CHIEF DETECTIVE INSPECTOR HAN SON let for home on a well-eamed holiday by the English mail boat, Ballaarar, today. He and an enthusiastic send off from members of the force.
DESTRUCTION OF TREES having taken place at Tai Hang, and its neighbourhood, the villagers have to pay an additional rate of four per cent, per annum, to take effect from the ist, July next. i
THE REVENUE COLLECTED during the year amounted to $127,56616, as against $138,729,63 collected in 1900. The expenditure during the same period was $16,419.62 as against $13,058,53.-.-.
THE FINANCIAL POSITION of the Tung Wa Hospital is now receiving the serious attention of the Chinese. For some years the expenditure has exceeded the ordinary re venue, says the Registrar-General, and it is generally recognised that the time has come to re-establish the hospital on a scund financial basis."
LABOUR DISPUTES IN HONGKONG The Registrar Cenend reports that there were several labour disputes during the past year. though none forced itself on public attention In each case that came to his notice the employes obtained a rise of wages., Nonttempt had been made to collect accurate details, as the object of the enquiries might have been misunderstood.
LEAVING WITHOUT NOTICE—Mr. Max
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1902.
CHINA LIGHT, AND POWER. CO., LTD.
FIRST ANNUAL MEETING.
At the offices of Messrs. Shewan Tomes & Co, this morning the first annual meeting was held of the China Light and Power Co., Ltd. Mr. Robert Shewan presided, and there were also present Messrs. J. H. Lewis, D. E. Brown" and Fung Wa Chun,
The Chairman, said Gentlemen, as the Reports and Accounts have been printed and in your hands for some time past we will now take them as read. The result of the year's work at Canton is a stortage of $7,378.23 and, taking all things into consideration, and the difficulties we have had to encounter there, I do not think this is at all unsatisfactory. These who are familiar with the management, by Chinese, of Industrial concerns like this, can alone form some idea of the state of utter neglect and confusion that we found the place in when we took it over, and much time and money had to be spent before we could get things into anything like proper working order. When this was done our next care was to add another engine and generator to be a reserve in case of accident, and also another new boiler. The old Company had only one generating set and, in the event of this breaking down, their customers had simply to go without the light till it was repaired. We re very cramped for room at the Factory, but we bave made the most of what ground we
requires any explanation, but before moving their adoption 1 shall be pleased to answer any questions you may wish to ask.
There being no questions the Chairman Proposed, and Mr. J. H. Lewis seconded, that the report and accounts, as presented, be adopt. ed and passed.
The motion was carried.. ·
CONSULTING COMMITTEE. On the proposition of Mr. D. E. Brown. seconded by Mr. Fung Wa Chua, it was agreed place of Mr. H. F. White, resigned, be elected that Mr. C. P. Chater and Mr. J. H. Lewis, in
Consulting Committee for the present year.
AUDITORS.....
Mr. Fang Wa Chun proposed, and Mr. D. E. Brown seconded that Messrs. T. Arnold and W. H. Potts be re-elected auditors.
The Chairman-That is all the business, gentlemen. I thank you for your attendance.
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Rinaldo means that the captain of that gallant craft conducts a pawnbroker's business in his cabin, and if so, is it not directly in contraven tion of the King's Regulations and the Articles of War. 1 am afraid I can only tell enquire that the three golden balls are most certainly meant to lend temporary aid to the crew, though such aid is not of a peculiarly pecuniary nature. As a matter of fact any seaman whe
Micheal, sharebroker, charged his office coolie have there, and we have kept roam for ane happens to get into either low or high water,
this morning with leaving his service without giving notice. It appears that in April last the complainant advanced him 56 on his month's wages, and the defendant then took French leave. The matter was reported to the police and the man was arrested, and this morning. was fined $7 or 14 days.
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL — A Gazette notification states that a meeting of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace will he held in St. Andrew's Hall at the City Hall on Thursday, the 5th day of June, 1902, at 4 pan for the purpose of nominating a Justice as an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council during the absence on leave of the Honourable C.P. Chater, C.M.G. Official Justices of the Peace are not entitled to take part in these proceedings.
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doubt require in course of time. To eke our the space, we have bought a small piece of ground, about 25 feet by 75 feet near the Sta tion, which will be very useful to us." All these
more engine and generator, which we shall no
CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS took time, and we have to thank our customer's at Canton for the patience with which they have borne frequent break-downs, which were almost invariably the result of the careless and incompetent, manner in which the works appeared to have been. run by the former proprietors. But in spite of all, business was steadily pushed in the direction of new customers and, to give you some idea of our progresss, I may tell you that as against 225 Chincie and 460 foreign lamps on the 28th of February last year we had 1.740 Chinese and 1150 foreign lamps on the 28th of February this year. We are now covering our expendi ture at Canton and, as our output increases
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Beach. Hongkong appears to have re- combers. ceived a fresh consignment of beachcombers, Mr. Editor. At least they are a new lot in one way, but in another, they are neither new nor fresh, for a more dirty, gin. sodden set of rascals it would be difficult to find in a day's march. Beachcomber's Comer, near the outside bar of the Hongkong Hotel, is a favourite haunt of these foul birds, and two or three of them are generally to be seen leaning The Commandant) at Volunteer Head-quarters. lazily against, the pillars of the Hotel and scrat- ching themselves while waiting the advent of any person who looks as though he might be approached for the price of a drink. I had one of these gentlemen call upon me last night. was sitting writing in my dining room when the door opened and a grey coated, hoary without as much as knocking. He seemed somewhat surprised to see me and began, Then just get out of it again," but he continued. "I've just come over ere" 1 chipped in with
"I've come over 'ere to go aboard ship." Here I interrupted him and after politely telling him that my house didn't answerthat description and
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summer, for which No. 32; Dover-street, has there, our expenses will diminish in proportion/hended, bibulous nosed nld sinner walked is Messrs. LANE CRAWFORD. & Co., KELLY &
that the door was behind him, hunted him out.
fierce dogs and train them to attack sparecrows. me.. I should advise all residents to keep
These beachcombers are becoming an infernal nuisance, and very often get money from ladies are afraid to refuse them. Why can't such whose husbands are away at business and who undesirables be collected by the Police and
been taken, prospective members may take a deeper interest in the house if they know of it and leave a good margin of profit. But it is only associations with Lord Beaconsfield, better by closely studying our expenditure that this known to Grater Britain as Disraeli. He was result can be reached. Our coal consumption, a frequent visitor at the house, and many a pior to mention one item as an instance, has been was said to have been hatched at the great excessive, and this was to be expected, as at round table at which a certain coterie of his first the Station was running with a very light most faithful followers used often to assemble, and wasteful load, there was only one boiler which could not be kept properly cleaned and, EXPLORATIONS IN EGYPT Remark finally, the storage for coal was so bad that we
Now I should like to know, Mr. Editor, what able results have been attained in the explora- could not prevent it from being stolen. Al
would happen if one of these loafers sud- tions at Abydos during the past year. The these points are being attended to and redenly walked in un a lady as this one did on consecutive order of seventeen kings has been medied, and we have now added a Condenser established and the foundation of Egyptian and Fuel Economizer, which will make history settled on a firm basis. The historic A MATERIÁL SAVING IN COAL chatacter of King Mena has been demonstrated Resides the electric lighting machinery at the and a long line of dozen kings after him has Station, we have a large pump for forcing been fixed, The explorers have seen and water from the river through a line of water handled the gold, crystal and ivory with his mains for fire extinguishing purposes in the name and graving, and even the king's proceed City of Canton. As the danger of fire is great ing him are now better known than balf the ly feared in Canton we hope, in time, to Saxon kings of England.
increase this service of water mains and derive, a steady income from them, the cost of working the pump not being very great. Or course, there have been the usual difficulties in starting a plant where Chinese, who have to be newly trained for the work, are employed, aggravated in this case by the situa tion of the Station in the midst of Chinese and remote from any foreign influence, and much the patience and determination with which he credit is due to our Manager, Mr. Belden, for
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COWARDLY ASSAULT ON A JAPANESE WOMAN.
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and train the raw native workmen. As a gen- guard turn out?" the officer asked. "Please, REPAIRS of WATCHES and CLOCKE eral rule, the Chinese do not have a complete sir, the guard's gone fishing-there's a shoal of have a light put in where they would otherwise "And who the deuce are you?" the officer ask- installation made in any house or shop, but barracoutta all round the Mordialloc pier."
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of her husband she could not receive any one burn a Kerosene lamp all night. The presented in wrath. "Please, sir, I'm the prisoner," in the house and Cruiz burst the door and went. into her cubicle to have a chat with her, where installations average 3-to Candle power lamps upon she turned him out of the house and beach, but as consumers become more accus- assaulted her. In his defence, Cruir mad tomed to the light, and as we prove that it is long statement that the woman had been his more to be depended upon, we feel sure our sweetheart for the last to months or so, and customers will become more generous in their he used to call on her every morning when installations. No installation has yet been the husband was out to have a cup
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are extended to within reach of the Yamens, another man in the house so he broke the there is every probability that the officials will door and went in. A four year old girl, theke the opportunity of having electric light daughter of the complainant, v whom Cruiz claimed as his witness, was brought into the Court
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Canton, where I think we have that
SEEN THE WORST OF OUR TROUBLES. '.
As for Kowloon, we have been in the hands of the Contractor, and the work has dragged along and not been done, as only the Chinese contractor knows how not to do it. Every kind of threat and entreaty has been used to urge on the work, but to little purpose, and it is still a case of hope deferred and excuse after excuse, the end is approaching, and we have some hopes for more men not.heing employed. However,
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A home paper says: "The belief was long current that the only vulnerable spot in an alligator was the eye, and that a rifle ball would glance from the skin of Beaconsfield Arcade, Nos. 11 and 12, this tropical armed cruiser, but a modern rifle hall will penetrate his hide anywhere, though it is not always immediately fatal. In connection with Florida alligators, here is an amusing record from one of the game books at Tampa Bay. Some one wrote: Killed the stomach a book, a piece of pinewood, a fisher largest alligator sten this year. Found in his man's float, and some small fish!" Right under bigger alligator. The stomach contained a good this another sportsman wrote "Killed a much watch, ten thousand dollars in Government third bunter wrote: "Shot the biggest alligator bonds, and a cord ofwood." Notta be outdone, a ever killed in Florida. In the stomach were found the remains of a steam launch, a lot of of melted ice, proving that it existed during the old railroad iron, a motor car, and a quantity glacial period!"
1 clip the following from the International Sydney Referee: "During the Amenities. recent military mancouvring at
China on the other side of the duckpond," a team of the Royal Irish Fusiliers played a friendly game of what was charitably called cricket with eleven men of the French force. The Paddies. gave the Johnnies a 'father av a batin,' bedad, and the French captain, unable to hide his chargin, pointedly said: We Frenchmen don't play mooch of ze cricket. It fit for ze leedle boys We are more at home on ze field of battle. "The divil A a smile;' yoa'd make a dirilish sight more ruas doubt ye, replied the joyial Irish captain, with there than on the field of cricket." Pretty little story, isn't it, Mr. Editor? The only thing against it is no Royal Irish Fusiliers were in China at the time.
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