CANTON NOTES.
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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
Lieut. J. T. Sterling, Coldstream Guards, A.D.C. to H.E. the Governor, has been pro- moted to the rank of Captain.
[FROM THE CHUNG NGÔI BAN PO.”.
fire broke out on the 8th instant at 10. The maximum temperature last month was .m. in a pigeon-lottery gambling house in 91.1, on the 15th, and "the minimum 76, on the Fatehan. About fifty houses were burnt to the 25th, the mean for the whole month being 82.4. ground and two junks laden with rice which The rainfall amounted to 5.195 inches. were anchored near the shore were also burnt.
The Secretary of the Punjom Mining Co., It is said that the fire was an incendiary one, Limited, advises us that, he has received from for the keepers of the gambling house had lost the Mines the following telegram giving the a good deal of money, which they could not result of the August Cyanide clean-up: The pay, and the winners were coming daily to Cyanide plant worked 21 days treating 750 demand the money.
tons of tailings yielding 164 028. of bullion of an average assay value of £2 5s. 2d. per
A good number of letters have been received lately by the shops in Honam and Canton from robbers asking for a certain sum of money under threats that if their demands were not complied with they would come and plunder the establish ments. Some shopkeepers, who were much frightened, at once complied with the demand, while others, more bold, are waiting for the result. A few days ago a letter of the same kind was received by a family house belonging to a mandarin named Cheung, in Canton. The mandarin at once reported the case to the Governor, who ordered the police to try by all means to discover the robbers who sent the letters. Six men who were suspected in con- nection with the case have been arrested.
good many coolies are searching among the burnt houses in Tong-u-lan, where a big fire lately occurred, to discover valuables. On the 8th instant four coolies were killed and two were severely injured by the collapse of a wall in one of the burnt houses. A female body, which was badly burnt, was discovered among the ruins on the 7th instant.
It is rumoured in Canton that the Govern-
ment has received a despatch from the Tsungli Yamen to the effect that at the request of the Ministers of Great Britain and Holland steps ahould be taken to prevent the export and im- port of false coins, which are in great abund- ance. It is said that the Commissioner has been instructed to order the Customs officers to make
careful inspections to prevent the smuggling
of coins.
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Commodore Boyes will leave this station for England on the 22nd inst. Mrs. Boyes left on Monday in the Belgic and will remain in Yoko hama until the arrival of the Commodore in the Peru. Mr. Waymouth, the Commodore's Secre- tary, is going home by the next English mail, Commodore Holland with Mrs. Holland and family arrived on Monday by the Empress of Japan.
The Colonial Secretary has forwarded to the Chamber of Commerce a letter from M. Le Roux, French Consul, stating that the Gover. nor-General of Indo-China has decided that European vessels from Hongkong shall be admitted to free pratique in the ports of Indo- China after inspection and that Chinese junks from Hongkong remain subject to a, quarantine of seven days from the date of arrival.
Early on Sunday morning a savage attack was made by a thief on an old woman who lives at Yaumati: The thief broke into her house by getting through the skylight and when the woman'saw him she screamed Save life." The man then pulled out a knife, cut her about various parts of her body, and then decamped. The woman now lies in the Government Civil Hospital. Her assailant has not yet been arrested.
A tub containing oil was stolen from a store at 33, Station Street, Yaumati, on the 9th inst. and on Thursday the stolen property was found in a house at 26, Temple Street, Yaumati. The A fight broke out between the weavers and oil had been placed in another tab and part of the fantan gamblers on the 6th inst. at 9 p.m. the stolen tub was lying in the shop. Two Each party was well armed. One of the policemen were arrested on a charge of theft and s men who interfered to stop the fight was fatally shot. The combatants did not disperse until the arrival of a large band of soldiers, who effected the arrest of three of their number.
It is reported that a good many villagers in the Sameni aud Suntak districts have lost their wives and daughters during the last few months. Some of them are said to have been tempted by procurers to go to Hongkong to lead immoral lives in the sly brothels; some have been de- coyed under pretence of getting employment in Hongkong or to pay visits to friends or re- latives; some whose husband have been abroad for a long time have been taken away under pro- mises of help in finding their husbands; but when they have been brought down to Hongkong they have one and all been placed in the custody of the keepers of ely brothels, who compel them to lead immoral lives either by threats or by cajolery.
HONGKONG.
Very little of importance has transpired in the colony during the past week. Information concerning the rebellion in Manila is eagerly sought for. but the information gleaned has been rather scarce up to the present and obtained through roundabout channels.
There were 2,438 visitors to the City Hall Muserm last week, of whom 196 were Eu-
ropeans.
The work of repairing the Gaelic is being proceeded with night and day at the Cosmo- politan Docks and it is hoped she will be in readiness to sail for America on the 17th October. The Norwegian steamer Hoerding is ad. vertised for sale as she now lies on the rocks of Uspenia Point, East Coast of Siberia. From this it would appear that the vessel has been wrecked. Messrs. Melchers and Co. are the local agents.
Three lodging-house keepers were fined at the Police Court on Saturday for infringing the law, by allowing an excess number of persons to sleep on the premises. For keeping unre- gistered lodging-houses two men were fined $15 each and another $25.-
man and woman were arrested for illegally re- ceiving the property. They were remanded.
An Indian policeman on Thursday night found a Chinaman crouching amongst the trees near Seymour Terrace and looked him up on & charge of being a rogue and vagabond. A box of matches was found in his possession, At the police station the man was recognised as an old offender, and as he had lataly returned from banishment a second charge was preferred against him. He was brought before the Magis- trate and sent to gaol for twelve months with hard labour.
The Rev. A. Kollecker has issued his annual report respecting the missions schools connected with the Berlin Missionary Society in China Excellent work was done in the schools and the pupils have increased in numbers. The accounts show a balance in hand of $194.61 and we are pleased to see from the list of subscribers that the European community in Hongkong and Canton contributed very liberally to the funds.
At the Magistracy on Saturday a man and a woman were charged with bringing two girls into the colony for the purpose of emigration. The prisoners adoped a sly ruse. They took deck passages for themselves on the Suisang,. but paid second class fares for the girls, who were consequently not liable to medical ex- amination. Detective Sergeant Holt, however, on boarding the vessel found out the prisoners' intention and arrested them. They were re- manded.
The usual monthly competition for the Cup presented by Mr. John Wallace to the Kowloon Detachments of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps took place at the 200, 400, and 500 yards ranges, when Gunner Gilchrist was declared the winner with a total of 95 points. The following are a few of the best scores:--
Gunner Gilchrist
Lieutenant Macdonald. Sergeant MacPhail Gunner Gow Gunner Stewart,
Corporal Ewing.. Gunner White
200 400 500 Handicap To- yds. yds, yds. Points. tal. 28 29 17 21; 95 26 31 27. 3 87 26 28 30 ger.
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Some pass boat peo ashore at West Poi of simple innocence. called alongside a junk, and the junk threw the dead body of a the small boat and told them to take police, adding that they would follow pass boat people believed the story and way pulled for the shore. On reach they found they had been victimised junk had sailed off, in an entirely opposit tion. The police are enquiring into the
In reference to the recent assault by villagers on a Hongkong shooting par Fraser, the Consulat Canton, has addres the following letter, dated 7th Septemb the Colonial SecretaryIn reply to your let No. 1,373 of 29th August, I have the hono inform you that the Viceroy has sent order the local civil and military authorities at ascertain the ringleaders in the assault on M Potts' party and inflict exemplary punishment. upon them. The Viceroy's Secretary, assured t me to-day that His Excellency is exceedingly angry at this fresh outrage and will deal with it severely.
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A rather unusual sight was witnessed at f Magistracy on the 9th September by the pearance of a Chinaman bound in iron fetters and under anarmed escort of Sikhs being marched into the courtyard. The priso was a noted character, who had been banished from Sandakan, where he had given "the" au- thorities endless trouble, having been implicated in several serious crimes, and for which he has already spent three years in prison. He was temporarily lodged with the police here and will eventually be sent to Hoihow.
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A special general meeting of the Hongkong: General Chamber of Commerce is to be held on the 19th inst. The meeting is called for two objects, one to nominate a member of the Chamber for appointment to the Legislative... Council, the Hon. T. H. Whitehead's; ferm is expiring; and the other to protest against the action of the Telegraph Companies in connection with the recent increase of rates. As to the .... first of these objects, it will, we believe, be little. more than a matter of form, as it is unlikely that any candidate will offer himself in opposi tion to the present member.
We are now fairly well off for water. Taitamḍiz contains 330,000,000 gallons and Pokfulam.. 50,000,000 gallons, and the streams are still running. It is interesting to note that the f rainy season this year has not been productive... of a much greater fall than the same period - of last year. In 1895 the rainfall between May and August (inclusive) was 35,60 and for the corresponding period of this year it was 37.40. The reason why we are now so much better off for water than we were in 1895 18 - because this year we have had the advantage of the catchwater to the east of Taitam. ja ole
The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial *** and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the funds of the Hospitals:
Hop Hing Hong Kwok Bin Lan Sin Kee Chan ... Tai Fung Shun
Kwong Cheong Loong - Quan Mow
Wo Kee Hong... Fook Lun Yu
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