Hong Kong Telegraph 1909-12-31
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- Hong Kong Telegraph 1909-12-31
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Hong Kong Telegraph 1909-12-31
Year: 1909
HOGMANAY. NEW YEAR'S EVE CUSTOMS. EMPEROR'S SIMPLE LIFE. PERSONAL EXPENSES AS A DAY. A CURIOUS FACT ABOUT LONDON. BY ONE WHO HAS TESTED IT. LORDS OF OTHER LANDS. THE UPPER HOUSE IN FOREION PARLIAMENTS. ON SIMILAR LINES. HUNGARY'S "HOUSE OF MAGNATES." IN SUNNY SPAIN. HEAD HUNTING IN BORNEO. A SURVIVAL OF BARBARIC TIMES. FREEDOM OF THE CITY. WHAT IT REALLY MEANS. A CARGO OF CHINAMEN. A STAY IN SAGHALIEN. ACCOUNT BY AN AUSTRALIAN LADY. BIPLOMATIC LONDON. STORIES OF FOREIGN AMBISSADORS. INFANT PRODIGIES. THEIR ROCKET - LIKE CARRER AND DECAY. MADMAN WHO BARKS LIKE A DOG. REVIEW OF HONGKONG TRADE IN 1909. BRIGHTER PROSPECTS FOR SHIPPING. RECORD PRICES FOR OPIUM. A BOOM IN RUBBER. SUGAR AD RICE STAPLES STEADY. EFFECTS OF THE LIQUORS ORDINANCE. MAGISTRATES REPRELANDED. WHOLESALE EXECUTIONS. BOAT FATALITY. NEW PROVINCIAL TREASURER. LADY YUAN SHU HSUN. DENUNCIATION. A CINESE AIR - SHIP. RAILWAY PREDIENTSHIP. LIKIN COLLECTIONS. CHIEF OF POLICE. SULPHUR AND SALTPETRE MONOPOLY. DISTRICT CENSUS. STAMP DUTY. P RACY. PROVINCIAL TREASURER. SALT MONOPOLY. A DEASTIC PROPOSAL. EMBRICANS IN CHINA.THROUGH OCCIDENTAL EYES. THROUGH OLLIDENTAL EYES. A CHINESE REDEMPTION SCHEME. GUNBOAT "RIL LIMA." BOUGHT I