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HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB.
meeting The annuel
takes place on Monday the 30th isst. The report of the the season 1906-1907 says nailtee for that the income and expenditure acconat
shows a deficit of $3.33 which has been
laneted out of the reserve secount--now standing at 85,527.51. $106.84 has been written- off the assets to provide for bad debts. It is again the regret of the Committee that the funds de not alow of the redemption of $1,500.00 debentures according to the deed. Debenture interest 8887,40 has been allowed for and has since been paid. There was a larger nanibor of absent membera and resignations during the Rr, and the cricket expenses have increased, The receipts of the Cricket and Teuzis gear and Favilion bar show an improvement, whilst Racqnal gear and refreshments a slight falling off-cemparing with the previous year, The Club sout a team to Shanghai in October last and was defeated by the home team by 112 runs..
· BRANDED BLACKLEGS,”
INXSTAINING THEIR HONOUR
'BE PONGKONG DAILY PREFE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 1907.
Such a to-do is being made by some squeam. ish Londoners because of a precaution taken with regard to the grimy dook labourers sent to Aatwerp. OLoe again British prostige has been traileil in the mire, and we are invited to express "anconcealed amazement" at the "Bumiliating methods" of the labour recruiters. When the applicants rolled up in response to the announcement that work awaited them the agent or official who engaged them "coolly stamped, with a rubber stamp, sin impression the hand, wrist or arta of each man accepted. The matter has been taken up by the frade anionists, and in the House of Commons Mr. Arbor Henderson, M.P., asked the Home Secretary:
Whether he was aware that on the 3rd in stant a vessel from Antwerp was loaded with workmen at the Royal Albert Dock, London; for conveyance to Antwerp to take the place of workmen on strike, ach man selected to go being staoped with an india-rubber stamp: azul whe her he could-take-suy steps to stop this practice in the interests of the good name of the country.
THE BURNING OF THE “TAFOO
MARU."
THE STORY OF A SURVIVOR.
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The Eer A. E. Rydberg of the Scandinavian Sailors' Home Shanghai, was a passenger en board the "Tafoo Maru," together with the Rer. H. P. Shaw of the Forviga Christian Bitaion, at the time of the fire and the story time of his experiences, modestly related at when reaction from excitement and soffering was evident, shows what a terrible night was spent by all those who were on board the burning abipa dari night made terrible by the flames and smoke of a burning ship, hideous by the yells of hundreds of half-orary Chinese dashing up and down the deck and the last criea of the drowning, the fighting for a place in o bost, then for room to swim in the water, o strugger. Rydberg recounted his experiences to a member of the staff of the NC. Daily Neice, while he was still wearing borrowed clothes. The-scratcher made on his bands and throat by Chinese clutching him a desperate
the
to obtain a hold of a plank or a rope..
in'
farocaatle and found that a bost from the f "Klangyn" was apprcaobing. This proved to be his mons of getting away from the "Tato," for he succeeded in getting into the boat and ras safely taken to the Kiangyu." When he got on board the officers and engineers camo to his eslatance and be told them of Mr. Shaw, and a boat was dispatched to fetch him.
Mr. Rydberg wishes to acknowledge the Bad kindgese of the officers of the " 'thrak them for saving his life, with dry clothes and посеввату завет
sustenance. The to bos from the Kiangsy" were out trying save life and the officers of both ships did their duty--and more. Mr. Rydberg said a Japanese lady and gentleman wero naougat those drowned, and the first and second compradores of the Tafoo" were burnt to death. Ho estimates the death roll at 150 to 200,
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The "Tafoo" was not put ashore, but ther
a Chinese boat between her and the shore on Wednesday night and this may have let to the report that she was sahore. Coming down to Shanghai on Wednesday evening it was seen that fhe shore was lined with bodies, and smoke was issuing from theater part of the Tafoc." A signal of distress was pat up and two steamers were going to the
Messrs Shaw and Rydbery lest ali- their appeared and they were not required
papers which Mr. Shaw was taking to Nan king with him.
The thanks of the Club are due to the Shanghai Explaining the circumstances; Mr. Auderon attempt to save their lives were evident and he foo's" assistance, when the lames d community for the generonta bospitality extended snid that over a week ago the Combrozan," fited up to accommodate 1,200 "blackleg." steamed doring the visit. It is the Committea's regret:
result of
that they were unable to accept the kind inviis.g to Loudon for recruits to take the places of p.m. Tuesday and everything went well until Fersonal belongings, including some. valualde
Lion from Singapore to send a Hongkong or China team to play cricket at Easter owing to
men
bis exertions in water.' or his stiffened arms with difficulty-the The "Tafoo Maru" left Shanghai at 4.80 about 1 o'clock on Wednesday morning when sleepers were awakened by Chinese who re- ported that there was a fire in the box room under the storage passengers" quarters. This relie in the baggage hold. Immediately the alarm being given there was great
and the majority of excitement Chinese passengers ran forward to avoid
the
The local agen's informs our contemporary that of 800 tons of cargo which the vessel sarried, between 400 and 500 tons were un- to the Company's halk at Chiakiang.
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AN HOTEL, ON THE OCEAN.
THE MAIDEN TRIP OF THE "LUNITÀNIA." Nine stories high!
It
Think of it, a abip nine stories high seems perfectly incredible, and yet that is the
She has a pair of beautifully decorated lifts in which people are taken up and down from door to floor.
the looked out at Autwerp. She was
fically full when she left again. practi
"The strike breakers were to be given 30. A week and ali found, and it was nuderstood that insuficient number of playors available. The they would live on board the steamer, when they fire, originated through a man smoking a ciga 1. touched by the fire, and this will be transferred false of the biggest and newest liner in the world,” invitations extended to the Singapore Cricket reached Antwerp Club for a Straits team and Shanghai Cricket Club to seal teams bere for so Interport Cricket work in November next have been accepted by the latter Club. No reply has yet been received from Singapore. The Chub played 12 matches against the Navy and Garrison, sic, of which 8 were won and 4 lost. There were also played 13 other matches (such as "Longe
r. "Shorts," alc.) The following Moores of 100 and over were made-Mr. T. E. Pearce, 146, 131 and 118; Mr. F. A. Fowler, 14 Mr. T. E. Pearce heads the batting averages with 41.20, and Mr. T. Sercombe Smith the bowling averages, with 30 wickets The for 334 rans, ér 10,77 rans per wicket.
"As soon as the non were e gaged they were marked with the small stamp hy one of the agents of the Antwerp masters in much the same way as cattle are branded," continued Mr. Anderson, scorninlly, but, of course, à rabber atap was used. The idea, we believed, was to reader identification easy, and to quickly so whether any anauthorized person had got among those on the best. Though I know of several men who this stamping process being performed, I don't know the precise design of the impress-were-ordered abroad during the nigh, proceeded Mr Anderson, and off they steamed. Since then telegrams have been received and the newspapers have also published the news, to the effect that this precious shipload have been quarrelling among
had to be called in.'
Hongkong Cricket Club League toom played selves and that the Antwerp police bass
13 matches, of which 5 were won, 6 lost and drawn. The team took 5th place in tho League competition. The Aungal Lawn Ten bis match against the L.R.C. was played in May and resulted in a win for the L.E.C. by 58 games to 30 The Lawn Tennis tourna mont was played in April and May, Mr. T. B. Norris again won the championship and the "A Class Single H.ndicap was won by Mr. L. J. Wishart and the "B" Class Single Handicap by Mr. S. E. Green Capt, Beasley, B.A., and Lt. T. A. Whyto, R.A., ware the
matter.
OPIUM SHOPS IN CHINA,
by these Nassauer trying to take their boxes flames and smoke. The hubbub was increased and bedding with them, and had they not been made to put most of these articles in the saloon the crew could not have passed aft. The captain, floers and crew did all they could to stop the progress of the flames, but in vain. Fortunately there was a head with otherwise the destruction of the wooden ship would have been a matter of but a few minutes and another holocaust suli have been recorded.
I have just been for the trial trip upon her, and she is amazing, writes Mrs. Also Tweedie. Until comparatively lately the largest and almost the fastest vexral to cross the Atlantic was the White Star Company's "Oceanio," of 18,000 tons. Lusitanis," built for the Canard Company, is I have made three voyages in her. But the nearly twice her size, for she is 33,000 tone, with following dimensions:
Length 790 Leat Depth 60 fees, Breadth 88 feet Draught 37 foot. But even three bgures do not give any notion of her size: Perhaps the best idea can be gained from the fact that over 3,000 persons can eat, sleep, and live upon her, and abe ese take all their food supply, coal, and baggage, besides a barge, across the Atlantic comfortably,
Nothing gives the impression of eis so well a comparison, so it may be said that if the "usitania" stood on the Terrace of the House of Commo: abe would practically reach from end to end of that famous home of tea-parties, and her many decks would reach the height of the building itself. If this huge ship were suddenly
1 down at the junction of Trafalgar Square entire street between the Grand Hotel and the and Northumberland-avonne, she would all the house opposite, and almost reach the height of
The plains of Maidstons beyond Footscray, usually present a bleak, uninviting appearance, Motor cars, phaetons, wag- but all this was altered on August 5th (says the Melbourne Age). gontites, and scores of inhabitants were aseoubled, and in the midst of all, resting on the grennd, was a grotesque object like a boat will wings, but which in reality was reputedly a fring machine designed to revoluticaise the The uproar was added to by the ringing of the modes of travelling. Though the inventor of Fire Bell and the blowing of the steamer's the apparatus was enthusiastic the spacts
Banguine, and one or two whistle. These alarms were acunded as the tore-ware not C. M. 9.
Kiangya
was thought to be of a sporting turn of mind offered liberal The in the sioinity. The flames increased rapidly cikls the masobite wouldn't get lost. and the captain brought the ship to contrivance consists of a small boat with anchor about one boat's length from the two meats, to which is attached four wings of left bank of the river, five miles below sail canvas. The inventor is Mr. Newton Chinking. In a short time a large Chinese Gordon, of East Melbourne, and he explained junk hove in sight and she came alongside that his design is altogether anique, being The Bishop of Southwark asked the Under-
when hailed. The Chinese tried to swarm into constructed on natural lines and depending only A Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether he could her, bores, packages and all, but the junk on the laws of gravitation for its succes. give any information as to the fatentions of his perple, having Imited sccommodation, consi- trial had been made previously, he furibor Buccess. Majesty's Government with regard to opium dered human beings of more value that worldly explained, but owing to the connections at the shops in the foreign quarters of towns in other goods; they took only passengers and carried masts being too weak it was not parcs of which these shops had besa elesed byway-abent 200 zatives to a place of safety. However, he had got over that difficulty, and the Chinese Government; and whether he could This was about L45 am. The Kiangyu exproted to see the washine prove its superiority the hotel itself.
all other flying machines. Major Again, the enormous dining-saloon, where five make any statement, as to the instructions to be arrived on the scene at about 2 a.m. and tried over
to get close to the burning vessel to take off Farnell, representing the Defence Department, hundred people can be fed, reminds one of the giren to the British representative at the
The boat portion has the advantage of being higher. The doze approaching international conference on the the passengers, but she could not do this as the was present, and watched the preparations Carlton or Savor, with its small tables, but it
Kiangyn is a wooden ship and it was stated with apparent interest. that the Tafoo Lord Fitzmaurice.-H's Majesty's Ministerst
had kerosene on board. was attached to a motor car, eight strong above-which is surrounded by a gallery for winners of the Professional Pairs and the
therefore, let down her suchor men held the wings in position, and at silting out is exactly the dismeter of each of Doubles Handicap was won by the brothers Peking has been instructed that it is desirable The "Kianggu," the
the word "Go ho motor started. The in- the four fannel, that is to say, twenty-five little way off. - Hancock The Racquets tournament fell that the municipal councils of all British con-
A boat was then lowered with the chief officer ventor's expectation was that as the wings came feet by fifteen. cessions and settlements in China should be
A band played in this gallery during meals, Lurongh for want of support bat it is proposed moved to close any opium shops or dens that in her and Messrs Shaw and Rydberg were into sha p contact with the wind the machine to play the championship for 1907 before the may exist in them, subject to the provise that requested to get into it, but at first they would rise like a kite, and arrangments had and the whole scene looked more like a gay effective mesures buve been previously taken by declined a though they afterwards been made to serer the rope as it rose, to enable restaurant than a ship at sea. She is the most end of the year. During the year 70 aw members joined the Club. The total number the Chinese authorities to al se establishments persuaded to do se. Mr. Shaw, had a lifebelt, these interested to judge of the carrying capannshippy" ship I ever Law, and by far the
of this nature outside the concessivas. howev.f, soos got out again, but Mr. Rydberg city of the flyer. When this is proved, it is rust comfortable.
was not so fortunate; the Chinese rushed into intended to fit a motor into the boat to make it of members is now 568, and there are 23 Naral have not yet heard that China has given Subscribers. In Mr. T. Serembe Sab, any formal assent to the proposal of the United the boat and one man threw a box into her self contained and practically complete,
ignity Government for
by from the bridge and then leaped into the boat, President till his departure in February last, conference or commission of the Powers os prized her, and all were soon struggling to the Club have lost their oldest playing member. oliey
have interested, though we
every strong current. The Chinese who were
it. is keennom in all matters whether on the pressed our readicess to Lake part in drowned and Mr. Bydberg believes as is the cricket field or in connection with the working No British representative has in consequence only one who was in the boat at the time whe of the Club will be sorely missed. Since Mr. yet been appointed, and the question of what is now living. The lifeboat lind turned bottom: instructions should be given to him has not yet upwards and Mr. Rydberg managed to take ra's himself on Sercombe Smith left the Colony, Mr Fbeen considered. His Majesty's Government hold of her gunwale and Majtland has acted as President of the Clab, are in entire sympathy with the wish of the to the keel. Several Chinese the clam
Chinese Government to diminish as much as bored on to the boat and seeing she was
Those under the huge wings were yelling possible the consumption of opium to China, and sinking, Mr. Rydberg got clear and awam, to in order to give practical effect to this sympathy the side of the Tafon" with several Chiness with might and main to the driver of the motor ear to stop; the crowd cheered him on, and the they have, after consulting the Government of
scized
rope and bang on to it until a wooden crowd could be more clearly heard and seer, Indie, informed the Chinees Government to clinging to him. At the side of the steamer be
(1) They accept in principle the proposal beam was lowered into the water. All the time with the result that the perspiring aying ma- opium into the Chinese passengers were jumping into the chine bearers were almost exhausted before the that the import of Indian China shall be diminished by one-tenth river, many being drowned, while a number our was brought to a standstill. annually, par! punsic With
eux managed to get a hold of the bena. The latter, provoking concern, the trial was a great cearense in the production of the Live however, turned over in the water and the success, but as a staple of the developmont in crag op to the year 1910, and they will Chinese clinging to it, were drowned. The the direction of serial navigation it was mach continue to reduce at the same rate the export
Rames, now reached that part of the steamer to loss enocaraging. The explanation given for in 1911 and subsequent years, on proof that which Mr. Rydberg was holding and so with for the failure was that there was insufficient Chine bas carried out its share of the the help of the boste which was Boating seer be wind. arrangement: () they have no objection to a
managed to get away to the place where the Chinese official boing stationed at Calcutte, lifeboat had capsized and, as she was fastoned jo the steamer by a rope, he was able with the provided that he has no powers of interferonso 3) they are prepared to assent to Bach enhance assistance of a boatswaia to get on to the bottom
again out of the Customs and likiz daty on foreign of the boat and then on to the Tafoo opium as will make its taxation in China equivalent to the taxation actually levied on quality being taken into consideration.
- KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB. The annual meeting of the Kowloon Cricket Club was held in the Club House at Korbon last night, when Mr. T. Skioner presided over
fair attendarios of mer berg,
The CHAIRMAN submitted the annual report, which showed that the profit and loss account was $28.72 to credit. 8268,85 has been written off sandry debtors, and 2133,0 has been expend- ed on a fence fronting Austin Read and install- og electric light in the walshod. The Club watagain successful in the Hongkong Cricket League competition, obtaining ont of a possible 42 points. The only score of over 100 was made by Mr. W. E. Dixon, scoring 120-not
ont.
Staton
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It was a case of ent of the water inte the fire." "I jumped right into the fire," said Mr. Steps at and I had thick-boots-on
B
This now Canorder contains two Royal suite. Somehow there seems a little incon But the machine absolutely refused to dy graity in building two Royal suites en The motor pat on full speed she, in gabin pising to the United Slater whose regul strong men, holding up the wings, manfully folk are unknown, and Tan Priness are un
common visitors. Each suite is composed of struggled slong, aaon splashing into mud holes the inventor, in his shirt sleeves, ran in the a dining-room, drawing-room, single bed-room, rear, sadonvoring at the same time to lift double bedroom, and pantry, with private bath. rom attached. They have not only a private the apparstas frm the grennd, and behind them all came a mob of amused spectators, who door shutting the little suite off from the rest voted is the funniest sight that had ever been of the ship, but a second small door leading on
to a secluded corner of the deck, witnessed out that way
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was particularly charmed with the saloon or drawing-room It is built in a way as to give the idea of bow windows of large dimensions. These recetes with sofas and chairs do away with the general "shippy" ido associated with
of iron work on the south shore was dragged a steamer. The furniture, tastefully arranged into the river. Near the shore the wreckage of as in a drasing-room, replaced the ordinary stiff saloon regularity.
the bridge did not go balow, the surface of the
The greater part of the "Lusitania" was made water and sight workmen who remained above at Sheffield: Most of the machinery hailed water were rescued and taken to the hospital at
Lovis, from there, and being too heavy to transplant The steamer Glenmont hed just cleared the by ordinary railway. had to find it and bridge when the first section fell. The water
the Manchester Ship Canal by road,
thence by water to Glasgow. It seems rather thrown up by the debris came clear over the bridge of the steamer. The captain at once extraordinary that a ship should be at a lowered boats. The small beats plied backward inland town; but it is more extraordinary, and forward over the sunten wrackage for half atill that two links of a chain in the "Lusilania's
native of iom, differences in relato value and Rydberg, “but luckily my clothes were very and i ekobama, and several arrests were effected and built by John Brown and Company. Tand the broken atrands of the bridge toward Mr. W. E.. Dixon heads the batting average have been taken to reduce the area under poppy other end of the beat and found Mr. Shaw was roko police have been a are for some time largest and fastest bond float, the greatest thing rusuf had-happened There was-
with 48.7 and Me. W. G. Martin the bowling arerago with 62 wickets for runs or russ for
wickets.
In 2nd XI matches Mr. Libéand heads the
batting average with 37. Prizes were dousted by Messes. Skinner, Swan, Goldsmith. J. Logan and T. Chee.
The Annual Lawn Tennis tournament wai played in May, June, July and August, being much interfered with by wet weather. Meeers. Duncan and Lapsley were the winners of the Double Championship Handicap, and r
ashore.
ran to the
The twisted iron and steel had its victims in cable, put on end, equal the height and size an hour, but there was no siga of life. of an ordinary man.
This mammoth among ships was designed a terrible death grip. A few floating timbers them all Boneur. They have launched the the north shoro were the only signs that not a ripple on the smouth surface of the St.
gulf. ship in the the Clyde by British workmen, of British Lawrence as it swept along toward the
All the men drowned were employes of Bluff, wherever possible, designed by Britons, the Phoenixville Bridge Company and enb and she will shortly carry the British ag to contractors of Quebec and Montreal. At 10
This monster ship is arranged to carry- Amories in the service of the Cunard Company 'clock to-night sixteen bodies had Loon picked
640 first-class passengers.
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3 he Japanese vernacular papers report that disclosures have been made of an extensive lottery traud by Chinese residents In Tokyo on the 18th instant. It is reported that cho in Bengal, which in the fire yeare preceding on the other side helping to reseno Chinese who He had swam
that Chinese lottery tickets were being alter.d 1906 907 averaged 615,00 acres, and in had jumped into the water.
secretly in Tokyo and Yokohama, and after s 10 719.8 is met to exceed 362,000 acres. In
this time the scope on and around the diligent searca tho, Kyobashi, police area 1907 the number of chests of Bengal opium Szed for sale was originally 4,100 a month. Tafoo" was a terrible one. There was no Lin hi-mo and two other Chinese residing in This has now beeb reduced to 4,090 a month, water supply and the only hose was said to be in Tsukiji and geised a number of old. lottery while for 1908 it has been fired at 3,900 a the engine rom. Fanio reigned amongst the tickets. The Chinese were, however, acquitted month: Further reinotions will be ruads in Chinese passengers. They were running about of the charge on the ground of insufficiency arceeding years if the proposed arrangement hither and thither in their excitement carrying of incriminating evidence. Suspicion tren aruss
the whith
Government becomes their goods saxl scrambling ever oach other to the genuineness of the lottery tickets operative.
Some desperately yelled for help, but how hopeless which were alleged to have been issued by
Shanghai lottery, and specimens were was their cry Many Chinese did not know winterward.d to the Japaness Consul in Shanghai they were doing. The first thing they thought of was to karo their possessions. There was for farther in testigation. Ou receipt of a reply from the Consul to the effect that they were all ens man" said Mr. Erdberg who when in the fraudulent imitations of he lottery tickets
Jost bie life trying to say goods. It was a
when it was disclosed that Lin Shi-mo and accomplices had been utvering spurious tinkas. from their residenes at No. 1, Shinsukay-ohe, THE BRIDGE CATASTROPHE NEAR the world, the length of span in center being
sold to ing Kyobashi Ward, Tokyo, the same b Jag
hese though the midium of TeiKo, Ka-koa
Chinese
WEATHER REPORT.
L
460 second-class passengere, 1,200 third-class passatgers, and
Dunesa won the Single Championship and Mr. On the 25th at 11.45 am:The barometer, water with horrible-sight; the worst sight issued in Shanghai, the police resumed inquiries north-east coast,
Lapsley the Single Handicap Messrs. Clelland and Klimancok were the runners up in the Siugler, and Mesure. Klimancok, Fowler, Bitchie and Mackenzie in the deables,
The Committee ihanked the following gentle men for donating prizes: Messrs. Ritchie, Libenud, Schluter A. Comes, G H Mer and T. Chee
has fallen slightly over the China voast, Formosa and Luzon.
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the
QUEBEC.
up, and of the aight men at Levis hospital, to are but expected to live through the night. The Quebec bridge was begun about seven years ago and it was to be finished in 190 827 members of the crew. Nearly 3,00 people ubsidies had been granted by the Federal and have been continually at work upon her for about Provincial governments and the city of Queber three years. She is for the largest and swiftest and the estimated cost of the work was or, perhaps, even equalled, except by her sister of Pennsylvania had the contract for the vested boat, and will probably never be beaten, $10,000,000. The Phoenixville Bridge Company of the bridge, and grows ship, the Mauretanie," now building on the construction
wore working from both sides of the river. The Quebec bridge was remarkable in that it was to be the longest singlespan cautilover in was in the water. When I was trying to swin A area of low pressure, apparently sballow, they tried to scizo me and scratched my hands
1800 or 2000 fast Inger than that of Forth appears to be situated in the neighbourhood of and arms; some held my le,s. One man took
bridge, at present the world's longest singlespan N. Luzon. The returns from Japan and hold of my throat and nearly choked me, others
bridge. There has been no bridge across the Aparri ar, however, not yet to band.. held me by the logs and one was my body."
8. Lawrence below Montreal. At Quebec, Pressure is highest over China to the North The current was running about eight miles an and several other Chinese peddlers, who pra- of the Upper
The disaster forming the subject of one of our traffic was ferried across tus river, this expense Yangtzo. It is normal over the hour and it was impersible to swim reand the teaded that the tokets were issued by a large Chinn oast and Fomus, and is alight-defect bows of the steamer because of the current: Chinese lottery at Shanghai. The Chinese
to grow, A number of citizsus secure a charter in S. Luzon.
while the fire prevented swimmers from have, it is said, distributed-small prizes ranging-Londen telegrams was thus reported by an being held responsible for the failure of Quebec
the strength from Yen 10 to Yea 100, to suppored winner, American contemporary: Fresh N.E. winds are expected to prevail in going round the stern and
Queboo, Augus 29-A section of the new from the Dominion Government to bridge the During the year 22 new members joined the
currpat would bave carried in order to prevent detection of the frond
bridge cross the St. Lawrence river five miles St. Lawrence river. Club. The total number of members is now 196be Fermosa Channel, and along the Northern the
A rubsidy of 81,000,600) was secured from the the fatigued swimmer out into the middle part of Japanese parchasers. Conslavive Bvid. Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending of the river. The Committee have been unable to make sheer of the China Boa.
The "Kian gyn" was too ence having thus been secured, four pubis pro- bolow this pity collapsed late to-lay, carrying Dominion Government and another of $350,000
curstors of the Tokyo District Court institutod scores of bridge workmen and mechanics into avy progress in the matter of getting a new at 10 am, to-day, 0.21 inches.
far off for Mr. Rydberg, in the exhausted states domiciliary search at twelry Chinese houses the water. It is estimated that the loss of life from the government of the Province of Quebec, in which he was, to swim to her, pavilion owing to a lack of interest on the part"¦
The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon
The promoters put up $610,00, of the members and trust that great adrances today is as follows:—
It was suggested to Mr. Rydberg that in Tokyo, and the, arrest of Tin Shi-me and is at least sixty, and may exceed that number while the city of Quebec gave a grant of 8600,000. -Work" was begun in 1900. The original. N.E. winde, possibly he could have made the ahore by diving seral other Chineso was the remalt. A large by twenty,
number of printed tickets was also seized,,
The bridge was about a mile and a half in estimate of the cost was in the neighbourhood of will be made and that the members will give
into the stream on the shore side, He replied besides several business books and printing length, and helf of it, from the south shore to the Committee their financial support during
moderate
We thought it was farther to the shore. fresh fair.
Returning to the time he saw Mr-Shaw on the plant. The premises of a Japanese lithographer midstream, crampled up and dropped into the $3,500,000, but this was found to be too small.
water Ninety wergal work The
re company finding itself in diffenity and the... the coming season. ---
the bridge for the national- 1 fresh
Nude Hydberg said he and in Kobikiche, Tokyo, were also
han. Se yong me be called to his food and various doenmrufs, were zaited. The Pubis fine structate, and the whistle-ledown of Government, no ding the
Procurator of the Tokyo District Court went 5.30 for the men to quit work for the day, when transcontinental railway, an agreemont Was Same as No 2, to bring another boat on that side, and he came to Yokohama and searched the Makiyana there came a grinding sound from the bridge reached by which the Government agreed to
towards the burning steamer. Just as Mr. Same as No. 2 Rydberg was about to got into this boat the Printing House in Aioi-cho, 6 chemo. being midstream. The men turned to see what had guarantee the bonds of the company up to
had been proceeding. rope was snatched from the chief officer and assisted by the judges of the Yokohama District happened and an instant later the cry went up. 87,000,000. Under this agreement constraction
The Court, Although no accurate information is "The bridge is falling! be WAS thrown
When completed the bridge wes to have officer was going to fasten the rope to the obtainable, it is believed that the money obtain rush shoreward, but to distance was too great!ccommodation for a doubletrack railway, two stesmer in order, that passengers might get inte ed by the Chinese during the past for years for them to espa
The fallen section of the bridge dragged lines of electric tramways and two roadways her. The boat drifted down the stream and amounts to sera el hundred thousand yan. A took Ere, and the Chikese whe bad scrambled Linese named Gi Kek-we, residing at No. 144, otters afurr it, the snapping gidors and cables for fot and vehicle ir lie. At the same time Yamasalta-che, was arrested by the Kagacho booming, like the crash of artillery Terror of the collapse the cantilever span on the south into her took to the water again. Mr. Rydberg's attempt to save himself by means of a rope was police in connexion with the fraud, and was lent fleetness to the feet of the frightened side of the river had been completed, as well as ung urotesful; he had been in the water for quite subsequently sent to Tokyo under police escort.workmen as they sped shoreward, but only a the approaching pan and some 2 10 foot of the
few of them reached safety before the last piece connecting span between the cantilevers. balf an hour before. He went up to the Japan Chronicle.
Mr. CLELLAND moved flat the report "nha Accounts as submitted be passed.
Mr. CURWEN seconded, and the motion was carried ananimously.
The election of officer was then proceeded with, and resulted as follows:President, Mr. II. T. Richardson'; socretary, Mr. Tang Chee; treasurer, Mr. P. B. Shroff; captain, Mr. J. H. Head; committee, Mesars. CLibeaud, D. J. Mackenzie, G. Duncan, W:Stewart, W. Dizon, . Clelland, H. G. Goldsmith and W. Legan.
This was all the business.
Hongkong & Neighbourhood
Formosa Channel...
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South coast of Chins between Į
Hongkong and Lamoeke South coast of China between Į
Hongkong and Hainau.
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS, The E.N. str. Empire from Sydney, left Manila on 25th Sept. and is due here on Friday The Ben Line str. Benolder from Middlesbro' and London left Singapore on 25th Eoptember, for this port:
morning.
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