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favour of the idea. It is true that sceptica who do not belong to the official world viewed the prospect with some misgivings, but of course their opinion does not count in really important affairs. And now, it may, be asked, what reason is there for the belief
The Interport Shoot. Floods in Kwangtung
WEATHER MILITATES AGAINST
GOOD SHOOTING.:
CAR HONGKONG'S. TOTAL 903.
THE SUNNING AND HOIPING DISASTER.
CANTON RELIEF. MEASURES,
quently occurred to us that in the event of a sudden stampede for any reason there would be serious danger to a large proportion of the audience. No doubt most of those who have visited and enjoyed the display of films --and that, we should fancy, includes the A. S. WATSON & CO.,│maj rity of the younger generation were under the impression that the buildings came within the special jurisdiction of one or other of the Government departments and had been duly licensed in accordance with the practice followed in other countries. For that reason, the fact that the exite and the general configuration of the Talls, together with the seating arrange that the presence of the, cais scares the taken place under more auspicious conditions, districts of the Kwangtung Province.
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that the cat proposition has apparently lost its savour? The answer is to be found in the latest minute by the Governor on the plague question. He quotes the Principal Civil Medical Officer as saying that "good | rating cats avoid plague rats" which seeans to touch the kernel of the whole matter. But the argument is submitted
plague disseminators into the drains and sewers where they promptly give up the ghost apparently in disgust because they are prevented from pursuing their usual avoca- tion. Not being experts in the matter we dare not offer any comment
on this aspect of the case, but we certainly have our doubts regarding the ultimate destination of the rodents after they have been scared
The above shoot, which' had-udavoidably to be postponed from Wednesday owing to unfav ourable weather, took place this afternoon at King's Fark Range, Kowloon. The light wasvery unfavourable to good shooting and when the petited state of the weather is considered, Hongkong's performance cannot be said to be bad. There is no question that, had the shoot the longkong team would have given a far better account of themselves. Be that as it may, noi withstanding their great bandicap, these chosen to represent Hongkong for Interport honours did full justice to themselves. Lapsley and Gow shot excellently, both heading the fist with a total of 97 to their credit.. Jenkins Hall, Mun- roe and Paddon were also is good form, their scores being 99, while Pidgeon and. M'Gillivray came in for third place with 89 points each to
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Canton, 15th October. When I wrote yesterday about the abnormil rise of the river in the Sunning and Hoiping districts, lule did I think of the gravity of the disaster by floods which had overtaken those
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SERVICE
ANTI-OPIUM CAMPAIGN.
UPPRESSION OF THE TRADE,
[By courtesy of the "Sheung Po
Peking: 16th October. The Board of Civil Affairs has fixed the period for the suppression of the opium trade at seven years,
[Presumably from the date of the issue of the famous edict in 1965-Ed., W. K. I.]
ments, were not exactly suited to permit of easy egreis in case of alarm was over- MANUFACTURERS. looked, in the belief that everything had been done to meet the approval of the authorities. It must therefore have come as a surprise to most people to learn from the Attorney-Gen eral that the Government had no power what ever of supervision over these entertainments and that, indeed, the promoters had an entirely free hand in making what .arrange off 'domestic promises. It is also stated by their credit. The outstanding feature, of present visitation is not to be compared with kien and Helluggkiang. The memorial ments they considered désirable. one remembers the dangers which attach to contract plague, but cat fleas do not transmit | Gow' and Hall started their score with the districts immediately affected furnt almon entirely consumed by the population of best conditions it is appalling to think of matters tile even ifa few cats do contract cooras at the 507 yards range, bai this was equally harrowing tales in point of the soff the South-eastern provicces of the Empire, to
concise telegrams which reached the com mittes of the Central Flood Relief Society could not, of ascessity, contain all the details of the calamitous floods. The messages- The Minisity of Finance has recommended.
to the Throne, and obtained the Imperial stated the bare fact of the unfortunate accur. rence and pleaded urgently for aid which action for, arroposal to prohibit the cultiva- was required by the homeless thousands whose, tion of the poppy in the following six provin homes had been swept away by the relentless beginning with the latter portion of force of the sweeping current. Although the yeat-Kiangsu, Aabul, Honın, Yoncan, For
further states that a foreign oplum the "P.C.M.O, that cals are liable to the meeting was steady shooting. Pidgeon, that of April last in point of superficial area,, the disease to human beings "so thaLila buy's eye. The wind slightly altered its
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compensated for, by the cloedi clearing some what. The result of the meeting thus places Hongkong 35 polats below Siogagore's score and as points below that of Shaughai.
The results of the afternoon's shooting are as follow
32025 0.620 Total
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The officials for the afternoon we e Lieut. Col. Chapman, Hongkong Volunteer Corps, and Mr. G. H. Wakeman,
SHANGHAI'S SCORE.
The Shanghai team shot for the Interport Challenge Shield yesterday (Oct. 1a) afternoon, but failed badly. After the dull light and to the Sanitary Board in which His Ex-teddy winds of the past few weeks, yesterday's cellency sought to obtain the opinion of that conditions called for material alteration in body on the subject of starting a campaign eleration and windage. The light was bright against rats by the use of poison. We are but there was a most gutty wind from the thoroughly convinced that if the Govern
northeast. Nearly all the members of the ment, could, secure a poison which would
the use of the cinematograph even under the what might have happened, had anything plague. Now, if that is a proved and well. untoward occurred during one of the per established fact there is nothing to say agains formances. We may be wrong, of course, the employment of plague-stricken cats to and we make no claim to omniscience, but chase away plague.propagating rats; but if it has seemed to us that the wooden it is only a pious opinion based on nothing |
on. Des beyond the wish being father to the thought structures which are, situated Vee Road are but ill adapted for
then a new and serious factor is imported into the seating of large audiences. The the consideration of this question. Again, Orange Champagne.exits are narrow and inconvenient and the there is a suggestion that Hongkong cats have
seating conditions of so complicated a
not the same domestic habits as those in Eng- nature that in the event of a rush for the land, but in what respect they differ we are doong the weak would have but a poor not told. From all this it would appear to chance of reaching the street. That is not be perfectly clear that the introduction of a saying anything against the character of the host of cats which are able to contract performances, for there are far too few places plague, which refuse to catch plague-infect of amusement in Hongkong as it is, and ed rats and whose habits are problematical | Col,-Bergt. Wright....... that these cinematograph: exhibitions are an is fraught with the utmost danger to the attraction is amply proved by the large num-community and the result may once more bors who seek relaxation and pleasure in be show the recklessness of those who at |holding them. But the fact remains that the tempt to overturn the balance of nature safety of the public is a prime consideration without adequate reason. That the Go and one which it is the duty of the Govern-vernment is somewhat dubious AS ment to regard and preserve. Under the new Ordinance, it is laid down that from and after the 15th of December "it shall not be awit for any person to have or keep any building, matshed or other place of public resort for the public performance of stage plays without a licence granted as hereafter provided under a penalty nos exceeding two A. S. WATSON & CO., hundred dollars for every day on which such building or' place shall have been so kept open for the purpose aforesaid." The term "stage-play" is wide enough to cover "every tragedy, comedy, farce, opera, bur jetta, interhude, melodrama, pantomime, cinematograph display, exhibition of dan cing, conjuring, juggling, acrobatic perform-tunately it is of such a volatile nature that as his score of 20 at 500 yards included one ance, boxing contest, circus, concert or other within a few weeks of its manufacture it has niisa. entertainment of the stage or any part thiere lost its active qualities. However, theThe scores of" In 'moving the second reading of the Governor stated in his minute that, the, Bill, the Attorney General concisely explained Government has " inquired from India what | J how the licenses necessary would be issued they considered to be the best poison and T. H. U. Aldridge ... by the police or other authority and that the what precautions they have found to be use- W. Brand...... time during which, these licenses would be ful to adopt to prevent children and domestic: P. W. Mackintosh ... operative would appear on them. This was animals from being injured by the poison, Capt. E.1.M. Barrett. be explained, having regard to the and when we receive their report the Sanitary Hilton Johoson different forans of public performances which Department will have high authority to guide G. Richards... P. W. Lancaster in some cases may last a week or one night. them in their methods of conducting the
W. E. Sater The license will be subject to certain safe campaign. It will be for them to decide the
E. H, Lyach guards which are enumerated in the Bill, class of poison to be used and the method H. J. Libde |such-as-the-materials-of-the-building, then-which-it-should_be_used_so_as to avoid seating accommodation, exits, overcrowding, danger. It will also be for them to decide provisions against fire, and inspection at what time it would be best to issue the by the police. Clause 3 of the Ordinance poison and begin the campaign." Until vests power in the. Governor-in-Council that report is published we can only rest in. to make regulations to meet all the neces-hope that some satisfactory method will be sary conditions which will be precedent devised whereby the end aimed at will be to the granting of a licence Fees will be attained without endangering the lives of the prescribed in respect to each licence, and ignorant classes. will have regard to the length of time for which the license is obtained. There is bo
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effectually decimate the rat tribe, while, at the same time, it was not deleterious to the human system that would be the real solution of the difficulty. If we remember rightly, it is claimed for a substance known as Ratio that it contains these properties, but unfor-
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that is required being that the safely of the THE French Mail of the 13th September was public shall be ensured. The measure will, delivered in London on the 14th last,
we feel certain, commend itself to everybody, A Gambling house at 7, Wing Sing Street was even to those specially affected, because it" "raided last night, by Inspector-Oullivan, and will to a large extent relieve them from re. seventeen coolies were captured, after the usual sponsibility in the matter of exits and pro- vision against fire or other confrefemps«.
PLAGUE PREVENTION IN HONGKONG.
stampede. They were charged and convicted in the Police Court, this morning, eich defend aut having to pay $1.
IT is with the deepest regret, says the Monke Daily News of the 8th inst, that we have to record the death, which occurred yesterday of Mr. X. Arakami, maunger of the Yokohama pecle Bank. The deceased, who has been a resident of Hankow for only three months, succumbed to typhoid fever.
chi-men by native soldiers.jp
team were considered good for 95 or 96
in ordinary circumstances, but there was a general break down, and particularly at the 6co yards range. Linds, who had scored for the previous day in the practice match, fell back, to, 86, and Lynch, who can usually be relied upon for a score of at least 32 per ranges could only aggregate f9. Brand.had, bad luck3
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and misery of the peasantry." Whole villages have been swept away; town after town on the low-lying land has been submerged; and countless numbers are taking refuge do house, tops awaiting rescue with the despair born of imminent death.. "This, in brief,' is the narrative which has been brought to the head quarters of the Canton Relief Society by one of the survivors of Nature's frightful visitation to ward off which physical force stands for ibo nance perfectly helpless.
"
The emissaries of the districts of Hoiping and Sunning personally called on the Central Relial Committee here and recounted their terrible experiences with tearful ayer, giving the Committee in detail all information coD- cerning the flood now preváläng in their dis tricts. Thay stated that the rivers rose some twenty feet high and the water overflowed the embankments inundating the whole country
around. As advised in my telegram yesterday, the market places of San-cheung, Cheung-sha
and Pik-hai have been flooded. The houses ar almost all submerged, and the people had to climb up the roof for their safety. The har- rowing scenes of hundreds crowding on house- tops clamouring piteously for help is distress. ing is the extreme; and no help could be forthcoming The inhabitants of Suoping are a we t-to-do lot of people, comprised mostly of returned emigrants from California. bodies have been seen A Jating on the rivers: at present the number of lives lost and that of houses, which have collapsed cannot be
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the exclusion" of nativa opium, the question of. prohibiting the smoking of the drug is arou more important than the prohibition of poppy cultivation in those provinces. The cultivation of the plants in other provinces of the Empire will be considered in dus course, alter the carrying out of the Imperial commands with regard to the six provinces named abors.-N. C. D. News.
EX-VICEROY SHUM
PROBABLE RETURN TO OFFICE.
[By courtesy of the "Sheung Fo."]
Peking, 16th October.
It is rumoured that Shum Chuen- hsen, Ex-Viceroy of Canton, has every chance of being recalled to the sphere of official activity again.
CANION-HANKOW RAILWAY.
INVESTIGATION ORDERED.
[Dy courtesy of the " Sheung, Por]
Peking, 15th October, The Ministry of Posts and Com- munications has telegraphed to Can- is safe to reckon them at a high figure. Ons village alone with some two hundred houses ton to cause an investigation to be Much made into, and a report to be submit- in it has been partially swept away,
the greater portion of it is not now in existence.ted on, the alleged corruption said to By comparison the first named district suffered, more than the second,
exist among the officers controlling the administration of the Canton- Hankow Railway.
HELP FROH CANTON,
Three relief parties have been organized by the Fload Relict Committes whose command able promptitude in despatching assistance to the sufferers in deserving of all praise. Three steam launches have been chartered in pursu-
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ance of the relief measures. The first to pro-ARRIVAL OF CHINESE COMMIS 33.31 32 96ceed to the scene of disaster is the Kwong 33 30 12 95 Hang carrying 8,000 gunny bags, 25,000 caltics 99 32 29 91 rice-and-other-articles of diet....This expedi
32 30 93 tion is poder, the charge of Mr. Lau. Kan Ting **** 30 33 30 93 and some other members of the committee. The ..."33 30-39: 93 second launch to proceed is the Lum. Wing; 3130 31 92 she carries 44 baskets of biscuits, 1,300 goony -3332 27 92
29 30 30 89
30 30 26.26
Shanghai, 16th October.
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bags and other provisions, under the direction the two Imperial Commis ioners
of Mr. Tang, Yo Sang and others. The third
expedition is the best equipped of the lot. The deputed to welcome the American Tutal316-310-997 913 patty proceed by the steam launch Po On Fleet at Amoy, have arrived at
laden with go,000 catties of rice, 4 baskets of biscuits, & bankets of pressivad vegetables, 8 Shanghai.
baskets of cakes and salt, etc. Mr. Li Yat Chu, PEOPLS owning ponies at Kowloon must un-assisted by a number of volunteer rescuers, comands this xpedition, Others are ruraly derstand that the streets were not made to accommodate them. At about one o'clock on to follow as soon as further assistance arrive the morning of the 10th instant, while Police from Tiongkong. mas Pincott was on duty along Der Vox Read, he came across two ponies grazing on the roadside. The animals were taken to the Water Police Station, and were later claimed by their owners-H. Lee, of Lochiel Terrace
m-ti, These two gentlemen were summoned
and i Ping, 12, Temple Street North; Yau-
in the Police Court, to-day, and each had to pay a fine of a dollar.
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A COOLIK, Tsoi Chin, of 17, Aberdeen Street, was stopped in the street at about eight o'clock last night by a lubong. Tapi was carrying bundle. Suspecting something, the lutong demanded to see the contents. Tioi, only too willing to oblize, placed the bundle on the ground, and revealed, to the amazed officer, the dead body of a three months" old. male child, which, it was alleged, he was taking out to dump on the roadside. This morning, Teal was charged in the Police Court, with remaving dend body for "burial" without the sanction of the Sanitary Board. The case was remanded to find out whether the child had died from any contagious disente.
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1908. "HONGKONG "STAGE-PLATS" -To-judge (rom the proceedings at the last. meeting of the Sanitary Board it would seem Owing mainly to the interest aroused in the that the Government is not yet entirely con- Estimates, the Bill entitled “An. Ordinance vinced that the eradication of plague through" for regulating theatres and other places of the destruction of infected rats by means of ANOTHER person has been arrested at Han- public resort," which was read a third time specially imported cats is an absolute pankow on a charge of forgery. Apparatus,, also at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative acea. Indeed, the theory that if a number of types and plates for forging Hupeh Government Council and comes into operation on the cats of guaranteed ferocity and an assured baukastes were found in his possession, anys 15th of December next, has passed prac penchant for rats were introduced into the the Hankow Mail, and all of them were tically unnoticed. There can be no doubt, Colony plague would disappear in rather Japanese made. The arrest was effected at Tat. however, regarding the importance and neces-less than no time almost seems to be on sity of this fresh addition to the statute the point of being discarded. That would Four street coolies were arraigned this morn book and the only wonder is that its be a pity, after all we have been tolding before Mr. J. H. Kemp, in the Police Court,diamond hitherto known. It is bluish-white la utility was not previously recognised. For about what cats can do when they are of the charged with stealing three pairs of European months past the people of Hongkong hunting variety, 'Nobody who has followed trousers and a bed sheet, valued a1.59, from have been supporting at least three the discussions on this subject at the Sani the Steam Laundry The larceny was alleged cinematograph entertainments which are tary Board can have failed to mark the to have been comited between July 4th and nightly patronised by large audiences, com- enthusiasm, with which the higher officials 1b iustant, and although evidence was ad posed of allctions of the community regarded the employment of the seduced ibe charge could not be substantiated. Three of the defendaüls were discharged. The These shows "are" held in, buildings which, domestic feline as plague-preventers, and other man, who was to possession of the articles, subject to correction, are scarcely suited for even-His-Excellency the Governor-in-bis was found guilty of unlawfal possession and this class of entertainment and it has fremiante to the Board waxed eloquent in, Aned Sion, or in default fourteen days' gaol, valued in its present state až 2,000,
In its finished state, the smaller of the two stones into which the King's Collioan diamand has been divided at Amsterdam weight 330. carats more than the "Excelsior," the largest colour, and of peerless beauty and purity. The remarkable thickness of the stone allowed for the cutting of hundreds of facets between the Viable" and the apex, giving an unparalleled refraction and polarisation. The other Cullinan stone, whch will be ready before Christmas, le expected to weigh 620 carats, and will be worth 1,000,000 Among the splicers" from it are several den stakes, and weighing too carate and
THE WIST RIVER, The embankments la the Shiu Hing pre- feclure are reported to have been broken in four places and all the rice fields are said to be
under water,
:
Timber ra'te are now drifting on the West
River being carried down stream by the strong
currer ts. These derelict rafts are a source of danger towinieks navig-ting theiver.
T}}&-RÉD CROSS SOCIETY.
THE DALAI LAMA.
FUTURE STATUS IN TIBET.
"[By courtesy of the “* Sheung Po.""]
Peking, 15th October.
It is proposed by the Imperial: Government to appoint the Dalai
Lama as the Buddhist Pope in Tibet.
He shall not, however, exercise any power over the civil administra- The Chinese Red Cross Society has also detion of the Government. puted seme of its members to proceed to the Sunning and Holplog Cistricts to render me dical assistance to the sufferers and to distri- bate medical comforts to those in need.
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APPEAL TO HONGKONG.
The Shan Hou Chu has been approached for
CRICKET,
CRAIGEKGOWER V. ROVAL ENGINEERS,
This forgue match will take place át
-at-a-pm. The following will-represent the gunboat to conduct a rescuing expedition to Happy Valley (Military Ground) on Saturday Craigeagower Cricket Club: E. Lammert the flooded districts.
R. Pestonji, H. L. Manderson, G. Evans, M, (Capt.) G. A. Hancock, R. Basi, A. O. Brawz, B. Asger, L. A. Rose, Dr. F. H. Row, and W, y Vivesh. Reserve-P. Currie,
A telegram was despatched to the Tung Wa Hospital at Hongkong requesting joint assist ance with the Central Relief Committee in the organisation of the relief measures which it had already hurriedly devised in order to rander Arst aid. There is every confidence that the well-to-do classes in the British Colony will
maintain their best traditions and show them selves in thorough sympathy with their com patrols în distress,
CIVIL SERVICN V. K Gike. The following will represent (ba C.S.C.C on
their ground at 2.15 pm, to-morrow:-A, B, F. Raven, captain; P. R. Adams, L. E Brett, O F.Burdett, H. Coombs, E. W. Dawson, H Ellis, J, McEwan, A. G. Pils, A. R. Sutherland and R. G. Wilchall
[The sympaiby which Canton expected bas taken practical form. As exclusively announced
C&CC "A" TEAM "Caraus. POLICE CC in our colamas last evening, the director of the Tang Wa Hospital held an emergency meeting yesterday afternoon to consider the argent ap. The following will represent the A” team peals from Canton and Kongmoon for help. on the Police ground at 2.15 p.m. to-morrow. The meeting unanimously agreed to remit A. E Davey Captais; A. M. by last night's Cahion bgát a sum of 150,000 Mackay, F.B. Beach, W. S. Diggles which the Central Committer al, Fanton was W. H. Kelly, F. Bacon, G. P, dá requested to disburse in the most judicious Melatosh and A. Gipson manner towards the relief messungs-Ed, Gas, O. H. Parkinson, C