INTIMATION.
its champion for the manner in which he whitewashes its character.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2ND, 191
of the case, could not fit receive the errone- *ous impression that in Hongkong watiifa We may now turn to the long memeras "tion bas boon at a standstill for the last dum signed jointly by the Hon. J Htwenty years and that nothing has been STEWART LOCKHART, the Hon W, CHATHAM," done or attempted to improve the sanitary
The prisonere vested in connection with the robbery of Hongkong and Shanghai Bank notes at Singapore ware comunitted for trial on the 25th ult
A. S. WATSON & CO., and the Hon. F. H. Max. This professes "condition of the Colony. That such an the on skirts of Manila that, the authorities
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The lodrone element has become so sotive in
have found it necessary to form a dosachant of mounted police to scour the Inf.cted districts.
The Manis Jockey Clubis having a new ruc track (three-quarter mile) laid ont. The former course, built in 1899 and situated outside of Malate, a suburb of Manila, has apparently
been abandoned.
template baikling in the suburbs of Manila a Presidio for the troops, staifir to that in San Francisco, and connecting it with the city by
an electric teamway.
TELEGRAMS.
REUTERS SERVICE.
London, 20th July,
THE DROUGHT IN AMERICA. The drought in the United States has broken, The orop nows is better SCENE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS: A scans occurred in the House of Commons during the debate on the Rating Bill William Redmond and Patrick O'Brien, two Nationalist
dieregarding the authority of the Spasker.
LONDON, 30th July.
to be an answer to the Petition itself."impression would be entirely erroneous is After referring to the enclosures of which "shown by the facts we aave adduced. It we have already spoken, the memorandum is unfortunate that the Petition as worded saya (section 3)-Anyone who reads is not more worthy of the good cause-- "these statements cannot fail to see that the improved sanitation of Hongkong-it "whilst the Government of this Colony his purports to serve. Every resident who realised how important and necessary it is has the true welfare of the Colony at that the sanitation of Hongkong should heart must be in favour of that cause, be placed in a satisfactory state, and has and it would indeed be a Benighted. It is said that the military authorities conmembora, wars suspended from the sliting for
"Government that refused to do all in its spent large sums of money with a view to improve its sanitary condition, it has had "power to advance it. But the sanitary "to contend aguilst many difficulties, uct improvement of the Colday in the future. ** the least of which has been that opposition
is not likely to be sented by miare- to Sanitary Legislation which is described presenting its sanitary history in the
The Shanghai native authorities have rooivid in the review above." The memorialu "past" We fear that the talk of misrepre-information that Prines Kung (the so-called then proceeds to take the arguments of the sentation comes ill after what wo have seen Sixth Praeo, uudis of the Emperor) will pass $18.00 Petition verlatini, with the object of showing of the Government case against the Petition. through Shanghai en route from Usianfa to that all but three of Mr. CHADWICK's recom- Nor do we imagine that the petitioners will Peking, win the Yaugtsze, in a few days mendations have been carried out, and that feel very chastened by the official-rabuke. If Extensive preparations are Iming made by the only two of the others might have been after reaching the conclusion of the blue-book nativo oficials at Shanghai to give him a suit-
able reception. carried out earlier. "On the way, Drs. Aves, they will turn back to H.E. the Governor's LOWSON, and CLAKy are treated with scant letter of the 5th ult, to the Secretary of respect by the Government in whose service State for the Colonies, much as they may 30.00 they have been or still are, and the implica-amine the ingenuity with which the 'Gov
tion is conveyed that the Sanitary Board, not the Government, is atspausible for any remissness in the mintter of sanitary in- spection. We would like to call Captain
Per Case 7 dor,
24.00
ertment has got up its case, they will still are called attention to exceedingly have the satisfaction of knowing that they grave state of affairs, which Air Hanar
the humblest of the petitioners.
The government authorities at Manila oro
hard upon all business men who buy goverment supplies from persons having no right to sail the same. Harry T. Finnick, a pawn-brokor paloo, was the net made to feel the heavy and boarding-house keeper of Calle Alix, San- hand of the las, being fined 10 (gold), and
GENERAL FRENCH IN CAPE COLONY
Ganeral Francli e assumption of the command": in Cape Colony is having a marked effect upon the invaders Larger offensive operations against the enemy are bing organised, and block-house plot along the railways.
SUDDEN DEPARTURE OF BRITISH WARSHIPS.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Fs do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondente.]
A PARSEE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT"
TO THE EDITOR OF THE “ DAILY PRESS.
Hongkong, Lat August, 1901- SIR-Under the pretence of gratefully acknowledging the donation of $150 which the Commiftes of the City Hall has very badly granted to the family of the Inte bli. D'S.
bebind the signature of A Parson, Stries to Gotla, your correspondent, taking a safe shelter
attack ma in your to-day's issue hy characteris ing certain statements I made in my letter published in your ise of the 6th June, in connection with the plague and the Parsees a reckings sad in bat faste He seems to rais a lond chorus of hallelujahs over the fact that tho Rost Goftar a weekly Paros newspaper pab- Kahed in Bombay, of the 7th July, commented adversely on the publication of my letter in your issue of the 8th Jane. The paper in question distinctly sage that thera la o good. deal of truts in my complaint, viz., that thongh Hongkang is the first source and birth place of bubonic plague, no arrangements · were mede for opening a esparatoard or eled in the plague hospital. for nursing the plague-stricken Paraces, though the plagus assumed such a corions aspect, and though the fans at the disposal of the trustees of the Parses community were mough to
.96.00 Superintendent MAY's attention to what he BLAKE acknowledges to exist equally with in addition receiving one year's imprisonment ten o'clock on Wednesday night. The rumour the editor of the Bast Getar newspapor finds
We call attention to the slight increase in the prices of our "B" and "C" qualities, which alteration will take offct
from 1st August, 1991.
All our Brandies are guaranteed to be
PURE COGNAC, the differences in price
said on this question at the Sanitary Board meeting on the 19th July, 1894. Bat doubtless a change of view in an official is
ore commendable than it is in a mere ordinary individual. In an airy way the question about limewashing in the villages
and one douth (Chinese),
Bailing, it is believed, under sailed orders a phrase that may express much and again may monn little the second-elusa oruiser Eclips, the stoop Daphne and the gauboat Pigmy left the harbour madonly between half-psat aine and
mest such expenses. The main fault that
with hard labour.
regarding the projected despatch of warships we with me is that I did not bring forward my The lato Horr Steinitz eserted that chess chronicled in our iseno of yesterday. The complaint in the proper way, and that by day only one fresh case of plague was reported, tirs table in
During the 24 hours ending at noon yoster-players are gone rally long-lival, but a compara-Daphne was the first to sail, picking up her publishing my letter I offended the feelings of
The Deutsche Schachzeitung, moorings at half past nine. Shortly afterwards the trustees ! computed on seventy-five lives of prominent men
the Pigmy followed, and at ten uolock the The editor shes in this courao muotivon ef in each of the various porsaits, gives the average clipested away in the wake of the two jealousy and entity, sainus and bal taste, etiams in years as follows: Chess players, ganbcats. The destination of the vessels, so In short, sir, read between lines the ultimato 56.78, musicians, 60.32; poets and literary far as the public is concorsod, is a mystery, and, aim and object of the editor of the Hast Cufeir writers, 63.18; astronomers and scientific writers, as always happens when the circumstances are and your sophisticated correspondent is to gag 6791; great generals, 70.06. With regard to startling and information neagra, rumours, my mouth, and prevent me in future from bring- the hat item it would be interesting to know vague and lesprobable, are rife. The first that ing to light any grierande or complaist our com- gained currency was the stranding of H.MS munity may have. A good deal has also been the average lifetime of ordinary generals.
Glory, which was due here yesterday, with made out of the reply of Mr. Bouley whiteli According to L'Echo de Chine, the news Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge on board. This, you published in your issue of tho 7th June, from Shapsi is of the worst. Tung Fubsing | however, was promptly denied on enquiry at though I may say I have never sought in my and Prince Tuan are 200uring the country the Naval Yard, but beyond that and the bare letter to throw any disoradit on the City Hall with numbers of troops under their command.
Committen or Mr. Bowley directly, or indirect- There is no nows of the Belgian missionaries in
ly. All I said, and all I still say is that instead Mngolia Li Hung chang has been asked to
of leaving the plague-stricken Parsons to ba furnish an asamance that they are cafe, but the
looked after by one or two friends as best
bould be-devised - by- Chinese plenipotentiary refused to give a promise
they could, means answer on the subject. It must be stated,
the trustees to have them removed to the however, that ne confirmation whatever of this
hospital, ant, placed bad news from Shansi seems to have come from other than French cources.
Manila is not at all behind Hongkong. It has its gamblers, its opium deus, its counter. fotore, and now it has even its discontent among the European police force.
We hear that a prominent local shipping is dismissed, the remorandum saying: "It firm is prepared to purchase to dredger Canton must not be forgotten that under the exish-fiver, after she has been repaired, provided ing law a householder whose dwelling is that the price is ruasonable. found to be in a dirty condition can be required to cleanse and linewash it within a week." This provision secus to those who drew up the memorandum suflicicht to ensure cleanliness in villages without the biennial compulsory linewashing enforced being merely a question of age and vintage.in the City. It must not be forgotten, we should rather arid, thin port of the villages For Soda "Brandy we strongly
were severely attacked by plague this year, which seems to shew that something was recommend the "B" quality..
wrong with them. But we suspect that some of the officials have by this time re signed themselves to he, idea that the
their
Some of the x-mbers of the police force of Hongkong having sent a written request to aptain Saperintendent na ing for permission to hold another Promenade Concert it is said their chief wrote across the petition No more concerts till farther order. This will prove a disappolatryant, to the many
friends of the forne, "
A. S. WATSON & CO. plogue is simply a visitation of God" boforo Mr. Huzsand, Polics Magistrate, ani
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On the 1st August, at the Pak Hospital, the wife of J. E. MILLER, of a daughter (stilihorn).
On the 25th July, nt Earnluk, Shanghai, the wife of W. EWALD, of a daughter.
The Daily Press.
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fact of the vessels having been despatched hurriedly, Commodore Powell, CB, would tarnish no information. Another story stated theject to be the frustrating of some French move at Amoy. All this is more conjecture, and so it must remain until the authoria are pleased to unburden themselves cr news readies as from either the North or
London.
THE THEATRE,
Two vagrants who song time ago, came
requested to be sent to the House of Detention
With reference to the new Imperial houseÒ- being homeless and friendless, ovorataif their tas, the Si Wan Pao asks: How is it that daily leave from the House of Detention, got people in the Settlements (at Shanghai) pay Last nights performance of the Australian ingloriously drink at the expense of some house-taxes gladly and many are notwithstand Vaudeville Co. at the Theatre Royal fully com- good-natured freguetters of a local bar, and ing the taxes moving into the Settlersouls?firmed the good impression of the previous It is because the money is expended on reads. on sailed in to wipe out the latter with soms soldiers of the R.W.F. regiment From this police, ste, for the public benefit. Let the night, and every barn waat off amid applause; attempt they emerged considerable much the officials take a loaf out of the foreign book, worse for wear.
continues the native paper, if they wish their Teople to pay house-taxes willingly. Let them art aside. & fraction of the taxes for pablic improvements, prd the thing will work like 11egis.
We have been requested to state that the
which it is little use to try to combat by ordinary human meme, On this ground we can understand the protests in the memorandure as to the sufficiency of the medical and sanitary staffs of Hongkong, The statements in the rescat Putation about the inadequacy of the medical equipment of Kennedytown Hospital are misleading," we are told. These are thus reasons. There is Tung Wa Hospital for Chinese only. There were never more: than 22 cases underght, the account of which wo published in the treatment at once at Kennedytown during Police Court reports of yesterday, did not take the late epidemic. The Medical Officer has place inside of the Sailers' Hone, but in the street. The mistake was caused by reading to assist him two European wardmasters, the charge, which said "fighting and creating a two trained Euregean nurses, and one
disturbance in the Sailors' Home, and destroy trained Chinese wardmaster. The Medical ing property to the value of $1.00, belonging Officer never has resided at the Hospital, to the Sailors Home"; and also by the evidence but he is in telephonic communication. Į which showed that second defendant assaulted The Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer the Assistant Superintendent of the Home, advised that ample trained assistance was
An interesting ceremony took place at the
thore is scine Bikelihood that Prince fo will be Tho Jch-jeh Sin-wen of Tientsin states that
scluated by the Throne to go to England to offer the condolences of the Emperor of China to King Edward in connection with the death of the late Grost Queen, and also to offer congratulations on his Majesty's accession to the Throne. Prince Su is quite a young man, of progressive views, and says the N.-C. Duily News, has been often heard to express the desire jug western civilisation and sciences for his of sisiting Europe for the purpose of "borrow-
native land.":
A story is reported in the home papers just to hand of how Mr. Yerburgh, M.P., and Mr. Arnold White, members of the Committee on Narol Victualling, made a unique axperiment in order to discover whether the Navy rations ware suficient for "Jack feat." When the Mediterranean Fleet loft Maita, Mecera. Yor- bargh and White accepted the invitation of Lord Charles Boresford to take a trip on His Majesty's ship Ramillies. Instead of enjoy ing the luxury of the admiral's table, however,
with a devotion to duty that was Ettle less thai heroin, the two gentlemen decided to live
but the attendance was again very poor.
The lateness of the hour at which the opening entertainment on Wednesday night finished
tho care
impetent pure and deptor engaged specially for the purpose, iminodiately the patient state of high fever, There is nothing wrong in bringing the needs of the community to the notice of the heels of the community through the weighty channels of a newspaper.
Let, therefore the Janders of the Parscu
community not contenance ench objco ionable methods, but let them come out, and openly ant
categorically contradict me, whenever ting and any of my statements or complaints mado in the public newspapers exaggerated -or falsu, a
Youre, log course at oice straight, just, and dignified
D. S. DADY BURJOR.
of the programme'in yesterday's fazus. This prevented us from dealing with the acond part part consisted yesterday night, as alsoat the open, ing performance, of nine items, and concluded
ever, and showed him to be in complete
CHINA FIELD FORCE STAFF, with a sketch entitled The Bival Lovers. Prof WA. Davis's Tentriloquial entertainment was
The following, anys a Simla telegram of the mastery of bis voice, which was heard now or 13th alt, will be the Staff of the Cinna Field w there, in tones sometimes high, sometimes Toes when Sir Alfred Gaastee leaves next almostinaudible, as theimaginary spanker moved | menth about the stegn. This capital tara concluded* General Officer Commanding, Major, Crezeral with a realistic imitation by the voles of the Croagh, V. C. soomi caused by say going through wood. The remaining items were also of good merit, and, as was the case earlier in the night, were encored unstintedly
POLICE COUET.
Thursday, 1st July
BEFORE MR. HAZELAND,
NEGLECTING TO KEEP. SIDE-LIGHTS. The master of the team launch Yat: Suor
was charged with neglecting to keep two bright lights on his junk while towing shethar, vesse between sunset and sunris
BEPʊan ME, KEMP.
We drew attention yesterday to the way in which the Hon. F. H. May, in his report on the spot, without the constant attendance In reference to our paragraph of the 31st on the measures giving effect to Mr. of the Modical Officer at the Hospital.lt, drawing attention to the removal, by ardor CHADWICK's recommendations of 1882, mis- We accept the statement that the Acting swimming raft at Kowloon, we are asked to of the police of the Hongkong Bont Club's represented the attitude of this paper Principal Civil Medical Officer made the
explain that the action was necesitated through toward a proposal of the Government in latter remark; but we know as a fact that the requirement of additional mooring ground 1887. A very superficial reference to the several other doctors of at least equal ability for the police launches. It is further stated. file of the Daily Fress will show that we have maintained the opposite and that they that, so far from being oss of petty official have constantly lus urging on the Govern have themselves seen after their patients when despotism, the position the raft till recently ment the accessity of sanitary reforms. strictly speaking these should have been in occupied has only bean by the toleranes of This does not, of course, mean that we have the bands of the Hospital Stuff, There are the police, who have for the past five years always taken the same view as the Govern- certain crises in plague when the responsi- given it room in their mooring-ground, till ment on the measures to be adopted. In bility for drastic action can only be expected compelled, through the limiting of that area 1887, as we showed yesterday, the Govern- from the doctor himself. Moreover, it is by the extension of the Kowloon Godown ment was proposing to enforce measures known that Dr. TomBox himself has been Company's premises, and also by additions to the number of launches, to discontinue the against overcrowding without providing for in ill health and would have gone on leave privilege. But there is, and always has been, the housing of the ejected inhabitants. could he have been spared. It is a piece of ample room for launches and ruft.
Defendant claimed he had two lighta, "bab. We urged the necessity of the opening up good fortune which has enabled the Kennedy-
failed to prove his assertion. He was fined $10. of new building sites, before turning out the town authorities to get through the epidemie
UNLAWFULLY BOARDING BTHAMBE) Mung Tat, a jeweller, was charged with occupants of the too few oxisting houses without a breakdown, and and such occurred Kowloon Docks yesterday morning when the the Navy rations for a day. At 6,80 We still are suffering from the lack of the scandal would not have been the fault of Meklong, the test of two stoel twiu-araw at they were duly handed a pint of cores and
a place of bread or biscuit. At twelve they boarding thes & Bisvenue without permision building sites and it has all through been the staff, but of the Government which shut lights building to the order of the Word had their allowance of salt korso, salt jank, and was fined $3 or ten days. left to private enterprise to provide access its eyes persistently to that staff's inadequacy was successfully launched in the presence of the lay; and at four o'clock bed their pint deutscher Lloyd for river service in Bangkeup and bully, or whatever was the fare for to more ground where it is needed. The As to the Sanitary Staff, the writers of the large gathering, which included Mr. Haupt, or to and another chunk of bread and biscuit; new tramway scheme is but a further memorandam are satisfied to point out that Capt. Meissel, and Mr. O Michael, the re-and after that had to fast until 6.30 next example of this. The Hou. F. H. May's the number of Sanitary inspectors was presentatives of the owner; Mrs. Maisel morning. Mr. Yerburgh, questioned siter
The master of ́s Chinese junk was charged Caso against the Press as anti-sanitariau fixed at twenty by a Select Committee of Mrs, Michu; Mm Foraald: Mr. W. Katard, said:The experiment was quite long with unlawfully allowing fire to-be made breake down altogether. It would doubtless | the Sanitary Board in. 1899, that there is and Capt. Inues (Superintendents for Moners, be very convenient if he could make out also a highly trained Chief Inspector of Butterfield & Swire), Mr. Ferand (Chief bough to show us that the rations of the blue of his junk while carrying a-desk
jackets are hardly sufficient to keep body and kerosene. He was fined $25 or she mo that the Unofficial Members of the Legisla- Nuisures (who has left on account of Contractor, U.S.N.); Mr. R. Cooke (Acting Ang together. It seems perfectly absurd that There were a score or tive Council, backed by the Fress, had been ill-health), and that we have a larger Chief Manager of the Dack Co.); Mr. Wilson, we should expert grown on to have nothing nuisance and obstructio a constant obstruction in the progress of staff than they have ̈nt' Newcastle.
(Manager of the Kowloon Ducks), do. The to eat between 12.30 mid-day and 630 the next Courts, also three breaches of Banitary ordin christening ceremony was gratefully performed the Governtoent toward sanitary reform. They also mention that three trained Tu
morning except a bowl of tea and a chunk of anoss of minor importance. - by Miss Moissel, and the vars:1 glided into the We are not called upon to defend the spectors were applied for carly this year and water amid the cheers of the spectators. The dry bread, especially as there is no milk only attitude of the Unofficial Members either in two more recently. None of these remarks party then adjourned to the office, where cakestesing some time. Yet that is exactly what whore the villain of the place was compelled to
Burr, in the tea, and it has probably been
A recent incident at an English thestraİ the past or the present they represent little furnish any excuse for the fact that we have and wine were partaken of Me Cooke toasted happens I am certain that some reform is die natural death through a pistol refusing to more than one section of the residents in of had a staff sufficient to cope with what success to the vessel and the Norddeutscher needed in this matter of rations, and it is go off, recalls to a correspondent an old stowa the Colony, and that is the section which has been asked of them and that in eon Lloyd, which was responded to by Mr. Haupt, would naturally be least inclined to welcome sequence there has been raaissnese, which who referred to the excolent work turned out a question which we shall have to carefully The liare of a certain old piese, who had been changes involving so much expenditure of the Government is content to put on to the by the Duck Co., and wished them every moncy. It souns to us that the Hou shoulders of the Sanitary Board,
socess. The health of Misa Messel was then proposed by Mr. Cooke, and Mrs. Moissol FH. MAY's defence amounts to this, that At the end of their memorandum Messrs.plied in happily worded spoch. The the Government in the past has been afraid STEWART Lockhart, Charnam and Hay, principal dimensions of the Mekong sro of the landlords, and in spite of a perpetua! my In conclusion we cannot yetrain length between perpendiculare, 160 feet majority of Official Members on the Council from expressing our regret that tee Peti- breadth moulded 97 fees, and depth mould, haw consent bf to do ite dut by the « hou as drafted is calculated to mislead. 11 feat. Sheie
78000 picnis, Colony an dry matters. In this case Any one who reads it, without local know, and is capable of steaming vi nots per honE the Govenmont has little cause to thankedge and unacquainted with the real facta fully loaded flant
follow up,
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS, The Imperial Gorman Mail steamber Frinsens Trane carrying the German Mails with dates from Berlin of the 8th it. left Singapore on the Stat alt, at 6 p.m., call may be expected here on car that the th inst. at daylight.
The C and Dzienmer Carlile Cily hit Sau Diego on a letrats for Hongkong vic Japan Fund. Vanligpston
PERMITTING FIRE ON HIS JUNK.
incarcerated in the despost dangcon,” man- aged to secure a file, released himself from his fetters, rushed down to the footlights, and, in
the midst of an excited harangue on the delighte pf freedom, was shot from behind by a parsing warder. One night he saw tint the pistol (helf by a super in the sings) pornsta
of China andunty threw in his hands, care contortion, and exclaiming
forward and expired.
Chief Staff Ofoer, Colonel Ballivan, RE DA AG. Captain Grimetone, 18th Bengal Lancers, ra
Bengal iratööri* **:
D. AQM G. Captain Drake-Brockman, 5th Bengal Infantry.
Intelligence Officer, Cept, Wingate, 14th cer Colonel Connor,
Commanding Royal Engineers, Alajor Pyer- dergast Field
"Lapteling: Flefon and
Relian Akai
Senior Veterinary Director of Railways
sate Hon-