Dona Hongkong
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Hongkong Weekly Press
·VOL: LV.].
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the. Week, &c. Leading Articles :-
'Great Britain and Bussia
France and Vacao
The Future of Formosa
A Grave Peril to Missions
The Local Coronation Arrangements Prize-Firing on the China Station
The Health of Hongkong ..........
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 21st JUNE, 1902.
No. 25.
Pak Chi-sun, Prime Minister of Corea, is
Hongkong Weekly Dress expected to leave Seoul early next month on a
HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, DES VEUX ROAD CL.
month's tour to Japan.
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Our Shanghai correspondent telegraphed on Thursday night: "A reliable foreign resident LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C. reports that all is quiet in South-west Chilli.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
Ìhe American mail of the 17th May arrived, 466 per P.M. steamer. Peru, on the 16th June (30 466 days); and the English mail of the 23rd May arrived, per P. & 0. steamer Bengal, on the 19th June (27 days).
Dynomene on Fire in the Harbour
The I. M. Customs Collection
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The Corean Independêncs Club Swatow
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Northern Notes
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Correspondence
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Jelebu Mining and Trading Company. Supreme Court
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The Sinking of the Pakshan
Theft from Messrs. Kelly & Walsh; Ld. Hongkong Volunteer Corps
EPITOME OF THE WEEK,
The United States House of Representatives ..473 has rejected the Government Bill for a Trans- ..473 | pacific cable by 108 rotes to 71.
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Hongkong Chess Club ...
Royal Hongkong Golf Club
Shanghai Bares-Autumn Meeting
France and Siam
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Hongkong and Port News
Commercial
Shipping
BIRTHS.
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By the Nippon Maru on the 18th inst, there left Hongkong for Nagasaki the Grand Duke Boris, cousin of the Tsar of Russia,
Prince Komatsu has been
received
in
audience by King Edward, to whom he handed 178 the Imperial Japanese Orders of the Chrysan
themum and Cron nj
On the 23rd May, at Batu Gajah, Pera", Federated Malay states, the wife of ALMA BAKER, of a daughter.
On the 8th June, at “ Auchencairn," Tanglin Road, Singapore, the wife of G M. PRESTON, of a daughter.
On the 11th June; at Madrid, the wife of HILARION GONZALES. DEL ( ASTILLO, ex Spanish Consul of Nagasaki, of a son.
MARRIAGES.
On the 29th May, at Batavia, Java, J FERRIER, of the Borneo Co., Ld., to LILY, widow of the late B. C. HENDRIE, Singapore.
On the 9th June, at H.B.M's Consulate, and afterwards at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, WILLIAM FRITH PREW, of Mansfield, England, to MARY, younger daughter of the late CHARLES WANDERLBACH, of I.M. Customs,
DEATHS?
On the 2nd June, at Weihaiwoi, GEORGE HENRY ENGLISH, 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade, attached 1st Chinese Regiment, aged 36 years.
On the 6th June, at Singapore, HARRY L. NIUBRONNER, second son of the late A. W. NEUBRONNER, late of the Selinsing Mines, Tahang. On the 7th June, at Nagasaki, ROBNET ARCH PRENTICE MILLER, of Hutchesontown, Glasgow, aged 32 years.
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On the 8th June, at "The Hills," Shanghai, BEYOE G. NICHOL of Messrs. S. U. Farnham, Boyd & Co Ld, aged 27 years,
On the 8th June, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, ANNIE F. GLADWELL, of the Victoria Nursing Home,
"On the 10th, June, at Marseilles, ELISABETH IDA, the beloved wife of EDM. JOHANNBEN. (By
cable)
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On the 11th June, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, Pancт, son of the late EDWIN WHEN, Shemeld, England, aged 39 years.
The Japanese cruiser Tuk o has been ordered to Weihaiwei, where she will take part with the British squ dron in celebrating the Coronation of King Edward on the 26th inst.
It is officially stated that a clause has been agreed upon in the Special Commissioners treaty whereby China undertakes to remove within two years the artificial obstructions to the navigation of the Canton River.
The Débats (Paris) says that the name most frequently mentioned now as the 'probable suc- cessor of M. Doumer as: Governor-General of Indo-China is that of M.; Ch. Laurent, one of the heads in the Ministry of Finance.
Amoy is hoping that a British man-of-war will come to the port to take part in the cele- bration of the Coronation on the 26th June, as there is to be a grand display at Amoy on that day, for which preparation is going on.
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During the second day (Thursday, of the libel case O'Shea v. Cowen at Shanghai, little progress was made. The case will last several days. This is the case arising out of an article entitled "The Shanghai Liar in a paper belonging to Mr. Cowen.
The N.-C. Daily News correspondent at Swatow writes that the native merchants are fighting the new lekin by a policy of" Sit still!" The authorities have not as yet dared to make the proposed levy effective and the native mer- chants show no inclination to help them out of their difficulty.
A decree has been issued in Indo-China providing for the occupation of Cambodia by a company of Cambodian tirailleurs. The decree places, on all occasions, the commandant of the force under the authority of the commandant of the naval base for all questions concerning defensive measures,
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The rebels have laid down their arms and returned to their villages. Viceroy Yuan Shikai's soldiers have behaved well and pillaging | has been firmly repressed." There seems to! have been the usual amount of exaggeration in the reports of this rebellion.
Owing to the breakage in the cable between Manila and Hongkong, residents of Manila did not learn of the termination of the Boer war until Saturday, 7th inst., when the Nippon Maru arrived. There was great rejuicing among the subjects of King Edward in this city, says the Manilų American. Champagne corks were popping at the Engli-h Club and good cheer prevailed on every side.
The Times, in a leader, declares that a pro rata reduction of Great Britain's indemnity claims will increase the confidence of the Chinese The Chinese in British justice and fairplay. will contrast British and American attitude with that of effusively friendly states. Great Eritain is ready to let the Chinese exclusively construct the Peking-Great Wall railway, but she is bound to firmly resist the conquest of Chinese railways by Russia.
The people of Formos are beginning to cut their hair. That sounds like an idle announce ment, says the Japan Mail, but it means a great deal. It means final abandonment of the life of an outlaw. From many districts news of the removal of the pigtail is announced, and the general belief is that the change has been brought about by the extensive operations undertaken against the rebels from the 3rd to the 20th of April. A whole brigade of troops was employed, and after driving the rebels from place to place they finally brought them to bay and killed or captured a great number, having only a small list of casual ies themselves -ove killed and about 20 wounded. Th people of Formosa hare been, wear ng the pig- tuil for 300 years.
A Peking telegram of the 2nd inst. to Japan says:--The Russian Minister to Peking has lodged a strong pr test with the Chinese Govern- ment against the agreement between Grest Britain and China for the transfer of the North- China railway. He declared that the Russians in Manelinria will not be withdrawn un'e-s the agreement is cancelled. The British M.nister to Peking is reported to be considering the withdrawal of the agreement, but the Com mauders of the Allis are unanimously of opinion that the supervision of the railway should be retained by them, and it is expected that a Committee to superintend the railway will be elected from all the Powers and not only from Great Britain, Germany, and. Japan, was originally proposed. The conference foreign Ministers have failed to arrive at any
decision on account of the absence of the German and other Ministers. It is under- stood, however, that the conferencs will interfere with the resolutions arrived the Council of War of the Allies, attitude of Viceroy Tuan will ultimatel the question of the transfer of the Administration.
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