CORRESPONDENCE,
THE LIQUOR TAX.
TYPHOON AT FOOCHOW. -
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st, 1909.
A dissatrons typhoon occasioning tremendous loss of life and considerable damage to property vilted the neighbourhood of Focolo Inet
(TO THE EDITOR OF THE “HONGKONG DAILY Wednesday. It is estimated that 1,000 persons
PRIS"}
DEAR EDITOR-I am not elever, like, Mr. Garner, but I thought if I asked you some questions you would perhaps print my letter, I asked Daddy and lie couldn't tell me.
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of least met their deaths either by drowning or through being crashed in the collapse of houses, and probably this number will be found to be an under-estimate.
COMPANY REPORT.
THE DOUGLAS STEAM-SHIP COMPANY LIMITED.
The Report for presentation to the abare- holders at the twenty-sixth ordinary general meeting, next Saturday, is sè follows:-
The general managers have now to submit to the shareholders their report on the twenty. sixth year's working of the company, ending June 30th, 1909.
HOME AND CHINA AFFAIRS.
(FROM QUE O IN COMBESPONDENT)
LONDON, August 25th, LONDON "UP."
BUSSIA AND THE CHINEŠE. The steady march of the Chinese to the Manchurian frontier and the way they are alipping through into Russian territory itself, like sand drifting across the fass of the earth, is giving grava saxiety in St. Petersburg, How London is “up” just now. All those who to put a buffer to the increasingly arrogant are considered to constitute Society are gone to
Chinese is puzzling Russian statesmon more than the moors to shoot or to Continental spas to picked settlers to the frontier districts, but they enough. They keep sending trainlonda of cleanse themselves of the effects of the Beason. are more or less helpless against a countless The streets also bro "up," & is usual in this horde of settlers and traders who can undersoll After paying all running expense, premin of metropolis at this time of the year. One hears them, live on land that affords the Slav no pro- insurance, remuneration to the consulting com.that London is empty now but those of adince, and absorb foodstuffs that were formerly mitter and auditors' fees there romains a who remain don't notice it, and truly we are cessible to the Russians. For these reasons balance at credit of profit and loss account of a patient crowd to stand without protest Prince Lyoff, president of the Russian $1,311.54, which with the approval of share the noise and small and delays incidental to Union of the Zemstvos, has gone to Canada to holders will be tranferred to the reserve fand; this road repairing. The story goes that two from which, in order to provide for depreciation jovial blades who had arrived from the Colonies stadying the subject right from the landing
study British colonisation methods. of the company's properties it is proposed to set themselves to study the natives here, and take the sum of $35,950.33.
were amazed at their patient long-suffering in stage to the homestead, and I hear he has been fand will then stand at the matter of such worms as this road menedly impressed by the evidences of
disruption. So they disguised themselves na
prosperity all over the Dominion. workmen, took a pick, a length of cord and a few stakes and, proceeding to Ludgate Circus, they solemnly (and leisurely drove in the pegs and tied up a big stretch of roadway as if for repairs. Then they retired to see what would happen. For two days the trailo swept round the barriers directed by the police, before any body started to inquire into the why and the wherefore of the obstruation. The story is like enough to the facts to be true.
The reserve $230,000.00,
The typhoon struck the city about 2-30 on Wednesday and continued with unabated Why didn't the Government ask Mr. Garner sorority until seven o'clock, whọn it began to to make the new law all by himself. It seems moderate. The darkness of night invested the so silly to have made such a mess of it when healer with even greater terror than would could have done it so easily and so much better, have been the case had it taken place in The two men who tried to help must fool beastly daylight, but by dawn it was soon that the sick with themselves, if they have seen Mr.dead visitor had wrought unusual havoc. Gurner's letter.
The small craft, as was to be expected, suf- What doos Mr. Garner mean when he says fared the most. About eighty per omt. of the his interest in the "tende" of the Colony lighters of the port were destroyed, while a amounts to £1,000 in s month, and a little large number of campans were smashed up while after he says he has no axe to grind? against the rocky coast. The stone jetty at Has he finished them all. I feel quite sorry the Custom House was partly washed away, and
The depression in trade referred to in the last for him. What is Mr. Gainor Daddy says he's the large yousels at the Pagods Anchorage had report has been accentuated daring the period strarolier. I thought he sold whisky. Anya trying time. The Douglas steamer Haiyang under review, and while cargo has beau scarce, how I think he's awfully clever, don't you? He drifted from her moorings, but fortunately her competition on our line has been keener than must be a very kind mas, too, because he thinks send anchor held. The force of the winderer in face of the unfavourabin condition of so much of other people, especially the small can be imagined from the experience of one of shipping in the East generally, and rates of sbops whosell whisky. Perhaps he's a philanthro- the officers, who, when he went on dock at the freight have had to be reduced in consequence, piat. I think it's awfully kind of the Slangbul | height of the storm had his oilskins blown inte Accidents to the Haiching and Hainius people to let Mr. Garner come down to Hong-ribbons. Two Japanese steamers rode safely during the year ontailed their withdrawal from Long to teach the Governor and everybody through, as did the China Merchants stasmer the line for a considerable period and have af how to make the lowe, and I am sure they must Hnican, but tho. Chinese crniser Haichi, fected earnings appreciably, while the high price thank him vory much., 1 wonder when he's the flagship of the Admiral, dragged her of fuel has also been a serious factor against going back?—Yours truly,
anchors and struck the rock above the profitable working: the amount expended on Custom House, twisting her rudder post. Sho this account being considerably in excess of then got into difficulties, but was beached that of previous years. {TO THE EDITOR OF TILE,
DAILY FRESS.**]
as a mud bank. Twenty-one of her crew are beloved to have jumped overboard when she Bir,-Would it be called impertinence on any grounded and were drowned. Another cruiser. one's part if the following deductions were toying the yellow dragon entered the anchorage. be published in your valued paper?
TOMMY.
"HOSOKONG
The Colony has for the last few weeks bean intensely interested in the Liquor question, and the varied opinions of experts or others, con sumers and producers, have disclosed remarkable facta which may be not only interesting but natounding to the so-called “Friends of China, " who sure to solicitons for the welfare of its
This was the luisum, which had an adventurous time on the voyage from Hongkong. She would not, keep up ateam, her fires boing oxting uished, but the fact that she made the anchorage indicates that she must have been well handled. The damage to property was very extensive. Horses were unroofed, windows were blown
A MURDER DISCLOSED BY MONKEYS.
in, and doors torn from thair hinges, while inhabitants. In the first place, in the disons large ameutal trees were uprooted. The sions at the Legislative Council it was stated fail extent of the destruction wrought that a revenue of seven to eight hundred thou-by the typhoon has not been securtained yet, sand dollars annually cau be raised by taxing but it is not improbable that oven greater liquors caly within an area of about 350) square damage has been done. The cables and tale miles. The greater proportion of the revenue graph services have all been broken down and boing collected within a tenth part of the area.
Foochow is out off from communication both What then will be the aggregate value of the with north and south. spirits and liquors imported into Hong. kong ! Asenning that the taxation on liquor is about 40 per cent, ad valoroni and the revenue seven or eight lakhs of dollars, a calculation of the total value of the intoxicating liquor annually consumed in the Colony gives ILY a figure in the neighbourhood of $200,000 Taking mean average of $24 as the cost per gallon we find that the consumption amounts to between 800,000 and 900,000 gallons a year for a population of about 350,000-or about 2 gallons per hond. If those figures approximately represent the position in regards intoxicating liquors to-day, what will the consumption a- mount to when the Chinese are entirely deprived of opium!
According to the able report prepared by Mr. Clementi loss than two per eout, of the Chinese population of the Colony any opiam smokers. The average cost of oplam per head therefore works out at 15 to 20 cents. But, notwithstanding this high percentage of cost as compared with that of alcohol, there is not
A STRANGE STORY.
A correspondent of the Sayaji Vijaya, s acecunt from Yokhraj, a village in the Medha Marathe weekly of Bombay, gives a stirring Talk of the Sholapur district of that Presidency. It is related that a monkey-man of the Domn caste went to the village with three monkeys and a gost. That was his sole stock in trade, and the poor man lived on the proceeds of his show held on the road. Some villagers of the place asked him to give them the gent to eat, but he declined and pleaded poverty. entreated, he expostulated, ha oried, int in vain. Ho at last offered them B4 his savings, and tried his best to induce them to leave alom, but the villagers would have nothing of killed it and devoured it. They then carried the sort. At last they forcibly took his goat, the poer man to the jungle and murdered him. He was buried in a secluded spot. All the while the villagers were
All
CLOSELY WATCHED BY THE THRIE MONKEYS
One of them stationed itself on a tree near the spot where his master was buried. Another
a single smoker who has been reduced to oxfolicwed the murderer to the village and carried treme poraty or has even been hauled up before "His Honour" and given free-quarters at His Majesty's Sanitorium in Hollywood
Road.
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away the skin of the goat to an adjacent tree, On the arrival of the Police Patel or village began pulling his dhoti and making gestures so headman the third monkey approached him and clear that the Patel followed its lead Exposent, I may point out that the faithful guide carried him to the exact spot figures arrived at by Mr. Clementi
where the Don was buried and began exoavat almost identical with those arrived at thirtying the remains. The watok monkey also came down from the tree and helped its mate to years ago, when a similar agitation took place. the best of its power. As soon as the corpse Though there has been a large, increase in the became visible the Police Patel understood value of opium, yet its rate of consumption has the story. The two little anthropoids then been a constant figure during these thirty years. him to the house of the man who was chiefly again caught hold of the Patel's dhoti, leđ Now, Sit, relecting a these facts, will not responsible for the murder, and attacked him with their teeth and nails. At this jano- every reasonable person arrive at the conclusion that it is nothing short of sheer cant and rank ture the third guardian of the helpless Dom hypocrisy to shut our eyes to the fact that the and ferneiously attacked the same man.
cano down with the skin of the devoured gost The mischief that has been done in Parliament by accused and his unte prosecutors, the monkeys the" Friends of China" is and will be the cause the soldiers of Rams of yore-are all in the of the raination of our bautiful Colour? At Shotspur fort awaiting criminal investigation. Hundreds of people are going to the fort to no distant date living in Hongkong will
have a look at not only be extremely expensive, but intolerable; for with the gradual abolition of opiums there will come an increasing consumption of liquor (in spite of the duties) which will necessitate the building of more junatic asyluma, goals, and re- formatories, and call for more policemen to keep the peace of the place. All this, Sir, means money: whauco is it to come from? The ratepayer, Poor ratepayer! Are not these face palpable truths ?
Should it not be an object lesson to our le. gislators at Home who, though avowedly 'free-. traders, haw by their anti-opium policy not only opened the way to an increasing demand for alcoholic stimulants with all their attendant
evils in the Colony, but have driven the Co- lonial Government to adopt an economic policy diametrically opposed to their views.—Yours, D.S.G.
THE MISSING “ CLIO ". -
THE FAITHFUL LITTLE ANIMAIS,
whose glorious ancestors gave victory to Rama over Ravens, the King of Ceylon. The Mugis- frute had fixed the 24th next as a day of the trial, and the Court Inspector expected a large concourse of the people to see how, these mute animals would give their evidence and stand the orce-examination.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued the following report: →→
On the 19th at 5.55 p.m.-Black North Cone and Dram hoisted.
The typhoon is on the coast to the Fonth of Amoy. It is apparently moving now towards
W.SW
On the 20th at 6.50 am-Signal lowered. At 12.05 p.m.-The barometer has risen over Chim and the Philippines, and fallen in Japan. The typhoon has been filing up since yester day morning. It exists now as a shallow depression of the S. coast of China.
Pressure is low to the North of Japan. It is high over the Pacifle in the neighbourhood of the Bonins. No news has reached the Colony yet com Fresh to strong N.E. winds may corning the fate of H.M.S. Ohio. There is in the Formosa Channel and along the S. const be expected still the faint hope, however, that she may have of China.
The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon to-day is as follows Hongkong & Neighbourhood (*)
been disabled in the typhoon, and that she may Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending be now drifting about awaiting assistance. Itt 10 am to-day, 0.00 inches. seems improbable that she reached shelter before the storm, otherwise news of her whereabouts would now be to hand. We understand that HMS. K is endeavouring to communi cate with the defran by means of wireless telegraphy, in order to get carly news concerning the missing sloop,
Formosa Channel
Same is No. 1. Bouth coast of China between Hongkong and Lamocks.
Same as No. 1. South coast of China between Hongkong and Hainan...
Salto as No. 1 (N.E. winds, freshening; aqually, showery
The steamers and other properties of the Company are in first class order.
The amounts appearing as "freights dus " and accounts receivable" have since been collected.
Consulting Committee. The Committee now consists of Mr. J. W. C. Bonuar, Hon. Mr. W. J. Greeson and Mr. R. Shewan, who ratiro in terms of the Articles or Association, but offer themselves for re-election,
Auditors The Accounts for the first six months have been audited by Messrs. A. B. Lowe and W. II. Fotta and for the final six months by Messrs. W. H. Potts and F. A. M. Willieur, the latter acting for Mr. Lowe- Messrs. Lowe and Potts now retire, but offer themselves for re-election.
DOUGLAS, LAPRATX & Co., General Managers,
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. For the year ended 30th June, 1909. To dividend paid for year
ending 30th June, 1908. $50,000,00 To amount writen off for
depreciation for year.
Te exchange secount
anding 30th June, 1908 23,462,04
To general interest account To auditors' feas... To remuneration
to consulting committee for 12 months...
Te remuneration to general man- agers for office expanses, for 12 months......
To loss on running the company's
steamers during the year To balance
30th June, 1908
By haluce of profit and loss account, By interest on mortgages. By acal account...
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THE STREET TRAFFIC. arrangements. I suppose everybody who has But we may get better by and by in our traffic gone along the Street and Ludgate Hill by 'bus or cab has been held up by the cross current of traffic at Ludgate Circus-sad Wellington Street. There is a revived agitation just now instead of stopping each stream of traffic alter for a trial of the gyratory" system, whereby,
nately, all would go on at once, but at such junctions there would be ciroslar motion. That is to say the traffic at these jmotions would all rerelve round the centre til the circles they draw took them into a position whonoe they could easily emerge into the main stream of the direction wisked for. It sounds a giddy process, but it has the approval of eminent engineers and would, it is said, save a good deal of time.
He is
A MISSIONARY FOR FORMOSA. roligious worker in Mr. W. E. Montgomery. London Presbyterians are losing a valued B., who is to go out to Formosa ak missionary at the end of September. He will be supported by the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church of Eallag, one of the most important western suburbs. He is the son of a Belfast minister.
AVIATION.
While the War Office is having amiable conferences with the American, Orville Wright,
is taking his wife for long and smoooseful and Col. (oily, no longer in the British service, fights in a new seroplane, the Admiralty are getting ready a new dirigible balloon. It will to much larger than the Gorman Zeppelin airship, and there are a number of mechanical idea of the size of it may be gathered from the improvements of which much is hoped. Some
fact that the principal firm of balloon manu. facturers in England, who have made halloons for Count Zeppelin, have had to bai'd a special factory large enough for the envelope of the sew British ballot, Experts believe it will set the pace for great developmonta in merial navigation in England, and the fact that the House of Commons has voted £72,000 towards the study of the science of aviation shows that they mean business.
▲ SHIPPING QUESTION.
SEVERE TEETHING
RASH CURED
Spread Over Body and Face-Baby Scratched and Rubbed Till It Bled and Caused Great Pain and Agony
First Bath with Cuticure Soap Brought Sleep-Cure Followed.
MOTHER FINDS GOOD
FRIEND IN CUTICURA
"I fret started using Cuticura Soap about two and a half years ago for my Hile bor. When a few months old be.. had teething_rash very badly. It spread all over bin face and body which made him very irritable, especially at night. He used to scratch and rub un- til he bled, causing bim great pain and agony. I tried differwat kinds of sosp and Dinmonte all to no purpose. thought I would give Cuticure Soap a trial. I bought a tablet and after my baby's first wash with Cuticura Soap he seemed quite soothed and slept well. I applied a little Cuthura Olatment every night and after about a month's treatment with two tablets of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cutipura Ointment there was no sign of rash on any part of his body or face. Ever since, I have kept to Cuticure Soup and Doother and hope norer to be without it. You will be pleased to hear I use it for my other Ittle boy, now eight months old, whose flesh is beautiful and smooth. My husband finds Cuticura Soap excellent for shaving and doesn't and it so dry and hard after shaving as other soaps. Cuticum Soap leaves ons so cool and refreshed. Mrs. Emily line, 2, Myrtle Villas, Bedfont, Middx., England, Nov. 4 and 29, 1908,"
Itching
Are little patches of eczema o n ́the skin, scalp or hands which
Devils are instantly relieved
and speedily cured, in the majority of cases, by warm bitha with Cuticura Soap and gentle Brointings of Culisura Ointment. For rashoe, itchings, irritations, inflam mations, dandruff, dry, thin and falling hair, for sanative, antiseptio clearsing and all purposes of the tallet, these pure, sweet, gentle emollients are unrivaled.
„Dusjerra Remedies are paid wherever the Brielate 7. Depors: Landon 17, Charterhonan Ra. Park, B. Bar de la Paix; Atastrais, It, Towns & Co. Bydspy: India, 0, XC. Pail, Culentia: Bo, Africa, Dani
Cole Por Corp.
[aarten Poster Drug &
**Post-frin tram London, depaḥ, Ebemí inmple of Dutiesra," "with 32-page book on the skin and scalp.
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THE TRADE OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
BRITISH BUSINESS BATEN BY
FOREIGN COMPETITION.
some
THE NAVAL DEFENCE SCHEME. fence Conference will reach you before this
Perhaps the decisions of the Imperial De
I hear that a good deal of controversy is going Jotter, but if not I may give what I hear on on in shipping circles on both sides of the good anthority is the outcome of the meetings. Atlantic over the growing tendensy of the larger- There is to be systematic examinations of the abip-owning firms to encroach upon the business dockyards all over the Empire, with a view to of the shipping and forwarding agente. The seeing what value can be got out of them in ad- increase in the number and size of liners has been dition to prosent utilities. Canada, New Zea ao marked and has outstripped the supply of land and Australia will run deskyards that will cargo so generally that owners, under the stress meet the requirements of both Imperist and of competition, ars now beginning to open
At a meeting of the Legislative Council, et Colonial warships, and at Bombay the present forwarding sad agency departments in comoo Singapore last week, the report of the Colonial small dookyard will be brought up to date in tion with their own offices, to sit as feeders to Secretary, Sir Arthur Young, K. C. M. G., o $73,462.04
the Straits Settlements for 1908, was laid on 4,341,47 order to deal with the requirements of a modern their ships. As a matter of fact, one well-known the table. After quoting statistics relating to 2,430.44 fleet-for it is intended to malo Bombay a first-firm has taken the drastic stop of offering the trade of the Colcuy, the report proceeds:
600.00 class naval station upon which all warships east of to do all the agency work for nothing in It will be seen that while the total importa the Mediterranean and west of Australia will be respect of shipments they can secure for excess of the decade 1889 to 1898, almost of the second period were 8226,900,000 in 2.000.00
baand. It is the idea of the Commission to bring their steamers. Naturally, the forwarding one-half of the additional trade hee about a thoroughly comprehensive girdle of reagents are complaiting about what they consider from foreign countries. In fact the imports 10,000.00 pairing stations round the Empire so that vessels unfair trading on the part of shipowners, but derived from forsign sources have risen by
5,032.68 may be disabled or otherwise out of service for as it is not easy to imagine a sdntion of the
20 per cent, while those from the United 1311.54 short a time on possible. In this way it is difficulty that will be satisfactory to all parties. less than 62 per cent.; in other words foreign
Kingdom and British possessions have risen hoped to make a little British navy go There are some who think the movement will countries have in their cotapetition with British $99,178.17 (drum) long way," to amend the line of the tend to eliminate the export brokers. Steam contries in this market snccorded in incrossing
popular ditty of a year or two ago..
ship companies are now so organised that the their business at twice the rate at which British $73,462.04
Lord Charles Beresford has just started for majority of them are in a position to take care feature was again noticeable, the proportion of trade has advanced. In the past year this 24,570.84 Chauds, where he is to open a great exhibition of all shipments from originating point to British importe being 623 per cent of the total, 1,145.29 at Toronto in ten days' time. He could not go destination, and at for smaller cost than has while it had been in 1907 nearly 70 per cent. $99,178.17 at a better time, for Canada is enthusiastic over hitherto boon the case.
The trade of the Straits Settlements suffered A very large business throughout the year 1908 a severe and constant her scheme for an antonomous navy, and the is being done still, however, by the middleman depression, for, althongli the volume of popular Admiral is assured of a welcome that in shipping matters, and he is so useful to the exports was greater than a 1907, prices will be almost royal. Already twenty Canadian merchant and manufacturer, more especially in were extremely poor and naremuneratico As cities have invited him to pay them vinita and the provincial centres, by relieving them of all
A rosult the consumption of imported speak to the citizens.
goods also declined, and the important business anxieties in clearing at Customs, effecting in-done in the Colony in plece goods T surance, and engaging freight, that he will not be got rid of till he has put up a hard struggle.
BALANCE SHEET POB THE YEAR ENDED 30ra June, 1909;
LIAKKLITIES, -
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Capital account:
30,000 shares at 850 Reserve fund Underwriting a/c of the Company. Unpaid bonas...... Unpaid dividends Bandry a/cs payable.. Profit and loss a/o...
ASSETS.
Value of the Co.'s
steamers ---Haitan, Hatching, Haimu, and Haiyung $1,106,530.00 Additions since made. 2:207.00
$1,108,787.00
Less amont written off as resolved at the last general meeting Value of buoys and
mooringsatwatow Amoy, Tameni nad Hongkong, as - pèr last report Additions sincs made
J
21,000.00
831,425.69 2,460.00
833,287.69
$1,000,000.00
BISHOP INGHAM'S TOUR. 364,638.79 300,589.79
Great interest has been aroused here in the 138.00 tour Bishop Toghem has just started on in the 381.50 Far East for the Church Missionary Society, 92,076.32 I understand you will see him with you after. 1311.54 he has been to Japan. He says he is keen on $1,459,135,93 getting data for his missionary, propaganda in Eugland. For fourteen years he was Bishop of Sierra Leone, so he is no stranger to missionary problems, but he wants to get in closer touch with the Oriental variety. The Archbishop of Canterbury has written him a most cordial letter commanding him to the kind efforts of all who can assist I understand he hopes to stay in Hongkong for a fortnight with Bishop
-$1,097,767.00
2,462,04
Less amount written off as resolved at the last general meeting
Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Loans on mortgage
Freighte due on 30th June, 1909...
(current socount) Sundry account receivable from
agencies, &o. Unoxpired tonango dues fash in hand... Coal s/o stock in hand
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31,425.65
FROZEN MEAT FROM CHINA.
by
smaller and less profitable over than in 1907, a year which also showed a falling off from previous years. If anything the second-half of the year was less favourable than the first, the speculative element being entirely absent and credit to out- Aned to the supply of their immediate require result that the indents of the latter were con port customers being greatly curtailed, with the
ments.
Stanier naked the President of the Local In the House of Commons last month Mr Government Beard if be could publish the report of the Medical Officer of Health in the
tocks of plece goods were freely draw Pensular and Oriental steamer Palermo at close of the year at a figure abors that consignment of frozen meat landed by the "pon, and though these still stood at the
the Royal Albert Docks from China.
shown at the end of 1905, they were much Medical Offlour of Health for the City will Bangkok, the Federated Malay States, Sumatra Mr. Barns: I have no doubt that the below the averags of the last two years ultimately deal with this matter in a report to and Borneo all weakened in their demand for the Sanitary Committee of the Corporation, falling off.
piece goods, dyed cottons showing the greatest which will be printed and issued in the usual. some time, as the carcases will not be thawed way. But no general report can be made for and examined all at once, but only as they are required for trade purposes. So far less than The heat spell we have had Esa been a pro-5 por cent of them have boo thawed and fitable influence for the ice men. All the usual examined.
Landar
THE ICE TRADE
object lesson in giving credit beyond what is The trading community has received an required for legitimate business, and the disas
year of 1908 makes it apparent that the Colony has large resources and men who are not deterred by consecutive years of depression, but Mr. Stanier: Is it not a fact that the have grasped the lessons to be learnt by those Corporation Medical Offoor of Halth is making years, and by whose efforts the Colony may an examination of these carcases and that it is rely on every advantage being taken to main- stated that they might not be free from disessa, tain the position of the ports of the Colony as and, that being ao, should not the public have entrepôts for the trade of the surrounding
countries. information as soon as possible P
Mr Burns: It is
true that the perfectly Port Sanitary Medical Officer is making a very close examination of these carcass, and beyond that wo instructed the Medical Inspectors of the attention to this subject. Local Government Board also to pay special
private consumers of ice are away with few exceptions, yet I hear the sales of ice have gone up to 2,000 tons a day is London alene Practically all our natural ice comes from Norway in blocks of three hundredweights at a time, but besides that there are several ice
BOMBAY MILL, CLOSED. factories here. Some of them turn out as much 215,000.00 as two hundred tons a day, but they can't make
EIGHT THOUSAND OPERATIVES ARE AFFECTED. the ico trade go as it does in the United States. 26,878.56 They complain that the mass of the people won't
In connection with the Bombay cotton mann- At a subsequent sitting Mr. Boland naked featuring crisis the cotton mills managed by 44,084.56 cultivate the ice habit, and the heat spells the President of the Local Government Board Mesers. Greaves, Cotton and Co. wore inform 49,018 83 are too erratio to make it profitable to whether any stops had been taken to ascertained by the mill authorities that the mille will 577.77 go in for regular household deliveries in imported from China was fattened; whether any week and will be entirely closed in October. the conditions under which the park recently not work in September for three days in the 1,443.56 small quantities. They ove accase 2,920,00
the official inspection of the consignment had been To-day being Beptember 1st, says a Bombay British housewife of buying a refrigerator but made; and whether the retail vendors were correspondent, the operatives, about 8,000 in $1,459,135,93 never stocking it with ice. The absence of ice under any obligation to disclose the origin of number, assembled at the mills and refused to is one of the causes of perennial growls on the or. Colonial for it in competition with work and demanded their wares for Angust.
British pork. part of visiting Americans. These visitors, by
They said the utmost the wills might be closed Mr. Burns: Prior to the arrival of the car was for two days in the wook, or they claimed that LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. the way, are with us in greater numbers that made both of the importers and of the Consul they might be closed from to-day and that they in this country I caused inquiries to be instead of closing them entirely from October for fourteen years. It is solid proof of the General at Hankow. The latter reported that should be paid off. Closing the mills for three The CN. Co.'s str. Linas left Shanghai on return of America prosperity. Truly this the animals exported were entirely different days in the week would give them but starva the 19th inst. and is ne here tomorrow.
The C. & M. stz. Zafiro left Manila on the oity almost looks like a subark of New York from the ordinary seatonger pig, and were oftion wages. The police proceeded to the scene, 20th instant, and is dae here to-morrow at day from the people in the streets, theatres and special brood, fed on rice in the valley of the but the operatives behaved in a most orderly
shops. There are American preachers in every made by the importers. The carcases are missioner of police tried to bring about
Tangleze. This agrees with the statement manner. The commissioner and deputy com The P. & 0. str. Somali left Singapore for important pulp, and most of the airship fights ected to a strict examination under the Public settlement, discussed the situation with the this port on the 19th instant at 8.30 sin, and that have snoceeded in these islands of late have Health (Foreign Mest) Regulation A prelimi- will authorities, and explained to the operatives
dos here on the 24th instaut at about 5 a.m.
hight
The Bank Line str. Oceano sailed from Kobe been run by Americans. We simply can't get mary examination was made on the arrival of the position. Through their intervention it on the 20th in for Hongkong via porta of away from the Stars and Stripes just now. It the ship. The creases are now in cold store, was eventually agreed that the mills should be call.
is an invasion in actuality, but it brings too and are examined by the officers of the Corpor. entirely closed from to-day and the workmen The str. Vine Branch sailed from Bydney of many greenbacks along with it to cause much vendors are not required to disclose the origin arrangement seemed to satisfy the operative,
stion before they are placed on sale. Retail paid off on about the 25th inst the 10th inst, and is expected to arrive here on
or before 10th instant. The scare to our "nation of shopkeepers.”
of the pork.
who began to make a move for their homes,