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THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
VOL. LIV.]
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 20TH DECEMBER, 1901.
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No. 26
An intimation has been received by the
Hongkong Weekly Dress Japanese authorities that a gun has been
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ARRIVAL OF MAIL.
The French mail of the 15th November arrived, per M. M. steamer Indus, on the 18th 502 December (31 days).
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Mug Articles:-
lonising Methods .....
Prince Ching's Suggestions
The Manchurian Convention
Customs Returns: July-September
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The Isthmian Canal
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The Crisis: Telegrams.
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Diocesan Choral Festival
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The Patterson Case in Manila
Canton
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Swatow
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Sandakan Notess
Brussia Notes
Weihaiwei
Kiaochau
Northern Notes
Correspondence
Daily Farm Co., Limited
A New Barrister-at-I aw
Cricket
Football
Hongkong Polo Club
Ibowling
Hongkong Volunteer Corps
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Hongkong High-level Tramways Co., Limited Supreme Court
Foochow Races,
Water Returu
A North Borneo Race
Hongkong and Port News Commercial
Shipping
BIRTHS.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Major-General Dorward, K.C.M.G., arrived 504 at Shanghai on the 12th inst. from Weihaiwei, to take command of the Brit garrison there.
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On the appointed date, the 14th instant, the 106 Chinese Imperial Court left Kaifengfu on its 506 way to Peking. The Hoangho was crossed and 506
a halt made at Hsintien, eight miles from 507 Kaifeng.
On the 3rd December, at Bedford House, Fenang, the wife of Allen Dennys, of a daughter.
On the 8th December, at Shanghai, the wife of HAROLD H. TAYLOR, of a SQ. *On the 9t December, at No 20, Chaoufoong Road, Shanghai, the
of JAMES ADAMS BALLARD, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES,
On the 28th November, at the Ipoh Methodist Episcopal Church, Singapore, FEDERICK NELSON MCKENZIE, to Alice MABİL KOENITZ.
On the 4th December, at St. Andrew's Cathe dral, Singapore, by the Rev. W. H. C. Dunkerley, M.A., Colonial Chaplain ALAN VAN KUIJLEN- BURG, of Bruseh, Tapa Perak, to HвLENA, eldest daughter of Captain L. VAN DER HARST, of the Royal Dutch Oil Company.
H. E. Yuan Shikai has been endeavouring to arrange for the discontinuance of the Provision- al Government at Tientsin before dealing with the Manchurian question. He met with strong opposition from the British and German Ministers, and had to leave for Paotingfn without having succeeded in his object.
The Sin Wan Poo advocates the hastening
of the construction of the Lu Han line in
consequence of the foreign Powers having seized every avenue from Peking to the sea. The only thing left for China, says the native paper, is to construct the Peking-Hankow railway with all possible speed; then she will
have a route to the sea.
Great Britain, America, and Japan, accord- ing to Router's telegram, dated the 16th inst., are exerting strong pressure upon China to procure the submission to them of any treaty concerning signature. Japan has Manchuria before notified the Chinese Government that she will On the 10th December, at Holy Trinity Cathe-require equivalents for allavantages given to dral, Shanghai, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, M.A., HUGH RAMSAY, of Hankow, eldest son of the late HUGH RAMSAY, to ELSIR LAVATER, youngest daughter of WILLIAM UX, of Auckland, New
Zealand
On the 11th December, at Holy Trinity Cathe- ERSKINE dral, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, M.A, TRAVERS PYM, Imperial Maritime Customs, younger son of the late General EDWARD LAWES PTM, to MADELEINE EMILY (NINA), cldest daugh- ter of Captain F. H. WALLACE,-Shanghai.
On the 18th December, at the residence of Robert E. Lewis, Shanghai, by the Ven. Arch- deacon Thomson and in the presence of hn Goodnow, U.S. Consul-General, FRED WILSON FRENCH, to ADA LILLIAN BROWNELL, both o Oakland, California.
On the 17th December, at the Peak Church, by the Rev. R. F. Cobbold, M.A., AGNES E. BULL, older daughter of ALFRED E. BULL, Clapham, Surrey, to JAMES HELBLING, FOoshow, youngest son of the late FREDERICK HELBLING, Streatham, Surrey.
R.I.P.
DEATHS.
On the 4th December, at his residence, Sophia Road, Singapore, S. W. AUGUSTIN, aged 67 years. On the 8th December, at Chinkiang, on board the German steamer Emma, EDWARD OLLERDES SEN, Upper Yangtze Pilot, aged 37 years.
Russia in Manchuria.
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Mr. W. N. Pethick the late Li Hung-chang's private secretary, on hearing of Li's serious illness, it appears, hur.ied from Chefoo to Peking, but did not arrive in tine to see him. Since then he himself has been slowly sinking and it is said that he cannot last many days longer. Mr. Pethick's illness has been of some some months' standing.
The Filipino General Isidoro Torres, who was arrested last September in Manila and taken to Baliuag, where he was tried for mur- der, was sentenced by a commission to be hanged, but the reviewing authority discovered doubt in the case, gave General Torres the befit of that doubt, disapproved the se and dered the accused to be release
The foreign Ministers at Seonkimet on 5th inst. to consider the following subjes, which were referred to them by the Corean Government:-1, To prohibit the building of houses by foreign subjects on the heights in the vicinity of the royal palaces: 2. To prohibit the coining of nickel coins by foreign subjects. No resolutions have as yet, however, been made public.
mounted on the fort at Weihaiwei, and that foreign war-ships calling there will hereafter be saluted.
Mr. Thomas T. Patterson, private secretary to Mr to Lopez, arrived in Hongkong on the net accompanied b. Mr. Fiske Warren and the two Misses Lopez on the Yupata Marom Manila. It transpires that Mr. Patterson's action against the U.S. authorities in the Supreme Court at Manila has proved un- successful: hence his deportation from the Philippines.
Rumour, says the Siam Observer, is busy regarding recent episodes in the Malay States and the outcome of the recent visit thither of H. E. Phya Sri Sahadheb, a high Siamese official. Any exaggerated reports, however, may be received with the proverbial grain of. salt. We believe we may safely say that the situation in the Peninsula has been simplified We believe it may also be said that the British Governor, Sir Frank Swettenham, has main- tained a corect and friendly attitude in regard to the relations of Siam with the tributary“ states.
It is now reported in mandarin ciroles at Shanghai that the disinherited Pa Chun has been sent to join his father Prince Tuan in Mongolia, under the charge of a coupl of eunuchs of middle ago, who were previously attached to the palace of Prince Tuan, and had followed Pu Chuu into the Imperial Palace when he was appointed heir-apparent in January last. By specia' permission, it is also reported, of the Empress-Dowager, the disiu- herited heir-apparent was permitted to take away wtih him anything he liked from amongst his belongings in the Palace.
The Peking correspondent of our Shanghai morning contemporary writes that the Russian Government is inclined to hand over the Shanhaikwan-Newchwang Railway to the Chi- nese, but not to the British. When that line was built, it was understood that it. was depondent on a loan from British capit- alists, but would never become a British line. The arrangement made between Count Maravieff and Lord Salisbury provided that all railway and mining interests in Manchuria and north of the Great Wall should belong to Russia, with no hindrance from Great Britain.
News received from native official sources concerning the insurrection at Chaoyang, out- side Shanhaiwan, bordering Lower Manchuria, report that the T'saili and their allies, the Boxers now number considerably over 30,000 well-armed men against whom General Ma's troops, sent from Peking numbering only 5,000 old men, are perfectly powerless. It is feared, the N.-C. Daily News says, that unless the Government
roops be considerably augmented and more energy shown in suppressing the insurgents, these people will create considerable trouble in Chibli province this winter aud the following spring. The appointment of Viceroy Yuan- Shi- kai to Chihli where he may reasonably be expect- ed to use the same stern measures in his new jurisdiction as had been put into force last year in Shantung will doubtless strike the necessary terror in the hearts of the Chaoyang insurgents to make them disperse and turn peaceful
farmers once more.
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