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The nocmanity has arisen in the case of the Chinese theatres, and all mane peopl› will agres that they ought to be temporarily closed to protect the Chiness from themselves and not, as "Common Benas" foolishly implies, to safeguard the occasional Europ an who unwisely Maven his "large and airy quarters at the Peak " to visit these plague traps.
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“Common. Sense”: dubs the iden as "very foolish" but that, I think, need disturb no. one as long as it has the favour, approval, and CLOSING THE CHINESE THEATRES. Totes of the majority of the Banitary Board
headed by its very able President.
Chun
IKE EDITUS OF THE "DAILY PRESS "* bra Hongkong, 8th May,
The report the meeting of the Board which in your issus of towe to all who desire at action taken to lague which are a oze klorious govern- portant, to British
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Chinese thestre
Mr. Fung Wa tion which bought to put a sanitary, tid-building like the City Hall- less washed and healthy the ill-ventilated dens #d, in the midst of the mely inmnitary surroundings which are El-off the low blass coolie, would be too que to need comment did it not forcibly Boine to all but the most perfervid: “ Pro- that, educate him; do what t you like your Chinamen (with a few brilliant ni) still retains his prehistoric prejudices.
SUALLY WAG:'
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Perhaps. Chinese theatres are, figuratively speaking, veritable Gardens of (Chinese). Eden ➡personally, I: think they more resemble Handemonium-when compared with the Chi- ese tenements, but it is a poor argument to say that because the latter are filthy and pestilential, therefore their cocupants should bi encouraged to herd together in their un, savoury thousands for amusement or any other purpose.
Better rather to compel them to clean their houses in their leisure hours and to endeavour to do the impossible by making the Asiatic look on sanitation from some more enlightened position than the Asiatic standpoint. *Common Sense gracefully closed with a charming little quotation. I offer him one in return. Remember "One rotten fish corrupts the whole basket.”—Yours, etc.,
SCALLY WAG.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRE88.”
Hongkong, 14th May. SIB,—“ Scallywag" has certainly not con- densed into his nom-de-plume the characteristics which the name connotes. They are in evidence in more than one portion of his letter in your issue of this morning.
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He accuses me of foolishly implying" that it is to safeguard the health of an occasional European that the native theatres are to be closed. I said nothing from which any such deduction can be made, and defy Scallywag to make good his assertion.
TO THE EDITÓE OF THE “DAILY PRESS,"
Hongkong, 9th May. "SIE,—“Boallywag's letter in your issue of is an amusing instance of how im- o it is for an Edropean to judge from any European standpoint an incapacity that
I quite agree with "Scallywag" that this is kim Into innumɔrable scrapes in his 20 a racial question. If it can be proved that with Asiatics, involving, sometimesS,
the theatres are responsible in any way for the ifices of blood and treasure,
prevalence of plague, by all means let them be templated - closing] of the Chinese closed irrespective of whether they are native case in poiut. Because the or European. But when there is no such proof living probably at the Peak in large before us, when on the contrary, we find that with gardens all round him, would in such plagos centres as Bombay and Calcutta nly risking his health in attending of times, I fail to see the nec neity of ne such measure was adopted in the worst Chiness thestry, therefore, he thinks, taking that step here in the face of the iman-ig“inomering the same danger, dingly the theatres must be closed. This Protest of the Chinese represent tives. We have well-meant, but with all respect to W have destroyed the privacy of their homes worried the Chinese enough in all conscience, sanity, very foolish. Before We have interfered with their burial customs measure of this kind, it would be and harrassed them, in every conosirable way
the localities from which are mainly? drawn the audiences which packa
both as property owners and as tenants—all of Chine theatre. Scallywag will find that, But we have not done them or any other section course with the best intentions in the world. azed with the tenement in which these people live, the theatre is a Garden of Eden, indirectly. We have an excellent object lesson of the population the least good, directly or scarcely anything be ter can be done for than to offer then inducements to in Canton. They have no Sanitary Board at of their wretched habitations as long as They have no drains) there on the separate and
Dovery, able President" to head it. tations which he himself rightly
mely.innsnitary. Bather any other system, no. -whitewashing and existing theater, the Govern cleaning gangs and no army of ranitary well, in my opinion, to encourage
inspectors and rat-catchers. And yet when add to the number only, so that Plague leaves this Colony, it leaves Canton
in one district, but.
too. We do not, in spite of all our efforts, ortion of the locality enjoy one week's immunity more than our suflorities used to neighbours. All this shows that, with all other entertainments
our historical arrogando, we are as ignor populace when an
aut of the causation of plague and of the |midst, and it
true method of combatting it as the uncivilised. › principle, not
Chinaman........ Why then interfere with his of the only
amusements and make his life wretched with themselves.
no prospect, of benefit to anybody ---- Yours, good 1
COMMON SENSE.
BEDITOR
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COMMON SENSE,
In the final of the double handicap in the Tenuis Tournament on the 9th inst., H. M. Man and G. H. Edwards were defeated Dr. Atkinson and E. J. Grist. - In the handicap, B class, W. Ling best H.
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- Female - stowEWEY! they are asked infrequent visitors:
notion in procuring or that steamer Japanese ports.- eight girls and one ing away on board the steamer Kinskin Mari from pleasant appourazos as, Hongkong. The defendants clad, and dishevelled, they liste terpreter reading out the them. The Jap Conau
Hamland, and on the besch
when his identity had nothing to my stowed away and Japan; ho preferred some reason best simpared "hea
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quite willing to go back to, them a magisterial rubuko the assent came in a chorns time. The case was remanded period the stowaways will girla will then be sent back and the man dealt demand.
GUBERNATORIAL COMMENDATION.
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About a week ago three housebreakers were surprised whilst robbing a pawnshop' in Cross Street, Wanchai, The man who first gave the alarm saw the skylight over the pawnshop open and a face peering down, and he gave Informa- tion of the fact to the accountant of the shop. help and was lucky in meeting Chinese con- stable No. 310, whom he apprised of what was going on. Never dreaming of danger, the housebreakers meanwhile were employing their time and opportunities to the best advantage, and with a long bamboo pole, at the end of which was an improvised metal hook, were pulling up through the skylight everything within reach. Finally satiated with their Kädi, they prepared to clear out. Two descended to the cookhouse from which access had been gained to the roof of the pawnshop, and there they were found by the lakong when he en the place. The third man was hanging hands from the skylight of the cookhous constable appeared on the scene he tried ready to drop down, but when the Chinese scramble back again out on the roof lakong caught him by the legs and the trio by their queues in the manner of him down beside the other two, and, holding coachman driving a three in-hand, he marched them off to No. 2 Police Station, Waneliai. whence they were transferred to the Magistracy the lukong was brought to the notice of HE. and subsequently dealt with. The conduct of
mended him for his prompt sotion and smart the Governor, who, we understand," bit com- capture.
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TERRIBLE COLLISION IN THE
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SERIOUN LOSS OF A disastrous collision, involving life, occurred of Nobatsuna Island of the let just. The Hayami steamer of 121 tons running and Mitsugahama, Ehikoku, whe Corean steamer Kanjo (790 tons exchanged whistles several reason at present unexpi failed to avert a collin cut inte and went da were seventy-two fated valueL
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