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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1913,
Coolie's Insolence.
The growing insolence of game | 'rioksha and obair coolice, and
DAY BY DAY.
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of hours toys and otbera with by hook or crook, sucosa ho ik.' whom Europants come into con tast, had bgin commented on more than once in our columns. A cara of the kind has just besp ralated to us by a lady of our acquaintance. She travel!ot in a 'ricksha from the Ferry wharf #1 one of the big stores on the Praga Arrived at her destination, but on the wrong side of the Prayn, abe indicated to the coolie to cross the streat. He took this as a eiga to stop, apparently, and when she again showed him that the journey was not quits endec, he became nasty and said things in Obinte. Also, he tipped up the trams of the ickeba and nearly thraw the lady out backward, He did not manage this, but at let he afforded amus went to the The Bishop of Victoria is going Obiacca around. It is a pity that Canton tc-day to and the there was not a policomes jusi Sunday in order to officiate at Lat hand, or that ecolis world no the Shame in English Church, [have cayed as he did, Woman-
To Consignees. like, ehe forgot, in the excitement,} Contiger 34 of go by the s.8. take the armlar of the ticksha. Ambrin ora reminded that goods I thas coolie plays the name remaining undelivered efter te wick often, ha will fad morrow will tɔ subject to rent. himself
the dcak yet.
Owner Wanted. A Kowloon rickeba coolle hins taken to the polica atation, an umbrella which was left in bis rickshıs yesterday.
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Injured by Tram Car.
CANTON SITUATION
GE ERAL LUNG EXPECTED HOURLY
GOVERNOR GENERAL TIRED OF HIS POSITION.
welcome by the people and by those troops who... « previously served under hins," with whom he is a great favourite. He will throw in his lot with General Lung.***. The number of passengers fain Onton to Hongkong by atmer. has declined still further, ini at present fewer people ara e ming down than in normal times. On the other hand, there is a slight increase in the percentage going [ta Canton; all of which seems to that the crisis is now practically suggest that the Chiness & lieve
past
Ex-Victroy Shum is
1888.
HONGKONG TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
"Compiled from the “Hongkong Telegraph" files for the Week Ending August 9, 1888.)
A Free Advertisement. August 3 The Mac
San-
itang Board, for uitse ick of comething to do, have hit upon the plan of condemning in toto the acted waters manufactured
From our Special Correspondent) Chicoss at the West Cats are Canton. Friday rfter can asserting that there is trouble apd The great news today is that slaughter at the Fist Gats, those
Trade is brightening up a Goners Long Chi-kwong is ex-at the East Gats are saying it, and the money markes is
There are tivo preally the e9me thing about d. sidedly ever. :stad hourly.
Kwanging theories as to the means by which the Weat."
barkao's at now quoted at It les amoured that Lung out at out 30 percent, diccount. ho will reach the city. The Chipose eay that he has, in addi-a telegram a day or cɔngo saying tion to the two guntats Kwong that he would not leave the Hoogkorg, but we onderaand Tai and Kwong Ka, various neighborhood of Sbiu Hingill that araugemen's re being mide craft of all descriptions auffic. all his military strangements for his depaine in the e--ly pert ient, indeed, for the conveyanes of were completed, and that this of next week a very considerable Eody of would coupy a considerable time. troops; and that he will come Ceneral So and General Chung traight down river from Shui the commanders of the first and Hing. Better informed people second army divisions, have left believe that he will come over-Canton and eve barb stated to be land, entering Canton by Wong-in Hongkong. sha, his old headquartara, a short Newspapers Terrorised, description of which appeared inj There is nothing that is of any last Monday's Telegraph.” news value in the legal native No one scams to have much parare; in fact it is generally said Funds Becoming Less.
idea as to the force with him, but that they are terrorised into The point has often t son made
the authoritica are of opinion that silaacs and drre neither comment, that the one satisfentory feature |
ho will enter peaceably ani with nor gay truthfully what the posi of the freuency of the strike
named Wang Han was taken to ing will come later. The Polics barracks etc, for fear of having The police report that a Chinet out opposition, and that the fight-tion really is in the yemen, tend in the long on to im the, Hospital gestörday suffering continue to maintain. a striot their offices atracked. poverish Tinde Usic Frnds, from injois ived by sing neutrality, coacuraing themselves The nativo Band, from end tɔ and we ofeve that the fact bas kacoked down by an electrin car only with keeping the rabble in end, is patrolled by armed police at lang. com home to the
New Road.
order, in which, so far, they and the barracks outside Tai Sha Unions homrelven. cording to Tendeta eta baing invitt forsve teen manifestly Buc-Tau station which your come The daily issue is delivered free when the address is accessible to the ret it of the General Fede the erstraction of a red giving essful..
pondent visited this morning, messenger. Peak subscribers can have their copies delivered at tion of Trade Unions, which best lead Lots 1910 and
Peremptory Terms." ara crowded with a strong guard this Colony. In paragraph 7 their residences without any extra charge. On copies sent bystied; for the third 1947 Go the spur to the art of
year in succession the expen- Happy Valley.
proclamation issued of thes. The whole neight of the medical advice given by post an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage.
ditura
to which bood, there was rag orted as that patetaal Corporation to the on "refis" bna
yesterday evening The postage on the weekly issue to any part of the world is $1,00
far exceeded the grime from From our dvering columns allusion. was inade in the frtly quiet by the railway inhabitats of Liliput who prize per quarter.
contributions, Five pests i àit wilt on and fom last despatul ia considered by officials and your corespondent their brilth and well-boing, it reasonable peried over which to Octol 1. the pit of gas the Chinese scholars to benched was told that some of the In Tongs said: Everyone shorld oare- ake tions, and during public wall to reduced to $2 50 in very paremptory tone. The troops have been moved to a still fully avoid drinking the cadas following is a frao-lution :- more distant station at Sha-Ho. and lemonades proceeding from the five yea led Merch 31, per 1,000 cubio fcit. 1013, the ting oma, om coD-
"It is my duty to preserve The men who are keping such Hongkong, where the manr fe ibutions bra ton £220,233,
His Excellency the Governor peace. With this obj: it in view excellent order round about the tere of thess rol gerants is not su vision. while the amount returned direct has to plead to appoint Mr.I have now summoned brak to district are many of them ex- under medical
Hongkong many fact as of eirat- to the societies afflist has been wual Burnside Bayd Mölder, y Canton all the military polics, pirates,
to act as Deputy Registrar of who will be stationed from This morning a further deteoled watera onght to fil-grafifal over contribution of £145,236 iages, with eft from the Tung Shan to Peon Tong and meat of Punjbie suived from to the Macan Poitely Dard for The Federation regis the 5th instant.
all the outlying districts out Hongkong, under Majo Robinson thus ecatuitously advertising cricusness of the pica, iras
Taken to Hospital. " side the North Cats. The afore and Captain Walker. The policy report that a Euro-mentioned places are entirely The captain of the C. M. 8.8.
"Floating Torture Densen August 4The leading article rean named Jobb Alen, of no ander the control of my (the Kisng ung who 10to1aed this of this data deals with "the shook- fixed abode and unemployed, was polica) department. Should any morning from Micas, reports that, found lying in Wellington Strest, parcs, under the pretence that, gistirday evening four Uhinese yesterday. Fle was removed to he has b. Ja ordered to do 2, torpedc-boats and three small The Government Civil Hospital. recruit ron ha and perone of bad gunboats were lying off there.
character with the intention of, entering the city to ciente diɛ torbance, I shall de om it my duty Will the Troops Take to Lung? to direct my polics to offe
From an Occasional Correspondent). on them instantly and dispɔres them in order that praca may ba Canton, Friday: am afraid pree orved. Finally, it should be I have not got very much news plainly understood and rememb for you, as this is extremely ed by o'l that I have determined scarre
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The Hongkong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1913.
UNWELCOME REFUGEES,
€265,613, or an excess of benefits
much as the repol that "R iod of five yra which shows
an annual exes of benefits over
cortributions of £20,077 cannot be regarded with complacency."
A Damning Admission,
Good News.
Appointment.
Swimming
The half mile sa o for the It is interesting to not the Championship of ther lony takes reasons which ere esaigued 12 plaes to day at 5 30 over the spt account for the deficit. The cial cours at the V.R.C. Inere stated to La Mirallectual and are five e musina, vis J. O. economic unrest, the fated Finch, V.RO.,0. J. Cooke, V.R. tendency towarue key and C., Private Farmer, D.O.L.I., A look-ats, and the grow of what A. Claxton, V.R.O., I.O.L. Eruza, are termed sgments." On the V.R.O.
Victoria Theatre.
The
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raffic in pigs between Hoihow and this port. The occasion which prompted the comments was a case in the courts, and the writer saya: It is certainly a cone lion, albeit a slight one, that the 'Anton' is a German and not a British vessel; but of what over nationality, it cannot bantɔo man, plainly understood that no steam- eu amenable to the jurisdiction of this Colony will be permitted; under any circumstances, to be Something like 80,000 refugees from, Canton havo, swarmed down upon Hongkong during the past fortaight, and, with the latter point, we observe that Chinese Preacher at St Peter's Kwan" (ople's army), and to Long is really coming, adássd es floating torture dens for:
the "eg.cǝmenta" era de It is not oft on that a Chinese prevent a repetition of the trouble that he will be here to morrow. experience of 1011 still fresh in the public memory, the thought of ciibed as "really moment clergymen presshes in English caused by them at the time of, and The present Tutub, Cheang
dumb. "animele, Itin such an influx gives rise to rather sombre rell, 'ora. Many of on the part of indistly to an English congregation, soon after, the Revolution in Ngc-kon, is getting fed up"
Workers 1 obtain Such will be the cat St. China." there newcomers, as proved the case in 1911, will find their way a ́lad
with the state of affairs, and is steamers are failing to clear their make money, when other back to Canton when the present-ouble bas sub"ded, bat more strike pay as against out-of-work Peter's Church, West Point, to
(Signed) Chan King-wah,
raigsing his post.. Chief of Polica, pay, which is usually lower." moi/ow (Sunday) moving when will remain than are either necarry or deable. Unfortunately, That in a pratig confession to the preacher with the liv. Y.
expenses, if they are allowed with I believe trouble may break out comparative impunity to bring Auguet, 7. too, those who decide to make Hongkong a pamanent" plars of cams from the mea's own side, T. Kong, incumbent of St.
any time amongst the troops|deck-lcade of riga thrco „tiora Mutiny within the Yamen. At precant they are doing at high, mangle and bleeding, into residence are not the batter class of Chiness. The merchants and assuredly. No me a damning Peters, Honolulu,
Evidently there is mutiny with Bolutely as they like. : traders who are with us now have still their business in Cent, and indictment could have been made
the Christain harbour of long- Some special flme will be ex-in the Yamen and ginere tales
I hear that a great many officers kong as a medium of trade, and most of them will leave Hongkong at the earliest. ble moment, by the bittet opp enty of
those men's movements, which bibited tc-aight at the Victoria are told as to officer after officer have left Canton, and be gone when found out at their degust consistent with safely, kecause it does not pay them to be away on 3 jaitatingly frequent Theatre including, "Man's lust for being shot by his own men.. Me. down to Hongkong. Some of the ing business are merely fined their business. There will remain the others, the bad end doubtful in recent times. It shows what gold" a very rannsational subject; Chan King-wah was invited to
their officers, bave shot them. "The Christain harbour characters who left Caut in for petual or political reasons sad who a lot of work-ahys. these Trade "The 1bird thief' a foe story with wait on the Tutuh to-day but his regiments, taing d'entisfied with 85.
Over-peraga fed him find that, for them, Hoogkorg is a safer and more desirable place of Unionists are.
a variety of incidents; "Wiles friends
It all depends upon how how Hongkong" is decidedly good. rasidence. That is what happened before and we may safely count
and his wife," a camio pictore, against any attempt to enter the
the troops here will take to Lung. Special mention way be made of amen, where he has so many Some say that they will not have upon it bappscing again this time.
Liberal Sincerity..
the grand film "The Exploits of enemies. It is oredibly reported, In more ways than one this influx of doubtful obstacttad, and deputation of non-militeot suffra- of great interest, and excitement already of being Governor Gan to find, if Lung comes here, that
The Fime Minister has told a Nat Pinkerion, a Detective film as wired to the Telegraph," that him here at any price.
Cheung Ngo-kun is heartily sick I should not be at all surprised down-right rascale, is regrettable. Nothing is more probable than
gists at Home that the question The artistes Misses Montez and that we shall again experience an epidemic of burglaries and other of women's sufrage is one "that Raynor will give new songs and eral and that he will need no his army will be comporad of for the extension of a British, jursos outrages, such as marked the earlier part of last year and was the Iople must de side."
If faces.n
passion to make fiends with many pirates. If that is the cas, directly due to the rush from the neighbouring city during the re- the verdict wes favorable, no
Lung and to aid him to make there is bound to be a lot of loot- volution. Recals car hot be allowed to find a home in the Colony political combination could re- His Excellency Governor has good bia claim to the Tatubebjp. ¡ing in the city. without importing als rastelity. And reality will out in time fuse it. Tosi mot determined given his ascent, in the Dams and
August 9. The half-yearly seport, of the Hongkong and direction or other. There is, therefore, the more ned for deter-opponents would be the first to on behalf of His Majesty the
At in Tong.
Shanghai Banking Corporation, mining now that gentle measures of punishment shall not kem bow to that denision.
At In Tong mattera ssem to
pablished on this date, states that ployed in the event of any of these refugees com be use the the Frias Minister, who must enc3 apassed by the Legislative occasional very informal and The general helief in Chinese including $20,033.51 balance
King, to the following Ordin be quieter, though even there
the not profits for the half-year, Courts, A few swift and severe punishments mett i put in the ither have en earlier cat:3 would have a deterrent effect upon others, and we hope les maci
in a careCoil;-An Ordivant 3 to hurried courts Laartial, with circles in the Colony now is that brought forward from last account to see this courra adopted if necessary. Kid glove methods ate with bis tongue in his cheek. Ordinance, 1888; An Ordinance the
or have apokon amend the Regolation of Obin uncomfortable results for affairs in Canton are about to take after paying all charges eto... useless. The strong hand is the only hand which hardened rascale 1no notion of the pressal Gov-to amend Merchant Shipping an officer, of course) are id point to the likelihood of the which, after taking ont remunera
convicted (usually a quieter torn. Advice received amounted to $720,441 36, of
The effect upon house rents of the influx of 1911 was consider. decide on ang question is about to provide for the registration official said this morning: troops in the city, composing tion to Dire otors, there remained
erament allowing the people to Ordina, 1899; An Ordinant to be still fashionable. One
In their differences ezedily, for appropriation $710,441 35. supervision of certain Tong is divided into numerous and the general view is From this sum the Directors re
gange, each being ready to fly at that. General Lung will be commended the payment of a the other." It is thought that received with enthusiasm by the dividend of One Pound Tea› @n General Lung's first act will to lopapulace and will soon win over Shillings per share, which would ad disband a large proportion of the thoes esctions of the officials absorb $400,000. The difference The trots which have hitherio ben rather in exchange between 43. dil, the
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North Borneo-
August 9. The following tal- egram appears in the issue of this. states that negotiations, canine late: Sir James Fergusson
teolorate over North Byraev, - Sarawak and Brunei. V
able, and it is to by hoped that the present trouble will shortly as y anything we have and subside or a second inoresso will almost certainly be imporod and heard for a long time. The pas schools an undue burden placed upon many who already find it no easy ple bave never been given an matter to make ends meet, largely because of high rants. This is a opportunity to decide on Home matter which we have discussed before, and it need not be pursued Rols, and the Government has now. But we may, in passing, direct attention to a statement is ently declined to ask for its The 1,000-year-old ceremony of Kwang-tang army. the medical and og rej tis for last yer to the effect that Vero Me Aquilavabimcalf promulgating from the summit who were hanging about tus opposed to his coming. Wong rata at which the dividend was year's severe epidemic of plague can ta ted directly to the influx of on to atteck here, but he will of Troweld Hill, in the Isle of monastery near the East Gato Tse-lang, who was formerly a declared, and 39., the rate of the of Chinese during 1911 and to the over-crowding of native dwelling not greatly mind. He knows that Mea, the laws passed by the Manx have been rcoalled into In Tong Commander in the Canton Army, day, amounted to $200,000 which followed. Human over-orowding obviously loads to me the Government bas no intention Legislature during the year, was and the guns mounted there have but who he kept aloof from Can- The Directore also recommend waste food and rease in and near the houses rad, na are alt, torn of going to the country on the obrved last month in the pr3-accompanied them. increase in the number of rate Looked at from any pint of view, question of women's soltage sence of many thon nade of sople.
ton affairs sind be dissgmented transferring $100,000 to the descent upon the Colony of these many thousands of Chinesia but he has cuisfied the deputa There were nine Acts 72 ail, and amount of fighting and the number Governor Gensrel, left Hongkong, would then stand at 24,000,000,
It is all perested that the with Chan Kwing-ming, the late, the credit of Reserve Frind, which and one of the worst things that could have happssed, and the sooner tion for the time boing. So much abstracts of them were read in of deaths have been wildly ar for Canton yesterday afternoon the belange of $10,411.20 to be the the Colony is rid of these visitors the batter for all concerned.
for Liberal sincerity.
English and Monx.
aggerated. At the very moment and he also will be given a hearty (Continued on Page 5)-
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