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314 there. Tong Sing's engineering and boiler- alguiy successful concert, as we have already On in imated. The duties of accompanist were making premises are in the locality.
divided between Messrs. G. Grimble, G. P. the banks of the Bowrington Canal are the new foundry and asbestos yard. the Hongkong tim-Lammert, and H. F Campbell all of whom ber yard and Fook Chong's engineering, boiler- won the best thanks of their hearers and of the making, brass and iron-founding, and shipbuild- singers. ing establishment. On Prays East. also, are several Chinese boat-builders' shops.
BOWLING CLUB SMOKING CONCERT.
The smoking concert given by the Bowling Club on Saturday night was one of the most successful functions of the kind ever held in Hongkong. The chair was taken about 9 p.m. by Mr Hart Back, and entertainment lasted well up to midnight. The hall of the club was i converted for the occasion into a concert room and was effectively decorated with flags, those behind the platform being the Union Jack in the centre, and the United States and Japanese flanking it. The ball was well filled, but not uncomfortably crowded, by the members of the Clab and their guests.
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We must not omit to mention that in the interval Mr. Hart Buck presented the Club | billiard prizes to the winners in the late tourna- ment as follows: - First prize and a cue for the best break (63) to Mr. J. Roger; 2nd prize, Mr. L. Knox; 3rd prize. Mr. F. O. Ranney.
CANTON.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
Canton, 10th November.
A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
[November 16, 1903.
district, Kwangtung. The Viceroy, very angry, has given orders to the magistrate to have him arrested and brought to Canton to be punished.
Peport says that Prefect Shum Chain E, of Kwangchow, has applied for three months' leave to enable him to rest from his multifarious duties, and that in his stead a certain Chan Mong Chang will act for the time being. It is not certain if the Viceroy and the Provincial The Viceroy likes Governor will allow this." Prefect Shum well, and as His Excellency is still sick it is donbtful if he could obtain leave.
BRIGANDS.
In Pingling. Heungshan district, the brigands are very violent, going into the villages even in broad daylight to rob and carry About two weeks away people for ransom. ago Admiral Ho Cheung Ching sent contingent of one thousand soldiers to fight them. The number of brigands was far inferior to that of the sldiers, but they were better armed, and occupied strong positions, and after
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whole day's fighting the soldiers were defeated. At about dark a few mandarin cruisers arrived just in time to fire a few shots, which dispersed the brigands. From forty tó fifty soldiers are reported killed.
KWANGSI.
The Viceroy has ordered Taotai Wong Tit Shan to enlist four thousand more soldiers to join those in Canton under the command Admiral Lao Kwong-choi and to go to Kwangsi to fight the rebels.
The crimes for which Lo On, the usher of the Namhoi y men, was executed, are variously Some stated, and not one account is certain. say that he had a hand in the murder of Li Pa To, the confidential spy of Li Ka Cheuk, late magistrate of Yumchow, who is now in prison in the Punya gaol; others say that he amassed a big fortune by levying blackmail on flower The geutry got boats and houses of ill-fame. up a number of charges against him and had him arrested and put in prison without
whole In fact, the
of matier, from trial.
bean & inystery. beginning to end, bas It is said that he bought the post of usher in the Namhoi magistracy for ten thousand dollars for three years, and during the time when Pui King Fuk was magistrate, he, the chi-f porter Chik Wa Hin, and others together made b. squeezes over a hundred housand dollars in Because away a year. Chik Wa Hin ran Lo On had moury the officials have put au end to his life and taken possession of his property. When be was in the Namhoi gaol he lived in luxury; his wife and concubines were permitted to stay with him, his friends
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TELEPHONES.
A telephone company has been established in Cantou to connect all the official yamens and mercantile establishments, at a cost of forty-eight dollars a year for each house,
SWATOW.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
Swatow, 10th November, THE KING'S BIRTHDAY. daily. upon and dined with him
Majesty King The anniversary of His Edward VII's birthday was favoured with When in prison. too, his income was the same as usual, his share of "squeeze
being re-gloriously fine weather. The steamers Taksang, However, without any Canton, Tuishan, Jelunga, Hunan, and Hailoong, gularly paid to him. previous warning, while he was taking a meal which were in port, dressed ship gaily and ou one or two of them receptions were held. The with his friends, a peremptory order cams
and Petchaburi. from a high source, and he was bundled out, Bangkok liners Machew was
tied hand' and foot, carried in a basket by two coolies to he execution ground, and beheaded, his family paying one thousand dollars to get back his head for interment.
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A MAGISTRATE SPARED.
The band of the Sherwood Foresters, who sup→ plied the instrumental part of the programme, started the proceedings with a selection, after which Mr. W. B. Haughwont sang Fanre's Mr. Palm Leares," which was well rec ived. H. M. Hobbins, . S. Vice-Consul, and formerly leader of the Wisconsin University Glee Club, followed with The Sheltering Palm," in a manner which made his hearers demand an edcore. Mr. W. Domnich s playing of Raff's Cavatina on the violin was excellent, and the sam is true of hs rendering of the pretty entr'acte gavotte from Mignon, which he gave in response to a recall. Needless to say Mr. H. A. Tozer was heartily welcomed when he steppei on the platform to sing "He's going there every night," but his encore song "When the Gentle Breezes blow" took the audience by storin, and deservedly so, for the singer's manner was just what was required. He laid no undue stress ou the points, as some comic singers are wont to do, and thereby his song gained immeasu.bly. Mr. Q. H. Grace's Soug of the Bow (Firence Aylward) was given with all the art that this charming bariton knows how to use in his singing, and Heroes and Gentlemen equally pleasing. Mr W. G. Worcester closed the first half of the programme with two re- ditations, both good but the second especially so. His foice, however, was hardly strong enough to carry all over the hall. After pause, the Sherwood Foresters performed a selection from The Country Girl, for which they well deserved the applause given them, as they were in fine form. Mr. R. H. Scheeloch, who was at on time leader of the Glee Club at Yale University, hen sang "Gipsy John" and followed it with "My Love is like the Sea.” He has one of the most captivating voices we have heard in Hongkong, and we shall hope to hear him again soon. Next Mr. Worcester appeared with Folle little Baby," in which he made a genuine hit, and he had to come back and sing the last verse again. Mr. Somerville accompanied him as the nurse who held the baby, and was really wonderfully disguised; Nurse's sudden assault upon the amiable, accompanist Mr. George Grimble was the cause of much amusement. Mr. G. P. Lammert sang Godard's "Angels guard thee," with a violin obligato capitally performed by Mr. F. C. Barlow. Mr. Lammert has been in
With reference to Li Ka Cheuk, late magis- better voice, but his singing was nevertheless appreciated, and he obliged with Til sing trate of Yumchow, it is stated that the Mr. Viceroy and the Provincial Governor have thee Songs of Araby as an encore. P. W. Goldring was not up to his usual jointly sent up a memorial to Peking charging high standard in Sally in our Alley," and him with various crimes, especially that of he c naiving at his soldiere robbing and killing might better have sung earlier, had only arrived back in the Colony people. It is urmised that he cannot escape early on Saturday and was obviously tired death by beheading. Lieut. Davidson being unable to turn up,
with the songs concluded Mr. H. A Tozer's "Uh! I've lost it," a great success in every way, and She only had her dollar in her purse," which was even better. There is no equally effective comedian s nger in the Colony, "God and the audience recognised the fac1. save the King" would have terminated the musical part of the proceedings, but in answer to strong requests Mr. Scheelooh consented to sing Violets," giving for an encore the last in German. This finished what was a
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With reference to the late magistrate Wong Bung, of Namhoi, who was degraded on account of the guards and underlings of his yamen squeezing the convicts (and to whose slead a certain Yew, a confidential secretary of the Viceroy Shum is acting magistrat-), an enquiry has been instituted, and after investigation in the accountants' offi·e defa'cations have been discovered to the amount of over thirty thousand taels. Of course the magistrate was to blame for i, but upon the intercession of the Provincial Governor with the Viceroy, and in consideration of the fact that Wong has lost a good deal of money by supplying most of the requisites for the use of the official y men, and that h5 no opportunity to repay himself by had collecting the taxes upon fields and lands at the end of the year, it has bean resolved that he shall bear half the amount of the defalcations, and the new magistrate the other half.
BUT ANOTHER NOT.
There is a crtain class of pu lic serva ats known as mun-seung or chief porters. Although their position is humble, yet by falsely assuming the authority ofofficials they can make more money by squeeze than most of the officials do. It is this class of people that the Viceroy hates most, and he has instituted a crusade against them, as in the case of Chik Wa Hin, mun-seung of the Namboi magistrate, who has bolted either to Hongkong or Macao. In the present instance there is another mun-seung in similar trouble belonging to the magistracy of the Lungman
belonging to the Norddeutscher Lloyd, were also among the shipping in harbour, but their decorations were conspicuous by their absence. Comments were freely passed here anent the above incident. In the afternoon various sports, which provoked a great deal of fun, were held in the Consular grounds at Kaokohich. The ever-genial host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. Wil is, were untiring in their energies, and their labours were amply rewarded by the success of the sports in general and of the garden party in particular. The filowing were the results of the different events:
I. Whistling Competition. There were twenty competitors, ten ladies and ten gentlemen, and the contest resulted in Mrs. Forbes and Mr. Young carrying off the prizes.
II. Walking Match, 520 yards.-Eight entered for this, which ended in an easy victory for Mr. Lyons.
III. Egg-and-spoon Race.-Seven ladies took part in this, and Mrs. Haesloop secured first place.
IV. Animal Race -There were eleven com- petitors, with a varied representation of the animal kingdom. Among the latter were dogs, a morkey, geese, fowls, a calf, a goat, and pigs. This was the most hilarious item on the pro- gramme, and was greatly enjoyed by everyone present. Mr. Forbes, with his pointer dog, was
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V. 130 Yards Flat Racs.-In this, the final event, there were eight contestants. Mr. Lyons came in first, closely followed by Mr. Carlson.
The prizes, consisting of different articles of local make, were subsequently distributed by Mrs. Willis, amidst great applause. The health of King Edward VII., proposed by Mr. Willis, was then drunk most enthusias ically, and shortly was sung by afterwards "God Save the King the entire assembly The greatly-respected taipan of Bradley & Co.. Mr. Richardson, senior, in a neat little speech proposed the health of Me and Mrs. Willis, which was heartily drunk. The pleasant function finished with three cheers and a tiger for the ladies.
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