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"the large powers given to the Medical"arily pass before the stringency of "Officer of Health there should not be inhouse accomodation bertins to lacken Hongkong a house unfit for habitation, "Can anything be more ill-judged than to “introduce a measure against overcrowding “nor should any house be permitted to A. S. WATSON & CO., continue in an insanitary state." It has been amply pointed out in these columns that it is not on the side of attention to duty, but in the matter of anbers that the Sanitary Staff is lacking. Hongkong is in this respect undermanus, compared with large towns at home, though sitation is
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This then is a sample of the way in which the Hon. F. H. MAT thinks it right to quote and refrain from quoting. He will scarcely, we imagine, contend that it is But of course the Secretary of ingenuoỦA. State for the Colonies has no time to turn up the context of the Hon. F. H. MAY's quotations,
even-more important point in the East than it is in the United Kingdom. With regard to the statement that with the powers given to the Medical Officer of $0.96 $7.56 Health, there should not be a house poft for habitation in Hongkong, how does this square with the admission in section 12 13.92 that it may be advisable, in certain events,
to employ a very large number of men (not surely our present meagre staff, in 19.20 February, and disinfect the whole city
Late last night the report reached us that quarter by quarter"; while if that does not succeed, the question will remain what HM.38. Eclipte, Lois, and Daphne had been structural changes shall be carried out, and taking in oral with all speed, and not only coal bat ammonition. Owing to the lateness of the what property resumed, destroyed, or
hour, however, we were unable to discover what rebuilt a question which involves profoundation the report had, and enquiries elicited perty worth from £100,000 to £150,000 per nothing. We give the rumour, which also said acre, as His Excellenty points out in section that the three ships were proceeding north
to-day, for what it is worth. 13, wherein he appeila for the advice of an eminent sanitarian on the point ?
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A fire occurred in a cook-house at 48, Queen's Road Centrel early yesterday, but was taken in time by the Fire Brigade and subiusd. The damage was tribing.
Next in order we may take the Hon. J. H. STEWART LOCKHART's letter to the Chamber of Commerce on the 18th ult. This encloses two reports, by the Hon. W.
We are informed by the Committee of the CHATHAN and the Hon. F. H. MAY respec- tively, on the measures taken to give effectHongkong Cricket Club that the Interport to Mr. CHADWICK's recommendations of Cricket Week has been defnitely fixed for the 1882. HE the Governor thinks, the letter says, that the two reports will satisfy the. community that the Government has not
lagged behind but has rather been in advance of local public opinion in this izsportant matter." The lackbone of the case presented in the reports is supplied by the Hon. F. H. MAY, who overcises bis are commended to the notice of Connoisingenuity in collecting the cases in which the Unofficial Members of the Legislative seurs as high-class after-dinner Wines.
Council, supported by the public Press, have in the past opposel Government
We guarantee our Wines and Spirits to
During the 24 hours ending at noon yesterday
and two deaths (Chinese). there were reported two fresh penes of plaguer
The T.K.K. steamer Hongkong Maru wil
have for San Francisco en Saterday, the 3rd inst, instead of as proviously advertised.
The question of the title of frisa to landed property in the Philippines is to be tested by trial before the Supreme Court of the Islands.
Buencamino, a former insurgent loador, on- Manda Zimes, the story published by the New phatically denies through the columns of the American as to the intention of the Filipino loaders to establish a monarchy.
A new boalth ordinance has been issued in
Manila forming the following offensive trades, such as the killing and skinning of animale, manufacture of glas, oil, guapowder, etc, to establish themselves outside of the city limits.
Archbishop Chapelle, of New Orleans, who had been acting Papal Logute for the West Lu-lies and Philippines since the conclusion of the Spanish-American war, is to be made a cardinal by the Pops for his work in the Philippinos.
We understand that all the copies of the memoranda attached to HE. the Governor's letter enveying the recent Petition to the Secretary of State for the Colonies have been exhausted, and that a fresh supply is being printed at ones.
An account of the prevailing high percentage of sick cases amongst the troops, and as a precautionary measure, every soldier in the gorrison now receives a morning dose of quinine very wise meneurs, which we should have thought would have been adopted before-
11th to 16th November, and these dates have
The new Charter of Manila has a clause for been accepted by Shanghai and the Straits.
It has been brought to the antice of Captain the supression of the use of opinn. This has Tulloch, K.A., Adjutant of the Hongkongsanzed quite an excitement among the Chinese sending a pretest through his legal representa Volunteer Corps in succession to Captain population, culminating in the Chinese Cousul Pritchard, now on leave, that the signallertive, Mr. Platt, urging the the prohibition against the use of opium among Mongolians he very lax is their attendance, and they are. accordingly requested either to attend more
eliminated from the Charter.
ularly or to withdraw their names from the class, thus making way for others who may be
desircos of instruction in signalling.
A courageous disregard of seif was-shown
The Ostariatische Lloyd of the 26th ult. bas a seathing article contributed by a inyman, about the so-called khaki aniform worn by the German
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The German troops taking part in the ex-- pedition consequent upon the late troubles in the North have Jost 18 offers, 12 non c0μA - missioned officers and 239 mən, or a total of 300
Whilst attempting to evade failing basketa Company's works on Tuesday afternoon, & ceolie, carrying a load at the time, fell and of sugar at Messrs. Jarlino, Mathemon &
stained somewhat severe injuries. He was
removed to the Tang Wa Hospital.
Things are reported, from Gorman sources, to be looking black on the Muncharia-Corean able to put down the risings that occured with couple of regimente. But now they have border The Russians thought at first to be
nearly 20,000 troops thurs. Great georeoy, in observed as to the movement of the troops and engagements fought.
The statement that £500 has boon offered for information that would lead to the discovery of the person through whose agency II.M cruiser Cressy's steering gear was damaged is officially denied. After the accident a court of inquirs
was held. This resulted in the authorities ob-
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DAILY PRESS" SERVICE.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS; }
THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
LONDON, 80th July, 8.10 p.m. THE TARIFF QUESTION. Mr. Rockbill reports to Washington that the Ministers of the Powers favour an immediate application of the tariff. The United States Government has instructed Mr. Rockbill that there muut be exemption
reasonable time for complete delivery of contmeted cargoes for cargoes now allont, and an allowance of
GENERAL NEWS.
LONDON, 90th July, 8.10 pm.
THE MARKETS.
The news from Texas has caused a sharp
taing the information they required. It a rally at Liverpool. The Manchester market of a person, whose name was given to this court,provement. stated that the souldent happened in consequence is quiet. Copper shows a fractional in "fooling about with the helm."
An incident in H.M.S. Robin's recent trip
some 200 miles up the North River has not yet been recorded publicly. It appears that the French river gunboat Vigilant was bound on a
REUTER'S SERVICE.
LONDON, 29th July, AUSTRALIA AND THE IMMIGBA
TION QUESTION, The Hon. Edmund Barton, Premier of the Australian Commonwealth, las introduced a Bill into the Australian Parliament containing drastic restrictions apon Immigration, saluting the station o
similar errand at the same time, and there was much rivalry between the two boats. On their progress up the river, the Bobin sux Vigilant alternately stuck on mul-banks and were passed
PROPOSED GRANT FOR LORD by one another. Finally both sinck at once cided to wait till morning." The Robin, how--
ROBERTS. toward nightfall, and the Fraugh captain do-
In a message from King Edward, which har ever, made her effort the same night, and got away with a strong lead, so that when the Vigilant ultimately arrived at the destination been presented to Parliament, His Majesty says she found the Robin already waiting there,
that, conndering the eminent services of Lord Roberts to the country, and desiring to confer At the prompting of Dr. Wisgard, director upon him a signal mark of favour, his rocom- general of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, the Inter-mends that a grant of £100,000 be voted to the
measuma of Sanitary improvement, the on Tuesday evening by Mr, W. Armstrong, of garrison in Shangbai. It is said to be simply national Sleeping Car Company are, so it is distinguished Field Marshal be genuice only when bought direct from implication being that the good Glover Manera, Butterfield and Swire, who, having dyed drill, which after one or two. washings rejerted, about to put on a series of special THE SOMALILAND OPERATIONS. went has been prevented by the bad jumped into the water with his clothes on,turns from a greenish-yellow canary to a dirty traina de luza in connection with the steamship The Mad Mullah has boan defeated with
us in the Colony or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Ports.
Unofficials and still more wicked Press from making Hongkong, boulthy town. By convenient use of asterisks in his unain quotation from the Daily Prese of the 26th A. S. WATSON & CO. September, 1887, the Capaia Superinten-
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rescued at the risk of his life a Chinese woman brown, with all the hundred and one inter who had been steering a sampan, which mediate shades. The German soldier in his the launch party to whom Mr. Armstrong baki uniform parading the streets of Shang belonged hand in tow. The sampon captisal, hai is truly a spectacle, both for pity and and the woman was thrown into the water. The deed was certainly a placky one.
laughter..
The decorating of the Kitia monument in The Rev. J. G. Paterson, who lectures to Shanghai, in honour of the German officers dent of Police, apparently thinks to clinch hie argument as, to the opposition to the Government's measures for the relief of night in the mission hall of the Union Church and sailors who perished when the old Iltis on Travels in many lands," should certainly went down five years ago near Shantung, was His misfitly carried out on the 23rd nlt, the day of the overcrowding. He. quotes the following beads to interest his audiendo.
Dr. Knappe, Consul General, words:"One of the chief grievances of sionary travels, we learn, have been in the anniversary. "residents in this Colony, Chinese and United Kingdom, France, Denmark, India, and the consulate officials, the officers and men "Europeana alike, is the great scarcity of Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Russ, Fin- of 8.M.S. Seeadler, and the troops in garis HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, DES VEUX ROAD Clhouse accomodation and the consequent land, Burmah, Persia, Turkey, Caba, Mexico, all laid their floral tributes rendd the mobu- This grievous state of The Fijis, Friendly Islands, Andaman Lelands.ment, while the commanding officer, Count ** high rents. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C
“thinga the Government proposes to make Japan, United States, Canada, Cape Colony. von Schlippenbach, gave a short address. "worse and worse by enforcing law Transvaal, Orange Free State, Natal, Egypt, Quilxmane, Dolagos Bay, Jeddah, Zanzibar, against overcrowding. Every person is to West and South Australia, Victoria, New South bare 300 cubic feet of space to sleep in, Wales, Queensland, Traiania, New Zealand, We have reproduced already part of the
although even supposing the house accom-Madagasuar, Argentine, Chili, Peru, Equador, blue-book just issued by the local Governmodation ware amply sufficient to afford and Jerusalem. This wide experience certainly ment with regard to the Sanitary condition
this space many of the Chinese would qualifies Mr. Paterson to call himself a traveller. of this Colony and the consequent petition probably prefer more company and less.
About the end of June, the European women of H. M. Naval Ford petitioned Commodore F. Forell, C.B.; for an increase of their salaries; one of the reasons giron being that their rate of payment was inadequate to
necessitating their living in close proximity to the Chinees-married mon and their families being the chief sufferers. Commodore Powell, recognising the urgency of the case in regard to the epidemic of plagae then raging, cablad he would recommend. After taking the opinion home, and received a reply asking what incresse of the officers in the yard, the Commodore, we as informed, recommended an increase of 100
of over 1,000 residents to the Colonial Office:
room.
Less than 300 feet is not
services of the Norddeutscher Lloyd and the heavy lo Hamburg-American line. These trains will ba officially known as Lloyd expresses, and will be composed of first-class coaches only. Apart
from the Trans-Atlantic services performed by their slower boats, the two German companies via, between Bremen, Hamburg, and Geads and New York, and Lloyd express tins will run to and from the before-mentioned three European ports and the principal Continental centres in connection with the arrival and departure of the steamers Other Lloyd express trains for the English traffe of the Imperial German asil lines to Genca and Japan and
run three fast Trans-Atlantic services a week,
Australia will run between Ostend and Granoa,
Heroism in a shark-infested ses led to the
AUSTRALTAN VAUDEVILLE COMPANY AT THE THEATRE
Our latest visitors have reason for satisfaction: at the success attending their opening perform- Ance in the Theatre Royal list right. Only in the circle could the audiente be described as sparse, and that the entertainment met with
ite ungoaided spproval was evidenced in the encores that greeted each fresh tara. One good. feature is the orchestr the hand of the Royal Wolah Fusiliers-which opened the first part of the programme with the spirited intermezzo
Richmond
This part included an opening
the
The Belle of New Perio-comic, operatic, besides & Buscialt
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by the Sister
The decision of the native magistrate about between Roman Catholic and Protestant com.that the King has been pleased to confer on the collision that took plass near Nanchang announcement in the London Gazette last month walts and end verts, to wit, that each party was to pay for the Lieutenant Hallon Stirling Looky, BN, the Perhaps the best turn of all break. The Roman Catholics were armed, the Mail. On August 25, 1900, HM.S, Widgeon was loudly, encorest, and the last
was anchored in Kosi Bay, fifty miles south of she repeated twice. damages done to the other, caused a new out Albert Medal of the second class, says the Daily Moore Bokfiers in the Park. Protestants not. In consoquenes, the latter were defeated, having thirty of their party Delagoa Bay, and the work of disambarkation Forde, who mig killed, of whort twenty were driven into the was being carried out under the superintendence and who riter and drowned. The magistrate of Nan of Sub-Lieutenant Lecky, who had been sent with the disturbance, with what result in not known. capsized in the heavy me and though most of encore chang has sent troops and an official to quell on shore for that purpose. One of the boats the
and we publish three more letters to-day dangerous in a climate like Hongkong The remainder of the blue-book does not "when people keep the doors and win On vasily lend itself to quotation, owing to thedows open all the year round. length of the memoranda attached and te«this point the Government has shown meet the heavy expenditure in house-ront. According to the latest news the differences the crew reached the shore in safety, Lieutenant i
the fact that particl quotation might appear to do an injustice to those who drew them up. We propose, however, to consider a few points of the Government case as set forth
in the blue-book.
itself absolutely impervious to reason.”-
The Hou. F. H. Max having omitted to quote the very paragraph of the whole article which explains the opposition to the Government's proposila, we will submit it to We may take first H.E. the Governor's our readers, official und unofficial, and leave letter of the 5th July to the Secretary of it to their sense of fairness to any whether State for the Colonies, which, though written, the memorandum gives a true picture of As Sir HENRY A. BLAKE himself states in his letter of the 13th July, before he had seen the Petition, nevertheless contains at least one point which has an important bearing on some of the arguments in that document. For the rest, the letter, is a
our attitude in 1887. We wrote:-
"The Bill says every adult is to have 300 cubic space of feet whenever and in "whatever district the Governor chooses to proclaim. In the great scarcity of houses
Latest advices state that the per cent. Adiralty hare muctioned an increase of 75 per cent, to date from Lxt July.
have not been adjusted as yet, as is shown by Gray, who was unable to swim, with a trooper, cr the British gunboat Woodlark and the French clung on to the host, which drifted in
sharks in the vicinity rendered their positio orniser Decides being ordered up the Yangtze northerly direction. The Lugs breakers which extremely critical, when Sub-Liantesent Looky and his servant, Private Bolting, KMLI to Payang lake, to be ready to take a hand if swap over the heat and the appearanos Decanary.
gallantly went to their resens and myod both lives of the imminent risk of their own we should like to know, is the reward of Privas
Botting & herrian P
Writing, before the publication of League's letter which was repri edition of yesterday, the Naval and
the enforcement of such a regulation could ¦ Admiralty Jurisdiction, Bell's Asbestos Eastern has been requested to tender an official apologs Record wrote: We understandi
plainly written account of the recent plaguenot fail to cause great hardship and sued the owners of the steam-launch cong assembly room when the latter areated a dis. Lesgue has been investiga
epidemic, and to one statement only can strong objection be made. That statement is contained in the words in section 6- The public Press published letters and articles that increased the alarm," etc. On behalf of the public Press we must resant this imputation. Whatever panic there was
The report of the French surgeon who
in the Mediterranean, with the res
condition and strength of the Brit
The dongera to which the League mosni effort is to be made to reuse puh bring about the strengtheart
within the limits of an ordinary Press. To clear the groun preliminary article will appert. leading reviews, over the signature man who has devoted his recent atten
direct attention cannot be adeq
Mr. Whitmarsh, Governor of Benguet, P.L, who had been charged by his Secretary, Mr. official power to further private ends, before Scherrer, with personal dishonesty and using the Philippine Commission, has been fully exonerated, and Secretary Scherrer's resigna tion has been accepted by Governor-General At the Supreme Court on Tuesday, in Taft. At the same time Governor Whitmarsh Agency, Ltd., owners of the stem-launch Belle, for having thrown his secretary out of the "suffering. Men already crushed down with Wo for $2,000 damages for collision. The turbance. Mr. Whitmarsh is quité willing to the exorbitant rents they now have to pay, Hon. H. E. Pollock, K.U., Acting Attorney. tender the apology, admitting that it was "would be turned out of their houses and General (instructed by Mr. Wilkinson), of hardly a dignified act for the governor so to "have to seek fresh quarters, for which they peared on behalf of the plaintiffs, and Mr. J. assault his secretary, adding (with a twinkle in The charges have "would have to pay still more The J. Francis, K.; (instructed by Mr. Master), of his eye) it is sometimes handy to be able to sridienions by the Menta "pressure would exert itself upward, the defendant. The collision took place on 1st be your own constable,”
morning. The evidence of the plaintiffs is Pres this spring was inost certainly not due to the" through the better class of Chinese, until March last, at a quarter-past eight in the been stignati
it was folt, as indeed it already is, by the entirely opposed to that of the defendent. action of the Press. Such letters as appeared were mostly of the nature of complaints "European community. Many European The coxswain and others on the Belle say that against the way in which the work of fight houses are even now occupied by the Chains they came round the stern of the steamer recently attended the twelve hours trial of the ing the plague was or was not carried"nese, and if this Bill becomes law, still Diamante on the starboard side they descris submarine bool Napal indicates very plainly the subject of our alleged paril
that Sir John Fisher's squi out. No articles of an alarmist characterowe will be so occupied, and the Euro- the Kuony Wo coming round on the port sido that oven hardy tars cannot broath artificial air
peans will have to bil one agaiast the of the vessel, about 100 to 120 feet off. Both for so long a period, without wuffering very that if the Navy Leaguð can ↑
launchies were running on à converging course, acutely from what modiest men describu Na were published
be the papers of this Colony H.E, we would venture to sug-"other whenever a house. bocopies vacant
svern of the Diamante the collision took placa, siek headache. After the first six hours below whether in battleships, gest, is treating outspokenness of language "Only a few weeks ago rents were put up 20 the Kwong Wo following. Directly of the cerebral compression, and ordinary folk call
per cent, on a large number of European Hong Wo quashing into the starboard water the atmosphere in the boat became bad we shall be propared as though it were language calculated to cause undue alarm. When we consider that "houses ouued by one firm, and the same quarter of the Belle and bumping all round her or rather, the ombers and men could no longer entering the
storn, thus causing the Bello to swervo and run adapt themselves to its artificial composition, thirty Europeans cases and eleven European "Rovement is going on in all directions, deaths have occurred during the epidemic "Considering that the population is daily into a cargo-bost in tow to the tag Tei Ho, and turned sick and ill. Also, we are told, the it is surprising that there has been so little increasing, the outlook in the matter The story told on Kwong Ve side in that the zusuntecture of electricity under water producer of house accomodation is alarming, unless Belle collded first with the cargo boat and in a peculiar +meet upon the crew which a free panic among the European residents. It will hardly be contended that the alarm the Government take some energetic backing off ran into the Kong W. This is ration of milk is unable to counteract. Perhaps among the Chinese was excited by the public steps to open up more building sites vorrahurated by the evidence of Mr. A. H. rain would be more effectual. The sufferinga
engineer of the Diapiante. Yesterday morning, submarine versal would have to coinë. Prese. The point, however, to which we do The point is one the Gore-ment has Notior: Brat officer, and Mr. R. Rodger, second of the crew indicate that the commander of sired to refer in the letter under consideration under its consideration, and we believe His Honour A. G. Wise, Acting Chief Justice, surface ocasionaly to renew the supply contamed in the remark in section, when they do not underestimate the gravity went on board the Diamante to take observa by natural means. Even in maro
relief tich from the steamor. of the station. But H.B. says I have no reason to beliere that the Sanitary Staff are not doing their duty faithfully, and if they are, then will I
mid hardly ever be necessary 11 boat to come for bearing again to-morrow morning at half- remain submerged for -- maveral touES
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