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(Fraus Our Correspondent.) Opium Shipment to China.
BOHDAY, 24th September,. The F.&O. S. N. Company's Mail Steamer left Bombay this evening with about 1,-79 Chests of Malwa Opium, Closing quotations are': Rs. 1,230, 1,310, and 1,330 for New, Old, and Oldest Malwa Opium, respectively,–
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The Cape Martial Law Commission,
LONDON, September agrd. The Martial Law Commission in South Africa has prepared a first list recommend ing the immediate release of one hundred "and thirteen prisoners.
dinance, 15 of 1889, amended by other Ordinances That was in respect of No, 30 Kowloon; City Road in which the decensed were at the time they were killed. Between that house and No. 37 there was a laners feet in width. With regard to No. 32, that was com- pleted about the month of June, but it had never yet he eived a certificate from the D.P W., and had not been inhabited. On that 18th July there were 22 people living in No. 30, the ground floor being occupied by carpenters engaged in the Hunghom Docks, the first floor by bailer makers, while the top floor was occupied by the wife and family of the head boiler maker. The entrance to the
upper floors was, as is usual in most Chinese houses, from the street, that is to say, in order to get up to the first and second floors and
That
along the street
SEPTEMBER 25, 1902.
Commercial.
TO-DAY'S INTELLIGENCE..
There is very little movement in the share market, quotations being much the same as fast reported: The market is not likely to im- prove for some days.
But there could be no apprentice carpenter, who had been living at doubt whatever that something must be done the house. He said he had, not formed any to prevent newly-build houses falling down opinion regarding the collapse.
Mr. H. E. Y. Haggard, an assistant engineer in such a way to the danger not only of the inhabitants of the houses, but to every of the P.W.D., gave evidence that the plan "A tidy else that might be using the street near-used in Court was, speaking generally, correct He submitted to them that with regard to measufenients and approximately those houses. there were two or three points to which they correct with regard to a blue-shaded portion must specially direct their attention in the of the house walls representing the portion that present instance, and at the outset referred to collapsed. that portion of the Building Ordinance relat-Chun Lin, a carpenter, who bad identified some of the corpses white being taken ing to walls, Section 10, as amended. provided that, it shall be put in with good out from the debris and at the mortuary, thea time mortar or cement mortar? It would gave evidence to that effect, and another PATNA-NEW
carpenter, named Chun Chow, gave evidence in relation to other boilies.
not be contended in the case in question that cement mortar was used for the walls, but
it would be shown to them that the specifica tion under which the houses were built pro vided for good_lime mortar, and it would be would enter through a small door direct for them, after hearing the evidence, to very from the street, and there was no necessity carefully consider whether good lime mortar, Their Majesties in London, Their Majesties King Edward and Queen go through the ground floor. He thought within the meaning of the Ordinance, was used. Section 12 of the Ordinance provides that, "ne he would be able to show the jury Alexandra will.lunch at the Guildhall on the
wall shall exceed 35 feet in length clear of any on the 18th July those 22 persons were in 25th of October, the date of the Royal pro that house and had just finished thew even- return or cross wall wahout the ipproval of the gress through the City, and they will attending ment, that broadly speaking they were Director of Public Works." Now gentleh.en, "the" "Coronation thanksgiving-service-to-be-atrin gund-wealth-and-trength-and-that-sed--continued _M_Lenox, you will find that this wall considerably exceeded 35 feet in length held at St. Paul's Cathedral on the 26th
LIONS wall and I October.
without any return o
after hearing the evidence, you think, will come to the conclusion that the attention
To Aid Distressed Boers. The Beer Cicnerals lecturing at Rotterdam yesterday on behalf of distressed Boers, announced that an American had contribute ed one hundred thousand dollars to the fund, and that the lecture at Antwerp had yielded four hundred pounds,
LATER.
The Trans-Isthmian Hailway. The American warship Panther has arrived at Colon with 320 maiines and six field guns for the protection of the Trans Isthmian railway.
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The Boer Generals' Manifesto: The Boer Generals in a manifesto appeal to the civilized world on behalf of the widows and orphans of the ruined Boer people. They state they are about to tour Europe and America with a view to organ- izing a relief fund, and declare that ten times, the small sum granted by Great Britain would be insufficient to cover even the direct losses of the war,
Russia and Finland.
THE FATAL COLLAPSE AT KOWLOON.
MAGISTERIAL INQUIRY. -
THE QUESTION OF CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE- The first of the magisterial inquiries into the circumstances attending the deaths of persons who inst their lives in the recent collapse of Houses in the Colony, was held this morning at the Magistracy when Mr. F. A. Hazeland investigated the facts connected with the deaths of ten persons, killed on the evening of the 18th July Inst, by the collapse of Nos. 30 and
32 Kowloon City Road.
denly the house collapsed killing ten, eight of whom the doctor wou sy soffered from fracture of the skull and the other two from injuries of a similar asture though slightly differ at The injuries to the other two were rupture of the spleen huone cuse and lacera- tion of the brain in the ath. r. At the time of that accident the wind, was from the West North-West, and was blowing across the high hill at the back of the houses, After they had heard all the evidence hr thought they want come in the conclusim that that wind did not actually directly cause the the houses, although it might have street the gable on the upper portion of No 32 and caused to fall. The force of the wind, however, did not, he thought, directly blow the
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Sergeant O'Sullivan, No, 12, stated that at 5.45 on the evening in question he was at the Hunghom Police Station and was infaimed_of_. the collapse in the Howloon City Road. He thereupon summoned all the policemen in the station to turn out, and un arriving at the scene. of disaster, knowing that No. 30 had been
l'er ... Picut inhabited and No. 32 had not, directed atten| tion to the former. The first thing done was Agric. See Fungus...
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Anisced, Star, est Quality the debis life" and left standing of about eight or ten feet from the back of the house. She was hel, ed down. The debris was searched and moved until nine o'clock the same evening, and during ahat time the dead bodies-of Chan Kwan (inale 13), Ou Yun (male 14), Wong Kew (female 32), Ling Chai (female 531, Chun See (fawale 57) and Chun Ham (male 3) were found, At nine o'clock, knowing that no live Asbestos Fire people coukl have been in the munored debris, work at the ruins was discontinued till the following day, when four more bodies were
hey were those of Chan Tsun
unearthed. 6.11
houses down. The witnesses, who were in
the house and who would tell them as far as they could what happened, stated that a portion of No. 32. fell against: o. 30 and that then the wail of No. 30 fell ontwrids and the rest of the wall of No. 32 appuently fell at almost identically the same moment. The iwo walls appeared to have fallen tovether, but it was possible, he thought, after they had heard the evidence, they wankd con- cinde that the wind caught the gable of No. 72 from the back and threw it over towards No. 30 which fell first. Of course, it would
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of the Director of Public Works was never caffed to that fuel, and that no special approval | for that wall being over 35 feet was ever granted. I do not say, gentlemen, that if his attention had been called to a he would have acted diffurently to the way in which the officer acting for bin noted. „U is quite possible that he would have passed the plans just in the same way that Mr. Tooker passed them. Continuing, Mr. Dennys pointed out to the jury that if they found that any special precautions might in have 1, en taken because the wall exceeded 35 feet in length it would be no justification to say that in another necasion with reference to another house a wall excecik mg 35 feet in length was held to be justifiable. They would be told that under the English Act ai 1894 when walls exceeded a certain length they had to be of additional thickaes, and in the present case if the walls had been built in England they would have been The architects very thicker than they were. naturally said they sent in plans to the D. P.W and he approved them. If they did not comply with the rdinance and did not satisfy the D. P.
(male 53) Fun Pau (male 54) Low Noi (male 15), and Leung King (male 14) Five other dwellers escaped Bom the ruins. On first arriving at the scene on the night in question it was raining heavily and the weather was rough. At the back of the house is a laige Till the crest of which is higher than the house. There was no difficulty working at the debris on that night. The witness could not say if he had been engaged on a 1.vel with the top of
the house, if the wind would have interfered with his work at all.
Augustus Shelton Hooper, the secretary of the Hongkong Land Investment and Acenry Company, Limited, was the next witness. He said that his Company owned thirty houses standing on Kowloon Inland Lots 1,107 and 1,108, and 20 more Chinese houses standing on Inland Lots 1,118. All those blocks were close together. At the end of 190 or the beginning the Land Investment Company of 1951 instructed Messrs Leigh and range to prepare plans for 30 houses for erection on Inland Lots 1,07 and 1.108. They obtained tenders for building the 30 houses. Before a tender was accepted the Company made up their mind to build to more houses on Inland Lot
two years.
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HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the A MEMBERS will be held on FRIDAY, the 3rd October, 1902, at 12 o'clock Noon, in the CHAMBER ROOM, CITY HALL, to nominate "a Member of the Chamber to take the place in the Legislative Council of the Hon. R. SHEWAN, whose Term of Office expired on the 24th inst.
By Order,
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Secretary. Hongkung, 25(1) September, 1902.
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE,
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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS..
HE TWENTY-FIRST ORDINARY
HOLDERS will be held at the OFFICES of the Undersigned at 12 lock (`OON), on THURSDAY, the 23rd October.
TGENERAL MEETING of SHARE.
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JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., General Agents,
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Hongkong, 25th September, 1902.
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but simply did the ordinary thing acknowledg. subjecting the administration of the judiciary did not know that it would make (including the Senate) of Finland to the difference as to the culpability, if they should ed the receipt of the plans and thereby approved control of the Governor-General, and freeing find there was any culpability on anyone' « part, them. With reference to the criminal liability whether one or the other tell first. The owners of anybody, 'it anyixdy was cruninally liable the latter and his subordinates from all re-
for the deaths at those persons, he was guilty in were the same, the ar treis were the same, sponsibility.
the contractors the same, and the overseer the law of the crime of manslaughter. Mr. Dennys same for the two houses so that it really would drew attention to the loss of the steamer Was not probably make inuch difference in their Loong, when the cap'ais was tried for man verdict whether the jury found that No. 30 fell slaughter, and also to the Peso explosion when first or whether they found that it was No. 31. the engineer was tried on a similar charge, and 18. The tenders were simply for the erec tion of the houses. The site had been prepared They would have to judge after hearing the said he mentioned the cases as instances which evidence as to what the probabilities were, bad pecuned in the Colony where people previously. The firm accepted the tender of Messrs. Loong Cheong, amounting to $145,000 and to arrive at a conclusion. in their own had been convicted of the crime of an
to how the accident | slaughter, and where, in the ordinary, everyday for go houses, practically all of which were to be sense of the word there was no criminal intention the same size. It was not the lowest tender. Mr happened. The object of the inquiry, as
find out whatever on their part Nobody would sug. Hooper had been 16 years in the Colony and he had already stated, was to how those ten healthy people were sud-gest for a moment in the present case that had been Superintendent of Crown Lands and deply hurled into eternity. In coming to a any of the parties connected with the buildings Governinent Assess rover conclusion as to how those people met their had any intention that the houses should fall had been in touch with property over the caths it would not be sufficient for the jury to down, or that they should be properly Colony for the purpose of valuation and con- say they were killed by the debris of falling built; bar inanslaughter did not require any
sidered $145.000 a very fair price. This brickwork or falling timber, but it was for them malice afore bought, either express or impl ed. did not include gends from home, such to inquire enrefully into the whol Licis con- Manslaughter had been defined by Sir Fitz. as steel girders for ver ndahs.
James Stephen as, "unlawful homicide without ness knew Kam Ling, partner in the firm malice aforethought", and in another authority of Loops Cheong. Messrs. Leigh and Orange on contracts it is stated," In the case of the were also employed in supervise and superin- death of any person by reason olate careless- tend the erection of the houses. ness or incompetence of an architect he might Anderson, a Narweigan, was employed as overseer at $65 per month with $5 for boat be held responsible for manslaughter, as, for instance. if he allowed a house to be built out hire while living in Hongkong. The witness of the perpendicular and it fell upon a passer-believed the overseer was employed by other by and killed him." That applied not only to people as well as his firm. They did not expect Braid, Llamas an architect, but to every single person who him to be exclusively in their employ had any duty cast upon him with reference to witness did not know that the overseer was a the construction of the houses, and he would sailer or that he was superintending 118 show to the jury, if after the evidence it houses at the time, but he did not consider appeared there was any ground for doing so, 18 houses in one vicinity were too much fr that if they found there had been any culpable one man. neglect of duty on the part of anybody- contractor, architel, or anybody else—if there had been a culpable neglect of duty from which had spruny the accident in question that person ought to be found guilty of manslaughter and sent to the Supreme Court for trial. Of course, every negligene was not criminal negligence. Everybody in the world was guilty of negli gence at various times ard in various ways, but it was not every negligence that was culpable or criminal. Powever, in the present case, be put it to them that supposing they found the work had been scamped for the purpose of putting money into the pocket of the contractor or of any body else then the person who scamped the work, although he had no idea whatever that the houses were going to fall down, would be guilty of manslaughter, and it would be their duty to find a verdict against him. In con clusion, he considered it was unnecessary for him to make further comments and said he would proceed to call the evidence.
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The further hearing was adjourned till to morrow.
TAIPING CAMPAIGNER. HONOURED.
Mr. H. L. Dennys, Acting Crown Solicitor, appeared on behalf of the Crown authorities to
nected with the contruction of the houses. It conduct the inquiry, and the following jay would be for them in say, after careful in iry, way sworn: Messrs. C. H. W. Kew, F. J. whether or an anyone was responsible. crimin Chunnutt, and S. A. Joseph."
In opening the proceedings and address.a'ly responsible, or otherwise responsible, for ing the jury, Mr. Dennys said that it the deaths of those people. Under the Cor was an enquiry under the Coroner's Abeliners Ordinan e the Magistrate hid the tion Ordinance where the magistrate sat in power to commit any person against whom they might find a verdict. Ile had the power the position of a Croner
20 enquire inte of committing that person for til at the the cause of death of ten people, who were alleged to have ben killed by the falling of Supreme Court without any further proceedings certain houses at Nos. 30 and 32 Kowloon being entered into. He did not say that they would find any body guilty-criminally guilty City Road. Their death was caused at about in the case, but would be for them to weigh a quarter to six on the evening of the 18th July most carefully the whole of the evidence, and last, and at the time a typhoon signal was op
to find whether anybody was criminally negli- in the harbour. It would be shown to the jury that the wind was blowing strongly, at the sent in the way they built the houses, in the time, but he would put it to them that material that was used for the houses or in after bearing the evidence they would pro- allowing people to inhabit them before they bably find there was not sufficient wind
were fit for habitation. He put it to the jury, to account for those houses falling and killing har in the present case the houses were per the people if they had been properly built. factly new. They were built by a wealthy The houses in question were the property of company, and he did not think they would find the Hongkong Land Investment Company, at the sum paid was at all insufficient. The and formed the end houses of two blocks of Secretary to the Company would tell them that buildings, each consisting of fifteen houses. he did not accept the lowest tender but they He proceeded to explain to the jury a plan of paid, he thought it worked out at, about $2,900 the buildings
gs which, he said, were erected each house. For Chinese boyses he expected under the supervision of Messis. Lei.h and the jury would consider that was a reasonable sum to pay, and that if they paid that Orange, very well-known archit cts in the
amount; if they engaged,ood architects-uen Colony. The work was looked after by an.
of standing in their profession; and if they overseer, pamed Harry Anderson, who was a Norwegian sailor, paid by the Hongkong Land engaged a good contractor the owners would Investment Company a sum of $60 a month not be to blame for any faulty construction in to look after the work, which had been placed the houses.. But it would be for the jury to in the bands of a Chinese contractor, or, rather consider whether they were responsible, and also whether the architects, the contractor, or „a Chinese contractor's firm, consisting of two
partnere, called the Long Cheong. Included overseer, were responsible, or, whether after hearing the evidence anybody else was responsi- in the contract, for the thirty houses there was
ble. In the present instance there were per another for twenty houses, which were to be fectly new bouses supposed to be built of the „side of the road. Except that they were best material, and they fell down and killed ten
He got as far as Egypt when Gordon was included in the contract, they had nothing people besides injuring others. There must have
pushing his way up to Khartoum, nod, of been something wrong about them; the thing whatever to do with the present inquiry speaks for itself there was something wrong
course, joined bis old chief. When Gordon and he referted to them only for the somewhere. Whether there was any criminal
Ow Yi King, a carpenter living in No. 30was hung up in Khartoum, the other was purposes of price. The Hongkong Land I responsibility was another mater, but the called, and deposed that he was lying down by home after the war, jained the Colonial ervice, at the time of the collapse, was the next witness hemmed in down by Dongola bend and so missed the massacre up river. He returned vestment Company agreed to pay Loong hoties could not have been built in a proper the back door, and on hearing a cracking noise Cheong for the whole of the 50 houses the and sansfactory way. - He submitted to the jury ran into the back street, a brick hitting him as sum of $145,000. Upon the 19th March last that there would every little difficulty in finding he made his exit. At the same time be heard
certificate was granted by the Director, if the facts were as he represented them of Public Works, at least, he should say, in the to be the unfortunate people that were killed name of the D.P.W because the D.P.W
in the present case were living in the house; did not himself see the houses or know any but it might have been anybody else it might thing about them at the tinse. The certificate have been any of the jury or himself walking was granted that the houses had been
built on loland Lot No. 1,118, on the other
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The first witness called was. Dr, William Hunter, the Government Medical Officer in charge of the Mortuary, at West Point, who proved the admission of the deceased to the mortuary and derailed the injuries found un the bodies.
cries of "save life. He ran to the Palice tation with nothing on but his trouse s and informed Sergeant, O'Sullivan that the house bad collapsed. The text day he went to the montuary and identified the dead body of an
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ADJUTANT OF THE ROYAL ARCHERS. Colonel Man Steart, who was the other day selected by the King for the post of Adjut int of the Royal Archers, or Scottish Bodyguard, has had a remarkable career. He is a man very much after the heart af style of "Chinese" Gordon, his old friend, with whom he served in the desperate campaign under- taken for the suppression of the Taiping rebellion. When Gordon finished as work along the shores of the Yellow Sea and returned to Europe, Man Stuart remained on in the service of the Pekin Government, fought out a heavy war on the Manchu frontier for his grateful employers, and later on put down the dangerous rebellion in Formosa. Thus he was enabled to come West again with his breast covered with many of the quaint Orders that are given out in such cases by the-lor the lime being-Son of Heaven and Lord of the Earth.
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and for some years led a quiet life as Com- mandant of the forces in Trinidad. Coming back from the Caribbean, he went out to Ashanti to command the base operations in the st war under Sir James Willcocks, and did some, very usetill work on the coast. Colonel Man Stuart has many decorations-Chinese, Egyp tian, Turkish, Italian, and English, and is. Knight of St. John of Jerusalem, an order to which his wife bas just been advanced.
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