THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY OCTOBER 21908.
Sensational Obligation of Landlords.
Suicide.
DEATH OF MR, REGINALD HARDING.
KONG SOLICITOR SHOOTS HIMSELF
THROUGH THE.
RAL
a8th ulto,
Quite a sensation was created in the Colony at un early hour this morning when the news of the suicide of Mr. Reginald Harding, a local solicitor, became known. The intelligence was received in many quarters, especially among the legal fraternity, with sorrow, for Mr. Harding was a very popular figure with those who knew
About eight days ago Mr. Reginald Harding who was accompanied by a lady, who was be lieved to have been his wife, engaged 's room in the Connaught Hotel. He was alloited a room (No. 23) on the second storey. From the time the room was occupied nothing unlo ward happened, until this morning, to attract
apy attention to roam No. 23,
But at an early 'bour this morning-to be precise at half-past seven o'clock-an hour when most of the guests in the hotel were either at breakfast, or rising from their beds, a. loud report of a gun sounded throughout the building. Immediately afterwards a bell was heard ringing, a glance at the indicator show. ed that Room 23 was calling, and this was fol- lowed by sbricks-loud and piercing-coming from the second floor.
Typhoon Warnings.
THEIR REQUIREMENTS TOWARDS | SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT.
TENANTS,
· IMPORTANT DECISION BY THE PUISNE JUDGE,"
FATHER ALGUE'S RECE MENDATIONS..
We have received the following correspond ance for publication
15 BUILDING AUTHORITY,
RULES RELATING TO REPORTS ON
NUISANCES, so han
The following letter was considered at the Sanitary Board meeting last Tuesday :
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KORBAN ANNAIRS,
THE NATIONAL FUNDS.
THE
We are in receipt of a letter from Messrs. Crosse and Yamashita, barristers-at-law, Kobe, Mr G. W12 J
B.M: Coronar con
hison behalf of their client Mr. E. T. Batboll, tinned the luquest at the Police Court yester- of Savol, Koren, taking exception to a state- - day, into the circumstances touching the death ment appearing in the lands of the Hongkong of Sydney Fulcher, who died suddenly ac Telegraph of the 5th ulto, reading as follows: the General Hospital on the 18th ulto, zuportą
the Shanghai Zimes of hand, idem
9023 Colonial Søtfelady's Office- Sapth September, 1958. Sir,→lam direc ed to transmit for the taforma ation of the Sanitary Board the enclosed;
Editor, Hongkong Telegraph, In the Supreme Court, last Tuesday, the While in Manila I had an interview with Paisne Judge (Mr. Justice Gomperts) gave his Father Algue of the Observatory. It develop reserved judgment in favour of the plaintiff Ised in the couns of conversation that to further the case in which Mr. P. W. Goldring, a solici enfeguard Hongkong from typhoons the scene tor of the firm of Goldring, Barlow, and Mortist much wishes there were communication reli, claimed the war of:$500 damages from
with the islands that lie between the northern the Humphreys Estate and Finance Company,
extreme of the Philippines and Formosa. it | i am, etc., " Limited, for alleged bronch of contract. The appears that certain of the typhoons which plant.ff in his claim alleged that the defendant ravage Hongkong sweep through this channel, firm failed to comply with an agreement, from which po observations can be secured be cause there is no telegraphic communication. whereby they undertook to keep the roof and exterior walls of he premises be occupied at. Kowloon in A proper state of repair and amendment.
In the course of his judgmont his Lordship said that he had decided to give a written judgment becausetbe principles involved did not. seem to be covered by authority. The plaintiff, be said, was tenant to the defendant company of a fist on the second floor of 4, Rebinson Road, Kowloon, for one year from ist November, 19.7. There was an agreement by the defend sots as landlords to keep the roofs and exterior walls of the premises in proper and tenantable repair and amendment at their own cost. His Lordship then proceeded to explain that the typhoon of July 8th caused some dampoess la the ceiling of this house, and a later downpour caused leakage, doing some damage to plaintiffs personal effects, for which be claimed $500 damages.
A"boy" who bad gone to answer to the call, returned a minute or so later, showing every sign of alarm and, rushing to the ground
No structural defect was alleged and it ap. door, made his way into the manager's office. peared that what damage was done war caused informing that gentleman that he was, wasted
by the accumulation of water on the roof owing in Room 23...
By this time the news had got about by some to the gutter pipes becoming blocked. They meant or another. A dumber of womer, found to by choked with rabbish and
The storms which thus pass North of the Philippines do not affect those islands them selves, and the Philippine Government de cher to assume expense of establishing the. desired communication for that reason, Father Algue gave me to understand that if an observer with cable communication had been stationed. on these islands, that it is possible the serious typhoons of 1956 and 1908 could have bess forecasted a day and a half or two days in ad vance. Most of us know little or nothing about storms, but Falber Aigue knows a great deal is insistance that it would be very beneficial to Hongkong if this city had the benefit of observations on the Batanes Islands is important. In order to give publicity to the tatler append a latter received by me from
AMOS P. WILDER, Father Algue. ⠀
American Consul-General.
Hongkong, 29th September,
The Government of the Fhilippine Islands, Weather Bureau, Central Office.
Manila
The Secretary,
of rules for guidance of Sanitary inspeciona la “Tokio, 30th August, making reports on naisance under Part 111 It is reported from Japanate, sources that F. H. Booth, director the British Dominion of the Public Health wid Buildings Ordinance there is continued native agitation in Seoul Marine Insurance Co., said he arrived war on for the information of the Ballding Authority Against Mr. Bothell in connection with the the oth fast. He had writted to deceased from I am to add that these rules have received the national debis redemption funds. The Japanese Yokohama asking him to meet him but he did action of His Excellency the Governor telegrams, state that Mr. Bothell confessed to cot do so. On arrival hare witness called to inquiries that were made yesterday i deceased was out looking for him. The next misappropriation in reply to remonstrative deceased both at bit office and bin hotal and at each place he was informed that the (Sd), F, H: MAY,
"l'his statement originally appeared "as a
day witness called twice at the hotel and waL: Colonial Secretary telegram in the columns of an important The Sanitary Hourd.
wood and reputable Shanghai contemporary and was told that deceased was out, but he believed he reproduced by us, the journal frem which it was was in He therefore left along message that Rules concerning reports made to the Build- culled being quoted.
he must see him at once, but deceased baither. ing Authority by Sroitary lospectors. De
-Messrs, Crosse ́and
and Yamashita inform us that want to see him por sent him word. On the 14th In all cases, inquiries should be made be the statement is absolutely and totally false sadist witness was told that deceased had gone forehand as to whether medications have been untrue. We are glad of the opportunity afforded to Ningpo on basloess, Witness made many mant with the assurance that is reproduction clution that deceased bad not left Shangbal, granted covering the apparently illegal polot.us for making an early diraciation of the state efforts to see deceased and be came to the con
and was certain that, he was keeping out: Whenever possible, measurements in support of the report should be given and the Inspecter was prompted by no motive of malice. We
Telegraph,
April. There was a counterfoil in the office in should state where possible who, in his opiated, regret its publication in the coluinnt, of the his way. He last saw deceased In Londen in decenied't, handwriting showing that à chaque caused the poinance.
had been drawo on 11th inst, payable, to hims self. Deceased has only recently been up- ppointed to the company
1. Insufficiency of window area-A minuto by the Medical Officer of Health should be added in each case before reports are forward- ed stating whether he considers that action is required or not
1-Obstruction of open space — Tame course to be followed as for:1.
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3-Structures of roof-All maltors of this" mature to be reported, except trivial erections for clothes drying, etc.
4-Latrines in yards.--When yards have an area of 63 sq. feet or over, latrines are not to be reported as obstructions of open spaces.
Any deficiency in size of latrines is not to be reported.
5-Readering walls of kitchens-No de- to be reported.
THE JAPANESH COTTON SPIN-
BAŞKANING-INDUSTRY.
PROPOSAL TO LOWER COST OF PRODUCTION, Makanan ‚· As a result of the falling-off in the sale of cotton yarn since last year, the members of the Cotton Spinners' Union held a meeting in April last, at which it was resolved to restrict the production to a certain point until the end of November so as to prevent over-production, At the same time it was decided to devise means of encouraging the export of cot ton yarn to China. Owing to adversa cir proved futile, and the trade remains as inactive Floors of upper floor kitchens-No minor as before. At a meeting of the spinners held defects to be reported unless leakage through at Osaka recently it was decided to extend the to floor below is occurring, da
term for the restriction of producties, which 7.-Concrete of ground surfaces-Where expires at the end of November, by another floors and yards are reasonably clean, no deal months, and also to devise new methods of fects to be reported unless--
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bastily dressed, no daubi,, and man, "a few Krass, leaves of trees, and-"black matter, and 3.occasion of your visit to Manila Observatory ficiency of less thua fuq yard in the aggregate cumstances the efforts of the spinners-have diarrhœ3 - He would not take anything to eat.
in their burry forgot their coats, and a few foreigners, who had suspected that something out of the ordinary was going on, lined the passage way ho the first floor, outside the dining / had established the principle that a laadiord's small; but violent typhoons, matters could be.
toom-averyone eager to learn the cause of the excitement.....
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A Hongkong Telegraph representative-ap peared on the scene this juncture, just as the manager WALL proceeding to investigate the news be had received from the "boy," Proceeding to Room No. 23 be found the room door ajar. Inside he saw. a lady pacing the room, weeping bitterly, and from her he fearst of the tragedy the tragedy which had taken away from the Bar of Hong- kong one of its foremost members. Mr. Harding has shot himself," she said, and after she had regained control of herself, "in the verandah."
Sir, Refanting to our conversation on the I beg to say that, while there is no absolutely certain, means of guarding the British Colony of Hongkong against surprises in the apture of vastly improved by closing the gap between, Aparri, on the Island of Luxor, and Formos, having telegraphi: communication either with by erecting in the Balington Channel a station Manila or Hongkong, or, preferably, with both
The most suitable point for such station is Santo Domingo, Batanes islands. But a well- aigh insurmountable difficulty lies' in the cost. A cable from the said place to the nearest telegraph station ou land, a distance of 124 nautical miles in the airline, seems out of ques-
typhoon season,
(n) Some portion of the concreta is entirely (b) At least I sq. yard is in a very defective
destroyed, or
state, or
(c) The surface of a 'consid.bin area is in a
defective state, or
(d) There is evidence of rat-rans. "Where'floors are liable to be in a fil.by con-
lion. Moreover, the feed line from Aparri iddition by reason of any trade carried on or where it is essential that they should be main Maila can never be depended upon during the
lained in good condition, such as in bakeries, all defects are to be reported. A brief state ment of the nature and extent of the defects should, however, be given.
8-Klichen hoods and flats. No reports to be made regarding theas except in the case of must be maintained, unless a complaint has been received from some neighbouring
It has been suggested to me, that a wireless telegraph station would cost vastly less than a cable and would probably prove much more efficient. Such an apparatus, capable of send ing messages to a distance of 500 miles, if cate directly-with-the-wireless-station_of_the British Fleet at Hongkong and the station of the U. 5. Army at Masils. The co-operation of the military and naval authorities could be secured without difficulty.
Tom Jackson, of the Jessfield Club said ba first mat thai deceased; about ten days ago at the Jersfield Clab, Deceased, told him; how dmck he was and that he wanted to lie up and gas better. This was about 2 o'clock; in 158 afternoon. Deceased-remained, there til 8 pm. that day and then went down town, returning the following day about 11a.m. He mayed there until itp.m. when he went to tows and returned the following day. For several days deceased remained at the Jestfield Club and on Wednesday be became so ill that be had to be removed to hospital suffering from... but continually asked for brandy. Deceased refared to see a doctor though he was suffering from 6 p.m. till, am at which time he was taken to hospital. He then commenced groaning and raving and wanted to go down. stairs and witness had a struggle with him to get him back to his room: They had to hold him down in the carriage while going to hoi- Pla During his stay at the Jenfeld Club. deceased had quite a lot of drinks, but to talk to him he always seemed sober. Several timer he was unable to stand up on bis feat.
A. E, Raynolds deposed bat he assisted ju inking the deceased to hospital At 30 p.m. deceased was in a very bad condition, and appeared to be dying. When they got him into the carriage deceased naked where they were taking him to and witness told him to. bospital. He was so violent that his legs had to be strapped together. When they reached the General, Hospital the Sister suggested that deceased should be taken to the Isolation Hospital, but witness said if they did that he hospital where witness held his hands, while the Sister injected morphine
_was_hanging over the side of the chair is agreement of tenancy possession of the rool installed at Santo Domingo, could communicating houses or other trades for which fires. The condition of cotton" spinning" in England would die on the way. He was then taken into
Thare the dead body of the solicitor' was found in a ratian arm chair. His legs were stretched forward, the toe of the right foot panly touching the beel of the left; his head close proximity to the wall, At his feet lay Browning revolver, which, on examination, was found to be minus a cartridge. A bullet wound an the right temple and an opening just below the base of the skull showed just where the bullet had ploughed its way. In the meantime a doctor had been sent for and on his arrival he pronounced that death was instantaneous. and-Police Sergeant Lee had the remains sent Headquarters were then poified of the affair,
also with plaster from the wall. The defence was that a long line of cases, commencing in 1870 with Making v. Alkinson, L... 6 Ex. 35 covenant to repair was to be constructed as a covenant to repair. after police and that no had given the landlord notice of the defect. damages could be recovered unless the tenant
This doctrine the plaintiff fully admitted, but he pointed out that the ratio deridendi of all these cases was that the premises bring demised to the tenant and in his possession the land- lord was not at liberty to visit them to ascertain their condition and that he was therefore dependent on the tenant for inform tion as to their state. 16, was urged, he went on, that where, as in this case, the tenant was merely the occupant of a fial, the landlord retaining possession of the roof, was bound himself to make such inspection as may be necessary to crable him to fulfil his covenant.
The Puisne Judge thought it clear on the facts that the plaintiff had not under his or right of access_thereto and that he had no means of ascertaining is condition. The circumstances seeme: to make it clear that the principle that rotice must be iven by the tenant was fundamentally based upon the cir cumstances of the tenancy II notice by the legant was necessary if and when the landlord had parted with the possession and control of was necessary where defects arose is portions the premises-it seemed to follow that notice of the tenement relained by the landlord in Room 23-After dinner, Mr. Harding and his on means of knowing the state of the roof and lady proceeded to their room, from where agters, but the landlord had. little while later some popular songs were heard being played on a gramaphone. At about ten o'clock or thereabouts all was quits Between six-thirty and seven o'clock this morn ing, it would appear that Mr. Harding awoke, and proceeded to dress himself, leaving the Indy asleep. After he bad adjusted his collar apd sin, he went to his wardrobe, got out the re- volver, which was fully loaded, and went to the verandab, where he seated himself on the arm chair. The rest is already known, Placing the muscle of the fire arm against his right temple be pulled the trigger, the bullet, as already stated, passing through his bead and leaving just below the base of the skull. When the police arrived they made a search for the -bullet, -but, an-lar_as_wa_know_it_has_not been found. And so a promising career has been ended.'
to the mortuary.
the former would almost completely eliminate An additional safeguard, which together with
equipping all the steamers which ply regularly in these waters, with wireless apparatus. Even the danger of surprises would consist in
accupier.
9-Waste pipes Choked pipes to be dealt with by Sanitary Department under Domestic Cleanliness Byelaws. Reports to Building -Glazed area. No reports to be made as regards sashes, not being glazed unless Authority to be limited to broken pipes.
(a) Thay must have been boarded up or (b) The tenants complain of the want of glazing.
Last night, everything seemed all right`ia | his own hands. The tenant in this case had. if capable of sending messages only to distance otherwise obstructed, or
The Court found that no, notics to the land. Jerd was necessary. If that was so, what was the liability of the landlord under his covenant? in this case it was an express covenant and not implied from the circumstances of the case. that pained without giving a decided opinion, He was inclined that it made no difference and that the covenant must be construed merely as cofailing the obligation to use reasonable care to keep in repair
bound to
which timely warning of some prowling typhosa "po 250 miles, the case would be rare in could not be given by at least, one of them, either to Hongkong directly, or via Sapto L'omingo, or Manila.
However, all these precautions entail very great expenses, and I fear that things are bound to continue as they have hitherto, Vary re- specifally,"
(Signed), JOSE ALGUE, Director, Weather Bore....
DISINFECTION OF INFECTED PREMISES,
COMPREHENS VE BYE-LAWS,
encouraging the export, of cotton yard. The Vippan, writing-with-reference to this subject, remarks that the amount of yarn exported up to the end of July bad reached 14 million yen in value, showing a decrease of six million yen as against the corresponding period of last year. Such being the case, perhaps it would be inevitable that the cotton spinners should' be compelled to continue the restriction of production. The present rate at which the production of yarn is kept down will amount to something like 150,000 bales in a year the Tokyo paper continues. The quantity is by no means small; yet the splaners End it hard to dispose of even the restricted output. The depression of the cotton yarn frade may well be imagined. Nor is this confined to Japan seems even worse than is, this country: The English spinners are seriously considering the suspension of work on a large scale. A pote worthy feature of industrial 'life in this country is that the Japanese working people are not affected to such an extent, as in the West by The depression of a particular industry in which they are engaged. The total number of the operatives in the Japanese spinning mills, in April last-just prior to the canying out of the partial suspension of spindles was 70,839, which had decreased to 67,707 at the end of July showing A total decrease ́of 12,564. This, however, is got the result of dismissals on any extended arate, The mills simply ceused to fill the va cancies caused by those who bad left of their own accord. The frequent changes of mill
Dr. Billlogkors; said he made a post-mortem examination of the body of deceased on Friday afternoon lest at the General Hospital, There were a few small, bruises on the left arm and the chest wall on the left side. Apart from this thore were no external signs of violence of disease, The organs were healthy except the liver, which was considerably enlarged, the kidneys, which were both acutely inflamed, and the heart. All the signal poleted-to chronic alcoholić, poisoning. Witness had heep called up by telephone, darly on, Fri: day, morning to examine a man who had been admitted drunk and was very noisy Witness, gave instructions what to da to him and at 7.30 witness learnt that the man was dead. Witoss would say that, the cause.
diac failure. Witness gave" Instructions to the people at the hospital to loject strycholos, and this would be what the nurse injected, not morphine.
A watchman from the General Hospital also gave evidence,
As the result of the report of the Committeshaads in Japan may be accounted for by the appointed to report on the bye-laws for disin fact that the majority of them are female work-of death was acute alcoholic delirlem with car. fection of infected premises, a comprehensive who are engaged under contract for a fixed set of bye-laws was placed before the Sanitary term. In other words, the Japanese capitalist Board last Tuesday for its consideration, Tho is prepared to suffer loss in time of trade de
number of operatives. bye-laws are divided into three beads, viz.pression by retaining
who are not absolutely necessary. This is a (1) Disinfection of infected promises, (2) Rg. moval of patients, and (3) Prevention and mi-peculiar phase in Japanese industrial life which tigation of epidemic, endemic, contagious or deserve serious consideration on the part of infectious disease. The following is the open the framers of the factory law. ing paragraph of the byn-laws;
The Coroner found that F. Sydney Folcher died-about-7,90 a.m;-on-the-18th-September- from acute alcoholic delirium with cardiac
fallure.
S. S. "PATROL" ACCIDENT.
FINDING OF THE COURT D
CAL OF INQUIRY,
Mr. Reginald Harding was & man of about Thirty-three years of age. He come out to this Colony about four years ago to join the firm of Messrs. Ewens and Harsion. As a solicitor he was very prominent, and many by the tenant. The defendant company, he see how they can be suppressed at as early a time to time be defined by the Board by reso. I interesting to place the views of Mr. Koyama
When Mr. were the cases that he won, Ewens left, for the homeland on leave, Mr. Reginald Harding was given a partnerships } the obstruction was the effect of a storm of authorities, writes the Peking correspond contagious or infectious disease is, or has been. I much loss in the keeping of hands who are not They held that the accident was caused by, the but a year or so ago he severed his connection with that firm and started business on his awa account, which he still continued up to the time
of bis death.
The motive which led him to take his life is not known.
$2
THE FUNERAL, T
29th ulte.. The funeral of the late:Mr. Reginald Hard- ing, whose death came about early yesterday maining in the verandah of the Connaught Hotel under such tragic circumstances, took place at the Happy Valley this afternoon. The colege was heavily laden with wreaths and' was followed by a large number of friends to the last resting place. It has come to our knowledge that deceased left a letter which was found by the police in his 100m, saying that he was about to kill himself, but the letter gave no reason.
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WATER TANKS IN BACKYARDS.
COMMITTEES RECOMMENDATIONS, The following correspondence relative to water tanks in backyards, was considered by the members of the Sanitary Board last Tuesday Afternoon
We consider it advisable that every facility should be afforded to occupiers who wish to have tanks or citteras on their premises:
(1) To enable them to store 'sufficient water in the dry season to thoroughly cleanse their promises, which the intermittent system, parti cularly on the Rider Main Districts, does not admit of
(2) And to enable them to readily obtain water in case of fire, which, if taken in the ins cipisat state, may prevent wholesale destruction; of hoose property and possibly human life.
(b) it should be optiscal for the owner to but the thek or brick authority is iron cor. faction of the Building Authority as iron cor- -rodes, and if-if-is-built-in-yard-and thereby contravens. Section 175 of the Public Health od Buildings Ordinance, it should be lawful for the Board fo grant exemption.ni keng
(c) This is governed by the first mentioned regulation. A
The defendant firm would then be liable if OPIUM, SUPPRESSION. they had not done all that was reasonably.se. .cessary, but not unless, Mr. Justice Gompertz COMMISSION OF INVESTIGATION: { continued. Have they then been negligent? he asked. He felt he said, considerable diff By special orders of the Empress Dowager,
Mr. Koyama, President of the 34th Bank, culty in answering this question, but he was their Excellencies Ching Hsing and Ting ve the decision which he had reach Chen-tao (formerly Tartar-General at Foochow
same subject. He lays great stress on reducing ed. He thought it was clearly the landlord's and Viceroy of the Yunkwei Provinces), Im in the following byelaws, the words “epi- Osaka, has been making some remarks on the duty to inspect and not to wait for comperial Commissionais in charge of the suppres-demic, endemic, contagions or infections plaints from the tenant. The landlord, pos sion of opium in Peking, bave left here for the disease" shall mean and include bubonic the cost of production as a means of extend sibly, did not realize this, and he probably South, South-West and Central China to make plague, cholera, small-pox, diphtheria, scarlet in the collon yarn trade, and for this end be omical working of the mills as at present much. considered that he did his duty if he repaired personal investigations about the existing con- fever, typhus feyer, enteric fever, relapsing advises the spinners to carry out a more econ waste exists in one form or another, It may be with reasonable expedition any Hefect reported diiion of the foreign and native drugs, and to fever and such other diseares as may from
The marine court, which sat at Singapore to thought, was in this dilemma-aither the pipes date as possible; also to had opt whether there lution. The words "infected premises" shall
mean and include any premises in which any side by side with the statement of the Nippon, had become choked by gradual accretion of as any habitual opium smokers among the
Parol, delivered their finding on 16th ulto, matter extending over a long period of time or Viceroys, Governors and other high. Provincial person suffering from soy epidemic, endemic, quoted above, which admits the existence of inquire into the stranding of the cable steamer
necessary Mr. Koyama says that the condition. almost unparalleled violence which caused very ent of the N. C. Daily News on 15th Sept, recently located, and any premises in which
of the cotton yain trade is gradually growing grass negligence of the third mate, Mr. Horatio worse, and it offers no prospects of improve Gulston, and ordered him to pay the costs of great damage to house property, particularly tolo other ways the Chinese officials in Peking aby saimal infected with bubonic plague or roots. In the first continency inspection at and fientsin are exerting themselves to stamp dead from the same has been found"
ment in the near future. It is tius that the inthe inquiry, S45, While adding that the master out the national evil, and many officials bave The by-laws and thus -
dustry has made tremendous progress during might have remained on the bridge, the Court regular intervals would have shown the neces sity for a periodical cleaning of the rain pipes. been degraded and dismissed from their posts of the Board, or officer of the Sanitary
For the purpose of these bye-laws, any mem»
the last few years, but the progress may be desired to exonerate Capitin Simmonds from In the second, the storm caused a state of because they did not get rid of their opium'
more attributed to the occurrence of the Rosso all blame in the matter, and expressed their things which inspection would have revealed habit within the fixed period.. It is stated that Department may enter premises without notice
Japanese war then to the efforts of the spinners appreciation of bis conduct throughout, both and which was bound to result in damage un this fresh energy on the part of the Chinese between the hours of 8 am, and 6 p.m. ! less attended to in season, and in either event authorities is chiefly due to the recent com.
The Hon. Mr. H. A. W. Slade minuted themselves. Oo the contrary, the industry bas during and after the stranding, s he considered the landlord had not discharged mugication from H.B.M. Minister in Peking, Measles and whooping cough can at any time bean-characterised by the lack of proper who complained about the slowness of the be brought into the definition by special resolo-management. It is not surprising, therefore, Chinese officials in suppressing the use of tion of the Board if it is deemed necessary,
Mr. A. Shelton Hooper :-I do not think opium in the various Provinces. Six Joba Jordan is reported to have warned the Chis measles or whooping cough should be included ne16 Government that it will be called upon in the definition, to pay monetary compensation to the British- Indian Government for the yearly, reduction of the importation of the Indian opium, i1 Chi- na.cannot abolish the trade within the fixed period of ten years from September,rgof. H.E.
his duty to the tenant.
He must therefore give judgment for plaintiff with costs, and refer the question of the amount of damage to the Registrar.
Mr. P. M. Hodgson, of Messrs Exeos and Harston, who appeared for the defendant firm, ased for a stay of execution, pending appel
Mr. Justice Comperiz. Yes, on what ground? Mr. Andgaon replied that he would have to ret out his ground.
Mr. Justice Gompertz-Can't the matter be
arranged?
Mr. E. J. Grist (for the plaintiff) stated that execution could only be stayed on certain
grounds.
Mr. Hodgson said he could not get the appeal until after the vacation.
Grist-The money could be returned at the end of the appeal.
· Mr Hodgson-I don't want to prejudice my find, but the defendant firm is a very sub- stk. tial one.
After funker discussion Mr. Hodgson was given leave to make his application in Chambers.....
THE TOYO.KISEN KAISHA,
Lu Chuan-lin, who is also one of the four Oplum Commissiopers, will proceed to. Shang-
hai shortly, partly to make preparations for the coming insertly on account of other important affairs which are, anknown to the public present.
port, and
The Taking Pas of Tientsin 'repòrta that Viceroy Yang has been instracted by the Peking- Government to cancel the agreement recently signed between Mr. C. B. Towns and the Chibi Official Opium Prohibition Offics, and is allow the American specialist; who is supposed to be a possession of a secret cure for opium to open anti-opium houses in the Chinese city.
MARINE LOT. No. 29.
MODIFICATION OF A CLAUSE,
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CEMETERY BYE-LAWS.
MR. HOOPER AGAINST UJ"88" STICKE Following in the report of the committee ap pointed to consider the Cametery Bye-laws
The committee recommend that the cemetery byc-laws be amended in the sense of ite' accompanying draft bye-law
. 2.---The amendments are as follows:---
A. Cemeteries other than Chinese cometeries, **Section 4. Six font amended to five feet.
Section 5. Children and members" of the same family may be buried in the same grave provided there is at least 30 inches between the ground surface and, the top of the upper most coffin. He spent
Section 7. The words "or chosam" are da feted.
Section 9 Is made more definito,
Additional anctions are 'added, setting out that certain parts of the Coloslal' Cemetery should be set aside the burial of car tain, classes, of parsi, a with power to the Board to grant exemptions and Alto & section probibiting the burning, of incense sticks and the firing of recrackers
that the spinners should be placed in a prisition of mach difficulty-in a bad time as-at present. If the present inactive mate of the industry could bring the spinners to a proper sense of the situation, and lead them to intro doce improvements in the conduct of the indus try, the depression in the trade may prove a blessing in disguise. In brief, the result of improvements should lie in the lowering of the cost of production. As it is the factory aco pomy is carried on in an indifferent man and there exists much waste. If a thorough readjustment of the industry is carried out la real progress in the trade will be seen-Japan this direction there can be little doubt that
Chronicle,
RRMOPAL OF CITY REFUSE.
[PURCHASE OF STEAM LIGHTERS,
The following application for a modification of the requirements of Clause 11 of Schedule G. of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1933-1908, in respect of the 10 both Marine Lot No: 39, was considered by the Members of the Sanitary Board at their forte oightly meeting last Tuesday altercodand so is also the last part of Section 11strict of the Colony, am directed to state for
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CURIOUS ACCIDENT IN D'AGUILAR STREET
BOY WITH A DISLOCATED NECK LIYZH SAUDS NEARLY TWO DAYSTYLE
A strange accident which resulted in the death of a twelve-year-old lad, is now, occupye ing the attention of the palicef.On-s
while playing with other friends on the landing.
of
the second door of hir, bonte, le D'Agulla Street, to resales bis bold upped halog rolled down a fight of slept. He was picked unable to regain on the bannister,
up by his parents from the first floor landing, and put to bed. Bat for a bruise on the band, his parents did not think's the ibpy) WAS mariously hurt, and attended to him themselves. On Monday,however, bedied. Inspector Ritchie; to whom the matter was reported, caused the body to be sent to the mortuary, where a. post- mortem examination was held, and the causa of death was given as dislocation of the neck, The unionesate lad must bare „Injured, hin neck by the fall, and it in to be wondered as bow he'managed to survive that langth of time, "It is possible that an inquiry will be held in the course of next week, and it remains for Lån medical officers to explain il prompt steps, ha4 been taken whether the boy's life would have been saved..
The following latter from Government in connection with the disposal of the City refuse Section B Permission for re-opening of a was laid up the table at the meeting of the grave to be given by the Board.
Sanitary Board last Tuesday afternoon sessi
Colonial Secretary's Office, Menu Hongkong, 41th September, 1938,-
Sir-With reference to the report of the Committee appointed to consider the various tenders submitted in connection with the dies posal of the City refuse, dated the 8th of July, 1997, and to the consequent proposal to pur chase three steam lighters for the disposal of An addition was made on set of the refuse from the City and Hill-Dir flest of steamers owned Company, Limited, of the information, of the Sanitary Board that is fred Holt and Co. Limite view of the recent letting of the Scavenging the steamship Contract at reduced, figures, nod of the large
ballt by Masine Wo capital onlay which would be involved in the Belfast, and 11,460 ft acquisition of the steam lighters recommended tonnage of 6800 by the Committaa, the Govaramant proposes to. hold the project in aberance -1 am ol
Bacretary,
semi-annual meeting on the 20th ultimo. The The Toyo Kisen Kaisha was to hold its results of the half-your's working, says the Japan Afall, have not beee satisfactory. The Company's 10,000 ton ships plying on the Pacific have not as a rule obtained six or seven hundred-lans of cargo, and had it not been for considerable shipments of kerosene oil the outcome, would have been still worse. Hongkong, 18th August, 1008/
Dear Sir,We beg to apply for a modifica The Typ. Mara has. bagan her career most successfully, but as her first trip was not tion of Clause.11, Schedule G with reference (d) Each cisters or tank should be cleaned made golil fuob, she scarcely affectedbe ac- to twelve Chinese houses to be erected on the quarterly. Limewashing pot required, recounts at Dl. The Company is seventheless above lot with verandahs to Queen's Road,
able to place X10,000 to its reserves and to pay Plans of proposed houses, and verandah, (Ed.), A SHELTON HOOPER dividend at the fate of Ava percent on its places have been submitted to, the Building A Shelton Hooper the proposed
ordinary shares, after paying, la per cent on its Authority Yours faithfully, egyszowymy preference sbazan,hat is not such a bad" (KP125075 "showing 1 yet the Company of shares (Y so peld: The Secret
kinson introduced this proviso
atio purposes, iron tanks ats pes-
Up) are now quoted stalag in the open market. Eat Banitary Boted
LEIGH & ORANGE=
B. Chinese Cemetarianiz Section 14 li delated as it was ultra virus, Sections 16, 17 and 18 are amended are gaida covering of graver, and permission of the Board is necessary for re-opening a gYEVĒRO
Mr. Lau Chd Pak piztited itll maintain that $10 is too much for site is Section D, of
Son the Chinese Cemiteres. 510 is reasonable
Byelaw No 12 probibiting the burning of {"intense” sticks-in-the-Colonial Cainet
recommend that the word foss
the Fat bailt in Company