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THE FINEST LONDON

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, "-MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1913.

A Dangerous Pier.

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DISTILLED. BY

Sir

Robert

Burnett

&

OLD TOM

DAY BY DAY.

"Dope"" Revenue.

JAPANESE CRUISERS.

Pler.

Four Japares cruisora Eleam-

YACHTING.

Royal Hongkong Yacht Club's Fifth Raco.

The fifth olub raco' was sailed

COMPANY REPORT.

The Hongkong Land-Reclamation." Company, Limited.".

The Eleventh Report

the

Everybody agrees that the new Star Ferry pier on the Hongkong The only irreparable Irsa is Admiral ichl Lands at Blake side is a great improvement on that of desiro to improve. the old ruatched which did duty for so many years. But, as it stande Co. ut present, it laoke a very necessary A Chinese was fined $30, by ed into harbour early to-day, and, on Saturday in a light, south east Board of Directors of the Hong- feature, namely a protecting rail Mr. Hazeload, at the Police in honour of the presence of Vice wind. The course for the Handi-kongLand Reclamation Company, round the portion which projects Court, this morning, for being. Admiral Ijioli on board his flugorp was round the Lyeemun Bea-Ltd., to be presented to the Or some fifty feet or more beyond in anlawful possession of a small ship of the 2nd Squadron, the con, Cust Rock Buoy, and Chan- dinary Meeting of Shareholders the covered-in section. On Satur-quantity of opium.

flagship Irate (9,750 tons), salutes nel Rocka, leaving all to port 8.1-2 to be held at the Company's Offices, day night we saw no intoxicated Arrived from Shanghal

were fired at Blackead Point and miles, and that for the one design Victoria Buildings, at 11.300'clock soldier rambling right out to the Mr. J. McDowell, who is as by the receiving ship HMS class round the Obannel Rocks.m. on Monday, 27th January, is extreme end of the pier, and had sociated with the. China Mutual Tomar. Vice Admiral Ijichi is and Oust Rooks Buoy leaving as follows:

Insurance Company, has arrived Commander-in-Chief of the 2ad them to port and Kowloon Rook from Shanghai, and is staying at Squadron and his ship will re-and Channel Rock, leaving them now to submit to you a General Gentleman, the Directors have Hongkong Hotel.

main in Hongkong until the to starbord 7.7 miles.

Statomont of the affairs of tho 25th..

The wind near the starting line Company, and Balance Sheet for was very light, but was stronger the Year ending 31st December, further to the eastward. Dione 1912.

GIN.

DRY GIN.

UNEQUALLED IN "QUALITY.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

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it not been for one of the ferry attendants his would undoubtedly have fallen headlong into the harbour. More than that, young follows, in their desire to cutoh a particular boat, oftou run out to the extreme end of the pier and clamber aboard the craft while under way a dangerous per formance which would be imposs- ible wero a substantial railing. was erected, as in the case of

Blako Piar. We hope the Star Ferry management will

give this matter attention.

Sir Edward Grey's Protest.

Sir Edward Grey's remark in the Commons tlie other day that it was time to put an to end to

The rates of Subscription to the "Hongkong Telegraph" will vernment is responsible, directly

be as follows :--

full month.

a

Stole a Cat.. For stealing a cat-valued $1,

The Chikuma (5,500 tons) and man from West Point, was sent the Yahaji (5,000 tons) both of to gave for a month with hard the 2nd Equadron, also arrival, got a long lead by keeping well The net Profits for the year, labour, by Mr Hazeland, at the and the fourth vessel was the to leeward at the start. The including $136,474.09 brought Police Court, this morning.

flagship Tsushima of the 3rd Colleen was unfortunately over forward from last account, after squadron (3,365 tons) with Vice- the line at gunfire and lost a paying all charges amount to At the Police Court, this morn-Admiral Nawa as her commander, minute or two in getting back, $804,388.58. It is now proposed ing, Mr Hazeland fined a Chinese The Tsushima will remain until which she never succeeded in to pay a Dividend of 7 per cent on getting back. The Rolla sailed the paid up Capital, after provi- $500, or in default three months, the 27th.

A Big Fine.

of $100 worth of preparou opium.

for being in hulawful possession Early in the forenoon the Japa- better than usual, her new sail usse Consul went on board the being in batter condition. At the flagship and was accorded the Cust Rocks buoy the order and usualsalute..

times were:

Commander Hubbard Recovered. Commander Hubbard, of the U.S.S. Wilmington, who has boon indisposed for several days, and confined to his ship, he quite recovered, and camershore to-day

Cricket Match.

A cricket match between Staff, Departments and Navy, and the D.C.L.I will be played on the Wednesday, commencing at 10 longkong Cricket ground on

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Japanese Gunboat.

ding for which had writing off Directora and Auditors foes there

remains a balance of $660,852,33 to be carried to Credit of a new 40 Profit and Loss Account.

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Directors: Messrs, C. S. Gub. Obay and Ho Tung now retire, but 20 offer themselves for re-election. Audit: The Accounts hrae basa sudited by Messrs. W. H. Potts and A. OD. Gourdin who now retire and are recommended for reflection.

At noon Admiral Ijishi landed Dione ... Blake Pier, and was received Itolla.... Somerset, A.D.C. and a guard of Dorothea by Captain the Hon. Fitzroy | La Linda

honour of the Duke of Cornwall's Kathleen Tracey. The Admiral was ac- Light Infantry, under Captain Colleen

4 12 30 They had a fresher wind the companied by his staff, in- second time to the east, but the luding Captains Hara, Yamaoka, same order was maintained to The regimental band played the ed as follows: Nomura, Hiraja, and Sajunums. the finish and the line was cross-

Japanese National Anthem, and

Corrected the guard, was conveyed by Dione. Admiral Ijichi, having inspected Boat Time Points Total

the notion that the British Go-

or indirectly, for outrages occur. Daily issue-$36 per annum.

ring in any part of the world," Weekly issue-$13 per annum.

was surely not out of place, Great The rates per quarter and per mensen, proportional. Subscriptions Britain has never failed, whore it for any period less than one month will be charged as for and persecution and unfairness was at all practicable, to try to

The daily issue is delivered free when the address is accessible. to in other countries; but there is a messenger. Peak subscribers can have their copies delivered at limit to her power to accomplish

The Japanese gunboat Sage their residences without any extra charge. On copies sent by

this. Would-be peacemakers post an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage.

motor car to Government House, | Rolla rarely get any thanks for their arrived in the harbour yesterday, on her way to relieve the Shinki The postage on the weekly issue to any part of the world is 1.00 pains, and now and then they are

per quarter.

recommended to mind their own many, that is at prosent at Can-his staff following in chairs, business. England certainly canton. The Saga process to Cas-

ton in few days, not afford time to put a stop to cruel- ty and tyranny in every foreign country, and, in view of this, it certainly seems a waste of Parlia ment's time to drag Chinese, or other, outrages into discussion.

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The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1913.

THE JOHORE TRAGEDY.

Collision in the Harbour. I has been reported to the police that whilst a cargo boat was sailing from Kowloon to Hongkong it was collided with by a ballast boat and damaged to the extent of $40.

"THE GRAFTERS."

Hughes Comedy Company's

Opening Performance.

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The Hughes Comedy Company are back again, and last night large audience at the Victoria Theatre had many laughs at "TheGrafters.' "Mr. Bertie Blanc, as the Hebrew, was as funny as

1.

0.II ROSS,

Chairman,

Hongkong, 18th January, 1913.

25,00)

Shares at $:00 'erc'h

4.31:51 4.38 441 La Linda 4.45, 6 Dorothes 4.42.38 Kathleen 4.43. 8 Colleen 4.47.58

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BALANCE SHEET. Liabilities.

Capital

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937,50 1.00

*5,649.87

$75 per Share paid up, Accounts Payable, Balance of Profit and

L. 63. A fe., ...

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801,860 59

$1,747,615 95

One Design Class. In the One Design Class race four boats slowly drifted over the line into the stronger breaze, Bonito boing a little further east getting into it first, then Daphne, China and Cruelty.

Halcyon and Alannah. They Cash And after all China is quite old Kallan Mining Administration.

maintained this order to Cus! Rockmount invested in Mort $1,775,90 enough to look after herself in The total output of the Kailan the matter of local disciplin. Mining Administration's mines ever, and that is all that one Buoy which they rounded at

Benito neer eny for. lim. Ilis trials The punishments which she is for the week ending 4th January, and troubles with Mr. Frank employing towards those who amounted to 40,069.03 tons and Vack, the short fat Dutchmin, break the opium laws are punish- the Sales during the period, to who has plenty under his vest ments which her people under-31748.12 tons! stand and have been accustomed.

item to the long, grim story of plantation life in the Far Easting protests in the Commons

The recent attack on a Johora rubber planter adds one more To-day it is an event; to-morrow it will be forgotten. The usual twaddle will be written on the subject in some of the Ilome papera; probably a porfunctory question or two will bo naked in the Ilouse; a little nonsenso will he spouted at Exeter Hall-and then the incident will be allowed to slip away into the background. Mean while the people at Home-and the majority of those in Hongkong do not realize that three-fourths of the trouble between master and man on the estates nover gets into even the local papers,

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Mail Delivered.

Subscription List.

3. 32. 0 Daphine ... 3. 30. 20 Halayon ... 3. 36. 25

Alannab

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Profit and Loss Account

but nothing under his hat, kept The breeze improved on the the audience in a continual roar. Food part of the course and These two, with a tramp who shortly after passing Kowloon Nowlin) represent themselves to and Alannah lost ground: The To Charves Acoms$1,490.93 has a pleasing voice (Mr Dave Rock the Halcyon passed Daphne, be the next of kin to a landed wind increased a little on the man who has died and left the run from Channol Rock own of Watts, named after him. the finishing line and the order They find, whon matters appear there and the points scored were to be making all the progress as follows: they would desire, that thete

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Repairs to Property.......489.46 Uniwa Reat Accius', Government Rates Ac-

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$912,832.00

to. for centuries; and if the The French Mail from Hong. delivered in London on Saturday gentlemen who have been utter kong of December 17th nk lived in Hongkong, they might the 18th inst, and the English realise that British methods of mail of 21st ult. was delivered on maintaining order would be use Friday, the 17th inst. less in China, since one man's

The s.s. Taming. meat is another man's bone. One

The China Navigation steamer other thing such people as these Taming came out of dock on

Corrected Total questioners might learn, if they Saturday after being overhauled is a mischievous widow-ra. Bent Times. points, points, lived as near to China as our and additional officers' quarters Graiter(Miss Gertrude St. Bonito 432.2015 12 readers do, is that a change of orected aft.

She leaves for Clair), As long as the prosont system of coolie management on the Government has not altered the Manila to-morrow.

who claims to

Halcyon 4.36.13 · 3 rubber estates remains in vogue, so long will tragedies, such as Chinese disposition. Those at

relict of the deccased Dapline 4.38.0 Unlawful Grass-Cutting. that at Sedenak, be liable to crop up. It is easy to say that the Home who are in sympathy with

Watts and who seductively makes Alannal: 4.41.40 A male and female Chinese love to all three of them until she coolie is bullied sud maltreated; as easy, in fact, as it is to urge that the ends and aims and "achieve who were caught cutting grass

THE FULL COURT, he is insolent, idle and vicious; but goueral statements of that sort meats" of the ftepublic, cling obun Government land, at Shauki gets them to renounce their claim do not carry one very far towards an exact and truthful view of the stinately to the idea that tyranny an, wero each fined $10 or in she turns the trio down, but, be- litigation concerning the fin- to the town. This accomplished; The appeal arising out of case. To glance for a moment at a typical rubber estato, wo find is being, or should be, rooted out default one month by Mr. Ilaze-fore the land is handed over, ancial affairs of the Ta family some two thousand coolies under the control of a European manager by this change. They who know land, at the Pulice Court this The lady who is anxious to get and the Yik Loong Bank con- and two, or perhaps three, assistants, Half the coolies are probably better may be pardoned, perhapa, morning. Chinese, and the remainder are Javanese, Malay or Tamil. It is for their belief that nothing short

into society, Maizie, a golf-tiqued this morning, before By Blance From 191t....$136,474.09 only fair to say that, in most cases, the manager is too experienced of partition of the country will

The committee of the long to the property and the party of Sir Havilland

caddie-retablishes har claim the Full Court composed of a hand to allow undue brutality towards his coolios, or to tolerate keep Chinese innate cruelty in kong Cricket Club has opened schemers, including the psuedo- President, Sir W. Rees Davies de Sausmarez,

In oro A, petrona 21 from them anything in the shape of insubordination. On the other check.

subscription list for the benefit of

Serp Fuos, ... hand it must be admitted that there are managers who have been

the Number 1, Coolie.. Through

K.C. Chief Justice, and Mr. "pitchforked

into the posts that they hold who understand France's New President,

ollage and ill health he has been is some good dancing and sing-

A part from the funny side, there Justice Gomper z Puiene Judge. neither rubber nor coolies, whose one idea of ruling is by means of The election of M. Raymond compelled to resign his positioning, and the chourus is the with whom, was Mr C. Jenkin, The Hon. Mr. II. F. Pollock K.C. tyranny, and who, from time to time, commit or tolerate such acts Puincare to the Presidency of No. 1. ground coolin, after of cruelty or injustice towards the hands as may bring about, his France has been well received in service of 30 years. Up to the sweetest that has been in Hong-instructed by Mr. Needham of c . ROSS. own assassination sooner or later. Of the European nasistants, England. Reuter states that the present a total of $248 has bean kong since the company was last Mesars. Ewen.nl Needham,, R. OH T. R, considerably less than half are min over thirty, who know how to English press considers him the

here.. Unfortunately, owing and Mr. McNeil with whom was to the boat in which the party Mr. O. G.- Alabaster. instruct handle labour and can keep the native in his place by perfectly fair means. The rest are generally boys under five and twenty, more or since Gambetta. That is perhaps at the Police Court, this morning the scenery necessary for the Messrs. Deacon, Lonker, Deacon the above Balance Sheet with the Sergeant Lee charged a Chinese arrived yesterday being lato, ali ed by Mr. Sett Harston of We report that we have audited less newly out from Hume, who, not having yet learned to control rather Hallering estimate of before Mr C. D. Melbourne, with play was not to linad, but never aut Haraton, appeared for tlie Books and Vouchers of the Com- themselves, can scarcely he expected to know how to rule others. the new President, but at any rate keeping a common gaming house theless "The Grafters" was a great appellants, and Mr. M. W. Slade pomy in Hongkong and that in opposite of that wherein they have grown up,' of necessity make man as Premier and Franco has and also with being in possession Miss. St. Clair and Mr. Nowlia Potter, instructed by Mr. R. A. is properly drawn ap so as to ex-

he has at No. 1, Upper Rutter, Street them nervously irritable, so that a large portion of their time is chosen a Prosident who is not a of lottery tickets with a view to received a routing encoe, and passed in giving mortal offence, one way or another, to the men in colourless person. For just overlo. Mr Lewis, of Messra John-Would'nt that be a Dean," they went on with the case, hot the 31st December 1912, ac. hibit a true aud correct view of their charge. We have known more than two instance in which one year he has acted as Prime son: Stokes and: Master defended. worked in some local references would like to say, they propuso cording to the best of our inform the tri of comedians, in The President said that before the state of the Company's affairs of these youngsters, in a moment of petulance, has strack the vory Minister and Minister for Foreign Defendant was discharged: best and most hard-working coolie on the estate. The Chinese Affairs, and his success cannot be coolie, to do him justice, is a very long-suffering being; but should

Boal People Finol. slut give the item an extradhari. to take the other short appoalation and the explanations givio, questioned. the man thus strack be a Malay, or even an Indian, the striker through him that the conference ning, five boat people were fined stable, we clover and helped raplo time to finish the case. the Company.

It pam maily On the Marine Court, this morLarry Burgosa, the six fout con uext Monday. That would allow us, and as shown by the Books of stande an excellent chance of being murdered when occasion arises. of Ambassadors, in connection $5 each by Commander: Basil to make the play what it was: would be necessary for him to

From the planters point of view there is equally much to be with. the Bilkan trouble, was Taylor, R.N., for failing to carry said. In many onses the persons who have made the laws governing brought about, and, if for nothing the regulation light on January CHINESE FROM SPAIN. be able to finish the lenso case in

an unqualified success,

leive on Tuesday, the estates, know nothing whatever of Eastern conditions; and many more than that, ho must be set 20, at 1 sm. The charge inst

Mr. Putter-We shall hardly of the newer ordinances seem to make insolence and insubordination down as one of Europe's great the master of the as Perf of un- almost virtues in the coolis. Often the European is between the statemen

Before Mr. C. D. Melbourne, one day; we might,.. devil and the deep sea-on one side of him a mob of coolies who

lawfully carrying. Dugers at the Police Court, this morning, in excess of the number allwed a Chinese passenger on the s.. will construe kindness and consideration as weakness and

strongest and ablest Frenchman

Launches Collide;

subscribed.

Dismissed..

Harding for the respondent.

Course.

Directors

E. BRUCE SHEPHERD, !Acting Secretary,

We have obtained all the in-

W. HUTTON POTTS formation and explanations, we have required.

A O'D.GOURDIN,

Auditor His Lordship-It depends, of Hongkong, 13th January, 1913, by his port ole rano, was re- Bui An, was charged with being half of the respondenta, Mr. Slade cowardice; on the other, a tangle of bylaws and restrictions: P.. Wilson has reported that manded until further notice.

Continuing his address on ho Movements of Troops.. laid down by lawgivers who have the fear of Exeter Hall and the Chung Fat and the Chung)

The 25th Panjabis, and Com in unlawful possession of a the "Nonconformist Conscience" before their eyes,

Prisoners with Queues. And, as Wan, both steam launches, have

revolver. Mr. L. D'Almada, de- drew their Lordships' attention to posite Mountain Battery (Section though all this were not bad enough, the luckless managor been in collision. The latter smok O. D. Mellkarne, at. the Police

Two men charged beforn Mr. fended, and said his client certain of the deposit note re: 24ths (Hazara) Mountain Battery, haswhether måttera' satisfied with the year's output of latex. When the British Govern-Merchant Wharf in the Harbour.uulawful possession of op mand know the laws of longkong.in different handwriting and Optains H. C. Cutler, H. B. woll or ill-to see that his directors are on the west side of the China Court, this morning with hinge pleaded guilty. He had, he said, ceipts found in the anfe after the and No. 1 Co. E.K.S.B., R.G.A.) come from Spain and did not death of Li Chouk Chi. He point will return from Camp on 31st ment, uninfluenced by silly sentimentalists on the one side, and by

ed out that they appeared to be instant. Major A. C. Ralph, Oplum Dress'.. fined $23 and $54 rospectively, Fined $25. callous capitalists on the other, sees fit to draw up definite regula- A fine of $76, or in default, one both moro queues. They were ar tions that cannot be winked at and that will provide for the proper month with hard labour, was im-rested on a junk. Many Chinese

there was definite evidence with Wood, P. D. C. 'Johnstone, and B.. disciplining of coolies as well as for the maintaining of judicious posed on a man by Mr. Hazeland, in the vicinity of the Court paid

regard to a number of them, that L. Ralph, Lieut. L. Spencer, 11 and well-qualified European stafis, we may hope to see the estates at the Police Court, this morning, more than passing attention to the will distribute the prizes at handwritings. If that were so rauks, 8th Rajputs returned from His Excellency, the Governor, the signatures were in different Ladian Officers and 684 other credit to British civilisation. At present, many of them are! for being in unlawful possession two with the "old time" append- Queen's College, on Friday, Jan- the forgeries had been committed camp at Ho-Sheung-Heung to scarcely that,

gia qusality of opium drosis,

| by different personss

Kowloon on 15th instant,

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Queen's College.

uary 31, at poon.