THE STEAM LAUNDRY CO., LG.
ANNUAL. MEETING.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24
A "CHOW" BILL DISPUTE:
LADY DEFENDANTS HANË QUESTIONED,"
Mrs. Maud Christie, who resides at 42, Con- Having practically recovered from her illness, saught Road Central, appeared in the Supreme Court, on the 17th init.. Mrs. Christie was sum-' moned by the Sang Cheong firm of com. pradores, 13, Victoria Street, to recover $105.11
Mr. Otto Kong Sing appeared for the plaintiff firm. Mr. J. H. Gardiner, of Mosars, Brinton and Hett, acted for the defendant.
Yuen Sie Tong, managing partner of the plaintiff firm, was called to prove the claim, He said that he knew the lady named "Maud," to whom he supplied goods.
The sixth ordinary general meeting of sham. holders in the Steam Laundry Co, Lid, was held at the office of Sir C. P. Chater, CMG last Saturday afternoon for the purpose of re ceiving the report of the directors, with a statement of accounts to the 31st May, 1908.
Mr. W. Hutton Potis, chairman of directors, presided: and there were present, Sir Paul Chater, Messrs, F., C. Potts, A. II. Silva, Makgoods bought and supplied to the defendant. Fak, and E. J. Chapman, secretary.
The Chairman said:-Gentlemen,-With your permission we will take the report and ac counts as read. The profit on working account though only some $367,73 better than last year, is satisfactory considering the depressed state of all business in the Colony. In the early part of the year under review we had ax pected to show a balance of $3,000 more, but oncearnings have fallen off owing to the smaller receipts fram shipping and the hotels. Privato washing is about the same as last year. The buildings did not suffer very severely in the typhoon of 17th July, and the damage done ban not cost more than about $600 to repair. Con- sidering the enormous amount of damage done to property generally we think the Laundry was fortunate in getting off so cheaply. Now that our fixed assets will be reduced by the proposed writing off of $8,357.35 to some $4,000, below the Capital subscribed, we think that in future it will not be necessary 10 write off so largely; and if returns keep up we should be able to pay large dividends in fature. Of course the actual depreciation of the machinery will have to be provided for. 1 shall be pleased to answer any questions to the beat of my ability.
No questions were asked.
The Puisne jodge-Maud? Mr. Kong SingYes, your Lordship. He has her entered in his books i
де Maud." defendant with goods during the months of The witness added that he supplied the October, 1905, to April 1906. After deducting $105.21. Witness called monthly at 4, Old Bailey payments made there remained a balance of
by "Mies Maud." In April, 1906,, she left the for ni money and on each occasion he was paid Old Bailey house and want to live at 4: Queen's Road Central, where she still con tinued to call for payments. Some months later plaintiff disappeared, and witness believed she went to Shanghai,
Cross-examined, the witness admitted that there were three or four partners in his firm. That included, himself. He had known the defendant since October, 1908, but not before. The defendant did not call herself to open the account. She sent the cook, without a written order. Defendant never called personally at seat a written order for goods, but he could not produce those orders now.
The Chairman moved the adoption of the the shop. There were times when defendant report and
accounts.
Mr. P. Q. Potts seconded.
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The motion was unanimously adopted.. On the motion of Mr. P. C. Potts, seconded by Mr. Silva, Sir Paul Chater was re-elected a director.
Mr. A. O'D. Gourdia was re-elected auditor on the motion of Mr. Mak Yuk 'seconded by Mr. Silva,
The Chairman-That is all, the business, gentlemen. Dividend warrants will be ready. Da application on Monday. Thank you for your attendance. ・・
DISBASE AMONG CATTLE,
OUTBREAK AT THE DAIRY FARM.
The following letter from Mr. Adam Gibson, the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, was consider. ed at a special meeting of the. Sanitary Board last Saturday afternoon:-
Banitary Beard Offices,
17th October, 1908. Bir,-I have the honour to report for the in formation of the Board that foot and mouth dia case exist in No. 4.Shed, Sassoon's Villa, the property of the Dairy Farm Company, Limited. There are fourteen cows and twelve calves in the shed.
I have bad the shed closed and the sale of milk from the affected shed stopped provision ally.
I beg to recommend that the Board declare the shed an infected area. under Bye-law No. 12 of the importation and Inspection of Animals Bye-law under Ordinanca of 1903-1908-1 have, etc.,
ADAM GIBSON, Colonial Veterinary Surgeon... The Secretary...
Sanitary Board. At the meeting of the members this afternoon, it was resolved to declare No. 4 Shed an infect ed aroa.
COINAGE IN CHINA.
It appears from a communication received from the British Legation at Peking that, according to such statistics as are available, the number of coins minted-in-China during 1907 amounted to 3,099,718,273," or compared with 3,127,331,724 during 1906, Those figures, however, can only be regarded as approximate, for returas of the coinage at three (put of the twenty-seven) mints in 1906 and at one mint in 1907 were not obtainable, while absolute^ac-
curacy in the figures given for the other minis ja by no means assured. During 1927.several copper miets were closed and the output of others was much restricted. In 1905, 6,918,118,148 coins' were minted, and thera 6,585,807,981 were to cash copper pieces, and in 1906 the latter amounted to 2,964,926,348 out of a total coinage of 3,127,731,724 coins. In 1904, the issue of these to cash pieces was considerable, and this, together with the output in 1905 and 1900, caused serious depreciation of the coins, secessitating restrictions being. placed on the working of the minis in 1907, when of the total coinage of 2,099,718,273 pieces the number of to-cash copper coins WAS 1,998,225,327. As the restrictions imposed ip 1907 proved insufficient to appreciate to koy extent the value of these copper colus, an Im. perial Decree was issued go March 19, 1908, suspending their coinage at all the mints for
for months until exchange recovered it lovel.
RAT DESTRUCTION.
A NOVEL TRAP.
Far Cathay writes in the Daily Telegraph
on the 1st ultimo :-
· Will you allow me to describe to your read- ers a trap I have seen used by Chinese in rice godownił
Take a large cask or hogshead; - It must be watertight. In the centre of the bottom of the cask place a brick on end. Put in sufficient water, so that the end of the brick forms a small island in the water. Cover the top of the cask with parchment or strong paper' tied tight- ly like the cover of a pot of jam. For about a week or ten days place nightly as abundant supply of food which rate appreciate. From the top of the cask to the ground several old sails, giving an easy access to the top, will en- able the rate to reach their larder.
When the food has been freely taken, oo given night cut a star in the parchmeal, thus forming four flaps. Supply no food.
Now for the trap lo action. A rat goen for his evening meal, and slips, down one of the daps into the water beneath. As he cannot get out he swims to the island and squats there. He is soon followed by others, and light, commences-for- the possession of the scat, accompanied by vociferous squealing. Nothing pleases a rat better than is witness a fight, and soon a large number hurry up the mails to see what is up, all falling in and in creasing the tumult. When the trap has beeD. carefully engineered the "bag" is sometimes Incredible. It also seems to have a moral, effect on the survivors, who, scared. by the mysterious disappearance of so many of the companions, leave the premises, and it often happens that not a rat is to be seen for a long parod afterwards,
The tap is always more effective when placed in a warehouse recently emptied. As say above, it should be carefully done also. the rats should be disturbed as little as pot mible during the time when the food is given, themack. Chinese, as in everything also, is vary cunning in seeing to all these small de
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Mr. Gardiner-Can you tell us the name of the cook who came and gave orders?-Li Ying
sol
Was he the same man who gave the orders in October to April?-No. There had been several cooks engaged.
Can you tell us the names of any of the other cooks?) cannot recollect the names of the others.
Witness, at this stage, pointed out a man who called at his shop with orders from "Miss Maud" for goods. That person was the house coolie. He never brought with him 'say written orders, Witaess received from defendant personally all payments. she made, and gave a receipt is each case in English. Witness was not told by the defen- dant that she was leaving for Shanghai. He was, told that when he called at the house for payment.
Mr. Gardiner--Why didn't you go and preis for payment, when you knew she was going to Shanghai-1 did not know she was going. Didn't you know she has been in the Colony for nearly a year?-I don't know,
When did you know she was in the Colony 7 -A few months ago."
When you instructed your solicitor you gave the name of "Malbert?"-1 called ber "Miss Maud."
Then it was a fabrication on the part of your solicitor to write to "Miss Malbert?"He may have written.it wrongly
bame?
And you sent your account in another Mr. Otto Kong Sing-The lady's name was formerly Albert, later Christin. It was only a clerical error.
To the pati-book, did you or the defendant
make the entries?-The entries were made by the cook in Chinese and translated into English by my clerk.
And have you those books?-Those books
· were kept by her.
Can you tell us what stuff you actually sup plied 2 General provisions, that is, eggs, chick ens, meal, potatoes, etc.
Are you quite sure she got her butcher's meat.from you? Quite sure..
A cook, who was formerly in defendant's em- play, spoke to going to the plaintiff's shop and getting food supplies. He denied being-in-the- service of toa Cilford. She, he stated, was only boarding with the defendant. He was at one time in the employ of a certain gentleman but had left because he was weak in the legs and could not walk far.
because he was a thief.
A voice in the Court-room-Hewas dismissed
Mr. Gardiner-Were you not dismissed be cause you were suspected of "squeezing?"-No. Has there been a prosecution?
Mr Koog SingThat's beside the point. Mr.. Gardiner (continuing)-Weren't you kicked out?-No. I brought a substitute,
That was the plaintiff's case.
The defendant was called to the box and, before being sworn, said that she was, no longer Mrs. Christie. She had not used that name for years. She took the name of Lewis now, because it was short, Witness deposed that she did not know the plaintiff firm, never had dealings with them. She got her butcher's mean and poultry from the Dairy Farm. She never ordered elsewhere. Towards the end of 1905 and the beginning of 1956 she took her meals at Thomas's Grill Room. It would not be likely under those circumstances for her to run up s compradore account. She never paid plaintiff any money-in fact, she did not know the man. At this stage Mr. Gardiner thinking the wilgess was feeling faint applied to the judge to allow her a chair, but the witness relaxed saying she was "all right;"
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Continuing, Mr. Gardiner produced a Dairy Farm bill for the mouth of June, 1906.
Cross-examined-She was the defendant in this action. She was rightly sued. „She was Mrs. Christle, but bad chosen Lewis. Her name was not originally "M, Albert." Pressed, witness admitted that that was her stage name. She could not explain why plaintiff sued her. It was all a fraud, a swindle. She could not account how her name appeared in his books.. Miss Ida Clifford was living with witness for a
time.
Mr. Kang Sing-Do you swear you do not koow the plaintiff?—I do,
asked to pay bill which belonged to some other person
His Lordship' found that plaintiff firm had supplied goods to somebody, and gave judg. ment for the defendant with costs.
THE DAIRY FARM COMPANY,.
'LIMITED.
ARNUAL REPORT.
FORMOSIIN 187.
THE GOVERNMENT'S AIME [From a Correspondani.]
1908.
German mall lies. The boring barge in moor ed in the strong stream and a big dredger lies closer in shore. The old wharf is littered with
gludas, piles and appliances, and a railway raps alongside.
the
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RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD. GENERAL MANAGER'S MONTHLY, REPORT TO
DIRECTORS.
The following is the monthly report to the Directors of the General Manager of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Company, Limited:** Gentlemen,-l'herewith beg to submit my report on your Mining and Milling Operations. The mine measurements and assay results of prospecting work shows a total of Bagft, for the paid (4 weeks) sader review, made up of sstt. sinking, 3ft, rising, 149ft, driving, 388ft, cross- cutting and 23af, of prospecting, as against 699ft, for the previous four weeks.
MINES..
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Thipsb; 9th October. Irrespective of the future of tea as a bever age, we have frequently referred to the measures to be taken by which the prosperity of Formosan tea may be maintained. What measures can be most advantageously adopted, is still a The report for presentation to shareholders question under coxalderation of the Gavam at the twelfth ordinary yearly meeting, to be ment. It scams, however, to us that they are to be of opibion it is not urgently necessary to Rod, Company's Depot, 2, Lower Alb, it endeavour specially to extend the market at as follows:- Hoad, on Tuesday, the syth stat, at :poon, is present, because although in America the price of Oolong tea le getting lower the quantity consumed naver decreased The Government would rather encourage the production in the laland, and for this purpose, they intend to
extend the market, if possible, on a large scale. first increasing the production, they intend to To improve the cultivation, not only will they
decided to establish new large experimental existing at Ampingchia, but it has also been enlarge the Experimental Tea Garden now
gardens in Byaritan, in the vicinity of Taichiu, and most probably at Tainan, during the next fiscal year. There, every possible experiment be tried in the way of manering, pruning, elc, and the tea farmers will be encouraged to adopt the methods approved of at these gardens. The expenditure for these establish mints has already been included in the Budget for the next fiscal year,
The profit for the year, after writing offgreatly improve the system ofcultivation. Thus, excavator And then the flat valley is to be 78, the lode 48in. wide, assays 18}dwt.-20
The directors berewith present to the share holderi a statement of the Company's accounts for the year ended 31st July, 1908, $1.447 7 for depreciation in investments and director and auditor's fees, amounts to bad and doubtful, debts, and providing for 575,548.39, from which it is proposed to pay a share, absorbing 532,500; to transier to reserve dividend of one dollar and thirty cents per
fand $1,000: sod to carry forward $48.39. fund 50,000; to fire and typhoon insurance
DIRECTORS,
by rotation but are eligible for re-election.
Dr. Noble and the Hon. Mr. Osbarns retire
"AUDITOR.
The Apexed accounts have been audited by Mr. W. Hutton Potts who,, offers himself for re-election at this meeting.
E. H. HINDS,
Chairmas.
'PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE
YEAR ENDED 31ST JULY, 1908, .'
Dr. 31st July, 1908.
To Repairs and reaswals gema To Directors' and auditor's fees
To Land cultivation
To Written off- To Exchange account............................ia.
Share investments...5 351.97 Bad & doubtful debts.
To Balance
+
1,095,40
Cr.
By the means now decided upon by the Gov. ernment, the production of ten in the Island will, no doubt, be increazed to a large extent It may be mentioned here that there is no fear of the prices of Oolong tea declining in U.S.A. on account of the increase of production, as the manufacture of Black tea is now progress $1,700.000 favourably. The greater the production of 3.845.69 ten leaves, by so much will the manufacture of 2,775.83 175.00
1447-37 75.548.39 $ 86,491.38
$2974-35 4.384.19 17.00 51.42
By Balance from last year
10 August, 1907–31st July, 1908.
By Dividends on shares & interest, By Scrip lees.adamın By Bad debts recovered By Balance of working a/c............
79,055-42 5 86,491.38 BALANCE SHEET 31st July, 1958. Liabilities. Capital,-
15,000 shares at $7.50
etch............... $187,500 Less not called up $1.50
per share
37,500
Unclaimed dividends........................... Cattle reserve........ Fire and typhoon insurance food... Accounts payable**** Hongkong and Shanghai Bank
overdraft Balance of profit and loss account...
Cattle
Ásucis,
Buildings and property Farniture, machinery and
stores
Share investments, and
mortgages ******
Lena written of oja
sberas......
Steam launch........................... Accounts receivabin....... Stocks on-hand.................****,
75:376.97
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Black tea increase.
The manufacture of Black tea in Formosa. commenced only last year, and some quantity was shipped to Russia and Turkey, where pro spects proved favourable. To Turkey 30,000 Ein have already been sent this year, and from Russia large orders, such as 500,000 to 1,000,000 in, are coming forward.
However, the only garden making Black tea 11 present is one at Ampingchin, under the supervision of the Government, whence it will be difficult, even with the greatest energy, to send to Russia more than 12,000 or 15,050 Ain during this year. The authorities appear cop- fident that there will be no difficulty in fuding a markel, even should most of the plains along the western side of the railway line throughout the Island, be planted with tea shrubs, Some time age, several tea experts were imported by the Anpingchin Garden from Hankow, China, and are engaged in the manu facture and inspection of Black tea. The quality of this tea is sufficiently good, to compete on favourable terms with Black tea of other countries in the Russian market. present, as mentioned above, Black tea is manufactured at the Anpingchie experi- rental station only, but it is the Government's intention to encourage the farmers to engage in the making of it, and for this purpose they 5,050 00 sre now preparing to start an institute where 2431.06-instruction will be given to those desirous of
engaging in tes making.
To sum up, the plan of the Government, so 75,548.39 far as we can see, it, for the time being, to leave the condition of..Oolong tea in USA as $317,596 60-it-stands at present, and to extend the market for Black tea in Russia and Turkey, first by in- $ 79,657.38 creasing the production of tea leaves in the 62,658.18 Island, which will mostly be manufactured into
Black tea, and later to adopt measures calcu 12,506.58lated to improve the market for Oolong ten.
-$150,000.00
202.00 60,000.00
5.415.15
74,925.00
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DIGGING“A. DOCK,
Beside the work at the wharf, however, thera ara now being made active preparations for the construction of the big wat dock. Here the greatest difference will be noted, beit from the landward side. The big lacoon that lies at the back of sectious 4 to 6, that is between Tanjoug Pagar and Borneo Wharf, has for the first time in history, showed the whole of its bed. Origi. aally this piece of land seems to have been a long submerged bauk lying between two rivers running from the Mount Faber sille, and the Tanjong Pagar side. The bank is hard abale; the river beds are soft mud. Crossing the flat valley is the present Keppel. rd. It is to be pushed back zoo yards closer to into big wet dock, separated from a stretch of solid, land. To dig out the lagoon the sea by the wharf wall, the quay wall and it has been necessary to cut it off from the sea,
sections 5 and 6 A month ago the preliminary channel that formerly led into it between and this has been done by damming up the
operations for closing this channel were con- cluded. At low tide sluices were let down and formed the seaward side of the cofferdam. The whole was filled in with clay, and the lagoon was thus cut off from the sea. Pumps were set to work, and now the whole stretch of mud is laid bare. The mud, however, is only an insignificant skin. A few feet down, the shale is reached, and this is not only a good foundation but in excel- Tent filling material for reclamations.
As insignificant skin-except in two places, the far east, and the far west, the old streami beds, and the pile drivers standing at these extremities give a good idea of the length of this wet dock, nearly half a mile. Backwards from the sea, it will at the western and run over the road where trams now do pass. Hence the, divergence of Keppel rd, as may be seen, along side the railway. Seventy feet wide is the naw road, and the earthwork all finished.
This has been drives öft, making a total of Bukit Koman, 540ft. Level, Drive South
540 ft. Level Drive North, Hanging Wall ing the total to 59ft The lode 3 in. wide, Portion. This has been extended rif, bring averaged 154dwt. per ton.
a total of 108ft. The sample were lads over a Portion. To this has been added 14ft, making 540 ft. Level; Drive South Hanging Wall
width of 4oin. and have fallen off in grade.
440 ft. Level, Drive South.-To this has been added 12ft, making a total of 46ft. The lode bas narrowed considerably and beconte low in value."
The wince from the crosscut off the main winze below this level, has been deepened gft,, making a total depth of 23ft.
340 ft. Level, South, Drive South in Stope.- This has been driven 6ft., making a total of Bift. The lode 48in. wide is worth Edwi Crosscutting for Stope-filling-258 Lode yoin. wide and worth 7fdwt.
Stopes. Above the 440ft. Level, a Stopes.
Above the 34oft, Laval, 2 Stopes Lode 87in. wind and worth adwt.
Above the 240ft Level, I Stope. Lode 8 in. wide and worth 64dwt,
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STOPE MINE,
The laying bare of the lagoon naturally hashad some effect on the neighbourhood but skilled medical advice has been sought as to remedying any smells that may arise, and to preventing the lagoons becoming breeding grounds for mosqui.stopped. toes. The works are the gathering grounds of a large extent of land stretching to the Mount Faber range, and up. to Bukit Pasob and the 17ft, making a total of foft. The lode 3zio.
General Hospital. There might be as much as 47 million gallons of rainwater to deal with. Rapid progress is being made with the water. ways custedd west; concrete channeland granite paved above for storm waler. When these are completed and all the upper waters can be sale ly carried down the channels, the dearing of the whole area will commence. Sumps are now being sunk and timbered at either end. The size of these holes and the solidity of the timbering are aloquent of the dimensions of the works. Pile driving is also going on for the western wall of the entrance to the lagoon dock, which will be rço foot fest across in its narrowest point, leading into the west end of the dock 600 feet wide which brings it into over the present road. At first, the deep water quay are only to extend west, south and east, the fourth side being a rubble bank, capable at any future time of being replaced by a quay wall, the dock then having berthage accom medation of 5,940 feet.
To briefly recapitulate, the work already done is cutting off the lagoon from the sea by, a cofferdam, preparatory to excavating; the sumpi partially sunk and progressing rapidly; imbenng going in for the ASÍ and west quay walls; diversion of Keppel-rd, completed as to earthwork (the transfer of the tram lines will follow in due course); con. struction of the shore waterways preliminary work and boring for the new No. 7 section, 60 feet long, reaching as far as Jardine's wharf; erection of most of the required plant; construction of land waterways to carry off rain.
fall...
I do not propose here to make any specific This is really-not-half-the-interesting things 3,000.00 statement of the progress made with the new there are-to-be-seep in-these-large-works, 41.342-49-harbour and dock schemes-Governor's 'An especially if you have the privilege of benig 43,506.97 sual Address,
shown over them by Mr. P. R. Warren, the Fools rush in whore angels fear to tread-Resident Engineer, and can look at the detail. $317,596.60 Proverb,
ed plans and the books of photographs show- ing the progress of the works thus far,
OPIUM IN FORMOSA,
The N. C. D. News Tokio correspondent writes:~It was in January, 1897, that the Japanese Government-General in Formosa epacted an Opium Act, in consonance with the policy of the gradual prohibition adopted in 1896. The Act prohibited all import of opium, except by the Government, and forbade all traffic io and possession_of_the_dryg, excepi_by_operations at the these who would have died without opium to smoke. The licensed smokers in 1900 stood at 169,064 and in April, this year, at 126,040, a decrease per annum of between 8,000 and 9,000. These figures correspond to 34.13 per cent of the whole population of Formosa, The Japanese Government is gradually increasing the amount of barmlens ingredients in raw material, with a view as far as possible to lessen the harm to smokers. This monopoly system contributes to the Trea- sury of the Government, while testifying to the success of the gradual prohibition policy. Opium sold by the Monopoly Bureau last year amounted to,37,758 kwame in weight and Y4,461,000, with net profits of nearly Y1,000,000. The loss of these profits, when probibition is complete, will be compensated by the exemp: tion of the Treasury from police and medical expenses no incurred in connexion with [opium-smoking.
STREBI SNATCHING ON AN
INCREASE.
J:
END OF THE YEAR APPROACHING IS THE
EXPLANATION.
19th just
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The
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A YOUNG SWINDLER:
160ft. Level, Drive South.-Hare 38(t has ten driven, bringing the total to difft. The ade-6gin, wide is worth didwt.
reached the desired point and has been The rise has been taken from 17 to 20ft. It
The drive of the stops, bas been advanced wide, gives an average value of todwt. Crosscutting for Stope-filling-13oft. Lode 7sin,, wide and worth to dwt...
Stopes-Abava the 16oft. Level, a Stopes.
ANDERSON SHAFT.
The shaft has bean sunk 34ft, making a total depth of 207ft.
Steady progress is being made with the foundations and other works on surfaco...
BUKIT MALACCA..
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has been added fgfl, making a total of gr5ft.
No, Level, South of No... Shaft-To-this-
The lode 63in. wide is worth 4jdet.. has been sunk gft, making the total depth 19ft.
No. 1 Level South of No. 2 Shaft-The winte small drives bave been started to the north and laden 11ft. each way. The lode averages join, in width and 7idwt, in value.
soin, wide and worth afdwt. Underground Stope. Above the No. a Level 1 Stops, Lode
and at surface zyaft, al prospecting work haa been carried out.
transmission line caused a slight delay in the General-The fall of one of the poles in the work and accounts for the excessive lost time in-the-mille
centrates have been won worth 2.03 oz. per
From the Wilfley Tables 19.5 tons of còn
ton.
The milling sheet accompany this. The Mill Returns for the same period are as follows
KOMAN.
Stamps: 40 to 28 days leas 3 days. (or re- pairs and clean up.
Huntington Mill ran 28 days less days for repairs and clean up.
Ore Crushed; Komaa...... 2,080 Stope 1,720
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Total: 3,800 tons. Amalgam Collected 3,535.02. producing Retoried Gold amsited Gold............ 869.587 0. Average yield.......... 4.60 dwl.
value of tallings—— 60 det
BUKIT MALACCA
BOAT BOY CONVICTED OF FALSE PRETENCES. No. 1 Mill ran 25 days ("crushing 2,013 tous
No. 11
surface ore and 233 # 25" [ tons Mine ora.
Total crusted 2,746 tons): Amalgam Collected - 400 ozs, producing Retored Gold”
135 Smelled Gold
133
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Average yield per too,18.dwt. Total. Tons crushed 6,046.
Amalgam. *,936,000 016. Smalted. Gold 11,pos587 oxa. Average Pimenes 915.45
3-31 dwt.
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Yield
W. H. MARTIN, General Manager,
It is impossible to go by tram or boat frojn Tanjong Pagar to the P. & O, Wharf, without seeing that a great deal is being đóng with the dock schemes, yet in their infancy, which-are- to replace the old wharves, and add to the ac- commodation for ocean-going steamers, is the New Harbour. Keppel Harbour, your eye is drawn to weird board cargo-boat No. 592, was convicted in the
if you go by boat through
A boat boy named Wong Fuk, employed on looking craft in the tide-way and quaint Police Court, last Saturday, and sentenced to surveyors marks on St. James.
three months' hard labour for obtaining goods. wharves, as most under false pretences, On Friday, Wong went to people will remember, are to consist of the agrocer's shop in Connaught Reed and ordered replacing of the old wooden structures by suit. 182 catties of tice in the name of the master of able solid or substantially piled iron wharves, the boat, who was known to the shop people, at a distance of from fifty to a hundred feet The rice was supplied to the youth, who took farther seaward. The line of the wharved will bis departure:An-hour-or-so later the shop be straightened, and the depth alongside made assistant, becoming suspicious, called on ibs 33, an accommodation that only a very small portion of the preseas wharves gives, A most firmed. Of course, the transaction was not master of the cargo-boat to have the order con- interesting light it is to see the manufacture of known to him, and steps were promptly taken the bricks" of which the wall is to be built to arrest Wong, who was found seated on Pot-
This is away on the East Reclamation. Broken granite is brought in by rail from Bukittinger pler quietly discussing a cigarette. Timah; and sand from the sea side of the works. Trams carry these materials, in the proportion of two to one, beneath the tower for mixing concrete. Up they are heaved to the third storey and tipped into a hopper, along with one barrel of cement, and the hopper is run over the mixer an ugly shaped box swung on pivots with s water tight door. The mixed materials are shot in, so many gallons of water run' in, the driving belt is thrust over and the whole concern revolves about eighteen times. When the doorisdropped, the mixed wet concrete drops down into trucks
The facts were these. Two soldieri belong." which are wheeled away to the moulds. The
ing to the Middlesex Regiment boarded the "bricks" vary in size. When we went thera
launch at the Kowloon side, and occupied first. the size that was being moulded was twenty
The following Japanese Imperial Rescript class seats. The other two European passengers was gazetted today! In view of the uncess-were Police Sergeant Wills, who is stationed tonsa block big enough to fill up an ordinary ing and rapid, advance of civilitation, which, hotel bath-room and leave enough over for the brought about by the common efforts' of all Dillon, land bailiff As soon as the launch at San Tin, New Territory, and Mr. J. H. passage. Everything dose by machinery," the nations, both of the East and West, has con had got under way the ticket-collector, ap- Basi life being given by the Goliath when the tributed to the common weal of the whole world, proached the army men for their tickets, No blocks bave stood a fostalght and set. So sim- it is our wish, while strengthening our rela notice was paid. Again the tickets were asked plo it looks-until you find out that the quantitions by good intelligence and close friendship for This time the collector was motioned out of here quick," one of
When asked what he had done with the rice he said he did not know. It was discovered afterwards that it was handed over to, a col- league, who cannot be found. Wong pleaded gality to the charge, and his conviction is re- cordad above.
A REMARKABLE JAPANESE
RESCRIPT.
SOUND ADVICE TO THE NATION.
Tokio, October 14
A SOLDIER'S THREAT.
DISTURBANCE ON BOARD 'A FERRY LAUNCH.
19th inst.
Some disturbance was created on board the ferry launch Southern Star last night, and bad.. it not been, that there was a police officer on board something serious would surely have occurred.
It is rather singular that. he seems to know I were convicted this morning in the Palice ty of added water has to be varied according with other Powers, to share fully the benefits you don'
all your movements? -Everybody knows my movements.
Was that man over there your cook?-He cooked for Ida Clifford, and was thrown out of the house.
Out of three men who were arrested-can on Saturday and, two yesterday-for snatching hair ornaments from women in the street, two Court. The evidence in the third case was, in the opinion of the magistrate, dot. sufficient to convict upon. The circumstances under which the robberies were committed are identical, and strange to say all of them were committed in Queen's Road Central,
It is, therefore, only necessary that we should deal with the latest one. woman named O Kan, of 13. Tung Lol Lane, Some time yesterday afternoon, a Chinese was walking along the leading thoroughfare, just as she was passing the Central Market she felt a tug at her hair from behind, and swing- ing sharply around, saw a coolle making as fast as he could down a side lane. Her crios of "Thief, thief!" attracted the attention of number of men, including a lutong who ran the thief to earth. When caught he still had the gold ear-pick in his fist. The two men who were convicted were each sentenced to a year's hard labour and to receive twenty-four, strokes with the brich.
The Puisne Judge-When Min Clifford left the house did you purchase your foodstuffa ány longer?-No. 1 got my meals at the hotel. |-| Cheng Hing said he was "boy", and cook and had been in defendant's employ for three years When his mistress left for Shanghai Ke took charge of the house. He denied that he over bad dealings with the plaintiff firm. He did not know the plaintiff. Never saw him before until to-day. As regards butcher's meat he stated that he purchased it from the market sometimes his mistress got it from the Dairy Farm. His mistress, as far as he was aware, saver gor presents of cloned meats. The chickenshe bought fromthe Kwong Cheung and Wing Kee Bems naver from the Dairy Farm. I cross-examination witness admitted that he was formerly a cialis in defendant's employ. His pidgin was to carry chits and sweep out the santatives, who inquired as to the case of the rooms in the morning. At that time there was increase lately of street-snatching, a police in no cook in the house, baptis spector remarked that he had made inquiries This closed the case for the defence. into the maller and from Chinese sources the Mr. Gardiner submitted that there was some only explanation he could get was: "The and mistake in the name, and his client had bean & of the year in approachlag.
of the general amélioration and improvement. In order to keep pace with the constant pro- the soldiers said, “we, will throw you over. gress of the world and to participate in the board1")) our national resources ir manifestly requisite and the soldier was about to put his throat into blessings of its civilisation the development of The man so addressed refused to get out," and of prime importance, and it is believed that action when Sargeant Wills sprang up and our country, which har but recently emerged seized hold of the man, pulling him melde, at from a sanguinary war, calls for activities the same time giving him to understand that desire all classes of our people to act in unison, in various branches of the administration. We he who a seus roared the soldier, throw to be faithful to their callings, frugal in the log in choice adjectives in the question.
"Who are you?" massgement of their households, sabmissiva to the dictates of conscience and calls of duty, frank and sincere in their manners, to abide by simplicity, to avoid ostentation and to inure themselves to arduous tolls without yielding in any degree to indulgence."
A › police officer," came the answer, he made an attempt to seize the officer, bat Is that so 2 very sacerishly. And at that failed.
to the day, wet or dry, that the mould and the planks making holes for the lifting of the blocks, have to be rubbed with a mixture of soap and oil, that the mixture must never be allowed to brcoma dey while the two top booted labourers are ramming the composition down, that, in short, economical concrete making of sound blocks of the dimensions The blocks vary in sirs. They are designed wanted for a wharf, wall is an art in itself. to be laid in a sort of Flemish bood, beaders and stretchers, and a half cylinder slot in each ad- Jelaing block gives space for a key of concrete firmly binding the blocks together.. It is to be remembered that these blocks are to be laid dawn on a prepared foundation something like 40 feet below water lave. The operations im pled are boring, diving makingthefoundation, laying twentyton driving, caisson work, blocks in situ, bonding, backing, dredging at the too, facing with granite, decking, and a few other operations. In parts the solid facing wall bioak to a sufficient, depth, then filled with concrets, and on them a superstructure of atsel with concrete decking. The only part with the opening of the Governors Conference orderly behaviour, and secondly, with trave of the wharf yet tacked is section 7 where at which speach was made by the Premier, Erst-class on," Second Cikar ticket
clean sweep has been made of some Marquis Kaam, explaining the Re gedowns Jøst;beyond-thi-Wharf where the . 2. G. D. Neu
plim defendant, Smith, was discharged, Gale
When the Southern Star reached the pier.
peace, then to the national diligence and din chased down the wharf and seized. Twice ha
The rescript refers first to Japan's policy of escape. He ran down the gang-plzak and was:
the disorderly, individual made an attempt, to
ally to national manners. It emphasises the attempted to "throw" the officer, but a finisien importance of fulfilling national strength by soon' put an end to that, and he and his healing in a peacefal way the wound left by who was arrested by an Indian connable; warn wall as to the Japanese nation. T
As taken to leadquarters, EKERAAM They were charged before MrR The promulgation of this Rescript
Za coprotawlion with one of our tours, will not be adopied, but steel cylinders will the war. It is addressed to foreign to the Police Court, “to day" firstly, with