THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. XLX.J
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 11TH NOVEMBER, 1899.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c.........
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Leading Articles:-
Navigation of the Inland Waters and Impractic
able Regulations
.394
The Foreign Office and the Suppression of Piracy
on the West River
..395
Proposed Now Solders and Sailors' Homo
.: 05
The New Post Office
.395
General Black on the Reform of the Chinese
Army
.96
:
The Ldian Famine
The Transvaal War...
Colonial Assistance in Times of War..
398 .396 .396
German Opinion on the Transvaal Difficulty
.: 97
Supreme Court
387
97
... 97
H.R.H. Prince Henry of Prussia in Hongkong..... Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce
An Interview with Kang Yo-wei the Reform Leader 398 Performance of "The Magistrate " by the A D.C. ...398 A Military View of the Position in Natal
.:99
Volunteers for the Transvaa!
Suicide of Mr. A. Macmillar, Tokyo
Inquests
,399 .399 09
Hongkong Sanitary Board
...400
The Great Eastern and Caledonian Gold Mining Co.,
Limited
The Royal Hongkong Golf Club
Hongkong Rifle Association
Royal Hongkong Yacht Club
Cricket.....
Football
Football Notes...
.401 401 401 .401 .402 .402 402
The Inter-Port Polo Match at Shanghai
..403
Correspondence
A Rising in Kweichow
.403 ....404
Great Fire at Vladivostock
A Lekin Station in the Shanghai Settlement.. Riot by Railway Workers at Newchwang Hongkong and Port News
Commercial.
Shipping
BIRTH.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
No. 20.
Colonel E. G. Barrow, formerly of the Hong- kong Regiment, Deputy Secretary to the Gov- ernment of India, has been appointed to succeed
A branch of the German Navy League has Colonel Vonsden as Colonel on the Staff com. been started at Tientsin.
manding the Kohat-Kurram force.
Mr. Joseph Walton, M.P.. telegraphed from Chungking to Hankow on the 27th October that be Lad reached Chungking in eighteen days.
The Germans in Tientsin have started a
Volunteer. Corps. It intends to maintain the most friendly relations with the British Volun-
teers.
The Japanese Foreign Office is said to have been notified by the Russian Minister that M. Alexieff, the Financial Commissioner in the Russian Legation (for a while Financial Adviser to Korea), who has been at home on leave of absence, has returned to his office.
The Nagasaki Press of the 1st November says:- We are sorry to hear of the death of The inter-port cricket match between Yoko-Paymaster Hoffmann, of H.I.G.M. cruiser hama and Kobe, played at the former port: St Bernhard's Hospital. Deceased was in his Irene, now in port, which occured yesterday in resulted in a win for the home team by one wicket.
thirty-third year and had been ill a few days ionly. A funeral service will be held this morn. ong at 10 o'clock by the Rev. Mr. Fuller in the bhapel at Deshima, after which the body will be taken to Urakami for interment.
It is stated on good authority that the Japanese are making large purchases of smokeless coal at Singapore and the ports to the eastward of the Straits.-N. C. Daily News.
Mr. Pritchard Morgan, M.P., left Shanghai An Order-in-Council is published in the
on the 4th inst. with Dr. Jack, the Queensland Gazelle extending the operation of the copy-geologist, and staff, to visit the very valuabld right laws to the Empire of Japan, which has notified its accession to the Berne Convention.
The news of Commander Egerton's death at Ladysmith has been received with sincere regret by his many friends and acquaintances in the Far East and by the whole of the British 401 community.
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Dr Knappe, Consul-General for Germany at Shanghai accompanied by his family, left for home in the N. D. L. steamer Bayern. He is .407 | granted a year's furl ugh and has been relieved
by Mr. Schnitzler, Vice Consul
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On the 3rd November, 1899, at Craigellachie, Foochow, China, the wife of Mr. L. M. F. GRANT, of a daughter. Home papers please copy.
MARRIAGES.
At Al Saints' Church, Kobe, on the 25th October, by the Rev. G. C. Gardner, M.A., Rev. GEORGE HENRY DAVIES, M.A (Chaplain of All Saints' Church to ARION, eldest daughter of J. ELLERTON, Esq.. of Kobe.
At the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, on the 30th Octo er, 1 99, by the Rev. II. C. Ho lge, MA., ISABELLA, daughter of James A. OGILVY, of Mon- treal, Canada, to PERCY C. LESLIE, D., of Chu Won, Honan, China.
At the Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, on the 30th October, 1899, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, M.A.. JAMES H ARNOTT to H. LEN CHOMSON, daughter of the late George H STON, Edinburgh, Scotland.
DEATHS.
News have been received by wire that Mr. Little's steamer Leechuen, which reached Chung- king from Ichang on the 28th of October with Mr. Joseph Walton. M.P., and Captain Plant, returned safely with them to. Ichang on 1st No- vember.-N. Č. Daily News.
A dispatch from Tientsin reports that the Railway has been established at Chentingfu, head office of the proposed Tientsin-Chinkiang Chibli prosince, and that a Taotai named Chang Lien-feu has been appointed Commissioner at Chenting.-N. C. Dail; News.
With regard to Japan's application for per- mission to send military attachés to view the campaign in South Africa, the British Govern- ment is reported to have replied that the cam-
attaches. could arrive. Let us hope that it may
concession which he has obtained in Kores, and he will subseqently go on to Peking. We (N. C. Daily Newsy may mention that his elder daughter and her husband, Count Eric Piper, bave been assisting to entertain the German Emperor at Count Piper's family seat at Snog- holme in Sweden, where his Majesty shot 24 stags in one morning. The Emperor conferred the Red Eagle on Count Piper, and in a con- versation with the Countess assured her that he was most anxious that his subjects and the British should co-operate in China.
The harbour of Tsintau, says the Ostasiatische Lloyd in its last issue, has at present an anim- ated appearance. Besides the men-of-war there American line, the Andalusia and Suevia, with are in port two large steamers of the Hamburg cargoes of building material, railway material, and general.
There are also two steamers ander the Russian and Japanese flags respec- tively. Besides these there is a large fleet of
the Norddeutscher Lloyd or Hamburger Packet- the colony that one of the great steamship lines, junks. The wish is frequently expressed in
fahrt, would call regularly at Tsintau, say once every three months. Such an arrangement would be attended with many advantages and much convenience to merchants and all other
sections of the community.
At Tsukiji, Tokyo, on the 27th October, ARCHI- Paigu will probably be over before the Japanese ing the monated men, about 460 strong, was
years.
BALD F. MACNAB, aged 60
On Friday, the 27th October, 1899, at No. 12, Hankow Roa1, CHARLES OVE BECK, of Mes-rs. Overbeck & Co., aged 58 years.
Suddenly, at the Government Civil Hospital, ERNEST WILIAM FINNER HATHERLY, e dest and dearl oved son of Willian and Fanny HATHERLY, in his Oth year.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The French wail of the 6th October arrived, per M. M. steamer Yarra, on the 4th November (29 days); and the English mail of the 13th October arrived, per P. & O. steamer Clyde, on the 10th November (28 days).
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The Singapore Free Press of the 27th Octo- bar says: We regret to hear that Lieut. Mon- ro, R.E., received a telegram from his relatives brother, Lient. Charles Gordon Monro, of the yesterday morning announcing the death of his
2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders, killed at the recent action at Elandslaagte, Natal,
The Nagasaki Press says the N.D.L. steamer Government as a transport and that she will Hohenzollern, has been purchased by the U.S. proceed from Hongkong to Manila, where her flag will be obanged. The U.S. authorities are also reported to have chartered the Russian steamer Dalny Vostock (formerly the P. & O. Brindisi), which is to be used as a transport.
At Shanghai ou the 30th October, a parade of all the available men of the Police force, includ- held at the Race Course for the inspection of H.R.H. Prince Henry. The Royal party ar. rived at the course shortly after 9.30 a.m. and was received by Captains Pattisson and Mo- Kenzie and Messrs. F. Anderson and E. A. customary salute Prince Henry inspected the Hewett, members of the Council. After the
men, asking questions of several who bore medals on their breasts. A squad of well-trained Chi- nese police then performed several evolutions-- which the Prince watched with seeming interest. that he was highly pleased with the smart ap- At the conclusion of the inspection H.R.H. said pearances of the Police force, and thanked Cap- tain Pattisson for having given him an oppor tunity to inspect the force. The Prince also spoke of the discipline of the force and said that he had had personal experience of it.----Mercury.
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