THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LIX.]
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
HONGKONG, MONDAY, 27TH JUNE, 1904.
• CONTENTS.
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Epitome
Leading Articles:-
The Lust for Empire
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The War
466
Opium in China
467
'The Memory of Li Hung-Chang
467
The Clock Tower
468
Waichow A Treaty Port
468
Hongkong Jottings
469
The War
469
Supreme Court
Hongkong Volunteer Corps Inspection
Botanical and Afforestation Deparment.
The Trade of Hoihow
Monetary Conditions in the Orient
Pakhoi
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK
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The N.-C. Daily News quotes a Canton dis. patch, which states that it is reported in mandarin Telegrams relating to the war will be found circles in that city that the Empress Dowager on p. 469.
is credited with a desire to make Viceroys Tên. of the Two Kuang provinces, and Wei, of the Liangkiang. exchange posts, owing to the de- cidedly weak character of the latter in dealing with matters requiring backbone."
Habitual opium eaters are rejected by agents recruiting in China for the Rand mines.
The Glasgow steamer Kirkdale has been sold to Japan. The Kirkdale is a steamer of 3.484 tons gross, built in 1894.
The Chinn Times announces the impending retirement of Sir Robert Hart, the Inspector 471 General of the Imperial Maritime Customs.
It has been officially decided that the head imposed upon foreigners entering the United States does not apply to Filipinos who desire to enter that country.
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New Railway Route to China
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Festival at Macso
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The Macao Hotel
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Reviews
478
The Loss of H.M.S., Sparrowhawk
Frightful Barharity by Pirates
Fatal Accident at Quarry Bay
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An Indian Wedding
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Local Sport
480
Jubilee Fund Hospital Account
Hongkong
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Miscellaneous
Commercial
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Shipping
BIRTHS.
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On the 19th June, at No. 6, Caine Road, the wife of F. DE P. V. SOARES, of a daughter.
On the 20th June, at the Government Civi Hospital, Hongkong, the wife of S. R. Moor, of
a son.
On the 25th June, at the Government Civil Hospital, Mrs. HANSON, the wife of Chief Detec- tive Inspector HANSON, of a son
MARRIAGES
On the 20th June, at H.B.M.'s Cnsulate, An- ping, South Formosa, and afterwards at the boure of the bride's father, by the Rev. Wm. Campbell, FR.G.S., ELIZABETH HEWITSON, eldest daughter of R. J. HASTINGS, Formosa, to HARRY WALTER ARTHUR, eldest son of W. M. B. ARTHUR, Grave- send, England, formerly of Hongkong.
On the 26th June, at the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Hongkong, by the Rev. P. de Gabardi, CARMEN MARIA DE LOURDES, only daughter of A. F. J. SOARES, property broker, Hongkong, to JOSE M. ALVES, of L. M. Alvares & Co., Hong- kong.
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Quarantine at Saigon against vessels arriving from Hongkong. Swatow and Amoy has been reduced to 48 hours observation provided no cargo or passengers are on board.
Captain George F. King Hall, who was one of the Commissioners who on behalf of Great Britain took over Weihaiwei on lease from China in 1898, has been promoted to the rank of Rear-
Admiral.
Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge was received by His Majesty the King at Buckingham Palace on the 13th ult. upon relinquishing his appoint- ment as Commander-in-Chief of the China squadron.
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From a Blue Book issued by the Colonial Office regarding the importation of Chinese coolies into South Africa, it appears that for every labourer shipped up to 10,000 the Chinese Government is to receive a fee of 68., and for every one in excess of that number 48. Safeguards. are provided for the protection of the coolies in the mines, and a minimum of 458. per month is guaranteed to each man after six months' service.
It is announced that the construction of the Tsao-chou Swatow line of rail in Kwangtang will soon commence as the required capital has been fully subscribed by Chinese merchants and The money has been obtained through the officials at Canton, Hongkong and Singapores influence of Mr. Hang Hsin-nan, who is the Managing Director of the Company, which has a capital of Tls. 2,000,000 of 10,000 shares of ¡Tls. 200 each.
General at Yunnan-fu, after a journey to Bhamo Mr. W. H. Wilkinson, the British Consul- (Burma) wrote to the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce on the subject of difficulties of The Peninsula and Oriental Steamship Com-transport, but the letter he said was intended (pany's ss. Australia struck on the rocks at
Point Nepean on the 20th inst., and is expected į to be a total loss. The passengers and mails were safely landed at Adelaide.
From L'Indo-Chinois we learn that plague has been very prevalent among the natives at Quang-tscheou-wan. but there have only been. four cases among the Europeans, who number inclusive of the troops between 600 and 700.
From the Foochow Daily Echo on the 11th inst.. which came to hand by yesterday's mail. we learn that during the preceding week the steamers Sachsen, Glenturret, and Prometheus took #WAV between them about 3,860,000 lbs. of
tea.
Messrs. McGregor Bros and Gow inform us that they are in receipt of the following. telegram-S.S. Glenlochy has put back to On the 10th June, at midnight, at Yokohama, probably be detained two months repairing the Aden with propeller shaft broken, and will HELEN, the beloved wife of ALEXander Wright, ¦ damage. of Shanghai.
DEATHS.
On the 14th June, at Hangchow, of consuhsing, whose term of mourning shortly expires. The eldest son of Li Hung-chang, Li Pei- tion, ALFEED ÅREAND SYKES, aged 32 years.
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ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The German Mail of the 24th May arrived, per the ss. Roon, on Tuesday the 21st inst., and the French Mail of the 27th May is ex- pected to arrive, per the 8.8. Tonkin, some time to-day.
is likely to be summoned to Peking to receive an appointment in the Wai Wu Pu, it is said. He is a fluent English speaker and has spent some time in America.
Bubonic plague is reported to be exceedingly severe just now in Foochow. and the plague is worst in the district to the north of the foreign settlement. It is estimated that several hundred persons have already succumbed to the dread disease within the past month.
for Europe on leave of absence the Chinese On the occasion of his approaching departure British subjects of Bangkok presented to Mr. Ralph Paget, H.B.M. Chargé d'Affaires an appreciation of his services to them and their address in which they expressed warmest respectful thanks.
rather as a plea for the suborilination of all local railway schemes to the one great idea of a Southern Railway of Asia from the Bosphorus, down the Euphrates Valley, across Persia, Yunnan, not to Szechuan-this is literally but Beloochistan, India, Burma, and thence through
a side issue-but ria Kweiyang to Hankow and Shanghai.
With reference to the abolition of the silver currency in Formosa, except for purposes of subsidiary coins, the Japan Mail says it is announced that the Bank of Formosa shall havə note-issuing power up to 5 million yen, the notes to be of denominations of one yen and upwards. This measure is indirectly due to the war, which enables the Japanese Govern- Hence no inconvenience will be experienced in ment to find a large field for the use of silver. dealing with all the stores of silver in Formosa. and thus extending the gold monometallic system to that island.
Mr. W. H. Treacher, the British Resident at Our London correspondent telegraphs that Selangor, Federated Malay States; Mr. J. N. General in Cores; and Mr. R. E. Bredon, Jordan, the Minister Resident and Consul-
C.M.G., Deputy Inspector-General of the Impe- rial Maaitime Customs of Chins, have received the honour of Knighthood, that Mr. Alfred Barmsworth (principal proprietor of the London Daily Mail and other journals) bas had a baronetcy conferred upon him. Companions of St. Michael and St. George
Shangai Bank, for service in China; Mr. include Mr. Spooner, of the Malay Railways; Mr. Edward Hillier, of the Hong ong and Paget, of the British Legation, Bangkok; and Capt. E. C. Truebridge, late Naval Attaché at Mr. Charles Ford, of Hongkong; and Mr. Tokyo. Imperial Service Companions include G. T. Hare, C,M,G., of the Malay States.
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