THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
[January 4, 1909.
LOCAL AND DISTRICT
EVENTS, 1908.
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JANUARY.
1-Cameron Highlanders arrive in Hongkong. "At Home" on the Japanese cruiser Naniwa. Pollard's Lilliputians at the City Hall. 3-Cameron Highlanders entertained. 5-Bishop Lander's New Year address at City
Hall.
6-H.E. the Governor opened a new building at Wongneichong for the Asile de la Sainte Enfance. Ricsha coolie strike. 10-Engineers' and Shipbuilders' Ball. 12--Governor of Macao visits Hongkong. 15 Messrs. Jardine Matheson's steamer Yik
Sing stranded off The Brothers. 18-Kowloon Cricket Club foundation stone
laid by Mr. Mody. 19-End of Shipping war between the N.D.L.
Orient Line and the N.Y.K. on the Bang kok run, the latter agreeing to withdraw entirely from the run on terms satisfactory to both parties. 23-Professor Fluno lectured on * Christian
Science."
0-Annual meeting China Association. Launch of the Dock Company's towboat David Gillies. Withdrawal of British gunboats from the West River patrol on settlement of claims against the Chinese Government for piratical attacks on British craft.
FEBRUARY.
3-Hongkong defeated Shanghai by 3 goals to
nil in the interport football contest. 4-United Services also defeated the visitors, the final score being 1-0-Kowloon Pigeon Show.
5-H.E. the 'Governor presents, prizes at the
Royal Sanitary Institute.
6--Tatsu Maru No. II arrested by Chinese near Macao, for alleged smuggling of arms into Chinese territory.-Legislative Council pass a resolution of sympathy with the Portuguese nation on the assassination of the King and Crown Prince.
9-An explosion on the s.s. Nerite at Kowloon
Docks resulting in the death of two Chinese: 11-Opening day of annual race meeting. 12-Mr. William Danby died at the Government
Civil Hospital, the result of an accident. 20-Hongkong A.D.C. produce "The Liars."-
Baluchi sports at Kowloon. 24-Annual Meeting Hongkong Chamber of
Commerce.
26--Horticultural Society's Annual Show.
MARCH.
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5-Important Legislative Council meeting at which the new Public Health Ordinance was introduced.
13-Mr. Mody presents $35,000 for the erection of a building to be used as a mission to
seamen.
15-Mr. Rennie on behalf of Mr. H. N. Mody communicated to the Government an offer of $150,000 towards the cost of founding a university in Hongkong.
16 Dispute between China and Japan regard. ing the seizure of the Tatsu-maru settled, China agreeing to release the ship, salute the Japanese flag hoisted on the ship, pay com- ⚫pensation and punish the officials responsible
for the seizure.
17-Mr. Murray Stewart elected to represent the Chamber of Commerce on the Legislative Council in the absence of the Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett.
18-Death of the Portuguese Consul-General
Romano.
19-Chinese flagship fired a salute of 21 guns to the Tatsu-maru, and the Japanese Consul hoisted the flag to the mainmast to indicate the vessel's release from capture. 20-Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Hedworth
Lambton, C.B., arrived in Hongkong. 21-Admiral Moore left Hongkong for England. 22-Sir Robert Hart, Inspector-General of Customs, left Peking on twelve months' leave of absence.
25 Death in England of Mr. F. O. Seaton, British Vice-Consul at Macao from 1898 to 1906.
27-Chinese property owners present Mr. J. Orange with an address, on his leaving the colony 28-Hongkong Regatia,
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Hospital.
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29-The Hon. Dr. Ho Kai re-appointed an | 5-Death of Mr. H. van Varohmin, German
unofficial member of the Legislative Council Consul for Pakhoi and Holhow, for a further term of six years. 30-Chinese at Canton resolved to boycott |
Japanese goods as a protest against what they regarded as the humiliating conditions of settlement in the Tatsu-maru affair. 31-Sir John Jordan, H.B.M's Minister at
Peking, arrived in Hongkong.
APEIL.
4-Four suspects arrested in connection with
a murder at Shatin,
5-Closing cruise of Corinthian Yacht Club. B-Cameron Highlanders leave Hongkong. 14 Suicide of Mr. A. H. Rennie. 16-Junk Bay Flour Mill suspended operations. 18-Drawing of lots by proprietors of opium divans at Shanghai to determine which shops should be closed by July 1st. 359 establish- ments were drawn, being one-fourth of the whole. Hongkong Football Club win the shield.
20-Hongkong Milling Co. goes into liquida- tion.-Lusitano lub annual athletic sports. ---Signs of a serious rising noted in Annam. 24-Imperial Edict issued disranking Roman
Catholic missionaries. 25-V.R.C. annual sports meeting. 30-Important debate on the Public Health and Building Ordinance in the Hongkong Legislative Council.
MAY.
2-Centenary celebrations at Italian Convent, Hongkong-New Chinese Post Office opened at Swatow-Hongkong Cricket Club defeated the L.R.C. in the annual tennis match by 60 games to 39.
5-Imperial Government telegraphed to Hong- kong stating that steps must be taken to close the opium dens in Hongkong.
7--Lady Lugard left for England owing to indisposition.-Sir Henry Berkeley, KC, is appointed a member of the Legislative Council during the absence of the Hon. Mr.
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H. E. Pollock K. C.
8-Hongkong Schools' annual sports. 14-Unveiling of memorial in King's Park to the sailors of French destroyer Fronde who lost their lives during the typhoon of 18th September, 1905.
16-Senhor Continho, having resigned the
Governorship of Macao, left for Europe. 28-Strong protest made by the Hongkong Legislative Council against the Home Government's peremptory orders to close the opium divans.
JUNE. 3-Retirement of Consul-General Mansfield of
Canton.
4 Discussion on Public Health and Buildings
Ordinance in Legislative Council. 6-Colonel Martin, P.M:O. of Hongkong, drowned accidentally in Lake Chuzenji, Japan.
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8-Wreck of the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co.'s s.8. Powan off Lantao Island. 10-Japanese unveiled a memorial to the
Russian dead at Port Arthur, 15--Ratepayers meeting at Amoy decided to
close the opium divans within two months of | the issue of a proclamation. 18-Important paper by Mr. C. Clementi on-
opium smoking in China and Hongkong published.
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19-8.8. Loongsang collided with a junk, two of
the junk's crew being drowned. 20-Great flood up the West River doing
incalculable damage.
22-Commodore Stokes received intimation of his promotion to the rank of Rear-Admiral. 23-Important decision of Chief Justice in the
Shatin murder trial.
26-Telegram received that H.M. the King had been pleased to confer on the Hon. Mr. Wei Yuk the C.M.G., decoration and to appoint Mr. J. Dyer Ball & Companion of the Imperial Service Order. 27-A Marine Court of Inquiry reprimanded the Captain and Second Officer for the loss of the 8.8. Poroan,“
JULY. 1-Suicide of Captain Ross Cox of the Indo-
China Steam Navigation Co. 2-Government donate a sum of $30,000 towards the relief of the sufferers by the floods in South China.
4-American Independence Day celebrations in
Hongkong.
9–Outbreak of cholera at Canton. 10-Bazaar organised by Chinese held in Hong- kong in aid of the relief of sunerers by the great flood along the West River. 11-Formal opening of Kowloon Cricket Club -
Pavilion; Mr. Mody, the President, presented with a silver souvenir. 14-Death of Mr. Guy Blood. 18-Coxswain and crew of the steam launch Kam Shun presented with medals for saving life at the wreck of the Powan A fire in Canton destroyed 48 houses. 21-A telegram announced that the Privy Council had allowed the appeal in the famous trade-mark case, Leuba Freres v. Ullmann & Co., with costs in Messrs. Ullmann and Co.'s favour.
23-Legislative Council decided to take over
the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund. 27-Another disastrous typhoon overtakes the Colony, causing extensive damage to property and some loss of life.
28 The extensions at the Naval Yard Hong-
kong completed.
30-Fire in Des Voeux Road.-Chief Justice
robbed of a quantity of jewellery."
AUGUST,
1-Serious fire in the German Legation Quar-
ters, Peking.
5-Chinese Bazaar at Canton opened in aid of
the relief of sufferers by the Floods. 6-The House of Lords granted special leave to appeal to the eight Chinese witnesses who were committed for perjury by His. Honour the Chief Justice of Hongkong in the famous Wong Ka Chuen case-Government decide to proceed with the building of the typhoon shelter at Mongkoksui, defraying the cost by an increase in the light dues. 12-Hongkong defeat Shanghai in the inter- port polo match by 11 goals to 7: H.E. the Governor presented the winners with the Keswick Cup.
13-Interport polo teams entertain by mem-
bers of the Hongkong Club. 17-Senhor Rocada, Macao's new governor,
arrived in Hongkong.
21-First prosecutions take place at the Police Court under the new Public Health and Buildings Ordinance.
26-British steamer Dunearn foundered in a typhoon off Goto Islands, with a loss of 50 lives
30-Rev. Alfred Iliff died at Peak Hospital
Following a letter published in the Daily Press, the Government take preliminary steps for the formation of an Emergency Volunteer Corps to save life during typhoons.
SEPTEMBER.
2-Corinthian Yacht Club defeat V.R.C. in the final for the Water Polo Shield by 1 goal to
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nil. 9- H.E. the Governor invests the Hon. Mr..
Wei Yuk with the order of C.M.G. 11-Diamond Jubilee celebrations at French
Convent.
15-Mr. G. L. Tomlin, secretary to the China
Fire Insurance Co., died in London. 18-River cruiser Kiang Ta, built to the order. of the Canton Government, launched at the- Hongkong and Whampos Docks. 19-Middlesex Regiment polo team defeated the civilian team in the final for the West Kent. Cup by six goals to nil. HE. the Governor presented the Cup. 20-Governor unveils memorial window at St. John's Cathedral, erected to perpétuste the memory of Bishop Hoare. 23——Annual meeting of V.R.C, 24-Presentation of the Estimates at Legis-
lative Council by H. E. the Governor, 28-Lord and Lady Northcete arrive in Hongkong. Suicide of Mr. Reginald Harding.
M. Johnston,
30 Death of Mr. L.
Postmaster-General.
OCTOBER.
1-Annual meeting of Amateur Athletic Association.-F. H. Cornell killed at Mesars. Butterfield and Swire's new godowns, Kowloon. 15-Coroner committed architect for trial in connection with the Yaumati Building collapse.
16-Interport shooting contest won by Singa-
pore.
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