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Lieut. D. Pudsey left for home by the C.P.R. 8.8. Athenian.
Dr. and Mrs. G. M. Harston arrived from home.by the German, mail of the 12th October. Mr. F. P. Hett, solicitor, left by the mail for Home. He is going to be married, and took away with him some beautiful wedding gifts.
Seventeen subscription griffins, the first batch, are expected from Shanghai in a few days by the 8.8. Kwong Sang.
The Fathomer is at present under the sheer legs having her machinery installed. She will probably be ready for her trial trip in about a month.
Mr. Li Hong Mee, interpreter in the Supreme Court, has just returned from a holi. day in Europe. He has still two months of his leave to run, after which he will resume his duties in Court.
It has been reported to Central Police Station that a Jow had been seen to commit suicide by jumping into the harbour. The occurrence
was witnessed by an Indian. No body has yet
been found.
The Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steam- boat Co.'s 8.8. Heungshan while entering the harbour from Macao, on the 12th inst, shortly after eleven o'clock collided with a small Chinese junk, which turned turtle. The oc- cupants, three in number, were saved.
Mr. Walter Rand passed his master mariner's examination on the 14th inst. He was examined by Lieut. Knox. R.N. (King's Harbour Master) and Capt. Beetham, of the C.P.R. 8.8. Empress of China, in seamanship; and by Mr. Basil R. H. Taylor (Assistant Harbour Master) in navigation.
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the paragraph published recently to give expression to numerous complaints of the dust annoyance caused by the trams, we are reminded that Section 16 of the Tramways Ordinance 1902 requires the Company to water their track from Kennedy Town to Causeway Bay and the Race Course. The road outside the track, of course, has to be watered by the Government contrac- tors.
While a lady named Miss Fletcher was walking along one of the upper roads the other day a Chinese lad about sixteen years of age crept up behind her, snatched away a satchel which she had attached to her waist He ran down a belt and made off with it. side road into Wanchai and has been successful in evading capture so far, notwithstanding that the lady gave chase and tried to get hold of, him. The satchel contained about $20.
A local correspondent writes: More than once comment has been made in the Colony on the highly coloured pictures, emanating from Japanese imaginations, supposedly illustrative of events in the war in the North. Most of these are too ludicrous to do anything more than to cause a laugh amongst Europeans; but of late some of the specimens exhibited in the streets have been so violently overdrawn and sanguinary that it might be as well for the police to step in and at least exercise a kind of censorship over such posters. One in especial on the Praya side of the Central Market has been attracting crowds of Chinese every day lately, and its tone is not calculated to improve or uphold the prestige of Europeans (whether they be Russians or Britishers) in the eyes of Occidentals.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
[October 17, 1904.
It is said that the British Fleet will arrive India, Newchwang and Shanghai having here about the 21st inst., when Admiral Sir withdrawn quarantine restrictions against Gerard Noel, Commander-in-Chief, will confer arrivals from Hongkong, the only ports now with Vice Admiral Bayle, in command of the adopting sanitary measures against the Colony French Far Eastern squadron, regarding & are Manila, British North Borneo, Labuan and ght between blue-jackets at Hankow, in whichiam. Regarding Newchwang, information has a British stoker, of H.M.S. Bramble, met his been received by the 'onsul of Japan that though death.
quarantine at Newchwang has been removed on arrivals from Hongkong, Canton and Swatow, the prohibition of the importation of rags, waste paper, hair, earth and insuure continues in force. A similar regulation is in force at Shanghai.
Seventeen subscription griffins arrived from Shanghai by the 8.8. Kigong Sang. They were drawn for at Kennedy's Stables, Causeway Bay, the following gentlemen being allotted ponies: Hon. W. J. Gresson, Messrs. H. N. Mody, A. V. Apcar, J. R. M. Smith, K. Wibel, W. A. Some two dozen members of the Hongkong Cruickshank. E. W. Mitchell, J. Johnstone, Volunteer Mounted Troop were drilled on the White and Perry, C. G. Mackie, Capt. Leslie, Polo Ground, Causeway Bay, on the 14th T. Christiani, . Humphreys, The Bank Mess, inst. by Lieu enant Gresson. Lieut. Gresson
went about his work in D. Dorabjee, W. J. Walker, and C. M. Ede.
a very business-like The finals of three competitions at the Kow. manner. He was not new to his duties, having
in loon Bowling Green were successfully played been a Lieutenant the Light Horse off on the 8th inst, before many spectators. The at Shanghai. The troop are to have uniforms, greens were in good order, almost too dry. For saddles, rifles with buckets, and every. the championship, Mr. J. M. Henderson beat thing else required, excepting their monuts, Mr. J. McDonald 21-11. Mr. McDonald was supplied by the Government.
The drilling awarded a second prize. Mr. J. Galt won both yesterday afternoon made a pretty spectacle. the President's and the Vice-President's prize. but had all the mounts been China ponies, it "If members beating Mr. G. R. Edwards 21-9 for the first, might have looked still better. and beating Mr. J. McDonald 21-11 for the of the troop all had gray China ponies,"
Mrs. McDonald, introduced by Mr. said & other.
spectator, "the effect would be Ramsay, presented the prizes. Votes of thanks very fine. They might then call themselves to the donors (by Mr. Galt) and to Mrs. the Hongkong Grays. At all events, China McDonald and the ladies (by Mr. Kinross) were ponies and walers do not mix very well." When the horsemen were drawn into line the ponies-- given and applauded.
A correspondent suggests that, seeing that which included Pandur, Desert King and Zufall the concrete routes laid down by the Tramway-seemed to think that they were about to be Company have been such a success and have raced. It is understood that many more members made rickeha travelling so much more pleasant, are joining the troop. the Government ought to set about concreting the whole of the streets in the Colony. The suggestion is worthy of serious consideration There is by the Public Works Department. hardly one town in Europe that is liable to the torrential rainfalls that we have in Hongkong. and yet that remnant one will be found almost surely to be granite paved and to have its gradients adapted to the climatic conditions under which it exists. In this Colony, where the tropical rains practically demand a hard surface dressing for the public thoroughfares, we have nothing (except the tramway route) but red-soil dressing which turns to mud at the first sign of a shower.
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Capt. Henry Rawcliffe, of the Admiralty Extension Works' dredger St. Enoch, died sud- denlyon the night of the 10th inst. and was found dead in his hammock yesterday morning. The cause of death is believed to be heart disease. Captain Rawcliffe was a very well known and popular figure about Hongkong, and was _ _a valued servant at the Admiralty Works. He had considerable experience in dredging opera- tions for many years past, on the Manchester Ship Canal, the Admiralty Works at Gibraltar, the Dockyard Extension at Partsmouth, and in Weihaiwei. He was talking to some friends just before going on board about half past nine on Monday night, and seemed healthy and On the 14th inst., at about half-past four, hearty as usual, Mrs Rawcliffe left Hong- fatal accident of an unusual character kong only three months ago for England, and occurred in Queen Victoria Street, opposite was to have been followed early next year by the Central Market. Some pieces of iron | her husband ou completion of his contract. Ä catch-water pipe broke loose and fell from post mortem examination was heldon the 10th the edge of the second story verandah of No. 85, inst. and the funeral took place in the afternoon, Queen's Road Central, a corner house. They struck starting from the mortuary for the Happy two Chinese.of th poorer class, in the street below. Valley at four o'clock. As a token of respect One of them, a man in the prime of life, had his to his memory the work s was closed during head cut open, and was killed instantaneously; the afternoon. while the other, a lad of about 15 years, received a very large gash on the head and a wound in the back. He was conveyed to the Government Civil Hospital; while the corpse was first removed to Central Police Station, and after- wards to the mortuary. The road was badly stained with blood, which was removed as quickly as possible. A crowd, mostly Chinese, gathered around, and did not disperse till long after the occurrence.
The promoters of a One Design Eailing Club held an inaugural meeting in private the other day at Mr. Hazeland's Office. The Club is to be known as the Victoria One Design Sailing Club Mr. E. M. Hazeland, the designer of the 21 footer type of boat adopted by the Club, was voted to the chair. Mr. Howell proposed that the one design to be adopted by the club should at least hold good for five years, as the introduction of any new There have been many complaints of late on design would ruin the sport which the club all sides about the nuisance which the electric was introducing. This had been the case with tramway cars create in their rapid progress the old Corinthian Sailing Club. Mr. Reidie al ng our dust-covered streets. Especially in asked that a committee draw up rules to be sub- Pile-driving on the site of the new Post Office the neighbourhood of Arsenal Street where the mitted at a general meeting of the club. This in Des Voeux load is progressing rapidly, and roadway has been undergoing repair is the dust suggestion was carried and the following were it is expected that the laying of the concrete trouble worst. When a tram-car passes at nor- appointed on the committee: Messrs E. M. foundations will be begun about January. mal speed the wheels lick up the dust from the Hazeland, C. W. Kew, Inspector Hanson, F. Nearly 1,000 piles have been driven already and rails and send it floating in the air, and the four Howell, M. MacIver, and J. Reidie. Mr. 700 more remain to be put down. When com- winds of heaven flick it into the eyes and ears Reidie consented to fill the position of, hon. pleted the piling of this site will be the of the unfortunate travellers who happen to be secretary and treasurer pro tem. The subscrip- strongest bit of piling work ever done in the travelling by ricksha in the rear of the sparky tion to the club was fixed at $5 per year and 21 Colony. On adjoining sites the piles average vehicle or walking on the footpath. In Liver- names were handed in. Four boats are being. about 25 feet in length. On the Post Office rool and Glasgow the tramway companies (in built and four more are to be taken in hand as site they range from 45 to 50 feet, and except the latter case, of course, it is municipal) have soon as these are completed. Ten boats are at the Des Voeux Road end, where the bedrock to water the routes themselves, and excellent considered
be practically certain. is sooner reached, they are driven to their full results are obtained in the way of keeping down challenge cup will be provided to stimulate limit. The big friction driver lately started dust. In Hongkong it appears that the Govern- interest in racing and numerous other events on the job is putting down about ten or twelve ment have to go to the expense of watering the for prizes will be arranged as the club gets into piles a day and giving every satisfaction streets, and even then the nuisance caused by working order. The dimensions of the design is almost adopted are:-length 21 feet; beam 5 ft. 9 Thanks to it chiefly, the contractor will be able the raising of dust by the cars to finish the piling well within his time; if unbearable according to the accounts not only inches; draught 1 ft. 7 inches; extreme draught of pedestrians but of householders who are un-with centre board 4 ft. 3 inches. The boats are the building operations are carried out with as much expedition the building ought to be ready fortunate enough to rent houses alongside the built to carry a total area of 220 feet of canvas, water sprinkling would The total cost of construction is $300. Au for occupation even before the date contemplat-route. Plentiful ed in the contract.
remove the nuisance.
King is the builder.
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