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LOCAL AND GENERAL,
RETURN of visitors to the City Hall Reading- room for the week ending the 3rd September: Non-Chinese 161, Chinese 451. Total 206.
A MEETING of the Legislative Council will be held on Thursday at 2.30 p.m. Several bills will be introduced for a first reading and the new Peak Tramway Bill wil; be'takea through. its final stage.
WRITING from Macno ou Monday, a cor respondent informs us that two shocks of enrihquake were folt in the city that morning: they were distinct with the usual premonitory rumblings: one 4.30.a.m, the other about 6.30
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TUESDAY, September 5, 1905.
THE PYROTECÜNIC CASE,
THE DEFENCE.
The action with regard to the character of a |- large quantity of Canter fire-crackers sold by Un Sun Shing him to Mems. Carlowitz & Co. which opened yesterday, was continued before the Chief Justice, Sir Francis Piggott today, Messrs. Carlowitz & Co. sue the Sun Shing firm in the sum of $11,937.83 for breach of con tract, in respect of goods delivered which failed to meet requirements or to be in accordance with the orders given.
Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., instructed by Mr. Hays, of fchnson, Stokes and Master, appeared for the plaintiffs; Mr. Calthrop instructed by Mr. Looker, of Deacon, Looker and Deacon, represented the defendants.
TYPHOON EXPERIENCES.
INCIDENTS OF THE RECENT STORM. The reports of the experiences which vessels experienced as the result of the recent typhoon are gradually coming in, and from those which have been presented to the Harbour Office it is quite clear that there has been considerate loss of life among the native craft.
CREW RESCUED IN OULF, OF SIAM. The steamer Trintau-Captain Kech-on the voyage from Bangkok to Hongkong picked up a crow of shipwrecked people, 24 men in all, doring a strong south-westerly gale off Polo Pandore. The crew, and one passenger, had been on a junk running between Pailing and Noikorn and were caught in the gale.
#TERRIFIC RAINSQUALLS"
(l'he Hongkong delegraph NINE Chinese were arraigned before Mr. F. A. continued this morning, when Mr. Leumann tain Stewart, reports that he left Shanghai on
Hongkong, TurSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1995,
Hazeland this morning, charged with Indulging in a game of chance, je put kan. The leader was apparently a hardened old sinner and an old offender so a fine of $too was recorded against him, the others getting off with fines of $2 each, with the usual alternatives.
applause. This combination is undoubtedly growing in popularity, and despite the warmth of the weather is attracting fair houses nightly,
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HONGKUNG HAWKEKS.
The Municipal Commissioners of Singa- pore have taken up the question of regulat ing the conditions under which milk-sellers ANOTHER fairly full house greeted the Gaiety and street bawkers should be permitted. to
Stars last night, whep they repeated the pre- vious evening's successes, the trick-cycling at roam about that city, and several portincntracting considerable interest and evoking hearty proposals on the subject have been made by the Public Health Committee of the southcm port. The question of dealing with these itinerant vendors of so-called food stuffs, cheap concoctions and deleck able compounds calculated to catch the eye of the juveniles, and to gratify the tastes of those of larger growth, is one which affects all cities in the extreme Orient. No one knows better than the resident in Hongkong how these deleterious viands are hawked around the lanes and sidestreets from day to QUALITY day, tempting those who apparently have
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Per Dozer $16.50.
THE 'Shanghai Horse Bazaar held the second griffin auction of the season on the 25th ult, when thirty-five griffins received by the 1.-C. 5. Kingring came under the hammer before a representative gathering of the racing members of the community. Twenty-six griffins were sold, at an average of Tis:169 cach, the unsold nine being withdrawn at bids under the limit which was announced by the auctioneer
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lost all sense of what is palatable, if ever | FOR, some time past there has been much they had any. They are to be found in all cause for complaint on the part of Manila quarters of the city, at all hours, ready to inerchants of various articles of freight on in- purvey comestibles, of a sort, that do not coming steamers having been lost or stolen, and they cannot account for the disappearance. It admit of too close a scrutiny. But who can
is thought, says the Manita Cablenews, that say how these decoctions are prepared systematic stealing has been going on by some under what conditions they are made ready gang, presuisably members of the crews, as it for the market, or what they are really com is practically impossible for anyone not con posed of? The eminently practical pro- nected with the ship to gain access to the cargo posals of the Singapore Committee
between the port of shipment and the destin. ation.
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ment are as follows: "The Commissionera consider that milk-vendors should be re- gistered and compelled to wear a badge and the Municipal Health Officer has been instructed to draw upu scheme for carrying this into effect. As to hawkers of other articles of food, eg, ice-creams, sweet meats, iced-drinks, fruits, cakes, fish, etc., whose stocks, prepared and stored under [32 most insanitary conditions, cannot be ab. solved from contributing to disease in the town, and who are largely responsible for depositing refuse of an organic nature in the streets as well as causing obstructions of the same, the Commissioners would be glad to
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REMOVAL TO PALATIAL PREMISES. ·
The firm of Messrs, Lane, Crawford & Co. has been so long and honourably connected with Hongkong that it may be said to be part and parcel of the Colony. In its premises in Queen's Road Central, the Company gradually built up a business which is certainly one of the most ogrishing in the city, bai as time
went on it was found desirable to recure a sile
which would stand in a position to suit the numerous customers of the Company, cus- tomers drawn from every class of society, from shipping men to ladies bent on seeing the latest fashions in lingerie Of 1ste there has
Evidence for the plaintiffs in this case was
was cross-examined by Mr. Calibrop, after which the case for the plaintiffs was closed.
Mr. Calthrop, in his opening statement for the defendants, remarked that the plaintiffs in buying there crackers had practically admitted that they were purchasing the lowest grade of fire-crackers manufactured in Canton. In proof of that a letter written by the plaintifs to a firm in America had been produced in which they said that while they were prepared to guarantee what was called "cannon" crackers they were not prepared to guaran- ice would explode. In the case of the "can non" crackers 'they offered to guarantee that 65 per cent would explode, but there was no guarantee with the fire-crackers which were the subject of this action. Therefore it was perfectly clear that the plaintiff, when they
purchased these crackers, were quite well aware that they were buying the lowest grade al cracker and that they did not expect to obtain
KOWLOON ODOURS,
The usual fortnightly meeting of the Sanitary Board was held this aftemoon in the Board room when the following business was trans- ncied.
Correspondence relating to the Kowloon odours was submitted The Hon. Dr. Clark, Principal Civil Medical Officer, addressing the Hos. the Director of Public Works said "Un visiting Kowloon a few days ago I noticed on the beach opposite Lyeemun Villas a horrible stench which was most certainly coming from the sewer outlets and not from the debris on the beach. Can you possibly lengthen the
The master of the steamship Chlywen, Cap- sewers so as to carry them out below low-water- mark where the sandy beach now exists? I have the 34th August and experienced a high south-had numerous complaints from the residents easterly swell. A typhoon was signalled south of this neighbourhood, but have never hitherto of Formosa. On the morning of the gist the been able to verify the statements that the vessel encountered the full force of a sovere typhoon in the vicinity of Wenchow, 590 miles small came from the sewers, but this time it from Hongkong. The Chiyken ran for shelter, certainly did. The bench is largely used as a in company with several other steamers to the play-ground for children, and as a bathing Tai-dau Islands. The gale lasted throughout place for adults, and there are so few of such Thunday and Friday, with "incessant terrific places accenible without a launch that I think we ought to do everything we can to render rain squalls." The centre of the typhoon them usable. Iam amplaying men every passed to the castward of the Chiyuan day to keepthe beach free from debris during branching off in a north-westerly direction. this hot weather, and were it not for the short The Chiyuan accordingly resumed her journeyness of the lewers 1 think the beach would be towards Hongkong at daylight on Saturday morning, experiencing fine weather with smooth sea during the remainder of the jour ney.
SHOPWRECKED CREW RESCUED. Another vessel, the Kwongsang, Captain W. P. Baker, arrived yesterday from Shanghai via
even more patronised than it is at present. There is a very strong tide which drives all. the refuse from Hunghom lalo this bay behind Blackhead's Point, but this can be met by scavenging.".
The Hon, the Director of Public Works re
in front was to be laid out. A temporary ex-- tension of po fect might be made, which would bring the mullet about to low-water mark. The estimated cost of this work would be $150 and of a temporary sewer to pick up the out-fall from the other roads would be $450 making a total of $600. There is no money on the vote
to do this work.
Swatow. On the 1st inst., while mooring for shelferred the matter to Mr. Jackman, who said a very high quality of goods. When the deter from the approaching typhoon a wrecked before recommending the extension of the fendants had complied with the order of the junk was sighted. The master of the Kwong sewers it should be known how the reclamation plaintiffs to supply a stipulated quantity of sang gallantly stopped his vessel and took on crackers they sent to the plaintiffs and informed board the survivors, three in number. The them that these crackers were open to inspec shipwrecked imen were landed at Swatow. tion. A representative was sent by Messrs. From the time that she left Shanghai bad Carlowitz & Co. to inspect the goods. The weather was experienced. Shelter was taken under the lee of Tsusan Island and the vessel object of that inspection, he submitted, musi have been to learn whether these crackers were lay anchored for 24 hours, eventually leaving the morning of the of the character which the plaintiffs called her anchorage on "merchantable." It was not suggested that and inst. Many steamers were met while the defendant firm granteed the crackers in the Kwongsang was on her way to Swatow.
MISCELLANEOUS. any shape or form whatever. The plaintiffs got the crackers from the factory, examined them and put their up in boxes. The repre- sentative of the plaintiffs made his inspection. All he had to do was to point out a certain box, and i was immediately placed at the dis- posal of the plaintiffs' representative for ex- amination. After his examination the crackers were ordered to be sent to Hongkong.
The Chief Justice--Do you propose to argue that the examination and acceptance estopps them from showing that the crackers were in fact bad?
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Mr. Caltrop-Certainly, my Lord. What the defendant said was: Here are the crackers; satisfy yourselves as to whether they are good. We'didn't guarantee them but you if you take them they have to be paid for " can examine as many of them as you like, but
The Chief Justice-But the plaintiffs ex- pected the crackers would explode.
know what reasons exist for not putting into been a very general exodus of the more pra delendan's accepted no responsibility as the
operation the Hawkers' Ordinance.”
As
minent firms froin the old-time buildings 10 The palatial edifices erected in the vicinity of the quays., Notices have daily been appear. ing in the newspapers announcing the depar ture of firms from buildings with which their name has long been connected to the new structures in Chater Road, Icehouse Street and
horoughfares in that locality.
provement on the o'd.
Mr. Calthrop-Yes, my Lord. But they didn't expect the whole lot to go off. The plaintiffs had every opportunity of making satisfactory examination.
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The Chief Justice-They thought it was satisfactory.
Mr. Calthrop-I would refer your Lordship to the Sale of Goods Ordinance.
The Chief Justice-That does not bring in the interpretation on the law of contracts.
Mr. Calthrop-But English Jaw prevails on the Shameen.
The Chief Justice-With Germans and Chinese You had better think that over.
Mr. Calihrop repeated his argument that as the plaintiffs did not offer to guarantee the crackers to the people in America they were obviously aware that the crackers were of the
lowest grade.
The Chief Justice-Nevertheless they ex- pected that at least the crackers would explode,
Mr. Calthrop contended that at least some of them went off."We don't know the exact amount of noise they expected from a cracker,' he continued. They would not take a very noisy cracker and explode it in an office. These were only small crackers. Then before the plaintiffs could recover damages, they must show that they relied on some law, but up till the present they had not shown. that they relied on asy law.
The Chief Justice remarked that supposing he bought 10,000 bags of sugar and inspected one bag, and yet all the rest of the sugar turn- ed out to be bad, could he recover? There must be some law on that point.
Mr. Calthrop That is not a similar case. The Chief Justice-The question here is of crackers that go off and crackers that don't go off. The case is the same.
The steamship Leongmoon, from Shanghai, also reports having felt the effects of the storm. On Saturday a water-logged junk was passed about ten miles S.S.W. of Tai-chan Island.
The Vorsang from Tientsin, reported that at Montagu she encountered the typhoon and had to be at anchor for 30 hours. The gala pissed and the rest of the journey to Hong kong was without incident.
ADRIFT ON A RAFT,
WRECKED MARINERS RESCUED.
Another result of the recent typhoon was disclosed yesterday on the arrival of the Ham burg-Amerika Line
S.S. Ithaka in port when the captain'· bad a tale to unfold. When about seven miles south of Kebeo Island, the officer of the watch saw a floating mass of what appeared to be wreckage, and the ship's cause was altered to bear down on the derelict and investigate it. On nearing it, it was seen to be a rude raft, and on it could be seen some med who, as soon as they saw they were ob served, set up cries for help and rescue, franti- cally waving their arms as signals. As soon as they got near enough a boat was lowered and despatched to the taft, when three miser.
The Hon Director of Works said he would have liked to do this but there was the usual money difficulty. The drainage works vota is sure to be over-expended with the works al- rendy undertaken, and he had been told that excess expenditure must be avoided. He could do something with it next year.
Dr. Clark said as there was no money this year it would be done naxt year.
His Excellency the Governor forwarded an extract from the leader in the Hongkong Tele- graph of Friday, 11th August, 1905, and minuted, "Kowloon is certainly more malodorous than Victoria Can the Sanitary Board say why?"
The President then moved: That the Go- vernment be informed that, in the opinion of the Board, the odours which are complained of in Kowbon are due to
(1) the black mud of the foreshore which is exposed at low water, between Signal Hill and Kowloon Docks, the only remedy for which is the reclamation of this bay;
(2) the old type of street gully which should be replaced by the type sow in use in the City of Victoria;
(3) the insufficient latrine and urinal arrange- ments for the large number of coelies employed at Tsim Tsa Tsui point; and
(4) the use of fresh human excreta in the Chinese vegetable gardens, which the Board is endeavouring to suppress.
able, half-drowned and wholly exhausted
Mr. H. W. Slade micuted, "If the nuisance Chinese seamen were found crouching on the frail structure which was half-submerged on the foreshore can be lessoned by lengthen- and continually awish. The unfo tunate mening the sewers an urgent request should be were at once transferred to the heks, and as
made for finds to enable the work to be done." they reached the deck they simply collapsed Mr. A. Rumjahn minuted, "I do not see why from sheer exhaustion. The stewards were then the reclamation from Blackhead's Point to summoned and in a few minutes each numbed Hang Hon Bay, proposed years ago, should not body was warmed up with a substantial "tot he now taken in hand by the Government. of brandy, and they were then further com- The reclaimed land will bring a handsome re. venue to the Colony. It will do away with forted by being placed before piled up bowls of rice and boiled fish. When they had satisfied the noxious smell and will materially improve the cravings of their long-endured hunger they the health of that locality." explained the situation and the reason of their presence on the raft. They were seamen, of a trading-junk, they said, and while coasting up
The Hon. Registrar General minuted, "The shortness of the sewers is a matter that might be remedied comparatively?
LIME WASHING.
During the fortnight ending 29th August, 866 houses were cleaned and lime washed un der the supervision of the Sanitary officials.
THE WEATHER.
to the milk sellers, there is perhaps little to be said on that count in Hongkong: 34, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAD, | Fortunately, there is a company in Hongkong practically controlling the supply of milk of the best quality, and no hint has ever been made that the conditions under which their
Following the trend of life to keep pace with milk is bottled are other than satisfactory. Of the needs, not to say the fashion of the time, course, there are several small squatter dis-Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Company, lave en tricts which supply a goodly quantity of milk tered into occupation of the building just erect. to the poor in the vicinity; but we believed at the corner of Chater Road and Icehouse that a rigorous inspection is periodically Street, one of the most commanding and con- venient sites in the city. It is a very high made at unexpected intervals of the condi. building of six or seven storeys, but the corner tions prevailing in these embryo dairy farms, block is none too large for the wide ramifica. and judging from the infrequent appearancetions of the business carried on by Messrs. of milk-selling delinquents at the Police Lane, Crawford & Co. The rooms are wide Courts we may take it that, generally speak and spacious, and what is particularly to be
noted, they are well-lighted. On some occa ing, a decent attempt to conform with the sions the old premises, it will be remembered; sanitary regulations of the city is made, had to be lighted by an artificial illuminant,
towards Hongkong they were caught by the sufficient at any rate to satisfy the Sanitary but that is no longer necessary here. The
full fury of the recent typhoon, which carried away the junk's mast and sails and everything Inspectors. But the hawkers of ice cream, broad windows leading on to wide verandabs
else that was moveable, and apprehending the sweetmeats, iced drinks, fruits, cakes and so ensure an ample breeze at all times, and in
speedy foundering of their junk, they fashioned forth are in another category. Where do every way the new premises are a great im-
a raft from some spars and beams they had on they come from? How do they obtain the The ground floor is occupied with a varied
board, and as the junk filled with water and substances which form the foundations of stock of goods, ship-chandlery groceries,
was sinking fast, they got on to the raft and their products? And when they fail to sell
pushed off. There were four of them altogether
The following report is from Mr. F. G. Figg,
all their old stuff what becomes of the
who went on the raft, but in the night dür. First Assistant of the Hongkong Observatory- ing the fury of the gale, with the huge seas On the 5th at 12.10 p. The barometer has remainder? We may be assured that no
dashing over them, one of the men was wash-risen on the neighbourhood of Hongkong, thing is wasted, and the Chinese coolie is an
ed overboard and drowned. They had taken and in the Philippines. adept at concealing a weird morsel under a
a quantity of rice on the 'raft, but it was soon plenitude of wonderful savouries. Indeed, the
washed away, the three survivingman having the average Chinese coolic cook could give points
greatest difficulty lakeeping their very precarious and a beating to a Parisian chef in this res
fooling themselves, and altogether they were sa battered about and bruised by the fierceness of pect. In Hongkong especially it is absolute ly essential that if disease is to be stamped
the elements, and after 24 hours of this endur. ance, the time they were on the raft, wet, out there should be the strictest inspection of these "articles of food" and the vendors
presented a most pitiable appearance. As soon hungry, thirsty, sleepless and miserable, they
should be subject to special regulations.
as the Ithaka reached port abe reported the Because a man is able to pay for a hawker's
Continuing, it was argued for the defendants mater to the police, and by them arrange- licence is no guarantee that he will attempt
that if the evidence taken in America was to
mests were at once made for removing the unfortunate men to the Tung Wa Hospital, to preserve a reputation for supplying whole
be absolutely satisfactory the least they could have done was to send samples back, so that the people here might have every opportunity
where they are now being looked after. Penni some food. His sole concern is to make
of corroborating the evidence which they said less, friendless, stranded and alone, all their money and postprandial conversations on the
they bad as to the unmerchantable character of property and personal effects lost, when they methods adopted by the hawker to make
these goods when they arrived in America. As a matter of fact, the Count knew that there was are discharged from the hospital the problem money quickly are not usually conducive to Electricity will be the illuminant whenever only ass shipment which substantiated the
to be faced will be, what is be done with any desire to sample the compounds offered pecessary-which is only likely to be in the statements. It was an extraordinary coinci these shipwrecked mariners ?
darkest days of December-and electricity is dence that both the parties who had examined for sale by these wandering hucksters. The used for the elevator which runs from floor to the crackers in Can'on found them perfectly subject is apt to be lost sight of by the floor. The total area of Messrs. Lane, Craw good. The plaintiffs received the goods them Sanitary, Board, the hawker being such a ford & Co.'s new premises is neatly 8,000 feet, receipt they examined the crackers very care- selves from the different manufactories and on common feature of Hongkong life; but if the showroom space being 18,000 square feet. fully, and as far as they could find out there Singapore deems it worthy of a special re- Altogether, the new premises are a credit to was nothing the matter with them. port to the Goverment it behoves Hong the old established firm of Lane, Crawford kong to see that we do not lag behind when & Co. which should go on prospering in the a question of much-needed reform in this | same degree for the next century as it bas [33-14 dicction arises.
[dono during the part half century.
CROWN LABEL.
$13.00
Per Case of 4 Dozen Quarts.
$19.50
Per Case of 8 Dozen Pints.
Hongkong, 16th June, 1903.
and hardware, the front portion being set apart for the outfitting department. At present, of course, the goods for the ground floor, as for chaos, but there is order in the seeming con- all the departments, are in a state of apparent fusion, as anyone visiting the store will speedi- ly discover.
Un the floor above there is the music saloon, the tailor section, and the private and general offices, Here, as everywhere throughout, the premises is an abundance of light andair so that purchasers may inspect the goods under best conditions. The next floor is devoted to the fur. nishing department, including ladies' specialties. There are also departments on the upper floors, where the tailors, furnishers and uphol. sterers have rooms-besides bedrooms and messrooms for the chief employes of the firm: The Lane, Crawford and Co,'s mess is know all over the East and the new messroom will compare with any to be seen in a similar establishment.
Mr. Cathrap-They could find out, The Chief Justice said the most reasonable a certain percentage of goods as samples man could not be expected to take more than That was how everything was done. if he
acted as a reasonable man surely it was not to be held that he was debarred from recovery if anything happened. Supposing a man put in one bag of good sugar among 10,000 bags of sugar and the good sogar happened to be taken as a sample, and he bought the lot and ultim. ately it turned out that the great proportion of his sugar was unsaleable be deliberate fraud. Here there is no sugges Mr. Calthrop-Then in that case that would tion of fraud.
The Chief Justice.-I don't think you 'can make the inspection sinunger than the plaintiffs did themselves.
Evidence was then led for the defendants. The case in proceeding.
THE FRENCH MAIL.
The local Agent is informed that the M. M. Co's Steamship Cale fonden, with mails from Maucilles up to the 20th, Anguil, having been
delayed for three days in the Suez Canal, will
only arrive at Colembo on Friday, 8th instant, at pm, and may therefore be expected at Hongkong on Thursday, the aut September.
The returns from other districts are lacking this morning.
Moderate E winds will probably prevail over the N. part of the China Sea."
Forecas:--moderate E. winds; fair.
SHIPPING AND MAILS.
· MAILS DUE... English (Simla) 7th inst., 6 a.in,
Canadian (Empress of Japan) 6th 'last, Australian (Australian) 8th inst. American (Siberia) 13th inst German (Bayern) 13th inst.
The CPR Což is Athenian arrived at Vancouver at 4.30 p.m., on 3rd inst.
The Java-China-Japan Lijn s.s. Emma Luy. Ken left Surabaya direct for this port on 3rd. inst., and may be expected here on 10th inst.
The C. P. R. Co's ka. Empress of Japan
arrived at Shanghai at I p.m., on 3rd inst, and left again at 9 am, Monday, for Hongkong where she is dus to arrive at 3 p.m., on 6th init...