THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
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China Overland Trade Report.
VOL. LIX.]
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CONTENTS.
The Northern Crisis
HONGKONG, MONDAY, 8TH FEBRUARY, 1904.
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The Balkan Troubles
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The Registration of Domestic Servants
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The Kowloon-Canton Railway
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Hongkong and the Fiscal Question
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Sir Harry Parkes and Hongkong
Hongkong Jottings
The Northern Crisis
Ball at Government House.
A New French Canton Steamer...
Mr. W. Freear at the Theatre
Canton...
Foochow
Correspondence -
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Hongkong Weekly Press
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ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The English Mail of the 1st ult,, arrived per 8.8, Chusan on the 30th ult.; the German Mail arrived per s... Seydlitz on the 4th inst; and 104 the French Mail of the 8th ult,, arrived per
8.8. Australien on the 8th inst.
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School Prize-Givings at Hongkong
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Pelilios Public School.....
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The Anglo-Chinese District School
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Queen's College
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Elli- Hadoorie Chinese School Society
8 Steph-n's Colle:e
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Ko n Hew Fee School
National Bank of hina, Ld..
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK
We received a telegram this morning from London stating that war bal been declared between Japan and Russia, no confirmati n of the intel igencs could be obtained from the Jap nese Consul.
It is, however, known on the best authority that the Japanese Minister 111 at S. Petersburg has been recalled.
Hongkong Cauton an Mcao Steamboat Co., Ld.12 Hongk ng Rop auufacturing t'o., Ld.
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Ho gkong and Shangout Banking Corporation Humphrey's Estate and Finance Co., Ld.
Ho gong Ioe Co. Ld.
Supreme Court
Sporting Notes
Cricket
Royal Hongkong Yacht Cit
Hongkong
Miscellaneous
Commercial
Shipping
BIRTHS.
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1 6 A Russian Army Order, dated 21st January, 116 increases the strength of the infantry reserves 117 in Russia. 117
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On the 81st December, 1903, at Newchwang, the wife of ALBERT O. WILSON, of a daughter.
On the 25th January, at 8, Chefoo Road, Shanghai, the wife of Gzo. S. BURGESS, of a daughter.
On the 26th January, 1904, at No. 8, The Bund, Shanghai, the wife of Comm. E GHISI, of a son.
On the 3rd February, 190, at Swatow, the wife of V. J. veloUGHLIN, of a daughter.
On the 4th February, 1904, at the Government Civil Hospital, the wife of THOMAS COCK, of Shanghai, of a daughter, stillborn.
On te th February, Augusta Delcela da SILVA, the beloved wife of EMILIANO DA SILVA. Deeply regretted
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MARRIAGE.
On the 21st January, at Yokohama, by the Rev. E. S. Booth, in the perence of E C. Bellows, Consul-General of the United States, GEORGE DENISON MORGAN, of New York, to Miss YUKI KAT of Kyoto.
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Anti-Christian feeling is reported from some districts of Anhwei, causing the provincial authorities much alarm.
3,00 bales of cotton left Houston, Texas, on the 28th ult., for Japan. This is the record consignment for the Far East.
The Russian battleship Oslabyo, the trans- port Soratof, and three destroyers left Suez on the 3rd inst, for the Far East.
It is reported that in the event of a Russo- J penese war, the command of the Russian land forces will be entrusted to General Kuropatkin,
The Japanese cruisers Kasugu and Nisshin left singapore on the morning of the 6th lust, bound for Japan. On the same day H.M.S. King Al-red arrived.
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The Japanese Commercial Agent at Vladivos- took informs the Government that all Japanese have been ordered to leave Vladivostock, which is now auder martial law,
It is known that both Russia and Japan have On the 24th January, at Okayama, Mrs. HISA within the last fortnight officially communicat- YAMADA, mother of Mrs. GAUNTLETT, aged 58ed to the Powers a statement of their positions years.
regarding some of the points at issue.
On the 24th January, at 5, Dublin Road, Singa- pore, the son of Mr. and Mrs. ED. M. NATHAN, aged 54 months.
On the 28th January, at Batavia, in the Tjikini Hospital, ANA, the beloved wife of D. J. VAN WIJNGAARDEN, of Singapore, aged 46 years.
On the 27th January, at the Victoria Nursing Home, Shanghai, CHARLES S. Moss, third son of the late C. D. Moss, of Yokohama.
On the 27th January, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, WILLIAM HENEY THOMAS, late of Ewo Cotton Spinning and Weaving Co., Ld., aged 32
years.
On the 27th January, at the Nursing Home, Shanghai, CHARLES STANLEY Moss, aged 24 years, On the 28th January, 1904, at his residence, 12, Quinsan Gardens, Shanghai, E. J. LIMBY, aged 63 years.
A home paper of the 1st ult. says:-The Intepia and Latona havO been docked at Porismouth to prepare for fo eign service, which, rumour says, will be on the China
station.
It is stated in S. Petersbu g that the mer- chandise traffic on the Truna-Siberian Railway will be provisionally suspended from the 2nd February, in order to leave the line free for the conveyance of troops and stores.
Mr. Jack London, correspondent for the
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Hearst newspapers, en route for Chemulpo, was arres ed at Bhimonoseki en the 4th inst, for taking photographs within the strategical zone, and was escorted to the Kokura Court.
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Renter's correspondent at Port Arthur wires that the Russian fleet put to sea. at dawn'on Wednesday and returned to the anchorage out- side the barbour at 4 p.m. on the 4th inst.
It is stated at 8. Petersburg that 50,000 troops are expected shortly at Vladivostook to strengthen the garrison. All the reserves for the Far East will pr bably be mobilised soon.
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The stock of coal in Port Arthur at present is 120,000 tons of Cardiff, and 80,000 of Japan- gide the harbour the week before last. The There were forty mea-of-war in and out- Viceroy had then orer 100,000 troops under bis orders, and 80,000 more are on their way
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out from Russia via Siberia.
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News from S. Petersburg says that the General Staff has authorised Admiral Alexieff to declare war and to opeu hostilities if circum- atances indicate the necessity. An Imperial Manifesto proclaiming war is expected to fol- low sharply if Japan rejects the arrangement proposed in the Russian reply.
Messrs. Vickers, Sons, & Maxim and Messrs. Armstrong & Co. received orders on the 30th ult. to proceed with the construction and the com- plete equipment of two new Japanese warships as speedily as possible. The tonnage of each ship is to be 16,400, speed 19 knots, and the arms- ment heavier than that of the best British warship.
Chief Justice Arellano on the 1st inst., ad- minist-red the oaths of office to Governor Lake E. Wright and Vice-Governor Henry C. de in the Marble Hall of the Palace, Manila, in the presence of hundreds of spectators, including the heads of the Civil and Military Govern- ments of the Church, and of the Foreign Consuls.
According to a Berlin telegram, Russia has rejected all the numerous offers mide to her by shipbuilders of different countries to sell to her men-of-war which are now being const.ucted and nearly completed. The report, according to which Russia has offered to the Portuguese Government to buy the Portuguese navy, is
stated to be unfounded,
The renewed postponement of Russian reply to Japan is s ated to have caused great exssp-ra- Lion in Japan. Visconut lt was summoned from his country seat during the night, and subsequently a seven hours' Council was held, at which the Premier, the Senior Statesmen, the Ministers of War and the Navy, and three Admirals were present. Great importance is attached to the meeting.
Mr. J. Johustone Keswick, late of Hongkong and Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, formerly Colonial Secretary of Hongkong, and afterwards Governor of the Straits Settlements, have agreed to accept seats on the Tariff Raform Commission. Mr. Chamberlain proposes to leave Eng and about February 15th for a short holiday, and when he returns 'will consider a new list for a second campaign.
Russia's reply was forwarded on the 4th inst. to Admiral Alexieff, and if approved of by him, was to be despatched to Tokyo, where it will arrive to-day at the latest. The belief prevailed in S. Petersburg that Russia does not concede.
to Japan's demands re-arding Manchuria. The Times correspondent in S. Petersburg says that the Tsar's hesitation has been overcome and that Russia makes no concassion.
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