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hospitable efforts of His Imperial Ma- jesty's Consul and Mrs. Teshima were re- warded by an unparalleled success, and they were good enough to continue their kindness ou the following day when all th Japanese resid- ents we e received at the Consulate. On Thursday, the 6th inst.. the captain and offers of H. I. J. M. Chihaya returned the civilities shown them in Foochow. Au "At Home" was held on board the cruiser and many friends and visitors were most kindly entertained.
A cricket match was played on the 7th bo tween H.M.S. Algerine and the Foochow C. C. Owing to the lateness of the hour of commenc ing there was only time for one inuings for each side. Foochow was victorious, with a score of 150 against the 111 made by the cruiser's team. The day was fine and the p'ay was close. ly watched and much enjoyed by a number of spectators.
WEIHAIWET.
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THE WATER SUPPLY.
TO THE EDITOR OF, THE DAILY PRESS,"
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[November 22, 1902.
THE WATER SUPPLY.
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Hongkong, 26th November. SIR. My attention has been directed to a letter by "Pro Bono Publica“ pablished in your is no of to-day anent the water supply of this Colony. In this letter one sent nce occars, to which I must take exception. It runs follows: --" The Hon. Dr. Ho Kai proposed that the sum of $30 be contributed by each Chinese tenement house towards the estimatel outly of iut oducing this r'dmin system." As a matter of fact. I did not make such a proposal, and I only male nse of the fignes to show about bow much each Chinese teemat house would have to contribute to wards the total cost, which was estimated at abon' half a million dollars, equal cont ibation from every such house being assumed. I attended them sting at the special invitation of the Chairman for the purpose of exp'aining matters to the gathering of Chinesa property-owaeis, and as I was not an owner or holder of Chin se tenement hoasas, I had no stains to submit such a resolution to the meeting, and in fact did not do so. -Your, etc.,
HO KAL
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Hougkong, 18th November. SIR.-May I presume to aldress yon on tlo above, which is perhaps the most im portant subject that can be submitted for public discussion at the present moment? The recent sudden enrtailment of our water- supply has, it is n edless t›
say, caused much inconvenience amongs', the poorer classes of the community, bath Europeans and Chinese, And, strange as it may seem, although the At the Foochow Gan Club's mouthly Cup reservoirs ppear to be almost full, in spite competition Mr. Oswald won with a score of 18. of the Water Authority's announc mout that Mr. Skene Knox was only three behind, aut at the mains below the level of Caine Road would one time looked like pressing the winner har 1. be open daily from 6 to 10 o'clock`a.m.,'
The play of the tennis tournament arranged many streets in Chinatown are not able to to commence this week has been somewhat de.
procure a drop of water through their honse | layed owing in the first place to heavy rain and service. Many having to pay for w ter, the secondly to the arrival of H. M. S. Algerinequality of which is always unreliable, are and the consequent cricket match on Thursday. already beginning to feel the pinch of this extra No matches in the mixed doubles have yet been charge on their faonthly salaries very severely. | HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK played, but in the men's doubles Messrs. Gracy Houses in the Western District have even had and Kovalsky beat Messrs. Moss and Martzin-
their entire supply stopped, and now their kevich, while Mr. Richards and Dr. Daveuport tenn's have to obtain water from the street
The meeting of shareholders in the abore were put out by Mr. Schlee and Rev. Simester.
hydrants as their only s urce. It will be at
Company which was adjourned from 18th and Messrs. Macvicar and Ardron by Messrs. once seen that such a sudden eh nge, with the August last was resumed at the City Hall Odell and Wallace.
increased cost of living, has caused consider. ou the 18th inst. for the purpose of the taking able immediate distress amongst the inhabitants.} of the poll ordered at the earlier meeting. Mr. It may not be generally known that at the D. E Brown (Chairman) presided, snl the time the present Water Bill was Lefore the others present were Messrs. N. A. Siebs, J. S. Legislative Council, during the third rea ing in Van Buren, (Hou.) C. W. Dickson, G. H. August last, there was a feeling of great Medhurst, E. Goetz, C. Michelan, J. H. Lewis, uneasiness amongst the Chinese cn account of (Hou.) R. Shewan, W. B. Dixon (Chief the hardship which it was foreseen would Mauager), G. A. Caldwell (Acting Secretary), When the Bill passed into G. C. Anderson, A. F. Arculli, J. D. Auld, necessarily result. lew, to occupiers of tenement bonses it meant B. J. Birlow, A. Becker, H. F. Carmichael, that all such houses would have to rely entirely Chua Tong, T. Clark, E. E. Elias, E. I. Ellis, on the street hydrants for their supply. In 1. E., Ellis, H, M. S. H. Esmail, J. A. Fre-- consequence of all this Messrs. Fung Wa Chiudericks, C. W. Georg, J. M. Gomes, A. R, and Ahmet Ramjahn were deputed by the Gubbav, D. S. Gubbay, D Haskell, J. Hastings, Chines: Commercial Union to instruct Messrs. E. A. Hewett, E. H. Hinds, Ro Fook, Ho Johnson, Stok's and Master and Dr. Ho Kai Kom Tong, E. Howard, J. H. Jessen. E. &. to draw up a petition to be forwarded to Joseph, S. A. Jos ph, E. J. Judah, F. Kiene, the Secretary of State praying for the in- Lam Kin Fan. Lau Chu Pak, J. J. Leiria, Lo troduction into the Colony of the Rider-m in Cheung Shin, D. Macdonald, I. P. Madar, J. R. system as recommended by Mr. Chadwick in his Michael. M. Michael, M. H. Michael, S. II. report on the sanitary condition of Hougkoug Michael, 8. J. Michael, R. Mitch 11. R. H. B. in April last. This petition, bearing the Mitchell, E. J. Moses, C. A Meyer, A. P. signatures of narly feu thousand Chinese, was Marty, W. Parlane, G. W. C Pemberton, J. C. duly forwarded to England. And it would Peter, P. C. Potis, W. H. Purcell, W. E. now appear that a telegram has lately been Pacher. T. H. Reid, J. C. dos Remedios, C. W. received ia referenca to this petition by B.E. the Richards, C. I. Rogge, C. H. Ross, K. McK. Governor, who in turn bas requested the Chinese
Koss, Capt, T. Rowan, MS. Sassoon, A Sharp, representatives in the Legislative Council (Hon.) C. S. Sharp, A. H. M. da Silva E. À. to ascertain from the petitioners how it is Snevin, C. H. 1 hompson, R. Unsworth, W. M. Watson, W. H. Wickham, W. G. Win'er- proposed to defray the cost of this new system. At the meeting of the Chinese Commercial burn, P. Witkowsaki, H. C. Wilcox, and Capt. Union teld on Tuesday last, the Hon Dr. Ho Kai J. Young. proposed that the sum of $30 be contributed hy each
Chinese tenement-house towards the estimated outlay of introdn ing this Rid r-main The CHAIRMAN said: --Gentlemen. It is so system. The kou. gentleman further estimated well within your recollection that at the that as there were about 6,000 Chinese tenement-ordinary half-yearly meeting of this Company, houses the sum raised would represent about $500,00),
Weihaiwei, 8th November. Up till the present, there has been only one club in Weihaiwei, and that the United Service Club on the island, so that any member living on the mainland did not get many opportunities of availing himself of his privileges of member- ship; but this has at last b en remedied: our chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Brown, who is doubtless still remembered in Chefoo, together with one or two others, took the matter in hand, and after a lot of hard work the Weihaiwei Club was opened at "No. Ous," the Bund, on Thurs- day last, The Commissioner has accepted the Presidency and Mr. Brown has taken on the duties of Hon. Secretary. A remarkable thing about the new club is the new idea of haring oue room specially reserved for the ladies. On the occasion of the opening the ladies held a recep- tion in their room, which was a great success.
All sorts of rumours have been flying about during the week, with regard to trouble in the North or the South, nobody seems quite certain where, and that is said to be the reason for H.M.SS. Amphitrite and Glory having come hack, the former the day before yesterday and the latte yesterday; the Admiral is also expect. ed shortly. It certainly is very remarkable that the ships should come back here so soon after leaving for good this winter.
The Argonaut is expected to leave in a day or two, and other ships are said to be coming from the South. H.I.M.S. Marco Polo came iu yes- terday morning and saluted the ships lying in harbour. H M.S. Argonaut returued the salute
Hunting is now in full swing; the officers of the Chinese Regiment have been out with the honuds several times already, and bave hd some very good runs indeed, but as yet no kills have resulted.
The King's birthday is to be celebrated in this D pendency on the 10th inst., when there will be a parade of the Chinese Regiment in the morning and a reception at Government Houre' in the afternoon.-Chefoo Express.
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To this Mr. Ahmet Ramjabn dis sented and suggested as the fairest method that all houses should contribute pro-rata ou their assessment value, in which casa six months taxes extra would cover the whole outlay. At a subsequent meeting held on Friday last this proposition was adopted unanimously.
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The notice conrening the meeting having been road by the ACTING SECRETARY,
held on 18th August last, a poll was deminded on Mr. Michael's amendment and fixed for this date. that beyond making a few remarks with regard to the procedure to be adopted at this meeting, I do not propose to take up your time. But there is one point that I may refer to now as it is appurtenant to the question before us, and that is the reason for holding this meeting t such a long interval after the original one. The interval of three months was settled solely by the advice ani suggestion of tlio Company's solicitors, and was not at all, as seems to be the impression amongst som shareholders, an idea originated by any of the directors themselves. It will be necessary to appoint two scrutineers, and then I suggest that we proceed to poll. and as there must be many shareholders present who are anxious to return to business, I prop se, with your consent, after the votes have been recorded, to adjourn this meeting until 2.15 p.m. Great credit is due to Yesurs. Fang Wa to-day; in the interval the scrutineers will be Chua, Ahmet Ramjaho. Lau Chupak and Chunable to arrive at the result of the poll. (Hear, King-yu for their untiring exertions in pro- | bear) I would mention that it is important secuting 8 matter of such great public that shareholders attend the declaration of the
PRO BONO PUBLICO.
For the information of the public it may be as well to explain that by the use of this Rider. main system it is claimed that every house in the Colony would be equally supplied with water, as distribution would be much more general and waste almost an impossibility, European houses, particularly those supplied through meters, would find, especially in the direction of economy, that this new system has every advantage in its favour. It is therefore to be hoped it may soon become an accomplished fact
Writing of the (hengchow affair, the Japan Mail says:-Possibly we are adopting the most efficient method of securing the lives and pro- perties of British subjects when we demand. ri naval demonstrations, the execution of Chinese officials who are suspected of failure to utilise fully their resources of prot ction. Nothing of the kind is done anywhere else, however, and there can be no mistake about the resentment it must create among the Chinese. Is there no possibility of organising some kind | importance.-Yours, etc., of mixed tribunal for the trial of such cases?
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