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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17 101.
HONGKONG DAY.
BY DAY.
The Russo-Chinoso commercial
A fancy dress ball takes place at the Lasitano Club to-morrow.
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The Rubi experienced bad trosty concluded in 1801 expires wouler on hor trip from Munila. this year.
Captain Mainland has resigned his command of the Philppines Company's liner Zafiro.
most important of which is that tho wot scuson of 1000 was vory. much more prolonged than is usually the enso. To slow the difference in the rainfall, the total in October, 1900, was 23.99 in
Captain J. Harding, chief of the ches, whilst in the corresponding
Thorp will be a sale of ruce Police in Manila, loft to-day by month of the total was only ponies at the City Hall Foun-the Kumano Maru. 015 inclos. When we are enjoy-tain on Friday afternoon at 3 ing our full water supply, the o'clock. averago consumption varies from four and a half million gallong to fivo, and a hall million gallons to the por day, according
Undor stato of the weather. the rider-main system which is now. in force, the daily supply amounts to about three and a half million gallons per day. So that it will be seon that, notwithstand- ing the shorteping of the supply, the population of the city is not by any means being starved as regards its daily needs,
That there have been com
Mr. Zoo, thio now Attache to the Chinese Legation, has arrived in Lonton and entered upon his duties. ··
Mrs. McCalmont, accompanied by her brother, Sir Hugo do Batho, has left England for a prolonged tour in the Far East.
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. Furman Heddon, doan of cartoonists and illustrators in tho Philippinos, died on the 13th.
Mossrs. Burkill and Vida left for Shanghuni by the America Maru today.
Shanghai,is returning on the Mr. A. P. Stokos, solicitor, of
America Alaru after a holiday in
the Colony.
Tho proprietars of the Victoria Cinematograph received to-day the film depicting the oruption of the Taal volcano in the Philippine Islands on the 30th January last, Tho film will be exhibited for tho first time to-night.
The funeral of Captain John Smith, who died in hospital on Major Eastwick, manager of the Wednesday us the result of an International Bank, of Manila, accidout, took place restory arrived this morning by the Rubi.evening at Happy Valley, Rov
Mr. and Mrs. S. King Farlow.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Lautale, of have left England for Egypt and Messrs. Jardino, Matheson & Co., Japan and will return via Canada Shanghai,, loft. to-day on tho and the Canadian Pacific Rail-P. &O. Aksayo.
Wayn
Tho Cardiff police on Jan. 19th raided a Chinosegambling den in to docks district, and arrested 30 Celestials, who were engaged in a game of fau tan.
The battleships Triumph and Swiftsure, which ure destined for the China Squadron, have been re-commissioned for another term
plaints of lack of ator in cortain quarters cannot be denied and that they are justifiable is not less true: But we cannot get away from the fact that under the rider- main system certain invanalities of servico aro‘unavoidabl. The people who feel most acutely those inoqualities are the tenants of the
The P. & Shula and, the upper floors of high tenement houses. When the water is turn-Blue funnol liner (Holt's) Antenor ed on for only two or three hours took away from Port Swettenham repontly between them about 1,300 a day the occupiors" of the luwo cases of rubber for Colombo and flats got the full benefit of it in European ports.
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The proposal was first of all made that the people should take their supply from fountains placed in the streets, but the Chinese strongly objected to this Findthor, neessitating, as it would have done, the carrying of wator in many cases up several fights of stairs. Rather than have the streat fountain system, they de- clared themselves in favour of the
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The Chinese Minister, U.E. Liu Yak-lin, made his first appearance at meeting of the China Society, London, on January 19th and was warmly welcomed by a large gathering of members.
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RACE WEEK TRAFFIC.
TRAMWAY RETURNS.
We are courteously applied by the Tramway Company with
the following returnsof passongors carried and, mileage run to and from the Racecourse during the
past three days
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1st day, 20,749 passengers. 2nd 20,011
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18,845 3rd Total for three days, 60,035, 1st day, 1892 miles,
2nd
3rd
1808. ..1908
Total for three days, 5,000.
C. E. Thompson of St. Peter's. Notwithstanding the tremen
dous amount of extra work which Church conducted the service.
the Race traffic throw upon the stuff, everything worked smoothly and not a hitch occurred. In
A change of programme was given at the Bijou Sconic Theatre) last night: The pictures are excel The manager of Messrs. Dod-Jont and well worth seeing. Miss this connection, it is of Interest to Vora Formance, the popular com- note that the total number of audiencosnightly. Normust men-day constitutes a record and also ediennio, continues to delight hor passengers carried on the second tion of Mr. Stephenson fo left out, tho total number of passengers in
his Hlago,
well & Co., Shanghai, Mr. H. A. Marray, returns to Shanglini on the P. & O. Assaye to-day-
Major E. F. Contes, M.P. forse is capital on the Lewisham, has been ordered to take a sea voyage for the bouefit of his health, and was to sail for the Far East on Jan. 28.
Mr. N. Hickling of Messrs. Jardino Matheson, & Co., Shang- hai, left in company of Mrs. flickling, (after a short stay in Hongkong), on the ss. Assage
Viceroy Chang Mung Chi of Canton lus been informoil by the Tochip (Board of Finance) that the Throne has suctioned the date fixed for the suppression of gambling.
Mr. Roberts, an enthusiastic momber of the CYC., returned to Hongkong yesterday by the Hirano Maru. He is the most prominent member of the motor boat section.
--LOG BOOK'
The Opinion of Saigon heurs the Messagorios Maritimos will shortlyplaco moro stenmors on its Antwerp-Far East run. The steamers will leave Antwerp on
the first of ovory month for China and Japan, calling at Marsoilles, On the homeward trip they will Port Said, Jibutil, and Colombo,
call at Saigon, and by turns, at Adon und Jibutil.
Capt. S. Crosby, of the Rubi, reports having encountered a strong N.. monsoon on his way over from Manila. The Rubi Pärrived at 9.30, followed by the
Taming from tho samoʻport.
Astle Japanese steaner Riojun Muru was going from the Pund 'O, wharf to Tanjong Pagar, Sing- apore, she was obliged to drop anebor in the stream, and by some moans or another it fouled a tole phone cable, connecting Pulaz rani with "contral," with the result that the line snapped.
vessels that entered the port of During January the number of Colombo was 241, against 256 of appearance on the boards usually respect of the three days, which the previous year, and 218 in 1900, having the offeet of sending the will afford the public a slight representing a tonnage of 750,003 house inte roars of laughter: The idea of the vastly increased res tons against 729,335 tons in 1910 Bijou will have a comploto changeponsibilities whichdovolved on the and 631,448 tons in 1909. Of the 241 vessols thich ontored the port, of programme to-morrow night. shoulders of those in charge. The 153 were British Germany comes |munigor, Mr: J. J. Stodart Ken-noxt with 25, and France and Hol- nedy, is to be congratulated on land take third and fourth places, the result, no loss than Mr. A. with 17 and 13 respectively.
WORLD'S NEWS. REMARKABLE” STATEMENT
·BY AN AUSTRIAN
a
ADMIRAL.
Budapesth, February 1st.-In dobite in the Hungarian Dolegation, Count-Montecucco
o Austro-Hungarian Minister of Marine, referring to a statement in Italian papers attributed to the Austrian Admiral Chiari, that the Austrian naval expansion was dus to belief in an inevitable collision with Italy, said that Admiral Chiari was rotired, and therefore his utterances wore ir a Senhors Emilio Castre and responsible. It was impossible Victor F. Ysia, who have heen to conjecture the object of such deputed by the Peruvian Gov-statements in view of the general erament to investigato rubber efforts in favour of peace. conditions in the East, are now. in Oeylon.
The old sloop Clyde, which once served on the China Station under the name of the Wild Swan, is to be sold out of the sorvice. Sho was employed for long time as R.N.It. drill ship at
Aberdeen.
Reporting on Manchester goods, Messrs. R. Haworth & Co., 14., state that although no general low of Imsiness can be recorded for China, buying is of modorate exton, and occasionally some very fair lines are heard of.
The fumburg-America Line have received from the hungarian and the North German Lloyd- Clovernment the concassion for the omigration business in Hungary. The Hamburg-America Line has also obtained the concession for the emigration traffic in Belgium.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bockott Russell arrived this morning by the Rubi Mr. Rassell is the secretary of the fanila Electric Itailway and Light Co., and proceeds by the German mailnext week on a holiday in Europe.
THE NIGHT WATCH."
Course, the energetic Traffic The firin of Rickmers and Co., Superintendent of the Company, of Hainburg, which lms closo re- whoregulated the congested trallications with Rickmers Ricemille with his old-time skill and ex-and. Shipyard, of Bremen, has porionce.
BOXING.
Manila sporting men havo not yet recovered from the shock they received when thongwa of Konny's defeat by Mellyain was first wired to the city.
ostablished a new regulur lino with its own stormors from Liver- pool; Antwerp, and Hamburg to Siberia, and vice versa. The fret steamer, the Sophio Rickmers, will sail from Hamburg on Fob. 2.
COMMERCIAL.
Thip "Sumatra Post" notes that A number of thom have plan- nod to raise a purse for a second Belawan, the chief port of Deli, mecting of the two men to take presents a scone of unusual activity at this time of your, pince in Manila. Kenny has so many friends in the city that the Heavy shipments of tobacco, con- raising of the purso is certain and siderable importations of goods the two boxers will meet thero if for tho China Now Your season, Mellvain is willing to take then the enormous inflow of materiala and guano for estates, trip.
keep business at high tonsion, The railway has to run extra trains to-meet the-pressure.
DISCHARGED PRISONERS.
London, February 13.-The Mr. F. Foldstein, of the Amo-Home Ollico has established a
Zamboanga, Fob. 11Me charged convicts, under which the
Ilvaine won the boxing test rican Hardware Co., Manila, is Contral Agency for the aid of dis- roturning homo again by the
présent institions will, thore- Kumino Maru; after visiting
At Sourabaya, says the "Bata- Shanghai, Tientsin, and other fors, work. The ex-convicts will with Konny in the 10th round on be placed in the sole care and foul. Kenny knocked ale- places in the North,
control of one Association and vine down. The latter did not via Nieuws van den Dag," the touch the floor with his body but sugar market has been dull for will be ralioval of polico super-stooped with his hands near the months and the outlook is dark, vision and everything drawing floor whereupon Kenny hit him what with a bumper heat sugar attention to their past, so long as again. The relored cluimod Me-output in Europe, and a resulting livaino was down when he was hit fall in quotations for the Java they keep straight.
as he had his hands on the floor commodity. Buyers at Calcutta London, February 13.-Ac-and awarded the decision to the and other ports in India are said. cording to telograms from Amstor-Zamboanga boxer. The referee have experienced enormous dam the man who dumagod had not commenced counting lossos and several havo failed, Rembrandt's picture, The Night when the blow was struck. Kouny failures among sugar dealers are. Watch, by knife thrusts, has been and his friends are unanimous expected in Juva also, sentenced to imprisonment for in pronouncing the decision.
most unjust. Kenny had asked Paris statisticinus figure that one year.
that all bets be declared off but about 550 millions of francs of THE NAVAL ESTIMATES. at a conference this morning French capital aro invested in London. Feb. 11.The "Daily tweon Kenny, Mellvaine and the various enterprises in Indo-China. Chronicle" states that the in-referee, the latter finally decided The amount of foreign capital crease in the Navy Estimates will that all bets stand as made. The sunk there is put at about 129 not be considerable, and nothing fight was very oven up to the last millions, mostly furnished by like, as reported, 14,000,000. two rounds, during which Kouny Chinese at Singapore and Hong- had decidedly the best of his anta- kong, and chiefly invested in
advances to cultivators.
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Hongkong Telegraph a dollar a quarter, which is vory bray, and Mrs. Tarner-Farley,ed to the neighbouring colony.
Eozonono, Faiwan Fru. 17, 1911
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France.
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tere, while Konny coulined him- solf principally to open tactics and
ruales.
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The Admiralty announce the additional 6.6. per quarter is charged for past geof tonoment touses. But it would following appointments:Engi- Baron G. von Plesson, a woll The postage of die weekly insa to any part of she appear, that by removing one neer Lieutenants: C. C. Horsley, known authority on butterflies, Single & ples, Sally, tes cents. Wecils, winequality in this way, roo would the Crescent, to date Jan. 31 arrived on the Rubi this morning, only be made for the creation of and to the Monmouth, undated; after having collected numerous E. Waud, to the Tumar, ad-specimens in the Philippinos another For, as overy on knows,ditional for the Utton G. J. during his three months stay. On February 12, at No. 5 Nortlich it of a Chinese house is Sisley, to the Tamar, for the Baron Plessen has visited Java Shansofini, Shanghai, the wife Hot generally occupied by one Virago, and F. R. Pondleton, to and Borneo and intends to con- of J. P. Alaccoun; ofa son,
family alone but by three or four the Tamar, for tho Whiting, tinue his studios in China. Ife is
staying at the Peak Hotel. families, and so it might he that undated. ond of the group, would, penalise
A marriage has been arranged, Judging by the number of Por- The object of this paper is to publish the rest by carelessness or by and will shortly take place, bo-tuguose officers arriving by
GREENWICH TIME,, London via Bombay, Feb. 10.-gonist, and it is the univoreal using an excessive amount of tween Henry J. Des Voeux, oldest every incoming mail steamer from
allowed to proceed, Kenny would
Messrs. T'olishwalla and Kot water as compared with the others, son of the late Sir William Des Europe, both the army and the Tolegrams from Paris state that opinion that had the contest been
Voeux, G.C.M.G., and Lady Dos navy in Macro will soon be officer-the Senate has passed the second have won. Mellvaine was very wall, in their report on the Hong. Of course, the idea of supplying Varux, of 35, Cadogan-squaro, unded by an entirely new staff. The reading of the Bill making Green-clover in his work at close quar kong yarn markot, state :-Since eseh separate family with Dorothy (Gladys), eldest daughter Austrian Lloyd's bont Vorwaerts wich time the allicial time.
our last raport on the 4th instant meter is out of the question, for, a of the late T. M. Turnor-Farley, has just arrived with a comple-
out market has unexpectedly PERSIA. noter would cost something like of Wartnaby, Hall, Multon Mowment of five, who at once procced-
remained very quiet. Although London, Feb. 11.Roporte
about three weeks have elapsed. Rosilian, Falmouth,
from Teheran state that Mr.
POLICE COURT.
sinco the Chinese New Youryt much beyond the moans of
Mossrs. Walkor, Lambo and Dalton, an official of the Imperial
buyers are not showing any those poor people to afford.Liu Yuk-lin, the now Chinese Co. report on the China toa mar- Bank of Persia, while proceeding
inclination to operate, owing to Bosides, they are mostly no- Minister to the Court of St. ket on Jan. 20th-The marketed, was robbed, when north Three men were charged with
an entire absence of fresh orders madic in their habits-hero James's, has sent his two daugh- has not been very active, but a of Ispahan, of everything that he behaving in a disorderly manner from the interior which is to-day and gone tomorrow. ters to a school at Brighton to fairly steady business has been had with him.
in Aberdeen Street yesterday. The consumption per head per complete their education. His dono in medium toas-Keemuns
Fined $3 each or ten days' in-mainly due to the very high rates at which they had recently made day last month was, roughly Excellency has strong ideas about and Ningehows while mer- THE IMPERIAL ASSEMBLY prisonment, and bound ovor in purchases, that have turned out Though wo have been put upon speaking, 17 gallons as compared the emancipation of his country-chants have been rather pressing
the sum of $20.
very unfavourable for them, short commons, ne regards water with 21 gallons in the correspond-women, and his daughters for for sale, with the result that the London, Feb. 7-Sir Joseph.
During the interval only a very A coolio received six weeks' small lot of about 500 bales has supply, much earlier this drying month of the previous year. several years past have been prices now ruling show appreci-G. Ward, Premier of Now Zealand,
able reductions on those of the speaking with reference to the hard labour for the theft of four been put through at current soason than was the case in the Equitably distributed, this supply educated on English lines.
must be admitted to be ample.
beginning of the season; in fact, parliamentary straggle in Eng large buskets from the Gilman rates, and the deliveries are also, pervious dry season it is reas At the present rate of consump Discussing the proposal recently just now, there are some undoubt land, said that New Zealand
very poor, Two of the "loading. must be repro ented in the Ing suring to hour from the Wattortion, the water stored in tho mado for the purchase of the busi od bargains to be picked up.
Chinese firms mostly interested porial Assembly. "Though Now
in yarn have voluntarily closed. Authority that there is But little various reservoirs would last until ness of the North China Insurance
There is a future for the Simla Zealand," he said, "could not likelihood- of our spply being about the middle of June, with Company, Limited, by the Union
out any further rainfall. As a Insurance Society of Canton, Ld, of the Philippines. Every year allow England to interfere in her
their business owing to certain further curtailed before, the rains rule the rainy season sets in about the "L. & E. Expross" says; The larger number of visitors dig internal affairs, the dominion
unfavourable terms offered by their country dealera, which involved thom into much risk break Last year there was the middle of May, though last directors of the North China Con-cover? Baguio, and marvel at ite ought to co-operate with England
A Chinese boy aged 14 years, and considering it more safe to a full servico throughout the your the weather did not broak pans announce, however, that climato. In order to provide the and her sister dominions in secur mouth of January,
At the until qarly in Juno, Sotlint in they do not consider the offer bost accommodation for visitors ing the defents of the Empire.
man nour thie Contral unfavourable conditions wore all human probability there will sutliciously advantageous to war-who would recuperate in delight. Now Zealand was situated was charged with matching discontinuo business under such beginning of your the
beno nocessity to shorten the rant oven placing it before share-ful surroundings; Messrs, Harris that 500,000,000 aliens might Market. The boy cat the reluctantly compelled to closo shortened service was in force present daily supply still more. holders, and they have therefore and Hibberd have acquired the easily roach her shores.
complainant's pocket with a sharp from the beginning of the Chinoso Now Year. The stop takon by Indood the rider-main aynton had Birt in the light of past experience declined it. Doubtless from the Baguio Hotel. Our knowledge of development of the alien races
thom has caused a depressing it is the duty of every inhabitant merchants' point of view there the proprietors convinces us that was one of the outstanding dun knife. One month beon, put into operation as long
to pxorciso all possible caro in is something to be said for nothing will be loft undone by gors of Now Zealand, and it was
effect on our market to a curtain agost the 14th of Novembor last. preventing wasto and in conserv-maintaining the few remaining them to ensure the success of the the duty of every statesmin to
and work tendency, For those differing conditions ing jealously what we havo yot"China" offices in their present hotel, the confort of petrous, and socure a firm basis for the nation
oxtout. We close with a quiot left of our priceless store. there
the increased popularity of Baguio, without outside help,
OUR WATER SUPPLY.
this
arç several reneous, the
position
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The
Markot.
The long-coated Chinoso who was charged on Woduoday with pickpocketing at the eco course
was discharged.
fron!
A money changer was fined
without a licence, $25 for carrying on business
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