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indicate that an advance of the piers at each in the first instance have had actually to side of some 50 feet towards the centre design the work, La. America tho practice could have been effected without practically is too much to ignore the consulting eu- increasing the danger from ice shoves, and ginear and go in the first instance to the ▲ saving of one panel in the length of the contractor. The contractor has every in S. WATSON & CO., orhang at each side would possibly have discement to reduce the expense of the work sverted the disaster. A few comparisons to the uttermost, and the temptation is with the Forth Bridge are interesting as strong to cut things below the margin of sbowing the recklessness of this latest piele safety in the prezent case the temptation" of American engineering. In the Furth was more than doubled by the desire to bridge the chief compression members are outcap the Britisher. It was the biggest formed of hoary tubes 12 feet in diameter; thing that had ever been done, and the in the attempted Quebec bridge, the com-desire was strong to go bayon I the Britisher pression members, when the bridge failed, in his own particular line. To build the are of laminated steel plates 54 fest deep, biggest span in the world, and do it with and 4 feet wide, and the overhang was au economy of steal such as the slow-going HI8 some 750 feet, the two strats being about Englishman would never think of, was to
67 feet apart. When the bridge would have be the triumph of the Phoenix. Company bean finished the overhang at each sido but one thing was forgotten, and that was would havebeen 562 feet, and across the safety. True safety in America is a matter gen of 675 fest between the two ends was of little consequence, but even it may be to have been placed an Enormous centrestrained, and the loss of half a million girder weighing, when complete, between dollars at least is a poor compensation for 2,500 and 4,000 toas. We may reduce an unwise ambition. these measures to one fiftieth, and see what this meant. We would then have a bracket projecting from the point of springing 11 feet, supported by two arched trusses 11 TABLOID BRAND PRODUCTS.
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There was still another plaguo 886-the 282ad-on Saturday.
The Gazette notißes that quarantine restric- tions imposed upon arrivals from Hongkong at Amoy, Shanghai and Bangkok have been
removed...
It is reported that the Water Police have arrested tine men suspec ed of being concerned in the piracy of the cargo boat Muí We which cccurred between Macao ani Hongkong on the 30th, ultimo under circumstances already reported in these colamaE.
together at intervals of 13 inches, but otherwise bad-no-side-bracing to prevent them from warping: on the and then of this was to be suspended a dead weight of half a hundred, and moreover from time to time, but many times a day, a moving weight of 20 to 25 lbs. was to traverse the entire backwards and forwards with this we can have some idea of the structure. The steel in the Forth bridge was equal to a strain of 34 to 37 toas per square inch; that used at Quebee was only equal to 23, or nearly Hill in a north-westerly direction between 8
has been retained for the defence of William It is reported that Sir Henry Berkele“, K.C., Hall Adsetts, who appears before His Honour Mr. Justice Wise and a ipsolal jury at the Supreme Court this morning, charged with the wilful murder of Gertrude Dayton,
bring will be carried out on the slope of Beacon The Military Authorities notify that fold
124th and 25th instant.
20 per cost. weaker. The steel in the Forth. and Lp., on the 19th and 25th instsat, bridge would never have to bear more than and from Custom's Pass in a westerly diruation 7 tons per square inch; on the other hand towards Kaalung Peak on the 21st, 22nd, 23rd the calculated strain on the Quebec bridge amounted to 14 tons, or half its ultimate
trength; while at the time of the collapse,appreciative andioncs at the Theatre on Saturday Mr. Colons "Sergeant Brue" had a thoroughly A. S. WATSON & CO., but before the full strain was actually might, and kept even bis colleagues on the stage langbing. Miss Lait and Miss Corless received floral tributes to their exosllent performances. The audience was unusually demonstrative for Hongkong, and not a single "turi" failed to got ita ineed of applause.
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posed, the strain seems to have amounted to 8 tons per square inch..
Books has drama the attention of this Anthori. The grounding of HM.S. Flora on the Cust
tien to the necessity of a special buoy bearing a special light being moored near these rocks. A buoy is at present being prepared by the Dock Company similar to those which mark this fairways at the western end of the harbour. When this is ready it will be put into position, and will bear a red light.
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EVOLUTION OF HONGKONG. [Written for the Ho gkong Daily Press.). (Continued from last Monday.)
IV.
inddressing the board of Directors ma to the neessity, in their opinion, of being rested with gufficient power to control the private British merchant ships," which seams to have been at interference with what had now become inovitable:
It is neither necessary nor interesting to Before, however, the dad closury ofthe recount the story of the intercourse of the East Company's monopoly a curious instance of the India Company at Canton during the later years contempt into which it had succeeded in bring- SHANGHAI, October 20th. of the eighteenth century, and the first quartering the British prestige in China is recorded. Mr. Stevenson is returning to
of the nineteenth, further than to remark that On the 12th May 1899, the Fa-yeur in comTM it had lost the confidence of all, whether disciples pany with the Hoppo'during the absence of the Hongkong by the German mail. He was "huffy" because he was unfete simply anxious for the good name of their entered the Factory. It seemed that some twa of the coming shool of Pros Trade, or men Company's representatives at Macao forsibly locally, and cancelled his engagement. entry...
years before the residents had renewed some of Under is original Charter the Esst Fadis the wharfage in front of the Fastorg, without Company had been granted a monopoly of It was alleged craving permission. The Fu British trade in Eastern s. As the opera youn deliberately walked into the dising tions of the Company became more extensive, room, and seeing a picture hanging op asked and commerce grow, it became necesary from
whose portrait it was, receiving an saswer
EXPLOSION ON OIL STEAMER
SINGAPORE, October 20th.
steamer
An explosion took place on the oil Pocahontas Mr. Webb, (Lloyd's surveyor), Mr. Kitching (surveyor to the British. Corporation), Captain Cox, and a Chinaman were seriously burned.
time to time to define the rights of the Com-that it was the portrait of His Majesty ay in relation to private traders generally, George IV., he gave directions to have it up- It was gradually established that no British govered and deliberately sat down with his subject was entitled to land in China ezcapt back to it, sont for the linguista sud asked how ander passport granded by the Directors they dared to permit the ground in front of the in the trade except under special license that he had no power to interfere with the chief, and that no British ship could participate factory to be altered: the frat having replied
from the Company. wbieli liocase was the Fu-yuen ordered chains to be brought, and liable to be withdrawn without notice at put on him, and threatened him further with. the discretion of the Select Committen st. Can decapitation in case within two days the pre- ion, which had furthermore power to deport mises were not restored to their former sendi- soy British subject who contravened in any way its regulations. So jealous was tho Com pany of its prerogative that practically these passports were only granted to a few private Wheat yesterday reached 40-per quarter their holders were held to be private gaste presented to the Governor, and still remains as friends of the Directors at long intervals, and
[REUTER'S BERVICE.]
THE PRICE OF WHEAT.
| London, October 17th.
in several of the provincial markets.
THE INTERNATIONAL ANTI-STRIKE CONFERENCE.
future.
tion
As a memento of one of the final insulta to which the Company in its cagerness for trade under any conditions of national humiliation was subjected, on the establishment of Govern- ment House is Hongkong the portrait was
a domb witness of the old time.
and were maintained at the general expouse
In April 1884, the Charter of the Company Opium and some other commodities, were Conveyed to the coast of China in private ships, finally expired, Parliament having decided that then denominated country ships," but these in the general interest of commeros it was best vassoin though private were strictly under the tu abolish the monopoly, and throw open the LONDON, October 17th. command of the Selest Committee who had the Bustern trade to All. The offoots were
London has decided to form an internationa!
The International Shipping Conference in power of cancelling their licenses and compel-
immediately apparent ja the enormous. ling them to depart.
expansion of the trade. The struggle had But if the authority of the Committee were lasted for more than twenty years and the men Committee to arrange plans for mutual de-thas complete over all rossols carrying the who had best kesenest in the strife now ence and cooperation against strikes in the British flag, it had from the nature of the case found the time had arrived to reap their spalle; no control of any sort over foreign vessels, the Jardines, the Mathesona, the Danta, the and this was more especially galling in the Gibbs, the Tarners, The Hollidays, the Inuoses, case of the Portuguese, Spaniards, and Dutch,were ready to enter on the fald their prowess whose intercourse was of older date than the had won, and for more than a generation kept Company, and who had their own understand the lead almost entirely in their hands. With inge with the Chinese officials. Later atter their ascendency commences the private history countries such as France and Denmark entered of Hongkong, for though the fatars Colony had into the trade, and could not be excluded. They, not yet been founded, affairs were fast verging. however, generally worked with the Select 10 8 oriais; and its inauguration was merely Committee, and interfered little with the course matter of time, and a short time as events
United States sent their ships to take part in of trade. It was naturally a different thing proved. when after the declaration of Independence the
the trade, and a good deal of friction at the beginning naturally arose.
THE TRANS-ATLANTIC MARCONIGRAPH.
LONDON, October 20th. Signor Marconi yesterday morning on nounced that the wireless service between England and Wales had opened, and two
telegrams from America, headed By wireless. London Evening Papers published short
THE UNITED STATES.
LONDON, October 20th. The New York anti-governmental paper The Sun has published an alarmist article sending the fleet to the Pacific is to prepare in which it says that the chief reason for
for war with Japan.
FAILURES.
LONDON, October 20th, The unfavourable condition of the
copper mariot in New York has led to the suspen- in of Otto Heinz & Co., the failure of a leading Stock Exchange, firm, and the suspension of the State Savings Bank in
Ten Chinese were placed before Mr. C. D. Melbourne at the Police Court on Saturday, obarged with behaving in a disorderly manner at Yaumati on the previous night. The defend-Butte, Montana, ed outside the Yaumati Police Station-when-w anta were part of a gang of natives who gather- woman was arrested, and because they were prevented from entering the charge room pro coded to stans the building. ▲ squad of officers immediately charged the lawbreakers,
THE COPPER EING.
LONDON, October 20th- The Copper King, Augustus Heinz, has
unprepared for what was taking place, and saw that to control a number of free merchants in an open trade would be a far more diffonlt task than to order about the Company; which was
stopping it for a few weeks was always sufficient so tender of its trade that the more hint of
to make its chiefs conte in any encroachment, however glaring or galling to the individual We find them socordingly appealing to the British authorities to appoint a director who should have control of the entire body of the
The Chinesa authorities were by no meaNE
British mercantile community. The beau-ideal of the viceroy, who was the first to mention, the subject was the Chinese guild system; so far as concerned their own personal affairs, into them he had no desire to enter; they might govern themselves by their own laws provided they did not interfere with his, when the two slashed the
In 1813 the Charter of the Company expired, Reform of Parliament and the abolition of and in the growing desire in Eagland for monopolies, it was with much trouble, and only tile interests of the East India Company should on the condition that the political and mores,
be separated, and that strict noscunts of the lalter should be annually published, that Par- liament consented to an ad interim prolongation of the monopoly, but only for a term of treaty yeur. At home the same party that was ngitating for the reform of Parliament was also a strong advocate of freeing trade from the shackles of high protestion, and the abandon ment of monopolies of all sorts. It was to- deniably growing in strength, and was rapidly foreign custom must give way. In fao absorbing the growing intellect of the country, the system suggested was the counterpart of so that it was evident to all thinking minds that and prevailed in the Arab settlement that a change was imminent, and it was ex- in the ninth century. Oar modern comm- pediant that measures should be taken tomentators, without understanding the cont prevent the change becoming explosive.
ditions, base in many cases been led astray Although the East India Company struggled by the claims of the Young China-party "hard to maintain its monopoly of the trade of that extraterritoriality is a thing that was for- the Far East, the indications were clear that cibly thrust upon them by Fngland in con-
the remit being the arrest of tan. He resigned the Presidency of the Mercantile this would not be again extended, and that it sequence of the high-handed nation of the Canton
ship; on the evidence, held the offence proved and fined each of the defendanta $2. -
On Friday night a number of leading Chinese citizens entertained H. E. Wu Ting fang, Chinese Minister to the United States of America, at a farewell dinner at one of the
National Bank.
_THE_FAILURE OF HALLER
SOLULE & Co.
LONDON, October 20th. The failure os Messrs Haller Solhle, the
buted to copper.
.
would be wise to permit affairs to gradually take authorities; the'faat is that he Chinese Govern- their course, in order to avoid a sudden drup-ment itself prayed the British authorities tion. Even before the expiry of their old establish it.
to And whereas," proceeds the
It is plain then that notwithstanding the he dangerous approach to the ultimate strength, designed to have been o ly 50 per cent. of the actual crashing weight, as against the 80 per cent. margin insisted on u English work, the collapse was not du to actual crushing, but arose from a no less plein auss; which is moreover familiar to every engineer of standing, and should have bean equally apparent to the engineers of the Phoenix Bridge Company of Pensyl- vania, who were entrusted with the work Every one knows that although a pillar many have sufficient sectional area to bear heavy weight placed on it vertically if, say, six feet long, a pillar with exactly the same sectional area if made twelve feet long with out bracing will only support a small frac tion of the same weight, owing to its greater piability to warp. This was the important factor that was left quite out of the count by the engineers for the bridge... It is difficult to believe that the manufacturers. could have taken the precaution to have. had an actual model of the work carefully made to scale, or the inadequacy of the bracing would have at once struck the eye lending native hotels at Shektontsai. In the oldest established Hamburg bank is attri. Parties in England. high in power. This fool, Supracargons of the East India Company at Can- of any skilled designer. We have attempt-course of the dinner, His Excellency in address ed to exhibit the insufficiency of the staying ing the gathering pointed out the goal of by references to figures, an actual model Chinese diplomacy in her international would have emphasised the defects, The relations, reminding his hearers of the duties It is seldom that an accident, if it may be fall of the Tat bridge ranny years ago drew that devolved on all loyal patriots and faithful called an accident occurs involving so much the attention of English engineers to the condition. To be open to all that is good and aitizens irrespective of differences in rank or loss of life and property as the fall during necessity of taking thought of these out of worthy in the influences and opportunities of construction of the great railway bridge the ordinary atrains to which large struc- the now ors; to do what is possible to bring and intended to cross the river St. Lawrence atures are at all times liable; and one of the to koop China in line with the more advanced Northcote, Scott, Wolfe, Plummer, Gabbay, modified Charter, while the Company still had game ready acquiescenes would be exhibited few miles balow Quebec. It is, however, to results of the lesson is seen in the great astions; to aid her. progress which, from the all appearance fortunate that the collapse ture has been made in excess of the actual secure, is the privilege of all who nook by right | ranks in osmop. When the Volunteers attended ¦ prudontial motives did not always care, to there was such a thing sa British law, to which
Forth bridge. It may be that that struc. time onward, should be steady, rational, and occurred when it did, and was not postponed requirements of the case. The margin of 1 ms to accomplish the highest well-being of till a later period when more property would to 3 may not always be required, and the
the nation.***. have been put into the work, and a larger larger the structure, the legs proportionate Before Commander Basil H. Taylor, It N., number of workman would have been allowance may reasonably be made for em Marine Magistrate, at the Marine Magistrate's engaged. The bridge was being erected ergencies; but on the other hand no engineer Court on Saturday an inquiry was held into the from one side, no intermediate support being is entitled to consider that he will be justi- condust of Coxswain Bang Pang of the Godown possible, and this was rendered practicable fied to ignoring emergencies, This, how Company's steam launch Curlewe in the harbour from the adoption of the cantilever system ever, there is too much reason to believe on the 12th instant. The inquiry was called in in its construction. The system is well is the ordinary practice of the American consequence of a letter the Harbour Master known through the successful completion of engineer. However successfully it may have sedent engineer of the Hongkong and Kowloon eceived from Mr. J. W. Robertson, a suporint the great Forth bridge scross the Frith of ben concented, the truth will in the bag Wharf and Godown Co, L. N. A. Beltram Forth, and this has remained up to the run out,and the Quebec disaster is probably bore witness to the effect thst on the afternoon present day the widest single span in the not the last of which we shall hear, all of the 12th instant he noticed one of the deck world, its width from the centres of the proceeding from the same evil habit. It is bands at the wheel of the Curlew instead of the piers amounting to 1710 feet. Apparently more difficult to account for the defective coxswain. When be naked this man where the as a mere tour de force to exceed this, and so designs having been passed by the cousaltossain was the reply was "Asleep aft. take the record across the Atlantic the Sting engineer to the syndicate at whose why he was not not at his past? I'm sleepy in the East. The stories range from comedy to
Witness then called the coxswain and asked Lawrence bridge was fixed at 1800. Owing expense the bridge was being put up; but said the master, and returning aft, went to sleep to the depth of the river, and the necessity this respect too, American practice differs again. To his Worship the coxswain said he of avoiding ice pressure there was probably much for the worse from English. In he fell asleep while waiting for cargo alongside not much margin to spare, but a section of England the engineer is always held responsa Norwegian steamer. As this defence did the banks at both sides would seem to ible for errors of judgment, if he have not net tisfy the Magistrate he cancelled the
*Cxawain's certificate,
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THE VOLUNTEFR CAMP.
to
charter in 1813 one or more British merchants original Order in Council issued on the with had successfully evaded its provisions by taking drawal of the monopoly, the officers of the out papers of foreign nationality, and in this it Chinese Government resident in or near Canton, notorious that they were backed up by in the Empire of Chine, have signified to the and the publication of the accounts showing ton the desire of that Government that effectual snormous profits from the trade had their provision should be made by low for the good natural effect in bringing others to the front. order of all his Majesty's subjects resorting to The earliest pioneer of British private trade Canton, and for the maintainance of peace and seems to have been Mr. William Jarline, who due subordination amongst them; and it is expc- end at Stonecutters Bay, and will continue for did not become a regular resident till 1820. Now, therefore &s. The Chinese 10. ous On Saturday Hongkong Volunteers common commenced his visits to Chins in 1802, but who able demands of the said Chinese Gleveransent; dient that effect should be given to such reason- a fortnight. Major Chapman, V.D., is is Masdonald, Captains Armstrong, Skinner, who, however, had become a naturalised Partu- they had grown so sanctomed to the submission command, and the others attending are Major
Next to him in point of time was Mr. Davidson, respect, indeed reckoned without their host; Wood, Crake, Nicholson and Lammert, Lieute Kennett, and Blood, and Surgeon Lient powers of repressing competition, but from under the new regime; and had no idea that guess subject, After the renewal of the of the Company, aut its absolute conteol over its reprosentatives, that they expected that the Hartley. On Sunday there were 160 of all
party under the energetic seps mygeant representing Dent and Co. about. 1825, and same arbitrary powers over their nationals, at the camp on Saturday they found that a press them to extremes, we fiul R. Inglis that the new chiefs were unable to exerciss the sven the Bovereiga has to submit; so fading
d009. At the first parsto on Saturday the The Mathesons were more worthy of note major had already pitched the tents, and thees was but the usual straightening up
the brothers Mathesen coming a few years later they attributed their disobedienos to found it fairly tough work. The engineers. poly at its seat, and in 1837 started the Bret pursuance of the sot were to have power to levy
frowardness.
personal
were kopt busy completing the installation of men were put through physical drill and many as they boldly and openly attacked the mone three Superintendents to be appointed in To support the necessary establishment the
a system for lighting slectric light. Each tent has
tue estire oamp with
newspaper in Chins, a weekly sheet denomi dues on tonnage and no ad valorem duty on nated the Canten Register, to disseminate till fuller orders were granted, to exercise all separate, and
goods conveyed in British ships, and in gen ǝra!, several big are light illuminate the parade the doctrines of Fres Trade then beginning to rights and fauctions heretofore belonging to the ground. A church parade was held on Sunday The engineering company were put through Company's monopoly of the China trade to the foreca, preached sar appropriate sermon. morning when the Rev. G. Searle, chaplain
make a stir in the world, and re particularly office of the Company's Sapracargoes. In pur to advocate the suppression of the East India sauce of the act the three Superintendents musketry in the afternoon. There were many
named were Lord Napier of Munsbestoun, a visitors to the camp on Sunday afternoon.
captain in 6.M. Navy, and Messrs. W. B. this they were ably backed up by s large and Plowden and J. F. Davis, two former powerful section of the home press, so that of the Company's Select Committso. On their members when the Reform Bill of 1831 was at last carried departure Lord Palmeraton, then His Majesty's Foreign Minister, gave them instructions, "to against the strong opposition of the privileged foster and protect the trade of his Majesty's Traders, men generally foresaw that the mone- to olher ports in Chins; to induer the Chiness classes; and with the assistance of the Free subjects in China; to erlaud trade if possible
to be renewed. poly under the new Parliament was not likely with the British Government; and to seek witla Government to enter into commercial relations
ing no support in its retrogressive policy, with the Imperial Court at Peking," as well as Under the circumstances the Company, find ally establish direct diplomatic communication peculiar caution and oiroumspection to evento- gradually relaxed its opposition to private trade to take measures so far as possible to have the
const surveyed, as well and private traders; and began to make arrange some practical placs of refuge for British ships to have a look out for ments for winding up its affairs. Still to late as in case of hostilities. March 1830 we find the Committee in Canton
To be continued next Monday.}
by Mr. James Dalsiek whoh is appearing in Unwin's Colonial Library. In it are depicted scenes from the lives of marine engineers, mainly which resalted in their floding their own ship and recoming a general laughing-stock, to the tragedy, from a mistake made by two engineers
fate of a blockade ranner sent to be sunk by the written with first hand knowlegs of the life Japanese of Port Arthar. The stories are described, and a simple, dirse, style adds to
"In the First Watch," is the title of a book.
their forcibleness.
In