THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
VOL. XLVI.J
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Weak, te..
Leading Articles:
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The Partition of China
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, 2ND DECEMBER, 1897.
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1.414 ..414 ..415 416
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Taxation of Foreign Goods in China
Official Salaries
The China Ten Trade,
Stringency in the Money Markot
The Effect of the Gold Standard on the Singapore
and Bangkok Trade
416
Preparing for Emergencies
.417
Mirs Bay and the Extension of Hongkong's
Boundaries
...417
Supreme Court
Improvements Wanted on the Praya Reclamation 417
Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce
The Command of the China Station
The Bribery Scandal
Suicide of Mr. W. K. Wylie
Death of M. Imbault Huart
wards at the Cathedral by the Rev. II. C. Hodges, M.A., HARRY CLAPP, of Shanghai, to AGNES BES- SIE, second daughter of John Youngs GOULD, of Shanghai.
On the 24th November, 1897, at H.B M.'s Consul- ate-General, by Sir Nicholas J. Hannen, and after- wards at the Cathedral by the Rev: C. J Symons, MA, FREDERICK ÅLDERT, youngest son of the late Antony Field SAMPSON, of Hongkong, to MARGARET LUCAS, second daughter of Janies PHILLIPS, F.C.S., of Clifton, Bristul.
DEATHS.
At Tokio, on the 13th November, CHARLES S. HESS, a native of Switzerland, in his 6 th year.
At No. 31, Oura, Nagasaki, on the 16th Novem- ber, ALLEN KENNEDY, aged 8 years, after a long illness.
At the General Hospital, Shanghai. on the 18th November, 1897, MARIAN, the beloved wife of Wm.. BoSD, of the I.M. Customs, aged 57 years.
Mr. MYRTHI LE OPPENHEIMER, at Paris, on 18th November. By telegram.
On the 23rd November, at Yokohama, suddenly, ARTHUR E. MONROF, of ET. Mason & Co. of Yokohama
At the General Hospital, Shanghai, on the 24th November, 1897, EDWARD ROSQVIST, Yangtsze 425 | Pilot, aged 56 years.
425 At the Peak Hospital, on the 29th November, C. 426 | IMBAULT-HUART, Consul för France, Canion.
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Fatal Fire in Third Street...
422
Fire in Second Street
423
Charity Feto at Government House...
428
Murderous Raid by Bandits
.423
The Gaag Robbery and Murder in Burd Street
424
The Biter Bitten
.125
The Polo Tournament
.425
Hongkong Volunteer Corps
.425
Cricket....
Royal Hongkong. Yacht Club
The Six-A-Side Football Competition
The Punjum Mining Co., Limite
426
Ewo Cotton Spinning and Weaving Co., Limited
..426
The Perak Sugar Cultivation Co., Limited
427
Correspondence
..427
Germany and Chino .............
..428
A Financial Typhoon
Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce
..429
Mr. McLeavy Brown's Position in Korea
Revision of the Shanghai Land Regulations
429
An Exhortation to Tea Plantera
The Round-the-World Cyclists
The Belgian Railway Loan
The Japanese Concession at Tientsin
A New Railway
Threatened Riot at Wuhu
Mat Salleh Again
Frandon
Formosa ..............................
428
429
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The Portuguese Community at Foochow and Consul
Hongkongand Port News.........
Commercial
Shipping
MARRIAGES.
436
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.433 .435
At All Saints' Church, Tientsin, on the 8th No- vember, by the Rev. Frank L. Norris, THOMAS PRESTON, of the Imperial Chinese Railways, to ELIZABETH ALDREN, of Dalton-in-Furness, Lanca- shire, England.
On the 9th Novemb r. at All Saints' Church, Tientsin, by the Rev. Frank L. Norris, FREDERICK EDGAR WILKINSON, of II.B.M.'s Consular Service, to MARGARET, second daughter of Robert Wh LIAMS, of Shanghai.
On the 17th November, at the Swiss Consulate, Yokohama, by R. Kallen, Esq. (H. I. G. M.'s Vice Consul-General), Acting Swiss Consul, and after- wards at Christ Church, by the Rev. E. Champneys Irwine, M.A., PALL LOUIS, son of Professor BEN- JAMIN VAUTIER, of Düsseldorf, to GLADYS Mar- GARET, daughter of Charles D. Muss, of Yokohama. On the 17th November, at the Swiss Consulate, Yokohama, by R. Kallen, Esq. (H.I.G.M.'s Vice Consul-General), Acting Swiss Consul, and afterwards at Christ Church, by the Rev. E. Champneys Irwine, M.A., PAUL Louis, son of Professor BENJAMIN VAUTIER, of Düsseldorf, to GLADYS MARGARET, daughter of Charles D. Moss, of Yokohama.
On the 23rd November, nt Union Church, Hong- kong, by the Rev. (+. J. Williams, DUNCAN CLARK, to DAISY, daughter of D. R. CRAWFORD, E-q.
Ou the 23rd November, 1897, at .B.M.'s Consul ate-General, by Sir Nicholas J. Hannen, and after
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The English mail of the 29th October ar- rived, per P. & O. steamer Mirzapore, on the 28th November (30 days): the American mail of the 30th October arrived, per O. & 0. steamer Belgic, on the 29th November (30 days); and the Canadian mail of the 8th November arrived, per C. P. steamer Empress of Japan, on the S0th November (22 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Fifteen Chinese were burnt to death in a fire at 64, Third Street, Hongkong, on the 23rd November.
Dr. O. Stuebel, Consul-General for Germany at Shanghai, is likely to be transferred early in the coming year.
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Telegraphic communication has been tablished between the Islands of Luzon, Panay, Negros, and Cebn.
Sir Ernest Satow, H.B.M. Minister to Japan, arrived at Yokohama on the 21st November in the Empress of Japan.
The Secretary of State has confirmed the dismissals from the Hongkong Public Service in connection with the bribery scandal.
In response to the requests of the Viceroy Chang Chih-tung and Sheng Taotai the authorities of the Foochow naval school have sent ten students up to Hankow to assist in the construction of the Lu-Han Railway.--China
Gazette.
News has been received of the promotion of Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Buller to the rank of Admiral. His Excellency is to be succeeded in the command of the China station by Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, who is expected to arrive in January,
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No. 23.
Mr. Bryan, of Chicago, has been appointed Minister for the United States at Peking, to succeed the present incumbent of the post, Colonel Denby.
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A correspondent in Formosa writes: south is dead, but the north is booming. Build. ing is going on on all sides, rates double and treble the old rates, and Jardines are erecting, a place which will be the largest foreign hong in the island. Smith, Baker & Co. are also enlarging their quarters.
M. C. Imbault Huart. French Consul at
Canton, died at the Peak Hospital, Hongkong, on the 29th November, from an attack of dysentery complicated with disease of the liver. M. Huart was a capable official and an accomplished Chinese scholar and socially he was popular with all nationalities.
A Toyko press despatch of the 19th Novem- ber states that a further protest against the annexation of Hawaii by the United States is to be forwarded to Washington on the 20th by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. In this protest the Japanese Government declares itself to be absolutely opposed to such annexation.
Judgment was given in the Supreme Court at Yokohama on the 16th November in the Melpomene-Patroclus collision case by Judge Wilkinson. The concluding paragraph of the judgment was as follows:- -On the whole, then, I pronounce both vessels to blame for the damages. The damages to the Melpomene oo- casioned by the collision are therefore to be borne equally by the owners of the Melpomene and the owners of the Patroclus; and the de- fendants and their bail are condemned in a moiety of the plaintiff's claim in respect of such damages. The damages will be referred to the Registrar to assess the amount. There will be
no order as to costs.
The Singapore Chamber of Commerce invites its members to send, in writing, criticisms of, or questions about, the Sub-Committee's gold dollar scheme. In an article on the subject the Straits Times says:-The currency scheine has, in its favour, some chance of Siamese support. It was pointed out the other day by Mr. A. Huttenbach, in our columas, that Siam holds a strong relation in the position. In his opinion, Singapore currency reform would be inopera- tive should Siam keep to a silver basis. Opinion at Bangkok, judging from newspaper lead. In other words, it is presumed there that, utterances, seems inclined to follow Singapore's
should Singapore adopt the gold dollar, the Siamese tical must be put upon a gold basis.
The China Gazette says:-According to some Nanking correspondence in the native papers, the Viceroy Lin Kung-yi, has received secret instructions by telegraph from Peking to take immediate measures for the defence of all
the forts within his sphere of jurisdiction, in accordance with which he has sent a General Liu to take over command of the Woosung forts, and has sent strong re-inforcements to the garrison there. On the 19th and 20th inst., the Tsungli Yamen and the Peiyang Trade Superintendent wired the Viceroy word that seri- ous complications between Germany and China had arisen in Shantung, and that further at- tacks by German or other foreign forces might be anticipated. He was therefore to make every preparation along the Namyang coasts to meet hostilities should any ensue.
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