THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LXV.]
AND
China Overland
Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome
Leading Articles:-
Natural Adaptability of Population
In Passing
Probable Beginnings of Chinese Constitution
Rebellion
Chinese Symptoms
HONGKONG, MONDAY, 7TH JANUARY, 1907.
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Boycott Revival
Supreme Court
Kowloon Dock Ball
lawyers and Soldiers
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Visit to New Water Works
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Boycott Revived
Business Review of 1906
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Local and District Events-1906
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Масво
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Canton
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Wedding
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Midahina Famine Relief
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Recent Depreciation of Gold
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Fire at Taikoktaui
Interesting Shanghai Judgment
Imperial Tennis Club
Correspondence
Review of Exchange. Bar Silver and Bank Rate
of Discount for 1906
Commercial
- Shipping
BIRTHS.
No. 1
A boy, who had gone to change a $100 bill in-
Hongkong Weekly Press. Queen's Road last week, was held up" at
HONGKONG OFFice: 10a, Des VŒUX ROAD CL. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET. E.C.
ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
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The Germa mail of December 4th arrived per the ss. Prinz Heinrich on Thursday, the 3rd inst., and the French mail of Desember 7th arrived, per the ss. Oceanien to-day, the 7th inst.
FAR EASTERN NEWS.
The Foochow Echo says that Santu is "the 12 coming Port for export and import."
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On December 19th, at Soochow, the wife of W. W. BROCKWAN, Soochow University, of a son.
On December 22nd, at Shanghai, the wife of P. N. KABANJIA, of Messrs. Framjee Sorabjee & -Co., of a son.
On December 24th, at Auping, South Formosa, the wife of H. W. ARTHUR, of a daughter. (Annie Gordon Noel.)
On December 25th, at Shanghai, the wife of REGINALD N. TRUMAN, of a son.
On December 25th, at Shanghai, the wife of ARTHUR STANLEY, of a son.
On December 26th, at Shanghai, the wife of ROBERT MCGREGOR, of a son.
On December 27th, at Shanghai, to RUTH, wife of Rufus Stuart Adams, a daughter.
On December 27th, at Shanghai, the wife of FRLICE PALAZzı, of a daughter.
On December 30th, at 19 Macdonnell Road, wife of Mr. T. TANAKA, the Japanese Consul, of
& son.
On January 5th, at Fearth, South Wales, the wife of G. W. APPLEBY, (of Canton),of a daughter. MARRIAGES.
On December 4th, at Foochow, JAMES BLUNDY of the C. M. S. FUKIEN, to ANNIE HELEN MADELINE TAPEOR.
On December 15th, at Shanghai, HERBERT MIDDLETON, tozɔrgina BeATRICE HAMILTON.
On December 15th, at Shanghai, HERBERT MIDDLETOT, to GEORGINA BEATRICE HAMILTON.
On December 22nd, at Shanghai, OLGA DAIST, second daughter of Capt. William Smith, Kiu- kiang, to ARNOLD CHARLES BIESTERFELD, I. M. Customs, Hangchow.
On December 22nd, at Shanghai, HOWARD C. J. WILSON to LILIAN K. LUND, late of the Victoria Nursing Home.
On December 27th, at Shanghai, WILLIAM DUEY SMITH, to ANNETTE SIMS WILSON.
On January 1st, at St John's C›thedral, by the Ven. Archdeacon Banister, W. S. BAILEY to MIRIAM L. BANISTER.
DEATHS.
On December 22nd, at Shanghai, ALFRED, the eldest son of Captain J. A. Scott, s.s. Sual, aged
19 years.
On December 23rd, at 3 a.m., at Mountain View, the Peak, AGNES MCCOLL, dearly beloved wife of H. F. Carmichael, aged 45 years.
On December 29th, at Shanghai, MARION FORD, mother of C. F. Greenwood, aged 72 years.
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The Tokyo City Council has reported adversely on the municipalizing of the Tram- ways, and the scheme for municipal ownership bas fallen through.
At 6 a m. оп January 1st, work was commenced in the Jank Bay Flour Mills of which Mr. A. H. Rennie is the manager. The New Year is thus marked by the opening of a new industry in the Colony which promises to be a flourishing one.
The Chinaman named Wong Kin, who was Rentenced to death at the last Criminal Sessions for the murder of a native in a pork butcher's shop in Kowloon, was executed at Viotoris Gaol on the 2nd January. The usual inquest took place in the afternoon and a formal verdict was returned.
The insufficiency of the accommodation at the Magistracy was never more apparent than recently. when the Second Court was thronged to such an extent that solicitors had to wait their turn at the entrance before they could secure a sart at the table. There was an unusually large attendance of legal gentlemen, and with so many contested cases to be dealt with it was no wonder that little progress was made with the business before the Court.
Peking messages state that there is a strong movement there against the practice of cutting off the queues which has been almost universal sino 1900 amongst young men going abroad to study. Several Censors have lately denounced the practice to the Throne, and call for such drastic measures as the severest punishment of the youths who have been guilty of cutting off their queues abroad as well as in China. The matter, it is stated, has been referred to the Council of State to report on.
Returns of the average amount of bank notes in circulation and of specie in reserve in Hong- kong during the month ended December 31st 19.6, as certified by the managers of the respective banks, are as under :
Average Spacio Banks.
amount.
in Reserve, Chartered
Bank of India, Australia and $ Chins,
2,578,067 $2,300,000
Hongkong and Shang- hai Banking Corpo- ration. National Bank of Chins
Limited
Total
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12,651,879 89,800,000
119,702 45,000
$15,649,648 11,345,000
the corner of Graham and Gage Streets by two him down. They stole $50 in silver from him men who threw pepper in his eyes and knooked but left the other $50. *
Here is a quite modern Chinese conception of the foreigners' treatment of infectious disesse cases :-" If an epidemic broke out, two foreign. era took the sick away and put them in a little room, washed them with lime water and then locked them up. so that no one could see them, on purpose that they might soon die and not propagate the disease. Wives and children might ory and weep, but the foreigner would but drive them away with sticks, for until dead no one must see those faces again. Better for all of us to jump into the sea than submit to this."
At St. John's Cathedral on New Year's day the Venerable Archdeacon Banister offioist-
ing. Mr. W. S. Bailey (of Mesars. W. 8. Banister. The bride who was dressed in a Bailey And Co.) was married to Miss Miriam
gown of cream satin adorned with lace was given away by Mr. E. O. Murphy, while Mr. A. H. Hewett acted as best man. The brides.. maids, both charmingly dressed, were Misses Gladys Home and Katherine Murphy. After the ceremony followed a reception at the Hong-t kong Hotel, and then the happy couple left for Macao.
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By the N.D.L.S. Prinz Eitel Friederich there left Shanghai Nerazzini, for five years Italian Consul General December 28th Major at Shanghai, and now about to tike up the more responsible and difficult appointment of Italian Minister at Tunis. The Major will be much missed in Shanghai, where his never-failing geniality is as well-known as his diplomatic acuteness Major Nerazzini is not altogether new to North African politics sa be played a prominent part in the expedition against Kiog Menelik in 1895-6. Mr. Achille Riva has taken over the duties of Acting Consul-General in Shangbai.
A system has been arranged by Sicawei. to enable vessels and light-stations to repeat Storm Warnings made to them, by means of symbols or flags, with a view to spreading information concerning Warnings as widely and rapidly as possible, and will be called Storm" Signal Repeating Code. As the signals made by light-stations will for the present entirely depend on the Storm Warnings made them by passing vessels, the co-operation of all those commanding vessels is invited in this useful work of passing on the latest Storm Warning, as indicated in the Storm Warning Repeating Code. which comes into force as soon after the lat May next as circumstances permit.
The annual meeting of the Hongkong Odd Volumes Society was held at the office of Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., at Bank Buildings on January 4th.
Mr. Pollook presided,¦ and there were also present Messrs. W. H. Purcell, E. D. Haskell and the Rev. G. A. Bunbury. Arrangements were made for the provision of lectures at the City Hall during the winter months. The report and sccounts as presented were adopted; H. E. the Governor Was elected president; H. the Offcer Administering the Government, vice-pre- ident; Mr. H. E. Pollock was re-elected, son. secretary and Mr. Purcell bon. treasurer. hhis concluded the business of the meeting.
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