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Moon cakes are unsaleable this year, on account of rumours in town that they are made from American flour. Many of the tea shops and restaurants who have large stocks of these cakes are now suffering from the effects of the boycott.
Canton, 11th September. POLICING OF CANTON HARBOUÉ, Chan Hok Yuen (Taotsi), who was appointed Director of the Police force here by Viceroy Shum about a month ago, is a very energetic official, Since his appointment to that position he has made great improvements in the policing of the town. It is said he had a long consulta. tion with the Poon Yu Magistrate yesterday regarding the establishment of Water Police for the Canton Harbour. He suggests building twenty police boats and two steam launches for the river service.
·PEKING ADVICE TO BOYCOTTERS :
IT UP.
KEEP
On the 9th instant at about 10 a.m. the Kwong Chal Hospital received a telegram from the Cantonese scholars of the college in Peking which states that the Peking Government does not prohibit the boycott of American goods provided it is ourried on in a legal and proper way, but the people should be very cautious in their actions and must not use any violent or barbarous measures in carrying out their retalia. tion. They also requested their countrymen to be firm and keep up as long as possible.
PAWN SHOP BEIZED.
The masters of the Yan Cheong pawn shop in Lok Po Sze, Foon Yu district, were suminond by the Poon Yu Magistrate to appear before him to answer a charge of receiving firearms in pawn. The defe dants, who were afraid to appear before the court, 180
away and the left the rawn shop to
of meroy the Magistrate, who immediately seized the place and confiscated all the firearms. A proclamation has since been issued invit ing people to purebase the building.
CANTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The following notice was sent round to the members of the Chamber of Commerce here to-day-
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Members are invited to attend a meeting to be held in the (lub (by kind permission) on Monday 11th instant, at 6 30., for the purpose of considering the question of trans-shipping sharges on junk cargo and f.o. b. Hongkong sales.
(Signed) C. LAFRENTZ. Shameen, 9th September, 1905.
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TIP A.
FOR HONGKONG.
Since Viceroy Shum issued the proclaration re gambling, many petitions have been for warded to the Sin-Haa-Kuk suggesting all kinds of ways to obtain revenue to replace that which is derived from fantan. A few days ago 8 Bachelor of Arts by the name of Wong Yim Fui sent a petition to the Sin-Han- Kuk, in which he suggested the imposition of a tax on all the people who possess more than 10,000 tael's worth of property. The Sin-Hau-Kuk thought the idea was an excellent one but was rather doab ful as to whether the rich people would agree to such a proposition! The Bureau of local affairs has, however, directed the Nam Hoi and Poon Ya Magistrates to investigate the matter and also to obtain the opinion of the majority of the wealthy people. Should this tax be enforced, there will be another boom in Hongkong property. Hongkong property holders should take this "tip" and profit by the opportunity.
Canton, 12th September.
FIRE.
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fire broke out in Ha Chan Tong about 2 pim. to-day. Several of the "Sing Song houses have been burnt down. It originated from matshed by the canal. At time of writing it is still burning.
KILLED BY A TEAIN.
At about noon on the 9th instant a woman was knocked down by the train at Sam Ngan Kin ("Three Eyed Bridge") and instantly killed,
LIKIN DUTY TO BE ABOLISHED.
Viceroy Shum has received a telegram from Peking requesting him to enquire into the likin affair, and to report whether it could be abolished without causing any financial difficulties,
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
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CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY.
On the 10th instant Viceroy Shum received a telegram from Peking stating that the Government has placed the administration of the Canton-Hankow Railway entirely into the bands of Viceroy Chang Chih Tung, Minister Liang Cheng, and himself.
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Canton, 14th September. „MOON FESTIVAL.
Yesterday being the fifteenth day of the eighth moon was observed as a general public holiday here by the Chinese celebrating the Moon Festival. All the yamens, the I. M. Customs, factories, and a great many of the
the city were larger shops in
closed. Thousands of flags and lanterns appeared on the roofs, and the streets were crowded with sight-seera.
The harbour presented a striking ap pearance, bunting and lanterns showing everywhere, even the poorest sampans being adorned with paper flags and little lanterns. The noise made by the beating of gongs, tin basins and drums was not so pretty, The oli-f attraction was the flower boats (about three hundred all told) which were collected in Tai Sha Tau and most profusely decorated with fish lanterns, etc. There was also a grand display of fireworks. These proceedings were kept up till four o'clock this morning when most of the flower boats" heaved anchor and returned to their usual moorings.
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out in Ha Chan Tong. I am informed that over I reported on the 12th inst, that a fire broke twnty "Sing Song" houses were destroyed. Fortunately the fire was confined to the area recently shut up by Governor Chang, and none of the houses were inhabited.
PO WAI TING,
The public seems much pleased by the removal of Colonel Yeong Chik Sang from the position The of commander of the Po Wai Ying. following is a rough translation of the Sie Man Po's outspoken opinion in this matter :—
We hear that Colonel Yeong Chik Sang in endeavouring to raise a big loan from his friends and relations and is also trying to dispose of all his steam launches, in order to obtain money to repay certain revenues which he embezzled. Teong Chik Sang is well known to the public to be a very avaricious man, and the general public is also aware of the huge sum of revenue that has been collected by the Po Wai Ying. We believe the above rumour regarding, the raising of a loan, eto, to be an ingenious way of deceiving the public, so that people may be led to believe that he is poor."
VOLCANO DISCOVERED.
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A mountain in the Shin Hing district knowa as Foo Shan (Tiger Mountain), which is said to be very high and thickly studded with tre:s has recently thrown out large volumes of smoke and fire. Trees surrounding it were burnt down The people in a village near by, ignorant of volcano, were panic stricken and declared that it must be a sign of the world coming to an end,
CHINESE DOMESTIC TRAGEDY,
A rich Chinaman in Fat Shen, surnamed Cheong, procured a wife for his son some years ago. As he had only one son and was very old and wealthy, he greatly desired to have a grandson. Recently he rented a house some distance away, and purchased the daughter of a boatman for his son as a concubine. Cheong, junior, was evidently very fond of his wife as he tried his best to keep things in the dark for fear that his wife should hear of it. Unfortan ately, one day a talkative servant girl accident ally mentioned the concubine's name in the presence of Cheong's daughter-in-law. When she discovered that her husband had procured a concubine she committed suicide by hanging herself. Cheong's son grieved over the death of his wife. Last week he told his old father that he was going to Hongkong on important business, and he has not been heard of since.
[September 18, 1905.
MACAO.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
Macao, 11th Sept.
THF CHIEF JUSTICE.
A large gathering of military officers and civilians assembled at the Heungshan's wharf this morning to bid farewell to the Chief Justice of this city, Dr. Magalhaes, who, at his own request, has been transferred to Beira in Africa. Dr. Magalhaes has been in Macao for many years, and is very well known and highly respected. He first came out as the Attorney General, which position he held for many years, with great credit, and was then appointed Chief Justice of Timor, and later of this city. I st year Dr. Magalhaes went home with his family, and after a few month's sojourn in his country returned to resume his position. Dr. Magalhaes was much respected and esteemed by the people, of Macao both in his official and social capacities, His successor is Dr. Ares, who arrived here last Thursday. It is reported that there will be many official changes in the Colony soon.
THE EARTHQUAKE,
I am sorry to have to report another series of tremors, the first of which took place last Saturday afternoon. Various buildings have suffered damage, but the Fazenda building fared the worst, the tremor of Saturday causing a big crack from the roof down to the foundation. A good many edifices will require extensive repairs.
RECONSTRUCTION OF 8. PAULO CHURCH. I hear that the fund raised by public sub- scription and bazaars for the reconstruction of S. Paulo has been used up, and there is now a defioit of a few thousand dollars. Nothing has been done beyond the laying of the foundation stone, and I think that it is high time for the committee to render an account of their doings to the public; those who did subscribe will be very much interested to know how the project is progressing.
FANCY FAIR.
Another Fancy Fair is on the tapis. This will take place on the 8th instant and 1st proximo in the Flora Garden, kindly lent for the purpose. This bazaar has been promoted to raise funds for the extension and maintenance of a school for teaching the English and Portu- guese languages to Chinese boys. The school was started by a Jeanit father of the Seminary of San Jose some time ago, and funds are now requi ed for extending and maintaining this school. A large and influential committee of ladies and gentlemen of Macao, Hongkong, Canton, Shanghai, Japan and Timer has been appointed, presided over by H. E. the Governor and his wife. The Flors Garden is añ ideal place for holding the bazaar, and as on
the 1st October (Sunday) there will be the annual procession of the Holy Rosary, there ought to be a large influx of pleasure-seekers and other visitors from Hongkong.
PAKHOI
September 6th.
THE LATE TYPHOON,
A typhoon, very much resembling that which we experienced on the 10th August last year, visited us on the Slat ultimo. While that of last year was more violent, this year it was of longer duration. For a few days previous, the weather had been threatening. The prevalence of westerly winds during the day, with a bigh temperature, has generally been accepted as a precursor of a storm. The floating population did not delay in finding shelter soon after these symptoms of approaching bad weather became evident; and it was probably due to these timely warnings that there were so few maritime disasters. At du k the wind gradually increased in force, and at about 1 a.m. of the 31st there was no doubt as to the presence of a typhoon rear and fast approaching. Attwilight it began to blow hard and harder, accompanied by a little rain. At 11 a.m. the typhoon appeared to be at its height. Shortly after 12 o'clock the gusts The Chinese Minister to London has got into commenced to decrease in force and to come at trouble over his telegram account which he longer intercals, while rain began to fall represents ss Tls. 15,000. This certainly seems heavily. As the day advanced the wind moder- an excessive amount even allowing for the ated. By 8 pm the storm was nearly over, Tibetan Treaty, and we are hardly surprised with a gust occisionally, accompanied by heavy that Peking has demanded “details." Perhaps | rainfall. The lowest reading of the barometer he fancied he was a newspaper correspondent. during the storm was 29.05, at abɔat noon,
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