THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LX.]
Leading Articles)
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 29TH OCTOBER, 1904.
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
Epitome
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The Conservativë Chinaman
Tibet
The Appeals of Laziness
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The Chinese in South Africa
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The Murdered British Fishermen
Russia's Internal Weakness
Inæsthetic Hongkong
Hongkong Jottings
Hongkong Legislative Council
Supreme Court
Marine Court .....
Inquests
Macao
The Governor Dines on the Montcalm
The Chinese in South Africa
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
It is reported that a syndicate has been formed in Hongkong to run ferry boats between Hongkong and Kowloon, in competition with the Star Ferry Company.
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316 An Australian syndicate is preparing to 316 supply Singapore, and eventually the surround- 817 ing districts, with frozen meat, dairy produce,
and farm products generally.
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After a very successful series of performances 319 the Lilliputian Opera Co. ended their visit to 32 Hongkong on the 25th instant, thereafter pro- 320 ceeding by German Mail to Shanghai,
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Fancy Fair in Hongkong.
Hongkong Volunteers in Camp.
Canton Insurance Office, Ld.
"Squeezing" A Mess
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Hongkong to Shanghai on Foot.
The Garrison Reliefs
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The Importation of Petroleum
Railway Enterprise in China
The Currency Question in China
The Arabia Judgment
The Alteration of Local Timo
Manchus and Chinese
The Methods of Extending Business in China Correspondence
Hongkong
Miscellaneous
Far Eastern Items.
Commercial
Shipping
BIRTHS.
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The Governor of Macao has intimated that the zone time which it is proposed to adopt in Hongkong beginning at 1 p.m. on the 30th inst. will also be adopted by Macao on the same day,
An English mail was brought to Hongkong on the 24th inst. via America; it proved low- ever to be considerably behind mails which had 323 been sent from England via Suez on a later date. 824
The international walking match held at 321 Shanghai ended in a win for the English quar- 324 tette. Three Frenchmen were among the first 325 four arrivals however, and the English win is 325 not considered at all decisive.
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A bazaar and fancy fair was held in Hong- 527 kong under the auspices of the Ministering Children's League on the 22nd inst. The pro- ceeds, which will be apportioned between various local charities, amounted to $1,100.
On 17th October, at Sbanghai, the wife of P. WITKOWSKI, of a son.
On the 18th October, at Hongkong, the wife of
JAMES MOIsaac, of Canton, of a son..
On 20th October, at Shanghai, the wife of HARRY WRIGHT, of the Woosung Forts Hotel, of
a von.
On 25th October, at Macao, the wife of S. J. | GRAINGER, Imperial Maritime Customs, Lappa, of a son.
On 27th October, at No. 3. Ormsby Terrace, Kowloon, the wife of 0. WAGNER, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.
On 17th October, at Shanghai, THOMAS EDMUND Lowe, of the English Baptist Mission, Shansi, to MARGARET GERTRUDE MORGAN,
On 17th October, at Shanghai, CHARLES CHEES- MAN, of the English Baptist Mission, Shensi. to
LOUISA WALSH.
On the 19th October, at Shanghai, MATTHIAS F. LAND to EMMA FRANCIS HAHN,
On the 24th October, at the Peak Church, Hongkong, by the Rev. F. T. Johnstone, BRABA- ZON JOHN BARLOW, younger son of the late B. J. BARLOW, of Victoria Park, Dover, to FLORENCE MAUD BARR, second daughter of Clonel BABE,
Aston Flamville, Leicestershire.
DEATH.
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On the 21st October, at his residence, Bombay, DHUNJEEBROY CURSETJEE SETNA (Partner, Messis: Cursetjee Bomanjee & Co., of Bombay, & Messrs. Cawasjea Pallanjee & Co. of Hongkong and China), beloved father of SORARJEE DEUNJEEBKOY SETNA, of Hongkong, aged 62 years. (By telegram).
Hongkong Weekly Press.
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attending the death of a ricksha, coolie, who, it An inquest was held into the circumstancos
was alleged, had succumbed to injures causied by a European constable. A verdict of death from a ruptured spleen due to violence was raturned.
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Telegraphic advices report that the steam- abip Kashing, one of Messrs. Butterfield & Swire's vessels, struck a floating mine off Alceste on the night of the 25th inst. Although there was a hole ten feet in diameter in ber bows the Kushing succeeded in reaching Wei- haiwei. Two Chinese were killed by the explo- . sion and three injured,
The old French receiving-ship Bayard, which has been stationed at Saigon for many years, was brought into Hongkong on the 26th inst. by the steamer Telemachus. The Bayard was one of. the ancient cruisers in the French navy, having been built in the seventies. Recently it was decided to get rid of the vessel that she must be broken up. and she was put up to anotion, the proviso being synilicate bought the vessel and paid, it is said, A Chinese $10,000 for having her towed to Hongkong, where she will be demolished.
The Hongkong Volunteer Corps has been in camp at Stonecutter's Island since the 21st inst. There were about 250 men under canvas, and the weather proving favourable the programme of drills, lectures and shooting exercises was carried oat in its entirety, with the result that a high state of efficiency has been attained. On Wednesday, 26th inst., His Excellency the Governor visited the camp, and inspected the Corps, which went through the evolutions of the King's Birthday parade and fired a feu de with the appearance of the Corps. In the joie. His Excellency expressed his satisfaction evening the Governor was entertained to dinner by the officers of the Corps, and afterwards a Hongkong being present. smoking concert was given, many civilians from
Several articles have appeared in the Manila papers with reference to the reported removal of La Estrella Preciosa" cigar factory from Manila to Hongkong. In a circular the pro- It is expected that an interport rowing match prietors of the factory stated that they were between Hongkong and Singapore will take removing to the free port of Hongkong “in place at Hongkong about Christmas. It is order to facilitate all transactions with our hoped that Shanghai will also send a competing numerous customers." Manila editorials express crew. Interport races are to be held on theoriety lest the cigar industy of Manila be occasiou of the Canton regatta.
Vice Admiral Byle and the officers of the French naval squadron in the Far East ente-
tained to dinner His Excellency, Sir Matthew
Nathan K.C.M.G. and representatives of the British navy, army and civil service on board the flag-ship Montcalm on Monday 24thịinstant.
As a result of the precipitate action of several launches in Hongkong harbour, a rowing-boat belonging to the steamer Kwong Tak was jam- med against the side of that vessel on the 25th inst. One of the crew, a Chinaman, was killed and two were injured. At the inquest a vor- lot of death by misadventure was returned. Twenty-two launch coxwains and seamen have been arrested in connection with the case. charged with impeding navigation in the har.
bour.
A South African correspondent writing on ress. the question of Chinese immigration in the Transvaal characterises the stories about the dreadful results which would occur owing to the peculiar ways, habits and customs of the Chinese as pure moonshin. An editorial com- m nt on the same question argues that the danger of the Chinese doing harm to those around them is reduced to a minimum through The German Mail arrived, per the 8.8. Prinz the tendency of the Chinese, wherever they are, Regent Luitpold, on the 25th inst.
to keep to themselves.
ARRIVAL OF MAIL.
affected by the change, especially seeing that Chinese capital is employed by "La Estrella Precios+." The latter company, while admit- ting that Chinese capital is employed, reply that 75 per cent. of the tobacco trade in the Philippines is in the hands of the Chinese and that the cigar business in which the Company is engaged is "a mere drop in the bucket.'
At the meeting of the Hougkong Legislative Council on the 27th inst.-H. E. the Governor presiding--the Bill entitled an Ordinance to give effect to Article VIII. of the Brussels Sugar Convention, 1902, passed through all stages without dissent. An amending Bill dealing with the introduction of imbecile per- sons to the Colony aroused some discussion, Hon. R. G. Shewan objecting to the terms of the amending clause. Eventually, the second reading was carried and the Bill passed through Committee. The second reading of a Bill en- abling trustees of St. John's Cathedral to hold and deal with property for the purpose of promoting the work of the Church of England in Hongkong and China was carried, after some discussion. Hon. R. G. Bhawan contended that it was futile to gire powers to the Church body to deal with property in China when these powers could not be enforced. The Bill, how- ever, passed through Committee, and the third roading was postponed.
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