familiar with the plan.... The cupon the Prince Regent recently donated toward the school property a large tract of beautiful park land covering an area of over 2,500,00 squaro feet..his land belonged to the "mperial house- hold. It is situated about seven miles north of Peking and not far from the wonderfot Summer Palace (Wan Shao Shan) of the reiga- It is in the neighbour. ing family of China, hood of this beautiful spat that foreign and Chinese architects, and building musters aro

Old standards have passed away. Now dangers threa ea for the future in various parts of the world. New Sex Powers are arising, wish alone, or lo combination, my yet chal- lenge aur position, or reduce the value of the means at our dispasat. We cannot, therefore, ba contest with less than a stand and which will give us two keels for every keel laid by the next stronga. Power. Financial considera- tiobs must not stand to the way of the safety that England and the Empile demand. There is hostility to no .ower in the Standard the Navy League bas adop:td. A nava. defeat in the currency dep.r.ment of the Indian Goerecting a large number of school buildings may mean disaster to any Pawer, but to us it vernment which followed the famita and de- and dormitories, such as araşzen in the various would mean numihilation. A defeated Armypression in that country of the last year or two parts of the United States. A hospital also may rally its forces and again take the field, has been displayel by an absorption, wo, that adjolos the school, but a defeated Nayy can revive an more, the imminence of silver purchases Therefore, to om.t to take steps to vest the recoinage purposes has become a tople of motest possibility of defeat would be the discussion.here have been no Government ext.eme of folly.

purchases for this account for a period of three year; the resumption of them would be of bighty lavourable moment to the silver pro- ducer.

It is un e.essar, i this Trafalgar Day ap peal, to cuferi to the details of what is requi❘ ed. Let suffice to say Iba: for the future: la big ships wo mat lay dawa as a micimus two keels to every keel of the rex: shoogest l'ower, This is the fat and most impo.tat demand of the Navy League

.

Destroyes we must have in large numbers to scou the stay are und tto British Isles, and sufficient submarines aro a. o.essity.

Docks are indst urgently needed for the great ships we are building at the present time, and theta muși bo provided,

Os Monday las', a wreck was reported to the In the male fe uiters we must build, and Harbour Authorities as lying in Lan-tau Cban-80 03 building, such numbers of vessels of the vel. The wreck has now been located, Ifies class as may be accessity forthe protection of

our commere flat is pine thoms of water with Chu Chau Island bearing. The stern of the wrecked vessel is on the bottom and the bows opptar about eight leet above water. From inquiries made by a representative of the Hongkong Telegraph, it appears that the ill-fated vessel is of Estopano build with very heavy timbers. On the fore- deck, about six feet from the stere, appears to bave been a mast (in, diameter) sawo off four feet above the deck and fat abaft ore htavy moving bitt. Yes arday, the wreck was bring towed by a lender, which after half an hour, minag d to shift the wreck a distance of about 75 feet paly. Further attempt to tow the vessel was abandoned.

YOUNG FOREIGNERS SAVE OCCUPANTS

OF DISTRESSED JUNK.

Officers and men is adequats numbers are alio a most important requirement. There must be no want in lbo personnel of the Navy. S.ores, armaments, ropaiting facilities, deck- yard equipments where not complete, must be provided if the safely of the Empire and Com- mand of the sea is to be assured.

ACCUMULATION OF RUIKES

for

The writer proceed to refer to the awaken ing of China as an imporant factor in the situation. Financial reform is io progress in that country, and it is believed that the unit will be based temporarily on silver, the aim belog to stand rise the National currency, sweeping away the avcient copper coins and creating a National Mist that will put an end to the abuses of the minting privilege enjoyed by the Provincial Viceroys. These abuses include all manger of

DE BASED. COINAGE İSSUES,

besides the deprivation of the people of a epifarm system which would enable them to derive more profit from their commercial re. lations with the foreign world. The great Celestial Empi.r, he says, is awakening to the world of to-day, and the slow but gradual openlog-up of this land of teeming population and enormoss natural wealth to Western trade and exploitation will hasten the proposed fiscal change. The

RENASCENCE OF THE LAND

The Navy League makes its great appeal to "the Nation on this day. It calls upon English. BEROIC RESCUE AT YOKORAMA. men to be worthy of their sires, It extorts of Confacias carries with it potentialities that them to exert every egency la their power to

no prophet even could well attempt to forecast appeal to Goverment to provide without stiat is their fost oatcoms; Nor is the commercial all that the safety of the country demands, in world bind to the fact that the low price of At about ball-past six Thursday evening (3d particular it asks them to taforce, wherever silver bas stimulated China's competition in the last) when a terrific storm came us at Yoko- they go, the v.st importance of esta lishing a trade of the outside world, many of our own as. bama, a Japanese junk with six occepinis Daval standard which all men can understand. well as Europe's far-sighted observers discern. aboard was sighted in distress off the Bund This it the Two-Kee's to-Ose Standard, which ing for a long time to come increasing exports bear the Grand Hotel, the men ahoaid shouting the Navy Leagan upholds. Let them join the and diminishing imports of merchandian by lustily for balp. A largo, crowd gathered and Navy-League, and thereby assist it to compel the great Vellow nailon. lo time the con- stvorni attempis ware-made by bystanders-to-ha Government of the day to omit bolbing of sumption of silver cansed by the world's pay

navat preparation and sufficiency that willment of the while mela; on its adverse balance aid the endangered mea but the rescuers ap parently were lacking nerve to dare the roaring safeguard the security of all that Britons hold to Cbias

For the Executive. Committee of the Navy

dear.

ta. The palice as well as variave şampan men then tied to save the fishermen without success untill ihres megibers of the Yokobama League, Yacht Club, Messrs. 5. A.. Vincent, R. H. Bax and F. Stone mant el a dingin and with great risk made the junk and took the six men aboard, landing them amidst the applease.cí.. large number of bystanders at the new Hatoba. The names of the rescued could not be obtain. ed, as it is reported that in their excitement they even forgot to thank the brave, ycung. foreigners who had saved them from a watery grave.

It is stated that Messrs. Viscent, Bexand Stons will be rewarded ebonly by Governor Sofa in accordance with the regulations for life saving. The Japanese papers are high ia their praise of the young foreigners who ro bravely risked their lives. -Ji pan Advistis.r.

President,

ROBERT YERBURGH,

WM. CAIUS ORÜTCHLEY,

The Navy League,

Secr.tary.

11, Victoria Street,

Westminister, S.W.

■

October 30 19.0.

DISTINGUISHED PRELATE IN

HONGKONG,

CARDINAL NOVAL QUEST OF THE

SPANISH PI OCUPATION.

_

WILL FORCE A RISE IN THE PRICE

until the higher exchange rates will lessen the power of the Nation's capitalists to manufacture goods at starvation wages to their labour and the matter of competition with foreign countries will be equalised to cost. But such a state of affairs, it is pointed out, is far off; for many years, at least, it is reasonable assume that there will be an ever-lacreasing demand for silver by China for domestic coinage and for Its excess sales of merchandise to Europe and the United Stator. The intelligent manipula. tion of its needs by the shrewd Celestials and

the

MISHAPS OF OCCAS:OYAL OVER-SPECULATION in the commodity on the bull side, will doubt less give many variations to any upward move- ment in the price. Bar the persistente The Spanish Procuration in Hongkong at the prevalling it fauce must be toward lettering moment has the distinction of hourlog guests the demand and therefore stimulating the price of import ace la the Roman Cathelic world, la | For the rest, an additloos! demand for the these par", Si.co Satu d'y lait, the greater hite metal from the coming development of number of the expel'ed Jesuits frons Macho have the silver-using c.quties to the routh of the been enjoying the bospitali y of the Rev. Fr. F. R. Noval, the Procurator: to Tuesday there riived from Rome Cardinal Noval, who is en route to Manila. His Eminence is an uncle of the ery Reverend the Procurator of the Spanish Bominican freceraton in Hongkong whose guests be will be during his s'ap ia Hongkong | A. aid£. Ex'ress. before proceeding to Manila next week. Cardi- oal Noval is a distinguished scholar and of cor- siderable attainments in the world of lailers, being hims’If a professor in the University at

United States may be looked for. Sammlog up the various elements and circumstar cen that make up the pretest position and pro- spects, the conclusion seems to be fully just fied that the cr of extreme depression and suppression of the white metai is at ng end

TYPHOON WARNING.

ANOTHER WEIRD STORY.

KOWLOON "TIGER TALE OUTRIVALLED,

BY LATEST INVENTION. The crop of extraordinary s ories which has grown up within the list work has just bad a kather werd addition. The Chinese now say that a solitary rat about a foot-high and thra, feet in length has brought the plagus, from Hongkong to Shanghai, and that it is now roaming ab at the infected area. A doctor from Hongkong is reported to bs here, and the house to hoose inspection which was made is said to have been a starch at bis, Instigation for the quadruped. Having exhausted avery. thing that might have had the sembfanco',of a foundation, the native mind now seemed to | MR, Yaklo Ozaki, Mayne of Tokyo, speakioj have turned to the ladicrous for its mental at a banquet given by the Japin "Society of gymoastics.---Skangkai Mercury,

New York, suggested at America and Japan should take the lead of the world in using their energies and more for the promotion of a fernctional peace and goodwill. If America England dad Japan joined hands across the sada the peace of the whole world would fe] · Oseloas or Typhoon W. of Luton more than

190 miles distant, Luciialog W.N.W, or NW,

iz

WHAT Calmed to be the biggest apple over grown in England was sold at Covent Garden ast month to Messrs Adams, of Bond-street, W for 14. The halght of the apple is glo, Ita circumfetquce doing and fie mglght 17948,

Manila,

The telegrams quoted below were received from the Manila Observatory at the American Consulate General to-day i--

Manila, November 22nd, 3.30 pm. Oyclone or Typhoon E.N.E. of Hanila, mor. Ing W.

Mavite, Novembar zzud, 9 pim.. The typhoon has crossed Luzon Donth of Manlia in the form of a hollow depression. It may itcrease in intensity in the China Seo.

*- Manila, Nov, 23, 9 6.M.

This preparatory school has twa divisions. One divison is a Grammar School for 300 boys, in which the plan of education followed, will be similar to that in the United States. Ip addition to this, there is a middle school alto for 300 students in which, the plan for higher education following American ideas, is pro- valent.

Thera are two sets of teachers engaged. The ne le purely Chinese so that the buys can continue their Chinese stadion; the other is the entirely English-American plan with Eo- glith education. For the latter a large number of teachers from the United States have al- ready been engaged. The teachers will layo for Peking in a short, white; they will gat foreign built residences to live lo.

The Bureau of Educational Mission in Pak- ing has already seat two groups of Chinese students to America in 1909 and 1910; another will follow in 1914. The sofaction is made by Director Tong Kai-Son. The supervision in the U.S.9, is onder charge of Mr. Yong Kwai, 181 Secretary Legation in Washington. When ariving in the U.S.A, the students are placed in various Eastern and Western Colleger.

STRAITS ȘETTLEMENTS LOAN.

A HIGH-CLAS3 ISSUE

azad Novembar, i p.m. The following quotations for rubber shares by wire, are supplied by Messrs. E. S, Kadoorle

Go-

Allagam...... Anglo-Javas... Anglo-Malays

- Balgownies...mąst

Berthms.....

......5/ Tis, 7

..Sio.75

ASAHI

*Carey Volteds........................................17/6 prom.

Castlefields

.....120. Changkat Serdange...$81 Choras (part pald)...........................................$8 prom. Do.(fully paid)...............................................................$18

ASAHI

ASAHI

and

SAPPORO

SAPPORO

SAPPORO

BEER

PRICES:

Damansaras ........

Eastern Internationals.....13/9 prem. Glandalys

Highlands and Lowlands .........107/6 Indragids ........ ................$31 Kamaalogs ......SSTATEM 5/6 prem. Kuala Lumpers............105/-

Lodbusy.......amunais

.741-

"Llogg's inayoweza

London Azlatics...ENEDORE London Venture)... Merlimau......Open Ke Palaminosassa conservlîbers Pagch....una imponiugan Rubber Trusta...?/-prom- Sandycrofts

.46/0

13/6

5/3

.6)-

+$38

$26

.371-

140/~

...72/6°

Scaffolds ursocosószer Shelfords...

Singapore & Johores... $13 -Sungel Chabs

.951-

13/9

. Sungel Kapars ......................

Tangkas.......zte.com...api.33/~. Toprangle................................... .......par United Serdang¶ ........................................................... 117/5 United Singapore4 ......................................$12 United Samattal ..................yası

.8/g United Langkats uz su....................801-

Dogs ................ Trosobs ..........

Para Rubber ....

...............12/6 strain32/6

..6/3 per lb

Events Coming.

Saturday, 26th November, H,M.8. "Kout's Sports,

Wednesday, 3 th Novembar, St. Andrew's Ball

Saturday, 3rd December. Boxing at Chy Hall, 9pm. Bazaar at St. Paul's College.

Thursday, 6th December. Baxaar at St. Andrew's Hall in aid of-Asilo della Salute Enfance.

7

AWARDEN

GOLD MEDAL

AT

"ANGLO-JAPANESE”

EXHIBITION.

14 Doz, Qaarts na........$22.00 por caso

8 Dox, Plots.......$11,50

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MERCHANTS.

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TIMBER MERCHANTS,

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AND

GENERAL CONTRACTORS

TO

H.B.M. Naval and Military

Authorities.

HAVE always on hand large stock of American Fir, Douglas Fir,' Oregon Ploe, Teak, Yacal, Hardwoods, Oregon Spar, Oblaaso Spar, Chinéza Eneof all descriptions,

Inspection Invited to the Yards. Best Terms,

Quick delivery.

LEONG TAI,

Managing Director. Mengkong, talk' Tannery, torn,

SENNET FRERES

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The Crown Aycats for the. Colorías" i.vi.a

ORNAMENTS, OUT GLASS WARES, &c. subscriptious on behalf of the Government of are unrivaled in Hongkong for their Wide and Choice Stock of JEWELLERY of every kind,

the Straits Settlemeats for an issue of £1,750, cao three and a half per..co.t. Its ribed

Stock, 1937-95, the price of issue bei g 9

par cet. To loan is secured on the gene at revounos and assets of the Gova,ame fiks

Straits Settlements and the principal wit be pagab, at par on May 15, 1957, by mal king fund of per coût, per nadam, to bafa med in this country under the management if the Cows Agents, Lut the Government fle Siraits Settlemets will have the option fre demplon on or after May 15, 1937, a vig six month. Lolite. The issue is the bilince fite amast authorised to be issued to meat the cost of the extensio.s of the Tanjong Pa- Rar Docks, the constraction of the Si gapore Barbour Works, and other public works of the Colony. A half-year's Internut is payable on May 15. A statistical statement relativa to the public debt, revenue, expanditure and trade of the Strais Eetlemants from 18,9 to 1939, in Ciasive, accompanies the prospectus and shows that the reveans in the oliven year increased from $5,200,000 to $8,7 5oo. In view of the rabber developme.ts in the Middle East, the prospects for the Immediate fato,e are distinct-

·ly favourable and the fact that the existing public debt of the collar only amounts to 65941 is another satisfactory fa ̈u;e—

Capitalist.

THE WEATHER,

On the 3rd at 11 55 a-The barometer bas riken moderately in the Pailippinor, and filen slightly over the northern and weilern shores of the China Sen.

The typhoon is si'asted to the Entwerd of, the Macclesfield Bank. At present it appoits to be moving towards W.N.W.

The depression lying over N. China yester- day, has reached tia neighbourhood of Wlad- iwostok...

Pressure has iccreated and is now highest over the Yang za valley,

The Japanese raturas atą lacking.

Rough weather may be expected over the N. Part of the Chlan Sex for the next two days,

-Hongkong Ratofali for tho 24 hours ending it to a-m. to-day, 0,00 inches,-- TORECAST, tiongkong and Neighbourhood, E, and N.Ewlods, strong fair, squally.

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Formosa Channel, same as No. 1. 3.- South coast of China between Hongkong and Lamocks, same as No. x.

CALL AND SELECT XMAS AND NEW YEAR

PRESENTS.

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