THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LXV.
Epitome.
Leading Articles:-
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Asiatics in British Colonies
Trade at Northern Ports
Japan in Korea
Hongkong Chamber of Commerce
Viceroy hum
Hongkong Banitary Board
Supreme Court
Licensing Court
The Royal Sanitary Institute
Victoria Jail
Corresponden′′e
Launch at Kowloon
Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce
Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce Kulangsu (Amoy) Municipal Council
Victoris Public School
The Commission-Mr. Hooper's Appendix
The "Star" erry Co., Ltd....
Canton
Kowloon-Canton Railway
The. Disturbances at Pakhoi
Commercial
Shipping
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 1 ↑ J. NE, 1907.
Sapper J. C. Kelly of the Royal Engineers fell from the verandah of Wellington Barracks on the 28th May. He received a frac ured ..353 skall d death ensued shortly after the fall.
We hear that Mr. E. S. Joseph, secretary to 354
the Hongkong Steckbrokers' Association, is .354 ...355 | resigning, and b ginning this month as yarn .355 broker for the princical importer of Indian yarn. At the Magistracy, on May 25th, Mr. F. A. Hazeland passed an exemplary sentence on a Chinese youth for snatching from two Europaan 1-dies, Wong Sau, the culprit, was e nvicted of snatching their purses from Mrs. Whiteley and Mrs Montgomery in yndhurst Terrace on Tuesday last and was sent to prison ou the first offence for six weeks with hard 1 bour, ordered to be exposed in the stocks for six hours and afterwards to receive two whippings of twelve strokes each. This sentence to be repeated for the second offence.
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Before Mr. F A. Hizeland at the Palice, Courton May 27th, Trong Sau, unemployed was charged with obtaining $6 50 y false pre- tences from a women residing on the Kowloon City Road. The defendant approached the with a sheet of note paper in his hand bearing a foreign chop, and on which appeared a zorawl of English oh racters. He persuaded
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On May 29th. at Quarry Bay, Hongkong, the her that it was a draft for $100 sent from her wife of A. NILSSON, of a son.
Hongkong Weekly Press.
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HONGKONG GENFBAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, The following correction of the Chairman's speech was received after the pages were printed. Referring to Mr. Keswick, he said:
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ister at Singapore, and on presenting her with the paper asked for a me money. She had d h m 36 50 and he went away.
Then she found out that she had been tricked Tsang, however, }
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The Colonial Treasurer's statement of the Colony's assets and liabilities on March 31st, shows balance од the credit side of $1,167.5 5.31, the total assets being 81,457,621.84, and the liabilities $29,106.53.
THE UPRISING NEAR SWATOW.
The movement
The riot which originated at Wongkong, a large commercial centre n-ar Swatow, is assu- ming alarming proportions, seems to have had its origin principally in the di-aff-oli-n of the peopl, engand red by the imposi on of heavy likin duties on sugar. These duties were imposed three years ago, bat reo-nily something approaching a state of famine baa ben existing in the surrounding country, and the fṛeling against the extortions of the officials has consequently been greatly accentuated. The resentment has been fostered and encouraged by the followers of the revo- latiouary lender Sun Yat Sen, and the pacple of the surrounding districts are now reported to be m-ssing under banners which represent the uprising as an Anti-Manchu reb-llion. The rebels are distinguished by a sort of uniform,” A piece of red cloth is worn on th ir arms and The queue is tied with white ribhoo, The bann rs bear the character for "Sun."*
At Wongkong there is a permanent garrison of 1. 01 soldiers At midnight on the 22nd a was not aware of this, and r‹ turned for another | simultaneous attack is stated to have been made $5. He was a rested. His Worship held the on the quarters of all the Civil nd Military charge proved, and sentenced he defendant to Officials in the place. The whole of the garrison three weeks' imprisonment and six hurs' toeks is reported to h ve been asleep at the time, The Foochow Echo of May 18th says :-A and when they were aroused they offered no sudden contraction bas taken place in the opposition. A major and a few patty fficers demand for opium at this port. This is due to were killed and others taken prisoner. the very recent and stringent measures which have been taken to suppress its use. So great has been the consumption of opium here and so numerous have been the consumers that almost anyone would have said three months ago that any attempt t suppress its traffic would be The Chinese Brigadier-General has since fufile. What was hitherto considered impossi.engaged the rebels at Chienchow, near Wong- ble became this week an accomplished fot. kong. It is reported that the rebels had the Out of the three thousand opium dens which | best of the encounter. did business last week there is not a single one to-day which is ope This remarkable state of aff irs was brought about by the anti-opium societies cooperating with the officials in the active orusade against the opium dealers and
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The rebel leaders in the mornin ordered the merchants to open their shops and resume their dinary or business, but commanded the rice- merchants to sell the grain at 5 cents per 1 catties instead of 8 cents.
Telegrams were dispatched to Canton for reinforcements and the Kwangtah' and Meefoo have been chartered by the Viceroy for the coveyance of
the troops. Altogether the Viceroy is stated to be dispatching by these steamers 1,70 troops. The Meefoo was to leave
auton last night.
A Daily Press telegram, dated Swatow May 29t, said:
On May 20th was issued at Peking a decree "Not only as on his own account, as we know
in reply to a memorial from Lu Pao chung, his advice will be of assistance to us in our deli-President of the Censorate, trying to show
that the ex-Censor Chaoh'i-lin had really no No anxiety is felt here in connection with berations, but also as the son of a man who for
evil intent in his recent denuncistory memorial. the rioting which has taken place in the so many years held a leading place in the For
astern Trade, and who during a period of some (against Princes Ching and Tsai Chên) but neighbourhood of Wongkong. No attack co fifteen years repeatedly act-d as Chairman of had done only what he considered to be his Swatow is expected. Sam Jo J, be offlor in the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce."
We ca not allow the said ex-Censor's charge of the prefectures of Waichow, Chinobow duty. con not to pass unquestioned, in that had Kayingchow, has sent a telegram to the recklessly libelled the highest and most im- Viceroy at C-nton which states that Comm nd¶nt portant officials of the Crown, without, first Wong, with 310 soldiers e countered the rebels making careful inquiries. Moreover, the some distance from Wongkong. In the fight. prerogative of mercy belongs to us, and it must ing which ensued, about 10 of the rebels not be felt that we must pardon persons at the were killed or wounded, among the number of mere prayer of other ministers of the Govern. the former being the ringleader of the re- ment. With regard to the statement that by bellion. A number of rifi-s and banners the punishment we awarded the ex-Censor it is were seized by the troops. Many of the rebels feared that this would put a stop to the diligence being in want of arms, are deserting their of Censors in being the “ eyes and ears of the cane and journeying to other parts. The Crown, we have already given fur reasons in a telegram concludes by asking the Viceroy former decree that every Censor must exercise 10 inf rm the soldiers who chave been des care when criticizing officials to the Throne and patched to the scene of the uprising to pro must in future refrain from reckless libels." coed with all haste. :
The Hongkong Post Office has issued a new "four cent stamp printed in crimson on white.
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The firing of a general salate on the 26th May announced the arrival from Peking of Tartar General King ung, who goes to Canton to take over command of the forces. The visitor was met on Blake Pier by Captain Ogle, A.DC. to H.E. the Officer Administer ing the Government and escorted to Govern- ment House, where he spent the day. In the evening he left by river steamer for Canton.
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