January 7, 1907.]
CANTON.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT).
December 28th.
RECLAMATIONS.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
REINSTATED.
January 1st.
THE OPIUM EDICT. The Provincial Treasurer has issued proclamation of which the following is a rough translation:
Li Sai Kwai, formerly a colonel in the army, was cashiered by Viceroy Shu a for bribing candidates in the tri nnial examination "I have received a despatch from His Ex- (some three years ago) to suppress and alter cellency Viceroy Chou Fa stating that he has their real suroames and to assume such false received a despatch from their Excellencies Tit suraames as those he hat staked heavily on Liang and Tong Shao Yee, ministers of revenue, Viceroy Chou Fu has sent a despatch to the in the Wei Shing lottery. The trick was that an Imperial Edict has been issued prohibit- Sin-Hau-Kak ordering the latter to instruct discovered shortly after the examination. Hading opium smoking. Teh regu ations have the Public Works department to surrey and it not been discovered in time Li Sai Kwai | been drawn up and regulation No. 9 limits the make a plan of the proposed reclamation of the would have made millions of dollars. Viceroy time of 6 months for all civil and military Honam foreshore and to submit an estimate of Sham had Li cashiered and issued a warrant officials of whatsoever grades to cease smoking the cost of the same as soon as possible. The for his arrest, but he ran away and took refuge opium. At the expiration of 6 months from the plan is to show what portion of the foreshore in Siam. He did not escape unpunished, date of the issue of this proclamation all is Government property so as to prevent any however, as Vic roy Shum discovered that superior officials will be held responsible for further encroachment. In the despatch His he left all his property behind, valued at their subordinates if the latter should be dis- Ixcellency also stated that he had received about $250,000, which was confiscated.
covered continuing to smoke opium; delinquents information that foreigners had clandestinely i One of bis friends has bagged the will be cashiered and punished." purchased many lots of land at Kai Ap Kow new Viceroy to permit him to return to and Fong Cheun, in which the owners had no Kwangtung, saying, that Li Sai Kwai right to sell to foreigners. Foreigners after was a very useful and capable officer in cap- purchasing those lands had reclaimed the fore-turing robbers. Viceroy Chou Fa has granted shores as their property. His Excellency the permission, and said he would treat Li Sai instructed the Sin-Hau-Kuk to make minute Kwai with the courtesy due to a member of the investigations and survey those properties and gentry. Li Sai Kwai returned to Canton last give a full report to him.
week. It is reported that Admiral Li has given him an appointment as commander of two divisions (1,000) soldiers.
8ZECHWAN-HANKOW RAILWAY.
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The Szechwan-Hankow Railway Company has established a branch office here for purpose of selling lottery tickets to raise fund for the construction of this railway.
NEW STYLE CHAMBER.
Viceroy (hou Fu has altered the name of the Kwangtung Chamber of Commerce here into Chamber of Agriculture, Labour and Commerce, The office has been removed from Ching Hoi Moon to Yaet San Street. The Viceroy and many of the high officials were present at the inauguration of the new office yesterday.
NANNING OPEN,
Telegrams were received bere yesterday that Nanning will be opened as a Treaty Port on the first day of January, 1907.
CANTON HANKOW RAILWAY.
Viceroy Chou Fu has issued a decree appoint ing Kang Yu (Compradore of Messrs. Douglas Lapraik and Co., Hongkong), Yoong Sai Ngam (Hongkong merchant), Sing Kwai Ying and Chu Yonk Chi, both Cauton merchants, to inspect and audit the railway
with power to accounts
call in all the monies subscribed by the shareholders and invest same in any foreign banks. The decree also appoints Chung Chung Kok and 17 other shareholders to assist and superintend the work of the above mentioned four persons.
PRESENTS REFUSED.
Viceroy and Lady Chon Fa will celebrate their seventieth birthday on the 7th day of Jannary. They were both born on the same day. i.e. 23rd day of the 11th moos. His Excellency, on hearing that the officials are making preparations to send presents, has intimated that they will not be accepted.
WHAMPOA DOCKS.
Hitherto all the repairs of the southern fleet and government vessels have been done at the Government Docks at Whampoa where all the materials and labour were privately purchased and contracted through officials. It is said that Viceroy Chona intends to follow the methods of the Foochow Dicks where tenders were received from the public in the repairing and building of vessels.
THOSE FUNNY CANTON POLICE.
Articles have appeared in several of the local Papers recently pointing out the uselessness of the Canton Pulice. The police, instead of being a body of men to keep the place in peace, are apparently more troublesome than useful. The heads of that department are said to be unable t› control their men. During the last two months the police have given trouble to the Lok Sin Theatre in the western suburbs several times. They attackel this theatre in broad daylight
H.E. Wu Ting Fan seeing the confused state of affairs of the Canton-Hankow Railway in large numbers both Company has drawn up rules and regulations selected from various western railway companies, He delivered a copy of those regulations to Total Shum Tang whom Viceroy Chou has temporarily appointed deputy of the railway affairs. It is said that Taotai Shum has submitted it to the shareholders of the railway company for their consideration.
and in the night, assaulted the gate-keepers and employees of the place and severely wounded the
A NAVAL SURVEY.
men.
The origin of the trouble was through crowds of police who were not on duty forcing their way into the theatre and occupying the the theatre are paying a big sum as royalty best seats without paying. The proprietors of
($30,000) for the privilege of running the theatre. Surely they are entitled to some protection and friends to enter the theatre free. counot allow large crowds of police and their hare goue so far that on the 29th instant the The police proprietors of the theatre had to call the assistance of Captain Ma of the army to send a body of soldiers to protect th› theatre and to prevent the employees from bing further On the night of the same
molested by them.
A German Engineer who is in the employ of the Chinese Government as consulting engineer and surveyor of the northern feet and the Kong Nam Dock Yard recently visited Canton on a pleasure tour, Viceroy Chou Fu on hearing of his arrival here has requested him to survey the engines of the southern fleet and all the Govern ment launches about 50 in all. The foreign engineer far now completed the survey and seat a long report to His Exo llency giving full day at 12 p.m. over one hundred polic. force particulars of all the vessels that need repairing. arched for Capta a Ma and his soldiers to their entrance by breaking the gates and The Viceroy has appointed & deputy to saperintend the repair of the vessels aWham-soldiers retired before midnight. Not finding give them beating. It appeared the pos Government docks.
the soldiers the
on police pounced
Several of them had to be removed to the
VICEROY'S TOUR OF INSPECTION.
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Viceroy Chou Fa went personally and in- employees and attacked them most brutally. spected the following places to-day, vis:Praya Reclamation, Public Gardens, Government Cement Works, Chief Police Station of Honam and the Paper Factory, formerly Chow Tung Sang's property, which was confiscated by Viceroy Shum,
CHINESE SHOOTING. At a shooting examination of the military officers which took place at the North Gate parade ground under the supervision of Admiral Li Tsun and Total Che Fan only one officer named Leong Sui bit the bull's eye five times, the maximum; two officers secured 4 balls; and the rest (about 30 officers) secured one each only.
hospital. They also searched for the proprietor, Li Pot-chew, who was fortunately absent. Before leaving the place the police broke the seats and the doors.
The matter has been reported to the Viceroy. The public are eagerly waiting to hear of his decision.
A DUAL APPOINTMENT.
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Viceroy Chou Fu recived so Imperial Rescript sanctioning the appointment of the Admiral of Kwangtung to hold both positions as Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Kwangtung army. His Excellency has informed Acting Admiral Li of this decision.
Viceroy Chou Fa is sathorized to notify the authorities of the Imperial Mɩritim› Custɔms concerning the above.
WEDDING.
The wedding was solemnised at St. John's Cathedral on Jan. 3rd of Mr. Herbert R. E. Hancock, of Messrs. Shewan, Tomes and Co., and Miss Mary Isabelle Stobart, daughter of Mr. D. W. Stobart, of Palace Court, London. The ceremony, which was conducted by the Rev. F. T. Johnson; assisted by the Rv. G. A. Bunbury, was witnessed by a large and fashion. able congregation. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr. James Douglas Stobart, who made the journey from London for that special purpose. She wore a white atin princess dress, with old Limerick lace, anl white satin court train. Her ornaments iuoluded a diamond ani turquoise pendant and a diamond brooch, the presents respectively of the bridegroom and Mr. Sidney Hancock. As bridesmaids she had four little girls, Misses Moxoo, D. May, Margaret Stewart Lookhart, and Betsy Slade, while her train was held by the two little sons of Commodore Williams. Mr. Harry Hincook, brother of the bridegroom, acted as best man. A reception was held afterwards at the residence of Mr. Sidu-y Hancock, sť 10 Queen's Gardens. Mrs. Stewart Laokhart and a sister of the bridegroom andertook the duties of hostesses, The hippy couple left by the German mail for the north, the honeymoon to be spout in Shanghai aud Peking.
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MIDCHINA FAMINE RELIEF.
CO OPERATION OF SHIPPING COMPANIES.
The Relief Committee is in reosipt of the following letter from the Chins Merobaate g. N. Co., China Navigation Co. Ltd., Jardine Matheson & Co., Ageats Indo-China S. N. Co., Ltd
"We are in receipt of your letter of the 4th instant in which you ask us to give free carriage for food and other supplies which may be sent by your Committee to Chinking for conveyance to the Famine Districts, also a few free passagei for representatives of the Committes who may be proceeding up river on Famine Relief basiness. In reply we beg to inform you that we shall be pleased to accede to your requisits on the following conditions, vir:
That you will pay the sum of 2 candareans per pioul on all Food Stuffs shipped, to cover expenses for handling the cargo.
That we shall not be expected to carry more than our share of the total quantity to go. amongst all other river steam ›es tråling on the forward, which must be divided proportionately
Yangtze.
That ergo s'all only be shipped by our vessels which have space available for it.
That the cargo will be sent alongside the steamers by the shippers at Shanghai and will be taken delivery of from alongside the steamers by the consignees at Chinkiang without delay, and expenses incurred through detention to bà paid for by your Committee.
That passengers who are provided with free passes shall pay the usual rates for messing ou board the steamers.
Messrs. Ricine, Ackerman & Cie., Agents for the French Line of Yangtan steamers, have NAlso written agreeing to take the same action. as the other steamers.
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