prob
CANTON
REHPONDENT.]
CHÄNGES...
of Fukbjan, and
April 21st, 1903. · ave heard before this letter Viceroy and the Governos latter being promoted an important unfortunate Viceroy ant post in Kangsu. dly a more attractive more fortunate colleague, strong man, and has failed money demanded by the Central The Governor is a sterner and
who furthermore bas high. Their successors will be a named Sham to the Viceroyalty, Cheung to be Governor. Both justify their appointments, for they men and have|| held office in these while it is hoped that the new will restore better order in the neigh- province of Kwangsi,
THE TAX ON RICE. topic of conversation am ng the resent is the proposed levying of a ice to the sinount of two dollars per large consequence of which the rice shops have losed their ne dealers say it is impossible to deal under such circumstances. It is therefore robable that the Magistrates will not persist the idea, and certainly ice does it seem a rell-chosen object for fresh taxation, the cessity for which is traceable to the difficulty which the Central Government finds in raising money for the indemnity; por does there seem much chance of this difficulty being lessened in the near future.|||
FIRES
The city has been very fortunate this its immunity from fires, largely due to more constant rainfall which has prevented things from being dried Hp; the first fire for some months occurred two nights ago in a valuable quarter of the city, but it was put out in an hour or two, and only six shops were destroyed
`MASQUERADING AS A GIRL. Outside the Viceroy's yamen there is in a youth in. feminine attire. He brought up before the Nam Hoi ate for masquerading in this attire. ortunately the magistra e looked on it as a
rons proceeding, and when the boy nished a month in the cage, he will have to prison for the rest of his days, when in afford to pay for his release.
PLAGUE.
ported that there is a great increase at Shinting and elsewhere on the
It is
West River
AMOY.
[FROM A CORRESPOND.NT.]
Amoy, 17th April, FLOWER SHOW.
Owing to the return of Mr. W. H. Wallace to the port, the Amoy Horticultural Society
has revived,
On the 14th instant a most successful Flower and Vegetable Show was held in the grounds of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank According to an old resident's the flowers have never been surpassed. tables on the other hand were not up standard of former years. The most successful exhibitors for flowers Lesers, Wallace, Hempel, Orr, Gochuico TeDougall. For ferotables: Mesars. Orr, McDougall, Rankin, Gochuico and The first prize for table décorations, ladies only won by Mrs. Wallace, onion secured second prise, while and Mr. dowland were highly for dowers were: Messra.
were'
Coxswain
Dr.
Mers for vege
V. Walker, a member 13.8. Monadnock, was hile at small-arms target |
|
|
|
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND.
[April 25, 1909.
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT STATION | from the lükong who brought
IN KOWLOON.
Residents în Victoria have hitherto held an advantage over their neighbours in Kowloon in the possession of the electric light as an illumi- nant for their streets, offices, and residences, but the completion of the new lighting station at Hunghom of the China Light and Power Co., Ld., has equalised matters in this dire ion and placed Kowloouites on a level footing with people on the other side of the harbour. The station in question was completed only recently and commenced operations on 2nd February Isst, sinco when everything in connection therewith has been ru ning with complete smoothness unmaried by a hitch of any kind.
For a new concern feeling ita way the bus iness is doing remarkably well, and there is not the slightest doubt that it will be closely identified with the future development of Kowloon. Looking ahead of the times, its promoters have not waited till that development had assumed mature shape: till a want had arisen which competition would strive to supply. They have seen what is coming, and with ready forethought are prepared with the means to meet one of the first demands that will be made when the tide of population flows over British Kowloon.
Many people have visited the new power station since its erection, and all have manifested a keen interest in its working arrangements The station is situated on the sea-front of the main road leading to Hunghom, and covers an area which leaves room for a considerable extension of the works should increasing business neces- sitată it. The power house, a large, airy building, holds thres generators known as two. phase high-tension dynamos. These were made by the famous Westinghouse Company of America, and each has a capacity of 75 kilowatts; they are driven by patent compound surface-condensing engines, capable of develop ing over 100 h.p. each, and manufactured by the Bull & Wood Company of New York. Downstairs from the power-house is the boiler room, where the plant is of an equally up-to-date type. There are three boilers built on the water-tube principle, each of them with a capacity of 100 h.p. Technically known as sectional boilers, they are of the latest Americin pattern-efficient, safe, easy of access for cleaning purposes and presenting every facility for quick and inexpensive repairs. In the store and godown attached to the station is to be found a large stock of electrical fittings of every description.
|
the
reant
по
indications pointed to araon. telephoned to Inspector Baker and the two · proceeded The firo had started on the first floor and on the staircase leading thereto, bat had been extingnished by the inmates of the ground floor, a tailor's shop, the Inkong who discovered the outbreak The latter picked up some firewoods an pieces of reg soaked with oil, and it was, this discovery which led to his summoning Grant and the ultimate appearance of the sergeant and Inspector Baker. An examination of the premises showed clearly that a deliberate attempt had been made to burn the place down presumably by those the first floor, which, like the floor un. derneath, was occupied by a tailor. Kerosene oil had been spilled all over the staircase, and on the first floor were similar signs of the work of an incendiary. Everything of any worth had been taken away, the business books were packed together ready for removal once the flames had got properly under way, and the wood- work all round was dripping with oil, whilst in the room was a large basket filled with inflam- mable rubbish which had also been treated with kerosene. The master of the shop and his wife and child and one young foki, a boy, had been detained by the lukong who first saw the flames, and they were placed under arrest to be dealt with later. The police are now investigating the case. The premises were insured for $2,000 only in the Meiji Company, a Japanese
concern.
No less than three fires were reported on the 21st inst. by the police. The first occurred about 9 p.m. on the 29th inst. in a house at No. 57, Wellington Street. It was caused by the upsetting of a lighted lamp, and extinguished. by the inmates and police before much damagə was done.
The second broke out about 1a.m. on the 21st inst. in a medicine shop on the first floor of No. 12, Fat Hing Street, in the Central district. It spread to the ground and second floors and to the adjoining house, No. 11, whence the flames were communicated to one. floor of No. 13. Nos, 11 and 12 were badly damaged, but No. 13 suffered only slightly. The Fire Brigade attended under Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse, Assistant Superintendent of Police. The premises were partly insured, but the amount of the damage is unknown. house at the far end of Queen's Road West. The alarm was given about 8,30 a.m. on the 21th inst., but the flames were extinguish ed without difficulty, and the damage does not amount to much.
The third fire had its location in an eating-
The station, which is at present under the management of Mr. J. Johnstone, an electrical er gineer of experience who supervised its erection, has been designed for supplying light
On the 21st inst, an outbreak started in the en- and power over a radius of two miles, and in the latter direction possesses especial ad pagine and store rooms of the steamer Hyades, lying. bility, its two-phase system doing away with in Kowloon Dock. The crew and some of the the expensive switch arrangements for the Dock European staff extinguished the flames, starting of motors necessary in the case
which destroyed all the woodwork in the store of other systems. The main lines have been room. The damage in this case also was trifling. completed to the Green Island Cement Com pany's works at Hok Un in one direction, and to the Kowloon Hotel in another. In addition to the Green Island Cement Company, the station has been supplying light to number of Chinese places of business and residence in Hunghom, and is thus already finding an ever- widening sphere of usefulness.
Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co. are the gen räl managers.
WRECK OF A BARKENTINE.
The Manila papers report that the Norwegian barkentine Prince George was wrecked on the south coast of the Island of Basilan on April 8, Her crew, numbering ten men, were adrift in s small boat for three days, before being picked up by the Coast Guard cutter Tablas on her way from Jolo to Zamboanga where they were landed.
?
FILES IN HONOKONG.
The Prince George was a vessel of 499 tons built in Sunderland in 1865. Her owners are About I am on the 18th inst. fire broke in Christiana, Norway. When the ship was out in a medicine shop at 324, Queen's Road wrecked she was on her way from London to Central, through the accidental dropping China with a cargo of pitch, having sailed from of a lighted kerosene lamp, and spread to the London on May 23 last, according to the des- two upper floors, besides involving also the top patch received in the Custom House, which floor of No. 326 adjoining. These floors were would make her voyage from Europe to the used as family houses, but the inmates of those in Philippines one of rearly eleven months' dara- occupation had timely warning of their danger tion. If she came direct this would be a very and escaped. The Fire Brigade attended under slow record, but of course it is not knowA HOP Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse, and succeeded eventual often she put into various ports en reuis ly in overcoming the outbreak. The amount how long she was delayed, of the damage was not stated, but the medicine shop was insured for $15,000.
The ten men comprise the entire crew of the ill-fated ship and they are reported as suffering funds Whilst this fire was in progress, another from beri-beri. They are also without arted in premises at 203, Queen's Road West. and the captain has asked for permirsion Bell Sergeant Grant got word of the fact at No. 7., the small bost in which they were picked up to Police Station, with the additional information | raise a little money for food.