THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LXIV.1
Epitome.
Leading Articles :-
Canton in 1805
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China Overland Trade Report.
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HONGKONG, MONDAY, 9TH JULY, 1906,
M. Delbocca, engineer in the service of M Marty's coal mines, was at Dong-Trien on 26th June attacked by pirates and seriously wounded. Madame Delbocca was uninjured
A terrible series of discoveries have been made 2 at Osaka, where a ricsha man and his wife are It is in custody on charges of baby-farming alleged that a hundred children have been murdered by these monsters.
Sinologistic Jealousies.
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Coolies in Yunnan..
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Statesmen and Opium
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Crown Colonies and the Colonial Office
Papal Influence in China...
The Far East and the Panama Canal
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A Court Episode "
Supreme Court
China woman's Death
Hongkong Jottings
Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce
Crackers and Legal Argument
A Bad-Tempered "Boy'
New Territory Notes
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The Sterling Man and the Dollar...
The Commission
Kowloon-Canton Bailway
Canton
The Damage to the Lu-Han Line..... Appointments
Recently the Singapore police arrested half- a-dozen Indian professional beggars. Most of them bad considerable sums of money in their 7 possession; one man was found to have the large 7: sum of £8 in gold and $40 in notes.
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A telegram to the Daily Press said: The Indien proceeding down Huangpu on June 30th 1 suddenly sheared, colliding with the Loksang, 10 which was swinging at anchor,and seriously 10damaged her. The Indien, however, was able
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An electric light company, with a capital of 11 200.000 yen will be organised at Yingkow under joint ownership of Chinese and Japanese 12 business men. The Tokyo Electric Light Company will supply the new concern with electric machinery.
Trade of Wuchow...
Chinese Cotton Market
A Musical Launch Party
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Settlement of the Nanchang Affair
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The Railway of Indo-China...
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West River Navigation
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Disastrous Storm at Shanghai
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Unique Reference Book Shanghai Docks.... Commercial.
Shipping
MARRIAGE.
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We understand that the marriage of Mr. H. C. Wilcox, formerly of Messrs. Turner & Co., of this Colony, with Miss Maud Howarth 14 daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Howarth of Russell House, Walmley, near Birmingham, is arranged to take place on the 19th inst. at the Parish Church, Walmley.
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On June 30th. at Shanghai, JOAO CLAUDIO, eldest son of the late Jose CYRILLO D'AQUINO, to LILY MARIA, second daughter of the late Chevalier Eugerio Francisco Xavier dos Santos Remedios, F.R.G.S., Lis., etc., etc.
DEATHS. !
On June 27th, at Shanghai, ALEXANDER MILLER, 2nd Engineer, s.8. Peshawur, aged 38 years.
On June 28th, at the Victoria Nursing Home LILY CURRIE, aged 15 years.
On July 5th, at 43, Caine Road, SARAH HONORIA KEW, aged 64 years.
On July 1st, at Shanghai, FRANK LEE, late Wharfinger, China Merchants'S N. Co., Kinleeyuen Wharves, aged 72 years.
On July 2nd, at 22, Weihaiwei Road, of heart failure, A. W. MAITLAND, aged 60 years.
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ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The German Mail of June 5th arrived, per the ss. Bayern, on Tuesday, the 3rd instant; and the French Mail of June 8th arrived, pr the ss. Armand Belic, to-day.
FAR EASTERN NEWS.
The estimated net income of the Osaka Shosen Kaisk for the first half-year is believed to be Yen 850,000.
、. The Japanese authorities are considering a Froposal to establish wireless telegraph offices at several places for the benefit of the public.
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Police witnesses should really try to be more exact. An American gentleman from Shang- hai, in trouble at Singapore, mentioned that he was the Resident of the North Saddle Islands, the Saddles being in the month of the Whangpu. A police inspector turned this into a claim that he was King of the Sandwich Islands.
The time originally fixed by the Japanese Government for disposing of real estate left by foreigners in the Kuangtung district was the seven months extending from February to August of this year. The time has now been extended by three months, during which period applications from foreigners for the recovery of
their estates will be received.
The Water Police seized three Manser rifles on board the 8.8. Hongkong Maru when she The arms arrived in port on July 6th.
were found among a passenger's luggage in a separate package, but as this passenger dis- claimed them, and could not account for be rifles being found among his goods, they were confiscated. No arrest was made.
The numerous exaggerations about the "old" guns bought by H.E. Chang Chih-tung to "make a show with ' at the manoeuvres have at last been authoritatively squashed. It appears that, unable to have the most modern guns delivered in time, H.E. purobased some service- able weapons from Japan, which are exactly the same as those now used in the Japanese army,
At Kiakiang the dragon festival brought the usual boat races. The onlookers cheered the winning crews enthusiastically, while the osers were received with goodnatured chaff, The crew of one of the losing boats seemed to take offence with the criticism exercised on his efforts and a hand to hand fight ensued, during which according to the Hankow News), four
men were killed.
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A Chinaman who had patronised the Tai Ping theatre on June 29 was dissatisfied with his seat in the auditorium and attempted to reach the stage. He refused to leave when asked and had to be forcibly ejected. Outside he picked up a brick and threw it at the ticket collector: striking him on the face. For this he was placed before Mr.. Gompertz at the Magistracy next day and fined $10.
A coolie employed in a merchant's shop at Queen's Road West has been in the habit. of carrying provisions and mouey it appears, to a branch at Stanley. While on this journey, on July 1st he was held up by two armed men. who threatened to stab him if he did not hand over the money. Throwing down a basket he carried, he told them there was $10 in it, which they found and took away.
A memorial service at Yokohama for the horses killed in the Russo-Japanese war is described in a contemporary. For several hours there was before an altar attended by a Japanese priest, a procession of soldiers who in turn extolled the courage, endurance, and sagacity of the hores they had ridden and which had perished on the field of battle. It was a strange spectacle to see men, and women above all, in tears over the memory of these animals.
We regret to have to record the death which took place quite suddenly on July 2nd of Mr. A. W. Maitland, a resident of many years in China, and one of a family which has given several members to the Far East, where they have become prominent in business, in social life, and in sport. Mr. Maitland, who has latterly been manager of the Shanghai office of the Imperial Bank of Chios, had been ailing some- what, but his condition was not regarded as serious and he was planning a holiday.
The Nanfangpao reports with respect to th opening of Antung and Tatungk'ou to interna tional commerce, that owing to the excessive prices asked by the Japanese owners for their land the original arrangements for the opening of the ports must be indefinitely postponed unless the Japanese can be induced to come to terms. It is further stated that the Japanese merchants secretly acquired nearly all the land outside the city walls suitable for the establish. ment of the foreign concessions, as soon as they knew that the ports would be thrown open.
A letter from Changsha, capital of Hunan states that news has been received from the
districts of Siangtan, Ninghsiang, and Linyang, all of which belong to Changsha prefecture, reporting the existence of Boxerism there, the propagators of which cult are trying with some success to get recruits to enter their society. It is the old story that if a recruit assiduously practices certain rites he will within a certain number of days become invulnerable to shot or steel. It would seem that the local authorities of the cities concerned are trying to shut their eyes to the danger that is threatening the peace of their districts, where owing to the famine resulting from the recent inundations the Boxer "prof ssors" do-not find it dificult to obtain proselytes, especially as there is some discontent and they are promised much plunder and food if they once join brotherhood. It ntations may be is to be hoped that due rep made to the proper quarters promptly to suppress this dangerous society in Hunan ers it becomes too large and powerful s body-- N.-C. Daily Neios.
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