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THE CHINA MAIL.
At the I'eak, on the 4th September, tha Wife of J. A. MACKAY, of a Bon.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Notes by the Way.
On the 29th Augum, at No. 210-3, There were no cases of plague during Queen Street, Singaparo, the Wife the past 24 hours. J. J. PEREIRA, of a Šoň,
DEATHS.
AL Kobe, at midnight or the 20th August, the dearly-bokveð" son'if Ur J. V. Aty RESTEDIE,-aged six morte.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
New President of Sanitary Board.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1901.
TELEGRAMS.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Thanks!
. E. the Governor less appointed Dr To-day, at the Sanitary Board meet; J. M. Atkinson, Principal Medical Officer, [ing, letter was submitted from His Ex to by President of the Sanitary Ilard with | celloucy the Governor thanking the man hors Postulate's' letter came too late for effect from 24th August last, vico llan. W. of the Sanitary Board and the Sanitary. to-night's insie
Chatham, Acting Director of Public Works, | Staff for the excellent mommur in whidi resigned.
they had discharged therr daties during the recent plague epidemic.
Sanitary Improvement.
It was intimated at the Sanitary Board On 28th August, at the General Hospita!. Singapore, JAMES ATLING: aged 3 years.-day That Mr E. (sherné lui gone to
Japan for three months.
sær five publication of this favre commemei
at 1.20 pan.
The ohina tail.
To-day, correspondence relative to the tanuc of clean bills of health was submitted at the meeting of the Sanitary Board.
Interesting Photographs.
Man Cheung is always up to dito. Ho sende ua a copy of a large group of Viceroy To, of Canton, and his son and grandson; with a few officials. The picture in clear and well printed. and gives an excellent idea of the aged Viceroy, whose grad de de In the Warren Shield Football Comare so frequently extolled by a Cauten polition ar Singapore, the 36th Co. R. A.. correspondent. Mee Cheung also senda defented the R. E. by 2 goals to nil
IS panoramic view of a company of Chinese sailors with officers and band Captain Pyne has relieved Captaincomplete. They make a very effective Horton on the N.1.K. steamer Kinshinshow. an, which recently went ashore off Quel- wopral in thick weather.
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1901.
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
TIK
.COCHRANE
STREET
DISASTER.
Cochrane
The letter which publish tonight shows that the public are not all quite satisfied with the finding of the Po- lice, Magistrate in the Street Collapse Enquiry.
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Sanitary Improvements Committee, dated With reference co the report is the
16th July, His Excellenty the Govespur has mirise that, before undertaking the Sanitary Improvements on the senda sug- gestu, the Government should await the report of the Suititury Expert, who, it was hopel, would be sent from England.
Society.
{REUTER'S SERVICE:]
EX-GOVERNOR OF JOHANNESBERG ARRESTED IN LONDON.
Losnow, and Saptomber, 1001, Mr Kearse, ex-Governor of Johannes- eg, residing in England, lane, four months after swing allegiance to the British #g.. bean arrested in London, on a charge of supplying information to the enemy.
· PRINCE CHUN'S MISSION.
The Difficulty Removed. The German Emperor has waived his demand that the Chinese mission Edicione Lefore him, and also that the mission pass in procession through the streets of Beyăn. His Majesty has consented to receive in-Prince Chin alone at Potsdam; accompanied
only by an interpreter.
The San Francisco Biletin has an teresting leading article on Socisty, from The Recont Warship Mystery.
which we give twis extrach; we are sorry The mission has accordingly left Bacle in The Singapore Free Pres of the 26th we emn't give more for the benefit of So special imperial saloon train. The now battle-ship Implacable will be August saya :—A friend forwards us a
ciety' i Hongkong-Breaking Into German officials and the public are mur- missioned by Prince Louie of Batton-private letter from Amoy, bearing upon Society resembles burglary in se tes.prised at the attempt of the Emperor to berg at Devonport, on the 10th inst,, for the cruiser movements that recently earsedpects. Some get in through the kitchen,rovive the obsoletu kowlow. the Mediterranean Station.
much conjecture at Hongkong. The lettersome through the window and a few (Aug. 12) says:We are wondering much through the frent door. Rarely does my what Hongkong papers won by the one get in by invitation. Evidently some excitement in Amoy." The natives cer- of those in Society broke in during the tainly have been very noisy Intely in the night, when overybody was asloop. way of plays and processions. But that was really on account of plaque and not against foreigners specially. But some one seeme to have got frightened and seat for mon-of war. We had four British men-of-war at once two of them still here, Eclipse and Daphne and hoth prepared for fighting Peringa it was the French who wanted to fight af
Mr Kirkwood is to receive from the We are astonished that the Gevernet, Emperor of Japan the Second Class of the actuated by that ke sense of syn- Order of the Double-Payed Rising Sun, in pathy with the Chinese which he has recognition of his services during his em- Į displayed on various becasions and ployment in the Department of Justice.
which prompted his viit to the scene of the disaster in Cochrane Street, s
not placed the matter in the bands of
2.31 pm Auction of Household Fumi- the Crown's legal advisers with perem
Durar House,' Officers'
tory orders that the engulty should be Mess, 3rd Madra 1.1.
re-opened. In a serious disaster of this Miscellaneous.
nature, it was contemptibly absurd that no one skilled in the preparation of ovidener was in timege of the case, for had the matter been in the bands of a
4.30p.m. —Aquate Sports,
General Memoranda.
SATAY, September 7:
2.39Auen of Valuable Home
hold Furniture, at No. 3, Mountain trained lawyer we ze convinced that the Magistrate would have obtained
The Pentr
Lieutenant General Sir A. Hunter, Cutnamnding in Scotland, has been selected for President of a Committee which is to consider the whole question of the dress of officers of the British Military Service. The Committee will mclude officers of nearly every branch.
Drafta from many of the regiments at present at Aldershot have been ordered to by prepated for service in South Africs. The Roys Lancasters draft will be a unique vue, inastaucb as every en will
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Explosion at Toockow.
The Furhow Echo of the 31sb ult. 55: The U. S. Cruiser Waington, (Captain Primo commanding) arrived at Pagoda Anchorage from Amoy on Friday noring. As their steam launch, contain-
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Socity is a ceterie in the community the members of which, having been branded by the afficht irons, have lost the perception that they in the corral are neither Letter
-nor handsomer than the mavericks on the
range. Society is made up chiefly of twe classes, those who are ashamed of their
ancestora and those whose ancestore would be ashamed of them. The two classos make an amusing mixture.
Backyards Ordinance.
KRAUSE CHARGED WITH HIGH TREASON.
LAZER, Krause, the ex-frorernor of Johannes- herg, arrested in London, has been charged with high tronson against the British Trans- vual Government, and remanded for week, bad being refùard.
PRINCE CHUN AT POTSDAM.
Prince Chun has arrived at Pitadam,
CORRESPONDENCE..
THE COCHRANE STREET DISASTER. To the Editor of the Chisa Maíz.""
99.m.-Grund Boxing Carnival at the valuable assistaner to enable him to have over seven years' vervice to his credit.iug tive officer and several seamen, was Section A of Inland, Lot No. 247 was sil Four Coriespondence Columus.
tity
y Half.
rive at a finding move in keeping with Probably all of these mess were with the coming from the Anchorage to the city, they Mosa, heetener
5.--Moating of Hongkong Cricket the importance and seriousness of the battalion in Hongkong.
enquiry and more satisfactory to the publie. As our correspondent says and as we have averreć un several occn-
Tennis at Shanghai
Club Tersay, September 10 :--
Notices by Contributing Sharebelden of the Hongkong and Whampoa Deck Ch., Ltd., required before this data. MONDAY, September 3) :—
12. p.m.-Meeting of Shareholders of Mining Co., Ltd, at the Ofice of the
the Great Easten and Caledonian Gold
Company, So. 14, Des Voeux Road,
had just passed the head of Green island, when an explosion of the launch's boiler accurred. The entire top of the lwiler was
The foul for the Shanghai C. C. Lawn blown high into the air, but strange to say sions in connection with these house Tennis Singles Handicap took place at the not a person on board was seriously hurt; collapses--there has been gross incom Club, when N. B. Ramsay (owe 4) save a few surutches and soiled summer petence somewhere; and it is the duty at C. D. Richardson, Ramsay won. fsuita no injuries were sustainal. The of the Government, we submit, if not and has thus the distinction in one year of launch was rendered useless for the time of the Police Magistrate, to find out being Champion of Shanghai, Singles being, and later in the day was toved back Handicap winner, and sharing with C. to the vessel at Pagoda." The explosion who is responsible and to take such
Stewart the Doubles Handicap. At first was heard at Ewo and other pliers in the protective measures to prevent similer
it did not seem that Ramsay was to bave lower part of the so:tlement, and pereous accidents as will safeguard public life things his own way at all. He was playing who happened to be looking in the direction
Hongkong, 4th September, 1901. 'Sir,-Nearly a wock has elapsed sinca the Cochane Street ongniry, and I have looked in vain for any comment thercor in
that whep the owner of the fallen house
In your issue of 16th ult, you toka us
wished to add a fourth floor ha consulted however, declined to have anything to do several architects on the subject. They, with the proposal, contending that the I think there must walls were too weak. rond and thought over this statement, an have baen in the minds of most people who ugly suspicion that 10 lives had been saori- liced thin
To-day, at the Sanitary Board, Dr J. M. Atkinson, P.C.M.O., Chairman, 'pre- siding, correspondence with regard to the backyards of houses under construction on nitted. The houses, now neatly complet ed, vøre under, construction at the the Ordinance 13 of 1901 berane law, but they did not comply with Section 36 of that Ordinance in the matter of backyards. The attention of the owner was drawn to the fact, and he, through Mr J. F. Keece, ali citor, pointed out that this plans were pr proved by the Public Works Department and by the Medical Offer of Health, be fore the passing of Ordinaves 13 of 1901, but after the Bill had been read a first time and published in the cafe. The plans were approved, Mr Reeve contended, with a full knowledge of the proposed legisa
someone's gross carelessness
mpetence.
Hazeland's finding disposes of that. suspicion forever: zu one is blamed. The although it does us say so through the community must feel intensely relieved, China Mal.
On
ce cost help coatzneting it with the character of other pablic proceedings in reading your account of the enquiry,
Hongkong. An air of peaceful gard-wi}], Bugzaliva rathor r of g a happy family gather- spected the pouses, and found that they to have prevailed. There was no vota- wool be fairly sanitary when completed. tious erous examining, no calling in of In view of the circumstances, he thought conflicting evidence of any kind to troublesome expert witnesses in fact, the Board should waiva is right to compel haruas His Worchipa and. The witnessca. Sume negotiations have been in pm- the owner to alter theu now. Hon. W. were almost without exception, officials or gress (say, the Kobe Chronicle) with the Chatham, Acting Director of Public Works, harmony. How different from the an
er-oftheas, and set there was perfect, ebject of securing the amalgamation of the minuted a similar opinion,
seemly eriju at the Sanitary Board, de Ishikawajinga Shipbuilding Yard and the
from the re curigaity of a certain Bun. Unofficial Momber f raga Shipbuilding Yarl. The Ishikawajima
If the Governor does not take up this carefully and foll, placing the ball with the of the launch say the boiler had went utter, be will be held morally guilty greatest skill and judgment, but the bandi-higher than the top of the masts of a junktion. Dr. Clark minuted that he had using than of a stern court of law, eems to of gross dereliction of duty. Public cap was a big one, anil at one time the game near by. The cause of the accident has not safety deunnds that there shall be no was called 6-7 in favour of Richardson. been determinei. shirking of duty, that there shall be a He managed by fine play to win the set by
AS. WATSON & CO.. thorough sifting of all available evid9-7, howager. In the second sett Richard Dock Combine in Japan.
exce, until responsibility for this disas son fell to pieces, and Ramsay carried it ter is placed upon the rightful shorl- der's.
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Interesting Local Naval Items.
We hear that H. M. S. Tad has just been commissione), and that it is intended yard is near Tokyo mud the Uraga yard out. A Hopper Barge Abandoned. to send her up the West River. H M.S. | side Yokohama,
Fava, the mist harbeurdefence dip which claim to be the oldest shipbuilding yard in bas lain for so long opposite the Torpedo Japan. It was originally proposed that the Depot us, we understand, to be talieved of Government dock yard should he established her boilers and her guas, and is to beat Ishikawajima, but the locality was found despatched to Weiltaiwai as a target. It is united for the building of largo vessels, Ten men of H.M.3. Did absued understood that E. BL. S Brisk will and Yokosuka was ultimately fixed upon. Monnwhile a private company established a
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Tho N.L.K, steamer Mike-mang which arrived at Kobe on Monday (says the the Kobe Chronicle of the 21st Augus) brought from Hongkong mix of a crew of eight Japanese sailors who had been resoned while on a voyage fruni mka to Kelang It appears the men left Oaks on June 18th in 6 steel lange of about 100 tons, built at
Referring to Mr Tooker's evidence, one is bound to admire. the kind- ly consideration for the conrevi ence of the public indicated by his views as to how he should use the powers
walls. My friend is of spi
testing the sound
"soundness" of the
$ 6.95 & 6 themselves overnight andbace been playing returning shortly to the Southern Division small dockyard at Ishikawajima, and appears the Osaka Iron Work for use in the been removed, even from the fanta
CHATRAU HAUTERION.
ZARRIVET
CHATRAC
99.00 9.00
12.06 13.12
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pastes under the Building Ordinan- ces but I ett informed by a technical friend that Mr Tooker seems to have an exaggerated iden of the damage he would have done by the removal of a brick for the
BE purpose
of opinion that,
that, by careful underpinning, a brick might have Old Harry' down Enst. A party of China Station. The Lizard, which is really twenty Naval Police, der an offices, Australian antion ship, will return to
to have done a fair business, one or two harbour at Keelung. After leaving Oska the buildings. The same friend contended Street walls, without seriously endangering went down in rishishes it tiffin time to that station. The Cressy will go to Singstall gunboats laving been built there some very bad weather was encountered, the that the last that a contructor in odding
ake a alesile capture. The whereas pore for some little time as Senior Naval Fearangs. The Uraga shipbuilding yard is boat taking thirty days to reach Habaratai, storey tot 25-year old Chinese tenement of the men had previously been located, Officer's ship.
slauld be regarded as a prior house onu of the intust established, and it is Kyushu. Hore the man waited soveral grounds for believing that he fa contraven "pparently Clasiglet that an aralgamation days, and on July 3rd, the weather buinging the fiuilding Ordinance. But I replied will be to the advantage of both parties. A little more settled, they continued their that if the PW.D. suon acted upon such bitch, however, has occurred in the negotia voyage: On the 2nd inst, a typhoon was pensions.
views they would tions, the Uraga company objecting to the encountered, and for seven days the small In condtision on one point I wish, high valuation of the older company.
craft drifted helplessly about. On the like yourself. Mr Editor tlust there bad been fustier ovidones. It would have been Whether this will cause the proposed is, however, a British vessel was sighted, interesting to know the nationality and amalgamation to fall through carnet u yet and ultimately the men were taken on qualifications of the assistant to whom, as be stated.
board to Hongkong, whence six of them many wil think, Mr. M. Hazeland on- trusted his professional reputation and were sent to Kobe by the Mike-mart, the possibly the lives of the 40 victus, — Yourd the other two remaining at Hongkong for ett the present. We learn from another source.
18.60
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and we have little doubt that the trusts battleship lion, sister to the tory and aliath, is expected up froin Singapore shortly.
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Coming events cass their shadows A Suitable Bathing Dress. fore. A paragraph writer in a home paper
As the bathing season is now in full sage: The King's Coronation has already swing, our reader of the fair sex will find the raised the price of house woord in the West following extract from Howe paper interest- End of London. I have heard of two ing:-Very fascinating are the newest bath. authentic instances in point. In the one ning dresses, very different from the "gowns' foreign gentleman with whom I am ac-of yems ago, the remembrance of which quainted as paid £100 for a single bedroom makes one shudder.
A material recom
wrote to the Colonial Secretary to the in the neighbourhood of the Saddles. The The Marine Surveying Department. This bedroom is not ia mended long since in this column is now following effect - Five trained senior sani- crew report that the barge was in perfect
Among the passengers who left for
for three weeks.
The Supply of Raw Materials.
It is curious to note that the world
and Scandinavia. The same is true of our
Traised Inspectors Wanted.
Dr Atkinson, on 28th August last, that the vessel was abandoned somewhere
VERB, SAP,
St. James' bat adjacent to it. In the other being used for this purpose-that is, tick.tary inspectors, to be obtained from Eng-condition bea abandoned Roy ring England today was Mr Robert C. Dizon, an American citizen has 'caruanded (I caring; blue and white the preferable colours, land, are provided for in the Estimates for to the subject the following day our Kobe Government Marine Surveyor Mr Dixon growers. The lowest priced are use no other word) a šnite of roots in It has the good qualities of aever shrinking, į 1902. I have the honour to recommend contemporary says:We presne that as been to the Government service for certain hotel for £500 a weer. Under these of drying quickly, of being firm and yet that a telegram be sent to the Secutary of the abandonment of the steel hopper my year, and was highly respected by of exceptional value and guaran-circumstances I recounod sightseers to go light in weight, and of not pingug to the State for the Colonies requesting that these barge for Keelung, reparted in rester
all with whom he ca
came in contact in the teed to be the ganine product of plentiful and cheaper.
south of the Thames, where apartments are figure even when wet. Moreover, it lenda men be appointed and sent out to Hong day's issue, will form the subject of discharge of his duties. He was homo-last itself well to the newest fashiona ja bathing kong at an early a date as possible. By inquiry by Marine Court, notwithstanding your in bad health and returned to the Co- the juice of the
costumes. The latest skirt madels aro grape.
reason for this is that it is incur hent upon that the vessel cannot strictly be classed as lony sover mon sags, and resumod his cut eiroul, fitting closely over the bips the Ecard to take every endeavour in its belonging to the mercantile marine. It cer
ardions dities, as it proved, all rod sinen, Devdoping and = - CHATEAU LA TOUR CAP-
without any Tulness or superfluous drapery power to get the Colony into sack a cop-tainly does seem extraordinary that then his febled state, he acon broke down, Priming Undertaken NET, CHATEAU RAUZAN generally is making to the fact that its to add to the weight of the gamumt in the dition that we shall be properly equipped barge shonk bare been abandoned after and he now returns to England under medi- resources of raw material are not inexor te illow it, as is so often scen-in to attack the plague at its onset when it weathering the typhoon, the teen fitmitting cal advice, and it is the sincere wish of his and CHATEAU LAFITE are haustible. In Britain wo hare used up out The bodice, which is in one with the skirt, gear. The first case appeared this year on withstanding her stormy experience. Prarest, he may ba speedily restored to health
badly-gat skirt, to baltural out in the water. appears, as it probably will early next that she was then in perfect condition, no numerous finds that during his enforced best irou res and are importing from Spanis slightly foll und eur square, with either the 4th January. If these sunior inspec-bably the sight of a steamer was too much it may be rekod that Mr J. Macdonald rors can arrive this year so much the better, for the man in charge after the buffeting of the Assistant Government Marino Surveyor, as there is much to be done to improve the the storm, for the boat seems to have bien is also at home un leaves and we believe it sanitary condition of the Colony. There in the very thick of it. Ana saatter of fact, is no secret that both of thead gentlemon are eight first-class inspectors provided for owing to the peculiar constraction of these are broken down under the strain of work. in this year's Estimates, and only three hopper harges, with by air chamber attention as been called repeatedly so inspectors are now on the actual staff; occupying half the space below deck, it is the over pressure on the murine survoy- CAME NEAR BEING A CRIPPLE, therefima the senior inspectors, provided practically impossible for them to sink uning sub-dqpartment of the Harbour TOSH Westhafer, of Loogooter, Ind., they arrive this year, could be paid out of less they run on a rocks, and as they are Dagartzou, and, if we are not mistaken, U.S. is a poor aan, but he says he the lapsing salaries of the first-class inspec. built throughout of steel it would require the Harbour Master has on several old pist be without Chamberlin's Pain tors. The letter having been subuifted tremendous boffeting of the waves to break cesiona reconunended nei increase of staff - Bain if it cost fise delarsa boide, for it saved him from being a cripple. No ex- to His Excellency the Governor, a telegram them sp. The man in charge atsies, we ant although, this is one of the departmenta fternal application is equal to this liviment has been sent as suggested,
derstand that he bad lost his compare and where the venue exceeds the expenditure for stiff and awollen joints, extracted
did not knew his position someshat he tone saccussive recommend muscles, stiff neck, sprains and rheumatic
long baya adequate reason for abandoning the barg; been ignorat with disastrous cosuits to the which was within a hundred miles or so of staff. It is the nude old story
dentination, and well protetuned.- se, pound foolish
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imitable.
Mring dress Bands of blue til firmly Schwab, of the United States Steel Cor-stitched, wilbone or pearl buttons, are Potion, says that at the prevent rate of used to ornament the dress.
and
iron reserves что
consumption another sixty years will see
We guarantee our Wines Spirits to be genuine only when the exhaustion of the rich Transation.ic bought direct from us in the foreign markets will rest with the country beds of ore. Apparently the command of Colony or from our authorised which by technical metalurgic skill can most profitably deal with low grade ores: Agents at the Coast Ports
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