No. 7496--ArouST 26, 1887.1
A CORRESPONDENT write, suggesting -- several means by which our recurit acquisi. tion the inland of Socotra--may be ren dered more meful.Ilo saya-Tho British havo jist taken over Socotra and livisted their flag there There are, however. hany things that must be done in order to make the place useful to us. First of all, it wants a light on it N.B. ond, which night be seen 20 to 20 miles. If such a High had existed the Oder would not have come to grief. Ships would then steer to sight the light and pass to the Northward of the island in smooth water during the south-wast monsoon. They would thus be wreeks or losses would be heard, of about Cape Guardsfui. But what I think de- serves must attention is the admirable manner in which the island is adapted for forming a garden from which we could om vitar aden. I remetabering, some seven years ago, the botn is that went over it, They are delighted with the island and said it would grow anything, tea, Bugar, coffee, cotton &s. The beat aloes-in the world grow there, and dragua's blood trees may be found growing wild all over the island. There is plenty of It is water, and a warm temperature.
MEETING OF
THE CHINA MAIL.
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in ita effect on the nose was forofl up, and He Barie quite agreed with Mr-MacEwen to let this claus stand over. The Defendant I don't know. I saw their content with a narrowly defined range of I am given to avderstand that this in the that the house owners should have the Executive had had the matter before urea, but when I looked for them again they vocables--with the terms, for example, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Caso when these drains are ventilated inside power to get their own contractors. *** when and were advised of curtain of were gone, 3 suppose he had destroyed wanted for a profession or for the mannges
The Surveyor Gonbral said this provi- pedients which it might be premature then,
#sent of a household, But it takes a Gör moeting of the Legislativo Council was the house. Perhaps me has frisud on my
His Lordship-You absolutely swear that a residing in England, and asking the held this afternoon. There were present right (the Surveyor General) may have sien had been madis because it was to mention yet. They would do every-
language his business, a your to learn Eng L. Major General Cameron, Acting Go on thing to any opposition in this alsolitely necessary for the Bound to thing, however, they could meet excep-you saw then I de
have security that only such persons tional Disas vernor His Himank Mr Justice Russell, view, however.
Bagi Juro, ju; the ship loyusght of the fish well, and at the end of it the conversa Aotine Chief Jpaties; Hon, P. Stewart
The whole of Party was he allowed to defendant, gave corroborative evidence tion will slip perhaps twice a day out of The Surveyor General-Se far from would to employed as 'were haten is.
Ha atated that plaintiff took bot the range of his knowledge. A year's Acting Colonial Secretary, Hon, E. J. having any riowe to oppose to those It was his experience aliouat woolly that stand orer.
Sectiuni 70 to 74 of Part VI were relegate of beer evorg horning and even study of that kind, much of it invaluntary, Ackroyd, Acting Attorney General; Hon. of my hon. friend I rise entirely to support the house-drains that were put into Chiteru
Lister, Colonial Treasurer: Hou. J. M. what he is said. Those proposed ventila honses sie, to a technical vulgar phriood to the Building Ordinance.
ing and usually soccal drinke dering in equivalent for a student learning the first read na the class. He also occasionally stood drinks foreign tingae in his own country, to at Prico, Surveyor Gental; Hon. H. Gtors for housetrains would be extremely to engineering, cap work. The aysten Boptions be was amended to Thotteet Harbon: Marter Han: P. Ryrjo, dangers if there were not at the same time would continue unleg there was super follow-No person shall construct except to his friends the ind, soon him give least three years of steady application i
The officers of the Board wereia on hospital" any water-closet laving any bottles of liquor away. Bon. Wong Shing, Bon. A P. MacEwen, some kind of ventilation for the main sowers, is
through a good section of each day. How Hon. J. Bell Irving, tan. O. P. Chuter and my hon. friend is perhaps aware that limited in-namber and during the intervals communication with any underground pu His Lordship, commenting on the unsatial may English lada who funny bitey are learn. and MrGutierres (Acting Clerk of Councils steps are buing taken to urget A shaft over of inspection the semp work wouldbe done. be sewer or private destuur without inctory evidence given by the plaintif and ing Franch or Gorman devote that amount r even a faint approximation The Colonial Secretary Jaid on the table the main sewers. In is not the less ablute-herefore his used friend long discut persion of the Sanitary Board any in the fact that the, defendant and the last of time to it, or e
Ly neomary, however, to extend this venti- sign, and his honorable friend The Officer Administering the Govern lation to private tenements, and if we have MacEwen) quite agreed with posito (Bir | urinal having such connection and any witness had sworn that Thompson's drink to that amount? They never give a fifth..
them in this | sách existing water-closet sbull, bo the following millutes
a tenth, and never Lemon put the estimate for the remainder advancing beyond beginnings, never over- - ment recommends the Counet to vote the both the private drains and the public matter-resolved to make up a list of tract moved by Chas owner upon his being roll out to $26 in May, said that Mr and very seldum
Duntractors in the Colony and to quired by the Biar to effect such re of the three months very moderately. Become the initial disgust which all labour Hot was not likely that the Board world reject With regard to section 69 providing privinto $1.94 which he admitted, sad, would fow, Lads constantly give four hours a day Clark to the Municipal Valner at the rate what has been done by every prominent of 840 per month, for 3 months,... $1200 board at home and with admirable results.
The Officer Administering the Govern- Hon. Mr. Rytis-Is this being under-
any contractor she gave a guarantee that for factories, the last clause was nuend-made no order ne ta costs.
to Latin for eight months a year for seven he would do the work right: Bad draingod - tu rend all such privies shall be
years, and thon cannot translate at sight, or mont recommends the Council to vote the taken?
The Surveyor General-Unquestionably ware worse than no draus, and he saw regulated by such bye-law as the
weite a good Latin Istfor offhand, to save uin of 92,050 for the purchase of 60 Cranku.
CORRESPONDENG S
their lives; yet they think they, can learn for the use of prisoners in Victoria Gaol, as they are boing undertaken and many ara inauthing, short of the provisions in the Sanitary Board may make
Sectionis 77, 79 and 79 of Part VII were Crank labour is so much felt, and therefore existence now. But whether they are un-claues to ensure efficient drainego
The Chief Justice maintained that the relegated to the Building Ordinance, and MOUNTAIN DEW AND IS POSSIBLE Gorman by roading two hours a week for Reffective a deterrent to crime, and co-durtaken or not want hy sine means of
DANGERS. -
three terms. Bu thinking, they waya seently so important pondération, compelling the ventilation of house drains werding of the clause was almost exactly the consideratic at Suction 10 was ad
To the Editor of the "Dinas Madissatisfied with the result, agus than especially with our limited prison acon public saver is cut off from the private mendod.
The Aoting Attorney General The Ritailarto what Mr Chadwick saitland recom-journad.
The Council then adjourned till this
Aur. 20.
lvea o natural incapacity, aik hats the modation.
Bower by a trap, so that those private ven- His Excellendy pointed out that oven week. tilators would only form the sewer pipe to with the good workmen at Home supervi the house..
sion was absolutely necessary The drain- A CLERK AND HIS REFRESHMENTS ngu niet be thoroughly well dine and-thuy- mast arra the Banrd with the "necessary.
As far as be power to unsure this.
To the Suiomery Court to-day, before Mr under stood the matter thure would be a number 4. J. Losch, Acting Puiene Judge, a of these contractors. The work would clerk named R. A. Thath psón, lately in the not be enfined to two or three men.
The Surveyor General-Yes, there will be employ of Mr George Linon, bring
house koopor, sned the later for 239, being a large number.
the balance of wages due to the plaintiff for the months of May, June and July last........
able to pase in sbsoluta fets, and no more aum at $120-for-the-salary-of-a-Copying sewers ventilated, we all then have done the work done by these people. It moval. The italics show the amendinents) i would therefore order the defendant to pay immediately profitable pires all but a fory
THE PUBLIC HEALTH BILL.
The Qouncil renmod consideration of the Fablic-aith-Bill-at-soutions 40 and 41, which are followe
Buch Bye Lawa
40. Any officers er peraue authorised in that behalf by the Board may enter at any reasonable time during the day or night, and inspect any premises where they have ground for believing that any porson has 70 milaslong, by 22 miles broadescantly suffered frou or died of any such there are hills in the centre 4000 foot high disuse, or that nocessity may otherwise and it is only about 500 miles from Aden exist, for executing in ruintis to such
premises-any. and the entrance of the Red Sea. We have got a grand island if we could only realies Now that is and make good use of its Aden is to be made a great place and have about 4000 troops, Socotra would soom as if placed there by Nature to be dome a store-house for And in order
41. When aur auch rulaation is in force, and upon any evidence that the Board may doom autücient that any premises aro a overcrowded, as to be injurious to health, the Board shail h power to make such Order as it shall see it to abate sach overcrowding, and the household, tonant,
3.
Ben Mr BareThat line not rot booz donc,
The Acting Attorney General-It will be done next article.
The Surveyor General said thisBill would effect what bad never been dung efficiently before in Hongkong that every house-drain. was, trapping, of
would have the effect of shuting off the sover gas from the private drains, and therefore, the only evil that would have to be contented ghinst would ba o sewer gas that generated within the premises, because the sower yes from the main drains would not be able to gain access to the house.
It
The Acling Attorney General under- or occupier of such premises who shailstood that the house drains would always- perait such overcrowding to continue after be trapped twice.
His Excellency-You have already, such Order shall havo been served on him
BILL
his dag.
and
I
bo-ED U. M.
at Adquand-I-am sure that when the apply merely intime of, an opidemis, ng provision for ventilating his house way of doing eficient work according 801 858.8, leaving only 81.94 das already robols during the last month. The Andir's
300 then had been there a year and had re ported on tho place, thousands would find their way thither. I ara convinced that if policy of this nature were adopted, that in 23 years Socotra would become la suust im
purtat paying Colony,
He
A HET Officer of Paris has been for ten years gathering statistics about rata. fada that there are annually idell at the abattburs, the markets, 'tanfieries, etc., and
1,720,000 of the rodents.
His Excellency-As far as I understood, The Acting Attorney General said-With rect in the ectiona, consideration of my hon. friend only wanted an explanation them was adjourned from last week up there being no amendmentent I hope he au observation by the Acting Chief is antinfled.
Hon. Mr RyrioI only hope, Your Ex Justes respontang the powers of cycellency, that no person will think of mag- It has to be remembered that they, when, Isobmit, it in dost necessary that the drain until the other arrancament is com dauilary Authorities should be armed with gloted, because he is liable if he does so, to
in from the main sover... extra and extraxedinary powers of entry get the He quoted from the Pablo health act of The Surveyor General-He can's it it is 1875 to show that whenever any portion of Hon Mr Ryrie, but I suppose for
of trapped. or infections disease, the Local Government will not enforce, this till you have completed Beards have power to make and from time thoothar arrangement
mot
by rat-autohers in the sewera, no less, then vessel for the purpose of executing or jup- lows o ventilating-pipe.of any drain shaft with this, they had made za altoration to which he entered in his book far the monthrived in Cabul recently comprised 946
MR. Macbean, formerly of the Charterai there, shot himself on the afternoon of the Lat far, in his office gharry, whilst prooood. ing home, having proviously bought a pistol from Maassa. Manton and Company. No gaues is assigned. The death was almost instantaneous Bombay Gusstle.
Accvadive to a telegram in the Indian papers, à discussion took place in the House of Commons on 11th August, on Egypt
daring which Me Labouchere at gmatized the misaton of Sir Henry Drummond
erintensling the oxycution of any regulation.
10
There being no opposition, the sections were then agreed to..
With regard to Section 51, the Asting Attorney General said that some Chinose who waited on him lied saived an objection to the last clause, and no such waste pipe ur down pipa shall be brought down any external wall or retaining wall when such From the representation mads to him he wall looks upon any public thoroughfar |
was under the impression that they believed that this applied to
pips for
of
May was 81.42. There wore some other thansand sowars under Syed Mahomed chits signed by hit in June, he did not Kazi.
According to the local paper the Amir of know to what amount, but he gao-a chit
for
Mahumed Azún, a great tribal chief, whe
Wolf to Constantiùople se a breach of the Sections 47 13 and 4 were adoped water and they complained that | There were a great number of natives who lacet and one large bottle of port vine has only lately submitted to the Amir,
without comment.
it would be very inconvenient indeed were they obliged to bring down these pipes in front of their shops Er other buildings. But this section applied only to waste pipes, sewage and ratuss water, to be
oamistances indeed if these pipes were put
it
was. im-
LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES. (Spectator)
A DISMNCTION
Phihdelphia-Man
What is the difference between a Boston woman of culture and a New York ditto ?
ladelphis Msn: Woll, the Buston worsh Friend: Don's know. Give it up. Phi- admires nothing she understands, and the New York woman undertonds nothing sho
adaitres."
Quotations
HONGKONG, August. 26: OPIUM-Now Patna, zsh,., 480
Old
Coash, 456 Now Bouares, cash, 470. Old
cash, 4674 New Malwa, caab 925
* Allowance, Trels... 40/48
Old Malwa, gosh,... 56070 Allowance, tra.. 49/2 Persian, Oily, dash480/630 Allowance, Tacts. None Persian, Paper tie 2515500 Allowanca Taela Nove to
Exobange
HONGKONG, August 26.
Rank, Wire,
* On dengan
*
30 days fight,
4 months'
mor
Credits 4.
Documentary, & moitlas".
On Paria
On demand, Credit 4 months sight
Ben Kork
On demand.... Csalita, 60 days sight, Cn.Eombay
On demand,
On demand,
On Th
-On÷deaïsät
3) Jaya" digit Gold Leaf, 100 Ans. Sacarourua, An
Temperature.
SIR, -During the summer months, as you study and the touchor ab. ut oqually. That are aware, the sildiers of the Garrison are, bluuder we are, ounvicted is the very root turn abant, quartored at their Sanitarium. of the English failure to learn lang nages, and would draw attention to a fast frequently until it is thoroughly indicated the English happening, viz., dat e suidior coming fada will never compete with Germans fr down from the Sanitario by the Magazine work cogniting solid linguistic knowledge. Road, when vory much worse for drink, Teachers of any independence night posi almost unable, except by a iniracle, to walk tively to refuse to teach upon the present of ron. The road ou tu right hand side system as bringing discredit upon them- coming down is very dangerous, there are Bulves, and fathers to insist that if tha many pracipitous places, also the railway languages are taught, a anfolent division bridge still waits for the railings for proteo of the week's time should be sus spart for Mr Macken-Am I to understand that
iou on either side. A greater lurch of any them, Englishren are sensible upon most landlord can ouploy the contractor be
than in such a condition would inevitably points, though education is not, perhaps, Surely their strongest; but they will have it there thinks st
The defendant admitted only $1.2fend him to almost certain death The Surveyor General-If he is contrar
eory of the cumeades of puch man, might royal road to modern languages, and or know to the Board, there is no objee the debt and stator that the plaintiff, bad at least load the victim dawn the hill sud there is not: tion.
Mr Ryrie-Making a list would bo objeo-received wash and drinks for the remainder, see him sutely in Cork It is very on tionable; some contractors might possibly My Hulmes, who appeared for the plain-pleasant all as alarming for pedestri
to meet men who ate not quite sure which sell their contracts to others.
His Excellency said they had that danger til ditted that the defendant had paid is their side of the path.
*X bedrovide against. They had the same $21, but the present claim allowed for the difficulty to contend with in the anny where deduction of that amount from the threate for sober people--for any unfortunate [Some purtions of the road are not. too to dovalop the place best, I think Chinelleit a sure not exoceding, ons hund-belleva, some of those largo ventilating une contractur sublot to another. Did -in-the placato daw the labour from.
red dollars for every day during which such shafts on the maramor, and I understand the Honorable gentleman press lk.rection? months' wages of the plaintiff. He was also who has been celebrating highirthday
Mr MealwonThe clause is not satis-Prepared to admit any obite signed by the those dangers are about as great as they can The condition of things is exactly, suited to overorawding shall continue, and in default they are working admirably, are they nat?
The Surveyor General They are, Sir...fastory to me. I have lind many plaintiff which Mr Lemon night produce.
Mr Lewon said the plaintiff's-dria ks. the Chinese patient, steady hand labour. If of payment he shall be liable to imprison-
Hon. Mr Ryrie-We well requico a good versation with the Chiace on this ment for any poriod not exceeding throe
and I have had a great deal of information for the month of Blay amounted to 126. some 300 men were sent there-farmore,
many yet, I think.
THE REBELLION IN AFGHANISTAN. months.'
about Government work, which this is not and he made an additional claim of
Lahore, August 2. Tlio intest news re- men to breed eattle, ahoep, pigs, poultry.
Plain garding the Ghilzai rebellion shows that e., Aling with sarpenters, roddmakers, all
the time or place to-mention. It would be $10.76 for the mouths of June more satisfactory if the house owners had July making the total $36.76.
several severe bat indecisive actions were an opportunity of employing their own musu siff had received 82132 in cash, no. working inon and no idlers, they would
that altogether of his three months wages fought between the Amir's troops and the and paying their own prices. soon and a ready market for thoir produes
His Excellency-You mean an economical at the rate of $20 a month he had
General is trying to slarve out the rebels, to the eupervision. Of course if they did it The plaintif, having gone into the wit-who are harassing his troops with incessant in an indifferent way, as explained by the test box, stated in reply to his Lundehip watching and countermarching and guerilla Surveyor General, the contractor conid that his duty as clerk to the defendant, warfare, Gholam Hyder bus, after three Who was master of a club in Wellington months' campaigning, abandoned entirely easily do it very much-cheaper. donate the satisfaction of the Board as
Mr MacEwen I propose that the work be Street, was to look after the chits, and tako the Southern Gbila ountry, east of | Gandahar, on the Calui roult mitch of it charge of
of the paco generally. His Balary guarantee that the work is properly done. Was 811 month, and during the three boen tu it waste, hit the rebela iave als Mr. Rytis seconded Mr MacEwen'e mo- months he was in the plaintiffs employ ravaged the Durani country along their to time to altor régulations with reference The Surveyor General-Oh, both tuge-tion. He had had a large experience of ont le get on account of wages. This borders The Amir has failed to arouse the ty-house-to-houas visitation. The 197th the
contract work and he had seen in instance he got in July. During the time he was ancestral hatred of the Daranis against the section of that Act, he went on to say,
Hon. Mr Ryrie then expressed his satis-in which estimates varying as ranch as ur defendant's uporabne he had retroan bilis. It is now the fidelity of his not-On-London
$4700 and 88000 wers went in.
mense at various times, but he always the roops-Kohistanie, Logeris, Wardaks, gage the local authorities and their officialstation with tha oxplanation. power to enter on any premises of any
Section 60 was altered, to-reach-na-fol The Acting Attorney Gansmad pointed gave a chit when he at anything and the like has has saved the Amir his out that in section 79, which was connected The amount of the chits signed by himself, threns. The Herati contingent, which ar 60, The hon. gentleman continged-An they be of a less internal diameter than four in the effect that my reasonable expouars have the power to make regulations for every case be securely sized and carried up
ches, and such ventilating-pipo shll-in could be claimed.
The Chief Justice suggested that the views Bauk, Caloutta, and rocently Bill Broker house-to-house visitation, there can clear of caros to such a height-ar-shall-of-tho honorable members.might be thet by Brything he had during that" zhunth, Cabul bas naked for co-operation against the
doubt that in these circumstances ziu England they have the power to enter effectually prevent any escape of foal air in-retaining the clause intact and adding to it The bar boy used to bring his own chits to infidels of the Shah of Bukhorn and that a without any notice whatever, I think that to any thoroughfare.
the words or to the satisfaction of the him along with the olliers every morning,eo-religionists they should preach a ichadon
"Bökhere" #Tİ but in June ho ganend bringing them against the Russians in it evor we should have the misfortuns here
Board This would give a wider latitude That, ho,paderstood, was in obedianos to Afghanistan's and in return for this help of being visited by any epidemic, it is lio-
to the Board.
Mr Lemon's instructione
The Amir has cfford to stop the scies of cessary that we also should be armail with
Mi-MacEven assopted this suggestion:
The defendant-You say you aigned right the Turkistan prorince, contiguous to Boks.” tha saine posters as the local Sanitary An-
The Surveyor General-I trust › Your" thorities in Bogiand. I box therofore to
Excellency will sue your way to slow the through for everything you had. You hare, with the name of the Shah, and.or.
The Sanitary
Defondant-Do you remember the 29th darse that prayers heuffered for his safety: Ca Cakutia propose that sections 40 and 41 be allowed
clause to stand as it is
in Afghad mosques, to stand as part of the Bill
entirely agreed to the matter--had in view of portar behind the bar --No. Board--and his honourable friend opposito
of May Yes.
Do you remember taking one big bottled by the Amir, is Hashim Khan, soir of The new Afghan Ruler of Khust appoint-
the kooring out of number of men put forward to do this work who couped, you contesterone Inge bottle of did not appreciate the advantages of Na+, the bottle of purter I might have house-drains,
had house taken, but it is so long ago that I forget. who simply drains because they were obliged to The clares and port wise I never hal
Hlia Lordship—Did you enter this large comp comply with the law; and
Every English fathor who reads th
these whether the materisi o tlum
work date of s
His Lordship - You said you did not cool words knows perfectly well that he can very desirable that the power shanid injalled her angagements' the Goverbeg (the Survagat General Asid) to make was in the reat of a house. There was
in front. The ordinary pisce for such pipos retained in the hands of the Board. As say you entered it in the book-If I had it thing gooner than foreign languages. That
is the one duty, if it falls to them, which - I would have signed for was said by the Governor and the Acting a mali and not post yixtherefore no hardship whatever it the clauss, Attorney General thors was no likelihood of His Lordship That is a different ver- they shirk, and shout which they are con
sion of the story altogether. Olive bia the toot te make pratences. We have never inches diameter instead of four inches. I The proper way, and the most souvenient the Board rejecting any man who gave a book and let him point it agt.
yet heard a quite reasonable explanation. think it is just na well to profile for a way was for them to be taken to the back-curity for doing the work properly.
Mr MacEwen The Hon member who there was no entry on the 29th of May. most popular one, sha: English lads have Plaintiff, after exomicing the book, said of a fact which everybody deplores, fur the somewhat larger diameter. I know that yard and from there into the drain dna
that once With these explanations has just apokea has alluded to li four inches is the English animum, but I public awer.
Bis Lordship asked the plaintiff to ox some natural capacity for learning langu think it would be wiser to have six.
hoped the gentlemen who waited upon him to my approval of what has taken place at would see that there was no hardship put the Sanitary Board. It is true that on the plain it it was that he seemed to conske gas, is the purest nafisense. They are n little deficient, perhaps, in the mimetio upon.
them.
information of the Surveyor Several, less drink after the month of May 1
Plaintiff said it was becating Mr. Lezion faculty which is a help to nocurate bút things,
I The section was then passed as it origin-concurred in certain all stoud, the brackets in the amended Bill-bound myself, and I reservert my right op din had come to the club one time and com- nunciation-though Italians, who possess it, boug left out.
ouss the Bill when it was propers brought plained that he had drunk twenty six dol-never quite naser Engish, and Irishmen,
Of course I bave suce
e into every who possess it, put their brogue slice are worth in May Sect. 52 was passed, With regard to before the Council.
His LordshipWhen did youease signing language, and are suriped about aqouracy, reference to varions clausee, and ordered the shits not to be given to ine.
but they beton I mode or constraction may be impractic oratus shall be
conneoted, with the construction de
when they mast, s
as any other. carried out. at do not think the hon member og Without this perhaps the attention of busy able
The defendent at this stage produced a people. They and the Russiaris, know all men immersed in eommerce would not be so
the cost and charges of the owner posito has say right to attempt to bind me
Jaia; they Hon. J. Bell Irving proposed that after of the house, either, by the Busyd or by down, to anything thoue in the Sanitary number of chits ambunting in all to $2.31, the languages of
up Italia sosily arrosted. But with their attention the word constructed in the first line,
i once arrested by this dazzling vision of the
the words in future' should be inserted,
persons approved by the Board under the Board, in regard to my position as-member which he said were all the chils belonging with murvullous rapidity and they are
the plaintiff that he batt
mez with in hundreds all over South future and its trada possibilities we may be The Acting Attorney General I would supervision of the latter,
His Lordship said he saw that these chits Amories, indistinguishable, as able to get pressure pat on the Indian Gaek my honourable friend if it is neces
As far as Mr MacEwen said-Before this section in His Excellency I think it is quite ander.
ay langu vorniment to extend railways in India and sary; because you have already got every passed I wish to say that there is a strang: stood; you may leave the matter safely for that va or six days of June ago is noncerned, from the Spanierda with The higher classes, who Butmak, so that British manfacturers may owner shall cause, and that must be, there objection on the part not only of the Chi
my bands. I do not think the lod mom-and sked the plaintiff how much he had whom they deal. get the full bonent of the 268 million custore, in the future.
nese bat of the Europeans in the Colony to ber is bound by anything of that shed during the remainder of June take trouble about Fresh, spook and read it almost as reulily, as any people. tomers within their reach there By the
the last clause which requires that "the The Chief Justice again explained that and the month of July. work shall be dana by the Board or by per his amendment, left the clause to stand
The plaintif-All I have drunk I have in Europe; and the number of porng tina this work has been done, half the potense.
signed for..
meg noong us, and especially young litioal and other difficulties in the way of
His Lordship-You have come her to Scotchmen, who knew literary German sons approved of by the Board. The 5 was and merely added the words or to the Becurtig the 400 million customers in
jection is that it is generally unnecessary in Board's satisfaction.
That the Eng map have cfap cared; and when enginee-
Mr Price said that, provided this did not tell the truth and you are sworn to tell the wall is hecmaing large. constructing drains under the direct super- ring difficulties are the only obstacles in the
and telling a different story every time. he had no objection.
ed linguist is true, as true as thut, he it will not be long before we have a WBY
The defendant having said he had no more rarely known completely any foreign litera Manila railway to Talifoo, or some other poiul în
The clause was then, with some verbal
this addition, adopted questious to put his Lordship said he tura; but then, how many Englishwen Haiphong. 20.84-88 Western China. Meantime the project ія
Some discussion took place with refera system might lead to a great dust of cordents to meet this additio
thought it was useless to put any quea master their own tongue in its niceties, or Hongkong cather premators, and there is very mushence to section 47, which is as follows
ruption and would be likely to create a without a division.
Sectiune 4 to 1 wern thou adopted with us to the plaintiff, n-yo-truth could kinn, aur group of English miilor Amoy ........... 29. more pressing work toe done nearer home. Adequate disconnexion año ventilation onopoly for the benefit of the Govarn
Part IV was be got out of him. He asked the plain- raufficiently to pass an Inforum? examina Fooches, 29.65 84 shall be provided at the end of every house required to pay for the work; and it acoma relegated to the Building Ordinance.
mant contractor. The house-owners were some verbal amendments.
tiff, however, whether he signed any chits tion A general dislike to learn, anything Shanghai.. 29.80-80 drain, by means of guily-traps, with slop
avoidable is not an incapacity to learn by Nagusaks. 90.04.90 Stranding of the Tientsin
Coming to Part section: 68, Mr in July? stons cavers or suitable iron perforated hard that if they could gets contractor,
Phuintir - Yes.
Fing languages, more especially when ther W1 osteok, 25:73 05. Telegraphis information was received this covers or gratings, and ventilating pipes, working under the supervision of the Wong Shing pointed out that a great deal
His Lordship. Well, there'snone for July always are larued by the same boys undes morning, to the effect that the China Nari placed at such points and levels, and Th Board, to to the work at a reasonable rate, of valuable property would be affected. that they should not be allowed to arlect by the provision that no new building
pressure of nooossity. Missionarios are such manner, as shall in each case.be.re:
Plaintiff-I can't account for that!!
Manila 29.8 quite average persons in intellectual power, Haiphong. 29.90 gation Go's steamer Tientsin is badly ashrequired by the Board, and every inlet to should read simply that the work should against the wall, but that a clear space these were all the shits you signed-o be a little wooden besides but no class Amoy..... 29.86
him themselves. I propose that the clause should have the basetent abutting
His Lordship-Then, why did you say and are spt from concentration of ideas in Hongkong 29.86 on Rees Island, and it is supposed she will every house drain, shall be properly trap be done to the satisfaction of the Board. of 4 feet abould he left
He point be a total loss. Bass Islands are between ped and shall be grated, or covered with By that means the house owners would be ed out that a great many houses in
of men on earthy except German professors Fucche parforated stone or ran over that shat allowed to employ their own contractora Queen's Road butted on Bauley Street, ~Swaźxw and Amoy, and it is believed that effectually prevent the introduction of any and to make their own arrangermanta as re❘ and there: wore houses in Jortuis Street worn stated that Thompson had orders to in lingulatio, sétainment. There are-i Nagsaski., 29.88 8.62°
the Tientsin was bound Nectaronato, olid substance into such inlet, and the garda cost. The question of gost, as to the similarly placed.
outer all the clits every morning among them to dozens as familiar with the Wastoak 29.89 85 91 N
book probably for Tientsin, and most likely sugar fortion of apartures of every such charges that were made by the Govecu- The Chief Justice suggested that the dis- the month of May-good deal had been fessor Darmstetter is with the folk-lors
Bs found that during folk-lore of out-of-the-way tribes 26 Pro- Dr Cover, be of not less than the sec
The Bat meter is steady in Tonquin and Iedon The bad weather reported neational aros of the pipe or drain to which it
ment, was a very large one indued, and beersion of this section should he postponed sonsumed by him and on asking the bar the Semitis peuples, and others who have
ava has fallen sowbord Gradients are alight, did not think there was any occasion to untila definition of now building was buy whether Thompson siguet for all his mastered thoroughly the so-called in The temperature and the humidity are Amoy during the last day or two will doubts fited.
ventilate it hers. I may say that I have leas have had something to do with this un section, Sir, I have been requested to call zoonived very strong objecticas from arrived at. As he undergood it an old house] drinks he was informed that he did. possible languages, learned: Chinese and frather high and cloudy weather prevails,
| Run P. Kyrie-With referenon to this
taken down for repairs to a certain length On the 29th of Magihe overhauled popular Singhaless. There is no patural with taundersforma in Borsthern Maine.—- fortunate accidant..
attention to the mattor of ventilating housesponsible Chinese in the Colony brainst would he conderet new building. There the books while Thompson was at bilia. Inospacity, and, as far as our Qosurevating Directions to take down the north wone drains. I think the ventilation of bunte being compelled to employ Government word number of house along Queen's Elu did not see any at Thingson's own extends, very little disposition to deny the were issued at 1.10p. yesterday. drains is liable to do a great deal more arm
contrasters ausi to pay Govermout rates. Road which had been iuliabited for 30 or shits entered. He spoke to his tar bey value of such Requirements, which ende than it on possibly do af pond. The ro The Acting Attorney General said there 40 years, and any of those might be burned and another boy, a Japanese, in his of families, again, prusach with energy and salt may be that, instead of ventilating the was nothing in the section which compelled or blown down by a typhoon, and they employment, and they told him Thomp reiteration. The defect must be some The following telegram, just rassiyod drain, they will admit the vapours or gates them to employ Government contractors would then, soms under the provisions of son had been taking drink and also giving where in the method of Taition, and we hore, frons Adelaide, South Australia, his frin, the main draine tnderstand and pay Government prices. He did not the section. If so it would clearly be a to his friends. They also told him about Incline to believe it is to be found.
that in England hers these things are think the Board would refuse to approve sportive of property, It occurred to him the bottles of sto
sloat, claret and port wine in two facts. Ons is that an Eng bean forwarded to 38 by the Colonial used these are always largo ventilators in of persons on whom they could Razy. that
ight be left to the Sanitary taken by him in the 20th of July. The lishman saldom earns well szcept of and hundradtan Secretary here for publication an
fiera any pressure there may be by the tractor who offered complete guarantee to to desider in which particular Cião
whouse
by the plaintiu, and that showed that leat important STR-8. Huang, in pementage of saturation, sho "grow being forced Unward as they are when the Board, the Bound wande not retest to se dosadored new and a four feet for May the euident was had besides of the time roquired by the study.mility, of nie, maturated with pastan being- the tide is full, in many large towns. Un him. There was no reason to believe the space should be made build against a rewould be his average consumption-for-a-hus an absard notion, which we have
Bumpsan Unucert, and urged the Govern ment to take steps to neutralize the effecte
The Surveyor General called attention of it, and also to reduce the burdens of to Section 45, which refers to the sizes and taxation burne by the fellshean, Sirfalle of house-trains and provides that Jaines Fergusson, Under-Secretary of State every owner shall cause-overy such drain for Foreign Affairs, in
stated that replying
to be of adequate size, such size to be sp. the Government intended absolutely_tò ai.. impossible to reduce taxation, and it Egypt that foar inches internal diameter.
stout
Taken at Messrs Falconer is Freitas,
-Quesa's Rowing
here to the present arrangements. I, prored by the Board, and ji uo cage to It would bs ander very extraordinary cir; was done perfunctorily or well. I wa5ect whether you had it or not; aad-now-you-l-trizat-his-sous-and-nephews to learn any. BAROMETER 9 AM 29:8:0
had a desire to occupy an exclusive pasion this section. tion in Egypt,
important amendment
The Aoting Attorney General-I beg to second that.
A Rangoon paper says that Europeans to Burmah are greatly indebted to Mr Hallet, and to Mr Colquhoan for the excellent work they have die To attracting the attention of British merchants to Burmah. Seeing they nee doing this work, maga a Caf cetta contemporary, one cannot be Vory critical of their methods. It is, perhaps, in necessary to hold up
hold up dazzling visions of ato puce finding 100 million customers by mere-
that
The section as stered was adopted. Suction 40, which we used, baging the following terms No drain shall be constructed-s to poes under build-
ang
ly making a railway froin Boriaah to China/ing, except to any "cASU TINEO any other Sect. 59, which provides that at work 1.regired a good deal of information Wichita After I funnd that Mr Lemon is even in their own toge
QUARANTINE IN SOUTH
AUSTRALIA.
of this Council.
to
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The Sarveror General. It is the future His Excellency my honourable friend China atisfied?
Hon. Mr Bell Irving indicated that the vision of tlie Board to entploy any person dispense with the aupervision of the Bored, truth; and yet you go ou prevaricatinglishman rarely become an Accouplish- explanation was satisfactory.
The action was therefore allowed to approved of by the Board or to have the work done by the Board itself. Buch atanḍ.
Adelaide, 26th August
Received 6.28-p.m., vis Java, Colonist Svoretary, Hongkong.
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Mr Temon, the defendant, having been would attempt to rival English missionanes Shanghal. 28.79 87 80 sew
Mr Ullmann'a and His Lordship—What do
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large ventilators are provided here Bourd would for one moment counter some other houses wore I think these others should be left out, or use any system that would lead to a fainting well, and it would be an enormous month i
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*Consequent upon Vossels arriving (at) Port Darwin from Hongkong with smell at least plused in abeyanna Of course monopoly or corruption. It was important sancities of property to insist in sach The defendant could not exactly say, be all elasses except the highest, that he sensor wn, tooling in Benaluri one has his own idea as to how that the work should be woll done and the casce upon taking away four fact. With mentioned that a bottle of beer in the pick up a modern tongua in na lims, STATE OF WELTU) bine nås, o de- these gases come up from the onsin Bosed withed to have some gaurantee for regard to new buildings whore there had morning and one in the evening would be that is, in odde and ends of this, of which the slogde, d drizzling rain, ON A BLOOMY severa. E bat some experience of MacEwen
Sit this
been no boueat there could be no objec forty cents and the other drinke during the the main bulk is devoted to other studie, hair lightning, o overcast, 3) pd wing showers, propose to gira putthat tion, as the purchases would know the day would range from five miles on he is studying his third language, if he is dow (webs
He may do that or something like it when quillyris, sky, thaadet, #wedbilly conditions before he bought the property-Thompson signed chita for 828 in May.”
His Excellency, said he had no objection His Lordship--Whore are the shits now 1, very quick, vory minetio, and very well ¦
pos, (the) Coresawont have proclaimed Hongkong infected. Vesels arriving from there (sro) querentined.
PREMIES, South Australia.
toysolf many years ago, when I lived in a
hause upon the hill when the Eide was full security for I suggest that the work should 4 quantity of gas that was not very pleasant be done to the satisfaction of the Board,
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