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will take place at the East Parade Grounds opposite the Provincial Assembly Building on Saturday morning August 20, at 11 o'clock. Since the present adtuinistra-Commissioner of Customs have Toe foreign consula and the tion came into power officials, been invited both military and civil, have been
attend prohibited from asing opium and gambling and atrict prohibition ceremony. The suppression of instructed to také preventive
of opium smoking are two acts
to
the
measures against the illicit trade of civic righteousness which in this drug, says the Canton evidence the entire sincerity of Times. Recent a large quantity the Canton Administration.
of opium was a zed and turned
over to the Military Department.
Some
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opium merchants
offer
Later.
The ceremony for the burning Pof smuggled opium which was to
to purchase this
proached the sathorities with take place this coming Saturday smuggled opium, but the pro- because more time is required to bas been postponed to August 27 vincial officials have decided that in order to discourage illicit this is also Victory Day, a general construct a suitable furnace. As opium trade, prevent opium; celebration will be held by public +moking and observe the agree-organisations to mark the com. ment made with the foreign plete downfall of the Kwangsi powers, this seized opium should Militarists and the success of the Lurdestroyed. The public burying I Cantonese Army,
THE HONGKONG......
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South African Freight. Market.
A steady revival of the amount of freight going out of Hongkong to South African porta was re- ported this morning. From the end of June the demand for space has been growing greater until [now, it is described as brisk. At the moment there is a small shortage of bottoms loading for Cape Town, Durban and Delagon Bay, which will be met in a fow days by extra tonnage being allocated to that run by one of the regular lines making those ports. Not only in Hongkong have stronger offerings of freight manifested themselves but in Japan too, although the pick-up here is larger in comparison to. the extra demands from the nortb.
Elpenor Arrives.
This morning the Blue Funnel steamer Elpenor arrived at Hong- kong from Liverpool with 429 toos of cargo for this port and about 5.000 tons for Shanghai and Japan ports. The cargo for Hongkong includes 100 drums of carbonic acid and 26 cases of phosphorous and other acids.
Appointed Master. Cast. C. H. Spittle has been appointed master of the steamer Telemachus and Capt. Edward Bently has come ashore.
Fined at Court.
Mishima Maru In Port.
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Kaisha. Mr. Kamei was accom. panied by Mrs. Kamei.
While at the Philippine ports the vessel was delayed for thres days by exceptionally heavy rain squalle, preventing the working of cargo.
Notable among the passengers
FIT-U PINCE-NEZ
More Glen Motorships. The motorship Gleasride was At the Marine Court this mern- an arrival at Hongkong this morn- ing the
master of the steaming from London and ports, bring- launch Hung Fat was fined $50 ing a general cargo for local wereCommander F. G. Pyne for having taken his vessel along-consignees The officers on the and F. Rogers and Lieur. T.D. side the steamer Tak Sang with Glenariffe brought news of new Westfall, of the United States out the permission of the police Glan Line motorships which are Navy. Commander Pyne is ac- and before the steamer had been now in course of construction on companied by his wife and son. examined by them.
the Clyde. Two vessels yet to be Dr. F. C. Newman, of Australia, delivered by the builders are the also was a passenger. The N.Y.K. steamer Mishima Glenbeg and the Glengarry. It Maru arrived at Hoogkong to-is expected at Home that these day from Japan en route to ships will be completed within London in the European service another month or two, when they is the latest of the finger operated of the company. The vessel will start loading for Far eye-glass mounting and has been came in with 110 passengers in all | Eastern ports. The Glenbeg designed to avoid all the objection- classes and 3.583 tons of general and the Glengarry are able features of this type of cargo. The vessel will sail from sister ships to the Glenogle, mounting. The long coil springs Hongkong a 11 a.m. tomorrow. which passed through this port of the Fit- prevent spring Owing to the late arrival of the few weeks ago on her first voyage breakage, and can be instantly Fushimi Maru from Manils the bound nortb, and the Glenapp, due adjusted to give more or less Mishima Maru will be slightly to make her initial appearance pressure on the nose.
The nose delayed to allow her to lift 500 bere on September 30.
clips are of special shape to pre- tons of Manila hemp tranship-|
vent slipping. Fit- Pince-nez ment cargo for London.
of any metal are obtainable from The passenger steamer Fushi-The Hongkong Optical Co.. Sue- A passenger on the Mishimami Mara arrived at Hongkong cessors to Clark & Co., Manu Maru, which reached port this to-day from Seattle. via Japan factoring and Refracting Opti- [ morning from Japan, was Mr. K. and Manila. The ship, had cians-the most competent Kamei, who was recently appoint-195 passengers-27 saloon. six optical manufacturing establish- ed manager of the Hongkong second and 169 steerage. There (ment in the Colony located in branch of the Nippon Yusen were about 900 tons of freight. 153, Queen's Road Central.
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