SUPREME COURT.
IN SUMMARY JURIS-
DICTION.
A MASON'S OLAIM":
Before Mr. Justice F.A. Hazoland, Acting Paisno Judge, in the Court of Summary Juris diction Saturday morning, Ko Cine, mason, of No.3, Ui On Lane, filed a suit against the Lee Hang -firm of contractors, of No. 4,
Kwong Yuen Street East
THE
SANITARY BOARD:
Amooting of the Sanitary Board was held Tuesday afternoon. There wore present--Mr. E. D. C.
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
FRIDAY, MARCH 31 191
A GOOD RECORD. RECEPTION AT CANTON.
LOCAL MOTOR BOAT.
THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.
A motor boat of an original and interesting typo has been built by AN AUSTRALIAN PIONEER the Kowloon Dock Company for
-Wolfo, Mr. A, Shelton Hooper, did record to his credit. Ho Shameen was miritod 10 luncheon the Tonkin River trade. This is ON ITS PROSPECTS,
case occurred on 15th March. The bullock was one of a lot of IV sent. from Lim Chow and while being inspeeted it dropped down dead All the bullocks have been "segrogatoil.
action
Mr. Ho YanSik, from the office of Mr. Leo d'Almada, appeared for the plaintiff and Mr.C. Wilson, of Messrs. Hastings and Hastings," represented the defendants. The President stated that since Mr. Ho stated that that was a the minute was circulated the caso brought by a mason for work Colonial Veterinary Surgeon had done on certain premises in Con-reported that four other animals naught Hond. Ife would explain which had been unidor observa- Inter how the work was done and tion had not developed anthrax why it was required. In 1910, and had been slaughtered for the plaintiff ontored into a con-food. tract with the defendants for do-
on pension.
Troisions to coming to this Colony, the Inspector, hind soon. service in the Army, le outisted in the 1 Regiment of Foot (West. Yorks) in 1879 but he purchased his discharge shortly afterwards and joined the Royal Rogiment of Artillery, Sheffield. Field Battery, and was selected for the rough riding establislanont at Woolwich, where he passed the rongir riding course und also qualified as a veterinary farrier,
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CHINESE LABOUR NEEDED
he frozen meat trad said Mr. Lawrie, would make the fortune of any man. It not now possible to develop it as it deserves, because of the
dearness of labour, but if half a dozen owners of comparatively small holdings were to brod to- gether and erect a freezing plant, McWilliam Lawrie, buffalo_wo would live a huge export hunter and Australian pioneer, trade to the East, and the East
would benefit-by-the-consunip isnt present in Hongkong on tion of the best ment the world short visit, and his fame having has yot produced procoded him, the "Telegraph interviewed him onlus lay on
For more than half a century subject of Australian expansion;
colony has fought the wilderness, this rugged pioneer of our finest
"Give us landholders first, then give us the labour out strug- gling prosperity can employ, and we will give you a land of which overy Briton miny, les proud," THE BIG BANK FAILURE.
. GOVERNMENT FUNDS INVOLVED.
THE "TELEGRayn” CORRESPONDENT.]
Cantón, March 27, Tho-failuro-of-tho-Yeo-Shin
Yuen Bank has given no little amount of anxiety to both the officials and merchants here. The Provincial Treasurer, fearing crisis in the Canton money investigate into the affairs of market, has appointed an official thonpolvont bank.
Inspector John T. Cotton, who'
[TEN "TEINGRAPH !! "CORRESPONDENT lans just retired from the Hong
Canton, March 25. kong Civil Service after 25 years”. work in the Colony, has a splen- Sunday the Consular body at Mr. Ng Hon Tzo, Dr. F. Clark, joined the prison staff in March, by-His-Excolloney the Canton the Mare, to which we referred in (Medical Officer of Health), Dr. 1880. In the following year he Viceroy at the military training our leading article Monday. The official-trial trip proved successful W. W. Pourso (Assistant Medical resigned from the Government..
in every rospect. Officer of Health), Dr. Fitz. sorvice but rejoined in 1893 and department, The Viceroy was in 1805 joined the Sanitary Board assisted in-ontertaining tho
The boat is built for towing williams. Mr. Lau Chu Pak, and staff us inspector. In 1890 he guests by His Excellency Admiral
purposes in the Tonkin River Mr. W. Bowen-Rowlands (Secre- was made Inspector of Markota
li Chun, Diplomatic Comnis tary):
rapids. It required quito a and in January, 1002, he was up- ***Anthrax at Kennedytown.painted 1st class Inspector of sioner Li Ching Fun Trotai Woi special design, and the Deck Co. The Colonial Veterinary Sur-animal depots and the slaughter. Inn, ex-director of the Cantonmust be congratulated on the skil recurer the sum of $116.50, be-
goon (Mr. Gibson) reported houses, Kennedy-lown From Kowloon Railway, the officials ful way in which they solved then ing amount of balance due for case of anthrax ns having occurr-Sepiombor, 1007,
attached to the miltary training dillioult,taski till January, work and labour done for theed at the Kennedy town cattlo 1908, Laspector Ction was on comocted with foreign affairs: 60 ft. x 12 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in., and she The dimensions of the boat are department, and other officials defendants at their request. dopot, the animal in question half-pay leave, and he has now. Plaintiff also claimed costs of the being a Chinese bullock. The boon invalided out of the sorvies The hall where the party gather is of very light draft, (about 1 and to-day he counts is possESS-
od was tastefully deborated for 8 in. under working condition), the occasion with beautiful floral to bottom of the vessel being flatjons by thousands of equare milos. designs and colours representing On account of the river boing in and his interonta extend frosh-
to London. various nations. A military ban sonic places overhung by trees the Port Darwin throughout the East gave selections of airs, and greatlybont had to be built very low.
Mr. Lawrie has spent most.of.] enlivened the proceedings, which The troncherous condition of were terminated by the photo the river with its many rapids his life in the Northern Territory and snags necessitated the greatest of Australia, that gront country graphing of the group,
attention being given to the rowhere, it is said no white man liability of the motor power. It can prosper has disproved was, therefore, decided to install that dicing, and now a rich man, fabrik Cologne-Deutz, which are potentiality he declares that the Otto motor, of the Gnsmotoren- a man of importance, power and known for their reliability and great wilderness to be in crying the trial trip proved that the de-neel of the sons of the flag who fter which he was transferred
The appointment is a favour." The remarkable voyago of the cision was a right one. The two do not fear to “rough it."
able one, as the official has held to the Royal Horse Artillery at
Rich in minerals, in pasture similar appointments in the case Woolwich. In 1883 Inspector two lighters, which were built at motorsare of the four cycles, louvy Cotton had the misfortune to meet Shanghai. in October last and duty type, having four cylinders-and and timber, a square mile of of the insolvent ink Yuen Fung
each anrod with electric the Northern Territory can be Yun. with a serious accident to his left which, after twice bronking drift ignition. Each has a capacity of bought for a shilling for twolve Just wook before the leg and he was in consoquence transforred to the Garrison Artil-from the tugboat, eventually 16.P. giving the boat a speed of pennies! But it Roeds cheap failure of the Yes Shin You lory at Portsmouth. In the same drifted down to Singapore, furoloven miles per hour. The two labour, and with more than forty bank, the Provincial Treasurer year he embarked for Hongkong.nishes a striking, example of the propellors are provided with shift years of experience to lack his had entrusted it and the Tai ing blades and their spoed is kept opinion, Mr Lawrio declares that Ching Bank with the remittance Dr.Fitzwilliamssaid he gathered where lo purchased his disprevailing drift of winds and within such moderato limits that Chineso is the best. The Territory of some Government funds to that the Board wore getting less charge in 1880 to join the currents in that part of the they work with the best offect is potentially a great producing Shanghai in favour of the Customs from the Government than they Colonial service.
sea that makes it well worth without producing eddies. The contre, hut, since the present Taotai at tlie Northern Settlement, thought they were to get in this in the Yeoumary and Yulunlcor white attempting to follow their fuel consumption is exceedingly Government of the Common- the money being connected with respect. For two years to notice services, Inspector Cotton has course. It was anticipated that the low,
wealth has seen fit to fix the wago: the payment of foreign inden- at all had been taken of their retaken a life-long interest. Before last.lad been hoard of the unfor
of a labouring white man at ten nities and interests on foreign shillings a day, its riches lio loans. The Provincial Treasurer 10, camo the news that one of them
fallow and its pioneers cannot de- being afraid that the money may We have to congratulate Capt.velop their huge holdings as they not have poon remitted to Shang- had been picked up by a steamer 150 miles from. Singapore, while the other was simultaneously re-
hai, has instructed the Financo Bremer of tho N. D. L. 8.8. desire.
The Chunn, said Mr. Department to furnish him with Rajaburi, who has been trading
nitics and the interests on foreign lonne, so as to facilitate his in- vestigation and to force the insol- vent bank to pay up...
Malaria at Shaukiwan.
ing certain work specified in thio Correspondence was inid on the contract at an agreed price, Be-table relative to the incidence of fore doing the work, the defend-málari at Shaukiwan.
This ants, or one of their representa-included a letter from the M.O.II. tives, asked the plaintiff to do fur: correcting a statement as to the ther work and asked him to name focality of the nullah referred to a lump sum. After the work had in previous corrospundonco as boon done, the defendants.refused being-trained to pay according to the number of labourers employed. The houses concerned in the contract were No. 156, Connaught on and No. 311, Des Voux Road. were originally occupied as one house, but subse queally, they wore lot as two houses. Then the Government, or, rather, the Building Authority mlored an additional space tobe provided, which entailed extra work.
The houses
A
A STRANGE VOYAGE.
DERELICT LIGHTERS DRIFT 1,450. MILES.
port and now they were getting joining the Army, he was trutanatolighters when, lo! on March
even less than they thought in the mattor of nulinti training
The President irked, that one nallah had been trained.
Dr. Fitzwilliams said that that
LOG BOOK.
nullah was only a ditch andconla in 1899. was promotod to the rank poriod to live boon discovered, at this port for about three years, Lawrio, "is industrious, peaceable the items of the foreign indem-
have been done in a day by any
coulte
2
high and dry, but undamaged, on
ance. A
lost to human kemi
A PERNICIOUS SYSTEM. THE INFORMER AND THE
OPIUM: TRAFFIC.
peter in the York County Mounted Yeomanry. In 1896 he joined the Hongkong Volun Loor Corps Field Battery with the rank of corporal wheeler and Mr. Wilson said that his case
of company quartermaster, or the const of the Malay Peninsula on his promotion to the command law-abiding. He is the finest was that the work was to be
geante remained in the corps side of Pulo Ao and about of one of the limo lino steamers labouring assot the Territory over done at an agreed contract price. Tha-President replied that till 1901. Subsequently, the plaintiff got there was a great deal being dong
Besides his service in the Co-eventy iniles north of Horsburgh of this Company, says the "Bang-hud. With him in my employ
kok Daily Mail.
tliero is no natural product of that
it was agreed that the detraining, and it was simply. into-pecuniary difficulties and the Colony in the way of nullahony, Inspector Cotton also workedaght, at the entrance of-Sing-
for some years on the Imperial pore Strait. The lighters in Atolegrain received in Shang-great country I could not develop. from Newelwang on the 21st own many miles of land but thus completed the greater part fendants should provide the meals question of what district should Chinese Customs. He joined the off the journey at the mercy of stated that it was expected white labour is beyond my Puno, ka for the labourers engaged on the be dealt with first. If it had not Canton staff and was soon to the wind and sea without guid- the ico would break either on the or any man's purse, and the promises. The defendants' can-beon for the troops, Shukiwanwards promoted and sent to Pukhoi
22nd or 23rd just, and the river country is crying out for workers." fürther coincidence Lention was that the amount would not have got so much at where he was specially employed
Mr. Lawrie id no grasping cap- now italist, "A thousand, ton, thou-
The "Loading Light" has on claimed was in excess of the sum tention as it was, receiving now. It on the Franco-Chind Proudio was she fact of the news of their Ian be open to navigation. A
safety during come two or three mbor. of steamiera re agreed upon, after making due must take its turn with other Commission in 1888, under Mr days before the amount of their Fo.C. AI. S. N. Co. despatched the land," he said, I would the cudgels on behalf of the Cap- awaiting orders at Woilaiwei, sand owners are needed for more than one occasion taken, up allowance for the meals supplioportions of the city
James Hart; brother of Sir
insurance fell duo hiter their hay- There was no extri work done, for Mr. Shelton Troop is a Robert Hart. In 1889 he was
like to see the Territory par- tains and owners of ships fined The Chino Siam Steam Navigo-celled out among young Bri- for having smuggled opium on which the plaintiff claimed 883. very important soglion of the transferred to Hoihow where log boon more than threo month their first steamer on the 21st. assisted in the harbour survoy.
It is probable that in their Company's passenger services would have to
tion Coy., Ltd. report that the tons willing to work and they board, and the following sang work hard remarks on the pernicious syeteni In the following your he was married, bomg the first Britishier rourkable journey of 1,50 hotwoen China and Siam have amploying cheap labour that of rewarding the informer of such
Their to get married in the porn miles, the two lighters drifted
immensely improved.
is, cheap from the Aus- smuggled goods will appeal to all 1899 he was transfered to before the strong north-east wind stormers luve been fully crowded tralian point of view--and who have knowledge of this
from the point where they broke with passengers every trip. The capable of taking Hankow whore he resigned froin
broad question. The "Leading Light" the Customs service and opened drift to the Macclesfield Bank, a. Landratschioff which left vision of the potentialities of says: n hotel the first European hotel distanco of some 150 miles, Bangkok about the end of their holdings. We, the pioneers It has been pointed out bofore Lin the oity-and Leaving the Paracels they must January took away 1,760 deck do not need nor desire the huge that this system of rewarding the We cannot informer with a large portion of unfortunately
develop them no matter how great the value of the flad is n direct incentive to success- our desiro. What we want are noighbours, mon who will backful smuggling unless ns, load us, if you like in probo mado a condition that he ducing a land flowing with milk should also give such information and honey from a waste.
as will lond to the conviction of "Opním? Oh, yos, our Chi-the culprits, since the smugglor nose smoke opium. But I would can use this method of insuring far rather see them using the drug himself against total loss by dis than taking the square fuco covery through giving informa which our anti-opium law is unktion when the difficulties of land- In this way a smuggler who finds that the watchfulness of the
If there was any extra work, it community and a fory large one. phould have been done under the Dr. Fitzwilliams--The Chinese. at Shankiwan are riddled with
original contract. It was also
part of his quiso that they had paidaluria.
considerable sums for meals, The correspondence, was
which amounted to over $60.
His Lordship-1 thought this was a short cause?
Mr. Ho-It's not very short, my
Lord.
·
on the table.
Leave of Absence:
laid
Thore was submitted a request to be establis was burned to have got into the south-westerly passengers; to Swatow, the 8.8. properties wo own.
by Inspector. Fincher for nino
.... months' leave of absence.
His Lordship-I think it was But on the remand list?
Mr. Ho-It was put on the ro -mand list for a month.
Mr. Wilson-We may
Mr. Shelton Jooper minuted: Should not the application be addressed to the Hend of tho get the Medical Officer of Ifenith?
Sanitary Department and not to - through it this morning. Mr. Ho-I hopG BO.
The President-1 prefer this His Lordship-These contract-method of procedure, asit enables ors cases are generally very oxcentive, ollicor most concerned me to obtain the opinion of the complicated.
LA. Rose, architect, was callout before taking any further steps into the box and gavo-ovidonce regarding the work done, which was the subject matter of this
action.
Aftor further ovidence, the caso was adjourned.
BAD FATALITY AT KOWLOON.
nosh
partment.
Recently, while the str. Broad- stone, Captin B.A. Martin, was on a voyngo betweon Nanking and Shanghai, one of the Chinese quarter-nasters, who is believed
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the ground a few months later. In set that makes strongly past Quinta, that arrived on the 6tli 1898, the Inspector took up busi Pedaran and once clear of Cecir inst. brought over 1,000 pas
in Hongkong and Canton de Mer, would have had com-songers from Swatow, the s.. as a ten-merchant-but gave-it paratively opon so until in the Drafar brought 1,270 passengers up very soon on account of vicinity of the Anambas where more, and the "Sexta" was to the Indian competition, and after one lighter was picked up. The bring another crowd of over
short while in the employ other probably took a more 1,000 Chinese. of Messrs Danby, Leigh and westerly course and passing in- range, he was given the appoint-side of Tricoman Island, Janded on the bench in fairly sheltered mont of Cassistant maunger, Pengerang Coffee Plantation, waters, being thus preserved from with the least circumlocution,
Johore Owing to ill health damage. Dr. Fitzwilliams moved that however, ho resigned that position the leave be granted to Inspector in 1891, and return to Hong- that theso unwieldy craft should almost crazy, ran amok in the I believe high expert authority of the vasolnakes it too It is little short of marvellous to have been very excited anding popular amongst them: Thating the contmband are too great...
in care if you like, wherons, and Fincher upon the return of In- kong to recruit, obtaining an have threaded their way, driven dark during the early evening ways the saine, opium does them spector Ballon in May noxt.
Mr. Lau Chu Pak seconded, "ppointment in, the Sanitary Do-ither and thither by every He first attacked the foreign cur little harm and never results in risky to attempt landing the
change in the winds or currents, poater named Slevin, creeping law-breaking.
opium, has it in his power to and the motion was agreed ton We believe int Inspector through the intricate passages on to him in the dark, attacking
avoid the loss of his, whole in- Oriental Brewery,
"Of course, naturally, I would vestment by giving information Cotton intends to establisli hin-between the islands that atrow him with a hammer, and knocking self in business in Hongkong as a this part of the China Sea with him unconscious to the deck. rather employ white labour than to the authorities and claiming cattle, shoup, swine, fresh ment, out coming to grief.
He then attacked the Chinese coloured, but while the conditions the informer's portion, having be provision merchant and commis- The distance covered by the boatswain, whom he also battored in which we live in the Territory side the satisfaction of seeing the sion agent, and as he has been ons tint was cast ashore is, rough- with the hammer and left un-ara as they are it is absolutely ship fined for throwing obstacles entployed in connection with the 15, 1,450 miles and the time taken conscious. This latter attack was impossible to open the country to in the way of his illicit trafie. food supply for the Colony for oighty-eight days, which gives an witnessed by another quarter- the men who in every part of the In those circumstances it might over twelve years, he is fully average spood of nearly seventeen master, wh informed the captain, Empire are crying out for work, be thought wiser for the executive.» qualified to undertake with success miles per day, or three-quarters with the result that the crazy Legislation, that ostensibly and of the ship, should they suspect the business which he is about to of a knot per hour. The lighters, man was secured and put in in all good faith has been made that opium is being smuggled, to
in their journey, must have cross--|
for the benefit of the workingman, say nothing and facilitate its be irons. od the frequentod track of steamers between Manila and Hongkong, and after leaving the very near to the truck of the Paracels, must have drifted in or
large passenger boats coming The troops aro cautioned con-up from Singaporo-"Leading corning the risk of buing tattooed Light." The mortality statistics for this with unclean institutumia. Soveral week ended 26th ultimo showed a, instances" have occurred lately of death-rate for the whole Colony soldiera suffering froш sóvers in-
An invitation from the Oriental Brewery inaugemont, for the moi bors of the Board to inspect the A sad fatality occured Mon-works of the friental Brewery day, evening-nt Kowloon, the Company at Laichikok was read. victim being Daphne, the little Dr. Fitzwilliams: regret seven years old daughter of Mr. that pressure of work does not and Mrs, S. E.Green, of Knutsford allow me to go." Terrace,.. It is believed that death. was due to the child having eaten some sort of green berries that she had plucked amongst the jungle growth. Much sym- pathy is felt for the parents in their bereavement. Medical aid
was summoned when the child showed signs of illness, but the doctor's ministrations were un Buccessful. A post-mortem ex amination is to be held.
YACHTING.
Mr Shelton Hooper-I should like to go.
set-up.
The D. P. WI have already gone over the establishment. DANGERS OF TATTOOING:
It was agreed that the Pre-" sidont reply to the Brewery Company stating that some mom
bars would like to visit tho brewery on a date to be arranged.
Mortality Statistics..
poarel Tuesday in the military The following paragraph ap-
orders:-
GOLF
RUSSIA AND CHINA.
Mr. Alfred Cunningham, in an article in the Morning Leader," says: Russia wishes to renew, with further concessions; a busi- ness arrangement, substantially to
is depriving him of liis chance in ing takon on shore since, should
素
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a region of great wbaltit, a region they attempt to unearthi it and be that needs him as he needs it, and unsuccessful, there is a very good a region that if Australia is over chance of the smuggler abandon- to be the country of her promise ing the attempt to land it and, by must be developed.".
tuning informer, saye a portion Port Darwin, Mr. Lawrio's of his outlay and, at the same time, home, is only five days from 'repay the officers for their unwel- fier proft, enforced upon China Zamboanga, and he is convinced come attentions. The system in 1881: China is reluctant to that a valuable trade might be a delightful one so far us renew it on the samne terms. The built up between there and the smuggled informers are con
of 10.0 per 1000 per ammum as flammation resulting from tattoo-Singapore Golf Club on the 20th the position to enforce her detry split up into small holdings ing with that justice and o
At the annual meeting of the problem is whether Russia is in East generally. Wore the coun- cernen, but scents lindly in keep compared with 3.0 for the coring. Moreover it is known a The closing cruise of the mom-responding week of last year in sorious disease has been conveyed Mr Edlin was appointed Pre-mands, as she was in 1881, and were cheap labour possible, and that is the boast of all civ bers of the O.Y.C. takes place on the British and foreign com by the process. Any man who is sident Dr. ninyo, Captain, Wilier Chma is able to resist if the Government of the Com peoplos Sandey, the Oth proximo, the munity and for the whole tattooed should insist upon new Mr. Mundell, Hon Sec. and Mr. them That is best known to monwealth saw to it that artesian
Chins Russian bluff, previous water was literally "on tap," the We understan course selected this year being population 18.8 as against 1.3 needles being used, and that the Procter, Hon. Troad, from the Clubhouse; as there is for the corresponding week instruments are passed several
The following wero appointed to the war was the most success Northern Territory could supply Company now increased accommodation for last year...
times through the flame of a spirit to act as a Committee:The Hon. ful of all foreign diplomacy in this market with dairy produce the plans members and their friends at the
There wa
was no other business of lamp, in his presence, before the J. Pigott and Messrs. Miles, Peking, but it has deteriorated and meat at a marvellously low sumilar tors of the yachtamán, importance.
Georgs Operation is sommaupod
Campbell, Maophail and Mayson, considerably in value since then, rate,