THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. XLV.}·
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, 3RD JUNE, 1897.
The first steamer for the West River Ports, the Wingtong, is advertised by Messrs. Butter field & Swire to be despatched at 4 p.m. to.
Epitome of the Week, ko... ........................................................................429 day. Leading Articles -
Residence on the Heights and the Military
Acquisition of Victoria Peak.....
The Lace Trade in China.
Gratuities in the Army
Review....
Supreme Court
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Hongkong Legislative Council
The Mount Austin Hotel Sold
Serious Accident to Dr. Noble
“Parachute Accident
Victoria Recreation Club
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The Address to Her Majesty... Hongkong Branch of the London College of Music...434 The Sentence on Sergeant Fretter Diamond Jubilee Subscriptions..............................................................................430 Captain Rumsey on Light Dues
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“Mr. Goffe's Insult to the Macao Portuguese.
Shipping in 1896
The Eureka and Queen Mines
Correspondence.......
Foochow awoke this morning, says the Echo of the 22nd May, to find the whole country flooded. The rise of the river in the neighbour hood of Yeng Ping is said to be quite abnor- mal. A good deal of damage has been done. The loss of poles to the owners by their rafts breaking is estimated at $100,000.
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From the Courrier d'Haiphong we learn that news has been received that M. Brenier, chief of the Lyons Commission, has not been able to follow the itinerary he had intended, in conse- quence of the Kwangsi insurrection. The members of the Commission in Tonkin are anxious, as they do not know where M. Brenier
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Stranding of the Yiksang
The Breakdown of the Sydney...........
Collision at Shanghai.
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The Empress of China Quarantined
The Peking Railway
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..438 Colonel Mosby, formerly United States Con- ..438 sul at Hongkong, recently met with a serious riding accident. A telegram dated Richmond (Va.), 28th April, says :-Colonel John S. Mosby shows a distinct improvement in his condition. Unless inflamation supervenes where the brain is bruised from the hoof of the animal, which destroyed his eye, and where the blood clot is believed to be, his recovery will be steady.
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The Growth of Pootung.. Hongkong and Fort Now.....................................441
Shipping..
MARRIAGES.
At the Cathedral, Shanghai, on the 22nd of May, 1897, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, M.A., ALBERT GEORGE PARROTT, M.R.C.S., Eng., L.R.C.P., Lond., to CONSTANCE MARY, second daughter of F. W. REYNOLDS, M.A., of Redland, Bristol, England.
On the 27th of May, 1897, at H B.M.'s Consulate- General, Shanghai, by Sir Nicholas J. Hannen, Consul-General, and afterwards at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, M.A., GEORGE, fifth son of Mr. Barnes DALLAS, of Shanghai, to BEATRICE MAUD, secol daughter of the late W. H. CLEMOES, Esq., of St. John's, London.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The German mail of the 3rd May arrived, per N. D. L. steamer Preussen on the 31st May (28 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Mr. H. A. Ramsden has been appointed British Vice-Consul at Manila.
Mr. E. A. Hewett has received the substantive appointment of agent of the P. & O. S. N. Co. at Shanghai.
The ship T. F. Oakes, whose long passage and the sufferings of the crew created such a sensa- tion in New York recently, has been renamed the New York and left the port after which she is named for Shanghai on the 19th May.
The Imperial Bank of China was formally opened at Shanghai on the 27th May, but the only business done was the reception of numerous congratulatory friends by the foreign manager, Mr. A. Maitland. No finanical operations on the part of the Bank will take place until after the 12th of June,
A boating accident recalling in some degree the terrible catastrophe which overtook the launch of H.M.S. Edgar, on the 14th of Novem- ber, 1895, off Chewulpo, is reported from Sasebo. The Senior Officer of the Sasebo Naval Station wires under date 13th May that one of the boats of H.I.J.M.'s ship Kaimon Kan, with a landing party of fifty marines, upset while Tanimoto making for the shore, and Lieut and eight men were drowned.-Kobe Herald.
Fresh industries are springing up all the time in Shanghai since the war, notwithstanding the fears of some people who anticipated nothing less than the total annihilation of everything in China. A second oil mill in foreign style is shortly to be inaugurated and it will not only make cotton and bean seed oil, but foreign and Chinese candles, scented soaps, and fireproof paint will be manufactured. The land and buildings have been purchased and the ma- chinery is on the way out.-Union.
We (N. C. Daily News) hear on good authority that Prince Uchtomsky is to be received within the Imperial Palace immediately after his arrival at Peking, and will be accorded another audience with the Emperor before he leaves Peking, The Prince will also have an audience with the Empress-Dowager. The Russian Mission is to be congratulated on having broken down some of the absurdly exclusive etiquette of the Imperial Court, whereby a service has been rendered to foreign interests generally in
China.
The Shanghai Mercury of the 28th May, The Imuris Mine," under the heading of says:-This unfortunate undertaking is again claiming public attention. Mr. M. J. D. Stephens, of Hongkong, is at present in Shang. hai on behalf of the liquidator, and this mor- ning he started actions against two shareholders for non-payment of calls. Mr. Stephens was ordered to deposit $500 in each case as security for costs of defendants, and also to pay the costs occasioned by the application to the Court in
any event.
No: 22.
Mr. Stanley Spencer, the aeronaut, while giving a parachute performance at the Bay View Hotel, Hongkong,, on the 30th May, met with an accident. Owing to a leak in the balloon it collapsed before it had reached, a sufficient height to allow of the parachute fully opening in the descent, the result being that Mr. Spencer fell heavily, but very fortu nately a broken leg was found to be the extent of his injuries. It was thought at first that he was killed.
Who would not be a shareholder in the Japan Brewery Company? It is not many years since its ordinary shares were quoted at 100 yen. To-day they sell for 335 yen and those who pinned their faith to the venture by investing in it their capital have every reason to con- gratulate themselves upon their shrewdness. This half-year the Company has paid a dividend of 15 per cent., placed 50,000 yen to reserve, and carried forward 9,801 yen. With the growing fondness of the Japanese for beer, and the prospect of a heavy tariff being placed ere long on foreign imports, the Company's future is certainly bright.-Japan Gazette.
The correspondent of a local native paper writing from from Hêngehou, Hunan, states that he late'y saw two men heavily cangued parad- ing the river banks outside that city escorted by a couple of yamên runners. The legend on the cangue of each of the desperadoes told the tale that they had been so punished for recently assaulting the Rev. Griffith John while that missionary was trying to sell books at Heng- chon. Further, that upon enquiry the yamen runners had said that the punishment had been meted out by the peremptory orders of H.E. Chang Chih-tang, who had been informed of the attempted riot through the Consul repre- senting Dr. John's country at Hankow.-N. C. Daily News.
Some excitement has been caused at Macao by an insult offered by Mr. Goffe, the British Vice-Consul, to the Portuguese community. On a circular issued to; the members of the Foreigners' Lawn Tennis Club asking their opinion as to the giving of afternoon teas to which visitors might be invited Mr. Goffe wrote "Any people asked bar Portuguese." A meeting of the members of the Club União has been held in connection with the affair and a resolution was passed declaring Mr. Goffe ineligible as a member or visitor, of that Club and that he should not be invited to any entertainments held there. Mr. Goffe has, in his official capacity, apologised to the Governor of the colony.
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There was a stirring scene at the P. & O. jetty on Saturday (says the N. C. Daily News of the 24th May) when the tender Samson was about to convoy passengers to the Empress of Japan, a great many people having been at- tracted there to bid farewell to Mr. R. F. Thorburn who terminated his long residence în Shanghai. The Town Band was in attendance and played "Auld lang syne" and hearty cheers and a tiger were raised for Mr. Thorburn, who was visibly affected by the farewell tended to him. It is a curious thing in connec. tion with Mr. Thorburn's twenty year's service with the Municipal Council as Secretary that during that period he was never absent from his post for a single day, either through sick- neas or for a holiday,
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