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bad oha acters, aut which b ndit a s the mot violent and cruel, and wh proper measa e could be taken to ensure their captivity and what, furthermore, are the means or metods ‘o keep tue pace in peice, th- publio are r que ted to write out s'atemens dese i ing ful pa ticulars of informat on and surge tions on these matters and pa same into t› 8 vo...."
NEW MILITARY STAT ÓN,
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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
dollars which were all in flv dola nts, woney was handed bak to the wmn and the mau was d. tain d f r making a fulle statement.
MORE RECRUITS.
Viceroy Sum ha Cheng in Tak a to Sia Chow and N
da si wo miliary men, d Cheo g Pou to proced Hau prefectures to try
to r o ui 10) soli 8 × ch
NO CONFIDENCE IN MANDARINS,
Owing t. tu on Yu distr ob inr infest d Recently Tai 10w in me nori tised Viceroy wi h rooners, b igauds in 1 al ca acters the -hum sng st ng the imo-ition of a tax of mag strate pileu Vio roy Shum requesting | five li per t el on the sale of go ds by all shops hit sano iou the estaulis unent of a mltary and m robants her Tai rook nd he revenue station with a division (5 0) of soldiers at that coud b- obt ined from this scheme woud Cheung Chow, similar to tit of Kong Po in am ly replac that which is der ved fr m the Nam H» di triot His Excelency has fun tan, His Excell ney ordered the Chamber grated the request Yesterday t 8 n-lau-of Commerce to cal a meeting to consider of Kukent a red to the officer in charge of tue station.
ILLICIT FAN-PAN HOUSE FOR WOMEN,
The polios rii da u use Cuar Faa Street, in the Wa led City, where fan- au is said to bare been play by wom u for a long time. Leong Cheoug Shi, the prop ietress of the place, who was conducting the game at the time, and her husband, Leong roo Shun, were arrested. All the women who were gambling in the house were set free.
ABSCONDING DEBTOR.
Last year a Canton merchant named Wong Pak Kwong failed in business and absconded to Tonkin. He was indebted to the various local banks for considerable sums, the aggregate being something like 70,000 taels. The bankers reported the matter to Viceroy Show through the Chamber of Commerce shortly after the debtor absconded. A few days ago the bankers got the Bank Guild Chung hum Tong, to petition the Viceroy requesting him to grant passports to Lui Yung Shing and Yeong Chi Ya, whom they have appointed as their attorneys, to proceed to Tonkin to institute actions aga nst Wong Pak Kwong for the recovery of their debts. His Excellency is reported to have replied:—“I have
perused carefully the contents of your petition. It appears that the Chamber of Commerce had previously com. municated to me in the same matter, and on receipt of their letter I requested the French Consul to communicate the facts of your case to the Governor of Tonkin. I noticed that the names stated in your petition do not agree with those indicated in the letter of the Chamber of ommerce, which I have already forwarded to the Governor of Tonkin through the French Consul." The Viceroy thereupon reprimands the petitioners for their carelessness in supplying names different from the first instance, and brings to their attent on that if passports had been granted, as at first requested, the bearers may not have oren able to identify themselves and consequently not have been permitted to land or proceed with their action. The Viceroy has issued an order to the Chamber of Commerce to call before them the petitio.ers to examine thoroughly into and rop rt upon the case, previous to tue final application and granting of passports,
29th September
IMPORTATION OF FIRE ARMS.
the chem were workabe ni to se d him ay official r port, A meting was led two d y's ago and the following was the decision:-
(1) Tht the members al "ged on the exce lent policy pr posed by Viceroy Shum in devising some mens to obtain revenue to replace that which is derived from fan-tan.
(2) That if the tax proposed by Tai Yer Tin be ouforced it would bring great hardships on all traders and merchants and would hamper commerce in general.
(3) That such a tax is likely to embroil the general public and create trouble.
(4) That the m ndarins bave hitherto been continually breaking their word; that even if we were to favour the adoption of this tax we are afraid that the injurious fan-tan gambling will be allowed to continue unhe-ded.
ADOPTING UROPEAN CO TUM 3.
The Peking Cabinet has decided that military and naval officers of all grades, the army, navy, police orce and all scholars of colleges are to adopt Western costume. The Cabinet proposes shortly to memorialize the Throne to have it enforced
FOREIGN POLICE TO BE REWARDED.
About two years ago a reward of $4,000 was offered by the local authorities for the capture of the notorious pirate Lum Chung Yeut. They were unable to locate him until lately, who the authorities discovered that he had taken
refuge in Aunam. Lum was surrendered to the local authorities by the French Govern- ment a few days ago. The Government has orderet the gunboat Kwong Kam to convey the $4,000 reward to Aunam, which will be dis- tributed amongst the police who took part in the capture of Lum.
SUN NING RAILWAY,
Lately a Suo Ning gentleman, Yü Kin Yew, memorialised Viceroy Shum saying that the capital for the building of the Sun Ning line had been fully subscribed and requested His Excellency to issue a decree for commencing the work and to s action the extension of the line to Hoi Ping and Sun Woi. has issued an order to the Sin-hau-kok to call bfore them the petitioner and others on the 28th instant to investigate thoroughly into and report upon the matter, previous to the issuing of the decree.
The Vic roy
COUNTERFEIT DEALER ARRESTED.
On the 27this ant the Chief Superintendent of Police of Canton, Ting Tautai, received information that Lo Lan Po, the notorious count rf it coin daler, was staying in the
[Ook ber 2, 1905.
CORRESPONDENUE.
GRIFFINS EXPENSES.
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10 THE EDITOR OF THE "DAI: Y PRESS,' SIR It was with fee ings kiu to dismay that
read your lead r n 10-day's Daly Press anet the co t f living in Hongkong. Afr several years experience of life in tre Fur I am compull that a bachelor can house and f-ed hims If o dig on with your stat ment respec ably on te modest sum of $80 por month. ihat stat meat, to say tɔe least of it, is not only most misseading, but oa oula ed to crea e a wrong impression, bot « in the mind of h Taipan, an that of the prospect ve griffin; especi comi g, as it does, with the editoriat imprimaturo.
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Die grevances voiced by "Griffin" in the columns of the N C. Daily News are by no mesas peculiar to Shanghai, as many a Hog- kong griffin knows to his cost. He suffers in precisely the same way, and in nine cases out of ten he is the victim of gross misrepresen- tation at the other end.
I cannot say much about the cost of living iu Shanghai, but it appears to me that $188 per month is, indeed, a modest sum for a domest.cated Englishman, with a taste for something a cut abore the common lodging house, to expend. One thing I do know, and that is, 8188 per month would do precious little in Hongkong, where the necessaries of life are becoming more and more expensive every day, house rent in particular going up by leaps and bounds.
Now, Mr. Editor, before proceeding any far. ther it will be weltfor us to realise that hotels and
boarding establishments in this colony are run with a view to making money and not as philan. thropic institutious, moreover the proprietors expect a good pe centage on their outlay-and they get it at whose expense I leave you to decide.
As I have previously stated, I have had several years in Hongkong, and perhaps my experiences in the way of housekeeping. etc.-w ich are the same, I imagine, as the majority of similarly situated young men in this colony-may lead you to modify your views somewhat,
My first attempt was in a well-known boarding establishment on the lower level, and it was necessary to climb many stairs before entering the sacred portals of this "first class residential quarter" as it was grandiloquently termed in the advertisement. The arrange. ment we came to was that I should pay $75 per month aud share the room. The chow was bad, the attendance ditto, and the bathroom, which was situated at the other end of the house, a glorified pig.sty; and it was apparently occupied as a bedroom by the amah
at night-time.
My second attempt introduced me to the mys teries of hotel life in the Far East, and I was informed that $110 was quite the lowest Agure possible, unless I cared to share the room, in which care they would see if they could make it 895. This I tried, and what with tips for boys. articles of clothing mysteriously dis app aring, h tel chi s and washer man's bills, the monthly account ran up to $150, and no luxuries thrown in!
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Sickening of hotel. I'fe I d cided to join a 'Me-8." Here, at last, I sh nld be she to
o Hing board ng hous near Chuk Lan Kew T ng Ta tai w n pers nally with sever 1 po ice and arrosted him. A larg quantity of belive with comparative comfort and save a little. coin wa fouud in his pss ssion. Lo as since co f s-ed to his crimes; bu said his coi s we e not s base as those of o ber count rfeite s. 88 $ worth of his coins would Iways fetoh
Admiral Li T-un tel griphed to Viceroy Shum from Wai Chow say ng he had dis. covered that secret societies in Canton had imported two thousand rfs; and that a further shipment (by juuks) of four thound rifles was où is wy o Cau «n, He requeste the Viceroy to authorise te M litr Naval authoriti s to k thorough inq rios aboa tema ter and to keep a vigilant wat h$9 in the market! on people of suspiciu chracte',
A LUCKY WOMAN,
and
On the 26 h instanɛ a por labouring woman picked up a p le fbinkotes near Kau Cong hong in the Wa led City. While she was enu tink i am n calmly wa ked up to her and cla med it to be his ¡r party. A quarrel ensuedi and they were both arrested and taken to th· nearest police sa ion. The shrewd Inspector of the -iation after hearing tie story rol td by the woman, told the co lie if he o ulist to the number of notes and t ir value he wou d believe his version of the story nd return the money to him.
he man said h drop ed fifteen bank notes of ten d. ll rs ea-h which was a very near gue-s. When the Insp-otor counted the notes it inrad out to be one hundred and fifty-five
A NEW PAPEE.
I was informed that my contribution need nev-r exo-ed $75. Alas! my bill for the first month was 895 for the bare n ces aries of living. Nex month being colder we started fires in te h use: bill 810. The third mouth we paid the N 1 boy 830 per month p r heal for show
nds ared the remai ing expe 88.
First how fair. Soond wesk: Chow i differ nt. Third week : Chow distinct y off (much ructions in the cook house). Fourth wek: No cook, chow imposs.ble, Mess went bung.
Po(三報) Wrok:
A Son Ning m n suinam d Li has star'A' B new p per called the Kidn His
is to 16 progr_mme amongst the Cantonese people,"
promow Univo
The Chefoo Daily News of ept. 12 sys:-- The remains of wealthy Chinese moro at a med hean, who, on ace unt f his exc s-ire me ɑnness, was nicknamed "Th· Beggar,' were int red y sterday.
There is likely to be some litigation over his fortun of half a million las as he died childless ant some eiut of his n phews assert that they were his adopt d
sons,
at one of the smaller Lotels for 75 per mouth, Hearing now that I could get a g od room I asked to set, and, a'though the aircase and 'anding w re imposing enough t e room was nothing more than a cubicle, and not norupant of the nex arrangement wa surrep i. 1 rge en ug to swi`g a cat round, moreover `h› tiously peeping over the partition 10 6 ẹ who the poor imfortuuat was that was in all provabili y to be his stable companion.
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