THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. XLVI.]
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitomo of the Week, &c. ....
The Kowloon Frontier Question
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 12TH FEBRUARY, 1898.
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Leading Articles :--
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Lord Salisbury on the Proposed Opening of
Talienwan
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American Opinion on the Chinese Question
An Alliance between China and Japan and its
Effects....
Russian Policy in the Far East and the Defence of
Hongkong
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German and English Commercial Methods Competitive Designs for the New Public Offices 92 The Water-carriage versus the Hand-carriage
System...
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The Gaol Report
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Departure of his Excellency the Governor Sir
William Robinson, & C.M.G.
Supreme Court........
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The Water Supply
Hongkong Sanitary Board
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Boxing Contest at the City Hall
Victoria Gaol-Annual Report
The Hongkong Ice Co, Limited
Hongkong Cotton Spinning, Weaving, and Dyeing
Co., Limited
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The New Balmoral Gold Mining Co., Limited Olivers Freehold Mines, Limited
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Great Eastern and Caledonian Gold Mining Co., Ed. ... Shanghai Land Investment Co, Limited
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Sir Nicholas Hannen was received in audience.
The cruisers Kasaki and Chitose, which are being built in the United States for the Jap-by H. M. the King of Siam on the 3rd February." anese Government, were launched on the 20th A state banquet was given on the following and 22nd January respectively.
evening at the Palace. The only Europeans present were the four Ministers: Messrs. Bar- rett, Seldeneck, Inagaki, and Greville, and Mrs. Miss Hannen, and M. and Mme. Rolin-Jacque Greville; Sir N. Hannen and Lady Hannen,
A Madrid telegram of the 21st January to the Manila Comercio states that all those who were deported in connection with Philippine affairs have been set at liberty..
The Japan Times-announces the death of Lady Tai Wö Kan, mother of the Korean Emperor, which occurred on the 8th January Her Royal Highness was in her 81st year.
An electric tramway is about to be laid from the terminus of the Peking line to the city gates, we hear. This will be a great boon to travellers to and from the capital-Peking and Tientsin Times.
The latest news as to Prince Henry's move- ments is to the effect that the German cruisers were expected at Colombo on the 6th inst. They would probably leave on the 8th, and may be expected at Singapore about the 14th-inst. It was officially announced by the Ceylon Government that Prince Henry of Prussia would land at Colombo merely as 104
Admiral, and not as a Royal Prince.
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The Soy Chee Cotton Spinning Co., Limited Cricket
The Royal Hongkong Golf Club ....
Royal Hongkong Yacht Club
Correspondence
Great Fire at Manila
Serious Fire in Shanghai Harbour
Naval Expedition in North Borneo
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The Murder of the German Missionaries....
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The Manchurian Gold Mines
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The Seoul-Chemulpo Railway
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The Peking and Tientsin Railway
Macao
Hongkong and Port News Commercial
Shipping...........................
· BIRTIIS.
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In an action for libel tried in the British Consular Court at Bangkok in which
Dr. Nightingale claimed $10,000 damages from the Bunykok Times, a verdict has been given for the defendant. The action arose out of some remarks made by the newspaper in nection with the cattle trade which the plaintiff considered reflected upon him in his capacity of Medical Officer to the Local Government. The jury were not agreed, but both parties 108 agreed to accept the verdict of the majority.
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At Canton, on the 27th January, the wife of J. R. GREAVES, of a son
At 13, Babbling Well Road, Shanghai, on the 31st January, 1898, the wife of CHARLES GRANT, of a daughter
On the 1st February at 11.30 a m., at 15, Mosque Junction, the wife of Senhor E F X. dos SANTOS REMEDIOS, Naval and Civil Architect and Surveyor, of a daughter..
On the 9th February, at 8, Queen's Gardens, the -wife of J. T. LAUTS, of a 8011.
DEATH.
At the Government Civil Hospital, on Monday, the 7th inst, from compound fracture of the skull, ALBERT GEORGE (aged 74 years), only son of ALICE and JOHN BARRY, Ila, Praya East, Hongkong.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The American mail of the 6th January arrived, per P. M. steamer China, on the 5th February (30 days); and the German mail of the 10th January arrived, per N. D. L. steamer Sachsen, ou the 10th February (31 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Captain Rosendahl, hitherto commander of the German war-vessel Friedrich Karl, was appointed commander of the German forces at Kiaochau on 3rd January.
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According to Reuter's telegram, no mention was made of China in the Queen's Speech at the opening of Parliament, but Lord Salisbury in the House of Lords said it was represented that China would be much embarrassed if the Talienwan proposal was maintained; it had therefore been settled to postpone the question of treaty Ports until the railway had reached Talienwan. He also said that Russia and Germany had assured Great Britain that any ports they obtained would be made
free ports.
The Korean Council of State has passed a resolution, approved by the Emperor, forbidding the grant by the Government of any more concessions to foreigners to build railways or open mines in the Empire. It is a pity to see a country with such possibilities as Korea un- doubtedly possesses, and where the people bave no apparent dislike to foreigners, falling back into barbarism through the disputes of the Powers that pretend to be anxious to lead her into the light of civilisation.-N. C. Daily News.
The Japanese Official Gazette announces the establishment of the Office of Generalissimo in His Majesty the Emperor. The staff of the the Imperial Palace under the presidency of Office is to consist of Admirals and Generals to be nominated by His Majesty and & Colonel and a Captain. The office is to be the highest Council on naval and military affairs. It is stated that the H.I H. Prince General Komatsu, General Yamagata Aritomo, General Oyama Iwao, Admiral Saigo Tsugumichi and Admiral Kabayama Sukenori will be appointed to the Staff of the Office,
myns.
The Korean correspondent of the N. C. Daily News writes under date the 28th ult. that a British fleet was still at Chemulpo. The ' account of the fleet's remaining there, and spies Koreans were in a great state of excitement on had been sent to all the treaty ports in Korea to report the movements of foreign men-of-war. The office of the Korean Superintendent of Trade in Chemulpo has been connected by telephone with the Palaco at Seoul, so that the King may be kept informed of everything that goes on in the harbour of Chemulpo.
import of refined sugar into Japan from foreign In consequence of the gradual increase of the countries the Japanese merchants interested in the trade have for some time past been endea- . vouring to prevent its import by starting re- fineries in Japan, especially since Formosa be- came a dominion of Japan. For a year or two past the prices of commodities have risen ex- ceedingly, but on the contrary the price of sugar has fallen considerably owing to the keen competition between German and Hongkong sugar. The result was that the companies started for the refining of sugar proved to be a failure and almost all concerns have been dis- solved. Mainichi.
A special despatch received from Canton reports that the whole of Northern Kwangtung and Southern Fukien provinces are at present in a state of unrest, and the slightest thing. may light the torch of rebellion in that portion of the Chinese Empire. Already," concludes the despatch, "flags and banners containing mottoes treasonable to the present Manchu dynasty have been hoisted in several villages secure in their fastnesses among the hills, and at the lowest calculation some 40,000 hillmen are ready to rise against the l'artars. Many of the villages have smithies of their own to make muzzle-loading guns and factories to `mann- facture gunpowder."-N. C. Daily News.
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In closing a discussion in its correspondence columns on the queue question the Straits Times. says:-The proposal was that the Straits Chinese should at once cut off their towchangs as a sign that they proposed to initiate great reforms. The idea of great reforms remains; but the proposal to cut the towchangs is, for the pre- sent, abandoned. The proposal roused so much opposition that even its warmest supporters ad- mit that, for the present, it is impracticable. "For the present" is sufficient. In the future many changes will come, and, among the results its hair after the English fashion. There may, of these, may be a great Chinese nation wearing indeed, come a day when to the Mongolian Par- liament, assembled at Peking, Chinese lady M.P.'s will daily make their way mounted on the faith- ful "bike." But that day is not yet and sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. For the present the towchang will remain as the distinctive note of the Chinaman-be he the Son of Heaven Peking, or a subject of the Queen at Singapore.
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