THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
VOL. XLVII.J
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c.
Leading Articles!—
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, 5TH JANUARY, 1898.
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The Record of the Year
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England's Sphere of Influence
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Typhoon Signals
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"Registration of Servants-
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Rumoured Seizure of Hainan by the French
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Supreme Court -
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Local and District Events, 1897.
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The Rebellion in the Philippines.
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Wreck of the Nara Maru with large loss of Life
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Hongkong Sanitary Board
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Arrival of H. M. S. Powerful
The Hongkong High-Level Tramways Co., Limited...
The New Balmoral Gold Mining Co., Limited
Olivers Freehold Mines, Limited
Raub
Taikoo Club Athletic Sports
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The Royal Hongkong Golf Club
News From Kiaochou
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The Whereabouts of the British Fleet
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The Russian Fleet at Port Arthur ...).
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Failure of a Well Known Native Marchant at Shanghai II
England's Sphere of Infuence....
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Macao
Hongkong and Port News
Commercial
Shipping
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The reported French occupation of Hainan is contradicted.
Sir Nicholas Hannen leaves Shanghai for Bangkok on the 14th Jannary.
The Japanese Diet was dissolved on the 25th December owing to the hostility of the House of Representatives to the Government.
The case of the Bombay fireman landed at Penang from the Thames was declared by the medical officers to be one of aborted plague."
The Nagasaki Press says that the German steamers Soutow, Quarta, and Loyal have been chartered by the German authorities for one year to convey coals and stores to Kiaochau Bay. Admiral Seymour, Admiral Buller's succesor, 9 is coming out by the, China, the P. & O. Australian luer, connecting at Colombo with
the mail steamer to China. The hina left London on the 31st December,
General Duboffskoi, Governor-General of the Amur provinces, goes home by this week's French mail. General Kuropatkin, the N. C. Daily News 12 says, will act as Governor-General during his absence, with General Grodelkoff as his deputy.
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At the Hongkong Hotel, on the 30th December, the wife of Mr. J. W. BOLLES, of a daughter.
On the 31st December, at 4, Des Voeux Villas, Peak, the wife of HERBERT W BELL, of a danght r. At 7, Kunt-ford Terrace. on the 1st inst., the wife of N. G. MAJER, of a dughter (stillborn).
MARRIAGES.
On Christmas Day, 1897, at the Cathedral, Shang- hai, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, M.A., ERNEST FRANCIS GEDYE, M.A., of Wuchang, to SADIE, eldest daughter of the Rev. John S. SIMON, Bristol, England.
On the 25th December, at the Cathedral, Shanghai, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, A., the Rev. GEORGE L. PULLAN, of Hankow, to EMILIE, only daughter of C M. WHITE, Harrogate, England.
On the 27th December, 1897, at St. John's Cathe- dral, Hongkong, by the Rev. R. J. Cobhold, MA., ARDON HENRY HYLAND. Imperial Maritime Cus- toms, Canton, to LOUISA, fifth daughter of George REEVES, Esq., Harrietsham, Maidston, Kent, Eng- land:
DEATHS.
At Choup'ing, Shantung, on the 3rd December, NORA DOROTHY, daughter of the Rev. Frank and Mrs. HARMON, English Baptist Mission.
On the 23rd December, at the Osaka Hospital, chie wife of Captain P. C, FULLERT.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The French mail of the 3rd December arrived, per M. M. steamer Yarra, on the 4th January (32 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
The movements of the British fleet in China waters are still shrouded in mystery.
The West Yorks Regiment, which has been relieved by the Royal Lancaster Regiment, left Hongkong on the 1st January.
H.M. the King of Siam arrived at Bangkok, on his return from his European tour, on the 16th December.
A telegram was received on the 24th Dec. by the Japanese Government, stating that the Revised Treaty between Japan and the French Republic had been approved by the French Senate, Ratifications will be exchanged in Tokyo.
Four godowas on the premises of the Yoko- bama railway station were destroyed by fire on the night of the 22nd December. The goods burnt and damaged consist of raw silk, cotton yarn, sugar, and kerosine, and the loss is said to be heavy.
A Japanese vernacular paper states that the authorities of the Governor-General's office in Formosa are considering the desirability of creating a monopoly of the camphor business. in the same way as a Government monopoly of leaf tobacco had been created, with a view to increasing the revenue of Formosa,
The Black Flag General Liu Yung-fu arrived at Canton on the 1st January from Yamchow, near Pakhoi, by the gunboat On Lan. Im- mediately on landing he went to call upon the Viceroy, the Governor, and the Tartar General. His appointment is that of Commander-in-Chief of the defences of Canton. He is said to be held in very high respect by all the officers.
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The New Year's honours list includes a knighthood for Mr. Justice Ackroyd, who re- tired from the Puisne Judgeship of Hongkong a few years ago.
The Philippine rebellion is at last ended, the leaders having been bought off. They have received an anunity from the Spanish Govern. ment on condition that they do not reside in a Spanish colony, and they arrived at Hongkong a few days ago. Their followers are to receive a free pardon.
The officers and crew of the Norwegian steamer Tanered,, which lies beached at the Luchu Islands, arrived at Kobe on the 23rd December by the Owari-maru, which also brought from the wreck about 5,000 bags of sugar, anchors, chains, cables, &c. We learn that it was not a case of accidental standing. It was discovered that a plate had given way almost immediately under the engine room, and to save the ship from sinking, the captain re- solved to beach her.-Kobe Chronicle.
The following Government notification was issued at Singapore in reference to the death of Sir William Maxwell-It is with much grief and regret that His Excellency the Governor announces the receipt of a telegram from the Secretary of State confirming the sad intelli- gence of the death of Sir W. E. Maxwell, Go-- vernor of the Gold Coast, which occurred at sea near Grand Canary on the 14th December. The Governor is sure that the colony and Pro- tected Native States, in which the late Sir W. Maxwell served so long and well, will join His Excellency in conveying to the widow and children the expression of his deep synipathy and profound regret,
Matters now look serious, says the Japan Gazette of 21st December, concerning the safety of the Pelican from America. She is now nearly seventy days ont, and nothing has been seen or heard of her. Captain Wright of the N. P. S. S.. Mogul was ordered to keep a sharp look out, but nothing was seen of the overdue vessel. Fears are also entertained for the safety of the British steamer Lady Furness, chartered by the Mitsui Busan Kaisha, which left Kuchinotsu for Sin- gapore on the 8th November. She is now over five weeks out and nothing has been seen or- heard of her. It will be remembered, however, that the Strathnevis was seventy-five days out, having wet with an accident to her propeller.
The Kobe Chronicle of the 22nd December Bays:The most remarkable news published by the Japanese papers this morning is the almost incredible statement that the French Govern ment has officially communicated to the Japan- ese Government its desire to "borrow" (kari
Commenting upon the opinion that Japan will probably demand the retention of Wei-Lai- wei, the Japan Times says:- Without com- mitting ourselves to any definite opinion on this
forming an anchorage there for the French matter, we may state that Japan will certainly ireru) the Pescadores with the object of not merely look on while European Powers are acting in her vicinity in a most extraordinary squadron, The Chu-o Shimbun is the journal manner. Japan is entitled, like any one else responsible for the publication of the rumour, for we suppose it can hardly be regarded as to look after her own interests.
anything else, though it is somewhat remark. Haiphong papers received on 30th Dec. reportable that it was the Chu-o Shimbun which first
that town and that the alarm occa- all quiet sioned by the attack of the 16th December had subsided. On the 18th eleven of the pirates were decapitated. One of them, a leader, had committed suicide the previous night in order to escape the execution, but his body was carried to the execution ground and decapitated with the others. The execution was witnessed by a large crowd, including a number of ladies.
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stated that news had reached the Government which raised a question more important than any arising since the retrocession of Liao-tung.
Before the rumour can be credited, however, we must believe that Japan is to be provoked by the Triple Alliance to a conflict in which Great Britain might be forced to take part, and this appears altogether against the policy of the Three Powers.
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