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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
of China and Japan, entered for the defen- | dants.-Sir Thomas Jackson went on leave to England-Piratical attack on the British steamer Tung Kong on the West River near Wongmoon.
5th-Fifth National Christian Endeavour Con-
vention at Foochow.
6th-Suicide of Mr. S. B. Terry at Connaught
House Hotel.
8th-Second visit of Prince Waldemar of Den- mark to Hongkong on the birthday of King Christian IX.-The week commencing with this day saw the first double figures in the plague outbreak at Hongkong. 9th-Meeting of the Executive Committee,
Diamond Jubilee Fund.
10th-Royal Artillery Sports.
11th-Presentation of an Address by Chinese
merchants to Hon. T. H. Whitehead on his departure for a holiday. 14-Soldiers' Club opened by Major General |
Gascoigne.
19th-Variety Entertainment at the Theatre in aid of the Indian Famine Fund.-Death of Mr. Boyd Bredon, Commissioner of Customs, at Swatow.
22nd--Senhor Galhardo, late Governor of Ma-
cao, visited Hongkong on his way to Goa. 26th-Death at Shanghai of Sir Nicholas Hannen, Chief Justice of Supreme Court for China and Japan. 28th-First Gymkhana of the season at Hong- kong.-Presentation of an address to Dr. -Bateson Wright on going home on leave.
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MAY.
1st-Annual Meeting of shareholders and sub-
scribers in connection with the City Hall. 2nd-Mr. H. E. Pollock delivered an address Some serious local problems and a few suggestions for dealing with them" before the Hongkong Odd Volumes society.-Presenta. tion to Mr. W. M. B. Arthur, J. P. 5th-Disturbances near Weihaiwei. Major Penrose was wounded, but was rescued by Col. Bower and an escort.-General Otis handed over his command to General McArthur at Manila.-Rear Admiral Remey visited Hong- kong.-Peking races.
6th-Capt. Watson was attacked by 2,000 Chinese at Tsaomiaotze, Weihaiwei, but the attack was repulsed.
8th-H. M. 8. Terrible roached Hongkong from South Africa. On her arrival an ad- dress was presented.
9th-Review of the crew of the Terrible on the new parade ground by the Acting Governor Major-General Gascoigne, and in the evening a reception dinner and smoking concert was given to the non-commissioned officers and
men.
10th-Marriage of the Crown Prince of Japan. 12th-Sports in honour of H.M.S. Terrible at
Happy Valley.-Entertainment at the Club Lusitano in aid of the Indian Famine Fund.
13th-Piracy took place on the steam-launch
Fook Sung in Castlepeak Bay. 14th-Suicide of an American, A. W. Upton, |
in Chamberlain Road, Hongkong. 17th City of Victoria declared, infected with plague at a special meeting of the Sanitary Board-Tramway riots at Seoul. 18th-U.S. Rear-Admiral J. C. Watson arrived
at Hongkong.-Death by misadvence of the second officer of the Royalist in Hongkong | Harbour.-Courtmartial on H,M.S. Terrible on Lieut.-Commander Kelly, of H.M.S. Whit- ing. 19th-A fete in the honour of H.M.S. Terrible was held on the Cricket Ground at night.- Hongkong Daily Press enlarged to eight
pages.
20th Service at St. John's Cathedral of thanks-
giving for the relief of Mafeking. 21st Joint Note from the Ambassadors at Peking, calling the attention of the Chinese Government to the Boxer troubles. 24th-Queen's Birthday celebrations at Hong. kong. The Garrison and men of the Royal Navy paraded at Happy Valley. Reception at Government House by the Acting Gover-
nor. 25th-The P. & O. 8.8. Coromandel on arrival from Shanghai was quarantined, owing to two plague cases among the European mem- bers of the crew. 27th-Boxers burn station on the Ln-Han
line.
28th-Boxers burn stations between Peking and Paotingfn. Belgian engineers and other refugees started from Paotingfa to cut their way to Tientsin. Fengtai station and works burnt-Railway communication with Peking interrupted.
30th - Guards for Peking Legations commenced
arriving at Tientsin.. 31st-Extraordinary panic among the fishing population off Aberdeen.-British, American, French, Russian, Italian, and Japanese guards went up by rail to Peking from Tien- tsin.
JUNE.
1st-Departure of the Philippine Commission- ers on the U.S. transport Hancock for Manila. Mr. F. A. Hazeland commenced his duties as Acting Police Magistrate at Hongkong. -Regatta at Swatow-Dragon Boat Festival at Canton.
2nd--Second Gymkhana Meeting at Hongkong. -Murder of Revs. Norman and Robinson- The Paotingfa refugees reached Tientsin. 3rd-U. S. Philippine Commission reached
Manila
5th-H.M.S. Rosario reached Hongkong on her way to the China squadron.-Railway inter. course between Peking and Tientsin finally destroyed. 6th-Departure of Mr. Herbert Smith, M.L.C.,
from Hongkong.
7th-Trooping of the colours at Hongkong to celebrate the capture of Pretoria.-China coolie immigration via Hongkong prohibited at Singapore.-Large allied force landed at Taku. Decree sympathetic to Boxers in Peking Gazette.
10th-Christmas Is'and annexed to the Straits Settlements.--Admiral Seymour started with 800 allied troops for Peking. Telegraphic communication with Peking from coast ceased.
11th-Murder of Japanese Chancellor, at Pe-
king".
13th-Lecture at the Theatre by Captain Percy Scott and Commander Limpus on “Mount- ings of the Naval Guns and their subsequent use with the Ladysmith Relief Column." The proceeds were given to the Indian Famine Relief Fund.
14th-Meeting of the Volunteer Corps to con
sider new Headquarters.--Fighting outside Austrian Legation at Peking. All telegra phic communication ceased.-Admiral Sey-
mour cut off,
15th-The hired steamer Hingsang left for the north with 400 men of the Hongkong Regi- ment and Asiatic Artillery.-Heavy rain- storm at Hongkong, flooding the lower part of the city. 16th-Allied naval commanders demanded the surrender of the Taku Forts.-Terrible took 300 Welsh Fusiliers and Engineers from Hongkong. · 17th-Taku Forte opened fire and were captured by the allied warships.-Chinese bombardment of Tientsin began.
19th-Admiral Seymour reached a point 25 miles from Peking, but was compelled to retreat.
20th-Murder of Baron von Ketteler, German
Minister, at Peking.-U.S. President grants | 90 days' amnesty to armed Filippinos and their sympathisers.
21st-Li Hung-chang interviewed at Canton by a representative of the Hongkong Daily Press. · H.M.S. Terrible reached Tongku. First Legation (Austrian) at Peking captured by Kansu troops. 22nd-Two attempts to relieve Tientsin failed. 23rd-Successful third attempt to reach Tien- tsin. Chinese remained in force in the neigh- bourhood.
24th-All Legations at Peking destroyed except British, French, and German. Police force in the New Territory strengthened in case of
disturbances. - -
25th-First Indian transport started for China. 26th-Admiral Seymour relieved. 27th-Meeting at the City Hall about a pro-
posed new Rifle Corps. 28th-U.S.S. Brooklyn with Admiral Remey called at Hongkong on her way north-U.8.8 Oregon struck a rook near Chefoo. 30th-Return of H.E. the Governor Sir Henry A. Blake.-Plague epidemic at its maximum. 99 casos and 88 deaths occurred during the past week in Hongkong.
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JULY.
[January 5, 1901.
1st-Condition of Peking reported desperate. 2nd-In a landslip in New Street six lives were
lost.
3rd-Two houses collapsed in Des Voeux Road. A fire resulted, causing one death. Large public meeting at Canton of gentry and guilds. to consider Li Hung-chang's defence scheme. 4th-Last letters to hand from Sir C. Mac- Donald and Mr. Conger. 44 killed and 83- wounded at the Legation to date. 5th-Local Defence Committee at Swatow peti
tioned Hongkong for arms and ammunition and for a gunboat.
6th--H.E. the Governor telegraphed to Shang- hai and received a reply denying that any confirmation had been received of the story of the Peking massacre. 9th- The Chief Justice delivered judgment in Bankruptcy Jurisdictionre the Kung Hing Shing Kee Firm, debtors, ex parte Albert Alwee, a creditor. Nerbudda first Indian transport, reached Hongkong — Japanese captured Tientsin Arsenal, 10th - Third Gymkhana meeting at Happy
Valley.
12th-V.R.C. annual general meeting. 13th-Fray occurred in Queen's Road East
between some Malays and Chinese. 14th-120 more Welsh Fusiliers left Hongkong
for North-Allies captured Tientsin native city with a loss of 775 men. 15th General Gaselee reached Hongkong. 16th-Reported armistice at Peking. 62 deaths
at Legations to date.
17th-Li Hung-chang left Canton for the north. -Yaumati launch Cheong Yuen seized by 20 passengers, headed for the Canton River, and then abandoned.
18th-Li Hung-chang on his way to Chihli paid an official call on the Governor of Hong. kong, leaving the same morning.-Death of Gen. Borgnis Desbordes, French Commander- in-chief in Indo-China.
20th-H.E. the Governor laid the foundation stone of a day school for Kowloon, the gift of Mr. Ho Tung
21st-H.M.S. Goliath reached Hongkong.
Hongkong Jockey Club decided to import Australian ponies to secure a supply of sub- scription griffins.-Birthday of the Emperor Kwang Hsu celebrated with great display by the Chinese in Hongkong,
22nd Li Hung-chang arrived in Shanghai, meeting with a cold reception. Madras Light Infantry reached Hongkong. 26th-Russians attacked a stockade outside
Nowchwang native city. 27th-Asphyxiation of two men in the double
bottom of H.M.S. Goliath. 29th-On and about this date anti-Christian riots took place at Ung-kung and the Swatow district generally,
AUGUST.
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lat-Requiem Mass at the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Hongkong, for the late King of Italy. The Chief Justice welcomed the two new Q.C.'s, the Hon. W. Meigh Goodman and Mr. H. E. Pollook, at the Supreme Court. - Admiral Seymour paid a vixit
to Nanking. 3rd~Armed robbery at Mirs Bay.-Sir C.
MacDonald's "cypher message reported the Legation fortifications strengthened. vet 4th-Russian flag hoisted at Newchwang.-
Kowloon Bowling Club opened.--Hongkong Volunteer Field day at East Point. 5th- The advance on Peking started. The
Allies routed the Chinese at Peitsang. 6th-Russians seized the Newchwang termimus of the Shanhaikwan railway-Allies captured Yangtaun, on the line to Peking. 7th-H.M.8. Goliath left. Hongkong for the
North.
9th--Allies reached Hosiwa. 11th-The Allies reached Matou:-Consul Scott
at Canton received
message from Bir Claude MacDonald at Peking, stating, the situation to be desperate. The new Governor of Macao, H. E. Senhor Horta e Costa arrived in Hongkong on his way to Macao, leaving next morning. 14th-Allies outside the walls of Peking. Russians enter Chinese City-Gen Creagh arrived off Shanghai with the Indian troops. Protests were made against their landing and the troops were temporarily detained board.
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