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BIG BLASTING OPERATION --At the Moss Rigg Quarry, Coniston, Lancashire, belonging to the Tilberthwaite Green Slate Co., a huge blasting operation has successfully dislodged a mass of rock, estimated to weigh 40,000 tons.
FINED $50:-Sergt. Murrison charged a con- tractor of Wellington Street with failing to provide a hoarding, while repairing a building in Queen's Road Central, whereby the safety of the passers-by was. jeopardized. Defendant admitted the charge, and was to-day fined $50.
A LEGEND OF MUNICH :-- A telegram from Munich states that a woman residing there verseil in secret remedies wrote to London that she could cure the King. The letter was returned to the British Minister resident at
Munich, the woman was found out, her story heard, and she is now in London, says an exchange of July 9th.
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regret to learn that Mr. Ethelbert F. Sketchly, the editor of the rang-Gazette, who recently held a similar appointment on the Hongkong Telegraph, has been laid up with rheumatic fever for some weeks past. At latest accounts he was somewhat better-though he will pro- bably be in hospital until the end of the
month.
CHINESE REBELS-The rebels of Tung wa, in the province of Moukden, are increasing in strength, says an exchange. Since the force sent against their lost its ammunition no effort has been made to quell them. The A. S. WATSON & CO., reason of this is that, Manchuria non bring been restored to the Chinese Government, the latter has no power to take active measures, while on the other hand as the Russians are on
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the eve of evacuating the place they do not feel bound to take any military steps.
CAPT. W. H. FREEMAN of the ss. Fuh Wok | THE KING AS NEWSPAPER READER: died at Perang General Hospital on July -18. | 11 is good news that the King is able to beguile He was a well known skipper and had been the tedium of his convalescence by reading the uniling between Strata ports and Sumatra for papers and smoking an occasional cigar; for the last three years.
nothing could entail greater hardship upon his PICK-POCKET:-Inspector Gidley charged Majesty than to be deprived of either indulg- a rogue and vagabond with attempting to pick ace. Unlike Queen Victoria, who for the most the pocket of a German lady on the night of part confined her study of the daily journals to marked passages selected for her by her lady the Coronation at Queen's Statue. The thief-waiting, or occasionally by one of the got one month hard labour.
ROYAL SIGN STURES:-The King and Queen have placed their signatures on ile historic band cerchief used as a flag of tree at the surrender of Pretoria. It has also been signed by 1onds Roberts and Kitchener.
Princesses, the King, says “Today” is an
omnivorous newspaper-reader, and a list of the periodicals, daily and weekly, which he finds time to read regularly would cause au little surprise by its length and comprehensiveness. GLOBE-TROTTING MPS-Thus the Chi
to
H.E.The Hansard,
Hon, Shewan-The Hansard. Very good. H.E.Do you wish me to put the the meeting
Hon. Shewan-I do, sir.
HEThat the answers to Mr. Playfair's question be recorded in full, and that in future anwers to questions of hon, members be recorded in full" in the same manner as the questions are recorded"
a
The motion was put to the meeting and lost,
HM THE KING
H. E.-Gentlemen, before proceeding to the business of the day, I would like to read to you telegram that reached us this morning. H. E, proceeded to read the reply of H.M, the King to the message forwarded to him last Saturday.
THE RECENT COLLAPSE..
The Hon. G. W.F. Playfair gave notice of the following questions
newly erected houses in both Hongkong, and With reference to the recent collapses of Kowloon and consequent deplorable loss of
FIRE IN A TRANSPORT –The transports Gaselles One of the misfortunes of steamer l'eŭtakońd which recently arrived in he Far East is that when globe-trotting Hongkong was detained a consequence of an M.P's who have touched at China or Japan alarming fire originating in No.'3 hatch, where ports for a few hours return home they either write books on "the Orient" or become perfect provisions, stores and hay for the 14th Bombay
bores in the House whenever they can get Infantry had been' stowed,
chance of dropping a word in edgeways fo DEMANDING MORE THAN HIS FARE: how their travelled knowledge One of thee what steps have the Government taken to Mr. P. Crisp of the P. W. D. charged a more indefatigable types of this class is Mr There being no Coroner's jury, does not
fix the responsiblity? ricksla puller with using insulling and abusive Weir, who has made Far Eastern subjects the onus all the more rest with the Govern language towards him and demanding more pronounced ngisance to everyone in the House ment to see that human life is not heedlessly than bis legal fare on the ith inst. at Salisbury of Commons. On the 39th June, he asked a sacrificed, and that punishment is nieted out to Avenue, Kowloon: Mr. Kemp fined him $5 for whole string of questions concerning real or
the guilty demanding more than his legal fare.
supposed French designs on Macnó to which
THE PANAMA AND ITS WEARERS Lord Cranborne replied: We have not heard There are so few Englishmen who can really of the arrival of any French minn-of-war at wear a Panaina had with grace. A Panama Macap. According to our information a piece needs a swarthy face, a flashing eye, a devil-of ground near Macao had been purchased by may-care manner. It does not go at all well with a worried look and a bundle of business documents. Nobody should attempt to carry off a Panama who is not a gipsy at heart- Sketch.
THE M.M. AUSTRALIEN," Un other day made the passage from Fremantle (W.A.) to Colombo in 8 days and 5 hours beating her own previous record of 8 days and 18 hours and the record of the M.M. Tonkin of 8 days and to hours, which stood as the best record till it was broken in the midde of June last by the P. and O. China, which did the voyage in 8 days
hour.
JAPANESE GENEROSITY:-Prince. Ko maisu of Japan has forwarded £50 to Gunner Evans, Royal Artillery, who lost both hands and one arm in the accident which occurred during the firing of a salute when his Imperial Highness recently visited Chatham. Rear Admiral juiu, commanding the Japanese quadron, now at Sheerness, has also sent to to Gunner Evans, who is a married man with one child.
VICTIMS OF THE SEA:- The Koenig Albert had a gruesome experience about ten o'clock on the morning of the 31st ult, says a Straits paper. When passing near the spot where the Prins Alexander was sunk after collision with the Ban Hin Guan the vessel sighted no less than 35 bodies, one of which appeared to be that of a European. Most of the bodies were nude, and only two were close enough to be recognised as women. A group of five seemed to be clasping hands, as though they had clung together in the vain more of finding safety in number. The number of
French missionaries for the erection of a hos pital. One does not know whether Mr. Weir's silly questions or Lord Cranborne's maladroit answers are to be the mare dreaded by the plain man who lives in the Enst.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
A meeting of the Legislative Council was held this afternoon in the Council Chain ber. There were present: His Excellency Major-General Sir W. J. Gascoigne, K.G.M.G (Officer Administering the Government), Hoa ir H. Spencer Berkeley, K.B. (Attorney General), Hon. F. H. May, C.M.G. (Colonial
FHM Secretary), Hon. Dr. F. W. Clark: (Medical Officer of Health), Hon, Commander R. M. Rumsey, R.N. (Harbour Master), Hon. A. M. Thomson (Colonial Treasurer), Hop. W. Chat ham, (Director of Public Works), Hon. C. W. Dickson, Hon. C. S. Sharp, Hon. G. W. F. Playfair, Hon. R. Shewan Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, Hon. Wel A Yuk, and Mr. N. H. Dayson. (Acting Clerk of Councils).
MINUTES.
The minutes of the previous celing were
read and confirmed.
As the plans were passed by the P. W.D. the fault presumably must be in scamped
work, and if this is so will the Government not take steps to punish the wrong doers, and in future to license contractors under bond or the event of wilful neglect to put in honest otherwise so as to have a hold over thèni in
work, and finally
Will the Government state what the regula tions are as to public enquires being held into accident such as these.
In the course of a short discussion, which ensued, the Hon. May said that the reason there had been no Coroner's enquiry so far was that it took time to get the necessary reports to enable the Coroner to judge upon which of the collapses, if any, he should hold an enquiry. As soon as the collapses occurred reports were sent for from the Police and the Director of Public Works, and inquires would have to be made as soon as the Coroner had' time to sift those reports.
LA FINANCIAL MINUTE", Financial Minute. No. 38, relating to the: vote for the pay of the Coronation contingent, was referred to the Finance Committee.
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS' PENSION FUND The Hon. R. Shewan asked the following question standing in his name, viz,
How is the Widows and Orphans Pension Fund formed. 2
What does the fund amount to at present? Do all Civil Servants subscribe to it? If not why not Poh kabambe
scribed by those who belong to the Fund?
What proportion of their salaries is rub
Do the Government assist this Fund in any way already?
If so, how?
The Hon. Shewan asked that the answer
and also that all answers to quest to the Hon. Playfair's question be recorded,
ons of hon. members.
What is the difference between the rate of be recorded in 3 per dollar and the rate taken 'at by 1/9, future in the minutes. The Hon. Playfair estimated to amount to per annum? had asked a very important question, and Ceylon and the rate of the day, say 1/4, is only The difference between 1/6 the rate paid by he (the speaker) could not see why the two-pence per rupee, or say 121%, but at Hong- answer should not be recorded. He was kong, the difference will be about 1/3 per quite sure that the Government were not dollar or over 70%. Why is the Hongkong con- ashamed of the answers they gave to thebution so much more liberal? questions, and therefore he failed to see why they should not record what they had to say in reply to the questions of the hon members In fact, the necessity for recording the answers to the questions was so obvious to all men of business that he did not think it was neces. FIRE IN QUEEN'S ROAD :-This mom- sary for him to say anything more on
corpses was carefully counted and totalled, as we have said, 35. The sad incident caused quite a sensation.
ing about 3 o'clock a fire occurred at No. subject.
379 Queen's Road Central, and the Brigade promptly turned out and successfully checked the outbreak before much damage was done to the adjoining buildings. The
used
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ground floor, where the fire originated, was a druggist and watch maker's shop, while the first and second, which were used as photographic studio and Wong Yat Chan's family dwelling, were com
The Hon. May gave the following answers A. The Fund is regulated by Ordinanie
No.
15 of 1900 as amended by Ordinances 28 of 1900 and 12 of 1902,
the year, ....
B.-On 31st December last the amount at credit was Srog,266, as stated in the Annual Report laid before Council in the beginning of on be-All Civil Servants with salarice of $240 or more per annum contribute to the Fund, with the exception of a few officers who joined the Service before 1st January 1891, that being the date of the initiation of the Fund.
D-4 per cent.
The Hon. Playfair, beg to second the resolution.
The Hon May replied that the matter was carefully looked into after the hon. member had
made a similar suggestion before, and it was found that the minutes were prepared precisely in the correct form, according to Parliamen any precedent. He saw no sufficient scoson for departing from the correct form. If they
NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TAN- JONG PAGAR:-Mr. John Romney Nichol- son, formerly engineer to the Bridgewater Trust one of the Canal Companies that were chester Ship. Canal-has been appointed practically put out of business by the Man-
Managing Director of the Tanjong Pagar Dock paitly Co., to succeed the late Mr. Rutherford. Mr. Nicholson is one of the youngest of the engineers who have already made names for themselves at home, says the Straits Times.pletely gutted. The premises, where the out-modified the minutes is an incorrect manner He is still in the middle thirties, THE CHINESE IMPERIAL POST OFFICE has now opened connections be- tween Changsha and Kueilin, with offices at the intervening large cities, writes a corres- pondent to the N. C. D. News. There will be twelve dispatches per month, in theory at least, but if they are managed in the same way as (78od those to Wuchou, the twelve will dwindle into
six or less. But there are many mysteries con nected with the Imperial Post, eg., why one should have to pay eleven cents for a len cent stamp, no matter what coins you use.
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break was confined, were insured for about $9,000, in the Chun On and Fük On Insurance Offices. The total damage amounted to about $6,000, *---**
E-Yes, by guaranteeing 6% interest on the capital of the Fund,
F-Only an experienced Actuary could, after great labour, answer this question. As already explained in Finance Committee a rough estimate would put the cost to Govern annually to a maximum of $12,000 in abrist ment at a few hundred dollars.nextyear, rising in one direction they would very soon get into thirty years and then rapidly declining till. an incorrect way of doing things in other extinction. Officers appointed after last directiona
year, whose widows would be likely to draw pension in England, waro now contribut- The Hon. Spencer Berkeley also painteding on a sterling basis, and therefore the voto out that it would be an incorrect procedure, and affects only those officers appointed before the CRONJE AT THE PEACE DELIBERA TIONS-A Commandant Cronje was re-impressed upon the hon. member that the end of 1991, ported to have taken part in the peace delibera. minutes were merely a record of proceedings; tions at Vereeniging, and conjecture was rife at and if any member desired to see the answers the time as to who this Cronje could be, it being to questions be merely had to turn to the pubent to put up more than 2d. the rupee to
shed report of the meetings. It was quite unnecessary to adopt the suggestion of the
han member.:
G-The reason probably is that Ceylon is practically a gold Colony with the rupee at 16/40 and there is no necessity for that Governi make an adequate sterling pension in England.
KENNY THE WATER BILL
The Hon, Spencer Berkeley me
moved the third The Hon. Shewan. In the first place air, I reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to. provide for and regulate the Supply of Water": object to the
in the Colony of Hongkong and for the Main Hon, May-1 rise to a point of order.
tenance and Repair of the Works in conner- Hon. Shewan think I have a right to tion therewithc speak.
HE.Yes.
well known that Commandant Cronje, of Paardeberg fame, was at St. Helena Mr. Ben-. nett Burleigh, however, removes all doubt and tells us, in the Daily Telegraph, that this famous Boer General was "secretly conveyed from St. Helena to Cape Town by the British authorities and was taken up by special lain. to Vereeniging, where his sturdy common sense did much to convince the burghers that it was useless to carry the struggle any further." After- the singing of the peace document he is reported to have been again taken back to St. Helena, "DARING ARMED ROBBERY NEAR NO. FOLICE STATION-A Chinese steward residing at No. 8, KauU Fong, reported that last evening about 7 o'clock an armed robbery took place in his premises. It appears that a few days ago a foki of his arrived from San Francisco with a large quantity of luggage Hon. Shewan proceeded to observe that it
The Bill was read a third time and passed, the Hon. Dr. Ho Kai and the Hon. Wai AlYuk The Ilon. Shewan then proceeded to formally opposing the reading.
that it
The Council adjourned sine die. reply, observing
would more correct to place the question and the
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS, answer on the minutes than the question and no answer. He, however, left the atter to the Council to say whether were a record of what transfered at the meetings
Hon. R. M. Rumsey-Yes Hon. Playfair-No
MAILS DUESE Anierican (Deric) 15th instiga English (Parramatta) 55th inst. Super Canadian (Empress of India) 7th inst.. German (Prinzess Irene) 20th inst American Nippon Maru) 31st inst. Tacoma Tartar) 30th inst
THE REBELLION IN KWANGSI According to the Universal Garette, the rebels in Kwangsi have their headquarters at Hailung and Hsilin. Hsilung is a place, near the border of Kweichow province, while Hsilin is situated not far from the border of Yunnan Viceroy Lin of Yunnan has suggested that a strong force, consisting of soldiers from the three provinces, Kwangsi, Yunnan and Kwei chow, should be sent against the rebels witliout loss of time. He further said that it was not advisable to complex the Kwangsi troops alone in the work of pacification, because these troops could easily be bought over to the rebel ranks. TEAS VIA HONGKONG-Freight rates from Colombo to Australia being high and and took it to his house for safe custody, I was perfectly ridiculous and was a slur on (American Line) left Shanghai for this port until the disturbance, in his native Pro- the Government, because the public thought on the 13th fist and 13, expected to arrive vince in Kwangtung, had subsided when the Government did not want to have res here on the 10th inst, che ha
coded what was said in reply to the quesThe Canadian Pacific Railway Co's R.MS. tions Personally, be considered the Governmpress of India arrived at Yokohama at 8 mont was perfectly straig tforward in theirm on Monday, the th inst, and left dim again at 2 pn, sang day for Kobo where she answers (bear, bear), but an opportunity was is due to arrive at 3 pm, on Tuesday, the 12th afforded people to say they were afraid to put instadres on record the manner in which they replied to The MS. S. Co a steamer Nippon Maru
We with mills, &c. from San-Francisco questions,
240 The Hon May reminded the hon. membered len for this port via Inland Sea, Kabe, últo, vir Honolulu, bas amived hama Nagasaki and Shinghat this moraling, the
difficult to book for some time past several shippers have been sending their teas da Hongkong by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha line of steamers on a through bill of lading, and transhipping them to Australia. The freight to Melbourne and Sydney by this route is Rs. 12 cheaper than by direct mail steamer although the journey takes longer. Ifshippers of ten continue to patronise this route it is ex pected that they will force the direct steamers not only to reduce rates but to reserve space for Colombo shippers. Want of freight has been the cause perhaps more than exorbitant charges, which led to this new route being taken. At present tea can be shipped from Calcutta to Australia cheaper than from Colombo to Australia, saya & Singapore journal
GIRAULT for Best FRENCH BREAD
13 and in Lonk
he intended to return home to his family Some how or other robbers got wind of a "good" baut, visited the house yesterday, two being armed with revolvers and the third witli knife. As soon as they entered they told the people that they wanted to search for opium, One of the robbers seized hold of the steward and pointed a loaded revolver at him, and the second told his wife and that a reporter was present who was specially servants to keep quiet and if they raised an paid to report the proceedings of the Conn alarm he will shoot them. The third to about and, in addition, tas proceedings were $100 worth of jewelry away. When the robbers in the public pres.. took to their heels and disappeared the man The Hon, Shewan
to the only reported the case to the
present moment, ho agre.
GIR
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