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BUILDING.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HOKUKONO Teleqrazıl”. SIR,-I noticed in your yesterday's issue a
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1901.
AN IMPORTANT CASE.
A case of peculiar 'nterest is proceeding at the Land ourt before The Hon. H. E. Pollock, K.C., (President), and Mr. H. E. J. Gomperis. It appears that last year Mr. A., Rennie bought an Island called Tam To, just
THE LONDON GUTTER MARKET,
"letter signed" Bawbee" In ope part it states beyond the Ly-ce-mün Pass, from Cheung Cum think ought to be abolished. It is Saturday';
plainly, that the Public Works Department cannot enforce any size or quality of timber that shall be used in the erection of any building, Surely, Sir, this must be a mistake. I am cer- tain "Bawbee " is going outside the facts in making such a statement. It is absurd to think
Po, agreeing to pay two other men a sum of may, as they were interested. The island was sold in good faith by the vendor, and accepted by the purchaser. It is contended by the Government that the vendor had not the power to sell. The island is part of what is
A thronged pavement, a perfect babel of cries, and over all the flare of naphtha lamps. Such is the impression that is borne in upen us by one of the London street markets, which some of the local authorities are beginning to night, the week's wages are available, and the atall keepers are doing a trade that may be called roaring in more senses than one. Veget ables seem to be the chief articles of commerce, can describe the commodities, viewed as a but miscellaneous is the only adjective that.
for a moment that, a act could be drawn up in known as the New Territory and was taken. whole, Here is a stall covered with little white
over by, the British Government subject to existing rights. The case is still proceeding, Mr. Robinson appearing for Mr. Rennie.
OUTCOME OF STABBING AFFRAY.
much a manner as to allow a contractor to build in any size timber he pleased. Why, a builder, might from motives of economy put in timbers insufficient to carry the weight of the roof which, in the event of their carrying away, might cause the whole house to collapse. 1s it contended that the Inspector of Buildings could not point to a clause in the Act and order the contractor to put in conger timbering, under a penalty? I should like to be enlight-favourably as could be expected. This marn. ened on this point,
I am, Sir,
Yours, etc.,
HONGKONG. Hongkong, September iath, 1901.
HONGKONG IN 1859 AND NOW. TO THE EDITOR of the !" [lʊnguono, Telegraph," SIR,-The Times of the 13th March '1859, in the course of a scathing article on the state of affairs in this colony said it is now some months since we made passing allusion to the abnormal and not very creditable state of our
official arrangements in the little island of Hongkong.... It is always connected with some fatal pestilence, some doubtful war, or some interual discreditable squabble; so much so that in popular language, the name of this noisy, bustling, quarrelsome, discontented, and insalubrious little island, may not inapily be used as an euphonious synonyn for a place not mentionable to ears polite."
Although the article of which, the above is a
The woman that was stabbed, as reported by un, is still in the Hospital but progressing as
ing Miguel Hilario Roxas was charged with attempting to murder one Maria Montrol de Zaya, the woman in question. He was remanded...
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APPROPRIATE NAME.
Ko Liang Bang, commission agent, charged Yung Sin with stealing 14 gold figer rings of the value of $575.
The defendant was sent to gaol for a month and ordered to receive 12 strokes with the birch,
ASSAULT.
Mak Taing and Li Shunn were charged with committing an assault on To Tak, a boatman.
The case was gone into fully and each de fendant fined $to or three weeks.
ROGUE AND VAGABOND.
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Fruit stalls are fairly numerous, and one embarrassing proximity to a full-length Venus, covered, with bananas and pineapples looks. quite enticing. Odours as of the sea at tract dur attention to a place where there is a miscellaneous variety of shellfish. They are served up for consumption co the spot in little saucers, and vinegar and. pepper are supplied ad lib. Fresh from Southend" is the legend inscribed over the purveyor's name, and doubiless reminiscences of Bank Holidays spent at that popular Cock- ney resort arise in the minds of customers as they swallow down the luscious winkles and cockles. The smell of lavender is wafted from the basket of an aged dame whose premises appear to consist in the space she stands upon, in the gutter. Next to heis a barrow gor." geausly decorated in primary colours, where ice cream is sold. There have been damaging reports, abroad as to the purity of the con- coction, and so the proprietor has hoisted a
notice which runs thus -
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Have you lost a key? Over there by the The crop of these pests still continues to be weighing-machine is a stall where you will brief extract was written more than forty years reaped, Lo Luk was sent to gaol for 14 day doubtless find a duplicate among the mistel.
ago, we may well ask ourselves if the affairs of the Colony are in a better condition. Many residents will probably think they are worse I do not think it is any exaggeration to say that the official administrati n of the Colony is
carried on in a manner that would not be tolerated in any other part of the world. The heads of the Departments are generally con- One can hardly spicuous by their absence, take up a Gazette without seeing a notification of the appointment of an official to fill some place vacant during the absence on leave of another gentleinan The offical appointed may know nothing of the duties he is suddenly called
upon to assume. But, in the eyes of the powers that be, that does not matter. One can easily imagine a highly respected official wak- ing up some morning and asking himself what other department besides my own have I to attend to? Nevertheless, as the recent Ales of the daily pap is will shpw, they find time to agitate for an' increase of pay, and, if it was not for the Honourable T. H. Whitehead, probably not a word would be said about an fucrease of pay for the subordinate officials,
;
BÚRGLARY.
Lo Tai was sent to prison for two months with hard labour for feloniously entering. No 61, Station Street, with intent to steal.
THE PLAGUE..
laneous collection of rusty Ironmongery that is there set out. A little further an linoleum is being sold by a man who vigorously thumps the off as he extols its cheapness and merits, in a voice that makes us wonder whether it was
for purposes. of convenient lubrication that he took up his position next the man who sells a mysterious brown liquid labelled "Sarsaparilla at a penny për glass.
Number of cases reported (Chinese...,593 up till noon of the 11th Other Asiatics 53 September, 1901 Europeans......39
It might be supposed that the shopkeeper Chinese would regard the gutter merchant as his Number of cases reported Other Asiatics o
during the past 24 hours Europeans natural enemy The latter pays no rent and no rates, and so can undersell his rival across Total number of cases reported to dati 5637 the pavement. But such is not the case. The shopkeeper finds profit in the crowds that the Number of deaths reported Chines
up till noon of the eth Other Antics street market aftracts. The shopkeeper, how. September, 1901
Europezne...ever, whose business is in the adjoining street, Number of deaths reported Chinese but not actually in, the market thoroughfare,
Other Asjatiós ở d during the past 24 hours European complains bitterly of the unfair competition of
the street stalls.
Total number of deaths recorded to date 1,566 Since noon on Saturday last the cases and
deaths are
Cases Chinese ....... Other Asiatics European
Deaths Chinese
Total
Other Asiatics Europeans
-Total
of
These unauthorized street markets, many, which have been in existence beyond, living memory, have a useful purpose to serve,
They are always found in poor neighbour hoods, and are the means by which surplus food from the authorized markets is distributed at cheap rates among the poor classes. There is a growing tendency, however, to regard them as something of a nuisance from the sanitary as well as the traffic point of view. The London County Council has accordingly been" looking into the matter, and it is suggested that the Borough Councils should seek statutory powers to become the market authority for their districts, and supply proper accommodation, as.
The attitude of the Government towards passing events is that of a sphinx. Nothing upsets its calm and serene dlgrity. Under- paid members of the service may resign, alleg ing grossly unfair treatment, endorsed by the press of the Colony, but the Government holds fast, saying nothing. An agitation is started against the high price if food stuffs in the Colony and a commission is appointed which makes some valuab'e 'suggestions, but as the agitation of the public has cooled down in the meantime, the report is accordingly shelved, BRITISH COLUMBIAN FISHERY street markets.-Pall Mall Gasstie.
And no one expects to hear anything more about it. The underma ned sanitary staff, after their long end arduous work during the plague epidemic, are rewarded with a letter of thanks from the Governor, whilst, for simply doing what he was told to do during the epidemic of 1894, a member of the present Government was rewarded with a C.M.G. Forty or fifty persons meet their death through the falling in of houses, owing to the criminal negligence of some person or persons, but the Government, apparently, takes, or intends to take, no steps to discover the guilly parties.
"The plague returns for last week were:-
Cases...... Deaths..
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Can you afford to run the risk?
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GAMBLING ON A LINER.. Passengers who came over on the last cross- Fairview, Vancouver, BC. 20 July. Aling of the Dutschland, says a home paper though there is a dispute as to the price to be of last month, tell a curious story of liner card. paid the British Columbian salmon fishers for sharps and a thought-reader who discomfited their take, the mere monetary difference be them, and was in turn done. tween what the canners now offer and the men now claim involves a comparatively small sum, and the matter would seem capable of casy adjustment.
The youths, though childlike and bland, were in fact a notorious pair, and as clover a brace of scoundrels as ever manipulated a pack of cards,
The thought-reader, who played "poker" as- siduously, thought that he had reason to sus». pect the play of a clerical-looking young man with glasses, and of his companion, a tall, guile. The real trouble lies deeper, and is the out-less looking youth with fair balt. come of a widespread supersession of white and Indian labour by the Japanese in salmon canning and other British Columbian, indus tries. This makes white settlers and Indians alike furious. The more so as they find that many Japanese engaged are emigrants who come over from Seattle, Washington, to act as boatpullers, only resident British subjects being allowed by law to act as licensed salmon fishermen.
Amongst other evils, not the least is the way the Chinese are pandered to in the Colony, Stringent measures may not be taken to com- bat the plague because, forsooth, we are told it will create ill-feeling against us by the Chinese. They throw their sick and dying on the street and leave them to the mercy of the four winds of heaven, but we must not burn the dead bodies "because it will offend their
It matters little, however, to: a Japanese religious feelings. The Chinese, on the other hand, show their great respect for the Christian whether he fishes or pulls the boat, as he works religion by torturing and murdering our misin gangs under labour contracts on terms usually Bionaries. When one considers the humilitles made en bloc with some native "boss," Imposed on Englishmen in China through the inaction of the Imperial Government during
naturally think that the Government of the the early part of the present century, one would Colony would recognise the 'impossibility of pandering. 10 the Chinese and at the same sime preserving its self reapest.
The Chinese are allowed to make the night hideous by clanging pots and pans, not to men- tlos horrible noises on the drum enough to waken the dead, and the other noises incidental to the chin-chin joвs pidgin, whilst if a Euro pean started the fate amusement it would result in his appeating in the police court the next morning and being fined.
I must now end, Sir. I trust, if you think. my letter worthy a place in your paper, that
The Dominion salmon fishery regulations should secure that boatpullers, as well as actual
This would prevent Japaness emigants from salmon fishers, be resident British subjects ousting whites and Indians. But Ottawa, un fortunately, is 2,000 miles away, and the Minister of Marine and Fisheries seems quite unable to grasp the British Columbian situation and act accordingly..
Another cause of the serious labour troublé in the salmon canning industry is the fraudulent naturalisation of many Japanese who have not resided continuously for three years in British Columbla, as required by statute.
Hundreds were sworn in without due proof
Finally, in a game for goodly stakes, the thought-reader gazed intently at the fairhaired youth, who was dealing and said in a serio comic vein :-
Meseems, young man, that you are toying over dexterously with the cards I read in your eyes that you have dealt me by design three kings and yourself three aces, the intes tion being to have me bat divers large sums of money. I will wager a goodly sum that I am right.
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The sharper paled visibly beyond the usual pallor of the gambler. The thought-reader
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