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Before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Magistracy. on Sept, 23 thirteen natives were charged with playing fantan in a house in Chung San. Street West. They were found guilty and the three keepers were fined $25 each, and each of the players $3.
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His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the following Ordinance passed by the Legislative Council :-Ordinance No. 27 of 1909.-An Ordinance to provide for the collec- tion of duties upon Intoxicating Liquors.
A woman was run over by a truck and killed
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
The Japanese Department of Foreign Affairs will next year promote the Japanese Consulate in Hongkong to the rank of Consulate-General in view of the fact that Hongkong is an im- portant point for trade between Japan and China and for diplomatic relations with China.
Cats in cages were seen at the Magistracy on Sept. 24. This did not indieste a preliminary to the promised cat show, but an attempt by the police to stop a certain enterprise. was arrested for hawking cats and was brought He told the Magistrate that the animals were intended for the Sanitary
before Mr. Hazeland.
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(September 27, 1909.
THE TYPHOON AT FOOCHOW.
A disastrous typhoon occasioning tremendous loss of life and considerable damage to property visited the neighbourhood of Foochow last Wednesday. It is estimated that 1,000 persons at least met their deaths either by drowning or through being crushed in the collapse of houses, and probably this number will be found to be an under-estimate.
The typhoon struck the city about 2-30 on Wednesday and
continued with unabated severity until seven o'clock, when it began to
on Monday afternoon and the two men in Department and his Worship dismissed the moderate. The darkness of night invested the
charge of the truck were arrested. An inquiry is being held as to the cause of the woman's death, and on the result depends the charge to be brought against the men, any.
His Majesty the King has not been advised to exercise his power of disallowance with respect to Ordinance No. 13 of 1909, entitled – An Ordinance to amend The Prison Ordinance, 1899; and to Ordinance No. 14 of 1909, entitled An Ordinance to amend The Tramways Ordinance, 1883.
The Chief Justice (Sir F. Piggott) has award- ed special damages as follows in the action for criminal conversation brought by Captain Mitchell against John Lemm: All costs already paid by Captain Mitchell to be paid by defend ant. Leave to move the Court was also granted to include in the judgment all costs which plaintiff is liable to pay.
An Indian came before Mr. Hazelaud at the Magistracy on Sept. 20 on a charge of stealing a promissory note from a Japanese. The latter, it appeared, had borrowed some money from the Indian and signed three promissory notes. The last one was signed on the condition that the others were returned, but the Japanese alleged that the Indian pat all three in his pocket. The amount was $250.
At the annual meeting of the Hongkong St. Andrew's Society held on the 23rd inst., Mr. J. R. M. Smith was elected president, Mr. Murray Stewart was elected vice-president, Mr. David Wood, secretary, and Mr. G. Mackay Dalgety, treasurer. Messrs. Armstrong, Bonnar, Forbes, Macdonald and Ormiston were appointed members of committee. It was decided to celebrate St. Andrew's day with the usual ball on 30th November next.
At the Magistracy on Sept, 23 before Mr. F. A. Hazeland a young Chinese maidservant was charged with stealing a quantity of clothing and two gold rings from her mistress. She denied the charge, and informed the Court that her mistress struck her, in consequence of which she departed with her own clothing. pawnbroker testified to the girl pawning the stolen property at his shop, and his Worship sentenced her to one month's imprisonment.
As the result of a quarrel in a Queen's Road restaurant last week one man was stabbed and five of his assailants were arrested on a charge of assault. They were remanded on bail, but on Saturday they were all conveyed to the Govern- ment Civil Hospital, where the victim's dying depositions were taken. The five men appeared before the Magistrate on Sept. 20 on a charge of murder. Mr. Leo d'Almada a Castro ap- peared for the prosecution, and Mr. Otto Kong Sing appeared for the defence. The case was
remanded.
Lieut. H. G. H. Grant Smith, 104th Welles- ley's Rifles, Indian Army (son of Mr. J. Grant Smith, of Hongkong) has been promoted to the rank of Captain, to date from June 13th. The record of Captain Grant Smith's services is as follows:-Was with the Naval Brigade during the investment of Tientsin Settlement by the Boxers in 1900, and at the taking of Tientsin City. Was with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers from the time they arrived in Tientsin till their return to Hongkong in 1900 (Peking Medal). Was with his regiment (2nd East Yorkshire) in South Africa 1901-2, afterwards serving in the Mounted Infantry Company of this regiment (South African Medal with three clasps). Transferred to the Indian Army. Received the special thanks of the Commander- in-Chief (Lord Kitchener) for good work done while in command of a column of his regiment sent to the native State of Las Bela, Beluchistan, during the late troubles there,
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The Mitsui Bussan Kaisha were summoned
at the Magistracy on Sept. 24 by Inspector Gourlay for having in their possession four scales which were unjust. The Inspector went on board the steamer Fukkui Maru on the 20th inst., and of the seven scales used in the weighing he found that four of them were in just, being two per cent. in all against the purchaser. His Worship (Mr. Hazeland) im- posed the maxium penalty of $800.
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storm with even greater terror than would have been the case had it taken place in
daylight, but by dawn it was seen that the dread visitor had wrought unusual havoc.
The small craft, as was to be expected, suf- fered the most. About eighty per cent. of the lighters of the port were destroyed, while a large number of sampans were smashed up The stone jetty at against the rocky coast. the Custom House was partly washed away, and the large vessels at the Pagoda Anchorage had a trying time. The Douglas steamer Haiyang drifted from her moorings, but fortunately her
second anchor held. The force of the wind
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On Sept. 24 before Mr. Wood the trial was continued of the case in which four Chinese were accused of receiving 1,085 lbs. of sharks' fins. Two of the prisoners have been discharged can be imagined from the experience of one of and the case has already occupied eight days. the officers, who, when he went on deck at the Mr. W. E. L. Shenton represented the prose-height of the storm had his oilskins blown into cutor, Mr. Talati. The defendant, Ko Fun, ribbons. Two Japanese steamers rode safely was represented by Mr. Davidson, and the through, as did the China Merchants' steamer defendant Lai Lok by Mr. Sydenham Dixon. Haiain, but the Chinese cruiser Haichi, The cases for the defence having been closed, the flagship of the Admiral, dragged her above the Mr. Wool adjourned the case till to-day.
and struck the rock Custom House, twisting her rudder post. She then got into difficulties, but was beached on a mud bank. Twenty-one of her crew are believed to have jumped overboard when she grounded and were drowned. flying the yellow dragon entered the anchorage. This was the Haisum, which had an adventurous time on the voyage from Hongkong. She could not keep up steam, her fires being exting- uished, but the fact that she made the anchorage indicates that she must have been well handled.
A lukong was assaulted in the early hours of Friday morning by four thieves and so badly maltreated that he had to be sent to hospital. It appeared that he watched the four men as they stole sandalwood from a godown in Wanchi Road and when one came towards him with a bag of wood he attempted to arrest him. The thief resisted and when the lukong blew his whistle for assistance the three others rushed down and beat him severely, injuring his head. Four men were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the affair.
Chinese women are just as keen on gambling as the men, but their opportunities are fewer. Of late there have been several instances in Hongkong of "schools" of women gamblers. having been arrested by the police, and one lot, numbering eleven, with headquarters at 4 Cheong Wo lane,, were taken into custody on Tuesday and brought before the Magistrate on Sept. 22. His Worship discharged three fined one $40, another $10, and the remainder $3 each. A feature of the arrest was. the amount of "gaming" articles seized. Not only were there several boxes of dominoes and cards, but the two tables, the half dozen stools, the matting, etc., were taken by the police. Even the clock was removed, it being a “gaming article, as it told them how long they could continue at their pastime before their husbands were expected home.
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An interesting wedding was celebrated at the Union Church on Saturday morning, the con- tracting parties being Mr. J. W. Stewart (of the China Sugar Refinery), fourth son of the Rev. James Stewart, D. D., V.D., Peterhead, Scotland, and Miss Effie Graham, second daughter of the late Mr. Alexander Graham, solicitor, Crieff, and Mrs. Graham, Atholton, Crieff. The bride, who arrived from Scotland a few days ago, was given away by Mr. A. Bain, of the China Sugar Refinery. Her bridesmaid was Miss Wilks, while Mr. John McCorquodale, also of the Refinery, supported the bridegroom The Rev. T. W. Pearce, of the as best man. London Mission, conducted the ceremony, which was attended by a number of friends. After- wards a reception was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. Bain, where many guests partook of the hospitality extended and drank to the health and prosperity of the newly-wed- ded couple, who subsequently left for Macao, where the honeymoon is being spent.
The wireless installation in connection with the Imperial Chinese Telegraphs is to use a normal wave length of 600 metres, and it is expected that it will under ordinary circum- stances be able to communicate within a radius of 175 miles.
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The damage to property was very extensive. Houses were unroofed, windows were blown in, and doors torn from thair hinges, whils large ornamental trees were uprooted. The full extent of the destruction wrought
but it is not improbable that even greater by the typhoon has not been ascertained yet, damage has been done. The cables and tele- graph services have all been broken down and
Foochow is cut off from communication both with north and south.
GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. The Foochow Echo of the 18th inst. gives the following account of the typhoon which struck
Foochow on the 15th:
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In the early hours of Wednesday, the 15th inst., Foochow was visited by a typhoon of unusual severity, and although it raged for not more than six hours it easily ranks as the most violent of any typhoon which has visited this port for the past twenty years. On retiring to rest on Tuesday night very few of the commu- nity had any idea that before morning they would be roused to do battle for their houses and homes and, in fact, the Chinese floating population, usually so correct in their judge. ment as to the near approach of a typhoon, ridiculed the idea of any such thing impend- ing. The evening of Tuesday was with bright starlight, and certainly gave no indications of being the forerunner of a storm of such great severity. Therefore, it is not to be wondered at that when the wind commenced at about three a.m. practically no-one was prepared and the toll taken from the river folk was exceptionally heavy. The wind increased in violence rapidly, reaching its full force' at about 6-30 am, when the barometer in the Club registered 29.10, and there is no doubt that had it continued at its full strength for any con- siderable length of time few houses would have As it was, practically-no been left in Foochow. house escaped unscathed, all being more or less seriously damaged and presenting all the evidences of the fury of the wind. Several houses were uprooted, others lost shutters and walls, while in the case of Jardine's house the chimney fell through the roof and on to the bed of the Manager, who, luckily enough, had just left that particular spot. At the Chinese Girls'