THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. XLI.]
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c.
Leading Articles
Britain's Naval Strength in the Far East
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HONGKONG: THURSDAY, 11TH APRIL, 1895.
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No. 15.
It is stated that the Chinese Admiralty Board The coolie strike at Hongkong came to au 1961 is to b› abolished a
a useless expense. A¦de. end on the 4th inst, The Government rentained licit of over five million taels has been diseov-firm and made no concession, and the result was erol in the Board's accounts and the members surrender on the part of the strikers. Many of fara ordered to make good the monut.
the common lodging house keepers have com- Miningplied with the law as regards registration and those who have not done so are being prosecuted at the Police Court.
Mandarin Arrogance and the Prospects of Reform.262 China's Corruption
The Registration of Common Lodging Houses ... Proposed Licensing of Private Velicles ·
A Weak Charge of Plagiarism
Hongkong Legislative Council
Supreme Court:
The Chinese Will Case..
Lee King & Co. v. Carlowitz & Co.
Stoppage of Night Traffic on the Canton Riser.
The Hymn of Praise" at the City Hall
The Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders
Hongkong
Hongkong Volunteer Corp
Hongkong Volunteer Corps' Rifle Meeting
Cricket Dinner to the Hon. A. J. Leach
Opening of the Kowloon Institute
The Foreign Trade of China in 1804.
Colonial Court of Admiralty:
The Scottish riental Co., Limited; v. The Rin
The End of the Cole Strike.
Mutiny on a British Vessel...
Victoria Recreation Club, Annual Athletic Sports
Royal Hongkong Yacht Club
The Terms of Peace
Jelebu Mining and Trading Co., Limited.
Hall & Holtz, Limited
Correspondence :--
Mr. Robinson on the Coolie Strike
Hongkong and Port News....
Commercial
shipping...
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The half-yearly report ofstle Jelebu and Trading Co., Limited, shows a S1209, of which it is proposed to plac the reserve fund. in order to bring 267to its previous figure of $25,000, and 265 [forward the balance.
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972
On Sunday, the 24th February, at the Cedars, Mar land Avenue, Croydon, the wife of EDMUND SHARE, late of Hongkong, of a son.
MARRIAGES.
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fit of 4,923 to reserve to carry
are really intent on capturing vessels with ammuni
The N. C. Daily News says:-If the Japanese tien on board for the Chinese goverument their We are informed by the Manager of the Bank efforts, so far, have not been very successful, for of China, Japas, and the Straits, Limited, that at least four ships have succe ded in reaching has received a telegram from his head office two of them having reached' Shanghai, and the
this country · in London advising that an amended reconstruc-other two Chinking, one vessel changing her They bave come by way of Anjer. tion scheme has been accepted by the depositors and made absolute by the Court,
name in order to more eff·ctually mislead the The foreign Consuls at Tientsin have been no attempt is being made, but that the Japanes
would-be capturers. It may be. however, that notified by the Acting Superintendent of Nor-anticipate becoming possessed of th› war material thorn i råde, Wang Wen-shaq. that an Imperial | when they make the r captures on land, as they edict has been issued to the effect that the port ¦ did at Port Arthur and other plac's, and thus of Tientsin will be closed in the event of, Jop-prevent complications with foreigners. anese mou-of-war appearing off Taku.
According to a Paris telegram in the Ton-If...the Empress-Dowager has, the N. C Daily To further cut down the expenses of the Court kin papers a loan of twenty-five million francs for Cochin-t hina is in contemplation. Thirteen million francs are to defray the cost of the Lang- son Railway and the remainder is to be used for other public works, especially tailways.
News says, siguitied her intention to return to the capital, live in the Tzening Palace, and el the large establishment known as Elo Park & the Take Paluces (Nun Pei Hai-tze), which ha cost the Imperial Treasury nearly ten milli On the 2nd inst, a new building for the Shang-tae's yearly. The Emperor, knowing that t Jamieson in the presence of a very large num. Park with its surroundings of hill and fores bai Public School was opened by Mrs Georgo Empress-Dosage is passionately foud of E her of people, including the Chairmen and especially as it is ten miles away from the noise bors of the two Councils, the Consular Body, dust, aud smells of the capital, tried his best to the Masonic Fraternity, most of the leading remake Her Majesty retain Ebo Park and close sidents of the Settlement, and a strong contingent the Lake Palace only; but the Empress-Dowager of young people, representing the Public School is determined to economise for the country, and and other educational establishments in Shanghai.her decree has now become law.
On the 21st February, at St. James's, Weybridge, by the Rector, the Rev. W. B. Money, assisted by the Rev. B. de Chair and the Rev. J. E. Tarif EDWARD OSBORNE, of Hongkong, younger son of the late Charles Osborne, Esq., of East Molesey, to PHYLLIS, youngest daughter of George WHITLEY, Esq., of Fairholme, Weybridge.
Li Hung-chang is now convalescent and the At Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, on 27th | peace negotiations are proceeding. There seems March, 1595, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, M.A.. FRITZ to be a more hopeful fee ing of a satisfactory MAX ULBRICHT, officer of the steamer Stone Nordiske, result than formerly prevailed. The armistice is in force in the North, and, although Formosa At the Cathedral, Shanghai, on the 30th of March, was exempted, nothing has been don there, but 1895, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, M.A., CHARLES, the Japanese have a number of war ress-1s and son of John ERSKINE, Esq.. of Newcastle-on-Tyne. to ISABELLA, daughter of William James FORSTER,ive transports at the Pescadores Esq., of Tynemouth, Englan l.
to MARY JANE WARREN.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
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The au-
thorities at Canton are apprehensive of an attack on that city and additional mines and torpedoes have been laid in the river, in consequence of
Recent despatches from Tientsin. the N. C. Daily News says, report the arrest, by the Gov. nor of Shantung, of General Liu Chao poi, ex- Commander of the South forts of Weihaiwei. to be affected in the same way, so that when the This officer's cowardly example caused bis men Japanese troops were seen coming down the
hills to the attack, General, officers, and men at ouco deserted their posts without attempting to fire a single shot or even disable the splendid guns of the fort, When arrested Liu was disguised as a peasant. A decree has been issned ordering him to Peking to b× tris ( for cowardics
notoriety takes placo.
The French mail of the 1st March arrived which night navigation has tu suspended, per M. M. steamer Salazie, on the 3rd April } On the 26th March the following telegram and the probabilities are that he will be executed (33 days); the English mail of the 8th March was despatched to Shimonesaki from the Tien-Loven before the d capitation of Kung Chao-yü arrived, per P. & O. steamer Rosetta, on the 7th [txin Club :—“To-H.E. The Viceroy Li Hung. of Port Arthur and Yeh Chih-chao of Yashau April (30 days); and the German mail of the chang. The foreign residents of Tientsin offer 1th March arrived, per N. D. L steam sincere sympathy to His Excellency. They deeply Preussen, on the 10th April (30 days),
regret the calamity which has b fallen him.” On Thursday, the 28th, a reply was received as follows—"Thanks to all for kind safely removed, but am improving steadily and brances Wound painful. Bullet cannot be
to the whole community.—Li Hung-chang." can attend to business from bed. My best wishes
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
A treaty between Japan and Peru was signed at Washington on the 23rd nlt..
Up to the 5th inst. the amount of the war loan at Canton aggregated Tls. 2,189,750.
The Mitsu Bishi Company is making exten- sive additions to its dooking and ship repairing establishments at Nagasaki.
remem-
means
At Shanghai on the 31st ult., we learn from the Mercury, Mr. H. C. Pearce
was the of resening
Boat House. As two boats, an eight and four, a Chiuaman who at- templed to commit suicide by jumping into the Poochow Creek, someway past the Upper were returning home. the latter slightly ahead. that a misunderstanding has arisen between the immediately plunged in and swam ashore with The Bangkok Times says:Rumour bas it head bolt up directly astern of his boat. He Pearce, who was stroking the four, saw a man's members of the Commission for delimitating the the man. A telegram has been received in Tokyo sta lug has recently been received from Mr. J.G. Scott, was not required, as Pearce had his man, well in neutral zone of the Upper Mekong. A latter boat, jumped overboard too, but his a sistance H. W. Hune, who was also in the that the Japanese-American Treaty was ratified dated February 9th, which we understand con- hand. at Washington on the 22nd March.
According to a Renter's telegram, the Times but for obvious reasous it is advisable at pre-farm, where they s'ripped him of his wet clothes fains information of some hitch having oce rred, insensible, they man, ged to get him into a small After landing the man, who was partly says that the speculation ja silver is based on sent to publish any statement. Difficulties which and after a time they succeed diu restoring the expectation of a large demand for the white would requiro reference tɔ the British and French | animation. Mr. Pearce deserves much praise for metal in the East, also on the idea that a con-Governments were, however, anticipated before his prompt action and doubtless the man woul ference, of which the Government has as yet the starting of the Commission, and the state- have succeeded in his intention of taking his heard nothing officially, will do something to ment that M. Pavie is expected on a visit to life had it not been for Mr. Pearce's prompt- re-establish its value.
Bangkok is probably connected therewith, ness and bravery..
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