1911-01-07 — Page 5

CANTON DAY BY DAY.

[From Our Own, Correspondent.]"

VICEREGAL PRESENTATION,

Canten, 6th January,

Vicatoy of the Two Kwong, was the recipient On the 4th initiat HE Trang, the acting of a presentation from a section of the Chinese merchants of Hongkong, the Director of the principal Chambers of Commerce in Wa-chow, the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce is Fat Shap, the Iscal Self Government Society, the two local charitable institalions, the local principal ommercial Chambers of the Seventy-Two Gollds, and the Acti-Gambling Society as a ir ark if lemembrance and esteem for the untiring efforts and energy of His Ex- cellency in the campaign for the suppression of gambling.

The pratentation was made up of tablets with isscriptions recalling that His Excelency bad memorializ: d the Throne for the 'suppres- tion of gambling although ke bid not teen able to find other means of texation to replace the rave and derived from gambling. His Ex- cellency was theorisaated with a silver vase, silver stove, and a silver bowl all engraved with felicitoar words,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY JANUARY 7 1911

the engagement of several too of "braves" for

COMMERCIAL.

WEEKLY SHARE REPORT.

Messrs. E. S. Kadouris & Co, write p---

Reviewing the sbare business for the week,

Business-Transactions la local stocks hav

| stationing Ubers to give protection, and that the exptusta locuired were to be met by "meada of subscdp'isa amorg Lis quild, the gulid of binkers, and that of Manken dealers As a result, the place was free from any out- toith the same proposal, in view of the success break of piracy. Fow, Mr. Fok bas agalo pascentiased on a limite scale during the week met with last year, and again it wins the sup port of the other two guidi mettioned above soldiers are being again, engaged to givo' protection to travellers along this rents.

RODBERY,

A village to the diskt of Targon was plucdered wholesale on the 31 alt. Over af y brigande armed with riịt rataccked the place and made off with booty of clothing ornsmenis, mobey and colite.

The cattle were used to carry the clothing stolen. A report of the autage has been made to the local Magistrato

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GAMBLING SUPPRESSION.

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and the market is li ely to be quiet until after China New Year, which coincides with the end of the mouth.

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Rubber. London bas continued its down- ward course and the market is weak, following on the fl in the price of Fine Haid Pa which is now quoted 5/a par i

quiet market with sellers at $.00. The Lon- Baskr.-Hongkong and 2 banghai Banks are

don quotation is £87. Nati. puls are in request at 380.

Marina futurances-Uniors are neglected at $817) and Canions at $ 85, whilst North Chinas are quoted sellers at Tia, 145 with no transactions to repart,

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Shipping,Hongkung, Cintoa and Macao teamboats hava besn dealt in 1533 and mers are wanted. China and Mazilas, atter sales at $71, Douglas at Sio, Indos at $56, and Star Fery olishares at $23 alebo effer without in

While His Excellency Viceroy Chang was Fire 1 ances-Hongkong Fires have in Hosam, the Kwo.g. Tung provincials been the medium of a 'small business at $162) ho'dirg official positions in Peking sent Kwan and China Fires bave bayars at the advanced Kang Luo to see the Viceroy, as thele repre-rate of $121, and perhaps a little over following. sentative. Ha h.d as interview with His ca transactions at that figure! Excelleres lega ding the supp sin 15 gambling ic, Cantor His Excel sacy is said The rs, rustn'ative from Hongkong, Mr. Li to bava mide the fallowing remarks.. "I will Yuk Toog, acted as spokesman and in addres paly e my time for the enforcement of this sing His Excellec7, the Acting Viceroy...repression-po icy, and the suppie.son of marked that the Chinese merchante is forg."Fantao" will receive my first attention, fu deducing buyers. Sales of New Liar Fer-y shares keng were dying to see the day' wben' the garb log evil should be completly wiped out, Ho theo thanked His Excelicacy for his kind pass la memorial sing the Throne regarding gambling suppression.

His Excellency_replied-that-the-people-in- Catton bad flred for a long time from this gambilog evil and now the gentry, the mer chants and the prople were looking eagerly to in speedy exterminating. His reson for sub- 'mitting this memurial to the Throne was 19 put before His Imperial Misty the papalar

must recessarily be found to replace the revenus deilved from.gambling farms, the perple indulged in gambling must be fooled alles, and find for them mesos of living."

WORLD'S NEWS.

[Via Manita.] Madrid, January 'r.—A purist cra's his pc. cur ed is the Spanish ministry and the minis. tors of the interior, Feranado Meise; Feimio

Ba clona, December 30 -According to tela. grams received from the Canary islands, a terrible storm has broken over the group and immense damage to I le and property has been dose in Gome'a, Over 100 buildings were blown down by the hurricane. Forty lives are known to have been lost.

• EXPLESION IN BELGIUM.

Londer, Dec. 31.—7el grams from Cheat late that cine persies hava bean villed by an cxplosion to the Governmen' powder magizine at Weresca..

PORTUGAL

at Sts are reported. Shells have suffered a further declize to 78f-, buyers, however, 'p:e vating.

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE P.&O.S. N. 00's Steamer

"DELTA"

FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND STRAITS.

Consignces of Cargo by the above-named vessel are hereby Informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their vizë in' the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown consignment will be sorted out mark by mark, Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each and delivery can be obtained as the Goods are landed

This vassal brings a Cargo

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From London &c., ar s.s. Montus, From Persian Gull, ar D. L. 5. N. and B.

& P. S., W. Co.'s Steamer Optional Goods will be landed here unlesi Instructions are given to the contrary within 6 hours, will be subject to rest.

Goods not

cleared by the ath_inst, #14-F.M.-

No Fite falutante will be affected by me in ady casa whatever. '.

Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignee's and the Company's surveyors Mears. Goo Rhaetier-China Bogers a $ 24 and Luzeos DARD and DOUGLAS, at AM. on MONDAYS $13 are quite like less.

Mining, Chinete Engineering and Mining are a dull market at T. as whilst Raubs have been in request at $3.

Docks, Wharves and Godowns.-Transac tions in Hongkong Ducks have been put through at $33 and more are wanted at the rate. Kow.

Tis. 94 sre featuoless.

Lods, Hotels and Buildings-Hongkong Lauds have declined to 199 with probable sellers at the rato. Kowlo. La:ds at $3 and West Points at $40 are in demand with no sellers, Hongkong hotels are firmer and could cow be placed at $10 at er sales at sightly

war rates

The new shares are on offer.at 555 without inducing buyers. Shanghai Lands ara quoted 11s, 100, at which shares could pro bably be obtained,

Coton Mills-Hongkong Cottons remain vicady at 54) while in Shanghai Laou Kung Mows have strengthened to a buying quotation

of Tls, 48. Ewos at Tis. Eg and Soy Chees at Tis 245 stok buyers.

Miscellaneous-Green Island Cements have repotted sales at $315 with further small bayes at the figure. China Borneos have basm con- Bistently on offer at this reduced rate of Sp with- out inducing buyers. Chian Providents are wanted at 57 und. China Light, and PowETS DI ic. Transactions in Watsons at $6 and $8 and In Humphreys at $6 ars reported with Ices at $ 20 and Dairy Farms at 5/7 are -further buyers of the latter at 563. Hongkong 1omewhat ceglected.

and THURSDAYS. All clums mast be pre- here, after which date they cannot be re Teated within ten days of the steamer's arrival cogulsed. No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.

E. A. HEWETT,

Superintendent. Hongkong, 5th January, 1911.

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tions of those who erroneously progovaficated the doom of the Plantation rubber industry. While the price of the commodity has suffered

a compara iva deciice it is gratifyleg to record that the comparative figures for share quotations show an advance in the opening week of 19ai as against the preceding year,

For the present the share markot la liatless and lifeless, this remark applying with greater force to sterlingth to Strait dollar stocks, Stocks coming onder, the latter, category bare hid several inquiries from the South at the present. low rates, and scrips of some of the leading pro ducing companies have travelled out of Hong korg Stuthwards.

hava buyers at 4-

Allagars are ncmtoally quoted at 4/3 And

Bertam are still quoted at 6/6 with buylog -orders at 6/1,

Ledburya bave weakened to fuf- with buyers at $16.

at 4f closing with further buyers.

Lendo Venturos have been farther dealt in

sentiment of the people, I was most gratify. Calbeton and Julio Berzell bave resigned their floon Whaveš ate lo demand at $. Shanghai in coly some 33 per cent. per ceal—a proportion lag to him to bear that His Majesty is id sam portfolios. To substitute them there have-teen Docks at Tis. 68 and Hongkiw Wharves at cocsijerably less thao the pessimistic anticipa moned bis Ministers to give this gambling appointed Demetrio Alonso Castrills, Rafael question their immediate consideration.. Is Gaiset and Amss: alvador. addition to the 2,0 0,001 10:Is derived from

Batcelona, January 1. To morrow Sir Can- to revenue on salt, they had other sour.aljas, the president of the council, ef ministčia ces of revenue, aid they ought soon to be will call for a vote of co filance, V able to have the gambling evil completely wiped out His Excellenc, then commen. ted upon the energy and is Lf the gentry, the merchants and the public in helping their Goveromeat to put an end to a existing cyil. They had met and woiked to gether co-operatively. They had ta en the responsibility upon their shoulders lor fading ways of lecreasing their revenue. Already revennes derived from opium and spiri's were stimated to be over 7,000,000 trels. However. His Excellency was sorry for not having beds able to memorialize the Throne about these scu ces of revenue on account of bis relis quish-

Loadon, Dec/3—Despite the assertos that ~jng the AcangTM" Vicoloyal p. His Excellency the political situation in Portugal is calm the said that he had seen the new Viceroy, who bad I test mail-seports generally concur in affirm - promised bit beip in every direction. His Ex-ing that there is much popular dissatisfaction, coileacy remarked that the date was not for arising from the neufeld meat of all sorts of distant for the total suppression of gambling, hoper arcused by the revolution. and be was thankful for their valuable presents and also for boaotrng tim by their presence His Excellency in conclusion remarked that he was afraid to bust their feelings by relaxing tbelt gifts. He was tot deserving of the honour they bad conferred upon him, la com- plating biù speech, His Excellency said that overy action in this world was fighting for its Lupremacy regarding commerce and mio facture. Commerce and manufacture were the fundamental pinciples of a country's riches By reading through the blitories of the wold, hs inevitably found that the prete it great Powers depended satiraly on the supremacy of their commerce and misu fuctures. Since their trade and commerce ic Canto bad ten progressing mon fioer. ably an any other province in China, it was their daty to work with one mind towards the Improvement of their trade and they shoulJ. never be contented with the progress they had achieved. In futere, their s;urces of wealth woull be expanded and the strength of their nation would be increased. He wished them -every-success-in-be-great-work-bifɔro them,

ROBBERY.

As previously reported there had been two cases of prisoners escaping from prison in the ciy of Fa-yuen. Robbery in this locality is rilo. Every night the e are some cases of rub. bary reported. At midnigh: en the sit lastant robbers broke into a shop and removed all the Lods belonging to it and also some measy, The victims' reported the outrage to the Magis trate in the text morning and begged his Worship to go to theshop to las tute inquiries. The Magistrate seemed disinclined in act, and he did not go there until two days af er the re- port of the occurence was made to him. His Worship's Ection has brought forth much criti- cism.

THE NEW V.CAT OV.

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Exchange-The Back's drawing rates on

San Francisco, December 31.-Telegraphic dispatches tell of two semplice fa'alitis.today: ore the death of Moisant who was killed by a fall at New Orleans and the other the death of Londoa is af 0'3/.6.on dem vod, and the Tr Hexsiy who met a similar f te lo Les Angeles.rate on Shaughti is 74}

At New Orleans, Mois ni's motor apparen:1, refute to work when he was reaching a great altitude, and when the cagise stopped, the alr craft turned turile, sending its occupant to a honib o death a thousand feet below.

YARN MARKET.

Mestis, Polishwalla and Kotowall in their fortnightly yarm circolar state-

Since our last report on the 24th ultime by

At Los Angeles Hoxsoy's wa 'ne coil pred and the entire structure come burt jag dawo8tr. Himalaya our yaru market has continued earth from a height of 5 feet. The aviator cu'd not extricate bimst f kom the entangled

mass and met death in the ruins of his aero: plase,

SEARCH OF Japanese houSES

FOR EXHIOS.VAS,

POLICE AND MILITARY'S PAUITLEES HUAT IN MANILA.

708, and the rates are seadily rising.

London Asiaties have remained quiet at 16, Merlimaus are quoted at-5/, with no business to-record.

Linggis have dropped to 41% at which figure there are probable buyers.

Kamunings were Begotiated at 4/3.p.emium United Serdanga haya buyers at rief... 1 Glaceslys remali ei uzcharged with sellers at Sr and boyers at Sif.

closing with further buyers at this figure,

New Serandah sales word effected at $14

United Singapores have been dealt in at rates from $1 to 51.15.

Pajams have buyers at Sir.

POPULAR

Intimations

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PRICES:

4 Dox. Quarte........$12.00 per case

Dos, Plais..................$12.50 '' Hongkong, táth December, 1910.

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BRAWN

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SLEEPING CAR Supplement.......................Y5.00

TICKET AGENCIES-The Company's railway and steamer tickets pro obtainable at alt the Agencies of the International Sleeping Car & Express Train Co., Messrs. Thos; Cook & Son, and the Hamburg-Amerika Linie.

RAILWAY HOTELS-YAMATO HOTEL (Tel. Add.: ** Yamato ") at Dairen, Port Arthur, Muiden, Fushun and Chungchun, ali under the Company's management,

Changat Se dings can be placed at £7. Pegohs bave probable buyers at $29).

are as follows:- Exchange The Bank's closing T.T. quota Tol. Add, "Manietsu."

On London 1/104 On Shanghai 748 On Singapore.......... 783.

ELLIS & ELLIS, Hongkong, 6th Jaùaty, 1910.

As stated in our previous report a few spa- catative buyers have remained is the market making small purchases at an advance cf $t totiens $3 than the last interval, while most of the buy- era, notwithstanding learsing the very strong reports of the yarni market in India, bave re- mained quie', and are re-selling their previous purchases at slightly, under the presen: price recaring for themselves.a good prefit on them. Armed with search warrants issued by Judge hedefively coatiuass unsatisfactory." Lobingier of the court-of-fi-st-instance, reserver~~~Holders are very brin, and are not disposed of ha Manila police force under Captaip George to part with the yarn except at ruling bigă Seaver, accompanied by agen's cf the division rates. search on the ayth ult, of nine different places of miitary informatior, made a systematic

Including the ffices of the fecal branch of one of the largest empralons in Japan, for ex plosives and papers relative to their use, which the au ho itles believe were imported into the islands from Japan.

Whether a Japaucio

PLOT TO BLOW UP MANILA

has been discovered, is not known, as the en- tire affair is guarded with ins almost secrecy, and abs: l'ely no information could be elicited from those engaged in the search

Total tales pro 14:0 bales and wo close.w th

THE FAR EAST,

[From "N. C, D. News,"

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. Poking, Doc, 30.-Yesterday Mr. Llo Tlog- chen, the principal of the Poking Vaivamily. Sold but un-delivered is the godown and to peached the National Assembly, taying that drive 3100 bales.

It consisted of commen fallows who were ex-

a rather quiet, but very steady market.

Total sales 1,400 bales.

Uosold stacks 25,000 bales.

Local Mill-Has zot made any sales dar.ceeding the's lawful duties and embarrassing

ing this interval,

and sales of a good lot are reported at ap Sbacgbal-Markethis romained very steady,

Air vals.-The Mail str. Delts and extra stra. Bombay Maru and Bingo Mars from Bombay, and sitr. A. & C. Afcar from Calcutta have brought in 5,910 bales for Hongkong, and 7.925 balts for Shanghai. Shipments from The Sea cb warrant was issued by the count Hongkong to Shanghai and coast ports, &c. upon filivit of Colonel Lea Felig:r, chistachount to about 1,200 bales, Before leaving for his pew post, His Excel- of stuff, who in his affidavit stated that the lency Viceroy Chang puid a visit to His High military authorities bad i formatos to the Bass Prince Su, High Conmissioner, in con-effect that the contrat and was secreted zomo- rection with the anti-opium campaign in order where in Manila, presumably at the places to ask is Highness' opinion on the arrange-

suspected, mants connected with this subject, His Highness told the Viceroy, that there are many bigh cficials who optaly ob.cored the 'Imperial edict quiing officials to give up smoking. op um, and who secially disobeyed it. Some

of them even showed partiality to lisir Juciors who indulged in this practice. Should these things be allowed to go on, it would retard the progress of opium suppression.. Yesterday, His Excellency V.certy Chang sent for Tosai Hai, the Director, if the Anti-Opium Bureau In Canton, and impressed on tast official the mecenity for obiciving the Imperial Edict in the execution of his duty, and not to show partiality, with the hope that the rplam evil might be wiped out entirely,

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PIRACY...

Sha How, at Fat Shan, isite entrance to she, Sal Klang and Pak Klang (tributaries of the Pearl River). Every winter pitates coma in and

The places searched were the Nippon Brtiar In Plaza Morag, the offices of the Misai Bussani Kaista, in Calle Gra, Selano, als the former offices of the Japaness temp'e, er kousa of warship, in Calle Alix; the more of Ah Gooz, in Calle Acelteros; a Japanese house in Calle

diz', bear the y las bridge, another foure in Calle Echogue. in Callo Lipa Bacc sed still acolher one

The search was through, every piece of

furniture, every drawer and every ciesice bale sebjected to the most micute cutlay, but no hing was foned in the way of explosives or papers relating thereto,

There were all sorts of rumors, of a

J1PARISE MOVEMENT AGAINST THE

GOVERNMENT, -- some of them wild and some more moderate, but no one who, kaown, or is supposed to know, will talk.

Military ficials at division heidquarters

advance of the one to three.!

the country.

Au Edict issued to-day instructs the Bureau for the Preparation of Constitutional Govern: met to investigate the charges.

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Fresh stocks always on band at. Dalres, Newchwang and Tientsin Depots and afið at Chefoo, Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapore and Penang.

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Hongkong, 1st January, 1911.

Absolutely,

The National Assembly amid much excita- ment discussed this incident and forwarded a THE BEST

quest to the Burean to hand over the memo- rial in order that the Hours might understand the situation.

The Assembly's memorial praying that the queue should bs discarded by thess in certals branches of the public service has been reject- છે

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Japanese Yara-570 bilen of zos have changed bards at $.65 10 5:23.

KAW Calton.-Owing to great scarcity of been extended to January 10,

The present asssion of the Assembly bas Bengal Cotton prices have advancoi Sito $3 per pical, and a small to; of 75 bales is bargain. ad at 519-15.

and at present there is nothing in stock 1h A shipment of ar5 bales is made for Japan

roling rates are Sap to 53950.

Chinese, 210 bales have been put through al $40 a $40.80. The present stock is 4:0 balen, and the rates are $37 to 541.

Rupees T/T 1374. Rupses D/D 137). Ster- ling D/D 10 3/16, Sterling 4m/st 114 Bar Silver 15 36. Shanghal T/T 74). Japan get.

RUBBER SHARE MARKET. The inactivity in the Rubber Share Market ralused to talk when asked about the story of is accounted for by the gradual "angging" in the capture of a Japanese spy on Corregidor prices for the raw materials which from 5%, rodė, island with maps and pipers in his possession. per ib. at date of our last repost, have gradually When asked about the story just before he recided to sa ad, as we close to-day. Dom:

out, and travellers passing there always outer reliquished commen) of the division, General tain anxiety. Last winter, Mr. Fok-Tee Sheung Davail said that he knew nothing whatever paced with the price rullog at the corresponding pf the balance and scale deale:s' guild proposed · about the matter,

THE YOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY. London, Dec. 31-The South Manchuria

2,403,000 will be for redemption purposes Railway Lean will be for £6,000,000, of which

and the remainder for the improvement of Dai. ren Harbour, incrossa of rolling stock and various work.

Events Coming.

Saturday, 7th January.

Bijou Scenic Theatre, 9.45 17.0, .

Wednesday, sith January, Seamen's Institute, Annual General Meeting,

Thursday, 12th January. Humphrey's Astato Extraordinary Meeting,

Friday, 13 January. Sale of Booth Sites, for Race Meeling t

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