SUPREME COUNT.
Thursday, April 11th.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
BEFORE SIR FRANCIS ProOTT (CHIEF JUSTICE).
APPLICATION FOR ADJUDICATION,
The King Yus. Tai firm es parte Le Sing Sam.
Mr. J. H. Gardiner (of Mosers. Brutton and Helt) who appeared for the debtor firm, applied for adjudication, and for the appoint- ment of Mr. Kemp as frustes of the estate, The speaker at ended the first general menting held on March 28th when no resolution was passed and the meeting was not adjourned.
The application was granted.
THE LONY HING NASKHUPICY.
Re Long Hing and Co. ex parte' Choi tu an.
Mr. FX Amada e Castre, who repre- seated the petitioning creditor, applied for The debt for which the a receiving order, petition filed wan Solo, balance due of a promissory note, and the act of bankruptcy Was Loticu suspending payment of debte. itia Iordship-What are the assets ? Mr. Almada-The assets nsist of bond 25,000 or $6,000, and the liabilities are shout $14,000. An interim receiving order has been made, and the interim receiver bas certain monies in bis poznassion alewady.
Application granted,
NO BUBSTANTIAL DIVIDEND Re Ho Ping Tuez parte the debtor. Mr. H. K. Holmen for the petitioning order The declaration of the debtor showed that his liabilities anupat to $7,000. Of this, how over, $3,280 was liability as surety which might or might not have to be paid. His aseets would amount to a sum of ad cash, which certain relatives agreed to pay. Debtor also received a salary of $400 a month.
Hie Lordship-The essets are not enough. Mr. Hulwer-Similar applications have been granted where the only to arce from which
THE-HONGKONG DÁILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 12ra, 1907.
Mr. Harding-He might want his appearance | KOWLOON “HONGKONG" WATER- ten years hence.
His Lordship-But this is only during the porioal of bis exspension. The Receiver can report to me within two montbe.
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
FAMILY TROUBLES.
Chan Lat-chun brought sction sgainst Chan Chun-lee-and others to recover $184.36 being balanes due for work done.
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WORKS SYSTEM.
Mr. C. F. Dixon of Messrs. Hastings water from what
and Hastingst appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. F. P. Hett of Messrs. Brutton and Hoft) for the defendinta.
Mr. Dixon stated that the four defendants
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ten 1 feet openings and is designed to pass | stormwater at the rate of 4 inches per hour from the natural drainage area with 1inches per hour from catobwater aras with a head of 4 feet. The recorded heaviest rainfall in Hongkong occurred in May, 1889, when 11.9 inches fell in four hours.
and the plain lived at Shatin where, dur. of the perineala. This schean was carried out | reed For this purpose a catchwater i
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Mr. L. Gibbs, A.M., Inst. C. E., has an excellently illustrated papar ca this subject in the Fur Eastern Review. He save Prior to the year 1898 the maitland portion
Movable iron sinises are provided on the top of the Colony of Hongkong comprised an area of about four square miles only. In 1981 of the hyewash dum. These are to be at down when the heavy rains have consed at the end of the summer, and will thus in or- Beroak Mr. A. G. Wise (Puisse Jucos). the population of this area, known as the Kowloon Peninsula, including those living
ditary Lessons impotni un extra 2 feet of in boats near the shore, amounted to 26,300.
water without raising the water-level to a greater height than it would reach during a It was about this date that the necessity for
Seavy rainstorm. the attention of the Government of the publis supply of water firet forced itself the Colony. It being undesirable to oblain Was the Chinese ter
ct supply warn sequently somewhat limital. A scheme was proposed by Mr. Osbert Chadwick, Consulting Engineer to the Colonies, for obtaining water from the dat sandy valleys in the northern part ander the direction of Mr. F.A. Cooper, Director of Public Works for the Colony of Hongkong. The worls were completed in 1895 at a cost of valleys 3116600 (Mexican currency). Three having a joint area of 2901 acres, were reserved As a collecting area, the water in the fit candy bottoms at these valleys being interempted by collecting pipes and led to aballow wells, below bich dama were built across the valleys to prevent the escape of water underground. The welle were connected by iron pipes to a took having a capacity of 150,00 galls, at Yanmati, was pumped into and from this tank the water was the distribating mains, the supply being re-. Yaumati 215 inches above a level and of gulated by two small service revoirs, one near 10000 ralls cagar ty, and the other at Hung Hom 160 inches above wa-lesel and of 900 culla, capacity. The winimum supply obsin-
ORIGINAL AND REVISED NEW SCHEYE.- able as estimated to be 272,000 per day, In 1999 the conenmption was found to be rapidly overtaking the available resources of supply, and at the sum Line the acquisition of what is known the new Territory, an area of about 35 square miles the mainloud portion of which lies the worth of Kolosa Peninsula-gave promise of increased facilities for obtaining water. Under these creamstances, the writer then an engineer in the Fablic Works Department-was instructed to report on the question.
ing the typhoon of Eeptember 19th, a sea- wall wed to present the gea from ancroaching on the paddy felds which rau along the shore A meeting was was very seriously damaged. held by various owners of paddy fields in the reighbourhood and it was decided that the sen all should be repaired. The superintending of the work and the employment of labour were left in the Lands of the plaintiff who employed a contractor. An agreement wassigned by the plaintiff, the four defescanis and others wherein it was agreed that the zenwall should be repaired by, the owners of jaddy fields, the expenses being borne according to the size of oseb man's plot. The work was carried out at a cust of 3506, and the proportion due by the defenduals in respect of the paddy Bolds halonging to their family was $316.51 Two-thirds of this amount, $211.02, was the defendants share, bus their mother had paid an amount of 2411 on secon2! of the indebtedness, leaving the amount claimed, $194.36, still dre
I'lastiff was then called. and proceeded to tell such a far istebed story that his Lordship threatened to send him to jail. Mr. Dixon withdrew from the cons, and julgement was ente red for defendants with costs.
THE MONEYLENDER AGAIN.
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H. PRICE & CO..
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,
12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTKAL.
MISUSE OF PAMINE RELIEF FUND.
STRIBBING NATIVE CRÍTICSH CY OFFICIAL METHODS.
Drainage and Overkow-The natural drain- age area of the reservoir is only 400 neres Experience gained with storage reservoirs na Hongkong Telaud has led to the conclusion that it requires about one aquare mile of catch- ment and a storage of about 200,000,000 galls, evident that the drainage acres must to provide galls a day. It was. be chansel was constructed, intercepting the flow from
of 4 acres. catchwater
chearel cut the hillsides at gradient of 1 x 2,400 and lined with concrete. In the bottom of the catchwater armal V-shaped channel is con structed to carry the dry-weather flow and pre-
The following is an article pablished by the reat its loss by avaporation if spread over a board surface. It is estimated that the catch-Shang Pun criticising the misuse of famine. water will carry from 4 feet to 1 feet of raia per relief funds by dedacting large sums therefrom
as.cficial allowaDove hear from the drainage area of Itil nores. Over: wers are provided in suitable placer, which will come into action when the rainfall excels this quantity. At the lower end of the satobwater, the dry-weather flow channel is con Dected to a small channel, passing round the side of the reservoir and connecting by means of an 8 inches castiron pipe to the gauge basin on This the main supply pipe from the reservoir is called the earwater channel, its function and carry it direct to the filterbede, as after being to intercept the water from the streams heavy rains the water in the reservoir will remain for some days so turbid as to be practi- cally oublierable.
Filtration. From the storage reservoir a 10 inches castiron pipe, ens steve's gradient.leads to the gauge basin already mentioned. From this gauge hum an 18 inches astiron pipe, nta to the filerbeds. These are three in number, uniform gradiout of 1 in 1, conveys the water each of square yards area, the filtering material consisting of 3 feet 6 inches of and ca one foot of broken stone, arrauged for filtration. Adjustable ontlets downward
a constant height of water in the beds, and Venturi meters will be provided to maintain
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The calamilies of food and famine which overtook Kiacgps during last year were the means of drawing
European nations into very close sympathy with China, and the ready assistance with which they have came forward to aid the distress has been greatly appreciated. TALKING If the people have feit grateful box much more should the "peoples the magistrates, feel indebted.
Once when Tsu-chan an anciert statesman assisted his batiouuls to crose a river by means
manage of his own chariot, he was ridiculed by Mencina public affairs. Now the offcials in the famise the Sage for not knowing how to districts neglected to take step to prevent the calamity which happened, and when it was too late to avert, they equally neglected to remedy the mischief and permitted the people to remain
in distress.
It is
"When, however, others at great personal escridge have raised money to aid the sufferers there fficial have appropriated part of the fund for totally alien purposes. Sach wis appropria. tion partakes of the nature of robbery. astonishing bow they can be so unfeeling
"It is with disgust that we read is the Tsin ench magistrate from the Relief Yard Itik stated in that journal that owing to the non- pullection in thirteen districts of the land and grain tazer, great searcity of funds has been experienced and the high provincial authorities were appealed to for funde.
the creditors were likely to recaivo any divi Wai-po to recover $250 dug op a promissorycarrying tortests during the summer raize, and to record both the rate of nation and the Panthat allowances have been granted to such and
dend was the debtors' salary.
The physical conditions of the country and the incidenes of the rainfall wack a storage schema the only practicable one. There are no Jarge wat rabets, the country being a jumble of Chanda Singh used F. M. X. Souza and Un Fran-covered hills rising from a few hundred to 3,000 divided by boulder-filled watercourses almost dry during the northeast monsoon. Here and there there iratereaurses broaden out into comparatively fat valleys and make possible Barroir sites. The pverage yearly rainfall is 84 of this, 58" fall during the four wentbe of May to August.
BOIP
Mr. R. A. Harding appeared for plaiutif, and Mr. F. X Almada e Castro for the
Mr. Kemp-The creditors in this instauen are not likely to get five per cent.
Mr. Holmen banded over to the Recaiver.
His Lordship-But salary of $40 a month won't go far. I don't see where your substantial dividend is to ecme from.
understand $500 will be defendan1.
Mr. Holmes applied for an adjournment to arrange matters, Granted.
CHUNG BHUN KOO'S AFFAIR.
Ke Chung Shan-koo ex parte Sam Che-chuen. Mr. R. F. C Muster (of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Muster) applied on behalf of Chung Ching-knai, brother of the debtor, for the return of $2,200 which war paid to the Official Iteceiver to prevent the sulo. by nuetinte o certain properly belonging to the debter. Mr Master did not kunw whether Mr. Locker meant to oppose the application, but he had given at gentleman notice of his intention to apply. In September. fast, after a receiving order had been made, there was interest. ou a certain mortgage on property at Kowloon in strear, and the mortgages instructed Mesurs." Hinghes and Hough to put the property ap for On the morning of the role the sale. debtor's brother went to the Uficial Receiver and paid $2,200 to clear the interest and exposes of the sale in order to prevent the property hoing sold. The declaration on the le, said the debtor's brother, had no intention of parting with bis money without security, and Mr. Wakeman gave Churg Ching-kwei to under- stand there would be a sort of security-a elarge on the property.
His Lordship- nuderstand it was paid es a special adrasco 10 the Estare. It was to comm out of the state.
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Mr. Master-Yes, and the only objection that can be taken is by the creditors. I don't think there can be any great objection, other. wise Mr. Looker would have been here this morning.
His Lordship This rally does ant coma into the bankrupter
tance.
Mr. Master-It is an exceptional circums Au advance after the bankruptcy. His Lordship-Was the property been sold? Mr. Master-It was sold last January.
La reply to his Lordship Mr. Kemp said he had no objection, and suggested that the application might come under section 33, sub- section IA of the Ordinance, which dealt with
actual expenses incurred by a recaíver."
section. The money was recvivor, not to the debtor. can take your order.
MIGHT BE REQUIRED. Ro Wong Sau-po and others ex parte Wong Cheung-oi.
When the note was drawn up it was signed by the first defendant and witnessed by the second, who wrote his name in Chinese. The
did plaintiff admitted that he
not know what the second defendant wrote, but be took the nose to avotter Indian who adrised that the note should have started Wa jointly and severally promise to pay." Then the plaintiff took the note back to the first defendant and asked him to alter it accordingly. This was done, but the alteration was not initialled.
When the evidence bad been heard Mr. Almada corsented to judgment on behalf of the first defendant, but asked that has be allowed to pay off the amount, in instalments,
total dow.
After leaving the filterbeds the water will pass through a short jun! in cortison pipes which are continued for about three miles to connect with the old distributing stem, passing on the way a Venturi meter which will measure the total supply.
In consequence of this sppeal the Provincial Treasurer of Kiangning has proprsed the isone of allowances from the relief in the following Tls. 800 per month mander:
500
Tangshan District
Service Reservoir. The service reservoir The sebeme originally proposed comprised a storage reservoir of 12,000 galle, capacity, is situated on a hill of decomposed granite just formed by an varsben dar en feet high, and beyond the old boundary-line of the British commanding a drainage area of 330 sores. The territory, ne site. at a suitable height being lowest draw off was to have been at 390 feet above available near the center of the supply district. all the inhabited parts of the peninsula; filter. 11 is built entirely in cafting, with for and Pel
ere the tame caterial carried on brick reles and Saining beds, a new service reservoir of 2000 galls, ridewalls, of cement concrets and vaulting of Hsiao
Heichow stone pillars. The reservoir is 160 feet in capacity, and extensions of existing mains were The works were estimated to provided for
diameter and 20 feet deep, and beea capacity Chingho cost 8380,000 Mexican currency) and to pro- vide a supply of 590,000 galls a day. This of 200,000 galle, the in-and outlet pipe being Auturg scheme was approved by the icoul anthorities, arranged to that the water tows in at the Taoyuan ond submitted to London for the Colonial Office top and out from the bottom of the reservoir, Mayang The Consulting Engineer, Mr. Chadwick, while thus izsuring seration nud circulation. generally approving the scheme, advised that a masonry dlam be substituted for the proposed
sarthes dam.
if
About the time that this scheme was under His Lordship save judgment against the discussion thers occurred an unprecedented sapan
The laud population of the pennnls, which is first and ordered him to pay $5 a month. Hasic in the population of this part of the Colony. also entered judgment for the second defendant,
1891 stood at 20,000, was returned by the versus and enlling the plaintiff before hiru, told him be
of 191 an 41,000, and to this had to be added-for bad seen him often before, and know tim to be purposes of water supply the foaling popul- Gue of the extortionate akneers who charged tion and two small towns known as Kowloon City exorbitant rates of interest. (In this instabe. and Sham Shui Poin the New Territory so that to 56,099 as against 41,57) when the scheme the rare was about 100 per cent) He recognise the population then requiring water smoanted was draws in 1999. It therefore appeared this partionlar moneylender untwithstanding that his whiskers were tied up, whereas previously probable
ibat the originu scheme, carried out, would very goos he out they used to hung down. (To the Interpreterï
date
At the same time it was found that a more Tell him to go aang.
suitable site for a masorry dam than the site originally selected for the earthen dam existed at a point lower down the stream, and thra? at Luis eite a dam could be constructed giving a reservoir of 350,000,000 galls. capacity, whilst still giving ample head above the dis trict to be supplied and this project was eventually selected as the one to be paz inte operation. The writer in the meantime having left the public service and joined the firer of Messrs. Danises, Ram and Gibbs, bis concera was entrusted with the carring out of the work,
POLICE COURT. Thursday, April 11th.
BEFORE MR. F. A. HazuLAND FIRST POLICE MAISTRATE)
A HOGEE AND VAGA BOND, The case in which Mr. Weismaur charged native with being a rope and a vagabond, and with being on the Cafe Weismann premises with intent to commit felvry, was voreluded The witress the defradant called to give evidence concerning his character said he had not reen: Wong for two years. His Wership found he prisoner guilty and sentenced him to threa Whea weeks' imprisonment with Lard labour. kis sentence is finished he will be recommended for banishment.
"ERY DRUNK,"
The boatman was
BEFORE MR. E. D. C. WOLFE (SECOND)
POLICE MAGISTRATF).
A HASTY WATCH MAN.
Water Supply-The water is supplied in the Chinese quarter by means of self-closing taps, red-aboul 100 yards apart at the sides of the streets all water laid into private premises being charged for by meter. Ball fire hydrants will be fixed about 100 yards apart on all mains in the built area
Supplementary. The construction is being done by Chinese contructors from the designs and under-the-supervision of Messrs. Denison, Ram & Gibbs. Concreting was commenced on the storage reservoir main dam is January. 1904, and the masonry is now within 30 feet of
Shanyang Fening Kanyu
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510 400
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TB, 6.100
This is to be lined for six months beginning from the Twelfth Moon, to the Fifth Moon this year and, bas been approved by the Viceroy and Governor.
We cannot say whether the above statement is quite correct, but we are satisfied that there me foundation for it. No doubt the (fheinls are embarrassed at this time, and the
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their sinful life, and admonishing themselves lo remain faithful to the true religit a. After a time all began ransacking the wardrobes, and tore up their clothes, shouting that wearing apparel perteined to the deri By this time o imarense crowd bad gathered in the streate and upward towards the windows from which the weird enoude proceeded.
Fazed
The police battered the doors down when the religious ecstasy had reached its climax. Thereup Frau Sagave and ber daughters climbed out on the window sills and prepared to throw themselves to the pavement, Neseaty feet Leenth, if they were snized. The berried spectate rushed for the fire brigade, which quickly appeared, and the Bremen spread tercaulins to eatch the wear as they fell.
By strategy.
gged them from the silly. The women, not a beer, the police seized the two sery fengit violently before they were over- ATB Keal of
powered, shenting. There The
overflow level and impounding about 104,000,000 proposat bas been put forward under strong Frere. But it is of less toportance for the gals of water. The catchwater is nearly
magistrates to be short of four or five hundred complete, the filter beds and service reservoir in
dollars a month than to let people starse of use, ard the extension of the distributing system well in band. The total cost of the improve. ment is afimated to amount to $1,200,000| (Mexican currency, and the supply in driest year to 1,500000 galls, per 5.
DETAILS OF THE CONSTRUCTION.-This falscher, which is now fast approaching completion, comprises & storage reservoir t bold 3500,000 galls, of water; two miles of tehwater channel; three filterbode, ch capable of filtering 5000 galls, per day; a service reservoir Solding 2,000,000 galls the necessary connecting pipes of castiren between storage reservoir, fillerbeds and service reservoir; and shout veren miles of additional mains to extend the present distributing system.
CIVIL SERVICE CRICKET CLUB,
ANALYSER AND AVERAGES. League Bowling Amlysis"
Bowler.
of
the
Avr
No. Mai W. No. Tus der Bow of tal Overa, fivere, led. M. Rune.
32 11 4
17 11.1
Mr. L. E. Breit Mr. B. Herd.. 784% IN Mr. H. T. Jaskmun 40
2
withdrawal of six thousand this a month from
Beesetteb!".
The five Christian Sei utists wera csourfed to the famine fund will mean thousands of lives the police station, where they were certified est. The money is astensibly needed for leal dangerously insane, and removed to padded cells. alfairs, but what is any public work compared | with public es. If lites are sot preserved what else matters.
EDISON AT THREESCORE.
In regard to the Tientsin salwcriptions, a large amount way, it is true, salveribed be th
Mr. Thomas A. Edison is just sixty years old, restry and merchants, but the Ladice Benevo inat instead of taking ehleraforr, according to
The Megistrate, standing towards the 1420 prple in loco parents, should be rather 16.51 willing to sacrifice their own interests to the
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13
95
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I ongue Batting Averages
No. No. of High. Batesout
of Times 2 Hans. *. imings, not out. Score. Mr. F.A. Fiden 11 M. H. D. Ple Mt. A. T. Jackman Mr. H. B. How Mr. A. J. Jordan.. 7 Mr. Faton.... Mr. P. T. Lambje...
4
267
31.9
3:
32 1-4
7
F.G
150 19.71
4-
3
3%
17
1
148
1.
13.8
len. Dr. J. Atkin-on M.. A. Wondrock 7 Mr. P. E. Adhusian
1
1
1471
500
7
Nr. 1. E. Brest
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fi All First Eleven Matches Bowling Analysis,
No M. W. No, Tur
Dowler
ย dea of Overs. Uwera, lil. 31. Ep.
122 Mr. L. E. Brett ...
1: $1 15 4:
伝だ Mr... Rel.....! 23 27 31 Mr. H. T. Jika 435 3 14 10 962 All First Eleven Maths Howling.
No. of No. of Highest Total Bataan. In Ta
ines,
Mr. E R. Reed Mr. F. Bid
Aver
7%
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nt Serieties, and smeteur and professions! acters contributed extensively. If all these the so-called Oslerian theory that a man's life people were murd by cemption-how could eos at threescore years, the famous inventor the magistrates find it in their heart to frame water from the New York Truy anvounced that he was going to start afresh in such a petition.
new field of scientific endeavour. For the last forty years r. Edison has devoted his enargion almost wicky to the part-pion of inventions rei ples' wood, and when they are rescued if which he believed could be made to pay," ad there is anything left over the public affairs bich in some instances have met with such might be reneidered. Money might well baccess that they have revolutionised meny raised by taxes is districte not Deeled by the phases of modern tif bare: brought the
inventor fame and richer, and have added s famine, but this was not thought of, only the greatly to the wealth of the whole world that ut
the present time there are
countries employed in industries which various be las founded.
relief fund.-P. and T. Times.
MADE MAD BY CHRISTAN SCIENCE.
Fire Christian Scientists named Sagare, fiv. ing in a fourth floor fat in northern Berlin, went mad on March 2ad, an after wrecking their home and making a murderous attack on Herr Sapase, were seized and placed in a footic
yum.
personk in
In the fines Mr. Edison proposes to work antrammelled by commercial fetters. He Lopes to solve many a scientific problem vitully associated with human fits, ever though his discovery may not be à & money-making scheme
For many years I have forged to take up purely scientific investigation," said Mr. Edison, in talking with some friends on his sixtieth
birthday, "but there have been so many things
to engross my attention :hat I have had to defer
I have
The Sagaves are prosperous midle-class citizens. Herr Sugave is au invalid confined fo his bed, while the victims of the manis are is this kind of work. For years, however, I have
been making preparations for this tack, Aver
wife, aged forty-fire rear, two sons, Felix and observed in my vari on experiments, but which
at the time wera arly side-isenZOR... Max, aged twenty-four and sixteen, and two daughters, Eliza and Martha, aged twenty-two side vistas into the realms of science have so 25.16 and twenty
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The storage reservoir is formed by a masonry and concrete dam which, when dished, will be He was very drunk," said Sergeaut. Fasten, about 60 pobes long on top and 112 inches referri: g to a Chinese boatman who was placed high from the lowest part. the foundation. before his Worship on the charge of being The mass of the dam is of enment concrete varying in proportion from 3 cement 2 sand 4 drank sod disorderly. creating a disturbance in Connaught Road broken stone i cement 23 and 6 broken when alukong appresched and told him te
kong Green Island" brand. Attbe commen. His Lordship (after reading) Yes, that is the move on. Instekt of so doing he struck then. The cement med is mostly the Hong. cement of the work English cement supplied by advanced to the lakong, Fined $3. ---
Messrs. Knight, evan & Sturge was used, an You (Mr. Master)
at one time a consignment of Germa "Hermoor" cement was procured. A compar atively low test was demanded and all there cements have given satisfaction. The sand is se
and obtained from beaches on the neighbouring coasts, and the stone is hard ignens rock found in the neighbourhood and hand broker. In the mess of coucrote stones are badded ayer- scing about thres cable feet each, no stones
ioches. being nearer together than
The water face of the dam is of grauitellen. Dr. Alinson 11 Pr .A.Woudek 7 Mr. P. R. Adams 9 masonry dressed on tode and set in Cement mortar, and behind this is a backing of rich at the bottom and concreto, 5 feet thick
2 feet thick at the top. The outer reduced to face is of rubble masonry set in cement mortar. The dam is of a gravity section and curved ou plas, the curvature being introduced to avoid a THE 9.8.NKTHE TON'S" CONDITION, The following note from the Singapore Free deep drop in the stream bed and at the same Press is interesting in view of our telegram time to take advantage of projecting spurs in Mr. G. Bucleock...
the wides of A rumour has been current that the contract į top-outor the valley to reduce the length of Mr. E. W Dawn 12 level,
Mr. R. Harding made application for the return of deeds lodged as security for the appearance of Wong Sen-po at bis public examination. The deeds were lodged by a man called Wong Hing-shuo.
His Lordship--I have decided, that if there in any chance of bia appearance being required.
the security must slay.
Mr. Harding--I unbmit there is not the slightest chanos.
Mr. Komp-Mr. Wakeman objected to the return of the security on the grounds that the deblør has not been diselarged.
Mr. Harding He has since been discharged. His Lordship-But a debtor whose dis- obarge is suspended can be required to come up Mr. Harding-I might be, but the proba bility is very remote.
Ilie Lordship Wasn't there a condition with regard to subsequent earnings 2
Mr. Harding-I don't know, my Lord. Hie Lordship (to the Official Receiver)-If you don't want his amistance any more—
Mr. Kemp-I can't say I will net.
Mr. O. D. Thomson appeared to prosecute a district watchman for assaulting one. Chang Yue. The plaintif told the watebroen he was going to "put up at a hoarding house nared the Kwong Hop Yuen, bat the defendant said he knew a superior place, and advised the ecmplaisant to live there. Beesuse he refused to do so the watchman assaulted him, and for so doing was ordered by his Worship to pay a
fine of $3.
THE HONGKONG DOCK CONTRACT.
of yesterday:
for the repairs to the steamer Netherton was
The foundation for a length of 400 feet, and
to go to Hongkong, but there is little likelihood to a level of about 40 feet below overflow level of this en the vessel would have to be towed
Hongkong and no insurance company would tako risks on her. She is not in a condition for the voyage to Hongkong to be attempted with out the gravest risk. The local Dock Board's estinals to repair the vessel is said to be roughly £30,060 This figars is not denied large by experts who have seen the vessel. The burning benzine played auch havoc with ber that the repair work will practically mean building a new ship forward of the engine-room.”
Dr. H. T. Jackman 12 M. A. J. Jorilan 7 Mr. P. T. Lamble 12 Mr. L. Polton... Mr. L. E. Brett... $
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No. MW. Howler.
Mr. A. 3. Jordan... 51 Mr. N. Gast.... 15-4.3- Mr. N. N. Cooper 2016- Mr. H. Coomba... 24
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While carrying out their work of destruction they recited prayers, frequently brosking out into wild bricks and denunciations of countless
By means of investigations based on the data ef his note books and scrap-book he hopes to throw light on many subjects which now appear to bira as dark mysterier.
When the inventor was asked if his theories
of evolution and cellalar adjaerment ride him a disbeliever in the Supreme Being, bo replied: Not at all. No person can be brought into close contact with the mysteries of nature or
devils supposed to be in possession of the flat.
Then they turned their attention to the make a study of chemistry or of the laws of unfortunate err Sagave, who was lying growth without being convinced that behind it 28.13 helpless on a sick, bed, belsoeuring him with all there is a supreme intelligence. I do not broken chair legs and other weapons, and calling mona to say a supreme law, for that implies no on him to abandon the side of the Evil One and consciousness, but a supreme mind operating Join them in their holy war against Beelzebub, through unchangeable laws. I am convinced of Battered, and bleeding from wany wounds, that, and I think that I could--perhaps I may some time-demonstrate the existence of such an with almost superhuman 19.25 Herr Saga
strength, and fed through the back door, intelligence through the operation of these mysterious laws with the certainty of a demons- 8.3 taking refuge in a neighbore flat.
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Mr. Edison a years I have been crowded
to yell at the top of their voices. One minute with labour. For the last forty he has worked they could be heard singing hymns, the rext on an average sixteen hoare a day, so that, minnte cursing Beelzebub then again bewailing judged by the eight-hour day, he has already
lived a century.