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THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LXVIII.]
Epitome
Leading Articles
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China Oberland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Agricultural Experiments at Hongkong
Japan and Korea..............
"Chinese Slavery.
The Reform Movement in China
Random Reflections
The Typhoon
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 8гH AUGUST, 1908.
One hundred and sixty five bodies have been recovered from the wreck of the 8.8. "Ying King,"
It is stated that the Department of Com- munications of Japan has persuaded China to .96 join the postal union.
The 8.8.
"Glenfallnch" which arrived in port 97 yesterday, brought 32 deportees from Singapore,
They will be shipped to China in due course.
The native editor of "The Korea Daily 101 News" has been committed for trial for alleged embezzlement of subscriptions for the redemption of Korea's ind-b odness to Japan.
A Spaniard named D. Francisco Grisolia has been arrested at Shanghai by order of the Consul for Epin on a charge of attempting to provoke a duel and with insult contrary to law."
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Hongkong Legislative Council
Messages of Sympathy
The Typhoon Shelter
Unlawful Possession of Opium
A Famous Perjury Case
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Russians Seize a Japanese Vessel
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Hongkong Sanitary Board
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Marriage of Miss C. D. Lloyd
Promenade Concert
Singing Birde in Hongkong
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The Proposed Typhoon Shelter.
The Fakumen Railway Question
The Death of Mr. R. M. Maze
Japan and China...
Naval Yard Extensions
Supreme Court
Hongkong
Canton
An Appeal
The American Fleet and Hongkong.
Bell's Asbestos Eastern Agency, Ltd. Commercial.
Shipping
BIRTHS.
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The steamship service between Tairen 106 (Dalny) and Shanghai, organized by the South Mancharia Railway, will be opened on August 10. The chartered steamer Kobe Mara" will 108 leav Shanghai every Friday.
The Waiwora,
according to & Peking 106 diepatob, is making a firm staod against the ...107 proposition of the Russian Minister in Peking ́o establish a Mixed Con t, (after the model of the one in Shanghai) in Harbin.
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On July 21st, to Mr. and Mrs. R. MORGAN, of Hankow, a son.
On July 24th, Shanghai, the wife of J. V. C. DAVIS, of a son.
On July 26th, Shanghai, the wife of R. HABE, I. M. Customs, of a daughter.
On July 30th, at changhai, the wife of O. L. ILBERT; of a son.
On August 1st, at Liu-kung-tau, Weihaiwei, the wife of WALTER E. WOLSEY, of a son.
MARRIAGE.
On July 7th, at Stanstead Abbotts, R. T. D. SAYLE, of Hongkong, to WINIFRED GERTRUDE MARY (FREDA) LAURIE
DEATHS.
On July 25th, in the CI.M. Sanatorium, Chefoo, JOHN ELDRIDGE, infant son of the Hey, GEO. H. ani Mrs. SEVILLE, of Wenchow, Chekiang.
On August 2nd, at Shanghai, EDWARD GOULD- ING, son of E. G. WILSON, aged 13 years and 6 months.
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ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The English Mail of the 10th July and the Parcel Mails which closed in London for despatch by the all sea route on 1st July and for despatch overland on the 7th July arrived per s.s. Delhi on the 5th August.
FAR EASTERN NEWS,
The Emperor of China has recovered from hís illness.
Cholers is losing its grip in the rural districts of the Philippines.
The Belgian Cousal at Hankow, MT. de Snick, has committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver, in a fit of temporary insanity..
His Excellency the Austrian Minister in Peking has informed the Wai-walpu that Dr: Karl Bernomer, at present Austrian Consul in Tientsin, is to be transferred to Shanghai to take up the post vacant by the death of Mr. von Bari.
The Chinese Ministers abroad have jointly wired to the Throne as to the advisability of the early establishment of Parliament and have urged that Proclamation of the national policy should be made to the public to pacify the pablic mind,
Further reports have been forwarded to the police of jucks stranded and lives lost in the recent typhoon.
The list at the Central Station on Angust 3rd showed that 357 persons were missing, 206 were drowned, 66 were killed shore while 14 were reported injured. This gives a total of 643.
A Japanese Consulat is to be established at Batavia this year. It is the rule of the Nether- lands Government to conclude a Treaty of Consular Service with any country which establishes a Consulate in a Datoh colony. In compliance with this usage, a Treaty of Consular Service in Batavia has been concluded, and ratifications will be exchanged in few days.
A Fochow dispatch states that A.E. Sung Shon, Viceroy of the Min-Che provinces, has informed the Throne that be has ordered the cultivators of the 27,500 mow of land which comprise the entire area upon which poppy is planted in Fukien prosince, to begin sowing cereals on it early in the autumn, u der pain of onfiscation to Governmen if the poppy plant
is still cultivated there.
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Kobe's newest hotel, "The Tor," was opened the public on July 18th, and, as both visitors and the Press speak very highly of it, success should attend the venture. It is beautifully situated, commanding a magnifi. cent view of the harbour, the whole of Osaks Bay, and a long stretch of the Inland 8 a, and is surrounded by beautiful and extensive grounds. The building itself is handsome and one writer has declared that it is "second to none East of Marseilles." The accommodation is ample and, as the equipment is all that can be desired, "The Tor' should prove a favourite resort for those on holiday in Japan.
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Notice is given in the Stra te Government Gazette that the Secretary of State for the Colonies will at an ea∙ly date submit to the King an application for the demonetisation of old Strails dollars and half-dollars. These coins shall cease to be legal tender after December 31. If unmutilat-d, and of not less than the least current weight, they will be accepted at the Government Treasury in exchange for currency notes or local coin up to the end of the year.
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The redemption price of the Chinese Telegraph Admini-tration shares originally 817), has been advanced to $180, but at this price the share- holders still object to the surrendering and have wired to the Grand Council to the-ff-t that interest at the rate of 8 per cent is offered to those who return the shares without taking the money, but leaving same a deposit, whereas last year a dividend of $24.00 wai received, so that the rate to which the share- holders are entitled is $ 0, per sbare.
The Viceroy of Manchuris is reported to have btained a qualified assent from the Central Government to
with contract a loan American syndicate, money being urgently needed for the introduction and carrying on of reforms in that Viceroyalty. It is further stated that H. E. Tang Shao-yi, the Special Ambassador to the United States to tender the thanks of the Emperor for the return of a portion of the Boxer Indemnity, will, amongst other things probably conduct negotiations for the completion of the proposed Loan.
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After a closure of some 8 ven mor the United States Court for China was re by Judge Wilfey on the 28th alt. Among the civil cases called that day was one in which the Hongkong Milling Co. were plaintiffs and Messrs. Fraser & Co. defendants. Plaintiffs attorneys M ssrs. Drummond, White-Cooper and Phillips did not appear. For the defendants Mr. Sterling Fessenden appeared and said be、 was instructed by his clients to make appli- cation for the case to be discontinued.-Bis Honour remarked that plaintiffs' counsel ought to have been present to make the motion. -Mr. Fessenden-The matter was settled amicably. On his Honour's suggestion Mr. Fessenden agreed to file a written motion for dismissal.
Taotsi Mei Haing-tsien, head of the Tientsin branch of the C M. 8. N. Co., has left that port for Amoy, via Shanghai, to join Vice-Admiral Sha Chên-ping, Commander-in- hief of the Peiyang and Nanyang squadrons of the now- reduced Chinese Navy, in making preparations for the reception of the American Pacifie Battleship Fleet, which is due to arrive at Amoy on September 14. B-sides Admiral Sha and Taotaí Wei, the Commissioner of the Imperial Maritime Customs at Amoy will also take part in the reception on behalf of the Chinese Government. The Viceroy at Foochow has been instructed to enter all monies spent on this occasion to the Government's account for 1908. The Chinese officials will repair a number of auoient temples, will attend to the building of a wharf, the construction of new roads, the erecting of a grand stand after foreign methods in the parade ground for the American admiral and his staff to review Chinese troops, the purchase of several hundred new ricshas from Japan, for the conveyance of the American marines and sailors on land and will arrange á number of receptions to the officials and marines of the various battleships during their sojourn at Amoy as guests of the Chinese Government. N.-C. Daily News.
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