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THE "KUMSANG'S PASSENGERS.
RELIEF WORK HAMPERED "BY POOR ROADS.
TROUBLE ON S.S. BASTERN UNVEILING THE CENOTAPH.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR TO-MORROW'S
PRINCE." EUROPEAN FIREMEN REFUSE DUTY.
CEREMONY.
The arrangements for unveiling the Cenotaph have now been completed, au the programme is as follows:-
INTIMATIONS
THE HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
will be held (Weather Permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on SATURDAY, JUNE 2ND commencing 3.30 .x. The Charge for Soldiers and Sailers in Unilor, Half Price
Members are advised that they must show Members Enclosure their Badges to obtain Admission to tha
THE THIRD GYMKHANA MEETING
The Manila Times of May 15th mays: Trouble among the European crew of Sone of the difficulties rising from that the . Bastern Pince found a sequel
*t-the Marine Court yesterday morning) inadequacy of transportation treilities. Jack of roads and other means of caben live firemen were sentenced by the Royal Navy 30 alt ranks; 200 Bu. T. Admission to the Publio Enclosure will be $1,00, munication in the Philippine Istants is told by the representatives of Messrs. Barbour Master (Commander C. W. Smith, Bell & Lo, in the description of Bekwith) to three months' imprisonment, their tack in forwarding the passengers and facites more were sedered to pay of the Kumenty to Makita from Nayaitagan Peint where the vessel was towards their expenses during and driven ashure. The passengers were putent,
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The Guards of Honour, consisting of King's Regiment 30 äll ranks with Band and Colours, and detachments from the
Each Member has the right of introducing 2 following: Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, Non-members to the Members' Enclosure, Tickets Bombay Groundiers, (K.E.O.), for whom can be obtained from Messrs.
June 1st.. ashore at dawn fellowing, the grounding The were originally charged with Hongkang Volunteer Defence Corps, Roya! INSTEAD & Davis at $5.00 each up to Friday, Marines UN Comrades Association, ; The Stewards invite the ladies of Hongkong,
1858 tion and the severity of the weather, be Chief Engineer, but the Maring Magis British Legion, H.A.S.M.A., Mercantile to be present. of the steater owing to its exposed posi-subing the law tul commands of the
Dockyard cause it was not drewed "safe to keep trate amended the charge to one of
Hongkong Police, bining, with the crew to disobey lawful Marine, them aboard the vessel:
Police will assemble in the Naval Yard Following receipt of the cable advising comunands."
According to the evidence of the the agents that the vessel was ashury, a representative of Smith, Bell & Co. ae-auster, Captain H, Naylor, the Chief 5 p.m. companied by the Indo-China Steam Engineer of the vessel came to him as Navigation's passenger braker, Lift Manila buat nine o'clock on Monday morning on Thursday evening by automobile to and complained that his firemen-there investigate the possibility of bringing the were rightven of them.-had refused, work, passengers overland. or sending their by: The captain called the men before him and sea from a more sheltered location on the asked them what was the trouble. They complained that they were short-handed. The journey was commenced at mine and refused to turn to till the shortage o'clock on Thursday night, at which time was made up. The Captain considered the north road was reported as still open their grievane, and said he would find to traffic. At Cabanatuan the bridge was it extremely difficult to get hold of a found to be impassable for car, veral suitable, European fireman, but if it would stays in the centre having been carried satisfy thein he would engage two Chinese
It was Most of the men agreed and went back away and the surface sunken. still possible to crus on foot, however, to work, but the five prisoners would not, secure and as he had intended to sail for Manila and an attempt was de to vehicle from the opposite hank for the at six o'clock that evening and his sp. journey to the nearest town. Talavera. was delayed he decided to prosecute. He No carriage could be had at that hour ackled that he had had trouble with the
men en the voyage out; he had signed for any price, so there was to alter- native but to return to Cabanatuan and them en at Cardiff. wait till dawn for the theod to recede and permit crossing by ferry cr make, pas ang by banca and hire a carremata to take the party to Talavera, or, to return to Quingua" and the 8.42 trair
coast,
The Chief Engineer (Mr. Fisher), gave evidence of the men's disobeying his orders to turn to at seven o'clock in the morning of Monday, and he added that; the only reason they gave him for relus- ing was that it was Whit Monday, and therefore a holiday.
INDIA.
The detachments, headed by the pipers of the Bombay Grenadiers, will leave the Naval Yard as 5.15, and move on to the ground by the entrance in front of the Hongkong Club. They will take up their stations along each side of the ground. "
The Guard of Honour will leave the ¦ AUTHORIED Captital
RESERVE PUND Naval Yard 5 minutes later, headed by SUBSCRIBED AND PAID UP the Band of the King"- Regiment.
The Guard of Honour will follow the same route as the other detachments, and take-up their station across the ground at the Supreme Court e, facing the Cenotaph. The Band will be behind the Guard of flonour, between the stands which are being erected for the public.
A Representative froin the Royal Navy, gud King's Regiment, Bombay Grenadiers and Hongkang Volunteer Defence Corps will be stationed on the comërs of the steps- castituting Cenotaph.
the buse of the
His Excellency. The Governor, will arrivi on the ground at 6.30 by the entrance in front of the Hongkong" Club He will be received with a Royal Salute, the National Anthem being played. He will inspect the Guard of Honour, and The Chairman of the
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At dawn the crossing was effected by banca. a carromata was secured and the
His Worship said he had carefully con: journey continued to Talavera where a car was hired. At a point about 10 kilosidered the case, and it was plain the meters from Bautista a hait was made bei prisoners had disobeyed inwful commands walk deen the front line of the detach enure the water had reaches such a depth without just cause. They would be enchments on parade. above the road that the ear could not sentenced to three months' imprisonment, War Memorial Committer will then meet THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERŪNAI“ continue. The party then clambered into and enchi man would have to pay the sum His Excellency and 4 carronata for the remainder of the of E towards prizon expenses. trip to Bautista,
From this point to Dagupan the journey was made in a hackary Ford. At Dagu- pan hergency arrangements were made! for rail and road transportation, great difficulty being encountered in the latter because most of the tracks and hire care had been held up at various points by tals,
Balingaguing was reached at six-thirty in the rening. Here the party was met by two officers from the Rumenang who had in rent ashore to arist tha pas sengers and had started inland in res ponse to a telegram which informed them of the provisional arrangements made for the overland trip. Great difficulties had been encountered in the trek from thei
Mountains were crossed, rivers cast. breast deep were wailed, and bolos were in use almost constantly in cutting a trai! through the dense vegetation,
It had been impossible to prevent the passengers from leaving the coast, but it was reported that they had been renched and detained at Burges. where they had gone under the impression that they would be able to take the railroad to Manila from there.
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TROUBLES OF A SOLDIER.
COURT MARTIAL SEQUEL.
Found in the Soldiers' Club,,, with his Imad on a table fast asleep. Pte. Henry Polhill of the 2nd Battn. King's Regiment,
Wils
awakened by a military police sergeant, and sent to the Wellington Barracks Guardroom for being drunk.
Polhill was tried before a District Court Martial at the Murray Barracks yester charges of drunkenness and day ch offering violence to a superior officer.
Major H. L. Wright presided. Evidence of Ending the accused in the Soldiers' Club was given by a Military Polig-sergeant, who stated that when Awakened Pollitt was so drunk he could not stand.
A corporal of the Regiment who was in the Guardroom when prisoner was brought in stated that while Polhill was taking off his hoots he raw a Lance-corporal of the Regiment, hom he attempted to get at, crying. I will get you yet."
He
way
escort him to a platform between the Cenotaph and the Guard of Honour. He will ask him to unveil the Memorial. As His Excellency unveils the Memorial, the Guard of Honour will give a General Salute, and the National Anthem will be played.
The Right Rev. D. Pezzoni, Bishop of Tavia. and Vicar Apostolic of Hongkong, thr Bishop of Victoria and the Rev. J. Kirk Monachie will be on the platform and take part in the ceremony.
At the conclusion of the ceremony. His Excellency will lay a wreath at the foot! of the Cenotaph.
The Buglers of the King's Regiment will more up into position at the base of the Cenotaph, facing the Guard of Honour, and will sund the Last Post, cid Reveille and the House.
His Excellency will depart, receiving a Royal Salute From the Guard of Hoseur, The other detachments will remalu in who will then march off the ground. position, awl those wishing to lay wreaths should do so at this time. They can be put down in front of the stands during the ceremony.
When the troops, are marching, on to the ground, the entrances in front of the Supreme Court and Hongkong Club will be closed to the public. It is necessary therefore for people utilizing either of these entrances to go to their stands and The entrances to Stand, No. 3 are from be in their places before 6:10 pm. :
the entrance to the Hongkong Club. the Praya (eastern end) Rul from opposite stand is entered either opposite the Hongkong
Club, or opposite the Law Courts. The entrance to No, 3 is absen opposite the Courts of Justice, while the
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On cuth prisoner said he went to the The storm had abated somewhat by the following morning. One of the offers, Soldiers' Club and had a drink at the accompanied by a Chinese broker, left bare ordered supper. but was kept for Burges to attempt to persuade the waiting and fell meleep. He was awaken presengers to return to the east and cd and taken to the Gaardroom. Arrived "mbark on a Russian vessel which had there be saw the Lance-corporal who look ven sent to the aid of the Kansang ored at him in a sneering manner which to proceed to Tambaean. from where it caused prisoner to lose his temper.
them had been told a few weeks previously that was thought possible to take down the Balingaguing river in lifeboats. this Lance-corporal had said he
"after Pie. Pothill." The latter plan appeared to be the most The Prisoner's Friend optended that entrance to No, & is from the Praya favourable, as the rente would he be ex pound in case of a renerenge of bad weathe arrest was illegal, and little evidence enter by the statue of Sir Henry May.
The stands were originally planned to ther. In this case the land route to the had been offered to show he was drunk.
Those have railroad, already difficult owing to the In the guardroom he was able to take accommodate 1.400 people. scarcity of available transportation, and his boots off while standing up-a dif- already been filled, and the Committee a drunken man. He had have decided to erect another on the the fact that the Agno River ferry near Scult feat for Lingayen could transport only one truck been badly provoked, but could not be Prara side of the site. Those desiring to the attend and who have not yet got tickets of two touring cars in a half hour, would charged with offering violence to be impossible, as the ford across the Lange corporal, because he was out of are requested to apply at the City Hall for. sents to-day. Wednesday, the gard Alaminos river near Sua had already striking distance.
The Anding of the Court was given at May, between 10 a.m. and noon, reached the maximum depth which would permit the crossing of motor transport 2.30 p.m., when the accused was found The route Bejected also had a great ad-guilty" on both charges.
The Court was then closed, the sen vantage in that the passengers would have to travel only two kilometres, as tence to be promulgated later. opposed to nearly twenty through almost impenetrable country to reach Nayataiyan Point, where the vessels were, or twelve kilometres of only comparatively less A CASE OF SPOTTED FEVER difficult country between Burgos and Balingaguing, the end of the road from Dagupan
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Tho, sa. Tai ing left Hongkong to make the return journey to Wuchow on Monday evening. It will be remembered
the
escorted British gunboat managed to gist The other officer was sent to Dagupan
that
the way through to make arrangements for forwarding the
right
of foreign residente in thie passengers by the everland route, should they decide to risch Maniln by rail. On
Treaty port, after it had been isolated for Sunday sledges and horses wore secured Mrs. Wyllis Peck, wife of the Chinese twenty-z days. The Tai Ming this time from the presidene of Burges for convey Secretary of the American Legation, is at took with her a quantity of milk for ing the women and children to Baling death's door with cerebro-meningitis or European children; the Inok of milk had aguing, which was reached in the evening "spotted fever." After suffering during been one of the greatest hardships the of that day.
In order to circumvent the difficulty of mens was diagnosed by the doctors of the The captain had some difficulty in the ferry across the Agno river, the pas P.U.M.C., and the pus drawn from the the milk, owing to the fact that sengers were carried from Balingaguing spinal cord and a serum injected. This was a Bank holiday. The steamer will BANKING-SHIPPING TRAVEL to the river by four trucks of the Pan- saved her during the night and to-day a proceed ns for a Samshui, and she will gasinas Transportation Co. On the op- second injection was given. She suffers wait there for the 9. Koch, the only posite side they were met by other trucks fearful pains in the head and the doctors other boat flying the Red Ensign up the Cities of the World' to provide Commercial of the sans company and these, in addi- say that while the danger point will not West liver. The ss. Kochen left Hong
complete World Wide Banking, Shipping and tion to ton hire cars which made through be passed ft two or three days, she had kong a day or two before, and went up. Organisations and Private Individuals with a trips, succeeded in carrying two hundred gotten through the first bad stago and the river As far as Shinhing. The plan Trel Services
was for her to return to Samshui, an and ninety-four passengers, including all there is every hope of saving her life.
with the Tai Aring, and It was very fortunate that this, cand then, in company of the women and children to Dagupan it
to wait until. on the first day. The remaining one occurred in Peking where the services of a Naval racert, proceed to Wuchow The hundred and fifty were brought in by 3.30 the Rocke folior Hospital were available two vessels have also to F.m, of the following day, the work for it is in all probability the only plane couple of the Asiatic Petroleura Com-
ia
all of Asia where the serum and treat. pany's lighters are ruddy to go up the having been resumed at 4 a.m.
On arrival at Dagupan the women and ment is available and where a person river. Then all will proceed together. The
could be pulled through this disease. Mr. two steamers, have general cargoes children were accommodated in
the
The Harbour Offico notice to the effect Pock is quarantined in his home where Chinese school and the men in the Dagu Mrs. Pock is also.
that the Cantonces now being in possession of
that city is open to shipping Shinhing pan school building.
once more, has encouraged the steamships Chung On and Tung ling, both manned by British Officers but flying the Chinese
Ten minutes after the arrival of the last passenger in Dagupan on Monday
the ipecial train which had been obtained
The greatest possible assistance was
a DEPOSIT AND CURRENT ACCOUNTS. COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF OBEDIT.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE. LETTERS OF CREDIT. TRAVELERS CHEQUES. LETTERS OF CREDIT. STEAMSHIP PASSAGES. HOTEL RESERVATIONS BAGGAGE INSURANCE.
by the Smith, Bell & Co. representative rendered by the local nuthorities and in flag, to try and make the passage. They CABLE AND POSTAL REMITTANCES. left that town. Women and children habitants of the towns passed through by cannot, of course, he offered the protection were given first class accommodation on the passengers, without which area of a British gunboat, owing to the com- the train, which arrived in Manila at 10 greater difficulties would have been explications which would naturally arise, and p.m. the same day,
perienced in accomplishing this most dif- what will happen to them if they proceed (Continued of foot of next column.) ficult task.
farther than Shinhing is problematical.
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