CORRESPONDENCE.
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.]
MOSEB V. KNIGHT.
TO THE EDITVE OF THE "DAILY PRESS,"
Hongkong, th July,
-It is always difficult for the general public to gather, from the report in the papers of any proceedings in Court, what the real facts are and how the judgment any possibly affect thunt or their interests, the statement of the fuets is so often mixed up with arguments on points of law, and discussions between the Comel und the Bench, that the mind of the
ordinary rauder is thrown into confasion and aither he does not sindelstol the facts at all
or he misunderstands them. As the above exia an important and far-reaching one, affroling all those who are Merested in property in the Colony, the rossous stated above must be my apology for attempting, as succinctly sad shortly as I can, le lay the facts before the public unencumbered by legal argument. '
"THE, PILOT-LICENSING QUESTION
We have received for publication the follow ing kotter on the above-gobject :--| A
Hongkong, 10th June.
SIR, A requested by the Committee of the General Chamber of Cominerer, we have con
sidered the question of licensing the pilots at this port and in this connection have had before the following letters-Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown. Co., to Chamber of Commerce, dated 2nd May Chamber of Commerce to the Hon, the Colonial teoretary dated 9th-May; the Hon. the Colonial Secretary to hamber of Commerce, slate 15th May. We now beg to place before the Ceme mittee our views on this subject.
2. A considerable demand exists, and has existed for years; for, pilots at this port, more particularly for the purpose of berthing stommers at the whares of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co.
4. While vil vessels do not make use of Chinos pilots, many commanders find it on advantage to bave a mun on board with local knowledge n to the state of the tiles, currents, and to position of the various ships in barbour.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 5TH, 1902
REVIEW.
Stag in the Twentieth Century," By J. G. D.
Calebunt London, Edward Arnoli.... 1x is needless to point out that books about Siam past have a special Intagest at the present time when the lurzore Question" throatons constantly to occupy the attention of at least two European governments. When sich a book is from the pen of a recent Educational Advise to Siam, it obviously commands more respect that the writings of a aners bookmaker and even of these of an ordinary tra voller. Mr. Lampbell, moreorer, writes sexanoly and dispassionately that he would clsin a hearing for this stove. Siam is a conntry which has inspired visitors ansi students with very mixed feelings. If we took only the writings of Messrs. Henry Norma, A. R. Colquhoun, 3. Up to the present this work has been car-H. B. Hallett, H. Warington Smyth, and ried on by Chinese who in the just were all or J. G. D. Campbell, we should still find it nourly all well known men possessed of the requisite knowledge and capable of handling difficult to arrive at a verdict on the people of the class of reseals then visiting the port. this country. Recently there appeared in the Straits Times two ably written but eminently uncomplimentaryarticles on Siam byngontfonau who concealed his identity under the paand onym of “Home Malayendin." The writer in con- 5. With the increasing number and size of clusion asked the question: Can the Siamese, corresponding increase in the need for a suit-beyond the primitive stage and who are slready the vessels new visiting Hongkong there is a whose civilization has never really gone much cient number of qualified men to set as pilots
displaying alarming symptoms of decay and retrogression, ever hope to maintain their force or power, with, say, Francs for instance? equilibrium in a struggle with some external
To this the answer is obviously meant to be, No. Yet Biam, he says, "slumbers peacefully along in the fancied woonrity of her treaties Foor Bian: The awakening will be a rade shock to her." He goes on to advocate frankly the absorption by Britain of Siamese Malnya, a favourite soleme in the Straits Settlements, it would appear. With all deference to Homo Malayensis,” we consider this somewhat bare. end proposal to be an extremely unsatisfactory solution of the Siamese Question. The conse quences would inevitably be the gradual extiou- tion of Sism as a balfer-state and a long Anglo- French frontier in Indo-China, a most undesir
The greater part of MucGregor Street was. Lailt in 1897. The street consists of a row of Chinese hortises looking, on the one site on to MacGregor Stroet, a private stroot; and on the other side, on to Albany Strest, a public
nad 30 feet wide. Each floor of these houses 6. The older glass, of Chinese pilots are consists of one room only extending practically through progression of tame disappearing and their place is being taken by mon not possess from one street to the other but on the Along the regalite knowledge for the work to Street side of park house there is a verandah, domanded of them. half of which forms the cook house for each 7. A few of the shipping companies are able to. Boor. Certifientes under the std Fable Health employ suitable men, but may commandors are obliged on arrival at the entrance of the lar Ordinance were granted for all these houses, en bour to take the feat man who boards his ship completion, that they complied with the p-without baving any means of knowing whether
he is capable of handling the vessel properly
visions of the Ordinance. At the end of 1901 throw more houses were built on to those alrely existing save that oan was a corner house, these thres houses were el exactly the same dimension, and design as all the old ones. The Sanitary Board granted this year their certificate that these 'zew houses were in compliance with the new Public Health Ordinanco.
Early in April this year the owner of our of
8. The risk of loss of life and property which may result from the improper handling of a Fessel is too well understood to require dis castion. We are strongly of the opinion which has already been expressed by the Ganerul | Lommittee of the Chamber of Commerce that the time has now arrived when the pilots in this port should be put under proper dererament Control, as has already been done in the case of
qasters and engineers of steanr-lanaches.
the of houses were animinuned because ther had / compulsory, but our suggestion is that no one able development, as every honest observer,
Je
6. We do not propose that pilounge should be
natico or foreigner, shoot be allowed to act as pilot inside Hongkong waters for any vessel (other than native sailing craft) unless he holds from the Harbour certificate of competency t Master.
10. The artificate to be issued yearly, lo boar the photograph of the heider, with other necessary information. The certificat, to be produced when asked for on boarding a vessel, 11. We would suggest that the fee for certificate should be a nominal one, say $20 for first certificate and $5 a year for renewal.
32. No limit to be placed on the number of licences issued. The question of limiting licenças and forising the pilots into a regular associated body can be considered at a later day if found desirable.
British or French, must admit. But, argu many of Sina'a erities, no other end is possible. Sion, being incapable of governing boreal must be administered by some one else; the only question is, By whom? Mr. Campbell, though he is not a morciless causor of the diamese, like various other authorities; holds out small hopes for the future of the country. In his last chapter he writes :-" It must be obvious that in spite of the new lease of life shu obtained in 1806, and of the comparative quiet of the last few years, the position of Siam is a precarious one. Dangers threaten her from without and from within, but lier worst enemy is really her self, I have tried to show in mo earlier chapter what sonder grands of con fidence there are, judging a priori from the Siamese obaracter, that she oau ever attain
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JOINT STOCK SHARES.
Mars. Vernon andmythany in their weekly share report, dated Hongkong, ith July-Business generally continues very dull. and beyond the advance in Banks and a further fall in Indo-Chinas there is nothing calling for special mention.
BANKS.-Hongkong and Shangbats have
are recorded, the market closing steady at this further impreted in value, and sales up to $610 tigue. Landon is unchanged at £63.
MARINE INSURANCES-Unions have sold and are wanted at $34. Cantons have declined 10 $16, at which shares are obtainable.
EASTMAN'S
KODAKS. FILMS.
AND ACCESSORIES.
DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN.
GOOD WORK. PROMPT RETURN.
FIRE INSURANCES.--Hongkong Firon haras pold at $530, suit some shares are still obtainable” at the rates Chino Fires are tranted at $31.
SHIPPING Hongkong, Canton and Macnos have sladily advanced to 340. at which rate, WORK FOR AMATEURS, AND WE HAVE LANGER AND BETTER FACILITIES however, shares are now Foring. Indo-Chinas are quoted at the colaced rate of $102 sellers. FOR DEVELOPING AND PRINTING THAN ANY HOUSE IN THE COLONY. China Manilas can be placed at 3:35. Other stocks under this head are unchanged.
REFINERIES-China Sugars have declined to $108 sellers, and Luzons to 320 sellers,
WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT SOLELY DEVOTED TO EXECUTING
MINING-Punjous are in the market at $43. ACHEE & CO.,
laubs are ansteady at 89 Charbonnages are quiet at 8550.
DOCKS WHARVES AND GODOWNS →→Hong kong and Whampoa Docks have sold at $22 and S24, and there are sellers of the stock
and close in request at the higher rats. New at $225. Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godowns have been disposed of at 886 and 887, Amoy Docks are wanted at $35 ex the dividend. of S declared for 1901.
LANDS, HOTELS AND BUILDINGS.—Hong- "Kong Laude are firm at $177h Komloon Laude and West Points continue on offer at quotations, as also Humphreys Estates. Hongkong Hotels have receded to $134, at which, however, there are now buyers.
COTTON MILLS-Ewes are quoted as The and Laun Kung Mons at Tle. 45. Hongkong
Cottons have sold at $174.
MISCELLANEOUS.---Manila Investments hash Caments man be placed at $214, but are not fallen
Green Island to $20 with sellers. obtainable ander 21. Electrics (old) can be procured at $11, but the new issue is wanted at 26. Hopes are in some demand at the improved rate of $145. Ices are reported sold at $2424 Tramways can be placed at $340. Steam Water- Bouts have-sold and are wanted at $91. United Asbestos (ordinary) are quiet at $9: Founders shares have sold at $175. Uinus Providents have sold and are wanted at 89-95, and Watain can be placed at $64____
NERO-Tebrau Plauting Co., Ed., ordinary general inseting on the 7th instant. Hongkong Blectric Co., L., ordinary yearly meeting ou the 8th instant.
POLICE COURT.
Friday, 4th July,
BEFORE MR. F. A. HAZELAND (POLICH MAGISTRATE).
ALLEGED THEFT OF A WATCH. Robert Glendinning, an assistant at Ken- redy's Horse Repository, charged a mafoo with stealing his silver watch and chain, vaine $12. The defendant pleaded not guilty, complainant some five or six months ago and The watch and chain were gaissed by the the other day he found them in the passession of the defendent at the Quarry Bay atṣbion.
The defendant said he redeemed them from pawn, and as the evidence lid not justify a conviction he was discharged,
not provided an open space in the rear by opon- ing up half the verandah up to the rou? as required by the new Ordinance and because they had pota backyard of 50 square feet at the back, the only circumstance entitling them to be freed from the necessity of opening up the verandaha.. Curiously enongh the certificate that the new houses complied with new Ordinance was not given till about a fortnight in fter the sumpions had been taken out respect of one of the old bosses on the grounds that it did not comply with the Ordinance, It was urged in reply that though they had no backyard of 50 sunra feat they had Albany Street behind thour of far more than 50 square which more than answered the feet in area purposes of a backyard; that the Board had granted a certificate that the new house, precisely similar in situation, complied with the
though eficiency while at the same time old Ordinances that if, instead of being an
preserving her complete independence. Her house, it had been a new house, and bad had n
people are lazy and frivolous, with the laziness and frivolity of may genera private lane at the back of feet wide it
13. The complaints which should be investitions, nor, are essential mes characteris would come within the Ordinator, where gated to be those of carelessness, or incum- this house had a public street behind it petency in navigation, insolence to the officer tics changed in a day, even if they do of feet wide, that for the Sanitary of the ship or officers of the Harbour not bour their stamp till the end of time. No
to alter Department, drankenness or any other acts of other tropical nation, in the East has main a house so as to obtain for it more light isdemeanour which may militate against the tained its independence, and are the Siamese to Judgment when called upon.
fficient carrying out of a pilot's duties.
16. The persons who will have the power to ask the Harbour Master to eaquirs into the eppuust of any pilot should be:The offer of the Harbour &epartment sud/or Water Police; the master or owners of any other vessel on which the pilot in engaged; the master or ownere of any versal or any person whose pro perty way Lave been injured for oven jeopar dized) through the action of the pilot.
Board to call · on
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18. Ad masters of vessels visiting this port have hitherto engaged unlicenced pilots, we would suggest that should it be decided in future to issue licences to pilots, a notice to this effect be inserted in the Harbour Regulations for the information of the masters of vessels.
14. In the event of any complaint being maile against a certificated plist, the Harbour Master 16 hold an enquiry into the matter and to have the power to punish the pilot if found guilty of the charge brought against him.
17. The Harbour Master should have the power to punish a pilot found guilty of miscon- duct or improper navigation by the infliction of fines or by the temporary suspension or cancel. lation of his certificate.
and air when a certificate Ind been givenr that an exactly similar house had light and air enough was to rather reduce things to au absurdity, aspecially when the house to ba altered had a 30 foot rond hebind it and the Or sunnce provided, later on, that a new house with a 6 foot lano bohind it had plenty light and air; and Boally that the object of the Or- dinance boing to provido light, sir and ventila- tion au amply suficient supply of those essentials was awared by the 30 feet, wile read at the back, even if the house did not comply with the sirist latter of the law and lind not a backyard in the ordinary sense. Their Lordships decided,
19, In making these suggestions it is not however, that these reasons were not sufficient
intended that the Colonial Government in any aud that the house must come within the letter way accept any responsibility in issuing corti of the Ordinance whether in fact it came, or Boates. The examination and control of the more than came, within the spirit and intention pilots to be merely an executive function auch or whether it did not; a point on which thoirs is carried out in Great Britain by the Board
of Trade or the Trinity House. Lordships gave no decision. The verandah has
We have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servants,
E. A. HEWETJ. A. HAUPT W. POATE.
now to be altered to admit more light and air in order to suit the law, whereas, as has been stated, if the house were new instead of old and had a lane of 6 feet at the back instead of a road of 30 foot it would under the Ordinance bafe light and air song.
In the coarse of the case. His Lordship the Chiot Justice referred to "grandy landlords." I cannot help thinking His Lordship must have, for the unmont, overlooked the facts that the andlords have been an immense benefit to the Colony that if it had not been for the landlords and their schemes of development
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18. A pilot whose certificats, is absolutely esnoelled should not on any further occasion obtain another certificate.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
admittel that he had attempted to hang him Nan Euk, a servant boy out of employment, salf at 2, Macdonnell Road, Kowloor, and, on promising to be of good behaviour, was bound over in a personal bond of $100 to come up for
. DISOBEYING CAPTAIN'S ORDERS,
John Owen, boatesein of the barque Dysis wene, was sent to prison for seven days, with hard labour. for disobeying the order of the master, John Buudden.
WG THEFT OF BAZORS.
prove na exception to the rule?" Mr. Campbell goes on, a little later:-" I should be only too glad to think that I was thoroughly mistaken, and that the Siamese might, though slowly, develop for themselves an efficient government in which, as is the acknowledged idest of most of them, they could ultimately dispens with all outside assistance. This would be the hap piest solution for our own country of a very diffenit problem, not to mention that it would cause much greater reason for confidence in the latout possibilities of Oriental nations generally. But though this solution is still not altogether beyond the bounds of hope, there are few, if any, who have a first handdozen razors were found. sequiatame with Siaw that really believe in it." This is not a favourable_forec.st, coming from RO the auther is. Mr. Campbell's solution of the difficulty, if Siam fually proves incapable of self-government, is for her to give British officers a real control in the cozdzot of her. affairs, and in return to ask for British protection against outside aggression. Whether Great
FORGETFUL SKACHCOMBER. British would or wouht not accept such a rôle,”
Allan Gardner, of Caneda, a seaman who he admits, “ix another matter. She could only † was some time ago detained for vagrancy, was do so at the risk of giving offence to Fisuce, sentenced to 14 days hard labour for failing to
return to the house of detention. though acbody cozid maintain that har Receptance was an infringement of the treaty of 1896." Another solution which has been advance recently, which is not chiscussed by Mr. Campbell, in the so-called
fair minded u writer as
THEFT FROM COFTAN'S.
-- Chai Tan Fat, a loafer, was sentenced to sx weeks' hard labour for stealing a pair of socks from Mr. J. P. Cottam's warehouse in Pedder's
Btroot.
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On the 17th u, while the German steamer Silesia was lying alongside the wharf at Kowloon, a care containing sixty-two dozen Krupp razors destined for Radecker & Co., commission egents, Z, Wyndham Street, was missed. The affair was reported to the The France Militaire rarions the working of police, tad as the result of investigations the new French gun in China. It experianced THE HONGKONG STUDIO. very rough work, but at the end of the cam Bergaul J. J. Watt traced half-a-dozen of the razors to the Taipingsban market and ultimate-
paige was in a satisfactory, sondition. It first by arrasted the Chinaman who is alleged to came into action on December 31st, 1900. Ao have sold them to the second-hand goods dealer.cording to a Tiotes quotation from the French In the former's shop in Queen's Road three journalThe Boxers were strongly intron. ched some 000ft or 700Et above the level of the The case at present stands adjourned.
plain, from which position two 80mm. mountain BEFORE MR. J. H. KEMP (ACTING
guns had been unable to dislodge them, when Gan. Baillond brought two of the now 75mm. POLICE MAGISTRATE).
guns to bear upon them. Fire was opened at 2,100 metres, and the Boxers were almost immediately driven out of their position with heavy loss, and the pagods which formed its centre was completely gutted. At T-wen, on May 21st, 1904, two 75mm, guas fired 176 pro- jectiles, seventeen of them being charged with melinite, and it is estimated that at least 50
per cont. took effect. A swapping fire was firat used against a line-of Boxers in irregular ex- tended order at 1,500 metres and the Bozers speedily disappeared. The firing against a lage later in the day was less successful, and it Thomas Black, a police constable in "the supposed that the range was not Naval Yard, pleaded not guilty to nesanlting ascertained. As an experiment Gov. Esillond ordered fire to be opened ou a pagoda at a dis- riskaha conlle our the Srd-inst
dan tance of 400 metres. The statues of Buddha The complainant said he drove the defendan
in the principal ball of the building were rid- Hotel. On leaving this place he Hongkong was, being taken up Palder Street when he was partly est on fire. Practice at a wall about leaned over and struck the complainant on the it high oft long and left thick, was not head with his struck, inflicting a wound which so good, as it took thirty rounds from each of blod freely. The defendant then got out of the two guns to make a practicable breach," the riekeha and walked quickly along Queen's On the whole, says the France Militaire, it is considered that the new gun fully answered the Responses, Ferial; Psalms, Tarle, Tallis, and by the Sismes Government well as the Road Central onder the veranlahs, but was. Rimbault; Maguificat, Turle in A (23rd M.); hint that the places of European officers arrested at the Connaught House by an expectations formed of it. Nuse Dimittis, Rimbault fu E flat (10th M.): | retiring from the Biamese Navy might possibly European constable, Hymns, 1 (Part 1Tune 1). 214. and 232 be filled not by other Europeana but by pensation to the complainant. toire," Barnett; "Bercana," Vesper Hygan, Ward (9) Voluntario Ofer
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the town of Victoria might, at this day, be still a collection of old and crowded houses as it once nas; that we should have no Prays Extension, nons of those lofty and handsome suites of new offices on it, which are gradually rendering the architecture of the Colony bath pleasing and impressive; and that we should now, where Tuws on rows of bones stand, have nothing but vacant lots awaiting a purchaser und affording a striking comment on the mergy und ambition of the Inhabitants of the Colony. The land- lords, in initiating and onerying out all these schemes of development, may, and no doubt did, have an eye to their own interests as
Matins (11-a..) well as to the interests of the public. And Hyon; Venite, Crotok; Te Deum, Dake who con blame them? and if, while looking ley; Jubilate, Pye, Hymns, 387, 324, and 211.
** Eversong (6.30 p.m ) out for themselves they looked out for the
Hyon 30 Magnificat, Barnby Nunc public too, can they fairly be called "greedy"? | Dimittis, Emart, Hymns, 385, 325, and 27. Can we take the benefis they give us with one hand and suite them on the face with the ether for benefiting themselves when giving them to us Should we not rather accept the benefits, and they are undoubted, which acorne to us from their schemes of development and allow them ungradgingly to rap for them-
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COAL CONSUMPHON ON THE CHINA STATION.
During their run from Hougkong to Yoko- has the relative expenditure of coal on the following ships of H.M. Nery was as follows:-- Coal expended in eight days. 551 toos!! ewt. 629
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Japanese. The idea opens up wide possibilities, sad we should have liked to see what Mr. Campbell would have had to say, about it. Before we leave the subject of Blam's possible regeneration, we must mention Mr. Campbell's high tribute to the Crown Prince of Siam, now in Europe. In this prinos be sess a chance of most far-reaching reforms in the sphere of government. Uniting as he willin his own person, both East and West—Easterf by birth and nature, Wastern by education and in not a few of his sympathies and ideas The above figures (saya the Ocean Magazine) may hoped that he will be able to combine the speak for themselves, it being evident that with advantages of both oivilisations; that, while the amount of cost saved during the eight day pas profiting by the lesions he has learned in sage from Hongkong to Yokohama, the Ovega Europe, he will at the time praete would be able to steam at speed of ten knota for much that is praiseworthy in the institutions at lost a day and a half longer than any of her and customs of ide own country With this sister ships. Considering also that the price of sentence the author concludes his Siam in the coal at Tokoliacus is 56s, per ton, the Fugins. Twentieth Century.
Boom Staff deserve much credit for this (To be continued)
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No. 4, WEST TERRACE, HONGKONG, Will be glad to send STAMPS on approval to any address on receipt of satisfactory refer- ances.
The fourth number of this magazine has just beon isaned, and is es bright and attractive as those that have gone before. To con gratulate the joint editors on the high standard of excellence which is maintained. In the "Notes Is also prepared to purchase used POSTAGE by the Way an account is given of all that, Srames in Largo or Small Quantities for Cask.
has befallen the Oceasi and her men since bar departare from Hongkong for the North. Amongst the other contents are a clover poera over the name of " Watoh keeper," a description of Peking, an account of a Japanese dinner, and a couple of sketches, besides a continuation of "The Story of the Commission."
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
The E, & A. steamer, 'dustralian laft Port Darwin yesterday for this port via Timer and Manile, and may be expected here on or about the 16th inst
AGENTS WANTED.
•15 to 25 per cent, Discount: Allowed.
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FROM PORTSMITH TO PEKING VIA
·LADYSMITH WITH A NAVAL
BRIGADE..
ILLUSTRATED WITH FOUR MAPS.
On Sale at: " DAILY FREE" OFFICE, LOCAL BOOK-
SELLEKS, SOLDIERS' CLUB, SOLDIERS and BAILORS HOME, BOTAL NATAL CANTEEN Price $1 per Copy Paper Covers; 81:50 in Hongkong, 18th March, 1901
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The silk ox CPB steamer Empress of Chind Boards. arrived at New York on the 3rd fast. 7