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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1908: :
AND GENERAL.
M. MENDDIR, the kite-flying expert, has been appointed instructor to the British Army at a salary of £600 yearly.
THE return of plague cases to-day contains six cases, four being fatal. The number, to date for this year is now 112, "
THE Royal Artillery regimental sparts will be held at the Happy Valley on the 5th and 6th inst. commencing at 7 pm, each day.
Two native officers, 79 N.C.O., H.K.S.B. R.G.A., left per s.s. Catherine Apear on 3rd instant, for Calcutta, on furlough and dis. charge.
SHANGHAL freight market shows a slight im-. provement, and rates from Japan remain stendy at $1.50 per ton. There is more inquiry also from the time chartèrers, a sure sign of a better market.
THE Hongkong Football Club played 'a team
representing "The Destroyers" on the Naval
Football ground yesterday afternoon. The
match was well played, resulting in a victory
for the Club by two goals to mil,
TEN coolies were arraigned before Mr. F. A. Hainland, at the Magistracy this morning, on
charge of keeping a common gaming housa at No. 25, Western Street, and playing pai-kau yesterday afternoon. Sergeant Gordon prose- cuted. The evidence was conclusive and the first defendant was fined $25 and the remainder $teach,
CHAU You Cho, a coolie with no fixed abode, was placed beforo Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne this morning charged with cutting the pockets of a native passegger last night on board the s.s. Chan Chung and stealing therefrom $8. Defendant, it was stated, edged up to the com- plainant, cut his pocket, removed the money, handed it to an accomplice and cleared, but was arrested. His Worship sentenced the de-. fendant to fourteen days' hard labour.
Ho Sza, a coolie with a few aliares, apparent ly is fond of clocks. On the 1st inst, he went on board the steam launch Cheong Ching and felt the boat with the engine-room clock. He removed the same to a pawnbroker's shop at Yaumati, but the pawnbroker baving his auspicions told Sze to wait a few minutes, 520 assented, but as soon as the pawnbroker had turned away, presumably to inform the police, Sre cleared, leaving the clock behind.
* BLAZE-IN DES VŒUX ROAD.
ABOUT $25,003 DAMAGE.
At about half-past two o'clock this morning the alarm of fire was given in the western end of the city and the Fire Brigade, in charge of Chief Inspector Baker, repaired to the scene of les Voeux Road West, a medicine store under the conflagration. On their arrival at No. 184,. the sign of Wing Shun Wo, it was discovered that the flames were burning fiercely in the drying-room, on the top storey, and at the back of the building. The fire-fighters set to work and hoses were laid, but the men were. handicapped on account of the absence of water from the hydrants in the vicinity. The fire-float was soon at the nearest quay, 'and with the aid of a few engines, the hoses were run up to the third floor and work in earnest
commenced. In consequence of the inflam-
mable nature of the various drugs that were stared in the drying-rom and the time wasted because of there being sa water in the mains, the flames spread to the adjoining building No. 186. It was also a medicine
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KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY,
PROPOSED REVISION OF AGREEMENT.
BRITISH TERMS UNACCEPTABLE.
CANTON VICEROY'S OBSTRUCTIVENESS.
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Shanghai, 4th April,
2.40 p.m.
His Excellency Viceroy Shum, of Canton, has memorialized the Go vernment at Teking on the subject
ore, trading under the style of Fung Yan of the Kowloon-Canton Railway." Hing The firemen kept at their work hard and succeeded in confining the fire to the He suggests a rovision of the
or so later the flames were entirely subdued. The damage done to both stores was great, not so much by the flames, however, as by water.
IT is stated that his Royal Highneas „Prince Yesterday afternoon Sze again went ahunting drying-rooms of both buildings, and an hour | temporary agreement, subsisting
Arthat of Connaught, through Sir Claude Mac. Donald, has presented the sum of Y1,con to the funds of the Blind and Dumb School and
other charitable institutions in Kyoto.
The origin of the fire is said to be the burning of a stove. The damage done to No. 184 was put at $2,000, while that of No, 186 is stated to be $23,00 Both premises were issured for a total sum of $63,eto,
EXTRADITION CASE.
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with the British Government in reference, to the construction of tho line.
In the opinion of the Viceroy the proposal, that China should build the line (excepting that portion across British territory) with British ma- terial and capital, is unacceptable.
JAPANESE JUDICIARY.
OUR SANITARY LAWS.
Messrs. Humphreys and" Lau Cha-pak deserve the thanks of the community for their forceful minutes on the effect of the opera
for clocks and soon secured one from the tion of the sanitary laws on the inhabitants
launch Lee lang. This time Sze was caught, of the Colony. A perusal of the sensible
He was placed before Mr, F. A. Hazeland this observations of those members of the Board
morning, and sentenced to three, weeks' hard affords convincing proof that, in spite of an
labour and six hours stocks for the theft of THE 1.3. Fulham had nearly completed load-one clock, and for the other, seven days' im- inordinate annual expenditure of the publicing, at Rangoon, & consignment of 7,000 to 8 prisonment. funds and'n well-equipped staff of sanitary rice for Japan, on the 20th ult., and was ex- officials, Hongkong does not seem to fare pected to leave the harbour on zand idem.PROFESSOR Beling, in an interview at Har- any better in regard to its mortality from. Her charterers were Messrs. Kruger and Co. burg with a representative of the Matin, said plague than the neighbouring ports where, SACCO, the fasting man at Heagler's Circus, ness of his new vaccine called tuberculase," that in theory he was certain of the innocuous- as in Hongkong, it is also endemic. It has completed the 41st day of his fast on 28th of but in practice it was a question of the quantity
ALLEGED MUKDER, ARSON AND ROBBERY. been asserted that the appearance of plague February thus breaking the world's fasting injected. He was equally sure that the
Funber hearing of the case in which three in the Colony synchronizes with an outbreak - record, He is very feeble, but hopeful of tuberculase, possessed not only preventive in Canton; it attains its highest number of finishing his task of voluntarily abstaining virtues, but also in certain cases and in a cer-coolies are being examined on the application
THE STUDY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES. from food for 45 days.
of the Chinese governinent for their extradition cases about the same time that reports are
tain measure curative virtues: Thus this vaccine had cured cows infected with local on charges of murder, årson and robbery, alleged
Writing with reference to the study of for- received from the Southern capital of the greatest virulence of the disease in
tuberculosis, for instance, in the udder. He to have been committed in the Sha-po village, eign languages by the judiciary in Japan, the Sun On 'district, in the province of Kwangiung, Jiji Shimpo observes that in April 1955, the that city and its vicinity. And when
hoped, therefore, that it would te possible to
on November 20th last, was resumed at the Department of Justice issued a notification' in use tuberculase" offectively to combat human atmospheric conditions
which foreign languages were included in the are favourable,
tuberculosis at any rate in its earliest stage. Magistracy this afternoon. the epidemic dies out as steadily and as
He believed also that it would endex great Mr. G. E. Morrell, in the office of Messrs. subjects of examination for judges and procura. services in the treatment of scrofulous children. Dennys and Bowley, prosecuted on behalf of tors, An exception to this rule, however, was surely as it takes the same course in Hong kong. A year of comparative immunity in the
The professor added, however, that he would the Crown, and Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., in made in favour of graduates from the Govern- stracted by Mr A. G. Halborow, of Messrs.ment, schools and those private law schools EFFECTIVE, Chinese city likewise witnesses a similar con-
keep the secret of his preparation until by ex-
officially recognised by the Minister of Justice. dition in our midst. Yet it is not contended
periments he had been able to frame exact Deacon, Looker and Deacon, defended..
This special treatment privilege, however, is. for Canton that any elaborate system of sanita,
directions for its use. Experiments on menEvidence was heard to the effect that one
when students will be on the same footing as tion prevails there such as is in existence in
would be made by experienced clinical doctors defendant was arrested at the Roman Catholic to be withdrawn after the lapse of eight years, Reformatory at West Point, by virtue of a war-
those of schools not officially recognised. the Colony. The causation and spread of the A. S. WATSON & CO., terrible scourge remain little less a mystery. Lo-
tant. Another witness was called and he stated that he arrested another man on the 27th
This discriminatory treatment, in the opinion day-twelve years after its appearance on the
ult, while the warrant was dated 28th ult.of the fijf, should not be the case, and it is Witness thought the warrant must be wrong should be made. The reason which makes it not easy to understand why any distinction Island in an epidemic form in 1894-than it did on the first year of its appearance with
That ended the case for the prosecution.
necessary to include foreign languages; in us. It is not urged that there should be
the examination of judicial officials is that any relaxation of the best efforts in the
the nature of law suits is becoming more and more difficult and complicated, and the [34 application of the most scientific methods
men charged with giving a fair and im ̈ ́ I recommended to combat so persistent a
partial judgment in these cases must needs scourge ; but in the administration of the laws,
be acquainted with the legal usager and " providing for the carrying out of our sanitary
precedents in foreign countries. Moreover, measures, it is just possible that greater
the gradual iscrease of lawsuits in which regard might be paid to the domestic pri
foreigners are interested makes the knowledge vacy and the prejudices of a people, per
of foreign languages on the part of judges and fectly amenable to all laws, who like to
procurators additionally important. Especially is this the case in commercial disputes, as tho be considered in their individual conforts
lack of foreign knowledge in such matters is quite as well as any other section of the
seriously prejudicial to the interests of liti community resident in the Colony. It is a
gants. serious matter for the well-being of Hong kang when fily thousand of its law-abiding
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Joun Yeoman, fireman, s.s. Marra, was charg- ed at the Magistracy with being drunk and disorderly near the Clock Tower at nine o'clock this morning. Yeoman admitted that he was intoxicated, bus did not remember being dis- orderly. A fine of $3 was imposed. CENSOR Tso Shao-so has memorialized the Throne that Viceroy Chang Chih-tung shall be Fordered to compile regulations to deal with missionary affairs. An Imperial Rescript has granted the memorial and ordered the said, Viceroy to compile the regulations after con- sulting with the Waiwnpu. VICEROY Chou Fu has memorialized the Throne as to the advisability of stopping the sale of slaves in official circles, either Chinese, or Manchu, and also amongst the general public and to revise the laws regarding the same with detailed reason alluding to the anti-slavery movement in the U.S., etc. The memorial has six items of regulations attached.
A HOCKEY match was played on the Hongkong Hockey Club ground at Happy Valley yester day afternoon between teams representing the Army and Navy. At half-time the score was three goals in favour of the Navy. second half the soldiers bucked up somewhat and scored their first goal, the Navy soon adding another to their score. Result: Navy
-4; Army 1.
In the
By kind permission of Lt-Col. Aitkin-and Officers, the Band of the 19th Infantry will play the following programme of music at the King Edward Hotel, during dinner, on Thurs day, the 5th inst., weather permitting
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March.............." The Queen's Guard".......... William
Auliet Overtüte........................“ Haydae ”.... Walte
"The River of Years*
Liddell Selection amodio,” Ą Runaway Girl “
Cory Piccola Salo ........" Lipusiau"
Brewer Descriptive Piece......
....." Cek, Cak "..
..Thuran
God Save the King,
An argument over a torn jacket at West Foint, yesterday afternoon, resulted in two old women starting to fight and creating some commotion in the district. Through an accident, it was stated, one of the party tore the other's jacket. The owner of the garment demanded com- pensation for the damage, and as it was not forthcoming the disputants decided to sellle the matter in a more forceful way. A large crowd gathered, and albeit several attempts
stuck together, tugging at each other's hair. were made to part the contestants they After both parties had finished, it was seen that the owner of the jacket had suffered most, for she had her left thumb bitten to the bone, the thumb being left hanging by tha skin. The police who came to clear the crowd tool: both women in charge and re›oved them to the station, where they were entered on the charge-sheet for fighting; the thumb of the old woman being in the meantime attended to The women were placed before Mr. F. A. Hazeland this moming. The faces of both women were swollen and considerably scratch.
ed.
They admitted the charge and were fined $3 each.
BORSAS FOR SHANGHAI,
and revenue contributing inhabitants are driven to transfer their homes to places where they are not harrassed by the operation of laws to secure local domestic cleanliness. There aust, surely, be a way of effecting all that is necessary in the best interests of the public health without unduly encroaching upon the susceptibilities of the natives. An exodus of 50,000 of the population is a serious matter. The clearing out of so large a number of the Chinese inhabitants partly accounts for the large number, of Chinese tenement houses, built to meet the demand for them which, at one time, seemed apparent would exist in the Colony, being vacant. What wonder, then, that pro- perty owners should havetheir righteous indig- nation aroused? No one invests his money in the Colony out of purely philanthropic day, says the Stam Observer, Formerly only years, is not made certain. The batches of motives. Property owners, like all other in
Mr. Pollock said that before trying to estab- lish his alibi, he would say that the evidence for the prosecution was totally unreliable. He contended that the first witness called by the prosecution was a biassed individual, as two of his brothers had been killed.
ing evidence for the defence will be taken.
The case was adjourned. At the next hear-
LIME-WASHING.
A PROVENTATIVE OF PLAGUE.
At the meeling of the Sanitary Board last evening, the question of the advisability of lime-washing Chinese houses once, instead of twice, a year as at present, was considered on the motion of Mr. Henry Humphreys who, before moving his resolution, asked the Fresi- dent if the medical men considered lime wash- ing as a preventative of plague.
The President-Yes, I should shy most emphatically it does. It tends to cleanliness and anything which induces greater cleanliness is to a greater or less extent a preventative,
Mr. Humphreys-You don't regard it as being a disinfectant?
The President-No..
It is therefore necessary, continues the Jiji, that all judicial officials who pass examinations in future should possess a knowledge of foreigo languages so as to be able to study foreign law. Law candidates who are graduates of private law schools, however, on the ground that even a simple examination in foreign lan guages is unfair to them if imposed, have petitioned the Government to postpone the operation of the new rule, and the Minister of Justice has now announced the postponement of the rule for examination in foreign lan guages for three years, This is no doubt a very liberal proceeding on the part of the Government, but it is advisable that after the expiration of the three-year grace the author. ities should strictly enforce the rule in respect of all candidates, without discrimination.
DUST-BINS.
Thirty-two Australian horses were landed at PROPOSALS for the increase of the salaries of Navigation steamer Taiyuan, and were remov- Douglas wharf this morning from the China the President and Ministers of State have beened to the Hongkong Horse Repository. These introduced into the U.S. Senate, It is suggested animals are a fine set, and are in charge of Mr. that the annual remuneration shall be as Wm. Thern; they are consigned to Shanghai Mr. Humphreys then stated his opinion that follows:--
to be sold by public auction, by the Australian | time-washing once a year was all that was firm of Denham Bros. of Rockhampton, necessary for purposes of cleanliness, and he wisDOM OF UNOFFICIAL RECOMMENDATION." Queensland. This is the first batch of azimals moved that "the Board recommend the Go. 15,10
to leave Queensland for the Eastern market, veinment to alter the bye-laws relating to 13,000 for several years, 10 former years Queensland lime washing, so as to make lime-washing 7.Sto controlled a good horse trade with. China, but compulsary once in twelve months in lieu of
for what reason the transportation of animals six months." to the Orient was allowed to lapse for several
The President...........
The Vice-President and Ministers of
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$75,000
Mr. Fung Wa-chun seconded. The President said he was opposed to the resolution, because experience had shown that
months.
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At the meeting of the Sanitary Board held yesterday, when the subject of the dust-bina was discussed, Mr.' Fung Wa Chun said : In accordance with the definition of common lodging houses, ten coolics, not members of the same family, living together on the same floor of a house, must take out a licence. These people contribute St or $2 among themselves rer head per month towards" paying the
decent box to keep their few coats in I think it is therefore absurd to compel these people to pay for dust-bins, and I therefota strongly oppose the adoption of the suggestion of the M.D.H.; which will simply add to the many hardships already inflicted on the poor.
WHISKY.. [vestors, have a right to expect the adequate by it. But, during the past year or so, Ameri. this port for Shanghai and Tientsin have fetched the houses became very dirty at the end of six rent, and they can hardly afford to pay for a
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horses that have recently been transhipped from
auch high prices—on average over 400 tael's per head-that perhaps the result has encouraged Queenslanders into activity again,
The Presiding officers of the House
of Congress. Members of both Houses................. Tha" siesta habit would seem to be getting more and more prevalent in Bangkok each
the French firms seemed to be badly affected
can, British and German business houses seem to be similarly touched. They close up at about noon and remain closed until one-thiny
The horses that arrived this morning were of 2 pm, with results which are occasionally more or less a frisky lol. One or two broke away rather disappointing to their intending cusia Queen's Road when the electric cars passed, tomers. The interesting point of the affair is while one animal was sent rolling in the that the habit would seem to be spreading to terest) is the surcharge for Crown rent pretty well everyone in the place. Formerly road after a violent collision with a tree. which is a fairly heavy burden directly sad nobody but the very wealthy did it but since They were recaptured before any serious mis. dled upon property owners but ultimately Dr. Campbeli Higher's latest lecture on Health bay accurred. One horse in particular, a big raking chestout, had a strong aversion to leay- it seems to have become quite a general teg | ing the ship and kicked and struggled for over twice a year too much, and indirectly got out of the pockets of small tenants. Regarding the latter class, it is A BILL, introduced by Mr. Yokoi, chief editor balf an hour. All sorts of means were resorted comforting to observe the public advocacy of the Tokyo Nichi-Nicht, providing certain to to get the brute ashore, but to no purpose,
return which might reasonably be earned for their capital. Instead, they are charged with the upkeep and the maintenance in proper tenantable condition of empty buildings, and the heaviest of, all their penalties (not to speak of unearned in-
of their cause by Mr. Lau Chu-pak. When That gentleman stated that a quarter or more of an average wage-earner's monthly income in paid away in house-rent he did not at all over-state, but rather under-estimated, the monstrous levy which is made on the middle class in Ilongkong for the one single item of house-rent alone. The hardship is one certainly deserving of more than passing notice, and if the operation of the sanitary
Co., laws is responsible as we have no doubt it
is very large so--for a condition of affairs well nigh intolerable to the class immediate. ly affected, it behoves the responsible authorities to appoint a commission of investigation to bring about an improve [36-1) ment in the existing state,
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clauses to be included in the Japanese Press Law to prohibit newspapers from reproducing telegrams received by contemporaries at beavy cost without the consent of the journal first receiving such telegrams, has been rejected by the House of Representatives. Mr. O-aka, proprietor of the Chuo Shimbun, a Tokyo' journal, opposed the Bill, saying that the pre- sent state of journalism is Japan did not war rant such restriction, Mr. Hayami supported the Bill on the ground that the publication of a newspaper was a matter of business, and if
telegrams received by one paper at heavy ex
ponse were to be reproduced unconditionally by other papers, the development of the news paper business would be checked. Such papers paid for these expensive messages should be protected. The speech of Mr. Hayami, however, made no impression on the House, and the Bill was thrown out.
Finally, a ropa was thrown over his neck; he was pushed into position, and with the aid of ten sailors the horse was pulled off the boat.
The animals will livery at the Borse Reposi- tory for a few days until a boat is available to tranship them to their destination.
THE WEATHER.
The following report is from Mr. F. G. Figg, First Assistant of the Hongkong Observatory:
On the 4th at 11.55 a. The barometer has
fallen over N. Japan, owing to the depression
which is passing to the Pacific to the North of Japan.
Mr. Humphreys 'remarked that that was largely due to the unsatisfactory way in which the lime-washing was done. In many cases it be better if the Government did the work and was on absolute farce. He thought it would
Dr. Pearsa doubted if that would improve charged the landlords.
instead of once in six. He did not consider matters by lime-washing once in twelve months
Mr. Hooper said that what they wanted was cleanliness. They should not insist on every Chinese house being lime-washed, but allow a differentiation where the tenants kept their houses clean. He called attention to the filthy condition of the roof of the Central' Market. "That," he said, "is our house. What will the Chinese think of us? It is dirtier than any coolie house."
Mr. Humphreys said that lime-washing well done once a year would be better than ten times done badly. He thought landlorde would be willing that the Government should do the work and charge them,
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Mr. Hewelt agreed with the President. Lime-washing ensured cleanliness.
The President having pointed out that the Board would amend their own bye-laws, the Emotion was altered accordingly.
Pressure is highest over the Yellow Sea. Gradients contlate slight and moderate winds may be expected in the Formosa Channel and the N. part of the China Sea. ¡ * Forecast-Modorato E, wladı ; ralay,
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On being put to life vote, threb supported it and three were ngalast it. The President gave bis-casting vole against the rezolution.
M. Lau Chu Pak said; I endorse every word my colleague has said, and I further say that the Sanitary Board should not call upon people to buy a certain patent form of dust- bin, so long as they themselves provide bios
or boxes that are imperviaus,
The Bon, the President moved that the com- mon lodging-houses be exempted from provid. ing the special class of dust-bins, and that others mentioned, bakeries, laundries, etc., should supply bins that are impervious, but of
no particular pattern. This was carried.
SHIPPING AND MAILS.
MAILS DUE English (Devanka) 5th lust., 5 p.m. Australian (Taiyuan) 6th insta German (Print Sigismund) 9th inst Canadian (Empress of India) 10th inst. German (Sachsen) with inst,"
The Boston S. S. Co.'s .. Shawmut sailed from Kobe on 3rd inst
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The 3.5. Einishire left Singapore on 3rd Inst. and is due here on roth inst
The P. & A. as, Numantia left Moji for this port yesterday afternoon, and. will be due to arrive at Hongkong 8th inst.
The C. P. R. Co.'s 2.5. Empress of India arrived at Yokohama at 11.30 am, on 3rd fast. | and leaves again atá p.m., same day, för Kobe, where she is due to arrivo at 6 pm, on 4th last,