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Public Works Department itself, when cost. Rumours current during the past announcement that the performance of "The TELEGRAMS.
another tender was received and accepted. year or
We are asked to draw attention to the for the carrying out of the work by the estimate was so very much below actual
New Boy" by the Warwick Major Comedy Co. two have suggested that there not take place at the Theatre Royal antil The amount of that tender was not are reasons other than those publicly given Friday next, the 23rd inst.;. disclosed at the time, but in 1907 the Director of Public Works said it was for $188,000. As to the Post Office, the Govern- ment in March, 1902, paid $508,280 for
which go a long way to explain the delay and perhaps, also, the increase in the cost of these buildings. Wedo not know whether the Retrenchment Committee appointed a year
Yesterday at the Magistracy a villager of
procession without the permission of the Ta Hang was flued $25 for taking part in a Registrar General. It appears that last year employses of Kennedy's stables during the
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THE MARCHING CAPACITY OF THE US. INFANTRY.
WARRINGTON, September 13th... Inspector General Garlington of the Army bas created a sensation by his report that is just made public. General Garlington
CO..the site, and in the course of the following or two ago inquired into these inflated esti- trouble arose, batween the villagers and the SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTIONS.asserts that as a result of his inspections he
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
WATSON'S
E
VERY OLD LIQUEUR SCOTCH
WHISKY
BLEND OF THE FINEST PURE
MALT BCOTCH WHISKIES.
year nrcopted a design for the buildings.mates as well as into the miner details of de-
In October, 1903, in reply to questions put partmental administration with which their | mid-autumn festival. The people of Tai Hang.
report was chiefly concerned. Obviously desirable in retre nohing was some
THE BUILDING COLLAPSE IN JERVOIS STREET.
interfered, with the result that bad feeling was by Mr..POLLOCK, the DIRECTOR of PUBLIC
had got up a procession and the stablemen had engendered. In order to prevent a reamerence WORKS said the contract for the Law Courts was a these years' contract, but did this expenditure, and it is necessary of the trouble the police this year prohibited 1 not include the internal finishings. Ha that public attention should be repeatedly the procession, but on Sunday night a proces. reckoned it would be finished in four years drawn to these figures until the tax-sion was formed, with only the dragon's head. For the Post Office, the Director calculated payers have some guarantee that the One man was arrested and he was punished- that twelve months would he occupied with Government will not in future embark on as stated, the foundations and two and a half years costly undertakings on a more guess as to with the building. Had thesy predictions what their cost will be. The Council, and been fulfilled, both buildings would have through the Council, the taxpayers, should been finished in 1908. In 1906 Mr. Gнat least be clearly told whep the estimate is STEWART, noting the slow progress of the "only approximate," and in the light of buiklings, repeated the inquiry in the past experience we shall in future know Council as to when they would be com that an "approximate estimate" is one that be exceeded to the extent of ene picted, and the DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS hundred per cent. With that clearly under replied: "It is anticipated that both build-stood, however, the better course for the ings will be completed by the end of 1909." Government would be to decide upon a sum Last year the Hon. Mr. HEWETT asked a deemed to be sufficient for the undertaking similar question, and, the DIRECTOR of and require the coat to be eut according PUBLIC WORKS replied: "I have no reason to the cloth." to doubt that the buildings will be ready
for occupation by the and of 1910". If one
nasty:
Brith (imported) case of enterio dover was the only ease of communicable disease notified in the Colony of Hongkong last week.
The death is reported of Mr. E. P. W Skrimshire, manager of the Nagasaki branch of Messra. Jardine, Matheson & Co.
An American soldier was killed last weak by of the Unofficial Members will make a simi-a fall from tho parallel bars in the regimental lar inquiry while the present Budget is under gymnasiam in Manila, discussion we can guess the answer: the Druecтon of PUBLIC WORKS will employ the same phraseology, merely extending the date to the end of 1911" We observe that an appropriation of $46,800 is wanted for the law Courts in 1911 and For over 30 Years WATSON'Sne of $106,000 for the Post Office.
"E" has maintained the re- the FINEST putation of SCOTCH WHISKY in the
FAR EAST.
There is no further increase in the estimated cost of these buildings. The figures in the Draft Estimates are the same ns.in last year's list, viz:-
Original Estimate
Law Courte
Post Office
$100,000 $500,000
Ictised Estionate
$796,200 $930,000
Answering the Hon. Mr. HESTY'S com ments last year on this astounding increase in the estimates, the DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC A. S. WATSON & CO. Was said:"The ground has been gone
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MARRIAGE.
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HONGKONO, SEPTEMBER 20TH, 1910.
Ir brevity be the soul of wit, what shall be said of complete silence? We observe that
"Chosexisas" is the anglicised name of the Koreans as printed in the English newspaper pablished by Japauses at Dsiren.
A baseball team from the University of Chiongo is coming to the Far East. They left Seattle by the N.Y.K. steamer Kamakura- Maru on the 10th inst. --
Lieut. C. H. Neil James has been appsin'ed
DEATH INQUIRY.
Yesterday afternoon, at the Magistracy, an inquiry before Mr. J. R. Wood and a jury, consisting of Messrs. P. Helma, E. L. Hughes and F. Rapp, was opened concerning the deaths of seven people who met their douths in the collapse of the houses Nos/ 98 and 100 Jervois Strost in the early hours of September 4th. Mr. Leo d'Almada e Castro appeared on behalf of the surviving parties of the Wah Hing Tye and for the relatives (1 Leung Cho Tou, of 98, ferrois Streat.
LONDON, September 19th. The fual result of the general election in South Africa is:.
Nationalists
Unionists
67
37
The Independents and Labourites are apparently included in these totals.]
LATER.
The rumours that General Botha will resign are little credited:
The Cabinet will meet on Tuesday and nothing will be decided before.
ACCIDENTS ON THE FRENCH
STATE RAILWAYS.
has found that the infantry of the United States Army are below mediocrity in the matter of capacity to march
Major General Wood, chief of staff, tak- ing General Garlington's report as a basis, has ordered that a most rigid inspection of troops be made and that the source of the deficiency reported be discovered if possible
AMERICAN NAVAL VISITORS.
Today Hongkong will wolsoms the United States Asistio Fleet, consisting of nine Tessols under the command of Rear-Admiral Hubbard, Commander-in-Chief. They are: New York (flagship), New Orleans, Rainbow, Bainbridge, Barry, Chauncey, Dals and Pompey. Their stay is not expected to last longer than a wook, at the end of which time they proceed to Manila, i
The U.S.S. Wilmington returned to pert yesterday from Swatów.
THE WRECK OF H.M.S. "BEDFORD.".
LONDON, September 10th. Twenty-one English passengers sustained contusions and suffered from shock caused by the Dieppe boat express running at high speed The following is from the Nagasaki Press against the buffers at the Paris ter- minus.
of September 10:-The captain of the salvage steamer Dura-maru reports that during the siz days the vessel lay off the wreck of the erniser. Dr. Macfatiuo, in charge of the mortuary,
Bedford, only ten hours work was possible The engine was driven by a young owing to the high seas. On Tuesday the weather stated that he examined the bodies of Bir
was so threatening that the Oura-maru ran o the Goto Islands for sheltor. The captain Chinese males, and found that death was duo to asphyxia. Four wore badly burned The novice.
atates that the Bedford is not in such a favour- body of a masu who was not identified was found
There is increasing anxiety regard-able condition for salvage as she was on the some days later. It was also badly burned ating the frequency of accidents on the occasion of his drst visit shortly after the
witness could not state the cause of death.
Evidence of identification having been given, T. S. Garrod spoke to recovering several bodios from the débris at 93, Jervois Street.
Similar police evidence was then produced. The assistant accountant at No. 100, Jervois Street stated that the fire broke out after two o'clock in the morning. He was sleeping in the front room of the second floor and was wakened by the noise of the floors collapsing. He escaped through a window, shouting at the same time to his fokis, but received no reply. Immediately afterwards he discovered that the
French State Railways,
This is the fourth on the Western Railway in a month.
BIG ADDITIONS TO CHINESE NAVY.
CONTRACTS PLACED IN AMERICA.
LONDON, September 19th.
áccident, as she has listed over to one side and is apparently deeper in the water.
BOSS" RULE.
DETREKINED EFFORT TO "KNIFE" ME. BOOSEVELT
The New York correspondent of the London Express wrote on August 18th;
Mr. Roosevelt's enemies in the Republican party are now taking active stops to destroy his power. The plot that is attributed to the party
bosses" is to fores him into accepting the nomination for Ctovornor of New York State, It is announced from New York and then to secure his defeat at the polls,
It is regarded as likely that the Democrats that Mr. Schwab, who holds control-may carry New York at the next election for
could force Dr. Roosvelt lato accepting the nomina- Governor, sad if the Republican basses
his tion and defeat him, they would destroy prestige without doing themselves any hare
A Chinese was yesterday arrested on a charge of obtaining various sums of money by means of forged racsipts beating the name of a Gerplace was on fire. Five pareous slept on the aan firm in the Colony.
ground floor. Bo
saw their bodies in the mortuary.
How do you suppose the fire started-ing interests in the Bethlehem and over time after time by the Director of first lieutenant of the loop Clio, Chufanidron, don't know. I was sleeping on the firet floor. Union Shipbuilding Companies, has What kind of noise did you hear when you secured contracts for the construction woke up? The sound of a building collapsing
By the poliss-Did you make a statement to of several battleships and other war
vessels for the Chinese Navy.
on recommissioning, and also interprster of Japanese. This officer began his service in the Royal Navy in May, 1903, and reached his present rank in April, 1908.
Public Works in this Council, mid he has shown how the original figures, with no plans of these buildings prepared, could only be looked upon as approximate." We The Bures of Health in the Philippines is
the pollon on the 5th September?-Yos
Did you tell the Inspector that you an
Mr. Schwab is proceeding to meet
It is thought now that Mr. Roosevelt will definitely threw in his lot with the Insurgenta
of
the Republican party, who ea fighting to destroy the power of the old gang of bosses like "He has widened the breach between the two Baker Cannon and Senator, Aldrich. sections which are struggling for mastery by
could wish that the DIRECTOR bad given sbont to institute, with the assistance of the throngh the ground floor to the street?-Prince Tsai flaua at San Francisco, declaring that the New York Republican loadora
Thefarmer compradore of thess. Bajun Maru, about whem a good deal has been heard in the Hongkong Courts concerning his extradi
dates. Mamories are proverbially short- municipal board, a strenuous anti-spitting lived, and a diligent search in the fansardorade. The crusado will be carried on na a Reports for the past few years has failed part of the anti-tuberculosis campaign that has to reward us with, any reference to the already been commenced. original estimates being nothing but the merest guesswork, or indeed to anything that can be regarded as a full and satisfactory explanation of the amazing increase in the estimates. However, in a general way we might have assumed the explanation to be such as the DIEZETOR says itis; for have
not be
tion to Shanghai on charges of kidnapping, was yesterday handed over to the representative of the Chinese authorities.
The return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending the 18th top
464
we not during the past year or two been tember showa that of non-Chinose there were given precisely the same reasons for the 323 to the Library and 236 to the Museum, and doubling of the estimates for the railway? of Chinote 141 to the former and 2,435 to the If that explanation is good enough in latter. The Library was, therefore, used by the case of a railway, why should it perseas and the Museum by 2,671.
D. J. McMillan and A. Wolfgang, the so in the case of a public building? It is just a way ve have in manager and steward, respectively of the Philippine government, who have been accused Hongkong. We never hear of these original of embezzlement of government property in estimates being moveis rough and dtion with that mess, were pinced moder approximate estimates" until experience arrest last weak upon a warrant issued by the has proved them to be utterly untrust-justice of the peace at Baguio.
worthy. The cost of the railway has- Another barglary was reported to the police been more than double the original estimate yesterday. The victim was Mr. J. W. King, that is to say, over $6,000,000 in excess of assistant at Taikoo Dock, whose residence at 4, the first estimate on which the decision to Stanley Terrace was entered by thieres, whe
build was taken; the Law Courts' estimate has been exceeded by $395,000, and that for the Post Office building by $430,000.
gained admittance by the verandah and stole from there un electrio fan, a phonograph with trumpet, and a brass incense burner, the total value of which was $60.
in the résumé of the Draft Estimates givan Roughly speaking, the Colony has had to Despite the exertions of the police piracy
provide about thirteen million dollars for continues in British waters. On Saturday, as works which were expected to cost about licensed jank trading between Hongkong and six millions! It has not all been provided Somchun was in Doop Bey making towards the
I got out by the window.
Did you tell him that the room on the where the contracts are to be signed, Did you see anybody from the shop on the ground floor was fall of smoke-NC
street No.
Have you soon Ho Bal since the fire? Yes. Where P-In the front of the house.
OBITUARY.
LONDON, September 19th.
rejected his nomination for the temporary chairmanship of f the Republican Nista Conven. tion because they were afraid he would make a speech upholding the Insurgents' policy.
This declaration has aroused bitter animosity among the New York bosses. They can see that if they nominata a ticket which does not receive his endorsement they will Hence their idea him, and then resorting
When ?-On the morning of the fire. I sa him in his family house in Hollywood Road.
Where did you go on leaving the fire Tobassador at Paris and formerly Ambassador at Constantinople, is dead. my family house.
M. Nelidoff, the Russian Am-certainly be defeated.
Did you see Ho Sui before you went there P Team
What was he like?-He had a barnt smell. Thoro wers injuries on his face. His face was very large.
You told the Inspector there were six men sleeping on the ground floor ?—No.
By Mr. d'Almada-How old are you?- Eighteen.
His Worship-Is there any object in varying the statement
Inspector Gourlay--No. They may have been talking among themselves.
The inquiry was adjourned until this after
noon.
THE BUILDING COLLAPSE IN MORRISON STREET.
FOUR DEATHS,
Later information concerning the disastrons building collapse which occurred in Morrison Street our Saturday night give the number of deaths at four and the number in hospital at eight. Of the deaths two took place in hospital
It is compated that there were about esventeen
[FROM SINGAPORE FATERS.]
PROGRESS IN AVTATION.
LONDON, September 12th. Loraine started yesterday in an aeroplane from Holyhead to Dublin. He had con- stant trouble with his motor during the last half hour of the flight, and finally came down gently in the water two hundred yards from Howth Head. The aeroplane turned turtle, but Loraine dived underneath and swam ashore. The seropline was picked. np by a passing steamer undamaged.
In the course of manoeuvres in Hampshire on Saturday, the army airship did splendid work, constantly and accurately sending wireless messages to headquarters of the 'disposition and movements of troops,
THE CORONATION.
LONDON, September 18th. Arrangements for the Coronation are get ing in handbag wi
A high authority says there will be a
old
of no Tammany trick of " kuifiar" him at
still
the polls.
of
If they secured his defeat they would their hold on the party machine. keep Congressman Longworth, who is a son-in-law Roosevelt, had a long interview with President Taft at his house at Beverly yes He issued a statement, to-day d -claring th he is retu ned to Congress he will oppose the re-election of Mr. Cannon as Speaker. It is generally believed tant Mr. Longworth con salted Mr. Taft before making this statement, and that the President did not object to its- publication,
Mr. Longworth's decision to oppose the eleo- tion of the Illinois, veteran is regarded as of the greatest importance. "Cannovism" is the embodiment of everything which the Insurgente Repabliesu leader of importance to pledge him- want to destroy, and Mr. Longworth is the first self to fight it.
The Insurgents are proving every day their power and their growing strength, especially in
lie Middto Western States and the West.
They and Mr. Roosevelt are in nccord, but they have powerfal and bitter enemies to con- quer before they can win control of the party machine, which counts for so much in American elections.
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
Tite I.G.M. str. Buslom left Shanghai on the ". 17th instant, at 6 pm, and may be expected here to-day at daylight.
The P.&O. 8. N. Co.'s str. Palawan left Singapore for this part on the 18th instant, at 6a and is dus bere on the 23rd instant at about 9 a.m...
by H. E. THE OPFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT at the meeting of the Legisla tive Council on Thursday last no reference was made to a couple of items on which a out of roveme, of eburse. The money for latter port she was suddenly approached by a people in the horses at the time of the collapse, great pageant of Empire. Every dominion
ood deal of interest has centred now for the construction of the railway has been two-masted boat, which drew alongside and made and these with ten people passing in the street and dependency will be represented, and The Indo-China str. Kuleang left Calcutta, some years past. We refer to the new Law borrowed, and the Colony is called upon to fast. Ten men, somo armed with revolvers and were either entombed or pinned by the fallen the Premiers of the Colonies and other for the Straits and Hongkong on the 16th inst.... Courts, and the new Post Office buildings provide out of the rates a sum of over others with knives, boarded the junk, forced débris. At least twelve were removed by the
3400,000, a year as interest. The money for the Law Courts and Post Office buildings has been taken out of current revenue. No interest is charged on that; but
should
the crow into the bold, and ransacked the craft, police-some dead, as already reported--and it taking away valuable caryu worth over 2800.
Dr. Smith and F. K. Ward, two of the embers of the expedition equipped by the Duke China, returned to Shanghai on the 13th inst., of Bedford for zoological research in Western.
is understood that several wore liberated by friends before the palico arrived and have not gone to hospital.
which have been so long under construction that probably not one man in ten could say offhand in what year each building was
Some miraculous, escapes are reported. The commenced. As we see these buildings if we would know what these buildings are
master of No. 13 was standing in the middle of again figure in the Estimates, it will interest really costing the Colony through the in-after an absence of nearly twelve months. Mr. the first floor when the collapse occurred. He the public to be rewinded of their official terminable length of time occupied in their Anderson, an American zoologist, the other was shot out into the middle of the street with- history. The plans for the new Law Courts construction, we
add interest member of the expedition, remains in Western ont receiving the slightest furt. A foki in the were passed in November, 1899, the contract on the money spent on them on which Chits. The expedition, the NC. Daily News same house was equally fortunate. Hearing the for the foundations was let in June, 1900, the Colony is getting absolutely no-return in says, has covered a large amount of ground from cracking of the roof and seeing the falling and tenders for the superstructure were any form. The DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKs the time that it travelled up the Han River plaater he immediately crawled under a table, called for in November, 1902. In July, informed the Council last year that these and struck across Shansi, the Kansa border and remained unscathed. The master of No. 15 1903, the COLONIAL SECRETART informed buildings were "quite cheap," Seeing, how land and along the Tibetan marches. It has also had a narrow escape. He had returned from the Legislative Council that "all the ten-ever, that they have cost twice as much as been successful in achieving its objects, have visiting his other shop and was in the entrance ing obtained many hundreds of specimens for to his place when the aminous cracking ass ders except one were exorbitantly high," they were originally estimated to cost, and the South Kensington collection of mammals, mude him rush into the middle of the street, just. and the one which formed the exception are taking twice as long to complete as they and among these are a number of new specios, in time to bear the falling material
Yesterday the removal of the debris was pro came from "a contractor of no standing." were expected to take, this statement about Trapping was the order of the day, and the None of the tenders were therefore accepted, their cheapness only makes it all the more opportunities afforded the expedition for big ended with in the expectation of coming upon
other bodies. and arrangements were almost completed difficult to understand why the original game shooting were not namerona
!
and is due fere on or about the 2nd pros. Ministers will be invited.
The P. & OB N. Coe str. Borneo is expost- The Imperial Conference will be immedied to arrive at Colombo on the 22nd instant, at ately prior or subsequent to the Coronation. 9 p.m. 199
[FROM THE "N.-O. DAILY NEWS."]
"HE NEW WAR PROBLEM.
LONDON, September 13th. Howitzers at a two miles rango shattered a dumtay airship towed over Whitstable Bay by a scout.
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THE CHOLER IN RUSSIA.
LONDON, September 18th. The St. Petersburg correspondent of The Timer reports that the official statistics in regard to the cholera outbreak are appall- ing
In the whole Empire there have been 154,445 cases and 44,723 deaths
The M.M. str. Oceanien, with the French Mails of the 28th alt, and mails from London of the 27th alt., loft Singapore on the 19th inst.. at 5 p.m., and is expected to arrive here on the 26th instant, at daylight.
The C.P.R. Co.'s str. Empress of Chen which left here on the 27th ultimo, arrived in Vancouver on the 17th instant.
The C.P.R. Co.'s str. Empress of Japan is expected to arrive in Tokohams on the 21st
instant, at 6 am
The cargo of Silk shipped on board the M.M. str. Polynesien, which left this port on the 16th ultimo, was delivered in Lyons on the 17th instant
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