1911-07-04 — Page 3

BULLION.

Messrs. Sanuel Montagu and Co.'sCircular dated London, Juno 8, contains the following:-

Gold. The arrivals of bar gold were about £750,000; after pro vision for India (£170,000) and the Trade, the residuo will be sont into the Bank of England.

The following amounts were

Toceived by the Bank

Juno 1 £210,000 in bar gold,

2 140,000,

35

3

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7

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:

5,000 in sovereigns

from France,

17,000 in sovoreigns

from Australia,

6,000 in bar gold.

659,000 in bar gold.

6,000 in sovereigns

from Franco.

8,000 in sovereigns from Franco.

7 125,000 in bar gold. There were no withdrawals during the week and the net influx was £585,000.

The foreign exchanges aro little lowor, and it is quite possible that there may be some slight competition for the next one or two arrivals from South Africa.

GAMBLING IN CANTON,

Viceroy's Strong Attitude. {{T'AN “TELEGRAPH "' CÒNERKPONDENT

Canton, July 1. Recently a rumour has boon current in Canton that the gam

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY JULY 4 1911

PENANG AND SINGA-

PORE SHIPPING

Annual Report of the Master Attendant.

PIRACY AT SAU ON.

A Big Haul.

{{THE "TaluonaFH" CORRAAFONDANT

Canton, July 1. The Commissioner of the Can- ton Customs has writton to His Excellency Admiral Li Chun, ro- garding the piratical attack on the Wing Shun, a cargo junk that the total revenue collected in plying between Hongkong and the three Settlements (including while the junk was reaching tho Chan Chun. It appoors that us concluded that it must have Labuan) and in India amounted waters of San On, on a voyage originated amongst the unemploy to 202,657.78, against $188,-

from Chan Cluun to Hongkong, od gamblers,

about three weeks ago, sho found

at

The annual report on the bling evil will resumo its activity Colony's shipping for 1010, com no distant date and the story piled by Commander Radcliffe, has been spread by many of the is attached to the last issue of the papers liero. It has now reached Government Gazolto. It shows

the ears of HE, the Viceroy who has been much onraged by the of this falso report, and

earroney

These people have never for 081.02 in 1909, being an increase

a moment forgotten their indul-of $14,576.70. The revoluo, ex-the tide against her, and was gonce, and fondly imagine that clusivo of light dues, in Singaporo, forced to drop anchor about 12 the time will come when they can shows an increase of $3,470.72 onco again be permitted to freoly indulge themselves in their sourcher that of the previous year; in Penang, a decronse of $203;

for fortune.

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PENALTY FOR SMUG- GLING.

Tho caso in the courts of Now About 0.30 p.m. four boats with York against the well known firm They are under the wrong and in Malacca, an incronse of pirates were bearing down upon of Duveon, of London, Paris and pression that the muitor of re- $510.00. The light dues collected fier from the south going with a New York, for smuggling an- organization after the revolt inust in India show a decrease of favourable wind. When they got tiques, has been concluded, tho have oncumbered the Provincial

ar, the Wing Shun junk Troasury with a heavy expend turo, and that the authorities will be forced to re-establish the

Gambling Farms

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as the new source of revenue intro- Silver-The market has been duced on the suppression of gun quiet and featureless. Holidays bling do not help much towards hore and in the Enet arrested relieving the Treasury of its fin business and the steady prices,ancial strain. which have obtained for so long a period, did not encourage sellers to press supplies on an unwilling market.

Opened Fire.

BETWEEN

THE FAR EAST & EUROPE, via DAIREN. SUMMER SCHEDULE.

(Effective from May 1, 10114-

THRICE WEEKLY EXPRESS TRAIN SERVIOB, comped of excollently equipped Sloping, Dining and lat Class Cars, is operated bot woon Dairen and Ulangohun ia connection with the Trans Sibarian Express Trains and with Daimon-Shanghai Diroot Stenner Service by the S.S. "Kobe Maru and "Saikin Man" (each 2,877 Lous) as follows:

1st Ulasa

firm pleaded guilty and the Go- vernment has accepted the firm's Fares

settlement of the civil suits. offer of $1,200,000-gold-for

In the criminal caso the District

$177.75; in Malacca, a decrease of $109.29; in Penang, an in- eronse of $008.70; and in Singa- of arms and ammunition, she was at the pirates, but as she was short poro, an increase of $4,710.07 st boarded by the pirates. the total amount of light dues Nine guns, a large quantity of collected within the threo Settle- gunpowder and shot were taken Attorney referring to the Du

uff, besides a large consignment veons said :-

andries, and cash to the amount of pongee silks, cotton sloth, of about $100). Altogether, the value of booty was put down at wor $3,000,

ments

and in

India

WAS

$143,921.66, being an increase of $4,827.79 ovor that of the previous year.

The number and tonnugo of all vessels onterod and cleared at the

.*

I have no scraples in saying that theto non are of as low a type of smugglers and swindlers as any that have beni boight to the bar of this cart during the ning year I have been hora. All that I ark is that justica

ba denit out oreils and that when a rich offender is arraign.

ed, he be punished just like tho joor man,

His Excellency the Viceroy, in emphasizing the sincerity of the governmont in the eradication of the gambling evil, says that no

While the pirates were carry- have received by mail from matter how strained the condition four ports of the Colony during ing out their nofarious job, the Mexico the following confirmation of Canton's finances may be, His 1910 were 58,032 and 25,728,186, accountant out board the pirated of the font which we expressed Excellency will never change his respectively. This is an increase vessel was roughly handled. Ho recently that the revolution in mind, and as long as Ilis Excel of 3,754 vossole and 1,572,110 was got hold of by the sea-robbers, st country was nfleeting the loney remains in Canton as tons, as compared with 1909. and is dress was completely output; The general diminish-Vicoroy the people can rest assured This increase of over 1-1.2 drenched with keroseno oil. ment of the silver output from of the impossibility of the revival million tous is mado up Tho' piratos domanded informn- | Moxico is attributable largely toufa vico which had for

as follows Moreliant- vessels tion as to where their victim had and in referring to Henry J. Du- the frequent and long continued

1,237,141 tons, native sailing interruptions of railroad traffic, ben destructive and poisonous to rossols and small steamers of less placed his monoy, and if an answer veen, said :---

was not forthcoming, they told It is time that this rich man, who which to the sane extent affect lo peoplo, and which had been than 50 tons not register 182,308 the unfortunato man that he

would bo

hope to ho knighted at the coronation this year, understood that he cannot commit high crimes here and go unpanishad. I don't think that the King of England is going to make the mietke of giving such a man a title of nobility.

the movement of the raw cres us well as of the bullion ".

The Monsoon has burst in Boin-

A Century Past

only stamped out for something over three months.

His Excellency will instruct the Toatai of the Constabulary to arrest those responsible for the originating of this evil rumour,

to punish any officer or soldier guilty of encouraging or shektoring those gamblors.

KEEPERS OF THE GATES.

Viceregal Reprimand,

Burned to Death.

tons, warships, etc., 152,912 tons

Taking the ports instead of class of tonnage this increase is distributed us. Singapore As the robbirs made this throat, 876,261 tous, Penang 118,188 they hold burning papers in their tons, Malacca 13,444 tons, Labuan hands. Besides, the accountant 231,550 tons.

was dealt many blows with iron- bars, and becano ill as a result. Ho is still in Pik Kinng under medical treatment

Slugapore.

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6 pm, by the forner 14 5.37 pan. by the latter, Supplementary Charges on DAIREN-CHANGCHUN Service. The number and tonuage of all

teness Extra Fa......Y3.00 SLEEPING CAR SUPPLEMENT...... Y5.00. TICKET AGENCIES-The Company's milway and steamer tickets are Though Henry F. Duveen vensola (ie., morchant - vessels, native craft, etc., and warships The pirates mado off with pleaded guilty Judge Martin inbtainable at all the Agencies of the International Sleeping Car & Express etc.,) entered and cleared at Singa choir booty, and escaped to Koo Hortoncing him to pay a fine of and Reisebureau der Hamburg-Amerika Linio.

Trains Co., the Nippon Ynsen Kaisha. Shanghai, Messrs. Thos. Cook & Bon, fiore during 1910 were 28,587 and Shut. The junk reached Hong- $15,000-gold-the maximum 16,350,252, respectively, against kong in tow of a storm launch fino for conspiracy to defraud the 28,184 and 15,473,991 in 1900, some days after the occurrence. United States, said: and 870,201 tons. The number the owner reported the outrage to being an increase of 403 vessole On hor return to Chan Chun, and tonnage of merchant-vessels the Customs. The Commissioner tons net rogister of Canton Customs asked Admiral

bay, but the occurrence had little effect on Tudian quotations. The steadiness of these prices and direct buy the absence of ing orders from that city, not- withstanding the fair up-country demand, suggest that the markol is being fed from the stock under Indian speculative control. If this assumption be correct, it is a healthily sign: for the bugbear of the market, namely, the possibility Ta "Talngrith" CorausfonDENT of forced liquidation of speculative

Canton, July 1. In connection with the panic on stocks, will be removed by their gradual reduction, oven at a loss, the afternoon of the 20th ult, and, provided harvests in China is Excellency the Canton Vice- above 50 and India turu out satisfactory,roy has issued a proclamation for entored and cleared during the fi to refer the matter to the the future of silver might lose the the information of the keepers your 1910

were 10,073 and Viceroy and request His Ex- and. soldiers On duty gloomy aspect which it has worn

14,826,516, respectively, being celloney to instruct the civil and the gates, for a year past.

In the proclama- an increase of 19 vessels and military authorities of Kon Shut Stocks in both Bombay, and tion the Viceroy Kay's

e712,393 tons as comparol with to apprehend the pirates, and Shanghai show a slight reduction, has been much disgustail by the

1900.

have the booty located and re- Bombay of 800 bure, and Shang-action of the gate keepers

During the seven years 1904-turned to the owner. hai of 400, but the reserve of cimrge of the western, the great 1910 the net tonnngo entered angl silver coin in the Indian Treasury northern and the small northern cleared has increased by 2,494,703 has increased by one crore, and gates, who closed the gates on tons: in 1904 it aggregated the Indian up-country off-tako is hearing of an unfounded rumour 12,331,753 tons; in 1905, 12,764,- reduced to 100 baran day.

proad by the people in the streets, 374 tons; in 1906, 13,334,338 this causing confusion and panic tons; in 1907, 13,579,730 tona; among the people of the whole eity.

His Excellency will keep a re- cord of their faults and bar them from promotion for one year. His Excollenéy reminds the gate Silver. The silver parket re- mains in the same featureless con-keepers that in future, un with 1909-Britain 015,787 vestigation was conducted by the

lass they receive on. or.

A shipment of £515,000 has been made from San Francisco to Hongkong.

Messrs. Mocatta and Goldsmid's . Circular dated London, June 9,

at

in

AMERICA'S WAGE EARNERS.

to

in 1908, 13,033,205 tons; in 1900, quiry by the Board of Trade of The report of an oxhaustive in-

14,114,123 tons; and in 1910, London into the working and 14,826,516 tons.

living conditions of the great The following countries show middle class of American people an incronse of tonnage enter-as just been presented od and cleared compared the American Senate. The in- dition that we have now reported der from the Viceroy, theyssia 55,400 tone, Siam 33,001 board.

lous, Germany 120,161 tone, labour commission of the London for some weeks, the price not should not close the gates bo- tons, Italy 25,130 tons, Denmark having bean highor than

says:-

24-11.161 orlower than 24-7.16d. nuse of a wild rumour. If they since the end of April. Owing to repeat the offence of the 29th ult. the Whitsuntido bolidays we have no leniency will be shown in deal- a short wook under roview and ing with them.

the quotation has only varied between 24-1.21. and 24-5.8d. the

former being the price to-day,

Supplies from New York have

RACIAL PROBLEM IN SOUTH AFRICA.

tons.

The report covers detailed in- 21,765 tons, Austria 7,318 tons, quiry into the question of rents, Ameries 662 tons, Norway 553 housing and retail prices, together with the rates of wages in the The following countries show principal occupations in the large decreuse-Japan 120,893 tons, industrial cities of the United Holland' 20,800 tonn, Sweden States. 20,074 tons, France 6,259 tons. Spain 3,178 tons, Sarawak 86 tons.

The commission finda that whilo the American artisan is paid more than twice as much as the Eng- lish artisan, the American mid- dle classes are compelled to pay food than the English working-

been slightly larger, but these A telegram from Capetown have been absorbed by the continu-saya-Bulawayo, in Rhodesia, od buying for China fogether with has beon the serne of the most some sinull Continental orders, serious and far-reaching of all the TO FIGHT THE PLAGUE. from 50 to 75 per cent, more for

Somo preliminary rains have fallen recont native assault sensations. in Bombay and the bursting A black was accused of an act of of the monsoon is shortly expect indecency towards the little girls ed; this may cause some spocu-of Air. Lowis, a loading citizen.

Precautions In Canton.

lative buying there, but the large Immediately upon hearing of the far "TELEGRAFE" CORRESPONDENT.) Bulls of silvor in India soom more attempted outrago, the father

min.

'Chicago Figures in Report

In the report a section contain- ing about 20,000 words is devoted Canton, July 2 to Chicago. In this section the inolinod to unload and to most went to the newspaper office On account of the prevalence history of the city is given and any domand in the bazaars. In of the town and caused the of plague in Canton, the military do.scriptions of its great business the meantime, as usust during native newsboys to be parad-doctors attached to the various activity and its immenso buildings these months, the Currency Rood before him. He identified one regiments of the Canton Recruits appear. The commission was in- turns slow an increase in the among the number as the black are afraid that there may be nn pressed by the sky line of the city stock of rupees held by the Indian who had made shocking overtures outbreak of this dreadful disease and the methods used to facilitato Treasury and this week are 110 to his girls. Ho marched the among the soldiers.

business. Jaca more than last,"

native to a vacant lot at the rear of They have alrondy established "The almost entire absorption Gold-With the exception of a tho newspaper office and shot him an isolated ward in the Tung Ming of its loading citizens in commer amali Continental order and the dead. From the scons he pro- Monastery, just outside the east cinl and industrial pursuits," the usual requirements for India ceaded to the police station and ern gate, to which the victims of report says, "has led to laxity in there has been no domand for surrendered himself. Ile was this malady will be removed for municipal government and to Gold and the Bank of England arrested upon a charge of murder, treatment and also for isolation. neglect of humane idenle, with has secured most of this week's and at once released upon bail As the hospital is in noed of the result that the city has gained arrival.' Since our last viroalar amounting to £3,000 which was three sets of canvas tonts, appli- an unenviable reputation for lawr- the Bank lind received £510,000 forthcoming without delay, Public cation has been made to the lossness and disregard of human in Bars and Coin, whilst there opinion is entirely in favour of Mr. Araiy Stores Bureau for the life. The most desperate criminals have been no withdrawala, Lewis,

anme, and grantedi

in the country congregate there.

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Daren, Port Arthur, Mukden, Fasbun and Changchun, all under the Com-

SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY COMPANY

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pany's managemtas

This is a case that has given me a great deal of concern, nud would have been glad to hare Tel Add. **Manlatmi."· Cödas: A.B.G. 5th. Ed. A. I. & Liabor's shifted the responsibility an on-

of my associales, if I felt that

I could reasonably and prope ly

do so, but, as I said yesterday,

I am here to help them. Imre Ind couforeues with them, bu whatever disposition is made, 1 take the responsibility. "Now, I look at this antler fruto all the-well, in view of all the in- formation I can get from the. statements of counsel and from

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consideration in imposing ron-

tonce in a caso like this, and that is the duty that govern-| ment officiels perform. In look- ing over carefully the papers that have been submitted by the district attorney, I am con- vinced that his statements are substantally oorrect, as shown by those paper, and it shows, too, that officials of the govern ment havo sadly failed in the performance of their duty, and the records of this court sadly failed, to show the conviction and punishinent of thero men who hold those paliions of trast. We all know that the

Hongkong, 29th April. 1911.

human family is made up in such 10167 a way that good then" will, wtien they find that every oun'ole | can abort the government, do it nore or less, and it is under that tate of things that these off- ences mainly were committed. "Now,

inas in brought to the bay, whose firm has paid over a mil- settlement lion dollars in

of the claims of the govern ment for what his concern has chesteel the government In addition to that, ho is 'n mu sixty years of ago and suffering

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