THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
Vol. LXIL]
CONTENTS.
Epitome
Canton
Pakhoi
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HONGKONG, MONDAY, 21st AUGUST, 1903.
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No. 8
As a motor car driven by Mr. MoKirdy was
Hongkong teekly Press. going down Morrison Hill Basil Thomas, the
HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VŒUX ROAD CL LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C
ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The German Mail of July 18th arrived, per 118 the ss. Preussen, on Wednesday, the 16th instant; and the French Mail, of July 21st is due to arrive, per ss. Ernest Simons, some time to-morrow.
Leading Articles :-
China's Native Prees
Share Quotations
The Boycott Movement at Hongkong.
A Matter of Prestige
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Cable Services
111
Chinese and Japanese Entente
112
Japan as a National Example
113
Supreme Court
Earthquakes at Macao
Maoao
Prince and Princess Arisugawa at Hongkong
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Companies.--
Hongkong Canton & Macao Steamboat Co..
Limited
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Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,119 A Motor Revenue Cruiser
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Corres ondence:--
Manila Share Quotations
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The New Canton Ice Company
120
The Chinese Way
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Viceroy Shum's Scheme of Army Reform
121
American Boycott at Hongkong
The Boycott Offences at Amoy
Boycott Forbidden by Chinese Government
Japanese Kindness and Cossack Cruelty
Fenwick and Co. Prosecuted
Naval Food ..
Trade of Corea
On a Chinese Cargo Bokt.
The Changsha Injustice
Alleged Big Theft at Shanghai
Alleged Murder in Yunan
The Likia Question
The Talk of Reform in China
Interpo t Shooting Match
A Yokohama Sensation
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Tientsin saw its first electric light (as a 121 publio illuminant) on the 1st instant."
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The Chung Nyoi San Po states that fighting 122 is still going on in the Hoi-fung district of 122 Waichow, resulting in many deaths.
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The Chinese Jih Jih claims good authority 123 for saying that the Government at Peking is 123 seriously thinking of adopting a gold currency 12 standard.
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A Peking Imperial Edict authorises Na 124 Tung, with Japanese as-istants, to establish a 12 system of gendarmerie throughout the city, on
the Japanese model.
Boycott Exaggeration s
An Extraordinary Case
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Hongkong to be Restored to China:
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Supreme Court Appointments
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Copper Coins
Sir Gerard Noel's Labours for Naval Progress
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and Reformi
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Notification Re Documents Executed in th › Colonies125 Viceroy Chou Fu On Manchurian Question Commercial
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Shipping
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MARRIAGES.
On 11th August, at Shanghai, PETER FENWICK to Lizzie STEWART.
On 13th August, at Amoy, by the Right Rev.
Bishop I. Clemente, and in the presence of GE
Anderson, U.S. Consul, WILLIAM HENRY BRENNAN, Imperial Maritime Customs, to MAY HELEN, younger daughter of A. BRINCARD, of San Fran- cisco, Cal, U.S.A.
DEATHS.
On 30th April, in the Red Sea, on voyage home, STANLEY KEITH GORDON, aged 25, second son of the late Captain R. GORDON, R.A.M.C., la e of Ind-China S. N. Co.'s service.
On 27th July, at Canton, of typhoid, Joax H. THOMAS, aged 35, late Secretary, Masonic Club, Shanghai.
On 2nd August, at Kuling, BERYL JOY, infant daughter of EDITH and WALTER J. CLENNELL (H.B.M. Consul, Kiukiang.)
On 5th August, at Shanghai, John CallawaY. On 6th August, at Shanghai, CHCN O-TING. Director of the Shanghai-Nanking Railway Administration, aged 59 years.
On 6th August, at Shanghai, Mrs. THOS. WAL- LACE, aged 62 years.
On 8th August, at Shanghai, WILLIAM EDWARD HUNT, Silk Inspecto“, aged 56 years.
On 12th August, at Kurrahjeen, 7, Peak Road, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. SHELLIM.
On the 19th inst, at Hongkong, Maria Francisca, the dearly beloved wife of Alvaro G. da Rocha.
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It is reported that the die.ctors of the Hongkong Cotton Company are about declare a ten per coat dividend; and to carry a large sum to reserve.
The Green Island Light is to be changed next new year. A round brick tower is to be built 58 feet high, and the light will be visible 18 nautical miles away.
L'eutenant-Colonel H. G. Fitton, D.S.O., | Royal West Kent Regiment, arrived on August
ment to command 2nd Battalion.
16th per s.s. Ceylon from Malta on appoint-
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We understand that the s'eamers 13th inst. brought down to Hongkong upwards of 4,000 Chinese passengers, who were scared by the earth tremors at Macao.
nine year old son of Mr. G. E. Thomas, ran across the road and was knocked down. Dr. Bell, whe happened to be at the Golf Club at the time, examined the lad and found his thigh fractured. He ordered his removal to the Government. Civil Hospital, where he was detained for treat- ment.
The now cargo str. Den of Crombie arrived at Shanghai on August 5th from Liverpool, on her maiden trip to the East. She is a vessel of 2,990 tons' net register, with a carrying capacity of 7,000 tons. On the yoyage out she met with an accident, losing two of her propeller blades in the Indian Ocean, but put into Trincomalee, where the necessary repairs were effected,
Fifty natives appeared before the Magistrate at the Police Court on Aug. 18 charged with creating a nuisance by the burning of Josa paper in the streets while celebrating the devil's festival. Forty-nins of the defendants were fined $5 each, but the fiftieth, who expectorated on the Court floor before Mr. Orme had passed sentence was fined $5 and an additional $2 for misbehaviour.
Heat apoplexy claimed another victim at Shanghai on August 5th in the person of Mr.. John Callaway, formerly, when he was in the ` employ of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, a very well-known figure there. He has been lately on the staff of the Woosung Railway. He was taken to the General Hospital and died six hours after admission. This appears to be the fourth death fr、 m heat.
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Arrangements have been made by the Osaka Shosen Kaisha for the opening of a weekly service between Osaka and Port Arthur, with Nagasaki as one of the ports of call. The first steamer in this service was the Kanko-maru,
sailing from Osaka on the 15th inst., and from Nagasaki on the 19th. The rates of passage from Nagasaki to Port Arthur are you 33 for the first class, yen 22 for the second class, and yen 12.50 for the third class.
Woosung. The Perlak is a new steamer flying
The oilsteamer Perlak is burning outside
the Dutch flag. She was laden with Sumatra beuzine in tins. She has been badly burned out, outside Woosung, her bows being under water and the screw well above water. She is still adrift, being too hot to handle.
The engineer and three volunteer firemen from the There are fears of an anti-foreign movement fire-float have been taken to the hospital, at Soocbow. The boycott is becoming political. | badly burned. Two or three Chinese were It is stated that the Governor of Newchwang | killed. "threatens the boycott's death.”
A very rich coal mine in the village of Tzu-chia-wu in the Westru Hills, Peking, is bout to be worked by a Chinese merchant named Chang, who has had the mine surveyed by a Belgian engineer who estimate; the output at 2,000,000 catties a day.
A Kolaohui Society rising is reported from Puchoufu. Shansi, but it appears to be a purely local affair. One hundred and forty soldiers are missing, but it is not con ider d probable that they have been killed. The Taiyuanfu officials are sending a large force with artillery to suppress the rebels.
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It has been understood for some little time that the China Traders' Insurance Co., Ld., was to be amalgamated with the Union Insurance Society of Canton, says the N.-C. Daily News. In their Share Report of the 10th inst. Messrs. J. A. Sullivan & Co. write, under the heading China Tra lers" :-" We are credibly informed that the old name, after the amalgamation, will not disappear, but that the company will formal y pass under the management of the Union Insurance Society of Canton who will assume control an direction of the China Traders' busines, and arrangem nts will be made to pay off the present staff of th› company in a liberal manner.
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