THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY AUGUST 6 1909.
Retrenchment Scheme Dikrict Inspector to be responsible (as aleady
COMMITTEE'S REPORT"
MINUTE BY HE. THE GOVERNOR.
directed) for bis district... The 4 Scavening Inspectors (as I said in 0. S. O. at the time) to be retained to meet emergencies, and form a margin to replace vacancies (leave, sickness or death). "The Committes recom- mend a reduction to at from 28. If the $ Plague Inspectors are abolished and the un- authorised (so far as I remember) storekeeper is abolished, the number would be zz. If this post is considered essential and provides fell work for a man, it could be retained and one scavenging inspector decreased.
The staff would then be --13 · District Inspectors ro, Victoria, 3 Kowloon) at class 3 cattle depots (2, Victoria, 3, Kew. loor), and class; 'disinfecting a.ation, and class storekeeper, and class; cemeteries, and class; and 3 scavenging (and available for replacements) and class,
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Bathing Fatality.
EUROPEAN WARDER DROWNED,
IN GIN DRINKERS, DAY,
TWICE DISCHARGED.
POLICE COURT BUSINESS IN NUTSHELL,
.3rd inst.
OPIUM SMUGGLING.
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in fact; engineers always figure something like twenty-five percent more for torsional strength. of conpllogs than the shaft Itself measures, which would make the shaft la question "mechanical monstrosity," as he termed it.
GIGANTIC SCHEME THAT FAILED:
That the gigantic smuggling scheme un-
From these calculations the authorities earthed yesterday when opium and cocaine la large amounts were found in machinery con deduce that the shafts were never intended to signed to the Paracale Gold Dredging Com- be used as such, but merely as a blind to di
Developments of a sensational character are plicate men well known in the business world pay, will, before the investigation closes, im-guise the attempt at smuggling. of Manila promises to be certaie, observes the expected to be forthcoming. The detectives. Montia Times of 29th ult
detailed on the case are still gathering evidence, but their task is just begun, as they are of the opinion that there are more arrests to be made than those already contemplated.
But for the timely information furnished the whale quantity of opium and cocalsa hidden in the machinery would have gone by the cus- toms secret service and have been delivered to its owners:
Six hundred and thirty-eight cans of opium ware found in the hallow shafts of the ma-
It in doubtless in the recollection: of our readors that, some time ago, the Government proposed a scheme of retrenchmant in the vari† ous Departments, The Government have since been carrying out their policy of cutting down expenses with afirm hand and in this respect the Sanitary Department has not been overlooked. At the meeting of the Sanitary Board last Tues- day afternoon, the following raport by a Special Committee consisting of Messrs. F. H. May, A. . Thomson, C. Mct. Messer, and Murray Stewart was submitted for the consideration of members
1. On the suggestion of Mr. Messor, who was lately Head of the Sanitary Department, we have the following recommendations to make for xa-arrangement of the duties of the Samit, sinco Menirs, Messer and Hutchison concur on his bathing costume, went to the stern of the | Janestigation.. Departmeal, where it was dis- found la the drum of a winch, the value of this fospactors and consequent reduction te staff..
There are at present 13 Districi Inspec. tors, Plague Inspectors, 3 Inspectors In charge of Cattle Depots, 1 Inspector in charge of Disinfecting Station, I Inspector doing the duties of Storekeeper, Inspector of Cemeteries and 4 Scavenging lospectors.
3. faterprolars, Originally 17. Committee: advised 15. Reduced to 14: There are now 14 (plus 3 clerks and interpreters to M. O. H.'s).
ROBBING A MONBY CHANGER,
CLEVER RUSE BY THREE MEN,
A very clever rate to victimize a money,
In our lust issue we 'gave the report of case which was decided in the Police Court The sea has removed from our midst another yesterday in which a man calling himself member of the community-the victim baing salesman of 54, Bonham Strand West, and Mr. Percy Cocke, a young officer of the staff of giving the name of Ho Chun We, was charged the Victoria Gaol. The tragedy took place last before Mr. J. R. Wood, with the larceny of a Monday, and the circumstances are sad to relate, pair of gold bangles from a Chinese woman, in A party of thirteen men, including the de-a Shok-tong-taal restaurant, on the 25th July ceased, chartered a pleasure junk to proceed last. The salesman, according to the evidence, on a bathing excursion. They left Hongkong invited the woman to the restaurant, and shortly after the tiffin hour and sails were im- baring doped her with the smoke of bis mediately set for the north. Evantaally the cigarette, substituted her gold bangles for a happy company reached Gin Drinkers-a bay pair of brass ones which he had in his poseas on the way from Stonecutters' Island to Chin / ER: Worhip was not satisfied with tha avid. Shinery and these tins contalund 210 ODRCOs of Let me have the views of the M. O. H. please. ] Wan, Lai-chi-kok, Thare they anchored just 3 ence and discharged the man. When the accus. drug valuad, at ·P 16,000 pesos according to a about four p.my and no time was lost by ted left the court-room, Inspector Robertson, the statement made this morning to the Timer by bathing enthusiasts to enter the water..
Percy Cocke, it would seem, after having pat prosecutor, had him removed to the Criminal Acting Collector of Customs H. B. McCoy. In changer was tried by three coolies a few days
the afternoon there were 70 ounces of cocaine | ago.
The house where the trick was played in at 4, covered from the Gngor-prints, that Ho Chuo boat, and dived into the water. Immediately we had been banished in June, 1997, from this capture being P1,500 according to the acting Das Vœux Road West, and is occupied by be reached the surface again he was sneo to'bo
collector of customs.
two dams, a shoe-maker and the money-chauger, in difficulties. Both his hands were raised Colony for a period of five years, after serving
Daring the end of last week the trio visited. 4. it was decided to abolish the post of Sani-to keep himself effent. Two of his comrades inquiries into the man'a character.
above his head and he was struggling violently term of imprisonment for theft.
This led the police officers to make further
shoe dealer the other stood near the money- the shop, and while two of them spoke to the
tary Surveyor so soon as present occupant re- want to his rescue, but they were unable to
changer's, counter, on which was a large signed or could be provided for elsewhere. I render any assistance, owing, as already man-
amount of money. When the money-changer tioned, to the struggles of the drowning man. do not remember ro Principal Clarke,
It has been well established that the infor
was not looking, he covered s roll of silver with In order to save their own lives they were per
the later capture of the cocaine came from kerchief and the roll of silver beneath, he pro- mation loading to the capture of the opium and bis handkerchief. Then picking up the hand- forced to release their grip on the man, who sauk and has not since bien seen. Several other
Manila and not from Hongkong as was stated conded to leave the shop. The theft was gentlemen of the party made heroic efforts to reach the man as he was sinking for the last
yesterday-The-machinery had been passed noticed by a foli, who gave the alarm, and the on the customs wharf and was taken to the "men" were chased.--Two of them were captured time, but they, too, were unsuccessful. As a
machine shop for alterations when the news of || -the-tbird-escaped-Charged-in-the-Police- maller of fact one of the 'party was very nearly
Court, last Tuesday, the pair were found guilty the sumggling reached headquarters and as drowned himself and bad to be picked up from
soon as openings had been made in the shafts of stealing $ja in silver, and were ssatenced the water.
the whole amount of the stuff at the shop was |to six months' bard labour each. taken back to the custom house and the dope dragged forth there,
that 6 can be dispensed with, I concur if the Sanitary Board and M. O. H. concur
3 concur re closing Central and retaining E. and W. offices.
Instead of this system, we recommend that Victorta be divided into 12 Health Districts and -Kewlena-into three_and_that_our__Inspector" 5. I am glad to hear that these reduction be in charge of each; that Scavenging and ure feasible
6. This apparently should have been done Plague Inspectors be abolished and that In each district the District Inspector belong ago. Why has the H.S.D. not made the solely responsible for carrying out the Sanitary recommendation? -- duties in his district. Dual control would cease and responsibility would be more definitely 'fixed.
9. The possibility of such large economies reflects badly on the previous administration of this Department.
concur, (One more to be discharged)." The Estimates show a overteers and one "Fitter" of Markets. (The filter is at the Wes- The saving is staff would be seven Inspec- tern Market). One overseer only to be retain tors and cost of their uniform, house allowed and one fitter. I concur. **ances, etc. Of the staff of 21 Inspectors, 14
abould be first class and second class.
Mr. R. O. Hutchison, the present Acting Head of the Sanitary. Department, concurs in this scheme, which he considers will produce increased efficiency, but he urges that allow ance for 3 Inspectors on leave should be made, the establishment being reduced to 14 only (1 first class and g second class).
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The principle of allowing for staff on leave admitted la.other Departments and we do not thlak it necessary to introduce it here.
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The increase of Health Districts from To to 12 was recommended by the Sanitary Commission and it was objected that com- parison of tables of statistics and confu sion in records of survey of houses would result. These objections are dot, in our
4-5:09.
(Sd) F. D. LUGARD.
The following is the reply of the Assistant Medical Officer of Health in His Excellency's minute:-
1. (1). I have the honour to report for the information of His Excellency the Governor that the transfer of so much of the work of this Department to the Public Works Department by Ordinance 14 of 1908 renders it quite feasible to carry out His Excellency's proposals of:--
(a) Abolishing iba plague inspectora quá such, the duties they now perform to be carried out by District Inspectors.
(Rotaining the Districts in the City of Vic- opinion, strong enough to bratraty opinion, Istorie panty after or via le, and providing
But a Districts Kowloon. held or if it is considered that allowance. should be made for Officers absent on loave, then we recommend that the existing 10. Districts be adhered to but that the principle of baving one Inspector solely in charge of each be adopted. This will leave 2 Inspectors spars to allow for leave, etc..
(2). These arrangements will depend, how. ever, for their efficiency upon —
Both Mr. Messer and Mr. Hutchison are of opinion that the number of Foremen Inter prators can be reduced by 6.
(a) The retention of the four scavenging ins- pectors-three for the City of Victoria and one for Kowloda--raferred to in the earlier part of His Excellenty a minute of the 4th inalants for without men for this special work; it would be impassible for even the fifteen inspectors proposed by the committee (twelve for Victoria and three for Kowloon) to efficiently carry out all the duties appertaining to their Districts.
*(8) The provision of at least three Inspectors to replace vacanciei due to absence of leave, sickness, elc, for otherwise either District must be left unattended or the scavenging work be neglected. With a staff of over twenty men, it is certain that thres at least of them will always be on leave.
A search is being made to recover the body of the deceased, but so far it has been un. successful
Percy Cocko was thirty-four years of age, and unmarried. He joined the staff of the warders about a year ago, having abisined his discharge from the Middlesex Regiment. He sad and will be greatly mourned by them. was well liked by his brother officers, and his Deceased, who was an Englishman, leaves his parents at home to mourn his loss, and the sympathy of all will go to them.
WHITE SLAVBRY,
a
The investigation revealed the lact, that the salesman only a wook ago was charged, by Inspector Macdonald, with robbing a woman of her fingar-rings, at Yad-ma-ti, under similar circumstances as stated above. On this charge "ho was also discharged-by the magistrate.”
This morning Ho Chua Wu, who was attired a cotton long cost, was charged with haring returned from basishment before the expiration of the time limit. He gave the Court to understand that the police had mistakes him for his "twin brother."
Finger-prints and photographs, however, were stronger evidence, and the defendant was sen. tenced to a year's hard labour and four hours' exposure la the stocks,
It will, perhaps, be of interest to state that this man has about five previous convictions against him, and it is pleasing to note that the evidence as adduced by the police to-day was considered satisfactory by the magistrate to enter a con- viction the sixth term served by this character, as alleged.
THE RISK IN RUBBER.
In 1906 the price for plantation' rubber rose TRAFFIC IN JAPANESE WOMEN. ·
to 6s. 3d, and that for fine Para to 58. 5d; in 1908, the price for plantation rubber.dropped About to o'clock on Monday night three to as low a figure as 35, old, and that for fine young women and a man were observed wander Para 10 28. 94, per lb. This year prices have iog about in front of the Hyogo railway station,
case to a record height, plsatation reaching reports the Japan Chronicle of 24th ult. A puli-78. and fine Fara 6s. 314, and at about this cemas became suspicious of their movements level the market remains at present. and requested them to accompany him to the Hyogo police station. They there gave their names * Miyakawa Matsuo, aged of Fukuoka prefecture, Kyushu; Yano Sada, aged 19% of Hyogo; Tsuda Naka, aged 25, of Fukiai, Kobe, and Takahashi Tare, aged 23, of Hyogo. The women stated that they were going to Tientsin as maid servants in a Japanese restaurant at a salary of so each per month, and were about to start for Moji with the man, whom they believed to be an agent. The police, fearing that they were being deceived, warned them that they might find themselves in virtual slavery in Chida or Singapore. They were then released. The man, however, is still detaibed in the Police station pending further inquiries...
While there are persistent rumours that the this amount there can be no official confirma amount of opium captured amounted to twice tion of this mamour obtained from an authorita tive
source.
The seizure of the cocaing was made on the wharf the secret service officials were ment in which opium had been found in the suspicious of all the machinery in the consign="
morning.
been in close conference with Colonel McCoy Acting Prosecuting Attorney Southworth has and the customs secret service officials since
BAT-CATCHING IN KOWLOON,
MINUTE BY ASSISTANT MEDICAL OFFICER
OF HEALTH.
The following minute by the Assistant Ma dica! Officer of Health to the Head of the yesterday afternoon and this morning was at Sanitary Department relative to rat-catching at the office of the acting collector for a consider-Kowloon was laid on the table at the meeting able time.
of the Sanitary Board last Tuesday afternoon t
I beg to report as follows with regard to the work of the rat-catchers in Kowloon -
Neither the acting prosecuting attorney aor. the acting collector of customs will talk for publication of the next steps to be taken in the case, but it is expected that warrants for the arrest of certain Manilans will be issued,
In Old Kowloon, we have ten men working, distributed as follows: for Teim-is-tami for Yan-ma-ti, r for Mong-kok-tani, 1 for Tai- koketsui and a for Hooghom
fa Kowloon City, we have one rat-catcher. Traps and bird-lima boards are given out as follows -For Old Kowloon 250 traps and 250 bird-lime boards. For Kowloon City traps and 100 bird-lime boards.
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The average daily take of rats for the 31 days cuding sth July, 1,909, was frito rate as agalast an average of 463 tals taken during the gt. days ending 14th May, 1909, f, for the 31 days preceding the introduction of the Kai Ching- averaged rat-catcters,
We have cow II man working as against
tun-hong and Sham-shul po. Now we do Under the former system, we included Fak.
not,
The smuggling scheme was part of a mam moth enterprise to bring opium into the islands and If it had not been discovered by the officials it is believed that in the next few months thousands of tins of the prohibited drug would bave reached the smokers in this The advance in 1906 was primarily caused country. by the fact that the demand due to develop Practically no new developments have come ments in the electrical and motor industries-up during the day until the time the Times was increasing av a greater rate than the xop- Went to press this afternoon but that certain plies of rubber, and by the consequent contrac tion in stocks of the commodity, but as the four hours seems certain.
arrests will be made within the next twenty- consequent course of the market showed it was
Manila, 30th July. carried too far, From March, rgos, to February, 1968, the course of the market was downwards. that has ever been accomplished here, is being
Perhaps the cleverest piece of detective works men formerly, There were fluctuations, but from August, worked out in all its details by socret agents of 1997, the fall was almost unabated, until the customs service engaged in unravelling the
There is 'a'considerable difference v February of last year the low level quoted mystery of the large seizure of opium and the number of traps, etc., used now above was recorded. From that point the re
and formerly, e.g., we used under the old cocaine made last Wednesday, when over covery was continuous to October, when planta P30,000 worth of the contraband drug was dis-System 119 traps and 1gr bird-lime boards. tion rubber reached sw, gd.; there was then a
covered in nice pieces of machinery which“ It is possible that by doubling the numbers,
of fall of 6d. by the end of last year, and since arrived here last Saturday on the Tean con- traps and bird-lime boards now used; wa... then the market has practically never receded. signed to the Philippines Gold Dredglug Co.
may get more rats, but it certainly does not In the light of past experience it can be Detectives and other customs officials have, look at presast as though the Kuf Ching are safely said that while prices may have been since the discovery, brought all their wit and taking an interest in the work. sahed top high in 1900, they would not have ingenuity to pay on the problem, and it is stary Department, the Kal Ching, myself and At a meeting between the Head of the Sanf- bets for the financial cull la atentake in hand wh-dofthere involved in this effects on trade in general and upon such In liberty. The drag-net of the law is graduallycibe o -- Dispensary should keep “Inspector Mackenzingit paucarningad that the" dustries as require large quantities of rubber. closing in and arrests are expected hour a register of the bonses where the rat-catchari The Autericin demand last year was not so im• ceding years, and enlarged supplies were left had any part in the smoggling plot but it inspect the houses with a view to checking the portant a factor as it had been in the three pre- the Philippines Gold Dredging Company
It is not suspected that any officer of had left traps, etc., each day, but this has not. been done and so we find it impossible to for absorption by other countries. This demand, is thought that the company was made as in number fixed by His Excellency the Governor
Dear Bowley, The 'S. W. market, limit at
month, and, being persistently pushed at a when lotruducing the Bill which subsequently Sal Wan Ho Market,,should, 1 think, be ex and supplies falling away, bas been a material 4. Mr. Messer and Mr. Hutchison are became Ordinance 14 of 1908 (Hansard 1908 tended to Taikoo Dockyard gates on the Shau-factor in bringing about the present high that connects any of them in any way with the and larger shareholders of the company are all time when the season was drawing to a close well known citizens of the highest character agreed that at the Head Office, the port of page 14). The difference is accounted for by Principal Clerk can be abolished and that the abolition of five plague inspectors quâ suchki-wan Road, Mr. Brewin has not agreed ta prices...
and the inquiry has revealed absolutely nothing the Sanitary Surveyor is no longer required.whom is Excellency than proposed to retain,
piat. Mr. Frank B. Ingersoll, the leading These are reductions that were decided upon in with the addition of three inspectors available
member of the corporation, is absent from the connection with the reorganisation consequent
city but the other officials have promptly come on the teport of the Sanitary Commission,
forward and are lending all possible assistance f. They are also agreed that one fifth-grade.
to the castoms officials in lavestigating the clerk and one messenger can be abolished.
Government with all correspondance and in care. They have voluntarily furnished the We therefore recommend these reductions and
formation to their possession as to the purchase that the two clerks and interpreters to the M.O.H.'s be required to assist in the ordinary
of the machinery and this promises to furnish a work of the Head Office,
very excellent basis for the investigation of the
3. Mr. Messer further suggested that as a means of curtailing the work of the Department and of exercising a more efficient control over the Sanitary staff, the Eastern, Central and West erb District offices be closed. Mr. Hutch
on agreed as to the Central District Office, which be considers serves do useful purpose, We recommend that this office be closed with saving of the telephone clerk and messenger employed there and of the rent of the premises (5816 per annum). Mr. Hutchison is opposed 10 the closteg
of the Easters and Western Small matters which they will not take the trouble to go to the Head Office for. He also hopes to make further use of them for the dit tribution of rat poison, bird-lime and rat traps. We find that the number of inquiries made at the District Offices lo question by the Chineas population averages from 6 to 7 a day with a slight increase when pingue is prevalent, and to the face of these figures we are not prepared to recommend that they be closed,
6. Owing to the discontinuance of burying plague corpses, the crew of the plagus barge and the watchman at Cheung Sha Wan Come tary can be dispensed with.
7. Mr. Messer has recommended that at the Disinfecting Station, only so many artisaus should be employed as for whom there is cop stant work, excess work in the plague season or otherwise being let out to Chinese COD tractors. This recommendation bas already been given effect to as far as 9 artisans are con cerned. We recommend reduction of staff by
8. We further recommend that the over- seer at the New Western Market (110 per annum) be abolished add the overster at the Central Market be given a travelling allowance of $10 a month and an Increase of pay of $10 and that he visit the Western Market twice a day."
9. Mr. Messer has suggested means by which saving of $3,000 per annum can be effected In-the-lighting-of-the-Central Market, and „saving of 54,039 per annum can be made awing to recent changes in disinfecting method and the other_reductions under Other Charges shows in Enclosure No. 17 (13) follow if these recommendations for reduction of staff are "adopted:
(S4)
"F. H. MAY.
AM; THOMSON. 10, Mcl. MESSER.'
M. STEWART,
(3). Thoscavenging work will, in my opinion, never be properly carried out until it is geder. taken by the Goveromant directly, instead of through a contracter, and 1 believe that such probably enable the staff to be further reduced,
MARKET EX79NSION.
A QUESTION OF LIMITS,
would be as follows:-13 District Inspectors (4). The scheme I would suggest, therefore, (Victoria 10, Kowloon 3): 3 caftlé deposiespectable at the meeting of the Sanitary Board las! The following correspondence was lald on the 101 infecting station cemeteries; 4: Tuesday afternoon relative to the proposed limits of the New Western Market and the pro
1 inspectors (Victoria 3. Kowloon and 3 inspectors available for replacements.
work
This makes a total of-25, or two less than the posed extension of the north-western boundary however, has revited during the past ning nocast victim by the smugglers. The officers be doing the work which the Kal Ching pro-
of the Sai Wan Ho Market:
this as yet. I attach S.B.O. 74880 of 1909.
3.1 will get the Assessor to check the nam of Kowloon Markets to-morrow.
3. Will you let me have this paper back?
E.D. C.WALIE
INCREASED PRODUCTION.
The production of rubber has increased even when prices were low, the world's output in 1968 having reached yapos tons, which was an, Increase of 1,000 tons over the output of 1907, reached and seem likely to prevail in view of the growing trade requirements, unusual efforts wit probably be made to bring rubber to the market. Last year there was an increase of about 850 tons in the production of plantation rubber (from Ceylon, Malaya, &c.), bringing
for replacements, as with the abolition of the former, it would be impossible to fill up leave vacancies from the scavenging staff.
The storekeeper was not-included-in-His-P.S-Seo-market-limits-proposed for Newed with such high values as bave now been Excellency's estimate, or is he included in Western Market. These and Sai Wan Ho ex any list above, and as he does not perform any tension will have to go before the Board, inspectorial duties, I would suggest that he be show in the Estimates as a "storekeeper" under the heading of "office staff "rather than as one of the inspectors and that his emola. ments be graded accordingly.
(6). In urging the adoption of this scheme, at least for the present, I would point out that there are now twaaty-eight-Sanitary Inspectors on the permanent establishment and therefore only, until some of these men retire-they are that any further economies must be on paper almost all comparatively young men or antil other appointments are found for them in the Government service end in view of the general presume that this will not be easy. retrenchment throughout all Departments, I
(7). As vacancies arise,, further economies sible, Bach vacancies aced not be can be carefully considered and, where pos ed up, but
fili. Colony is growing more or less rapidly and the meantime, the probable therefore that by the time the given full effect to, the Colony will have Retrenchment Committee's scheme could be acquired fresh needs,
..25.7.09.
E. D. C, WOLIE,
Dear Wolle-Herewith. Please return as soon as possible.
F. B. L. BOWLEY."
26.7.09.
Assessor, Will you please check the names of the strasts in Kowloon in the attached list of Market limits?
E.D. C. WOLFE.,
37.7.09.
Head of the Sanitary Department, New names la red in attacked list.
28.7.09.
· Á. CHAPMÁN.
the total up to 2,100 tons, from amaros of about 500,000 acrer. This year a larger in crease in expected but it is evident that any usterial addition in the near future to the world's supply of rubber must come from South America, where the production is in a large degree regulated by the returns upon the cost of gathering. It is said that with Goo Para marketing at 3s. a lb. the South American sup ply could be counted upon as steady with fios Para at about 6s. it is certain that ex- traordinary efforts will be made to extend the limits from whichsupplies are drawn, and in this coanecilon it is noteworthy that there is now a proposition before the Braziliku Government limits for New Western Market and also pro would open up a vast extent of rubber country Secretary-Please circulate proposed market to order the construction of a railway which posed extension of the non-western boundary that, owing to the difficulties of navigation in gate.. of the Sai Wan Ho Market tu Talkoo Dock Ethe upper reaches of the Amazon river during part of the year, is now but partially utilized ED. O, WOLIE It is difficult to say how far production may expand in Brazil under the stimulus of high prices, but an increase may safely be counted It is urgent. Could it be added-for-next-upon, The-growth is the output of plantation rubber-growing in Ceylon and the Malay Archipelago-is-a-comparatively-now-industry but the number of new rubber companies which are being floated would indicate that the fo- dustry will be worked for all it is worth. The Governor of Kinochou has written to the
Meanwhile the comparative scarcity of rub. advised by the Naval Department in Berlin ports from America say that stocks there are Governor of Shantung saying that he has been ber hare and in America is undeniable. Re- that the Kinochou University will be opened in practically exhausted, while the stocks in Lon- arrive in Tsingtan-at-the-end-of this month. Only 2,167-tons-as-against-4,644 ton at the October this year and that its principal will doo and Liverpool at the end of May were He requests that the Commissioner of Edaca- and of May, 1908. In May, 1908, the market tion be instructed to send a deputy to Tsingtau | WAI slow; at the present timu it is strong with sion of students. Shanghat Timer. to confer with the principal about the admis- a koon demand-Times, Juse 2.-
19.7.09.
f. The Foreman Interpreters (coloured men) have been attached hitherto to the plague jaspettors and with the abolition of these the Foreman Interpreters will no longer be needed. mesting? One additional District is being provided for. Kowloon and this will necessitate an additional interpreter (Chinese)_in-the-place-of one of the Foreman Interpreters The Estimates show nine of these men and the Committen pro pose to abolish six. My scheme involves the abolition of sight, as I am not asking for the two extra districts for the City of Victoria.
THE KIAQCHOQ UNIVERSIZY....
THE coconut trees in the F. M. S. compare favourably, both in yield and size of nuts, with those of any other country, says the Inspector of Coconuts, le his report on this industry for
The following extract from a minute by H.E. the Governor was attached
Please see my winsto in 1959'og attached III. I think it is only fair to Dr. Atkinson to And see Hansard for 1908 pages 23 and explain that the economies which are being 24. I stated that there would be ay Inspec eflected in the matter of disinfection "owing to tors under the new scheme; there appear recent changes in disinfecting methods" are 'to bo 38 retained.. The Inspector doing entirely the outcome of the foal report of the
daty of storekeeper" is excess?
The rea
Indian Plague Commission which was only sons for retaining the 4 scavenging Inspectors published in 1908, and in which it was finally was fally stated by me. The Plague. In decided that disinfection of Plague houses spectori suck were abolished and in the could safely be replaced by treatment with corrent Estimates DODO Appert under some pulicide. Thesp pulicides are very cheap the name. I was myself auxions to abolish when compared with the cost of the ordinary dis- them, but was told that it could not be done at infectants and although they were in use in present. The objection to dividing Victoria conjunction with disinfectants in this Colony Into xx instead of to districts wore Bot out in as early as 1906, as shown by the attached Last and adds that in his opinion tracte
papare, yet we would not have been justified in no reason except bad process of manufacture, ignoring the advics of the Special Commis why the copre made from the fruit should not sioner (Professor Simpson), who was sent out from home to advise the Government on all I have in my notes on the Medical Depart maliers connected with plague, by omitting at mant dealt with the question of allowing ordinary disinfection and using only palicides marglo of staff to replace vacancies dus to until the Indian Commission had completed "absence on leave. It is essential and nonvald. their most elaborate and far-reaching experi- able to do this in a self-contained Departments on the subject and bad Issued their maat, which cannot boorow from other: Depart report mani My own judgment if that the Mr, Shelton Hooper mlaated:-This should Plagne, lespectari might be abolished. The be referred to a Select Committee of the Board wwe. Estries soinlood sa they are. The to report on,
my speech. The M. O. H. was strongly op: posed to that scheme. It was decided and notified by me that each Inspector would be solely responsible for his district.
be, as a rate, of good even standard.
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the places in which the proscribed drug was The starting discovery has been made that secrated were made for the express purpose for which they were used, and net for the ordinary uses to which machinery of this kind is put. It is the confirmation of this theory that has puzzled the detectives and customs officials.
Among other pieces of machinery arriving oo the Tean last Saturday for the Philippine Gold Dredging Company, ware bine pieces that were taken to the workshop of George Y, Taylor for certain alterations. These pinn pieces were: four steel shafts, four cast irea columes, and band winch. The two former pieces contained over P30,000 worth of oplum
valued at F3,500. hollow pieces. The winch contained cocaine in little round tins which exactly fitted the
The shaft were made of mediam grado. steel, were fourteen feet in length, and were provided with a steel collar on either end, the collars effectively closing the ends. The open.. ing inside from end to end measures four inches in diameter, the exact size of the oplum tins, The collars are screwed on at the ends, and effectively conceal anything that might be placed inside the hollow robe, and owing to the great walght of the shafts themselves the dis covery of anything concealed inside would be almost, if not quite, Impossible.
If we keep such a register ourselves, we shall
entirely without reference to the Kai Ching, mised to do and we might as well, go back to the old system of controlling our rail-calchars
Perhaps the Hon. Registrar-General could arrange that such a register be kept at the Yan ma-ti Dispensary and also at Hunghom.
With regard to Kowloon City, although the at-catcher, there has a relatively large number of traps and board, be only sends in about 2-3 pensary clerk at Kowloon City to keep a regis. rats per diem. It would be well for the Dis
ier of houses where traps, etc, are laid.
As mentioned in another paper sent you to day, the daily take of rats, for the last few have been coming in daily from old Kowloos. days has been a little higher. From 60-70 rats This figure is still too low for the number of mon and appliances.
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W. PEARSE,
Mr. A. Shelton Hooper minuted-Who is the Kai Ching? 1 can't understand some of the abbreviations in this minute; perhaps the Assistant M. D. H. will explain at the Board Mosting,
Read, was summoned to the Police Court, last MRS. D. Solomon, residing at. 33, Hollywood Tuesday, to answer's charge of having received stamped receipt. The money, it is stated, was the sum of $0.50 and giving in retum an un received in respect of house-rent. The charge was proved, and the magistrato (Mr. J. R. Wood) imposed a fire of $10.
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THE Manila Times of 24th ult. says:—This morning just before the China-Manila-liner Zafiro sailed-for-Hongkong, a Chinese pas sanger, Go Keng Hu, died of heart disease and his body was brought ashore before the mailing of the vessel. The dead man was a resident-of- abu, and had been in Manila but a short time preparatory to leaving for China. He was apparently in good hemith when he went out arrival. The body was turned over to the on the launch to the vessel, but died soon after
meruo.
Bteel shafts are made to withstand the strain almost exact science of mathematica, each part for which they are built, in accordance with the being made to correspond to the torsional would be the shaft itself, which is 7 inches in dia- Tax new handsome building of Massus. Lane, strength of the basic part, which In this case, meter. To find the area, square the diameter Crawford and Co, Ltd, la Tokyo is making and the multiplicand, 49 sq. luchas, multiplied such rapid progress that they expect to be fully by 7854 gives the cubic ares, or 38.4846 cuble. Installed in the same by October. The build- inches. Thus, the couplings on the collars ing is situated within half a block of the Nippon should be made to conform, in their aggregate Glako In the centre of the district whichis. list of articles, the exportation of which to linked principle that "a chain is no stronger. Dass district, and will prove one of the most THE Japanese Government has published a measurements, to this area, on the well estab. destined to become the heart of Tokyo's brisl Korea is prohibited. under the ban are as follows:-Oplom (except shaft are four to number, of an loch in dia large show windows of attractive display
The articles coming than its weakest link. The cooplings on the attractive stores of the capital, with plenty of for medical purposes), imitation colas, and mater, this belag ascertained by four holes of quite ne variance in, this respect to their Yoko- those in the fisage. Thus the
the hama bailding Government for purposes of hunting and self- same formpia the cabic area of each of defence) nickel coin, bullion and moulds for making colo.
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couplings is .6873 of an inch, of 2.7488 cable UNDER dato Shanghai, 20th nit, Messrs." Inches for the four. Thus the torsional strength Wheelock & Co. write:We have another beisk of the shaft is about nineteen times greater fortnight to report on our homeward freight DETECTIVE Sergeant Appleton, on information poipiments: Sub-Lieutenants F. P. O. Bridge shaft, figuring from the weakest polat of Its all the various berths to satisfy all tonnage, ra THE Admiralty announce the following apthan its couplings; in other words, the whole market and thers in alicient cargo offating on received, raided a houso at 10, Third Street, man to the Badford, and J. N. Pally, to the coupling, contains eighteen times the area requirements. Coastwise We regret to say that Shauki wan, on Saturday night last, and disasi, to date 27th ult. Engr. Lieut. E Jquired. Mechanical englosers who have been the same poor state of affairs enlace imunin covered a gambling school in fall swing, Allan, to the Tamar, additional, for charge of questioned on the subject have stated that no Twenty-four men were arrested and the gam stores and duty with T.B.S. and to assist the engineer would make such a piece ofmachinery absolutely no demand of any consequence
markent as when last writing and 'thare'ls were brought before Mr. R. Wood, at the appointment of Rogy, Liant, & 1. Alien to Onnasginesfalso stated that the fire, which lag locally and so coal-frigin Cart mor bling paraphernalla confiscated. The gamblam engineer, commander, to date 1st ult. The to be used as such.ggas Matches
any direction-there is no consting cargo' mor- Magistracy on Monday, and each offender had the King Alfred, for study of Japanese, is can is about ous and one-half inches in depths and we have not seen the onering go to pay 83 #sch.
should be at least twios its thickness, and
a) for a long time.
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