July 6, 1901.]
HONGKONG.
The Hon. R. Murray Rumsey, R.N., resumed his duties as Harbour Master on the 27th ult.
Police Sergeant Neil Lamont has been appointed an Inspector of Nuisances for the district of Stanley.
The Benalder brought out from London & large quantity of explosives on board for the Hongkong Government.
Captain Bancroft, R.W.F., has been granted eight months' leave on medical certificate, the leave to date from the 29th ult.
A Chinese lad, seventeen years of age. accidently fell over the side of a Canton steamer on the 35th ult, and was drowned.
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Messrs. F. Browne and J. J. Bryan have been appointed inspectors of the disinfection of premises in No. 5 Health District.
The appointment is notified in the Gazette of Mr. J. Thurbura to be an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council during the absence on leave of the Hon. R. M. Gray.
An engineer named Simonds, who was admitted to the Government Civil Hospital a few days ago suffering from injuries to the head sustained by s fall over a wall near the Kowloon Hotel, has since died from his injuries.
The appointments are notified in the Gazette of their Honours› ‹.. G. Wise and T. Sercomba Smith to the Act.az Chief Justice and Acting Puisne Judge respectively, during the absence of His Honour Sir J. W. Carrington, C.M.G.
At the V.R.C.. Kowloon, on the 1st iust. a water polo match took place between teams re- presenting the Garrison and Field Battery, H.K.V.C. The Garrison team was the smarter, but lacked the combination of the Volunteers, who won by five goals to two. There was a large attendance of spectators.
Bombardier Hill, 15th Southern (Siege Train), R.G.A.. died in the Military Hospital on the 28th ult. from sunstroke, and was buried at Happy Valley on the 29th ult, with the customary houours. The deceased con- tracted sunstroke on the 27th ult., and never regained consciousness.
During the absence of Lieut. Col. Sir J. W. Carrington, C.M.G., Commandant, and Major A. Chapman, second in command of the Hong. kong Volunteer Corps, the duties of Comman- dant will be undertaken by the adjutant of the corps. Capt. D. F. Tallock, R.G.A., has been appointed adjutant vice Capt. C. G. Pritchard, resigned.
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At the Supreme Court on the 1st inst., before His Honour A. G. Wise, Acting Chief Justice, Messrs. Banker & Co., merchants, Queen's Roud, saed Hu Wan Po and others for the sum of $3,955.56, the balance due on goods sold and delivered. The action was undefended. His Lordship entered judgment for the plaintiffs,
with costs.
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We understand on reliable authority that some of the local Indian cotton yarn merchants are combining to hire or build a special godown for storing all the cotton yarn from Bombay, in a suitable locality, in view of the higher storage-charges now put in force. It is maid that negotiations are now proceeding to buy or lease one or two sites with water frontage.
The Secretary of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce informed
on the 2nd inst. that the Chamber learnt from the Government that a telegram has been received from H. B. M.'s Consul at Foochow to the effect that quarantine is imposed at that port on vessels from Hongkong, Swatow, and Amoy. Later we received a Government noti- fication to the same effect.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
The German gunboat Jaguar left on the 1st inst. for Foochow.
The transports Itinda and Umto left on the 3rd inst. the former for Taku and the latter for Calcutta.
The transport Umta arrived here from the North on the 2nd inst. with mules and a section of the Native Hospital Corps.
The General Officer Commanding the troops directs that during the present extremely hot weather soldiers shall not play at cricket or other outdoor games before
p.m.
The Hongkong Volunteer Corps parades at Headquarters on Tuesday, 9th inst., at 5.15 p.m. when H.E the Governor will present his Shield for musketry to the winning team, “D)“ Company.
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A coal-coolie was admitted to the Govern ment Civil Hospital on the 1st inst. suffering from severe injuries sustained by a fall into the holt of a junk from which the steamer Saikong was being coaled,
Thursday, the American Day of Indepen- dence, the stars and stripes were flying on many public buildings and on the warships and A salute of other vessels in the harbour. twenty-one guns was fired at noon.
A new steam water-boat was launched on the 3rd inst. from Messrs. W. S. Bailey & Co.'s works at Kowloon Bay. The vessel is for the Hongkong Steam Water Boat Co., Ltd., and is 100 feet long, with compound engines, having cylinders 10in. and 20in. diameter by 14in. stroke working at 120 pounds pressure. She| is strongly built of teak, with steel watertight balkheads and sluices, and carries 170 tons fresh water. A powerful Worthington pump is fitted on deck for rapid delivery of water from all the compartments, and the usual socommodation is provided for the crew and stores. The builders, Messra. Bailey & Co. have also under construction two other steam water-boats besides several steam-launches, and they have recently added to their works a páfent slip and a boiler-makers' shop.
Apart from plague last week the cases of communicable disease reported in the Colony were:-Enterie fever. 3 cases (one European, Chinese), 2 deaths; puerperal fever 2 cases (Chinese, one in the Harbour), one death.
A signature list to be attached to the petition to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, asking for an enquiry into the sanitation of the been placed in the hall of the colony, ha Hongkong Club for the convenience of any members who may desire to sign.
The pumping ont of the dredger Canton River was proceeded with on the 3rd and 4th iust. two 9-inch pumps being at work, one on either side. There is apparently still a leak somewhere, as the steady pumping failed to reduce the water to any noticeable degree.
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H. M. S. Hermione, homeward bound, had a splendid send off on the 1st inst. from the mien-of-war in the harbour, especially from the Centurion. We are informed that the crew will be transhipp dat Malta, and the Hermione will be refitted there for another term on the China Station.
MISCELLANEOUS,
The French propose to have a commemorative medal for the China expedition.
The Shanghai Mercury Co., Ld., at its first annual meeting last week announced a dividend of 10 per cent, for the whole year.
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Rhinderpest has been spreading in the Philippines, especially in the island of Panay, where it has carried off large herds of cattle, and the American Board of Health finds itself much hampered in dealing with the epidemic by lack of proper mesna.
The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty:-Lieutenants: V. G. Guruer to the Cressy, as First, to date May 28: W. J. Scott, to the Cressy, to date June 4. Sub- Lieutenant: W. F. French, to the Cressy, to date June 4. Chaplain: Rev. J. Beatty, M.A.. to the Cressy, to date May 28,
A private letter from Chefoo to Shanghai mentions that Messrs. De Hoste, Taylor, Orr Ewing. Tjäder, Moir Duncan, Creasey Smith, and some American missionaries have obtained of the British Minister with permission passports, and have gone forward towards ¿aiyuaufu-to welcome General Taug Fuh- siang, we suppose,
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The following appointment has been made at the Admiralty :-Lieutenant G. L. Parnell, to the Blenheim, to date May 25.
The Malay Mail hears that Mr. G. T. Hare, the Federated Malay States Secretary for Chinese Affairs, has not been in good health lately. Rumour has it that Mr. Hare will shortly proceed on long furlough, and that during that time he will act as Second Com. missioner at Weihaiwei.
The French Government has entrusted Mr. Etienne Richet, whose exploration in Alaska has made him well known, with an important mission to the Far East. He left Marseilles by the Annam, accompanied by Mr. A. Fournier, his secretary, aud Mr. J. W. Miller. The mission is to visit successively Ceylon, Barmah, Siam. Indo-China, China, and Japan. Whilst Barmah and Japan wil be the principal field of operations of Mr. Miller, Messrs. Richet and Fournier will study the present situation in Siam. Indo-China, and China. The reports of the mission will be published, and the duration of the voyage will be about a year.
The Manila Times special correspondent thus describes the recently surrendered insurgent General Cailles :- He is built in a slight mould with delicate features. His hair is jet black, his eyes penetrating, and he has what the ladies would call a duck of a moustache. On the whole his appearance is decidedly prepossessing if slightly theatrical, an adjunct that is in. dispensible as regards Eastern uations. The blood of his Parisian father and his Bombay mother distinguish him from the Filipino uatives around him. In address he is courteous with the extreme Spanish courtesy, but it is not overdoue. His manners are the same as those General Cailles is but of any gentleman. twenty-nine years, although looking much older. He speaks Spanish fluently, but is not, in spite of his French parentage, acquainted with a word of that language. Of cultured mies, he has thoroughly impressed his following with his personality. Aguinaldo is an abstraction with a lowery tongue, but Cailles is a presence with a grip.
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While congratulating General O'Moore Creagh on his appointment to the command of the British Expeditionary Force in China, says the N.-C. Daily News, we cannot but express the general and deep regret that is felt at the news that he will have to leave Shanghai for the North. The General endeared them. aud Mrs. Creagh have selves to all who have had the honour and pleasure of knowing them here, and they will leave us with a real sense of loss on our part, and the heartiest wishes for their future happiness and prosperity, A happier selection for the command of the British garrison in Shanghai could not have been made. General Creagh's unfailing bonhomie and savoir faire have obviated any friction that might otherwise have arisen between the British troops and those of other Powers, and it is very much to his tact and amiability, seconded by his Orderly Officer, Major Watson, that the persistent good feeling that has existed here between the various con- tingents during the joint ocenpation of Shang-.
hai is due.
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Another of those incidents alarmingly frequent on board certain ocean- going Japanese steamers two of three years ago occurred on the T. K. K. liner Nippon Mari on her way up from Hongkong this ifme, says the Kobe Herald. Shortly after leaving Hongkong Mr. Mitchell, chief engineer of the On the 19th ult. Mr. Alec Marsh gave a most steamer, while standing near the engine room successful concert at Tientsin, assisted by local casing, was sot upon by a number of the firemen, We note that Mr. Marsh sang "The who are said to have been in a semi-drunken amateurt.
· O Star of Eve!" the Torea-condition, and terribly ill-treated, being savagely Sailor's Grave,"
bitten about the arms and leg, besides being struck in the face. The unfortunste man still dor's song from Carmen, and " Beauty's Eyes," as well as the duet “Excelsior" with Mr. É L.
Mr. Marsh was to give another bears marks of the bruises and wounds. He Cockell.
was rescued by the ship's doctor, and has +ines been confined to his cabin, the engine room being concert in Tientsin on the 29th ult. before leaving for the south.
taken charge of by the Japanese chief engineeri So far as we have been able to ascertain, the that he had suspended one of the Japanese unfortunate chief engineer's only offence was engineers from duty. Mr. Mitchell, we under- stand, leaves the ship at Yokohors, and it is to be hoped he will bring the disgraceful affair Kaisha, but before the Law Courts. not only before the Directors of the Toyo Kisen
A Washington wire states that Captain Newton Hall, U.S.N., has been tried by court- martial on a charge of cowardice during the siege of the Legations in Peking, and has been honourably acquitted. The Court held that the captain committed an error of judgment in abandoning the wall during the siege, but affirms that there were no grounds for the charge of cowardice,