THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LXX.]
Far Eastern News
Leading Articles:--
AND
China Oberland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
The Science of Ethnology
British Interests in China
The Spanish Military Operations Aeronautics
China and the Opium Question
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HONGKONG, MONDAY, 2ND AUGUST, 1909.
The number of cholera cases in the Philip- PAGE pines was greatly increased last week end by
the large mortality in Cagayan Valley.
The Sicawei Observatory reading on the 22nd inst. the temperature at Shanghai as 100,
gave which is the highest record since 1900.
merican Judge has ruled that the An 92 revised Ordinances of the City of Manila are 33
null and void because of the Jack of proper 93
publication.
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Hongkong and the Navy League Typhoon Signals
Random Reflections
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Hongkong News
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The Hongkong University Scheme
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A Distinguished Visitor
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Death of Mr. F. A. Gardiner
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Death of Captain Robson
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Supreme Court.
Another Piracy
Perfectly Scandalous “.............
Disturbance in a Hairdressing Saloon
The Tragedy at Murray Barracks
Street Fighting at Wanchai
Public. Vehicles
The Use of Fertilizers in Japan
Correspondence : -
The Typhoon bignals
The Macao Opium Farm
Trade With Tibet......
Canton News
Gold Mining in the Philippines
A Mysterious Disappearance in the Philippines
Railways and Tramways in North China
Death of Mr H. W. Fraser
Death of Mr. H. W. Hine
Shipping Notes
Diplomats in Peking
Death of an Old Iloilo Merchant
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The pair of gold flower vases, which H M the Koreau Emperor presented to Prince Ito recently, weigh nearly 25 pounds and are valued at 45,000 yen.
98 Although last year was a bad one for trade 101 Bangkok trade showed a continuation of the increase which has taken place in former years. The rice export is of course the principal figure. The death is announced of Dr. Wheatley, a 102 very old resident of Singapore, who had latterly been engaged as a ship's surgeon on a 103 coolie ship running between China and the 13 Straits.
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Mr. Lindsey Smith, the new assistant Judge 104 of H.B.M.'s Supreme Court at Shanghai, ar- 104: rived in the Northern settlement last week, 104
having travelled out via Siberia, accompanied by his wife.
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Nastine. a much vaunted specific against leprosy, is being experimented with on a large scale in Jara. News of its alleged success in India aroused such high hopes among lepers 'at a Government asylum in that island that, to help them, subscriptions were raised among the public for a supply of nastine, which has just arrived and been forwarded to the asylum.
Mr. Charles J. Roberts, manager of the Bangkok branch of the Standard Oil Co. of New York, was arrested at Penang on July 16th on the Japanese steamer Bingo Maru, on a charge of embezzling ticals 3,000. The ma gistrate remanded him till next day, when formal evidence was heard and a remand was granted till Friday, the 23rd inst. Buil was allowed in the sum of $4,000.
It
appears to have encountered a fresh obstacle at The Japanese Sugar Refining Company
the very outset of its resuscitated career. has no money to pay its taxes. A sum of 70,000 yen became due on account of business tax and income tax on the 1st of June, but the Company has not yet succeeded in collecting funds to meet the obligation. What step will ultimately be taken is a matter of conjecture.
Ou the 2nd instant, says the Japan Daily Mail, the Home Department granted the application of the Yokohama Municipality to raise a foreign loan of £716,500, the issue price to be 98, and the sum received by the Munici pality 94. The debt will be unredeemed for 15 years and will be thereafter paid off in 30 years.
Mr. E. A. Leggatt, of the Eastern Extension ..105 Telegraph Co., who has for the past ix months been stationed at Foochow, has been transferred to Singapore. He has been succeeded at Foo-The issuing banks are the Industrial, Parr's
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Taotai Jeme and Dr. Morrison
Notes from Japan
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Agreement Actions at Shanghai
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Company Meeting:---
The Indo-China Steam Navigation Co., Ld.
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Company Report:
The Hongkong Canton and Macao Steamboat
Company. Limited
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Half-Yearly Dividends
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China's Trade in 1:08
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The Chinese Coffin Tree
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Far Eastern Telegrams
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Commercial Depression in Japan.
Plague Prevention Work at Shanghai Japaese Insurance
Commercial
Shipping
chow by Mr. M. C. Ruddock.
Admiral Li Chun is reported to be energeti- cally reorganizing the water police administra tion along the West river. This step is taken in order to give a foreign country no excuse
for interfering with China's internal adminis
trution.
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and the Hongkong and Shanghai, the brokers being Messrs. Panmure and Gordon. There are the usual commissions.
On the morning of the 21st inst. Rear-Admiral Teragaki, of the Japanese Southern Squadron, paid an official visit to Macao on the gunboat Uji. The Admiral was received with the hon. Mr. f. A. Olsen, who for some years past hours due to his rank, a guard of honour being los held the position of First Berthing Officer ill hanghai Harbour and Woosung, died of sun- stroke last week. The deceased
wus about
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Hongkong eclechly Dress,
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ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
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thirty-six years of age and was a nativo of Norway.
The new President of the Board of Posts and Communications has after due considera- : tion, decided to carry out the following re. forms: (1), to link up the railways by tele- graph; (2) to establish a mail steamship service; and (3), to open a college of telegraphy. In order to additionally carry on the ware. housing business, the Yokohama Dock Co. has : concluded a loan of one million yen with Messrs. Sale and Frazar. The loan is endorsed by the One Hundredth Bank and is redeemable within three years, the rate of interest being 6.6 per cent. per annum.
An appeal to the Full Court at Shanghai has The German Mail of the 30th June arrived been lodged against the judgment of Mr. Justice per s.s. Goeben on the 28th ultimo.
Bourne in the case of the s.s. Norman Isles v. Messrs. Gibb, Livingtone & 0. The claim was The French Mail of the 2nd July arrived for Tls. 1,526 paid for receiving, storing and per ss. Tonkin on the 2nd inst
delivering cargo, and the Acting Judge found for the plaintiffs with costs.
FAR EASTERN NEWS.
Count Arco-Valley, who was German Minister in Tokyo from 1901 to 1906, has died at Rio de Janeiro,
The Board of Trade have awarded a piece of plate to Captain Carl Ludwig Rosiefsky, master of the German steamship Kohsichang, of Bremen, in recognition of his services in rescu- ing the survivors of the shipwrecked crew of the British steamship Charterhouse, of Singa pore, which foundered in Hainan Straits during a typhoon on September 29th, 1906.
posted at the naval wharf. His Excellency called upon H.E. the Governor, who an hour later returned the visit on board the Admiral's ship. An official dinner was subsequently given in the Admiral's honour at Government House, many of the leading officials being present.
According to the Asahi a meeting of the Diplomatic Corps was held at Peking on July 10 to consider, among other things, the extension of the settlement at Shanghai, and the Huangpu Conservancy. It was decided that the foreign houses built outside the Settlement and to the North of it ought to be included in the Sottle- ment. It was also decided to ask the Chinos0 Government to set aside Tls. 8,000,000 for the completion of the Huangpu Conservancy work. The Ministers who were present were those of Great Britain, Spain and Japan; the other Legations were represented by their Secretaries. An interesting legal question has arisen in connection with the arrest at Penang of Mr. C. J. Roberts on a charge of embezzlement from the Bangkok Office of the Standard Oil Co. The warrant for arrest was issued by the British Court on the 9th July and sent to the police for execution, being returned by them on the 13th with the intimation that they were unable to find Mr. Roberts in Siam. It is contended that the warrant was issued after the treaty was ratified, and this is the point in dispute. It is said that the Treaty was not actually ratified in London until fire o'clock on the afternoon of the 9th., ... six or seven hours later in Bangkok.
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