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Chinese authorities, to materially alter those conditions and to depose the present Inspector- General. Such an attempt kas not been shown to have been made up to the present, and it is. quite ev dent that the British Goverment is prepared to take imediate action in the event A. S. WATSON & CO., [ of any indication arising to show that Sir Rubert Hart's authority is being usurped. A message sent to the Times at the end of July by its Peking correspondent,, dealt with the possition of the Inspectior-General declared that the assurances given to the British ega hon that there would be so change in the methods of the administration of the Customs service were being ignored. The correspondem insinuates that the British Government is not placing sufficient importance on the Chinese Customs question; but less than a week l'er in the House of Commons Sir Edward Grey salt in reference to this matter that the Go
Reber Hart intended to resign, and they, The For new nothing of his intentions, eign Minister regarded it as vital in the interests of trade and in the interest of the
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Hongkon?” 4th September, 1906
BIRTHS.
On August 13, the wife of Dr. C. W. SOMER. VILLH, at Wuchang, of a son.
THE TYPHOON.
CHINESE MAGNANIMITY,
MILITARY CO-OPERATION.
In praise of the remarkable spontaniety evinced by our worthy Chinese fellow citizens, in their eagerness to subscribe towards the relief fund for the floating population, we have the record 'to-day that, up pleasant duty to to noon, no less a sum, than £19,00 has already been subscribed. Of this amount the handsome douation of $10,000 was received by telegraphic transfer from the Chinese mer- chants and residents in San Francisco, It should be mentioned to their credit that the subscription was a purely voluntary one, no appeal having been made to the Chinese abroad
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 1906,
Military On Resouo Work. "To-day practically all of the 29th Baluchis who can be spared from, ordinary guard daty, and you men of the West Kents have been doing yeoman service all along the Hunghom Bay foreshore, clearing away the wreckage, and. removing dead bodies found underneath on unpleasant duly, but one they have performed wall, the gh it is stated that the stench along the foreshore has been, and is, well-nigh unbearable, so much so that P.C. Munday collapsed, and had to be removed for treatment; Dr. Swan promptly attending to him.
We
3-South coast of China between' Hongkong and Lamecks, same an No. 1.
4-South coast of China between Hongkong and Hainan, S.K. and E. winds, decreasing.
The Dock Co.
the days pats by the number of bodies recovered is growing larger, so much so that the coffin makers for the Wanchai district alone find it impossible after working overtime to keep pace with the work.
This forenoon the Tung Wa Hospital en-
An incidental feature of the disaster which
Two launches will thousands is the profit that ought to be earned aged four steam launches to assist the police has brought untold loss and misery to tens of in recovering the bodies patrol the bay at Shau-ki-wan and pick up all for the shareholders of the Hangkong and bodies that are too far from the shore, while Whampoa Dack Co. Anticipating the earp- the remaining two will do duty between Westings of the company from the abnormal Paint and Wanchai,
The number of bodies picked up by the palice at the different stations up to late last evening number, at an average, about fifteen
each station,
Among the bodice picked up in the harbour yesterday afternoon was that of Captain Max field of the steamer tiongkong. The body was
leg.
The picking up and burial of dead bodies are dose under the personal supervision of the members of the Tung Wa Hospital Committee,
crensed. One pails alone reported the recovery of some 170 odd bodies.
amount of work, which will have to be carried out, investors' demand for shares has sent their market price from $131 (although the nominal official quotation was $133 sellers). on Monday to $155 buyers to-day; the latter is the quotation given at the Broker Association meeting this afternoon. The rise of 24 points actually represents a nei apprecia- tion in the Company's aggregate stock of $1,200,000.
The steamers now in dock are:-Kowloon: Devawongre, Vigilante, Empress of Japon, Sorsogon, Chang lia. Woolwich, Keongwal,
politan : Radnorshire, Strathmore and Kitai.
: 'Doctor's Good Work. Truly has it been said and written that great calamities bring out all that is best in man, and it has been our pleasure and privilege to record, since the moning of Tuesday last, many instances of it. for assistance to their compatriots in distress have told of Mr. 13. S. Devan', and Inspector in course, in a very bad condition and minus R in Hongkong through the calamitous disaster Gourlay's hero sm; we have chronicled in- Oficial acknowledgment spector Langley's excellent work, and written of Tuesday last. will, of course, be mude of individual contribu- of the humane conduct of Inspector Collett names we shall hope to publish inter, as the before the lids were put in circulation by the Chinese menipis of the Relief Committee the services of all are deserving of the greatest Yuen at Hong asked the acceptance of $1,co, cielit, and call for recognition in the proper fallowed by a like donation from Mr. Yung quaters, And now it is our pleasing duty to ra Luong, and one from Mr. Ha Tong of record the self-denying conduct of a well- Chinese revenues and Chinese credit that $5co. It is reckoned that the Committestown, popular, and busy doctor, who, laying had been recovered and shot his funeral the adoration of the Customs should be bould be capable of rating, without extraneous all his own affaits aside, journeyed over in what efforts, a sum of $5,000 from the Chinese and he must have known, would be his greatest maintained on the lines on which it had been Foreign cominunities, which, with another field of usefulness-fsim-sa-tsai-and there made at this office as to the validity of the an siccessfully, worked at maintained by Sir $50,000, say, the amount of the Government placed his services entirely at the disposal Robert Hart. That statement indicates clearly grani, will render available a lakh of dollars of the rescued unfortunates, through in- spector Langley, whom he accompanied enough that Sir Robert has made no official for immediate zehet.
throughout his tours, ministering to the wants
vernment had received no informative that Sirtions. From an unofficial sotice we gather that Sergeants Lee, Aris and others, all of whose and the working gatig has been largely in 1 Mausang, Ch. Hardouin and Sullberg. Cosme
declarations and that the British Government fully realises the position and is resity to take such steps as urged by the members of the
The Canton Daily Neers 'understands that the
British Consul-Ceneral, Mr. Mansfield, as opened a subscription on behalf of the sufferers of the late typhoon in Hongkong, and a
China Association whenever the necessity separate Chinese subscription is also men-
tioned.
arises.
The allegation is made that the new Comp- troilers General, who by the terms of the Educt replace the Wai-wa-pa in dealing
tians in
far as been
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nnovation
arc
which
The Dutch Potroleum Works. -The Royal Dutch Petrolaum Works were not to be allowed in encape unscaled, even though their wharf is in a Lairly sheltered posi
il
of
the sick and distressed, the bruised and the winded; binding up broken limbs, and gen
tally doing some very valuable work, which many a rescued Chinaman has this day to thank him. We refer to Dr. Forsyth, and he is too well known in this Colony to need any further encomiums.
Salvage Operations.
While the attention of the Dock Company's
sail afhat has been given generally, to the most urgent cases needing prompt action, efforts were this forenson principally directed to towing off the Foshan, of the Hongkong,
UNFOUNDED REPORT, Rumours were about the Colony to-day to the effect that the body of Bishop Hoare
was to be held shortly. Several inquiries were
rumour and on inquiries being made at the
was unfounded. different stations we were told that the report
CLEARING AWAY DEAD TREES. Coolies with the dust carts were busy the
Cotton Yarn Market.
AFFECTED BY THE TYPHOON.: Tuesday's disaster is not without its effects In the Cotton Yarn market. Through the courtesy of Mr. Sorabjee Dusjeebhoy Belna. the manager of the Grm of Messri, Phirozshn D. Peit & Co. in Hongkong, we were favoured with An advance proof of his fortnightly circular se view the market for Cotton Yarn. The report reads Our last circular was dated the 7th instant. During the interval of the fortnight no to alter the
whole day at the eastern end of the city re-feature of interest has arisen moving buge limbs of trees from abstracting position of our market as last reported. the roads and attending to those trees which are in a dangerous position.
EVIL-SMELLING PHAYA.
'As has been anticipated, the Chinese dealers, on the eve of the expiration of the thirty days conceded to them, by mutual agreement, since the 17th August to work off their stock, have
All along the Pyn East the stanch of de composed bodies that meets one is most offen-approached importers of whom they requested
siverte
PHOTOGRAPHING STOPPED.
of the bodies.
"
HEROIC INDIANS..
a further concession. Instead of limiting to the shorter period of one month, the natives The work of photographing the dead, which was being carried out at East Point yester.sought to obtain an extension of the agreement day by the Tung Wa Hospital, was stopped for two months operative as from the 17th porters met the dealers in a liberal spirit and to-day, owing to the unrecognisable condition September, 1906. Ever ready to respond, im granted the required time to enable operators Canton and Macao Steamboat Co, Ld., from Taking
to clear their previous high-priced purchases. the rocks in Hunghom Bay.
Robert News has just come to hand of the brave
This concession was, however, possible only advantage of the flow tide, the
after a meeting of importers had considered Cooke at an early hour in the forenoon-10 30 deeds of two Indian policeman during the storm. The two men were on duty at the gun, o'clock-made the atempt to pull the Fitthan off. She continued her efforts until noon when, powder deput at One Tree Island, dear Aber.the expediency of acceding to the proposal. finding that the tide was beginning to ebb, the dean, when the typhoon arrived. Between The meeting was held at the office of Messrs. Robert Cooke had to give up the attempt for the then, according toofficial reports, they saved the
lives of about twenty persons from drowning.
THE "KINSHAN."
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the building.
HOUSE IN DANGER.
wit mouransicion on Custos question, just to the cast of Bay View Police was Ken Station. Early on the morning of that fatal erally" admitted would facilitate and simplify Tuesday, the company's big iron tank lighter, matters--have been quiky of corruption. The Alpke, towed by their launch Gretchen, and charge is not made in so many words, but is is containing 100 tons of petroleum, went along- side their wharf and made fust, the launch cast- ing off an lanchuring close by. Connections asserted in the Capitollers-General, Tesh- hang and Tang Shan-yi "began by installing were at once made was the hose, and pumping expensive new offices and a large staff; paying operations commenced, to transfer the oil from themselves from the Customs, the former the lighter to the storage tank. All went well £7.500 and the latter 4500 a year. If the until they had pumped out about 30 tons of vil, when the first blow of the typhoon came facts are as stated this is certainly a matter howling along, and warned the operators to that regudes the closest investigation, but the desist, and to disconnect the hose, in od day to resume to-morrow at high tide.
"A house in Holland Street, West Point, is that the lighter might be towed to safely in
We have already stated, that the Steamboat hawser was imedi Co. was endeavouring to secure the charter of in danger of collapsing. To-day a large num Causeway Bay. A ately passed to the Gretchen, which was the dredger Canton River to proceed to Castleber of coolies were employed in shoring up about to commence towing,, but was Teak Bay to operate on the beach where the then too late.. The full force of the storm Kinshan lies. Owing to the threatening condi Strack them, and the tow-rope bruke andtion of the weather yesterday it was not deemed the lighter, being then helpless, was cur prudent for the dredger to negotiate a journey led on to the rocks between Bay View and outside the barbour limits. But as it has turned Causeway Bay. There she lay until yesterday, aut fine in-day, the Confon River was expected when the second storm blew her on the to set out this afternona. Upon reaching the rocks, and the Gretchen, which had beet stand she will lose no time to dredge the ing by, and which was herself hearts capsised bed of the bay around the stranded steamer more than once, got the lighter in tow, and and by that means it is confidently expected beached her just off Bay View, he was then the Kinshan can subsequently be pulled off without difficulty. She is hardly, if at all, leaking badly, and all the oil, soms zo tops was lost, anil it is believed she has several damaged, holes in her bottom, and will require to be placed in dock, as soon as a berth is available. As regards the Oil Factory itself, the damage was of minor degree, a portion of the roof and a small fennel, only, being blown over. The wharf, however, suffered considerable damage the iron piles and supports being very much bnt. The damage there is estimated at about $30,000.
Comptrollers General ate men who have A. S. WATSON & CO., theria bore good reputations, their ability has been generally acknowledged, and so aware no exception has take ta their personal character. Their Department merely replaced the somewhat.cumbreus and dilatory Wai-wa-pu, 4which apparently found its time fully occupied with other matter, of State. The systems pre vailing up to the time of the appointment of the Comptrollers-General bal conduced to not a law irregularities on the part of the Tagtais who had been entrusted with the con- trof of the local Customs receipts in the variou's parts. Under the old conditions it was im- possible to keep a check on their accounts as they had not been subjected to any financial control beyond having to supply certain sums 10 the Imperial Treasury when called upon to do so. This system naturally caused great confusion and furnished endless opportunities for peculation and other serious lapses.
On the zoth instant, at Victoria Hospital, Hongkong, the wife of Mr. J. C. RICH, Naval Yard Extension, Hongkong, of a son. Aberdeen (Holland) papers please copy. [235 MARRIAGES.
On September 15, at Shanghai, ROBERT PERCY, second son of the late Capt. Alexander John Tilley, of the Middlesex Regiment, to Rose Emily, eldest daughter of the late Frederick Clifton, oi Shanghai.
On September 14. at Shanghai, ALFRED E. C. DEACON, Engineer Commander, R.N., to JESSIR KAINE, daughter of Asthne Raine Thompson, of Bedford, England.
The Hongkong Celegraph
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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, September 21, 1956.
THE CHINESE CUSTOMS QUESTION,
The following editorial is from the upen Chronic of 2th instant;-
We do not
The appointment of two Commissioners 10 act as Comptrollers-General constituted prac tically the only change that has been made in the Customs administration, so far, and this alteration is no greater than was that when the Wai-wa-pu took over the duties of the Trung, li Yamen is a similar capacity. think the China Association need be unduly alarmed. Changes.there must be, and it is pro- Nothing has been heard from China for some
bable that before many years have passed the while, regarding the possible setsrement of Sir Roben Hart, Inspector-General of the Im whole system of Customs administration wil perial Chinese Maritime Customs Unreliable be altered. It is significant, for instance, that rumours have conse across the wires from time quite recently at the request of the Comptrollers. General Sir Robert Hart handed in a detailed to time, but it has been assumed that the movement which saw the light in May last, for list of the number of foreign and native cm- the placing of the Customs under direct Chi- ployes in the 1. M. C. service, their any nese control, is in abeyance, at all events for pay and other particolars. But China is at fizely to cause trouble by precipitately institut, the present, The matter was revived yetler- day by the publication of a telegram froming any drastic changes thus reusing a Reuter to the effect that the Chinn Association conflict of interes's among the Powers and bad submitted to the British Minister spoiling the source of steady and increasing tevenue which has been created by the abday Foreign Affairs a memorandum, urging the Government to co-operate with the Powers in of the inspector General and an honest foreign administration. It has in be remembered that insisting upon a return to the status quo be. fore the issuance of the Empress-Dowager's Sir Robert Hart has completed (any years of Rescript. The China Association, whose mem. bers are merchants and others interested in the Far East, has for it objects "the repesenia; tion of the interests of the British mercantile community in their relations with the Chinese and Japanese, and the promotion of trade and intercourse with: China and Japan," so that it is not surprising that it should have made re- presentations to the Government on the matter. The surprising thing is that a memorandum similar to that now repasted to have been sub- mitted to Sir Edward Grey has not been. drawn up before. The British Government is doubtless fully alive to its responsibilities in this important matter, and it seems, to us that it will be time enough for the Treaty Powers to jointly insist upon a reversion to the conditions existing prior to the issue of the Imperial Decree when it it shown that a deliberate attempt is being made by the
active service in Peking, so that his retiremen! in any circumstance would n' be a matter of surprise. But much as Sir Robert's resigna tion would be regretted, that would not a radical change in the necessarily mean Customs administration. The Imperial Edict May inst, like the recent one in favour of constitutional form of government for China, was made for the future and must be regarded as a sign of the inevitable awakening.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
a
MR. Shum Shi Tung, Chinese Consulat Singh pure, fias sent a telegraphie despatch to H.E. Viceroy Shum in which he states that he is in- formed that a rebellion is again being organized by Dr. Sun Ye! Sen in Kwong Tong. He asks the Viceroy to watch the movements of the matcontents with special care, since if the organisation should develop a good deal of trouble may come to the people, says the China of this morning,
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THE OPERATORS GOOD WORK.
:
As soon as the sea abated a bit, and the wind lalled, the staff of the Oil Factory formed themselves into a rescue party, or, more cor rectly, rescue parties, and their efforts were rewarded, for when the parties returned to the Factory with their humán floisain, it was found they had pulled back a round hundred from possible watery graves The poor.men were well taken care of, being housed and shekered in the factory, and supplied with unlimited tea and chow, while as many blankets were also banded to those who were clothesless as could be muslered. 1
Bodies On The Mainland. WATER POLICE BUSY.
The Looters.
-AHE " ¿PENRADE'S" MAIL.
1906. It was presided by Mr. A. J. Raymond. J. David & Co., on the 10th September, The meeting unanimously resolved to withhold selling further to foreigners or Chinese dealers in Hongkong or at the Coast Poris within the limited time period of two months as from the 17th inst.
During the interval what sales the Chinese. THE S.S." COPTIC," Owing to the recent typhoon, the sailing managed to effect among themselves were of date of the O. & 0. 5.5. Copile has been the most meagre description. A lot of, say, changed from Saturday, the and instant, atzco bales in all was disposed of. Clearances have certainly been disappointingly slow; but what with the uncertain course of exchange and the most reccot catastrophe which befali noon, to Monday, the 24th instant, at noon.
the Colony on the 18th inst. to further accen- toale the stringency of the money market, it will generally be conceded that even with the further extension of time, at the end of the... two months the outlook will be hardly more promising than it is at present. We may ex-
amount to any appreciable quantity. pect, therefore, that the clearancer will not
The mails for Hoihow and Pakhci, placed on board the .s. Apenrade on the 17th inst, werd lost with that vessel,
LIVES LOST AND DAMAGE DONE TO BOATS From official sources we obtained the under mentioned table showing the number of copies recovered and junks and sampans destroyed, which have been reported to the police, up 16
h the police in every district in this Col- ony have their hands full of work in the matter | date: of gathering in all the corpses found floating in the harbour, and that special attention bas to be paid to the gangs of looters frequenting the districts are well known, but a cenaio inspecter emphasised the fact this morning, at the Pulice Court, by appealing to the Bench lo slave off giving stocks sentences in his casea because he could not afford to have his men gua ding coalies in the stocks when their services were required elsewhere.
SEARCHING FOR "TREASURES." Three-fourths of the cases heard at the Police Court during the last few days have been city for lonting. In every part of the where wreck accumulate can be seen a bnd of men and women, and some. times children, digging and scraping in search of "valuables." The police can do nothing to stop hem, far as soon as they ste the man in uniform approaching they scat
ier.
For the health of the Colony. it behoves: the Governinent to have the leaps of rabbish along the praya removed without any further
delay.
Central
Recovered. Junks, etc.
Destroyed.
222
34
Wanchai Shau-ki-wan...
120
383
417
64
West Point Yaumati Hungham......... Aberdeen.
54
124
161
418
46
25
60
7
7,682
1,052
Total...
A typhoon of short duration but of great severity swept over the Colony on the morning of the 18th September, 1906, doing damage to life and property to an extent really appalling. Up to date of writing a conservative estimate places the Colony's loss at $30,000,000 A large quantity of cotten yarn stored at Kowloon have been more or less seriously damaged by rain and sea water. At the moment it ià. pot possible to ascertain exactly the number of bales damaged; but it should be safe to say that the quantity is a large one. By whom the loss will be borne it is ng easy task to tell. ft From a Chinese gentleman, who is well in-
is fadly certain that before any decision can be formed, and who obtained the story from a arrived At, resort must be had to the arbitra native fisherman, we learn that the entire fish-ment of the jurist. It is feared, however, that the burden of the loss will fall upon the should- ing feel, consisting of 6oo fishing junks, were las: outside the harbour limits on the 18th insters of importers, if the ruling connected with the cases arising out of the Phanghai floods last year can be accepted as a precedent to The morta ily among the fleet is estimated at 600 lives, which brings the total estimated determine the case now exercising the minds number of lives lost in the typhoon to the of cotton yarn importers in oogkong. appalling figure of ten thousand.
FISHING FLEET DESTROYED.
Shipping Reports.
No quotations can be appender to this cit cular, as we have no accurate idea what prices the various "counts" will fetch when the mar
The following shipping reports are from ket re-opens. atrivals to day-
Sur. Lueries from Sai se -Light variable LOOTERS AT THE COURT. There were about thirty cases of unlawful winds and general fine weather throughout.
Rock to pon.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL..'
The tale of mortality in the late visitation is gradually beginning to unfold itself, and grue some stories are heard on all sides, of floating bodies of men, women and children. But per possession heard at the l'olice Court this morn: Sighted some floating wreckage from Gap the Council have listened with great interest to
ing. Four seainen were charged with looting
Str. Haitan from Coast Ports: Foochow to haps the most gruesome fall is that which
the Wingchai, which vessel was wrecked at comes from the water Pulice, who, under in. spector Langley, with inspector Kerr, Sergeants Sham-shui-po. They were fined $75 each, and Amoy moderate NE. winds and fine weather, Kaygill, Wilden, Jackson, and Davis, and Corin heu of $1 of the fine to be exposed in the thence to Swa:ow moderate Ely breeze with Stables Wills Munday, Winter, Suite, and stacks for six hours. Five other boatmen were cloudy overcast sky, thence to part strongly Edwards, have practically been spending their preceded against for removing the woodwerk gale, with high sea and very heavy rain squalls.
Another Typhoon. time, since the abatement of the fary of the storm off the steamer Mucus and they were sent to
The U.S. Consul General sends us the permitted of their getting around, in hauling gaol for fifteen, days each. Six boatmen were dead bodies from the sea, or the foreshores, and arrested at Hunghem for being in uninwful | following typhoon warning, dated Manila, 2 st have already secured and removed 100 bodies could give no satisfactory, explanation passing them on to the sortuary. Thus they possession of a large quantity of yarn. They Sept., 10 a.m. from Stonecutter's Island, and another 149 rolice and coming before the Court were Visayas" along the foreshore, from Hunghom Bay to fined 550 each and to be exhibited in Kowloon Point, while this morning they found the stocks for six hours. A shop coolie another 30 on the foreshore at Laichikok. of Bonbam Strand,, who
EXORBITANT LAUNCH-HIRE.
Not having launches sufficiently large enough for the purpose of harbour rescue work, the WaterPalice, yesterday, were compelled to hire the steam inunch Kreung Tung, but they were only able to secure her on payment of $180 for the day, and undertaking to be responsible for her safely.
the
After the Governor's speech reported yester Hon. Dr. Ho Kai said: 1 am sure members of day the following remarks were made:
the various messages' and telegrams sent to us candoling with us in our calamity, notably the gracious message of His Most Gracious Secretary of State, the Governor of Macao and Atajesty the King, and also those from the Sir Henry Blake. We all deeply deplore the sad catastrophe, and I am sure, as Your Ex- cellency has just mentioned, that the com. unity will beat its losses of life and property with a resolute equanimity. At the same time it is well that those who are not able to help themselves and those who have suffered should have help from those able to afford it, and I n pleased indeed, Sir, that you have already appointed a relief committee which will at once take measures to relieve the suffering. I am sure every member of that committee will work fur the sufferers, and anything which the Government can do in the way of assisting will be, I am sure, appreciated by the whole of the Chinese community, Members of the Council: must also join with Your Excellency in ex- pressing deepest sympathy with Mrs. Hoare in The typhoon probably reached the coast last her great loss, The Bishop was a man very night in the neighbourhood of Hainan.
"New cyclone in the Pacific, east of North
OBSERVATORY FORECAST.
On the 20th at 3 p.m.-Signal lowered.' On the 21st at 12,32 p.m.-The barometer has risen in Hongkong and Formosx, and fallen over S. 'apan and the Philippines.
The following repon is from Mr. F. G. Figg. WPS A pas- First Assistant of the Hongkong Observatory senger on board the Fitungshon when she became stranded, and who was brought back to Hongkong among other passengers on the flo-s, was found to be in possesion of a bandbag, containing 550 worth of clothing, etc., and was arrested on the wharf. He was to-day fined $100 and six hours' stocks, for looting. Another man had iwenty-eight rolls of French silk and he was fined $50 and stacks. This is only a few of the cases heard, the others being 100 numerous to mention.
J
This morning there are indications of a new depression to the S.E. of Luzon,
am
much
As for the coolies, no doubt they imagine this is their harvest, and they must make the most of it, for they are demanding 53 per day for working on the clearing away of wreckage.-- and they are geiling it, and are probably wish go so far as to break up upturned junks in Observatory and Hongkong continues inter made by the senior unofficial member, very
The police say that some of the looters even
ing that a typhoon would bump up against this search of loot: Colony at least once a week.
1.OOKING FOR CORPSES.
Cruising around in the Kwang Tang, the Every police station has issued instructions Water Police picked up 120 human derelicts, to its officers, whose duty take them along the and took them to places of shelter, while the Praya, to keep their eyes lifted and to remove work in stlil golog on
all corpies that are seen in the harbour. As
Telegraphic communication between the
respected by all who knew him and be loved by all who have been privileged to make Ta his acquaintance or claim his friendship. all those who have suffered losses, especially i'ressure is highest over E. Japan.
lasies of relations and friends, we extend our Gradients are slight over the China Coast, sympathy, and I hope that in a very short time, when the committed gets to work, wo- except in the West.
shall be able to relieve many in distress,"
Hon. Mr. Hewett said-After the remarks little remains for me to say; but I think, repre senting the section of the community I have 1.-Hongkong and neighbourhood, E. winds, the honour to do in this Chamber, it is only fitting 1 should refer to some of the points in. Your Excellency's remark. The loss to moderate; fair,
2-Formosa Channel, N.H. winds, mo- the Colony is, we all know, unfortunately vary
great, and the loss of life le terrible i but
rupted.
derate,
YORECAST.