THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LXVI.]
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 28tн DECEMBER, 1907.
CONTENTS.
PAOR
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Epitome
Leading Articles
Hankow
Finance
Seasonable
Chinese Processions
Hongkong Sanitary Board
Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce
The Ewo Cotton Spinning & Weaving Co., Ld
Supreme Court
Canton ...
Evolution of Hongkong
Kulangan (Amoy) Municipal Council... Commercial....
Shipping
BIRTHS.
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FAR EASTERN NEWS.
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At the offices of the Public Works Depart. ment on Decomber 23rd Inland Lot No. 178 which has an area of 27,601 square feet, was, offered for sale by public auction. The purchasers were Messrs. Palmer and Turner, who obtained the lot for $ 1,54", bing $50 above the upset price.
A Daily Press telegram dated Tokyo, Dagam- 412ber 25th said:-The Nippon Yasen Kaisha's
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new nine-thonsaud-tau steamer, the Kan 413 Maru, was launched at Nagasaki to-day, It is ..413 the first of six resgels of that siz
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building, and Japin's distinct advance in the craft of shipbuilding is ren-iving encomiums i 416
the Press, some papers pointing out that the Mitan Bishi firm is inferior to none in the world.
On December 4th, at the British Legation, Peking, the wife of C. C. A. KIRKE, of a son.
On December 15th, at Shanghai, the wife of Rev. E. PILLEY of Huchow, a son.
On December 16th, at Shanghai. the wife of PERCY A. MACLEAN, of a son.
On December 19th, at Shanghai, the wife of WAKEFORD Cox, of a son.
On December 22nd, at 6 Stewart Terrace, Peak, the wife of R. J. LEA WEIGHT (E. E. Tel. o.). of a daughter.
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MARRIAGE.
On December 16th, at Shanghai, GAVIN LINDSAY CAMPBELL, to ELSIE FORBES.
DEATHS.
On November 2nd, at Lowell, Mass. U S.A,, in her 25th year, Mrs. SARAH H. DANFORTH, mother of A. W. Danforth, of Shanghai.
On December 16th, at Shanghai. WILLIAM HOPPLEY of Manchester, in his 42nd year.
On l'ecember 18th, at Shanghai. CHARLES FREDERICK MOULE, second son of Bishop Moule, in his 40th year.
On December 19th, at Shanghai CAPITULINA DA SILVA LOPES, wife of Tobias Maria Lopes, in her 58th year.
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A number of merchants of Shantung province have sent notice to the Peking Government to the effect that H. E. Wu Ting-ping, Acting Governor of that province, is an incapable official who does not know how to disgharga bis duties, except "to flatter foreigners especially the Germang.” In onuclusion the petitioners i
delay and to appoint an "enlightened request the Government to remove him without
in his stead.
official
It will be remembered that an Imperial Rescript was recently issued through the Grand Council urging H.E Teen Ch'un-henen [Shum] ex-Viceroy of the Liangkang provinces, to g up to Peking for an audience. The Central Government is in receipt of a telegram from his Excellency stating that he will obey thin Imperial command as soon as he has entirely recovered from the present sizata of the illness to which he is chronically subj-et.
The last voyage of discovery of Leung Choi ohi was accomplished on Thursday, and yester. day he was docked in Victoria Jail where he will remain for some months. Late on Thursday night he ran alongsi in a coal junk lying off No. 2 Police S ation, and thinking he was un.; observed cut the anchor cable sud removed the anchor. Then he cast off from the junk and pulled for the shore. This however, had been wi'ness-d by a wakeful member of the junk's crow, whe silently wike others on board. A bat was quickly lowered and the sƐamen started ia pursuit of the thief. When about 10 yards
the
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Chum Chu, a coolie emplored at the Water. works, was charged before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Polios Court yesterday with obtaining a bribs of $5. It was proved that the defendant went to house No. 103, Des Voeur Road Cen- tral, and offered to alter the water pipe so that the occupants would be able to get a better supply of water. Yesterday he told his Wor. ship that the money was given him to buy
meat, but as his Worship was of a different opinion, he sentenced the defendant to three months' imprisonment.
The heedlessness of a rissba coolie was the cause of an accident to the vehicle of another on Tuesday, and the negligent man appeared before Mr. Gompertz at the Police Court on a charge of obstruction. As Mr. Marican, the cycle agent, was proceeding along Queen'■ Road near the Hongkong Hotel in a motor care the defendant dashed across his path to secur, a fare, beedless of the load ringing of the warning bell. This action turned the m tor- man off his course, and in endeavouring to avert a collision he collided with another riosha and damaged it to the ext at of $3.50. Hi■ Worship muloted the negligent coolie in this
amount.
AMENDED REGULATIONS.
The following regulations made by the Go- vernor.in. ouncil have been cancelled, and those appearing hereunder substituted in their stead:-
in cases now reada :—“6
Regulation No. 6 in relation to petroleum If the declaration made by the Master under Rule 4 shows that the cas oil on board his vasel consists of naphtha or uaphtha products, the Harbour Master shill satisfy himself that the oil in no packed in strong hermetically sealed metal drums commonly known sa" Insurance Drums" (each containing not more than 10 gallona) (sach drums being so tilled as to leave an air space equal to at least 1/20th the capacity of each drum, so as to allow room for expansion of the liquid consequent upon ohauges of temperature), that it may be safely transported by water a id land, and upon being so satiafəd may give permiss ou for the vessel either to discharge such cargo in one of the prescribed dangerous goods anchorages or to proceed to one of the prescribed wharves and there deliver the oil to the person authorised to receive the same.
Before giving such permission the Harbour Master may require the Master of the Tessal to procare a report from the overament Analyst as to the assure of the oil. Every
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ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The English Mail of Nov. 29th arrived per the s.s. Arcadia, on Friday, the 27th instant.
dumped the anchor overboard, and gaining the raya was about to dash off with bis shoes under bis arm when a lukong dtained him. The people from the junk were ashore shortly after him, and when they told their story Leung was taken to the station. Tuere, when questioned, he was unable to give a satisfactory account of how he came by the dinghy, the result being that he was chirged before Mr. F. A. H»■ <l、nd at the Pulic Court yesterday with stealing an anchor and being in unlawful possession of a dinghy. Both charges were proved and his weeks hard labour and six bours' stocks on Worship sentenced the defeudsut to turee
the first, sud 14 days on the second charge,
used for the purpose of conveying naphtha in the waters of the Colony in quantities of more than 50 gallon, shall carry a box or tank son. taining not less than 100 lbs. of dry sand in such a position as to be immediately availabl› at all times."
Under sections 23 (4) and 42 of th› Merchant Shipping Ordiuince, 1899, regulation No. 2 has been altered to read: “ 2. Foreign Soldiers or Sailors shall not be lauded in the Colony in numbers exceeding one hundred from any ship or transport for purposes of recreation without
through the Consul or Offio-r of the country to the permission of the Governor obtained
which such soldiers or sailors bel›ng.”
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