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The Hongkong Telegraph.

Celegrams.

(ESTABLISHED 1881.)

WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 15 1911.

NEW SERIES No. 8468

一晚七十月正年三統宜

Telegrams.

THE PLAGUE.-

Te egrams,

THE CORONATION.

BRIGANDAGE.

GREAT PREPARATIONS FOR

COLONIAL TROOPS.

GAMBLING HOUSES A

(THE "TELEJRAPH " CORRESPONDENT

London, Feb. 14, 10.20 p.m. The proparations for the Coro- nation continuo actively.

The Colonial troops will be

received and entertained right

royally, and the utmost efforts are now being made to arrange for the reception of the ropre-

soutatives from overson..

The Japanoso Press publishes a report to the effect that Sir Clando and Lady MacDonald aro leaving Japan in May in order to attend the coronatign of King Georgo V. Ilis Excellency and Lady MacDonald will accompany Prince and Princess Higashi Fushimi, who are going to London to represent his Majesty the Em poror at the Coronation,

ROYAL PATIENTS.

(THE "TELSTRAPII" CORRESPONDENT

London, Feb. 14, 10.20 p.m.

Latest news from Dartmouth

College, of the nitroak of

measles there," is to the effect

that both the Princo of Wales and

Princo Albort, both of whom com-

tracted the disease, are in-

proving.

OBITUARY.

[Tak "TELEGRAPH " CORRESPONDENT!

London, Feb. 14, 10.20 p.m. The death is announced of Colonel Eustace Janies Anthony Balfour, brother of the It. Hon.

Arthur James Balfour, Leader

of the Opposition.

[Colt ngl Balfour, A. D. C,, was-

a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and of the Royal Society of Antiquaries. He published several books on architectural and military sub

jects. He was born at Whitlingo- hanie in 1850.]

THE REGENT.

"Sheyno Po" 8enviez.]

Poking, Fob. 15.

The splendid now palace of the Regent is now completed, and

His Imporial Highness will re-

move to it next month.

DETERRENT.

SHEUNG. PO" SERVICE.]

Poking, Feb. 15.

Vicoroy Chung Ming China memorial to the Throne, in which he states that on the 1st day of

the 2nd moon ho will abolish the

gambling tax, points out that since gambling houses are'a great deterrent to briganlage, since they

offer free shelter to homeless men,

their closing will cause, a great increase in the ranks of robbers.

He proposes to take the severest

repressive measures at once.

CHINA'S ARMY.

" SHEỤNG 'PO" SERVICE.}

Poking, Feb. 1

The Lachump (Board of

"SHEUNG PO" SERVICE.]

Peking, Fob. 15. Tho Fengtion railway has re-

sumed running.

The Wai Wu Pu has informed tho Russian Minister that ten Chinese doctors, well versed in Wostern medicine, have been sent

north to fight the plagno.

YUNNAN,

WHY THE BRITISH TROOPS

2.

SHEUNG PO SERVICE.

J'eking, Feb. 15.

The presence of British troops, in Yunnan has been satisfactorily explined by Sir John Jordan, British Minister at Peking,

In reply to the reprosentations

BLUEJACKET IN TROUBLE.

Jolm Nail, a bino jacket on H.M.S. Otter, was charged this morning before Mr. J. I. Wood. with usingabusivo langungoat tho Post Office, andussmalting a shrof, Defendant pleaded not guilty." Mr. Martin, Superintendent of the Registration Department of

三拜禮:

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.

The following appointinonts

in command, ou recommission-

號五十月二英港香

CHINA'S IMPORTS.

Newspaper scribos are prono to

586 PAR AMADA

SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS

tou came second with nearly 20

million tools, Kowloon had ovor

vo been made at the Admiralty: bowail the Late which necessitates Hankow 17 millions. As regards 27 millions, Tiontsin 25, and Commander U. L. Lambo, to the that they should have to write imports describable as peculiar Tamar, additional, for the teranent the mass, of bewildering to Chiun may be mentioned gin ing, undated, Lieutenants The statistical returns which find a song, of which 290,000 catties, Hon. G. Stopford, to the Crescout, placothe ordinary Government valued ut one and a half million 31st inst., and to the Tainar, ad-Blue-books forwarded officially taels, were sent into the country. ditional, for command of the Fame for the information of the Press Beche-do-mer was imported to the Post Offico, stated that at 3.20 and Virago, on commissioning, II. p.m. Charles Poole made.a report D. Adair. Hall and H. S. Monroe, But the most brain-fagging Blue- the value of one and three-quarter to him, and inconsequence of it he to the Tamar, additional, for book will make pleasant reading million tools and birds' nosts to went to the counter and saw one the Handy and Hart respective-as, compared with the Yellow-the amount of 627,000 taels, of the shroffs, bleeding from the in command, on

recom- book issued by the Statistical About three and a quarter million nose. He asked him who did it,issioning, G. B. Hartford, to the Department of the Chinese Im-taels' worth of forsigu-ton was also outside of this counter, Before 31st instant, and to the Tamar, whom we havo to acknowledge Formosa and British India. and he pointed to the defendant Whiting, in command, and M. B. perial, Maritimo Customs, from imported, mostly from Japan,

R. Blackwood, to the Crosent,

this he heard some.

very

And you say that after you arrived Insed abusive language?

-Yes.

Chung Wah,shroff, said he was afthecounter when the defendant came up with a parcel. Witness told him to go to the next office. Dofondantliftedup the parcol with both his lunds and after saying One, two, threa," knocked it against witness' face, and later host., and to the Tamar, undated; J.C. Boardman, to the Crescent, for trooping trip to Hongkong and back, to dato 31st inst.

struck him a second time.

ANOTHER RUBBER

SENSATION.

WARRANT ISSUED, Mr. H. W. Firmstone, first

This step was taken in conse. quence of information laid before" his worship by Tan Hood Guan. The latter stated he was a member to of a syndicate formed to purchase Sungai Bahru Estate. The total

foul luugunge in English. De-additional, for the Janus, in com- the receipt of their returns just. fondant said he wished to post mand, all undated. Sub-Liou-issued for tho-year before last. the parcel and

tenants-D. N. W, Joel, to the It is a voluminous tome, con- was givon overy opportunity to do so, but Crescent, 31st instant, and to the sisting of nearly 300 quarto apparently he had no money to

Taniar, additional, for the Handy, do so.

on recommissioning, undated; F. pages and from beginning C.J. Poole stated that he was T. Pators aud H. D. Dunbar- to end it does not contain one' a clerk in the Post Office. Ono Dunbar-Rivera, to the Tamar, paragraph of explanatory letter-magistrato, issued on Saturday, of the clerks told him that the additions, for the Otter, ad- press concerning the various Feb. 4th, a warrant for the arrest defendant had struck the shroff,ditional, and Hart, additional,

Defendant-Where were you

31st inst., and on recommission matters dealt with. The cons of E-Cropley, on a largo of when I was there with the par- ing respectively, undated; N. Rt. tonts aro page after page of criminal broach of trust in respect ENTERED THE PROVINCE. col In the centre of the office. Poplo, to the Tamar, additional, columnar statistics. Yet, one can of 3,000 shares in Kempas, Ltd.,

for the Janus, on recommission glean a certain amount of general value $15.000. ing, and H. E. Archer, to tha

ly interesting facts by a patient Tamar, additional, for the Whit ing, additional, Jan. 31, and on perusal of the Yellowbook.

commissioning, undated. Staff The total not value of foreign Paymaster J. C. Baker to the imports into China in the year Crescent, for trooping trip to under rovision anionated Hongkong and back, to dute 22nd W. Saxton, to the Crescent, 31st increase of 24,655,000 taels as amount subscribed was $56,500, inst. Assistant Paymastors-S418,158,000 Haikwan taels, an

compared with the preceding of which deponent contributed popied of twelve months. Hong- $13,500. The property was pur kong held by far the leading chased and the conveyance made place amongst the importers of out in the name of E. Cropley, foreign goods to China-the value who, although not a member of of her imports being 150,471,000 the syndicate, had organised it. tools, or an increase of 219,000 The syndicate subsequently sold tools over the previous year, but the estate to Kompas, Ltd., the a decrease of more than 5,000,000 purchase price being $66,500 in against 1007. Imports from 13,300 $5 shares. It was arran- Grout Britain fell off from ged that the shares should be 72,501,000 tools in 1908 to issued to Mr. Croploy and that he 68,230,000 taols, and showed

should distribute them to the peo decrease in value of ple to whom they really belonged.

of the yours 1907 and 1908. 10,000,000 taels as against each Deponent had been shown a letter

signed by the secretaries of Kom-` pas, Messrs. Gunn and Co., and Macao's imports into China dated Novembor, 28, 1910, stating amounted to the value of 5,325,000 that 7,700 shares had been issued tools, a reduction of about half received none of his shares and so to Mr. Cropley. Doponent had million.

far as he knew no member of the syndicate had received his shares. He believed Mr. Cropley had Loo Choon Guan. mortgaged 3,000 shares to Mr.

of the Wai Wa Pu, His Excellen-

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His Worship (to defendunt) Did you have any drinks 7-Yes, two pints of beer.

An officer of the ship said the defendant had a very good recoril.

His Worship I find you did

SILVER MARKET.

The Silvor market has under-

|cy said flint brigandage had rench-assault this clerk and you did use gone little change during the I impose a fine of $7, or seven of the 13th ult. Forward was bad language in the Post Office.week; says the "L & C. Express" days' imprisonment.

pro-ed such a pitch along the frontier

N

War) has telegraphod to the vincial Generals urging them to recruit and train as many men us possible.

STAMP DUTIES..

"SHAT PO SERVICE}

Poking, Fob. 15..

The Board of Finance has

con-

forred with the Grand Council

with a view to arranging tho imposition of regular stamp duties throughout the Empire.

SPIRÍT MONOPOLY.

ITS EFFECT ON CANTON

RICE MARKET.

[STAT PO SERVICE]

Poking, Feb. 15.

The effect of the Canton spirit monopoly as now conducted is being considered by Cantonese officials in Poking.

At present the monopoly is

put up for public tender, but the

opinion of the officials is that it

should be in the hands of the

nine morclunts' Guild."

The Guild controls the. rice market, and prices soar when the monopoly leaves its control. Tolegrams will be sont to the

Viceroy to this effect.

that the British troops were com- pelled to operate against 'thie ma- rauders, sinco the Chinose authori- tios wore nuable to suppress them. No other ronson actuated the oc- cupation of Chinese territory.

This has been reported to the Grand Council, who will hold

Viceroy Li responsible, not only

for his failure to put down brig andage, but also for the alarmist telograms in which he described

the situation.

AMERICAN NEWS. Washington, February 10- The House of Representatives yes terday passed the bill providing for the reapportionment of mon- bership in that body under the now consus. The total number of members in the House according

to the now bill wilt bo 433.

PICKPOCKETS ABROAD.

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quoted at 1-8d, over spot until 11th inst, when the difference widened to 3-10d. This difference has been maintained. Both India A Chiness woman had her and China have bought during watch and chain stolon yesterday the week, but China has also been theft of this kind occurred in a boing partly due to this selling at the race course. Another seller, the fall towards the close booth, a European having his The Paris Mint has bought 20,000 watch and chain neatly taken out kilos., nourly 75,000, but other of his waistcoat pocket.

wise the market has been rather A long coated Chinese was quiet. At the close the tone is ehurged this morning with pick-fairly steady with no decided ing $3 odd from another man's tendency... pocket at the race course yester- day afternoon.

Complainant stated he buying tickets in a booth and the defondant was at his side. The lutter cut his pocket, and before he had time to disappear witness grabbed him by the queue and the people in the shed told him to charge him.

The case was remanded.

COMPANY REPORT.

was

SHANGHAL LAND INVEST-

MENT CO., LD..

LOG BOOK.

The number and tonnage of vessels given by the Customs quarterly returns as entered and clearod at the port of Shanghai during the quarter ended Decem- ber 31, 1010, was 4,427 vessels of 2,340,349 tous entered and 6,905 vessels of 2,419,228 tons cleared against 4,707 ships of 2,438,554 tons cleared in the same quarter of 1969,"

Of the total entered 1,928,848 tons were under foreign flags and the remainder of 411,501 tons under the Chineso fing.

Mr. W. Murray, third engineer, Amara, has resigned,

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Singaporo, and the Straits Set- tlements exported to China goods to the value of 6,679,000 taels, an increase of over one million.

The imports from British India reprosented a value of 40,434,000 taels, or nearly ten millions more than in the twelvemonth that

went before.

Japan increased her imports by some apvon million. tacls; bringing the total value up to 59,975,000 taols. · ·Germany sont imports to the value of a little

Other shares to the value of $15,000, stated deponent, had been handed to Soth & Co. instead.

of to tlie syndicate. A warrant, as stated, was issued. It is under- stood that, at the moment, Mr. Cropley is not in town.-" Straits Times.!?

SHIPPING AND THE PLAGUE.

The health authorities of the In thoir 22nd annual report, the

over fifteen million taels, or port of Shanghai have at last, directors of the above company say

about one million more than in woke up to the necessity of taking that the past year cannot be con- News, was received at Shanghai the preceding year. The United stricter measures against the in- the depression that has prevailed-sang, Captain R. Anderson, an of 32,607,000 taela-a decline of meeting of the Consular Body, sidered unsatisfactory in view of that the Indo-China steamer Tai-States imported goods to the value vusion of the Settlement by the in Shanghai, though the net re- her way down from Chinwangtao eight millions. It must be ad-sanction was given to the proposed plague, and on January 31, at a sult falls short of previous years. with coal, lead sprung a leak and mitted that in view of Hongkong's regulations for the more effective The working account for 1910 has had been compelled to put into position as chief importer of prevention of infection from the Bishop O, W, Whitaker of the as compared witli Tls. 455,079.31

Philadelphia, February 10. a credit balance of Tls. 420,043.10 Port Arthur.

foreign goods into Chinu, our These regulations include qua North,says the Leading Light." for 1909. The gross rentals show Protestant Episcopal Church is

Colony can hardly lay claim to ranting of six days on all vessels an increase of Tls. 19,102.75, but doad this city, of grippo.

against this there is an increase

have secured as large aluare a arriving from infected ports and Washington, February 10-in running expenses of Tis.

might have been expected of prohibits a vessol, after receiving Monday morning at 7 o'clock Rear-Admiral Schley, retired, is in 29,798.25. This increase in ox- Messageries Maritines's.s. Ocean-enhanced trade with the Celestial pratique, from being berthed a serious condition as a result of penditure is largely due to decora-ion arrived from Shanghai. Empire. In this respect she con- alongside a wharf. Sush vessele a fall. Yesterday he slipped on tive repairs made necessary by

trasts unfavourably with Japan, and load in the stream, and will will be compelled to dischargo the ice and fell, breaking three of frequent changing tonuncies and During the recent riots at with British India, and slightly only be allowed to work cargo his ribs.

to expenditure in permanent im-Hankow the Indo-China steamer so with Germany-all of whom during the hours of daylight. provements to houses on Clwang Kingsing, which was moored at made comparatively large in- Provision will also be made to HOCKEY.

Hong Estate. The amount to the the Bund, found herself in the credit of profit and loss account, direct line of fire and several crossos in the value of their import The semi-final of the Challenge after adding Tis. 50,000 trans bullets rattled in uncomfortable trade with China. The onlance Cup competition will take place on ferred from the equalization of proximity to the crow. One shot ment of British India's imports' is Friday, 17th inst, at Happy dividends fund and deducting struck the bridge and, passing rather, romarkable when one con- Valley, on the Hongkong Hockey the interim dividend paid in July through the Bercon, went through siders recent regulations imposed

The plague has invaded Korea. Ground, botwoon the Royal Inst, in Tls. 320,398.40 which the the woodwork at the back.

Major J.A.C. Somerville, from Engineers and the Maliraties. directors recommend for appro

upon the valuable opium trafic. the War Office, has been nominst- Bully off at 4.30 p.m. sharp. priation as follows:-Final divi- A siilor on the British stemmer The big fall in imports from the od Military Attache to the British

The Mahrattas live a strong dend of $ per cent, (making 12 Luoorio, which loft Kobo on the United States is not accounted for, to the late Colonel Boger.

Embassy in Tokyo in succession team, and their combination is per cent. for the year) on all fully 7th, for Yokohama, was attacked As regards the value of diroot excellent. A good game is ex-paid-up sliores Tis. 234,000.00; by searlet fever, and was removed foreign import into enel Custoins pected, and lovers of hockey transfer to repairs and renewals to the Kasugano infectious disease

Tho Japanese Antarctio Ex- should not miss this game, na itaccount, Tis. 75,153.60; carry for hospital. A caso of smallpox took district, Shanghai is very far has retched Wellington, New pedition under Lieutenant Shiraso will be one of the best in the ward to New Account, Tis. place on the British ateamor Nipaltoad with goods to the value of Zealand, All the members of the competition,

11,244.88.

pon in Kobo,

102 million Haikwan taols. Can-expedition are wale.

provout the landing of rats by means of the lighters.