THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
AND
China Oderland Trave Report.
VOL. VLI.]
CONTENTS.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 20TH DECEMBER, 1902.
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Epitome of the Wock, &c.
Leading Articles :-
China's Trade in 191
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The Housing of the Working Classes
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The Weihaiwei Regiment
Hongkong Legislative Council
Mosquitoes and Malaria
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Chinese College of Medicine
Maiden 1rip of the s.s. Kiongehow,
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Theatre Royal
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Serious Fight in Wayang St., Singapore
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General Chaffee's Report on the Philippines
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The American-Asiatic Steamship Co, The Trade of Corea
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Macio
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Arrest of a Hongkong Fugitive at San Francisco
Swatow
Tientsin
Correspondence
Supreme Court
Enquiries into Collapses of Buildings Water Return
Cricket
Football
Hongkong
Miscellaneous...
Commercial..
Shipping
BIRTHS.
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Mr. Griscom, US. Minister to Persia, has been appointed U.S. Minister to Japan; not. as was anticipated by many, Mr. John Barrett.
H.E. Senhor Arnaldo de Noraes, the new Governor of Macao, arrived in Hongkong.on Monday and left again for the Portuguese Colony on Wednesday.
The Rt. Hon. St. John Brodrick stated in the House of Commons this week that it has been recently decided to retain the Chinese Regiment. cor sisting of four companies.
The foreign banks at Bangkok bare settled with the Siamese Government an approved 487 scheme for piting ticals on a gold basis. There is general satisfaction at this turn of events, and it is expected that busines will be resumed at once.
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On the 29th November, at Newchwang, the wife of H. F. MILLER, of a son.
On the 12th December, at No. 10, Museum Road, Shanghai, the wife of W. J. B. CARTER, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.
On the 11th December, at high noon, at "Inverugie," Hongkong, Miss AUGUSTA Woon- WARD, daughter of Colonel and Mrs. THEODORK F. FORBES, to Lieutenant Harrison AvaUSTUS BISPHAM, U.S.N., by the Rev. F. T. Johnson,
'M.A.
On the 12th December, at Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, ERNEST, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. CARTER, of Maidenhead, England, to Eva, only daughter of the late FRANCIS ROBERTSON, of Buenos Ayres, and of Mrs. ROBERTSON, Forest Gate, London.
DEATHS.
On the 12th inst., at " Glenwood," 21, Caine Road, Hongkong, SALIE POTTENHEIM, dearly
beloved sister of ARTHUR H. BOTTENHEIM.
On the 14th December, at 130, Wanchai Road, EDWIN, the beloved husband of DOLORES RYDER, aged 35 years, deeply regretted.
On the 14th December, at 8.45 p.m., at Maca, in his residence, the Knight Commander LOURENÇO MARQUES, aged 91 years.
Hongkong Teleckly Press
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ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The French mail of the 14th Novemberarrived, per M.M. steamer Laos, on the 15th December (31 days); the American mail of the 15th November arrived, por O. & O. steamer Gaelic, on the 17th December (32 days); and the English mail of the 21st November arrived, per
P. & O. steamer Ballaarat, on the 19th December (28 days).
The Crown Prince of Siam loft Vancouver for Japan by the Empress of China. The Siamese Royal yacht Maha Chakrkri has gone to Yokohama to meet him, and is expected to pass through Nagasaki on her way home at the end of this month.
MM. Donmergue, French Colonial Minister, and Rouvier, Minister of Finance, have appoint ed the Committee announced recently to deal with the subject of the adoption of the go'd standard in Siam. MM. Simon and Frézouls are on the Committee.
News comes from Corea that a terrike famine is feared in Gensan district, where the rice-crop is practically a total failure. Many people are already without daily food. The crop in the Chemulpo district is abundant. but there the prices are so high that the poor canuut afford to buy it.
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The Doniuion Government has disallowed three enactments of the British Columbian Legislature. One of these debarred from enter ing all immigrants unable to write in European language; auother forbade employment of Japanese or Chinese on works prohibited the employment of Japanese or holding provincial frauchises; and the third
Chinese in mines, unless able to speak Eng 1'sh. But it is also stated that these measures will all undoubtedly be re-enacted by British
Columbia uext sessiou.
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The Messageries Maritimes Cie, is negotiat- ing for entrance to San Francisco, for the purpose of obtaining part of the trade between that port and the Hawaiian Islands, and Australia, the Far East, and Europe. New Celedonia and Tahiti also will be on the route proposed.
A rocent telegram announced that the new loau contracted with the Russo-Cuinese Bank was for the purposes of the section of the Lu-Han Railway running to Taiyuen. But later itelligence seems to indicate that 11 Ching ing-Chinan road is in question. The Japan Daily Mail writes :--We find this second statement difficult of credence, No concession ¦ has yet been given, or sought, so far as we are aware, for a line from Chingting to Chinan. A read is projected which would follow the route of the Grand Canal from Tientsin as far as Kucheng, and thence pass eastward to Chinan, but a live direct from Chinan to Chingting is a different affair. Cu the other
hand,
the Chingting-Taiyuen 1oad is ar originally projected branch of the Lu-Han railway from Poking to Hankow.
At the dinner of the Union Club, at the Hotel Cecil, Lord Lausdowne said that a closer acqu intance with our new ally since the con clusion of the alliance had led us, and he hoped Japan also, to form a larger respect for each other. The more the great Pow rs knew that we co-operated with each other, the better it was for the interests of all.
The Sin Wan P'ao's Peking correspondent writes that the Wai wu-pn was recently in- formed by Viceroy Tsen Chen-hsuen of Szechuen that he had received a telegram from Ya Kang, Imperial Resident in Tibet, saying that the late difficulty between the Tibetans and the British engineers had been ainicably settled by spcial deputies sent by the Resident. The difficulty referred to in the telegram arcse from land transactions,
It is stated that Prince Ching hopes to take a short trip to Japan next year as special envoy for the exhibition at Osaka. With regard to the appointment of a special envoy for the Louisiana Exhibition, it was intended to make a selection from among the Princes Luu Péi Tzu and Chen Pei Tzu. Prince Chuo was not included. Prince Su is unable to take up tho appointment, Ch'eu Pei Tzu is understood to be unwilling, aud Lun Pei Tzu is now mentioned as the likely envoy.
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We learn that the government of the city of For the purposes of keeping good order Canton Cauton has been very much improved recently.
his ben split up into wards and sub-divisions, s that the responsibility for any outrage may be visited at once ou the place where it occurs and the inhabitants of each division are strongly, because pecuniarily, interested in seeing that the law is kept. Insults to foreigners passing through the streets of Canton are to be mo t summarily punished, death being threatened
even to the families of those who commit an outrage against Europeans. Recent visitors notice the difference in the demeanour of the
people.
The N. C. Daily News publishes the following telegram, which is dated Tokyo, 9th December: Two parties are working together in the Dist. evidently resolved to quite in opposition to the Government for the purpose of coercing the Pears Thus the situation created is similar to that created early in the sessions of the r`iet, when the whole Lower House combined to attack the so calied Clan Cabinet. The real basis of the present dispute is not fiscal, but is a question of party government v. bureaucracy. The Emperor perso: ally opened the Diet with a speech from the Throne. He referred to the growing intimacy of the relat ons between the Treaty Powers, and exp essed profound satis- faction with the timely settlement of the North China complication, thereby restoring peace in the Far East He announced the presentation of the Budget and various fills based on the policy of providing ample uational defences and the essentials for the prosperous development of the country; and he urged that the delberations of the Diet should be conducted in a spirit of harmony and conciliation.
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