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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY DECEMBER 12 1010

HONGKONG & S. CHINA STEAM FISHBRIES CO., LTD.

FORMAL MESṬIYO TO-PAY,

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not necessarily endorse the ostalona expressed by Correspondente in this column.i

ONE MAN ON DECK,

TO TOK Exton or the "Hosukong TELEGRAPH,”

Then again, the Board of Trade Advisory Committee, which coitalas, représentativos of ite Board of Trade, shipowers, Underwritéts, Shipbui'ders, Certificated Coptaland Officere, CariGeared Marise Englore, Someu, Fise msg, and othe, hayo uɛas'm us'y expressed the onion that this materins requiging |

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tenance to this innovation in her ancient fish ing industry, there is every reason to believe that China will follow suit--and that before loug, So far as the fishing grounds of Houg hong, the surrounding islands and the Kow loon Peninsula are concerned, those are A. S. WATSON & CO., admirably suited, we are told, for the opera tion of steam trawlers as large even as those employed in the North Sea. In the prolific feeding banks of Mirs Bay, for instance, there is at times such an abundance of fish. M. S. Rosario, I. Rocha, A. ) aoilbo, Tamond at sas, er indeed, be colour-blind while as President of the Board of Trade. The caly citer, conducted ths, inquliy on behalf of the

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-Thaarjanned inquiry into the circumstances · alteodlog the death of a number of persons at the recent house classe in Aberdeen S'r of wis continued at the Magist acy this afteraton.

men:-Mestre, P. H. Helycat, W. Thɔm ard The jury consisted of the following gentle. C. A. Leges. Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Crown foli

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The first yearly meeting of the Hongkong and South China Sicam F. heriqa,Co, Ltd, was

Eti-Javing tega d to the anormity of the held at soon to day in the offices of Messrs. Bradley and Co., the agents. Mr. J. A. Pics which pressi's whe op many Bri i he prompt attention of the Baird if trade and merchant vessels are commardid er officered have not find them accordingly, in fact, it was Flammer presided, and here wera l-opre est

which the Advisory Gamaltice specially nim Mestry J. W. C. Brna, Lo Shiu Ho, and or bolb) by nocet ficatd and i responsible amongst s or three special priots open Wong Tiza Lzung (Consult'oz, Committee) men who, possibly, may bolgstrakt even of

the fondamental principles of the rules of the inated a small deputation to wait personally upon that the Chinese junk trawlers are unable to Keang Yeung, Ya'g Chat Yu, J. F. Miller,

satisfac in which haibien ob'ained iv'an ún. | Crown, cope with the catch. It is perhaps too much. 3. M. Pereira and F. Bevision (acting at the same time, quite ignitapt of the vai ud; s'anding that it will receive attesting when The owner of No. 17' was called and stated;

dules appertaining to_the_pretation of bfs at to expect to see within our times a fleet of secretary).

next legislation affecting merchant shipping is that ba op cd, tha house fɔk the last twelve ́ trawlers aleaming through Lycemoon Pass The notice cling to meeting having beeps, the Guld-which is the largest r preintioliced.

0313. Ko was in Canten it tho time when seblative zuzyciation of Captains and Officers;

Beating is mind that the shipowners of th's the collapse occurred. for the fishing grounds after the manner ad,

The Chaitian rald-Gentlemen-This is the wo ld-u't that y u wilig ve publicity country are tra musly and em, huically of familiar to Hull or Aberdeen City; but it is quite on the cards, we believe, that artificial meeting, as you are aware, is only-held in to the excled copy of a let or which we have oɔ'nios that no further shipping 1:gisla'ian be collected seat for kia master for the last ly propelled boals something after the stylerler to, comply with the Hongkong Gom. tedes oltɔ the Boud of Tale. Cull should briatro:uced forsome very considerable four years. He effected the necessary tepai s that has found favour in Japan will be at Pagles' Didicaɛce of 180), and there is reafieyourxind a it the symp by and support of time, and that there is no likelihood of log! 1. oa bahili of h's maser. No big repairs were

work before many months are over ou local fishing grounds.

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to actual besloess to trang. It is, however, our usual on these ressises for the Clairmen to say something with regirl to the fo'ity and futu e paspects of the Company, and, for this re,100, we put the date of the renting as late as possible in wider that we might by better able to tell what progress has becar made since the Company was formed is August last I must tell you that the cipit lofthe Company

has been fally subscribed, and that all the

sh ma favd bren allsited. Tl cra- are, how

Since the foregoing lines were written, we have had the pleisure of perusing the speech made at the meeting at noon to day of the recently formed Hongkong and South China Steam Fisheries Company, Limited, by the Chairman, Mr. J. A: Plummer. This Com. piny, it appears, has already one steam traw ler on the stocks at Middlesborough and ever, a few subscribers who have not yet paid should have had delivery by the end of this for their shares bathe Company has sufficient month but for the delay caused by the ship-fangs is hand for all requirements, and should the remaining shares not be taken up within yard sucikes in England. Mr. Plummer men. tioned that the steam trawling industry in the next week or two, aolic's will be served Japan is succeeding almost beyond compre and the shares realiaited. As your Gereal cations fo: about 2,000 shares, po difficulty is anticipated in placing any shares which may be cutstanding. Fillowing the lines of or traputus, and acting upon what we believe

your inflectlal papet, it would go far intion of the kid whatever point or paints. It

vig what, at present, constitutes a very riva evil and dager. The subject mater our eller to the Bond if Trads will, I vesture to think, ep:ake for itself.

I am, etc., T. W. MOORE,

Secrets, Imperial Me:chant Service GuilE

The Arcade, Lord, sisser Liverpool,

19h November, 19.0.

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may concere acceeding with the initiative and suppo 11th Bond of Trade, the p siin is now of a decidedly a sunfico y chivacter.

The vent colectar was dext called nad said

made, and there were no cracks in the wall be

when Ness and 17. He was last in the house on the 28th ultimat o'clock. On the zo h N.v, mber, h; want it, stairs, which part of the

Further procrastination is certain to lead to hau.e wis occupied by a family, the ground still gròzter sacrifice of life at sea and, in justice | floɔr beløg tin inted by a barber. On that dato to those of the autical profession compelled ti | there were no heavy goods of any kind in the undertake enormeui resp mib Jies is protects. He did not netice that the nex haute ing the lives is their charc, who bave en er. wis pled down. He knew that at the end of gone long and arduous p: cical experiorca åt | Sip amber No 15 would be re-constructed, great express and trouble in qualifying then He did put lake any notice ¿f what was going selv:s for their pɔ. i jo 2s, we woul i submit that ́itahould no longer be permitted.

It is extraordinarily eas2gb, the cate -Within, the near ft r the Foard of Trade will, we assume, ba funistel with a

tha', even Yel tha Bath Ir.vel og copy of the judgment which was delivered on public do not appear to, in any way, the 15th instant on the conclusion of the formalise the enormous prenal rils to which they are subject, and the jopardy. In ping Act, into the circumstances attendi the collisio: between this British ss. Melissa and att fied delecis in the law, offering no basis the fishing smack Alic of Arklow, whereby

whatever of justification. four of the latter lost their lives. The Presid

| oa in No. 15. He receiv d as papers from the

Government for 1c-building, 、

Wing Yua Sua quid ba was las 160t-call ce tor of 13 Aber een Street and Chun On was, the owder færibe last two years., Wineis al- ways a leaded to small repairs. The house was in the same cordi isa at the end of Sep..

received rome notices and consulted wi h the cwser of boobs 0 15 and plans were made 10 pall down t'e party wall. He could giva po reason for the collip ef he party wall...

hension, and whereas it is only two and a Managers had originally to refuse appli- | investigation, beli under the Merchant Ship which their 1ves are placed owing to easily ember as when he was first employed. Eo..

a sread-band vestel. Az order was accord.

We sincerely trust, therefore, that the Board f7rado will not far l r delay ikis matter, tha Swfe, Chief Divisional Majizrate, with Comsuring that the Governmat will devate their ||-they-will-take-wh-t-steps-are-celess_ty_ib_on_ mander W. F. Caburne, C., .N.R., Cimman; der G. K. Wright, B.N.R., and Ms. W. C. speedy attenti n to it in order that it may, at least, receive similar consider tion to her Norminton as Astersors.

en ciments which they have introduced, and aro now before them, 'n order to alleviate the lot of workers connected with particular classes astore, but hich are of only small reli ive im portance to the country at lurge compared with one such as that we now mig,t caine sily suggest.

half years since the first steam trawler started operating out of Nagasaki, there are now to Hess than seventeen building aud, seven or eight actually at work. The Company's prosby the beat-peksible udalon, Four Cousuliing | -est-of-thean, which atat Dublin, was Mr. sperity, of course, will depend largely upon Commite unanimously decided upon ordering a new trawler, one which would be entirely the goodwill of the Chinese, but it was pointed out by the Chairman that they stitable for the trade, and specially idipted had the best assurances that they would or working in a hot climat, in preference to fod a ready market for their fish and ingly placed was Mesra, Smill' Dack Co, also enjoy the support of the Fish Middlesborough, abru he end. f August fast Guilds. So that, to all appearances, the la deciding upon the type of vessel, gear, ele, Steam Fisheries Company, are to begin to be ordered; your Committee have had the operations under exceptionally auspicicus advice and assist:tce act only of European conditions. It is admitted that there will expers, but also of the kaling Japanese be initial difficulties to overcome as is the Company, which during the summer months works water very similar climatic conditions case with all ploueer concerns, But with

and caters for a trade which is in many respects

GUINNESS' STOUT through railway communication to Canton

in PINTS and SPLITS.

established, and the general advance of the Chinese people towards Western ideas, there is, as the Chairman said, no need to picture the possibilities of the future, when he hoped they might have a fleet of ten or twenty

gravist concern to bm, a copy of it has been This judgment being, very naturally, of the received by the Guild from a Corr mander of oat of cur largest coasting mail and passenger steamers alo is only 100 kecaly alive to the serible danges which are continually present. ed by the fact that so many British merchant sip-particularly in the coasting trade and of large's - comm afed or offt:ered, or bath, by uncertificated, ucqualified, and u'teily In the p cicat c.10 it-bas

very similar to what may be ani ipated inesponsible men.

here. The foi Fung, by which nams-it is proposed to call our vessel, wo are assured will represent the l'est type, and moit up-to-date trawler flat, and your Committee o que prepared to pin their filth on her

A. S. WATSON & CO., trawlers working out of this Port. We wish eficiency. With regard to the work of ca

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Hongkong, 7th July, 1913,

the new enterprise every success:

TOCAL AND GENERAL.

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[18 Two curies-bawkers were fired Seach at the

Police Court this morning for seliog, curios, io Peak Road without a licence.

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1910,

OIL-DRIVEN FISHING BOATS,

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HE, the Governor, Sie Frederick Lugard, will praside at the actual distribction of prizes at

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struc lon, wa reg et to say that same has been coo:iderably delayed in cosseg recco of whites of ballır-makers, and other operatives in Eng- land. Der latest mail advices, however, state that it e frames arè iu, po'i lon, and that a con- siderable smount of iron work was ready to erect a math sg^, and from the fict ibat we have: since prid the second irst Iment of parch so money, we may assume that the she!! plating has since been cumplated. The Hot Fung

St. Josephs English College on Wednesdiy,huld have been delivered to us this month,

zist in at 5 p.m.,

THE total area of the Tonuguese dominiogs beyond the seas is 827,000 square miles, with a population of nearly ten millions. he revenue of this Empire for the year 1903–9 was £1,000,nco. •

"It is a far cry from Hongkong to Great Yarmouth, yet the two ports have one strong bond of common sympathy,, so far as their industries are concerned, in that both the

MAURICE Cam los, a dist essed teaman, was Norfolk seaport and our own Colony depend chargel before Mr. J. R Weal at the Police to a great extent for their prosperity, for Court this morning for bet;ving in a disi der their very existence indeed, upon their fishly wan: white drunk (the Sailers Hems. ing fleets. In this connection it is interest ing to read that at Great Yarmouth, at the -very climax of the fishing season, there was

Some alum is lehtia Holland because aliess opened an exhibition which promises the are arguising land to Java. The Minister for disappearance of the old style of fishing the Colonies Big stated in Parliment that he boat. The exhibition is being held with ais against a narrow-minded policy in th's ingrast á seccass here as it has in Japan and view of demonstrating the applicability of tir and that it is wrong to check the investmen! oll-cagine propulsion to fishing vessels which of foreign capital in Netherla: ds India. have hitherto been dependent upon sail alone.

His Worship sentenced defendut to seven days' imprisonmek". ›

compensation...

but we estimate that it wil be the end of Jan vary belers thy can be hinted over. Given favourable «erter—and our vessel should be coming out at the best time of the year-wo ̈ csimile that she will take about six or seven weeks on the voyage, and thus we may beps. to res ber in Hoogkong towards the erd of March pix) As regards the voyage cu, your Committee have deemed it present to fully insure the visse against all risks, ad although this cdd somewhat to the laid-down cost, we feel tule that you will approve of the course taken. I do Lot know that I c'n say more regarding the future pro- spects of the Company than wa haya aira:dy sidiatur prospectus ; further than iḥ it we see to reason why the project should not prove as

ther countries. I may tell you that th ́s la- dustry in Japan is succeeding almost beyond comprehem is, and whereas it is only tward started operating cut of Nagitaki, theri are a half years ago since the fi ́s' Sam Trawler

to-day no less than 17 new vessels under con. struction in that couarry, and, I am no: quite certain, but, I think seven freight actually at work. Or Mr. Forbes, who is now in Japin,

gcofwill of the Chinese, but we have the bet

been found by the Court:-

That the Master of the Melis, was not justified in golog below shortly after 12.10 p.m. on the 16th September' last (the date on which the acc'd st happened) cnd in leaving the Second Mate, who was, in cality, only boatswain and lamp-tsimmer.

ch.rge of the deck. (It appears that this Second Ma's bins: went bilow shortly after the Master had done so and left the mat-at-the-wheel' in charge of the ¿eck).

Farber, according to the Court —–

I am, Sir,

Your bid ent servant,

gied) T. W. McO'E.

Secretary.

The Assistant Secreta y,

Marias Department,

Board of Tr.fe.

ST, ANDRAW'S CHURCH.

SALE'S DY AT Kowloon,

Wai Lee firm of contractors. Ha bad bren Sui Chuk Piog siid hi was a 'pirmar lathe engaged in this line of besicers far the int ten or twenty years He secured on three or four occasions C'ntracts for re-const uction of the panty walls. The 'hit witees engaged him for the work on houses No. 13 and to Aberdeen Street. The arcaitech was Mr. L. A. Ross, there was some shoring before be stared with the work. When he stated he put up more shoring. The shoring waiga both sides of the party wall and it. was carried through the floors. The shoring supported the beams.. The shoring d d not touch ite party walief No. 17. Nobody rated any ob ecin of ig sufficiest sharing. The contract glo; $,480. Out of this may be wai xuppo E110 by $70 to Hung Fat. He had no idea whatever di the cacss of the co lapto ofl'e party-wall of Nag. 15 and 17 He mide aɔ complaints about the work and wel her did any foreman make any compl.ipts to bim as to how the people worked." The pity wall between the three buildings sp peared to be of the same class of building

materiál.

Further witnesses were cal'el and the in-

NEWS FROM 188 NORTĄ,

[Spietally. Translated for the Hongkong. Telegraph].

On Saturday last, a safe of work, the fist of its kind, was held on the grounds of S. drew's Church in Kowloon with successful re 1815 The sale had torn got up with--a-view Ao strengthening the littls Church' finar calquiry adjsurrelli i to-morrow al crsoor, position and it is' gratiylog to record hit valu. able co-opération was forth coxiaz and co litle assistance was rende ed by a number of Kow- loon's folk la a most ungrudging and unselfish spirit. B.sides sh principi feature of the afternoon's proceedings-ihe stalls-lo e wire Bumerous attractions of a varied character, ja. clodjeg a cinematograph exhibition, a sword display and. glee singing by the. Cho'r The Bird if the 13th Rajputs under Bandma ter Cole enlivened the afteroon's proceedings by discours'ng tasant selec loas of music. In the course of the after noon, the sale was declared apen by Laly Mar. Amzay the cabering we noticed i Lordship the Bishop of Victoria and Mrs.

PROPOSED CANCELLATION OF OPIUM TREATIES. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs bus wired to H E. Liụ Yụ Lís, Mia'ster, to the Court of A, James, r q testing him to negotiate with tha British Government about the cancellation of all Ang}=-Chicose Treaties and Corventions relating to the opium traffic between Buitish Posto:signs and China

#21 was the practice n board the Jisa for the member of a watch, consist log of two men, to leave the deck, hereby leaving the versil in the sale charge of ore mas, and this practice the Court strongly condemned. The collision was decily the result of this practice. The cure of the collision and the cors quiet loss of fi'e was the absence from the deck of the - Mollesa_of_a_respecula Officer and the neglect of that ves.al to obie,ve the Rc. <gulations for Frey n ́ng Collisions at Sea: The Court suspended the certificate of the Master of the Brass for a period of twelve months, ordering, ais 1, that he should pay £50 towards the costs of the Icquity, The uncerti ficted acting fecord Mate, who was, in reality, the boatswain and lamp-trimmer, was severely censured and a dered to pay to towards the cos's of the Inquiry. In suspending the cer No. 1 Cuteral Stall-Miss Spink, M s Grace,

ficate of the Master of ball. the Mrs Rayla, Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Blair en } Mruti'n ting that ia any eats prises a deitakoa Cour expressed the flowing important opinYoung

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In add up to a number of co-help r, the follwing is a ling of the varicus st is with those in charge

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N General Stall-Mrs R baris n, Mrs "The Court is aware that in doing so, it | Hayward, Mrs Dávilas and Ms Wyate. -¡xânflicting à more orie-+-nomica' p Bally,|--Refreshment Sjali-Mrs Fackhim, Mis fnasmuch as Masters and Mates of Home Campbell, Mrs Duncan and nume 011 other Trade ships not cursing passenger, arslide hilpers. Dat required to posses; cest,ficate of com petency, and the Cour Is strongly of opia. in that in the 'n'erests of safe pavigation the time has come when all Masters and Males in the Home Trad: alould be cert tificated."

I wanecessary for us uiduly to trespass up the time of the Board of Trade in order to refer to repeated representations of the most urge t character which the. Cuild · have ad-

crissed to them on this su' ject for many years

WONG-K5,-an-unemployed-seaman;wni- In the Yarmouth fleet, already, some score charged at the Magistracy this morning with of boats-especially the Scotch "drifiers"-breaking into a shop at 49, Temple Street, have been fitted with auxiliary engines driven Yeumiti, and saling 10 cauties of tallow by paraffin or crude oil. It is possible to fix valued at $14. The colpsit was swirled three these engines to any fair sized vessel and months' hard labour ned four hours' stocks. achieve results that will compare favourably | R. S. Hodder, a termin on bind the U.S.s. is studying the working of the Jazonete with steam. Amongst the pioneers in the Willen, was charge before Mr. E R. tax'er on the spot, and I only regret thrt adoption of oil-driven fishing boats are, Hallifax at the Magis ricy th's morning the his been usable to get back in time to curiously enough, the Japanese, who at this assaulting a ricksha coolie and refusing to pay presies at this meeting, when he might have self-sama exhibition are showing models b's fard last night When the case was called been able to give you further information of the types adopted in the fishing this morning, the charge was withdrawn by the regarding the business as carried on there. flects of Japan. The idea of introducing complaivant, as the fatter agreed to receive 5. Wongs of course very dependent upon the motors into the Chinese frawlers of Hong

asturice that we shall find a ready marie for It would be suje flucus to agato 10 kong and adjacent ports is by no means new.

WITH the approach of China New Year, bu cur fish, and also beva the support of the FA Capitulate the Recommendsters of he Mac. Ding Committee which, so far back as the year One valiant attempt was made by a local latics are la the esto.dant. It has been re

Guilds. We cannot el courte at ticipate lags86, were to the effter that legislation was ported to the Police that th'eves entered the

profits on the first year's wo king, as it will no argostly demarded" in order to copy the gentleman some years ago, but the venture Soldiers' and Sailors' Club ard stue money to did not meet with the measure of success it the tuns of $35. It's suspected that semp of the business ad we shall no doubt bave the were shipping disters and serious less of doubt take net'e time to thoroughly organist evil. Many cises kave subsequently silses merited; and the father of the project has the servanta presiously dismissed have com. now left the Colony, though he still remains mitted the set. Another theft bas breaseported with through Railway communication to Canis admitted to be a very grave defect in the qual difficulites of picheers to overcome, life have been ascribed to what, on all ́hånd", in the East in a new sphere of labours. Proat 185 Queen's Raid West, la this place, tou established, however, and the general ed.

low. bably some Northers port will reap the beae- goods to the value of $3 1 were stolen.

vance of the Chinese people towards Western fit of his enthusiastic "belief in the practic-| A' CHINAMAN was charged befaro M-, E. R id:as, there is no need for me ta picture to you ability and profitableness of adapting some Hallifax at the Fo'ice Court this morning with the pestibilitles of the future, when I hope we form of artificial propulsion to the Colony's the larceny of 14 pieces of cis:king, a mi tal may have a fleet of ten or twenty transfects affecting shipping) was introduced, ashing fleets. In the meantime, however, smoking rips and 180 in mouey from 588, working out of this port. This is a'l the bus efforts were made in order that his defect there are not a-wanting in our midst many Qures's Road West. The defendant was er nese, geat'emen, but should any one wish to citizens, both European and Chinese, who see resed in the cent al district and the clothing ask sny gestion, I should be pleased to an

was found in a bcose la Wanchai., «His Wor swer themta the best of my ability. vast possibilities in the bringlag of the Colony's fishing system into line with the modern ship sentenced him to one year's bard labour melbods that have proved so successful in other parts of the world's seas. China has been ever slow to follow Western precept or example in any given direction. She has been more prone to copy her own immediate neighbours in the Orient who have shown themseves to be more progressiva then her self and to copy them in somewhat gingerly fashion, top. But now that Japanhas lent coun-

and six hours stocks.

THE Commercial Cable Compary announces an impending charge in lis chartes for non- code messages from 216., per word to tic. per five letter. It seckoas the words in p'an messages as having on the avenge only fri letters; the charge, therefors, means a se per cest, rarucifor. The plan does not affict code or Preis messages, on which the la's remain unchanged 1 adoption depent upon the co-operation of the European Geveramente which own connecting telegrapha..

No questions wero asked.

The Chairman-Thero being no questions, genslemeu, that is all the business to be done and I thank you very much for your aller darco.

The metting then dispersed.

CRIPPR w.sexecuted on the morning of November: 3 Fe received the priest's micistra sizes quietly and thereafter was in a stalo of collaps. The authorities announce that he

made zo confession,

meat, and when the Merchant Shipping Bill of It has constantly been submitted to Parlia

1505 (a Measure dealing with many sub-

should be removed on such a very favourable Ar ile Board opportuni y presenting itself of Trade will remember, an Amendment of a

most rain cable character which would have covered the case was moved in the House of Lo ds by Lord Muskerry, The representative of the Board of Tindo in speaking to this Am endment expressed the official sympathy of the Department with it bit, derlized to accept it. Itwas then relucia:tly withdrawn, as the Honte did not appear t be disputed to press the matter, or, indeed, to force any Amendments, as the Committee Stare of the Bill was finished In the course of a single evening.

Xn's Tree -Miss Robson. Competitions-Messrs L. le' Braton, and R.

Wils.

Gents' Stall-Mr F. Dude and numerous assistants,

SUBSCRIPTION GRIFFINE,

CHINA'S LIS VICES

The Minisuy of Andculture, Industry nad Commerce has receally camminoicated with the provincial authorities to the eff.ct-há¶evzry possible endravju should be put forward for the development of trade ind fodustries, ard

by the people the Provisi1-Assembler will giva every possible assist nee with a view tɔ folly Exploiting_Chi_.resourcer,

FAMINE IN SHAKSI. The Goy ror of Shinsi bai rep∙ried to the Throre ha number of districts which hava sul- fered from m'na cauird by lorde and droughts, FISHING INDUSTRY, The Provincial Assembly, is complaining of the extrnicus 'expendi ure under the berding of Fishing Industry in sha provincial budget rubmitted by the Viceroy and has refused to vets further rums fr the coming, ficaccial year. The members. thought that since he establishment of the fi bing industry deparment nothing has been accomplisted to promote fishery, whereas some

The steud batch of two'y-six_subscription iffies for the Hongkong Races erriv'd from the mouth, yesterday by the 7.5, C211 and were drawn for at Fennedy's Causeway Bay [.P.* Report oiy at 5 p.m., the drawings result'rg 23 fol'ons,-

2:-Dark Grey, Mr. Boyce, 53-Skewbald, Major Witherton. 24-Nutmeg Gicy, Mr. Marelo.

-Spalted, East Coint, :-frey, Mr. Cunrgh m

27-Dua, Litur. Collis-Erance. 28-Nutmeg Grey; Mr. F. 11, Thomax. 29-Whitt, Lieut. Luïbcct, u N♫ 3>-Grey, Mr. D'ction.___ 3-G107, L'est. Pra 1:y. 31-Nutmeg Gray, Lítur, Kirkpatéck.. 13-Dapple Gier, Capt. Claytor, 34 - Gley, C p%. Habes. 35-Grey, Liru", de Houghton, 36-Black, Mesir. Klima cck and Kramer, 37-Dark Gray, Cpt. Mitchell-Taylor. Độ GIO, Mr. G.", Ros 39-G107, Licu'. Hoggeit, 47-Grey, Mr. H B Nike, Ai-Grey, Majar Eston and Mr. Hongb, 41-Blue Dus, Mr. J. Jobartine, 43–White, Liant, Law 44-Cream, Mr. Keswick. 4¡—Grey, Morrispa 148, 41-Wall-ayed Grey, Mr. H. P. Whits 47--White, Capt. Hiyan

is aco taels bare been spent every year.

AN CLD-FASHIONED VICHI OY, The opposition raised by the Viceroy of Two Klang against the convening of a Parliament has made him urpopilar in. His prèvinces, H.F, Ching interdi to rejigo, but the Central Government desires to give him a me :opelitan app in men'

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On Saturday at the Kowloon Hotal Massis; Leigh and Oraege.enterislped to EMs the av f

·nd contractors who had bien engaged with them on to first part of the Bait ab Section of the Kówloen-Cartos Rijlway, MA A. P. Cogh presided. After an excellent repast,, congratulatory spe:cher wire exchanged. The continctors were rach pretexted wibivory foot. rules as souvenirs..

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AY CHOOL-01. 1. while returo'ng, from a:boot. was followed by three Chinines to her house at 44. Abrd.en Etreet, and on reaching the stal 'anding ore of the mio cau chi hold ofher and thi other saucă;d a gold biogia from her writt. Another care of, th ́s kind, occurred in quara Sirp, when a murazuger carrying some clothing was astaulio! by severalmen, „basărem pepperi ta bis eyes and maʼonwAY with the clothing,