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THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LVIII.]
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Leading Articles :-
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China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 24т¤ OCTOBER, 1903.
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Rumoured Attempted Outrage at Peking The U.S and Japanese Treaties with China ...298 British Railway Enterprise in China
British Naval Reinforcements
The New G.O C. in Hongkong
Hongkong Sanitary Board
Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce
Chino-Japanese Commercial Treaty
Japan and Russia
The Mindanao Piracy
Shanghai-Nanking Railway
Rescue in Hongkong Harbour
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Hongkong Weekly Press punishment to anyone spreading rumours of
HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, DES VEUX ROAD CL LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C
ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The French Mail of the 18th ult. arrived per .300 M.M. s'eamer Yarra on the 20th inst. (32 days)
300&ad the English Mail of the 24th ult. by the P. & O. steamer Bengal on the 22nd inst. (28 days).
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The A.D.C.
Saturday's Promenade Concert
Notes from the Botanic Gardens
The Death of the Rev. H. C. Hodges
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Canton
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Correspondence
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Canton Insurance Office Ld.
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Supreme Court
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A Breach of the Harbour Regulations.
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The Hongkong Cricket Team
The Interport Lawn Tennis
Imperial Rifle Match ....
Boxing Contest at the City Hall
Football
The England V. Scotland Golf Match The Strats in 1902-3.
Hongkong
Commercial. Shipping
BIRTHS.
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK,
It is reported via London that the conference between the Russian and Japanese authorities
has been futile.
Admiral Fougue Jonquiere has been nomi nated to command a division of the French naval squadron in the Far East.
The Japanese residents at Wiju, alarmed at the movements of Russian soldiers there, were last week sending away their wives and children.
The Morning Post learns from trustworthy .34.6 quarters" that Japan has landed troops in Ping
36 yang outlet. Nothing is known of this from
other sources.
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307 Both Russia and Japan are buying heavy 369 | consignments of Welsh steam coal for Vladivos- 312 took, Port Arthur, Nagasaki, and Yokohama,
the latest deliverable in two months.
On the 2nd October, at Luh Hob, to Dr. and Mrs. Gao, F. DE VOL, a son, CHARLES EDWARD.
On the 9th October, at "Dove's Nest," 102 River Valley Boad, Eingapore, the wife of S. DONNENBERG, of a son
On the 12th October, at 6, Pootung Terrace Pootung, Shanghai, the wife of J. D. STRANG, of
a 8011.
On the 12th October, at Shanghai, the wife of GEO. JAS. LINCOLN NETHERTOx, of a daughter.
On the 19th October, at 2, College Gardens, to the Rev. G. A. and Mrs. BUNBURY, a daughter.
MARRIAGE.
On the 15th September, at Cahiraarry Church. by the Rev. Canon uter, ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN, of the Hongkong Civil Service, to ADA MARY, daughter of the lat: JOHN RUSSELL and of Mrs. RUSSELL, Glenview, Li : erick.
DEATHS.
On the 10th October, at Yokohama, FRANCISCO DE ESPIRITO SANTO DA B. Ba, aged 64 years.
On the 15th October, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, HERMANN FRESE, aged 22 years.
On the 16th October, the Reverend HERBERT CECIL HODGES, M.A St. John's College, Cam- bridge, for seventeen years Cathedral Chaplain of Shanghai, aged 66 yea's.
Some high Chinese officials are proposing to memorialise the Throne in favour of the establishment of a Naval Board which shall have control of all matters relating to the navy and its re-organisation.
The authorities at Washing on have upheld the decision of Mr. Morgan Shuster, Collector
of Customs at Manila in the Allen exclusion case. This apparently means that Mr. Allen must leave Manila!
A special commission under the presidency of the Tsar has been formed at St. Petersburg to consider affairs in the Far East and to discuss financial proposals and measures for the develop ment of trade and industry.
Colonel Villiers Hatton. C.B.. succeeds Major-General Sir William Gascoigne in the Hongkong Command. Major-General Sir William J. Gascoigne's term of employment expires officially on the 17th prox.
The New York World states that the Navy Board bas decided to place forty-nine warships on the Asiatic Station in the event of a war
been d signated to their respective positions. between Russia and Japan. The ships have all
Admirai Alexieff is reported to be threatening
impending war between Japan and Russia.
for already the British residents there have They are ahead of us in Peking, it seems, held a meeting to consider the means of cele- brating the birthday of King Edward VII. It was decided to have sports for the soldiers, and a grand ball for the other residents on the 9th prox.
The N.-C. Daily News representative telegraphs under date Tokyo, 14th October :-- Negotiations are proceeding at Tokyo, and there is no present reason to apprehend an unpeaceful issue. The alleged Russian fort at Yong-ampho is merely, it is now stated, a signal station to enable communication to be maintained with Antung.
The vessels now composing the Japanese standing squadron are -The battleships Asahi, Hutsuse, Mikasa, Shikishima, Fuzi, Yashima; the armoured cruisers Iwate, Idzumo, Yakumo, Asama, Adruma, Tokiwa, Kasagi Chitose; the cruisers Yoshino, Naniwa, Takachiho, Chiyoda, Akitsushima, Saiyen; the despatch-boat Miyako; the gunboats Oshima, Uri, and Chokai, and 14 destroyers, as well as about 40 torpedo-boats, with a total strength of about 186,000 tons displacement.
M. Champeaux, the local agent of the Messageries Maritimes, informs us that the M.M. steamer Sydney, with Marseilles mails of the 4th October, has unfortunately broken her screw-shaft on her way to Aden. The mails the P. & O. 8. N. Co.'s steamer Britannia, and cabin passengers have been transferred to
which left Aden on the 19th instant, passengers and cargo will follow by the M.M. 8.8. Himalaya, which is expected to sail from Aden on or about October 25th.
Other
The Times correspondent at Pekin wired that on the occasion of a Ball at the British Legation at Peking on Tuesday the 13th inst., an attempt was made to explode a magazine containing explosives and ammunition for the defence of the Legation. Wires were laid to connect with an electric battery, but for some reason the connection was not perfect. The British Lega- tion at Peking formally denies the story, and Reuter's Agency at Poking states that there has been no attempt to blow up the British Legation, but a robbery of ordnance stores was effected presumably by Chinese servants who left an electric apparatus outside the Magazine.
At last we have the explanation of the from our Singapore correspondent, stating that telegram which we published on the 13th inst. a sea-serpent had been seen in Singapore Harbour. It appears from the papers that one of the Marine Police officers who was patrolling the harbour in the police launch on the night of the 10th inst, alleges that he saw something in the water which he declares very closely resembled what the sea serpent is supposed to be. The Baron Kodama, succeeds General Tamura, monster was seen at Tanjong Pagar near the deceased, as vice-chief of the Japanese head-old hulks. It could not be seen plainly, owing quarter staff, resiguing the portfolio of Home Affairs, which is taken by the Premier. Baron Kodama's appointment is regarded with universal satisfaction at this critical period.
to the dim light, but what appeared to be the head, which was black, was raised about two feet above the water. It disappeared on the approach of the launch.
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