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GANGS OP RUBBERS,

DIEGUISED AS BRAVES.

[From Our Own Correspondani.]

Can'on, Jan, 18. Robbery is agala rife la the district of Ying Tak, and the gang of plunderers sumbere abut 200. They hive bailt a strengheld in the modotafus, and go about footing pisces in this district. They not only lay their hands on villegere, bat aim at the seizure of a.m and ammasition, the capture of guards' beats and the destruction of soldiers barracks. They are notoriouulskoown as the "Robber Kings" The local autherlitos are powerless to deal with these maragders, giving the excuse that their force of solliers is inadequate.. In view of the close of the year," the merchants and paople in this district are feeling untasy, and have to lack their doers before dark every evening,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY JANUARY 10 1911

CANTON'S SPIRII MONOPOLY.

'DIDATERS NEARLY COME TO BLOWS

{From Our Own Cerrespondent.]

Canton, January 18. Yesterdry, thera was a menilng of the Spirkt Guild at the hall of the Chamber of Commerce when the Tastal for the Promotion of ladusitles prasided. There was a hosted argument between those present. Had it not boos for the interference of the President, the result would have been resisus. Some merchants of the Spirit Guild charged o hers with having invited those outside the trade to take up shares of the spirit monopoly. The charge was ongly repudiated, and they nearly come

to blows.

The Tastal was forced to fatdevens, and said that His Excellency the Viceroy was waiting patiently for the decision of this

STORY OF THE SNIPE

ITS HABITS AND CHARACTERISTICS:

To-day's Advertisements

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NOTICE.

[By dian R. Halo Brooń)] Seipe and woodcock hava many points in cammon; both are possessed of a long bill, which rqaires soft ground for its quest of, (oad; both are partly resident and pardy migra tory; both twist in theit flight; and both have some characteristic which has led to much dis cussion: moog naturalisis. On the other hand, the woodcock likes coverts, though the soips derests them; and the former has but one species that visits theo falands, while the lat ter can boast of thres diferent varieties which Public Works Department, may to c'atsed as British.

hereby notified that the roid improve- portion of Shaukiwau Road lying to the ment works having been completed, that castward of Teat Ter Mui Police Station, temporarily closed, is NOW RE-OPENED to MOTOR TRAFFIC

W. CHATHAM, Director of Public Works, Hongkong, 18th January: 1011.

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NOTICE.

About 9 pm. on the rath inst. the Tal Shet. quotion.by the Spirit Gaiid before me-snipe in the British Isler is still a heavy oscil Spring Gardens Lane from Queen's Road

village of Pan U district, was raided by robbers, Ovar thinly of them, ia the uniform of solliers, marched to the braves' station in this village They said that they had been dspatched by the un U Ma igrate to osk the braves to assist them in hunting down robbers. The braves in the station did not know that these men were robbers in disguise

morializing the Throne.

Our freign visitos start comi'g from the porth of Europa in October. In the main the cumbit of migrants is probably not nowadays to great as it once was, because much land har been draicel and given ever to cultivation, butt, granted a hard wictor, the tall takes of No matter what and the wesidib bogs of Ireland are still a the friction might be, or who wore the sun's paradiss if a piolon, I frost bes visit people who applied, for the mospaly, they baded acr led and the land beyond it where the at least been gives men.b's grace to cula'der pipa so h's journey. And yet in the tha esa, The Taoli would limit the strength and duration of this front there is a timescit ng the muter until noon-to-morrow,teci mit from the sportiman's p ist of view. whea le would give the farm to those who had the ground is everywhere impeceliable to trustworthy guarantors and whose tender was the rupe bill he must either d part or die of the bigbest. The security must be paid on staivien, and the fist cause of a good snipe

aster and several subsequent unprolific jeans.

is hereby notified that the drainage werks baving brea completed, that portion of East to Cross Street, temporarily closed, is NOW RE-OPENED to PUBLIC TRAFFIC

W. CHATHAM, Director of Public Works, Public Works Department,

Mongkong, 19th January, four.

FOR SHANGHAL THE P. &

and coastquently they were taken by suprise, bills draws on the Tai Ching cribe Commudic tous n, if protocgid, may ends lead to dis. P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Steamer

Before they had time to discover the plot, they wa o set up in by the inbb, relieved of this gata and ammusition with which the marau. dore made off Not costent with this booty, they rapahel to a gambling house near by. and took away all they coal I lay their hand

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The gentry of the victimized village reported the outriga to the iccil magistrate' who teqt a deputy to the spot to lovastigato on the 17th icot.

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THE VICEROY' ACTIVE.

His Excellency the 'Viceroy has instructid the authorities in every part of the province regarding the frequency of robberies in the places under bis-jurisdiction, s Ex- cellency says that robbery in these days,is rife, and looling, seizing people for ransom, le- ccadlarim sod massacre are of frequent occorreace.

Some times the gang of robbers amounts to several hundred men, i nd their captivss include women and children. The torture the victima have to suffer in their bands is simply lamen: able.

dishonoured, the tender would be withdrawa ation Bank at sight. In the bills were to be

by the govesomcot

The suggestion of the president had the sup. part of the gentry pressmi, who however asked for an extens.on of ting, which was readily granted...

A PUZZLE FJR NATURALISTS. For many years the dramming noe of the breeding enipe, surg of by poets, and locally responsible for he name of 'heather blenter" baff and the scientist, who coa'dast decide as to bow it was produced. Most birds aro con- tent with the mouth as an organ of sound, but on-the-in the case of the scipe it is now tolerably.com

fain that the niss ecforrad to le caused by the agetes el wing and tall feathers,

The question, will again coms ap for dis. cussion and be decided upan at noon 19th instant in the same place.

WONDERFUL WIZARDRY.

PAUFESSOR GROSSI'S MARVELLOUS

PERFORMANCE."

Professor Gross opens his performances in Hongkong at the City Hall this evening, and

tickets to admit them to a view of the inexplic. picondy large number of residents have taken

able feats be parlarms.

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Captaib G. W. Gordon, RN R., will leave for SHANGHAI TO-MORROW, the zoth Jan, at A.M.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

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Superlatendeo1. Hosakang, 19th January, rott

FOOTBALL.

NAVAL YARD vs. MS, MONMOUTH", Sciections and naturalists have been equally at a loss to diccave: any evidence that the jack

The abovs teaths met on the Naval Ground ipr, tin smallest species that we know of a Happy Valley yesterday afternoon lo à ip these paris, ever birds amng us. It is a friendly game. An excellent game was wit. certain or anything can be itrat he does coasted by the large crowd of spectators, and we have patforce to credit those tiny although one half of the Warders did not put in wings which szem almost too lazy to bear its owner out of danger with a jurney of seme

an appearance. The match ended ja a victory for the Monmouth team by one goal to mil. five hundred miles over an inhospitable sos.

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The jack suipe is as diffirant from the full snipe of common saipo as thrush is from That these are truly marvellous, press notices partridge; his fight in. a high wind is like in all parts of the world give ample proof. For

that of a butterfly; in calm weather he flies "KNIFE DAGGER SOCIETY."

lostance, at Calcatta, when patforming the feastaight, and is, content to pi.ch, even when of doing what members of the audience wished shot at, within a hundred yards. As a sporilog Recently a Kotle and Dagger Society sprang him, silently, 10 d, Profis.or Grossi walked bird be has only the merit of variety, bat as into exlitence, and is spreading to every par out of the theatre, followed by the entire a colcary delicacy ha is highly prized. of the province. The members of this society audience, to the Grand Hotel, and thers picked work band in hand with the an rchists. Even

The great sap is creature of the lo Cantoa they'lake no notice of the efficial,

out of this letter-rack a postcard, thereby daing autumn, except is that sasson he is never bald unlawful meetings and demand black exactly as two well-kacwa Cateauia journalists found among us; tu. many great spips have wall. That the clvil sad military authorities

bad wlled bim to do. Again, when biludfolded, fallen ualdentified in the British Isles because are not alert in the banting down of bese

GB will execute any material act that any

all spar sma do rot, know how to identify wilful characters, no one can gajonay. Ever

member of the auditore my desire. The act

them. To the uninitiated there is littls to shice His Excell cy's or.ival at Canton to

may be written on a piece of paper, which, disisguish great snips from the full suipe; the take up the Viceroysbip, he has been studying so as to effud afterwards a convincing proof of be remembered that a large full solpe and a after being filded, may be kept is the pocket alter varies much in size, and such variation plans of doing away with these lawless people, the experiment. Tae persoa baina Grossi

is not alw ys much commented upon. It must In his despatch to his juators throughout the province, Bis Excellency has made. It clear the way to take and the place where he has ta

must show him by the strength of his thought, mali creat snips appear to a casual observer. that in care of the capture of robbers who are

as the same bird; but if the tail feathers are disbanded soldiers or members of secret perform the material act, and compel him to counted it will be an unfailing means of setting Nocieties, or have offered resistance to the execute it according to the writing in the tail feathers, but the full snipe only twelve,

the matter right. The great seipa ban fourteen. Imperial, soldiers, the punishment meted out to

Frofessor Grossi's "show" is the weirdest Moreover, the former ites, more evenly, and

pcke'.

them should be capit I and carried out en tabing imaginable and welf-worth sacing. The gives forch no warning tote as he rises,

spot where they b vs been caught, authorities are reminded, that if they be dis covered 'r.ticeat in the c pure of these performance and those of Saturday and Mon snipe not a very comma; visitor, if we compare

marauder, they will by cash'o:ed and dis miz:d.

THE SHANGHAJ CRISIS,

-HOW--THE FIIGE GOODS-ARE-AFFECTED

·Mestrs Neel Murray & Co.'s Report on the Shanghai liece Goods Trade -

plan is open at Mostris & Co. for tonight's

day.

CANTON DAY QY DAY.

· [From Our Ows Correspondunt.] DAR-ACKS FOR SOLDIERS.

Cauro, January 18th,

The battalions of the Cinos recruits are

The great aripe is a zarity, and the jack them to the full snips, the commonest lorg Pilled bird the British gunner comes across.

ts, therefore, with the third-mentioned alos that we have to deal in any consideration of B.itish aipa shooting. As many a filty couple have been killed in a day on sich Livanel-grounds as the head-of-the lake at Blenheim, but such lola's at low and far beiwaou, Que reason for this is the afore mentioned drainage of land for agricultural purposes, another is that the driving of birds .bas rendered sportsmen discoutanted with pattering about efter sadips, while a third is the fact that snipo, when pla itiful, era divilly very wild,

Refering back to the question of unpaid camped in the wilds north-east of the city, Dativa Bank orders, it was understood at the The distance between them is very lang, In time by the fereign Baoks who advakced the case of trouble in the city, the saldiers cannot, Ils: 3,505,000 werd to be redeemed thereby, the

be called in at a moment's notice. The high former Tastal of Shaogh, who was cashier'd authorities have now decided to build baracks la consequence of that loan has published dar. for the infamuy corps.on the huga tract of

SNIFE-DIVING. leg the last few days in the fortiga newspapers ginued which was formerly under cultivatos, and grand sport it is, bat the birds cannot be Suipe-driving in practised on some states, his explanation to the Feking a thorities of the 1 which is is the sou: corner of Cantous mausged like partridges, goose ex pheasants, whole matter, la difedie of the charges made and to build three buracks for the artillery and a saipe drive is usually short and sweet, by ibem against him and on whom they are corps on the land to the month of the city, but and soon over, with but line execution deas, trying to place the whole of the responsibility owing to masry trouble: the schema cannot It Is not passible to take the birde a long and shirk their guarantee of the loin. la along, be taken in bood at once. As these quarters distacco, and short drives result genstally, in and what probably in a perfectly-lucid state for reciuits are necessary, the commanders the snips coming over $2 much together that ment in the vernacular, the late Toatzi makes have petitioned the garrisɔn and the trafning the gues have no time to deal with them. a foll statement of the measures be found it department requesting the Tartar Ganeral to abrolately nece:si y lo cdept to "sava the refer this matter to His Excellency the Viceroy Blicstion" caused by the fionne'al cris's (ba: asking him to instuct the Provincial Tressater all but overwhelmed 'H's markia-doring the to consider this schems. summer months, and which the steps he was persuaded to take alono averied untold

complele expaura is m:d of the methods in

LABOURERS ON STRIKE

fortto suvice of the indemnities for instance, labourers as assinit are greatly agitated, and shoot a snips, but it may be said that the suc

HUNGKO G. POLICE VI. LR.C. This match was played on the Causeway Bay ground and resulted in a win for the Lusitanos by two goals to nił.

SCHOOLS' JUNIOR LEAGUE. QUEN'S COLLEGE v. ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE, The Queen's College football team played their first match yesterday afternoon le con. section with the above Leagus at Causeway Bay. After a fast and exciting gams, the senior College team proved the winners. The scoret were even in the first half-one all Shortly before, the calt of time is the second ball, Queen's College seared the winning goal The game was referreed by LC. Lambert, of the KOYLI

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Coming Events.

Thunday, 19th January, Theatre Royal, "Grossi "9 pm. Bijan Scenic Theatre, 9.15 p.m.. Saturday, a15) Jabdary,

China Commercial Co., Ltd, Annual Meet log at noon.

Theatre Royal, "Grossi " 9 p.m. Six, Henry May's departure.

Royal Hongkong Yacht Club's Rogaitą, Smoker, St. Andrew's Church.

Sir Henry May, City Hall, Presentation of address, moon.

Monday, 23rd January

· Queen's College prize distribution. Theatre Royal, "Gross) p.. Seamen's Institute Concert, Lecturo, Y.M.C.A.

that any form of snipe shooting is comparable I shouli, however, besvirg-loath to suggest to the tramping of bog and marsh by one or two guns. It is wat aid dity work, but, it gives cop for much endurance and an and far reaching dirastors that would' bavo in Canton are as a ra'e well pald and well treated, quarry, The bilime to go is after a The lab. u'ers employed in making tea baxes Intimate knowledge of the babits of one's occorred otherwise, Iu dofer ding bis acljon a Whenever a latourer is discharged on the 11 still and moonlight eight, when, a fair which the finances of the focal Governments day's grace. 13. accordance with the Chiness noise made by the oncoming of the guns. It -the 13th day of the mon, he is given a bierze is bowing, ta derden somewhat the are manipolated, nod-there is no doubt that the rability of the native Banks is largely depend. custom, matters of every frads used to give is best to walk down-wind whenever possible ent on the funds they borrow from that source, and and one on the 16h. Some masters of Kive a crossing sbo, and it irerer desirable to thair employees two feas's a meath, one on the

so that the rising snipe, is finding the wind, may Consequently any suddea it ingency la the money market, at the time money is wasted, shrpt dealing in tea boxes have at.ried the procsed as quietly as can bs.

idea of withdrawing the privilege. The

Mach advice has been given as to wheż to Causes something like a panic, and pative Bank orders, which in reality are the only recognized

are now on strike. The master of the other currency commercially, are discredited. On shops, soal ng the danger, and 11s to bust aking over the rice kon his predecessor beness caused, have decided to restore the priv) found the Treasury was amply, all the funds fee to the strkers, baying been loaned out to various Banks and MANUFACTURE OF MALT EXTRACT, was repressole ! by the so-called Bank orders,

Thursday, 16th January. "no ready money was bioded over to me

Y.M.O.A. A¤nual Meeting, 5.45 p.m. nar was there any properly eẹp esenting it'

1259 1 1. Friday, 27th January, Hils successer is now pressing him for the Treasury balance, which of couras are even

Humphreys Estate Meeling, 120 m. more involved than they were when he took manufacturers content themselves with the old CASES of piracy continue to be reported off the

West Point Building Oɔ, Ltd. Twanty-Third Annual Meeting, at 245 am. office, and 10 things bave come to a elimiz.method of preparing th's, eat. ble, and do not The lato Taolai wava competant business man

Hongkong Land Investment and Agency and it is a thousand pities he was dismised, wealtby merchant in Singapore his returned Shanghal, December as, met a pirate jouk noar

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Cessful salpe shot is levariably the man who is quick with his gun, who can make up his miod to an instant as to whether the bird is in range or not, and who shoots at once, without suy twisting. The hesitating gunaar is lost on the foolish attempt to wait for his quarry to stop marshes, and aerens have to be madır goed command if a satisfactory bag of "long-bills" is to be gathered in comparison with ca tridges used-Pall Mall Gazelle,

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