Turbulence at Quarry Bay.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY MARCH 12 1010
had not acted an a' sulutary deterrent, There was no recrudescence of hostile dia- play against the workers when they left dock- "yard at five o'clock, but a special police patrol. was kept on doring the aveüleg and is again on duty to-day.
** THE POLICING OF QUARRY: DAY, It bas born og more than one occasion a subject of comment in the columes of the | Telegraph' that the Quarry Bay and Shoo-ki.
DOCKYARD, MOULDERS MILITANT.
POLICE PREVENT SERIOUS CONFLICT. Our great Hongkong house of Mesure, Butterwan districts are woefully under-policed; and field & Swire has had the misfortune on two recent occasions to have reason to deplore dis seosions amongst its workmen at Quarry Bay neither of which it was within the power of the firm to prevent. That this turbulence was not proventible by the Company is ali 'the more re-
INDUSTRIES OF HONGKONG.
THEIR RISE AND DEVELOPMENT, (Specially Written for the "Hongkong' Telegraph.")
XIV-HONGKONG ELECTRIC
COMPANY.
When all the internal reconstraction work shall have been complated and the new Diesel generator set retalled, the Company's power station 'will t: second to nose in the East; and as provision bas been made for ar pansion of trade, the premises should serve the purpose for many years to come.
For most of the information embodied above we are indebted to the courtesy of Mr. W. H. Wickham, the manager.
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grottabio, as employment conditions, both for being apprised of such until, að one may be building, despite its great height, is not visible | Magistrate, in the Police Court this afterounDD,
Europeaus and Chinese either in the Sugar works at Taikoo or in the new Dockyard there, are unsurpassed, from the workers' point of view, by anything in the Far East. So far as the giving of employment is concerned, to leave out mention of other forms of even more material benefactions to the public weal, Messrs. But tarfield and Swire have establisbad for them
· solves a reputation that fow, if any, cao equal.
It was with regres, therefore, that we have now to report a recurrence at the Dock yard of the' trouble - which materialised at the Sugar Hoare a few months ago. True, the conditions in the two affairs are
INTIERLY DISSIMILAR,.-'
for whereas in the -istter case the disputants were all within the works' gate, the former makers of mischiet transleared their scene of operations to the outside of the Dock promises; and whereas the Sugar House coolles-or, rather, á' section of them-- acted on the sudden impulse of the moment and were at speedily pacified, in this affair of yesterday's happening, the turbulence that in vaded the otherwise peaceable precincts of Quarry Bay with its immense army of work mon was an organised affair which might have led to serious consequences but for the timely intervention of the Police authorities,
The first intimation of impending trouble that resched the Shaukiwan Police Station arrived at twenty minutes past eleven o'clock Thue day
Torenoon; and by ten minutes to twelve all the available men from that station had been put on patrol near the point where the trouble threatened, whilst levies were SUMMONED IN HASTE
from Bayview, Wanchai, and the Central Po
lice Stations. In all, some twenty-five police officers were on the spot before the mid-day Imaal hour had expired, these including seven or eight Europead officers as well as Indiani and Chinese of different ranks.
From all appearances, it was abundantly evident that mischief was falended, for pet ugly were the Dockyard gates and their approaches. from Wong-kak-inul thronged with malcontenis, accompanied by the usual hordes of unemploy
ed coolies who seem to scent aut trouble
aberd as valtarei scent out carrion.
As it transpired, the trouble had arisen from what may bast be described as a trade or a guild quarrel. From the information which a representative of the Telegraph was able to gather, it seems that the incipient rio had its origin in the
MOULDING' SHOP
of the Dockyard. If the writer was informed correctly, the labour contract for the moulding shop has changed hands several times for one reason or another; and quite recently the management of the Dockyard, who had mean time undertaken the full control of the moulding department pending the fixing up of a new labour contract, made the contract over to a
new man.
So far as hearsay goes amongst the artisans and coolles affected by this new contractor taking over the labour supply, they were not allowed to carry on in their old capacity except at a reduced rate of wages, As most workmen would, have done, thes resented this reduction to which they were to be subjected by the new contractor; but the fatter declined to, parley-about any enhance ment of his waga rate; with the result that most of the old hands decided to go
OUT ON STRIKE,
This, however, did not dissuade the con tractor: from carrying out his purpose, and the places of the "workmen who refused
to resume work at the smaller rate of wages ware promptly filled up by others, of whom there appears to be no lack in this neighbourhood. The number of those displaced, is variously stated at from 80-10-200, the latter figure representing practically the entire staff of the moulding shop.
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But be the number what it may the strikers. regarded the newcomers as "blacklegs" and it has become evident that, they planned an organised attack upon them as they were returning from their mid-day meal in the village to the Dockyard gases. Needless to say, the ranks of the strikers, were swelled by all the bad characters who make Wong. kok-tsui. aad, Shau-ki-wan notorious. regards the shopkeepers of the former village, they bad either been appiixed before- hand of coming conflict or became alarmed at the presence of such unaccustomed crowds, for when the specially summoned police posse ander Inspector Collett of Shau-ki-wan arrived onthesceon a few minutes before twelve o'clock, all the shops near the place had been
SHUTTERED UP,
and most of the neighbouring householders were content to view the proceedings from their upper windows,
if any further demonstration of this fact were required it would surely be faced in this latest instance of the impunity with which a section of the Chinese can orgaving a breach, of law and good order directed against another section of their fallow-citizens without the secret service aloist last monical As matters turned out too much credit cannot be given the police or the prompiness and effectiveness of their action when in formation was laid regarding the affair. But the fact remains that this great and growing communal district is not sufficiently staffed by the police, although, probably, this truism will never be borne in upon the official mind until there occurs some such tragic calamity as that to which the episode of yesterday might easily have led.
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
ĐẠ HEALTH OF THE CAMP.
The report of the railway medical officers Dr. Hartley, for last year is as follows;→
Mr. Naidu has been stationed at North Face Camp, Beacon fill Tupuel, throughout the Ïysar.
Dr. Chun Tan Kou was Assistant Medical Officer at Taipo Kau until the 5th April, when he was transferred to the Bacteriological In- stitute in Hongkong and his place was taken by Mr. Lam You étae who remained until the cod of June when the post was abolished"
Mr. Kelly has superintended the Saaltary Works in the Camps along the line,
At each of the three Dispensaries, Kowloon Chai, Shatin and Taipo Kau, a Chinese dresser has been on duty day and night and from each Dispensary an ladian Foreman has madea daily round of coolie quarters on his section, issuing quinine, etc., to those in need and bringing in or reporting cases requiring medical attend
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Quinine pills were issued daily to colies whenever practicable during the months of June, July, August, September and October At the population is such a sailing one, it was impossible to carry out the regular issuing af quinine with any degree of thoroughners,
Coolie lines and all drains were regularly cleaned with disinfectant fluids throughout
the year.
Camps are all supplied with Sanitary dust bins and raluse has been burnt daily. mosquitoes and which for one reason. or an
Pools of water which afforded harbour for
har could not be drained, have been regularly
treated with kerosine oil..
has shown a steady improvement; there was à The general health of the Railway employees
Fevers and Dysentry in spite of the fact that decrease in the number of entries from Malarial
a much greater proportion of the sick mes came forward for Western treatment than formerly.
There was an increase poder the heading of slight-very few being serious enough to "fojuries" but the cases werd, for most part, necessitate hospital treatment.
Berberi still conses a fair amount of sick. beks and several deaths have eccurred from this cause, some with remarkable rapidity.
In November four coolies died at Kowloon Chai on four successive days, three of the deaths taking place in the same room.
who, while enjoying the advantages of electric There must be many people in Hongkong fighting all the year round and of electric fans in the hot weather, are yet ignorent regarding the location of the big power station whence emapatos ite current supplied the town by the Hongkong Electric Company. As a mat ter of fact, it is not an easy place to find, for the to the ordinary wayfarer, hidden away as it front Queen's Road East on the southern side. in Wanchai behind the lofty topements that The towering chimney stack is certainly a landmark easily observable from the Harbour, but the station itself does not stand out in any remarkable way against the dark background of the hill which rises bahind it."
Since the Company commenced supplying power to the pub) e të demand for electricity bas vastly increased, so much so that some two years ago they were obliged to undertake the reconstruction of their works at Wanchai. Ia 1908 the western end of the building was first reconstructed and at present the oistern end is just baing completed. The result is a very
SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE,
electing all credit on the Company's enter prise and on the architects, Messrs. Leigh and Orange. The building is of brick and iron, with no less than 17 iron colamas sup porting the roof (which has been raised zo carrying two to to travelling cranes necessary fest in the reconstruction process) and also
for handling the very heavy machinery, and plant employed in the engine-room. Half way up their entire height, the walls are tiled with white tiles, which give the station a very bright, clean appearance whilst the floor it aid with green and red tiles, all got out from England; and these, combined with the speck- every satisfaction to the most fastidious less engines and alternators, must afford
his cagine-room. ́engineer who ever took a pride in the look of
the massiveness of the machinery at work. Some Almost the first thing to strike the lay mind is conception of this may be coveyed by stating that the flywheel alone of the Diesel oil type of engine weighs 24 tons. The main considers. tings in installing engines of this pattern weid. economy of working and the
EXTREME SIMPLICITY
of the arruogement of the plant, involving oeither-boiler-house nor producer plant, Two Diesel oil engines are at present at work and the foundations for a third of similar pattern are being laid down. The Diesel engines re- quire a much deeper bed of concrete than the ordinary steam engine. Both these cagions are working at their full capacity during the night, but in day-time one suffices in the cald weather, 1908, and since then the original steam plant These engines first started running in July of has been practically in reserve to relieve the oil prime movers, The Diesel sets were built by Gebrüder Sulzer of Winterthur, Switzerland, and haven power of 300 H.P.each. They steied from an oil fuel task of 150 tons capacity situated externally to the engine-room Adjoining the tack, is the water pond with a cooling tower ter the top of which the heated water from the water jackets of the Diesel engines is pumped and cooled by being broken up on a series of hundreds of laths, after which process it falls back into the pond and is again ready for use. From this pond also the steam boilers are supplied with water
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The coolies had apparently been in fairly good health, at any rate they had been working The Diesel engines work on what is known as usual when they suddenly developed symp amongst engineers as the four-stroke cycle, toms of acute beri beri and died shortly and the main paint of difference from ordinary afterwards. Post mortem examination confirm- Kas or oil engines lies ia the character of the ed the diagnoses: "The buildings in which fuel combustion, which is not of an explosive these deaths occurred were promptly disinfected--character-but a steady.combustion at bigh.com. and closed, since when there bave bean no pression temperature. more deaths from beri beri at Kowinan Obai,
The Camp 8 No. 5 Tunnel, Taipo, have sbowa distinct improvement since drainage and other prophylactic measures, which were made possible by the appointment of an extra Assist; aat Medical Officer at the end of last year, could be carried out with some degree of tho roughness.
Until the beadings of Beacon Hill' Tunnel met, allowing airco current of air through, irritating vapours given off from the gelatine there was considerable trouble caused by the used for blasting purposes. The vapours given off from a well and thoroughly detonated charge do not appear to do much damage but if for any reason part of the gelatine is lighted and burns slowly before detonation takes place, the fames gives off from the slowly burning Part of the charge are exceedingly dangerous Causing stupefaction very quickly and death is jable to result owing to. fixed chemical compounds being formed to the blood, thus destroying its oxygen-carrying properly.
Oo juce ioth, a gang of coolies had to come through dense fumes on their way out of the Tunnel at Shatin,They all complained of feeling sick and dizzy and three of them died very shortly afterwards; the rest had completely recovered by the following morning.
The total number of cases seen at the three
and 3,667 in 1997.
During the compression stroke, the cylinder contains air only, and the temperatures con- sequent upon compression, of the sir ignite The combustible charge, dispensing it ignition tubee or sparking apparatus. The charge is blown into the combustion space by compressed air after the maximum compression has been reached in the working cylinder. There is Do increase of pressure on the admission of the fuel but fout a slow burning of the oil in the pess and resularity of russing are obtained. beated air, with the result that great smooth- The fuel oil is blows into the cylinder through an atomiser, which breaks it up into
A FINE SPRAY,
To start the engines compressed air is used. By opening a stop valve the air is admitted to the piston for four or five siroken, after which the beat of compression in the cylinder is sufficient to ignite the fuel oil. By operating a lever the compressed air for starting the engine is automatically cut off and fuel oil in admitted to the cylinder. So certain and at the same time simple is the operation of starting that any one of these engines can be started up and put on full "load" in from two to three minutes.
The switch-board, by which the supply of current to the mains is controlled, is situated at the western end of the station and is operated from a gallery raised B feet 6 inches above the
ALLEGED ARMED ROBBERS CHARGED.
DISCOVERY OF a loaded revoLVEK
9th inst.. Before Mr. E, R. Hallifax, First Pollen two men were arraigned on charges of assault ing with intent to murder, carrying arms, night and carrying arms without a permit from to wit, a revolver, dagger and fighting iron ai the Captain Superstandent of Police Inspec tor A. Langley, of the Water Police, prosecuted and Mr. P. S. Dixon, from Mr. R. A. Hard- ing's office, appeared for the defondants.
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you bada't dodged?
Mr. Shenton-What would have happened if Allana-He would, bave broken my head at
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ting parjury?
Mr. Goldring-You have admitted commit
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Mr. Shenton-I object. Mr. Goldring beg your parden. I am entitled to ask the question.
Mr. Shenton-1 object to any question which might incriminate my client.
Alianz-Aml obliged to answer the question, your Worship?
Hi Worship-Yes, Mr. Goldring, you can't' ask the question.
had atimcted the attention of several large firms in Europe und America and offices had been established in Harbin by representativas of London, Hamburg, and other houses. Har bin bad thus a brilliant fature, which is now to be reduced to cought by the Chinese Govern- ment edict. This was of course written be fore the removal of the prohibition in Hellung province was unounced, and it may be haped that the other provinces will be treated similar ly before long.-ID. J.G]
MEETING OF FROTEST.
On the ith instant, a crowded meeting of protest against the prohibition of cereals was Mr. Goldring-Never mind, it's common held at the Harbin Chamber of Commerce, In property. Were you sober?
order to farmish an idea of the "difficiles in- Allana-Yes, I was sober, I don't drink now. volved by the prohibitive measure, we sum- don't know.
Where did the defendant come from mariae briefly the lengthy account of the pro
ceedings appearing in the Novaya Zhian, Among those presant were representatives of foreign exporters, milling interests, members Eastern Railway, and others.'' of the Chamber, representatives of the Chinges
From front or behind?-I don't know from whole,
when he whistled it. I was very much fearing When did you see the lukong?-saw him and I could not sun.
Do you mean to tell me that the Zukorię ran away, with you?-No, he did not run away.
Was the order of the race Allana fil, Alla Door second and the liking third?—I think the Zukerig was third.
I suppose you were frightened out of your life? Yes, I was frightened because.defendient
The Police told you that a summons would moet the case?-Yos
And yet you had a warrant issund 7-Yes, suppose the defendant ran away?.
You have seen many Indian watchmen in your time ?-Yes.
Does not avery watchman carry's stick with him?-Never.
From the lacta relatad by the Police, it appears that shortly after seven o'clock on the 17th February 1st, as Mr. F. Drew "of 7, Lechsel Terrace, was returning home, he saw two men outside 'his house, who appeared to him suspicious. He went to sea Mr. T. Bunt-might break my head. er, his neighbour, whom he requested, to keep watch from his house and intimated that he in the meantime would watch from his house to see if to men would return. Mr. Hunter did as co- guested dad after a few minutes, he heard his boy shout "Save life!" and he went to his as- sistance. As he emerged outside the houss through the front door, he saw one of two men running away and gavo chase and soon over- hauled him. Mr. Drew in the meantime board Mr. Hunter shout Run Fritz! Do catch him! Don't let him gol" and he proceeded to tackle the second man, A slight braise was found on the boy's back and subsequently a revolver was picked up by Mr. Hunter, who found that all the chambari had been loaded. One of the ploy and on being arrested both men were defendants was previously in Mr. Hunter's em
handed over into Police custody.
Mr. T. Hunter was called into the witness box.
Mr. Dixon-Don't you think it rather funny that the assault was committed and nobody Baw it?
Witness-I don't think it was funny at all. Did you say that you picked up the loaded revolver?—Yes.
But it has been stated in evidence that Mr Drew picked op the revolver?-That's quite immaterial,
I suppose you ran after the defendant when you saw him I did,
You ran for amusement? - Not for amuse- ment. I ran to" catch the man. There is no- thing extraordinary in that.
Mrs. Hunter was the next witness. Mr. Dixon-Don't you think it rather curi- ous that nobody saw the assault?
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man may have been able to run away quicker Witness-Why should, it be curious? The
than we could get, og to the verandah on bear. lug the boy's cries. Now, tell me, would you have been able to see the assault from the dip ing-room? I think it is a ridiculous question to
ask. ***
Mr. Dixon (Pointing to a water-pipe)-Dots that water-pipe belong to your house? baven't seen that water pipe at all. I have lived at our house for one year and our water-pipe is not a bit like it.
course of the afternoon two of the charges were Other evidence was also taken and in the dropped, His Worship remarking that the de- fendants would have to answer the charge of carrying arms without a permit from the Cap- tain Superintendent of Palice.
The case was remanded, bait being allowed in the sum of $250 each.
DEFENDANT DISCHARGED...
roth Inst. Before Mr. E. R.. Hallifax, First, Police Mrgistrate, in the Police Court this morning, the case was continued in which S. E. Allana was charged by S. A. Maricas with the alleged emberilement of a gold watch and chain and obtaining the sum of Sz5o by means of false pretences. Mr. P. W. Goldring, of Messrs. Goldring, Barlow and Marrell, prosecuted and Mr. F. 1. Heit, of Messre, Bruton and Hett, appeared for the defendant.
frash charges he wished to prefer under the Mr. Goldring, stated that with regard to the Bankruptcy Ordinance, he would make the application Inter.
His Worship You mean you don't want the information to be sworn now?
Mr. Goldring-The information has been sworn,
Well, l'have seen many.
Mr. Shenton-Your duty is to cross-examine,
pot comment,
Mr. Goldring-My daty is quite clear, (To witness)—is the stick anough to braak your head think so.
don't think so.
-Witness (winding the stick in the Court room)-You can try if you like. You are my enemy, that's why you ask me these questions, Omar Jooseb atated that he met the defen dant on the day following the alleged assault, Defendant was smiling and witness inquired of the defendant what amused him. Defon dant asked witness if he had not heard of the previous night's affair and on being an swered in the negative, related the assault Witness asked defondant if he was not afraid to go to gaol and the latter replied that be' was not and that even if he went to gaol for two yeats, he would stick a knife into Allana when he came out. Besides, Maricam was bebind it and Marican was a big maD.
Further evidence having been called, the case was adjourned, bail being allowed in the sum of $100,
CERBAL EXFORT FROM MANCHURIA:
EFFECT OF PROMÍDITION,
SERIOUS DISLOCATION OF TRADE IN HARDIN.
As reported in yesterday's issue, 25th ult., awing to the protest filed by the Powers, the Governor-General of Heilung province, who had issued instructions prohibiting the export of cereals from the Nan-kiang district, has removed the prohibition as far as wheat it con cerned, It appears, accordingto Russian papers place affected by the prohibition, which still to hand, that the Hellubg province is not the only remains in force in other provinces in North Manchuria.
The Chairman, M. Fried, president of the Chamber of Comicarts, explained, the object had been sprung up a. them unexpectedly, of the meeting. He said that the prohibition despite the existence of a treaty between Great mised to give 21 days' satics before prohibiting Britain and Chisa under which the later pro. the export of grain abroad in the event of tha danger of famine arising among the popple..
M. Harmont, in the name of the exporters, stated that a large quantity of grain already purchased still lay stored at the places of pro- duction, from which it could pot now be removed. Mastrs, MacGregor & Co, the firm whom he represented, bad made contracts with Chinese producers and had paid for all the grain contracted for, which now lay in the for- | bidden areas. All contracts batwaen Chiness and Europeans would be broken by the pro- The Chinese authorities had no
hibition.
| right to forbid the export of grain which really
belonged to Europeans.
The representative of another British firm,. Messrs. Craig & Co., cited an example from tadia, where on the occasion of a prohibition of export the Government allowed a period of grace to the exparters to remove rice already purchased. -
After some discussion a telegram was read from the Russian Consul st Mukden to the effect that the' prohibition had been placed où thin, announced the chairmao, nearly all the another district, that of Kwan-chon-lse. By
prohibition. A suggestion was made regarding Manchurian provinces were now under the the possibility of bringing a judicial ac tion against the Chinesa Government for breach of treaty, or against the Ohiodine pro ducers for breach of contract.
M. Richter said that the Chamber would have to prove that there was no famins among the people in Manchuria.
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M. Daniel said that in the official proclama- tions issued by the Chinese Government in Bodone there was pot a word about famint, only the increased price being mentioned.. Oả the contrary, the harvest was well tip to the average.
The Chairman denied that the price bad risen. · Last year the price had gone up to 85- kopecks, and there was no mention of any hardship among the people then..
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A motion to elect a committes to investigata. the actual conditions over an extended period was rejected and after some further discussion; Russian Minister of Finance, Trade and a retafution was passed for presentation to the
Industry, and Foreign Affairs, in the form of The telegram was in substance to the effect a telegram, which was read by the Chairman, that the Chinese authorities had, on the opett enormous dislocation of business lo Harbin warning prohibited the export of grain from The prohibition has caused aning of the Chinese New Year, without any, and the neighbourhood, and a number of firms Bodune, which was followed by the closing of or agencles have had to suspend business. The the Mukden and Taitsibar provinces Rus matter is regarded as very serious to Russian sian grain merchants had sustained seribnj interests, and the Russian journals at Harbin losses, owing to the impossibility of pur devote several columns to reviewing the chasing receiving purchased grain, situation, The Novaya Zhian is of opinion The Harbin milling industry was being that the rdict of probibition in the Heileft without wheat, and the citizens of Harbin lung, Bodune and other important trading and the people in the whole foreign sone were centres is a direct attack on Rossinn interests. threatened with a deprivation of ur. The A jolat protest signed by merchants of various extraordinarily snowy winter had impeded the nationalities in Harbin and supported by the usual movement of grain, and about two local Chamber of Commerce elicited the ex montbe supply remained in the warehouses in plaustion that, the Chinese Government was the forbidden areas. The probibition was ins much concerned at the condition of the famishvolving the collapse of the principal trade, ed messes in the provinces referred to, an the raining the Russians, and reducing the railway people had not yet recovered from the unpre to loactivity. The telegram notes that immed of cereal products was rising daily. The object delivery of wheat to the railway stations wai cedented floods of lost autumn, and the price iately on the declaraion of the probibition all of the prohibition was to accumulate a supply stopped. All the foreign Consuls could testify at home, and thus bring about" a 'diminution in } that there was no famine in Manchuria. the price.
GROWTH OF THE EXPORT TRADE.
concludes the telogram, Chioa is, found to be justified in her action,then mensuraf must be taken to allow those traders who have suffered to recoup themselves,, ·
Afterthe reading of this telegram the meeting tone.
Our contemporary motes that the export of His Worship-Have you seen the application, markably of late years. Thanks to the impior cereals from Manchuria has increased re Mr. Hett?
ed railway facilities and the better organized Mr. Hett saw the application this morning.trade, the export of grain from Meechuria to His Worship-Is this a private prosecution, Europe rose from 3 million poods (1 pood
COMMENT OF A RUSSIAN JOURNAL. Mr. Goldring?
In the course of a leading article in its ‘Tesna equals 36 lbs.) in 1907 to 7 million ponds in of the 17th ultime, our contemporary remarks increase in two years But the area under the expen of cereals, as they receive in RE 1908 and to 15 millions in 1900-a five-fold that the Chinese population does not lose by. cultivation is continually being increased with
Mr. Goldring Yes, I think the baxt course would be to apply to the Supreme Court to file an affidavit.
accessity for that.
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His Worship—I don't think there is any the enlarged demand, and it was expected that change foreign goods, so that on the success of the export depends the expasalon of, EuropesR as moch ar 30 million poods, or 500,000 tons products on the Manchurian market. Tha ar. Goldring-Of course, ous gels very little would be exported to Europe in the present imports of soch goods into Manchuria hava assistance from the Crown in these casos:
year. By the prohibition, this trade is suddenly
Dispensaries was 2,197 against 2,264 in 1900 | Aloor level. This.platform is reached by an evidence having been taken, His Worship hold untouched in the warehouses-not of the export trade. For example, in 1908 Russian
CLAIM FOR BOARD, AND LODGING.
iron staircase. The floor of the gallery is of glass. As for the switchboard itself, it is made of white marble slabs.and is covered by such ab intricata, series of switches, circuit breakers, generator ammeters, and regulators as to make one wonder how confusion tao possibly be avoided. However, one only required to see the operator at work on the switch-board gallery to be convinced of the ACCURACY And deftness.
THE ASSAULT ON ALLANA.
GRAPHIC, DESCRIPTION DY THE ¿COMPLAINANT.
According to the Harbin journal, when the: prohibition was declared in Bodens, both on beans and cereale, Chinese patrols were sta tioned on all the roads leading to the railway
Moosa Ebrahim was recaffed and further stopped, and millions of poods are lying progressad parallel with the growth of the that there was no case to send to the jury and exporters, who have not yet bad need to
importa into Manchuria wore valued st 17.250, discharged the defendant," The arrival of the police squad-although it
|000 ragblée," which increased in 1909 to 30 bay much of the last crop, but of the millions. Thus the commercial interests o war only a handful in proponien-had a dis
small agriculturists and pessani What foreigners in Manchuria are closely bound up tinctly sobering: effect upon the mischief
is to become of these enormous stocks with the conditions of the cereal trade. makers; and every exertion was used by the EUKOPEAN BRINGS ACTION AGAINST officers of the law to keep the throngs of people
oferain? asks the journal. They were destined BROTHER-IN-LAW.
for the export trade, and now there will be no on the move. When the crucial point canic-
bagere, sren at 10 kopecks (zo sen) a, poodi that is to say, when the so-called bracklegs"
Moreover, the probibition at a stroke means began to issue from their quarters and return
9th inst.
Before Mr. E. R. Hallifax, Fint Police Ma-the collapse of all China's trade and industry Before Mr. Justice Gompertz,.Puispe Judge, to the Dockyard gates shortly before one o'clock in the Summary Court this afternoon, G. Ru? which are exercised in this important branch of with alleged attempted assault on 8. E, Allans on the grain trade.. It cannot be supposedi master at Tao Lai-chao, on the Chinese Eastern gistrate, on Friday, Alla Deen was charged in Manchuria, as there depend almost entirely to prevent any infringement. The station. it required all the united efforts of the police dow, is interpreter in the service of Messrs. the power station work. This switch-board, in Wyndham Street on the 7th March last. that the Chinese Government bat ignored its Railway, received an official notice that if the :
Mr. W. E. L. Shenton prosecnied and Mr. F. W. Goldring appeared for the defendant. pressive tactics, tempered by a wise 'discretion for board and lodging and other advances. Mr.hampton. From the switch-board, the various 'the defendant and sgainst Marican were not the interests of es alleged starving population the station to enforce the notice. From sundry
Mr. Goldring stated that the charges against on the part of Inspector Collett and the officers Leo. d'Almada, of Messrs. Goldring, Bariow feeder mains are led away into the towo in all stme. One was charged with conspiracy and which could have been relieved by a specia! other facis connected with the prohibklow, gor -
to prevent the malcontents from rushing the #blacklogs" en masse but fortunately this was -avoided through the exercise of steady, re-
Thos. Cook and Son, filed a suit against by the way, is quite new, having been erected Lafferty, a mechanic to the Taikoo Docks, only last year. It was supplied by the Elec- to recover the sum of $333, being amount duric Construction Company, Lid, of Wolver
and men under his charge.
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This action is all the more to be commended because of the fact that the crowd appeared to be possessed of all the attributes of
M, Reader Harris, of Messrs. Wilkinson and and Worrell, appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Grist, was for the defendant.
directions and thence the current in carried by subsidiary lines to the different dwellings, shops, hotels, etc., who use electricity either az an illuminant or a driving bower.
the other with assau{t.
His Worship We must take the case against Alla Deon first,
Mr. Shenton-I am perfectly willing,
commercial interests and deliberately aught to destroy a foreign export trade progressi by leaps and bounds every year, merely in the
days, a half of what remained would be com atation was, not cleared of grain within two Gecated. & company of troops was posted by
A VLADIVOSTOK message to the Arabi reporte that the Russian navy has ordered the con- struction of two submarice boats, each of son ions, from the Baltic shipbuilding yard. Tha price of the vessels will be 1,500,000 roubles vach.
grant other means. There mos bo'goms
contemporary draws the conclusion that Calax other reason for the mearuto. As is known, the taking revenge on Russia for the closing of
the porte franco by the latter and her refusal of | closing of the franco porto in the Far East exy
tended along the Amur border, and, a heavÝ the American proposal for the bentralisation of Mr. Shenton stated that the facts put shortly | duty was placed on flour from Manchutia Into the railways in Manchuria-Japan-Chronicla, !
the Russian provlaces Nevertheless whe has cantioned to be admitted free, with the fo enlt that the flour milling business has been gradually transferred to Russian Centres in the Far East-to Habarovsk, Iman, Blagovest chenak, Vladivostok, etc. This was an undesit able development to the Chloess Government which has apparently, thloks the journal, pat an effectual brake on the morement by the present drastic scheme.
THE S. Choyzang was the scene of a daring notes that the only diplomatic protests against night.." A man gained access to the Captain's In a subsequent issue the Harbin journal tobbery shortly after eleven o'clock on Thursday
the prohibition were from the Russian and cabin and on seeing a chest of drawers, bucka Japanese Ambassadors, but the latter's was of open all the drawers and sified all their contents porary, the Japanese, as usual, bave their own four gold studs, two dress-suits, a› meers- lukewarm natura. Evidently, saya our contems of any valus, consisting of a "gold walch,
methode of finding a way out of the diffenlly, chuam pipe, a pair of ship's binoculars, sa that the whole effect of the prohibition falla case of retors and Sago in money. on North Maocharin, within the sphere of the The thief made the articles into m Chinese: Eastern Railway, & number of foreign bandía, and was about to escape through Arms kava plowed down, and already;two very port-hole when „ba was copped by, the ship's important concerns are named as having lions, carpenter, and was this morning awarded four duted these afaith... The, cereal, export trede, mantha' kard laboure
Mr. Almads stated that his Lordship would ▲ POWDER BARREL
ustice that the claim appeared on the writ of As regards the steam plant, which, as already Just awaiting the match to burst into explosion. summour as $450. The claim included so a mentioned, bas been practically used as a rowers that Allans was returning home on the As the "blacklogs" passed along the middle of month for board and lodging from Jane 1st, serve since the Diesel engines were introduced, 7th March last at 13,30 pm, and when he got the road, they were subjected to much booing 1909, to binary 1st, 1,10, & $7 fice paid by bere are two steam alternator sets by Messis, hallway up the sirent, defendant came up to and insulting remarks, in several instances, the plaintiff at the request of the defendant Johnson and Phillipa, London, with atgines bim with a stick, with which he struck at him. arrests might have been justified for disorderly and Sas for money lest. The sum of 5150 by Mesas. Bellis and Marcom, Ltd., Birming Ailaus quickly dodged and missed the blow. conduct, but sa nothing serious happened the was paid into Court, which brought the claim ham, these seis being of, ito à p. caparity. He would call a lutong, who would give come pacific attitude that the police adopted was loto 5332. The facts of the case briefly put were. Also there are two small arc lamp sets driven borative evidence. Defendant the next day evary,cense.the wisest,
that the plaintiff about two years ago lived by steam, the street are lamps having to be told an independent witness what he had done There is little doubt that in the absence of the with defendant's sister and, in September last fed by separate mains from those which supply, and the reason he had done it. police, the incoming workers who have replaced year married her, which was a month previous domestic light and power. In the boiler room 5. E. Allan stated that ba was returning the strikers would have had a very rough to her death, which occurred after a serious are six Lancaabire boilers and ana water-tubebome from the Cinematograph on the night in handling, and if they had declined to issue illness. Defendant was out of omyloyment for boiler. These comprised the original plant but question in, the company of two-friends, to from their quarters these might very well have some considerable time and in June last was now the increased power derivable from the Dia- whose bones at 23, Wyndham. Street he pres been stormed, with serious consequences, taken by the plaintiff as a ledger at $50 amonib.sel oil engines renders it unnecessary to bare all ceeded before going to his own bones at 45. As it happened; that part of the road which The arrangement was that the money should be the boilers in use at the same time unfers up- Hollywood Road, Defendant met him in the the strikers had hit upon as their assembly paid by the plaintiff till the defendant was able foreseen and special circumstances compel it. streat and strack at him with a stick, which he ground was lined with heaps of broken rond- to obtain employment and that the plaintiff The machines are desigand, to generate cor. dodgad and missed, and then proceeded to matal, and although this stone had not been should have the amount refunded to bim a
rent at pressurs of 2,300 volts," alternating, run, Defendant followed him up to the placed there on purpose, it would'in ail proba soon as the defendant obtained work. He single phase, which is afterwards transformed | Dairy Farm Company's office, where witness blity have been freely pued, by the rowdy subsequently obtainad employment and paid down to 100 and 200 volts for lighting and shopied, "Police Police!", "Police1". He element, la the form of missiles, agafasi | | S150 on account.
other purposes. A portion of the power is also | saw a lukong and backoned, to him to come to sha worker who had incurred their displés Evidence having been called, judgment was converted to direct current at 200 volts, for the his'ssilatance... Tan, Jukeng, blow (hia, whistle Burn if the timely arrival of the police entered for the plaĴatiff for 557.
operation of the sumarone Ufa in the Qaloay, ' and arrested the defendant,