THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. XLV.
AND
China Overland Trade Report
-CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, ża.
Leading Articles :--
The Census
The Carew Case .................................
Spain and her Colonies
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, 11TH FEBRUARY, 1897.
The Increase of the Army and the Protection of
the Cosling Stations
Japan's Commercial Expansion
"Hongkong Cricket Club.......
Hongkong Golf Ginh
98
The Directors of the Shanghai Cargo Boat Company have declared a final dividend of 8 per cent., making 15 per cent for the year, and the Directors of the Co-operative Cargo Boat 94 Company 9 per cent., making 14 per cent., for 94 the year.
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Rear-Admiral Gigault de la Bédolliers, 96 accompanied by his flag captain and the chief of his staff, was a passenger by the last out- 96 ward French mail to Saigon, where Admiral de Beaumont will hand him over the command in chief of the French squadron in the Far East.
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99
The Census
Hongkong Indian Famine Kolief Fund
The New Chinese Postal Service
Alice Memorial Hospital
97 97
- Hongkong Ios Co., Limited
98
Kowloon Land and Building Co., Limited
98
The Punjom Mining Company, Limited...
98
The Queen's and Eureka Mines
Hongkong Volunteer Corps
99 99
Royal Hongkong Yacht Club
The Carew Case .ip.................
The Emperor and Li
Collision in Chemulpo Harbour.
Murderous Assault by Sampan Men at Shanghai.....110 The Management of Public Affairs at Shanghai........110 The China Association .......... The German Minister to Tokyo and the Alleged As
sault** Hongkong and Port News...
...111
Commercial.
Shipping
MARRIAGES.
..100 ...100
...101
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News has been received of the death at Timor of the Right Rev. Bishop Medeiros, Bishop of Macao. His Lordship, who had been in ill health for some time past, was on the point of returning to Macao, but his illness proved too severe to admit of his removal. He died on the 7th January.
The sentence of death passed by the Supreme Court at Yokohama on Edith May Hallowell Carew for the murder of her husband has been commuted by Sir Ernest Satow to penal servitude for life. The charge brought against Miss Jacob by Mr. Lowder, Mrs. Carew's 114 counsel, has been withdrawn.
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At Kobe, on the 22nd January, by the Rev. E. Champneys Irwine, M.A., Incumbent of Christ Church, Yokohama, WILLIAM Ross, to FLORENCE Eva, widow of the late HENRY STEELE,
At the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Shangliai, on the 30th January, by the Rev. Father
•Louad, BJ, RAZENDO CARMO DA SILVA E SOUZA, to ANGELICA MARIA D'OLIVEIRA
At the Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, on the 4th February, by the Rez. H. C. Hodges, M.A., assisted by the Rev. G. Walshe, ALICE HENRIETTA, elder daughter of J. A. POND, Esq., of Shanghai, to FRE DERICK LESLIE CROMPTON, of Shanghai.
DEATHS.
At Nagasaki, on the 24th January, JAMES W. BAIED, of Ayr, Scotland, aged 37 years.
On the 25th January, at the Infectious Diseases Hospital Aizawa, Yokohama, of small-por, DAVID BOUCHER, late Chief Engineer of steamer Toyohashi
Maru
Al Hankow, on the 27th January, 1897, ALEX.
OF, aged 54 year
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The English mail of the 8th January arrived, P. & O. steamer Rohilla, on the 8th February (31 days); and the American mail of 7th January arrived, per P. M. steamer
the 9th February
EPITOME
ment divide cent for
(33 days).
THE WEEK.
The Raub Australian Gold Mining Company advertises a dividend of one shilling per share, payable on the 15th March next, at Singapore and Brisbane, with respect to shares on the register at these places respectively. Tenders for ten thousand unallotted contributing shares of £1 paid up to 13/10 in the Company are also advertised for.
Applications submitted by German and British subjects for registration of trade-marks and designs in Japan are slowly investigated in the Department for Agriculture and Com- merce. It is said that some thirty have been approved up to date out of about 600 sent in Similar requests continue to arrive in large number.—Hyogo News.
At the annual general meeting of the Sing spore Chamber of Commerce held on the 28th January the following resolutions were passed: "That with reference to the despatch of the Secretary of State of 27th October last, para- graph 5, representation be made to the Govern- ment that, in the interests of the trade of the Colony, no steps should be taken to withdraw the present note issues of the Banks." (2)- The Chamber reiterates its opinion in favour of the issue of Government one dollar notes as form: ing a great convenience to the community and urges the inclusion of this denomination of note in the proposed issue.”
The lying telegram stating that Miss Jacob had confessed to the murder of Mr. Carew and te having written certain mysterious letters appears in the Australian papers. Miss Jacob will have a large field for libel actions open to chang is again her and with the claim she may possibly have for damages for false imprisonment she may receive liberal pecuniary compensation for the suffering and injury to which she has been subjected. * The telegram referred to illustration of the dangers to which newspape are liable. It would naturally be accepted
faith by all the
Dersin. olutely false
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The profits of the Yebisu Beer Brev Limited, of Tokyo, for the past amounted to $70,053, and the share received a dividend of 20 per cent., while $43, were carried to reserves, and $10,500 given bonus to the employés of the brewery.
A Tientsin despatch reports that the Tientsin Peking Railway has only been so far completed to a place called Lutai, a village half way be- tween the two termini. The reason for the dela is attributed to lack of sleepers for the new railway, hence there is no prospect of journey ing from Tientsin to the Yungting gate of Peking by rail until May or June next. A larg before the closing of navigation, and they are consignment of sleepers had, however, arriv reported to be sufficient to keep the navvies at work until April next.-N. C. Daily News:
The Japanese Ministry, it is stated, amended the naval extension scheme proposed by the last Ministry. It has been decided to increase the tonnage of the four first-class cruisers, for the first stage of the extension, from 7,500 tons to 9,000 tons and also to Alterations have also been made in the pla extend the steel armour below the water lin for the two first-class crnisers for the stage, making the vessels armoured cruisers. When the whole programme is completed, the Japanese navy will have eight armoured oruisers each 9,000 tons, and four battleships each of 14,000 tons. The total tonnage of the naval fleet will be over 225,000 tons.
second
A great fire coonrred at Cholon on the morn- ing of the 24th January, from 120 to 140 buildings being consumed and not a single house left standing over a large area. The dam Saigon, at more than a million dollars, is estimated, according to the Courri
issue our contemporny says the loss, no a fifth is covered by insurance. In a sub the approximate estimates of the loos rities and the insurance agents, is much than was at first stated. If the figures by the Chinese as to the amount of the godowns can be accepted the damage to nearly two millions.
Our contem however, points out that Chinese state under such circumstances are not relia extent of the area burnt over is heptares,
There appears, according to a Peking, to be an intention on the tain high officers connected with Mongolian Superintendency to prov status of Tibet into that with a Governor, Treasurer, Judg and other local authorities. Th tendency, which really means over Barbarian Tribes,” has lations with Tibet and Nepa late also over Tonkin, Kore islands as the Mongolian Leagues. Like the always had an Imperial Mongol blood, and it.
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like Chinese
provinos of
will be su
| date.-N. C- Daily Newss
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