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THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. XLVI.J
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China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c.
Leading Articles :—
The Situation
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, 30TH DECEMBER, 1897,
Dr. Bedloe, the new Consul for the United States at Canton, arrived by the City of Rio de .497 Janeiro on the 28th December.
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The Times on the German Occupation of Kiaochau 498 Russia's Demand for the Dismissal for English
Engineers
.498 French Aggressiveness and the Situation in China 499 Marine Garrisons for the Coaling Stations The Attack on Haiphong
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Bribery and its Punishment
.,500 ,500
The Harbour Master and the Light Dues
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Movements of Russia and England in China
501
The Philippine Rebellion
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Supreme Court
The Rectification of Hongkong's Boundaries........
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Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce
Two Great Men
Farewell Concert by the West Yorks Band
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Fire at the Naval Yard
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The Bribery Punishment Ordinance
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Special Licensing Session
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Oxford Local Examinations
Masonic Installations.
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The Hongkong High-Level Tramways Co., Limited...504 The Punjum Mining Co., Limited Cricket
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Yacht Race
Royal Hongkong Yacht Club
The Royal Hongkong Golf Club
Shooting Match
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Royal Artillery Athletic Sports
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The Piratical Attack on Haiphong
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News From Kiaochau Bay......
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The Amoy Incident
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Shocking Suicide at Shanghai
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The Round-the-World Cyclists
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The Russiauisation of Korea Hongkong and Port News.. Commercial Shipping
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DEATHS.
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According to the Mercury, telegraph ic news has been received at Shanghai stating that Russia took over charge of the Korean Customs on the 21st December.
Information has reached Singapore that the American ship Conqueror, which left Singapore on the 19th December bound to Boston, has be come a total wreck in the Rhio Straits.
On the 24th December three Chinamen were sentenced to death in the Hongkong Supreme Court for a murdo" committed in connection with the gang robbery in Burd Street.
Sir William Maxwell, Governor of the Gold Coast, died at sea off Grand Canary on his way home to England. Recent advices stated that he was in ill health, so that it is probable he was going home on sick leave.
The N. C. Daily News of the 20th December says-There are many rumours afloat as to the intentions of the British Admiral at the present crisis. It is reported that the Chusan Islands are to be occupied again, while others have it that the Woosung forts are to be held until the political atmosphere clears.
It seems certain that, whatever happens, the British Government will allow no outside interference with the Yangtze Valley.
In an interview at Hankow with a corres- pondent of the N. C. Daily News Mr. Fraser, one of the round-the-world cyclists. said: It is appalling what ignorance there is about our trade in foreign parts. And a mighty amount of nonsense has been written about tapping Western Chinainto Burma. Well, I have studied the question and I examined Yunnan pretty carefully as I came along. Yunnan isn't worth tapping, and, if it were, railways are nigh impos. sible. Anyway I've written a very heavy and a very dull article on the subject which you may dread by and bye.
At the University College Hospital, London, on the 27nd November, 1897, ETHEL WORSLEY, dearly loved daughter of Captain and Mrs. CLEMENT. Aged 22 years and 10 months. Deeply regretted.
On the 11th December, 1897, LEONORA T. GRACEY, the wife of Samuel L GRACEY, Unit: States Consul at Foochow, Chinn.
On the 16th inst., at the General Hospital, Yoko- hama, of typhoid fever, HENRY SWINBURNE ADAMS, in his 30th year.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The French mail of the 19th November arrived, per M. M. steamer Laos, on the 22nd December (33 days); and the English mail of the 26th November arrived, per P. & O. steamer Thames, on the 26th December (30 days); the American mail of the 27th November arrived, per P. M. Steamer City of Rio de Janeiro, on the 28th December (31 days); and the Canadian mail of the 7th December ar- rived, per C. P. steamer Empress of China, on the 28th December (21 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
The King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment arrived at Hongkong by the troopship Jelunga on the 26th December to replace the West Yorks, who embark on the 1st January for Singapore.
From Shanghai papers we learn that in obedience to telegraphic instructions received from the Tsungli Yamen, the embargo laid by the Chinese authorities Ou the steamers chartered by Messrs. Bennertz & Co. was rẻ. moved on the 21st December.
According to the Sinwênpao's Peking cor- respondent the German indemnity demanded is really six million instead of two million taels as hitherto reported, and that as the "German Minister refused to go to the Tsungli Yamén to arrange about the German conditions, Wêng Tung-ho and Chang Yin-huan were compelled to go themselves to the German Legation, whither they had been several times in deep and secret consultation with the German Minister. No one except those immediately concerned was allowed within the room where these officials met, even the subordinate officers of the Legation being probibited from coming any- where near the place.-N. . Daily News.
The N.Y.K. steamer Kinshiu-maru (Captain Sommers), which sailed from Kobe on the 11th inst. for Yokohama and Seattle, was run into by the steamer Hokushin-maru at 6.35 p.m. on the 12th when off Matsuba-Saki, Sagami Province. The former was struck on the port bow, and sustained injury, but was able to proceed on her Foyage, and anchored off Yokohama harbour at 9 p.m. the same night. the rent in her hall was empty at the time of As the part adjacent to
collision, cargo taken in at Hongkong, Shang- hai, and Kobe may be said to have practically escaped damage. The repairs to the vessel will require at least a month, and it was arranged to tranship her cargo into the Matsnya ma-maru, which was to leave Yokohama on the 18th inst. for Seattie.
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No. 27.
Important developments are taking place in .China. It is recognised that Germany intends to retain possession of Kiaochau. Russia, as countermove, has occupied Port Arthur, apparently with the consent of the Chinese Government, and the forts are to be recon- structed under Russian supervision and with Russian
That Russia intends to establish a virtual protectorate over Manchuria and a large slice of North China is indicated by the fact that she has demanded the dismissal of the English engineers on the railway. Russian military instructors are also to replace the Germans. The British fleet is assembled at Chusan and it is believed that island and its dependencies are to be occupied. In any event Great Britain will tolerate no interference inimical to her interests in Central China, and more especially along the Yangtsze Valley. France, it is stated will remain impassive unless some foreign aggression takes place in Southern China. Meantime she is reinforcing her squadron in the Far Fast, the cruisers Jeanne D'Arc and Pascal being already on the way out.
Saigon was en fête from the 5th Decem- ber to the 12th December the occasion being the visit of the Emperor of Annam and the King of Cambodia. The Courrier de Saiyon gave
of the a long account festivities, which were on a very large scale. The distinguished visitors were received with the greatest enthusiasm wherever they went, the crowds in the streets being at all times very largo indeed. The first class cruiser Lutin was placed at the disposal of the King of Cambodia and from a description given of the interior of the boat the arrangements were evidently of a most luxurious description. Magnificent orna- ments adorned the saloon, while the smoking room, which was converted into a dressing room for the occasion, was transformed into a strikingly handsome apartment. The toilet set was of massive gold, the combs and brushes were of gold and set with emeralds, diamonds, and rubies of the choicest workmanship. Even His Majesty's walking sticks were adorned with
precious stones, while in various parts of the jewellery particularly being very extensive and room were rare pieces of gold and silver, his
costly.
says: Yesterday's Government Gazette contains The Straits Times of the 18th December fiats of banishment against no fewer than twenty-three habitual criminals. This is the the new system that, as we announced a week first batch of criminals to be deported under ago, the Government were about to adopt. In future, these pests of society will not be allowed to remain in the colony to prey on the public, to fill our prisons, and to add to the public expenditure. The Police will keep a little list of the bad characters, in our midst, and, when they have attained to a certain stage of criminality, to be computed, of course, by the number and kind of convictions, they will be packed off to China as their sent- ences expire. It is an admirable measure that
is that it was not taken long ago. Let the the Government has taken. The only wonder
colony be free, but free only to the honest and industrions. We have been preyed upon too long by these crimiual immigrants from "the Flowery Land." It would be idle to affect compunction at the fact that, when these crim- inals are landed in China, the "happy despatch" very frequently awaits them.
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