Entimation.
LIMITED.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY MAY
·VINEGAR ÄND HONBY,
Bitternes provokes bitterness, and "more Ales are caught with que drop of boney," styr St. Francis of Sales, "than with a whole barrel full of vineger." We fear that very oflen n
LOCAL AND GENERAL."
THE German Mail, of the 6th April bas been delivered in London,
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THE .. Suveric artivað from Manila to day; she will be drydocked at Taikos'a for repatre, A. S. WATSON & CO., good caus is prejudiced at the outset. by e
harsh word, an unjust phesie, a trath altered A BRAMEN from the 95. Empress of Japan wan fined $5 at the Magistracy this morning for with a sweet which paltons it. Let the necessaulting a Police constable and a further ary word he said without the harshness, let on ❘ for behaving in a disorderly manner,”. lojustice talat even our thought, far less our
Is the course of a certain action in the tongue, when dealing with the truth which should never be withered by a sneer. Themare Court this morning, Mr. Hinds declared weapons which we put so when fighilog an that he appeared for two of the defendants under protest, as the question of cubstituted service avowed enemy are instruments of tynney if was not applicable to that case, ralied against a filend of the unaimed. Many bitter things are being thought and said abo that rection of the Reform Party in China which
ESTABLISHED &:D. 1841.
MANUFACTURERS OF
HIGH CLASS
AERATED
1910
German Mail on Fire. and "dissilerigknit" worthy of remark..
N: D. L. "GOEBEN" PUT BACK.
CARGO OF SILK DAMAGED.
He attended in the passengers to-day with all. tho al crity and gutentive policaess which we are accustomed to associate with ibo officers of the German nail ship, ha
HGANZ GIRN,"
"Quite cheerfully!" said a huge stout son On Wednesday lost the German' mail steamer Goeben, with a full complement of man, describing the heavy work of yesterday homeward bound passengers and tba holds and last night, or rather the spirit of himself well filled with a valuable cargo of silk and and his fellow-workers. This seems to have been general merchandiar, left the harbour at norn the key note throughout. Only those who have for Singapore nad' Bremen via ports. The been through a freat sea will be able to fully re-appearance of the stately liner in the harppreciate not so much the perfect discipline to that in men who have served in the German Sembour carly to-day, therefore, denoted certain of the men of the Greben, for we are accustomed
adventitious happenings which pointed to some mishap as having occurred on board while Navy, but their ready cheerfulness in and the vessel was yet a few hundred miles to the after such a tricky, troublesome end nervous Southward of Hongkong. The surmises proved business. THE DAMAGED CARGO correct. When loquiries were instituted, representative of the Hongkong Telegrafhis being disembarked and put in the go lenent that fire and broken but on board downs of the Hongkong and Kowlong, Wharf the mail steamer and that she had put and Godown Co. at Kowloon,
THE masters of thren steam-launches were fined $175, $175 and $50 in the Police Court this moming for carrying an excess of passen.
Hat (Goddess of Ho«ven) festival.
J
UNITED LANKATS
PLANTATIONS
PROPOSAL TO DISPOSE OF PROPERTY TO NEW COMPANY,"
Ao extraordinary general meeting of 'the United Laukat Planta ious Company was bald ecently, at Winchester Heuse, London, at which a resolution way pasend authorising the board to toll the company's subber plantations M J. A. H. Drought presided, and moved to a tow company to be formed... the resolution, He said that, in the opinion of separate the cultivation of rubber from thất the directors, the time had now arrived ta
should be done because it was not possible for their administrator and managers to divert their of tobacco. It was chiefly desirable that bin
attention from 10bacco and look after the sub-
we may vinture to call the emi-illiterate, This, gers to Chik Wani fu connection with the back to Hongkong to have her damaged cargo bi silk, whose value must be anything between The transaction, looked at from a "fioaucial
-barbarnunword describes a barbarous rate of
WATERS.mind, and is less brutal, then the
PER DO. ço Cents. ...60
THIS SEASON'S PRICES:
Soda Water
Sada Water (Bombay boliles)
Polash, Seltzer & B. P. Soda
80
Lemonade.
Tonic Water....
Lithia Water...
ד-
...75
Ginger Ale
Sarsaparilla.........
75
Orange Champagne
Lemon Squash
.75
Raspberryade
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SPECIALITIES:
Stops Ginger Beer
amuona a....85 Cents. Dry Ginger Ale... Plats $1; Splits 60 Lime Fruit Chain-
pagne........ Plats $t; Splita 66
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Bottles will be charged for at the "Rate of 51.30, per dezen, an i credited in full on being raturbed in good condition.
epithet
Two chair-coolies were final. Er each at the
Magistracy this morning for nyiting" n European lady in Morque Street. The coolies demanded more than their legal fare and on being refuted attempted to strike the com plainant,
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Thit Strails Fção says: The Opium Mono- pole amplays 89 chlutenze, a larger number, we are informed, than that employed by the fast Farm. Last month (April) the monopoly prosecuted 28 people; this meat there has only. been half that number of char
discharged and to undergo a survey before she
THE FIRST NEWS
can put out to son again.
to be recolved in Hoogkong of the culbreak of fire was a cabled message to the agents of the Norddeutsber Lloyd Company in Hongkong (Messrs. Melchers and Co.) from the Capain when two miles north-west of Gap Rock. At 6 am, to-day Captain B. Wilhelmi his the hold of had broken out in signalled the Station reportlog that fire The fire waY steamer amongst the cargo. extinguished and Captain Wilhelmi desired that, a report of the occurrence might kindly te made by telegraph to the owners of the. The report stated that the cargo steamer. was damaged, although the extent of the damage was not then known. insage added that lighters would be required to discharge the damaged cargo as soon as the Goeben got into part.
"pestilential" applied in the educational condi tion ofthese whose intellects have been kat hall opanel by a smattering of Western education. We nuratives dlso have said many bitter things about these young men. We should like to Lavasidepil feeling, and if the protestations of ibase of the "Young China" party who -affirm that they are in a state of perfect charity with us, as we are with them, are true we have a well-founded hope that we can all come to a better understanding of each other.. and shove all of our duty. The truth mu not be thirked that there are large numbers of the "semi-illiterate. So many are they indeed that we are not exaggerating or arr wo Insulling a class when we state that some ninety per cent. of the so-called "Foreign-manded by one Portuguese affirer. educated" students must be included. Some of them come from missionary schools, where they have studied English and arithmetic, for a few years, and a very small amount of geography and bistory and one or two other subjects including perbins Holy Scripture In the latter subject we can give lustances of students who, after more than six years of a missionary school where they had "graduated appeared to be a learned in Bible History as our boyhood's friend and contoling as our old sage, Tom Sawyer, who, when asked the names of the first two Apostles, replied that they were "David and Goliath. Thoir Engikh was good enough to be palufully
THE N.Gs. Cróri which is dea here on Sunday, the 8th lost, is bringing out a small contingent of lodian reliefs for the Macao partiano. The contingent is composed of 45 men-"Mahrattas" as they are called Macao-under ass native sergeant and com
A. S. WATSON & CO., bad, especially in composition, and even
LIMITED. HONGKONG and KOWLOON. Hongkong, 30th April 1910
The Hongkong Telegraph
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1q1o.
KWRIYANG,"
WRECK SOLD BY AUCTION, Messrs. Hughes and Hauch put up for sale by pubilc auction this afternoon the wreck of the sa. Kuciyin, as she l'ei on the Little Ockren Island, near Amoy. Lot I was the wreck of the stormer, Bidding started at $50 and rose by that amount to $toph when sub sequent offers were of Sion and $ta, ranpective- ly, until 51,6 was reached. At that figure the wreck was knocked down to Ah Wing. The same purchaser bought alen Lot 7, all cargo on board, which was sold for $60.
CANTON DAY, BY DAY,
CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY Co. [From Our Gion Correspondent.]
Canton, 4th May.
The mes
SURVEYORS COMMUNICATED WITH. No sooner did the message reach the office of Messrs, Melchers & Co.than the surveyors werd communicated with as to the occurrence of the outbreak on board the Goeben. A representative of the firm of Messrs. Douglas and Goddard, sur veyors on behalf of the noderwriters, at once pro- ceeded on board, while Mr. John Lambert, lor Lloyd's Register, alto crossed over to Kowloon 1 carry out a preliminary survey,
HOW THE OUTBREAK OCCURERD. '
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476 bales jug the rubber estates as parfect as possible. her. A separle s'aft must be formed, who would devote their time and attention to mak
point of view, would be in family affair, the shares of the saw company being divided among the holders of ordinary shares in the" new company, proportionately to the extent of their existing interest,
$300,000 and half a million dollars, wate shippad from Hongkong. It is al present quite impossible to tell which balos have been damaged by stedm only, in which case the outside but not the contents may be injured, and which by sea water from the pumpa. Every bale will have to be carefully examined by Captain Arthurof Messrs. Goddard and Douglas who is surveyor for the Germanischer Lloyd, assured by those who ought to know, likely to Any estimate made by guess wrik is, we are be very wide of the mark.
'GOEDEN'S" DEPARTURE
The Gooben bas sustained absolutely ná da mage, and, as advertised elsewhere, she leaves again for Europe, ni nban, to-morrow, Saturday.
THE PASSENGER LIST.
When the Gordin left Hougkong on Wednes day, at noon, she had the following saloon passengers on board, and fog Bremen and
porte en roudo:-
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to the course of discussion several share holders, while complimenting the board on the way in which the affairs of the company were change proposed. At previous meatings the fact had been emphasised that if the company conducted, could not see the advantages of the
had both rubber and tobacco it would have two strings to its bow,
Mr. Rickman pointed out that, although rub- ber was losta pouod now, this could not last.. demand: He could remember similar booms The supply, would in due course overtake the in cinchona bark and indigo,
Mr. Tighe, who "said he had been the mah-
supported the action of the board, and sald ager of large tes companies in the East, that it was impossible for any one or two men, to successfully cultivate rubber 'on, ao estate, where the whole of their Allestion was required for-tobacco...
Mesars Guy Ayrauli, 'C, Allegry and Rob van Alderwereld, Rev. and Mrs AL. Anben. Miss Baschwitz, Bishap Brent. Messrs W. J.
.. The chairman, rep'ylog on the discussion, Banish, J. Braun, Faymond C. Brown and Belton, Dr. E. C, Buell, Mr Bar, Messis F Blunck, Bauer, Fritz Ulrich Graf von Bismarck-repeated and emphasised the argument used Bahlen, A. Berker and M. Blickhão, Mr and Mis | by Mr. Tighe. At certain tiines of the year
tion might mean the löst of thousands of t Mr and Mrs James F. Connolly, Messrs G
The rubber plantations were Diase, Mr and Mrs Brockwell, Mr A. Chambert, even a few hours beglect of a tobacco planta. H. Caria, jr., D. L. P. Le Corquiao and family, pounds Miss E. Carruthers Messrs A. T. MacClure,long way from the tobacco, and required more attentica than shareholders bad any Even before the buge liner drew along. Chang, Dealer, C., Dalal and P. W. Dorrow,
Mrs van Delde, Mrs L. Edwards, Mr and Mr idea of. Another thing was that they were The great side the Nog 3 wharf at Kowloon, at 10
to the practice of coolie cribbing; coolie brokers am, lo order to be able to discharge herW, England, Mr A. Eberts, Mr K. E, van Eck, expecting trouble with labour, Hongkong Telegrph staff was standing at the and Mrs Granvill, Mr Genzel, Dr. and Mrs O theirgo"ials the gedowns, a member of the Capt, and Mrs Freese, Miss O. R. Garland Mr and increasing demand for coolies was leading per bend awaiting sta berthing of the M. Carduer, Mr. Godair, Mr. and Mas Groen went on to estates disguised as fiult vendors Mias A Hogales, Mr. and Mrs Hauptmann and gave the coolies heavy bilber to leave Gorben so as to secure, Au authoritative
Homano, Mesure Hagameyer and family, E SThe directors' did not," however, anticipate serious trouble in this regard, because this nurl detailed account of the outbraak,
Haoonen, Heystek, Henning, O. Rilland and rasult of our representative's investigation family, Capt and Mrs. Haerial and child, Rev. company treated its coolies well. The chief Manuel Bento de Jesus, Mosars E. K. Jacob, J. | thing was that there were season when the tobacco requited watching day and night, and the European stuff in control had at such times to give it undivided attention...
The Canton-Hankow Railway Company is
in plain copying. As for geography they did not know the names of all the capitals of Europe, and had apparently sever heard of Liverpool or Manchester, England, but had heard vaguely,
of Senta Rosa Cal, or Tuske convening a general meeting of shareholders gon, Pa, or was it Mp, Or Gee? It is seed-for the 1st day of the 4th moon (the gth instant) less to say that of profane, history sheir know. for the purpose of electies, by vote, a suitable man to fill the important post of president of ledge was as quslatly select as their ignorance
the Company, which has remained vacant for
Chen Tangiang Cheng. Recalling the frequent
fallows.
The
lower hold a cargo of miscellaneous Japanese Roede-lacquer ware, matting, etc., and in the "Yesterday morning at about 8 o'clock sss of upper, bales of silk and sack of sesame seed. two of the stewards attending the second class remarked that the heat was unusually uncom thay observed that the ventilators connecting with the hold were so hot that there could be but one explanation and but one thing to do.
of the sacred records of the Bible. That Joitus nearly a year by the resignation of H. E. Sir fortable for the place and time. Presently Mesars Wm. C. Vseidner, G. Bienaime Marsey were well paid: hat those engaged in tobacco
Cresar discovered Great Britain and built a wall like the Great Wall of Chice and was crowned at Westminster Abbey, when many people were killed, will floger in our memory as a green oasis in the desort of the arid facts Ping Yun to ba present at the Company's offic Their prompt report was followed by prompt Miss Rawlos, Mr-Rull, Miss. Rub, Miss., SH. ty be felt on the part of those receiving the in-
NO, 6 HOLD. Shuated at the slers of the vessel, and direct-Jacobsen Aug. Th. Jansen, Mr and Mrs J, O. ly beneath the second class cabins and some of Kaepfi, Messrs. Joseph Koep, A, Klatte, Mies Kamzoga, Mr and Mrs Kuemmerer, Mrs P.C.
Mr Nelson, a director, also spoke explain- the stewards' quarters, No. 6 contained. In the
Dir. Lobmane and family, Mrs C. V. Legan, ing that one great difficulty in ranging a v. Kinshei, Min Lucas, Mr A. Lay and family, Marien, Baron G. de Mevius, Mr and Mrs E, due to the difference in wages paid to the cool- baby and governess, Mr Daniel Lang, Mr R combined rubber and tobacco plantation was J. Mazzuchi, and servant, Misa Moore, Mrior employed in the two clanzes of cultivation. Meyer and family, Mr and Mrs J. D. Maguire, | Those who were employed on the rubber estates Pruico Natet, Niblock, Onsen and family, M cultivation, were extraordinarily well paid they and Mes W. F. Olibam, Me Olson and family received double as much as boas on the rubber Pastsons, "Alfred Rich'er and G.. Rexhausen, underone management, jealousy would catural- Miss F. Ominnd, Messrs A. E. Paime, Wei. Tplantation. If these two classes of men were Reever, Masars A. J. Strevaldi, A. Scoglioni,ferior wages and trouble would consequently A. Seipel and children; Rev. and Mrs Sydney ripe, Smith, Mr and Mrs J.G. Schlimmer, Mr and Mr Fred. R. Aafter, Mr and Mrs G: U. Schmermano, Metsra Regierungsassessor Hans Stubenrauch, F. W. Speidel, P. A. van der Stadt and family, Louis Schwartz, Stege and Mr and Mis John R. Vozei, Mr Carl August Wabeis and Mrs C. Wright, Wilh. Schmidt, Dr. and Mrs S. H. Tolhasst,
squabbles created by sharehalters during the proceedings at previous meetings of the Com- pany, the Viceroy, has instructed Total Wong on that day with a view to zupijatand the forthcoming meeting. The Viceroy har nieg instructed the Police authorities to place a sum berni police officers in the immediate-viçınlıy of the meeting hall to prevent disorder.
THE VICEROY,...
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ction.
"PIRE !
Eryone as called to fire stations, and the
second-class passengers migrated without furiy or discomfort to the first-class. The ship's engineers, justly proud of pamps which can floud a fery forance as big ar, say Purgatory, It is reported that H.R. Viceroy Yuan basin about an hour, set themselves steadily to applied to the Imperial Government for one get the fire under, and at about soon it tinguished. At four in the afterasos, bow. month's leave of absence to recuperato his, was though that it bad been utterly ex- ever, it broke out again, If it had beto extinct at all. Every one fell into: bir place
health.
HONGKONG NEWSPAPERS.
THE OBSERVATORY, There is no lastitution of greater service to the public, than that in which "Time, Tide and Space are bound unto the task of providing of English history. Yet these young men were scientific men with certain 404 n which to prominent members of several patriotic socle; base laformation of incalculable, wie in those ties, and posed as authorities on things foreign. who go down to the 'ses in ships, and of Ons is beadmaster of a Chinese Government School, Others are "graduates" from the latter a value generally calculable to those who have an interest in these ships. The Hong-class of gutablishment. They are wretchedly kong Observatory's report for last year la a Ignorant of everything.save, perhaps➡and only document of Hero brevity, consisting of perhaps a little mathematics, la the rate cases where they have learnt a tile from a first-class cold sistements of fact which concert from a
mao, a Chinese, who after spending his bas;
The Viceroy has wired to the Ministry of Casual ronder the painsinking toil and learned
Internal Affairs at Peking informing that Board skill of Mr. Figg and Mr. Plummer and their years abroad in study can get no better em. -assistants in the performance of their difficult ployment under the Government than the ill-that he has prohibited the admission of all And responsible duty, Wo, like, alherr, have in raid thankless task of teachlog an unruly set our time attempted to be more or less funny of young louts who are unft to be bịs servants. at the expense of the "Clark of the Weather," These students are the troublogiving class but when we find it on record that ninety per They fancy they know far more than they could cont of the weather forecasts during a whole know had they studied bard under good year were practical successor, and that the teachers for far longer, and are sa impatient ef conscientious "clerk is careful" to "tell me that reproof that bad mack's given an examination of these 18 were absolutely and perfectly piper may cause a whole class la go on štriko successful, we are not inclined to levity, but to an increasingly frequent and favoselte, way of wonder, and even admiration In the scrupot sharing a diepleasure at a teacher, Indeed, it ously careful acknowledgments of and thanks is not unknown for a whole school to go on for observations and meteorological telegrams arike, and fosisi on the removal or even dis from Manila and elsewhere, are bidden rovéla-missal of a teacher who has incurred their tions of the enormous ladustry of the workers in dislike. These, too, are the men'who inspire the Observatory. As many as 14,726 days' obser- vallons from ships' tog books fave been made use of in the year by them. During that time 537 transits, or passages of celestial bodies across the meridian, have been observed. The axis of the transit instrument was levelled 152 times, which sounds a greater feat than the
more difficult corrections of errors of azimuth
circulation in Cunton, and asking it not to take Chinese newspapers published in Hongkong for into consideration any representations that the Hoogkong Chinese newspapers might bring to the notice of the Ministry, on the plea that the prohibition of their admission and circulation in Canton is disadvantageous to trade interests,
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BIR CHEN' TUNO.
The Chipeto ministër-designate, 11.8. Sir Chen Tung Liang Cheng, is expected in Canton home, before proceading to his destination to about the middle of this month ad a visit to his take up his new appolotment.
PLAGUE OUTBREAK,
5th May. An outbreak of plague has occurred in the town of Chua Tsun and many cases of the disease have been reported during last week The Canton Fong Pin Hospital has been re- guested to and immediately an experienced. doctor to that town for service;
VAMINE 'N Ronan,
horrid llbols, on anybody in power in the ver sacular papers, who organize sanseless and causoleus. stilker, and get up pailtions against foreign loans, and who generally behave in an Irresponsible and meddlesome mapper. Many Imagine that because they have studied for two ar three years in a foreige country they are
The Canton authorities have been, for, the therefore the aqualý of anybody anywhere, and second time, requested by the officials of far superior to the stay-at-home plodders. Hupan province to send orders on their behalf When even a most earnest, hard-working to Slam for a large quantity of rice to be sent and brilliantly clever Chinese, after studying to that province to supply the wants of the "Western Subjects" for six years in China, people there,
of which with corrections of errors of 'col. Jimation 18 were mide. An error of collimation in that found in the Iraniit lnstrument when the optical axis of the telescops is not quite parpendicular to the axis of 'the lustrumani. modesty that it was only during the last
and having spent five more strenuous yours at an American University, wald with unaffected
VICEROY IMPEACHED..
It is learnt that the Board of Censors has
the methodical German way, even the stewards, and the work of extinguishing every continued until late at night, Indeed, work has spark and of getting up cargo from the hold been unceasing for some, although the lower hold bad not yet been opened up at acon to-day.
EXTENT OF DAMAGE.
Until this lower hold has been pumped dry it will be impossible to estimate the extent of the
damage. All that could be seen now, was the gaping upper bold, empty of much of its cargo, and being rapidly cleared of the remalader. A upper hold showed how fiercely the red enemy few bundles of charred silk on the floor of the must have. blared beneath. Bales úpon balos of silk, some damaged by water from the hose, and
some by steam vapour, were piled on deck, testifying to the energy' of the ship's crew. Hundreds of damaged bags seed is a bad business in tho' hold of a ship. | of sesame seed had to be Jettisoned. Damp
wist subiequently be valued separately. The The loose silk is being put into baskete and damage done by steam will also be differenti. ally calculated, as it will prove less in extact and gravity to that dens by the sea-water from the bose, or the pipes, As for the cargo in the lower hold it is not yet possible been destroyed by fire and that the rest is to say anything except that some must have
under water.
ALLÈGED FALSE IMPRISON. MENT..
ACTION FOR DAMAGES MENTIONED IN THE SUMMARY COURT,'
WATER RETURN.
Level and storage, of water in Reservoirs on the 1st May, 1910.
CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER WORKS LEVEL.
Tytam.
1909,
1910.
60′ 2′′ below
below) overflow
53' to" below overflow
25'9" below Tytan Bye 24' 81" below
OFC dow wash... Loverflow Tytan lo- 17" 1" below) 20′ 31′′ below
overflow termediate overBow
(27′ 4′′ below) 4' 10" below Pokfulum
Overflow
overflow 33' 2" below" 38' 8" below Wong-nai-
overflow.
chunk..
Before Mr. Justice Hazeland, Acting Pulse Judge, in the Summary Court this morning, the case was again mentioned in which Wong Fu Ng a compradore, la secking to recover from sum of $1,000 as damages for alleged falia Albert Alexander Johnson, Master Marines, the Tylam Imprisonment and ult. Mr. E. Davidson appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. W. E. L. Shenton was for the defendant.
Mr. Shenton submitted that the case should bo tried before a jury..
Mr. Davidson contended that the only ques- on which required a jury to decide was the question of damager.
Mr. Sheolop sild It was quite clear from the
ment required a jury, - authorities that a case for wrongful imprison.
His Lordably decided that the case should go before y
Mr. Davidson asted to be supplied with particulars by the defendrat.
After considerable discussion, his Lordship directed Mr. Shenton to supply whatever parti Mr. Sherton asked for particulars as to the culars he thought his friend was entitled tor
falso charges.
Mr. Davidson said his friend alfondy possess. ad the particulars,
An error of azimuth is when the axla is not two years that he had fally' realland what again memorialized the Throne impeaching evan, to such well-known, hard and efficient he had made no difference in his application to
TYPHOON WARNING.
& tremendous task he had set himself, and H. E. Viceroy Yuan Shu Hrun on account of exactly aast and west, or when the optical axis how fat he still felt from its accomplish big granting the concassles of the Salt Mono is not exactly in the meridian, and to correct ment, ose may be excused for sharply poly for the two Kwang Provinces to private this astronomical knowledge is required; with rebuking the smallerers who bring discredit tenderers, the aid of the meridien mark, time and anicula en those thorough workers who merit our ad- tion may be saved. We like the concluding miration. It is among the latter, not the paragraph of this, to the wise, Interesting former, that the great public, men and the equally great-hearted and grest-souled toiles document., It anys that "The errare of the who work silently and selflessly for great Cases Time Ball are given on Table 1." Well, if will in future, be found. Not by self-assestire that table be carefully examined, it will be nose, not by pramature, immature interference found that during the whole year 19ng the and meddlesomeness will the reforms come, Time-Ball committed we errors i
#fernce &dlf-knowledge, Balf-coeirdly. These three slons lead nog to sivogelgo power”.
The telegram quoted below was received from the Maolla Observatory at the American Consulate General to-day —
Moniir, May 6, 1910, 9 am Cyclone or Typhoon E. of Southern Luzen Imoving W. N. W/ or N/Wậ
the cargo
Mr. Shenton said that whatever knowledge.
be supplied with particulars.
CHEERFUL EFFICIENCY, With an absence of fuss, which does credit workers as the officers and men of the
The matter is to be argued la Chambers. WAS partly Jatironed, partly Norddeutscher Lloyd, the fre was put out, shifted and parily fooded, the second-class | THIS is from the Straits, Beko of 27th ylt [... passengers all snugly put back in their own Cof. Bob Love dropped in lo-day to talk about quatiers again, and nothing to show that the late Mr. Brebner, whom he konw for years. there had happened anything at all out of the He was a bright journalist, with a sense of way, except the piles of straw-packed balas of humouri. The Colonel says he wind to writ class. An efficer on board who told our rehud half a desen ready in his pocket, so that silk as the deck above astern the second-bis fenders at thres in the morning, and alwaya presentative that he bad been at work since such frivolens pursuits should not Interface yesterday morning, and would get no time for ¦ with ho serious business of his life, which rest !!! this afternoon, abowed a christainass, mas abrosting inspiration
STORAGE GALLONS.
1909. $55,718,000
781,000
Tylam Byewash...
11,510,000 Tytam Intermediate 117,499,000
Wong-noi-chung 2,704,000 Pokfalum.........
Overflow
1910, 75,210,000
487,000
99,657,000
15,625,000 1,035,000
Total 183,322,000 197,034,020 Consumption of water in the City and Fill. District during the month of April,
1907,
210,210,
Consumption... 5,040,000 $11,781,000 gullons Estimated"
108,410 population Consumption
18.5 per head per day...
17.7 gallons Intermittent supply by Rider malos in Rider main districts during April in both year,
KOWLOON WATER WORKS. LEVEL
Kowloon
Gravitation overflow "Reservoir
1910,
1909. 32' below
below overflow
21' 6" below
1910,
STORAGE GALLONS.
1929.
Kowloon Gray ·
vitation Re- 99,225,000 186,300,000 gallons Tarvoir...... Consumption of water in Kowloon during the
1910. 1999.
month of April- Consumption 13,788,000" $1,310,000 gallons
By,300 97,700 Estimated population
perheid per
7.7 gallons': 9.0 Consumption)
The Government Analyst reports that the
W, CHATHS, water is of excellent quality
Water Aukority).