•
THE HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS, The Hon. F. H. May, purtant to notice,
·moved--
"That the Board urge the Government to insert in the New Building Ordinance or other wise cunt without undue delay the following provisions:
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1901.
the only way to proceed would be to erect a l'importat coloný and to become one of the skylight in the roof. It had since han suge biggest trading centres in the British Empire. gested to him that this proposal had better be It was their duty to see that the colony was not embodied in the recommendation of the subhampered in that growth with a millstone tied committee looking into these affairs, and he round its neck in the shape of an ineanhary therefore withdrew his motion.
city built in defiance of all sanitary principles accepted in other parts of the world.
Afr. Chatham, in seconding Mr. Ma'a motion, said that he had made a very able speech on the subject, and there was practically nothing to add to it. He only wished to make one remark he had sometimes wondered why the Board allowed such recommendations to go forward from it. The latest propusal permitted houses to be erected to a height equal to one and a half times the width of the street, and as the Vice President said, that enabled the houses in Queen's Road to be built to a height of seventy- five lect. The only benefit that accrued from the recent legislation was in the case of narrow streets. Over in Kowloon practically every road was fifty feet in width some were sixty and sono even seventy-five feet in width. Underthese circumstances the recommendation of the Board that houses should be restricted to one and half times the width of the street
"(1.) No building shall exceed in height times the width of the strect upon which it fronts, as measured from the outer edge of the foot-path on nae side to the outer edge of the fuct-path on the opposite side. The width of any street which is not provided with a fact path shall be the shoireat distance measured between the main walls of the buildings on the opposite sides thereof, or the Building line as determined by the Director af Public Works where there is no building opmnité.
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(2.) No verandah shall be erected in any stres of a less with than tilty text nor in any street which is not provided with'a funt-path of the with of to feet on that side of the street on which it is proposed to crest the verandah.
"(30) No balcony shall be erected in any street of a less width than to feet, non street which is not privided with a foot-path of a width of four fert six inches on that side of the street on which it is proposed th erect the baddony."
In proposing the motion Mr. Mng said that by, a former regulating of the Board in con- nection with the Insanitary Properties Bill which femme law in 18, it was recommended that the height of all buildings to be erected in future should not evened one and a half times the width of The stret on which they fronteri. That recommendation'e died forth a good dial of opposition from property wners, with the result that in the Ordlisnure as finally passed the provising was ondy viade to apply to houses erected on hand purchowi or scquired from the Crown subweigeat to the passing, of the Ordinance. To this concession the Beard agreed, and in doing so was very wrong. At May had regented his acquiescence in that cadiression more than anything he had done for the last eight or nine years. On 1st February the sub-consinittee of the Bond which was appointed un draw up a scheme of sanitary im provements for the City of Victoria repeated The same recommendations, and in support of the proposition to restrict the height of build- ngs Mr. May read a few extracts dealing with the density of the population and the mcrease bf the death-rate.
had practically as effect. Under former legis lation the height was seventy-six feet, and when it came to building to a height of seventy-five fert, owners of properties night as well be allowed to go an extra foot. The sooner the proposed restrictions were adopted the sooner would real progress be made in the direction of making Victoria a healthier city.
* Dr. Clark said he thought they were all in favour of the resolution. There was only one poim in Mr. May's speech be wished to 'com. mes upon, and that was that gentleman's regret that the Board had acceded to the re- coumendation in the bill of 1899 governing the height of buildings. If he was not mistaken, the Board was practically forced into it. The bill was shelved for eighteen months, and was sent back again and again, finally to appear in the fornt they were discussing. The Gayern- ment had asked the Board to prove by statistics that if they redliced the height of buildings they would check disease, but that was a ques lion regarding which it was safe to assume there could be little doubt. Perhaps Mr. May would add something to that effect in his re solution?
This Mr. May declined to do.
Dr. Clark went on to say that on behalf of the Government, he went carefully into the sick retas of the Toor Wal Hospital for Inst-year, and showed to the satisfaction of the Govern ment that the great bulk of sick people come from houses in "arrow lanes and a sinall pėr- centage from houses in wide streets.
Mr. Osborne thought that Dr. Clark's re- marks were perfectly free. The Sanitary Board, after this bill had been read once in Council and shelved for about two years, by dint of
He went on to point out that it had been proved in Englaud that whereas the death-rate of rural England is only 16 per 1,000 the death- rate of urban England is 22 per 1,000. Heng away at the Government, got the bill
at last in a mangled form. It was remarked at the time that it was, belter to accept the bill, mangled though it was, than to go on as they were going and allow such buildings to be run up.
believed this muter of restricting the height of buildings was under the consideration of the Gavernment, whose attention had been drawn, since the subsomnutten submitted its report on 1st February, to the great obstruction caused by verandahs and balconies. As the result of this, he had come to the conclusion-andhang up, that there was a change of Governors
Mr. May sad, in regard to the hill being
at the time, and it was hardly to be expected that the new Governor was going to take on a bill like that the first week of his arrival. Fur ther, it was not fair to characterise the bill as mangled; they got what they asked for except in relation to the height of buildings.
After a short discussion Mr. May's motion. was put to the meeting and carried un- animously.
CROSS-SUMMONS.
Ling. Ab Sung charged Mr. Hill and Mr. Kennedy for assault. These gentlenen sum moped Ling with using abusive and insulting language and he denied the assault. Mr. Hill sworn, said that the defendant caught hold of the head of a pony he was about to drive, nearly throwing the whole lot over the wall into the mullah; ho got down and took him into the offico. Neither he nor Mr. Kennedy struck the defen- dant. Mr. Kennedy said, that he had been sick and heard the rumpus while lying on the verandah, He did not hit the man. The case against Messrs. Hill and Kennedy was dismissed. Ling Ah Sung was bound over in $100 to keep the peace. In this case Ling appeared tastefully arranged with his right hand in'n sling: this was where he was struck. If Mr. Hazeland had inspected the injury wore closely, he would have noticed the hand and wrist had been carefully blistered.
THE PLAGUE.
Number of cases reported (Chinese..... 1,495 up till noen of the 27th Other Asiatics 46 June, 1901
Europeans......25 (Chiarse......$ Number of cases reported Other, Asiatics o
'during the past 24 hours
(Europeans.....
o
Total number of cases reported to date 1,481 Number of deaths reported f Chinese......1,369 up till noon of the 2715 Other Asiatics 32 Europeans..... 9 June, 1951...... Number of deaths reported China... 3 Other Asiatics o during the past 24 hours (Europeans.......D
Total number of leaths recorded to date 1,413 Since noon on Saturday last the cases and
deaths are
Cases Chinese
Other Asiatics European
1
Total
Deaths Chinese .....
Other Asiatics Europeans.....
Total
The plague returns for last week were
Cases..... Deaths
56
0
55
THE CHEFO0-WEI-HAI-WEI
CABLE,
SHIPPING GAZETTE:
June 22nd.
Mr. Rattenbury, now in Hongkong, takes command of the Diamante, the present captain goes home to bring out a new sicamer
Mr. MacArthur, 2nd officer Esmeralda, is promoted est officer, of that ship.
Mr. Johnstone, sails as and officer of the Esmeralda.
June 24th.
Mr. Gibson, chief officer of the Hailan, has been transferred to the Hailsong in the same capacity,
June 25tli, Mr. Fraser ex 3rd mate of the Diamante is promoted and mate.
Capt. Ramsay of the Diamante is going home on leave.
Mr. J. Evans has gone chief officer of the Haiching
Mr. A. B. Short is acting chief officer of the Haitan
In future the Telegraph shipping formi sup copy of the agreement entered into on April heading for notices of officers and engineers A Parliamentary paper just issued gives applied to Captains of vessels will contain a 3rd between His Majesty's Government and the transferred or on leave, etc. Friends will much Eastern Extension, Australia, and China Tele oblige by giving this information:- graph Company for the provision and working of 2 submarine cable between Chefoo and Wei-hai-wei, together with a copy of the Trea sury minute on the subject. This minuité notes the need for telegraphic communication with Wei-hai-wei, which was apparent soon after its occupation, and became still more urgentia view of the events of last year." In the course of the negotiations the Eastern Extension Company intimated that it had been asked by the local Chinese Telegmph Administration to extend its cables to Cheloo and Taku, and that, if this extension were made, communication with Wei-has-wei could be effected by the laying of a comparatively short cable thence to Chelan, The terms offered by the company were ac cepted by the Government, which requested the company to lay the new line as rapidly as possible. It was opened for working on Sept. th last year. We (New Press) may quote :--
The present agreement recites the arrange ment explained above, and provides for the Mr. C. Walker, late 3rd slicer of the Hai payment to the company of the sum of £16,030 | long, is proinnted and officer of the Faitan.
Mr. Atwood, recentiv on sick leave, has gont for the construction and laving of the cable within three in ths of the approval of this 3rd offices of the Hailong.
Mr. Fairfiell, bas been appointed supernu- contract by the tiquse of Commons. It also provides for an annual payment of £40 tomary and officer of the Hallin. the company fucking the cables on behalf of His Majesty's Covetrinent so long as they may so work it, and maintain the connection between it and the Changhai cable. His Majesty's Government will pay for any repairs required to the cable. The agree-chief steward. Wilson. ment further stipulates for the employment of British staff at Chefco and Wei-lini-Wei, and for the transmission of all traffic between these places, Shanghai and Hongkong as far as possible by British staf His Majesty's Gov- emment undertakes to protect the com- pany during the working of the cables, and to use its best endeavours to secure from the, Chinese Administration. due fulfilment of its ergagements with the company so far as 'they relate to the Taku-Chefoo-Shanghai cable, or to matters arising out of this agreement,
NOTANDA.
CALENDAR.
JUNE.
Meteorological means based on fifteen years
June 20th. The officers of the ss. Prima are, Captain 0. Anderson, ciniet afficers C. Webb, 2nd A Bura, 3d Carie, duct engineer I Runcie, and M. Murray, 3rd P. Maquire, 4th J. Smythe
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MARS DUR.
French (Annam) and proxi American (City of Peking) 4th prox. Canadian (Empress of Japan) 9th prox. American (Guclic) 12th prox. American ongkeng Maru) 20th pros.
The M. M. Co.'s steamer Manam with the next 'French Mail, will leave Saigon to-morrow, Saturday, at 4 ans for this port.
HONGKONG AND WHAMEGA LOCK RETURNS, Arethusa .....
At Kowloon Dock.
Union....
.155 152
St. Enoch
Stisser
The returns for 26th June, 1894, were:-
Total deaths to date
observations to 1898.
Kohstchangilastases (31)
Barometer....
29.763
Junio
New cases in previous 24 hours... Deaths in previous 24 hours .......... Patients under treatment
Thermometer
30.7
Australian
18 146
Humidity.....
.83.0
Iris......
Rainfall
16496
Hailan
Colonies....
-TO-DAY.
WEATHER REPORT.
Simongan..
Marechal de Villars.
Dr date at On date at
+
to 4.11.
29.82
29.76
85
84
73
79
0.10
Hospital are progressing favourably.
All the Europeans now in Kennedy Town
Mrs. Primrose is doing well and is past the critical period.
FOOCHOW NOTES.
Fоochow, June 22nd.
The fire on Wednesday night between Mr. Melnikoff's house and Ewo garden was not a very serious affair, though there was a good deal of noise in connection with the moving of fire engines to the spot.
TORPEDO WORKSHOPS. Correspondence was submitted relative to the sale of a portion-of-bi-chi-kol for the_lo accordance with sime honoured custom
The erection of new torpedo-workshops, etc. correspondence had relation to the following letter, dated 2nd May, from the Gommodore's Secretary, to the Colonial Secretary:-" I am desired by the Comniodore to enquire whether there is any objection on the part of the Colonial authorities to selling to the Admiralty the ground marked Plateso "and, Rock Pro- montory on the accompanying plan, and if there is no objection, what would be the approximate cost? The land is required for the purpose of establishing a torpedo-store and workshop, and a range for testing torpedoes, and as deep water is found comparatively close to the shore off the promontory, it is not con- sidered that a more suitable site can be found within the limits of the harbour."
about this period of the year the river is fuil to overflowing and the bridges are impassable. The Race Course'and Recreation Ground are under water, as is also much of the low lying land about, but there is no great depth of water and the paddy fields appear to have no more, so far, than they can comfortably manage with. Mr. C. le Bas Rickman, lately Acting De. puly Commissioner of Customs at this port, is voluntarily retiring from the service and going No one can gainsay the actions of the home. 1G, but it does appear somewhat hard that at years good service should have met with no recognition when the opportunity presented it- sell, and that Mr. Rickman should be driven to adopt the only course left open to him, namely, to resign.
Barometer. Temperature Humidity Rainfall
TO-DAY:
Friday, 28th June, 190s. Chinese-rath of 5th moon of 27th year
Kwang-sti.
Munchen
Cosmopolitan
13
Aberdeen
PASSED THE CANAL. Ontward-17th May-Rhein, Crusader, Imogene. 24th May-Min, Ranshan, Shirley. 28th May-Silesia, (German) Agamemnon. Pioneer 31st May-Renalder, 4th June Malacon, Glamorganshire, Acilia, Denca lion, Kick. 7th June-Annam, Kawachi of Maru, Ballaurai, Arara, Jupiter, 11th June -Kaisore, Kongsberg, St. Irine, Erzherzog, Franz, Ferdinand, Erica, Glenlagan, Glenroy
Patroclus, Ernest 14th June-Bamberg, Simons 18th June-Antenor, Indus, Awa fara. 21st June--Ringo Maru, Edderton 25th June-fogul, Neckar,
and dirty weather throughout, heavy gale from S.W. in Formosa Channel, y
Captain G. Leask, of the steamship Loksang from Wuhu and Chinkiang, roparts-Woo- sung to Chapel Island moderate to strong mon soon and cloudy weather, had weather aff the
Brothers, with moderate monsoon and sea.
Capt. J. Gordon, of the steamship Felching, from Shanghai, reports Loft Shanghai on the 24th inst., had modemte to variable winds" to Matson, fresh breeze and squally through Hai Tan Straits, passed Ocksen at 3 pm, on the 26th, after which wind rapidly.increased to force 9 from S.S.W. with high 802, at 10 30 p.m. flat calm lasting forty minutes, then wind from North moderating towards morning and backing to W. and SW
Capt. Robson, of the steamship Thales, from Swatow, Amoy and Foochow, reports-Light' winds and fine weather to Amoy. Amoy to Swatow on the 26th inst., 6 to 10 pm strong. S.5.W. winds and high sea (liar. 29.50) fearful squalls of wind and rain. To Hongkong light winds, moderate sea, fine and clear. German steamer Elsie with 5 steam-launches at anchor in Namoa Straits at 9 am, on the 27th, wished to be reported all weil on board.
STEAMERS EXPECTED.
Names.
Saigon... ..Japan
Annam.....
July 2nd Indrapura.......
July 3rd July 4th City of Peking.....Japan Empress of Japan. Vancouver...... Tilly oth Gaelic
...San Francisco...July 12th Hiroshima Maru... Bombay ..............July rath Hongkong Maru... San Francisco...July zoth
We would direct the attention of shipping frogs" to the style la wisich Steamers Expected" and "I'rojected Sailings are now published in these columns, and In so doing respects fully urge the managers of shipping firms to, plvo orders 10 their clerks to furnish this vifics, en, the fonts, hireadly sup alled drativ with the lazerr nemilabila information soavy day,
PROJECTED SAILINGS.
Ship
Destination.
Dala
Acilia............... Havre, &c. ............
Aug. 9th
Alcinous......... London.....
July 2rd
Anping Maru
Bayern......
America Mar...San Francisco, &efjuly, 4th
Arara
Bengal
Bingo Maru
Foachow
jjuly 3rd New York .........Aug. 1st
Straits, Kel .................July 25th Shanghai...July sih Kobe & Yokohama July 18th Catherine Apcar. Singapore, &c....uly 3rd China......... „San Francisco, &c. Aug, 6th Chinkiang Iloilo, &c.June 20th Chusan ..........
Europe, &c..........July 6th- City of Veking...San Francisco, &c.[July 13th Coptic
¡San Francisco, &c. Sept. Toth Daigi Maru
......june 30th . Tansui. Diamante ¿Manila ................June 29th San Francisco, &c. Aug. 15th Doric.......... Emp. China.... Vancouver, &c......Aug. 7th. Emp. India
......Aug. 28th Emp. Japan......
...... July 17th Gaelic
San Francisco, &c.fjuly 23rd Liverpool.....July 15th Glaucus.
London,......
July Itth Glenesk
Victoria, B.C. July 26th Sun Risen
Glenogle shr. 19min.
Hamburg........ Straits, &c. ..... Oct. 16th Seis
Shr. 47min. High water-Morning .... Shr. 15min.
Hiroshima Maru. Moji & July 16th Afternoon........ 7hr. 57min.
Hongkong MaruSan Francisco, &c. July 30th Hudson
New York.Aug. 1st Low water-fernoon...... thr. zamin.
Idzumi Maru...Victoria, B.C...fuly 8th- Afternoon....17hr 57min.
Indrani ANNIVERSARIES.
....New York July toth ..London..... June 29th Kaisow
Victoria, B.C. QL desp. Arrivals at Home-11th June-Agamem Kawachi Maru...Kobe & Yokohama july sth non, Hakata Maru, Serbia. 21st June-Kiautschou......Straits, &c. July 31th Aqua Maru, Konigsberg, Marburg, 1855-Death of Lord Raglan, Commander-in-dus, Prinz Heinrich, 25th June-Ascania, 1874-Loss of the s.s. Lap Tek. 1892-Loss of the s.s. Haiphong near Yoko-
bama.
1838-Coronation of Her Late Majesty Queen
Victoria
1840-Binckade of the Canton River com-
menced.
Chief in the Crimea.
1898-Third expedition to Manila left Frisco.
-Earthquako in Italy,
station near Wuchow. 1899-Fight between guard-boat and likin
TOMORROW.
Saturday, 29th June, 1901. Chinese-apth of 5th moon of 27th year of
It is with regret we part with him, and the circumstances under which he is going make his leaving us doubly regret- table. In his official capacity he was always courteous and obliging, and socially he waswang-su. very much liked and made many friends, He leaves with Mrs. Rickman and his family by the German Mail to-morrow and the good wishes of the community will go with the travellers.
The Director of Public Works was requested to report, and did so to the effect that the area applied for was overlapped by the site of A segregation camp, and it was very probable that if the Admiralty were allowed to acquire a portion of the property they would object to the segregation camp being established in their vicinity. The pathway which formed the main route of communication between Kowloon and
Our new Deputy Commissioner of Customs Tsim Wan and neighbouring villages crossed the area which the Admiralty desired to acquire. is Mr. F. W. Maze, and whatever may be pass- That route must-be preserved in order to con- ing in our minds about the iniquity of over. struct a good road at some future period, giving | looking the merits of long good service as access to the villages referred to and to other intiinated in the above note, this appointment portions of the New Territory. For these of the 1. G.'s will find favour with this com reasons the application would have to be modi-munity, if it has not already done.so. fied, and it would also be desirable to ascer- in what area must be reserved for the segre: gation camp. The President concluded his report by suggesting that the. Sanitary Board be consulted.
hoped, the Bond would agree with him that to restrict houses to one and a half times the width of the street, on which they front was not sufficient. He based his arguments on the ex ample affurled by Qurea's Road This was called a fifty-font strect, and under the exist ing law houses could be erected on it, to, a height of seventy-six feet. Now the roadway in Queen's Reid only measured thirty het across, ten-fect on each sile being taken up by pathways which were envered over by ver- andals leasked any man-of-common-sense to contemplate the condition of this city when a street like Queen's Rrad,, the width of which only measured thirty feet, verandated on each side as it would be unless measures were taken to stop it. With houses seventy six, feet in height, how much sunlight would ever reach the ground doors, perhaps even the second floors--of such houses. The ob- ject of sections and 2 of his resolution (which he would like to make one; if the Board will permit him) was that Queen's Road, for the purpose of the first pinagmph of section 1, should be regarded as a sheet of thirty feet, and not as a street of fifty feel. The result of this would be that the houses would be limited to a height of forty-five feet-just about the height of three-storeyed buildings. Ho pointed aur that such houses would be quite high enough for that street, seeing that, if there ware verandahs on both sides, to make them any higher wauti be an insanitary thing to do. A lane which is one inch over fifteen feet in width could be, saiti Mr. May, overshadowed on both sides by houses forty feet in height, This thing would go on, too, unless some one steps in and stops. Since this resolution was circulated he had amended sub-sections 3 and 4, he object being to further restrict verandahs and balconies and to give more. ventilation and more air to domestic dwellings. This provision, if it came into force of htw. would unduheilly excits great opposition, and owners of properties would cry out for compen sation. On that poisse Mr. May said: If a man, say in Queen's Road had erected already a house fifty-five feet in height, and you stepped in and said-"For every house coming down you shall not crest another in its place of a greater height than forty-five feet," then in his opinion such a man would have an equitable claim for compensation, and he ought to get h. But if a man had a house not over forty-five feet high, you simply make a law to say When you erect other houses you shall nat exceed fary- five feet." He could not see that that man, either in law or equity, had any claim to com- pensation. He did not want to take from any iman what was legally or justly his, but this was, he thought a common-sense way of look-
Dr. Clark-The land should not be sold, s ing at it. He was perfectly convinced that this it is greatly needed by the Colonial Guvern.. question of limiting the height of buildings- ment limiting them further thai, the existing law demands, was one which must be tackled sooner or later. They could not dways allow houses to be erected in this colony to the height to which they could be erected under the existing law. If they did they were defying one of the first principles of sanitation. If they overcrowded the city it could not and would not be healthy for the inhabitants, and they must suffer. He ventured to predict that if the colonists in this colony did not arise to a sense
Dr. Clark said: It will be remembered that of the situation and prevent the houses in
het kord at a recent meeting consented to the Queen's Road and elsewhere from being built
erection of two matsheds at Kowloon Point by to these ridiculous heights, they would most the Godown Company for the treatment of sick assuredly regret it, for the day was surely tom-workmen. A number of petitions have come ing when all these houses would be raised to, in protesting against it seventy-six feet in height, everyone of them. The President, proposed that the Covers,
The suggestion was adopted, and the matter submitted to the Ioard, with the following minute from H.E. the Goverior:-"It appears to me that a segregation camp in this position will involve large expense in necessary arrange ments to confine segregated people to the camp."
The following minutes were appended- Mr. Osborne-"I am under the impression that the whole peninsula was to be reserved for a segregation camps.
We have to congratulate Mr. G. H. Mac
gregor, Superintendent of the Joint Telegraph Companies here, on his promotion. He leaves for Banjoewangie to-morrow and we wish him Bon voyage.
The business passing in the Tea market has been small this week as compared with last year and previous years at this carly period of | the season. Prices for Congou are easier, but the teamen must lower them yet considerably before the normal daily Jene transactions can be expected to take place.-Echo. ·
THE SONG OF THE SINGAPORE DRAIN,
i
Sun-Rites ...
Sets
Shr. zomin.
6kr. 47min.
6kr. 40min.
Skr. 52min.
oir. amin. 2kr. 3min.
High water-Morning
Afternoon. Low water-Morning
Afternoon ANNIVERSARIES. 1688-Acquital of the seven Bishops.
audierice with the Emperor. 1878-The Foreign Ministers admitted to an 1887-British sovereignty over Zululand pro
claimed.
י
silver. 1893-Indian Mints closed to the coinage of 1896-Fire on the British barque Glen Caladh
in Hongkong Harbour; cargo badly, damaged. 1898-Blockade of whole S. coast of Cuba and of San Juan, Porto Rico, proclaimed. -Genel Merritt sailed from San Francisco for Manila.
1899--Cosompolitan Dock at Shanghai opened.
AGENDA.
TO-DAV
Cargo ex Sunda subject to-rent.
TO-MORROW.
Hon. F. H. May I regard the segregation (DEDICATED, WITHOUT PERMISSION, TO THE (About)-P. & C. Co.'s steamer Japan leaves camp as a very necessary work, not so much for quarantine purposes as to help us to deal with plague in its initial stages."
The President moved that in the opinion of the Board it was inadvisable to part with any portion of this land.
Dr. Clark seconded, and the motion was un- animously carried.
MATSHED HOSPITALS AT KOWLOON.
The proposal was agreed to..
AT THE MAGISTRACY,
J. OPIUM ›CÁSES. · ·
The colonists would then have to take them inent be notified that the Board approves of down, and they would find that it was a question the removal of these hospital matsheds from not of days, but of years, and that compensation Kowloon pinte would have to be paid for every house in Queen's Road from one and to the other. He used the term. colonists, and by that meant every person living in the colony, whether official or unofficial. It was one of the watch- words of wise statesmen not to legislate ahead of public opinion, and if that was true of any form of legislation, it was preminently There was a fair business doing in opium true of legislation in sanitary, matters. No cases this morning at the Magistracy, values Government was ever willing to enact dras were fully maintained, fines, on the upward tic sanitary legislation unless backed by a grade. Cheung Im $100 or 2 months hard considerable share of public opinion. He labour. He was prepared to do it
pealed to all men who would sit down quietly and took a few years ahead--not one year or t va years, but fifty, sixty, and a hundred years. This colony of Hongkong was only a new colony, but it was going to grow into s von
Lo 0, $100 or 2 months, settled up on differ ences. So. Man also was able to save the
Knock and paid $75.
"!
In face of these fines we are of opinion the market, in cases will slompat or Fabr
MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS OF SINGAPORE).
Now sing we a song of the Singapore Drain, And of all the foul gases it oft does contain, Which are wafted towards us again and again. (In the driest of weathers and also in rain). Though the Singapore folk are heard to coin.
plain, It is needless to say they do so in vain Though the Doctors-wise men who are per- Have often declared that these drains are a
banc,
fectly sane -
Bringing Typhoid and Typhus and bad germs
in their train,
Still the Municipality sneer in disdain,
main.
%
And in forcible language are heard to main- That it's best those foul ditches should ever
remain
That the odours arising by street and by lane Are warranted harmless and good for the brain, And much more do they say in a similar strain, And before very long, they do make it quite
plain
You may say what you like again and again, And waste your wise words for there's nothing
to gain, And at last you decide you had better refrain:,
CASSIO;
[Cut (without permission) from the Singapore Free Press and re-dedicated (also without permission) to the Hongkong Government For Singapore, read Hongkong, and, for. Municipality, Government Edy HKT)
2.30
for London. p.m--Public Auction by Messrs., Hughes and Hough at No. 17 Des Voeux Rd. Gymkana at the Happy Valley. Noon-C. M. Co's steamer Diamante leaves
for Manila, Cario ex Flinshire subject to rent.
SUNDAY, 30th.
The O. S. K. Co's steamer Daigi Maru teaves,
for Coast Ports,- Daylight Douglas Co's steamer Thales leaves
for Coast Parts.
MONDAY, 1st July. Cargo ex Heathburn subject to rent.
3
WEDNESDAY, 3rd.
H. K. V. Cos Promenade Concert at the
Volunteer Parade Ground. pas-DSS & Co's steamer Catherine Apcar leaves for Indian Ports.. Cargo ex Silería subject to rent, Cargo ex Malacca subject to rent.
Noon
Thursday, 4th.
T. K. Y. Co.'s steamer America Maru leaves for San Francisco, vid Shang
·bai, etc..
SATURDAY, Gil.
Non-P. & O. Co.'s steamer Chusan with nails etc, leaves for Europe. 12:15 pm-Meeting of the Shareholders of the Hongkong Electric Company Ld at
Homeward-14th Jone-Pyrrhus, 18th June -Stuttgart, Banca, Dresden, Batuvia, Meri dian, Ocean, Sithonia. 25th June-Canton,
Preussen, Silvia.
Shipping.
Arrivals.
27th June-Newport, Mon. 10th May, NANSHAN, British steamer, 1,299, Allan Jones,
Coal-Bradley & Co. LOKSANG, British steamer, 979, G. Leask, 28th June,-Wuhu and Ghinkiang 22nd June, Rice and Bean Cake-Jardine, Matheson & Co. BENALDER, British steamer, 1,958, C. Mc- Intosh, 28th June,London via Singapore 22nd June, General-Gibb, Livingston &
Co.
:
LOYAL, German steamer, 1,237, Weidlich, 28th June, Bangkok 20th June, Rice-Sander, ...Wieler & Co.
WING SANG, British steamer, 1,517, T. H. Sellar, 28th June,-Canton 27th June, General-Jardine, Matheson & Co.
OBI, British steamer, 1,941, R. Pinkham, 28th
June, Kutchinalzu 22nd June, Coal. Mitsui Bussan- Kaisha.
sha.
28th June,-Anping via Amoy and Swato MAIDZURE MARU, Jap, str., 677, K. Sedzuki.
17th June, General-Mitsui Bussan Kai-. THALES, British steamer, 836, A. J. Robson, 28th June, Foochow via Amoy and Swatow 27th June, 'General-Douglas, Laprak & Co. FEICHING, British steamer, 98, J. Gordon,
28 h June,Shanghai 24th June, Beans C. M. S. N. Co.
Clearances at the Harbour, Office. Kongas, British str., for Canton. Sungkeaug, British str., for Manila. Airlie, British str, for Part Darwin. Whampoa, British str., for Shanghai. Kachidate Maru, Jap. str., for Kutchinotzu. Hongkong, French sir.. for Haiphong. Duke of Fife, British str., for Moji. Silesia, German str., for Yokohama. Le Rhone, French str., for Canton. Rosetta Maru, Japanese str., for Manila. Peleus, British str., for Shanghai. Wingsane, British str., for Swatow. Anping, British sit, for Shanghai. Sentili, French str., for Canton. Arisita, Austrian str., for Moji.
pariures.
June 28, Hitachi Maru, Jap, str., for Singapore, June 28, Chunsang, British str., for Bangkok. June 28, Hongkong, French str., for Haiphong. June 18, Taiskus, American str, for Canton, June 28, Sungkiang, British str., for Manila. June 28, Airlic, British 'str., for Australia.. June 28, Anping, British str., for Shanghai, June 8, Rosetta Maru, Jap. str., for Australia: June 28, Thonan, American str., for Haiphong. June 28, Dukr of File. British str., for Tacome. June 28, Peleus, British str., for Shanghai.
· Passongers -Arrivni
Per Layal, from Bangkok-35 Chinese... Par Thales, from Const Pons-Lieut. Moller, Mr. Watts, Mrs., Hamilton, and 75 Chinese:
SHIPPING REPORTS,
Captain A Jones, of the steamship Namihan, from Newport, Mon; repons-Weather fine generally."
Japan....
Kweiyang......Tientsin...... July 10th König Albert...Straits, &c. .......Aug. 22nd Lowther Custle...New York ......July and Maidzuru Maru... Swatow, &c.... ...June 29th Malacca .........Shanghai, &c. ...... June 29th Nippon Maru San Francisco, &c. Aug. 24th Olympia ..... Victoria, B.C......July 16th
London .....Aug. 6th San Francisco, &c. Aug. 31st Peru Preussen... Straits, &c.
Oct, 2nd Peleus
Print Heinrich... Straits, &c. ......... Sept 19th Prinzess Irene... Strails, &c........... Sept. 5th Prometheus ...... London.......July. itth Queen Adelaide.. Victoria, R.C.......July 8th Sachsen. Straits, &c. Oct. 30th Sambia ...Havre, &c. fuly 12th- Silesia
Yokohama & Kobejune 29th Straits, &c. ......... Aug. 8th - .... Port' Darwin, &c... July 14th
Sydney, &c... July 6th Swatow, &c.... June 30th Yokohama, &c......July 2nd Haiphong...... June 28th Marseilles, &c......July 12th Shanghai .... Buly 6th Havre, &c. .....July 25th
Stuttgart Taiwan Taiyuan. Thales Tsinan Tunan Wakasa Maru.., Woosung..., Wurtzburg
NATURE AT HER BEST.
We love Naturs 1. Cue rogard for her, with her sweet and varying rods, la undying, and our love such thu it is beyond the art of man to quench. The promise of Spring is megreat message of Hope: The freint breath of Stummer whisper Paradise"; the mellow touch of Autinu's hand ripers recollection and crisp, biting Winter brings merry, tinging langh terand 1017 chiceks
But of all, Summer is most dear.
It was ir Summer that Ternyron found Rose, the gardener's daughter, standing in a porch of roses
Who hnd not heard of Rose, the gardener's daugh.
the poct
ter
Why did be not also find a gardener's wife, of rosy cheeks, whoso buzon figure might tread with us down the ages as a pleture of wint a gardener's wife might be-not a woman" languid and weary," whose plain- tive serý
is that
little duty is a trouble, and - "every the joy out of life,
takes
all Such woon there are, even "manderier's wives, I' Niku, let us say, Mr. Martha Herriott, whose very words we have written bore. Who continues: thus i Morning, noon, and night, my head was racked with min ; often for days together I scarcely got a mo Jurats freedom from it. Sometimes when the Attacks were Tery severe, my
left oreball became and quite shrankon, and sunali, my dad would well Tight across the top. The pin sufferal,
feral then was Tatcnu
I cannot properly deseribu it, but shall never forget it so long as I live. I coulfed the doctor and trict all kinds of
edicio
recommended by my friide, but, until I commenced, taking Mother
Bely real benefit frosting
illustration is given us now "of quickly changing from
tinnas Mrx, Heniat decay to health for con whose address b. 24, John Street, London Road, Sheffield,
the insprovement and Alert thre, 1 felt much better alter taking continged until 1 was free from pain Mother Seigel's
plouly cural me.
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I am tried and worn out, efter a
Iday's work, nothing so soon revives me as Seigel's Byrup.
rabant d It seems to strengthen every part of the body, and is, indeal, a splendid toule.of 1900. And our Naturo
That was in
inthia anummer of
is terself again! Life is gladness indoed.
We love Nature us he is pottmyed in the fields and
flowers, but we ourselves, who are part of. Nature, inust be in perfect health to be in harmony with the
comiles beauties ronnent in good digestion,” and a
The keynote of Belgola Syrup awakens into life, by fl price a mediolual properties
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Captain R. Pinkham, of the steamship Obf from Kutchinattu, reports --- Strang SAW windth TAB