HONGKONG SANITARY
BOARD.
A meeting of the Sanitary Doard was held The on March 20th at the Beard Room. Hon. Dr. F. Clark (president) presided, and there were also present:-Hon. Mr. W. Chatham, Dr.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21st, 1906.
to the assurance you nak I shall be only too pleased to give you an assurance that every application should be laid before the Beerd. This particular ono did not pass through my bads. I cen understand it might hare ban rogerded ustas an application to the Beard.
Mr. HEWI know thero are constantly
Kowloon. He (the to be any work in President) thought they ought to be content with the appointment of an additional foroman soavanger, which the report also recommended. Mr. Hoors, in moving the adoption of the report, said he was surprised to fnd it was not unanimous report. Proceeding, be remarkod
POLICE COURT.
Tuesday, March 20th,
BEFORE MR. F. A. HAZELAND (FLEST
POLICE MAGISTRATU).
were
AN ECHO OF THE ROYCO" F. At the instares of Inspector Collett üve charged with applying a false trade description
goods. to
Tuspector Collett stated that the defendants were found by the police transferring American flour from bags branded U.S.A." to other bags without a brand, presumedly with tho object of selling the flour which Chinese would not buy while tearing the American trademark.
W. W. Poarse, M.0.H., Dr. Macfaclaso, Lieut, complaints in the Chinese community as to the that the sub-committee hat found that natives, three men and two woXED, Col. Jusling, Mr. E. A. Hewett, Hon. Mr. A. zoruner in which the regulations are forced. į
It seems to we wa enght to onforto them with W. Brovin, Mr. Mr. Tau Chn-pak, Mr. A. Shelton Houper, Mr. I. Humphroys, Mr. as little friction as possiblɔ; end much of that F. J. Badoley and Mr. G. A. Woodcock fiction is caus 1 through the receipt of letters which pro written as it they came from the Bord. Had it been before the Board believe this application world have been grant 1. The principle is very important aus. I am vory glad to barǝ your assurance,
(socretary).
LIMEWASH OR PAINT!
In reply to a letter from the secretary of the Board instructing the Hongkong Steem Laundry Co. to whitewash certain woodwork, the manager wrote stating that the walls of thoir premises ware tirely of glass and iron, the only woodwork buing the framing to the glass and certain partitions in the offices. The Beard surely did not intend to make the whitewala this like cattle pens, therefore be asked that ebody be allowed to visit the laundry and point out which parts of the woodwork ware to be limewashed, or whother paint could be used. The offices were not the laundry, and the laundry by-laws were meast for Chinese where coolies ato and slept among the clothes. No one lived in the stone laundry, and it seemed absurd to apply the same regulations to thoir premises.
Mr. Hew minnied: The application should be granted. I son that the secretary ander date of February 22nd states "he is directed by the Board" to write that the wood work must be limewashed. I have no recollection of the question being before the Board.
Tha MO.II. minuted: I do not think we can say that regulations and bye-lawa only apply to Chinese and not to Europorns. But of course there is the power of the Board to exempt where such a course is reasonable. The floard has already hell that painted woodwork. Would if cleaneed need not be limewashed. the A.M.OH. kindly see what he can do in the matter. I suggest that the Board allow the Janadry to paint the woodwork instead of Jirnewashing.
Mr. Hayrr said he objected to matter of that kind being settled by some official or merebers of the Board and a letter written in
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the pate of the Board. He was sorry to say that that was not the first or second time that such a thing had occurred?, letters of that fort boing sout in reply to special lettore making application for modification of regulations, as it the Board had been consulted. If lettore were to be sent out without the Board being consult d it was a farce for anofficial mombers to attend. They were there not only to me that cart-in regulations were carried out, but he took it they had another duty. They know perfectly well that if the Buildings Ordinance was carried out it would be invaluable to a large section of the community, and it was their business to see that the regulations of the Board were properly carried out without andae friction. Here was & ease in point. He bid hard timo after time of hardship being inflicted on Chinese who, when they got an order like the present, never thought of proceeding further against what appeared to be the wishes of the Board There was a growing antagonism to the enforce ment of that Ordinance, but lotters were sent ont in the name of the Board when an appeal had been presented. It was very rare that people would stand up against the Board and send in another application. Certainly that lotter showed that the manager had icons of his own. That was the soud or third times that that point had been before the Board. It supported what he bad heard about the large number of cases where bordship had been inflicted through a rigid application of the regulat o 18. When Dr. Clarke's predecessor was in the chair, ho gave him the speaker; an assurones that in futuro no such letters would bo seat out without the matter baving been before the Beard. He wild ask the Chairmen to rozew the assurance given the Board eighteen months ago by Dr. Atkinson that in fature no applica- tion for a medification of regalations be treated in that manner. He objected to being respon sible for any reply to an application which be had never seeIL,
Mr. DOOPER-I would like to ask whether the Secretary bad the authority of the Board, and if so, at what meeting was it given. Will tho minutes of the mosting be produced at which the Beard decided that letter should be written? The CHAIRMAN-I certainly was under tho mpression that every application for exemption was submitted to the Board. In this particular instance I don't or that any application has been made to the Board;
Mr. HEWETT-There is an official letter from the Company making for a modification of the regulations.
The OKAIEMAN-You refer to this memo, randum from the manager ?
Mr. HEWITT It is not a memorandum. It is a letter from the manager.
The CHAIRMAN read the letter which informed the Board that a large portion of
The BECRETARY-May I explain so far as I am concerned in this matter. In the first place have had inst: aotions from the Colerial Store ry that a lotters must be written by tho direction of the Beard.
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savoral duties were carried out by the Board's inspectors for the Public Works Department duties with which the Board had no concern and in respect of which they had no jurisdiction, It would bo admitted that if their servants had zot those duties to perform there would bo no necessity for additional inspectors. He would go further and say they would do with loss than they bal to-day. It was astonishing to bad that the Secretarynowaigned for the Building Authority, the Governor having delegated that power. Why, ho did not know. The Secretary had no technical knowk lge. That, ho must Kay, was something that required righting be brought to thought that should notice of His Excellency, and that the Legislative Council naked to Eanotion the estimates the relation between the two authorities shoo'd bu dizanezed. Ha was speo His Excellency did not know that pe of the money voted for sanitary charges was devoted to the Public Works Department.
Mr. HAWETT said the duties of the Baritary Board and the Briding Authority must overlap. There was on old maxim that a man cannot serve two masters, and it was, in his opinion, andesirable that an official should work part of his time for the Sanitary Board and another part for the Building Authority. He suggested a
Hou. Mr. BREWIN—I. T a legal qua, I He think.
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The SECRETARY then siated that the letters he had received this year up to date numbe 1,003, and during that tims there had been five Board mostings. I be were to submit ll the lotters he received that would bonbout 200 at earli mosting. When that application came before hire it was sent to the Melical Officer of Health, who, with the President, formed a sub-committee to deal with all applications in connection with linewashing. That matter as to whether unpainted woodwork should be licowashed had been stealt with by the Board on November 5th, 1903, and in accordance with that decision and the instinctions that ordinary rontine corros.corference between both bodies to consider the pondence was to be sent out in the name of the question of the location of the work.
Hou. Mr. W. CHATHAM thought that the Board, he despatched the letter in question as
dation which the esnitary inspectors did for part of the ordinary correspondance.
Mr. BADELEY-Is there any application for the Brilding Authority were trivial. If these were to be taken out frein the inspectors it exemption in these papora P
would mean that a separate sot of overseers would have to be suployed to go round to look at those trivial matters. Again they would to apt 1 creato friction. Thor great talk had boen rencatly that full information should he given at case of everything requiring to be dono. If they separated those attore notic would be sent in at different times from the
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The CHAUMAN-No. Mr. BADELEY-Then, there is no application Mr. HOOPER-If anyone makes an applies Lion for an exemption, are the sub-committed to to the judges of that and not the Board !
The CHAIRMAN--The whole trouble has arisen through the fact that that memorandum was not regarded as an application.
Mr. BADELEY-It seems to me, sir, that is two authorities. not an application,
Mr. HEWETT It is not a memerendum. It is a signed letter from the manager, which to the ordinary business man forms su application: Hon. MR. BREWIN-Would you mind roading it?
The CHAIRMAN read the latter, flou. Mr. BREWIN--id that an application for exemption P
Mr. HOOPER-That fe meant for an applica- tion.
Mr. HEWETT-You must take it in conjune- tion with the reply, ten daya lator, by which time tho manager of the laundry presumed the application would be before the Board. The secretary writes "in reply to your letter, I am instructed by the Board to inform you that it appears on inspection..
and to request you
to have it cleansed with as little delay as possible." Tho one is a distinct application for Ton days later oxemption from limowashing.
he is informed that with regard to that particular letter the Borrd authorised that the work must go on
Hon. Mr. BREWIN-We are all agreed that an application for exemption should be referred to the Board. This is a misunderstanding of which I might have been guilty myself. It is
ence between business English and offcial fortunate that there should be such a differ English. I hope the public and the unofficial members will pardon us.
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Mr. HOOPER rejoined that that was onetly what took place to-day. He had received six noticos-three at different times from the Saritary Board and thres from the Building
Authority.
The PRESIDENT said the work done by the inspectors here was precisely the same as at home. They were not called upon to a itend to any technical building work. He thought the
present arrangement was the most economical It was not wise to have a double set of inspectors Mr. HOOPER maintained that that was what fock place at prosent.
The PRESIDENT thaught the matter should be left to a committen.
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Mr. Hewett said it was clearly a matter to The PRESIDENT moved as an amendment that to be discussed between the two departments. the Board recommend the appoinment of an additional foreman scavenger.
Hon. Mr. W. Chatham seconded. Mr. ROOPER said if the report accompanied that recommendation to His Excellossy ho would withdraw his motion.
This was agreed to, and the discussion ended.
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The case was rumande 1
ALLEGED DOGUS COLLECTOR.
Loang Tak-ting was prosceated by Chief Detective-Inspector Hanson for obtaining The defondant, who was arrested by Detective money by false pretences. Sergeant Earner, is said to have been visiting the principal hosiness places in the city and collooting subscriptions towards a hospital called the Yun Ngol. This place is eilaste at No. 44, Battery Street, and when the. promisos wore visited by the police one bed was foaud therain, and two women. The total am collected by defondant to date of his arrest was $169.
The case was remanded.
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ALLEGED ASSAULT BY A POLICEMAN. The hearing of the charge of assault by J. Cree, foreman, Quarry Hay, against P. C. Taylor, for assault was resumed. Mr. F. W. Goldring (of Messra. Brutton, Hett and the summons, sppeared in support of Geldring] and Mr. C.E. H, Beavis (of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist) appeared for the defence.
Mr. Bearis, in opening the defence, said that and it was unreasonable to ask Government to defendrat was a constable with about twelve start afresh, especially as he was assured on the months' service in the Colony. He was on duty highest authority that the feeling regarding THE ROBINSON in Ship Street on the night when this alleged the same was subsiding. India hal had a period
of Murch Zad defendant came across a group not arrived. In pass a verdict on the great assault took place. About 1.30 in the morning of mergy in administration and the tium d of soldiers and exilors not an unusual sight-administrator whose powers, groat gifts and at the corner of Ship Str: t and Queen's supreme devotion to shat he believed to be the Anil he Ross. In the midst was plaintiff, lying on the public interest were undeniable, grond, soiled and obviously k ocked about. thought at the end of the great period that Deiendent assisted him up and asked him what India should be allowed to take breath.
As regards the other port of the amendment, the matter was Plaintiff told him to wind. bis own business. At the moment defendant Mr. Morley said he was not likely to dopart picked up Cres, P. C. Grant, who gave from the general principles of Liberalism and ovidence last time, came up and assisted defend these knowing Indin declared the people, wara act to put complainant into a ricksha because admirable material on which a system might be he was drunk and incapable of looking after built up in which they would have a far greater himself. As frequently happened in such cases share in administration, but it was folly to 10 was put into a ricam by pretend that inandiate action in that direction the police, Cree was taken to the Police was possible. He indicated that there would be Station, where Grant and defendant arrived no tendency to restrict remunerative pablio Inter and founil him in the charge room. Taylor works, for light taxation was one of the master- asked Cree whether he should wash his face for keys of loyalty. He would therefore lank. him, but Cree answered with refusal and left. in the direction of economy for lightoning He afterwards brought this charge of assault tasution,
The principal evidence last week at that of P. C. Crast, but he (Mr. Baris) would call evidence to prove that Grant's eid- once was inscenrale.
When
Was
P. C, Bynes lapos, 1 that P. C, Grant enter ed the Police Station on the night in question in a state of intcrication, and on the following taking about things in general Taylor Sunday when Grant, Taylor and witness were asked what that man, referring to Cro wanted his race for, and Grant eplied-Ho is going to sumwens you for assault Taylor answored-I did not sasanit the man. Genut didn't. Convormation said-I know you followed on the subject, aud Grant, apparently rot liking Bynes reference to the affair, ruerked--Look bere, Hynes, Taylor did not assant theman, Cross-examined-Witness bad worked at Quarry Bay with Cree and regardod hit as of a quarrelsome disposition.
Evidence was given that Grant entered one of the houses in Ship Street on the night in question in a drunken condition. Defendant
came in and calod Grant out.
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He concluded: I have been asked to show ay apathy and admiration for the great work of our administrators of India, and I respond with all the conviction I have in me. I thoroughly sympatise with the justice of the app il. You may call it sentiment, but sentiment in a man is ill-fitted to the government of others if it does not give a large fold for the operation of human sympathy.
Earl Percy defended Lord Curzon's action. Otherwise be uncurred in Mr. Morley's goneral conclusions:
The amendment was eventually withdrawn.
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IRISH HUMOUR.
The following Irish story is from an enter- taining article in Mr. Murray's Monthly. Review:-
When he died," said Pat at last," we
waked him for three nights. It was the finest
wake we ever had in this side of the counthry Defendant made a statement in his own
in my time. He had a grand funeral, and every defence. At midnight on March 1st he wert
man at it had a turn at carryin' the coffin to ou dnty in a hip Street, and about an hour and
show their regard for Don. The wife Biddy a half later he was settling a dispute over a
tonk on terrible over the grave. She wanted riogha fare in front of No. 86. He turned
to throw herself into it and be buried with him. However, when the last sod was laid, round and sssing sonie soldiers and sailers standing in Queen's Road at the corner,
the friends went to the public houss near. by for refreshout. They comforted Biddy, walked down and told them to move away. Then he noticed complainant lying on his back.
and persuaded hur to drown her sorrow He lifted him on to his feet and then saw he
bit in a little drink. Biddy was a rock of For the week ending March 3rd the death had a end ander his eye. Or asking if anyone sine, she was a good wife, and for years rats per 1,900 per annum of the British had struck him, he received the reply-Miad your hat kopi a roof over Dan's head, and a shirt on own business; it has nothing to do with you.
Jept pressin' his consolations on Biddy as they Foreign and Chinese community, excluding the P. C. Grant came along at that time and bis back. A naybur of hers, Fether Murphy, army and navy, was 14.1 an ngainst 14 for intod him to put Cree into a riesha. Cree was gut, and at last he up and said to her, Biddy, taken off in the direction of the I'rays. P. C.
aenshlo, there's no ase sorrowin' for poor Dan the corresponding weak of last year.
Graut fouutioned to him he was going up the that's gone home from you now, you couldn't The number of houses him washed during the Atreet, and wilness left him, proceding to the do batther than jine yer bit of a farm to mine, fortnight ending March 13th is 4,375 in the he felt it his daty to look for him, and returned and I'll try and make re comfortable for the I'm not so connaited as to think I'm the original jayni eastern, 3,765 in the central and 3;755 in the with the latter to the Police Station. The rest of yor days.
complainant was in the charge room asleep, and
Dan was, there wasn't the like of him within On being put to the role the Chairman western district.
wituese woke him up and told him to go and
the four walls of the world; but as far as the bave a wash, offering to give him three blankets bit of stock goes, the litthor of pigs, and the declared that the motion was lost.
on which he could sleep on the floor till morning few pounds I have in the bank, I hope that will make up for it to some extint, Pether,' says Creu walked out of the charge room.
His Wordship intimated that he would give Biddy, dhrying bor pyes, I'm very much his decision on Saturday.
obliged to ye for yer kind intiations in respect to the lone widow this night, and there's not a man in the whole barony t'd sooner have than yereolf, but yo spoke too late, for Mike Dolan offered me the same consolation in me sorrow nt the wake last night, and shuro in the
The CWATEMAN-The application is that the bare woodwork be exempt from limewashing.
Mr. HOOPER moved that the application be granted.
Mr. EWETT secouded.
WATER TANKE
LIMEWASHING.
BREEDERS OF PLAGUE,
The rat return, which was laid on the table, An application for permission to erect a showed that out of 658 rats caught during the week ending March 10th 48 were infected: while 45 rata were discovered out of 719 killed during the following week.
a water tank ins back yard was received.
Mr. BADELEY-What is it for?
The PRESIDEST-To store water,'
K. Hawar -If we grant this one we may
The M.O.H. asked the Board to again
have hundreds of applications, espacially at this Į advertise asking people to report whenever they
time.
The application was refused. SANITARY BOARD V. BUILDING AUTHORITY, Mr. HEWETT moved that the matter marked "confidential ho treated as ordinary business,
Mr. Lau CHU PAK seconded.
found their houses rat-ridden. They do so now,
Praya. In consequence of what Grant indenid,
BEFORE Ms. C. D. MELBOURNE (SECOND POLICE MAGISTRATE),
LARCENY.
Datcstivo-Sergeant Terratt placed Chan
ho said, bat a reminder would be adrimble as Yu-san before his Worship to answer a chars prieince of the corpse I couldn't refuse it.'"
the plague season is beginning,
THE FOG.
The dense fog which has prevailed vutaide The PRESIDENT-I see no reason why it the harbour daring the last few days las should not coine before a meeting of the Board, dolayed the arrival of many veanole from the
North.
The PRESIDENT explained that at last mosting a recommendation was received from the Medical Offloor of Health for the appointmont of an additional inspector of nuisances for Kowloon owing to the increase in the amount of sanitary work in that part of the Colony. It was referred to a sub-committee consisting of Messrs.
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The American Mail steamer China which
Jid-
not
of stealing $15.
The evidence showed that defendant, who was engaged on the sa. Hailan, picked the lock of the second officer's box and extracted the amount stated.
His Worship recorded a conviction, and sentenced him to imprisonment for one month with hard labour,
THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY IN INDIA.
KIAOCHOU.
left. Magila at noon on Friday and was expected to reach Lore on Sunday had not arrived when
In the House of Commons on the 24th alt. Mr. this was written last evening. The Loong-
Herbert Roberta moved an amendment to the sang which was also duo here from Manils Address that the House views with enourn the
Monday morning
arrive widespread narest in India connected with the Hooper and Humphreys and himself to consider until nearly five o'clock yesterday afternoon, partition of Bengal and favours such modifica
of opinion that the demands of the Indian people the question and report. The report was now but the Zafiro found her way into port yester-Liens as are required to allay discontent, sad is day. The French mall steamer Occurien, from for n larger share in the administration should Shanghai, was sighted at Waglan on Monday receive the consideration of Government. With evening, bat did not enter the harbour until referens to the last he alluded to the deep half past three o'clock yesterday, while the mail impression the rise of Japan had made on Indiane, and said that the continuance of the from the South was also late in arriving. The present policy would result in the loss of India. number of vessels waiting outside, already large, Sir Henry Cotton seconded the amendment The CHAIRMAN-The reply was-In reply any immediate growth of Kowloon, and point is constantly increasing, and old mariners declaround said he voiced the Indians' view of the to your letter I am instructed by the Boarding out that sanitary inspectors had to dia- that not for long has thero basu experienced such partition and suggested the inclusion of Assem openly. Tsingtan has been converted into
their premises consisted of woodwork and iron.
Mr. Hawort-In reply to that a lotter was sent as from the Board. That letter wus perfectly unjustifiable,
Hon. Mr. DEEWIN- Question.
that it appears on inspection there is a large portion of unpainted woodwork which shoald bo limewashed. Hare it done with as little delay as possible.
Mr. HEWETT-Quite 20. Te is directed by the Board I have no knowledge of the Board having made such a direction.
ready. It was signed by both Mr. Hooper and Mr Humphreys, but he had ant folt justified in signing it.
The reperi expressed the opinion that it was not necessary to appoint a sanitary inspector, becaub, the sub-committee did not anticipato
charge datis for the Building Authority as well as tho Sanitary Board.
The PEEIDENT said he was unable to sign the report because be considered that if work carried out by the inspectors at present was transferred to the officers of the Building Authority, it would be more expensive. He The CHAIRMAN-The Secretary acted on thought the matter might stand over for the understanding that he did not regard that twelve months. Mr. Hooper was certainly as an application to the Board. With regard in a position to say whether there was likely
a calm in that vicinity as prevails at present.
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