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I will ever be found opposed to us on sea
Franco too, for like reasons is friendly.for home on a well-ed holiday by the Japan is bound in self-intereat to avoid Kanagawa Maru to-day. Among the number coming into conflict with the naval power may be mentioned Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Lam. mert, of Nagpe, and Coylain L. F. Hussy the of Great Britain, Germany has too many genini skipper of Mess Jardine Mathson & irons in the firo in Europe to care to greatly Co's S.S. Forang. Captain Hussey hos boen increase her Pacific fleet, which she could for quite a number of years on the China not do without withdrawing from the Coast, and goes home with the best wishes of a strength in Europe, which from prudentia! wide circle of friends' for a happy and pleasant THE SITUATION IN TURKEY. motives she is not likely to do. We can sojourn in the old county. therefore without risk to our prestige roluce to a minimum our Pacific fleet, re- taining caly enough to be able at short notice to show the flag" in case of any WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS local disturbance; and this will give us
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A number of potty cans were dealt with by Commander Basil R. IL Taylor at the Marine Magistrate's Court yesterday. Two cargo wo mon were ined $10 aplos for not keeping the yulos of their boats out of the water; this mis- ses of two passenger boats, for a similar offence, were fined 83 outh.
A fine of ench
LONDON, April 26th. It is reported from Constantinople that the Ministry has resigned and that Parliament has returned from San Stefano.
The Parliament will consider the
movements an the part of Germany, as impored on two lastmen for failing to fate of the Sultan at a secret session.
exhibit a bright white light,, between suurise
and sunset, white underway in Aberdeen Har-
foriuately at the moment came into office the Cabinet at the head of which was Sirbour. H. CAMPBELL BANKOMAN, himself the
SANITARY BOARD,
your to the lat of the next year they work out at 57 per month. I was going to sug
A meeting of the Sanitary Board was gest that it might not be unreasonable to. held yesterday the Board Room. Mr. R. O. allow all bodies coming from Tai Hang and Hutchison prezidad, and there wore present Wengusichoong to be buried in section C. Hon Mr. W. Chatham, C.M.G., Vice President), If all bodies from the eastorn part of the city Colonel Bedford, Hon. Mr. E. A. Howett. Hon.wer allowed to be buried in section C. it would Mr. A. W. Brewin, Mr. A. Shelton Hooper, not last two months, then wo should be in
Dr. G. H. L. Fitzwilliams, Mr. Ho Kom Toug. Dr. F. Clarks (Medical Officer of Health), Dr. Pearse, (Assistant Medical Officer of Health), and Mr. W. Bowen Rowlands (Secretary),
ANTHRAX.
The COLONIAL VETERINARY SURapor re-
ported that a case of anthrax liad occurredat the Kennedy-town Cattle Depot. The sick bullock died and the thirteen others which came from Hoihow were slaughtered,
Mr. Kooral---How is the ase proceeding ? The PRESIDENT-No more outbreaks. That was a fortnight ago,
PLAGUE AT SAMCHUN,
grostor difficulty than at the proscut moment.
The VICE-PRESIDENT-In consequence of the Medical Officer of Health's minute, which enne to me in the ordinary course, I have had su inspeo tion made of the cemetery, and I found an area which would suffice to carry the burials of
roction A until the question of exhumation is setel. I move that that are should tontilised for the purpose of intermouts.
Mr. HOOFER seconded, and the motion wi agreed to,
"SECTION 175."
The report by the Medical Officer of Health relative to certain houses remaining to be dealt
The 'HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT minuted with mudor soption 173 of the Public Health
and Buildings Ordinance 1993-19, 8 was cou sidered.
LONDON, April 27th. The final act of the siege took place at the Yildiz, yesterday morning when that a repert had been received from the District the Sultan's personal fusiliers and Offers Taipo that a serious outbreak of plagne body servants who had hitherto re-occurred at Samchan in Chinese Teritory, fused to yidd hauled down the red deaths during the last few days and the last should state the 1 nd lots as well as the bouss flag in face of an overwhelming display two markets had not been held owing to the numbers. of force. They fed but were subse-outbreak. The poople had been fasting and approved, the owners skould be notified. I
holding noisy ceremonies to drive awy theftey in some of the cases where exemptions aro sickness. The District Officer was authorised to recomazended, the houses' comply with the law. quently arrested.
stop hawker from crossing the frontier at already, as they were built since the passing of Sachan inte our territory, The Chief Super- the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance of
1887. intonsent of Polles was watching the lunches coming to Hongkong.
Mr. HOOTER minuted I quito agres with the It was stated that there had been över 100 | Medical Offer of Health that the records
THE CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY LOAN.
Mr. HOOPER-The action by the Government. of placing a sordon on the frontier to prevent. Chinese crossing our territory in very satisfac-
LONDON, April 26th. Mr. MacKinnon Wood, Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,tory. questioned in the House of Commons, said the Chinese Government replied on the 14th inst. to the protest made
CHINESE BUNIAL PROBIJEMS.
In all cases of exemption, when
The PRESIDENT moved that the medifications be granted in accordance with the report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Mr. Hoores secondo. remarking that it would be of course superfluous to grant modifications in cases, where the houses already comply with tho law,
The motion was agreed to.
THE DRAFT ESTIMATES. The PRESIDENTsaid he did not think that there was much in the estimates which required any
The guests of the LGA. Sorgere Mes acknowledged chief of the "Little Eng Games Club spout a way enjoyable evening in lander' movemet. Under false pretence the Artillery Theatre, Vistoria Barracks, last of economy, the party were seeking tonight, when a quadrillo party was hold. Dane- launch a huge schems of socialisti extravagant red shortly after 6 pay, and satinued ance, the only plausible means of mo sing merrily until the early morning hours, the which was the reduction to inefficiency of votaries of Bt. Terpsichoro apparently being not both army and navy; and Sir Jous FISHER's affected by the oppresiveness of the atmos- scheme which reened to afford a plausible phere Company Seiyeant Major Owen and excuse was eagerly welcomed by the new Ca. Sergeant Walton acid as M's.C., and in binet. The idea of having her fleet masked conjunction with their brother sergeants, were responsible for an exellent evening's enter- was not very agreeable to Germany, and the tainment. The attendance included Colonel dissatisfaction was increased when it seemid (hamier, C.MG, Cmmanding the Royal to the German mind evident that the policy| Artillery in South China, Captain Dwyer, of bottling up the German fleet in the North adjutant, and Captain Garnett, President of the Sea was emphasised by the building of the Club and officer commading the 28th Company Dreadnought. Apparently, as they thought.
Dr. Jasto Lakbau, delegate for worthern
A Minuto by the Mediest Officer of Health the Cabinet, having bottled up Germany in Manila ia the Philippines Assembly, has per
riktive to maction A cf Mount Caroline Home waters, could now proceed with its formed his first oldal act by asking for policy of cheese-paring, and great was the complete revolution of the form of government
Cemetery was read in which the Medical Oficer thirty-nine more graves in this section. As rejoicing amongst the Little Englanders, in the islands. He asks for the establishment (by the British Government) with of Health stated that there was only room for But the grine turned out a more dangerous of a government that all have the form of an regard to the German loan for the the Public Works Department were apparently further explanation than he had already given. unable to do anything towards laying out a Under the vote Coolies, lo now proposed to ask one than they anticipated, for Germany, executive cabinet with the Governor General
the Canton-Hankow as president, supported by eleven secretaries. It purposes of
farther area is an extension until the Legislative for a hundred coolies to be put on the permanent eonceiving rightly or wrongly that the con. centration of the British Fleet in the North is, in the words of is author, based on the railway. The Chinese Government's Council had passed the Bil relative to dis-staff instead of the present 78. The rote Com- Sen was intende 1 asa challenge commenced scheme of government in Canada beanse the reply generally defended their action, interments, and the Board had then to authorize eteries and Disinterment of dead bodies would
Philippines and Canah enjoy the sante political
the same, he thought the orly course to adopt now be taken over by the Public Works, BULL DOG BRAND herself building Dreadnoughts; the fat was conditions in respect to their suveriga govern. but did not touch the Imperial Go-was to ask the Registrar General to mntify all and would no longer appear in the esti in the fre; the economising of the Navy, monts." Is introducing his scheme of govern rerument's contention that there had the undertakers in the City that section A mates. As to the question of lighting the and the scheme for masking Germany's mout Sr. Lukban annances that he do so with bean a breach of agreement. This had would be fuil about the end of this mouth and Central Market, it
obvious. a saving war fleet by concentrating our own in the the desin of giving, the Filipino people govern
could be effected, and he suggested that a North Sea, had seemed to many in Germany. ment mere snitable to the times and conditions. been pointed out to the Chinese placa in this section after that time, Section A committee should be appointed to consider the is the free section and the effect of this filling feability of improving the lighting of the a deliberate attempt to conline her to
up at Mount Caroline will be to divert all such market and cheapening the rats. In addition European waters; and as such was to be
interments to the Kai Lung Wan Cemetery, to those changes he thought it would be advis. counteracted at any sacrifice. Now Ger
which at present is not used as fully as it should alle that the Government should undertake the he. Cemetery Bye-Law 15 stated that the slaughtering at Mootsuwal, which at present Sections were to be of such size and arrangement wis lat out to contract. At Kennedytown the as the Board might direct, and therefore this Government undertook the slaughtering. He
that the abolition of the free importa fall. The Board was already aware of the
It is reported from St. Petersburgte should be submitted to the Board, so that would lay a menig before the Board next mosting
they might know that section A. was practically giving the figures.
tion of Chinese goods, via Irkutsk, has difficulties which had arisen in connection with the question of disinterment of remains from been postponed until January 1910.
ancient graves.
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HONGKONG FOOTBALL LEAGUE,
PRESENTATION' OF CUP.
At a meeting of the Hongkong, Football twenty years, has had a desire for Oriental League held at the YH.C.A. Rooms yesterday expansion, and this longing has been sedul. the Hongkong Daily Press Cup was formally ously encouraged by the KAISER, The handed over to the Lague, and subsequently retirement from Vancouver, and the reduc-presented by Mr. B. A. Hale. the managing tion of the China squadron to a few.eraisers editor, to the Captain of the Buffs. were very grateful as an indication of the cheese-paring policy to which Germany
conceived Great Britain as a nation was
now committed, and it was plain that at the rate at which the British Navy was dawdl. ing over ita ship-building programme, Germany could pick it up by the beginning
Mr. HALE, in handing the oap over to the League, referred to the succuss which had at tended the inauguration of the League, and asked Mr Storrie as secretary of the League to accept the temporary metody of the cup.
Mr. STURRIE, in accepting the cap, expressed the indebtedness of the League to the Press for the support it had given the Legno and given that handsome trophy.
Government.
THE IMPORT OF CHINESE GOODS INTO RUSSIA.
LONDON, April 26th.
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to recognise the extreme gravity of the situation which has thus developed-and the Government, which should have been the first to perceive the drift of it all, has been the last What the so-called economies effected in the bavil administration during the last four or five years are likely to cost the Empire in the next five years it is bel possible to estimate we only know that the nation, in order to maintain its naval supremacy, on which its existence depends, must go on spending enormous sums on the building of new ships for some years to come,
The Colonial Secretary's Office informe as that The visit of a small Japanese squadron to Femalt nox og e trafen e gats quarantine restrictions against arrivals from of considerable interest at the present the Bangkok have been withdrawn. when throughout the British Euț îre a reso. Mr. H. C. Nicolls, of Colombo, Ceylon, Tres lute intention has been showto maintaincursurer of that Colony, (formerly of Hongkong). val supremacy. Probably the worst con- who died on December 7th, left estate valued at sidered part of Admiral Sir Jo¤N FISHER'S £2,751 146, 48.
much belauded scheme for the concentration of the fighting strength of the British Navy was the abolition as a näral base of the
·Island of Vancouver, and the dismantling of Esquimalt. It is quite true that Esquimalt had only accidentally come to be a naval port. In the old days of the Hudson's Bay Company it had served as an admirable place of shelter for the trading schooners of the company, but proved itself utterly
A garden fête is advertised to take place is the Botanic gardens on Wednesday next in aid of the Folliers and Sailors' Home and the Seamen's Institute,
The appointment of Mr. W. Wilson sa acting
Chief Manager of the Hongkong and Whampoa Docks, in succession to Mr. Robert Mitchell notified by advertisement.
is
A Honolula telegram to the Manila papers
Mr. HALE then presented the cup to the Captain of the Buffs whom he congratulated on
their good sporting record and afterwards presentel the silver medals given by the League to the members of the winning team.
Votes of thanks copluded the meeting.
THE TENNIS TOURNAMENT,
Captain Beasley beat R. Hancock rather easily in the final of the champion singles on Monday. In the mening set Basley took the first two games, and then they were alternately faken until the fifth, after which Beasle; scared, the next three games and von comfortably, 6-2. In
the second set he nere allowed his opponent to score, aut only once was deuce reached, 6-0. The first four games in the third set weat to Beasley, thon Hancock obtained three, but Beasley getting the next two won the game, 6-8.
In the semi-final of the "B" clase single hindicar, Worcester beat Oliver 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Worcester meets Hilling in the find
Hickling and Hugin boat Lient. Anderson and Liest. Wedd 75 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the final of the "B" class doules handicap.
Carr and Beasley meet to decide the chain. pionship of the Colony on Thursday,
THE HIPPODROME CIRUS AND
MENAGERIE.
that therefore no further interments could take
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Mr. HOOPER wished to know the reason for
another disinfectant being useil in place of
Jeyes Fluid.
The PRESIDENT replied that it was cheaper, and it seemed to be of quite the same standard.
After other remarks the PRESIDENT agreed
Mr. HOOPER minuted-Let the plan referred to in Bye Law No 14 be produced at the next Board Meeting. For the time being Kai Lung to place before the Board the reports and recom- Wan Cemetery had better be used for free burials.mendations on which the Government had acted with the new Bill re exhumation? When are th Government going to proceed in adopting this new disinfectant."
Mr. LAU CHU PAK minuted-I don't see to Corfu to visit the Kaiser.
why the poor Chinese should be made to anfer for the delay in extending this section of the The Kaiser goes to Malta en Mayemetery. Not to say inconvenience, it will 9th and will remain there several days. cost them more money, which they can ill afford,
HUNGARIAN MINISTERIAL
CRISIS.
LONDON, April 27th. The Hungarian Government has resigned in consequence of the refusal of the Emperor to allow the settlement of the long pending bank question by the establishment of an independent Hungarian Bank.
{FROM THE “CHUNG NGOI BAN PO ESTIMATED REVENUE OF CHINA:
PEKING, April 7th. The Board of Finance has estimated that the revenue for the current year will gimount to Taels 150,000,000.
RETRENCHMENT.
PERING, April 27th.
Ire Peking Government intends to
to send their dead from one end of the town to the other to be buried. Peading the passing of the amendment bill the other sections should be used for free burials,
Mr. Ho Koń TONG minutaḍ~~I agree with Mr. Lau Chu Pak.
The BEGISTRAR-GENE AL-Is it not possible to make use of some other sections in the meantime!
Mr. HOOPER raised the question of the light- ing of the market. He understood it was contemplated introducing Kitson light, but he thought that possibly the electric light could be improved at a reduced cost.
by
On the motion of the PRESIDENT, seconded the REGISTRAR-GENER L, 8 committee was appointed to consider thelighting of the markets. The committee was constituted as follows: The President, the Registrar General and Mr. Hooper.
Mr. HOOPEE pointed out that it was proposed to recommend 82,000 on the rote for headstones as the price had risen from $43.50 to 860. a thousand. He thought the figure rather
The PRESIDENT explained that the cost last your was $1,441.
The PRESIDENT-Section B has already hennigh. made into a tree burial place, and we now havo to use section C, but there is not very much space there. It might be possible, however, that without exhumation the Pablic Works should make some terraces down there.
Mr. HooFEE-1 couldn't quite understand the minute of Mr. Lau Chu Pak; would you mind reading it again.
The PRESIDENT read, "The poor Chinese are made to suffer "
Mr. HOOPER-How do they suffer?
Mr. Ho Kom Tond—The poor Chinese have to carry the coffins to the other end of the Feity.
Mr. HooFEE-How far is that? The REGISTRAR-GENERAL--About miles.
Mr. HOOPER could not see how so much was needed. Thore had been no plague this year, and assuming that we had plague at the same rate as last year it would not bring the amount up to $2,000.
Hon. Mr. HEwert did not think the figures were too much.
The matter then dropped,
Mr. HOOPER said that personal emoluments represented the salaries of all the staff of the Sanitary Department. He had nothing to find fault with in the salaries of the officers, hai he thought it was a fitting occasion to sight | call attention to the number of officers. The
Mr. HOOFER-Who pays for that ? Mr. Ho Koи TONG-The poor people have to pay themselves.
Mr. HOOPER-Don't the Tang Wah Hospi-
unsuited as a naval base when more than states that an amazing system of graft has just Zoo of performing id animals represents the abolish the posts of Tartar General two cruisers had to be berthed. Vancouver been nearthed in the local legislative assembly follows that it shoul prove a most successful and Vice Tartar General of the various tal pay for that?
Jowever, possess absolutely some of the finest harbours in the world, three or four
The disclosures affect a large circle of the members of the assembly and assume the proper
tious of a scandal.
Cansoray Bay should be the venus from-to- night of thousands of the popalace. There the Hippodrome Cifes sd Menagerie ha its loca tion, and as it embraces a large combination of the brightest stars of the arena from leading English and Continental hippodromes, and as the
greatest animal nocely brought to the East, it
attraction. Not only are there equestrians, light rope scrobats dancers, jigglers and performers, but thereare performing teniss and elephants and a performing zebra. A spacious tent has been erected at Causeway Bay and the community may contdently anticipate a pro- gramme worth the trukle of journeying there to witness
provinces,
PRESIDENT TAFT BREAKS!.
ANOTHER CHAIR.
President Taft is reported in the American papors to have broken another chair. It may be
Sanitary Commission found, among many other things, that better results would be given it the districts were under the control of one man, becaned at present a good deal of the By a proper work was done twice over. systematising, the work could be done by a spaller number of men. The Commission The PRESIDENT-I don't think the point recommended that the districts be increased to is so serious as Mr. Lau Cha Pak makes out, twelve, as experience had shown it was better to reduce the size of the district. That would because before people from the wast went
mean twelve districts in Victoria and two in to the Moant Caroline Cemetery, which is Kowloon. With the growth of the popu
lation in Kowloon there would probably
Mr. Ho Kou TONG-No
farther away.
Mr. HOOPER-In Chins proper is it not a
which in itself is a vast. recruiting grouad, { river, ard three natives who necompanied him on LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS- | ranembored that a chair collapsed under his general rule rather than an exception that people be another change. Now, when the Govern
it bus inexhaustible stocks of coal,
of which are suitable for naval stations of
Surveyor Herren of the Bureau of Lande, the first-class, while at back, in addition to
Philippine Islands, who disappeared on the its being at any time in a position to be 16th instant, has be found brutally murdered reinforced from home through Canada, at Mayjayjay, on the banks of the Balitiwan
the day be was first missed have been arrested as well as iron, which though not at the Bud elarged with having committed the deed. moment worked, are contain in the immediate future to be of vast economical for publican's licence to retail intoxicating The adjourned application by A. E. Gagnon importance. The ruling strategic idea in liquors at the Folle View Hotel was again con the concentration scheme may be stated in a kidered by Messrs, J. E. Kemp, C.D. Melboune few sentences. Germany, it was held, was and W. Powen Rowlands, Justices of the Peace, the only naval Power with whom there was at the Magistracy yesterday. Mr. Kemp stated any possibility of coming in hostile conflict. that there were no police objections, and that America and we have too many interests in the promises were now in a satisfactory sanitary common to raies any presumption that she condition. The application was granted,
interment ?
way of retrenchment he thought it was a good time to take advantage of the suggestion made
The Apear str. Jann from Yokohama, Kobe might when he paid his first visit to Hongkong, have to carry their dead several miles forment was doing everything possible in the
and one of special strength was accordingly aude for his w.
Ho Kon Toyo-They have not to carry boken at Washington was not, however, a them very far, and there they pay about 3 seden chair. It was the "Roosevel chair." expenses, as against from $10 to 815 here,
The chair which has been
and Moji left Moj ou the 25th iust, and may be exported here on or about the 29th instant
27th inst, and is dus here on the 30th inst afternoon.
The C.N. Co.'s st. Tean left Manila on the The Apoar str. Lightning from Calcutta left le spring of the chair gave way, and The REGISTRAR-GENELAL - How many would now view the suggestions more im- Singapore on the 8th instant morning, and
a new chair of "extra large proportions" had to burials are there a week in the free section of may be expected here on or about the 2nd prox.
Mount Caroline P The P.M. str. Vanchuria will mail from be made a mahogany swivel chale. The Tokohama on the 27th instant via Kobe, Naga orcumstance is chronicled in the American saki and Menila, anil is due to arrio at this papers as "the severing of another link con- port on the 8th pror.
Franckoo on the 23rd inst.
made sufficiently long ago for the Government by the Commission. The suggestions were
to have digested them, and he thought they
partially and more favourably then at the time they were made, ospecially as retrench. The MEDICAL OFFICER OF
ment Was now forved upon them. In The average interments from January 1st
these circumstances be suggested that the month, while from the 1st January one Tickerks into twelve districts instead of ten, and
HEALTH-
The P.M. str. Mongolia arrived at San notings President Taft with the Roosevelt to April 1st, 1999, work out at 40 per i Board ask the Government to divide the city of
Administration."