THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
VOL LIV.]
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c.
St. Andrew's Ball
The Cleansing of Hongkong
Mishap to the Deucalion
HONGKONG, MONDAY, 2ND DECEMBER, 1901.
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No. 23
It is said that during the visit of no small
Hongkong Weekly Press part of the British China Squadron to Mirs
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ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The English mail of the 25th October arrived, per P. & O. steamer Chusan, on the 23rd 441 November (29 days); the German mail of the 28th October arrived, per N. D. L. steamer 442 Konig Albert, on the 26th November (29 days); the Canadian mail of the 5th November arrived, 441 per C. P. R. steamer Empress of Japan, on the 27th November (22 days); and the American mail of the 31st October arrived, per P. M. steamer City of Peking, on the 29th November
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Leading Articles -
China's Policy..
The Sanitary Commission for Hongkong
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The Report of the Chair and Jinricksha Coolies
Commission
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Weibaiwei and the Post Office
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The United States and China Tena
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The British Yunnan Railway Question
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The Isthmian Canal
The Crisis: Telegrams
Hongkong Legislative Council
Hongkong Sanitary Board.
Burning of the Fushun at Canton.
Arrival of H.M.S. Cressy...
The Sunken Skramstad
The Marquardt Concert
Empire Comedy and Vaudeville Co.
The Hongkong Nursing Institution..
Canton
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Swatow
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Vladivostock Notes
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Peking
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Correspondence...
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Supreme Court
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Hongkong Steam Waterboat Co., Limited.
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Oriente Hotel Co., Limited...
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Oxford Local Exminations-July, 1901
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Cricket
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Football
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Hongkong and Port News
Commercial
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Chair and Jinricksha Coolies Commission's Report 446 (30 days).
Shipping
BIRTHS.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
It is reported that H.E. Sheng Taotai is about to establish a telephone service in Canton.
The French Budget Committee has recom. mended that the China Loan be fixed at 458 | 265,020,000 francs.
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On the 23rd November, at Kowloon, the wife of Capt. C. C. BENTON, 5th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent, of a son.
On the 23rd November, at "Devonia," Peak Road, the wife of A. J. RAYMOND, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES,
It is reported from Shanghai that Viceroy Yuan Shikai is to retain command of his
position as commander-in-chief of the troops of both Shantung and Chihli, which will make him a very powerful man indeed.
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Bay, the Admiral will enquire into the suitability of the bay as an anchorage for warships.
It is reported from Paris that a motion for the production of General Voyron's reports to the French Government has been rejected. The Petite Republique has been publishing extracts from the reports, implicating mission- aries. A London telegram probably referring to this says that "the misionary apologists claim that the missionaries in the alleged looting only acted as bankers.”
Marquis Ito had an interview with Count Lamsdorff, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the 26th ult. He is also to see M. de Witte, Russian Minister of Finance, at the official quarters in St. Petersburg, and is
confident that the interviews will do much to end the misunderstandings between Russia and Japan. His visit alone is proof that the relations between the two countries are more cordial than supposed.
-It
A Seoul telegram to the Mainichi says :-) is now generally admitted that the French loan affair was abandoned. The reasons given as to its abandonment are as follows:-1. The Customs revenues are to be appropriated for some other purpose than the security of the said loan, and there is therefore no security for the loan. 2. The French syndicate failed to pay the amount required by the Corean Government and the officials unanimously agreed to cancel the contract.
The Admiralty have given instructions for the new sloops, Vestal, Rinaldo, and Mutine, and third-class crniser Fearless to be put into commission for, service on the China Station. The U.S. transport John D. Wright on the The Vestal, Rinaldo, and Mutine are of the Con- 28th ult., struck on a rock near Samar, in the dor type, and they will replace vessels which The have had a lengthened term of service in Philippines, and sank in 15 feet of water. crew and most of the cargo were saved. General Chinese waters. The Fearless has just refitted at Sheerness at a cost of £25,000, and with the Smith telegraphed to Manila that probably the
Rinaldo will be commissioned at Sheerness vessel could be raised.
to-morrow. The Mutine at Sheerness and the Vestal at Chatham were to hoist the pennant on
On the 9th November, at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Kuala Lumpur, by the Rev. V. M. Renard, PERCY BOLINGBROKE ST. JOHN, of Kuala Lumpur and Penang, second surviving son of the late JAMES AUGUSTUS ST. JOHN and the late MARTINHA MARIANNE ST. JOHN, and nephew of Sir SPENSER ST. JOHN, G.C.M.G., to MARY CAR-ing of the expenses by about 30,000 yen. MELITA HARRIS, of Kuala Lumpur, only daughter of the late EDWARD HARRIS and ESTEPHANIA
It is reported in Japan that in consequence of the administrative reorganisation lately carried out in Formosa, about one-third of the administrative staff there will become super- fluous, and that this will result in an economis-
FRANCESCA MEDINA (nee HARRIS), formerly of
Hongkong.
On the 23rd November, at St. Peter's Church, by the Rev. J. H. France, M.A., GEORGE MACCRAE, of Aberdeen, Scotland, to HARRIET SOPHIA FISHER,
of Kew, Melbourne.
On the 25th November, at Christ Church, Can-
ton, by the Rev. E. J. Hardy, Military Chaplain, Hongkong, EDMUND STANLEY SUTTON, Imperial Maritime Customs, Canton, to KrrTY NAPIER, eldest daughter of WILLIAM LINCOLNE, High Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
DEATHS.
On the 17th November, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, AGNES POPE, the wife of CHARLES FRANCIS POPE, aged 53 years.
On the 17th November, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, B. KOBALDT, aged 29 years.
On the 18th November, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, CARL BUDEKNAN, aged 25 years.
On the 21st November, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, C. Z. EDE, aged 38 years.
The Siamese concerned in violating the frontier of the French Laos, as reported the other day by our Tonkin correspondent, have been arrested by the French, but it is stated from Bangkok that the incident is regarded in its true proportions by both Governments, and will not in any way affect their relations.
Negotiations are proceeding between the French Legation at bangkok and the Siamese Foreign Office, with a view to the establishment of French Consulates at the towns of Battam- bong and Siemrap. France has already an agent, a Government Commissioner to be exact, at Battambong in the person of M. Roland, at present in Europe on leave.
According to a Seonl despatch, "a reliable Corean official" states that M. Parloff, Russian Minister to Seoul, was ordered to return home a short time ago, but he is appealing to his Government to grant him permission to stay in Corea. It is reported that the Minister prayed the Corean Emperor to advise the Russian Government to station him in Corea.
the 28th ult.
Our Manila correspondent telegraphed on the 26th ult. that the United States authorities at Manila were deporting a Mr. Patterson, a British subject (it is believed) acting as
Fiske Warren had managed to land from the Secretary to Senor Sixto Lopez, whom Mr. 8.8. Diamante on the 25th. The Customs officials detained Mr. Patterson's baggage, demanding that he should take the oath of allegiance, which he refused to do. Mr. Patterson' on a guarantee of conduct from the British Consul, was allowed the freedom of Manila until the Yucnsang should sail.
Almost a panic amongst Chinese merchants is reported from Tientsin, arising from the death of the late Viceroy Li Hung-chang, it being feared that his demise would encourage the Boxers to rise again. For this reason transport of goods destined for Shanghai had been stopped and agents at Shanghai advised to delay sending goods destined for Tientsin, with the intention of seeing "how the wind would blow." Confidence has not been fully restored yet at Tientsin, it would seem, for the majority of merchants in the North are still hesitating and unwilling to bring from the interior goods to be exported to Shanghai.
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