THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LVII]
AND
China Overland
Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Supplement -- The Local Currency Question.
Epitome of the Week, &c
Leading Articles : ---
'The Currency Question
Weihaiwei
Chinese and Foreigners
China Teas
Police
Military and Naval Rowdies and the Native
Hongkong Legislativo Council
Hongkong Sanitary Board
Rev. Dr. Pentecost in Hongkong
Thestre Royal
Hongkong bifle Association
C'auton
Macao
Pakhoí
Formosan News
Correspondence
Punjom Mining Co., Ld.
Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Lal,
Shanghai Land Investment Co., La
Supreme Court
Sporting Notes
Hongkong Jockey Club Race Meeting
Cricket....
Football
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Royal Hongkong Yacht Club
Hongkong Volunteer Corps
Hongkong
Commercial
Shipping
BIRTHS.
HONGKONG, MONDAY, 23rd FEBRUARY, 1903.
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
The Straits Currency Commission has prac- 129 tically concluded its labours, and the report is nw to be seut to the Straits Settlements for consideration.
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In Washington administrative circles, finan- cial and other remedia! legislation for the Philippines is considered necessary and very urgent, otherwise an ther rebellion is feared.
Baron Hayashi's cordial reply to the teast of 133 the diplomatic body at the Chilton Club dinner on the 11th in-taut, has given great satis- faction. The Japanese Minister referr d to the anniver-a y of the founding of the Em- pire of Japan 2,563 years ago, and hoped that the Anglo-Japanese alliance would lastas long.
A farther section of the bund at Hsiakuan, 138 Nanking, says the N.-C. Daily Neics, sank down 139 | suddenly just after the C. N. §. Poyang left on her last trip, and the ( nstom-house has had to be abandoned, as was expected. There was no loss of life. The sloping band-front d'd not move, the land going vertically down into the 145 quicksand below, and there is now a depth of 50
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The Novoe Vremya says that if her trial trips 146 prove atisfactory, the Russian ironclad Knia: 147 Souvarof will sail for the Far East immediately. The Knia: Souraroff is a steel battleship of 13,600 tons displacement and 16.00 i.h.p. (Belle ville boilers). She has just been completed at St. Pete sburg. Her armour i-Belt, 9.in. and gun position 5-in. (H.S.) deck plating, 4-in She carries four 12 in., twelve 6-in. q.f., twenty 3-in., twenty 3pr. and six Ipr. guns, and six torp do-tubes (fire submarine). Her speed is 18 knots,
On the 29th January, at Yokohama, the wife of ROBERT SULZER, of a daughter.
On the 2nd February, at Tientsin, the wife of A. WOLCKEN, of a son.
On the 7th February, at Tsingtau, the wife of
E. FREITAG, of I.M. Customs, Kiachau, of a daughter.
On the 7th February, at No. 258, Hluff, Yeko- hama, the wife of EDWARD J. COWAN, of a daughter.
MARRIAGE.
On the 18th Feb uary, at the Peak Church, Hongkong, by the Rev. F. T. Johnson, M.A., Major ALFRED W. BEWLEY, R.A.M.C., to JRAN KNOX, younger daughter of JAMES WOODs, New York, U.S.A.
DEATHS.
On the 6th February, HERMAN LAWRENCE, Only son of L. R. YZELMAN, Kuala Lumpur, F.3.S.
On the 6th February, at Swatow, N RAH KATHERINE MERCER, daughter of FATHERINE E. and Avarst J. C. HOLTZ, I.M. (ustoms Service, aged 41 years.
Hongkong Weekly Press
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ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The American mail arrived, per P. M. steamer Korea, on the 16th February; this Canadian mail arrived, per C.P.B. steamer Empress of Japan, on the 18th Feb:uary; and the German mail of the 20th January arrived per H.A.L. steamer Hambury, on the 20th February (31 days).
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Missionary letters arriving from Shensi, says tbs Shanghai Times, indicate that General Tung Fu-hsiang is practically immune from official interference in that province, and has been able to retain a military following so strong that the provincial authorities do not dare to molest him. The reports say that when the comman. der-in-chief of the province received orders to arrest Tung Fu-hsiang he hit upon the device of inviting him to a feast at which the arrest was to recur. Tung attended the feast, but took with him a large bodyguard.
A despatch to the N.-C. Daily News, dated Tokyo, 14th February, says: -- The Corean imbroglio is at an end. Japan has, not asked for compensation, but has contended first, for the withdrawal of the refo on the banknotes; secondly, for an apology from Corea, and a promise that the circulation of the notes shall not be obstructed in the future; thirdly, for the carrying out of last year's agreement concerning the non-levy of illegal du'ies on the Nakdong traffic, and the appointment of a Minister Plenipotentiary at the Japiness Court. In Parliament ou the 18th inst. Earl Grey, discussing Mr. Joseph Wa tou's amendment to the Address with reference to our rela ions with China, implied that condemnation in such debates was the result of imperfect information He queried whether the treaty providing for the abolition of lekin taxation could be carried out. Lord Cranborne in his reply said that although the alliance with Japan hal greatly strengthened Britain's position the ancer tainties and complications of our relations with China were very serious. But, he added, the position in Persia was serious still.
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No. 8.
H.M. torpedo-boat destroyers Virago and Sparowhawk, now on the Pacifio Station, are to come to the China Station_shortly, H.M.S. Amphion convoying them to Honolulu and one of the cruisers now out here from Honolulu to M nila. The Virago and Sparrowhawk were both built at Birkenhead in 1896 and are of 300 tous displacement, 6,010 i.h.p., and 30.13 knots an hour speed. They carry one 12 pr. and five 6 pr. guns and two forpedo-tubes. ·
A Peking despatch dated the 7th February says: The Foreign Representatives proceeded to the Imperial Palace yosterday to offer their congratulations for the New Year. The Empress Dowager occupied an upper sent to the Emperor as usual, and reo ived the congratulations, conversing with the Foreign Ministers. The Emperor looked considerably worse than in the previous year. The treatment of the Corean Minister, over which some discussion existed in the Court, has No discrimination been favourably decided. was shown in the treatment accorded him, .ho having been received in audience in accordance with the order of his appointment. It was thus shown that China regards Corea as possessing equal rights with the other Powers.
The small British squadron which went south some weeks ago is once more back here from Manila. The departure from Singaporo was made on the 25th ult, the next point touched at being Barawak, where Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge went up river on the Alacrity to visit Rajah Brooke at Kuching. On the 20th ult, the squadron proceeded to Labuan, ar- riving on the 1st inst. The Alacrity, with the Admiral on board, left for Sandakan on the 5th and the Glory for Balabao Island on the 7th. picking up Admiral Bridge on the 10th and also the Talbot later in the day. On the 12th Manila was reached and a round of festivities begun, Governor Taft dining with Admiral Bridge on the 14th and Major-General Davis U.8 8. Kentucky lunching next day, the entertaining the visitors on the 15th, and a ball, Iwo-tennis match, Army and Navy Club reception, and dinner by Governor Taft completing the programme,
In its Notes on Native Affairs the N.-C. Daily News quotes a Canton · despatch to the effect that, owing to the exposure by the Hongkong Government to the provincial authorities of Canton of the recent projected attempt of mem- bers of the Triad Society on the lives of the former on Chinese New Year's Day, and owing to the fact that during 1902 no less than four- teen revolutionists had been arrested by aid of the Hongkong police and sent to Cauton to undergo the last penalty for conspiring against. the Manchu dynasty, Hongkong is now care? fully avoided by those of the Triad Society who ale qanted by the Chinese officials. "It is now reported that quite a large number of those who were concerned in the recent fiasco, whose n mes have somehow got to the knowledge of the mandarins, are by this time either in French territory, the Maisy States, or the Straits. Settlements. If lat» seconuta are to be trusted. there will doubtlem be another attempt before long to capture a seaport in Kwangtung pro- vince b: sympathisers of those in arms against the Maccha government in Kwangsi and other provinces in that vicinity, news of which will not be so easily prematurely transported to the ears of the officers of the Empress Donger in he South.
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