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effect for a limited distance up ; but even for this they would have to be continuous, Capt. Tyler's conjectural scheme which he has in his mind is as follows:
I. By training-works, which would possibly in part include low dikes which would be flooded at high river, get the low-river chan- nel under control, and gradually bring to the section which was best suited to the dis charge of allt; lead this channel in long curves about midway between the present food dikes-modifying these latter, however, where they were too close; encourage the deposition of silt in the immediate neigh bourhood of the flood dikes by the growth of willow scrub; where the flood channel is
“Tisk launch of the cruiser ikonu al kurò takes place to-day. The Crown Prince will witness the launch.
BARON Mitsui, on behalf of the Micsui family of Tokyo, has presented Y5,000 towards the rehef fund for the sufferers from the enriliquake in Formosa.
CLOTHING hung out to dry in verandahs in Macdonnell Road, Kowloon, have lately been disappearing in large quantities. A watch was kept, with the result that a coolie was captureil before Mr. Bazeland this morning, the coolic red-nnded on Sunday night. 'On being placed was sentenced to three weeks', hard labour and six hours' stocks,
OWING is the posting of some placards at hanghai about the city calling upon the wharf coolies to strive on the 3rd April because of the refusal of the merchants and shippers to pay the higher wages demanded, the members of the constabulary off duty were confined to bar
The racks the greater portion of the day, strike was not cf cled by the malcontents, and the order for the policemen to remain at their stations was cancelled~N, L. D. News.
We are informed that the "horses" which were
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MANAGER'S HOUSE_LOOTED,
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Shanghai, 9th April, 2.20 p.m.
to be put up for auction morrow afternoon, by Messrs. Hughes and Hough, at Kennedy's Stables, and whose sale has since been with.. drawn, are not part of those which wore sent out by Messis. Venhain Pros., of Rockhampton, aren-land, bythes's. Taiyuan. Thathirty-two Queensland were shipped to Shanghai yester day afternoon by B. and S.5.5. Vochow, ACCORDING to the Nagasaki less, the master of the British steamship Com, which arrived at Nagasaki on the 25th March from Vladily erected there, has been destroyed vostok, reported having passed two mines adrift
Hongkong Celegraph unnecessarily wide and the flood plain sufi.in:n a West Point joss-house- yerlerday after. horres which were landed on the 4th instaut from
HONGKONG, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1976,
"CHINAS SORROW" The Hwangho, or Yellow River, has well been named "China's Sorrow," and the suffering and loss it has occasioned are in calculable. The time must come sooner,
ciently high, embank portions and devote them to the owners of expropriated lands.
II. By a survey of the river and its neigh bourhood ascertain the position of the low lands and the relatively high; select a "low of suitable size, say, 50 by 20 miles, as far up the river as possible and bordered as much as possible by a "high" embank this aren and expropriate the land; into this area
THINKING he was not seen, a coolic walked noon and allied forth with half-a-dozen candle. sticks under his atm. He had not far to go before he was arrested a few yards away from the door. This morning, at the Police Court, the thief was sentenced to be expaged in the stocks for six hours and to go to gaol for three weeks, with hard labour.
THE Choya Trushinsha, a Tokio news agency, reposta that. Sir Claude MacDonald, British Ambassador.at Tokio, intends to return to England on leave of absence in September not return 14 Japan, but will be transferred to
it is hoped, than later-when the 'problem train the low-river channel, and from it aganext, and a uniour is rife that Sir Claude will passed them.at a distance of thirty yards,
of this river will be seriously investigated. Such is the concluding statement by Capt. W. F. Tyler, Coast Inspector, in his "Notes on the Hwanghin, or Yellow River, including 'extracts from a report on the condition of the south bank immediately below Lok'ou,”
lead the waters into the existing bed; os soon as possible reclaim the deserted river bed, fertilising it by suitable floodings, and appropriate it to the use of expropriated Natives.
To summarise his considerations, Capt. In the early part of igaz Capt. Tyler was in- Tyler says: "The Hwangho in, its pre- structed by the Inspector General of Cussent condition incurs an annual expense Louis to proceed to Shantung, and render and loss which has been roughly us million taels, and, in addi some advisory services to His Excellency timated at the Governor of that province in connection | tion, there is the annual expenditure of with waterways.
The service required prov. life and suffering. But what about the con- ed to be in regard to the Hsino ch'ing-ho ditions and risks of the future? Will these and its navigational possibilities. The result be the same as in past? It is known for of Capt. Tyler's exhaustive investigations is certain that the conditions are getting now published in the form of a Yellow, Book worse and that the dangers of the im in the special series of the Imperial Maritime mediate future are incomparably greater than Customs valuable publications and for a those of the past; so great are these dangers, copy of which we are indebted to the so certain, indeed, under present methods is local Commissioner of Customs. The report disaster, that the sum that could properly be describes the condition of this important spent to insure against them would be very waterway, the immediate measures of pro- great. But it is quite possible that these tection which should be taken within, the can be insured against by a sum which is no limits of ordinary expenditure; the measures greater than that which is now annually which can be undertaken by an extraordin spent-ie, the sum of 3 millions a year, ary expenditure, and other necessary works. properly handled, might well suffice for the A. S. WATSON & CO., Under the last section Capt. Tyler says: purpose. Even, however, if twice as much
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be required, it would be a cheap insurance." The first step is, as the Coast Inspector so clearly pointed out in his preface, for the Government to be persuaded of the urgency of the matter-of the dangers that are im pending, to be impressed with the fact that the thorough control of the river can with
A disturbance has taken pluca ut | 'Kin-lain-fu, in the Chekiang province. ·
The cotton mill, which was recent-
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The manager's house has been loofeil.
ANOTHER PIRACY.
in the line of ships proceeding to or from by the rioters. Vladivostok. One was passed three miles north-west of Askold Island, and the other 45 miles true south of Askold Lighthouse; the second had eight large spikes. The Como
PRINCE Yiwo of Korea, who fled to Japan a more important pust. This, however, is un-trom his nativedand some years ago to escape confirmed. The name of Lord Redesdale is ariest for a political offence, has been recalled by the Emperor of Korea. During his exile
On Sunday morning the crew of fishing junk mentioned as Sir Claude's successor at Tokio.
lie has spent most of his time in Japan, mak-No. 143591 walked into Shau-ki-wan Polico ing necasional visits to the United States. Station and made a report that their junk had Prince Vivo is going home very shortly, and been held up and robbed by pines not far was to have had a farewell audience with the
We are requested to state that a mission will be held in St. Joseph's Church, commercio on Poly Thursday, 2 inst. The mission will be conducted by the Jesuit Failers. The services are as follows-Holy Thursday, 6.30 p.m.; Good Friday, 9 a.m. and 630 p.m; Holy Saturday, 6.30 . concluding on Easter Sunday, at 9 am and 6.30 pm. All English-speaking Catholics are invited to
alten.
THE 1) plomatic Corps in Tokio will be in vited to witness the grand miltity review to he held by his Majesty the Emperor on the 39th inst, in Tokyo, in celebration of the triumphal return of the Army fruas Manchuria, Foreign officers will also be privileged to witness the review as far as accommodation will allow, and it is expected that the officeis of naval squadrons in the Far East represent ing Treaty Powers, and those stationed at Hongkong, Kinochas, Annam, Tonkin, and Manila will go to Tokio to participate in the auspicious occasion. The Emperor of Kores as appointed the Minister for Finance, who is also a General of the Korean Army, to visit Japan to witness the review.
CHEONG Cheung, a bar-boy in the Occidental Hotel, Kowloon, was charged this morning, before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, with stealing $11.25, the property of his employers, on the 8th instant. Mrs. M. Mathacy said that defend- ant had only been in her employ for about a week. She had been in the habit of losing money from the till. Yesterday on going to the till she fund $11.25 gune, and looking
OUTSIDE LYEEMOON PASS,
FISHING JUNK HELD UP,
away from the Colony. According to the re- port made by the master of the junk, it was stated that about four o'clock on, the morning of the 5th instant, when near Futau-Chau island, outside Lyeemson Pass, they had just
to commence fishing, lowered their nets
noise from the after when suddenly a part of the junk told them that strangers were abroad. The three men of the crew were
hiperor yesterday in lukio. It is believed that all other Korean political refugees now in Japan will be given a special pardon, Tue formal opening ceremony in connection with the office of the Residency-General in Korça, was held on the 28th ult., in the pre- sence of about 1,500 guests, including Korean, Japanese, and foreign high officials and civilians. Gardes parties were also given in ordered to throw up their bands, by about seven honour of the occasion. In an address Mar med men, under threats of being fired at. The to assial in the development of Korea, and the were removed, while the fishermen were lock- us to stated that he intended to do his best crew were then searched and the master's keys Korean Premier in responding stated that heed in the hold of the junk. What happened was determined to effect administrative reforms after this the crew were unable to say, but when they succeeded in getting on deck again the pirates had decamped with $45 worth of and promate the prosperity of his country,' under the direction of Marquis to
money and clothing. They made for Hong- Following are the returns of the average kong yesterday and gave information; but they amount of bank notes in circulation and of state they are unable to identify the pirates. specić in reserve in Hongkong, during the. month ended 28th February, 1956, as certified. "ROBBING A JUNK IN DISTRESS, by the managers of the respective Banks,
Banks.
Average 5pecia Amount in 'Reserve.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
......... $3,181,700 Hongkong and Shang hai Banking Cor pration: 13,171,589
6482 Ciriun, Limited,...... National Bank
Total: 516,716,150 $11,340,000
of
CREW OF HOK-LO JUNK ARRESTED.
The thunderstorm in the forenoon yesterday was the cause of some damage occurring inside $2,300,000 this harbour, and from accounts now to hand we learn that a large fishing junk had a bad 9,00,000 time of it. At the time of the squall the boat was sailing near Po Tai O, New Territory, about 40,000 twelve miles from the Cilouy, when, all at oLca a strong gust of wind caught the sails and caused her to turn furtle. Four Uok-lò junka,
"It should be remembered that in several particulars of paramount importance the condition of the Hwangho is getting worse and worse: (a) the amount of sil brought down is on the increase; (4) the [34 flood volume (at all events in the upper part) is on the increase; and (c) the low-river volume is on the decrease. This serious. | certainty be effected. condition is one which we can consider to certainly exist by reason of the steadily in creasing effects of deforestation in the moun- tain districts. Existing torrents in the
THE French Mail of the bib March was deli- his shoe. The defendant had nothing to say is cut short. Arriving recently at the Hampa tow-ling to the capsized juak, and towed her
GREGOR & CO.,
Udenuded lulls give birth to new torrents as
they score their way into the mountain sides. The rainfall and inclted snow is carried faster and faster into the river, white in the dry season the drainage from
19, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. the country is correspondingly decreased." We are told the question of silt is the do minant factor in the problem of the Hwangho, and is the one that no one province can solve for itself. Before, too it can be considered as a problem for definite solution, a great deal of information requires to be collected. The first and most obvious remedial scheme, it is mentioned in the report, would be to try and make the water carry the silt down to the sea-to straighten the bends by training-work and to bring the low and high river channels to 'sections best
BRANDIES adapted to the vulumes. The serious diffi
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vered in London on the 6th inst.
1907.
underneath the counter she found $1.95 hidden Tux British India steamer Dilwara, which for which were in the vicinity dragging corals, set some years past has been exclusively engaged sail and steered for the ill-starred junk. They in the Imperial tron.ing service from South rescued the crew of the fishing-junk, which con.. ampan, has now had her career in that direc-sisted of nine persons, from the water, attachert
in a cigar-box. Defendant was the only "boy" behind the bar. Al the station defendant was searched and the balance of the money found in
A MARINE Products Exhibition for Western
A COOLIE, in the employ of a shop in the Cea- Japan will be held at Nagasaki in November,
tral Districi, found himself suddenly turned on TO-DAY is the 70th anniversary of the birth-the sirget some days ago, for, it was alleged, day of His Majesty Leopold 11., King of the stealing a photograph from the firm. Think Helgians.
The French mail s.5. Polynésien was expected to leave Singapore for this port this afternoon at 3 o'clock, via Saigon,
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THREE sampans at Tsim-tsa-tsui were capsized yesterday morning by a squall during the thunderstorm that occurred. No lives were lost ADMIRAL Baron Yajnamoto, ex-Minister for the Navy, concluded its inspection of the Fort Authun fortifications on 27th ult, and left for Chiului Bay, Korea, the same day. THE following is the return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Muser ris, for the week ending the 8th April:-.ibrary Non-Chinese, 303: Chinese, 139; total, 442, Museum Non-Chinese; 449; Chinese, 3, 93; toint, 3,547, BANGKOK is undoubtedly flourishing, for the city, on the "mother of tivers" has now a stock broker. In the near future it may have a Rialto, and probably a stock exchange. But the presence of the stockbroker is an encour aging sign, so long as the shares keep high. A CHINESE cooie, walking in the Chinese Re- creation ground yesterday morning, was seen by district watchman No. 33 to stumble and fall to the ground. The watchman ran to pick the man up, only to find that he was dead. Heart failure was supposed to have been the cause of death. His body was removed to the mortuary.
in defence, and his Worship sentenced him to shire port, the Dilwara underwent a Board of near to the beach at Po Tai O, where they three weeks' haid labour and six houts' stock Trade survey, with the unexpected result that righted her, There they lauded the rescued her boilers were condemned. The British. Crew and then, it was alleged, begin looting the India line have, however, two more transports juuk, stealing So in hard cash, a musket,
ki-wan and there reported be matter at six almost ready for sea, in the removal of the old and other goods to the value of $155. The
o'clock last evening to Inspector Robertson. Pilar will not materially affect the situation, fishing people succeeded in gelling to Shau Indeed, it was known some little time ago that her withdrawal from the service as soon as the new vessels were ready was definitely intended, A launch was hired, and the crew of the Hok- so in proving to be no longer eligible she has junk eventually captured. merely anticipated events.
ing perhaps that he had got off cheaply he fail- ed to turn up for his box of clothing. Laat night he "turned up" in a curious way, for his former master discovered him under his bed with some clothing-not the property of the nocturnal visitor-at his side. Un examining
AN interesting installation is to be seen on the entrances to the premises, it was found
hoard the British steamer Shimosa (3,795 tons that the street door was left wide open, and the padlock wrenched. The coolie, who said net), says the N. C. D, News. This is one of the comparatively few vessels, which as yet he had "only returned for his property," was given in charge, and this morning was sent have been fitted with kich's 'modern fire com "in" for three weeks, and to do six hours inmunicating system. From the compartment'
the stocks.
The one drawback to the
under each hatch n on-inch pipe is run to the chart-toon where the pipes converge under an electric fan. In the event of fire breaking out FROM further particulars to hand of the fire on board the Americas ship glight, off the in any compartment a bell is automatically part of Yokkaichi, it appears, says the Japan rung, and the fan started; the situation of the Chronicle of 30th alt, that the ship arrived fire is then indicated by the smoke drawn up there on the 18th idem from New York with by the fan from the compartment in which the a cargo of about 105,000 cases of kerosene oil, outbreak has occurred. Steam is then turned on and introduced into the compartment in 200 casks and 700 cases of paraffine-wax, and 1,000 cases of machine-oil, consigned to the question and the fire may be generally those Masuda Shoten, a Japanese firm at Nagoya, sino hered at once, The fire brake out at 3 o'clock on Tuesday system seems to be the possibility of damage alternoon, and was still raging at Goon on to the communicating pipes by the removal of Wednesday. Six holes were thereupon made cargo, but even if one pipe should be damag- on both sides of the ship, which was then sunked, the others would not be affected, and, hy just below the water-line. The quantity of oil simple daily testing any defects can be easily burst is estimated at about 1,097 cases. Fifty discovered and remedied. casks and 200 cases of paraffine-wax, and the whole consignment of machine-oil remained in the ship, and it is feared have been completely destroyed.
AN ELEPHANT'S REVENGH.
INCIDENTS IN THE HARBOUR..
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They were charged with theft before Mr. F.. A. Hazeland this morning,
Mr. Hazeland-Did they say that because they saved your life they were going to take the goods?
Master of junk-Yea,
Evidence was heard as to the finding of the clothing, etc., on board defendants' junks.
The defendants said that the things they were charged with stealing were given them as com pensation for saving their lives.
Mr. Hazeland (to complainant)---Did you promise to give them anything us compensa-
tion --I did not,
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His Worship told the defendants not to de this sort of thing again, and bound them over in the sum of $100 each to come up for judg ment when called upon.
SHIPPING AND MAILS.
MAILS DUL. German (Sachsen) 11th inst., pan, Canadian (Empress of India) 12th inst. Indian (Kulsang) 15th inst. American (Hongkong Maru) 18th inst. The O. S. S. Co. & C.. M. S. N. Co.'sis. Moyune left Singapore on 6th insi, for Shang“. hai direct
culty in the way of dis is the decreasing volume of water as the sea is approached, owing to exfiltration through the permeable bed of the river. Another scheme is to take steps in the upper part oftheriver-in Hunan, Shansi, and Shensto mitigate the erosion of the river banks and that of its tributaries, and, MARIE BRIZARD & ROGER, by afforestation, to ameliorate the torrents
cause a more regular flow from the new de nuded uplands. Such a work is of such immense magnitude and, as regards afforest. ation, would take so many years to have any appreciable effect, that it is to be considered as outside the limits of a scheme for the control of the Yellow River within the life time of the present generation. Still an
THR Foochow Echo, of 31st ult, says -An
Two sampanmen had the greatest surprise of The C. P. R. Co.'s so. Tartar left Van- other scheme that has been mentioned
other earthquake, the second in ten days, took their lives yesterday afternoon, and the shak-couver pm., on 6th inst, for Hongkong via the is the formation of huge reservoirs in the mountain districis to regulate the flow
place on Wednesday, the 18th inst., a little ing up they received will in future be a lesson usual Port of Call,
The Great Northern ... Dakota left Kobe to them. For the greater part of the afternoon" severer than its predecessor, and was felt not
& crowd of cop'ies were on board the steamer via Nagasaki and Shanghai for this port on yih of water and to act as silt-depositing
before seven in the morning, I was much
basins: This idea, Capt. Tyler states in
like the former, only along the river banks, Pachowe teasing Spɔmpani's elephant, by offerinst, and is expected here on 17th-inst.
the animal The H. A. L. 1.3. Dortmund from Hamburg his repost, has been condemned by Mr. de
but also on the bill, We have also heard re-ing it sugar cane and when Rijke, on account of the vast expense, the
ports of a slight shock on Thursday morning stretched out its trunk to receive the gift, the left Singapore for our port on 7th inst., a,b, and another on Thursday afternoon, but so coolies around would strike the animal. En-and may be expected here on 13th laut, temporary character of the remedy, and the
few people felt these that they are at least 10 mged by the treatment it had received the The Imperial German Mail 5.5. Prins Regent danger. A prevalent Chinese idea-one
elephant suddenly, when nothing was expected Luitpold left Shangbai on 7th inst., at 6 p.m., shared, he believes, by some Europeans-ic AN amusing story is related by the Stam Free regarded as doubtful. The earthquake was that the remedy can be obtained by clearing Press. It states that the other day two Chi- not the only exceptional meteorological pheno by the gaping crowd, picked up a conlle by its and may be expected here on or about th
nese cooks commenced to "bet" for the same menon that distinguished .ss Wednesday. trunk and threw him overboard, the unfortunate inst, al 7 p.m.
coolie landing at the bottom of a cargo-bont that the mouth of the river-that it is the ac
fowl at Bangrak market, until it reached the The deluge of rain, of course, cannot be re- "cumulation of detritus there that restricts handsome figure of seven salungs. The sugarded as exceptional, but a thunderstorm of was moored alongside the vessel. This ie the flow of the water and, consequently, the cessful bidder faid down his basket to pay the such violence and duration as that which went venge of the elephant caused the crowd to dis. bringing down of silt. The condition of the money, whereupon the other set upon him, and on from Wednesday, allernoon till Thursday perfe, but later in the afternoon the teasing a free fight followed. In the meantime some morning is quite unusual. A caigo-boat lying was again indulged in, with the result that the mouth of the river, however, cannot properly makings snatched both the cooke' baskets off the bund opposte Mesars. Jardine, Mathe-same clephant lashed out at another coalie, be looked upon as the cause of the state of which contained fruit and vegetables, and on & Co.'s premises was struck, with rather catching him squarely on the jaw and causing affairs higher up: it is merely the result of carried them off. Their chagrin may be better curious effect. The whole length of the mast his head to come in vlulent contact with the
was scored or grooved, as if a long splinter bas that state. Doubtless dredging operations imagined than described when they discovered baen taken out. Only the top of the mast was steel partition of the vessel. The coalies were [36-14 on a very large scale would have a good what had happened,
Per Dozen.
THE LARGEST AND MOST VARIED
STOCK OF BRANDY IN
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Hongkong, zoth July, 1903.
Ir has just transpired that a woman named Nakagawa Yone, living in Funadaiko-machi, Hyogo, a weaver of cotton goods, bas sold some 300 pieces of that material between January and October last, without paying the Special Consumption Tax on the textiles. A charge has been made against the woman for a violation of the War-Tax Law.
burned.
then ordered off the vessel,
The C. P. R. Co.'s 1.5. Empress of India arrived at Shanghai at 6,30 am on 9th inst and left again at so p.m., same day, for Horg kong, where she is due to arrive at 7 a.m., on
12th inst."-
The Imperial German Mail 5.1. Sachsen carrying the German Mails with dates from Berlin of the 13th ult, left Singapore on 7th inst, ar8 am, and may be expected here on
irth inst., p.m.