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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
THE “COBRA" WRECK.
strength to the success of French enterprises active firms ofsolicitors in the Colony, and was them the leading barrister. That, in his opinion, was almost a record in England, 25 it was entirely by his own doing. In Ir transpires that the t-b- destroyer Commany other directions, also he was a great assistance to the Colony itself: In conclusion, his Lordship said it remained to ask them to join in expressing their sincere sorrow and regret at the loss the Colony, and the legal profession in the Colony, had sustained by the sudden death of Mr. Francis. A Tew days ago he left them apparantly in health, and had now pasted away. He would also ask them to join in offering their condolence to the unhappy lady who, in that terrible and unexpected loss. had been bereit
sank in seven fathoms of water.
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The Collapse Enquiry. The second enquiry into the Cochrane Street collapse has come to an end, Mr. HAZELAND delivering his decision at the Police Court this morning. We cannot say that the second enquiry has given much satisfaction to the public, for it has still left the question of who is, to blame practically unsettled, but, as the depositions are to be THE GENERAL ANNUAL. MEETING of sent to the Attorney General, we presume the members of the Hongkong Football Club that more will be heard of the matter. It will be held to-morrow afternoon in the Cricket will be noticed that Mr. HAZELAND. is unable to come to any decision as to the Pavilion at five o'clock. immediate cause of the collapse but gives. a THE EARL OF DONOUGHMORE, who list of six conditions and circumstances was recently acting as private secretary to H ANTWERP,tributed to it and then goes on
which, in his opinion, might have con-
E. the Governor, Sir H. A. Blake, is shortly to add sug
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MR. M. S. NORTHCOTT returned to the of one whom all had known Colony by the inaba ddaru.
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gestions or riders. Throughout the whole of the decision nobody is blamed or censured in any way, unless one considers the owner of the property to be censured by the sixth paragraph, which points out that he deviated from the approved plans. There is no remark made as to the conduct of the architect who prepared the plans, in not satisfying himself as to the state of the comment building, nor is there any upon the fact that such plans were, as was shown by the evidence, incorrect. The very cursory inspection made by the assistants of the architect, who apparently took no trouble whatever over their inspection of the houses, which only occupied a few minutes, is en tirely ignored. Then too, the suggestions which deal with the Public Works Depart- ment are merely recommendations, and dỡ not throw blame on anyone. All that they do is to point out that the duties of that Department should be carried out more strictly.
This second enquiry has brought to light, a good many facts of which the public were formerly ignorant. It seems that an archit: ect can draw plans which are incorrect and which are not carried out after being passed and approved. That the mere fact of such plans being sent in by such architect is taken as evidence by the Public Works Department, that everything is in order and that it is therefore unnecessary for them to inspect the building at all. Then too, ac cording to the evidence it seems that a though there was no architect in charge of the work of putting up the additional storeys (which fact should have been known to the Public Works Department) no precautions
of
any sort were, takes to, see that the work was carried out according to the plans ap proved, the whole job being left in the
hands of the owner and contractor to carry on as they pleased. Mr. BowLEY might
FOR STEALING two pieces of lead, value $1, the property of the Hunghom and Whampoa Dock Company, on the 24th inst., Wong Hong Lun, a boy of 14, was this morning sent to gaol for seven days with hard labour, in addition to being ordered. 12 strokes of the birch. LI SHU FUN, rent collector, of 204, Holly wood Road, charged Cheung Yuk, a servant boy, with stealing $7.80, and a silver watch and chain, value $to. The evidence beard was of great length and the defendant was sentenced to a month's hard labour on each charge, the sentences to run consecutively,
The Acting Attorney General said that on behalf of the members of the legal profession in the Colony be desired to express their most hearty concurrence in the cloquent tribute which his Lordship had just paid to their de ceased friend, Mr. Francis. They also desired to associate themselves with his Lordship in the expression al sympathy and condolence which be had expressed with bis widow upon the sudden loss, which had befallen her. When he first appeared as a barrister in the Court, over 30 years ago, he was acting as a junior to their departed friend. At the timia Mr. Francis occupied a pre-eminent position amongst the Bar in the Colony, and that pre- eminent position he continued to keep until his
only in the legal profession was the deceased sad and sudden death a few days ago.: Not
gentleman conspicuous, but he also rendered distinguished public service in this Colony, and the work which he carried out, with his usual vigour and thoroughness, as chairman of the Permanent Committee of the Sanitary Board in the first great plague epidemic, of 1894, will not readily be forgotten by those who had at lieart the sanitary, welfare of AN OLD ELM tree at the little Normandy the Colony. It was hardly too much to say that for the lust fifteen years the de- village of Tilly has become the talk of Paris, says a correspondent of a home paper. Aceased gentleman was prominertly identified servant girl, Marie Marel, claims to have seen a with every matter of important public interest vision of the Virgin Mary blessing the tree. in the Colony. The China Association, the This was ascribed to an hallucination, but Navy League Local branch, and the Odd Vo- Marie declared that the vision had been re- lumes Society would all of them have cause to peated, and the tree had marvellous curative regret his loss. He (the Acting Attorney Gen- powers which should be tested on a village eral) was brought into very frequent and close contact with Mr. Francis, and on every occa- paralytic who had been 'bedridden for years. A bit of bark was worn by the man as an amulet, and he actually improved rapidly. Many other cases have been tried even in the hospital, and the doctors themselves have been compelled to note sudden improvement in the cases without medical intervention. The town authorities are keeping a record of all the alleged cures Strange to say, the story, as, reported by the papers, concludes with a statement that Marie Martel herself is alone unable to obtain relief from the tree, and her strength is failing daily.
sion he found hin a most willing and able. worker on the work of those bodies. Perhaps he would be allowed also to mention, in con- nection with the private life of the deceased, facts which were not sufficiently well-known in the Colony, viz, that, on many occa- sions he performed acts of charity in a quiet and unostentatious manner. He thought there must be many persons in the Colony to whom the sad news of his death came home with a very keen sense of personal loss, and, he ventured, 10 predict that when "alight differences were forgotten the good which-
1934 well say in his address to the Bench that all THE LATE MR. J. J. FRANCIS, K.C., the deceased bad wrought would remain green
AND THE SUPREME COURT,
have lost not only an able advocate, outre of the Hongkong Bar
in the minds and lives of many, and would form a lasting memorial, which would not be swept away,
Mia Lorelahin. thank.um. for your atten- dance..
The Court then rose.
FARMING.
CORRESPONDENCE.
the elaborate machinery of the Building Ordinance had been gone through in a It seems to us that the "Enquiry has up proved that the Building Ordinance is noth ing more than a dead letter in this Colony and personal friend, was fully amplified this Apparently any money grubber can come morning when there was a large attendance, in A. S. WATSON & Co., long, buy up some old building, prepare the Supreme Court, of both branches of the legal
an incorrect plan, get it passed by the Public profession to pay a tribute of respect to their BRITISH NORTH BORNEO OPIUM Works Department without a hitch, and put late leader, Mr. J. J. Francis, K.C., whose an extra storey upon his property, which im- |-sudden death is mourned throughout the whole mediately makes it a death trap. Neither of the Colony.
We understand that the British North Borneo the architect, nor the officials concerned The Acting Chief Justice (The Hon. A. G. Farms have been let for 3 years by private, have come out of the enquiry scatheless, for-wise)- presided, and was supported on the arrangement to a Chinese Syndicate interested although the decision given to-day white Bench by the Acting Paisne Judge (Mr. Ser-in the Singapore Opium Farmi. :- washes them to some extent it cannot do combe Smith). There were present in the away with the impression created in the mind of every sensible man who has carefully fol- body of the Court, the Acting Attorney Gen- lowed the course of the enquiry. The work eral (the Hon. H. E. Pollock), Hon. Dr. Ho has been scamped from start to finish and we Kai, and Messrs. F. B. L. Bowley, J. do not see that there can be any possible ex- F. Reece, H.'H. J. Gompertz, F. A.. Hazeland, cuse put forward in mitigation of this fact. If C. A. D. Melbourne, E. Robinson, E. H. the Director of Public Works was aware of Sharp, F. X. D'Almada e Castro, F. C. Har-. the manner in which the business of his de- tow, E. A. Bonner, V. H. Deacon, P. W. Gold- partment was being carried on, it was his ring. E. J. Grist, J. 5. Harston, J. Hays, H. J. duty to have made representations to the Holmes, H. Hursthouse; K. W. Mounsey; E Government on the subject and, in the event of such representations being ignored, he C. Pontifex, O. D. Thomson, S. W. Teo, Wei 88.88 $7.58 should have sent in his resignation and laid On, F. D. Wilkinson, G. C. C. Master, C.
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learned brothers had been called together be The Acting Chief Justice, explained that his cause they were of opinion that the sad news After the disgraceful revelations which which reached the Colony last Sunday morn have been made during the last few days at ing should not be passed over without some the Police Court we think that there is only comment, however short, by themselves and by. one thing left for His Excellency the Gover the members of the legal profession, of which the nor to do. He must appoint a commission late Mr. Francis was such a conspicuous mein to go throughly into the question of the ber. It so happened, he said, that there were Public Works Department, its staff and duties not many members of the profession residing in and the methods employed in the carrying the clony who had had such a long and hap ont of such duties. Another Commission to py acquaintance with Mr. Francis as himself. enquire into jerry-building. is also badly When he began to practice here the late needed and should be appointed without
delay. With the Public Works Department Mr. Francis was the first to. welcome him, thus playing into the hands of every jerry. and to advise him to remain at the Bar. wondered at that Mr. WHITEHEAD asks for perience of the late Mr. Francis were al- builder and tack-renting landlord, is it to be. In subsequent years the advice and ex-
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him " dearly love a fight in Court." Those LONDON, September 23rd. differences, however, died at the door of the The Paris correspondent of the Times Court, and outside, he was sure they wouldagree states that the topics discussed by the Tsar with him, it was difficult to find a more genial and President Loubet were, the positions of or generous friend. He did not propose, he said, the two countries in near and far castern Colony; that had already been done, but he to go into the history of Mr. Francis in the Silver Plated, Glass and China Waics, Iron Bedstends and Mut
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONsxong TelegrAMI". SIR-In connection with the late enquiry. into the Cochrane Street disaster there are one ór two things I should like to be enlightened upon. In the first place, why was it not a police prosecution? Surely the evidence disclosed enough to warrant this is it proper for. the gentleman presiding to be so close a relation to one who was known to be a very important witness? Was it right to allow prompting the Crown Solicitor, while another Mr. Tooker to remain in Court all the time,
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Number of cases reported (Chinese....557 up till noon of the 24th Other Asiatics: 54 September, 1901
Europeans....ZI Chinese
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Total number of cases reported to date 1,643 Number of deaths reported (Cainese..... 1,523 up till noon of the 24thy Other Asiatics" 36, →September, 7901 mino (European....12 Number of deaths reported Other Asiatics o Chinese ? during the past 24 hours
*** (Europeans....... A 1.
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