for the insanitary condition of certain houses upon the Board. Anybody who has lived in the colony for the last five years knows the history of the Crown Landa Resumption Ordinanes, and everybody knows that if the Governor's prudeces. or had not gone away, that Ordinance would have been put into practical operation, and probably Taipingshas would be now a Model
Bettlement.
Is it wise, therefore, to take Mr. May seriously now? What proof after all have we that he is
now in carnest ?
Turbing to the blus-book let us consider after Mr. May's opening, Mr. Chathara's Memoran dam. Our Acting Director of Public Works endeavours to show, very half-heartedly it is true, that his department has practically accomplished everything Mr. Chadwick recommended it to de, Siase then, I supposo, it kics slumbered on
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, AUGUST 12TMH. 190:
success-on whom are we then to rely? The appended signatures of nearly all the lawyers in the colony should convince Mr. Chamberlain as to the accuracy of the statements in the Petition, for what lawyer signs à doenment without reading it. or supporte publicly Petition made up of reckless and inaccurate details Lawyers are never reckless-except in their charges.. The Fotition was also signed hy the heads of all the leading commercial firmas in the colony-do these usually sigu docnmonte which they have not read or cannot endorse Finally come the signeturen of their Ht. Reverendos the two Bishops, who, Bon of religion and understanding, would soora to give episcopal sanction to a document unless convinced of its entire truthfulness!
To all these men of local high standing, great ability and integrit to this oversholte Lanrais. It has built waterworks, drains ing testimony of those whose united efforts and markets, and no one will deny that the have brought the colony to the prosperous and Public Works Department has accomplished important position it occapies to-day, Mr. May much since Mr. Chadwick first aroused it The money has been forthcoming and most calmly states that they gned a dosament teooring with misstatements and exaggera. people are prepared to carry out duties who
the wherewithal is provided. The faults the tions. The Petitioners, in alleges. did not know what they were writing about and the signato- eommunity find with the P.W.D. aro that it has ries know even lees want they were signing, not done enough for the inobey it has spout, and it has not always done the work in the way it He endeavours to prove this by the Meme- randum which he has bad the audacity should have been done, and it has also left un- to send in to Mr. Chamberlain Mr. May done many things which it ought to have done, evch leduced H.E. the Governor to write that Mr. Chatham writer exultingly about his ho believed the majority of the signatories waterworks-on the island; he is strangely silent about Kowloon. He prophasises the fact signed the document without reading it-on the principle of Josh Jones his mark X-which that over two millions "have been spent on le a polite tribute from H.E. to the understand waterworks since 1883. Well, most people ing and integrity of the Petitionery and the will fail to see what the figures have to do with Heal of infausbility of Mr. May's judgment.it, unless he wishes to in congratulated on Who then is Mr. May, who can lead a Governor economy, which is talikety. The community provided the money, and have the right to and defy a community?
expert the service; failing that they would liste provided waterworks themselves to their own at Shanghai. Turn to Kow- profit, as loon, and let Mr. Chatham usk bimself if he can conscientiously rejoice over the wretchedly inadequate and dangerous system there. Far thermore, will Mr. Chatham be prepared to stato to the Expert that the system in Hong kong is now fully sufficient and there is no
The Hon'ble F. H. May is a man of many parte; he bus the scrutineering instincts of a political agent; he is equally at his ease as Chief of Police, Colonial Secretary, Treasurer, Superintendent of the Gact, Vice-President of the Sanitary Board's body he bas just excommuni- cuted) and Dictator-in Chief to the other Officials in the colony. He is a colonial Crichton, and supports each position with character:
pay a fins of 59, or soron days, and $1 compensa tion to the ricksha ocolic, or an additional seven days.
RTOWAWAYS ON S.A. ESMĖKALDA."
Harry Smith and Vanderwaert, pleading guilty to the charge of stowing away on the Hongkong, were sentenced to fourteen days Esmeralda on the journey from Manila to
alludes to aro somewhat different to those referred to by the Petitioners. These wonder. fal fuching arrangements of Mr. Cooper's (which on sanitary grounds are condemned). seldom not, because there is not usually suffici out water at the Peak to fill them as a rais half a dozen coolige are requisitioned to pour, water down the drains. Mr. R. hard labour. K. Leigh, who in 1889 reported on the Peak Drainage, referred to this danger. At the muoting of the Sanitary Board on 30th May, 1901, two proposals were made by the Medical Officer of Health to meet the want of Nashing the sewers all drains. This does not testify much to the value of the present wouderfal automatic flushers,
Therefore, if, as Mr. May sileges, there has been cny prevaricating it has been on his side, not on that of the Petitioners. As regards the Peak Drainage, typhoid fever, provjously un- known at the Peak, has followed the introdue tion of the separate system there. Any of the medical signatories are propared to state that the present, condition of these drains is eminently calculated to promote the growth and distribution of the typhoid germe should they accidentally find entrance therein. This equally Lond complaints of tho applies elsewhere. stenches were made in 1882, bat the stinking storm-water drains which it was claimed would prove a remedy. Eave considerably increased the
nuisanco.
Mr. May on this subject of drains make an admission. He says:
The statement contained inthe same graph that the coutouts of the storm-water deaine are nearly as foul us those of the sowers is true, and the only rely appears to be a more etficient method of removal of night soil and the more lective control of the hawking of vegetables, sugar-cano. and fruit in the streets.
Mr. May, with his characteristic impetuosity, forgets one important point, and even Mr. Chatham is curiously reticient about it, namely that the Mr. Cooper of unenviable ronow
inimed that his drains wore self-cleansing. To expect drains to be self-cleansing on some of the gradients made would be verging on the miraculous, and if they wero, as he alleged,
general meeting your directors will propose the Dock Company be acknowledged in a suitable that Mr. Gillies long and valuable services to form. To tako Mr. Gillies's place a gentlema jho comes to us with the highest testimonials and recommendations, and who has been in charge of one or more of the largest dockyards to arrive hore next month. at home, has been engaged, and is expected,
R. SHEWAN, Chairman,
Hongkong, Sh August, 1901.
14
MOET AND
CHANDON.”
The CHAMPAGNE which has taken the
The following are the accounts from January lead for a century.
to June, 1901;--
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. Joho Dantel was charged with refusing to pay legal fare to a ricksha cantie and behaving in a disorderly manner, while under the influence of spirits, in No. 2 Police Station.
Accused pleaded guilty and was fined $3 or seven days on the first charge, without June, 1991.
the ricksha contic or aŭ additional cents seven days, and Så er seven days' hard labour on the last charge.
TIRED OF LIFE.
E. Nelson, the Norwegian sesion whe on
the 27th alt, attempted to commit suicide by enting his throat with a pocket knife, wos brought up on Saturday.
In reply to his Worship's query why he tried to kill himwolf, defendant said that he was tired of his life. He had no work.
The Superintendent of the Sailors' Home stated that acensod came hero in on American ship. The Norweging Consel had not been
anan for some tirao as times were Hai applied to pat. There was no chanes of shipping also suggested that it was not safe to keep the man in the Home, as he might make another attempt on his life.
Inspector Baker though the best thing would be to remand the man until some decision as to his disposal could be arrived at It was
not safe to let the man loose, as he seemeil very despondent
His Worship agroed, and remanded defendunt for week, at the same time suggesting to Inspector Baker te ses the Norwegina Consul and to induce him to take some steps toward sending away his unfortunate countrymau."
THEFT OF FISH.
Mr. H. Davis, of the as. Tartar charged a Chinese with theft of sous fish, the property of the ship.
Complainant said that he saw defendant come ap the gangway on Friday at 10.30 a.ix.,`iu the company of a child,
He then wool arcund the ship looking after the work. When he came to the after hatch he saw defendant hand a bundle to the child. Being suspicions, ke (complainant), went up to thom, whereupon the child dropped the bandle defendant. A quartermastor just then came up, and he opened the bundle and fonud it to contain til, the property of the ship. fish.
Accused chimed that the Little boy took the
ASSETH,
CAPITAL ACCOUNT.
AVE 'DEEX. To volue of Aberdeen Decke, as per last
statement, ame
KOWLOON,
To value of Kowloon Dock,
as por last statement Less jinount since writton
ԱՐ
To assunt paid in connec
tion with purolmasa of Hanghum infund lota Nga. 13, 13, 61, 45 sund 67, 71'.. Taniount paid an zernant of removal of hill on the now Kowkus
latrine host. No. 27
of cutting away: Jull at hrad of No. 1 Dook.
To mount paid on asent
of king new rond
To amoitit jail on neecont of to new houses for European facemen
Te amount paid an account
3
C.
Try their
DRY
100,000,00
$ C. 1,682,800.00
$2,862,96
1,600,000.00
.
IMPERIAL
VINTAGE 1899
FINEST EXTRA QUALITY
24,900.00
DELICIOUS FLAVOUR
EXQUISITE BOUQUET
530,00
$238.00
1 'Poz. Bottles
$47.00
Dóz. Bottles
19.00
44,215.50
of new iron tore t 9,580.00
To amount paul on account
of new Atting shop
Te amount paid on account
of new forge
Tainunt paid on acoourt
of sea wall extension To amowit pain as mecount of No. 2 Duck; cost of Dhe new Worthington steam prong and kiting
Te amount paid en account of new hydraulio in-talla- tion
To cont of new achives for
buitor shop. To cost of now machines for
engine shoppi To coat of new machines for
copporstaiths' shop
To oust of new media for
blacksmitha' shop"
istic ability, admirable tact, and marvellous danger, of a water famine? Why, we have then why do they need the frequent attempt at and ran away.. Complainant then grasped To coat of new machines for
not got half enough water to keep this colony in an efficient sanitary condition.
Then Mr.Chathamtellsusabontdrainage. Now
in these matter of Public Works, Mr. Chatham,
mergy. He has been known to commit errore of judgment, but mistakes over, bis-zubor dinates may do so, otherwise they are unheard of outside their own department. His innumer able attributes permit him to approach any unlike his two confréres, understands what he is discussing. He is an engineer, and an able special subject with ease and pose as an autho rity. He is a wonderful man, and one day all-round man, whose opinion is much respected will undoubtedly be prompted to the well-by his local unei profesional de dos not attempt to discuss the Police, nor toll the merited post of Governor of some colony. There will be no room for anyone else, but that is Attorney-General that he is mistaken is his a detail-he will be qualified for every poet. law; he does not even reprove the Medical Officer of Health on plague reports, nor show the Ho Colonial Treasurer how to add up figures, "sticks to his last, and the only regret the
The wonder is that possessing an officer of such great capacity, who is able to persande any Governor that black is white, anything approaching a grievance is known in the colony. Everything should be perfect (it is-ou paper) with which Mr. May comes into contact. Take his special department for instance-whoever heard of a grievance in the Police Force? As a foroo it cannot control the impertinent illegality of 'rickslus and chair coolies, encouraged by the guilds, but then that is perhaps a duty outside the functions of the Polles, which is left to be overcome by time and the gradual submission of the coolies to benignant Western civilising infuences.**
community will have is that he allowed himself in a moment of weakness to figuro as a sanitary Bundle Fanza to his colleague, the 'Supt. of Police. The misfortaue of the P.W.D. is that the Government has never allowed it to have half enough men to do the work domanded from it.
eleansing with chains?
The so-called new "self-flushing" drain ex- tending from the mullah at the north-east corner of the garden of the Officers' Quarters, Murray Barracks, is a case in point. This drain runs along Queen's Road East, Arsenal Stroot and Praya East, to Ship Street, s distance of about 5,400 feek. It is a 12inch diameter pipe-drain, taking all the sewage of a very largely populated district, and has an inclination of only 1 in 380!! How the designer expects any liquid of any kind, let alone thick and practically nudiluted sewage, to Bow at all on a flat gradient" po
Complainant said it was impossible for the little boy to get down the after hatch.
Acend was sentenced to three wooks', hard | labour.
3
HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LD.
The following is the report of the board of
half-yearly meeting of shamholders to be held at the offices of the Company on the 19th inst
Gentlemen,The...directors have now....tu-. subunit to yen their report, with a statement of accounts for the half-year ended 30th Jane lust. The net profit for the six montke, · after paying interest due and all charges, amounts to To which has to be added the balance brought forward from last
.....$256,757,20 Less bonus to shareholders paid in accordance with resolution passed. in extraordinary general mooting, . 21st January, 1901-
Haw mill
Tocost of new 10-ton double- acting steam later for zew forge
To east of new kir-comprés- ror, complete, for yard
COSMOPOLITAN-
SOLE AGENTS-
$7.021.00
11,078.00
1,771.00
H. PRICE & CO.
12, QUEEN'S ROAD.
Hongkong. 9h August, 1901.:
(616
-4.218.00
4,978.00
6.415.00
27,524.00
£200.00
206.00
1,177,00
17,575.00
9,370.09
1,914,139.37
To value of Cosmopolitan
Dock, as per bistufatement 330,759,00 Le mount since writtan
-17,769.00
To amount paid an uncovent
of enw-mill extension
Te amount paid on account
· of 4 now houses for Euro- pean foremen.
............
of alterations and exten- sions to parap-house, fit- ting one addisional-biler, and 3 additional peripe Te meant paid on account
one except himself is able to realise. For directors of the above Company to the ordinary To amount paid on account sewers at home, are laid at a flatter gradient -than-1-in-100-excepting-large main sewera which convey a good volume of liquid sewage In diariasing the drainage question, may I ask Mr. Chatham whether he considers the four large pipes discharging sewage on to the foreshors, a fow yards from the road, at Des Vosur Road, Kowloon, giving rise to an abominable and dangerous nuisance on whist should be the best marine promenade there is, a sample of that superb system of drainage he professes to be so proud of?
In referring to the drainage of the colony, Mr. Chatham had to consider that, as acting head of the PW.D., he held a brief for the Government. He has therefore sought to prove that the present system is Mr. Chadwick Mr. Chatham concludes: From 1883 to Admitting this, there is therefore some reason recommended it should be, throwing the onus 1888 a sum of $185,000 was exponded auder the in his literary "tab-thumping" in rebuking the of any shortcomings on the Expert; and heading of "Sanitary Works." He omits to signatories and informing them they ate nader further that the Government has done its ut- mention that this expense was chiefly iucurred an antire misapprehension that the sanitary most to make the drainage as perfect as possible. through Mr. Price laying down brick droins condition of Hongkong is perfect, as the Mr. Chathum is an interested witness, and his and pulling them up again in 1888 for pipe drains. Government has rent millions of dollars
He is that entitled to hide the testimony must suffer on that account. Against The total expenditure by the Government on it
his statement we have the signatures of nuder the heading of Drainage Sewerage Work Petitioners for their wickedness in drafting eleven local civil engineers, mon of high from 1889 to 1000 has been 8542,868. This is an such a' document singe a paternal governability and of much local experience, who average of $49,351 a year-does Mr. Chatham ment, which he represents, is over ready to carry
have cudorsed the Petition which says that think this excessive for a colony such as oura out any desired improvement which, after very Mr. Chadwick's recommendations have not with its continual extensions of residential mature reflection, le may consider ahsonable. been fully carried out; that his designs have quarters? Thoughout the Memorands the Official been tampered with; that the Government Las triumvirats endeavour to show, vory cleverly it
tot done everything it should have done, and may be admitted, that not only has the Govern- also that the present system is nusnitable fas not done everything cry in the interests was found to be the case in Bombay) to the place of local sanitation, but they claim for the Go and the community. vernment the initiation of these sanitary reforms, Could anything posibly be more audacious and more natres? They even go further, and state that if any sanitary messures were not carried out, it was owing entirely to Unofficial upposition. The Unofficial Members of Council can, of course, answer for themselves, and no doubt will in Council, and as for the community it would be no exaggeration to say that no sanitary measure hins ever been introduced inte this colony that was not the outcome of public ngitstion.
M
It is twelve years since Mr. Chadwick was last here, which is ample time to play ducks and drakes with his recommendations, and although Mr. Chatham discourses neatly to show that Mr. Chadwick approved of Mr. Cooper's mothods, he does not answer the charge of the Politioners, munely that the pasato e stem" introduced by Mr. Cooper is without the safeguards Mr. Chadwick recommended, viz, abundant water supply, flushing tanks at the head of each drainage valley, pumping stations at each and of the It is to be regretted that I have not sufficient city to relieve the intercepting main dynia zuil space at my depoel to quote from the news throw the sewage into the sea well clear of the paper Bles of the last twenty years the namereity" Mr. R. K. Leigh, in his able report of ous fistances of Oficial opposition to public 1888, said the proposed scheme of drainage, as demands for sanitary improvements. Read described in the report under considera.jon the reports of the meetings of the Sanitary (Mr. Cooper's) is diametrically opposed to that Board for the last new years and realise the of bir Chadwick." extent of Offers opposition to many measures which the trio now trumput forth in their Concerning the general belief that the system was not euited to the Chinese popu.
own,
To show the extent of the Governmentation, I may quote the following from opposition to a messure which Mr. May
now triumphantly chalins as its own, namely, the Taipingshan Resumption, we will quote Mr. May's own words at u Sanitary Board meeting in July, 1894 when he temporarily forgot he was a Government aflaisl, but his strictures
| Report of the House Connections Committee of
the Bombay Corporation, which so well applies to Hongkong
with
(To be continued.)
ECRUTATOR.
POLICE COURT.
Saturday, 10th August.
BEFORE MR. HAZELAND,
THE CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.
The taking of the evidence in the case of the Chinese police sergeant charged with man slenghter of a prisoner while in his custody being esinpleted, the case has been tauusferred to the Supreme L'ourt for trial....
THEFT OF GRAIN-DAGN,
Leung Kam Tak was charged with unlawful possession of nineteen grain-bags, two coils of Afanila hemp and some meat dishes, reasonably supposed to have been stolen from the Kowloon Wharf, was given the option of paying a $25 fine or going to goal for fourteen days.
CUTTING CROWN LAND.
For catting and taking away Crown land, one Lo Lin was Bred 810 or fourteen days hard
labour.
BEFORE ME. KEMP.
account
$036,558,00
37,500.00
219,257,20
of laying railway track thronghout the yard.... To amount paid on ncement. of electric-light instal tion throughont yard and workshops......
323,000.00
3,000.00
4,775.00
10,312.09
5.258,01
TIN, LAUKCHES AND LIGHTERS. To value of Fame, an por last account.. Ta value of ateam launches,
20,764.84
347,211.34
15,000.00
steam lighter, lighters nand bunia, us per hans acromi Les amount since written
UL......
18,640.00
4,640,00
$1,000.00 270,880.30
To sundry debtors
$1,125,815.86 To cost of material on hand
ar por stock lists ............ 1,893,841.98 Loss amount written of $10,000,00
And from this have to be deducted—
Directors' Fees Auditors Fees ...
750.00
10,750.00
Leaving available for appropriation $1,115,005.86
The directors recommend that a dividend for bonus of 8 per cent or $200,000, in all $450,000, the half-year of 10 per cent. or $250,000, and a
be paid to the shareholders, and a bonus of $20,000 to contributing shareholders, that $114,150.37 be written from the value of the Kowloon Docks, $67.211.34 from the Cosmo- politan Dock, and 84,000 from steam inuches, the lilauce $459,695.15 to be carried to the new Recorat
in nccordance with re-
solution of shareholders
neeting 25th Fortary, 11
£7,020.07
30th June, 1961,
LIABILITIES,
by Admiralty lour By shareholders for 1,000 shares of $50
each fully paid-up
Loss repaymente
1,796,221.01
PIANO TUNING.
I'
Fyon VALUE your PIANO at all, you
should have it TUNED REGULARLY by
CONTRACT, #nd: by EXPERIENCED
and TRAINED
MEN ONLY, who are
employed by ms:
THE
ROBINSON PIANO CO., LD.
* Hongkong, 16th July, 1901,
WANTED.
[1282
AN EXPERIENCED MANA-
GER for CRAIGIEBURN HOTEL. Apply by letter, stating experience and enclosing copies of testimonials, &c., to
THE MANAGER,
Craigieburn Hotel. Hongkong, 8th August, 1901.
(2012
JARBOLINEUM-AVENARIUS
USED FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS.
Throughly reliable preservative for Wood and Stone against Whita Ants, Daray, Fungus Rot, and Dampness.
Sole Agents for China, LUTGENS, EINSTMANN & CO, Hongkong, 31st August, 1897,
372
PORTLAND
CEFENT
J. B. WHITE & BE 0.8
SOLE AGENTS FOR CHINA, HOLLIDAY, WISE & CO. Hongkong, 16th September. 1899,
FOR SALE
$4.407,072,92 |||THE GERMAN STEAMER
c.
£2,000 0
2,500,000,00
11,398 14 4
£5,001 5 3 at 1/11 9-16thm
By balance of profit brought
By audry croclitora
$c forward from last account 250,757.20 Loan bonus to shareholders
paši in apaordance with resolation-assed - in ------ extraordinary general meating 21st Jan, 1901
This large turnover at our establish menta during the past half year. being the highest on record, should be very gratifying to the share. holders, as it proves that the increasing facilities | at the docks enable the work to be completed
more expeditiously. When all the contemplated By profit.. improvemente are finished we will be able to execute a still larger volume of work,
The new machine shops at Kowloon Docks are being pushed forward as rapidly as possible, but their completion will be delayed to some extent owing to the scarcity of Chinese skilled labour. A portion of the proposed electrical installation for Kowloon Docks has already beru ordered, and it is hoped that the whole plaut will be erected in working order by about dus time usxt year. We shall then have most complete engineering shops and plant.
The new forge at Kewicon Docks is partly completed and is being worked with good results. When the lf-ton hammer is erected in place and the other furnness werking we shall
be in a position to undertake any heavy work that may be offered is.
30th June, 1901,
To interest.
To Crown rent
27,500.00
219,257.30 906,558,66
**MUENCHEN,"
4,536 Tone Gross, 2,855 Tons Nett,
[1500
as she now lies in the Cosmopolitan. Dock at Kowloon, Hongkong, in damaged condition, with all her GEAR, TACKLE, ENGINES, 39,03.75 BOILERS, MACHINERY and APPUR- 092,720.30 TENANCES now on Board.
For Particulars and Inspecting Order,
Apply to
MELCHERS & CO,
Agents,
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. [1819
Hongkong, 29th June, 1901.
COLD STORAGE.
1,125,815 80HE HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LIMITED is now prepared to receive perishable pro $4,407,572.42 || visions for Cold Storage'at EAST POINT at
Moderate Rates,
REVENUE-ACCOUNT,
0.
220,602.93.
a fire insurance
To ofico expenra, salaries, stationary and
ront of head office To drawing office expenses and salaries to telegrams......... To legal expona - - - - To pruit
List Jamary to 30ta Jung, 1900. By net earnings of the Company'e three
stablishtuents By towage, net earnings By urip tun mu peng
y Los un perin, &c.
WM. FARLANE
Manager. [65 Hengkong, 17th February, 1899.
FOR SALE.
3,020.04 3,137.98
11,625.57
4,098.80 R17 Mr.A UENIEON. Champion host ACING YACHT "ERICA," designed 941.80 906,358.03 in Season 98-99, and winner of, many prises.
Price $300 complete with sails, new last year..
Can a sten on application to
SECRETARY.
$990,231 50
3
.394,348.41 6.108.55
121.00
B.E.Y.C., R.D. Mees.
Hongkong, 9th August, 1901.
[2020
5554 AUTOMATIC MAUSER
-$990,231.30
The demand for dock accommodation has continned is great if not greater than that of soy previous six months and the want of further facilities for our business is more and more felt. Francis Cruz, a well-known character, was up Your directors are however glad to be able to before His Worship, having been arrested on roport that substantial progress has been mado a warrant as he failed to appear the previous in their negotiations with the Government for
An Canadian minister. had just married a Peginning with the invdirigible habits of the day to answer the charge of committing aan extension of our present property, and there
nuisance in the City Hall and assaulting two seems now a reasonable chance of these negotin couple. The registers were sigued, and nothing Indian constables wffo arrested lim, people with regard to waste matter, they aw
tious boing brought to a satisfactory concision mini but the giving and taking of the fee, The bridegroom, 3 strapping young follow, Accused pleaded not guilty and stated that before long. As soon as this matter is definitely naked. How much is it The minister that any system of house connect 2, 10 work resemble cffciency, must be devised and
Mr. Reece was to defend his case.
bettled preparations for the building of New
glanood at the amiting bride and slyly answered, based on these labits. They found that down.
The use was postponed antil next Thursday, dock will be pushed on with all possible speed,
Now it Whatever you think it's worth." Your directors have report that your The CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE: Ike pipes large enough to carry of all the
water used in houses were constantly choked and the fifty dollars bail ordered to be forfeited
pretty. "I reckon it's made I have not heard them in their entirety with solid.
protect he from fout uses were simply day.
2 yers has managed the business of the com- girl was young and that as I indicated in my mittit, I would in justice to this Board say that it is not fair for receptacles for sad, ashes, raga, &e, blocking The next charge against Cruz was assault pary with such distinguished success, and bepa worth about five shillings," said the swain, clergyman groadly instrumental in raising it to the fine tolding out two half-crowns. The the Governmon to try to throw their respon. the pipe and sensing the water to run down the The Government is a walls and foul them. They found, in fact, that
Complainant stated that on the 4th inst., position it is now in has definitely tandcred his looked blankly at the coins, then turning to the fair one, *** I'll leave it to you, andam, he unid. -sibility upon Gas Board es divide the nearly every English devien used to protect the defendant wanted to engage his ricksha. It resignation, which, in view of his desire to rotire What do you think it's worth?" What did
continuous sysrom, and you
by the periods of tenure of offles people from foul gases was bers converted into a was raining at time and the wind had from the management and from the active this young and blushing bride do! She reach- Government up
blown out his lamp. He told defendant to business life he Las hitherto led, your directora of storessive Grovestors, and in my humble means of producing them. opinion, although dam & Government official Mr. May, in his Memorandum, dealing with the wait till he relit his lamp. The latter, saying have felt bound to accept. At the approaching
struck him a severo "Oh, you won't take me. Rad perhaps should not say
are of none the less value.
would only add to the remarks Mr. Franois hos with solid mattor, and that yphons intended to owing to Cruz's non-appearance the previous | chief manager, Hr. Cillies, who for the past should have been worth a good deal, for the
on ricksha coolie No. 552.
In the duty stof a Governor on his taking up ones to musks same subject, characterises the above statement blow on the nose, causing it to bleed and then ran himself loquinted with the state of the colony about there being "no flushing arrangements away. Complainant gave chase, caught defend- and the history of avery question likely to crop as untrue. His reason for this is that Mr. Cooperant, and both want to No. 7. Police Station. up, and more especmlly with the history Statute Hook, and I agree with Mr. Francis that in 1891 reported that the sewerage works in
of the
if the Government habens in mind the Crown the High Lavel District had been completed Landa Beruniption Orinasce, they possibly would with manholes, rentilators end flushing arrange- not have fallen into what I regard as an error of judgment in trying to throw responsibility mente," The fushing arrangements" Mr, May
Defendant declared that complainant ran way when he wanted to engage him, and ran-
ning struck his nose against s post.
His Worship, rather doubting the correctness of the defence put up, sentenced defendant to
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of the Party offering imitations of MACNIVEN & CAMERON'S PENS. "They come as a boon and a blessing to men, The Pickwick, the Owl, and the Waverley Pen. - Boki at all Stationers. MAKIN & CAMERON, Ltd., Waverley Works, Edinburgh
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ed out, took the coins, hauded one half-crown to the minister and put the other into her pocket. A thrifty wife," said the Canadian with a sight, is her husband's crown."
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENT.
The A.Ta steamer China lett Singapore for this port yesterday morning,
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CALIBRE 763 m.m. With CHAMBER for 10 CARTRIDGES, FIBING 10 SHOTS in 2 SECONDS *** SIEMBSEN & CO Hongkong 3rd October, 1900.
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