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The Opium Trade
CANTONS ATTEMPTED MONOPOLY
FRIDAY OCTOBER 2 1908,
ALTEN THE TYPHOON
INQUERY: CONTINUED ÎN PORTLAND. STREET COLLAPIES,
distressing circumstances, K?
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the collapse be had vislied the foundation and found that barcon'd by got below the founda- tion to a distance of two feet six laches. Thera was tome doubt as to the ground where the FRJ RATED
bar went through, but therest was all right. He At the Magistracy, this af ernoon, the inquiry would not say whether at this "doubtful spot". SUCCESS OF BRITISH REPRESENTATIONS.
into the circumstances attending the death of the ground should have been ift. Gin, tower. Al - several persons, who were killed by the collapse the place where the opening was made therawas Thanka: to, the promptness with which
of a dumber of houses in Portland Street, Yau- slab of concrete, about four feet wide. mod rond. action was taken by H. B. Acting
ma-, during the last typhoon, was resumedoing at rightangles. It made examination.dife Consul General," Mr. H.. H. Fox, Cab
Mr. J. H, Kamp presided as Coroner, The ficult Assumingthat theupper layer was strong. According to particulars placed to, in Supporting the vigorous "pro lodged by the Brittndles firms on July consisted of Meters Frank Austed, Eugh at that place where the word was sook no piles, Denning and G. Gr Catebick, were necessary. The bonding of the brickwork aged in the opium trade in Hongkong, eghintar. F. B. L. Bowlsy (Crown Solicitor), ap- was Infarior, the montar decidedly an, and the the obstructive opium regulations, tangible result has been obtaleed in the direction of peared for the Crown, Mr. H. 1. Gedge (of bonding of the funk walls decidedly non exist
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Kowloon, in the afternoon.
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cord building of tonnage during recent years, together with Ill-advised legislation, as to in creased freeboard; then, lastly, the disap| pointing harvests abroad, which, coming together, have contributed to bring about the present state of affairs. In our opinion so many combinations are not likely to occur simultaneously again for many years to come, at least in stemin" shipping." securing the promised withdrawal of the Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Master)"repra eat. There wore a sumber of cracks in diffst descended to the ground Asor in a lift to
objectionable regulations. As
sented the defence,
The Coronar-You think you would have passed the wall if you were building the houses for yourself?—Yes, I do.
Had the specification anything to do with the mortar-No.
polel, it would appear that M Coral, was engaged in attending to some electric wires which are attached to the coillag of the godd in question. Having extmined the defects,
me tools. He wa ent parts of the walli: The cracks in the first care some tools. was returning with the party wall standing were decidedly old cracks, spinners to begin work in the same lift, the They had been smeared up with plaster and door of which was opes, when the mishap bad oppord out again, if not for that. The which was to end bis days occurred," Half-way witness was aware that iron straps bad up, it is believed that something went wrong been put into the building. It did make with the lift. It stopped suddenly up for the lack of banding, but it could violent jerk, pliching Mr. Cornell, forward, never fully do so. It was practically if falling the unfor deste man got fammed impossible for the front walls to have between one of the floors and the list, and whe and the roof. He considered andoubtedly that to the morgue by the Water Police. and booding, defective mortar, and cracks would render the houses more liable to col years of age, and ble untimely and will come fapts during a typhoon. He thought the com- as a surprise to many. He leaves a widow
act price & fair one for that time he and two children.
The Coroner With regard to the collapse of
Brick factory, was that due to the brickwork?......
Witness-The report I received was that the bricks were good..
Did you examine them?-No.
In reply to a question' put by the Foreman, Hon. Mr. Chatham, said, that he could not say
if
Mr. Cornell was a man of about thirty-five
"The funeral (masonic rites) took place this
large number of people,
FOUND DEAD IN THE STREE?,
interested MANUFACTURERS. A to future prospects, Messrs, Moss rather readers in the Hongkong Telegraph will lospector McHardy was present on behalf of
the police. glecmily remark that, while shipping is the recall, a verbatim translation of the regu-
Mr. H, W. Bird, of Messrs. Palmer and Tur- Gist to feel the effect of depression in trade lations was exclusively published in our it is last to benefit by any improvement. columns on the acth it. Those regulations ner, was re-called. He stated in answer to the Nevertheless, the Calendar is not altogether were issued, under the authority and with the Coroner, that he could find no record showing that Mr. Toaker's letter of October 23rd was pessimistic. The reports of the coming har sanction of the Provincial Government of communicated to the owners. He produced Pest in the United States, in Canada, and Kwangtung, by the Chief Justice, the Provincial list, showing the number of limes he had visited in India, It observes, are most encouraging i Treasurer, the president of the Board of Re: the houses, Unce a wack, or sometimes twice; } fài;en when', he 'rememberad the two flɔors | killed instantly. His body was then removed and should help to relieve the market in the organisation, and the superintendent of police the premises were lospected. Asked as to of the Frovince of Kwangtung, and were dated whether it, was usual to test mortar wit autumn, and by the next year there should the 4th September. be the beginning of some improvement in The regulations required, inter alia, that alles replied in the negative. lo reply to a further query, ha unid,-"11" you bad some shipping, The amount of mercantile ton-dealers in raw and prepared opium as well as
reason for thinking the mortar was not good page under construction on July 30 last was smokers should be licensed on and after the 35th you would test it. On, his visite, he looked at about 800,000 tons, being fully 450,000 lonsult. They are, moreover, hedged in by a number less than a year ago and is the lowest total of restrictive and obstructive rules governing the mortar. He did not know if the houses the coolia "quarters of the Deep Water Bay afternoon, the: cortege being" "followed by a werd leased by their owners to anyone. It wa" recorded since 1896. The Calendar cati- the enforcement of the law, that their operation only since the collapse that he noticed the mortar was not good. He did not notice the mates the total amount of new tonnage to be would, in effeci, create an indirect monopoly in turned out in the United Kingdom this favour of the Government of Kwangtung bonding at the time. The cracks in the houses
That thin end of the wedge which, it did not, take he was aware of. the British merchants in Hongkong long to dis- cover, could not be allowed to be driven home test the precarious opium trade be further ham giered to the detriment of Hongkong importers and dealers for the benefit of the authorities in Canton. With the promptitude inherent in our merchants those most largely interested in the business convened a meeting of represents tives of the opium trade doing business in Hongkong and South China. The delibérations were characterized by businesslike energy and decisiveness, resulting in the formulation of comprehensive, firm and moderately-word ad remonstrance against the scheme evolved from the fertile brains of Chinese officialdom in Canton. The support of the Commiles of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce and of the local Branch of the China Association was invoked add secured, and without any undue delay the protest was despatched to the British Acting Consul General in Canton.
How spon Consul General Fox saw the Justice and fairness of the representation, and how, solicitous he is of the need for protec tion of British trade in China, will become apparent to the commercial community when they learn from the present report that redress for the British Indian merchants' grievance has been promised within a week of the representa- tions reaching the Consular office in Canton.
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year at about 1,200,000 tons, which, com- pared with about 2,000,000 tons in 1907, and about 1,600,000 tons in 1906, should ameliorate, in Messrs. Moss' opinion, the situation. Attention is also drawn to what is described as the "appailing depreciation In the value of steam shipping; new cargo steamers of about 7.000 tons dead weight capacity presently building, and which a few years ago easily realised £48,000, have recently been sold at £35,000, or about 5 per ton dead weight, and at this price teamers of similar tonnage with moderate apecifications can be built to-day, and other sizes in proportion, second-hand steamers have depreciated to a greater extent, and some steamers of about 6,000 to 7,000 tons have been sold at about half their cost four or five years ago Very little business has been done during the last six months, for though the supply of tonnage is great, buyers are scarce and iransactions are difficult to carry through. In spite of all this forced [33 sales have been but few. Shipbuilders are feeling the pinch most acutely, many yards are. empty and but few are partially occupied, mostly with liners and special types of steamers. The competition for new orders is exceedingly keep, and is likely to the more so as the work in hand-is com
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Nothing more you wish to add, do you?—No. have been very good would it not have been By the Foxemia-Should the bonding not evident to you? You rarely see perfect bonding here, owing to the size of the bricks. Bondings very sedom look perfect on the face. Chinese bricklayers are not perfect in their work. Their idea of the work is very primitive...
Mr. Tooker, in his letter, said that the walls were not properly 'bonded trout and back?— There was no evidence of that,
continued the Foreman of the jury.
"Mr. Crisp reported similar to Mr. Tooker ?
The Coroner explained that there was no evidence taken on path to that effect. The cor- respondence was put in for guidance. What evidence there was against Mr. Bird or Mestre Palmer and Turner was an auth.
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question in a similar strain: Having known that the mortar was of poor quality, were the tie-rods put in to counteract the weakness? be asked.
The witness replied that it was not admitted that the mortar was poor.
that the buses were in a sound condition; so they would not requira tyrads, at theater f Considering Mr. Tooker's report to the effect that the morier was poor, etc., the Foreman asked whether it was wise to continue building.
Mr. Chatham's reply as inaudible, D "So that to your opisina then buildinge might be passed against the better judgment of the authorities?" cyntioned the Foreman.
Mr. Chatbam-Yas,,;
How many building inspectors are there now ?-Three.
Are there any fixed rules as to the frequency of visits to buildings neder construction? No, Each man has his district. He had to receive plans, sad in the meantime make his visitë.
BUDDEN END OF A CHINESE YOUTH.
Some time last night, while Detectiva In- spector O'Sullivan was strolling along Holly. wead Road his attention was directed to a large crowd which bad congregated on the roadside. Elbowing his way through the mob the inspector saw the body of a young lad lying near the side channel, An examination proved that the boy was in a dying condition, An: ambulance was secured from headquarters, but the youth died on the way to hospital.
Inquiries made eliched, the information that the youth was about thirteen years of age, by name Ab Tak, and resided with his paranis at 44, Hollywood Road. How he met his death is it present unknown; deither'was he missed. by his people. But it is believed that be over- balanced himself while looking into the street from 'the, second floor verandah-u drop of?.
Do you think that the brickwork could be
Do you think that, even considering the Dum- put up without the knowledge of the architect? ber of visits paid by Mr. Bird, they [the con- tractors] could have put up the bad brickwork? | minutes later. -The architects ought to bava noticed that,
Before he left the witness-hox, Mr. Chatham
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said that wher be recommended that the thick nets of the walls of the buildings in the Colony should be increased generally all the architecis in the Colony represented to the Government that it was quite unnecessary, and that the thickness of the walls was ample, Do you think that if the party walls were
-At-this stage-Mr. Gedge said that he appear properly bonded they would have given wayed for Mr. Bird, with the permission of the Court. He asked for a short adjournment to leaving the main walls standing ?-The house
see if his client wanted to call any witnesses,
The Coroner consented, and the icquiry was adjourned until Tuesday at 2,15 o'clock. Mr Gedge intimated that if he did not want to call witnesses he would notify the Crown Solicitor on Monday.
The Kaitor will not wilemmae to be reagowalle for Picted.'. Almost. the only cheerful tean Chang Jen-chup, Viceroy of Cantor, and where the party walls fell was at the corner
so effective have been his representations house, which was open to the wind.
any rejected MS,, nor to earn any Contribution of the Calender is the reference to the that what is tantamount,to as admission al the | . I take it that when you are putting up houses had just been instructed.
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established success of the turbine engine, The new-turbine steamers of the Cunard Co, the Lusitania and Mauretania, we are told, have proved an unqualified success, and demonstrated, without doubt, that the turbine for fast passenger steamers has come to stay, while it is now being generally adopted in the British coasting trades, where speed is necessary,
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
We are courteously jaformed by the Colcoial Secretary that Amoy has been released from qu wantine regulations. *
MEMBERS of the Hoogkang, Jockey Club are rem nded that the balf yearly meeting will take place at half-past twelve o'clock, to-morrow, Saturday, on the ground floor of the Hongkong
Club Appexe.
SEVEN coplies,-who-weve-styled soguce and vagabonds by the police, were each gives a week in gaol, by Mr. J.-R. Wood, in the Police Court, to-day, for sleeping in the streets of Yau-ma-ti last night,
The Hongkong Celegraph Te-chief officer of the Canton steamar Tai-
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false position the Board of Reorganisation bad you make spécial allowance for typhoons, know assumed in the promulgation of the regulations ing they come yearly -No special allowance of the 4th September, 1998, was secured on be- was made in this case,except that tie-rods were hall of the opium merchants by Consul-General
put io. Fox. fa-effect the Viceroy has promised to
The Coroner-Do you know how often the withdraw the regulations against which oppo-Building Authority went round to inspect the sition was raised in Hongrong. These regular buildings? -No idea. lions were to have come into force on the 25th September, and pending their rescission their operation remains jo abeyance. The position of the opium trade, therefore, remains on the same footing as before, although considerable watch. fulness will have to be exercised lest another attempt be made to assail a trade of the monu mental value of the opium traffic to the Colony,
-MIDDLESEX-AQUATIC_
SECOND DAY:
C_SPORTS.
The above sports were postponed from Wed. ther and although it looked threatening yester. day afternoon the rain never came down and the programme of events was gone through with- out a hitch before a huge gathering..
nesday altempon owing to the state of the wea
The Coroner said he would call another witness to asewer the question.
The Foreman Don't you know, Mr.. Bird? -1 dent. They go there entirely on their
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about thirty feet. Death intervened some fa
CLÜCK CLÜCK GLÜCKI
-DOWNFALL OF A CHICKEN STEALER
AT VAU-MA-TI..
One of those notorious 'scamps, who am always making: trouble with poultry, owners, was captured at Yau-mn-ii-yesterday,--Chan, for that was his Jurname, was walking along Station Street in the alternoon; when he spotted a white chicken crossing the road. Pulling out from his parket a small pouch which contained rice, Chan iquatted himself down on the side of the road and cluck-clucked," to attract the
at cution of the bird," at the same timer acet tering some rice on the road. Of course, the chicken, it was a very quiet one, by the way, came up for a feed, and Chan grabbed it. Almost ilmaltaneously be was grabbed by ons of In spector McHardy's man, who was watching him. In the Police Court, today, Chan was given three weeks' bard labour for the theft.
THE French mail of the`rt September was delivered in Loadun on the rat inst.
In your opinion do you think the buildings
A 'somewhat interesting case is booked for were perfectly sound when they were build-trial in the Police Court, on. Monday next. The ing 1-Yer.
preliminary heating took place this morológ, A JAPANESE stowaway was found on board the To stand any ordinary typhoon ?—Yes. But and it was on account of the absence of the China Merchants' steamer Chigues which you can never tell what may happen in defendant that the remand was granted. teached port from the North, this morning. "typhoon. The best building-might-bo-blown Awoman, givlay the nams of Miss-Perry, und | The man admitted boarding the vessel-at down. -
her address al 18," Hollywood Road," "prosecut. "Shanghai. F'n came here, he said, to see his Mr. Esos Seth, secretary of Humphreys, zd ona Miss Adelie Forrest, of 23, Lyndhurst | friends, In the Police Conri, this morning, Mr. Eslate and Finance Company, was dext called. Terrace, under the Slamp Ordinance, It was Kemp fined him $85, or in default a'x weeks' He said he had held that ofce in the company alleged that the defendant gave complainant a hard labour. He could not raise that sum and for nearly three years. Asked how much Kow-receipt for $130.67, which did not beat a post was taken in, Second Officer Sullivan, who toon luland Lot 739 and 760 cost his company age stamp.
prosecated, said that stowaways...werG|| valy he replied $13,163 for each lot. The buildings It was stated that the Perry 'woman common on board this vessel; cost $74,000 (contract price), the cost of build- formerly resided with the defendant at ting the twenty-four houses, including additional her residence in Lyndhurst Terrace." "To
OWING to the international complications caus- cost, was. $8751.37. The entire block was
wards the end of September defendant signed by foreigners opening companies and shops leased to a Chinaman for $412 a month. That fied her latention of leaving the house, and call in China in contravestion of the tresțies, ibe was gross rent. He had calculated the netted for her bill, which amounted to the sum Wai-wa-pu intends to ask the Diplomatic mentioned above. Sbe handed the money to Carps to stop the practice and with this object rent. The percentage on the total outlay was _bawren“1% and 5%
defendant, and demanded a receipt, defendant, in view has ordered the Viceroys and Governors it is reported, giving her a receipt on a piece of of the various provinces to ascertain the nUM- note-paper, on which no stamp appeared. The ber of foreign."hongs" in their respective, pro- matter was communicated to the police, and vinces, how many of them are situated in Set the summons was issued.
Mr. Deneys, of the Crown Solicitor's office,
tlements and how long has each been carrying.
Informed the magistrate (Mr. J. H. Komp) that
on business-Shangkat Times. the defendant was ill and could not appear. She
↑he second day's programme comprised -- 1.-FINAL JO VARDS RACE, 6 prizes. 1. Lance Corporal Rolfe, 3. Lance Corporal Clarke, sa her way to Hongkong yesterday afternoon. 3 Drummer Flatt, 4 Corporal West, 5. Pri He accidentally dropped into the hold.. Ovate Thompson, 6. Prívate Wintez,........
Hon Mr. W. Chatham, C., Director of '2.-FINAL 220 YARDS RACE. 6 prizes. 1. arrival here the unfortunate man was taken to
Lance Corporal Rolle. z. Private Marsk, 3..|
Public Works and Building Authority, said bospital.
Lance Corporal Clarke, 4. Private Thompson, 5.that in 1900 Mr. Tooker was in charge of build, ing work until he signed the building certificate MESSRS, Lane, Crawford & Co, inform us that Lance Corporal Ridedale, Private Wilmot 1903, Mr. Hagzard assisting during that In view of the importance of the shipping the greater part of this weak, their special bar-
owing to the wet weather experienced during 3-DRESS RACE (40 yards) 6 prizes. This period. The witness was not sure whether Mr. was a very funny event and created a Tooker had any leave during that period, but trade to the Far East the semi-annual C1⋅ | gais sale -in the Ladies' Department will be great deal of mirth, the competitors being a consulting the Civil Service List he found had said that a medical ceriificate had been sent THE death took place on board the Shangban: lendar issued by Messrs. H.. E. Moss & Co2o5tinued until Saturday, the toch instant. This dressed in canvas suits, canvas shoes, groy that Mr. Tooker was at work all the time. Mr. in. The fact of the case, he said, were clear," Tug and Lighter Co.'s towboat Fuh Les lates
THE SHIPPING tråde,
cellest bargains in costumes, robes, blouses, hats, &c. &c, as most of the goods have been marked down to absurdly low prices,
shirts and socks, many of whom could hardly more when they took the water with all their gear on. It resuked as follows after an awful scrimmage —. Lance Corporal Perkins, 2. Lance Corporal Clarke, 3. Lance Corporal Gee, 4 Lance Corporal Bowles, 5. Private Essex, 6, Private Grotier.
was
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Crisp was the building inspector for the whole and be produced the alleged illegal receipt. Friday night, 25th ult. of Captain James Kirk,
4-OPEN 100 YARDS RACE (3 prices). This a very good race and was won by Gunner Cacier of the R.G.A. in 1 minute r9 4/5 secs, with Sapper Marrish of the Royal En gingers a close second. Lance Corporal Rolla heen very small as they had the whole Colony of the Middlesex who had already swam in a to look after and a great deal of work was in couple races previously came in for third place,
My, Chatham-I can't. His visits must have
-of-the-Colony,Jn... January, 1933, two new He asked for an adjuramént.
well known mariner, who had bren in inspectors arrived, and a third oos came later. His Worship said he had received the ceni.mploy of the Towboat company for a sumber to relieve Mr. Crisp, bringing the staff up to ficate a few minutes before, tut he did not of yara The deceased, who came out think It was satisfactory as the medical officer to the East many years ago, was a Scotsman The Crown Solicitor-The Foreman of the had not stated what was the nature of de Coast, and river ports for his genial disposition.
by birth and was well knownst many ofthe China Jury wants to know during the time it took to fandant's illness. construct these buildings how many times the
He, however, granted the adjournment until and good qualities. He was formerly fo the building inspectors went round forpecting, Monday next, at-11 sm,
China Merchants company which be joined as second mate and worked his way up to the post Can you aoswer the question?
of captain. For morrices at the wreck of the P and Q. str, Sobraon, near Foochow in 1005, he was officially thanked, and received several testimonials for his courageous conduct, For the past few years he had been in the Towboat service in which employ, be gara general satisfaction. He had been,, silläg for teme time past and died of cardi fallura He was seen half an hour before his death by DrAYYAU'To that an
nest was, susidered? He | the funeral was
does not afford very pleasant reading. The will g ́ve ladies a chance to secure many ex- report is summarised by the Kobe Herald in an article which is well worth reproduction, giving as it does in succinct form the general impression of the views held by-these- ex-" perts. Despite the constant multiplication into the collapse of a sumber of buildings at AT the inquiry which was held this afternoon of monster steamships, which does not at Portland Street,-Yau-ma-ti, during the last first sight look like an indication of bad typhoon, which we publish in another column, times, there continues to be on every hand the Crown Solicitor informed the Court and complaints of the deplorable condition of jury that the contractors could not be found by the shipping world. To judge from all the police. There was only one man in the accounts, lack of freight and over-competi- Sam Kee arm, but he did not appear to have had any immediate connection in the erection tion, with the consequent cutting, of rates,
of the houses.(* pretty well universally prevail. Of course,
5-FINAL 100 YARDS RACK.. 6. prizes. this has been the common cry for some❘ DETECTIVE Inspector P. O'Sullivan summon. The finish of this was again very close" and years past, but it appears to have become ined a man named K. Yocose, of 45, Connaught was won by Lance Corporal Rolle. The Mr. Torker had permission to sign the tensified during the past twelve months. We Road Central, at the Police Court, to-day, for others were in the following order-2 policos? Yes, blagdan note that Messrs. H. E, Moss & Co., in their allowing a ferocious dog to be at large domuz. Lance Corporal Clarke, 3. Private Thompson, In igor there were many collapses in the Semi-Annual Steamship Calendar, declare zled. The dog (a mongrel) is believed to have 4. Lance Corporal: Parkins, 5. Corporal West Colony-Yes,
The Witness continued to state that prior to that the times which are now being passed billen three people, the latest bite reported and 6, Lance Corporal West
as having taken place on the 29th ulto, the 6-CONSOLATION RACE, 100 YARDS. 18 these collapses be suggestedìbst the thickness through are the worst during the fifty years victim being a rick a coolie, J. Botelho, of prizek Open to all competitors who have wote walls should be increased By Ordinance 1 of the Calendar's existence. In former years, 49, Pottinger Birset; was also summoned for taken a prias at ibis eating. This brought of 1933 this was done and the thickness of i polots out, "these cycles of depression in keeping dog mings licence. Both cares anta sond number of contestants and altar at Walls was increased considerably, but this did
Twere not so unly foll, Tor, in wwe remanded
clom rice, ended in a win for Private Gale. not apply to the houses in qasnion. Slave
Did you doring the course of construction go "round on a visit?—No, cong
THE PROHIBITION OF
MORPHI
QUID PRO QUO.
Tokio, September 28, A telegram to the Jiji from Poking staths? that Japan has agreed to accede to Chios's 16- quest for the prohibition of morphis on, the condition, that Chion enforces trade-mark re gulations, d
To this Chins replies that the subject of trade marks has nothing to do with the morphin question=8!, C.D. NON"
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of respect