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HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD.
THEATRE ROYAL.
THE EONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1st, 19 3
Tong before Miss Janet Waldorf's Dramatic A special macting of the Sanitary Board was
Company came to Hongkong the fams of held yesterday afternoon in the Board Rom
Sweet Nell had ech.ad through the Fast. for the purposes of considering what action, any, the Board should take in view of the fact Theatre-lovers here had heard at its London that four cases of plague bad occurred in the success and awaited the first opportunity of city during the month of December, Dr. J. Mcing a play which, having for its story theme, had sprung upon the world Atkinson, Principal Civil Modical Ofcero old a {Prosilent), prasided, and there were also pre- an entirely new sousation. rest, Ron W. Chantham, Director of Public tunity came last night when, thanks to Works; Hon Dr. F. W. Clark, Medical Officer Miss Waldorf's Company, the charms of Sweet Nell as a high-class comedy were rovenluil to a of Health Colonel Webb, R.A.M.C.; Mr. C. Mei. Men, Acting Registrar-General; Mr. delighted audience History has told again and E. Osbarry, Mr. Fung Wa Chun. Mr. Lan Chugain, the romantic love-story of Nell Gwyone, Pak, and Mr. 6. a. Woodcock (Secretary).
PLAGUE IN HONGKONG.
The PRESIDENT-outlemen, my excuse for alling you together a such short wolice is that three cases of plague bave occurred within the last twelve days, two within the last 48 hours and in one part of the Fourth District, the neighbourhood of Wo On Lane. I have a lot! you together to see whether the Board think it desirable to take any measures with reference to clearing this block of buildings of their inhabitants. If these measures are to prove of any use they must be taken iņuediately; other wise I would have given you longer notics.
The SECRETARY read a minute on the sub- ject, prepired by the Melical Offeer of Health recommending lolosite of the houses and that the Goverment be approached with a view to making provision for the accommodation of the displaced inhabitants,
ME Fuse WA CHUN-This is a Tory marry line, is it not?
Hon. Dr. CLARK-Fifteen feat wide.
will be displaced by the clearing of the block Mr. WUNG WA CHUN-How many people
of buildings?
Hon. D. CLARK-About 1,590 people of the chair-coolie class. All of them will not go into the houses provided for the displaced in- habitants; many will find quarters of their own. The PRESIDENT-You will recollect that similar measures were taken in January with referees to two cases that occurred at Jurline's Doek. I move that the Government be rerom-
meuled to rent ertain house to provide serommedation for the people displaced.
Mr. OSBORNE seconded.
Mr. Fuse WA Chun--May ask if there will be enough accommodation in the houses proposed to be taken for the housing of the people?
Hoo W.CHATHAM-There will be enough, The motion was agreed to,
That oppor
SUPREME COURT.
Wednesday, 31st December,
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
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BEFORE HIS HONOUR A. C. WISE (Puissa JunĠN).
Mr. J. Hastings of Mesure, Deacon & Hastings, solicitors, appeared for the plaintiff firm, and Mr. G. CC. Master of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes & Master, solicitors, for the defendants,
SEQUEL TO A COMPRADORE'S FRAUDS, In this case the Tysing 'shop claimed from Mesara. Louts, Wegener & Co. the sum of 31,120, restricted to $1,000, as damages for the non-delivery of 100 cas auf bour, keing part of 200 esses purchased by the plaintiffs from the defendants and paid for on 23rd June, 1902, the the orange-girl of Drury Lane, and Charles IT,ther portion of which, namely, 100 cases, was the "Merry Monarch" of England. The plot taken delivery of by the plaintiffs on or about of the play is none other than this well-worn 30th June, 1902 tale, yet it comes upon us with all the obarm of freshness and novelty. We find Nell Gwynne selling oranges outside the King's Theatre, Drury Lane, and learn her love for Sir Roger Fairfax which she has bravely, overcome for the saks of the Lady Olivia Vernon, who is ongaged to him. She saves Olivia from a rude attack by Lord Rochester, one of Charles' rakish friends, and Lord Lovelace, a typica dandy of the day. Sir Roger Fairfax has been banished from England at the instance of Lord Jefroys, the blodthirsty Chief Justin, who owes him bas trumped up to charge grudge and
Fairfax returns
of tronchery against him.
to as his sweetheart, the Lady Olivia, and Nell, sacrificing her own devotion, hielpe them to a secret meeting. They are tracked by Lord Jeffrey's agent, who learns of Nall's part in aiding the supposed traitor. In the meantime Nell meets the King, without know.
Nell completely captivates Charles by her in his rank, and a charming scene is enacted. roguishness and candour, and Jeffrey's plans are" thwarted when the Morry Monarch procinius his intention befriend her and pat In the second au
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her on the stage.
Mr. Hastings, in his opening statement, said that the plaintiffs had had several large trautan. tious for seven yours with the defendants, and following the practice in the ease of Chinese dealing with Europeans, the transactions. hod been carried on through the agency of plaintiff's compradore, Delondut's agent, Chak & Tong, came to the plaintiffs compradors in June, 1902, usking for an order for beet. An order The price in the was given for 200 cases. agreement was $9.25, but they wore wing on to the present market price, which had gone up $11.25 A aunt of $1,850 was paid to the compradore to cover the transaction and on 30th June 100 cases were delivered. Although repeated applications were male for the delivery of the remaining 100 cases, plaintiffs could not get them. Then the compraslore absconded. Plaintiffs wrote to the defendauts and a long correspondence ensued, the result of Among the witnesses examined was Mr. J. J. Focke, parteur in the defendant firm. In which was the present proceelings,
Ince, bo said, he was the only partner of the Crm in Hongkong and was in charge of every- thing. Their course of business with regard to selling of goods, such as boer for instance, was for their compradore to go round and solicit orders; when he obtained an order it was referred to the firm for settlement The as to debrery, terms of payment, etc.) compradore was not authorised to sell beer to whom he liked, when he liked, or at what price he liked. All transactions required to have his (witness') signature before a settle- ment could be made. As regards to unsthed of delivery after sestlement, the dealer would send a request in Chinese or English to the "ont- prudare's office, Aflor he had signed it,'and ar- ranged about it, the delivery order book was resed. No rase could be delivered out of the gedown without his signature. He had no transactions with the Tysing firm during June. The last transaction they had with the Tysing firm was on 18th May. Since then they had had no transactions with the firm for the sale of beer, to their knowledge. He had never heard from the compradore about this alleged sale of leor at $9.95. He had not sold any bear at $9.25 in June. The last sold to Chinese dealers at that grios was years ago. The lowest price at which this beer was sold to dealers Chinese and European, during Jane was $1.25. He had sold thre: cases to their own clocks for their moss at $10.50 per case, in June; with that exception the price was $11.2. It would have been J. W. Wieby, the wardrobe mistress of the Com-impossible to entertain an offer of $0.25 per caso pang. We understand that this is the first in Juas. He did not good a delivery order for 100 eases to the Tyaing firm in June. He did appearance of the Company in this piecs and
sign a delivery order for the delivery of boor to that the whole armegemeats for its production Hing Cheong Loong at $11.25 per ese He have hesa mode during the pust two or three ohtaiset a promissory note for that. His com- week. If this be so, Mrs. Dow-Currier bus pradors was arrested on 19th July and charged accomplished wonders. She hus--on-several with forgery. He was bailed out a week later sud disappeared. Over 500 cases of beor were molt in June, these were sold at $11.25, pat $9.25. In May be sold some beer to the Tysing firm at $11.25, and the latter paid that money, Cross-examined He had been in Hongkong since the end of March. Previous to that he was in Swatow. The compradore when he went out soliciting orders know the price of the beer, but no transaction was completed without witness's signature. In former sales to the Tesing firm the money was collected through the compradore. The compradore was charged with the forgery of promissory notes. Some of his books were found to contain many false entries. He swindled the firm all round. The firm bad securities for the absconding compradore these consisted of property, but they had not got any money yet.
we find Neila great actress, the King's favourite at the idol of the people. She is thegime open- hearted girl, however, and shows this in some touching acts of goodness and charity. The avoy, of Lady Castlemains and the Duchess of Portsmouth, whom Nell has succeeded i the King's favour, provides some entertaining play We then follow the story of Charles Lavo and the scheming of Lord Jeffreys, who tries to prove that Nell is harbouring Fairfax ass lover and this stirs up the King's jealousy. In the The PRESIDENT-It is unCessy for the
third net: Nell is threatened with disgrace, but by Bosed to order the immediato closing of these houses. The Board has power under the Byn impersonating Lord Jeffreys she gains proofs of has for the Prevention ur Mitigation of the plot against Fairfax and herself, and thus Epidanic, Endemic or Contagious Diseamontwits her enemies. In the final scenes of the on the ertificate of the Medical Officer of Health or ather qualified practitioner, play Nell (wynLe completes bor triamphs and a to class boume that are waft for human pretty scene with the King ends an enchanting habitation (that citificate is here), and play. the comparts may be removed after 24 honre nction. We can give them such notice as the Board think necessary. I move that the hons Nos. 1 to 17. We On Labe Nos 15, 17, 19, 21 and 21a. D'Aguilar Streek and No 15. Wing Wah Lans be closed as unit for human habtation.
Hou. W. CHATRAM seconded, Mr.Osuouss-Twenty-four hours is a little tuớ soon; give them -480
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The play was mounted on a first-class scale and dressed according to the best traditions of the perial. For the costamos, which were all that could be fosired, great credit is due to Mrs.
This and the motion were agreed to. The PRESIDENT-I move that we declars the listrict in which these houses are an infected district for the purposes of house-to-house Vinirati fris bounded by Pottinger Street on the West, Willing Street on the north,ccasions aplyed a talent for management which is simply remarkable in a woman. For and Wyndham Street on the cast and south.
Hor. Dr. Chak seconded, and the motion this production she is to be complimented in the was agreed to.
bighest degree, for the thoroughness and cum- pleteness with which it has been staged.
Hou. Dr. C1ARK-Imre also that Inspectors Reidie and Fischer be authorised to make this hense-to-house visitation, with such other us sistance as is ntressary:
Hon. W. CHATHAM secondled, and the motion was aged to.
This was all the basiness..
RIPLE MATCH.
A match between the Range Staff and the Royal Fugineers was fired at Kowloon Rangs on the Brd December. Sires:
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Of the acting of the piece we must curtail our criticisin lu this issue owing to the exi- gencies of spics. It must be said, however, that Miss Janet Waldorf has revealed to us sace more #fersatility which is astonishing. This be benerally her first opportunity here in high-class comedy and she has acquitted herself in a manner which merited all the applause she galus. The saucy orange girl full of piqujut witticisms and bubbling uve, with vivaci. found an excellent exponent in Miss Wilorf. She was perhaps more af home in the stronger passages, and in the affecting love sceurs with Charles where she bad full play for her emotional powers. As Charles JI, Mr. Nerval McGregor was superb. He invested the part with newssary kingly grace
85 and while he illustrated the weaknesses
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S of the Merry Monarch he never seemed to forget that it was the role of a great English monarch that he was assuming. He looked the 684 character splendidly and altogether shared with Miss Waldorf the hosours of a very fiue per forance. The character of Lord Jefries could not have fallen into better hands than those of Mr. Wilson Forbes, who exhibited all the 89 repulsiveness of a character which shall always
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The Range Staff thus won by 12 points.
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For the present it is sufficient to state that a 73 large cast of characters was filled with all-round
thoroughness.
Suret Well of Old Drary will be repeated to night and deserves another crowded house.
Owing to delay in departure and the success of Sweet Nell, the management announce one ext performance to-morrow night. This
The Hagian Ster tells of a remarkable fish
Mr. Hastings-Do you expect to get any? Witness-I hope so."
Mr. Hastings-Is it $100,000? Witless I expect it may be more. Shown tho delivery order referring to the delivery of beer to Hit Cheong Loong, witness admitted that there was no receipt or chop upon it denoting that boer had been receired; be did not of bis own knowledge know that Hing Cheong Loung ever received it. The chop on the delivery order was the Chinese gedown man's chop. The promissory note he had from Hing Cheong Loong was one of those supposed to be forged by the absconding com- precore, He had nothing to show that they received the beer; in fact, Hing Cheong Loong denied
that he had received it That promissory note was being charged against the compradore.
This concludes the ovidence,
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THE JAPANESE SAILOR. In the October number of Pearson's Magazina. an entertaining article upon the Japanoso navy and the Japanese sailor is given by Mr. M. Tindal. Not 50 years ago Japan's flest cou- aisted merely of a few old junks, bearing one sail apiece. Now she has such a magnificent ary of ironclads, craisers, and formidable tor- pedo boats that even we aurasives are proud to join forces with it. "It was not until after the war with Chinx that Japan realised that, as an island kingdom of importance, she must possess a powerful zavy if she would fire. More atten. tion than ever before was now paid to tho nutional defences. For the last quarter of a contury there have been established on a con- veription basis. All mules are liable to move in the standing army for seven years --- thres in active service--the system of reserves, of Landwehr and Landsturm' classes, being modelled precisely on the German system. For neval purposes, the kingdou is divided into fire maritime districts, the hewlynarters being at Yokastku, in ho Bay of Yeddo. The Ministor of Marine ranks as one of the Imperial Cabinet, and administers the Tuparial navy from Tokyo. The entire fores, unmbering 20,000 men," is trained in accordance with the principles of the British navy. The two naval colleges, one at Yetasbima, the other at Tokyo, might bo respectively H.M.9. Britannia, and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. The courses are
Just now the army and navy longer, however. and, if anything. difficult.
the favourite professious for are young men of Japan. The navy particularly is very popular, as it should bo with an island people. A notable feature is the lack of snobbery among the offers. Cluss distinctions, as far as individuals are concerned, do not exist. Our Government don't care for class,' said the Japanese naval attachi in Euglio, when discussing these things with me, drawing bimself up proudly. It needs proper men, and so long as they have good brains and bodies, it doesn't matter where they spring from; & fisherman is as good as a prince among his fellows. Princes get no farcurs.
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Everything entirely dopends on examinations, and how they are passed." Every Japanese boy who does not enter the army or navy as a eadet, ou aftaining the manly age of 10, is-examined by Gov rument inspeniars, and drafted either into the army or navy according to the inspectors' opinion as to which sorrice he will grace best. The boy's personal incline tious ge for little, unless his qualifications ure ranged on the same side. Broadly speaking, farmers, agriculturists of any kind, and shop men go to the army; fishermen, bostmen, dwellers by the saa, to the zary,
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that the first dise-vory made was that side-arms are to all intents and purposes sales, and that it is not worth carrying them for the few opportunities that still arise of wing them. In fact, beenuse Layonet charges occur more rarely nowadays then formerly, they can be left out of account altoge her. There is on old French saving to the effect that there is
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Mr. George E. Roberts, the Director of the U.S. Mint, in his manual report says that the, oinage mints at Philadelphia, New Orleans and San Francisco were in operation throughone the Ascs year. In the number of pines the coinage of the year has xerar bera exocaded, aggregating 191419,506, hat in value it has fallen from $136,040,781 in 1901 to $84,526,677, this being due to the greater demand for the small denominatious. Gold coinage dropped from $39,065,715 to $61,080,572, but the stock of gold bullion on band increased from $100,219,493 to $124,083,712 The colonge of silver dollars amounted to $19,402,800, subsidiary silver. coins to $10,713,509 and intner coins to $2,429,736.
The original gold deposits of the year i amounted to $132,586,839. -old bars taken for export amounted to $36.332,678 and for,
domestic consumption to 814,452,578
Under the limitation placed on the stock of Kahwidiary silver coin by the act of March 14, 1960, ao more of thous denominations can b isuued, while the demand is regular and must
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QUALITY AT REASONABLE will give the country a much greater coinage i capacity than it has herotofore he, while on
PRICE. the offer hand the pressure on the mixts is almost ready to relax, juste d of incrense. The coinage of 1,500 000 silver dollars per month, now required by law, will come to an end soon. by the exhaustion of the stock of ballion. This requiremout now calls for the entire IF YOU REQUIRE A PERFECT capacity of the New Orleans Miut. When the dollars coinagecrases that mint will be idle unless work is diminished at Philadelphia and San Fruucised to give it employment. When the l'enver Mint is opened the bullion oatpat of Colorado, and possibly of other mit ug districts
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always fun qui baise et l'autre qui tend la jour which is peculiarly applicable to the use of the bayonat; and with & foe which rarely waited to perform the latter part of the process The case was adjourned till Tuesday next at it is not surprising that this opportunity for 10.15 a.m.
trying the other occured equally seldom Similarly the statement that the lance is a useless and cumbersome weapon, to be dis carded, is explicable on mach the same grounds, It is easy enough to say now that the "to minutes pigsticking" at Elaudslagte resulted in very little execution, but this was not the Impression at the time among the Boors them- selves. Apart from these criticisms, however, the rest of the paper is on the whole very sound. The writer considers that the best and only arm of the modern soldier is the magazine rifle, but that the automatic pistol is not sufficiently effective. Comparing the Mauser and Krog Jorgensen with our service ride he naturally, and probable rightly, considers that the latter is out and away the worst of the three. But with of the West, now going to Philadelphia, wil be KING EDWARD VII all modern rifles he says that the rapidity of fire cat off from the latter institution and the leads men to waste ammunition. Similarly, the report says it is not advisable to reduce stili Startur G. A. Forsmith, Erg
writer probably justified in his remarks com further its operations in order to supply work Committee-Dr. G. Bibiril, Messrs. B. Ryan, paring our field gun most unfavourably with the for New Orlenos. It accordingly is recom- and F. G. Veitch...
The 3rd annual Heihow sports meeting was held on Christmas Day on the Customs Palm Tree Site, is the presence of the Taotol, and a a goodly master of European and Chinese residents. The weather
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that was recently caught at Kuknihnele. At will be absolutely the final appearance of the through without a hitch. Details:→→
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LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
The CPR. steamer Empress of fudia loft Vancouver on the 29th ult., p., for Hongkong, via the usual ports of call.
first glance the fish did not seem uny from an ordinary good sized sea bass. An Compoy in Hongkong. examination, however, disclosed a startling con- dition. The fish enjoys the unusual distinction, continues the article, of possessing a set of teeth almost "autical to those of a human being. Instead of the row of fine teeth usually found in a fish of apparently the same character, this particular fish has incisors and molars that are On the upper jaw are sixteen well defined. teeth and on the lower eightson. There are four incisors on cach jaw. Even the wisdom teeth are here. The four front teeth are sharp, like the fangs of a dog and protrude from the
The N.G.I. steamer Incheh luft Singapore for mouth. They are not sai close together like the this port on the 3th ult., and may be expected tee h of a buman being, but the wisdom and here on the 6th inst. molar teeth are so set. The teeth are sur-
The Barber" Lite steamer Lothian, from rounded by well-defined sets of gums and the fish was also found to possess a tongue tey Japan, China and Hongkong, arrived at Now similar to that of a human being. Otherwi Yerk on the 27th ult there is nothing austal about the appearance of the fish. It is provided with six fius and measures about two feet in length.
The Q. & O. steamer Doric, with mails, &c., will have Yokohama for asal ports and Hong- kongto-day.
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The O.S.S. steamer Telemachus left Singa- person the Sist ult., and is expected here on the 3th lust.
Judga-J. Achesou, Esq., Commissioner of
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RESULTS.
more modern Krupp and Cresat guus possers-dmended that coinage operations be discontinued by the Boors, but be admits that the British at the latter institution at the close of the Pro RACE-Owners to drive their own pigs. howite re did extremely well-in a four-foot current fiscal year and that it be conducted
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trench one is always safe from a gun, but from a bersafter us au asezy ofice. howitzer one is never safe." Of the pour-pom
says that it is a devilish invention, not account of the damage it does, but its moral et is tremendous. The article closes with tho con oling remarks that if the British take advantage of the lemons they learut in the war, and I am afraid they are the only ones who will do so, they can in five years' time put an arry in the field that will be able to fight almost any army in the world, for the British soldier is a brave man and a good fighter; and were he srmed with the latest and best arms, would be a dangerous foe to even the mighty armies of Germany and Russia."
Attention is called to the fact that the gold coinage of the country is now entering almost. outirely into storage, and that the coinage of the entire sunual deposits is unnecessary. The Treasury hoide about $500,000,000 of coined gold, which the report says
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