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Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LXII]
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China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Chinese in California
Hongkong College of Medicine for Chinese
The Anti-Foreign Rising at Shanghai
Trade of Kowloon
Diplomats and Journalista
A Notable Japanese Protes
Hongkong Jotti gs
Legislative Council Election
New King Edward Hotel
Kowloon Bowling Green Correspondence.
Supreme Court
Marine Magistrate's Court
Distingu shed American at Hongkong
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 23RD DECEMBER, 1995.
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At Bangkok on the 29th November, a royal white elephant, while coming from his bath. managed to collide with a tiam car, knocking 433 it off the rails by butting into it with his hinder 414 quarters. I o very serious damage was done.
We regret to hear that Mr. W. J. Gress ›n, 434 with whos excedingly popular presence the 435, Inck of Hongkong is said to have departed, has had an accident whil paper chasing, and broken .437 his collar bone. The accident must have 438 happened more than a week ago; and it will be 439 sine rely hoped that Mr. Gresson is now all 440 | ight again.
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The Nanfangpao states that Baron Komura has promised that as soon as the establishment ...143 of Japanese banks has taken place, in accordancs with the proposals now being made to China, at Fenglien. Kiin, Newelwang, aud -ls-where in Manchuria, they will gradually redeem the paper money crealited by the Japanese armies 446 during the war.
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The Hongkong Truthteller
Canton
Масло
Pakhoi
The Outbreak at Shanghai Mixed Court
The Peking-Hankow Railway
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China Traders Insurance Co.,
Union Insurance Society of Cunton, Ll The Situation at Shanghai
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Engineers' Pall
Wei-Hai-Wei School.
Commercial
Shipping
BIRTHS.
The ss. Pekin, come from Ningpo, and the ss Poyang, going to Hankow, collided on D-c. 448 | 20:h ner Black Point, Both vessels were 44 damaged; the Pekin had to be beached. Capt. Sparke commands the Pekin, which is a steamer of 2,232 tons. Capt. Benson commands the Poyang, 1.892 (ons. Both are Messrs. Butter- field and Swire's boats.
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On 11th December, at Shanghai, the wife of HERBERT JAMES ANDREWS, of a daughter (still boin)
On 13th December, at Shanghai, the wife of ARNOLD LAMBELT, of a dau rhter.
On 18th December, at Shanghai, to Captain and Vrs. HUGH MACKINNON, A FOB.
On 14th December, at Woosung, the wife of Dr. ROBERT H. Cox, of a daughter
On 17th December, at Amoy, the wife of Tom GREAVES GOWLAND of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.
On 12th December, at Shanghai, Nits ERIC AMELON MOLLER to ISABEL ELISABETH BLECHYN-
DEN.
On 14th December, at Shanghai, J. W. MES- NELL to LUCIE M. EDWARDS.
DEATHS.
On 10th December, at Ninpo, ALBERT KLIESE] Tide Surveyor and Harbour Master, Imperia Maritime Customs. Age 6' years.
Un 14th December, at Newchwang, WILLIAM JOHN CLARK, the beloved infant son of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. WILSON,
Hongkong deleckly Press.
HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VOUX ROAD CL. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREKT. E.C.
ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The German Mail of November 21st arrived per the £8. neisenau, on Tuesday the 19th instant; and the French Mail of November 24th is due to arrive, per the ss. Polynesien, on Tues. day, the 26th instant,
FAR EASTERN NEWS. The late Mr. Atwell Coxon left estate of the gross value of £38,963.
The Osaka Shosen Kaisha has now a fleet of ninety-six steamers whose tonnage ranges from 3,319 down to 23. Three only exceed 3,0 tons; twelve have a gross tonnage of between 2,000 and 3,000; and eighteen have a gross tenuage ranging from 1,000 to 2,000,
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The sincerity of the Chinese authorities in reference to the boycott of American fra 'e is shown by the fact that while the Vic- Nanking was assuring the American Consul General that the boycott was suppressed, an excited meeting attended by 3,000 Chinese w.s and intension of the boycott were vehemently being beld at Soochow at which the extension
demanded.
Field manoeuvres, which passed off very satisfacto ily, took place in the New Territory on December 16. A battery of Ioyal Artillery, a company of Royal Engineers, one and a half battalions of infantry, and a number of Volunteers participated in the operations | which were of a very interesting nature and
spectators. Field Bring were watched by a considerable number of was the principal feature and it was to be regret'ed that various causes militated against a larger attendance of Volunteers.
By order of the mortgagee, Messrs. Hughes & Houghou Dc 12 2 put up for sale by public auction the valua le reel matin property registered in the Land Office as the r maining portion of the reclamation to Marine Lot No. 35. which comprises No. 20 Connaught Rad West. Bidding opened at $30,000, and after a bid of $5,000, rose by bids of 3',00) and $5-0 unt:1 the sum of $76.00 was reached. At this figure the property was knocked down to Mr. Poog Hee Ting. Messrs. Deacon, Looker and Deacon were the vendor's solicitors.
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No. 26
ANTI-FOREIGN RIOT AT
SHANGHAI
Following are some extracts from Daily Press telegrams (lated December 18th et seq.), with
comments:-
All the Chinese shops are closed here, and street riots are going on in Hongkow and in the Maloo.
Many foreigners have been attacked and injur. d.
The German Consul has been stoned. The warships are lauding mea.
The volunteers have been mobilised.
The mob consists chiefly of loafers and rowdies when have come in from the neighbouring visages.
Several carriages and a motor-cart have been
smashel.
The American Vice-Consul is injured,
sailors from the warships in port, and the The riot was suppressed by the Police. the Volunteers.
The damage done is really slight. The Luza Police Station was attacked, and partly burned. The Metropole Hotel aunsxe was wrecked; and the International Bloych Store
end of the Maloo, where guns, etc., were sld) (a shop opposite the hotel, nar the raccourse
was part y looted.
About twenty Chinese rowdies were killed. No Europeau was killed; but some were wounded.
The streets are now emp'y of Chinese; bat armed patrols are on duty at all points to mika sure that no further attempts are mide.
The German Consul referred to will be D., Scholz, who is Acting-Consul since Dr. Knapp's departure.
reported injurel, is not certain, as there have The identity of the American Vice-Consut, been many changes lately.
The Chinese m rohints and gantry are partly responsible for the doings of their plebsian com- In connection with the Mixed Court affair, they urged the Taolai to demand the patriot. dismissal of Mr. Twymin, the British Assessor, This was refused by Sir Pelham Warres, the British Consul, and the applicants at began to talk nasty."" There was so much for what has happened, and this accounts for talk, in fact, that Shanghai was partly proparel the timely precautions taken.
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are three warships at Shanghai, one German, and two British, the B mavent are aud
the Astre 1.
The Chinese are reported to have asked for representation on the Municipal Council, in view of the fact that they own mach of the laud in the Settlem int. This request is a
be ated one. It has been taken as a compliment to British management (or international " madsgemet, perhaps we ought to say) that this has not been previously asked for.
That firmness and sternness in enforcing treaty rights are the best means to get China to stick to political bargains is a truism with the Straits Times. Uuhappily, our contem porary says, this principle has of late ban lost sight of by the British Government. British interests in China hire suffered heavily by China having been allowed to back out of cor. have long been nose the worse for it. cessions stipulated for. The Peking authorities
eventually become that the British community intolerable, however, did this fabby policy
downe very forcibly ou the subject. A promise at Shanghai had to memoridise Lord Lans- to attend to their gri-vance was made in Parlia-psed to countenancy, in the heart of a foreign ment. Since then nothing has been heard of settlement, medieval methods involving bar any remedial steps by the Foreign Office.
So
The Chinese, as we pointed oat nearly a week agol are very anxious to have un lisputed coa- trul of Mixed Court management, cruelty, squ eze." and all. Technically, they may be
Chinese cases, que rgat in resenting interference "in purely but the foreigners are not dis-
barism.
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