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make way for engines upon the streets, there would appear to be something in it, for accidents of that kind are not so common of late. Nor is it difficult to learn the reason why. Ask any driver, private or public, who uses the streets of Syd- ney, and the chances are that he would rather go round a mile than take the more direct route, if, the so- called tramway line has to be crossed in any way.
pu-
-the vast proportions to which the legitimate tramway system has grown in well governed communities. It has been shown that the city traffic of very nearly every city of import- ance in Europe and America is carried upon those lines-by horses. Yet were the whole of them examin- cd, to an absolute certainty no such state of affairs as the coroner's inquiry in Sydney on Thursday last would be disclosed. Were not the The fact is patent: The streets circumstances so lamentable, it would traversed by motors are shunned by be grotesque to hear the questions other vehicles. And the operation put to witnesses on that occasion is one which concerns not only the regarding a necessity for sounding property owners or occupants of pro-locomotive whistles (on crowded perty in the streets taken possession blic streets!) and whether it was of by Government in order to run part of the duty of a fireman on a engines and trains upon them, but locomotive (travelling in a crowded every soul who has an interest in the public street!) to pull or shove people welfare of this city. Is it a desirable off the lines. The acme of absurdity state of things that obstacles of such was reached when the proposal was a notoriously dangerous character made gravely, to put cow-catchers should be allowed to interfere with
on the engines. Surely some amongst the legitimate traffic? That there the "officers of the department" can be but one answer to such a pro- present, ought to have explained position we feel confident and that that a cow-catcher kills what it is in favour of a fair field and safe strikes with as much certainty as the roadway being allowed to all legiti- engine itself does. And, in Sydney, mate vehicles. The propositions and it is known now with absolute cer- the situation disclosed are so self-rainty that when an engine strikes evident that it is not necessary to it kills. The value of a cow-catcher follow them farther.
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As we are on the brink of what may be termed a revolution in our system of locomotion, the public are fairly entitled to all the information which can be supplied on the subject of tramways, prior to their introduction into this colony. We have stead- fastly and consistently opposed the Hongkong Tramway schemes, and shall continue to do so as long as opposition is likely to have any effect in the interests of the public; therefore in no spirit of captious opposition, but merely with a desire to give the professional classes in- terested in the proposed venture all the latest information on a subject with which they can hardly be ex- pected to have much practical ac- quaintance, and to show the public generally that tramways are not exact- ly the paradise, the enthusiastic sup- porters of the project in this colony, and the colourless leaders of the lo- cal would have us believe, we di-
press rect attention to a leader which under the heading "Murder by Steam," appeared in the Sydney Evening News of August 15th, and which we have great pleasure in reproducing. If it does no other good it may assist the directors of the Tramways Company in deciding upon a suitable motor for their proposed innovation.
At the present day there is scarcely a city or important town of note which has not accepted the tramway system for street traffic; without as- suming the circumstance to be a fact, it might be said that Melbourne is the only large city in Christendom which has not yet laid down city railroads. Aud Melbourne is moving earnestly in favour of having them. If the system is adopted there, we can hope, with sincere earnestness, that the fatal blunder will be avoided which is converting the streets of Sydney into veritable shambles, reek- ing with human gore. Scarcely a day now passes, certainly not a week, without an "accident" of some sort. At first buses, cabs, and other vehi- cles were the victims of the various collisions with which we are becom- ing so terribly familiar; and the knowing ones smiled, and said it served them right, if they would get in the way of the motors. Unrea- sonable though the reasoning seemed that ordinary horse vehicles must
the weather, the Band of the Royal In- Notwithstanding the uncertainty of niskilling Fusiliers discoursed their ex- collent programmo in the Public Gar- dens last night. The attendance was
a very meagro one,
We regret to see by latest Australian papers that small-pox is still spreading in Sydney. The average number ap. pears to have been about one case por day, although before the Bowen left this rate had been largely increased. this is the first time the opidemic has appeared to any extent in Sydney, the alarm displayed by the whole com. munity is not difficult to understand.
As
The British steamer Keelung. Cap. tain Schultze, which arrived here this foronoon from Chinkiang, reports :- Loft Chinkiang on the evening of the 3rd instant with light winds and fino weather until off Amoy, on the evening
of the 6th when there was every ap pearance of a typhoon. Put in there and stopped until it was over on the morning of the 9th when continued
our conrso with moderate S.B. winds and fine weather,
We would again direct the attention of the authorities to the jinricksha blockade opposite Fletcher's Buildings n Queen's Road East. With a line of, ivehicles standing two deep at one side a single line on the other, and few ing round the sharp turn at the police chairs thrown in promiscuously, driv station is a work of difficulty and to be recorded one of these days, if danger. A serious accident will have
some improvement is not quickly ef fected.
ference has also been made in the chang ou the subject of the opium House to the letter of H. E. Li Hung. trade. The Marquis Tsêng has visited Nowcastle, to attend the coremony of commissioning the Chinese cruisers Yang-wei and Chao Yung, and is now on
the track, so that there may be no stoppage of the trains. Cattle are warnings offered regarding the very not taught lessons to keep out of the serious dangers inflicted upon Sydney way, but are killed by the cow-cat- by forcing locomotive engines upon chers. And, in very seriousness, it the streets, the proceedings have would seem as though in the ar- changed greatly for the worse. The rogance of the governing parties smashing of vehicles has given place who do what they please with the
In the House of Commons, Sir Char- to the murder of human beings. And streets of Sydney, men are looked les Dilke has replied to a question by bad as "accidents" are which maim upon as bullocks, who, when smash-
Sir E. Roed as to correspondenco be- and kill men one at a time, it needs ed, should be pushed out of the way
tween Her Majesty's Government and but an acquaintance with the techni- by means of a cow-catcher to make application of the laws of Japan to the Goverment of Japan respecting the cal nature of the machinery employed way for the Government motors and foreigners, the trade iu opium, and the and the steepness of the streets trains; that there should be no stop-closing of the foreign post-offices, Rə upon which that machinery is runn- ing, to foresee an "accident" which Were it sought to make Sydney a page to them even by dead men. will make the killing of persons place to be ashunned or jeered at, no siggly seem but a grim pastime for more effective course could be adopt the locomotives-the man-killinged than that of the proposal to mount "trams" of Sydney. For those cow-catchers upon the locomotives. murders, those who will persist in the foolhardy course adopted are present at this moment. Here, in What a spectacle does the place directly to blame. At present they order to carry out a crotchet of those have things their own way; and who have the governing power, the coroner's juries, as in the cases of experience of Europe and America, slaughter which occurred this week, as well as what can be seen in state of affairs in England is contained The following description of the may formulate what are termed Adelaide, is considered below official in a private letter from a gentleman in open verdicts," in which no one is notice in Sydney. The light, effec- the old country to a friend in Sydney: held responsible. That may answer tive, convenient, and safe genuine"Our country is passing through a for cases of single deaths by "colli- tramway system, with horses, is sion with a tram;" but when one of thrown overboard, and clumsy, dirty, those said motors with a train be- expensive, and fatally dangerous hind, loaded with some hundreds of railway engines and trains are forced human beings, goes on the run down upon the streets. For the safety of some one of the recklessly steep the citizens whose welfare they ought inclines upon which the trains run, to study, it has become a duty which no coroner's jury or any other blinding the corporation should not longer process will clear those in blame from neglect that is to see that a stop is the fury of public horror raised put to further tinkering with engines, against them.
and that Sydney adopts the tramway system which has proven safe and convenient in other cities.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The Messagories Maritimes Co.'s steamship Peino from Marseilles with the French mail, arrived this morning shortly before nine o'clock. The mails were ready for delivery at 10.25;
his
way to St. Petersburg, for the pur pose of ratifying the Russo-Chinese Treaty.-L. & C. Bepress.
formerly a coolio ship called The Ame- night from Callao, Poru...She was
reports fine weather and fair S.E. rica under the Peruvian flag. Sho
winds until she was 31 days ont_when sho crossed the line in longitude 165 W., afterwards had light N. D. winds until passed the Mariana Islands when she experienced a gate from the S.W. In latitude 18.10 N., longitude 131. E. experienced a heavy rotatory
gale; while passing the Islands of Babayan which lasted for 15 hours during which experienced a dry gale called Coyana she lost sover il sails, etc., and sprang a loak. On the 3rd of September again experienced a rotatory gale in which a fow sails were lost and the ship labored heavily, and took in a large quantity of water through the leak; kopt both pumps at work from thence to port. She has still some to 3 to 4 feet of water kept at work. Captain Pimentel desires- in the hold and both pumps are still us to correct the Steamship Bowen's report concerning her. Captain Pinen- tel informs us that the passengers desired to have the ship towed in, and amongst themselves they bad made up a purse of about 100 towards the towage. When the Bowen was near enough a boat was lowered, the mate and two passengers went in it, and steered towards the steamer when the above proposals were made which the. Captain refused on the ground that she was a mail boat and as both vessels were so very near the land. The Bowen thinking they were short of provisions which offer was politely declined as the offered his mon a few bags of rice, Captain had more that sufficient pro visions for himself and crew, and as for themselves and had plenty on board rogards the passengers they provided the ship. From the passengers we learn
that they were coolies, who some ten Peru, where they had made money, or fifteen years ago bad emigrated to and some of them are married to Peru- vian women; but owing to wars, mas- sacres, murders, and other outrages, which are of every day occurrence they had chartered the ship to returu to their country with their families.
The subjoined items are taken from the London and China Express :-
Advices by mail from Buenos Ayres report that the Doterel has been found to be broken in two. Only twelve whole bodies have been brought up from the wreck, two being those of officers and the remainder of sailors. They were all interred at Sandy Point Six large guns, a mitrailleuse, and some crisis. Trade languishes. Agriculture
ammunition have been recovered. It decays. The time was when tenants
is considered certain that the disaster besieged landlords, and without hesit
was not due to an explosion of the ancy bowed to their will, however im
boilers, as the latter have been found perious. Now, landlords are cap-in-intact, and it is thought that a torpedo rent of good land has fallen more than hand to tenants. Iu Huntingdonshire and set fire to the magazine. The inust have exploded while being loaded,
had now at a reduction of 75 por cent. 50 per cent, while clay land can be
court-martial on the survivors of the In North Wilts 100,600 acres on one
Duterel is to take place on board the estate are without a teannt. The fall
Duke of Wellington, flagship, at Ports- mouth, and will, it is thought, extend of rent in Essex is 50 per cent, and
over several days. The authorities are It has been stated deliberately in
even more, A farm which last Mi-
now awaiting the arrival of the diver our columns, and we reiterate the
chaolmas was rented at £315, the
from the scene of the disaster. Vice- statement that the tram lines in
owner is glad to secure from his tenant
Admiral Hood, C.B., commanding the Sydney are not safe for heavy engines
now at €100. Still worse in Bedford- and trains; that the grades or slopes
Channel Squadron, will be the Prosi- shico, where a farm lot at 363, an acre
dent. are too steep for the class of vehicles
is now held rent free. In a Warwick-
The Reserve Squadron, consisting of put upon them; that it is nothing
shire parish of 300,000 acres four-fiths
the Hercules 14, Captain A. F. Heneage short of utter recklessness to carry
of the land are unoccupied. In several bearing the flag of Admiral the Dake such traffic as is carried on the trains;
parts of the country the land is said to
of Edinburgh; the Warrior, 32, Captain that skilled men will condemn the
be held by tenants on condition that
S. P. Townsend; the Heator, 18, Cap- whole process because of the risk in- The meeting between the Emperor farmers will become much reduced in it is kept from weeds. Gentlemen
tain W. Carter; the Valiant, 18, Cap- volved to passengers. And that, as of Austria and the Emperor of Ger- number. Carriage-keeping gentry are
tain J. W. Poland; the Defonce, 16, we have before pointed out, should many took place at Gastein, on the 4th doing away with vehicles, and in
Captain A. T. Thrupp; and the Repulse an "accident" occur to the brakes August, and is reported to have been other ways succumbing to the neces
12, Captain G. L. Sulivan; with the when going down one of those incli- characterised by the utmost cordiality. sary results of extravagaut rents. Le-trange, arrived at Spithead on the 29th Lively, despatch-vessel, Lient. C Les- nes with a heavy freight of human We observe from the London and gislation must interfere. Tenants right
ult, from Leith. The squadron, head- beings, nothing short of a miracle China Depress that the Rev. J. Lamont, throughout the United Kingdom mast
ed by the Hercules, steamed through can save those in the train from be- formerly of Union Church, has resign. be well defined and rigorously main-
the roadstead and took up anchorage ing hurled into eternity. And mired the pastorship of Trinity Presby-tained. Game preserves must be ut acles cannot be expected in the face terian Church, Kentish Town, London.terly abolished. The political influence of such foolhardy recklessness. It will then be murder by wholesale, and there will be such calls for those who through ignorance, pigheadness, or conceit, will not take warning in time, as no coroner's jury can cover up. These are serious charges, and for the public good, we trust notice will be taken of them ere it be too late. Had notice been taken pre- viously the Hon. George Oakes would be still alive, and the other case of slaughter of last week would not have occurred.
Returning to the first proposition
from what may be considered a reliable As we are going to press we hear source that the Saigon Floating Dook has sunk. We presume, although de tails have not reached us, that a ty- phoon has visited the French colony.
Tho convention with the Boors has
of holders of tens of thousands of acres must be content to have no other in-
flnonce than what weight of character carries, and then perhaps our furners will be able to compete with yours of Australia and those of America. I pity from my heart the members of our Cabinot. Liberal in thoir general
been signet. It guarantees to the Su-policy, generous in their desire towards zerain the right of passage of British Ireland, they are compelled to resort troops through the Transvaal; the con.
to coercive measures, as though they trol of its foreign relations; the aboli-
wore Torios of deepost black. How tion of slavery, religious liberty; and the independence of the Swazis. The Government of the Transvaal was to be
transferred to the Boers on the 8th Avg.
they stand their present wear and tear
I know not.
The Hawaiian ship Elvira Dorale, Captain Pimentel, arrived here last
off Osborne, where the Duchess of Edin- burgh and family are at present stay- ing with the Queen
The Gazette furnishes an unexampled of Major Aubrey Maude, of the Came- instance of rapid promotion in the case ronians (Scotch Rifles). Major Maude, who has not completed nine years' ser- vice, is the field officer who has entered the army subsequent to the abolition of purchase, in 1871. He obtained his first commission 1872, was gazetted to bis captaincy 1878, and is now, pro- moted major. Major Maude, who at tailed his twenty-ninth birthday on Aug. 1, is consequently the youngest field officer in Her Majesty's service. He is son of Colonel G. A. Maude, O.B., the woll-known Crown Equerry,