To-day's Advertisements.
IN THE MATTER OF ORDINANCE No: :
or 1892,
AND
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION or DAVID GILMOUR OF DUNDAS STREET, IN THE TOWN OF TRENTON IN THE COUNTY OF HASTINGS IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO CANADA LUMBER' MANU-. FACTURER FOR LETTERS PATENT FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE WITHIN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, OF AN "INVEN- TION FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF LUMBER FOR WHICH HER Late Majesty's LET- TERS PATENT WIRE, ON THE 6TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1899, GRANTED TO THE SAID DAVID GILMOUR.
NOTICE is hereby given that the PETI-
SPECIFICATION and DE CLARATION required by the above-cited ORDINANCE have been duly filed in the Office of the Colonial Secretary of Hongkong, and that it is the intention of the "said DAVID GILMOUR to apply at the Sitting of the Executive Council hereinafter mentioned for the Exclusive use within the said Colony of Hongkong of the above named Invention.
And Notice is hereby also given that a Sitting of the Executive Council, before whom the matter of the said Petition, will come for decision, will be held in the Council Chamber,
at the GOVERNMENT OFFICES, Victoria, Hong-
1901, at 1 A.M.
"
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1901.
To-day's Advertisement.
COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE
COMPANY, LIMITED).
ASSETS EXCEED
$50,000,000
TN Accordance with Instructions received from the Head Office of this Company, a Branch of the
ACCIDENT DEPARTMENT · has been opened in Hongkong, Policies can now be obtained for FIRE, MARINE, TYPHOON, ACCIDENT INSURANCE and FIDE LITY GUARANTEE.
W. H. T. DAVIS,
Local Manager
to, Des Vaux Road, Central, Hongkong, 23rd May, 1901.
Entimations.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE DERBY.
* LONDON, June 5th. Twenty five started in the race for the Derby.
BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA. A British force from Aliwal North has recaptured a quantity of stores captured by the Boers at Jamestown, after. defeating the latter.
LOCAL Sharebrokers répört a very quiet week's A TRIP TO KENNEDY TOWN. business. Hongkong is certainly not short of scrip, a slight rise in price invariably finding a sufficiency of profit lakers.. A PERSON desirous of insuring his life was asked what his father died of He answered, says the Daily Chronicle, that he did not know exactly, but "it was nothing serious. A similar opinion was held by the husband who was suddenly informed that a serious accident had befallen his virago wife. Every one will remember his answer. Don't make me laugh," he said, "I've got a cracked lip.". M. GASTON DONNEL, the Special Correspond. ent of the Teufs, in China, seems to be very tired of both the country and the people. Writing on the West River, between Wuchow
HONGKONG SHARE MARKET.
HONGKONG, Friday, June 7th.`` Messrs. Benjamin, Kelly and Potts,, in their' weekly share report state-
Take a rickshaw in Queens Road Central and travel westwards, and, in a quarter of an hour, you can hardly believe you are still in
There has been a little better feeling in the the City of Hongkong. Passing the fire station and branching to the right a noticeable change market during the past week. Rates in general takes place, the streets get narrower the have kept fairly steady and a perceptible improve merchant is hustled by the sweating coolie, all houses more squalid, the well-to-do Chinese ment in Hongkong and Shanghai Banks and bearing witness to the fact of overcrowding, Indo-Chinas may be noted. Banks.--Hongkong and a teeming population pant up in a small and Shanghai Banks have been negotiated to space. Thousands of houses where it is im- a small extent at 80 and 3823 per cent, pre- possible for fresh air and sunlight ever la enter mium. The London quotation is £6, 10. are huddled together, overshadowed by great Nationals are unchanged. Marine Insurances, THE JAMESTOWN FIGHT,
are not surprised that this is the most plague-Unions are in request at $340. China Endowns, the breeding ground for tats. You The garrison of Janrestown consisting of
stricken district in Hongkong. It could not Traders have enquiries at $60, after small sales at the rate Cantons remain doll at $180. [ste sixty men made a gallant defence of the
be otherwise, and all the efforts of all the Sanitary Boards in the world would be of no Yangtszes have been fixed at $izo. Fire In- place. They were finally overwhelmed by and Narning, he says he will be found dead effect under the existing state of things. Atsurances-Hongkong Fires are in offer at $355. China Fires have further declined and can be obtained at $87. Shipping-Hong- keng, Canton and Macao Steamboats have strengthened their position and after sales at $34. 314 and 5344 may now be placed at $348. Indo-Chinas are steadier and have been dealt in at $133, S135 and $136. Douglas Steam. ships have changed hands at $3 and cinse firm with buyers at $53). Ching and Manilas have been disposed of at $60 and $63" for the old and at $50 and $52 for the new issue. Star
EYE SIGHT.
Mr. N. LAZARUS,' Occulist-Optician, of London and Calcutta, may be consulted for SPECTACLES. at 16, Queen's Roast Central, (R. HOUGHTON & Co.). (Nearly opposite the HONGKONG Horra), Business hours:-9 A.M. to 5 PM.
GREAT-proportion of cataracts and
kong, on MONDAY, the 17th day of USA diseases affecting those advancing in life occur to those having some deficiency in the construction of the eyes-the many years of Eye Strain ending in serious forms of disease. Glasses specially adapted in youth to these requiring the save and preserve the sight.
Constantly recurring headaches, spells of
Dated the 8th day of June, ryok
STEPHENS & THOMSON,
18, Bank Buildings, Hongkong, Solicitors for the said
DAVID GILMOUR.
606c)
IN THE MATTER OF ORDINANCE No. 2 dimness when reading, weak eyes, the letters
OF 1892,
AND
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION or DAVID GILMOUR OF DUNDAS STREET, IN THE TOWS OF TRENTON, IN THE COUNTY OF HASTINGS, IN THE PROVINCE or ONTARIO CANADA LUMBER MANU- FACTURER FOR LETTERS PATENT FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE, WITHIN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG OF AN INVENTION FOR "IMPROVED METHOD OF MANUFACTURING, LUMBER" FOR
running together; any of these symptoms indi- cate a deficiency in the form of the eye requir ing.Classes only to correct and cure,
Mr. LAZARUS supplies lis SPECTACLES only after testing the sight.
ADVICE FREE.
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superior numbers.
The Boers lost twenty seven,
CRICKET.
Remarkable cricket was witnessed in the match between Warwickshire and Lanea shire, the former scoring $32 for four wickets declaring the innings closed, and winning by an innings and 75 runs.
BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA. § CASUALTIES DURING MAY.
June 6th. Official returns show that 724, including 25 officers, were killed or died in South Africa, during May.
MR. BRODRICK ON THE SITUATION.
Mr. Brodrick, speaking at a dinner given to the South African Civil Surgeons, said there was no ground for disquietade in the situation. He thought the War had shown that the British troops were not worse trained than those of the Continental armies, and
foreigners had plenty to learn from us.
WHICH HER LATE MAJESTY'S LETTERS A. S. WATSON & CO., that experience in China had proved that
PATENT WERE ON THE 7TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1899, GRANTED TO THE SAID DAVID GILMOUR.
the
NEFITION, SPECIFICATION, and
[OTICE is hereby given that
DECLARATION required by the above-cited ORDINANCE bave been duly filed in the Office of the Colonial Secretory of Hongkong, and that it is the intention of the said DAVID GILMOUR to apply at the Sitting of the Executive Council hereinafter mentioned for LETTERS PATENT for the Exclusive
LIMITED:
ESTABLISHED A.D), 1841,
LATER,
BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA. A portion of Beyer's commando was sur- prised by the British near Warmbaths. The enemy filed after a stubborn resistance, losing 37 killed and practically all the transport and supplies. The British losses were 7 WATERS killed and 18 wounded. *
THE LEADING MANUFACTURERS
use within the said Colony of Hongkong of the RATED
above natned Invention.
And Notice is hereby also given that a Sitting of the Executive Council, before whom the Matter of the said Petition will come for decision, will be held in the Council Chamber, at the GOVERNMENT OFTES, Victoria, Hong-
kong, on MONDAY, the 17th day of JUNE,
605c)
1991, at 11 AM.
Dated the 8th day of June, 1oor.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
MR. MacGowan of Messrs. Bradley & Co. is staying a few days in Hongkong, shortly lear ing for the old country,
THERE will be a Gymkhana held in Hongkong at the latter end of this nipath, particulars of which will appear later.
soon-dend of a variety of melancholy affec- tions such as seeing too many rice fields, too many bamboos, and too many Chinese; and the junks floating on the yellow waters; and the rocks opponunely placed in the middle of the stream to tip open the junks. Ax exchange says the Kreas Zeitung expresses the belief that the English Pekin Syndicate, for the exploitation of coal, iron, and petroleum
resources in the Province of Shansi will enden-
vour to have its claims recognised during the present Peace negotiations, but that the Powers will not assent to this. The paper, which declares that the Syndicate's Concession was obtained in an illegal manner, thinks that Ger many will offer serious objections, on the ground that Shansi is the natural hinterland of German Kiao-chau and the Province of Shan-
tung.
A MOUNTAIN of logs-ten million feet of them --is about to be towed across the Pacific. A
similar experiment; tried in the Atlantic some years ago, resulted in a stormy smash up that left acres of timber floating on the waters. But the Robertson Raft Company (states The Daily Chromcle) has been very successful in rafting timber from Oregon to San Francisco, and it thus encouraged to holder ventures in cheap transportation. Over 1,000 tons of heavy chains will be used, in constructing the raft; and if it ranches the Orient in safety, the profit will be stupendouž.
A WRITER in the Sketch tells us that American women do not like to put their shoes outside their doors at hotels for fear that their neigh bours passing along the corridor should make remarks on the size of their footgear. So they keep a pair of shoes several sizes too shall for them, and after carefully putting a few specks of mud or a little dust on them leave them outside the door for other women to envy their small size. The shoes which they have been wearing they clean themselves, and never trust to the hotel porter Probably the Sketch cur respondent hails from Devonshire and this is his way of distracting attention from the under standings of his countywomen.
the present moment one notices tall blocks of buildings going up where before were two storied hovels facing all too narrow streets, rendering proper sanitary conditions and ven- tilation impossible. The last state will surely be worse than the first The authorities, in their wisdom, sinne time ago decided to pull down and clear away Tai-ping-shan and it was consequently done. No provision was made for the people turned out and they fuck- ed to this district and naturally perpetuated the very evil the authorities were tinkering with. Picture to yourself a square mile of ground, built on till hardly a square foot remains vacant and inhabited by the poorest of the people. Can it be wondered at, that decent living is impossible in the face of the grinding poverty that husets
them?
And what methods are used to better their condition? Thousands living in filthy beuses- drain is made; lundreds dying of plague house is fumigated; narrow streets-creet taller dwellings. Why not for a change prescribe for the whole of this portion of the town, not neces- sarily stopping business bat take it- en blot and disinfect the lot. Rich inen, poor men treat all alike; famigate every family living there Enforce a thorougis cleaning. But ah! the cost. It is held better to spend say $500 a year with inappreciable results (it has been going on now since 1894) than $zood straight out. What would follow is this: The rich man, sooner such inconvenience than be subjected to and possible loss, would insist on his poorer neighbour bettering his condition and would have to put his hand in his pocket to induce him
do so.
further buyers.
Ferries have been done at $22 and $84 for the Refineries -China Sugars old and new shares respectively and have have been booked at $134 and $135, closing in demard at the latter figure. Luzons are neg lected at $38. Mining Punjoms have weak. ened and are obtainable at $7. Raubs have re ceded and have been done at $20 and $19. Olivers are still offering at $1 for the "A" and St for the "B" shares. Jelebus are enquired for at $5. Docks. Wharves and Godowns-Hongkong and Whampoa Docks have been bought at $325 and $3771 the market closing steady at the latter price. Kowloon Wharfs are easier and have sellers at Sto. Lands, Hotels and. Building. Hongkong Lands have been done at $200 and more shares are to be had at the rate: West Points are quiet at $36. Kowloon Lands have been sold at $19 Hongkong Hotels are in the market at $128. Humphrey's Estate have been purchased at $13 and 134 China. Providents have found buyers at.
Cotton Mills, So aad close very firal. Ewos are procurable at Tis. 50. Internationals. are reported sold in Shanghai at Tls. 40. Soy Chees are quoted at Tls. 300 sellers. Cigar Companies-Alhambras have again been placed at $1,500. The other companies, it may be noted, have now merged into the Philippine Tobacco Trust Company, Limited, which has been formed in Manila with a capital of $1,000,000, divided into 20,000 shares of $50 each, fully paid up. Miscellaneous-Green Island Cements have been parted with at $19. A. S. Watsons are wanted at $151. Electrics; old issue, bave been sold at $122. Ropes are. enquired for at $163. We have added to our list a new Company just formed in Manila under the title of the Manila Investment Company, Limited, the capital of which is $1,000,000 divided into 20,000 fully paid up shares of $50 each.
SERIOUS FIRE AT SHANGHAI.
The China Gazette gives details of the fire at Shanghai on the 1st inst., which we recorded yesterday
Leaving unsavoury West Point you come to an open space and facing you is the Kennedy Town Hospital for infectious diseases. Situated on one of the finest sites in Hongkong the beauty of the surroundings is only marred by the thought of the suffering patients and the regiment of the dead leaving the place.
Ninety-nine out of a hundred dread the idea of being taken to this Hospital but no reason for this is found on a closer acquaintance. Take a suppositious case, dealing first with Europe ans. A man or woman, after feeling very seedy for a few days consults a doctor, he, alter a careful examination of the patient's blood or case as plague and saliva diagnoses, the recommends the Hospital. On arrival you are at once taken charge of by a ward master (European) who probably administers a stimul- ant. There is no delay. The numerous stories one hears of sufferers being left for hours without attention have no foundation in fact, One European (male) and one female nurse is. constantly in attendance day and night, Dr. Thompson is there three times a day and, in the event of a severe case being ad- mitted, if absent, is promptly telephoned for. Nothing beneficial to the patient is stinted either in diet, drugs or alcohol. In the ad- mitted want of knowledge, of the disease, facts go to prove the benefit of giving frequent Yara Yaw Kwai was charged with attemptingoses of brandy. So much for the European to steal a quantity of clothing from the verandah
take the sickness in an early stage, place your. of No.2 Jervois Street. Defendent stated he was self at once under the skilled treatment pro- A perfect System of Filtration is
THERE was a fire, last night at 292, Queen's only on his way to have some tea. He did not vided, and, if you have only the rags of a con- ricksha coolies passing by saw the commence.
It started take the things and he did not run away. employed guaranteeing Absolute pur-Road Central, a Chinese house. ity.
about to o'clock, but by 11 the Fire Brigade Fourteen days' hard labour without the option.stitution left the odds are strongly in your The case of a Chinaman being attacked is far from pleasant reading. The chances are that on the suspicion of having plague he will be taken to Kennedy Town Hos- pital. At this juncture let me put forward the present state of feeling amongst the Chinese. A native ordered to Kennedy Town receives his death warrant. Sooner than disclose his sickness he will haunt the streets till he literally drops. Cast off by his family and friends, spreading infection broadcast he will crawl away and die on the hillside sooner than go to Hospital. While this feeling exists so long will dead bodies be found, so lang will the plague claim, its victims. Victims of ignor ance, of distrust, of dread, of fright.
THIS alternoon the Hongkong Volunteers will compete for the shield offered by His Excel lency the Governor at the new butts in Happy Valley.
had it well under..
The Machinery used is of the Latest THERE are temporary Vacancies in the Colonial Secretary's Office for a typewriting Type.
clerk, salary $100 per month, and an onice clerk, salary $50 per month, vide advertisement
appearing elsewhere.
A STAFF OF ENGLISH EXPERTS attends to every detail of the Manu-The new N. V. K. ss. Kaga Maru is now in
facture.
The Waters produced are of the highest class and excellence; as testi-
COLOMBO, ADEN, SUEZ, PORT SAID,fied to by the best English makers.
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1901.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
the harbour. She starts, under the command of Captain Eckstrand, for Victoria and Swatile, via Shanghai, next Monday. We hope to give a short description of her in Monday's issue. She was built at Nagasaki,
1 AT THE MAGISTRACY.
STEALING CLOTHING.
*'
UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
Jack Hisbistan was proved to be the worse or better for liquor and was fined $3.00 or 7 days. The fine was paid.
+ * ARMED.
Ho Sbing had two daggers taken away from him and was fined 35.co for possessing them.
*
* HARD LABOUR,
Ip Po and Lo Wai were disposed of promptly for petty thefts, getting 14 days each.
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CLEARING THEM OUT.
A NAGASAKI despatch to the Kobe Herald of the 29th ult., states that the mails for the north Quite a number of cases came on this morn from Shanghai and Hongkong hitherto sentoning before Mr. Kemp of places kept, as dis- to Kobe by steamer are in future to be forward orderly houses, and the occupiers were fined. ed by train. Twenty-four hours will be saved in the transmission of mails. when the new arrangement is started.
WE draw our readers attention to the advertise ment in another column of the well-known Green Island Cement Company, where it will be seen that the price of cement has been ad- vanced 50 cents per cask and 30 cents per bag, of 375 lbs. and 250 lbs respectively. The in crease dates from June 1st.
WE shall be obliged if any subscriber on receiving his paper late or irregularly will write on the Wrapper of the paper the Time of delivery, etc., and forward the Wrapper to the Manager, Hongkong Telegraph Ca., Ld., 50 Queen's 'Road "Central. The wrapper will enable us to check the delivery coolies. SINGAPORE papers report that on the 29th ult, whilst a number of Midshipmen from the Japanese training ship Hashidate were sailing a pinnace in the harbour, the boom suddenly swung round and knocked one of the middies. overboard. He sank immediately, and on the evening of the 30th ult, the body had not been
Obituary. It is with great regret that we record the death of Mr. W. MACHELI, late Assistant Master at Queen's College, which took place on the 16th March last.". Mr. MACHELL was a very well-known personality in the Colony and many is the Hongkong boy who should mourn his loss. He carried out the idea, which we have so often pointed out as being so sadly lacking in the educational establish ments of the Far East, of trying to teach his pupils to act in an upright, honest and, gentlemanly manner, and for this trait in his character many a Hongkong parent should be grateful. He was not only an excellent teacher, but he tried to make his pupil's recovered. bodily welfare his care, and he encouraged healthy sports in a most enthusiastic The Band of the Madras Light Infantry will As Secretary of the Victoriaplay at the Hongkong Hotel this evening, from, Recreation Clubs Mr. MACHELL, did an im. p.m. to 9.30 på. mense amount of "good to the youth of the Colony in instilling a love of exercise and pure health recreation into them, and as a Lieutenant of the Volunteers he was a most” conscientious and painstaking officer. In fact he was a man who believed in a life of
imanner.
PROGRASIME.
Captain R. T. Cook, R.N.E., carrying His Majesty's Mails, will be despatched from this for BOMBAY, on SATURDAY, the zend instant, at Noon, taking Passengers and Cargo for the above Ports.
Silk and Valuables, all Cargo for France, and Tea for London (under arrangement) will be transhipped at Colombo into a steamer proceeding direct to Marseilles and London; ather Cargo for London, &c., will be conveyed usefulness and carried out his belief to the IT may be noticed that we are publishing a vid Bombay with Transhipment.
Parcels will be received at this Office until 4 P.M. the day before sailing. The Contents and-Yet his end must have come as a happy gazette of interest to the shipping community
best of his powers. No man can do more..
1. Cavatina..." Lucia di Lammermoor" Kappey Selection,udiantina ... Waldecufel
...."The Gondoliers "......Sun. Walt,
Bong-Persised of Life"....Covren. -Jones, S-Selection, A. Caiety Girl" 5--Dance Comique?..Punch and Judy". Boggo.
God save the King."
release at the last, for he had been smitten generally, giving the names of officers on leave, Value of all Packages are required.
Shippers are particularly requested to note with paralysis of the lower limbs, and alt promotions, transfers, etc. We imagine if will the terms and conditions of the Company's who knew him will appreciate what a great be found useful by many shipping people here, Bills of Lading..
trial such a disease must have proved to his who can see at a glance where their friends aro For further Particulars, apply to
energetic spirit. We wish we had more at the time. We shall be much obliged for HA RITCHIE,
Superintendent. men of his stamp in the Colony, we need any information from our readers tending to
[them, Madarisas keep the column up to date, Hongkong, 8th June, root,
*
The usual batch of offenders were up this morning at the instance of the prosecuting officer of the Sanitary Board. The people charged with disobeying the lawful commands of the S. I. are not treated barshly, but they are given to understand they must conform to existing regulations.
THE PLAGUE,
favour.
Let the vernacular papers copy the following facts. A Chinanian admitted to hospital is treated by Chinese doctors with Chinese medicine, attended by Chinese nurses and dies or lives under entirely Chinese methods. Where then comes in the firm belief existing among the natives, that if the Chinaman is allowed to go "homeside" or can remain in his house, forty to fifty per cent of them recover from the horrible. disease, whereas ninety-eight per cent. die when taken to the Hospital? Surely a trained native nurse, with every convenience at hand must be more efficient than an amateur
friend suddenly called in, surely the doctors of the Tung Wah Hospital are better able to cope with plague than the half-quack, half shopkeeper the average coolie goes to? But no, arguments fail in the face of blind stupidity, Number of cases reported (Chinese 1,047 illogical reasoning and superstition. The me
up till noon of the 7th Other Asiatics 3thod of instilling faith into part savage, patt June, 1901
Europeans......14
child, steeped in traditions, copyists but not. Chinese.23 Number of cases reported Other Asiatics I
originators, astute and simple, has not yet been during the past 24 hours
found. Europeans... 1
.
Chinese...24
Number of deaths reported during the past 24 hours Total number of deaths recorded to date 105 Since noon on Saturday last the cases and deaths are
Cases Chinese
Other Asiatics European
150
At 2 o'clock this morning what proved to be one of the most serious fires that ever occurred here in premises under foreign occupation broke out in the row of foreign houses lately erected on the Spanish: Augustinian, Mission property in Broadway, opposite Wayside a sort of Oriental tavern that has recently grown up with the altered life in Shanghai. Two
the occupants of the houses, while a foreigner ment of the fire and had the sense to awake living in the vicinity sent along to the nearest telephone to give the alarm. The Hongkew M. H. Loongs were the first on the scene and soon had two streams on from a hydrant right oppo site the fire. By this time the houses were in full blaze and when the Hongkews came along the Seward Road leading to the Aquarius Co., that road was so full of smoke that the driver could on the scene was the Victorias' and they took scarcely find his way through. The third reel water from a hydrant in Broadway. Then came the Deluge and the Shanghai M.H. Loongs so
that there were soon six streams on, The first
stream on succeeded in confining the flames but, notwithstanding, the upper part of ten houses were burnt out and three others more or less damaged. The origin of the fire is un known. A Chinaman in jumping from a window unfortunately broke his leg and had to be conveyed to the hospital. All the houses des troyed were occupied by a motley collection of foreigners, principally from the Levant and Russia, almost all of wliom lost their all. The fire was so swift that the occupants of one house on being awakened had only time to
in this house who were most providentially. rusli out before the roof came down with a terrible crash. There were six little children saved. The occupants of the other houses had similar experiences, one particularly came out in. his night clothes and barefooted. The con- tents of most of the houses were insured and so was the property."
A “DUSTING.”
IN THE INDIAN, OCEAN.
Mr. Prior Palmer, writing from the Austra Lloyd's s.e. Chine, from Port Said on May sty
says:
The moral of this trip is-If we have an inert government and apathetic sanitary anthe Total number of cases reported to date 1,117 rities we can congratulate ourselves on securing Number of deaths reported (Chinese......1,coz the services of some of the Doctors engaged on 'a heart-breaking task-Dr. Bell, Dr. Clark,
We came in for a terrible hurricane at noon up till noon of the 7th Other Asiatics 20
Dr. Thompson(moreimmediately under notice)
on the 26th April, longitude 7260 lat, 8:50. It June, 1901..................
Europeans...... 5 Take Dr. Bell: he knows no mortal man could burst quite suddenly, and increased to such Other Asiatics efficiently carry out the duties alloted him and degree that the ship would not answer the helm. At first the captain' thought it was 'a' Europeans....honestly sacrifices Health in doing his best to
carry out a cheese-paring, niggardly, maskee- cyclone, as the wind kept going round the four points of the compass. It was at its highest alright can do, government policy...
Dr. Clark, stuck in an office from 9am. till 6 about 11.30 pm, and the ship rolled till the p.m. His knowledge of things generally smoking-room deck look in the seas. A man acquired from reports. Doing work, (all of 17 stone, who was lying on the floor of praise to him for the way he sticks to it) that the smoking-room, was thrown clean through should he done by proper assistants while he the door and nearly over-board. He was should be out and about actively engaged in severely cut about the bead. The companion. a general supervision.
Kladder was taken away and about go-tons of: In conclusion, any improvements that are coal that, was on deck clean washed away. taking place are at the instance, and carried We lay to for 24 hours. The third day we lost through by the executive staff and net with z koots an hour. Luckily she was a splendid the help, but rather in spite of those in the sen boat. Most people were ill. The "Seats of the Mighty."
Ceylon table, came to every meal, though it was hard to get any food to our -mouths One-big-roll seat everything on the floor and the passengers Jay sprawling about amongst broken bottles, glasses, etc The caplain tells me it is the worst gale since 1841 It certainly was the worst I have seen with the exception of onc. 1 was in the Bay of Biscay in 1886 when three ships were wrecked. Several mishaps occurred in the steerage; and one of the crew had his leg fractured, the doctor had quite a busy time of it.
Total
-Deaths Chinese
71
"
Other Asiatics....... Europeans
Total
155
The plague returns for last week were :-
Cases.......
Deaths
215
The returns for 1st June, 1894, were :-
Total deaths to date. New cases in previous 24 hours...
69 Deaths in previous 24 hours 107% Patients under treatment nea 230
WANDERER
WEATHER. REPORT.
The Observatory report says: On the 8th at 11.55 am the barometer has risen in S. China, fallen in Formosa and Luzon, Pressure is highest over the N.E. coast of China, and the low pressure area seems to be lying to the E. of Formosa Gradients slight to niede- Amongst the cases of plague reported to day fate for N.E. wlads on the China coast Fore is one Mrs. Raiderean, of 15, McGregor Streetcast-Moderate N.E. winds' fair,
The Borneo lost three boats and had a very bad time. The Australia was 24 hours late here-Malay Math